Compulsive Gambling, Problem Gambling, Gambling Addiction – www.youtube.com www.gamblinghelper.com “Whether it’s in a casino or online, poker and other games of chance are becoming increasingly popular. It’s not just men who are addicted, a growing number of women are becoming compulsive gamblers, too. Early Show correspondent Hattie Kauffman takes a closer look at the troubling trend,” news anchor. “The reality is the longer you gamble compulsively, which is what I was doing, the more you become a compulsive liar,” Melanie Morgan, former gambling addict. “In the 1980s Melanie Morgan was a successful television anchor until her gambling addiction cost her, her job and nearly destroyed her marriage,” Hattie Kauffman, CBS national correspondent. “I would lie about where I was going, what I was doing, who I was with, how much money I was spending,” Melanie Morgan. “Even her pregnancy did not stop Melanie from gambling,” Hattie Kauffman. “Of course I was in a terrible environment, smoke-filled rooms, hardly taking care of myself. I was gambling until an hour before I gave birth,” Melanie Morgan. “After her son was born, she often left the infant with an assortment of babysitters,” Kauffman. “I remember packing up the baby one day and driving around to each of the card rooms where I thought she might be and finally locating her and taking the baby in its carrier and putting the baby in the middle of the poker table and saying, ‘You got a choice. You want to play cards or you want to be a Mom?'” Jack Morgan, Melanie’s husband. “I knew …

Counselors for gambling addictions voice concern about funding for problem

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This year, the state budgeted $ 740,000 of the more than $ 9 million generated for the fund by the three state-owned casinos — the Kansas Star in Mulvane, the Boot Hill in Dodge City, and the Hollywood in Wyandotte County — for problem gambling. Most …
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Standing near a corner of Adams Street just off Cicero Avenue, you'd never guess it's one of the priciest blocks in the city. The street is jammed with aging brick buildings. A handful are boarded up; some have been that way for years. Others were torn …
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Top 4 picks: Texas A&M offensive tackle Luke Joeckel to Kansas City; Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher to Jacksonville; Florida defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd to Oakland; and Oregon defensive end Dion Jordan to Philadelphia. Brian Billick …
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Problem Gambling Awareness Week to be held at KCKCC March 3-9

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The week of March 3-9 has officially been proclaimed “Problem Gambling Awareness Week” on the Kansas City Kansas Community College campus. KCKCC President Dr. Doris Given signed a proclamation partnering the College with the Northeast Kansas …
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