Sharp rise in young men contacting Ontario gambling helpline.

[AVE5]

What do you guys think about this? The article talks about researchers finding out that the rate of young men contacting Ontario's mental helpline for gambling related issues has increased by more than 300% from 2012 to 2025. The article also said that they noticed an increase when the government launched PlayOLG in 2015 and when they expanded the private online gambling in April 2022. I think this is a clear indication that, as online gambling becomes more mainstream and easier to access, more people will experience gambling problems.

Are you just learning about that through this report? I hope not because as many as those that're indicating interests in gambling now and then, not all of them are being interested with the necessary educations about how to gamble safely.
Lot of them who're signing in to gambling at their beginners stages are only focused on how they can have access and begin to gamble. Some are aware about the risks but are ignorant to take absolute control of their decisions and on that note, they becomes addicted victims with some struggling for rescue while some have zero conscience even while they're being financially and emotionally drained.

[acroman08]

Are you just learning about that through this report?

Does it sound like I am only learning about it through this report? Anyway, the reason I said that is because, if the cause of the action of what the government of Canada did is clear to people, then the government should also know it and should increase facilities that could tackle the increasing issue of gambling problem in their country.

[Sticky Bomb]

It's not surprising, since there are more games, more casinos and casinos are investing heavily in they're visibility, so it's natural that more people would naturally get interested and find their way into gambling. Those who gets into it with the wrong mindset would definitely be addicted and seek help where and when necessary.

The gambling industry is expanding and simultaneously the negative impacts on more people would also be expanding as well, it's happening as expected and there may be an increase in addicted people in the near future.

[Lida93]

Should we be surprised by this type of reports with how easily accessible the internet is to the young people  which they can just with a button press access any online gambling platforms with little or no relative restrictions. And with how some of the online casinos are not requesting KYC immediately on registration it gives this young guys easily use of gambling and they get addicted as they go without knowing that they have to be responsible for their actions.

[FirmWars]

I think this is a clear indication that, as online gambling becomes more mainstream and easier to access, more people will experience gambling problems.

Online gambling is already mainstream and more people are running into gambling problems every day, of course that's not an exaggeration, 15 years from now, the number will even increase twice what it is today because the economic is bad and it making a lot of people to see gambling as the solution, those people that have tasted fast win from gambling always wants to convert their friends or brothers to also join them and that's how the number keep increasing. Some people might stop gambling if they are earning well from a job and living a good life.