In Chicago, Illinois, among many other cities across the nation, a new trend has swept teenagers like a plague. Poker, or the newly named Texas Holdem, has been the new hobby to most kids, boys in particular. Since the football season has been over, one boy even turned his dining room, a place for family time and bonding, into a full fledged poker parlor with chips, and plenty of decks of cards.
Texas Holdem came about sometime in the beginning of the decade, and has become more an more popular among teenagers. Launched from TV competitions between everyday people and even celebrities, kids from even our community have become hooked. In fact, some parents condone it. They think that the game teaches strategy, critical-thinking, and math skills. One parent even compared it to smoking pot, saying he’d rather have his children play Holdem than not know where they are. It’s "safer" because unlike drugs that impair your judgments, the child is occupied with something that, if developed, can be cured by just taking it away. Josh Kohnstamm, father of Josh in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, says "it's become the perfect escape for his studious 16-year-old son, Josh, who ‘takes everything too seriously.’ Allowing him to ‘whoop’ the school's best athletes -- computer geek that he is -- and come away feeling lucky when that is a sensation that rarely happens in his everyday life." But I could only wonder if the game was more about self-fulfillment and confidence, or critical thinking and math skills? Either way, the child is gaining, isn’t he?
But then again there are also the adults who think that the game is a bad habit, and develops bad gambling habits. "It's fun. It's exciting. It's glamorized on TV and in the media in a way that other addictions are not," says Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling. "There's the impression that through skill you can beat the odds. But randomness is always going to have a bigger factor in determining the outcome than your skill." The fact is, is that gambling is an addiction and has been known to be hard to overcome. However, I don’t think that anyone can actually say that it is forbidden because I really think that no matter what, every person takes a chance which can be considered gambling.
I’m not sure where I stand on this issue.
Gambling... Who does not like to gamble? People play lotteries, bet on sport games or try their luck on slot machines with a thought to win some amount of money. In fact, this excitement for gambling can be seen even from early ages; for example, ancient Egyptians used to play dice in 2000 BC or the first casinos opened their doors to customers during the Greeco-Roman period ( Whittaker and Cushman 1 ). Nowadays casino industry is a large business in the United States that brings high revenues and offers various entertainment that attracts people from different areas. So just recently residents and visitors of Worcester, Wicomico and surrounding counties got a great opportunity to try themselves in a new Ocean Downs casino that came into operation couple months ago. Ocean Downs casino is an excellent benefit to the community that helps to improve the economic and social status of the county and also serves as a great entertainment for the adult population.
This quote sums up No Limit Hold `em very well. High risk, high reward, mental stimulation and satisfaction are just some of the most intense emotions you can feel just by playing cards. Poker unlike many casino games must not be considered gambling. This is because there is a large amount of skill required to win consistently at poker. However this does not mean that only the highest skilled professionals are guaranteed to win. Just like Chris Moneymaker, "Anyone Can Win."
The adrenaline-rushing feeling of gambling offers people the idea that opportunity lies within their hands. Unfortunately, there are far too many consequences to gambling to even begin to count. To win you must play, and to win big you must play big. As more gamblers can recall their losses rather than their winnings, gamblers are often dealt with poor hands and must play the risky game to stay alive. Even though gambling has so many faults, some still fall under its corruptions because of gambling’s deceiving fallacies.
Also, how the result of violent gaming affects the actions of the children shortly after the finish playing. Overviewing the work of physiological professor Helen Fisher, Sauer concludes that playing a mass variety of games can have different effects on a child. Documented by Sauer, “To the extent that this task is representative of real-world risk taking in a driving context, Fischer et al. found that racing games can have negative effects on traffic safety: increasing risk-taking behavior, risk-promoting cognitions, and positive attitudes toward reckless driving” (Sauer 206). A child does not have to shoot a gun in a game such as Call of Duty or rob a bank in GTA V, the end result is that the child would think these things are accepted in society.
As Manny sits there, with half the chips he began with, he faces the hardest decision of the night. Does he call? Does he fold? There are so many things to consider, so much at stake. As the seconds tick by, flashes of frames from the World Series of Poker pass before his eyes; Johnny Chan slapping his cards down on the table, calling out “All in,” in front of God knows how many people. He sees Phil Hellmuth with his chin supported on his hands, shuffling chips and staring down his opponent. He smirks at the thought of Chris Moneymaker’s famous bluff against Sam Farha. He’s glad he doesn’t need to bluff this hand; he has very solid cards in front of him.
Oasis Poker Introduction When it comes to classic card games played by casino players, the game of poker is considered as one of the most popular and challenging. Today, many online casinos are offering different versions of poker games, and most of the time, these casinos offer poker tournaments to appeal to the needs of poker enthusiasts. Also, the popularity of the game can be traced to the skills required in the game. In poker, the skills of players matter, as compared to the randomness that happen in slot games. Now, Net Entertainment has provided casual and regular casino players with a casino games that fuse the excitement of slots, and the challenges of poker.
Gambling addiction is a unique addiction that can sneak up on just about anyone. Just about everyone has the urge to gamble or make a wager on something they
How can someone become so addicted to throwing their money away when they are already broke? This seems like an unreasonable question that is asked too often. Gambling becomes an addiction when it interferes with the regular lifestyle of someone or those close to him or her. Jeanne Seaga, Ph.D., Melinda Smith, M.A., and Lawrence Robinson say a gambler will withdraw from loved ones, sneak around, lie, and borrow or even steal money. Many people know of someone who gambles at a casino that does not know when to quit. It is easy to keep putting money into a slot machine to try and make back the difference lost. Gambling can potentially become dangerous, leading to family issues and financial breakdowns. Luckily, there are solutions to gambling that can mend broken relationships and bring a balanced income back into the picture for recovering addicts.
Simulating violence in games are physically harmful to teens. An article called “High Jinks: Shootout” written by Guy Martin, describes teens jumping over fences and taking highly dangerous and difficult routes to and from school. On top of that, many participants take off-course routes to gain an an advantage over their opponents. These routes (woods, alleys, construction sites) likely contain many hazards which could easily cause a sprained ankle, broken arm, and many more severe injuries. As a result, physical injuries are quite prominent when participants go out of their way into dangerous routes and places in order to squirt someone with a jet of water. It even goes as far as stalking opponents. A student who participated in Killer, had stalked his targets to an airport! At a place like this with tight security, it is quite possible for a security personnel to misinterpret this game as a public safety threat. Because of theses consequences, it is not appropriate for teens to jump fences and stalk someone to their house just for a game with a small prize. In The Great Office War—a video produced by Runaway Box—the office workers shot their coworkers with foam bullets which could potentially injure someone as nobody participating in the game was wearing protective facial equipment. A bullet could’ve easily hit someone in the eye and cause an unexpected emergency. Many people
Addiction is something that may seem inevitable but at the end it’s entirely the fault of a person who is addicted. In the article by Charles Duhigg ‘the power of habit’ Angie Bachmann got addicted to gambling, it was because of her fault as she kept accepting the offers from cassino and many other reasons.. Both knew what they were doing but still Angie let herself get into the situation, and the casino encouraged it. She was a well settled housewife, when everybody used to leave the house she was all alone. One fine day, while passing through the street she took a visit to casino just for a change.
In the article is says that “Three water guns shoved inside the pocket of a hoodie.” People may think that the person carrying these items are a terrorist or dangerous and cause a sean and have the kid with the water guns shoved in pocket tackled to the ground and hurt. The articles also says “ “I told the driver to pull over on the other side of the street, but he wouldn’t do it,” Cohen said, the wet splotch drying in the center of his T-shirt. In the end, the Protell-Lowther team won, with twenty-one kills.” Kids can be very competitive when it comes to role playing games. Therefore they do anything just to win the game , kids can become very furious with a driver or anyone in public, so they may blame a person in pubic for losing the game and may hurt
Gambling is described as the betting of money or property on the result of an event or game that is mainly random with the desire to win more money or gain additional property. The industry or sector created by the activity of legal gambling is referred to as gaming. Since inception, gambling and gaming has continued to develop to an extent that it worth more than $335 billion across the globe. Most of the revenues obtained in this industry are generated by casinos and lotteries. In the past few years, gambling and gaming have attracted significant concern and controversy, especially with regards to the morality of the practice and whether its financial benefits outweigh the damage. While proponents of gambling
Games are something played by children and adults alike. Despite this, they remain difficult to define. I have a bias towards summer camp games as well as board games. Thus any definition I read is assessed to see how these two categories of games mesh with the definition. With this in mind I will attempt to defend the versatility of the following definition:
School districts are finding ways to include all kinds of technology into our school's curriculum. Educators seem to have caught on to the power video games have over our children. During the last decade, gaming is one way that teachers have found a strong connection to a good majority of their students. Today video gaming is widely used for educational purposes. “Interactive games are being used to teach our children history, vocabulary, math, and reading. These same games challenge students to set and achieve goals, while enhancing their ability to work in teams" (Slota 1). In elementary schools across the country, video games like Oregon Trail, Spelling City and Micro Type Pro make learning fun. Student who may not do well with typical curriculum, find they do well with technological assistance. Elementary schools are not the only place you'll find kids playing video game. Many of our high schools are also using video games as valuable educational tools. “If we w...
Majority of games are not designed for educational purposes. However, there are some games that are made for educational to teach ethical/political issues to teenagers through a familiar medium. Teenagers also have to know when to play game and when to stop. It is a wrong time to play games if a teenager hasn’t done his/her homework. And this will result in parents asking their son/daughter to study. There’s no problem of talking about the game with friends. However, there are some people who cannot come out from the “game world” because they are not attached to the real world and ending up killing two policeman in the real world like the incident in Alabama, US in 2003.