Topic: Is gambling bad to the society? - page 45. (Read 7962 times)

In casino games, yes I would agree with that. But, when it comes to sports betting, I think even a family man can do it. Just like today, I am a fan of one team in basketball so I put some money for them and then the total score went over the given amount and I won both. But, even if I lose it, I won't mind at all because it gave me the excitement while watching the game and I actually scream my lungs out just to cheer for the team I am rooting for with my money on the line.
It's not an expensive habit because you won't be in front of the screen for the whole day. All you have to do is place your bet, watch the game, and enjoy it.
I don't think anyone will be addicted to that, in my opinion. It's just a simple bet that could add some spice while watching the game of your preferred team.

We all mistakenly believe that gambling is harmful to society. But let's think about why people are so drawn to gambling? Do you think this is an accident? If you study the history of probability theory, it was gambling that served as the impetus that led to the emergence of this theory. As you know, probability theory appeared in the 17th century.   Gerolamo Cardano, Blaise Pascal and Pierre Fermat discovered the first probabilistic laws that underlie probability theory. These scientists investigated complex issues related to the division of bets in gambling and discovered the first laws in correspondence among themselves. Their work was continued by Christiaan Huygens, who introduced the basic concepts in this theory. These are concepts such as probability, random variable and mathematical expectation. Would all this have happened if there were no gambling?

Same thoughts as mine, I also believe that gambling is much better to do by a single person because once a person has their own family, It seems that it will be difficult for him to manage the time and money that he has, especially if a person only earns the right amount, there is nothing wrong if a person with a family gambles as long as he can sustain the needs of his family and he does not neglected them.

Well, here, you speak for everyone who is simply a game lover. Will the moment that I go to a casino or gather with friends to play online look like a desire to make money? I would start with the fact that work is work, and play always remains play. And using the word “earn” is incorrect. Especially as a source of main income. Such people have always been interesting. Explain to me, please, that if people don’t work anywhere, where do they get money to play?
But returning to the topic, society must educate its people on freedom and a correct understanding of what is good and what is bad. By issuing regular bans, such a government only provokes people to go against it and thereby call games harmful, but the point is in the system itself and the regular bans.

Everything is absolutely correct. And it seems to me that gambling is an activity mainly for single people. After people find a couple or start a family, they don't have much free time. They have responsible responsibilities, which they adhere to without fail. Also, in the family, one of the spouses always supports the other, which is why gambling addiction does not have such a great chance for someone who is a gambler in the family. It will be like being protected. And that's why I think that lonely people need to be more careful, because they are left only to themselves.

This awful problem of gambling addiction must be taken seriously. Financial losses are compounded by family and neighborhood breakdowns. Not judging anyone. Each of us has undesirable habits, but others are more prone to addiction. However, we must acknowledge its dangers and protect the weakest.

This includes encouraging responsible gambling, raising awareness of addiction, and supporting those in need. It also involves openly discussing how religion and culture affect gambling. Do not assume there is one right answer. Its good that countries have different policies. Everyone agrees that protecting our people is very vital. We should work together to defend rights and reduce gambling risk.

Both of your points are correct and I'd like to add a little more agreement with you. As you have brought up the issue through gambling of rich and poor but I will only highlight an age based ill effect of gambling. In my country generally teenagers below 18 years of age and school college students are showing more interest in online gambling thus gambling is acting as a hindrance to the career of our country's children. 
How do you see the matter?

In fact the professionals take gambling as fun and the non-professionals take it as an addiction and choose it as their main source of income. Gambling and alcohol may be normal to you, but in countries where gambling and alcohol consumption are outlawed, they are seen as a major cause of social and state degradation. Since gambling and alcohol are banned in public, the people of these countries where two things are religiously forbidden will never be able to accept it with an independent mind.

lol so what are you trying to say? I assume English is not your first language, but I'm having a hard time what you're trying to get at here.  Gambling can absolutely just be a hobby that doesn't lead to anything other than simple fun.  Just like drinking alcohol for me.  I do it just so often that I find it nothing more than a bit of fun.  I'm safe when I do it and I never let it get me in to any trouble.  Why can't gambling be the same? I don't really get what you're saying..

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I think you have literally done a summary. Gambling is actually on the normal sense an arguably neutral act. The view of gambling as a wrong act is usually because of the behaviors as well as  habits and the nasty addictions of gambling addicts. On the other hand if you observe closely you will also notice that people who view gambling as a positive act are definitely doing so based on the statistics and resulting benefits of being a responsible gambler.
As long as gambling activities exist, people will always have different views about it . It's very similar to the reason why everything that has an advantage also comes with certain disadvantages.

To add to this, the same way gambling has been able to pull a lot of people out of poverty, it's also succeeded in rendering most gambling addicts useless and homeless. Whatever has an advantage also has a disadvantage. It's now left with the gambler to choose which side they want to follow when they get involved in gambling.
 
The main reason why some people see gambling as something that's bad and has a negative effect on society is because they stay close to those who have turned into bad eggs in society due to their serious involvement in gambling.

Sin taxes? I thought you believed that gambling is not wrong or bad? And I don't think that a non-corrupt government will do that even if let say it was a kind of 'sin taxes' are the tax that they are collecting from gambling. Just like the taxes that they have collected from several/other industries, they also use it on their ongoing and planned projects in order to improve the economy of their country.

It's the fault of those who lose too much in gambling and not the gambling itself, so we must not be guilty, especially if we are the ones who benefit from their actions like we are working as a casino staff because I think gambling sites and physical casino won't also exist if not because of them.

Yes and the good and bad side of it really depends on how a gambler treats his gambling activities, I understand that gambling can be used as an entertainment activity when we are in boring leisure time but only a few gamblers can really do this kind of action, most of them treat gambling in the wrong way which is because they are deceived or wrong in terms of understanding the chances of winning in gambling, they think it is very easy to realize victory, even though everything they see is tantalizing in fact all of that is nothing more than a temptation so that they act more and more excessive.
In my opinion, the benefits of gambling only provide entertainment but there is absolutely no such thing as success, or I mean there are no consistent results in the long run to always win because after all, gambling will always be an activity that will never be predictable until whenever, meaning that no one can change their life for the better just by gambling, and if that's true then I'm sure there are many people who have followed in that footsteps, but obviously I think it makes no sense to believe in such success with just a little effort.

It has its good and bad sides so we can’t say if it is good or bad to the society. Unless in a particular society, gambler loose a lot of money, then we can say it can indirectly affect the society. Gambling takes some people out of poverty. There are a few people who are skilled with analysis and they get it right many times, in that case it is useful and is helpful to the society.

That is right, if you are a stupid person then you are going to end up with a lot of mistakes and you are not going to really benefit from what people have. I think gambling is something that only people with minor emotions should play, and I do not think that we should keep on thinking that people who keep making big dreams, big emotions, and all that end up being a good gambler because they do not end up being a good gambler at all.

I hope that we could see people be at least smart enough to stop when they need to, because there are a lot of people who fail to see that working and they keep on gambling instead of stopping, that's the problem and we should be considering that as a change. I believe that we need to keep thinking it's alright and stop.

From your post is sounds that rich person due to his resources is buying reputation. He is good only because he shares. What if rich causes troubles and poor person shares? Will it also be about gambling?

For me, gambling isnt bad for society. First, there are things that are worse. Second, gambling isnt that widespread around. If there were a casino in every building, it will be a problem. Third, it is still entertainment. Honestly, not many are chronicle gamblers. Many still do it for fun (but we pay attention and remember only ridiculous bets).

Indeed, at a young and immature age, this can fundamentally affect a person’s future life. He can drop out of school and, due to inexperience, believe in his chosenness and that he will definitely get rich from gambling, and no one will bother him with their advice anymore. But I want to warn young players that for almost all players this is the path to the bottom. Only a few can succeed out of thousands of such players, and I would trust the statistics and not think that it would be me who would be lucky, because we need to soberly assess our chances of this, and not hit the walls with our heads and think that everything is at our feet. This needs to be done, but it is better to choose another field of activity in which it will definitely bring results after devoting time and effort to it.

It’s just the laws of capitalism that are structured in such a way that money is what many strive for. Of course they are important, but they are not the most important thing in life. Of course, they give us more freedom, paid medicine for better health and better living conditions. But some rich people are also unhappy if they do not have friends, love and other spiritual relationships. I want to say by this that winning the jackpot will not solve all problems and some people don’t even understand why they need so much money and what to do with it, but they go to the casino every day. Such players have lost their bearings and need to think about whether they really need to play or whether they just invented imaginary busyness for themselves.

It's very rare to hear society say something nice about gambling and this is not a fault of theirs but that of gamblers for we have many irresponsible gamblers that lacks modesty with their gambling life. They inappropriate behaviors with how they spend money gambling unnecessarily without control speaks louder in the society as a result of their high number compared to those very little number of responsible gamblers. And worse of it all we are in a world where bad news flies faster than good news.

All Ojinga has made mentioned of above there are gamblers that are not known for any of those, and which have been able to achieve one or two accomplishments through money they won from gambling but they are very few so we rarely or never hear about them except for the numerous addicted and misbehaved gamblers out there.

Actually that's not what I meant.

What I mean is people who already rich without gambling, they either have rich parents or have a good business, even they're loss in gambling, they can still earn from their parents/business.

Do you think people don't like the rich? yeah people don't like the rich in social medias or the rich didn't give them any money. However, once the rich start to give money, they will be royal and treat the rich in good manner.

Which means that it's not the gambling that's causing something bad to a person but rather it's the society where that person grew up in that is at fault, if that's the implied meaning here then I do agree because if you grew up in a society that values money even more than the individual then it's bound to happen that people would resort to something that would care about them even if it's fake and temporary and something that will promise them a light at the end of the tunnel, people will go to that thing and use it, that's why addiction is still a prevalent things, it's never going to be different if we continue to conform and follow what the society that we're living in tries to shape us into.