Topic: Gamble Responsibly - page 71. (Read 11382 times)

Those kind of people are called a gambling addict. I've been through there and my life is really messed up back then. Even if you are a gambling addict, treating it as a primary source of income is crazy. A gambler should have at least one source of income to continue the addiction they have. Having none is just like throwing up your life by getting others money just to gamble. A friend or family can help in reducing a gambling activities but it will all depends on the person. As I said I've been there an I received help before from my friends by diverting me but that doesn't stop me until I realized that myself. Don't get me wrong, the support of my friends really helped me realized it that made me change. I guess realizing it by yourself is a new level of matureness that can be earned as an ex-addict.

usually, instead of playing for fun/entertainment, players take it to the next level and become unreasonably serious about gambling, while i don't really recommend making it as your primary source of income, we cannot deny the fact that there are few people who will do this and a few that changed their lives into something good by playing. sometimes people forget that it was only made for fun and the stress that has been accumulated throughout every game can lead them to something they didn't want to initially such as the things listed by the OP.

i somehow agree with you that one of the best medications for those gamblers is to let them understand that they could no longer regain what they had lost, and if there's a chance they can, it will be all depending on their luck. they should also realize that once they enter the pit they will have a hard time climbing up again, and after telling them that they needed to be slowly separated to that hobby or find another hobby to take up their time slowly just like withdrawal methods for those who are under rehabilitation, but still that depends on the very person if they really wanted to still be able to change their life although things are no longer the same. in the end it is only a matter of how those people can accept the reality they put themselves into.

Exactly the point, you can't just direct them with words but an action is needed to divert their attentions, if the person is very
close to you, then you must find a good way to divert his attentions,.

Putting him in a place where he can avoid some time playing / gambling and give him some breathing to think the right way, best time to have
some serious conversation and give him some hints that he's already getting engage that much.

A good start to bring him back to reality in life and also to allow him to balance his gambling activities and be reasonable in terms of spending
time and money when playing the game.

Wanting to be something great in life isn't a bad thing, and you may be even hoping to get it through gambling, through poker, like several great people we know, or even through slots, if you want. The key is to not lose more than you can afford to lose in the process. You shouldn't think that after many fails you are bound to succeed. That's not how gambling works.

That's right, such people should always have someone by their side who can divert their mind whenever they want to gamble and that one person can be a best friend, a spouse, a sibling, or even a parent. The person who is addicted will surely not be able to control the urge themselves but if there is someone available with them to accompany them, that might change their mind.

You can't take an addict out of their addiction simply by saying that they shouldn't do what they are addicted to, but you will need to find ways that can divert their mind and engages them in something else and that might help them gain some control.

If anyone is chasing losses, it is the first sign that the person is becoming addicted. This can be found in new gamblers as they are not having experience yet about what gambling can do to them. They will believe more in luck and they are not playing for fun but to win. When someone can lose more money is when the person is chasing losses, both in gambling and trading. Gambling should just be for fun, not a way of making money. If a bet is not won, the gambler should just forget about it and not think about recovering the losses.

This is what we called Greediness mate , look at that attitude , you already lose something and you will chase it again specially in gambling when you can just let it go for a while and return in the coming days to resume playing and check your luck is present? no i will never have this belief in chasing my losses instead will use my funds limiting my gaming time.

This means that it is the gambling addicts themselves who have to pay attention to themselves to recover from gambling addiction. If they are unaware of gambling addiction or see the effects it can have on other people, they will never realize it.

And most gambling gamblers will not be able to see it. They need someone else to awaken them. But unfortunately, even though other people had warned him about his gambling addiction, they completely ignored him and continued gambling.

Setting a bankroll and having self-control and responsibility will be a great escort for anyone who gambles because they can safely play gambling and not have to think about having gambling addiction problems in the long term. They can still play gambling responsibly and can even stop whenever they want.

Each person has his own way of controlling himself so that he is not addicted to gambling. And restrictions like that are really needed by every gambler, especially beginners who don't have much experience in gambling. They are very vulnerable to gambling addiction and it doesn't seem like it will take long for them to become addicted. That is why everyone who wants to gamble must have self-control and money restrictions not to cross these limits.

It is like having a proper discipline like you, it may be easy to say to yourself that the deposit money is kind of going to not be back on you, but to others they think to earn more, which is where the problem starts, because when it comes to gamblers, people always think of winning and the money they won, they don't think about the money they put into it. That is why others borrow money just to gamble and they think that they can win it back, which we should think the opposite of.

I agree there are some luck base games and it only takes luck to win them just like the dice that you mentioned but even at that, there is still space and place for skills and techniques in rolling the dice accurately even though it relies higher on luck.

But if you based your gambling activities and outcome on luck, and gamble excessively the chances are, you will lose continuously because luck will not be on your side all the time so you need to have a mechanism and formula to follow and how to take profits when you win.

I think that among all the people who gamble, sometimes there are people who are lucky in gambling a little bit more than the average luck of the players.  And accordingly, there are people who, on the contrary, have much more losses.  These are all elements of probability, of course, because I'm talking about games with an algorithm and provable fairness.  Knowledge and experience are of great importance in the case of intellectual games or sports betting in a number of cases.  But I want to note that not only the player himself tries to play there and in those games where she wins due to her knowledge and intelligence.  But such games or bets themselves seem to attract this player, urging him to play more and more.  And even more.  It's a little mystical, but that's how it is. 

And there are always lucky players even in such a game as dice, and I think many of you have come across such lucky ones in your life.  But life is fair.  And usually such people are unlucky in other areas of life, in love, friendship, good work, and so on.

It depends on the kind of gambling games that people like, in the case of dice there is no amount of analysis or betting patterns that can help you increase your chances of winning, so in that case leaving everything to your luck is not a mistaken decision.

However when someone is playing a gambling game in which their decisions can indeed affect their outcome, as is the case of blackjack, poker or sports bets, then without a doubt it is a mistake to depend only on your luck, as you are giving up the ability to use your skills to your advantage.

IMO, when it comes to lottery it is different. Because if you hit the jackpot it's indeed life changing that can make you rich. Moreover, the tickets are cheap hence even if you're buying in a daily basis, it doesn't much affect you financially compared to playing on any casino games. Because casino games can trigger you to recover your losses if you can't handle it.

Anyway, lottery is luck based game and the chance to win is slim. As long as the money that you use to buy tickets are not for important things then I think it's fine. I'm doing the same too but not everyday, I only buy when I have numbers in mind.

Of course things are like that, in my case I always seek to have casinos that can have the option of applying my risk management to the account or to the balance, for example to play craps, poker, I always do it with a balance that is totally destined to lose , but there is the possibility that I could win, I keep that possibility in mind, now in the case that I choose to have to play in the slots I do not expect profits, because it is a rule for me to enjoy every time I start playing, because the slot machine achieves a pleasant effect on me, that effect is to de-stress and enjoy the moment a lot, it's like when you enjoy a movie in the cinema, something like that and my feeling.

I think it is wrong for gamblers to depend 100% on luck for their winning, this is because there can't be a consistent winning mechanism with luck but if one has a good skill to play a certain game, that skill can aid his/her winning compared relying majorly on the luck aspect of it, I have seen some chronic loser who when choosing their bets most especially in sports bets, their always select their games based on random selection and if you ask why they chose that pattern of games selection they simply tell you that it luck that wins bets and not analysis which is very wrong of them.

^But it is important to remember that gambling is a game of chance and not a guaranteed way to make money. It is always wise to decide to have that gambling with caution and to set limits for oneself to avoid losing more than what one can afford.
Keep in mind that gambling can be addictive, and some people may find themselves unable to control their urge to gamble even when it starts to negatively impact their finances and personal life. While you are not on that addiction stage, avoid it as much as possible and always think this that gambling s not a way of source income, just an entertainment.

Maybe that kind of people you are describing just lose their control by wagering high amounts on a certain amount of time and just rely on the luck they have. It's just that they are being stroke by a good amount of luck and the reason how they win, It's not a technique that can work every time as it is dependent on the luck that we have. Luck is a huge factor in gambling and even though we have the full control of ourselves in playing gambling, There are still instances that we still lose from it. It's just amazing how people are winning on crazy bets that they are doing but still win.

When we lose control at any time,everything can go wrong, just as I have known People who lose Control in a casino and I don't know how they do it but they win a lot of Money or they won a lot of money at that moment, which was a very big touch of luck.  There will also be those who play with a lot of control and lose and with a lack of control and lose, these things are very different when you think that the best thing to do when Entering a casino is to keep in mind that a casino will never Lose, that We only want to get a piece of that great money that they have, and that money is due to the money that the players lose, but despite all that , you can make plans to bet having control of your money and with options to win ,it does not Matter that it is little, the important thing is that something is Earned.

Once you've been shacked by addiction then you are really that already putting up yourself on a hard situation because recovery or getting rid of it would really be the toughest challenge for a person to have.This is why while its still early and possible then it would be wise on making yourself getting avoid with gambling specially if you are a type of person which doesnt have that good control when it comes to emotion.
We do have different tolerance level on particular things and we do have different level when it comes to risks tolerance on which on the time that you are already near the border line or into the limit then
this is where people do become that emotional. You would really be having that sudden burst of emotion on which you would really be doing unrealistic thing which you would be having that all in type of behavior
and betting all of your money and the worst you would be keeping on doing that until you bust it all about. Self discipline and control is something that would really be  that much needed
but well its not really  that easy to be done because each one of us does have that different approach on certain conditions.

If the person is not willing to admit that there's already a problem with how they manage their gambling activities, expect that there
are worse things to happen, that person needs more attentions to make them realize.

I'm following your point in which the problem will continue and it goes deeper if the person will not address the issue much sooner.

Trying to keep in touch and always reminds the person may give them some hint that their addiction is no longer controllable
and there's already a need to seek for professionals.