Some people see real examples of their friends winning and thus want to repeat the same. I see such people who watch their friends betting; this often happens at football matches. But these people do not understand at all that to make the right sports bet, knowledge, and analysis are needed that can correctly determine the winner. People are greedy and lazy, comparing themselves with others; they do not want to do anything for their education and decide that if someone is successful, then they can repeat the same, doing absolutely nothing for this.
However, they regularly repeat their mistakes and thus cannot stop, literally turning into addicted gamblers.
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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.
Well that's right, I agree with your idea that addiction is not measured by how much money you have or how good your finances are in life, it's about your mindset and perspective on gambling, simply put it doesn't matter how rich you are if you misunderstand what and how gambling really is then it is very possible for you to eventually get caught in a cycle of addiction, meaning that everyone still has the potential to get caught in the cycle regardless of their financial situation, the key is to understand the concept of gambling and be aware of the risks, but of course I would also say that experiencing stress due to financial situations can also cloud your view of a rational view of gambling and that can indeed lead to addiction. 
Good point OP, the rise of roo many online casinos has brought about the seaming gambling pandemic especially amongst adolescents, they are very prone to addiction the most because some of them literally have got almost no control over their emotions completely, they are probably yet to attain that level where they can have their emotions completely in check and still not hurt their selves gambling and having fun and the financial benefits of gambling at some point is a reason these sets of persons get addicted easily because they begin to see an occupation in it with high hope of it paying the bills for them meanwhile they later get burnt out because they lack the discipline to handle gambling properly.
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,
I think OP meant the health component of the vulnerability rather than economic one. Healthy but poor gambler may be more sustainable in the course of gambling when comparing with rich but mentally unhealthy man. The same is applied to youngsters and adults. Thus answer to OP's question is a health-wise rather than anything else including age or class position.
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.
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.
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.
Teenagers receive pocket money from their parents, they can use this money at their own discretion. I remember myself in my teens, I was very interested in the topic of money, I tried to try everything I could and of course I made bets, and I had a goal to earn money. I was a responsible teenager and I had a desire to become a wealthy person, so gambling did not become a problem for me and did not cause me addiction, for me it was just an experience, just another thing in which I could not make big money...
As someone who lives in a low middle income country, I'd say that low income earners are the most vulnerable.
That's it! It doesn't matter the age. Once there's dryness of finance, the next thing one thinks of is how to reinvent oneself financially. For most people in the low income earning bracket, gambling comes as a comfort for them. Those in this bracket gamble as if their lives depend on it. Every bet attempt they make comes with much expectations and that seems to weigh on their blood pressure. They see gambling as their last resort and they don't care and they repeatedly place bets even when they go on losing streaks or not provided they keep hope alive. That drives them into addiction. 
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.
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.
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. 
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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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.
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.
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.
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
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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 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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