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There is a
twenty times higher suicide rate among pathological gamblers. |
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One third
of pathological gamblers are women. |
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Forty-six
percent of pathological gamblers borrow on, or use up the cash value of, their insurance
policy. Fifty-two percent surrender their policy. |
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Forty-two
percent of 14 year olds gamble. Forty-nine percent of 15 year olds gamble. Sixty-three
percent of 16 year olds gamble. Seventy-one percent of 17 year olds gamble. Seventy-six
percent of 18 year olds gamble. Eighty-eight percent of 19 year olds gamble. (In other
words, gambling problems are at least as high in children as they are in adults.) |
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Eleven
percent of gambler’s wives attempt suicide. |
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Twenty-five
percent of children of pathological gamblers have significant behavioral, or adjustment
problems. |
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Sixty-five
percent of wives of pathological gamblers give their spouses their personal savings to
gamble or pay debts. |
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Forty-seven
percent of pathological gamblers abuse alcohol. Forty-six percent are depressed. Forty-two
percent have stomach problems. Thirty-five percent have insomnia. Thirty-five percent feel
faint or dizzy. Twenty-nine percent have headaches. These figures are only slightly less
for the spouses of gamblers. |
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Sixty-five
percent of pathological gamblers commit crimes to finance gambling: 34% check forgery, 3 1
% civil loan fraud, 3 0% embezzlement, 20% forgery, 19% tax evasion, 12% tax fraud. |
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The
average amount of debt of a pathological gambler in the United States ranges from 54,662
to 92,000 for males, and 14,979 for females. |
