Who Gambles?
This group of gamblers is more likely to use gambling as an escape.
Who are Women.
95% of women who gamble are escape gamblers. Gambling is often used as a coping mechanism overwhelming troubles and emotions, and can be used to escape, soothe, distract, and reduce stress.
This is the most common co-occurring addiction combined with gambling.
What is alcohol?
Data from a large study in the United States found that alcohol addiction is the most frequently reported co-occurring condition among people with a gambling disorder. Just over 73% of people in the study that were diagnosed with gambling addiction also had an alcohol use disorder.
What is 25-50%?
A survey of spouses of disordered gamblers in the 1990s reported that 50% of spouses had been abused by their partners. Abuse can include physical violence, sexual assault, psychological/emotional abuse, financial abuse, harassment, and stalking.
These were found as far back as the ruins of Pompeii.
What are dice?
The first online Bingo and Poker sites were launched.
When is 1998?
The first online poker site was PlanetPoker.
This is the average age that a person is introduced to gambling.
What is 12 years old?
This is younger than the those for first use of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. Those who are introduced and begin gambling by age 12 are 4x more likely to become problem gamblers.
This can be a contributing factor of substance abuse and gambling disorder.
What is the environment?
Alcohol is served at most casinos. Gamblers may use drugs and alcohol to celebrate a win or cope with a loss. Some also use it to deal with the guilt and shame associated with gambling.
The percentage of spouses of disordered gamblers who have attempted suicide.
What is 12%?
Feelings of loss of control, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideations are increasingly reported in the spouses and other family members of disordered gamblers.
The founding fathers used public lotteries to finance these institutions.
What are universities including Harvard and Yale, churches, and hospitals?
Playing in demo mode is most common for this age demographic.
Who are teens and young adults?
They are able to learn step by step without being embarrassed and there are a lot of celebrity endorsements that make it look enticing.
The percentage of high school students who have gambled for money in the past year.
What is 60-80%
Between 60-80% of high school students have gambled for money in the last year. 4-6% of these are considered disordered gamblers (addicted to gambling), which another 6-8% are at risk for developing a serious gambling problem, or show signs of loss of control.
Gamblers who do this spend more days gambling and gamble more money than those who do not.
What is smoked?
Studies show gamblers who smoke craved gambling more and had lower perceived control over their gambling.
The odds that a spouse of a disordered gambler is more likely to wind up in the emergency room.
What is 10.5x more likely?
In Mississippi, domestic violence centers reported 300% increase in requests for help after casinos opened.
Gambling pre-dates this.
What is alcohol?
Interaction with people, driving distance, and stigma may be drawbacks to this type of gambling.
What are physical casinos?
Some benefits of online gambling include limited interaction with people, sense of fantasy, easy access, and it is easier to keep hidden.
College students have at-risk gambling rates that are this in relation to adult.
What is 2-3x higher?
Researchers estimate that 75% of all college students have gambled in the past year. Approximately 6% of college students in the US have a serious gambling problem.
The percentage of people who are addicted to gambling who will commit a crime.
What is 60%?
20% of disordered gamblers will have filed for bankruptcy.
In Indiana, this many children were found abandoned in casinos during a single 12 month period.
What is 72?
Some casinos have started putting signs in their parking lots/garages reminding players not to leave their children in unattended cars. Child neglect is considered a form of domestic violence.
The first Atlantic City casino opened in this year, making New Jersey the second state (after Nevada) with Casinos.
When is 1978?
Online gambling went live in New Jersey.
When is November 2013?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
For college-aged gamblers- rank the type of gambling from most popular to least popular: Cards/slots, sports, lottery.
1) The lottery @41%
2) Cards/slots @ 38%
3) Sports betting @ 23%
The average gambling debt of a disordered gambler.
What is $63,000 to $110,000?
Living within 10 miles of a casino can increase the chance of becoming a problem gambler by 90%.
Some women view physical casinos as this.
What is a refuge or escape?
Casinos can be seen as a safe space. There is 24-hour security that can and will help prevent physical violence against a spouse of a disordered gambler.
The two states in the US with NO form of legalized gambling.
What are Utah and Hawaii?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
Loot boxes have become regulated as gambling in these 6 countries.
Where is China, Japan, Australia, The Netherlands, Belgium, and the Isle of Man?