Gambling is a common activity for lots of people and for most it is not a problem. But for a small number of people, gambling is more than a social activity. It becomes something to compensate for depression or stress. In some cases, the player no longer feels in control and cannot stop. There is strong evidence that most obsessive gamblers begin when they are young.
For young people, most obsessive gambling means playing fruit machines, although since the introduction of the National Lottery there are signs that young people are chasing their losses by buying scratchcards. The attraction of scratchcards is that the money return is instant.
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