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To: Peder E. Angvall who wrote (298)6/24/1999 8:31:00 AM
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The Real Social Threat of Gambling

Thu Jun 24 1999

"Is there any human activity, after all, that can be considered 100 % free of potential threat or risk to a society?" asks Jerry Heaster, Kansas City Star columnist. The NGISC estimates that 2.5 million pathological gamblers and 3 million problem gamblers reside in the US. If those numbers are valid, they are still relatively small in a population of over 260 million with easy access to gambling. Moreover, the sum that compulsive gamblers cost taxpayers, $6 to $9 billion annually, is insignificant in an $8 trillion economy. The social overhead costs created by problem gamblers seem trivial compared to the social costs of alcohol and drug-related problems. Although gambling, like the majority of human activities, does pose some threat to society, Heaster argues that "it would be irrational to deny the overwhelming majority of any society a social and economic good they want simply because a few can't handle its downside."
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