Gambling Addiction News

39-year-old Chris Bilham is boldly speaking out on the topic of gambling addiction, as he struggled with it for five years. At the age of 30, he decided to take a chance and bet money on a football match on an app he had downloaded. Little did he know that wasn’t going to be the last, and he went down a spiral of a destructive gambling addiction that left him with a £100,000 debt and excruciating suicidal thoughts.  

For the first time in history, the entire globe shared a comparable struggle - the pandemic lockdown. The deaths from COVID are certainly the main subject of this painful period, but even those who weren’t touched by the virus got a neat old slap in many other ways. Some lost their jobs, others had to stay outside of hospital doors while their loved ones were dying inside, and many took relief in morally forbidden things like drugs and alcohol abuse. This is an undeniable fact, as alcohol sales went up by 60% in the past year, and drug-related crimes began taking over regions all around the earth. 

Jack Symons is a 34-year-old man who overcame a severe gambling addiction and is now using his testimony and talent to save others from the path he was on since he was only 14. He was attracted to the aesthetic and atmosphere portrayed in movies he watched as a teenager and managed to register on online gambling sites pretty early on.

Hundreds of illegal online casinos in Australia have been blocked over the years due to illegal operations. Yet, they keep surfacing, and review sites are being less than helpful in terms of eliminating the criminal and civil offenses caused by them. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reaches out to the country’s internet service providers for backup, as illegal online gambling activities continue posing risks to problem players and those who underestimate the importance of a gaming license on casino sites. AMCA representatives instruct consumers to report unlicensed gambling services.

Anyone born before 1999 will likely remember the joys of playing outside, splashing around in muddy puddles, and occasionally getting a mouth full of sand falling off the swings. Picking random berries off bushes and eating unwashed apples right off the trees didn’t phase anyone in the slightest. Unfortunately, new generations won’t get the luxury to tell the same story, as the ongoing pandemic resulted in fear touching cash. Tech companies put some gas into the development of cashless payments, which casino facilities, especially ones in Nevada, ate right up. Now the UK land-based casinos want to get on board with the new system, but survey statistics show that gamblers aren’t too thrilled about the futuristic payment option.