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Gambling ("entertainment" to some) has been transformed from an American vice to a major American industry. An executive with a publicly-traded company, which does a great deal of research in maintaining its prominent position within the industry, wrote in 1993 that "Socialization, entertainment and winning are the three major reasons why people game at casinos." (Philip G. Satre, 1993, The Harrah's Survey of U.S. Casino Gaming Entertainment, page 11; and for the on-line version of the 1997 Survey, please go to http://www.harrahs.com/survey/ce97/ce97_index.html). In my opinion, ..., individuals not only go to gamble for socialization and entertainment but we/they also go to try and win and because we also wish to be "a somebody" and we wish to think that we are in "control" of our destiny while using our "luck" and skills. This is the aspect of "human nature" referred to above.
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