Who becomes addicted to online gambling?

Who becomes addicted to online gambling?

Marc Kern (Addiction Expert, Director of Addiction Alternatives) gives expert video advice on: How big of a problem is gambling addiction?; What causes addictive gambling?; When addicted gamblers are losing, do they actually believe they'll win? and more...

What we have now is modern technology bringing about an availability of reinforcement, a feeling good, a reward instantaneously. It's seductive. Let's say you have an hour to burn and you are bored. You could log on and gamble. It's like having the slot machines at the airport where you're trying to kill an hour and you start playing and you start winning. Gambling is now inside the home. It's now inside your private space. No one knows about it. No one sees it. And you can sort of get seduced and sort of say, “Well, this is sort of fun, and it keeps my mind occupied. It feels good, and why not?”