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Gambling in Hawaii
Gambling is an activity that people everywhere do as a means for entertainment and to make a profit. ... Hawaii has yet to have casinos or any other type of gambling do to gambling would cause nothing but problems and I would have to agree. ...
Crime has been associated with gambling in many ways. ... In two Colorado gambling towns, drunken driving arrests have increased by three, and 75% of all local police reports are related to disturbances by casino patrons.
Here in Hawaii, where gambling is currently illegal, glimpses of what may happen are reported in the newspaper daily: an assistant branch manager for a local bank was indicted on charges of embezzling $3.2 million from customers, in order to pay off gambling debts, also a Kalihi man was charged with murder of a co-worker to whom the suspect owed 30,000 in gambling debts. ... Studies reveal that when gambling is introduced to a community, non-gamblers can quickly become pathological gamblers. ...
Gambling addiction surfaces when state governments authorize gambling.
Approximate Word count = 868
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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