Do you think COVID made online gambling what it is today?

[GrafMonteKristo]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

[Rikafip]

COVID certainly helped in the sense that it pushed people more towards online gambling, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that it made online gambling what it is today.

Online gambling was already on the rise for years before COVID due to advances in technology, and nothing could stop it. So all COVID did was maybe speed up the adoption a bit. Having said that, I still prefer gambling at a physical casino, as it’s simply more fun, but I do sports betting online exclusively.

[Oshosondy]

What I think that helped in online gambling most is advertisement and marketing in general. This helped more than anything that you can possibly think or talk of. It may look like COVID 19 time helped, but if there is no marketing, online gambling would not have been where it is today. I even think that without COVID 19, online gambling would  still have been common like it is today.

[Bitcoin.com97]

I really don’t think Covid made online gambling popular, but it only help to an extent, online casino has been in existence for long , but many like physical casino because they believe it’s more fun, probably if they are  bored at home going to the physical casino , you will definitely meet different people there , you interact and if possible argue too , then again social media also played another role in making it popular like the influencers that are been paid for advert, the world is globalize , apps in your phone can connect across the globe people in different countries are watching from the comfort of their home , so they are so many factors that has made online gambling known to many.

[Olatundespo]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

I remember at that time I could not go out of the house and I did some important office work online from home. To spend my free time, I used to gamble online and earn some money from home. This way I developed a habit of gambling more and more. But the more I played, the more I lost money and I was frustrated on weekends because I had exceeded my allocated funds and the stress of exceeding it increased. Later I controlled myself because I had to work online from home during the COVID period.

I think most of the gamblers who gambled online during this period have lost a lot. Several of my friends have lost a lot because they had no other option to spend their time during the COVID period.

[Dunamisx]

Gambling has been trending before COVID, but we cannot claim that the incidence of COVID does not make a significant impact on gambling, because it also encourage for more involvements online through the digital platforms, because many physical platforms suffer the cost during this period and has made online presence more eminent.

[Beparanf]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

Not Covid but the social impact of being on the lack down. Covid is the virus that doesn’t give any benefits while the main reason why many people resorted to online gambling is due to boredom at home without doing anything.

Online casino was already gaining some attention before Covid hits. It just became popular on social media during covid because many influencers promoted it and well timed to the society need for entertainment at home.

[Salahmu]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

COVID did not impact good in gambling, it actually make people to use there money in what they would eat, in the COVID I was not even gambling the way I'm gambling now because there was more important things to think of and gambling was not part of it, I no that because of the physical avoidance of contact with people in the COVID was why some physical activity was moved to online as you don't have to worry about body contact but however it didn't assist gambling popularity, if actually it had continued till now you wouldn't have heard about some gambling platform because it would have crash a lot of them.

[Odusko]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

The social distance and lock down during covid 19 have made alot things to focus more online and even banking financial transactions during that time was dependent online crypto gain alot of transactions then, online gambling recieved huge traffics, as physical casinos doors where locked, online bookies made huge difference at that time too, so yes covid have indeed triggered alot of online awareness most people work from home, even right now this are the effects from covid lockdown practices.

[Taskford]

I really don’t think Covid made online gambling popular, but it only help to an extent, online casino has been in existence for long , but many like physical casino because they believe it’s more fun, probably if they are  bored at home going to the physical casino , you will definitely meet different people there , you interact and if possible argue too , then again social media also played another role in making it popular like the influencers that are been paid for advert, the world is globalize , apps in your phone can connect across the globe people in different countries are watching from the comfort of their home , so they are so many factors that has made online gambling known to many.

If you are not convince about how covid19 boosted the popularity of online casinos here read this https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8183251

At that time those operators take those opportunities to market well their casinos. They also hired lots of influencers to help them promote and spread then rest is history, because this is where it start on which gambling spread like a virus.

But right now we have seen government do their initiative to fight and slowdown the spread of illegal gambling sites, they try to regulate and eliminate those what they think non compliance on the conditions they asked.

[Betwrong]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

I agree that  that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now, but it wasn't a crucial factor in my opinion. Online gambling has been slowly growing since the invention of personal computers. If there were no COVID, it would still grow to the current state and we would have been thinking of other possible reasons.

[yahoo62278]

COVID made people stay indoors but I don't think it really made online gambling what it is. I gambled online before, during, and of course after COVID. People who like to gambler were already gambling before COVID hit, but I do agree that people being home allowed users to see other options. I feel like online gambling was always gonna grow though, kinda like it was inevitable.

[giammangiato]

Covid has caused a lot of damage, both psychologically and economically. Many people stuck at home have become gambling addicts, not only in gambling but also in video games in general.
I really think he contributed, albeit in a small percentage, to the explosion of the online casino and their rapid spread, as if he had made a leap in terms of users during that period.

[suzanne5223]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

I think Covid plays an important role in pushing online gambling to its wild usage, but due to the concept, comfort, and other benefits surrounding online gambling, it is already on the verge of making traditional gambling obsolete because a lot of gamblers have already found online gambling to provide them the needed thrills while they also manage their privacy.
Therefore, COVID just gave it a push, which fast tracked online gambling popularity.

[Cyber_warrior]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

Online gambling has been in existence for a while but many people were just used to visiting gambling shops and there is actually more fun in visiting bet shops than gambling online. So COVID actually gave more value and importance to online gambling and I think without COVID we will still be having less number of online gamblers compared to now. There is actually more comfort and convenience when gambling from your phone or device at any place. Apart from the comfort it also give us more privacy with our gambling, no one will know if you are gambling or not.

I wasn't so comfortable visiting gambling shops so my engagement with gambling was not as much as this but since COVID I have gambled more because I now gamble online with my device.

[AmaGold70]

During COVID people going to the gambling shop to bet on games was very rare, people avoid crowd, and people with online account preferred betting from their own homes. Besides COVID, online gambling has provided gamblers with privacy, and save many from troubles. When I was gambling in the shop, I know how much people argue, and quarrel for one reason or the other, and we avoid some of these troubles by gambling from home.
Indeed, online gambling is on the increase because of the convenience and comfort that gamblers derive from it. For now gamblers don't only value online gambling for the sake of any pandemic, but for convenience and privacy.

[danherbias07]

Yes, it did. Big time.

Before, there were a lot of people in physical casinos and poker rooms, but it has decreased after COVID. It's a big change that happened because gamblers looked for other options to gamble, and they saw how convenient online gambling is, so they are stuck with it.
But there are still gamblers who want to play in physical casinos just for fun and entertainment. Some would probably do it for experience. So, I think there will still be customers for those businesses.

[Rabata]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

It is certain that the gambling industry has seen a massive rise due to COVID. I have seen that at that time when people were almost confined to their homes, they found gambling as their only means of entertainment. Especially, a epochal change has been seen in casino gambling. Those who used to bet on sports also became very attracted to casino gambling. That time was a golden age for gambling platforms. Where those who did not know how to gamble also started gambling and due to a long period of unemployment, they became so attracted to gambling that they could not do anything else except gambling. That situation led to a huge increase in the number of addicted gamblers and also the emergence of new gamblers. Undoubtedly, a large portion of the gamblers of that time are still involved in gambling platforms.

[Hispo]

Do you think that COVID “helped” online gambling become as popular as it is now. I remember before COVID I was visiting local bookies to place my bets and I went to IRL casinos to play slots and roulette. But since COVID came, I felt most comfortable gambling from my own home and my room.
What impact did COVID had on your gambling experience?

The COVID pandemic make all people to adjust to a life in which they had to stay house and not to come out if it was not explicitly necessary, in those terms, it is fair to say online gambling got benefited from it, in the manner other services like Netflix, Xbox Game pass, Amazon prime, etc did.
The pandemic was not the reason gambling it is what it is today on the internet, it was rather an accelerant which pushed a lot of people to discover all advantages of online casinos over physical /brick-and-mortar casinos and bookies.

Also, exchanges and brokers got very benefitted from the pandemic, since more people tried to make a buck from the comfort of their home.

[Slow death]

Something I noticed in my country, and which I rarely saw before COVID, was a lot of people talking about sports betting on the streets. It turns out that when there were many hospitalizations and deaths in my country, the government took measures restricting people on the streets. This led people to wear masks and use hand sanitizer in their neighborhoods, isolated from the main streets and big cities.

Then I started to see that the biggest source of entertainment was cell phones. People sat far apart from each other and talked about soccer and how to bet. I saw that this topic became a trend on every street, and it hasn't changed to this day. Soon, many local sports betting websites started to appear, all with physical offices and employees positioned on each street with machines to allow people in my country to place bets without needing a phone. I would say that the pandemic greatly helped gambling.