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Thanks for the insightful comment. I'm little more than a tourist, you've been dealing with this far longer than me. :P From the statistics page: > 48% of peo
by chatmasta 9y ago
Thanks for the insightful comment. I'm little more than a tourist, you've been dealing with this far longer than me. :P
From the statistics page:
> 48% of people have gambled in the past four weeks
That is mind blowing. Yet only 0.5% of people 16+ England identify as "problem gamblers." That means that roughly 1% of all gamblers identify as "problem gamblers." Of course, it's gotta be pretty bad before you admit to yourself you have a problem.
A more telling statistic would be the amount of money lost per gambler per month as a percent of their income. But no gambler knows how much they lost this month; indeed, that's probably part of the problem. Perhaps the law should require bookies to track each person's winnings/losings and show them a big red number for how much they've lost at that bookie.