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I was sitting and wondering which countries might have the highest gambling rates and for me I thought it could be UK or the US but despite this I went on the web to do a rescarch on which countries gamble the most. Let's have a look at this, since this information might be interesting to you guys as well !

1. Australia
2. Singapore ( they only opened their first casino in 2010!)
3. Ireland
4. Canada
5. Finland
6. Italy
7. Hong Kong
8. Norway
9. Greece
10. Spain !!

I was just as surprised as you guys since I did expect other countries to show up here as well instead of the ones that already did but you can recheck the same on the source :  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.worldatlas.com/amp/articles/countries-that-gamble-the-most.html (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.worldatlas.com/amp/articles/countries-that-gamble-the-most.html)
Other than that US , Canada,. Japan , UK are few of the countries known for their absolute support of the crypto casinos as well.
What about your country as well ??

my country is not in the list above. but that's understandable.

but countries like Japan and America are not in the list of 10 countries above. maybe I misunderstood this country. then it was very surprising for me too. and that's an amazing find. but for hongkong and canada i don't think it's surprising to be at the top of the list.

Statistics arent really that precise but they are mostly identical.Just like
on this one on which i do make search of a country does have the biggest gambling revenue.

https://newzoo.com/insights/rankings/top-10-countries-by-game-revenues/
China is sitting no. 1 having
46.01B USD revenue and having 685M no. of players. Dont know if this one is updated or accurate
but its huge.

This is kinda interesting and when I search the internet I also found this list of the  Country that lose the most in gambling (https://www.cnbc.com/2011/07/04/Worlds-Biggest-Gambling-Nations.html).  I don't know how this correlates on the Country that gambling the most but it looks like the list is somehow the same.  This only shows losses but does not show the total gambling statistics wherein it shows the losses and gain of a player.  I do think that this statistic being the country with the highest gambling rate ranking is partially correct.

Take note that the date of the time it publish where on
This link (https://www.casino.org/features/gambling-statistics/) is more recent statistics (2016) hopefully someone can share the latest statistics on this one.

https://i.imgur.com/XoA9NmE.png (https://www.casino.org/features/gambling-statistics/)



Well, this is the statistics taken last 2021 so I can say it is quite accurate.

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Can't see Philippine's recent ranking as the Biggest gambling nation but I do see that the Philippines is ranked 14 on the Number of Casinos Ranking (https://www.worldcasinodirectory.com/countries).

https://i.imgur.com/1O2SikZ.png (https://www.worldcasinodirectory.com/countries)

I've looked in some trusted news and I've also looked for news from several media, it turns out that the country that gambles is Australia, because almost their population is involved in gambling, even big countries like the United States are not involved in gambling the 5 biggest, even though China is which has the second largest casino, their population is not registered in the world's largest gambling, moreover the country where I live now is not involved in gambling at all, but I am happy because my children can continue their education because they are not affected by gambling, to be honest I am very concerned if my child who is still a minor is involved in gambling, because I want my child to continue studying up to college.

I don't understand how this data can be accurate. The article from the OP states that Singapore opened its first casino in 2010 yet also claims that the country lost $1,174 per adult in 2010. How can this be?

I check the site and it didn’t says there about crypto gambling, this might a whole casinos data and its hard to know how accurate those data. I didn’t see my country on the list but I can say that we are very open to gambling and our government support this one because it generates a lot of tax, maybe these countries can change from time to time, its hard to know.

I'm not sure how these figures were calculated?

But it seems like that it may have something to do with the absolute value of gambling volumes per capita as opposed to a percentage of their income - which in my opinion is a very unfair comparison.

I'm from Australia and it is at the top of the list. Gambling culture definitely pervades the society but it's nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be.

Most probably those are the data came from the casinos since that’s the only way to have that information and those data are being checked based on the standard of the reviewer so this is not a 100% accurate since there’s a margin of error but this kind of survey really done by some entities.

Anyway, my country is not on the list, far from being on the top list but during the last two years since pandemic, the online gambling activities in my country increases and the government take advantage of this to collect funds so they can support their pandemic operations. Is there any site that reviews about crypto gambling as well where we can see top countries that earns a lot from crypto gambling?

My country isn't there in the list, but as per my understanding the data isn't collected yet. If precise data is being collected atleast it'll be within the top 20. Because, from outside it looks like the country is completely against gambling. In reality we've got a big number of gambling platforms to spend. In specific more and more gambling activity happens through the Rummy applications and fantasy gambling.

It seems like a big revenue is being generated by the government out of these kind of gambling, because even after hard opposition government have never given ear to it.

The united states is the most restricted and regulated country in the world for gambling. It could never be #1. It would be surprising if american electronic gambling markets ranked in the top 5. Due to many US states outright banning fantasy sports like draftkings and fanduel. And many of the best sportsbooks banning american residents.

Back in the day it was pinnacle sportsbook that american gamblers wanted support from. Later on 5dimes became the go to book when they implemented bitcoin support. Now americans have fewer options and it would seem that gamblers of every country have better gambling options as far as the internet goes.

Not surprising about Singapore. They have a very lax crypto regulation and a of course, being known as a tax haven. I would imagine they also go easy on online gambling casinos. Although Hong Kong is very surprising to me. I would think they would share China's stance on gambling. In other words, it is illegal in China so one could be made to think that China would exert influence on Hong Kong to go the same routes as them. Although it feels like I am missing something?

Not much of a politics guy.

That list OP gave is indicating about the "Gaming Losses Per Adult" based on https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-gamble-the-most.html

And just like everyone.

I highly doubt that list, where's Macau? Others might not recognize it as a country but it's a known place in Asia to be known as the Las Vegas of Asia.

But anyway, that's their list and their own made. Just like the other published articles about their own records, there will be an inconsistency of ranks.

During the pandemic, if I'm not mistaken, the European region established a great number of online gamblers.

Can't believe only a few of these countries are on the list provided by OP. It means even prior pandemic, the gambling rate in this region is really vast.

What's the factor in choosing these countries? Online gambling, physical gambling, crypto-gambling, or everything included under the sun?

Wow Australian statistics more active gamblers every day, the most popular horse race there I know. I was surprised my country wasn't on the list but actually I'm also happy because of that, there should be because what I know is that there are more active gamblers here, it's just that many are secretly gambling.

Australian is the most gambling country ? more than US ? but what shocked me is singapore considering that they are one of the smallest country in the world.

but thanks for the sharing mate , like you I was wondering if US and UK  are the most gamblers but to my surprise it is not them lol.

maybe the result is based in Ratio of gamblers ?and not the amount of how much the gambling community is having?

My country is not on the list. Only few rich in my country gamble.

I was expecting China actually to be the highest but I guess they couldn't get the statistic because China made gambling illegal. But certainly there are more Chinese gamblers but are not gambling within in China, probably more of them in Singapore, Hong Kong, US, Cambodia, Macau or Venice combined which makes this stats probably not very accurate if they base it on race.

The article OP gave looks to be pretty old, it's been 5 years since the article was made so I don't think it would be as accurate if the data gathering was done today. I reckon numbers would probably surge up due to the increase in crypto casinos (as well as forcing most gamblers to adopt an online gambling lifestyle due to the pandemic in the past years). I did look it up on my own but the countries at the top didn't really change I think? Australia is still in the lead and Singapore was still up and above the other countries, so I guess that speaks volumes about how the pandemic didn't really stop those countries from gambling.

Not in that list, but I understand that a lot of gambling dens are found underground and have no official license to the government, hence why they are not counted to the statistics (Philippines). Cockfighting however, is approved by even the president himself, stating that if we are to stop said operations of cockfighting, the government will lose millions of dollars in taxes per month that could have subsidized some government projects. It is true, but this country has always been against gambling (lol), unless it benefits them directly.

Casinos are still heavily frowned upon here in the Philippines, unless the operator is of foreign origin. Not sure why but it has been like that for far too long.

There are different rankings found online. They have different bases. The one in the OP is based on gambling loss with respect to the adult population. The result would be very different considering that countries with the largest gambling revenue are also huge and thickly populated countries like the US and China, which are ranked first and second, respectively, in terms of gambling revenue.

Anyway, I cannot find my country in whatever list. But one thing is for sure, in terms of both losses and revenue, the numbers declared and are readily available are significantly lower than the real figures. In my country, legal gambling operations are comparatively small to illegal ones.

Ugh oh don’t let China see that you said Hong Kong is a country   :D  These seem to all be relatively smaller populated countries. Kind of surprised to not see the United States on the list but I think soon we will. Like with marijuana legalization, gambling laws have massively eased up and continue to get more and more so. You can’t go to a gas station without seeing a couple video poker machines. Finally.

Not found in the list also. Its obvious that even when half the whole population in my country will gamble, we won't still be on the list. Gambling is a very big industry and  government can easily get money from it that's why these casinos also have charity program but still not losing huge profit.

US is not found when there are bigger casinos there which the entire Las Vegas lives thru the tourist gambling everyday.

The article date was April 2017, and mostly the data gathered from the year 2010 - 2011 so I don't see this one as accurate and I think its already outdated.

I can't see my country but in terms of growth in the past year, my country suddenly becomes active in online gambling and this industry consider already as one of the major contributor based on their taxes. I'm shock not to see USA on the list, they have a huge city made for gambling, I wonder why they are not on the list. Crypto casinos should also be available, let's see if they are slowly getting near to the data of fiat casinos.

My country is not there either, but there is one thing that has caught my attention.


It is normal that it is more or less the same, since gambling is a game of negative mathematical expectation, which means that if we consider the big numbers, as in this case, which is considered what a whole country bets in a year, there is a direct correlation between the money bet and the money lost.


I am struck by the case of the United States, which although it is not the first in terms of gambling per adult, it is the first in terms of total losses. I guess it is because being a rich country, there are many whales with money that gamble and end up losing a lot of money. . This is consistent with my experience with poker. Although one may think that US players are good at playing poker because it is a tradition in their country, the average player there is very bad, he is more of a recreational player who plays for fun or to pass the time.

My country is not in the list. There are lots of casino fans here too but the majority of the population is not a fan because there are lots of religious people here. Playing on foreign casinos is also a crime here and that makes things harder for the players. It is not a problem for the crypto owners because the government can't track them down yet.

My country isn't on the list either but there's a huge number of gamblers in our country and most of them are really hooked on gambling and it's becoming the root of most crimes here. Some people are stealing and even killed because of gambling addiction. I'm just wondering how the given list was calculated but I wasn't surprised with the countries listed.

I was surprised I did not see any country from Africa among the countries you listed, the list is inaccurate in my opinion, I just checked another site which I think will have more accurate information as one Africa country from West Africa which is Nigeria is among, people know how Nigerians have so many online gambling sites that are growing daily which is an indication that Nigerians are gamblimg. Also another country from the East Africa which is Kenya.

China
United Kingdom
India
Australia and New Zealand
Canada
Nigeria
Mexico
Singapore
Italy
Kenya

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/opinion/top-11-countries-sports-betting-popular

Yes, I agree! This is what I believe is the reason why the Philippines is not on the list because most gambling activities are illegal and not registered with the government. Most of the casinos in our country are owned and operated by Chinese investors who knows that a lot of Filipinos are very interested in gambling and that they can earn money from it. They are one of the highest tax payers in the government, which explains why they are so fond of this industry. Whether our country is on the list or not has no impact on us because it is only a list. However, if you come to visit us, I am confident that you will see gambling activities on the streets or cockfighting wherever you go.

Is there only an issue for me on that website, or can none of you scroll down in the list? For me it only shows 10 countries that gamble the most. I was hoping for the full list to check out other countries too, or it might just be an issue in my browser. Half of the countries among the Top 10 I wouldn't have expected on that list. For Spain and Greece I know that they like to gamble a lot, but countries like Norway or Finland I always thought of being very disciplined. Seeing them on the list is very new to me. Las Vegas might be very big, but so is the whole USA. For them to be on the list it would probably need a few more Las Vegas all around the States. Doesn't it seem a bit off that the list only focuses on the average gambling losses per adults? So this list should be rather called the countries which losses the most in gambling? Maybe there are other countries who are better at winning :D?

Dude not just Philippines is underrated there are a lot's countries which is underrated to gambling ranking. There are lot's countries which declared gambling as illegal . Even then it can be seen that gambling is going on openly or secretly in those countries.
But I'm little bit surprised that there is no name of us in the list ::)

I am not at all surprised to see Italy always in the first places in all the rankings :)
Here there has been a "boom" in legalized gambling (eg scratch cards and lotto-style lotteries) made directly by national government.
Examples, draw on tv show during dinner time and so on...

Then there was a large investment in the private advertising sector with the various slot machine (local industries were born with billions as affair) and later we have seen a lot of "bingo" born.

We then experienced a further spread of online gaming with sports betting.
The only sector in decline was that of live casinos (probably because these gaming offers are aimed directly to poor population).

The problem of gambling has become so acute nationwide that nowadays a law has been passed that prohibits advertising on television or radio!!!

Unfortunately, many got into debt and created family disasters. We went from a "pure fun" approach to a real economic disaster :(

I am kinda blown away with Australia coming in on the first place.... seeing that one of the biggest Crypto casinos, namely Stake.com are blocked in Australia and the co-owner are from Australia. He is streaming every weekend via a VPN on his own casino, because Stake.com is being blocked by most 3rd party Slot providers.

The IGA makes it an offense to provide certain gambling services to a customer physically present in Australia via the Internet.  Exceptions exist for licensed services that provide online wagering, sports betting and lotteries. Source : https://austgamingcouncil.org.au/seeking-help/illegal-offshore-gambling

Thank you OP, that was a great surprise.  ;)

Double check it. I think the list is from 2014 based on the image but it is surprising that Singapore is the second even though they just opened their casino last 2010 I was wondering how do they make statistics about losing.

This is in order right? I wonder why USA isn't really there when in fact they are the known hotspot for gambling in the world. Macau wasn't on the list as well even though they are the known hotspot for gamblers here in Asia, I'll agree if this survey was done during the lockdown and not when it was permitted already personally to attend every casino.

There definitely are quite a few countries that I did not expect to show up in such a list. You really cannot judge a country based on just a few things you know about them. And yup, as expected my country is nowhere to be found on the list. I gotta say though, Singapore is quite amazing.

USA has tight regulation towards gambling so maybe this is the reason why the number of gamblers decrease and not surprise for them not to be on the list knowing many casino ban US citizens to play on their casino.

I'm surprised for the other listed especially Italy and Finland since I didn't expect that they will be listed on top 10 but guess gambling is rampant there since statistics will not lie.

I didn't see our country in the list as well, but just like you, our government is not really strict about gambling. Gambling is legal in our place as long as it follows the specific protocols and have license to operate. In addition, they must pay taxes too because that's how the government generate income to make infrastructure and other projects. Which I believe is fair and just because after all, gambling is still a business that should pay due diligence.

When it comes to the data, the information from a website most especially if it's a survey would really vary from time to time because certain conditions can either improve or make it worse. It would be better if OP double checked whether the data provided in the site is still up to date. Although, we can do that ourselves.

I don't think my country has a high level of gambling but I don't know if it's offline gambling because I see there are still many people secretly gambling.
The enforcement officers are constantly trying to catch the offline gamblers so this may be why no statistical data is showing how high the level of gambling is.
I wonder why China hasn't been included in the list because I feel China has a high level of gambling compared to other countries.
Surprisingly, Singapore can be number 2 on that list.

Before we went to the US on my teenager days, I experienced playing dice, cara y crus, color games, and all that stuff that are unregulated and can only be found in the streets, fiesta carnivals, or some random guy's house. Also have jueteng, mahjong, and a lot of card games that goes highly unnoticed too, and is sometimes under the protection of local politicians or the police themselves.

Heck, I imagine that if these statistics include those, the Philippines will be in that top 10 list for damn sure ;D

I've read about the biggest gambling industry in the world, the country you mentioned is correct, they are included in the list of the 10 biggest gambling addict countries.

What is interesting and the attraction about the gambling industry in the future is the country of Singapore, for now Singapore is placing the second top position, This does not escape the tourist attraction and amusement rides that make gambling addicts in Singapore a positive impact, maybe as a global destination Singapore can beat Las Vegas one day in the world of gambling.

As i know tourists who want to gamble and upscale and the lodging for them has increased to one more week, which used to only stay 1-2 days, It can be seen that Singapore does not only offer gambling, it is also a place of entertainment that is quite interesting and entertaining for tourists.

Well, my country is not on the list. However, if the statistics is taken by continent, then it would have be first country on the list. I am not surprised to see the US topping the list. I am interested in Greece. I never thought of it like that.

I saw another article that was posted this year and the list has changed it is only a top 5. the article does not have a source on where they got their information though so I am not sure how accurate it is.

if you are curious check it out, here's the link
https://earthnworld.com/world-countries-most-gamble/


the link you shared is talking about revenue, the article that the OP shared talks about gambling losses per adult.

Very surprising indeed. I thought the list will be dominated by the US, Macau (China), Japan, Malta and the UK. I cannot imagine Singapore is top two. Although Singaporeans are the second richest citizens in the world. Their government is trying to discipline its citizens when it comes to gambling. And Singaporeans need to pay entrance fees when they enter a casino which is odd.    


The US is not even in the top 10 mate.

Australia on the first place? That is something new to me. Every time I am on a holyday and hotel has a casino, or on a cruise, I see these places are crowded with my Asian friends. They no matter in what country I was - Asians are presented in every table game,  slots and etc. They just love gambling. They probably have created most of board or card games, or play and have biggest variety of such games.

Speaking about my country (it is not in top list), gambling is not very popular. It is more an addiction or a way to get easy money. Gambling is mostly presented by slots. Usually people come to places with slots to loose part of salary and drink lot of beer. In my country gambling is not a masterpiece, but a place for a low class to spend time in.

I see, well, that was just likely they portray in the movies but the fact is that Las Vegas was the known one yet this was just because they were flocked by tourists and I may assume it was the case for Macau. I wouldn't see it was rampant but the article doesn't tell us much tbh, no data on when and where do they get their sources, maybe there are other articles that could explain it best.

Singapore lol! Late entry into the industry plus many restrictions (even paid admission to the casino) but still a solid second place. Very interesting statistics, but I see a real problem - this rating is based on nominal indicators and not on percentage ratios of lost money to people's "budget". Obviously, with this approach, no poor country has a chance to get into this rating, which we see - only rich countries with a high per capita income are in the table. I think that other more objective ways of compiling such a rating would completely change the picture, since I heard that gambling is much more common in poor countries than in rich ones.

Statistically, the list of countries with the most bets might show countries like America, UK, and Australia. And I think it's an accepted fact, even countries where gambling is not considered good or likes to gamble.
and from some countries it is mentioned not the country where I live, because traditional or real gambling in the country where I live is strictly prohibited and if caught will be punished except online gambling.

Well the situation with Hong Kong is massively political which does mean that even though it's allowed to function as a seperate part at the end of the day even though it can perform everything as a country by itself they are still part of China therefore most sites do not understand where they stand as well.
This article might be interesting for you :  https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/121814/hong-kong-vs-china-understand-differences.asp (https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/121814/hong-kong-vs-china-understand-differences.asp)
Then again I have no intentions of letting the Chinese government run after me for mentioning Hong Kong as a seperate county they themselves have made the laws governing Hong Kong super complicated. Then again !! It's interesting to see it on the list as well..


That's quite harsh, my home country have the same laws as well but at the end of the day you can still find so many people just gambling on the corner with things like BlackJack in reality because they cannot send officers to arrest you everyday can they now.
That's why regulations are always better! Than banning it entirely!

Brazil is not in the list either
but not a big surprise since most forms of gambling are forbidden here, we have no legal casinos

only government lottery and a popular street game that is called "jogo do bicho" where you bet in animals and numbers and works a bit like a lottery too but it's not legal (though not so hard to find on city centers...)

This list is interesting- I was expecting India or China to be the first or at least be included in the top 10 but most of the countries that are listed came from first world countries. I do think that there is a difference between the variance between number of gambling rates vs revenue generated in gambling.

In the Philippines, as far as I can remember, gambling activities moderated and regulated by the Philippines bring the 3rd most revenue in the country. That is also the reason on why lots of gambling casinos have steadily been increasing over the past years, helping boosting the economy.

I actually from Philippines and I don't see my country on the list but looking at the complete statistics given above I see that Philippines is top 4 for the house that always win that's why it is not surprising that we are not no the top list of the gamblers lol  ;D no players doesn't want to lose every time and with house that always win it only shows that players in our country is always losing.

America has a strict rule against gambling which is why most gambling sites are blocked from the United States and even the UK this has not been so.m different from the world's views on online and decentralized technology such as cryptocurrency gambling, so am not surprised if their missing on this lists. But then this can not be the accurate reflection of the rate of gambling in countries most especially considering how inconsistent the data are I guess this is just some online speculation unless otherwise.

I never thought Australians were the highest to lose their money at the gambling table. But it might be natural if you see that gambling can make people feel fun playing various gambling games. But maybe the increase in online gambling games can also increase the number of losses from people who have had previous experience of losing. So it is possible that apart from the previous number, there is an increase in the number of novice gamblers who are also involved in gambling.

Which country is betting the most based on what? Casino or player? Since the crypto-casino industry is growing, it is difficult to determine the player base on a casino platform. Let's say a country like Singapore which only has a handful of gamblers (judging by the small population), I'm not even sure if the record achievement was contributed by gamblers from their own country. Crypto is the best facility for players where the country prohibits gambling.

Actually, it's Australia that's on the top and not the US, there's no US on the list but I'm expecting them to be at the top of it. Greece is an interesting country and I didn't know that they'll be having that many people who spend that much on gambling.
I guess every country has that prior data about the expenditures of the people through gambling.

Well, this statistic is about "Gaming Losses Per Adult", and as we can see Australia is leading with a reported loss of $1,288.00 per adult, while second place belongs to Singapore with a reported loss of $1,174.00 per adult! You can check more on this link:
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-gamble-the-most.html (https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-gamble-the-most.html)

So definitely the Philippines are not on the top of the losing list! Of course, if you guys from there win more often than you lose!

https://guardian.ng/sport/top-5-countries-with-the-most-online-casino-gamblers/ (https://guardian.ng/sport/top-5-countries-with-the-most-online-casino-gamblers/)

Another research from another angle... In which country do people gamble the most?!
1. Canada
2. UK
3. USA
4. New Zealand
5. Japan

Nice article, you can check how these countries got on this list!

Statistics can be fun, but it's not something important! People from all over the world gamble! In listed countries, the minimum paycheck is very high compared with my country, and many other countries, so it's normal for people from these developed countries to gamble more!

Depressive statistics for gamblers  ;D
I wonder why such an indicator was chosen - the average loss of a gambler, and not the "average amount of bets" or something like that? It is no surprise to anyone that on average the casino always wins and the player loses, but such statistics suggest that the one who paid for the study and publication of the results is an opponent of gambling and puts it in a negative light.

Judging by the list I wonder if there could be multiple factors in why these countries are perceived as gambling the most. There is a slightly sinister angle that could account for a fraction of the reason, which is casinos can be used to launder large amounts of "dodgy" money through it and they need to be tightly regulated or it is an opening that criminals will abuse gleefully. If we ignore that dark side, then the other reasons fueling it are a reasonably rich society possibly with less choice in other activities and maybe the novelty factor when it has been restricted for a long time so people are more likely to chase that dream when it becomes more available. I guess a lot of this is based on online gambling, because I think the amount of physical casinos in Australia is close to zero.

I'm talking about an article linked in the OP. That article clearly states that the data refer to 2010.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-gamble-the-most.html

Thats why im not really taking out seriously when it comes to survey results or statistics in something that correlates with big industries including gambling which is a large scope
which means that numbers couldnt really be that precise.

There would be gamblers might not really be included or listed but basing up with some things like revenue and taxes then this is the way they might able to
put up some numbers but pretty much sure it wont really be that accurate.

Though the data is not accurate as it is, but we are seeing snapshots on how much gamblers are losing per country. It may be depressing statistics but we don't know the motive of this study or maybe, that's the figure they can obtain to determine where each country stand when it comes to average loss of a gambler. Also, there are also missing figures like approximately how many gamblers are losing that amount. Anyway, this is just one of the gambling statistics out there. If you change the parameter, the ranking will be different.

^ I don't know if the US will be on the list, as I know people in the US are heavily regulated and probably gambling is prohibited to them, I am not from the US but I just draw this conclusion because they are very strict when it comes to financial flow and I think that is the reason there is no gambler on the US.
Australia and Singapore are the leading countries that have many gamblers based on the report of the Google and I think it seems right.

Is the article updated or outdated?

I went through the latest articles from 2020 in its category and didn't find the article. Maybe the articles were posted in 2017 but I don't bother to check the list for 2017 as it's time-consuming.

Maybe there was a change now in the stats since the pandemic happened 3 years later when that article was posted and gambling activities around the world becomes a trendy thing during the pandemic lockdown.

They're just the same with those countries, they've got Las Vegas and it depends on the state. But as a whole, that's what I think about them.

If there's a basis for their stats and it's accurate then that's it but, we know that some articles and stats don't show where they've got the numbers that's part of their surveys.

It is also the same, my country will not be on the list because gambling is something that is illegal. And it is exactly understanable.
Well, maybe the lists are only from the site and it depends on one how their statistic and also evaluation of each country itself. Or maybe, there is some certain calculation that is missing? As far as I know, the US, CHina, and also Japan are two big countries that are commonly related to the gambling industry. They can gain very big $ from gambling, but they are not listed on the site.
Well, once again, it may depend on the reviewer itself?

You are right. In my country, gambling is still taboo.
America and Japan issues are indeed as you said this country is no stranger when it comes to gambling. but it was not included in the list of the top 10. there may be factors that cause this country is not included in the top 10. or maybe because these 2 countries are developed countries and the people there are busy working so even though gambling is legal there but in reality the people there have very little free time so they only have a little time to gamble. especially Japan with a very busy work schedule plus overtime every day. so gambling time becomes very limited even though it is legal.

Japan is actually not that open to gambling. It cannot be compared to the United States where gambling is very much accepted in their society. Although many online casinos are operating in Japan, there are no land-based casinos there. Of course gambling is still allowed but to a very limited degree. They have a law which prohibits much of gambling. Although there are still gambling facilities around the country but these are not casinos.

I'm happy seeing the list that the most gamblers are coming from developed countries, because if it does come from an underdeveloped country where poverty is at its worst, then we can say that they are making the life worst. I live in a country where gambling is illegal, we have casinos but people here are only allowed to work while the tourists are the ones gambling, so I'm happy with that setup.

US, UK, and CHINA, they should be the top 3.

I remember a topic before here that some casino owners are setting up gambling businesses in an area where the majority is not that rich, but not that poor. I can't find the related topic unfortunately but I think the OP here was the same? Not sure though.

On the positive side, the casino established in those areas gives a positive effect on the people since it creates job opportunities. Most customers also came from other areas and did not totally come from the place where the casino was established. It also opens small business opportunities to those people there.

And if I remember correctly, the reason why casinos choose to set up in those areas is to avoid high taxes.

To be honest, I've always been stuck with the idea that America is the country with the most gamblers, but after seeing the topic you made I started to think that Las Vegas only has a small number of casinos in countries otherthan like Australia and Singapore ;D, both countries can said to be a country located in and near asia, is it possible if we interpret asian peoples prefer to gamble compared to westerners or europeans today?

Why am I not surprised that Greece is on the list?  :D

Seriously, the amount of gamblers here is insane, pretty much everyone gambles, no matter the age. No surprise that one of the few super profitable companies in the country is gambling related.  8)

The country where I live now from some years although has a small population should be at the top of that list because I think it took the government to ban every single small gambling entity here leaving only two casinos,the biggest ones.In 2019 the government took this step as even 11 years old were playing sport betting with money that their parents had given them for food,the situation was extremely disturbing so the government intervened.This all happened in Albania in 2019 while many here say this was just a move to favor the brother of the Prime Minister as he has the only online gambling platform allowed to play here,but by doing so the government also removed a big plague from the society here,it shows that since then economic growth is only increasing as mostly men bring home the salaries now rather than leaving all of it in neighbors small betting centers which do not exist anymore.

I am now curious as to which citizens gamble most. It should be the whole betting volume of a country divided by its total citizens. I cannot find one reliable source. Maybe because tourists are flocking to places with the biggest betting volumes like Macau and the US? And that made it harder to account the betting volume per country? So they just come up with many numbers like most losses per adult and country, top gambling revenue per country and so on.        

well, average loss definitely attracts more clicks
there's the Schadenfreude (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude) effect of it as well

would be interesting to see other data like
total casino revenue on each contry
revenue per different gambling activity (lottery, slots, etc...)
so forth and so on

My country does not on the list well not quite obvious because we are in the part of the people just earning below the minimum wage but still, they are manage playing gambling like the poker and blackjack but not like in the casino things having a large wage, just a small amount for casual games. As I saw the process of the game too and the wage mostly the game will end up to 5 hours game and the wages is maximum of 2-3 dollars per game. In terms of crypto the centralized wallet does not allowed making a transaction with those and that's why mostly they use an exchange to make sure the account they are using are safe from freeze and holding of funds.

Vegas? I don't think those articles provided accurate results and based on what reference these results were posted?

Anyway no matter what is your country,if the gambling is legal and you decides to gamble then be ready to lose the money you are betting with and here We are in 2022 there is no need to visit countries to gamble it is on your fingertips.

Yes, a study with one parameter is absolutely meaningless. For example, in this case, none of the poor countries is present in this rating, although it is well known that gambling is very common in poor countries. But due to the chosen parameter, we will never "see" this, since the standard of living in such countries does not allow spending comparable amounts on gambling, even if they make up a large part of a person's budget.

If we expanded to the 50 to 100 countries in which the biggest gamblers were, we'd see more lists that most of us would like to see here. Since the 10 largest countries are in the same class as the US and UK they are not included, let alone any other smaller countries not exposed on the list. However, it is possible that almost everyone gambles in a cross-border way that is more undetected in their own country.

If we do talk about numbers of players/gamblers then for sure this statistics or ranking would be suddenly be changed and its true that there are factors affecting these kind of surveys or statistics
on which first world gamblers would be always be having on the edge or on top because they are financially capabled comparing into hundreds of players who do play less in terms of finances or bet
amount which its understandable that they do only focus on the overall revenue or money generated from those activities.

I don't know why Philippines isn't included in the list but it was understandable as our country doesn't really do online / crypto gambling but are more fond of local gambling such as Cockfighting, Horseracing, Lotto, and there's even a cost-friendly casinos called "Perya" (in which I already assure you have more audiences than high costing casinos) Our country even endorses Off-shore gambling companies hence a country where some online casino resides. As also mentioned by joeperry, the houseedge of casinos in here really is low or we might just been living our decades having families that made gambling their daily routines  ;D

Singapore ? at number 2? with 12 years running gambling in their country ? cannot believe the list lol, Imagine Singapore is just a Small country but will take the next to the highest rank as gambling being on topic.

But  for me personally ? we should not celebrate being one of the country in this list because gambling means losses of the players and not of the owners  , meaning that it is the people will suffer from this.

To be honest I can say that my own country is heavily addicted in gambling because that is what I observed around me. Almost all people here in our place, but even not on my place, are always caught out playing a gambling. They are addicted to gambling that even the illegal types of gambling are already included in their play.

On the news there are many gamblers that have been reported to get caught by the police. Online or crypto gambling might help these people to gamble secretly. I am only surprised that my country is not yet in the list but the another thing that surprised me is that Singapore is already in the 2nd list despite they started gambling too late.

I am very surprised to see countries such as Norway and Finland on a list together with some hardcore gambling nations. I have spent some time in Scandinavia in the past and gambling wasn't a big thing back in those days. I guess things have changed especially with the evolution of online casinos. I remember them as being quite passionate about horse racing and lotteries. But physical casinos and sportsbooks weren't that easy to find.   

I always believe that my country could be one of the tops because of the huge number of people that gamble because every corner of the streets has a lottery here, but being a third world country majority here will not even think of spending thousands of dollars in a month, they are spending a few hundreds every month and it's already considered serious gambling.

I was thinking that gambling is associated with bad economy cum poverty that pushes people especially youth to luck games and endeavors but to my surprise I have not seen developing world countries or less technological developed countries in the list or except Singapore if they are considered as such. Rather most of the countries on the list are European countries and Asia that are known as developed countries. African countries are not in the first 10, this however has taken away my assumption of poverty being associated with gambling.
US is not there surprisingly but I didn't expect to see UK on it.

I'm also glad that my country is not on the top list even if our government is the one running the casinos here, no one wants to see their country on the top list, they do not want to see that their country is the home of many gamblers because as we all know
gambling is a big concern not only for families but also for their respective countries, our country is very much relying upon taxes coming from gambling but our citizens are not going to the point that they are spending thousands of dollars just to gamble.

Should i assume the accuracy of the data research that mentioned Australia as the best gambling country because I can't be sure of the prelocedures or means they arrived at this, possibly the rate amd numbers of gambling casinos and the involvement of the gamblers but the statistics couldn't be as accurate as expected all thesame, but i think this might still be a good directive by taking into consideration country's population, numbers of registered casinos, and as well as the rate of active gamblers on each casinos, why i said this is because i also as well sees my country to be one of the most active gambling country of which its not onnthe aboove mentioned list by OP

Maybe the fact that the residents of these countries are law-abiding and use the services of only legal online casinos is also important, so all their spending is included in the statistics. Obviously, many residents of countries with strict regulation or high taxes take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Internet and cryptocurrencies, and thus their spending is not taken into account in such statistical studies.

If gambling is not regulated then maybe we cannot see the real statistics of a country and maybe that data shows because they have proper regulation towards gambling and they already count the number of user based on the platforms statistics given to them by casinos. Maybe for now we cannot see how deep the problem of a country towards this issue so I guess all of the country should have proper regulation so that they can study and take action about possible implication what gambling can brought to their citizens.

Most gambling platform here in the Philippines is just a large company of casinos and of course only in the high class can afford that instead we have for the middle class and lower which is the stated by  Maus0728 they are popular in the Philippines most the Online sabong or online cockfight some of the medium is using with the cryptocurrency for making transactions, the managers are the one who responsible to make a cashout if they want and of course the large number of participants the large referral for the invitee to this is just one to earn in that online cockfight too. That's why this is one of the trends in the PH not only enjoying but also can earn through referral too.

The online sabong or online cock fighting is having huge headlines it reaches the senate investigation because of the
anomalies, the Philippine government is making a huge profit from the taxes of this online sabong I don't know the exact figures but with it being a controversial form of gambling here in the Philippines, I will not wonder if the Philippines will reach the top spot in the futures, because the government doesn't want it stopped because of the huge profit they are bringing to the government when they needed it most.

Yes, I agree. In fact, Norway and Finland have state-controlled monopolies on all forms of gambling, both offline and online, so its surprising that they are among the top gambling countries. I also fail to see how they can be compared to the Australia or some of the other "gambling countries". This could be because these countries have a very popular state lottery, and since the list is ranked by gambling losses per adult, this would explain why they are in it. State lotteries have probably the worst odds of any common form of gambling and are known for very low RTPs.

They are not in the top list but US along with UK and others was specially mentioned in the thread. There are threads like this before where US is included on the top list and I think on some thread it was rank 1st. Maybe that guy based his reply on those surveys and not this one here? UK and China are also on the top list other than US according to the other surveys about gambling.

This gives us a confusion if who among them is telling the truth. I don't know if what you guys will feel when you see your country being on the list even not on top? Will you feel proud or will you will feel ashamed? Gambling the most doesn't mean to be that they are addicted or always losing.

At least to me the biggest surprise is to not see the UK being the leader by far, after all there are a great deal of casinos there and many times there are complaints from the population against this reality and yet they are not on the top 10.

Now it does not surprises me that the US is not on the top of list, it may seem odd to some but as an example a city like Las Vegas is mostly a touristic city, and even if people from the US go to Las Vegas it is really the international tourism which keeps the city afloat.

Lottery we do know does have almost-close to impossible kind of odds and thats why they are really that accumulating huge prizes and of course they would get nasty % of that total amount.

Considering we are talking about millions then it would really be a good source or revenue for a certain country.This do talk or mention about in overall aspect.
Surveys couldnt really be that on precise for us to rely or believe on and if we do tend to look around or list then we could really see different results or
pile up of countries.

Before the online cockfight in the PH was just a hobby by the people because they enjoy the fighting of their breed chickens, and of course, some people would like to offer an event in an arena. There's an issue with these because of the large name involved, but it's out of the topic. If there's a list in Asia doing these fights, PH is one of them. Also, there's a connection between this. That's why they can't manage to stop and deal with, of course, the Politics connection.

Isn't it obvious that will be the case then? There is also one thread about the number of slot machines they have, but I'm not sure about the statistics are far as online gambling though (fiat and crypto), but I will assume the numbers are also higher. A lot of surprises in the list, nevertheless, with the advent of pandemic, maybe the reason is that gamblers went online and there could be a set of gamblers who, because they are bored, just started to play online.

Rate of gambling in population not revenues figures where surely USA or Japan would win and I think Japanese big bettors travel to USA for the nice comp given.   Really this all depends how they measure gambling, most countries I think lottery is most common widespread.   Also there is telephone entries, sometimes this is called quiz lines but in fact its gambling.  Then final unaccounted for widespread gamble is gaming, even during a sports game they often operate a gamble for money feature and its worth billions to the gaming industry and its not called gambling perfect business.
  True accuracy is unlikely in this poll, as per all statistics there is bias within.

oh i understand thanks to your explanation. like in japan every payday so people line up to buy the lottery. and betting on horse racing is common. and many other examples in everyday life. which will not be counted. Most of the ones recorded are online-based because they are easy to statistic.

I thought that the United States would be at the top of the list, so it seems surprising to me that it is not this way, because it is not surprising that in this region there is a city practically focused on entertainment, I mean Las Vegas which is best known for its large buildings for games and bets, but it turns out that investigating more about this topic there are statistics and studies by experts focused on this year 2022, where they show that this territory occupies only sixth place compared to Australia, Singapore, Pilipinas and even with Macao that takes first place with earnings of up to USD 1,354.

Of course reading a little more, these positions are only focused on who generates more income per person, but if we start to categorize by the best gaming club in the world, the United States would already take the second position, because Macao apparently is very well structured and involved for being the first and best in this area.
Macau has

After reading your post I already concluded there's no way my country could be in the top 10 or even 20, we are a third world country, and average gamblers here in our country will not spend thousands of dollars or even hundreds of dollars, those who spent big money are foreigners and those who belong in the high society in our state-run casinos if we all notice these countries are rich countries their citizen can spend hundreds of dollars in one sitting.

This is shocking England isn't in the top 10 list ranking, this is questionable to ask what criteria they used on this ranking?
If for Australia I'm not surprised I have known a lot of friends from Australia who narrated to me that gambling is huge business over there.
Finally for my country I was expecting to see them somewhere around 20 upwards or should be in the top 10 because gambling is a huge business here, you can merely see a street without a betting shop.

Same here, I live in a third world country as well but I know average gamblers in my country (at least in my circumstance) spend hundred-thousands dollars in their gambling session. Regarding the list in the OP, I have no idea how the writer get the list. Is that based on some researches or based on voting from sample number of people around the world.

I personally do not see any inconsistencies between the author's list and reality and you can easily find this list on the Internet, so I think it is quite reliable. In countries where gambling is legal and regulated by the authorities you can easily get statistics on each person's spending on gambling without conducting any sociological surveys. Besides, the number of gambling establishments in this or that country can be a good indicator.

Well, just like what others have been talking about. The way the list has been made isn't accurate at all. It has its own basis and that's why many of you folks are not impressed with it. Whatever the metrics being used and done on this by the author, there will be some of the few that would find an inaccuracy on it. In our own belief, we know which places are into that list and based on that knowledge we've got, it could also be used if at some point you'll make your own article and list like this.

They cant spend hundreds or thousands of dollars in one sitting but they can easily reach that amount or even higher than that because they can gamble more often since they are much more poorer and they want more money for them to feel happy. Yes, that is the sad truth about most poor.

Money is what matters with them the most. Nothing wrong with this initiative as long as they do it in a right way like if they will just work hard to earn more money and not spend their precious money in gambling for that objective because they will likely fail. There must be a voting involved because there will be no information or data that will be gathered if they don't start with that.

The standing is only up to 10 in your source I'm sure my country cannot be in the top 10 if it's Gaming Losses Per Adult only even compulsive gamblers in our country will not bet hundreds of dollars majority of us here are small-time gamblers because only rich people can go to the casinos and play and even if there are already online casinos now, the number is not that huge to be in the top 10 but our country tolerates casinos and online casinos operations.

The article is not updated as well, for sure there's a lot of changes on this especially some countries on the list have their new restrictions with regards to gambling. I didn't see my country on the list since its a small country but we are active in gambling as well since the government even support a new online gambling, the online gambling are more active in my country and maybe there is not data yet for this.

Not surprising why my country is not on the list as most of the gamblers here only preferred to make low bets because the citizens here are not that totally rich compared to other countries. Although i have known some high rollers and most of them have high position in the government, but that won't beat the gambling status from foreign countries. Not sure if this data is based on profits or losses in gambling in a single country, but if this is the case, i'm sure my country has no huge amount to loss nor to gain.

This is looking like the point there. The top ten countries are mostly those that are rich with good economy that the government provides the need of the people. Gambling is taken as fun and not something that is serious that you can think of killing yourself over it when you lose money but just to move on with life.

my country would not even appear in the top 500 because we are a poor country where there are weak laws and run by politicians who don't know anything, as far as I know my country shouldn't have more than 5 physical casinos and more than 5 casinos online, this shows how backward we are in everything that exists. here the government doesn't encourage anything, they don't create facilities for so many casinos to open here. also with the level of poverty few people know about online casinos, the lack of good quality and cheap internet is one of the factors that makes people in my country not even use online casinos, there are casinos that accept payments by mpesa and people from my parents use these casinos

I think every economically well developed country will always have high fees for operating casinos.
Because in general, casinos are not seen with good eyes, either for cultural reasons or for encouraging illicit practices, so they push high fees in order to have some control over this sector.
Talking about my country (Brazil), here it doesn't even allow the activity of casinos.

the same as in my country where casinos are still carried out in secret. and those who are forced to play will plunge into the casino secretly. and the casino here is not only used as entertainment, but the players have high hopes that their lives can improve drastically through casino profits.

because the economy is not good and most of the people who have lost their jobs. and they make a living through casinos. but lately more and more players.

If the casino is still being carried out in secret, some rules will pressure the casino owner to follow the regulations. Or it is because your country has very strict laws regarding gambling or even prohibits it. If this is the case in your country, casino owners will choose to run their gambling business underground and seek protection from corrupt officials. It will also trigger more and more gamblers who will play at the casino because they can find comfort in playing gambling.

One could understand the rate a d level of how many of these casinos have been abused by the street gangs across the world, most claim under gambling but are real mafias, i see the need why government have to create certain regulations to curb some of these irrelevant acts by gamblers and its really affecting casinos, its a game to olay with fun but whenever a gambler stand on a verge of loosing alot there comes in triqish ways for manipulations and fight, but i think where such countries can stand is when most of the gamblers really have result to show forth for it other than causing nuisance.

Gambling is frowned up in my country and although there are virtual casinos operating here and advertising on television channels, there isn't any data statistics relating my country to gambling activity. And maybe that is because it's impossible to release accurate results, since most gambling activity works on the background of the society, in a shady manner, with the exception of the lottery ran by the government.
Anyway, I guess gambling is very popular in my area, because most people I've known practiced gambling at least once during their lifetime, being it at slots, bingo, lottery, sports betting, roulette, cards and much more.

I think I now understand why gambling in your country is restricted because if they didn't do it then it can lead to a more poorer life because in your country jobs are already limited and people have a wrong mindset about gambling because they think gambling can be a good alternative to it. Instead of prioritizing gambling and making it more legal, would it be better if the government focus first on providing jobs to their people?

There must be wealthy people living on your country and they are the ones that will treat gambling as a form of entertainment and not as a way to make more money because they are already wealthy anyway.

In what country is that which they allow ads on television? In my country, it's not allowed if it's not government-approved.

That's why it could be the same in your country but I just want to know what it is. But right now, it's quite a long until I've seen ads for gambling.

My country is starting to legalize those huge operations because of the tax that they give to the government.

Television advertisement doesnt mean that everything could really be shown of and there's regulatory board which would really be in concern on what things should be showed on tv screen
considering that there are minors or youths which could potentially able to see those gambling ads if ever they would be allowing it which it would be totally not really that good or inappropriate.
Here on my country there are several casinos too but i didnt see any ads regarding about these things which i do say that it is really just right.

The list must vary depending on different gambling news researchers, writers and journalists. But, the number 1 on OP's list is correct because Australians are all into gambling and I've read different articles pointing at some actions that gamblers in Australia take which goes against the rule of gambling. These citizens are not adults but, they use their parent's IDs as KYC which is a bad step to opening an account that most online casinos ruled out as a sin and such users can get banned for breaking the TOS of the company or platform.

I would certainly agree on that, the top on the list is something I am not surprised to know as well. Australia has been indeed a topic when in comes to conversations concerning gambling rate and stuff like that. As per my country, it doesn’t stand on the list, but I believe that a lot of our citizens are also falling deep into gambling. Especially nowadays that online gambling, whether with flat or crypto, are growing popular all over our country.

money, money, money
it's interesting how incentives change everything

by this point of view I'm surprised brazil don't allow more forms of gambling, but for sure it has a relation with the weight religion here on political decisions too...

There are places in the world which are really that rich enough for them to ban out gambling or doesnt mind about the possible revenue that it could give since they are getting sufficient
on other industries and if they would be minding about their citizens condition or for their sake against addiction then they could ban it anytime but its no surprise
that majority of countries would consider out gambling industry since it is one of the highest revenue generating which it is no surprise to have this stance.

Yeah, there has to be a regulatory board that will monitor the ads that will be shown on the national television.

And that's why if it isn't approved by the government or by that board then it won't be shown. I've saw them long time ago but not anymore today so that has got my attention.

A lot of viewers would see those ads related to gambling if shown on the national tv.

Wow, the countries you thought will be the first on the list are not there. There are more countries that gamble more than some on the list that are not there. I don't know what factors that are used to rate these countries but I think those factors needs to be known so we can be sure if these are just based on assumption or the fact.
I know country like Hong Kong and Italy that do gamble almost every single moment cause they see betting as part of life from fight betting to normal street betting that can involve any thing thinkable.

Yes, the trend in developed countries is very good in terms of platforms, but I can also affirm something that contradicts all logic, sometimes in countries that one considers underdeveloped, but that at some point gambling and betting always work because within its people there are many who are so rich that they do not know what to spend their money on, this same example happens in Venezuela, there are people so rich that they frequent casinos a lot, at one point gambling was prohibited, now it is currently one Of the businesses that are giving money like rice, even the same government politicians spend millions of dollars on these sites, I would say that a good campaign directed at this country of online casinos would not go amiss.

In some instances, their country prohibits the use of gambling because they know the behaviour of their community and also to make sure it's safe we know how too much satisfaction and gambling urge to play high-risk rewards that can double up your assets. The same here in the PH currently one of the top gambling platforms Cockfight close by the president due to different issues too and I guess the same with another country that's they prohibited playing gambling.

I am a little surprised as why the top 10 list does not contain US and UK ? I have heard that gambling in US is at its peak but i could not find its name in top 10 list  :o

Another thing which i noticed is that these all countries are developed ones, however, i think that there are many gamblers who belong to the underdeveloped countries too. Aren't they included here?

The United States is not in this ranking, probably because it has a very large population and the ranking is based on the average loss per citizen of the country. Therefore, the total losses of US citizens must be huge to be in this ranking. UK may be in 11th or 12th place, who knows, unfortunately we only see the top 10 places.

I think you are mistaken here. The ranking is not based upon the loss but it is based on "Countries That Gamble The Most" and in this case US should be on top of the list. I think we should double check from another source too to check if the information provided by the site is authentic or not.

This must be based on a per capita basis right? Rather than total number of people gambling, as some of those countries have rather small populations in comparison to the UK and US examples that you gave. I also see that you mention certain countries give absolute support to crypto casinos as well and think this is wrong. You'll often find that most crypto casinos refuse to operate in places like the UK because of the stringent reporting and financial requirements that are often unfeasible to online crypto casinos, it's much easier for them to just block visitors from such countries no matter how rich they may be. It's not really a strong metric to aspire towards and it's kinda nice when you come down low in such results.

Yes, it would really vary on a particular country since they do have different jurisdiction or takings into particular things and if government do really find out that negative effects
is more rampant into its citizens then it would really be just a good gesture or a right one but if the issue isnt really that rampant or destructive then i dont
see a reason for them to set some bans or prohibition.So everything or any decision would really vary.

well, Brazil is not the richest country so at least there I don't think this is the reason
probably more relation with its morals, habits and people's mentality, as I mentioned, the big influence of religion on politics definitely plays a role on keeping gambling as a forbidden activity.

but yes, for other countries it could be, it's not everything about money

Someone says in this thread that this list is not updated and that is why US and Uk are not included, my country is not listed as well because gambling is not good here, there's a lot of issues and many people like the illegal local gambling than those who have the licensed under the government. I think more countries that are not on the list spent more, I don't know what is the basis for this but for  me since US has Las Vegas I think they should be on the top list, and most of the online gambling sites knew is created in the US and UK.

hm, this is indeed interesting when you look at things like this and they are presented with facts and data such as the statistics you are referring to but it is possible that now there has been a change because indeed if you look at the sources you have listed there it is written that the release date of the article is in 2017 and that means it was several years ago, now gambling is getting more and more crowded and maybe this will change during that period

The pandemic had a huge effect on the growth of online gambling, many people that in the past would not have gambled found themselves on their home with nothing to do except to look at their walls, so in their desire to get some kind of excitement they decided to begin to gamble.

And they found out that they like to gamble which is why despite the lockdowns being almost over at most countries around the world the popularity of online gambling is not decreasing, and if anything it is increasing by the day.

there must be changes that are much different from the ranking above. and I still think that America is top because Winstar World Casino is the number 1 largest casino in the world, it has a gambling area of ​​600,000 feet. and it is located in Oklahoma, US.

however i am looking for the latest information and the media keep mentioning that australia remains at the top as around 39% of its adult population is actively gambling every day.

Opened their casino just for 12 years and yet ? the second most gambled country in the world? I was wondering how this statistics get because singapore has a small population and also their tourist is not that huge to take this position comparing to Macau in China .
 We are an Open for gambling country but so far from the lists , maybe in another 10 years we will be here in rank 10.

the country where I live is also not on the list, because my country still restricts gambling, whether online gambling or non online gambling, because my country does not allow gambling, but I am proud of my country even though it is not on the gambling list, in my country the easiest platform to do gambling is to just follow the sports platform, I always do the gambling platform there, but only football is what I'm interested in.

You need to be careful if you want to gamble because your country restricts gambling otherwise there is a possibility that you will be dealing with the local government especially if they find out you are gambling. But if all this time you have been fine with gambling, that's good for you because you can place bets on sports platforms. Many of us are from countries where gambling is restricted and therefore, it is better if we also limit our time in gambling to avoid problems.

Singapore being up there makes a lot of sense why so many people like to start with their gambling projects registered there. The tax laws are very favorable to the point that the entire country of Singapore is considered a tax haven. How far they go with regulations on crypto and gambling is interesting. I have yet to see a single Singapore-based gambling business complain about how hard it is in the crypto sector. I have even heard that my countrymen would rather set up shop in Singapore in complicated way just to avoid taxes and regulations....

I am really surprised that my country isnt even on the list,i think on every step on the street you can see a sportsbook or a casino. There is so much gamblers that i think over 50% of the country is betting honestly. Also didnt expect some countries at the top of the list.

Our country is not on the lists and I'm seeing gambling here as a normal activity of the people, I think 50% play gambling at some point in their life including old and young ones because this country has some kind of place called "Feria" where it has lots of games that are involve gambling and it's famous among the people here, they just find it normal to play there every time it is available. I can't imagine how massive the gambling activities on the top list are, I mean, they might have huge varieties of games to rank that high.

In terms of scale, it is indeed large, but what we are discussing now seems to be that the number of gamblers does not refer to the place because even though it is large it cannot necessarily be counted and there are lots of people from various races gathered.
As for Australia, indeed they are still experiencing a spike because indeed this can be based on several factors such as the legality there is starting to loosen up and not too strict. On the other hand, in fact, in almost all regions at this time during the pandemic, many of them have turned to gambling to make money. release, fill spare time and spend money

You say we need to double check the information but you haven't even read the article we're discussing, hehe. Here is a quote from the article:

source (https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-gamble-the-most.html)

As you can see, the calculation is done exactly as I said. And it is even emphasized that despite the image of the United States, it is far from the top of the most playing countries. By the way, I would like to know your version of the calculation of this rating - by what method should it be done and why do you think that the USA should be in the top?

There is a possibility that other list have those countries that you guys are looking for. Just look at the dates of it and there will be changes that shall be made for it.

Yes, there will be other basis that authors can use if they want to use for others to see if they have their bias or none. Anyway, is this type of list that much important? Maybe.

My country is not on the list but my country did legalize casinos and stuff but gambling in non legal places then will be sent to jail of course anyone know that. It's understandable that my country is not on the list since the people in my country are not all gamblers are rich and can go to casinos. What's more famous in my country is cockfighting derby which many people bet which one will win. For casinos, my uncle will go there but only gamble a little which his money is mostly loam by his friends to gamble and he earn from interests.

Sincerely, I don't think this data is correct, except the data was drawn from online gamblings alone, then I might as well agree.
But when we consider countries where online gambling is very low and offline gambling very high, then I honestly think the data from the website op posted isn't correct, taking my country as an example, in my country, we are into offline gambling far more than online, Infact, most gamblers in my country does not even know that they can gamble online, most of them don't even own a smart phone and most also don't have access to the internet, they all depend on offline casinos to gamble.

So when we consider all of this, I won't be surprised if those countries mentioned as top end up being far below their current ranking.

Obviously, the data here is not correct. For example, this report does not take into account cross-border online gambling and a large share of anonymous crypto gamblers.

It's still interesting, especially the charts posted later, like the one with the greatest number of casinos. I bet if somebody asked you to name a country with a lot of casinos, you wouldn't say Romania or Czech Republic :D
I knew China has a lot of it, they have one of the biggest revenues and the highest losses recorded, but aren't even in the top 20 when it comes to the number of casinos. Does it mean that Chinese people gamble online and online casinos aren't on the list? That's probably the best explanation.  It also makes you think that a country with huge online gambling industry, not the one with the most physical casinos, produces the most revenue.

I'm more surprised that my country is not on the list but on what assumptions and data did they come to the conclusion that these are the countries with the highest number of gambling. They should have broken it down into various forms of gambling as my country doesn't really bet on lotteries but if it is about Sportsbet, I'm very confident that my country will be on that list, it is very hard that you see an average guy who doesn't do sports betting, you often see sportsbook bets adverts everywhere just to encourage youths to gamble responsibly.