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The
Daily Gyro November 6, 2006 Greeks Gamble... A Lot. Here’s a story that doesn’t enforce any stereotypes. According to the World Lotteries Association, Greeks are tops in per capita gambling. Here’s a story that doesn’t enforce any stereotypes. According to the World Lotteries Association, Greeks are tops in per capita gambling, spending over $39,000 a year each. (Greek Cypriots are 6th on the list.) By contrast, Americans only spend about $11,000 a year on gambling. The Greek statistic is staggering considering that Greek per capita income is only about $23,500. So there must be a few Greek billionaires really bringing up the average for every one else, because Greek total spending on gambling comes out to over $4.3 billion. The total spent in the US is $8.8 billion from a country of over 300 million people versus about 11 million Greeks. Wow.
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