Do you think betting companies wants you addicted?

[Kelvinid]

I'm wondering why we always blame the casino if someone gets addicted when, in fact, it is the gambler who has not been following the simple warning they've made: "Gamble Responsibly."

That is why my answer is NO. It was just us who decided to become addicted. If we only act responsibly and never become greedy, it won't happen to us. Unfortunately, we did it. We gamble more than the amount we can afford to lose, and there is no contentment in life. We're greedy.

[slaman29]

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100%. They only do it to follow regulations. Like the privacy policy. They show it to you, you click yes accept. They don't actually give any care.

I highly doubt that all companies want their customers to become addicted. I say this because companies know very well that if there's a high number of addicts, the government tends to immediately shut down the thing that's causing the addiction. This is because governments don't want headaches, so when companies close, they'll have many financial problems. Therefore, it's much better to have healthy customers than unhealthy ones.

Gambling companies don't want us to get addicted. It's our way of thinking of gambling that puts us into gambling addiction.

Well I have not seen anythiing so terrible been done about alcohol, gambling, porn, internet, social media.

More rules, more regulations, but companies do whatever it takes.

This one point has an example that is exactly what we're discussing too. Governments made gambling companies enforce self-exclusion, KYC, etc etc Companies went and did it. But they STILL WANT YOU ADDICTED.

Trust me bro, go into any boardroom of casinos or any companies who sell you something. They want you to come back again and again and again. How else to make money?

[Muba20]

I am not aware of any gambling company who make a gambler addicted. If we analyze logically, we can assume that the revenue of the companies will increase when gamblers play more. Companies try to attract gamblers in various ways so that they can generate more revenue. But it is not logical to say which gambler they want to make addicted. Rather, when a gambler becomes addicted, he may play aggressively for a few days, but later he may have to lose. If the companies do not make a gambler addicted but can retain him for a long time, then their profit will increase.

[Woodie]

If a player fuels their own greed, how doe this become a problem of someone else? Besides these platforms technically only admit adults who are over the age of 18years who are expected to make sober decisions, and anything that happens out these parameters are a problem of the player themselves.. I know it's a bitter pill to agree but that's how it is..

[Africolo]

This post was inspired by a thread I saw on the social media platform X which says that betting companies are not your friend, their apps are designed to keep you broke and addiected". Well that's his opinion but left for me I don't support that statement cause those companies are not illegal, and they don't force customers to patronize them, moreover if they want you broke they won't advise you to gamble responsibly. Also, gambling is a game of luck and if every gambler acknowledge that and avoid being too greedy, then gamble in a responsible way, I don't think they'll go broke or get addicted. What's your opinion, do you support his statement?

No bet companies wants you to be addicted to gambling, being addicted to gambling is the sole responsibility of the person involved because if the person in question decides not to be addicted to gambling by having a budget for himself and don't allow betting activities to control him, he can't be addicted.

It's only gamblers that bet irresponsibly without targets that get addicted to gambling, as an individual who is involved in gambling you set your boundaries and targeted amounts you will want to use to bet at designated time not waking up everyday to bet without direction so getting addicted is by choice and that choice is left with the gambler as no company will force anyone into being addicted except the person allows himself to be addicted to gambling. So it is advised that everyone that gambles should gamble responsibly in other to avoid being addicted to it.

[Tigerheart3026]

of course betting companies wants to addicts everyone in gambling, they came in the casino industry to make huge money, it’s their only vision, if they don’t want to addiction for their users? why they attract to customers by many lucrative offers, and sign up bonus, free spin,
why they didn’t implement such featured where you can't play excessive gamble, and limit deposit,
i can say such more example, they just said play responsible gambling it’s like cigarettes companies says smoke is the reasons of cancer,

[Don Pedro Dinero]

of course betting companies wants to addicts everyone in gambling, they came in the casino industry to make huge money, it’s their only vision, if they don’t want to addiction for their users?

I find there is a lack of morality in this area. Betting companies want as many people addicted as possible the same way food companies also want to continue increasing profits by making food increasingly addictive and people increasingly obese, or the pharmaceutical industry, which prefers to make diseases chronic rather than cure them.

There are businesses where the owners simply try to provide a good product or service without breaking basic moral standards, but these are not usually large corporations. 

[Akbarkoe]

If a player fuels their own greed, how doe this become a problem of someone else? Besides these platforms technically only admit adults who are over the age of 18years who are expected to make sober decisions, and anything that happens out these parameters are a problem of the player themselves.. I know it's a bitter pill to agree but that's how it is..

The problem is indeed with the players themselves in terms of addiction but I have a suspicion that there are some casinos that expect their players to experience excessive addiction, after all they will profit from addicted people, I do not think that all casinos are clean in terms of this goal, from the many casinos that exist there must be some that have such thoughts, in contrast to casinos that care for their users so that they do not get addicted they always remind them in every promotion or sometimes random notifications to gamble responsibly.

[devlin85]

The goal of betting houses is to attract customers who feel a strong affinity for gambling so that they bet frequently, it is their business model the more they play and the more bets they place the more profits the casino makes, it is obvious that legally they cannot state that they want people to become addicted in fact they include a play responsibly message, finally the responsibility for addiction really falls on the player.

[Lida93]

We can say that they want players to be regular customers of their site and place bets with them rather than their competitors, which is why they send tempting emails and text messages. Addiction is the player's own problem, as the site itself does not force anyone to play.

Every business wants to give their customers a very satisfying service and experience, which is why they offer whatever feature that they consider interesting. It's left for the players to play responsibly or allow the game to get to them. Gambling is designed to keep the thrill; if we fail to control it, that's when we cross the line and get addicted. If it's being used as it should, it should only be entertaining.

It's the business of the casinos to provide varieties of games as they can have their hands on just to provide the customers with multi choice with never a dulling moment because a customer can move from one game to another new game as many times as they wish without repeating on playing same game over again. While they invest into these games features they must ensure that the customers are enticed by it in order for the casino to be making profit.

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Casino sites are running their own business and they are running attractive advertisements to attract new players and people are getting addicted to them because those advertisements are showing how you can get rich very quickly by playing gambling games and placing bets there. This is their marketing strategy. However, becoming addicted to gambling is the effect of our own emotions and greed. Therefore, the addiction cannot be directly blamed on gambling sites. This is our weakness of greed

I would like to ask one question in this regard, which is: is there any business in the world where the business owner does not want consumers to be attracted to his services?
Of course, the answer to this is that every business wants its consumers to be attracted to its business services and for this they also take the help of psychologists, especially the big organizations that are in the social media and e-commerce sites. They even do research on this topic, how to attract people to their services. In simple terms, they want to keep people addicted. In this case, the situation of gambling sites is the same. Although this may seem unethical to us at first glance, it is not a crime.

[Mahiyammahi]

This post was inspired by a thread I saw on the social media platform X which says that betting companies are not your friend, their apps are designed to keep you broke and addiected". Well that's his opinion but left for me I don't support that statement cause those companies are not illegal, and they don't force customers to patronize them, moreover if they want you broke they won't advise you to gamble responsibly. Also, gambling is a game of luck and if every gambler acknowledge that and avoid being too greedy, then gamble in a responsible way, I don't think they'll go broke or get addicted. What's your opinion, do you support his statement?

Your Title delivered a very specific message in this Field. Like a banker will always want that you would need loans , A theive would want that your pocket would filled with money. Same this one's, although casino owners are advising for responsibly gambling but they would always want that you would be addicted towards gambling, cause only this would benifit their project.

Imo these responsibly gambling is just eye wash from casino, so that we would still think that this casino atleast support a user's concerns.

[Cantsay]

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Gamblers are to be blamed, true, I don’t deny that but still gambling sites should also have their own blame too when it’s appropriate.

Bro, gambling sites or casino can't be blamed because a gambler being addicted. Addiction come from gambler mind not because of casino. Think about being addicted to smoking, do you blame the factory? Of course not, because you decide to smoke. Gambling have the same effect, if a gambler addicted, that happens because he is unable to control himself from gambling sites. He want gamble at anytime because he have money, that's the cause of addiction, not the provider.  The provider is just a bridge, you are free to choose this way to get money but with high-risk (losing all money) or you find another way with low risk like trade goods offline.

I totally get your point and I agree with it, gamblers get addicted to gambling because they kept gambling irresponsibly and it wasn’t the bookmaker or the casino that placed those bets for them, it was what they did willingly without any external factors. This right here I agree with.

But still, I’m not saying it applies to all gambling sites, but there are sites out there that still sends emails about bonuses to gamblers that have opted for self-exclusion, they made it known that they were taking a break and yet some casinos will still send emails to such individuals forcing them to break their self-exclusion and come back. This is a clear example of when casinos or bookmakers are to be blamed for addiction since they chose not to help or intervene in the situation. Aside from this everything else falls on the gambler.

[DYING_S0UL]

This post was inspired by a thread I saw on the social media platform X which says that betting companies are not your friend, their apps are designed to keep you broke and addiected". Well that's his opinion but left for me I don't support that statement cause those companies are not illegal, and they don't force customers to patronize them, moreover if they want you broke they won't advise you to gamble responsibly. Also, gambling is a game of luck and if every gambler acknowledge that and avoid being too greedy, then gamble in a responsible way, I don't think they'll go broke or get addicted. What's your opinion, do you support his statement?

Your Title delivered a very specific message in this Field. Like a banker will always want that you would need loans , A theive would want that your pocket would filled with money. Same this one's, although casino owners are advising for responsibly gambling but they would always want that you would be addicted towards gambling, cause only this would benifit their project.

Imo these responsibly gambling is just eye wash from casino, so that we would still think that this casino atleast support a user's concerns.

We can also say the same things regarding social media apps, that they are designed is such a way that we eventually get addicted, the videos, the reels, the algorithms  everything working together to make us spend more time on their platforms rather than doing something productive. So in that case do we blame the platforms? NO! I don't think so! It is, I, who willingly with my own free will chose to use their platform, and I must face all the blames! I don't think it really matter whether they want us to use their platform or not, whether they use measures that makes us wanting to use the sites or not, what matters I choose it. Like you said, banks will want more people to take loans, sellers would always wants buyers, but should I be that person, is up to me...always.

Yes,  they might not be our friends,  but did they force us to befriend them? No! But we did anyway! That's the issue, IMO. Just sharing my two cents....

[Frankolala]

The goal of betting houses is to attract customers who feel a strong affinity for gambling so that they bet frequently, it is their business model the more they play and the more bets they place the more profits the casino makes, it is obvious that legally they cannot state that they want people to become addicted in fact they include a play responsibly message, finally the responsibility for addiction really falls on the player.

The casino doesn't know the player behind the screen, they only know when you deposite, play and withdraw which is why I wouldn't agree that the casino intention is to make gamblers get addicted. The casino is there to entertain you on whatever game you want to gamble with. It's left for you to gamble with caution and limit your losses.

[Sonia_123]

This post was inspired by a thread I saw on the social media platform X which says that betting companies are not your friend, their apps are designed to keep you broke and addiected". Well that's his opinion but left for me I don't support that statement cause those companies are not illegal, and they don't force customers to patronize them, moreover if they want you broke they won't advise you to gamble responsibly. Also, gambling is a game of luck and if every gambler acknowledge that and avoid being too greedy, then gamble in a responsible way, I don't think they'll go broke or get addicted. What's your opinion, do you support his statement?

Gambling companies are out for business and nothing more,how you gamble means nothing to them, I don't think they will want that because the rule of gambling says gamble responsibly, it is just the way most gamblers sees gambling, remember gambling has being since inception, being an addict depends on the way you handle your gambling life, gambling is like other games too and so we have to understand it and gamble for fun and not for money, you easily get addicted and waste your resources when you gamble for money and chase your losses.

[blockman]

There are businesses where the owners simply try to provide a good product or service without breaking basic moral standards, but these are not usually large corporations. 

There are still some casinos that wouldn't go that much just to make their business profitable. But if ever a gambler becomes so addicted, that's their fault and the casino has nothing to do with that anymore. They're still providing good service and if they're providing self exclusion and reminders before signing up, they know that there are gamblers who can be out of their minds and so those reminders and agreements are made before them to gamble.

[Perfectbaby]

of course betting companies wants to addicts everyone in gambling, they came in the casino industry to make huge money, it’s their only vision, if they don’t want to addiction for their users?

I find there is a lack of morality in this area. Betting companies want as many people addicted as possible the same way food companies also want to continue increasing profits by making food increasingly addictive and people increasingly obese, or the pharmaceutical industry, which prefers to make diseases chronic rather than cure them.

There are businesses where the owners simply try to provide a good product or service without breaking basic moral standards, but these are not usually large corporations. 

This is right that is why as a gambler today that you are gambling, there should be some cordialities where you wouldn't be that attached to a particular play or game while gambling, naturally it is in our hands to gambling and stops when we should do. The gambling site do not actually asked any gambling on their site to gamble till stupor rather it is our owned duties to gamble responsibly and knowing when to stop, when to gambling, how to gamble and also when to pull out our profits, always helps to abstain from getting addicted that is why gambling companies do warned either 18+ years and anyone who is not up to this age range or bracket should stop gambling and gambling is for the matured heart and not for the fainted heart.

[DaNNy001]

They dont want gamblers to become addicted. If a gambler becomes addicted, he himself or people who knows him might start curing him, and for casino that means loosing a customer. Maybe even forever. Every casino want gamblers to return; play a little and leave, return back on nearest days. They dont event want gambler to lose everything. Gambler that has lost everything does not have 100% probability of return. The prove of my idea are caskbacks. You lose, but they lure you back.

well, i don't know about but one thing i can agree with you about is that casinos don't want gamblers to get addicted...A lot of people get addicted to gambling and start blaming the casino for their own actions...When it comes to gambling addiction the gambler is the one that's responsible for it, it is mostly as a result of greed and indiscipline...The casinos actually advise gamblers not to get addicted

[Hazink]

Not directly, as that would be extremely negative, and people addicted to gambling will certainly bring negative publicity to casinos, as already happens. But they certainly want to keep you gambling for as long as possible; one strategy is free bets. I remember when there was a type of casino (bingo hall) near my house that offered beer and sandwiches "for free". Was the goal to get you addicted? No. It was to keep you in the establishment for as long as possible and, as a consequence, spend more money.

The casinos are just doing anything humanly possible to make sure they keep their customers satisfied and want to keep on playing. The goal is to make more money while you, as the gambler, is getting entertained it's never for you to get addicted, but many will always keep on misinterpreting the whole situation just as some who waste all their money can go out and start calling the casino they use a bad name just to make their self feel better.