Mar
09
2010
Program offers problem gamblers help (The Martinsburg Journal)
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MARTINSBURG – A 45- to 60-year-old female who plays machines at neighborhood gambling parlors is the primary caller to the Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia’s help line, explained Director Tim Burton. “They are escape gamblers,” he said in a recent telephone interview. “They are self-medicating. 35 percent are escaping other issues.
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