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I don't know if many of you knows SocialTournaments where they hold free tournaments with different types,maximum multiplier,total points score and other related slot machines tournament,they are managed by Pragmatic Play provider and it is a way to invite people to gambling but I see it as an alternative to people who are addicted,they can stop the addiction as they offer enough daily,weekly and monthly tournaments to keep you entertained without you spending any money and if you are in luck and get the biggest multiplier or biggest score you even win real money to your account which you can withdraw to your crypto wallets.

I am in no way affiliated with them and you need big KYC,Proof of Address,National ID and Proof of Wallet to get your money.Do you think this platform can help people remove addiction,I think it can be a big boost to do so.

By the way, your title is a little unrelated to the content of your topic, the title should be to stop gambling addiction, not gambling.

Even though I've just heard of tournaments like this, I'm quite pessimistic that it will have a big impact on stopping them from gambling addiction, because what gambling addicts actually aim for is real winning money (they've lost a lot so they hope to be able to get their money back missing). The tournament above will certainly attract the interest of many gamblers, but only for those who consider gambling to be entertainment.

It may save the addicted person themselves from further debts but it is not helpful in anyway with the stop of gambling addiction since the person is continue to gambler without staking any money with the hope of hitting that big multiplier which is the fuel for addiction and it will never stop unless the person stop doing gambling na dtake a rehab.

But it is good intiative, it may satisfy the urge or people who wants to gamble and no risk of losing money I mean the people are over the line of just gambling for entertainment but still not yet reached the addicitive state.

Is this not the site that you are talking about: https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.socialtournaments.com

It does not have a good review. Although I can not only believe on reviews. I am not addicted to gambling. I hardly gamble, which is during weekend. I do not have time for something like this.

If someone is an addict, the person can try it. I do not just believe in anything free.

people addicted to gambling, are not addicted just because of money, and precisely because they do not want to lose. this Socialtournaments is something good only for people who are not addicted, those people who went to the doctor and the doctor confirmed that they are unfortunately addicted to gambling and the doctor recommended treatment in inpatient and rehabilitation centers for addicts, so these people should strictly follow all treatment, from what I know about addicts, because I have had some in my family and for many years we fought for them to be cured and unfortunately they always escaped from the hospital and died, gambling addicts should stay away from any game for many years

It is not 1 year, 2 years or 3 years that a person addicted to gambling is cured and can go back to gambling in moderation, it is much more than 3 years for the addict to cure, and in that entire time they should not gamble at all, even Although this game does not involve money, unfortunately addiction is a serious and very problematic illness, a total cure takes a long way and few people are able to completely cure themselves. I don't know what's in the TOS of this Socialtournaments, but in my opinion it would be good if their TOS made it very clear that anyone addicted to gambling should not use the site

anyone addicted to gambling should seek medical help and not use the site as a way to treat their addiction, they should put these rules in my opinion. because many people may think that since it doesn't involve money and they are addicted, therefore there is no problem using the site because it won't make their addiction worse because they are not betting with money. gambling addicts look for all possible ways to play even when they don't put money in, the desire they feel for the game is very strong and people need to withdraw them from games even if they are games that don't involve money

Well the reviews there were complaining that they lost money that they thought would win without KYC,they should have read the FAQ which says if you do not verify yourself for 14 days any win will be forfeited.Of course except that everybody there were happy and I agree as long as the site is operated by the well known Pragmatic Play slots provider.As long as you trust them as a provider which I assume most of us love them as they make some of the most addictive slots there should be no problem playing there.

It is not free,you are using your time which is precious to join these tournaments.

Chances of winning ain't that high. Also, avoiding addiction depends to the gambler himself. This is a good thing no doubt but would it work 24/7? 'coz gambling provider won't be earning that much to sustain this "program"if that's the case, and if not then that should already be an answer to the question. However, as I've said, it depends on the gambler whether to get invokved that much to gambling activities or not. As long as such drive to win and be rich in an instant or to get back with losses, are there then we cannot expect less. But mentioned activies will indeed lessen the the tendency of players to engage with betting problem is it won't be open always for players who would want to play and win, also prone to abuse.

It can also be interpreted in a different way.
Players get entertained without having to spend any more and yet they get to win real money seems too good to be true. How can it help gambling addiction when the gambler still plays like betting something? It's even inviting newcomers to gambling because it's a sort of training for them to play betting. We all have different views of course since this looks like a casino still.

This will help to reduce addiction from addicted gamblers,because they have all the time to entertain themselves and it will engage them in one way, at the same time money isn't used for the competition. I will say that it will also save them from losses and also have an opportunity to win big without staking anything. Although,the chance of winning the prize is slim.

It still depends on the gambler to understand that gambling is suppose to be done for entertainment and not for profit,this is another thing that the gambler must learn from the social tournament. If the gambler refuses to understand this,he will go back into gambling because he believes of making profit with it.

I believe the point is that addicted gamblers want to play frequently, that is, every day, so a tournament would never supply their constant demand for betting.

It's hard to replace a gambling session where the game is between the player and the house, or between two players by a tournament where the gambler will be competing against hundreds or maybe thousands of another players, meaning winning chances are too slim, therefore not being an interesting and exciting game.

If you want to fight gambling addiction, you have to replace it by another activities which are healthy and don't involve betting practices, otherwise you will be still encouraging this kind of behavior on the addicted individual.

It depends on the addicted gambler itself. There's a high chance that they will find it have no challenge at all knowing that there's nothing at stake and maybe the winning price isn't worthy their time. Though for the gamblers who really want to quit gambling without spending money, it is a great way to entertain themselves with the spice of getting profit with the benefit of quitting gambling. Overall, it's a great way for some people to stop gambling, we now have this kind of option to recommend to someone who really want to quit or for some gambler who just want to have the entertainment they get from gambling.

I have different point of view to be honest, I think that such free tournament will not help addicted gamblers to stop their gambling activity. I will even say that it will attract them to play more because what they get from the free tournament may attract them to play with real money. The same as the fun mode of slot games, it is being used to attract people to gamble and I also believe that the tournament provided by socialtournament is also to attract people to gamble.  However if addicted gamblers want to stop their gambling, they should start to stay away from anything related to gambling. Joining free tournament will not really work imo. Obviously, it will be based on how people deal with it.

Not really sure that the social tournament you are referring to can prevent or limit cases of gambling addiction and will disappear, but maybe it could have a small effect as a preventive measure. I remember a slot site that provided several games that did not require complete KYC and the site gave prizes to visitors to play for free every day, but winning prizes could be sold at varying prices to people. Even though this game does not involve real money, coins are freely traded so that it is absolutely not a reflection for gambling addicts to stop.

While I'm not sure that a high percentage rate will help active gamblers stop gambling while taking part in these tournaments, it may have a positive effect as a deterrent. The point is that in the case of gamblers who are addicted it is not an easy thing to cure, so for this kind of tournament is not one of the right solutions if no other education is provided for those who are addicted.

Why not just stop gambling?

Your advice are gonna to make people starting gambling again (deposit) some money while they're realized not winning anything from the tournament but getting a good multipler during playing slot.

Do you know ? people started to gambling before they gambling without money like free stuff once they realized winning a lot they will think can win more by deposit some money.

Because it is much more difficult to stop gambling right away without any incentive.Personally I have stopped gambling some months ago,I mean massive gambling as I still do gamble sometime during the week,yet now I want to remove even this little gambling I do and I don't want to spend anymore a single dime in gambling as I know I can use that money better in different venues.The slot tournaments keep me hitting the spin button without me depositing any money and by doing so I don't feel the urge to deposit money in order to hit the spin button.I know we have the DEMO mode of each slot but it is different playing for nothing compared to using nothing and playing for something.

Good initiative that will help those who really want help, not the people who want to stop gambling but are not serious about it.

One very good way to beat addiction is to stay occupied and engaged, that way you can forget about the habit that is so difficult to control. The games that can be played without money is good but can be ineffective in a long run because it still exposes the addicted gambler to the same environment that they want to free themselves from putting them at the danger of having a relapse even if they successfully stay the period playing games without using their own money.

Yes it is a good alternative for those people who know what they want and I don't think the risk of going back to playing gambling in a real way if you want to quit as you know these tournaments are there everyday,every week and every month and the monthly prize is a huge one to be shared between the participants being 20.000 EUR as a grand prize.There are side benefits also as you can buy with in account currencies (not using your money) wheel spins and I won 10 EUR yesterday from a ticket of such spin of the wheel.So yeah,this platform offers plenty of activity for people who want to at least reduce their level of addiction.

No, It’s still gambling which means people will always have the curiosity to try the real deal gambling to experience more profit instead of this small prize when you win on this tournament. This kind of tournament is also not in regular basis which means players can’t use this as an alternative for gambling addiction since you will need a consistent gaming to fight addiction,

I start on playing slot games that doesn’t involve real money just to try it until I become curious to try the real slot game after winning huge amount of play money tokens hoping that it will be the same. My curiosity and ambition push me to gamble, same with other players that will join on this kind of tournament.

I’m not aware with this tournament, Can you provide a the link for sample?

I just found out that there is a free social tournament mode without depositing money but this will definitely invite a lot of people to play even though it's free with the social tournaments held, it will call more of them to gamble longer.
For me this is not a solution to stop gambling how they will continue to deposit if it continues to be within the scope of gambling and this will not be effective for some people to stop even I think this is the path where they go to a heavier addiction.

I've heard of gambling tournaments where you don't have to pay anything to enter.

I've also heard of poker tournaments where gamblers pay a small fee and then are given large sums of money to play at the casino, to see how it feels like playing at high roller tables, being able to take 10k bets with 100k on the table. If you're lucky and get to the top 3, you get some real prizes like casino credit.

I've never heard of social tournaments, but it's probably another name for similar thing.

you are right friend, i really agree with what you wrote, a gambling tournament that has a program to stop gambling seems like it will never exist, instead of participating in the tournament it would be better if the gamblers just played on a demo account, apart from being able to enjoy the game they prefer, they can also protect their personal data so that it is not exposed to the public.

It's no secret that what's free at the start is a marketing trick or an introduction to the crowd, it's clear there are hidden intentions behind this tournament because it's impossible for them to want to hold a tournament that won't be profitable at all in the future.  only the will of the person or a psychiatrist can cure someone from gambling addiction.

It is still gambling, you cannot stop a person who is already addicted, they need to stop gambling entirely not just giving them a thing that will help them to stop from it but actually a gambling game too. Addiction is hard to fight without getting rehab or without seeking help from professionals so I think social tournaments could not be a big help at all, it will make them starve for a real gambling game.

Such an initiative could work well best, if more new beginner gamblers are the main focus. The pro gamblers will see such as a waste of precious time to make more money.
One other thing to bear in mind is that this social tournament doesn't remove the desire or urge in the individual who feel that he should try gambling, or for some other wierd reasons unheard of.

This was the good idea which can be used by the gambling addict to get away from the addiction,because they at first start to spend time in the gambling.So it’s essential for us to entertain for that time,this free time surely help the gambler to get away without spending any money.The high scorer had some real money as the price means,it will be good.But I was very curious how much need to spend to join this game,because some may try to get some deposit and close the website after some months.The KYC submission is not a big process to get free real money by playing the game without any investment will be the biggest option.

I feel less confident that this can free someone from the addiction of gambling. Isn't this just going to make gambling addicts spend more time gambling? Because talking about gambling addiction is about how a person can control himself, his finances and his time when gambling.

"But I also think" maybe at least with this it can provide more benefits to simply minimize the bad effects or the domino effect of gambling addiction. where when a gambling addict has run out of money then he will do everything possible to get money to be able to play gambling. However, with this tournament, to a greater or lesser extent, this can prevent the domino effect of gambling addiction, because they can wait for free games every week that can make money.

I'm not sure if this will help gambling addicts though, I mean if you are really that addicted, it means you spend a lot of money and you want to have that feeling of winning "real" money, not just going to the motions of playing like slots.
And there are free games that you can find in the market, not that I'm bashing this kind of programs, but I'm thinking the opposite.
It might cause those addicts to really sink into their addictions by playing this kind of tournaments or at least with free money.
I've seen free games and seen people playing it, and then they have like billions if not trillions of "fake" money.
And then I've read someone says that if this is real money, then I'm going to be reach.
So if just get me thinking that once they have money, they will go and attempt to replicate that in casinos for real money. IMHO.

That's one way to look at it at least. But for the most part tournaments like these are made to entice people to play the real thing. With the notion that "if I could get this much money without paying for anything, how much more will I be able to rake in if I start investing money into it now yeah?" Which doesn't have to be expressed any further, is a big contributor to gambling addiction. To me the surefire way for you to be able to stop gambling altogether is to just quit it, it's not something like smoking or alcohol that you should gradually quit to be successful, cause with gambling addiction, the more time you spend gambling the more you're getting reeled into it. The best way is to just quit it entirely and not involve yourself with anything that remotely resembles gambling, even these tournaments.

Your title is completely unrelated to a way to stop gambling addiction. If anything its a way to increase gambling addiction, since the website you are obviously trying to advertise has all the same things as gambling games do. And this might be counterproductive to people who have problems with gambling games. It could even mean relapsing someone who has not given in to his/her gambling addiction for years. All because he/she played a game which was eerily similar to the games he/she tried to avoid in the past.

I think advertising in such a way is a shameful practice. And I seriously doubt that you are in no way affiliated with the platform that you are trying to advertise. Your marketing team needs to rethink its strategy.

In my opinion, this will not completely overcome the problem of gambling addiction that occurs to most players. A gambling addict will never be satisfied with what they get. When they win at gambling, they will continue to multiply their bets to get even bigger wins. As long as they still have some money, that's how long they will continue playing. However, at least this tournament can reduce the amount of money they spend every day because they feel helped by the tournament.
And sometimes when an addict doesn't gamble for even one day because they don't have the capital to gamble, this often makes them anxious and stressed. However, with this tournament, the anxiety and stress can be relieved.

That is just competition. Competition and gambling are different. It can neither help beginner gamblers nor the pro gamblers.  Gambling is different entirely and this will not stop people to gamble. The site is not even having an excellent reputation.

one way to get rid of addiction is to reduce it. if this social tournament they want to limit their gambling arena with the aim of saving people who are addicted to gambling so that they really only make gambling limited or they really stop completely that is of course very good. they really have good intentions. let's see in the future how many people are helped by this platform.

Gamblers want to expect some thrill from gambling, otherwise it is no fun and they do not engage in it. If people just simply gamble responsibly they would not have to need website like this. Besides, I do not think this website meet the criteria to help people stop gambling.

I believe that if you want to stop gambling, then stop gambling. Either seek help from a licensed professional or someone that really wants to help and not some website that would trigger the habit you are trying to stop.

I don’t have a full comment on this site you have mentioned as I have not seen it before neither have I used it before.

Getting rid of gambling addiction is not as easy as it may sound although I haven’t experienced but I have been with those that have and if you think they can control their addiction by using a site that controls or manage how they bet will completely get rid of addiction then it’s time you set your hopes low. For those that are addicted to gambling it feels as if there are forces driving them to gamble and if one site prevent them from placing a bet all they have to do is to turn to a different site if the addiction is a chronic type.
They need some external help in order to help them get through it.

It sounds like it could work and hopefully, they plan on running it for a long time, assuming it can help gamblers deal with their addiction. Others say it won't be effective but for me, it could be a good step in the right direction if it can keep them busy throughout the day without gambling.

I also wanted to ask the same question, but since it's powered by one of the slots providers, sustaining the tournament won't be an issue.

I don't think it'd be good. It's an avenue for people to play, yes, but at the same time, the games themselves already exist for free on a lot of platforms. Gambling is, well, gambling because of the money involved, which adds thrill to something really simple. Even a game of coin toss would be fun if money was involved. I guess if you consider how it's "tournaments" then maybe, but by then I'd much rather play other types of games which may take more time and investment, but much more enjoyable than a gamble without the, well, gamble part.

The free money win sounds good though. It's most likely lottery though so that no one takes advantages of it sadly.

I don't think so in fact the site is feeding their addiction to gambling, Gambling addiction is not about the money involved, they want a feeling of reward whether there is money involved or not.

I've known gamblers who earlier in their betting session won a big amount Instead of quitting they extended their playing time not only because they wanted to recover the money they lost in the past, it's because of the dopamine effect, the feeling of reward from doing specific actions.

You cannot satisfy gamblers with money alone and want the feeling of being satisfied by playing.

It is in no way different to gambling IMO. It's still something that you join, bet, and win something from your initial bet. You are still playing with chances with and risking something to gain more so it's still gambling. People who use the platform and are not satisfied with the bets will surely look into another platform wherein they can play more. If anything, it just 'extends' their addiction, and maybe even amplifying their hunger for gambling.

I have never heard about them but is it like that they're into it? How do they get funded and make people have prizes when they don't allow people to gamble with their own money? Is it like charity work for the addicted gamblers and that's their sole purpose in helping them?
Well, the important thing is they don't need people to deposit money and they will allow people to win real money if they ever win the games that they have. I think it's a good way to stop addicted gamblers deposit money and have it removed but in a sense that they're still playing real gambling games.

Not everyone condider gambling as entertainment. As big money is involved with gambling, the addiction is an easy thing that takes place with gamblers. At some point the gamblers focus will be not on winning big and all, they just want their lost money to be recovered. This focus lets them jump and find solution to get back the lost amount. Based on the suggestions in the article it is all about gambling without money involvement. This won't work with the addicted gamblers.

Certainly not.

Playing with "play money" does not have the same enthusiasm as playing with real money, it ends up being just entertainment. And those who play just for entertainment will hardly become addicted, because when he starts losing money the game becomes boring and he ends up abandoning it.

As for the person who is addicted, when he starts to lose money he has the "need" to recover the lost value, and therefore he sinks more and more.

I believe that games like this can be an educational way to prevent people from becoming addicted, but not a way to treat them.

No platform of some sort that lets the members play on their casino site and wants them to stop in any way. I think the effect that it could have is that they are going to be more inclined to gamble than switch to real money.

To see a gambling addict gamble for free and remind him the fact that you can get a lot of dopamine hits and feel that "you could win", I think will just worsen the addiction.

The addiction is not spending money on a casino site but the dopamine hits and the "hope of winning" thing. Not that whether it's real money or not. It's consequential but still, the big factor here is enabling the addict to play more.

It's, dare I say, naive to think that these sites could help people who are addicted to gambling and can't stop.

Offering non-monetary engagement is appealing, but do you really think that it's the game that draws people in and not the heady dance with Lady Luck? And just as a side thought, could it not be a trap to pull souls deeper into the abyss?

Proof of Wallet, Know Your Customer, Address... That's a lot to pay for "free" fun, don't you think? But here's the psychological dilemma: Is it really "helping" if it just swaps one form of addiction for another, even if it costs less money? Maybe, just maybe, this platform is just a Band-Aid for something much worse.

I have a slightly different thought between breaking gambling addiction and this tournament. what I know about gambling addiction is someone who wants to continue to satisfy their addiction by gambling at any time whenever they want and even though this tournament is held for free it only takes time to participate in this tournament but this is not an effective way to help quit addictive activity but its just the same because even though its free its still about gambling and gambling addicts what they need to quit their addiction is another activity that is far from gambling or any activity related to gambling.
as did some people out there who have a family addicted to gambling they help stop their activities by way of rehabilitation in a place far from gambling so that their minds will get used to without gambling activity in any form. so I slightly disagree with the tournament to stop addiction.

nice and interesting idea! also interesting that it is offered by a casino-games provider.

Is there any scientific evidence that such a system really offers an alternative against gambling addiction, or is it simply a way to continue playing without wasting money?  ::)

On the countrary, I think the tournament is even made to lead more people into addiction and not to help gambling addicts. It is for those who are new in gambling to enjoy and play on a turn because an addict likes to play at anytime on his desire and not to be limited.

Gambling addiction is like a smoker or an addict who craves for his dose of drug at a particular point that he or she needs to take it and not wait for a dose. So, I don't see anyway socialtournament could help a gambling addict to stop the habit.

What I think those new people will try to gamble as long as possible in order to get the highest multipliers or anything that will make them receive money. After they got it, they will try to make deposit and try to make money from the money they got previously.

There are only 3 choices:
1. Gamble more and make more deposit.
2. Trying back the social tournaments.
3. Stop to gambling.

I believe no, it's full of assumption :D

Gambling addicts will definitely find ways to satisfy their gambling urge, even though with the emergence of this social tournaments. However, there is also possibility that those who want to take part on this tournament will be setting aside his gambling expenses, thus saving for a while and if lucky enough, he will get decent profits from participating. But still, since this is part of gambling, their addiction will always be there. It’s just that they spend more of their time and effort, without personal money involved. But I think if social tournaments will be prolong, probably there will be participation fee later on.

It's a small portion of what they get from all the games they created in gambling sites so I think it's a good way of giving back. So, it's like a Slot Hunt. I have not seen that tournament yet and do not also have the details of how it works.
I guess this is where Free Play will come in because there's a minimum bet in Real Play so they cannot use that for tournaments. The highest multi-win will probably be easy to claim in Free Play mode but I doubt it will be easy to win with the high amount of participants.

Will it be a way to stop gambling addiction? Maybe.
There are gamblers who are only targeting events like this but I think that's a low percentage in the whole gambling community. Actually the effect could be the other way around, this kind of event might be the spark of gambling addiction.

If they are doing it for free, at least they can see that there is a profit here and they can attract people to this side.Demo accounts have already appeared so that people can get their daily dose of gambling.I can say that I have friends who spend more time on demo accounts than before.
I can say that they get the feeling of winning without investing money and thus they play less and invest less money in gambling.These friends I mentioned were addicted to gambling and I can say that they lost a lot of money at the time.Developing something like this could be an important development for Pragmatic Play and for gambling addicts.

Most gamblers engage in gambling for entertainment and money. Those who are addicted to gambling because of the fun they derive from it will find these Social Tournaments very helpful. But gamblers that target profit-making will need more than these free games to break free from addiction. Their motivation for gambling is to make a profit so they will not be thrilled by such a substitute.

Alternatively, such games can introduce nongamers to gambling. Since some of the games are similar to real gambling, nongamblers can decide to apply their acquired skills or experience from these dummy games to real gambling. But if gamers can control their gambling drive, Socialtournaments are a valid medium to reduce gambling addiction.

The answer will be maybe or no because it depends on each person participating in the tournament. If they can still control themselves and are still willing to prevent gambling addiction or even try to cure their gambling addiction, they will not focus too much on gambling. Still, maybe they will participate in tournaments more often. They will not think about gambling in a casino and using their money because they can participate in the tournament and not use their money.

But if the person is still thinking about making money from gambling, they will probably continue to gamble at the usual casino. They will only keep trying to win and will not stop before they win. But with the tournament, one of the ways to attract them to the tournament is instead of them spending the money in the casino and they can also get the money if they win. But there will be another problem: they will think about the tournament and how they can win in the next tournament.

Anything related to gambling doesn't stop people to get out on addiction. Even if they didn't spend some amount while playing still it can rise up their urge to gamble since they can play without worrying any risk. But what happen if the program done? For sure those players will find another option and for sure they go on casino then spend real money just to satisfy their selves from playing on the games they like.

No way in fact it's the other way around, you cannot help people stop gambling as long as they are playing a game of chance even if there is no money involved the dopamine effect is still there, this is in fact encouraging them that there's easy money with gambling and they will use real money, only a professional advice and plan can stop gamblers from their addiction, it will not come from game provider whose interest is to promote gambling.

This so-called social tournament promotes gambling and if the player has a good run he will turn to casinos and use real money to try his luck there since he thinks that he has luck in gambling, I don't think the Pragmatic Play provider promotes their game as a means to stop addiction, it's just you assuming it.
 

I don't see how it can stop addiction where the basic thing to need to win here is to wage even more.

These kinds of tournament is already common and to be on top, you have to be on the leaderboards. For a gambling site that is already popular, the competition will be surely tough, and maintaining the position will be hard. You need more money here for this type of competition. How it can even help people to minimize and lessen their gambling addiction?

It's still gambling with just another tweak. It's even promoting gambling more as why should they care for gambling addiction?

It is a competitive tournament where in every case the players participating in the competition do not have the same chance of profit and loss as gambling. In gambling the prize money is determined by the consent of both parties and decreases over time. But in case of tournament the award is fixed and decided by the tournament organizing authority. If a person can control himself then participating in social tournaments can prevent addiction. But you have to be careful before investing money if you invest more after greed you will be at risk if you have less feeling of winning. It is better to invest any money in gambling if they lose they try to recover the lost money if it becomes an addiction their development is hindered.

No. This platform won't help anyone to stop his addiction. It will most likely help in sustaining the gambling addiction until the gambler has enough money to start betting on a normal casino. Quitting gambling completely is the only way to fight gambling addiction and it's really difficult. If this SocialTournaments platform was really dedicated in fighting gambling addiction they would never offer money prizes.
As mentioned in your post, this platform is dedicated to inviting more people in the world of gambling, rather than fighting gambling addiction.

If I understand correctly, what you are saying requires KYC or any national ID, something most gamblers don't want to provide on any casino platform. And if my understanding is also correct, because of the passage of KYC, many gamblers will avoid this gambling platform system and can be far from addiction. Is my thinking correct?

Now, regarding your question about whether it will help other gamblers stay away from addiction, maybe, on the other hand, it can, because other gamblers will avoid kyc, in my opinion.

I just checked the site and it's just like a regular gambling casino, but with no charge, whereby you are allowed to play some games over a limit certain period of time, and if you are lucky enough to win, you get paid real cash. However, I don't see anyway this can stop people from being addictive to gambling, since it's almost the same gambling style of game prediction that is still been executed there, but just that the only advantage I see this new site has over a regular casino is it's ability to stop people from being in debts, since it's free and require you to only predict and if you are correct, you win a price.

What is damaged can't be repaired and when it comes to human, we are given the gift of repentance and the gift of will, if you are willing to do anything you will end up doing it, when it comes to gambling addict, there is no amount of remedy, strategy or treatment that can cure your addiction, it's something that's ongoing in the mind and your thoughts, if you can't fix yourself there is nothing that can get you fixed.

These platforms that offers help can only be effective on someone that's just starting out his or her gambling, when they know what's ahead of them they can always evade the bad side of gambling, but for someone who is already an addict, only such person can cure it's addiction.

There was someone who I knew, he was a gambling addict, his mother took him to church and the pray every day for him, this went on for months, and when he got back home things looked normal and he at one point said he will never gamble again, until all eyes are no more on him, today he is no more alive, he died with many debt on his neck.

There's also a possibility that if Pragmatic stops these so-called Socialtournaments the participants will go elsewhere or to other casinos and use real money to satisfy their addiction to these Socialtournaments, so we cannot consider this concept to stop gambling addiction, anything where a user face games and makes a bet even if there's no money involved will cultivate the love for betting.
Only a professional can introduce a program that can stop addiction and game providers will not start campaigns that will stop gambling addiction because their business is associated with gambling

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That's unusual for a casino game provider to launch a program to stop gambling addiction. They are doing this to promote their games and for people hooked up to the games they are providing, so when they stop, these social tournaments people will use real money to play their games because they are now hooked to it.

I doubt if any of the participants can say that he stopped his addiction to gambling by participating in these social tournaments, If I want my addiction stopped I will contact a professional and undergo a rehabilitation program not play games associated with casino game providers.

I have done so as I know every day there are different tournaments there,it is enough to stop my urge to gamble with real money and I like the opportunity to win real money on top of that as it is using nothing to earn something.Of course it is not nothing as we use our time but most tournaments there with the autoplay and the turbo spin end in less than 15 minutes so that is great.I know though that they are doing it not to stop gambling addiction but to promote their games yet there are people like me who are using them to stop throwing real money into different casinos,so far it is working for me.

That's good for you because at least you can win real money from that tournament. I see we can play many games from slot provider Pragmatic Play, which is a great way to avoid real gambling addiction. I've tried to register and see what's inside.

But it seems like people can become addicted to playing in those tournaments. The important part is that they don't use the money, but the site has provided it, and we just have to play, and hopefully, we can win the tournament. And it's true that there are tournaments every day that we can choose from.

That's exactly what I was thinking. I can't understand how anyone who even remotely knows how the industry works can think that this is done altruistically to stop people from playing. It is precisely the opposite, as you rightly say. And it's laughable that people like the OP have swallowed the bait and think this is some kind of social work on the part of the casino.

Addiction can only be removed by the person who is addicted. Regardless of any promotion or programs you present to them? They will still ignore it and worse could take the same opportunity but for them to reinforce their addiction and not to remove it. What people need is awareness, education, and practice of it. Maybe those tournaments would work for some time, but it not used correctly, this may turn out to be negative instead of positive outlook with addcition to gambling.

It is not that I got the bait mate,I know that most likely they want to promote their games as if you win big there you may think now let's go and play for real the slot of these provider,for me though is different,I have some urge to keep spinning the slot machines daily and to remove this addiction it is some days that I am playing only there without using real money except my time which honestly is not much,I can do 6 tournaments for an hour and also by doing so to lower the desire to go and spin in real casinos with real money,in this context this is a good option to stop playing.

I do understand where you are coming from here.
There may be a chance that some gamblers do play tournaments only and I actually know one of my friends. But he doesn't play slots or dice, and other casino games. Poker is his game and he also doesn't do buy-ins and sit on one table. Tournaments are what he actually likes and somehow I see him as a non-addict player because there is no urge to keep playing thanks to those tournaments that he had been joining.
That's why I think it might work but it will still depend on the perspective of every gambler. Some will see this as the start of their gambling addiction while some will see this as an opportunity to play free and somehow win some money without any invested money, all they need is some effort and time management on when the battle will begin.

Actually I've never heard of the Social Tournament you mentioned. But if there are indeed a variety of games that are free and don't require a deposit then in my opinion maybe that could be an alternative way to make someone who is addicted to gambling not waste their money.
But it might be difficult if someone is not addicted to online gambling but they are addicted to offline gambling.
I don't know, in my opinion maybe this method can be overcome so that they don't waste their money, but I'm also not sure that this will solve their addiction problem or maybe this will actually make their addiction problem worse.
Someone who has experienced gambling addiction disorder should be kept away from all things related to gambling, right?.

I agree with your statement.

While I do recognize the efforts of creating social tournaments in order to combat gambling addiction, this just further intensifies the act of gambling in itself. To put it clearly, it brings more harm than good especially to those people who are striving to absolutely cure their addiction from gambling.

Like what I have suggested, a person who aims to cure their addiction should slowly but totally remove any form of gambling on their system. By introducing social tournaments, this gives these people a reason to gamble albeit no money is involved.

I have no idea how can free tournament help addicted gambler, afaik when someone is addicted (no matter what kind of addiction), he/she should start to leave anything related to the addiction.
Dont you think that it will not make them at all because they will still playing slot games although they do it without risking money?
Afaik it will not help them to reduce their addiction but it will only help them to spend less money for a while only, once the free tournament is over then they will continue with their own money.
To stop addiction effectively, gamblers should start from themselves by a great will to leave it step by step.

You are right about that, with a tournament even though not risking money it is the same as still playing slot games and has no effect to leave the game, in fact the addict will be more active in participating in the game and more likely to be able to return to betting with money.
The correct way is to change all the addict's activities, which were initially full of gambling games, into activities that are more useful and not related to any gambling games. it will help reduce their addiction and slowly forget about gambling. it's not good if you have entered the addiction phase, it will be a bad and uncontrolled life.

It's a massive stretch made by the user to sell Social Tournaments for some reason. Logically speaking there's no way these "free tournaments" are made to help the average gambler who's addicted to relinquish the bad behaviors in my opinion it even promotes it which is a massive kick in the balls for those people who wanted to quit gambling. I would agree with you too, there's no real solution to solving gambling addiction than quitting gambling outrightly.

Social tournaments is a massive free tournament for people who wanted to play but got no money to deposit at best, it's no end-all-be-all solution to gambling addiction and it will never be since it promotes the very thing that you're trying to quit in the first place.

Only an addicted person can cure it, and it is the intention to cure his gambling addiction. Without having a strong intention, they will not be able to cure it but will return to gambling again, and there is a possibility that their gambling addiction will worsen. As long as the people who play cannot control themselves when playing in tournaments, they can also become addicted to playing games. And they can also lose track of time because they can play many interesting games. Moreover, they can win prize money, which will make many of them even more eager to win it.

What makes you think that an addicted gambler will not gamble the money away that they manage to win from those tournaments? When someone is addicted to gambling, they don't gamble for the games because if that was the case, one can easily play any of the gambling games for free without having to spend a penny, but addicted gamblers gamble because they want to gamble with money and they wouldn't like playing just tournaments without spending any money at all.

So I don't really think that tournaments can actually prevent people from getting addicted to gambling or stop addicted gamblers from spending a lot of money on gambling, it can be entertaining for sure, but only for people who gamble for entertainment purposes and are not addicted to it.

This kind of reminds me of stock market trading platforms that allow you to buy/sell/trade stocks as if it were in a real account, but it's just a "for fun" or "practice" account.  I utilized this once but just found myself not taking it seriously since it wasn't the real thing.  I think it might work for SOME people, but feel overall it won't help most addicted gamblers.

However I'm glad you brought this up as I think he could certainly help some people.

I would rather see the different thing in speaking about stop gambling addiction via having that kind of system on which you could play for free but having the chance on winning up some prizes if ever you would really be able to hit up those top spots. Im not saying that it could really totally able to solve out addiction since you would really be still needing to play and you would be aiming to go on the top spot or hitting those threshold or competing against other players on which it would be normal that you would really be that eager on playing since you know deep inside that you dont have something to lose on here on which means that you would really
be that interested on playing specially you could potentially earn money once you do able to take yourself on the peak. In honestly speaking then this isnt the way you would be making yourself stop addiction
since you are still playing but on the sense that you do it for free or having no risks aside from your kyc and documentation then the rest is really just that free.

Plus you have to remember that these "trial accounts/demo funds" are made to give the people a general feel of the site and the process, in hopes of reeling them in into actually putting in money on the process. If that's not against "preventing gambling addiction" then I don't know what is lol. OP's literally selling a "method to entice people to gamble more" as a deterrent for gambling addiction as if we wouldn't realize from the get-go. Sure there could be people that are satisfied with the measly earnings that they would get from free tournaments like this. But 9 times out of 10 this just makes them even more hungry for gambling, driving them to actually visit sites after playing these free tournaments to deposit money and "test their lucks".

Never knew this until you've shared it here and I think the cause is very nice but is there some statistics that shows it reduce the addiction of those who joins here? I think it should have been more selective to who may want to identify as a problem gambler ratger than just random people joining in because that will just lead to abuse just to get those rewards.

What you say makes sense, however addictions by definition are behaviors which do not make sense as people are engaging on attitudes that can destroy their health, finances and their most important relationships, and yet we see people choosing their addiction over anything else over and over again, so while this is a good move for those that may have some gambling issues, I do not think that it will produce the results that you could expect out of it.

This site is not intended to rehabilitate addicts directly. It does seem to work for gambling addicts who have independent therapy initiatives. Instead, their main goal is to get more exposure from the new machines they present. If they get satisfactory statistics on the number of players and rounds in a certain period, I think that the new machine will begin to be implemented by their partner casinos. This can attract new addicts.

This may be the solution for now,but we was not sure.How long the gambler will be satisfy with the alternative.Since they addicted to the gambling site,the gamblers easily back to the gambling.With the try,we can use for the recovery of the gamblers,but the complete recovery from the addiction or partial recovery based on the user.This can be used till the new one was created by the gamblers itself.As the doctor only can predict the medicine,the gambling addict or gambler can create the website,which entertain the gamblers as like the gambling site.

that's what i was thinking here. how did they come up that offering such socialtournaments will lessen the addiction of the gamblers? or is that because they are assuming that since gamblers are not using actual money on this, that's when they take as the sign that gamblers are not getting addicted?
and if they are requiring KYC, do you really think a lot of gamblers will sign up for this? unless, they are offering nice amount of actual money as rewards for high multipliers or total points.

Perhaps the website is not for gamblers who are used to gambling in casinos but for people who just want to play in tournaments, especially gambling addicts who always return to the casino. But at least this site can be used as a solution for those afraid of losing a lot of money playing slot games. And they can also come back and play other slot games while trying to get into the top 10. However, it is very difficult to increase the ranking because the difference in numbers is too big for beginners. Apart from that, these slot games both require luck to win.

Well, things can turn out to be very good, but when you do things like social tournaments to help you get ahead in the face of possible people with addiction, the tournaments are something that can take a long time, there are people who are addicted to online gaming and other poker tournaments, I always see that there is the same login in some Tournaments , Especially in casinos that are Fiat , I have seen many players who are on bitcoin and that I know have profiles here, without However , Sometimes I see these things as normal, because I know that he is a person who loves poker, and not just a bunch of people, probably I respect everything, his Anonymity, I never go out of his way to say something about the fact that they have an account here on bitcaiontalk , because that is Something very Private, it is also respect, it is having that honesty and having that Clear Vision that things can be done well here and anywhere, but something can be said that the people who are in bitcointalk can take a Ideal behavior, of Gentlemen , is that it Shows that he is a Person who is above Average , this is something that is Noticeable.

Now, with an eye to the Social and what is done to prevent things from getting out of control or that a person can have a different view of the Tournaments , or Even not Only of the tournaments but of any casino game that is played and that it is something really added to the roulette to the slot machines, as you say, because it is difficult, it is chance, you bet there is money aside there and everything is valid, you can obtain many advantages with respect to this, and everything you say in Order to help someone Because for me it is very Good and You can Say that it is the Best , I Believe That things have a solution, and if it is to help groups of People to Escape a Little from the Stress that can Besiege them in a casino , the fact of not Winning , or something like That, Well, it's a win I see it well and I Very much Support that Motion , it is something that I Like.

Yes but in here the luck does not matter that much in the sense that you don't lose anything,any money except your time which addicted people have plenty of it.Therefore in this context the Social Tournaments is a helpful website to these people despite the initial aim of that website is to promote latest Pragmatic Play games,from this slot provider.It can be used both ways though,trying your luck for free and if you win anything on top of it consider it as an extra bonus and they can pay you in cryptocurrencies too which is another benefit of that site.Personally I don't play that much there as it is difficult to win but when I don't have anymore money I always go there and hit the spin button.

Playing games in tournaments can make a person addicted, especially if he cannot control how long he can play. We have seen many real examples where today's teenagers play games with their friends until they forget the time to do their schoolwork. But in that tournament, people don't need to deposit money to participate because the site provides it, and they just register and choose the game. Sometimes, a person can play several slot games so that they will spend more time than others.

And in that tournament, they can get a lot of money if they win. But they have to compete with other players who may be more experienced than us, especially if they are already used to playing the game. We can only try to get a high ranking, and if we fail, there are still many other games we can try to win.

Still, you need luck to get on the Leader Board, which is very difficult. And it's true it can cause someone to become addicted to continuing to play the game because there are many games they can play. And only self-control can prevent you from wasting your time just playing the game, even though the prizes are very attractive. It is very difficult to play there because many players can win and occupy the top rankings, so they get huge prize money. Well, perhaps we can win one day and take home the prize money.

Well we have to do and take into consideration many things, first when it's a tournament, for me personally, I get bored after I've had 3 consecutive games, I don't know, but it makes me tired and I don't want to play anymore, if I get too far in a tournament. Another thing I don't like to continue playing, maybe because I'm a lazy person or something like that, and that helps me not to fall into any type of stress, much less into addiction, because they are activities that are basically made evident in order to be able to do other things, I think my personality 100% avoids being addicted or something, but it's my personality, so when we make a small break in what consists of avoiding diction, that's it.

For us to do several tournaments we have to have a lot of patience, at least for me I like to play in poker tournaments, but honestly when I started in the world of gambling, I played two or three tournaments at the same time , and I think that this activity makes me tired , I don't see that it gives me so much adrenaline, quite the opposite, and I usually play chess in 3 different games and that really takes me thinking all the time, for me things are like that, yes I like them, it's just that I am a person who gets bored very quickly and that doesn't cause me so much emotion. If people who tend to be addicted had my way of thinking I would never get involved in the action, plus the fact of losing I don't like money either, I think Andie does , but the addict doesn't give it any importance and I like social tournaments because it helps active companies to be more consistent with what they have, what they feel and everything, But in general terms, regarding social tournaments, I don't know where they hold them, nor do I know how to enter, it would be great if they could have a special calendar to do or inform noats and people in addiction, I say this for the poker tournament. Nowadays, I have seen that poker is quite popular.

It's good if your body can feel bored after playing 3 matches in a row because that means indirectly you can control yourself in playing games or gambling so you won't waste a lot of time. Everything you have experienced proves that you are not experiencing any addiction because it seems like there are obstacles that can keep you from playing games or gambling for too long so that you can avoid gambling addiction. Well, perhaps it's better if you just play games and try to enjoy the game and be able to stop on time. That's good for you because you don't have to worry about problems later. After all, there is already an alarm that will sound to warn you of boredom.

We must be more patient when playing any game because playing it is not easy, and we have to train ourselves to play better. But if it's already in a tournament, perhaps we just need to play and leave it completely up to luck, especially if we choose the game carelessly. We may just want to have fun by joining a tournament and seeing how good luck we have, but we don't need to get our hopes up about being the winner because many other players may have better luck than us.

Well, I think that this type of boredom is not Bad, because just as it can protect you from an addiction, it can protect you from any Accident, that Applies a lot in the case when , for Example, I am a person who, when I feel like eating something sweet, I do it , I eat, little and that's it, then I don't want to eat anymore, while I have seen that people eat and eat more Sweets , Causing many People to suffer from Sugar , sometimes it is good to do Things like that and see them like that, normally things when They try to do them Correctly in the behavior of a casino, since they can be very Varied.

When people are in a casino every now and then, time goes by very quickly, in fact the same thing happens to me sometimes, when I'm in the casino I play and play, when I suddenly lose track of time, but I say that these things happen due to the degree of concentration given to an activity, it is something normal, especially that happens when we are sleeping and we know that we should get up early, sometimes we want time to pass as slowly as possible, so that we can feel that we rest more, and sometimes it happens very quickly and we feel that we need to sleep, that feeling sometimes happens when we are in the casino, and well, nothing to do are things that are sometimes within the personality of each one, sometimes there is someone who He likes the game very much, that it is not controlled, that the impulses are stronger, and that is why it is sometimes necessary to do this type of tournament, where there is no type of danger, but only playing, where there is no risk of any type. of money or something like that, sometimes it is because of the same personal pride , that a person sees that he loses and loses, feels that he has no luck at all and that is the Reason that we have that Feeling, then a contest, a tournament It makes any person enjoy themselves, feel good , if a person is happy it is Because they really like what they do, but you have to do it with great Measure , because the fact of Spending a lot of money does not Guarantee that you will Win.

When you are in a casino, you will probably be there longer than you imagine, so you will not realize that you have been in the casino for a long time and have spent a lot of money. This is a natural thing because, with the various gambling games available in casinos, many people want to play them one by one to get different experiences so they can forget about stopping. This has happened to many people and those who only wanted to gamble for a while, but because they saw an interesting promotion in the casino, they decided to use a little money to try it. This ultimately makes many people addicted to gambling and unable to cure their gambling addiction.

Maybe that's what you will feel when you participate in a tournament where there will be many people who are also participating and want to win in many games. So if you also participate in the tournament and lose track of time, that is normal, but you should still be able to take care of yourself while you are playing in the tournament.

What I think about all this is that when things are about being able to help an addict, it seems excellent to me, of course it is something that I like because everything that is in favor of help for them is the best, We don't know how hard it is to be in an addiction, but basically the things when it comes to helping solve or dissuade this problem for me is welcome, if there are social tournaments so that an addict can get out of the problem a little and stop their expenses in the casino, and apart from that things could happen much better, it is always good to try to provide help to the people who need it most, also the idea is good because they still feel adrenaline, they feel emotions, maybe not the same when It is played directly in a casino, but if it is good that something can be recreated that can be good for even a player with this problem, then in this order of ideas I see it as something positive.

Now if this is a method that is efficient to determine what can stop addiction in a person, then blessed be the one who invented it because it is helping or will be able to help many, I think the main thing about this is the intention with what is done, It is not so much to say that you want to combat addiction in people, and when a person falls into addiction there is nothing to do, you just have to find a way to get ahead, there is no other way to see it, if it is through a platform, there is only Just do it, you just have to take advantage of what is present, the technological tools if they serve to combat the addiction of people seem excellent to me, and everything that is to help these people so that they can let go of all this, well It seems excellent to me, now things are quite good when it comes to how to captivate all those who are undecided or those who perhaps want to enter but do not want to know their identity, it would be good if they could put in their own pseudo name and that's it, It's my only doubt.

I don't think it'll help any individual that is already addicted to gambling, addiction can't be treated with the same activity that made you addicted or it'll be reminding you to go and continue gambling and in the solution you gave, when playing in those tournament but didn't get any money, it'll remind you that you can try your luck with some money in real gambling games and when you win, you will win real money instead wasting your time playing those tournaments.

Stopping gambling addiction needs you to look for professional help because they're the only ones that can help you stop been addicted because they have the experience and have treated many individual that were addicted before you, also reducing your gambling time will help you reduce your addiction.

If they are addicted to participating in tournaments, maybe it's time for them to reduce their money to gambling because in tournaments, they don't need to deposit money to be able to participate. They can join and play in the tournament with other people who have also started playing there. Maybe there are no challenges like gambling at a casino, but at least they have the opportunity to reduce the use of money for gambling. And if they play games more often in tournaments, they enjoy it more and more and may leave the casino and focus more on playing games in those tournaments.

Maybe they still have an addiction to playing games but not gambling in casinos. Their goal in playing games in the tournament is likely their motivation to continue trying to be the winner because there is a cash prize that the winner can get. However, playing games in tournaments will require more time because they can join many tournaments after finishing the game.