Compulsive Gambling, Problem Gambling, Gambling Addiction
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“Whether it’s in a casino or online, poker and other games of chance are becoming increasingly popular. It’s not just men who are addicted, a growing number of women are becoming compulsive gamblers, too. Early Show correspondent Hattie Kauffman takes a closer look at the troubling trend,” news anchor.
“The reality is the longer you gamble compulsively, which is what I was doing, the more you become a compulsive liar,” Melanie Morgan, former gambling addict.
“In the 1980s Melanie Morgan was a successful television anchor until her gambling addiction cost her, her job and nearly destroyed her marriage,” Hattie Kauffman, CBS national correspondent.
“I would lie about where I was going, what I was doing, who I was with, how much money I was spending,” Melanie Morgan.
“Even her pregnancy did not stop Melanie from gambling,” Hattie Kauffman.
“Of course I was in a terrible environment, smoke-filled rooms, hardly taking care of myself. I was gambling until an hour before I gave birth,” Melanie Morgan.
“After her son was born, she often left the infant with an assortment of babysitters,” Kauffman.
“I remember packing up the baby one day and driving around to each of the card rooms where I thought she might be and finally locating her and taking the baby in its carrier and putting the baby in the middle of the poker table and saying, ‘You got a choice. You want to play cards or you want to be a Mom?’” Jack Morgan, Melanie’s husband.
“I knew at that point I was in desperate trouble and I knew I was sick, sick, and needed help. And I still didn’t want to stop,” Melanie Morgan.
“You might think the opportunity to gamble non-stop would be limited to a trip to Las Vegas or Atlantic City, but the temptation is everywhere. Visit here in Phoenix and you’ll be greeted with the Arizona Casino guide, listing 22 casinos, dog racing, horse racing, bingo and more,” Kauffman.
“I won $10,000 playing bingo. It just hooks you right in,” former compulsive gambler.
“Slot machines,” another compulsive gambler.
“Mine wasn’t slots, it was draw poker,” another compulsive gambler.
“I sat down with three women in recovery from compulsive gambling: Shannon, Freda, and Vicki,”
“Do you have any idea how much you’ve lost to gambling?” Kauffman.
“I’ve lost $300,000. It was all of my retirement money,” Vicki.
“I have thought it was around $35,000 but my husband has stated that it’s around $50,000,” Shannon.
“It was around $115,000 to $200,000,” Freda.
“But Freda lost a lot more than that. She lost a year of her life when she went to prison after stealing cash to gamble,” Kauffman.
“The sick compulsive gambler will do whatever they have to do to gamble,” Freda.
“It makes me think about a drug addict who steals to get the drugs,” Kauffman.
“It’s an addiction. It is an addiction,” Freda.
“Psychologist Paul Good says that it used to be women used to gamble to escape their every day life, but now more are being lured simply by the action,” Kauffman.
“A sense of excitement, of being on the edge. You are literally holding your fate in your own hands at a poker table. For a women, that could be a powerful riveting experience,” Paul Good, psychologist.
“Is it a high? Is it a euphoria?” Kauffman.
“Oh yes. Oh yes it is. It’s like a drug,” Freda.
“Especially when you hear the bells ringing,” background voice.
“According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, in the 1980s just a handful of women sought treatment for gambling addiction. Today, almost half of those seeking help for gambling addiction are female,” Kauffman.
“You are going to see gambling take its place alongside alcoholism and drug abuse as being one of the most significant addictions of our time,” Paul Good, Psychologist.
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December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
haha look at all …
haha look at all those losers in this video
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
right on. i am a …
right on. i am a recovering gambler and it’s a long story
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I worked in the …
I worked in the casinos for 13 years and eventually quit. Watching people destroy themselves was too much to bear after so long. That, and most casino management is composed of pure assholes. It’s a business from top to bottom.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
hey don’t worry you …
hey don’t worry you are not alone we all feel the same way too i actually stole money from my mom and she may find out
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
ive been helped! …
ive been helped! abundantlivingfirst, com helped me to make real money again! no more loosing things.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
poker isn’t a game …
poker isn’t a game of chance because a successful strategy will win over the long run, which you don’t find with any other game, whether it be blackjack, craps, the slots …
In saying that, the real winners from poker are the websites and casinos, because you are taking the risk, and they are not.
So if you have problem gambling, I don’t think you should justify your gambling by playing poker instead of other games.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
O ye who believe! …
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, r an abomination, of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity n hatred between you, with intoxicants n gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? Quran 5: 90-91
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Whatever intoxicates in a greater quantity is also unlawful in a small quantity.”
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
O ye who believe! …
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, r an abomination, of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity n hatred between you, with intoxicants n gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? Quran 5: 90-91
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Whatever intoxicates in a greater quantity is also unlawful in a small quantity.”
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Salutations of …
Salutations of Peace.
Allah says in the Qur’an: “Do they NOT consider the Qur’an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy. Qur’an 4:82
“Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?” Qur’an21:30
I invite you to the House of Islam in peace.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I sorry to hear …
I sorry to hear that.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
O ye who believe! …
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, r an abomination, of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity n hatred between you, with intoxicants n gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? Quran 5: 90-91
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Whatever intoxicates in a greater quantity is also unlawful in a small quantity.”
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
O ye who believe! …
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, r an abomination, of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity n hatred between you, with intoxicants n gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? Quran 5: 90-91
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Whatever intoxicates in a greater quantity is also unlawful in a small quantity.”
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
i earn money and …
i earn money and throw it away on the blackjack table, its what i do. now can someone please fetch a baseball bat and smash my skull with every ounce of strength and keep doing it repeatedly until its beaten to a pulp. because obviously i cant control myself, will relapse time and time and time again and want to go outside myself with a baseball bat and say “oh you like throwing your money away like the degenerate gambling scum u are? you like it huh?” and smash my face in. i deserve it im scum
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
i lose all my 3 …
i lose all my 3 years saving on gambling lose my gf she give up on me so i don’t blame her being with a loser like me i keep thinking to stop but keep thowing my money away now i got no job family hate me am in debt so much bill ihaven’t pay so fuking mess up wanted to kill myself so many time
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
online gambling is …
online gambling is the worst gambling cause its seems like you have casino in ur home so u gambel and loose ur money dont ever try online gambling
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Poker IS a game of …
Poker IS a game of LUCK. You have no idea what anyone elses cards are or if they are good of bad. All you can see if your own cards and its just guessing.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
My mother was also …
My mother was also a gambler… she commited suicide in 2003. If I could get her back, I would DRAG her to any HELP that I could. Do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to help your mother!!!
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
you cant make her …
you cant make her stop,only she can make that descion,they hav ga-anom meetins to help those affected by compulsine gamblers
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Poker is NOT a game …
Poker is NOT a game of chance. It’s mostly mathematics. The house always wins in the end.
The house has huge overhead (employees, pit boss, managers, rent, overhead, taxes, etc.) ; the house gives players free food and drinks. So how does it make money? From the rake.
People who think they can beat the house are dilusional. Poker isn’t a game of chance.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
My mother is a …
My mother is a problem gambler how do i make her stop i need help
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Maybe not a game of …
Maybe not a game of chance, but I do believe that a huge amount of luck is involved. The poker sites will let you believe that around 75-90% of poker is skill. I think the truth is that it’s closer to around 10-20% skill and the rest is luck. There are many who would disagree with me, including yourself, but it’s just my opinion.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Hey check out …
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December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I dont know if i …
I dont know if i have a gambling problem.. maybe. Once i start playing online, i keep playing n playing n playing n playing.. and its never enough. Win some, wanna win more.. lose some, gotta win it back/break even.. and then win some more. Its never enough, no limits. But i dont have the compulsion to gamble all the time, and once i go bust i wont reload.. its just that i know once i start i cant stop. Thus why i dont wanna play most of the time otherwise waste a whole night of it
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
what a simple yet …
what a simple yet great idea – you can only enter any gambling or online establishment if you have a national card or number, and if you self exclude, then you are not allowed to gamble. Great idea
December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Poker isn’t a game …
Poker isn’t a game of chance.