Stacking the Deck Against the Poor!

Cleaning out a 'Casino Filing Cabinet' [4 drawers, stuffed!], this note was included, the note dated 2010:


One thing that resonates with me is that gambling doesn't just RECAPTURE gamblers, it createsd them. I found this blurb in an editorial from Missouri:


"The Relationship of Ecological and Geographic Factors to Gambling Behavior and Pathology" states:

"Neighborhood disadvantage shows...a strong positive effect on frequency of gambling and pathological or problem gambling. For every increase of one standard deviation  in enighborhood disadvantage the odds of being a pathological or problem gambler increase by 69%...A casino within 10 miles of home is associated with a 90% increase in the odds of being a pathological or problem gambler."

This essentially says that if you are poor and live within ten miles of a casino, you have a 150% increased risk of becoming a problem gambler! Those of us who have money only face a 90% chance! Only 90%!