Most of the world population involved in gambling

[Captain Corporate]

The funny thing is, most people gamble without gambling as well. Like the reality is that some people ended up buying some type of meme token or shitcoin and lost a ton of money all because there is a chance that we could consider that as much of a gambling as ee can. I hope that we should be calling that trading for sure but that doesnt mean that we will, because if you have no idea and still trade then that means that we shouldnt really be considering the situation as gambling. All those people added on gamblers will be a huge population for sure

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[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

OP, gambling is a huge business all over the world, and there are thousands of casinos, but I believe the United States has the most, followed by Romania. Gambling did not start today. It has existed since 3000 BCE, and even today, there are new casinos opening almost every year because people love games and gambling will always be the next thing they want to do. If all of the casino owners had realized that there was no profit in the business, they would have closed down a lot of casinos, but it's a big business with profit.
OP, check out County worldwide ranked by number of casinos.

[Twentyonepaylots]

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

I think this is true since in my country, I often see people gamble through different ways. I think this widespread of people engaged in gambling is mostly due to their want to earn more so they are willing to gamble their money to get more. I can consider it popular in my country since we can see it to be embedded in our culture since it is often portrayed in movies and series, so most people have idea about it. So, it is no doubt that most of the population would be involved in gambling since even in the smallest event, gambling activity can be seen like when there are friend gathering where they often play card games that involved minimal amount of money.

[Baofeng]

And if you we are going to look at it though, everything is life is a gamble, because we really don't know what will be the outcome of our decisions that  can really affect us for good or bad. And now with the advent of technologies, gambling are now more accessible, again, perhaps this is due to the pandemic that most of us are at home and nothing to do, and for those who are really into gambling, then yeah, play in our phone and laptop and continue with it. And to some extend every sports that we love, football, soccer and basketball, sports that we love and so we beat on the outcome of it. Just shows that gambling is really universal and we all know that it will be part of human history, no matter what we say or the bad effects it can bring to the society.

[STT]

Risk and gambling is a natural phenomena, its arguable excluding the idea of money on the bet that almost everyone is involved in various gambles they take every day in their lives.  Thats why its such an applicable activity to take part in because we already do it everyday either physically or life decisions that must be taken.  Everything in life could be weighed up as various weighted probabilities, certainty is a myth imo.

[romero121]

And if you we are going to look at it though, everything is life is a gamble, because we really don't know what will be the outcome of our decisions that  can really affect us for good or bad. And now with the advent of technologies, gambling are now more accessible, again, perhaps this is due to the pandemic that most of us are at home and nothing to do, and for those who are really into gambling, then yeah, play in our phone and laptop and continue with it. And to some extend every sports that we love, football, soccer and basketball, sports that we love and so we beat on the outcome of it. Just shows that gambling is really universal and we all know that it will be part of human history, no matter what we say or the bad effects it can bring to the society.

That's the reality of life. We're taking risks to achieve something. Sometime things favour us and we succeed and sometimes things were in the opposite way. As said life itself a gamble. Whether we succeed or fail depends on how we move forward with statistics as well as the luck that favour us.

Gambling in recent years have grown big than tha past. Gambling existed long ago, but the growth and the spread hadn't happened high as now. Earlier there is not much of awareness. Nowadays everything is happening in a well processed way and people aren't that greed. The newcomers have the greed and misunderstanding of winning big out of gambling. Slowly this too have changed as people know the risks and started to participate.

[goinmerry]

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.

True or not, we can just easily create our own view about it.

Since gambling almost covered the entire industry, the expected activity should be reached by most parts of the world. Politics, sports, and almost everything are now involved in gambling. What else gambling didn't cover? Make sense.

Edit: Adding this article a good reference: https://www.casino.org/features/gambling-statistics/

[mvdheuvel1983]

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.

Allow me to put in context how big the gambling market is. The Business Research Company reports that The global gambling market grew from $449.04 billion in 2022 to $702.45 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 56.4%. The research further predicted that the gambling market is expected to grow to $765.89 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 2.2%. I cannot emphasize and re-emphasize how stupendously massive the gambling is.

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.

In every ten person I know, at least 5 of person participates in some sort of gambling activity. This my estimation, cuts across gender. So, although it is generally believed that men bet more but I think on a personal level that this line is beginning to blur. Also, when we talk about marital status, although, I want to believe that people who are single gamble more, I think speaking to my friends, I discover that out of every 5 married friends, at least 3 participate in some sort of gambling online. This is my personal observation. It may be different from others.

[speedy963]

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.

Even MMORPG games have gacha nowadays for example Genshin Impact and Tower of Fantasy. Though they offer free spins, there are still people who love to spend some amount of money to get those exclusive items or some perks and benefits such as VIP.

Ever since I was a kid I really loved playing MMORPG's and I've spend some amount too with some of them, but I have realized too that it isn't really beneficial to me aside from it'll give me entertainment. Aside from having fun there is nothing much to gain, it makes me remember the saying " we are drawn to exclusivity" and paying to get those benefits only proves that.

[Hispo]

It depends on the definition of gambling, actually.
We can easily identify if someone gambles if they like rolling dices, play black jack,etc.

We can also include those how play video games and like to pay some money for loot-boxes, and see if they get valuable objects and skins.  

But if we continue and try to stretch the definition of gambling, we may encounter that the line gets blurry at some point.

Do people who buy packages of collectible cards gamble?
Is acquiring a health insurance gambling?

It would better to check scientific studies to see if their definition equals ours.

[libert19]

I agree with title but not with the content of it. Every move one makes while living is gambling in my opinion. When you cross road there is chance of accident, when you plant crops there is chance of not raining, when you get operation for disease there is chance it may not be successful, etc.

[CarnagexD]

It doesn't matter whether 100% of the populations lures into gambling since on your research it even started from the origin of man and I think it refers to how people are taking risks ever since.

I agree with title but not with the content of it. Every move one makes while living is gambling in my opinion. When you cross road there is chance of accident, when you plant crops there is chance of not raining, when you get operation for disease there is chance it may not be successful, etc.

These aren't gambling. These are the possible consequences of the decisions you make or risks you take. If there's anything that we have to worry about, it's the kind of gambling where people bet money to the extent that they can no longer control their habits of betting and no longer have discipline in their lives.

[Solosanz]

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.

Because most of gamblers wouldn't admit if they're addicted, this is the reason why the number of surveyed for gambling problems are low. If you're work or have a friend who work as a doctor, you will only find 1-2 people for few months who have gambling problem, because most of patient are illness, serious disease or mental health, not gambling problem.

Not to mention they might not being honest if they're have a gambling problem even someone busted them for gambling higher than their monthly wage.

[Mauser]

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.

I don't think this is true, because at least in my family there are a lot of people who like sports and are not gambling at all. First of all there is a big difference between males and females being interested in gambling. From all the female friends I have and also wifes of my friends I know that there are only 1-2 woman who are really into gambling and like to bet, all the others would not use their money for gambling. Maybe in different countries there is a stronger mentality for woman to enjoy gambling, but also in the casino in my home town the male to female ratio is like at least 1 to 6, maybe even 1 to 10. And among my male friends there are some who don't like gambling at all, I think that around 60-75% of my friends enjoy gambling. That is why I would expect that maybe 30-40% of all adults are involved in gambling in some form. You also need to take into account that in some countries gambling is banned by the government which will lead only a few people doing it illegally.