Topic: Gambling is a choice. - page 7. (Read 2627 times)

Yep but still there are sometime we do things without knowing and excess gambling is one of such time, this is a situation where as a gambler one doesn't have the full right to pull out when the outcome is not in their favour, this is a severe case of addiction. But on the other hand once you decide to either quite or keep playing it becomes necessary to choose because at that point the gambler is still in control., so it all still ball down to choice.

You are right, he did go off topic in the most part of his comment, by I think he returned back to the topic being discussed in the very last part of his comment, where he made mention of finding a physical or online casino that is reputable and unlikely to be a scam, so that the player don't end up being tricked, like the scenario the poster of this thread narrated in the op..

Overall, I don't view his comment to be a complete off topic as you resume though.

I like that impression, gambling is for those who knows how to handle risk and know how to face reality, if you lose then you need to move forward and accept that fate, else, you will continue to chase that money and you'll be forcing yourself doing something that will lead you to lend or to sell your stuff just to fill your needs to quickly recover your money.

It's on how you handle your gambling sessions, either for enjoyment or for trying to make money, as long as you know your set limitations.

Although your answers are correct and I agree with them to some extent, I think that you have gone off-topic or you didn't read the OP. What happened in this case is an example of how people is sometimes forced to gamble, so in these cases gambling is not a choice anymore.

OP is not talking about those who can't decide or fail to make the correct decision when it comes to gambling: this is an unfortunate fact, but not the topic discussed in this thread.

Most of us will say we are responsible in the beginning before playing gambling. But after playing for a while, we will start to lose that responsibility and eventually, after playing 30 minutes or so, we really lose that responsibility.

We can leave gambling but it depends on our intention to leave it because some people feel they have no responsibility and finally leave gambling. They don't see gambling as fun but as a temptation to keep playing for more money.

If that's the case, they will think gambling is an option. And they don't need to make that choice if they don't have a strong responsibility to make gambling a pleasure.

He is not totally out of point . He made some cool senses;
1. Adrenaline rush to win money: We see this in our everyday life why people gamble is the desire to win big and change their lives.
2. Socialize: Some people do not have the intention to gamble but once their friends are doing it for fun, in order not to be left out, they'll like join.
3. To escape stress: Just as much as people take alcohol to relief stress, some also gamble for same purpose.

I don't understand what you mean, but what is clear is that in choosing to gamble there is no reason because it must change, at first a gambler is just having fun and entertaining himself but later on they will gamble to pursue victory or aim to make gambling as a place to get some money.
This is a big mistake that cannot be regretted because when someone has become addicted to gambling they will never regret what they have done or what they have lost because of gambling.

I don't think that some of the reasons you mentioned are the right reasons for choosing gambling.

There are no two ways about that, and if we must have a self control over our gambling activities, then we must,, first of all, accept that we are responsible for making that choice of whether to play or not then we can take responsibility for whatever become the outcome of that decisions.

Exactly. When you decided to gamble your money be aware of the consequences. The problem is, if you didn't expect to lose your money because of your thinking that you can double or triple it when you gamble. Many gamblers are regretting they gamble their money after losing it in snap. Some even did worse like asking for loan, stealing money or selling their kid (rare case) to sustain their addiction. Gambling is not for weak people who can't handle losses, it's important that you know the risk before playing. Moreover, don't gamble anywhere, look for physical/online casinos that are reputable and unlikely to be a scam so you won't get trick easily and lose more money.

Gambling is a choice we did it with our own decision there is nothing that we would say could change it.
We gamble to gain something from it even though we are aware that we could lose rather than gaining what we want.
That is the risk that we took when we decided to gamble, so we must bare the consequence of it.

gambling is surly a choice and People gamble for many reasons: the adrenaline rush to win money, socialise or escape from worries or stress.

Gambling is a psychological labyrinth of Snapchat-worthy excitement, the dopamine hits of quick cash possibilities, and the electrifying lure of the game. Picture the adrenaline spike of a high-stakes Fortnite match, only this time, you're wagering your very real piggy bank and prized kicks. Then comes the bitter pill of regret. In psych-speak, we call it cognitive dissonance – that sour cocktail where the high of the bet does a WrestleMania smackdown with the gut-punch of loss. This, my friend, is a vicious cycle harder to quit than your latest Netflix binge. Especially when the gambler pulls the 'bad luck' card to shrug off their losses.

And you've nailed it on the head with your point about the overconfidence in playing the odds. People fall for the 'gambler's fallacy' more often than they'd admit, convinced that a losing streak is just the universe setting up their big win. But it's a dangerous game of hopscotch, fueled by randomness and our Instagram-inspired obsession to find trends where there are none.

So, the TL;DR here: approach gambling like you would a Twitter debate, cool-headed, understanding the rules, and knowing when it's time to log off. Treat it as a casual Reddit browse with spare change, not as your LinkedIn job posting for a steady paycheck.

This sounds a bit like buyer's remorse. Often people overestimate their abilities to calculate odds when it comes to any form of gambling, which only adds to their misdirected anger when they lose. When they win, they put it down to their own "skill" or divine intervention. When they lose it must be the casino or bookmaker that is a fix, even though they present all the odds clearly up front. I have no sympathy for remorseful gambler's in that sense, they are very self centred.

When we already have difficulty controlling ourselves, we must stop as soon as possible before we completely lose the moment to stop. And not many gamblers can realize this because many still play gambling and even take risks using rather large bets. Losing money in gambling is a loss they will gain and they can find it difficult to recover from it.

And if they can choose, it's better not to continue playing gambling because it will only hurt them and can cause even more losses. They need to get over their ego before it's too late and they lose their money and if that can be prevented, they need to do it before it's all over.

Actually, they do get the victim themselves because when you are around them, they will simply execute their plan and approach you in a way that won't make it look like they are going to scam you, they will start talking about something else and then slowly and steadily take you towards that and believe me, they are so good at this that you won't even realize what's happening until everything is done.

Those who get a grasp of what's happening at the beginning might be able to avoid them but if you get involved from the start, there is no chance that they will let you go without giving them at least some money because they are so good at controlling minds of people as they probably have years of practice.

Because why not? Isn't it fun to win? The underlying problem is it is gambling, anything could go wrong, anytime you may win and mostly will lose. Once people is teased having a good win, people try to make win bigger and bigger, its the nature of a human of being greedy. Once someone can't control itself, probably will ask more until it become problematic.

I also don't see anyone being forced to engage in gambling activity.  All our gambling engagement are voluntary, they do not point any harmful object to us just to play in their platform.  It is all according to our own accord.  Even the gambling platform we wanted to play isn't dictated to us.  We choose them and it is all according to our liking.  So I don't understand why other people blame someone or the platform becaue of their losses.


Yeah, people are enticed to play in the casino because of the chance of getting a huge win.  So I think playing for fun is just an excuse to make them engage in gambling to try to get those huge win.  I believe people who engage in gambling has this underlying intention to win money since in most cases, it is really the reason why people keep on gambling.

This is not new to many of us here and infact this kind of schemen is old sch9ol right now since scammers now have new way to get theur victim hucked, so it may be a sad event to hear such things happenig but then we must jave self control sometime to avoid s9me things like this.

I confess that when I read this thread ( I even posted it here in this thread ) I had never heard things like being forced to participate in gambling, honestly I didn't even imagine that something like that would exist, that's because gambling causes temptation in people then you don't even need someone to force another one, just someone put some gaming machine and wait, it won't take long for people to come too many to play and they will lose a lot of money, that's why I was shocked to know that there are people who were forced to participate in gambling games, something without much sense given that they didn't even have to be forced to do it, they would willingly play


the problem is that people will play for profit, that is the objective of most people, it is true that they will say that they are playing just for fun, but in reality they want to win a lot of money and for that reason they will easily lose control or became addicted to gambling, because the tendency is to always be increasing their deposit value to recover losses, because the objective is to win a lot of money and not to lose a lot of money, but people don't even realize that luck doesn't cut everyone's door and that it's better to look at games as just fun

The place of self-development in gambling and how to handle it makes you a more successful and less toxic gambler and just as you mentioned, the first thing to do before you start gambling is to set the mechanism in place that will help check your gambling excess and also minimize your overall gambling involvement this is what is most important in creating a healthy gambling environment.

Individuals need to take an inward review to outline their weaknesses and strengths to properly manage them.