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Should Casinos Withhold Child Support Payments from Winnings?
In an effort to make deadbeat Dads pay child support instead of gamble their money away, some states in the US are passing laws requiring that part of their casino winnings be automatically withheld for child support. On the surface, it sounds like a good idea, but is it really? I don’t think so, for a couple of reasons.
Casinos, whether online or not, don’t want to turn away potential gamblers. My guess is that the casino lobbies got together to make sure the government didn’t do the right thing and just refuse deadbeat Dad’s the right to gamble outright. Divorced men make up a big chunk of the gambling business. Responsible married men don’t habitually risk their family’s welfare on gambling.
Secondly, as everybody with a brain knows, gambling is a losing proposition. The odds are always against winning, so even if the casino took out a portion of a man’s winnings one day, he would be losing that potential child support money the next day and the day after that. No, the only answer is to shut them out until after child support is paid. Then, as a reward for their good behavior, they could gamble again. If common decency doesn’t motivate them to pay child support, then fear of losing the right to gamble just may!
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