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Originally Posted by troutman

She would just give it right back to the Government at the casino.

The loneliest man at the casino is the AADAC counsellor.

Gambling in Alberta
Policy Background Paper
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/...background.pdf

There are both critics and supporters of the direction taken by the Alberta Government,
and their efforts to create public policy that balances gambling revenue with safeguards
to prevent gambling problems. What appears to be missing from the current policy
debate is a clear accounting of the costs and benefits of gambling in Alberta, and a
more rigorous approach to evaluating the effectiveness of gambling intervention
strategies. In particular, the social costs of gambling are not yet well understood or
easily articulated.39 Lessons can be learned from state governments in Australia who
are at the forefront in conducting sound research to inform policy and program
practices, within government and the gaming industry.32

http://www.aglc.gov.ab.ca/responsibl...ng/default.asp

If a person so chooses, they can go talk to the Responsible Gambling Information Centre Representive employed by the AGLC based in most casinos. The RGIC rep has all the odds of all the games, and basically can tell a person roughly what they're going to spend if they're going to play nickel slots daily for a year or whatever the game in question is. Still leaves this all up to a person to want to know that. Most people are afraid to find out how much they're going to spend.