Topic: The madness of gambling addicts. - page 115. (Read 15791 times)

in the article it says the man asked for 72000$ ransom and the ransom money was meant for gambling, i wonder why he just didn't borrow money from the child's parents once he asked for 72000$ ransom then it means that the child's parents are in good financial condition if they were not in good financial condition he would not have asked for 72000$ ransom, but I also wonder why ask for so much ransom money? so my theory is the following: probably he should have made a lot of loans to play and lost everything in the game, so the owners of the money started to charge him and knowing that in these countries loan sharks are very famous people in the underworld of crime, there are no using physical violence to get their money back

so he was in a very serious situation, maybe he tried to ask his relatives for money and they didn't give him the money, and as he was in a life or death situation he resorted to the plan of kidnapping his granddaughter to get the money to pay the debts, because I believe in my theory? because if he didn't have any debt and was just an addict trying to get money to gamble he would simply have gone stealing money from his granddaughter's parents in a way that wouldn't call the attention of the police, kidnapping someone is a very risky plan and that draws too much attention and for the large amount he asked for it is not something a simple addict would ask for, a gambling addict would take some asset from granddaughter's parents and sell or ask for a small amount of ransom to gamble

A gambling addict can be very dangerous and has all capability of a drug addict which we all know is capable of doing these things mentioned in the topic thread. Gambling can be very destructive when you are taking it to a different approach, I could remember a time when this gambling act nearly destroyed me, I almost used the money meant for my university school fees in a game I was very confident the team I want to place my bet on will win, but just as nothing is very certain in betting, the game played out and it ended a draw but luckily for me I had serious problem withdrawing the funds which help me and I learnt a very crucial lesson that day. So with many advice on my gambling habit, I now gamble only on little amount and I do it for fun instead of taking extremely serious.

China, huh? I was almost surprised by the news headline. In it's own nature, addiction, whether gambling or drugs or other can bring out the very worst in people and make them do things they would normally never do. Human life is not worth very much in China in the first place, so it comes to me as no coincidence that gambling addiction can produce some of the most inhuman and detestable acts there.

Furthermore, mental illnesses are looked down upon in China and nobody there will get the help they need. Gambling addicts, drug addicts, alcoholics are all swept under the rug and everyone pretends not to notice something is wrong. So I doubt that they would really try and fix the situation.

The kind of addict who will not stop even when he'd be in prison. He is too extreme, maybe not just addicted to gambling but also to drugs.

Grandpa must have been high all the time while he kidnapped his granddaughter for ransom. He probably asked for money from his son many times in the past. And when finally the son gives up hoping the father to change, Grandpa ticked.

I think there are other pressures besides him having a high desire to gamble, for example having debts with loan sharks so he gets threats to immediately pay off his debts so there is no other way by kidnapping his own grandson, but even so whatever the mode of action he is doing is wrong and can also be damaged his grandson's mentality, I can't understand why people like this can be addicted to gambling more than addicted to drugs. I used to be a cigarette addict, even now I can quit being a cigarette addict easily, namely by setting the mindset that I will not die if I stop smoking. let alone stop gambling.

If gambling addicts manage their mindset I'm sure they will be able to control themselves in gambling or stop gambling. but most of them are more concerned with gambling to gain victory and get returns for the money they have lost while playing gambling. 

This is not just limited to gambling addicts and is much rarer in such people. These sorts of devastating and horrendous crimes happen on a much regular basis when it comes to things like drug users. Not that it excuses it in any way and we should always be striving towards making sure no addicts are created if possible, or they're given the tools to self exclude if they get so lost in the addiction. This sort of person is in the league of murderers, that in normal neighborhoods are extremely rare and only achieve media notoriety because it happens so infrequently. You need to be careful of blowing this out of all proportion because it will stray on to the front pages as it is so far from normal.

Addictions in general have a way of affecting a person's reasoning and decision making. Any addict can go an extra mile just to ensure they can keep doing what they like.

In the case of this Old man, it is as far as kidnapping his own granddaughter, in some other people's case, it is as little as deciding to neglect food and bills just so there can be money to gamble with.

As gamblers, this is the stage we should avoid getting to. You owe it to yourself to put yourself in check so your gambling does not get out of hand.

This is just another example of how gambling can ruin one's life. The old man has to serve his days in prison whereas he could have enjoyed those days with his family.
If only he would not have become so addicted to gambling he would have even saved a decent amount of money to live a peaceful life.
When people don't control their gambling habits their peace is taken away from their life and that is really a big deal.

some of them even sold their child because of gambling. last year there was news in my country where a mother sold her infant child for 45k pesos($800+) so she could pay her gambling debt. luckily the child was rescued after the father of the child reported the incident to the authorities. it's disgusting how gambling addiction can cloud your judgement that it can make you put your child's safety in jeopardy.

I've also heard from a local news last month about a gambling addict who killed his own mother just because she refused to give him money to gamble. That son was too heartless and was eaten by his urge to gamble. We can't blame gambling alone for being addictive because the fault is already on gamblers. Gambling should be enjoyed and it shouldn't be a reason for us to commit crimes. If gambling is already giving us reasons to make mistakes or even commit a sin then it's time for us to quit.
As much as possible, we should seek professional help in the early stage of gambling addiction.

I'm not surprised that gambling addiction can lead to crime, even in his own family. Maybe many crimes like that have not been revealed and are related to gambling addiction because those who commit crimes need money as ransom.

Gambling addiction can cause them to lose their minds so they can do things they never thought they would. They may even create scenarios as if they are victims and not perpetrators. We have to pay attention to this and at least we have to be responsible gamblers so that we can avoid gambling addiction.

That is some truly criminal act and I am sorry but I have known a lot of gambling addicts that have done several sort of things,like spent the money they had from work to buy things,like accountants and finance people who then were fired but I have never seen until now someone kidnapping his own granddaughter for keeping his burning desire alive,a lot of people do some nasty shit but this is out of my reach.

I have been a gambling addict until 2020-2021 myself but I have greatly recovered since then and I never look back.Even in my deepest form of addiction I never did such acts and no acts at all because I knew I was in the wrong.

There will always be fools in the world capable of unthinkable things. In my opinion a fool will always find a problem, be it gambling, alcohol, debt, unrequited love, drug addiction, etc., even where there is none, so I would not focus much attention on this story, as there can be any number of reasons for this action. This man clearly has problems with his head and needs serious help from specialists.

I guess he must have tried asking for money from the grandchild's parents, but they have probably denied it due to the addiction behavior of the man from past events, so he created a plan to take money from them in a forced way. It was a clever step from the man, but without any doubts that is a very sick movement from him to pretend a serious situation to receive extra money. Shame on him.

Going thorugh such extent would really reauire professional help. Addiction itself should be consulted to professional especially if daily living is harmfully being affected. Problem is, an addict won't be aware of the state of addiction he/she is into. It is a subconscious response to a drive. Gambling is an addictive activity and the best way is to be preventive, espwcially for the new ones. Everyone wants to be rich and that is an understandable intent in this industry. But keep in mind that in every winner there are thousands or millions of people who have lost too much. And this should be an enough warning to everyone who are having the dame desire.

I can never give such a person credit. Someone that gambling matters to than the happiness of his family. I hope other addicted people can learn from this, that gambling can not give them anything but than to be losing more and more if addicted. Our elders should be good examples and role models.

Just like other forms of addiction, gambling addicts can do anything to satisfy their strong desire. I have seen people in some casinos that gamble with all their belongings until they go home with just underwear. But kidnapping his grandchild is going to the extreme. I think he needs to go through some psychiatric tests to check if he is really mentally sound. There might also be other reasons why he decided to commit such a crime. Greed can also contribute to it. Maybe he wants to stake big so that he can win big. It might also be possible that he is indebted to someone and he needs to pay. He should face the consequences of his action but he needs to go through rehabilitation.

The guy clearly is insane, but he's not the only one out there. There's a famous case of a guy who murdered his whole family, including 2 little girls, because he wanted to be free and start a new life.
Gambling can be one of the triggers, but it's not the most popular one.

Bottom line, there's a lot of insane people out there and many will kill you for your phone or whatever money you have in your pocket. Don't blame their actions on gambling. If they are insane they will steal and kill for whatever reason, gambling just happens to be there when they flip. Stay safe out there!

Gambling causes depression and depression leads to committing crime, in the heydays of online cockfighting here in our country, people are committing crimes even to their families, just so they can play online cock fighting.
Gambling is like a drug if you cannot handle the way you take it, you will be miserable.
Imagine committing a crime against your family because you know that your family will forgive you because they want to preserve their family's unity.

Generally those elder people will act more responsible in their life but there is exception in everything and this poor guy tried something probably inspired from a story somewhere and try to replicate the same but at the end it backfired. Since you mentioned there is not much enough details reported by news so we can't really conclude that is the reality or not but at the end of the day the person committed violence is paying back now in prison probably for the rest of his life.