Days before he killed his family and then himself, a Michigan man endured heavy gambling losses at a Vegas casino, despite already being in severe financial straits, a Michigan police chief said.  Two days after the Nov. 19 losses, J. H. Moukalled returned from Las Vegas to his Farmington Hills, Michigan, home, where he suffocated his three children, shot his wife and took his own life. 

“These are five people who had their lives destroyed because of gambling,” Farmington Hills police Chief William Dwyer said.  In the kitchen of Moukalled’s home, Dwyer said police found two torn up casino markers totaling $225,000.

More studies/stories on the negative effects of gambling.

“Police chief blames gambling for deaths”, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 23, 2006, Glenn Puit