So, what's the book on betting?
Peoria Journal Star
Where there's a sports betting seed, there's always the chance it could grow into a gambling addiction. But more and more, Tri-County Area law enforcement authorities say bookmakers no longer are part of the organized action.

Billy Graham | Seek God's help to break addiction
Kansas City Star
MG A. DEAR MG: Yes, it's possible to become addicted to just about anything, not just alcohol or drugs (although those can be devastating), but also things like food or gambling, shopping, or exercise. When we become addicted to something, ...

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Daily Mail
Outrage as former drug addict Robbie Williams launches online poker site
Daily Mail
By Lucy Buckland He is no Angel, but former drug addict Robbie Williams has enraged fans once again by launching an online poker site. Anti-gambling campaigners also slated the Take That singer for launching the website claiming the 37-year-old would ...
Poke in face for Robbie's card siteThe Sun
Robbie Williams Gambles Big On Poker SiteOnline Poker.net
Robbie Williams Launches Controversial Poker SiteCardPlayer.com
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ATM at Warragul pokies venue found key to teen's death
Warragul Citizen
A coroner has found the suicide of a teenager in Warragul last year was due to an ATM at a local gambling venue inflaming his gambling addiction. Jacob Anton Van Berlo, 19, hanged himself in the garage of his parents' Maple Way home on May 11 last year ...
Pokies ATM link to teenager's deathHerald Sun

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Chris Huhne, gambling addictions + loving libraries
LBC 97.3 (blog)
An internet gambling addict has been jailed for frittering away £400000 from a company she worked for, meaning her boss has to retire five years later than planned to pay for it. Has gambling ever affected your life? Gambling expert Chris Brady and ...

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The Sun
Poke in face for Robbie's card site
The Sun
By ALISON MALONEY ROBBIE Williams has come under fire from anti-gambling campaigners after launching his own poker site. The Take That star, who has battled addictions to drink and drugs, has been slammed by Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt after putting his name ...
Robbie Williams - Robbie Williams Criticised Over Poker SiteContactmusic.com

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Trapped by need, freed by love
Adelaide Now
Chris introduces himself as a compulsive gambler who hasn't had a bet in seven years. He got his first taste of gambling at age 11. Chris had an inkling about being addicted to pokies after putting a pay cheque through the machines soon after getting ...

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Daily Mail
Woman jailed for stealing more than £398000 from Attleborough accountants
Norwich Evening News
A woman who admitted stealing more than £398000 from the accountants she worked for to fund an online gambling addiction has been jailed. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name ...
Internet gambling addict frittered away £400000 from company - and her boss ...Daily Mail

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My Fox Boston
Casinos to pay for compulsive gambling help, but will Beacon Hill keep the ...
My Fox Boston
Just like anti-smoking programs were supposed to be funded with tobacco money, gambling addiction programs are slated to be funded by casino tax money. The state's new casino law includes the creation of a public health trust fund, funded with five ...

Illinois' dependence on gambling deepens
Joliet Herald News
Gambling opponents in Illinois have lots of traditional reasons why expanding the sale of lottery tickets to the Internet is a bad idea. We appreciate the concerns about it causing more social misery and gambling addicts, and they're well-founded.

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Worker steals from boss to feed son's gambling addiction
Illawarra Mercury
A Far South Coast mother stole more than $1.1 million from her employers, using every cent of the funds to feed her son's crippling gambling addiction, Wollongong District Court heard yesterday. Diane Felkin spent nearly seven years defrauding a ...
Mum stole to feed son's gambling habitBay Post/Moruya Examiner

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Tribes: Conn. has unregulated online gambling
CBS News
He contends that Internet wagering could be problematic for people with an addiction to gambling, considering it would be a solitary activity and could be very addictive if there are no outside distractions. "For people with a problem, the temptation ...

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Son's gambling addiction lead to theft: court
Illawarra Mercury
A Far South Coast mother stole more than $1.1 million from her employers, using every cent of the funds to feed her son's crippling gambling addiction, Wollongong District Court heard yesterday. Diane Felkin spent nearly seven years defrauding a ...

New report looks at addiction, gambling
Stratford Gazette
Addiction and problem gambling are the issues addressed in the newest report from the United Way's Social Research and Planning Council. In addition to answering questions like what is addiction and who's at risk, the report looks at how addictions can ...

“Gambling addiction worse than drugs”
Informante
John started to visit bars regularly – and eventually every day - to feed his ever increasing gambling addiction. He has a wife and two school going children, “but I totally neglected my family,” he explains. He never managed to stop after a win and in ...

Gambling addict stole groceries
Fingal Independent
Gda Mccabe agreed with Galligan's solicitor Mr Patrick Jackson that Galligan was co-operative and admitted he was a gambling addict. Galligan told the court he realises now he has a severe addiction to gambling and has started to face up to it by ...

Gambling addict sentenced for Neighbourhood Watch theft
ABC Online
"You used the proceeds either directly for gambling through pokie machines or to meet living expenses you couldn't otherwise afford due to your addiction to gambling," he said. But he suspended a seven-month prison sentence and put the woman on a bond ...
Woman stole from Neighbourhood WatchAdelaide Now

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GUEST COLUMN: Early exposure to wagering on games of chance can have ...
NRToday.com
By PATTIE SCHAEDLER Gambling has been called the hidden addiction because it is not physically visible until the very late stages (depression/suicide/illegal activity) and participation is often not viewed as a problem by parents, teachers and society ...

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Confession of addict: Gambling starts at early age
Today's Zaman
A confession by a gambling addict reveals that gambling is very common among high school students and that the seeds for addiction are sown during high school or sometimes even during the primary school years. Many addicts of games of chance such as ...

Schumacher gives gambling pitch
Columbus Telegram
Gambling opponents said the economic benefits of casinos are overblown, given the cost of regulating such businesses as well as the likely increases in embezzlement and other crimes related to gambling addictions. Hannah Buell, a representative for the ...

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