The Rise of Gambling and the Decline of Violence in Sports Viewing Centres

[Litzki1990]

Many times we see such unpleasant incidents in TV headlines where a friend kills a friend due to gambling or many unpleasant incidents are made due to gambling. People who think gambling is just fun should read this kind of news regularly. Usually there is nothing like this in online gambling, but in all offline gambling, such incidents happen more often. Two friends sat side by side and gambled one friend lost and the other friend won but the friend who lost refused to pay the money to the winning friend but this will create a bad situation between the two people basically this is how such incidents happen.

[DragonF]

Many times we see such unpleasant incidents in TV headlines where a friend kills a friend due to gambling or many unpleasant incidents are made due to gambling. People who think gambling is just fun should read this kind of news regularly. Usually there is nothing like this in online gambling, but in all offline gambling, such incidents happen more often. Two friends sat side by side and gambled one friend lost and the other friend won but the friend who lost refused to pay the money to the winning friend but this will create a bad situation between the two people basically this is how such incidents happen.

Your analogy shows one of the benefits of online gambling. If everybody is compelled to gamble online, the problems associated with offline gambling can be prevented. I have witnessed a gambler abuse and threatened a casino worker after he lost.

[damsix]

I had a flashback of when my friend was stabbed in a viewing centre by a rival fan and then I wondered if people still fight in viewing centres.

Firstly, I am sad about this because sport should not be able to harm other people or even take lives.
Supporting your favorite sports team is fine, but if you have to commit violence that can kill you, it is the same as breaking the rules in force in that country.

Is this the same in your country? Can this be one of the silent goods of gambling activity?

In my country, the most crucial thing is football, it is very scary if we look directly at the stadium in a match, especially if the match is a mortal enemy.
Indonesian League 1 has also become a trending topic at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang. Hundreds of lives have been lost due to the use of tear gas by police during riots.

But I don't really understand the problem of gambling because the majority in my country are Muslims and many avoid gambling.
I'm sure there are also many people who gamble on football, especially big matches like Persib Bandung vs Persija Jakarta, but unfortunately I don't really know about the gambling section where they gamble.

[Mr. Allcrypto]

I had a flashback of when my friend was stabbed in a viewing centre by a rival fan and then I wondered if people still fight in viewing centres. I couldn’t get any recent cases of violence in viewing centres and in my thinking, one of the reasons is the rise of gambling activities. The last time I witnessed fighting in a sports viewing centre was April 24th 2012 in a Champions League match between Barcelona and Chelsea. That game ended in a 2-2 draw.

Since the rise of gambling activities, it has become difficult for people to fight in sports viewing centres. The fight is not between rival fans but a cold war between gamblers and the Bookies. Every gambler wants to win and their major concern is the outcome of the game so it is between them and their tickets. Yesterday, a Chelsea fan double-chanced Brentford City and he won. Fans who are gamblers are more concerned with making money and not ready to fight for the team they support and this drop in patriotism has prevented rival fans from fighting during matches.

Is this the same in your country? Can this be one of the silent goods of gambling activity?

Except that they watch it online and also gamble online, people still fight in most viewing centers and most especially when the team they bet to win is loosing, and the fan of the opposition are making gest of them, you know the pain of loosing your money on beting.

[bitterguy28]

Looks like your country is far from mine , I know that there are violence in sports but not against bookies and other gambling platform .
but i think i get what you are getting here and yeah violence in sports are truly getting lesser now because of online gambling since people need not to get out of house and they just need to play in many places aside from going elsewhere .

[Sunderland]

I had a flashback of when my friend was stabbed in a viewing centre by a rival fan and then I wondered if people still fight in viewing centres. I couldn’t get any recent cases of violence in viewing centres and in my thinking, one of the reasons is the rise of gambling activities. The last time I witnessed fighting in a sports viewing centre was April 24th 2012 in a Champions League match between Barcelona and Chelsea. That game ended in a 2-2 draw.

Since the rise of gambling activities, it has become difficult for people to fight in sports viewing centres. The fight is not between rival fans but a cold war between gamblers and the Bookies. Every gambler wants to win and their major concern is the outcome of the game so it is between them and their tickets. Yesterday, a Chelsea fan double-chanced Brentford City and he won. Fans who are gamblers are more concerned with making money and not ready to fight for the team they support and this drop in patriotism has prevented rival fans from fighting during matches.

Is this the same in your country? Can this be one of the silent goods of gambling activity?

I vote No, I dont see a direct relations between gambling and a decrease in the level of fighting and violence between sports fans.
Absolutely unrelated, the decline of violence is actually due to the increasing awareness that if the fans cause trouble, the club will be fined.

Fanatic : a person who is extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable
I think someone who is truly a fanatical supporter of a team will never bet on their opponent to win.
This means he is just an ordinary Chelsea fan, not a hardcore Chelsea supporter.