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If a person wanna gamble with their entire years salary, the government shouldn't have any say or order on it. They can advise although.
That's my money, my rule, this is the rule we like.
Hope our government will not follow the same law as gambling addiction is also high in our country.
Gambling addiction, as any other addiction, is a bad thing, and it can't be ignored, even if only from 5% to 10% of all gamblers in most countries can be called problem gamblers. But the regulations should not be harmful for 90%-95% of gamblers who gamble to relax from their hard work, and can work more effectively after that. The importance of relaxation is underestimated big time in economic terms. Deprive people of relaxation, and economy will collapse.
actually that 5-10% is smaller than what is reality has,because i believe that almost half of gamblers are addicted maybe some of them don't accept it but it is indeed they are.
addiction must be faced immediately before it gets worst since addict don't usually accept they are.
they must be cured and must be helped.
It is impossible to say exactly what percentage of gamblers have gambling problems, but the number can be estimated because numerous studies have been conducted on the subject. I've read many reports, and I bet most of the researchers would agree on the "5% -10%" estimation, and the actual number would be rather close to 5% than to 10%.
I'll show you just one example of how to estimate the percentage of addicted gamblers.
Take the number 2.6% from this article
The North American Foundation for Gambling Addiction Help reports that approximately 2.6% of the U.S. population has some type of gambling issue.
and keep in mind that their having "some type of gambling issue" doesn't imply they are gambling addicts, but okay, let's make an upper estimate of the number.
then take 60% from here(again, for an upper estimate):
Approximately 85 percent of Americans have gambled at least once in their lives; 60 percent have gambled in the previous year.
Now, let's do some simple math here:
2.6% x (1 ÷ 0.6) = 4.333333333%
In other words, only 4.3% of the people who have gambled in the previous year were having "some type of gambling issue". The percentage may vary from country to country, but it is hardly above 10% anywhere. CMIIW.