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“My brother was receiving his share of quarterly distributions from our father's estate. He asked me for an additional distribution to buy a car and I gave him enough to buy the car with no financing. A month later he asked me for money to pay off the car. This didn't make sense to me. When I called my sister to discuss it with her, she told me he had been gambling at the casino for years and that she had given him money in the past. He had asked her not to tell anyone. I had no idea.”

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“After my son got out of jail and joined GA, he told me that his father, who had passed away many years before, always gave him money when he asked. His siblings knew this at the time, but I was kept in the dark. I became so angry and hurt that my husband had believed that I was such a weak and frightened person that I needed to be protected. When I shared this in my Gam-Anon meeting, one of the comments was that perhaps my husband was not protecting me, but avoiding facing the reality of his son's gambling.”

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“The gamblers will employ any tactic that will produce the desired result – the freedom to gamble. This might include the "deep freeze" or silent treatment used against the loved ones. This game can be very effective since it succeeds in putting the non-gamblers off balance by diverting attention away from the gambling issues and planting the seeds of self-doubt in their minds. The non-gamblers might begin to question their own motives and beliefs and begin to think: Am I overreacting to the gambling problem? Do I need to be more understanding? What have I done to cause the gambler to be so angry with me? How can I make this situation right? I'll do whatever it takes. I must learn how to make this not happen again. I cannot stand being ignored.”

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“The silent treatment is a very personal and hurtful attack on the non-gamblers with a loud, clear message: "Don't try to interfere with my gambling, I can inflict great pain if you do." This game puts all of the power once again in the hands of the gambler.”

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“For no apparent reason there were times I would find myself on the receiving end of being ignored – as if I didn’t exist in my own home. It was as though my husband pushed the delete button and I was no longer visible. Though I would repeatedly ask what was wrong I would never get a reply. Fear and self-doubt would grip me. Until the silent treatment was deemed over by my gambler, I would spend my time trying to fix something I apparently did though I had no idea what it was. The silent treatment game succeeded in distracting me from the gambling issues and made me focus on mythical wrongs for which I was being punished.”

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“Companies will insist that their data should be treated as a trade secret. But scholars and lawmakers cannot make informed decisions about gambling policy without better data, and modern sportsbooks have more data on their players than any gambling operation in human history.”

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“In too many states, sports betting regulatory bodies have ceded control to gambling companies. These regulators are charged with managing sports betting and ensuring companies abide by the rules that the regulators put in place. In practice, they seem to see their mandate as getting out of companies’ way while ensuring sportsbooks meet the bare minimum requirements.”

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“Most of the information Americans receive about sports betting comes from sportsbooks themselves. Thanks to commercials featuring celebrity spokespeople and the arrival of sportsbooks inside arenas, what was once an illicit vice on the margins of society is now at the heart of sports culture. The through line in all of this normalizing messaging is that betting on sports is exciting, and that it is harmless. The nation needs counterprogramming to sportsbooks’ narrative so that young people, in particular, are able to appropriately scrutinize these messages. They do not need to be chastised into thinking that gambling is not exciting or is evil, but they need to be made aware that it is addictive and that it can be easy for someone to get carried away. One approach is that taken by Virginia, where, in 2022, gambling addiction was added to school curricula on drug and alcohol abuse. Arthur Paikowsky of the International Center for Responsible Gaming suggested adding gambling content to first-year orientation at colleges and universities. Parents and anyone who teaches financial literacy should also make a point of talking about gambling. Of course, high school and college students are not exactly known for paying rapt attention during these types of lessons. But someone needs to present an alternative view about sports betting than what young people are likely to see on social media or in sportsbook advertising.”

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