Raising Awareness and Providing Support for Problem Gambling"As gambling becomes more of an obsession, many individuals will start increasing their bets in an attempt to recapture the excitement or emotional high they felt initially."
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The Grip of Gambling
“Obsessed with winning — a gambler is no longer thinking clearly. They are in the grip of such a powerful mental obsession they can no longer discern between right and wrong.”
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Gambling: Secret Addiction?
"With problem gamblers, the excitement and the release of pleasure chemicals in the brain creates the need for more—driving the urge to gamble again and again."
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High Stakes, High Risk, Bad Bet
"From a $2 lottery ticket to a $200,000 stock market bet, millions of Americans have a gambling problem."
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