Does online gambling lead to more addiction?

[Hirose UK]

On the other hand, when you are at the physical casino, nothing destruct you from gambling. When you gamble online, even a message, activity, any notification in one of the social media can distract you from gambling. You can go check who likes your post, and end with scrolling news feed. Imho, because online gambling is done on a device that monitor and notify lots of activities, it distracts and lower your chance of getting addicted.

The same time, some other notification will remember you about some free spins, or event, you wanted to bet even when you are far from gambling.
I don`t see any problem with online gambling but not because social media can distract you from it.

Haha you are right and many email message notifications and so on provide certain offers that can attract attention and make someone want to enter the gambling site after seeing it, it will all be the same and there are negative and positive sides between all of this depending on how each individual responds to it.
Too many people think too far about the negative things about online gambling, they do not realize that between online gambling and physical casino have similar impacts, the development of technology with more social media is just means of convenience not the main aspect that can be blamed.

[mak013]

The same time, some other notification will remember you about some free spins, or event, you wanted to bet even when you are far from gambling.
I don`t see any problem with online gambling but not because social media can distract you from it.

If you are used to gambling, it will be difficult to avoid gambling, they will feel attracted and attracted again to gambling, especially for those who are addicted, they will feel called to gamble, whether it's when they get a notification or see friends around them gambling, well this is related to online gambling, which is when they get it they can do it easily because of this online-based gambling.

This online gambling makes it easier for many people who are interested in gambling, this is not a problem, it's just that the problem is excessive behavior in doing it. This is what needs to be fixed.

If i see lots of alcoholic around it increases my chances to become an alcoholic to. But:  a) no one makes me to become an alcoholic; b) no one cries to reject alcohol.
Easy access increase the quantity of gambling addicts, but the percent looks to be the same. If gambler has problems with gambling - it is his problem. Programmers develop new services that help millions people to get access to games, to relax, but we try to stop it due to several addicts.

Absolutely right. There are lots of kind of addictions, lots of problems but why we have to panic only about gambling? If someone has problems with gambling - it is his problems and he must visit a doctor. It isn`t our duty to take care of them. I googled percent of gambling addicts - it is between 1 and 5 percent(it is google, so everybody can find other results). And we mustn`t restrict other 95-99% in gambling to help these addicts. If someone want to help - he can do it himself, but nobody have to oblige all gamblers to do something with it.

I don't think an addicted gambler need a doctor, they are not medically sick so there is no need for any medical attention, what they need is self care attention. Whatever is making them gamble and lose money, they need to address it. If they are gambling because of money, they need to reduce the expectations, if they are planning to make wealth from gambling, they need to stop that assumption because it's not possible to make wealth from gambling.

Somethings are plain and transparent in gambling but some people like fantasy lifestyle, they will never admit something is wrong if they known it's not possible for something to work. This is why you see many people are addicted to gambling. Why would amyone think that you can make a huge sum from gambling when in reality only few people has made it possible, it's better to have low expectations even if you are too sure about what you are putting your money.

It mustn`t be my problem. I don`t care if they need doctor or they have to high expectation. Anyway it is a problem for a small part of the gamblers and they have to solve it themselves. Don`t break gambling for the main part of the gamblers because someone has a problem.

[summonerrk]

After all these days, nobody could prove that online gambling can cause addiction. All we have is some kind of assumption because we believe that kids are prone to such a thing, but I say that whether it is land-based casinos or online, we all can possibly fall into it if we can't control ourselves.

As we think deeply, anyone can be addicted to gambling, but the only thing that differs from online casinos is that even those below legal age can gamble. And educating their children is an additional responsibility of the parents.

Nowadays, there are definitely more and more cases of children being attracted to online gambling. The reason behind children being more attracted to it is their use of mobile phones. When children use mobile phones and see various casino or gambling advertisements on that phone, children usually become curious enough to be attracted to gambling.

Moreover, offline gambling is very low and there are very few land-based gambling establishments here and there, which prevents children from directly participating in offline casinos or gambling. Moreover, there are no restrictions on when you can participate in online gambling, which is why young children are becoming more attracted to it.

And I think that this has become a real problem these days, because you can't check what's on your children's phones, it would be a violation of their privacy. After that, parental or friendly trust would be lost.
And at the same time we live in a very dangerous time, when online casinos Can put absolutely anyone also not necessarily in all casinos first, go through verification. And that means they can play there. Children also have all sorts of microfinance transactions in lootbox applications, which are essentially the same gambling games just for game items, But they can be sold.

[LDL]

What is the difference between addiction and habit? Online gambling is more convenient than offline and for me, because it is available at any place, while having need to kill time, I can play a little bit. What would you call it? Addiction or a habit, like other have checking facebook or instagram when have spare time. I call it a habit. I call it a habit because I dont have a strong wish or aim to win, earn.

Addiction and hobby can never be the same thing, especially when you have a strong attraction to something bad, you call it an addiction and you will suffer temporary or permanent harm because of that addiction. Hobbies are some of your habits that will take you some of your time around that work or activity. For example, many people take gardening as a hobby, many others take coin collecting as a hobby and some take fishing as a hobby and this may be the only way to pass the time but it will not harm you temporarily / permanently. But if you become addicted to gambling, whether online or offline, it can cause permanent or temporary economic or psychological harm.

[ethereumhunter]

Nowadays, there are definitely more and more cases of children being attracted to online gambling. The reason behind children being more attracted to it is their use of mobile phones. When children use mobile phones and see various casino or gambling advertisements on that phone, children usually become curious enough to be attracted to gambling.

Moreover, offline gambling is very low and there are very few land-based gambling establishments here and there, which prevents children from directly participating in offline casinos or gambling. Moreover, there are no restrictions on when you can participate in online gambling, which is why young children are becoming more attracted to it.

No doubt for that because we know how those children attracted to online gambling. They can see gambling ads easily from their social platforms or other websites so that makes them curious and attract to gambling. They can visit the casino easily from the link on that ads so they can directly to start playing gambling. Curiosity will be the reason for them to know more about gambling so they will start playing gambling using their devices.

Those children can visit the online casino anytime they want and in their room without anyone know. So that will make them getting addicted to gambling easily and this is why parents need to concern about that and monitor their children carefully.

[kawetsriyanto]

Addiction and hobby can never be the same thing, especially when you have a strong attraction to something bad, you call it an addiction and you will suffer temporary or permanent harm because of that addiction. Hobbies are some of your habits that will take you some of your time around that work or activity. For example, many people take gardening as a hobby, many others take coin collecting as a hobby and some take fishing as a hobby and this may be the only way to pass the time but it will not harm you temporarily / permanently. But if you become addicted to gambling, whether online or offline, it can cause permanent or temporary economic or psychological harm.

Whether it is hobby or addiction, it is no problem as long as it doesn't harm us. Fishing, farming, or collecting unique coins is a hobby which leads us to have entertainment and results in valuable things. As long as we don't spend too much time for this activities, I don't see any problem at all. But we must ensure that it won't bother our main jobs, it won't spend our time for family. However, the term of addiction is mostly related to bad (negative) things. People rarely say addiction for positive things. Well, whatever we do in this life, fundamentally it should spend a proportional time! Don't be too much on any matter!!

[madnessteat]

Nowadays, there are definitely more and more cases of children being attracted to online gambling. The reason behind children being more attracted to it is their use of mobile phones. When children use mobile phones and see various casino or gambling advertisements on that phone, children usually become curious enough to be attracted to gambling.

Moreover, offline gambling is very low and there are very few land-based gambling establishments here and there, which prevents children from directly participating in offline casinos or gambling. Moreover, there are no restrictions on when you can participate in online gambling, which is why young children are becoming more attracted to it.

No doubt for that because we know how those children attracted to online gambling. They can see gambling ads easily from their social platforms or other websites so that makes them curious and attract to gambling. They can visit the casino easily from the link on that ads so they can directly to start playing gambling. Curiosity will be the reason for them to know more about gambling so they will start playing gambling using their devices.

Those children can visit the online casino anytime they want and in their room without anyone know. So that will make them getting addicted to gambling easily and this is why parents need to concern about that and monitor their children carefully.

On what grounds do you conclude that gambling is currently attracting children? I am in contact with a lot of people and I have never heard any of them say that their child has a gambling problem. There are problems with some children being addicted to donating to various computer games, some are seen using vapes, but no one has ever told me that any of their children are addicted to sports betting, dice or slots.

[Wakate]

Addiction and hobby can never be the same thing, especially when you have a strong attraction to something bad, you call it an addiction and you will suffer temporary or permanent harm because of that addiction. Hobbies are some of your habits that will take you some of your time around that work or activity. For example, many people take gardening as a hobby, many others take coin collecting as a hobby and some take fishing as a hobby and this may be the only way to pass the time but it will not harm you temporarily / permanently. But if you become addicted to gambling, whether online or offline, it can cause permanent or temporary economic or psychological harm.

Whether it is hobby or addiction, it is no problem as long as it doesn't harm us. Fishing, farming, or collecting unique coins is a hobby which leads us to have entertainment and results in valuable things. As long as we don't spend too much time for this activities, I don't see any problem at all. But we must ensure that it won't bother our main jobs, it won't spend our time for family. However, the term of addiction is mostly related to bad (negative) things. People rarely say addiction for positive things. Well, whatever we do in this life, fundamentally it should spend a proportional time! Don't be too much on any matter!!

Gambling has been seen as a quick way to make huge money without any effort or doing any job. Gambling is very risky and those that are making money from betting are not much which makes it look like everyone is making money from gambling. The more we bet, the more we tend to become addicted to gambling which is why we need to have other sources of income apart from our normal jobs. Gambling does not need too much risk and many gamblers tend to lose more obey because they want to make a huge win by force. I have lost many times as a gambler trying to avoid addiction so I know some of the things that can make us become too addicted to gaming and we need to make sure we avoid that.

[Solosanz]

On what grounds do you conclude that gambling is currently attracting children? I am in contact with a lot of people and I have never heard any of them say that their child has a gambling problem. There are problems with some children being addicted to donating to various computer games, some are seen using vapes, but no one has ever told me that any of their children are addicted to sports betting, dice or slots.

This will depends on where we live.

If you live first world countries, it's less likely you will see children have gambling problem because teenagers can make money by get part time jobs.

But, in third world countries, many people are struggling and there are not much jobs open. It means they don't have many opportunity to make money and due to live in bad environment, it leads them to make money from gambling.

[bettercrypto]

Addiction and hobby can never be the same thing, especially when you have a strong attraction to something bad, you call it an addiction and you will suffer temporary or permanent harm because of that addiction. Hobbies are some of your habits that will take you some of your time around that work or activity. For example, many people take gardening as a hobby, many others take coin collecting as a hobby and some take fishing as a hobby and this may be the only way to pass the time but it will not harm you temporarily / permanently. But if you become addicted to gambling, whether online or offline, it can cause permanent or temporary economic or psychological harm.

Whether it is hobby or addiction, it is no problem as long as it doesn't harm us. Fishing, farming, or collecting unique coins is a hobby which leads us to have entertainment and results in valuable things. As long as we don't spend too much time for this activities, I don't see any problem at all. But we must ensure that it won't bother our main jobs, it won't spend our time for family. However, the term of addiction is mostly related to bad (negative) things. People rarely say addiction for positive things. Well, whatever we do in this life, fundamentally it should spend a proportional time! Don't be too much on any matter!!

If addiction is related to gambling, it does not really have a good effect on a gambler. Especially if a gambler has an addiction in a casino, But not everyone has an addiction to gambling
because many are still able to control themselves properly when they play casino gambling.

although, it cannot be denied that most are still those who lose in casinos and only a few are still winners here, so the fight is really a matter of discipline in ourselves.

[AmaGold70]

Of course it does. More especially for those people that doesn't have self control in gambling, they would going to see it as a way of getting quick money without noing that the more you chase after losses in gambling that is how you are getting more addicted to gambling. But when you gamble responsibly despite playing online you wouldn't get addicted to gambling.

[Pi$$]

Nowadays, there are definitely more and more cases of children being attracted to online gambling. The reason behind children being more attracted to it is their use of mobile phones. When children use mobile phones and see various casino or gambling advertisements on that phone, children usually become curious enough to be attracted to gambling.

Moreover, offline gambling is very low and there are very few land-based gambling establishments here and there, which prevents children from directly participating in offline casinos or gambling. Moreover, there are no restrictions on when you can participate in online gambling, which is why young children are becoming more attracted to it.

No doubt for that because we know how those children attracted to online gambling. They can see gambling ads easily from their social platforms or other websites so that makes them curious and attract to gambling. They can visit the casino easily from the link on that ads so they can directly to start playing gambling. Curiosity will be the reason for them to know more about gambling so they will start playing gambling using their devices.

Those children can visit the online casino anytime they want and in their room without anyone know. So that will make them getting addicted to gambling easily and this is why parents need to concern about that and monitor their children carefully.

On what grounds do you conclude that gambling is currently attracting children? I am in contact with a lot of people and I have never heard any of them say that their child has a gambling problem. There are problems with some children being addicted to donating to various computer games, some are seen using vapes, but no one has ever told me that any of their children are addicted to sports betting, dice or slots.

You haven't heard or not been told doesn't mean it never happens, there has been an increased population in gambling activities compared to way back when online casinos were not as popular. Children knew it is very difficult to access physical casinos due to their age disability so by the time the internet access to these casinos increased it made it easier for them to access and gamble, of recently were many advertisements and love for sports have increased massively, most of the children are seeing gambling as something usual for themselves.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

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.

There is no two ways about it that taken gambling as work where much time and attention is given to it is already addiction, I concur to this but I will not in the area of online because everything is based on individual control even without online many who has no control over gambling who don't even have online account still sort their way to gambling boot or office where they can do such the only fraction I can say is the it will reduce the force compared to when one is already online but such is very minimal because is a matter of self control and emotion towards gambling.

[GIF-JOBS]

Nowadays, there are definitely more and more cases of children being attracted to online gambling. The reason behind children being more attracted to it is their use of mobile phones. When children use mobile phones and see various casino or gambling advertisements on that phone, children usually become curious enough to be attracted to gambling.

Moreover, offline gambling is very low and there are very few land-based gambling establishments here and there, which prevents children from directly participating in offline casinos or gambling. Moreover, there are no restrictions on when you can participate in online gambling, which is why young children are becoming more attracted to it.

No doubt for that because we know how those children attracted to online gambling. They can see gambling ads easily from their social platforms or other websites so that makes them curious and attract to gambling. They can visit the casino easily from the link on that ads so they can directly to start playing gambling. Curiosity will be the reason for them to know more about gambling so they will start playing gambling using their devices.

Those children can visit the online casino anytime they want and in their room without anyone know. So that will make them getting addicted to gambling easily and this is why parents need to concern about that and monitor their children carefully.

I agree with you, nowadays children are introduced to online gambling through such attractive advertisements. Due to the ease of gambling, children can easily access these casinos. And children are easily attracted to online casinos, and become addicted. Therefore, if parents are giving a device to their children, the parents should limit there children's internet usage. And keep an eye on every activity of internet usage. Overall, All parents must be extremely aware and it is important to monitor the online activities of their children.

[TopT3ns]

Of course it does. More especially for those people that doesn't have self control in gambling, they would going to see it as a way of getting quick money without noing that the more you chase after losses in gambling that is how you are getting more addicted to gambling. But when you gamble responsibly despite playing online you wouldn't get addicted to gambling.

Yes, every type of work that gives curiosity and interest is attractive in some or other way. Whenever something is freely available and easily within reach, the desire to try it does not easily fade away. This is quite understandable, especially if there is an element of a hope for a gain of something in what we are doing. However, it is always beneficial to consider moderation in all events or actions because moderation is always a vital factor to consider lest it turn out to be a vice. If we can manage things that we do, everything can go on as has been planned. Consuming something in a forced manner will not harm us, but either way, we will remain in control to ensure that the experience that we receive is as enjoyable as possible. The highest gain comes in how hard we strive to put ourselves at ease with the decisions that we make.

[skarais]

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I agree with you, nowadays children are introduced to online gambling through such attractive advertisements. Due to the ease of gambling, children can easily access these casinos. And children are easily attracted to online casinos, and become addicted. Therefore, if parents are giving a device to their children, the parents should limit there children's internet usage. And keep an eye on every activity of internet usage. Overall, All parents must be extremely aware and it is important to monitor the online activities of their children.

Of course, it is very difficult to prevent underage children from getting involved in online gambling if parents do not really supervise them well. There are many advertisements of various types of online casinos that are posted several times on social media, embedded in short videos by influencers. I know social media advertising is the best market for attention and this cannot be avoided, so parent should know how to best monitor their children if they care. There are parental settings on some platforms, they need to prevent many things through those features.

Modern developments cannot be avoided, so parents need full awareness so that they can direct their underage children so they don't go down the wrong path. They are still in the learning stage and it is absolutely bad if they are addicted to gambling, but it cannot be denied that now there are many minors who are addicted to gambling in every country.

[Tungbulu]

There is no two ways about it that taken gambling as work where much time and attention is given to it is already addiction, I concur to this but I will not in the area of online because everything is based on individual control even without online many who has no control over gambling who don't even have online account still sort their way to gambling boot or office where they can do such the only fraction I can say is the it will reduce the force compared to when one is already online but such is very minimal because is a matter of self control and emotion towards gambling.

This here is exactly the reason why I said online gambling increases one’s chances of getting addicted. I didn’t say everyone who gambles online are prone to getting addicted, online or offline, it all still comes down to individual perspective and choices. But even if it’s all about individual choices, it still doesn’t change the fact that one who gambles online has a more chance of getting addicted to gambling compared to one who gambles only offline, this is due to the accessibility and freedom to gamble. I can decide not to gamble, even if I really want to, simply because I’ll have walk or drive a few blocks away, those sort of restrictions often reduces how frequently we gamble and how much time we spend there. Cos as we already know, the more time and resources we spend on something, the more likely we are to get addicted.

[Weawant]

And I think that this has become a real problem these days, because you can't check what's on your children's phones, it would be a violation of their privacy. After that, parental or friendly trust would be lost.
And at the same time we live in a very dangerous time, when online casinos Can put absolutely anyone also not necessarily in all casinos first, go through verification. And that means they can play there. Children also have all sorts of microfinance transactions in lootbox applications, which are essentially the same gambling games just for game items, But they can be sold.

The case if privacy violation I believe has got age limit attached to it and that's why there are devices that allows for parental guidance (PG) and if the kid is above 18 in some countries they are regarded as adults and in some other countries from16+ they are given some adult preference and so below this ages depending on the country , I want to believe it's not any foem of privacy violation because within the ages below the recommended adult age, it's considered that these individuals are children a d should be u der the supervision of their parents or guardians.

[boltz]

I think gambling in general leads to addiction but online gambling is making this process way faster because of how easy it is and comfortable it is to actually place bets as long as you have a device with internet connection because back in the days , people had to go miles to reach a casino and start gambling. So from this point of view , we can say for sure that online gambling speeds the addiction effects.

[LUCKMCFLY]

On what grounds do you conclude that gambling is currently attracting children? I am in contact with a lot of people and I have never heard any of them say that their child has a gambling problem. There are problems with some children being addicted to donating to various computer games, some are seen using vapes, but no one has ever told me that any of their children are addicted to sports betting, dice or slots.

This is easy to address, if the game is reaching children, it is not the children's responsibility, it is the parents' responsibility, because if children enter the games it is because the lack of parental supervision is evident and the fault is with them, for children there should not be any entry into a casino, there should not be such access because the first ones who should block such access are the parents, parents should be much faster than the internet in that case.