Tag: addiction

Vitauts Take 25: Gambling III, The Casino

Vitauts Take 25: Gambling III, The Casino

I have been saving this one for last because this is the most egregious of Vitauts’ gambling vices. While he spends a few dollars on the fraudulent contests and a few dollars on the scratch tickets, he spends hundreds at the casino. I have idly sat by for the past year watching him go “Across …

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Vitauts Take 24: Gambling II, Scratch Tickets

Vitauts Take 24: Gambling II, Scratch Tickets

Scratch tickets. I remember when they first started in Nebraska. I was either in middle school or early in high school. I did a quick check, but the exact date isn’t readily available. I am trying to figure out why these kinds of gambling games are legal, while others are not? Mom always enjoyed scratch …

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Vitauts Take 22: Gambling Part I, Mail Fraud.

Vitauts Take 22: Gambling Part I, Mail Fraud.

This is one of the harder posts to share with the world, but I think what I have to say on this issue is important. If to no one else, then to me. Vitauts has always liked games of chance. From an early age, I watched him play poker, solo, solitaire and many other games …

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