What's the motive behind the anti gambling campaign

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That campaign is great to spread awareness, because gambling is only for those who have extra money and afford to lose it, ordinary people should not depend on their luck in gambling, that’s too risky. I have a friend who sold his own car because of gambling, he undergoes to rehabilitation and fortunately he’s fine now. Just enjoy gambling and yes, always have time limit on playing and practice budgeting.

Maybe this is what a lot of people can't control from the anti gambling campaign so the government will have a survey of this bad impact and maybe the anti gambling campaign just wants to prevent the spread of addiction that continues to be experienced when the control is not controlled by oneself.
Indeed, in gambling, many are trapped, not only your friends, my brother is addicted so he has spent a lot of assets, including his real estate business, which was destroyed because gambling games could not recover, therefore the prohibition is not a problem so it is included in the regulation of how to do it applied, but for me stay calm in facing all this.

[peter0425]

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.

I get your point and that is simply correct but also they are depriving people that want to gamble and want to spend their money legally .

becoming an addict in gambling is our own responsibility and stupidity , we must study first every details in what we are entering and this is how gamble must be treated .

[michellee]

That campaign is great to spread awareness, because gambling is only for those who have extra money and afford to lose it, ordinary people should not depend on their luck in gambling, that’s too risky. I have a friend who sold his own car because of gambling, he undergoes to rehabilitation and fortunately he’s fine now. Just enjoy gambling and yes, always have time limit on playing and practice budgeting.

Maybe this is what a lot of people can't control from the anti gambling campaign so the government will have a survey of this bad impact and maybe the anti gambling campaign just wants to prevent the spread of addiction that continues to be experienced when the control is not controlled by oneself.
Indeed, in gambling, many are trapped, not only your friends, my brother is addicted so he has spent a lot of assets, including his real estate business, which was destroyed because gambling games could not recover, therefore the prohibition is not a problem so it is included in the regulation of how to do it applied, but for me stay calm in facing all this.

If the government is concerned with their people and they see the number of addicted people increase to this pandemic, they need to do something to help them. They can use the anti-gambling campaign to make their people realize how dangerous gambling and what the impact that people will get in the future. Many people lose their control while playing gambling, but they do not realize that until someone tells them and asks them to get the test if they are addicted to gambling. We control ourselves and not controlled by gambling and we need to have self-control while playing gambling.

[Kasabus]

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.

I get your point and that is simply correct but also they are depriving people that want to gamble and want to spend their money legally .

becoming an addict in gambling is our own responsibility and stupidity , we must study first every details in what we are entering and this is how gamble must be treated .

If we have no solution other than banning gambling, then this world will not be a better place to live.

Just think of cigarettes, we know it's bad for our health but it's not banned, why was that?
Another one is liquor, it could make people make a bad decision when under the influence of liquor, why it's not banned?

Simple because there are people who are responsible enough who know the risk, and they were able to manage it effectively.

[ultrloa]

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.

I get your point and that is simply correct but also they are depriving people that want to gamble and want to spend their money legally .

becoming an addict in gambling is our own responsibility and stupidity , we must study first every details in what we are entering and this is how gamble must be treated .

If we have no solution other than banning gambling, then this world will not be a better place to live.

Just think of cigarettes, we know it's bad for our health but it's not banned, why was that?
Another one is liquor, it could make people make a bad decision when under the influence of liquor, why it's not banned?

Simple because there are people who are responsible enough who know the risk, and they were able to manage it effectively.

Well its different if you used to play gambling everyday but I'm sure you will get used to it since there are so many alternatives in the world that we can spend our times on.

Also don't be surprised if they didn't ban the cigarretes and liquor since it really gives huge taxes to the government so maybe their intention on why they do that anti gambling campaign is to do a regulation and they can ask a higher taxes from gambling operators.

[virasisog]

There are only few gambling winners compared to the number of people who lost all their life savings in gambling. Not all people who had good fortunes in gambling had a good life. You can find it all over the internet, people who had hit a jackpot and lost it all in am instant due to poor financial management.

[AicecreaME]

Why would it affect you though? You are just a player and most anti-gambling campaigns are targeted mostly on the gambling businesses that profits out of the "irresponsible" gamblers that you are saying. The taxes that the gambling industry is heavily written off so I don't think that we are going to be happy about that too.

Even if he's just a player it could still potentially affect him because just like what OP said the media focuses on the losers and it's only going to encourage the government to do something about it. While that's true the government are making money off gambling they will still look for ways to limit gambling when possible. Iirc Australia has one of the biggest average loss per gambler and they're starting to curb gambling by making it illegal.

Furthermore anti-gambling campaigns turn the common opinion of the society against gamblers. People start seeing them in a wrong way, as all gamblers were sick, irresponsible, mentally ill or unstable, because that is the portrait of gamblers exhibited in propagandas, movies, soap operas, news... When we see negative representations of gamblers' behavior on those campaigns, we never see an attached disclosure message pointing out that only a small percentage of total gamblers are actually problem gamblers. They represent the situation luring the public to believe every gamblers are addicted and impulsive individuals.

So it's accurate to suppose gamblers feel offended by such campaigns.

Anti-gambling campaign I guess works only on gambling platforms and casinos that has no business permit that's consider as illegal, and mostly people are addicted to those illegal gambling because they can't afford to play in a casino, so in short, gambling addiction is really hard to prevent since people will always find a way to gamble secretly.

Besides, it's their choices to play gambling, however, their logic seems not working because after they lost their money in gambling, they will ask help to their local Government for food, how ironic.

[Chato1977]

There are only few gambling winners compared to the number of people who lost all their life savings in gambling. Not all people who had good fortunes in gambling had a good life. You can find it all over the internet, people who had hit a jackpot and lost it all in am instant due to poor financial management.

Exactly the point here , there are majority who loss while only few whos lucky enough to say gambling is really profitable.
that made sense about the campaign and why there are many supports .

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.

I get your point and that is simply correct but also they are depriving people that want to gamble and want to spend their money legally .

becoming an addict in gambling is our own responsibility and stupidity , we must study first every details in what we are entering and this is how gamble must be treated .

If we have no solution other than banning gambling, then this world will not be a better place to live.

Just think of cigarettes, we know it's bad for our health but it's not banned, why was that?
Another one is liquor, it could make people make a bad decision when under the influence of liquor, why it's not banned?

Simple because there are people who are responsible enough who know the risk, and they were able to manage it effectively.

Then who are you on that? the one who responsible in gambling or the one knows this bad yet still doing?

[plr]

The majority of people perceive gambling to be evil and the harm outweighs the benefits, that is why so many people are against gambling and promote hate against gambling, that is why we responsible gamblers should educate people on how and when to gamble, yes there is an opportunity make money from gambling but in any way that we will make a living out of it, very few people can do this.

[aioc]

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.

It's because many people are losing money than winning, I don't know the percentage it could be 90% are losing money from gambling, and those who win from gambling there's a possibility that they also lose a lot of money, the good side of gambling is not about making a lot of money but rather having fun and get entertainment, gambling is exciting if there is no pressure from winning money.

[Woodie]

A coin has two sides and if people what to give one side of the story without telling the other, am afraid this so called awareness campaign will fall on deaf ears, but I still appreciate their efforts because gambling can sometimes get the better of you especially if you lose quite a lot.

[uneng]

Besides, it's their choices to play gambling, however, their logic seems not working because after they lost their money in gambling, they will ask help to their local Government for food, how ironic.

Yes, many people rely on their governments to guarantee their basic needs nowadays because they are very poor and/or because they are unable to manage their finances correctly in a sustainable way on long run. But it doesn't happen only with gamblers. I see many people who have more children they can afford to sustain, alcohol and drugs addicted, all of them taking money from the government.
So it's actually not an issue caused by gambling, instead it's caused solely by human irresponsibility. Anyway it's really an absurd situation because who is giving free money to these people isn't actually the government, but the other citizens who sustain the government.

[adzino]

I haven't seen any anti gambling campaign to be honest (or probably I have seen it but just ignored it). Their maybe some, but it's not pushed as aggressively as you think. You say that you are a profitable gambler. Maybe you are lucky. Not everyone can be a profitable gambler. You are making profit because someone else is losing. If everyone ends up being a "profitable gambler", casinos will go out of business.

Why is there never mention of the winners.

WE WON A MILLION DOLLARS PLAYING FANTASY FOOTBALL

Because they do not want to promote gambling. Where do you think that million dollar came from? Obviously a group of people altogether lost a million dollar to fund that one winner.

[Kelvinid]

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.

It's because many people are losing money than winning, I don't know the percentage it could be 90% are losing money from gambling, and those who win from gambling there's a possibility that they also lose a lot of money, the good side of gambling is not about making a lot of money but rather having fun and get entertainment, gambling is exciting if there is no pressure from winning money.

What I know is that the gambling industry is a profitable industry, this is called entertainment so it's just normal to see them profitable.

The logic is very simple, when you want entertainment in gambling, you spend, and when you spend that means you lose money and casinos will be the recipient of that.  Don't get confused by our chance, I think 10% of the total number is so high, most gamblers are losers, some are making money but those are the professional, probably 1% only.

[smyslov]

Gambling is one of the riskiest game in the planet if you have no control you can lose everything in an instant, all those who are against gambling and doing a crusade against gambling have seen the evil and the worst of gambling, even the winners are not safe from the dangers of gambling, the only good thing on gambling is if we have a mindset that we are just going to enjoy it and allocate money that we can lose.

[SquallLeonhart]

I don't think the anti-gambling movement or what you say is doing anything wrong, honestly.

You just can't compare gambling to any other job, a guy who maybe a big loser in gambling can be quite productive worker and can earn good money by hard work. It's not at all good to compare them, because they aren't even the same. It's so gross to generalize a loser in gambling= a loser in real world!

Gambling has destructive conclusions and many, millions of people lose family, money, respect and many even commit suicide and hence many countries has made it illegal as well.

Obviously it is a negative thing, you just can't say it's a good thing because you think it's good and easy way to make money? It's not lol, even when you win big, you will simply lose it all at the end because of our human all-time greedy nature, and almost all religions as well consider it a sin.

I mean "sheik" I understand you may not see anti gambling people that bad, but in the modern world we have always based our beliefs on the fact that "if someone is not hurting someone else, nobody should stop that person from hurting themselves", there are people who are against people doing many things, sure gambling is not as severe as that but there are religious people trying to stop people from doing things all around the world, this is wrong, very wrong, in the modern world because if a person is not hurting you or doing anything that even slightly touches your life, then you cannot touch their life neither.

Anyone who gambles just gambles and if they lose money then they lose money and it has nothing to do with us, he didn't do anything remotely related to us, so we can't say anything or do anything against him neither, that is how the world works. If you start deciding what others can or can't do then the world becomes dictatorship.

[Mahanton]

Gambling is one of the riskiest game in the planet if you have no control you can lose everything in an instant, all those who are against gambling and doing a crusade against gambling have seen the evil and the worst of gambling, even the winners are not safe from the dangers of gambling, the only good thing on gambling is if we have a mindset that we are just going to enjoy it and allocate money that we can lose.

Gambling isnt evil, the only evil thing is into someones intentions on it, if you do treat this is as a source of income or treating it a thing for you to get rich and this is where mistakes or problems
do happen on where peoples intentions arent really on the right point.Gambling is for entertainment but people are overexerting on things which is the wrong stuff and when government do sees
it on the negative side where its citizens is already going into the wrong path of addiction then this is where they do making out these kind of bans and prohibitions but
actually these things wont exist if people are really just engaging on it on the right way.

[chaser15]

the one who responsible in gambling or the one knows this bad yet still doing?

What do you actually mean by "knows this bad yet still doing"?

The whole context here is, gambling is not as bad as you think. Should we really have to blame gambling for those people who end up worst?

If we fall into the worst-case scenario, then it's us who should be blamed. That's why we need to reach the level of being responsible gamblers at any cost.

[batang_bitcoin]

That will never stop. There will always be those articles and reminders that people shouldn't gamble because it only brings disaster to everyone's lives. It's also always giving that reason about mental sickness and OP got it right. But somehow, there's also basis for having that reason because some gamblers that have been found to be addicted needs to seek and have a mental help. I understand that they're too mindful to not everyone fall into addiction but they should also be transparent what it can do to the economy and a few professional gamblers.

[goaldigger]

Gambling is one of the riskiest game in the planet if you have no control you can lose everything in an instant, all those who are against gambling and doing a crusade against gambling have seen the evil and the worst of gambling, even the winners are not safe from the dangers of gambling, the only good thing on gambling is if we have a mindset that we are just going to enjoy it and allocate money that we can lose.

Those who understand gambling will share their good and bad experiences to the newbies so they can spread awareness and prevent someone from losing big money. This anti gambling campaign is not about ruining the reputation of any casinos or any gambling site, this is just a warning and a guide for every gambler. Its all up to you if you’re going to take the risk, at least those people didn’t stop from spreading such information to help you out on this trap.