ARNIE   WEXLER       SOME HISTORY   

 ON 

      GAMBLING ADDICTION

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IN 1970 MONS DUNNE  ASKED ME AND AND ABOUT 15 GA PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER  WITH HIM AND GRACE COX A LAWYER      AND THE NCCG    GOT STARTED.

 

   AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER MY SELF AND JOE G WHO LIVES IN L V NOW  ARE THE ONLY 2 I KNOW OF THAT ARE STILL AROUND.

 

WHEN IT STARTED MONS DUNNE     SAID 

"WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY ONE FROM THE GAMBLING FIELD  OR INVOLVED WITH GAMBLING ON THE BOARD. AND NOT TAKE $   FROM THEM " 

 

ONLY PEOPLE IN RECOVERY  AND AT LEAST 2 YEARS IN RECOVERY GOT ON THE BOARD

 

ABOUT A YEAR LATER MONS DUNNE CALLED A MEETING AND GOT RID OF THE PEOPLE HE WANTED OUT FOR NOT DOING WORK      I BECAME THE GUY HE PUT IN PLACE TO DO ALL THE MEDIA STUFF.

 

I REMEMBER AFTER SOME MEDIA   I GOT A CALL FROM DOC RICHARD ROSENTHAL FROM CALIF AND HE WANTED TO JOIN US  AND HE DID.  HE WAS THE 1ST NON G A MEMBER ON THE BOARD  ALONG WITH MONS DUNNE AND GRACE COX WHO WAS OUR LAWYER.

 

OVER THE YEARS LOTS HAS CHANGED. AS YOU ALL KNOW IT !

 

 

 

 WITH ALL THE ADDED GAMBLING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS SPORTS BETTING AND INTERNET GAMBLING   WE HAVE ADDICTED SO MANY PEOPLE AND SO MANY

"YOUNG KIDS".  

 

I AM GETTING SO MANY CALLS FROM PARENTS OF THE YOUNG KIDS ITS UNREAL. 

 

I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A FAMILY IN CHICAGO  THERE SON USED ALL HIS COLLEGE $ GAMBLING THE PARENTS WANT HIM BACK IN COLLEGE  HE SAIS

    "IF I GO BACK TO COLLEGE I WILL BE AN OUT CAST AND THE ONLY ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHOS NOT GAMBLING"

 

AND SO MANY OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE KILLED THEM SELFS

 

ALMOST EVERY WEEK I CALLS FROM PARENTS WHO DONT KNOW WHAT 2 DO

TO HELP THERE CHILD   AND IN MOST CASES THE MOTHER KEEPS BAILING OUT THE GAMBLER 

AND THE FATHER AND MOTHER ARE FIGHTING. 

 

GAMBLING ADDICTION IN SOME PLACES HAS BECOME BIGGER THEN ALCOHOL OR DRUG ADDICTION.

 

NOT ONE FEDERAL PENNY IS GIVEN TO HELP THE GAMBLING PROBLEM

 

THE STATES AND FEDS ARE MAKING $ FROM THE GAMBLING  IN AMERICA   AND ITS BLOOD $$

 

THE KIDS THAT ARE GAMBLING UNDER AGE ARE USING THERE MOMS AND DADS CREDIT CARDS TO GAMBLE

 

KIDS IN COLLEGE ARE RUNNING BOOKMAKING FOR OTHER STUDENTS TO GET $ TO USE 4 THERE  OWN GAMBLING

 

THE GA MEETING HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN YOUNG PEOPLE COMING FOR HELP

 

 

PLACING A BET IN THE USA   HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Today it's easier to place a bet than to buy a pack of cigarettes or get a can of beer," Wexler said.

Wexler says over the past year, he's gotten a lot of calls from younger kids – as young as 12. He's also heard from parents who say their kids don't want to go to college but instead want to become a professional gambler.

we cant keep our head in the sand and say    gambling is not a real problem .     

 HOW CAN YOU HAVE A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GAMBLING ADDICTION AND ====

        RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING ?     THERE IS NO RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING 4 COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS   

 

ARNIE WEXLER    LAST BET 4/10/68