Topic: Gambling game is not good and everyone should stay away from it - page 15. (Read 2360 times)

Lets be honest to ourselves, yeah we will always think and say that gambling is bad when we lost but Im sure we will always forgot about it when we win.

It's not bad, the effect of gambling depends on the gambler itself on what's his mindset when playing. Is it to have fun and to be entertained? or to gain huge? If the latter is the reason, then expect that you'll experience the negative sides of playing with high expectation.

Anyway, when you say Bitcoin, are you an investor? If so, we all know that the future is uncertain (though crypto enthusiasts are bullish on its future). If that gives you light as you claimed, so be it. But keep in mind that even in Bitcoin, profits are not guaranteed therefore not something to rely on to say you find the right path. It's not gambling but there's a similarity that can disappoint a trader/investor once the outcome is not what they expected it to be.

Everything under moderation seems fair. Whether it is gambling or some other activity. This will keep ourselves remind on to what extent we can gamble and sets the limit. Everyone used to have the gambling problem, maybe very few percentage of people don't experience it due to their luck/continued winning. Over time people get good experience and understand well about gambling, but the worst part what they've lost before that stands high and to avoid that proper understanding at the beginning is a must.

I think people need to be very careful with anything they do, but that doesn't mean people should stop doing everything. Let's look at some practical cases: food, who doesn't like to eat? I believe that we all like to eat and even those who don't like it because they don't feel like it, are also forced to eat to stay healthy, if they don't eat they can get anemia and other diseases and die. Now see that in food, when a person eats too much, then that person will have a lot of fat on their body and be overweight, which leads to diseases that can lead the person to death. So should we stop eating? The answer is that we shouldn't stop eating, but we should moderate when we eat

Another example is about sex, for people to have children they need to have sex, but sex itself causes many diseases, so should people stop having sex because they will get many diseases and die? The answer is also simple, people should not stop having sex, they have to have sex in moderation, because in addition to the diseases they can get from having sex, they can also become addicted to sex and this will only make everything worse.

Now looking at gambling, should we stop playing or should we play in moderation? Is it gambling or people to blame? To answer this question, you need to look at the purpose of gambling: gambling is not about making profits, it is not about making people rich, gambling is just for fun. So when we get it into our heads that gambling is just for fun purposes, then we will only put in money that we can afford to lose. If a person thinks of profiting from gambling, then that person should immediately stop gambling, because gambling is for fun only.

OP generalized what people should do because of his negative experience with gambling.

Although the intention is good, OP can't just say that generally to everyone as gamblers have different paths they build in doing gambling. There are gamblers who really able to win big and their respective lives change into something spectacular. In gambling there are fortunate and unfortunate and OP falls down on the latter. On the good side, OP being unfortunate in gambling doesn't really unfortunate as that experience wake him up that gambling is really not for them.

Instead of OP focusing too much about giving advice on gambling, OP should now think of his own and began doing a fix on their current situation.

while I agree that gambling is not good for everyone, participating in it in moderation should be fine as long as you only gamble what you can afford to lose. I have been gambling online for several years now and sometimes offline too and I have to say it has been a great way for me to unwind, I won't deny that I had my fair share of gambling problems in the past but I like to think that it is in the past and I can now gamble comfortably without it becoming a problem.

sorry to hear about your story, gambling hobby can really become a problem if it becomes an addiction, it can ruin someone's life and the people around them.

Gambling isn't bad, gambling can also make you happy when you're playing it for entertainment only and not trying to use it as a source of getting income because it won't be able to give you income always and that can make you to become sad. Gambling isn't nice to any individuals that abuse it and that would be the problem with gambling making your father life to be ruined. Gambling don't just ruins your life unless you over gamble and it become an addiction.

When you gamble moderately, you'll enjoy what you're doing. Not everyone has the ability to control how they gamble therefore if you noticed you have an addiction problem then it's better you stay away from gambling and go and do other things that'll give you fun.

It's really sad to empathize with someone who has been negatively affected by Gambling especially the people around them who are most affected by it. Gambling addiction is quite a bad thing if gamblers aren't able to maintain control themselves during every game or gambling session. I've been in the same scenario where I even asked for a loan from my friends to continue my gambling habits which affected my college life back then. For me, it might be a good thing as it happened to me early on and was able to control myself and was able to avoid going deeper into this addiction.

But still, it's not about pleasing everyone that gambling is bad rather you cannot generalize gambling as a bad thing with only from your experience and how it negatively affects you. There are a lot of good stories too that you may hear from a lot of people who experience a life-changing.  Also, gambling is mostly for entertainment and testing luck whether you may win tons of money or prizes, however, people chase too much about these winnings and got addicted while doing so.

I'm sorry about your dad buh, I'mma say this to you; gambling didn't ruin the old man's life.., his limited mindset did .. I believe the mind controls almost all our voluntary actions that connects our emotions.. he's been putting in so much effort to build up with something that's void, instead of investing the little he has in something more profitable.
That's the delusion about the game,... It ends alot more people in Thier doom too, not just your old man.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Of course the addicts will use that $500 for gambling because their mind will tell them to gamble with it so they can turn that $500 into a fortune, but in reality they will lose that $500 and make nothing at all. The gamblers who are highly addicted to gambling will never give up on it and whatever they get they will spend it on gambling activities. I highly agree with you that offering a gambler money won't stop him/her from gambling but I just made an analogy to show that gambling addicts are so passionate about it that they will never stop their activities even if they are offered direct money.

Sorry for you to experience this and I wish your fast recovery for all your stress and losses.
Gambling will make you feel like this especially if you are not responsible on every decision that you have made. Gambling is not always about making profit because its a game of luck and profit is not guaranteed, don’t expect when you gamble and just have fun again gamble only what you can afford to lose.

The bad stigma about gambling in any society never disappears from our social life. We hear about various kinds of people who have been destroyed because of their gambling, even some of our community have also experienced this and one of them I had a bad experience with gambling in the past. Well, I'm not arguing this, as the title and content of the thread you say here. because everyone has their own point of view and no one forbids that. Well, here I want to give a little idea from my point of view. In this era, gambling is a type of entertainment that has even been legalized in many countries.

Gambling in the millennial era is now an inseparable part of entertainment in modern society, whether land-based casinos or what is currently more popular is online casinos. If you know, there are hundreds or thousands of online casinos and including crypto casinos that we have. both legal and non-legal. In essence, gambling is designed for practical entertainment amidst the activities that we carry out as a daily routine.
So, now the question is, who do you think is at fault in your father's case? whether it's the casino, or your father who is a gambling addict. Obviously, here I don't want to judge anyone. So, you can answer it for yourself.

For me personally, gambling depends on how someone views it.  also, how do you define it. The point is, the casino never prohibits someone from playing or not. They only serve every customer who wants to play with the entertainment they offer, but you should remember that gambling contains risks. someone can get money instantly, there are also those who lose a lot by gambling.
Well, it all comes back to ourselves. in my case, I am responsible for what I do. Also, I involve many factors, whether it is experience, understanding, or control over ourselves. The point is, someone who becomes an addict is caused by themselves. Therefore, use our common sense if you like this type of game entertainment. If the game is no longer fun, you can stop it and come back another time. In this way, someone will avoid cases of excessive gambling.

I think this depends on how you view gambling as a whole. Majority of the people who gamble view it as a money-making venture and they end up being disappointed when they see negative results.

If you are someone who wants to profit by gambling, then expect all the negative circumstances as it may end up badly and against you. Sure, you may win/lose but the chances of you losing is higher when you are stuck in the cycle of winning and recovering your losses by gambling.

If you are someone who enjoys the thrill and adrenaline in gambling, then there is a relatively lower chance of you suffering from addiction. As long as you can control your emotions and expenses, you can maintain this habit and avoid overspending and over expenditures.

Although I agree that investment and gambling both involves risk but the purpose of both subject is different. You are playing gambling to rely on your luck which gives you a lot exposure on risk or we can say pure risk while investment risk can be minimized and control with proper hedging.

I’m a gambler myself and I play gambling as source entertainment only since relying on it as source of income is absurd due to the high risk involved. The one the makes investment too much risk is the decision making of the investors on what they will purchase. You can have a safe investment method if you will just stick on safer assets investment such as Bitcoin and forget about altcoin.

Just like gambling. The more you become greedy means the more exposure ro risk but both gambling and investment has different take in risk since their purpose is completely different.

So, there isnt much secret about gambling. I read your point of view, and it's full of shades of relativity. Its a tribute to the person's ability to stay in control despite all the exciting bets and risks. But I'll be honest and say this: Every time, the house wins. This is not negative ; it's an obvious fact.

Entertaining can trick even the strongest people into losing everything. The reality is that you have zero control in a game of chance. Some people find their way through the maze with the help of self-control, but how many get lost in the addiction?

Still, I cant deny all the fun, the way my heart races when I think about whats to come. Its human. But lets not hide the truth behind our own opinions. If your mind is not strong enough, maybe gambling is not for you

His father is not the only one who have made mistakes in life not only in gambling and those people affected picked up their pieces and moved on. So he doesn't need to stay on the ground and complain but he needs to begin to get up and take his own decision different from his father's. But the dangerous thing is that he may end up still taking same decision his father took, I heard there is always a connection between a father and a son , just kidding  

Even we live like gambling and we not blame gambling or blame our life, is that right?
Never blame gambling games and never blame the gambling business or even blame your father but gambling will be a good or bad thing depending on each person thoughts on how they react to gambling and I would say gambling good thing for gamblers who come only for entertainment and gambling bad for gambling addict who are unable to control themselves.

But I really appreciate this effort to remind anyone about the dangers gambling when you not gamble responsibly and become addict..

I can feel your suffering and I can't blame you if that's how you feel about gambling but you can't please everyone with that. Yeah that's right gambling can really destroy you if you don't have self discipline and self control and that's where your father made a mistake and he didn't think how much it would affect you and your family.
He is neglecting his responsibility as a father, he was too addicted to gambling.
It's just sad to see someone's life being ruined because of their parents. I hope someday you will be okay bro

It should be underlined that gambling and investment are very different even though there are losses, talking about gambling then we will talk that this is about fun and a hobby, so just be reasonable in gambling not to spend your money in gambling.
Meanwhile, when we talk about investing whether it's in bitcoin or whatever it is, it's not about pleasure just because we like the world of investment and bitcoin. But this speaks of profits and needs, so as much as possible and as much as possible we must be serious and also must be able to dig up as much information as possible by continuing to see market developments so that you can benefit from the investments. And investment also speaks of needs, where we must have an investment of at least one, because if we only rely on work, the job will not last long where a job must have an end either because you are no longer able to work or because you are fired by the company, but if you invest, you will get a lot of money. However, on condition that you have to be wise and willing to continue to improve your skills and knowledge.

Gambling generally isn't a bad thing to for one to engage himself in but can as well serve as a bad habit of the same person decides not to gamble responsibly and that's why many believes that it's one thing that no one should engage himself in it in the first place.
There are people who can't just control and regulate themselves in whatever they're doing abd these set of people are advised to stay away from gambling so they don't end up as gambling addicts.