Wednesday, February 07, 2007

A new report says more and more Californians are hitting the casino
regularly. The state-sponsored study found nearly a million people in
California consider themselves compulsive gamblers. That's second in the
nation only to Nevada. Steve Hedrick with the State Office of Problem
Gambling says they're responding by getting the word out. Hedrick: We're in
the process right now of starting up a new training program trying to raise
awareness among the general public. Just trying to help them understand that
gambling can be a problem and some of the signs to recognize that people may
have a difficulty. More than 7,000 people were interviewed for the study.
Hedrick says it was the largest of its kind.