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Dominican Republic Faces Gambling Addictions, Alcohol and Social Media

Summary by Felix Victorino
The Dominican Republic faces three main addictions: gambling, alcohol and social media appearances. The population resorts to gambling to forget frustrations, to alcohol to anesthetize reality and to networks to disguise existential gaps. In the country there are more lottery benches than schools, with more than 10 billion pesos per month spent on gambling. At the same time, more than 4.6 million bottles of beer are consumed daily, equivalent to…
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The Dominican Republic faces three main addictions: gambling, alcohol and social media appearances. The population resorts to gambling to forget frustrations, to alcohol to anesthetize reality and to networks to disguise existential gaps. In the country there are more lottery benches than schools, with more than 10 billion pesos per month spent on gambling. At the same time, more than 4.6 million bottles of beer are consumed daily, equivalent to…

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Felix Victorino broke the news in on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
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