Conditional Veto Being Considered by NJ Gov. Christie
Conditional Veto Being Considered By NJ Gov. Christie
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Christie has gone on record as saying that a broad online gambling bill might dissuade gamblers from traveling to Atlantic City casinos. The governor is also concerned that too many New Jersey residents would fall victim to gambling addiction if all …
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Thousands hooked on gambling
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WINDHOEK – Thousands of Namibians are addicted to gambling although only a few would admit this addiction or even seek professional help, says a Windhoek-based clinical psychologist, Willem Annandale. Annandale counsels many people who cannot …
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Senator Proposes Two Keno Bills, Gambling Counselors Worried
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It's the additional play that has some gambling addiction centers worried. "If they go faster and faster, they can lose ability to make good decisions," said Gary Cornish, Choices Treatment Center. "You'd have less time to think between games, less …
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Help for poker and gambling addiction – ww.gamblinghelper.com In the last few years in the United States gambling has grown tremendously and a huge part of that reason is from playing poker. Poker has really boomed into a huge business in the United States as a result of the Sports Network ESPN airing the poker World Series on television. This has prompted thousands of people around the world to try and emulate thier favorite poker players such as Phil Helmuth or Phil Ivey or Chris Ferguson.� As a result of more people at home watching the World Series of Poker, the prize money has increased each year. Several years ago the prize money for first place was million. The year after that the first place prize was million. In the 2006 World Series of Poker alone every person of the 9 people who advanced to the final table of the World Series of Poker of Texas holdem earned million.� The first place prize money was near .5 million. That figure for first place will only continue to grow.� The biggest reason for the increased prize money is that the pool of people in the world Series of Poker continues to grow each year. In the old days of Texas Holdem poker legend Doyle Brunson, the world Series of Poker has less than 100 people in it and every person was a pro poker player. Now the number of people is around 5000 and most of those people and novices who do not play on the pro poker circuit. Most of those people no one has ever even heard of until they hit the television screen. Chris Moneymaker and …