Problem gambling: One view from the gaming industry side |
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Authors: | Shannon Bybee J.D. |
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Affiliation: | (1) 600 E. Charleston Blvd., 89104 Las Vegas, NV |
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Abstract: | An experienced lawyer for the gaming industry argues that the very appellation of compulsive gambling is misleading. Advocates of the medical model of compulsive gambling have created a strange new disease, where individuals are viewed as not responsible for their misdeeds but as solely responsible for their own cure. The fact that some individuals have problems because of gambling does not lead to the conclusion that casinos bear the ultimate legal or moral responsibility. More research and dialogue is needed; but so is the acceptance by problem gamblers and those who study and treat them that individuals have to take responsibility for their own conduct. |
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