Research revealed that teenagers have debts accruing to more than $30,000 all from online betting on sports. The number of people who are seeking for help in 3 years has grown by 100%. These are findings that have been released by the Gambling Treatment Clinic at The University of Sydney.
The operator at the treatment centre pointed out that many of their patients are addicts to poker machines but most of them now are men in their youths who are troubled by online betting.
One of the originating influencers would be the popular sporting event in Australia and Wednesday night’s game where millions of people watch it. The kind of marketing going around for the online sports betting is to blame for the growth in the quantity of youths who are getting into additions related to gambling. The psychologist at the Gambling Treatment Clinic of The University of Sydney; Dr. Christopher Hunt who has served in the capacity for 8 years said that when he started out, he did not see patients in the age bracket of 18 to 25 years but they have seen a dramatic growth in the past 3 to 4 years. He says that the number has doubled and might triple if no control is taken. He says that in 2012, they have 23 patients and last year they accommodated 50.
He says that the huge number is of young men. He attributes this to the notion sports betting is the cream of online gambling and this is what young men wish to be associated with.
It’s a false belief that you would make money from your sports knowledge through sports betting
Dr. Hunt said that he was convinced that the increase in the promotion of online gambling is the cause to the rise in the fast and easy access to betting online via mobile devices. No tangible evidence can be tied to this claims but he says that the increase in advertisement of gambling activities grew the number of patients they had in their clinic.
The statement that you could make your sporting knowledge earn you money and make you a winner is a hoax and should be stopped. All it will do is land more and more people into gambling problems.
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