What begins with a single click often evolves into an irreversible psychological and financial collapse. Online gambling platforms, operating through the promise of โeasy money,โ are increasingly triggering deep behavioral dependency, particularly among young people and economically vulnerable groups.
Over time, this dependency translates into economic ruin, domestic violence, family breakdown and social isolation, positioning online gambling as one of Tรผrkiyeโs most invisible yet most corrosive social threats.
Experts warn that, unlike substance addiction, online gambling rarely presents early physical symptoms. Individuals continue to attend work, live with their families and appear socially functional, while internally remaining entirely consumed by betting behavior.
This invisibility has allowed online gambling to evolve into what specialists now describe as an organized and digitally structured mechanism of societal harm.
On one side of the screen stands the promise of rapid financial gain. On the other lie fractured families, young people overwhelmed by debt, and a growing number of psychological breakdowns and suicide cases.
As digital gambling expands quiet
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