Bet From Anywhere Blog » Uncategorized http://www.betfromanywhere.com/blog Legal Internet Gambling, Sports Betting and Skill Based Gaming. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:10:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Gambling Facts to Ponder http://www.betfromanywhere.com/blog/gambling-facts-to-ponder/ http://www.betfromanywhere.com/blog/gambling-facts-to-ponder/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:51:05 +0000 admin http://www.betfromanywhere.com/blog/?p=97
  • About 86% of Americans have gambled during their lives.
  • 60% of Americans gamble in a given year.
  • The amount of money wagered annually in the United States is estimated to be about $500 billion.
  • Casino gambling (often referred to as “gaming”) had gross revenues of $84.65 billion in 2005.
  • The American Psychiatric Association says between 1% and 3% of the U.S. population is addicted to gambling, depending on location and demographics.
    • Youth have even higher addiction rates, between 4 an 8%.
    • Pathological and problem gamblers in the United States cost society approximately $5 billion per year, and an additional $40 billion, in lifetime costs related to productivity reductions, social services, bankruptcy, and health care.
    • Each compulsive gambler costs the economy between $14,006 and $22,077 per year.
    • About 80% of pathologic gamblers seriously consider suicide, and 20 to 30% actually attempt or succeed in killing themselves.
    • Nevada has been the highest in the nation for suicides for 10 of the last 12 years
  • Gambling addiction rates double within 50 miles of a casino
  • Rates of past-year job loss are twice as high in individuals with a pathologic gambling disorder
  • Rates of having filed for bankruptcy are four times as high individuals with a pathologic gambling disorder
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    NYTimes is running an interesting article about how some internet gambling companies alert the sports leagues when they see irregular betting patterns on their sport games.

    Unfortunatly many sports governing bodies have refused the offer of help including the International Olympic Committee. A spokeswoman for the I.O.C., Emmanuelle Moreau, said that the committee had taken proactive measures to address gambling threats. She also said it expected to have a system in place to be alerted to irregular betting before the Beijing Games in August.

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