Gambiling

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Gambling 7). Youth gambling often starts in the family setting such as scratching a lottery ticket or betting on a family card game. Although it appears harmless at the time, it can lead to serious problems (Knickerbocker 3). According to Roger Svendsen, director of the Minnesota Compulsive Gambling Hotline, serious problems often don’t show up until adulthood since there are controls on young people like the limitation of money, credit cards and checking accounts. With new technology today, gambling devices are a lot like interactive video game kids grow up playing. Such devices, where the outcome is based on chance, can give the illusion that skill determines the result, as it does in video games. Problems also arise with the older generation. For example, thousands of Florida’s senior citizens are turning their retirement dreams into nightmares by gambling away their life’s savings. With money at their disposal, it is easier to get into deeper trouble (Prob. Gambling effects all ages 2). Many older adults start gambling to co...