Slot Machine Mania, addictive gambling sweeping Russia
The Manila Times have caught on to the value of running stories about gambling.
Unsurprisingly, it is another negative of gambling with a wonderful headline entitled Slot Machine Mania, addictive gambling sweeping all over Russia
In most slot machines in Russia, the minimum deposit needed for a play is five rubles, or about 15 US cents, just half the cost of a bus ticket.Gamblog Comment :: Yep, people gamble, people do allsorts of things that are not so good for them in the long run. Yawn.
The games are practically unregulated, meaning anyone from the country's few super-rich oligarchs to its many destitute pensioners, children and alcoholics can take a spin at the wheel of fortune.
"You can't even get into the store to buy milk in the evening because all the shopkeepers close up to go play the slots," complained one Moscow resident.
"The school principal cancels all meetings whenever she gets a little cash. She wears the same dress every day, she's lost all her teeth, but she runs off to gamble every chance she gets," another resident said.
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