Topic: Most likely category of people to become Gambling addicts. - page 2. (Read 718 times)

I am not an expert in analytics, but it seems to me that the poor do gamble more than the rich, but this is not because they have no brains, but because they are less financially educated, and some of them are not educated at all. Also, when you have very limited money, your entertainment is also very limited, and of all the possible ways to spend the evening after work, you are left with a bar, a strip bar, gambling, or computer games. A rich person can afford a wider range of entertainment.

I am not an expert in analytics, but it seems to me that the poor do gamble more than the rich, but this is not because they have no brains, but because they are less financially educated, and some of them are not educated at all. Also, when you have very limited money, your entertainment is also very limited, and of all the possible ways to spend the evening after work, you are left with a bar, a strip bar, gambling, or computer games. A rich person can afford a wider range of entertainment.

You will agree that some category of people will most probably become addicted to gambling if exposed to it than some other people. If you are the type that likes to refer and tell people to try out new things, you should avoid encouraging this category of people listed below to try out gambling even as a way to relax or for fun.

- Be careful introducing gambling to teens, especially young male teens.
And there is a specific about "males" because . source

- Be Careful introducing gambling to people with some certain "Personality Characteristics".
People that you notice have a poor opinion of themselves, source

- Be careful introducing gambling to people who have a good access to enough money and no discipline in spending, they may not mind gambling to win money, but for other reasons, and because of their good access to money, they may just become addicted without even knowing.

- Be careful introducing gambling to someone who you know is poor and needs a better way to earn a livelihood. The person may mistake gambling as a way to earn a living.

- Be careful introducing gambling to your friend who you know easily gets addicted to new things.

- Be careful introducing gambling to your friend who you know has a drug use problem.

In general, I know some forum users may like to respond saying we should be careful generally who we introduce gambling to, which is true, but since may not possibly be avoided, there are some categories of person's that we should be on the look out for in the society.

Join the discussion by extending the list if possible.

In summary, just don't introduce it to anyone that you know that are not capable of controlling their emotions because you'll never know on up to what point they can control themselves.

Because the time might even come that you'll be the one to be blamed by those people whom you've introduced gambling. That's not a new story and there have been cases like that they were blamed and made it looked bad because they've just introduced those addicted gamblers to gambling.

Avoid being the trigger of others that may fall into gambling addiction if you don't want to get involved and be blamed for.

Plenty of poor clever people exist.   A lack of variety or experience in large gains would make the gambling larger then life so be more disruptive perhaps.   A rich person in theory is gambling a lower percentage of their net worth, a greater amount of wealth is not liquid so cannot be gambled perhaps.   The poorer parts of an economy or population tend to have far higher worth in purely cash positions, weekly wages etc. so in that sense more harm is possible.   Poor people also suffer most from inflation for example.

Plenty of poor clever people exist.   A lack of variety or experience in large gains would make the gambling larger then life so be more disruptive perhaps.   A rich person in theory is gambling a lower percentage of their net worth, a greater amount of wealth is not liquid so cannot be gambled perhaps.   The poorer parts of an economy or population tend to have far higher worth in purely cash positions, weekly wages etc. so in that sense more harm is possible.   Poor people also suffer most from inflation for example.

Plenty of poor clever people exist.   A lack of variety or experience in large gains would make the gambling larger then life so be more disruptive perhaps.   A rich person in theory is gambling a lower percentage of their net worth, a greater amount of wealth is not liquid so cannot be gambled perhaps.   The poorer parts of an economy or population tend to have far higher worth in purely cash positions, weekly wages etc. so in that sense more harm is possible.   Poor people also suffer most from inflation for example.

I think inviting our friends to play gambling without knowing who they are is too risky. That's because gambling can provoke him to spend more money than we imagine. And if he does and doesn't stop, we can imagine he'll get a gambling addiction and when that happens, we'll have a hard time getting him out of gambling. So it's better for us to play gambling as usual without inviting them and if they ask us about gambling, we can only warn them and tell them not to gamble, especially if they don't have good self-control.

Gambling is not a shortcut to money, but an entertainment that constantly requires money! If a person does not understand this, it is better not to talk to him about gambling at all and to protect him from gambling experience, because most likely the wrong idea about gambling will lead to his problems. In order to gamble, you must have not only free money, but a sufficient level of self-control.

The problem is when you are under influence of others and want to copy their gambling style you tend to loose more because if you didn't win you will become more aggressive to bet more and mind will loose control over your financial limits which is main problem afterwards.So always play with your dedicated amounts instead of becoming addicted towards it.

Poor people get addicted to gambling very easily. Since they don’t have the brains to get rich

No, people who want to invite you to gamble is just to you register under their referral link and they will earn a lot money especially if you're become an addict. It doesn't matter if you're his best friend, relative etc, when it's about money, anyone can turn become an evil. When they're already become an addict, they will blame you, but most of the times you can blame them back because you're not force them to gamble.

Everyone who starts to gamble has the opportunity to become a gambling addict and this happens very often.

There is no special category it seems that can make someone become an addict.
The average gambler initially only tries gambling out of curiosity and they get a big enough win or loss so that more curiosity arises which makes someone want to continue to be able to bet.

No one can avoid gambling addiction unless the person uses the limits that are accountable from the start so that they don't think too much about gambling.

Thanks for bringing this subject on this board, many gamblers think it will be fun to invite a close circle and make them register under their referral links on casino platforms. Mostly these gamblers don't even think about side effects or possible gambling addiction that can cost their lives in the worst cases. If your friend becomes addicted he will blame no one but you. Just keep that in mind and think twice before introducing gambling to new people.

One week ago was the time when I regretted introducing gambling games to one of my friends. At first I thought he was someone who could easily control situations, easily managed by me, but in fact he just went too far and couldn't control his gambling. It started on a whim and told him to create an account at the casino and I sent him a few dollars. Throughout the game he kept screaming like crazy because he was not given a win. Hit the table for failing to get a Scatter and not getting a big multiple.

Since then I no longer want to introduce games to gambling to anyone because it turns out that people's mentality is different and the purpose of playing affects it all.

- Be careful introducing gambling to your friend who you know easily gets addicted to new things.

- Be careful introducing gambling to your friend who you know has a drug use problem.

After that incident they'll begin thinking they're lucky or have the skills to become successful at gambling.

They beginning gambling but later realize they aren't as good at they thought but maybe by then they have already gone far and it'll be had to break the addiction. Gambling has a way of tricking people like newbies, their few first gamble are usually successful but after then they begin to lose money.