Gambling is bad and there is no justification to it, before you win in gambling, you must have loosed even more than you won, a gambler can continue to try to see if he can recover from his loses and ended up losing even more.
The worst of it is it’s addiction is so high that it takes God’s intervention for you to abstain from it. A gambler can lose all he has acquired in years with few hours.
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Gambling is frowned upon by most people and the country's government. specially in my country seeing it from the eyes of crime, a few days ago one of the best youtuber of our country was arrested for promoting gambling website on his YouTube channel. But still I don't see it as that bad, but it is also true that excessive gambling addiction can destroy your life and your family. I have seen many people become destitute due to excessive gambling. However, if you gamble within your efford for entertainment purposes, it is not treated as a crime. So in response to your title, I would like to say that gambling is not a bad thing as long as you don't get too addicted take it just as a entertainment purpose for your self like others sources of entertainment.
William Shakespear said, 'there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. The nature of things is neutral and it is our perception and thinking that gives them a positive or negative meaning. In the same vein I say, there is nothing either good or bad with gambling, but our actions and inactions make it so. People who gamble their entire savings and have the guts and shamelessness to come online and say "Gambling is Bad. Stay away from it" must understand that gambling itself is neither good nor bad, but our actions and behaviors surrounding it determine whether it is beneficial or detrimental.
This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence. The act of Gambling in itself is neutral. It is not to be blame for the harm that has befallen the individual but rather the individual's inability to control their emotions, finances, and time. I strongly encourage every newbie gambler as well as experienced gamblers to take responsibility for their actions and not using gambling as a scapegoat for their lack of discipline. If you approach gambling with discipline and self-control you will find that that it can be a fun and relaxing activity. Who else thinks so too?
This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence. The act of Gambling in itself is neutral. It is not to be blame for the harm that has befallen the individual but rather the individual's inability to control their emotions, finances, and time. I strongly encourage every newbie gambler as well as experienced gamblers to take responsibility for their actions and not using gambling as a scapegoat for their lack of discipline. If you approach gambling with discipline and self-control you will find that that it can be a fun and relaxing activity. Who else thinks so too?
As long as you are working within the confines of the law, then everything is reasonable in moderation. Whether that is drinking, gambling or any other things that people might call a vice. Even drinking too many fizzy drinks or eating fast food too often will have negative consequences, it's all about proportion. So you're right, there are plenty of people out there who can gamble a little bit on occasion and walk away from it, never to give it a second thought on the next day. It's people who do it repeatedly, to the point where they form an addictive habit, who are the ones at risk of turning a piece of fun into a debilitating activity that can drain your energy along with your bank balance.
Gambling would be okay if it will just be a leisure or be done to kill time without worrying of your losses especially if you are only betting 'pennies'. It will only be bad if greed will be present which is a factor for such activity to be addictive enough and to consume a player. I agree with others have mentioned; intention would matter. The stronger your drive to gamble, the bigger the downside of the outcome to happen which also makes this activity bad on the view point of the majority. If you won't be dependent with winning to ease your mood, then it would be still fine. Problem is players who are assuming or exoecting to be rich in an easier way simply because there are actually people who did so. This impression for sure have eaten many players' wallet in an instant.
Its part of human nature where you tend to become more greedy sometimes and practice the bad habit, regardless of your reason gambling can still be addicting. Its good or bad depends on how you see it, if you are going to gamble responsibly then I believe it can really give you joy but if you are too focus with the money, you might probably suffer from any stress later on because gambling is not a guaranteed way of making money, that’s more stressful than you think.
When greed do kicks in then this is where things becomes a problem because we know on what are the things that would be mainly be affected when you are on that greedy mode.You would really be losing up your control when it comes on spending up your money which would causes a disaster if ever you are on greedy situation.This is why you should really be that mindful when it comes into your
actions towards it because gambling becomes bad if you do make yourself that addicted.
Gambling isnt bad as long you are responsible towards your actions and really that mindful about your funds and dont spend much then i dont see anything wrong.
This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence. The act of Gambling in itself is neutral. It is not to be blame for the harm that has befallen the individual but rather the individual's inability to control their emotions, finances, and time.
I definitely agree, but the sad thing is, a lot of people lack responsibility and accountability, that is why they blame gambling, as it is easier to blame something than to admit that they are the ones who messed up. that being said, seeing the effect it can have on someone, I am not surprised that people would rather paint gambling in a bad light than to solely blame the person. 
One's attitude toward gambling might be positive or negative. No matter if a person is a good or lousy gambler, how they play the game reveals a lot about them. However, there are many that use gambling to relieve boredom, for entertainment, to make more money, or to augment their current finances.
Gambling is presumably only harmful when it is practiced excessively and without self-control, when it involves investing all of your savings, or when you depend on it to survive without considering other parts of your life.
Gambling is presumably only harmful when it is practiced excessively and without self-control, when it involves investing all of your savings, or when you depend on it to survive without considering other parts of your life.
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If you approach gambling with discipline and self-control you will find that that it can be a fun and relaxing activity. Who else thinks so too?
You making good sense though, mostly all we do in life have their pros and cons, and our mindset towards this things is what determines whether this things are good or bad to us.Gambling, like you said is neither nor bad, but then, many gamblers allow themselves to get addicted so bad that some times, gambling becomes a threat to their life, and this type of persons are the ones that give gambling a really bad name, but all being the same, it is simply what it is, those who wanna gamble will still gamble, not minding the kind of experience some other gambler have with gambling.
It's bad if you don't know how to control yourself and become addicted to gambling and then ruining your life. And yes we have heard countless stories, and maybe some of us here have experience it. But if you overcome it, or at least have the common sense to have self-control (which I know is very hard to do in the first place), perhaps you can just enjoy it. Good for those one time winners, specially in games like lottery because it's going to be a life changer. You win millions that can change your life forever for the good.
Its part of human nature where you tend to become more greedy sometimes and practice the bad habit, regardless of your reason gambling can still be addicting. Its good or bad depends on how you see it, if you are going to gamble responsibly then I believe it can really give you joy but if you are too focus with the money, you might probably suffer from any stress later on because gambling is not a guaranteed way of making money, that’s more stressful than you think.
I said bad.
Even my self as the gambler, I always said is bad and never-ever want to ask or try to invited my friend from non-gambling user to gambler. I mean look at the cost, the problem is not only the person who are gambling.
But also, other people who are can get the effect.
Specially when you are a family man on which if you do find yourself on getting deal with gambling then you should really know on how to manage your finances or else you would be ending up on spending your life savings which its never been worth on doing so.Its true that it is really that harmful for someone if ever you are a type of person whose that impulsive which gambling is never been a good thing for you to deal with.Even my self as the gambler, I always said is bad and never-ever want to ask or try to invited my friend from non-gambling user to gambler. I mean look at the cost, the problem is not only the person who are gambling.
But also, other people who are can get the effect.
I agree for most points on here that gambling isnt bad but rather it is on the act of someone on how he do deal up with this activity.If you are already that compromising
your life savings or affecting financial then this is where it could be called such.
It is bad because in human nature we have difficulty to control our emotions when something bad is happening like losing in a game play session and we want to revert it back,the loss,so the majority of us keep playing and chasing the lost amount of money with the hope that they will get it back.It is exactly this greediness trap that is hidden deep inside our nature that the majority of people say gambling is bad and it actually is for the majority who cannot control their behavior and emotions.It can be beneficial only to those who play an x amount of money a week and call it a day whatever the outcome,either they win or either they lose.
So based on this it is 85% bad and 15% good.
So based on this it is 85% bad and 15% good.
I said bad.
Even my self as the gambler, I always said is bad and never-ever want to ask or try to invited my friend from non-gambling user to gambler. I mean look at the cost, the problem is not only the person who are gambling.
But also, other people who are can get the effect.
Even my self as the gambler, I always said is bad and never-ever want to ask or try to invited my friend from non-gambling user to gambler. I mean look at the cost, the problem is not only the person who are gambling.
But also, other people who are can get the effect.
I don't know if Shakespeare is a gambler but what he said is really applicable to us, gamblers. The one who thinks it's bad really sees the bad in it and that can be seen in those irresponsible gamblers that are selling all they've got because they've lost a lot and then want to recover them. But because of having a lack of funds, they do crazy things such as selling all their stuff, even the important ones so that they can still keep on track. Now then the person who saw that from an actual gambler will think that gambling is bad because of how the gambler interacted with his losses and still want to continue. But, that's it, he's right that thinking of it as bad or good really will show how it is being said based on other's opinions.
Moderation is a key factor to self discipline in every activity we as humans engages in, and the lack of the consciousness of it leads to indiscipline which in gambling it leads to irresponsible gambling among gamblers and they end up blaming gambling as being bad activity to engage in. Whereas it's the gambler act of moderation or lack of it towards gambling that either makes it look good or bad. The endpoint is that gambling is not for boys but for men and real men knows when to stop, takes responsibility and moves on even on abad day as if nothing happened.
As I often say in my posts, how does one view gambling itself and how do we define it. as William Shakespeare said, "nothing is neither good nor bad". I can really understand what he's talking about. but because the theme of our discussion is gambling, so we discuss it from a gambling perspective.
For me, it's all about how we perceive gambling itself and how we define it. all of that returns to each individual, every gambler has a different perspective on gambling. what William Shakespeare said, we can apply to our lives and not just to gambling.
Gambling, is part of the fun entertainment in the modern era like today. we are offered something that is entertaining with all the conveniences thanks to sophisticated technology. but the negative impact of gambling, can affect a person's life to be problematic. therefore, we must react wisely. someone who actively gambles like me, will really need a big responsibility, as well as an understanding of gambling itself and how we deal with it. something fun, can have a negative impact if we do not have good self-control. therefore too, one must understand deeply to have self-control, good understanding. also, responsibility. although sometimes, in practice it is difficult.
For me, it's all about how we perceive gambling itself and how we define it. all of that returns to each individual, every gambler has a different perspective on gambling. what William Shakespeare said, we can apply to our lives and not just to gambling.
Gambling, is part of the fun entertainment in the modern era like today. we are offered something that is entertaining with all the conveniences thanks to sophisticated technology. but the negative impact of gambling, can affect a person's life to be problematic. therefore, we must react wisely. someone who actively gambles like me, will really need a big responsibility, as well as an understanding of gambling itself and how we deal with it. something fun, can have a negative impact if we do not have good self-control. therefore too, one must understand deeply to have self-control, good understanding. also, responsibility. although sometimes, in practice it is difficult.
Gambling is good and i can tell you this because millions of gamblers were doing it and getting being fulfilled with loads of fun and pleasurable moment in gambling, we choose what we want to experience with gambling, it's bit what we do to get frustrated, those that have the bad side of gambling probably have their own weakness that contributed to the failure they experienced with gambling, if you know your moderacy then you will enjoy gambling to the fullest.
if you say gambling is good, there are people who do not play bets and would want to argue with you that nothing good comes from gambling. Yes I have met such kind of people that almost manipulated my brain to stop gambling but at the end I remember how far I have gone and there points and idea should not make me to just leave gambling without a reason. Nothing and nothing is bad. If we do things in the wrong way then we will be seen as a bad person not what we are doing that tagged us bad but the way we do it. Gambling is good if we do or play it in the right manner.
It all sums up with how we see gambling. Those people that really have terrible experience will look for someone or something to blame for with their misfortune. Especially, if they don't want to accept their losses and it's hard to imagine thinking that it would be a great move for them to just accept that they've loss but they won't.
Also, it's all about our free will. Nobody forced us to gamble so if there's anyone to blame for, it should be ourselves and our decisions. It's true that it's neither bad or good but depends on the perception who sees it and the feedback that he'll give to it.
Also, it's all about our free will. Nobody forced us to gamble so if there's anyone to blame for, it should be ourselves and our decisions. It's true that it's neither bad or good but depends on the perception who sees it and the feedback that he'll give to it.
The way we see things doesn't change the nature of these things.
A person can be seen a s good or bad depending on what views those judging said person have, but it doesn't make that person good or bad.
If you shoot a deer, hunters will say you're a good man, and animal rights activists will say you're bad, but it doesn't make you good or bad.
A gambler who steals to feed his habit is bad beyond doubt, but gambling itself isn't bad.
Blaming gambling for losing a lot of money and savings is a stupid thing to do alone. No one can be blamed, gambling or not is a choice not a compulsion. Maybe the gambler who always loses is just after an instant win by risking all his money. Management in gambling is even necessary, not just in trading. Gambling requires financial management so that there will be an allocation that is provided for gambling and some others to back up when the first gambling fails. besides that, mental health when gambling is very necessary. people sometimes are not ready for defeat when gambling, so many bad things will happen. Gambling, which only has a bad impact, depends on how you can do gambling, not only to seek continuous wins so that they are too addicted.
This is pure philosophy! Gambling is neither good nor bad in itself. It's the same with fire, fire is neither good nor bad (for example, but you can find any other, I am sure there are plenty) it can provide a lot, but if you're not careful, you can get burned a lot... Basically, you need to know what you are doing, and if you are not aware of your actions, you will get into a problem. That is a bottom line I guess, always do some research before you jump into something, that can save you from many "unpleasant situations".
But we are all human in the end, with feelings and all that stuff. We like to try different things and take risks without much thinking, especially at some younger ages. I guess we live to learn, and learning comes from trying things... and some things are incredibly tempting... it's hard to resist, but we need to find a way to control our wishes and actions. Each of us is in the same battle, you can find many quotations about "the worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself". We are all trying to find some balance and control in life, somehow...
But we are all human in the end, with feelings and all that stuff. We like to try different things and take risks without much thinking, especially at some younger ages. I guess we live to learn, and learning comes from trying things... and some things are incredibly tempting... it's hard to resist, but we need to find a way to control our wishes and actions. Each of us is in the same battle, you can find many quotations about "the worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself". We are all trying to find some balance and control in life, somehow...
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