Has legalized sports betting increased gambling addictions?

[Brother 52]

I think the pandemic/lockdowns have created more gambling and all other addictions more than anything else.

Indeed, and Domestic Violence in all of it`s forms.

Short story. A month or so ago, went to friends house - his wife had black eye. Took me a week, but finally said to my friend, Bro` you know better than that. Please friend, you feel bad afterward, so catch yourself before you do it ever again. Walk away 10 seconds or 10 minutes. Or think of someone doing that to your daughter.
It almost cost me a friendship, and did for the last three weeks or so, but today we spoke on the phone, and he thanked me for having the courage to say something. That none of his other friends said a word.
Told him that it was my pleasure, and that I loved him. That I might stop down later, and that I might hug him when I see him, and that I would make every effort to not start humping his leg like a dog when I do.

 

[Tuesday]

you dont think laws decrease availability?

thats gotta be the dumbest thing ive ever read

As I said above, laws do not effectively decrease availability, if laws did effectively reduce availability - those would be useful laws as opposed to useless laws.

Rudy, name one law that had effectivity reduced availability anywhere in the world - laws can't even reduce availability in jails where people have no rights at all, how can anyone think laws work outside as well where people have rights?

 

[RudyRuder]

huh?


you dont think its harder for a female to wear a bikini in afghanistan than california?


holy shit you are crazy











lets go more common sense wise.....speed limits?

forget interstates.......how about school zones


i like you, but your argument here makes no fukkin sense

 

[Tuesday]

huh?


you dont think its harder for a female to wear a bikini in afghanistan than california?


holy shit you are crazy











lets go more common sense wise.....speed limits?

forget interstates.......how about school zones


i like you, but your argument here makes no fukkin sense

Not arguing with you, just saying what's true.

I agree with you laws make it harder or more costly to do things, but what I'm trying to say is that making things more costly or harder to do - is not an effective way to prohibit things.

Like you said, it's harder in Afghanistan to wear bikinis, but it hasn't eliminating people from wearing them in secret - just more costly and harder to do.

So, the original poster question is if legal gambling increased addictions, I'll agree that it must likely increased - but I'm saying that it did not increase it by a meaningfully or effective amount.

In other words, I'm saying the effects of legalization to addictions is negligible/not effective/not meaningful - be it drugs/sex/fashion/gambling/etc.

 

[RudyRuder]

Not arguing with you, just saying what's true.

I agree with you laws make it harder or more costly to do things, but what I'm trying to say is that making things more costly or harder to do - is not an effective way to prohibit things.

Like you said, it's harder in Afghanistan to wear bikinis, but it hasn't eliminating people from wearing them in secret - just more costly and harder to do.

So, the original poster question is if legal gambling increased addictions, I'll agree that it must likely increased - but I'm saying that it did not increase it by a meaningfully or effective amount.

In other words, I'm saying the effects of legalization to addictions is negligible/not effective/not meaningful - be it drugs/sex/fashion/gambling/etc.

yea, youre wrong

i wont even use afghanistan since they arent near a beach


lets compare california women wearing a bikini to a country of your choosing in the middle east on the water

lets see if laws matter



lets see if speed limits matter when in a school zone

do you think there was no law in that zone, people will be at that same speed?


no fukkin chance bro


admit you are wrong and move along


i was wrong once in my life/........................BUT I WAS MISTAKEN in that scenario



i was right all along

 

[Tuesday]

yea, youre wrong

i wont even use afghanistan since they arent near a beach


lets compare california women wearing a bikini to a country of your choosing in the middle east on the water

lets see if laws matter



lets see if speed limits matter when in a school zone

do you think there was no law in that zone, people will be at that same speed?


no fukkin chance bro


admit you are wrong and move along


i was wrong once in my life/........................BUT I WAS MISTAKEN in that scenario



i was right all along

Not saying laws don't matter, in saying laws don't matter enough.

Your school zone one for example, people choose to obey the speed limit because they don't want to put kids at risk, but if people didn't care they could speed all they want - pay the ticket and speed some more, anyone rich enough can speed everywhere and not care.

So, laws are really just rules that get broken.

Therefore, these rules are not effective enough to prohibit whatever they trying to prohibit.

 

[azibig10]

Let's take an example. Do you think the number of addicts increased with the launch of poker games online? It's not like that. The same goes for online betting. I have been enjoying online poker introduced by holdemgallery or Holdem Community for over 3 years. Live poker has been around for almost 10 years. But I use it as a hobby, not like an addiction. In this way, everyone has their own self-control. It cannot be concluded that the increase in addicts is caused by online poker or betting sites.

 

[hazliam]

Legalizing sports betting would definitely increase number of gambling addiction.

We can view this way. Legalizing sports betting increase the accessibility to gambling, which increase the total number of gamblers.

Gambler addicted is always a percentage of all gamblers. Therefore increasing the number of gamblers will increase the number of addicts.

 

[Reload]

Yes without a doubt. There will be bank accounts emptied, credit maxed out, foreclosures and all else happening. Just the ease of money transfer with online gambling and impulsive playing at any hour will bury many from addiction.

The sites act like they all care about responsible gaming. But most don’t limit themselves until it’s far too late, and many won’t ever at all. There’s always some way to get money in for more action. At least with land casinos you have to think somewhat about what money to bring, how long you can stay, etc. Online is way more dangerous for all.

 

[Tuesday]

Yes without a doubt. There will be bank accounts emptied, credit maxed out, foreclosures and all else happening. Just the ease of money transfer with online gambling and impulsive playing at any hour will bury many from addiction.

The sites act like they all care about responsible gaming. But most don’t limit themselves until it’s far too late, and many won’t ever at all. There’s always some way to get money in for more action. At least with land casinos you have to think somewhat about what money to bring, how long you can stay, etc. Online is way more dangerous for all.

But land casinos it pretty much same as online, there bank machines/credit card machines/Bitcoin machines/etc and most of the big casinos offer markers/credits and lots loan sharks around too which online don't have...so thinking online pretty much same ways to lose money quickly as land, but all in comfort own home I guess...

 

[Tuesday]

Legalizing sports betting would definitely increase number of gambling addiction.

We can view this way. Legalizing sports betting increase the accessibility to gambling, which increase the total number of gamblers.

Gambler addicted is always a percentage of all gamblers. Therefore increasing the number of gamblers will increase the number of addicts.

Agree about the percentages, but guessing that the increase in numbers is not significantly higher than when not legalized - just because I don't see people around me that started gambling just because it was legalized - the same people I see gambling do it whether it legal or not.

 

[Franklee168]

Since it is being legalized, wouldn't it be as vise and not an addiction?