Look, I don't mean to go off on a rant here, but ...
... there's a way to tell when you've gone too far with your gambling. What may start as harmless fun as the elderly stare blankly into the screens of the one arm bandit machines in Atlantic City, losing quarter after quarter of their laundry money (just realized that shows my age, as I'm sure it's all computerized now -- and I'm sure you lose dollars at a time) ... can turn quickly into something else entirely.
I haven't lived in PA since the "fundraising" sites were approved, but there are several surrounding Chicago, and it's hard not to be bombarded with some great billboard slogans -- including "the loosest slots around", which always sounded just a shade away from a blurb on a porno. I do get to see those who line up for the daily numbers (I play only when it goes over $100 million, which is often enough that I should have won something by now, right?) and to watch those who buy scratch-offs waiting for their My Name is Earl moment (miss you Jamie Pressley!) when they should be feeding their babies (or, as it often seems in Chitown convenience stores, spending that money on their prescription mental health medicine).
Finally, the cake has been taken (the dice have been rolled? the craps have been crapped?) in Kentucky, which announced this month that it would allow bettors to gamble on horse races -- that have already been raced! You know your problem is bad when you take a risk on a situation that already has a determined outcome -- and lose. At this point, your gambling problem has morphed into a stupidity problem! Just throw you money away to those who really need it (note: you can find my address in my facebook profile).
AH ... KENTUCKY ... YOU ARE SO BROKE THAT YOU NEED MONEY THIS WAY?:
http://www.fox41.com/story/13757906/judge-approves-betting-on-old-horse-races
HOW TO: FIND LOOSE SLOTS!:
http://www.slotmachinesystems.net/slot-machines/loose/
YEP, WE'VE GOT AN "ANONYMOUS" GROUP FOR THIS:
http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/qna.html
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