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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Gambling between the past and nowadays
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foxymethoxy
on 18/02/2024, 14:07:57 UTC
There are probably a lot of factors at play...

I think that general societal unrest or dissatisfaction tends to play a large part. As well, a mixture of the economy being good and there being a surplus of value in cash but less work to justify it (ie, inflation). I would argue that while of course the quantity has increased, the actual intensity is more matching the 90's compared to the 2000s. I was looking for any charts that might support that but I can't find any very relevant long-term charts that might reflect gambling interest, aside from one specifically for Australia which spans long enough, and sort of meets my assumption.

Here is a very interesting chart.
https://ugaminggroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-06-27-at-2.12.05-PM-1024x630.png

The Australian chart in question- it's worth noting that gambling apparently went down during COVID, but has obviously spiked right back up after. That places like Stake and such have exploded in the past few years is no coincidence.

[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/ABS-6291.0.55.003-LabourForceAustraliaDetailedQuarterly-EmployedPersonsByIndustrySubdivisionSex-EmployedTotal-GamblingActivities-Persons-A2545784A.svg/1200px-ABS-6291.0.55.003-LabourForceAustraliaDetailedQuarterly-EmployedPersonsByIndustrySubdivisionSex-EmployedTotal-GamblingActivities-Persons-A2545784A.svg.png[img]

The rise of gacha games, which are independent of COVID but were also exacerbated by COVID, may also be poisoning younger people more readily than they would have otherwise with certain instincts.