Citizens and Experts Ponder Impact of Video Poker on Forest Park

Citizens and experts ponder impact of video poker on Forest Park

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The forum was presented by Citizens United in Forest Park and featured speakers Tim Lattner, a licensed terminal operator and president of Lattner Entertainment Group, Kathy Gilroy, whose anti-gambling activism helped make gambling addiction helpline …
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Gambling addiction was caused by Parkinson's medication: court

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A man from Rotterdam who became a gambling addict after taking drugs to control Parkinson's disease may be entitled to compensation, a Dutch court has ruled. The addiction to gambling led to the 69-year-old man from Rotterdam losing his wife and job …
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Gambling addiction takes its toll in Italy

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Feder said that, despite the rise in cases of pathological gambling, "it is still not recognised [by the authorities] as an addiction". Sufferers could not, as a result, be treated in the national health system. Because of that, there is no reliable …
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Racing board says stop betting on horses online

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9. The Racing Board has posted a notice on its website that online gambling on horse racing in the state is now "prohibited." Anita Bedell, the director of Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems, called on Illinois Attorney General Lisa …
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@jasBURRRR @robaykroid @ryanayk jasper you have a gambling problem, as well as alcohol addiction. You need helpby NikoStoy (Nik Stojanovich)

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@youlovefox This gambling addiction of yours is a disease Rachel. You need help. Help to get much better at it, because you keep losing. – by Seej500 (Seej 500)

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Footballer claims ban from racing will help his gambling addiction http://t.co/eiJDbEba – by zorroesque (simon dymond)