Topic: An interesting story and experience of a gambler - page 7. (Read 1619 times)

Cases like this story are cases that often occur in gamblers who have a tendency to play excessively, we can refer to this based on the text in the screenshot of this post. a gambler who tells about his gambling, starting from his gambling and winning his bet. Actually, this person was quite lucky with his bet, to the point that he got quite a big win in my opinion. He even bought several things online with the money he made from gambling. This gambler also said that he couldn't seem to stop. Apart from that, he said he was still sitting on a lot of items that he could possibly resell to use as gambling capital.

IMO, for me, a phenomenon like this is not something foreign to us. There are many gamblers who do the same thing when they are lucky, and spend on things that are not really important to them. Well, usually this type of gambler is a gambler who is still unstable. I mean, someone who is not mature enough for his age. so he buys something that is not really what he needs, but what comes to mind. he was also willing to sit for hours, spending a lot of time on gambling sessions. in general, the person who is the topic of this thread has experienced his or her gambling addiction. He even claimed that it seemed he would never be able to stop and would never be satisfied. well, there are no other words, psychologically gambling, this person is experiencing disturbances due to his excessive hobby. So, as you said, this could be a valuable lesson for us.

Another lucky gambler who turns his luck into sorrow was given the opportunity to enjoy all that he had lost to gambling and was able to win a large amount more, which is not that common to see on the casino these days.
 
Good for him; he was able to use the money to give the family something and settle some financial needs, even though he bought things that were not necessary.
 
People who are close to him should try and advise him to take the right steps and avoid gambling for the main time. Let it be that it's still part of the winning that was lost back to gambling before it gets to a point where he might end up borrowing just to fulfil his gambling desire.

As long as we are alive, there's hope to hold onto. Sometimes, a person just need some unforgettable situation in his life or being in the tight position, before he comes into his senses. And change for the betterment of himself. It is only a matter of time before someone does make a U-turn of his lifestyle. Also, if he is aware of what he is doing, then, he still knows the right and wrong path to take. Because most addicted gamblers have no concept of what's really going on with his life.

He is an addicted gambler and compulsive buyer. He can't manage his money properly and keeps spending funds with useless things, although we can't deny he used part of the money for constructive stuff, like paying debt, supporting his mother and donating to charity... Anyway, a large part of that money he used to pay for eletronic gadgets and videogames could have been used to start new investments which would help bringing financial stability to his life. I believe he had opportunity to do so, but chose to not do instead, because his avid appetite for gambling was stronger than everything else.

There is still hope, I believe. Everyone can change their lives for the better if there is enough will power and determination to do so. He can overcome his gambling addiction and educate himself to deal better with the challenges of daily life involving the impulses for buying stuff he doesn't really need or care. There are efficient therapies focused on treating this kind of person, and they have showed positive results along the years when the patient remains commited to the treatment and the strategies to control anxiety and compulsiveness.

Ehnnn, I like the fact that he told himself the truth - "No matter how much is made from gambling, you'll still long for more" - and that's just disheartening!!

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I can tell alot of his mixed feelings; creating an imaginary scene in my mind and .....he's sitting there in anguish and remorse for whatever actions probed him into gambling in the first instance.. it's painful!!
Feeling regrets is just fine but, there's absolutely nothing else you'd do to kill the urge unless your mind agrees with it. Gambling has been made in a way that a one-time winning would automatically invoke your mind; so the worst decisions to ever make is succumb to it.

 There are some people that luck smiled on but they misused it an that dude is one of them, I think he seriously needs help because he's not only an addicted gambler but a reckless spender which is very bad for an individual. There are some individuals that are seriously hoping that such opportunity would come their way but they ain't lucky enough but then luck smiled on that dude twice and he wasted it.

 The only tangled things i could say he did was funding his mom, donating to charity and changing his car tires, the rest are a waste. I bet he thinks such opportunities would always come his way since it came twice and that's why he didn’t make good use of his profits, if only he had invested such amount of money or channeled it to a good business. Well all hope is not lost at least he still got 9 bucks left if only he've not spent it on unnecessary and he could as well sell those consoles and invest it on something better.

This is the usual scenario where they can avoid it by simply regulating themselves with certain rules to follow. If you have that chance to exit and take the profit, that could be satisfying but that gambler decided to continue and as expected, he’ll lose that money. Addiction is something that you have to address seriously and yes the first step is to acknowledge it and now, I hope that gambler will commit to become more responsible and choose to be more positive when it comes to addiction recovery, that buying staff you don’t need should be address too.

These types of gamblers are the type of people who belong to the show-off gang, like when they buy things they necessarily don't need because they want to have people around them have them or to show others that they can afford some expensive shit and still look good. 
 
The guy was lucky to win games, but he misused luck and could not control himself, which is why he also ends up losing more than half of the money back to the gambling industry. He can still make his way out of it if only he can discipline himself and move on, setting a limit and staying with it no matter the amount won during that period.

If he bought it from an online shop, there should be a window where he can return the products regardless of what happened with the package. At least that's how my experience goes with online shop in my country. He can also resell those stuff if the seller doesn't accept his returns as mentioned above, not necessarily at a loss if he can be smart about it. Not sure which choice is better if his mental health doesn't improve first. I think it is quite difficult for a problem gambler to get better on their own, so even if he made a decent amount of money before, the loss will still haunt him. I don't think it is easy to just "not feel despair", especially after you lost thousands of dollars within a minute or so. I think he needs some outside help, considering the signs of addiction are already there. Even if he got lucky in the future his mind will likely rationalize anything to make him gamble again.

In his post, he mentioned a bunch of terms which he considered himself as one. It's already in our nature to be greedy, addicted in gambling and buying stuffs that we don't really need. So, many people can relate with him but it's nice that he didn't open those items yet.

I'm thinking that maybe he still can return it? And get a refund for the money that he pay for it. He still ends up as a winner there (not a loser), so he should not despair too much. He only want to ensure that he should not play gambling again because he has a hard time controlling himself. A lot of money can be made in gambling if we are lucky and then if we have a big capital like him. We must also have the balls to bet higher.

When they are very greedy or always want more than what they have, never being satisfied with the little they have accomplished, it may result in emotional upheaval and, worst of all, loss.

The key to preventing feeling remorse is a combination of desire and happiness. It implies valuing what has been accomplished, yet having determination and purpose to be better than before. Such an attitude enables one to strive for success without forgetting about the success they have achieved. Nonetheless, it is also crucial not to forget that chance may never come many times in a person’s life. In some instances, chances appear only once, and on the off chance that we feel that we’ve been awarded with one, it’s smarter to be thankful for it instead of squandering it. Being aware of this could act as a cue for us to evaluate our possessions and appreciate the present moment with contentment and gratitude.

Perhaps we could just conclude that the number one reason why the government mostly frowns at gambling and are so apt to tax winnings from gambling, is because of the greed that accompanies it, in that, one just can't have enough of it despite losing or winning. Am sure such spending spree from winnings from gambling contributes to inflation in a country or for the product price itself.

 When there's a win, and in the cases I have seen, wins comes to those who may not even be in dire need of the money won at the moment, so the winner either splashes away the funds and gamble some more or invest in real assets, if they are responsible enough.

Yeah, hopefully that this story will give the hint to the gamblers that are also suffering right now or having the same experience that they're dealing with right now.

Many gamblers can't help themselves but to justify their addiction and will reason out that they can't help it but does nothing to stop it.

As for this gamblers, he has satisfied himself probably his inner childhood to have those xboxes and things that he's bought but I am afraid that sooner or later, he might able to sell those cheaper.

As a human being then there's no such thing to be enough on which we would really be thinking that there's something more after we've been able to achieve something.
Its true that there's no such thing about contentment because on the time that we have achieved those goals that we had set out, then we would really be tending to make
another step on which you would really be looking something more better or something more bigger. This is why it would really be resulting out into those kind of decisions on which we know that this
could really be making out those kind of probabilities which it would really be a devastating thing. If you wont really be having such good control then you could expect on what are the things
that could happen.

If the subject were reading this right now, he would immediately quit gambling. You wrote it just as it is and if he were going to be honest with himself, he would agree that a lack of contentment, and greediness are some of his weaknesses.

You are right. He needs time off gambling and a very long one at that. And suggest that while he is on that break, he should see a therapist. If he can't afford one he should speak with one who he can confide in about his addiction. These actions alone would help him to break free and develop the right mindset about gambling.

If my understanding of the story I read in this section is correct, it seems that the gambler who often wins playing gambling has no content. And that kind of behavior in a casino is difficult for a gambler. Because he doesn't notice to himself that he is just giving greed a chance to devour him.

So I think as long as it's still early enough that he can change it little by little, he should do it instead of it being too late, which will make it difficult for him to get out of it in the end for sure.

That's a sad story, and 100% emotional gambling, as he says, it doesn't matter how big the win is, for a gambling addict is never enough. But he already do the first step to solve the problem and that's to recognize that he have a problem, so, he is not on the wrong way right now.

And winning huge to lose it all is something that happens every day in casinos, i know it sucks, but is how casinos work.

If there are 70% of people in this world, of course we will see people doing things that are unique and not accepted by other people's common sense, regarding the behavior they do, especially if they go to a casino house, those people really have a behavior that other people can't afford.

There are many people in this world who are addicted to gambling, but they only focus their addiction on gambling, not on other things, for example buying things they don't need or other things, maybe he has a lot of money, of course it's up to him to do whatever he wants, what is clear is that I think it's fun for himself, not with other people.

So the main problem here is about self-control. In fact, he says he had negative balance in his bank account in the first place, so his wrong behavior doesn't seem to be something new.

I agree that easy money goes more easily too than hard earned money, but the case mentioned in the OP, and also some other ones we read from time to time in different topics inside this section are quite extreme and their protagonists should seek professional aid.

Sometimes we tend to buy things that we don't really need and just bought it because of the sudden desire. Usually for having more than enough money and can't think about of what's beneficial. The money that didn't came from hard-earned is often easy to spend rather than the one that you have worked hard for. Well, it's a human nature to have such behavior and it's not an isolated case.

The main problem here is the behavior of the gambler when it comes to gambling. He is already fortunate to win huge but not firm enough to keep his words to stop. Because if you don't have self-control, it's likely that you'll lose again everything that you already earned.