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Every state except Hawaii and Utah has some form of legalized gambling. |
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There are were over 650 Internet gaming sites with five to six domain registrations daily. Internet gaming estimated at 1.2B in 1999 and estimated to exceed 3B in 2002 (Bear, Sterns, & Co., 1999). |
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Legal betting on the NCAA men's basketball tournament exceeds that for the Superbowl, and experts believe this is even more the case when illegal betting is considered. |
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Teenagers become
involved in gambling sooner than they become involved in smoking and alcohol use (University of Minnesota, 1998). |
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As many as 8% of American and Canadian teenagers self-identify as having a serious gambling problem (almost 2X as high as the rate for adults) (University of Minnesota, 1998). |
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80% of teenage boys report gambling at least once in the past year, and 20% of teenage boys report gambling weekly (Bear, Sterns, & Co., 1999). |
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35M teens are addicted to gambling (Harvard Medical School, 1997). |
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85% of college students in the United States report having been involved in some form of gambling, and 23% report being involved on a weekly basis (Lesieur, et al, 1991). |
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72% of college football and basketball players have been involved in some form of gambling while in college (University of Michigan, 1998). |
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About half of college students in the United States have gambled within the past year (University of Minnesota, 1998). |
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5.5% of college students in the United States are pathological gamblers (University of Michigan, 1998). |
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672K college students are addicted to gambling (Harvard Medical School, 1997). |
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Ways in which pathological gamblers raise money after losing regular funds (in rank order): salary advance, use savings, float checks, cash in bonds or IRAs, use funds put away for special purposes, convert physical assets, borrow from multiple sources, con family and friends, borrow from loan sharks, steal from family and friends, evade income taxes, commit embezzlement/forgery/fraud (Texas Council on Problem and Compulsive Gambling, 1995). |
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25% of compulsive gamblers have attempted suicide. |
