Geez. I just don't get gambling. Maybe it's b/c I've always sucked at card games, but I just don't find the prospect of gambling even remotely exciting.

This is not the first time I've heard about something like this in sports. Leonard Tose, the former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, lost a lawsuit in 1993 that claimed that in 1985, the Sands Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City encouraged him to gamble while he was drunk to the tune of $10 million. In 1999, he testified before Congress that gambling had cost him between $40 and $50 million.

I happen to like gambling, but I must be the world's cheapest gambler. I spent a bit of my time in Las Vegas playing $1 blackjack and penny slot machines (yes, they do exist, folks). In fact, I spent six hours at a blackjack table and lost only $6 total. I also play the horses, but when I do, it's always a $2 show bet.

Hell, yeah, I think casinos should be liable for not cutting off gamblers who are obviously having problems.

In a society which values economic loss as highly as human life, this ought to be an easy argument to win. (The problem is, bankruptcy is already available to wipe out debt, and damages would probably be limited to the amount lost, so the court case would not be very effective in netting the plaintiff.)

I second that notion of the casinos being held responsible. I have been in Cecil's shoes and have suffered in the same ways, much like my family has as well. I may not have lost millions like he has, but the money I lost is all relative to my life, so yes it is millions to me. The only difference between he and I is that he actually lost his family, which is the greatest reprocution for a gambler, and the most common. He and I are only two of the millions of INFECTED VICTIMS by this (UN)ACCEPTABLE DISEASE. I will leave you, the reader, to ponder this last statement and my choice of words. CASINO CANCER is the answer to balancing state budgets. Money for Man? There is no product liability in this case. 450,000 Michigan residents have been infected and addicted to this new form of revenueing. Where is thier JUSTICE?

Casinos routinely close table games and disallow gamblers the opportunity to gamble further when the gamblers have won a certain amount of the casinos' money. Since casinos have the right and obligation to limit their losses, I believe they should equally have the right and obligation to limit a gambler's losses at table games. Slot machines and other mechanical gambling methods should not be included since there is usually no human interaction by casino workers in the gambling process.