Keith Whyte
Keith Whyte
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Gambling has become much more normative in our culture, in our society, and in the media. If there were taboos about women only playing bingo, they've been erased.
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Crime has always been a problem in illegal gambling, and people prey on those gamblers because they know most of them won't go to the police if they get robbed. Gambling involves cash, and that tends to attract criminals.
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This is not a silver bullet. It would need to be done in combination with a number of therapies.
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Generally the deeper problems people have, the less they're influenced by game design.
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Such a big prize leads to a lot of magical thinking. People forget about the odds.
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This will exacerbate the severity, and relapse is going to be more of a problem.
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The percentage of women who gamble has dramatically increased. Twenty years ago, it would have been 80 percent men, 20 percent women, and now it's 50-50.
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We would estimate that three to four percent of your adult population will meet criteria for a gambling problem.