Betting Addiction » Gambling Addiction http://bettingaddiction.com Resources to help and understand the addiction to gambling. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:34:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Gambling Addiction in China http://bettingaddiction.com/gambling-addiction-in-china/ http://bettingaddiction.com/gambling-addiction-in-china/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:33:06 +0000 admin http://bettingaddiction.com/gambling-addiction-in-china/ I found this interesting video about the addiction to gambling in China and how it is treated. It just goes to show you that betting and gambling are an addiction to looked for and watched and that they are not easily cured.

Here is the video.


]]> http://bettingaddiction.com/gambling-addiction-in-china/feed/ 0 Gambling Addiction http://bettingaddiction.com/gambling-addiction/ http://bettingaddiction.com/gambling-addiction/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:12:59 +0000 admin http://bettingaddiction.com/index.php/gambling-addiction/ The sad truth is that the gambling industry has only continued to grow the last decade. This growth of the gambling industry is actually one of the most accelerating business that is currently manufactured itself within the United States. Not only has the increase of Indian casinos helped gambling addiction move faster, but there has been also increase within the Midwestern part of the United States of more boats that are allowed to be gambled on throughout the western part of the United States. These increases have brought up the amount of people that are gambling. By bringing accessibility to gambling to everyone, without even going to one of the major gambling locations that is located within the United States, like Las Vegas and Atlantic City.

addiction.gifThe gambling facilities are very large as is most casinos nature, and free drinks and free entertainment which do bring many people who would otherwise not be gambling into a gambling field. These kinds of enticements are what is making the gambling industry grow larger and larger every year. Having somewhere to relax is something everyone needs, and the casinos are acting as this kind of place for a large number of people in this day and age.

Most of the people, who do enjoy gambling, are not addicted but see gambling as a mere form of entertainment and a way to just have fun and not risk their whole life savings. But there are the 6% of people that do gamble that get heavily addicted, and this is one of the problems that gambling brings into society. For the addicted gambler their life is filled with negative effects from the loss of money. Even if the gambler just has a loss for the value of money or the loss of loved ones due to the loss of all the family assets through a gambling session that is being driven from the gamblers addiction.

This is why gambling addiction needs be recognized in the mainstream, and the people who are addicted to gambling need to figure out how to stop. Reading and thinking about your gambling addiction are things that will help let this addiction pass you by, so that you can continue leading your normal everyday life.

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