Topic: An Unusual Story that Reflects the Current Gambling Addiction Reality - page 3. (Read 585 times)

The helper's reaction might be due to experience. Maybe she has had a case where money given offered for a particular purpose was used for gambling. I also think that she did the right thing because it would be better to give the money to the sick person than any other person. After all, the sufferer will maximize the money.

Just like other forms of addiction like drugs, alcohol, sex, and others, gambling addiction could lead to loss of funds that would have been used for other important purposes. I know a man whose wife receives his salary from his workplace because of his alcohol addiction. His employer decided to give his wife because he would waste all the money before he got home after receiving his pay. We live in a society where unfavorable economic conditions are forcing people to engage in unhealthy practices which include uncontrollable gambling habits.

It is also believed that women are more prudent with funds and will unlikely engage in gambling activities. The majority of gamblers in my area are male, which means it will be ideal to give funds to women if you don't want them to be used for gaming.

this is the reason why as a woman it is very important to choose the best partner, and I admit that I am lucky to have found one. imagine how much time the wife spends accompanying the man who just got married, then he really is a jerk if he only cares about gambling rather than his wife who is sick.
A man who is a heavy gambling addict will mostly damage their social life, especially their relationship with their partner, so it is not surprising that many heavy gambling addicts become homeless (their families think they are no longer useful and only add to the family's burden)

I think the foreigner who offers help already knows her husband's history, if indeed the person giving the help doesn't know the husband, there is no reason to doubt him, except in different situations such as the help giver not being sure about the husband for suspicious reasons as it seems drug users or others, but from the story above, those who provide assistance must already know the husband's history

Truth be told gambling is like a household name. You hardly find someone who is not into gambling and that is why in today`s reality it is only surprising when you see a person who doesn’t participate in gambling. However, some people are psychologists and so they reason meaning into every action. The fact that the man refused to send his wife`s account to the man might have sent the wrong signal that the man has an ulterior motive. Gambling easily crossed his mind because it is so common in this generation. One of the primary reasons why gambling is so common is the widespread availability and accessibility of gambling opportunities. With the rise of online gambling platforms, casinos, sports betting, and lotteries, individuals can easily engage in various forms of gambling without having to travel far or visit physical locations. The convenience of being able to gamble from the comfort of their home or even on the go through mobile devices has significantly contributed to the prevalence of gambling.

In many cases, the social aspect of gambling, such as participating in poker nights or visiting casinos with friends, has further reinforced addictive patterns as individuals seek acceptance and validation within their social circles. Through targeted campaigns that promote the glamour, excitement, and potential winnings associated with gambling, companies attract vulnerable individuals who may be more susceptible to developing addictive behaviours. The normalization of gambling in popular culture further perpetuates the idea that it is a harmless form of entertainment rather than a potentially harmful habit.

It has become common knowledge that gambling addiction can deeply impact an individual's trustworthiness and integrity, particularly when it comes to financial matters. The compulsive need to gamble can drive individuals to lie, manipulate, or deceive in order to satisfy their addiction or cover up losses. This can erode trust not only in their relationships but also in their reputation and credibility. Even after overcoming a gambling addiction, the stigma and doubt associated with past behavior can linger. Others may remain wary or hesitant to fully trust someone with a history of gambling problems, regardless of whether they have since recovered.

Gambling addiction can indeed strain relationships and damage trust, but recovery is possible with the right support and resources. For those had struggled with gambling addiction, fostering open communication and transparency about past experiences can help address any lingering doubts or concerns others may have. Addicted individuals need empathy and support as they work towards recovery and rebuilding their lives.

A normal day with addiction. Problem is that in such state of mind, an individual is not being rational and reasonable with decision making. People who are diagnosed with addiction prioritizes the pleasure they are getting from the things they are hooked up with. Obsession and compulsion at the same time which gives pleasure on themselves. They will have tendencies of fooling other people just to get what they want, which is indeed sad of them. Some are indeed willing to make up stories involving people around them regardless if they are important or not, just to fulfill their intentions. But this is not to make judgements instantly, unless proven. If it is the benefit of the doubt for that individual, what if he's not in good state of mind because he is so problematic of what happened to his wife? Possible right? In the given situation, he indeed lacked explanation of his action of just walking away. But let us always not be one sided in every story unless we knew both sides of it.

If there are concerns about the misuse of funds given to his wife to fund gambling, I think the person who wants to help must already know how a husband who is an addict behaves.
The problem with addicts is quite complicated. because I also know a gambling addict who was given money by his parents to pay the electricity bill but used the money to play slots. this is real and I heard these stories from addicts and their parents.
The cases of a gambling addict are many and varied. So it's natural for anyone to lose trust in gamblers when dealing with money.

Addiction to anything, will give you desperate moves such as in this story. This is why this is like old news and the person who want to help is right to ask the wife's account details rather than from the man. Because if the story is really true, the man won't hesitate to provide his wife's account details so she can receive all the help from other people. But instead, no more response from the man stating that his wife is in bad condition. Which goes to show that the condition he stated was just something he falsely made just to get money from strangers to supply his vice.


This is why if you really want to give significant amount of money, much better if you can visit to the hospital and see for yourself about the actual condition and maybe, send the funds to the account of the patient himself. We can't trust people these days, because scammers wear all kinds of masks just to siphon money from their potential victim.

Who knows, she might be familiar with such tactics gamblers used in begging money from her and it could be that another person has made her not to trust people again that beg money especially people that beg for money with a pity situation. I think the woman has the right to send the money through any means, let's even say that the man really need the money to take care of his wife, what's the big deal in sending money to the wife accounts, need moments aren't meant for solution.

This addictions tactics to get money from people will a lot of chances for people that need help, if these pattern continues, a time will come when ordinary people will need help from a fellow women, perhaps money to eat but they will assume they are fellow gamblers who need money to gamble even though they provide their wife account for money to be sent.

That is a challenging situation when someone is battling gambling addiction, as it can lead to desperate measures like lying and manipulation to fuel the addiction. When gamblers resort to fabricating stories about needing money for their spouse's medical needs, it needs to approach the situation with caution and skepticism.

it's advisable to gather more information about the situation and potentially offer support in non-monetary ways, such as directing them to appropriate resources for addiction treatment or counseling. In any case, maintaining boundaries and being vigilant about how any assistance is used is crucial when dealing with someone struggling with gambling addiction. While offering support and understanding is important, it's equally essential to protect oneself from being taken advantage of or enabling destructive behaviors.

When the addiction posses someone, he can do anything to have money, including lying. He only tells that he needs money for his wife. He will tells about how bad his wife conditions. If that person knows about that man and his wife, perhaps he will gives the money with the hope they can solved their problems. But if he is addicted to gambling, he will not uses that money for his wife medicals needs but will used it for playing gambling.

But if that person is a stranger that doesn't know that man or his wife, he suppose not gives the money because they don't know each others. He will search the information about that man and his wife just want to make sure he is not lying to him or he will not help that man and just walk away from him. Addicted to gambling is difficult to be trusted but if someone willing to help him, he needs to keep an eye on addicted person at all times so he can knows what he is doing and not abused the help given to him.

Here in my country I have seen many families being destroyed because of alcohol addiction, even the women here in my country who are addicted to alcohol manage to leave their children without eating because they need that money allocated for food and take them to go and drink beer until next day and when they return home, their husbands are also arriving, the husband and wife ate outside the house, they drank a lot of beer outside the house and the poor children were starving inside the house and often in these families the children they become thieves because they need money to eat, children as young as 8 or 10 years old are on the streets asking for money to eat because their parents abandon them and are going to consume alcohol and the government does nothing, this is because the beer factories do not are guilty

people have the brains to think, they are of legal age, that's why the government ignores this serious problem, here in my neighborhood every day until the next day people are consuming alcohol, I'm shocked, because it's something I can't understand How can a person spend 10 or 15 hours drinking alcohol and abandon their children without food at home, no matter how much I spent hours thinking about it, I couldn't find a solution to this serious problem, without removing large amounts of alcohol that circulate in my country. After observing for a while I began to understand that alcohol addiction was a much bigger problem in relation to drug addiction.

This is because in the case of drug addiction, those who consume a lot are the young people in my country, young people who mostly don't have wives or children, so they destroy themselves, of course this causes pain for the family, but it's not the same damage as alcohol addiction causes. Looking at gambling addiction, the situation is very similar to alcohol addiction, but the number of people addicted to gambling is small compared to the number of people addicted to alcohol and drugs. As governments intervene in gambling, the situation is under control, but the same cannot be said about alcohol addiction.

Well, I am honestly trying to understand something here, in other not to write a comment that might be considered out of point and as well as a spam.
I know you already said that the stranger offering help has never had any prior encounter with the man he is trying to help, how then is he suspecting that the man would use the money for gambling when he has never meet this man before?
And let's even assume that the man being offered help was a gambler, how does the one offering help think that the man won't still use the supposed funds for gambling if he wanted to, as it's certain that most husbands and wives usually have access to each others accounts and can withdraw from it at will and at anytime?

This honestly does not make any sense to me, and one thing I can say here is that, like it's commonly said that, a thief usually knows a thief when he or she sees one, or mostly thinks that every other person out there is a thief like he or she is, that man (the man that offered help to the man whose wife is sick) is possibly a gambler himself, and maybe an addicted one, and his mindset is possibly that, the man he wants to help is also like him (a gambler), and that he may misuse the funds for his wife's treatment, just the same way he himself misuses funds due to his own gambling habit.

This is what I legitly see here, or can assume.

Wait, how was it redirected to gambling? Indeed it is suspiscious of the husband to not offer his wife's account given that it's her who needs the help but to give benefit of the doubt, he might have no access of it however he should have explained himself than to just leave jist because his preference was not chosen. On the other hand, it may indeed be used to unwanted acitvities or things or it is just a make up story. Asking for proof on the giver's end would be valid in this case. It is a bit off also that the husband didn't say a single word rather than to please the person who was about to help, if he's being serious.

But going back, isn't it judgement that  the guy was thought of using the money on gambling? I hope the story is  more detailed 'coz it is really confusing. Possibility of bad intention is indeed there but why would it be assumed to be related in gambling, in an instant? If nothing will be ellaborated, this will just be one of the stereotypes of how bad gamblers are with handling money.

Anyone can create a fake story in order to scam other people, so you shouldn't trust someone else's mouth even they they act like a pitiful person because he want to try to get your sympathy. You need to have a black heart, don't let your emotion lead to their story because they will able to control you.

However even you send the money to his wife's accounts, there's a chance if he will gamble away the money by forcing his wife to give her bank accounts.

Most likely, the one who wanted to give medical assistance knows also the man asking for help. Because one will not jump into a conclusion without knowing the other person. He must be addicted into gambling or just fond of gambling, so the doubt arise if he will really give the money to his wife or will use it to fund his gambling addiction. And I think that’s reasonable enough, just to make sure if this man is actually telling the truth or just using the illness of his wife to fulfill his personal interest.

Gambling addiction has become a threat indeed to lose hope and trust to one person. If he is into gambling, then most likely the possibility to lie for the sake of his own satisfaction is very high. This serves a lesson that no gambler can be trusted when it comes to money. And even if you’re not into gambling anymore, but you have gambling story, still your words will always create doubt and hesitation from the other person.

Gambling addiction is a real issue and sadly while many governments profit from gambling (even from unlicensed or illegal one), they do nothing to provide their citizens with amenities they need for quitting addiction.

Honestly, any program against addiction in the world could use more funding in this moment. People are faced with very dire situations and if the programs to help those in need are underfunded, outreach is less likely to help those most in need, and also the programs have less tools and staff in their disposal due to funding being lacking. In my country alone a large percentage of the country's GDP was wagered in online casinos, and that's only the licensed ones. Households are being destroyed as we speak, but the government at the same time is cutting funding to centers that provide free counseling for addiction.

My concern is that this will just keep getting worse. Something needs to be done about it. Not only do we need to support our public health systems and infrastructure, which at the end of the day are funded with our own money, we also need to pressure our governments to take action. 

Because gambling addicted individuals are well known for not fulfilling with their personal responsabilities and duties. It's common sense addicted gamblers have been using funds which were supposed to be used for daily expenses, basic needs to fuel their gambling habits along the time. People have seen and heard stories like this along their lives, so it's normal they are very suspicious of every addicted gamblers on their way, especially when having to donate or lend money to them.

In fact, it shouldn't be hard for the man to share his wife's personal details with the donator in order to receive funds for her health treatment. The question is, why did he give up on the donation once he concluded he couldn't receive the funds on his personal account? In my opinion it sounds shady enough, and only corroborate the donator took the right approach by asking for the woman account's details, instead of giving the money on the hands of the man.

People lending would want to be sure they get their money back with ease and people donating would want their money be used for good cause.
Most of the people seeking for private lending or aid are those who have very few options and it's seen that these group of people spend their money mostly on addiction like drugs, alcohol, prostitution or gambling. It may sound harsh but most of the beggers are lazy people that are deep into an addiction.
There's so much negative perspective towards seeking for money (begging) that even the people really suffering are called bad words.

i don't see that your story is related to gambling addiction, but nowadays, don't trust people too easily because we don't know whether the person is honest or not. especially nowadays, people often "sell" compassion to get money from other people, but the fact is that they use the money for their own pleasure. it's quite sad to see this, but that's what often happens in today's society.