Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Some years back
Commissioner Adam Silver, speaking at the Bloomberg Business Summit in New York, said That the league will eventually profit from legalized gambling on sports in the future, I wonder how many addicted gamblers placed the first bet they ever made on an NBA game. !! YEARS AGO David Stern SAID
" We have players gambling on airplane trips loosing all kinds of $ Some years back
Commissioner Adam Silver, speaking at the Bloomberg Business Summit in New York, said That the league will eventually profit from legalized gambling on sports in the future, I wonder how many addicted gamblers placed the first bet they ever made on an NBA game. !! YEARS AGO David Stern SAID
" We have players gambling on airplane trips loosing all kinds of $ '. Some years back
Commissioner Adam Silver, speaking at the Bloomberg Business Summit in New York, said That the league will eventually profit from legalized gambling on sports in the future, I wonder how many addicted gamblers placed the first bet they ever made on an NBA game. !! YEARS AGO David Stern SAID
" We have players gambling on airplane trips loosing all kinds of $ '. SEE BELOW Just look at some of the headlines in the past================
Multiple NBA sources say Allen Iverson is facing alcohol and gambling issues that have derailed his career and threaten his post-basketball well-being,
Charles Barkley claims gambling problem has cost him $10M
Antoine Walker has a scheduled court in Las Vegas in a case involving an $822,500 gambling debt.
Michael Jordan was spotted at the baccarat pit of an Atlantic City casino in the wee hours of the morning before game two of the Eastern Conference Finals.
NBA referee Tim Donaghy is now in recovery for his gambling addiction. "I kept waiting for a Knicks game when Stafford, Bavetta and Kersey were working together. It was like knowing the winning lottery numbers before the drawing!")
Just look at some of the headlines in the past================ 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 ) 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.' "
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 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.
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
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. IF U MIGHT LIKE A COPY OF OUR BOOK == ALL BETS ARE OFF LET ME KMOW
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
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