The Mahd Mahdi Bunting is at it again, playing fast and loose with the figures. I assume it’s because she can’t actually digest the reports she reads, rather than either not reading them or doing so and then lying.
Yet the case against the madness that is modern gambling keeps piling
up the evidence of the disastrous impact on individuals and
communities. Today, an analysis of British household expenditure
reveals that the average British family spends more on gambling than on
fresh fruit and vegetables in a week. As online gambling has boomed,
the total annual spend is now put at £800 per person in the UK on
average.
Well, here’s the figures from that report:
The Family Spending report, which is based on interviews with almost
7,000 families, reveals that £3.60 a week is spent on gambling,
compared with £3.40 on fresh vegetables, £2.80 on fresh fruit and £3.20
on holidays abroad.
So, that’s more is spent on gambling than fruit OR vegetables, not more than fruit AND vegetables.
And, as I bothered to calculate, that gambling figure is 0.81% of household income. Less than 1% of income spent on a frippery? This isn’t a problem now, is it.
That £800 per person figure by the way. Looks a little odd against average household expenditure of £187.2 doesn’t it? Mahdi is counting money wagered, not money lost. Tsk, tsk.
So, you decide. She doesn’t understand or she’s lying?
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