Compulsive gambling is a very common problem among many people in today's society. It is defined as being unable to stop gambling at any point in time and. To the gambler, gambling has become an addiction - like an addiction to alcohol or drugs. They find it extremely hard to stop gambling and believe they can "beat the odds" - even when their entire world begins to fall apart. When people can't stop gambling, they …showed first 75 words of 1037 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1037 total…left. So here again, why even start it? I agree with Benjamin Franklin. If a man would use his common sense and realize that each and every time they gamble, they are using pure stupidity and risking something that is worth so much; not just money but all their self-worth as well. I truly believe gambling can be taken care of if we would just take Benjamin Franklin's words and put them to good use.