Hi guys,
Read something funny today. Actually they were talking about this at my GA meeting too. Seems a woman in the states is suing a national chain of children’s pizza/party place because they have arcade games that, in her opinion, teach children to gamble. It is true that the games spit out tickets and the kid collect prizes – the higher their scores the more tickets given and the better the prize. There was a comment i read where a mom said her kid stole coins from her purse in order to "play" more-and when she didn’t get the prize she wanted threw a tantrum begging just one more quarter mommy!
I look way back to my behaviors. When I was young, like 8 years old, I would steal coins from my DADS COIN COLLECTION to play arcade games. No prizes-just the thrill of the race car winning or hitting a home run on the baseball pin ball machine. I loved those machines! Then video arcades! I loved Ms Pac Man! I was playing in a convenience store while my Apartment was on fire! No Joke! No one could find me ( pre cell phones ) and my brother remembered I might be there.
Even as a young adult i remember pawning jewelry ( some rings my ex had bought and retrieved from an old girl friend) so I could get quarters to play Ms Pac Man. My gf and I would go in the middle of the night and play that game!
WOW, I had forgotten all that!
More recently, the first time i went to the movies they have arcade machines in the lobby. They are so similar to video slots that they gave me urges.
I guess my rambling might hit a nerve and make you wonder too.
I don’t know about the lawsuit however hind site is 20/20.
I would NEVER give a child a scratch off ticket and I would have to re think the whole arcade thing.
peace
bettie
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