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I found this story at abc news. It is about a lady that lost $125,000 one night and is now blaming it on the casino. She took it to court claiming that the casino knew she was a compulsive gambler and that they should not have advanced her the $125,000 line of credit when she asked for it. She claims that they knew she had money so they took advantage of her.
My reaction to this was, are you serious. It mentions in the article that before the advance she had already lost $8,000. She had already lost this much money and now she is asking for more. This is her own fault. Did my reaction change after further reading? I think not.
This lady admits to being a pathological gambler. If she knew that she might get herself into trouble, why didn't she sign herself up for the Voluntary Exclusion Program. According to the article this is a self sign up program that you can put yourself on if you feel that you might get into trouble. It lets the employees do a crosscheck when you either cash out or ask for an advance. This could have been extremely helpful for this lady. As for this lady taking this casino to court so she doesn't have to pay back the $125,000 that she lost on her own, I think it is crazy. This is a problem that she has and she needs to get help for. It also states that she estimated to have lost around $900,000 in her lifetime. That is a large chunk of change to have just lost. Like I stated before, I think she needs help. I have to agree with the casino in this and say that it was entirely her decision to lose this money and it is her responsibility to pay it back.
I end in a quote from Wilson Mizner: "Gambling is the sure way of getting nothing from something."
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The first word that comes to mind is irresponsible after reading this. Then, my second thought is that she is crazy. What she did was completely wreckless and it sounds like she does not want to take responsibilty for her actions. She wants other people to take care of it for her even though it was her fault. She knows she has a problem and instead of doing something to fix it she just keeps on going. She needs serious help I can't believe this would even be allowed in a courtroom. She definitely needs a reality check.
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