Digital technologies are no longer just used for entertainment, communication or office support. They are also becoming an increasingly important cornerstone of medicine. Among the many possibilities offered by digitalisation, virtual reality (VR) is currently experiencing a boom. Doctors and therapists see great potential, especially in psychotherapy. In fact, VR is increasingly being used to combat gambling addiction.
Of the approximately 85 million inhabitants of Germany, around 1.3 million have a so-called "gambling disorder". In other words, more than every 100th German citizen has such a disorder. At least this is the conclusion reached in the current gambling atlas. But how can the proportion of problematic and pathological gamblers in Germany be reduced in the long term?
Within the framework of a study, finance market researchers want to find out how gambling fans behave at the stock market. The preferences of the investors depend especially on the level of education, as well as the personal wealth. Those who like gambling tend to rarely be found at a stock exchange. Hereunder we are reporting in detail about the interesting results of the recently published study.
On the 14th. March 2023 the popular Twitch-streamer and E-sportsman “Flobby” died at the age of only 22 years. According to the information given by his friend and streamer colleague “Big Spin” from the E-sports-organisation SK Gaming, Justus von Eitzen, as he is known by his civil name, committed suicide. Now on the internet there is speculation about why the successful streamer has chosen to die at such a young age.
Bonus offers in online casinos reward the players for their activities or motivate the players to register with a provider. The majority of the online gambling providers offer a bonus on the basis of the first payment. In the past however the so-called cashback bonus became popular. How does the cashback bonus in the online casino function and how dangerous is such an offer?
Nowadays whilst waiting or to while away the time one automatically reaches for the smartphone. To send a message to friends, to discover what’s new on social media or to buy in online shops. Besides, for years the casino apps have increased in popularity. In this case these is for mobile products of the casino, which are tailor-made for smartphones. How relevant is the smartphone, when compared to a PC?
In an interview with BuzzFeed News DE a young man has admitted to having lost several thousand Euro in gambling. The 19-year-old has stated that he first started dabbling in casinos streams when he was 15 and thus he became addicted.
Lately it is not only energy that has become more expensive but even foodstuffs. A recently published study from Great Britain has concluded that the rapid increase in prices is linked to an increase in the risk of gambling addiction in women.
There are several myths about the fact that the casinos in Las Vegas and other gambling metropoles use “psycho tricks” to entice the guests to stay longer or to make higher stakes. But which of these tricks function - and why? We searched for the best “psycho tricks”, which are used in the casinos in Vegas.
An exciting interview was published a few days ago on the German Online-Content-Network Funk. A longstanding gambling addict met here a successful casino businessman. The new format “Das Treffen“ (The Meeting) talks among other things, about whether casinos manipulate the guests on papers and brings up who is to blame for a gambling addiction.
A few days ago a study about “Participation in gambling and gambling-related problems among the population“. The scientists here researched which players are more prone to gambling addiction. The study has shown the percentage of men with a gambling associated disorder lies at 3.5 %. The percentage of women is just 1.1 %. The further findings of the study are revealed hereunder.
In a conversation with the Hessenschau, an addiction expert warns of the dangers of gambling. Among other things, she points out that when gambling at a slot machine, it is nearly the same thing as when someone drinks alcohol or consumes Speed Besides this, a substantial number of slot machine players sooner or later become gambling addicted.
The professional Poker player Xuan Liu has published an article on Business Insider, in which she cannot recommend her life as a successful player. And this comes even though in her seven years as a professional poker player she has won around three million US-Dollar. But what does the 36-year old criticise in being a poker millionaire?
A recently published study of the University of Bristol concluded that children and youths are more and more frequently facing gambling adverts which are disguised on social media. A percentage, which is not negligible, describes these kind of adverts as “appealing”. If one considers the dangers of gambling, this is dangerous.
In the past years, the Irish have lost a total of 1,36 billion Euro in gambling. This is approximately equivalent to the amount of 300 Euro per adult citizen. This puts Ireland in the fourth place in the European rankings of gambling losses. Do the Irish therefore have a gambling problem?
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