I got curious what region of the world is the most popular for gambling and I came across a ranking of countries based on their total gambling gross loss. The Top 5 are as follows:
1) United States, 2) China, 3) Japan, 4) Italy, and 5) Australia. As I expected US is the first when it comes to gambling.
Around 26% of US adults placed bets on the Superbowl in 2024, totaling around 23.1 billion dollars in wagers. This amount rose by approximately $7 billion compared to the previous year. Their total loss annually comes up to $116.9 billion. I am not surprised as well that China and Japan followed but what surprised me is Italy and Australia.
Traditional gambling activities like Baccarat and Fibonacci also originate from Italy. Venice and Milan are two of the country’s largest gambling hubs, featuring over 15 casinos. But Italy did not strike me as a country where people specifically visit to gamble in.
So we have a country for almost each region: north america, asia and australia. Did any of the countries in the list surprise you? Is there a particular country you want to visit purposefully just to gamble? Whole list can be seen
here.
A list of the most gamblers can be made when the country has official permission to gamble. In each of the countries you mentioned, gambling is officially allowed, so the official count gives an idea of how much people gamble every year, but in countries where gambling is not officially legalized, it is not known how much people gamble in those countries. Nowadays, gambling has become such a thing that every profession, every age group knows about this game of gambling, and everyone has a curiosity about gambling. I see a lot of people from my country gambling, but gambling is not officially allowed in my country. So even if all the people in my country gamble, it will not be counted. People are gradually learning about gambling easily and I think that in the next ten years, most countries in the world will directly allow gambling.