My comments on the new Internet gambling bill passed and the regs. NEW JERSEY

Thursday, 25. April 2013

 
Arnie Wexler ccgc
 
My comments on the new Internet gambling bill passed and the regs. that will be coming out.
 
I have heard that in the regs. it will state you can play with a credit card; you can increase your line at any time even during play,
 
If that is the case its crazy.

We have over 400,000 addicted gamblers in N.J. and that # will for sure in cress as we add Internet gambling. Gambling addiction is an impulse addiction you will have addicted gamblers waking up in the middle of the night going to the computer in there birthday suits and

distorting there lives and there loved ones also in the heat of the moment in there addiction.
 

Legislators do not seem to understand the issue of compulsive gambling, because it is so hidden and invisible. What might seem like a casual, entertaining pastime to some, can turn into a devastating addiction for many people.

And yet after all these years we still don’t have Casino workers trained on gambling addiction—-1. Each casino licensee shall implement procedures and training for all employees who directly interact with gaming patrons in gaming areas for assisting patrons in obtaining information about problem gambling programs. That training shall, at a minimum, consist of information concerning the nature and symptoms of problem gambling behavior and how to assist patrons in obtaining information about problem gambling programs. The training shall be conducted by certified compulsive gambling trainers that are certified by the American Certification Board 

Arnie is a compulsive gambler who placed his last bet on 4/10/68

Arnie and Sheila Wexler have provided extensive training on Compulsive, Problem and Underage Gambling, to more than 40,000 gaming employees (personnel and executives) and have written Responsible Gaming Programs for major gaming companies. In addition, they have worked with Gaming Boards and Regulators, presented educational workshops nationally and internationally and have provided expert witness testimony. Sheila Wexler is the Executive Director of the Compulsive Gambling Foundation. They also run a national help line (888 LAST BET) and work at Recovery Road, a treatment facility in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida that specializes in the treatment of those suffering with gambling addiction.

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N.B.A. And Gambling Addiction !

Sunday, 21. April 2013

N.B.A. And Gambling Addiction !
On Dec. 11, 2009, commissioner David Stern told SI.com (the website for Sports Illustrated) that legalized gambling on the NBA “May be a huge opportunity”
Years ago, I was on a TV show with Howard Cossell (ABC Sports Beat). The topic was: Does the media encourage the public to gamble? David Stern, NBA commissioner said: “We don’t want the week’s grocery money to be bet on the outcome of a particular sporting event”
I wonder how many addicted gamblers placed the first bet they ever made on an NBA game.
In 1999 I was asked to fly to New York to the National Basketball Association office in Manhattan and met with league officials, players and union officials, concerned about players’ gambling. I was told, “We have a problem, and we’re trying to find out how bad the problem is” Officials asked me to keep my calendar open for the spring of the following year and said to me that they wanted me to address every team and player in the league. They then flew my wife in, and we had a second meeting they asked us develop questions that were going to be given to the players to answer. “We need to know how big the gambling problem is in the N.B.A ,” When I hadn’t heard from the N.B.A, I called and asked, “When do we start?” The talked were cancelled, and the response I got was this: “They said that the higher-ups didn’t want the media to find out” “We have players gambling on airplane trips loosing all kinds of $”

In May 1996, Horace Balmer, the NBA’s vice president for security, had two speakers flown to Norfolk, Va., whose messages were even very disturbing. Michael Franzese, a former mob boss who fixed professional and college games for organized crime, and Arnie Wexler, who for 23 years was a compulsive gambler. Franzere said, “I talked to the NBA rookies earlier this season . . . and it’s amazing how many confided to me that they have gambling habits. I’m not going to mention their names, but if I did, you would know them” “I personally got involved in compromising games with players, and it all came through their gambling habits.’ ( THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT -May 11, 1996 )
Athletes may be more vulnerable than the general population when you look at the soft signs of compulsive gambling: high levels of energy; unreasonable expectations of winning; very competitive personalities; distorted optimism; and bright with high IQs.
The National Gambling Study Commission said that there are “5 million compulsive gamblers and 15 million at risk in the U.S” Forty-eight percent of the people who gamble bet on sports.
Get the real scoop: Talk to me, Arnie Wexler, one of the nation’s leading experts on the subject of compulsive gambling and a recovering compulsive gambler. I placed my last bet on April 10, 1968, and has been involved in helping compulsive gamblers for the last 40 years. Through the years, I have spoken to more compulsive gamblers than anyone else in America and has been fighting the injustice of how sports, society and the judicial system deal with compulsive gamblers.
It is time for college and professional sports to outline and execute a real program to help players who might have a gambling problem or gambling addiction problem. Yet college and professional sports still do not want to deal with this. They do not want the media and public to think there is a problem.
And over the years, I have spoken to many college and professional athletes who had a gambling problem. One NCAA study a few years ago reported: “There is a disturbing trend of gambling among athletes in college” You can’t think that these people will get into the pros and then just stop gambling.
Compulsive gambling is an addiction just like alcoholism and chemical dependency, and all three diseases are recognized by the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic and statistical manual. Nevertheless, we treat compulsive gambling differently than the other addictions. Society and professional sports treat people with chemical dependency and alcoholism as sick persons, send them to treatment and get them back to work. Sports looks at compulsive gamblers as bad people and gets barred them from playing in professional sports.
There are people in various sport’s halls of fame who are convicted drug addicts and alcoholics, yet compulsive gamblers are unable to get into these halls of fame. In fact, as far as professional sports goes, an alcoholic and chemical dependent person can get multiple chances, whereas a gambler cannot. I have been fighting the injustice of how sports, society and the judicial system deal with compulsive gamblers for many years.
If colleges and professional leagues wanted to help the players, they would run real programs that seriously address the issue of gambling and compulsive gambling. Education and early detection can make a difference between life and death for some people who have or will end up with a gambling addiction.
One sports insider said to me: “Teams need to have a real program for players, coaches and referees, and they need to let somebody else run it. When you do it in-house, it’s like the fox running the chicken coop. You must be kidding yourself if you think any player, coach or referee is going to call the league and say, ‘I’ve got a gambling problem, and I need help.’ ”
The Wexlers run a national help line for gamblers who want help
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ARNIE WEXLER
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THINGS I LEARNED IN 45 YEARS IN RECOVERY

Monday, 15. April 2013

THINGS I LEARNED IN 45 YEARS IN RECOVERY  AND I AM GREATFULL FOR     ARNIE WEXLER CCGC
I CAN STAY IN GA  DREAM THE DREAMS =  OR GO OUT AND SCEAMS THE SCEAMS
LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY  = THEN WATCH WHAT THEY DO
NEVER WORRY ABOUT THING WE CAN FIX WITH $
HOW IMPORTANT WILL THIS BE 6 MO FROM NOW
I WONT LET MY  ADDICTION DEFINE ME
RECOVERY WILL GET YOU A GOOD LIFE
STAY IN THE MOMENT
REAL RECOVERY IS ABOUT QUILITY NOT  QUANITY
NEED TO HAVE REGOUIS HONISTY WITH SELF 1ST
SPIRITULATY IS  THINKING OF OTHERS 1ST
REWARDS MUST BE URNED
GUILT WILL LEAD TO FEAR
NEEDED  TO CLENSE SELF FROM EMOTANAL  BAGAGE
I NEEDED TO RECOVERY FROM MY IMPRECFTIONS
HAD TO STOP LYING AND CONTROLING
STILL NEED WORK ON MY DEFECTS
STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE PLACES AND THINGS THAT EFFECT MY SERINTY OR RECOVERY
WHEN I PUT MY HEAD ON THE PILLOW I NEED TO FEEL I DID THE RIGHT THINGS TODAY
NEEDED TO FORGIVE MY SELF BEFORE I COULD START REAL RECOVERY
THE IN GA YOU  FORGAVE ME BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO FORGIVE MYSELF
NOT GOING TO BED MAD
NOT WISHING TO GOD DONT LET ME WAKE UP TOMORROW
RECOVERY WILL BE MY JURNEY FOREVER
MARICLES HAPPEN IF I BELIVE THEY WILL
GOD ALOWS ME TO STILL FELL NEW PEOPLES PAIN
WHEN I HAVE A FIGHT WITH SHEILA SEE THE GOOD LIST OVER BALANCES THE BAD LIST
GIVING BACK KEEPS ME IN MY OWN RECOVERY
THANK GOD FOR MY SPONSOR WHEN I AM CRAZY
WHO WOULD EVER THINK OUR LIFE COULD BE LIKE IT IS TODAY
THANK GOD FOR ALL OUR BLESSINGS
GAMBLING PROBLEM CALL 4 HELP   888 LAST  BET

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MY LAST BET 45 YEARS AGO TODAY 4/10/68

Wednesday, 10. April 2013

Baseball Almanac Box ScoresNew York Mets 4, San Francisco Giants 5
Game played on Wednesday, April 10, 1968 at Candlestick Park
New York Mets ab r h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 1 2 0
Agee cf 4 2 2 0
Swoboda rf 4 1 2 4
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0
Shamsky lf 3 0 2 0
Jones pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Martin c 4 0 1 0
Grote c 0 0 0 0
Charles 3b 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 4 0 0 0
Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
San Francisco Giants ab r h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 1
Hart lf 4 1 1 1
Hiatt c 3 0 1 0
Johnson pr 0 0 0 0
Oliver ss 1 1 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 2 2
Lanier ss 2 1 0 0
Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
Barton c 0 0 0 0
Marichal p 2 0 0 0
Cline ph 1 0 0 0
Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
New York 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 9 2
San Francisco 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 – 5 9 0
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver 8.1 7 4 3 0 3
Frisella L (0-1) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
9
5
4
0
3
San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal 8.0 9 4 4 0 3
Linzy W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
4

E–Harrelson (1), Boswell (1). DP–New York 2. PB–Martin (1). 2B–San Francisco Alou (1,off Frisella). HR–New York Swoboda (1,3rd inning off Marichal 2 on, 2 out), San Francisco McCovey (1,7th inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out). Team LOB–5. Team–4. SB–Agee (1,2nd base off Marichal/Hiatt). U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bob Engel. T–2:15. A–35,774.
Game played on Wednesday, April 10, 1968 at Candlestick Park

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