Help me! Why is it they call gambling a game? - page 3.

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Quote from: neochiny on August 28, 2016, 03:55:32 PM

To simplify:

Game: For fun, Entertainment

Gambling: For fun, Entertainment WITH risks and/or money involved

Investment: Placing your money somewhere in hopes of future gain. (The fun and entertainment lies in whether you make a profit)

Well this is the simplest definition about gambling, game and investment at all. As long as there is a monetary value involved in a game.

That is already gambling game and even in sports if there is already a money involved that is going to be a sports gambling.

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Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

In my opinion if you play gambling, it is called game but if you have own website gambling and take the fees from there, it is called investments and i think depend on to us. Because on gambling there are choice what will we doing.

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Quote from: Jhanzo on August 27, 2016, 10:02:09 AM

Lol another one of those threads.
Allright, let's do a quick google!

Gambling definition:
1. play games of chance for money; bet.
2. take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
Investment definition:
1. the action or process of investing money for profit or material result
Game definition:
1. a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck.
2. a type of activity or business, especially when regarded as a game.

Good definitions, however,
I think that gambling can be called a game for sure, as it is an activity. While it is a risky game, it is still a game.
However, I don't think gambling can be called an investment in the slightest, as you aren't "investing" your money per se. You could regard it as one, but it would be foolish.

To simplify:

Game: For fun, Entertainment

Gambling: For fun, Entertainment WITH risks and/or money involved

Investment: Placing your money somewhere in hopes of future gain. (The fun and entertainment lies in whether you make a profit)

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Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

Games are fun and they want you to have fun. Casinos want you to feel gambling is fun and games. So that you "play" more but really just fuel their profits. So they make it feel as much of a game as they can.

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Gambling is not investment at all near me and why it is called game because it is about taking risk of money on different things. Gambling is a set of games but where money involves this way as general we say it game. Gambling can be on anything it is not strictly related to money only. This is what I understand the meaning of gambling as game.

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Quote from: novemberwoah on August 28, 2016, 01:35:16 AM

Gambling in the casino as it is a game. I think all gambling is a game because we have to play it in advance and wait for luck we will win or lose. If we mention gambling is investment money was not appropriate because the investment if we had experts will certainly continue to benefit but in fact even though we are experts gamble if not our luck, we can not win it.

Very nice explanation. But to summarize it, gambling is a game cause the activity involve in gambling is a game. They just involved money the and that's what we called a game.
I think the interpretation of OP to the game is just for fun.. but seriously it is more fun when they are something precious to you is involved because of thrill. Hahaha

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Gambling in the casino as it is a game. I think all gambling is a game because we have to play it in advance and wait for luck we will win or lose. If we mention gambling is investment money was not appropriate because the investment if we had experts will certainly continue to benefit but in fact even though we are experts gamble if not our luck, we can not win it.

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Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

It's because gambling has different types from card games like poker to slots but there's money on the line. If you look at gambling that way others don't because they take the risk of winning big or losing everything. Investment and Gambling share the same thing called risk so others use this term instead of gambling.

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I would say that any "investment" is a form of "gambling"... as all investments carry with them an element of risk, but there is no way that "gambling" is necessarily an investment. Similar to the "All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares" argument.

And I wouldn't necessarily define gambling as a game either. Some people treat it like a business (Bookies etc) and some people treat it as an income (professional gamblers)... about the only ones treating it as a game are those having a bit of fun and doing some casual betting for some entertainment.

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Quote from: Jhanzo on August 27, 2016, 10:02:09 AM

Lol another one of those threads.

Allright, let's do a quick google!

Gambling definition:
1. play games of chance for money; bet.
2. take risky action in the hope of a desired result.

Investment definition:
1. the action or process of investing money for profit or material result

Game definition:
1. a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck.
2. a type of activity or business, especially when regarded as a game.

You can see from this that all 3 words can apply to each other. This means that when you're gambling you're always investing and in most cases you're also playing games (poker, dice, roulette, slots, sports, etc).

Good definitions, however,

I think that gambling can be called a game for sure, as it is an activity. While it is a risky game, it is still a game.

However, I don't think gambling can be called an investment in the slightest, as you aren't "investing" your money per se. You could regard it as one, but it would be foolish.

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Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

In my own understanding and opinion, gambling games is somewhat you gamble your money on playing games or risking on it just to make it grow and its not considered as an investment because you wont get stable income in doing gambling games in fact you would surely lose money on doing gambling compare on an investment.

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Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

it is not an invesstment because
- you can not make money from gambling, in long term.
- the risk of doing it is so huge
- there is way you can know the result of it.
- in case of loss you lose all but in an investment you lose only part of your money.

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People call gambling a game because people play gambling. investment won't suppose to be played.
gambling have many and different type of farms. and some of them are games and some of them are not.
basically gambling is combination of game and investment both.

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Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

For me it is a game that involves money. It is a matter of winning and losing. Just like in life whenever circumstances comes we take sometimes to risk our things life and money. It's just on the matter on how we use it or see it. Everything got its meaning depending on us

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Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

have you ever opened one of these gambling sites? like your own signature for example (777coin) these are all games from a simple dice game to more complicated card games that you play.

and as it was said before in other topics a million times, gambling is not an investment because even though you can make profit from it, gambling is so unpredictable unlike investment.

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Quote from: Script3d on August 27, 2016, 09:12:31 PM

Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

for other people gambling is a game and for other people for fun and other say to earn money and im here in gambling to earn money because i need it

Not only you but everyone needs money, but gambling is not the way to earn money because mostly you may lose all your money if you chase winnings in gambling. So try to find some other ways to earn money and spend your money on gambling for fun and entertainment. Hope you will understand the gambling logic before you lose lot money in it.

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Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

for other people gambling is a game and for other people for fun and other say to earn money and im here in gambling to earn money because i need it

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Another fine topic in the tired tangle of gambling threads.

Jhanzo explained it beautifully. Lock thread. Gambling is kindasorta a subset of GAMES. Playing games for money is gambling. And I know OP knew this beforehand.

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Quote from: fullypak on August 27, 2016, 06:34:30 PM

Quote from: Bestwishes745 on August 27, 2016, 02:40:29 PM

Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

because it is all about games or playing games with money, we call gambling as games because there people bet their money or we can say invest their money on games and matches not any other thing.

Gambling nothing but paid games playing for fun and entertainment. If you think that you're playing games with money to earn more than that is wrong because you can't win money always and easily and you can lose all of your money within few minutes to seconds, if you don't gamble carefully. Investments are something like growing money over the time not instantly.

Agree with this. If you invest, you can't see a return on just one click. You are investing when you spend for something that may be profitable for you in the future(so obviously, it's not just one click away). You are spending your money in gambling, yes, however the result (win or lose) is instant in just few clicks. It's supposed to be for entertainment only, it's just that many gamblers take it in different way like earning profit.

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Quote from: Bestwishes745 on August 27, 2016, 02:40:29 PM

Quote from: canah17 on August 27, 2016, 09:46:48 AM

I am very confuse about what they call the gambling a game >.< its about spending money on nothing then why is it called a game? why don't call it money investment? kindly explain please? Thank you Cheesy

because it is all about games or playing games with money, we call gambling as games because there people bet their money or we can say invest their money on games and matches not any other thing.

Gambling nothing but paid games playing for fun and entertainment. If you think that you're playing games with money to earn more than that is wrong because you can't win money always and easily and you can lose all of your money within few minutes to seconds, if you don't gamble carefully. Investments are something like growing money over the time not instantly.

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