Gambling (Part III) 

Gambling varies by country, with some countries such as Korea or Russia being literally overrun with slot machines and gambling. It has led to a decline in their culture, and suicide and bankruptcy rates are on the rise. 

In the United States, gambling is allowed in some form in all but two states. Thirty-eight of the fifty states allow lotteries; and some of the states participate in progressive lotteries as well. Many states allow gambling on Indian reservations, even if they don’t allow it anywhere else in the state. California for example, gambling is illegal unless you are on an Indian Reservation, or if you are playing the lottery. It used to be that if you wanted to play a slot machine, you had to be on a reservation or in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, but this is no longer the case. Many pari-mutuels, such as the ones in Florida, are now allowing slot machine gambling on their grounds.  

Canada has seen its fair share of gambling as well, with their gambling rates going up $9 billion a year since 1992. They also however, have a very high suicide rate, with roughly 360 per year directly related to gambling. Britain takes a much easier route, and allows betting offices, slot machines, as well as gambling in homes or clubs. However, most gamblers in Britain never win, but they don’t care – they say they do it for the fun of it. Australia has more than twenty percent of the world’s slot machines, and eight out of ten of them gamble. Their statistics are scary as well, with 330,000 Australians reporting gambling problems. One in ten of them have contemplated suicide at some point.  

What we are trying to get across here, is that gambling is fun. Slot machines are fun, but please play responsibly. Know how long you can go for, and definitely know how much you can afford to lose. Don’t take money with you that you can’t lose.

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