Topic: Experience for new and old gambler? - page 5. (Read 535 times)

Why do I think that it's because of the fact that the technological advancements that now allows individuals from any part of the world to access gambling sites and place bets using their smartphones as the major reason why we now have many gambling addicts than we what we witnessed in the time when gambling activities have to be physical between two or more people before gambling can take place?
The new technological advancements has their advantages like the ease to place bets from the comfort of anywhere you chose to but it's also making many people who doesn't know how to gamble responsibly to get involved in gambling.

Yes, that's right, the world of gambling has evolved from betting between individuals to online gambling. It has a long history, and gambling activities have existed since ancient times.

I think the most addictive gambling is online gambling. Online gambling is very easy to play, you can deposit just by using a smartphone, you can use m-banking or crypto, you don't need to go anywhere, you can even gamble in the toilet. All transactions use electronic money so we don't see how much money we deposit to gambling site because everything is just a note, unlike gambling at a land casino, we will think twice about risking all our money, because we hold real money.

That's an interesting thought! @OP. A gambler who's seen gambling evolve from the streets to the digital age might have a deeper connection to it, simply because they've adapted through the changing times. But someone who's only known online or crypto gambling could get hooked faster due to its convenience and pace. However, breaking an addiction isn't just about how long or where one's gambled; it's also about personal factors and support systems. Both could have a tough time quitting, depending on their individual circumstances. It's a complex issue, and every person's journey with addiction is unique.

There's no difference at all if you have an addiction to gambling whether for short or long periods of time, whether online or offline, both will show symptoms of addiction and both will have characters of those addicted to gambling, they play money that they can't afford to lose, they lie and deny that they are gambling too much and they always want money to sustain their addiction.

The cure is the same on all levels of addiction, they both need professional help I don't think there is such a thing as an additional level, all addiction needs professional help, and they only differ in an individual who's motivated to cure his addiction.

Not totally have the same experience but the results are still the same, often we lose rather than win. However, this was not the case when it comes to gambling but at least we enjoy doing this and have no regrets about losing our money. And talking about addiction, everyone can be possible whether you are an old gambler or new but I see that addiction mostly happens to newcomers. These days where the number of gambling platforms arises, the more chances that there are a lot of gamblers who fall into addiction.

I interpret that the essence of your question remains focused on addiction. even though you involve the evolution of gambling, starting from traditional gambling, land-based casinos and the era of online casinos including crypto casinos. what's the difference, if the point is on addiction, there is no significant difference for me. everything is the same, what is called an addiction, is still an addiction whatever the form and period. however, if you ask about the experience of the evolution of gambling, it is clear that there are many differences that make it a personal experience for us as gambling fans. I experienced several changes, starting from traditional, I mean gambling carried out by community groups, then the era of rapid development of land-based casinos, and moving to fiat online casinos to crypto casinos. Every change has its own experience. As technology becomes more sophisticated, we eventually adapt to follow these developments.

Talking about addiction, as I said before, what is called an addiction is still an addiction. there is no difference, between then and now, I mean in gambling practice. The point is, someone who is addicted is a condition that makes someone lose control over something. there is no difference, and nothing is more difficult to remove referring to the point of your question. So where is the problem, IMO, from ourselves. If you don't want to experience addiction, you need a broad understanding, responsibility, and definition of gambling itself. and if you are addicted, what is the solution, there are many methods and solutions that have been recommended by the community. In essence, if it doesn't involve real intention and strong determination, it seems difficult to recover from the addiction we experience.

In those days I remember how people gamble in the street using there personal belongings such as clothes shoes etc and there gambling patterns then was so Archaic, very aggressive and violence and can never be compared with online gambling even intimes of experience no matter how experience you are on street gambling coming to an online gambling you are a novice because the knowledge of street gamble cannot be  use on online gambling, online gambling is free of violence compare to the old method of gambling.

If we talk about addiction, I think we all want to stop and get rid of this feeling, old gambling, maybe we can stay away from gambling places like on the street or offline because maybe at that time it doesn't seem comfortable to gamble, especially openly, I'm not a long-time gambler, but I admit that gambling like that does exist, but with increasingly advanced technology, everyone gambles using the internet through online casinos.

Everyone wants to get rid of addiction, in fact it will be very difficult to do that because it is better to reduce it, it will help us control money and time wisely in gambling in the future because addiction, whether old or new gambling, still feels the same, not much different, for example gambling It's only now that we use the internet where we all see that many people are never far from their cellphones which makes it possible for difficulties to recover from online gambling addiction because they can still access it whenever and wherever they are. That's why it's more difficult to cure online gambling addiction than old gambling, but whatever it is, it all depends on each person's experience  

The commonest way for a person to likely be more addicted is through online gambling, be it using fiat or cryptocurrencies. But just that people on the street gambling can be addicted but better because such kind of person will be gambling less frequently unlike online gamblers that the games are available for all the time. A better than can be able to overcome gambling addiction online can be able to over addiction offline, but a person that can be able to overcome addiction offline may not be able to overcome addiction online.

Well, I feel old... I remember those days, we called them "matchstickers".



You could always find them near the various markets, and bus/train stations. They work in couples and mostly scam people from outside the city. I didn't like this game, so I never played it. I started with betting on sports... in the beginning, we had just a few betting houses in the city. And that was nothing special, just one big room with one or two TVs, a small desk with some old computer and printer. Some of them had poker machines and one or two fruit slots.

I gambled on the street with friends, and for years I have been in crypto gambling... The conclusion is simple, gambling is gambling, and without some control, people can lose a lot and never recover. On the streets or online...

No I think it's a complete different experience, visiting physical casinos has a very different atmosphere then when gambling at home alone. In most cases people visit physical casinos in a group and enjoy some good and drinks together. It's not everything about gambling, whereas in an online casino we are on our own and it's all about playing the casino games. Which is also why I think that gambling addictions would be different for people playing in the two types of casinos. It's much easier for someone to stay away from physical casinos than it is to stop gambling at online casinos. Anyone that is used to gamble online and becomes addicted will have problems to use the internet and not visit casinos. It only takes one click to be back at the casino and start playing again, while the other person might need to drive 1 hour to visit their favorite casino. Nonetheless both types of addictions are terrible and hard to overcome.

probably an old gambler has more experience to understand what he is doing and what are the risk linked to bets.
meanwhile a "new" gambler could have some bias and made mistakes or underestimate betting risks.

by the way, an addiction is something similar for a player even if he is "new" or "old" gambler... it's always an addiction!

Gambling on the streets is a little different from online gambling as the target sometimes varies.  There is a popular gambling style in my country where the target is to win items, food, drinks, jewellery and others, the emotion, vibration and even motivation for this is a little different from someone who is playing online to amass wealth.

Furthermore, the chances of forming bad gambling habits is higher for people who gamble with their properties because they practically have little risk management skills and most times looses their properties for small money.

Finally, I feel online gambling is better organised and makes it possible for someone to apply skill and talents unlike the street where luck play a bigger role than skill.

This is a brief but exciting history of how gambling has changed over time due to innovation brought by science and technology. But gaming remains the same, it still involves the risk of losing or winning money or anything of value. Be it roadside, online, or crypto gambling,  you have to bet something hoping to win something better.  The difference is that gambling has become more convenient and private. Instead of moving out from your home or office to gamble,  you can just do it anytime and anywhere. Privacy has also been improved because you can successfully hide your gambling life from relatives or the public.

But one of the challenges of this change is that it has also increased scams and fake casinos. Since most of them don't have physical offices, they can easily claim to be real and steal people's funds and victims will not have any means of seeking refunds. But those days when casinos or bet firms have a physical presence, one can easily report government authorities.

Have a little difference since you just need to familiarized the game and in short period of time you can easily learn how the game played also you can develop your own strategy based on how you play the game. Unlike to those new gamblers which doesn't have experience on everything then it may take sometime for them to understand how the game works and most of them quit because they maybe think that gambling is to hard for them to understand. On addiction cases well both have the same chances but its still up for each person on how they can deal with their addiction and get out on worse condition they are facing.

That is easy to understand,the hardest addiction to break is the one who can be easily fulfilled and therefore the easiest one is the online gambling with cryptocurrencies together with online FIAT gambling.For me is mostly the crypto one though as they have some form of pseudo anonymity to it.It is much easier to fire up a browser and go to your favorite casino and gamble from the comfort of your couch or sofa in full quietness of your home rather than taking your car to go to physical casinos nowadays and as such that is why this is the hardest addiction to break.

Despite the fact that modern day gambling is mostly based online which means that there's no way someone will stake bets with their belonging, I don't think it has controlled the use of personal belongings to stake bets by some individuals who are involved in gambling. I have in different occasions seen gambling addicts who has sold all their belongings, used the money made from the sales to gamble online and still lose all their money.
The new gambling methods have changed from the old methods but the effect of gambling on people who doesn't gamble responsibly hasn't changed.

It's not change too much about the games, but what you can't enjoy in online casino is meet and have a conversation with someone which is hard in the current developed technology. But the good thing is online gambling is not wasting time unlike physical casino where you need to wear good clothes, driving, and buy something that more pricey etc.

In terms of addiction, online gambling is harder because you can easily access it within a second through your cell phone.

It all depends on each individual person's circumstances, because all of us are different. The one person might live within walking distance from his local "brick n mortar" casino and he or she might pass it every day. (The temptation might be more, if the casino are easily accessible)

On the other hand, most people are walking around with their phone and most online casinos are accessible via their mobile phone, so every time they look at their phone, they might be tempted to gamble. 

 

The experiences will be different. Absolutely different. The old time gambler would find it difficult to adapt to the new tech particularly if he is not opened to new experiences and wants to be stuck in his old ways. And the thing about this is that the old way of gambling hasn't been flushed away by the new tech enabled gambling. People still gamble by the street corner and in all sorts of alleys.

The addiction that would be harder to break is the new type of tech-enabled-crypto gambling. The casino is literally inside your pockets and you take it every where you go. And anytime you check your phone or even visit the casino website, you reinforce the addiction and make it stronger. The difference I see between the new type of tech-enabled-crypto gambling is that there is no delayed gratification as compared to the old form where you must leave your apartment building to go gamble.