I just met a friend while playing in a lottery called Keno. He is a good gambler and sometimes hits jackpots. As a pensioner with grown children, he is a heavy bettor. I noticed that he is a generous gambler. He uses half of his winnings to treat friends, neighbors, and relatives every time he wins. He does this to invite good karma and since he acknowledges his gambling addiction, people who know him don't question him.
One of his friends asked him why he kept betting instead of saving so he would have something when he needed it.
His answer was straightforward,
'I am betting so when I win I can share half of my winnings with my friends and relatives who need money like you.
' I was surprised by his answer. His friends felt guilty for asking him. Some gamblers are that generous to avoid questions about their gambling activities and to continue gambling.
How about you? Are you generous and if so, why are you generous?In my case, I am a little generous because winning is a blessing that should be shared. However, I will not make people feel guilty when I give an amount from my blessing.
I am a generous person by nature who likes to help people, but in gambling, I am proud to say that I am not a generous gambler, and never will I be. I must also say that it baffles me with the response of that gambler in the OP, not to mention that he is a pensioner, he should have left gambling by now if I were him. But if he does desire, fine, he might love doing it, but he should have been motivated by a better thing rather than being generous to people. Well, that's the way I see it. If you are generous, why not be generous about what will not be risky, why risk your money always to be generous? I'm confused! I think there is more to this, we are human beings, and it is what we want people to know that they will know, and in some cases, the truth could remain buried in us.
I do not see this as right, he might just like gambling and has been addicted to it but use that to cover up. There are other means you do your social intervention as people might call it, and I wonder how often he wins to be encouraged and emboldened by that at the same time. What about those times he bets and loses, who covers up for the losses? And when he loses, will he be able to do the generosity work? I think that it is ill-conceived. However, the amount he gains compared to the amount he loses in betting will be able to justify this act of his.