How could a parent even think of doing this to their child?

I have been working for a casino as a blackjack dealer for about 2 weeks now. Well this lady (about 40yrs old) came in and sat at my table, she had about 5000 dollars in chips, she lost it all within two hours, then she left and came back with 10,000 dollars, she lost 2k on rollette table, then 3k on the 5card poker table, then she came back to my table an lost the last 5k at my table. She had lost 15k in about 10hrs. Well the next day she came back and played at my table, she sold her car just so she could gamble again, so she had about 30k, she lost 15k of that at a different casino then she lost that last 15k at the casino i work at. Well she ran out of money at my table so i told her she'd have to let someone else take her seat if she didnt have any more chips, so she replied ';well i have 4 kids, i'll bet them, just let me keep playing';. I was shocked, i have never heard anyone offer that before, i was also quite disgusted.. I told her again she'd have to leave the table, and again she said she'll bet her kids. So i called security and well by the next day she ended up in jail because she tried to bet her kids again at another casino.


I found out this afternoon that the lady gambled ALL of her money in the bank and she put 3 morgages on her house and sold her car just to gamble and when she had nothing left she tried to offer her kids to gamble with. She has 4 kids and i found out they are 3yrs, 7yrs, 15yrs and 20yrs old.





And my question is: What do you think could cause someone to think like that? and How could someone even think like that?





I feel soo bad for these kids, i know the 20yr old, he is a nice boy, and because his father is serving in the military and wont be home for the next 11mo, and his mother is going to lose custody, he gets to raise his little siblings by his self.How could a parent even think of doing this to their child?
If this sounds insensitive, then my bad but..


1.She probably knew something terrible was going go happen and thought that she would just drop it all for the rush.


2.She thought that having kids would be night but in the end, it wasn't worth the memories and so might as well screw (pardon my language) them over in a life of debt to the banks and forcing the eldest to work miserably while his father have to find another way to support them and quit to military to be around more often.


3.She was hated her kids because of all the stress that she had been through since you said she was around 40yrs old.


4.She could've hated her husband and wanted to drop everything on him and wanted to drop everything on her family.


5.She has a serious gambling problem.


6.My last, she never felt the rush of things and thought it would be fun to gamble but never thought she would get addicted.





I don't think these would even come close to letting her off easily because in short, risking the well being of her family is just really cruel. To be honest, half those answers I given shouldn't be up there but i thought they should be something to consider anyways. I hope there would be someone who would be sympathetic and help her In debt family out but... that is some serious money problem...How could a parent even think of doing this to their child?
They have very bad poker and gambling problems. She might be addicted to it. I feel sorry for the kids though. No one should ever have to go through that. I hope it turns out well for them.
Actually, she probably didn't think. That's awful.
Obsessed. She was definitely addicted to gambling.
Pretty sure there was no thinking involved.
She probably has a mental illness, maybe she was manic or has severe gambling problems.





I feel sorry for her!
Gambling addiction is an illness. I'm sure you will see a lot of gambling addicts where you work.





It's sad, yes.
She is addicted to gambling was she gambling for a week straight damn
that lady is so greedy and dumb she probably has another problem that leads to the gambling
she has a gambling problem, has there been an episode of intervention in this yet
trust me she was not the mum.
damn idk that is a crazy story tho.


How could people do a lot of things to their kids.


Boggles my brain
she has a severe gambling problem.


its just like alcoholism or drug abuse. its an addiction.


often addicts behave that way because they will do absolutely anything to get their hands on whatever their choice of drug is.


in her case it was gambling.


i would try not to ponder on it for that much longer, hopefully she'll get help.
Hi it's sad to say but from what you seen with in this woman and then haven children the two littlest ones their the ones that's gone to pay the most .


Because this woman was so hooked in to gambleing it's not just her money she lost but her children are the ones she's gone to lose what a price these children has to pay.


What in the world was she thinking she should have learned when she lost the first two times.


I am really sorry about these children. It's a very hurtful and scarie thing their gone to be in unless a family member will step in and take care of these children.


I have a daughter shes 41 years old she was doing good for a while then she got in to drugs drinking she lost everything her grant from SSI. Food stamps a place to live all her children all but one older son but all her other little ones went in to a home.


one of the froster homes these children went in to they were together but some one raped one of my little granson no nothing became of it but it sure did mess up his little mind


i can't and couldn't take them i'm very sick myself


May God be with them children


even thoe their father is gone to be gone for 11-months they need to pull him out so he can help his children andhe can be dis-miss for his children These childrens life depends on their and i think its wrong if he isn't contacted on this..
well its really simple acually, see gambaling is addictive to some people, so basicly instead of this women speading everything she has on heroin she spent it all on the casinos. and she had no care in the world at the time for her kids because all she could care about was play blackjack or what ever else was at the casino. im sure now she is regreting it all though
That's awful. No one should have to live like that, or have her as a guardian. You should get in touch with the boy and offer him some money. I know that no one has anything in this economy, but set aside 10% of your income and start a change jar, and every so often you should invite them all over, get in touch with them and be friends. God Bless.
OMG. I can't believe someone would actually do this to their own kids. Maybe she was highly addicted to gambling. All I can say is whoever would gamble their kids away shouldn't be a parent. You did the right thing, calling security. It's hard to believe that people in this world would actually treat their kids this way. I feel sorry for her kids and wish them all the luck!