Gambling is not for people who can't control themselves when playing. Because if you're this kind of person you'll only end up with unbearable losses and regrets on why you gamble instead of using the money to more important things (like what op's friend realized).
There's nothing wrong to try playing since gambling is fun and exciting. However this depends on how you treat it, so ask yourself if you're just playing to kill time and entertain yourself or has a desire of winning huge because if the latter is your main reason, you'll likely spend money beyond your limitation for chasing this goal. Thus, before you gamble keep in mind that it's extremely risky and winning is not guaranteed therefore play with low expectation to gain.
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With this, I wondered if other person's here in the forum that are into gambling too has at any point in time thought or felt that way, particularly when the losses are becoming overwhelming.
yeah, I did and I am certain that a lot of people here have thought the same thing. if you ask me, these kinds of thoughts cannot be avoided at some point they'll think and ask themselves the very question your friend asked you. And in that case, should such person stop gambling and rather divert such monies into something else since he/she ain't making corresponding wins or more, checking his bet history, Or he should carry on with hopes that winnings will start creeping in someday gradually?
Ideally, yeah, stopping to gamble and using the money for much more productive stuff would be the best course of action, but in reality, it would be very hard to do. 
With this, I wondered if other person's here in the forum that are into gambling too has at any point in time thought or felt that way, particularly when the losses are becoming overwhelming. And in that case, should such person stop gambling and rather divert such monies into something else since he/she ain't making corresponding wins or more, checking his bet history, Or he should carry on with hopes that winnings will start creeping in someday gradually?
Definitely, I think in some point in time, we have thought about this how much money and time we wasted and instead of it into gambling, we could have been buying other things in our life, or just the very simple attitude, put that money into good used.
And then the old again will enter in our mind, "play what you can afford to lose".
So it's going to be a case to case basis for individuals, whether they want to continue gambling or not.
Gambling is actually not for the weak and one actually needs to be strong both mentally and emotionally to stay relevant in gambling.
There are several sayings and believes associated with gambling and a chronic gambler would tell you that one is supposed to make at least one bet in a day as you never can tell which day would be your day.
One thing most gamblers battle with is the ability to draw the line or even know when to stop not until they go bankrupt and I've once had a friend who beyond all odd, would rather prefer to gamble no matter now small the money might be.
There are several sayings and believes associated with gambling and a chronic gambler would tell you that one is supposed to make at least one bet in a day as you never can tell which day would be your day.
One thing most gamblers battle with is the ability to draw the line or even know when to stop not until they go bankrupt and I've once had a friend who beyond all odd, would rather prefer to gamble no matter now small the money might be.
Gambling is truly a matter of luck + skills (in some games). Those who can't take the losses shouldn't do it at all, because the ones who are unable to bear with it are the ones who do not deposit something they can't afford to lose. Trying to recover losses is another bad way to keep gambling because that way, you'll get more demotivated if you keep losing more. Not winning for a long time doesn't mean that you can't ever win in a game, but for that, only play with what you can afford to lose and won't regret later after it's lost.
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No, gambling is for smart, not strong. Gambling in a smart way, accept your loss and play again later. Don't play when you knew yiu lost and then try to chase your loses coz you will only in worst case. Which will only end up start on becoming addict.
Yeah, gambling is indeed for the smart, but if you read the OP, I believe you would understand the context op is coming from, and also understand why he said that gambling is for the strong 💪.In as much as I believe that gambling is for the smart, I still believe it is for the strong as well, strong at heart, not just physical strength, it takes being smart to constantly win a gamble, but on the other hand, it takes being strong to bear the losses and keep playing, most especially, when it seems the gambler is loosing far more than he or she is gaining, mental strength is required to not go crazy, and maybe quit gambling, if the gambler is not addicted.
No, gambling is for smart, not strong. Gambling in a smart way, accept your loss and play again later. Don't play when you knew yiu lost and then try to chase your loses coz you will only in worst case. Which will only end up start on becoming addict.
And in that case, should such person stop gambling and rather divert such monies into something else since he/she ain't making corresponding wins or more, checking his bet history, Or he should carry on with hopes that winnings will start creeping in someday gradually?
Adding another risk after doing an already risky action?
How sure that person will have another lucky win that will come to him? And even if does happen, are we sure that the person will start doing the things they planned originally during the time of feeling regret after a loss?
Sometimes, we are good at planning the supposed thing to do once we win. But when the actual winning happened, we will just continue to do gambling and will disregard those plans because of the thinking that we are currently lucky on that said session.
But then he asked me' bro assuming I had gathered all these money I have lost through gambling and channeled it into some sort of a little business or project, wouldn't it have been better!
For him to regret his actions, he must definitely be an addict and have not just bet what he could afford to lose. Gambling is just a fun game. You win, you win, you lose, you take it so; that's why we are always advised to wager what we can afford to lose. Betting too much that's above our budget is primarily caused by greed. Always desperate to win, after a recent loss, you try again, hoping that the next will enter. Just little by little, you will wager what you can never imagine. The temptation to not give up on the next one might always be there, but the ability to overcome it is what will save that person from regret. 
It is not matter of perceived weakness or strength, but rather about a person liking to have those rushes of adrenaline and emotion that come with putting money at stake on a casino. It is entertainment after all.
The ideal case is not tracking one's losses, that only incentives the person to continue to gamble with the hope of overcoming those losses eventually, which we all know it is very unlikely and the chances get worse as time passes. The true strength of a gambler is to let go losses, forget about them and to know how to stop. I do not see a valid reason to write down negative numbers and make one's life a little bit more miserable or harsher.
The ideal case is not tracking one's losses, that only incentives the person to continue to gamble with the hope of overcoming those losses eventually, which we all know it is very unlikely and the chances get worse as time passes. The true strength of a gambler is to let go losses, forget about them and to know how to stop. I do not see a valid reason to write down negative numbers and make one's life a little bit more miserable or harsher.
Reality speaking, it's really tough to handle the situation where especially if we experienced a heart-breaking loss that we don't know how to move on from. It's a challenge to consider after being in a losing experience and how can we overcome that sad feeling. Unfortunately, others can't accept what happened to them and struggling how to return to their usual self.
Gambling is not a joke. Don't even consider just playing gambling for fun even while always losing and the loss amount is said to be afford as that was all bullshit. For gambling to be fun, winning should be the one to always take place.
Gambling is not a joke. Don't even consider just playing gambling for fun even while always losing and the loss amount is said to be afford as that was all bullshit. For gambling to be fun, winning should be the one to always take place.
You know that kind of feelings you get when you're very sure that the bet you made is hundred percent coming but to surprise you it ended not being the right choice and you loose, you will discover that immediately your mood will change abd everything about you got not your attention anymore because you have made a very big and costly mistake for being overconfident in gambling and the earlier the best that gamblers should understand this in gambling that we cannot be too forward proving too know, not only when the results is out, everyone remain on the edge of risk whenever he gambles.
With this, I wondered if other person's here in the forum that are into gambling too has at any point in time thought or felt that way, particularly when the losses are becoming overwhelming. And in that case, should such person stop gambling and rather divert such monies into something else since he/she ain't making corresponding wins or more, checking his bet history, Or he should carry on with hopes that winnings will start creeping in someday gradually?
Gambling shouldn't be seen as a job,in order to keep us safe from addiction. Your friend is an addict and I guess that he has being chasing his lost to the point that he never noticed that he has lost so big. Advise him to go on a break on his gambling activities so that he can have time to think which source of income that he will channel his money to. If he can't go on break then he should reduce his bets,this might discipline him a little. This is one of the regrets that we experience when we don't gamble with only the money that we can afford to loss. Yes there are still people like that in this forum, I was once a victim.as he already asked the OP that what if he used that money for business? so why not change from that moment? for sure, the funds that he will save from the moment he noticed about his losses will be significant later on. change while you are up to it. because if he will chase his losses, he will incur more losses.
hard to do but yourself alone will be the instrument to change your life. no one can control your thoughts.
Gambling is like shopping for strong: money lost, and what you achieve is rarely definitely worth it, but you still like the process... I also had times when I lost quite a sum due to gambling, so I changed tactics upon my betting. Now I dont stake much money, while it is not easy to control the money to bet...
You have the right mentality towards gambling because there is a need to keep your gambling habits in check and to avoid losing heavily you should develop working tactics and set limits on your gambling activities.-it is better to try as much as possible to avoid excessive gambling chasing previous losses is the fast way to lose some more, and the best advice is to take a break at regular intervals.
Regretting is also a human behaviour so thinking about changing something which happened in the past is not possible as of now so there is no point of thinking about it. Well, gambling means spending money and if someone thinks that they can make more money if they choose other assets for investment then they are gambling with wrong intention.
Gambling is for everyone and we can't judge who is strong mentally cause its not visible like physical fitness so their actions and decisions can decide whether they are capable of being a disciplined gambler or not.
I think that in gambling, the condition of regret is actually not that important because regardless of anything, even though there will be lots of regrets, the results will still not change unless we really try to change that.Gambling is for everyone and we can't judge who is strong mentally cause its not visible like physical fitness so their actions and decisions can decide whether they are capable of being a disciplined gambler or not.
But for gambling this is obviously very difficult to do because indeed looking at the conditions, I think we will still agree that gambling is obviously always difficult to control from an emotional point of view so when you regret and return to the same pattern in gambling then the cycle will not change much and it will actually get worse.
With this, I wondered if other person's here in the forum that are into gambling too has at any point in time thought or felt that way, particularly when the losses are becoming overwhelming. And in that case, should such person stop gambling and rather divert such monies into something else since he/she ain't making corresponding wins or more, checking his bet history, Or he should carry on with hopes that winnings will start creeping in someday gradually?
Gambling shouldn't be seen as a job,in order to keep us safe from addiction. Your friend is an addict and I guess that he has being chasing his lost to the point that he never noticed that he has lost so big. Advise him to go on a break on his gambling activities so that he can have time to think which source of income that he will channel his money to. If he can't go on break then he should reduce his bets,this might discipline him a little. This is one of the regrets that we experience when we don't gamble with only the money that we can afford to loss. Yes there are still people like that in this forum, I was once a victim. 
Someone who's on a losing streak and is thinking of recovery is chasing his losses. It's proven that only a few get to that point of winning back their losses and the majority is just losing more. Yeah, gambling is for the strong people and those gamblers that have been staying on it are the ones that can do a lot and adjusts too much. And when you're no longer lucky as you get a losing streak, that's the time that you need to realize that there's something wrong already and you need to stop and do it some other day again for you to control your losses and frustrations.
Gambling is like shopping for strong: money lost, and what you achieve is rarely definitely worth it, but you still like the process... I also had times when I lost quite a sum due to gambling, so I changed tactics upon my betting. Now I dont stake much money, while it is not easy to control the monety to bet...
There’s a lot of gamblers who consider this as for fun only and that can be consider as a strong approach when it comes to gambling since you are able to control your emotion above all. Many are strong enough to overcome this kind of addiction while some are not so I believe, the way you handle this should be more responsible enough not to get addicted, if you have weak self-control that can cause problem to you later on. legendary
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With this, I wondered if other person's here in the forum that are into gambling too has at any point in time thought or felt that way, particularly when the losses are becoming overwhelming. And in that case, should such person stop gambling and rather divert such monies into something else since he/she ain't making corresponding wins or more, checking his bet history, Or he should carry on with hopes that winnings will start creeping in someday gradually?
Well, I think your friend sucks at betting probably, though it is very possible to not win a bet for some time, but if someone who is really a serious bettor should bet from the beginning of the year to this very moment, he or she should at least, have more wins than losses.Betting requires steady research, it's like crypto trading, it requires some level of skill or knowledge, to really become a profitable bettor, you need to watch and follow up matches, don't just bet blindly and leave everything to luck, if you do, you will probably end up in more losses than wins.
And to answer your question, though I've lost and won some and most bets, I have never for once had thought of the possibility of using the money I lost in betting for some thing else, because I knew it was a gamble from the onset, and every gamble carries risk with it, the reason you friend is feeling the way he's feeling is because he didn't win, if he won, he wouldnt have even thought of what better he could have done with the money he lost in betting.
Regretting is also a human behaviour so thinking about changing something which happened in the past is not possible as of now so there is no point of thinking about it. Well, gambling means spending money and if someone thinks that they can make more money if they choose other assets for investment then they are gambling with wrong intention.
Obviously we cannot change the past but we can plan and change the future. If there is a feeling of regrets on losing certain amount in gambling, then I think it would be better for a person to stop gambling. If he don't stop, he will live his life in regrets which is not healthy.
Gambling is for everyone and we can't judge who is strong mentally cause its not visible like physical fitness so their actions and decisions can decide whether they are capable of being a disciplined gambler or not.
I definitely agree that gambling is for everyone but only the strong willed can survive and resist gambling addiction.
What do you mean by strong? Strong to resist the effects of the negative impact of gambling?
Actually, it's common to feel regrets and big disappointment after a big loss as that was human nature. We can't avoid that feeling that even professionals and big gambles also feel that feeling. But what matter here is, keeping in the state of a calm mind and being responsible after every big loss.
Gambling is for strong can be rephrased as "to always try to be a responsible gambler" as much as possible.
Actually, it's common to feel regrets and big disappointment after a big loss as that was human nature. We can't avoid that feeling that even professionals and big gambles also feel that feeling. But what matter here is, keeping in the state of a calm mind and being responsible after every big loss.
Gambling is for strong can be rephrased as "to always try to be a responsible gambler" as much as possible.
I believe the strong there is for someone who is able to accept the losses from gambling and move on with his life as if nothing happens.
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