sick gambler:
Perhaps you didn't hear much about gambling when you were a kid in the 70's in Quebec but here in the States we were exposed to it even then. The lines were printed in the Sports section of the local newspaper and as I have mentioned before, the national sports newscasters commented on the line during the game even back then.
With gambling there come the necessary evils of people not being able to control their urges. But we also have that with alcohol, cigarettes, etc. and they have been around long before the 70's. Just because a minority of people can't handle gambling doesn't mean things are worse now that it is more prevalent.
Perhaps you didn't hear much about gambling when you were a kid in the 70's in Quebec but here in the States we were exposed to it even then. The lines were printed in the Sports section of the local newspaper and as I have mentioned before, the national sports newscasters commented on the line during the game even back then.
With gambling there come the necessary evils of people not being able to control their urges. But we also have that with alcohol, cigarettes, etc. and they have been around long before the 70's. Just because a minority of people can't handle gambling doesn't mean things are worse now that it is more prevalent.