The risk of gambling addiction in general is an issue since there is gambling. Gaming exercises to many people from a particular appeal, the benefits are attractive and this alone is sometimes to entire families into poverty and also leads to the loss of all existence. Particularly vulnerable, according to surveys and studies are poorer people who also have a migration background. A support group deals exactly with this issue.

In the group there is, for example, Turkish men who came to Germany to work around and through the little speech and little understanding of integration sought escape in the arcades. For many, this was the beginning of an addiction, and often the beginning of the large end. The shame for my crack addiction in some entire families in deep poverty and many are struggling with the consequences today.

The self-help group that takes care of insbesondre to these foreign families requested by the state re-regulation, stricter controls or even better, the complete abolition of gambling. Problem gambling in general in the German capital Berlin is very common. According to Chairman of self-help group required the State to gain more control over the gambling sector and expand the search further and Prevention put the focus on it.

Especially in the Berlin neighborhoods to an elaborate program to protect against prevention of addiction. The new proposals include previously the minimum distance between the machine halls and the maximum number of machines in a hall. In addition to the future profits are reduced.

At risk are mainly male migrants who are still very young. By the poverty and the lack of integration, the young men lured into the halls and get through the atmosphere there offered security and some security. It is an escape from reality, the most unfortunately degenerates into a gambling addiction. Problem gambling should be controlled better in the future or diminishing the risk of addiction. As long as there are players, there will be more gambling problems, and yet it is time to do more to help the welfare of the vulnerable and addicted.