Do you buy Lotto tickets or go to casino to play? Do you expect that someday you win a large sum of money? Have you or anybody you know ever won any money? If so, how much? Do you think gambling is addictive? If yes, how can a person be helped to stop gambling? Give some specific examples.
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Shahla A
2/11/2010 02:27:48 am
I don’t like gambling, but I went to some casinos in Lake Tahoe to play few years ago. I had a limit of 10 dollars to play if I had won I would have taken the money and finished playing. It has been few years I haven’t been gambling. My parent had a liquor store in Los Angeles for 24 years. They had a lottery ticket machine .They sold a lot of lottery tickets to their customers. One of their customer won 100,000dolls from lottery. When everybody heard about his win they swamped to their store to buy lottery tickets. Whenever I went to L.A to visit my parent I saw many people came to their store to buy lottery tickets. They spent a lot of money to buy those tickets’ every Day. One of their customers was a security guard of the Bank of America. He spent a lot of money every day to buy those tickets at least 100 dollars a day.somtimes he won sometimes he lost but he never stopped gambling he was addicted to gambling. I think gambling is addictive. There are a lot of people in this society that are so addictive to gambling that some of them lost their jobs,homes,business because of their addiction, but still gambling no matter what. I think the most important think the people gambling is psychological reason. I heard on the radio those people who are addicted to gambling can get therapy to be cure. The other reasons that I think are that they want to earn a lot of money rapidly don’t have self esteem, emotionally they are not satisfy in their life don’t entertain themselves with the other good things that are in this world. Addiction to gamlening is a psychological sickness they need to get help and support of their family or their friends to be cure.
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Paraskoviya Moskalenko
2/12/2010 10:21:52 am
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HAMID.H
2/12/2010 12:16:57 pm
Sometimes I buy a ticket but never go to casinos. Some people say: you can’t depend on luck, but who knows, maybe one day I would be a big winner. I don’t depend on luck since I won in lottery green card 2008 and that’s why I Came to United States then I said to myself, “Why not maybe one day I would be a Winner in another lottery.”
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Carmen G
2/12/2010 12:43:41 pm
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Liliya Rudenko
2/12/2010 12:53:00 pm
Is Gambling Addictive or Fun?
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Svitlana V.
2/12/2010 02:12:25 pm
I don't believe that someday i can win some money, but if it happen , i will be very happy. I think that it's not possible to win some money if you don't think logically. You have to know math very well. I know one person who is very good in math and he counts how many tickets he is supposed to buy that one of them will be prize. One time he sold his bicycle and bought for this money tickets. Everybody in our city thought that he was crazy, but he won some money. I don't know exactly how much, however i know that he bought a car for this money. I know one girl that goes every weekend to the casino in Reno. She spends fifty dollars, but wins one hundred dollars. What about me? I also thought that i can win, so i bought some lotteries, but i spent twenty dollars and i didn't win. So i decided to forget about it. What about casino i've never gone to the casino. Because i've lived in Ukraine and i know that it's not possible to win in our country because casino is not fair.
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Irina T.
2/12/2010 03:21:26 pm
Gambling
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Sami
2/12/2010 07:55:04 pm
I played almost the last 10 years twice a week . Some times I spend more than $100.00 a month.Lotto is really addictive like a drug or any kind of substance. I always trying convince my self one of this days I will be a millionare . Gambling is a short time happiness for most people. I am not sure for how long I can carry this , but still nobody told me it is a bad addiction. So far I am still going strong and continue spend my money for the luck I never see.
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Vladimir Khodakivsky
2/13/2010 04:40:20 am
I bought come lotto tickets but they tickets were very cheaper. I didn’t win some gifts or such of money. Lotto is very interesting game, but I don’t prefer it. Many companies such offer game, wants to attract people. A lot of people spend more money in this game. I heart some people who win a lot of money in lotto. But there people were very lucky. I heart many stories when people jest bought only one tickets and won many millions dollars. But people usually buy a lot of tickets and never win anything. Many people devoted these games and spend many dollars and times. I think so, person can buy several tickets just for fun. I don’t know, how can help people to gambling. Maybe find something that help and give more advantage.
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Vera Khodakivska
2/13/2010 06:06:07 am
In our life every people want to win money what buy lotto or play casino. They spend a lot of money, but never win. Because you have to be lucky. Buy tickets or play casino it is a very fascinating and dangerous. The person can spend all many, but never win. How we can help people? Every person has to supervise self because they are playing casino or buy tickets can spend all money, maybe house, furniture and never win money. If you want to win money you must work hard. I am never interested why and how mush won, but some people won.
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Victoria Vedron
2/13/2010 09:22:07 am
Lottery is a very smart and wasteful game. I have never bought any lottery ticket; I do not like to play any game regard ring money. People do not realize how much time and money they can leave in this particular game. Lottery is gambling. If you want to be a winner you should buy at least 5 tickets. To win something you need a lot of patient. I have been many times in Las Vegas, o different casino centers and have to admit that I have never seen any winners. In my opinion a winner does not exist. I am saying in real live, probably in the movie this story can ended very happy and we can see this lucky person. I have observed for many reasons why people like to gamble. First of all, they do not know where they can spend their money, and then they like to spend a lot of time in casino because of that environment, entertainments, and all kind of activities. Gambling for some of them is life, target or hobby. I do not have any idea why people go to casino and waist in vain valuable time. But I know for sure, it is impossible to get money doing nothing. Even playing in casino, you have to have some mathematically well educated. Without sort of logical and developmental skills it is impossible to be a winner. I have to admit some gambling has very negative influence, because people lose their control, their honor, or their self-respect. Sometimes a gambling doesn’t bring any success, but only regret.
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nadia k
2/13/2010 03:32:10 pm
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Halyna S.
2/13/2010 03:48:05 pm
It is not bad to get a large sum of money but not to win. Why? Because if someone wins thousands people lose. I never expect someday when I win a large sum of money. I understand when people spend a lot of time for their education and they work hard after they earn pecuniary reward. It is rightly and honestly. I have not known anyone who won any money. I only know that person who likes to buy lotto or go to casino very often has increasing dependence on it. People might spend a lot of money and never win even a dollar. Gambling is addictive and very dangerous for people. It is very difficult to keep a balance between the sense and excitement. Person who needs to stop gambling has to understand and want to change own life. He or she can find new hobbies which can bring happiness and give pleasure. This person must be firm in one's decision and never turn back to gambling.
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Viktor S.
2/13/2010 04:01:29 pm
I never buy lotto tickets or go to casinos to play because I think that playing lotto and gambling aren’t honest. When I lived in Soviet Union and worked in a factory my employer paid us state lotteries such as a part of salary. I didn’t like it but I couldn’t change that because this rule applies to all. I won nothing. Sometimes my friends won at the lotteries but it was the miserable money. The gain looks like very attractive because you don’t need to have skills or make efforts. Gambling is very dangerous because it is like sickness same as alcoholism and drug addiction. A person can be helped to stop gambling oneself. He or she should realize and try to change life. A lot of people buy tickets because they hope to hit a jackpot, but only couple of them will ever win. The win in casino and lotto are not honestly earned money, it is plain luck. I think that money earned in an honest way through work is better than money earned through luck. However, if the person becomes the wealthy, very often it is not of benefit for this person because easy money it isn’t the good money. I’m convinced that it is better to earn then to win.
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Orkideh z.
2/13/2010 04:25:19 pm
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Nhien Nguyen
2/14/2010 02:47:02 am
I think to play gambling is no good ,my friend usually goes casino every weekend but his all money lost in the casino ,sometime he stays overnight at casino and the next day he goes to work in the restaurant ,so he cannot work well and he went home and he took a nap. He is very thin so he isn’t sleep enough. he always buys lotto ticket but I don’t see he win .I went to travel in casino in the Lave gas .it very big and it has a lot of casino .I tried to play cards but I lost all of my money and my boyfriend lost all of his money so I don’t like to go casino ,because I will lose and I never win it .but sometime I see a little bit people won big .my brother played and he won more than 10000 USD .he is lucky after that he stopped .he think if he plays to continue he will lose no more money.
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Kim Nguyen
2/14/2010 03:34:21 am
In vietnam, children go around restaurants to sell lotto tickets to customers. They are trying to raise money to go to school and have money. Most customers do not buy them because they know that they are not going to win. Some may feel bad for the children so they buy it but that is because they have a big heart. I usually don’t go to the casino because I don’t like it. I think it is a waste of money and people that are in the casino are wasting their time too. In the past, I have had relatives that have gone in debt because they gamble too much. Soon they realize that they no longer have a house and their children are living in the streets. That is an example of my grandpa’s cousin. Everytime someone in my house goes to the casino he tells us about his cousin and how he doesn’t want our family to be like that. My advice for others is not to step your feet into the casino. Because if you are in there, you are looking at the machines and you will get addicted.
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Biniam H
2/14/2010 06:05:02 am
Many people buy a lottery or go to play casino regularly and expect to win .I buy lottery ticket rarely but I go to casino with my friends sometimes on the weekends and playing casino with 10 cent; no more than 10 dollars, of course I expect to win some money but never happen .The reason, I go there just for fun or relaxation. When I was working in liquor store I knew someone came and spent a lot of money for buying lottery ticket. They were losing much more than they won .Also I knew a person my brother’s friend who won 70,000 dollars .When he won he planned to open his own business but he didn’t do anything .He continued gambling, finally he lost his money. I believe gambling is a dangerous game .It could be hurt or damage your personal life if you are gambling addict. In my opinion, the better way to stop this bad habit, you should stay away from such kind of gambling activity. You should have self-control and change your routine. For example, go to gym, read a book, watch movie etc that is the best things to keep your mind busy and it helps to stop gambling.
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Octavian Goga
2/14/2010 06:47:44 am
I don't buy lottery tickets, period. I would rather invest the money or stick it in a savings account where it can accrue interest. Playing the lottery is basically just gambling, and as any casino owner will tell you, in the long run the house always wins. You might have a lucky streak but if you play the lotto consistently over a lifetime it's pretty much a sure bet that you will lose much more than you win. I understand that many people just do it occasionally for fun and that's fine but when I see someone in a gas station buying fifty or a hundred tickets it just makes me feel bad for them. The subject of gambling is greatly argued in America. Gambling has unexpectedly become a great source of entertainment for people of all ages. Also Gambling has basically become a “sport” for those who are interested. Last, if done responsibly, gambling is harmless fun. Problems in gambling can lead to financial ruin, legal problems, loss of career and family, or even suicide. In this case gambling for longer and longer periods of time is bad because it can lead to addiction or obsession to this sport. Gambling becomes a problem when the person is “chasing losses”, or gambling more often to win back lost money. Also neglecting family or personal needs to gamble is an extremely immense problem. Last, a case of problems in gambling can also include gambling to escape daily pressures and obligations, and absence from work or important social activities to gamble.Although if gambling is done responsibly and handled in the right way it is harmless fun. Some ways to gamble responsibly include; setting a budget and sticking to it, setting a time limit, and taking frequent breaks. In addition, gambling for entertainment and not as a way to make money. Also, knowing that the house always has the advantage and that you are really just paying to have fun helps. Another way for responsible gambling is to not chase losses, accept them as the cost of entertainment. Last is to balance gambling with other leisurely activities, not borrowing money to gamble, and only using discretionary income, not money for everyday expenses. Gambling in America is as old as the lottery that helped fund the American Revolution.
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Toan N
2/14/2010 07:20:11 am
Have you ever to become a gambler? I’m not a gambler .I never ever buy lotto tickets with many reasons. First of all, it’s spent a lot money and hard to catch to win .The hope get prize just a little bit .I don’t expect that someday a lot of sum of money because I don’t believe it. I believe if I work hard, I ‘ll get pay off. I don’t expect of the God’s money gives to me. I want to earn money by myself. I saw many people to become addictive by gambling. For example, my cousin is a perfect person. He had everything. He had a family and two kids. He had a good job. One day his friends invited him go to birthday in the casino. The first time he was been there. He tried to play the cards with a bit money but he won a lot of money. It made him very excited. He was very happy too. The second time he went to the Casino by himself. He played a lot of money. He also won. After that he went to there every day and he didn’t know when he was to become a gambler. He was really addictive it. After two months he lost every thing with gambling. He lost his job. His wife decided to divorce. He restart his new life now. People of my family help him build up his life. I don’t like to go the Casino because my cousin is a lesson for everybody. I think I never ever to become gambler.
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Liliya Sira
2/14/2010 08:37:47 am
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Liavon Sauko
2/14/2010 10:00:10 am
I don’t play super lotto nor go to casino, because I think it’s very addictive. The end of it would be the same as for alcoholics and people using drugs. Sadly, some people play on money, not being aware of the danger that it can cause. That is why I don’t ever believe that someday I’ll win a lot of money in super lotto or casino. None of my friends are addicts in playing super lotto or going to casino, although some of them visit it sometimes. They, including me think that it will lead to gambling problems that lead to decrease in social, professional, financial and family values. Games of chance seduce males and females in all ages; they produce hidden desires and draw in to the world of excitement. It’s extraordinary hard to save cold bloodiness and endurance. The treatment of game addiction is very hard and needs a lot of help from close friends, and sometimes even psychologist. It is very important that close friends don’t turn their backs on the people who are struggling with addiction.
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Vlad Golovko
2/14/2010 10:40:40 am
I do not buy Lotto tickets or go to casino to play. I do not expect that someday I will win a large amount of money. I know my sister-in-law won some money when she bought Lotto tickets, my brother- in-law won in casino one thousand dollars few years ago. To me gambling is not addictive. I personally think I you have to work hard to make money. There are some lucky people that win money, but think of those millions of people who had to give up their money to buy those tickets or to loose at the casino in order for just one person to win. I just think the whole idea of winning money that way is wrong, because a lot of people drown financially loosing their money to casino. And to a lot of people it is addictive. I know a friend of mine got addicted to gambling and almost lost his family. And those people do need help. Professional help from psychologists.
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Simona D.
2/14/2010 11:10:21 am
I don’t like gambling and don’t play lotto tickets either. I think it is a wasting of money and time. My parents didn’t have a lot of money and they taught me to use my money in an efficient way. My husband likes to gamble but just for fun. I have never seen him spending more than ten dollars. Sometimes, he plays lotto tickets. He promised me that one day he is going to win and I don’t need to worry about anything. The most money he has ever won were about fifty dollars.
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Diana M.
2/14/2010 11:28:36 am
No, I don’t buy Lotto tickets and don’t go to casinos to play. I think I should better avoid that kind of places than one day become a gambler. I know myself. Everything I do, I do it with all my heart. Sometimes when I am not successful in something I can be depressed. It is not good for health. I think I better keep myself away of problem before they even began. I’m trying not to think that one day I can win a huge amount of money. I think I better work hard and earn as much as I can. The dream of winning can ruin everything. I would buy tickets or go to the casino which can ruin my life. My friends buy some tickets at the gas station and sometimes win a small amount of money, but I never tried that and I’m not sure I will.
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Raymundo L
2/14/2010 12:34:44 pm
I usually don't buy lotto ticktes or go to the casinos. I am not a gambling person. I have bought lotto tickets three or four times in my life and I have gone to the casino the same many times. I think gambling its a waste of time and money. Everybody wants to win money including me, but in gambling is really hard. I don't know if luck or what makes you win. I have friends whom like to gambling. One of my friends spends a least five dollars every week in lotto tickets and he also goes to the casino. He always says that one day he is going to win a large sum of money. Every week in his days off he goes to the casino. He says today I am going to spend one hundred dollars, but he loses that money, he takes more money out of the ATM machine, so at the end he spends more than one hundred dollars. Sometimes he has won money from ten dollars up to nine hundred dollars, this is the highest amount of money that he has won, but I think he has lost more money than the one he has won. I think gambling is addictive. It is addictive like the alcohol or the drugs. I have heard that some people have lost everything in gambling and they never stop. They keep thinking that some day they going to wina big sum of money. I heard on the radio that there are federal end state programs to help people when they are addictive to gambling. Programs such as, The National Council on Problem Gambling, California Council on Problem Gambling. You can search on the internet, there are many places to go and find help with gambling problems.
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Tatyana S.
2/14/2010 01:07:19 pm
I don't buy lotteries and I don't go to casino. I used to work in a casino in my home country However, after this homework i will buy a lottery ticket. I did however win a Green Card to come to the USA. So one of these days i have faith that i might when a normal sum of money through lottery. When a person puts there energy towards something success will happen. The amount of money a person might win might have to do with how genorous towards other people. Gambling is a serious addiction. A person can be set free from gambling only with Gods help. In my opinion people who go to casinos are risk takers and they have energy to spare for gambling.
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Francisca Flores
2/14/2010 01:17:50 pm
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Yana P
2/14/2010 01:51:02 pm
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Anatoliy A
2/14/2010 01:52:50 pm
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Dzianis Rybakou
2/14/2010 02:13:39 pm
Lotto is the game that has been making people’s lives disappointed or dreams come true. I have never played Lottery. I think objectively through my life and count only on myself while reaching any goals, not on chance or luck. You can buy the ticket sometime and even win but you have to be very careful. There is a thin line between fun and addiction when we are talking about lottery or casino. First you are buying a cheap ticket at the gas station, next you are at the casino’s poker table trying to get your house back. I have an example of the man who lost everything in the hope to become a millionaire. He bought a lottery ticket for fun and won a car. It was a happy beginning of the sad story. He started to go to casino and placed small bets at first, won a few times, than the risk became too little for him and he began to bet more. After he started loosing and soon lost all his money. He began borrowing money to try to cover his debts. Being at the dead end he decided that just one huge win will solve all his problems. Now he is divorced, scared, and always drunk. Gambling is a game of chance and luck. We either win or lose, and the chances of losing are always bigger than winning. I think Gambling is a serious addictive problem like alcoholism or smoking. There are many medical treatments and phone numbers if you need help to quit gambling. I have never had this problem and not sure how it works. In my view this is personal problem and can be fixed by anyone. By making the decision to stop gambling, things will change for the better in all areas of your life.
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Ghassan Fares
2/14/2010 02:37:10 pm
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Monica Cardella
2/14/2010 03:32:37 pm
Yes I did, but this was years ago, I think was in the beginning, it was a very good idea to help the schools with the money that the tickets were going to produce. And then realized that was not the truth, that’s when I stopped buying the tickets. Yes I won several times some were for 5.00 dollars, the most I won was 100.00 dollars. And I can say I was addicted especially when the ticket had money, I didn’t spend much but some. I have been in Las Vegas once, also years ago, I went with my in-laws and uncles and some friends. After the show they played all night, I got 40.00 dollars in quarters and played until the money was gone, of course when the money started shutting down to the coin holder is exciting, I can see why people get addicted to gambling. The next morning when we were leaving my aunt had a roll of quarters, she split it with me, and went to the machines and we start playing, whit the last 2 quarters she won a lot of money, the machine started making a lot of noise, we didn’t know what was happening but the people around us, started getting crazy we almost walked away, until someone tall us that my aunt hit the big jack pot, we got excited, she won 10.000 dollars, and the people that came with us and the bus had to wait, until my aunt cash the prize. It took a while because they have to do paperwork and deduct taxes, but in the end all of us were very happy for my aunt. Was an exciting trip and for them a fun vacation. Do I think if gambling is addictive? Yes it is, and it is a serious problem, I will say that is the same as an alcoholic, ones they started they cannot control themselves. The only solution is closing the casinos
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Tabitha K.
2/14/2010 03:33:19 pm
No, I never was at casino's,never bought Lotto tickets and never will. I think it is a big sin to gamble. I don't know nothing about casinos and Lotto tichets. I don't want to go there. Why winning money? I think you have work to earn the money, not by winning. You didn't earn those money with your hands. I heard of a man that won money in the casino. He put the sum in the bank. The next time he went again, he lost. So he had to give all the money that he had in the bank to the casino. He really got addicted to gambling. I also think that gambling is really addictive. There are special organizations which help people to quit gambling.
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Leslie M
2/14/2010 04:04:42 pm
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Dina Lonskiy
2/15/2010 11:40:19 am
I never buy lotto tickets and I never go to casinos to play.But sometimes I would like to go there.
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Nadiia N
2/16/2010 02:24:23 am
Over my whole life I never bought a lottery ticket.Also,I never went to a casino to try and win one of the jackpots.The reasons I think that this is not such a great idea,are first of all,the casinos are the biggest ripoffs of all,because they will take more money from you compared to how much they will give you.I think lottery tickets are bad because if you will ever win a lottery then they will take half of the money for themselves and a quarter of it for the taxes.In addition, none of my friends or me ever won any money.Yes I think gambling is addictive because,on your first try they will always try to make you win.If you win you will always want to come back for more.If you come back again that is when you start having problems with your family and your budget.The advise I could give to those people who gamble is,to get involved in some activities or sports.I think that when people will get involved in some sports activity then they will like it and they will become more addicted to sports instead of gambling.In my opinion,it is better to waste your money on sports or fitness than on lottery tickets,casinos,or gambling.I think that because the sports activities are good for your body to be healthy but the gambling will give you nightmares and stress.
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Viktor U
2/16/2010 10:09:54 am
Sometimes I buy lottery tickets. I hope to win some money, but I never expect that it will be enough for my life time. I think it's kind of fun. In the past I won $90. After that I spent $1 for lottery ticket and won only one dollar. I know that two bullets never get same point and restrain myself to stupid activity (I mean - gambling). However, I like to buy lottery tickets for my friends in addition to basic gifts for their B-days.
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Alex Moskalenko
2/18/2010 07:38:57 am
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Natalya C
3/6/2010 11:48:06 am
I never bought lotto tickets and I never go to casino to play.Many people want to win a money,but many people lose a money when they play a casino.People play.play and play than lose control,they think we can win.Some of them stop,some of them keep playing.May be somebody is lucky and they can win.I don't know anybody hwo win a money in the casino.I think gambling is kind of illnes.Only psychologist can help the gamblers.
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Svetlana M
3/7/2010 11:47:03 am
Lotto and Casino.
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Dmitriy Yefanov ESL 520w
3/9/2010 04:42:07 am
I think its just waste of time and money. There's no point going there. People go there and lose allot of money. I know so many people who lost so much money and didn't get any. What is going on is you losing money and you get mad and its just no point. You can give those money to poor people. There's so many of them standing on streets just give those money them and you will see those happy faces. Think what is better.
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Victoria Vedron
3/15/2010 06:20:31 am
Do you buy Lotto tickets or go to casino to play? Do you expect that someday you win a large sum of money? Have you or anybody you know ever won any money? If so, how much? Do you think gambling is addictive? If yes, how can a person be helped to stop gambling? Give some specific examples.
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Elva H.
3/16/2010 06:36:18 am
I don’t by lotto tickets that is not fun to me, I ‘m going to the casino just to have a good time, Some times I have won a good money and some of my friends have a good luck and they have won up to 10,000. Some people have gambling problems, they cannot stop play, and fortunately I don’t know anyone.
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Paul Yefanov 520G
3/18/2010 08:05:58 am
Lotto Tickets
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Elva H.
3/25/2010 03:26:59 am
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