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legendary
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January 16, 2025, 06:04:31 PM
...Gambling should be done to have fun, trying to make it an escape out of poverty is the wrong way to approach it.

Then there must something seriously bad going on with the majority of people who gamble becuase they do it for the sake of profits, instead of being a way to kill time and have fun. For example, you can see how many people in countries like Nigeria have become so active in gambling, that it is safe to say it is a gambling country, it has gotten pretty embedded in their culture and way of life. Why is always the poor countries which have the highest numbers of gamblers and not the rich countries?
Because that illusion of Gambling as a way to scape poverty.
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January 16, 2025, 04:52:44 PM
With gambling gaining awareness each day and the population of those gambling increasing it's calls for concern as many has fallen victim to this money sucking game that makes people not to save their money but loss it.
But let's take a critical look at this very sensitive matter called gambling has anyone really made it from gambling, is gambling worth it and if really anyone has made it through gambling can he/she proudly tell the younger ones that gambling is what going into.
Infact gambling has made many to go broke and live in poverty many has lost their life savings and even pension in gambling, I am of the view that gambling should be controlled by the government of each country and that there should be a maximum amount of money one should use in gambling.

You're right gambling contributed to  the downfall of so many people today, their are some wealthy  people who have been doing absolutely well when they were not yet introduced to online gambling but the very moment they got their self involved in online gambling that's how their life changed.  most of them  when they don't have money to gamble they can decide to start selling their assets just to get money that he can use to gamble as a result of being addicted to gambling. You know most people did not have the thought or feeling of becoming a gambler but due to greed maybe after hearing about how most  people become a millionaire through online gambling. so after hearing this they will just decide to also give it a trial without knowing the things that is involved this is why most people always find it very difficult to give it a break because whenever time they lose  they will always want to chase after their lost and that's the More they keep losing.
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January 16, 2025, 04:17:13 PM
Delusional people see gambling as the short cut to riches but it's actually a shortcut to poverty and bankruptcy. Gambling cannot make you financially stable, even those those that won millions from it still ended broke at some point. The game has a way of trapping you psychologically, even if you win today it's just like you are delaying the inevitable, which is losing everything you have won and everything you have. I remember the times that I would make a lot of Profit and still wouldn't be satisfied with what I have won, this greed pushes you to keep on trying hoping that you'd always be lucky. Gambling should be done to have fun, trying to make it an escape out of poverty is the wrong way to approach it.

But it all boils down to your approach, now and days alot of folks approach gambling with the wrong mindset like taken it as a means to of earning or a means to get rich quick, the truth still remains that gambling is meant for entertaining, not for getting rich quick. Beside the casino ain't running charity, so they must be win and lose , one can't just keep winning, there must be balance so have that mindset that you can easily lose all your hard earn funds and gamble wisely to prevent it from happening.

Rich people enter this gambling game the most, and they gamble for fun. Among them, those who have little money gamble to become rich, so they gamble to earn money or to earn more money out of greed. Once these people lose money in gambling, they want to enter gambling again and again, as a result, they lose all their money and become disoriented.
 Therefore, one should never enter gambling to earn money and it is necessary to use one's intelligence to get out of gambling before it becomes an addiction. This gambling game depends on luck, not everyone can win in gambling.

Actually The rich people always see gambling as a way of entertainment and also having fun. Why the poor people always see gambling as a way of getting rich quicker, without noing that gambling is not a get rich quick scheme. It's essential to see gambling as a fun play rather than putting our hope In it. Seeing gambling as an entertainment or a game of luck would help you to gamble wisely. and even if you don't win, you wouldn't going to feel it too much while because you have already knows the besic things in gambling.
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January 16, 2025, 02:14:59 PM
Delusional people see gambling as the short cut to riches but it's actually a shortcut to poverty and bankruptcy. Gambling cannot make you financially stable, even those those that won millions from it still ended broke at some point. The game has a way of trapping you psychologically, even if you win today it's just like you are delaying the inevitable, which is losing everything you have won and everything you have. I remember the times that I would make a lot of Profit and still wouldn't be satisfied with what I have won, this greed pushes you to keep on trying hoping that you'd always be lucky. Gambling should be done to have fun, trying to make it an escape out of poverty is the wrong way to approach it.

But it all boils down to your approach, now and days alot of folks approach gambling with the wrong mindset like taken it as a means to of earning or a means to get rich quick, the truth still remains that gambling is meant for entertaining, not for getting rich quick. Beside the casino ain't running charity, so they must be win and lose , one can't just keep winning, there must be balance so have that mindset that you can easily lose all your hard earn funds and gamble wisely to prevent it from happening.

Rich people enter this gambling game the most, and they gamble for fun. Among them, those who have little money gamble to become rich, so they gamble to earn money or to earn more money out of greed. Once these people lose money in gambling, they want to enter gambling again and again, as a result, they lose all their money and become disoriented.
 Therefore, one should never enter gambling to earn money and it is necessary to use one's intelligence to get out of gambling before it becomes an addiction. This gambling game depends on luck, not everyone can win in gambling.
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January 16, 2025, 02:00:01 PM
Delusional people see gambling as the short cut to riches but it's actually a shortcut to poverty and bankruptcy. Gambling cannot make you financially stable, even those those that won millions from it still ended broke at some point. The game has a way of trapping you psychologically, even if you win today it's just like you are delaying the inevitable, which is losing everything you have won and everything you have. I remember the times that I would make a lot of Profit and still wouldn't be satisfied with what I have won, this greed pushes you to keep on trying hoping that you'd always be lucky. Gambling should be done to have fun, trying to make it an escape out of poverty is the wrong way to approach it.

Not every gambler that won millions of dollars became broke after then, some people who luckily made such huge win, decided to do something good with their money and they did better their life afterward. Although so many lucky winners after winning such huge amount, still went back to poverty.

If you were winning a huge amount in gambling before, you should know better by know that once you get a huge win, you need to take a brake and spend the money on a reasonable investment.
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January 16, 2025, 01:10:55 PM
Delusional people see gambling as the short cut to riches but it's actually a shortcut to poverty and bankruptcy. Gambling cannot make you financially stable, even those those that won millions from it still ended broke at some point. The game has a way of trapping you psychologically, even if you win today it's just like you are delaying the inevitable, which is losing everything you have won and everything you have. I remember the times that I would make a lot of Profit and still wouldn't be satisfied with what I have won, this greed pushes you to keep on trying hoping that you'd always be lucky. Gambling should be done to have fun, trying to make it an escape out of poverty is the wrong way to approach it.

But it all boils down to your approach, now and days alot of folks approach gambling with the wrong mindset like taken it as a means to of earning or a means to get rich quick, the truth still remains that gambling is meant for entertaining, not for getting rich quick. Beside the casino ain't running charity, so they must be win and lose , one can't just keep winning, there must be balance so have that mindset that you can easily lose all your hard earn funds and gamble wisely to prevent it from happening.
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January 16, 2025, 12:51:34 PM
Delusional people see gambling as the short cut to riches but it's actually a shortcut to poverty and bankruptcy. Gambling cannot make you financially stable, even those those that won millions from it still ended broke at some point. The game has a way of trapping you psychologically, even if you win today it's just like you are delaying the inevitable, which is losing everything you have won and everything you have. I remember the times that I would make a lot of Profit and still wouldn't be satisfied with what I have won, this greed pushes you to keep on trying hoping that you'd always be lucky. Gambling should be done to have fun, trying to make it an escape out of poverty is the wrong way to approach it.
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January 16, 2025, 11:48:14 AM
Those who blame gambling for gambling addiction are certainly not getting the right idea. A gambler is the one who drives gambling and if he blames gambling for it, then it is completely inconsistent. It is like blaming others for your own mistakes. If I do not gamble on my own, then no one will force me. If I conduct responsible gambling, no one can stop me. Then whatever we do is completely our own business. But there are many who want to blame others to cover up their own failures. I am responsible for my own actions. Those who are addicted to gambling will themselves suffer the consequences of their actions. For this, we only can blame the gambler.
Currently, negative thoughts about gambling are quite numerous. Especially in countries where the majority oppose gambling, but the population can still access gambling. With more people thinking negatively about gambling, it is only natural that people will blame gambling as the cause of gambler addiction.
Whereas there are also gamblers who are not addicted, then how do people actually view gambling negatively with cases like that? Gambling cannot be blamed, the gambler himself may be too excessive in expecting gambling.

I agree with your assumption that when we talk about addiction, especially finding out what triggers the addiction, then I think it is clear that addiction occurs because of the actions of the gamblers themselves, those who are wrong in treating the activity so that in the end they become addicted. In this situation, we actually cannot blame gambling because after all it is nothing more than an intermediary or a game that actually will not have too bad an impact if we know how to treat it properly.

Sometimes I feel strange with people who have a negative view of this activity just because of the many addicted gamblers who experience bad impacts, most of the community has a bad stigma about the activity, even though it is clear that there are still some gamblers who remain safe and not addicted even though they are quite active in gambling, from there we already know who should be blamed.
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January 16, 2025, 11:19:12 AM
Those who blame gambling for gambling addiction are certainly not getting the right idea. A gambler is the one who drives gambling and if he blames gambling for it, then it is completely inconsistent. It is like blaming others for your own mistakes. If I do not gamble on my own, then no one will force me. If I conduct responsible gambling, no one can stop me. Then whatever we do is completely our own business. But there are many who want to blame others to cover up their own failures. I am responsible for my own actions. Those who are addicted to gambling will themselves suffer the consequences of their actions. For this, we only can blame the gambler.
Currently, negative thoughts about gambling are quite numerous. Especially in countries where the majority oppose gambling, but the population can still access gambling. With more people thinking negatively about gambling, it is only natural that people will blame gambling as the cause of gambler addiction.
Whereas there are also gamblers who are not addicted, then how do people actually view gambling negatively with cases like that? Gambling cannot be blamed, the gambler himself may be too excessive in expecting gambling.
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January 16, 2025, 11:11:29 AM
I definitely agree with you because a lot of people has lost fortunes while gambling gambling is something that has a more negative effects than the positive that you gets out of it because gambling actually makes people to be in an illusion state believing that they will make it through gambling by investing in their own hard earned money

Everyone has a very different perspective on things with gambling Some think it is like this, others say that gambling is to blame for all the misfortunes of others, but I think that when a person loses his fortune because he wanted to, because that person was the one who wanted to make such a big bet and such a hasty and Unintelligent bet , the Person who did it is to blame. It is not Necessary to say that gambling is to blame for the addiction, no , the person Himself is to blame for the Addiction.
Those who blame gambling for gambling addiction are certainly not getting the right idea. A gambler is the one who drives gambling and if he blames gambling for it, then it is completely inconsistent. It is like blaming others for your own mistakes. If I do not gamble on my own, then no one will force me. If I conduct responsible gambling, no one can stop me. Then whatever we do is completely our own business. But there are many who want to blame others to cover up their own failures. I am responsible for my own actions. Those who are addicted to gambling will themselves suffer the consequences of their actions. For this, we only can blame the gambler.
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January 16, 2025, 09:34:39 AM
yes! gambling should be for those with disposable income, not a way for people to try to get rich, if the odds were better maybe we'd have a different conversation here, but taking into account as it is now this is probably the best idea... you know what I mean?

too many poor people betting money that would be much better if invested than if wasted on the game boards...
Disposable income? I say just the excess amount that he or she is willing to lose. But I have to warn some new gamblers, that they must stop once they reach that amount because once you deposit again, this is where it goes wrong.
It's okay to play with a little risk and I think that gives some people the adrenaline to make their day and there are those who cannot swallow the reality that they might lose so they will keep on depositing more to chase their losses. I say this is sometimes about ego and pride especially with men, they cannot accept the lost especially if it is hard-earned money and so they will keep on chasing it back.
I remember a friend telling me that he was frustrated losing $1 in an online casino and said he should've just bought it with cigarettes instead. That kind of people don't like losing and thankfully he stopped afterward.

Yeah right, if you can't control your emotions then you are prone in losing a lot since you are not willing to let go whatever you lose then you'll be force to add more in order to recover those money, it only adds pressure to you since you wanted to quickly recover your money placing you in a situation where you will just add more money each time your balance got emptied.

Better to quit while you still have the chance and forget about those amount, think about it as payment for your entertainment and nothing more, with that perception you'll be able to stop and not to push yourself to keep on playing.

yes! it's way more about emotion awareness because bankroll management is not that hard to learn about
it is indeed way better to leave when you are up than losing and trying to recover, or even worse, than losing it all

dopamine addiction is a hell of a drug too, it can be really hard to beat.
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January 15, 2025, 10:11:14 AM
With gambling gaining awareness each day and the population of those gambling increasing it's calls for concern as many has fallen victim to this money sucking game that makes people not to save their money but loss it.
But let's take a critical look at this very sensitive matter called gambling has anyone really made it from gambling, is gambling worth it and if really anyone has made it through gambling can he/she proudly tell the younger ones that gambling is what going into.
Infact gambling has made many to go broke and live in poverty many has lost their life savings and even pension in gambling, I am of the view that gambling should be controlled by the government of each country and that there should be a maximum amount of money one should use in gambling.
I couldn't agree more! Gambling can be a destructive habit, leading to financial ruin and emotional distress for many. While some may claim to have made a profit, the risks far outweigh the rewards. It's alarming to see how many lives have been affected by gambling addiction.
Most of the people know that gambling causes severe financial losses but despite knowing most of the people involve themselves in gambling. If you find out the answer to why, then you will understand that people actually choose gambling as an easy way to earn money. There is a greed in people that people can get rich overnight from gambling, that's why people bet on gambling with the greed that they can get rich easily, and after being addicted for a long time, they become financially distressed at some point.
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January 14, 2025, 02:52:48 PM
yes! gambling should be for those with disposable income, not a way for people to try to get rich, if the odds were better maybe we'd have a different conversation here, but taking into account as it is now this is probably the best idea... you know what I mean?

too many poor people betting money that would be much better if invested than if wasted on the game boards...
Disposable income? I say just the excess amount that he or she is willing to lose. But I have to warn some new gamblers, that they must stop once they reach that amount because once you deposit again, this is where it goes wrong.
It's okay to play with a little risk and I think that gives some people the adrenaline to make their day and there are those who cannot swallow the reality that they might lose so they will keep on depositing more to chase their losses. I say this is sometimes about ego and pride especially with men, they cannot accept the lost especially if it is hard-earned money and so they will keep on chasing it back.
I remember a friend telling me that he was frustrated losing $1 in an online casino and said he should've just bought it with cigarettes instead. That kind of people don't like losing and thankfully he stopped afterward.

Yeah right, if you can't control your emotions then you are prone in losing a lot since you are not willing to let go whatever you lose then you'll be force to add more in order to recover those money, it only adds pressure to you since you wanted to quickly recover your money placing you in a situation where you will just add more money each time your balance got emptied.

Better to quit while you still have the chance and forget about those amount, think about it as payment for your entertainment and nothing more, with that perception you'll be able to stop and not to push yourself to keep on playing.
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January 13, 2025, 01:12:38 PM
Everyone has a very different perspective on things with gambling Some think it is like this, others say that gambling is to blame for all the misfortunes of others, but I think that when a person loses his fortune because he wanted to, because that person was the one who wanted to make such a big bet and such a hasty and Unintelligent bet , the Person who did it is to blame. It is not Necessary to say that gambling is to blame for the addiction, no , the person Himself is to blame for the Addiction.
I like the strong point you put up here. No body forced the gambler into making a huge bet. It came from the perspective of greed and selfishness. In all forms of risky adventures that involves money, one of the warnings that sounds loud enough that even the deaf heart it is never invest more than you can afford and same goes for gambling.

Everybody should be responsible for their mistakes and stop this habit of pushing blames on others maybe because we feel someone will want to have sympathy on us. It's high time gamblers own up their losses , takes account of their actions and control their greed.

this is true and self-responsibility goes a long way when it comes to the way we live life, it makes us stronger and gives us way more agency and security in ourselves.

the gambler is the sole and main actor responsible for his decisions, this is it and there's no way it could be different regardless of who we want to put the blame on.

this goes the same way for their victories.
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January 09, 2025, 01:00:01 PM
Everyone has a very different perspective on things with gambling Some think it is like this, others say that gambling is to blame for all the misfortunes of others, but I think that when a person loses his fortune because he wanted to, because that person was the one who wanted to make such a big bet and such a hasty and Unintelligent bet , the Person who did it is to blame. It is not Necessary to say that gambling is to blame for the addiction, no , the person Himself is to blame for the Addiction.
I like the strong point you put up here. No body forced the gambler into making a huge bet. It came from the perspective of greed and selfishness. In all forms of risky adventures that involves money, one of the warnings that sounds loud enough that even the deaf heart it is never invest more than you can afford and same goes for gambling.

Everybody should be responsible for their mistakes and stop this habit of pushing blames on others maybe because we feel someone will want to have sympathy on us. It's high time gamblers own up their losses , takes account of their actions and control their greed.
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January 09, 2025, 12:49:09 PM
Gambling is basically a tempting activity where they lure people and people gamble in the hope of getting more money. Although people often become addicted to gambling, they do not exercise awareness as a result. Those who gamble can never save, rather they lose the amount of money they have saved in gambling. In my opinion, most people gamble because they are poor, they are addicted to gambling with the aim of increasing their money quickly. The poor are always emotional, they often lose their money when they gamble and fail to control that emotion. So, one should never get upset while gambling, but one should play with patience and gambling is not a good sign for the poor. Most of the time, it is seen that the rich gamble only for fun and entertainment, but the poor always choose gambling as a source of earning money. So I think gambling should never be chosen as the main source of income, but it would be best if those who have more money gamble.
Actually gambling can make people poor or rich, it all depends on the mindset and strategy used. It's just that what makes people rich because of gambling is very small, it can be said 1:100. Most gambling makes people poor, especially if gambling is irresponsible, of course it will be a shortcut to poverty.

True. Most poor people gamble to get rich quickly and rich people gamble just for fun. This all happens because the mindset of rich people and poor people who gamble is different. But the point is gambling does not look at poor people and rich people, to be able to win in gambling you still have to change your mindset and have a good strategy in order to win. Because even though rich people gamble for fun, they still want to win, no gambler wants to lose. It's just that poor people bet with limited money while rich people are unlimited.
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January 09, 2025, 12:23:55 PM
yes! gambling should be for those with disposable income, not a way for people to try to get rich, if the odds were better maybe we'd have a different conversation here, but taking into account as it is now this is probably the best idea... you know what I mean?

too many poor people betting money that would be much better if invested than if wasted on the game boards...
Disposable income? I say just the excess amount that he or she is willing to lose. But I have to warn some new gamblers, that they must stop once they reach that amount because once you deposit again, this is where it goes wrong.
It's okay to play with a little risk and I think that gives some people the adrenaline to make their day and there are those who cannot swallow the reality that they might lose so they will keep on depositing more to chase their losses. I say this is sometimes about ego and pride especially with men, they cannot accept the lost especially if it is hard-earned money and so they will keep on chasing it back.
I remember a friend telling me that he was frustrated losing $1 in an online casino and said he should've just bought it with cigarettes instead. That kind of people don't like losing and thankfully he stopped afterward.

yes, disposable income is the term for the surplus you can use to play or save or do something else, the poorer a person is the smaller the disposable income amount they'll have.
I'd agree that hard earned money ends up being more valued by people in general.
if someone gets frustrated for losing a dollar they probably shouldn't be playing.
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January 09, 2025, 10:48:02 AM
I definitely agree with you because a lot of people has lost fortunes while gambling gambling is something that has a more negative effects than the positive that you gets out of it because gambling actually makes people to be in an illusion state believing that they will make it through gambling by investing in their own hard earned money

Everyone has a very different perspective on things with gambling Some think it is like this, others say that gambling is to blame for all the misfortunes of others, but I think that when a person loses his fortune because he wanted to, because that person was the one who wanted to make such a big bet and such a hasty and Unintelligent bet , the Person who did it is to blame. It is not Necessary to say that gambling is to blame for the addiction, no , the person Himself is to blame for the Addiction.
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January 09, 2025, 10:16:51 AM
yes! gambling should be for those with disposable income, not a way for people to try to get rich, if the odds were better maybe we'd have a different conversation here, but taking into account as it is now this is probably the best idea... you know what I mean?

too many poor people betting money that would be much better if invested than if wasted on the game boards...
Disposable income? I say just the excess amount that he or she is willing to lose. But I have to warn some new gamblers, that they must stop once they reach that amount because once you deposit again, this is where it goes wrong.
It's okay to play with a little risk and I think that gives some people the adrenaline to make their day and there are those who cannot swallow the reality that they might lose so they will keep on depositing more to chase their losses. I say this is sometimes about ego and pride especially with men, they cannot accept the lost especially if it is hard-earned money and so they will keep on chasing it back.
I remember a friend telling me that he was frustrated losing $1 in an online casino and said he should've just bought it with cigarettes instead. That kind of people don't like losing and thankfully he stopped afterward.
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January 09, 2025, 10:11:48 AM
Gambling is basically a tempting activity where they lure people and people gamble in the hope of getting more money. Although people often become addicted to gambling, they do not exercise awareness as a result. Those who gamble can never save, rather they lose the amount of money they have saved in gambling. In my opinion, most people gamble because they are poor, they are addicted to gambling with the aim of increasing their money quickly. The poor are always emotional, they often lose their money when they gamble and fail to control that emotion. So, one should never get upset while gambling, but one should play with patience and gambling is not a good sign for the poor. Most of the time, it is seen that the rich gamble only for fun and entertainment, but the poor always choose gambling as a source of earning money. So I think gambling should never be chosen as the main source of income, but it would be best if those who have more money gamble.
If we can control ourselves better, we will not have to tempts from gambling because we know that gambling is part of entertainment that we don't have to playing gambling too often. If we want to playing gambling, we will use limitation to prevents the big lost and we always remember that gambling is not a place to make money. We also know that gambling can not solves the poverty matters because we use money to make money which we can not always get it. That will be different if we works as employee or officer so we can makes money and that is our source of income. We will not try to spends too much money in gambling because we always remember that gambling can make us lose too much.

When they lose control and have an intention to make money to solve the poverty matters, they will just lose that money but they can not make money. So it is better we also realize the fact that gambling is not a way to make money.

yes, gambling is for fun and we should never gamble with more than what we can afford to lose, though for many people they approach it with a lot of hope and dreams and end up crashing their net worth due to addiction
addiction usually don't let people see clearly, it's heavy.
I definitely agree with you because a lot of people has lost fortunes while gambling gambling is something that has a more negative effects than the positive that you gets out of it because gambling actually makes people to be in an illusion state believing that they will make it through gambling by investing in their own hard earned money
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