Facts and stats you should know about gambling

Did you know:

1. In the 1970′s, people between the ages of 30-55 were the most predominant gamblers. Today, it’s 17-70. Gambling amongst young people is on the increase: 42 percent of 14-year-olds, 49 percent of 15-year-olds, 63 percent of 16-year-olds, 76 percent of 18-year-olds.

• limiting the amount of money you bet
• limiting the amount of time you spend betting
• continuing with other social opportunities
• not spending your winnings on gambling

3. Mathematics tells us that a 52-card deck generates 2,598,960 unique five-card hands, of which 1,098,240 hands can make up any one pair. The probability of a single pair showing up, is 42.26 percent.

4. Your odds of winning are always the same, so it does not matter how you pick your numbers. The numbers that win are purely by chance. Each number always has the same chance of being selected meaning -  there is no system for picking lottery numbers.

6. Jim L. won an amazing $1,683,524.64 cash jackpot at a popular Online Casino and become the third winner of over a million and a half dollars cash on the Major Millions slot in a little over a year.

7. Gambling statistics:

• 40 million people play poker regularly (6.8% of the adult population)
• 23 million of these regular players are in the U.S. (10.1% of the U.S. adult pop.)
• 15 million in total play online for real money (2.6% of the adult pop.)
• 7 million play online for real money at least once a month (1.4%)
• 5 million play for real money at least once a month in “Home Games” (1.1%)
• 2 million play for real money at least once a month in “Private Clubs” (0.4%)
• 10 million have played in a casino in the last year (1.6%)
• Of the 15 million online money players, 76% are male
• Of the 15 million online money players, 58% are under 35 years of age

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