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Managers, supervisors and co-workers can be
made aware of the danger signs of compulsive
gambling. Employee assistance personnel who
provide information on this addiction can help
to prevent gambling problems in the workplace.
Time Signs of Compulsive Gambling Include:
Chronically late for work.
Unexplained absences or disappearances from
work.
Leaves work early to gamble or meet bookie.
Reads gambling related material openly.
Excessive use of sick days.
Vacation time centered around gambling activity.
Does not take vacation time in large block.
Takes long lunch hours and breaks to play cards,
buy lottery tickets, or other forms of gambling
for money.
Frequently requests breaks to use phone.
"Even though mine is basically a desk job, if I
got a hot tip I would invent outside
appointments in the
middle of the day so I could get to the track.
Or I would just leave my desk for a half hour or
so to call my bookie-" -Earl (insurance sales)
Financial Signs of Compulsive Gambling Include:
Borrows money from co-workers
Argues with co-workers about money owed to them
Frequently requests advances in salary
Numerous company credit union loans
Credit card or loan billings mailed to work
rather than home
Family inquiries about salary
Requests pay instead of vacation time
Theft of company owned merchandise or property
Use of petty cash to float an overnight loan
Falsifies expense accounts
"I would call in sick, usually after a week-end,
to stay at the casinos and play- Everyone
laughed and called it the 'Atlantic City flu'-
By the time [my employer) confronted me about
the missing petty cash and altered client
accounts, I had gambled and lost over $500,000
of embezzled funds."
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