After alcohol, gambling is the number two drug among Germans. In Slot machine casinos, gambling on the Internet, betting at the racetrack or in state-run casinos - Germans gamble away millions every year. According to conservative estimates, around 600,000 Germans are addicted to gambling
One of them is Klaus F. Schmidt. The self-made man with no training made millions in Germany in the mid-1990s by launching a water fountain device. After leaving the company, he fell for the drug of gambling and lost everything on Roulette within two years. Today, he lives in an attic at subsistence level and fights for a reform of the State Gambling Treaty and against state-run casinos.
The casino of the small man are the automat play halls, which shoot in completely Germany everywhere from the soil. Alone in Berlin there are in the meantime scarcely 500 - tendency rising. Two of these Berlin automat casinos belong to Marion K. In third generation it places the so-called penny graves in completely Berlin and environment. They are part of the inventory, especially in Berlin's typical corner bars
"Nowadays, innkeepers can't survive without the vending machines," says Dagmar Steinke, a pub landlady with a passion. "We use the income from the machines to pay for electricity and gas." They don't want to hear anything about Gambling addiction; alcohol and cigarettes are just as much a part of everyday life here as the vending machines.
Nicolai Laaser from Berlin gets his weekly thrills at the racetrack. Even if he bets a maximum of a hundred euros, gambling for money is always a part of life for him and his family.
2.5 million simply gambled away - popular drug gambling
25th Nov. 2022, at 03:34 pm CET#2
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Awesome documentary. Thought also first, this 65 year old man would be Paul Gauselmann personally .
Joking aside, already fierce 2.5 million away at Roulette, but nice to see that he has nevertheless found his peace of mind in old age.
Matthias wrote on 25.11.2022 at 15:34: Awesome documentary. Thought this 65 year old man was Paul Gauselmann himself .
Joking aside, already hefty to blow away 2,5 million at Roulette, but nice to see that he still found his peace of mind in old age.
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a certain resemblance is present
I like that he warns and educates about the dangers today without trying to ban it
Many "former" addicts usually rail against the addictive substance they were addicted to and scream the loudest when it comes to banning it. So according to the motto, I fell for it and may no longer, so no one should be allowed...
2.5 million simply gambled away - popular drug gambling
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One of them is Klaus F. Schmidt. The self-made man with no training made millions in Germany in the mid-1990s by launching a water fountain device. After leaving the company, he fell for the drug of gambling and lost everything on Roulette within two years. Today, he lives in an attic at subsistence level and fights for a reform of the State Gambling Treaty and against state-run casinos.
The casino of the small man are the automat play halls, which shoot in completely Germany everywhere from the soil. Alone in Berlin there are in the meantime scarcely 500 - tendency rising. Two of these Berlin automat casinos belong to Marion K. In third generation it places the so-called penny graves in completely Berlin and environment. They are part of the inventory, especially in Berlin's typical corner bars
"Nowadays, innkeepers can't survive without the vending machines," says Dagmar Steinke, a pub landlady with a passion. "We use the income from the machines to pay for electricity and gas." They don't want to hear anything about Gambling addiction; alcohol and cigarettes are just as much a part of everyday life here as the vending machines.
Nicolai Laaser from Berlin gets his weekly thrills at the racetrack. Even if he bets a maximum of a hundred euros, gambling for money is always a part of life for him and his family.
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2.5 million simply gambled away - popular drug gambling
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Joking aside, already fierce 2.5 million away at Roulette, but nice to see that he has nevertheless found his peace of mind in old age.
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2.5 million simply gambled away - popular drug gambling
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😁
a certain resemblance is present
I like that he warns and educates about the dangers today without trying to ban it
Many "former" addicts usually rail against the addictive substance they were addicted to and scream the loudest when it comes to banning it. So according to the motto, I fell for it and may no longer, so no one should be allowed...
This post has been translated automatically