Nigeria is supposed to be among the top gambling country globally because I saw an article early this year that states that the the Nigeria online gambling market is estimate at €675.1m in grass gambling revenue this year.
And Australia is 163 billion!!!! Do you see the difference?
As I said before, it doesn't matter how many people gamble, what it matters is how much they can afford to gamble!
Disposable income in Nigeria is $700, it's $35000 in Australia!
How would people in Nigeria even be able to gamble as much when they don't even have that money?
Maybe this is for another different conversation but I wonder but which one drives people to gambling more. Lack of money or abundance of money? There are countries like USA that are doing well as they are visited by tourists because these tourists are wanting to play in casinos and their citizens are doing well enough to gamble. But there are also countries where the citizens are so poor they have no other choice but to rely on luck and hope they get rich through that. Right now it seems like economic prosperity is what drives people to gamble more.
The abundance of money may tempt you to gamble, but if you are poor, you will want to gamble. Even though these two tendencies are opposite, you will continue to pressure yourself to gamble. For example, if you have abundance of wealth, you will go to the casino to enjoy your time and to have fun or earn extra money with your money. The poor tend to earn more in a short time by gambling, and getting money will be considered entertainment for them.
Getting high profits without hard work and in a short time, even getting rich quickly by participating in betting. Everyone has expectations when it comes to winning. Rich people may be able to participate in betting more, but poor gamblers have to set a budget according to their own means and bet. You gave the example of a country like America. If I give the example of a country like Thailand, the citizens of that country are using casinos and various means of betting to earn money from tourists. Even though the people of their country are not in economic prosperity, they themselves are not that addicted to gambling.