The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling came out with its numbers Tuesday, and addiction experts and others weighed in.

The number of requests for help last year? 4,208.

I'm trying to get a handle on the scope of that number. We have 18 million people in the state; the Hard Rock alone said it had 40,000 people, about 10 times the number of callers, on its first week of blackjack alone. (And I'm curious how blackjack will affect next year's numbers.)

But then, there are the gamblers who may have deep, deep problems, but don't call the 1-888-ADMIT-IT line.

Still trying to sort this out. Anyone have any thoughts?