Topic: Gambling for fun, is it a lie that we tell ourselves? - page 2. (Read 1034 times)

Gamblers don't feel the same when they gamble, and that's because they use different gambling games, so they get different experiences. But when they lose, it is the same as losing money at the gambling table, and even though they try to recover their losses, it will not be easy for them, and they can experience even bigger losses. Those who really aim to make money from the moment they start gambling will probably experience more losses than other gamblers because gambling is not a place to make money but just to have fun. Gamblers should be able to choose to have fun rather than win because there is uncertainty about when they can get that win. It is also true that those of us who have lost at gambling are lying if we have enjoyed gambling, and that is what is experienced by those who try to chase their winnings. But those who really aim to have fun from gambling just feel the pleasure and don't think much about the losses they experience because that is the risk of gambling.

I can explain this in a way that I think everyone can understand, because we did it, when the PS First came out , we Played , and if we didn't have our Own PS then what we did was go play in those places. to pay by the hour and that sometimes gave us a lot of Happiness and even so we became more experts at playing, of course the bears are Quite good when it comes to this Type of Games , now When we are in a Casino , we know the Duration of the The number of games is not the same as that of a PS, but it can be considered that many people can go and play just for Fun and it does not Matter to them how much they spend , if they are a very wealthy person then it Does not matter to them to spend a lot , if they are a person who has Little money or that it is from a somewhat low or Average economy because one takes more care of one's money, even if the person can Afford to Play with little money, make sure that if he Loses he still assumes his Defeat , but if he Wins, the Things change a lot.

So I think that the core of all this is that Bears can be Different , because when there are other interests involved things can manifest themselves in other ways, that is, if there are things that give hope to the people of the game and of to win and increase their money, because they will always be there, a clear example is the person who Always Plays in Raffle lotteries , they Always have the same hope that they can win and that is something that Cannot be taken away from them, they will always defend that position and it is something Respectable , I don't think there is any other way of looking at it better than that, so the Difference must always be made with Respect to it, I think that things are not always about doing them well , because the Best has to be Considered , To establish things , I would say that when a person plays in a casino they will always imagine themselves winning all the time and under any Circumstances , I do not see that a person enters with Negative factors to lose.

as I said before, this is only about the mindset of the gamblers, if they understand and consider this to be just entertainment, they will never get worse because they really understand what risks they will get and what they must avoid so as not to get the risk is too big. well, if gamblers can have a mindset like this, they will definitely ignore any negative things and any temptations in gambling, they will still be able to control themselves and hold tightly to their commitment to continue to be safe gamblers and only test their luck with small amounts and always consider this is just a moment of entertainment.

but even so, most gamblers always think that gambling is to get a win or profit and I really understand this condition because anyone can be tempted and lose control and change into a bad mindset of hoping for a profit because we bet using money and no one can capable of losing his money and when tempted by a winning streak a gambler loses control and turns to a greedy mindset and will end up losing all his winnings as well as his budget.
a mature mindset is very important in gambling and we must understand this if we want to continue to be safe gamblers and always be able to enjoy every betting session.

I said it wasn't a lie. we are not kids who watch cartoons anymore. if you ask what entertainment is for adults and what do we discuss among our friends? Of course, gambling is one of the ways we have fun. As long as we haven't become addicts, we still have common sense and can still control how to go gambling in our free time, there is always fun. unless we consider this is the main job to earn money, how many people I have even seen are in debt because of gambling. They take this kind of game too seriously which should be used for entertainment and fun.

I do believe that we are going to end up with someone with a lot of different approach, like one day he is gambling for fun, another day gambling for money, it is not going to be the same at all times. But, there are also some people who gamble for fun and that's it, they never gamble for money and they only do it for fun or there are people who gamble for money and not for fun at all and they end up losing a lot of money and still try to recover that and not for fun at all.

So, it is not easy to put all the people in to one label, there are so many people in the world and that many opinions on gambling as well for each person, we can't just say one thing about ALL the people in the world, it would be wrong for so many people, while being right about a few.

that means you really enjoy the gambling you have. and the losses you suffer will not have an impact on your finances.
Gamblers should be like that, but we cannot deny that there are quite a lot of gamblers who are more obsessed with making money from gambling than having fun.
I personally have felt that I had to win in a bet, because of certain circumstances. Thankfully it worked, but it didn't make me use gambling as a place to make money.

I think this depend on the money they have if they are rich people losing any amount of money to gamble will not be a problem because the goal is to have fun while enjoying drinking with friends. Whereas for those who have barely enough money and lose large amounts of money I'm sure the fun will turn into a serious problem, basically gambling is created to have fun, but for those who have just enough money, they tend to rack their brains so that they can use it for gambling because who knows, their money will double even though they should have realized from the start that it's fun from the start it will turn into disappointment if they don't get the result they expect.

Yes, I agree with what you said, that the main key for us to still have fun and enjoying gambling is to set limits that we can afford, we can still win if we are lucky, even with less money, and we can still have fun without having to experience a lot greater pressure or risks of defeated.

I played for fun for a few years, and I kept track of every single loss I incurred for that time period. It never really mattered to me, as the money I have used on those two years, I consider disposable and can be earned easily. I only played in the casino because I somehow 'need' to kill time during the weekends, and gambling has helped me achieved that goal somehow. Eventually, I stopped gambling regularly and focused on trying to get some profits off of this activity that used to be 'fun' for me.

There are people like me who really gamble/gambled for fun, and most of us have our finances checked and only see gambling as something to entertain ourselves.

Don't believed at these people who are claiming they are only gambling for fun. They didn't realized that even they only lose a small amount on that day, those losses are increasing day by day. It's not fun to lose. It's not fun to always lose. It's not fun to have a losing streak consistently.

Instead, make our gambling serious and focus on how to win. If playing on games based on luck, focus on bankroll management.

It's good to have fun while winning. Can't imagine these are some people that after a loss, they will say they will just gambling for fun so it's ok to lose but deep inside they are in regret and dissapointment to not experience even a big win.

That's right, viewing gambling as entertaining will make our minds more comfortable. We are not affected by psychology, if we win we get money, if we lose it's okay.
Emotions are very important in gambling. I feel smarter when I gamble with a relaxed mentality and foolish when I impose victory on that bet. At that time, I no longer thought about the strategy to play that game well, to win. At that time, I felt we gamble with emotions, leading to a higher loss rate. The best way is to stop playing at that time so that when your mind is clear, it is not too late to play.

In gambling we don't expect having the statistics of gambling especially the winning aspect to be higher than the losing part of gambling, its very obvious that gambling have to do with different ways and you have to know the measures that is suitable for you before you venture into gambling because when you don't have a budget for gambling you will end up using your savings for gambling, many people today never cross check their last year expenses in gambling and their last year profit in gambling, so many people do say that its not necessary to make such statistics of gambling annually

If the gambler consider the gambling for the entertainment,their loss of the money also doesn’t affect him.It also allow the gambler to avoid of the gambling without any emotional distress in the game.So finally the gambler will get more chance of the winning due to play the fair game in the gambling site.The gambler only know this fact that the gamblers who play the game with the idea to win the game,he will not win at the end.The reason was the emotional interference of the game at the losing the entire dollars or make the gambler to get stress at the small dollar of the loss of money at the initial stage of the game in gambling site.

It is still very possible that there is fun even when you have a high chance of losing your bet. Because maybe the person who is gambling enjoys taking huge risks and derives joy from it. However, I don’t really really believe in gambling for fun. I understand it, but I don’t trust nor believe in it. To gamble for fun (in the way it’s always been said), you need to have self control. I’m saying this because you can start off by using tiny amount of money just because you enjoy winning, but then the human nature comes in. Your mind could question you as to why you aren’t staking more since you’re doing really well at the prediction, and from the moment you fall for it (the average human will likely fall, IMO), it’s no more for fun, you want to make money.

What gamblers feel about gambling is not expected to be the same, due to the need that led a person to participate in gambling. It's not to be a general problem, like Op thought. The goal of gamblers in some age brackets would be for money, while others thinks it's fun, and the rest only play to master strategies that can be implemented in life. Although those who play for money have a big PR and are populous. Casinos also use their PR to create more awareness about the business and yield more customers. If a gambler is for the fun, he'll get it and enjoy his money while gambling. Anxiety only erupts when the gambler is after money and doesn't enjoy his money. Because it's as if he's paying to earn more money or investing his money for more profits. They see gambling as a business and end up feeling that those who enjoy gambling for fun are not or lying about it. I'd conclude that it's just a misunderstanding.

It's like when we play at the mall, buy coins and then play several games, even if we don't get tickets to exchange for prizes, we always accept the disappointment and the game is still fun. I apply that to gambling even though losing in a row is still not fun but some casinos are quite fun to play if we can judge it like that I'm sure we're not lying in saying it's fun. At least our losses don't make us the same as the gambling addicts there.

We just want our money back but we won't even lose in the first place if we didn't gambled at all.
That's how it goes and we need to take budget for our bankroll so that we're not just going to lose it easily and that's how it will be managed.
It is entertaining when you have planned it all along and then in the end, you lose and had fun.  

Those of us who gamble should be able to get pleasure from gambling, but somehow, it makes us lose direction by using more and more money just because we want to chase the wins we previously got. The goal of having fun is easily replaced by the desire to win again when that won't always happen. We become more greedy after getting the previous win, making us willing to use all the money in our gambling account. We don't remember that we should have had enough of gambling, so we have to finish it immediately before we run out of all the money. And it's true that if we say we're having fun gambling but we run out of money, it's the same as lying to ourselves. And I've experienced it before.

       -   You know, whether we admit it or not, that there are actually other gamblers who gamble just to forget their problems for a while. Gambling can be used as a form of entertainment from the many problems they are thinking about.

In short, the casino or gambling for them can provide emotional relief, and for me, there is no problem if that is what it causes to a gambler who has future problems. But most gamblers actually play because they want to make a profit here, no one else. That's why other players become greedy, right?

What you mean seems to be more directed at most gamblers these days especially about the purpose of their arrival at gambling, I quite agree with that statement because on the other hand I have seen enough evidence that many gamblers have fallen down and lost many of their valuable assets just because of gambling, if indeed gambling is for fun then would they be that desperate just to get pleasure? while on the other hand there is still quite a lot of fun without risk? for this problem obviously only they know and maybe here we can only predict with a little conclusion about their purpose of gambling.

On the other hand you have also said one other evidence is that it is not uncommon for me to see information from the news that shows gamblers who end up ending their lives, one of the reasons that makes sense is because they are unable to withstand all the pressure from the risks involved in gambling that they have experienced.

Yes, it's better not to focus too  much on gambling, you can come if you have a little money and without coercion from anyone without putting any expectations for the results at the end of the session. in my opinion it's better because then I'm sure you will feel more comfortable  and safe.

When someone already has the intuition to gamble to win, that's when they won't perceive gambling as fun but instead, they will prefer to calculate the losses they have been occurring in gambling since the beginning of the week, or months.

It is so saddening that many people have misunderstood the concept of gambling for fun in the first place. which now makes them feel hurt by any of their losses in gambling because they intend to win and not lose.

Since the mindset was to win,  they kept betting, believing they would win big someday, which normally ends up making them addicted gamblers