She wrote this book
Posted on 03/08/2008 12:58:09 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
They brought that in where I live, and you would NOT after awhile be surprised the people who get sucked in. Often it seems to be women although surely men get caught up in it, too. Some have good jobs in the community and embezzle money to continue on with their habit.
I don't give myself credit, but got gambling out of my system when I was young and went to Reno for a weekend, am thankful for that.
There are some personal stories around here that hit close to home. I wish there wasn't so much gambling around the country. I remember I was kind of shocked when I believe it was NH started the first state lottery. Now look at where we are with it now.
If you can control it, maybe it's not such a big deal to have some fun once in awhile, I don't know, I'm kind of a live and let live type but still I consider gambling a sin, at least in excess compared to your means. I don't think there's anything about it in the Catholic catechism, but I'm entitled to my opinion.
Gambling’s only bad if you lose. :-)
Morons who gamble everything away will get zero sympathy from me! Her lack of self control is no one else’s problem.
I cannot understand anything "Fun" about losing. And of COURSE the majority of people MUST lose.
Two or three times a year I buy a lottery ticket, and spend the time in between feeling dirty and stupid.
Not Guilty!
Someone like her should have founs a sugar daady somewhere to finance her gambling forays.
DADDY.Sorry for typo.
Baby, you're nothin' but a freakin' whale to them. And a rather small one, at that, considering you only lost 1m. Sore loser. Too bad yo didn't borrow money from a loan shark to pay off your debts. Then you would know what racketeering is.
I don’t understand how she could wear that outfit in public (and I’m not a prude).
Maybe she would double down on Lotto tickets
I’ll bet you she gets the casinos to settle.
Maybe she would double down on ME!
Seriously,I used to think you had to have a FEW brains to become a lawyer.
This ditz proves that ain’t necessarily so.
It's happened. Some jidot in Massachusetts (where else?) tried killing himself by crashing his Mercedes head on into a couple in a Miata. Needless to say....
I remember coming home from Belmont Park on the Belt Parkway (some years ago) some guy had center punched a bridge abutment on the overpass in his GTO. Really made a mess. I figgered he lost the mortgage money on the ponies and couldn't face his wife. Maybe he tied up traffic, but at least he didn't kill anyone else.
Clearly, she is a woman who had too much money to go with too few brains. The casinos may have performed a public service by bringing reality home to a self-indulgent fool.
She wrote this book
That’s for sure. Talk about letting it all hang out. Gees.
What you pro’ly won’t hear at the trial: “Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, here you have before you a compulsive gambler, reverting to form both as a gambler and as a professional ambulance chaser, trying to pull off one more gamble, with you as accomplices. See through her plan and vote craps when you deliberate. Thank you.”
I think I’ll sue the State of Ohio for addiction to lottery tickets then.
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