Sentences with phrase «by gambling addicts»

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By «triple» she means someone who is triply addicted — to drugs, alcohol and gambling.

The film is fairly paint - by - numbers and mostly predictable, but a standout performance from Shannon as the drunk, gambling - addicted father of a high school basketball star and an impressive turn from the always - welcome, always - gorgeous Carla Gugino will help position Wolves for a decently widespread theatrical release, though it probably won't have much staying power.

Wahlberg plays college professor Jim Bennett, a gambling addict who begins the film by blowing a small fortune as if it were nothing.

Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn) is an estate agent from Iowa who's addicted to gambling, ever more hopelessly, and who spends a great deal of time sitting in his car listening to an instructional CD called 200 Poker Tells, which lists the signs by which you can gauge an opponent's character and thought processes, and ideally, guess their cards: they might babble at the table, rub their nose, furrow their brow.

After a half - hearted, if dramatic, suicide attempt, Imogene is released by the hospital to the custody of her estranged, gambling - addicted mother (Annette Bening).

Dogs are effectively «gambling addicts» and by only rewarding them some of the time we tap into their innate desire to gamble and this keeps their enthusiasm for training high.

As reported by Agence France - Presse, Didier Jambart claims he used up his family's savings and resorted to stealing after becoming addicted to Internet gambling, and that he also became sexually compulsive, engaging in cross-dressing, exposing himself online and participating in risky sexual encounters that culminated in being raped.

«Lawyers that cope by engaging in damaging behaviours can become addicted to alcohol, gambling, or drugs, among other things.»