Fringe banking in redlined, post-riot South Central Los Angeles.
Gambling Boys
- Description
- Reviews
- Citation
- Cataloging
- Transcript
If you are not affiliated with a college or university, and are interested in watching this film, please register as an individual and login to rent this film. Already registered? Login to rent this film.
Who would think that teenagers playing a friendly game of poker, or joining an online game of Texas hold'em, could find themselves facing serious gambling problems and, for some, addiction? But young adults are vulnerable. With the barrage of marketing campaigns, television coverage of poker tournaments, and easy online access, it is no surprise that teens are increasingly affected.
GAMBLING BOYS examines the growing popularity of gambling among teens, and issues a wake-up call to parents who, more worried about drugs and alcohol, overlook the dangers it poses.
Profiling three young people, aged 14 to 21, the film presents a range of teen gamblers, and their varied experiences. Dakota, 14, is highly competitive and loves playing poker with friends and online. He doesn't yet gamble with real money, but is worried about his future, when he'll be old enough to do so legally. Jamie, 21, lost two years of high school to his poker addiction, regularly skipping school to play cards a nearby casino. Clifford, 18, is in rehab for his sports betting problem: at his lowest point, he was gambling $10,000 a day.
Interviews with other young people, a debt collector for online gambling sites, and Did-Tafari Belizaire, a recovered gambling addict who now addresses high school classes, round out this look at the issues surrounding teen gambling.
GAMBLING BOYS is designed to raise awareness and foster a better understanding of a growing problem with which too few parents and educators are engaged.
“Eye opening! The real-life testimonies offered by the young men throughout the film are both convincing and compelling... An essential resource.” —Carl A. Andrews, Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO)
Citation
Main credits
Turek, Laura (aut)
Turek, Laura (Director)
Bochner, Sally (Producer)
Lynch, Tamara (Producer)
Wees, Michael (Cinematographer)
Chan, Meiyen (Film editor)
Lumb, Janet (Composer)
Giancola, Dino (Composer)
Other credits
Director of photography, Michael Wees; editor, Meiyen Chan; original music, Janet Lumb and Dino Giancola.
Distributor subjects
Adolescence; Family Relations; Fanlight Collection; Gambling; High School Use; Psychology; Science and Technology; Youth IssuesKeywords
gambling; teenagers; addiction; CBC; Canada; poker; sports betting; betting; technology; "Gambling Boys"; The Fanlight Collection;
WEBVTT
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.180 align:middle line:90%
00:00:02.180 --> 00:00:02.990 align:middle line:90%
Blue!
00:00:02.990 --> 00:00:03.910 align:middle line:90%
92!
00:00:03.910 --> 00:00:05.160 align:middle line:90%
Hike!
00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.920 align:middle line:90%
00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:12.910 align:middle line:84%
Teenagers face enormous
pressures.
00:00:12.910 --> 00:00:16.520 align:middle line:84%
Conflicting desires to fit in
and rebel leave kids open to
00:00:16.520 --> 00:00:19.770 align:middle line:84%
experimenting with all
kinds of behaviors.
00:00:19.770 --> 00:00:23.080 align:middle line:84%
Before they even finish high
school, 80% will try the most
00:00:23.080 --> 00:00:26.052 align:middle line:84%
popular, high-risk activity
among teens--
00:00:26.052 --> 00:00:31.010 align:middle line:84%
not drugs, not alcohol, not even
cigarettes, but gambling.
00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:36.070 align:middle line:90%
00:00:36.070 --> 00:00:39.045 align:middle line:84%
Many adults consider it
harmless child\'s play.
00:00:39.045 --> 00:00:42.830 align:middle line:84%
But out of these kids, 15% risk
developing a gambling
00:00:42.830 --> 00:00:45.685 align:middle line:84%
problem, and up to 5% are
already addicted.
00:00:45.685 --> 00:00:49.360 align:middle line:90%
00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:52.710 align:middle line:84%
Advances in technology have
changed the playing field.
00:00:52.710 --> 00:00:56.580 align:middle line:84%
Online casinos, poker, and
online bookies have made
00:00:56.580 --> 00:00:59.420 align:middle line:84%
gambling much more
accessible--
00:00:59.420 --> 00:01:00.670 align:middle line:90%
and not just for adults.
00:01:00.670 --> 00:01:03.286 align:middle line:90%
00:01:03.286 --> 00:01:06.405 align:middle line:84%
It\'s so funny how easily you
can lie on this thing.
00:01:06.405 --> 00:01:08.540 align:middle line:84%
It\'s like the tobacco
companies.
00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:12.643 align:middle line:84%
They start you off at 15,
14, 16 so you smoke the
00:01:12.643 --> 00:01:13.280 align:middle line:90%
rest of your life.
00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.750 align:middle line:84%
Same thing with the online
casinos, or any casino for
00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:16.320 align:middle line:90%
that matter.
00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:19.490 align:middle line:84%
They want you playing young so
by the time you\'re an adult
00:01:19.490 --> 00:01:21.465 align:middle line:84%
and you have access to that
money, you\'re coming back and
00:01:21.465 --> 00:01:22.715 align:middle line:90%
you\'re giving it to them.
00:01:22.715 --> 00:01:26.220 align:middle line:90%
00:01:26.220 --> 00:01:29.290 align:middle line:84%
This is the first generation to
grow up with gambling that
00:01:29.290 --> 00:01:32.990 align:middle line:84%
is both aggressively marketed
and socially accepted.
00:01:32.990 --> 00:01:35.615 align:middle line:84%
And the number of teens placing
bets has exploded.
00:01:35.615 --> 00:01:38.860 align:middle line:90%
00:01:38.860 --> 00:01:41.360 align:middle line:84%
If you think that they\'re
playing for fun against their
00:01:41.360 --> 00:01:44.080 align:middle line:84%
friends, or they\'re playing
solitaire, they\'re not.
00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:47.310 align:middle line:84%
Look, dig deeper, because
they\'re probably losing your
00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:48.760 align:middle line:84%
money and you don\'t
even know it yet.
00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:58.520 align:middle line:90%
00:01:58.520 --> 00:02:02.110 align:middle line:90%
Everyone pretty much gambles.
00:02:02.110 --> 00:02:05.225 align:middle line:84%
We don\'t go to casinos and
gamble, but we still gamble.
00:02:05.225 --> 00:02:06.300 align:middle line:90%
We play poker--
00:02:06.300 --> 00:02:08.438 align:middle line:84%
sometimes for money, sometimes
not for money.
00:02:08.438 --> 00:02:09.948 align:middle line:90%
Everyone gambles.
00:02:09.948 --> 00:02:11.860 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, we have $17 left.
00:02:11.860 --> 00:02:12.820 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:02:12.820 --> 00:02:14.415 align:middle line:90%
I\'m going all in.
00:02:14.415 --> 00:02:16.490 align:middle line:90%
Whoa.
00:02:16.490 --> 00:02:19.590 align:middle line:84%
Each week in North America, more
than three million teens
00:02:19.590 --> 00:02:22.085 align:middle line:84%
get together and place
bets for money.
00:02:22.085 --> 00:02:25.350 align:middle line:84%
the younger a person starts to
gamble, the greater the risk
00:02:25.350 --> 00:02:29.100 align:middle line:84%
of a simple pastime becoming
a compulsion.
00:02:29.100 --> 00:02:32.200 align:middle line:84%
And while girls are catching
up, for now most of the
00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:33.770 align:middle line:90%
players are boys.
00:02:33.770 --> 00:02:34.740 align:middle line:90%
I love to win.
00:02:34.740 --> 00:02:38.440 align:middle line:84%
I love to beat people down
and win all those chips.
00:02:38.440 --> 00:02:42.660 align:middle line:90%
00:02:42.660 --> 00:02:44.174 align:middle line:90%
So it\'s winner takes all.
00:02:44.174 --> 00:02:45.162 align:middle line:90%
So we\'re all in.
00:02:45.162 --> 00:02:46.430 align:middle line:90%
Anybody want to match him up?
00:02:46.430 --> 00:02:47.485 align:middle line:90%
One of you guys are bluffing.
00:02:47.485 --> 00:02:49.050 align:middle line:90%
I know.
00:02:49.050 --> 00:02:52.630 align:middle line:84%
I don\'t really play for
money, I never did.
00:02:52.630 --> 00:02:55.280 align:middle line:84%
But, yeah, it is a lot more
exciting when you\'re playing
00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:57.210 align:middle line:84%
for money because you have
a reason for it.
00:02:57.210 --> 00:02:59.610 align:middle line:84%
But people who really
love poker will play
00:02:59.610 --> 00:03:02.002 align:middle line:90%
it for what it is.
00:03:02.002 --> 00:03:03.225 align:middle line:90%
I\'m all in.
00:03:03.225 --> 00:03:04.460 align:middle line:84%
Alright, looks like this
is going to be a
00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:06.276 align:middle line:90%
winner take all situation.
00:03:06.276 --> 00:03:06.732 align:middle line:90%
Oh!
00:03:06.732 --> 00:03:07.644 align:middle line:90%
Yes!
00:03:07.644 --> 00:03:08.900 align:middle line:90%
No way.
00:03:08.900 --> 00:03:09.330 align:middle line:90%
Flip flopped.
00:03:09.330 --> 00:03:10.410 align:middle line:90%
Damn it.
00:03:10.410 --> 00:03:12.725 align:middle line:84%
Big money, small money-- it
didn\'t matter what it was, I
00:03:12.725 --> 00:03:14.075 align:middle line:90%
would gamble on anything.
00:03:14.075 --> 00:03:18.440 align:middle line:90%
00:03:18.440 --> 00:03:22.150 align:middle line:84%
When you play for fun, if you
lose there\'s no risk, no loss.
00:03:22.150 --> 00:03:25.690 align:middle line:84%
But when you play for money,
there\'s more of a competitive
00:03:25.690 --> 00:03:28.016 align:middle line:90%
angle when it\'s for money.
00:03:28.016 --> 00:03:30.461 align:middle line:84%
One of the best feelings is when
the dealer\'s like yep,
00:03:30.461 --> 00:03:33.395 align:middle line:84%
these are your chips, and just
passing all the chips to you.
00:03:33.395 --> 00:03:36.818 align:middle line:84%
That sound and it\'s just
like, ah, yes.
00:03:36.818 --> 00:03:39.770 align:middle line:90%
00:03:39.770 --> 00:03:42.940 align:middle line:84%
Seriously, I\'ve known I\'ve had a
problem since the age of 12,
00:03:42.940 --> 00:03:44.270 align:middle line:84%
but I\'ve been gambling
my whole life.
00:03:44.270 --> 00:03:47.690 align:middle line:90%
00:03:47.690 --> 00:03:49.695 align:middle line:84%
I have a problem with
sports betting.
00:03:49.695 --> 00:03:52.310 align:middle line:90%
00:03:52.310 --> 00:03:55.690 align:middle line:84%
Football has always been my
biggest sport, and I make big
00:03:55.690 --> 00:03:58.320 align:middle line:90%
playoffs, of course.
00:03:58.320 --> 00:04:03.110 align:middle line:84%
When I was 15, I placed my
first bet with a bookie.
00:04:03.110 --> 00:04:05.595 align:middle line:84%
I\'ve never felt so
alive in my life.
00:04:05.595 --> 00:04:17.019 align:middle line:90%
00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:19.399 align:middle line:90%
I got paid at school one time.
00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:23.160 align:middle line:84%
And they came up to me,
that\'s when he\'s like,
00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:24.030 align:middle line:90%
you\'re in high school?
00:04:24.030 --> 00:04:25.885 align:middle line:90%
I\'m like, yes, I am.
00:04:25.885 --> 00:04:28.760 align:middle line:90%
He was like, oh my god.
00:04:28.760 --> 00:04:30.320 align:middle line:90%
How are you in high school?
00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:31.265 align:middle line:90%
Never would have thought.
00:04:31.265 --> 00:04:33.520 align:middle line:90%
So it was just a shock to him.
00:04:33.520 --> 00:04:36.440 align:middle line:84%
But since I always was able to
come up with the money, he
00:04:36.440 --> 00:04:37.690 align:middle line:90%
always took my bet.
00:04:37.690 --> 00:04:43.308 align:middle line:90%
00:04:43.308 --> 00:04:46.540 align:middle line:84%
I\'m the type of person if we\'d
go to the bars for a drink,
00:04:46.540 --> 00:04:48.750 align:middle line:84%
everyone would be watching
one TV screen.
00:04:48.750 --> 00:04:50.110 align:middle line:84%
I\'d be watching every
TV screen.
00:04:50.110 --> 00:04:52.350 align:middle line:84%
I could tell you every
score in the bar.
00:04:52.350 --> 00:04:53.360 align:middle line:90%
My eyes are always moving.
00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:57.080 align:middle line:84%
I\'m always on my phone to make
sure, checking my scores.
00:04:57.080 --> 00:05:00.270 align:middle line:84%
The numbers I could compute in
my head were just crazy.
00:05:00.270 --> 00:05:03.530 align:middle line:84%
On NFL Sundays I had
bet on every game.
00:05:03.530 --> 00:05:06.340 align:middle line:84%
I was calculating every
bet in my head, not
00:05:06.340 --> 00:05:08.433 align:middle line:90%
writing anything down.
00:05:08.433 --> 00:05:11.560 align:middle line:84%
I\'d be placing a bet every day,
minimum between $500 and
00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:16.030 align:middle line:84%
$2,000 a day, and betting while
I was in high school.
00:05:16.030 --> 00:05:19.140 align:middle line:84%
Gambling, for me, started
as a way to make money.
00:05:19.140 --> 00:05:21.080 align:middle line:84%
But then when the gambling got
bigger and I didn\'t realize
00:05:21.080 --> 00:05:24.772 align:middle line:84%
it, just doing anything
I can to make money.
00:05:24.772 --> 00:05:27.610 align:middle line:90%
I\'ve never been proud of.
00:05:27.610 --> 00:05:28.740 align:middle line:90%
Oh, I had a full house!
00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:30.010 align:middle line:90%
I had you.
00:05:30.010 --> 00:05:31.575 align:middle line:90%
Oh, yeah, I had three queens.
00:05:31.575 --> 00:05:32.530 align:middle line:84%
They would have helped
me out there.
00:05:32.530 --> 00:05:34.270 align:middle line:90%
Oh!
00:05:34.270 --> 00:05:36.925 align:middle line:84%
I first starting gambling when
I was about 12-years-old.
00:05:36.925 --> 00:05:40.610 align:middle line:84%
My gambling all started with
friends, playing card games.
00:05:40.610 --> 00:05:44.100 align:middle line:84%
Sitting around with the buddies,
just having some fun,
00:05:44.100 --> 00:05:45.275 align:middle line:90%
trying to win some money.
00:05:45.275 --> 00:05:47.450 align:middle line:90%
Scratching that gambling itch.
00:05:47.450 --> 00:05:51.760 align:middle line:84%
I would let my parents know when
I was going to play $5
00:05:51.760 --> 00:05:53.500 align:middle line:84%
friendly poker game
with a couple
00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:55.900 align:middle line:90%
friends around the area.
00:05:55.900 --> 00:05:58.690 align:middle line:84%
But they hardly knew
about the casino.
00:05:58.690 --> 00:06:04.530 align:middle line:90%
00:06:04.530 --> 00:06:07.170 align:middle line:84%
In my winning years of high
school, I basically spent more
00:06:07.170 --> 00:06:10.220 align:middle line:84%
time at these tables than
I did at my desk.
00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:12.070 align:middle line:84%
Gentlemen, can I see
some ID please?
00:06:12.070 --> 00:06:13.910 align:middle line:90%
Thank you very much.
00:06:13.910 --> 00:06:16.550 align:middle line:84%
I used to come here at least
three times a week.
00:06:16.550 --> 00:06:18.700 align:middle line:90%
It was my home away from home.
00:06:18.700 --> 00:06:24.268 align:middle line:90%
00:06:24.268 --> 00:06:26.450 align:middle line:84%
Well, pretty much as soon as
I walked into the casino, I
00:06:26.450 --> 00:06:28.870 align:middle line:84%
would head right to the
Blackjack tables.
00:06:28.870 --> 00:06:31.570 align:middle line:84%
When I was playing I would
come during the day, and
00:06:31.570 --> 00:06:33.330 align:middle line:84%
that\'s why I was
missing school.
00:06:33.330 --> 00:06:36.150 align:middle line:84%
Because they had the $5
Blackjack, and so would be
00:06:36.150 --> 00:06:38.870 align:middle line:84%
able to bring $100 onto the
table and actually have enough
00:06:38.870 --> 00:06:41.984 align:middle line:84%
head to be able to catch
[? a shoe ?] while it\'s hot.
00:06:41.984 --> 00:06:55.396 align:middle line:90%
00:06:55.396 --> 00:06:57.090 align:middle line:84%
I didn\'t care if
I won or lost.
00:06:57.090 --> 00:07:00.050 align:middle line:84%
It was placing the bet that was
the most exciting part.
00:07:00.050 --> 00:07:02.950 align:middle line:84%
Of course, I cared if I won, but
the main part was placing
00:07:02.950 --> 00:07:05.540 align:middle line:84%
the bet, and making the
story sort of thing.
00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:07.320 align:middle line:84%
Like, how do you come up with
that kind of money?
00:07:07.320 --> 00:07:09.320 align:middle line:84%
Where am I going to come up with
this money if I lose and
00:07:09.320 --> 00:07:09.620 align:middle line:90%
everything.
00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:12.519 align:middle line:84%
It was always just like the
excitement part of it that I
00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:13.497 align:middle line:90%
always loved.
00:07:13.497 --> 00:07:17.898 align:middle line:84%
I want another $5,000 on
the last two games.
00:07:17.898 --> 00:07:20.570 align:middle line:84%
At one point, he didn\'t care
what he bet it on.
00:07:20.570 --> 00:07:22.400 align:middle line:84%
He\'d tell me he\'d bet
on school teams.
00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:25.245 align:middle line:84%
He\'d bet on cricket, and he knew
nothing about cricket.
00:07:25.245 --> 00:07:28.110 align:middle line:90%
He\'d bet on bowling.
00:07:28.110 --> 00:07:32.850 align:middle line:84%
Starting at 12, 14,
15 was a shock.
00:07:32.850 --> 00:07:35.100 align:middle line:84%
I was more worried about
drugs and alcohol--
00:07:35.100 --> 00:07:36.410 align:middle line:90%
gambling, no.
00:07:36.410 --> 00:07:40.980 align:middle line:84%
And yes, he did scratch bingo
cards and all that.
00:07:40.980 --> 00:07:42.460 align:middle line:84%
My mother would even give
him one-- here,
00:07:42.460 --> 00:07:43.665 align:middle line:90%
scratch, and if you win--
00:07:43.665 --> 00:07:45.824 align:middle line:90%
Oh, I won.
00:07:45.824 --> 00:07:47.060 align:middle line:90%
But to be addicted?
00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:48.025 align:middle line:90%
No way.
00:07:48.025 --> 00:07:50.340 align:middle line:90%
No, not even close.
00:07:50.340 --> 00:07:52.220 align:middle line:90%
[KNOCK ON TABLE]
00:07:52.220 --> 00:07:52.730 align:middle line:90%
Check.
00:07:52.730 --> 00:07:53.230 align:middle line:90%
Check.
00:07:53.230 --> 00:07:54.230 align:middle line:90%
Check.
00:07:54.230 --> 00:07:56.230 align:middle line:90%
Check, alright.
00:07:56.230 --> 00:07:59.130 align:middle line:84%
Poker, it all started
with the TV.
00:07:59.130 --> 00:08:02.820 align:middle line:84%
I\'d been watching it for a
long time, watching them.
00:08:02.820 --> 00:08:06.150 align:middle line:84%
And it was amazing how they
played, and I wanted to be
00:08:06.150 --> 00:08:09.060 align:middle line:90%
just like them.
00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:11.780 align:middle line:84%
I want to be a banker when
I\'m getting older.
00:08:11.780 --> 00:08:14.640 align:middle line:84%
But I wouldn\'t mind being a
professional poker player or
00:08:14.640 --> 00:08:15.810 align:middle line:90%
professional bowler.
00:08:15.810 --> 00:08:17.380 align:middle line:84%
I wouldn\'t mind being
any of those.
00:08:17.380 --> 00:08:20.206 align:middle line:90%
00:08:20.206 --> 00:08:21.148 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, get out.
00:08:21.148 --> 00:08:22.561 align:middle line:90%
Oh!
00:08:22.561 --> 00:08:23.974 align:middle line:90%
Doubles!
00:08:23.974 --> 00:08:25.160 align:middle line:90%
Alright.
00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:27.940 align:middle line:84%
Sports or games, he wants to win
at anything and everything
00:08:27.940 --> 00:08:29.600 align:middle line:90%
that he does.
00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:31.650 align:middle line:90%
Very competitive.
00:08:31.650 --> 00:08:34.935 align:middle line:90%
Likes to win.
00:08:34.935 --> 00:08:36.390 align:middle line:90%
Aw!
00:08:36.390 --> 00:08:38.285 align:middle line:90%
Not too good.
00:08:38.285 --> 00:08:39.649 align:middle line:90%
He takes it very seriously.
00:08:39.649 --> 00:08:42.282 align:middle line:84%
So when he starts getting
shots like this,
00:08:42.282 --> 00:08:44.697 align:middle line:90%
he\'s not very happy.
00:08:44.697 --> 00:08:48.561 align:middle line:90%
00:08:48.561 --> 00:08:49.527 align:middle line:90%
Woo!
00:08:49.527 --> 00:08:51.480 align:middle line:90%
Yeah!
00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:52.650 align:middle line:90%
Pair of kings.
00:08:52.650 --> 00:08:52.700 align:middle line:90%
Two pairs.
00:08:52.700 --> 00:08:53.820 align:middle line:90%
Three of a kind.
00:08:53.820 --> 00:08:54.170 align:middle line:90%
Eights.
00:08:54.170 --> 00:08:56.050 align:middle line:84%
Yeah, that\'s what I\'m
talking about, Sean.
00:08:56.050 --> 00:08:58.010 align:middle line:84%
I\'d love to be one of those
professionals one day.
00:08:58.010 --> 00:09:00.150 align:middle line:84%
Just winning a tournament,
putting on one of those
00:09:00.150 --> 00:09:01.983 align:middle line:84%
bracelets, and being
like yeah!
00:09:01.983 --> 00:09:02.456 align:middle line:90%
Blam!
00:09:02.456 --> 00:09:04.740 align:middle line:90%
That\'s what I\'m talking about.
00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:07.000 align:middle line:84%
I\'m not really worried about
him going to his friends\'
00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.020 align:middle line:90%
houses and betting money.
00:09:09.020 --> 00:09:10.310 align:middle line:90%
I raise $60.
00:09:10.310 --> 00:09:11.190 align:middle line:90%
I trust him.
00:09:11.190 --> 00:09:14.645 align:middle line:84%
And I trust that he\'s going
to know what his limit is.
00:09:14.645 --> 00:09:17.700 align:middle line:84%
That he knows that he\'s got to
stop when the money\'s done.
00:09:17.700 --> 00:09:19.360 align:middle line:90%
Six, king, eight.
00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:21.560 align:middle line:90%
Oh, coming back for the win.
00:09:21.560 --> 00:09:22.920 align:middle line:84%
So far, a pair of kings,
pair of ace.
00:09:22.920 --> 00:09:23.370 align:middle line:90%
Thank you.
00:09:23.370 --> 00:09:23.740 align:middle line:90%
Thank you.
00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:24.120 align:middle line:90%
Thank you.
00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.180 align:middle line:90%
Oh, that is harsh!
00:09:26.180 --> 00:09:28.720 align:middle line:90%
That is harsh!
00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:29.460 align:middle line:90%
Dakota loses.
00:09:29.460 --> 00:09:30.011 align:middle line:90%
Alex wins.
00:09:30.011 --> 00:09:31.775 align:middle line:90%
Poor [? Zach. ?]
00:09:31.775 --> 00:09:34.110 align:middle line:90%
That\'s the end of it, guys.
00:09:34.110 --> 00:09:35.432 align:middle line:90%
I got four on black.
00:09:35.432 --> 00:09:37.220 align:middle line:90%
I\'m playing my black 20s here.
00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:38.470 align:middle line:90%
That\'s my game today.
00:09:38.470 --> 00:09:41.200 align:middle line:90%
00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:41.760 align:middle line:90%
Black 20.
00:09:41.760 --> 00:09:43.780 align:middle line:90%
Black 20.
00:09:43.780 --> 00:09:46.665 align:middle line:84%
Gambling\'s just like heroin,
or smoking cigarettes--
00:09:46.665 --> 00:09:48.980 align:middle line:90%
it\'s addictive.
00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:50.020 align:middle line:90%
It\'s an addiction.
00:09:50.020 --> 00:09:53.720 align:middle line:84%
And I was caught up in that
for a number of years.
00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:58.660 align:middle line:90%
00:09:58.660 --> 00:10:00.765 align:middle line:84%
I wouldn\'t tell my parents, just
because in the back of my
00:10:00.765 --> 00:10:02.850 align:middle line:84%
mind I knew I was doing
something wrong.
00:10:02.850 --> 00:10:05.530 align:middle line:84%
I shouldn\'t have been gambling
as much money as I was.
00:10:05.530 --> 00:10:09.700 align:middle line:84%
And it was just so much fun,
that I just wanted to go back
00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:11.356 align:middle line:90%
for more every time, you know?
00:10:11.356 --> 00:10:14.010 align:middle line:84%
It\'s one of those things that
gets you on the hook, and
00:10:14.010 --> 00:10:15.730 align:middle line:90%
we\'re going to keep you here.
00:10:15.730 --> 00:10:38.807 align:middle line:90%
00:10:38.807 --> 00:10:42.466 align:middle line:84%
When you gamble, it\'s like
you went into a zone.
00:10:42.466 --> 00:10:46.860 align:middle line:84%
It\'s like you\'re invincible
at that time.
00:10:46.860 --> 00:10:48.610 align:middle line:90%
Nothing can stop you.
00:10:48.610 --> 00:10:51.550 align:middle line:90%
You get hooked to that rush.
00:10:51.550 --> 00:10:52.580 align:middle line:90%
My name is Did.
00:10:52.580 --> 00:10:54.675 align:middle line:90%
You saw me on the DVD.
00:10:54.675 --> 00:10:55.495 align:middle line:90%
Yes, I\'m good-looking.
00:10:55.495 --> 00:10:57.055 align:middle line:90%
Thank you.
00:10:57.055 --> 00:10:58.150 align:middle line:90%
Did is my name.
00:10:58.150 --> 00:11:01.095 align:middle line:84%
But when I ask a question,
I love to have an
00:11:01.095 --> 00:11:03.330 align:middle line:90%
answer like yes, sir.
00:11:03.330 --> 00:11:05.210 align:middle line:90%
Or chief would be even better.
00:11:05.210 --> 00:11:08.730 align:middle line:84%
But alright, chief,
I\'ll take chief.
00:11:08.730 --> 00:11:13.910 align:middle line:84%
All right, so I\'ll go straight
to the point, and then you
00:11:13.910 --> 00:11:15.750 align:middle line:84%
guys can ask me questions,
all right?
00:11:15.750 --> 00:11:16.540 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:11:16.540 --> 00:11:20.280 align:middle line:84%
We do agree that gambling is
an addiction, yes or no?
00:11:20.280 --> 00:11:21.228 align:middle line:90%
Yes.
00:11:21.228 --> 00:11:22.176 align:middle line:90%
Yes, chief.
00:11:22.176 --> 00:11:22.650 align:middle line:90%
Yes, chief.
00:11:22.650 --> 00:11:24.960 align:middle line:90%
That\'s right.
00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:31.350 align:middle line:84%
And gambling is an addiction
the same way as alcohol or
00:11:31.350 --> 00:11:32.383 align:middle line:90%
drugs, right?
00:11:32.383 --> 00:11:34.235 align:middle line:90%
Yes, chief.
00:11:34.235 --> 00:11:34.700 align:middle line:90%
All right.
00:11:34.700 --> 00:11:39.210 align:middle line:84%
I played for 20 years,
the machine.
00:11:39.210 --> 00:11:42.630 align:middle line:84%
And whenever it was not busy
in the club, I would go and
00:11:42.630 --> 00:11:47.690 align:middle line:84%
put $10, $15, $20
in the machine.
00:11:47.690 --> 00:11:54.348 align:middle line:84%
And that $10, $15, $20 with the
years became $100, $150,
00:11:54.348 --> 00:11:57.750 align:middle line:90%
and $200 a night.
00:11:57.750 --> 00:12:01.940 align:middle line:84%
With that kind of money being
spent, I don\'t know anybody
00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:05.800 align:middle line:84%
who can afford that without
consequences.
00:12:05.800 --> 00:12:09.080 align:middle line:90%
Do you?
00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.800 align:middle line:84%
Here is where we\'re showing
Texas Hold \'Em.
00:12:11.800 --> 00:12:17.500 align:middle line:90%
Player one places $1,500 bet.
00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:22.640 align:middle line:84%
When you play poker, you have
to know how to play to win.
00:12:22.640 --> 00:12:26.740 align:middle line:84%
Because if you don\'t know how to
play, you\'re just throwing
00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:30.480 align:middle line:84%
a goldfish in a river
without a fin.
00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.290 align:middle line:90%
It can\'t swim.
00:12:31.290 --> 00:12:32.730 align:middle line:90%
It\'s just going to die.
00:12:32.730 --> 00:12:40.600 align:middle line:90%
00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:42.830 align:middle line:90%
Player two calls.
00:12:42.830 --> 00:12:46.180 align:middle line:84%
Player one, confident
and calls.
00:12:46.180 --> 00:12:48.990 align:middle line:84%
It\'s all down to
the last card.
00:12:48.990 --> 00:12:50.120 align:middle line:90%
It doesn\'t pop up.
00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:51.740 align:middle line:90%
Player two wins.
00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:53.770 align:middle line:84%
Congratulations on winning
the tournament.
00:12:53.770 --> 00:12:56.610 align:middle line:84%
Hopefully we will see you at the
next tournament next week.
00:12:56.610 --> 00:12:57.978 align:middle line:90%
Two pairs.
00:12:57.978 --> 00:13:00.370 align:middle line:90%
Alex won.
00:13:00.370 --> 00:13:00.770 align:middle line:90%
Woo!
00:13:00.770 --> 00:13:02.538 align:middle line:90%
The best thing ever!
00:13:02.538 --> 00:13:03.255 align:middle line:90%
You keep it all.
00:13:03.255 --> 00:13:05.060 align:middle line:90%
That\'s it.
00:13:05.060 --> 00:13:07.960 align:middle line:84%
When playing games of chance,
most kids don\'t understand
00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.580 align:middle line:84%
that the odds are
against them.
00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:13.950 align:middle line:84%
The hardest part isn\'t mastering
the skill, it\'s
00:13:13.950 --> 00:13:15.380 align:middle line:90%
mastering the luck.
00:13:15.380 --> 00:13:19.506 align:middle line:84%
All right, so who here has
played for real money?
00:13:19.506 --> 00:13:20.380 align:middle line:90%
I have.
00:13:20.380 --> 00:13:21.030 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, I have.
00:13:21.030 --> 00:13:22.530 align:middle line:90%
For like how much?
00:13:22.530 --> 00:13:24.190 align:middle line:90%
$500.
00:13:24.190 --> 00:13:26.450 align:middle line:90%
$5 a day, I\'m happy.
00:13:26.450 --> 00:13:28.820 align:middle line:84%
Lose, I come back the next
day if I don\'t spend it.
00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:32.040 align:middle line:84%
What if you lose it for several
days, $5 every day?
00:13:32.040 --> 00:13:33.885 align:middle line:90%
I\'ll still keep on playing.
00:13:33.885 --> 00:13:35.020 align:middle line:84%
You\'ll win one eventually,
I\'m sure.
00:13:35.020 --> 00:13:35.770 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, eventually.
00:13:35.770 --> 00:13:36.780 align:middle line:84%
After how many times
of losing?
00:13:36.780 --> 00:13:38.550 align:middle line:84%
What you\'re saying is
if I lose, I\'m not
00:13:38.550 --> 00:13:39.200 align:middle line:90%
going to play again.
00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:39.810 align:middle line:90%
What\'s the point?
00:13:39.810 --> 00:13:41.820 align:middle line:84%
And you\'re just like, aren\'t
interested in it.
00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:43.250 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, but if you lose--
00:13:43.250 --> 00:13:44.540 align:middle line:90%
You got to keep on trying.
00:13:44.540 --> 00:13:46.270 align:middle line:84%
--and you keep losing,
and you keep losing,
00:13:46.270 --> 00:13:47.000 align:middle line:90%
and you keep losing.
00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:47.650 align:middle line:90%
Oh, yeah.
00:13:47.650 --> 00:13:49.560 align:middle line:84%
I mean, what if you play so much
and you become an addict?
00:13:49.560 --> 00:13:51.020 align:middle line:90%
And then you start saying--
00:13:51.020 --> 00:13:53.215 align:middle line:84%
Then you think you\'re so good
and you start betting your
00:13:53.215 --> 00:13:54.190 align:middle line:90%
house and your cars and stuff.
00:13:54.190 --> 00:13:56.200 align:middle line:84%
And then you lose and then
you\'re homeless and stuff.
00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.550 align:middle line:84%
But you\'re not going to get a
bad hand 20 times in a row.
00:13:58.550 --> 00:14:00.400 align:middle line:84%
You\'re not necessarily going
to get a good one
00:14:00.400 --> 00:14:01.280 align:middle line:90%
20 times in a row.
00:14:01.280 --> 00:14:03.110 align:middle line:84%
But in poker you train
to get better.
00:14:03.110 --> 00:14:05.120 align:middle line:84%
Even if you\'re trained, it\'s
still based on chance.
00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:06.690 align:middle line:90%
I can read somebody\'s eyes.
00:14:06.690 --> 00:14:07.570 align:middle line:90%
Is that chance?
00:14:07.570 --> 00:14:08.910 align:middle line:84%
That\'s skill if I can read
somebody\'s eyes.
00:14:08.910 --> 00:14:09.310 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, that\'s skill.
00:14:09.310 --> 00:14:11.270 align:middle line:84%
What if they\'re wearing
sunglasses?
00:14:11.270 --> 00:14:12.010 align:middle line:84%
In a case like that, I can\'t
read their eyes.
00:14:12.010 --> 00:14:13.250 align:middle line:90%
You know when to stop.
00:14:13.250 --> 00:14:14.470 align:middle line:90%
You don\'t lose your winnings.
00:14:14.470 --> 00:14:15.720 align:middle line:90%
It\'s luck.
00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:17.738 align:middle line:90%
00:14:17.738 --> 00:14:19.650 align:middle line:90%
18.
00:14:19.650 --> 00:14:21.720 align:middle line:84%
I would play until
I lost my money.
00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:22.280 align:middle line:90%
19.
00:14:22.280 --> 00:14:24.190 align:middle line:90%
OK, that\'s respectable.
00:14:24.190 --> 00:14:26.340 align:middle line:90%
I would always go with $100.
00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:28.700 align:middle line:84%
As soon as I lost that
$100, I was gone.
00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:29.650 align:middle line:90%
21.
00:14:29.650 --> 00:14:32.025 align:middle line:90%
Wow.
00:14:32.025 --> 00:14:36.730 align:middle line:84%
But if I turned it into $500,
I\'d be there for a lot longer.
00:14:36.730 --> 00:14:39.634 align:middle line:90%
00:14:39.634 --> 00:14:42.060 align:middle line:90%
Bet\'s $75. $75 to call.
00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:44.560 align:middle line:84%
Oh, better stay and
turn, my friend.
00:14:44.560 --> 00:14:45.810 align:middle line:84%
In my last year of
high school, I
00:14:45.810 --> 00:14:47.550 align:middle line:90%
started working part-time.
00:14:47.550 --> 00:14:50.860 align:middle line:84%
I was making about $400
every two weeks.
00:14:50.860 --> 00:14:55.760 align:middle line:84%
So I had enough money to
play for higher stakes.
00:14:55.760 --> 00:15:00.060 align:middle line:84%
As a teenager I had no expenses,
as in rent or any of
00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:00.950 align:middle line:90%
the living expenses.
00:15:00.950 --> 00:15:03.670 align:middle line:84%
It was all covered
by my parents.
00:15:03.670 --> 00:15:08.120 align:middle line:84%
So whatever I didn\'t need for
gas, that was all going to
00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.760 align:middle line:90%
gambling, or food.
00:15:09.760 --> 00:15:10.670 align:middle line:90%
Call?
00:15:10.670 --> 00:15:13.135 align:middle line:90%
$25 more.
00:15:13.135 --> 00:15:15.707 align:middle line:90%
I may want to be in this spot.
00:15:15.707 --> 00:15:20.030 align:middle line:84%
I\'ve gambled a two-week
paycheck in one day.
00:15:20.030 --> 00:15:22.620 align:middle line:84%
Totally money gambled
in my adolescence?
00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:25.750 align:middle line:90%
Have to say $15,000?
00:15:25.750 --> 00:15:27.180 align:middle line:90%
$20,000 maybe?
00:15:27.180 --> 00:15:30.970 align:middle line:84%
I can\'t put an exact number,
but I know it\'s up there.
00:15:30.970 --> 00:15:31.954 align:middle line:90%
Two to call.
00:15:31.954 --> 00:15:32.938 align:middle line:90%
Call?
00:15:32.938 --> 00:15:33.430 align:middle line:90%
Fold?
00:15:33.430 --> 00:15:34.906 align:middle line:90%
Fold?
00:15:34.906 --> 00:15:36.156 align:middle line:90%
Fold?
00:15:36.156 --> 00:15:39.350 align:middle line:90%
00:15:39.350 --> 00:15:42.270 align:middle line:84%
I went from $20, it
wasn\'t enough.
00:15:42.270 --> 00:15:45.110 align:middle line:84%
Now I\'m betting $500, and
now this isn\'t enough.
00:15:45.110 --> 00:15:47.775 align:middle line:84%
And then I go up to the
thousands of dollars that I\'m
00:15:47.775 --> 00:15:49.100 align:middle line:84%
betting, and now that\'s
not enough anymore.
00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:52.055 align:middle line:84%
And then I\'d look at myself,
I\'m like, I\'m 18.
00:15:52.055 --> 00:15:53.200 align:middle line:90%
I\'m still in school.
00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:55.205 align:middle line:84%
I don\'t even have a full-time
job yet, and I\'m already
00:15:55.205 --> 00:15:58.200 align:middle line:90%
betting thousands.
00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:29.240 align:middle line:84%
I\'ve probably gambled maybe
around $200,000 at minimum.
00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:30.950 align:middle line:84%
Many parents are unaware
of the warning
00:16:30.950 --> 00:16:33.000 align:middle line:90%
signs of problem gambling.
00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:35.670 align:middle line:84%
They talk to their kids about
the dangers of substance abuse
00:16:35.670 --> 00:16:39.350 align:middle line:84%
and smoking, but gambling is
rarely on their radar.
00:16:39.350 --> 00:16:43.230 align:middle line:84%
Yet, up to 5%, or about one
child in every classroom, will
00:16:43.230 --> 00:16:44.910 align:middle line:84%
develop a gambling
addiction by the
00:16:44.910 --> 00:16:46.160 align:middle line:90%
time they finish college.
00:16:46.160 --> 00:16:52.620 align:middle line:90%
00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:55.920 align:middle line:84%
Now you see me sitting
in my wheelchair.
00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:59.310 align:middle line:84%
But when I was standing up like
you guys, I was six foot
00:16:59.310 --> 00:17:02.860 align:middle line:90%
seven, nearly 300 pounds.
00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:05.200 align:middle line:84%
Full of it, if you
know what I mean.
00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:07.240 align:middle line:90%
I played basketball.
00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:12.089 align:middle line:84%
And I loved doing a 360 back
dunk with style and a smile.
00:17:12.089 --> 00:17:15.069 align:middle line:90%
00:17:15.069 --> 00:17:18.790 align:middle line:84%
And I did some wrestling
and boxing as well.
00:17:18.790 --> 00:17:24.550 align:middle line:84%
I was also the tallest, and I
was also the coolest and the
00:17:24.550 --> 00:17:26.829 align:middle line:90%
most popular.
00:17:26.829 --> 00:17:30.210 align:middle line:84%
Well, even though I was six foot
seven and all strong, and
00:17:30.210 --> 00:17:32.880 align:middle line:84%
all that, I was still
influenceable.
00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:37.080 align:middle line:90%
00:17:37.080 --> 00:17:41.580 align:middle line:84%
Money has always been important
to me, and it\'s been
00:17:41.580 --> 00:17:43.350 align:middle line:90%
everything in my life.
00:17:43.350 --> 00:17:46.950 align:middle line:84%
Gambling was just a way for
me to be the big shot.
00:17:46.950 --> 00:17:49.050 align:middle line:84%
At school when I\'d be betting
and people would find out how
00:17:49.050 --> 00:17:50.430 align:middle line:84%
much I\'m betting, they would
always comes up.
00:17:50.430 --> 00:17:51.970 align:middle line:84%
Like, how are you
betting so much?
00:17:51.970 --> 00:17:52.740 align:middle line:90%
Have you watched?
00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.900 align:middle line:90%
Did you win this week?
00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:54.675 align:middle line:90%
And how much was it?
00:17:54.675 --> 00:17:56.135 align:middle line:84%
It made you feel like
a big shot and
00:17:56.135 --> 00:17:57.385 align:middle line:90%
respected sort of thing.
00:17:57.385 --> 00:18:11.840 align:middle line:90%
00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:15.590 align:middle line:84%
Playing with the machine would
give me that kind of rush that
00:18:15.590 --> 00:18:17.490 align:middle line:90%
I had from that popularity.
00:18:17.490 --> 00:18:21.640 align:middle line:84%
And of course, if you\'re in a
bar and you win the jackpot
00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:25.960 align:middle line:84%
from being a nobody, you\'re
the king of the place.
00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:27.310 align:middle line:90%
So that\'s too--
00:18:27.310 --> 00:18:29.860 align:middle line:84%
it\'s a kind of energy
that feeds you and
00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:31.110 align:middle line:90%
you feed out of it.
00:18:31.110 --> 00:18:36.120 align:middle line:90%
00:18:36.120 --> 00:18:38.750 align:middle line:84%
Evidence suggests that the rush
an addicted player gets
00:18:38.750 --> 00:18:43.240 align:middle line:84%
from gambling is similar to
being high on cocaine.
00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:45.550 align:middle line:84%
And it\'s this thrill
keeps many kids
00:18:45.550 --> 00:18:46.800 align:middle line:90%
coming back for more.
00:18:46.800 --> 00:19:02.968 align:middle line:90%
00:19:02.968 --> 00:19:06.480 align:middle line:84%
I had more than one bookie at
a time because I needed that
00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.170 align:middle line:90%
more excitement.
00:19:07.170 --> 00:19:09.580 align:middle line:84%
And as I started gambling more,
the excitement grew that
00:19:09.580 --> 00:19:13.830 align:middle line:84%
I needed more and more, to the
point where I needed to make a
00:19:13.830 --> 00:19:17.190 align:middle line:84%
couple calls a day
to place bets.
00:19:17.190 --> 00:19:19.750 align:middle line:84%
His addition was overwhelming
him.
00:19:19.750 --> 00:19:22.810 align:middle line:84%
And each weekend he\'d come in on
Monday and tell me how his
00:19:22.810 --> 00:19:25.882 align:middle line:84%
weekend was and how he\'d lost
or how much he\'d bet.
00:19:25.882 --> 00:19:28.860 align:middle line:84%
Because I would tell him,
can you slow down?
00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:32.250 align:middle line:84%
Let\'s try to keep you from
betting everything.
00:19:32.250 --> 00:19:33.260 align:middle line:90%
Can you take little bets?
00:19:33.260 --> 00:19:37.740 align:middle line:84%
Can you stop doing one thing,
and get rid of-- he had four
00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:41.065 align:middle line:84%
bookies at one point, and
I was worried sick.
00:19:41.065 --> 00:19:43.000 align:middle line:84%
Get the $1,000 and
spread it around.
00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.820 align:middle line:90%
So $25,000?
00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:45.590 align:middle line:84%
What time do the next
numbers come up?
00:19:45.590 --> 00:19:48.720 align:middle line:84%
When it got to the worst part
of it, I was putting bets
00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.150 align:middle line:84%
between $5,000 and
$10,000 a bet.
00:19:51.150 --> 00:19:52.960 align:middle line:84%
Last summer he worked
two jobs.
00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.720 align:middle line:84%
He worked seven days a week,
and never had any money.
00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:58.470 align:middle line:84%
And I started asking
to see his bank
00:19:58.470 --> 00:20:00.260 align:middle line:90%
statements every month.
00:20:00.260 --> 00:20:04.900 align:middle line:84%
And we\'d add up the amounts, and
some at the grocery store,
00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:06.080 align:middle line:90%
or wherever.
00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:08.660 align:middle line:84%
And then we\'d say, OK, well what
are these withdrawals of
00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.890 align:middle line:90%
$200, $300?
00:20:09.890 --> 00:20:11.140 align:middle line:90%
He always had reasons.
00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:14.366 align:middle line:90%
00:20:14.366 --> 00:20:15.620 align:middle line:90%
Did I believe them?
00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:17.310 align:middle line:90%
Did I not believe them?
00:20:17.310 --> 00:20:21.790 align:middle line:84%
Sometimes maybe I didn\'t, but
I never really pushed it.
00:20:21.790 --> 00:20:26.440 align:middle line:84%
Yeah, I always had some
kind of a doubt.
00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:29.265 align:middle line:84%
If you have an addiction, if
you don\'t want to admit it,
00:20:29.265 --> 00:20:30.030 align:middle line:90%
you\'re a con artist.
00:20:30.030 --> 00:20:33.230 align:middle line:84%
Because you have to con
yourself first off.
00:20:33.230 --> 00:20:35.005 align:middle line:84%
Then you con everyone
else around you.
00:20:35.005 --> 00:20:36.940 align:middle line:84%
Because you don\'t want anyone
to know you\'re an alcoholic,
00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:39.540 align:middle line:84%
you\'re a drug addict, or
for me, I\'m a gambler.
00:20:39.540 --> 00:20:41.280 align:middle line:84%
I didn\'t want to let
anyone know.
00:20:41.280 --> 00:20:45.555 align:middle line:84%
Yes, I\'m a gambler, but I don\'t
have a gambling problem.
00:20:45.555 --> 00:20:49.260 align:middle line:84%
Basically, My parents found out
I was gambling because I
00:20:49.260 --> 00:20:50.320 align:middle line:90%
was kicked out of school.
00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:52.730 align:middle line:84%
And when they got that phone
call from the school, I pretty
00:20:52.730 --> 00:20:54.990 align:middle line:84%
much had to explain exactly
what\'s going on.
00:20:54.990 --> 00:20:59.320 align:middle line:84%
And I told them I was going to
the casino all the time.
00:20:59.320 --> 00:21:02.520 align:middle line:84%
They weren\'t shocked, but
they were disappointed.
00:21:02.520 --> 00:21:09.050 align:middle line:84%
The worst kind, you feel so
guilty, like, oh crap.
00:21:09.050 --> 00:21:12.020 align:middle line:84%
So the school made me ban
myself from the casino.
00:21:12.020 --> 00:21:15.420 align:middle line:84%
So I had to go sign the papers
saying I will not enter.
00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:19.090 align:middle line:84%
And say, if I go in there, they
have the right to come up
00:21:19.090 --> 00:21:21.020 align:middle line:90%
to me and escort me out.
00:21:21.020 --> 00:21:25.356 align:middle line:84%
And if I don\'t go voluntarily,
they remove me by force.
00:21:25.356 --> 00:21:35.709 align:middle line:90%
00:21:35.709 --> 00:21:41.990 align:middle line:84%
I borrowed $1,000 from loan
sharks with $50 interest.
00:21:41.990 --> 00:21:45.020 align:middle line:90%
Not per month, not per week--
00:21:45.020 --> 00:21:46.520 align:middle line:90%
per day.
00:21:46.520 --> 00:21:50.570 align:middle line:90%
So $1,400 interest per month.
00:21:50.570 --> 00:21:52.060 align:middle line:90%
So I had to pay that.
00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:59.840 align:middle line:84%
And on the 19th September,
2003, because I had some
00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:05.050 align:middle line:84%
pressure from the loan shark,
I decided to steal $500 from
00:22:05.050 --> 00:22:06.920 align:middle line:90%
the petty cash.
00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:11.760 align:middle line:84%
And my genius plan that night
was to go to the casino.
00:22:11.760 --> 00:22:15.940 align:middle line:84%
Make enough money to give some
money to the loan shark.
00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:20.420 align:middle line:84%
Pay back the $500 that I have
been stealing from my jobs.
00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:25.050 align:middle line:84%
And since I was still a gambler,
keep some money for
00:22:25.050 --> 00:22:27.110 align:middle line:90%
myself and play.
00:22:27.110 --> 00:22:30.820 align:middle line:84%
So honestly, boys and girls,
what do you think happened
00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:32.415 align:middle line:90%
with my so-called genius plan?
00:22:32.415 --> 00:22:33.260 align:middle line:90%
You lost it all.
00:22:33.260 --> 00:22:33.730 align:middle line:90%
You blew it all.
00:22:33.730 --> 00:22:34.650 align:middle line:90%
I blew it all.
00:22:34.650 --> 00:22:36.050 align:middle line:90%
You got it right.
00:22:36.050 --> 00:22:39.855 align:middle line:84%
You asked me when I hit rock
bottom, this is when.
00:22:39.855 --> 00:22:42.400 align:middle line:90%
00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:46.580 align:middle line:84%
I realized that gambling
had taken over me.
00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:48.540 align:middle line:84%
I should have finished high
school when I was 17.
00:22:48.540 --> 00:22:50.390 align:middle line:84%
But I didn\'t finish until
I was just about
00:22:50.390 --> 00:22:51.640 align:middle line:90%
20 because of gambling.
00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:58.825 align:middle line:90%
00:22:58.825 --> 00:23:01.237 align:middle line:84%
All right, now we\'re standing in
the back parking lot of my
00:23:01.237 --> 00:23:03.090 align:middle line:90%
old high school.
00:23:03.090 --> 00:23:07.020 align:middle line:84%
Behind me is the cafeteria where
I spent oh so many days
00:23:07.020 --> 00:23:08.270 align:middle line:90%
and dollars.
00:23:08.270 --> 00:23:12.062 align:middle line:84%
Gambling and passing the time
instead of being in class,
00:23:12.062 --> 00:23:14.562 align:middle line:90%
pissing my teachers off.
00:23:14.562 --> 00:23:18.600 align:middle line:84%
We\'d all meet up at lunch and
it\'s be like, well, you want
00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.760 align:middle line:90%
to go to class?
00:23:19.760 --> 00:23:20.130 align:middle line:90%
No.
00:23:20.130 --> 00:23:21.820 align:middle line:90%
Want to go play poker?
00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.586 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:23:22.586 --> 00:23:26.790 align:middle line:84%
If I had to estimate, I\'d say I
spent about 30 or 40 classes
00:23:26.790 --> 00:23:30.470 align:middle line:84%
per course in the cafeteria,
gambling.
00:23:30.470 --> 00:23:32.860 align:middle line:84%
Personally, while I was in high
school, I\'d have to say
00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:37.120 align:middle line:84%
there\'s probably around $10,000
gambled, actually.
00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:38.690 align:middle line:90%
I was kicked out twice.
00:23:38.690 --> 00:23:40.570 align:middle line:90%
First because I was gambling.
00:23:40.570 --> 00:23:43.110 align:middle line:84%
Second time pretty much because
I was gambling.
00:23:43.110 --> 00:23:46.110 align:middle line:84%
But it wasn\'t so much casino
gambling, it was more because
00:23:46.110 --> 00:23:49.410 align:middle line:84%
I was gambling in the
cafeteria and
00:23:49.410 --> 00:23:50.920 align:middle line:90%
not going to class.
00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.500 align:middle line:84%
Not going to class was
basically the reason.
00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:55.720 align:middle line:84%
But the reason behind the
reason was gambling.
00:23:55.720 --> 00:24:10.220 align:middle line:90%
00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:12.370 align:middle line:84%
I don\'t recommend any type
of gambling to anybody.
00:24:12.370 --> 00:24:16.330 align:middle line:84%
Because I\'ve seen first and
foremost the type of damage
00:24:16.330 --> 00:24:17.960 align:middle line:90%
that it can do.
00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:21.700 align:middle line:84%
Everybody knows when you\'re
16-17, you\'re thinking about
00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:24.090 align:middle line:84%
short-term, immediate
gratification.
00:24:24.090 --> 00:24:25.290 align:middle line:90%
You don\'t care about tomorrow.
00:24:25.290 --> 00:24:26.620 align:middle line:90%
You\'re going to live forever.
00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:28.065 align:middle line:84%
And also, there are
no consequences.
00:24:28.065 --> 00:24:29.800 align:middle line:84%
And they\'re going to keep doing
it, because they\'re
00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:32.350 align:middle line:90%
addicted and they need it.
00:24:32.350 --> 00:24:32.840 align:middle line:90%
Ready for poker?
00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:34.660 align:middle line:90%
Absolutely, let\'s go.
00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.590 align:middle line:90%
Do it!
00:24:35.590 --> 00:24:36.930 align:middle line:90%
Do it!
00:24:36.930 --> 00:24:37.750 align:middle line:90%
Are you all in?
00:24:37.750 --> 00:24:39.495 align:middle line:90%
Because I\'m going $150.
00:24:39.495 --> 00:24:41.140 align:middle line:90%
That was nothing.
00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:42.140 align:middle line:90%
You want two?
00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.590 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:24:42.590 --> 00:24:44.650 align:middle line:90%
Shit, think about that.
00:24:44.650 --> 00:24:51.680 align:middle line:84%
I\'ve had other addictions, but
I find gambling bigger than
00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.510 align:middle line:90%
those addictions.
00:24:52.510 --> 00:24:54.900 align:middle line:84%
Because if you have a
drug or an alcohol
00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.890 align:middle line:90%
addiction, it\'s physical.
00:24:55.890 --> 00:24:57.590 align:middle line:90%
People can see it.
00:24:57.590 --> 00:24:58.920 align:middle line:90%
Gambling, it\'s mental.
00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:01.810 align:middle line:84%
The mental\'s so much worse
because no one knows about it,
00:25:01.810 --> 00:25:03.980 align:middle line:84%
and then the mental part
affects your physical.
00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:06.440 align:middle line:84%
So I find gambling affects
you a lot more.
00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:26.940 align:middle line:90%
00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:29.540 align:middle line:84%
In the \'60s, teenagers would
have to sneak out of the house
00:25:29.540 --> 00:25:31.450 align:middle line:84%
and go to their friend\'s
basement to gamble or
00:25:31.450 --> 00:25:32.280 align:middle line:90%
something like that.
00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:34.320 align:middle line:84%
But now all they need to do is
go up into their room, get on
00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:36.530 align:middle line:84%
their laptop, face it
away from the door
00:25:36.530 --> 00:25:37.800 align:middle line:90%
and log on to a site.
00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:39.040 align:middle line:90%
It makes it a lot easier.
00:25:39.040 --> 00:25:41.000 align:middle line:84%
Let\'s get going with some
Texas Hold \'Em.
00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:44.670 align:middle line:84%
Let\'s get going with some
Texas Hold \'Em.
00:25:44.670 --> 00:25:48.220 align:middle line:84%
Don\'t worry about
me, play to win.
00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:50.175 align:middle line:90%
Oh, he\'s creepy lucky.
00:25:50.175 --> 00:25:51.860 align:middle line:90%
Yeah, just like Eric.
00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:53.672 align:middle line:90%
Aw, Jeremy.
00:25:53.672 --> 00:25:55.031 align:middle line:90%
I won.
00:25:55.031 --> 00:25:55.940 align:middle line:90%
You did?
00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:57.590 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:25:57.590 --> 00:26:00.600 align:middle line:84%
Virtually every home with a
computer can become a casino
00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:02.800 align:middle line:90%
that\'s open 24/7.
00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:05.490 align:middle line:84%
And in North America alone, more
than one million young
00:26:05.490 --> 00:26:09.890 align:middle line:84%
people between 14 and 22 log
on to online gambling sites
00:26:09.890 --> 00:26:10.700 align:middle line:90%
every week.
00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:13.100 align:middle line:90%
We\'ll just use Eric\'s account!
00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:15.610 align:middle line:84%
Some of these sites offer
practice sessions and free
00:26:15.610 --> 00:26:17.580 align:middle line:90%
chips to entice new players.
00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:19.780 align:middle line:84%
But in the end, their goal
is to get players
00:26:19.780 --> 00:26:23.080 align:middle line:90%
to spend their money.
00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:24.925 align:middle line:84%
You bet with like your credit
card on this thing?
00:26:24.925 --> 00:26:26.170 align:middle line:90%
Or how do you bet?
00:26:26.170 --> 00:26:26.965 align:middle line:90%
Not mine.
00:26:26.965 --> 00:26:28.385 align:middle line:90%
We\'re not betting.
00:26:28.385 --> 00:26:31.055 align:middle line:84%
I know, but if you did, how
would you bet on it?
00:26:31.055 --> 00:26:31.500 align:middle line:90%
Credit card?
00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:35.215 align:middle line:84%
Well, what you do is you set up
an account with the thing
00:26:35.215 --> 00:26:36.280 align:middle line:90%
with your credit card.
00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:38.990 align:middle line:84%
And then the account goes
down as you lose, or it
00:26:38.990 --> 00:26:40.710 align:middle line:90%
goes up as you win.
00:26:40.710 --> 00:26:40.980 align:middle line:90%
Oh.
00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.100 align:middle line:90%
It\'s for-real money though.
00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.750 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:26:42.750 --> 00:26:45.665 align:middle line:84%
You use money from your bank
account, but it\'s an account
00:26:45.665 --> 00:26:47.160 align:middle line:90%
on the site.
00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:50.530 align:middle line:84%
For an underage kid or a
teenager to open an account,
00:26:50.530 --> 00:26:52.990 align:middle line:84%
essentially what they have to
do is they have to have some
00:26:52.990 --> 00:26:54.670 align:middle line:90%
sort of valid form of ID.
00:26:54.670 --> 00:26:56.495 align:middle line:90%
Full name.
00:26:56.495 --> 00:26:57.425 align:middle line:90%
Kathy.
00:26:57.425 --> 00:26:58.710 align:middle line:90%
Chuck Norris.
00:26:58.710 --> 00:27:01.410 align:middle line:84%
If you have access to your
dad\'s wallet, or somebody
00:27:01.410 --> 00:27:03.730 align:middle line:84%
else\'s wallet, or somebody
else\'s information, anybody
00:27:03.730 --> 00:27:04.857 align:middle line:90%
can have an online account.
00:27:04.857 --> 00:27:06.805 align:middle line:90%
I\'m at least 18 years of age.
00:27:06.805 --> 00:27:07.292 align:middle line:90%
Of course.
00:27:07.292 --> 00:27:09.240 align:middle line:90%
Date of birth, November--
00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:11.990 align:middle line:84%
It\'s so funny how easily you
can lie on this thing.
00:27:11.990 --> 00:27:14.230 align:middle line:90%
Validate email.
00:27:14.230 --> 00:27:16.270 align:middle line:84%
I\'ve spoken to people on the
other end of the line that I
00:27:16.270 --> 00:27:19.910 align:middle line:84%
thought were 25-30, and
they\'re 17-years-old.
00:27:19.910 --> 00:27:21.000 align:middle line:90%
You don\'t know.
00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.955 align:middle line:90%
Seven-- hallelujah.
00:27:21.955 --> 00:27:23.420 align:middle line:90%
There\'s no way to find out.
00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:26.040 align:middle line:84%
So in all reality, the
security\'s a joke.
00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:29.160 align:middle line:84%
I know a lot of kids at other
schools who don\'t have bans on
00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:32.150 align:middle line:84%
what they can do on their
laptop, that system that
00:27:32.150 --> 00:27:33.160 align:middle line:90%
blocks websites.
00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:36.920 align:middle line:84%
And they go and gamble in class
with their parents\'
00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:39.800 align:middle line:84%
money, because they know their
parents\' credit card numbers.
00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:41.865 align:middle line:84%
And a lot of them lose money
because they\'re not
00:27:41.865 --> 00:27:42.650 align:middle line:90%
that good at poker.
00:27:42.650 --> 00:27:44.980 align:middle line:84%
Well, you don\'t have
any money.
00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:47.430 align:middle line:90%
But the point is, we got on.
00:27:47.430 --> 00:27:50.100 align:middle line:84%
All we needed to do was just
get our Visa card.
00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:53.900 align:middle line:84%
Wasn\'t there free poker
on Flash Games?
00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.580 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.980 align:middle line:90%
Isn\'t that a kid\'s website?
00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.295 align:middle line:90%
What?
00:27:56.295 --> 00:27:57.741 align:middle line:90%
Isn\'t that a kid\'s website?
00:27:57.741 --> 00:27:59.340 align:middle line:84%
Yeah, but they have
poker on that.
00:27:59.340 --> 00:28:00.650 align:middle line:90%
It\'s for kids!
00:28:00.650 --> 00:28:00.955 align:middle line:90%
So?
00:28:00.955 --> 00:28:01.910 align:middle line:90%
And?
00:28:01.910 --> 00:28:03.220 align:middle line:90%
Starting young much?
00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.510 align:middle line:90%
You\'re never too young.
00:28:04.510 --> 00:28:07.180 align:middle line:90%
00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:11.750 align:middle line:84%
Any person could become addicted
to gambling because
00:28:11.750 --> 00:28:13.230 align:middle line:90%
they get into the game.
00:28:13.230 --> 00:28:15.410 align:middle line:84%
And either they lose chips
or they win chips,
00:28:15.410 --> 00:28:16.610 align:middle line:90%
and they want more.
00:28:16.610 --> 00:28:18.680 align:middle line:84%
So maybe their parents
will be out, they\'ll
00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:20.330 align:middle line:90%
use the credit card.
00:28:20.330 --> 00:28:23.740 align:middle line:84%
It\'s a lot of fun, so they keep
on using it until the end
00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:26.210 align:middle line:84%
of the month comes and the
big bill comes in.
00:28:26.210 --> 00:28:30.120 align:middle line:84%
Your parents will get so angry,
you\'ll wish you never
00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.920 align:middle line:90%
did that before.
00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:34.290 align:middle line:84%
But it\'s something that you
would have never done until
00:28:34.290 --> 00:28:38.000 align:middle line:84%
you got introduced to it, where
you actually done it.
00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:40.440 align:middle line:84%
As it is right now, I have a
password on the computer.
00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:43.520 align:middle line:84%
And the reason the password is
on, because he used to get on
00:28:43.520 --> 00:28:45.540 align:middle line:84%
in the middle of the night and
I used to catch him on the
00:28:45.540 --> 00:28:47.250 align:middle line:90%
computer playing games.
00:28:47.250 --> 00:28:48.330 align:middle line:90%
Beautiful.
00:28:48.330 --> 00:28:51.490 align:middle line:84%
So now he can\'t get on without
me putting the password on.
00:28:51.490 --> 00:28:55.030 align:middle line:84%
And once he\'s been off for
15 minutes, it logs off.
00:28:55.030 --> 00:28:58.750 align:middle line:90%
So he can\'t go on it any time.
00:28:58.750 --> 00:29:02.100 align:middle line:84%
I know that you can buy more
chips, but he\'s not going to
00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:04.370 align:middle line:90%
take my credit card.
00:29:04.370 --> 00:29:07.830 align:middle line:84%
I check my credit card every
month, and it wouldn\'t be wise
00:29:07.830 --> 00:29:08.960 align:middle line:90%
of him to do that.
00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:11.430 align:middle line:84%
That would be the end of
the computer for him.
00:29:11.430 --> 00:29:12.680 align:middle line:90%
He\'d be dead.
00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:14.580 align:middle line:90%
00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:16.300 align:middle line:84%
Now this is the hand
you\'d want.
00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:18.280 align:middle line:84%
So now you just bring the people
into it and let them
00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:20.930 align:middle line:90%
risk all their chips.
00:29:20.930 --> 00:29:23.530 align:middle line:90%
Come on, lucky rabbit\'s foot.
00:29:23.530 --> 00:29:25.576 align:middle line:90%
And I got a full house.
00:29:25.576 --> 00:29:27.015 align:middle line:90%
What can I tell you?
00:29:27.015 --> 00:29:28.774 align:middle line:90%
I\'m amazing.
00:29:28.774 --> 00:29:30.024 align:middle line:90%
OK, let\'s go.
00:29:30.024 --> 00:29:32.970 align:middle line:90%
00:29:32.970 --> 00:29:34.480 align:middle line:90%
OK, a pair of 8\'s and 4\'s.
00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:37.325 align:middle line:90%
It\'s not that bad.
00:29:37.325 --> 00:29:38.804 align:middle line:90%
Don\'t like that card.
00:29:38.804 --> 00:30:00.496 align:middle line:90%
00:30:00.496 --> 00:30:04.660 align:middle line:84%
Superbowl weekend this year,
I had a lot of money.
00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.930 align:middle line:84%
Probably the most money
I\'ve ever had on
00:30:06.930 --> 00:30:09.140 align:middle line:90%
the one single weekend.
00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:26.060 align:middle line:90%
Over $96,000 that one weekend.
00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:30.370 align:middle line:84%
I owed people money, including
my bookie.
00:30:30.370 --> 00:30:33.820 align:middle line:84%
I got a call from them and
they thought I ran.
00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:35.390 align:middle line:90%
They threatened me.
00:30:35.390 --> 00:30:36.890 align:middle line:84%
They stayed around the
whole weekend making
00:30:36.890 --> 00:30:39.432 align:middle line:90%
sure I didn\'t run.
00:30:39.432 --> 00:30:43.340 align:middle line:84%
My son came out and told me
that he had a bookie.
00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:48.610 align:middle line:84%
That word scared the heck out
of me, because bookie--
00:30:48.610 --> 00:30:49.360 align:middle line:90%
it\'s not my world.
00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:51.496 align:middle line:90%
So bookie, to me, is mafia.
00:30:51.496 --> 00:30:53.840 align:middle line:84%
Is somebody going to come and
knock on my door, or burn my
00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:56.440 align:middle line:84%
house down, or come and
shoot me, or beat
00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.140 align:middle line:90%
me up, or god knows?
00:30:57.140 --> 00:31:00.390 align:middle line:84%
I had that picture, bookie
equals mafia.
00:31:00.390 --> 00:31:06.820 align:middle line:84%
So in order to protect him and
us, we\'ll pay the bookie.
00:31:06.820 --> 00:31:07.620 align:middle line:90%
How much do you owe?
00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.570 align:middle line:90%
We\'ll pay him off.
00:31:08.570 --> 00:31:09.590 align:middle line:90%
You can owe us.
00:31:09.590 --> 00:31:12.150 align:middle line:84%
I told them you\'re not going
to pay it for me.
00:31:12.150 --> 00:31:13.530 align:middle line:90%
I don\'t want your money.
00:31:13.530 --> 00:31:16.200 align:middle line:84%
Because if you pay off my debt,
I\'m just going to go
00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:18.550 align:middle line:84%
back and rack it
up even higher.
00:31:18.550 --> 00:31:20.700 align:middle line:84%
Superbowl weekend, it\'s supposed
to be a fun time for
00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:23.640 align:middle line:90%
everybody-- not my weekend.
00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:30.340 align:middle line:84%
I was worried that if he lost
he would owe $95,000, and he
00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.130 align:middle line:90%
would never get out.
00:31:31.130 --> 00:31:33.510 align:middle line:84%
He\'d be in a ditch somewhere
and I\'d be going to his
00:31:33.510 --> 00:31:34.160 align:middle line:90%
funeral on Monday.
00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:36.480 align:middle line:84%
Because I was really worried
that something was--
00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:39.960 align:middle line:84%
So I\'m not a football fan, but
I prayed all weekend that the
00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.680 align:middle line:90%
right people won.
00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.780 align:middle line:90%
That the right teams won.
00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:44.020 align:middle line:90%
And thank god, they did.
00:31:44.020 --> 00:31:46.420 align:middle line:90%
I can\'t believe I did that.
00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:48.040 align:middle line:84%
I can\'t believe I bet that
much money and I
00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:50.566 align:middle line:90%
got away with it.
00:31:50.566 --> 00:31:53.830 align:middle line:84%
I would have had to owe that
kind of money, I wouldn\'t have
00:31:53.830 --> 00:31:55.080 align:middle line:90%
been able to.
00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:58.310 align:middle line:90%
00:31:58.310 --> 00:32:03.550 align:middle line:84%
When I realized that gambling
had took over me, I couldn\'t
00:32:03.550 --> 00:32:04.470 align:middle line:90%
live with that.
00:32:04.470 --> 00:32:07.530 align:middle line:84%
First of all, I was hurting
people around me.
00:32:07.530 --> 00:32:09.460 align:middle line:84%
Second of all, I was
hurting myself.
00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:12.250 align:middle line:84%
I couldn\'t live with
myself no more.
00:32:12.250 --> 00:32:21.960 align:middle line:84%
So I decided to kill myself,
and I jumped.
00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:27.360 align:middle line:84%
When I got into the water, I was
pretty mad because I was
00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.060 align:middle line:90%
still alive.
00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:32.160 align:middle line:84%
And I don\'t know if you guys
ever heard of that, but when
00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:36.120 align:middle line:84%
we\'re about to die we\'re
supposed to see flashes of our
00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:37.605 align:middle line:90%
life, flashes.
00:32:37.605 --> 00:32:42.100 align:middle line:84%
I didn\'t see anything,
so I was pretty mad.
00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:47.650 align:middle line:84%
And so at that point,
I couldn\'t die.
00:32:47.650 --> 00:32:51.102 align:middle line:84%
I didn\'t make the map that
with the height and the
00:32:51.102 --> 00:32:54.920 align:middle line:84%
impact, my spinal cord
had been broken.
00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.170 align:middle line:90%
I didn\'t make that equation.
00:32:56.170 --> 00:33:02.120 align:middle line:90%
00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:06.620 align:middle line:84%
December of \'08, I
got so low that I
00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:08.660 align:middle line:90%
wanted to commit suicide.
00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:17.670 align:middle line:84%
But for me, I couldn\'t do it
myself because I felt like a
00:33:17.670 --> 00:33:19.720 align:middle line:90%
coward doing it.
00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:22.440 align:middle line:84%
I didn\'t want my family to
go through with that.
00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:25.150 align:middle line:84%
But I didn\'t care if someone
else killed me.
00:33:25.150 --> 00:33:27.610 align:middle line:84%
I was kind of looking for like--
for my bookie, like
00:33:27.610 --> 00:33:31.220 align:middle line:84%
trying to place money for them
to come after me sort of thing
00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:33.660 align:middle line:84%
and just and end
me right there.
00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:36.250 align:middle line:84%
And that\'s when I turned
to my teacher.
00:33:36.250 --> 00:33:39.490 align:middle line:84%
If a child threatens to harm
himself or somebody else, you
00:33:39.490 --> 00:33:40.780 align:middle line:90%
have to report it.
00:33:40.780 --> 00:33:43.250 align:middle line:84%
So I went to the guidance right
away and I said, OK,
00:33:43.250 --> 00:33:44.800 align:middle line:90%
this boy has a problem.
00:33:44.800 --> 00:33:46.160 align:middle line:90%
We need to help him.
00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:48.500 align:middle line:84%
And they started the ball
rolling for rehab.
00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:50.750 align:middle line:84%
So I told him what was going
on, and he was more than
00:33:50.750 --> 00:33:53.370 align:middle line:90%
willing to try anything.
00:33:53.370 --> 00:33:53.970 align:middle line:90%
Yes, [INAUDIBLE]?
00:33:53.970 --> 00:33:56.340 align:middle line:84%
After everything happened,
did you stop gambling?
00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:57.490 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:33:57.490 --> 00:33:58.460 align:middle line:90%
I was lucky.
00:33:58.460 --> 00:34:04.000 align:middle line:84%
My therapy lasted 3.8 seconds
from the top of the bridge
00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.330 align:middle line:90%
into the bottom of the bridge.
00:34:05.330 --> 00:34:06.910 align:middle line:84%
And then after that
I never played.
00:34:06.910 --> 00:34:11.660 align:middle line:84%
And of course, it\'s not the way
to solve a problem, but
00:34:11.660 --> 00:34:13.275 align:middle line:90%
I\'ll take it.
00:34:13.275 --> 00:34:14.739 align:middle line:90%
I\'m pretty happy.
00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:18.230 align:middle line:84%
And even though I\'m in a
wheelchair today, I\'m a
00:34:18.230 --> 00:34:23.139 align:middle line:84%
happier man in my wheelchair
than when I was standing up
00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:26.679 align:middle line:84%
with the problems that
I had, definitely.
00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.774 align:middle line:90%
There\'s no doubt in my mind.
00:34:27.774 --> 00:34:31.394 align:middle line:84%
I\'ve already came so close that
if I ever went back, I
00:34:31.394 --> 00:34:34.169 align:middle line:84%
wouldn\'t be so lucky this
time and I\'d be dead.
00:34:34.169 --> 00:35:00.065 align:middle line:90%
00:35:00.065 --> 00:35:01.559 align:middle line:90%
We have to play game three!
00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:05.580 align:middle line:90%
00:35:05.580 --> 00:35:07.940 align:middle line:84%
Global research shows that young
people are up to four
00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:11.862 align:middle line:84%
times more likely than adults
to become problem gamblers.
00:35:11.862 --> 00:35:15.250 align:middle line:84%
But unlike other addictions,
finding help isn\'t easy.
00:35:15.250 --> 00:35:34.245 align:middle line:90%
00:35:34.245 --> 00:35:35.736 align:middle line:90%
Hey, miss.
00:35:35.736 --> 00:35:37.074 align:middle line:90%
So what\'s new?
00:35:37.074 --> 00:35:38.020 align:middle line:90%
Nothing much.
00:35:38.020 --> 00:35:40.570 align:middle line:84%
I\'ve just been to counseling
tonight.
00:35:40.570 --> 00:35:45.580 align:middle line:84%
Got a group, so it\'s going
to be interesting.
00:35:45.580 --> 00:35:49.070 align:middle line:84%
I think people are now seeing
that drugs and alcohol are
00:35:49.070 --> 00:35:50.340 align:middle line:90%
serious addictions.
00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:53.960 align:middle line:84%
But gambling is becoming even
more serious, especially with
00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.230 align:middle line:90%
guys at your age.
00:35:55.230 --> 00:35:58.170 align:middle line:84%
There\'s no treatment out there
for anyone under the age of 18
00:35:58.170 --> 00:35:59.020 align:middle line:90%
on gambling.
00:35:59.020 --> 00:36:01.570 align:middle line:84%
They don\'t think of it
as an addiction.
00:36:01.570 --> 00:36:04.655 align:middle line:84%
I personally didn\'t think of
addiction until I actually had
00:36:04.655 --> 00:36:08.410 align:middle line:84%
it and I realized that there\'s
a lot more people than I
00:36:08.410 --> 00:36:10.290 align:middle line:84%
realize that have
this addiction.
00:36:10.290 --> 00:36:13.410 align:middle line:84%
Not to the extent that I do,
but yet, you don\'t need to
00:36:13.410 --> 00:36:17.020 align:middle line:84%
have it to the extent that I
did to have an addiction.
00:36:17.020 --> 00:36:21.560 align:middle line:84%
It\'s a whole generation of
people my age growing up that
00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:24.550 align:middle line:84%
gambling\'s a way to go
make quick money.
00:36:24.550 --> 00:36:26.720 align:middle line:84%
Not many people your age
would even recognize
00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.680 align:middle line:90%
that they have a problem.
00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:30.550 align:middle line:84%
And to go away and fix it, or at
least attempt to fix it, is
00:36:30.550 --> 00:36:33.260 align:middle line:84%
a big burden or big
responsibility for
00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:35.130 align:middle line:90%
somebody your age.
00:36:35.130 --> 00:36:36.366 align:middle line:90%
You know what I mean?
00:36:36.366 --> 00:36:39.050 align:middle line:84%
You could be in the
ditch somewhere.
00:36:39.050 --> 00:36:43.350 align:middle line:90%
And you could be penniless.
00:36:43.350 --> 00:36:44.630 align:middle line:84%
There\'s so many other things
that are worse.
00:36:44.630 --> 00:36:46.230 align:middle line:90%
You could not even be here.
00:36:46.230 --> 00:36:48.920 align:middle line:84%
So I\'m glad that even though
it\'s very challenging, very
00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:52.540 align:middle line:84%
life changing, that this
is good for you.
00:36:52.540 --> 00:36:57.720 align:middle line:84%
I really just want
the best for you.
00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:59.476 align:middle line:90%
I want a happy Clifford.
00:36:59.476 --> 00:37:03.280 align:middle line:90%
You deserve to be happy.
00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.660 align:middle line:90%
I\'ll come back.
00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.770 align:middle line:90%
I\'ll come back next week.
00:37:05.770 --> 00:37:06.680 align:middle line:90%
Come back soon.
00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:07.350 align:middle line:90%
Give me an update.
00:37:07.350 --> 00:37:08.090 align:middle line:90%
Yep.
00:37:08.090 --> 00:37:09.510 align:middle line:90%
And you know where my door is.
00:37:09.510 --> 00:37:10.940 align:middle line:90%
Of course.
00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.380 align:middle line:90%
Thank you.
00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.630 align:middle line:90%
Any time.
00:37:12.630 --> 00:37:30.000 align:middle line:90%
00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:32.545 align:middle line:84%
I won\'t come here to tell
you not to do this,
00:37:32.545 --> 00:37:34.360 align:middle line:90%
or not to do that.
00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:37.770 align:middle line:84%
But I\'m going to put
the emphasis on the
00:37:37.770 --> 00:37:39.350 align:middle line:90%
most important part.
00:37:39.350 --> 00:37:41.950 align:middle line:84%
You know the funny feeling
that you have in
00:37:41.950 --> 00:37:44.800 align:middle line:90%
your stomach sometimes?
00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:47.860 align:middle line:84%
I\'m talking about the funny
feeling that you have when
00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:51.100 align:middle line:84%
either you did something wrong,
you saw something
00:37:51.100 --> 00:37:53.680 align:middle line:84%
violent, or something
is bothering
00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:54.835 align:middle line:90%
you, emotionally speaking.
00:37:54.835 --> 00:37:56.450 align:middle line:84%
You understand what
I\'m talking about?
00:37:56.450 --> 00:37:58.500 align:middle line:90%
Yes, chief.
00:37:58.500 --> 00:38:03.340 align:middle line:84%
Well, the most important thing
to do, guys and girls, is to
00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:06.490 align:middle line:84%
go and talk to somebody about
that funny feeling.
00:38:06.490 --> 00:38:10.030 align:middle line:84%
Because if you keep it for
yourself, I\'m not telling you
00:38:10.030 --> 00:38:12.860 align:middle line:84%
that you\'re going to end
up in a wheelchair.
00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:17.200 align:middle line:84%
But what I can tell you for
sure, if you don\'t talk when
00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:20.220 align:middle line:84%
you have that feeling,
well, you\'re shooting
00:38:20.220 --> 00:38:22.180 align:middle line:90%
yourself in the foot.
00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:25.640 align:middle line:84%
So guys and girls, what
do we do when we
00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:27.380 align:middle line:90%
get that funny feeling?
00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.820 align:middle line:90%
Talk.
00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:30.260 align:middle line:90%
Put it out, right?
00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.220 align:middle line:90%
Yes, chief.
00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:33.620 align:middle line:90%
OK.
00:38:33.620 --> 00:38:35.540 align:middle line:90%
What\'s you doing?
00:38:35.540 --> 00:38:37.940 align:middle line:90%
Nothing much.
00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:40.320 align:middle line:84%
How did your session
go last night?
00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:44.220 align:middle line:84%
The group I\'m in is, basically,
everyone\'s over the
00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:45.550 align:middle line:90%
age of 40 in my group.
00:38:45.550 --> 00:38:48.460 align:middle line:84%
So it\'s like the treatment
is weird.
00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:52.560 align:middle line:84%
I know the treatment for the
gambling, the addiction, is
00:38:52.560 --> 00:38:54.750 align:middle line:90%
probably the same for any age.
00:38:54.750 --> 00:38:57.080 align:middle line:84%
But it\'s the stuff behind the
addiction that\'s really
00:38:57.080 --> 00:38:58.465 align:middle line:90%
different--
00:38:58.465 --> 00:39:00.560 align:middle line:84%
how you go on with your
life and stuff.
00:39:00.560 --> 00:39:03.430 align:middle line:84%
So I know how to go on with my
life if I was an adult, but
00:39:03.430 --> 00:39:05.330 align:middle line:84%
it\'s a lot harder
for a teenager.
00:39:05.330 --> 00:39:06.020 align:middle line:90%
The counseling?
00:39:06.020 --> 00:39:07.310 align:middle line:84%
The one-on-one that
you\'re doing?
00:39:07.310 --> 00:39:11.115 align:middle line:84%
That\'s what we\'re going to work
on more, but it\'s just a
00:39:11.115 --> 00:39:12.240 align:middle line:90%
lot harder.
00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:14.230 align:middle line:84%
That\'s why we\'re looking into
other groups and stuff.
00:39:14.230 --> 00:39:16.590 align:middle line:84%
There might be one or two or
three, but there\'s other
00:39:16.590 --> 00:39:17.995 align:middle line:84%
places that we\'re going
to look, that\'s what
00:39:17.995 --> 00:39:20.250 align:middle line:90%
we\'re going to do.
00:39:20.250 --> 00:39:21.070 align:middle line:90%
Wow.
00:39:21.070 --> 00:39:22.472 align:middle line:84%
He\'s taking his
responsibilities.
00:39:22.472 --> 00:39:23.870 align:middle line:90%
He\'s taking it seriously.
00:39:23.870 --> 00:39:28.150 align:middle line:84%
He\'s stopped, or trying to stop,
or realizes he has a
00:39:28.150 --> 00:39:31.240 align:middle line:84%
problem before he gets to an
adult age where he has a
00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:34.670 align:middle line:84%
family and a mortgage and he
puts everybody out on the
00:39:34.670 --> 00:39:36.430 align:middle line:90%
street because of his problem.
00:39:36.430 --> 00:39:41.320 align:middle line:84%
And you can only support him
and be proud of him because
00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:44.455 align:middle line:84%
he\'s taken his life
in hands at 18.
00:39:44.455 --> 00:39:45.940 align:middle line:84%
It\'s a great day at
Everest College.
00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:47.820 align:middle line:90%
How can I help you?
00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:51.080 align:middle line:84%
I\'m currently enrolled
in college.
00:39:51.080 --> 00:39:53.800 align:middle line:84%
And I will be finishing
in a couple months.
00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:58.830 align:middle line:84%
So I\'d like to say I have
my life back on track.
00:39:58.830 --> 00:40:01.630 align:middle line:90%
I still currently gamble.
00:40:01.630 --> 00:40:02.630 align:middle line:90%
It\'s always around.
00:40:02.630 --> 00:40:05.260 align:middle line:84%
And once an addict,
always an addict.
00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:08.620 align:middle line:84%
Or once a gambler,
always a gambler.
00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:10.350 align:middle line:84%
Everyone knows I\'ve had
the gambling problem.
00:40:10.350 --> 00:40:14.590 align:middle line:84%
And so my friends are pretty
supportive in the fact that
00:40:14.590 --> 00:40:16.860 align:middle line:84%
they won\'t let me go to crazy
extremes anymore.
00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:18.086 align:middle line:90%
Ryan has a big stack.
00:40:18.086 --> 00:40:18.564 align:middle line:90%
Oh, come on.
00:40:18.564 --> 00:40:19.042 align:middle line:90%
He wants to do it.
00:40:19.042 --> 00:40:20.000 align:middle line:90%
He wants to do it.
00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:22.810 align:middle line:84%
I don\'t want to go into debt
for gambling, especially if
00:40:22.810 --> 00:40:24.630 align:middle line:90%
it\'s for thousands of dollars.
00:40:24.630 --> 00:40:25.870 align:middle line:90%
It\'s just not worth it.
00:40:25.870 --> 00:40:29.300 align:middle line:90%
He\'s really good at losing.
00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:31.545 align:middle line:84%
I\'ve learned that lesson
the hard way.
00:40:31.545 --> 00:40:32.950 align:middle line:90%
Thank god for a flush.
00:40:32.950 --> 00:40:34.146 align:middle line:90%
That\'s what I\'m calling it.
00:40:34.146 --> 00:40:35.430 align:middle line:84%
Yeah, but I got a
bigger flush.
00:40:35.430 --> 00:40:36.680 align:middle line:90%
You are done, Mike?
00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:39.095 align:middle line:90%
00:40:39.095 --> 00:40:40.080 align:middle line:90%
We\'re not talking four, bro.
00:40:40.080 --> 00:40:41.262 align:middle line:84%
That\'s actually what
I had though.
00:40:41.262 --> 00:40:42.164 align:middle line:90%
I\'m not going to lie.
00:40:42.164 --> 00:40:43.066 align:middle line:90%
Alex, $10?
00:40:43.066 --> 00:40:43.970 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:40:43.970 --> 00:40:44.450 align:middle line:90%
Yeah.
00:40:44.450 --> 00:40:45.680 align:middle line:90%
I call it.
00:40:45.680 --> 00:40:47.610 align:middle line:90%
Yo mama.
00:40:47.610 --> 00:40:50.260 align:middle line:84%
I already know that I\'m not
going to get addicted to it.
00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:52.370 align:middle line:84%
I don\'t think I\'m going
to get addicted to it.
00:40:52.370 --> 00:40:55.340 align:middle line:84%
But you never know when you\'re
first 18 and you\'re actually
00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:57.370 align:middle line:84%
allowed at the bars and
you first try it out.
00:40:57.370 --> 00:40:58.920 align:middle line:84%
So I guess we\'ll just
have to wait.
00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:01.320 align:middle line:84%
But for now, I mean, I
just play it on the
00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:02.150 align:middle line:90%
computer for free.
00:41:02.150 --> 00:41:04.560 align:middle line:90%
I keep my control.
00:41:04.560 --> 00:41:05.920 align:middle line:90%
Oh, two 2\'s right here.
00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.082 align:middle line:90%
Oh!
00:41:06.082 --> 00:41:06.896 align:middle line:90%
That\'s what I\'m talking about!
00:41:06.896 --> 00:41:08.850 align:middle line:90%
Yes!
00:41:08.850 --> 00:41:10.814 align:middle line:84%
Yes, come on, lucky
rabbit\'s foot.
00:41:10.814 --> 00:41:12.305 align:middle line:90%
Pair of kings, pair of 8\'s.
00:41:12.305 --> 00:41:12.802 align:middle line:90%
Thank you.
00:41:12.802 --> 00:41:13.796 align:middle line:90%
Thank you.
00:41:13.796 --> 00:41:16.281 align:middle line:84%
8\'s, 8\'s-- get that
away from me!
00:41:16.281 --> 00:41:17.531 align:middle line:90%
My king--
00:41:17.531 --> 00:41:38.646 align:middle line:90%
00:41:38.646 --> 00:41:41.010 align:middle line:84%
Me and my friends make bets
and stuff like that.
00:41:41.010 --> 00:41:43.570 align:middle line:84%
Actually this morning, I made
a bet with my dad that this
00:41:43.570 --> 00:41:45.540 align:middle line:84%
documentary may not
end up happening.
00:41:45.540 --> 00:41:47.786 align:middle line:90%
I owe him $5 now.
00:41:47.786 --> 00:41:49.698 align:middle line:90%
$5 that you\'ll fall off.
00:41:49.698 --> 00:41:51.446 align:middle line:90%
$5 that you\'ll fall.
00:41:51.446 --> 00:41:52.270 align:middle line:90%
No pedals.
00:41:52.270 --> 00:41:54.315 align:middle line:90%
It\'s alive!
00:41:54.315 --> 00:41:55.375 align:middle line:90%
Well, you know it works.
00:41:55.375 --> 00:41:56.625 align:middle line:90%
It\'s alive!
00:41:56.625 --> 00:42:02.750 align:middle line:90%
00:42:02.750 --> 00:42:06.580 align:middle line:84%
As a parent, it scares the hell
out of me because it\'s
00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:08.180 align:middle line:90%
the tip of the iceberg.
00:42:08.180 --> 00:42:11.030 align:middle line:84%
In 5-10 years, and that\'s when
my kids are going to start
00:42:11.030 --> 00:42:12.680 align:middle line:84%
getting into that age group
where they\'re going to be
00:42:12.680 --> 00:42:16.690 align:middle line:84%
online, what type of products
and bonus and packages are
00:42:16.690 --> 00:42:18.710 align:middle line:84%
they going to pitch them
to get them addicted?
00:42:18.710 --> 00:42:37.562 align:middle line:90%
Distributor: The Fanlight Collection
Length: 46 minutes
Date: 2010
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 7-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Color/BW:
Closed Captioning: Available
Interactive Transcript: Available
Existing customers, please log in to view this film.
New to Docuseek? Register to request a quote.
Related Films
No Loans Today
