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Employees Play Online Casino Games at Work |
| Visits to online casino sites by employees during working hours have risen by 73 percent, according to web security service provider Scan Safe. The statistics were taken a week before the Grand National horse racing event in England during which time a record number of visitors to online casino and sports betting sites were recorded during daytime hours. And while Scan Safe believes that most of the traffic at gaming sites in the first few days of April was due to the Grand National, other streams were found at online casino sites that had little to do with the event. The company's chief executive Eldar Tuvey says the statistics have proved concerning for many organizations that provide their employees with unlimited internet access at work. People are continually surfing the internet for personal reasons, Tuvey says, and around 40 percent of employees spend over one hour each day on online recreation. Increased visits to online casino sites go hand in hand with visits to dating, entertainment and shopping sites. In Tuvey's opinion, the fact that people frequented online casino sites in larger numbers leading up to the Grand National was not concerning in itself. The dangers instead stem from the potential security risks employees are exposing their companies to when they play at unprotected online casino sites. A recent study in the U.S. has found that trends amongst American employees are similar to those in Britain. A higher number of American employees admit to accessing online casino sites at work, while others state that personal email, shopping networks and online dating keep them occupied for one to two hours per day. The statistics also suggest that the illegal status of online casino gaming in the U.S. obviously doesn’t seem to deter fans in the slightest. |
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