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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Gambling addiction becomes more popular with young people over time
by
Betwrong
on 30/09/2018, 12:56:39 UTC
I think most of the people are addictive to gambling which there is no age restriction and even most of the people for fun not to make money. So always most of the young people are very addictive for for free sources of money and they find gambling is the best way to make fast money.

Wouldn't call gambling a free source of money. It is the riskiest source where someone needs a lucky shot to be rich while dozens of people lost almost everything...

Although trying to make money with gambling is a stupid idea (and we have to make sure all young people know this fact in the first place), I wouldn't call it the riskiest enterprise. When you gamble online you can lose your balance, while when trying to rob a bank you can lose your freedom or even your very life. Also, there are a lot of shady businesses in the streets which are much more dangerous than gambling. Since adolescents are tend to do something risky anyway, maybe gambling is not that bad of an option.
That's logically flawed. Robbing a bank could be successful too, without getting caught or risking your life.

Since we are talking about very serious matters here, namely the rising number of gambling addicts among young people, I will use some statistics in order to substantiate my statement. According to the FBI, in 2010, 16 people were killed during bank robberies—13 of them were the perpetrator. Also, according to various sources, including FBI, from 76% to 92% of bank robberies are being solved each year, meaning perpetrators are going to jail. Now, can you please provide the sats on how many gamblers were killed during a specific year and how many of them went to jail?

The shady businesses on the streets guarantee a profit. If one sells drugs on the street, he's guaranteed to make money. The case is not the same with gambling. You may or may not.

That is absolutely not true. People getting killed or injured by rival gangs while trying to sell drugs on the streets is a common thing. Your profit is not guaranteed at all. Where did you get that info?

We should be very careful in choosing words when speaking about such serious matters. Just imagine if young people were reading your lines, what conclusions they could draw from them?