Compulsive Gambler: 'Gambling just took over my life' - 2004-02-24
Nothing could prevent Alan Y. from gambling.
Not the pleas of his ex-wife and two sons. Not his growing desperate financial situation.
Occasionally he did, like the time he won $8,000 in roughly four hours in a blackjack session at the Emerald Queen.
Through deception, the logistics supply officer received a government Visa card and started taking huge cash advances on the card from casino cages, including at the Drift On Inn, a Shoreline card room.
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