Gambling can ruin lives, it can rip families apart, it can get your kneecaps busted if you don't pay your bookie, and it can lead to me making fun of you.
The former San Diego Mayor, Maureen O'Connor, has won and lost about a billion dollars in her life so far! A BILLION! That's some serious money! She got the original funding for her habit by stealing from her dead husband's charity. She took 2 million dollars and it went from there.
I can see how this happens. Gambling can take over anyone's life. Wait, what was she gambling on? Video poker machines?! She estimates a billion dollars spent on video poker machines???? It wasn't putting hundreds of thousands down at a time on Monday Night Football, or 50K per spin on a roulette wheel. VIDEO POKER!?!
You do have a serious problem lady: you need to know how to properly gamble! Video poker doesn't count. You're betting quarters, not your rent money. Come back when you have a real problem...
