Topic: Should Casinos Sponsor Sites That Deals With Gambling Addiction - page 5. (Read 541 times)

Sponsoring definitely seems like the wrong approach in this situation. They should be making a contribution to an independent organizations and have very little say about how that money is utilized. It's a bit derogatory to be honest, seeing them using such safe gambling promotions during their advertising and just gives them a pretense to push their ads to a wider audience. It's a very devious and underhanded way of marketing that should be discouraged. An alternative might be they pay the government who then distribute it fairly and anonymously to such groups.

Most people would agree with that, especially for people who have been trapped in gambling for a long time but find it hard to get out of the cycle. But I wonder if the casinos would agree to this? Because I quite doubt that the casino can agree to this and is willing to spend some money to sponsor a site that deals with gambling addiction and healing, and isn't it the more someone is addicted to gambling, the more profit the casino will make?  And isn't sponsoring a site that deals with gambling addiction and recovery a loss for the casino because they will lose some of their loyal customers?
And I suppose that the casino will assume and deny that this is not the casino's responsibility. Because after all the casino only offers a game that can provide sensation and pleasure, they only offer and do not force someone to play gambling in the casino that he has and then it's back to each person to decide whether or not to play gambling.

"No one really cares about everything that happens to us, including the problems of gambling addiction that we are facing. So pay attention and consider everything carefully before we really decide to play gambling."

I am affirmative  of this proposal. You know casino should take part of the responsibility for this campaign because they are liable for that.let me use cigerarte for example, of a cigerarte, if you buy a cigerarte, you will see it down there that smokers are liable to die young and that advert is Courtesy of the cigerarte company because they are liable for that and in instructions by their various country policy. So if casino does that with laws of that nature holding them to do such I think there would be less of gambling addiction.

I know some casinos would not want to take part in this type of campaign because they benefit heavily from it addicted gamblers so it would look as if they are fighting themselves and would not be part of it but if the government CV an pi to a law and a clause holding them to do so, o think they would have no choice but being a part of it or initiating theirs as well.

Yes, if they want to look like they care. IMO it's a PR thing more than a real initiative. If they did not want to deal with addicts and it was a thing of ethics for them, they would chose a different business.
We all know that addicts are a large part of their market. They allow these people to play and you can see who's an addict by checking the account stats. If someone is online every day for hours, and/or plays until there's no money on his account, then comes back another day, keeps playing until he's at 0 and repeats the process, he's addicted. They could limit their access, or their deposits, but they won't.
I guess it's better that they help addicts, but the best help would be to actively monitor players and block the ones that are doing the worse, but for the casinos it's business.

Casinos and other gambling sites know how people are, no matter how many articles, videos and other contents that you produce to encourage people to not be addicted to gambling, gamblers will always prefer to do what they are doing in the way that they like doing it and that also do not stop many gamblers from being addicted. I remember one of the first gambling sites I registered on, they have all those articles but I have never bothered to read it before. Most gamblers will not read anything like that. I mean gambling sites will still continue to make money after all.

This should be part of their social corporate responsibility. Giving free counseling and other support to people who are facing gambling disorders will help to reduce addiction. These platforms could help gamblers to have betting plans and strictly follow them. These casinos shouldn't only focus on how to stop or cure addiction but mechanisms should also be put in place to discourage becoming addicted to gambling. Maximum limits should be placed on accounts that are suspected that the owners might be becoming addicted.  I totally support that these casinos should sponsor these addiction preventive, control, and support websites.

What would be surprising are the addiction assistance/forums displaying casino related sites or it defeats the purpose. But casinos having some links going to addiction assistance is pretty common already.

Its sort of a standard warning that gambling is addictive and if you felt you are addicted to gambling, the casinos offer help. Maybe the guilt is there so they are trying to remind its clients they are also there to help.

I would say it’s a good idea, I see where your point is actually, you feel if they should sponsor those addicted they wouldn’t make more money but that’s wrong, once people get addicted to it they wouldn’t be in clear state of mind to actually play the game and the more it hampers their health the more people will actually run from it and that means the casino is actually losing potential customers.

I would say they should actually sponsor them but it is not obligatory on them to do so. We have seen cigarettes companies warning people through advertisements that high consumption of it causes health issues and yet people still Smoke, I would say the casinos should also pick on this too

Let's go in parts, perhaps they don't do it, but it is a standard to have it by law, not because perhaps they want it that way.

Casinos by law must support certain organizations and they themselves must have the corresponding notices, online casinos have them, look for them, on other cases, the casinos, one of their functions is that they pay taxes, and these taxes should generate contributions to those institutions who deal with addictions.

In any case and as I mentioned and always mention, starting with the player, he is the one who should take his first $100 and pay for a consultation with a specialist, his first coaching should not be a Youtuber, a friend, or a casino, a responsible gambler must be diagnosed if he is prone to suffering from addiction.

There are people who become addicted, but are cured, because they are asymptomatic, but other types of users do not have that condition, there are studies on that, there are people who have symptoms of lack of dopamine, (e.g.) so, they are symptomatic players.

Gambling is in the queue for help from public institutions that should channel the state's income from taxes to this neglected disease.

But as always in that sense there is no better help than the support cultural and social, where governments should start. Not to mention that all help mainly comes from the moral of your home.

Please! Don't expect help from a casino or government, if you can, pay for professional assistance,  even if you think you don't need it.

Casinos benefit from gambling addiction, which is how they make profits. Gambling addicts hardly take money out of the gambling system because the money they make are usually given back when they continue gambling even after winning. I don't see how they will even give this idea of curing gambling addiction a second thought.

The best they can do is to emphasize their caveat "gamble responsibly " that is already part of their terms and conditions

I think casinos would have no problem in sponsoring these sites as most likely they can have no real impact in casino revenues and the casinos would make a good name for themselves which in turn will get more new players to join them,it can be like an infinite loop that no one can escape it.

In this generation the gambling addiction of course is high because of the intensity of life that create much more additional stress that many people find refugee in gambling as a first step but this step then results fatal in sucking them in great addiction.

I think somsince they even have responsible gambling dedicated page just to help gamblers to become responsible and to avoid becoming addicted. Casino boldly disclosed that they are not source of profit which I believe they are open to introduce this kind of service with their player since they are obligated to do so as per the law. They offer too self-exclusion just to make gamblers stop playing with their casino.

There’s a lot of cases which casino ended up paying a victim(ga,bling addict) when it comes to court battle because the judge considers mental stability of victims. This is why casino usually avoid problematic gambling as much as possible because they might cause problem with them.

This is an interesting thing to think about.  You could say casinos sponsoring gambling addiction sites seems shady and  it might seem like a conflict of interest, how can they really want to help if they make money off addiction? But you could also say it shows responsibility if they try to deal with the dark side of their business.  I don't really know where I land on this.  It's complicated.  Seems like good arguments on both sides. I'm curious to see what others think about this.

Everybody will say yes. It would be better for casinos to even have a site that can help addicted gamblers. But should casinos be forced to sponsor sites that deal with gambling addiction? No, they can not be forced to do so.

What that is most important is for the gambling sites to have a link on their websites which will refer gamblers to sites that deals with gambling addiction.

But all these may not help until a gambler realize that gambling is just nit a way if making money.

I'm just curious and would like to get the consensus of the community, should casinos sponsor sites that deal with gambling addiction and cure, we can't deny that the gambling addiction percentage is very high in this generation,

I just stumbled one site about gambling addiction it's a free help for those addicted to gambling, there are many more related sites and facilities.
Do you think it is the obligation of casinos online or offline?

It is casinos' way to repay those who put in a lot of money and get addicted or they shouldn't care because it's the gamblers' initiative to play.