Topic: A gambler takes his own life after a loss. - page 20. (Read 2966 times)

First of all, it is unfortunately a very sad thing that a person ends his life just because he lost money gambling. Regardless, it is unfortunately very sad to learn that an individual committed suicide for this reason. It is even more pathetic that this person committed suicide especially because he lost $3,000 in gambling. Although this amount is very difficult to save in some countries I think it isn’t an amount that would cause a person to end his life.

Now, to answer the question: No, because I don’t and will never use money that could cause me to commit suicide to gamble. For this reason, I think I can’t give a clear answer to this question numerically. Moreover, I guess that if I make such a mistake, instead of ending my life I will regret the mistake I made and then work to save this amount again.

there have been many cases where gamblers ended their lives just because they lost at gambling. i don't know what they were thinking until they came to the conclusion to end their own lives. it is understandable that each person has different mental health, but even so, suicide cannot be justified.

they should be able to ask for help from professionals or people closest to them regarding the problems they face, don't keep it to themselves and face it. if they are unable to deal with the problem, talk to someone else and if not to a professional because they can definitely provide help to the person who is in despair.

and also, life is too short to end on purpose. there are still many things that have not been done, so while one is still given the opportunity to live, make good use of it. even when there is a big problem face it like a man and pray to your god that you need his help, just believe that there will be a way for your problem

Suicide is not good and very alarming, not only in gambling but in many other areas like work, and relationship, gambling is high risk for people who tends to become depressed and do not want to talk about their experience, it's not the amount small or big amount can cause the gambler to feel depressed that will trigger suicide, which is people should be observant on people with a history of depression and at the same time gambling because the feeling of losing can trigger suicide, its better if you have a very quiet friend who is into gambling and do not open up to talk to him often so you'll know something will trigger suicide.

It will be a cowardice behavior to take your life because you’ve lost some money to betting. It has been always said several times to use the money you can afford to lose while betting. If you are not convinced enough to make your mind feel so, then don’t even try to bet or even start that because the after effect is always worse than the initial effect.

If he has lost such amount to gambling and took his own life because of that then he has no regards for the precious life. Would they ever be anything in this world that is worth taking your life for? I don’t think there’s any and anyone that does that has no regards for their family and loved ones.

This should serve as lesson to other gamblers not to just gamble just because they see other people making it through gambling. It is a game of luck and uncertainty, if it goes well for you today and tomorrow, it doesn’t mean it will always go well in that matter continuously. It is good to take caution very early.

Life is now worth taking because it is a thing of value and I don’t see any reason why that guy would end his life no matter the amount that was lost the guy would have gotten to the hospital and seen so that he would give value for life instead of wasting because that is what I will call this, and am surprised that things n/like this still occur of people taking their own life even when they will make money. Some people have lost millions and they are still living their life and they continue gambling. And it was a personal decision so what happened to the risk he wanted to take people should not forget gambling is for fun and nothing more. people are going beyond, and it is costing a lot of pain; some might lose their property.

Suicide is a very complicated issue, and it's important to remember that there are often other reasons why someone decides to take their own life.
This is hard to say that how much the value can convince a gambler to commit suicide.
I think only the loss is not the reason I think there can be the family issues too. And when he lost the money in gambling so I think he thought how he will face the family the friends and others so with these thoughts he committed to suicide.

That's the problem when we can't control our emotions and our gambling addiction. Maybe he was suffering from severe depression, so the gambler was able to commit suicide because he couldn't control himself anymore.

That means he has been swallowed up and controlled by his own depression and emotions, so that is how the gambler ended up, where the result of his gambling loss was not good. But if he had not been preceded by depression and had been able to control it, it is also for sure that he would not have ended up suicidal like that.

It is correct to say that he is young, but calling him a businessman is what I do not subscribe to. Reasons being;

• A business man should be able to learn how to battle losses. He didn't behave like a business man
• A business man will rather invest N2.5 million in busines and not in gambling

There are many untold stories about this incident, maybe with time we will get to know better. There's an African adage that says, "a child who goes to the village square of the masquerade, should be ready to dance the masquerade dance.

We can't say anything accurate regarding on what they are facing since depression is really a serious problem so if we see someone facing this kind of condition then I guess the only thing we can do is to make them feel that we are here for them and we are willing to listen on their problems.

That's why we should never ignore this addiction especially on gambling since this is life threatening especially if the affected person lose everything they have and this attempts will come in their minds since as said they might feel worthless individual with that status. Also we must know the consequences about gambling addiction and may his story serve as a lesson for other that they should never let theirselves caught to much on gambling since same possible situation might really happen.

This isn't is more than just valuing your life more than any other thing, there are people who value their life even more than you do but depression has a way of making them feel like life is worthless and not worth living no more. Have you ever been in a situation where you feel like the only thing you live for has been taken away from you, your only purpose of living washed away like an erosion washes away the top soil, pray you don't ever find yourself in such a situation because when you do, you'll realize that suicide isn't just about not having value in your life or due to mental ailments. Who knows what the young man must have been through that made him turn to  gambling as his final option and maybe after being disappointed which is normal, couldn't take it anymore and decided to end it all.

These are the point. To there are people who to take their life never by themselves never seem anything to them. They are psychos. They don't place value on the air they breath and that is also can easily they can kill another person. But if you value life, the thought of killing or shielding of blood irritates.

It is an immoral act. No matter how much was involved, a lifeless body has no hope but a man that is alive has hope to even repay all his debt despite challenges of life because he can meet a destiny helper that will be interested in his story but now that he is gone, nobody will hear his story and help him, what will be in the public as it is now is that he took his life.

How can a businessman want to commit suicide? become a businessman need a strong mentality and able to accept anything unpredictable that could happen, gambling on the other hand is predictable, the result is either lose or win.

I guess gambling isn't the only reason why he want to commit suicide, but gambling is just make him feel really sad.

On the time that your brain or mind have this kind of status;

1. Dont know on how to solve out the problem
   - Dont know on how to repay that amount lost
   - Dont know on how to explain it into your family
   - Dont know on thinking up ways and possible solutions

2. Your stress and fear is already mixing up
3. You have lost your control and emotion handling

Once you are on this kind of situation on which you would really be saying that it cant really be avoided sometimes on thinking up on having a suicide.
Having mental break down or having those deepest problem and stress that you have never encountered before into your own life on which it really do makes you think
that you would be taking up some suicide to solve out everything but its true on what most people been saying on here is that, if you do really just
try out to find up some ways to solve out the problem then there might be a chance. Life is indeed precious and taking up a suicide is never been a solution.

If our minds were still healthy, maybe we would think this was a stupid act and whatever. but maybe for him this was the best way he could do to ease his suffering because his common sense had run out in a situation like that, especially since he was gambling with borrowed money. In my country there are also many cases of suicide due to gambling and on average they gamble because they use borrowed money and there are also those who sell so that when they lose they get depressed and lose their memory. So what was in his mind was that he thought suicide was the best way. That's why there is a saying that gambling is a terrible addiction.

This could all happen because their mindset was wrong from the start, most of them saw this as a quick step to getting rich. even though this game should be a place to have fun when you are tired of work. Gambling can be wrong if played by short-minded people.

When I was at my lowest point, It was so difficult and hopeless that I must confess, suicidal thoughts crossed my mind. But I’m not one to end my life to try and end my problems.
It’s sad to read about news like this cause the person involved should have known better as this probably isn’t his first time in the gambling industry. Perhaps he used borrowed money or money meant for something else and now that he has lost out, he couldn’t bear to take the loss.

There’s no amount that I could lose that would make me take my life. There’s still a lot to do.

Probably he can't take the loss and probably his thought/mind wasn't that strong, that money is replaceable but not his own life. Maybe he experience depression in that state and gambling was his way to divert it but it would take a huge toll instead because of that loss. Condolences to the bereaved family.

How is it funny that I put on a gambling campaign signature?

Supposing I have known this forum before my addiction, I might not be able to get addicted to gambleing after several warnings in people's discussions. If you like it or nity, people will gamble without this forum advertising any gambling site. Likely the decreased person may not know this forum but gambling agents are all over everywhere. Heay even lost to a local gambling site. The country is Nigeria.

Gambling is never suit for the weak of minds who can not accept loosing and take control of their gambling emotions.
Desperacy and eagerness to win in gambling is called for bankruptcies which lingers to wretchedness and frustrations.
Why would anyone happily start what you can't happily end or happier than started?
It is so unfortunate where people can not realize when they reaches their limits before things gets are gone out of control.
He lost about $3K and $1K + is a borrowed money and he decided to take his life because he considered it is unbearable to stand a debtor that he can not afford to pay.
I am just thinking of he hoped to pay back the money with his gambling winning expectations or whichever ways.

I disagree that it was due to joblessness that got him taking such risk in gambling with such amount of funds because about $2K in exchange to his local fiat currency is not a penny. It is such an attractive huge amount of money that can be utilized which can be invested on some lucrative businesses but he failed to take figures of acknowledgement on that.
How does he think the money borrowed would yield him profits in his gambling space more than the one he has with him is also what I don't get right.

I take the whole of the scenero assuming that he is an addicted gambler which is tantamount to such demise actions.
Moreso, taking his life off was never an option because he seems to be a media influencer and a promising young man who in time can still pay off the debt as long there is life and his abilities to keep grinding to reach out to his dreams

Whoever that have the intentions of taking his/her life in one way or the other should always consider their loved ones. Everyone on earth has responsibilities to take care of and there are willing ones who are also atleast a minimal level to also cares for you.

At this point I don't think his exit would cause a bridge for payment of the money borrowed. Definitely the lender would console with the family in the main time and sooner going to demand for his money.

Suicide is never an option

It's funny you are promoting casino in your signature
It's very sad that he killed himself because he lost money. Probably 3K is nothing for many but that's a huge amount of money for people from poor countries. I suggest everyone to gamble for fun, not for profit because the whole point of gambling is to get fun. Someone gets fun from playing video games, someone gets fun from rolling dice, someone gets fun from watching netflix, we all have different ways to get fun. It's sad but there are people who commit suicide for many reasons, some do it even because they aren't as cool as hollywood actors and so on. Some even do it because they don't get enough attention from their BFs/GFs.