I’m not “gullible” re: gambling addiction, ER. I’ve had several longtime friends and also relatives that have succumbed to it (online poker included). I understand everything.

It’s sad to see them go from `having it all’ to rock bottom (and even having their paychecks garnished).

But Mayor Mo had a brain tumor. We don’t know for how long. Her lawyer states she had been gambling for 10(+?) years. It appears that she spent a LOT of time at (local) Barona Casino in Lakeside (esp since video poker had been suspended from internet subscribers in the US for a number of recent months – not sure how many).

Her husband died in ’94 and she (apparently) didn’t start gambling heavily until 2002(?).

I just see this whole debacle as very sad. She had everything going for her and could have been VERY secure for life and botched it.

The brain tumor is the only thing that explains this bizarre behavior.

What sickens me is why the casinos allow an account for chips in the first place … no matter WHO you are! They shouldn’t extend credit and there should be a law against it, in NJ and NV, as well as a BIA law (for tribal lands).