Good Gam 225 Week 15 Video Analysis Critical Thinking Example

Carole O’Hare, Executive Director of Nevada Council on Problem Gambling, Peter Egoian, Instructor of the International Gambling Institute and Bo Bernhard, Executive Director and Associate Professor of International Gambling Institute were invited to discuss the issue of problem gambling and its impact on the American society.
The main problem of the issue is that it affects not only gamblers themselves but their families as well; Carole O’Hare told they received calls from the mothers who needed help with their children who had the addiction to gambling, because they couldn’t manage it due to their relations, they said that every time their children asked for money, the parents couldn’t help but give it to them even realizing for which purposes it would be used. Gambling business is far more difficult comparing with the other, because at least, to open such business one has to get the permission of government leaders. The United States currently works effectively towards combating gambling industry by organizing different associations, such as, for example, American Gambling Association which is directed at regulation of problem gambling in the country.
It is highly important for hotel manager to be well-prepared for the issue of problem gambling which includes comprehensive background because it is a human issue and problem gambling is a brain problem as gamblers look at money differently comparing to other people, so the issue involves, except for governmental, many other factors such as psychological, social, criminal, etc. Gambling industry is a prospective and profitable business nowadays; hotel manager has to realize the consequences it might drag creating a platform for the development of dangerous and risky behavior as well as encouraging criminal cases and thefts.
Problem gambling is an issue which is dealt on the governmental level but in order to achieve the desired result we have to address the issue multilaterally, coordinating joint actions for combating problem gambling in the United States. Thus, hotel industry is the first level on which the problem has to be resolved as it is tightly related to the risky activities of its clients which promotes further development of the problem.