The
Tragic Story of Scott Stevens
Late
one August night, Scott Stevens, a successful business executive from
Steubenville, Ohio and the married father of three daughters, went to the
children's community soccer park he raised money to build, sat down upon a park
bench he helped pay for . . . and took his own life.
In the days afterward, a letter arrived in the mail addressed to his
wife Stacy. Stevens had mailed it before he went to the park on
that fateful day. It read, in part:
“I know you don't believe it but I love you so much! I have hurt you so
much. Our family only has a chance if I'm not around to bring us down any
further. You're such an unbelievable wife and mother. I know you will hold the
family together…”
The
beginning of the end of Scott Stevens life began with a penny -- deposited into
a slot machine at a nearby casino. Like so many before him, Scott
became addicted to slot machines and ended up losing everything he and his
family had worked and saved for over the years.
With
addicted gamblers like Scott, a penny quickly becomes a nickel . . . becomes a
quarter . . . becomes a dollar . . . becomes devastating.
If
casinos come to Massachusetts, Scott's story will be repeated -- over and over
and over again. In fact, it is predicted that over 100,000
Massachusetts residents will develop gambling problems. Not all
will end up like Scott. But one ruined life, and one grieving
family, is one too many.
Is whatever you believe might be gained from
casinos,
worth everything that you will
lose?
On
November 4th, Vote YES to Repeal the Casino Law
Vote YES on #3
Vote
YES to STOP the Casino Mess
On the right side of this page is an alphabetical list.
One of the reasons this blogs was begun was because no one was addressing SUICIDES - THE GAMBLING INDUSTRY' S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET!
They don't want you to know.....
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