Gambling Addiction Essay

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Gambling Addiction Gambling is the activity or practice of playing at a game of chance for money or other stakes. Addiction is the condition of being abnormally dependent on some habit. So gambling addiction is the abnormally dependent on the activity of playing a game of chance for benefits. Gambling addiction is usually found in Macau and Korea because their country is not forbidden in gambling. Hong Kong is one of the places people like to gamble in, but the Hong Kong government has a law in gambling. According to the Hong Kong Basic Law Chapter number 148, part 1, section 2 says: ‘"gambling establishment" includes any premises or place, whether or not the public or a section of the public is entitled or permitted to have access thereto, opened, kept or used, whether on one occasion or more than one occasion, for the purposes of or in connection with unlawful gambling or an unlawful lottery.’ The only legal place that can gamble in is Hong Kong Jockey Club, there is Mark 6, betting in horse racing and soccer matches. The most famous one is the Mark 6 which attracts more than 10000 people per bet. So Hong Kong is a place that likes to bet and lots of people have problem in gambling or gambling addiction. Another place that loves to bet and gamble is Macau. There is around 40 casinos. The most famous and the biggest casino in Macau is “The Venetian Macao”. Every night, there is nearly full in the casino. There are tons of games for example: 3 card Baccarat, Big 6, Keno, Q poker and the most famous in China : Ma Jong. This represents that Macau is a place that really loves to bet and gamble. In some years of the 21th century, Macau is the most famous place in betting and gambling. In Hong Kong and Macau, it is found that there is a lot of gambling addiction problems occurring. Hong-Kongers and Macanese are keeping playing because they thought is a fast track to

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