Gambling

Pratically anyone who reads, studies or just listens to others, has heard the

story of dice for the cloak of a cow. Sure, its old news. It's also evidence of a

phenomenon still in place,and little has changed through the years indeed, centuries.

It exists in every culture in the world GAMBLING.

Gambling of course, we all gamble. For example, "Don't buy life insurance",

"Spend each weekly pay-check expecting to have another pay-check next week",

"Buy a home", "Invest in stocks","Move to a new city, expecting to find a better job,

better life, new and better friends"? It is all a risk, isn't it? Risks is legitimately sanctioned

by society. Gambling is Gambling pure and simple. The question is "is it a trap to take

advantage of the at risk population? (Dr.Jerry Stupp) The bottom line is that if you

take the chance and participate in any risky decision on matter how small it may

appear to you just gambled. Dr. Jerry Stupp said " Gambling isn't even an issue,

addiction is the issue" and with that statement gambling is addictive. It seems

that looking with reason at the concept of addition would be more valuable before

one focuses on any specific addiction, such as online casino gambling, or any

gambling for that matter.

(Arthur T. Horvath, Ph.D) defines an addiction as the repeated craving to

experience an activity or substance for which one is willing, if necessary, to pay a

price or accept negative consequences.

So let us take a moment to discuss the real issue which is; gambling is an

emotional experience that one attempts to resolve with a "logical choice" that offers

high emotional pay offs and low emotional pay offs. (Dr. Rose Van Es, Director

of International Compulsive Gambling Institute of Iona College) argues "All people

who gamble are not addicts. All addicts are not gamblers. Gambling, in and itself

is harmless and, is practiced by people just to better their lifes"! To me, that statement

is so false, if you gamble all the time you are a addict, plan and simple.

Of course, gamblers have addictions that comes with a wide variety of cost and

benefits. The willingness to obtain a mood change is where addiction seeded. Each

addiction, in and of itself, and in a moderated climate is seldom a horrendous behavior

or substance. However, serious thinkers need to ask themselves