OLG Debate
OLG or called Ontario Lottery Government is in
charge of a lot of gambling activity in Ontario, and
many people is addicted to the gambling activity that
the OLG is in charge of.
Addiction may be the most harmful consequence of
gambling, it’s very possible that the addiction could
lead to depression and eventually suicides. The victim
usually wants help but is scared to ask because they
are afraid that they wont be able to gamble any more,
victims often feels helpless and the negative emotions
will add up and create depression. The victims will
some times drink alcohol or in some extreme cases
take drugs to relax from all the stress, but all the
drugs and alcohols will just make them more
depressed and then suicide may seem like the only
way out for them.
Problem gamblers are one of the most extreme types
of gamblers, they are completely addicted to
gambling and have almost no control of them self
when it comes to gambling. It shows that about 50%
of problem gamblers commit crimes to support their
daily needs of money to gamble, most are white-collar
crimes, which means non-violent crimes. This
includes fraud, employee theft, and credit card scams,
but there are violent crimes as well like burglary,
mugging, and even some cases kidnaping.
Most problem gamblers will reach out to their family
or friends first for money before trying to commit any
crimes for money, maybe they will be able to get
money for the first couple of times but soon their
friends or family will realize he or she cant pay them
back that's when they will stop lending the person
money. That's when the harassing and all the scams
happens between the person and their family and
friends, in the site of Toronto public health it shows
that for every single problem gambler another 3 and
4 people are negatively impacted. So if a city have
100,000 problem gamblers then 300,000 to 400,000
people are negatively impacted, that's a lot of people
and if u add the 100,000 problem gamblers to the
number you will see there is 400,000 to 500,000
people in that city that is negatively impacted by
gambling.
Over the years the suicides caused by depression is
increasing, over 50 percent of suicide is lead by
depression and 75 percent of problem gamblers have
depression. and they are at risk and at the edge of
ending their own life, most are mentally unstable and
are extremely likely to attempt to suicide.
Its not all the games fault but if so many people are
addicted to the game then the game should be
watched with strong caution and lottery should be
banned.