Gambling Parlors Present: ; More Risk; Report Shows Slot Machines There Are More Addictive to Compulsive Gamblers Than the Ones at the Four Racetracks
Charleston Daily Mail › August 05, 2008
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The state's four racetracks operate 4,000 more video lottery machines than the 1,644 neighborhood parlors do, but the parlors sparked three times as many calls from people who developed gambling problems between 2000 and 2008.
A report by the Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia detailing the demographics of the network's clients shows 4,348 callers acknowledged a gambling problem that arose from limited video lottery in non-racetrack environments.See the full content of this document
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Gambling Parlors Present: ; More Risk; Report Shows Slot Machines There Are More Addictive to Compulsive Gamblers Than the Ones at the Four Racetracks
That figure overshadows the 1,124 gamblers who sought help after using slots and video lottery terminals at the racetracks.
Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, cited accessibility and environment as the two pro...See the full content of this document
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