Question by zee_prime: What gambling problems does your country have?
I live in NZ. A few years ago the only gambling here was horse racing using the totalisator, not private bookmakers, a state lottery called Lucky Kiwis, and of course private gambling like poker games. It wasn’t a serious social problem back then. Now, gambling has been made easier. We’ve now got casinos, online gambling, scratch-and-win tickets, which you buy, scratch and if you’re lucky, get a prize. and what we call pokie machines. In Britain they call them one-armed bandits. It’s easier to lose money fast gambling than with any other vice, especially if it doesn’t require any skill. Horse racing required skill and knowledge. Now pokies are a major problem here. Some of the profits are taxed and given to charities. But the social problems they cause cost us far more than they pay back. I want to write a story about it. Please tell me about your country’s experience with different forms of gambling.
Gambling is in NZ a way to take money from the poor to give to the rich. I want material for a story condemning our over-liberal gambling laws. Please help.
Best answer:
Answer by cesare214
THE PROBLEMS ARE THE SAME…NOTHING DIFFERENT……..
PEOPLE WANNA GET RICH QUICK…….
READ THE HISTORY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA……CHECK OUT THE THERAPIES USED FOR GAMBLER’S ANONOMOUS….THE RESOURCE IS THERE ..
USA HAS LEGALIZED AND LRGITIMIZED GAMBLING……IT’S WRONG..HURTS FAMILIES…….
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