John Bothe, the announcer at New Jersey's Meadowlands Racetrack, says compulsive gambling nearly destroyed his life. So when the track's management asked Bothe to start announcing the odds of races over in-house TVs set up for patrons, he refused, afraid that even talking about odds could rekindle his gambling problem. The track then cut his pay. Bothe then sued his employers, claiming that his gambling addiction is a disability that they have to accommodate by restoring his previous pay without requiring him to announce the odds.

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