Socialtournaments-A way to stop gambling addiction

[crwth]

No platform of some sort that lets the members play on their casino site and wants them to stop in any way. I think the effect that it could have is that they are going to be more inclined to gamble than switch to real money.

To see a gambling addict gamble for free and remind him the fact that you can get a lot of dopamine hits and feel that "you could win", I think will just worsen the addiction.

The addiction is not spending money on a casino site but the dopamine hits and the "hope of winning" thing. Not that whether it's real money or not. It's consequential but still, the big factor here is enabling the addict to play more.

[slapper]

It's, dare I say, naive to think that these sites could help people who are addicted to gambling and can't stop.

Offering non-monetary engagement is appealing, but do you really think that it's the game that draws people in and not the heady dance with Lady Luck? And just as a side thought, could it not be a trap to pull souls deeper into the abyss?

Proof of Wallet, Know Your Customer, Address... That's a lot to pay for "free" fun, don't you think? But here's the psychological dilemma: Is it really "helping" if it just swaps one form of addiction for another, even if it costs less money? Maybe, just maybe, this platform is just a Band-Aid for something much worse.

[len01]

I have a slightly different thought between breaking gambling addiction and this tournament. what I know about gambling addiction is someone who wants to continue to satisfy their addiction by gambling at any time whenever they want and even though this tournament is held for free it only takes time to participate in this tournament but this is not an effective way to help quit addictive activity but its just the same because even though its free its still about gambling and gambling addicts what they need to quit their addiction is another activity that is far from gambling or any activity related to gambling.
as did some people out there who have a family addicted to gambling they help stop their activities by way of rehabilitation in a place far from gambling so that their minds will get used to without gambling activity in any form. so I slightly disagree with the tournament to stop addiction.

[bitbollo]

nice and interesting idea! also interesting that it is offered by a casino-games provider.

Is there any scientific evidence that such a system really offers an alternative against gambling addiction, or is it simply a way to continue playing without wasting money? 

[Gozie51]

On the countrary, I think the tournament is even made to lead more people into addiction and not to help gambling addicts. It is for those who are new in gambling to enjoy and play on a turn because an addict likes to play at anytime on his desire and not to be limited.

Gambling addiction is like a smoker or an addict who craves for his dose of drug at a particular point that he or she needs to take it and not wait for a dose. So, I don't see anyway socialtournament could help a gambling addict to stop the habit.

[Helena Yu]

What I think those new people will try to gamble as long as possible in order to get the highest multipliers or anything that will make them receive money. After they got it, they will try to make deposit and try to make money from the money they got previously.

There are only 3 choices:
1. Gamble more and make more deposit.
2. Trying back the social tournaments.
3. Stop to gambling.

Is there any scientific evidence that such a system really offers an alternative against gambling addiction, or is it simply a way to continue playing without wasting money? 

I believe no, it's full of assumption

[mirakal]

Gambling addicts will definitely find ways to satisfy their gambling urge, even though with the emergence of this social tournaments. However, there is also possibility that those who want to take part on this tournament will be setting aside his gambling expenses, thus saving for a while and if lucky enough, he will get decent profits from participating. But still, since this is part of gambling, their addiction will always be there. It’s just that they spend more of their time and effort, without personal money involved. But I think if social tournaments will be prolong, probably there will be participation fee later on.

[danherbias07]

It's a small portion of what they get from all the games they created in gambling sites so I think it's a good way of giving back. So, it's like a Slot Hunt. I have not seen that tournament yet and do not also have the details of how it works.
I guess this is where Free Play will come in because there's a minimum bet in Real Play so they cannot use that for tournaments. The highest multi-win will probably be easy to claim in Free Play mode but I doubt it will be easy to win with the high amount of participants.

Will it be a way to stop gambling addiction? Maybe.
There are gamblers who are only targeting events like this but I think that's a low percentage in the whole gambling community. Actually the effect could be the other way around, this kind of event might be the spark of gambling addiction.

[Jossque]

If they are doing it for free, at least they can see that there is a profit here and they can attract people to this side.Demo accounts have already appeared so that people can get their daily dose of gambling.I can say that I have friends who spend more time on demo accounts than before.
I can say that they get the feeling of winning without investing money and thus they play less and invest less money in gambling.These friends I mentioned were addicted to gambling and I can say that they lost a lot of money at the time.Developing something like this could be an important development for Pragmatic Play and for gambling addicts.

[Fiatless]

I am in no way affiliated with them and you need big KYC,Proof of Address,National ID and Proof of Wallet to get your money.Do you think this platform can help people remove addiction,I think it can be a big boost to do so.

Most gamblers engage in gambling for entertainment and money. Those who are addicted to gambling because of the fun they derive from it will find these Social Tournaments very helpful. But gamblers that target profit-making will need more than these free games to break free from addiction. Their motivation for gambling is to make a profit so they will not be thrilled by such a substitute.

Alternatively, such games can introduce nongamers to gambling. Since some of the games are similar to real gambling, nongamblers can decide to apply their acquired skills or experience from these dummy games to real gambling. But if gamers can control their gambling drive, Socialtournaments are a valid medium to reduce gambling addiction.

[ethereumhunter]

The answer will be maybe or no because it depends on each person participating in the tournament. If they can still control themselves and are still willing to prevent gambling addiction or even try to cure their gambling addiction, they will not focus too much on gambling. Still, maybe they will participate in tournaments more often. They will not think about gambling in a casino and using their money because they can participate in the tournament and not use their money.

But if the person is still thinking about making money from gambling, they will probably continue to gamble at the usual casino. They will only keep trying to win and will not stop before they win. But with the tournament, one of the ways to attract them to the tournament is instead of them spending the money in the casino and they can also get the money if they win. But there will be another problem: they will think about the tournament and how they can win in the next tournament.

[Taskford]

I don't know if many of you knows SocialTournaments where they hold free tournaments with different types,maximum multiplier,total points score and other related slot machines tournament,they are managed by Pragmatic Play provider and it is a way to invite people to gambling but I see it as an alternative to people who are addicted,they can stop the addiction as they offer enough daily,weekly and monthly tournaments to keep you entertained without you spending any money and if you are in luck and get the biggest multiplier or biggest score you even win real money to your account which you can withdraw to your crypto wallets.

I am in no way affiliated with them and you need big KYC,Proof of Address,National ID and Proof of Wallet to get your money.Do you think this platform can help people remove addiction,I think it can be a big boost to do so.

Anything related to gambling doesn't stop people to get out on addiction. Even if they didn't spend some amount while playing still it can rise up their urge to gamble since they can play without worrying any risk. But what happen if the program done? For sure those players will find another option and for sure they go on casino then spend real money just to satisfy their selves from playing on the games they like.

[robelneo]

I don't know if many of you knows SocialTournaments where they hold free tournaments with different types,maximum multiplier,total points score and other related slot machines tournament,they are managed by Pragmatic Play provider and it is a way to invite people to gambling but I see it as an alternative to people who are addicted,they can stop the addiction as they offer enough daily,weekly and monthly tournaments to keep you entertained without you spending any money and if you are in luck and get the biggest multiplier or biggest score you even win real money to your account which you can withdraw to your crypto wallets.

I am in no way affiliated with them and you need big KYC,Proof of Address,National ID and Proof of Wallet to get your money.Do you think this platform can help people remove addiction,I think it can be a big boost to do so.

No way in fact it's the other way around, you cannot help people stop gambling as long as they are playing a game of chance even if there is no money involved the dopamine effect is still there, this is in fact encouraging them that there's easy money with gambling and they will use real money, only a professional advice and plan can stop gamblers from their addiction, it will not come from game provider whose interest is to promote gambling.

This so-called social tournament promotes gambling and if the player has a good run he will turn to casinos and use real money to try his luck there since he thinks that he has luck in gambling, I don't think the Pragmatic Play provider promotes their game as a means to stop addiction, it's just you assuming it.
 

[harizen]

I don't know if many of you knows SocialTournaments where they hold free tournaments with different types,maximum multiplier,total points score and other related slot machines tournament,they are managed by Pragmatic Play provider and it is a way to invite people to gambling but I see it as an alternative to people who are addicted,they can stop the addiction as they offer enough daily,weekly and monthly tournaments to keep you entertained without you spending any money and if you are in luck and get the biggest multiplier or biggest score you even win real money to your account which you can withdraw to your crypto wallets.

I don't see how it can stop addiction where the basic thing to need to win here is to wage even more.

These kinds of tournament is already common and to be on top, you have to be on the leaderboards. For a gambling site that is already popular, the competition will be surely tough, and maintaining the position will be hard. You need more money here for this type of competition. How it can even help people to minimize and lessen their gambling addiction?

It's still gambling with just another tweak. It's even promoting gambling more as why should they care for gambling addiction?

[Negotiation]

It is a competitive tournament where in every case the players participating in the competition do not have the same chance of profit and loss as gambling. In gambling the prize money is determined by the consent of both parties and decreases over time. But in case of tournament the award is fixed and decided by the tournament organizing authority. If a person can control himself then participating in social tournaments can prevent addiction. But you have to be careful before investing money if you invest more after greed you will be at risk if you have less feeling of winning. It is better to invest any money in gambling if they lose they try to recover the lost money if it becomes an addiction their development is hindered.

[davis196]

I don't know if many of you knows SocialTournaments where they hold free tournaments with different types,maximum multiplier,total points score and other related slot machines tournament,they are managed by Pragmatic Play provider and it is a way to invite people to gambling but I see it as an alternative to people who are addicted,they can stop the addiction as they offer enough daily,weekly and monthly tournaments to keep you entertained without you spending any money and if you are in luck and get the biggest multiplier or biggest score you even win real money to your account which you can withdraw to your crypto wallets.

I am in no way affiliated with them and you need big KYC,Proof of Address,National ID and Proof of Wallet to get your money.Do you think this platform can help people remove addiction,I think it can be a big boost to do so.

No. This platform won't help anyone to stop his addiction. It will most likely help in sustaining the gambling addiction until the gambler has enough money to start betting on a normal casino. Quitting gambling completely is the only way to fight gambling addiction and it's really difficult. If this SocialTournaments platform was really dedicated in fighting gambling addiction they would never offer money prizes.
As mentioned in your post, this platform is dedicated to inviting more people in the world of gambling, rather than fighting gambling addiction.

[bettercrypto]

I don't know if many of you knows SocialTournaments where they hold free tournaments with different types,maximum multiplier,total points score and other related slot machines tournament,they are managed by Pragmatic Play provider and it is a way to invite people to gambling but I see it as an alternative to people who are addicted,they can stop the addiction as they offer enough daily,weekly and monthly tournaments to keep you entertained without you spending any money and if you are in luck and get the biggest multiplier or biggest score you even win real money to your account which you can withdraw to your crypto wallets.

I am in no way affiliated with them and you need big KYC,Proof of Address,National ID and Proof of Wallet to get your money.Do you think this platform can help people remove addiction,I think it can be a big boost to do so.

If I understand correctly, what you are saying requires KYC or any national ID, something most gamblers don't want to provide on any casino platform. And if my understanding is also correct, because of the passage of KYC, many gamblers will avoid this gambling platform system and can be far from addiction. Is my thinking correct?

Now, regarding your question about whether it will help other gamblers stay away from addiction, maybe, on the other hand, it can, because other gamblers will avoid kyc, in my opinion.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

I am in no way affiliated with them and you need big KYC,Proof of Address,National ID and Proof of Wallet to get your money.Do you think this platform can help people remove addiction,I think it can be a big boost to do so.

I just checked the site and it's just like a regular gambling casino, but with no charge, whereby you are allowed to play some games over a limit certain period of time, and if you are lucky enough to win, you get paid real cash. However, I don't see anyway this can stop people from being addictive to gambling, since it's almost the same gambling style of game prediction that is still been executed there, but just that the only advantage I see this new site has over a regular casino is it's ability to stop people from being in debts, since it's free and require you to only predict and if you are correct, you win a price.

[Outhue]

What is damaged can't be repaired and when it comes to human, we are given the gift of repentance and the gift of will, if you are willing to do anything you will end up doing it, when it comes to gambling addict, there is no amount of remedy, strategy or treatment that can cure your addiction, it's something that's ongoing in the mind and your thoughts, if you can't fix yourself there is nothing that can get you fixed.

These platforms that offers help can only be effective on someone that's just starting out his or her gambling, when they know what's ahead of them they can always evade the bad side of gambling, but for someone who is already an addict, only such person can cure it's addiction.

There was someone who I knew, he was a gambling addict, his mother took him to church and the pray every day for him, this went on for months, and when he got back home things looked normal and he at one point said he will never gamble again, until all eyes are no more on him, today he is no more alive, he died with many debt on his neck.

[coin-investor]

There's also a possibility that if Pragmatic stops these so-called Socialtournaments the participants will go elsewhere or to other casinos and use real money to satisfy their addiction to these Socialtournaments, so we cannot consider this concept to stop gambling addiction, anything where a user face games and makes a bet even if there's no money involved will cultivate the love for betting.
Only a professional can introduce a program that can stop addiction and game providers will not start campaigns that will stop gambling addiction because their business is associated with gambling