Employee Gambling

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In this article, the writer notes that casino gambling has grown over the last few decades from a highly specialized, limited activity to a vast, widespread pastime for hundreds of thousands of individuals. The writer maintains that while this expansion has created employment opportunities and generated billions of dollars for tax revenue, there are downfalls to the practice that are inherent due to the type of industry. This paper examines one such possible negative aspect of increased gambling, that of employee gambling problems. The writer analyzes casino employee gambling in terms of frequency, legality, and the problems associated with the practice, including the possibility of addiction. This analysis shows that while casino employee gambling may seem a right to some, the potential negative effects of gambling for casino employees are problematic enough that the practice should not be legal.

From the Paper:

"Another reason for a possible increase in gambling among casino employees is that of a predisposition to addiction. According to Dr. Howard Shaffer, director of the medical school of Harvard's division of Addiction, casino employees are at higher risk because these employees often have existing addictive behaviors, such as smoking or drinking. For example, according to Shaffer's study, those with existing alcohol addictions have three times the risk for a gambling addiction as those without prior drinking problems. Those with depression are three and a half times more likely to be pathological gamblers. Shaffer states gamblers tend to have other symptoms of problems, such as depression, anxiety and hyperactivity, which may lead them to seek employment at a gambling establishment. While Shaffer notes it is unclear which of the symptoms, those of gambling, alcoholism, smoking, and depression, serve as the catalyst for other problems, it is clear that they are linked."

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