Ethel, LLC Comments on the California Intrastate Gambling Bill

ARLINGTON, VA February 8, 2010 – Ethel, LLC, the owner of ProblemPoker.com, a website that helps those affected with online gambling addiction comments on California’s proposed Intrastate Gambling Bill. ProblemPoker.com has been successfully providing their Gambling Addiction help services since early 2006, and California’s consideration of legalizing online gambling causes some concern.

Two major safeguard that are known to prevent individuals from gambling online is the legality of gambling online, and the concern of Internet scam websites that could essentially steal money from an individual’s account. These concerns have been reinforced through Ethel, LLC’s many interactions with gambling addicts and during numerous corporate visits to various gambling addiction wellness centers throughout the country. It is the opinion of Kevin Jones, Director of Marketing, “…if the state decides to legalize online gambling, gambling reduction software like ours should have a presence in order to blunt the negative social concerns that such legalization would cause.”

Ethel, LLC does not take a position on legality of gambling. Nevertheless, the Company believes that support services and State funding must be provided to treat the thousands of individuals adversely affected by gambling.

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Individuals can sign up to Ethel, LLC’s gambling website self-exclusion program from the ProblemPoker.com home page at www.problempoker.com.