[atomicpossum]

After all, we are told they are the ones on a "fixed income".

So why is it 90% of the people in any casino around here seem to be of retirement age?

Some may have trouble having ends meet, but the truth is that seniors aren't all eating dog food, in fact they tend to be better off than other classes.

[xrp]

Yep. Let's see where the wealth is:

TABLE 6
FAMILY NET WORTH AND NET FINANCIAL ASSETS OF
FAMILIES WITH TOTAL INCOME OF $30,000 OR GREATER
BY AGE OF HEAD OF FAMILY: 1995

Age of Head	Net Worth		Net Financial Assets		Number of Families
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
25–34	$42,102	$20,949	$7,283	$800	9,872,828
35–44	$89,032	$53,482	$20,996	$3,200	14,954,317
45–54	$146,386	$90,815	$43,189	$7,500	12,274,800
55–64	$215,894	$145,350	$78,291	$23,700	6,821,179
65–74	$270,623	$202,647	$118,783	$62,100	4,152,084
75 or older	$299,947	$225,800	$146,748	$100,000	1,701,111
All(a)	$133,607	$73,392	$44,055	$6,049	49,776,319
(a) Families with head age 25 or older Source: Capital Research Associates analysis of Survey of Income and Program Participation data