11 Countries With Highest Gambling Losses in the World

1. USA

Losses – $142.6 billion

The American dream involves living comfortably after becoming rich overnight. Or, at the very least, that’s how most of the world sees it. Considering just how much money is lost through gambling in the United States, we’d wager that things are quite like that in reality too.

Whether we’re talking about card games, lotteries, slot machines, roulette and so on, the United States has it all. Casinos are all over the place, looking to attract customers and, along with them, their money. Although there are several popular gambling hubs, Las Vegas is perhaps the best known of them all. Its name alone is immediately associated with casinos, regardless of who you ask around the globe.

The gambling market in the USA is huge and that’s obvious given how much money was lost across the country back in 2014 – a staggering $142.6 billion. This puts the United States at the top of the list among 11 countries with the highest gambling losses in the world.