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In Turkey, the rise in gambling addiction was linked to payment availability and the design of gambling platforms
🔹A study of digital gambling, prepared jointly with the YEDAM gambling addiction support center, covered the period from 2020 to April 2025.
🔹The sample included more than 22 thousand calls to the hotline, 14 458 initial clinical assessments, and 3767 social service records. The average age of those seeking help was 34,7 years; about 97% were men. Approximately 84% had gambling-related debts, and almost half owed more than 100 thousand lira, around $2 thousand.
🔹The authors note that the risk of addiction is not only related to the player’s own behavior. Among the factors they cite are constant access to platforms, instant payments, digital wallets, quick loans, bonuses, autoplay, and aggressive retargeting.
🔹Among the researchers’ recommendations: strengthen transaction monitoring using AI, introduce deposit limits, expand self-exclusion tools, and tighten rules regarding indirect gambling advertising.
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