Topic: A gambler takes his own life after a loss. - page 7. (Read 2842 times)

I of course don't want to judge the specific person who took his own life because of gambling but I want once again to re emphasize the importance to keep believing in yourself no matter how difficult or impossible the solution one have to remember that times heal everything and everything can be recovered with desire to turn things around and strong self will to do so.The people who commit suicide I don't know what they think but that is never the solution to any problem you may have.

In no case do I want to judge this unfortunate person with a difficult fate. In this I agree with you that we do not know much about him. In addition to the game, there could be 1000 reasons that pushed him to what happened. Of course, each of us has our own difficulties in life that we must overcome, otherwise they will break us.

Also, many should think that this can happen and should not think that everything in games is fun and carefree. Luck may turn in such a way that this will become a real test for us that we have never seen before this moment. In general, I still prefer to play very carefully and with small bets, and in no case do I try to win back under any circumstances, because I have previously experienced negative feelings about this and do not want them to repeat.

Suicide is serious and deserves more attention. Understanding the intricate relationship between mental health, societal constraints, and resilience is more than mood disorders or emotional conditions. Depression is a scar from fighting invisible enemies, not weakness. Gambling, especially done recklessly, might worsen these problems

All gamblers don't despair, and not all despairers gamble. The key? Be aware and ready. One must understand the stakes, risks, and consequences. Understanding the game's nature is more important than dreading losing. For individuals struggling with gambling or other stressors, remember that strength comes from getting help, not isolation

We should really be that wary that not all the times that it isnt really that just we do have a single problem. If ever that someone do took some suicide then we dont know on what he had actually
have some other problems in life and this is something personal and this is something that cant be known. This is why we cant really be able to judge that he doesnt have any problems
aside from gambling addiction and debt. This is why we cant really drawn out some conclusions whether he didnt experience any depression and this is why it would really be that just normal
that we would really be having those assumptions and possible reason on real on why he have done that. Yes, life is more precious that money but i do agree into those points above that
when you are on the condition or foot of the said person then you cant really be able to tell yourself that you wont really be taking suicide. Problems could be determined on how
severe it is.

Actually, it's hard to give an opinion when something like this has happened and there is suicide and death involved, but maybe that person had something else to go through so he did something he shouldn't have done. It's easy to say that it's just money, it can be earned again, but we're not sure if that person can recover what he lost? because if the answer is yes, I don't think it will reach the point where he can commit suicide, or maybe the person is mentally unstable. This kind of incident should teach other people a lesson so that it doesn't happen again.

Life is precious than money so this is an important reminder that being an irresponsible gambler can even afford to kill yourself without even thinking twice. 2.5M Naira is $1,630 here in my country and that really is big amount of money being lost through gambling but that doesn't mean you are gonna kill yourself because you lose it. I don't know why he do that maybe that money comes from loan or hard earned money or what but yeah what has happened to him serves as a lesson to all gamblers to put limits and be responsible. May he rest in peace!

Totally sad because we do know that its never been worth on killing up yourself just for debts or money. Yes, its not simple to say because we arent on the situation but on the time that you would really
be on such condition then you might be having those kind of thoughts! There are really just that people who are really that not able to control their emotions and this is why 
they do come up with this kind of solution on which they do really believe that they could be able to make out such solution in all of their problems if they would really be taking suicide.
It is really that a very sad story because just like we do all know that there are people who are really that too easy to make out decisions.

Only a greedy person will see a cashout worth 9m and will not take it. One of the problems we have as gamblers is greed. Imagine doing a business and getting 9m or imagine staking a game with the potential outcome of 9m. When we gamble with so much expectation it becomes easier to harm ourselves or others if the expectation doesn’t manifest. The story of a gambler committing suicide is not new to us and I keep asking why a person takes his life because of losing in gambling.

In my opinion, maybe the money the businessman used for gambling was a loan and the shock of paying huge debt with interest might have triggered such an irrational thought. This accounts for one of the reasons we have always advocated for setting a gambling limit sometimes not setting a gambling limit does not only result in financial ruin, it can trigger the gambler into committing suicide or even consuming hard drugs as an escape mechanism.

It's very sad that anyone should choose to end their own life, especially in what some might call their prime year's. However there are all sorts of motivation and emotions in life, some people are able to keep a grip on them, while it becomes too overwhelming for others. Greed in this scenario was a very dangerous driver and the ultimate source of this person's misery, but it was self made. He was trying to take a shortcut and unfortunately it did not pay off for him, but would he even have stopped if he did manage to double up? What would be enough?

In my opinion, those who commit suicide not because of gambling are also essentially the same because of depression, because depression can of course lead us to do crazy things, such as committing suicide, where when we are depressed what will happen is mood disorders, emotional conditions prolonged period of time that colors a person's thinking, feeling and behavior processes. and this tends to lead us to do things of negative value. I agree with you, we should be able to learn lessons from things that happen due to our own actions. if we really have good thoughts, of course we can take lessons and lessons from things that have happened, but with those who are depressed because of events that stress them mentally and make them do negative things, it may be true that because their thinking is weak, they cannot accept the reality is that the pressure they get is so heavy that it ends them at the point where they want to end their lives. and adding that gambling is related to money and certain losses, of course if we are not prepared to lose money then that will also be a problem for us, so if we gamble, we must be prepared to lose the money we bet. Don't let unpreparedness lead us into bad things.

people who gamble with an unclear mind, of course they will gamble with carelessness, it is possible that they will dare to take very risky actions, indeed if we want something that might be said to be successful we have to be brave enough to take risks, but even so, look at things first. what happens, and whether or not we are ready for what will happen if we take risky actions,  if we are not ready then it's best not to be careless, I found many gamblers who experienced big losses apart from money because they were careless and thought too much about gambling. trivial. I agree with you, we have to be wise in taking actions, not just gambling, we have to be smart in everything we do.

I agree on what you have said on which there a re really people who are really that too soft or really that too emotional once they are on such difficult situation then
they would really be thinking on killing themselves or having suicide to cut it off everything and solve it out. Just like on what you have said that you are leaving a huge problem into your family on the debt problems you do have specially if you have left a significant amount of debt then that would surely be giving that additional problem.Just been said that its not worth on killing yourself
just because of some money problems. It might not be easy but doesnt mean that it cant be solved out. You could be able to have some borrowing into your friends or loved ones
on trying to solve out the problem.

If you dont like to have those debt problems from the start then it would be wise that you should be avoiding gambling in the first place so that you wont
be coming up into a condition or situation on which you are suffering that mental and emotional stress which might lead into suicide.

Its a stupid action on which you are trying out to resolve your problems via taking suicide without even thinking about on the things that you have left behind. Dont ever make yourself that think that your family
could get away from it from the loans that you had left out on the time that you do passed away? You are just an idiot on exchanging up your precious life just for some amounts of money. Its never been worth
or never been that something ideal to be done. In every problem do comes up with a solution, it is really just that there are people who do really easily give up once they do face up some challenges in life.
You would really be finding yourself having that suicide on the time that you dont find up any solutions or you are a type of person who is really that impulsive and doesnt find up any
ways or methods on solving out your problems.

Are you for real? If this is the main reason why people commit suicide then we would have a lot of corpses on the street, so I strongly disagree with you. What you just narrated is happening always to gamblers, but have they killed themselves for it? C'mon. Just as it is happening outside gambling that people could commit suicide because of meaningless issues, it can't be different in gambling that has to deal with money. Not to mention that some people would experience the worst in life, yet they will not kill themselves. Drawing wisdom out of this, don't you think there is more to the two? The reasons I can think of are a weak mind and depression. Those who have weak minds are the ones who would even think of suicide when they are depressed. Everyone can be depressed, I have had depression many times, but it takes how we manage it to determine what would result from it. That is where a strong mind is important, No matter the situation, it doesn't warrant you to kill yourself, life goes on, and the situation that one kills himself for is the same situation that another underwent and survives and even later witnessed the "light after the tunnel."

Once a gambler takes note of these two factors (depression and the mind) and is careful about them, then nothing would ever cause them to think about ending it. Besides, we should be careful about gambling, it is never a must that we wager a huge amount of money, and it is best that we plan our budget and gambling portfolio even before we visit the casinos or open the gambling platform. Imagine the example you gave, is 9m not good enough? This would have been much bigger than the money wagered, so why not be contented and leave the rest risk for another day? I only see greed and foolish risk here.

Similarly, I saved someone last month when the person wagered $100 and expected to win $1500 in total. The temptation was that the bet had a sure cashout of $1113. Thankfully, the lady actually yielded to my advice of cashing out and thanked me later. If she had not cashed out at that time, a single game would have spoiled the ticket. We should be wise.

Suicide is not just an act of irresponsibility for one's actions, but is stupidity that does not have strong faith and is easy to act or act beyond reason without thinking long.
People who commit suicide because they feel tired of very serious circumstances, including financial problems. Gambling is related to money, losing everything so that there is nothing left or important money and also the amount of money borrowed is so large that it makes it difficult for someone to think long and committing suicide is the best way.
If he calms down and tries to get closer to his God, there will definitely be a way out even though there are risks that must be faced. Without doing ridiculous things like suicide which the creator hates, and that will only make him suffer in two different realms.

We have to appreciate that Andie likes to lose, just because there are people who take things very Carefully , but in casinos it's Okay to lose, just like in trading, but the important thing about this is that both in casinos and in In any Market one can Recover , there are always no opportunities, that is a lie that everything ends when we make a mistake , no , it can end if and only if we Decide to leave it that way, for that Reason we are always going to see things from one point. From the closest point of view that they can be done wrong, I have always said it , if we Always look for profit and profit, we can spend a lot of money for a long time and some people Become Decapitated , the Problem is When the money runs out and the person begins with his deprivation to do anything , let them sell things and Start doing Whatever it takes so that they can have the Option of Being more comfortable to have more money , they think that by Selling the things and having that Money they will be Able to Recover , and this is Only the worst that Can exist.

I'm not one to look for these jobs , if the money runs Out , the game Ends there , you Don't have to insist Anymore , you just have to see things from the closest point of view, that things have to be done very well , I could say that when a Person no longer knows what to ask for , to use the bank to ask for money , when a person Reaches that limit that is when the Pressure , Stress and Everything that can be generated due to this and that is When everything accumulates and begins to generate more losses, more bad things, the person becomes desperate because they want to play , they want to pay but they can't, then their mind cannot Find Solutions , some people are already begging on the street and even many when they don't have There is nothing they can do but they try against their own life , which is why we have seen that many Commit Suicide, or because they Cannot handle so much , they feel that life no Longer has a Solution.

Loads of factors may have caused the deceased person to forcefully end his life journey. Gambling is one of those factor and people will definitely stress it only on his gambling habit. They forget to note that most often we can't for sure detect the reason why a person took their life, as the person isn't here to clarify his action. Accepting that gambling caused it, then loan could be a major reason why he decided to move away from this big blue marble. Gamblers are more vulnerable in life, especially when addicted, the stigma, loss of money, unaccounted expenses etc., affects the thoughts of a gambler. And he could think life is getting difficult each day. Lots of cases has proven that gamblers decide to avoid their homes, or family for the same stigma placed on them by the society.

If the deceased person opened up to his wife, if he had one, they would be a change about his thoughts. As I was thinking yesterday, you'd hardly know when a person is about to take the worst decision of their life. They seem to appear happier than everyone in the room, that nobody will detect they are undergoing a hard time. Hence, it's very acknowledgeable to ask a friend about their life, and make offers to them if we have one, it can help saving the person. Facial appearance makes no difference, whether a person is so happy or not, walking up to them and establishing a healthy conversation can help change their mind from embarking on their ill decision.

On the contrary, I believe your life is yours. If it doesn’t belong to you, who then do we “borrow” life from?
It’s our lives and like all living thing, we’re all going to die someday. Although, I agree with you that taking one’s life due to irresponsible actions and choices made is not cool. If the individual here was alive, there was always a possibility that he would bounce back from the loss.

People do need to be more responsible. You made a mistake? own up to it and learn from it so it doesn’t happen again. Taking your life over losses incurred is not reasonable to me.

There are two possibilities why such a situation could occur to gamblers. he was under stress and depression. He may be also under the influence of drugs that increase adrenaline or have hallucinations. That's what makes him think of a losing streak which makes him even more stressed.
or perhaps secondly, the gambler is also under stress from the money he lost from the bet. There is also the possibility that the money is the result of borrowing and he becomes depressed because he cannot return the money so losing makes the gambler very depressed.

What is certain is that there is panic and the gambler's inability to think rationally which makes the gambler take bad actions.

Possibly since not all suicide is documented properly because some family wants to hide the fact if the reason of death is suicide more importantly it involves gambling. In our country culture, this will give shame to family reputation that’s why members always secret this information to the public.


Gambling is not the only one to blame because it’s just a game that involves money if you think about it carefully. It doesn’t force you to play to make you addicted. Only the human nature greediness makes it worse and blame all to gambling while they should be the one to be blame because they control their funds not the casino.

Maybe he is just one example that has come to the surface after dozens and even hundreds of people who have done the same thing, nowadays most gamblers choose the suicide option not because they lose, but if we explore their motives further then maybe debt is their main reason commit suicide.

The potential for debt due to gambling can honestly be a bigger factor and not only burdens yourself but sometimes the family also has a bad impact, as in happen in my friend, chronologically he only owed someone $100 on New Year Eve only for play cards with some friends and it turns out he forgot to pay the debt within the specified time limit, so in the end his debt, which was originally $100, actually increased to reach $500 due to the interest on the debt, even though when he owed the debt there was no agreement regarding the interest on the debt and of course he didn't have enough money to pay it and kept asking for time so making his debts get bigger, after he kept getting threats because he couldn't pay and he started to look depressed by looking gloomy and kept locking himself in his room, which aroused suspicion from his family so they were able to prevent him from doing to suicide and told everything to his family, until finally his family sold their only motorbike to pay their son debt.
From this experience I started to think that gambling actually causes a lot of problems noy just for us but also for our families.