Perhaps that's why we do it to gamble, to relinquish control completely and give ourselves over to fate and luck.
(Participant E) We are struggling with many needs so we gamble our way to hospital…To move to get treatment is a problem.
However extreme poverty and worries about the financial implications of accessing medical care meant that most patients only sought this at a very late stage of their disease: We are struggling with many needs so we gamble our way to hospital…To move to get treatment is a problem.
When we buy health insurance, we are forced to gamble, to make bets with the house (the insurance company) that will affect our ability to pay for care if and when we need it.
"I remember when we were gambling to win," she sang over a driving beat, spitting out the words.
We took the calculated gamble to go along for the ride.
Perhaps that's why we do it – to gamble, to relinquish control completely and give ourselves over to fate and luck.
Sounds like a gamble to me, but we'll see.
We never meant casino gambling to solve every problem this city -- or any city -- would have.
"From the first day we got involved in this nine years ago, we wanted to bring casino gambling to the Catskills and revitalize the area," Mr. Berman said.
