I've been to Ireland 12-14 times in my life, but I was never taken aback by the levels of gamgbling.
I mean, it's certainly around. But it's around everywhere. Is there any ethic group that really hates gambling? Not a rhetorical question, I'm genuinely curious.
I don't think so to be honest. I come from a Turkish/Muslim background and we love to gamble also. Most of the illegal gambling in the Netherlands -where I live- is even dominated by Muslims. Gambling is legal in the Netherlands and I don't know why but Turks prefer to gamble illegally, I never understood that.
And also in Turkey gambling is a big thing even though you might think differently because of the religion.
