Gambling Addiction at its Worst! - page 15.

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Quote from: Coyster on November 11, 2019, 05:32:35 PM

I can understand what gambling addiction is and understand what those who go through it can do, so I never doubt stories such as this told by the OP, I gamble, but I'm still in control of myself when gambling.

I understand gambling addiction because I have a friend in my area who is a gambling addict, he use to good savings before,but the moment he got addicted to gambling, he is always out of money, he goes as far as selling his phone and stealing from his parents, the money he takes to a bet house to play virtual soccer bet and other form of bets. At this point he is always losing more than he gains, could greed be the cause of gambling addiction?

There is no doubt that greed is the main cause of gambling addiction. The question is, how to fight it? I personally don't think that there's something wrong with the people who want to have more money than they have currently. People work hard pursuing this goal, and many of them succeed. But those who are greedy will never stop, even after having more than enough already. I bet that guy from the OP, Marlo Moron, had a pretty good salary, enough for living a happy life. And yet, he thought it wasn't enough for him. Many people have suffered because of his selfish actions, but he was hardly thinking of others. And that's a perfect example of what greed can do to a person.

Greed is always present on each person the only difference is that each one of us do have different level on how to handle out our greed.

If you cant control it then there would be an equal consequences on it.Be contended on what we have in terms of financial aspect. Dont ask for more
and dont ask for easy money because if you do push it too hard and leading you to gamble and believing on making easy money with it which is really
a very common mistake of most people.

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Quote from: Darker45 on November 11, 2019, 02:24:14 AM

I remember the time when my father consistently gambles through cockfighting, to the point that it burdens the family with his obligations and duties as the head of the family. There were times that instead of providing for the family, the expenses are focused on his gambling sprees and we were deprived of the essential need that we should have got.

Fortunately and unfortunately, my father came into his senses and realized the mistake when my youngest brother got really sick with an auto-immune disease. Till this day, he still blames himself that the cause of everything was due to his past misdeeds.

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Quote from: Capt00 on November 12, 2019, 08:48:14 AM

Any type of addiction may it be gambling or not are all the worst because all addicts can do something horrible to the point that it cost there life and others. I gamble but I made sure to gamble moderately because I don’t want to be addictive to gambling so much and so far I haven’t done anything as stupid as what OP mentioned above. Gambling should only be treated as another way to have fun and enjoy to avoid serious addiction.

Gambling in a moderate way avoid a person to get addicted from this activities. As long as you still understand the risk and you are not surpassing your limitations the enjoyment and entertaining part of this habit will remain controllable. But if one gambler exceed and aggressively forget things that holding him to control his emotions, that serves as the beginning of many worse things that will happen. It's no longer to enjoy but to aim for higher profits.

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Okay... I'm from the Philippines but I didn't know about this news even the man who burned himself alive. Nonetheless, It's such an awful situation that I don't want to even reach that point of addiction and frustration because of gambling. Personally, I'm not that addict when it comes to gambling. From the start, I always manage and control myself when gambling and only do it when I'm bored. The worst thing I've done for gambling, spending too much money that exceeds my limit. But that's a rare case since I control myself.
I think why there are cases like that is because they got too addicted and it affect their mental state when they had lost a lot of money. That's why it's really advisable to control your emotions and mental state before playing.

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that was a frightening story you got there op but that is true , and i actually heard the other one on the news ( the one that rob the casino with guns ) . this why i dont play on crowded casinos because they are also hot on the eyes of the robberers . about the worst thing that i have done , hmmm if i can still remember back then , im stealing some coins on my parents wallet just to have a capital on street gambling but that was only a small amount . now that im big , i can work and earn money to support my gambling hobby .

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Quote from: Coyster on November 11, 2019, 05:32:35 PM

I can understand what gambling addiction is and understand what those who go through it can do, so I never doubt stories such as this told by the OP, I gamble, but I'm still in control of myself when gambling.

I understand gambling addiction because I have a friend in my area who is a gambling addict, he use to good savings before,but the moment he got addicted to gambling, he is always out of money, he goes as far as selling his phone and stealing from his parents, the money he takes to a bet house to play virtual soccer bet and other form of bets. At this point he is always losing more than he gains, could greed be the cause of gambling addiction?

There is no doubt that greed is the main cause of gambling addiction. The question is, how to fight it? I personally don't think that there's something wrong with the people who want to have more money than they have currently. People work hard pursuing this goal, and many of them succeed. But those who are greedy will never stop, even after having more than enough already. I bet that guy from the OP, Marlo Moron, had a pretty good salary, enough for living a happy life. And yet, he thought it wasn't enough for him. Many people have suffered because of his selfish actions, but he was hardly thinking of others. And that's a perfect example of what greed can do to a person.

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Quote from: mitchr4 on November 12, 2019, 09:27:45 AM

I only play gambling using Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, I will be obsessed with continuing to play gambling if saving Bitcoin and in my opinion, it is the worst addiction I feel. So when I get or have more Bitcoin directly exchanges it to fiat. And only play with small capital.

so this means you never hold any bitcoin in your wallet?thats even sadder mate because when almost all of the people here in bitcointalk is saving Bitcoin for their future,yours are being withdrawn and exchange to fiat,but if that's your best way to escape addiction then feel free to continue.

Quote from: Capt00 on November 12, 2019, 08:48:14 AM

so far I haven’t done anything as stupid as what OP mentioned above.

lol that's one in a Billion scenario and only Dead minded human can do such horrible things.

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I only play gambling using Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, I will be obsessed with continuing to play gambling if saving Bitcoin and in my opinion, it is the worst addiction I feel. So when I get or have more Bitcoin directly exchanges it to fiat. And only play with small capital.

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Any type of addiction may it be gambling or not are all the worst because all addicts can do something horrible to the point that it cost there life and others. I gamble but I made sure to gamble moderately because I don’t want to be addictive to gambling so much and so far I haven’t done anything as stupid as what OP mentioned above. Gambling should only be treated as another way to have fun and enjoy to avoid serious addiction.

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Quote from: Kemarit on November 11, 2019, 05:21:07 AM

I would admit that I become an addicted gambler in my life once, but I will never go that far just to fuel my gambling addiction. Damn, $14 million in the last eight years or so? The worst I did way back is to loan almost half a million of PHP (Philippine Peso) and then go on my gambling spree. My favorite casino is Resorts World, in which the OP also posted about the link above, but by that time the incident happened, I already quit my gambling addiction.

That's a huge amount mate, I would not allow myself to loan for that huge amount for gambling purposes, but I'm glad you learn your lesson.

Quote from: Kemarit on November 11, 2019, 05:21:07 AM

Anyways, That guy went overboard and he wasn't check until it's too late.

That's usually the problem of an employee who have problems, they forget to monitor anymore how much they got already because they keep funding their addiction. I wonder what would be the punishment of this guy, I think this will fall under "qualified theft" right?

Thanks mate, Yes, I would admit that I'm really out of control that time, 2009-2013 and regularly frequent RW almost every night after my job, even became a VIP member. But the good thing is that I was able to snap about my addiction in time and regain control of myself. Was able to pay everything already and I'm no longer that kind of person, I have matured enough, learn from that bad mistakes in my life and treated it as "learning experience" on my end.

Mind you I still play around, but not like before, I guess family support is the most important thing that get me out of my addiction. Grin

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Quote from: Pmalek on November 12, 2019, 05:45:32 AM

And instead of leaving the table with their winnings they end up giving 10% or 50% back to the house. That is a gamblers mindset unfortunately.

I can relate to this, this usually happens because of what we called the adrenaline rush, when we are winning we think we are unbeatable and we think its our lucky day and therefore we need to continue gambling to win more, we only realize to stop when we started to lose and of course we will decided to stop so we can still go away with a profit, that's why we cannot maximize our winning.

sometimes, worst things happen, instead of stopping because we win already, we never did because of greediness and we only stop when we don't have anything to gamble anymore, that's a very bad attitude of a gambler, no discipline at all.

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Quote from: shield132 on November 11, 2019, 04:53:52 AM

But still some people think they are lucky enough to beat casino, yeah, there were really some people who just gambled 1-2 times and won huge amount of money but 1 from 10000 is so lucky, not everyone and it doesn't worth to take part in this competition to my mind.

Some people do beat the casinos just like some people win the jackpot on a lottery but it is very rare. And even if the casino has to pay up a big amount to a winner they made even more on those who lost. They remain in profit no matter what. And the chances are high that even those who win will try to win again to double their profit or to earn even more. And instead of leaving the table with their winnings they end up giving 10% or 50% back to the house. That is a gamblers mindset unfortunately.

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its sad to hear such news and very frustrating why things need to end like this when the true intentions of Gambling is to bring FUN and not worst like this.

checking the case of the one who burn himself and with other people died hiding in that same the room.

this must not happening if we only knew how to manage gambling and never let gambling managed you.

and the other one is really bad,but i think this case was only exaggerated maybe by the company to put blame on that person and they can stop operation and escape to pay the investors.yeah the man was gambling addict but never he can manage to spend all that amount without being noticed.it wont reached that amount for sure.

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Quote from: Darker45 on November 11, 2019, 02:24:14 AM

I want to ask my fellow gamblers here, what is the worst thing you have done for your gambling hobby or habit? Have you come to the point of getting addicted to it and how did you counter it?

To err is human, even though we have a grasp of ourselves, sometimes our discipline in gambling and betting in a casino loosen. There are experiences wherein I become too excited and bet the amount I should have not used because it is budgeted to something else in the future, like the payment for the monthly ammortization of the house I am currently paying and lost it.Al though I have made a way to regain that amount, that incident had given me a huge load of stress but learned my lesson anyway. Lucky, I realized that gambling without any control is a disaster and set a gameplan to how much and when to play. Aside from that I always avoid playing gambling when I am stress because it makes me too careless.

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Quote from: Darker45 on November 11, 2019, 02:24:14 AM

This case made me remember another news that shocked the country and beyond more than a couple of years ago. This incident involved another gambling addict who tried to burn down the casino inside Resorts World Manila. The man entered the casino fully armed and attempted to steal chips. It went awry and much worse from there, and ended up burning himself alive. The gambling addiction of the perpetrator had reached its worst end after initially causing separation from his family, selling of properties including his home and car, incurring huge debts, and so on. The incident claimed dozens of lives.^[2]

Ah, I knew this one after I heard it in the news few years ago. Actually it made me remember it's counterpart, the Las Vegas shooting. Though Stephen Paddock's (the main suspect in this incident) motive is still unknown or let's say the police authorities don't make clear conclusions yet, he was a gambler after all. Maybe anything regarding this matter could be one of the factors convinced him to do such bloody crime, who knows?

Quote from: Darker45 on November 11, 2019, 02:24:14 AM

I want to ask my fellow gamblers here, what is the worst thing you have done for your gambling hobby or habit? Have you come to the point of getting addicted to it and how did you counter it?

Luckily, my mind is still working properly hahaha Grin

. I can say that I never did something horrible until now just because of gambling and I wish it will be the same. My secret? I don't actually know, mabe because of being a close-fisted person when it comes to spending Cheesy

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Quote from: leowonderful on November 11, 2019, 09:28:59 PM

The worst thing that's happened to me directly as a result of gambling was almost spending money I needed for daily expenses a few years back; fortunately I was able to come to my senses shortly after realizing what I had nearly done and I've never gambled more than I could ever afford to lose since then, but I do know a lot of people don't end up nearly this lucky from my personal experience.

Gambling usually starts as a little and then slowly grows as an important thing of life which is more than like food for life. Gamblers do allocate very little fund for gambling in the beginning days and then that allocation will occupy the entire budget. It is happening for each and every gambler because there is no limit for everything in gambling. Gambling will influence its player at psychological level so whatever thing happens in gambling will result in continuing it which is the root cause of addictions.

Quote from: leowonderful on November 11, 2019, 09:28:59 PM

I've since only gambled for entertainment every now and then to avoid any sort of serious addiction, and it's been working fine for me.

This is really inspiring. I read and saw, even gamblers who touch it periodically and for fun reasons getting addicted but people who retain their ability to stop at willing, getting chances to stay safer. Gambling addiction is always dangerous but controllable when gambler is responsible.

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Quote from: leowonderful on November 11, 2019, 09:28:59 PM

The worst thing that's happened to me directly as a result of gambling was almost spending money I needed for daily expenses a few years back; fortunately I was able to come to my senses shortly after realizing what I had nearly done and I've never gambled more than I could ever afford to lose since then, but I do know a lot of people don't end up nearly this lucky from my personal experience. I've since only gambled for entertainment every now and then to avoid any sort of serious addiction, and it's been working fine for me.

You are lucky to be able to remember yourself at that moment. I've even run out of all the money, whereas is very important money for daily needs and even money to eat for a month I spent all to gamble until finally I was in debt.
After that I just realized and now I also play gambling just for fun and slowly can pay off my debt. (my addiction still can't be gone but at least now I can control myself)
my experience is quite bad compared to you.

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I wonder what kind of control the company employed for them not to detect that big amount of money already stolen, I mean if they have a good internal control, the lose could have been minimize.

But anyway, its done and surely the perpetrator will pay for the damage he has done to the company.

it's an addiction that ruin a life and it will certainly do the same to his, regardless of the amount, addiction is still an addiction but in our law, the figures vary so for sure this offense has a big punishment waiting for him.

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Quote from: Upgrade00 on November 11, 2019, 02:40:29 AM

I think gambling addiction should be treated like other forms of addictions, and those affected should get medical care. Also gambling websites as well as casinos should have a bold sign advising people to 'gamble responsibly', similar to what alcohol beverage companies do. Not just as a measure to absolve themselves from blame but to protect those that patronize their services.
Personally, I have never been addicted to gambling.

In my opinion, people become addicted to gambling because they just want money after winning and winning or having the chance to win the game also the winner money is making them addicted and they think that they are always going go win. As a gambler, it is really addicting especially if you are always winning the bet but it is also kinda risky to put your money in the game but it is just a game sometimes you win and sometimes you lose also. I have a lot of friends that become rich because of gambling but don't try your luck to be like him if you don't have any idea it is still risky.

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The worst thing that's happened to me directly as a result of gambling was almost spending money I needed for daily expenses a few years back; fortunately I was able to come to my senses shortly after realizing what I had nearly done and I've never gambled more than I could ever afford to lose since then, but I do know a lot of people don't end up nearly this lucky from my personal experience. I've since only gambled for entertainment every now and then to avoid any sort of serious addiction, and it's been working fine for me.

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