Does online gambling lead to more addiction?

[Ricardo11]

You can't stop the evolution and internet era is part of the evolution that can't be blamed for our irresponsible decisions. Let's just assume we ban the betting over internet whole world, do you think it will stop people from gambling? Hell no they will just get into the unregistered online betting or just get back to the casinos so blaming the medium is just not taking the responsibility for our actions, it can be sorted only if we create enough awareness about the risks involved with gambling.

I agree with you, only by declaring gambling illegal, gambling cannot be reduced. Because there are various places to gamble online, to reduce gambling, it is not a legal ban, but everyone must be made deeply aware of the harmful effects of gambling. A responsible and aware society must be built. A gambler can never be forcibly kept away from gambling, if he cannot be aware, and does not understand the harmful effects of gambling, then he will continue to gamble in any way. No legal restrictions can keep a gambler away from gambling.

[uneng]

I am absolutely sure that gambling that is played through mobile phones is more dangerous than a physical casino. It causes more addiction, because it is very easy to play, just press a couple of clicks on the screen and here you are already in the casino, another couple of clicks, and here your money is already in the casino.
And you can be online to play roulette, for example, constantly 24/7. While many will refuse to go to a physical casino and.k. you need to leave the house.

The accessibility factor makes online gambling more harmful from the addiction point of view. The fact gamblers can access a virtual gambling platform at anytime and anywhere may lead to further compulsivity. It's not hard to think about other examples involving virtual platforms and compulsivity, as it's also a common situation faced by social medias' users and pornography's consumers.

It's great to have more accessibility, but with great power comes great responsibility, so the more facilities we have on our hands, more discernment and rational thinking are demanded in counterpart, so we don't become slaves of such platforms and their features.

[Victorybit1]

Just like you said, easy accessibility is the reason why people get addicted to it and that's true. The use of mobile phones and computers to gamble has made it quite easier, you don't have to go through the inconvenience of walking to a gambling center. It's funny that people don't know when they start getting addicted to it, they might might think it's something they just do occasionally so it wouldn't cause any harm but as time progresses they end up losing a lot of money even when they gamble occasionally. People have lost more than a million dollars within minutes. I think you are right on this.

[sotelorene]

Overtime online gambling has become very popular, many people prefer to use websites and apps to bet on their favorite sports and casino games. This has made gambling very convenient and easily accessible, it's actually why people get addicted to it. Anyone who has a smartphone won't see the need of going to a bet center to gamble. The world has gone digital, but is this causing more harm than good?. land based casinos and bet shops require you to leave your house but online gambling is available, people can gamble from the comfort of their home whenever and however they want. This has made a lot of people addicted, some started by staking low amounts but overtime they found themselves gambling with large amounts of money. Easy access to gambling websites can make it harder to stop and this might lead to a serious issue. Most people think they are in Control of theirself or just playing to have fun but they don't notice that it's turning into an habit. Online gambling has made more addicts than offline gambling.

Are you indirectly saying that online bets are not good? And if I may ask have you ever consider what it would have look like if there was no online bet till now?, sometimes trekking from your house to a bet center is very stressful, some people may even have an accident and what if the sun is too much or what if it is a raining day and how will you go and bet your game? There are advantage and disadvantage of it, don't you know that is safer to win millions or billions from the comfort of your zone than to win such money in public place ( bet center) because in a public center you can be attacked after leaving there with your winnings because surely people we know you win such amount of money and lastly, whether online or bet center someone who will turn an addict will always turn an addict.

[rahmad2nd]

Overtime online gambling has become very popular, many people prefer to use websites and apps to bet on their favorite sports and casino games. This has made gambling very convenient and easily accessible, it's actually why people get addicted to it. Anyone who has a smartphone won't see the need of going to a bet center to gamble. The world has gone digital, but is this causing more harm than good?. land based casinos and bet shops require you to leave your house but online gambling is available, people can gamble from the comfort of their home whenever and however they want. This has made a lot of people addicted, some started by staking low amounts but overtime they found themselves gambling with large amounts of money. Easy access to gambling websites can make it harder to stop and this might lead to a serious issue. Most people think they are in Control of theirself or just playing to have fun but they don't notice that it's turning into an habit. Online gambling has made more addicts than offline gambling.

I don't have any statistical data related to what you are asking, but it seems that with all the ease and comfort provided by online gambling, it has the potential to cause its users to become addicted. However, in the case of gambling addiction itself, it is divided into several categories, until some are declared seriously addicted and problematic. The real problem is how someone defines gambling itself, to what extent do they understand online gambling. As you said, it is easier for us to play without traveling, online gambling gives us convenience. Unfortunately, not many people understand that gambling has the potential to be a problem if someone does not have limits, self-control and of course understanding. So that someone does not become part of an addicted gambler, learn the limits that we can tolerate. Furthermore, make gambling only part of high-risk entertainment. In this digital era, we cannot stop every technological development, including gambling. The most important thing is that we have values ​​and limits related to the gambling that we do, so that someone can protect themselves from becoming addicted to online gambling.

[GideonGono]

For me it seems like it does, it is easy to access and anyone could do it.
I've seen so many people doing it publicly nowadays, it doesn't matter where they are as long as they could gamble, I've seen some people who does it while they are travelling home from work or the other way around, even seen some teenager gambling online while hanging out with their friends in the street.

[mcdouglasx]

This is more of an educational topic than one of accessibility. I think that visiting online casinos is a completely different experience from going to traditional casinos. I believe that the traditional casino experience is much more addictive than the online one. There, players are surrounded by bright lights, the sounds of slot machines, the crowd, and a constant atmosphere of celebration. There are external factors involved, such as adrenaline, the feeling of euphoria, and risk. Perhaps it is not the easy access that increases addictions, but rather that it is just an additional option.

[Cookdata]

Overtime online gambling has become very popular, many people prefer to use websites and apps to bet on their favorite sports and casino games. This has made gambling very convenient and easily accessible, it's actually why people get addicted to it. Anyone who has a smartphone won't see the need of going to a bet center to gamble. The world has gone digital, but is this causing more harm than good?. land based casinos and bet shops require you to leave your house but online gambling is available, people can gamble from the comfort of their home whenever and however they want. This has made a lot of people addicted, some started by staking low amounts but overtime they found themselves gambling with large amounts of money. Easy access to gambling websites can make it harder to stop and this might lead to a serious issue. Most people think they are in Control of theirself or just playing to have fun but they don't notice that it's turning into an habit. Online gambling has made more addicts than offline gambling.

This internet related increase in gambling has been discussed in the past and it keeps coming on and forth many times but there is something that is not talk about, that's the growth of the internet. The way we have many people on the internet today has triple in the last 10 years and that's as a result of computer technology advancement. How many people can boost of having phones in the early 2010, they were less expensive than now but people couldn't afford it.

Today, we have many adults that now spend half of their weeks on the internet than they do in their offline lifestyle, some people don't have work yet they want to make money online and one of the basic ways and easy looking route is gambling but it's the hardest but they don't know this until they try it out. Some of them quickly realized and exit while some stay glued to it until they turn addicted gambler, this numbers are increasing every day.

[len01]

If we talk about "causes" which means a motivator for gamblers to keep betting and ignore whatever happens. So online gambling actually only facilitates us in a more modern way to be able to bet more comfortably in the place we want. And if we look back deeper, gambling is just a game to fill free time to have fun with a small amount and also to try our luck.

As long as every gambler can be consistent and have full control over everything that has been planned and know how gambling works, I believe online gambling is not a cause of the increasing number of gambling addictions. Except for gamblers who do not know how gambling works and consider it a place to make money.

[alastantiger]

This is more of an educational topic than one of accessibility. I think that visiting online casinos is a completely different experience from going to traditional casinos. I believe that the traditional casino experience is much more addictive than the online one. There, players are surrounded by bright lights, the sounds of slot machines, the crowd, and a constant atmosphere of celebration. There are external factors involved, such as adrenaline, the feeling of euphoria, and risk. Perhaps it is not the easy access that increases addictions, but rather that it is just an additional option.

Agreed with your point because there are some gamblers that still prefer to visit traditional casinos than to make use of online casinos when they want to gamble. The online casino do not have enough attracting features for people that have been gambling before the introduction of onlin casino. Some people love to be in the midst of other gamblers and they enjoy the attentions that winning in traditional casino can give to you. It also increased their adrenaline that they get but when gambling through online casinos, most of the times you're alone without anyone being there to praise you when you win. Some gamblers love the attention than the amount that they won. The atmosphere in traditional casino can make a gamble to gamble away all the money on them. They'll not want to stop when they see others gambling and this make rejecting physical casinos to be harder.

[Pi-network314159]

Overtime online gambling has become very popular, many people prefer to use websites and apps to bet on their favorite sports and casino games. This has made gambling very convenient and easily accessible, it's actually why people get addicted to it. Anyone who has a smartphone won't see the need of going to a bet center to gamble. The world has gone digital, but is this causing more harm than good?. land based casinos and bet shops require you to leave your house but online gambling is available, people can gamble from the comfort of their home whenever and however they want. This has made a lot of people addicted, some started by staking low amounts but overtime they found themselves gambling with large amounts of money. Easy access to gambling websites can make it harder to stop and this might lead to a serious issue. Most people think they are in Control of theirself or just playing to have fun but they don't notice that it's turning into an habit. Online gambling has made more addicts than offline gambling.

The fact is that wether both online or offline, all are base on luck. But althought gambling has became popular and accessible but that is not what causes addiction as you said, but addiction happen as a result of people trying to win big without considering the level of their bankroll or howany times they have lost, but keep on chaising loses And this leed to greed. Those that gamble with large amount and later reduce to lower amount is as a result of thinking that big stake is the best strategy to win big, only to discover that wining is not determined by the level of stake.

[Hispo]

If we talk about "causes" which means a motivator for gamblers to keep betting and ignore whatever happens. So online gambling actually only facilitates us in a more modern way to be able to bet more comfortably in the place we want. And if we look back deeper, gambling is just a game to fill free time to have fun with a small amount and also to try our luck.

As long as every gambler can be consistent and have full control over everything that has been planned and know how gambling works, I believe online gambling is not a cause of the increasing number of gambling addictions. Except for gamblers who do not know how gambling works and consider it a place to make money.

What technology has done is the equivalent of allowing us to gamble and do other activities from the comfort of our homes without all the hassle of moving around and traveling, that by itself does not contribute to gambling.
Though, some casinos and bookies may pay to corporations like Google or Microsoft in an effort to increase their campaign or targeted advertisement, as any other company which offers their products and services, that could increase the number of gamblers and the number of people who do not know how to take a loss and move on from it as one is supposed to.

Advertising by Coca-Cola alledgedly prompt more people to drink it, otherwise they would not campaign as aggressively as they do sometimes, specially on Christmas season. It is the same with casinos, they want to thrive, to they see for more people to join in, while (at the very least) being warned about their actual purpose of a casino, which is entertainment and killing our leisure time.

[cabron]

If we talk about "causes" which means a motivator for gamblers to keep betting and ignore whatever happens. So online gambling actually only facilitates us in a more modern way to be able to bet more comfortably in the place we want. And if we look back deeper, gambling is just a game to fill free time to have fun with a small amount and also to try our luck.

As long as every gambler can be consistent and have full control over everything that has been planned and know how gambling works, I believe online gambling is not a cause of the increasing number of gambling addictions. Except for gamblers who do not know how gambling works and consider it a place to make money.

What technology has done is the equivalent of allowing us to gamble and do other activities from the comfort of our homes without all the hassle of moving around and traveling, that by itself does not contribute to gambling.
Though, some casinos and bookies may pay to corporations like Google or Microsoft in an effort to increase their campaign or targeted advertisement, as any other company which offers their products and services, that could increase the number of gamblers and the number of people who do not know how to take a loss and move on from it as one is supposed to.

Advertising by Coca-Cola alledgedly prompt more people to drink it, otherwise they would not campaign as aggressively as they do sometimes, specially on Christmas season. It is the same with casinos, they want to thrive, to they see for more people to join in, while (at the very least) being warned about their actual purpose of a casino, which is entertainment and killing our leisure time.

Everywhere we go today you can see people only looking at their phones the whole day or just while walking on the street we can see teens just looking at their phones probably even gambling as well.

When a gambling app in my country becomes popular, everyone talks about how much they make from the app. This time around people are selling valuable stuff just to have capital to gamble. Yes Addiction is serious when it comes to online casinos. One person just want to impress his friends by telling he won tons of money yet he was just selling the jewelry of his mom.

[Julien_Olynpic]

I think that online casinos and bookmakers are indeed addictive faster than offline casinos and bookmakers. The reasons for this phenomenon are trivial: it takes less time and energy to place a bet online. You can place an online bet lying in bed with a laptop. You don’t even have to get up and get dressed. As for a land-based casino, you have to make a lot more movements there. But I know that many professional players don’t like online bookmakers, for example. Such accounts are often blocked. In addition, many people like the unique atmosphere of offline and this is what some users like. They go to a land-based gambling establishment precisely because of this.

[dunfida]

Everything that has an advantage also has a disadvantage. Before online gambling started becoming as popular as it is today, which many can link to the COVID-19 spread that restricted people from leaving their homes, physical casinos and betting shops had also been producing gambling addicts.

Anyone can get addicted to whichever means they use for gambling; if you don't have self-control, you will get addicted even if it costs you a whole day to go and gamble. Some people won't mind as much as it's going to satisfy their gambling urge.

You would really be that facing that huge issue or problem at the time or moment that you do make yourself get addicted with gambling. Betting or gambling on casinos are really that highly addictive and if you arent that good when it comes to self control then its most likely you do end up on getting addicted in no time. Its true that not all the time that this one will be talking only on negative side aspects on which it will really be that also having that positive approach too, there are really just that those moments or times that you will be going outside of your limits on which this one will really be causing up that huge problem if you wont really be able to have that good control and approach.

On the time or moment that you will be putting up some priority into making money rather than on pure entertainment then expect that you will be having that addiction on a fast pace manner. Online gambling had become that indeed even more boomed up in terms of popularity on that covid season on which this is something that all people are focusing online due to quarantine and its understandable that online things will be that getting more traction because of the condition and this is that an advantage into those casino owners.

[Dewi Aries]

For me it seems like it does, it is easy to access and anyone could do it.
I've seen so many people doing it publicly nowadays, it doesn't matter where they are as long as they could gamble, I've seen some people who does it while they are travelling home from work or the other way around, even seen some teenager gambling online while hanging out with their friends in the street.

For now, online gambling does have easy access to reach, with those who are familiar with social media and understand gadgets will be able to access it when they feel interested, it is not strange that many people are interested in it because apart from its easy access, many people also spread the word about how easy it is to win. In my environment, there are many young people who do it, when they gather there must be one or two of them who gamble and sometimes there are those who openly do it in public places even though they shouldn't be like that.

A problem if they gamble when they are going to work, because gambling itself can make us forget the time, besides that some people gamble at work, this is not an example to be imitated but must avoid things like this.

[michellee]

Online gambling can make people get addicted to gambling faster than offline gambling. They get the easiness to playing gambling using many devices and they can play wherever they want. They can playing gambling in their room before they sleep or even in the morning before they do their routine activities.

That will difficult to stop this new thing if they can not control themselves in gambling. They think that they can gambling anytime they want but that will makes them become addicted to gambling faster without they realize.

Online gambling can make them deeper in the gambling and slowly change them by getting addicted. If they don't have awareness to limit and control themselves, that will be a matter of time to see they will addicted to gambling.

[Kelward]

I think it does. One of the things that greatly contributes to gambling addiction is spending excessive time on gambling and easy accessibility to gambling, when someone who has not mastered the act of self control can access gambling whenever he wants, he tends to spend more time gambling, thereby increasing their chances of addiction. So yes, online gambling can increase a person’s chances of addiction since it provides easy access to gambling.

Online gambling can definitely lead to higher chances of becoming addicted and the reason is quite simple, because of easy accessibility. If you can conveniently access a gambling site from anywhere, even on your bed when you wake up from sleep, it means that there is no restrictions or stress to gamble at anytime. People that have not mastered self control in gambling can become lost in it and begin to chase loses and over gamble with their wins, eventually they'll become addicted. A lot more people have become gamblers since the start of online gambling and therefore addiction will also increase with it.

[fruktik]

Naturally, gambling (both online and offline)  have made so many people to become addicted and why did they become addicted?, they became addicted because they allowed themselves to lose control of themselves. Addiction starts by signs and symptoms and at that moment, the victims had the option to either correct their mistakes and become disciplined so that they wouldn't get so addicted but they allowed themselves.

There's no form of gambling that people have not been addicted to, that's to say, the problem is not the kind of gambling (offline or online) but individuals are the product of their actions and decisions.

Everyone understands this perfectly well. Do you have any answers on how to fight this addiction? What should be done when a person is already completely involved in this process? For example, as it happened to me many years ago. I hardly noticed the world around me then. I only thought about how to find money again and go to the casino to lose it again. I myself was disgusted to watch this, but I could not do anything with myself. I reached the very bottom, when I had so much debt that I even began to threaten with violence. My close relatives went crazy and could not believe that I could do such a thing.

So what to do? How to get out of this hole? I had to undergo "treatment" for this addiction on my own. It was very difficult to switch to something else, but I succeeded. I cleaned up the consequences of my decisions for several more years. It was very difficult to find money to pay the debts. The phone was simply ringing off the hook with calls from collection agencies.

[bakasabo]

I still dont believe that online gambling causes more addiction that offline gambling. Before online gambling even exist, there was already a growing number of addicted to gambling people. Everything depends from persons character. If he is easy to become addicted to things, he will be addicted to gambling no matter where he plays. Online gambling makes it only convenient and available anytime and anywhere to gamble.