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Family disruption, neglected or abused
children, divorce, impoverishment, mental
breakdown.
Billions of dollars worth of productivity lost
by business and industry through absenteeism,
wasted time, poor work performance. theft of
materials and accident.
Criminal acts committed to raise money in order
to continue gambling after heavy losses and
mounting debts. The longer the disease continues
untreated, the greater the probability of arrest
and imprisonment.
The unabated misery of being in the grips of an
uncontrollable disease, without even knowing it,
thus permitting the disease to wreck family,
career and even life which, in many cases, ends
in suicide.
Help Can Come...October 19, 1987 will be
remembered by most people as Black Monday-the
day that the Dow plunged 508 points. We at the
Council will remember it as the day the
securities gambler came of age.
Prior to October 19, 1987 calls for help from
stock market investors who crossed over the line
to compulsive gambling represented 2% of our
statewide Helpline 1-800-GAMBLER© calls for
help.
In the weeks that followed, stock market
gambling calls represented 44% of all hotline
calls.
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