Dear Friends, Did you know that Americans gamble more money each year than they spend on groceries? Or that more than $600 billion is wagered legally in the United States annually? Or that nearly one in five homeless people admit that gambling contributed to their poverty, and yet 37 percent said that they continue to gamble? Or that five to eight percent of American adolescents are already addicted to gambling?! Or that 75 percent of pathological gamblers admitted they had committed at least one felony to support their habit?