Military Gambling Funding Troops Creating Addiction

The critics say:

Proponents say:

And the official line as told to CNN last May:

Slot machines and bingo games are often found on overseas military bases. From The Hill:

Critics charge pathological gambling is one by-product of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and these readily available gambling facilities only fuel the problem. According to The Hill’s article the last inpatient military treatment clinic for gambling was closed in 2006. From 1998-2003, two percent of military personnel (30,000 people) reported problems with pathological gambling. Despite outcry on the readily available gambling facilities, one retired Admiral had this to say:

To personalize the issue The Hill found Lenyatta Tinnelle, a senior airman who was eventually forced out of the Air Force as a result of her gambling addiction.