2000 Volunteer Leader Training Guide
Families and Gambling: What Are Some Facts?
Handout 1
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Have you thought about how gambling affects families?
How many facts do you know?
What are your opinions?
1. Only two states (out of 50) do not have any form of legal
gambling. They are:
a. Arkansas
b. Hawaii
c. Kentucky
d. South Dakota
e. Utah
2. If all states’ lotteries were combined, total sales would
make it the ____th largest company in the United States.
a. 96
b. 48
c. 24
d. 12
3. Most people view lotteries as games. Answer one in each a/b
pair.
a. for fun AND
a. for private gain.
b. for money AND
b. to show public spirit
4. You are advising a family on their financial management. They
ask you how they should categorize their weekly lottery purchases. Your
suggestion is:
a. personal and educational
b. entertainment
c. state taxes
d. other (miscellaneous)
5. If the compulsive gamblers in the United States were each in
a separate household, ALL households in these states would include a compulsive
gambler.
a. Arizona and Colorado
b. Idaho and Montana
c. Nevada and New Mexico
d. Utah and Wyoming
e. all 8 states in a-d.
6. The profile of a compulsive gambler includes all but one of
these; which one is not included?
a. low educational achievement
b. debt averages nearly $50,000
c. male
d. started gambling before age 14
e. likely to have committed felonies related to gambling
7. The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling reports what
percentage of calls for assistance to their hot line come from senior citizens?
a. 4%
b. 7%
c. 14%
d. 21%
8. Approximately what percent of the population has a serious
gambling problem?
a. 1% - 2 %
b. 3% - 5 %
c. 6% - 7%
d. 8% - 9%
9. What percent of teenagers in Minnesota said they had gambled
at least once in their lifetime?
a. 30%
b. 50%
c. 70%
d. 90%
Adapted from Gambling: Understanding the Issues. C. J. Makela and S. M.
Tucker (1995). Colorado State University, Ft. Collins and Center for Enriched
Communication, Grand Junction, CO.
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