Online gambling risks during coronavirus pandemic

[TheGreatPython]

A good advice especially on this day wherein alot of ppl seeking opportunity to make an income while at home because of the pandemic. and you know what i believe that mostly preferred online gambling as its so easy to make money.

Opportunity to make money? To what level those people are successful with their attempts? I am sure almost 99% of such people who are trying for gambling to make money definitely ending up losing all their bankroll. I agree that when people are staying at home due to pandemic, they might have more free time but at the same time they should not go for gambling to make use of their free time useful. Definitely that should be a bad choice.

After some period of gambling, those gambler definitely need some external help to get out of their gambling activities. Because, when they are continuously engaging in gambling then they will slowly get addicted. For this reason only, OP is having this topic here, a perfect information to have around this pandemic.

[ene1980]

Gambling online increases  your brain activity which in turn give support to the blood flow in human body preventing the blood clotting in the vessels which is one of  possible COVID19  side effects.  So it's companion to physical activity rather then opposer. Of course you have to alternate your activities and  exercise between gambling sessions.

What form of gambling will increase your brain activity, for me the stress level increases if i am gambling with a higher valuation. You theory of comparing online gambling and physical activities is laughable and there is nothing useful you could gain when you are gambling which will help you with your health, but the pleasure of adrenaline is what you get when you are gambling. 

[vennali]

As we stay at home more it is inevitable that we will spend more time online, on social media, and online games. Several research studies have demonstrated that online gambling companies have benefited greatly as a consequence of this.

I recently read an article in which Lazaros Gonidis, lecturer in Psychological Methods and Statistics at University of Kent, commented about the risks that gambling addicts might face during the COVID-19 lockdown, as well as the responsibility of operators to protect vulnerable individuals.^[1]

Whether you have a history of pathological gambling addiction or just considering gambling for fun, Gonidis has shared some valuable tips for all of us:

• When you are tempted to gamble online, use that to motivate you to go for a walk or exercise instead.
• If you decide to gamble, you should keep a record of how much money and time you spend on gambling daily. Studies show that gamblers lose track of how much time and money they spend on gambling.
• Social distancing should not lead to social isolation, so talk to your friends and peers and discuss your gambling problem with them. Having support can make a big difference.
• Finding other mental stimulation to keep your mind busy can be very helpful in suppressing thoughts of gambling. If you need to be online then seek out online activities that help you to overcome the urge to gamble.
• Seek expert advice if you feel your gambling activities are getting out of hand. BeGambleAware.org is a very good place to start.

Does any of these methods work for you? How do you keep a rein on your gambling habits?

[1] - Olivia Miller, "Online Gambling Risks During COVID-19 Lockdown", News Centre - University Of Kent

I specially like the 3rd and 4th point. I used to forget those aspects as well. It wasnt just gambling, it was gaming too.. During the start of lockdown..I completely shut down all my contacts and used to just work, gamble and game. Forgot that I do have friends and I should maybe chat and see how they are coping with the lockdown and the pandemic. Took me a while to get out of it. I had focused my energy and mental stimulation into gaming. Which is nice, especially when the objective is to social distance but on the whole, not the best idea. I have picked up multiple lost hobbies that I had picked up long ago.

[STT]

Bad habits are usually a result of lack of patience, the simplest advice I would give for any casual bet is keep the size small until you are confident of the risk taken for the expected positive result.    
  Alot of the regrettable gambling is just not knowing the game properly or the risks and rewards, never do a large amount on unknowns and you will be fine more or less.   Alot of the time I think people just want some action and gamble without a plan, thats the aimless mood I would avoid putting any primary size bet on with.   The excess energy can be a negative and yep maybe best to go get some exercise or house work or whatever task to wear you down slightly in order to enter a more sensible settled mood for betting.

[jostorres]

During the start of lockdown..I completely shut down all my contacts and used to just work, gamble and game. Forgot that I do have friends and I should maybe chat and see how they are coping with the lockdown and the pandemic. Took me a while to get out of it. I had focused my energy and mental stimulation into gaming. Which is nice, especially when the objective is to social distance but on the whole, not the best idea. I have picked up multiple lost hobbies that I had picked up long ago.

I believe you are not alone for doing those things in these days. Some countries are not having lockdown right now but people who got practiced to gambling are simply continuing it like what you are/were doing. That is the cruel nature of gambling like when you are getting practice to it then it will become like you are day-to-day activity.

Are you trying to getting back to work routine/normal life? Or still keep trying with gambling? One consoling point here is, when your government will be lifting out lock down restrictions, I guess there are chances for you to forget about the gambling completely.

[AakZaki]

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The money loses its value that way. If you have five $10 bills in your pocket, you feel the difference if you are only down to 1 or 2. But the digits on the screen don't feel that important. Whether it's 0, 5, or 20, it's not tangible.  

If that number continues to occur 20$ in one day. For me it is quite a big number, in my country 20 $ can make a meal for 7 days. I think we should think to mention that value is small, because if it were accumulated it would be fantastic.

I think a lot of people don't realize that, or it's just me who thinks it's a big number. Maybe for big capital it doesn't matter because this loss can be covered with their money. But for small players it is very useful.

[acener]

I remember how hard it is for me to resist from gambling but luckily and thanks god I found something that would keep me out from it.
I would hang out with my friends or play some online games to keep me busy and avoid thinking about gambling.
And now I completely avoided it for a very long time and I would continue to avoid it specially because of the pandemic,
I am thankful that I am earning enough right now so I don't want to spend it on something that I don't really need right now.
Everytime that I would be tempted to gamble I always remind myself how lucky I am that I am earning unlike those who lost their job so I shouldn't waste my money.

[boyptc]

• When you are tempted to gamble online, use that to motivate you to go for a walk or exercise instead.

There is another alternative whenever you're tempted to gamble. And that is to play some computer games or by watching videos and movies to spend your time that should be for gambling.

Yeah , diversion is what's the best way to prevent us from addiction.

And if you're aware of doing it and seems effective to you, you just have to keep doing it.

Actually, there are other activities that you can revert your attention if you want to avoid to gamble or you can no longer control yourself and you're looking for some ways to avoid it.

But its hard to deny the call of Lust and greed mate, this is what happens in most of the gamblers nowadays and even from the beginning .

Yeah it is hard but just as the quote above and you're doing it continuously, you probably will be able to remove that desire and greed.

[ReiMomo]

One piece of advice I would give to the people who suffer from gambling addictions and impulsiveness is that I think this is the time that they had to improve or develop their characters. Cause if you have character, you will be able to control your emotions and decision. Meaning to say that you can avoid being impulsive and you would only play for fun and most of the time with the very least amount of money enough to enjoy a night.

Finding another happy that will improve your skills, physical and mental health is the best alternative to avoid being down and find shortcuts. So please, go ahead now and seek assistance. Help yourself too as no one will ever help you but you.

[Yamifoud]

Finding another happy that will improve your skills, physical and mental health is the best alternative to avoid being down and find shortcuts. So please, go ahead now and seek assistance. Help yourself too as no one will ever help you but you.

Some people just can't recover from gambling addiction themselves, they need some help from professionals in order to recover, and family is really a big factor for that as they are the ones who is going to convince an addicted person. If we analyze closely, still, prevention is always better than cure, so even if we are so tempted in gambling, at the very start, we should already be responsible gamblers to avoid this serious problem.

[Rengga Jati]

• When you are tempted to gamble online, use that to motivate you to go for a walk or exercise instead.
• If you decide to gamble, you should keep a record of how much money and time you spend on gambling daily. Studies show that gamblers lose track of how much time and money they spend on gambling.
• Social distancing should not lead to social isolation, so talk to your friends and peers and discuss your gambling problem with them. Having support can make a big difference.

Does any of these methods work for you? How do you keep a rein on your gambling habits?

I cannot ensure that these tips will work at all or not. However, points 1-3, are very hard to do commonly.
- Let no one is affected by addictive gambling, we are often lazy to exercise or just walk in the morning or evening to refresh the body.
- Sometimes, it is only in the beginning, but if they are addicted, they will not care anymore about that. What they are thinking is only able to gambling and gambling again. Until they have nothing and then getting a loan or other crimes. Sorry to say that, I don't say all of them, but some of them did these because of addicted gambling. Hopefully, there are only a few of them.
- Moreover hee, sometimes,s they feel ashamed of their addiction to gambling moreover if gambling is illegal in their country. So, they play it without notified by anyone else.

However, these tips can be tried by everyone that really has awareness and willingness to be free from gambling or to control themselves.

[AmoreJaz]

• When you are tempted to gamble online, use that to motivate you to go for a walk or exercise instead.
• If you decide to gamble, you should keep a record of how much money and time you spend on gambling daily. Studies show that gamblers lose track of how much time and money they spend on gambling.
• Social distancing should not lead to social isolation, so talk to your friends and peers and discuss your gambling problem with them. Having support can make a big difference.

Does any of these methods work for you? How do you keep a rein on your gambling habits?

I cannot ensure that these tips will work at all or not. However, points 1-3, are very hard to do commonly.
- Let no one is affected by addictive gambling, we are often lazy to exercise or just walk in the morning or evening to refresh the body.
- Sometimes, it is only in the beginning, but if they are addicted, they will not care anymore about that. What they are thinking is only able to gambling and gambling again. Until they have nothing and then getting a loan or other crimes. Sorry to say that, I don't say all of them, but some of them did these because of addicted gambling. Hopefully, there are only a few of them.
- Moreover hee, sometimes,s they feel ashamed of their addiction to gambling moreover if gambling is illegal in their country. So, they play it without notified by anyone else.

However, these tips can be tried by everyone that really has awareness and willingness to be free from gambling or to control themselves.

if there's a will, there's  a way. i believe in this simple mantra. and if you are a gambler, and come to realisations about your gambling life one day, you should know  the reasons why you are changing for your better self. because those will give you motivation or inspiration to keep up with your change of lifestyle. because in reality, it is only you that can make things right. all the others are just support on what you want to achieve

[coin-investor]

• Seek expert advice if you feel your gambling activities are getting out of hand. BeGambleAware.org is a very good place to start.

Experts advice is highly recommended because every gambler have different characters and needs to get back to normal life what works for others may not work for one gambler, it should be tailored to the gambler's needs and only experts can provide that set of medication to get the gambler into normal life.

[LogitechMouse]

• When you are tempted to gamble online, use that to motivate you to go for a walk or exercise instead.
• If you decide to gamble, you should keep a record of how much money and time you spend on gambling daily. Studies show that gamblers lose track of how much time and money they spend on gambling.
• Social distancing should not lead to social isolation, so talk to your friends and peers and discuss your gambling problem with them. Having support can make a big difference.
• Finding other mental stimulation to keep your mind busy can be very helpful in suppressing thoughts of gambling. If you need to be online then seek out online activities that help you to overcome the urge to gamble.
• Seek expert advice if you feel your gambling activities are getting out of hand. BeGambleAware.org is a very good place to start.

1. When I'm tempting to gamble, I don't walk or exercise (although there are some times that I am) but I'm spending more time playing online games. In that way, I'm more entertained on it than gambling and at the same time, I don't need to spend that much money into it.
2. This might be helpful for those who are spending many money in gambling but when I'm gambling, I don't record all of it. I have this thing in my mind where whatever money I will put will always lose. If I win, then I will withdraw it immediately and if I lose then still ok for me.
3. Unfortunately, I'm one of the many people who are suffering this. There are times where I feel comfortable being alone than with other people .
4. Watching youtube videos, playing online games are the ones that I want to busy with rather than gambling. That helped me overcome the urge of gambling.
5. This will help people who have lose too much money in gambling. I didn't seek advice because I'm only spending money that I'm ok when it loses.

[Ararbermas]

A good advice especially on this day wherein alot of ppl seeking opportunity to make an income while at home because of the pandemic. and you know what i believe that mostly preferred online gambling as its so easy to make money. Indeed here in our country a lot of ppl become addicted to online cock fighting and the outcome seems not good at all,  just imagine because of addiction some players of that online gambling lost a lot of money wherein even properties, they sacrifice everything for it.., seems they need some advice like this.

Are you from Philippines? Online cock fight become popular after Online Sabong get a license to operate to Pagcor last year. I have many friends that earns a lot of money per day by being an agent. They have commission on every bet of the user under them. So they are the real winner on this game no matter what will be the fate of there players.

yup only those agent can't win wherein even they don't place a bet because of commission ..lol  and indeed have friends also that inviting players to play online sabong " agent", he's making alot of money on it also but in different way, if I'm not mistaken they are loader? wherein not risky unlike players that put huge amount of money to play in it and sometimes they lost to much because of addiction.

[bitzizzix]

OP's advice will produce effective results if it is taken seriously and with a consistent intention to do so, besides it must be driven by faith or drawing closer to God to strengthen the elimination of bad habits that will destroy you.
indeed playing online gambling is an alternative to earning a living while staying at home during the pandemic, and if you are addicted it is tantamount to destroying yourself and will result in losing everything.
besides blocking all gambling sites, replace them with useful sites or you switch to brokers, services or online trading and so on that can earn income, because currently many can make money via the internet.

[Xinarae*]

The above discussions are very helpful as successful as it is to gamble, the risk is much higher. That's why you have to play as a means of entertainment if you become addicted to it pills will bring harm from a person's point of view, gambling addiction can lead to bankruptcy in a matter of moments there is income and loss in sports so when it becomes more it is not easy to catch successful use of game theory makes it impossible for a gambler to win consistently. This is why you need to keep your mind fixed and it is better to stop playing before you become addicted there are many sites to work on in the internet world.

[Lorence.xD]

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Using the pandemic to get addicted to gambling is just an excuse and a very bad one in my opinion. It's like saying I was bored and had nothing to do, so I tried meth.

That's exactly how it starts to be honest, some people are bored to death and they try something exciting, you wouldn't try something bad if you aren't bored or distracted by something right? If it is an excuse then an excuse it is because people are really going to find an excuse after all of this has happened and pandemic is an easy target.

There are many things you can do inside if repressive measures prevent you from going out. Watch movies, listen to music, read books, or learn more about crypto and bitcoin. Play social games and spend time with your family and loves ones. I bought a stationary bike a few months ago and I am sweating my ass of almost every day. Use the time to work on your physique and get in shape. Do pushups and pullups, and learn how to cook and prepare food. No reason is strong enough for a strong-minded person to become an addict in any sense of the word.     

Good for you that you are a strong minded person and you found your way of distraction, but not everyone is like you, they probably want to but addiction is not an easy thing to remove.

[DU18]

As we stay at home more it is inevitable that we will spend more time online, on social media, and online games. Several research studies have demonstrated that online gambling companies have benefited greatly as a consequence of this.

I recently read an article in which Lazaros Gonidis, lecturer in Psychological Methods and Statistics at University of Kent, commented about the risks that gambling addicts might face during the COVID-19 lockdown, as well as the responsibility of operators to protect vulnerable individuals.^[1]

Whether you have a history of pathological gambling addiction or just considering gambling for fun, Gonidis has shared some valuable tips for all of us:

• When you are tempted to gamble online, use that to motivate you to go for a walk or exercise instead.
• If you decide to gamble, you should keep a record of how much money and time you spend on gambling daily. Studies show that gamblers lose track of how much time and money they spend on gambling.
• Social distancing should not lead to social isolation, so talk to your friends and peers and discuss your gambling problem with them. Having support can make a big difference.
• Finding other mental stimulation to keep your mind busy can be very helpful in suppressing thoughts of gambling. If you need to be online then seek out online activities that help you to overcome the urge to gamble.
• Seek expert advice if you feel your gambling activities are getting out of hand. BeGambleAware.org is a very good place to start.

Does any of these methods work for you? How do you keep a rein on your gambling habits?

[1] - Olivia Miller, "Online Gambling Risks During COVID-19 Lockdown", News Centre - University Of Kent

For people who are already accustomed to not playing gambling, they might see that gambling is just a means of entertainment in filling the gap of time, but for those who are addicted to gambling, of course this will be very dangerous because they have more time to do gambling from home and of course with a little activity that is there will certainly lead to greater addiction to gambling and with the pressure when the game is taking place, it certainly makes gambling players experience psychological faktor with the threat of bankruptcy until the resulting suicide has lost it all.

[imstillthebest]

walking is not allowed in some areas because they advice the people to stay at home if they dont have important things to do than purely walking  to exercise .
 same with going in the gyms because they are closed but we can do a light exercise inside our homes .
 i dont track how much i gamble but i can estimate all my gambling cost in my head but tracking it in a notebook is needed if you are addicted in gambling because it can stop you if you see that your total is big . the three last advice is helpful too for addicted gambler