Topic: Too accessible of online casino grows addiction faster? - page 5. (Read 3035 times)

We by ourselves give room to let addiction got over us and invaded us like clothes we cannot do without, there are times we may be less busy but the truth us that we must not be too idle, gambling is a good choice to avoid this idleness but it must not also get over us to the extent that we cannot do other things vetter as we gamble, we must learn to put things in order of preference and priority, we must play smart in gambling but never spend the entire day time online surfing the gambling sites without doing other things beneficial to us.

Voluntarily restrict yourself is a good option, this can be a big help to prevent you from getting more addicted but of course its not the total solution since you can use other site for your gambling activities since its already available anywhere you go especially if your country is not restricted. Self-discipline is the best long term solution here, once you manage to do budgeting and have a limit time for gambling, you'll realize the progress and you'll be more good. Stop gambling for now while you are still looking for the recovery, ask for a help if the problem is already serious.

Existence of more and more online gambling platforms during the covid-19 pandemic have made gambling easy accessible. Based on Google search data there is big increase in the gambling activities online. Earlier it was 62% and during the covid-19 pandemic it have risen to 78% which is a big change. The usage of gambling platforms during those days too seen high. People gambling more than four times a week have risen to 32% from 23%

If so, it sounds like you need to learn to control yourself because in my opinion, it will be the same whether it is an online or offline casino. And as long as you can control yourself well, you won't be tempted by any offers from the casino. But it's true that online casinos can easily make someone more addicted to gambling. But like I said, if you have good self-control, none will happen to you because you can resist the urge to gamble and turn your mind to gambling.

That's right and the pandemic has had an adverse effect on the economy which has made many people lose their sources of income and jobs in the real world.
It is because of this that more and more people are starting to become aware of and take advantage of technology so they can work and still have a source of income even at home without having to go to the office or workplace.
For example, they started to enter the crypto world to get to know the gambling industry and struggle to bet their luck at gambling in the hope of getting profit money for their survival.

The pandemic was a big fortune for digital platforms as people can't leave there homes in early days and everything was done digitally. Those who enjoyed online gambling during pandemic have continued that even after restrictions were removed.
Microsoft is cutting down 10,000 of its employees and the reason is
"Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, said in a blogpost that customers had increased their digital spend when coronavirus hit in 2020-21 but were now scaling back."  Guardian

The pandemic changed everything, there was already a trend in place in which everything was already at the tip of our fingers thanks to our smartphones, but since the pandemic started this trend accelerated dramatically as many people around the world experimented long lockdowns in which they could not leave their homes except for work and if they had some emergency, and even if those lockdowns are no longer in place people have adapted and now prefer this convenience, something which can be dangerous when it comes to activities like gambling which in some cases it can generate compulsive behaviors.

Convenience is too much temptation for some, I would recommend asking the casino to put you on a do not fly list for a year to remove the possibility until you have an 'annual' trip be it actual physical journey or just virtually restrict yourself to a brief holiday of gambling.   I get his point about distance and convenience, this could apply to food and alcohol also perhaps, too close and people just automatically use it all up but that is an extreme imo.

He may be right knowing you can enjoy gambling even at the expense of your home while sitting alone holding your phone, and gamble all you can. But I also believe being addicted is never on the accessibility of the gadget, but it’s more on the attitude and discipline of the gambler itself. If he always spend most of his time gambling, he will surely develop addiction. And that’s when everything becomes out of control and you tend to create impulsive decisions that made you an impulsive gambler after all.

Having some funds online cam be very easier to spend just like you have explained because spending it especially on gambling will be very easily without having double thought about what will happen if you finally lost the entire funds. If the money is in fiat we might be forced to ask ourselves some questions which falls to someone that have pure mind to ask questions before taking a particular action especially when it finance related.
Gambling is juts something of the mind and we need to be very prepared to face the worse if anything happens at the later end. Is only a wise man that think and prepare before doing something.

The reward will depend on the gamblers bet if it's high then the expected reward is also high but low bet doesn't always mean a low reward because there are games which has also has a high multiplier on them.

A casino can also offer some freebies other than this. I guess that counts as a reward as well but indeed that an online casino is very accessible. You don't need to go outside anymore but you can just pull out the phone in your pocket and start playing assuming that you already have some credits in your mobile wallets. Online gambling didn't kills the offline casinos but there are still people who plays at them and stick on them no matter what.

Because online gambling casino is more convenient to play than going into a real casino imagine you need to travel and make a time allotment if you want to play in a real casino but in use of the phone you can create an account, deposit and play no hassle but of course, its just personal preferences also due to pandemic some of the people better to choose the online casino, and the physical casino got restricted, but of course, the experience is really different in the casino you can just watch the game play of other people without getting kick out in the lobby because you are just idle.

OP,your friend is very correct,when there is easy access to gambling, then those gamblers that can't control their gambling activities will get more addicted to gambling, because their casino is in their phone or in their PC. The only way to gamble online and not letting it get into your head that you want to gamble all the time,is when you have self discipline on you gambling habit. I have my gambling budget that the moment, it has been exhausted, I stop gambling, till the next month. See gambling as fun and not a means of making money so that you don't get carried away with your emotions of chasing your lost.

if a person lives far from the city and one day manages to buy a car then from that day on the city will no longer be far for that person, I will give an example, let's imagine that a person called antonio lives very far from the city where there is a good casino, mr antonio likes alcoholic drinks, women and gambling, he can have all of this in the city, but due to the fact that he lives far away from the city mr antonio cannot be in the city every day. but one day, mr antonio buys a car, with that mr antonio can already be in the city almost every day, but due to the high costs of car maintenance and gasoline prices, mr antonio rarely goes to the city

then one day mr antonio discovers gambling on the phone, in which all he needs to do is simply create an account at the online casino and make a deposit and start playing. so Mr. Antonio will be able to be at the casino 24 hours a day every day

it is clear from my example that technology has made more people easily addicted to many things, this is not just about gambling, years ago people needed to go to hotels or certain streets looking for prostitutes to pay for sex , but today there are already many sites where the person just needs to make a call and in a few hours there will be a woman at home to have sex

the same thing has happened with alcohol, in which the person only needs to make a call that they bring alcoholic beverages to the person's house, so we have many addicts to various things

It still depends on the person if he/she cant control himself but the right word is very prone to addiction as playing in a casino is now accessible unlike before when you need to plan your day or when you will be visiting the casino. It is really because of the pandemic a lot of people migrated from offline to online. There are still features in online casinos that won't get you addicted like monitoring you if you are spending a lot of time and money then after that they will be forcing you to stop though this feature can be easily turned off. But again it is still on the people if he will continue to play even if he knows that he is getting addicted and not stop playing.

If one person actually manages to destroy their phone, their computer or their console while gaming or gambling, I would say it is time to get help and admit there is a problem, imo. And those who do not know when to stop (even when just won money), believe they may finally defeated the laws of probabilities, which is obviously false.

The conclusion is that without responsibility, any activity which is suppose to be for fun, ends up in tragedy.
One's not supposed to pay to get sad, angry or depressed. I won't go to Las Vegas to feel that way.  

Also, someone already shared a scientific paper which indeed explains a relation between accessibility and problem gambling.

Gamblers who are addicted to gambling make more negative responses when they win or lose.
when defeated he can damage the device used. I've seen gamblers like that a few times. and those who win have no control. they will continue to play with the previous wins. and eventually, all will be lost.

I think the use of mobile devices does increase the percentage of gamblers who become addicted. this is the same as game players who play with their smartphones every day. no time to let go. limitations of online gamblers, maybe when their money has run out in the loss.

Wise in the sense that we can control how much money we use. I'm sure we can do it, but because there is temptation or greed from within that keeps saying we have to try to play a few more rounds because, who knows, we might win. That makes us lose self-control and can't be wise about gambling, especially when casinos always give attractive promotions that make us want to try it. If we have good self-control, even though we have easy access to gambling, we will not be affected, and we can determine when we gamble and when we should stop even though we have money and have experienced defeat or victory.

It gains a lot of interest to the people because of its high rewards and is very accessible to use. We can see a lot of promotions that pop-ups on Facebook and even not a gambler could put curiosity about it. It is just about to happen that PlayStore is allowing these things. This will no longer stop gambling addiction but it could trigger more and encourage people to join and gamble. In fact, some online wallets have already been in partnership. It was to say that Online Gambling is likely killing offline casinos slowly.

Because everything is done online now, we are in a fast-paced generation now, we like the ambiance of physical casinos but we like the accessibility of online casinos, we are likely to enjoy more on physical casinos but we are likely to get more addicted to online casinos because of easy access, and comfort, we have a work from home because of the internet but now we have the gambling at home because of the internet.