Gambling News by House of Odds

What puzzles me about gambling addiction is that the gambler doesn't take any mind-altering chemical into his system. It isn't booze or pot or crystal meth that's at work. He's doing it to himself. And if you can choose to do something, can't you choose not to?

The Memphis Grizzlies signed restricted free-agent forward Josh Smith, of the Atlanta Hawks, to an offer sheet yesterday. Atlanta has 7 days to match the offer. Neither Wallace Prather, Smith's agent, nor the Grizzlies would give details and the Hawks declined to comment.