31.   Experts say that unlike compulsive gamblers, professional gamblers approach betting as a job rather than as a fulfillment of an addiction.

32.   Finamore acknowledged that a small percentage of gamblers were at risk to become compulsive gamblers.

33.   For compulsive gamblers like Marquita Crockett, the casinos have meant nothing but trouble.

34.   Frederick Barthelme acknowledged that he and his brother could be classified as problem or compulsive gamblers.

35.   Gamblers Anonymous is an organization designed to help compulsive gamblers stop gambling.

36.   He added that with personal computers now ubiquitous the on-line casinos could prove a devastating temptation for the growing numbers of compulsive gamblers.

37.   He admitted to being a compulsive gambler.

38.   He does not like to think of himself as a compulsive gambler, but he is at least a committed gambler.

39.   He was a jealous husband, a compulsive gambler and an epileptic whose seizures were frequent and violent.

40.   However, it is impossible to predict if a person will become a compulsive gambler, he said.