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Casino Gambling Habit
by Jerry "Jet"
Whittaker
Sept 29, 2006
Casino gambling habit
Gambling habit is an ancient and very widely practiced
human activity, which has been followed till today in
the human culture. But in America, gambling has
traditionally bee considered as a bad habit. Gambling
also followed the same path of drug taking and becoming
danger of addiction. This came up with betting on small
things to now connected to games and sports. The
activity of gambling started for two reasons in America.
First, the gambling activity itself had direct effect on
individual and social society. Second, the activity of
gambling seemed to undermine good character. In the
early times, commercial devices were available like the
deck of cards which made it easy to cheat. This started
in both betting and cheating habit.
Like casino gambling, netting in a lottery-type style
also gained substantial force during the 1930’s.
Illegally playing the numbers attracted many humble
people during the Great Depression, but other parts of
the population came under the spell of bingo. Most of
the people who knew the bingo game, played at carnival
for winning prizes. The game bingo somehow spread to
Churches and became a very important fund-raising device
for the churches affected in the Great Depression. The
Church would conduct activities for bingo every night
and thus gather fund for them. People rushed to play the
game and that led to the habit of gambling in a small
way. Large public lotteries ultimately came to be the
most played games in the United States.
Gambling habit among the youth is very common today. All
the gambling casinos and the online casinos are mostly
used by the young. There are steps taken to prevent
gambling habit among the youth. Programs which mainly
target youth are started within the school environment
by trained teachers. The committee has surveyed 517
teachers in order to assess their knowledge and
attitudes with regards to gambling habits among the
youth. There are also telephone interviews conducted
among the 279 randomly selected parents of which 68% are
mothers. They help the people in giving advice of bad
gambling habits.
Some of the main reasons for
gambling habit
are for entertainment, the thrill of winning, the
excitement of risk-taking, as a way of switching off
worries, as a quick fix for financial problems, to avoid
loneliness, to relax and/or for the enjoyment of a
comfort, for a safe and friendly environment. Gambling
also takes take’s up increasing amount of the gamblers
time and attention.
People do not become overnight problem gamblers. It
happens over time.
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