Gambling Addiction

Ron Dicker

NFL Plays Ball With Gambling Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.16.2012

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Despite the NFL's vocal opposition to betting on its games, the league's move to allow teams to accept casino ads has generated a great, big ... ho-hu...

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If Gambling, Games, and Sex Are Addictive, What Is Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.19.2012

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Stanton Peele

DSM 5's announcement that the psychiatric diagnostic manual will, for the first time, call something addictive that doesn't involve substance abuse -- gambling -- has opened the floodgates.

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Illinois Lottery Ticket Sales See Huge Spike Online

Posted 03.26.2012

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Illinois became the first state to sell lottery tickets online Sunday morning, and from the response so far, it seems like the revenue-generating move...

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Casino Fined For Luring Problem Gamblers With Special Perks

Posted 03.23.2012

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The popular new Rivers Casino in northwest suburban Des Plaines, Ill., was fined $25,000 by the state for soliciting problem gamblers signed up for th...

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Lizzie Schiffman

Online Lottery Ticket Sales Coming Soon To Illinois

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 03.22.2012

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Starting bright and early Sunday, Illinois gamblers will be able to try their luck from the comfort of their own homes as the state becomes the first ...

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Casino VP: 'Problem Gamblers Make For Lousy Customers'

AP | WAYNE PARRY | Posted 02.27.2012

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- As lost weekends go, this one was a doozy. The woman and her longtime boyfriend, regular Atlantic City gamblers, lost $100,000...

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Crapping Out in New York

Dave Colavito | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Casinos, Bankruptcy, Crime, Economic Development, Gambling, Catskills, Addiction, Community, Sullivan County, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Hudson Valley, Delaware Valley, Cuomo Casinos, Gambling Addiction, Casino Licenses, New York News
Dave Colavito

Accounting gimmicks have always made it easy to pitch the "casino sale"; they obscure the documented higher rates of addiction, bankruptcy, and crime that the casino economy brings to communities.

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Gambling Priest Receives 60-Day Jail Sentence

Posted 10.17.2011

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A former Roselle, Ill., priest was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in jail, plus an order to pay $295,000 in restitution, for stealing from parish donati...

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Holy Rollers: Faith And Gambling

David Briggs | Posted 08.26.2011

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David Briggs

Efforts to oppose the personal and social ills of gambling by a broad range of religious groups, from Southern Baptists to United Methodists, have not been in vain, according to a developing body of research.

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Catholic Priest Pleads Guilty To Stealing Thousands From Collection Plate

Posted 08.09.2011

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A Roman Catholic priest who allegedly stole about $400,000 from the attendees of the Roselle parish he once led pled guilty Thursday to one count of f...

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In Deep Denial: Gambling With the Facts

Michael Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Burke

I, personally, have no problem with casino gambling. A large number of casinos were voted in by the citizens of the state. My concern is for the people who become addicted to gambling.

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In Defense of Ed Rendell: Lesley Stahl Knew Just What She Was Doing

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 05.25.2011

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SaraKay Smullens

So much hoopla in the Sixty Minutes temper department! Have you followed it? On January 9th, Lesley Stahl interviewed the soon to be Ed Rendell of ...

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How The Meaning Of Addiction Is Shifting As We Speak

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stanton Peele

So when is something addictive? It's addictive when we reckon a kind of preoccupation has significant negative effects, either on us as individuals, or on society.

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Josh Hamilton, Pete Rose and the Power of Redemption

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. John Newton Before he played in his first major league baseball game in 2007, I ...

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Yesterday's News ... Or Is It?

Tim Donaghy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tim Donaghy

Allen Iverson unraveled last week. His wife filed for divorce, the 76ers relieved him of his duties, his drinking problem was exposed, and like others -- like me -- gambling claimed his soul. But this isn't just last week's news; it's an opportunity.

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Caffeine Addiction -- As Real As Nicotine Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

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Stanton Peele

"How ridiculous," we think. "Coffee, addictive" -- what will they think of next." Let's dial back to 1964 -- the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. You know, the one that banned smoking.

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Gambler Arrested After Refusing To End Three-Day Casino Binge

Gary Post-Tribune | Lori Caldwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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After three days of around-the-clock gambling, Alexis Robinson was ordered to leave the Majestic Star casino. But when a security guard told her earl...

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