I was in pain today because of the incident that I saw in a physical casino shop. Although I am not a fan of going to physical casinos, I prefer playing my bet in an online casino, but today I wish to go to the physical casino so that I can see other gamblers and maybe get experience, but I end up sad.
In the casino, I saw an elderly man crying in regret. I was concerned to know what the cause of his tears was, so I woke up to him to ask, and then the man narrated what happened. The man told me that he works in a construction site from morning just to get something to feed his family, because they haven’t seen food since yesterday morning, so after work from morning to night, the contractor tells them that they will all be paid tomorrow, so he begs the contractor to give him some money for transportation. When the contactor gave him some money, he then had to take a walk to see the nearest casino so that he could use the money and stake a bet to buy something for his family to feed on. After he staked the money, he ended up losing the game. That is why he is crying in regret.
So I ask him, does he actually gamble? He said not at all; he just came to try his luck and find something to feed his family. Then I asked him, Can he still remember the mistake that he made when he staked his first money? Then he said he saw no mistake. All that is involved in gambling is luck. I said okay, I will give him money to try betting, because I also don’t have the money that will be enough to feed his family, so he staked another bet. To my surprise, he won the game and got the money he needed.
What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?
Nope. You did even worse.
The one thing you never give people that low is hope. And this might sound cruel but I'm pretty sure you all will understand the reason why I said this.
First off, the man's already down on his luck, and out of desperation he saw gambling as his ticket to at least feeding his family for the day, instead of outrightly buying food for the family which would've done a better job. If you weren't there, you think the bloke's gonna be able to cry his way out of a charitable individual's pockets? I don't think so. As cruel as this sounds he needs to understand that there are consequences to stupid mistakes committed. And losing all your money out of it is going to be his.
Another thing, you literally made this guy a gambler. Pretty sure that right now he's thinking either he should gamble more cause he's gotten lucky lately, or that he can gamble and fool people into helping him just as long as he cries and pisses himself in front of everyone, or maybe, and this is equally likely as with the others, he outright quits.
But given the circumstances you think the guy's gonna quit gambling? I myself don't think he's going to. He's got all the leverage he needs and more. Why would he quit?