Gambling addiction is an incredibly serious issue that can ruin people’s lives, as well as those of their family members. But the problem might not be getting the attention that it deserves in public.
Internet user u/brew2brew decided to shine a spotlight on it by asking casino workers to open up about the saddest things they’ve ever witnessed while on the job. We’ve collected some of their most powerful stories about addiction to share with you, and they are harrowing. Read on for their tales.
#1
Not a casino employee, but I used to work at a bank. Had a customer asking about something on her account, so I was reviewing her statement and saw these frequent $2,000 withdrawals at the casino nearby. In the one statement I was looking at, there were over $10K in withdrawals, and this customer’s total account balance was somewhere around $60K. I started going backward in her statements and found she had sold a house and received something like $700K less than a year ago, and had steadily gambled it almost all away, month by month. It was one of the most depressing things I saw there, which is saying a lot at a bank.
