What's the motive behind the anti gambling campaign

[yazher]

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Gambling is condemned or even considered a great sin in many religions such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism and others. So I am not surprised that in most cases gambling is portrayed in a negative light.  

In some countries, they also banned it and others only allowed some other kind of gambling like lotteries because their alibi is the money they get from it will go to charities in any part of the country. But the other people in those countries will make their own gambling activities even though their government doesn't permit it. That's why even though it would not make any sense, they will let the spider fight each other on the stick just to have something to bet to. if it's not addiction, I don't know what they called it.

[slaman29]

I noticed the same, the topics about negative side effects of gambling grew a lot over the last few months. The main reason behind is that probably more people got into gambling since the corona pandemic. With a higher number of gamblers we will also see more people who lose, even though the chances of losing or didn't really change. Also I think that people have a little bit more time at the moment due do home office and less outdoor activities, so we can talk about our gambling experiences. On top of that is the need to talk to about gambling stronger when we lose than when we are winning. In my culture we tend to be more secretive about money and wouldn't really share with others if we won.

It's quite natural I think, people have spent most of their lives online in regular times, and even more so during lockdown period since last year. Unfortunately, I guess more people gambling (and speculating on crypto haha) and not controlling themselves. Like you said, chances of losing never changes, just more people acting irrational increased.

Same culture as here then. You don't tell anyone you won big unless you want to get robbed or contacted by long lost friends.

[michellee]

Gambling its like habits some people concern it as bad habbits or for some people who are really religous tought gambling also restricted in many religion. but still everybody had different mindset about it as long they only saying it without doing any act against law i think its totally fine.

People should not use gambling as a habit because that can make them in trouble if they do not have control. But we can not blame them because that will make their decision to play gambling and spend much money as we are not responsible for their money. But we can suggest they not stay at the gambling place for such a long time because that can make them play gambling games longer than others.

[AmoreJaz]

Everywhere I look, all I see are negative comments made about money lost gambling. Mental illness associated with gambling and anything that can illustrate gambling in a negative light.

As someone who considers themselves to be a profitable gambler. The trend of covering only the negative side of the industry puzzles me.

Why is there never mention of the winners.

to keep people from being inspired from all the stories about winning in gambling and to hopefully scare them enough to start gambling or at least be cautious about the dangers of gambling. gambling is a dangerous game, hobby, or profession (whatever you like to call them) that could destroy the lives of a person and families. and besides what do you think would be the percentage between the people who won in gambling that changed or help their lives to the ones that lost and destroyed or made lives harder because of losing in gambling?

To me there is a question of whether the media's negative coverage of gambling is intended to protect people who make bad gambling or investment decisions. Or is it intended to deprive people like me of opportunities to make money.

I'd say the first one. gambling can have devastating consequences to the gambler and possibly to the people around them I.e family or close friends.

let us admit the fact that once a gambler becomes addicted, the consequences are really not good, not good for him and not good for his immediate family. very few can emerge victorious in this game and this can ruin the life of those that can't control anymore their gambling habits. gambling is a good source of entertainment if you know how to handle yourself esp when it comes to financial aspect. but as you go deep in this game, that's when the problem starts to unravel.
this is why the media don't want it to promote in a positive light, as it may perceive in wrong point of view.

[leea-1334]

Because there are too few of a winners compared to losers in gambling, also gambling isn't a healthy habit to have since it is a vice and it can be addicting. The motive behind the campaign is that they want to help people deter from possibility of gambling addiction.

It is not a simple straightforward thing as "too few winners compared to losers" because in that case any type of money business would be illegal (even trading, which statistically has more losers than winners).

It's more about the addiction issues like any other vice, and perhaps,,, religious aspects from some quarters.

[AicecreaME]

Sadly, gambling always sees as a negative thing on the community because of people getting addicted to it, on how they lose their sanity as well as their families. But in my opinion, gambling shouldn't be blame on this, because it is our decision to play or not to play gambling, to risk or not to risk our money, simple as that. The only reason why Government is giving gambling industry a hard time because of those people that are not being responsible to themselves.

If you're playing gambling and lost your money as well as your will on living, please blame yourself because of being too careless to think what lies ahead in your future while playing gambling. Playing gambling doesn't mean you're gonna win every time you'll place a bet, it's like a wheel that sometimes you're on the top, and sometimes you're below.

[Lakai01]

Addiction should be the focus and not the gambling
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I think that's a bit short-sighted if you relate such anti-gambling campaigns only to preventing addictions. If that were the case, there would have to be massive campaigns against everything else that could be addictive, e.g. alcohol, cigarettes, the use of smartphones, ...

Anti-gambling campaigns usually target a branch that does not bring revenue to the state: Illegal gambling. You will hardly find campaigns against "traditional" gambling, especially in western countries, because the state earns too much money with it.

[bitzizzix]

Sadly, gambling always sees as a negative thing on the community because of people getting addicted to it, on how they lose their sanity as well as their families. But in my opinion, gambling shouldn't be blame on this, because it is our decision to play or not to play gambling, to risk or not to risk our money, simple as that. The only reason why Government is giving gambling industry a hard time because of those people that are not being responsible to themselves.

If you're playing gambling and lost your money as well as your will on living, please blame yourself because of being too careless to think what lies ahead in your future while playing gambling. Playing gambling doesn't mean you're gonna win every time you'll place a bet, it's like a wheel that sometimes you're on the top, and sometimes you're below.

Gambling is always viewed negatively because there will be more losses than profits and there are still many negative sides that can harm players and even cause death.
in fact it is their right to do so and should run the risk of engaging in gambling for too long or becoming addicted because anything can be done beyond common sense.
and the reason the government makes it difficult for the gambling industry is because their uncontrolled actions can commit criminal acts or anything that can harm other people as well as themselves.
and in my opinion entering the gambling industry also requires intelligence, knowledge and maturity to control it, in contrast to those who are ignorant who have nothing to control it.

[acener]

I think it is due to the number of actual winners who are willing to share their stories,
And of course they also know the risk and doesn't want to be the reason of someone else misfortune on gambling since their stories could attract others to play and try their luck.
And of course they might also be thinking about how others would react to their story they might get negative comments out of it compared to those who would write a story about how they lost on gambling.

[justdimin]

There are always big losers and big winners in every industry. And don't understand why gambling is being painted in a light where only the big losers are acknowledged.

Big losers and winners may happen only under PvP environment but most gambling are being played in PvH manner. So, there would be plenty of chances for seeing losers alone as houses are the ultimate winner in the end. Never believe into gambling house's promotions on big winning; because, most of the times those winners are fake or inside people.

Fantasy sports is illegal in my US state.

That must be a gift for you from your responsible government.

whether the media's negative coverage of gambling is intended to protect people who make bad gambling or investment decisions.

If you consider media or this community or your neighbor/friend, all will share about negatives of gambling but only casinos will share about big wins. From this, realize who will probably lie.

[avikz]

It's more of a social taboo in majority of the countries rather than an organized campaign. Gambling is seen in a bad light due to the social and religious structure, especially in poor countries. The same goes with alcohol as well and again due to the social and religious structure in many countries.

But gambling addiction is real. I have seen people lost crazy amount of money and then got into debt trap due to their gambling addiction. So we shouldn't take that aspect lightly.

[YOSHIE]

The trend of covering only the negative side of the industry puzzles me.

I assume that every gambling addict / bettor has different types of actions and is motivated differently to determine win and lose, negative and positive.

Example:
• Gambling addicts sometimes have what is called a 'chase target'. These addicts generally don't want to publish wins and losses, they win small amounts stop playing and continue the next day.
• The next type is' amateurs or hobbies emotional / angry, this type they like to make trouble if they lose spreading negative news to gambling sites if they lose and if they win this kind of addict will cover up their winnings.
• and the other type is 'Serious but Relaxed' addicts who have this type they can't guess, win and lose, only those who know.

Out of the three characters / types of gambling addicts, I don't think all gambling bettors will complain negatively if they lose, partly as I mentioned.

[carlfebz2]

I think it is due to the number of actual winners who are willing to share their stories,
And of course they also know the risk and doesn't want to be the reason of someone else misfortune on gambling since their stories could attract others to play and try their luck.
And of course they might also be thinking about how others would react to their story they might get negative comments out of it compared to those who would write a story about how they lost on gambling.

Not only basing up with the number which would really be less knowing that gambling does generate lots of losers that winners thats why it isnt surprising that we would see lots of
wrecked up life stories compared to those who had been profitable or make some considerable wins.

Of course for privacy purposes they wont really be sharing it up plus also not all would really be that something open to share up in regards to that manner.

Gambling does always have negative impression and its true that this neither be in religious or social aspects but actually im not really that against though.

[BITCOIN4X]

What I can understand from this anti-gambling campaign aims to increase public awareness of avoiding gambling by providing fact about the problems that gambling often causes. This can be done to reduce the number of problem gamblers who fail to control their time and money for gambling. Gambling that crosses financial boundaries has created huge problem for gamblers as well as for the government and that is the reason why the anti-gambling campaign is being carried out imo.

[Fortify]

Everywhere I look, all I see are negative comments made about money lost gambling. Mental illness associated with gambling and anything that can illustrate gambling in a negative light.

As someone who considers themselves to be a profitable gambler. The trend of covering only the negative side of the industry puzzles me.

Why is there never mention of the winners.

I see very little negativity about gambling in this section, quite the opposite in fact with 95% of people happily making predictions and recommendations. That should never hide the fact that gambling is a business, a business is designed to make money for it's owners and that requires making money from customers. If you're playing certain games like slots or roulette you are mathematically destined to hand all your money over to the house in the long run. You might be able to get a slight edge in sports betting, but gaming institutions taking the other side of the best generally have more information to make informed decisions. Ultimately gambling has one underlying theme that a lot of people cannot admit to themselves - that they are generally bad at calculating the correct odds. Those who are good at calculating odds will generally gravitate to games like poker or blackjack where they might be able to scrape out a living, but even that is a super competitive market. It's not being negative, it is being realistic.

[LTU_btc]

Personally, I would put gambling advertising in the same place as alcochol advertisements. It shouldn't be banned, but there should warnings about potential dangers of it. These things is fun when everything is controlled, but when it turns into addiction, it's big issue. Yeah, some people win, some even win millions, but in reality, majority simply lose money. People lose homes, jobs, families because gambling addiction. There is no need to look into gambling through rose-tinted glasses. Banning of it isn't solution, advertising also shouldn't be forbidden, but there should be warnings and some social respinsibility.

[Hydrogen]

I don't know about gambling addiction. Discussion on the topic sounds like an origins story of prohibition to me. The idea that people cannot make good decisions with alcohol, gambling or guns. And that the state should naturally take those freedoms and choices away from people. Is that something that most agree with? I don't agree with simply banning things due to the lowest common denominator of people failing to make responsible choices. For those who support marijuana legalization, isn't the reason for it being banned virtually identical to the anti gambling push being made now?

There definitely are people who consistently profit from fantasy sports and gambling. Most keep a low profile and don't talk about their winnings. They don't want recognition or attention. They simply want to keep making money.

I'm still not seeing much of a difference between gambling, lotteries and stock markets.

Bill Hwang lost $8 billion in 10 days during the Archegos meltdown, reports say

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bill-hwang-lost-8-billion-during-archegos-meltdown-reports-say-2021-4-1030272030

This man lost billions on the stock market.

Where are news stories and experts condemning stock market gambling addiction?

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I'm certain there are people who make bad choices in gambling who are addicted. It could be fair to say, those people have problems that go far beyond gambling or addiction.

[harizen]

This man lost billions on the stock market.

Where are news stories and experts condemning stock market gambling addiction?

What's the follow-up story to this after losing? How does that man deal with his loss? Did he become crazy? bullish*t? an assh*le? theft? irresponsible person?

In gambling, even losing $50-$100 can turn a person into crazy and wild behavior that's why we can fairly say that gambling needs more to be paid attention in terms of advertising prevention or safety, at least, than anything else. Imagine, with just a low amount, a person can start gambling unlike in stocks that aside you need some capital, you need to learn first the basics which are boring to others. Comparing losing in stocks to the usual gambling is somehow not appropriate as they have different natures and how people risking money at both.

[xSkylarx]

To me there is a question of whether the media's negative coverage of gambling is intended to protect people who make bad gambling or investment decisions. Or is it intended to deprive people like me of opportunities to make money.

On the other side, if media shows many people have won in gambling and were able to change their life for the better, this will just attract more people to try their luck into gambling. Some of those people could ruin their life if they got addicted and went into debt. Not all people can be successful in the gambling industry, those who make it a living have a good discipline either if they win or lose and they have a stable source of income not just a day job. People who ruin their life in gambling are often desperate to earn more money because their job is not enough to provide for their responsibilities.

[Saint-loup]

I think the sad truth is, people who lose big money gambling. Are the same people who would lose big money investing in the stock market. Some demographics simply don't make good financial decisions. There are always big losers and big winners in every industry. And don't understand why gambling is being painted in a light where only the big losers are acknowledged.

No I disagree with you. Unless you don't believe in chance/randomness and you think some people will have bad luck whatever they will do and others will have good luck whatever they will do, you can't say people will always have the same odds to win and lose in different games.
Even in skill games, different games require different faculties, so odds to win won't be the same for a same player at all these games.