Quote of the Day

“I believe that many of the people who are now the lobbyists, public relations spokespersons, experts, and other proponents of gambling really haven’t spent night after night, year after year, dealing cards in a very close proximity to gamblers at three and four and five in the morning – to be up-close and personal to people who are often times absolutely miserable in the act of playing games for money. I also don’t believe that a lot of casino regulators have done this, nor legislators, nor even treatment professionals and researchers … I would argue that staring into the eyes of it every night, year after year after year, would change the perception for many people of just how damaging that … can be.” — casino consultant Richard Schuetz, challenging the industry to do a better job of understanding problem gambling.