Topic: Pros and Cons of Gambling (Read 555 times)

The only con I can find in gambling is not due to gambling itself but rather to some individuals that get addicted and are not fully in control of what they do or that extend their play beyond what they can really afford to loose and beyond the point in which the fun stops. Other than that, it just fun and excitement and you can even enjoy it with friends or make "a match more interesting" as they say. So nothing wrong with gambling at all, just with people.

That's right, because in gambling everyone is aware of that. But the question is why if you already know the level of defeat is greater than the victory achieved? as gamblers we are more aware of it for alternative entertainment and not following ambition to win. Despite all that, we will still find it difficult to control the condition that most of us want to be ambitious to win and don't care about the value of the relationship in it.

I believe that gambling pros and cons depend upon the outcome of the games which you play. If you are winning most of the gambling games and earning a lot of money, you will find that gambling is a most profitable thing in the world. Otherwise, if you are on the losing side, you will find gambling the first thing in your life.
So basically, luck determines whether gambling is profitable for us or not.

There's a lot of advantages and disadvantages gambling has to offer. This has been talked to several times already here in the forum. It just depends on how a person will permit gambling to influence his life in either a negative or positive manner. Gambling can be a source of income and entertainment for most people. For some people, this is their one way to generate income and is a way for them to bring food to their table. This also serves as entertainment and ease of boredom especially to those people who don't have other outlets to release stress and to have fun. Gambling brings enormous joy to those who are very much used to it. This could also bring job opportunities in a certain place which could result in boosting the tourist rate and eventually the employment rate. Later on, the boosting of the employment rate could then proceed to boost tax revenue by the state because there are more establishments now that are obliged to pay taxes back to the government. This could cause a positive effect on the economy of a country may it be only a little.

However, gambling has its repercussions as well in which could totally negate the good things out offers which is addiction. I think this disadvantage of gambling is one of the major reasons why some countries are still holding back from letting gambling be legal in their area because the citizens' welfare is at risk in this kind of scenario. If the government won't really organize and plan ahead, this could be big trouble. Hence, maybe some just don't have the energy to talk about it yet and give it a chance in their place.

One of the pros of gambling for me is the temporary rush of dopamine one feels when he or she allows himself or herself to engage in the activity as a way to escape the harsh realities of one's life's problem. That brief optimistic feeling that you are going to win just before you lose. The cons, when you on tilt, you either end up in debt, lose your girl/ wife/ family and end up suicidal.

Money is the first thing for those who really inside these activities,

entertainment is just part of it but most of them are aiming to earn a decent amount of money.

Most of the people who keep playing either get into addiction or turned into a pro gambler. The chance is slim though for someone

to be pro gambler as emotion always plays the big role. If you can't control addiction will bring you down, but if you know how to manage

you'll learn the deeper side of this industry and convert it to your advantage.

Cons is that it can bring depression when money has been lost. Another is addiction which can be time consuming and resulting to sleepless night. It can affect health if someone is gambling too much.

Fun is the pros of gambling, if you are bored, you can decide to just gamble with few cents but we should be very mindful of not getting addicted. But as for me, I just like to be among my friends during the weekend to discuss on the football matches and the ones to bet, it brings pleasure. I use low amount of money which is 5% or less of my income.

So the real reason is that money can attract people to do many things, including spending more money to get money in gambling.
They really should change their reason because they will get addicted to gambling and the money, especially if they do not know when to stop playing.
Even though they have the opportunity to earn large money, that will not always work for them as in gambling games. People will have two options: won or lost, but the loss will be bigger when they start the games.
If they can change their reason for having fun, maybe they will have a chance to enjoy the games without trying hard to win for some money.
They only search for the pleasure of playing gambling, which is the real reason for them.

I will not lose my pleasure when I lose because I know how much I can afford to lose in gambling. Those who lose their pleasure when they lose means they do not know what they do in gambling, they do not have their own limit so they lose the pleasure.


Real or not, it is not based on our opinion because it is about preferences. Indeed most people do gambling for money but we can not deny there are some other people who do gambling for fun purpose in their spare time with their spare money where they do not really care what would be the result.

The real reason was that they had the opportunity to earn large sums of money that they would not have been able to obtain by working. Most people I know gamble because they believe they have a chance of winning large sums of money that will make their lives easier. The real reason is money, but you are also entertained, which is extremely addictive. As for myself, I would say that I gamble for money rather than for entertainment, but I believe that the wealthy only want to entertain themselves.

You will lose your pleasure when you lose, yes it is only temporary because gamblers will return to play while still having funds that can be used in gambling, I think the reason to get fun from gambling is not the real reason but the real reason is to earn money, although earning money from gambling is not an easy and common thing.

The pros of gambling is you can earn money in snap, its entertaining and you'll learn not to give up (think of it positively because it can apply not only in gambling). The cons, you can lose your money, become addicted and it can also affect your physical and mental health.

Gambling can cause many bad effects for the gambler. However if you're a type of gambler that has discipline and playing in moderation, then even gambling is addicting it cant affect you negatively. The problem is not the gambling alone, but more on how the gamblers handle themselves when they're playing.

If I were to judge gambling based on what OP has mentioned, I would right away conclude that gambling is bad. Despite its pros and cons, if people are losing their life savings because of it, it must be bad. It would definitely outweigh the fact that others are making money out of it. I’d rather not have gambling and people making money, if the other side of it are people losing life savings which would mean everything to their families.

I am a gambler myself and enjoy it a lot, but if I were to choose whether there is gambling or not, black and white, I’d rather not have it. I have seen how it makes people smile and laugh and have fun but I have also seen how it could make some people crazy and destroy families.

That's why either side is possible, managing our bankroll is important which comes from experience but until that someone has to keep the money alive or else they will go bankrupt. When it comes to casino games the chances of losing money is huge when we compare to wins but we can go with nil profits or loss at the same time even if we manage to win few bets among all the bet which isn't bad at all in my opinion.

But the chances to lose money in gambling is relatively high than making, gambling is very tempting you imagine you can double your money back if you have the right bet, take a look at our favorite dice game, many newbies thought that they can get their money back and win using martingale on one look and looks easy but failed to realized that the string of losses in a row can go up to 15 or higher and busted all your bankroll, if you failed to realized that the house edge always have a chance to win than yours you are n trouble of losing everything, so play moderately and only money that you can afford to lose.

In my opinion the main pro is that gambling industry is big and wealthy, creating jobs opportunities for many people where it is well established, being it land based or just virtual model like the casinos we have being promoted on this forum. Many people here have an income through signature campaigns thanks to the gambling industry, so they can feed their families, make their investments and thrive their financial life, while others have a gambling income promoting casinos at youtube or at their own reviews' websites, earning from general ads or directly from the casinos they promote. Moreover, there are those who work for the gambling platforms on the management, support, marketing or technical sectors to keep the sites working clean and competitive among their competitors.

If we include land based casinos the range of created jobs increases even more, because there are the engineers and architects who project the casinos blueprints and structures, contractors who execute the constructions, casino's employees in general, waiters, security guards, cooks and artists who entertain the customers...

The cons is that if you can't take the responsability for your money and your own acts, you may end going bankrupt, so instead of being benefited by the industry by working on it or just by having fun while respecting your financial limits, you will screw it all. But keep in mind it always depend on you if gambling is going to have a positive or negative effect on your life.

You can make money and you can lose your money that is the both sides of gambling, there are other issues we can name but money is the main factor when it comes to gambling because there are lot other entertainment sectors are there but nothing isn't addictive as gambling.

One of the main upsides of gambling is the entertainment it brings as people get hooked by the feeling you'd get from winning and the uncertainty it brings, no matter how the odds are usually stacked against the gamblers there are still a lot of people that still go and spend money.

As for the downsides, it's already obvious as we know how gambling could be disruptive and addicting, the same can be said for other activities but gambling is one of the worst as you can easily put yourself in a tough position if you lose control.

I think the best advice that newcomers can get is to try to be responsible for their money and not the pros and cons of doing gambling. As a gambler, let's explain to them that we should treasure all our risks money in gambling and don't always have the mindset of only gambling that afford to lose. Even how small it is, it should be won no matter what.

We can also explain to them the difference between luck-based gambling, strategy-based, and sports betting. In that way, they will realize the meaning of the pros and cons of gambling when they play this types of gambling.

It wasnt a job in the first place because gambling is for leisure and theres no other thing that people should be minding or treating it off because this would really be messing up your finances if you do consider it as a

job or income because gambling doesnt work that way.Play on the amount which you could afford to lose, if you are lucky then you would make money but if not then you would lose it out as simple as that.
Gamble for fun and not making a living with it and you'll be fine.

Making money in gambling is possible but this kind of job is not for everyone as only a few are chosen to possess the skills to be successful. Most of us will eventually lose so we just have to enjoy gambling, at least knowing the risk is very important as it will ensure us to be safe even if we lose.

The only thing that I could see is that gambling will please someone who has been tired/bored from their job. But if we are talking about earning money from here, well, isn't that possible but it needs luck and knowledge. And so much we can't rely upon in here when income to generating income for the family. 

It has to say that addiction is a big problem in gambling but that can be stopped as long as we want to. If we can manage to control ourselves and know our limitations, that is not a problem. We are just making fun in gambling and that was the thing we were supposed to do.

AFAIK, patience is more applicable in investing and trading. IMO even if you're patient in gambling, what's next? are you going to be successful after that? No.
There's so much a lot of things needed for you to have that description of being successful there. It takes a lot of courage for one to be called successful in gambling and the reality is that, not that many sees that success.

Gambling like everything else has it's own pros and cons although the disadvantage is far more compared to its advantages. Going by statistics if we try comparing both the pros and crons we see that at some point addictors keep multipling due to greedy gamblers who wants to get back at their bets. For now I think the only advantage gambling has is it's self employed attributes although it's not a job opportunity but if managed properly it could serve as a means of meeting some needs even with it's risky nature

Not necessary but most of the time it would really be kind of this way on where people do only learn when they do experience for themselves before they would able to learn but its not necessary as

you could able to avoid for yourself if you able to hear or read up others experiences towards gambling.Not all would really be ending up on happy ending specially on a thing
that do matter most with luck.

You would definitely know the pros and cons when you do able to experience it for yourself.

I don't think that by discussing those, newcomers will truly understand it.

Better let them know to themselves the pros and cons of doing gambling while they are doing it. They need to experience the actual feeling of being winning and losing and from there, let's see if what will be the effect of it in the long run.

Will they become responsible? discpline? Only them know.

How is that an advantage? Why would you need to gamble to learn about risks and probability. Gambling doesn't represent anything of those in real life. Gambling doesn't help you evaluate risks in more accurate way. The risks you take gambling is totally different from those you would have taken while doing something else. Gambling depends on completely on luck. If you are doing business with risk, the outcome will depend totally on how you to the business. You have control over the risk. But in gambling you don't. The cons of gambling is way more than that of pros.

Exactly, most of them are cons which is very risky on us as gamblers.
In this way, we should put a limit on ourselves most especially when it comes to financial managing which is will be going to ruin your life once you can't control it. As a gambler, these pros and cons are always considered should have full awareness. Be responsible always in gambling because it could destroy your life once you will there.

I'd say that there is a certain type of gambling that can be very beneficial to a small set of people. Skilled games, where it is possible to play against other players to gain a foreseeable advantage - whether this is poker, chess or a game of monopoly. Having knowledge of how to calculate odds or strategist against other players can be a powerful skill in life. It can teach you to analyze situations using all available (even if limited) sources of information, whether the means reading "tells" by other players or simply sticking to long term implied odds to almost guarantee a small margin of wins. When to apply pressure to your advantage can be another element of cunning that the right training can teach you and perhaps persistence - it often takes a long time to master any skill, many people will fall. However the first step is distinguishing games where you can gain a real advantage and not an illusion - like 3 card poker games that certain casinos like to push (which are engineered for the house to always win).

There's no need to be a biased thing anymore because it's not just gambling. Everything always has two opposing sides. In our life, there are only 2 good and bad. In any case, it has become a stipulation. Regarding gambling, the pros and cons are common. Moreover, we live in an environment where rules and laws make everything narrow and always limit the freedom we want. whether we want to or not, we have to obey, but sometimes we definitely break these rules for the sake of a desire for satisfaction.

Talking about the pros and cons of gambling will never come to an end, it will continue to go according to its cycle while we are in an environment that has its own rules regarding gambling policy.

What is the solution? nothing, it comes back to us: as long as we gamble not harming other people, as long as the money we get is not from stealing, not from borrowing, everything will not be too big of a problem. what about the risk of defeat? we are adults and what we choose means we have agreed.

That's how simple gambling is for us or for gamblers who are new to gambling. All always have 2 conflicting consequences. It depends on which direction we will choose.

Cons definitely outweigh the pros of gambling. There'snot much to say about it except that you are bound to lose in gambling in the long run. Sure, you may have been winning a lot on your first few sessions, but after some time, the house will eat at all your winnings and you'll be left with less than what you have before you started. This is why it's important for people to weigh the risks and rewards very thoroughly before engaging in something risky such as gambling.

Gambling is too risky and the pros and cons depends on how you see gambling, but in general gambling are more on the cons since its more on expense than profit which is no guarantee at all. We cannot say gambling is profitable since luck should always be with you and the probability to win on many games is very low especially on slot machines. Know how much risk you can take with gambling, list your own pros and cons and assess it properly to know if its ok to keep on gambling or not.

The most obvious pro of gambling is the fun you get with it, obviously there are many ways to entertain yourself in the world of today but there is still something very attractive in gambling a little bit of money once in a while, now when it comes to the cons it depends on how invested you are in the hobby.

If you are just an occasional player then there is almost no con as whatever you pay for your gambling hobby is probably similar to what you would spend with almost any other hobby, however if a person begins to lose control of their gambling then that is when things could get ugly and then you begin to lose massive amounts of cash.

Well that exactly has a point there.
How can you relate the story if you are not a gambler, how can you join the discussion if you don't know how to gamble and I think there is nothing that you can share because you did not experience how to gamble. Perhaps they are not experts in gambling but still, they are able to gamble just for fun because gamble your hard-earned money is very tough to make a decision, sometimes I am thinking to save my money than playing gambling which is I am in very crisis status.

How can you say that people on the gambling board are actually not the gamblers? If that is the case, then how come they are so active on gambling boards and have full knowledge of all the gambling techniques, gambling sites, and all such stuff. Do you have any evidence to prove that people here are not actual gamblers.  

While thinking about the pros of gambling, I also ended up with this result, it looks like gambling has more negative impact since your profit will always depend on luck and of course, you can’t be so lucky every time you gamble. There’s a lot of cons honestly and if you gamble carelessly, you might lose everything and that’s how risky gambling are.

Actually, in terms of benefits, there is no denying that gambling has more negative impacts than positive but the reason why they are still popular is because most of them see a lot of false opportunities there. on the other hand those who are here too (including me) like gambling because for me this is entertainment when I'm not in a good mood or tired at work.
I personally would not say that gambling is good but sometimes there are some aspects there that make gambling also useful for my mental side because it gives pleasure in it

There are already threads before discussing the cons and pros of gambling, but we all have different reasons why we play that even we enumerate numbers of reason why we play we will still on the things we believed and wanted to see, the pros is if we will learn how to win and disciplined enough to play well but if not tand things we decide goes against our plan then it will be the cons we need to handle.

Pro in gambling in my opinion is a game of Chance and for fun or hockey betting, and winning is luck and I play it when I have free time when I feel tired from work.
The cons in gambling can be addictive and that is because you play too much without being able to control yourself because you have the ambition to keep on winning or chasing losses and it is all very self-defeating.
it all depends on who plays it and the purpose of playing gambling because playing gambling will trigger us to continue playing so we must be able to control it and play not to overdo it.

I will not be original and will say that I get only advantages from gambling. I am initially ready to spend a certain amount on this entertainment and I do not go beyond the budget. Therefore, the result always satisfies me - I spend money, but in return I get emotions or an increase in pleasant emotions in the form of money from the victory of my favorite team.
I know people for whom gambling has become a problem, but I think it depends on the person and not on gambling, drinking or something else.

Gambling is as same as gaming in term of addiction. So if a person is bad at controlling own activities and bad at make plans, schedule and follow them, that person should not gamble or play game. It's better to don't start because it is a good prevention that is better than cure.

Addiction is not easy to end and most of people get addicted will struggle to get rid of addiction. The pandemic and money printing from governments give people more free money. Quarantines, lockdowns give them more time indoors and they have more time to expose to gambling. No stat but I guess they played games or gambled more since the pandemic.

I disagree with any people who consider gambling as a ticket to get richer and to become millionaires or consider it as source of their main income. Gambling is for fun first and in order to make sure if you don't have fun, you don't have terrible ending, you must spend spare money which is small part of your capital, for gambling.

Don't borrow, don't bet all your life into gambling!

I do think everyone knows the major pros and cons of gambling. The worst being the addiction, which is to be taken utmost care for at the end of the day people gamble, during the pandemic, during the economic instability the numbers have risen above the normal ones, there are countries who were against gambling, they are the one's making it legal now to earn more taxes. See the thing is, this is the time when people are not financially stable and this is also the time that they are gambling the most. I do think we have to realize that Gambling sometimes is an escape, people wish they would win lotteries and live their life happily. But that doesn't happen and they end up loosing a lot over time. It's a sport, meant to entertain you, should be left at that.

If you want to make money out of gambling then you are already putting yourself at a disadvantage because it's rare to really make money from gambling, you will end up miserable with everything gone because the house edge always wins, you don't need to experiment or try to prove it, but if you want to be entertained and only spend allocated funds that you can afford to lose, you are safe and you can enjoy the game more and if you are lucky you can bring home a good winning.  

Well to make it short, the biggest pro is definitely that, if you are lucky, then you can make money with, depending on how lucky you are or how much you are willing to bet you can even win life changing amounts of money and that is probably the reason why a lot of people are attracted to gambling or to sports betting. As the first sentence already implies, you can also be unlucky and lose your money. That means it is up to you how much risk you are willing to take. Going all in and risk it all for a life changing win but risking it also that you lose your life savings, or just play with small amounts here and there and if you lose it doesn't really matter. I'm definitely in the second group.

This socialization applies to offline casinos but its the best to find new connections. This at least will help you earn some friends hoping they are not going to influence you to go deeper into the vice. Sinking deeper into gambling addiction could be one of the prices of this socialization so that's a two-way lane either pros or cons. 

I think there are more cons to gambling. When a person allocates a certain amount so he/she could visit a local casino, it's not good.

For entertainment then provably they can always gain advantage knowing how fun to play on various site but you still need to be in control to not lose any huge amount since this will never be fun if that situation will happen you also winning a huge amount will just be a bonus after that. But as discuss for people who seek profit maybe they cannot get that here since imagine how huge the risk for playing plus if we became greedy then most provably we lose our money here since the chances to lose is bigger than to win.

The only pros from gambling that person can get is to test (or improve in some way) his math skills, train memory or logic. This wont turn you from basic math skills to being scientist, because there are only 52 card in blackjack and poker deck. But you will start calculating to 21 very quickly   But if we put stress, becoming nervous, addicted on the scale as cons, then gambling is not the best way to train math, memory logic thinking.

In some way, gambling helps to socialize. As all the players behind the table are like your friends, with who you play against a casino. But the price of this socialization is really high.

If you take it as an entertainment, then have some advantages. But if you take it as a earning source then lots of disadvantages you have to face. Patience is the key to success in gambling. Gambling teaches you how to keep patience. When and how do you take right decision gambling teache you. Worst disadvantage is you lost your emotions and wealth. Day by day you fall in deep depression.

In general they know the risks involved in gambling, losing and winning are two factors that are always present in gambling.

Talking about the pros and cons in the world of gambling, the same way we talk about sharks in the sea, don't swim in this sea there are sharks, but people still dive and swim, that's why even though there are pros and cons, challenges, beauty, fun and enjoyment, basically lust.

The same thing with gambling, 80% of us talk about the cons and 20% we talk about the pros, still people have the will and the intention to gamble, no wonder it can happen, because in the human soul there is lust, different from other creatures.

I will start with a lot of cons if you don't manage to control yourself or lose control of yourself.You risk addiction,can't think clearly and all you think is gambling,if you get these symptoms it means you are ill and need a really quick treatment in order to be healthy again.

Having said that,the thing I like the most if we manage to control ourselves is that when we are playing slot machines there is that chance of 1:100000000000 to win a huge jackpot or to win a really big amount of money,that is what keeps me coming back and playing little money every month,I try to change my life this way although knowing chances are the same as that number above,hope dies last.

better to lay down that the disadvantages of gambling are far far greater than its advantages. people might get the wrong idea about gambling. a healthy discussion between the pros and cons of gambling is the best way to do it, talking only about the positive side of gambling would create a false image about it.

Not sure if we really need to discussed the cons because we all know what it is.

And yet we still choose to gamble and take the risk, maybe because it was due to the psychology of gambling  and human nature to be a risk taker and put everything in the line and try our luck.

Nevertheless, gambling has its risk, chances of winning are very slim and we all know that.

First is this impression. Not everyone here plays gambling. Or currently play gambling.
They might have played in the past and now have the experience or they just aware of it because of their environment while some are addict.



You have listed some of the pros and cons in gambling already as losses and profit are part of it. What is more is that both the negative and positive both have effect on the player. If the gambler is consistently losing and his life savings is gone, it can lead him or her into depression and depression can lead into other forms of habit that will further worsen the already bad situation, excessive taking of alcohol can be developed , smoking hard drugs also and other illicit dealings of frustrated personality. Also with profiting in gambling, the joy of additional money depending on how much is involved could lead you on euphoria of uncontrollable action that may cause accident especially if you are driving. It is better to do things in moderation.

This subject has been discussed several times in the forum, in different sections even. And I believe many are well informed by such, and people in general know the consequences of indulging with oneself with gambling. Well, it won’t hurt to discuss it once again, perhaps can also serve as a reminder for all of us, but the bottom line of this is that if one do not have self control then do not try gambling at all.

Aren't it was always cons outweighs the pros? Well, that's how I put it, most of the time even if we say we are just into it for the leisure we can't deny the fact that we sometimes get hooked on it. I think we shouldn't label all people that are in here do gambles some just wanted to join a discussion I guess.

The most prone cons are you gonna bury yourself with loans and you don't find any way to pay it back just because you lose it all in playing overnight or a week. Gambling is not pure evil but it has more cons than pros. you need to be careful and have complete control of your emotions when you lose your money in a single play. because when you start to spend the money that should not be used for gambling, that's the start of the problem and only a few can stop themselves when something like that will happened.

I agree with you that most of the regular gamblers are probably near the breakeven point. They didn't win much and they didn't lose much either. Many casino games are close to a 50% win chance. There will be swings in between but on average most gamblers will be in the center of the distribution. As for the tails, the number of people who got rich through gambling or lost it all is small. That's why I wouldn't count becoming rich as a big pros argument for gambling. For me the pros are having an opportunity to play games in the evening now from home. I am not so much into shooters or other traditional games anymore. Gambling provides a nice alternative.

The pros and cons of gambling has been discussed in this section for several times already.
Now, talking about disadvantages and advantages of gambling, I don't see more advantages except the fact that gambling is for leisure and for uncertain profit.
The rest is a lot of disadvantages.
The only time that gambling is more of an advantage than a disadvantage to you is when you're professional in that field, meaning you're paid to gamble.

This is a choice by the person playing. If you know that you are being reckless with your action, I think you should accept that it is a part of you, and you need to do something about it. You can't keep doing it repeatedly without understanding the whole picture of what's happening to you. No matter what happens, even if you laid out all the pros and cons of gambling, it's still up to the person to understand the risk and results that may happen. I think it's always a matter of willpower to do what is necessary.

Self-control is key to gambling and being consistent.

Why people bets? Just a little percentage of player are here for "fun". This should be the real and only PRO.
PLAY FOR FUN! But the vast majority are trying in all the way to earn money.
In this case if you don't have enough experience in gambling you're just going to waste all of your money. Before a player can earn money he should to play A LOT including loss a lot of events unless he is lucky enough to get a random big win.

I created some time ago a topic about betting suggestions. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitbollo-betting-advice-45-267-13-1-place-tipster-competition-1234109
The idea is simple. Provide some hints that every one can understand and adapt to their betting style.
It's really hard teach to some one how to win. But you can explain how to avoid an easy lose.
Just because without a real experience with data or statistics it's like impossible win some match in a row.

 The possible pros are the person who plays gambling might entertain themselves and also additional possible earning if you are playing with online gambling there are a top eager benefit or getting active but in a physical gambling casino doesn't have but you can meet different people that might help you in real life too.
Of course one of the most cons is might get you too much addicted to playing gambling and cause loss of most of your assets and money because of addiction.

The Pros is the chance of Making your life change in a short period of time , if you are lucky enough to win big and knows your boundary ? surely you will become rich instantly and can quit gambling in time .

the Cons is the chance to become addicted , to ruin not just your life but also the life of people around you .


i have some friends that turns addicted and now their lives changes and turns from soft Bed to Flooring .

I think everyone already knows the pros and cons of gambling isn't? even teenagers also know that. Especially if they live in country where gambling is illegal or taboo, they will got teached by his parents or his teacher. If someone worried about the cons of gambling, just stay away and never try even using demo account. Because they will got addicted how lucky is him using demo account, then they will start using real money.

gambling is a game, people who have played gambling, of course, it is very difficult to get away from gambling, because gambling always promises victory and wealth, but without us knowing it all our savings are used up to play gambling, even if we win it is not at all worth it. for what we have spent on the gambling table, so in my opinion don't make gambling a habit, but make it entertainment, because many people have gone bankrupt because of gambling..

If you are gambling, it shouldn't be about the money. it should be the fun you get out of it. If you are winning that would be a bonus. If you are losing, that's expected. I think almost all gamblers who have been gambling for a long time are already losing. Because of this, it is never a good thing to gamble with life savings. Those who are losing their life savings because of gambling are in really bad situation. They are already addicted. If they can still manage, they should stop immediately. If not, it is time for them to seek professional intervention.

Gambling has pros and cons depending on our perception. But we agree that playing gambling without control can make us addicted, especially if we play gambling for a long time. When we become addicted, our minds will always think about how to continue playing gambling and have money to bet without thinking about how we can have the money. Maybe we can suggest those who want to play gambling have control over gambling and must stop playing when their emotion becomes high so they can stop before it is too late to realize. We do not know many other pros and cons, but having control will be important for those who are new to gambling.

As for gambling as such, I only see cons, disadvantages, no matter how much others have said the opposite. The only good thing I can think of is if you win the lottery or a game that has a high multiplier, and as I said in another thread, if we consider poker within gambling, there I see pros: acquiring patience, learning to think in the long term or learning the calculation of probabilities mixed with intuition.

As for cons, well, everything related to developing a potential addiction and loss of money, as mentioned.

Gambling will more likely to cons than pros and the most outlined effect from gambling is being an addicted and ruin people life so that's why gambling will always be consider as bad behaviour but i will see it from my personal view that gambling fun as long as i can enjoy every games i played and while gambling i won't think about other people's opinions because there always be cons from it

While we are on a losing streak the adrenaline will combine with the frustration and being consistent in that way will make us addicted to it. But I am talking about the adrenaline while losing or spinning, the matter of seconds will keep us on the edge of seat which I lose especially.

There will always be pros and cons when gambling, myself for several years playing gambling the advantage I feel is that I get pleasure when
playing gambling. Because my goal is to play gambling only as entertainment, so the winnings I get are only as a bonus. Even though I ended up
losing money when playing gambling, it didn't become a burden for me. Maybe disadvantage I experienced when playing gambling I once
experienced addiction, when I first started gambling. It ended up getting my finances in trouble, I have a large enough debt when playing
gambling. Fortunately now I have managed to become a responsible gambler, so I can better control my emotions when gambling. My advice
for those who are playing gambling for the first time, please limit the amount of money that will be used to gamble, so as not to experience
financial problems. Then if we manage to get a big enough win, don't continue playing, because it only makes the profit we get disappear.

agreed and the main thing for me? that is the adrenaline rush in which make me enjoy my gambling experience specially when I am winning constantly 

and what i don't expect? that is the chance to win jackpot because this will also increases my needs or desire to win that is for me is a Negative approach in gambling.

addictions is my main concern , this will end up everything once you got Hooked so lets prevent from being this or never gamble at all .

Pros:
1.Your entire life can be changed in a single win for example winning lottery,jackpot or even 10,000x multiplier.
2. One of the easy way to entertain yourself.
3. Adrenaline rush
4. It is also a profession for some and they are living out of it.

Cons:
1. Your life can be changed in a single bet but upside down if your luck is not on your side.
2. Addictive
3. Entertainment obviously consumes our time which is more precious than anything else.

Simple.
Pros: Playing gambling -> get many rewards from winning and others -> having much money -> being richer-> having a good life and economy financial (of course with some T&C)
Cons: Playing gambling -> Being addicted -> bad in gambling -> always losing in gambling -> losing much more money -> being poor -> crimes -> getting money to  play gambling again -> lost again (the cycle is continuing)

Well, I believe the cons of gambling are very clearly outlined and quite universal for everyone. You lose your money, your house, your car, your families respect, your own dignity and so on... The pros? Well the pros are that it is fun if you can control yourself (which is harder than you believe). But other than fun, I would not think there are any other pros. The tiny chance of making big bucks is not a pro in my book.

Pros?

1. Could be a big winner/life changing situation
2. Leisure times
3. Socialism

Cons?

1. Messing your finances
2. Messing your emotion
3. Totally wreck up your whole life

If you dont have that good control towards gambling activity and spending then you would
really be having a messed up life.

With that experience of yours, we can say that it's one of the pros of gambling upon experiencing a shortfall from it. You become more responsible and you're taking care more of yourself and money when you've lost a lot from it. But, on the other side, there are more people that can't stand after losing a lot of money because they don't know what to do and where to start again. It's normal for us to spend on things especially the things that we like but for the second time around, it had taught us to become more responsible.

Gambling suppose to be a source of entertainment but many think that this could give them a big shot and became rich knowing that some gambling site offer a huge amount of prize that's why other think that they can earn fortune here. So it's not surprising actually that many expect that one day they will win and became rich from this that's why many got broke frlor expecting to much.

But if majority think only that gambling is for fun only for sure we can always see the advantage and not the disadvantage one.

The advantages are profitable
The downside is that you will lose money.

The pros and cons have been around for a long time in terms of gambling, but I never thought about it because I know how to gamble. What you have to do is make entertainment only with modest money, don't take money from savings because it's a risk when you bet.

The various incomes from gambling are many, some are consistent with their income, just pleasure or want to play because of the fun because this is always different from every opinion.

I was happy to know that there are people who shared their experience, be it good or bad experience!!
I would never have imagined that gambling could be an addiction or something. I only found out about this when I went deeper and started visiting more websites and watching videos related to it.

Well, I've never been an addicted person, I've always played gambling just to pass my time and have fun, I confess that I've already won money, but I also lost, it wasn't a significant amount of money, it was just for fun!

After you give some thought about it, you will realize that gambling is a very exciting and fun activity. Some people even say that gambling is a good way to forget their problems and entertain themselves and can be a good stress reliever. While other people believe that gambling is an irresponsible activity and can turn into a serious addiction.

In my experience, I see it as a fun activity and it is not that serious as people think it is. You can spend some money and play the slot machine or some other games, but you are not gambling with the whole fortune of your life. The first thing you should know is that gambling is not suitable for those who are concerned about their financial security and they should not play more than they can afford to lose.

This topic should be on Gambling Discussion.

Too many to mention and the pros of it are that many would agree to say about the entertainment factor that it brings to everyone. But for the gamblers who used to get a living through gambling, it's more than that. The cons, I think we're all aware of what negativity it can bring to someone who at least can't control himself when he gambles.

most disadvantages in gambling are rooted from excessive playing or addiction of the gambler. but if you are just a regular gambler who is using extra funds to gamble, you can definitely experience the pros - like enjoyment or fun, social connection and of course, earning extra money without expecting it.
we don't need to discuss this extensively, because it has been discussed over and over here and if you are a gambler, you already know the pros & cons to you. just don't make excuses of your gambling habits by giving those pros because you know very well what will it bring to you at the end of the day.

Gambling should be entertainment, and as long as it's like that it's good! It's a fun activity that costs some money if we lose, but if we are lucky we will win something, and that's all! If it's more serious than that you are risking too much and all the pros are in vain, you will see the real cons of gambling and all the problems that can come from that!

So don't think too much about the pros and cons of gambling, try to enjoy games you like with money you can afford to lose, and hopefully, you will not wander to the dark side!

back to the discussion that has been done over and over again. the initial goal of people playing gambling is of course to increase their money but over time there are those who are lucky, lose, get addicted, feel entertainment when playing gambling.

We can't encourage people to think hard about what the real purpose of their gambling is when they are still beginners, just let time pass and they will surely find the answers themselves.

And most of the time, cons about gambling are the most visible impact to the players or gamblers. So you can only enjoy gambling if you are using your own money, which you can very well afford to lose, and not using your funds for basic needs. There are pros, yes. But it depends on how you treat gambling. If it is just for leisure purposes, you can enjoy your games but if you are after for the income, which is not an assurance that you will go home with your winnings, this will be your headache.

At one point in my life, I lost a large sum of money several times. It has taught me to manage my own money responsibly.
I still spend too much money, often even on stupid things, but I think gambling makes me a lot more careful than if I hadn't experienced it.

my personal experience the conclusion is losing and winning is a normal thing in gambling that we can take from the positive side is "satisfaction" like art actually ! money will flow to the right people who can manage their minds so they are not addicted ! my pros and cons are neutral 1:1 gambling is not for under 18 ,gambling is full of risk but a gambler must be able to control himself ,so that gambling is prioritized for 18+ actually it's just a term but the correct one is for people who have mature minds not for people who are still unstable

I couldn't agree more with this statement. Once someone can gamble responsibly, there should be no disadvantages of gambling. Be responsible in all aspect including money and time, it will not give us any negative effect.

Obviously noormcs5 wasn't talking to passive readers, he was talking to the posters of the section and everyone, maybe except you, knows that most of posters here are posting to fill their requirements for their campaign signatures. That's why the level is so low when you compare it with other gambling forums and why so few merits are given here.

Another pro, it helps you to fortify your mind because it teaches you that after bad losing streaks you will encounter better ones.

I'm not sure that's exactly what you mean, but in my opinion, the biggest risk and cons of gambling is addiction and its consequences.
Unfortunately, now more and more younger people like to gamble and this is the easiest way for them to get addicted. The pandemic causes us to limit our leaving home and gambling is developing at an alarming pace, which could have very bad consequences in the future.

Not all people visit the gambling board are gamblers. They can be gamblers or just visitors to this board and in reality don't make any bet.

It's always has pros and cons in any type. Gambling can bring fun, refresh your mind and opportunity to get rich after one bet. It has cons when people can not gamble responsibly, lose control of emotion and bets, then lose all capital. Worse, some people might do superb stupid things like rob money, suicide, whatever very negatively which I can not think of it thoroughly.

If you want to gamble or play games, do it responsibly.

It's a joke I guess. I don't think many people posting here play gambling in reality. But to answer your question I would quote an advantage : gambling helps you to understand what chances/risks and probabilities represent in real life and it helps you to evaluate them in a more accurate way.

I don’t see a lot of benefits of gambling. For me, it’s only entertainment when you have nothing to do at all. I was quite active in gambling in the recent lockdown while these days, I barely play any games; only a few sportsbet.
On the other hand, cons; you are wasting your time which you could use properly to do something productive, you would not lose money & less stress.

Everyone here plays gambling. Some win a lot of money, others lose their life saving and most of us are in no profit no loss situation. We win some and lose some and keep on enjoying the game.
Gambling does have some advantages but also it has its disadvantages. It will be better if the pros and cons of gambling be discussed extensively so people especially the newcomers know what they can expect from gambling.