Families Devastated: From Slots to Smartphones | Dr. Desislava Bezinska-Sheinkova

Families are devastated.
Once, people would hide in slot halls, treating machines as if they were a job. Some even told their children: “I’m going to the slots to make money for you…”

But today, the danger isn’t only in casinos — it’s on the smartphone, always at hand.

Dr. Desislava Bezinska-Sheinkova recalls a story: a father with a young child refusing to spend on chocolate, insisting he needed money left over to gamble — “Otherwise, how will I buy you a toy?”
The child’s response: “But Daddy, how come you have for your game, but not for mine?”

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📌 Support groups like Gamblers Anonymous
📌 Digital protection tools like Gamban

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