Topic: Gambling for fun, is it a lie that we tell ourselves? - page 11. (Read 1053 times)

Absolutely yes, also with the phrase "gamble only an amount you can afford losing". No one really wants to lose simply because it is money which is involved; something necessary to make a living. Gambling is entertaining indeed, but what gives weight into it is the involvement of money, obviously. You can play any game alike with those which is being offered by both landbase and online casino in playstore and other application providers. However, why are we not sticking into it? Simply because we won't gain anything from it. Gambling is a different form of entertainment, no doubt.
Thrill is also a component of the word "fun". We may engage to things or activities which has thrill or danger, but we enjoy it still. Risk taking is a feature of every human wherein we tend to test our chances of something. What makes gambling addictive is the combination of this thrilling experience and gaining something in return after taking the risk. So basically, it is not only being fun which makes us stick into this activity or industry in general. Money and its involvement also plays a huge key role if we will assess why people are hooked with gambling.

I think this is on the basis of different thoughts of pleasure, maybe those who always gamble even though they lose but still return to gambling could be that their pleasure is in gambling, they find their pleasure in gambling, especially with physical casinos, because in physical casinos in my opinion they are not only for gambling but can make friends or to socialize with many people. and in my opinion everyone certainly wants to get a big win because it is impossible for anyone not to want to get a big win, but gambling has two different perspectives, where there are those who gamble by prioritizing gambling, they can find friends or to socialize with many people.
And in my opinion, everyone certainly wants a big win that can be obtained because it is impossible for anyone not to want to get a large amount of winnings, but this gambling has two different points of view, where there are those who gamble by prioritizing having to get a win and usually people like this tend to spend a lot of money and can be called gambling addicts, because people like this tend to experience changes in their attitudes and behavior, but in contrast to people who gamble to seek pleasure, maybe their goal is not to get a win, but to seek pleasure, where each round gives a certain sensation. so I think it all depends on the person too. So in my opinion, it all depends on the person who responds to gambling and what their motives for gambling are.

Life can be a bit tedious sometimes and people find activities to escape the everyday routine. Some party hard on weekends, go bungee jumping, have risky sexual relationships, etc. while others can bear the boredom not needing any of these things.

We could add gambling to the list of activities that can make one evade from his daily typical worries, so I understand when people admit that they do it just for fun. Those who know the basis of gambling are aware that it is not a good source of income because odds are against the gambler, but many people still enjoy the ride.

It starts out as entertainment and a fun time, but it usually ends up not being very fun. If you play for a long time, each bet is like a falling drop that wears away a stone. In the end, the drop will split the stone, so here too, the player will ultimately lose his deposit. I'm not saying that this will happen to everyone, but to most players.

For me this is not a lie, because I bet very rarely and not for a very large amount that will not affect my deposit. At the same time, I will experience additional excitement in the game I am watching. And I don’t wait for the match to end as soon as possible to find out the result, but I will be surprised and enjoy every moment of the game. But this is how I do it. Of course, there are those who will deceive themselves and justify their big losses, and they will always find a reason for this. Over time, he will come to what he was going for; time cannot be fooled.

The fun we derive from gambling is insufficient to compare to the sadness we experience when we lose our money. If you play and hope to win, you will be disappointed, how can that be considered fun? If you play and use money you can afford to lose, you will still feel the need to use more money to gamble later, you will still have something you intended to use the money for. However, there is a certain feeling that comes with gambling that makes you want to play more, if you are not lucky enough to win, you will lose everything. If gambling is meant to be having fun, then some people won't find it difficult to stop having the fun.

Gambling is a fun to me because i have amount of money I use to gamble daily even though there is a win or lose in the bet but it use to give me joy by making me to be more focus on sports games which, is the strategy I use to determine the team that will win the game to make my prediction to come through. Those that made gambling an investment are the ones deceiving themselves by telling people gambling is a fun but they are loosing money and property to gambling daily, weekly and monthly because, they think they can win big money from their gambling by continue betting to recover the ones they have loss.

Any gamblers that can control his or her self not to be addicted to gambling, He or she is gamble just for a fun because such person is gaining  something from the gambling despite he or she is not winning but the gambling is giving such person joy.

   Life it's self is a gamble. Each of us are betting our lives with each and every breath. If we knew the "odds" of failure, injury and disease, most of us would be paralyzed with fear. So we adopt an air of invincibility and soldier on... until the inevitable catches up with us, but by then we have so much "invested" in life, with others depending upon us, that we continue to do the best we can, as long as we can. In the end our fate is the same as all living things on this planet.
     In gambling you know beforehand the maximum you can win or lose, so the outcome is predictable. In life you can never know the outcome because the Law of Unintended Consequences comes into play. Where life and gambling do have parallels is that you can measure your skill against those you are competing with. If you put your skills against a field of those less skilled, then you raise your chances. If you can raise your chances, then luck is more likely to favour you. Many people gamble as a fun past time, but for many others gambling can become a serious problem. It can sometimes feel like the urge to gamble is completely out of their control. Many people find themselves unable to explain why they continue to gamble despite the problems it causes in their everyday lives. You may be tempted to say ‘for the money’, perhaps for that ‘big win’, but this rarely the whole truth. When the gambler wins, more often than not they spend their winnings on gambling more, and keep going until they have nothing left. This can leave them feeling trapped, like there is no way out of the cycle.

My understanding is that gambling is identified with the word 'happy' or 'having fun' as the OP said, in the word fun which is always said by those involved in the world of gambling, to my understanding this is not a lie, it is fact and reality thereby.

In my understanding, pleasure is interpreted or described broadly, especially in the gambling arena.
For example:
Satisfied, at home, happy and comfortable.

This pleasure can be identified as someone feeling at home in the game or satisfied in betting, especially when they experience victory, in other words, pleasure is not only based solely on money, Many of us have money but their lives are not happy, as well as those who don't have money, but they are happy in a happy atmosphere..

Everyone go into gambling with different motives and there are people who don't care about the money they lose in gambling, because they are making more money from other sources of their investments. There are things you do in life not because of the profitability rather you want to satisfy an inward desire.

Well, for those who can afford it, gambling is always a fun thing to do, most especially when we have friends who are also actively betting or gambling, and are always ready to share and discuss ideas.

It is important for us to know that, gambling is actually an expensive way of having fun, for those who really gamble for fun by the way, and this means that, I am actually not disputing the fact that there are actually alot of persons gambling today who are doing it for no other reason other than to make money, and what I will say about this is that, it's the wrong way to gamble, or the wrong mindset rather, and this is because, there is actually a very high chance that majority of gamblers will always end up in the red, that is, losing more than they will ever profit, so, seeing gambling as a fun thing to do will help take ones mind off all the loses and potential ones as well.

So, in conclusion, I would say that, to enjoy peace of mind in gambling, it might not make sense, but it's better to always treat gambling as a fun thing rather than a money making adventure, for the potential for loses will always be high, and in other to just enjoy gambling, treat it as what it is, which is a fun venture, rather than a money making venture, and who know, in the process, you might end up winning a life changing amount of money that will make you never be in loss again even if you gamble till the end of your life.

You don’t know exactly the concept of gambling that’s you are confused like this to the term gamble what you can afford to lose. Gambling is not a source of income because it’s not a job or investment tool. Its purpose is for entertainment purposes only which you can get on the fun when you experience win in the game(not net profit but rather the bets that won). You will never feel the fun if you are counting your losses since most of gambling games has the house edge.

The best way to have fun on gambling is by celebrating when you win and charge the loss as payment to the temporary fun which gambling provides you. That’s why you should not gamble if you are not financially capable of wasting money for entertainment. It’s like drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, you don’t get any benefits on it but people keep doing it due to the inexplainable fun when doing it.

Well, at the first place gambling is born and created solely for fun and entertainment it become the hobbies of the past people as internet is not prominent and there is no other way to entertain theirselves so gambling is one of the main event and games that brought entertainment to them and even now, but in the latter part gambling become subject to something bad or produce misery, but the thing is we people are that one that is tarnishing the image of gambling, yes gambling games is associated with money but that is the business of it but some people take gambling too much to the point that it make them suffer and the one at fault at this is the human itself so nothing to blame but the gamblers that let themselves miserable because of gambling, gambling will still be a subject for fun and entertainment its up to the people if they make it change for themselves.

Gambling is fun for the people who can fund their habit on playing any games they want without worrying for their essential needs later when they lose their budget money for playing. But it's a different stories for those who get addicted and play as there is no tomorrow for them because it always ends up in regret once they have no longer the means to play anymore and at the same time to buy their essential needs in their life.

I think if you have the money to play and say to yourself that you are going to play and have some fun then that's it. The problem is that there are gamblers who doesn't want to admit that they are losing money already and think that they still being entertained.

So it's either you play with small amount to have some fun and then quit. Or believed that even if you continue to play and losing a lot of money and that you are not addicted then that's where the issues is and you can call it a lie. Most of the time our minds are going to play tricks on us specially this form of entertainment called gambling.

No, it's not a lie we're telling ourselves.  Gambling certainly has its thrills and excitement.  The adrenaline rush of risking it all on the spin of a wheel or turn of a card captivates many.  That rush of adrenaline when you've got money on the game and  it's fun! 

But here's the thing.  As much as we try to tell ourselves otherwise, gambling is still gambling.  It ain't investing.  And it sure as heck ain't a way to make a living.  At the end of the day the house always wins.  They don't build those fancy casino sites by giving money away. 

So enjoy it, have your fun, but be smart.  Set a budget and stick to it, no excuses. The second it starts messing with your life - your relationships your work, your finances - its time to walk away. 

It is not the kind of fun that comes naturally. It is artificial fun, with consequences.

Gamblers will have fun when they are putting money on the bet, when they are deluding themselves into thinking that the bet they are making will make them a positive gain. Gamblers will stop having fun, and in fact face the opposite of fun, once they start to lose and go into the negative. The fun does not just stop here, but negative effects are also added on top.

It is somewhat "margin fun". Increasing the effects of the fun, in the form of adding potential monetary gain to the game, though in turn, adding negative effects to the action itself.

It's not worth it.

Yeah, we have different financial standing in life, some are rich, while some are on the middle class. I didn't include the poor as they don't have the right to gamble, at least this is a way to discourage them as in the first place, gambling is fun, so why would they gamble when they are struggling financially, it's not fun anymore and gambling would just give them more burden in life.

It's fun for those who are capable of spending money for gambling, that's the real talk here.

In order to gamble for fun you need to understand two things:

first, gambling is not a way to earn a stable income. Sure, you could become a millionaire with pure luck but the chances of that happening are almost non-existent. So why bother? Second, the rush you feel during winning or losing are brain chemicals and nothing more. This same rush can be reproduced with smaller amounts of money, so therefore betting big is a fools game.

Once you understand those two facts, you can gamble with tiny amounts of money and still enjoy yourself. Thats what gambling for fun is, and it works for me perfectly.

I'm being tempted to agree with you that gambling for fun is a lie we tell ourselves to make us feel better in the midst of losses. I don't really condemn the proponents of such since its a strategy for reducing the pain of losing.  But the reality is that no one gamble for fun. The primary reason for gambling is money and more money. Remove the money from gambling and see how many of those championing gambling for fun will still be there.

Because humans want challenges and rewards and they find them on gambling platforms, we are naturally gambling in many things that we do in our lives, like setting up businesses, and relationships we all take risks in the hope of getting rewarded although sometimes there are uncertainty in many of our actions once we won in our challenges like in gambling the brain releases dopamine which is a feel-good feeling and this is something that we want every time we gamble, the money is part of our reward system like dopamine.

Some people gamble for the feeling I have seen people throwing away big money and it is nothing to them because they want to boast their ego and that's fun for these people.