Topic: Can i gambler exceed the age where he doesn't want to gamble anymore - page 4. (Read 1826 times)

Does gambling keep your mind sharp?

Maybe if you are playing card games. Just make sure you’re not drinking/smoking or engaging in other unhealthy activities while playing said card games. I do think there are other activities that are better fit for elderly trying to exercise their minds. But gambling is and will always be done for leisure. It’s not something done hoping for a productive time.

If this activity is only done for leisure purposes or to pass their time, I believe they won't stop doing this activity. But if in case this is already affecting their financial budget, then, high likely that they will stop doing this heading to their old age as they would want to save their money for retirement.


If you know that you are only doing this for leisure purposes, and you are not having burden with the money spent on this activity, then, I believe you can do this activity as long as you can. And as you said, if the person has other things to attend to like doing other worthwhile activities , then it is his prerogative to do so. So long when you reach at that stage, you are already enjoying at what you do and not because someone is pressuring you to do such task.

Sport not as gambling, if you want to stay healthy from involving in sports, it should be done with a motive of exercise and not the one whereby you gamble and even have your emotions troubled, gambling can ruin someone at some point and can aswell cause them some form of financial set backs too so you cannot capitalize on such for a continues engagement and tag it for health reasons, there are more engaging activities that can be done at Old age for health reasons that can still improve the health and the ages can still stay very much healthy.

I think you have said everything about the reasons why gamblers prefer to stop gambling when they get old, financial balance is the most important and that is the main reason they stop so that their finances remain balanced considering that old age is a time when you are no longer able to work to earn money like when you were young, all of that is done because there is also responsibility.

On the other hand, I might also be able to add another reason that the mindset of someone who has reached old age is also very likely to change, usually they will stop an activity or habit if it does not have a positive impact, old age is an age where a person's mindset is very mature.

Yes, the truth is I couldn't say if those older people play in online casinos, but it's true what you say, when you go to the casino in the centers the first thing you see are those older adults who spend almost the whole day playing and playing, so that is something that can't be taken away from them, and I don't know what those gentlemen do, because at that age supposedly almost everything hurts, spine, legs, everything, not them, will their health really improve? Or will they endure those pains because of the adrenaline? In view of that, it is a very good therapy.

Sports bettors will try to continue it even if they grow up. Because they enjoy the games. But the problem is that as long as a person is young, he can be ahead in making the right decisions on various matters, but when he gets older, his thinking power will gradually get decreased. That is why the elderly are advised not to gamble. Another thing is that sometimes big losses in gambling can increase the health risks of the elderly. Although the situation of an addicted gambler will have a negative impact at any age, the younger generation can recover to some extent, but it will be difficult for the elderly to do so. No matter how old they are, everyone wants to gamble who understands gambling. There is no specific age limit, but physically not everyone is equal, so it would be better for everyone to set a limit according to their condition.

For this a gambler may tend to stop gambling basically on different purpose and decisions made known to him but I don't think based on the aging factors is a more reason why he'll definitely do so, because people prioritize alot of things and the ones you see as less important is what they value most. So apart from aging I think one can actually turn a new leaf by stopping gambling entirely.

It is true, and well although our DNA is not nor has in its information to age, we can do certain activities so that we can be better and younger, some functions can be increased more like intelligence, an older person who prepares himself mentally will stay older, in this case things can be quite good because sport helps us to be younger and stay in shape, it should be done, this is for health, but when our capacities decrease like the physical ones we must adapt, we cannot abuse.

Financial problems can be the first reason they stop gambling but for the other people, they will not stop gambling and still thinks that they can win huge money. That is a mistake for them because they will see and realize that they really needs to stop gambling immediately. While they are also getting old after playing gambling for some years but they don't gets what they want from gambling which is winning huge money, they decide to stop gambling and that is the best decision for them. Their family will be happy if they say that they want to stop gambling and will use the other ways to fills their spare time. Maybe many other reasons that they will have but they will not say to other people because that is their reason.

People can stop anytime they want and maybe they will stop gambling when they don't see a chance to win huge money. But we know that every people will have their own reason to stop gambling and when they should stop gambling. They don't have to tell their reason to but stick to their reason not to playing gambling anymore. But that needs a big effort to really stops themselves from gambling because gambling can easily tempts them to returns to casino.

So they must have other things to do so they can distract their minds from thinking about gambling. But if they just only say that they want to stop gambling forever, that will not be easy because the temptation will be there that can makes them return to casino. It needs to have a strong minds and control so they can really stop gambling.

For people that thinks when they get older that they'll stop gambling, they're lying because at old ages, they'll still be gambling or haven't you been to casinos and you see a considerable amount of old people gambling there. Gambling becomes a part of you when you have being doing it for a long time that stopping becomes a problem. Sometimes they try to stop gambling but they can't because they need the money or they're now addicted to gambling so they continue without considering the effect to their health. We should be thinking about the future and make plans for them because gambling when old although there are people doing it, it isn't something that I'll like to see myself doing. I want to be living as a retired employee with my pension money and investment that I have done when I was younger to be taking care of me.

There is no clear certainty when to stop gambling, for example someone who has a very stable finances even though his age is old then I think they can still do gambling especially if they have good physical health and enough money, some videos that I see there are people who are disabled with Can't walk he uses a wheelchair to be in a physical casino I think this person has a gambling habit that has been attached because even though the situation is not possible but he is still going to a physical casino using a wheelchair, besides that people like this certainly have stable finances.
But it is true that you say, this is about our own awareness which is actually impossible to do gambling during our lives, it helps us can stop gambling even though our finances are stable. Maybe when the right thing to stop gambling is when it feels the impact on our situation whether it's economy or health, but the obviously ukamahya is finance.

I maybe think its case to case basis since deciding to stop gambling may always vary. It depends on people on when they going to stop. No ages reason has been pointed out towards the real reason why people decide to quit in this activity.

Provably this reason is contributing factor on why a person don't want to gamble anymore.

1. Financial problems.
2. Obligation to family.
3. Already done and they already see the worst case scenario that might happen if they continue or became an addict with casino games.

These maybe a few reason we can mention here and I guess ages is play small part on why gambler decide to stop. Online gambling is now spreading for sure anyone including seniors can gamble anytime they want.

If that is happen, they will difficult to stops gambling because they thinks that they can still focus but that is not right. They will make a problem for themselves and family because they don't think that they are getting old so they keeps playing gambling without realize about the risks of becoming a gambling addiction. When someone getting old, it is better we realize that our physic is not like the same as we young. We can reduce our heavy activities which needs more power and take care of our health and we can doing sports to manage our healthy. But it is better we reduce our gambling activities when we are getting old so when the time is comes for us to stops gambling, we will not difficult to directly stops ourselves from playing gambling.

Even base on my experience before I have an environment with tons of people playing gambling which takes them to whole day just to play gambling but its the reality once we get older we are now have different priorities, like family and work because not all of us have the same wealth, others already born become rich, others came from the middle and lower class just to sustain their daily needs, so instead of playing gambling they know what they really need to survive, but some other point still there's some gambler who are cant control themselves they still keep playing gambling until they get zero balance, sometimes seek debt just to satisfied themselves which becomes too much addiction,

Financial independence is above everything. If one is financially independent if he has no money problem then age does not matter in his favor. He can gamble even when under compulsion if he enjoys it. But if he uses money which would cause him great loss or loss of his wealth then I think he must give up gambling after an age limit. Otherwise he may suffer financial loss as well as physical weakness. This means that gamblers with less sources of income or who are not financially successful will find it difficult to sustain gambling in the long run. If he spends a large part of his income on gambling then he is definitely at risk. Due to which those gamblers will find it difficult to manage gambling for a long time.

An older adult cannot think that every time he gets older he has to stop doing his things, or something that amuses him, because Automatically he is telling himself that if he is old and becomes incapacitated alone, that is something that I do not agree with, we must be very Capable of facing things and life as it comes and always get ahead, there is no other way, personally I think that every time I get older I should not stop doing sports, but above all take care of my body , if we Keep our body Strong there will be no health problems , if there are no health Problems we can do what we like and if it is playing in the casino then it should be done.

A gambler don't have to stop from gambling when they getting old. They can stop gambling forever anytime they want and the important thing is that they realize that they already playing gambling for some time and it is better they focus with their future. Many reason that they can have to stop gambling even before they old so they can see that life is not just for playing gambling but they have many others things that they can do. But yes, when someone getting old, he will have cognitive decline, memory loss, and can not focus on what he will do.

If he can realize that thing, he can thinks about stopping his gambling activity before he getting old. That will much better for him because he can use his spare time by doing other things that can gives benefits to him. Maybe people needs to think about that so they can realize that stop gambling will not makes their life ruins.

Stopping should be done on the time:

1. You are already spending too much money with it
2. Lost time with your family
3. Have forgotten your responsibilities
4. Isnt that essential on your time anymore.

As a gambler then it isnt really that bad to get engaged with it and i do agree on what you have said that on the time or moment that you do have that becoming older then it cant be denied that we do become mature.
There's always that a human being behavior on which on the time or moment that you do get bored already on the things you are dealing into then you would immediately stop. It could also
the reason on stopping on the time or moment that you do find yourself spending too much money. Self control is needed but not all will really be having this kind of mentality.

A gambler can stop gambling instantly only in old age, as I have seen it in a man next to my house who is middle aged. He used to gamble in the past and he gambles now but the gap between these two ages is huge. Because in the past he could use his knowledge and experience to gamble, but as he gets older, his intelligence is decreasing even though he is experienced but he cannot remember as in the past and his memory has decreased. 
And in the years to come he will have more cognitive decline, memory loss, and not perform as well at gambling as he did in the past. So I think in old age a person can stop gambling due to various reasons such as advancing age, memory loss, lack of cognitive ability, and experiencing financial crisis and illness etc. the gambler can stop his gambling.

Age can never be a reason why a gambler will want to quite gambling, I would say that so far gambler are still healthy enough to explore or exercise their gambling activities irrespective of their age they wouldn't just quit simply because they are aging. But however one of the reasons why a gambler may choose to stop gambling while growing old could be that their overall gambling experience has not been favorable to him which will make him loss or lower his interest in gambling, that is to say his losses are nothing to be compared with winning in that regards he might decide to quite with feeling that he has been doing it for a long time without a positive result considering the fact that majority do gamble for profit and not just for fun . In my area the most popular gambling is the football betting and their still some notable people that I know that been gambling for long time now irrespective of their age they still make their forecast and predictions.