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March 08, 2024, 06:01:55 AM
There are gamblers in almost all societies, and all of us have met a gambling addict at least once in our life. I'm sure we all found them in bad shape on most levels. The problem sometimes get more sophisticaed when about the inability to help these cases, especially in areas where there is not sufficient education about them. Gambling addicts suffer from social stigma and are rarely helped.

They are often family and close friends or in treatment centers specializing in this type of disease. I really wish I could obtain data on the cases of recovery from addiction that have been recorded.
These online discussions can raise awareness for players to gamble wisely and for those around them who suffer from excessive gambling addiction. It is a behavioral addiction and one of the most dangerous diseases.
It is clear, with the current existence of online casino gambling, of course many young people are familiar with gambling and they even gamble in their lives. I'm sure that in all countries there are young people who are addicted to gambling, and if we venture out of town and find a group of young people and we ask about online casino gambling, I think at least one of them will definitely know about it or be familiar with it. if they are addicted at a young age of course it will create problems for their future, it is possible that they will have socialization problems.
Yes, that's true, with online discussions like this I also hope to make them aware so they don't gamble excessively which can be detrimental to themselves, including their future. Many people who have a bad view of gambling are due to the actions of the gamblers themselves who gamble beyond their reasonable limits. They hope to get a big win using the amount of money they bet. However, they tend not to see the risks and impacts of excessive gambling.
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March 08, 2024, 05:55:07 AM
Generally gambling has some indirect harmful aspects like if someone in a family is addicted to gambling then other members of the family may become addicted to gambling out of curiosity. Especially if the parents of a gambling addicted family are addicted to gambling then the children of those addicted parents are automatically addicted to gambling. Again, gambling has some harmful aspects socially, such as the curse of women abuse is usually seen in families of gambling addicts. Moreover, seeing the scene of torture of women, the small children of the family are psychologically damaged and gradually grow up from that psychologically damaged condition. So if we imagine the horrors of gambling socially and familially, then gambling has many indirect harmful and terrible aspects.
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March 08, 2024, 05:48:58 AM
Sad stories like this I often hear, even outside this forum, often occur in gambling that is often done by someone such as slot gambling which is very popular in my place.

There are many who are addicted and end up using money that should be used for other important purposes, such as for family needs,
for marriage, for savings and even money used for insurance.

Those who are not directly involved will be affected.
So before gambling, it is better to think in advance where the source of funds is used.
I only use small funds for gambling, and it is not related to any needs, it is just entertainment.
Unfortunately, with the advance of technology and online casinos, it has become quite common in our society. I personally haven't witnessed such a case myself, but I have heard similar ones from acquaintances and, of course, on local news internet pages. However, I've seen quite a few people my age being addicted, gambling great amounts of money till they basically go broke—no exaggeration, without a care in the world. All they care about is how to obtain money and from whom they're going to borrow or have money sent to them (such as their parents) in order to gamble again.

Even in such cases, the victim isn't only the gambler himself; it's their friends and their family as well. Imagine doing that when you have a partner or a family of your own.
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March 08, 2024, 05:11:54 AM
This makes me realize I'm probably one of the victims in my childhood. I remember my friend urging me to buy a lucky draw to get an expensive toy by buying tickets. The seller probably never intended to make the prize winnable, to begin with, but we are so eager to try because one of our friends managed to win a new shiny toy from that. I spend a lot of money buying that, which probably happens because the price of one ticket is quite cheap in our mind. Surprisingly, after I move to another school, I don't find any urge to buy the same lottery. Maybe a change in the environment help me reduce my growing addiction.

Fucking sucks but I've seen a lot of people lose money and sometimes even their lives because of someone's uncontrolled gambling addiction.
If you think about it, some popular scam cases in crypto where the owner of a business runs away also happen because they gamble the customers' money to trade on average trading. I don't know if there's a case where the money is used directly in a casino though, but it is clear that they have more or less the same greedy motivation to try to make a ton of money as quicky as possible.
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March 08, 2024, 04:18:33 AM
The indirect victims of gambling addiction are people who care about the gambler. It is on this gambling board that we have read stories like
- a man using his money meant for his wedding for gambling.
- a son using the school fees given to him by his parents for gambling.

As long as the gambler has a family and friends, there will always be indirect victims. It therefore rests on us to help out a brother or a friend who is struggling with gambling addiction that is a way to reduce the indirect effects of gambling.
Sad stories like this I often hear, even outside this forum, often occur in gambling that is often done by someone such as slot gambling which is very popular in my place.

There are many who are addicted and end up using money that should be used for other important purposes, such as for family needs,
for marriage, for savings and even money used for insurance.

Those who are not directly involved will be affected.
So before gambling, it is better to think in advance where the source of funds is used.
I only use small funds for gambling, and it is not related to any needs, it is just entertainment.

Responsible gambling is always the best advice if you want to engage in this activity, because it will obviously bring you a good level of safety in the long run. On the other hand, yes, I agree with you that lately types of games such as slots are indeed more popular and maybe your place is also the same as mine where this type of game is very popular with many people, regardless of age and sometimes even children who Underage people are already involved in this type of gambling and the public seems to be very familiar with slot games.

This is very worrying and also clear in terms of the population of gamblers who are addicted to this type of game, which is very large and continues to increase over time, and what is worrying is that they do not even hesitate to allocate any money for gambling, such as money for other needs such as your family's needs. mention whether it is for needs or for other purposes which are very likely to have an impact on other people, especially the people around them, of course that is good advice, however, never gamble using money for other needs or simply put, you You can gamble when you have a certain amount of money that you won't be able to use for any needs.
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March 08, 2024, 02:46:31 AM
Slots and children this is very much known to me. I was sort of victim of indirect gambling at my childhood. After the school, on the way home, few times we have visited casino (there were only slots, can this be called a casino then?) and gambled lunch money. This wasnt done every day; maybe once a few month. We were a company of classmates who walked home. Some of my friends gambled there on the way home. I did it more rarely than they. But still, to be «in the company» or «like them», I have tried slots.
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March 08, 2024, 01:52:23 AM
The indirect victims of gambling addiction are people who care about the gambler. It is on this gambling board that we have read stories like
- a man using his money meant for his wedding for gambling.
- a son using the school fees given to him by his parents for gambling.

As long as the gambler has a family and friends, there will always be indirect victims. It therefore rests on us to help out a brother or a friend who is struggling with gambling addiction that is a way to reduce the indirect effects of gambling.
Sad stories like this I often hear, even outside this forum, often occur in gambling that is often done by someone such as slot gambling which is very popular in my place.

There are many who are addicted and end up using money that should be used for other important purposes, such as for family needs,
for marriage, for savings and even money used for insurance.

Those who are not directly involved will be affected.
So before gambling, it is better to think in advance where the source of funds is used.
I only use small funds for gambling, and it is not related to any needs, it is just entertainment.
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March 07, 2024, 06:11:30 PM
Hi community,

As with any addiction, the effects of addiction to games of chance and betting do not fall on the gambler alone. It affects the family, friends, relatives, and everyone around him, and may lead to the deterioration of their conditions.

It negatively affects social relationships and at the marital level. Pathological gambling can be described as a side relationship. The gambler invests his attention in gambling at the expense of the spouse, whom he sometimes repays to cover his infidelity. The marital relationship is destabilized against a background of lack of trust, helplessness, and anxiety about what will happen in the future.


Gambling and accumulated debts  lead the gambler to a moral collapse that may even amount to an existential threat to family members. Gamblers do not hesitate to sell property to finance their debts, take loans from relatives without any ability to repay the debts, and in extreme cases they may even physically harm family members.

Partners in dependency - Relatives often try to "understand" the addict and help him, by paying off his debts, while accepting his promise to stop gambling, a promise he is unable to keep. More than once, family members come to the aid process, becoming partners so that they become “addicted” to the therapeutic process. But help works in exactly the opposite direction instead of helping the gambler wean off, they perpetuate his condition. These partners, such as parents or spouses, may find themselves in great distress that requires treatment.

Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?

Since you're asking for other people who could be affected by someone who's addicted to gambling, let me add some:

1. Children and young persons dependent upon the addict: Initially, they get all that they need from the gambler before the gambling addiction took over his brain and his logical and rational thinking region's clouded by thoughts of reclaiming all his losses in the casino. It could be monetary, emotional, or even inspirational aid, which is cut short and abruptly by the way, once the gambler finally succumbs to gambling addiction. All of a sudden sustenance and money is harder to come by, they become an absentee/deadbeat parent/guardian, and they may even start to abuse these children as a means of letting out steam and frustration from an unsuccessful night/session of gambling. Some are even forced to go into child labor for the sake of supporting their family when the parents couldn't. And even worse, gambling addicts who sees no light at the end of the tunnel and are left to commit suicide leave children and relatives behind to carry the emotional baggage that they will leave them with, as well as the debts that they failed to pay when they are still alive.

2. Strangers, in certain instances: Some gamblers who fail to get the money to support their vices end up committing crimes like robbery or even more heinous ones to sustain their addiction and their gambling streak, thus, this may leave people who shouldn't even have anything to do with the gambler victimized all because they unfortunately happened to walk the same road that the addicted and desperate gambler tread upon. Fucking sucks but I've seen a lot of people lose money and sometimes even their lives because of someone's uncontrolled gambling addiction.
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March 07, 2024, 05:48:53 PM
Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?
The indirect victims of gambling addiction are people who care about the gambler. It is on this gambling board that we have read stories like
- a man using his money meant for his wedding for gambling.
- a son using the school fees given to him by his parents for gambling.

As long as the gambler has a family and friends, there will always be indirect victims. It therefore rests on us to help out a brother or a friend who is struggling with gambling addiction that is a way to reduce the indirect effects of gambling.
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March 07, 2024, 05:45:22 PM
Hi community,

As with any addiction, the effects of addiction to games of chance and betting do not fall on the gambler alone. It affects the family, friends, relatives, and everyone around him, and may lead to the deterioration of their conditions.

It negatively affects social relationships and at the marital level. Pathological gambling can be described as a side relationship. The gambler invests his attention in gambling at the expense of the spouse, whom he sometimes repays to cover his infidelity. The marital relationship is destabilized against a background of lack of trust, helplessness, and anxiety about what will happen in the future.


Gambling and accumulated debts  lead the gambler to a moral collapse that may even amount to an existential threat to family members. Gamblers do not hesitate to sell property to finance their debts, take loans from relatives without any ability to repay the debts, and in extreme cases they may even physically harm family members.

Partners in dependency - Relatives often try to "understand" the addict and help him, by paying off his debts, while accepting his promise to stop gambling, a promise he is unable to keep. More than once, family members come to the aid process, becoming partners so that they become “addicted” to the therapeutic process. But help works in exactly the opposite direction instead of helping the gambler wean off, they perpetuate his condition. These partners, such as parents or spouses, may find themselves in great distress that requires treatment.

Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?


I could add one more: Kids who grow up with gambling addicts think that gambling is a normal, everyday thing. And then the family might even break apart because of said gambling addiction.

Honestly I think the same negatives go for gambling addiction just as they would for any other addiction. Addiction is always some kind of negative to somebodies happiness and that "vacuum" can drain the happiness of others around them.
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March 07, 2024, 05:34:36 PM
Of course, there are many indirect victims of gambling addiction. Can you add more?
It is as simple as saying those that financially dependent on the gambler. The only people that may not depend on the addicted gambler but not happy about their son or daughter addiction are parents.


Not only those who are financially connected to the gambler, but it can be generalized to all those who have moral relationships with him, such as family members (in general), close friends and neighbors. This is because excessive gambling affects a person's entire behavior in such a way that it affects all his relationships. It is true that some close people can end the relationship with him and avoid the resulting troubles, but there are types of relationships that are not affected by all circumstances and are able to withstand. I can mention to you a personal experience with a friend who was addicted to gambling. We were all his friends helping him try to overcome his ordeal, and none of us thought of abandoning him, even though his behavior often became hostile and he tended to temporarily boycott everyone who wanted to help him. These are symptoms of illness, and those close to them who are concerned should be aware of this.
I Understand the situation perfectly, things with addicts may have affected many, and that is what we, when we sit down to play, must realize that not only the people who suffer from it also suffer those who are always making a difference next to them. We, our family, friends, they affect everyone, all these things are what we must see, that is why we have to understand responsibility and mature it in every sense, because we cannot be thinking that these things are so simple, that we can play with our things.

Sometimes the people who become Addicted do not give importance to what they have to lose, they do not give importance to family things, nor do they feel sorry for anything, they do not care about shame if they have it or not, for example The reason is that we have to make a difference, that is why these topics are Useful to help Everyone we can.

There are gamblers in almost all societies, and all of us have met a gambling addict at least once in our life. I'm sure we all found them in bad shape on most levels. The problem sometimes get more sophisticaed when about the inability to help these cases, especially in areas where there is not sufficient education about them. Gambling addicts suffer from social stigma and are rarely helped.

They are often family and close friends or in treatment centers specializing in this type of disease. I really wish I could obtain data on the cases of recovery from addiction that have been recorded.
These online discussions can raise awareness for players to gamble wisely and for those around them who suffer from excessive gambling addiction. It is a behavioral addiction and one of the most dangerous diseases.
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March 07, 2024, 03:08:01 PM
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I feel like OP is preaching to the choir here. Nothing new, to say the least. We all know what gambling addiction can lead to and we have hundreds of threads here to prove it.

I have a similar problem with a family friend that I call a brother, he is addicted to gambling and I keep telling him to stop but he won't, I tried teaching him how to be a responsible gambler but he can't help it.

Now I warned him about dragging others into his mess, if he plans to be irresponsible about gambling he should face it like a man and go down alone without dragging others around him into the mess.

This is my own way of living, if I am to go down I go down alone, I take risks that I only can handle, in my own world no one cares about me but myself, and I apply this fact to my life, I learn to clean up my shit by myself.

Like with any addict you can't help him if he doesn't want that help. You can't move in with a n alcoholic to keep watch over him 24/7 and it's the same with your friend. You think you teach him how to be responsible, but he listens with one ear and lets it out with the other. He'll have to land at the bottom to learn his lesson.
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March 07, 2024, 03:04:29 PM
#98
Of the many who answered who was indirectly affected by gambling addicts, the average answer was those who were close to the addict himself, whether it was family or friends in his neighborhood, maybe for family it must be clear because they have blood relations and other things like that, including friendship.

The funny thing about friends who are indirect victims of gambling addicts is that when someone who does not know gambling but hangs out with gambling addicts, he will be said to be a gambler too by residents, this claim often occurs in environments where gambling is considered very bad, including in my neighborhood, even though that person does not know gambling at all but is also labeled as a gambler because the gambling addict who has been recognized by residents hangs out with him.
Plus sometimes the act can actually rub off the person who doesn't know anything about gambling but seems to be comfortable with the addict himself playing these games and that's why some people tend to labels these friends as gamblers themselves because I know one thing for and thats the fact that you can't be hanging out with a gambler everything and actually not get influence to get involved in the act yourself especially when the gambler always tell you about his winning and never release the loses that he faces.
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March 07, 2024, 02:59:26 PM
#97
That's how gambling is, if this activity is not controlled as well as possible, then this activity will only cause harm, both to ourselves and to the people around us. Where those who don't know about the gambling activities that we often do, just because of our bad behavior in gambling, they also have to bear the consequences of our bad behavior. They help us to get out of this situation, to show their concern for us. But how stupid a gambling addict is, where he tries to take advantage of this feeling of concern to perpetuate his desire to continue gambling. And when will a gambling addict regret his actions? He will only regret it when the care and trust of those closest to him is lost.

Therefore, we as gamblers have the potential to become addicted. Before bad things happen to us and those closest to us, try to continue to minimize the negative impacts and other losses involved in gambling, control ourselves as best as possible when gambling.
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March 07, 2024, 02:52:37 PM
#96
We care less about these people as they don't care about us as well. That is how bad the addiction affects relationships as many people will stay away from us even some of our family members and close friends. But we don't think about it instead, help ourselves to prevent from falling into addiction because many people will start to hate us if that happens.

I think this depends on the culture of your country because here in my country, Asian country specifically. You can’t continue your addiction without receiving heavy scolding from your family and criticism to your neighbors. You can’t become a gambling addicts here without noticing by others or being ignored since everything here can be gossip against you.

Actually being ignored when you have problem sometimes works well since you can’t affect them. They don’t think about your problem which means you’re the only one affected and not your family. On this topic, I’m skeptical why a gambling addict will show his problem on family while this problem typically being kept and not shown since it’s nothing to be proud of.   Huh

That is true that addiction,when someone becomes truly addicted he forgets everyone and cares for nothing except gambling and fueling this devilish passion which brings nothing but misery in the long run.

I have said it some other times but repeating is always good for this,when I was young and used to go to the biggest lotto club/casino I remember well 2 persons who in life had lost everything because of gambling,wife,family,work and they were the true image of failure in life yet they kept staying in that casino every day since morning till evening.
You would really be losing it all if you cant be able to control up yourself on doing gambling or having that control or moderation because once you do get addicted,.then you arent just risking the bank account you do have and money with it but also in other posessions that you do have which might be ended up on getting loaned or being the ones who you would really be able to bet on. If ever it turns out to be still an unlucky
condition then you would really be ending up on losing it all and this would really be something a disaster. People wont really be able to realize those stuffs and mistakes on the time that they arent
still experiencing those hardship situation on which it would really be always best that you should really know on what you are doing and the things around that been affected.

People do make out those self realizations if they are on such condition on which they could really be able to avoid it if they were really just that sensible towards on the things that they are dealing
with and dont act out late.
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March 07, 2024, 02:46:11 PM
#95
Indirect victims of our addiction are those people who never feel worried about our situation. These are the groups of people who don't bother to help you out of addiction even some of your friends and family members can be considered as one of them.

We care less about these people as they don't care about us as well. That is how bad the addiction affects relationships as many people will stay away from us even some of our family members and close friends. But we don't think about it instead, help ourselves to prevent from falling into addiction because many people will start to hate us if that happens.
   Infact there is more to it, some gamblers don't really care about their lose anytime they loss there money in games they stake, mostly some of them don't seems to know that they more they gamble the more they also get addicted to it.
   However additions is addictions you cannot control it when you are not disciplined enough to face the challenges of it, you can be able to limit yourself from additcions when you are discipline enough to control yourself from gambling.
   Some people can't do it alone, I means some gamblers can't can not limit themselves from gambling, mostly when the gambler have something to do with addictions, gambler that is addicted needs a helping hands for them to stop or limit themselves from the additions.
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March 07, 2024, 02:33:16 PM
#94
Employers can also be indirect victims of the problems that a gambling addict brings. I remember a long time ago when I once qhad a gambling addict working for me who I felt I could control, and then I gave him money to go get materials for work for me but he ended up using up all the money for gambling, playing virtual games and squandering it all.

Employers and employees can both be victims of gambling addiction, gambling addicts aren't the best set of individuals to work for or to work with. They're annoying and also very lazy workers, they can be late to work or fail to finish a work on time as all they care about me is how they can finish what they're doing and go back to gambling. Gambling addicts only cares about gambling and they can use money meant for the company business to gamble and delay what the money was supposed to do.

Every individual that's associated with a gambling addict is a victim in one way or the other. Gambling addict easily gets emotion swings as they're gambling regularly and they won't win most of the time then they'll find those that they can pour their frustration on and those around them are the recipient of the emotions. Avoid gambling addicts is a good way to stay happy as they're very annoying.
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March 07, 2024, 02:12:24 PM
#93
Totally agree with all what's written in the OP, but there is one basic rule about gambling that will prevent one from going to this length,and it's called " gambling with money you can afford to lose!"
The main reason this is said to everyone is to ensure you don't have any regrets that can spill over to broken relationships with family and friends, suicides, debt etc But then again, sometimes I think society can be to judgemental such that a person that needs help with their addiction will shy away from getting it because gambling is something that is sometimes frowned upon depending on where you come from.


Otherwise other indirect effects of gambling addiction
  • drop in productivity
  • loss of skilled labour, should a gifted person commit suicide
  • creates introverts
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March 07, 2024, 02:06:30 PM
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Of the many who answered who was indirectly affected by gambling addicts, the average answer was those who were close to the addict himself, whether it was family or friends in his neighborhood, maybe for family it must be clear because they have blood relations and other things like that, including friendship.
Most responses in this thread focused on the indirect effect of gambling on close relations. But the society also suffers indirectly. Gambling addiction can lead to people engaging in criminal activities just to raise money to satisfy the uncontrollable desire to gamble. Some people have engaged in illegal activities like robbery, kidnappings,  scams, etc, just because they want to get money to finance gambling. It is the community that suffers these indirect consequences because the area will become insecure for the inhabitants.

The organization in which the gambler works also suffers from the gambling addiction of employees. Gamble addicts might not give their best on the job because they are more concerned about gambling. With a lack of commitment to work, the productivity of such staff will reduce leading to the loss of human resources. Addicts might even engage in sharp practices in their workplace because they want to feed their hunger for betting.
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March 07, 2024, 01:58:28 PM
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I think this depends on the culture of your country because here in my country, Asian country specifically. You can’t continue your addiction without receiving heavy scolding from your family and criticism to your neighbors. You can’t become a gambling addicts here without noticing by others or being ignored since everything here can be gossip against you.

Actually being ignored when you have problem sometimes works well since you can’t affect them. They don’t think about your problem which means you’re the only one affected and not your family. On this topic, I’m skeptical why a gambling addict will show his problem on family while this problem typically being kept and not shown since it’s nothing to be proud of.   Huh

That is true that addiction,when someone becomes truly addicted he forgets everyone and cares for nothing except gambling and fueling this devilish passion which brings nothing but misery in the long run.

I have said it some other times but repeating is always good for this,when I was young and used to go to the biggest lotto club/casino I remember well 2 persons who in life had lost everything because of gambling,wife,family,work and they were the true image of failure in life yet they kept staying in that casino every day since morning till evening.

Yes, that is the worst stage in gambling when someone really can't keep their involvement well, none other than because the impact is as you said that it is very bad, there will be a lot of problems that occur when someone enters the addiction phase, they will lose everything they have, especially the valuables they have and for financial problems it is clear that they will have a concerning financial situation that sometimes they even have difficulty meeting needs such as food costs, and when someone who is married has financial problems due to gambling addiction then obviously the next problem will spread to family relationships which in the end there will be no harmonious words anymore and can even end up with separation.

That's right, there is nothing wrong with repeating the idea of advice because after all this is the best that we fellow gamblers should do in order to stay in a safe and comfortable situation, there are many examples of other people's events that we can make as lessons and one of them is like the incident experienced by the 2 people you described here, it is a very concerning situation and I'm sure we all don't want to have the same fate as them, therefore of course treating gambling activities with the recommended approach such as always limiting gambling according to our abilities is always the best choice for long-term security.
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