Beware of the Frauds , how pandemic is affecting gambling negatively

[fiulpro]

Apparently we all know that with the COVID situation still running we have:
1. Problem of revenue generation
2. Gambling being an excellent source of income for the government
Therefore : there are way fewer restrictions as compared to normal when it comes to online Gambling right now. But according to the studies there is an increase in frauds also, apparently by 9% in the igambling section.

In its recent Global Consumer Pulse Study, the company analyzed different industries for a change in the percent of suspected digital fraud attempts against them, comparing the periods of March 11, 2019-March 10, 2020 and March 11, 2020-March 10, 2021. Online gambling saw a growth of 54.81%, with “Policy/License Agreement Violations” found as the top type of fraud; and there was a 48.40% increase in the case of online gaming, being Gold Farming the top type of fraud.

Now how are the companies coping up with this ?
Striving the provide a safer environment for the players the companies are monitor activities using AI. Which also have a downside since now it can be used to collect the data of the people involved and therefore the security might be better but your all moves would be registered in the company's database despite it being Private" anonymous".....

At the same time it's been taken into consideration that the biggest problem is the "players not being in the allowed geographical areas"

These things are not expected to continue for a long time but I do think one should : Be more careful. ( Rejoice that the laws are a little bit loose now and we have more options but also keep in consideration that the online frauds related to igambling are also at a peak)

Source : https://www.yogonet.com/international/noticias/2021/03/26/57001-online-gambling-sees-suspected-fraud-trends-grow-nearly-55por_ciento-yoy-during-pandemic?amp

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

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[Jemzx00]

Due to pandemic, most of our daily transaction has been moved online and one of which is Gambling. Even though, online gambling and e-casinos already existed before with gambler who rather don't want to go to physical casinos to gamble and have fun, majority of offline gamblers came to and have migrated to online casinos to continue their gambling activities.

With all of this, transactions and activities being made online comes with illegal and illicit activities of bad individuals. One of main target of these individuals are E-casino or online gambling, due to the revenue and large sum of moneys involve. One of the best example for this are the number of phishing website that imitates gambling website and most of them are advertised by google which made them first on the list when the website is search via google.

[finaleshot2016]

Because of the current situation, more people are turning to the internet; many gamblers are unable to visit casinos. So gamblers are going from offline to online because it is their routine, and they can't stop gambling for long periods of time because some of them are already addicted.

Because of the pandemic, online gaming sites are becoming increasingly popular. As I previously said, many gamblers are turning to the internet to gamble. Of course, as the number of users grows, so will the number of frauds and scams. Similar to the situation on social media sites, where there are a large number of users, there are also a large number of people who will take advantage of every chance, no matter how bad it is.

[MAAManda]

Covid-19 has really brought almost all activities online, from school to work. In my own country, many people have lost their jobs and then played online gambling to make ends meet. However, until now I have not come across a crime regarding online gambling.

There are so many cases of online fraud in my country, but not about gambling. As for AI Tracking, I don't agree with that being enforced. After all, we can't just believe it ...

[vintages]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

In another article by Fraugster
https://www.fraugster.com/resources/post/ai-fraud-prevention-for-online-gambling-operators  they listed a lot of ways the Artificial Intelligence will help prevent this fruad issue which includes monitoring a user log in with different IP address, monitoring their use of credit or bank info's, monitoring the use of certain proxy, users finger print and assess customers’ selfie videos and IDs.

I don't know about you but it sounds creepy to imagine that I am been monitored to this level just to play and bet on games online.

While the use of AI is a good idea, it also sounds like a something indirectly been set or hijacked by the government to monitor their citizens IMO.

Hopefully, the pandemic will be over, and life will be back to normal in most countries, then it use should be reconsidered before implementing.

[dunfida]

Covid-19 has really brought almost all activities online, from school to work. In my own country, many people have lost their jobs and then played online gambling to make ends meet. However, until now I have not come across a crime regarding online gambling.

There are so many cases of online fraud in my country, but not about gambling. As for AI Tracking, I don't agree with that being enforced. After all, we can't just believe it ...

This pandemic situation did really bring out even more hard situation specially now that it isnt still get resolved until this very moment.Yes, it didnt only affect gambling indsutry
but other things as well which im not really that surprised if these kind of frauds and other things do happen.Imagine that it did even happen before the pandemic
sparks out.How much more into these days where living or having a job or sustaining yourself is already a challenge for someone?
As for AI then its a good idea but we know that we arent there yet but still there are ways already when it comes to fraud detection.

[romero121]

More countries are experiencing the second wave of covid-19. Some countries have started the lockdown to restrict people and reduce the spread. Once again this will make people spend more time on online activities. This is the reason why more frauds are happening on the online gambling business. When people don't have work for living, people look for opportunities and this at times lands them on fraudulent activities. One such is the usage of legit platforms for fraudulent activities and these days everything need to be kept with perfect security, because more tampering happens.

[mindrust]

Either choose a casino that has a very long very good track record or a valid gambling license. Neither of these guarantees a perfect experience but it is better than nothing. I never understood why would anybody play on a newly established casino especially if it doesn't have a license. Let the others beta test it first.

[Hamphser]

Either choose a casino that has a very long very good track record or a valid gambling license. Neither of these guarantees a perfect experience but it is better than nothing. I never understood why would anybody play on a newly established casino especially if it doesn't have a license. Let the others beta test it first.

This isnt talking directly with shady casinos but rather talking on the users itself on committing out frauds thats why its a bit OT on what you are trying to say here.
Also people who do play on new gambling sites even it doesnt have license is just really tending to test out watters.Even reputable gambling sites are also
in this state wayback.

When it comes to covid or pandemic talks then this had been a very serious problem affecting most of businesses as of this moment specially now that the second
wave or another event or rising cases which might spark out for another possible lockdowns or ECQ's which would really be a
more big problem.

[fiulpro]

Covid-19 has really brought almost all activities online, from school to work. In my own country, many people have lost their jobs and then played online gambling to make ends meet. However, until now I have not come across a crime regarding online gambling.

There are so many cases of online fraud in my country, but not about gambling. As for AI Tracking, I don't agree with that being enforced. After all, we can't just believe it ...

Did anyone know that google was using your data in incognito too ?
All those jokes about the FBI agents tracking your device day and after hold at least 1% truth, which does mean that its essential to realize that we are being tracked but when it comes to captcha etc..these things are far too common but to actually make sure no fraudulent activities occur they might have to get AI to work , for example, letting the AI track people who are taking out the money right after deposit somehow. People who are Rushing !! Then collecting all their data and then analysing it, you are bound to find some of the scammers there. Some of them take money from the people who does not know that they can actually get betting themselves on the internet, might not have any idea of it. Place bets in their names etc.. an unprofessional bookies. Well so this can indeed help but then again this would increase the chances of your data being leaked , now how would that be relevant?
-your BTC address and everything will be on the line
-your past stakes and how much did you earn etc , now this would be all in the limelight and people will try and target you if you have a significant amount etc.. just things like this.

[Twentyonepaylots]

Put simply, more internet usage vplume dorected towards gambling and monet-related activities also draw-in hackers and fraudsters hoping to pull a fast one on one of us and basically fool us out of our money. If there is a more important period to be more vigilant and wary of your transactions over the Internet, this is now. Rule of thumb. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is, so move on and find a more suitable alternative.

[dimonstration]

Either choose a casino that has a very long very good track record or a valid gambling license. Neither of these guarantees a perfect experience but it is better than nothing. I never understood why would anybody play on a newly established casino especially if it doesn't have a license. Let the others beta test it first.

We should be extra careful in dealing with our online transactions especially to any website we will going to visit and put our money with, as much as possible do research whenever visiting a site especially if there's money involve. We have a choice not to be a victim so better do our part correctly to avoid being scam since there are plenty of fraudster nowadays.

[FatFork]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

I can't say I've noticed a spike in malicious activities in the online gambling sector, but I'm looking from the viewpoint of a player, so I'm not sure what a game operator thinks about it.
And, in terms of AI monitoring my every move, I believe it is already happening on a much broader scale, and it is not limited to the gambling industry. What interests me the most is how the data is handled. We don't know what the data collected is used for or how secure it is from hackers.

[Sadlife]

I never understood why many people would play to newly established gambling site with no track record or license or atleast has a good review here in Bitcointalk for. Scam platforms like this has been around for quite some time since it originated in dark web, it should be ni different from today. Yet many people are getting baited to play in this site. Perhaps a solution is to research first before gambling and know which is legit.

[jossiel]

Scams became rampant during the pandemic and it's not only the gambling industry that has been dwelled by fraud, there are many of them but it's good to account it for those new gamblers that might not have been aware of it.

I never understood why many people would play to newly established gambling site with no track record or license or atleast has a good review here in Bitcointalk for.

Maybe some of them just want to explore and gives them the benefit of the doubt and wants to try a newer platform. Some might have been misled by the person who have introduced them to that new platform.

[Chato1977]

Well In Some Asian countries  pandemic is once again affecting the economy hardly because of another declaration of ECQ in Which stands for Enhanced Community Quarantine that will let establishments closure again and limiting the people outside their houses.

This is not Fraud but instead the hardheaded of each individuals to Make use of the safety protocols.

Now again the Burden is from the governments and businesses.

[Wexnident]

Ok, I think blaming the companies here is quite wrong. I mean, yes, they have and should combat frauds of their products/services, but if it isn't, I don't see the need to do so. Determining and avoiding frauds should be done by us, and not them. Frauds are in the end, targetting us, not gambling companies. We ourselves get affected, so we should at the very least, know how to determine a fraud from a real one. Also, frauds have always been prevalent I suppose, but it just became more so since the pandemic gave an opportunity to said fraudsters to spread their activities, especially since growth of online gambling would have been quite obvious with the lockdown.

As for the AI thing, It should be placed only on public domains (gambling casinos should be considered as one I suppose). Most wouldn't agree on the fact that someone else knows your every move, and even if they did (they won't), it isn't necessarily a good thing since hey who knows, the person who handles the data may not be as "good" as we take him to be. Not to mention that any hacks could potentially risk everyones safety.

[robelneo]

I'm not playing in many gambling sites, there are no unusual activities reported so far on gambling sites I'm playing, a gambler should take good care of their account by implementing 2FA and following the rules laid out by the gambling site, there are many scammers and malicious people trying to trap gamblers, it's been going on for a long time.

I don't like the use of AI privacy is very important for gamblers, they want anonymity and they don't know what is the extend of use of that AI because they are not familiar with how they are being tracked.

[Darker45]

This is not a big problem if gamblers would only observe the basic cautionary measures. To be safe, gamblers, especially newbies, should just stick with those gambling sites which are popular and somehow trusted and proven. Choosing those ones which have long good track records would save them a lot of potential hassles.

Don't worry much about stricter monitoring policies and measures. Stick with crypto gambling and avoid those which require KYC.

[Saint-loup]

Well In Some Asian countries  pandemic is once again affecting the economy hardly because of another declaration of ECQ in Which stands for Enhanced Community Quarantine that will let establishments closure again and limiting the people outside their houses.

This is not Fraud but instead the hardheaded of each individuals to Make use of the safety protocols.

Now again the Burden is from the governments and businesses.

As far as I know ECQ aka Enhanced Community Quarantine is a measure enacted in the Philippines, so I guess when you are talking about Asian countries you are especially referring to this country. Do you mean Manilla will be locked down again soon? It can profit to online gambling nonetheless.

[goaldigger]

Some gambling site might already using the AI to monitor those suspicious activities, and we all know that some gamblers are using the money from their illegal source and casinos or gambling site knows this thing and they are putting extra measure to make sure that their site is safe, so there's nothing to worry that much about this one.

If you're just a simple gambler that seeks entertainment to gambling, then just keep playing but if you do have connections with the illegal gambling, you might be in trouble now. This pandemic makes digital more effective, and since the online world is vulnerable for such frauds, they have to put extra safety feature to avoid any financial incidents.

[peter0425]

Some gambling site might already using the AI to monitor those suspicious activities, and we all know that some gamblers are using the money from their illegal source and casinos or gambling site knows this thing and they are putting extra measure to make sure that their site is safe, so there's nothing to worry that much about this one.

Actually this is same reason why Some gambling sites are abusing players because of these kind of stupidity from other gamblers as they are using the site for their own benefits and the sad thing is different players are suffering .

If you're just a simple gambler that seeks entertainment to gambling, then just keep playing but if you do have connections with the illegal gambling, you might be in trouble now. This pandemic makes digital more effective, and since the online world is vulnerable for such frauds, they have to put extra safety feature to avoid any financial incidents.

If you are in Illegal gambling , better stick to it and don't bother disturbing those legal players and sites.

[Lorence.xD]

As the number of online casinos and online gamblers increased due to the lockdown and online casinos being the best option to avoid physical contact, except that the number of people using gambling to scam people will increase also. Gambling indeed is one of the best income sources due to the limited job opportunities due to the pandemic. Even minors or those who countries, where gambling is prohibited, are just using VPN and can easily access this website due to lax restrictions and not all gambling platforms don't require KYC.

The problem can easily be solved if we were to inform the people about the gambling platforms that scams people, I mean that is the only way and most of the victims of this scamming gambling sites are oblivious to the fact that they are going to be scammed because most of this websites operate in a way that they look like a legitimate one. Minors gambling is not the responsibility of the website as the parents are the first and should be the only deterrent for their children to stop gambling.

[shoreno]

i dont noticed it in my favorite casino but its noticeable in most new casino  . malicious activity increased because gamblers are forced to play online and when it comes to a.i tracking our moves , who would like it ? i believed no one because it kills our privacy especially in gambling because they dont only know our names and other information but they may also know the strategy that we used in betting .

[maydna]

I am not too know about the malicious activities in online gambling, but it could be right as when the business is on the internet, everything could happen, and we do not know if that is real or not. But I do not like the idea of AI tracking whatever I do while I am online because that could break the end-users privacy.

But the important thing that we must do while we online on the internet is always careful because that can prevent us from getting scam by bad people. If you see the gambling site use that AI to watch your moves, you can move to the other gambling site, which does not use that AI because you only want to play gambling without being known by other people.

[Oasisman]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

If there's a trend, fraudsters would always lurk around and was just waiting for a victim. Just like how fake ICO projects in 2017 was showing up because that was the time when ICO becomes a real hype in crypto space. It's almost impossible to completely eradicate this kind of activities, especially that most gambling websites are allowing complete anonymity. The companies itself can be a fraud, the very reason why some of these gambling companies violated the license agreements.
The very least that a gambler can do is to be cautious in choosing where to gamble.

[mu_enrico]

Because of the current situation, more people are turning to the internet

Yes, and seasoned offline players cannot just assume they are knowledgeable on online gambling. They must be humble and learn about online gambling 101. In other words, become a newbie. It's not that the scammers getting more skilled and stuff, but they have more fish to catch.

Anyway, don't see it as something negative, but an opportunity to be more involved in the ecosystem since many new players arrived. Not as a scammer, but to work/partner with the legit casinos.

[Heisenberg_Hunter]

Online gambling comes with its own advantages and disadvantages and online phishing and fraudulent websites with lesser fairness and more house edge are no less. For example, rise of crypto prices has seen an increase towards creation of phishing sites just like how dogechain blockexplorer has it's own phishing site and there has been no improvements from google to prevent the phishing site from reaching the top. I was scammed with 2k doge recently for entering my wallet info in the phishing site and this is one among the important reason why I never use web wallets or software wallets which are connected over to the internet all the time for higher amounts.

The problems being faced by the igambling industry can be divided into many types and one among the primary problem is the fairness of the online casino. There are many examples of a trusted casino turning into a non-fair scam casino over the years due to the greed and these are increasing year by year. In regarding to the crypto accepting gambling sites, the problem of fairness and trustworthiness can be mitigated to an extent by using BTCTCGOSU where they come up with various tools and reviews to ensure the gamblers are safe. Companies can prevent frauds by regularly doing a quality audit check of their site and also by reporting phishing sites immediately so that they get to know about the downsides if there are any.

Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now?

Yes. Phishing sites has grown in numbers and the fairness of a few trusted casinos were once in question! Hence we, the gamblers should be taking more care towards selecting the gambling site for larger bets and I personally have glued my bets towards popular sites alone.

Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

Privacy is destroyed in this process but AI is important in preventing online scams and provide a better gambling environment for the users.

[Silberman]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

I am not so sure that what we are seeing is as worrying as it may seem, it is known that due to the pandemic many more people are gambling now online and they are gambling even more money than in the past, so from this point of view then it makes sense that the number of scams and frauds has increased as more people are now online using their funds to gamble, what we need to do is to try to warn people about this especially in this market in which we know that if you send your coins to the wrong person then you cannot recover them.

[Poker Player]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

I am not so sure that what we are seeing is as worrying as it may seem, it is known that due to the pandemic many more people are gambling now online and they are gambling even more money than in the past, so from this point of view then it makes sense that the number of scams and frauds has increased as more people are now online using their funds to gamble, what we need to do is to try to warn people about this especially in this market in which we know that if you send your coins to the wrong person then you cannot recover them.

I agree. I am not particularly concerned about it either. In fact, due to the increased traffic from people who were bored at home, I have won more money playing poker this year. Fraud has not affected me because I always play on the same site. And the AI issue doesn't worry me either, we are also identified via IP.

[Ararbermas]

Because of the pandemic the only option to continue our activities and works is through online.. The same with the gamblers wherein just to support their hobby they will grab online task as well, "without knowing it's very risky due to some scam gambling sites and phishing" .. In my opinion this pandemic is actually a big opportunity for some fraud or scammers because a lot of ppl nowadays are trying to earn some cash through online and mostly are beginners wherein who dont use to gamble online.. It's just they don't have any choice because of the pandemic. ...

[Silberman]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

I am not so sure that what we are seeing is as worrying as it may seem, it is known that due to the pandemic many more people are gambling now online and they are gambling even more money than in the past, so from this point of view then it makes sense that the number of scams and frauds has increased as more people are now online using their funds to gamble, what we need to do is to try to warn people about this especially in this market in which we know that if you send your coins to the wrong person then you cannot recover them.

I agree. I am not particularly concerned about it either. In fact, due to the increased traffic from people who were bored at home, I have won more money playing poker this year. Fraud has not affected me because I always play on the same site. And the AI issue doesn't worry me either, we are also identified via IP.

Good for you, while I do not gamble on games in which I need to face another player so it was impossible for me to tell how much of an increase we have seen during the pandemic and I was just stating what I read so it is nice to know that in fact gambling got more popular as people were trying to distract their minds of the awful year we all had to endure, however it surprises me that they choose poker, poker is not a game that you can master in just a few days so they should have known they were going to lose their money against people more experienced than them.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Because of the pandemic the only option to continue our activities and works is through online.. The same with the gamblers wherein just to support their hobby they will grab online task as well, "without knowing it's very risky due to some scam gambling sites and phishing" .. In my opinion this pandemic is actually a big opportunity for some fraud or scammers because a lot of ppl nowadays are trying to earn some cash through online and mostly are beginners wherein who dont use to gamble online.. It's just they don't have any choice because of the pandemic. ...

You can prevent yourself from becoming a victim of this kind of scam if you are researching what to do first before doing something. Most of the time, victims of the scam are people that are computer illiterate or doesn't know a lot about scams online so if you think that you are not one of them then you are probably safe. Any situation is an opportunity for people to scam other people so there is no surprise that they are doing this in the pandemic, I mean if apocalypse were to happen, I am sure there will be some people that will see it as an opportunity to scam other people.

[Kakmakr]

The increased use of VPN's to hide your real geographic location has become the norm. People do not take it serious ...until the online gambling sites lock their accounts and deny their withdrawal.

Who is to blame here? Well, most online gambling sites tend to look the other way, when they see people from "wrong geographical locations" using VPN's to bypass their restrictions. (They welcome the extra wagering and they know that it is guaranteed that they will never have to pay out the winnings to these players.)

The co-owner of Stake.com even use a VPN to play from Australia during his streaming sessions on Saturdays. 

[Mauser]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

I definitely have seen the increase in suspicious gambling advertising, over the last few month I have been getting more and more spam emails about crypto currencies, gambling and also sports betting. One factor like you said is definitely the hype in online gambling last year, another factor is that the crypto prices rallied so much over the last 6 months. In my opinion the higher the bitcoin and major alt coin prices the more it attractive it is for scammer to work in this area.

[jrrsparkles]

People without money trying their luck to bring some money but very few of them trying the extreme to win the game by cheating or doing anything illegal but in online gambling these things are minimal to almost zero because if someone is trying hack the script or replacing it the site will notice it sooner or atleast before the user withdraw the cheated rewards.

[MCobian]

In my opinion, criminal activity has increased not only in the gambling industry, but in almost all sectors of human life. Even people do not think
rationally anymore, many people experience financial difficulties and end up committing crimes to be able to get money. Likewise with what happens
in the world of gambling, there are a lot of frauds that occur both individually or in groups. For now, we should be careful when choosing platforms
to play gambling, choose gambling platforms that do have a good reputation. So we can avoid scammers. Always make sure the address of the website
we want to go to is correct, because there are also many scammers who do phishing.

[gabbie2010]

That is the only way out of avoiding frauds and scams is by gambling with reputable and credible online gambling sites and casinos even with KYC enabled ones , of course the  impact of Covid-19 had changed our ways of living due to restrictions consequently our online presence had increased tremendously thus gave rise to high increase in scams and fraud online
Gamblers especially newbies should get themselves restricted to the already and we'll established casinos to avoid touching stories

[Sebas.tian]

Definitely fraudulent activities must be more active than before becasue of this laws the government brought into the world of gambling during the Covid-19. The more the government try to frustrate their acts the more they find others means to scam victims. If Covid-19 test was not introduce this wouldn't have happen to a country that stand the chance to win their qualifiers, but becasue there wasn't an appropriate body that champion the process fraudsters infiltrated the system Africa Cup of Nation Qualifiers

[iv4n]

In my opinion, criminal activity has increased not only in the gambling industry, but in almost all sectors of human life. Even people do not think
rationally anymore, many people experience financial difficulties and end up committing crimes to be able to get money. Likewise with what happens
in the world of gambling, there are a lot of frauds that occur both individually or in groups. For now, we should be careful when choosing platforms
to play gambling, choose gambling platforms that do have a good reputation. So we can avoid scammers. Always make sure the address of the website
we want to go to is correct, because there are also many scammers who do phishing.

You just need to add "online"! People moved online, scammers moved too! I think that was inevitable! But I also think that we who are in crypto for longer, we got used to all that! Basically, we are online 100%, while some people just entering!

I guess we all need to pass through the learning process... luckily forums like this one can help a lot! We share our experience, we learn from others, we get help from others! So, before depositing in any casino, check the forum, and check what people think about the casino! After that you will be good to go!

[Karartma1]

Full of frauds and scams around. After the pandemic those who were hit bad by the it are risking their savings hoping to re-gain the amount of money they lost due to unemployment and such. A friend of mine, lost around 0.25 in a scam lately (it was a doubling site that' is now offline.)
These are tough times for good people who will be targeted by these scammers knowing that now it's the moment in which they are more fragile.

[danherbias07]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now?

So far, I don't notice any malicious activities. Maybe because I stayed with just a few gambling sites.
But there have been invitation to join in with new gambling websites although I don't really answer most of the request.
That's not new but it just grew in numbers.

Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

Of course not. I think most of us are in the same page here thats why we are in the crypto business.
We don't want something shadowing us from the darkness.

[imstillthebest]

pandemic doesnt affect gambling negatively but it affects positively because restrictions are have loosen up and the security tightens up .
 it was the trusted company that holds our data and not the hackers ,
will you choose to have a site with weak security and more money will be stolen or will you let them collect your data to enhance you website experience ?

[Pmalek]

I have not noticed any differences personally. My gambling activities haven't changed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Since I have a few trusted platforms I use whenever I have the desire to gamble, I don't feel the need to experiment with other platforms and try my luck elsewhere. My job and business suffered during March and April 2020, but I didn't waste those months doing anything I would later regret. I am an occasional gambler who has never caused himself or those around him problems because of wrong gambling decisions.

[michellee]

Full of frauds and scams around. After the pandemic those who were hit bad by the it are risking their savings hoping to re-gain the amount of money they lost due to unemployment and such. A friend of mine, lost around 0.25 in a scam lately (it was a doubling site that' is now offline.)
These are tough times for good people who will be targeted by these scammers knowing that now it's the moment in which they are more fragile.

I knew some of my friends also lose from scam sites. They were too greedy chasing the profit and not search for more information about the site and just deposit their money to that site.

In this pandemic, I guess the scammers have an idea to create a gambling site and invite many gamblers to play on their site, and suddenly, they disappear and get their member money. If you know a gambling site that gives a big bonus that looks good to be true, you need to be suspicious and search for more info because they can scam you anytime.

[uneng]

In its recent Global Consumer Pulse Study, the company analyzed different industries for a change in the percent of suspected digital fraud attempts against them, comparing the periods of March 11, 2019-March 10, 2020 and March 11, 2020-March 10, 2021. Online gambling saw a growth of 54.81%, with “Policy/License Agreement Violations” found as the top type of fraud; and there was a 48.40% increase in the case of online gaming, being Gold Farming the top type of fraud.

When I started reading this thread I thought you were talking about casinos cheating their users, but for my surprise it's exactly the opposite, or am I understanding it wrongly?

Gamblers are cheating casinos abusing the promotions, bonus and giveaways. It's a sign casinos' marketing is working very well attracting so much interest from gambling community and at same time a sign people are desperate for money that they start abusing the system they have agreed to respect before when signing up at the casino. What a mess.

[Cling18]

Because of the current situation, more people are turning to the internet; many gamblers are unable to visit casinos. So gamblers are going from offline to online because it is their routine, and they can't stop gambling for long periods of time because some of them are already addicted.

Because of the pandemic, online gaming sites are becoming increasingly popular. As I previously said, many gamblers are turning to the internet to gamble. Of course, as the number of users grows, so will the number of frauds and scams. Similar to the situation on social media sites, where there are a large number of users, there are also a large number of people who will take advantage of every chance, no matter how bad it is.

The pandemic situation that we have right now has been beneficial to online casinos and gamblers because we could enjoy gambling safely since we don't have to exert an effort to visit physical casinos. However, there's still a risk of being scammed which is actually normal because there will always be scammers anywhere on the internet but we could get rid of it if we'll be skeptical and observant. Scammers will always take advantage of this situation yet wise gamblers could always find ways to avoid them.

[geegaw]

Full of frauds and scams around. After the pandemic those who were hit bad by the it are risking their savings hoping to re-gain the amount of money they lost due to unemployment and such. A friend of mine, lost around 0.25 in a scam lately (it was a doubling site that' is now offline.)
These are tough times for good people who will be targeted by these scammers knowing that now it's the moment in which they are more fragile.

The vigilance level should be pushed to the highest level during this time because the economic situation of the regions of the world is not so good, many businesses go bankrupt and are delayed in paying their employees, economic deprivation forces many to step into dangerous paths in gambling, unfortunately, many gambling and profitable websites use this mentality to trap many people. Some websites are also very reputable but in general, these businesses and organizations will not give us a chance to beat them, the only way is to invest and trade.

[BITCOIN4X]

I have not noticed any differences personally. My gambling activities haven't changed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Since I have a few trusted platforms I use whenever I have the desire to gamble, I don't feel the need to experiment with other platforms and try my luck elsewhere. ~Snip

During the pandemic, I think many case of scam in gambling were experienced by new gambler who didn't really know which gambling platform to trust. In fact, they may still be violating the term and condition of the gambling site due to their ignorance. Trying new gambling site may not be favored by gambler who are accustomed to playing on trusted and reputable site. Therefore, scammer might target new gambler rather than experienced gambler. The growth of online gambling site is very high during the pandemic because this is a great opportunity to get many visitor who feel bored at home entering the site. So gambler should know and be aware of bad odds when betting on site that are not yet well known.

[dothebeats]

I haven't noticed any change in the platform that I'm using, nor do I notice suspicious activities surrounding my accounts in online crypto casinos. However, promotions and bonuses seem to be prevalent across all platforms due to getting a surge of new players seeking the thrill of gambling on online gambling platforms. As for AIs tracking my every move, I certainly do not want that. I have had enough of Google ads recommending me items related to a recent search I did, hence why I switched to DuckDuckGo. Who knows what other data those AIs track alongside my gambling habits?

[dunfida]

I haven't noticed any change in the platform that I'm using, nor do I notice suspicious activities surrounding my accounts in online crypto casinos. However, promotions and bonuses seem to be prevalent across all platforms due to getting a surge of new players seeking the thrill of gambling on online gambling platforms. As for AIs tracking my every move, I certainly do not want that. I have had enough of Google ads recommending me items related to a recent search I did, hence why I switched to DuckDuckGo. Who knows what other data those AIs track alongside my gambling habits?

Same here where i dont see anything unusual when it comes to that manner so i dont really minding off too much about changes as long they've been recommended by
community and also much preferred then i dont see any problems with that and with AI tracks or whatsoever then i do just simply ignore
that because it cant really change a thing if you do things on what you do like.

[Fortify]

You should always have a sites reputation in mind when you choose to deposit, especially online casinos that can disappear much quicker than brick'n'mortar locations. I always look through reviews - from several different sources - when deciding to deposit. It takes a healthy dose of skepticism to read through possibly disgruntled losing players with an axe to grind or even over-the-top positive reviews praising a casino which could be paid fakes. Generally if you stick with the biggest well known sites you will be safer, but you may also want to limit your bankroll on any single location - even sites with the best security can sometimes get hacked or the owners can turn bad on customer deposits for any number of reasons. Another great indicator is official endorsement from reputable regulators in countries with strong legal systems, which can aid you if things turn sour. Trust is super important, especially with Bitcoin creeping ever higher and the anonymous reputation many sites hold.

[MCobian]

In my opinion, criminal activity has increased not only in the gambling industry, but in almost all sectors of human life. Even people do not think
rationally anymore, many people experience financial difficulties and end up committing crimes to be able to get money. Likewise with what happens
in the world of gambling, there are a lot of frauds that occur both individually or in groups. For now, we should be careful when choosing platforms
to play gambling, choose gambling platforms that do have a good reputation. So we can avoid scammers. Always make sure the address of the website
we want to go to is correct, because there are also many scammers who do phishing.

You just need to add "online"! People moved online, scammers moved too! I think that was inevitable! But I also think that we who are in crypto for longer, we got used to all that! Basically, we are online 100%, while some people just entering!

I guess we all need to pass through the learning process... luckily forums like this one can help a lot! We share our experience, we learn from others, we get help from others! So, before depositing in any casino, check the forum, and check what people think about the casino! After that you will be good to go!

I agree that this forum has provided many benefits, especially for active members. Because those who have been active in this forum for a long time
are familiar with recognizing fraudulent methods that occur in the world of gambling. So they have learned a lot from the many threads on this
forum and can also learn from other people's experiences as well. In contrast to newbies who are more prone to becoming victims of fraud,
because newbies still cannot recognize how scammers commit fraud.

Moreover, the current pandemic situation has made many gamblers accustomed to playing offline, now forced to play gambling online.
The problem is gamblers who are not used to playing online, it will definitely be a little difficult to recognize a trusted place to play gambling.
Therefore forums like Bitcointalk are very useful for learning how to play online gambling safely. Because in this forum, if we dig deeper, there are
lots of very comprehensive topics to educate newbies to better understand the world of online gambling. And hopefully can avoid becoming
a victim of scammers.

[qwertyup23]

The shift from a physical activity to an online platform has become a challenge to most countries due to the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak. Not only the gambling activity has change but also the welfare and education of the population.

Despite this, online gambling has become more and more famous due to its nature being more convenient. The problem is, lots of gambling platforms have been targeted by most scammers. It is essential that before venturing into this platform, one should exercise extreme caution and responsibility in order to avoid being scammed at the end.

[ReiMomo]

~snip~
Well frauds is always associated with online transactions,

Not only on an online transaction, even though in the personal, but there's also someone who commits fraud or crime right after the pandemic. Due to lost jobs and other sources of income unable to generate because it takes time before it will consume again, people taking a risk as long as they will have money to buy food even though they will commit crimes.

But it is not I guess the same with gambling, there's I guess no effect because how people to gamble if they don't have money to gamble on the site, they are now most commonly looking for free money on the internet and scamming others will I guess was on their mind.

[Rengga Jati]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

Even the covid-19 right ow is decreasing and I mean the condition is better than the last year or the early of this year, it doesn't mean change the interest in gambling. People who are in gambling still continue to gamble and many more newcomers are also here. Gambling is very legit for some people and others are interested in other legit experiences that are commonly not happening in them.
About the frauds in gambling, it will be always here. Moreover, many gamblers may be very interested in the very good news about getting profits or winning in gambling. So they may believe in the news some easily. Different with the professional gamblers that will never be interested in such kind of mater

[Oceat]

~snip~
Well frauds is always associated with online transactions,

Not only on an online transaction, even though in the personal, but there's also someone who commits fraud or crime right after the pandemic. Due to lost jobs and other sources of income unable to generate because it takes time before it will consume again, people taking a risk as long as they will have money to buy food even though they will commit crimes.

But it is not I guess the same with gambling, there's I guess no effect because how people to gamble if they don't have money to gamble on the site, they are now most commonly looking for free money on the internet and scamming others will I guess was on their mind.

Scamming to get money to gamble is really different and probably one of their reason is to gamble more because they are sick in their mind. Unable to control the urge to play that's why they choose the wrong path since it's online they can easily runaway. That's why we have to be cautious everything when we're about to play, just make sure you are in the reputable gambling sites and stop searching for stuff that is most likely a place for scammers.

[samcrypto]

Well frauds is always associated with online transactions, as you dont have to meet the receiver in person one can easily be mislead, but again with covid19 comes social distance so online gambling is now the option available.  One just need to be careful before depositing funds to any platform we are not familiar with.

Everything is possible in online world, hackers and scammers are everywhere but if you are dealing with the good casinos and you thing they are making some fraud transactions just to make money from you, then better to leave that online casino right away and find a better place where you can find the peace of playing.

There’s a lot of money from gambling, and they are struggling as well during this pandemic but I don’t think they’ll do such illegal transactions just to survive because they are being regulated, so keep your faith with the good casinos and just continue to enjoy the game.

[maydna]

Well frauds is always associated with online transactions, as you dont have to meet the receiver in person one can easily be mislead, but again with covid19 comes social distance so online gambling is now the option available.  One just need to be careful before depositing funds to any platform we are not familiar with.

When it comes to online transactions, we really need to be careful as many scamming out there search for the new target. But I am sure that the gambling industry will always remind its members to check when they got news from social media. Social media helps scammers trick people and new people who want to search for fun in gambling games. It is better we play gambling on the recommended gambling site or the gambling site have a good review that we can get from here. That can prevent us from getting a scam by the scammer.

[Smartvirus]

Its no hidden secret that then pandemic turned the faces of citizens around the world towards other sources of generating income, in other to meet up with the challenges of funding there daily activities but, when it has to do with gambling g frauds, I'm not quite sure how this would work so well in gambling.
Yeah, fraud is on the rise everyday with more and more schemes coming up each time and old scheme is being discovered but, in gambling, the ways to fraud as I can imagine it revolves around funding/withdrawal, hacking, brute forcing and investment for signals on fixed activities or packages. Else, I don't see a way fraud could come 8nto gambling.

[Sebas.tian]

Well frauds is always associated with online transactions, as you dont have to meet the receiver in person one can easily be mislead, but again with covid19 comes social distance so online gambling is now the option available.  One just need to be careful before depositing funds to any platform we are not familiar with.

In my sincere opinion not only on the online transactions, this fraud or fraudsters can operate on any level to defraud victims, no matter how highly placed you are. The advent of this Covid-19 has done more harm to the gambling world than we imagine, series of fraud had been perpetrated by fraudsters severally, we have seen teams loosing their places in the leagues becasue of them be reported with Covid-19, we have seen unnecessary sanctions from football quarters that are not necessary(conspiracy). 

[madnessteat]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

[yazher]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

The scam will drop but only for a while because those guys will be back when they found some other bait to use to the innocent people where they will gonna execute again. These guys are mostly veterans of doing this and the world revolves around this, As soon as they found some opportunity to still people's money, they will do it without hesitation. What an evil trait that is.

[arwin100]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

The scam will drop but only for a while because those guys will be back when they found some other bait to use to the innocent people where they will gonna execute again. These guys are mostly veterans of doing this and the world revolves around this, As soon as they found some opportunity to still people's money, they will do it without hesitation. What an evil trait that is.

What common scenario we can see on why the number of scammers are increasing is due to the fact that bitcoin is gaining hype again for what milestone gotten for current year for sure scammers are been hype up to earn since they know that they can possibly earn huge if they can fool people that's the reason on why we need to be careful on dealing on some casino nor on people around since we don't literally don't know their main intention.

[freedomgo]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

The scam will drop but only for a while because those guys will be back when they found some other bait to use to the innocent people where they will gonna execute again. These guys are mostly veterans of doing this and the world revolves around this, As soon as they found some opportunity to still people's money, they will do it without hesitation. What an evil trait that is.

We know how risky it is in the gambling world, operators and gamblers are pretty much aware of that, that's why operators are trying to improve their system while we gamblers will try to educate ourselves so we will not fall into scam gambling sites.

[Peanutswar]

Recently I didn't encounter more on social media about the gambling platforms getting issued about this fraud made by the scammers. We need to make sure ourselves are ready if they come because of unexpected a random person just want to approach us and gives information about they are promoting like told of being a middle man. If you think there's something suspicious it's good to get away as early as possible you don't need to entertain them too much because they think you are going to be their victim if you think you want to risk at all make sure you know what you doing and stay conscious about the possible might happen. Always self-awareness is the best key to preventing wasting your money because of these scams.

[Karartma1]

Full of frauds and scams around. After the pandemic those who were hit bad by the it are risking their savings hoping to re-gain the amount of money they lost due to unemployment and such. A friend of mine, lost around 0.25 in a scam lately (it was a doubling site that' is now offline.)
These are tough times for good people who will be targeted by these scammers knowing that now it's the moment in which they are more fragile.

The vigilance level should be pushed to the highest level during this time because the economic situation of the regions of the world is not so good, many businesses go bankrupt and are delayed in paying their employees, economic deprivation forces many to step into dangerous paths in gambling, unfortunately, many gambling and profitable websites use this mentality to trap many people. Some websites are also very reputable but in general, these businesses and organizations will not give us a chance to beat them, the only way is to invest and trade.

When people find themselves in emergency states their vigilance level, as you call it, is usually very low because others aspects become more important. I don't think we've witnessed the full economic devastation of covid yet, and I'm afraid of what is gonna happen next.
Rich getting richer and poor getting poorer always create an enormous tension..

[michellee]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

Maybe the scammers are the same person who is scamming people but they always change themselves regarding scam the people. The pandemic gives them a chance to scam people because they see that many people stay at their home and search for making money from the internet. The scammers can see the opportunity and use it for their benefits, and we see that many people already get scammed.

[madnessteat]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

Maybe the scammers are the same person who is scamming people but they always change themselves regarding scam the people. The pandemic gives them a chance to scam people because they see that many people stay at their home and search for making money from the internet. The scammers can see the opportunity and use it for their benefits, and we see that many people already get scammed.

If the user has long been using the Internet or at least once investigated the schemes of scammers then it is unlikely to cheat him. But newcomers who instead of sports, fishing and recreation were forced to spend their leisure time on the Internet and are not familiar with the standard security measures are a tidbit for scammers. That's why I believe that the fraud statistics have increased precisely because of these users.

[michellee]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

Maybe the scammers are the same person who is scamming people but they always change themselves regarding scam the people. The pandemic gives them a chance to scam people because they see that many people stay at their home and search for making money from the internet. The scammers can see the opportunity and use it for their benefits, and we see that many people already get scammed.

If the user has long been using the Internet or at least once investigated the schemes of scammers then it is unlikely to cheat him. But newcomers who instead of sports, fishing and recreation were forced to spend their leisure time on the Internet and are not familiar with the standard security measures are a tidbit for scammers. That's why I believe that the fraud statistics have increased precisely because of these users.

There will always be a newcomer who wants to gamble in sports betting and other gambling games, which will be the new target for the old and new scammers. The scammers will love to share their offers with people like that because they are sure that they will get many new people who get into their trap and steal their money secretly. Yes, I think the fraud statistics increase from time to time as we see many newcomers coming into the gambling industry and are too lazy to search for more information.

[iTradeChips]

Based on my experiences and observations, the so called fraudsters were always using social media like facebook and twitter for their selfish deeds. They approach gullible people and then once the bait has been taken then they will strike, and definitely that will cause something bad for the victim like loss of funds and loss of confidence within the system because it was manipulated as to victimize the people who gamble to their so called links.

[just_Alice]

I personally didn't notice an increased number of fraudulent schemes associated with gambling, but the "not allowed in your geographical area" thing is real. I've noticed that there have been more of these restrictions since the pandemic. Also, I do not like the idea of AI collecting my data, but I guess we're all subject to that already, so who cares. It matters more if it helps to secure players from frauds.

[semobo]

Well frauds is always associated with online transactions, as you dont have to meet the receiver in person one can easily be mislead, but again with covid19 comes social distance so online gambling is now the option available.  One just need to be careful before depositing funds to any platform we are not familiar with.

When it comes to online transactions, we really need to be careful as many scamming out there search for the new target. But I am sure that the gambling industry will always remind its members to check when they got news from social media. Social media helps scammers trick people and new people who want to search for fun in gambling games. It is better we play gambling on the recommended gambling site or the gambling site have a good review that we can get from here. That can prevent us from getting a scam by the scammer.

Bitcointalk can act as an authenticator to find out the legit and fake gambling sites, we need to avoid playing on the sites recommended by social media ads like youtube and Facebook because they never care about the legitimacy of the ad they are promoting, they simply remove it when people report them as frauds and scammers.

[bitzizzix]

In a pandemic situation, the crime rate is increasing, especially in real life and there is no other reason because they are pressed by necessity so they are forced to do so, not because of propesi but because there is an opportunity.
including the gambling industry, maybe the old scammers are not operating and but there are some new scammers who are taking advantage of the opportunities in any way due to the pandemic that forced them to do so.
and most of their target is social media, and I experienced them texting on social media and offering lucrative gambling sites with very tantalizing words and because I suspected I was ignoring them even asking for my phone number to continue the conversation via WhatsApp.

[fiulpro]

In a pandemic situation, the crime rate is increasing, especially in real life and there is no other reason because they are pressed by necessity so they are forced to do so, not because of propesi but because there is an opportunity.
including the gambling industry, maybe the old scammers are not operating and but there are some new scammers who are taking advantage of the opportunities in any way due to the pandemic that forced them to do so.
and most of their target is social media, and I experienced them texting on social media and offering lucrative gambling sites with very tantalizing words and because I suspected I was ignoring them even asking for my phone number to continue the conversation via WhatsApp.

Yes I have also heard it. It's not a nice situation but we can identify such spams very easily.

1. Look out for things that are too good to be true and if you are gambling then your your own account. Don't ask anyone to make bets for you. There is no need of a middle man.

There are companies dedicated for Spams , they employee people and ask them to spam other people, tell them that they are bookmakers and at the end of the day.. they just disappear. I do not know why people actually try using Gambling sites, even the crypto gambling sites they are more private and at the same time they are very trusted ! Honestly!!! This is a win win situation.

Well frauds is always associated with online transactions, as you dont have to meet the receiver in person one can easily be mislead, but again with covid19 comes social distance so online gambling is now the option available.  One just need to be careful before depositing funds to any platform we are not familiar with.

When it comes to online transactions, we really need to be careful as many scamming out there search for the new target. But I am sure that the gambling industry will always remind its members to check when they got news from social media. Social media helps scammers trick people and new people who want to search for fun in gambling games. It is better we play gambling on the recommended gambling site or the gambling site have a good review that we can get from here. That can prevent us from getting a scam by the scammer.

Bitcointalk can act as an authenticator to find out the legit and fake gambling sites, we need to avoid playing on the sites recommended by social media ads like youtube and Facebook because they never care about the legitimacy of the ad they are promoting, they simply remove it when people report them as frauds and scammers.

And never fail to check the spam section!! People can complain about things on sites and at the same time you can check which company is the most responsive towards their customers and then try those.

Also the one's involved in the Campaigns are generally amazing!!!

[Silberman]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

I definitely have seen the increase in suspicious gambling advertising, over the last few month I have been getting more and more spam emails about crypto currencies, gambling and also sports betting. One factor like you said is definitely the hype in online gambling last year, another factor is that the crypto prices rallied so much over the last 6 months. In my opinion the higher the bitcoin and major alt coin prices the more it attractive it is for scammer to work in this area.

This happened during the last bull run as well so it makes sense that it is happening now, what we need to do is to protect ourselves from all of those scams, after all most of the time scammers rely on the fact that many people do not really know how to use their cryptocurrencies and that they are going to make a mistake that will give them access to their coins, so as long as you are cautious then the chances that you are going to lose your money to those scammers becomes really low.

[yazher]

This happened during the last bull run as well so it makes sense that it is happening now, what we need to do is to protect ourselves from all of those scams, after all most of the time scammers rely on the fact that many people do not really know how to use their cryptocurrencies and that they are going to make a mistake that will give them access to their coins, so as long as you are cautious then the chances that you are going to lose your money to those scammers becomes really low.

They using such opportunities to fool others and give them false promises which don't really exist. In other words, these guys are experts in this kind of field where they already know how to fool their victims. We on the other hand should know how to counter those strategies and at the same time, we need to update the others on what these guys are doing so that they will be safe as well.

[maydna]

~snip~

Bitcointalk can act as an authenticator to find out the legit and fake gambling sites, we need to avoid playing on the sites recommended by social media ads like youtube and Facebook because they never care about the legitimacy of the ad they are promoting, they simply remove it when people report them as frauds and scammers.

Ah, I am stopping to see the advertisement from social media because I have the worst experience. I do not want to check the ads and skip that ad. I prefer to search from this forum because I can easily find the recommended gambling website, which already has a reputation among the other gambling site. Besides that, I do not try to play on the new site unless they give an offers to test their site. Youtube and Facebook don't care enough about their members and still serves the ads that can have the potential to scam people.

[acener]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

Well not just in gambling but most of the intetnet connected transaction has risen up due to the pandemic.
And the scam or malicious activity would also increase because of it most of us right now have more free time compared to how we were before the pandemic.

[madnessteat]

They using such opportunities to fool others and give them false promises which don't really exist. In other words, these guys are experts in this kind of field where they already know how to fool their victims. We on the other hand should know how to counter those strategies and at the same time, we need to update the others on what these guys are doing so that they will be safe as well.

No matter what steps are taken, it is practically unrealistic to keep everyone safe from scammers. You can see how fraud alerts work, using the forum reputation system as an example. Many scammers have negative feedback from DT members and warning flags for newbies, but still many of the newbies ignore these kinds of warnings and lose their money. I think the issue here is inattention haste and laziness.

[Eureka_07]

Honestly I don't get what "malicious activities" you're refering to... since those frauds that are currently existing are those gambling sites that are confiscating funds and do have the history and possibility of scamming their users. Some of them are not paying their users for their winnings, permanently locking/banning of accounts of those users that are winning from their site. They just want their users to be those that loses, they do not want users that could win high so they ban them. That's fraud.

[Wexnident]

Honestly I don't get what "malicious activities" you're refering to... since those frauds that are currently existing are those gambling sites that are confiscating funds and do have the history and possibility of scamming their users. Some of them are not paying their users for their winnings, permanently locking/banning of accounts of those users that are winning from their site. They just want their users to be those that loses, they do not want users that could win high so they ban them. That's fraud.

Well malicious activites involve a broad number of activities, one of which is what you said though I think what OP mostly refers to is mostly fake online casinos and frauds. They are literally what you would call fake or whatnot, unlike what you indicated which can borderline be said to be legal casinos, just that they abuse their power.

They using such opportunities to fool others and give them false promises which don't really exist. In other words, these guys are experts in this kind of field where they already know how to fool their victims. We on the other hand should know how to counter those strategies and at the same time, we need to update the others on what these guys are doing so that they will be safe as well.

No matter what steps are taken, it is practically unrealistic to keep everyone safe from scammers. You can see how fraud alerts work, using the forum reputation system as an example. Many scammers have negative feedback from DT members and warning flags for newbies, but still many of the newbies ignore these kinds of warnings and lose their money. I think the issue here is inattention haste and laziness.

I agree, scams and frauds happen because of the inattentiveness of users themselves. There's no need to blame anything else, there are only two parties that could possibly be faulted here, the scammer/fraudster themselves, and the other would be the user themselves. I don't think I have to emphasize why the former should be blamed, as for the latter though, our own money is our own responsibility after all, and that should speak volumes for itself.

[Oasisman]

~snip~

No matter what steps are taken, it is practically unrealistic to keep everyone safe from scammers. You can see how fraud alerts work, using the forum reputation system as an example. Many scammers have negative feedback from DT members and warning flags for newbies, but still many of the newbies ignore these kinds of warnings and lose their money. I think the issue here is inattention haste and laziness.

And greediness as well, not only on the scammer's end but with the victim as well.
I don't know why there are still people who wants to gamble their money in an untrusted gambling website when they can always gamble at the most trusted ones. Maybe because of the sign up and cash in bonuses? Nah, that's just the same trap from several fraudulent gambling website before. I can't believe people are still falling for this. There's a huge difference between a shady company and the legit one, despite of it's period of existence. And yeah laziness to scan the website thoroughly might be the primary reasons why people are being scammed.

[madnessteat]

~snip~

I think it's a matter of little experience and unwillingness to analyze the gambling market for the reliability of the playground. On bitcointalk there is a lot of analysis and comparison of gaming sites as well as there is a possibility to get real reviews of players, information about KYC requirement, amount of withdrawal commissions and many other things. In order not to fall into a trap of scammers need only to spend a little time studying this information.

[btc78]

Honestly I don't get what "malicious activities" you're refering to... since those frauds that are currently existing are those gambling sites that are confiscating funds and do have the history and possibility of scamming their users. Some of them are not paying their users for their winnings, permanently locking/banning of accounts of those users that are winning from their site. They just want their users to be those that loses, they do not want users that could win high so they ban them. That's fraud.

+1 , We have constantly seeing the same case over and over again , That gambling site is taking advantage of their Rules and bringing it against the players and the sad part is the community is divided into this matter.
There are accusation that some  Names here are conspiring with some site to Justify those attack from their players while others believe that they are just bringing justice.
But the point is still Fraud is caused by gambling sites and not by individual players though there are some groups that spreading this thing to attack sites and Take a Bounty from it.

[ethereumhunter]

~snip~

I think it's a matter of little experience and unwillingness to analyze the gambling market for the reliability of the playground. On bitcointalk there is a lot of analysis and comparison of gaming sites as well as there is a possibility to get real reviews of players, information about KYC requirement, amount of withdrawal commissions and many other things. In order not to fall into a trap of scammers need only to spend a little time studying this information.

If people do not read the analysis and comparison of gambling site from here, they will not get the recommended list of the gambling site instead, they can get into the trap of the scamming gambling site. We do not know how good the crypto gambling site is from social media or another website as they can pay the other people or hire some bunch of groups to give a good review to their site. This pandemic gives a chance for the scammer to trick many people, especially new people who want to know more about crypto gambling site. KYC is one of many things that people should avoid if they want to play on the crypto gambling site because that is unnecessary.

[finaleshot2016]

~snip~

I think it's a matter of little experience and unwillingness to analyze the gambling market for the reliability of the playground. On bitcointalk there is a lot of analysis and comparison of gaming sites as well as there is a possibility to get real reviews of players, information about KYC requirement, amount of withdrawal commissions and many other things. In order not to fall into a trap of scammers need only to spend a little time studying this information.

If people do not read the analysis and comparison of gambling site from here, they will not get the recommended list of the gambling site instead, they can get into the trap of the scamming gambling site. We do not know how good the crypto gambling site is from social media or another website as they can pay the other people or hire some bunch of groups to give a good review to their site. This pandemic gives a chance for the scammer to trick many people, especially new people who want to know more about crypto gambling site. KYC is one of many things that people should avoid if they want to play on the crypto gambling site because that is unnecessary.

There are many fake gambling sites out there and we should be wise on how we will deal each platforms because it's really hard to determine what's legit and what's fake nowadays. There are many victims of fraud and especially right now where pandemic and a lot of people are shifting into online gambling platforms. There are many platforms where we can verify gambling platforms such as this forum and Reddit. All of the things in the internet should be studied to make things sure because gambling is also an investment where you study the asset to foresee its potential.

[dunfida]

~snip~

I think it's a matter of little experience and unwillingness to analyze the gambling market for the reliability of the playground. On bitcointalk there is a lot of analysis and comparison of gaming sites as well as there is a possibility to get real reviews of players, information about KYC requirement, amount of withdrawal commissions and many other things. In order not to fall into a trap of scammers need only to spend a little time studying this information.

If people do not read the analysis and comparison of gambling site from here, they will not get the recommended list of the gambling site instead, they can get into the trap of the scamming gambling site. We do not know how good the crypto gambling site is from social media or another website as they can pay the other people or hire some bunch of groups to give a good review to their site. This pandemic gives a chance for the scammer to trick many people, especially new people who want to know more about crypto gambling site. KYC is one of many things that people should avoid if they want to play on the crypto gambling site because that is unnecessary.

There are many fake gambling sites out there and we should be wise on how we will deal each platforms because it's really hard to determine what's legit and what's fake nowadays. There are many victims of fraud and especially right now where pandemic and a lot of people are shifting into online gambling platforms. There are many platforms where we can verify gambling platforms such as this forum and Reddit. All of the things in the internet should be studied to make things sure because gambling is also an investment where you study the asset to foresee its potential.

Making up some research isnt really that hard at all.It is just on the time that had been put up by someone when making out some verification and not all would really be that eager
nor mindful on doing this very basic step which would really be able to saved up their asses into those frauds.You can eventually spot it out if one is trustable or not basing off on
community feedbacks which even on just using up your own common sense you would able to spot out which one is been used and which one is having some issues or complaints.
Frauds are circling around and this doesnt only limit out with gambling industry or market or on other markets as well.

[goinmerry]

Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

Even without that technology, we are all tracked starting from location access, first deposit, withdrawals, etc.

That's not alarming for me. I just have to comply with the site's rule. It's good that there's a system like that to detect malicious activities.

If there's an event of the wrong accusation towards my accounts, that's a different story.

[CarnagexD]

With the sudden rise of internet usage brought about the pandemic, of course hackers and fraudsters will see this as an opportunity to lure people in and basically drain people of their precious and hard-earned investments, all the more reasons for people to be more vigilant and intelligent in coursing the internet, a wrong click could literally cost you your investments, so it's better to be safe then sorry.

[BuNga_cute]

With the sudden rise of internet usage brought about the pandemic, of course hackers and fraudsters will see this as an opportunity to lure people in and basically drain people of their precious and hard-earned investments, all the more reasons for people to be more vigilant and intelligent in coursing the internet, a wrong click could literally cost you your investments, so it's better to be safe then sorry.

It is true that the COVID-19 pandemic has made internet users now increase very significantly, because now many activities must be done online.
Including playing gambling, now gamblers prefer to play online, therefore now the need for the internet is very important. But this has a negative
effect, because many hackers and scammers can get more victims than before. Therefore it is very important for us to activate all the security
in the gambling platform that we usually use to play gambling.

So we can avoid becoming a victim of hackers, and also don't carelessly clicking links that we don't recognize, then make sure the link we want to
visit is appropriate. That way we will not become victims of hacks and fraud. Fortunately, as long as I played online gambling, there were no bad
events. because it always activates all the security features on the gambling site that I usually use.

[madnessteat]

If people do not read the analysis and comparison of gambling site from here, they will not get the recommended list of the gambling site instead, they can get into the trap of the scamming gambling site. We do not know how good the crypto gambling site is from social media or another website as they can pay the other people or hire some bunch of groups to give a good review to their site. This pandemic gives a chance for the scammer to trick many people, especially new people who want to know more about crypto gambling site. KYC is one of many things that people should avoid if they want to play on the crypto gambling site because that is unnecessary.

In addition to this forum there are a huge number of forums about gambling, so find real reviews about the gambling site is not so difficult. Besides you can always read reviews about a gambling site you are interested in directly through google. I try not to play on sites about which there are negative reviews with proofs.

[ethereumhunter]

~snip~

I think it's a matter of little experience and unwillingness to analyze the gambling market for the reliability of the playground. On bitcointalk there is a lot of analysis and comparison of gaming sites as well as there is a possibility to get real reviews of players, information about KYC requirement, amount of withdrawal commissions and many other things. In order not to fall into a trap of scammers need only to spend a little time studying this information.

If people do not read the analysis and comparison of gambling site from here, they will not get the recommended list of the gambling site instead, they can get into the trap of the scamming gambling site. We do not know how good the crypto gambling site is from social media or another website as they can pay the other people or hire some bunch of groups to give a good review to their site. This pandemic gives a chance for the scammer to trick many people, especially new people who want to know more about crypto gambling site. KYC is one of many things that people should avoid if they want to play on the crypto gambling site because that is unnecessary.

There are many fake gambling sites out there and we should be wise on how we will deal each platforms because it's really hard to determine what's legit and what's fake nowadays. There are many victims of fraud and especially right now where pandemic and a lot of people are shifting into online gambling platforms. There are many platforms where we can verify gambling platforms such as this forum and Reddit. All of the things in the internet should be studied to make things sure because gambling is also an investment where you study the asset to foresee its potential.

What you are saying is right. Our responsibility is to select the recommended gambling sites, especially if we found a gambling site from out there. We do not know if that site is legit, but we do not have to test the site and deposit some money because we do not know already. Maybe if they can give the new members a welcome bonus, that can help us know if their site is good enough and safe for us. I prefer to search for the gambling site from here as we already read so many reviews from honest members and will always want to help the site grow its business.

[DoublerHunter]

With the sudden rise of internet usage brought about the pandemic, of course hackers and fraudsters will see this as an opportunity to lure people in and basically drain people of their precious and hard-earned investments, all the more reasons for people to be more vigilant and intelligent in coursing the internet, a wrong click could literally cost you your investments, so it's better to be safe then sorry.

^ Even though there is no pandemic hacker and the fraudster was always there. 
In my own calculation, it seems 90% of gamblers are not that familiar with technologies, they are really prone to fraudsters when they gamble online while at home but it is not new to them. They knew the risks anyway. It’s just that, it’s how they play their game.
Nevertheless, probably it is a natural for the gambler to find ways how they could do their stuff even when the pandemic is here.
They do not have a choice but to adopt new ways though. Casinos and gambling establishments are all closed down.  (I’m actually referring to all of devoted gamblers and gamblers who do gambling for living)

[Silberman]

Honestly I don't get what "malicious activities" you're refering to... since those frauds that are currently existing are those gambling sites that are confiscating funds and do have the history and possibility of scamming their users. Some of them are not paying their users for their winnings, permanently locking/banning of accounts of those users that are winning from their site. They just want their users to be those that loses, they do not want users that could win high so they ban them. That's fraud.

+1 , We have constantly seeing the same case over and over again , That gambling site is taking advantage of their Rules and bringing it against the players and the sad part is the community is divided into this matter.
There are accusation that some  Names here are conspiring with some site to Justify those attack from their players while others believe that they are just bringing justice.
But the point is still Fraud is caused by gambling sites and not by individual players though there are some groups that spreading this thing to attack sites and Take a Bounty from it.

Since the community is composed of many individuals with different views it is logical we cannot all agree on every single point, but in my experience the community is really fair on their judgements on most situations, if a player is going against something that is on the TOS of a website even if the TOS may be considered to be too restrictive the player has the responsibility to read and accept the TOS in which case the community will side with the casino, but if the player is really blameless and he got a big win following all the rules then the community will side with the player and the casino could receive negative trust or even a flag if they do not pay the player their rightful gains.

[michellee]

With the sudden rise of internet usage brought about the pandemic, of course hackers and fraudsters will see this as an opportunity to lure people in and basically drain people of their precious and hard-earned investments, all the more reasons for people to be more vigilant and intelligent in coursing the internet, a wrong click could literally cost you your investments, so it's better to be safe then sorry.

The people who are not familiar with the fake investment will just follow the offers without thinking that it is good to be true. All they want is how to make fast money from the internet because they are losing their jobs. That is happening in many businesses, but they lose their money in the investment that offers fast making money. The scammers and the thief are making money from the people.

[electronicash]

Honestly I don't get what "malicious activities" you're refering to... since those frauds that are currently existing are those gambling sites that are confiscating funds and do have the history and possibility of scamming their users. Some of them are not paying their users for their winnings, permanently locking/banning of accounts of those users that are winning from their site. They just want their users to be those that loses, they do not want users that could win high so they ban them. That's fraud.

+1 , We have constantly seeing the same case over and over again , That gambling site is taking advantage of their Rules and bringing it against the players and the sad part is the community is divided into this matter.
There are accusation that some  Names here are conspiring with some site to Justify those attack from their players while others believe that they are just bringing justice.
But the point is still Fraud is caused by gambling sites and not by individual players though there are some groups that spreading this thing to attack sites and Take a Bounty from it.

Since the community is composed of many individuals with different views it is logical we cannot all agree on every single point, but in my experience the community is really fair on their judgements on most situations, if a player is going against something that is on the TOS of a website even if the TOS may be considered to be too restrictive the player has the responsibility to read and accept the TOS in which case the community will side with the casino, but if the player is really blameless and he got a big win following all the rules then the community will side with the player and the casino could receive negative trust or even a flag if they do not pay the player their rightful gains.

malicious activities had been around in Bitcoin for years and still continue to happen and just today I saw a thread where he was one of the victims of Adkinsbet scam who can't send out more than 2K EUR. apparently, he trusted the casino because it allowed him to withdraw the first time he tried.

malicious activities don't just stop there. it's not a new thing anymore for us here in crypto. casino TOS and licenses are often cause of alarm. if the laws are lossen, scambags will always try to make money out of it.

 

[CarnagexD]

They have already been existing in the past mind you, but since the paradigm shift to digital services brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, their huhting ground basically became bigger and wider. That being said, it is your responsibility as a gambler to ensure that you are not being pulled a fast one by these fraudulent entities, lest you risk losing all your hard-earned money and perhaps even more in the process. Just be more careful and vigilant.

[Fatunad]

They have already been existing in the past mind you, but since the paradigm shift to digital services brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, their huhting ground basically became bigger and wider. That being said, it is your responsibility as a gambler to ensure that you are not being pulled a fast one by these fraudulent entities, lest you risk losing all your hard-earned money and perhaps even more in the process. Just be more careful and vigilant.

It did really make out even more on their advantage because people are mostly dealing with things online which does mean that more people would really be exposed into
these scams which might really get victimized if they arent really that aware nor that careless on dealing with things.If everything do seem suspicious from user interface to
website design then you can eventually tell that it isnt really worth to make out deposits.There are lots of fly by night sites which are only intended to scam out users.
You should really be sensible on any action you would make because this will really cost you a fortune if you arent really that sensible.

[MCobian]

They have already been existing in the past mind you, but since the paradigm shift to digital services brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, their huhting ground basically became bigger and wider. That being said, it is your responsibility as a gambler to ensure that you are not being pulled a fast one by these fraudulent entities, lest you risk losing all your hard-earned money and perhaps even more in the process. Just be more careful and vigilant.

It is true that we as gamblers must be careful when want to play online gambling. Due to the prolonged pandemic, many gamblers end up having
to play online, but we know the online world is very vulnerable to hackers and scams. So always choose platforms that have a good reputation
when it comes to gambling. Next, don't be easily attracted by the big welcome bonus from new gambling sites, because sometimes the scammers
method attracts the attention of gamblers to deceive their victims. When we make a deposit to get the bonus, we have entered the scammers method.
So being careful when choosing gambling platforms is very important.

[vintages]

They have already been existing in the past mind you, but since the paradigm shift to digital services brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, their huhting ground basically became bigger and wider.

True. They activities grew much during the pandemic because they know that during this period, a lot of people will be so willing to fall for them cause almost everyone are trying to seek a new experience from online. Just like every sxammer, they know when to pitch their rent and draw more customers.

[ene1980]

They activities grew much during the pandemic because they know that during this period, a lot of people will be so willing to fall for them cause almost everyone are trying to seek a new experience from online. Just like every sxammer, they know when to pitch their rent and draw more customers.

Scammers are luring in the dark for a long time and it is not just the pandemic that produced more scammers may be some are getting more time to look into things and get into trouble. I am getting spammed in my social media pages with fake bitcoin investment plans and then in Telegram messages posing as investment analyst and investor and they tend to give you advice and these scams are going on for years and i has become a nuisance and now whenever random people starts chatting about cryptocurrency and bitcoin i simply block them .

[bitzizzix]

They have already been existing in the past mind you, but since the paradigm shift to digital services brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, their huhting ground basically became bigger and wider.

True. They activities grew much during the pandemic because they know that during this period, a lot of people will be so willing to fall for them cause almost everyone are trying to seek a new experience from online. Just like every sxammer, they know when to pitch their rent and draw more customers.

Fraud existed before the pandemic occurred and may only increase during this pandemic or because there are opportunities and economic factors that force it to do so at all costs.
and the easiest target for them is social media which continues to grow with lots of advertisements and investment offers or gambling sites that promise big profits, and personal messages will be used to communicate with the target.
And, oddly enough, con artists know gullible targets and succeed?

[AicecreaME]

There's nothing new about fraud, I meant, they are always there wherever there is good money. Online gambling has been hyped up because of the pandemic, and I guess people like it since they could play gambling again and never get bored because of online gambling. So fraudster(s) took this opportunity to make money out of gullible people that's addicted to gambling. The only thing we could do about it is to be more aware of who we are talking to, if he's trustworthy or not, to avoid fraudster and to discourage them to target online gambling sites people.

[oHnK]

They have already been existing in the past mind you, but since the paradigm shift to digital services brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, their huhting ground basically became bigger and wider.

True. They activities grew much during the pandemic because they know that during this period, a lot of people will be so willing to fall for them cause almost everyone are trying to seek a new experience from online. Just like every sxammer, they know when to pitch their rent and draw more customers.

Fraud existed before the pandemic occurred and may only increase during this pandemic or because there are opportunities and economic factors that force it to do so at all costs.
and the easiest target for them is social media which continues to grow with lots of advertisements and investment offers or gambling sites that promise big profits, and personal messages will be used to communicate with the target.
And, oddly enough, con artists know gullible targets and succeed?

Everyone knows that very well, which is the point are you ready with AI from the company as a security screening tool on the site?  For me this is very good, but I am only a small class gambler not with a large balance so my opinion is not very influential.  However, if you have a large balance, maybe your personal data is something that must be maintained and the weakness of AI is at this point.  If there were other alternatives for higher security but did not interfere with the privacy of the gambler then this would be the best solution.

[michellee]

There's nothing new about fraud, I meant, they are always there wherever there is good money. Online gambling has been hyped up because of the pandemic, and I guess people like it since they could play gambling again and never get bored because of online gambling. So fraudster(s) took this opportunity to make money out of gullible people that's addicted to gambling. The only thing we could do about it is to be more aware of who we are talking to, if he's trustworthy or not, to avoid fraudster and to discourage them to target online gambling sites people.

If we can be careful about the fraud, we do not have to get the worst experience and take care of our money. But in this pandemic and many people are work from home, they can feel bored and want to have another experience by playing online gambling. If they do not have a gambling experience before, they can get into the trap by visiting and registering in an unknown online gambling site. They will get attempt to win the game without thinking about how if they are losing their money. And the fraudster in the casino will be like to take all of their money and run away without notice.

[Swopon]

Nowadays, due to pandemic issues, fraudulence thing are getting increased. People can't get out of home for doing their desired thing for lockdown. So, everyone is trying to do something based on online. Already people are getting shifted offline to online. That's why, fraud thing will get increased and it's not surprising to me to know the increase rate in gambling.

[Silberman]

They have already been existing in the past mind you, but since the paradigm shift to digital services brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, their huhting ground basically became bigger and wider. That being said, it is your responsibility as a gambler to ensure that you are not being pulled a fast one by these fraudulent entities, lest you risk losing all your hard-earned money and perhaps even more in the process. Just be more careful and vigilant.

That is just the way it is and it is because of this that we need to always protect ourselves to the best of our abilities, many people make the mistake of depositing too much money in the casinos thinking they are going to gamble the money anyway but the issue with this posture is that if something happens like a family emergency and you want to take your money out this could be a read flag for the casinos and force you to go through KYC, the player sees this as unfair but casinos do not want to be participants on money laundering either, so no one is at fault and yet this can create issues along the way.

[Ewox]

I think because of the pandemic people are more prone to using the internet because most are just at home. And so some look for something to do and usually end up in gambling sites, that's why it has increased lately. Even cockfighting has been on the internet, I know a lot of my friends who were with that kind of gambling physically before but because of the pandemic and can't go outside they have been gambling and betting on online cockfighting. Just like instead of going to the casinos, they also gamble now more thru the websites.

[Silberman]

I think because of the pandemic people are more prone to using the internet because most are just at home. And so some look for something to do and usually end up in gambling sites, that's why it has increased lately. Even cockfighting has been on the internet, I know a lot of my friends who were with that kind of gambling physically before but because of the pandemic and can't go outside they have been gambling and betting on online cockfighting. Just like instead of going to the casinos, they also gamble now more thru the websites.

We have seen a very sharp increase in the amount of people that are gambling online and this is because people are trying to find ways to deal with the pandemic, as we know humans are very social by nature and to be in a lockdown that has unofficially lasted for a full year and that in many places is still in place because the vaccination has been incredibly slow then it is not really a surprise that gambling has gone up but at the same time this means that scammers have more opportunities to get to your money than ever before.

[geegaw]

I think because of the pandemic people are more prone to using the internet because most are just at home. And so some look for something to do and usually end up in gambling sites, that's why it has increased lately. Even cockfighting has been on the internet, I know a lot of my friends who were with that kind of gambling physically before but because of the pandemic and can't go outside they have been gambling and betting on online cockfighting. Just like instead of going to the casinos, they also gamble now more thru the websites.

We have seen a very sharp increase in the amount of people that are gambling online and this is because people are trying to find ways to deal with the pandemic, as we know humans are very social by nature and to be in a lockdown that has unofficially lasted for a full year and that in many places is still in place because the vaccination has been incredibly slow then it is not really a surprise that gambling has gone up but at the same time this means that scammers have more opportunities to get to your money than ever before.

Indeed, society is moving very slowly due to the complexities of the epidemic, although the vaccine has been distributed around the world but overall, other types of Covid and symptoms after people have been vaccinated still have many problems to deal with. The economics and work of many seem to have frozen while ads of fake gambling sites become abound, some people give away the rest of their savings to scammers, the gambling industry and reputable websites are also not optimistic in times of economic downturn, they are greatly limiting the odds of winning

[Silberman]

We have seen a very sharp increase in the amount of people that are gambling online and this is because people are trying to find ways to deal with the pandemic, as we know humans are very social by nature and to be in a lockdown that has unofficially lasted for a full year and that in many places is still in place because the vaccination has been incredibly slow then it is not really a surprise that gambling has gone up but at the same time this means that scammers have more opportunities to get to your money than ever before.

Indeed, society is moving very slowly due to the complexities of the epidemic, although the vaccine has been distributed around the world but overall, other types of Covid and symptoms after people have been vaccinated still have many problems to deal with. The economics and work of many seem to have frozen while ads of fake gambling sites become abound, some people give away the rest of their savings to scammers, the gambling industry and reputable websites are also not optimistic in times of economic downturn, they are greatly limiting the odds of winning

And this has been exacerbated because in their desire to communicate people are using social media more than ever and instead of looking for good and solid casinos with great reviews of actual users that you can find in this forum people decide to trust people that tell them that a particular casino is good in websites like Facebook, they send their money and as we know they never see that money again and then they complain that this market is full of scammers when they are the ones that did not do their due diligence.

[FatFork]

I think because of the pandemic people are more prone to using the internet because most are just at home. And so some look for something to do and usually end up in gambling sites, that's why it has increased lately. Even cockfighting has been on the internet, I know a lot of my friends who were with that kind of gambling physically before but because of the pandemic and can't go outside they have been gambling and betting on online cockfighting. Just like instead of going to the casinos, they also gamble now more thru the websites.

We have seen a very sharp increase in the amount of people that are gambling online and this is because people are trying to find ways to deal with the pandemic, as we know humans are very social by nature and to be in a lockdown that has unofficially lasted for a full year and that in many places is still in place because the vaccination has been incredibly slow then it is not really a surprise that gambling has gone up but at the same time this means that scammers have more opportunities to get to your money than ever before.

In one survey, more than half of gambling companies had seen a significant increase in the amount of people that are spending on mobile gambling apps. And there have also been an increase in the amount of people that are playing slot machines and gambling online at their mobile phone. This is a worrying trend especially when it comes to the young population. While it is impossible to say exactly how much money is lost by gamblers each year, experts warn that many have likely ended up losing their life savings.

Much of this is a result of the pandemic's and lockdown's negative effect. Since brick-and-mortar casinos are no longer available in many countries, people are moving to mobile and online platforms.

[adzino]

In one survey, more than half of gambling companies had seen a significant increase in the amount of people that are spending on mobile gambling apps. And there have also been an increase in the amount of people that are playing slot machines and gambling online at their mobile phone. This is a worrying trend especially when it comes to the young population. While it is impossible to say exactly how much money is lost by gamblers each year, experts warn that many have likely ended up losing their life savings.

Much of this is a result of the pandemic's and lockdown's negative effect. Since brick-and-mortar casinos are no longer available in many countries, people are moving to mobile and online platforms.

Because smartphones can now handle everything a desktop can. I mean browser support is now stronger than ever. Hence, people can gamble on the go with ease. But why is this worrying? No one is forcing them to gamble. They are adults and they know what they are doing. They are taking decision and they should know that their decisions will have consequences. As long as they are enjoying gambling and not causing themselves or others any harm, then there is nothing to worry about. If it's causing harm to you and you are in denial (despite people trying to help you), then you are to be blamed for what you have done to yourself.

[Saisher]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

They can be liable and they can be charged if they are found guilty of employing an artificial intelligence to track their players, if they are going to employ this, it should be within the context of the law and the regulatory body, and what are the purpose of tracking their players if the gambling site has a license they should not employ this kind of activity, they are not going to lose their license but they will be charge of breaking what are stipulated on their license, so far all the gambling sites I'm playing have no report like this.

[milewilda]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

They can be liable and they can be charged if they are found guilty of employing an artificial intelligence to track their players, if they are going to employ this, it should be within the context of the law and the regulatory body, and what are the purpose of tracking their players if the gambling site has a license they should not employ this kind of activity, they are not going to lose their license but they will be charge of breaking what are stipulated on their license, so far all the gambling sites I'm playing have no report like this.

Involvement with Privacy matter which arent part of the terms is definitely a no-no situation and shouldnt really be done by the house itself.If they secretly or hiding up some tracking
on every move then thats already considered illegal as it do affect when it comes to fairness.This is why we should really be careful and be observant from time to time
because no matter how good or reputable the online casino there's always a tendency or chances for it to happen but this is less likely to be seen though.
So always stick with known and reputable.

[iTradeChips]

They have already been existing in the past mind you, but since the paradigm shift to digital services brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, their huhting ground basically became bigger and wider. That being said, it is your responsibility as a gambler to ensure that you are not being pulled a fast one by these fraudulent entities, lest you risk losing all your hard-earned money and perhaps even more in the process. Just be more careful and vigilant.

It did really make out even more on their advantage because people are mostly dealing with things online which does mean that more people would really be exposed into
these scams which might really get victimized if they arent really that aware nor that careless on dealing with things.If everything do seem suspicious from user interface to
website design then you can eventually tell that it isnt really worth to make out deposits.There are lots of fly by night sites which are only intended to scam out users.
You should really be sensible on any action you would make because this will really cost you a fortune if you arent really that sensible.

I would agree to what the previous poster has said. I mean even before the pandemic there are already scams happening in the gambling industry and basically what just happened is that the pandemic just helped it spread further, victimizing more and more people in the process. I am still baffled as to how these scammers are able to pull off these kinds of shenanigans. All of us gamblers should take care of our gambling money and should only gamble on legit sites.

[Ewox]

Because of the pandemic, most of our transactions are online so basically these fraudsters are hunting online as well. And it is sad because some don’t have any idea they are scammed being scammed online and they were taken advantage also. And that’s why we need to really be careful also and always check if there are transactions you are unaware of most especially when transferring money thru online or even transferring cryptocurrencies online too.

[Silberman]

I think because of the pandemic people are more prone to using the internet because most are just at home. And so some look for something to do and usually end up in gambling sites, that's why it has increased lately. Even cockfighting has been on the internet, I know a lot of my friends who were with that kind of gambling physically before but because of the pandemic and can't go outside they have been gambling and betting on online cockfighting. Just like instead of going to the casinos, they also gamble now more thru the websites.

We have seen a very sharp increase in the amount of people that are gambling online and this is because people are trying to find ways to deal with the pandemic, as we know humans are very social by nature and to be in a lockdown that has unofficially lasted for a full year and that in many places is still in place because the vaccination has been incredibly slow then it is not really a surprise that gambling has gone up but at the same time this means that scammers have more opportunities to get to your money than ever before.

In one survey, more than half of gambling companies had seen a significant increase in the amount of people that are spending on mobile gambling apps. And there have also been an increase in the amount of people that are playing slot machines and gambling online at their mobile phone. This is a worrying trend especially when it comes to the young population. While it is impossible to say exactly how much money is lost by gamblers each year, experts warn that many have likely ended up losing their life savings.

Much of this is a result of the pandemic's and lockdown's negative effect. Since brick-and-mortar casinos are no longer available in many countries, people are moving to mobile and online platforms.

The pandemic is going to have lasting effects on the population and one of them is going to be an increase in those that are addicted to gambling, this is natural, when people are faced with something that can kill them they have the tendency to take more risks in order to deal with it and this means that some risked simply too much money when they were gambling and most likely this is not a problem that will fix itself and governments will have to try to help those people by referring them to groups that help addicted people to overcome their addictions.