I agree with you. I also often say that gambling is not a source of income and you cannot expect to make money by gambling. I know people gamble to win and make money but in my opinion you still have to think that gambling is not your source of income.
Gambling has the chance of winning and losing and you cannot determine it. I think we can't rely on lucky days because it will make you continue gambling even when you are losing your money. Believe me, you will lose more money if you cannot control your emotions when gambling.
A few years ago I walked a lot and passed the streets where there were employees from my country's lottery companies with machines for people to buy tickets. I kept asking myself why there were so many people buying those lottery tickets every day? Did those people really hope to get the ticket right? Did those people spend all their money on buying lottery tickets? I had so many questions, so I went and asked the people who bought lottery tickets every day because they were people I knew. They told me that they bought lottery tickets because they believed that one day they would win, but they also told me that they only used a little money, they only used the money they could afford to lose, they saw the lottery as just fun.
The fact is that from Monday to Friday they were always happy, whenever I saw them buying lottery tickets, they were happy, but when Saturday arrived, which was the day the results were announced, I realized that after the results were announced , they were very sad, so I asked myself: "
why do they keep making mistakes and hurting themselves? " It was clear to me that they really only used money they could afford to lose, but the problem was that they couldn't face the feeling of defeat. And that's another big problem in games, we can talk about playing as fun, but we have to ask ourselves: "
How many people are really happy losing constantly and can losing be considered fun?"
This is true when you don't gamble in moderation, you fall into the recovery pressure trap, just like your friend. I really think you guys should talk or motivate this guy into quitting gambling for now before things gets out of hands.
It seems he's also unemployed, which makes him see gambling as an earning opportunity and this is the architect of his problems.
When a gambler loses excessively while gambling and continues to lose his money, he must stop. It is even more important to stop gambling, as when a player loses a bet and gambles again to make up his money, he is sure to fall into a bigger trap. When a gambler cannot control himself, he will always lose his money so that person should be stopped from gambling.
It is most wrong for a gambler to consider gambling as a source of income, so one should exercise self-control and play responsibly while gambling.
In my opinion, people cannot look at gambling as the only source of fun, when people are happy, they are unlikely to be sad about a small loss, for example if a person has every day occupied with many good things, then In the short time she is playing and loses, she will be a little sad at that moment, but minutes later she will be doing something else that makes her laugh a lot, then she will do something else that makes her laugh a lot and she will forget that she lost at the game, like that. This way people don't become addicted to games and will always look at games as entertainment