Can gambling addiction lead to domestic violence?

[adultcrypto]

Being addicted to gambling can be a thorn in the flesh. We have heard many bad behavior from gambling addicts that shows that gambling is a serious concern requiring serious efforts at curbing it. Many casinos also include in their disclaimer "gamble responsibly" and this shows the danger of gambling addiction.

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

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[Don Pedro Dinero]

You won't find a cause-effect relationship in scientific studies. There will be specific cases of gamblers who hit women just as there will be cases of gamblers who rape children, but just as there is a small percentage in society in general.

The fact that a person has two characteristics (such as being a gambler and hitting women) does not mean that there is a cause-effect relationship between them. I'm sure many of the gamblers on this forum may find the implication offensive.

[Coin_trader]

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

Big O Yeah! Any addiction in general can lead to domestic violence depending on the person state of mind. Because a person with a short temperance attitude will surely resort to violence once addiction kicks in especially when we are talking about gambling that is very brutal in regards with finances.

Philippines, My country is a living proof for this because there’s a lot of domestic violence happening here just because the husband is heavily addicted on gambling. When online sabong becomes rampant here, Lots of house wife file a complaint in national level that makes our law maker and president decided to ban online sabong due to the damage it results to Filipino households.

“So it’s his recommendation and I agree with it, it’s good, so e-sabong will end by tonight,” he said.

“We were only after the tax revenues, but after the stories I heard, it’s loud and clear that it’s working against our values,” he continued in remarks translated by media outlets Rappler and CNN Philippines.

“The impact on families and on people, it turns out players are not sleeping for 24 hours.”

Año’s “validation report” was based in part on a survey by the Department of the Interior and Local Government that raised significant concerns about the impacts of e-sabong on the community.

Source: https://www.vixio.com/insights/gc-duterte-bans-online-cockfighting-sudden-policy-reversal

[taufik123]

Cases of domestic violence due to gambling are frequent in my country.
Most of those who do gambling are those who have a middle to lower economy, and they have also become gambling addicts.

Domestic violence occurs because of the effects of gambling, they have no money left and are forced to sell everything they see at home,
including jewelry belonging to their wives and other valuables.

Often occurs in offline gambling and this makes the psychology of a gambler disturbed and can commit any criminal act including domestic violence.

Gambling has good and bad effects, but bad effects dominate because gambling is only used as a place to try luck and hope to get a big jackpot.
But in the end it will only give defeat and lose all the money.

But for those who make gambling only as entertainment by giving a small allocation to gambling, so they will stop when the allocation runs out and gambling is also just entertainment, there will be no panic or stress because of gambling for entertainment purposes.

[EL MOHA]

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

If there is anything that easily leads to destruction of homes and domestic violence as you put it, it is addiction of anything been it drinking, smoking and then gambling tops it off. If you look at what causes most domestic violence it is the inability of the addicted not to discharge his duties accordingly. A gambler addict hardly has money to safe for family or for himself and this gets the other family members angry. The most frequent thing self is the fact that they go ahead to steal other family members money or even squander the assets kept in their possessions for the use of the family or the community and if the reports gets to the owner of the assets or the potential beneficiaries it leads to confrontation which as we all know is the bedrock of every violence.

If you look at some of the reason why religious faith actually frowns upon gambling or any form of addiction is because of the fact that it leads to this said violence.

[Justbillywitt]

Yes I think gambling addiction can lead to domestic violence. When a gambler spends most of his time at the casino and have little time for his family. Things like this can cause a problem at home, as the wife will constantly be disturbing the gambler to limit or stop his gambling habits and the gambler will see it as an insult to him and this can often lead to a fight at home. There has been several cases of this in my region. Gambling addicts don't like who is stopping them from gambling.

[zaim7413]

In general, the most basic cause of domestic violence is the MONEY factor. The correlation between the two is still very close, the meeting between domestic violence and gambling is caused by money. Small quarrels that occur in the household because of money, when the wife demands that the husband buy household necessities but the husband is unable to fulfill all these demands because the money has been spent on gambling, will trigger bad communication between the couple. Arguments about money can lead to disputes between the two and their status can escalate into physical, emotional violence and all forms of domestic violence.

[the rise]

Of course, anything bad can happen to gamblers, because if they are addicted to gambling they will do anything to get money and gamble, domestic violence can also occur for many reasons, such as asking their wife for money but not giving it, selling the contents of the house, even The most terrible thing is stealing, criminal acts like this are what is really feared, the effects of gambling addiction are very dangerous

[Darker45]

I cannot cite a specific case, but I'm certain it will. One possible effect of addiction is that the victim is irritable. The victim easily gets angry. If this is the case, domestic violence is a tendency.

An addict might be in a good mood if he/she comes home winning. But what if he/she comes home with a heavy loss? He/she's definitely in a bad mood. The actions or even mere presence of his/her wife/husband or children might easily annoy him/her, leading to violence.

Especially if the addicted gambler badly wants to go back to the casino but has already drained his/her wallet, that's when he/she is very hard to handle or please. Everything seems to be wrong; everyone seems to be at fault.

[Shishir99]

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

I am not aware of such cases. But it's very much possible. I have heard that people could be addicted to gambling and they could do anything to manage their gambling money including killing people for money. Gambling addiction and Drug addiction are similar types of addictions. The addicted people turn into a person without a brain. It's like they could do anything to manage the fund.

I know some underage kids know has been growing in front of my eyes. They dropped from the school and started working at very young age and they spend all their earnings on gambling. The fact is, they do not care about it. They just earn, gamble and repeat it over and over. They laugh about it.

[Solosanz]

It's not only limited to domestic violence, but it can happen to everything.

The addict will use all of his money, if he don't have any money left, he will try to other ways:
1. Take a loan from online lending apps.
2. Ask money to his friends, parents or relatives.
3. Steal a valuable stuff.
4. Rob someone else house.

If he didn't get what he want, he will hurt or torture the person until he gives the money.

[danherbias07]

I say yes.
Even if you are not a gambling addict yet, just losing a ton of money can lead to domestic violence. There are a lot of angry people in gamble and it's because their emotions are being affected by the results of their gambling. A winner can be the smiling type and he can be generous at giving money because of the joy after a win. A loser will probably be stressed all day and when someone talks to them, they will get angry. They are easily irritated and I think that's already domestic violence if it's done on his/her partner.

To be honest, I felt that too, and sometimes I got to yell with my kids but then I would tell myself that I was wrong and I would be sorry for how I behaved. But when I win, I am truly different, filled with joy.
Not just gambling addicts can do these things, even those who are first-timers, or just gamble occasionally can do such things especially if the money used was supposed to be a payment for an important matter. Stress always leads to something bad and we must control it or else we might do things that we will regret in the future.

[Zlantann]

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

Addiction to anything could lead to several abnormal behaviours. Research shows a relationship between some forms of addiction to domestic violence. Regarding gambling addiction violence might happen in the home as gamblers might transfer the pain of losses they experience to their partners. When a gambler loses more than he can afford to endure, he might end up becoming angry or aggressive and a little offence at home could make him attack his partner.

There was a case in my area where are man beat up his wife constantly because he claimed that she was responsible for his losses. He said before he got married to her, he was always wining his bets but his luck ceased immediately when he got married to her. He claimed that she came to him with bad luck. But everyone knows that he was just using her as an excuse to cover up for his uncontrollable gambling life.

[CryptSafe]

Being addicted to gambling can be a thorn in the flesh. We have heard many bad behavior from gambling addicts that shows that gambling is a serious concern requiring serious efforts at curbing it. Many casinos also include in their disclaimer "gamble responsibly" and this shows the danger of gambling addiction.

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

Of a truth I have witnessed cases of this nature where a man would want to sell  his property and his wife would refuse him from selling it because she knows he would use the money to gamble. It is unfortunate that such can happen and when such happens and the man meets resistance from his wife the next thing is that they both fight over it or he beats her up for the reasons of she obstructing or refusing him from selling the property.

In some cases, when the man returns home with anger to have lose funds in the cause of gambling, and his wife starts nagging around he transfers the anger and annoyance of losing the game and funds on her and sometimes display his rascality at home making his family become scared of him.

[Yatsan]

No direct correlation given that domestic violence comes with many forms and with many reasons not only with gambling. But if it is general tendency or possibility then ofcourse it has a chance of occurence given that frustration is often linked with gambling due to losses but again, low to no chances in my perspective. I would more believe that gambling has a higher tendency to be relaated with self harm especially with cases of obvious addiction on gamblers' end.

Of course, anything bad can happen to gamblers, because if they are addicted to gambling they will do anything to get money and gamble, domestic violence can also occur for many reasons, such as asking their wife for money but not giving it, selling the contents of the house, even The most terrible thing is stealing, criminal acts like this are what is really feared, the effects of gambling addiction are very dangerous

Good point but in this instance, it is indirect correlation given that violence rooted from the fact that he needs money and not with the activity alone. One of the dangers however dependent with the gambler and not representative to all players, actually likewise with addiction itself.

Best thing is to limit oneself if you know to yourself that you cannot handle the downside of gambling. It involves money which is for sure something which gives weight to every outcome especially negative consequences of betting.

[livingfree]

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

Yes.

That's not a new thing and that happens when a gambler is on a losing streak, his mood is bad and his irritated. It makes that gambler wanting to point his anger to someone.

And that's why you typically see some families that has an active gambler and then when he's got no money left because he was on a losing streak. He gets to scold their family members when they're just trying to be nice to him and ask if his okay or not.

[Mauser]

Being addicted to gambling can be a thorn in the flesh. We have heard many bad behavior from gambling addicts that shows that gambling is a serious concern requiring serious efforts at curbing it. Many casinos also include in their disclaimer "gamble responsibly" and this shows the danger of gambling addiction.

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

I don't think that gambling addiction is going to cause domestic violence. With gambling addiction people are attracted to casinos and their games, they would love to spend a lot of time gambling and make a lot of money. Violence has no real part in that addiction, it's not like gambling addicts love to hurt other people or start to fighting. Also when visiting casinos there will addicts there, but I never saw a fight happening. The number one factor leading to domestic violence in my opinion is alcohol, because it makes people aggressive. Gambling addiction doesn't make people aggressive like alcohol.

[cabron]

Definitely. There had been reports of addicted gamblers being violent. But even people who are not gamblers are going to get violent when they find themselves with nothing in their hands. People without money usually are hot-tempered.

In a home where a father has no job but wants to provide for their family can become violent. The reason why some are robbing banks and stealing is because off no money and a gambler without money can be as dangerous as a hungry jackal

[Rufsilf]

Indeed, there is some evidence linking gambling addiction to a greater chance of domestic violence, particularly in my nation.
As far as I can observe, gambling addiction can often result in financial difficulties. because when someone loses a sizable sum of money while gambling, it can cause financial stress for both the gambler and their family.
Of course, tensions and conflicts within the family could be increased by this financial burden, which could lead to an increase in domestic violence.
When they become addicted to gambling, some gamblers may lose control over their behavior or lose their ability to manage themselves.
They may also mistreat a family member or spouse because they lose at gambling and demand money from them.  

[Kliss]

Gambling addiction can definitely have negative impacts on relationships, including the potential for domestic violence. No one in any relationship will tolerate his or her partner losing money to gamble constantly without limits, neglecting and jeopardising work and relationship because of gambling, borrowing money and selling of possessions  to finance gambling and lying just to gamble etc.

It important to remember and note that gambling addiction can lead to emotional,financial distress and so many others which can contribute, lead  to conflicts and violence at home or in  relationships.