Topic: How can we help beginners not to get addicted - page 34. (Read 4166 times)

beautiful  Your attitude keeps you away from gambling addiction. Gambling doesn't have any negative effect on our life if we use it for fun but when we don't have good knowledge about the bad side of gambling and indulge in gambling then we get involved in this bad addiction.

Most gamblers are emotional and greedy and do not want to understand or accept the negative aspects of gambling. Because of this, gambling has many negative effects on them and they become deeply addicted

No one is addicted to gambling at the beginning of gambling. People get addicted to gambling slowly, so if they are told early on how bad gambling is and how much damage they will face if they become addicted to it, then maybe this addiction can be reduced.

I believe it is not knowing about gambling that lead a person to gambling addiction.  It is more on the lack of self-control that lead a gambler to addiction.  Looking at the definition of gambling addiction, we can say that the key factor is the uncontrolled urge to gamble.

In order to avoid gambling addiction one must nullify the uncontrolled urge to gamble and the key element is self-discipline.

I believe knowledge about gambling does not help in controlling addiction but rather helps in creating strategies to enhance the chance of winning.  Several people who are knowledgeable about gambling still fail to control themselves and got addicted to gambling.


Casinos gives information about gambling and have a specific page for the information about how to gambling responsibly.  They even have self-exclusion program where player can approach them to self-exclude and unable to access the gambling site.  It is that the player failed to read the responsible gambling guide and most of the people who are into gambling often ignore the self-exclusion service of the casino.

Being addicted depends on the person himself.  It is about his control over his gambling engagement.  Gambling companies do benefit from peoples gambling engagement but they should not be blamed if the person get addicted because the addiction itself is created when the person failed to moderate his gambling activities.

I like your opening statement, It gives a glimpse into who you are.

I can tell that you were either in your late teens or early twenties when you made this decision. And that your environment played some role. Did you watch the behaviors of people in your environment who were addicted and how it ruined them?

I agree that we all have the ability to tell ourselves what we want and what we do not want. Also because you were already good knowledge on gabling addiction.

They don't know how it goes with its effect when they gamble. All they're for are to have fun and then later, they don't notice that they're starting to become emotional and wanted to get as much as they can from it.

AFAIK, they've got reminders to their customers to gamble moderately only. And they've got some features like self exclusion.

They benefit from all of the gamblers because that's how they make money.

You can only help those beginners if you are close to that person, but if not then for sure they will be time they will gamble with too much emotion and that could lead to addiction over time. We cannot help them 100% because at the end of the day, it is still their decision and it’s up to them if they will become addict or gamble responsibly, all the information that they may need in gambling is already available in many sites, and I’d hope that they will do their own research first before they gamble.

Some of them know about gambling addiction even before they started gambling, but some people don’t even know about how they got addicted to gambling. Some of them know about gambling addiction, but they are gambling just because of money, so at the end they gets addicted to gambling. After losing some amount of money, they will keeping on gambling hoping if they do that they will be able to win back their losses, but they will be losing more, and they will find it difficult to stop gambling.

If you are addicted to gambling, and you gamble more, then gambling companies are making more money so they are benefiting from addicted gambler’s, and some gambling companies in my country do recommend that gamblers gamble responsibly, so it’s left to people gambling to control themselves and not to be addicted. Even when gambling companies warn their customers to stay away from addiction, people will still gamble excessively and get addicted.

Del

You’ve got a point OP. Perhaps people aren’t fully aware of the negative effects that could affect their lives and the people around them. But then again, that’s why gambling as an activity isn’t meant for immature minds and that’s why there’s an age limit to it.
Sadly, people that should be mature enough still get snatched in the claws of addiction. And personally, I don’t think gambling companies could care any more for people that get addicted to the activity. Perhaps they like people getting addicted as they would remain in business, making profit.

Creating awareness about gambling addiction is better left to individuals and bodies who care. Gambling companies do not and wouldn’t do much to curb the problem.

I think there's no way how we can help beginners not to get addicted because that was a self-decision. The moment they enter the gambling, they should experience everything from winning to losing and the effect on it on their mental aspects. These are the factors that will help them decide if they will continue gambling or not.

If they will engage in gambling, only them will able to help themselves and not get being addicted on the way.

If we talk about not getting 100% addicted then discourage them from starting gambling at all.

Everyone has a different brain, so you can't assume that what one person is doing will be done by another. Many people are addicted to gambling because they lack money, so any small amount of money they have they use to gamble to increase their money. That is why you should not be playing games every day; if you lose today, don't play the next day; give it a week or two and try again; he may be that week is not your lucky day. You can't stop people from playing gambling. If someone is a newbie in gambling, it's difficult for them to become addicted because if they play the first game and lose, they'll be afraid  to lose another one and they won't try again, Except they have someone that used to motivate them to try again, and eventually he will expand and get addicted. That is why the only advice you can give someone to avoid being hooked to gambling is to stop playing anytime even if he loses.

People's opinions on any adventure that offers money vary. In other words, our perspective on something won't always align with that of others. This also holds for other things we find ourselves doing, for example, gambling.

Many individuals are simply gullible and would throw their entire being into everything they take on for financial gain. While some people are unmoved by financial matters that lie in trying their luck. They prefer to work hard and wisely for the money they earn

The whole point of gambling is that people enter it with the false hope of winning big because they have been conditioned to believe that they can get rich quickly through the means of gambling always to be able to win big, as a result, they become addicted gamblers

If you are Introducing a newbie to gambling, make sure to tell them about the dangers because they can get addicted, and you may end up feeling guilty being the one that led them to gamble in the first place. This is a way that you can help beginners not to get addicted in gambling. Whenever you introduce someone to a gambling website, also tell them about the chances of them being attracted to the way things are in the website and they can also get addicted so that they can engage self to make practices that are counter addiction. Beginners need to be prepared of what they are to face.

The reason why many people get caught up in the world of gambling and become addicted is because they often ignore the side effects of irresponsible gambling. Gambling without applying certain restrictions, so they get carried away by gambling and get trapped in it. And to prevent ourselves from irresponsible gambling activities, so that our finances and life balance are maintained. So there is truth in what the OP said, that we as gamblers must really understand what gambling is and the negative impact of gambling addiction itself. Because whether gambling is good or not depends on who plays it.

and as long as we still frequently engage in gambling activities, it means we still have the potential to become gambling addicts, and therefore, as a responsible gambler, it is quite important to always ensure that the gambling activities carried out are well controlled and maintained. .

Many people have also asked why does someone become addicted to something? In my opinion, from the things I have seen over my years, it is that when people have financial problems, they have love problems, they have problems at school, at work and in their family. so these people become depressed and look for a refuge, something that for a few minutes or hours makes them forget about all the problems they have been having, so if they consume a lot of alcohol and forget about the problems for a few hours, then they will consume alcohol constantly, If they take drugs for a few hours and forget about their problems for a few hours, then they are taking drugs constantly. so this is the same thing that happens with gambling

When people, for example, have financial problems, they want to earn more money to change their lives, so they look at advertisements about gambling, they start to get involved with gambling. see how many people you have seen who are rich who have won the lottery, you will see that it is a very small number, this is because the majority of people who win the lottery are poor people who started buying lottery tickets many years ago and always hoping to One day they win and become rich. they buy lottery tickets because they want to stop being poor


source: https://bigthink.com/the-present/poor-americans-lottery/

But even though they are aware of this, most poor people buy lottery tickets every day. By this I mean that the economic factor can lead someone to become addicted, but with the help of their family that person could be cured. but see that there are few cases of people who buy lottery tickets who have become addicted to gambling, while there are many cases of people who have become addicted to casino games such as roulette, blackjack, sports betting. and the reason in my opinion is simple: they are people who stopped doing things in the real world and focused only on things in the online world, particularly gambling. People who have a lot of fun in the real world don't become addicted, even though they are constantly playing in casinos.

Tons of articles, contents, and infographics exist on the internet discussing the negative effects of gambling. Education is already there, and the information regarding the negative effects of gambling addiction also exists. It's not the education nor resources that's lacking which turns harmless gambling into addiction, but rather the self-control and discipline of each individuals falling victim to such a state.

Frankly I think it's also in the desperation of each individual to make huge money in such a quick time that drives them to come back into gambling and put in what they can't afford into it. Remove that desire of making a lot of money and you'll find yourself just enjoying what you're doing and still finding time to do other things.

Casinos do not encourage gambling addiction, but they are silently rooting for every member to gamble as more often as they want so they can continue to take advantage of their funds, big or small. This is not new anymore as casinos are running a business, so it’s expected that they will do a lot of promotion and offer different bonuses so that gamblers will become more addicted and eventually bet most of their funds.

While rules encourage these gamblers to gamble responsibly, but casinos on the other hand will also do their best to make these gamblers attracted in their games through introducing new and exciting games that will become irresistible to the eyes of the gamblers. Hence, the rate of gambling addiction will remain high due to the actions made by the casinos.

There's an old saying "repetition is the mother of learning". And now when I have small children, it is clearer to me than ever, it's up to us to constantly repeat to them what is good and what is not, and they will learn eventually. But we need to be persistent and never stop repeating to them all the important things.

I guess it's the same with gambling beginners, all we can do is repeat and point out all the dangers of gambling, to talk about responsible gambling and what that means. Of course, the first rule is "never play with money you can't afford to lose", the first and the most important rule in my opinion. Once people cross that limit it's hard to go back to normal.

Awareness is very necessary and taken the time to study and learn anything we want to venture into before we jump on it so that we can know the risk involved and how to avoid any possible problem that will come along the way, sometimes those newbies that fall into addictions are overly occupied with the greed  factor that consume them so much and while the focus on the winning and profits of the games instead of them to study how to avoid the risk involved in gambling, so some times it has to do with a lot of that studies to say above the addictions tendency of gambling.

The majority of those with addiction know very much about the effects of addiction, yet they choose to purposely ignore all the warnings and continue their unhealthy activities.

For example, some of them know that if they start chasing losses or start to think of gambling as a means to earn passive income, they`ll become addicted to it, yet they still make deposits with the mindset that they are going to multiply that initial deposit into something big, but in the end, they'll end up being trapped in gambling.

The only thing we could do for them is to remind them to gamble what they could only afford to lose, and to take breaks from gambling if it is affecting their life.
I have few friends and work mates who gamble, and I would just watch them gamble since they know their limit they would stop when they had enough, but if I think that they are spending too much on it that it is affecting how they act around with other people then I would talk to them and give them advice.
It happened before one of my friend lost too much in gambling and he only told it to me since he doesn't want his family and partner to know about it, and I told him that he should stay out for awhile and learn to quit if he is losing too much from it, only deposit an amount that he could afford to lose and that amount shouldn't affect their family budget, and never to chase what he lose.