Education kit: What are the odds? - Powerhouse Museum

Information in ovals indicates
costs to individual problem
gamblers and the number of
problem gamblers affected
annually
Information in rectangles
indicates the maximum
estimated cost to the
community annually in
millions of dollars
Worksheet
a. went bankrupt
300
c. attempted suicide
2900
e. involved in crime
9700
g. divorce or separation
3200
i. suffered depression
70 500
k. successfully
completed suicide
60
n. considered suicide
12 900
l. productivity
loss
$200 million
r. gambling
counselling
$20 million
u. depression and
suicide
$1230 million
p. break-ups, divorce
and separations
$1120 million
s. job changes
$59 million
v. bankruptcy
$1.3 million
b. changed jobs
because of gambling
5600
d. job performance
adversely affected
49 200
f. violence with family
700
h. in trouble with police
6300
j. sent to jail
300
m. appeared in court
700
o. break-up of
relationships
39 200
q. police, courts
and jail
$14 million
t. distress of family
and parents
$2933 million
w. violence
$8.3 million
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community
services work personal
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Personal
and
community costs
of
PROBLEM
GAMBLING
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financial
legal
interpersonal
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