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US$1500 GAMBLING NATIONS OF THE THE TOP 1o -US$1000 WORLD -US$500 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 A LEADER BOARD HONG KONG - $503 annual losses pp CANADA - $568 annual losses pp FACT - MORE THAN TANZANIA'S GDP SPAIN - $418 annual losses pp 10 7 FACT - MORE THAN DRC'S GDP FACT - CAN BUY approx 9.9 GRAMS OF GOLD 9. GREECE - $420 annual losses pp FACT - CAN BUY 94 BIG MACS ITALY - $517 annual losses pp FACT - HALF A YEAR EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA IRELAND - $588 annual losses pp 6. 3 FACT - CAN BUY 298 LITRES OF PETROL O NORWAY - $448 annual losses pp 5 FINLAND - $553 annual losses pp SINGAPORE - $1,174 annual losses pp FACT - CAN BUY 546 LOTTERY TICKETS FACT - 1.6 TIMES MALAWI'S GDP FACT - CAN PAY FOR 5 NIGHTS IN A HOLIDAY INN AUSTRALIA - $1,288 annual losses pp ... AND THE WINNER IS: A FACT - DOUBLE SAMOA'S GOP GDP VS LOSSES IN ORDER OF HIGHEST GDP NORWAY AUSTRALIA FINLAND CANADA SINGAPORE 46% LOSS -1174 GDP - 65 477 1.96% LOSS -553 GDP - 49 350 1.12% LOSS -568 GDP - 50 436 1.12% LOSS -1174 GDP - 49 271 2.38% LOSS -448 GDP - 97 000 IRELAND ITALY HONG KONG SPAIN GREECE LOSS -588 GDP - 47 513 1.24% LOSS -517 GDP - 36 267 1.43% LOSS -503 GDP - 34 049 1.48% LOSS -418 GDP - 32 360 1.29% LOSS -420 GDP - 27 073 1.55% MINIMUM WAGE VS LOSSES ANNUAL AMOUNT ASSUMING 264 DAYS WORKED AUSTRALIA CANADA IRELAND SPAIN GREECE LOSS -1 288 MW - 32 185 4.01% LOSS -568 MW - 22 794 2.49% LOSS -588 MW - 18 268 3.22% LOSS -418 MW - 11 010 3.79% LOSS -420 MW - 6 900 6.08% EDUCATION COSTS VS LOSSES AVERAGE ANNUAL AMOUNT FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION ITALY AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE CANADA IRELAND LOSS -517 EDU - 15 394 3.4% LOSS -1 288 EDU - 15 298 8.4% LOSS -1 174 EDU -11 025 10.6% LOSS -568 EDU -4 265 13.3% LOSS -588 EDU - 1,108 53.3% Sources: Maple casino www.wikipedia.org www.h2gc.com Owww.MapieCasino.co 2012 When sharing this infographic please include a link to our site www.MapleCasino.ca