Topic: Not this guy - page 4. (Read 557 times)

Its hard to tell if he has a secret stash of wealth, given that he seems indifferent to losing large sums of money. It's not impossible, as weve seen some people in the crypto world become quite wealthy after investing in a seemingly worthless coin and selling it at its peak. We don't know the full extent of his situation, nor do we understand the reasons for his behavior. If hes truly addicted to gambling and doesn't care about the consequences, it's best to leave him alone and focus on some people who would listen to your advice or need your advice.

You forgot to mention what’s the financial of this guy whether he is ultra rich, poor or middle class because this understandable if he has a lot of money to spare on gambling in exchange for entertainment but this is alarming if he is just poor or average wealth that has family to support.

We have different reasons on why we gamble and probably this guy has something he believes that’s why he keeps on trying. His action is really alarming for us but we don’t know the full story and his financial status to make a proper assessment on his action.

This guy obviously needs some help but because he doesn't really care every time he loses that big amount of money, he might be getting that money easily as well because a person who has been working hard all day, won't gonna just throw some money like that rather he ponder and think of his future before spending his money recklessly. Gamblers often act this way because they adopt some bad traits which are greed and impatient when it comes to decisions and they often lose their money because of that.

This young man obviously needs help. This has nothing to do with if he can afford it or not, there are many gamblers out there who can actually afford the amount they gamble with. No one whether rich or poor is ever happy losing money consecutively,  especially very large sums. The young man is obviously addicted to gambling and the bad part is he doesn't see anything wrong with it. Oh yea! Its his money and can spend it anyway he likes but if he is not given the necessary help he needs, with time he will go bankrupt.

Responsible gambling is for everyone whether rich or poor. Same consequence that will befall the poor will also befall the rich ones. It will even be more severe for the the one will the higher amounts to spend.

You can't know what is really going on in his head. People you mentioned sometimes do something very extraordinary when other people least expect it. Everything looks and sounds OK on the outside but one day, they wake up from the bed and... something ugly happens. (I'll leave this part to your imagination)

It might me that they don't really give a damn about the money they lost. That happens too. Especially if their parents are alive. These people know that their ass is covered no matter what they do.

Either way, it is their life and you shouldn't think too much about it. You should focus on yours.

I cannot agree with you that if a person does not want to change and stop gambling, then he is rich. This Bestov I told you about lives in a bad rented apartment. And he doesn't think about changing anything, even though he doesn't have a penny anymore! I think that somewhere inside he just decided for himself that he would go to the end and would never go to fulltime work, rather he would be buried in the forest by the mafia. I think there are no rich ludomaniacs, because this is the only kind of addiction where money leaves you very quickly.

Martingale's strategy never worked for me. Did it work for you? I think if you use the Martingale strategy you will either end up at break even and in case you have a bad day, you may lose all your money through Martingale strategy.


Most gamblers would never admit their mistakes and they won't even agree that they are being addicted to gambling.
A person who lost a lot of money in gambling and is still enthusiastic about it, means he is very rich and lost in gambling will not demotivate him.
Really you need a lot of courage to know that you have to pay back debts, get earning through gambling and all such stuff.

This is not the first reckless gambler and he won't be the last, some people are just foolish, they can't stop until it ruins them.

The question I would like to ask you is what kind of work does the guy do for a living? Because the work matters too, the way we earn this money sometimes makes us attribute value or less value to it. I can't imagine myself sweating for my money and not having control over my spending while gambling. Maybe when you answer that, I will be able to talk better about it.

Before then, there's no controversy that your friend is a waster unless he is winning in gambling at times because some will be winning and losing to the extent that they might not really be wasting money. But if this guy is playing and losing truly without controlling it, then he is not wise at all and you that is rolling with him have to be careful of the kind of friend you associate with.

Personally, I like to purge my circle, it could be painful but is the best.

Just pardon me to say he is a chronic Gambler, these types of people you don't waste your time keep talking t them because they already made a decision by themselves that they must recover all they've spent sofar into gambling and upon this decisions it would be very hard for a common person to talk them out of there decisions. Sometimes they needs to be restricted and limited from having access to a betting shop both online based because of their rash decisions.

In the Russian community of addicted gamblers there is the most reckless player whose addiction and failures have already made him truly legendary. There is a name Bestov. Later I found out that this is his pseudonym, nevertheless he does not hide and willingly talks about himself, so, he already owes money to hundreds of people, and at the same time continues to alienate! And the most surprising thing is that everything suits him and the smile does not leave his face. And when they tell him that "it's time to pay off debts," he says the phrase "any fool can earn money at work, and you try to earn by gambling." He will never admit that he is wrong and I am incredibly surprised by such a life position.

Such cases have often occurred, especially for those involved in online gambling, strange thingshave often happened, things like you say have increased since the pandemic occurred, Just imagine that since the pandemic, those who have never gambled in the first place, are actually those who are addicted to it, this is very unfortunate, so many people have gone crazy due to these factors, the pandemic, gambling, unemployment and so on.


Actually what happened as you described, there were certain factors that made the person commit strange acts in gambling, I think he was not based on hypnosis, he did it because of economic factors, imagination and unemployment, he hopes and dreams of getting a lot of money, in fact he goes crazy even though he loses a certain amount every time.

I wouldn't be worried if I'm to meet such person. I probably wouldn't care at all since he doesn't seem to be seeking for help based on your story. Do not be a white knight to these types of people. Let them spend their money however they wish as long as they are not bothering you or anyone that's close to you.

You know there's only one thing I know and understand what you're saying: becoming a reckless gambler is a decision. It is possible that even if habitual gamblers are aware that they are already losing a lot of money, they continue to bet.

This is because they may be unable to articulate the delight they get while gambling, as if they are immune to the sense that even if the loss is significant, it is still acceptable to them. This is most likely one of the components involved in a gambling addiction.

Trust me, he knows how to hide his pain, there is nothing anyone can tell me here, some people are so good at dying on the inside and their outside expression will seem as if they are feeling good, I have seen many gamblers saying that it's not a big deal that they lose some money because they can afford it, but eventually you will see it catching up to them.

The thing is it's like a drug addiction, once they get a taste of it they will always need more and more, so the betting gets more disproportionate every time, trust me, he is feeling so bad about it and the truth is he can't even stop it, he is addicted already and he can't stop gambling because he still can't do without gambling.

A responsible gambler is the only one that loses money and not feel bad about it, and that's because he use small amount to take the risk, this person use six figure to gamble, that says a lot, since I've been gambling, I've never reach thousand in dollars on gambling.

Do you have a background with this guy at least you can give most likely people have this kind of perspective is already have a good amount of cashflow in their life or even a pension so they don't need to get bothered with the money too much because they know they will receive again, but if that person doesn't have like this kind of source of income sooner or later possible he will lose the money, seek for more to play, seek for debts or loans, didn't get paid, increase the number of debts and cant afford anymore to pay. Those are the possible worst case scenario or else wins a large multiplier but I guess with the lower chance.

That is true but only possibly to happen only when one is a beginner that is not addicted yet, when one is a concious gambler and when one is not the desperate type that instigates himself a compulsory winning. Sometimes you don't only figure at the total (huge) amount lost before taking such a decision to quit but also as how many times you had so been unsuccessful.
You know... It is like said about asking the Bitcoin beginners to Invest with a tolerable amount if Incase there is a contrary biased along the lines. It is a similar scenero here where if a gambler must have to quit via his continues loosing, believe it that if you can loose those little stakes in multiple times, you can also lost huge stakes so it is basically not about how much lost before considering to quit but that fact of your continual loosing like winning in the gambling was never for you.

I think he is just someone you barely know about his source of earning since you just met him in your brothers house.
Maybe he just narrated the negative side of his gambling history to keep some personal attentions off him.
@ OP, how long have you been going to the casino with this guy? Maybe you can convince us that you both visits the casino while he takes the loosing roles you takes the winning roles then we would understand what your concious towards this guy is  about.
If not, then I would think maybe he lost a huge amount either at your watch in the gambling board, or it still remains the storyline otherwise there could be possibilities that he has been earning and benefiting from gambling if not that he lost that one huge one. Somedays are like that where winner wins together and the winner looses tomorrow.
You call him crazy but he is upright awaken to a certain where you are at sleep. Besides... It is not in the gambling constitution that a gambler must win to gain and recovers it's lost stakes in the gambling field.

You call it addiction. That is a state of time he can't deliberately help himself. He may feel the looses but due to the level of his addiction then there he maybe psycho about the gambling. So he is definitely gambling with a zero conscious and frustrations that may be its resultants would not even let him recollect to his right senses of realizing losses and think of quitting.

Sure life first before anything. If you have the opportunity to breath healthically then it is enough to feel good and yes, there are different breeds of gamblers such as the conscious gamblers, the addicted gamblers, the responsible gamblers and the occasional gamblers.
The truth is that everyone must not be same breed of gamblers rather a responsible gambling is advised.

I doubt if not every gamblers need be responsible but on the motion that every gamblers need to be responsible and they all want to be responsible and has been responsible from a start only that there inability to control theirs appreciations and depreciations modes and emotions as a continues development of continually gambling with the lost of controls is where the problem is lied.
Addiction is equal to a psycho whereas they need to get out of it but being uneasy and sometime impossible that there could be no totality of healing remedies.

I think the guy is just a gambling addict and no matter how many losses he face he will still gamble and lose even more. I have always said that gambling is purely luck-based thing and if someone is lucky then he/she will have huge wins as a gambler but if someone isn't lucky then there are low chances of winning. The guy is an addict and he will lose everything and still gamble.

On the time that they are in the verge or bankruptcy or in the situation that they do  sell out almost everything when it comes to possession and wasting up their life savings or simply comes into a point
that even eating or buying food would already be a problem. They might not care for now but on the time that they would be on such situation or condition then this is where regrets would really be kicking in. Its never been that new that people wont be showing up some care when they do still have some money that they could be able to pull out into their pockets but
on they time that they lost almost everything then this is where regrets do come out, well regrets do always happen at the end and it doesnt really comes at front.
This is why its important that you should be that careful and be wary in regarding about your actions.

This is an example of an individual who needs help from themself, because they can no longer control themselves and do not even care about the consequences of the reckless act of gambling to their loved ones and people around them. I advise that this kind of people be avoided if they are your friends or even family members because they can take actions and not concern themself about the consequences that it may bring to others simply because they have no feelings and no sense of remorse. If I notice anyone with this character, I will quickly start avoiding them.

I think its those people who can actually afford to lose, the rich ones. Tho I think being reckless like is not only done by the rich ones. There are those who cant afford but still do reckless gambling, many I know. It's like these people get a kick out of the risk and excitement and they don't really sweat the potential downsides. They've got this mindset that as long as they're still breathing, everything's cool, no matter the state of their bank balance. They think they can make up for everythingn they bet.