Is it possible for betting platforms to intentionally target the weak?

[macson]

Help me make sense out of this, is it possible that some betting companies are targeting some specific set of people who are vulnerable? This news about gambling addiction in Brazil is crazy..

Casinos do not need to target any specific set of people because for most low-income and indebted individuals, gambling becomes a solution to get money quickly and easily. That is why in developing countries, online casinos are currently flourishing, they appear as a solution for people to escape their financial struggles. With limited knowledge and the pressure of daily life, these people are more likely to believe that gambling can change their lives, and that's why more people become gamblers.

[Davidvictorson]

Is it's really safe to say that they are intentionally targeting vulnerable people? Corruption and money laundering is not erasable wherever casinos and betting platforms operates, but saying that they are targeting vulnerable people in a country where minimum wage does nothing makes no sense.

There are so many questions I would have love to ask; one of which is how he gathered his data. This is very important because some of the times researchers and policymakers have a prejudiced opinion already and would not employ objectivity when doing their research resulting in outcomes that support their claims.
The next question is ; which betting platform- is it the regulated or non regulated betting platforms that are doing this or through some third party? Next question is how are they able to differentiate the poor from the rich?

[Miles2006]

This is true because the poor are looking for every means to get out of poverty and they might see gambling as an escape route unknown to them that it will even make them more poorer. Someone that's already rich will only gamble for fun and will do that occasionally, but a poor man will continue chasing his losses with the hope of hitting it big.

The part when casino get a tag name mostly when negative seems wrong, let’s keep gambling aside and view this from a different angle.
I would like to use drug addiction because people get easily addicted with drugs, for example someone gets addicted to drugs and the next thing everyone starts blaming the drug peddler for selling drugs or blaming the person for earning profit from the business where as the dealer never forced anyone to buy, same goes for gambling also.
Now the case of the rich and poor narrative, the rich has a high advantage of balancing their funds after gambling or take good care of their system after drugs intake.
There’s always a difference between both, I know the poor might look more vulnerable because they actually need a win but, the fact remains no casino is responsible for irresponsible gambling although people who are vulnerable are likely to promote gambling activity reason why the casino make every possible means to keep the platform perfect meanwhile gambling is optional.

[Ojima-ojo]

Is it's really safe to say that they are intentionally targeting vulnerable people? Corruption and money laundering is not erasable wherever casinos and betting platforms operates, but saying that they are targeting vulnerable people in a country where minimum wage does nothing makes no sense.

There are so many questions I would have love to ask; one of which is how he gathered his data. This is very important because some of the times researchers and policymakers have a prejudiced opinion already and would not employ objectivity when doing their research resulting in outcomes that support their claims.
The next question is ; which betting platform- is it the regulated or non regulated betting platforms that are doing this or through some third party? Next question is how are they able to differentiate the poor from the rich?

Is always hard to differentiate between rich gambler's and the poor gambler's and how gambling site make targeted marketing to they client, the best way is to have multiple independent researchers to check the claims out and after data gathering it should be recheck to know Which segment f the society gambe more and why it so.


Until then, this topic will be subject to alot of debatea from the general discussion public like this forum, sometimes is hard to determine which class if people gamble more and why it is so.

[promise444c5]

The things is that … you wouldn’t expect that much rich people to choose gambling as a means to become richer, would you? But you will expect a more low income earners to taking gambling a  means of getting rich, isn’t it ?

That basically explains why it looks like the low income earners are the one being target .. Casinos and betting site have one major word in their advert and it’s “win” so tell me why won’t there be more low income earners trying to win some fortune desperately?  

Were they target ? No.. it’s just what you will expect normally if you think about it.

[BRINIRHA]

Is it's really safe to say that they are intentionally targeting vulnerable people? Corruption and money laundering is not erasable wherever casinos and betting platforms operates, but saying that they are targeting vulnerable people in a country where minimum wage does nothing makes no sense.

I think the phrase is not entirely wrong but the target occurs due to the thinking of the person so I think the focus is not on the target but to the majority of people who are always looking for alternative easy ways to earn money and not least consider gambling is one easy option because they do not have to bother sweating or tired of doing anything (because they live gambling) then we will get a profit and this opportunity is ultimately used well in terms of business.

When the target is people who are in a sense prustasi to get money then with the lure of victory then they will be much more tempted and do anything to gamble so I would consider it as a reasonableness when there is a statement that says like that.

[HyperCodexV]

Help me make sense out of this, is it possible that some betting companies are targeting some specific set of people who are vulnerable? This news about gambling addiction in Brazil is crazy..


I've been reading alot about gambling addiction and bad news all together but this one strikes different.


Here is the link to the full details
https://newint.org/society/2026/online-gambling-destroying-lives-brazil

Is it's really safe to say that they are intentionally targeting vulnerable people? Corruption and money laundering is not erasable wherever casinos and betting platforms operates, but saying that they are targeting vulnerable people in a country where minimum wage does nothing makes no sense.

Betting platforms are not stupid, they know exactly who they're targeting. In a place where money is tight and people are desperate, the promise of quick cash is a powerful hook. The ads, the bonuses, the flashy promises, they are not for the rich. They're for the people who feel like they have nothing to lose. And once you're in, it's hard to get out. Everything about it from the bonuses, the notifications, the way they keep reminding you to play from the pop up messages it is designed to keep you in the loop. It's not about giving you a fair shot. It's about keeping you engaged long enough to lose more.

[JiiBs]

I've been reading alot about gambling addiction and bad news all together but this one strikes different.

Only if they’ve being taught and hypnotized to see gambling as their only means of attaining financial stability.
I don’t think gambling has gotten to that level of shifting human perception just yet.

The poor, lower class and middle class aren’t the only ones loosing money while gambling, the rich, wealthy and upper class do too. Just about everyone who gambles do lose money on a very good day.

Saying that they target indebted people and the poor in the society is just off it. Perhaps this view might come from the many promotions they do but, I don’t see how any firm have done advertising any differently with exception for the cigarette and tobacco companies.

[Odusko]

Surely it's possible for casino to target weak and vulnerable people expecialy the low income earners and jobless people, but another thing that strikes my mind is that it may also not be intentional in the sense that this low income earners sees gambling as the hope or opportunity to become rich. It's just like people who sell drugs, they don't know the number of people that are addict or the number of people that need their products, they just sell their products but it happens that people who often patronize them are many. And it may look as if this sellers are targeting addicts and utilising the opportunity.

The vulnerable people are the most desperate set of gambler's and that is where the casinos make they money from, they try as much as possible to channel they marketing target to where the traffics is generated from into their platform, one thing we have to know is that, those rich guys have alot of things that make them money so gambling is not one of them, that is why is easy for them to gamble for fun and not chasing the winning by all means, but that is not so with those that need money and gambling with hope of winning at all time.

[shinratensei_]

The reality is that there are still developed nations with high GDP that still among the top of gambling nations. So it's hard to assume gambling site only target the poor people when the nations with huge gambling lose is still being dominated by developed countries.
It's true poor people might be vurneable, but people from the well developed nations obviously have more money to gamble than poor people in Brazil. The best example is that about how AU is still topping the list to be a nation with the biggest losses per-capita in gambling.

So it makes it clear that if poor people ain't the only target owned by gambling platforms. I think this research needs to be questioned.

[danadc]

I don't think so, because those who consider themselves weak do so because they lose more money? If that's the case, then there are a lot of weak people here on the forum. I don't think "weak" is the right word; it would be something else, like someone who's unlucky or something. I'd say that gambling is for everyone as long as they maintain a high standard of safety, that it's for a reward, just for fun, and that they can adapt to the results. Otherwise, they're not ready for gambling.