Brnění is a non-governmental non-profit association in the Czech republic which was founded in summer 2010. It is campaigning for gambling reform and specifically to restrict the number and location of mini casinos (with electronic gambling machines) in the Czech Republic.

It has compiled a map of the locations of these mini casinos which shows a stagering 2922 mini casinos in a country with a population of 10.5million people as at 2010. (source World Bank)

These mini casinos account for 63,641 installed gambling machines in the Czech Republic or put another way, 1 gambling machine to every 165 people. 


This ratio of machines per person is higher even than the UK or Germany and  places Czech Republic in the top ten of gambling machines per country worldwide as at 2010 figures. (source TNS World Count of Gaming Machines 2010)

Sdružení Podané ruce, o.s.  offers addiction recovery programs in the Czech republic & set up a special project 'First Aid for pathological gamblers & their families'  in May 2011. The project is co-financed by the European Social Fund & the Czech state budget. Since the project start they have seen a 4-fold increase in referrals for gambling to the clinic for treatment. More at: http://www.gambling.podaneruce.cz/.

Link to gambling reform website Czech republic.