Apparently due to the surge in gambling problems, there also have been surge in more and more people working towards registration for GamStop. There is a 21% increase in the same.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/05/number-of-gamblers-trying-to-block-themselves-online-surges •
What I want to talk about :
1. Is this something that really works ?
2. How did this actually sends a signal regarding the education system in place for the gamblers being implemented in almost every good gambling website ( Gamcare etc..)
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I have my serious doubts about the whole system, if it would work or no. Since at the end of the day we have multiple electronic devices therefore excluding from one won't work.
But I think this is actually a good stat since this means the education regarding the gambling is really working. Plus people are engaging in positive feedbacks.
I do not have experience with this but common sense will dictate that something like this cannot work, someone that can control himself and stop himself from gambling does not need any external scheme, he can stop whenever he wants and keep himself from gambling too much money, those that lack that control are trying to find an external solution to a problem that is internal, so it does not matter if they can exclude themselves from a device or a casino when they can always gamble in another casino and another device and keep gambling that way.
