Most of the world population involved in gambling

[Cryptomiles1]

How true is this?
Sometimes I found it's arguably, most time not reason being that out of the world populations 60% to 80% of it dominance and occupancies love sports and you know what this mean, 30% out of the 70% love gaming.

Now let say something very striking

Sports creates ways for gambling
Gaming gives raise to gambling

This simply means there is no way the world can be divided into two or three equal parts without finding that people gambles regularly and almost everyone is involved one way or the other, from my research on gambling it has been existing right from Origin of man.

Result from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling#History

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[Jawhead999]

And this is the reason why many gambling companies or sites are become successful, because there's a lot gamblers out there. I'd consider gacha in online game is gambling, nowadays most of popular games always have gacha in order to get the limited skin, item, skill etc. It's not surprising when someone is really want to get the limited skin, he will keep spend his money to get it even though he's use his money that will be used to buy foods.

[Oshosondy]

What I have noticed is that most women are not gambling. Maybe in my country, I have been to many parts of my country, most women are not gambling.

Among we men, people that are not gambling are less than the people that are gambling, although many men are gambling, but those that do not gamble are many too, or slightly difference. I do not know of other regions.

Even if some under 18 years are gambling, most children are not gambling. I do not expect children under 12 years to be gambling. Children make up the most population in Africa, although life expectancy in developed continents like America and Europe is higher.

Many people are not gambling, but I do not have any statistical evidence for it, I may be wrong. It is just about how I see it from people gambling around me which are many but not more than those that are not gambling.

Even let us say men that are gambling to be 60% to 40% to those that are not gambling.
Women that are not gambling are more
Children are not gambling
People gambling in gambling restricted countries (like Muslim countries) are also less.

[swogerino]

Just go and check the Stake website chat,usually in weekends you will see over 80k people online up to over 100k which is a great number for a single site offering gambling and this paired with what you said it might be true.We all know that most of the world population love to gamble as most of the world population is poor and want to be rich quickly overnight and thus they find gambling as the fastest way to do so.The result is a lot of people become addicted but there is a great geolocation indicator and that is gambling is played much more in poor countries than in rich ones for example you have much more gamblers in the Balkan than you have in Nordic countries.

[joniboini]

Where did you get these numbers from? From what I can see, the link you posted just explains the general history of gambling and its forms, it doesn't include how involved the population in general is. I also agree that gacha is also a form of gambling to some extent but even if that is true, I doubt many gamers play them or spend money on them. Most people are F2P, or just buy the monthly pack that doesn't include any form of gambling.

Let's say your number is correct, 30% out of 70% of people love sports like gaming, but that doesn't sound like "most" to me.  If anything, I'd say it is bigger than I think it would be, but the average joe doesn't participate in it. A million people are still way less than 1 billion people at the end of the day.

[Accardo]

Majority of the world population would have ventured into gambling businesses and participate in gaming if the Government and Religious leaders didn't frown against it. Hence, the number is enormous as its existence can be traced back to 3000BCE according to the link OP provided. So, it's among the oldest business in the world, with the idealism that things grow as they progress; gambling is meant to be as famous as it is today. Given more years, additional amount of world population will join the online casino gambling. Because it reduces the stress of having to travel around or sleeping in hotels for the purpose of playing casino. Notwithstanding, the recreational benefits of gambling helps us to relax, yet a good amount of world population will never practice gambling, for reasons like; addiction, fraud, deceits and fixed results. These reasons contributed to gambling opposition by most religious leaders. Only a few, hardworking citizens, would love to risk their money in gambling, so, while sports thrives, gambling won't take up a large percentage of people who love watching sports.

[pawanjain]

How true is this?
Sometimes I found it's arguably, most time not reason being that out of the world populations 60% to 80% of it dominance and occupancies love sports and you know what this mean, 30% out of the 70% love gaming.

Now let say something very striking

Sports creates ways for gambling
Gaming gives raise to gambling

This simply means there is no way the world can be divided into two or three equal parts without finding that people gambles regularly and almost everyone is involved one way or the other, from my research on gambling it has been existing right from Origin of man.

Result from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling#History

Yes ofcourse, no doubt about that. Every country would be having many people who would be gambling regularly.
Countries allowing gambling and taxing it is another reason why people are not hesitating to gamble.
After all, we know how addictive gambling can be. One just needs to play a game few times and boom, he turns out to be a gambler in few weeks.

[coin-investor]

How true is this?
Sometimes I found it's arguably, most time not reason being that out of the world populations 60% to 80% of it dominance and occupancies love sports and you know what this mean, 30% out of the 70% love gaming.

This is the human side of us, it brings the feeling of excitement and thrill and we feel alive when we are playing or betting

Now let say something very striking

Sports creates ways for gambling
Gaming gives raise to gambling

You can bring gambling to everything not only sports everything we do we can bring gambling here its inherent in us, its just sports where we can easily integrate gambling because two teams are fighting to win

This simply means there is no way the world can be divided into two or three equal parts without finding that people gambles regularly and almost everyone is involved one way or the other, from my research on gambling it has been existing right from Origin of man.

Gambling is taking a chance and trying to win or reach our goal it's on us and it cannot be taken from us because it's inherent in us even if we are in a country where gambling is forbidden, we are involved in gambling even if we are not aware of it, you cannot stop the urge on something that is part of us.

[Zlantann]

How true is this?
Sometimes I found it's arguably, most time not reason being that out of the world populations 60% to 80% of it dominance and occupancies love sports and you know what this mean, 30% out of the 70% love gaming.

Now let say something very striking

Sports creates ways for gambling
Gaming gives raise to gambling

This simply means there is no way the world can be divided into two or three equal parts without finding that people gambles regularly and almost everyone is involved one way or the other, from my research on gambling it has been existing right from Origin of man.

Result from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling#History

Based on the data from EarthWeb Gambling Statistics 2023, 26% of the world’s population has gambled and 85% of Americans have gambled at least once. Gambling is as old as man which means it is part of man. Regardless of government restrictions or unfavorable religious beliefs people still devise diverse means of gambling.

Poverty and unemployment has also led to the increase in gambling in my location. People now see gambling as a means of getting extra income, while other see it as full time job. I am sure the Middle East might have lesser gamblers compared to other part of the world because of their religious belief. While Western nation or those aligned to them will have more gamblers because of favourable policies. COVID-19 led to a massive increase of online gambling firms and this has made gambling more accessible. This has also contributed to the constant increase in the rate of gamblers.

https://earthweb.com/gambling-statistics/

[Strongkored]

There must be definite data so we can say most people, that can be done through a survey but if the survey is conducted only in certain countries then it still cannot describe that most people gamble because the culture of a region can affect whether people gamble or not. However, saying that sports make people gamble is not entirely true because many sports lovers stick to the love of watching and not betting. So everyone has to go through a study with an even sample in each country so that we can say most people gamble

[uneng]

Where did you get these numbers from? From what I can see, the link you posted just explains the general history of gambling and its forms, it doesn't include how involved the population in general is. I also agree that gacha is also a form of gambling to some extent but even if that is true, I doubt many gamers play them or spend money on them. Most people are F2P, or just buy the monthly pack that doesn't include any form of gambling.

Let's say your number is correct, 30% out of 70% of people love sports like gaming, but that doesn't sound like "most" to me.  If anything, I'd say it is bigger than I think it would be, but the average joe doesn't participate in it. A million people are still way less than 1 billion people at the end of the day.

I was also curious to check if majority of world's population really gamble, and that is what I found:

18. Worldwide Gambling Statistics Show that 26% of The Entire World Gambles. 

When you put that 26% into numbers, that’s 1.6 billion people. Furthermore, 4.2 billion people across the globe gamble at least once per year.

GAMBLING STATISTICS 2023: HOW MANY PEOPLE GAMBLE?

It means most people in the world have already gambled at least once in their lives. That is a clear signal it's impossible to avoid or forbid this activity, despite several governments' attempts, because it's already part of human's behavior and personality to predict future events and try the luck for material gains or just for recognization as a smart, intelligent person who is able to see ahead than everyone else around.


Another interesting statistic is this one:

3. 0.7% of Those Surveyed Are Considered Problem Gamblers. 

What are problem gamblers? They are people who have the highest potential for loss of control when gambling by continuing to play regardless of the consequences.

This same group of online and offline gambling statistics shows that 1.1% of the respondents were categorized as moderate risk for losing control. The lowest risk group came in at 2.4%.

Problem gamblers correspond to a very small percentage of the total number. It goes heavily against the most common excuse used by authorities to forbid gambling activity.

[ethereumhunter]

Maybe this is right and wrong because, with today's technological developments, where there are already many online casinos, this could affect the results. Apart from that, now with the convenience of using the internet, gambling which used to be often played by adults, has gained many new members of the young generations who are curious about gambling.

Also, humans are truly creative creatures because they can use anything to gamble and it's not limited to one thing but we can use anything to gamble. This has made gambling able to develop so far because, supported by internet technology, it can make many people start playing gambling.

[noormcs5]

And this is the reason why many gambling companies or sites are become successful, because there's a lot gamblers out there. I'd consider gacha in online game is gambling, nowadays most of popular games always have gacha in order to get the limited skin, item, skill etc. It's not surprising when someone is really want to get the limited skin, he will keep spend his money to get it even though he's use his money that will be used to buy foods.

I would not say that most of the population of the world is involved in gambling. Maybe only 30 percent of the people in the whole world gamble. but still this number is enormous and there are too few casinos as compared to the people willing to gamble.

Why gambling casino business is popular because the ROI in the gambling casino is more than any other business. We know most of the time the gambler loses money, but now the question is where does this money go? Well, it is obvious that all the money which the gamblers lose, it goes to the casino owner.

[Johnyz]

There's no accurate percentage for this, but I'm sure in every country there's a gambler even if its not allowed in their country they can still find a way to gamble and sometimes its not just about the traditional gambling, they can gamble in any way as long as there's a money involve. Right now, the market for gambling is still growing, in my country alone many investors are planning to create another city just for the purpose of gambling island, this can attract many players and attract jobs as well. At least I can say that 30% of our population are into gambling, they are just in denial of this.

[robelneo]

How true is this?
Sometimes I found it's arguably, most time not reason being that out of the world populations 60% to 80% of it dominance and occupancies love sports and you know what this mean, 30% out of the 70% love gaming.

I have not met until now a person who is not a sports fan or never played any kind of sport, have you? I think it should be 100% whether it is an outdoor or indoor sport and anything that trains and involves your mind and body and the goal is to win is considered a sport

Now let say something very striking Sports creates ways for gambling Gaming gives raise to gambling

These two are inseparable and it makes sports exciting if there is a bet or rewards when you accomplish your desired goal

This simply means there is no way the world can be divided into two or three equal parts without finding that people gambles regularly and almost everyone is involved one way or the other, from my research on gambling it has been existing right from Origin of man.

Whether your government allows it or not we know how to gamble in any form because it is embedded in our consciousness the will to win and survive involves gambling and its been on us since our earliest existence.

[Wexnident]

Sports creates ways for gambling
Gaming gives raise to gambling

I reckon it's because those two are the easiest methods to create a gambling scenario? Gaming has gachas in it as the most striking example (that some people refuse to acknowledge that it's gambling, which actually is). And sports is well, the easiest imo since the most basic form of gambling in it is a 50/50 case scenario where one team wins and the other loses. Heck, outside of those things people still often gamble with decision-making, especially in simple yes/no types of decisions.

If it was solely based on gambling houses/ sports books, I can't really say that "most" would be a correct term, I reckon there's still a larger amount of people who don't actually gamble instead, or at least, don't gamble regularly.

[o_e_l_e_o]

GAMBLING STATISTICS 2023: HOW MANY PEOPLE GAMBLE?

Thanks for some actual statistics.

There is a huge difference between "people who gamble" and "people who have gambled". When the Super Bowl comes around, I have dozens of friends and colleagues who never usually gamble throwing a few bets on. When the football/soccer World Cup comes around, almost everyone I know has a sweepstake or similar being organized in their place of work or in their friend groups, usually with a buy in of somewhere around $5-20. All of this counts as gambling and puts all these people in the category of people who have gambled, although almost none of them are regular gamblers who bet daily or weekly.

It doesn't surprise me that the statistics show that the vast majority of people in the US have gambled at some point, while <1% are considered problem gamblers.

[Lorence.xD]

And this is the reason why many gambling companies or sites are become successful, because there's a lot gamblers out there. I'd consider gacha in online game is gambling, nowadays most of popular games always have gacha in order to get the limited skin, item, skill etc. It's not surprising when someone is really want to get the limited skin, he will keep spend his money to get it even though he's use his money that will be used to buy foods.

I think your point about gacha events in some online games is like gambling? I agree since the probability of getting a rare item is low it can even reach to a 1%. The good side of having this kind of rare item is that the account can be worth a lot and valuable since it contains a limited item. From my experience, I got an item which is bundle in a store because I think that item would look cool. But it got removed in the store in a few weeks and then you can't even see it appear again on your shop and it already count as an exclusive item. So whenever I use them online people would like to borrow my item since they haven't see it for like months in their shop. However, due to needs of money I decided to sell my account since it have a rare item. People would really like to buy it with the price I want and willing to add more just to have the account that containing a rare item. The sad part is maybe in a next few years it can even value more but I got no choice.

[bittraffic]

GAMBLING STATISTICS 2023: HOW MANY PEOPLE GAMBLE?

Thanks for some actual statistics.

There is a huge difference between "people who gamble" and "people who have gambled". When the Super Bowl comes around, I have dozens of friends and colleagues who never usually gamble throwing a few bets on. When the football/soccer World Cup comes around, almost everyone I know has a sweepstake or similar being organized in their place of work or in their friend groups, usually with a buy in of somewhere around $5-20. All of this counts as gambling and puts all these people in the category of people who have gambled, although almost none of them are regular gamblers who bet daily or weekly.

It doesn't surprise me that the statistics show that the vast majority of people in the US have gambled at some point, while <1% are considered problem gamblers.

Most likely fans are going to bet when they know thier sports hero is playing. When a news channel flashes that Ryan Gacria and Tank Davis are set to fight in the next few weeks, boxing fans even women are up to bet for their favorite fighter.

They don't regularly gamble but if they are in the statistics among the 30% of 70%. The numbers must be wrong, not all people are up to keep the gambling activity even if they win whenever they gamble.

[DaNNy001]

How true is this?
Sometimes I found it's arguably, most time not reason being that out of the world populations 60% to 80% of it dominance and occupancies love sports and you know what this mean, 30% out of the 70% love gaming.

Now let say something very striking

Sports creates ways for gambling
Gaming gives raise to gambling

This simply means there is no way the world can be divided into two or three equal parts without finding that people gambles regularly and almost everyone is involved one way or the other, from my research on gambling it has been existing right from Origin of man.

Result from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling#History

No doubt that gambling has been a part of human activities seen the early stages of our race and now it has evolved so greatly that even the little children in my place actually look for whatever means to stake their money on some kind of gambling act. I don't know about the figures presented but I know one thing for  sure and that is, the spread of gambling everywhere and the way money is actually made through the public by business men actually venturing into the sports world. Online casino and sport books are just the trend now in this modern age as quick money is made from  the owners of this platform.