None of the three stories tonight mentioned poker. Has the segment been put off yet again?

Not on again tonight. Are they ever going to air it?

wwwwwwwwwwwwttttttttttffffffff

I DVR'd and thought I wasted 5minz of my life until the animal story. So tomorrow?

I wasted a half hour just now as well.

no it's not.

~1% of the population suffers from gambling addiction.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem...ing#Prevalence


http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128429.php


http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/harvar...ddiction-2093/



but hey, who needs facts!

Is this story available to watch online?

+1

When Nightline actually airs the story, it'll be available online.

Any updates on when it will be on? Or when they are planning on it?

will this be on tonight?

If it aird thurs they didnt put it online WTF???

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?catId=1206872

It did not air Thursday yet again. Who knows when/if they will air it in the future.

They probably backed off after the "negative comments" lo

really shocked when i seen that artical was written by a women...

Vegas was built by organized crime who knew the only winners in the games were the house. Initially they catered to the high rollers and the average Joe, specifically the soldier who would pass through to get to west coast in the average class. The high rollers provided them with desert while the average Joe was meat and potatos. It is still that way but not much catering to the average Joe. To those who say it's skill - if that were the case you wouldn't have new winners appearing. The same ones would continue to win and take the big money since they have the skill. I don't care how skillful you think you are when you think you can beat the cards you're wrong. If you get the cards you'll win, if you don't you lose. You may make a few plays and steal a pot a few times but in the end - no cards, you're out. If you don't believe this ask the poker "pros" who are eliminated by the "lucky amatuer". Casinos make money because the odds favor the house in all games. In this case how much free advertising and how much rent do they make from all the poker tournaments? A piece of the action is what they are after.


quite possibly the funniest thing i've ever read

The problem is we are talking about problem gamblers among gamblers and you are citing problem gamblers among the entire population (i.e., a percentage of those who gamble and don't gamble.)

That doesn't say a whole lot. A bar owner doesn't need to know that 7% (or whatever) of the population is an alcoholic since most of his patrons drink. He needs to know, of his drinkers, how many will become problems (or good for business ) for any meaningful data.

Of all poker players, far greater than 1% are degens, obv. Also, the 0.6% is for Britain and locations such as Nevada are 6% of all residents, and not just of those who gamble. The figure for the US is closer to 3% of all adults.

I'm pretty sure they would've had desert whether the high rollers showed up or not.

crazy logic pretty scary this person gets a job telling all other humans right from wrong through our in house media brothels

who wrote this? is this copied and pasted? gotta be the worst written paragraph in the history of publishing

Really shocked when I saw how you spelled article and a woman

any updates on this?

Would like to see this eventually air. Any updates?

Plz post link if it's online.

FWIW, we were told it would air 'sometime this week'. I'll post in here when I hear anything closer.

Mark

Edit: Blaine says he's been told tomorrow (Monday) but he wouldn't be surprised if it gets pushed back to Tuesday.