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I just read that 15% of the gambling population has ‘problems’ with it and 5% is an ‘addict’.(For addicts, every kind of gamble will reinstall their bad gambling habits, while the ‘problem’ people are affected by only part of the gambling possibilities.)
It was a moderator on a dutch ‘stop gambling forum’ which also seems to be a therapist or whatever an ‘expert’ in this field is called.
I wonder what definition of ‘problem’ gambling they are using.
Just my two cents, but it’s very easy to skew numbers when working on statistics. One possible way is to define gambling “problems” in such a way that would put anybody who gambles more than once a month in the “problem” category.
Given that the the source was a moderator at a “stop gambling forum”, I’d say the numbers are likely inflated.
Not trying to minimize the problem of gambling addiction, but 15% for problems and 5% for addiction seems too high in my opinion.