Best solution to handle gambling addiction, in a country.

[YuginKadoya]

Government does not only take action if there is no alarming results of gambling, if they see that gambling is already rampant and it already affected lives especially the poor ones, the best solution to that is just to ban gambling, and I think some countries have already done that.

Like I earlier said, placing a ban on gambling won't and can't never solved the problem. The counties that have tried this solution (banning) what effect has it had? Sure for some time, Due to fear of punishment from the government, the gamblers might take some break off gambling but on the long term infact, it only results to illegal gambling sportbooks which takes away revenue of the nation.

I'm of the opinion of enlightening the citizens on handling gamble addiction, these can be achieved through education especially in the university since most addicts are usually teenagers and young adult.

I can't think of the best solution aside from banning gambling, educating people about gambling addiction is useless IMO, they won't listen, and they are matured enough to understand what addiction is, also, I don't think the government will add a curriculum just to discuss about gambling addiction, and ways to avoid and solve it.

Banning may not solve the problem, but it could minimize it.

I agree! there is no solution to this problem if a person is already addicted to gambling then it is up to the relatives to push him in getting therapy because that will be the solution for a person to recuperate from his addiction, And like you said there is no solution for the problem the only thing the government do is to ban gambling and to just minimize the problem and giving them an alternative solution because we can not take that out from them, preventing anyone to gambling is the only option.

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[rodel caling]

The best way to reduce gambling addiction is not by banning gambling since it's not possible to forbid everyone from gambling, people must still gamble illegally. There are various ways the government can educate people on the risks involved in being addicted to gambling, this approach will be more effective.

You had point educatetion and knowledge how to learn self control playing in gambling is the best way to avoid people become addictive. Preach them about the negative effect of gambling if they didn't how to control greedy as gamblers.
About the gambling banning I agree isn't the solution the problems if the government banned gambling as legit a lot gamblers they play underground illegally isn't possible to them.

[playboy654]

Increasing the tax rates for the rewards we are making from gambling can make the people to stay away from it at some extent because most of the gamblers are doing to for money so when they need to give half the rewards to the government in the form of tax if there is a win but when we lose its completely on our head.

I think this will have no effect.  People will still play in gambling casinos.  Remember it is an easy money if they win, so they won't mind paying high taxes for it.  I believe it is best for the government to tightly monitor the gambling activity in their country.  The government must implement a daily allowable amount of money to gamble in a casino, and punish both the operator and the player if they don't follow this rule.  The allowable amount to gamble is dependent on the certain percentage of monthly earning of the player.  This way, they will at least limit a players overspending in gambling activities.

But it is impossible to implement in the reality.Government cannot monitor each and every people who are going to casino and how much they were spending for it.My suggestion hold some weigh because when the gambler win they need to give most to the government but if they lose they will lose everything so this can make the people to realize why they need to hold such amount of risk.

[JohnBitCo]

Why not limit the gambling days and instead of total ban it should be only accessible during weekends. Cockfighting is the way most people gamble here in my municipality but the mayor banned it, the people look for other place where to gamble, totally it can't be stopped. I see to put a limitation over gambling might be a good solution.

You can ban physical gambling or betting on sports which are played locally but there is no way to ban then gambling globally. I know many people are still gambling easily online while the gambling is legally not allowed in their country.

Government cannot handle the gambling addiction. It is the responsibility of the individual to know the bad effects of gambling. Those who still not understand this, will surely understand once they will lose big portion of their money in gambling.

[Best Dreams]

Increasing the tax rates for the rewards we are making from gambling can make the people to stay away from it at some extent because most of the gamblers are doing to for money so when they need to give half the rewards to the government in the form of tax if there is a win but when we lose its completely on our head.

I think this will have no effect.  People will still play in gambling casinos.  Remember it is an easy money if they win, so they won't mind paying high taxes for it.  I believe it is best for the government to tightly monitor the gambling activity in their country.  The government must implement a daily allowable amount of money to gamble in a casino, and punish both the operator and the player if they don't follow this rule.  The allowable amount to gamble is dependent on the certain percentage of monthly earning of the player.  This way, they will at least limit a players overspending in gambling activities.

But it is impossible to implement in the reality.Government cannot monitor each and every people who are going to casino and how much they were spending for it.My suggestion hold some weigh because when the gambler win they need to give most to the government but if they lose they will lose everything so this can make the people to realize why they need to hold such amount of risk.

Yeah it is not possible for government to examine all the gamblers they only can supervise an area or a city but now a day almost everyone is gambling and day by day gambling is gaining popularity. Gambling is self chosen say of earning there are millions of casinos so it is hard to prevent someone to gamble and I don't consider gambling addiction that bad

[finaleshot2016]

Increasing the tax rates for the rewards we are making from gambling can make the people to stay away from it at some extent because most of the gamblers are doing to for money so when they need to give half the rewards to the government in the form of tax if there is a win but when we lose its completely on our head.

I think this will have no effect.  People will still play in gambling casinos.  Remember it is an easy money if they win, so they won't mind paying high taxes for it.  I believe it is best for the government to tightly monitor the gambling activity in their country.  The government must implement a daily allowable amount of money to gamble in a casino, and punish both the operator and the player if they don't follow this rule.  The allowable amount to gamble is dependent on the certain percentage of monthly earning of the player.  This way, they will at least limit a players overspending in gambling activities.

But it is impossible to implement in the reality.Government cannot monitor each and every people who are going to casino and how much they were spending for it.My suggestion hold some weigh because when the gambler win they need to give most to the government but if they lose they will lose everything so this can make the people to realize why they need to hold such amount of risk.

Most of the players are rich, as you can see in the casinos, some of them are mafias. It doesn't matter for them even the taxes goes high in gambling. I think the government will not give any attention to those people who are getting addicted because it's their life. Some of them are considering gambling as entertainment only so it's very complex if the government gets into it.

[Ucy]

The most important thing is that gambling should be age restricted in every country... some countries are already doing this effectively.

Gambling addiction should be treated like general addictions...
One of the most effective ways to treat the addiction is via gradual withdrawal from gambling till you stop completely. If you are the type that gamble 7 hours a day, reduce it to 4 hours the next week... Example:
*Week One:    7 hours
*Week Two:    4 hours
*Week Three : 2 hours
*Week Four:    1 hour
*Week Five:     30 minutes
*Week Six:       10 minutes
*Week Seven :  No gambling
This will allow time for your body to adjust to your new gambling habit.

Meanwhile as you withdraw gradually, try also to gradually replace the gambling with non-addictive Fun stuff.



Note that if your regular gambling habit is paying your bills and earning you consistent income then it definitely does not qualify as addiction in my opinion.  Continue gambling but it must be a good/ethical gambling

[ralle14]

Maybe that's one solution but I doubt casinos will limit how much you will spend on them. I have never heard a casino limiting a certain gambler as they want to spend you more on them. But if in case in the future, they decided to help an addicted gambler, what they can do is give certain limits to them and be firm with that decision. And all the surrounding casinos should do the same. Because if not, the gambler will just hop on in each and every casino he can play with.

If you let the casinos know that you have a gambling problem they will help you stop your addiction and i've heard they'll even encourage you to join a certain program. For online casinos it's the same or sometimes they even have a feature where you could ban your account for a certain time. In the end it's up to the person that's addicted if he's willing to put a stop to his own addiction or just let it continue to ruin his life.

[maydna]

The best way to reduce gambling addiction is not by banning gambling since it's not possible to forbid everyone from gambling, people must still gamble illegally. There are various ways the government can educate people on the risks involved in being addicted to gambling, this approach will be more effective.

At least, the government can use some regulations to control people who can play gambling. And perhaps, people who want to play gambling needs to have some license from the psychology or other institutions that explain that person will be responsible for everything that might happen in the gambling games. Giving educating people about the risk of playing gambling will be a good idea since many people don't realize that so they can think that there is a risk of playing gambling.

[Darker45]

I think that banning gambling is not the solution,citizens should be aware of problems that can arise from gambling addiction.The gambling companies who do a lot of Tv ads and say only few milliseconds gamble responsibly is not enough.The government can create ad campaigns that talk gambling thoroughly and explain it in detail to the citizens.

It is highly unlikely that a country will ban gambling. That is not a sound approach to address the problems of a little minority in the gambling community. There are far fewer gambling addicts compared to responsible gamblers.

Measures should be introduced by the gambling industry to address these gambling addicts and to prevent addiction to other gamblers. Responsible gambling initiatives could be launched including, but not limited to, providing hotlines for gamblers the very moment they feel like they cannot anymore control their gambling urge, or gambling reminders dissemination through various media, or perhaps free counselling to problematic gamblers, and so on.

[robelneo]

Considering the gambling addiction ratio in a country is increasing rapidly, what are the best possible solutions the citizens or government of that nation can implement to deal with the problem. Before you jump right into suggesting, the government should ban/tag gambling related activities as illegal in the country, you should understand that running away from a problem don't actually solve that problem. Beside proposing a ban on gambling only encourages the citizens of that nation to gamble illegally.

Gambling is not illegal in our country, we have a lottery, we have a lot of  casinos and online and everyone here can play an online casinos, but unfortunately our country do not have restrictions and do not have a program to handle addiction to gambling, this is left to private institutions and the family to take care of their loved one's addiction to gambling.

[serjent05]

I think that banning gambling is not the solution,citizens should be aware of problems that can arise from gambling addiction.The gambling companies who do a lot of Tv ads and say only few milliseconds gamble responsibly is not enough.The government can create ad campaigns that talk gambling thoroughly and explain it in detail to the citizens.

This is a good idea but the problem with this is the implementation and the people who are willing to listen to the campaign and attend seminars about gambling addiction and how it will affect a person's life negatively.  I still think it is best to impose bet limits for players and anyone not following this kind of regulation will be disciplined or have a necesasry punishment.  I also agree that banning is not the solution, it will only push their citizen to commit crimes regarding gambling games.

[tsaroz]

Considering the gambling addiction ratio in a country is increasing rapidly, what are the best possible solutions the citizens or government of that nation can implement to deal with the problem. Before you jump right into suggesting, the government should ban/tag gambling related activities as illegal in the country, you should understand that running away from a problem don't actually solve that problem. Beside proposing a ban on gambling only encourages the citizens of that nation to gamble illegally.

In regards to online gambling, there's not much the government can do to restrict it's citizens from gambling. They can blanket ban the gambling sites but VPN would easily enable users to visit the site they like. For real world casino, a government can easily implement rules to restrict the amount and time it's citizen utilizes to gamble as users are made to carry their IDs in almost all of casinos.

[Babyrica0226]

That's right, but gambling will probably never be banned in countries because they also benefit with taxes and royalties.
In addition to all the gambling addiction that exists in this business, there are plenty of facilities to treat them if anyone is really stuck in the gambling addiction.
Most everything is controlled by the business industry.

I really do agreed on you statement sir, in fact here in my country Lottery here is a type of gambling here which is legally operated because the government has a percentage benefits from it aside from the tax. And many of the citizens here are really addicted into this things, and majority of the community rely their lucky fortune to lottery despite of their poverty situation. 

[imstillthebest]

That's right, but gambling will probably never be banned in countries because they also benefit with taxes and royalties.
In addition to all the gambling addiction that exists in this business, there are plenty of facilities to treat them if anyone is really stuck in the gambling addiction.
Most everything is controlled by the business industry.

I really do agreed on you statement sir, in fact here in my country Lottery here is a type of gambling here which is legally operated because the government has a percentage benefits from it aside from the tax. And many of the citizens here are really addicted into this things, and majority of the community rely their lucky fortune to lottery despite of their poverty situation.  

Lottery will never be banned of course because it's government operated business.The funds will be collected and will be given to those people who have experienced calamities and misfortunes.If you think of it,lottery has a great advantage but for those who have been addicted to it,i just hope that they will open their minds to the possibilities if they just keep on losing in lottery tickets.

if its a public based lottery because most of them are affliated by the governments but there are also private lotteries that are not connected to the governments  .

 you should think twice before betting on them because your money is only a single purpose  , i mean when you loose you will loose without any helping the poor but only helping those private gambling operators to become more rich  .  

also , there are countries that gambling is restricted , china is a great example  .

[michellee]

In my own opinion, the best way to reduce gambling addiction is by educating the masses about the problems associated with gambling addiction. Letting people know gambling addiction can affect their daily activities and also financial status negatively will go a long way. Placing a ban like you mentioned is a no no, it would rather escalate the situation.

I think they need some advice's, so that they will really understand. It can help people not to addicted in gambling, because sometimes lack of control self can causes addiction. Banning gambling is not a solution, because there are some people dont follow the regulations of the country.

That will need help from every people so all people can know about the risk of the addicting in gambling. We need to join with the government to give education to people so it will reach many people in out there and they can realize the danger of playing gambling. If education success, I think that will reduce the number of gamblers because people can know and understand what will happen to them if they are addicted to gambling.

[darklus123]

I once heard before from an elderly (Tho, even if this is kinda funny thing but somehow it can actually make sense). He said that in order for you not to get  addicted to any type of gambling or even womanizing you should not have money.

As I grow older it started to make more sense. I start understand that one not by you literally having no money but instead to focus on spending your money to the things that you need.

By that being said I would love to suggest that we should encourage everyone to start doing the changes on their selves. Is spending $100 in gambling much worth it than buying a grocery that might last in a week or even more? It's about setting someone's mindset IMO

[Malsetid]

Considering the gambling addiction ratio in a country is increasing rapidly, what are the best possible solutions the citizens or government of that nation can implement to deal with the problem. Before you jump right into suggesting, the government should ban/tag gambling related activities as illegal in the country, you should understand that running away from a problem don't actually solve that problem. Beside proposing a ban on gambling only encourages the citizens of that nation to gamble illegally.

Don't ban them for christs sake. Make money out of them. They're probably used to throwing away large amounts of money anyways. Tax them higher. As professor hulk says, its a win win situation. Casinos would now have to increase fees and gamblers would have to also adjust. You can't really control people's wants and needs to gamble, so make it a little difficult and inconvenient for them with high fees. Plus you add considerable amount to your government's funds.

[Questat]

Considering the gambling addiction ratio in a country is increasing rapidly, what are the best possible solutions the citizens or government of that nation can implement to deal with the problem. Before you jump right into suggesting, the government should ban/tag gambling related activities as illegal in the country, you should understand that running away from a problem don't actually solve that problem. Beside proposing a ban on gambling only encourages the citizens of that nation to gamble illegally.

Don't ban them for christs sake. Make money out of them. They're probably used to throwing away large amounts of money anyways. Tax them higher. As professor hulk says, its a win win situation. Casinos would now have to increase fees and gamblers would have to also adjust. You can't really control people's wants and needs to gamble, so make it a little difficult and inconvenient for them with high fees. Plus you add considerable amount to your government's funds.

That would be a win-win if this people who are wasting their money has really enough money yo waste, what if majority of these gamblers are poor people?
The thing is, if the government allow a casino to operate and it's been proven it cause much addiction to people that it could destroy a family, that cannot be called a win-win, and the government has to make some action for the benefit of the majority, casinos are good as they provide entertainment but not for everyone.

[Mahanton]

Considering the gambling addiction ratio in a country is increasing rapidly, what are the best possible solutions the citizens or government of that nation can implement to deal with the problem. Before you jump right into suggesting, the government should ban/tag gambling related activities as illegal in the country, you should understand that running away from a problem don't actually solve that problem. Beside proposing a ban on gambling only encourages the citizens of that nation to gamble illegally.

If they would tend to legalized gambling into their country then most likely they are not really focus on protecting its citizens but rather they are concern on the revenue or tax that it would get from casino businesses.Neither which way you would go,people would find a way to gamble,it might not happen physically but it can be also done thru online.
So getting rid of this thing is almost impossible.