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One of the most disturbing facts
about new expansions into gambling, such as lotteries and video gambling is
the gigantic increase of teen-gambling that occurs. Generally, very few
teens get involved in gambling at the race track, but when lottery ticket
dispensers appear at the local convenience store, gas station, bowling
alley, etc., the level of teen-gambling soars. Casinos and widely dispersed
video gambling machines attract a large percentage of the teen-age
population.
In a study on teen-gambling, Dr.
Durant Jacobs studied 2,700 high school students in California, New Jersey,
Virginia and Connecticut, states with legalized lottery and/or video
gambling. He found that about 50% of the students gambled at least once a
year, although gambling was illegal for teens in all of these states. He
discovered that over 13% of the teens in these states were financing their
gambling activities with criminal sources of income, such as drug dealing,
prostitution, check "kiting", etc. His study discovered that
nearly 5% of the teens in these states would be categorized as
"compulsive gamblers" according to the American Psychiatric
Association's criteria describing "compulsive gamblers." A study
by Dr. Henry Lesieur found about 64% of New Jersey youths gambled at
casinos, with 21% gambling at least once a week. He also found the rate of
gambling addiction of youth in New Jersey to be about 6%.
There is very new research that
indicates the level of teen-gambling and gambling addiction is even higher
with video gambling than the lottery or other forms of gambling. Valerie
Lorenz, Ph.D., one of the authors of Maryland's state report on gambling
addiction, indicates that the addiction rate with teens and video gambling
is between eight to ten percent. It's easy to see why. If you have ever seen
teen-aged boys playing video games at an arcade or supermarket, you can see
the hypnotic effect the fast video action and sound effects have on the
teens. Now add the possibility of an occasional jackpot that attraction and
you have a very enticing situation. It has been described by Robert Hunter,
the clinical director of Charter Hospital in Las Vegas, as the "crack
cocaine" of gambling. Dr. Hunter says that several factors, such as
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