Problem Gambling in the wake of covid-19

[LogitechMouse]

Online Gambling Pop up more recently because of the demand so maybe some point are valid.
But lets face it that gambling is really not helping the world but bringing it down in the long run.

That is why the government is thinking of regulating these online gambling casinos in order for the community to benefit from it.

Right now Online gambling isn't really helping the world but at the same time it doesn't bring the world down since people aren't forced to gamble but they are gambling themselves and no one is pushing for them to gamble especially right now that we are in a pandemic.

well we can find all of the answers in News,In my country Gamblers tend to gamble in illegal ways just to give way in their activities and habits.

I will agree in this. If you are a gambler especially an addicted one, you will always find ways to gamble even it is in an illegal ways like most of the gamblers here in my country and I saw some group of people too being arrested because the aid that the government gave to them is being used for gambling purposes.

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[Krislaw]

I answered your questionnaire and I got a decent result nonetheless the majority of my answer js never, because I rarely gamble now midst the pandemic, but for me it's not only because of stress, i think it's also out of desperation to gain and double you money due to the pandemic to have more money than you have living in the third world country gambling has sure have to influence some of the people here to gamble especially the illegal ones.

[pilosopotasyo]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

[virasog]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

I took this questioner too but lucky i not a problem gambler as my score is only 4.

During covid19 many people have become addicted to gambling because they had no other work to do. Sitting at home online on PC and playing gambling all day is not good for health also. Covid19 bring made a lot of gamblers addicted.

[In the silence]

Am really sorry for the losses of everyone but I do understand for a fact that addiction is something that we can beat using two things :

1. Support
2. Willpower

You can also avoid gambling addiction by focusing on other things such as working, and of course inspiration that can change you. I know that many of the Gambling Addict regret it especially when they lose a lot of money because I have experienced it before. All I can advise you is to think about the consequences of what you are doing and whether it is good or bad and here you will know what you should do. There should always be a limit because when it is over it is even more harmful to us.

[freedomgo]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

Anyone can pass that questionnaire as all our answers will be for the good of us, but it's different already when we are in the situation where we are gambling, that's where  we will be tested if we are really discipline in gambling.

[iTradeChips]

well we can find all of the answers in News,In my country Gamblers tend to gamble in illegal ways just to give way in their activities and habits.
I believe that this is not just because they are bored or stress but they have some time now to give consent to their desire betting freely.
Online Gambling Pop up more recently because of the demand so maybe some point are valid.
But lets face it that gambling is really not helping the world but bringing it down in the long run.

I am not really quite sure where you are getting the idea that gambling is not really helping the world. It is not helping the world "in some ways" but it is helping local economies of countries by bringing in money to the government through taxes and sales of lotteries and legalized gambling. I don't agree with you saying it brings the world down in the long run, because if that is the case, we have been gambling for thousands of years and it hasn't brought down the whole world as I see it. There is no historical record that would suggest gambling as the sole cause of ancient civilizations falling (that is not even the whole world just a fraction of it). People will find ways to gamble, covid or no covid. And governments will continue gambling as long as it pours money in the treasury.

[Fundamentals Of]

Things are getting too stressful.

I couldn't agree more.

But don't you think that getting yourself into trouble is more stressful than your current situation right now? Yes, make a pause and think it over again before you act, that is how we should make decisions especially in toughest situation like what we all have right now.

Rather than taking the last resort that you were saying in gambling, why not make your money as ypur capital to start your business. Since we cannot go outside, a lot of people preferred ready to eat food or whatever it is that won't give them any hassle. In short, what I'm saying is that starting a business is more ideal to earn money to solve our boredom or financial problem, not risking it on gambling that mostly all about losing.

That would be the ideal scenario but we all know that the world is working not on ideal terms.

When you are under stress, would you even be thinking of the bigger picture? My guess is that people wouldn't. They are being currently confronted with stress and the last thing they would do is to worry about the possible negative effects of that very thing they think would take away their stress temporarily.

So, many people would immediately indulge themselves with gambling to at least make them forget their stress. But little did they know that it could only bring them into a much worse situation.

[Inkdatar]

I answered your questionnaire and I got a decent result nonetheless the majority of my answer js never, because I rarely gamble now midst the pandemic, but for me it's not only because of stress, i think it's also out of desperation to gain and double you money due to the pandemic to have more money than you have living in the third world country gambling has sure have to influence some of the people here to gamble especially the illegal ones.

Good thing you rarely do gambling during this pandemic. Because some people can't surpass the day without playing in an online casinos. Even no funds some able to borrow money just to bet. That's the problem of others the eagerness to earn instant and double their money without knowing they are become addicted already. I just answered also the questionnaire and the result is just fine since I do not gamble a lot it just for entertainment purpose only.

[BitcoinPanther]

Loneliness is one of the major cause for any addiction and in the pandemic season most of the people are working from home so they are kind of stressed due to seeing their faces all the days for weeks and months which could trigger people to get addicted to something and into gambling a huge part might slipped into it for this reason along.And also no jobs could bring people to get addicted but not in a huge scale in my opinion.

That is quite true.  Due to the boredom of not being able to go out and meet and socialize with friends, people who are use to this kind of living will resort to something that will occupy their minds and at least relieve them of boredom.  Thus many including myself see gambling as one of the best way in releasing stress and boredom.  It is that, not all people have that strong will and discipline in order to keep themselves in check.  Being entertained is really addicting and if one doesn't have a strong grip on oneself, they will be engulfed and get addicted to this entertainment (gambling). 

We don't expect that this kind of addiction will rise during the pandemic because of the possible financial but little that we know, that being confined, having access to internet and online gambling availability, we are more prone to have gambling addiction if we failed to have a self check/ awareness on how we are into gambling.

And for those who are in midway to gambling addiction, it is better to step back from gambling and reflect to think other things to occupy our minds and time. 

[pixie85]

I barely got 2 points in the test. Not really an addicted gambler I guess

Since we are talking about gambling addiction, I remember this one Canadian physician named Gabor Mate. He has dedicated his life with the study of addiction in general and how different factors, like childhood trauma, tends to make people addictive to something, whether it's drugs, alcohol, tobacco, shopping, and yes, gambling. I am not really that in depth with reading his study but it is quite fascinating to see that he has excluded social factors like interaction between people that help shape one's addiction, and thought of it solely in the mental health aspect.

I've read different studies based on people from poor African countries or Brasil and it looks like your surroundings can affect your addiction. People are social and act like a herd of animals in the way that they watch others and act alike. When you're a young guy growing up in a poor society and all your friends gamble you are going to gamble with them.

[2double0]

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Do you bet more than you can afford to lose?

Score - 1.
I used to go out of the way to gamble something that's not meant to be gambled at all, and had once a loss which turned my whole life into a mess and changed me a lot. Now I don't do it like before.

Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling?

Score - 0.
Though, I need a clarification on this question as what kind of feeling is it asking about? Feeling of a rich person or feeling like I can win even with larger amounts in my bets?

Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)?

Score - 1.
Who doesn't do that? It's human nature to try and recover anything that's lost.

Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?

Score - 1.
I sold my house to go all in on gambling and lost everything. That's an old story but it was worth my whole life's earnings, with money, I lost my dignity as well.

Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling?

Score - 0.
Never, because gambling was my love and it is still my love, the problem was with me as I couldn't control myself. I can't blame gambling to have taken anything from me as it was all due to my decisions.

Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety?

Score - 1.
Yes, I am choosing sometimes here because I am a very cold-hearted person who doesn't care for anything, and you need to have that kind of heart to gamble your everything.

Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)?

Score - 1.
They tried to make me understand that gambling can't be an earning source for me, but I kept doing it. I didn't stop.

Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?

Score - 1.
Yes it did, when you lose a house itself, you lose the trust of your family as they are all dependent on you. My son was educated enough at that time to buy a house on his own, and he gave me shelter for which I'll always be obliged to him.

Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?

Score - 3.
I won't lie here because I lost my house in gambling and it will always make me feel guilty for the same. I don't gamble the way I did before, just play with what I get through some pension schemes and that is also diversified into categories and timings.

[Slow death]

Even though the offline casinos are closed the online gambling is as lively as ever.

in my country the offline casinos are already open and god wish it wasn't the worst decision my country's president has made

Are you a problem gambler?

No

Do you bet more than you can afford to lose?

No

Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling?

No

Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)?

yes, at the beginning when I entered the world of gambling

Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?

fortunately I didn't make that mistake, because if there was one thing I learned at the beginning, it was never to borrow money to trade and gamble because they are high risk things where the return is not guaranteed

Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling?

definitely i have no problem

Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety?

at first it made me anxious, but then I realized that you shouldn't have feelings

Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)?

No

Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?

No

Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?

No

[MFahad]

I barely got 2 points in the test. Not really an addicted gambler I guess

Is this survey or questioner is an antithetic method to find out if anyone is addicted or not or the OP created this himself ?

Edit: I saw that it was taken from a third party site but i would like to know how effective is this survey in determining the addicted gamblers ?

[2double0]

I barely got 2 points in the test. Not really an addicted gambler I guess

Is this survey or questioner is an antithetic method to find out if anyone is addicted or not or the OP created this himself ?

Edit: I saw that it was taken from a third party site but i would like to know how effective is this survey in determining the addicted gamblers ?

You can check the rules in OP, if your score gets pulled above 8 points, it shows that you are an addicted gambler and need to improve to get this score under the level. Though, I don't think that any score can decide whether we need to change our habits or not because it is in our hands to understand that gambling can never be a source of income for anybody (a very few people who are lucky enough to beat the odds can live their life on their won money, but even they lose when their greed doesn't allow them to stop).

[Becky666]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

Anyone can pass that questionnaire as all our answers will be for the good of us, but it's different already when we are in the situation where we are gambling, that's where  we will be tested if we are really discipline in gambling.

Absolutely correct, many of such question will be good than bad, I also answer the same question "but" can't resist some games; when am in love with them. This has happened to me countless time and believe it do happen to others too. Whenever am in action things always change until am able to remember my slogan "there's life tomorrow".

[Lanatsa]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

Anyone can pass that questionnaire as all our answers will be for the good of us, but it's different already when we are in the situation where we are gambling, that's where  we will be tested if we are really discipline in gambling.

Absolutely correct, many of such question will be good than bad, I also answer the same question "but" can't resist some games; when am in love with them. This has happened to me countless time and believe it do happen to others too. Whenever am in action things always change until am able to remember my slogan "there's life tomorrow".

We aren't really that perfect since we are just human being which there are decisions in life which would really be suddenly changed or cant be followed even if you do set out strict rules or prohibitions on it.

It will vary on the situation and if you do find it out interesting then you would have that feeling of testing it out.Majority of people now will really just sit down and wait up for the situation to be normal

again before on tending to play off due to financial reason and some cant really just get to their gambling activity since physical casinos are closed and they don't prefer on playing online.

[Finestream]

Honestly, I doubt people would use that questionnaire.

Based on experience and what I noticed on some, addicted gamblers are close minded, they can't realize they are already in that stage so it's best if they have some people to help them realize like people around them,

Correct addicted gamblers won't listen to any advice since the one they care at the moment is to play and have fun, I sure majority experience this and mostly the addiction stage came when the time we place our first bet, this situation made us bet more since its really exciting and the feeling is different.

If it's hard for them to listen from an advice of a certain person or people close to them, then this only questionnaire would be ineffective. Gambling addiction could ruin our life, but it should be all because of us, we can't blame gambling for this as no matter how much blame we give to gambling, it will continue to exist based on its purpose.

That's why we are taught to gamble responsibly, losing our control and getting addicted is already a result of irresponsible gambling.

And I also doubt people will doubt since there are different types of scenarios on why addicted gamblers stops or managed to control their addiction.

I can't seem to get what do you mean here, maybe a type error or something, you can fix and will comment on this.

[MCobian]

I barely got 2 points in the test. Not really an addicted gambler I guess

Is this survey or questioner is an antithetic method to find out if anyone is addicted or not or the OP created this himself ?

Edit: I saw that it was taken from a third party site but i would like to know how effective is this survey in determining the addicted gamblers ?

You can check the rules in OP, if your score gets pulled above 8 points, it shows that you are an addicted gambler and need to improve to get this score under the level. Though, I don't think that any score can decide whether we need to change our habits or not because it is in our hands to understand that gambling can never be a source of income for anybody (a very few people who are lucky enough to beat the odds can live their life on their won money, but even they lose when their greed doesn't allow them to stop).

I agree that the method of questioning in the opening post can indeed judge whether we are addicted or not. But the value obtained will not
can change our habits. If indeed we are addicted to gambling, it must be ourselves who can limit and control when playing gambling, and it is
true that gambling cannot be used as a source of income at any time. If you really want to make money in a pandemic situation like now, find
a safer way. Make gambling just for entertainment only.

[alani123]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.