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A gambling
addiction is called Ludomania which is an urge to continue gambling despite the
negative consequences. Dr. Roxanne
Dryden-Edwards and Dr. William C Shiel Jr. reports on onhealth.com that
compulsive gambling affects 2% to 5% of Americans. The affected individuals find that they need
continuously more money for gambling to satisfy the gambling enjoyment. The enjoyment comes from escaping problems
ore relieving sadness or anxiety. When money is lost, the individual works
harder at gambling to recoup the loss.
It is an ongoing cycle. To finance the gambling, the individual reverts
to crime through stealing, fraud, or forgery to acquire finances. This high focused attention on gambling
results in lost marriages and employment.
Did you know
that casinos inherently have crime associated with them? Casinos thrive on money being wagered and
an addicted gambler will need a lot of it.
Once they run out of their own, they will do whatever it takes to get
more. Theft is the answer in the case
of desperation. The behavior is almost
like the addiction to drugs. Instead of drugs, the fuel for the addiction
for gambling is money. The
In Canada,
the Edmonton Journal reported on June 27, 2014 that a man stole more than
$126,000 from his employer, Raynor Rentals, to support his gambling
addiction. The man worked at the company
as an accountant. In 2011, he began
gambling and a year later the addiction was out of control. He was sentences to jail for six months
followed by two years of probation. He
is also sentenced to counselling and 75 hours of community service. Family members had paid the $126,000 to the
employer.
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