Forum on gambling problems planned

If this is so benign, why the educational forum to prevent Gambling Addiction?

Forum on gambling problems planned
By Staff reports
Carbondale News
Posted Apr 10, 2012

Carbondale, PA — Presentation On Gambling will be held tomorrow morning, on Wednesday, April 11, at the Honesdale Senior Center. Two sessions: 9 to 10:30 a.m. for professionals, caregivers, family members; then a review of gambling addiction as it relates to older adults from 11 a.m. to noon, for seniors to be able to identify possible signs of gambling problems in their friend or family and what to do. Pre-registration required for attendance by calling Laurie Adams at 253-4262. Presenter: Jody Bechtold


Gov. Ed Rendell calls '60 Minutes' staff members 'simpletons' during gambling episode
Published: Monday, January 10, 2011

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell lashed out at a reporter who questioned the effect of legalized slot-machine gambling in Pennsylvania on gambling addicts.

In a CBS news promo spot for Sunday's "60 Minutes" story, Rendell is seen calling the reporter and producers "simpletons" and "idiots" as he maintains that people will gamble whether it is legal in Pennsylvania or not. The piece aired yesterday. It examines how cash-strapped states are increasingly turning to casino gambling to make ends meet. Pennsylvania legalized slot-machine gambling in 2004.

"People have been gambling since organized society was formed on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates. They were gambling. And they will gamble as long as there's life on this planet. And that's a fact," Rendell told '60 Minutes' reporter Leslie Stahl.