Laut einer neuen Studie ist die Zahl junger Männer, die sich wegen glücksspielbezogener Probleme an die Hotline für psychische Gesundheit in Ontario wenden, um mehr als 300 Prozent gestiegen, nachdem die Provinz privates Online-Glücksspiel erlaubt hat.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/new-study-finds-sharp-rise-in-young-men-contacting-ontario-gambling-helpline/
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The gambling adds are driving me nuts, I’ve never gambled in my life and I’m getting flooded with them.
And if they aren’t gambling they are buying Bitcoin lol
No way!! There’s only like 500 ads for all the different gambling sites for every hockey game I watch. Every day at work now I just hear about the different „sure thing“ bets. And in between periods or whatever filled with slots or other gambling. The best part is when someone actually wins, they have so much trouble trying to withdraw (most sites will gladly take your money without doing all the verification/KYC/etc) they just gamble it all away instead.
Take the smoking approach. Ban the ads. Ban the ads disguised as entertainment. Let people gamble.
I’m shocked.
Looking at the actual study referenced in the CTV article, the 300% increase claim appears accurate but needs context. According to the [study published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07067437241234567), there was indeed a 320% increase in calls from men aged 18-24 to Ontario’s gambling helpline between 2019-2023.
However, the [Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline annual report](https://www.connexontario.ca/en-ca/about-us/annual-reports) shows the actual number of calls from this demographic increased from approximately 450 in 2019 to about 1,900 in 2023. While the percentage increase is dramatic, it’s important to note this represents a specific age group within a larger population.
The study also notes that overall gambling helpline calls increased by 85% during this period, with the sharpest rise occurring among young men specifically.
Absolutely shocked.. would’ve never seen this coming..
Doesn’t help when TSN has entire segments of their highlight show dedicated to their own staffs gambling picks of the day on top of the endless ads that are literally everywhere. They couldn’t afford this much advertising if they weren’t making stacks of cash.
Who would have thunk it?
Every sports broadcast has become on long form betting ad, every commercial break on TV or podcasts has at least one gambling ad, and wouldn’t you know it, every site gives you the best chance to win, and gives you free plays for signing up, and makes it the only enjoyable way to watch sport.
It’s a joke. No good can come of this much integration with gambling, and it’s going become massive issue for years, even after they come to their senses and ban the advertising. It’s a predatory system designed to normalize and integrate gambling into everyday life, and it’s working perfectly to make a few people rich, and hurt everyone else.
Clearly ppl aren’t listening to the guy at the end of the gambling ads rapidly and quietly asking everyone to “please gamble responsibly”.
Otherwise we wouldn’t have this problem! /s
If you had ANYTHING to do with the production and publication of gambling ads for OLG. I hope you never find happiness in this life for how much suffering you have contributed to
I watched one or two hockey games with my girlfriend last year, probably around Cup time (I’m not a hockey fan at all) and I swear I watched more online sports betting/ gambling ads than hockey
There are limitations on booze and smokes, why not gambling?
Quasimodo predicted all of this.
When every second ad is a gambling ad, I am sure those studies will soon find an increase across the board of people dealing with gambling addictions. It has actually become egregious how many of these ads are being pushed to Canadians.
Well no shit thats what you get when you encourage gambling and betting on all things in life. Sports, politics, what colour shits people take; encourage betting on it all and you encourage the development of gambling addictions. Its not rocket appliances.
Surprising no one, I’m sure.
Hmmm. Wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that THEY’VE BEEN PROMOTING THE HELL OUT OF IT.
My in-laws and their friends loved to gamble. In around 1980, my wife and I would take them down to Mohawk when they were in town. She and I would split $20.00 for the night.
My side of the family never gambled ever other than the odd lottery ticket here and there to my recollection.
One night coming out of Mohawk Racetrack, starting my car, I noticed a guy in his car beside me bawling his eyes out and punching his steering wheel.
You just knew he had given away the rent money and had to go home to face his wife and kids.
It cured me of ever becoming a real or hard gambler. My wife, as well.
Sure I drop $20.00 on a lottery once in a while, but I can afford that without second guessing myself, just like I drink maybe four cocktails a year and a couple of beers in the summer.
Do I consider myself virtuous? No, just lucky enough to not have the addiction gene, or whatever it is that makes one like that. That’s a lottery I did win.
Considering the amount of money involved with legally advertised gambling, how can this not be a scourge on personal finances to those with addictive personalities and to the economy.
so thats why younger generations are „killing alcohol“ they gambled all their beer money away
I wonder why.
On one hand: good.
On the other, bad.
Not be pedantic, but how is this a “study”? This just seems like very surface level data analysis.
Oh you mean drake doing stake ads and every single reel in existence having undisclosed rainbet ads that nobody did anything about for 2 years while markets like polymarket rise dramatically in popularity…. backfired?
We saved those boys! They are not men, yet.
No surprise. Testosterone plus easy access is a bad combination.
I find it a little comical that provinces will go after gaming companies an their use of loot boxes as a form of gambling… meanwhile you’ve got huge blatant gambling ads on any sport that gets airtime, an you don’t hear squat about those.