This continued on for a few months: she and her husband would fight about money, and she would then go to 19th Hole. Finally, it all was too much. All of her family and friends gathered and intervened. They were not going to let her throw her life away over an addiction. On the other hand, by the end of Angie's downward spiral, she put her family $20,000 in debt, lost their family home, and her parents' inheritance (251). Angie Bachmann's decision to gamble cost her family a great sum of money. In essence, Angie is responsible for her gambling addiction and her debts because she consciously began gambling, she continued gambling when she lost half a million dollars and relapsed after steering clear of casinos for years. .
It is true that Harrah's casino employees continued to call Bachmann's home with promotions for free airfare and transportation, but Angie Bachmann could have taken her name off of the caller list. According to Bachmann's lawyer, "Harrah's had preyed on someone they knew had no control over her habits" (269). Bachmann's lawyer believes that Harrah preyed on Angie by giving her free suites, alcohol, and concert tickets. Although Bachmann's lawyer's argument was strong enough to make it to the Supreme Court, it is the casino's job to offer promotions and great deals. Offering free upgraded suites and extending loans is how casinos make business and money. According to Justice Robert Rucker, "There is no common law duty obligating a casino operator to refrain from attempting to entice or contact gamblers that t knows or should know are compulsive gamblers. The state had a 'voluntary exclusion program' in which any person could ask for their name to be placed upon a list that required casino to bar them from playing" (269). Correspondingly, Angie Bachmann could have easily asked to be taken off the callers list. As simple as saying "Hello", Angie could have asked the casinos host to be on the voluntary exclusion program.
