In this news post, we bring news regarding online gambling in Australia as well as the story of an Aussie win at the WSOP Euro Tour.
Starting with the latter one, Jackie Glazier, the highly popular Australian poker player has finally succeeded in realizing one of its ambitions in France this weekend. This is because the poker star has managed to win the ladies event and earned her very first World Series of Poker bracelet during the WSOP Europe Tour of 2013 which took place at Casino Barriere, which is only 8 miles north of the French city of Paris.
The event had a total of 65 poker players with some big names such as Loni Harwood, Liv Boeree, Gaelee Baumann, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman and Laurie Bismuth. The WSOP final table included some big names, but they were eliminated until the remaining two names were the winner, Jackie Glazier and Maryline Valente. The head to head confrontation was great as the game kept moving back and forth but Jackie Glazier succeeded in coming out on top. She went back home with 21,850 Euros, the main prize as well as a bracelet that she has been pursuing for years.
Dr. Sally Gainsbur, the researcher at the Southern Cross University who seems to have become a go to academic researcher for the Australian media, especially when it is regarding problem gambling. According to the latest study that was made by the doctor regarding online gambling in Australia, the players who enjoy their dose of gambling online are more likely to be at risk of suffering from a gambling problem.
She recently discussed the study that was conducted with 4,688 participants who enjoy gambling online. The conclusion is that thirty percent of the participants have experienced moderate and low risks compared to those who gambling using the traditional ways, or “offline gambling” as she called it. The low and moderate risks involved their inability to pay bills, chasing losses and ending up paying and losing more than they planned. She also claimed that this online gambling study is the first of its kind in the country. She claims that because the gambling is electronic and online, it does not have the same salience like having money in your hands and losing it. She also said that according to a telephone survey that took place 3 years ago, 8% of the 15006 respondents stated that they have engaged in online gambling during the last year and that this number represents a great increase because more than 50% of them started gambling online from 2009 or after.
It is also important to note that while more people who play online suffer from online gambling, the study showed that more than 50% of them already had a gambling problem prior to engaging at online gambling websites. This is why it seems that online gambling and offline gambling both have the same alleged risks. This is also why most online gambling casinos provide players with ways to control their gambling and the ability to set limits for themselves.