Where does your country stand ?

[fiulpro]

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
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 ??

[Ahli38]

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.

[Lanatsa]

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.

[serjent05]

This is kinda interesting and when I search the internet I also found this list of the Country that lose the most in gambling.  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

PUBLISHED MON, JUL 4 20119:03 PM EDTUPDATED FRI, SEP 13 20134:33 PM EDT

This link is more recent statistics (2016) hopefully someone can share the latest statistics on this one.

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.

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


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.

[ropyu1978]

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.

[decodx]

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?

[Johnyz]

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.

[magneto]

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.

[goaldigger]

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?

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?

[Vaskiy]

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.

[Hydrogen]

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.

[goldkingcoiner]

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
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 ??

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.

[jossiel]

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.

[chaser15]

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?

[Doell]

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.

[Reatim]

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 !!

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?

[cabron]

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.

[Wexnident]

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.

[dothebeats]

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.

[Darker45]

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.