SUICIDES?
The Gambling Industry doesn't want you to talk about it. Will you?
From The Mask Slips
Shortly after Three Rivers opened, local media reported the “first suicide at the Florence casino.”
On the morning of Feb. 29, 2008, Steven L. Martin, 58, of Westlake, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the parking lot in front of Three Rivers Casino along Highway 126 in Florence. [Oregon]
Although casino marketing quickly moved to hush this suicide and other crimes of pain associated with those who’ve also lost their shirt at Three Rivers, “a chill moved through Florence as if it was saying we screwed-up and sold our beloved Florence for a parking lot full of grief and service oriented gambling jobs,” said Mavis Walters of Florence.
“They no longer keep track of the suicides associated with gambling losses, but look at this economy and no jobs and yet the casino here is full with those who want to hit the big one. Nobody really hits the big one, and if they do it's one in hundreds of thousands. It’s all very sad to see a tourist community held hostage to gambling. But that’s the case with more than 200 jobs at Three Rivers. Many of my senior friends loosing much too much on slots,” explained Walters with a sense of chagrin.
From Jackpot! :
Now and then, they might push a little too hard: Harrah's, like other casinos, has seen its share of bankrupt gamblers, lawsuits and suicides. But without those friendly little nudges, we just aren't worth as much.
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Opposition wants new study on effects of gambling in N.S.
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's official Opposition wants the government to start a new independent study on the social impacts of gambling after the release of a previously secret draft report that looked at suicides among gamblers.
Liberal Leo Glavine says the province's decision to shelve the draft report two years ago meant mental and physical health issues related to problem gamblers were covered up.
The draft study estimated that about six suicides a year in the province are linked to gambling.
Glavine says both the author and the province have acknowledged that further work was necessary, but the province prevented that research from happening because of the revenue that gambling brings in.
Labour Minister Marilyn More says her department withheld the draft report from the public because it was flawed.
More says the government wants to know more about the impact of gambling, but she says no decision has been made whether another independent study should be commissioned.
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Opposition wants new study on effects of gambling in N.S.
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