Topic: Greediness or Addiction -which one is more disastrous? - page 7. (Read 1338 times)

Actually, I don't see much distinction between these disastrous habit of gambling, they are just like a vicious circle and one lead to another. Greediness is the mother of addiction, it makes one to gamble often simply because they want to win more and more which lead to addiction in the long run. Addiction don't just start like that, it starts gradually as you continue gambling frequently and to some stage that you can stay for hours without gambling.

To answer the Op question, I will say greediness is more disastrous than addiction since it's the cause root of addiction and if one can control one's greediness, becoming addicted to gambling will be easy to handle. Greed tells you to gamble more you might probably win from this round, if you listen to that revelation your journey to addiction has just started. We know the dangers being addicted to gambling cause to gamblers, it is necessary to control our greediness as a step to begin with.

Yes it is a unity that always goes hand in hand, and as we know that a gambler who is addicted they always apply greed every time they gamble, especially when they are in a winning situation where instead of cashing out the winnings but they continue the session with higher hopes and confidence to get a bigger win.

As you said that you don't want to experience both because after all clearly addiction is a situation that can really cause a lot of bad disasters in our lives, and we can see that there are even some people who are desperate to commit suicide which recently happened in the area where I live because of addiction and I heard the news that he had a lot of debt which means that most likely he experienced significant stress due to debt, Therefore as you said that as much as possible we should be able to avoid the possibility of addiction by implementing various precautions, and yes it is true that gambling will only be enjoyed when we can control it.

I don't think it's proper, or better stated as smart to undermine the disastrous tendency of addiction over greed. Greed is mild in gambling issues if you must know and the context of greed is everywhere, you will never see a human being that is not greedy in one facet of life or another. This is partly why the context of greed is even relative as what some people terms as greed may not necessarily mean greed to others. But can you say of such in addiction? Also, if I may ask you, what is most popular when it comes to the issues associated with gambling, is it greed or addiction? Addiction of corse, and this should have hinted to you that addiction is not what you should undermine for whatever reason. It is so destructive to the point that it could cost people their lives.

If you agree with me, most people are not addicted to gambling even as many people could be greedy at one point or the other while gambling, and they should be thankful because it (greed) is momentarily. If you are greedy in a bet now, that doesn't mean you will continue to be betting, No, such a person may just go home and recount his ordeal and perhaps vow not to repeat the same mistake again. Such may even not gamble again for months or weeks to heal from the wound. But it is a different case when you are addicted, you will continue going there whether you are wasting money daily or not, which is bitterly disastrous.

Let me conclude by saying addiction is evil, a waster, it is very terrible and makes sure that you are irresponsible in gambling which will surely affect your living as well, but greed only teaches a painful lesson. However, that is only if the outcome of the betting is negative, but mind you, it is not all greedy bets that comes out negative.

@OP might has linguistic bachelor degree, that's why he treat every words different even though the result of both of them are same.

Either addict or greedy will make gamblers lost all of their money since the house edge make the casino will win in the end. The only exception if the gambler has a power to print money, so he don't have to worry about his loss since he can print new money over and over.

That's right, addiction and greed are actually one unit, gambling addicts are created because of greed and they cannot be separated, so I don't want to be both. I am quite active in gambling but I try my best not to be addicted to gambling and become a greedy person, gambling is really fun when we are able to control it, greed is a destructive thing and it really must be thrown away by everyone.

Greed will usually be realized when you have lost a lot but addiction is often not realized and even the person experiencing it may deny it, and both are dangerous and which of the two is more disastrous? I don't know for sure, but in my opinion, both are disastrous because both can lead people to great loss, but people who are greedy when they realize it can change instantly don't need help from other people, but addiction can only be changed or cured with therapy, even though they realize and try to recover, without help from professional is very possible for him to return to his addiction, so if I had to choose I would choose to be greedy rather than being addicted but not experiencing both is much better because both are detrimental to the person who experiences it.

Greediness and addiction are both equally disastrous to us,  financially and mentally. Gambling should not just be for fun alone but also should not be referred as a source of income or profit making service, we gamble aswell with the hope of winning our bets despite even if we lose the bet we don't go into financial trauma. Every gambler has the mentality to always win, no one would like to keep losing his bet because he does gambling for fun alone.

In my opinion, greed and addiction have the same point of view and both have the same meaning in gambling, namely that both will have a bad impact on the gambler's life. Because a gambler who is addicted previously had a greedy nature in pursuing something he wanted so that without proper self-control in every game, the gambler gambles without having time limits or bets so that over time he will experience a great addiction.

As a gambler, you should at least be aware of the fact that being greedy will only lead to your failure when gambling and thus failure will be more losses than a win making your gambling experience terrible. A lot of gamblers sometimes fail to understand when to cash out their winnings or continue playing this of cause is greed. At least when you have gotten a double pf what you had initial started playing with, you should consider cashing out or stop playing for that period. This is why most gamblers looses so much after spending all day in the casino.

As for addiction, it comes alongside greed. Though One can be greedy and not be addicted but been addicted and greedy will be the end of your gaming activities. Addiction alone is hard to control when greediness gets in, you may end up doing what you never expected to.

do we really need to differentiate this? isn't greed turns addiction? because if there is no greediness then gamblers will be contented in small winning then they will never turn into the saddest as addiction?

sorry but I think they are one and that is why never to become greedy in gambling if you don't wanna become addicted.

They are similar because greediness can actually lead to addiction, and addiction, on the other hand, can also lead to greediness.
Addiction and greediness are both characteristics of an intense desire for something.
Addiction is when one is dependent on something despite the negativity of it, while greediness is an excessive desire for material things, often at the expense of others. For example, when a gambler is winning a game, instead of making use of it, he goes harder, not because he is just addicted to it but because, at this point, it's out of greed to make more.
If one is not greedy, I believe he or she can't be addicted to gambling. You can see a gambler trying so hard to use some amount of money to make millions of dollars, and that's greed. Therefore, they are both dangerous and disastrous. 

Greediness is nothing compared to addiction ss a disaster, greed is just a tendency and might nit always be the case or the reason behind loss, but addiction is worse cause you are always in a situation where you can act Greedily every day and end up ruin yourself.

Aren't they like the same because they're both rooted in obsession, but probably in terms of degree, I think that the damage of addiction is much more widespread because it affects you to the highest degree and the damage it does to people around you that's your relative is so high that disastrous is the perfect word for it given how bad it can be, imagine this, you're addicted to gambling but you think it's not that bad but if you look at the misery of your loved ones, that's probably going to change your mind.

I view this evenly. Addiction and greed are both signs of lack of self control or discipline. Both could yield to bigger problem and as we all know there is a better option which is to accept things especially whenever you are losing. Accept that it is gambling you are dealing and not just an easy way to get rich scheme. Well, yes there is a tendency for an individual to earn 100x than what you have wagered but nothing's guaranteed. If you are in profit always prioritize securing the amount. Be mindful that good outcomes won't happen continuously which should be an enough warning to not be greedy. Same goes with addiction; bigger the drive, bigger the tendency to be prone. If you are at the point that you are disregarding profit-loss ratio, then you should be reflecting by now and don't wait for things to escalate.

I feel like both can just be as destructive as the other given the right circumstances. You got greediness on one hand that could literally run you out of your pockets when you gamble too much and forget that you have limits, especially when you're winning a lot and you think you're invincible for that matter. And then you got gambling addiction which sometimes could stem from the innate greediness that you experience and all that stuff. Also have to consider that gambling addiction could also come from a place of lacking, wherein you gamble because you lost so much money and you think the only way of recuperating all those losses is actually gambling more and incurring more losses in the process.

There are nuances to these kinds of topics where you can't just pick and choose which one is worse. IMO, greed can get you to a lot of good places, but it could also get you to a couple more that's really bad, gambling addiction on the other hand does not bring anything good to you. This is my opinion though.

I agree.

Because it might push you to do other unnecessary things even the illegal ones.

Whilst for the greediness, it is all about you taking or not money and betting more.

So if it is about what is the most dangerous one, addiction is.

That is a dumb statement, we are not all addicts in any capacity.  Addiction is psychological phenomenon in which a person just can't stop engaging in a particular behavior, even in the face of the dire consequences. This includes attributes like bad impulse control, extreme craving, numbness etc - all applicable to the behavior in question. Addicts literally have different brain structures compositions than normal people. The term implies a certain threshold of intensity and some prerequisite behaviors, where we can start attributing it to people. As far as I know, normal people don't engage in this kind of behavior, engaging in impulsive behavior spasmodically or in some minor capacity doesn't take someone to vicinity of addiction. Its a very specific word that is used for a dangerous behavior. Using it randomly like this is silly.

It would be like saying everybody is schizophrenic, more or less... Because everybody can be delusional from time to time. But of course that would be make no sense, that term is to used for a specific intensity and pattern of behaviors. The same is true for addiction.

Being greedy is the start of getting addicted into what you are doing, you might not realize this one but slowly you will turn into this especially if you gamble continuously with greed. Addiction are more disastrous as this is already the result of your greed and when you are addict a lot of negative things can happen in your life, and the worst part is giving up that easily because you can't control your addiction anymore.

If greed does not work in someone, he will never become addicted to gambling.  Because the lust of winning something big from gambling makes people gradually addicted to gambling. When someone uses gambling only for fun, he can forget about gambling because there are many fun tools around which he can enjoy life.  But when the greed works in him that if he continues to gamble, he will win something very big at one point, he will gradually turn into a deep addiction to gambling. So I think greed is the most dangerous thing

I agree with this point, but there is a main difference between those two terms, greediness is just a moment of weakness, but addiction is for the long run. Even someone who gets greedy can stop after getting a big win, while the addict will lose all even if he will a massive amount. And what they have in common is the focus, both of them want a huge win. That's a fact.

So, i would say the addiction is more disastrous and it could have a worse end.