Why do people enjoy playing online gambling?

Why do people enjoy playing online gambling?

Why do people enjoy playing online gambling? This is the Cause

- The social media analysis monitoring system, Drone Emprit, reported that the number of online gambling or online gambling users in Indonesia reached 201,122 people. This figure was obtained from survey results, it does not represent the actual number.

In line with this, the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) noted that 1,904,246 content related to slot gambling was found on various digital platforms and was successfully taken down from 17 July 2023 to 21 May 2024. Then, why do people enjoy playing online gambling, even to the point of addiction? The following is a complete explanation.

Why do people enjoy playing online gambling?

Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP), Universitas Airlangga (Unair), Ratna Azis Prasetyo, said that the factors driving the rise of online gambling in Indonesia include the pressure of poverty, lifestyle, social and cultural situations.

According to him, poverty and lifestyle pressure factors can make someone want to get something instantly. One of the desires in question is to get money more quickly.

Apart from poverty, social conditions are also a supporting factor for the development of online gambling. "A person who is in an environment or social circle that is close to crime, has the potential to develop criminal behavior," said Ratna, as quoted from Unair's official website on Tuesday, June 11 2024.

Then, there are cultural factors that consider slot gambling to be normal. This condition can cause someone to be interested in trying it. Online gambling games, he continued, are like drugs. If someone is addicted, they cannot stop. This will bring economic losses if the expected results do not match expectations.

"Mentally, a person can also be motivated to do negative things, for example stealing, arguing, and so on," said Ratna.

Characteristics of People Addicted to Online Gambling

According to the website of a non-profit medical organization in the state of North Carolina, United States, UNC Health, according to the American Psychiatric Association, to diagnose people with gambling addiction disorder, at least the following four criteria must be experienced within a year:

- Feeling the need to increase the number of bets to achieve a moment's sensation or pleasure.

- Easily offended when asked to reduce or stop gambling.

- Repeatedly tried to reduce or stop the intensity of the game, but to no avail.

- Think about slot gambling often, including past experiences, planning for the future, and considering ways to get money to gamble.

- Gambling when feeling depressed or having problems.

- Return to gambling even though you previously lost money.

- Lying to hide online gambling activity.

- Has a tendency to lose relationships, jobs, or other opportunities.

- Depend on others to provide money because your own financial condition is problematic due to online gambling.

In line with this, a specialist in mental medicine, Kristiana Siste Kurniasanti, said that online gambling can cause a number of psychological vulnerabilities, such as being easily anxious, easily bored, depressed, antisocial, doing things without consideration and without thinking, and havingunstable emotions.

“Eventually there were thoughts of ending life. "These (patients) we are treating," said Kristiana in a podcast or podcast related to online gambling which was uploaded to the YouTube channel of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), Wednesday, October 18 2023.