Topic: Casino companies' responsibilities to rehabilitation institutions - page 3. (Read 375 times)

Ideally, gambling like any other addiction cases are usually by choice and no one forces anyone to become addicted or use a service they had created. Just like cigarettes companies will write at the back of their product that smokers are liable to die young, same way casino tells their users to gamble responsibly. So for a gambler that didn't hide to this advice and became addicted, I don't see why we should point fingers to the casino for causing him problems of addiction. Besides, how do we tell the exact casino which he had played on and got addicted? He must have played in a lot of casinos both online or locally to get to such extent. So I don't see why casino woud be responsible for anyone's addiction.

Let me be very specific and focus on gambling sites. Corporate social responsibility (CRS) in gambling does not necessarily mean gambling sites should be sponsoring problem gambling research and treatment. If a gambler register on a gambling site and the site send a message of how gambling is risky and the percentage amount of money that should be used for gambling and effective self-exclusion if gambling is becoming a problem are parts of casino social responsibility. But when it comes to self-exclusion, it is not effective online (unlike land based gambling sites) except the gambling sites cooperate together but which is not happening.

Also about your question, know that those gambling sites do not care. Little regulations is still the reason they have what could limit gamblers activities on their sites and of which they are not all effective at all.

What could make the gambling sites to do what you meant such as funding support for problem gambling and partnering with gambling disorder treatment providers like the rehabilitation centers is when the regulations are too strict on the gambling sites and telling them to do so. This will make them look for ways gambling can be safe for the community but see how many countries we have that gambling is legalized and the government are receiving taxes from it which is not a small amount of money. In my country, you will see gambling ads everywhere, including on signboards and on TVs.

CSR is like covering a pig in paint. It changes nothing about whats inside. But maybe there's a point when it comes to casinos. Theres no way these places sell healthy food, do they? They're selling danger, thrills, and the chance to win a lot of money. That works out really well sometimes. Not all the time. Its a big problem when it doesnt. There are hurt families. Things are lost for people. Its a mess. Should casinos help get it clean? Yes, they should. But this is a business. They're not going to do it because they want to. They need a push.

Thats why smart rules are important. Rules that keep people safe. Rules that make these casinos answer for the problems they cause from time to time. Thats the only way this CSR stuff will make sense. If not, its just talk.

None offer that since its not their obligation to rehabilitate those people who became addicted on their business. It is full responsibility of the person on how he handle his self since if he became so careless and denial then its his fault on why he experience such bad consequences of gambling he participate.

I don't compare it to cigarette since for me its different. But can do something to eliminate this possible addiction so they just need to be always in control.

Casinos should not charge on this since what they are trying to established is profitable business and not doing any charity work on those abusive person who falls into addiction.

It is on a case-to-case basis casinos don't need to do this, they already have features and warnings for gamblers not to gamble too much, it's up to the individual how to control themselves not to fall and become addicted to gambling.
We have a responsibility and obligation to ourselves and our families to be a responsible gambler, learn to control ourselves be honest with ourselves and our families, and treat online casinos as an entertainment platform and not a platform to rehabilitate yourself because of your wrongdoing.

Any company that the operations can harm social or environmental aspect will try to avoid or at least spend as low as possible for the CSR. Rehabilitation institution is a big thing, there's no any casino will want it except their casino is already very popular like land based casino in Las Vegas or online casino like Bet 365.

Running a rehabilitation institution require capital, maintenance cost and management control that need to be operated everyday, they will choose to create one time seminar about gambling addiction.

In as much as you can't force these casinos to embark on any CSR task that they are not interested in you, can on the other hand
Try to intimate these casinos operators about the negative impact of their activities in the lives of their customers and their mental health too, and also come up with meaningful suggestion as to how these negative impact can be mitigated, research have shown that a certain percentage of gamblers either end up becoming insane as a result of depression whereas some end up committing suicide due to depression also, but this doesn't mean casino operators would want to start throwing monies around to rehabilitation centers for the treatment of such individuals but I think one of  the ways these casino operators can help is to be on the forefront of the campaign against irresponsible gambling, and also regulating the amount of money any gambler can spend per time, with these measures in place I think one might not get into trouble.

I have actually thought about the possibilities of casinos sponsoring programs and policies in the rehabilitation of gambling addicts, unfortunately, I have not seen anywhere such is done. The feasibility of such project is not also there because they will be exonerated by their caveat of "gamble eesponsibly" which is visible in all casinos. On the other hand, if they embark on such project, and attach some monetary benefits, even people who are not gambling addicts will want to benefit from it whereas the real addicts might even be ashamed to come forward because most addicts do not usually know that they have problem.

Inasmuch as this sounds good, I don't see how realistic it can be because a lot of variables will be at play such as no casino will be willing to accept responsibility of what happens to any gambler.

Casinos will not be responsible for any gamblers addiction and this is because you the gambler had it in mind to win money from the casino and that was why, you decided to gamble to the extend that you could not control yourself due to greed, and that is why so many gamblers are addict. They think that they can make profit from gambling and if you win, the casino pays you back.

There is no special place to threat addicted gamblers because it is an emotional thing and not inside ones body, unlike cigarettes that can damage the internal part of your body physically, and the hospital is there to threat such people. The only way an addict can be free from his addiction is quitting gambling.

Any taxes/payments, etc. that you impose on a business is ultimately paid for by ordinary people (consumers). Do you want the RTP in slots to be not 90-95% but 60-65%? Or so that instead of single/double zero in roulette there is a five-fold one? Here's your answer. Casinos already pay enough taxes, stop inventing new ones.

There are many gambling platforms and casinos in my country, but none of them offer this kind of service. The casino doesn't advise gamblers to become addicted, so if any gambler decides to become addicted, it's their cause to bear and not the casino's. The casino tells customers in their policy that gambling is only for people over the age of 18 and lets everyone gamble at their own risk. So they don't feel concerned about the CSR service. 

In some cigarette packs that are being sold in my country, it is boldly written on the cigarette packs: "Smokers are liable to die young; smoking causes mouth cancer." Despite those warnings on the park, people are still buying and smoking, and if anything happens to them, there is no way the tobacco companies will provide any CSR service to victims. 

In my opinion, casinos should not be charged to carry out CSR services because they don't force any gamblers to become addicted. 

I'm sure it can't be done. The case would differ if the company employed workers and experienced a work accident. but this time it's the case of a gambling addict. The casino has no obligation to pay the costs or part of the costs of the rehabilitation process for gambling addicts.

Gambling is part of an activity that is carried out alone and without coercion. Casinos do not employ gamblers. they play according to their wishes. The casino will probably give you advice not to become an addicted gambler. but to provide compensation from gambling addicts I don't think it will happen.

so why are cigarette companies taxed and csr on health institutions? isn't it their own choice for smokers to smoke? so what you said is not a strong reason to justify why casinos are not forced to do csr.




you never see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist right? in my neighborhood there is a rehabilitation center and there are 3 patients who are addicted to gambling and they are quite aggressive in asking to gamble.

Well, I don't think any online casino is doing this movement or if they have rehabilitation for gambling addicts. It's not their responsibility anymore unless they make one on their own will or in their own campaign, but believe me, I don't think any online casino is doing this movement or if they have rehabilitation for gambling addicts. It's not their responsibility anymore unless they make one on their own will or in their own campaign, but believe me, I don't think there are many that will do that because it will cost them a lot of fortune, and of course it's not their responsibility anymore. They are not the ones that make a gambler become addicted. I'm not siding with the casino or online casino; it's just that people think that someone needs to be responsible for someone who's making themselves miserable. I mean, who causes someone to be addicted? The gambler itself, let's be mature guys. We can't keep saying that a platform should be the one to be responsible; at first, the gambler itself should be the one to become responsible for itself and learn to control itself. Let's normalise that.

Gambling addiction is not like drug addiction, the individual who is addicted to gambling is still functional for society while the one who is addicted to drugs is not functional for society. And i don't think the gambler should be sent to a "farm" to recover, he only need to stay away from casinos and keep moving on with his personal life, focus on the job and focus on the family, that's all.

I have never seen a gambler addicted in a special place for recovery, i don't even think that exists.

What I know if someone needs help like this, gambling sites provide a link on their site which is about responsible gambling. If you read the responsible gambling, you will see advice and later you will see the gambling site paste some links if you need help if you are already a gambling addict.

Casinos or other gambling site are not going to be charged any money at all. Gambling is by choice, not that the casino force anyone to gamble.

I do not know much about this. It is possible that they operate globally but having branches in necessary countries. I have not gone to this extent before. When I got addicted, losses lessons that gambling taught me made me quit gambling for a long period of time.

corporate social responsibility (csr) is an activity carried out by companies on the social and environmental impacts caused by their company's operations, and in this case, casinos have the potential that their operations can cause many cases of addiction in society. there have been many cases of addiction caused by gambling and usually the families of these victims bear the costs of rehabilitating these addicts themselves. usually the family will pay for the various needs of these addicts, such as food, hospitalization, etc., and that is not a little because there are addicts who need months to recover.

my question is, do casinos need to be charged to carry out csr to rehabilitation centers so that these rehabilitation centers can provide discounts for cases related to gambling addiction? and what about online casinos, how should they carry out csr since they operate globally?