According to the study, Nevada\u2019s 72.82 gaming machines per 1,000 residents lead the country, as does the $5,218 commercial casino revenue per capita. It also ranks number one, along with Oklahoma and South Dakota, in the number of casinos per capita.<\/p>\n
By comparison, Mississippi comes in second in commercial casino revenue per capita, but its venues only earn $920 per resident.<\/p>\n
Yet, despite that, the state does not have a self-exclusion statute and ranks 33rd in gambling counselors per capita.<\/p>\n
If Nevada officials want to bolster the support they give to gambling addicts, they should look to their neighbor to their west.<\/p>\n
I hope that any state seeking to increase gaming options consider the regulatory practices and related model treatment program the state of California has created,\u201d said Dr. Nancy A. Piotrowski, an addiction psychology professor at Capella University. \u201cIt represents a more responsible approach to taking care of the cons side of the balance sheet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Despite the heavy presence of gambling, Nevada fares better in some categories. For example, it ranks 25th in the number of gambling-related arrests.<\/p>\n
Lottery Impact<\/h2>\n Of course, casino gambling isn\u2019t the only form of gambling available in the country. In the U.S., 44 states and the District of Columbia run lotteries.<\/p>\n
According to WalletHub, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia all have the highest lottery sales per capita. In Rhode Island, lottery sales totaled $1,047 per capita. In Delaware, it was $868.<\/p>\n
Dr. Kevin Montes, an assistant professor of psychology at California State University-Dominguez Hills, said states should examine automating lotteries and limit them to selling only online. That would enable states to restrict the amount of money people can bet.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think this approach would be a good first step to reduce the negative impact state lotteries have on individuals who are least capable financially to gamble while as allowing all individuals (who are eligible) to engage in this recreational activity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
While Nevada topped the survey overall, Mississippi ranked first, along with Minnesota, in the percentage of adults diagnosed with gambling disorders, at 3.9 percent. Mississippi also tied Hawaii and Illinois in the number of per capita gambling-related arrests<\/a>.<\/p>\nDespite those figures, Mississippi also led the country \u2013 along with neighboring Tennessee \u2013 with the fewest number of gambling counselors per capita.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When most people think of gambling in the United States, they think of Nevada. So, it shouldn\u2019t be surprising that a study released this week shows The Silver State leads in the nation in gambling addiction. WalletHub, a personal finance web site, conducted research on 20 categories, including the number of casinos, legality of other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":103767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13699,18943],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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