"America now has twice as many publicly available gambling devices
that take money -- slot and video-poker machines and electronic
lottery outlets -- as it does ATMs that dispense it. In the past 15
years the number of such devices has grown fivefold, to more than
740,000 and it's still mounting. This year a record 73 million
Americans will visit one of the 1,200 gambling joints now stretching
from coast to coast -- a nearly 40% increase in visitors from just
five years ago. Players make an average of six pilgrimages a year to
these beckoning temples of luck, and more than a quarter of American
adults now list gambling as their No. 1 entertainment choice."
interesting stats...
Very interesting. What is the source of these stats?
- John
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "lv_nv_realtor" <irdd@...> wrote:
"America now has twice as many publicly available gambling devices
that take money -- slot and video-poker machines and electronic
lottery outlets -- as it does ATMs that dispense it. In the past 15
years the number of such devices has grown fivefold, to more than
740,000 and it's still mounting. This year a record 73 million
Americans will visit one of the 1,200 gambling joints now stretching
from coast to coast -- a nearly 40% increase in visitors from just
five years ago. Players make an average of six pilgrimages a year to
these beckoning temples of luck, and more than a quarter of American
adults now list gambling as their No. 1 entertainment choice."
i pulled the quote from a finance article...believe it was the
motley fools...
Very interesting. What is the source of these stats?
- John
>
> "America now has twice as many publicly available gambling
devices
> that take money -- slot and video-poker machines and electronic
> lottery outlets -- as it does ATMs that dispense it. In the past
15
> years the number of such devices has grown fivefold, to more
than
> 740,000 and it's still mounting. This year a record 73 million
> Americans will visit one of the 1,200 gambling joints now
stretching
> from coast to coast -- a nearly 40% increase in visitors from
just
> five years ago. Players make an average of six pilgrimages a
year to
> these beckoning temples of luck, and more than a quarter of
American
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "murphyfields" <jkludge@...> wrote:
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "lv_nv_realtor" <irdd@> wrote:
> adults now list gambling as their No. 1 entertainment choice."
>