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Gambling: Gamblers
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Two forms of gambling that can lead to full scale loss of control and life destruction relatively quickly are video poker and slot machines. These are sometimes called the "crack cocaine of gambling" because of their immediate and effective reinforcement schedules. A gambler addicted to slot or video-poker machines can progress into the desperation phase in two to three years.
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Two University of Lethbridge professors, midway through what will be the world's largest study of Internet gambling. The two Lethbridge researchers have ... unearthed another concern -- how young the Internet gamblers seem to be. Astonishingly, half the Internet gamblers in their study are age 21 or younger.
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