Poker-faced employees? Here's how to spot them

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Workplace gambling addiction is harder to detect than alcohol or other drug problems, says Lloyd Carr, senior director of Problem Gambling Programs for the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission in Edmonton. Here are some clues:

• unexplained absences, whether a very long lunch or an afternoon out of town with a cell phone that is, oddly, out of service
• offering to initiate an office football pool or group lottery ticket .purchases - too often
• being in charge of petty cash, but there are no receipts, or money is missing from petty cash
• borrowing money from co-workers or asking for pay advances
• erratic behaviours such as mood swings, irritability and secrecy
• boasting about winnings

 

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