There are approximately 250 million adults living in the United States. Researchers who do not get their funding from the gaming industry estimate that there are about 2ý million pathological or addicted gamblers, 3 million problem gamblers, and about 15 million at-risk gamblers in our country. Now letâÂÂs say with the proliferation of casinos in our country, that half, a quarter, an eighth, or even a sixteenth of those numbers, have, or, are about to have, a compulsive casino gambling problem. That would mean there could be some where around 1.3 million casino gambling junkies in America. If youâÂÂre having a hard time comprehending these figures, maybe this will help. HereâÂÂs a photograph of approximately 110,000 football fans, it would take twelve times what you see here to reach 1.3 million. Now if we throw in all the family members, friends, employers, employees, and so on, who were also affected by the compulsive casino gamblers ill-doings, wouldnâÂÂt you think, that would be enough casualties for Legislators, Gaming Control Board members, and State Health officials to start addressing how casinos âÂÂBREEDâ compulsive gamblers.
