Topic: Casino companies' responsibilities to rehabilitation institutions (Read 364 times)

I think it depends only in the addict or their severity because I already saw some drug addicts before, who still can talk, walk, and do other things that a normal people can do. There might also be addicted gamblers, who are like losing their minds already and not functional anymore.

Addicted gambler being sent to the farm sounds funny at first but then I realized that it was actually beneficial. Even the normal people likes to go there too, especially if they are really stressed out. It can help them calm their minds. Special place for addicts do exist. What about the rehabilitation centre? If stopping their addiction on their own is hard, then this is the best place for them.

I also haven't seen it until today although it is often heard that addicts should be rehabilitated to professionals but maybe that is only for illegal drugs as far as I know about CSR, I also haven't found that someone who is addicted to gambling is entered into the program and or out of it.

Most of the time they are rehabilitated by their own family or consulted by a psychiatrist, there is no place for gambling addicts so far, but if I were to guess there might be one or two who come to CSR for treatment but who would know about that, we can only make assumptions about this.

You have raised an incredibly relevant and important question, perhaps this is the most interesting topic in gambling that I have ever seen!
I think casinos should definitely recognize that their gambling can cause addiction and it is necessary to allocate a certain percentage of their earnings (in the form of tax or voluntary contributions) to help those people who turned out to be weak before addiction, and their personal lives and careers suffered.
These are normal facts, and they exist, so why don't gambling platforms make such a "kind gesture" and show the community that they are not indifferent to the existing problem?

I think it is unnecessary for casinos to pay for rehabilitation for gambling addicts. Every adult can make his or her own decisions and has to bear the consequences of those decisions. It is people's own responsibility to continue addictive habits such as gambling, smoking, drinking alcohol, etc., even if they have a negative impact on their lives. For example, have you ever seen a cigarette company opening a health center for cancer patients? Or alcohol companies opening treatment centers for alcohol addicts?

Casinos do not have to open rehabilitation centers for gambling addicts. Because such initiatives by companies against their customers show that those companies are actually trying to inculcate evil. In this case, nobody will prefer the bad. So these companies will continue to work to make themselves look more entertaining.

I am not really or directly comparing cigarettes to casino, I am only citing a picture with a scenario that is almost similar to such character that is being discussed and you have also concluded everything in a nutshell, that casino is a business that was developed for profit making and not some sort NGOs that's carrying out any charity work for the community business.

Gamblers should learn how to prevent themselves  from addicted rather to seek a corporate social responsibility from casino because they will never get it.

It is because such idiots exist that any big business is involved in politics/lobbying (and not in a legal way). There will always be a lazy person, an idiot, a moral monster who wants to do “good things” at the expense of others. Unfortunately, this is one of the defects of democracy - your rights can be “legally” violated because officials are guided by the opinions of voters (many of whom are simply stupid to even minimally understand life).

I think Casinos do not charge anything for those affected by gambling addiction because casinos only run their business for those who want to use and do not force someone to gamble and someone who has a gambling addiction is their own fault who cannot control themselves and it is not their fault the casino. Even though casinos are a business that has a bad impact on society, the fact is that there are still many people who are interested in gambling games, so casinos continue to operate in society and don't care even if their users experience gambling addiction because the most important thing for them is just making a profit.

This is the same as when someone is addicted to drugs and the dealer does not pay for a rehabilitation center for users who are addicted to drugs. In my opinion, those who pay for someone who is addicted are helped by the government to resolve someone who is addicted so that the family feels helped by this assistance and not pay for it yourself because not all families can afford to pay for one of their families who is in addiction recovery, so with government assistance, the surrounding environment will be free from detrimental addictions so that it doesn't impact others.

I believe that social responsibility is being distorted in the OP, because the casino is not guilty and should not be held responsible for people who have become addicted to gambling, for this reason casinos are not morally obligated and are not obligated to keep making donations to rehabilitation clinics, if the casinos kept giving money to rehabilitation clinics, then it would be like them considering themselves guilty of the bad path that those people who became addicts took. I think that casinos are doing their role in social responsibility very well when they support football teams and football leagues because in this way they develop football which at the same time generates jobs and money for many people and creates a better life for many people. This, in my opinion, is what I consider social responsibility.

about people addicted to gambling, I feel sorry for them and I hope they all get cured, but I appeal to all people involved in gambling to play responsibly, don't think that closing a casino account will solve the problem of addiction, because it will not solve the problem of addiction. When someone feels like they can't control themselves, they always think about gambling, so that person should seek medical help in the real world, the costs to cure an addicted person in clinics vary in price, but I think that paying the clinics to get cured should be a priority , because it doesn't make sense for a person to play with $10,000, they become addicted to the point of losing more than $100,000 in total and when they seek help at a clinic and hear the $500 prayer they end up complaining that the clinic's price is too expensive and who wouldn't accept that money

I don't think they need to. A gambler has a choice to register and gamble or choose to only go through the sites and not gamble but if you decide to gamble then you have taken the choice of being responsible to your self. However, I see some offline gambling houses that support communities financially and otherwise when they are invited to support youth activities.


Of course you may not have hold on online casinos as they are not actually exploiting any of the natural resources in outside the country where they are located. Even in the country that they are operating their system from, they are not making use of natural resources. So I don't see csr on them. You can talk of off line casinos if need be, maybe they could help to sponsor some youth activities relating to growth in the youth and soccer.


They follow the gamble responsibly which is already a warning not to be irresponsible with your bankroll and limit underage gambling. Outside that, they can't guide against those who by volition consented to all other requirements of gambling through their registration and provision of KYC.

I agree with the idea that the money coming from casino/gambling taxes should be used by the government and the healthcare system to cover rehabilitation expenses. However, I'm not sure that many countries around the world are going this. Are the online casinos with a Curacao gambling license paying any taxes? I'm not sure about this.
I think that corporate social responsibility is usually conducted voluntarily by many businesses, and the governments shouldn't make it mandatory. The crypto gambling industry is really competitive and I don't think that any crypto casino would decide to spend money on rehabilitation and voluntarily lower it's profit margins.

It is a good thought that gambling companies should take part of the responsibilities of rehabilitating gamblers that got addicted through gambling. But I know that the idea can not be feasible for a lot of reasons, they advice gamblers to gamble responsibly, so if a gambler doesn't take their advice and degenerates to become addicted, nobody can hold them responsible. I believe that if gambling companies takes up the task or responsibilities of rehabilitating gambling addicts, it can get out of hand because we might have more addicts, some gamblers won't mind becoming addicts, as they know that gambling companies will take care of them.

This is one of the reasons why gambling is for adults who are old enough to make choices and take own decisions, and if they becomes irresponsible gamblers and gets addicted, I don't think that the consequences should be on the gambling companies.

This is the first time I have heard about such services; perhaps they are more popular in those countries where casinos are allowed and popular. However, in my opinion, requiring a casino to pay for the treatment of an addicted person is equivalent to demanding that alcohol companies pay for the treatment of alcoholics. This is somewhat counterintuitive to me. Adults who go to play in casinos are responsible for their actions. The only thing the casino can do is warn each time that the game is taking too long and the person is on the site or in the room for a long time. However, this is also unlikely; not a single casino will work against its profits.

That's the responsibility of every individuals who really wanted to change themselves and I don't think so rehabilitations of gambling should come to a specific institution. Unlike with drug related cases, gambling is a very serious matter to correct but not with really worst than drugs. However if you keep making gambling as a habitual thing, I believed the negative outcome always remains very traumatic experience. Not just your personal being but also for the people around your particular with your family.

If you're the government and you gives option for the casino to choose, I'm sure any casinos will choose No, why they need to choose Yes and they didn't get anything? casino is a profit oriented business, their main source of income is loss from the gamblers, if the casino create rehabilitation institutions, they will not earn as much as before. First, the casino need to spend a lot money to build the institutions and second, the gambling addicts would be lower than before.

It's the same thing, addiction is addiction and everyone needs to get on a rehab or medications once a person is suffering from severe addiction. They need an assistance for their recovery and even is you say that they are different from drug addicts, the fact that some of they can't think properly and having or doing a worst decisions because of gambling then I must say that they are just like what drug addicts did. They don't need to be taken away or taken to a place where there are no people because it is possible that their feelings will be triggered more, it's just that, it's really necessary to be temporarily away from the influence of gambling especially the use of gadgets.

That matters needs to discuss between the government and casino. If casino agree with that, the casino can charged to helps the rehabilitation centers provides to helps cases related to gambling addiction. That can helps government to solve gambling addiction that happens in their city.

But if that is about online casinos, that will not easy as it cross the border from the region. But government can send a proposal to some casinos about CSR program and we hope that casino will agree and gives some helps to that program. That depends on every online casino because many of them runs their business out of that country.

The gambling addiction is a serious matters that needs to be solved. But it is personal awareness that must realizes that gambling is just an entertainment. Maybe government can educate people in their jurisdiction not to use gambling to make money.

There is a very good analogy on this issue. For example, we can compare how crypto exchanges are doing in this regard. After all, you know that in trading there are also addicted players (gamblers). Although, apparently, in trading the problem of addicted people is not as acute as in gambling. Nevertheless, there are also gambling addicts in trading. So, as far as I know, crypto exchanges do not transfer any funds to help rehabilitation centers for addicts. Although the consequences of unsuccessful trading are quite comparable to unsuccessful gambling. People are losing their homes, for example. Many players commit suicide after big losses.

The gambling industry is already taxed at very high levels by the governments in order to use part of those funds to help the people that could be addicted to gambling, so I do not see why casinos must pay for rehabilitation centers when they are already doing so.

So if for some reason there are not enough of those centers around your community, then the government is to blame, as it is clear politicians are not using that money for its stated purpose.

If gambling can be this complicated, then I think there should be a ban to gambling. In my opinion, this is not really necessary because addiction can comes from anywhere and are rehabilitation provided for them. Have you seen a person who loves to be drunk all the time rehabilitated before, have you seen who is addicted to womanizing rehabilitated before? The answer is no because things are adult decisions and it's their responsibility.

If you a person is addicted to gambling and never yield any positive impact on such person, they should just quit and never try anything gambling again. I have not seen a person that quits gambling dies before neither do they fall sick, it's about been responsible and stop acting like someone who doesn't have a life and the addicted gambler will be fine.

For me I know that casinos are out to make money, they don't really care about what happens to their customers as a result of patronizing them, If casinos can be charged on the effect of their service to their customers I think it will be better but before this, it should be included in the law governing the individual country so that nailing such casino wouldn't be difficult, if not the gambling company can come up with good lawyers that can turn the case against the victims but realistically this should be done to protect gamblers of the adverse effect of gambling itself, families and relatives of addicted gamblers are not suppose to face this problem of rehabilitation alone, the casino companies are suppose to contribute their quota in other to share responsibilities with the victims family, that's my take on this.