Gambling Addiction & Recovery Support Group
Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals is problem gambling, as few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others rather...
Yesterday being only day 5GF for me, the headline on the local newspaper really slam dunked me. It was a story about the CEO of the local casino is retiring, the article states his wages were over 2 million a year but the part that got me was he leaves with a $400,000 bonus. I dont blame the casino for my money problems, they did not force me to over spend, but wouldnt it be nice if the average person could retire and be handed about 6 months worth of wages on the way out. I will clip out the article and save it or maybe even keep it where I see it and next time I am tempted to go gamble I can be reminded of where the money really goes, not to the people that support the operation, but to the few fat cats at the very top.
I live in Las Vegas so I'm pretty use to seeing, with my own two eyes, the lavish, extravagant, way, way over the top, indulgent spending of the casino/hotel industry. As a matter of fact, I worked in the industry for 20+ yrs - printed some of those 6 digit bonus checks. I hope this is the last motivation you need to stay away from gambling, those casinos don't need your hard earned money to stay open. You need it to survive. Who cares what those fat cats are getting as long as we don't have to suffer to make it happen. and we don't. One day at a time, Kenny, and you can be a happier cat :)
My local venue is small but has made so many improvements, I am sure much of my money backed them. I used to sit there after losing my pay and think looking at the staff, 'well your pay is guaranteed this week', then home to my empty fridge, bills etc. When we gamble that money belongs to 'others'
' to waste as they want. I hate that! Glad you haven't contributed for 5 days.
Yes it is sad, yes it is a wake up call.
Today I chose not to line their pockets anymore.
Day 5 is awesome.
and you are so right! it all burns my ass! i was a dealer, i dealt cards in casinos, and they pay us minimum wage.... the rest we make in tips.
and when i worked on an indian reservation, they posted up this big picture of this sad little girl saying she would get no toys for christmas because she was poor, poor??? the tribe makes millions, give some to your people! they were asking the dealers to share our tips with her, to raise money for christmas.
i didnt donate a penny.
Land-based tycoons doing well
Sheldon Anderson, the 75-year old owner of multiple casinos including the profitable Venetian in Las Vegas, tops the gambling world, according to Forbes. He finished sixth with a net worth of $26.5 billion.
Steve Wynn finished 264th on the list with a net worth of $3.4 billion. The 65-year old Wynn recently expanded his gambling empire into Asia, opening the $1.2 billion Wynn Macau, and seems to be closing the gap with his rival.
Wynn also made the Forbes "Billionaire Blunders" segment for his gaff involving a Pablo Picasso painting. The art collector, who has an eye disease that limits his vision, recently put his elbow through Picasso's "La Reve" during a sale, reducing the paintings value from $139 million to an estimated $85 million.
William Boyd also made the list, finishing 664th. The 75-year old casino owner recently demolished the old Sands Casino, making way for the $4 billion Echelon Palace Hotel Casino and Condo complex. Boyd also has properties in Atlantic City including the Borgata and the MGM Mirage.