Report: Female gambling addicts outnumber male addicts in Sweden

[The Buzz]

The number of people who gamble in Sweden remained the same in 2018, the number of gambling addicts increased by nearly half, while female gambling addicts now outnumber men, according to a new report released by Folkhalsomyndigheten, Sweden's Public Health Authority.

From a review of the survey by Folkhalsomyndigheten:

Overall, the proportion of Swedes with some degree of gambling problems decreased from about 6 percent to just over 4 percent between 2015 and 2018.

However, there was a 50% increase in the number of people who have such serious gambling problems that it can be about an addiction. This group includes 45,000 people aged 16 and up. Half are women, and among them the gambling problems have increased over the last ten years.

Although the proportion with gambling problems has generally decreased in the population, it is worrying that more people have serious gambling problems and that we see an increase among women, says investigator Ulla Romild at the Public Health Authority.

The proportion of Swedes who have a problem gambling, ie gambling problems or increased risk of gambling problems, has decreased from 2 percent to less than 1.5 percent in the last three years. Thus, fewer people have problem gambling than the total over 4 percent who have some degree of gambling problems, based on the scale used to measure the incidence. When it comes to problem gambling, there is no longer any difference between men and women, with the exception of the age group 18-24 years where the men dominate. This is despite the fact that there are more men than women who play in general.

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And here is a link to the entire survey (in Swedish): http://tinyurl.com/y5xsfshk

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These gambling addicts need to get the proper help that they need before this becomes a real issue and gets too difficult and unmanageable for them and the situation goes too far.

[Malikbhai]

Honey..where did our grocery money go!

[ocreditor]

Honey..where did our grocery money go!

I bet you already know

[gil.langelaan]

Honey..where did our grocery money go!

Unapologetically sexist haha

[fullbenefit]

Interesting, what kind of games are they normally playing?

[ryohei]

In Japan, women rarely play gambling and men enjoy public gambling.
The culture in which women are gambling is interesting.

[drifter8]

In Europe , women gamble a lot in land based casinos. They like roulette, slots and poker.
Such games they bet online as well!!

[Karri]

These gambling addicts need to get the proper help that they need before this becomes a real issue and gets too difficult and unmanageable for them and the situation goes too far.

Interestingly enough, in Finland the local mafia, err monopoly, that is still ruling the gambling markets because they are doing it for the "good of the people" has been ramping up their marketing and only making the situation worse in recent years. And I know for a fact that no gambling jurisdiction or online casinos(or affiliates) care about the matter either, so this is something that is gonna rock the industry in a few years when the issue gets way too difficult to manage.