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That's over $110 million a year...and no one noticed? What a waste of a lot of Jumbo Jacks...
I had a co-worker who was always going to "the boat"...I knew she had a gambling addiction but it's her money and it became a running joke. I'd ask her "how much did you take to the boat this week?"...she'd answer "$500", then I'd ask "how much did you leave with"...she'd say "I won $250"...I'd ask "you mean you have $750??"..."no she'd say...I came home with $250...but I was down to $5 at one point and made a bunch of "hits"."
Most of it was for the "thrill". My bet (pardon the pun) is this was a very lonely lady with a lot of time to waste. While I can't feel sorry for someone whose thrown that kind of money away (think of how many schools it could have paid for) this sounds this lady got taken by those she trusted.
It doesn't really matter "how much", it is stimulation to endorphins of the brain (pleasure centers).
Once the stimulation is over, the person wants another "hit" so to speak.
So, the person continues to gamble and gamble and gamble waiting for he next "hit". The hit finally comes and the cycle repeats itself.
There are so many of these Indian casinos popping up all over the place that it maddens me as they have become magnets for the following where I live:
#1: Prostitution
#2: Drug rings
#3: Crime
#4: More and more addiction to gambling being reinforced by your local city council.
They say they are proud members of the community and that they contribute to the well-being of others. I cry B.S. on that one!
I'd really be happy if all of these dumpy casinos went belly up. Most are not even run by tribal members, they have some non-Indian person there handling their "business" which is corrupt as hell!
(or just watch Trading Places)
To this day we still have a large contingent of roger hedgehog apologists here as well. 
She'll do a little probation, file chapter 11, and get a talk radio show just like the rest of the losers and common criminals like roger - blasting Dems on KOGO, kissing rush and hannity keester, and getting paid to talk shit all day.
I'll always remember her as the dimbulb mayor while we had a severe drought a couple of decades ago. She was trying to pass laws making it illegal to water your grass and hose your driveway down, all the while she was the biggest offender of wasting water in the city. She got caught red handed having the city workers on the clock running an extra fucking water main to her mansion for a new koi-pond she was putting in.
She's a garden variety scumbag.
