Topic: Have you committed, or considered committing, illegal act to finance gambling? (Read 803 times)

Lol, you really asking if people committed some illegal stuffs to finance their gambling addiction?
I doubt anyone would confess if they had committed any kind of illegal activity. Like, I mean why would they? I also doubt if anyone who posted over here about their illicit act actually did anything like that.

If illegal is also unethical, which means that I'd have to harm another person, steal, cheat, mug, murder, destroy property, that I'd never do.
If by illegal you mean something that my government came up with and something that doesn't harm anyone, just isn't compliant with "their" rules (gambling where gambling is forbidden, using a currency that is forbidden, trading on a black market, not reporting profits) sure, I'd do that. I'm rather a rebellious type that follows his own code.

It doesn't make any sense to ask this question at all. Let's assume someone actually did commit a crime to find a way to make money so they could gamble, do you really think that this topic will be the place they actually come clean? I mean all of our IP is registered and if we did anything illegal we could still be found, hell it is even possible for someone here to find who you are let alone theymos himself.

However it also doesn't make any sense at all to commit a crime to finance gambling, after all you are risking your own freedom by committing a crime and making money, why would anyone double down on that and lose all that money gambling? That would be like committing a crime for nothing at all, you are still guilty but now you have no money to show for it neither, makes no sense to me at all.

As a gambler, it is better for me that the money that I will use in gambling is something comes from me and not from anyone else. There is not a single time that comes to my mind to commit crime just to have a capital that I use in gambling. I know that if I do bad, it can create a bad reputation or I even ended up in jail. I only gambling for fun so I will never do such a bad things just for me to have money that I can use in gambling.

Never considered something like that.. You should only gamble with funds that you are able to lose without getting into trouble anyway. I can understand some people getting really addicted though and feeling like they have no other option though.

When we gamble and we use money that is what we earned, or money that is not really for gambling, we pay for it. Gambling is risky and there is no assurance of winning. Sometimes, the chance of losing is higher than winning. So we must not practice it. Just hold the temptation until we already have money. Gambling can wait.

If we will just focus on large money stolen from other people and went to a casino then I didn't do it but if we will include stolen any amount of money to other people then maybe most of us did it.

Maybe some of the users here did  it. They committed illegal act just to have money to gamble. Its just that they robbed a small amount of money (maybe around $1-5$) for small gambling like gambling in the streets or gambling with your friends. Maybe some here including me did it but I didn't tried to steal huge amounts of money just for gambling like in casinos or gambling places where there are huge bets on it. I'm just betting on small amounts.

I will not do anything illegal activities because of the gambling, that people who do that is sign of being addicted player.
If you want to gambling don't harm other people it is a reminder for us it's our choice to play gambling  so if we lose our money it's our fault too and that is not the reason for us to do illegal activities like what a man do .

Yeah i ded but not totally illegal because i steal money from my Parents wallets just to finance my Liquor and Gambling addiction when i was teenager.

I remember my father for once become so very angry because i took almost all of the money in His wallet before he go to office and He founds out when He is in office knowing that he has no extra amount for gasoline and lunch.

from that day i change and never did it again.

People have to change, maybe it was not fair if we just judge to that certain person because he is doing badly before. It was in the past and It for sure they regret doing it, and I don't think we need to remember those bad days but rather to bury it and forgot.

I know some people commit illegal things in gambling it might be intentional or not, and that probably because of many reasons. It was just they never think it at first before doing such action. And one reason that might push a person to do that is because of so much greedy. And I was lucky not to have it in my mind.

Maybe some of us here already committed such act but would rather keep it by themselves since its already in the past and they pay the price already for doing it.

Well even I became an addicted gambler, I never steal anyone's money to sustain my gambling addiction. The mistakes I did was spending my whole salary for gambling and didnt think of the welfare of my family. That money is meant for important things, I thought I can double it easily but I was wrong. Its all in the past and I already learned my lesson.

Because, I wonder how many have done such illegal acts even though the law sees them minors and parents ignored. Oh!, don't you think we have all committed something in this regard? I do in my infantry during one of our famous festival. Things have changed and I have learnt my own lessons from childhood.


Then, let him or her wash hands in public.


In sincerity, many of us have been victim of this act mate, except, those who never understand the world "Gambling" from childhood. I now believe that, many of us here aren't gamblers from childhood because if you does, you must be among this class of persons. This facts are arguable.

I think  you missed the point mate,what he wanted to say is at least if you decide to commit mistakes don’t do it just for gambling and not with small amount.

Maybe he wanted to tell us is if you make illegal things do it largely because that is the same sin as petty crime.

Though i am not in support to this kind of bad decision yet he is correct at least one time big time is what you’ve get in this one.

If people wont really have those kind of intentions or things in mind then this world would really be a better place yet there would be no crime in terms of theft and other illegal act
because the main goal on committing these things is to make money no matter what the reason is, neither it would be used for gambling or would fulfill their wish to become rich
in a short time on stealing or illegal acts.This isnt indeed not only applied on gambling but in all sorts of things as long it do involved money then these possibilities can really happen.

Why think of that. Of course, there is. The gambling community is so vast and the situation you shared is just one of the negative effects of doing gambling. Don't generalized it on a whole.

That kind of act is human nature and not just happening in the gambling world. It's like Situation A = Effect, Situation B = Effect etc. These people failed on their main purposes why they do a certain thing so the time they failed they will do something, even illegally to cover the hole.

That won't be stopped. It really depends on a person how they will handle the stress of being a failure.

So you are claiming that gambling is a stupid idea, looks like you are a perfect individual who does not waste money unnecessarily, i used to gamble once in a while and if you are doing with the money you earn then what is the big deal, what i did not understand is the correlation between stealing and gambling, if your country does not allow gambling then it is better to follow the rules rather than getting into trouble.

Yet to realize that they are wrong but it was late and seems to be acceptable by then knowing the fact that everyone could possibly commit mistakes any time and for some reason. They could surely learn from their mistakes but it couldn't be sure also if they will never do it again.

Gambling is somewhat a mind-changing, it affects mentally and financially. And those who can't manage themself, it absolutely brought them to the hell. 

Even if he's been dictated by someone then i dont see a reason on why he would be a victim yet acts been done by ones self on his own will so that one does count and theres no one to be blamed but yourself.

When you get caught by someone on doing illegal act then only yourself would be the one to face up consequences even if you have been ordered or forced by someone.

Going into this situation does simply shows that you are already heavily addicted with gambling on where you do already come to a point on doing things which shouldnt really be done.

he is only a victim ? i guess no because he comitted this act by himself and he loose his money on gambling by himself too not unless if other people dictated him to do those stuffs .

 stealing from parents money is bad but this isnt heavy as compare to stealing on other people or on big establishments were you can get arrested and jailed like what happen to the victim on this thread .  i still dont encourage both acts but im just comparing them

Never in my entire gambling life did that and never will be for I know when to start playing and when to stop. People who do or did criminal acts because of gambling may not always be addict gamblers they might be a first time player who get emotionally hooked and probably loss what they don't even own and after the session that is the time they might do criminal acts to compensate what they have a loss.

People who lied how much they are spending and how frequently they do gambling might be considered as gambling addicts because addicts will never admit that they are already addicted to something, better be aware of this behavior because they can easily get irritated and may still cause harm to anyone. For me, in order to avoid committing a crime just to finance gambling or regaining our loss, we should always know our limitations in gambling.

In my infantry I did something that are more like telling g lies to be able finance the games backed then. I used to tell lies to get some funds for me to go for competition with my mates, this competition was always done during the festival period and many of us always like to participate, so, without the option of lies I don't stand any chance to play the games, so, I tell lies to belong. But when I grow to discover that telling lies was a sin I repented off my deeds.

Of course not. Why would I have or need to do such things like committing illegal actions just to finance myself to play gambling? Also, who on earth would have the courage to confess such private matter over a thread that can be seen by many people in the forum? If you or anyone would like to finance themselves to fulfill their urge on playing gambling, you must do it on a legal or good way because committing such crimes will provide you no good but just put too much pressure on yourself and might get you into trouble since hideous crimes is against the law. It will be your guilt to imagine to do crime for the sake of playing gambling. If you do not have any resources to use for playing gambling, then maybe it is not meant for you to play. Just play base on what you can afford and what you do not have to avoid putting yourself into a trouble.

   thanks for the surveyed data share with us. This got me confused some days ago while I was reading through the  comments on this thread, some were actually factual about their involvement while many others (bigger percentage never admitted they're or were involved in such act, even throughout their childhood) this got my attention. According to the survey data presented, 75% is a huge number of involvement in this case.

Remember: those under borrow are more at a higher risk than those who sell( if only the property sold belong to the gambler, else the worst). We have see cases were someone will sell what belongs to the family just to gamble.

how could someone have fun or be happy while gambling with a money he stole from someone else?!
Being an addict is not an execuse to commit crimes and we should not sympathize with them.

Usually, gamblers are seen to have so much untrusted natures , the addicted always abnormal about it. They tend to be greedy, covetious, envious and quarrelsome. Because when they loose , they feel bad and keep looking for revenge. Until they get frustrated.  Stealing friend's money to gamble is not in anyway good.  All this has painted gambling red.

I have never done such a thing to gamble because if it is done it will be faced with the law because it is a silly act to do illegal acts to finance gambling.
If I have money then I will gamble, if not then I will stop gambling if I have been addicted to anything I can definitely control it because illegal actions will certainly be affected later then we must be able to control myself from gambling when the financial situation is weak because it will be difficult for addicts to do such a thing and surely they will do anything that is the way to gamble for the addicts.
And for me it won't do that.

Its a different matter when we do talk between gambling and our priorities in life and of course people do have different things in mind
some might consider those things and might consider on the other side which is totally nonsense if they do able to do so since we know
on what would be the consequences that lies ahead.

You would really come into this conclusion if you do let your addiction control you or your desperate enough to tackle up even the illegal
just to provide money into your gambling.

It maybe somewhat stupid but there are some gamblers who are doing this kind of act just for the sake of gambling, pleasure and having fun.

Even they are doing things like this, they know its limitations too that is why they are not breaking the law like you said although there are some who are doing this. They are more stupid than those who are stealing small amounts of money to their relatives or family. For a non-addicted gambler like us, this kind of thing will not come into our mind since we are spending money not for gambling but for our own needs .

It's a stupid idea for gambling only, it's just the same sin, you'll do illegal things then why not just break a law like stealing money that you'll never work anymore and gamble to make money. Really, this doesn't come into my mind, even if I get drunk maybe because I know and I understand that gambling is not gonna be fun if you get yourself control by it.

Look at the survey data https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/reason-for-ending-gambling-sessions-had-something-else-to-do-5244174
According to Columb & O'Gara (2017), 75% of 208 users "had to borrow or sell to fund gambling." I think gamblers take too much risk at this point.
Fortunately, I never experience such issues since I know the limit. I hope you guys also know your limit so you won't get into trouble.

Also, I'm optimistic we are here can be a healthy gambling community.

Even though I badly needed money in life, or in gambling, it never come to my mind to do naything reckless or ilegal just to have money. I have friends, and family who can help me with that kind of problem. It is not a solution. My mother taught we well too. It is better to stop if we do not have money rather than making our image bad in the eyes of the others. Doing ilegal can also bring us to jail. So just set aside the temptation to gamble.

Only those people who are very hooked on gambling can do such worse thing, if you are a responsible gambler you will not do such thing that will ruin your reputation just to gamble, you are a gambling addict if you justify what you are doing illegally.

No, I wouldn't go that far. I have even never considered gambling with money that I have borrowed from someone else. If I don't have money, I wouldn't gamble or stop gambling. If you are willing to go this far to feed your craving to gamble, you need to seek help or else gambling will ruin your life.

No I would never do something illegal just to get back what I loss on gambling or to have some funds to gamble.
If I couldn't sustain it might as well leave instead of doing something crazy that I would regret for the rest of my life or disgrace my name or my family.

Lying is illegal just to finance your gambling and I did that only twice, I lied about my bonus but instead choose to play with it, just so lucky that I won both times, but I soon realized that it's not going to do me good, if you are going to gamble you must be comfortable with the money that you have and where you've got.

Can a gambler get back His or Her loses without finding ways to finance the process?. As clearly stated at the OP, he gambled and lost, he was desperate to get back his lose, he then source for funds through illegal means. How does this not correspond with the subject above?. Re-reading the thread will give you a clearer picture to present your argument on a clearer note.

I admit I did but that was on the past way back when I was a kid and I am addicted to gambling. Though I did that it was just a penny just to satisfy what I want but this was changed through time when I get another hobby and involved lot of activities during high school and college.

If you're adult and ever did that then you're not on the right mind to do that filthy thing, you know what's good and what could harm you.

Sounds like a SS trap question to catch the fools admitting to having done illicit activity, lol. I only stole one thing in my entire life and that was a sub-$2 item when I was a little kid. That scared me well enough not to steal anything ever again.

Stealing to get money to gamble or to recover your loss is a disgusting behavior. You lost due to your fault and you're stealing from someone who hasn't done anything wrong. In other words, you're going for two-damages-in-one, both caused by yourself. If someone decides to gamble their house hoping to become a millionaire and loses everything, it's their own fault - you accept a risk once you open up/go into that casino and nobody else needs to pay for your loss.

getting caught in the act of stealing and using alibi to recover losses from gambling sounds funny  .

 would it be better if he can alibi something that will lessen his penalty like he only steal due to poverty because of the quarantine   . anyway i do steal from my parents before to gamble but i remember i never stole to recover something what i loose  but now that i have a job now , i can now feed my gambling appetite and not do stealing from my parents pocket  or to someone else   .

I don't think the subject fits the scenario OP provided, why? Because it states, "to finance gambling", but the reason why the person got arrested is because he wants to take back the losses.

I see this inappropriate because the person is just taking back his losses and might thinking that he will stop gambling after he have taken it all back. So his intention isn't to finance gambling at all.

Well, enough of that, for me, I will not do such illegal things just for the sake of gambling, it is simply called, being addicted if we are into a state like the OP's example. It is hard to heal, disastrous as it could destroy relationships and family.

On my all gambling experience, I haven't thought to do something bad just to sustain my gambling, I will not take my life into risk just to play gamble because I will not break my dignity  for it. Gambling is only entertainment for me and sometimes way of earning money for me and sometimes it is also a way to lose our money and I know thst there are so many bad effects that this gambling ca give to me so I am not always do gambling because I am afraid to face some consequence if I will get so addicted with it.
Why? Is there something bad on telling the truth and telling the past?  I dont thi k that they are afraid to tell thwir story because we are all anonymous here, no one can know who are we so I think they can still tell their story.

The answer to your question is no and I do not think that this has ever crossed my mind, if I ever go down this path then that means that I became desperate and addicted. I think breaking the law will never do me any good because I need money for gambling. Having a clean rap sheet is better than having a cash for gambling and that opinion will never change, I am also well aware that there are people who are willing to commit these acts just to get their gambling fix satiated, I empathize with but at the same time I feel disappointed because they let gambling ruin their lives.

You're right. Not many people will tell the truth because it's easy to prey on people and condemn them in the Internet. You can tell them things you wouldn't dare to say in the open. That's why telling the truth only opens you up to hard criticism.

I'm not an addicted gambler so I haven't broken the law to gamble but I don't feel compelled by the law all the time. If the law forbit me to gamble I'd still do it and break it this way but I'd never steal from someone to gamble especially from my family.

IMO, this won't portray gambling negatively, rather reshaping many gamblers fond doing things under the disguise of being a gambler illegally. Personally, I can vouch for this neighbor, he's been a good headed man in the neighborhood and not what you imagine mate. His records are clean, other neighbors wandered what could be the issue that push him to carryout such illegal act. I know him as a decent gambler without bad records. His betted tickets proves were still with him, when the local police came to make the arrest. He's just a public victim mate and I pity him on this. Hope others learn from his mistakes.

No one would really tend to confess on here but i dont think that it would really be that risky if someone do commit such act
since people can easily make use of VPN and it would still need lots of process or does take time on tracking everything so i will
say that it is somewhat pointless.You can tell things if you want but this is just something personal.

committing illegal act just to satisfy your gambling urge? then its just like suicide imho.

Well, you are correct. But I think here no one will ever confess with the sin they made and may ruin his own reputation or even his life by losing credibility. People are aware that for a single wrong move they will do it may affect not only his own life but also his family and even friends. In my case, --I know that I am not a perfect person there are sinful things that I did sometimes it may be intentional or sometimes not but never in my entire life that I will do things that might hurt anyone nor do unlawful things just to finance my gambling life. What I usually do is every time I receive my pay from work I will allocate a certain amount that I will use for playing gambling whether I will win or not but once the amount I allocate for gambling had been consumed then I will stop playing and tell myself it's not my lucky day yet.

When you are older and can answer the law, you will be afraid to violate for of course you will be in jail and will have records.


No one will bust you from the offline world anyway. I have done several things but not for gambling purposes though. I have stolen money from my father's wallet and has sold the watch he gave to me also. He was mad but after telling him the purpose, he seems to be a reasonable man after all. Parents I guess are very forgiving to their kids. He may not forgive me if I stole money and the purpose is for gambling because that would mean a deeper problem already.

I will give you my honest answer, because I have not yet done anything illegal to finance my gambling needs. That said, if someone had actually done some illegal act, then I don't think that he will reveal it here. Despite whatever anonymity given by this platform, there is always a chance that your online activity may be traced back to you. So don't expect much from this thread.

I meant to say that not everyone who have gambling addiction will steal from others when they don't have money to satisfy their gambling urge so it means the thing not related with gambling its just depends on every individual.Anyway I never tried to steal anything from anyone for any reason as far as I know,

It never came into my mind even in the early stage when I was so actively gambling, and though I'm losing money I'm thankful I still maintain a sound mind to make the right decision. AFAIR, the worst thing I did was just to borrow money that I am not sure I'll be able to pay on time if I lose it in gambling, but gladly I was able to pay all my debts.

I have done small acts of stealing coins from my mother's purse or father's pocket. Some of it may have actually been used in small children's gambling games or in funfair games. But that's all there is to my experience committing illegal acts to have some fun. It was not really to finance my gambling activities. It just so happened that sometimes we little kids had some games that required bets. In my adult life, I never stole any amount of money to finance gambling.

No, I don't. And I have no plan of doing it in the future. Why would I risk myself for gambling? Yes, it's possible and it happens in real life but I don't want to be like them. Those gamblers who do this kind of stuff are already gambling addicts. They want to gamble but they don't have enough funds. I would not destroy the trust of my family and friends for gambling. And in fact, I don't really gamble that much to think of that kind of act. I only gamble when I have extra money.

You know, people who get caught are always trying to get sympathy because they have been caught. Even if he succeeded in stealing, he's still not sure if he can get back what he lost.

I have never personally come to that level but I know people that have done really bad deeds like selling their home furniture to gamble.This can happen frequently if a person is addicted to anything but I would compare this to drug addicts as they do the same kind of actions when they are desperate to get their drug.The only solution to that is professional help.

No, I never came to the point that I have to steal from someone just to gamble. I did steal from my mom and dad when I was in high school but that was to play online games in a cafe and not used to gamble. What I have learned from my experience is, never engage in something that you cannot afford, if you want to gamble, make sure you have your money to gamble with, same with other vices such as smoking, drinking, shopping and a lot more.

I did this once when i was in college when i did steal my Classmates scientific calculator(way back then that unit is valuable and expensive)and i sold to other student just to continue my Playing.
and i hate this but it already happened in the past.
Nope that is wrong because if you did this action just to gamble then you already admit being that guy they are thinking of.
another wrong because that is the last reason this people will do to admit that they are stealing just to gamble.

No, I never carried out an illegal act just to makes me satisfy to playing gambling or finance my gambling because I know that can make me get in jail. Yes, he is a victim, but that is because his own mistake, and if he can control himself, he will not do that such thing because he will think that what he did will break the law. That is what we will get if we lose control of ourselves because once we lose control, that means, we can lose everything. And that proves from that man, and he wants to recover his losses, so he steals the money.

If you are still in a good mind, it surely nobody would take such an evil thing to curse themselves. May some gambling addicts they'll be doing such cruelty to fund them in gambling but I can't imagine to myself doing for the sake just to continue my addiction.
I should make a decision that I could never feel regrets after. Committing such a crime will end up our happy life to an end.

The criminal activity not related to the activity like gambling, its just related to their behaviour so asking this can make gambling as bad thing in others point of view.People steal or loot for many reasons but when they get caught they will say this as an excuse.Only gamble if you can afford to lose money or just work until you can afford for it.

It's a severe addiction when a gambler starts to commit things that he shouldn't just because he wants to sustain his gambling satisfaction. It's never been a good idea to come into that point just because you have nothing left anymore.

Use this as an example and lesson that we have to apply responsible gambling. Because if we don't, someone can turn into this resort if he doesn't have money anymore and if he can't stop his emotion to get back his losses.

There's no doubt that some of us here in the gambling world has already commit some illegal doings just for us to finance our wants to play or gamble just because of the passion on the playing or even the addiction on it. There is a little example that may crime can be said, getting money from your parents pockets without any permission is one of the small illegal act that we can say. The thing is we don't do it anymore just to finance our vices just like gambling.

So far i havent experience this thing since i never intend to go overboard into things which are supposedly not to be done specially when we do talk about money and gambling.If you dont have any funds into your pocket
then dont ask for more because you would really go into things which are inappropriate for you to do.Dont let that your greed would control you because you will surely go into illegal things.
I do quite understand if you do get some money into your loved ones but when we do talk already on bigger aspect or crime then thats an another story.

If I'm not mistaking I think I have done something similar in my childhood but as an adult, don't think I have ever or would ever think about doing such act that are illegal just to go waste them by gambling with the funds. When I was still a kid, the idea made sense to me but now that I'm quite older therefore it doesn't just make sense to do something like that.

The story involved me stealing my friends charge (money) to go gamble on a game that gives you an opportunity to wins balloons as oruzy that will be used to spend the Christmas. Although I won few smaller ones but that wasn't my target as the biggest price which was the biggest balloon in the prize section was not winnable and cost me all my money including that which I stole from a friend.

I have proper mindset and I never been in situation where I think about doing something illegal or bad just for mr te have money that I can use in gambling. For those people who did it, it is sad to say but they are not in the proper mindset and they need professional advices. Even if I play gambling often, there is a single time that crossed in my mind to do bad things just to increase my capital. I know many legal ways to increase my money so why I will do bad things?

Sometimes people lie because they want to make things better and don't let anything worse happen. If it is necessary to confess something just to make things better and better, you should tell it as soon as possible before its too late. In gambling, I don't commit any actions against the rules and regulations because I always avoid conflict and problems in all circumstances, it is not that easy to handle problems most especially if you don't mean it. Gambling is really composed of a lot of rules that a lot of customer must follow so that they don't encounter and hard time playing in their platform. The only thing I committed bad, is when I'm lied to my wife about the money I spent in gambling and probably I'll get punished.

This will never cross my mind Mate because i know that this will me to another illegal doings if i start this kind of activities just to gamble.
I have been playing since i am young but i never cheat for just wanted to recover my losses though sometimes i did cheating when we are playing but that is being a child or young.
for sure this situation will teach the man how to handle right His gambling habits and will never do the same thing again.

Haven't been through that situation and i dont want to become that guy who bets everything including properties and other assets even steal just to fullfill the urge to play. That's why i play gambling in a moderate manner, not playing with huge cash because i know i will end up wanting it back affecting my life and possibly even my family and friends.

It's special this time because everyone is in lockdown and there's a need to look for survival.

Yet, the guy gambled the probable last money that he have.

To have some pleasure, to retrieve their money, to fill their happiness thru gambling.

That are just 3 of the reasons why people are doing this and you will never understand them unless you do what they are doing. Since you aren't doing it, you will never understand it . Just like a topic, you will never learn if you will not try to go inside it and read and understand. TBH, I can't blame those stupid gamblers who are doing this kind of things just to be happy or just to have funds to gamble but there are many ways to earn money. They will just learn if they caught in the act and will be punished seriously or heavily.

Your intentions are great and your heart seems to be in the right place op, but you need to understand that most people wouldn't want to let others know about their past issues especially with random strangers.

The ones who did confess talked about minor issues. It is difficult for anyone to simply discuss their major issues just like that.

Some have already shared their involvement in the act which was done out of ignorance and have since changed for the good. We're all different here and don't know each other in a real  world, even though there is, they're handful individuals. Nothing like ruining ones reputation sincerely speaking, share information with slight difference from the real can't ruin someone reputation. This can go along way to help others correct their wrong doings and change for the better.

Well, I heard so many stories about stealing money or any pawnable stuff that they perhaps convert to cash just to continue their gambling activity. I can consider them that they belong to gambling addiction, they are desperate to make any crimes just have money and urge gambling activity. This is not really a good idea, --think before you act. How about your family, your parents, or even your child once they heard that you are in jail because you rob/steal money, not for them. Indeed, they perhaps experience bullying to someone.

Honestly never do anything illegal just to gamble, because one thing that I believe when we lose or mean no longer has anything that can be used for capital gambling, then as much as possible I will stop or maybe will continue to try to take advantage of every opportunity that exists like maximize the capital gained from the faucet if the site does provide it, take part in competitions etc. because basically we can still maximize the skills we have to restore difficult situations like this. So in this case it is actually about self-control and a healthy mindset, if you no longer have control and your mindset has been controlled by greed, then illegal actions or criminal activities will be very possible for you to do.

Well said, but wait; you mean any money gotten illegally can't generate profit for a gambler? Oh, this could be real or not in some cases. Believe me or not, 97% gamblers are those who have gotten their wealth illegally, many have gotten through cheating the platforms they gambled. This reminds me about some forum members who have been accused of cheating gambling platforms through diverse means. Illegally acquired funds to gamble doesn't guarantee the gambler failure or success as gambling depends on strategy and luck.

Others end up homeless. Like my neighbor who sleeps in the car, not his car by the way but just a car that happens to be open on the streets.

This is probably not the first case we can see in the next few months, there could be more later when neighbors turning on neighbors as lockdown will keep the tension. his isn't going to be easy for the jobless and a gambler at the same time. Hope he doesn't have a toddler at home.

I think it's not a secret that criminals like to gamble, after all old saying is easy come, easy go! They can earn a lot in just couple minutes, but they will spend that and even faster on gambling, they will have to do another "job" to pay their debt and to have money to gamble again. It's a fast and risky life, I knew a couple of them who did all that shit around, some are dead, and others in jail... sad stories if you ask me!
I wouldn't do something bad to have money for gambling. Actually I wouldn't do anything bad if I don't really have to, like my family to not have food, I would think about committing some crime, but for gambling definitely not!

In another thread, I have answered not to involve family, friends, or anyone else in gambling except yourself. The act of stupid theft is when the family is experiencing an economic crisis, losing a job, and living a hard life in lockdown. Don't waste common sense to legalize activities that harm others for gambling addictions.

I haven't stolen money for gambling but I lied several times just to gamble, I don't consider that illegal as everyone here lies one way or another, for me, it's a grave sin to steal for gambling, this is something people should watch out if you steal to gamble you have lost your character.

That must be what he experienced. It's a desperate time for people with no jobs and no money for the food on the table and yet tempted to gamble because he thought luck in on his side. Its always been the case for gamblers, luckily for most of us we don't do that as we do our gambling online. You know when stomach growls, it's hard to bear that even the most moral person will be tested.

They can twist it or say half-truth, I'd love to but, unfortunately, I don't have one,  but if I do have one I might twist it or else lose my reputation but as long as they have rectified it I don't see it as something that will harm their reputation here as long as they have not scam anyone here.

There's a mental issue with that matter, he can't accept the fact that he lost and also that money he lost might be the last that he had to sustain his family need during this lockdown.

I can't remember that I've done such crazy acts for gambling out of desperation. We have always reminded most of the members here that when you gamble, always do it with the amount you can accept to lose.

As stated in the OP, many wouldn't like this ldea to share their undead with other forum members due to reputation. But considering the fact that, this can be presented slightly away from the real story which can help others out there to be more careful while gamble. Well, no cause of alarm for anyone who choose to confess their real involvement in the act as we're all strangers here and real identities not known to us(Forum members) accept Theymos alone. It's better to speak up to help others.

It makes sense  I guess there is someone out there but there is no way he will confess his illegal act here, you are right it will surely ruin his reputation. To OP: Your thread is nice but I don't know if someone will confess it here, maybe if he will make an alternate account for confession use only. As for me, I don't even think of these bad illegal things it will not bring good things to us, it will ruin or complicate our life and maybe we will regret it in our whole life.

He is not a victim, he gambled and lost that is his decision as no one compelled and the second act is thinking about recovering the funds by stealing, only a jackass will do these activities or he must be delusional to get away with illegal activities or crime, he knew the consequences and he made all his decisions and hence i would not call him a victim. 

If you are seriously thinking about stealing to fulfill your greed then it is time to get help or you will end up in jail and you do not need to understand astrophysics to understand this, just common sense in more than enough .

Yes I was when I was younger, very young to have control and to know the consequences of my actions, I lied to my parents that I'm goign to buy something for my school project and I ended up gamble the money that they gave me, but I have paid the price and have not done it again, when I mature I never mistake of doing bad just to have money for gambling.

Those people cannot control their desires and that is why they will do anything to get it or to achieve it. Luckily, I'm not a person who does that because I know that there is a punishment or consequences that I may get if I will do something bad just for me to have a capital in gambling. Why I will do bad things if there are good ways to get some capital that we can use and start gambling. I have fully control on my thoughts and emotions and I am fully aware to what is right and wrong.

Now he suffers more after getting caught. When we are caught while we are just kids, we are immediately just punished by being grounded. But the outcome is different when you are an adult already.

This is a classic example of why its best to just bet the amount you can afford to lose because if you lose substantial enough, you'd gonna have to look for ways and it could be illegal. Feel sorry for him.

Same is my answer as I also never commit any illegal work only to play gambling or do anything else. I am dead sure that if we play gambling from theft money, we will definitely lose that money and that money will not bring good things to our lives. Even I never took loan to play gamble because this is another risky thing and i avoid it.

No, and this is an honest answer. Though some may not believe in me but this is true.
Since I only get to know to gamble when the time I earn money for myself. The only stuff I did before was I borrow money from a friend, which includes lying on where I will be using it, and selling my own stuff just to satisfy myself in gambling.

This is already stated in the OP though.

I would not confess anything about this because, to be honest, I did not commit anything bad like steal except lying though. But at that time, I am just a kid. After all of that, I don't have any extra things I do to gamble since I could get some free satoshis to gamble in a lot of sites these days.

if it often happens to gambling addicts it is called "pathological gambling addicts". The disorder is experienced repeatedly and continues even though there are social consequences from other members who do good deeds.
it will suffer loss, chaos of life and loss of being poor.

There are several aspects of the perpetrators in doing so even though they have been given directions.
1. Experiencing losses, life chaos and losses takun become poor.
2. Gambling to avenge defeat and committing illegal acts for gambling expenses.
3. Gambling to find a way to escape from problems, etc.

Why all that can happen, because it was pushed again with the factor 'severe depression,
It could be, it happened again because of abuse of alcohol, cocaine, narcissistic, antisocial even though gambling addicts despite having a lot of pathological.

I don't expect that somebody that bad (like killed because of gambling or went to a bank and robbed money there) will be confessed here. Maybe the likes of "they stole money from their mom" or "they stole a certain amount of money to their companions or families". That is what I expect to confessed here but I doubt that there will some who will do it. Like you said, their reputation maybe at risk if they did it.

2 words. Desperation and Greed.

This is just 2 words but it can change a life of a person like your neighbor. You said that he was a good person but because of these 2 words, he changed instantly and he tried to stole something and caught in the act causing him to go to the jail.

I feel pity for him but at the same time, I felt a bit of anger. He was a good person like you said but because of gambling, he changed instantly. His attitudes changed from something good to something bad. Changes that will turn into regret on his side because of his wrongdoings.

When I tried to gamble on online sites, I tried it with my own funds and I don't want to steal money from my parents. I know how hard to earn money right now. Working 8 hours just to earn minimum wage . This is the reason why I didn't tried to steal money even when I'm still a kid.

Don't ever ever try to steal money to other people. You don't know how much they work they did just to have that money . Lets get a job and when we have a sustainable income then that is the time that we gamble

Lol, of course as humans, no one will confess their sins, and even if you caught their hands on the cookie jar, they will still make excuses. I think that man who steals money just to finance their gambling habits is really that addicted and it's just a matter of time before he will be caught. And just like that he will be forever regretting that decision and the only thing we can do is hope that he has learned his lessons.

Up this lmaoo.

Not only cruel at that point. I can't help but really pity them once they resort to stealing and the like. When someone starts to resort to stealing, they'd honestly be blinded by it by the 2nd or 3rd time they do it. 1st time? Not so much. More like they'd be guilt-ridden because of their actions. Most of them do anw, but not all. There's also the pity for him as a victim, but not by gambling but by himself. Gambling is in a sense a means to an end after all. It isn't supposed to be at fault for whatever consequences one might actually receive in his life. He sadly played himself badly by trying to use that means. Even with the pandemic ongoing and you have nothing to do, it isn't really an excuse for someone to succumb to stealing cause of gambling.

Why on earth would you expect anyone here to simply confess their sins just like that and ruin their reputation in this forum?

There might be a couple of legit testimonies though, but it is tough to believe anyone especially since we are all basically strangers here. Anyway, this is an interesting topic to watch though in my opinion.

Just wondering how humans(Gamblers) can be so cruel in satisfying their wants to others detriment. This keeps me wondering if there are still gamblers who haven't carried out an illegal act just to satisfy their urge in gambling.  Something happened in my neighborhood today: A Man who we'll know as a good neighbor has just been arrested for stealing during this lockdown period, this was done because he gambled a day before yesterday and lost. According to him, he wanted to steal the funds to get back his lost but was caught in the process and had been handed over to the local police for further investigation.

He's just a public victim here. Although, many wouldn't like to share their experience with us on this, because of their reputation, but will appreciate the sincere response from forum members in this regard.

Have you ever carried out an illegal act just to finance your gambling? Remember this: many have stolen from their parents or from friends to finance their gambling, were you caught or not?  Share your experience with the us and equally advise when necessary.