Topic: gambling for fun vs gambling for the financial benefit. - page 12. (Read 2317 times)

 gambling for fun vs gambling for the financial benefit. Gambling is fun until you lose and get addicted from it.

But seriously what make gamble is fun sometimes because our prediction was right or we just basically playing game the different is all of this activities involving money and you win this is very good and you might think as your main source income just a glimpse

but i do believe people here do gamble just for fun

It's true that gambling also has potential dangers even when it's pursued purely for entertainment. While gambling can indeed be a source of leisure, it's essential to recognize the risks associated with losing control. Gambling for entertainment is also tend to have consequence of addiction and the inadvertent loss of both time and money. When people gamble for entertainment without a clear understanding of their limits, they may find themselves engrossed in the activity for extended periods without realizing the consequences. This lack of awareness can lead to significant financial losses and, in some cases, contribute to a cycle of addiction.

The idea that losing money might not bother someone gambling for entertainment because they have more to spare highlights the potential for financial recklessness. Over time, this lack of concern for losses can lead to financial instability and, ultimately, significant negative impacts on one's well-being. knowing when to stop, regardless of the reason for gambling, is crucial. Setting limits and recognizing when entertainment turns into a potential problem is a responsible approach.

I'm going to give you my personal opinion because I can based my answer on general opinion and also on individual opinion. The gambling company existed today because they want to make money, they temp you to make predictions and if it comes, you will make money but you have to do it in a way you don't financially go broke. So I will say that involves both fun and making of money, that's why you see often they say you should gamble responsibly because there is money in it and you may go blind if you aren't careful.

What I can put to remove fun when I bet amount that is too big for me, amount that will rake me and give me anxiety for days, week or even months, that's what I consider as out fun limit and that's why I said gambling should be done responsibly so you don't have to weep later for making decisions that are not worth the amount you bet.

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It is like this, although there is money involved, it is difficult to understand for some, and they believe that no one can get together to play with friends with money involved in a night of chatting, beers (or soft drinks) and some bets, if some arrive $$$, so cool, but the idea is not to go fleece your friends.

Now, the above does not have to take you away from that desire to make money.,  in my case I can easily move between those two slopes.

Then, it depends on the moment or the situation you find yourself in, I think that if you can't differentiate that, you are a candidate for being a gambling addict.

Regardless of gambling for entertainment, don't gamble out of control as gambling for entertainment is also dangerous. When you're gambling for entertainment and you become addicted, you can gamble for many hours without realising that you have been gambling for that long and also losing money. You won't care as you're not gambling to make money therefore when you lose money, it won't bother you as you have many more that you can waste on gambling.

Every gambler should know their limits regardless of what the reason is why they're gambling. When you're gambling for entertainment, know when to stop as entertainment doesn't have an ending unless it's when you become bored but it might make you to increase you wiser for higher risk and you keep losing more money that'll make you to go broke. Gambling for entertainment is also risky when addicted.

That's right, because it doesn't make sense, of course they gamble with the aim of winning. It's true what you said, we can't expect much from gambling, because having high hopes from gambling will only trap us in trouble. Indeed, gambling is a game of chance, whoever is lucky will win, while those who are unlucky will suffer a mistake, also the fact is that luck does not come often, luck only comes occasionally.

Slot gambling cannot be predicted, even if there are tricks or patterns, in my opinion it has no effect on the slot games being played, also with the large number of people who gamble for financial needs, this is not highly recommended, because gambling is not a clear source of money, but rather this only paid games and there will be bonuses that can be obtained if you are lucky. It's true, being too ambitious about winning will only make us experience a lot of losses, because gambling with emotions is of course not a good thing. and it is also not recommended to gamble by forcing it, if you don't have a stable income then you should not force yourself to continue gambling.

When I gambled for the first time, no money were involved. I think after watching a movie with my father, we have played cards, he explained me rules of poker. We have played just for fun. The winner wins nothing, looser looses nothing. When I gambled first time consciously I made it for fun. Because everyone in our company inserted banknote into a slot machine. First IRL gambling game when I no longer a kid or teenager (I was 18) - game of poker with friends. Call it Friday poker night. Even though there were buy-ins, no one intended to win whole bank. It was all about fun.

I am with Litzki1990 on this. When you start betting and what drives you to continue is the possibility of winning money. Nobody starts betting by saying 'I'm going to be entertained' as if they were going to watch a movie. It is precisely the possibility of winning money that motivates and entertains you. What also happens is that humans generally tend to overestimate possible short-term benefits and underestimate the long-term dangers. So many people, even though they know about the house edge for example, only think about whether they are going to get lucky that night and make money, although deep inside they know that in the long run the house edge is going to lose them money.

If you don't agree with me then explain to me why a gambler starts gambling in the first place. You put it to yourself, if you ever gambled, what would be your first objective? People lose money after gambling but before gambling they have expectations that they will make money by gambling. There is risk in investing but we invest only to grow our money and gambling has maximum risk yet we take that risk only to gain money. It is optional to take gambling as fun but a gambler always expects to win from gambling. No gambler wants to lose money by losing gambling games. Ask any gambler who gambles why they gamble and I think most gamblers will answer that they gamble to win and earn money by winning.

This is all about what we want, we can choose to be gambling for making money and having fun altogether, we can choose either of the two instead base on what we have chosen as our choice in gambling, but in whatever decision we arrived on, we should never forget that it is expected of us to always have fun while gambling and that we cannot make gambling as our ultimate source of income which we can rely on because we often loose than winning each time we are having fun in gambling.

Gambling for fun is safer for the mind than gambling for financial gain.
Who can guarantee that you can win every day at the gambling table? Of course there isn't, it's all just assumptions of victory which in the end makes you confused because you never win.
If you position it as a pleasure, that's good, it won't disrupt your daily financial stability. If you have spent all your money, it is no longer considered pleasure but is already in the addiction stage.
It's better to forget the concept of gambling for financial gain rather than being destroyed because of difficulties in controlling yourself, because many people have been destroyed because they couldn't control themselves at the gambling table.

Gamble for fun, financial benefits can arise while taking your time to have some fun in gambling, but don't gamble mainly to make financial gains from gambling, since to win is very hard in gambling its better to just do it for fun.

There are many life changing skills in the world today, learn one and make use of it, don't rely completely on gambling only, because it's obvious that gambling isn't real and it never was because it's completely based on luck, something that has no date for visiting, it only come around when you are not expecting it.

In gambling be careful what you seek for, hoping to make something happen in gambling is not a reality, it doesn't make it impossible but you don't want to bet everything on this, the chances id losing everything is very big, take it with a grain of salt, gamble only when you can afford it.

I think you misquoted someone, buddy. @Hanadawa is the one who made the quote, not me. You cited someone incorrectly. Would you kindly correct it? I'm so confused about this that I quickly looked up the owner of the post you're responding to on this forum because I didn't even make this kind of claim.

I think I agree with you on all that you said, and just to add, gambling with the intention of making money and gambling with the internation of just having fun are actually two different things, but what I do believe is that, none of this two will bring winning to a gambler faster, as it doesn't matter whether you are gambling for fun or not, luck is what determines when you win and when you lose.

The only thing I know that gambling with the intention of having fun does for a gambler that is better than gambling with the intention of making money is that, it helps a gambler feel more relaxed, more focused and pays good attention to the game, this is actually beneficial to the gambler as in some games, most especially like skill based games, this I mentioned could help or increase such gambler's chances of winning the game.
Meanwhile gambling with the intention of making money makes a gambler feel very anxious, unrelaxed, tensed and frustrated, most especially when the anticipated winnings aren't forth coming.

I don't agree with this, personally I still have fun even after staking on a certain game and this is not because I don't care about the money I stakes but I refuse to allow my fun becomes dependent on the possibility of me winning the game because even before I stake I make sure to make a very good analysis to keep me at advantage and also stake that which I can afford to lose.

It's only addicts and those who are solely dependent on the winnings they will get from gambling that will not be able to have fun gambling especially on football because they have made their fun and entertainment reliant on the outcome of that which they have placed their money on a d moreover some of these fellows do stake much more than they can afford to loose so it really stops the fun even before they get started, if you have fears of addiction maybe you are the type who does too much of everything then abstainance is the best option to explore for you.

Not just in your community but also in mine, there are people who can't seem to get over the idea that gambling is an alternative means of income. In my opinion, this is a sick mentality for some gamblers, as their addiction can be fueled by the thrill of the game and the possibility of winning, making them feel so desperate for money that they may even chase their losses.  Some people in my country are also very delusional and overly self-confident, believing they have a special skill or strategy that can consistently beat the odds at gambling. As a result, they became dependent on gambling as a source of income, but regrettably, they ended up losing just like any other gambler who lacked self-defense.
 
But in terms of engaging in illegal activities, I don't often hear about that type of thing in my neighborhood since some people in it have a source of income, but some don't, and those who do work part-time jobs are only temporary, but they will still receive some payment, even if it's minimal. I believe that applying illicit ways to finance gambling is unethical and, of course, illegal. Perhaps they are only doing it to support their gambling addictions, but this is not a recommended or justified course of action, right? and it could be the reason that the number of criminal cases in a particular nation is rising as a result of people taking such actions.

Do you mean to say that if someone gambles just for fun, the outcome will be different than if they gamble with the intention of making money? I don't think it's that simple. People gamble for both reasons, to have fun and to make money. Winning is what makes gambling enjoyable, after all. However, the only thing that makes it different is that it is out of control in gambling, the negative effect of gambling only happens if the gambler becomes greedy, and continues to gamble using any method they can just to continue their gambling activities.

In my society, I can say that more than 90% of gamblers are gambling for the sake of financial benefits. If there are rules that you won’t be able to withdraw your winnings from gambling, you will discover that most people will stop gambling instantly, they will never go close to gambling again. Gambling is taken as a source of income in my community. That’s why addiction is increasing on a daily basis. People are involving themselves in crazy things just to make money to gamble, which is not making sense. If people are gambling for fun, then you won’t see people involving themselves in illegal things just because they want to gamble.

Actually it is really just that for fun and you should be thinking that you are paying for the fun that you are really that getting because if you are really that minding about on making it as a source of income or money then this is where shit things do happen .This is why it would really be that best that you should really be wary and be realistic on whatever decisions that you are really that making
towards gambling because if you are really that minding too much or being optimistic on being a winner then it will really give out that kind of probability that you might be ending up on being addicted to it.This is why we should really be that careful on whatever our intents on what we do have in mind. This is why it would be best that you should be mindful on the actions you are making.

what you say is the current reality experienced by gamblers. but actually, gambling is a paid game. there is a gamble and winning is the reward you get. those who end up considering gambling to make money, mostly experience problems with their finances. Maybe it won't be a problem when gamblers hope to win, it's very natural in every game we hope to win. but we have to know the limits of gambling. Just like you play games, when you play too much there are bad effects that you will experience.