Are you being secretive about your gambling activity?

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Quote from: jakelyson on September 18, 2022, 04:55:49 PM

I do not know why others feel that they need to keep gambling a secret. They should not be ashamed to do it or get help to stop if they need it.

It's because there's a norm that if you're a gambler, you're almost close for being a bad person because you might do other things such as stealing, robbing and other bad things to sustain your gambling needs. This has been the portrayal of those irresponsible gamblers because they've done such acts.

But, it's not that all gamblers are like that. There are just those type of gamblers that have been too irresponsible and became addicted severely and they don't have a source to continue with what they do.

I have never been secretive when I started to gamble, it was even known not just to my relatives but also my friends. And even after going to school when I was younger, I've done it with my classmates. That's how I was open when I was on my younger days.

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Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

Huh

When it comes to relationships it's better not to hide because there will be suspicion in your relationship and this is not good, you'll eventually be caught because you're spending money on your gambling it will eventually show up in your finances you will keep lying until you are caught and this will cause a serious strain in your relationship, partners take gambling seriously they know that excessive gambling may ruin your relationships and your finances and you have to be honest with your family about your gambling activity to avoid getting hooked on it.

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I don't mind people knowing that I am gambling since my community is often to this kind of thing. I often see them (my neighbors) playing cards on the street in a broad daylight until midnight, so me getting involved in gambling isn't a big issue. My father also used to gamble when I was a kid so it isn't his place to lecture me about being involved in gambling, while my mom is always open minded on things. So i don't have any reason to be secretive about my gambling activity.

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Quote from: Viscore on September 18, 2022, 03:14:59 PM

Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

Huh

If that is giving me decent amount of profits, I guess there’s no reason I will hide it. To be honest, I even pay bills sometimes using profits from gambling so definitely, it’s not a secret anymore from my wife or my parents. However, when it comes to my children, I guess they know already I am into gambling and it’s never an issue. Right now, their focus is their studies first before thinking of making their own income.

If you have that positive take from your love ones it's better to be open with them, it helps a lot in case that you are unable to control yourself the best thing is to ask some help to assist you with your concern, there are people or gamblers who doesn't care about it, as long as they are doing it responsibly people that surround them will not intimidate unless there's a problem.

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Quote from: jakelyson on September 18, 2022, 04:55:49 PM

I do not keep it a secret. My wife knows my bets and gambling habits. It is not good to keep this thing a secret. Your family can keep track of you if you are already going overboard in gambling and help you control it. My wife also gambles and do bets from time to time, so we keep each other in check.

I do not know why others feel that they need to keep gambling a secret. They should not be ashamed to do it or get help to stop if they need it.

There are many reasons why some people are hiding their gambling activities.
For me, I believe, it is the stigma that is connected to gambling.
But my immediate family knows that I am betting from time to time, especially if I know the athletes or teams.
But I am not in anyway posting or sharing to social media channels that I am betting on these sports.

Depends on what type of family relation you have. If they are all open-minded, then there's no problem revealing your engagement
with gambling, they'll going to treat it as a pastime for you o something that you used to kill some time.

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Quote from: jakelyson on September 18, 2022, 04:55:49 PM

I do not keep it a secret. My wife knows my bets and gambling habits. It is not good to keep this thing a secret. Your family can keep track of you if you are already going overboard in gambling and help you control it. My wife also gambles and do bets from time to time, so we keep each other in check.

I do not know why others feel that they need to keep gambling a secret. They should not be ashamed to do it or get help to stop if they need it.

There are many reasons why some people are hiding their gambling activities.
For me, I believe, one of the major reasons is the stigma that is connected to gambling.
But my immediate family knows that I am betting from time to time, especially if I know the athletes or teams.
But I am not in anyway posting or sharing to social media channels that I am betting on these sports.

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Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

Huh

I do not keep it a secret. My wife knows my bets and gambling habits. It is not good to keep this thing a secret. Your family can keep track of you if you are already going overboard in gambling and help you control it. My wife also gambles and do bets from time to time, so we keep each other in check.

I do not know why others feel that they need to keep gambling a secret. They should not be ashamed to do it or get help to stop if they need it.

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Before I'm keeping it so no one knows it. But when I've been caught by my mom, I'm not hiding it anymore.

That's why, today I'm open to it and I'm not keeping it as a secret anymore and as a result, my also tried to gamble online but it didn't go that long and she stopped when she ran out of funds.

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Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

Huh

When I gambled a little bit in the past and didn't advertise it. My loved ones would not approve of this activity, although among my acquaintances many were fond of gambling at different periods of life and their failures were much more impressive than mine. I didn't talk about it anyway, and now there is no need due to the lack of relevance of gambling.

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Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

Huh

Im not anything from my family or on my wife because its never been a good thing if you do ever tend to hide something which they dont even know specially with gambling which do really eats up finances.
Whenever i do get involved on things which im not usually doing or for the sake of test out then this is where i dont tell which it isnt really that necessary because it was just a test out
and not something that i do everyday.

I can play whenever i do see something new and have some money allocated for that which it wont really be that needed for i to tell on what do i do but everything
could really be seen on what im doing on my pc but my wife or family wouldnt really give out any disturbances on whatever im doing.

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You can assume that there are many more people gambling online or in a casino than you think or know. Most people who gamble will always gamble at a loss. Then you also know that people don't like to tell you that they lost a few thousand dollars again gambling. That's not a nice conversation piece after all. You often see success stories of gamblers on the internet, but you do not hear the annoying stories. There are also many successful gamblers who choose to keep their successes to themselves. Why would you share that with others? After all, it can make you feel hurt if people know that you win a lot with gambling.

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Quote from: Adbitco on September 18, 2022, 06:05:29 AM

I don't showcase my gambling activity to anyone or relatives, reason because they believe gambling is a bad habits and should not showcase or influenced others.

But why? Are you any specific religion or what? Or maybe one of them lost big in gambling before, resulting for their lives to crash but they are lucky to recover. They can say that because they only care for you and they are afraid that you may end up on the same situation as them but they don't want to let that happen anymore.

Quote from: Adbitco on September 18, 2022, 06:05:29 AM

Many people are trying to recover from lost or being addiction of gambling so it's of a personal choice to remain hidden or showcase to people around.

If we are addicted, we should not be embarrassed about our situation but it would be good if you tell your friends or family about it so that they can help you with your condition. Don't worry, I know they won't talk negative things about you. Why will they do that when they see that you are already suffering from your condition? For them that is enough and you already learned your lesson.

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Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

Huh

If that is giving me decent amount of profits, I guess there’s no reason I will hide it. To be honest, I even pay bills sometimes using profits from gambling so definitely, it’s not a secret anymore from my wife or my parents. However, when it comes to my children, I guess they know already I am into gambling and it’s never an issue. Right now, their focus is their studies first before thinking of making their own income.

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No, I mean, why would I? I am an adult, I use my own money, regulate my gambling habits, know when to stop, follow the rules I put for myself and gamble just to relax. if my family have a problem with my gambling activity they can talk to me and I'll decide whether to consider their concern or not.

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Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

Huh

I'm open to my loved ones but as much as possible, I try not to share everything about my gambling journey. They know that I gamble but I don't share my budget amount for it as well as the losses and winning results that I get on it. I believe that there's nothing wrong with being open but there should also be limitations because others who would hear about it may not understand and we could easily get judged.

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I hide my gambling activity to some persons and am open about it to some other persons,... For example
My family, that is my wife and children know nothing about my gambling activities, I hide it from them because my wife in particular does not like it, she will scold me and ask me to stop if she gets to know about it.
My pastor and fellow members in the church do not know I gamble too because I feel I will face some level of discrimination from them if they find out I gamble.

The only ones I open up to that I gamble is to my fellow gambler friends, that is colleagues at work and business who are gamblers too, they are the ones I can comfortably discuss my gambling activities/habit with.

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Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

Huh

All my gambling activities is done anonymously without any of family members getting aware of it, I never gamble with any funds that I used to cater for my family, I gambled with small funds i.e amount of money I can afford to lose, meanwhile the gambling App particularly betting sites App on my phone make it easier for me to conceal all my betting activities, most often when placing a bet on my phone I do act as if I am playing game with my phone and if done I closed the App outrightly to avoid suspicion while monitoring lives scores, Iam betting for fun having been a soccer enthusiast and with much knowledge of the game.

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I am not secretive but I don't tell them also. As much as possible I don't want to brag about my gambling activity but I don't want to keep it a secret. I will admit that I am having gambling activity if they ask but I won't be the first one to open up that I engage in gambling activity from time to time.
I don't see any reason to open up anything about gambling when it doesn't affect my family nor I am having a problem with my gambling activity. I believe as long as everything is fine, I don't have to tell anyone about my gambling activity but if someone asked me if I gamble, I will gladly tell them that I do.

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Quote from: electronicash on September 18, 2022, 12:21:27 PM

if you live under one roof its hard to hide it, everyone looks at what we do on our phones just when they pass by. if you are doing it on your laptop/desktop someone will eventually see the web page.

how do you hide your gambling activity from your family? i think i saw a thread asking something like this but mostly said don't keep secrets lol

It's true although people manage to hide it by gambling on their phones. I know people who do it this way and they bet only when they're outside like going outside for a smoke or shopping or on their way to work and their relatives don't know about it.

I'm 100% honest if someone asks but I don't talk about it unless I'm asked directly. It's not the best conversation topic unless the other person is a gambler too, then it becomes a great topic.

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Quote from: Get-Paid.com on September 18, 2022, 05:52:37 AM

Are you hiding your gambling activity from your loved ones, family or so?
Or are you being 100% open about gambling?

For me, it's probably somewhere down the middle as I don't openly talk about it with my family but I also don't hide it since they've seen me play casino games before. I'd rather keep my gambling activities on my own for the most part as I feel like there's no need for them to know what's happening after every session but i'm willing to talk about it and answer their questions if they're the ones to make the initiative.

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