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.
everything described above is absolutely true, yes gambling has become more accessible to any category of the population. Even recently I have noticed that large Internet marketplaces have gambling elements to get some discounts or other benefits and even non-gamblers use this and it works.And this gave me the idea that excitement is embedded in the simplest things and will not be an obstacle for those who are not familiar with games and want to try playing.
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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.
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I'm not surprised. At that age, they're in the middle of discovering the value of money in this world. Naturally, if they see a way to make quick money through gambling, they'll take the risk, driven by curiosity and the hope of good odds. they'll give it a shot, especially if it seems like there's a decent chance of winning. It’s that mix of curiosity, thrill, and the appeal of quick money that pulls them in, even if they don’t fully realize the risks yet. How do I know? Because I was also into gambling at that age, especially with game-related or esports bets ...
Also here in my country, probability and statistics aren't focused on middle-school, only in the university so yah. Unlucky
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 are most vounarable to fall into addiction are those who sees gambling as an option to eradicate poverty or sees it as a way of becoming rich too quickly. I had quite some numbers of friends who becomes addicted because they could hardly find a suitable job to leave the life they expected. After so many years of going to school and graduating without work cause them to become addicted. Because after finding several job and couldn't see any one they accept gambling as a second choice. Now gambling has become a pert of them even leaving it becomes a problem. Now even if they get a good paying job now they will still spend all to gambling.I can say joblessness and poverty is the most vounarable thing that Leeds to addiction.
If you try to observe most of the people getting addicted in gambling are not the one who are responsible for handling. their money properly reason why they mislead to lose and hope in playing gambling. Even my friends they keep playing gambling and they would like to earn instant money in just a few rolls but end it up to lose what they have. At the end of the day even you tried to help them or even stop them it's their decision if they will make to play more games and hope to have a major comeback which is not most of the story are the same I'd rather make a reset in life to not chase those losses.
Gambling addiction is not by whom we are or the status we have, anyone can fall under this category as long as they are not gambling the same way required of them as a responsible gambler, sometimes we also know how wreckless we do appears when it comes to gambling, should we now take this as our own personal vulnerability or that of the gambling platform in preventing us from getting addicted, when we are to control and monitor how we are gambling by ourselves, the most vulnerable are those not being able to control their emotions when gambling and are not gambling responsibly.
Vulnerability is beyond just been able to gamble responsibly, before getting to the point of gambling responsibly, there have to be some points where you will have to be probably gambling or be prone to it then you begin to build a system around your habit to be responsible enough and in that case you have already been vulnerable and probably fallen to the vulnerability at that point so mostly people who has got a lot of spare time can be considered vulnerable, the aspect where we may have to consider so well in your point of view will have to be around the people who could get addicted and pay attention to them because they may lack the discipline to keep them away from getting to that point.That is why they must learn more about self control in anything so they can be wise to act or decide because gambling can take their money easily. So when they can control themselves better, they don't have to worry with gambling addiction because they can prevent that thing happen.
We must responsible with ourselves in gambling so we can prevent anything bad that can happen. We don't know when gambling can tempt us easily without we realize.
Gambling addiction is not by whom we are or the status we have, anyone can fall under this category as long as they are not gambling the same way required of them as a responsible gambler, sometimes we also know how wreckless we do appears when it comes to gambling, should we now take this as our own personal vulnerability or that of the gambling platform in preventing us from getting addicted, when we are to control and monitor how we are gambling by ourselves, the most vulnerable are those not being able to control their emotions when gambling and are not gambling responsibly.
Vulnerability is beyond just been able to gamble responsibly, before getting to the point of gambling responsibly, there have to be some points where you will have to be probably gambling or be prone to it then you begin to build a system around your habit to be responsible enough and in that case you have already been vulnerable and probably fallen to the vulnerability at that point so mostly people who has got a lot of spare time can be considered vulnerable, the aspect where we may have to consider so well in your point of view will have to be around the people who could get addicted and pay attention to them because they may lack the discipline to keep them away from getting to that point. 
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.
I choose to disagree on this. The less privileged people that I have come into contact with—most of them don't even gamble at all and talk more about getting addicted; they are more focused on things of life—real-life hustle that can give them money than trying to waste the little that they will use to feed themselves on gambling, whose outcome is not secured. There is no doubt that some might pick interest in gambling, but generalising it is wrong.This means that it is still very possible for someone who has financial problems to try to make gambling a place to make money, not everyone is able to realize that putting money in gambling is the same as wasting the money, so the point is that it cannot be denied that there are always people who make gambling an option to improve financial problems in their lives and they are people who only see gambling from the side of the chance of winning.
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.
I choose to disagree on this. The less privileged people that I have come into contact with—most of them don't even gamble at all and talk more about getting addicted; they are more focused on things of life—real-life hustle that can give them money than trying to waste the little that they will use to feed themselves on gambling, whose outcome is not secured. There is no doubt that some might pick interest in gambling, but generalising it is wrong.Actually there's no such thing about having those kind of fix mindsed just because basing up into someones financial status on how they would be dealing up with things. There are still those individuals who are really that good on balancing on their current situation and made out some viable decisions on which they wont really be putting up themselves into trouble. So therefore this would really be just that depending on this case or manner.
IMHO, there's really no age bracket on who are the most vulnerable because all of us can be on that situation. But for as long as we're responsible and we know ourselves better, we can't be part of that bracket.
Those that are emotional and have lesser strength to control themselves and emotions, they're very prone in being a gambling addict.
I do not equate maturity with age but we can not deny that kids are less likely to make mature decisions compared to adults Those that are emotional and have lesser strength to control themselves and emotions, they're very prone in being a gambling addict.
Or at least we would not expect them to be wise since they have no sense of responsibility and financial management just yet meanwhile adults or at least the functioning ones would know the importance of controlling oneself. It is good for us to sometimes treat ourselves and do something we enjoy but we always go back to being responsible which kids might not want to do ever.
Do you think a 15 year old would care about the consequences of his actions? No because he is not thinking of his future yet but adults are already living the present they need to protect. There are only rare cases where adults are less sensible than kids and might be more vulnerable to falling addicted.
They are carefree.All they think is to have fun and they are not aware of the consequences or if they do, they still don't care about it. That's why they do what they want to do with or without knowledge about it.
I agree that gambling is contraindicated for a person who is experiencing financial difficulties.
This is due to the fact that such a person will not be able to view gambling solely as entertainment. If a person is constantly in need of money, then this is an incredibly vulnerable position.
And woe to such a player if one day he accidentally wins a fairly impressive sum of money! He will immediately have an irrational logical connection - gambling is a way to improve his financial situation. Gambling is profit (income). This thought is destructive, because it is false.
If a person is also mentally ill or has a low IQ, then things are really bad ... Such a situation was described in his novel "The Gambler" by the great writer Fyodor Dostoevsky.
This is due to the fact that such a person will not be able to view gambling solely as entertainment. If a person is constantly in need of money, then this is an incredibly vulnerable position.
And woe to such a player if one day he accidentally wins a fairly impressive sum of money! He will immediately have an irrational logical connection - gambling is a way to improve his financial situation. Gambling is profit (income). This thought is destructive, because it is false.
If a person is also mentally ill or has a low IQ, then things are really bad ... Such a situation was described in his novel "The Gambler" by the great writer Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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.
I choose to disagree on this. The less privileged people that I have come into contact with—most of them don't even gamble at all and talk more about getting addicted; they are more focused on things of life—real-life hustle that can give them money than trying to waste the little that they will use to feed themselves on gambling, whose outcome is not secured. There is no doubt that some might pick interest in gambling, but generalising it is wrong. 
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I don't think the propensity to be addicted to gambling depends on age or financial status. Both rich and poor people can chase after winnings, and some teenagers are much wiser than gray-haired stricks. In my opinion, the issue of gambling addiction depends on the psychological profile of each individual and the level of education. The higher the level of education of a person the less likely that he will become gambling addicted, of course, provided that there are no psychological problems, which in fact are observed in most of us.
Op what you said is also the truth because those vulnerable gamblers want to make more money every time they came to the site. But I will add greedy to what you have said. Greediness can lead someone to become gambling addicted. The lower class families play gamble more than the rich and the only different is that the rich use big amounts to gamble once and if they loss it, they move on but the vulnerable when they loss big, most of them would even asked cashier to refund or cried in the center. And that is why gambling is meant for those who have matured mind. And it is clearly written 18+ of age.
I wanted to say that I agree poor people and less privilege are tend to fall into gambling addiction. But, the poor are more exposed because they've lost everything and people will ask their family, what happened to them.
This is different with the rich, even they're addicted to gambling, they're high unlikely to go broke, making them hard to be exposed.
That's why we often see stories from poor people than the rich.
This is different with the rich, even they're addicted to gambling, they're high unlikely to go broke, making them hard to be exposed.
That's why we often see stories from poor people than the rich.
An estimated 96% of people with gambling problems have at least one other psychiatric disorder.
I read the mental disorder is mostly related to "control", it's why the rate is really high since addiction can happen because you can't control yourself. 
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.
I do not completely agreed with you on this that only the less privilege are those prone to getting addicted to gambling, and if you must know we should also remember that not only the less privilege needs money or are eagerly wanting to change their lives, everyone is prone to it as long as they are not applying a safe gambling practice it's easier for anyone to be vulnerable to gambling addiction. Now can we have a definition of addiction?
To me an addiction is someone constantly engaging him/herself into a particular activity or play without seizing. We can also say that addiction is when someone can not do away a particular habits, characters or becoming used to a particular thing in life were they faces difficulty and becomes a thread to their neighbors, household or relatives.
Now, let's also look at the wikipedia result;
"Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences".
In all I did not see were only the less privilege will get addicted, as a matter of fact it not characterized to a specific groups of people or genders, addiction is addiction be it gambling or other things that leads to addictions.
IMHO, there's really no age bracket on who are the most vulnerable because all of us can be on that situation. But for as long as we're responsible and we know ourselves better, we can't be part of that bracket.
Those that are emotional and have lesser strength to control themselves and emotions, they're very prone in being a gambling addict.
I do not equate maturity with age but we can not deny that kids are less likely to make mature decisions compared to adults Those that are emotional and have lesser strength to control themselves and emotions, they're very prone in being a gambling addict.
Or at least we would not expect them to be wise since they have no sense of responsibility and financial management just yet meanwhile adults or at least the functioning ones would know the importance of controlling oneself. It is good for us to sometimes treat ourselves and do something we enjoy but we always go back to being responsible which kids might not want to do ever.
Do you think a 15 year old would care about the consequences of his actions? No because he is not thinking of his future yet but adults are already living the present they need to protect. There are only rare cases where adults are less sensible than kids and might be more vulnerable to falling addicted.
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I don't think the propensity to be addicted to gambling depends on age or financial status. Both rich and poor people can chase after winnings, and some teenagers are much wiser than gray-haired stricks. In my opinion, the issue of gambling addiction depends on the psychological profile of each individual and the level of education. The higher the level of education of a person the less likely that he will become gambling addicted, of course, provided that there are no psychological problems, which in fact are observed in most of us.
IMHO, there's really no age bracket on who are the most vulnerable because all of us can be on that situation. But for as long as we're responsible and we know ourselves better, we can't be part of that bracket.
Those that are emotional and have lesser strength to control themselves and emotions, they're very prone in being a gambling addict.
No matter how psychologically we're impacted with our needs and situation and how we're seeing the solutions through gambling, we have to understand that not at all times it's going to be the solution.
Those that are emotional and have lesser strength to control themselves and emotions, they're very prone in being a gambling addict.
No matter how psychologically we're impacted with our needs and situation and how we're seeing the solutions through gambling, we have to understand that not at all times it's going to be the solution.
Because of life circumstances and the search for wealth to be able to provide for the family, men are the ones who are victims of vulnerability to gambling.
Being lonely and not being busy can make one vulnerable to gambling because when the mind and body are not occupied with something tangible like work, what fills it in is the thought of how to be rich easily and fast without stress.
Other individuals who fall to gambling vulnerabilities are those who are divorced or have relationship issues. Those kinda people can choose to gamble to fill up the vacuum of hurt they feel inside so that they can be relieved and be able to let go of the hurt they feel
Not representative to all male individuals I guess especially on the part of coping up with loneliness and being vulnerable. Also, I don't really look at gender differences, or its relevance with this activity simply because gambling is just an activity. You have in control of your decisions in life inside and outside this industry perhaps whether letting oneself become addicted or to maintain focus and diligence of your own potential mistakes. Loss is more constant than anything else thus, it should automatically be a warning for us to be cautious of our bets. Same goes with other problems one may tackle 'coz bottomline is; you could be engaging to other activities perhaps sports and social relations. Being lonely and not being busy can make one vulnerable to gambling because when the mind and body are not occupied with something tangible like work, what fills it in is the thought of how to be rich easily and fast without stress.
Other individuals who fall to gambling vulnerabilities are those who are divorced or have relationship issues. Those kinda people can choose to gamble to fill up the vacuum of hurt they feel inside so that they can be relieved and be able to let go of the hurt they feel
We are choosing gambling for a reason of our own and doesn't really need to be related to other things. We are just associating things due to the image of gambling industry. Reasons such as profit or just drive to be entertained by thrill and risk, that's solely dependent to us without a doubt. Nothing's wrong as long as we're being responsible of our gambling activities.
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The most vulnerable to falling into a gambling addiction is adolescents aged 12-18 especially if they can not control themselves in gambling. We can see what happens to those kids in the gaming that install on their smartphone. They will forget what they must do including doing their homework and when they are with their friends, they also forget to go home. The other risk is that when they become addicted to gambling without anyone knows because they are playing gambling secretly. It is a responsibilities from their parents to watch their kids and always closest to them although that is not easy. But for them, parents will try to do many things.
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 are most vounarable to fall into addiction are those who sees gambling as an option to eradicate poverty or sees it as a way of becoming rich too quickly. I had quite some numbers of friends who becomes addicted because they could hardly find a suitable job to leave the life they expected. After so many years of going to school and graduating without work cause them to become addicted. Because after finding several job and couldn't see any one they accept gambling as a second choice. Now gambling has become a pert of them even leaving it becomes a problem. Now even if they get a good paying job now they will still spend all to gambling.I can say joblessness and poverty is the most vounarable thing that Leeds to addiction.
When someone does not have any job and they choose to gamble of course this is very bad not to mention they will be addicted to gambling which makes them feel in many other problems after experiencing addiction.
If someone who already has a job still gambles, of course they will regret it when all their income is spent on gambling and they will experience financial problems again as if they had not yet found a job. If only they could control themselves when gambling, of course this would be better than someone who gambles too often and has high hopes of being able to get a big win that they may not be able to get from gambling.
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