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What other government program causes this result…over and over and over again?
Below is the latest in an endless story of children being left in cars while their parents lose their money to government’s predatory gambling program. This time it happened at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh- a casino owned by billionaire Neil… Read more
Children’s Arcades Now Offering Slot Machines to Kids
As further evidence about how government’s failed policy of predatory gambling is dramatically influencing America’s kids, the photo on the left was taken at Joe’s Playland Arcade in Hampton Beach, NH this past Saturday, September 10th. Why is an arcade… Read more
Predatory Gambling Interests Putting Children at Risk Again
We have all read the recent news stories about children being left in cars while their parents or caregivers gamble for hours in casinos. Now, the predatory gambling industry is working on technology that could put children at risk in… Read more
They Were Expendable
Step inside any casino and you will likely see a few children trailing behind their parents, or wandering around unattended. However, cases of children being left behind in cars at casino parking lots occur more frequently than casino owners would… Read more
New effort by casinos takes aim at college students
Inside Higher Ed has a story this morning about how predatory gambling interests have launched a public relations effort designed to set the agenda for how colleges should approach the issue of student gambling. Read it below: Gift Horse or… Read more
Children don’t belong in state lottery ads
An Oklahoma legislator is moving ahead with a bill that would prevent the lottery in that state from using kids in its advertising. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission last year had a series of advertisements featuring children in them. Most recently,… Read more
Oregon Lottery’s holiday advertising campaign sinks to new low
The Oregon Lottery is running a new ad campaign this holiday season, “What’s in Santa’s Beard?“ It adds more momentum to the emerging national push to stop lottery advertising and end its exemption from truth-in-advertising laws. Look at the ads below… Read more
Slot machine designers target kids
International Gaming Technology, the biggest maker of slot machines, offered previews of the company’s machines based on “American Idol” and “The Dark Knight” at last week’s Global Gaming Expo. There can be no question who the target audience is for these machines…. Read more
“Gambling-addicted governments enslaving others”
A must-read column today by Susan Martinuk of The Calgary Herald. Read it below: Most of us don’t wake up each morning wondering what we can do to lose a lot of money today. But, apparently, a growing proportion of Canadians do and,… Read more
Stupid Policy Leads to Stupid Behavior
A story out of Pennsylvania today describes a new legislative effort to punish parents who go to area casinos and leave behind their children in the car. The push comes after there were seven cases involving 12 children left in… Read more
The Expendable Children
The Philadelphia Inquirer has a powerful, must-read editorial about the amount of children being found left in cars at Philadelphia area casinos. These kids are simply the cost of doing business for the government program of predatory gambling.
Protect and serve is now the responsibility of Florida grocery clerks
In yet another example of how extreme our nation has become in promoting state-sponsored predatory gambling, the Florida Lottery is installing free standing lottery scratch ticket machines and will put the responsibility of preventing children from buying the tickets on… Read more
Ohio attempts to exploit its younger generation
Even though Ohio citizens have voted four times against legalizing casinos in their state, state officials found a legally questionable way to bring them into Ohio through executive order. Now state officials want the legal age to use slot machines… Read more
This teenager’s rating was E for “Expendable”
Our country’s core democratic principle is equal citizenship. All blood is royal in America. Below read today’s news from Atlantic City and while you do, remember New Jersey state government is a full-fledged partner in these practices: “He liked playing… Read more