A Family Story

SUICIDE IS THE GAMBLING INDUSTRY'S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET!

The Gambling Vultures work hard to cover it up, keep reports out of the media.....

...to continue to PICK YOUR POCKET while you think it's entertainment.....

On the right side of this blog are CATEGORIES of collected articles, the few that have appeared because no one wants to talk about SUICIDE.

AGA even commissioned a phony report to refute the FACTS.


GAMBLING ADDICTION has the lowest rate of self-referrals of ALL addictions and the highest rate of SUICIDE. FACT!

Please don't believe you won't know someone who COMMITS SUICIDE because of GAMBLING ADDICTION....it's not true!


Take the time to read Gladys' post....

Ring of Fire - a repost in honor of Father's Day


My thoughts alone!


YES TO STOP THE CASINO MESS!








"If it can happen to me and my girls, it can happen to you and your family. It's vicious industry. By voting yes on Question 3, you'll protect your family and your community." In an emotional retelling of the loss of her husband Scott to gambling addiction, Ohio resident Stacy Stevens encourages Massachusetts voters to think twice before allowing the predatory nature of casinos to come into our Commonwealth.

"A Family Story"

On August 13, 2012, Scott Stevens, described as a successful business executive, husband, and father of three daughters, took his own life in a park he raised funds to build. He had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars at a casino opened up across the river in nearby West Virginia.

While it's easy to get lost in the statistics; the number of gamblers will rise in Massachusetts by the tens of thousands and gambling addicts maintain some the highest rates of suicide. The personal stories of those who struggle are also important. The predatory tactics of the casino industry have real consequences for real people.

We know the facts are on our side. The empty promises of the casino industry fail to pan out in state after state, community after community. Please share Stacy's video, make sure that her voice is heard. We may not have the millions of the casino bosses, but we have the voices of hundreds of thousands of casino repeal supporters across the state. Lend yours.

Any way you can spread the word, now is the time. You can engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, and through our website, as your voice maximizes our reach. For other ways to join the campaign, please donate, and follow us on social media.

Thank you for your support!

John Ribeiro

Chairman

Repeal the Casino Deal

P.S. Please forward this message on to at least 10 of your friends and family members.

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Day 18: 20 winning casino repeal arguments in 20 days

 

 

 

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.....

Explain again how this is JUST ENTERTAINMENT?

Why would anyone support this?

Widow says man’s gambling addiction led to suicide, sues casino

September 17, 2014 1:09 PM
By KELLY HOLLERAN

 

WHEELING – The wife of a recently deceased man has filed suit against Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, saying her husband’s gambling addiction caused him to commit suicide.

Stacy Stevens alleges her husband, Scott Stevens, used a gun from his hunting bag to kill himself Aug. 13, 2012, after he drained his family’s savings and 401(k) accounts to feed his gambling habit.

Scott Stevens had become addicted to slot machines and he embezzled more than $7 million from the company where he was CFO and was fired when he confessed to taking the money, according to the complaint filed Aug. 7 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

After he was fired, Scott Stevens continued to gamble, visiting Mountaineer Casino in New Cumberland nearly every day for 10 months, the suit states. Over the course of time, Scott Stevens emptied his family’s savings, 401(k) account and his children’s college funds, the complaint says.

On Aug. 13, 2012, Scott Stevens withdrew the last of the family’s 401(k) account and visited the slots. Later that day, at a local park that Stevens helped develop, he called 911 then pulled the trigger of his gun when police arrived, his wife alleges.

“Cases like this, where patrons become addicted to slot machines, embezzle, face imprisonment, and commit suicide, are familiar occurrences to the gambling industry,” the suit states.

In addition to Mountaineer Casino, Stacy Stevens names IGT as a defendant, saying it manufactured the slot machines that her husband used.

Mountaineer Casino breached its duty of care to Scott Stevens by failing to deny him access to its casino when it knew it should have done and by failing to ban him from its casino, according to the complaint.

IGT also is blamed for defective product design. Stacy Stevens says the company defectively designed slot machines that were an interactive force that “eroded players’ capacity to make reasoned decisions” and designed machines that were not safe and that may allow customers to become addicted to them.

In her complaint, Stacy Stevens seeks compensatory damages, plus costs and other relief the court deems just. She also is seeking punitive damages.

James G. Bordas Jr. of Bordas & Bordas in Wheeling is representing her.

The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia case number 5:14-cv-104

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