Be it drugs, gambling alcohol or other may Darwin prevail in your addiction.

They're trying to put a casino in Tysons Corner here in northern Virginia. Comstock Holdings, the developer, is seeding the political landscape, buying influence in the Virginia legislature. Political corruption at its best.

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RESTON, VA — Comstock Holding Companies, its associates and employees donated a total of $1,247,993 in contributions to political candidates and political action committees between Jan. 1, 2022 and Jan. 31, 2024, according to state finance filings reported by the nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project.

All of the local communities around Tysons Corner, plus the local Virginia delegate and senator, are all against it and pushing back. So far, all we have been able to do is table it for this year and will see it resurrected next year.

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Originally posted by jljones:
Our current governor believes that casino gambling and legalized weed will lead the Commonwealth to prosperity.

Isn’t he a peach?

Gambling is very addictive. It's like a drug. If you get into this industry, you have to be very careful. Otherwise, you might have serious consequences. I do play in online casinos. But I understand the fears of gambling, so for me, playing in casinos is a way of relaxation. I do not intend to win money there. After work, I might play at the Rabona Bonus online casino for an hour or two, but not more. I know that if I cross the line, I can also become addicted.

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These apps are very addictive. The main secret here is to gamble only with money you can afford to lose.

I usually gamble 1-2 times a month, just to relieve the stress, and I think that this is absolutely normal if you're wise about it.

Just take care where you gamble, as there are a lot of scammy platforms nowadays. I play only on jun88. They offer great bonuses and safe + fast cashouts.

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The odds against winning are in favor of the house....If the house was not making money then they would have closed the doors long time ago......... If you cannot afford to loose it then do not play the game. ................................... drill sgt.

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Originally posted by jljones:
Our current governor believes that casino gambling and legalized weed will lead the Commonwealth to prosperity.

John Morgan is behind a big push along with the pot companies to get an amendment to the FL constitution allowing recreational pot.

He's probably behind Lil' Andy's push in KY too since he's a big D donor...

As a teen ager and young adult, a bunch of us would go by car into Nevada to gamble. More than once, we would drive home all empty and scrounging around to pay for the toll booth.

In the Navy, I would play poker, blackjack, etc.

When I really started working for my money, I didn't have the nerves to lose any of it.

I really don't understand gambling. Throwing money away at something that is statistically a sure bet for the house? All for a little excitement that you might win, but never do?

MAYBE playing poker in private games against other people is a "fair fight" if you are good at it.

There is a reason gambling was banned in all but one state decades ago. Seems we all forgot.

In Indiana, the town of Anderson - former home of GM's guide lighting that made M3 grease guns during WWII, among other things - was decimated by the closure of all the GM factories. Now they have a casino. Because "it will bring jobs" and "we will make tax revenue". But the reality is it just sucks far more money away from the hopeless and unemployed or underemployed former factory workers, then it will ever return in jobs and taxes.

When the Windsor, Ontario casino opened up across the river from Detroit, people streamed across the river and dropped $1M a day. People that looked like they cashed their welfare check and put it all into $5 slots to win the "big money". I went there once, cashed a $20, played the cheap slots, and noticed how they really do "adapt" and give you small payouts periodically to keep you interested, then a bigger one, then a long stretch of nothing, etc. They may approximate statistically random behavior in the long term, but they are programmed to manipulate you. After filtering the money though a few times it was all gone and I had no interest in doing it any more. Now Detroit has 3 casinos because they couldn't watch all that money go over the border every day.

And now it's "sports betting" ads and online casino apps and what have you. Most of which are run by companies located outside the U.S.

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
In Indiana, the town of Anderson -

The second love of my life was from Anderson. She's the reason I went to Ball State...for one semester. Thanks for the memory of Kim. If you run into her, tell her I'd like my Jimmy Buffet shirt back.

One of the best descriptions ever. Some people are unable to let go of it.

I’ve never bought a scratch off for myself. Gambling money gives me no pleasure. I do understand the addiction of nicotine. I struggled with that for a long time. But for any man who can say he doesn’t understand the driving force of an addiction only needs to look at the drive to have sex. It will make you do things that are way outside your normal behavior. I’ve done some crazy things for a nice set of legs.

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Originally posted by jljones:
Our current governor believes that casino gambling and legalized weed will lead the Commonwealth to prosperity.

Has that actually ever happened anywhere on the planet - and I’m leaving Mars out of this right now

But back to the OP, she needs a refund on her schooling because it obviously didn’t make her smarter

Seems like more often than not whenever I go into the convenience store at a gas station, there is someone causing the line to back up buying a pack of cigarettes and choosing which scratch off's to buy. And it's usually a lot of them.

The worst is lotto tickets where they have to get their "special" numbers.

I just want to buy a drink and get to work, but they need their gambling fix early in the morning it seems.