Gambling Addiction

This about says it all --

Despite their losses, senior citizens keep going to the casinos. 'They roll out the red carpet when I come in,' one retiree says.


Am I addicted?" she asked. "Of course."

Lots of seniors are addicted, she said. You come into the casino in the middle of the day and see them with their "wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, the whole megillah." But at least Sandy knows why she does it. "Because I'm hiding and I'm lonely," she said.

Ralph and Jan ... [are] thinking of moving from the Valley to the desert, ignoring a daughter's plea that they do something else with their time and money.