Topic: Are successful gamblers seen as addicts? - page 49. (Read 6614 times)

I wouldnt be hasty to consider a successful gambler as an addict, this is because, there are certain characteristics, or should I say, behaviors which gambling addicts exhibits, if such behavior is not found in the lifestyle or behavior of the successful gambler, it simply means that he or she is not addicted, he or she probably just loves gambling and his or her commitment to it has made him/her successful.

That a business man is serious with his or her business does not mean he is addicted to the business, he just might love what he do, and that motivate him to put in as much effort as he can to see that he succeeds..

One lesson we all must take from this is that - being successful in gambling does not equal to being addicted to gambling, if it was, then every gambling addicts out there will probably be a successful gambler.

Once you do call yourself a professional gambler then you would really be having that quality on which it is really that totally too far into those casual gamblers who do really play most of the time. Once you do achieve

on a certain level or condition on which on the time that you would really be that able to control yourself towards gambling on which you could stop and play as you do like or could even able to call it a day.
Then it do pertains that you do really have that good self control and discipline towards yourself on which it would really be just that totally different compared to other people or gamblers around.
Success means its profitable and we know that not all would really be able to touch up this area and would really be most likely been getting wrecked up by gambling in the end of the line.

Addiction is common on which it would really be mostly be ending up on a certain individual if they arent that careful on what they are dealing with.

To be honest, I don't have a right answer. even this question, will be responded by the community with various assumptions and the answers are relatively varied. well, my question is, how do you define a gambling addict. and, how do you look at a successful gambler himself. then, is this any different from a professional gambler. as far as i know or understand, not many gamblers have success with their gambling. moreover, if they tend to play in this type of game of luck.
So, I want to ask, what is your benchmark for a successful gambler. do they always win the gambling sessions, or, are they professional with one type of gambling, or,.. therefore, I can't really answer what you ask in this thread. because, I'm not sure what kind of gambler you think is successful. are they professionals, or regular gamblers like us who win jackpots with really fantastic values.

Overall, I understand what you're asking. it's just that, the answers will vary relatively depending on how you define gambling itself for you. one thing I understand, successful gamblers can fall into the category of professional gamblers. usually, professional gamblers only pursue one type of gambling.
for example, a professional in poker games, alternatively, someone who is professional in sports betting.
by the way, these are just my assumptions and even potentially what I'm saying isn't quite right. the point is, you can answer it yourself depending on your perception and there is nothing wrong with that.

Yes, I totally agree with you, as far as I know that none of them (gamblers) have been successful at every step. I think everyone will also have the same opinion on this matter, none of them have had a brilliant career in gambling except for the bookies themselves, if you want to achieve success in gambling then the only way is you have to become a bookie. Gambling is a gamble in which we cannot know what results will come out, win or lose. If you lose, you will lose money or valuables that you have and if you win, you will get a win according to the money you bet, this is 50 - 50 between win and loss.

I hope someone won't assume that they can be successful at gambling, because obviously it's basically just luck which most likely won't always come your way. So gambling is only a matter of luck so I think someone will understand that none of them can be successful in gambling on the basis of luck.

Following the thread title, I haven't heard of a gambling addict making success with gambling. Except you're mistaking professional to addiction, as there are those that have taken gambling as a profession to source of income and their love for gambling in a professional way might be mistaken for addiction.
No gambler can make success in addiction, what addicts are known for is as follows: loss chasing, uncontrollable betting habit, not knowing how to define between money meant for gambling from that of a project (misplacement of financial priority), etc. I marvel at what sort of success can such gambler make!

Professional gamblers seem to have a mindset that is quite different from most of us who just gamble with anything being done because the focus is different.
Even though we want to pursue victory, in terms of the patterns or strategies carried out and the planning that begins are clearly different because what we are looking for from the beginning is fun so we don't learn anything else because the focus is there.
But when talking about professional gamblers from the name alone there is already "professional" then this will indeed be a little different from those of us who play gambling dirty.
But when talking about addiction as the initial context, I actually think this goes back to each of our opinions because sometimes our opinions will also be very different including the word "addiction".

No. Successful gamblers know what they are doing. Casinos usually don't like them because these players are eating their lunch. These people can't be called addicts because they are not harming themselves financially. Gambling addicts always lose money and they ruin themselves and their family members. Most of them don't have a family at all.

If you ask the casino owners, they would tell you that successful gamblers are actually thieves since they are stealing from the casinos (the games are designed to make the players lose in the long run) but you can't say they are addicts.

Gambling professionals are doing it as a profession, as a real day job and they know their limitations. While the gambling addicts, they don't know their limitations.

I agree that successful gamblers can also be addicted gamblers. And I don't think there's an issue if someone is being addressed as an addicted gambler despite being a successful one.

Because they may be good today but you'll never know how their approach changes by tomorrow.

When you're successful and have got the money, the treatment to you changes as well. That's why if people sees successful gamblers as not addicts, that's also fine and vice versa.

Only the fact that one uses a lot of time and money in gambling and is usually profitable doesn't prove that they are addicted to it, it would be proof that they are addicted if they keep losing but still keep gambling even if they want to stop but they can't. As long as they are profitable and doing it because they know they haven't lost anything from their pocket in gambling so far, they can't be referred to as gambling addicts in my opinion.

Also, it is not really easy or possible to be a successful gambler unless someone has a very large bankroll that they can use to recover all their losses no matter how big of a losing streak hits them because they start with a small initial bet so that if they start losing, they can use martingale strategy to cover their losses back.

Most successful gamblers though are addicted as they keep playing,you cannot become a successful gambler if you don't play consistently and people who play consistently are called addicts to such game.Of course the level of addiction differs as the successful gamblers know where they should stop and call it a day while heavily addicted gamblers keep playing even if they win a huge amount as they have no targets,they just need to gamble,for them this is like a drug and their body needs it,this is the difference and this is also why successful gamblers are inevitably addicted but not to high levels.

It is true because a gambling addict wants to continue gambling even to the point of borrowing money from other people. Meanwhile, professional gamblers know the boundaries so they won't break them. In addition, there is another difference, namely the problem of self-control that gambling addicts don't have, where they can't stop even after they get a win. Professional gamblers can stop immediately after winning or reaching their gambling target to have more opportunities to enjoy their winnings. Maybe there are professional gamblers who don't target how much money they have to get from gambling.

No. Successful gamblers are those who have above average abilities and can analyze the game to win. They have made gambling a profession and are still paying attention to their financial condition and not playing too much, meaning that they are playing in a balanced way and the ratio of wins is far more than their losses. Meanwhile, gambling addicts are those who play like crazy and do not pay attention to their financial condition and health. Usually the ratio of their losses is also greater than their wins, and they tend to be more aggressive.

I think there is huge difference between a gambling addict and gambling professional. Gambling addict is a tag used for people who can't stop gamble and mainly lose money. Successful gamblers can also be addicts if they experience mental issues. But in my opinion people tend to see successful gamblers as ones with skill and high intelligence. It s funny how society cares so much about how much money you generate through different things.

I will clarify that as an addiction. I believe that the successful gambler will not even miss a single time for gambling. A successful gambler meant someone who has been successfully beating the system and winning the jackpot.
That being said, the chance for that to happen is very small. The gamblers need hardly try to beat the system so many times. This process can be called compulsive gambling which will lead to additional gambling.
That's why i define such a winner has become addicted to gambling caused by you will not have a chance to win the jackpot with only a few bets.
I believe a successful gambler has been wasting a lot of money, energy even his focus to play gambling. It will be very correct to call that as addiction rather than compulsive.


I assume, in this case successful gambler is someone who was able winning jackpot or max win.

I have been seeing a lot of posts about personal gambling addiction among forum members lately and the trend is slightly worrying to me... Why is there such a sudden spike in gambling addicts?

Anyone who has a problem with gambling, i.e. gambling addicts, should not be trying to place their addiction into a better light by finding a positive side about it. That is not a good way to deal with any kind of addiction.

Successful gamblers are just lucky. Addiction itself is a disease of the mind and does not necessarily present itself in every gambler. And it is not something which should be underestimated or ignored. If you feel you have a problem then you need to address it because it will become a much bigger issue, 100% of the time, if you simply decide to leave it alone.

Outside of gambling, successful gamblers have built business settings, and they make essential choices before implementing any technique in the system. Successful gamblers desire to be lucrative gamblers; it is necessary that we choose the path to which we would like to participate. Gambling addicts are the most detrimental category of people; they don't think about anything but themselves, and they end up playing with their expected budgetary resources, which leads to debt when their predictions goes a wrong direction and they posses hope in all proceeds.

We are on the path on making sure we have a good life, although we face  challenges in life that shows that we're making progress. Addiction is widespread in space; it is a slow process that absorbs the victim's circulation. We have successful gamblers in the system, and when compared to traders, those who are pro traders, the same thing applies to gamblers. Gambling is not an occupation, nor is it a stable source of several revenue streams. Perhaps we can utilize the profits from gambling to start other businesses such that will help us meet the demands we have.

Others can view it that way, but there's a clear difference between them because successful gamblers gamble for a living and they make the best decision possible even when they're in a losing situation.

While gambling addicts are the type that would keep on gambling until they lose all of their money. They also gamble to win big, but they don't know when they should stop. They don't know how to accept losses and would chase their losses continuously.

I would never tell a person who is addicted to someone who is very successful in gambling, obviously a person who is successful in gambling has to be playing a lot, or at least spend a lot of time gambling, of course a person Let it be like this, so I imagine that it is a lot of money, because being like this with Enough time to play requires a lot of money, and that is something to recognize, because a person can really want to play all the time, but his money is what It limits it, but rather if I run into a person like that, I would ask for advice because I would feel admiration.

If we start to see all the things that can happen with respect to what they think of the players, it is something that does not make much sense, I am a person who does not interest me or care what they think of me , unless they tell me up front, but if I have fun in a casino , I am the one who does it, but no one else, and if I am happy and successful that way , what does the rest matter?

Maybe it's not the case in here...
Different people gamble for different reasons, with different objectives too.. but the very fact that some gamblers win big doesn't guarantee Thier addiction to the game.
You need to recall that a little quotient from the total statistics of gamblers don't even have a broad gambling experience, talk more of getting addicted; what are the possibilities of getting addicted to something you barely have a knowledge about? Some of them just placed a one-day bet and it cut... nothing more. So I'll disagree to that.

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