Topic: Is gambling bad to the society? - page 33. (Read 7977 times)

Actually gambling is not always a bad or impactful activity, depending on how one treats it, and I would say that it is about choice, if you choose to gamble occasionally and just for fun without putting any seriousness and expectations then yes maybe you will avoid the bad impact, but if the opposite then yes of course you will end up with addiction which is a bad impact is a sure thing. But as I said above that even if you have good intentions and goals then it does not mean that you can be free from the bad stigma of society, and I did not find another solution other than hiding your gambling activities. Another thing that is unfortunate is that not everyone can use their common sense well to understand and realize that gambling is a risky activity that can never be used as a place to make a living.

Actually gambling is not always a bad or impactful activity, depending on how one treats it, and I would say that it is about choice, if you choose to gamble occasionally and just for fun without putting any seriousness and expectations then yes maybe you will avoid the bad impact, but if the opposite then yes of course you will end up with addiction which is a bad impact is a sure thing. But as I said above that even if you have good intentions and goals then it does not mean that you can be free from the bad stigma of society, and I did not find another solution other than hiding your gambling activities. Another thing that is unfortunate is that not everyone can use their common sense well to understand and realize that gambling is a risky activity that can never be used as a place to make a living.

Actually well said my friend and infact it's just that even as people still complain about gambling having a two sided face as humans the negative side will always be the one reflecting more because we are prone to always promoting or getting the best side out of the negative than the positive and that's why no matter how people complain or advice on how gambling can you easily addicted and the ways to go about it so that you won't fall under that group, many people will still fall victim of that side advice and that's just what holds the faith of gambling being seen as negative to the society.

for me it's because of the bad habits towards it that's why they think it's bad to the society, those set of people who get addicted are the ones which the society give examples of. Gambling have good and bad side but if you look at the bad side you'll think it's not helping in the society, but if you look at the good side then you'll know that gambling is really helping in the society so their is nothing that doesn't have an effect. But you only you chose to know your limits and know the good side of it, that's all about it.

Gambling can affect self-esteem, relationship's, physical and mental health,work performance and social life. It can harm not only the person who gambles but also the family, friends, workplaces and communities.

So with all this I think if they put an restrictions on gambling it's not a bad idea at all, first why is gambling a problem?

Gambling can stimulate the brain's rewards system much like drugs or alcohol can, leading to addiction. If you have a problem with compulsive gambling, you may continually chase bets that lead to losses, use up savings and create debt.

You may hide your behavior and even turn to theft or fraud to support your addiction. So with my conclusion and my observation towards this gambling is really cousin harm to the life of those ones who are addicted to it most their families.

 Secondly what are the social problem caused by gambling?
(1) Depression and suicide
(2) bankruptcy, family-break up
(3) domestic abuse
(4) assault, fraud
(5) theft, and even homeless
Addiction to gambling is link to a range of serious personal and social harm such as those things I mentioned. These effects can be devastating to the individual as well as their friends, family, workplaces and community.

This are the harms and with all this are the reasons why, they see people who gambles as a distraction towards the society and the most people who are into all this are the addicted ones. So how is gambling harmful to the society, ills associate with problem gamblers are widespread and often go beyond and addition to gambling.

People who gambles can be at risk of this following categories of harm.
(1) Financial harms
(2) Erosion of savings
(3) Filling for bankruptcy
(4) Relationship conflicts
(5) Neglect of relationship with significant other
(6) Neglect of relationship with children
(7) Extend family and friends
( Social isolation
(9) Emotional or psychological distress

So I don't really blame the people who sees gambling as a bad thing to the society, meanwhile If the younger ones take of the steps of being addicted don't you think they'll experience all this as well. So gambling it's bad to the society nevertheless it's also helping in the other hands, to ones which are benefiting and earning from it.

What is the mindset of a gambler? On my opinion pathological gamblers play the cope with a life stresses. Near-misses and personal choice give some gamblers a sense of control, winning money. Others believe they can beat the casino and win real money.

So the mindset are those things that attract harm to them and the society because they are focused on the money, and that's why I said it's also helping some people in other hands and it's also killing some people right now in the society. Behavior also involves that makes it look bad to the society, while trying to get back lost money by gambling more( chasing losses) lying to family members or other to hide the extent of your gambling.

Risking or losing important relationships, a job, or school or work opportunities because of gambling. Asking others to bail you out of financial trouble cause you have gambled money away.

So what I'm trying to conclude is that gambling isn't something you should take as a hobby or as a means of earning just to make a living. So what are your thoughts?

Gambler is considered as a harmful individual for a society because gambler does not give any advantage to the society but it puts adverse effects on the people of society. Gambler just lost money due to which he remains empty handed and eventually he starts to do wrong deads which are neither good for him nor for a society.

First of all gamblers start to utilize the money of his family members and if they stop to give them money then they are so addictive that they cannot leave gambling but start to accumulate money from the individuals of a society by adopting wrong strategies so this can create stressful situations in a society.

There are no good without evil. Everything to do has the positive and negative side of it and it depends on us to choose a side. Gambling cannot be completely bad to the society since there are no literal effect of it. It is the people who gamble that choose to allow it affect them due to there bad habits in gambling. Once the addiction increases and they become irresponsible gamblers that's when their response to things start affecting them and there loved ones including there families.

Yups and I think the bad stigma that society has towards gambling is no longer strange to hear, and this bad perspective is created due to the actions of gamblers who try to treat gambling in the wrong way which endangers themselves and ultimately experiences many bad impacts and This downturn is known by the public which ultimately makes gambling look very bad in the eyes of the majority of society. I think almost everyone is familiar with the saying that "1000 good deeds will be forgotten with 1 mistake", meaning that although in gambling there are some positive elements that can be useful such as entertaining someone when they are having boring free time with no aim of earning and gambling is full of limits but still, when people find out that they are involved in gambling then of course they will be claimed as someone who has a bad personality because they are involved in gambling. Simply put, whoever you are and even though you gamble responsibly, you still won't be able to escape the bad stigma when society knows this, and this stigma can damage a person's social relationships.

Nice one! Now, let's view it from a standpoint, if gambling is so evil to the point that it will be very evil/negative to society to the extent of causing harm to people who are not even gambling through those who are gambling, do you think the government will be this silent about it, especially if it has now become an epidemy in the country? In this situation, if care is not even taken, gambling would be abolished in the country, just like the government is fighting drugs which could cause others who are not even taking them to be harmed due to the drugs' influence on those who are taking them. But the situation is not so right now, which technically means that gambling is not as bad as people are taking it, if not for the irresponsible acts (in finances) associated with gamblers.

Also, look around you, how many people have been harmed by gambling addicts just because such addicts want to gamble? Being bad and doing all sorts of evil is human and is a different ballgame and it is in the nature of the person personally whether he gambles or not. Even if such will use part of the evil proceeds to gamble, how many more things will the person use it for aside from gambling? There will be many of course, so this is not about gambling itself but a bad human being. This is applicable to whether he is even addicted to the extent of robbing, for example, and using part of it to gamble, which is the only risk I see here. But note that desperation can push anyone to do an unspeakable thing but no one has the right to do evil things no matter the reason. A good mind will always counter evil thoughts and opt for a good alternative, so it is not gambling that should be blamed but that evil soul itself.