To measure the amount of problem gaming for itself, the BGLC is now undertaking a wide ranging study to see what percentage of Jamaicans are actually addicted to gambling …an almost $40 billion industry in Jamaica that has doubled in sales over the past three years.

A number of studies, conducted in the U.S., and across the globe, have shown that only one percent of gamblers are addicted, said Walter Scott, the chairman of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) of Jamaica, effectively dispelling the false notions peddled by politicians to ban Internet gambling.