'They roll out the red carpet when I come in,' one retiree says.

The greatest need for human beings, especially those who have been marginalized for one reason or another, is to be accepted, to feel wanted, to be a part of the whole.

To satisfy this need, people will crawl over cut glass on their knees to the one who is willing to fill that void.

Casinos are a criminal "fix" for emotionally starved seniors, conning them into believing that they are of more worth to the Casino than the dollars they can mindlessly pump into their slot machines.

The poor seniors have become like little children, trusting the faux affection effused by surrogate friends, John Worthingthon "Hon...

'They roll out the red carpet when I come in,' one retiree says.

The greatest need for human beings, especially those who have been marginalized for one reason or another, is to be accepted, to feel wanted, to be a part of the whole.

To satisfy this need, people will crawl over cut glass on their knees to the one who is willing to fill that void.

Casinos are a criminal "fix" for emotionally starved seniors, conning them into believing that they are of more worth to the Casino than the dollars they can mindlessly pump into their slot machines.

The poor seniors have become like little children, trusting the faux affection effused by surrogate friends, John Worthingthon "Honest John" Foulfellow and Gideon (the Fox and the Cat in "Pinocchio").