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November 08, 2024, 02:56:59 AM
#49
Gambling is a lot easier to access now than before. So it is no surprise if more people find themselves gambling. Unfortunately, not a lot of us can be responsible enough to prevent ourselves from falling into deep addiction. This probes the question, who are the most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction?

We already know that less privileged people are more prone to getting addicted to gambling with the involvement of financial reward. They are the ones chasing more wins because they actually need the money. The more money they get, the deeper they get into the addiction.

Another demographic that is more likely to get addicted to gambling are adolescents. Adolescents are aged 12-18. The rise of online casinos made way to more kids getting access into gambling. It is said that male adolescents are the ones most recorded to have ended up addicted in gambling. Their addiction is usually associated with sports  and mobile games betting.

Lastly, the most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction are those already suffering from pre-existing mental conditions. About 4% of people being treated for substance use also have gambling disorder, as do nearly 7% of psychiatric inpatients and up to 7% of people with Parkinson’s disease. An estimated 96% of people with gambling problems have at least one other psychiatric disorder.

I am sharing this to raise awareness so more people are aware whether they fall under these categories I mentioned and may have high chances of becoming a gambling addict. Let’s keep ourselves informed and in check. Not only ourselves but our loved ones as well.

Actually, for a long time there were people of that age who played gambling in a different way, but now in this generation it seems to have evolved
because of the technology that we have today, like the online casino.

Especially in this day and age, most of the people who can gamble online at the casino are young people who use Facebook, and it is usually on this platform that they see people
promoting online casinos because of the influencers who encourage them to play gambling.
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November 08, 2024, 02:46:38 AM
#48
We already know that less privileged people are more prone to getting addicted to gambling with the involvement of financial reward. They are the ones chasing more wins because they actually need the money. The more money they get, the deeper they get into the addiction.
That's actually true, there are many factors that are vounarable to cause addiction which you have highlighted, and the less privileged fall to this category and the reason for it is poverty and lack of sponsorship. If many of them had the opportunity to be taken proper care of, then they wouldn't have been addicted to Gambling as a way of excaping poverty.

Another demographic that is more likely to get addicted to gambling are adolescents. Adolescents are aged 12-18. The rise of online casinos made way to more kids getting access into gambling. It is said that male adolescents are the ones most recorded to have ended up addicted in gambling. Their addiction is usually associated with sports  and mobile games betting.
Adolescence is not a reason for gambling addiction. But influence from pear group of adolescents can cause teenage between age 12 &18 to gamble. Because these set of teenage should be taken care of by their parents and should not be in position to gamble. Except for the reason that they are very poor or teenage from of less privileged.
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November 08, 2024, 02:44:39 AM
#47
Gambling is a lot easier to access now than before. So it is no surprise if more people find themselves gambling. Unfortunately, not a lot of us can be responsible enough to prevent ourselves from falling into deep addiction. This probes the question, who are the most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction?

A considerable amount of people came into my mind after reading your question because I think the most vulnerable are the middle class and poor people, underage gambling as youth adults search for ways of earning money hence most of them rely on gambling to give them money but instead they lose to gambling. People aren't being sincere about how much they're losing because the figures has to be massive for casino to be running their business and opening different branches in different states. Teenager are vulnerable because they don't yet know how to avoid being influenced by gambling and they think everything will go according to their plans they make but get disappointed when they don't meet up the expectation they were setting. Teenagers that are well disciplined don't get addicted but those that aren't and only running after the money, end up worse.
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November 08, 2024, 02:15:47 AM
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Another demographic that is more likely to get addicted to gambling are adolescents. Adolescents are aged 12-18.

Teenagers can get easily addicted to everything, not just gambling. But the question is different. Who is giving money to teenagers, so that they could gamble? Their parents? Someone else? I wonder why so many people believe, that it's easy for a teenager to get money to gamble.
Anyway, OP you are answering your own question with this forum thread(and this topic has been discussed many times before).
Men are more vulnerable to gambling addition than women. Young people are more vulnerable than older people. Poor people are more vulnerable than rich people. I can add that low IQ people are more vulnerable than highly intelligent people, but I guess that such studies have never been conducted.
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November 07, 2024, 09:52:53 PM
#45
Rich or poor, anyone can fall into gambling addiction. It's not about money but it's about understanding the risks. Even rich people can think they’ll make easy money, which makes them vulnerable because they don’t set limits. No one has infinite money, so anyone, even the wealthy, can go bankrupt. Casinos see losing gamblers as opportunities and will give bigger limits. Bottom line: if you're not a responsible gambler, you’re at risk of addiction, no matter your financial status.
I agree with you that being rich or poor is not guarantee for someone not to be addicted to gambling because wealth is only about finances and gambling addiction will be greatly influenced by how person attitude is, indeed poor people will be more obsessed with being able to get money more easily when gambling but rich people also do not rule out the possibility of thinking about multiplying their wealth by gambling.
In the end, all of this becomes psychological and mental problem, they are both in serious conditions with the addiction problems they experience, when in conditions like this rich people must eventually accept and face destruction to poverty because whatever they have is gone without trace.
And indeed only responsible attitude and the right approach are the only prevention to avoid gambling addiction.
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November 07, 2024, 09:50:06 PM
#44
Personally, I don't think that vulnerability to gambling has anything to do with one's financial situation. Rather, it has to do with a lack of worldview, in which a person believes that he can get rich by playing casino games. This false belief is, of course, fueled by the gambling establishments themselves when they tell stories of fantastic wins. Of course, such wins are possible, but in any case, it is an extremely rare phenomenon that cannot be guaranteed to be repeated. In other words, I would say that people with a lack of critical thinking are the most vulnerable.
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November 07, 2024, 09:38:04 PM
#43
Gambling is a lot easier to access now than before. So it is no surprise if more people find themselves gambling. Unfortunately, not a lot of us can be responsible enough to prevent ourselves from falling into deep addiction. This probes the question, who are the most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction?

Agreeee gambling is very easy to access nowadays back then people should visit a casino to play gamble (offline) now technology is here and everything become online heck you can do gamble in telegram app this is another level in my opinion. Because of that I do agree with you that some people falling into deep addiction.

Everyone frennn is vulnerable but I believe the college student or highschool student I think is the most vulnerable right now I mean some gambling site didn't care about your age to play maybe they write it down in the Term of Service but I know lot of player that age 17-20 years old here in Indonesia
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November 07, 2024, 09:15:04 PM
#42
Rich or poor, anyone can fall into gambling addiction. It's not about money but it's about understanding the risks. Even rich people can think they’ll make easy money, which makes them vulnerable because they don’t set limits. No one has infinite money, so anyone, even the wealthy, can go bankrupt. Casinos see losing gamblers as opportunities and will give bigger limits. Bottom line: if you're not a responsible gambler, you’re at risk of addiction, no matter your financial status.
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November 07, 2024, 09:13:02 PM
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No no, it's not that the less privileged are more affected by gambling. It's just less privileged has less space to maneuver around the losses of gambling. Rich people can be addicted to gambling too! Just that they can support that type of addiction while the rest can't. As for people with mental health issues well in the first place addiction itself is already a mental health problem.

I'd say it's fine and all to gamble, but to a level where you can handle it. It's just like any type of activity out there imo that costs money. While the reward is money as well, it's still an activity for enjoyment first and foremost imo.
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November 07, 2024, 08:51:45 PM
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Gambling is a lot easier to access now than before. So it is no surprise if more people find themselves gambling. Unfortunately, not a lot of us can be responsible enough to prevent ourselves from falling into deep addiction. This probes the question, who are the most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction?

People who already have a history of mental health problems are quite vulnerable, since some psychiatric conditions such as depression, addictions to other substances and even the presence of relatives with gambling addictions in the family point to a greater tendency for gambling addiction.

However, I also believe that low-income people are also among the most vulnerable to the impacts caused by irresponsible gambling.

When we analyze the population that is most at risk of developing gambling addiction, they are generally young men who are either single or recently married (for less than five years) and who do not have much commitment to a family yet, and also those who already have financial difficulties, as they believe that they can "change their lives" with gambling.
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November 07, 2024, 08:28:48 PM
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Yeah, I think the last part is the most important. We should be sensitive to our loved ones. We should be aware of what they're going through. Should a family member, friend, or relative can't anymore redeem himself/herself from spiraling down into the abyss of gambling addiction, it should be us who come to his/her aid. Struggling as an individual is difficult. Having somebody to talk to, to release tension, or perhaps to divert attention, or to distract focus from the wrong things are a big help.

Peer pressure is a strong force. It could be used to pull out a friend from gambling addiction, refocus him/her on something else-- a new hobby, a fun sport, whatever.
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November 07, 2024, 07:33:38 PM
#38
It is said that male adolescents are the ones most recorded to have ended up addicted in gambling. Their addiction is usually associated with sports  and mobile games betting.
That's true, the young ones are highly attached to mobile games and sports and that's why their chance of getting addicted to those is way higher than the old ones. Aside from KYC there's no other step that casinos can personally take to prevent such young ones from accessing their casinos, but we all know that in this age and time it's not really hard for the young ones to fake out KYC details and thus there's no other reliable way that casinos can take to prevent such young ones from being addicts.

However, parents can surely take some good steps so their young ones may not get addicted to gambling or to those sports based betting whatsoever. The first step they can take to ensure safety of their young ones is to limit their online presence or have some privacy features enabled on the smartphones of the young ones so they won't be able to gamble at all. I believe there are some applications that allow parents to set screen time or other limitations in their young ones phones as a parent, and those could be helpful in such cases.
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November 07, 2024, 07:00:40 PM
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I am sharing this to raise awareness so more people are aware whether they fall under these categories I mentioned and may have high chances of becoming a gambling addict. Let’s keep ourselves informed and in check. Not only ourselves but our loved ones as well.

I completely agree that individuals with mental health issues often struggle with gambling addiction, as anxiety and depression are common symptoms. It’s unfortunate that many gamblers realize this too late, making it difficult to break free from the problem. The best we can do now is to inform our loved ones about the effects of gambling addiction and warn them against engaging in such activities.

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November 07, 2024, 06:47:10 PM
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I am not saying that these people are the most vulnerable but I think their vulnerability is up there too, anyway, I am talking about people who are genetically more prone to addiction than other people, I've read articles and studies about it in the past that there are people who are genetically more prone to addiction(not just gambling), it was surprising the first time I read about it and the more I read about it the more I believe that it is true.
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November 07, 2024, 06:28:05 PM
#35
As you have already mention, I don't agree with you that health issues makes one to be addicted to gambling. Some people who are having challenges with their health are unable to function mentally and cognitively, I don't expect them to be able to play any casino or gambling games. These people also could be unemployed and have no money. Of course they can't hold down a job , I also don't expect them to have the finances to be able to afford to bet on games unless they are rich.

Sick people tend to focus more on other things other than betting. If they have family members or caregivers, the last thing they would expose them to is gambling.
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November 07, 2024, 04:59:22 PM
#34
Gambling is a lot easier to access now than before. So it is no surprise if more people find themselves gambling. Unfortunately, not a lot of us can be responsible enough to prevent ourselves from falling into deep addiction. This probes the question, who are the most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction?
I believe that all people are subject to gambling addiction, without restrictions on social or age groups, to one degree or another. Some a little more, others a little less. Therefore, no gambler should relax, believing that he is in a "safe and invulnerable" group. Each gambler should control his gaming process (limit time, bets and passion), so that it doesn't develop into gambling addiction, periodically distracting himself with other types of activity. In principle, as in any hobby.
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November 07, 2024, 04:49:23 PM
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The most vulnerable are the impulsive people who can't control their desires and instincts. Besides them, the suggestible ones are also pretty vulnerable, because they are easily influenced by propaganda. Lack of educational backgrounds is also related to gamblers who lose more than they can afford to lose, because they don't understand the Maths behind it at first moment. However, lack of educational background isn't likely to be related to addiction, as it's about lack of knowledge about a specific activity, and not due to mental disorders of impulsive nature.
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November 07, 2024, 04:48:49 PM
#32
Online gambling is a phenomenon that continues to grow in popularity and will never fade, one dies a thousand grow, and only by turning off the internet can it be stopped. And ease of access is the main factor and anyone can do it in any way to be able to do it, and the most and also very vulnerable are those who have a lot of time, especially teenagers and beginners. Because time is very influential which makes teenagers continue to play and expect income from gambling which will actually make them suffer more. And the government must realize this, because they need work to earn income and if they work their time will also be limited which will limit them from gambling. And even though they will continue to gamble they will limit it by playing in their spare time or on weekends just for entertainment, even though it will not work at least some of them do it.

If the person has more idle time, definitely, the chance of getting addicted to any form of activity is quite high. So if an unemployed person discovered gambling, he will surely get addicted to it if he has no other tasks to attend to. Hence, all ages are vulnerable to addiction depending on their lifestyle and how they are exposed to these type of addictive games.
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November 07, 2024, 04:38:18 PM
#31
This probes the question, who are the most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction?

IMO, i believe sport watchers/followers (football in particular) are vulnerable to such addictions. In as much poverty or any other financial constraint can also be a factor, i believe there are some people who are living well that starts gambling just because they follow up with the sport well. And when the winning starts coming in, they will want to continue with it, before it becoming a full blown addiction. I'm not sure of how this addiction can be addressed other than creating awareness, but with the availability of sport and easy technology such as mobile device to accessing them, we might just be moving round in circles.
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November 07, 2024, 04:28:51 PM
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Another demographic that is more likely to get addicted to gambling are adolescents. Adolescents are aged 12-18. The rise of online casinos made way to more kids getting access into gambling. It is said that male adolescents are the ones most recorded to have ended up addicted in gambling. Their addiction is usually associated with sports  and mobile games betting.
This is indeed a big problem today. As parents, we are obliged to inform the child about the negative impacts of online gambling.
There are actually many factors that can prevent this from happening
1. The role of parents
The role of parents is very vital, because if we are careless in supervising children, especially if parents cannot keep up with the times, surely our children can fall into negative things with all the latest and easy technology.
2. Children's socializing
This is also a problem because children in that age range have a mindset to find their identity. So they will try everything they know, especially from someone they admire or can be said to be close to them. Therefore, it is important to supervise who our children socialize with.
3. The role of the government
The government also has a role that is no less important. Because only they can block online gambling sites in a country.
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