7 hours agoIs the coronavirus jam encouraging online gambling?
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)With millions of people still trapped throughout Europe, there are growing concerns that staying at home for hours can help promote a new wave of gambling addiction. In the United Kingdom, campaigns say book vendors have gone to a advertising attack [...]
In the United Kingdom, campaigns say book vendors have gone to a TV advertising attack and social media to use deadlock measures in order to prevent the withdrawal of potential customers. The government has now launched an investigation into the impact of gambling addiction, which affects about 350,000 people in the country.
“More people are resorting to online luck games, some of the upset, some because they have a problem with lucky games and they think they have to go back to it, they're driven by advertising and temptation is just too much”, said British MP Caroline Harris, chairman of the parliamentary committee regarding the games of fate.
The United Kingdom government has now launched a broad investigation into the games of fate, which will see everything from the issues of mental health problems to its impact on crime and suicide. (euronews)
