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Do the casinos make money off of problem gamblers?

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Do the casinos make money off of problem gamblers?

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Credible scientific research that has been done on this topic shows that the small percentage of the population that cannot gamble responsibly—estimated at about 1 percent—is not the main source of revenue for gaming establishments. In research conducted for the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago (NORC) estimated that between 5 to 15 percent of gross gaming revenue (including casino, lottery and pari-mutuel receipts) came from problem and pathological gamblers in the past year. These figures were based on a combination of data from NORC’s 1998 telephone and patron surveys. According to the phone survey alone, those not categorized as pathological gamblers generated the vast majority of daily revenue for casinos—more than 96 percent. The phone survey attributed less than 4 percent of gross daily casino revenue to pathological gamblers.(1) Overall, casino patrons spend their money wisely. According to a 2007 poll c

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