Not exact matches
And although the market crash was
more a symptom than a
cause of the crisis, the church had been complicit in the speculative frenzy that precipitated the crash: «The people who were
gambling most recklessly sat in its pews, and never felt the slightest incongruity between their presence at worship on Sunday and their luck in the profit - chase during the rest of the week» (November 25, 1931).
Gambling for steals and standing still on the court were
more likely
caused by his nagging knee soreness than by actual laziness.
Updating a 2005 report called «Stacking the Deck,» Common
Cause New York says
gambling interests have raised
more than $ 3 million in less than three years, passing the cash along to elected officials and a series of pro-
gambling groups.
This is our primary tool to use in defending against our
more primitive brain areas that tend to naturally dominate most of our actions in the markets and
cause us to
gamble.
I watch my kids play games these days and I honestly worry about the normalisation of
gambling for them much much
more than any desensitisation to violence that gaming may
cause.
People with
gambling addictions continue to devote
more time and money toward
gambling, despite the problems it
causes.