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When gambling addicts commit serious financial crimes, is prison the only answer? Las Vegas’ Problem Gambling Diversion Court has given local judges a rare alternative. But how well does the system work, really? For Problem Gambling Awareness Month, City Cast Las Vegas contributor and longtime local defense attorney Dayvid Figler joins host Sonja Cho Swanson to dive deep on the diversion court – and why Vegas might just be a model for other cities reckoning with worsening gambling addictions.
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