Topic: Is gambling bad to the society? - page 36. (Read 7977 times)

It's not like gambling is that bad but should be played with a good sense of belonging and to me if someone doesn't have a job then they should not gamble because they are going to live a poor wretched life such that any money they get from other sources they use it to gamble and lose when they have a family who depends on them for their daily needs and these set of people are the ones making gambling look bad in the eyes of people in the society, no body gambles responsibly and get criticized for playing gambling it's always those gambling addicts that depends on gambling for their livelihood that majorly face criticism by other people in the society and i wonder how people tend to make a game of chance their source of income like isn't it crazy? obviously it is.

Literally, what ever thing one is doing and you are able to take care of yourself and your family, no one will say bad words against you, it's always when it is not working out well that is when people begin to condemn what you do and gamblers do face tough criticism when they don't win that is why it should be done with wisdom.

Gambling have done harm and good to the society, society is made up of people which some gamble in casinos. Gambling might be bad to some, same time good to others, I believe gambling have not done any harm to the society neither has any good come out from gambling any results received is a by-product of action by the gambler.
We blame what we have control over as what causes harm meanwhile we are the ones that contribute and make it up.

If society knows how to use gambling properly, they will not face a problems. They can playing gambling with other people in that society without worry if they will gets addicted to gambling. They can treat gambling as an entertainment and will stops if they thinks it's enough playing gambling. They will not playing gambling too often because they knows the risks behinds playing gambling.

The society will teach every one their environment to use gambling moderately so they will not gets the bad things from gambling which is addicted to gambling. They will not lets other people use much money when they playing gambling together and will stops playing gambling when people wants to chase more winning because that's a start for being greedy and they will not allow happens to their society.

you know you can't compare the addicted ones which deal with alcohol and that's why they put an restrictions towards it, that if you're not up to 18 years you shouldn't drink but when it comes to gambling in the society. Gambling have cost so many harm to people and that are those set of people who takes it as their source of income in life, but that doesn't mean that it's not also helping to the society. Gambling have helped in so many ways just as you said, taxes some countries benefits from the incomes that comes out from gambling so for me gambling it's not bad to the society. Neither it makes the society to be established and to be known and the government are the ones benefiting more from them. So with my opinion you can't compare alcohol towards gambling, alcohol have no help to the society either it kills faster then you expect.

I gamble secretly in my room or wherever I think is comfortable and not seen by other people, every now and then a friend of mine sees the gambling I do and every once in a while he wants to try it when he says he wants to know how and the others I always say " Don't be reckless" but he still insisted and I said "go ahead, at your own risk, because I don't even invite you to gamble." I can consider everything carefully, because I myself really understand the bad effects of excessive gambling. with my friends, there are those whose lives are good, fine and there are also those who experience life ruin, but there are not many who experience life ruin, maybe only one, that too in my friend's environment, I don't know about the outside environment.

There is no correct idea that gambling is a bad thing, I myself don't know why there are people who think gambling is bad, but maybe because of the many cases of bad impacts that occur regarding the destruction of the life of someone who likes to gamble so they have problems that so serious that some people end their lives because of the pressure that puts a lot of pressure on them mentally, maybe that's why there are people who think gambling is a bad thing to do. even though in reality it's not like that, as long as we can control ourselves well then everything will be fine, indeed gambling has a strong attraction, but we have to be smart and have strong self-control so as not to get carried away by the atmosphere of gambling deeper so that it makes us become addicted and experience many bad things.

Because many people abuse gambling as a place to make money, bad things will happen to them, because gambling is an activity to have fun, not used as a place to find money.
This kind of thinking must be cured immediately from gamblers otherwise gamblers will continue to use it by making many mistakes.

And therefore, the perception of gambling will be bad for people's lives, depending on the people themselves on how to carry out gambling properly and correctly, if the people play according to their needs only, meaning just to have fun filling their free time and know the limits in terms of betting money, then I think gambling will not be as bad as the general public thinks.

Since there are people who do everything that you said then gambling might be bad for the society because all this things are not good for the progress of the society. There are many people abusing gambling and this is not good because this are still the people that stay in the society and they can make the society not to be safe because after gambling all their money, they might end up going to steal and make their society not to be safe which will make investors to stay away from the society because they know that their business will not make sales in a society that is not peaceful and full of crimes. Gambling has alot of negative effects on the society because gambling does more harm to the people gambling tham it will help them as alot of people are only gambling because they want to make money.

Moreover, alcohol in small dozes is advisable I think we should consider gambling in small dozes as good as well I dont know who created an idea that gambling is bad? A person who has lost? I think that if we take away gambling from that person, he will find a way to screw up in life anyway. Gambling is bad because people lose money? People lose money from investing or trading also. Should we consider than them to be bad as well and propose to ban it? Go ahead and world economy and society will collapse.

I completely would agree with you, gambling is not bad for the society, already many sees it as a fun fact to engage in but yet their are those who also abuse it by making it their source of income or getting addicted that ends up draining every penny they have, some might even end up selling off their properties while some will also take loans just to quench their taste for gambling and this has brought about the bad opposition from the society.

Yeah, as with everything in life, gambling should be done in moderation.

It's the same with the example of alcohol you mentioned. Moderation is key, if you drink too much you can end up in a bad place.

Same with gambling, if you lose all your money then it's not fun any more.

If you are someone whose really that been dealing up with gambling and have tons of friends or someone knows you then it would really be that having that high probability that you could really be able to influence others on playing gambling and since we do know that each person is really that different when it comes to their approaches towards gambling then actions and decisions be made will differ or vary.
Some could really be able to have that good control into theirselves but there would really be those people who would really be able not to make such good decisions in terms of moderation and control.

Gambling isnt really that bad literally, it is really just that things turns out to be bad at the moment that you would really be making bad actions basing up into those delusional approach that you do have with gambling.
Its not bad to soceity considering that it is really that getting that huge revenue on which simply shows that it would economically be that beneficial but in speaking about personal conditions or situations
then it could mess up someones life if they wont really be that good when it comes to decision making and that having that good control towards it.

I agree with that, especially now that everyone certainly wants to be able to make money quickly, and when one friend gambles and manages to win and the other friends see it, of course the opportunity for them to become interested will be there, because with with small capital they can get more. and clearly this is one of the bad effects of addicts which can have a bad impact on the surrounding community, although not everyone will be interested, but at least I'm sure there will be one or two people who will be interested when they see their own friends succeed in winning by gambling.

Gambling addiction will of course affect many things that will be harmed, and when in a family there is one person who is addicted to gambling, of course their finances can be affected, especially if the person who is addicted is the head of the household, of course it is not only finances that will be a problem. but even relationships will fall apart. I agree with what you say, indeed with the many cases regarding the bad effects of gambling this should be a lesson, one of which is the news in my country that there is a husband and wife who can be said to be authoritative because of their work, but this family is destroyed because the husband is addicted to gambling. I hope this case can make many people aware not to gamble excessively.

Moreover everything in the world we live in today has negative and positive, both cars, aircraft, and ships (just name them) even when one is sleeping it's also risky. However we won't know that all those things are risky because we sees them as normal things, gamble is not actually bad to the society, it's only the gamblers that allows themselves to become addicted to gamble that's makes it look like gamble is bad to the society. However anyone who's addicted to gamble are the ones that's negative to gamble and those that's not addicted to gamble are the positive ones.

It's best to just adjust the portions in our gambling games, don't overdo it, if we overdo it, this is not recommended, this will have a bad impact on your financial condition and your life in the future. I think it is impossible for gamblers in their life to gamble and never feel any profit at all. I think this depends on each individual, whether they can control or be responsible for when they win or continue playing indefinitely. Indeed, the bad impact if we run out of capital in gambling is that we will borrow money from our closest relatives such as friends and others, and the bad impact is that they could commit crimes, this will be detrimental to society by losing their wealth.

You should think more wide my friend.

Today I have placed a bet and won a dollar. Cant wait when that "bad result" will happen today.

A gambling addict can never win? Can you provide any proof that gambling addicted have 100% lose rate in every bet they place?

When addicted gambler looses everything and starts borrowing, a regular gambler never brings anything good to society, because he is addict? Wtf is that? Do you know that every time gambler looses money, a tiny % of it goes to government, and even much more tiny % of that money your grandma and grandpa will receive in a form of monthly pension?

A gambling person can never lead well, and every action he takes will have bad results. Currently there are situations where some gamblers spend their entire income on gambling. A gambling addict can never profit and gambling can never win because his target is to win so he fails every time no matter how many times he participates.  And when the income ran out, he later started borrowing from his close friends.  That is why the gambler can never bring any benefit to society because he is always an addict for whom no good can be expected.

Right, the point is that anything that tends to be done in excess is always going to end badly in any case and I think it's not uncommon to hear that idea in our real life where a lot of people often say that and you've given some examples of analogies that make sense about the context of excess. Especially if we involve that context with gambling which has risks that can sometimes be very high when done in the wrong way.

Winning in gambling is nothing more than a chance and what is called a chance means that it cannot necessarily happen or simply something that is still uncertain, therefore this is what causes someone to sometimes lose and sometimes win, there is nothing that guarantees or that can be used as a benchmark for getting a win which means that because of this gambling is called an activity that tends to depend on luck. So it certainly doesn't make sense to treat an activity that has no certainty whatsoever excessively, moreover there is a possibility of risk that can occur at any time that can make your money disappear in an instant.

An addicted gambler not only harms himself but also proved to be harmful for society because many individuals become addicted to gamblers when they see that their friends are engaged in this activity so gamblers will have some adverse effects.

The family of gamblers is not only suffering from financial loss but is also suffering a lot due to mental distress and burden of the money which they have to give the people because their child or Brother took loan from them.

A gambler who is addicted will not make good use of gambling but will become worse for his family as the time goes therefore we should not hide the bad impacts of an addictive gambler.

Yes, that's why you can't respond directly to the topic from the OP, because when it's bad for someone, it's good for other people. Of course, if we ask ourselves which of these people is greater, we will probably get the answer. If I play a little, as I do, then I don’t lose interest in the game and I don’t want to win all the time, I’m interested in the process of betting and choosing the team that will win, and not chaotic victories for the sake of money. If many players limited themselves, they wouldn't have to go into huge debt and there would be more good for society than bad. Therefore, the issue with such players tips the scales in this matter towards the bad, but only slightly.

Well said. When people talk about gambling, all the mention and remember how people lose money. But people barely pay attention how much tax is being paid. People never pay attention on a win. For many gambling = loosing. They never realize how huge industry is, how many employees work for gambling industry, they dont realize how huge money flows are. All the see that another reckless guy went greedy and lost his last 20 bucks while wishing to become a millionaire. Gambling is not only about one person loosing money. Take Vegas for example. Its tourists, entertainment, hotel business. I bet gambling supports sports by ads and etc. Huge industry, lot of money. It cant be just "bad" for society.