The Gambling increase due to the pandemic, stats, UK

[fiulpro]

The pandemic have been an extremely stressful event for the world and most people are having problems regarding jobs, money or something else or the other. The government has started implementing regulations in a way that it would not only profit them, but they are also gaining a lot of money from various activities and on the top we have Gambling.

For this year’s Safer Gambling Awareness Week (1-7 November), NerdWallet conducted research which revealed that nearly two-fifths of frequent gamblers, defined as those who gamble at least once a month, have seen their gambling increase during the pandemic.

Now why the evaluation of data is important?
-It might provide an insight into how the government's laws are changing the way people Gamble. Which can be used to do research on various matters like gambling Addiction.

It can not only be used by companies but government itself to provide better laws.

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

With a lack of distraction over the tough months of lockdown, it appears that people have found it much harder to manage their gambling, and the habits developed during the last 18 or so months have been difficult to unwind even as the UK opens up.”

Not only that the reports go deep so as how people took the personal experience.

However, many wished to reduce the amount of time they spend gambling, with 43% of those who gamble at least once a month expressing this desire, while 57% of the everyday gamblers also wanted to curb the habit — but at the same time, 42% stated they had no idea how to go about it.

I hope this article can provide an insight for the safe gambling awareness week and could highlight the main events that we might have to encounter and understand.

https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/13723/38-of-frequent-gamblers-in-the-uk-gambling-more-than-pre-pandemic

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[avikz]

That is quite expected! Common people with some love for gambling, utilized their new found time by gambling online. That's why we have seen a number of new online casinos started their operations during the pandemic. I believe even people with stressed financial condition, tried their luck on gambling to change their financial condition.

Back in early 2020, I also read about some land based casino group were planning for providing an online experience through VR so that gamblers can play from their homes.

In a nutshell, pandemic time was a net positive for the online gambling market.

[RealMalatesta]

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

I feel little ambiguous here; what is the difference between more time spending for gambling and increased gambling habit. Probably those 63% of gamblers are already into gambling but due to pandemic they find themselves to be gambling more than before and the 12% of people may not be the regular gamblers but they get more gambling habits due to lockdown/isolation reasons.

I am sure that after medical and other related sectors, gambling must be one of the prominent field which got big boom in last 18 months of pandemic. Moreover, not sure how many of us going to be more severally gambling in near future because the habit we picked up during the pandemic times. 

[uneng]

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

I feel little ambiguous here; what is the difference between more time spending for gambling and increased gambling habit. Probably those 63% of gamblers are already into gambling but due to pandemic they find themselves to be gambling more than before and the 12% of people may not be the regular gamblers but they get more gambling habits due to lockdown/isolation reasons.

These numbers are quite confusing. If 62% said their gambling habits remained the same, how could 63% note an increase in time spent gambling? You might be right and these percentages must belong to different categories of the research ran by NerdWallet.

I think this reported increasement of gambling activity, but at same time the desire gamblers have in reducing it in their daily life show how the modern society lacks self control and goals to fulfill themselves as human beings, because when you are focused in something you are immune to addictions of any kinds.

[qwertyup23]

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

These are just very unfortunate statistics and they reflect the impact of the current situation of COVID and gambling.

With more people inclined to stay on their houses, most are influenced by the sheer amount of ads on the internet which increases the chances of them being engaged into online gambling. The data shows concrete proof on how gambling has significantly increased and its popularity slightly increasing throughout the years. Despite the absence or loss of laws with regard to gambling, it continued to remain dominant in most areas.

To be honest, with everyone adjusting to this new normal, I do think that there will be a massive shift to a digitalized era where we would do almost everything on the internet space.

[Sirait]

I tried to reread the article again and felt that the writing of the author of the article looked ambiguous, the percentages generated from their research were really confusing. however if the data they produce is correct then this is serious homework for the UK government, they must urgently provide a healing place for those addicted to gambling during this pandemic.

[Oshosondy]

Even without that involved, it is clear that the pandemic resulted to many people now gambling, also it can be viewed in a way that some people are not really having time to gamble before but prefer to just use weekend for it for fun, but more exposed to gambling and can found themselves addicted during the lockdown. Also there will be some people that will have such mindset that no effective means to earn money like before during the lockdown and because of that prefer to increase their gambling activities which will later not turn good because spending much time to gamble is the beginning of losses.

however if the data they produce is correct then this is serious homework for the UK government, they must urgently provide a healing place for those addicted to gambling during this pandemic.

People should not also leave it to government alone, we should observe our families and friends and know if they are gambling and suffering from gambling addiction, it is not hard to know if someone is gambling and addicted to it, one of the signs is mood swing, like changing from happy mood to sad mood while checking phone, if this happens repeatedly, it is a sign of gambling addiction. We are more close to them, they can also see more of our help more helpful and help them in a way to heal from gambling addiction.

[xSkylarx]

I tried to reread the article again and felt that the writing of the author of the article looked ambiguous, the percentages generated from their research were really confusing. however if the data they produce is correct then this is serious homework for the UK government, they must urgently provide a healing place for those addicted to gambling during this pandemic.

Agreed, but I believe there are numerous facilities in the United Kingdom that can assist you in overcoming your gambling addiction. The problem is that the costs are extremely high, and I am not sure if the government has provided financial assistance in this regard, but if it has, that is excellent news. In addition to healing facilities, there are advocacy groups that can assist you in getting naturally healed, but only if you cooperate with them... It should come as no surprise that gambling addiction is keep rising this pandemic, given that people are bored and want to play and play every day.

[noormcs5]

I tried to reread the article again and felt that the writing of the author of the article looked ambiguous, the percentages generated from their research were really confusing. however if the data they produce is correct then this is serious homework for the UK government, they must urgently provide a healing place for those addicted to gambling during this pandemic.

When you are bound to stay at home and have no other outdoor activity, then you will spend more time in front on your computer screen. In pandemic, gambling was the only way where one could get entertained and earn some money also. That's the reason we see the spike in gambling activities. Now, if anyone is addicted to gambling and he is making money from it, its hard to get them away from gambling.

[Fortify]

The pandemic have been an extremely stressful event for the world and most people are having problems regarding jobs, money or something else or the other. The government has started implementing regulations in a way that it would not only profit them, but they are also gaining a lot of money from various activities and on the top we have Gambling.

For this year’s Safer Gambling Awareness Week (1-7 November), NerdWallet conducted research which revealed that nearly two-fifths of frequent gamblers, defined as those who gamble at least once a month, have seen their gambling increase during the pandemic.

Now why the evaluation of data is important?
-It might provide an insight into how the government's laws are changing the way people Gamble. Which can be used to do research on various matters like gambling Addiction.

It can not only be used by companies but government itself to provide better laws.

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

With a lack of distraction over the tough months of lockdown, it appears that people have found it much harder to manage their gambling, and the habits developed during the last 18 or so months have been difficult to unwind even as the UK opens up.”

Not only that the reports go deep so as how people took the personal experience.

However, many wished to reduce the amount of time they spend gambling, with 43% of those who gamble at least once a month expressing this desire, while 57% of the everyday gamblers also wanted to curb the habit — but at the same time, 42% stated they had no idea how to go about it.

I hope this article can provide an insight for the safe gambling awareness week and could highlight the main events that we might have to encounter and understand.

https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/13723/38-of-frequent-gamblers-in-the-uk-gambling-more-than-pre-pandemic

Looking back it does seem an almost inevitable side effect of the pandemic now. The entire population of the most developed countries in the world (many of who allow online gambling) were confined to their homes and if you look at the UK - given 80%+ of their wages by the government and they did not have to do any work for it either. That left people with loads of money and few retail outlets to spend it. Lots of shopping destinations closed down at the start of the pandemic and people stopped buying things like cars that they couldn't use. That's why so many gambling companies have banked so hard and seen their profits skyrocket in that time, although I expect that things will gradually start getting back to normal now.

[Alisha-k]

The pandemic actually made a negative effect on most gamblers that never had intension of becoming addicted but it all turned out the opposite.
What on earth will make an idle being,locked away inside a room for isolation with little or no funds left not inculcate in gambling?
In most situations like the pandemic,it becomes an alternative.most peeps go into gambling that period just for entertainment (maybe because they don't wanna be idle and bored)

[Tumanggor]

The pandemic actually made a negative effect on most gamblers that never had intension of becoming addicted but it all turned out the opposite.
What on earth will make an idle being,locked away inside a room for isolation with little or no funds left not inculcate in gambling?
In most situations like the pandemic,it becomes an alternative.most peeps go into gambling that period just for entertainment (maybe because they don't wanna be idle and bored)

Oftentimes, those who are not actually gamblers actually play gambling because they want to fill their busy time and maybe that's what actually happened to a lot of Britons there

if they win and make a profit then that is very good but what if it happens otherwise they lose money, become gambling addicts and make debts pile up!! then it will be a big problem

[milewilda]

The pandemic actually made a negative effect on most gamblers that never had intension of becoming addicted but it all turned out the opposite.
What on earth will make an idle being,locked away inside a room for isolation with little or no funds left not inculcate in gambling?
In most situations like the pandemic,it becomes an alternative.most peeps go into gambling that period just for entertainment (maybe because they don't wanna be idle and bored)

Oftentimes, those who are not actually gamblers actually play gambling because they want to fill their busy time and maybe that's what actually happened to a lot of Britons there

if they win and make a profit then that is very good but what if it happens otherwise they lose money, become gambling addicts and make debts pile up!! then it will be a big problem

Its a personal problem because you are the ones who do make such action and they wont really be blaming out those institutions out there because of that and you havent forced to play on the first place and also talking about increase due to pandemic then it isnt surprising because we do even have more free time on engaging on online things including gambling and  for sure this isnt really just talking in
UK but also in other countries as well but the havent been tallied up until now which i do really believed that theres still more out there.
This is actually a very common problem.

[ralle14]

I remember there used to be a similar topic about the increase in gambling activity and some gamblers even turned to other forms of gambling like virtual sports and horse racing as sports events got postponed, and like the others have said it's not that surprising to see such an increase since a lot of people are looking for other sources of entertainment. I also remember there was some kind of proposal where they wanted to put a limit of a few hundred euros on all gamblers but I doubt such a proposal would get approved though.

[wxa7115]

That is quite expected! Common people with some love for gambling, utilized their new found time by gambling online. That's why we have seen a number of new online casinos started their operations during the pandemic. I believe even people with stressed financial condition, tried their luck on gambling to change their financial condition.

Back in early 2020, I also read about some land based casino group were planning for providing an online experience through VR so that gamblers can play from their homes.

In a nutshell, pandemic time was a net positive for the online gambling market.

There are many studies that indicate that during the pandemic the rate and the strength of all kind of addictions have gone up significantly during that period of time, I think of this as a form of escapism, people were so stressed about the reality they were experimenting that they did what they could to get their minds out of the worry the pandemic caused on them.

And some people used gambling for this purpose, unfortunately this means that some of them lost control of their gambling and instead added even more stress to their lives, and since the pandemic is sill ongoing I do not see this being solved anytime soon.

[Tumanggor]

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Its a personal problem because you are the ones who do make such action and they wont really be blaming out those institutions out there because of that and you havent forced to play on the first place and also talking about increase due to pandemic then it isnt surprising because we do even have more free time on engaging on online things including gambling and  for sure this isnt really just talking in
UK but also in other countries as well but the havent been tallied up until now which i do really believed that theres still more out there.
This is actually a very common problem.

agree with you that this problem is not only happening in the UK but also in other countries

btw, It is true that gambling addiction is a personal problem but it is natural for the government to provide health facilities for addicts to treat their citizens' opium, especially gambling addiction, it is an obligation because citizens have paid taxes

[dunfida]

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Its a personal problem because you are the ones who do make such action and they wont really be blaming out those institutions out there because of that and you havent forced to play on the first place and also talking about increase due to pandemic then it isnt surprising because we do even have more free time on engaging on online things including gambling and  for sure this isnt really just talking in
UK but also in other countries as well but the havent been tallied up until now which i do really believed that theres still more out there.
This is actually a very common problem.

agree with you that this problem is not only happening in the UK but also in other countries

btw, It is true that gambling addiction is a personal problem but it is natural for the government to provide health facilities for addicts to treat their citizens' opium, especially gambling addiction, it is an obligation because citizens have paid taxes

We've seen several countries do really mind off about their citizens condition towards possible addictions which they are creating these kind of facilities for them to protect or able to recover to those people who are

really in big problem.For some people it might really sound nor look being a stupid move because this is something a personal kind of choice on making such action which leads them on being addicted.

If they had attained this problem then they are the ones who would need to solve out but honestly having these kind of benefits or something like this is such a great help on
a problem which is focused on this one.

[Oasisman]

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

I feel little ambiguous here; what is the difference between more time spending for gambling and increased gambling habit. Probably those 63% of gamblers are already into gambling but due to pandemic they find themselves to be gambling more than before and the 12% of people may not be the regular gamblers but they get more gambling habits due to lockdown/isolation reasons.

I am sure that after medical and other related sectors, gambling must be one of the prominent field which got big boom in last 18 months of pandemic. Moreover, not sure how many of us going to be more severally gambling in near future because the habit we picked up during the pandemic times. 

I didn't see anything that differentiates the word "spending more time in gambling" and "increased gambliing habit" in the OP, but let's try to spot the difference between the two phrases.
Spending more time in gambling means, exceeding what was his usual time spent for gambling and that could only mean he usually gambles with the same type of game.
While increased gambling habit means, involved into different kinds of gambling activities such as sports betting, casino games, and other form of betting which was also out of his usual gambling activities before the pandemic.
Nevertheless, these has been very common especially during the peak of the pandemic where online gambling became the mainstream getaway for the casino lovers.

[Ebede]

Fact, no lie's about this one.
I want to use a close friend and I as a case study,we had too do whatever we could to make and stack up our pence.
Down my ends, the grown did more of Gambling than the younger, you'd see someone old enough to be your Grandpa Gambling I got moved and motivated if they would I can at my young age, although I had my limit say standards and followed them.

[robelneo]

The pandemic have been an extremely stressful event for the world and most people are having problems regarding jobs, money or something else or the other. The government has started implementing regulations in a way that it would not only profit them, but they are also gaining a lot of money from various activities and on the top we have Gambling.


I hope this article can provide an insight for the safe gambling awareness week and could highlight the main events that we might have to encounter and understand.

https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/13723/38-of-frequent-gamblers-in-the-uk-gambling-more-than-pre-pandemic

It has become a scapegoat for many gamblers, many gamblers are allocating their time in gambling, their jobs, and other things that they can do outside like watching movies and going to their favorite place to eat or just strolling outside since some of these activities are taken out because of the lockdown they have nothing to turn to but playing online in the casino, it's a like a prison where you have limited access to what you can do and you turn to something that can give a scapegoat to what you've been missing.