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Here, Ben and Mina share their stories of how gambling harms impacted their lives, what they did to overcome them, how they sought help, and the ways they're turning things around.

The former Portuguese colony is the only territory in China where casinos are allowed, and it issues just six operating concessions for a multi-billion-dollar industry that, until the pandemic hit, was bigger than Las Vegas.

The commission investigation began after an anonymous tip-off in December 2021, which prompted inspectors to visit multiple venues in Hallam, Sandringham, Narre Warren, Mulgrave, Laverton and Cheltenham.

Outfielder Yasiel Puig #66 of the Kiwoom Heroes fields the ball in the top of the eighth inning during the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) League opening game between Kiwoom Heroes and Lotte Giants at Gocheok Skydome on April 2, 2022 in Seoul, Online Betting South Korea

'Sometime after that, Pete Rose and I began meeting at a house in Cincinnati. It was at that house where, before my sixteenth birthday, Pete Rose began a sexual relationship with me.'

In an important study from Oxford University, vapes have been shown to be twice as effective as nicotine replacement therapy in helping people quit smoking.

I'm a strong advocate for switching smokers to vapes. While vapes are not risk-free, they are far better than traditional cigarettes. 

Puig ultimately owed Nix $282,900 in gambling losses by June of 2019. 

While it's hard to avoid feeling down when your team loses you can avoid one thing - . This is the sinking feeling you get the minute you make an impulsive bet, often when drunk, bored or chasing losses.

If any incumbents had lost, they would have had to return the casino area to the government for free at the end of this year, making it financially unviable to operate the remaining facilities as gambling accounts for 80% to 90% of total revenue.

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A dealer conducts a game of roulette at the Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on Aug.

8, 2022. Figures released on Nov. 9, 2022, by the American Gaming Association show the U.S. commercial casino industry had its best quarter ever, winning over $15 billion from gamblers in the third quarter of this year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)