Topic: Gambling and Betting. Why the Distinction? (Read 1306 times)

As they are the same, I don't understand why some gamblers wanted to separate the sportsbetting from gambling itself? Betting is indeed does not totally rely on luck but also there's good chance of winning the bet if the gambler knows the sports very well.


Gambling games are harder owed to the luck factor which is in play in those games. Whereas, betting depends on the knowledge of the gambler and though luck is also a factor, the knowledge of the bettor is important to how the outcome will turn out to be.

Both are the same thing. It may be stereotyped as sports betting, but it is gambling after all. Gambling games are not usually called betting. There is no difference, only the pronunciation is different. In sports betting, you have the opportunity to bet with a little more technique and analysis. Gambling games are completely based on luck, in my opinion, this is the biggest difference.

Gambling refer to casino games such as slot machine games, lottery and spin games while betting is foe sports predictions. Though are words used commonly interchangeable but the different is very small. Gambling can be term as general staking of games while betting is only for sports games. In betting we use prediction and analysis of the previous games but in gambling of casino games, we analysis how the game will be but not the previous game played but in a calculative analysis to win the game.

Gambling is more harder than betting in term of winning.

Yes, I agree with you, actually there is a clear difference between casino games and sports betting.
Every game in casino is completely random and impossible to predict, casino is like a dice roll, once you roll the dice the outcome depends entirely on luck.

But in the case of sports betting, through proper analysis and research of past and current condition and performances of teams, there is an opportunity to reduce risk. As a result, our chances of winning increase slightly.

However, risk management is important in both cases.

I get your point, dude; it's just that the ending said it still came out in the end that they are still the same gamble. As you say, it's simple: once you bet, it means you have gambled or gambled money on what you believe you will succeed in your bet as a gambler.

Whether sports betting or slot games, they will go home, and they will still go home with the gambling of us gamblers in these two categories. They can't be excluded from gambling because they do the same thing with betting.

Betting is a game or activity in which skill is more important than luck, or where money is deposited before the outcome of the action to show one's dominance. In betting you can participate physically or bet on the participation of others. The core strength of betting is skill. For example: betting on cricket, football, boxing (sports betting) etc. Regionally you can bet on your own game or on other's games.

Gambling refers to activities in which you directly participate and rely on luck rather than skill to determine the outcome. Gambling is participating in games of chance with money. Another feature of gambling is that the games involved in gambling will make you lazy. A gambling addict will push you to financial loss as well as physical loss.

Yeah but it's just that the other is more preferred or famous, so people are used to it and just stick to it. There are gamblers that are like that who thinks they are risking their money in hopes of winning something bigger but there are also gamblers who thinks the money they put in is only like a fee or a rent for them to use the casino or to play the games inside it.

Just like in a carnival or amusement centres, we can also gain a reward if we are lucky of hitting something. It's a win-win situation if only we will play like this.

Even if we are only playing for fun, I think yes that we still expect for a win. It is just that when we lose, it is only easy for us to accept it but it might also has to do with the money involved because usually when we decide to play for fun, we are only using a small amount.

When it comes to odds, the first thing that came into my mind which has a high odds, is the casino but then there is also this parlay in sports which allows player to boost their odds but only at the cost of reducing their winning rates. In casino, there are still games which only has a minimal odds. In terms of winning, I think what makes winning a high multiplier hard in sports, is if we include an analysis but casino games are just a click of a button.

Technically they are both the same thing but they kind of have different concepts. Gambling in general terms has to do with luck Based games which are casinos, these games have no strategies or patterns that work they are strictly based on luck but betting on the other hand has to do with skill based games which is sports betting, this is quite different because the risks involved is quite low and analysis can help mitigate losses unlike skilled based games. Both terms are similar but to a lot of people they are used differently.

Without a doubt, some things are like that, for example, although slots are purely a matter of pure luck, you can also put or have a little concentration to achieve skill, because I have read many articles, but the most interesting or the most interesting are those on the bitcasino.io blog, wow they give great information and teach us many ways to be able to control or what to do in various slot situations, and that clearly helps, when we play we need to have control to be able to have in our mind how to react, having as a basis the clear management of risks, the poker and blackjack games wow that combine everything, it is really to use everything that we have available, from skill to luck.

I think they are synonymous for all practical purposes, some specifics in the semantics might exist but that does not matter to the gamblers does it?

Some people take gambling in a negative sense while betting in a more general term to any type of luck/chance based event and something valuable is being staked in it.

I dont think betting only means sports betting, it is essentially all types of games, maybe that use is specific to some communities.

that is contradiction and it is definition that both of them have the same or similar meaning so what I'm trying to let you know is that bet is total name that you can use in gambling but when you said betting not means it neither be sportybet, so that is why we need to understand that if we are making use of Google definition we will contradict everything but when you mention betting and the gambling we understand exactly what is your point of view but English dictionary can make you to not all think that both of them is saying different thing but it is a general name for it before now, before now what we call gambling is soccer game prediction especially World Cup kind of game so we call it gambling or you bet on any of preferable or choice of country to win but I don't know why Google and the English dictionary we have another meaning or another definition of them

It comes down to terminology and how both words are used but essentially
the two words mean the same thing.

I place bets on teams to gamble an amount of money  in the hopes they win and I
get a reward. Nobody says "I put a gamble on a team" Just words used
in different circumstances.

I wonder if there is a more negative outlook to "Gambling" rather than "Betting"?

I don't know why some of you guys are not getting a simple thing. Everyone knows that when you make a bet, whether it's in a gambling game, a sports event, an election, or anything in general, you are basically gambling because the term gambling is what we use when we stake something valuable to win something with it, but there is a distinct difference between gambling and betting when they are used in general when we are either speaking or writing, and the difference is that gambling is used to refer to playing gambling games such as roulette, dice, slots, etc. And when someone says betting, they are generally referring to sports betting, and making bets on specific events.

It's such a simple thing to understand, there isn't any need for any analogy or anything, it's as simple as that. I don't say that you can't called sports betting gambling because it is gambling of a sort, but when I say I do betting, it means I'm referring to sports betting in general and if I want to say I play games with money, I would say I gamble.

Gambling is the same as betting in as much as we are betting with money. This is why we keep seeing many gamblers always active to make more money for themselves. Gambling is all about money and how we can make more by playing games or making a pledge with our funds that the team we have chosen is going to come out as winner. There is more to gambling and we ought to always prepared before we make any advances to use our funds in betting. There are so many games or live matches we can bet on without going to far from our comfort zones to make financial decisions that can yield more money for us.

I also think that betting fans are quite a united community, a community that constantly communicates and discusses something. What is our topics in Gambling worth, where guys constantly chat about matches that have been played and will soon be played. It feels like there are no such lively and stormy discussions among gamblers on casino or card games.

with gambling with sports betting, it may also be seen from several other things, with slot gambling which is actually pure with luck playing a big role, it is real, but even so there are people who believe in the strategies that other people spread when they manage to get big wins like streamers who clearly always get big wins and provide strategies for people who watch them to try their luck even though it's just a trick to attract more people.

with sports betting itself, maybe this is a little different because our skills and good knowledge can increase the chances of winning even though it ultimately leads to luck that will determine the end but sometimes not all are like that, there are sports bets that can indeed be predicted correctly just by looking at the quality of each team that will compete.
And maybe more people enjoy doing slot gambling because it is easy to do.

You do not have to be good with strategical analysis because there are sites that we can use for our prediction and at times they can be correct although there are more times when they're wrong. There are sites that gives us head to head for two teams playing and also recommend for us which team is going to win and from this information, we can make our decision also considering the current form of the two teams. Sport betting is not that hard to do and this is what is making this type of betting more popular than casino games. Sport betting attract people without any gambling background and they win without knowing anything although having some knowledge about the sports and teams that you will be betting on is an advantage for you as it will help you to make better decisions and win.

True, which means that betting fans wait for the game from the beginning, sometimes even several days and weeks, the casino is ready to pay for the game at any time for gamblers. Also in gambling there are games where everything is given into the hands of fortune, and in sports there are so many pure chances, everything is determined by human factors and the skills of athletes. There you can see very complex constant results. For example: 50 to 50. There is always someone objectively stronger.

This thread was created since April 10, 2024, 10:57:19 PM and I have not seen it. This is he first time of seeing the thread. And let me go straight to the discussion at hand. There is no need for dictionary or google meaning to know the difference but from their usage, we know the differences. And there is no too much different between the two. Gambling is the general name for anything concerning money exchange to maximize profits from prediction. And betting is also an activity of prediction therefore it is gambling.
Betting is basically for anything concerning sports games like, football which is the father sport, Tennis, Boxing and others while slot, Spin games are for casino games.

Yes, I can assume that what you said is true, and maybe I will also say another difference between the two activities, which in betting besides you have to wait for the time to wait for the results, you also need to wait for the game schedule to start, or what I mean is you can't bet all the time that runs, in the sense that the time for you to bet depends on an event such as when a match in a league starts, and of course it is different from online casinos which you have explained simply in the sense that a gambler can bet anytime and anywhere without being limited by time and the results also come out immediately at that time.