I generally don't like those "charities". Big companies and businesses do this to get tax breaks, and despite so many charitable groups around, there are more and more poor and hungry people. Now do the math yourself...
In ideal conditions, something like this would be nice to see... where big money and big profits are being made, something should be set aside for those who don't have and who really need help. But from my experience, most of this money ends up in the wrong place or they are just a cover to avoid some taxes.
Topic: Charity Gambling (Read 409 times)
gambling like this does not exist in my place, because gambling is an activity that is prohibited in any form and purpose, so some people in my country when they want to gamble in a casino then they will visit neighboring countries that allow gambling activities.
Charity gambling is a concept that is quite interesting to be able to help each other, especially to people in need. When a foundation opens a donation, to be honest only a few people are moved to spend a little of their money and donate it to people in need. And with the existence of charity gambling, this can be a step for people to donate more and help people in need, because they can do charity through activities they like, and rich people usually spend more money when they are in gambling.
Charity gambling is a concept that is quite interesting to be able to help each other, especially to people in need. When a foundation opens a donation, to be honest only a few people are moved to spend a little of their money and donate it to people in need. And with the existence of charity gambling, this can be a step for people to donate more and help people in need, because they can do charity through activities they like, and rich people usually spend more money when they are in gambling.
Have you heard of Charity gambling?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_gambling
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling in your locals?
One example of this kind of charity gambling is the Dutch Postcode Lottery.
https://www.postcodelotterygroup.com/what-we-do/nationale-postcode-loterij/
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Charity gambling is a "form of incentivized giving" where a charity (or a group of charities), rather than a municipality or private casino, oversees gambling activities such as bingo, roulette, lottery, and slot machines and uses the proceeds to further its charitable aims.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_gambling
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling in your locals?
One example of this kind of charity gambling is the Dutch Postcode Lottery.
https://www.postcodelotterygroup.com/what-we-do/nationale-postcode-loterij/
As from the way i see this, i don't think its nothing less than the charity or philanthropic act and the use of gambling pattern to ensure an equal or even distribution to those that are luckily qualified for the reward the sponsors are giving to the people, one may not have to use money to gamble in this case, since it on a charity aim and giving while reaching out to the people, they are only making use of the gambling proceedings in making selections for the winners or those qualified, which is also an impressive way of seeing people gamble at no cost, and also with the advantage of winning a prize at the end.
For every donation you make, you receive a ticket, so you can be the winner of a prize for your donation? Is it? So it can work as encouragement for people to donate money more often, since they can also win through this action in the end. Maybe in first world countries this feature works nicely, but if it were introduced in third world countries that would mean just another source of corruption, like everything else, because people would start cheating to benefit themselves through donations.
It would be pretty easy for the manager of the initiative to manipulate the results, giving the prize to someone connected to him in order to get the prize for him after all. I see some people on Youtube streaming and asking for donations, while promising the largest donations will receive financial prizes in return. Of course, it's just a scam method, but it tries to reproduce more or less the concept discussed on this thread.
It would be pretty easy for the manager of the initiative to manipulate the results, giving the prize to someone connected to him in order to get the prize for him after all. I see some people on Youtube streaming and asking for donations, while promising the largest donations will receive financial prizes in return. Of course, it's just a scam method, but it tries to reproduce more or less the concept discussed on this thread.
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
I would say both of the mentioned things because it's a create way to raise funds without doubt but at the same time it's promoting gambling and making many new ones excited to try gambling again and again. Well, there's nothing wrong in promoting gambling or gambling casinos as we all are doing that on this forum by promoting casinos on our profiles, however some people doesn't like gambling and who might go against charity gambling.
Indeed, a simple way to promote even it's use something with a cause there's still gambling that involves, and for those who are not really in this kind of industry with thsoe charity gambling they might start having such kind of interest, especially those who will win those are the people who are prone to keep coming back and play for more, at first, they are just supporting the cause but sooner or later they are intending to play and win which mostly turned against them and lead them to lose a lot.
Honestly it’s the first time I hear about it, charity gambling sounds like a very new concept, especially since the funds raised are directed for charitable causes. From what I understand it’s a form of incentivized giving which could potentially add a sense of purpose or a goodwil to gambling, since players know their money is going to support meaningful projects.
I can see why some people will see it as a creative way to raise fund, however gambling has such a broad appeal and brings in a lot of money, so why not put it to good use. Yet there is that flip side where it might conflict with the values of some charities and could be seen as promoting gambling. For people who struggle with gambling like me Xd, this kind of fundraising could have surprising consequences even though it’s for a good cause.
I never came across charity gambling in any of physical or virtual places (probably because of strict regulations on gambling in different areas), but I would be interested to see how it’s managed somewhere even here im the forum. In general I believe it is all about how responsibly it's organized.
I can see why some people will see it as a creative way to raise fund, however gambling has such a broad appeal and brings in a lot of money, so why not put it to good use. Yet there is that flip side where it might conflict with the values of some charities and could be seen as promoting gambling. For people who struggle with gambling like me Xd, this kind of fundraising could have surprising consequences even though it’s for a good cause.
I never came across charity gambling in any of physical or virtual places (probably because of strict regulations on gambling in different areas), but I would be interested to see how it’s managed somewhere even here im the forum. In general I believe it is all about how responsibly it's organized.
I know we say intent counts but Gambling is Gambling.
Even if it's for Good cause it doesn't negate the risk of gambling addictions.
Instead of gambling why not directly donate to the charity
This would be better and reduces cost of setting up the gambling platform.
Nope never heard of it, but the name doesn't really change much to me.
Even if it's for Good cause it doesn't negate the risk of gambling addictions.
Instead of gambling why not directly donate to the charity
This would be better and reduces cost of setting up the gambling platform.
Nope never heard of it, but the name doesn't really change much to me.
You are branding gambling as a complete negative while you are advertising it on your signature space. Gambling is a form of entertainment which means it’s not intended to make people addicted on it. Being addicted is the people choice not the game itself that’s why we should play responsibly.
This is same with drinking alcohols, cigarettes and etc. that people keep doing and addicted for a piece of pleasure.
There are things that are branded good but when addiction creeps in they become bad
Same applies to Gambling to me.
I make sure I stake what I can loss and take for fun than Going in to get rich.
Now we going OP.
I don't see how this action helps to promote gambling because it is controlled and however, without this casino, gambling addicts will always be out there since there are other casinos who are just into business, and you cannot stop human from gambling.
Yeah and rather the funds can be used for a better cause Imo, I think it's like a blend of entertainment and donation.
I would like to engage in such when done physical, I doubt I would enjoy it if done online.
I don't see it as a bad idea at all, because the money will help some people at that moment and it's cool. I don't see how this action helps to promote gambling because it is controlled and however, without this, gambling addicts will always be out there since there are other casinos out there that will always influence gambling addiction, because they are doing it for big profits and not for charity. Gambling is part of human nature and and you cannot stop it, or those people involved in this charity gambling, is it their first time to gamble.
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
I would say both of the mentioned things because it's a create way to raise funds without doubt but at the same time it's promoting gambling and making many new ones excited to try gambling again and again. Well, there's nothing wrong in promoting gambling or gambling casinos as we all are doing that on this forum by promoting casinos on our profiles, however some people doesn't like gambling and who might go against charity gambling.
Gambling is fun and the idea is to make a charity event filled with fun experience, not sure how about the wins? Whether the users will get the rewards or all the winning rewards will be considered as charity?
I feel it's for different set of audience, probably for family so it's not really the regular casino experience but give people to experience the betting which expose them about what is gambling for sure but if they decide to proceed further then it's their choice and there's nothing immoral with promoting such thing.
I feel it's for different set of audience, probably for family so it's not really the regular casino experience but give people to experience the betting which expose them about what is gambling for sure but if they decide to proceed further then it's their choice and there's nothing immoral with promoting such thing.
Have you heard of Charity gambling?
If you ask the people in the PH, the answer will be a resounding YES, and take note, it is run by the government.
The intention is good, but because of the volume of money that's coming in and out every single day, officials are becoming more and more greedy.
The benefits they disbursed to their recipients are just a very few percentage of the money they earn from the bettors everyday. So, I don't think these charity gambling are solely aiming to help people, I think it's just the second intention next to earning easy money.
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling in your locals?
So what if an individual is lucky enough to win a jackpot during the "Charity Gambling" process, does it mean he will not be paid? Or does it mean he will be paid from the funds that have been gathered from other individuals during the charity process? Because literally I don't see this as the right way of raising funds for charity, as it's literally not different from the traditional means of gambling, since they both involves the act of someone risking his/her money through a luck base process. Because If the purpose of "Charity Gambling" is to raise funds for charity, so why don't they go straight to creating a "GoFundMe" account or literally organized a Fundraising proper, rather than using a gambling means. But however, I have not seen this, and I will love to witness how it's been performed. Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling in your locals?
I didn't know that this kind of gambling practice existed, but in my opinion it is still gambling, even though some of the proceeds from the gambling are given to charity, but the purpose of this is gambling. But I have to admit that this kind of gambling is quite good, because some of the funds from the ticket sales are given to their charity partners, and it is managed transparently. But maybe for some people this is not good, since some religions prohibit collecting funds for charity from haram proceeds (gambling is haram for some religions) and people will follow the teachings of their religion.
Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling in your locals?
Here in Brazil, all legalized gambling must allocate a certain percentage of its winnings to a charity, in addition to the taxes charged by the government.
Bingo games or charity raffles are also common in favor of services to improve the infrastructure of hospitals, institutions that support people with special needs or vulnerable people (elderly or homeless people).
I don't think that holding this type of event is immoral. In fact, I don't understand why some people still see gambling as something illegal or immoral. It's not the games that are responsible for ruining society's financial and psychological health, but rather the people who misuse them.
Alcohol also has great potential to cause harm to society, but everyone thinks it's normal to drink a beer at any event, even in front of children. So why do gambling need to be any different?
It’s still a form of promoting gambling, even if the intention is good. It’s similar to the state-sponsored lottery in our country, where the goal is to help the poor, but not all the proceeds actually go to them. “Charity gambling” sounds nice, but if the funds are coming mostly from the poor, since most bettors in these games are from low-income groups...it feels like it could create more problems. Honestly, combining gambling and charity just doesn’t sit well with me. Just my two cents.
Even though it is like a lottery, is the poor actually helped? What I see is that the poor are not helped, they cannot even reach them, everything ends before it is over. I have seen that it is like a state-sponsored lottery to help the poor, but it does not help the poor, it is only run to help them in name, but later the poor do not get any help from it.Again, where the poor win the game and bet to get a good amount of money, but here it is seen that many poor people bet like this, from here only 1-2 people win, after winning, it is seen that one winner gets the difference between all the poor. I do not like this because with the money of the poor, other poor people are getting it. How do you see this, I think this is not reasonable or self-sufficient.
I know we say intent counts but Gambling is Gambling.
Even if it's for Good cause it doesn't negate the risk of gambling addictions.
Instead of gambling why not directly donate to the charity
This would be better and reduces cost of setting up the gambling platform.
Nope never heard of it, but the name doesn't really change much to me.
Even if it's for Good cause it doesn't negate the risk of gambling addictions.
Instead of gambling why not directly donate to the charity
This would be better and reduces cost of setting up the gambling platform.
Nope never heard of it, but the name doesn't really change much to me.
You are branding gambling as a complete negative while you are advertising it on your signature space. Gambling is a form of entertainment which means it’s not intended to make people addicted on it. Being addicted is the people choice not the game itself that’s why we should play responsibly.
This is same with drinking alcohols, cigarettes and etc. that people keep doing and addicted for a piece of pleasure.
At least on this charity gambling, they are giving back to the people instead using the money of other people that intended for entertainment purposes.
Have you heard of Charity gambling?
If you ask the people in the PH, the answer will be a resounding YES, and take note, it is run by the government.
The intention is good, but because of the volume of money that's coming in and out every single day, officials are becoming more and more greedy.
The benefits they disbursed to their recipients are just a very few percentage of the money they earn from the bettors everyday. So, I don't think these charity gambling are solely aiming to help people, I think it's just the second intention next to earning easy money.
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling
it is a creative way to raise funds for a good cause, I mean they are using what is usually looked at as "bad activity" for something good. does doing it promote gambling, maybe, but in the end, gambling is not the focus of the event.Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling
yes, while other might see it as contradictory to charitable values, doesn't mean that it is, but in the end, peopel will have different views about charity gambling.
This is also my thinking here, it's the cause and that the very definition of gambling. So I do not see it promoting gambling in any form, besides, those who wants to join doesn't have that in mind, for them they will have to raise money for charitable cause.
And I also agree with someone who says that this could be accepted by a society that is not Muslim, as it is against their religion.
So morality wise, there is no argument here, join in let's say a lottery and bingo event. At the end, you go home, no harm done and your conscience is clear.
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling
it is a creative way to raise funds for a good cause, I mean they are using what is usually looked at as "bad activity" for something good. does doing it promote gambling, maybe, but in the end, gambling is not the focus of the event.Others might say that it conflict with charitable values as it linked to gambling-related harm. Have you been in one of this charity gambling
yes, while other might see it as contradictory to charitable values, doesn't mean that it is, but in the end, peopel will have different views about charity gambling.
Have you heard of Charity gambling?
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
Quote
Charity gambling is a "form of incentivized giving" where a charity (or a group of charities), rather than a municipality or private casino, oversees gambling activities such as bingo, roulette, lottery, and slot machines and uses the proceeds to further its charitable aims.
What's your thoughts on this? Is it a creative way to raise funds for a good cause? Or will it simply promote gambling?
Bingo charity is a very popular charity gambling here in our country. Even our local government is promoting it, Bingo is both entertainment and a form of gambling. I have already participated in many charity bingo events, and the atmosphere is very different when its about charity. People are interested in playing to contribute, and its just an added bonus for them if they win the major prize.
Charitable gambling is good depending on the kind of games and what institution or cause will benefit.
Now my question. We all agree it's gambling and whatever gambling is involved in what mostly strikes into people's head is addiction. So, it's there any tendency that lovers of this form of gambling (in their urge to contribute) getting addicted to it as a result of its uniqueness? Or none exist, and assuming this can't bring about gambling addiction, why is that so? Hope you don't get vexed in my curiosity to know whether or not if actually the consequence outweighs the intended purpose.
Cheers!
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