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On the north bank of the Ohio River sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams,52, and of a riverboat casino ( a place where gambling games are played). During several years of gambling in that casino, Williams, a state auditor eaming$ 35,000 a year, lost approximately $175,000. Hehad never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for $ 20 worth of gambling.
He visited the casino, lost the $ 20 and left. On his second visit he lost $ 800. The casino issued to him, as a good customer, a "Fun Card", which when used in the casino earns points formeals and drinks, and enables the casino to track the user' s gambling activities. For Williams,those activities become what he calls "electronic heroin. "
(51) In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot machine in two days. In March
1997 he lost $ 72,186. He sometimes played two slot machines at a" time, all night, until the boatdocked at 5 a. m., then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9 a. m. Now he is suing thecasino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted. It didknow he had a problem.
In March 1998, a friend of Williams' s got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center foraddictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams' s gambling problem. The casino included aphoto of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a "cease admissions" letter.
Noting the "medical/psychological" nature of problem gambling behavior, the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/psychological informationdemonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.
(52) .
The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has 24 signs warning : "'Enjoy the fun...and always bet with your head, not over it". Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counselingfrom the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Nevertheless, Williams' s suit charges that the casino, knowing he was "helplessly addicted to gambling", intentionally worked to "lure" him to"engage in conduct against his will. " Well.
(53) .
The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders says "pathological gambling" involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money than ofthe thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.
(54) .Pushed by science, or what claims to be science, society is reclassifyingwhat once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physicaldisabilities.
(55) .
Forty-four states have lotteries,29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on--you might say addicted to revenues from wagering. And since the first Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers' dollars has become intense. TheOct.28 issue of Newsweek reported that2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos everyweek. With $ 3.5 billion being lost on Internetwagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web' s most profitable business. A.Although no such evidence was presented, the casino' s marketing department continued topepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.
B.It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense washis will operative?
C.By the time he had lost $ 5,000 he said to himseff that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $ 5,500, but he did not quit.
D.Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most importantand aggressive promoter of gambling in America is the government.
E.David Williams' s suit should trouble this gambling nation, But don' t bet on it.
F.It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often definingas addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.
G.The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive tocompulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Intemet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?
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