Topic: Gambling kills the fun in these two cases - page 2. (Read 594 times)

Gambling can quickly turn fun into a nightmare, as everyone knows. The excitement of a big win? It can pull you down a path nobody wants. All-in, lose everything. We've seen it a million times. They chase the first win, sacrificing hours, money, and control to addiction. What happens? Debt, destroyed relationships, for a fleeting high.

Gambling for leisure is risky. When does "fun" become desperation? Bets to cover losses are not pleasant and are a severe problem. It turns from fun to a compulsive and harmful fixation.

Gambling for fun or money is self-destructive. You never win—the house is built to take your money. After the "fun" ends, what's left? Avoid being drawn in. Never let gambling consume you. Consider the implications and seek help. There are better ways to profit and have pleasure.

Not even sure if these two really go together. At least for my full time job and main source of income never involved entertainment or pleasure. I heard many times the saying that find a job you love and you will never work a single day in your life. Unfortunately I wasn't so lucky to find something I love to do where someone will pay me for it. I don't hate my job, but if I could choose I would not sit at the desk 8 hours per day for my ungrateful boss. Which is why I don't think that our main source of income can also be our main source of entertainment at the same time. Hopefully these guys spending all their day at the casino making money have some good friends or family members that will convince them otherwise. For me the best approach is to have a full time job with a decent salary and only use gambling for fun at the side.

This should be food for thought for gamblers that gambling is not the only place to make money, let alone find pleasure, there are many things out there that we can find, namely places to make money, let alone pleasure, don't be fixated on what makes us feel comfortable but inside we feel anxious. too deep just because we lost a lot of money, we must realize that it is time for us to stop gambling when we have really experienced defeat, there are other things we can play outside of gambling to find fun.

Don't force yourself to gamble again, let alone recover from losses just because you experienced a big loss, gambling should be just for fun and nothing more, people must have a special budget so as not to exceed the limit, when I feel unlucky to experience a losing streak I usually go fishing with my wife and children just looking for fun and not fixating on gambling, this is important to remind gamblers that they don't need to be too serious when gambling, there are times when relaxing or looking for something new outside of gambling, for example working to earn money or just looking for other entertainment with the family, that is also more than enough to get pleasure.

It's not difficult but I think it's almost impossible and maybe even never can be, or I mean gambling can never be used as a means of income even if it's just a side income because of course the results at the end of the session are always about uncertainty, one of the reasons is because the possibility of losing is always involved at the end of a gambling session which makes you probably end up losing rather than winning, this is always a possible thing that happens which is the reason why we often say gambling cannot and should not be used as a place to earn.

The possibility of losing or losing is always the biggest problem, and if for example in gambling there is no possibility of losing then yes you can make gambling a place to earn, but the problem is that it is not a gamble if it basically does not involve risk, and yes the worry is that what happens is that you actually experience more losses than earning, because when you have the intention and purpose of earning honestly I'm not sure you can accept the fact of losing when luck doesn't come which in some cases this situation is more likely to make gamblers dominated by emotions that ultimately chase losses and what happens is that they experience more losses. So this is the reason why gambling should not be used as a place to earn, it is too impossible and too risky.

A mistake that gamblers make today is that they only bet to make money and get rich quick. But this is not the main objective of a gambler because when a gambler places a bet he must play seriously and with experience and knowledge so that he does not lose all the money. But today's gamblers always think that if they gamble with a large amount of money, they will surely win money very quickly and become rich. But we often see that people don't bet and the number of bones is high, and they always lose their control and lose money. We know that originally when a player bets they should start with a small amount of money but nowadays, most people bet all their money so that they can win more money easily and very quickly. But this kind of mistake that will lose all their money is not in their mind, but they get emotional by losing money by making this mistake. So always a gambler should play responsibly and not consider the casino as his main source of income, rather it is best to play small amounts.

I don't see or feel any pleasure from gambling when losing money and when gambling in continuity trying to hit money and you never achieve this.If I only want to play for the pleasure all providers give you the option to try their games in full for free through the option of demo mode and where you don't risk any money so if all you want is fun and pleasure don't go gambling with money rather keep playing demo mode which for most gamblers does not make sense.

I definitely agree with your statement. I know this has been discussed several times already but I cannot help but to reiterate this point that gambling can almost enever be profitable.

While I do understand that there are a handful of people who made gambling as their source of income (e.g. professional poker players, etc.), this only happens to like 1% of the total population or even >1%. In extreme cases, there are people who have won the jackpot but there are also news of these people spending their entire fortune on vices, etc.

Again just to reiterate, do not make gambling as a source of money/income. View it as an entertainment with profit as an element of it but do not rely on it completely.

Gambling is not a means of making money, same way, you shouldn't gamble with the amount of money you can't afford to loose, then never forget that you're also expected as a gambler to gamble responsibly and never to be an addicted gambler, when you keep to all these, you're going to have the best experience with gambling and you won't mind if you're winning or not when gambling because you already know that nothing is missing at the cause.

I think it is also difficult to determine gambling can provide additional (side) income. Because with every bet you make, it means you have to spend money which is more likely to run out than provide income. If we say gambling can be used as a side job, then it is the same as you are gambling not for fun but for income. If you lose, can you accept not getting the expected income and stop for gambling or you will continue gambling till get a side income as your target?

Anyone who makes gambling their source of income will surely find themselves disappointed by the fact that they cannot earn anything from it. Because gambling cannot be used as a source of income for someone - especially in games based on luck, which have a low chance of winning such as slots, a gambler cannot expect to win continuously on that game.
It is better for gamblers to look for other side income, rather than having to rely on gambling to save them, because gambling is not the solution to one's financial problems.

Some gamblers consider gambling as their career and plan before gambling that their current financial situation will change in the moment they gamble. Every gambler only expects profit like if he gambles with 100 dollars and if he gambles and wins he makes a decision thinking that there can be 100 dollars to 150 dollars profit then why he doesn't gamble with all his money together. While expecting profit, he forgets to consider that his money may turn out to be something opposite to what he thinks, and if something contrary to his expectation happens to him, he will lose all his money in an instant. If the gambler thought like this, he would not be in such a hurry before gambling and he would not gamble away all his money at once to get rich quick. Gambling also has certain rules and every gambler must follow those rules.

People could only make gambling as their source of income if they are the owner, only few or so small percentage of gamblers could make a living out of it.
And for entertainment purpose, I think that only few would gamble just for that and those are the rich people, after all they don't really need the profit they are just doing it to have fun, others could also do it for socializing to meet up other people.

Once you do have this kind of insight and treatment towards gambling then you are just that basically making yourself that putting on such potential trouble. It would really be that surely kills the fun
if you are really that trying out to make yourself to be a winner because if you are really that pushing out that state then you are just basically putting up yourself on those issues and this is the main reason on why gambling is really that a profitable business into its owner because it does really make people do keep on continuing to play and bust all up their balances in the end of the day.
Gambling should really be that for fun and if you are really that having that different approach then expect about those negative things that you would really be able to encounter and this is something that you should really be avoiding in the first place on which you are really that someone whose really that playing for the sake of money and not for fun.

Exactly you got the point the how people ruined their lives by their hands while gambling.  Gambling is not a quick rich scheme perhaps it's a game where people come to spend their free time and do some entertainment with friends. Yeah, gambling is changing now where people come to play games to earn fast but here they make a mistake,  you can come to earn but why too fast why you are searching for a shortcut way to be rich?  There is a very famous quote that" A shortcut is a wrong cut" When are looking to win more and more games you will make a mistake that destroys your whole funds and your hard work as well.  So to face loss it will be good that you can separate some percentage of your income and only use that money for gambling and yes find some other way to be rich.

It's not just a mistake, it's a total failure. That idea has never been a sustainable one and all those gamblers with such mindset lives in deception. Hearing and seeing cases of gambling effects on people who think they can make a living from just gambling should be enough for us to know truth is far from that. Play for fun with reasonable amount and call it a day when the fun is not longer there. Gambling with little amount won't make you to chase it when you lose.


Believe me, some people still think they can make gambling as their source of income despite seeing that it's not working. They won't say it but a kin observation will reveal to you that they have no other sources of income aside gambling. When they manage to win, they flex and remain in their miserable condition if they are yet to win. It's a mere self deception because in reality, it is not possible.

They think by gambling, they can get money in a short time. They don't think that they can lose a lot of money by gambling. Many people have experienced this so we have to be really careful when using gambling.

If we could use gambling as entertainment, we would not experience bad things like other people. That's because we won't use a lot of money to gamble. We will only gamble in our free time and not make gambling the only source of entertainment.

We will avoid using excessive money in gambling. Moreover, we already know what impacts we will experience in gambling. We only gamble for fun and do not use gambling as a source of income. That will only cause us to lose a lot of money.

I would like to correct you no one can make gambling their source of income, you cannot however you try and whatever method you employ you just cannot.

And addiction starts because of the length of time one spends playing in casinos so you are saying that don't make casinos whether online or offline your source of entertainment or pleasure make it one of the options but never make it your main one, going to a movie, concert or playing games are just some of the options you can include.

Gambling cannot be a source of income, because gambling is there to take from you, and gives you the opportunity to have hope of winning. You lose more than you win, which is why gamble is risky and ruins anyone that want to use it as a means to make profit. Only gamble for fun, and there should be limitations to your gamble activities.

I agree, never ever make gambling as a source of income. Make it as a source of entertainment or a recreational activity. So it will not affect you financially and at the same time you enjoyed without thinking of any problems because of gambling. Always set a budget. Gamble with what you can afford to lose.

I partially agree on your point of view, specially on the first part about how gambling could lead to significant financial losses and even bankruptcy in the middle and long term if one is not careful. But when comes to pleasure and entertainment, there are always ways to enhance the gambling experience which does not necessarily mean to increase one's wager exponentially.
If one starts to feel some monotony or boredom which gambling on some specific games or betting in specific markets, one of the best solutions to tackle the situation would be to look for new modalities or experiences inside the same casino or even in other casinos if one continues to feel a lack of emotion.

Gamblers who initially stick to Plinko, Dices or Mines and eventually feel bored with their gambling routine will have the option to vary their experience with crash or slots. If that is not enough, then it would be time to start to learn how to play poker or blackjack.

The world of gambling is so vast and wide, we should not underestimate the possibilities for us to get entertainment once we get bored with a handful of games.