Damaged Lives: Gambling Is Not A Game (Long Version)
Two Kentucky women tell their stories of how gambling impacted their families.
Duration : 0:7:52
Tags: Addiction, Baptist, cards, casinos, church, Compulsive, Convention, damaged, expansion, families, gambler, gamblers, Gambling, kentucky, lives, machines, poker, prison, problem, slot, slots, suicide
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 am
More money has been …
More money has been stolen,embezzled and forced people into poverty by religion than by any other form…..God wants Money and always wants alittle more,all knowing all seeing but just cant handle money.(George Carlin).
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 am
There should be a …
There should be a way for people to pay bills in casinos as much as a way to cash checks, atms, taking away from yourself. Security doesn’t always enforce the self ban either.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 am
sometimes i want to …
sometimes i want to quit gambling and just lose myslef in world of warcraft
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
That woman over …
That woman over eats. Isn’t that a sin?
Why doesn’t she work on her self first before she tells others whats wrong. If you’re not going to follow your own advice don’t offer it at all.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
I handle money …
I handle money responsibly, but occasionally bet (and generally lose) $10 or $20 at casinos as diverse as Horseshoe Indiana to Casino Pilipino in Manila to Wynn, Las Vegas. Some people eat too much and ruin their health, impacting my health insurance rates. All humans are imperfect, and some will make poor use of living in a free society. This is not a good argument against human freedom. There are costs to freedom and people making poor decisions is one of them.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
OR maybe u realise …
OR maybe u realise i am god and im not going to help u.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
know that you are …
know that you are not the only ones. Luckily enough for us, we still have the life to overlook our past and realize that this is not the answer. I am trying to learn from my mistakes, because I know that even though I felt like 10k is alot. It is not worth tragedy. These lessons that come early in life will save us millions in the long run if we learn from our mistakes. I hope this benefits everyone with a similar situation, and become more in touch with the simply more finer things in life
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
I was loosing some …
I was loosing some games and kept chasing, I was betting around 500$ a game on the rly bad times. I ended up loosing around 10K and still owe locals around 4k. gambling caused my first semester of school to be terrible my plans of buying a used 350z was dimished, even thought of suicide an crimes to make the money back. Luckily I myself have been blessed enough to have the parents support me even though I have yet to admit to them my problem and loss. I am typing this to let everyone out there..
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
I was at a …
I was at a community college and working at lowe’s hardware. While selling cars for more money. a friend of mine told me about his online gambling site. So I ventured off and placed my first bet on some ufc fights. I won about 420 at the end of that summer. that fall I went off to college with about 11k saved up. while in college the same friend got me hooked up with a local boookie. throughtout football and baseball season I wasdoing okay, but then around november it all began..to be continued
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
I’m currently 20 …
I’m currently 20 years old. I veiw myself as a popular handsome young male who was raised up in a wheatly family. Through highschool I drove a 99 chevrolet corvette and a 2001 audi a4. I shared these two cars with my twin brother. however my senoir year prom night I wrecked my audi a4 and my bro kept the vette. I received a little proportion of the money when my bro sold the vette. So right after highschool I had saved up about 6500 dollars. I was at a community college and working… to be cont
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
i have become into …
i have become into debt for the first time cos of online gambling, adverts should be taken off tv
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
I keep watching …
I keep watching these videos to help my own addiction thankyou. Every time I have the urge I come onto youtube
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
Im a slot machine …
Im a slot machine addict from the UK, and yep… 6 slot arcades and about 30 other bars/shops with slots ALL within walking distance… not to mention the casinos… And the british goverment encourage it as much as they can… they wont let a craftsman carry a knife in the street BUT they will let our tv channels show nothing but ads for online casino’s aimed at working class people (in a Recession)… ohh… and God wont help you.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
I don’t go to …
I don’t go to church. Must be I don’t have any morals.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
My problem is poker …
My problem is poker. Im addicted to online poker. Started playing six months ago and blew all my savings and went into debt. What keeps me going is to get that big win. Im actually a good player but i always eem to blow my bankroll in one or two hands. I find it hard to go through the day without playing a few tournies and a few cash games. I always think, if pokerstars can do it, why not me?? Going for that dream ruined my life.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
Very cool video.I …
Very cool video.I will vote for it!
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
i’m just 18 years …
i’m just 18 years old and i lost $4000 today at the casino. i’m watching every documentary about gambling addiction that i see. i want to be educated to realize how gambling ruined my life and changed the supposed to be happy moments that I could have if didn’t gamble. THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS. that’s why casinons have billions of revenues every year. they wouldn’t build it if they will just lose. you win today, but you lose tomorrow. i hope today will be my last visit. I HOPE EVERYONE QUITS.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
I am a gambling …
I am a gambling addict, and it has ruined my life… I went from having a home and a family to living on the streets. I am starting to recover… TO see my story go to my channel and watch my story… A documentary on gambling…
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
im a compulsive …
im a compulsive gambler for 10 years. All I can say is that no matter how much money we could win we would lose all because our enemy is ourself coz we keep on coming back to win more or to recover losses.we might win 6 days a week but lose in a day very badly.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
i realy have to say …
i realy have to say bravo to u, people dont realise as u say, u see i live in europe and exept france there slot machines evrywhere, in the bars, coffee shop, even newspaper shop or internet cafe, sham on them, as it says in this video only vunerable people r addicted, and the real question is why the goverments allow these machines evrwhere, who takes that money, what control do thew, w know all none,it´s relay sad to see this, and this man talk about god,but he dosent dera to ask thegoverment
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
People don’t …
People don’t realize how much gambling effects lives. More casinos keep popping up all over the country but there is no anti gambling campaigns like there is against smoking. It can be dangerous and you have to be careful because it eventually catches up to you. I just lost in Atlantic City yesterday and it hurts. Now I have to go to work for free to recoup that money. I am quitting.