High Stakes: The Rising Cost of America’s Gambling Addiction

High Stakes: The Rising Cost of America’s Gambling Addiction

America is fast becoming hooked on legalized gambling. It’s become a billion industry, now entrenched in all but two states. Revenues have shot up 70 percent in the last decade alone. Politicians and industry officials assert that gambling is an effective way to raise revenues and create jobs. But a hidden story needs to be told. Studies are showing that fast-rising numbers of addicted gamblers are causing higher indebtedness and bankruptcy rates, as well as increased divorces, suicides and

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