Topic: Gambling everywhere (Read 363 times)

You're taking it the wrong way...
"For the fact that you don't smoke doesn't make smokers bad people...it doesn't also make it an Ill act" think about it... What if you did gamble regularly like most of these peeps you speak of? Would you condemn the act of saving up to gamble?
Secondly, it's good and also bad to keep gambling records/receipts/placards... Good in the sense that it'll make you mindful of how much goes out in the wild,..bad in the sense that you're gonna get pissed and try to recover them, losses more in the Process.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Gambling is really a big problem that so many persons are facing,and I am an example to that because I can count so many times I have tried stoping it,but I just can't.sometimes I come to think that gambling can have an attachment to spirituality,but at thesame time I still see that it's just addiction.I can say that I regret the day I knew how to gamble,and it was a friend that showed me.So many persons try to give ways of stopping it,but I can say that when one is addicted,there is nothing you can do about it,and you can't help it but to continue gambling even when you see that you are loosing your mind because of it.Uptill now,I have not still seen a permanent remedy to stoping gambling,and if there is,I will definitely be the first to get it.Only avoiding a casino shop,or getting rid of any app that has to do with is not enough to stop one from gambling.

Don't make your gambling experience too technical and complicated.

Regardless if that money used in gambling came from so-called "spare money" and as you mentioned there's no such thing as spare money (I partially agree with you on that) it all depends on how responsible you are during your gambling session.

Spared money, saved money, money that you can afford to lose, etc., or whatever terms you want to name it, that is all useless if you are not responsible for managing it. In the world of gambling, managing properly the bankroll is the key to taking our gambling session in the long run without harming directly our own money in our pocket.

If you are an addict to this act you won't really feel anything and won't even accept the fact that you are going beyond the sanity of you actually gambling, an addicted person finds it really difficult to know that their addiction is really causing them problem. I had a friend who at every time feels like he should just be busy with gambling online and he also said these words to me variously as he stated that "GAMBLING MAKES ME FEEL RELAXED and I don't know how true this is but I just feel he is fucking addicted but don't know it yet because he always has series of excuses for very stake he made and feels the next one he will correct it and same circle keep continuing without him.

You should see where I live.  I live in the United States, more specifically Illinois. The State government here decided to legalize certain aspects of gambling about 3 years ago.  Sports gambling is one thing they legalized (with KYC rules and what not) but the main thing they legalized were gambling "parlors" where just about every strip mall ,gas station and hotel in the state (some cities decided against it, as they have the legal right) has a slot machine "parlor".  You hear about it all over the radio as well.  It's crazy how quickly thing changed, as just a few year ago gambling here as a big "no no".

Yes gambling gambling gambling everywhere gambling. Now a days gambling is very popular. Huge people involving in gambling. It is also true now many people  addicted in gambling. People are playing maany kinds of bet. But thy are not educated about gambling so they lossing theri valuable fund. People are going gambling shop and playing bet. I think if anyone learn a about gambling he wil Profitable from gambling.

I never said to use spare money but only said that just use unused money, aka money that you get from another job, for example a kind of bonus if you work or something other than basic salary, for example I am a worker usually get bonuses because I am diligent so usually I use the bonus money to gamble not on the main salary for the necessities of life with my small family.

I'm also not a gambler who likes to check my online gambling history, how much has been spent before, besides, it's not important, I also don't expect the money that has been lost to come back because I gamble just for fun and not a gambler who is concerned with money, especially looking for victory, I happen to be just a small gambler so the main thing is to limit the gambling budget is very important. don't have to gamble every time just on weekends just use my cell phone.

I barely find your writeup easy to comprehend. I can see how you were moving from different thoughts running through your head to make sure you gather all your thoughts about gambling. Are you asking if the money we saved and finally use part of it to gamble, what do we expect? I believe no one will gamble with there hard earned money and nit expect goo ld results from the game the bet on. We are always Optimistic about our bets hoping for us to win them so need smile can come to our face again. We are always happy whenever we win on the games we bets on because that's what keeps  us going as a gambler.

In the digital age, gambling has become a trend as commonplace entertainment. we can see, there are many online casino sites, both legal and illegal. in fact we have lots of crypto casinos, both in the community and outside the community. You can play anywhere, the most important thing is that you play at a trusted casino that has a credible license and reputation. but most importantly, you are very aware that gambling involves risks. the most common risk, the money you bet is lost because of losing. the worst, you become an addict if you do not have self-control and responsibility. yep, it's that simple.

If, you calculate the losses you have suffered so far. ideally just stay away from gambling, because you will suffer just thinking about it. to be honest, i am well aware that i have spent a lot of money in the past with gambling. but I have changed the concept of thinking now, think of gambling as just part of a hobby that gives you entertainment on the sidelines after work activities. you can think of it as a medium for relaxation, by spending just a few dollars and according to your means. thus, you will not be pressured by an idea that you questioned in this thread.

On the time that you are already saving up money for the sake of gambling then consider yourself to be an addicted person because no on on their right minds on doing such act on making that savings just for them to play.

There's no doubt that everyone could really be able to play considering  that we do have that kind of accessibility which is something that would really be normal. It is really just depending on a certain person on how
he/she would really be dealing up with things on the time that he would really be able to encounter. If you are really that on your right perception or approach on things then you would really be doing gambling
basing up on the time that you are getting bored or have nothing to do and just making use of that spare money of yours and doesnt really tend on going into a point on which making up savings for the benefit of
something like this.

In the case that you would really be having this kind of behavior then it would really be turning out that you would really be having gradual addiction which might cause up more serious problem later on.

I disagree with you on this OP,do you mean that when you pay money to watch a movie in the cinema to entertain yourself is a waste ? Because the money is gone and wouldn't yield any income. There are some fun that we need to pay for so that we can have it,this is how gambling is. It is when you put it in your mind that you want to make profit from gambling that is when we can say all your loss is a waste of money,because you use money made for some important issues to gamble.

I don't understand this statement. There is no free money anywhere. What made it free,as an adult you don't except anyone to give you money before you can gamble. What about gamblers that set aside 5% of their weekly or monthly income for gambling. Don't get it twisted every gambler gambles with his hard earned money that is why you must have self-control in your gambling activities.

I have come across a similar question on this board and you guys are sharing the same wrong orientation about the phrase "use the money you can afford to lose" or "use spare money". What these two phrase means is very simple, don't use the money you can make you feel bad or decision of been use for gambling, as a gambler every player has a spending limit and broke limit, we have money that we can let go of without feeling anything but it is subjective, I can spare $10 to gamble but your capacity may be bigger than my own and may spare upto $50 just to gamble.

I think when we save money, they are meant for important stuff right except may be for miscellenous stuff, sing your saved money to gamble kills switched the fun of gambling, no way a gambler will say that he is having a fun with money that is so important, there is going to be a discomfort, you will get anxiety throught the event and if the game doesn't goes out as plan, you will hate gambling for the rest of your life.

This does not make sense...  gambling addicts are supposed to be pumped when they are gambling or accessing gambling platform.  Since they are gambling addicts, all they have in mind is the urge to gamble.



I feel fine, since I am only using the fund that I am afford to lose.



Non-addicted gamblers see gambling as a source of entertainment, so just like saving money for an outing or watching movies, these people are also saving money for their gambling activity.  The reason is that people allocate a budget for gambling so that they have separate allocations for their activities.


Nothing comes to my mind since I never regret my actions using my funds that is free during that time for gambling.  Only people who can't afford to lose their funds are regrettable and if they are that person, they should stay away from gambling.

If you bet monthly 0,5% or 0,25% of your total earning... Is this amount that you cannot afford to lose or not?
Of course assuming that you will lost everything...
What about time spent and halving fun? And what about the potential win related to bet? Isnt worth ? Well Just stop betting of your answer Is no

You've got that right. Spare money gives you  lot of leverage to gamble without having to struggle with your thoughts.

Of course there is and on the contrary,
Spare money gambling is what a concerned or thinking mind would do. To be able to separate vital aspects of his or her finance from that which is gor leisure.

I think te problem here is largely misinterpretation of concept.
Your mixing things up and that's the cause of your confusion.

There exists a huge difference between your savings and spare money.
Savings: this could be a money set aside for emrgencies and future investments.
Spare money: this could be money set aside for undefined expenses or expenditure.

One has to do with life saving and threaten situations while the other just comes to play when your met with intricacies that wasn't predetermined.

Perhaps you are projecting, or at the very least you need to install a decent adblocker on your browser if you're constantly seeing gambling content. The algorithms that companies like Google use are super sophisticated and if they see that you're doing a lot of searching for gambling type sites then you will get lots of adverts that are subtly connected. However I don't see gambling ads, or at least don't acknowledge them enough, when looking around but perhaps I'm not watching the sort of content that has gambling sites in it. I do recall that lots of football clubs, and now even formula 1, is starting to have an influx of such adverts but if the clubs are willing to pay tens of millions to players then it has to come from somewhere.

Every person tries to always have extra money in his wallet. Such money is called free money and can be spent as a sudden unexpected expenses or for entertainment. By and large, many people do not care what the money is spent on, if with their help you can get the desired emotions. And everyone's entertainment is different - someone likes to drink beer in the evening, someone likes to spend the night with a prostitute, and someone can not go to bed until he throws dice.

Who say's we're saving money for gambling? Lol that's not the point of "gambling only what you can afford to lose" you literally only gamble with what's in excess out of your pocket and not dedicated a bankroll on it or something cause that in itself is grounds for becoming addicted to gambling. I don't know about the other peeps in this forum but I never go so far as to dedicate money from my budget to fulfill my gambling habits cause that's just stupid and excessive.

For the most part I don't feel anything about it, no regret or remorse cause at the end of the day, it's money that I willingly spent and something that didn't come out of my savings or whatnot.

It's good to know that some people are not happy about their gambling addiction, because their are others who are not even aware of their addiction to it and have seen it as a part of their normal lifestyle, well acknowledging an addiction is a thing and working towards it is another thing, but the best way to handle addiction instead of being emotional about it is seeking help from therapist or other alternatives that would help them  minimise their interest for gambling, also people react differently based on the outcome of their stake and not before the outcome,because i see no reason to be joyful or sad when I've not known the outcome of my predictions.
 When saving people also make plans for other activities apart from feeding, rent and other bills it could be for entertainment and gambling can be a form of entertainment, however it is very wise to gamble with a spare cash and In gambling it is considered as the money  whether little or huge amount you'll be willing to lose without feeling very remorseful, I belive that's why some people feel gambling is meant for the rich or middle class because poor people have no money they'll be willing to lose, but that statement is considered partially right by me because since gambling involves risk taking, there are some poor peole that would be willing to risk the little they have to stake on games knowing they stance a 50/50 chances of winning.

What it seems you do not understand is that spare money is any money left after you pay for all the services, products, taxes, savings and even a luxury or two you may want to buy for yourself, since not everything is living your life as if you are playing a monopoly game, so once I have done all of that whatever money is left that is my spare money that I can use as I see fit, and as such if I lose it my financial situation is not affected at all by those losses.