Is "Responsible Gambling" just a legal disclaimer, not a real protection?

[Judith87403]

Both sides holds truth. Tools for responsible gambling do help certain players place limits and break before things go out of hand. At the same point, they also perform a legal and public-relations purose for casinos. By giving warnings, limits and self-exclusion, platforms will also show they did their part, which moves most of the responsibility to the player. The caption "play responsibly" may feel hollow because it sits next to creations that is suppose to make players play longer. Therefore true, it may act as a guard ad equally a protection. The main problem is the fact that responsibility is divided, yet dividends are not. Casinos makes gain from play, but players carry more of the risk.

[Kasabus]

As much as gamblers have their own responsibilities when gambling, the casino itself is also obliged to follow some certain rules that would benefit the gamblers, that's why reminders are always made prior to the start of betting. The casino has never failed on it,  but its always the gamblers that are set to create their own rules, and when consistent losses have occurred, then everything will point to the casino as the one to be blamed.

The casino never fail to protect us, but they can't do nothing because we also have our own ways to protect us. And having casinos is a business, you have to prioritize how to make your business works without leading gamblers into high gambling addiction.

[PrivacyG]

I remember the first years I ever tried Cryptocurrency Casinos and I can not remember a single website that had a strong obsession to take care of their own customers.  I do not believe any thing has changed except laws and what other Casinos do.  As I said a while ago, Tobacco producers do not place the warning and explicit images on the package because they want to.  They would not if they could.

I believe it is not different from Casinos either.  Not to mention that even these laws in my opinion do not come from real care of the Governments for their own citizens.  I personally do not know one single person who gave up smoking or Gambling because they told them it causes cancer or that they should Gamble responsibly.

[Hypnosis00]

To become a responsible gambler is a personal choice. Casinos have nothing to do with a gambler acting in a contrary manner. They give warnings and promote responsible gambling, but they can't influence the gambler from being irresponsible.

We know they are looking for more profit/income, but I believe they don't want a gambler to suffer big losses because of their wrong gambling approach. We can't say they don't care about gamblers. It happens that casinos can't control them. We can't blame the casino for our addiction because we have the option, yet we choose to live with the wrong approaches.

It is a fundamental right that cannot be violated and it makes us bold enough to face the results of any action we perform in life since it is a right of choice. I understand that until we manage to rectify our understanding of pleasure, we will not be able to resolve the issue of cornering service providers. You show how individual responsibility is the major aspect of ensuring we do not dig the trap of self-misery. We should realise that we are left with all the major decisions and it is not the environment giving us the means to do it.

It is regrettable that even after seeing so many gamblers fall into addiction, many still refuse to change. When they suffer the consequences, they end up blaming the casino for what happened to them.

What is even harder to accept is that many never learn from their mistakes. That is why giving them warnings every day is pointless, as it won't work. Gamblers have different mindsets as well. They gamble for money, not for entertainment, which I believe will be difficult to change until they open their minds.

[Wind_FURY]

It’s like dropping a  wey sharp knife and saying, be careful so you don’t cut yourself, when you could’ve simply removed the knife there. Gambling is naturally addictive and it takes only those who are extremely disciplined to be able to navigate the complexities and dangerous sides of gambling. Gambling is framed in a way that majority of gamblers get addicted to, so a simple disclaimer isn’t just enough to salvage the situation. But who are we kidding? Casinos deep inside wants gamblers to gamble irresponsibly as they tend to benefit more from irresponsible gambling.

I believe not. The casinos don't want their users to lose large amounts of money in a short amount of time because that would definitely make people actually STOP gambling forever. Casinos have kept the house edge low because they want their users to win sometimes so that they keep coming back, WHILE maintaining their long term income.

This is the general reply of casino when it comes to discussion like this. They have a point on this since all casino games have house advantage that guarantees profit for them in the long run so they just need users to stay active hence loyalty benefits was introduced to tackle this matter.

It's not a "general reply", it's merely a business decision. It's better to make gambling a form of entertainment that users can lose and win sometimes, although they are long term losers because of the small house edge, rather than making gambling a bad experience by taking all of their users' money in the shortest amount of time possible.

 

[dunfida]

As much as gamblers have their own responsibilities when gambling, the casino itself is also obliged to follow some certain rules that would benefit the gamblers, that's why reminders are always made prior to the start of betting. The casino has never failed on it,  but its always the gamblers that are set to create their own rules, and when consistent losses have occurred, then everything will point to the casino as the one to be blamed.

The casino never fail to protect us, but they can't do nothing because we also have our own ways to protect us. And having casinos is a business, you have to prioritize how to make your business works without leading gamblers into high gambling addiction.

Casinos operate within a framework that balances profit with responsibility and that balance is often misunderstood. Warnings limits and reminders exist because regulation demands them and because long term business depends on players staying active not destroyed. A casino that burns through its users too quickly loses sustainability and reputation. Still those systems are guardrails not restraints and they cannot replace personal judgment. Once a player ignores those signals and invents private rules the responsibility shifts inward. Losses that come from breaking limits are not created by the platform but by decisions made after the warning signs were already visible.

Gambling businesses exist to generate revenue and they will always design systems that favor the house. That reality does not automatically make them predators nor does it make players powerless. Protection is shared not outsourced. Tools like limits reminders and self exclusion only work when the user chooses to respect them.

[Fredomago]

It's simply a matter of legal requirement, like the warnings on cigarette packs or in beverage commercials. It's necessary to educate users about the risks involved, but that alone doesn't solve the problem, as I mentioned in another topic about self-exclusion. These are palliative measures and depend exclusively on the gambler themselves, who often don't know or won't admit they have a problem.

Not everyone who is into gambling that will compromise advice of gambling, some people act according to what their mind told them, and i believe that is what makes people to continue making same mistakes they make in the gambling, a gambler that seek advice or accept advice such particular gambler doesn't experience harm or lost like other gamblers, what you just narrated about cigarette cover and people who participate in gambling is same thing, all we do is all about risk, and i believe that we need to know that, in case some of us failed to know that gambling is all about risk

Just a reminder and same with what OP said it's legal basis that they did remind players but in reality still it's up the gambler if how they'll treat their gambling participation, some may able to limit and avoid getting addicted and there are also other gambler who will suffer as they failed to control themselves and they engage too much then suffer into addiction.

[Ishicryptic]

Any features for responsible gambling in a casino is to fulfill all righteousness that if you gamble irresponsibly you cannot hold them responsible so it's up to the gamblers to know what they want. It's like an alcoholic beverage brand that tells you to drink responsibly, it is a warning for your own good but if you don't take the advice you will make them richer by higher consumption. Responsible gambling lies with every gambler, it is their money at stake, if they lose the casino will become richer so they shouldn't depend on the casino to make them understand that irresponsible gambling is destructive.