Gambling is growing at nonstop rates in my country

[freedomgo]

Your country is a lot different than mine but the same can be said that the gambling industry is still growing in my country, Philippines. Even though in my country where it is prohibited by law to advertise casinos they still manage to attract a lot of people not only the ones residing in the country but even foreigners who's only purpose in visiting the country is to gamble. From a wide variety of addicting games such as slot machines, baccarat, and poker tables as well as free drinks and food there is no wonder that it even attracts people in the middle class and below.

It may had flourish due to the help of the government as well, what I have seen lately is a lot of foreign companies are trying to build up their own casino/hotel in the country which are located not only near in our airports but also in our tourist spots. They have actually encouraged this in order to attract foreign investment in the country where the ownership is always split 60/40 where 60% is the stake of their local partner.

Right.Casinos will only flourish if it have given importance by the government.In my country,there are also growing casinos but it is mostly found only in big hotels and not near in schools or any big establishments.Gambling has become legal like lottery which is very rampant today and cannot be denied that almost all people are into it.

Lottery is a type of gambling where there is less risk but you can win a big amount of money, however, the chance of winning is very low.
People can afford the ticket as it's cheap but nowadays since the online gambling is also growing it brings a lot of lottery games online and this will probaly attract more gamblers, so if one cannot control his gambling activity, it will surely bring bad effect unto him.

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[iMark]

I've noticed the same in my country and it's been increasing the last couple of years.
I think it started after the whole poker craze from a few years ago

It started to grow rapidly because the use of Internet is quite new, in the 1990s the Internet wasn't a term that everyone knew what it meant.

And since we have barely passed 20-30 years since then - the world of online gambling is still at its infancy, and thus - you get addiction problems and more.

It's a sad state of affairs however we want to call it, there are few winners (the owners) and tons of losers.

This has become a business that leads the owner, the owner only needs to have a large roll with an unbeatable house system, who is the rich who does not want a business that guarantees this big profit, moreover gambling sites on the internet do not need special permission, thats why this gambling business is growing very fast on the internet..

[Barbut]

I've noticed the same in my country and it's been increasing the last couple of years.
I think it started after the whole poker craze from a few years ago

It started to grow rapidly because the use of Internet is quite new, in the 1990s the Internet wasn't a term that everyone knew what it meant.

And since we have barely passed 20-30 years since then - the world of online gambling is still at its infancy, and thus - you get addiction problems and more.

It's a sad state of affairs however we want to call it, there are few winners (the owners) and tons of losers.

This has become a business that leads the owner, the owner only needs to have a large roll with an unbeatable house system, who is the rich who does not want a business that guarantees this big profit, moreover gambling sites on the internet do not need special permission, thats why this gambling business is growing very fast on the internet..

Unbeatable house system, you say? If gambling is made people just to lose money, than no one would gamble, house has an advantage, but in the end you have your chances to win in some game, depending on how you play it, how big bankroll you have it, maybe you can beat the house, there are chances. Many people who speak about gambling here on bitcointalk never gambled in their life, what people should know that gambling isnt just game of losing, you can win, and people win in gambling generally, but the ones who win dont talk about it so much, the ones who are losing are more loudly and you can find people crying about losing everywhere.

[upsidedown75]

Lottery is a type of gambling where there is less risk but you can win a big amount of money, however, the chance of winning is very low.

What is the unique specialty/ difference with lottery ? I believe there will be nothing as lottery is another pure way of gambling still many governments allow to suck innocent people's hard earn money. You may gamble with less risk in dicing and you may win but lottery sounds like a non-gambling thing for many countries till now.

People can afford the ticket as it's cheap but nowadays since the online gambling is also growing it brings a lot of lottery games online and this will probaly attract more gamblers, so if one cannot control his gambling activity, it will surely bring bad effect unto him.

Yes, this is the reason that I never agree to be lenient against any gambling. All gambling are dangerous in its own way. Never should expect as a harmless. But, worldwide many governments are not ready to accept these.

[jrrsparkles]

I've noticed the same in my country and it's been increasing the last couple of years.
I think it started after the whole poker craze from a few years ago

It started to grow rapidly because the use of Internet is quite new, in the 1990s the Internet wasn't a term that everyone knew what it meant.

And since we have barely passed 20-30 years since then - the world of online gambling is still at its infancy, and thus - you get addiction problems and more.

It's a sad state of affairs however we want to call it, there are few winners (the owners) and tons of losers.

This has become a business that leads the owner, the owner only needs to have a large roll with an unbeatable house system, who is the rich who does not want a business that guarantees this big profit, moreover gambling sites on the internet do not need special permission, thats why this gambling business is growing very fast on the internet..

Generally in gambling house has more edge than the players but it doesn't mean that it can't be won,there are lot of people who won lot of money from gambling and become millionaires so don't blame the system but when you don't want to risk money in gambling then you are not going to win anything as well.Simly if you are lucky you can win that is what gambling is meant for.

[milewilda]

Is this an isolated phenomenon or it's just where im from? I see more and more gambling commercials, tv ads, and I see more and more gambling spots all over the streets. There were casinos before but im talking about places where people take bets usually on soccer and other sports, not a classic casino with the usual casino stuff. I see they are located near high schools too. This could cause a gambling addiction epidemic among the youth, which has a hard time making money these days and feel desperate and end up gambling whatever little they make.

I claim this cannot be a simple coincidence. The rich have always gambled, but lower end classes weren't gambling that much in the past as far as I know. There weren't definitely as many gambling spots all over the place before.

Common reason for this thing to happened.

1. Government isnt strict when it comes to gambling businesses.
2. Gambling operators do extent out their business yet we know gambling industry is indeed profitable.

It appears not to be a simple coincidence but these things can happen without your notice gradually.

In fact, there are government officials who does gambling. How ironic isn't it? Those who says not to do it, restricting us to do it are the ones who do it. Officials are prohibited to do gambling so they find ways how to do it and one example is asking other people to do it for them. They just give the money for betting and that's it!

Gambling in lower end classes is possible now because there are gambling games that are much less costly in casinos. They could easily choose a place where authorities can't see them and then gamble with cards, animals, sports and etc.

Sad reality but this is really happening nowadays.The people who do ones do restrict out are the ones who do abuse since they do know that they can really make themselves immune
and make money out of it.This do exist on corrupt countries and no surprise. Yes, there are lots of gambling games that doesnt require big bankroll thats why these gambling
places is really easy to widespread.

[Betwrong]

Lottery is a type of gambling where there is less risk but you can win a big amount of money, however, the chance of winning is very low.

What is the unique specialty/ difference with lottery ? I believe there will be nothing as lottery is another pure way of gambling still many governments allow to suck innocent people's hard earn money. You may gamble with less risk in dicing and you may win but lottery sounds like a non-gambling thing for many countries till now.
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I think there is a difference between lottery and other types of gambling. Normally people buy one lottery ticket worth of $1-$2 in hopes of winning big in case of big luck, but they rarely spend more than they afford to lose on the lottery tickets. Yes, there are such people, but those cases are rare, and imo such people need professional help because it is really insane to spend all you have on lottery tickets while your win chance is still much less than 1%. I think that lottery is the least addictive form of gambling and that's why it is allowed almost everywhere, but I would like to see some other opinions, because what I say is not a proven fact.

[davinchi]

I think there is a difference between lottery and other types of gambling. Normally people buy one lottery ticket worth of $1-$2 in hopes of winning big in case of big luck, but they rarely spend more than they afford to lose on the lottery tickets. Yes, there are such people, but those cases are rare, and imo such people need professional help because it is really insane to spend all you have on lottery tickets while your win chance is still much less than 1%. I think that lottery is the least addictive form of gambling and that's why it is allowed almost everywhere, but I would like to see some other opinions, because what I say is not a proven fact.

You have not seen a common man who is buying 10 or even 25 lottery tickets at a time ? For an addicted gambler there is no limit for spending in gambling. They always spend beyond their affordable level. If you check in freebitco.in, you can find most of the people are buying lottery tickets in 100s. We can see only the winners, there could be thousands of others who tried in 1000s too.

I'm not seeing lottery as a different gambling type. It is one of the typical gambling type and it is more addictive as it will be giving you the hope of winning at the every attempt.

[imstillthebest]

I think there is a difference between lottery and other types of gambling. Normally people buy one lottery ticket worth of $1-$2 in hopes of winning big in case of big luck, but they rarely spend more than they afford to lose on the lottery tickets. Yes, there are such people, but those cases are rare, and imo such people need professional help because it is really insane to spend all you have on lottery tickets while your win chance is still much less than 1%. I think that lottery is the least addictive form of gambling and that's why it is allowed almost everywhere, but I would like to see some other opinions, because what I say is not a proven fact.

You have not seen a common man who is buying 10 or even 25 lottery tickets at a time ? For an addicted gambler there is no limit for spending in gambling. They always spend beyond their affordable level. If you check in freebitco.in, you can find most of the people are buying lottery tickets in 100s. We can see only the winners, there could be thousands of others who tried in 1000s too.

I'm not seeing lottery as a different gambling type. It is one of the typical gambling type and it is more addictive as it will be giving you the hope of winning at the every attempt.

tickets in freebitco.in are only cost o.0000000x satoshi per piece and that was cheap compared to real life lottery tickets . thats why it is not really shocking to see a lot of users who actually bought hundreds and thousands of tickets per week .

[absy]

I think there is a difference between lottery and other types of gambling. Normally people buy one lottery ticket worth of $1-$2 in hopes of winning big in case of big luck, but they rarely spend more than they afford to lose on the lottery tickets. Yes, there are such people, but those cases are rare, and imo such people need professional help because it is really insane to spend all you have on lottery tickets while your win chance is still much less than 1%. I think that lottery is the least addictive form of gambling and that's why it is allowed almost everywhere, but I would like to see some other opinions, because what I say is not a proven fact.

You have not seen a common man who is buying 10 or even 25 lottery tickets at a time ? For an addicted gambler there is no limit for spending in gambling. They always spend beyond their affordable level. If you check in freebitco.in, you can find most of the people are buying lottery tickets in 100s. We can see only the winners, there could be thousands of others who tried in 1000s too.

I'm not seeing lottery as a different gambling type. It is one of the typical gambling type and it is more addictive as it will be giving you the hope of winning at the every attempt.

This is true , there used be a person in my town who bought like 50 tickets at once every single week . It costed him around 1000 bucks I guess and he used to win once in a month , just pennies but he still used to buy more .

[Caladonian]

I think there is a difference between lottery and other types of gambling. Normally people buy one lottery ticket worth of $1-$2 in hopes of winning big in case of big luck, but they rarely spend more than they afford to lose on the lottery tickets. Yes, there are such people, but those cases are rare, and imo such people need professional help because it is really insane to spend all you have on lottery tickets while your win chance is still much less than 1%. I think that lottery is the least addictive form of gambling and that's why it is allowed almost everywhere, but I would like to see some other opinions, because what I say is not a proven fact.

You have not seen a common man who is buying 10 or even 25 lottery tickets at a time ? For an addicted gambler there is no limit for spending in gambling. They always spend beyond their affordable level. If you check in freebitco.in, you can find most of the people are buying lottery tickets in 100s. We can see only the winners, there could be thousands of others who tried in 1000s too.

I'm not seeing lottery as a different gambling type. It is one of the typical gambling type and it is more addictive as it will be giving you the hope of winning at the every attempt.

tickets in freebitco.in are only cost o.0000000x satoshi per piece and that was cheap compared to real life lottery tickets . thats why it is not really shocking to see a lot of users who actually bought hundreds and thousands of tickets per week .

Indeed, they will try buying more tickets as they are thinking to have much better chances if they have lots of it, gamblers points of view is different from a natural person who's not too engage with such activities, they always wanted to have some edge and even using much larger bankroll to extend any chances.

[imstillthebest]

I think there is a difference between lottery and other types of gambling. Normally people buy one lottery ticket worth of $1-$2 in hopes of winning big in case of big luck, but they rarely spend more than they afford to lose on the lottery tickets. Yes, there are such people, but those cases are rare, and imo such people need professional help because it is really insane to spend all you have on lottery tickets while your win chance is still much less than 1%. I think that lottery is the least addictive form of gambling and that's why it is allowed almost everywhere, but I would like to see some other opinions, because what I say is not a proven fact.

You have not seen a common man who is buying 10 or even 25 lottery tickets at a time ? For an addicted gambler there is no limit for spending in gambling. They always spend beyond their affordable level. If you check in freebitco.in, you can find most of the people are buying lottery tickets in 100s. We can see only the winners, there could be thousands of others who tried in 1000s too.

I'm not seeing lottery as a different gambling type. It is one of the typical gambling type and it is more addictive as it will be giving you the hope of winning at the every attempt.

tickets in freebitco.in are only cost o.0000000x satoshi per piece and that was cheap compared to real life lottery tickets . thats why it is not really shocking to see a lot of users who actually bought hundreds and thousands of tickets per week .

Indeed, they will try buying more tickets as they are thinking to have much better chances if they have lots of it, gamblers points of view is different from a natural person who's not too engage with such activities, they always wanted to have some edge and even using much larger bankroll to extend any chances.

actually a gamblers view and a normal person's view who bets in lottery are the same because they both want to maximize thier chances of winning and as a result , they will buy more tickets but they dont know that the odds of winning a lottery is verry slim than chances of getting struck by a lightning outside of your house

[Betwrong]

I think there is a difference between lottery and other types of gambling. Normally people buy one lottery ticket worth of $1-$2 in hopes of winning big in case of big luck, but they rarely spend more than they afford to lose on the lottery tickets. Yes, there are such people, but those cases are rare, and imo such people need professional help because it is really insane to spend all you have on lottery tickets while your win chance is still much less than 1%. I think that lottery is the least addictive form of gambling and that's why it is allowed almost everywhere, but I would like to see some other opinions, because what I say is not a proven fact.

You have not seen a common man who is buying 10 or even 25 lottery tickets at a time ? For an addicted gambler there is no limit for spending in gambling. They always spend beyond their affordable level. If you check in freebitco.in, you can find most of the people are buying lottery tickets in 100s. We can see only the winners, there could be thousands of others who tried in 1000s too.

I'm not seeing lottery as a different gambling type. It is one of the typical gambling type and it is more addictive as it will be giving you the hope of winning at the every attempt.

tickets in freebitco.in are only cost o.0000000x satoshi per piece and that was cheap compared to real life lottery tickets . thats why it is not really shocking to see a lot of users who actually bought hundreds and thousands of tickets per week .

Indeed, they will try buying more tickets as they are thinking to have much better chances if they have lots of it, gamblers points of view is different from a natural person who's not too engage with such activities, they always wanted to have some edge and even using much larger bankroll to extend any chances.

actually a gamblers view and a normal person's view who bets in lottery are the same because they both want to maximize thier chances of winning and as a result , they will buy more tickets but they dont know that the odds of winning a lottery is verry slim than chances of getting struck by a lightning outside of your house

That's right, chances of winning a really good prize, like a million dollar Jackpot, are extremely slim in the lottery, and actually I think everybody is aware of that fact, people are not so stupid in general. But there are many of the smaller prizes, from $2 to $20, which have been won by thousands of people each time the lottery takes place. I think that people who buy tickets by thousands presume on winning as much of those as possible, and on getting even, at least, in case of not winning the highest prize. But that's a stupid idea anyway, and in most cases such people lose their money.

I think the very idea of "increasing your chances" is a dangerous one, and is something which should be avoided because that particular state of mind makes one an addicted gambler eventually.

[MFahad]

Your country is a lot different than mine but the same can be said that the gambling industry is still growing in my country, Philippines. Even though in my country where it is prohibited by law to advertise casinos they still manage to attract a lot of people not only the ones residing in the country but even foreigners who's only purpose in visiting the country is to gamble. From a wide variety of addicting games such as slot machines, baccarat, and poker tables as well as free drinks and food there is no wonder that it even attracts people in the middle class and below.

It may had flourish due to the help of the government as well, what I have seen lately is a lot of foreign companies are trying to build up their own casino/hotel in the country which are located not only near in our airports but also in our tourist spots. They have actually encouraged this in order to attract foreign investment in the country where the ownership is always split 60/40 where 60% is the stake of their local partner.

Right.Casinos will only flourish if it have given importance by the government.In my country,there are also growing casinos but it is mostly found only in big hotels and not near in schools or any big establishments.Gambling has become legal like lottery which is very rampant today and cannot be denied that almost all people are into it.

It depends upon country to country. In many places including my place, Gambling is prohibited and there you will not find any gambling casino here. For those who want to gamble, can only do so online. Overall online gambling is increasing worldwide.

[SirLancelot]

In many places including my place, Gambling is prohibited and there you will not find any gambling casino here. For those who want to gamble, can only do so online. Overall online gambling is increasing worldwide.

When gambling is legally prohibited in your country then online gambling also should not be allowed to your country people in direct accessing (government cannot do anything about accessing internet through bypassing methods) but internet censoring is not happening effectively in most gambling prohibited lands due to various reasons.

This is the exact state of gambling in my country too. Government is not fully controlling gambling as sports betting and lotteries are taking place in my country along with online gambling are easily accessible without need of any proxies.

I am enjoying various gambling due to lenient prohibitions but I always worry about teenagers and  addicted gamblers who are all always losing money in gambling but keep gambling without caring about the final consequences. I want my government to ban all types of gambling in near future but not finding any sign for that so far.

[AB de Royse777]

1. Government isnt strict when it comes to gambling businesses.

Government wants to assure that your money is in the safe hand. These procedures basically eliminate the frauds.

Imagine everyone is launching their own gambling business without having a valid background check. Frauds will take the chances and will walkaway with your money even without letting you playing with your money.

PS: Although gambling means losing your money. It's an industry where you are meant to lose the money and the house is going to take your money. 

[Betwrong]

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Government wants to assure that your money is in the safe hand. These procedures basically eliminate the frauds.

Imagine everyone is launching their own gambling business without having a valid background check. Frauds will take the chances and will walkaway with your money even without letting you playing with your money.
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Isn't that what has been happening from the beginning of times? No government can regulate gambling to the extent of eliminating frauds entirely. I think there is no such country, even taking the North Korea into consideration, were gambling is properly regulated. The scam artists are plentiful even under dictatorship regimes. That's why we need provably fair system in the first place. You don't have to rely on anyone's honesty, you don't have to trust anybody, you should be able to check the fairness any time you want.

[akram143]

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Government wants to assure that your money is in the safe hand. These procedures basically eliminate the frauds.

Imagine everyone is launching their own gambling business without having a valid background check. Frauds will take the chances and will walkaway with your money even without letting you playing with your money.
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Isn't that what has been happening from the beginning of times? No government can regulate gambling to the extent of eliminating frauds entirely. I think there is no such country, even taking the North Korea into consideration, were gambling is properly regulated. The scam artists are plentiful even under dictatorship regimes. That's why we need provably fair system in the first place. You don't have to rely on anyone's honesty, you don't have to trust anybody, you should be able to check the fairness any time you want.

the growth of gambling are increasing everyday because gambling attracts all offers because of the value falling if gambling attract people to continue gamble because of the value will not grow up again they need to get more money in your shortcut that's why people choose gambling is the best way but my opinion is gambling is there entertainment one so we cannot think gambling is our life.

[Ewinsane]

I am enjoying various gambling due to lenient prohibitions but I always worry about teenagers and  addicted gamblers who are all always losing money in gambling but keep gambling without caring about the final consequences. I want my government to ban all types of gambling in near future but not finding any sign for that so far.

You are just reflecting the mindset of a common man of most of the countries against gambling. But, we could not do anything exactly for this unless otherwise government will be initiating more awareness for the sake of protecting their new generation from gambling problems. But, we cannot expect government will be taking care of each and every aspect of the common man, that is the reason it will be always good to have this kind of forum for enlightening ourselves.

We may go for spreading awareness against gambling in our society are within a city. Other than that we cannot do anything about it when government is not up to our expectation for our welfare.

[dupee419]

I think that there are really some countries that gambling is getting out of hand, there are places as well that no matter what the status is, whether if it is a rich area or a poor area I think that gambling activities will still happen no matter what the status is, the main aspect here is what we call "influence", if the influencer shows this, the crowd will follow, same with BTC and how people promotes it, if gambling starts in this place, gambling will spread in other areas as well, though this is entirely a problem, its just that people may gamble in a wrong manner and will end up blasting their finances and blow their budget off, and if this happens its going to be a domino effect.