NEWS> Casinos Gamble on Children
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:28:53 -0600
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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:20:07 -0500 (EST)
When one is off gambling at the slot machines or blackjack tables, your
children can be enjoying the comforts of casino provided day care while
you are on a roll on the casino gambling floor.
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Casinos cash in with
child care for players
Making it easier for mom & dad to gamble
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/61733p-57671c.html>
The ponytailed third-grader had racked up her 114,000th point on the Pac
Man video game when her baby-sitter suggested they try calling her mom's
cell phone. It was 2 a.m., closing time at the arcade.
"You have the number?" the girl asked, her sleepy eyes brightening. They
dialed. No answer.
Finally, sometime before 3 a.m., the 9-year-old Fort Lee, N.J., girl hit
the jackpot. Her mother showed up rolling in late to the Kids Quest child
care center at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn., after gambling
away a Friday night and the early hours of a Saturday morning.
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As the number of casinos expands across America, so has a little-known
amenity for parents who gamble onsite child-care centers that are as
dazzling for kids as the casino floor just yards away is for adults.
With computer games, basketball court, children's cafe, movies and cribs
for infants as young as 6 weeks, children can stay as late as 2 a.m. on
weekends and 11 p.m. on school nights while their parents play. While
providing a fun and safe environment for children, Kids Quest centers,
which are located in 20 casinos nationwide, are in fact bottom-line
enterprises, intended to attract high-rolling parents, increase casino
profits and create the next generation of gamblers.
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Terrible tales abound of children who have been abducted or abandoned in
and around casinos, as preoccupied parents disappear into a timeless world
of gambling and free drinks. Among the worst:
A 7-year-old California girl was raped and strangled in a Nevada casino
rest room by a teenage boy while her father gambled.
A Georgia mother pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after her
10-day-old baby died of dehydration in a sweltering parked car while she
played video poker for two hours in a South Carolina casino.
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David Dillard Research Librarian
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