In Case You Haven't Heard…

It's not only young men who face gambling addiction online. A report in the AARP Bulletin found that predatory gambling websites are going after older people, many of whom like to gamble recreationally at casinos. The COVID pandemic meant they couldn't go to casinos, and it didn't take long for them to find websites — or for the sites to find them. And once the gambling websites found the seniors, they didn't leave them alone. After gathering all the data possible about the seniors (from their time on the sites), the sites preyed on them, using the data collected to entice them back. This occurred especially when the sites detected addictive behaviors. In conduct that would make even the alcohol industry ashamed, online gambling operators are using precision‐targeting to make sure these older gamblers keep giving them their savings