Gamblers' $3.5B suit against OLG rejected

"Problem gamblers have lost their bid to a launch a $3.5 billion class action lawsuit against the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
Between December 1999 and February 2005, more than 10,000 people voluntarily signed "self-exclusion" forms, asking the government-owned lottery corporation to bar them from its gaming sites.
The lawsuit alleges that these individuals suffered losses after the OLG failed to prevent them from entering gaming sites and gambling."

Can you believe this shite? Hmm, let's do some math.
Say the 10,000 gamblers lost $1,000 each, that would only equal $10 million.
Say the 10,000 gamblers lost $10,000 each, that would only equal $100 million.
Say the 10,000 gamblers lost $100,000 each, that would only equal $1 billion.
That would mean that the 10,000 gamblers are saying they each lost $350,000!!!!!!
I know this math may be faulted, but it still is a staggering amount of clams.
Comments on this story range from humour (i.e. another gamble lost) to lofty eruptions in the manner of what happened to personal responsibility for one's actions?
The casinos must be laughing all the way to the bank. Imagine what the casinos are making in the much more populated USA!
I spend $16 a month on the 649, and bet the odd $2 bet on sports games. I've been doing this since 1991 and have probably lost a total of $1000, and won around $440. Which way to the rehab resort?

PS - Perhaps all is not lost for these folks :

"Ontario Superior Court Justice Maurice Cullity didn't dismiss the merits of their claims against OLG, but said the gamblers' claims were based on their own unique personal circumstances — so they'd have to file individual lawsuits."

PSS - Unfortunately, I believe, that would mean each individual would have to hire their own lawyer, a task that one who has just recently flushed 350K into Lake Ontario would find a bit daunting, I dare say.

Chris.