What is Online Gambling?
The act of betting money via the internet is known as Online Gambling.
In India, gambling is illegal but it is permitted in many other countries. The availability of websites facilitating gambling and readily available internet access has made gambling easily accessible.
What are the threats?
Online Gambling is accessible online without geographical boundaries. Thus people who are addicted to gambling gain easy access to it. Since users are anonymous, even minors can indulge in this unlawful activity.
What are the risks?
Users who are addicted often incur huge financial losses. Gambling in itself is a highly addictive activity. Most people who indulge in it once get hooked onto it permanently.
Online gambling has been exploited as a tool to create more people addicted to the internet as well.
