Topic: Drake and Bruno Mars An Example of How Gambling Addiction Can Affect Anyone - page 2. (Read 945 times)

There would be no exemptions whether you are an average joe or popular person on which you would really be having that kind of possibility on getting addicted and there's no exclusion to that and we do know
that once you do hook up yourself on such addiction then it would really be surely be putting you up on so much trouble and this is something that you should really be that sensible or mindful.
As for Drake and Bruno Mars then we do know that these fellas are rich and popular but in dealing with gambling then it could mess up their finances but we dont actually know on how these people been making money
aside from music industry and offers on which we might not be able to know that they do have real world businesses too on which it could something that will be able patch up on how much
that they do spend into gambling but with those amounts been mentioned? I dont think that this is something that they can afford to lose. lol

It's very good that you bring up those cases, well we all know that Drake is above all an influencer, he may manifest all that, but he is capable of making that money in even 1 or 2 days by working hard, because he is an influencer, I'm sure. That his sponsors will pay him that, of course not at the level that a Mr Beast can have, but so that he can make a little effort for it, in fact what you say about Bruno Mars well, I don't know, it could also be these influencers, singers , because they like to generate this type of news so that they can see how they move their money, it can also be a marketing strategy for them, but in part it has a negative effect on the majority of their audience because yes, they give a bad example and a clear lack of responsibility, although very few players in the world can compare with the amount of money they can earn just doing one or 2 things, their capacity is much greater than that of any mortal, well at least like me.

How would you knwo if Drake is "addicted" to abling.  If he uses it as a form of entertainment.  It doesn't effect his lifestyle.  Doesn't effect his personal relationships and can live life without out it (presuming he can) what's the difference in that or buying a collection of 100 exotic cars that someone enjoys?  When ypu start impacting your life and can't stop that's when it becomes poisonous.  I didn't comment about Bruno Mars because I don't know anything about the fella.

It's quite unfortunate that many people has failed to adhere to the rules that governs gambling. Gambling addiction is bad and it will mess you up. It's such a shame to see some of the artists that I admired as a kid while growing up are struggling with gambling addiction. Normally people like Drake and Bruno Mars should have the best advisers that money can buy, so why are they struggling with gambling without getting help from their advisers. I just hope they can come out from this addiction that have eaten deep into their system. At all time let us always obey the gambling rules.

According to various articles posted, MGM already made a statement regarding Bruno Mars' alleged gambling debt and that such claim was unfounded.¹

Also according to the article, the person who made this claim was an anonymous insider in the Las Vegas Strip. This makes it even worse as there can be no verification made by this person. Perhaps this anonymous person tries to discredit the image of Bruno Mars just because he gambles.

Well, this news exploded on social media and people were already making their opinions about the said rumor. I just hope that this does not discredit and destroy the image of Bruno Mars as a whole.

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1 https://www.vulture.com/article/bruno-mars-50-million-gambling-debt-mgm-denies.html

The MGM casino already denied this rumor a day after this news sparked. Bruno mars is performing on that same casino with an annual salary of 90M$ which is almost 50% of equivalent amount of debt that being incorporates to him. You’re right that he can easily pay that amount using his contract payment from that casino but I really doubt he will not get a gambling perks from that casino in case he is really gambling rampantly.

I’m surprised that he is involved on gambling the first time I read the news because he is so busy on his career especially concerts. It’s very hard to become addicted on gambling if you have a busy career imo.

Source:https://ew.com/bruno-mars-doesnt-owe-50-million-gambling-debts-mgm-says-8611395

I've been seeing this issue all over social media. This is my first time reading this discussion here in BitcoinTalk. Anyway, I know 50 million dollars isn't small amount but for someone like Bruno Mars, it definitely is. Just like many others say, he can make millions by simply creating another song. But still, he needs to undergo counseling for his gambling addiction even if he's Bruno Mars. Bruno Mars is a natural born gambler because of his Filipino blood. LOL 🇵🇭

The musician has a partnership with MGM and I guess they allow him to play on the casinos as a "fun time" reward of performing there and as part of the payment.

Possible that the initial news gave a negative hit to the musicians rep and so their spokesperson had to come up with this damage control article.

In all, these people are gamblers and they can afford to lose it. Dont let that influence your own lifestyle, its not all glitz and glam unless you are the owner of the casino.

You are right, even people from lower economic backgrounds gamble more, even though it could be because there are more poor people in this world, also the thought of getting a lot of money quickly to change their lives makes them gamble so they think that's a problem if they have to go into debt, or if they don't go into debt, they use it the money is for more important things.
It is quite unfortunate that there are famous people who have many followers who gamble irresponsibly because this can be followed by their followers because often fans do what their idols do.
You can gamble but you have to be responsible and only use money that is ours, not the result of debt because it will only lead us to other difficulties if we go into debt to gamble because profit in gambling is not something that can be predicted, and only those who gamble responsibly can accept defeat well.

The gambling rules or strategy centers, mainly, on self-discipline. Society would think that only jobless or irresponsible gamblers borrow to participate in gambling. But, any player, like mentioned above, will make such a mistake. Reasons may differ, but the goal is more money. But, going into debt in gambling to clear bills or win big to pay for a debt is a deeper level of trouble. However, the celebrity may settle his debts after all his business is set and done. Yet, it'll keep him less financed for another big move. He owes a huge amount of money. He'll have fewer amounts left to clear those bills. Moreover, the problem would be on his fans and followers, who may try what he did, or use him as an example for getting in debt.

He's more like a streamer with people who trust and look up to him for life lessons. If celebrities, openly get addicted, because I'd call this addiction, and eager to win money, gambling. It'll affect lots of naive players who have nothing left on them to try out the method being portrayed by these celebrities. Not knowing that the star's team will take care of his troubles and that he could be free from addiction. Unlike his followers who may not have anybody to look into their fight. This is deceit. However, it remains the follower's fault who tries to mimic whatever their role models do, good or bad. I think influence is a big factor to consider when discussing gambling addiction.

It exploded like a huge bomb when that news came from anywhere about Bruno Mars being addicted to gambling and has reached to $50M in debt.

But it's already cleared now that he's in no debt as the MGM released to remove everyone's thought so let this issue die on its own. However, I am sure that there will still be some attempts that's going to press him more because of this.

It's on them and I'm already good when MGM has said that he's fine and not in debt on them. And I hope that Brino Mars will be on a better state and won't have to deal with such addictions and problems.

Oh yeahhh, because gambling could also make us feel good -- the dopamine, the adrenaline rush. The problem is when people develop a dependency on it.

and I guess it's not surprising that he had a drug addiction as well, see: Bruno Mars Opens Up About His Previous Battle With Drugs

I also think, this is not just about money...


Sadly, there is still a lot of stigma surrounding addiction cases so I'm not surprised. Self-awareness is another variable at play too.

Indeed. Anyone can become addicted and be drowned in debt regardless of your status if you play without limit.

Letting yourself gamble using a borrowed money is not an advisable thing to do.

It's just one of the few rules that a gambler should know before playing. However many of us just ignored it resulting to a deep problem if they're already too hooked.

Two things I used to know that killed careers or celebrities and that's leaving in expensive life they can't keep up with and doing drugs, never knew they do gambling and get bankrupted. Brunor mars that used to be a legend just vanish, no wonder I don't see him active much on the internet and he only does he shows and then go back and hide, it was these gambling that change him but he is still killing shows even after that because he is talented and his music delivery are make him gets ticket sold.

Drake on the other hand has trended not only for gambling this season, that guy intentionally made his nood public and that's why I don't take him serious when he post about those gambling on stake, he doesn't even know that he is a public figure, a lot of people are going to follow his step anytime he posted a bet and people will follow  him and now they all have lost money.

It seems like he already did as, further claims in the provided link states that, Bruno Mars owes the MGM nothing apparently. His been linked with a partnership with them that was it earned them over $90million and that was enough to clear any supposed debt, a large part of it goes for unpaid taxes and he goes home with over $1.5million. That’s just how quick and what means these celebrities could come up with schemes to clear their debts. That puts them far ahead of ordinary men and gamblers. Of course they aren’t ordinary in this regard as, $50million dollars for a debt isn’t something you could just find anyone owing and even still, having to settle this with just a a show or few shows in a collaboration with a casino, that ain’t cheap.

So Bruno is free of any gambling debt and yeah, it was surprising to have found this phenomenal figure wrapped up in gambling problems. Just another broken man who’s emotion is found in his music, he writes really good songs you know and his performances are spectacular.

Despite that drake has not come out publicly to announce how angry he is losing his bet or to show sign of depression, we have also seen how much he has been able to win and we also know he is a streamer and he gets some benefit from there. He also has a very good music career that put him in the position of making money faster than he loses it. The point is I think he is comfortable with the loses he encounter and as such he also recovers from bet.

True it can affect everyone, but it doesn't mean just anyone can bounce back from it. The guys you said could easily pay these stuff out really. It's easy to understand once you recognize the fact that casinos allowed them to take loans. A casino would never allow someone to take a loan if they know the person can't pay for it. Bruno Mars can (at least afaik). I reckon he has several lands or houses under his name that can easily pay this out or something.

As for Drake, well, same thing but a lot more transparent. Pretty sure we've all heard of him more than once or twice in the past year after all. While they may take a hit, it's pretty much just a temporary thing for these rich people.

I've not Known Bruno to be a gambler...(not seen any update from him)I even had to look up his stories for a clue on how addictive gambling has been to him.. what's this update about him being indebted to MGM?

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Drake on his own path has been gambling consistently and that's not surprising anymore... The worst part of his habits is making some publicity about it and people act off like it's cool, but in reality, it's not. His last, huge loss was very demeaning.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

In all, gambling addiction is something that anyone should not pray to experience because you live your life in the custody of gambling and it will demean you, devalue you, and make one look wayward even when you are earning good income because you cannot do anything valuable with your earnings other than always losing it to gambling and how the gambling habits of these celebrities affected their socio-economic well being is something to take note about and play gambling to an extent that you can do anything within your reach just to make money and spend it on gambling.

Well, greed that will eventually lead to addiction is the cause of this problem, if only a person is content with whatever things he has in his life, he wouldn't fall into such a disaster because he became irresponsible after he became addicted and if only he could just simply prevent himself from the start, he won't be having such problem right now. That's why whatever things we are doing with our life we need to spend a little time pondering and reflecting on where this thing will gonna bring us in the future, if it is something beneficial for ourselves and to others, then let's do it no matter how long will it takes, but if we see it will gonna ruin us in the future, then we need to consider to stop right now or else we might end up like those two guys or worse than them.