Online casino
gambling - The Dangers of Anonymity
When gambling at the online
casinos, anonymity could be a dangerous thing.
Ironically,
the greatest attraction of online gambling - namely that we can
spend as much time as we please wagering our money while
enjoying all the creature comforts of home - also introduces a
serious and potentially destructive issue connected with the
very anonymity we desired in the first place when opting to live
the casino and betting experience on our own terms (rather than
those thrust upon us by B&M casinos).
Unfortunately for many online gamblers,
not only are they well aware of the pitfalls of home alone
online gambling, but they even embrace the luxury of
self-indulgence it affords them to such a degree that they
knowingly make poor decisions, in terms of both their play and
money management.
It is true that B&M casinos have more
than their fair share of poor decision makers and those who seem
happy to execute rash, seemingly foolish wagers, but even these
kindly contributors to the casino cause tend to have a modicum
of self-respect and are aware of how they might be perceived by
those around them - otherwise they might be tempted to make more
rash bets and stupid wagers.
Yet put these same players at home,
alone, moving around the cyber games under absolutely no
scrutiny whatsoever, and there's a good chance they will indeed
lose what they see as their inhibitions (but what we would
simply refer to as reason), and with them more money than would
be the case in a B&M environment. Playing blackjack in a closed
room and with the table to himself still leaves the wayward
player with the dealer as an audience, witnessing every mistake
and poor play. But without such scrutiny the 'boring' nature of
the game's long-term, Basic Strategy can be dispensed with
online.
The embarrassment factor is of even
greater significance with poker, where table image can be of
paramount importance to the game itself and acutely humiliating
for players. Online, however, the player's anonymity brings
license to try out anything, safe in the knowledge that - other
than a few comments in the accompanying chat box, to which if we
so desire we can be blissfully unaware by simply switching the
facility off - we are immune to abuse.
Kevin
Published on 07/13/2007
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