Online gambling becomes popular

[Oceat]

Like to modify the title as it should be, being popular IS NOT the right term here but heavy usage.

Online gambling is already popular before the pandemic happened and that was the situation for a long time now. It's so obvious that we will see a large and heavy activity in online gambling when the pandemic hits because after all, gamblers have no choice but to just play online.

It doesn't matter anyway as long as the point is given.

Online gambling is starting to grow since the pandemic started last year due to the lockdown in every casinos because people are starting to get bored once their usual lifestyle suddenly changed. In order to adapt the situation and also some people are eager to make money while in their home. Some of them come up with a great plan to make an online gambling and this is a fact since this is the first time I've seen an online game that usually occurs only in many traditional gambling.

[nitrobetting]

Almost all online platforms have benefited from the pandemic. Most people search for an escape or something to be fond of while waiting for the pandemic to end. Same case has happened to sports betting, but it was a huge challenge. In the height of the pandemic almost all sports decided to stop and most sports betting sites halted to a degree as well.

Thankfully some sports resumed at the end of 2020 and we also experienced some spike in sports betting during the pandemic. Some of the people I know even got interested and tried sports betting because they had nothing to do and felt bored because of the pandemic.

[romero121]

Online gambling is gaining more and more popularity with regular increase in the userbase. This can be understood just by counting the number of cryptocurrency accepted gambling sites that have come into usage over the last year. The number is big compared to the other years and our forum itself an proof for the same.

This has been happening as a result of people unable to move out of their homes due to the pandemic. This time has been a lucky one for few winning big and majority might've experienced massive losses suffering more during this period.

[jrrsparkles]

If you think that people who are choosing online gambling just to make money since they have no money due to lockdown then its wrong!

Most people knows that gambling has risks and millions of people have it as habit like how people used to visit their social media, so those people need to do it some way that is why there is a spike in the lockdown time since they used online to satisfy their urge.

We never know what their reason is to gamble because I am sure they will not tell the truth. Maybe they will say that they want to feel like playing online gambling or maybe they really want to try to make money from online gambling. They can say anything they want because they decide by themselves without telling us.

Online gambling could be a new thing for offline gamblers because that will be a different experience for them while they can not go to the offline casino. Maybe they will moves to online gambling, especially if they only stay at home.

Some people who are gambling online have the habit of hiding their gambling activity to anyone because they don't feel safer if they share their winning or losing history or afraid of family member will react opposite to them. But who are gambling offline already known for their gambling habit and the reason for gambling it can be anything like money or just for the entertainment purposes.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

What can we do about it, I mean we need some form of distraction as you've said. That's the healthier option compared to not doing anything and become crazy because of being isolated in your house and having nothing to do, you will lose your mind just sitting in your house staring in the wall.

Its not healthy to be caught on this especially if you drain your time playing, since actually there are more valuable things than that and thinking about gambling is the only option to ease our boredom could actually not healthy to us. Maybe its good that we have option if we need to seek fun but its good to balance our life since to much putting your attention on one thing could possibly put us on bad situation. We still have life inside and its better to spend a quality time to our family.

Tell that to the people who has nothing better to do locked in their homes but just gambling. You are right that we should have options but that depends on the person whether they want to make that choice.

[ethereumhunter]

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I also see that the development of online gambling has increased since last year, especially since many traditional casinos have closed in 2020.
This is what triggers gamblers to finally choose to play online gambling. This year more increasing number of online gambling users, because
the pandemic has not ended, many people have visited online gambling sites. Moreover,  the current situation of many people is experiencing
a financial crisis, finally there are those who argue that online gambling can be a source of income. It's such a wrong thought, because after all
online gambling should be just entertainment. Because the more often we play online gambling, the greater our losses will be.

I hope they can manage their money while still playing online gambling because they need to think about their lives and survive in this pandemic. No one knows when the pandemic is over and if they still use their money to playing gambling to make money, it will difficult to survive and buy the food. There is no guarantee to win from offline and online gambling, so they need to aware of that. The financial crisis is the next problem that people faced after the virus because they need to survive.

We really have to be wise in managing our finances in a pandemic situation like now, do not use money to buy food to use for play gambling.
Indeed, our problem is not only facing a pandemic that has not ended, but almost everyone experiences financial problems. The main priority is
to buy daily necessities, after that if there is extra money left, we can use it to play gambling. Therefore, if we want to play gambling, my advice is
that we have to find a permanent job, so we can have a steady income. So from the salary we get, we can separate budget for playing gambling,
such a way is better to do.

We can search for new jobs to get paid and make money instead of using our money to playing gambling, which is no guarantee for us to win the games. If we can have a permanent job, I am sure we will not worry about money because we have a source that can help us survive. Playing gambling can occasionally, but buying food is for every day, and every person needs that. This pandemic makes people suffer and it is still hard to survive because their finances can be empty someday if they can not get a source of income. It is better to think about our lives first and not think about unnecessary things that we do not really need.

[electronicash]

What can we do about it, I mean we need some form of distraction as you've said. That's the healthier option compared to not doing anything and become crazy because of being isolated in your house and having nothing to do, you will lose your mind just sitting in your house staring in the wall.

Its not healthy to be caught on this especially if you drain your time playing, since actually there are more valuable things than that and thinking about gambling is the only option to ease our boredom could actually not healthy to us. Maybe its good that we have option if we need to seek fun but its good to balance our life since to much putting your attention on one thing could possibly put us on bad situation. We still have life inside and its better to spend a quality time to our family.

Tell that to the people who has nothing better to do locked in their homes but just gambling. You are right that we should have options but that depends on the person whether they want to make that choice.

there is nothing else to do when you are in the urban area that any moment someone will passby and just hug or shake hands because they wanted to catch up. that's attracting covid so you have to stay inside the house to avoid contact. if possible just keep the eyes on the phone inside the house. those who consider gambling in pandemic times i think are already gambling before the pandemic and they were just reminded they could actually do it online.

in rural areas, however, you can do a lot of things like gardening and whatever you wanna do like sex in the backyard?  

[zanezane]

Online gambling is gaining more and more popularity with regular increase in the userbase. This can be understood just by counting the number of cryptocurrency accepted gambling sites that have come into usage over the last year. The number is big compared to the other years and our forum itself an proof for the same.

This has been happening as a result of people unable to move out of their homes due to the pandemic. This time has been a lucky one for few winning big and majority might've experienced massive losses suffering more during this period.

Also with more people on their homes more often because of the pandemic and the lockdown measures, the user base is guaranteed to go up since people need to find some way to be entertained. I think that when this pandemic is finally over, I am pretty sure that the user base is going to go down.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Tell that to the people who has nothing better to do locked in their homes but just gambling. You are right that we should have options but that depends on the person whether they want to make that choice.

there is nothing else to do when you are in the urban area that any moment someone will passby and just hug or shake hands because they wanted to catch up. that's attracting covid so you have to stay inside the house to avoid contact. if possible just keep the eyes on the phone inside the house. those who consider gambling in pandemic times i think are already gambling before the pandemic and they were just reminded they could actually do it online.

in rural areas, however, you can do a lot of things like gardening and whatever you wanna do like sex in the backyard?  

That's the problem with urban areas but I think that if you have a hobby even before the pandemic, I am sure that you can do other things besides gambling. You can do gardening in an urban area if you have the needed things to do it just to be clear.

[Pamadar]

Tell that to the people who has nothing better to do locked in their homes but just gambling. You are right that we should have options but that depends on the person whether they want to make that choice.

there is nothing else to do when you are in the urban area that any moment someone will passby and just hug or shake hands because they wanted to catch up. that's attracting covid so you have to stay inside the house to avoid contact. if possible just keep the eyes on the phone inside the house. those who consider gambling in pandemic times i think are already gambling before the pandemic and they were just reminded they could actually do it online.

in rural areas, however, you can do a lot of things like gardening and whatever you wanna do like sex in the backyard?  

That's the problem with urban areas but I think that if you have a hobby even before the pandemic, I am sure that you can do other things besides gambling. You can do gardening in an urban area if you have the needed things to do it just to be clear.

If you have practices before this pandemic surely you can easily adjust and not to focus with gambling.

You mentioned those activities that you can do and spend your time, it's good to kill some time if you already feel some boredom in your

boring day, You can also do some online education or find other things that beneficial since you have more time in front of your computers or gadgets you can add some skills by learning it online.

[Lordhermes]

in rural areas, however, you can do a lot of things like gardening and whatever you wanna do like sex in the backyard? 

Before the pandemic, gamblers were already playing bets online but the seriousness wasn't there because its not compulsory, online gambling is very popular now that almost 98% of my country is gambling online, it is very reliable and faster when performing that, and also the payout is extremely quick too.

[TheGreatPython]

Online gambling is gaining more and more popularity with regular increase in the userbase. This can be understood just by counting the number of cryptocurrency accepted gambling sites that have come into usage over the last year. The number is big compared to the other years and our forum itself an proof for the same.

This has been happening as a result of people unable to move out of their homes due to the pandemic. This time has been a lucky one for few winning big and majority might've experienced massive losses suffering more during this period.

People don't have hours now to spend on a physical real-life casino so online gambling is going to grow in coming years. Plus the games you play online are usually higher paying (lesser house edge) as compared to the real casinos where you might enjoy a lot more than an online casino but you will end up losing way more. I have even heard some casinos are rigged so those are other problems.

Personally speaking, why I prefer online gambling to offline is because I am exhausted after a tiring day of work and I hardly have the legs to travel to the casino plus I don't have to dress up and all. I can just open an online casino and play some relaxing slots games and then once tired I can keep the laptop aside and sleep. Online casinos don't just save time but they also save money like I said, we are going to win more at online casinos as compared to offline ones, eventually losing in both though.

[AicecreaME]

Given the pandemic situation that we are currently in, people are thinking and are using alternative ways to adapt from the sudden changes the crisis has caused. The majority are already aware that due to pandemic, safety protocols are already imposed. Limited operations from businesses and leisure activities were mandated by the government. Hence, people opted to do things online.

Online gambling became popular because people have no other choice, but to follow safety measures to secure their health. Leisure errands are prohibited, resulting to increase rate of number of people finding entertainment by gambling online. It was no surprise to find this because especially now that we are confined in the four corners of our home, boredom usually strikes.

I just suggest to still gamble moderately. Bet what you can afford to lose. It's not bad to indulge and enjoy what we want for our mental health's sake, but be a responsible adult and set limitation for yourself.

[Rengga Jati]

Boredom is one of the triggers so many people enter online gambling when it came first this pandemic and lockdown.
Playing online gambling can be done from home, without going to any casino or sports area. Or even it can be one of the ways to spend more time at home because of boredom being lockdown.
However, even the lockdown has ended, many people are still staying here at online gambling.
Why? because this is like a habit where they have been similar playing online gambling during the times and until now it is still.

Moreover, it is actually fun playing gambling online without spending more money to come into casinos

[geegaw]

Online gambling is gaining more and more popularity with regular increase in the userbase. This can be understood just by counting the number of cryptocurrency accepted gambling sites that have come into usage over the last year. The number is big compared to the other years and our forum itself an proof for the same.

This has been happening as a result of people unable to move out of their homes due to the pandemic. This time has been a lucky one for few winning big and majority might've experienced massive losses suffering more during this period.

Don't just count online casinos that accept only crypto, we should count more online casinos that accept cash, this is when they put out a lot of online advertising every day, the number of people attracted to participate is very high when online services are getting quite a lot of attention during the pandemic. The number of people will continue to increase much when the government is not strictly regulating, it is difficult to count the number of people who are bankrupt and addicted to gambling after the government returns to control

[RealMalatesta]

This trend will only continue as people get further used to WFH and just a more digital lifestyle in general following the pandemic. Like it or not, crypto-based casinos are here to stay and are going to generate a significant portion of the usage case for BTC.

Indeed and a lot of people in our community were introduced to bitcoins and then eventually crypto because of these casinos. I still remember when I first joined PD there were new users coming in the chat that time and they used to tell that they wanted a gambling site that doesn't ask for ID proofs and process their withdrawal immediately plus the provably fair game was the cherry on top. Now with sports betting also coming strong with crypto, I agree that crypto casinos/sportsbooks are going to stay here for a long time.

We should also see a healthy shift from traditional online casinos like Bet365 to more crypto based ones over the next few years. People are starting to realise how cumbersome the deposit processes are.

Indeed the traditional methods of deposit and withdrawals are slow and painful while also comes with a fee with each transaction you make. The only problem with crypto casinos is that we still lack a lot of features as compared to some of the rival fiat casinos and even sportsbooks.

[DU18]

Online gambling is gaining more and more popularity with regular increase in the userbase. This can be understood just by counting the number of cryptocurrency accepted gambling sites that have come into usage over the last year. The number is big compared to the other years and our forum itself an proof for the same.

This has been happening as a result of people unable to move out of their homes due to the pandemic. This time has been a lucky one for few winning big and majority might've experienced massive losses suffering more during this period.

maybe currently only a small proportion of casinos do accept crypto payments and it can be said that all existing casinos certainly accept fiat currency payments, I think it will be difficult for the government to prevent the spread of online gambling nowadays, because we all know the government applies taxes that are There is a high level of advertising and online gambling sites, but in my opinion prevention can be imposed if there is a special authority that oversees the spread of online gambling, as was done by the Belgian government recently by tightening the rules for online betting by implementing a deposit limit of € 500 a week, as well as Spain, which imposes a limit on gambling ads that can only be shown for a period of four hours, between 1 and 5 a.m, or even the Latvian government which has officially banned online gambling until the pandemic is over or social boundaries are lifted.

[Furious 7]

Boredom is one of the triggers so many people enter online gambling when it came first this pandemic and lockdown.
Playing online gambling can be done from home, without going to any casino or sports area. Or even it can be one of the ways to spend more time at home because of boredom being lockdown.
However, even the lockdown has ended, many people are still staying here at online gambling.
Why? because this is like a habit where they have been similar playing online gambling during the times and until now it is still.

Moreover, it is actually fun playing gambling online without spending more money to come into casinos

Later, this will become a habit even though the pandemic is over, I see that there is a lot of interest because if you have played 1-2 times then in the future it will be addictive, especially online gambling makes it easier for us just by sitting pretty we can make the shadow wider because gambling is delusion higher.

It is not surprising that in this pandemic boredom, many people will become addicted to their cellphones including online games, online gambling is primarily based online, but indeed what is most worried about is addiction in each of them because this will cost and spend more money for this addiction, including gambling, which has a lot of interest.

[pinggoki]

A few years ago when the pandemic is not yet coming to our economy or when the virus is not yet starting because physical gambling is the hype in which live poker, live tables are the ones who are in the mainstream but due to that pandemic is happening into us. Online gambling becomes more popular than live gambling and it is because of the pandemic in which people are limited to go outside and to lessen the mass gathering that will be brought by live gamblings.

[Silberman]

Poker was the first form of online gambling and got a lot of attention 10 years ago just to eventually not be so important anymore. People tend to prefer live tournaments, the biggest money was always on the physical tables. But due to the pandemic this changed again last year.
I am always glad to see a hype in online gambling because it means that there will be more money coming in for the casinos. And if the casinos make more money they can give more money back to the gamblers through promotions. I probably got in the last 6-12 months more free bets and free games than I got over the last 3 years. I hope that this trend will continue next year so we can all profit from it.

This is probably going to continue for some time, the vaccination around the world is going incredibly slowly and despite the efforts of people and governments and the predictions given the truth is that most likely many people are going to need to spend this year in a lockdown as well and avoid going out as much as possible, which means that many people are going to try to find a way to entertain themselves and online gambling is going to be there to help them out with this.