Should online gambling companies be responsible for harm related activities?

[Rruchi man]

Most online gambling companies claim that they are ethical providers who are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.

They propose,  that their CSR are targeted at preventing or minimizing the harm associated with their activities. However,  we are aware that those who are severely addicted to gambling have shown several mental and physical health, social relationships and academic and work performance issues.

Have these companies taken any steps to minimize the harm related to online gambling?  Is their CSR functional? Not all bet sites encourage responsible gambling because they rely on revenue from the losses of  gambling addicts. My question is, should online gambling companies be responsible for the harm related to their activities because of their current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies?

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[ralle14]

I don't think they should be responsible because just like with any other addictions you can't put the blame on the source knowing they're not forcing their customers to consume the product. But gambling sites are trying their best to come up with a few solutions as long as their players are willing to admit their addiction. The main issue with online gambling addiction is that most gambling sites only have limited solutions since they can only put restrictions within the site. It could affect the gambler in some way but it all comes down on how he'll react or control his addiction knowing that he can always open another account on a different site.

[dothebeats]

It is out of the scope of what they offer. It is the people themselves who are inflicting harm toward others, and you can't expect a gambling platform to police such activities especially if it's outside their premises.

You can always seek law enforcement help should there be any cases involving you and others around you wherein physical harm is already inflicted, or the intention to harm anyone else is already there. CSR on gambling platforms are only enforced within their platform's premises, and once you step out of their place or hopped off of your PC/mobile after a gambling session, you are your own person and you control whatever actions you will do in the next moments and the gambling platform is no longer involved in whatever you will do.

[avikz]

Most online gambling companies claim that they are ethical providers who are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.

They propose,  that their CSR are targeted at preventing or minimizing the harm associated with their activities. However,  we are aware that those who are severely addicted to gambling have shown several mental and physical health, social relationships and academic and work performance issues.

Have these companies taken any steps to minimize the harm related to online gambling?  Is their CSR functional? Not all bet sites encourage responsible gambling because they rely on revenue from the losses of  gambling addicts. My question is, should online gambling companies be responsible for the harm related to their activities because of their current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies?

Your point sounded very similar to this one - should a stock exchange be responsible for the losses stock investors make? What are they doing to minimize the potential loss?

Just doesn't make sense! Gambling is a business. If a gambler can't control their addiction, it's the fault of the gambler itself. What about governments who are making billions of dollars of revenue from gambling taxes? What are the governments doing for the gamblers?

There's no straight forward answer to it! It's an ecosystem and everyone is a stakeholder to this ecosystem. Majority of the online casinos are registered in Curacao and I don't think Curacao license requires CSR activities. It's mostly applicable for land based casinos and also depends on the country of registration and operation. Whatever the case, a casino must not be help responsible for the addiction.

[iv4n]

Take responsibility for your actions! You can't blame others every time something bad happens to you! Nothing can harm you except yourself!
If someone is not aware of what gambling is, and about the things that go wrong in gambling, it's not an excuse! Inform yourself better about the things you are planning to do! Simply, when playing with fire there's always a risk of burning yourself, and in case you get burned you can't blame the fire cause it's hot!

[Zilon]

You should have in mind that this online casinos and gambling sites happen to be someone's investment and has such this investors came to make some profits from peoples carelessness. I might not really blame them that much if the don't take responsibility because some gamblers get engrossed in their selfish desires to acquire wealth overnight and ends up blowing off their resources and secondly how would this online casinos know when you have exceeded your budget since the don't know your income. Every gambler should try hard to adopt decipline.

[South Park]

Most online gambling companies claim that they are ethical providers who are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.

They propose,  that their CSR are targeted at preventing or minimizing the harm associated with their activities. However,  we are aware that those who are severely addicted to gambling have shown several mental and physical health, social relationships and academic and work performance issues.

Have these companies taken any steps to minimize the harm related to online gambling?  Is their CSR functional? Not all bet sites encourage responsible gambling because they rely on revenue from the losses of  gambling addicts. My question is, should online gambling companies be responsible for the harm related to their activities because of their current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies?

I personally disagree, each person is responsible for their actions and if they cannot control them they are still responsible as they brought themselves to that point on their own, so this idea of passing the costs to someone else while on the surface is noble I disagree with it, it is like blaming bitcoin because a person lost their money to a scammer, are we sorry about it? Of course, is bitcoin responsible? Of course not, bitcoin is just a platform and the same is true for those casinos.

[bitzizzix]

I think it's beyond his responsibility, actually you know the risks of playing gambling and if you know and that risk comes to you why do you keep doing it and you have to accept the consequences and you have to accept if it happens to you.
and there is no compulsion to do so and whatever happens beyond their responsibility if they become addicts, the source is only provided and depends on all who use it properly and correctly, gambling is just entertainment and beyond that their own fault cannot control themselves.

[acroman08]

My question is, should online gambling companies be responsible for the harm related to their activities because of their current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies

but why? these are adults that are capable of thinking for themselves. why should other people be responsible for the mistakes they made? are they only targeting the gambling industry because the industry gets its revenue from gamblers(may be addicted or not) because it looks unethical?

also, @OP I suggest citing your source.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Most online gambling companies claim that they are ethical providers who are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.

They propose,  that their CSR are targeted at preventing or minimizing the harm associated with their activities. However,  we are aware that those who are severely addicted to gambling have shown several mental and physical health, social relationships and academic and work performance issues.

Have these companies taken any steps to minimize the harm related to online gambling?  Is their CSR functional? Not all bet sites encourage responsible gambling because they rely on revenue from the losses of  gambling addicts. My question is, should online gambling companies be responsible for the harm related to their activities because of their current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies?

Well, there are many online casino companies that if they are committed to this cause, and with other causes that do not have to do with addiction, as well as the charitable works that are also things that stand out.

In addition, there is no law that forces platforms to comply with this, so those who make it in some way life will reward you with more bonanza for your platforms. An idea that occurs to me is that many platforms could meet and assign a percentage of their profits to offer help for those who are very committed to addiction, could be born from here in this thread. I have worked for some companies and incredibly companies that do charities or help the most in need come out rapidly from their crises quickly.

[ryzaadit]

Even they're trying to responsible and helping a person who got a gambling problem.

The only problem someone who got a gambling problem always hides this fact they're to scare or even shame to share with other, and some of the situation while they're sharing this problem to closest person or other person curses them just because doing a gambling activity is a bad thing for them. The only problem for this one from my perspective, is sharing your problem gambling activity.

[dbc23]

I would say no but the can help their customers manage how much the spend on gambling on either monthly or weekly base. But holding the companies accountable for an adults mismanagement of funds is a big no on my path. Before an individual would choose to gamble such should calculate his income and then decide on how much to risk not wasting resources and then seeking whom to blame

[Woodie]

Have these companies taken any steps to minimize the harm related to online gambling?  Is their CSR functional?

I think it's easier for gambling companies that are setup IRL to perform their CSR against gambling addiction when they see their players occasionally were they can tell if their patrons is in their right mental state or stressed because of gambling unlike online were it's difficult to monitor every players gambling patterns to offer some counseling to help them.

My question is, should online gambling companies be responsible for the harm related to their activities because of their current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies?

For starters there is an age limit for you to play on these platforms and If you are agree to their terms and conditions, you are pretty much saying you can make sound decisions which makes it your responsibility and not the gambling campanies.

[Renampun]

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I see that many online casino companies do not carry out the CSR...

online gambling addicts do not only come from developed countries, many also come from developing countries that do not legalize gambling. In countries that do not legalize gambling, those who are addicted to gambling must pay for themselves to recover. some online gambling casinos say that they have done CSR by donating to charities but I think that alone is not enough.

[harizen]

There's always a provided section for Responsible Gaming on every gambling platform, at most. But I doubt gamblers really read and understand those terms.

We shouldn't blame the gambling platforms for such irresponsible acts of their customers because of gambling activity. It's beyond their control. Being a responsible gambler should be worked and improved by us.

In such cases that a gambler is now out of control, a close person can help them. Not a direct responsibility of the gambling operators as no way, or impossible to monitor all of their client's activity.

[ralle14]

I see that many online casino companies do not carry out the CSR...

online gambling addicts do not only come from developed countries, many also come from developing countries that do not legalize gambling. In countries that do not legalize gambling, those who are addicted to gambling must pay for themselves to recover. some online gambling casinos say that they have done CSR by donating to charities but I think that alone is not enough.

No matter what casinos do it's always not enough to stop most of their players addiction because like i've said there's way around these restrictions and I remember some casinos even have the gambling awareness logo on their site but there are people that still complain.

One of the worst things is that some gamblers even tried to freeroll casinos with the help of these solution and I guess that's why other casinos don't even bother offering solutions.

[Fortify]

Most online gambling companies claim that they are ethical providers who are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.

They propose,  that their CSR are targeted at preventing or minimizing the harm associated with their activities. However,  we are aware that those who are severely addicted to gambling have shown several mental and physical health, social relationships and academic and work performance issues.

Have these companies taken any steps to minimize the harm related to online gambling?  Is their CSR functional? Not all bet sites encourage responsible gambling because they rely on revenue from the losses of  gambling addicts. My question is, should online gambling companies be responsible for the harm related to their activities because of their current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies?

I absolutely think that a global standard should be put in place that allows people to self exclude from any and all gambling sites for a selected period of time. You don't need to gamble in order to find entertainment so nobody will be adversely affected outside the gambling company shareholders taking home a slightly smaller profit share. Unfortunately this practice is often localized to a specific country and international sites allow people to get around such blocks. Gambling, like any addiction, can be a tough habit to shake and just like we support smokers who are trying to quit cigarettes - we should definitely be supporting people who's gambling addiction is out of control. Far too many people here seem to shame people who need external assistance when trying to break the habit, it's quite shocking really.

[BITCOIN4X]

Anyone can gamble as long as they know the rules of the game and are willing to be responsible for what is caused by the gambling. The gambling site will not be responsible for anything related to the problem faced by the players that it agrees to when registering. That's why it's good to read the T&Cs and be a responsible gambler.

I would like to ask, is it possible for you to hold the site accountable when addiction and heavy losses are experienced by gamblers? I do not.

[AhmadM]

My question is, should online gambling companies be responsible for the harm related to their activities because of their current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies?

I think those CSR on every online casino are used as references and applied the advice of the service for gamblers in order to reduce its addiction if at some extent people feel got addicted to gambling. After all every single person that comes to online casinos are adults who supposed to take responsibility for all of their own activities, it isn't necessary for online casinos to fully accompany the customers on taking rehabilitation.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Gambling seems to be painted as though it was a vice these days. Seriously, it's no more a bad sh*t like it is to drinking beer! I can almost categories them to be about the same thing.
Gambling and Gaking Beer is rated age sixteen and its advised to drink responsible as well as for you as a gambler to gamble responsible. Yet people get drunk and commit the actual vice without the brewery being crucified for it and so is expected of gambling platforms too. They are barely responsible for what a person does with his or her freewill after passing out informations on a responsible gambling.

Besides, even in the event that a gambler should put out a huge stake and he or she is being warned for it, the gambler is sure to have a mixed feeling if he or she is being warned due to a potential win and would still push on. Gamblers are entirely responsible for there actions!