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Governments must rein in online gambling before it's too late, say public health experts (www.cbc.ca)
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As the gambling industry continues to grow globally with the rise of online gambling, a recent report from the medical journal The Lancet's commission on gambling calls is calling on governments to approach gambling as a public health issue.

Malcolm Sparrow, one of the authors of the report, says this will put gambling in the same category as alcohol and tobacco, which are identified by the World Health Organization as issues of the public interest.

Statistics Canada estimates that in 2018, nearly two-thirds of Canadians gambled in the past year. The data estimates that about 300,000 Canadians were at moderate-to-severe risk of developing a gambling problem, where gambling starts to negatively affect a person's life.

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[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

right, so instead of killing the problem at the root, we just allow it to flourish and nip off the bad buds over and over even if that doesn't fix the issue....

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This isn't killing the problem at the root.

The root of the problem is a complete lack of care for people with addictions and mental health issues. No amount of regulation will help the root when it does not involve increase addictions and mental health care spaces.

[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

So you believe that it was a good move to legalise online gambling in Ontario? I agree with your statements on other things but people who I knew who would never gamble are now doing it with all these platforms available to bet on.