Crime Effect of Gambling - Your thoughts!

[Symphonized]

For me gambling does not increase crime but rather increase addiction to some people who does not know how to handle it properly. When it comes to crime, for me the number 1 aspect is drugs next is poverty. I don't consider gambling unless it was also associated with drugs.

So do you agree that it increases or not? Because on one side you say it doesn't then you say it does

I think the whole thing is related dude. when you become a gambling addict you will desperately need money to return to gambling even though you have run out of money. this will be like drug addiction right? and when you bankrupt you will be poor and increase crime?

But for drug addiction and gambling addiction is different. You see, when a drug addict takes drug every single day, they can affect their mind that will end up making crimes. Also, drugs are banned in our country the reason it is different with gambling.

On the other hand, gambling is not banned in our country which means we can gamble whenever we want the inly problem is the desperate ones that wants to win their every gambling sessions the reason they ended up commiting crimes. With gambling, there are still a lit of people with their sanities attached to them while drug addicts are feared because if they are under the effect of drugs, they can easily commit crimes without really thinking of it.

Well i dont consider recovering your looses an addiction if he meant to say that.

Ofc he needs to risk it but to follow the profit he will have to do it at all costs.

[Efiraboy]

I recently participated in a debate on debatepedia and this particular one brought about a huge argument and I was wondering how that argument will play out here and hoping to view your thoughts on this.

Actually, the bone of content here is that does gambling cause an increase in various kinds of related criminal activities? Few examples of the major points raised were;

Casinos are often associated with criminal activity. Drug dealers and prostitutes operate near casinos – they know that there are a large number of potential clients in the area. Casinos can therefore be devastating to neighborhoods.

The existence of criminals does not make nearby businesses (including casinos) immoral. It is perverse to punish people who just want to gamble (and not take drugs or use prostitutes) by taking away their chance to do so.

For me personally, I believe immoral activities are certainly based on each individual and it does not have anything to do with gambling. Nevertheless, from some of the further research that I made, I got to understand that, these things mentioned are very much applicable in most casinos; drug dealings, prostitution and even some casinos where the owners are into some shady stuffs. Well, just want to get to know what you guys think about this. Do you think Casino is like a hiding place for perpetrators of crime or casino on its own, ushers in a huge level of immoral activities by default?

We all know that gambling is one of the way on how people earn profits today in crypto. But as a smart player we must also know that this gambling isn't the best way to earn. It has advantages but the disadvantages are quite most concern. We must be aware on how this gambling may affect pure behavior in earning.  We must know when to stop and avois being greedy in profit.  In that, we will avoid negative acts that may lead us to make crime.

I think that gambling is the mother of crimes and criminals. You see that most of the gamblers are also murderer, gangsters, looters; snatchers etc. gamblers will do every illegal activity. They will spend nights on the roads because they have no place and respect in their own home. You can think about their lives. They are spending their lives as dogs on the road. 

[Betwrong]

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But if a gambler was playing he wouldn't commit a crime in the process either. I agree with you that it's the addiction not drugs or gambling by itself what makes people to commit crimes, but those kinds of addictions are very different. You can be distracted by something interesting and forget about gambling even being addicted to it, while this can't happen with drug addiction because you feel physical pain during withdrawals which can't be ignored.

Gambling has been historically intertwined with criminal activity but the connection has becoming weaker with the implementation of online gambling.

Gambling itself is a bad thing and the consequences are also worst. I have seen thousands of gamblers who ruined their lives because of regular gambling. You cannot make any money in regular gambling and once you become addicted, it will be difficult for you to quit gambling easily. You will not only lose money but also respect even in your own family.

I don't know what respect you are talking about, but either way losing respect of your family is not a crime, as well as losing your own money btw. What we are discussing here is possible crime effect of gambling or, in other words, what percentage of gamblers is inclined to commit crimes because of their gambling.

In most cases the stats provided in support of the notion that gamblers commit crimes more often than regular people are wrong and manipulative. As long as 4.2 billion people, or over 50% of the world population, have gambled at one time or another, it is possible to compose any "stats". One can make up a research showing a "correlation" between gambling and divorces, deaths from lung cancer etc. Same can be done for people who eat cucumbers, drink coca-cola and so on.

[naidray]

i dont consider recovering your looses an addiction if he meant to say that.

Ofc he needs to risk it but to follow the profit he will have to do it at all costs.

If you are recovering your losses, it is either you are addicted already or you are just on your way to getting addicted, and it is just a matter of time before you end up reaching that final destination where you will get trapped in that your pursuit for loss recovery.

It has never ended up well for those who are possibly trying to recover their loss and it never will because it is the mindset that you brought into gambling in the first place that would make you to ever consider trying to recover loss which is more like trying to push your luck harder for winning, and that is something terrible.

[supermine]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

[emberbekas]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

Crime is the side effect of gambling even though not every gamblers will commit crime to fulfill their gambling habits. For those who already addicted to gambling and have no more money to satisfy his addiction, they are susceptible to do crime.

[onrise]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

Crime is the side effect of gambling even though not every gamblers will commit crime to fulfill their gambling habits. For those who already addicted to gambling and have no more money to satisfy his addiction, they are susceptible to do crime.

Chances of an addicted gambler who has being losing money would turn to crime increases with the more debt he takes or more looses he makes in gambling as the person would like to have more money to gamble and this makes them to turn into the crime.

[crwth]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

Crime is the side effect of gambling even though not every gamblers will commit crime to fulfill their gambling habits. For those who already addicted to gambling and have no more money to satisfy his addiction, they are susceptible to do crime.

Chances of an addicted gambler who has being losing money would turn to crime increases with the more debt he takes or more looses he makes in gambling as the person would like to have more money to gamble and this makes them to turn into the crime.

If that addicted gambler has a reason to gamble like paying debts and continuous gambling, they would really be desperate. When they are like that they are likely to look for ways to have more easy money and they are the ones who are not contributing towards the society. What do you think of that? More and more people are starting to enjoy gambling, but the greediness is overwhelming, I hope no one would get into that because it would be hard to stop. They should learn that it's not always like that, everyone can overcome it.

[Finestream]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

Crime is the side effect of gambling even though not every gamblers will commit crime to fulfill their gambling habits. For those who already addicted to gambling and have no more money to satisfy his addiction, they are susceptible to do crime.

Yes.That's what most of the gamblers do.If they cannot control their addiction and don't have enough money to sustain their gambling addiction,they may force to do things that are definitely against the law.Since they are not in their good thinking,they are not aware of the crime that they have done.I suggest to stay away from gambling if you think you cannot control your emotions most of the time.

[deppil]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

Crime is the side effect of gambling even though not every gamblers will commit crime to fulfill their gambling habits. For those who already addicted to gambling and have no more money to satisfy his addiction, they are susceptible to do crime.

Yeah maybe if the influence of gambling is already very bad for them. they can do anything to return to gambling like what drug addicts do. because addiction is a disease. You must have heard gambling addicts or drug addicts steal money only to get back to their addiction activities right?

[maydna]

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Yeah maybe if the influence of gambling is already very bad for them. they can do anything to return to gambling like what drug addicts do. because addiction is a disease. You must have heard gambling addicts or drug addicts steal money only to get back to their addiction activities right?

Yes, that is right. The gambler needs to know this, so it doesn't have to become addicted. The player will not only lose the money but perhaps, the life and the family too because I heard that there is a person that gets lost everything he has and he cannot stay to lives. So this is the important lesson for every people especially for a new gambler, try to not playing gambling every day because it's too dangerous for your life and your money.

[Caladonian]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

There's incidents where gambling addicted person do some crimes like stealing money or things for them to continue playing, as their  minds already been corrupted of this habits, there's no excuse aside from being too much engaged and they can't have any additional capital so they can do things like this to satisfied their lust and to continue playing.

[Rembedful]

I agree with most replies. Gambling doesn’t cause an increase in crime. It can be linked to crime in some areas but the other way around. Crime tries to get into the gambling industry to launder money.

Also think about nowadays. Do you think online gambling from home causes an increase in crimes? Not at all.

Yes,online games nothing related to crimes unless gambling is fully banned in your country.Even the gambling is not related to crimes in most places other than the casinos run but the criminals which also the place where drugs are available.But it maybe causes some crimes because of the people who needs money for gambling due to their addiction level when they get into some stage they do anything for the money which is needed for their gambling activities.

Mostly criminal are also gamblers and gamblers are also criminals. When a gambler loses money in gambling he will do some illegal to get some money to continue his gambling. I think that gambling is the mother of crimes. Gamblers gradually become professional criminals and even commit murder for their money. Snatching, looting is their normal routine.

You might be right in some cases but everything is still a vice versa situations and that does not make make gambling the mother of crime because the habit taking by each and everyone of us lie on each individuals decision making. However, if you search closely the gambler that does the act you mentioned they are already a crime from the get go which they seized gambling as means to cover up their shady acts.

I admit that gambling cause’s crimes increase in a community. Most of the gamblers do anything illegal for their gambling. When they lose money they also create such an atmosphere that the opponent leaves the place without taking his money. Regular gamblers are the worst people in the world. Gambling and crime are the two names of one thing. There is no difference between these two.

It is right that online gambling from home does not affect the society and not cause for crimes but the problem is that when they have no more money then what they do. Do they quit gambling? I don’t think so because once they taste the greed for money in gambling they will obviously make their way towards physical casino and their worst lie starts from that point.

[wxa7115]

That's not true. What kind of prostitutes and drugs would you expect around a loner's house who gambles with bitcoins? The big hotel-casinos is a different thing as they have to create that ambience for the big rollers. They're often associated with high lifestyles like cocaine, models and bg cars. It has nothing to do with gambling really.

Most people that gamble do it occasionally and do not put their lifestyle at risk by gambling, so it is very clear to me that such people are not going to commit any kind of crimes because of gambling, the problem gets more complicated when we are talking about a person that is addicted, and as we know such a person is going to do everything they can to afford their addiction, in that case I think it is possible to say that gambling may have a harmful effect on those people and society in general.

However as a person that strongly believes in self determination, I really do not like to blame external factors when it comes to taking responsibility for your actions, so if those people are committing crimes then they are the ones responsible for that and not gambling.

[hulla]

I agree with most replies. Gambling doesn’t cause an increase in crime. It can be linked to crime in some areas but the other way around. Crime tries to get into the gambling industry to launder money.

Also think about nowadays. Do you think online gambling from home causes an increase in crimes? Not at all.

Yes,online games nothing related to crimes unless gambling is fully banned in your country.Even the gambling is not related to crimes in most places other than the casinos run but the criminals which also the place where drugs are available.But it maybe causes some crimes because of the people who needs money for gambling due to their addiction level when they get into some stage they do anything for the money which is needed for their gambling activities.

Mostly criminal are also gamblers and gamblers are also criminals. When a gambler loses money in gambling he will do some illegal to get some money to continue his gambling. I think that gambling is the mother of crimes. Gamblers gradually become professional criminals and even commit murder for their money. Snatching, looting is their normal routine.

You might be right in some cases but everything is still a vice versa situations and that does not make make gambling the mother of crime because the habit taking by each and everyone of us lie on each individuals decision making. However, if you search closely the gambler that does the act you mentioned they are already a crime from the get go which they seized gambling as means to cover up their shady acts.

I admit that gambling cause’s crimes increase in a community. Most of the gamblers do anything illegal for their gambling. When they lose money they also create such an atmosphere that the opponent leaves the place without taking his money. Regular gamblers are the worst people in the world. Gambling and crime are the two names of one thing. There is no difference between these two.

Gambling and crime are not the samething buddy. Crime is the act of committing an offense which is punishable by law. Gambling was signed into the law bill and gambling is a game of chances not offense. Like I said early everything lies on every individuals understanding and maturity. Meanwhile, you don't need to gambling in person where you will force or pressure to leave without taking your money cause the online gamble site are there.

[prinlyn]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

Gradually gambling leads to crimes. In my country gambling is not legal and I myself do not believe in online gambling because there are many scammers and fraud as you mentioned. Anyway for gambling online or traditional you need money and when you have no money for gambling and face money problems you will do anything to get some money for gambling.

[Marcelle7]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

Crime is the side effect of gambling even though not every gamblers will commit crime to fulfill their gambling habits. For those who already addicted to gambling and have no more money to satisfy his addiction, they are susceptible to do crime.

I admit that every gambler is not criminal but as gambling is not assumes positive therefore people stitch evil things with gambling and it is a fact that gambler especially in my community doesn’t have any respect and all the people keep distance from a gambler. Many gamblers become criminals too when they are gambling addicted and that is the reason that crime is assumed as part of gambling.

[GREATLOVE]

I recently participated in a debate on debatepedia and this particular one brought about a huge argument and I was wondering how that argument will play out here and hoping to view your thoughts on this.

Actually, the bone of content here is that does gambling cause an increase in various kinds of related criminal activities? Few examples of the major points raised were;

Casinos are often associated with criminal activity. Drug dealers and prostitutes operate near casinos – they know that there are a large number of potential clients in the area. Casinos can therefore be devastating to neighborhoods.

The existence of criminals does not make nearby businesses (including casinos) immoral. It is perverse to punish people who just want to gamble (and not take drugs or use prostitutes) by taking away their chance to do so.

For me personally, I believe immoral activities are certainly based on each individual and it does not have anything to do with gambling. Nevertheless, from some of the further research that I made, I got to understand that, these things mentioned are very much applicable in most casinos; drug dealings, prostitution and even some casinos where the owners are into some shady stuffs. Well, just want to get to know what you guys think about this. Do you think Casino is like a hiding place for perpetrators of crime or casino on its own, ushers in a huge level of immoral activities by default?

Do i find successful in gambling.? Definitely not! I cant find successful in gambling . gambling gives you sick . without money you can't gambling and gambling can broke everything in yourlife because you life is gambling.

[onrise]

Gamblers may be suspicious but actual frauds means you. Red to trap the site owner only.  They were introducing which is not legal in your country so you must be careful before you invested on any gambling sites.

Criminals in gambling field? I don't vote for it for sure.

Maximum people invested on gambling must clear the way they are moving for earning purposes.

It is true that people come to gambling site for the purpose of money making but we need money to bet on the gambling sites which may tempt the people to do crimes to get that money and even when they are addicted they can do anything to gamble but it is very rare case thoug.

Crime is the side effect of gambling even though not every gamblers will commit crime to fulfill their gambling habits. For those who already addicted to gambling and have no more money to satisfy his addiction, they are susceptible to do crime.

I admit that every gambler is not criminal but as gambling is not assumes positive therefore people stitch evil things with gambling and it is a fact that gambler especially in my community doesn’t have any respect and all the people keep distance from a gambler. Many gamblers become criminals too when they are gambling addicted and that is the reason that crime is assumed as part of gambling.

Those who are addicted chances of they turning to criminal increases because in addiction every time you can only think is gambling and to gamble you require money. You cannot win every time from gambling and thus results in the losses and to get more money people start doing crime.

[Betwrong]

That's not true. What kind of prostitutes and drugs would you expect around a loner's house who gambles with bitcoins? The big hotel-casinos is a different thing as they have to create that ambience for the big rollers. They're often associated with high lifestyles like cocaine, models and bg cars. It has nothing to do with gambling really.

Most people that gamble do it occasionally and do not put their lifestyle at risk by gambling, so it is very clear to me that such people are not going to commit any kind of crimes because of gambling, the problem gets more complicated when we are talking about a person that is addicted, and as we know such a person is going to do everything they can to afford their addiction, in that case I think it is possible to say that gambling may have a harmful effect on those people and society in general.

However as a person that strongly believes in self determination, I really do not like to blame external factors when it comes to taking responsibility for your actions, so if those people are committing crimes then they are the ones responsible for that and not gambling.

I agree. Gambling is just a business like any other business around. If an enterprise is associated with crime it's because of the human factor, not because of the enterprise itself. There are musicians transporting cocaine in violin cases, chemistry teachers manufacturing illegal drugs, doctors engaging in black market organ trading etc. And, on the other hand, there are poker players like Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel and Antonio Esfandiari  who are not associated with any criminal activity, but they are gamblers in every sense of the word.