Gambling: Consequences of Gambling
"It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy." --George Lorimer
Welcome to the consequences of gambling. Very rarely, if ever, does gambling result in a positive social outcome. Even those who defy the astronomical odds and "win big" often return to the trough from which they were fed ? to play for more money. Riches turn to rags, and the cycle of destruction begins afresh. The appetite of addiction is never satisfied. The costs are great, and the returns are poor. Why do we, as a society, continue to promote gambling?
