Study Reveals Addiction Issues: 2

There is always a study that has a new fact or two about gambling in an online casino. This time the results may be a bit of a warning to those who love to frequent the online casinos. The first warning is that all online casino players should know that this study concluded that the people who gamble on the internet are four times more likely to develop an addiction than those who gamble at a traditional or land based atmosphere. Not many people are surprised by the figures that the study released. In fact this may strengthen some government’s desires to design a ban or a method of more strictly regulating the internet gambling industry in their own countries.

This is a very real issue for a lot of countries and there are a lot of people out there who have become victims of gambling addiction due to the addictive nature of online casinos. There is belief that studies like this will lead to better regulation. Some have suggested that there needs to be as much regulation for the gaming industry. The results of this study that said how Australia is one of the two leading countries in online casino usage does not leave much room for surprise for things like the following. In Australia last month the online casino Centrebet released their monthly numbers that revealed their 23 cent jump in revenue. The company is expecting for revenue growth to be steady especially in Australia for the remainder of the year.

The Salvation Army’s problem gambling service coordinator, Gerard Byrne said: "We would encourage bans on any capability to gamble on credit and believe the Federal Government should take a lead on this. People are certainly reporting more and more usage of online gambling. We've got a culture in NSW where gambling is the state pastime." This does not leave a clear picture about the future of the online casino industry, but at least it is being discussed openly.