Against All Odds – Part 2 of 4 – Documentary made by the BBC for Discovery. Concerns the growing issue of problem gambling in the US. Directed and edited by Mike Kleinsteuber. This is Part 2 of 4

 

Oregon has enough gambling opportunities already

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People say that gamblers can choose not to go to these places, but there is more to it than that. There are thousands of compulsive gamblers in the population and putting a privately owned casino in the middle of them will be disastrous. The compulsive …
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Lorry driver loses life savings to online gambling

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KUALA LUMPUR: It was the last throw of the dice for a compulsive gambler, but in the end, it did not pay off. A 45-year-old lorry driver, who lost his life savings to online gambling, and later his family, who walked out on him because of his mounting …
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Gambling addict sues casinos

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The self-exclusion program was created by the BCLC and is meant to prevent compulsive gamblers from entering casinos. The gaming centre is supposed to have a record of the gamblers' face and by using state-of-the-art surveillance systems to catch …
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