Topic: Is getting addicted to gambling right or wrong? (Read 967 times)

I'm ready to my gambling to next level, this is the exact thought that flows in the mind of gamblers and they're left with nothing than huge losses which are uncountable. I gambled often but I pray never to get addicted because it's a whole lot and there's absolutely everything to worry about. Addiction is bad and might even cause big negative effect for such victim. We know how much people have fought with gambling addiction but it doesn't always appear to be open for easy solving.

I don't think anything is wrong with us getting addicted to gambling but what's important is for us to fix ourselves and make sure we do the right thing that is not going to make us to finally get the kind of addiction we might not be able to control. It is important for us to understand ourselves so we don't have to keep begging for funds when we are supposed to be making money from our various bets. There is money in gambling and that is what many of us gamblers wants to be seeing in every of our bets. People want to make money and they don't want to lose which is nit possible because loses will surely comes.

Getting addicted to anything is wrong. Even making money can consume your life and lead you to unhappiness. I don’t see any other opinion as possibly being valid. Just live your live and try to be as diversified as you can with everything. Your investments, food, friends… There is truth to the saying that diversity is strength.

Why would you even say that the Op should experience it himself? Although I understand the reason for your sarcastic tone but it's really not okay to wish upon someone something that's literally crazy and could mess you all up in just a matter of seconds. A gambling addiction is no joke and besides it's totally time wasting and a whole lot more stress that comes with being addicted and that includes you being an addict to something entirely different to Gambling.

Unfortunately, addiction is the result of a change in consciousness.
This does not happen to a drunkard or a drug addict. They just want to get a certain substance - drugs or alcohol, but in general they also value money and have their own way of looking at things.
But ludoman remains sober and at the same time he is not the same as he was before. The problem with addicted gamblers is that money is absolutely devalued for them.
Such ludomaniacs cease, as a result, to appreciate trust, and this is the worst thing. They are earned over the years, but lost in an instant. Or for one phone call asking to borrow money.

Gambling addicts are loser therefore there's no benefits in getting addicted to gambling as I have earlier said. No individual can know how gambling works as if they know then they'll always be making money and won't stop gambling. If this continue then the casino will run out of business as they don't have money to keep paying the gambler that is winning. Some casino has made it a rule to ban any individual that keeps winning to not be eligible to play in the casino anymore.

Casino don't want to lose therefore they'll always set the odds to be in their favour to get more money from any individual that wants to gamble using their casino. Getting addicted to gambling will make you to become the favourites customer of the casino as they'll always want you to be coming to their casino for gambling as you'll be giving them money. Gambling addiction is never a good thing to have as a gambler.

Yes maybe your suggestion can be used as a way for them to really believe about how addiction in gambling is actually by making yourself a victim of addiction, but however there is no such thing as a temporary addiction, because after all addiction is not something that is worth experimenting with, none other than because it is very dangerous because of the very significant adverse effects. And I think you're forgetting one thing here which is that addiction is a very difficult disease to cure, I think you're familiar with that idea which most people always say.

And I don't think you need to be addicted if you or anyone else wants to be sure about whether addiction is really real or not, you can look at some people in your gambling environment whether friends or other people you don't know very well who have experienced bad impacts in their lives such as losing large amounts of money or experiencing destruction in their family relationships or maybe you can also see the news from the news media in your place, And I will also tell you that recently about a month ago in my place there was one elderly man who was desperate to end his life because he could not withstand all the pressure he felt due to debt due to gambling addiction along with experiencing destruction in his family relationship in the record of separating from his wife. So there is no need to try it, it is enough to see examples of what other people have experienced.

I would like to point us all to the correct understanding of how gambling actually works and also add to what you have said above about how winning and losing works such as winning tends to always depend on luck and losing is the opposite in the sense that when luck does not come then you will lose. On the other hand about strategy yes it can be useful especially when you are involved in a type of sports betting where skills can be useful to increase the odds but it does not work on random types of bets like slots for one. There is nothing else that causes gambling addiction other than treating it in the wrong way such as having excessive expectations and responses when achieving one of the wins which can increase self-confidence along with increasing greater expectations. On the other hand, of course addiction is a very bad situation that can cause various bad effects and significant downturns to a gambler, all gamblers certainly do not want to experience downturns in their lives, but strangely often they repeat the same mistakes for their actions.

I one  of the most important thing in gambling is knowing how it works and the strategy on it and all the navigator involved on it, in the part of getting addicted to gamble is because of how you value it and how often you involve your self in all the games and gambling activities,but I don't see it as wise decision to be addicted to gambling because you will end up losing a lot that you can't imagine, I just few wisely because that is the best for me and it reduces the risk of everything and predict your game very well

Not to mention most ethics deal with good or bad values instead of right or wrong afaik. I do agree the result of your ethical calculations depends on what ideology you consider correct (utilitarianism, etc). That being said, I'm not sure there is an ethical school that considers addiction a good thing. Even if you consider happiness in the present to be what people should seek, I believe the application would contradict a lot of things. Maybe opening a new thread would be a good idea for ethical debates.

OP, I believe you should not judge everything just from the result. By that logic robbing people can make people rich too, so why not do it? I read too many news that reported people who killed themselves because of addiction that led them to loans, etc. They certainly weren't happy about their conditions. CMIIW.

Much better if he won't get to that point of being addicted. No one wishes to get addicted but many don't realize that they're already one due to their behavior towards gambling. As they keep on doing it casually, their gambling activities and sessions would tell them on how addicted they are. Someone can gamble freely and as many times as he can be but won't end up being addicted, there's always the difference for those responsible gamblers and the irresponsible ones.

Since it's very easy for one to become addicted to gamble, I think the only way op could be able to know that it is not good to become addicted is if he has tested it, OP should become addicted for a while and he could be able to tell and take a good or otherwise decision from his story. However gamble is not a thing one should get addicted to, if he feels like addition is good he should try and become one, either drugs or gamble is not a thing one should get addicted to. The side effects of addiction is very bad, and it could cost ones life.

Let's reverse it that it's just right to get addicted in gambling, we'd see gamblers that are doing the right thing. Getting loans for gambling, selling everything that they worked hard for to have money to gamble. I'm just saying the effects of being an addicted gambler and that perspective of thinking that it can be a right thing for a gambler, that's how it is going to be. Not gonna be accurate at all but that's of possibility. That's why looking at that perspective will also allow you to see the other sides of it and you're free to judge it if it's right or wrong.

It's wrong to be addicted to gambling, saying too addicted means you have gone too far. You shouldn't be addicted as it'll make you have a very bad experience when gambling. Gambling addicts don't get anything good from gambling but they'll be losing money always. Gambling addicts don't have good reputation in the society as they are seen as failures as gambling addiction can make you to do inhuman things as the man that use his child from gambling did and lost.

You can become a gambler but not an addicted one, ways you can use to avoid getting addicted included planing your gambling. You don't have to be gambling every time as that will make you become addicted, you can choose when you'll gamble and only use small money to gamble and not large amounts. Gambling is a very addictive activity and it needs you to be extremely cautious when you're doing it or you'll have very bad experience.

I understand the example you gave, and this is usually done by people when they have a relative or friend who is lying ill and I think one of them is when those who are lying ill have cancer, which is their chance of being able to recover. it's not big so other people can lie and say that he is fine and just needs to rest. sometimes we need to lie for a good purpose, the same thing with gambling, when someone is addicted to gambling then they will borrow money and I myself will not lend it because the chance of getting my money back is very small so it's better for me to lie because the aim is to secure it. my own money.
What you say is correct, and I think it is most appropriate that addiction is basically wrong. can we possibly say that any addiction is not good? but anything done excessively is not good, especially gambling because it will only destroy our lives in the future. Apart from that, I think it's impossible for the OP not to know about the many cases of bad effects of gambling addiction that have occurred, but perhaps the OP still wants to look for the truth or a more accurate explanation.

Even those who are experienced in gambling and those who have turned out to be a shame to the system didn't just wake up and jump into gambling.
 
I believe most of them went through some online tutorship or by just reading and studying the errors of other gamblers, which should set out good habits for them to kick up with, but most of them just set themselves up the way they want, and even if they have a personal teacher, some of them have outgrown them and set their own rules.

It's funny you say this OP, but what is right and what is wrong? Are we going into ethics here? If so then each of us follows their own ethics.

For one person it will be wrong to lie, for someone else it will be normal. I'll give you an example. Would you tell someone he's going to die, knowing there's a chance they'll get cured? If you know someone is in a bad condition, it's sometimes better to lie and give them some hope so they don't give up until the end. It's a good example of how right and wrong can differ depending on situation.

For me being addicted to anything is fundamentally wrong, even if it's an addiction to activities like sports. You should control your life not the other way round.

That's right, and of course responsibility is one of the abilities that a gambler must have or must have, none other than because gambling involves decisions every time you or whoever runs a session, especially decisions in terms of determining the amount you will bet, and In some cases, the majority of gamblers, especially those who are addicted, usually make decisions that are not in accordance with their abilities, such as risking a budget that is too large, so it is clear that when the results at the end of the session are lost or not as expected, it is clear that this is the situation that can trigger emotions. So having good responsibility within yourself is something that can minimize the occurrence of emotions at the end of the session, especially when you lose, and can also minimize the possibility of losing significant amounts of money.

If you’re not able to control yourself and lost the whole income in gambling the answer is yes but in my opinion becoming a addicted with controlling yourself is not completely wrong because having an addiction while you’re able to control yourself is not a completely wrong. For example, playing slots daily but spending maximum %2-5 of your monthly income for this activity is not wrong if you don’t have financially problems. I know, that can be not classified as addiction in this scenario but playing everyday is also a way of getting addicted. The gambling addiction doesn’t mean that, you’re going to lose your whole income or savings while you’re gambling. Playin everyday can also classified as addiction but controlling yourself is answering the question which is “Is getting addicted to gambling right or wrong?”.

From the definition you gave about gambling, don't you think is wrong for one to be addicted to gambling to the extent of losing to it, they still stick to it with the urge to gamble for more. Nobody would experience loss in gambling and they perceived their encounter with gambling as a good one, not the wrong one.

Set aside a small amount each time you want to gamble and don't be carried away by gambling winnings or losses that would make you think, you should recover your losses before quitting gambling for the day. That step alone can lead to many loses