ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF
ONLINE GAMBLING ADDICTION
Addiction to a habit like drinking, smoking,
drugs or any other repeated indulgence like
gambling, according to the medical fraternity,
is by the rush of hormones inside the body. By
consumption of alcohol the blood-stream gets lot
of glucose aided by insulin directly and this
causes over working of vital organs of the body
such as heart, pancreas, and blood cells to get
rid of the new occupants immediately. Smoking
and drugs also have the same effect for
increased blood pressure and heart beats.
Excitement and tension causes similar effects as
in the case of consumption of addictive
elements, in players of gambling games where the
suspense lasts till the result of winning or
losing is known. This is a common syndrome for
people of all ages, more so in teens whose rush
of blood is instigated by their tender age
already.
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Generally all sorts of gambling have reasons for
causing addiction - that is making the player to
repeat the indulgence regularly to experience
the same thrill and suspense every time a wager
is made. In horse racing courses when a fluke
win is announced the heart-beat of many
followers of the favorite animal goes beyond
controllable levels and the poor cousins with a
weak heart faint instantly. But this lasts only
for a moment and again and again they will not
fail to go to the race course and indulge in
betting. This goes for all sorts of gambling
games - slots; poker; Bingo; blackjack; roulette
and other innumerable sources for gambling
including online gambling.
But why blame only online gambling as a source
of addiction? Because it attracts millions of
people world-wide and steals the lime light by
its popularity. Purists from many countries call
for stern action towards addressing this problem
as a social menace. Governments are under acute
pressure from these lobbies, who preach
morality, into taking some ostensible actions to
appease them. Ironically, curbs and restrictions
on anything are counter-productive and will not
bring forth the desired results. The more the
restrictions prevail; human tendency is to defy
the restrictions by hook or crook. On the other
hand, transparency and more freedom will
automatically kill the charm in anything over a
period and only the fittest will survive through
competition.
As for addiction to online games is concerned,
it pertains to individual rights and prohibits
others from entering beyond certain limits.
Since this is purely psychological, no outside
help is possible, other than persistent
corrective steps by close friends and relatives
through counseling, cajoling and controlling the
indulgence by more healthy diversions. Socially
it is humanly impossible to purify every addict
of drinking, smoking, drug abuse and gambling
both offline and online.
But Internet is the best tool to propagate the
evils of addiction in anything and constant and
untiring propaganda against all addictions, by
making use of the technological advancement of
the World Wide Web, is sure to yield positive
results over a period. After all fear can be
instilled into the minds of every one on the
brink of addiction, by elaborating the
consequences through multi-media. This is the
only way of uplifting the mind-set against all
addictions including that of online gambling.
