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Denmark,
Dansk Tipstjeneste is raking in revenues from its gambling machines: meanwhile, thousands of gambling addicts nationwide are grappling with depression and thoughts of suicide
Even though just six percent of the nation's gambling machines are located in Dansk Tipstjeneste's Pitstop game cafés, one-third of the gambling addicts currently in treatment for their affliction say they play at Pitstop machines. The trend was outlined in a new report from the National Centre for Gambling Addiction, based on responses given by all those in treatment from 2003 to the present, Radioavisen and P3 news reported last week.
Dansk Tipstjeneste, the national lottery monopoly, has enjoyed massive success with its Pitten and Pitstop game machine concepts. Gamblers crammed nearly DKK 1.5 billion (200 million euros) into Tipstjenesten's slot machines last year, and turnover rose 60 percent from 2002 to 2003.
But there's a dark side to the financial success of the nation's gambling machines. Slot machines are the most addictive form of gambling, and nearly half of the gambling addicts in treatment have grappled with thoughts of suicide. One-third has turned to crime to finance their gambling addiction.
Denmark,
Dansk Tipstjeneste is raking in revenues from its gambling machines: meanwhile, thousands of gambling addicts nationwide are grappling with depression and thoughts of suicide
Even though just six percent of the nation's gambling machines are located in Dansk Tipstjeneste's Pitstop game cafés, one-third of the gambling addicts currently in treatment for their affliction say they play at Pitstop machines. The trend was outlined in a new report from the National Centre for Gambling Addiction, based on responses given by all those in treatment from 2003 to the present, Radioavisen and P3 news reported last week.
Dansk Tipstjeneste, the national lottery monopoly, has enjoyed massive success with its Pitten and Pitstop game machine concepts. Gamblers crammed nearly DKK 1.5 billion (200 million euros) into Tipstjenesten's slot machines last year, and turnover rose 60 percent from 2002 to 2003.
But there's a dark side to the financial success of the nation's gambling machines. Slot machines are the most addictive form of gambling, and nearly half of the gambling addicts in treatment have grappled with thoughts of suicide. One-third has turned to crime to finance their gambling addiction.
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