We were shocked ....shocked to find out that drinking and gambling don't mix!

The leading online casino-Castle Casino has just released their best and worst gamblers list and that beer drinkers didn't fare to well. This just released report indicates "that theworld's top beer-drinking nations also have the worst success rate at their suite of online casino games." CastleCasino.com statistics says it all:

The data below, which shows the payout rates from 60 countries in the CastleCasino.com database collected over the last 12 months, compares the worst gamblers with the average litres of beer consumption per capita.

Worst Performance by Payout (out of 60):

1. Czech Republic - 78.05%

2. Germany - 80.15%

3. Ireland - 91.02%

4. Poland - 91.87%

5. Australia - 93.83%

Average Beer Consumption per Person (litres):

1. Czech Republic - 158.6 (1st in the world)

2. Germany - 110 (3rd in the world)

3. Ireland - 131.1 (2nd in the world)

4. Poland - 95 (7th in the world)

5. Australia - 104.7 (5th in the world)

A CastleCasino.com spokesperson explained:

"Our figures reveal some fascinating information about payout rates by country, whilst we know drinking whilst at the tables is never a great idea it was shocking to see such close correlation. It seems that your lifestyle really can have some bearing on success rates at the online gaming tables."

This report strikes us at AmericanCraftBeer.com as earth-shaking - proving pretty definitively that drinking beer and gambling truly don't mix. It appears that serious choices will have to be made by many and we're choosing beer!