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South Africa surveys shows problem gambling has dropped by 2 percent
The South African press this week carried the good news that the number of people with a gambling problem in the country has dropped in the past two years, a recent study has found.
The professionally conducted study showed that incidents of problem gambling among adults with ready access to commercial gambling dropped to 4.8 percent from 6.8 percent in 2003.
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The latest statistics emerged from a national problem gambling prevalence study conducted over the past year by the National Centre for the Study of Gambling. It was commissioned by the National Responsible Gambling Programme (NRGP). During the project a sample of some 3 003 adult South Africans living in the country's principal urban areas with easy access to commercial gambling was studied.
The results of the survey are consistent with the findings of recently-published National Gambling Board research, which also showed that the prevalence of problem gambling in the country had declined between 2003 and 2005.
The NRGP has an extensive programme for raising public awareness about the risks inherent in gambling.
"Taking from these findings, it is safe for the NRGP to say the majority of South Africans, including the poor, are gambling sensibly," NRGP Executive Director Professor Peter Collins said.
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