Topic: Have You At Any Point In Time Blame Who Taught Or Led You To Gambling? - page 5. (Read 1056 times)

For me, I have never blamed the one who introduced me into gambling, reason being that I actually introduced myself, my friend did tell me about gambling and asked me on several occasions to join him in Betting (he was majorly into sports betting and lotto at the time), I have always refused, and he was always cool with my decision.

I, on my own decided to join him in gambling after he got lucky at a time and won a really good amount of money, from sports betting, and just about two days later, he won even a bigger amount of money from lotto with a very small amount of money he staked.

This was when I got really interested in the gambling, because I never imagined that it was possible to win such an amount of money, I on my own decided to join him in gambling, he did tell me the risks involved, I still agreed to play.

Since then, I have always been responsible for the outcome of all my gambling decisions, I blame no one.

Yes, that's right, I think there's no reason to blame anyone because we have the choice to refuse to gamble or not, just like whether we want to smoke or not when our friends are smoking, that's a simple thought because we consciously gamble for ourselves and at our own risk, so why? We have to blame other people, even though other people taught us to gamble, we still have the right to reject it.

If we continue, it will be the same as a mistake, we have gambled fully consciously so there is no other person's fault, gambling must be wise and responsible, experiencing defeat is already part of the risk of gambling, if you don't want to experience the risk of gambling, you should not try it. To gamble, look for other activities that are not risky.

Moreover, someone who is gambling because another person taught them and they are not making profit or not enjoying the fun in it then should quit. But the point is people join with the believe to make profit and when they have started losing it will become difficult for them to stop as they will be naively thinking they have lost out but never remembering that while they keep playing, they will keep losing. Like the smoking analysis you gave, it is not forced on whoever but why people join gambling easily is because of greed of getting rich quick which never get to happen unfortunately to their dismay.

No, personally I'm only thankful for being introduced to gambling, because it added extra knowledge and experiences in my life. Thanks to gambling, I've learned to not be so naive and to understand probabilities and mathematics in general in a more deeper way. Of course, losses are part of the process, but since there is a learnship beyond it, I think it's pretty worthful and I wouldn't mind following the sames steps I followed previously, within the person who introduced me to gambling, even more because I have very good memories about the moments we had betting together.

Including the environment can also actually influence you to gamble but again this is your choice you can determine which is good and not, the rest blaming others is not ethical just because they are addicted now, think again how they make choices among friends who invite them.

Even though you grew up in such an environment if you can resist the temptation of friends' persuasion about gambling games, you may be able to overcome by refusing and never playing, but what becomes addicted is curiosity but after that it becomes addictive.

That's true because they probably want to tell us about the things they do. They also don't know that in the end, they will become addicted to gambling even worse than what they experienced.
This is why we must always be careful in receiving information, especially about gambling games, especially if we do not have good self-control.
This can cause us to become deeper into gambling so that we will experience gambling addiction. We also have to be careful in introducing gambling to other people because we don't know whether he also has good self-control or not.
It's better if we don't say anything about gambling to other people because we also won't know whether they will blame us or be able to accept what we give them.

If it wasn't going to be your friend it was going to be any human being and if it wasn't a human being, some commercial form, social network, etc. it is a weak thing to want to blame a third party for these types of things.

There are things in this area that can really be associated with people, to "place" the "blame" and they are sports data, betting a certain amount of money on whatever, hence those are influences that can be detrimental to a relationship. of friendship, and in any case we must remember that whether we want it or not, in the end it is our decision and responsibility to understand what harms us and what does not.

That's good, we shouldn't follow what our friends do, even if we are always with them doesn't mean we have to follow what our friends do,  because everyone has their own rights. Being responsible for one's own choices cannot be done by many people, sometimes people choose a decision and when a problem occurs, they instead throw the problem on others do not want to realize the mistakes they make themselves in my opinion it is a loser.

I have a friend who always invites me to gamble, but in the end I also follow the invitation, what is unfortunate is that they do gambling like desperately pursuing victory in gambling, even though I once told him that gambling is only a paid game and the rest is just entertainment.  If you want to make a living, you shouldn't gamble because it will cause big problems in the future. In my opinion, the gambling that many people do in pursuit of victory will drain their wallets or finances, because they have fallen into the trap and they always feel the desire to continue gambling. The good thing is that I can still limit myself to gambling so that I don't chase victory too desperately.

They blame because they need to vent out thier frustration or they need to escape from originality. Not everyone has the power of self control as you might be not addicted to gambling but you would be addicted to other things. A lot of addiction  start with introduction from our friends. It is all about choice and how you were raised in your childhood and who were or are your friends.

Even that person taught you how to gamble, you cannot blame them for the outcome of what you've done, especially if you are suffering obsession and consistent loses, Besides The first time you learn gambling, you were the one who made your own decisions. You can't say that other have influenced you because in the first place, you have your own decision whether you want to become like them or not.

Stop blaming other people because it means nothing to us when we leave the game with a loss, maybe some people here sometimes also think that they have to blame the person who introduced gambling to themselves especially after experiencing a big loss, the same goes for me personally, sometimes I too think the same but I realize that all of this is my own fault and there is no need to blame anyone because if we ourselves are not interested in starting gambling then of course we are not interested even if there are close friends who introduce gambling.

Well, you probably weren't mature enough to know much but if it's about two adults, I would say that the only person who is to be blamed for your gambling activities is yourself even if someone else suggested gambling to you, it's your responsibility to make sure that you are not doing something that can harm you mentally, physically, or financially, and you don't just start doing something just because someone else told you to do it, we are humans and we should be sensible enough for these things.

So, one should never blame someone else for their activities no matter what. If you are my friend, I come to you and tell you that there is a thing called Bitcoin and it provides great profits if you invest at the right time, and if you go ahead and make investments without doing any research yourself, you can't blame me for that because I just told you about it and it was your choice whether you should go for it or not and you should also do some research before you go for it.

People who blame someone because of their own fault means they can't control themselves which is a gambling addict. If you have a friend who smoke, does it mean you're a smoker too? nope, you have two choice: getting close with him and become a smoker or set a boundaries and you still become yourself.

Since I always being responsible with my choice, I never blame anyone.

I know it's the common nature of most people, that's why it should be changed. Everything we do is our own decision. Meaning, that even if there's someone telling you to do something the final decision will still be coming from us. Pointing fingers won't do anything good or even bring back what we have lost especially in gambling.

Exactly, it's all up to our own decision. Whether you are being told to play gambling, whatever the outcome may be, it is still your own decision if you will continue to play or not. Don't let other people dictate what you will do in life, and don't blame the other person if the outcome does turn out the way you expected.

Yes, I once had the same exact feeling blaming a friend of mine who introduced me into sportbetting, and the worst part of it is that this feeling only always comes whenever you are losing a bet, but never always come when you are winning, as at that time, you will be filled with excitement, forgetting the fact gambling is just like a double edge sword, whereby you are likely to win or lose, and as such always advisable to gamble with an amount you can always afford to lose, and never borrow money to gamble.

In my opinion the most important and the main thing that gamblers, especially those who will just come to get involved, must understand is that they must understand what is in gambling, on the other hand I am sure that their main focus is winning and usually the winning opportunity is a big driver for them to come. Simply put is in gambling if you want to win means you also have to be ready to lose, that's the most important thing that must be understood, even if for example you come because of a friend's invitation I think you can't blame it entirely on your friend because of course you should suspect what risks are behind the big winning opportunities, because obviously the general perspective of gambling in the eyes of society is very negative, with that alone I think you should be able to know and conclude that there are big risks waiting for you.

So the point is in my opinion you should be more able to be a responsible gambler by understanding all the possible risks that can occur, after all, on the other hand gambling is nothing more than an activity for entertainment only, why do many people suggest it? because if you are too serious in pursuing victory then the opposite will happen, you will suffer defeat. So all the best decisions are in your hands, and right on the other hand you yourself do it so maybe you are just unlucky.

If the outcome of our expectations with gambling are exactly as we wanted, we wouldn't want to blame anyone for introducing gambling to us, but if we are not achieving what we wanted to begin to manifest some strange and weird characters with gambling and we are always loosing, then we may finds it a thing of shame and take it offensive against the person that introduced us to gambling, but we must never forget that no one ever forced us into gambling or to do against our wish, we by ourselves make decisions for being a gambler.

There's no one to blame, it's just my own responsibility to love the game. I never blamed anyone who gave me cigarettes for the first time until I became addicted, the same goes for gambling because from the start I knew what the consequences would be. I get lost in games and illusions, but I don't forget that self-control and budget limits must be had so as not to have a bad impact on me and my psychology.

The first article is that they are never wrong and do not deserve to be blamed. The intense curiosity about the feeling of a big win has fueled me to increase my intensity, but in the end I realized that fun should take priority over the pursuit of victory.

LoL I think about it all the time, especially when I make a huge loss, I'd start by asking myself, why did I even come here, how did I even learn how to gamble, who taught me? And then I'll instantly remember back then when I was in College. Although I've gambler a few times, but I didn't really do it on my own, I'd give someone money to help me place any kinda bet that pops into his mind because I didn't really know how to do it. The fist time I staked a bet was a game I actually dreamt about, I wake up and asked someone to help me stake the game, I did win the game and it kinda lured me into gambling and made me pick a level of interest in gambling. Even at this point,I still didn't know how to bet on my own, not until a friend of mine took time to teach and lecture me on how to do it. Sometimes I just wished I never learned lol. Because I felt it would have been better I stuck to my old method rather than having to do it myself now

In my case, I don't remember very well how I started getting into the world of gambling, but I remember that more than 10 years ago I bought some lottery tickets and didn't win anything and then I gave up on the lottery, a few years ago. I got into sports betting thanks to the forum and honestly, I don't blame anyone for my losses, because it wouldn't make any sense to blame other people for my losses, no one forced me to play, no one threatened me to play, so no It would be fair to blame the forum or anyone else for my losses. When a person creates an account at a casino, that person is agreeing that they are of legal age, that is, they are being responsible for themselves so that any loss they have should not be blamed on other people.

but unfortunately the reality is that many people when they are recommended by other people to play in a casino or even buy the lottery, when they lose they start to hate and blame the people who recommended them, I know this because unfortunately I went through something similar, in which I had a clear rule that I would not talk to relatives outside my home about gambling, but unfortunately I broke this rule and told someone that I place sports bets, I thought there would be no problem. but unfortunately I made a lot of mistakes, at first the guy had a great victory and didn't complain about anything, after the defeats started then the guy started blaming me, the hate was visible on his face, I was very shocked by that type of behavior so I decided not to talk too much about games, but as currently in my country many people have been playing games, so sometimes I talk about a game