What will the gambling addicts do now that the casinos have closed?

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Since all casinos are temporarily closed due to the pandemic of covid-19, i think this is the best time for them to solve their addiction problem in gambling because they can easily stay away from gambling and they have a chance to change their hobby in exchange for gambling like working out and doing chores. But if they really want to gamble they are a lot of crypto casinos or online gambling site for the to continue their hobby as a gambler.

[samcrypto]

People who have been spending their time on online casinos and physical casinos have now begun to spend time with their loved ones. One of my friend who have been into sports betting has been spending time with his girl playing cards and chess. Even I tried the same, and truly speaking the time is passing like anything. Some has started to do craft works as we've got YouTube and other platforms giving classes and DIY contents.

I have so many realization because of this, and I don’t think if I can go to casino and play again. I felt the love, and happiness on my family, the thing that most gambler are looking into the casinos, the entertainment. Though I still play online, but not that much I’m more on focus to spend my time with my family right now.

[Chrystora123]

What will most gambling addicts do when they can no longer gamble at casinos, and what do you think they'll do when the casinos reopen in several months from now? Will most of them be finally cured of their gambling addiction, or will most of them return to their old ways?

I do not have exact (accurate) data but I am sure that 60% Gambling addicts (Offline casino) switch to Online Casino and the other 40% gambling addict stop gambling for a while.  when this "PANDEMIC" ends, they (gambling addicts) will start flooding the casino again..

[plvbob0070]

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In my country, people were caught cockfighting even when there is a ban and lockdown. They end up getting arrested for violating, and their chickens end up getting cooked for the frontliners. Probably because they want to but can't do it due to the virus. They are willing to risk their safety and health just to do what they want.

Highest form of irresponsible on the part of these sect of gamblers. Their life worth more than the cents they're going to get from this. Nobody with his or her right sense would think of going out when the government made announcement about this monster called Coronavirus as a wild fire in spreading among humans.

This is a clear case of gambling addiction and they should be quarantine for seven days and after that seek medical advise for them to cushion their level of addiction. Probably, after testing negative they should be taking to the correctional centers across the country. This will make them responsible citizens again. 

The longer this quarantine takes, the more gamblers would risk their lives and even willing to go against the law because they want to gamble. I have been seeing more news about gamblers getting arrested in my country during the quarantine. And these gamblers were either in the lower class or lower middle class. They depend on the government's assistance during the lockdown, yet they are using their money to gamble. How ironic that you don't have sufficient money to feed your family but you have money to gamble in the midst of a calamity.

Maybe this whole quarantine can really trigger gamblers to gamble because they are being forced not to gamble.

[South Park]

As you may know, casinos all over the United States and the world have begun closing their doors to slow down the spread of the Coronavirus. While this has taken a financial toll on casinos, cafes, restaurants and hotels, etc, it has put the kibosh on problem gambling or at least made a serious dent in the lives of hopeless gambling addicts.

What will most gambling addicts do when they can no longer gamble at casinos, and what do you think they'll do when the casinos reopen in several months from now? Will most of them be finally cured of their gambling addiction, or will most of them return to their old ways?

If you have ever known a person that has been addicted to something you will know the answer to that, those that are addicted will always find a way to keep their addiction going on, as such one option for those people could be to try online gambling, before this crisis almost no casino in my community had an online casino but now at least two of them have one so addicted gamblers could keep their addiction going on that way, another thing they may try is that there are underground casinos that are not respecting the quarantine and they could play there as well, so as you can see I do not think the quarantine is going to have any effect in those that are addicted to gambling at all.

[BChydro]

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 Don't be an idiot and try to stop runinng around or atleast try some games online. Luckly, there are a lot of offers on the Internet, you can play whatever you want, but do it alone.

Yup, rather than being an idiot and putting their family in danger they should spend time gambling online rather than risking the life of your loved ones just for the adrenaline rush. Most of the online casino will see an increased amount of user base during this lockdown as we do not have any other work to do other than sitting at home.

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I doubt your submission, we'll know that, addiction come through by doing a particular thing repeatedly IMO, if this is true, then, there is a possibility of many individuals getting addicted to gambling,

What i said was that if you have an inclination on getting addicted in your DNA, be it cigar, alcohol, gambling, porn anything else it may be, you will be addicted, right now most of the younger generation are addicted to gaming and it will create an unhealthy population as it will affect their education and can even ruin your life and this forced lockdown will have an psychological impact on the population.

[Best Dreams]

As far as I know, a big part of gambling addicts that play in land-based casinos never gamble online for various reasons. One of them is that they "don't trust the Internet"(this especially refers to older guys, 50+). Another one is that they are addicted to the  environment, or the "aura", of physical casinos. Online gambling can't satisfy such people, because it's a pretty different experience.

You are right, in my place also some people do not want to play online gambling, there is no real casino.  People here when betting football usually collect cash to third parties, and if the winner has been found then the third party gives cash to the winner, here I often find gambling like that.

Hm, interesting. Do they charge anything for escrowing the money? I thought those kinds of bets were a thing of the past. But if gambling is prohibited completely in your place, it's possible, I guess. True gamblers will always find a way.

Regarding the question in the title, we'll know the answer in a year, when the stats for 2020 will be available.

Right since although not all prefer to gamble online but nI will agree with you that true gamblers will find ways since for sure they will miss the feelings to bet on their favorite games especially if they play poker and its available online so might they will give a shot especially now a days gamblers are at home bored from things inside their houses.

Yeah exactly people who are addicted to gambling will surely find an alternative way of gambling and that is online gambling. I think now online gambling sites will experience burden on their sites as people who want to gamble will start online gambling. And apart from it we have so many other activities in this lock Down as we can help the needy and poor people by providing them food.

[Rengga Jati]

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Your statement is a bit confusing. At the beginning, you said "the gamblers can easily stay away from gambling due to many physical casinos closed temporarily". But in the end, you stated "there are a lot online gambling sites if they want to gamble". So, it means they don't change their habits if they still play gambling through online gambling sites. How can they solve their problems if there is no change in activity. 

[Betwrong]

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These people are either really stupid or don't care much about others. I am sure, the most of them is the latter. There is no justification for the gambling addiction because it is not only their matter anymore but the matter of all non-addicted people around them. People are in danger when contacting those zombies whose only wish is placing bets or pulling the lever. Don't be an idiot and try to stop runinng around or atleast try some games online. Luckly, there are a lot of offers on the Internet, you can play whatever you want, but do it alone.

What the governments should have been doing, if they cared about their people, is explaining where to watch movies online without catching a malware and where to gamble online without being scammed. Many people who don't trust the Internet(and for some valid reasons, I would say), need this kind of information desperately today, during the quarantine.

[Eclipse26]

There is a tendency that some of them would engage to online gambling if they are really that addicted into the activity but some would be forced to resist their urge to play because there are things which should be prioritized at this moment such as things regarding daily needs, given that there are shortage wuth the supplies in some places, so they would more likely choose between dying out of starvation- worst if their government is not effective to aid such situation. Some will just jave no choice but not to, since there are companies who are not paying their employees due to the policy of "no work, no pay".

Bottomline is that, those gambling addicts who still have the privilege to do their own 'thing' will just continue, and those who are less privileged will be forced to stop until this problem is solved but if they are really that addicted, they would again engage to the same activity once situations are back to what is 'normal'.

[Bezobraznike]

There is a tendency that some of them would engage to online gambling if they are really that addicted into the activity but some would be forced to resist their urge to play because there are things which should be prioritized at this moment such as things regarding daily needs, given that there are shortage wuth the supplies in some places, so they would more likely choose between dying out of starvation- worst if their government is not effective to aid such situation. Some will just jave no choice but not to, since there are companies who are not paying their employees due to the policy of "no work, no pay".

Bottomline is that, those gambling addicts who still have the privilege to do their own 'thing' will just continue, and those who are less privileged will be forced to stop until this problem is solved but if they are really that addicted, they would again engage to the same activity once situations are back to what is 'normal'.

   Eclipse26 you are right, everything depends on individual situation, while some will find alternative in
online gambling or some private gambling, others will stay without options and they will be forced to
stop gambling, which is a good thing for addicts I guess.
   Aside from addicts, I think that many regular gamblers will choose online gambling option. And after
this ends I assume that many will stay with online gambling, just as I did.

[bitcoin-shark]

I don't think that with the closure of physical, real casinos, avid gamers will take the opportunity to cure their addiction but they will spill en masse on casinos, virtual gaming sites on the internet

[Best Dreams]

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These people are either really stupid or don't care much about others. I am sure, the most of them is the latter. There is no justification for the gambling addiction because it is not only their matter anymore but the matter of all non-addicted people around them. People are in danger when contacting those zombies whose only wish is placing bets or pulling the lever. Don't be an idiot and try to stop runinng around or atleast try some games online. Luckly, there are a lot of offers on the Internet, you can play whatever you want, but do it alone.

What the governments should have been doing, if they cared about their people, is explaining where to watch movies online without catching a malware and where to gamble online without being scammed. Many people who don't trust the Internet(and for some valid reasons, I would say), need this kind of information desperately today, during the quarantine.

Yeah internet is full of so many useful videos that gamblers can watch to spend their time constructively so better not to be worry about corintine but instead of it we should spend time for learning about gambling skills or should find some trust worthy gaming sites that can be safe to gamble online and earn money safelt through online gambling.

[noormcs5]

People who have been spending their time on online casinos and physical casinos have now begun to spend time with their loved ones. One of my friend who have been into sports betting has been spending time with his girl playing cards and chess. Even I tried the same, and truly speaking the time is passing like anything. Some has started to do craft works as we've got YouTube and other platforms giving classes and DIY contents.

I have so many realization because of this, and I don’t think if I can go to casino and play again. I felt the love, and happiness on my family, the thing that most gambler are looking into the casinos, the entertainment. Though I still play online, but not that much I’m more on focus to spend my time with my family right now.

Even after spending time with family, i have so much free time that i play gambling online. Although i have limit myself to play only certain time in a day because if i play without any limitations, they i may end up losing a lot of money in a single day. I sometime thinks that those who find a lot of free time for online gambling, they must be losing a lot of their money also.

[witcher_sense]

What the governments should have been doing, if they cared about their people, is explaining where to watch movies online without catching a malware and where to gamble online without being scammed. Many people who don't trust the Internet(and for some valid reasons, I would say), need this kind of information desperately today, during the quarantine.

Firstly, most people in civilized countries are familiar with streaming services like Netflix for example, so people interested in watching movies can do that without catching malware. What governments should do here is to help their citizens to pay for a subscription, because the unemployment rate is currently growing, while not everyone is receiving unemployment benefits. Secondly, users themselves should search for gambling websites on which they want to play. No government can help here, they'd rather ban all online casino ads so people don't lose money in times like this. Fortunately for gamblers, there are lot of places they can visit in order to find information about particular online casinos, for example, this forum has many experienced gamblers whose advice can be useful for inexperienced ones.

[ethereumhunter]

What i said was that if you have an inclination on getting addicted in your DNA, be it cigar, alcohol, gambling, porn anything else it may be, you will be addicted, right now most of the younger generation are addicted to gaming and it will create an unhealthy population as it will affect their education and can even ruin your life and this forced lockdown will have an psychological impact on the population.

I already have seen that younger generation addicted to gaming because some of my nephews are also playing gaming. I think technology gives a positive and negative effect on the young ages, and some of them cannot filter with the right. Maybe there is a young gambler too besides they are playing gaming because when someone is often playing gaming or gambling, they will be back to play it in another time. And if they cannot play because of these situations, they will search the other way to keep playing.

[South Park]

People who have been spending their time on online casinos and physical casinos have now begun to spend time with their loved ones. One of my friend who have been into sports betting has been spending time with his girl playing cards and chess. Even I tried the same, and truly speaking the time is passing like anything. Some has started to do craft works as we've got YouTube and other platforms giving classes and DIY contents.

I have so many realization because of this, and I don’t think if I can go to casino and play again. I felt the love, and happiness on my family, the thing that most gambler are looking into the casinos, the entertainment. Though I still play online, but not that much I’m more on focus to spend my time with my family right now.

Even after spending time with family, i have so much free time that i play gambling online. Although i have limit myself to play only certain time in a day because if i play without any limitations, they i may end up losing a lot of money in a single day. I sometime thinks that those who find a lot of free time for online gambling, they must be losing a lot of their money also.

This is one of the biggest problems with this lockdown, under normal circumstances we could fill our free time with many activities but now a great deal of the things you would do if you were in a vacation are not available anymore and many people are feeling these limitations, so those that like to gamble may feel they have nothing else to do but to keep gambling and those that already have problems may face even bigger challenges as they do not have to do their normal activities that in a way naturally limited the time and money they could spend gambling.

[Debonaire217]

I don't think that with the closure of physical, real casinos, avid gamers will take the opportunity to cure their addiction but they will spill en masse on casinos, virtual gaming sites on the internet

plain and simple, people will pursue online and alternative betting sites to satisfy their needs to play and bet. Considering a gambling addicted person, it is really hard for him to let a day passed without betting and experiencing a good win. Even I, tried to find sweepstakes online because physical lotteries are closed due to the crisis, but I am so happy that I've found more than what I want.

There's really nothing bad if this are happening, the transition of gambling players from physical casino to online will provide us more volume of cryptocurrencies circulated in the market, in short, more people, more demand, higher price of bitcoin.

[Betwrong]

What the governments should have been doing, if they cared about their people, is explaining where to watch movies online without catching a malware and where to gamble online without being scammed. Many people who don't trust the Internet(and for some valid reasons, I would say), need this kind of information desperately today, during the quarantine.

Firstly, most people in civilized countries are familiar with streaming services like Netflix for example, so people interested in watching movies can do that without catching malware. What governments should do here is to help their citizens to pay for a subscription, because the unemployment rate is currently growing, while not everyone is receiving unemployment benefits.

Right, Netflix isn't free, as you know it yourself. It costs from $9(Basic) to $16(Premium) per month, and if you tried it, you know that not all famous movies and TV series you can find there, actually far from that. So, only Netflix is definitely not enough. You need to subscribe to 2 or 3 similar services, maybe to Hulu and Amazon Prime, apart from Netflix, and you can end up with something above $40 per month, which is not negligible money for many people in the world. And you are right, in times like these, governments should help their citizens. They should say: "Go to Netflix/Hulu/HBO/Disney Plus/etc. subscribe, and we'll compensate you the money.

Secondly, users themselves should search for gambling websites on which they want to play. No government can help here, they'd rather ban all online casino ads so people don't lose money in times like this. Fortunately for gamblers, there are lot of places they can visit in order to find information about particular online casinos, for example, this forum has many experienced gamblers whose advice can be useful for inexperienced ones.

With gambling it's easier(for the government). They just need to keep track of the existing reliable gambling sites and provide links to them on some official government page. I personally wouldn't suggest users, who have never played online before, to search for gambling sites by themselves.

[Renampun]

I already have seen that younger generation addicted to gaming because some of my nephews are also playing gaming. I think technology gives a positive and negative effect on the young ages, and some of them cannot filter with the right. Maybe there is a young gambler too besides they are playing gaming because when someone is often playing gaming or gambling, they will be back to play it in another time. And if they cannot play because of these situations, they will search the other way to keep playing.

at present, playing games is not a time-wasting activity...
e-sports tournaments make playing games a golden opportunity. and if it alludes to gambling addicts, I think they must have switched to online gambling, they won't be that easy to stop even though this outbreak makes many offline casinos close.