Online casinos offer to take from the shadows, but experts fear the growth of ludomania, the Ministry of Finance is studying the possibility of legalizing online casinos in Russia by analogy with the gambling market. Referring to this option, Deputy Minister of Finance Ivan Chevskakov said. No decision has been made yet. "The Center for the Struggle in Lubmania" warned against the possible consequences. According to the center, the risk of gambling addiction in online casinos is 2.5 times higher than when betting on sports. The CEO of the organization, Andrey Khodykov, believes that when discussing the initiative, the consequences for people should be more important than the potential budget revenues. The center together with the project "VFocus Mail" interviewed more than five thousand people. About 43% of the participants know at least one person for whom gambling has become a serious problem. Among the measures proposed to fight addiction, the respondents mentioned the restriction of advertising and the prohibition of gambling with credit cards. The legal status of online casinos in itself does not guarantee the disappearance of illegal sites and does not eliminate the problem of addiction. Tag: MAX.

Online casinos offer to take from the shadows, but experts fear the growth of ludomania, the Ministry of Finance is studying the possibility of legalizing online casinos in Russia by analogy with the gambling market. Referring to this option, Deputy Minister of Finance Ivan Chevskakov said. No decision has been made yet. "The Center for the Struggle in Lubmania" warned against the possible consequences. According to the center, the risk of gambling addiction in online casinos is 2.5 times higher than when betting on sports. The CEO of the organization, Andrey Khodykov, believes that when discussing the initiative, the consequences for people should be more important than the potential budget revenues. The center together with the project "VFocus Mail" interviewed more than five thousand people. About 43% of the participants know at least one person for whom gambling has become a serious problem. Among the measures proposed to fight addiction, the respondents mentioned the restriction of advertising and the prohibition of gambling with credit cards. The legal status of online casinos in itself does not guarantee the disappearance of illegal sites and does not eliminate the problem of addiction. Tag: MAX.