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Each time I visit some physical betting shop in my country, I usually observe how some elderly people make use of computers. I live in a country where most people 55 years and above don't have basic computer education. Many of them cannot use the mouse, keyboard, or other parts of the computer. This might be because most of them have not been exposed to computer education.

However, the introduction of online betting has forced most gamblers in my country to learn how to use the computer. It is now common to see some elderly people using the mouse and keyboard effectively. Most of them have never attended any computer education class but learned through observation. Others might have gone through some level of training from family or friends. I am sure many of them wouldn't have learned anything about the computer if not for online gambling. What are your thoughts?

This is very correct,  there have been rapid increase in computer usage in my country too due to gambling self-services. In the various physical shops, there are usually computers stationed for customers to analyse matches, book their games and also check live scores. Even the elderly who had no prior knowledge of computer have, due to gambling, known how to do the basic things with a computer.  I'm usually amazed at how fast and efficient most of them are in learning and using the computer respectively.  At least we can call this a positive development occasioned by the proliferation of physical gambling shops.

I do not think you are correct about this. There was a time you will not see computer in the bank and other places. But today you can see computer in basic schools. Computers and phones that perform the functions of computer are common these days. The reason more people use computers today more is because of how computers are now common in the society and not because of gambling.

You are contradicting yourself because we are almost saying the same thing. I agree that the reason why most gamblers are now proficient in computer use is because they have access to it in gambling houses. So, it will not be wrong to say that the presence of computers in gambling shops contributes to computer education indirectly.

We are in a new era of gambling so they need to learn how to use basic computer usage but the increase in computer usage is not mainly because of gambling, social networking is the main one, and many online casinos are mobile-based and the majority of people in this planet has a mobile phone.

I don't know if there is a study on this but I doubt computer usage among the populace is mainly because of gambling, computer usage is everywhere and in every place, an individual should learn how to use it because so many services are computer and mobile-based.
  

It will be more amazing if you can provide pictures of it even with censored on their face to hide identity. I can’t imagine an elderly using computer just to place bets and it’s really amusing to see it personally.

In my country, this doesn’t exist. Elderly still play on traditional games such as bingo, cock fight, card games and many more but not an online bets. Our elderly hates to embrace technology since they want the traditional way. My father is one of them which doesn’t even want to learn basic computer despite we have lots of computer in the house that is not use anymore.

Good to see that elderly in your country is willing to compromise just to bet.

being able to use computers and computer education are two different things. if they can only use computers to gamble, they will only use computers for this purpose, try to tell them to do excel or word, i doubt that they can do that. because computer education is more than just using a computer, it includes windows office education, programming, etc, and the use of computers to gambling does not contribute anything to computer education because there is no further research on this.

Of course gambling have contributed towards computer learning abilities of some people especially in some rural areas where it wasn't that much common to see computers but because it's usually available in the physical betting shops and it's seems that if they do not make us of it themselves nobody would for them, so they are forced to learn fast and use them.

Every thing has both positive and negative effects in its environment, I guess this is part of the positive effect of gambling in the society but it's not likely to be counted as positive impact.

I would argue that you do not grasp the point OP is tryna pass here. His not saying the otherwise rather his pointing out that gambling from his constant observations also has a positive impact on elderly people because most who loves to place bet in the physical betting shops now see reasons to use the computer as per if not used then they may not be able to place any bet. so they have to learn and thus this learning is also an improvement in the use of computers amongst the elderlies.

In the original post, it was not mentioned that online gambling is the main reason for the increase in computer education in my country. But I said it has contributed to the promotion of computer education. Yeah, this assumption I based on personal observation and not backed by any research work. The rate of computer usage is different in different countries. Some nations have very low computer use, especially among the elderly population.

I don't care if you believe it or not but I am sure of what I am saying. And I hope you say that the age bracket I stated is 55 years and above. I will not also take pictures of people who are gambling because I want to prove to you that it is real. I am sure other members will find sense in my view.

I wonder what the number of that many because even in a country where gambling is very popular there is no news that it contributed to computer usage even among the elders, people can learn it from home because there will be always a computer in every home because of at least one family using a computer or there are shops that use a computer.

Not because you observe, that you can use the word many without checking the facts, I also talked to elder gamblers and they know how to operate computers already before they become online players maybe for a few or some but I doubt if the numbers are too high.

I don't know which country that you are from, but down here in my country it is not the same. As you will hardly see an old man involving in online gambling, because they prefer the offline casino and gambling system since that is what they are used to. I have tried several times to bring my big uncle into online gambling but he always complains that he prefers the offline casinos because of the social life style.

However, you should not also forget that some of this old men have computers in their houses and offices which they are used to, and it is such people that will love to try something new, and they can give online gambling a trial, if they enjoy it, they will continue. Maybe those are the old men that you are seeing in those bets hops placing their bet. So don't see those old men as computer illetrate that learnt how to operate computer because of gambling. Are you kidding me.

I actually see your story is a good thing.

Online gambling make the old people to learn computer, usually those old people will give many excuses if they can't learn new technology because they are old etc. While the reality they just don't want and lazy enough.

Since they already able to use computer, they will not need to taking advantage over their kids.

I think that necessity forces people to learn something new. Whenever a person wants to learn a new skill or learn a new profession, he has to learn something new. According to my observation, where there is money there will be rapid progress and growth in a person’s skills. I mean that when a person knows that this technology or skill will bring him money, then learning is much easier and faster.
As for older people, I always like to watch when such people master advanced technologies, considering how difficult these skills are for them. Another thing is that they learned to use a computer because of gambling. One can only hope that gambling will not harm any of them.

We are not saying the same thing because you are talking about gambling but I am talking about another thing but generalizing everything. Which means if gambling is not existing, but as computers are more used today, there would be more computer literacy among people. I have seen many people today that are now old or above 50 years of age but are not gambling but are able to use computers and phones.

this is so true. I have been to lots of betting shops in my locality and the average street boy I thought had no computer knowledge already knows how to place a bet and use the mouse in navigating through the betting site interface. It's a learned knowledge that comes from observation and you could be supprised to later find out that most of them don't even know how to read and write but are very conversant with all the keys on the keyboard and knows actually all the teams.

Apart from being conversant with basic computer operation, being an active sports gambler exposes you to almost all the counties of the world and all th major continent. You need to have seen old people making football analysis and how they can literally tell you all the names of the players, there country, stats and lots more. When I wasn't all that involved in sports related stuff and gambling in general, I had little knowledge about all the countries in the world and the league that's played in the different continent but being involved in gambling and virtual, I have gotten to know most of those things. It's a plus in gambling.

This is undoubtedly a good skill, the main thing is that the use of a PC is not limited to this and brings even more benefits, for example, in searching for any information or studying in your free time. If the skills are limited only with gaming sites, then this is a limited skill that does not bring much benefit.In my area, the older generation still bids through the manager at the register.

Such experiences is equivalent to what goes on in my place too but on a context, it is literally not affected on the older people alone but as much computer illiterates who  which most of them can not even read and write, but you would be amazed to how they handles the mouse standing before the computer monitor for online gambling.

I swear it wonder how they get to understand the clubs they picks at their predictions. Possibly by the clubs symbols.

Apparently, the little experience such persons adopted on the course of gambling in using the computer system has actually proffered them some levels of computer understanding and has also instigated them to build up their reading and writing abilities.

On that note, I believe gambling with sensitivity would not only earn you the fun and profits but also inspires you with some levels of knowledge either on your investment or how you can always handle difficulties.

Well, just learning the smartphone do actually help our elderly to have the basic knowledge about computers. First, the smartphones are also using the same keyboard as we are using physically. Second, the mouse pointer is like their finger when they are handling a touch screen phone. And finally, the use of applications are almost the same as how it is in the computer where everything is user friendly.

Who doesn't have a smartphone nowadays?
Elderly people are using this to contact their relatives, mostly their grandkids to stay connected. They even use application where video calls is used so that they won't have to use the text messages and do the hassle of typing everything.
I don't think we have to worry about them, they don't need to gamble to learn this things. They are wiser than us.

I don't think you know what you are saying mate, using something doesn't mean one knows it all. They are just there to select the kind of odds they want and not to browse the internet, when you say they know how to operate a computer, it means that they can operate it with the help of on one. In the betting shop, the worker turns the computer on and the bettors only need to select the games he wants. Betting is not increasing any computer knowledge in any society, it only serves as a means of entertainment. There is no big deal in learning how to gamble, as long as you can use a smartphone properly you can still use a computer to gamble if the  computer is connected to Internet. But if you really want to learn how to operate a computer you need to learn many things and not only how to turn on and off or gamble with it.

Even if we dont speak about gambling on which teaching up basic computer operation isnt something that wouldnt really that hard even if it would really be explained into some elderly.
In todays technology then it cant really be avoided sometimes that those old people would really be needing up to adapt into the new things that they havent been get used to.
Of course they would really be sticking into the things on which they do know but if they have to do something just to continue into the things that they are really into like
in gambling but doesnt have that kind of strength to go into physical places then you would really be definitely be having that kind of consideration on learning up the new things
on which to learn up things online.

Its just one thing, imagine if someone doesnt know how to use computer learn from gambling, its just they can know how to navigate the computer and didn't fully grasp the computer because when they got into gambling or the site they will play in then that's it, there are a lot of way a person could learn to use computer, even without gambling, think of this, you are saying that some people should do gambling in order to learn to uss computer or are you impliying that it is one of the benefits of gambling? I think not and I disagree, because computer knowledge can be easily taught. and if someone get addicted in gambling then what is the ise of learning to use computer? Unless that gambler will do other things aside from playing gambling, in that way that person could discover a lot of things and maybe one of those can help to earn money.

You can take the positive sides of learning to gamble like learning more about computer and even math, probability, game theory, risk management if the person really dedicates on studying it

But if you put it in a balance. Do you think the positive impact of it will be bigger than the negative?

By the virtue of profession, many of us were able to developed one or two skills and also thought about increasing in knowledge in other for us to be able to fit in the criteria needed to have and maintain a particular job, this is normal and common among the people, same also as we have already seen with the increasing rate for more exposure of the people both old and young in computer literacy with the introduction of online gambling, definitely we can say that it has helped a lot of people gain the required exposure from thos aspect and on many others, some earned a living after acquiring the required skills and technical knowledge on how to operate on a physical gambling platform, together with many other benefits this has brought.

I'm just wondering what a 55 years old would be doing in casino when, but nevertheless I'm not sure there is something special to learn in computer through online gambling. Most of the time, casino games are pre-installed software where customers will just login and place his money and bets and then cashout if there is any win. It's not like they will allow you to make use of the computer for anything special or do something you want.


Maybe exposure for people who don't understand how computer works, online gambling will help a little but if it's from a mobile device, I think it would have been better and morr friendly. It will be simple for people to gamble and you know the casino aren't after what people can use to gamble but how it will be easy for the customers to gamble and put money into their games, the priority should be easiness and I think personal phone is okay in this situation.

From which country is this? 

Thats odd. Old folks are more interested in using phones as it has more use for them like calling their sons and daughters and at the same time social media.
From what I noticed, phones are cheaper than computers. With just $100, you already have the fastest way to learn how to gamble online, you don't even have to stay in one place, you can commute somewhere and still bet.

Yes, it would really be that something that gives out that kind of question considering that phones are cheap and it would be unlikely that old people will really be going on sitting in front of PC rather than on playing on mobile phone on which this is much more accessible and really that handy, not unless if you do really have that willing to play on a pc because of different user experience which is different on mobile and this is why there are really people who are really that selecting on something on which they are really that comfortable on dealing with. For those oldies who do want to play gambling then yes they could ask out their grandchildren or someone whose inside the family on assisting on how it should be done. Just like the rest been saying that this isnt really that actually hard on which we know that basic computer operations could really be easily learnt and could be easily be told on someone.

Computer education isnt really just that limited on gambling but also in other means like social media, streaming and other things that you could possible be able to deal with.
Someones interest would really be something that leads up on where you would really be going.

They enjoy gambling so they happily learn how to operate computers for entertainment. This time they don't even realize how they are bringing the computer into their own universe. Their main focus is on gambling so they don't feel the pain of learning how to operate a computer.  However, gambling is not a good thing. Gambling is a bad addiction so one should not spend long time here. Operating a computer is a very easy task for people in today's age. But it might be a bit difficult for older people, it's not a problem. The problem is that they become serious about gambling which can cause them huge financial losses

It can be true but of course it may different from 1 gambler to other gamblers because not old people want to learn to use computer these days.
They are more familiar with mobile phone and I believe most online casinos can be accessed by mobile phone so I think they prefer to use mobile phone than computer in order to gamble in online casino.
One reason is that it is simpler than using computer and they can play anywhere anytime.
However if the main effect of gambling is just about using computer practically (turning on/off, using mouse, and open browser) I dont think it can be said as computer education, maybe the right sentence is "increases the usage of computer".

This just show that if they really want to, they would learn how to do things just to enjoy it or continue what they want.
For me being old isn't a restriction in technology, everyone could learn how to use it if they want to, there would always be someone who would be willing to guide them if they ask.

Those elderly people are not having any technical knowledge of the computer by gambling,  all that they do with computer is just to select games that they want to bet in, and anything aside from that they are not allowed.

In some places they only point at the games the want to book without having access to even the mouse, or keyboard so for sure they basic knowledge is still zero if gambling is what the rely on to learn computer.

I totally agree with you Because online gambling did not just bring the opportunity for people to gamble on there comfort zone but it has also helped so many people especially the elderly ones to become more exposed to computer operation and going through online to make some research about there gambling, so perhaps that's why sometimes we shouldn't only look at the negative impact of gambling on people's lives but to also consider the improvement and positive impacts it has made on most people's lives especially the introduction of the online gambling which has made everyone including those  who doesn't have an idea about operating computer to start making use of it.

While we may think that this is a positive development the question I would ask nest is that how does their basic computer operation skills translate into anything? What is the use case for them outside of betting? Agreed, they can use the mouse and navigate the bet screen window, those this mean they have been skillful in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Core Draw these basic skills that they can apply in other areas of their lives? No. Therefore learning basic navigation skills on the computer doesn't equal a real life application case.

This is probably true, but the main problem with gambling is becoming addicted and doing various things that the player would not have done if he had not become too gambling. I have nothing against the fact that older people have begun to use the computer more often to place bets; moreover, there are a number of implicit positive aspects in gambling besides the computer. One of them is that players can throw out their negative emotions in the game, and not in real life. If I were asked whether gambling brings more positive or negative benefits, I would think and would not be able to quickly answer this question.

By the way, these older players will begin to use computers not only to place bets, but will also begin to look for various information that interests them, such as other hobbies. In general, there is definitely something in this.

I agree with your idea on how online gambling have affected the elderly ones in your country on the positive side as you have said. But I would not regard that as computer education because they only click the mouse to check game and am sure, there is an attendant in the shop attending to them.
If we truly ask them what they know or understand about computer, disappointment is sure considering your word "Computer Education".

But I have seen most people use mobile phone for online gambling. Even though they are not comfortable with computers, they can use mobile phone very well. In my country I think people are losing interest in learning computers skills because of mobile phones.

Are you sure that it's mainly online gambling and not the emergence of the internet and that's why many started to learn how to use computers in your country?

What country are you from?

While there can be a contribution from the usage through online gambling but you'll never know if that's actually what had made them learn on it.

With everything that's almost online right now, I think that there are some other reasons how they've learned about it.

Using phone to gamble is the easiest way to navigate any online casino, it's only when one visits the casino house before he or she will be given the opportunity to navigate the casino with a computer. Before anyone would think of going to a casino house to gamble, he's already aware of how to gamble with computers, even though he's having a little know, he can understand what he's doing. Yeah phone is cheaper than a computer a it reduces expenses from both powering and Internet connections fees. However I'm most places there's free Wi-Fi's and steady power supply, so in those places there won't be too much of expenses when using a computer to navigate a casino from internet.

I don't think people here understand what education is supposed to mean. Education is acquired knowledge that can be built upon and taught to others.

Gambling does not require education. It rather requires some skills such as how to use a phone with smart festures, at best an email also. These things are so common these days that anyone can do them. Even in some occasions as a farm worker and hard ksbourer you have to fill in paperwork. So it's nonsense to me to claim that gambling helps education. Let's not pretend this is true. If we want gambling to help actual education suggest to your favorite sites to build something like an education fund for building schools and hiring teachers. But it's probably not happening.

Using computer to gamble does not mean they have known computer or how to operate it entirely. What gambling helps them do os to enlighten them and feel the impact of computer technology. Apart from that, i believe that they don't know how to shutdown a computer or do some vital things in it. A computer comprises of many thing beyond what you have explained here. so operating a computer depends on what you impute in computer and what it gives you.

In the country where I live, physical casinos are prohibited, so what remains, in this case for the elderly, is to bet at online casinos and/or crypto casinos. Most of them didn't know how to use Telegram and WhatsApp, Instagram, 'cause this is a tendency for people to interact, they kind of felt forced to learn anyway, whether with the help of their nephews, grandchildren, etc. This is a remarkable social transformation.

This is no different with online casinos, which are the best betting entertainment option for these people. Of course, this is one of the advantages among the disadvantages such as debt and gambling addiction, which if well organized and played responsibly, can be used as fun.

Online gambling attracts many gamblers at all ages and in order for you to follow the trend, you must learn how to use this. In my country, you can gamble easily with your own mobile phone and you don’t need any computer just to start betting and this makes it more easy for elderly people to gamble as they are also exposed to mobile phones nowadays.

Sure it has, most people are joining gambling on daily basis and have the opportunity to get access to modern technology and facilities like the computer and other devices and gadgets to make their gambling experience better and convenient for them because there are times when you will walk up to a gambling hall to place a bet and you will find out that the hall is crowded by gamblers so instead of waiting for the gambling agent to attend to you, you can literally find a free computer and do the bettings by yourself and it did help a lot of people not only the elderly ones in the society because some people can't handle the computer comfortably but getting exposed to these gadgets and computers helped a lot of people in gaining computer knowledge.

I think in this aspect, gambling aided so many people in acquiring computer education which ordinary they wouldn't have had the opportunity or interests if not for playing gambling. As gambling has some negative effects on it's players especially the addicted ones, it also has some positive side as well and gaining computer knowledge in the process of gambling is one of the positive aspects.

Yeah, probably the worst way to learn how to use computers, also it's a really stupid conclusion to have when that's not really the case, they're probably only knowledgeable on the parts that they need for their gambling habit, and in my book, that's not learning but just plain old adaptation. What part of that is education? I mean if they do learn something that's outside of whst they normally do on a computer then sure, I can agree with that but I don't think that it's the case.

As we put it this way, if there's a will, there's a way. These gamblers as they want to gamble even if it is online, they teach themselves or ask someone to learn the basic computer skills to continue their gambling activities online. You just need few basic computer skills to learn online gambling. Just look at the kids today, even if they are still nonreaders, they can already use smartphones and play. So how much more of these older people who can read and can follow instructions? So no surprise about knowing computer there.

Well. Every avenue that will make you to touch and try to learn a way to understand something about the way applications or softwares operate, whether it's overthe phone or directly to the computer is a way of getting the user close to the technology and by extension the learning of the technology. If we are going to evaluate things in this perspective, you can agree with me that online gambling is another avenue for people to learn the knowledge of computer but that does not make you an expert in computer knowledge even if you use the apps for decades, you will only improve your knowledge on the apps and not the computer itself. To truly gain a solid knowledge on the computer, you will have to learn the knowledge of the computer.

No doubt, it's true that the introduction of Sport betting centers, most especially in Nigeria did actually brought about a massive introduction of computer literacy to a variety of age group. Because unlike before when students after their college education usually go for either 3 months or 6 months computer lessons, so as to acquire knowledge about the basic use of computer. This days students no longer go for computer lessons, but yet still acquire the basic knowledge of computing through work experience at various computer centers. And the early exposure to these skills has actually bridge the gap to digitalization across people of diverse age bracket. As the picture below is a typical example of a Nigerian gambling/betting centers with computers used for sport analysis by individual gambler s, booking of betting games and staking of sport games

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Image credit: https://blog.frapapa.com

Education? Big no? Literacy? Somehow.
But things are basically limited. Elderly are not being educated qith computer technology just because they are gambling. They are just being familiar with basic navigations and those which are leading to their gambling activity or platform alone 'coz they won't be doing a research in a sudden if their main motive is to gamble right? Their purpose on using computer is limited which reflects to how much they are learning.
Indeed, with big limitations. Elders as referred on this discussion are simply just gambling and yes using a computer. However, they would most likely press a few characters on their keyboard in particular with their account information and numbers they would be betting. It doesn't include other functions such as navigating to other softwares beacuse they won't have any reason why in the first place.

I can relate to OP as most of the elders here or especially senior citizens here in our country are not really inclined into using computer, except for those who have attended proper education on how to operate a computer. But majority of the less fortunate elders aren’t really aware on how to use it, however with online gambling emergence, those who want to gamble at the comfort of their own home have no choice but to learn computer as well. Although I can’t say that majority of those elders or seniors are doing online gambling now, as I believe some are still hooked to physical casinos, but I must say that they really learn about using computer in an instant with their eagerness to gamble online.

What if online education increases online gamblers?

With the old ones don't know how to use computers, they are taught how to operate and navigate with their computers and if one of their peers tell them to gamble online, that's how they're going to be influenced.

While I don't think that online gambling really increases the computer literacy. It's one of the uses when someone gets to understand how to use one.

Quite funny but it leads to a serious effect in the long term.

Day by day the nation is getting educated, hospitals, banks banks, and office courts have had computers since past times.  Now in present time people are getting educated in computer education as every person is going with the modern age.  It is a complete misconception that one learns to operate a computer for gambling, a person can use a computer without logging in if he needs a computer to become fully educated himself.  So how can a person learn to operate a computer for gambling, so I could not agree with your idea.  Because if the nation is literate then surely need computer there is no alternative.

It is true that people attend computer education classes in different ways for computer education. But I think it is not only used in computer education for gambling and betting but also for various jobs one needs to know about computers. Nowadays most of the people are more focused on computers as they are getting ready to earn money online in different ways by taking computer education. Computers are doing the jobs of various companies due to which people are using computers more and getting education nowadays. Moreover, there are many people who are taking computer education for betting and participating in gambling. But it may be that everyone old and young can easily operate the computer keyboard and mouse to complete the task although it is very easy to learn from family and friends or people around. But when I took computer education I didn't take any class but I took it from my friends around. But nowadays most of the people are taking computer education for online gambling so that they can easily understand how to bet.

But wouldn't it be easy if just operated computer to be able to access gambling sites and play or bet there, after all everything has undergone significant changes, computers have become more sophisticated and various conveniences are available to anyone who uses them.
If we talk about elderly people who have minimal computer or software education, it is the same in the country I live in, but they can start learning and getting to know computers slowly and more easily.
It just that I wouldn't have the assumption that those elderly people who previously didn't know computers and couldn't operate them can now do all that just because of online gambling.
Moreover, each person will have their own goals for everything they do, for this kind of context I don't think we will really be able to find statement that is in harmony because one person and another will definitely have different thoughts.

Online gambling increases computer education. ;D Yeah in your case I would agree but is that old people only know how to do gamble? is there anything else they can do? Because if they only know about gambling they didn't learn anything about computer in my opinion. Tho online casino is evolving right now you can do gamble on mobile phone and there is a telegram bot that you can do gamble on it. it is like gamble on messaging app

Actually that is a good news to see people in your country wants to learn how to use the computer. But unfortunately, they learn computer because to playing gambling which could makes them becomes forget their time to do other things. Besides that, they will have bigger chance to gets addiction as once they gets fun in gambling, they will not easily to leave gambling.

If they just learn computer for playing gambling, that will not good because they can use computer for many things. It needs concern  their family to guide elderly who use computer so they can use computer for other things. Playing gambling too long just makes them don't wants to do other things and many problems will occurs if they just playing gambling.

It needs education for elderly how to use computer properly so they can gets the benefits and not just for waste their time in online gambling. It's our job to guide them and tell them that computer and the technologies behind that can help our works. They can playing gambling in their free time but we must guide them and limit their time so they will not gets addicted to gambling.

I would not put online gambling and computer education in one line. OP, I think you have pulled facts and add a little bit of your imagination. Aged people learn how to use computers not because they want to gamble (it is easier to be done on a tablet btw), but from ads that I saw, they do it to learn how to use internet banks in general. I might be wrong, but those who gamble online, usually do it by mobile. Moreover, I dont think that many use computers, as mobiles and tablets do most of the tasks.

You overstate. How much knowledge does a player need to place a bet? Open the casino website, deposit money into your account, and play using several buttons or the mouse. You say it's all knowledge and call it computer literacy?
You know, my father has been playing computer games for several years and maybe knows how to use a browser. But that's all. He doesn’t know how to keep the computer up to date, clean it, set up programs, etc., which is necessary to keep the system working. So where is the literacy?

Well.. you are actually right, before the existence of computers and phones, gambling has been in existence and people has been gambling as well.

Just that computers and phones makes it more accessible, easier and more affordable for them to gamble, in a way, they don't longer have to go to anywhere and place a bet or gamble, they rather be at their comfort zone and gamble they way they want and spend time the way they also want. So I totally support you when you said computers and phones are not the reason why it was invested or created.

That is good but do not forget that they are now exposed to alot of scam without knowing how to prevent them from being successful. When they learn how to use the computer without any guidance they can make mistakes that will make.them to lose money therefore this is not that good. Young people can learn and observe very quickly but the older people would not be used to some of the recent things ijna computer therefore they need guidance on online gambling. Online gambling has also increased the rate of gambling addict and it has made alot of underage people to have unsupervised access to gambling sites that they will use to gamble from home without any observation. Computer education would had improved from a more friendly way as the increase in phone usages spikes and not from a way that can make you lose your money from being an addict to gambling.

You know, if we talk about elder people, I think that their kids most likely would buy them a tablet on Android OS, instead of buying notebook or PC, because they are 1)cost more 2)less convenient to use. With tablets, all what gambler need to do is to tap on the screen with finger. More easy that learning how to point and click with mouse and press buttons. And if we talk about increase, then it is definitely not an amount of PC users. A mobile with touch screen can afford almost everyone today.

True, but not only for computers, even some elderly parents, most of them don't even like smartphones. for them, it's all too complicated. However, in the end, technological developments force people to adapt and try to get to know and use them even in old age. In the end, almost everyone, both young and old, is familiar with technology. whether it's smartphone equipment, laptops or computers. Someone inevitably has to explore themselves to meet their needs, so as not to be left behind in the field of technology and information. Likewise, with the development of casinos today, someone doesn't need to go somewhere to play. Just open the required device, someone, either a parent, can access it and start it. Of course, it all starts with the people closest to them who provide directions so that they can understand them. However, I don't agree with the title of this thread. I will quote it, "Online gambling increases computer education.".

IMO, this is not education but necessity. The reason is, I'm sure most only focus on what their goals are. in this case, online casinos. I'm sure they won't bother exploring education or other knowledge. Most of them don't need that, yeah unlike us who sit in front of a screen every day. More precisely, older people, especially those who are new to technology, such as computers, will only focus on what they are going to do and nothing more than that. So, I'm not sure that it provides an education. maybe literally it could be said that way, but in a broad sense it is not.

Basic computer knowledge is not hard to learn if the person has an interest. So it's not limited to online gambling. Just like my mother, a 71 year old, she don't know how to use smartphone at first because she's not taking time to learn on how to use it since she has no interest. But when she became interested on uploading random videos of her as a vlogger, it didn't took her so long to became a pro using her mobile phone (even her laptop too).

Thus, what i'm saying is, though online gambling is the reason for some elders to learn about computer, the point is it depends on their interest and it's not only about gambling. Because there are other reasons for them to exert an effort to learn if they find something where they're interested in.

I think you overestimate the importance of gambling as a “platform” for teaching people in the older age group (over 55 years old) computer literacy / education. Undoubtedly, gambling here acts as a good motivator for such people, pushing them to start mastering the computer. But should typing the name of a gambling website into a search engine, creating an account and playing gambling be considered the height of computer education? This is ridiculous. All their skills will be limited to writing a couple of words on the keyboard and clicking the mouse in games, which will be used mostly in gambling games.

"Online gambling increases computer education." - This sounds completely absurd to me.
If you want to improve your computer education, then take the appropriate courses.

Yes, of course, every person who wants to learn something, of course they have to have a high interest in learning about that thing, because if someone doesn't have interest, of course they will find it difficult to learn about the field they have to study, without interest, of course they will find it difficult. to be able to try to understand the field they are studying and of course they will not be able to achieve satisfactory results from what they are studying.

For some people who want to gamble online, of course they must first understand how basic computers work so that they will be able to access gambling on their computer and of course this is not difficult if they really have the desire to try it.

it doesn't make sense that the peak of computer education is typing in the name of a gambling site and creating an account and then gambling, in fact I think online gambling doesn't improve computer education because nowadays so many people just use cellphones they can access it too, in my opinion, gambling going online using a cell phone is more convenient than using a computer, it is very ridiculous that online gambling can be said to improve computer education, because there is nothing to be proud of in this case either. Moreover, you just have to click and click to play, if you master photo or video editing software, whether animation or other, that will only increase your computer education.

ridiculous, unethical, even mentioning it makes me feel bad saying online gambling improves computer education. What you say is correct, if you really want to improve your computer education, it would be better to take the appropriate course, because gambling done on a computer or on a cellphone is not much different. I think the difference is only in the breadth of the display. If there are people who think that online gambling improves computer education, I think that's ridiculous.

I can say that this is all true, not just by using the computer but also by the use of mobile devices. Before, some.elders doesn't want to engage in any digital devices because they thought that it is not easy to use but now that they do some online gamblings, they learned a lot, like they improve a lot because they needed to. It's a good points for online gambling because they are the reason why some elders know how to navigate even the simpliest thing to do in a computer.

It is not because of gambling mate, we are in the technology Era where computer is important to our lives and that is why you see that everyone just have to join the moving train. I could remember that even youths back days finds it difficult to operate the computer, but it is not so today as many youths are now computer literate.

Most people go to computer courses to learn how to use computers. What I want you to look at is this, the population of gamblers is small compare to the population of non gamblers, so how did the non gamblers learn how to use computers. Online gambling became popular in 2019 during the Covid 19,and many people are already used to gambling.

I guess the point is that if someone really wants something, they will find a way to make it happen. When it comes to online gambling, if some older people realize that it is much more convenient for them to gamble from home, they will make an effort to learn more about computers, accounts, wallets, etc. It's not space science, it might sound complicated at first, but after repeating the process a few times everything becomes clearer and easier.

I have several older colleagues at work who have only recently discovered Facebook and Instagram... sometimes they ask me to explain something to them or to show them how to do something. They spend more time on social networks than some kids. As I said, when there's a will there's a way.

That’s true
There’s a gap between wide knowledge about computers and specific one like only knowing how to use a website or app
So one can learn to gamble and not necessarily know anything else about computer, programming , software or whatever

If I get you correctly, you're trying to give us the pros of online gambling, right? Funny but this is true because I doubt these elderly ones will want to learn how to operate a computer if it were in another setting, they may make excuses that's it's no longer for them, their time has passed and all that but knowing that if you can't operate it, no one will do it for you will make you learn it.
 Although I've seen some who are not really conversant in these gambling houses ask for help from others whenever they want to play but it's not always much. The truth about these things is that there's the good and the bad of it and the Op has brought one pros of online gambling. Frankly, I've never thought of it this way.

It's okay to introduce how to used computer to elderly people but it is not right if they just wants to knows computer for playing gambling. That can makes them stay for a long time in fronts of computer without doing anything. We knows that if someone sit in the chairs for a long time can effects with their health, especially for those elderly. They must knows that computer can helps them to connects to the internet and when they browse internet, they can finds many useful information and not just gambling. Maybe you can teach those elderly how to uses computer properly so they can distracts their minds from gambling. I think online gambling itself is not increased computer education but we don't knows if that's happens in  your country. Maybe in other countries have different of the used of computer by elderly.

Sure, a case could be made about a correlation between the habit of gambling and the computer literacy. However, I think there are other reasons which have nothing do with with gambling and also could lead to the elderly to become proactive with computers and technology in general. Of course there are elderly who like to gamble and because of the convenience of online casinos, they would end up learning how to browse on the internet, open tabs, use a mouse and keyboard, however it is more likely the elderly end up learning those skills from doing more basic tasks, like managing their bank accounts on a computer, keeping in touch with their family and friends who live far away thanks to the use of Whatsapp/Telegram/Skype...I mean, when we compare gambling to other tasks which would help to reach some degree of technological literacy, when one easily can reach the conclusion there are more impacting things which help with it.
I am not sure how common is in your country for people to have internet access or own a smarthphone though, just talking from my personal experience and views.

Happily? No, I don't think so but they might only be forced to learn it because this is the only way for them to accessed and play gambling. Gambling is not a good thing if your country or religion say so but if not, it can be beneficial for one. Of course, as long as we don't get addicted to it.

The only thing that makes operating a computer easy now, is due to the info that we can also get online, that whenever we have experience a difficulty in it, we can just search it right away. Creators of computers do also made their system more user-friendly than before because of the new existing techs and stuffs available. And also for the sake of the people, mostly students.

Absolutely right because online betting have really helped our elderly people's to be more familiar with computer because any time I visit a gambling bet office I'm always happy when see them using mouse and keyboard very well, although if not for the awerness of this online betting I didn't think that It would have been possible for them to learn how to use computer again because of their age.

But to learn computer just to gamble? I don't know if you can rationalized that mentally. They could have learn it without losing money in the first place, isn't it? Or maybe they can also used the mobile phone because they can access it easily and can play online game? And what education we are talking about here? just clicking mouse? If we talk about education then it could be not just using the mouse, but maybe type something or send email to someone from the other side of the globe or create a Facebook account to correspond, instead of like using the computer, simple click and mouse and gamble loss money and then call it education? I'm confused!!

Really? since I don't think that's the case since for sure elderly participates on gambling have less numbers so I guess there's no real proof regarding gambling help to increase the gambling education.

But if you mean social media sites help to increase computer education well yes for sure all of us will agree to that since for sure elderly would adopt to the technology so that they can communicate with their love ones which live far away from them. Maybe they just notice the existence of some casino since they are been advertise by some people they see online that's why maybe this caught up their interest to gamble especially if they used to bet on some games which they see offline.

Yes, that's right, and as usual, the disease of the elderly is in their eyesight. Moreover, computers are not something that the elderly have to learn, there are many modern cellphones that they can use to gamble, they don't have to be with a computer, unless they are in a place where there are lots of gamblers, but they don't. can use their cell phones and computers, but it is not computers that they should learn because there is still a lot they can learn on the internet, not always about gambling. Maybe they can trade online too.

In my place there are not many elderly people who play on computers, let alone laptops. Indeed, education is important, but for them it may not be something old-fashioned, nor can they play with computers and try to keep up with today's sophisticated technological era. In my opinion, computer education for the elderly is not very appropriate because they will never be able to spend too long in front of the computer due to their eyesight problems which may not be good unless using a cell phone is much smaller and easier.

It would sound more real that online gambling increases mobile sales, than computer education. Who would sign for computer education if he wants to gamble? Gadgets are so user friendly today, that anyone from 5 to 60 is able to operate it like fish being in the water. Even if elderly shows an interest to gambling, they would gamble offline. Moreover, I barely see elderly behind computers, and even if there are some who gamble, the amount of them would be so little, that it would not even be noticeable.

Indeed, gambling on mobile devices is gaining more and more users every year, and of course the number of older players is becoming large. But modern smartphones are small computers, they’re just very convenient. And the fact that you can play from almost anywhere, wherever they are, is a big breakthrough in recent years. Of course, older people, if they know how to use smartphones well, will be able to use a computer, and their interest in gambling gives them development in this. Some of them will get tired of gambling and will remain with the skills of working in browsers or apps, which will allow them to learn new things on the Internet using browsers.

Times are increasingly developing and it is very natural for people, especially older people, to learn about today's technology such as PCs and Smartphones. Not only for gambling but also for other purposes. It cannot be denied that the presence of technology like today makes it easier for people to gamble, including those who are older, who previously played offline and are now playing online.

I don't know which country you come from, but in my country the average parent plays online gambling via smartphone, very few play gambling via PC. In fact, they deliberately study and buy smartphones just to be able to gamble. I once met someone who was old and bought a smartphone just to gamble. Yes, apart from gambling, he can also make calls, but his intention to buy a smartphone is only for gambling.

This shows how a society which has gambling as a habit as this I am understanding from this story can benefit from such "plague" as it is a "plague" that has created new needs for people to learn to adapt.This is a good example of becoming computer literate,of course basic level in old people age which usually don't have the patience and desire to learn new things,let alone computers.Still though in your society there is this "plague" as I said which needs to be fixed as learning computer cannot solve economic problems and since you see elderly people on betting clubs this means that the economy is not sane at all.In developed countries where economy is somewhat better elderly people usually go to dancing clubs for elderly to have a good time and certainly not lotto clubs.

I clearly understands what the op meant by that, and he might have overhyped the process. Actually there are lots of old person who couldn't afford education and exposure to computer technology even the ability to work with mouse and keyboard was a problem due to their literacy, but as they start developing urge to gamble, they are being forced to use the mouse and keyboard and of course they eventually learn how to use them, this creating the basic knowledge for them, and that could even fuel their curiosity to learn how to make use of computers. So viewing form another direction it can be said that gambling actually was the reason they could gain their first experience with computers especially since they are also working with the internet.

Nice relation Mate. This clearly shows that his country is in Economic crisis, because Elderly above 55, should be enjoying retirement benefits, relaxing and spending more time with there Family and children, go to Old classic halls rather than on computer clicking mouse and donating to casinos,lol. For me this can never be regarded as Computer Education, OP.

Every person is eager to learn something new to keep pace with the times. However, nowadays, we see that most of the people are more interested in computer education to enjoy various job opportunities. Nowadays most of the work is done through online due to which people are taking up computer education. Moreover, as mobile phones have become more popular in the present era, older people are using mobile instead of taking computer education. Moreover, people don't give much importance to computer for gambling but mostly give importance to mobile because it can be taken anywhere and play gambling. Although all the work can be done with computer and very easily, but people do most of the gambling on mobile because of the convenience of carrying it everywhere. And I think more people use mobiles now than computers to gamble, and it's more accessible and convenient.

Definitely agree on this since we have seniors on our ancestral house that doesn’t wanna learn computer despite they are known for playing traditional gambling games. They just use mobile phones to contact their friends to gamble at house but never use desktop or mobile phone to gamble since they don’t enjoy online gambling because they preferred gambling companionship experience rather than playing online that typically only gives entertainment through profit.

I’m surprised that the older people in OP country is willing to learn computer just to gamble because it’s very hard to motivate older people to learn new technology especially for this gambling reason.

You are right and it starts from the point of view that things can be seen as good when you have knowledge, the fact of playing and having certain things to apply in the game is a fact, and I say that those who are always in the game and who Propose to carry out certain types of movements such as for example making a part of them available to generate money through the use of mathematics, applying mathematical models, statistics, probabilities, well it is not bad, if it encourages knowledge in that way I think it is a fact that is good, but it does not hurt to know many things such as knowing about financial education for money management.

Well yeah the need to learn is what makes us try our very best to learn the usage of computers especially mobile phones nowadays. I am not that familiar about personal computers being used here in my locality in betting stations especially self service because I am in the province but maybe it works in the city but since gambling can now be acccessible through mobile phones gamblers takes advantage to this especially the time when online casino has boomed a couple of years ago here in my country though they still existed today but not that having the same noise before, the thing is majority benefited being able to afford themselves android phones and knows how to operate it especially 30-60+ years old before that casino rush came in as it was a casino that makes you an agent and gives you commisions that is why there is huge adoption here but some of those casinos were banned few months later for not complying local regulations.

I don't think gambling has increased computer education because it is more easy to play gamble with a smart phone . Majority of gamblers I know usually use smartphone device to play gambling, this can be done with the anytime anywhere. And I don't believe gambling will be a reason why people would want to acquire computer education.  Doing it with a phone device is more easy and because of this computer illiterates will prefer to make use of phone to play gambling.  To me I think gambling is one of the easiest things that anyone can do on their on without wasting anytime.

Op made a very good point as per elderly people been used to usage if computer, this is true unlike before many elderly people hardly book their bet several time I was ask to help in selecting game by some elderly people but today it's no longer so everyone can do it. Except those that don't regularly visit betting center but those that always visit learn faster and can do it themself.

Many today has taken challenges to learn as the knowledge of this is very helpful to them in their way of playing their game, that is why every system has it way of educating people as well favour those that need it most.

I receive this story you told with some surprise, because in a modern world where smartphones are everywhere it doesn't look like people need to learn how to use the computer in order to start gambling virtually. The most obvious alternative would be to just acquire a mobile device and gamble from there through PlayStore's apps of virtual casinos. At least, it's through mobile devices that I see most people gambling, because it's much more accessible and cheaper than a full desktop set.

On the other hand, I'm not sure if it would be easier for elders to dominate computer techniques or smartphone techniques. They have difficulties adopting technologies in every cases, but there must be one which is easier to learn than another.

This is not true, they would still learn about how to use computers whether through online gambling or not. Infact, these elderly people have been using computer even before patronising casinos and other gambling platforms with computerised features. They use smart phones and some kinds of electronic gadgets.

The world has gone so digital that people are now getting to use computers even without being taught formally. In almost all fields, computers are being used to make things easier and more entertaining, gambling is no exemption. Online gambling is not doing the world a favour by helping the elderly and uneducated learn to use computers, computer education is everywhere in our faces and these uneducated people should be doing themselves the favour of adapting to the changes going on in the world or they'll be left out.

First of all, we should know how much computer literacy is required to gamble on a computer. If anyone is already gambling online on smart phone, it won't take much to gamble through the computer / PC and there is no degrees or certificate required to run this setup. In the techy world where we live, I think even a person who never used a computer can easily learn and understand how to gamble using a computer in a few minutes as it is not rocket science.

So I do not think that anyone can learn computer education only because he wants to gamble using the computer. Also, it does not make sense to encourage people especially kids and teens to gamble using computers thinking they will learn the computer too and be productive. Nothing of such would happen, because there is no link between gambling and studies,

and the biggest possibility is that they can just open a casino and operate the games they like. but for someone who has never had a computer education, it's pretty good. But what you say is true, maybe they will never be able to operate a computer if they don't know about online gambling.

I can say that because I once helped someone who was probably old enough to contact support from the online casino he was using because the deposit he made was not automatically credited to his account. It is not easy for gamblers who are not familiar with computers when they start playing at online casinos.

Well, in my opinion, having a basic knowledge of computers entails that the person must understand how to send and receive emails, the person must know how to browse the internet, the person must have knowledge about file management so that they can create folders and organize files, and the person must also know how to navigate the operating system, know how to use word processing software to write documents, know how to create and manage spreadsheets, etc. It is not all gamblers that are using the computer to bet that how all this basis knowledge about computer.

Most of the online gamblers who are using computers to gamble don't really have a basic knowledge of computers; they probably only know how to book their game and stake. Knowing how to control the mouse is quite simple; you don't need to be a computer expert to know how to do those things.

I definitely agree with the logic that playing games can improve your intelligence and other skills like reflexes. Chess players are often some of the cleverest people in the world and they definitely enjoy taxing themselves by playing other people of high calibre. Strategy games can really get the synapses firing, new competitors will expand your tactics and show you new ways of seeing the world. However, this is talking about skill based games, if you are doing nothing but pressing the same button over and over on a slot game, you're not learning anything new and just reinforcing a habit behavior.

There would really be significant difference in between things on which it wont really be that hard for you to be able to point out on which one is really that giving out or able to enhance your skill and something which could not. Playing on slot games or with those casino games in overall wouldnt really be able to enhance something because pressing up that roll button is never been that giving those kind of enhancement.
Speaking about on choices about into those old people on dealing with computer or PC the majority of them isnt aware on how this tech works specially into those retired age, but making up some explaination on everything isnt really that something hard for you to tell them in. Just let those people do choose on what their preference, if they dont know about PC gaming or using up this thing then teaching them
wont really be taking up some soo much time.

Education,awareness and other correlated stuffs wont really be that hard to understand specially nowadays or into this era on which everything is really that too easy to deal off with
and easy to understand but thats if you are really that eager on learning it.

I don't disagree with you that and also with that I have feelings like that who are looking and going for learning computers those can be addicted gamblers and that's not a good thing even that will be better if they don't play online in computer and stick with their offline normal gambling habit.
And on the other hand 55years kinda getting old man retiring job business etc and In my point of view I think after this 55ages gambling will be riskier in most cases. And in case of your story I think they don't need to learn computer for playing gambling there are lots of things on a computer for learning rather than playing gambling only. And for online gambling I think most of the gambling platform are also has the mobile-friendly interface.

Everything starts with a step, and basic knowledge of computers is also a gradual process. If they were opportune to learn how to use the mouse very well and press the keyboard too in aspects of placing bets and navigating through the casino,
 
If they also want to learn about other things on the computer, it will be a little easier for them compared to those that will start from scratch. At least they will not be taught where the left and right click buttons are again on the mouse and their functions.
 
Even with the MS Word and other computer packages that you talk about before you can get to those levels, the person still needs to learn how to handle the mouse or touchpad effectively.

Honestly I can't conclude that gambling has increased the population of elderly people who understand how to work or how to operate a computer, it's nothing more than knowledge that won't be very useful for someone who has entered old age, unless you are still quite young then yes those skills can be useful when you get a job that requires you to always operate a computer, but I think the ability to operate a mouse and keyrboard is too common and I am sure that most companies will not really need such basic skills.

Another thing is that I don't think you can assume or conclude that people especially the elderly will only be able to get computer education when they become a gambler or get involved in a physical casino, because of course there are many services that provide computer training or education or other types if you are willing to spend money to pay for these services. So still at the end of the day I don't think there are any other benefits in gambling that can be highlighted.

That's true but I don't think there would learn anything other than clicking a mouse and staring at a monitor, if anyone wants to learn more he should get himself a lesson and knowledge about computer.

You would be surprised how little they know or have learnt about computer if that knowledge were to be put to a test.

Man, where have you lived these last 30 years, or maybe you are not even 20 years old, but anyway, PCs have been there in everyone's knowledge since the 60s-70s, their use was commercialized in the early 80s, Globalization arrived in the 2000s but after 20 years it is impossible for anyone to be able to not make a simple click on the bet button, it is not rocket science.

Any older elder learns that in a couple of minutes.  8)

That is nice, but in my thought, I do not think that most people will solely because they want to gamble and start learning how to operate a computer. This may be true for a few categories of people but can't be so true for the majority. The reason is that instead of using a computer to access their gambling platform by all means, they will either reach out to gambling outlets that are offering the same service easily and make their bet or use their mobile phones for the same purpose since it can do exactly the same thing as what the computer can do.

The good news is that, though most people may not have a computer in your country or simply do not know how to operate it, but certainly, many more than those who can't operate the computer will have access to their smartphones and will be able to operate it which is more reason why the option of computer will be less in my view. Also, I just thought about it now, I would rather do the same if I do not know how to operate a computer. Needless to say, computers is not getting less expensive these days, I mean a gadget with a lesser useful function for many. This is unlike the smartphone which is more useful to many people than a computer and can still help them to gamble.

The majority might not have had formal education in computers but are compelled to acquire such skills because of the desire to gamble online.

The mice and keyboards: with guidance from family or friends, they are able to use them effectively. This is an example of how strong needs and motivation can drive a person into learning new skills even at a late age, which was not part of their original intention. In this case the primary goal is gambling but they also acquire the unintended valuable computer knowledge and skills.

This can also pave the way for developing computer training programs for seniors in a more methodical manner, which means that they can achieve broader benefits of digital technology.

It is true that people today prefer to use cell phones compared to computers to play gambling because the mobility of effectiveness and efficiency is much better than using a computer, why people learn computers are more used to complete their work compared to gambling in my opinion, because it seems to me that it is not right if online gambling fosters the spirit of learning about computers, although maybe some people do it just for gambling but I also think that the use of cell phones is more massive both among young and old.

I agree; we're not in the early 2000s, when older generations could barely understand the concept of computers. The large majority of them even have smartphones; entering a website, creating an account, and making a few clicks here and there is merely basic knowledge that everyone can do nowadays. Although the OP probably didn't have this intention, it seems that a large number of users are desperately trying to find advantages in gambling, and to be honest, they're pretty straight-forward—an entertaining activity that may or may not lead to making some extra cash.

Really! I haven't thought about this especially that way that for gambling people learn computer and in the case of 55years old people I think if they want to really learn about computers they should try out only for its not with the gambling in case when they don't know computers system much and going for do gambling possibility of losses is more on that cases.

The story that does not make sense if someone learns a computer just because they want to be able to play gambling through the computer is too anomalous for me, what can a computer do today if it is only done to play gambling, I think using today's cellphones is much easier and flexible and also we play wherever we want without anyone knowing and prohibiting it is also easy to carry anywhere, while our computers may only be able to play at home or where the computer is located.

Growing interest in learning to know technology even the old age that OP said was a good and positive thing, but if only to access gambling it is a silly thing in my opinion, and does not change anything in his life, because only using a computer to open chrome then open gambling sites and play games, maybe just like that, without any advantages in my opinion, unless they learn more about computer mechanisms or things that are far more useful, not just used to access gambling.

I completely agree.  While online gambling might be a gateway for some to explore computers, it is definitely not the only, or necessarily the best, reason to learn. basic online gambling might not require much technical knowledge. Casino platforms are specifically designed to be as easy to use and user-friendly as possible. This means users might not gain significant technical skills from simply playing online. And folks who just enjoy some casual games here and there mostly just having a fun time. if someone wants to learn though, the internet world is filled with all kinds neat stuff waiting to be discovered.

Learning computer education could be done in many ways, in mobile phones era you could learn gadgets in different methods. The principles are already given, and you could enhance it properly by taking researches on Youtube tutorials as personal study, we can't use gambling as an alibi just to boost that knowledge. Computer is only a tool not a bridge of education. We can get proper skills through trainings, short courses and other related courses that could help us acquire enough information.

It's an adaptative skill for survival in this era, they know that technologically advancement may become a barrier to their fun if they don't get along to gaining the required skill of knowing how well to make use of a computer to gamble, they are forced to learn or else they stand a chance to loose the ability to be able to gamble and make money for those who see it as such and for those who get their fun gambling, they may aswell loose their fun too.

What these people end up getting is just the basics of the computer knowledge, which is how to use It to fulfilling that need of theirs at the moment but beyond that, they are most likely not going to be able to do anything things at the advanced level with the computer.

Using a computer for gambling alone doesn't mean a person can properly operate a computer. It's easily memorable to use a gambling website. The moment the player is thought how to utilize the website he can continually use them without any hassle. But like most of basic computer literates there exist loads of things one can't do on the computer. Hence, it's clear that while those elderly people can function properly on the gambling sites, they may as well not do anything on some packages like Msword.

However, it all starts from somewhere, at least their ability to use a gambling website is still commendable than not knowing anyone at all. Those aged players indeed, love to learn the computer because many weren't opportune to do so during their young age. So, gamblers amongst them would feel lucky to be on a computer system operating it themselves after a while of being trained.

Well I think that its great that the elderly folks have mustered enough incentive to learn how to use a computer just to gamble. Surely since it needed to be learned in order for them to gamble maybe they will also gamble a little slower than most simply because they aren't as fast with a computer as the youth and so maybe that will actually end up helping them?

I believe that there are other incentives that are much less "harmful" to the health of an elderly person to encourage them to use a computer.

It's the same as saying: "My grandfather started going out more after a bar opened right across the street... if it weren't for the cold beer they sell there, maybe my grandfather would still be sitting in front of the television every day. At least now he can have some fun with real friends."

I admit that gambling has brought some good things, but just as it can be extremely harmful to people who don't know how to control their impulses, I also believe that older people are also more likely to spend more than they should.

In short, if these people can make rational use of gambling, then I don't see any problem. But in my opinion, this is something that should be closely monitored.

This could be true, though I have never seen something of this nature happening but what I can tell is that when you like doing something, you will learn to do it even if it's done through something that you know nothing about. So those elderly learning to use a computer must love gambling which is what's motivating them to learn and use computers because they know that the world is advancing at a great pace and if they don't adapt to the changes, they will be left behind.

This is not only about gambling but anything in general. People anywhere in the world would start learning things related to what they love because they know they could make use of those things at some point. So a physical gambler wouldn't leave the opportunity to learn about online gambling and how it's used.

If the only thing that old people do is gamble in the computer, wouldn't they just know the steps towards opening the software to gamble and no other things to do anymore for them? Pretty sure that they're going to get doozy when they're asked to do a different thing, if the computer already serves the purpose that they're asking of it, why the need to learn something more, not disregarding other people that are curious about other stuff in computers but gamblers are the least curious in my opinion to new things unless it involves gambling.

The reason those that reach that age are left behind by the technology is that they do not really see a need to change their lifestyle to accommodate it, and in a way this explains why if you were invited to their home, you will feel as if they are living in a distant age other than the current one.

However if they have a reason to adapt to our dynamic world, you can be sure they will show you an ability to learn that will surprise you and they will use all of those devices as the young people of today do.

That is actually a good idea. If we develop the idea of elderly and computer, then I think gambling wont be among popular activities to do. Why do modern generation spend so much time in devices - because of unlimited content. Imho elderly would use computers for watching tv series that they have missed, socializing (it would be honest to say, that a lot of elderly people are lonely), or surfing the internet. Remember when we first get access to pc and the internet. We did not focus on something one, but instead searches and examined different content. Now elderly are like us 20-30 years ago. They get access to huge database, and gambling will something least popular among them.

Your idea is completely wrong, because now is the modern age because almost every person is now educated in some way or the other. The caste is now very few among the uneducated, but if you observe, you will surely notice that gambling is the most common among the youngest and most mature people. Here's how you can identify if they haven't acquired computer education, maybe you start with stories that make it up.

Elderly can learn to use phones than computer because that can gives them easiness to knows more about internet and other things. But to use computer for playing gambling, I think that will not easy for them because they must wear sit in front of computer for some time and learned it. But they can use their phone to learn many things although the screen on their phone is smaller than the monitor on their computer. But it is not a good idea if they used their phone to playing gambling because that can makes them forget with what they wants to do in that day. We knows that gambling can easily makes people stay for a long time to playing the games so we should suggest elderly not to playing gambling from their phones.

In my place, many elderly use phones than computer or laptop because in their ages, they still visits to many places and keeps them busy to have many activities. So they don't have much time to use computer or laptop even for just playing gambling. But they can visit physical casino with their friends and just reminds of their past and back to home after they thinks it's enough to playing gambling. People must not use computer to just playing gambling but use it for other things that can bring benefits to them so they can gets many advantages from the internet.

I think this is a very dubious bonus from such an activity. Online betting is an even bigger problem. I use regular bets in a physical casino. For online betting, you do not need to go anywhere, it is enough to wake up in the morning, take a smartphone or laptop and you can already play at least for all your money. And such a free opportunity makes gambler even more addicted to online gambling.
Therefore, many gamblers forbid themselves to install gambling applications.

That's right, just knowing the steps to open the software for gambling is not a benchmark or sign that they are good at operating a computer, because if they only use a computer for gambling it's not a difficult thing, and I think school children too can do it if you just open the software and gamble. Apart from that, I don't think everyone has and understands a computer, even though online gambling is currently popular among people, that doesn't mean they have to use a computer, because just by using a cellphone everyone can do it, in my opinion it's not entirely true that online gambling can increase education or computer knowledge because most people do online gambling, it seems they use cellphones because it is more practical and can be done anywhere they do it.

Apart from that, if everyone only uses computers just to gamble, that's a shame, because with computers of course there are lots of things you can do and you can even make money if you use them well, but with online gambling this doesn't improve computer education because in my opinion it's important to do so. This online gambling is not too difficult, just open the software and find the site then register and play, it's simple. no special lessons learned.

People who are gambling online are probably doing already something else online, like messaging trough apps, and contacting their grandchildren who are often so naturally tech-savvy they prefer to communicate via apps then via phone. Then there are bank apps to pay their bills with. Old people that i know don't really want to go physically to banks anymore, and if they have problems with their computers,  the helpdesk comes to visit them if needed.

And if you are talking about the browser interface, it's more exceptional then not for them to have a facebook or other kind of account to be in contact of their "group" of people (like hobby, or what ever that group is). That doesn't make them good with computers, but i can't see why gambling would either. Old people can get lonely and when they see they can get into communities in the internet, it's really addictive for them.

And people who avoid all online activity are starting to be such a small minority, that they really aren't a problem to anyone else then some services that need to have mortar and brick offices designed specially for them.

So i don't really think that gambling specifically from all things is in any key element when old people learn about computers. And again, gambling online isn't about computers, it's not about software either, but about very specific sofware, as in browser user interface of a casino.

Is it something that makes the community better? I think not because its use is only limited to fulfilling how to gamble online, not something that can make older people more productive or make more money, you can see how older people use Android or mobile phones that can connect to the internet but their use is limited to communication unless they are technology lovers who will try to keep up with the times.
There will be a chance that elderly will also be able to use computers for productive things and make money from it, but you can see from the many people who use it, maybe only less than 10% will eventually be able to turn it into something more useful and profitable, not just as a way to continue can place bets online.

for the younger generation, I think your thinking is right. But for generations who are behind and don't keep up with technological developments, it will be quite difficult to operate computer devices.
In cases like that, they will usually prefer physical casinos to online casinos. that's because they don't want to learn to operate a computer which is considered difficult, but actually if you teach them with a little effort, these gamblers can easily memorize how to operate an online casino.

if you hang out with online gamblers, it will become commonplace. but with older people with a habit of gambling in physical casinos, you have to explain very slowly.

This is exactly the point I was trying to communicate and many people have been misconceiving it. Some of them are even asking for some pictures to prove that I saw an elderly person in a gambling shop. I see them almost every day l go to this betting shop, and I wonder how they will feel if I tell them that I want to snap and use their picture in a forum. Even if their faces are blurred, it looks disrespectful based on our social beliefs. Most of them are even keeping their gambling activities secret to avoid unnecessary stigma. They failed to understand the main point of the thread which is clearly written as the title.

Thank you @Awaklara, for understanding my point. To the younger generation who are used to technological tools operating a computer or phone looks normal. But to many elderly people, it is not easy because they are not exposed to it. So my position is that some of them put effort into learning computer operations because they need to gamble online. And because these online casinos have computers, these elderly gamblers will practice and improve their computer skills. And the bet shop attendants have been also nice to teach these elders how to use the computer.

My point was that the presence of online gambling has helped these set of older generations to learn computer operations. The contribution might not be big but they exist.

The most important thing, as you mentioned, is to teach, of course, this will require the time and effort of the person who will teach. I recently taught my grandfather to use a tablet, at first it was very difficult, but then, literally after 2 hours, he learned a lot. It’s the same in gambling, the main thing is to be able to make deposits and withdraw, and to switch your brain to the fact that this is a virtual table and players with real money. Of course, such people will miss click at first, so it makes sense not to immediately let them into games with real money, but to practice on a demo account. And only when we are convinced that they are successfully interacting there, then, under close control, open bets with real money for them. Only I would consider options with restrictions so that you cannot lose more than a certain amount per day.

It does have to do with privacy that must be maintained, even though in disguise,
gambling places can still be known and when you don't ask permission to do that you are violating their privacy.
gambling is also very sensitive and sometimes does not want anyone to know about the gambling activities that are being carried out.

It will make people who are old enough to use computers in gambling.
It will look quite difficult at first, but if they get used to it, they will be able to use it independently.

This did improve their skills, but most importantly they could know what they were doing.
But not only the older generation, others who are easier also need knowledge about the operation of more modern gambling.

So online gambling is making these oldsters tech-savvy? It's crazy, right? It's like they uncovered a hidden motive to learn computer use. It shows the human spirit's ability to adapt and learn. Gambling cannot replace a decent education. Though exciting, it's not enough to understand technology. You need a disciplined method. Attend a class or watch a tutorial; there are many resources

Let's not overlook gambling's downside. For vulnerable people, it can be a slippery slope. We can't overlook addiction just because some people are learning to use a mouse

Currently, I think young people certainly have the desire to be able to operate computers, because nowadays gadgets and the internet are developing, making them want to master the internet world, one of which is by owning a computer. Apart from that, of course they have their own reasons and goals as to why they want to master computers, but if we talk about online gambling, I don't think it can improve computer education, even though they are said to be left behind, it doesn't mean that by doing online gambling they will get a good education in terms of computers. Also I think there is almost no one who doesn't keep up with the times, because almost everyone has a cell phone which has become a basic need for everyone nowadays.

It's true what you said, hanging out with online gamblers has certainly become commonplace and is no longer strange because I think that nowadays there are lots of people who gamble online, even in every gathering of young people there must be one or two people who are already familiar with online gambling. , I even dared to ask every young person gathered about online gambling and I think they definitely know and know about it and even really like doing it.

But there is  the reverse side of this computer-education-medal. Nowadays you will not be  surprise  meeting the kids with the knowledge in computer science that beats yours. Computer became the routine of any children, virtually. Thus having easy access to computers plus being keen to them  they have the potential to be involved into    gambling from the very early ages.

Guys, you are quite right about this because I was at a land base casino one day when some came to bet on the games he has already predicted. On the process of doing his thing in that casino, he met his friend sitting close to the monitor and booking his own games and they both met, after exchanging pleasantries, the man that came there to bet asked his friend to teach him how to use the computer to book games too and the friend agreed. That's to say that the man will gain a new knowledge about booking game with the computer from that day.

computers are widely used worldwide so it is inevitable to happen, especially if the hobby or things they are interested in can or can only be accessed through computers. I for one learned how to use a computer because I am interested in online games, it is the same for the older people you mentioned, their interests(which is gambling) can be accessed through a computer so they learned how to use it. People will adapt to new technologies if they need to, it is not surprising that the older generation knows how to use computers.

Exactly! Everyone can adopt the modern technology and using of gadgets especially now that every thing needs technology, even if a person are not used in using computers, like oldies who didn't know how to use basics in cp or computers, they have no choice but to learn how to properly use it so that they can go along with others and do whatever they want with the help of technology. Not just in gambling, but also in other things, we need to adapt the changes in our society so we can survive in life.

wondering why the need of computer to bet? and how come that the player or bettor need to use the computer just to make a bet for their games? can you please elaborate something about why in betting sites has this kind of happening?
because in my country if there is someone needs to bet then there is representative to assist and take the bet or bet directly in table where you wanted to gamble , but in yours there seems to be a different scenarios .


What gambling houses are you referring here mate? that those elders need to use computers  or mouses and keyboards just to make bets .
was wondering what kind of motions there are in your physical shops.

In other words computer usage than education. That is at least something as compared to zero computer knowledge among the older population which is common even in today's world with the increasing number of tech-related scams that proliferate in many countries.

Although being able to use a computer might provoke that person to learn more about computers and eventually this might have even better outcomes than gambling only.

The first cyber cafes that existed in many countries meant that people would visit them for getting articles from the net or play games or some other stuff (ahem, ahem ;D). Same thing can be compared to this older generation in this manner.

I can't relate to that in any way because where I live people over 50 most comfortable with computer usage but if it's above 70 then you might be right but on the contrary they also don't think gambling is any fun and anyone who does is lazy might be due to cultural difference. :D

But your statement proves that age is not a barrier and if they really want something they can get it any age and people who say adoption of bitcoin is impossible due to age then this can be quotes why old people can adopt to something if it's needed for them.

In most of the countries, the elderly people aren’t aware of how to operate a computer. In my country, these people don’t gamble either. So I don’t think that online gambling has helped them to learn about computers, at least not in my country. For the old people, the only concern is how they will work hard and save for their retired lives. At this point in their lives, I hardly doubt anyone will do gambling. Yes, only the rich people at the old age do gambling, and they automatically have the knowledge about the computers, I must say.

I agree with you, it is the same down here in my country. The old people don't use online casinos to gamble but they will prefer an offline casino or they play Lotto. If you see any old person using computer, it means that person already knows how to use the computer before old age.

The extent at which young people are gambling is not the same with the old ones, few old men gambles and they are only doing it for fun, because they are use to gambling and love gambling. If not you will not see them gambling, maybe it is different in some countries. Computer has become a basic need in our generation.

We are in a dynamic era and hence computers and digital devices are becoming soo important and useful overtime to the extent that they are actually transiting from the stage of secondary or tertiary needs to primary needs. The fact is people have to adapt. Online gambling has a vast majority of audience ranging from younger to older people with a greater percentage of their users being younger gamblers.
Personally I am of the opinion that online gambling didn't come to wipe off or replace regular traditional casino Gambling but rather it came as a more convenient alternative for gamblers. The fact is even with the present level of computer adoption, some gamblers still prefer offline gambling.

Dont get me wrong, but I know lots of elder people :D (nope, I am not old, I am just friendly and communicative) I think that among them, nobody gamble online, nor offline. Maybe they gamble for fun with grandchildren, but I doubt that they gamble. We are in time, when a person, who is considered as old, is already able to use PC on higher than beginner level. When PC became available for many? 30 years ago? They are not miracle that require education. Anyway, those elder people who use PC, use them for social media, and for planning their vacation mostly.

Necessity is the mother of invention. ;)
In its own strange way this is a positive aspect of gambling. Yes, people become educated when a need arises. They can quickly learn new tricks, especially when they crave something. For instance drug addicts learn advanced chemistry, thieves learn to pick locks and run fast and car thieves build electronic devices that make car think the key is inside the cabin. Is that really a good aspect that someone is learning something new to later turn it into addiction or to break the law?

This does sound strange when talking about old people or the elderly becoming interested in learning computers because they want to gamble, I don't think they have such desires at the end of their lives, and maybe it's true as you say only rich old people do it because they must have at least had access to computers in their youth.

Just imagine an old person who has less physical abilities, from myopic eyes, less energy, less memory and many other things that prevent him from stuttering in technology, this is the same in my neighborhood, old people don't play gambling and they actually when they see the laptop or computer that I use they say that they can't see well.

And why should they bother learning a computer that requires more energy to learn, why not just use a cellphone that is much easier to learn and not so dizzy to access gambling sites, this story is quite odd, but maybe the facts in the OP's neighborhood are like that, it's just that our minds are not good at accepting it, or maybe the elderly there do have above average wealth.

Actually you are speaking based on your assumptions but I can tell you that both online and offline gamble has help most people to be civilized and it gas improved that pattern of communicating to others. Gamblers and their friends are just like two drug friends, they like each other's and they also share things (drugs) with each other. Drug addicts people are not greedy, but if anyone becomes greedy and same thing happens to anyone who chase over losses in gamble. IMO anything one is doing has something to add to the person, if it does not add positive things to you it adds negative things to the person.

Your observations are perfectly correct and I share same view with you, alot wouldn't have gotten the privilege of operating a computer system if not for the online betting introduction which has made betting easier, it always strike my mind each time I visit bet shops especially those in most of the rural areas, It is amazing seeing most person which I have considered not being smart enough to be operating a computer system at the betting shop, all thanks to technology, a powerful source of civilization where anyone not being able to upgrade will only becomes retarded in utilizing modern facilities.

It is nice to see eldery people learning how to use computer and being comfortable using it. However, I don't think that Gambling can be the main reason why those people have learned using computers,  because most of the things nowadays work with computer any daily basic activity occures the use of digital things.

But it is quite interesting that old people are making efforts to gamble even online, it shows their dedication to it and their passion. Many people said that the only people who would still use onsite gambling are only older people but now we can see them using online casinos as well.

I don't really get the purpose of your post to be honest... My bad, don't get me wrong... Are you tryna say that people have been exposed more to computer knowledge because of the casino houses we have around? How does that even make sense to you?

Everytime a person gets exposure, he tends to either revive what he's learnt already, improvising it into an idea to cope. If he doesn't have any basic knowledge, he could still learn basic operational skills but, that has a limitation yunno. 9/10 times, people don't acquire computer skills through betting. This post is crap!

Exactly, it is a kind of motivation but it's not the sole reason why the computer illiterates become literate in using computer. They will discover a lot of things with computer and one of it is how to gamble online and pay a visit to a casino without having to go outside and commute.

That's just their pastime I guess. But it's a good activity for them to explore more of it and they are for sure amazed and amused with what computers can do once it is connected to the web.

It's two-ways for them. When they can't move that much far away from their homes just to go to the physical casino, they can gamble however they want and are free to visit any casino online because they know how to use computers nowadays and how to navigate it.

Well this isn't new to me anymore and I have also observe this in my area too because to an extent the level of exposure to the use of system to place their bets in the gaming shop is something that would get your attention too and I believe most of these person are all new to it because of their exposure to gambling.

This era revolves around computing, which is the reason most people always want to learn or utilize the computer at every given opportunity. Could remember when elderly people paid to be thought how to operate the computer. It all began this way and people needed to be advanced computer users to sort out their computing problems themselves. Looking at the gambling niche recently, you'd notice how fast people operate the computer, both young and old players.

You'd hardly see anybody seeking for assistance on operating his computer. Gambling actually helped in a way to help this people get more involved in using a computer. Because at their age, the old players, they don't have much reasons to use the computer. But, gambling activity still brings them back to the need of using properly a system. Although, many of them are only conversant with the gambling site, yet it still matters and validates Op's point.

Yes it means that maybe it is one of the positives that increases the knowledge and skills of the elderly which after they know and are involved in gambling especially in physical casinos they become able to operate computers because maybe they come there so often to gamble that they get knowledge about how to operate these devices, but on the other hand this is not proportional to the negative impact that can be caused by this activity which is that the elderly may be more aggressive in gambling which allows them to lose larger amounts of money especially when they are impulsive gamblers.

On the other hand there is no problem with gambling, and perhaps gaining knowledge on how to operate a computer for someone who has entered the elderly phase may be good but we will come back to the fact that many people here often say that they should be able to treat their gambling activities well by avoiding impulsive decisions.

I share the same sentiment with you as to this regard but however, that is one thing that should be expected as it is an obvious fact that to everything that has advantage there must be a disadvantage, personal gambling approach is very important as different people tend to approach gambling differently, it takes decipline for any one not to be carried away by emotions that comes with gambling by ensuring that your gambling activities are well monitored in order not to overly allocate, your time , energy and resources which can influence your life generally. It is a digital world every one is at the liberty of doing whatever they want with the computer but abuse of anything is not always good.

Here's the thing, and I already talked about this months ago in a prior post, but everything that you can learn from gambling, everything that you can say "is a benefit of online gambling, or gambling thereof" is something that you can gain otherwise from a different source. In particular, computer literacy is literally taught for free amongst schools and even if you were an elderly person as in your case/post, the thing is you probably have grandkids or even caretakers who would be more than willing to teach you the ropes of how to operate a computer or navigate the internet, one that wouldn't require you having to spend or lose hundreds of dollars.

Gambling isn't really the best place to know or learn shit in my opinion, I'd argue even that if this is where you learnt how to use a computer or navigate the internet you might've shot yourself in the foot cause now you have to live with the fact that you lost significant amounts of money just cause.

Do we have any stats that can provide that most people use their mobile phones for gambling these days? As far as cryptocurrency gambling is concerned, I believe this isn't true because cryptocurrency gambling platforms barely have an official mobile apps that one can use to gamble conveniently, and I don't think it is convenient to access the platform through a mobile browser and gamble from it and a computer gives you a much better experience.

It can be true for some traditional gambling platforms that usually have mobile apps available and there are also other mobile gambling apps that are only apps and have no web interfaces, and people use those for gambling as well as I have seen a lot of gamblers gambling on their phones using such apps.

I believe there could be a few exceptions with specific casino games, you know. Let us out the examples of poker onto the table... In my opinion, one could learn much about human behavior, cues and reading of body language when one starts with dive oneself into the world of poker. As one participates more and more into live tournaments and acquire the skills to read body language and cues, then it exists the possibility to apply the same to other part or aspects of our daily life.

Let us say you are trying to garbain for the price of something you would like to buy, because of the reading of body language, you could theorically know whether the buyer is giving you a fair price or otherwise, trying to take advantage of you.

What do you think?

Yes, everything that involves the benefits of getting money will always have a negative side such as the risk of losing money one of them, and I think the majority of gamblers already know about this but what has always been the problem is that they always have difficulty in controlling themselves so that in the end they are easy to fall into when they see something that looks tempting or tempting. This means that there is no problem with gambling wherever you gamble, because in the end the most important thing is whether we want it or not or you have to be able to control gambling according to your abilities and not gambling that controls you.

The reason of course is because gambling involves money or requires everyone to spend money in order to be involved in gambling, while on the other hand there is a negative side that continues to lurk, namely the risk of losing money and because of this risk a gambler can fall into his own emotions. Therefore, it is always recommended to only bet small amounts, none other than because it is one of the actions that can prevent ourselves from getting emotional when it turns out that we lose, because after all, everyone does not like the name losing money, especially with a significant amount, meaning as you said that we must avoid all actions that are excessive.

Actually, what can be considered as a small amount solely depends on individuals and it Will varies from one individual to another considering the fact that our financial capabilities are different from one another and so do the amount that Will be allocated to gambling will be too, in most cases over confidence is what triggers gamblers to to gamble with a huge amount for getting that being confident or over confident doesn't guarantee a potential winning. However, the logic has always been that one should only invest the amount he or she can afford to lose whether the amount is huge or not it must come in agreement with your tolerance level.

That's true, each person's financial situation is different, so the money allocated to gambling will not be completely the same, apart from that, the purpose of their gambling can be one of the things that influences the gambling they will do. Many of them gamble with very high self-confidence, where they have no doubts about gambling at all. They can still think positively because they think they can win from the gambling they are going to do, but of course defeat will dominate no matter how much confidence they have, because it is true that what you said does not guarantee the potential for winning. Moreover, with those who are very confident in the gambling that they will do, I think it will only make them continue to gamble because they will continue to have thoughts that they can win at the gambling that they will do, even though the gambling they have done has ended in defeat but because Their self-confidence is high, they can have the thought "maybe now is not the time to win, but maybe the next gambling can result in winning" and that will make them continue gambling even though they have experienced a losing streak.

Apart from that, even though they gamble with high self-confidence, it will not affect their education or knowledge in mastering computers, for example, someone who gambles with high self-confidence will be able to have better knowledge of cellphones or computers so that they can operate them. software well or even master a computer system or cell phone, it doesn't make sense. because the gambling they do will only make them suffer losses, and I think it has nothing to do with increasing computer knowledge or education even if they do online gambling using a computer.

The exact count is not yet available because there is no actual data, I myself am only limited to assuming based on seeing some of the behavior of people in my neighborhood and some other gamblers in my area that most of them do not have computers to do gambling, on average they use mobile browsers because it is much more flexible than using a computer to do gambling, so I personally use cellphones more than computers to access gambling, without applications.
Try to go out for a while and look at the gamblers in your neighborhood, how the gamblers in your neighborhood they access their gambling.

Yes I also noticed more gamblers are preferring to gamble on their mobile phones through the Casino apps than to gambling on their website or go to a traditional casino. Online casino are making individuals to get use to using computers and other related devices as our mobile phones and tablets. Gambling online is increasing gambling activities and this is making computer education to increase. Alot of gamblers are getting familiar with how to use the casino apps.

More individuals are getting used to using computers as everything is now being used with computer as we are getting into a digital age. If your business doesn't use computer you'll not be getting alot of patronising from individuals that are not in the location that your physical business is located. Traditional casino aren't making the profits that online casinos are making therefore having an online casino is now better than operating a physical located casino.

Yes it is really true online gambling house really make some computer to be easy to operate an understand to the owners that does not even have any idea on operating computer because of the much navigation on it prediction especially respond betting has really make people that doesn't even have it on anything concerning computer and how it's been operate and not do some navigation and operate computer freely without no stress this is because of the help of online gambling has been helping a lot making people to understand even other things of the online activities because most of the good people vision but since I'm playing as make it easy that you will come to the better option that you can gamble from your home, so many people I knew very well prefer online gambling and this are the people that I know that they don't even know anything about computer and they're not even like to involve themselves but they prefer online gaming because of the good activities on it and it has made them to understand computer forever

Yes, of course, and that's why I don't talk about how little to bet on gambling, because I understand that most people have different levels of income in life so they can adjust everything according to their own abilities.

On the other hand, I will say that one of the reasons why a gambler has overconfidence in gambling winnings is usually because at the beginning of their involvement they managed to get a big win which they did not realize that the win happened by chance when luck came at the right time.

But not everyone has the same response in every time they respond to everything, meaning that they are some gamblers who do not use their common sense and rational mindset properly, because they should think wisely that there is nothing significant with just a little effort, even though they did manage to get the money but when we talk about gambling then obviously it is nothing more than a victory that happened by chance, meaning that this confidence grows significantly due to those who cannot use their common sense properly and wisely so they misunderstand.

Not only easy to operate on computer, but also easy to operate on any kind of devices, such as; Android, Iphone, Macbook, etc. This is the real of computer-era, the online gambling house really made a simplicity for anyone to do gambling. I also see the same result in my country, much people who "lack of technology" starts to learn computer and any kind of devices so they can playing the online gambling, unfortunately most of them got addicted in this, but many influencers aware and fortunately give any educations regard this problem.

The point is, before do everything what we want to do, we should learn about the negative and positive side of our actions, so we can give a wise movement from everything what we do.

it is a determination of any individual to make each choice of what he likes I don't know but I've seen someone who is 80 years old but it's continued to participate in gambling so that is a personal decision and the personal choice of anyone some persons retired in gambling when the cross 60 years some persons to gamble Until Death The Party them on Earth so gambling and the making use of computer it is a personal choice of living it is not necessarily a duty it is what you you feel like to do so I've seen many people from my own understanding and my own Theory Who participating gambling but they stop participating in gambling when they have noticed a lot of losses

Talking about the usage of computer it's better to remind us that phones, calculators, laptops are all computers. And the gambling house Op is talking about use the desktop computers or laptops to operate their business. If gambling wasn't done online, people would still use computer due to the widespread usage of computer across every society. Old people wouldn't miss out on this trend. Most of them use phone proficiently with no faults or mistakes.

While those who are using the computers found on gambling shops may be some old people who hardly use phones, many of them would still use computers for other purposes like education and research. Aside aged gamblers, lots of computer literates in same age category still exist and they don't gamble. Those people online gambling helped to learn how to operate a computer should only be counted lucky for being in a era where computers were now being used for gambling.

Well, this actually is true, alot of persons (including young people and older people) never really went through any computer training institute, but today, are operating the computer system very fluently, like myself for example, I never went through any computer education, I only once encountered a guy in a cyber Cafe who showed me the basics, like how to login my time on the Cafe and how to log out, knowing, I simply from time to time visited the Cafe on my own, bought time, and then login, and I will just be trying out somethings on the computer, until my time expires, I continued like this until I learnt how to operate computer very well, and what was my reason for wanting to learn how to operate a computer at that time? It was Facebook.
Facebook was reigning in my area as at that time, and being a young hustling boy not able to afford a smart phone, cyber cafe was my top alternative to use to create and manage my own Facebook account back then.

So yeah, it's very understandable that many today are now able to operate computers due to their involvement in online gambling, and this actually is a very good thing, shows that even through gambling, people can learn to do things they have never done before, gain new knowledge and education of latest technologies and so on.