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You do not have permission to view link Log in or register now.With Gambling Problems
Casinos Offer Plenty Of Incentives
POSTED: 8:47 am PDT July 25, 2007
BOSTON -- Imagine gambling away everything, even your retirement nest egg.
Experts said they are seeing more senior citizens with compulsive gambling problems, Boston television station WCVB reported. (More? More than what? More than before? More than younger people?)
According to one study, 70 percent of older Americans said they participate in some kind of gambling each year. (And?? How many of those buy 2 $1 lottery tickets a year? Or how many gamble themselves into the poorhouse? Is this more or less than the national average?)
One reason is that casinos offer plenty of incentives to come and play, such as free transportation, free meals, live entertainment and the company of others, something that many lonely seniors crave.
"What's happening is it's an escape mechanism, where they have these negative feelings and it could be loneliness, it could be boredom, it could be depression, and once they get to these places, all those problems go away for that period of time. They disappear," said Al Gesregan, a therapist who counsels gamblers.
Therapists said older women seem to be particularly at risk.
"It affected me emotionally. She's so ashamed of it that she'll just lie to tell you that she's doing something else when she's actually going to the casino. And she'll make up anything, and it just makes it a culture of distrust in the family," said Zach Bridge, whose mother gambles.
(Are we talking problem gambling? Or kids that don't want granny to gamble away their inheritance? )
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