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alcohol, but hardly ever even say a word against gambling.

These teens are headed towards more and more problems as

they get older. Because of this huge involvement among

teens, gambling had an even worse effect on society this

time through the cycle.

Through the years, all forms of gambling have caused

major problems and should not be condoned by government.

Gambling has gone in and out of popularity through cycles

where owners have gone from low life “rowdies” to

organized crime heads, and now big money corporation men.

America is in a very dangerous cycle because of the clean,

corporate style gambling operations run today, which don’t

seem to have any fraud or corruption. Also, many forms of

legalized gambling have become more and more accessible.

Worst, as the number of compulsive gamblers have grown,

the number of teenage gamblers have dramatically grown,

leaving poor futures for them.

Government needs to recognize the problems gambling

has always produced, along with the new problems of today,

and banish gambling altogether.

ENDNOTES

1Stuart Winston, Nation of Gamblers (Englewood Cliffs, New

Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1984) p. 5.

2Bertha Davis, Gambling in America: A Growth Industry

(U.S.A., Impact Books, 1992) p. 12.

3Winston, p. 5.

4Rufus King, Gambling and Organized Crime (Washington,

D.C., Public Affairs Press, 1969), p. 11.

5Oscar Handlin, This Was America (New York, New York,