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Canadian Expert: Casino Staff More Likely to Gamble Excessively22 March 2001CANADA – As reported by the National Post: "Dealers and other casino staff are more likely than most people to succumb to temptation and become pathological gamblers, a treatment expert warned industry insiders yesterday. "They are also more likely to smoke, drink heavily and suffer depression, said Roger Horbay, whose Elora, Ont.-based company, Game Planit, has designed a program aimed at preventing gambling problems among workers. "…`Working in a gaming environment distorts your perception,' he said after addressing a seminar at the Canadian Gaming Summit. "`At the end of their shift, they always remember the winners ... I asked [dealers] "how many big winners did they have?" And they would say, "Three." I would ask how many losers and they'd say, "I don't know." "`If you think of all the losers, you'd go crazy. It's a defence mechanism.' "Billed as the largest gaming industry conference in the country, the annual event drew 1,000 delegates here for two days of seminars about managing and promoting casinos, lotteries and bingos…" |