... order to finance their addiction, lying, cheating, theft or embezzlement are desperate options used. At this stage, gambling starts to affect other aspects of the gambler's life. Gambling is not victimless. Besides ruining the gambler, spouses and children suffer also. Divorce, domestic violence, and neglect are common in families with gambling parents or partners. The gambler hides many aspects of gambling ... to suicide. For many gamblers suicide is the only solution to a life so messed up and out of control. Researchers have found that gamblers are for more likely to commit crimes, r...

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