Too accessible of online casino grows addiction faster?

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Believe it or not, there are a lot of gamblers that are extremely superstitious. Most of them do not think about losing because they believe that it attracts bad luck, and if they think about what they could possibly lose, then it's like they're manifesting the loss to happen. Even I don't like to think that I might lose, because it might just happen and I'll just blame myself for 'manifesting' the loss that occurred to me. This is why it's important to set a fixed budget if you're looking to gamble, otherwise you won't be able to control the outflow of cash from your pockets.

The power of our minds to shape our lives is mind-boggling. Even more so while gambling, you need to keep your head on straight and not be influenced by superstitions. An intelligent step is to set aside a certain amount of money to gamble with, since doing so will offer you a feeling of control over your spending and keep you from going beyond.

But fiscal responsibility isn't the only thing that matters while gambling responsibly; a positive mental outlook also plays a big role. Keep in mind that it's simply for fun, and not something you can rely on financially. Be sure to enjoy yourself and not let the excitement of the situation overwhelm you. Most importantly, you should never double down on a bad bet. If you're not having fun, it's important to recognize that and stop what you're doing. You shouldn't allow superstitions and your emotions dictate your actions because then you can lose more money than you can afford.

[LogitechMouse]

A gambler is a gambler,either be it online or offline,if he does not discipline himself and control his gambling activities, he will become an addict. Though, for those gamblers that has access to both,I agree with you that they will get more addicted easily because you can gamble at your own time and at anywhere you find yourself.

One thing I know for sure is that people that becomes addict are been carried away by the fun of the game or they are one way or the other trying to chase their lost.

A gambler can become addicted to both offline and online platforms. But comparatively the trend of addiction in online will be more than offline. If a gambler is addicted to gambling on a land based casino platform he should go there. But online casino is only possible if you want it from your heart. There is no need to leave the place, even gambling can be conducted from laying on the bed, so the addiction to online casinos can grow quickly.

That's the problem with online gambling. You can just gamble using your smartphone even when you are lying or having some conversations with your friends in your home while watching Netflix or if you are in the bathroom. As long as you have the funds on that exchange, internet connection, and a smartphone then you can gamble whenever and wherever you want.

Online gambling tends to be more addictive than a physical casino because they will have more time gambling online whereas if they will gamble to a physical casino then it will take time just to go there. Overall, both of them are still addictive in any way and getting addictive to either one of them is pretty bad for the person. You will not get addicted in either of them if you are just disciplined enough to know when to stop if needed and when to gamble if you feel you need it.

[Pierre 2]

I think this argument is pretty accurate. Consider how much screen time of people increased since we have smartphones. Online casinos mean you don't need physically need to be in casino. So it makes casinos 1000 times more accessible to everyone that have laptop/smart phone and internet access. When one person wants to quit gambling he/she should stop entering that online casino. It is way harder to achieve than not going to casino in physical life.

[Erumo]

Once a person creates an account, he will never loose gambling addiction. Since mobile internet is cheap and accessible everywhere, since it takes less than a minute to create an account, its impossible to lose gambling addiction. Accessible smartphones, people with gadgets around, easy few click and fast deposit (network in our case) make things only worse.

The reason for addiction growth is progress. If not addicted to casino, then people are addicted to mobile games with in game purchases (same casino imho), if not to that, then to looking into small screen.

[Docnaster]

I think this argument is pretty accurate. Consider how much screen time of people increased since we have smartphones. Online casinos mean you don't need physically need to be in casino. So it makes casinos 1000 times more accessible to everyone that have laptop/smart phone and internet access. When one person wants to quit gambling he/she should stop entering that online casino. It is way harder to achieve than not going to casino in physical life.

The major causes of addiction is availability and frequency. For drinking addiction, drug addiction and gambling addiction inclusive what causes it is when it's always reachable and available and no restrictions. If the person doesn't have self control it will be difficult to avoid addiction. This means that the internet will produce more addicts than before

[klidex]

I think this argument is pretty accurate. Consider how much screen time of people increased since we have smartphones. Online casinos mean you don't need physically need to be in casino. So it makes casinos 1000 times more accessible to everyone that have laptop/smart phone and internet access. When one person wants to quit gambling he/she should stop entering that online casino. It is way harder to achieve than not going to casino in physical life.

The major causes of addiction is availability and frequency. For drinking addiction, drug addiction and gambling addiction inclusive what causes it is when it's always reachable and available and no restrictions. If the person doesn't have self control it will be difficult to avoid addiction. This means that the internet will produce more addicts than before

Addiction to drinking, drugs and gambling will only be experienced by those who start and try it but not for those who have never tried it.
So if someone has never done this, it would be better not to try it before it's really too late and they become addicted.

And if you say that the internet will make you addicted, that is a statement that is still not quite right because everyone has definitely replaced the internet for their study or even work. If online gambling becomes an addiction, it is not the fault of the internet, but the fault of those who use the internet to carry out activities. gambling so that curiosity arises until it becomes an addiction.

[crzy]

I think this argument is pretty accurate. Consider how much screen time of people increased since we have smartphones. Online casinos mean you don't need physically need to be in casino. So it makes casinos 1000 times more accessible to everyone that have laptop/smart phone and internet access. When one person wants to quit gambling he/she should stop entering that online casino. It is way harder to achieve than not going to casino in physical life.

Technologies are growing, this might be one of the disadvantage of technology but you can still avoid if you really want to.
Gambling becomes more accessible and gives convenient to those who are a responsible gamblers, if you think you can't handle your emotion and you become more greed when you visit a specific site, then better to do your best to control yourself and stay away from that site because gambling wont leave and they will still reach more people as much as possible because that is where money is, the house didn't care that much about the health of their players are they are too focused on their main goal.

[348Judah]

A gambler is a gambler,either be it online or offline,if he does not discipline himself and control his gambling activities, he will become an addict. Though, for those gamblers that has access to both,I agree with you that they will get more addicted easily because you can gamble at your own time and at anywhere you find yourself.

One thing I know for sure is that people that becomes addict are been carried away by the fun of the game or they are one way or the other trying to chase their lost.

A gambler can become addicted to both offline and online platforms. But comparatively the trend of addiction in online will be more than offline. If a gambler is addicted to gambling on a land based casino platform he should go there. But online casino is only possible if you want it from your heart. There is no need to leave the place, even gambling can be conducted from laying on the bed, so the addiction to online casinos can grow quickly.

The two options either be it online or offline doesn't really matter for a gambler's need to get addicted or not, addiction deals with personal emotions, mindset and character altogether which bring out the fantasy a gambler would love to experience while gambling on a ceaseless occasions, they often do this more than as expected and the whole thing gets over them till they were unable to control themselves while gambling, we often tries to fault the situations of things around us for our wrong actions rather than taking responsibility and get determined to make a change when addicted to gambling.

[slaman29]

I think this argument is pretty accurate. Consider how much screen time of people increased since we have smartphones. Online casinos mean you don't need physically need to be in casino. So it makes casinos 1000 times more accessible to everyone that have laptop/smart phone and internet access. When one person wants to quit gambling he/she should stop entering that online casino. It is way harder to achieve than not going to casino in physical life.

I'm in two halves about this. I know for sure that if someone wants something badly, they'll look for it. Before online casinos, I know people who just do anything to gamble. Make homemade dice, homemade board games, gamble on football anything. So these kind of people, you can't stop them.

On the other hand, I also hear of kids who get addicted to games early, and it's not directly gambling but they pay more and more pocket money to get "lootboxes" to try and get good items, etc. Then again, take away their phones and they just find something else.

[Betwrong]

It's right, it's real. And I think that had been discussed a lot of time here in the forum.
Just like how news is easily accessed today thru social media applications, you don't need to go to the gas station for the local paper but instead just open your phone or computer, access your Facebook or Twitter, and voila, you have your news freshly made by analysts in sports and news outlets.
It's not different from how we accessed gambling now, and I can say many people are drawn back to it easily if ever they are on the losing side, chasing losses. That leads to addiction.
Everything now will be all up to you, the right discipline, make it just a hobby, not a habit, put a budget and don't go further than it.

As always, unless someone puts a gun to your head and forces you to gamble, everything depends on you. Around 180,000 people worldwide die  each year because of the excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks, but the drinks are available everywhere, and they should be because of the benefits they bring to people in general.

Gambling is just one of many things that is very bad for you when abused, or, maybe "overused" would be a more appropriate word. If we are greedy, and it's never enough for us, we will find a way to get the thing we are craving for, regardless of its accessibility.

[mvdheuvel1983]

I like to think that there is a positive correlation because internet accessibility and gambling addiction. So, it shouldn't surprise anyone.
My worry is that teenagers without any parental supervision are the very high-risk group of getting addicted to online gambling. And online gambling may not necessary straight up an online casino..it usually starts with dummy coins on a video game before they transition to online crypto gambling.

[YOSHIE]

What do you think about this claim? Is he right or wrong?

Everything you say or your friends say, my assessment is 100% correct, online casinos have easy and fast access compared to physical casinos in general.

other reason:
Logically, land casinos if you want to visit and bet there, you still consider embarrassment, what's more you just want to gamble with only $ 50, maybe you will be laughed at by your friend, there are many factors that can prevent someone from being addicted to a physical casino.
as you said also factor one of them.

It's a different story with online casinos, you have the freedom to gamble, without people watching and so on, after all you have a hard $10 bankroll enough to rotate your bets at online casinos, in short the addiction factor is a lot for someone facing online casinos.

[BobK71]

A gambler is a gambler,either be it online or offline,if he does not discipline himself and control his gambling activities, he will become an addict. Though, for those gamblers that has access to both,I agree with you that they will get more addicted easily because you can gamble at your own time and at anywhere you find yourself.

One thing I know for sure is that people that becomes addict are been carried away by the fun of the game or they are one way or the other trying to chase their lost.

A gambler can become addicted to both offline and online platforms. But comparatively the trend of addiction in online will be more than offline. If a gambler is addicted to gambling on a land based casino platform he should go there. But online casino is only possible if you want it from your heart. There is no need to leave the place, even gambling can be conducted from laying on the bed, so the addiction to online casinos can grow quickly.

The two options either be it online or offline doesn't really matter for a gambler's need to get addicted or not, addiction deals with personal emotions, mindset and character altogether which bring out the fantasy a gambler would love to experience while gambling on a ceaseless occasions, they often do this more than as expected and the whole thing gets over them till they were unable to control themselves while gambling, we often tries to fault the situations of things around us for our wrong actions rather than taking responsibility and get determined to make a change when addicted to gambling.

In the past, offline casino was the highest ‍attraction of the gamblers. After Covid-19, online gambling spread widely. When people settled in the house due covid-19, online casinos have grown very fast. Most of the gamblers have come out from offline casinos since they have long been gambling in online. This is the main thing where the gamblers will get more advantages they will choose that platform. In this context, the number of online gamblers increases more and they are accustomed to the benefits of online gambling.

[bitzizzix]

A gambler is a gambler,either be it online or offline,if he does not discipline himself and control his gambling activities, he will become an addict. Though, for those gamblers that has access to both,I agree with you that they will get more addicted easily because you can gamble at your own time and at anywhere you find yourself.

One thing I know for sure is that people that becomes addict are been carried away by the fun of the game or they are one way or the other trying to chase their lost.

A gambler can become addicted to both offline and online platforms. But comparatively the trend of addiction in online will be more than offline. If a gambler is addicted to gambling on a land based casino platform he should go there. But online casino is only possible if you want it from your heart. There is no need to leave the place, even gambling can be conducted from laying on the bed, so the addiction to online casinos can grow quickly.

The two options either be it online or offline doesn't really matter for a gambler's need to get addicted or not, addiction deals with personal emotions, mindset and character altogether which bring out the fantasy a gambler would love to experience while gambling on a ceaseless occasions, they often do this more than as expected and the whole thing gets over them till they were unable to control themselves while gambling, we often tries to fault the situations of things around us for our wrong actions rather than taking responsibility and get determined to make a change when addicted to gambling.

In the past, offline casino was the highest ‍attraction of the gamblers. After Covid-19, online gambling spread widely. When people settled in the house due covid-19, online casinos have grown very fast. Most of the gamblers have come out from offline casinos since they have long been gambling in online. This is the main thing where the gamblers will get more advantages they will choose that platform. In this context, the number of online gamblers increases more and they are accustomed to the benefits of online gambling.

Online casinos have continued to develop since the presence of Covid-19 and that does not mean that before Covid-19 online casinos did not exist, and Covid-19 left everyone with no choice but to use technology to do work, or other activities including offline gambling because of the exit ban.
and before covid-19 I often gathered on weekends with friends to play gambling, and as long as it was forbidden to go out online casinos were the best choice while at home and almost all of my friends did that for fun while expecting income from online casinos.
And what I mean is because online casinos are very easy and convenient to use and can be played anytime and anywhere, and after Covid-19, online casinos are still the best choice compared to offline casinos because of the ease and convenience when using them. And I think all offline gamblers will feel the same way and stick with online casinos from Covid-19 onwards.

[jostorres]

A gambler is a gambler,either be it online or offline,if he does not discipline himself and control his gambling activities, he will become an addict. Though, for those gamblers that has access to both,I agree with you that they will get more addicted easily because you can gamble at your own time and at anywhere you find yourself.

One thing I know for sure is that people that becomes addict are been carried away by the fun of the game or they are one way or the other trying to chase their lost.

A gambler can become addicted to both offline and online platforms. But comparatively the trend of addiction in online will be more than offline. If a gambler is addicted to gambling on a land based casino platform he should go there. But online casino is only possible if you want it from your heart. There is no need to leave the place, even gambling can be conducted from laying on the bed, so the addiction to online casinos can grow quickly.

This reminds me of that news that I saw last time during the liquor ban, where addicted alcoholic drinkers still finds their way to drink alcoholic drinks where they even made their own version of alcoholic drinks but they only got hospitalized from doing it because they use materials that have alcohol content but aren't safe to consume for humans.

This only shows that once an addict always an addict and they will always find a way to continue their addiction even if they are already restricted. They don't care anymore about the consequences that they might have faced even if it cost their own lives. As for the addicted gamblers, they can switch to online if offline isn't available or vice versa.

[o48o]

I have a discussion with a close relative about online gambling and he said something that about how he hate gambling online because it's too addictive, he claimed real life casinos are better and less addictive because he will have to drive down to Las Vegas to gamble or drive down to a local casino and this still takes some physical effort and it discourages many people from frequenting gambling.

He said with online gambling it's available on through mobile phones and you can play at any time, this means no shortage of gambling around the clock and no shortage of losing money as well, you can easily pull out your phone and gamble with any free time, a bit compulsive and too accessible.

What do you think about this claim? Is he right or wrong? 

Well sort of. Easy access means that you need to have more self control on gambling. But you can't really fight easy access. Or it would be hard to do so. Even in Finland that has goverment monopoly over gambling is planning to go replace it with licence system as they can't fight the online gambling, nor they are getting any taxes from it. I am not sure what this licence will hold but i am hoping we won't end up being one of the banned countries.

Right now our government has several gambling restrictions in place. One is that you cant play 24/7. For example slot machines in shops can be played in 9am to 9pm and require kyc soon. And even in their web pages you can only play from 6am to midnight. So most of the people moved to playing in better casinos. And obviously some people can't handle it when they don't have any limits but they are such a small group it will be not a popular enough idea to restrict internet casinos.

So i don't think many countries in the world would be interested to make casinos less accessible as the whole point of the internet is make things more accessible.

And i am obviously excluding the countries that are restricting their citizens internet usage.

[rahmad2nd]

A gambler is a gambler,either be it online or offline,if he does not discipline himself and control his gambling activities, he will become an addict. Though, for those gamblers that has access to both,I agree with you that they will get more addicted easily because you can gamble at your own time and at anywhere you find yourself.

One thing I know for sure is that people that becomes addict are been carried away by the fun of the game or they are one way or the other trying to chase their lost.

A gambler can become addicted to both offline and online platforms. But comparatively the trend of addiction in online will be more than offline. If a gambler is addicted to gambling on a land based casino platform he should go there. But online casino is only possible if you want it from your heart. There is no need to leave the place, even gambling can be conducted from laying on the bed, so the addiction to online casinos can grow quickly.

Often we tend to discuss it based on the cause, even the answers will vary greatly and tend to be relatively dependent on each gambler. But, the real problem is in ourselves and how do we define gambling itself. Whether it's a land-based casino or an online casino, if someone is experiencing addictive tendencies, they will always find a way to satisfy their intense desire to gamble. it doesn't matter if it's online or physical, the fact is addiction is still addiction.

Should be, the point is in ourselves. believe me, if we have no limits or self-control. then what happens, we will dissolve in negative things. the bad impact, all our activities will be disrupted. whether it's work, or relationships between families, as well as friendships. in this era of advanced technology. everything is instant, we can access everything easily including online casinos. well, the problem is in ourselves and how we react to it. if only for fun, make it fun without harming ourselves let alone the people around us. I'm sure, if someone has self-control and understanding, it won't have a big impact that leads to addiction.

[freedomgo]

The growth of technology such as internet, mobile phone, etc as well as the growth of the online gambling industry does affect the possibility of faster addiction.
It is an undeniable fact but we should not blame the growth of technology and gambling industry if the addiction is also growing fast.
We responsible for ourselves and responsible for our own family, we should know how to prevent the possibility of getting addicted to something.
In this case, we should aware about the positive and negative effect of technology and gambling industry if we do not want to be affected negatively.

Indeed, this online casino that is more accessible than traditional casinos is paving its way to closer addiction for gamblers. But let’s not blame completely online casino for that as we are always responsible with our own actions. If we are undisciplined gamblers, regardless if it’s online or traditional casino, we will always end up in addiction. But if we only gamble for enjoyment during our free time, online gambling will be a bit more relevant as you can always access it even at the comfort of our home.

[AmoreJaz]

Improved online banking services and the easy access to casino apps made it addictive for weak people who can't control his limits, desire. The wish to play casino games can be super dangerous if person can transfer a lot of money to casino within few clicks on 2 apps, that is why your friend's argument makes sense.

before you embark on your gambling spree, make sure you have done your financial assessment first. at least, check how much you can readily spend to your games. impose limits on yourself. because if not, you will just say to yourself, ok this is the last 100 bucks again and again up until you have no more to spend. you need to contain yourself because no one will do it for you.
as you can see online casinos and bookies everywhere, no one can stop you from gambling but yourself. better take care of your own because when you are rekt, guess = no one will help you out of the situation!

[nullama]

I have a discussion with a close relative about online gambling and he said something that about how he hate gambling online because it's too addictive, he claimed real life casinos are better and less addictive because he will have to drive down to Las Vegas to gamble or drive down to a local casino and this still takes some physical effort and it discourages many people from frequenting gambling.

He said with online gambling it's available on through mobile phones and you can play at any time, this means no shortage of gambling around the clock and no shortage of losing money as well, you can easily pull out your phone and gamble with any free time, a bit compulsive and too accessible.

What do you think about this claim? Is he right or wrong? 

He is right in the sense that gambling on the phone is more accessible.

At the end of the day it doesn't matter how hard or easy it is to gamble, if a gambler has the urge to gamble he will do anything to get the bet.

It's basically the same as a drug addict, there's not much difference in the brain, the person is looking for the "high" they get from the activity, be it gambling or getting the drug.

Think about it, prohibition of alcohol didn't work for this reason. It doesn't matter how hard you make it, people will still get it if they want to.

The key is to be able to control yourself.

If you're able to control yourself, then it's irrelevant if you have gambling in your phone, or streamed directly to your eyeballs. You won't be gambling.