Does online gambling lead to more addiction?

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

I also feel that the digitalized world has turned me into someone who bets more, but it doesn't bother me. Because I think I can control myself and digitalization gives me comfort. I can't blame them for giving me comfort, just like I don't blame anyone for buying supermarket groceries online. If I change my consumption habits because of technological developments, I am to blame, not anyone else.

[Tungbulu]

Online gambling is like having social media apps the more time we spend the more accessible it is then it is addictive. Because the convenience it has compared to those physical gambling establishments and booths you can now gamble anytime and anywhere and one more thing, funds is now more becoming easy through digital wallets and mobile banking so for me yes it is given the fact that it was also private, which means no one knows you gamble so therefore no one knows you win or lose and at the end of the day no one knows you are addicted. 😅

Exactly, the privacy aspect is exactly the reason why some people choose this form of gambling regardless of its addictive nature, not to also mention the convenience it also offers to a gambler’s gaming experience. But you’re absolutely correct, this convenience and freedom can also have disastrous effects on the gambler, because not everyone are able to handle that level of freedom in gambling as it can easily get into their head and result to excessive gambling.

[GIF-JOBS]

Online gambling is like having social media apps the more time we spend the more accessible it is then it is addictive. Because the convenience it has compared to those physical gambling establishments and booths you can now gamble anytime and anywhere and one more thing, funds is now more becoming easy through digital wallets and mobile banking so for me yes it is given the fact that it was also private, which means no one knows you gamble so therefore no one knows you win or lose and at the end of the day no one knows you are addicted. 😅

Exactly, the privacy aspect is exactly the reason why some people choose this form of gambling regardless of its addictive nature, not to also mention the convenience it also offers to a gambler’s gaming experience. But you’re absolutely correct, this convenience and freedom can also have disastrous effects on the gambler, because not everyone are able to handle that level of freedom in gambling as it can easily get into their head and result to excessive gambling.

Nothing good can ever be expected from too much freedom, everything should have a limit. Freedom brings happiness and comfort to many, but it is quite the opposite for many, there are many who gamble at will due to high freedom, but it eventually turns into extreme addiction.

Freedom must be for the right people, freedom is good but as convenient and joyful as it is, it is dangerous for many (especially a gambler).

So responsible gambling is very important, through awareness, control and responsibility, a gambler can keep himself away from gambling addiction and its remedy effects.

[mdzahed134]

Online gambling is easy accessible to anyone who have a android phone with internet connection, and it very comfortable in any places but offline is not like that, because it’s a physical so you have need meet another player and i saw there are many difficulties in offline gambling, because it’s transaction in offline with local currency. Online gambling can be addiction because you can make bet at anytime if mobile phone will in your hand.

[fruktik]

Rehabilitation centers can help to change some addicted gambler, explaining your predicament to your love ones and allowing them to advise you is another way that can help an addict. Another means is to create some self restriction rules, read it to yourself everyday and make sure you discipline yourself to stand by it.

The last option helped me, but I was not completely sure that it would help. It would have been much better if a specialist in this field had provided help. It would also be good to undergo a full recovery course, as this would have helped me understand the situation I was in.

The most offensive and annoying thing was that I had no money at all for such procedures, if you can call them that. I ended up completely in debt. People close to me looked at me as if I was a madman who had done something incredibly terrible. None of them could have imagined that I was capable of such a thing. To lose a huge amount of money and also get into a lot of debt.

[Questat]

Whether it is online or offline gambling, anyone can fall into addiction if they can't control themselves. But what I can say about online gambling is it can encourage more young ages to gamble. This is a common problem we face today, and even a 15-year-old who is supposedly not allowed can gamble now.

It never looks good because it can destroy their focus at school, and with their limited financial resources, it may lead to stealing. I won't say this is really going to happen, but we can't ignore the possibility if their parent never knows the situation.

[danherbias07]

Everything you said here is correct, most people think that the percentage of people that lose money in bet centers and casinos are more than those that bet online maybe because of what they have seen or been told.. I need to remind you that just with a click of a button you can fund your bet account and gamble multiple times without control, now imagine someone gambles like this and lose constantly multiply that by 50 thousand individuals, this is just an estimate because online gamblers are actually more than that figure...This is actually becoming a global catastrophe that no one is talking about. Whatever you do make sure you don't get addicted, that's all.

It is.

Another reason is that they can bet at the cheapest price per roll either in slots or other casino games. Here in our country, there's a local online gambling platform that offers 1 peso per slot roll which is equal to $0.017 only. Very cheap, right? Well, imagine how many Filipinos are betting per day and then the amount they are losing.
Truly, this is now a global problem and I think many new online casinos are taking advantage of that so they keep on creating more websites to get more profits out of the people.
I think it's the government that must have something to do about this problem. Without regulation, more online casinos will come out and not think about the legality of their business. If there's regulation, there will be fewer online casinos and this problem could be controlled and so does gambling addiction.

[davis196]

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.

You are asking a question and making a conclusion at the same time. I don't know why do you ask a question, since you are answering your own question. Yes, online gambling is more convenient than visiting a real casino. The internet made certain things more convenient. Online porn is also more accessible than reading porn magazines. Is there a global porn addiction pandemic? Yes, the increased levels of porn addiction(caused by online porn) are a problem. The same thing applies to online gambling. How can we deal with this problem? I really don't know.

[jcojci]

Whether it is online or offline gambling, anyone can fall into addiction if they can't control themselves. But what I can say about online gambling is it can encourage more young ages to gamble. This is a common problem we face today, and even a 15-year-old who is supposedly not allowed can gamble now.

It never looks good because it can destroy their focus at school, and with their limited financial resources, it may lead to stealing. I won't say this is really going to happen, but we can't ignore the possibility if their parent never knows the situation.

I agree with you because I see that happen in my neighborhood which some young ages playing online gambling from their smart phone. They even don't hide that from other people including adult people although some adult people will yelling to them to stop gambling. But those young ages still playing gambling in other places. I don't know how their parents educate them or not but it seems their parents don't know. Young ages will be more susceptible with gambling addiction because they lack of self control so it needs concern from adult people to monitor their children.

[mak013]

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.

Taxi makes us lazy - we don`t walk, delivery makes us addicts - we don`t visit shop ourselves and buy lots of useless things, due to online games we don`t see our friends offline. I can continue this list.
The truth is that the world changes and we can do nothing with it. If someone has problems with gambling - he will become gambling addict much easier. But the main part of gamblers get easy access and can relax after hard day from home with small sums.
I don`t want to lose such opportunities due to some addicts and don`t understand why their problems must become my problem.

[TopTort777]

Whether it is online or offline gambling, anyone can fall into addiction if they can't control themselves. But what I can say about online gambling is it can encourage more young ages to gamble. This is a common problem we face today, and even a 15-year-old who is supposedly not allowed can gamble now.

It never looks good because it can destroy their focus at school, and with their limited financial resources, it may lead to stealing. I won't say this is really going to happen, but we can't ignore the possibility if their parent never knows the situation.

I agree with you because I see that happen in my neighborhood which some young ages playing online gambling from their smart phone. They even don't hide that from other people including adult people although some adult people will yelling to them to stop gambling. But those young ages still playing gambling in other places. I don't know how their parents educate them or not but it seems their parents don't know. Young ages will be more susceptible with gambling addiction because they lack of self control so it needs concern from adult people to monitor their children.

You think if kids have more self control they would gamble less? Or spend less time in gadgets and study more instead? Society today has formed an image already, that a person must spend his whole life in gadgets or online. Sadly this is sometimes hard to believe, but a kid with phone can achieve more than an adult working 24/7 shift on a factory or in the office.

I am a follower of an idea, if a kid gamble, let him gamble under my supervision. Let him fail in gambling, make his own bruises, get his own troubles with money. And then we would talk, talk a lot about what was done wrong or right. It was up-to kid to solve problems he did himself. I will be always near to help, but not going to work all life for him to cover his financial fails. Kids today live with an image that the world owes them. Such attitude should be changed. A parent or society should not be kids slave. The sooner kids realize it, the better it would be.

[TheUltraElite]

Ease of access makes anything more used. Take for example the food delivery services which has made food from remote but well known resturants easy to get. Similarly making the gambling process online removes the need to visit the betting shop while making yourself a public target and adds in anonymity to the entire process when it comes to bitcoin casinos.

But whether to become addicted to it or not is dependent on the player. One can play on an online casino once a while and never be addicted or be the regular visitor of a local casino losing money on every game.

[Muba20]

Whether it is online or offline gambling, anyone can fall into addiction if they can't control themselves. But what I can say about online gambling is it can encourage more young ages to gamble. This is a common problem we face today, and even a 15-year-old who is supposedly not allowed can gamble now.

It never looks good because it can destroy their focus at school, and with their limited financial resources, it may lead to stealing. I won't say this is really going to happen, but we can't ignore the possibility if their parent never knows the situation.

I agree with you because I see that happen in my neighborhood which some young ages playing online gambling from their smart phone. They even don't hide that from other people including adult people although some adult people will yelling to them to stop gambling. But those young ages still playing gambling in other places. I don't know how their parents educate them or not but it seems their parents don't know. Young ages will be more susceptible with gambling addiction because they lack of self control so it needs concern from adult people to monitor their children.

Online platforms provide a gambler with the opportunity to gamble safely, which makes it almost impossible for others to know about his gambling if no one else knows about his gambling. Due to safe gambling, underage gamblers can easily become addicted gamblers. In the case of mature people, if they have a gambling addiction, they can be recovered as much as possible, but when an underage gambles, they will do things that will not be possible to recover. In the case of an underage person, there is a possibility of getting addicted quickly. They become addicted gamblers in a shortest possible of time and the number of such gamblers on gambling platforms is relatively high at this age.

[Hazink]

I also feel that the digitalized world has turned me into someone who bets more, but it doesn't bother me. Because I think I can control myself and digitalization gives me comfort. I can't blame them for giving me comfort, just like I don't blame anyone for buying supermarket groceries online. If I change my consumption habits because of technological developments, I am to blame, not anyone else.

You are correct on both sides; technology was developed to make things easier for us, and however we turn out to be making use of that technology should be our sole responsibility, and not to blame it on the developer.

No doubt online casinos have made it very accessible to people, which is the sole reason you can place bets in the comfort of your home without stepping out, maintaining your private life and protecting yourself from unpleasant body touch and talk from other gamblers in the same casino.

If the gambler later turns out to be addicted to gambling, the person should hold him or herself responsible because they were careless enough to lose control over what they were doing and were not forced by the system to get addicted.

[Out of mind]

Online gambling has gained the most popularity in the present era and it has spread to every country. The young generation of most of the society is getting addicted to this gambling through mobile phones and they are seeing it as a source of income by going to casinos. Although having a smartphone makes it possible to gamble very easily and quickly, but people are also becoming addicted to it. According to my knowledge, young boys from most of the societies are getting more addicted to this gambling, when a young person bets on gambling and wins money, he will become greedy for money. Gradually he will start becoming a gambler and without thinking about his future, he will drown in this gambling, it is a loss to their education and it is also a loss to the society if a person gets addicted to gambling. I think in the present era, online casinos can turn the young generation of the society into an addiction, although online casinos provide many facilities but people also get addicted here.

[fuguebtc]

I also feel that the digitalized world has turned me into someone who bets more, but it doesn't bother me. Because I think I can control myself and digitalization gives me comfort. I can't blame them for giving me comfort, just like I don't blame anyone for buying supermarket groceries online. If I change my consumption habits because of technological developments, I am to blame, not anyone else.

You are right. If we can control ourselves, we will never be addicted to gambling. Gambling has spread a lot because of online gambling. We can now gamble easily. As a result, although the addiction to gambling has increased for many people. Because earlier we used to have to go to the casino to gamble. But now we can easily gamble through mobile or computer.

But I would say that the worst effect has been on the youth. The youth are not properly aware of the dangers of gambling. They are easily attracted to gambling. They are not able to control themselves from gambling addiction. However, those who have been gambling for a long time or those whom we know as professional gamblers do not get addicted to it as a result of online gambling. Because they know how to control themselves.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Gamblers before....

They need to go to casino just to play slot games or some Egames center where they can play E-casino.
Not all people who wants to gamble can go to that place. or if they can, they need to sneak out to their wife or parents.
You need to be in legal age to gamble.


Gamblers now....

You can play anyrtime you want as long as you have an internet and money app.
You dont need to go out, you can play at your room or anywhere.
You dont need to be in legal age and stole someones identity just to prove you are in legal age. (if htey have KYC) mostly dont need to.

[madnessteat]

I also feel that the digitalized world has turned me into someone who bets more, but it doesn't bother me. Because I think I can control myself and digitalization gives me comfort. I can't blame them for giving me comfort, just like I don't blame anyone for buying supermarket groceries online. If I change my consumption habits because of technological developments, I am to blame, not anyone else.

You are right. If we can control ourselves, we will never be addicted to gambling. Gambling has spread a lot because of online gambling. We can now gamble easily. As a result, although the addiction to gambling has increased for many people. Because earlier we used to have to go to the casino to gamble. But now we can easily gamble through mobile or computer.

But I would say that the worst effect has been on the youth. The youth are not properly aware of the dangers of gambling. They are easily attracted to gambling. They are not able to control themselves from gambling addiction. However, those who have been gambling for a long time or those whom we know as professional gamblers do not get addicted to it as a result of online gambling. Because they know how to control themselves.

What makes you think that young people are interested in gambling nowadays? A few decades ago in my country young people gambled in almost every yard because there was much less entertainment than today. If you did not gamble you were considered strange. Now there is a huge amount of entertainment that is not addictive. I haven't seen young people playing card games in a long time. Even when gambling was allowed in my country, there were always more old people than young people in land-based casinos.

[ethereumhunter]

Online gambling has gained the most popularity in the present era and it has spread to every country. The young generation of most of the society is getting addicted to this gambling through mobile phones and they are seeing it as a source of income by going to casinos. Although having a smartphone makes it possible to gamble very easily and quickly, but people are also becoming addicted to it. According to my knowledge, young boys from most of the societies are getting more addicted to this gambling, when a young person bets on gambling and wins money, he will become greedy for money. Gradually he will start becoming a gambler and without thinking about his future, he will drown in this gambling, it is a loss to their education and it is also a loss to the society if a person gets addicted to gambling. I think in the present era, online casinos can turn the young generation of the society into an addiction, although online casinos provide many facilities but people also get addicted here.

That is not surprise to see young generation getting addicted to gambling because they can access the casino easily from their devices. They can playing gambling anytime they want and anywhere they want so that will not stop them from playing gambling. If they don't have self control, that will be a problem for them because they can addicted to gambling without they know and that will give more problem to them. They will not know how much money they already used because they just focus with their gambling activity without think about doing other activities. That needs to realize by them so they can prevent the addicted to gambling and only use gambling for fun. Online gambling can be more addiction because the easiness that the online casino offers to people. So we must be careful to playing gambling especially when we want to playing in the online casino.

[bakasabo]

I also feel that the digitalized world has turned me into someone who bets more, but it doesn't bother me. Because I think I can control myself and digitalization gives me comfort. I can't blame them for giving me comfort, just like I don't blame anyone for buying supermarket groceries online. If I change my consumption habits because of technological developments, I am to blame, not anyone else.

You are right. If we can control ourselves, we will never be addicted to gambling. Gambling has spread a lot because of online gambling. We can now gamble easily. As a result, although the addiction to gambling has increased for many people. Because earlier we used to have to go to the casino to gamble. But now we can easily gamble through mobile or computer.

But I would say that the worst effect has been on the youth. The youth are not properly aware of the dangers of gambling. They are easily attracted to gambling. They are not able to control themselves from gambling addiction. However, those who have been gambling for a long time or those whom we know as professional gamblers do not get addicted to it as a result of online gambling. Because they know how to control themselves.

What makes you think that young people are interested in gambling nowadays? A few decades ago in my country young people gambled in almost every yard because there was much less entertainment than today. If you did not gamble you were considered strange. Now there is a huge amount of entertainment that is not addictive. I haven't seen young people playing card games in a long time. Even when gambling was allowed in my country, there were always more old people than young people in land-based casinos.

Playing cards was among top time killers 30-50 years ago and it was ok. Now people call it addictive gambling and it is considered as bad. I dont think that during those 30-50 people have changed so much, that they became more reckless and lost all self control. It is strange if it is, because in past we did not have such mass media as today. In past we did not have so much warnings about addiction. Is past people have radio and newspapers as their information sources. Now from every display and dynamic we receive information about responsible gambling, and still manage to get more addicted than in past? Something does not match here.