I can certainly say that the profile of the average person who gambles is that of someone slightly older, wealthier, and better educated than the general population. So it's not a tax on the poor.
In terms of people with a problem, those aren't my numbers. Those numbers have been developed across the country by people who study those numbers, and the Canadian numbers don't differ from the numbers anywhere else in the world. Statistically within the general population, about 1% of people have a problem with their on/off switch with respect to gaming, just as statistically about 5% of the population are clinically classified as alcoholics. Whether you have the games or you don't have the games, the numbers don't change.