Online Gambling Removes the Friction
27 Mar 2026 · 1 min
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In this brief talk, the speaker explains how the online gambling industry deliberately minimizes any friction between a player's urge and the act of placing a bet, often causing bets to be placed before the urge fully peaks. Because of this design, the speaker argues that introducing friction is a crucial early‑recovery strategy for problem gamblers. Practical friction‑adding measures include self‑exclusion, using blocking software such as Gamban, limiting access to personal funds, and leveraging bank‑level transaction blocks that many major banks now offer to prevent gambling‑related payments.
