their kids heads not to have sex, do drugs, or drink
alcohol, but hardly ever even say a word against gambling.
These teens are headed towards more and more problems as
they get older. Because of this huge involvement among
teens, gambling had an even worse effect on society this
time through the cycle.
Through the years, all forms of gambling have caused
major problems and should not be condoned by government.
Gambling has gone in and out of popularity through cycles
where owners have gone from low life “rowdies” to
organized crime heads, and now big money corporation men.
America is in a very dangerous cycle because of the clean,
corporate style gambling operations run today, which don’t
seem to have any fraud or corruption. Also, many forms of
legalized gambling have become more and more accessible.
Worst, as the number of compulsive gamblers have grown,
the number of teenage gamblers have dramatically grown,
leaving poor futures for them.
Government needs to recognize the problems gambling
has always produced, along with the new problems of today,
and banish gambling altogether.
ENDNOTES
1Stuart Winston, Nation of Gamblers (Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1984) p. 5.
2Bertha Davis, Gambling in America: A Growth Industry
(U.S.A., Impact Books, 1992) p. 12.
3Winston, p. 5.
4Rufus King, Gambling and Organized Crime (Washington,
D.C., Public Affairs Press, 1969), p. 11.
5Oscar Handlin, This Was America (New York, New York,
Harper and Row Publishers, 1964), pp. 326-331
6Bertha Davis, p. 19
7Bertha Davis, pp. 10-20.
8Rufus King, pp. 121-122.
9Rufus King, pp. 8, 123.
10Betha Davis, p. 10.
11Bertha Davis, pp. 13-14.
12Bertha Davis, p. 27.
13James Popkin, “America’s Gambling Craze,” U.S. News and
World Report, March 14 (1994), p. 1.
14Ronald Clayton, “Nation Raising a Generation of
Gamblers,” U.S.A. Today, April 5, 1995, p. 3.
15Charles Cozic, Gambling (San Diego, California,
Greenhaven Press, 1995), p. 80.
16Betsy Reed, “America’s New Addiction: How the Gambling
Industry is Seducing the States,” Dollars and Sense,
July/August (1994), p. 1.
17Bertha Davis, p. 24.
18Ronald Clayton, p. 2.
19Bertha Davis, p. 11.
20James Popkin, pp. 5-6.
21James Popkin, p. 5
22James Popkin, p. 4-5.
23James Popkin, p. 6, Charles Cozic, p. 159.
24Charles Cozic, p. 26.
25Betsy Reed, p. 2.
26Charles Cozic, p. 137.
27Charles Cozic, p. 67.
28Bertha Davis, p. 72.
29Sirgay Sanger, “The Compulsive Gambler: A Bet Guaranteed
To Lose,” U.S.A. Today Magazine, January (1990), p. 2.
30Stuart Winston, p. 8.
31Charles Cozic, p. 65.
32Stuart Winston, p. 9.
33Charles Cozic, p. 67.
34Sirgay Sander, p. 2
35Bertha Davis, p. 78.
36Bertha Davis, p. 78.
37Charles Winston, pp. 82-85.
38Charles Cozic, p. 67
39Ronald Clayton, p. 2.
40Ronald Clayton, p. 1.
41Ronald Clayton, p.2.
42Charles Corzic, p. 26.
43Lynn Waddell, “Teenage Gambling,” Las Vegas Sun, (Las
Vegas), February 27, 1994, p. 4.
44Ronald Clayton, p. 1.
45Ronald Clayton, p. 4.