Gambling addiction soaring in the NY city

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=bold-content width="5%"></TD><TD class=content width="95%">http://www.responsiblegambling.org/e-library_most_recent_details.cfm?intID=7269</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=content width=532 colSpan=3> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=content width="5%"></TD><TD class=bold-content width="20%"></TD><TD class=content width="75%"></TD></TR><TR><TD class=content> </TD><TD class=bold-content>Source:</TD><TD class=content>New York Daily News </TD></TR><TR><TD class=content> </TD><TD class=bold-content></TD><TD class=content>Jan 02, 2005</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content colSpan=3> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=content> </TD><TD class=bold-content vAlign=top width=532 colSpan=2>Description:</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content> </TD><TD class=content vAlign=top width=532 colSpan=2>NEW YORK – The number of crisis calls to a state hotline for problem gamblers soared by a startling 45% in New York City in 2004, the Daily News has learned. The jump in calls from the boroughs was even higher than the statewide increase of 30% - with Brooklyn logging more calls than any other county in the state, according to the New York Council on Problem Gambling, which maintains the hotline.

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http://www.responsiblegambling.org/e-library_most_recent.cfm

always does this time of year