Topic: Thoughts on Video game gambling addiction? - page 2. (Read 16923 times)

Momo is a random person start to chat with us.

But the game blue whale is really designed like a game but made the people to get addicted to it and start doing the things which the person from the other side asking for.

Video game gambling is the most addicted gambling that can ever be.
Having said that, you become addicted to that and it is the easiest way to lose your money on that. Casinos know very well that they are addicted and this is the reason why they have scheduled them to happen every 5 minutes or less.

Yes blackmailing and extortion, recording of private conversation.  Use of private data, doxing of personal information.   All these are strategies used to attack anyone online but especially the young and inexperienced.    Trying to con people with some sort of reference to authority is a common phishing scam used vs also elderly users especially via email and telephone is frequently used with the idea Microsoft is contacting you to help and they will instruct people to download a trojan and proceed from there with the extortion and so on.  
   Unfortunately this is the landscape people are in, the unintentional gamble people take when online in a vast population spanning the world and nations without laws to prosecute these aggressive individuals.  
  
Its no exaggeration to say its become a growth sector, an industry of crime, a new frontier in deception and theft.    I do advise people to use disposable emails wherever possible, have at least 1 email to commonly give when signing up where you almost expect bad emails to follow.   You can always update later to a reliable account with a more frequently checked and more trusted email later.   Similarly I rarely give precise or accurate personal data unless I decide to seriously use an account and trust the site.


Use HTTPS everywhere extension on your browser to try and avoid rogue sites.   Theres alot more tips then that but alot of mistakes relate to fake or temporary sites that try to duplicate legitimate operations.


https://youtu.be/698Rm2FV6ik?t=160

Watch this guy for a rough take of what I'm trying to describe, he is best described as a comedian but also its a good PSA for what tricks some are trying to carry out on the unaware.   Its basically exploitation of trust

So this is basically blackmailing to force the player do what the task is?isn't this kind of issue got viral last year when there are reports that teens get suicide because of MOMO something over internet!?i can’t explain the full details but there are few teens who become a victim of this.
But about BlueWhale is not familiar to me sorry

The problem is video game players are not just children, many teenagers and even adult initially play video games then turn to gambling and become addicts. of course directives/guard from parents cannot be fully implemented. Video games are loaded with aspects of gambling, but that doesn't mean you have to stop them, lots of people play video games because they have fun right?

I don't think people who play the games intense sewli will not turn into The Gambler because they already addicted to the games not to the money.
But parents should watch their kids about their activities if they are doing something intensively which can be games or gambling are you any kind of things which can ruin the future of the kid, so they need to taught what need to be done and what should not be.

Parents should guard their children on the video games what they are playing, there are temptations for the children, to get acquainted and get introduced to gambling, this is very risky so many gamblers were introduced to gambling because of video games addiction.

^^ Oh dam well I've thought for so many years now that people should not be giving out personal details but with Facebook and similar sites its become a normal thing to broadcast yourself perhaps in the hope of becoming famous.
  Be careful what you wish for because many famous people find it terrible side effect of their jobs of being an actor or whoever.     I always keep an alias wherever possible, anyone in crypto knows why this is best very often.    I only give personal details where I'm going to be using a bank card anyway then there is some justification.

Alot of mobile games are exploitive or basically tricks from what I've heard where the player is basically required to pay for greater power in the game.   The very young unfortunately dont realise they are being taken advantage of and get caught in this way also, again nothing to do with gambling just an example of caution required online or when engaging with any profit driven enterprise.   
  Doesnt have to be any deception exactly but I never provide a real or exact address or a name or even a proper birth date thats accurate, so long as its roughly in the region thats all I need to give.     I dont believe in giant regulation but if it were done for all then anyone under 18 would be provided an identity not tied to them, like a disposable email address this should be used whenever possible.   We have Russia, North Korea and other malicious actors online collecting specifics on people to use against not even including privately motivated negative individuals.

The game bluewhale was designed by psycho and it is task completion game,you know the last task will be suicidal of yourself.

Someone from the other side threat you to do these things or your personal pics will be released on the internet which was captured while doing the earlier task on the games.

I dont remember this game specifically, I think it was more of a cult thing and there seems to be no point to the game exactly.   However I'am roughly aware of that trend, challenge type dynamic and scary pasta something or other, its a bit past my age group.   I think its mostly tied to impressionable teenagers growing up, of course they should be protected from predatory type games or programs but it already falls under current laws I would hope, inciting violence is worthy of prosecution.


Banning 40 different main stream games from having some kind of link its likely going to discourage open discussion of the problem and fault.   Much like the reaction to crypto sometimes or just about anything, governments default response is we will ban it, send the police and army to attack who disagree.    Doesnt really solve or answer whatever problem might be there especially as a cause, it will just reappear.
   Stories arent the cause of problems in the world, this kind of thinking was always misplaced.

Technology didn't play any part of it on why kids are involving bets on video games its their own decision on why they are putting money on the line everytime they play. Some really play to earn money while some just wants to feel the excitement of it and you can't blame them as money is something that even kids nowadays need for what they want. Another factor isthem knowing that these are their only mode of gambling without entering a casino makes video game gambling much more accessible to them especially when the games themselves have no age restrictions.

But there was actual ban imposed by high court on a particular state for playing pubg due to the high addiction since gambling is completely legal here.

If you remember the game bluewhale you cannot say you never heard ban on games,most countries banned that game.

For me, I can say a video game can be a gambling addiction because this era comes to many esports.  Many people are playing games and would like to bet to their favorites team, and there are so many betting sites that you can search and still the odds is great. Also if you are good and lucky in wagers, you can win a massive amount of money, especially this coming week that one of the biggest prize pool of esports will start their tournament.

You both make a reasonable statement and the regulation of video games gambling to reduce or control addiction will help but won't total eradicate addictions in the young generation and what I believe will eradicate the addiction of video gambling in young people is to know where the whole problem started before we can get the better solution.

Exactly, not all video players are gamblers, there are many people who play for fun. With the technology improvement we might see casino websites can be gambled through mobile version and it is very convenient for the gamblers to gamble at any place if they have a proper internet connection.

Addicted to any game including videos games is not a good habit to have, except you are making money through it. We have new features in most of the video games we currently have online and those games do come with many attracted features that could make players get addicted to them.

Seems incredible, I have not heard of a general ban like this before in any country, not for this game anyway.   PubG of course by itself is not a gambling game, its just plain computer simulation or 3D graphics 'first person shooter'.   The only time i hear talk of bans is that kids who play games that display a gun will then become a violent minded person.   This is no more true then it ever was for seemingly violent cartoons.    This logic is not backed by any peer reviewed psychological study or other professions.   The main point often comes back to troubled individuals can fall into bad habits on many past times, the best idea is to always make sure a person has a way to remove themselves from a game via a self ban I think.
   Industry regulation and responsibility works better then the idea people can be banned from doing something quite normal

You got it friend because nowadays online gaming is used by many people as a tools to make gambling possible,just like those Dota,LOL and many games .my cousin isn’t now addicted in one of those and already quit from school just to satisfy his addiction
I guess there’s a lot of game are already in casinos and there’s no need in putting online games as based for another gambling portal.let gamers do their betting and let gambler do theirs also

Indeed we cannot say that all video games are gambling. Video games are actually created not for gambling purposes but as games / entertainment. Because now the digital era, all gambling has also become modern and gambling has entered the video game. Now this is what we should limit, because we know that children are now accustomed to video games, and gambling is not allowed to children.

It will be very hard for those who already engaged as they are suffering with issues inside their mindsets, focusing with the reality would be hard for them to accept as they will keep doing what they've think they should, video games addictions needs a serious treatment a help with specialist would
be a great move if it's really needs to caters people who already have this concerned.