Topic: Gambling is short cut to poverty - page 39. (Read 7140 times)

Gambling is now a vice because it has caused a massive destruction in people's lives, like you said a lot of people are unable to save money due to this catastrophic addiction that constantly takes from money from them. In my opinion I don't think anyone has made it from gambling or become financially stable from it, but you might ask, how about those that win millions? If you check how they utilize their wins you would know that they can't be financially stable with it. The population of those that lose are more than those that win on a daily basis, it's a losing game and can be very addictive but it's your choice to make it an habit.

It's a short cut to poverty if the gamblers can't control themselves, similar like someone who get a lot money and choose to enjoy luxury lifestyle.

Nah, gambling shouldn't be a way to get out of poverty, even if you have intention to make money via gambling, make sure you not doing that in your lowest position. Making money via gambling is like starting a business, you either make it or go broke.

I also have a few friends who gamble full time but I have never seen anyone who can make themselves a path through it, they all cause a lot of debt for their families even though they are all rich families. Therefore, I confidently assert that no one will have a good ending if they spend all their time gambling in the hope of getting rich quickly. There is no formula or path that can help us escape poverty and become rich through gambling, it is all just our illusion and because of that illusion, we will become poor faster.

To put it more precisely, gambling is where we spend money, not where we make money.

Shortcut to extreme poverty i should say on which it could really be able to mess up even more someones life when you do end up on having no control when it comes into your spending. Gambling is indeed something just for the sake of fun and it would really be that recommended that it should really be done in moderation because if you've been thinking that gambling could change up your life then better think twice.
Regret do always come at the end and not on the first of the line. People will really be just that making out those immediate actions on the time or moment that they are on tough situation. I dont know on where they do put up their common sense or right thinking on how the heck they do make g ambling as their living option? We do know that it was just that intended for the sake of fun and not for source of income.

If you dont like for you life to be that messed up then better play gambling in moderation or treat it up as form of entertainment and not on making money. You will really be able to experience the worst thing
on the moment that you will really be having that kind of approach towards it.

It would depend on the skills and luck of the gambler, gambling could be a way for them to get out of poverty or the reason they stay in it.
Even if the government control it, there is nothing that they could do, people would always find or create a way for them to enjoy what they want or do what they want.

Alcohol, cigarettes and other activities for entertainment purposes that drain money is almost same with gambling if you will use it properly.

Same with all the things that I mention above. A poor people shouldn’t use those things for a temporary satisfaction yet they keep doing it despite the repercussions due to the enjoyment they can get. Same with gambling, people keep playing in hope to win huge someday.

Gambling is a choice. It’s not a mandatory that’s why people needs to be a responsible gambler.

The way you are sounding makes it looks like you are holding something against those who are gambling and like I know, there are people who has shared their testimony about what they have benefited from gambling and how it has helped them so far. Of course when people are winning in gambling you wouldn't see them here to announce how much or how often they gained from gambling except for few people who just feels like sharing. We know most people religions frown gambling and for that when people are trying to come into gambling there is always way a to tell them to gamble responsibly than just keep telling people to gamble or telling younger people to go gamble.

People do really love to point out their fingers whenever they do face up some difficulty on which this is really that a very common human behavior. They cant really just that able to accept on what are the things
that they have done. If they were really just that sensible into their actions then they wont really be finding gambling as a negative thing since this is really just that made out for the sake of fun and leisure.

The wrong thing about people is that they've been expecting too much about it on which they do really believe that they could changed up their lives because of gambling. There would really be those times or moment that greed is really something that pushes you to play more on which this is really that very normal on gambling field. For those people who are really that wishing on skipping out poverty and doing gambling as their last resort,then they are really that bound on losing up even more or they will really becoming that even more poorer.

There's no other people that should really be that be getting blamed but none other yourself when it comes to this. You are the ones who do make out such decision so you should face up on
whatever the things that you might be able to experience basing up into the decisions been made. Control and moderation is crucial but most of the time this one would really be that neglected
or something that not being minded.

I am sure the chances of someone being full time worker as a Gambler is way low. I mean even if they are winning it in the first phase of their life of Gambling, you never know when the second phase starts. And when it does, it hits you hard on the face. I am not wishing anything like that for your friends, just saying so you atleast don't get inspired from that example.

Gambling should always be done on the money that you never want back.

Gambling shouldn't be taken as source of income but for fun. Gambling can either make someone to be successful or poor two things are always involve that is why it is always advisable to gamble with the amount of money we can afford to loss. I have seen people that have been successful through gambling I have also seen people that has gone to square zero because they got addicted in gambling and take it as a means of income, gambling should be seen not as a way to make money but entertainment because there is no sure grantee that the game will play or not so gambling with the money you can't afford to loss and been addicted into it is definitely be a short cut to poverty when all your hope is been placed on gambling.

I do not agree that gambling is a shortcut to poverty, it is not the fault of gambling itself but rather the problem of each individual who gambles too much. In most cases, many people go bankrupt because of gambling, but let's look further into why bankruptcy can happen, yes, because it is done excessively. Gambling is a means of entertainment, not a place to make money or build a career, besides casinos do not force their players to spend a lot of money on gambling, they only provide paid entertainment, but the rest is the decision of each player who does it like what.
With those who have spent their savings because gambling is their own fault, because there is no basis for casinos to force, this is purely the fault of each individual, I am sure of that. Moreover, there is no clear certainty that this is something that will definitely happen, therefore people who go bankrupt because they spend a lot of money on gambling, including their savings, are people who take the wrong steps, they must be able to realize to gamble in moderation because I myself do it reasonably, everything is fine.

I've got friends that have been full time gamblers and they're able to make themselves a path through it.
Yes, they're able to have some way of earning decently and now, they're able to expand their profits into other businesses.
They know that gambling isn't forever as their source so while they're fortunate and winning some good money there.
They're also making sure that their future won't be sticking to it because it can wipe them out with a single blow of bet.

Even if someone has been able to make it big from gambling, that shouldn't be an excuse to educate or encourage others to go down that same route, as their both faiths can't be the same.
 
I have seen one and read about a few people who have followed that line and have been successful, and I have also read about means who have tried to make it through gambling that end up losing the little they have to it instead, which is the reason why it should just be proceeded with caution even if it's under government control; it can't change anything much.

This depends on your purpose of gambling;

• For fun
• To live comfortably
• To become suddenly rich

People who gamble because they want to become rich suddenly are always the losers.

Some people has won big in gambling, no doubt but I have never seen a proud gambler.

Not only going broke, some became addicted and some became criminals in order to have gambling money.

Government are doing their best by introducing laws guiding gambling. But then, government don't control your life, you have your decisions to make.

Gambling is not for the weak. So many people may see gambling as a source of income but they will be surprised to see that they have lost couples of money within a short period of time. There is risk in gambling and people do not know that until they start to lose money.
Maybe people still see gambling as a main source of income because of their current situation of not getting a job to spend most of their time on. Gambling should not be seen as an everyday activity because of the high probability of people getting addicted to it.

There does seem to be more gambling advertising now than ever before and we might start to see a reversal of that trend eventually. Just like cigarette companies used to sponsor football leagues and individual teams a couple decades ago, before they were banned, we might see similar sorts of bans come in. Almost every Premier League football team now has these sponsors and it is a regular headline about how governments are thinking of stopping it or slowing it down. It might be right for areas that draw in a lot of younger viewers because they can often fall into the trap of addiction and it may encourage them to spend beyond their means.

Afterall, nobody is forcing anyone to gamble, we are doing it because we liked it and wanted to have some fun while gambling, and it is expected that we also know the do's and dont's of gambling before engaging it.


People have made it with gambling and i can vividly tell that tis really worth it, gambling winnings comes by luck or by our personal developed skills, if we made it to win, then we should count it a privilege, but if we don't, it's not also a loss, instead, we have the benefit of having fun in it.

No its not but loss of control on how you gamble is, Gambling is fun and exciting if you know how to tame yourself into losing a lot of money that you cannot afford to lose.
The government, where gambling is legal,, is doing its best to control people from getting addicted; they compel gambling companies to give warning signs about the harmful effects of gambling, and about the maximum money one should use to gamble, which is within the judgement of the player as long as he is ok with losing it, You cannot stop a millionaire to gamble with money like what average gamblers are using.

It depends on how much you gamble and how strong you are mentally. If you are just playing for the fun of it and have a strict gambling budget that you won't break no matter what, gambling isn't going to make you poor. But if you can't control yourself and you play when you are angry and chase losses, than the odds are against you and you will most of the time get into even bigger problems.

An occasional gambler who sees sports betting or casino gaming as an entertainment won't get into trouble. It can easily be an activity and a hobby you spend money on. Some people spend money in movie theaters, others in night clubs or betting on sports and playing casino games.

Some people have, of course, made money from gambling. There are many lottery winners who were made millionaires. You can get lucky on a slot game and win 5,000, 10,000 or more x after a few spins. But many people have to lose for you to win. That's just how it is.

Normally gambling is of two ways he can either ruin you or can change one lives for the better, but it boil down to the way you approach it . But most time gambling usually ends ones lives due to many reasons, like one not being able to control themselves when gambling, letting your emotions to speak for you and stuff. The worse is your mentality, of taken gambling as a source of income , because gambling should be taken as something that's meant for entertaining.