Online Gambling Can Be Addictive

November 2, 2008

A recent report came out that claimed that online gambling could be addictive if played too much. This seems rather basic and the logic could really be applied to almost anything. Video game playing can be addictive if played too much. Popcorn eating could become addictive if eaten too much. Driving to the store could be come addictive if done too much.

The idea behind a revelation like this is that anything could become addictive if done too much. To base a theory on this idea, to simply make it look like online gambling was making people addicted to gambling is simply untrue and unfounded. There have been plenty of reports lately that say that online gambling is no more addictive than many other things that we do.

They say that if you have an addictive personality, then you are going to become addicted to online gambling, or to pretty much anything. You could be a drug or food addict, or a number of other things instead of an online gambling addict. If you do not have an addictive personality, then you won’t have a problem.

Plenty of people play at online gambling every day and are not addicted to it. This “theory” that says that you can become addicted does not take into account all of those players that enjoy it without it becoming a problem for them. It simply implies that you could become addicted if you continue playing online gambling.

A theory like this is misleading and simply serves to strengthen the anti online gambling movement. Chances are the study was funded by them as well.


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