Gambling addict is suing B.C. Lottery Corporation

Comment #23

nanaimo — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:19:54 GMT

in b.c every every gambling den (casinos) have a sign posted PLAY WITHIN YOUR LIMITS,if you do not understand that then its your 100% fault,no one to be blamed but yourself .as a general rule of thumb every one going to (CASH NO) casino means that once you come out there will be NO cash left with you so be careful its your own karma,its a receipe of financial disaster

Comment #22

sully16 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:53:16 GMT

she new she had a problem but is blaming everyone but herself,

Comment #21

rdgrnr — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:18:50 GMT

I knew it!

Sometimes I swear I'm psychic

Comment #20

HaveABall — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:18:56 GMT

You are right! That's one of my main Achilles heels!

Yet, though I thought about clog shoes a few hours ago, I disciplined myself to NOT buy them! I'm safe this time.

Comment #19

tiggs95 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:43:18 GMT

tiggs was mocking guessers post..:)..But you knew that...right?..

Comment #18

rdgrnr — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:39:48 GMT

Just incorrigible, I guess. Wilson is a perfect match though.

Comment #17

tiggs95 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:29:29 GMT

WHY would you compare this person to Woodrow Wilson?..THAT'S just WRONG on so many levels?..

Comment #16

rdgrnr — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:55:32 GMT

Ok, if she was President, she'd be Schmuckrow Wilson.

Comment #15

RJOh — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:47:49 GMT

The trouble with that is these addicts usually drag down family members and friends with them as they hit bottom. Many will sell the family valuables and homes and embezzled the family savings. Families some times has to disassociate with them to save themselves.

Comment #14

guesser — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:27:54 GMT

I think she should gamble herself into bankruptcy and homelessness, that'll cure her addiction to gambling.

Comment #13

guesser — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:25:56 GMT

WHY would you compare this person to Abraham Lincoln? That's just WRONG on so many levels.

Comment #12

rdgrnr — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:47:50 GMT

What self disciplines do you struggle with HaveABall?

Don't tell me, I know.

You want to Clog Dance with strange, drunk, hillbilly men with long beards, right?

I knew it.

Comment #11

HaveABall — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:09:19 GMT

Well, it sounds as though this woman has been VERY successful in her business life -- she obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to have lost them via gambling thus far. Maybe the cure is for her to absorb herself in the work that she is successful in; a distraction from going to gambling organizations where she loses much money. Maybe she could develop a DAILY habit that distracts her for hours of time when she is outside of her business, one that doesn't cost much though.

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Comment #10

diamondpalace — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:47:34 GMT

In her desperation suing may bring in some cash to fuel her gambling addiction. Who else will she blame on of her behaviors

Comment #9

rdgrnr — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:59:49 GMT

Good point RJOh, the casino should sue her for breach of contract.

Comment #8

RJOh — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:05:00 GMT

Participants in the program are photographed and sign a contract willingly barring themselves from gaming facilities for a period of six months to three years.

If they added some jail time for anyone caught not filling the terms of the contract, it might be incentives to those who sign it.

Comment #7

joker831 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:17:19 GMT

Yeah...... if you have a gambling addiction, then WTF are you doing gambling in the first place?!?! You need to stop you moron, or get help to stop. Don't keep gambling. Obviously you are bad at it if you keep loosing. Save some of that gambling money and buy a clue that you are a rotten gambler and have no business gambling in the first place. Seeing stories like this just re-affirms my belief of retards gone wild.

Comment #6

Littleoldlady — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:45:31 GMT

If she was in the program and they caught her in the casino, she would have been escorted out by security and fined $5,000 for each occurrence. They are probably scrambling to find her (picture) on the casino's video tapes. It does say that she has to be identified (reason for the picture). This will indeed be interesting. Also, while in the program, she couldn't have won anyway. People who are in the program are not eligible to win jackpots.

Comment #5

hearsetrax — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:35:31 GMT

couldn't have put it better my self

personally she ought to lose her business, laughed out of court and be commited to the local mental hospital with nutting but four rubber walls and a 30 watt builb over head

Comment #4

dr65 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:41:28 GMT

Typical case of shifting blame and failing to take responsibility for ones own actions. A self help/outside help program is only as good as what

an individual puts into it. A first step is determining there is a problem, the next is taking steps to avoid repeating past mistakes...one of those

steps was she enrolled in a program she thought would **do it all for her**. The problem with that is, she didn't have to do much...sign up

and leave it up to someone else to be her watchdog and ma... [ More ]

Comment #3

rdgrnr — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:39:26 GMT

And she would have sued them if they escorted her out against her will too.

This lady is a Schmuckette, a Schmuckerina, a Schmucka-lucka-ding-dong.

If she was President her name would be Schmuckraham Lincoln.

She could be a Czar of some massive bureaucracy if she lived in this country. She knows the spirit of our government to a T.

I can't go on.

Talk amongst yourselves.

Comment #2

PERDUE — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:23:00 GMT

What this woman was looking for was someone to be her conscious. She knew that she had a problem and didn't want to do what was needed to kick the habit. She didn't want to tell herself no and stick to it, so she unrealisticly expected the casinos to do that for her. When does personal accountability come into play

Comment #1

Hermanus104 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:14:24 GMT

In my humble opinion, this woman is a victim of her own stupidity. True, the BCLC should have kicked her out, but if she didn't go to the casino in the first place, she would not have lost $331,000. I would have ruled in favor of BCLC on these grounds.

Gambling addict is suing B.C. Lottery Corporation

Lottery Post — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:19:35 GMT

A North Delta woman launched a lawsuit against the B.C. Lottery Corporation this week alleging the company's self-exclusion program failed to help her curb her gambling addiction.

North Delta is a distinct community located in British Columbia, Canada, about 20 miles from Vancouver.

Joyce May Ross filed a civil suit in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday alleging negligence and breach of contract by BCLC and two Lower Mainland casinos for failing to stop her from entering the two facilities and gam... [ More ]