US Army of Basic Memory Devices in millions of people
When Devil Jeter Stuck on the casino -style slit and shin compartment, he felt immediate stretch. This was his first night in Seoul, South Korea, and the US Army officer was in a bad atmosphere. September 11, 2001, the attacks had just happened, and he had a wife and two children under the age of 5 who lost heavily. Felt lost.
One had never seen a memory device in the military base before – there was no in the United States – but he thought that his effort could not make things worse. Another remembers, “As I sit there, the first thing I realize is my shoulders.” “Then, I won. At that moment, all stress, anxiety, pain, injury, fear – that disappears.”
Drawing the memory device is felt like a salt – until they didn’t. Another room found another room full of memory devices at its next base. During a period of about three months, he was changed to what he says was “devastating obsession” starring in the military casino games. He eventually evacuated his savings, sold his goods, even stolen from his unit. He didn’t tell anyone what’s going on. “I thought no one could help me,” he says.
Shin W. Kraus, an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who is studying gambling disclosure, says that all those who do the Sulas such as Yeer show that veterans and service members are more than civilians fighting gamble disorders. The service members are also looking for greater help for fear of losing rank, security clearance or profanity.
It has not changed since the year of service – in fact, in the past five years, military programs have been increasing cash. And, some fans say, they are not worried enough about what they are in gambling training.
To the debt prepared
The Army Recreation Machine (ARMP) program currently operates 1,889 memory machines in 79 locations, including Korea, Japan and Germany, according to Nile Gomebe, general manager of the Army Recreation (IMC). According to a document obtained by Wired, the port gained $ 70.9 million from its memory operations during the 2024 fiscal year. In that year, AMP $ 53 million in net income. .
These figures are increasing. In fiscal year 2023, ARMP earned $ 64.8 million and $ 48.9 million. Last year, according to the documents obtained through the request of public records prepared by the reporter through the data liberalization project, with net income of $ 47.3 million, $ 63.1 million revenue.
From October 2024 to May 2025, the “home” has won strong winners. They produced about $ 47.7 million of players at that time, recorded by Wired Show. Compared to the performance of the players from October 2024 to May 2025, about $ 37 million in Jackpat was more than $ 1,200.
In its peak days, ARMP has earned more than $ 100 million, according to the 2017 Government Accountability Office (GAO), but money was significantly reduced between 2010 and 2020, which Gomebe attributed to “moving and reducing force and facilities.” Re -grown after 2020. It was part of the boredom of the COVID-19, along with “renewed investment in new equipment and reducing cost/costs to increase the entertainment offered”.
