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I have heard that the death rate for gambling addiction is 25%, caused primarily by suicide. I have also heard that this death rate is higher than any substance abuse addiction. Can anyone show me proof or hard statistics on this?
Simply contact your local gamblers anonymous they should have that kind of data for you.
A movie I recently made for an English Class giving some statistics about gambling addictions
Our Texas home of 22 years was recently sold by my father for him to play it all at a casino and lose everything. He's an abusive gambloholic who now lives in a roach motel in Houston Texas working as a cab driver. After we moved we lived in several different places such as Little Rock Arkansas because we figured it was a great place to live but we were wrong so we moved to Portland Oregon. We all live together now with my mother while my pathetic father still lives in Houston. So my question is how can I raise that kind of money to get my home back? $45,000 dollars. Because right now we're not doing so well living in a rental home in Portland. I for one hate the state of Oregon, the people here are so rude and hatefull. The problem with Little Rock was that the crime rate is very high. I got robbed at gun point doing my laundry so I wouldn't suggest moving there. So please if anyone can help me with any information on how to get the money to get my home back It would help me out alot.
what part of he sold the home do you not understand?
besides it's not YOUR home it WAS his home when he sold it!
the rate of families affected due to gambling problems each year, other useful facts on the causes of gambling addiction.
Pathological gambling is now defined as persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior meeting at least five of the following criteria, as long as these behaviors are not better explained by a manic episode:
1. Preoccupation. The subject has frequent thoughts about gambling experiences, whether past, future, or fantasy.
2. Tolerance. As with drug tolerance, the subject requires larger or more frequent wagers to experience the same "rush".
3. Withdrawal. Restlessness or irritability associated with attempts to cease or reduce gambling.
4. Escape. The subject gambles to improve mood or escape problems.
5. Chasing. The subject tries to win back gambling losses with more gambling.
6. Lying. The subject tries to hide the extent of his or her gambling by lying to family, friends, or therapists.
7. Loss of control. The subject has unsuccessfully attempted to reduce gambling.
8. Illegal acts. The subject has broken the law in order to obtain gambling money or recover gambling losses.
9. Risked significant relationship. The subject gambles despite risking or losing a relationship, job, or other significant opportunity.
10. Bailout. The subject turns to family, friends, or another third party for financial assistance as a result of gambling.
As debts build up people turn to other sources of money such as theft, or the sale of drugs. A lot of this pressure comes from bookies or loan sharks that people rely on for capital to gamble with. Also, a teenager that does not receive treatment for pathological gambling when in their desperation phase is likely to contemplate suicide. 20% of teenagers that are pathological gamblers do consider suicide. This according to the article High Stakes: Teens Gambling With Their Futures by Laura Paul.
Teens Gambling:
--67% of teens gamble.
--44% are non-problem gamblers.
--15% are at-risk gamblers.
--8% are pathological gamblers.
--20% Teens reaches their desperation phase contemplate suicide.
--1.6% of teens contemplate suicide as a result of pathological gambling.
--Gambling is 2 to 3 times more addictive for teens than adults.
Anecdotal accounts and media reports have made frequent reference to the disproportionate level of participation in gambling by people of Asian appearance or from Asian countries.
Middleboro Remembers: bGambling#39;s/b Dirty Little Secret
The government's own report, commissioned in 2003, supports these theories. Where the province estimates that 4.6 per cent of British Columbian gamblers are addicts , the "Problem Gambling Prevalence Study" estimated that 9.9 per cent of Internet gamblers have a moderate or severe problem. That one-in-10 figure was suggested long before Internet gambling became a mainstream phenomenon.
Cut lottery retailer brates/b, but after the recession - OregonLive.com
If you've ever known someone with a gambling problem, you won't be particularly troubled to learn that the recession is taking a big bite out of Oregon Lottery profits.
Yes, it's bad news for schools, parks and drinking establishments that have come to depend on the revenue, but not for families ripped apart by gambling addiction. If Mom or Dad is dropping a little less money into those irresistible machines down at the corner bar these days, that might not be such a bad thing for the kids at home.
State-sponsored video gambling is not a pain-free revenue stream. It is, however, a source of easy money for some in Oregon, where a debate has begun over how to split it up at a time it's declining.
Total lottery revenues, which include video as well as traditional games, plunged from $1.25 billion in 2007-08 to $1.1 billion last fiscal year. That $150,000 shortfall weighs heavily as the state lottery commission prepares to issue new six-year contracts to bars and taverns that play host to the state's lucrative video line games.
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