Wow, that picture is not something that happens in the U.S.! I think it's hard to be a "healthy" losing player because there aren't many good reasons to keep d

Wow, that picture is not something that happens in the U.S.! I think it's hard to be a "healthy" losing player because there aren't many good reasons to keep doing something that's costing you money when the whole point of the activity is to win money. But I suppose if you're always within 5 minutes of a slot-machine that changes things a little. Here in the U.S. gambling is heavily regulated so unless you live unusually close to Las Vegas, Atlantic City, a Native American reservation, or other small areas where it's legal it takes a lot of effort to get to a casino. I don't really know but I'd guess that most people here are an hour or so from the closest legal gambling, and there are even states with zero legal gambling. edit: look at the map about halfway down this page, it's out of date but sums up gambling access in America pretty well: https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/july-1994/emlaissez-le-bon-temps-rouletteem-letting-the-good-times-roll-on-riverboat-casinos https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/j...