Lottery has generally been considered one of the “safest” gambling activities, with states that are normally averse to gambling in principle, turning a blind eye to the lottery vertical.
This complacency has bred a dangerous industry in which addiction is harder to detect and its victims – less likely to speak up. Yet, the damage overspending could have on personal lives, relationships, and finances are just as serious.
Speaking to ABC News Live, Tvonia Thomas was one of the examples given as a person who may push their lottery hobby too far, with the gambling addict admitting that scratch cards have indeed “consumed” her entire life.
Specialists have now begun sounding an alarm over the subtle gambling addiction gateway that scratch-off tickets have become, with state officials in Virginia, but also elsewhere, urged to take a closer and harder look at the realities of gambling addiction that stems from lottery operations and what can be done to help the victims as well as prevent further cases.
This complacency has bred a dangerous industry in which addiction is harder to detect and its victims – less likely to speak up. Yet, the damage overspending could have on personal lives, relationships, and finances are just as serious.
Speaking to ABC News Live, Tvonia Thomas was one of the examples given as a person who may push their lottery hobby too far, with the gambling addict admitting that scratch cards have indeed “consumed” her entire life.
Specialists have now begun sounding an alarm over the subtle gambling addiction gateway that scratch-off tickets have become, with state officials in Virginia, but also elsewhere, urged to take a closer and harder look at the realities of gambling addiction that stems from lottery operations and what can be done to help the victims as well as prevent further cases.