Topic: The Gambling increase due to the pandemic, stats, UK - page 2. (Read 597 times)

I believe something like this happens in almost all countries because almost all countries provide financial assistance to their citizens affected by the pandemic. many people think that gambling is a 'highway' to get rich, if they are lucky then it's true but if they lose then it's all in vain, they add to the difficulty for themselves and their families.

Sad true! There are people who are asking for government assistance, blaming the leader who is trying to survive the nation. But after getting the assistance of some of them use it for gambling, not saying the majorities but there are numbers of people who got addicted to this activity, most of them are people who know and understand how to use the internet.

They are fully affected due to boresome and some are also trying to increase their money in an easy way, thinking that if luck permits they will get a decent amount of profits. 

This is not about getting the exact data, accuracy is not about exactness, it is about accuracy and precision which can give a clear picture of what is actually happening. People's activities are not limited to gambling in the world or United kingdom but the fact that more people are now gambling in UK is true, the main thing to get from this is the fact about gamblers increasing in number in UK which would have been caused by the covid-19 pandemic.

Not even only about gambling is not always about large investment, gambling supposed not to be with large investment at all, it should be an amount someone will play with, lose and never think about but yet fun for him, gambling should just be fun, so the amount of money used should be fun too, not large amount which can result to another thing else but getting addiction.

Gambling is not always with a large investment, my friend, for only $ 10 you can gamble to your heart's content. It depends on the gambler. Maybe for you the value of $ 10 is nothing, but for other gamblers they can also gamble even at minimal costs. I've said the money is not always earned from official work. We often get money without us realizing that giving friends, family and closest people is not an impossible problem.

I remember here in my country where pandemic was in the midst and unemployment circling around, hard lockdown and strict restrictions were implemented and since people couldn't get out of their home to work and have a food in their table our government managed to gave each family a financial assistance that they could use to survive the hard times and this is where even if the gambler have no money could gambling because of it. This became one of the biggest concern of our government because the financial assistance that they gave to each family, some of them used it in gambling. Not all gamblers during pandemic are those who are employed but even those who are not too.

This is not new, even before the pandemic more and more gamblers have spent most of their time in the casinos, others are new to the actions, others are trying to stop their spending habit.
And it's really the expected case in the time of pandemic where most of the people are working from home and found their past time in some online casino platforms and eventually didn't realized that their habits are now too deep from what they're used to.
This case is not just in UK, but most of the developed countries as well. In two years time of pandemic, more people are addicted to it and others have recently started.

This has a point, I have a friend (he has a family now and a child) who does not have a job but is doing gambling, yes he has a small capital and he could make not that much money after he returns home because here in my place there are small and illegal gambling sites that are physical where most people go, he could bring food everyday and buy their needs and he has done it since the pandemic came because he lost his job.

But where does that little amount of money they have come from? To have money, despite the amount, someone needs a source of income that must come from work, investments or donations. And if these people are being given free money it's a serious issue they are using this budget to gamble, as gambling is not supposed to be a basic need for an individual who doesn't have any other income.
That is the case of some gamblers where I live as well, because I see when a new month is beginning, people who receive welfare from the government goes directly to the pubs where gambling lottery and similar games are offered in order to spend that money.

The fact is that there are some of them who do not work and also gamble. Money doesn't always come from work. We can get it from some unexpected side. For example in my place there are people who don't work, so they gamble with what little money they have. With that kind of thinking, it's not a solution when you don't have an income, instead you run to gambling. We really can't prevent or prevent them from gambling.

Yes, there are no accurate data. But given they used the same criteria when conducting that research, they get a different result compared to usual (prior pandemic). If the data will be extracted again today, I'm sure there are now changes since in most parts of the globe, especially in the UK, people's activities are now not limited to only gambling.

this is one thing with researches we can't really get 100% of the data correctly but with statistics you can get a clear picture of society if the data is reliable
but I agree with you commment, spending more time on it is likely to make it a habit, could be right

Pandemic is just a reason. The ones who gambled most during the time of pandemic are those employed compared to the unemployed. How come a person will gamble during the pandemic if they have no work. Where they will get the money to cover their gambling expenses?

Most people who contribute to the activeness of gambling in the UK are those who have the capability to support their gambling expenses. These persons might be got influenced by their other friends that were doing gambling regularly at home.

Another problem was that the lockdowns lasted too long, people are social by nature and they crave social interactions with people they know and with strangers, the lockdowns were so long that people tried to do what they could to get by until things could get better.

Now the issue is that even if the lockdowns are not in place anymore people have adjusted to this new reality and now they have problems leaving behind the new behaviors they developed during the pandemic, which includes compulsive gambling.

This is the problem with gambling games because the risk of having an addiction with new players is irresistible. Someone with an experiences about addiction or gambling should guide these people because it's not that easy to have an addiction once you develop it.

But what would the people do when most of us lost our jobs that's only supporting to our family and yet this pandemic is bringing chaos instead. Most people are bored, unhappy, can't go out due to the lockdown that's why the only thing that they would find entertaining is to join/play gamble online.

Generally, there is nothing wrong to treat gambling as a source of income "as long as" those gamblers are responsible at their end and can maintain winnings stats along the way to support their bankroll. I even disagree with the idea that gambling is just for entertainment purposes. Didn't you know that it's more entertainment if we will win always and loses are minimal?


Can't be applied to anyone. The most appropriate term is "If we have the proper mindset, we know how to manage our gambling activity properly". No need to totally get rid of gambling.

There are various reasons for why we have seen an increase in the rate of gambling. The primary reason among the increase in gambling is that many have lost their jobs due to the pandemic and have been left stranded on the streets. This urged them to gamble with their money and receive huge profits to neutralize their annual income. While the today's crypto market is also considered as gamble in general with sudden surges of price in meme tokens which hold zero value and the fake shills and scams happening all over! Apart from these, gambling companies has increased the number of ads being displayed in the internet and many are moving onto make quick profits everywhere.

The same happens in the 2021 crypto trading as well. I beleive 2017 was much better than 2021 because during 2017-2018 bull run greediness was on a lower number and only altcoins which had the potential pumped to new highs. Nowadays any coin which is backed by a dog symbol pumps over to the top and then drops suddenly after a few days  Should we consider this as trading or gambling? Crypto trading has also left various traders depressed as they ended up losing millions during sudden dumps. Hence, we need to keep an eye on our known people even if they are too much involved into crypto trading as well.

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But the circumstances that come with a pandemic (or specifically with this pandemic) do actually favor situations where people consider gambling.
Whether they can keep control over gambling or not does probably depend on a pandemic. It is their circumstances in life, some of which they are responsible for and some of which are out of their control I guess.

The whole online sector benefitted big time from the pandemic. Gambling is obviously part of that sector and so benefitted as well.

Honestly I am not seeing nothing has changed just because of pandemic situation than what we are currently having and what we had before pandemic. I mean people are always falling into gambling for their own reasons. Probably pandemic must be just another reason for them to justify their action of entering or continuing gambling.

For killing boredom during pandemic, gambling might be one of the great entertainer but when people are targeting gambling for the purpose of earning while they are staying within home then definitely they will face negative consequences like they will lose their bankroll instead of making any profits out of their bankroll.

That's  true , expecially during the lockdown I was stock in the house i didn't have access to go out to gamble. My stay inside the house i did gambling almost everyday, that was maybe because I did much  activity and I achieved in it several times.

A person who thinks that gambling will somehow going to be a solution to his problem or in financial problem rather then let's assume that this gambler will be in a total trouble because of this thought. Some professional gambler can handle to make a good profit out of their gambling and yeah make it also one of the source of their income but like us as an ordinary gambler especially not good enough in gambling are just taking the risks well, even professional gamblers do taking the risks too. Due to the current pandemic it is inevitable that people will probably wanna try gambling online especially with the thought that they might going to earn here will probably going to attract many people.