Topic: Who are the most vulnerable - page 9. (Read 2141 times)

The most vulnerable are those in the middle class or poor category, these are the people that get affected the most whenever they lose a bet. Someone like drake can lose 100 thousand dollars countless times but it wouldn't mean anything to him, you can't say the same about someone that's trying to step up in life or someone that's poor. People that are poor are likely to get negatively affected by gambling. The poor are the most vulnerable, a poor man can lose all he has today and might not have anything for the next 4 months, this is why most people say gambling is for the rich.

I think I totally with your opinion on the subject matter and that's because it shares similar views with mine. One of the main reason why some people become to addicted to gambling is because of lack of self contentment which is why you sometimes see gambling addicts that were once very rich before addiction to gambling ruined their life.
That being said, I think less busy and poor people are more vulnerable to become addicted to gambling because they lost times engage in gambling as a means of running away from boredom and depression which is caused by not engaging in any meaningful thing and not being able to afford basic needs.

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.

The most vulnerable people who are at risk of falling for gambling addiction are always going to be the young male population who has suffered from mental and financial problems. I am talking about those males who are between eighteen and thirty years old who are novice within the world of gambling and are unaware of the system which is used by casinos to be profitable in the long term. They could find way a way to escape their bad reality and the burden of their mental health through engaging in gambling, specially gambling on the internet, which is easily accessible and cheaper to get into, from there, if they get addicted to it, all becomes a bottomless spiral of disappointment and financial struggles beyond their initial views on gambling.
That is why there is be more emphasis about keeping young males from approaching casinos and gambling websites if they suffer from depression and anxiety.

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.

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.

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

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.

Anyone can get addicted to gambling if they can not control themselves when playing gambling. But we know that young generation are susceptible with the gambling addiction easily because in their ages, their control over themselves will not too good so they can get addicted to gambling.
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.

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.

Yes, it should be like that, or what is meant when you have a bad financial situation like a poor person, then of course it is better to dedicate yourself to finding various jobs that have the potential to generate money for sure to improve your financial situation, but you must not forget one thing that not everyone can always use common sense and rational thinking, there are always mistakes in making decisions because they have the wrong way of thinking.

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.

Really proves out that this thing is really just that depending or basing up on a certain place on which same as you said that there are those less fortunate people will really be that mindful when it comes into their spending up their money towards gambling on which they would really be hindering about having those kind of dealing up or engagement because they do really know that it could worsen up their condition.
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.

If the mature ones can still get hooked and fail with their decisions, these kids and teens can also do more failure.

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.

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.

Yes I quite agree with what you said that the tendency to addiction does not depend on how rich you are or how old you are, in the end it depends on how your perspective is in dealing with gambling itself, if you can't use your common sense and rational thinking properly then most likely you will eventually fall into addiction. Education is important, although education is not always a guarantee of success but at least it will make you know about how to use your mind properly and it can also help you in terms of distinguishing more carefully about what makes sense and what doesn't.

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.

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.

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.