Great Britain is making the move to allow
registered online gambling sites to operate with in its borders. And given the
already visible rise in gambling addictions greatly due to the fact of
increased availability via online gambling sites, the British government is
already drawing up plans that would regulate online gambling sites to the point
that the would need to self-manage and prevent addictive or unnaturally gambling
habits.
The main part of this effort would be in a
sophisticated monitoring system that would allow online gambling sites to notice
when players are moving into an addictive pattern of wagering. The the sites
would be require to send messages suggesting that the player take a break for
the time being. Even more dramatic options would include a "disable play"
feature that would restrict a hyperactive player from making wagers for a
designated period of time.
Some of the other efforts to curb compulsive
gambling would be to make the players bank amount and time spent playing
completely visible at all time in order to bring awareness of the reality of
what they are doing. That is actually the number one issue that severe online
gambling addict sited was that they lost their concept of reality due to the
fact that all of their betting was taking place in the virtual world. These
reminder will be use to help instill the reality that the money being bet is
anything but virtual.
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