In fact, some are too small to reach the handles without the aid of a stool. Many South Korean industries are suffering because of the crippling economic crisis that has swept the nation, but gambling is not one of them. When times are bad, people gamble. It s a fundamental law of human nature upon which places such as Las Vegas and Atlantic City have been built. Instant wealth can be a rocket to ruin.
Lottery lore is full of such tragic tales.
His brother was charged with hiring a hit man to murder him and his wife for the lottery money. There was the court battle between a New York woman and a friend of her son s. Now there are 56 meetings. You know the tide has turned against video gambling when Doug Jennings announces it s time to throw it out of his state. But this year Jennings listened to another part of his constituency, spouses and children of addicted gamblers who begged him to back a bill banning the machines.