THE UNITED States could raise nearly US$52 billion in revenue over the next decade by lifting a three-year-old ban on internet gambling and taxing the activity instead, according to a study.
Gambling supporters hope the new analysis prepared by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will help propel efforts in Congress this year to repeal the 2006 Unlawful internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
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It’s a tad old, but interesting.
ACCORDING to a University of Adelaide survey, teenagers who regularly play video games are more likely to develop tendencies which lead to problem gambling.
Researchers surveyed 2669 teenagers aged between 13 & 17, and found that 56% had gambled in the past year, 2.4% of which became pathological gamblers by the age of 18.
That statistic is higher than the 2.1% of adults who are problem gamblers.
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QUITING gambling in Australia has until now been made even harder with addicts who have been looking for help being diverted to a gambling advertisement page.
Problem gamblers who have been looking for website gamblersanonymous.com.au have instead been transfered to a website containing little more than advertisements for Australia’s big betting agencies: Sportsbet, Centrebet, Sportingbet and IASbet.
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