ds kids. Children have to walk through casinos to get to their hotel rooms, theme parks and video game arcades.46 Third, teenage gamblers hardly ever suffer any type of severe penalty when caught trying to sneak into a casino or buy lotto tickets, so they just go to the next casino or next drug store. Finally, most young adults do not get warned about the wrong of gambling. Parents and schools drill into their kids heads not to have sex, do drugs, or drink alcohol, but hardly ever even say a word against gambling. These teens are headed towards more and more problems as they get older. Because of this huge involvement among teens, gambling had an even worse effect on society this time through the cycle. Through the years, all forms of gambling have caused major problems and should not be condoned by government. Gambling has gone in and out of popularity through cycles where owners have gone from low life "rowdies" to organized crime heads, and now big money corporation men. America is in a very dangerous cycle because of the clean, corporate style gambling operations run today, which don't seem to have any fraud or corruption. Also, many forms of legalized gambling have become more and more accessible. Worst, as the number of compulsive gamblers have grown, the number of teenage gamblers have dramatically grown, leaving poor futures for them. Government needs to recognize the problems gambling has always produced, along with the new problems of today, and banish gambling altogether. ENDNOTES ...
