Topic: Is it ethical to break your gambling rules (Read 1152 times)

This shows that you are not disciplined and you don't stand by your words and statements, if you stand by your words then there is no way you could go against your wish without even controlling yourself. As a gambler what makes you a man is to stand by your words and acting upon it give you that power that you are a man enough to stand on your choice and decisions.
Okay are you indirectly telling us that you can't stay a week without gambling or what?
As a gambler you should be able to have this self control towards your gambling exercise when you don't want to gamble you would stand on your words and never go close to the gambling site, and again i am sensing a gambling addiction if not you can't go back to break your rules of not gambling continually.

This will be based on your conscience. If your mind is telling you that you are doing an unethical thing breaking your own gambling rules, what you'll do? only you can stop you if it's about the punishment or any rules that you've made especially for you. That's the reason why it is not being followed by many because it seems so easy to break your own rule and even if you're guilty with it, there's no way that you'd punish yourself unless you're too disciplined and you're a man of words and you'll do something for you not to do that law breaking you've done. It is mainly ignored by those people that have thought that it's going to be fine to unethical with their laws since it's not enforced by law but only by themselves.

Definitely!

You would be just telling into yourself that its just fine because you are the ones who do set those rules and not other people. If someone like your wife or family members who would really be telling you this then for sure you would really be serious on avoiding it out as much as you could but when gambling addiction do really urges then it would really be that so hard for you to have that kind of control on which we know that this is something that will really be depending into someones self control and discipline on which each person does have that different level when it comes to this. Some cant be able to control but there are ones who are really that good when it comes to moderation and control. You wont really be messing up your life if you are really that aware on the things that you are dealing on which same as you said that if you had set out those rules then it is really just that right that you should really be following it and be strict towards it.

Ethical or not, you are the ones who would really be making out such judgment and pretty sure you would really be that making yourself that making those reasoning that you are really just that doing it on one time
and wont really be that be happening again until you would really be doing it all over again until you would really be revoking those rules that you had set into yourself on which it would really be that a common
thing for you to deal up with. So it would really be just that depending on how you would really be making yourself that trying out to have such control whenever you do tend to involved with gambling.

If you have set those rules then it would really be just that right that you should really be that strict on trying out to apply on whatever those rules that had been set out.
You cant really just that break them easily which does shows that you arent that true into your words.

IMO, it's never ethical to go against any rule you have put and agreed with yourself be it gambling related or anything at all in a general sense because  it's show that you are not strict and can end up doing crazy things that might well affect you in turn and when we talk about gambling this is definitely the area you don't want to mess with. You might start with having policy not to ever gambling on some games or having strict time but the moment you flinch on that descipline that means you are slowly pushing yourself to addiction.

Best thing to do for me right now is to look away from the possibility of sliding into too much gambling since I have began to see the signs of that happening from the experience, but from the last time I shared this thoughts of mind I read through all the comments and come to notice that indeed I was deeply getting overly involved in gambling and at that I choose to take a brake for a while before getting involved in gambling again since I have already noticed that tendency.


There shouldn't be a reason whatsoever that can lead one to breaking his own rules most especially when the rules we properly thought out before setting them in place.

Mate to be honest, this is how all gambling addiction starts, first you start with breaking the limit one and then twice and then you make a little excuse for it and soon you would have to adjust your rule to suite it.

Rules are set to place a limit on how much we can do and thsi should be strictly adherd to, I myself have broken my rule some times but I always reaffirm myself and get back on my feet, do the same for yourself and watch out for gambling addiction.

Guess amending our rules is what makes us a rational being, this is because at some point one may have made those rules without consideration of some factors that may become prevolulence in the future and by then you have to work to adjust to them at such level, so when you already have a rules, it best to make it flexible enough to take some changes as time goes on, so as to place yourself in a better position to be at advantage and not becoming a slave to your own rules.


I use to feel bad before when I break my rules but lately I am beginning to become more at ease and comfortable when changing a few things as time goes on and there is demands for it at that point.

When there is no rule they don't need to be broken. But when there is any rule it needs to be broken for various reasons and there might be changes. Op has changed or tried to change the rule as it does not fit his/her demand/expectation.

Money is not the only way to measure whether you have been gambling too much or not, another common measure is to use the time you have been gambling over a period of time, which is one of your personal rules already.

So according to your own standards you are in fact gambling too much, now you have two choices, you either modify your rule or you stop gambling immediately, however you must not worry needlessly either, since you are not doing anything which is morally or ethically wrong, and in my opinion you are just enjoying your hobby a little too much.

correct , when you started breaking your own rules then that will let you break other rules as
well that will lead you to become not that good person, if we set these or that rules then we must be
the first to follow and act on it so others will follow.
this is how I also let my children learn and understand so when they grow up then they knew how to
value rules and how to become a better person than just a non follower.

Therefore, whatever aspect of your life, never break the rules or make concessions. That will make you undisciplined. And then you will continue to break the rules until finally you no longer obey the rules. When you have decided to make rules about your gambling, I think it is good because you have anticipated not getting addicted. But if you're thinking about breaking the rules because you can't stick to them, I think you should stop thinking about doing that.

Not only gambling but all activities generally have rules and regulations so every person should go through the rules. Breaking the rules will create various problems that will affect yo there are many casinos that have penalties for breaking the rules. It is true that discipline is important and breaking rules is never a good thing it helps develop self-control responsibility and respect for others. Disciplinary law also plays an important role in maintaining law and order it is important to understand that discipline is not punishment but a way of life that ensures order and harmony. So discipline is the foundation of a successful and fulfilled life.

I think only those who are able to maintain their awareness will really consider or say that breaking their own rules is wrong and should not be repeated, so the point is awareness in my opinion. Because it could be that they think that breaking the rules they have made is not a problem and it thinks in their minds when they manage to get a win when breaking the rules, or simply when they break rules such as increasing the amount of budget in gambling and then at that time luck comes so that makes them get a win.

Such a situation can easily change their mindset, which initially thinks that breaking the rules is wrong but when they get a win it is very possible for them not to think that breaking the rules is wrong, most likely they might do it again, and that happens because of the hope of getting the same win as before when they broke their own rules. So the point is that maintaining an awareness of the dangers of gambling in my opinion can make you always focus on avoiding such violations, no matter if you got a win in the previous session when you broke your own rules.

On the time that you had break up your own rules then you would really be setting those bars high and you would really be tending to change it on point on the time that you had break it. Its up to someones approach
whether they would really be tolerating such thing or wont really be tending to do it again and would really be staying up into those rules that had been set? It would really be  that actually be that depending on you
on which not all would really be sticking into the rules because some people would be thinking that rules are meant to be broken but i do agree on what you have said that you are the ones who do set out those
rules since you do already know the risks on what gambling could give out on a certain individual if he would really be having that excessive engagement.

Well, in reality, I have seen a lot that order in things works, and I am not naturally very orderly nor do I always follow the rules, but I learned to follow my own rules in the casino and anywhere else. I work because it is the easiest way to do my job, because that way I don't forget anything, and in the casino I have to do it that way because it is money that I am risking and because of the experience when one loses a lot of money, well, I already know. They have to have rules so as not to fall into the same mistakes again, that is why I have always said that things with money are delicate and one as a player has to be responsible, firstly responsible with myself, and secondly being responsible with everyone , in order to have total control.

I don't know if you've seen it, but one way I found to control everything better is with money. If we limit our budget, we are willing to win in a casino, because things are easier than trying to control our emotions, emotions are very difficult to manage. check.

I can't deny that sometimes I break the rules and yes, sometimes you feel bad because you lose a little more money, but not more than the money you are willing to lose, just that you lose the profits from other days, that's Which at least gives me pain, that's why I try to comply with my own rules.

You right man, its all about the attempt for success or luck and higher risks, with possible big rewards, this is not just an exciting thing but also a risk that could ruin your life if not properly checked and put in place.


Breaking my own rules is quite an unethical thing to do because, my instinct pushed me to place the rules in the first place, knowing that gambling is a risk on its own, and breaking your limit rules will multiply your risk level.

There are reasons for setting rules but most times, rules can be broken for the right reason. When rules are broken for the wrong reasons, there is nothing ethical about it. You alone know the reason why you made this rule for yourself,  if you don't feel safe breaking this rule of yours, then you should consider being more strict on yourself in adhering to your gambling rule. Rules can always be amended if the need arises but you need to be careful so as not to stretch beyond your limit and face negative consequences. It is very easy to abuse gambling out of excitement, greed or quest to recover what was lost, this is the more reason every gambler should set good standards for themselves and abide by those standards too inorder to avoid falling into a gambling problem.

That the point that gamblers always do, they have rules that they make themselves with the belief that by obeying them they can minimize the occurrence of bad things such as big losses and also various attitudes such as greed and also attempts to recover losses if they lose big.
But basically the rules will only apply at the beginning because under certain conditions after several gaming or betting sessions they will forget the existing rules and it will be difficult to remain committed to what has been set.
Certain conditions will give different feelings and thought patterns, gamblers feel that they can get better results or improve results that were previously only defeats and this is the attitude that will always coexist with individual gamblers.

I myself think that being free from the limits and conditions that have been made when deciding to gamble is not problem as long as are able and willing to accept the risks and consequences that have to face.
Everything will be much worse if cannot accept every result have, when lose try to recover it and if win greed appears and it is even worse if this continues for long time.

But that doesn't means we have to break the rules because we will know what happens to us. We don't want to sees ourselves in the worst situation such as losing much money because breaking our rules. However, playing gambling doesn't needs to use much money. If we can playing gambling with limitations, we will have a chance to enjoy the gambling games without a problem and we will not see a big loss. We make our rules so we must obey it for our own good because playing gambling can make us forget about everything.

We will only lose more money if we break our rules and don't even think to try to break the rule even for one time. If we already break our rules, we must back to our rules and sticking to that to prevents the other losses. We can't gets a bigger risk on playing gambling because that can make our financial situations in a bad situation. We make that rules to prevent ourselves getting deeper in gambling so we can also prevent ourselves become addiction. If we lose control and break our rules many times, we can become addiction easily even without we can realize.

We already sees many gamblers breaking their rules and made them losing much money besides of the other problems that they had. They lose their money, their self-control, and makes them become addicted to gambling because that will happens to them if they breaks their rules many times. We don't want to see that happens to us so we must prevent that before it's happens. When the emotion becomes high and we lose control, that will the time for us to break the rules without we realizes. Our initials deposit will be bigger because losing control to limits the money we used to playing gambling. But the worst thing that we can get is we will become addicted to gambling and if that's happens, we will difficult to recognize.