Euro 2020 caused a spike in gambling issues

[Silberman]

As we know gambling addictions and all kind of addictions went up during the pandemic as people tried to find a way to cope with the stress of being on their homes, however it seems that the return of live sports is causing problems to some gamblers that have been struggling with addiction as a charity organization revealed the event caused a spike of 28% on the helpline calls they received during that time, this is problematic as those that developed the habit during the pandemic were very limited on the number of events they could bet on, but as restrictions are lifted the options increased and they have no way to deal with this.

What do you think would be the best option to those that are experimenting these issues right now? Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?


https://news.sky.com/story/euro-2020-tournament-caused-spike-in-gambling-problems-says-charity-which-warns-of-return-of-live-sports-12387574

[Kittygalore]

That's a bit of an old news I think since it's a Euro 2020. For me though, I think that it's best if they don't intervene, it's just a spike and it's good for the business and businesses get taxed, why would they care for the people now? I don't think preventing them from watching sports is the best thing to do here, probably making an intervention in terms of rehabilitation and therapy could help.

[coupable]

What do you think would be the best option to those that are experimenting these issues right now? Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

I think this is a psychologic problem that need the interfer of a doctor. This doesn't mean that this may help him stop gambling forever, but it can help them avoid the fact to gambe without control.
In psychology, it's called "behavioral addiction" and its activity won't decrease by just stop watching sports forever as long as it's impossible.
From another perspective, did those who stopped gambling during the pandemic in late 2020 continue after the champions back this year ?

[hello_good_sir]

Of course, if you are a problem gambler then you need to seek out help.

However, more gambling volume necessarily means that there will be higher numbers of problem gambling - the sample size has now increased.

Shutting the entire sport down for a few bad apples is simply unfeasible. But I do agree that there should be support measures that are provided/funded by sportsbooks, including voluntary self-exclusion, but there is only so much you can do without ruining the entire industry.

[Fatunad]

What do you think would be the best option to those that are experimenting these issues right now? Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

Gambling addiction is something that cant really be resolved out and trying to look into those countries which do ban up gambling but still the problem do still exist. Why? Due to accessibility or with the technology
today then its really inevitable for someone to find up ways for them to gamble.It doesnt matter if an online casino or would really be connecting through sports betting or something like that.
Addiction is something a personal issue and cant be resolved out no matter what other external help or solutions would really set in.

[Kyraishi]

What do you think would be the best option to those that are experimenting these issues right now? Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

If you genuinely think that issues are caused by the sport itself, then go for it.

But I think that 9/10 it's more of a skewed mindset that is causing problem gambling. People are not seeing gambling as a way to have fun, but rather to make money, and that is a very very dangerous thing to get into.

Go get the right support, talk to a counsellor/psychologist, exclude yourself from all land-based and crypto bookkeepers if that should be the case.

[24Kt]

What do you think would be the best option to those that are experimenting these issues right now? Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

If you genuinely think that issues are caused by the sport itself, then go for it.

But I think that 9/10 it's more of a skewed mindset that is causing problem gambling. People are not seeing gambling as a way to have fun, but rather to make money, and that is a very very dangerous thing to get into.

Go get the right support, talk to a counsellor/psychologist, exclude yourself from all land-based and crypto bookkeepers if that should be the case.

Yes, I think it is not the sports per se. But how people are thinking these days especially during this crisis. Some are looking of other options how to earn money, and so some are trying their luck in gambling. However, if you don't know how to control your gambling habits, instead of gaining money, you will end up losing. It is not about the event or sports, it is the people's mindset.

[LUCKMCFLY]

This is something very delicate, usually addiction problems tend to occur under any scenario, the immediate exit will never be to stop watching the games, I think it is little by little and having self-control, although the most immediate is the help of a psychologist to have better results.

In sports betting, what most influences many bettors is the love for their teams and for betting with the heart, some are carried away by what others say, I think it is not all bad, but betting not with so much of money so you don't lose more than you have. Professional help is always convenient as long as the player accepts that he has a problem. The demand of bettors for football or any sports bet is not the fault of sports, an increase of 28% is relevant, but in terms of bets I have always seen that they demand to be over 18 years old and that is the responsibility of each person.

[just_Alice]

It depends on the reason why a certain person watched sports and how he/she started gambling.

If a certain person has been watching sports for a long time and only recently started gambling, then renunciation of the sport won’t fix the problem and the solution would be to look into that person’s psychology, why he started gambling, environment, etc.

If the whole reason for watching sports was just to make money through betting, then yes, stopping it should at least help in some way.

[Mahanton]

What do you think would be the best option to those that are experimenting these issues right now? Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

If you genuinely think that issues are caused by the sport itself, then go for it.

But I think that 9/10 it's more of a skewed mindset that is causing problem gambling. People are not seeing gambling as a way to have fun, but rather to make money, and that is a very very dangerous thing to get into.

Go get the right support, talk to a counsellor/psychologist, exclude yourself from all land-based and crypto bookkeepers if that should be the case.

Restricting yourself into these establishments would be still useless because as long addiction is still within you then it would be no use because you would really be finding ways for you to play
no matter what and if you dont find any physical places then you would surely go to online casinos and this do really signifies that you are addicted and its true that this is the main trigger
on why people or gamblers do really play no matter what the condition or situation we are facing on.It isnt just right that you do took the blame of those events for such spike rise.

[passwordnow]

It is a personal matter. There are those fans that just like to watch as they're really bored at home while those gamblers, there's no way to stop them with their own gambling habits. The solution I guess is to increase the number of helpline workers to manage those calls at the same time and there will be more of those that will handle those gamblers that are calling them. They don't have to quit watching those sports forever, it's like prohibiting them to have fun. As long as there's someone and some help that comes to them, they'll manage to overcome it.

[agustina2]

Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

That's a bad idea.

Watching sports is part of entertainment and limiting these people to do it for the sake of controlling their gambling addiction will just result in much boredom activity. The only one to control is their gambling addiction and that's the part where it should focus. As possible, gambling support centers or any related fields should contact those gambler's families and close friends. They are the only ones who can help that gambler to minimize their gambling activity.

But in reality, even there's an effort to help the person, if they are not cooperating, it will take a long time to resolve the problem.

[Oilacris]

Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

That's a bad idea.

Watching sports is part of entertainment and limiting these people to do it for the sake of controlling their gambling addiction will just result in much boredom activity. The only one to control is their gambling addiction and that's the part where it should focus. As possible, gambling support centers or any related fields should contact those gambler's families and close friends. They are the only ones who can help that gambler to minimize their gambling activity.

But in reality, even there's an effort to help the person, if they are not cooperating, it will take a long time to resolve the problem.

Limiting just because of the risk of addiction? If your do step your foot into gambling then it doesnt automatically means about addiction because if you dont let  yourself to be addicted then
you would really be avoiding such condition.This is on where people do differ because some  do get addicted and some do stick out on getting entertained.

Gambling issues is something that cant really be blamed out into those games offered because this is just a personal problem on where someone should really a good control or hold of.

[ralle14]

That's one effective way of stopping their addictions but I think avoiding sports overall would be like the last resort since there are other options to control their addictions. It's hard to put the blame on the event alone given that the spike just happened recently and we've had this going on for several years. Maybe the pandemic also contributed to this spike as some of the bigger events got postponed and some of them have limited attendance, limiting their source of entertainment.

That's a bit of an old news I think since it's a Euro 2020.

It's not that old, afaik the EURO just ended few months back.

[ethereumhunter]

The other solution, for that matter, will be at the gambler itself because they must solve their addiction problem and they can not blame the sports or the bookmarked as the other who does not have that addiction enjoy their time to watch and place a bet. An addicted gambler must check on themselves what is change with them and maybe those gamblers can avoid watching the sports temporarily and focus on solving their addiction. But I doubt many of them will do that as they enjoy bet on their favorite sports so far. And now, with the situation changed, that can make them place the bet more than before.

[Wexnident]

What do you think would be the best option to those that are experimenting these issues right now? Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

A separate solution should be found. Honestly, this isn't attacking the core problem but rather avoiding it. Let's be real, sports isn't the only outlet one can go to when they want to gamble, there are other similar types of stuff they could do that would still end up in them gambling. There's an easy fix where people could register their incomes, and the site would automatically restrict the amount they could gamble but this requires people to put out their KYC so it isn't really that good. It's still up to the person themselves imo.

[Darker45]

What do you think would be the best option to those that are experimenting these issues right now? Should they stop watching sports forever as this is the trigger that causes them to gamble without control or should another solution be possible?

No, of course, not. Between sports and sports betting, the problem is obviously the betting. If you want to address sports betting, I guess it is wrong to remove the sports in it. You have to remove the betting in sports betting. It cannot be said that the sports is triggering betting. Of the millions of sports fans, only a small portion of it are bettors.

Of course if the problem is really severe as in sports bettors have already developed uncontrollable urges to gamble, professional help should be sought. But if it is not that severe, I guess reducing bets to the minimum is good enough.

[uneng]

That is really an insane situation. I didn't know things were already reaching to this point. I think first of all the person should ask himself the reason why he is acting like this. Is it for money, necessity to show others he has good predictions or just a lack of self control? Then he needs to overcome this problem, because to stop watching sports isn't an option for anyone, unless they live in a cave far from the civilization. It's impossible to not have access to sports as it is everywhere. They may stop watching it at home, but once in a bar, restaurant, bus station or any other possible place there might be a television displaying a live soccer match.

There is no way to run from it.

[Strongkored]

An increase during euro 2020 is common because there are big tournaments that will definitely make a lot of people interested in betting, the comparison is the previous year where there were no big tournaments, so the increase is only tentative can't be said to be an issues
Forbidding people to watch sports is not the right thing, if watching sports matches will make people interested in gambling then they must use professionals to solve the problems experienced by that person.

[danherbias07]

Restrictions of the amount to gamble but I think some gambling websites already have that. Maybe stricter or lesser amount. I don't know, they may run out of business if that happens.
It's difficult to make a rule that will benefit both sides. I am part of those gamblers that have increased the amount to gamble because of lack to do at home.
Every job I have now is "work from home" style and I can't even go outside when I have the free time. Putting bets became a habit even if I try to look for other ways to entertain myself. i.e. Animes and Series.
Controlling it may become a difficult task for the government with sports gambling market soaring. They even advertise it during big events like in Pacquiao fight, DraftKings.