On AlterNet: gambling

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How We're Turning America Into a Giant Casino

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. April 3, 2012.

Organized gambling is a scam. And given who plays, this is one of the most regressive taxes in the nation.

Armed With a New Definition, Addiction Enters the Healthcare System - But Not Without Resistance

Jed Bickman, The Fix. September 28, 2011.

The DSM, a manual of mental disorders, will have the section "Addiction and Related Disorders," expanding what it means to be an addict and improving healthcare options.

How Goldman Sachs Caused a 'Silent Mass Murder,' Gambling on Starvation in the Developing World

Johann Hari, Independent UK. July 2, 2010.

How Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, the traders at Merrill Lynch, and others caused the starvation of some of the poorest people in the world.

Looking for a New Economic Model? Try an Old One -- Islamic Banking

Staff, Truthdig. March 4, 2009.

The U.S. spent much of the 20th century lecturing the world about how to run an economy. Clearly, we've lost some credibility in that area.

Hardcore Gamblers Predict Who Is Going to Win the Election

Keith Thomson, November 3, 2008.

Bookmakers must make an accurate line or they lose -- period.

The Gambling Scam on America's Poor

Mark Lange, Christian Science Monitor. May 3, 2007.

What kind of government spends millions of taxpayer dollars peddling false hope to confiscate cash from its poorest citizens to fatten state coffers?

My College Addiction

Campus ProgressJuly 30, 2005.

There is a new addiction plaguing college campuses -- online gambling.