Gambling: Pros And Cons
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Gambling is an issue that brings up many moral and ethical questions. Controversy over this topic has developed many legal issues also. Legal gambling has swept across the nation three times. The second wave ended shortly after the turn of the century. We are now in the middle of the third wave ....
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.... is just as real and its consequences can be just as bad (Horn1).
Fast-paced gambling, such as video gambling machines and casinos, maximize gambling addiction because of the number of wagering opportunities. The problem with gambling is that the odds always favor the house. The more that someone gambles against these odds, the more certain it becomes that they will lose. Gambling can become addicting very quickly, and then, when pathological gambling occurs, it rarely affects just ....
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