A website that gives information on gambling in America has some stark statistics. QuitGamble.coms Gambling Addiction Statistics and Facts 2024 indicates that 3 per cent American gamblers are struggling with a huge gambling debt, with 20 per cent of them filing for bankruptcy after losing all their money.
Interestingly, according to this survey, there are more women gambling addicts than men who struggle with gambling debts, at 78 per cent against 71 per cent for male addicts.
While these statistics sound distant and out of our immediate concern, Kenya is presently grappling with the unprecedented growth of gambling products whose popularity is growing courtesy of weak regulatory policies for the gambling industry, the Internet and …
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