Personally I’d always assumed divorce was linked to marriage, as all divorces start out with a marriage at some point, but some people believe that divorce (and suicide for that matter) is in fact linked to gambling. A report in America was commissioned to show the impact and relationship gambling has on the divorce rate in the country, as eight casino communities were looked at throughout the country.

Incredibly, the data secured from the report showed that the divorce rate in four of the eight communities in which a casino was introduced showed a decrease in divorce rates. Only one of the communities actually showed any form of significant increase in divorce rates.

This is interesting to note as gambling has always been considered a factor in divorce, yet the figures show that gambling in the US isn’t relative to an increase in the divorce rate.

However the effects of gambling, notably problems in finances for couples, are a factor in divorce as money is one of the most notable reasons for a divorce.

The most common reason for divorce is still cited as being adultery however, usually by the man. This is attributed to the divorce gene that was recently reported as being found within men that I talked about recently.

Clive Bellmore