Topic: Gambling on Psychology & Sociology Perspectives. - page 6. (Read 8371 times)

I think that gambling is something strongly correlated with a person's personality, gambling is not for everyone and there are also some people that doesn't like to play. Also, there are person that play only for fun and some

other else that loves so much to risk and to have some particular sensation. So, I think that psychology is something that is dependent with gambling.

But before we can sharpen our minds and improve our skills, we can lose a lot due to the many factors of the temptation to spend more money on gambling. This we must realize and although we want to improve our skills, we must also remember that gambling can cause us to become addicted. I think many other activities can also help sharpen the mind and improve skills, not playing gambling, so we will not have problems later.

Don't blame gambling for the lack of self-discipline.  It is a gambler's choice whether he will spend all his money on gambling or separate budgets according to its usage.  Gambling games are just a tool for entertainment and possible profit generation.  It never encourages us to bet more than what we can afford to lose. 


There is a study that proves that engaging in gambling activity can sharpen a person's mind and thus can improve brain-related skills.  It was discussed in one of the threads here in the gambling discussion

omg, what are you guys doing? very cool articles, thank you, read'em with pleasure! I'm thinking of taking the topic of gambling as a term paper. this is clearly a fertile topic

What if they didn't win? Will they feel that their bad luck adds up? but it makes sense to use gambling to test luck because it's hard to win in gambling especially if you set the odds at a higher level. It is said that chinese don't gamble for profit and for the entertainmentbut I think they can't avoid to get entertained during the proccess and if ever they win, I think they will also withdraw the money.

That is if they are a professional gambler. It makes sense to practice using real money because that is more challenging than practicing using a demo version of the game. If you aren't a pro gambler, I don't think gambling can contribute on improving your skill.

The results of this calculation do not necessarily mean that we will have more winning money than the money we used to gamble. If you want to gamble, it's better not to be too serious about using money that you can't afford to lose so that if you do lose, your losses won't be big. Profits from gambling cannot be predicted because of the losing factor, so we must consider this before playing gambling. If you are not ready to lose, don't gamble more than you can afford.

Yes, sometimes what people from other places who have different cultures do from what we are used to will seem irrational because we think that why is it still being done, especially if we don't have much money to do it . But back to each culture from one place or country and we can't say anything because maybe it is something that the people should not violate. That's why we need to respect every culture that exists in different places because we come from different cultures.

Maybe you haven't experienced it but for people who live in such a culture, they have to follow it or at the very least, they get involved in it. But along with the times, there are times when culture can be discussed which can be reduced and eliminated because it is not in accordance with the times itself. But it is important to keep each culture from each region so as not to be lost later. We only have to maintain good culture because it is a legacy for our future generations.

China is a rather well-known country for the number of superstitions and the like that they have (and follow), wouldn't be surprised if gambling was one of them. It doesn't have any negative connotation as well so I think it's fine for them to do so. Especially if it's part of their culture, it might even turn out to be a family type of bonding thing (and would also be helpful to actually educate the family about knowing what gambling is). Heck, that might be a useful thing for people to start doing.

I do consider the process entertaining (for some games). Wouldn't really consider the process of waiting for a dice to roll entertaining after some point.

We also have that kind of gambling in our country. It often involves cock fighting, spider fighting, and so on. Though others say that it's animal cruelty, the government still allows it because it's part of the culture. They collect the registration fee which will serve as the jackpot prize after the game.
Chinese people have their own cultural beliefs when it comes to luck and they apply it to gambling. They even influenced their neighboring countries with it.

Its not just the Chinese who does gamble with family members, most race I think if not all. Even the Inuit living in Igloos gambles too which they bet their hunting weapons. I guess it strenghten relationship within the kins.

Gambling is part of the culture but they don't have to gamble to test their luck, they can do test luck somewhere like investing or going abroad to find jobs. Its just entertainment and for some making money, its why i'm sure its not okay for me going home losing all. I'd rather stop playing.

This is true, in Chinese culture gambling also includes strengthening the brotherhood between them. I say this because I have a neighbor who is a large family of Chinese descent, they often play mahjong gambling and the ones who play are uncles, eldest sons, and sometimes aunts at one table even though they use money but they look happy even the winners will lend money to the losing families to return to play, but they don't do that every day.

we, who are culturally different from them, of course, see this as a strange thing but it has become one of the things that strengthen their kinship!

You will not only find the gambling culture in China.
Do you all remember this thread? One of the cultures that is thick with gambling is the animal race festival. Basically, participants are required to bet on the race in the form of a "registration fee". Because in the end the prizes they get will come from the money collected (not to mention winnings from external private bets).

I never really thought about it that "luck" be tested. I was thinking of only samples that will be tested, not something that is not tangible.

All I thought was "Character Stats", and you are going to be tested and find how you can "increase their stats."

• Strength
• Agility
• Dexterity
• Intelligence
• Vitality
• Luck

So Luck is being increased now. Lol. I'm just kidding. But it's a video game to test or something. I do hope that this has helped somebody, though. Increase chances or something.

when it comes to modern gambling, money is the most important thing and that's right, no argument can break it.
but if you refer to culture, especially gambling culture, it is not only money that is at stake. There is a role in testing luck, for example, the Chinese gambling culture with its mahjong or pai gow, cohesiveness in the group (family) when playing gambling in culture.
no exception to the traditional gambling culture that exists in my country, not only money is the betting medium, there are many unique things that not many people understand the implied meaning in it.

Are you seriously? I did not think that the influence of culture is so great. And in general, it seems to me that if culture exists at the macro level, then for each individual (at the micro level) culture (as a kind of average value) does not matter. And besides, in our time, when thanks to the internet, the influence of local cultures is very weakened, it is strange to assume that it can have such an influence.

If it is the detect of the culture then nobody under the culture will go against it at least for the beginning of the practice of the culture but if there are changes as a result of acculturation, it will happen that the culture will begin to be altered and changed.

One of the ways that cultures get modified and changed into another culture is through acculturation which is addition of culture to produce another brand new culture and of course culture is man made and if it is obnoxious type that is contrary to good life, then people can start agitating over it. Therefore I believe there will be limit and requirement that you can gamble for the sake of the culture and not to become an addict with it.

Almost past eight weeks I haven't used my campaign payment. Everytime I receive the payment I use it for gambling. As a result I've lost everything. This means I've understood that I'm in loss and in a situation to quit. But, the hope of winning big and recovering back the funds keep me get into gambling whenever I receive payment. What you say is true, for the past few months I was completely into stress as I wasn't able to keep my payments and use it.

I came from a country where Religious Marriage is important, People nowadays are becoming practical with their life choices, The Sociology about belief's and tradition is evolving. This is why some people in my country choose civil wedding that is relatively cheap over than religious marriage which needed a huge sum of money. This is also applicable to gambling, Not everyone follows customs and tradition. I have a Chinese friend who don't gamble and I don't know if he know this culture of them playing gamble during Chinese new year since he only watches me to play and whenever I invited him to join, He is always saying that he don't know and don't want to gamble.

In my opinion, nowadays you are speaking in terms of your own culture (the culture and mentality of the country in which you were born). 

I will give a specific example.... 

There are nations on planet Earth, in whose culture it is customary to spend a lot of money on wedding celebrations.  The wedding itself lasts several days.  Hundreds and thousands of guests are invited to the celebration.  The most expensive wines and products are bought.  The budget for this wedding is huge.  The groom borrows a very large amount of money and pays this debt all his life.  Logically, this is not rational. 

But from the point of view of the representative of this particular people, this is a custom that cannot be violated.

Money is the most important thing for gambling and in my opinion you should try to count all the money you have used to gamble and how much profit you have got because as a gambler you must be able to make a profit with capital that has been used, if not make a profit then you only get a loss and the decision to quit I think is good so you don't get too stressed, but when you can get a lot of profit from gambling then you have to continue with that skill.

I will follow that because that is the culture that requires me to play gambling. But I will always remember that I do not have to use too much money because that is the only requirement for my culture. And if that is enough, I will stop it as soon as possible and will not try to gamble for more because I know the risk of playing gambling for too long. Although that is a culture, we have our decision to stop and not risk more money to fill our satisfaction because we do not want to be addicted to gambling.