Gaming companies are chasing the new groups.

Economyseptember 23, 2016 14:58

They are young, they are men and they play casino online. So look spelmissbrukarna out, if you believe the support line. But gaming companies are trying to find new groups.

About two percent of the population, 164 000 swedes, have gambling-related problems. Those with serious problems is about 31 000 in number, according to the latest figures available from the Folkhälsomyndigheten whose statistics are based on a questionnaire with 21 000 respondents (half answered).

the number of problem gamblers has remained relatively constant for the past six–seven years.

But the proportion who have serious problems have increased, ” said Marie Risbeck, department head at Folkhälsomyndigheten.

in particular, the proportion of women and people higher up in the ages stuck. Exactly why is too early to say, but more gaming companies are targeting women in their marketing, according to Risbeck.

Kim Grahn, chairman of the Spelberoendes association, sees the same thing.

– There is a risk that it will be more problem gambling, ” she says.

The who believe themselves to have lost control of the situation can call the support line. They are not many contact, but among them, which makes it possible to deduce a clear trend: they are stuck in the casino games on the internet. The proportion has increased substantially in the last few years, every other which indicates a gambling problem/addiction plays on nätkasinon, according to the support line.

the Casino games are also one of the more common tv-adverts from gaming companies.

the Facts: impact on the addict

Those who have a gambling problem/addiction, experiencing both the economic, health and social consequences.

Relatives are also often economically because they lend out money to the player. Also the mental health is affected by being a family member of a compulsive gambler.

You can do a self-test of the support line to see if you are in the danger zone.

the support line is operated by the Center for psychiatric research, Stockholm county council and Karolinska institutet on behalf of the ministry of social affairs.

Source: the Guide