Cyber gamblers might feel less threatened since the context entitles them to hide their identity; thus, the individual feel less responsible for his or her actions. Note also that in the workplace, gambling does not raise much commotion as that of pornography. More so, if it does not seem to interrupt the employee's performance. But the problem may still be in the premature stage with its long-term effects yet to be witnessed. If the employers fail to anticipate the outcome of their employees' addiction to online gambling, they might someday find themselves at the losing end - earning much less due to employee unproductiveness. Employers must be made aware of the problems online gambling brings; with this, is the responsibility to keep their employees well-informed about it too. Information dissemination should not be expected to instantly solve the online gambling problem,...

Concurrent to the employers' effort should be the policy makers' effort in setting clear boundaries on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Currently, the bill does not offer sufficient provisions to prevent online gambling and does not clarify whether the status extends to all forms of online gambling. What it does is only to simply prohibit credit card companies and other payment providers from processing online gambling transactions. In sum, Page's (2007) article is a good starter among those who want to have a glimpse of the relationship between online gambling and the workplace. The article, however, does not probe deeper on the topic.
Works Cited

Page, Leigh (2007). Online gambling ups odds of a problem in workplace. Business Insurance, 41 (26).