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who are the most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction?

You did well pointing out some of these known categories that is vulnerable for bettors to fall of gambling addicts.
So even if we don't fall in any of the categories, the awareness is enough to remind us that addiction is real and it is absolutely a habit that is gradually developed unknowingly.

My own speculations on this is that... No bettor should believe that he/she is not on the category of gambling addiction else, you would become one before your notice. It is a serious task for all bettors so that we don't become such victim as we can easily be carried away due to funs or chasing profits.

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.

If the question is who is most vulnerable to get caught up in gambling addiction then I would probably say that they are people who misunderstand what and how gambling really is regardless of their age and also regardless of their financial situation in life, so young or old it will always be possible to end up addicted and also no matter even if you are one of the rich people if you misunderstand what gambling is then in the end it is very possible for you to end up addicted.

Gambling addiction always occurs because of obsession and high expectations of winning, meaning that when from the start you only see gambling from the side of the chance of winning and do not know that gambling is not a place to earn or a place to solve financial problems then addiction is a possibility that you will definitely experience consciously or not.

It's true that the most addicted people initially had pre-existing mental conditions, if not their common sense should tell them that they cannot win back their losses as they keep on gambling to recover them back. It's a norm that a hard drug addict will gamble, because he will always love to gamble for profit in order to buy more drugs.

Teens are copy cats, they do whatever they see on tv or on social media without knowing the consequences attached to it. Some of them might want to do it for fun, but along the line, they become addicted they don't have anyone to help them.

What did you say? "gambling addict", and I hope you know the meaning of "addict" right?

Well, the truth if the matter is that, if we are talking about those who are already addicted to gambling, it's important for us to know what with their experiences in gambling, they or most of them already know that gambling is not the way for them, or an escape rout from poverty, but the major problem for them is that, they have become addicted to gambling and even if they are not getting any value for the money they spending on the activity and wants to stop, they discover they can't stop because, gambling is something their brain have gotten so used and attached to.

This is why is always advised that gamblers should try as much as possible to gambling in moderation, put limits that will ensure that addiction to the game does not come close, for addiction is a very bad sickn3ss.

I understand but no matter what, gambling is not usually the way out because it could still contribute to one becoming more worse. If any gambling addict have a rethink and focus that energy into something better, they could even do better than just taking gambling as the only way out of poverty.

It is a well known fact that most poor people are way to much vulnerable to gambling addiction and I don't blame them from a certain point of view, the society, the government has not done quite a lot for them that they have reside to this venture called gambling and we all know how dangerous that is. Even middle class can fall into this although lower in number than poor people these can fall in even deeper addiction as these type of persons are trying to come out from the middle class sector and are fighting to become rich in a fast way and this is in my opinion the most vulnerable group of all when they hit the lows of gambling addiction. In rich people I have seen addiction in very very few people to not say that I have not seen it anywhere where I live or under my friends and colleagues.

Those who struggle with everyday economic and financial problems often complain that their situation makes them very vulnerable to gambling. Desperation has made them narrow-minded and makes gambling a place to answer all the economic and financial problems they experience.

Here in the US casinos work hard to get you addicted. Free drinks and comped rooms are common at physical casinos, across the country. Have a buddy who always had a free room at our fav casino in St. Louis because he typically always lost more than he gained, so comped rooms are a “we are sorry. Here’s a gift”

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.

Generally I would say that anyone who by virtue of chance of spending more of their time in to gambling than any other thing or activity are more prone and vulnerable to gambling addiction in irrespective of your social stratification and age bracket but yeah undoubtedly those who have less activities that fetch them money tend to engage themselves more in to gambling with the aim of winning a jackpot that will change their financial status with such mindset at every point in time they have money the next thing that comes to their mind is gambling, and with the such mindset of gambling to maximize profits other than fun, even when they are losing they keep chasing losses and ends up being addicted.

The people that are more vulnerable to being addicted to gambling are poor and middle class people and I assume we know the reason why it's so. In the world's population, majority of people are poor and suffering and out of those poor individuals, there's a large population who are into gambling and their reason is to see a financial breakthrough, that's why they get addicted because they believe that gambling can easily earn them a quick cash, which is why they are vulnerable. Although I don't have any data to back of my claim but I know that the number of rich people in the world who are gamblers are not much compare to non rich gamblers.