blackchipjim said:
I feel very bad for a person that needs help and has no where to turn. There was a man a few years back that shot himself in the casino in Detroit. The man was a detective with a 45k gambling debt and a host of other problems. I know negative variance can be tough on alot of players myself included but it is only a game. I know that they have tighter security at MGM in Detroit, they metal wand you when you go in and purses are checked. blackchipjim
Yes, it is too bad, but there are places to turn IF you admit you have a gambling problem, for some people, though, that's not enough. Some say suicide has it roots in childhood, so bad events precipitate it in some people, not others.
As it turns out, this is a guy I met once or twice. The story is uncertain as to how much it was gambling debt related. He and his ex-wife fought an expensive 3-4 year battle to open a new funeral home, but did open a year or two back. Supposedly that stress broke them up, and left the business in pretty deep. Then he picked up a girl friend who was a dealer.
Some say the suicide was over her breaking up with him. She says the relationship was OK, that they were going top marry after his divorce. The only thing officially said about gambling was that he was a frequent casino visitor and often got their biggest suite comped. That tells me either he was a good AP (with 8 Deck, DAS, S17 games how likely??) or a whale they were courting because he was losing big bucks. How much he could "afford" to lose , nobody really knows, but signs from the business weren't good.
I don't know if jumping outy a window/bridge/ramp is better or worse that shooting yourself in the chest. He could have been pretty messed up, but lived.
I guess the moral is to know why you play, what you can risk, and when to walk away.
