Topic: What's the motive behind the anti gambling campaign - page 7. (Read 1833 times)

True winners are definitely few. And of the few, very very few are winners in the true gambling sense (that they gambled and won a lot of money from pure luck and chance). Of the few, majority are professional gamblers who make a living out of gambling. They don't really need to win a lot, they just to entertain a lot. For example, poker players and even slots streamers and such;)

I don't respect people who are anti-gambling as I myself am a gambler, that's an insult to me.

The problem here is not gambling, but it's the gambler who lacks knowledge as they become irresponsible in gambling.
When we lose money in gambling, it's not gambling that should be blamed, but us, because we are the ones who is managing ourselves.

haven't we thought that the gambling industry is also contributing taxes to the government we all benefit from?

If we don't know that, then there's no surprise we will hate gambling.

The motive is to reduce gambling addictions and sometimes drug or alcohol abuse associated with gambling and I think that that is the core motive in anti-gambling campaigns, I think that what they are doing is a noble thing to do because it helps that a lot of people know the effects which is mostly negative that gambling has.

Currently the media, even digital, stay away from the betting industry for various reasons, but it is not zero Exposure, something is sometimes said in some newscasts.

In Spain when Adrian Matteos was breaking it in poker it was news, in traditional media, TV, Press, radio and an obvious presence on the Internet.
Some lotteries when a jackpot has a winner they mention it.

In fact in days gone by on the Today Show they showed a person winning a jackpot in an airport machine, I think it was $ 250,000 while he was  playing slots waiting for a delayed flight.

In short, there is a premise in the marketing world that says "there is no bad publicity."

In my case, I do keep up to date with the good vibes that there is in relation to the betting ecosystem, fortunately there is a lot of positive information.

I think the best situation is to keep up to date with portals that have an adequate news balance.

Finally it is something more about perception of the "environment" where you are; persons, Tv, what you read.

If you were to compare drug addiction to other types of addiction (like gaming), it seems lenient enough, but drugs induce addiction to you, gambling on the other hand is you inducing yourself to addiction, plainly speaking, it's one's own fault, without any external influence, if he gets addicted to gambling. That's what makes gambling different from those types since gambling addiction is solely your own fault imo.

I'm of the mind that regulating something instead of completely banning it is much more effective in controlling everyone who wants to actually do, well, whatever that regulated thing is, in this case, gambling. Banning gambling just gives rise to below-the-scenes development of, well surprise surprise, gambling dens themselves. It's just plain stupid imo.

That is because there is a prohibition from their religion about playing gambling. But for the other, playing gambling will not be a problem and we can see that many people are still playing gambling.

Only self-control and limitations will help a gambler not spend more money and will have a chance to stay away from the addiction. We hope that we do not be one of the gamblers addicted to gambling that can not solve their problem.

That government does not want to against the religious leaders by approving the gambling and make gambling their income. They will search for other ways that can give them new income for their country. The government does not want to see the number of the addicted gambling in their country increase, especially in this pandemic, because the people already suffer and need money. If people can stay away from gambling in this pandemic, they will have a chance to fill their daily needs without spending money on gambling games.

For every upside there is a downside. The upside of playing is quite clear: makes life more interesting and sports - even those that are quite slow in nature - more fun to watch. However, you wont see in the news nor in any statistic how much fun people had gambling or how much money some of them made (other than lotteries) but rather stories about how a poor guy gets hooked on the game and does something stupid - and my guess is that it rarely is the only really stupid thing they have probably done in their lives.

As I've been working in the industry for many years now, I'd say that all these stories exist for several reasons:
1. News sites use them as clickbait articles. Everyone wants a sob story and everyone feels superior when they read about someone who made such terrible mistakes. So, I believe that such articles bring lots of traffic and engagement.
2. It's a way gambling authorities use to warn customers of the possible harms of gambling. And I agree that this can be a dangerous hobby, but honestly I also think that every hobby can be expensive. I have a friend who's constantly buying some limited edition books and expensive board games. Some of those cost like $200-$300 and he has at least 50 board games. He doesn't even play most of them. In gambling, you at least have a chance to win something I guess. This is just dead money sitting on a shelf.
3. Religious and social taboo. This was mentioned by many, so no need to further expand on it.
4. There are much more unhappy stories than happy ones. Though, if you follow iGaming news, you'd know that there are actually frequent juicy wins. They just don't reach mainstream media as often.

I don't personally think it's to prevent people from making money by becoming smart gamblers. Most people don't even believe that someone can become rich from gambling. Plus, this strategy wouldn't make sense for operators as they make money anyway. So, I'd say the reasons listed above are the primary ones for the bad reputation of gambling.

Excluding religious aspects when it comes to banning is that there are certain governments does really mind about their citizens and doesnt really mind about revenue or taxation
made out by these companies or simply on the entire industry where we do know that gambling can generate huge income and of course when it comes to tax they would really
be a big contributor but these type of government is really a bit rare or small in numbers and majority of them would really mind off about progress of their country via
tax rather than on minding with their citizens addiction probability.

Well, what's behind the anti-alcohol and anti-drug campaigns?! Probably the same thing that's behind the anti-gambling campaign!

I think there's more than one reason for that... and most of the reasons are already mentioned already! I guess the point is simple to understand, all anti focuses on bad sides! While users are focused on the good sides!
So we come to an old fact, every coin has two sides! So there should be some balance, we need to have some control if we want to last... if we want to do something in the long run! At the moment when we lost control over things we do, it's the moment when problems start coming! But many don't know how to do that, so they get into the problem, and that problem grows and hurts everyone who is close! Those who are hurt start to hate the vice that caused all the problems in their life! And they can be very passionate about that! We can't blame them for that, they are the ones who got hurt...

Now I am a gambler and many other things... for sure! But I know my limits and my chances, nobody around me suffers from my bad side! Most of the people don't even know about that!

When people take gambling too personally and become quite addictive they tend to loose more than they afford to do so and later on we see such campaign set out for awareness by the same individual or community who shares similar exposure.We have seen Gambling Self exculsion programs have seen sudden increase in number of users.Why? Just because people are becoming addictive to Gambling and losing more they are winning but they can't stop themselves from betting and enroll for such schemes to stop them from further loss.Same is the case with this anti gambling campaign which aware players about gambling addiction and tell that house benefits more you loose or bet upto certain limit for entertainment purposes.Dont make gambling your permanent source of income as it is variable and can end you in worse situation as we have seen in many cases.You are just betting your money I hope of getting of more but it's not investment that will yeild returns but luck based where you win more or loose all your funds.So be sure before entering.

You bring a point that I have always believed, even if gambling was completely forbidden then those that were addicted to gambling or lost a fortune on the games will just lose that money and become addicted to something else, as you say there is a group of people that no matter how much you try to protect are going to lose their money anyways, in which case it is better to allow gambling and let the rest of the people to enjoy the activity and generate taxes out of it.

Maybe because the true winners are very few and far between?

But even so, I agree that the negative connotation about gambling shouldn't be always brought forth, only when necessary and trying to warn others. It brings food to a lot of tables at the expense of the money of those willing to lose it for the entertainment. Plus, the gambling industry also contribute millions, if not billions, to economies worldwide. While I get that people are trying to bring gambling to a negative light, at the end of the day, we are addicted to some forms of entertainment, to which gambling falls into as well.

Many religious representatives are against gambling, because in countries where gambling is legal people may launder money through gambling instead of laundering money donating to their churches and organizations. It makes the religious' income decrease.

On the other hand, the anti-gambling agenda isn't exclusivity of religious segments, because the liberal media is also totally against it. In fact, many conservatives and leftists are against gambling.

It may be because of the negative impacts of gambling happened in society. And most people who got the impacts will also get worse condition and related to crimes.
Well, actually this should not be linked to this thing, however, it may happen often in society.
Gambling is also forbidden by some religions, societies, and also countries because of the negative effects. The impacts may not happen to all people. It may only happen to those who are really not able to control and have good management in funds and risks in gambling. So, they cannot control themselves when playing gambling and betting.

Life is so complex where there are many people who like gambling but also many who hate gambling.

The media is just putting the consequences of too much gambling publicly that has different interpretations for most people. It is actually the gamblers who are addicted to it who are ruining their lives by risking everything that they have in gambling and not gambling itself. Gambling was originally made for entertainment but lots of people see it as a shortcut to success which is really risky. As for me, if a person has self-control and self-discipline, gambling wouldn't be a life treat.

Religion is one of the major groups that oppose gambling as far as I know. We can't blame them because it is their religion but if they employed it into their whole country, Other religions will be affected since the law will be the one who will stop them from playing. Most vices have the possibility to make you addicted to them, Gambling is one of those vices. Self-control and Limitation is the best way to make yourself not addicted to it. It will only be dangerous if you can't control yourself from it.

Definitely more of a social taboo in a lot of countries and I can attest to this myself. It used to be about religion, but today people are more relaxed about it but still in some sections, gambling is seen as an activity only a certain type of people do and it's not a very positive connotation.

But it all does stem from addiction and the press also makes big stories around crimes or tragedies linked to gambling addiction.

The religious conservatives will against gambling games because that is related to the forbidden thing in their religion. They can force the political people who have the power to prohibit gambling games. But the most reason why gambling games are prohibited is that playing gambling can make people addicted to gambling, people will lose their money if they can not control it, and people can ruin their lives.

Gambling is a vice and a lot of people lose their financial stability with gambling and studies have showed that gambling has negatvie effects to players, so I think that it is enough reason why they have an antagonistic image towards gambling which doesn't obviously work since they don't tackle the problem personally.