Status Updates From Addiction by Design: Machin...

Another extremely depressing nonfiction book you say? Don’t mind if I do!

"The biggest addict turns out to be the state government that becomes dependent on [gambling revenue)," said a senator from South Dakota. “They become just like the people playing the slot machines,". "They are looking for a quick fix to long-term problems. They start chasing their losses just like the addict does. They suspend their own sense of reality"

“The conflict between the
industry's responsibility rhetoric and the profit it reaps from irresponsibility leads some to the cynical conclusion that the promotion of responsible gambling, first and foremost, is a public relations strategy geared toward protecting revenue.”

It is.