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sounds_sound  ·  4568 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New Statesman - The machines that ate my life
It sucks to read about these people who want to stop, but can't. Such a terrible addiction to have. Will regulation help them, or will gambling find them where ever they hide?




thenewgreen  ·  4568 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I think they will find gambling. That said, just like any drug it takes a "first time" to get addicted. Without these machines, it's likely that some people might never discover this addiction.

Where I went to school in Montana, many (if not most) of the gas stations had poker machines and some had slot machines. I remember often seeing the same old lady with a bucket of quarters at the gas station by my house. She'd be there late at night and early in the morning, essentially not sleeping, just gambling. It's a very sad addiction.

My wife had never been to a casino and one night we went out with some friends to a Casino in Detroit. After 10 minutes there I looked over at her and she was crying. "It's so sad" is all she said. -She's right.

mk  ·  4568 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I agree. I find casinos to be depressing places. Sure there are a good number of people there for the occasional casino night, but it's too hard to ignore the lifers.

Also, slots aren't any fun at all. The people that 'play' them are never smiling.

thenewgreen  ·  4568 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    Slots aren't any fun at all. The people that play them are never smiling
-Hope you don't mind but I think I'll borrow that line for a lyric.
mk  ·  4568 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Ha. Sure thing.