Ontario Making Money and Addicts

It is scary to think that almost 5% of the adults in Ontario have moderate or severe problems with slot machines and gambling. However, it is true. Not only that, but according to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp another 10% are at risk for developing a serious gambling addiction problem as well.

This is particularly frightening if you look at the numbers of residents that are playing the slot machines and gambling. Almost 64% gamble at least once a year, which means that more people are getting hooked on slot machines and gambling all the time.

They have also found some things that are universally true for gambling all over the world – such as the fact that both men and women share the same propensity for gambling, and both have an equal amount of chance of playing. However, men will spend more money gambling then women will.

They have also found that people like the slot machines and casinos in Ontario. More than 25 million people each year come to the racetracks and casinos in Ontario. With 10 casinos, 16 racetracks and more than 20,000 slot machines to choose from, it is no wonder.

The government has much to do with those figures however. They spend more than a half of a billion dollars every year promoting the slot machines and gambling in the province; which undoubtedly is what brings the people in.



 

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