Topic: Gambling during the holidays - page 3. (Read 1878 times)

During the year-end holidays, many people are very busy and have a lot to prepare, but there are also many people who do not have the opportunity to enjoy those things. Because not everyone has the opportunity to return home and reunite with their loved ones after a year of hard work, many people will have to celebrate the holiday alone and they often gamble to kill time. Or as summonerrk mentioned: many people need money during the holidays and it is no surprise that many people will think of gambling for a chance to make some quick money.

Even gambling activities will be more active as most people are in the mood to spend money during the holidays and gambling will be the choice of most people as everyone wants to try their luck at the beginning of the new year.

That's fair enough.
If you want to gamble, do it but never compromise the time and moment that you have for your family. You don't need to sacrifice any of it if you're flexible and can do both of it. Having vacation while you're also gambling, I've been there and done that.

Each of us with age feels that Christmas is a holiday when we make miracles for ourselves. Nothing magical will happen to those who do not have money. Unfortunately, this is the bitter truth of life and only children enjoy holidays just like that. I think casinos know this and therefore they lure everyone with new promotions and offers with double force. After all, everyone wants to get money for Christmas. And the holiday season is the time when we hope for it and really want it. Therefore, I know that according to statistics, the gambling industry experiences an increase at this time.

If you are financially free and you have several businesses, it is not unlikely that you will be able to go to the place you want, whether it is a beach resort, travel tour, etc.,
it is really nice to do that during the holiday season.

But for people like me who are not that financially free, but are just at the right level of life, it will be difficult for me to do that because I have things that must be prioritized
before pleasure like that.

I believe that during holiday and especially such long and great holidays as Christmas or New Year, people are less active with gambling. Nevertheless there are more free time, people have actually less time to spend on themselves, as they have to prepare a lot for celebration. There are always moments when people forgot something or try to do something on last minute, to make celebration as perfect as possible, and  due to that, they often dont have time for gambling.

Yes, wife will stop their husband spending the money for the things that is not useful for them. Their wife will suggest to keep that money for other things instead just to use for playing gambling which can not always win but only lose the money. Holiday will be for family so a gambler should know that he need to stop his gambling activity for a while and enjoy the holiday with his family.

He can return to casino after holiday so that no one will disturb him to playing gambling. We can not just playing gambling without think about other member family while we keep busy in gambling.

To be honest there are those that only gamble during holidays and this are those who are not really in to gambling and all they are doing as to this regards is to maximize fun Play and that is if they have the privilege to do that maybe through friends around them. However, no doubt it is very important staying within as just a fun play of which doing everything possible not to be carried away and spend more than expected in order to avoid ruining the holiday, yeah being discipline and watchful will be the best thing to do because one can easily get carried away by the fun.

When I win, gambling is a big entertainment that will bring so much joy but when I lose, it is not entertainment because I just lost money so it is normal to feel bad. There is a popular adage in my locality that "money does not grow on trees" which means every money one gets is a product of efforts. I won't feel entertained losing such money unless perhaps I paid the money for comedy or shows specifically designed for entertainment. 

In another perspective,  if you gamble for entertainment,  there is high chances that your emotion will mix up with your decision making  which is not a good practice in gambling.

one would argue that your wife will be the one to stop you lol like as its been established holidays should be for family members i don’t think you should forsake the other for another

if you want to gamble make sure you still have time for your family and not completely ignore and leave them during the holidays

Though, I don't know about you, but if someone tells me their have tried to reduce their gambling activity during holidays and they have not been able to do so, then sadly I would consider such a person to have a problem of self-control (which is the root to develop addiction  to gambling in the first place).
Actually, whether it is during the holidays or not it is irrelevant, a responsible gambler and someone under control of their money and habits is supposed to stop at any time of the year if they believe to be in their best interest to do so.
Let us keep in mind we are talking about attempts of severals years, to no avail... It is a red flag on ones habits and one needs to do to change them for good.

Yes, this happens once a year but spend time the most with your family. So, spend that money for them and make sure that you'll be happy. But if not and you want to gamble, no one will ever stop you from doing it. We're up for all of our things and this makes this season is for everybody. Whatever is your priority, be happy to every penny that you're going to spend on this holiday season. You are the only one to determine what will satisfy yourself from doing it or if you want to please people or your relatives to bring the most of your happiness.

Gambling is a form of entertainment. If you go to the beach during the holidays, travel to a country for tourism, or spend time with your family and watch TV, watch movies, talk, dance. All of these things are forms of entertainment too. So there is no problem with people gambling during the holidays, as long as they always play in moderation.

The holidays isn't just like every other holiday's of the year, it's with a combination of the Christmas .and the new year celebrations and as such it calls for family moments away from gambling. It's a short period of celebration and staying away from gambling for now and spending time with family and friends creating memorable moments this holiday would be more beautiful for me than the gambling.

Aside the EPL where football games are still in play, other major leagues in Europe have taken a break to allow players spend some quality time with family members and I think it's something to emulate as a gambler because in my view we have all the year to gamble after now.

First, Merry Christmas to you too. I hope you having a joyful holiday season. 

As someone who has stopped gambling I believe the holidays are meant to be a time of happiness, togetherness and reflection not an opportunity to gamble and risk turning a good time into something regrettable with losses. For me, the holidays should be about creating memories with loved ones, enjoying good food and participating in meaningful traditions rather than chasing bets or worrying about losses. 

I think it’s important to remember that celebrations don’t need to involve risk. For those who still gamble, I suggest setting strict limits or even skipping it altogether during the holidays. Let this time be a reminder to celebrate life in ways that bring true joy and lasting memories. I believe that if you couldn’t avoid gambling in such days, then you must be in a close road for addiction.

Some people stay away from gambling because they will be afraid to change the atmosphere of their feelings while on vacation with family when they lose gambling, hahaha I know how it feels, but that can be anticipated by ourselves even though we keep betting, for example you reduce margin Bets your bet and bet according to your ability to be ready to lose it even if you get taunts and when you lose you will not regret and be disappointed while winning it will add to your happiness during the rest.

Arsenal with me.

But literally, I don't see anyway how gambling on a New Year Day will stop you from feeling the spirit of the holiday season just as you claim above, because I think this decision of yours will strictly differ from one individual to another, as we have gamblers who don't care if a day is holiday or not before placing a bet on a game when their favorite club is playing a match that day, just in the case of this forth coming New Year Day 1st January 2025 that Brentford vs Arsenal will be playing their game. As this is one game Arsenal fans won't mind but placing a bet on it.

Actually its not really that bad to gamble even into that holiday season on which as long you arent spending up your entire day with gambling or in front of your PC or with your mobile phone then it should be just that fine, but it will be that much more better that you do spend up the time with your family and just like on what everyone is saying on here is that holiday season do only happen once a year on which allocating up that time for this time only will be not gonna hurt you on skipping out at least 1 day with your gambling activity.  There might be moments that urge will really be there but doesnt mean that you will be that just prioritizing it over your family.

Skip this day and buy out something which could make your family members be happy at least into the things that you are buying rather than on losing it all again into the casino. Most of the time on which gamblers do really get blinded by too much greed on which this do lead into addiction and they cant be able to determine on which one is really that a good decision and which one is a bad one. Well, it is our own money to be spend and if you do like on spending it on gambling then it will be on your own choice but if you are wanting to have at least some spending with quality time and sharing up the love then spending up time with your family will be the sweet spot.

You can use the season to divert your attention just in case you are really deep in gambling engagements, though like what you said it's okay if you are not in that situation, if you can set your limits and you are aware of what risk is behind if you exceed and not been able to control yourself, holiday season can be use to spend time with your family though, same thing, if you have that control then you can go along without participating in any gambling activities, you'll be able to spend that day to your family or your friends.

If you're gambling to make money, you will want to gamble at any time of the year being it during holidays or not. Whenever you're looking for money, there's no time or season to it in as much as it will fetch you some bucks. But if you're only gambling for fun sake, then it will be okay to take a break during holidays, relax and enjoy the rest of your holiday with your family. It is an integral part of humans life to spare out quality time for their family regardless of the period of time in which they're in.

However, when you're broke, it is a respecter of no-one or time. Hence your ability to always look for money at any given opportunity. If it is the case for making money and you saw the opportunity during an holiday time, snap it quickly and utilize the money well.

Bonus? Lol, how I wish all will have that. I'm not only referring to those who don't have a job but even for those who have I'm sure many of them don't have it. That guy/husband their on the topic that you saw is wild. Really? Even during a Christmas party? That was also a disrespect. Yeah, Christmas only comes once in a year, so all must prioritized it for once. That is the real tradition on this period of December. Given that Christmas only comes once a year, I think it is also fine to spend more in gambling than usual. This can also make it more special.

A responsible gambler can still do this but for those hardcore ones, they don't buy gifts anymore and can hardly allocate their salary to their expenses (E.g. bills).