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I didn’t know that . . .

November 30th, 2007 by Erich Vieth

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Advertisement (almost a full page ad) for a huge new casino opening soon in St. Louis, published in the November 30, 2007 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 

I didn’t know that happiness was so easily achieved.  And from this ad, it appears that everyone comes out ahead at the casino.

 

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One Response to “I didn’t know that . . .”

  1. projektleiterin Says:
    November 30th, 2007 at 11:28 am

    Volberg was one of the authors of a 1999 study examining the impact of gambling in the U.S. that found the presence of venues such as casinos and horse-racing tracks roughly doubles the incidence of problem and pathological gambling in the surrounding community within a range of 50 miles (80 km). Throughout the world, Volberg says, the introduction of gambling typically results in a three- to four-fold increase in addiction rates within the first five years.

    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1678672,00.html

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