As the gambling industry continues to grow globally with the rise of online gambling, a recent report from the medical journal The Lancet’s commission on gambling calls is calling on governments to approach gambling as a public health issue.

Malcolm Sparrow, one of the authors of the report, says this will put gambling in the same category as alcohol and tobacco, which are identified by the World Health Organization as issues of the public interest.

Statistics Canada estimates that in 2018, nearly two-thirds of Canadians gambled in the past year. The data estimates that about 300,000 Canadians were at moderate-to-severe risk of developing a gambling problem, where gambling starts to negatively affect a person’s life.

  • Arkouda
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    1 month ago

    Is that supposed to be an insult?

    Try saying something meaningful next time so you don’t feel the need to spam my inbox 4 day old troll.

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      1 month ago

      please tell me how your comment provided anything of worth that is in this realm of reality?

      • Arkouda
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        1 month ago

        How about you crawl back under your bridge instead?

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          1 month ago

          right. instead of answering you deflect with troll responses.