Topic: How can we help beginners not to get addicted - page 36. (Read 4166 times)

I'm not sure that's true. Research shows that most addicts do not know how to recognize the signs of addiction or are in denial. They do not want to admit that they have a problem and it is one of the most difficult aspects of overcoming addiction.  In fact, denial is often considered one of the hallmarks of any addiction.

You are right most gamblers get used to gambling to make more money in short time. At first he may earn some money but in the long run he suffers greatly.He doesn't realize at first that this addiction is killing him. It wastes a lot of valuable time to understand. And once he became very poor, family and friends left him.

It's not only on the understanding but on the character of the individual, some people started to gamble and once they experience winnings and how easy it is because they get lucky on the days they started to play, they will throw everything they know about how to get addicted to gambling, these people have weak characters

We don't have data to sustain but coming from my experience, I knew that gambling addiction will lead you to bad things, but I eventually got hooked to gambling, and I'm just thankful that I found a way out.

There's no guarantee of that gambling, companies already have warnings on their terms and on their homepage but those addicted to gambling or those who are starting just ignored that warning, I believe casinos want their players to be responsible gamblers and want to warn people about the harm of gambling addiction.
They don't want to be portrayed as evil in the eyes of society they promote themselves as an entertainment portal.

I am sure that gamblers know and consciously continue to gamble with their addiction. This may stem from interest in the game, profits that have been obtained, or game activities that are too intense.

Gambling business owners profit from addicted gamblers. Gambling platforms are not like exchange platforms that can provide trading-related insights to their users. but gambling will never do that.
You can see this in many advertisements on gambling sites. they will focus on big bonuses and winning offers. the perpetrator's business effort is to get more users.

Maybe the first thing I will do is provide basic knowledge about what gambling is and how someone can potentially become addicted to it. After he understands how someone can be addicted to gambling and how to avoid it, then I will ask him to activate the responsible gambling features on his account, such as time limit, reality check, etc., because these features are very useful for novice gamblers so that they don't exposed to gambling for too long which has the potential to make them addicted.

I tell people that no knowledge is a waste in this life and if you see something that most people are doing in quest for money be it legal or illegal, try an have an understanding and knowledge of what they are doing because it will enable you not to be a victim tomorrow because you already know what is involved.

Forward to the topic here, we are in a modern world now where almost everyone is aware of things that are going on around them so it will be beneficial if one abstains himself from whatever that will cause both emotional and psychological damages to ones health and whatever thing you're doing, make sure you have a good understanding of what you want to do before you can start.

Gambling have wrecked lot of persons and has elevated very little number of people so anyone who wants to start playing gamble should be able to run an overall analysis of the risks involved and to know the right approach to follow so that you won't become an addict. Most people get addicted to gambling because of the inquisitiveness to win and in the quest of attempting to win they run into losses and when they tried to recover lost funds to keep losing further and another thing that makes people become addicted to gambling is lack of job and employment, because someone who doesn't have a job will always have time for gambling, unlike someone who have a job and focuses more on his job in other to make ends meet you see that they just gamble for fun and at their leisure time when they are not doing anything important.

It's always a two sided thing and that's how it has being ever since, some people learn about gambling as early as possible but still end up being addicted to it while some persons don't know much and decided to explore but found out that the act is bringing them back then they decide to pause the whole act. For me I think it all boils down to the strict and policy keeping nature of the gambler.

Unfortunately many people didn't have a same brain like you @OP, their brain aren't working, that's why many gamblers are become addicts. There have been few seminars that talks about gambling disorder and the guests are the casinos' owners or employees, which mean they're already tried to educate people to not become an addict. However most people don't want to join this kind seminars because they think it's wasting time, so the problem is the people.

I'm sorry, but how exactly are they doing that? I personally haven't noticed anything, unless you're mentioning a few disclaimers on their websites merely attempting to promote responsible gambling in a way similar to how they're stating that smoking is bad for your health. I also agree, up to a degree, that someone doesn't simply get addicted because they signed up at a casino; something else is causing them to go overboard and prevent them from having any kind of self-control, such as mental issues, laziness, too much free time, and/or money.

It's generally easy to get excited after a few wins and lose control, thinking that you've found the secret to making money. Unfortunately though, there isn't one.

The issue is that beginners start gambling too excited about winnings they dream making from gambling. They don't think about the losses, rather they think only about the bright side of entering the casino with few hundreds of dollars, and quitting with few thousands of dollars... I believe it happens due to the way they are introduced to gambling by friends, acquaintances or internet influencers, as these people will tend to show only the positive aspects of gambling, while neglecting the possibility of having losses as well.

Proper guidance makes total difference in these cases, as it will help newbies having a realistic view over gambling. Not every of them will listen, anyway, because there are very stubborn people among us, but for a portion of them it will be indeed very helpful, so newbies can start playing with lower sums of money to test the games by themselves and see what they can expect from it for real, before putting big money on the table.

Personally, when I began playing Bitcoin dice, I had the wrong impression about gambling, just like many newbies. It was only after I lost some money I didn't expect to lose that I realized the nature of crypto gambling wasn't different from traditional forms of gambling we had before internet and cryptocurrencies. So, I got more careful about it.

Of course, otherwise gambling will be ban as it would destroy the life of the people.
There are some who gets addicted to gambling but it's not alarming enough that would result for the government to make a decision to make gambling illegal. Maybe there are some countries that gambling are illegal but it's mostly because it's against their religion, I think Arab countries made gambling illegal since it's against their teaching, it's a sin.

It will always come in the last part.. they'll make an advertisement for you to get tempted to gamble as the purpose is to attract gamblers to make their operation profitable, but in the end of the ads, you'll see gamble responsibly. The same goes with advertising a liquor where in the end you'll see drink moderately... So what I'm saying is, warnings on how to prevent addiction are not really that emphasize because we are all matured enough to ,make our own decision and to manage the risk.

There has been gambling laws in most countries that allows people to gamble, most countries have made laws for people that are above 18+, some from 21 years and above. All these measures are to allow people that are matured enough to partake in gambling, because they believe that at that age you have freewill to know what is good or bad, especially when addiction is involved, addiction itself is an abnormality which affects let's say 2 persons out of 7 in gambling, so it's not as if every gambler is addicted.

I'm saying so because I know that majority of gamblers are not addicted,  they still have control of their senses. however gambling companies cannot go beyond making adverts to tell you or to advise you to gamble wisely.

Same here, I undertand the risk of being addicted in gambling but it still happened to me. I got addicted, gambled money that I cannot afford to lose anymore (that's the bes sign) and have had countless regrets before I finally resolve my addiction problem. I didn't let people know about my addiction, they won't notice anyway since it's online gambling, and I'm lucky that I was able to resolve it my own.


All they can do is ask us if we understand the TOS, and if we click yes, they are out.. They are in a business to make money, so the moment you click that yes, you are already expected to be responsible and understand the risk.. If there's any agency that would help gamblers, that the rehab, but they are their to help people who are addicted, not the prevent.

But the opposite today is that gambling companies or casinos are increasingly educating their customers about gambling addiction through psychological tests because most of them believe the healthy condition of their customers makes them more profitable as some of them still wants more customers and if they get more addicted customers new or potential customers run away. It is just like the cigarettes companies warning about its addiction.

People do not get addicted because they gamble but because they are idle and lazy not to get a source of life and instead take this gambling as a means to make ends meet and once they lose they try other dubious means to get more funds.

The best way for me is bring that person to play slots with you,choose any slots from Pragmatic as you will never win there in your first couple of tries and tell that person that this is gambling after a few buy bonuses,that everything is gone now and that is what most other slot providers do.If the person has started gambling it means that he will without a doubt become addicted at some point and will be feeling the bad consequences of gambling excessively.I think there is no other way or best way as to bring that person to play slots in one of the online providers anyone of them as they all suck without a doubt and let him decide himself,I am sure most people will be turned down by such happenings and will be flying away from gambling.

I agree with that, it is true that many gamblers become addicted because they misunderstand gambling. where they consider gambling as you said, thinking that gambling can provide money in the form of definite wins. and this is the problem of those who are addicted, they only think about winning but don't think about the percentage of losses which is greater than the percentage of wins. The fatal mistake at the beginning was to think that gambling was a way to make words in a short time. It is true that there is a chance to win, but winning at gambling is not completely easy to obtain, let alone according to your heart's desires, that is not true.

Gambling should be done responsibly for everything that happens, and we need to remember that winning or losing can make us interested in gambling again. winning at gambling can make us lulled and can trigger us to lose control which can lead to excessive gambling and end up losing more money. and gambling that ends in defeat can make us curious and possibly attract us to gamble again, therefore we must be able to control ourselves as best as possible in the gambling we do. If they are wise gamblers, they will not do things that will harm themselves, such as excessive gambling. and wise gamblers, in my opinion, can accept defeat well, not minding the defeat that occurs.
In my opinion, helping beginners not to get addicted is by telling them about the bad effects of gambling, and indeed there have been many cases that have occurred. remind them not to gamble excessively.

In the first place, I don't think that gambling companies are going to help someone, it's there business and if they do this, then they are going to lose money. The only way that supposedly this casinos are doing are self-inclusion.

And casinos for me doesn't have the responsibility to warn people not to get addicted, I mean we has individuals knows what gambling can bring to us and so it's either we understand it like you do, or totally ignored the facts and just get started their journey into gambling itself and let them learn their lessons in a very expensive way.

Casinos don't exactly strive to create responsible gamblers. You could say they should run awareness campaigns, but let's get real – that'd be as useless as putting a tiny little "smoking can kill" label on a pack of cigarettes. It's not gonna stop someone who's already in the throes of a gambling problem.

The harsh truth is that addiction doesnt always boil down to a lack of knowledge and  people get sucked in for all sorts of reasons, and understanding the risks doesn't automatically hit the off-switch.  Gambling businesses know this good and well.  They purposefully play on that hope, that possibility of hitting the jackpot and walking away flush.  So we shouldn't expect them to suddenly become addiction counsellors anytime soon.

Don't get me wrong,  it's great that you understand the risks and gamble responsibly. But casinos aren't going to hold your hand and teach you about addiction. That's on you.

That's correct, the OP shouldn't expect anything from casinos, they aren't going to sabotage their revenue in order to promote responsible gambling. I'm pretty sure that it's also mentioned in their TOS that they bare no responsibility for any losses due to compulsive gambling behaviour. If we aren't careful ourselves, no one else will be. We need to put limits to ourselves and budget our finances properly to avoid overspending.

Keep a mind over your head, understand what you're doing and comprehend the risks associated with gambling. Weigh the benefits and the drawbacks and make your own choices.

Casino main target market are those beginners aside from whale because they frequently play carelessly and easily attracted to bonuses that’s why most of the casino has a lucrative rewards for all newly sign up account. Most of the casino has the responsible gambling terms but they don’t highlight it because most of their profit is from losing gamblers while being a responsible gambler means less gambling expenses for players that’s why they leave it to the players whether they will read it or not.

To help newbie getaway from addiction is to not encouraging them to gamble at all. All those advice and other limitations is useless for newbie that is already curious on gambling.

Being a responsible gambler is very hard to do especially if you are just new. Typically, experienced is always the best teacher on gambling to become responsible.