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Win Some and Lose Some One hour away. Sloan, Iowa. Winna Vegas Casino. We like to say it’s a fun way to get away from college life, hang out with friends, and attempt to add a little extra to the pocket books. Many kids attending Buena Vista University have made at least one trip to the Winna Vegas Casino. This casino is 70 miles from Storm Lake and the age requirement to gain admittance is only eighteen. As an alternative to drinking or the bar scene, individuals view gambling as a relaxing and entertaining past time.... [tags: Gambling Gamblers Betting Essays]
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(2.9 pages) | $9.95 | Gambling and its Effects - ... . . and paid only $7 billion in wages" (Arthur Anderson). Also according to Maura J. Casey, there is high unemployment rates around casinos. (Casey 37) With people 's losses and by encouraging workers to believe in cheating customers, casinos focus on gaining more and more money for their needs. Some state lotteries also campaign that they donate funds for school education. Sheila Dixon, an educator and the Baltimore City Council President, disagrees and believes "that state legislators should be responsible and find another way to fund our schools..." without means that have destroyed neighborhoods and people’s lives.... [tags: Gambling, ] | 638 words
(1.8 pages) | $19.95 Gambling Addiction - Gambling Addiction Gambling affects the person doing it and anyone who is close to them. Through personal experience getting hooked on gambling is mainly from the action and thrill of everything associated with gambling. When gambling they are part of the action and not just watching people play a game for money. If one is truly a pathological gambler, just like lying they cannot stop unless they are helped. When gambling it is very difficult to come to the realization that one is addicted. They simply do not want to believe this because all there fun must finally come to an end.... [tags: Psychology Study Gambling



Cited: | 1544 words (4.4 pages) | $19.95 | [preview] | Persuasive - legalization of MD slots - The issue of legalizing slots and/or legalized gambling in the State of Maryland is a complex one, and one of great consequence to both the State’s residents, and the future of the State itself. Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich’s slots bill proposes that the State place a total of 15,500 slot machines or video poker machines in six different locations, three of which would be chosen from a pool of four Maryland racetracks. The racetracks that would be eligible to install slots or video poker machines are Laurel Park racecourse in Laurel, Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George’s county, a track that would be built at a later date in Allegheny county, and the Preakness Stakes host Pimlico in Baltimore; In effect turning those racetracks into “racinos”....   [tags: essays research papers] | 1803 words (5.2 pages) | $19.95 | [preview] |

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