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Addicted to gambling

There are Indian casinos everywhere and a cardroom or two within a short drive. Gambling is fun for most of us, but should we worry about the impact of all those gaming facilities on those who can't control their gambling? A new study says there are nearly one million problem gamblers in California. Do you know any of them?

The gambling study was done by Rachel Volberg, president of Gemini Research Ltd., a Massachusetts firm, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Here's the U-T's story.

Comments

Remember when, if you wanted to gamble, you had to go to Nevada? Now it seems you can go anywhere in the country and not be far away from a casino.This is an enormous social experiment,and I don't know how it came to this,but,...maybe the wrong people are making reparrations to the Indians.

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