Topic: Changing Perception About Gambling - page 4. (Read 691 times)

What you said may be right but may not be applicable to all countries. Some countries don't bother to use the tax allocation from gambling or bet to build some infrastructure like health care facilities, or free education, good roads and many other important things. But this political, bloody, and greedy men will rather chose to squander the tax revenue generated. And leave the poor masses with outreach poverty. For me If I am trigger to gamble due to the benefits it may not be due to what the government does with the gambling tax because it is not useful to us in our country. I rather gamble to try luck if I may win jack pot someday. Or just gamble for fun and meet new people which I might get an important information someday.

With this in mind, you can say that you don't need to convince anyone about the benefits or the goodness of gambling just to change his perspectives on this activity. As people grow older and more mature, they will understand what's going on with people when it comes to gambling. It is on the person's actions if he will be a responsible gambler or not.

People already know the negative side of gambling if it is being mismanaged, as we have seen a lot of gamblers getting screwed their family life owed to financial troubles. On the other hand, the gambling industry in general is somehow an important institution in the community as it can generate good income, in which, it can pay a sizable amount of taxes to the government. And that amount, can be allocated to various government projects.

it is a bit of a shallow way of changing his perception but good for him. anyway, this would easily change if one of his loved ones becomes a gambling addict shows what damage gambling can do to someone and the people around it.

I never really had much of a negative view of gambling but after becoming an adult I understood that gambling itself isn't really the issue, it is how people handle themselves when they are gambling.

Most people who I've seen transformed their life through winning the jackpot actually enjoyed a transient wealth. Sooner, nothing was left on them, as they all wagered it all back to the casino. Only a few stories of successful men who used gambling to set up a falling company, made my perspective clear about gambling and how helpful it could be to a handful of people. However, lots of players also regret ever going into gambling.

But, if many countries implement what is been done in Op's nation, everyone would have a different perspective of gambling. People still talk down on gambling because they've not benefitted through it. The moment societies get helped by money generated via gambling, all the bad publicity about gamblers would begin to get erased. As their gambling problems can get treated easily in the hospital without paying a dime, that's for households that can't afford to pay the hospital bills.

Basically the negative perception about gambling depends on the surrounding social system. I too was initially negative about gambling but my views have changed over time. Gambling as entertainment has become a hobby for me and certainly not an addiction. I find in my surroundings that most of the gamblers have gambling as their hobby and they are also engaged in jobs or other business which motivates me more which is definitely not an addiction. I think they are the ones who lose their precious wealth because they are too addicted to gambling.

So had it been his love one never had an emergency money, he would still be among the people that banter the society about gambling lifestyle. It's a good thing he change his perspective but it shouldn't be because the tax agency had, it's part of the system to help people in this kind of situation as there are other firms and agency that do this too. He need to understand gambling, it's more than taxing people to help people with emergency, gambling is all about fun and he need to understand that aspect.

We have many of them that even want gambling to be ban when there are no alternatives for people to have fun over the weekend. As I'm for instance, I don't do any other outdoor than hanging out and I don't do liquor, it's gambling that I spend a lot of my free time on when I don't have anywhere to go and I don't get bored doing that but when people see you do all this kind of stuff, they think you are looking for daily food as called it and it's embarrassing. Let's all gamble with low risk and enjoy the fun of it and people who want it for the money can do all they want.

I believe the reason why most person are off Ill opinion of gambling is because what of happened to these so called addict because of the things that they do  because to some extent some addicts really get crazy and even sell off their property and some even engage in all sort violence even just to fulfill that urge.

Well for the aspect of revenue that's generate from gambling, it's indeed huge money that do come from gambling but over here in my country what will be argued is not even the money but if truly the government actually use these money for something good.

Personally, I only hate gambling when I was still young and uneducated, but when I reached the mature age and become more educated about gambling, I started to like it most especially that gambling does not require any job or profession, but certainly luck. And with luck comes a lot of people who have transform their lives from rags to riches, except for those who only gamble to lose all their life savings completely. While gambling brings a lot of luck and entertainment, still being a responsible gambler will always be a must so you won't just gamble blindly.

Some people find it convenient to criticize what they do not understand and that may be what is happening with your friend. He may not hate gambling as you claim but might just be lacking the right information about it. If he actually hate gambling, he will not like to benefit from the proceeds of gambling. You can see how well his perception changed when he finally understood some things about gambling.

I never had wrong perception about gambling and I find it strange that some people do. Gambling is not that bad and I see it just like every other business that involves risk. People becoming addicted and displaying all manners of characters are to blame and not gambling itself because there are rules and precautions to be followed in gambling, those who deviate are not doing it correctly. Besides, abuse is something that happens in everything, people abuse even food.

I didn't like gambling because I saw my grandmother betting and thought she was wasting money she could be using for more productive purposes. I also thought she wasted time at casinos, while she could be spending time with other activities. However, she never was a problem gambler. She always bet responsively. At some point, when I knew she was alone at home, without anyone to talk to or hang out together, I understood gambling was an important hobby she had to find some pleasure and fun for her life.

Then I didn't bother anymore with the fact she was gambling, and started to see the bright side of it, which has as primary rule to be a responsible gambler who doesn't neglect his duties in order to place bets.

Moreover, I also found an opportunity to make income promoting online casinos on this forum. It lead me to realize it's a promising industry which moves large sums of money and employs many people around the world, and allows an important money redistribution when the wealthy players lose, so part of their wealth goes to feed this ecosystem.

I am just wondering why the would had been agitating for the ban of gambling when when he has never had the gambling experience to understand the benefit returns such as funs and the profiting potentials of it.

I also wonder how the taxes generated in the gambling firms are being allocated to the welfare of the Poors. Really feels weird to be given benefit of doubts.

How possible can it really be that of all social fundraising schemes, how it could be gambling taxes revenues that uplifted the appeal of funds for the medical aid.

While my anxieties remains inquisitive,  I abort to support the his motions of gambling at times intentionally just to return back to gambling as being appreciated for the good  deeds of the raise of funds for his relatives medical aid.


Having it all explained in a complexity, gambling is not an evil game ought to be banned and if in anyway gamblers seems to be ruined as a course of them gambling, it is basically a personal decision because you only gamble when you want to and not when the casino wanted you to gamble.
So, every irresponsible gamblers ruin themselves and not the gambling. It's also good to had learnt it became obvious to him that gambling is not such an evil or or negative activity as he may had earlier thought.

What I value in gambling is that no gambling company or casino invites me to gamble. I gamble on my own and the results that come out there are based on my actions, so why should I call gambling companies or casinos are bad. Moreover, it is not just an only company but considered as an industry. We have no reason to be upset with it or view this gambling negatively. If someone doesn't like it then he can leave it but we can't blame others for our mistakes. Those who want to ban gambling are either failing themselves or are misguided. Gambling is not a problem for anyone if it is seen as a source of entertainment rather than a source of income. Governments of various countries are collecting revenue from this platform and using it for the welfare of the country.

From the beginning I got to know gambling, I knew that gambling is a risky activity and can have a bad impact on someone's life, but that doesn't mean I have a bad perception of this activity, because on the other hand I also see the positive side of this activity which I can use to fill my life. My free time is boring, especially on weekends, meaning I have a neutral perception of these activities according to my understanding.

Everyone is free to choose and everyone is also free to determine their point of view on everything they find, but I will say one thing simply that whether gambling is good or bad according to someone ultimately depends on how you understand the activity, and if If you are a gambler then it also depends on how you treat this activity, because of course gambling will open the door to various bad disasters if the person treats it in the wrong way.

You are talking about casinos run by the government or private casinos?

If it's run by the government, of course the revenue or net income will go to the people and the development of the country. However, if it's a private casino that is regulated by the government, they can only get a certain percentage of the income of the casinos. As for the casinos, we don't know where their money is going after paying taxes because they don't have any other responsibility aside from paying taxes and licensing fees.

PCSO, or the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, is the organization running this business. I think there was also a topic before about corruption within the government agency, but let us not dig into that. We just have to focus on the benefits to the people from this government-owned lottery business.

Nothing is going to make me change my perception of gambling.  At best it is a form of entertainment, at worst a life destroying addiction.

Do I choose to gamble?  No.  I don't have the knowledge to improve my probability of winning on sports wagering or the skill to do the same against opponents (poker, etc.).
Pure probability gambling (lotteries, slots, roulette, etc.) are off the table since I understand basic mathematics.

What I do understand is the human desire to win even against (or while ignoring or failing to understand) the odds, so I invest in casinos (MGM Grand, Las Vegas Sands), gambling related real estate (Vici Properties), and firms that support and provide equipment and management to gambling operations (Gaming International).

tl;dr:  I make money off gamblers, not gambling. 😎

Haha, I am not surprised really, for I too used to have the same perception about gambling and wished the government can just ban it for the general good of the entire society, since I really used to believe that only irresponsible people are the ones who are gambling, and the majority of them are criminals, kidnappers and participants in all sorts of crime in our society.

But then in my work.place, a new guy was employed, he was a very good guy, we got talking and after several months of him working in the same shift with me, we became tight friends, he helped me when he can and I also did same when I can, we became really close to each other, and this was when I discovered that he was a gambler, he he often spent a few dollars on gambling on every weekend, I have liked him to the extent that it was now impossible to hate him because he was a gambler, and amazingly, he was a very hardworking and responsible young man, this alone changed my initial perception that only irresponsible people gambled.
I tried advising him to stop but he insisted that nothing is wrong with him gambling, so I watched, and one day, he won a really good amount of money, one that is more than enough to change my life for good completely, this was when I got interest in gambling myself.

A lot of people don't know that casinos do contribute their little quarter to charity organizations and for free health care to government, that is why they are always criticizing gambling. It was when I was growing up that I thought I will not engage in gambling but as I grew up to understand that it isn't bad the way some folks talk about it. I found myself gambling and I don't criticize gambling.

Must you write this on your recent topics. The last time I checked the first topic you created writing that quoted sentence is on the third page and you have not locked it.

There is no change in perception, we know that some of the taxes from gambling are used for social assistance, it's just that people don't understand where the taxes from gambling are taken, After he found out that the funds from the gambling tax were partly used for medical/social assistance, he kept quiet and realized the benefits of the gambling tax.

I really understand the gambling industry in my country, from one point it is prohibited and another side it is legal, so here I understand whether I support it or not, the point is that gambling continues as it is, it really is not prohibited, because the gambling tax is beneficial for the poor, as in the case OP said, what is clear to me is that there is no overall perception, of course I never said that I don't support it and don't order it, just do whatever is there and enjoy it.

In general, my position is not binary positive or negative, it depends on (1) the income and (2) the self-control/psychology of the players. If he/she can afford gambling and has the necessary self-control then you can say that gambling is just as positive/negative as other entertainment.

However, from a personal perspective, I think it will vary depending on who you talk to. For someone who got rekt or hardcore religious, surely it will be negative. But for those including me who get many benefits from signature and love of the game, it will be positive. It will change tho if I don't get the benefit anymore since gambling is an expensive form of entertainment.

It is the first time realizing that some countries are using the Taxes coming from gambling to help poor people in need, or even some organizations themselves are giving away money collected from gamblers to needy people. I believe that my short knowledge about gambling is due to prohibition of gambling in our country, where the only form of gambling that exists is one TV lotto game, and also only casinos that the government itself can’t ban or do anything against it.
This story shows a positive side of gambling, although it is not good to make people and gamblers feel that this activity is less risky since it is played by many. One of the negative effects of gambling is making you lose everything you have, turning you to a poor person. So how logically can be more positive than negative, knowing that gamblers without moderation are so close to getting addicted.