Living in this stressful city, the residents in Hong Kong may face different hardships in their daily lives. Some people choose to gamble when they feel stressful. Once gambling becomes their preferred way to relax, they may be trapped into addiction to gambling. Addiction to gambling brings varies of effects to us, which damages our normal lives and relation to family and peers.

Problems arising from the society, economy and individuals are the three effects off addition to gambling.

The changes in social values made by gambling addiction have influences on our social order.
According to “Teen Gambling: Understanding a Growing Epidemic,” Derevensky (2012), when people cannot achieve their desire, money expenses for gambling will be increased so as to fulfill their desired excitement. This growing desire is unlimited, they may start borrowing loans to finance gambling. Through gambling, people may get lots of problems like bearing loans. There are cases that people cannot afford for the loan therefore they chose to commit suicide to avoid liabilities or to commit illegal activities including forgery, fraud or theft to get money. They may also seek for illegal gambling opportunities for extra excitement. Which will result in increasing illegal activities. These illegal activities and cases of committing suicide will lead to social disorder.

There is possible economic recession when addition to gambling becomes general social problems. Being addicted to gambling takes people’s time on gambling rather than working. They may give up their job for extra time enjoying the games. In “Teen Gambling: Understanding a Growing Epidemic,” mentioned that gamblers lose their job, educational or career opportunities, becoming unskilled and being less competitive. When the gamblers lose money, most of them return to the casino again rather than stop gambling. This will