How gambling compares to other things we spent money on in 2002:

-- Gambling: $68.7 billion

-- Furniture: $66.7 billion

-- Prisons: $54.3 billion (local and state)

-- Shoes: $48.8 billion

-- Car insurance: $35 billion

-- Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola: $30.9 billion

-- Books: $26.9 billion

-- 50 top-grossing movies: $6.17 billion

-- CDs, DVDs, LPs, cassettes: $0.9 billion

Sources: Christiansen Capital Advisers, LLC; U.S. Department of Commerce; Fortune magazine; Variety magazine; Recording Industry Association of America; Association of American Publishers

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