Technological advances making gambling easier – Horse Racing news
According to a recent study done at the University of Glasgow, technological advances are playing a negative role by increasing gambling opportunities and making it easier to gamble.
As a result, the people who are relatively unaware of the dangers of addiction associated with gambling can be easily lured.
The study is based on data that has been collected for over a period of 50 years since 1961. The year signified the time when the bookmakers were given legal authorization to carry out their operations. Betting operations were made legal under the betting
and gaming act.
Gambling has been associated with the horse racing industry since a long time. The legalization of betting operations under the act made it possible for racetracks to feature racinos. This provided the visitors of the racetracks the added excitement of betting
on live horseracing events as well as carry out gambling in the attached betting saloons. As a result, the racetracks were able to attract the fans of horse racing as well as gambling on their premises.
During the earlier times, the visitors that these racinos as well as other gambling outlets got belonged to the middle class and were mostly males. However, the trend has been experiencing a change in recent years.
The people that are now seen to inhabit these gambling outlets mostly consist of the younger generation. Not only that, there is also a group that consists of bettors that have no experience of the gambling world as they belong to the ethnic minorities.
Gambling is increasingly becoming an outlet of disturbed people to vent out their emotions. According to the research, the people who are mostly found to engage in gambling activities have experienced financial problems, divorce and indulged in crime etcetera.
Despite the fact that these problems have come before or after gambling became a part of the person’s life, betting has been in the picture.
“Compared with some forms of gambling such as horse races or even casino table games, betting machine games are extremely quick, the stakes are high and the losses can very quickly become higher,” said Professor Gerda Reith, who has researched the issue.
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