Gambling Could Be More Addictive to Senior Citizens

She swore she'd never play the slots. Eventually, she allowed herself to play, but only with quarters. Soon she was contemptuous of any machines that didn't let her bet up to $100. Then one day, Maureen Holland walked out of a casino having lost more than she ever had before, $5,000.

Holland was in her 60s and, according to experts, serves as a modern example of how the elderly develop gambling problems. She had risen to the rank of colonel in the Army, but after she retired she wasn't sure what to do with her life. "I really became depressed.

I felt, 'Wow, I'm getting old.' I'm used to jumping out of choppers. It was a big void," Holland said. "One day, I put my money in a slot machine, and it was like an instant addiction. I won."

June 13, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
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