Topic: Gambling for fun, is it a lie that we tell ourselves? - page 9. (Read 1139 times)

This might be different for each person. But if I'm not a hypocrite, gambling isn't just for fun. So, be as serious as possible in studying what you are going to bet on. Whatever the outcome, at least I'm serious about doing it. Moreover, I'm not someone who often gets lucky, so I can't rely on luck in gambling. and because of this, I have to have good and wise fund management so that I don't get addicted to gambling and so that I can still control myself to know when it's time to start, continue and stop.

But I don't think gambling is just for fun. If we always lose at gambling, no matter how much, will we continue to feel like it's fun? I do not think so.

You certainly don’t know for sure and can only conclude on your rate of losses being far greater than the rate at which you have won your bets.
There are people that have, through out their gambling history, have won a lot more than they’ve lost out. While it’s safe to say these people are few, they’re there.

People partake in different activities for different reasons.  And there are people who get thrills from gambling. They derive fun from the activity as they play leisurely. Of course, it helps when you don’t see gambling as a source of income.

If I have to reply you from the same premise you are coming from I am sure you will understand one thing about gambling and involving in it as a fun or a means of getting money. From the illustration you get above if someone is investing and that investment does not yield depositive result I think they will quit and try other kind of investments. In the same vein if someone is gambling and they are losing and yet they did not want to quit, that means they are having fun doing that, it is as simple as that.

However generally speaking the idea that gambling is for fun is somehow applicable only to the rich men and people that have steady sauce of income because they choose how much they would want to spend and have fun. But somehow who does not even know what they will eat for dinner and manages to bring out the small money they have to gamble they will inevitably expect much from it and that means that they are not having fun rather they are chasing winnings. So, it is correct to conclude that do some gambling is for fun, while to others it is not for fun.

Gambling for fun shouldn't be considered a lie, because it's true that gambling can offer us some fun. Same way other utilities make us happy and put us in a good mood. The only pain and difference is that gamblers think money going into gambling is a waste. But, lots of opportunities follow the practice. Gambling is more fun to society and offers players a better lifestyle if they handle their emotions and neglect the aim of earning lots of money through gambling. Those are only a few rewards and must be expected to appear luckily. If we have looked into the process and discovered that the winning and losses don't match, the first mentioned happens less than the later. Those who play strictly for fun don't feel regret and also know the importance of gambling and how it works. The goal of gamblers is to understand the hidden treasures in gambling. How it helps our brain to grow or fail, depends on the thoughts of the player. If he's interested in money his brain could fail him and endanger his future gambling journey. Which is not the right journey for any gambler.

But, those who see the relevant aspect of gambling, will make a fortune out through it, by diverting the ideas gotten through gambling to solve real-life problems. If a player is observant of the results and actions he takes in gambling, he won't have a hard time making the right decisions in life. When a gambler only focuses on money, his only motive would be headed for the big money, and he'll lose out on other important skills one could derive from gambling. This delivers fun to the player, since he's not concerned about money, that only swings the mode of the gambler, especially when he has lost money. Gamblers only need to follow the right choice or lane in gambling that will help improve their view on gambling. Not minding the bad review society points at gambling. It still offers some good qualities and changes in the life of most gamblers.

But there's fun in trying to beat the odds... Gambling with the amount we can afford to lose is exactly that, we know that we are playing against the odds and we need to be ready to lose, but there's that chance, sometimes a tiny one, that we can pull it off and make some profit.

So it's not a complete lie that we gamble for fun, we gamble and we are trying to win of course, we would like to win as big as possible... but a real gambler knows that winning is not always possible and that gambling is full of ups and downs. So we need to enjoy the process, up or down we have fun chasing the big prize! Good luck all the players!

Gambling is actually for fun, but it will be more fun if we also take profits on the side. That's why we also gamble not just for fun but we also do it to earn and income. Unfortunately, not all are given opportunities to win as a lot are only losing while they are trying to follow their urge in gambling. Once your losses outnumbered your profits, obviously it's not fun anymore, but still people even gamble more to recover their losses. Some might be lucky to make a big win in the end, while others continue to lose until they used up all their funds and regret why they enter gambling in the first place.

This is not entirely true, some people gain more than they lost monthly or yearly, I have a circle of friends who continue to make me see the reason for gambling though I haven't have a better record but man those guys really do get it though they still make losses but cumulatively their cashout is higher.
yes it's still fun especially when you have a circle of friends to discuss it with (including the win and loss), as long as you are not addicted to gambling I don't see anything bad in it just work with the strategy that works better for you. Currently I'm sticking with using little to get big since I have noticed that the number of times I ever won a bet is usually the unexpected games

Well, we can compare it to people having fun on cinema, hiking or even eating foods.  Did they win something?  Obviously aside from fun, they win nothing.  Gambling have its unique feature that is distinctive.  That is the possibility to win while having fun. Unlike those entertainment activity that only gives us spending.


It is given the fun in gambling is winning money while enjoying the game.  Some may not think of that but I believe majority of gamblers are hoping to win from their bet.


Will you call watching the cinema fun if you know for sure that you are losing money in buying tickets and some snacks to eat while watching?  

That proves that gambling is for fun and not for making money from casinos. Casinos have a house edge that gives them a guaranteed mathematical advantage over long-term. Think about casinos the way you think about Xbox game pass. When you play casino games, you pay some money to experience the game, to get fun from it like you get fun from a video game for which you paid 50$.

It's a nice bonus to win money but I have been in touch with many gamblers and I know that many of them, especially rich gamblers, play for fun and don't care about money. Btw poor gamblers usually want to win the jackpot and profit from casino to escape poverty but that's not a right mindset to register and play on casino.

We have debated on this topic quite a number of times, i think it is high time we let everyone believe in what they want to believe.  For those who do not see gambling as a fun activity, will you stop playing a game simply because you lost the game? Oh yea! You used money go gamble therefore the outcome should be winning and no loss? People spend a lot just to have fun.

 Until we understand how gambling works, we will not make it a serious affair. Gambling is a game of luck and if we channel our minds to making profits,  we might in most cases keep chasing losses with just little wins. This doesn't always end well as it may lead to a gambling problem. Yea we know there are professional gamblers  who make a living from gambling, this set of people have trained themselves over the years to accept whatever the outcome of their games will be.

Think about the following scenario: in your neighborhood, your friends decide to organize a football game in which you will participate. You will be on team A while your friends will be on team B. They will bet money, the winning team will take all the money. See, when you leave your house to the field where the football game is going to be held, you don't know who will win all the way, but you know that someone will lose and lose money. So why would you be going to the field to play knowing that you are going to lose money? the reason why you will go to the field to play even though you know that there is a high risk of losing money is because there is hope that you can win and win the money, because of this hope and desire to emerge as a winner, you will not give up playing and during the game you will forget that you have friends on the field and you will look at them as opponents that you need to beat at all costs and it will no longer be just because of the money, you will fight to win because you want to look at everyone on the field with the feeling that you are a victorious, good person. in what you do. That's what happens when people play games.

no one plays to lose, everyone when they put money in the casino, they do it because they have hope that they will win and come away with profits, the fun comes later during the game, this is because when people play they like to feel that they are in control, that they are superior to the casino and that they can win. The problem arises when they can't win and they start to have many losing streaks and they chase losses and lose everything. rich people with a lot of business, play with a lot of money, play for many hours and for fun because they don't need that money they are playing, when they lose money at the casino, the next day they will have 2x of that money they lost, because there are many business. So they just play for fun

Do you ask yourself the same thing when you spend money drinking, eating out, hanging around with friends, purchasing fancy accessories you really don't need as basic need and so on? Does it worth to spend money with all these things in name of fun? I think so. Money exists to serve us, and not the opposite. We need money for our basic needs and appointments, but also for our pleasure and satisfaction. If gambling gives you pleasure and satisfaction, it's not an issue if you are losing more money than winning on long run.

Some people weight the pros and cons and still conclude gambling is suitable for them, as they don't feel too attracted by another hobbies people use to enjoy. So let them be happy gambling. It's definitely not a lie to say people gamble for fun, although it depends on which kind of person we are talking about. If the gambler is playing avid for profits, it will be a lie if he says he is gambling for fun, but there are other gamblers who really play for fun. They don't begin their gambling session with fixed goals in mind to be achieved. They let it happen naturally and if it doesn't, they go home peacefully, hoping to have a better luck next day.

It shouldn't become as surprise that we lose from time to time. If you are not having fun with gambling. Step out of it and ponder your reasons why you gamble. Because if you are gambling purely for steady profit, you might want to consider other means for it. Part of the fun is not knowing if you win or lose. And that winning big happens so rarely.

Even if my losses would be greater then winnings, that's not only reason i am gambling. It's a past time like any other. Most of the fun you do with your life is not profitable. In fact most of it costs a lot. At least with gambling you have a change to make that money back, and a small change to win big. But as a personal note, it sounds like you need to take a brake. As in your text you are talking about yourself, even though you distance yourself and use "we" instead. And looks like you are looking for people to agree with the advice to yourself..

OP, when you are playing a game, what will you say that you are doing. It is because of the fun in the game that makes you want to play such game over and over again. Mind you if you are used to playing a particular game before you know it your skill will improve in the game and you can boldly tell your opponent that you will win him, you can even go as far as to challenge him with some amount of money to show him that you are better than him. If you are not enjoying the game, you wouldn't go as far as betting to show how good you are in the game. The fact is that nobody is betting because he wants to lose, but if it happens that you lost, you will let go of your losses and move on, because you enjoyed the game despite that you didn't win. If you want to go and have fun, you pay for your choice of game that you want to play. Will you now say that because you lost, you wouldn't pay for the game and you didn't enjoy yourself.

Decision to either gamble for fun or not is an individual thing, no gambler is ever forced to gamble for fun, so there is no way we can be telling ourselves lies except for those gamblers who decide to tell themselves lies.

But generally, a gambler either decide to gamble for fun or for the money, it's completely up to him or her, like myself, when ever I have some money to spare, that is, money I know I just wanna trow away to gambling, I just have fun playing my favorite game, I have many of them in slot and casino games.
But when I am eager to win some money, I go for sports betting instead.

Depends on what kind of fun you want. Losing and winning are part of gambling and the best gambler is when you are a responsible gambler. It doesn't matter if you lose or win as long as you are responsible, but for fun you may need to enjoy the game neither defeat nor victory. When you feel happy about winning and you are angry about losing, then you may never feel how fun a game is. Enjoy the game regardless of the results you get, it's the fun.

I may agree with you to some degree that people gamble for not fun, but they are just that they are using that to covered up to get better in gambling,but in another way, there are some people who still gamble for fun. I will say that this set of people always gamble with very small amounts, even less than what they can afford to lose.

I have seen this set of people before, and their gambling side of predictions is always very funny. Like yesterday matches between Manchester United and Aston Villa, I saw someone just predict before the game to start that Aston Villa should win half of the game and Manchester United should be the winner of the game, but they bet it with a very small amount of money,and when someone says this option is just betting will definitely know it for fun.

The truth is that if you are gambling to make money for a living you can never see gambling to be fun because it will always make you sad when you lose. Gambling can be seen as fun when you are not expecting much from gambling and not being desperate to make money from gambling.  Gambling is fun to some people while it can be also seen as pain for some people,  this is because all gamblers have targets and know the reason why they play gamble.

The only way you can see gambling to be fun if only you with an amount you can afford to lose and you are not playing gambling to make money to solve problems. I play gamble for fun because am not a desperate gambler and I play with small amount once in a while.

You cannot speak for everyone because gambling is not the same for everyone and means different things to different individuals. There are people who are financially very stable, but will not enjoy any game they try to watch if they do not place a bet on it. For some, betting on a game adds extra suspense and thrill, trying to predict how a game will turn out. These people are not really focused on winning, but do not mind to win and will not also worry if they loose. That is just the fun for them.

Of course that's just a way to lie to ourselves but in reality we want to have fun and profit in return. Yeah there could be some pleasure you may gain while gambling but in the end a losing bet is a losing bet and we tend to sometimes regret if we tend to recall it. Over time if you are an optimistic gambler past losses do not tend to matter, you're just focus to earn in the present.