Topic: Sympathetic gamblers looses itself - page 8. (Read 1326 times)

Between remorse, guilt, pain, and anger I wonder which is strongest felt when a gambler losses or even realizes that they have just gambled way their life's savings or money that was supposed to be used for something important. If you have ever been in a bet shop what you will soon realize is that these emotions are but fleeting. They do last up to 30minutes. These gamblers are so full of false hope or disillusion that they believe that they can recover the money they lost if they try again but the story remains the same.

A player that keeps on gambling, believing that someone else had bigger loss than them, isn't serious about controlling his wealth. And sooner his facial expression would be similar to the player they pitied. They'll be nothing like consoling winning for any gambler. The house is also looking to win through the loss of gamblers. Gamblers are expected to be serious and mindful of the way they throw money into games. Why the players frown their faces, isn't comprehensible. I mean we were meant to enjoy the games. OP, when next you see such gamblers, ask them if they actually had fun? No need pitying newbie players, as they've received the worst orientation before becoming gamblers. If the behavior isn't corrected, the player will continue having a sad facial reaction, until anxiety erupts because of gambling. That means, they'll never have a good time gambling, during their long lasting period of gambling. Failing because others fail is common with humans, but the repercussion would be hard on gamblers as it takes more money from their pocket. So, comparing losses to someone else's own, before we stop gambling, is actually a bad practice as gamblers.

Agreed. I would like to add by saying that life is a game of luck. Some people get lucky and earn tons of money without doing much at all while some others work their entire lives in order to earn a quarter of what those lucky people earned.

PewDiePie is one such extremely lucky individual who transferred over some of his luck in the form of wealth to various charities. Salute!

Don't get sucked in by the big losses you sometimes see from gamblers online.  A lot of those people are actors paid to make exaggerated reactions, often gambling with play money instead of their own cash.  It's all a show to pull people in.  For your own good, tune it out and focus on smarter things.

You may want to really consider using a translator for your posts or comment if you know you are not really good with English bud, I hope you really don't get or understand this the wrong way, I sincerely mean no disrespect, I just felt like telling you this, so, it's really harmless advice.

Back to what you said, and the part I managed to understand, it is important to know that, not everyone will take gambling as a funfair, and for those who take it as a funfair, not all the time will they engage in gambling simply as a means of just having fun, like I will always say, no body enjoys, and will enjoy losing money constantly all in the name of having fun, winning some bets from time to time, is the real fun of gambling, constant loses will only lead to frustration and possible discouragement from gambling.

Need to change mindset for all gambler about gambling platform is not way as source income but lets make fun when have more pressure on our working office can spent few cent of dollar for enjoying with gambling platform. Actually make us on sympathetic position when getting our friend loss much in gambling platform actually their fund earned from loan. All people understood with risk from gambling platform exactly they will loss all fund, I think less your sympathetic when finding your friend loss more in gambling because they have know what happen later when put their money all in gambling.
Efficiency don't make gambling for one way how to earn money but make its as place for getting fun only and if get win as bonuses, I think with this mindset never sadness when getting loss in gambling.

Your last statement is very right, this have happened to me on several occasions, and I believe that alot of us here will also testify to this same fact.
On several occasions, I found myself on some situations which I thought I should be pitied, but when I came across some other people who's situation I found worster than mine, I felt better myself and had pity on the other person whos situation is worster than mine.
So, that indeed is a real fact, but all the same, it still makes sense that when it comes to gambling, we all should exercise extreme caution, to avoid getting ourselves into situations that will have people having pity on us, it's better to pity other people, than to be the one being pitied.

Not I wish to sound like a communist or unhinged anti-capitalism whatsoever. But sometimes it is outrageous how the people who has the most money are they one who are capable of even accumulating more of it with little effort. It only take some pretty influencer or some guy with millions of followers to invoke pity on their viewers in order to accumulate small fortunes.
On the other hands, UNICEF and other non profit organizations which do whatever in their power to improve this world, struggle to get people to donate 5$ a month so a baby in Africa can eat and go to school.
That is why I truly can appreciate YouTubers and influencers which at least try to collect money for charity, instead gambling non stop. As PewDiePie did once in favor of the children in India.

What you stated are facts op. Firstly, some gamblers who lose a shit-ton of money are easily pitied since their lives got affected badly in more ways than one due to not willing to lose in the first place.

Secondly, people who feel down generally get better whenever they see someone doing worse than them.

Gamblers are relatively safe as long as they do not intend to gain more on gambling. Greed has bad relation with the desire to win in gambling. Those who cannot control greed will lose their money. But I think a gambler should gamble with the intention of losing money. He can manage his gambling healthily when he has a losing attitude. I usually limit my gambling activities depending on bankroll so that I don't need to stop gambling suddenly. To get pleasure from gambling, one must develop a losing attitude.

Are you talking about content creators who gamble either by making videos or live streaming? If yes, then what you see is what they want you to see, which means that whatever you see isn't true all the time and most content creators will probably do that to gain sympathy from their viewers and maybe also to get donations from them since if they make sad faces after losing a certain amount in gambling, those who don't know much about the relationships between gambling platforms and streamers would feel bad for them and might even donate some money.

So, if it's about them, you don't need to feel bad because they barely gamble with their own money but they are playing for the casinos to promote them. However, if you are talking about people you see in real life who might have lost significant amounts in gambling and are depressed because of it, you are right that sometimes you feel that if you had money, you would give them some as compensation for what has happened.

That is funny and sarcastic too. Yeah sure from the countenance of a player you should discern if it was a winning or losing when he is done. I usually don't feel sympathetic when a gambler losses because I believe before you go in there for the bet, you already understood what it is and that the pendulum would swing anywhere. This is the reason gamblers need to risk what can still make there face look cool.

Anyone who is going to join gambling should prepare his heart very well before going there so that he would not have heart attack. Gambling is not for the weak but for the thick skin (brave) ones. In gambling there should be no empathy and there should be no emotion attached to it. Gambling is purely luck and if you have the lucky in that day then you win and if you don't have the lucky then you loss out to the casino. And thais why whenever you visiting the casino side, you are there to try your luck. Yes I also agree with the op that many gamblers did not check their networth before gambling and when they have finished all then they become sympathetically to themselves and that is wrong condolence. You have to pre-calculate your balance before staking.

In gambling, losses and the hurting feeling people go through is equal to both who lost 1million and other who lost 1k.
if a person losses 1 millions then obviously he has some type of way or business to earn this much amount to lose.
and a person who earn my working as a employee do not have source of income he has 1k earned by working hard. so if rich gambler losses all his money which is 1million then he will be disappoint as same as person who saved his 1k and lost it all. feelings are same for both.

So who are you talking about? ==> Paid streamers that are putting up a show with the casinos money.. or the average Joe on the street that believe them and try to simulate their supposed HUGE Jackpot wins and then lose all their money?

Yes, unfortunately the majority of people have to lose for others to win... that is how gambling works. You have a   face when you lose and a   face when you win.

I had already commented on this in a past post that when people don't sit down to think about planning the bills they have to pay and see how much money is left for fun, then when that person plays and loses they will feel pain, and see that even in cases in which a person has a job and a fixed salary and at the end of the month when he receives his salary and pays all the bills and then takes the amount of money destined for fun, and that person gambles with that money destined for fun and loses that money, this person feels pain, even if it is little, he still feels pain losing that money, this happens because if this person has 50$ destined for fun, then maybe only 10$ will be for games and when he loses money in the game

He starts to think that he could have taken the money and done something else for fun and since he no longer has money, so that hurts him. but in the case of people who have businesses, when they pay all the bills and take money to gamble and lose, it doesn't hurt them, because the money they lost today, they recover tomorrow with profits from the business. For example, the guy earns 100$ a day in profit from his business, today he plays with 100$ that he took from his bank account, tomorrow 100$ enters his bank account, coming from profits from his business. This person doesn't feel like losing money and has many other things to enjoy. Unfortunately, people who have financial problems and family problems are the most likely to fall into the misfortune of addictions.

They certainly since is uncontrollable due to how they have positioned their mindset to turn it for a source of living while without knowing that it is having a bad effects on them. Why skipping the enjoyment part of it and focusing on the profit aspect causing one to lose focused knowing too well that gambling is very hard to predicated especially when it turns into addiction.

I have seen such before, a guy who was given some money to deposit in the bank account of his master decide to use it for gambling hoping that he will make money for himself and be able to complete the deposit in the bank account of his master, he lost it all and sat in the front floor of the casino, crying so hard that people start asking what when wrong, that's how I knew about everything, I end up not showing any pity for him because it's clear that he doesn't deserve any sympathy.

I am still surprise how people can be so expecting of gambling, like it's the perfect solution for their lack of money, how will gambling solve your problem honestly? You have not learn a skill in real life, you failed to learn anything that will help you, even if you can't get some degrees you should learn a skill and start making money first, this is the right way.

Gambling is not a solution even if you are consumed by heavy poverty, you will f yourself up even harder and you may probably lose your sense of integrity and principles, gambling is not a solution to financial problem, take it with a mind of spending time to do fun things.

They are not computing how much they or others losses but how much they wanted to earn and this is the stupidest idea when you are in gambling because there is no assurance of us to win so better to expect losses and try to enjoy the game.
this is the hardest part but when you made it there? the capacity to leave the table will always yours and will never have comparison to other gamblers.
while it is their first intention , yet eventually while enjoying ? they turn to be addicted and yeah continues the gaming till they lose everything.

Don't take their losses too seriously, let alone be too empathetic to those who experience losses at gambling, they come to gambling not unconsciously because it is their awareness that they want to gamble, for those who chase victory, they will definitely experience defeat, but it's different when they play. gambling is just for entertainment, I don't think there is any need to empathize because they will just see it as entertainment.

It depends on our point of view, if we look at how when people experience defeat in gambling, many people experience this in gambling in this world. If we empathize with them, what should we do so that they don't gamble with their money? If we really feel empathy for them, that's why it's important to People who know why gambling have to use unused money so they don't think too much about the losses they experience, at least think of it as paying for entertainment when gambling.