Topic: The madness of gambling addicts. - page 16. (Read 15791 times)

It is true that without investment one cannot progress in life just by getting a job and salary. Everyone needs multiple sources of income to live well. But gambling cannot be a good investment for anyone. Gambling is the place of entertainment from here only fun is to be taken. And for that you have to spend money. In gambling you lose more than you win. So it cannot be considered as a source of income. Those who consider it as a source of income will not hesitate to spend more money here. So it will harm the shelf a lot as opposed to benefiting it

Poor people usually lack proper education and that's why they don't realize that counting on winning big money from gambling is a bad idea. And that's a tragedy actually. I think it's unethical to locate slot machines in poor regions, and yet we know that many gambling operators are doing that. I hope in the future this problem will be solved somehow, but for now we have to deal with it.

I think it might be the only way that person knows how to "invest".

There's really no way to be rich by getting a salary only. You need to invest in something, and over time, you get the benefit of the increased price. Or rather, the relative value of cash goes down against your assets.

The impact of losses will be difference for every gambler but they have one same reason to continue their gambling activity to recover their lose. They will not see that playing gambling is just one activity that they can do in their free time but they will playing gambling more often than usual because they still wants to gets their lost money. Their reason for playing gambling already changed if they comes back to the casino to gets their money back because that will not easy to gets it instead they will lose more money. They will not see gambling is for have fun but for makes money because they see some gamblers can win from some gambling games and that makes them still wants to try it. Yes, they will playing gambling more often and increase their bet amount because they thinks that will gives them more chances to win. But they must thinks clear before they decided like that because gambling is not a place to make money instead to just have fun.

People who comes to casino for playing gambling in their free time will not thinks to pursue the win because they knows that will difficult. They will just trying to enjoy their free time for playing gambling and stops when they thinks their time is over. They will not thinks to still staying at the casino because that can makes them tempting to playing the other gambling games. They knows that they must becomes responsible gamblers to avoids lose much money because that can caused them playing gambling excessively.

Yes and I think there is a significant difference in the impact of losses experienced by gamblers who come with the aim of earning with gamblers who come with the aim of having entertainment only, one of the reasons is that we can see in terms of differences in seriousness in terms of treating gambling activities, Simply put, those who come with the intention of winning are sure to do everything or always overdo it in gambling such as gambling more often or increasing the amount of budget because they want to get a big win, which is actually gambling is too sensitive to be treated like that, which means that it does not produce but they will only experience a large number of defeats due to too much while on the other hand gambling is full of uncertainty. And for those who come with the intention and purpose of having fun, we can guess that they will not be too serious in treating their gambling, simply put they come only to enjoy the game and not to pursue the victory so that the number of their defeats will not be too large.

Another difference is in terms of expectations where it is clear that gamblers who come with the intention of making sure they will put their hopes on winning and this is what encourages them to do various ways that lead to excessive actions, as you said that gambling is full of uncertainty which is the reason why we must treat gambling with caution without putting any expectations and seriousness, this is what you should pay attention to if you want to survive in the long run.

A person like that will be very difficult to recover, especially if you invite him to invest when he has money from the results of his hard work. Or it could be that he is addicted because he has won several times in large amounts so that he starts to be willing to spend more and more on gambling without making a more careful calculation of his own finances. And people who are addicted like that usually don't really think about their own future because their minds are only focused on gambling and gambling.

Indeed, there are quite a few cases where addicts live with the disguise of a civilized person, they have cooperative relationships and chat with people almost without a gap but on nights where there are matches or mysterious places to gamble, they peel off the outer shell and go crazy with their inspiration, sometimes just casual contact cannot guess that they are debtors who lack money to gamble and start mortgaging their assets. Therefore, in society we should pay attention to the behavior of certain types of people, sometimes some standards do not match, they reveal their addiction and let their behavior cause bad things.

They comes to the wrong place to make money because without they realize, that will only caused them losing more money. If they can used gambling for having fun and not thinks about winning the games, they will not have to lose much money. They can used their free time to playing gambling and relax their minds while they can also control their loses with limiting their money and time. It's normal if they feel regrets because of their losing but they can reduce their losing not to becomes bigger by limiting their money. But that's only for some gamblers while the other gamblers still thinks that they will used more money to recovers their lost.

When someone have hopes and expectations in gambling, they will see that they can't makes it happens because gambling is not place to make money. Playing gambling is uncertainty and we must be careful if we don't wants to lose much money. If you can limits your money to playing gambling, you don't have to lose all of the money. We can win although it's difficult but that doesn't means we must try so hard to playing gambling because win the gambling games is difficult. If you want to make money, you must search for the other place that can gives you a chance to make money. You can only used gambling to have fun in your free time while you should not thinks about winning the gambling games.

That is a good catch. Sometimes it is hard to tell who person is by how he looks. People have stereotypes. For them gambling is always bad, and addicted gambler is always a person dressed dirty or badly, a typical bum. While real addicted gambler is a well dressed Because that person must look presentable, otherwise it will be hard for him to get more and new money. To be quite honest, the only addicted people I ever saw were long time ago, back in school times. These were video games addicted kids, who skip school. Who spent all lunch money in computer clubs, or run home to play as soon as parents leave to work.

Yes, it is the madness of a gambling addict that will destroy your life and that of your family. I also have a friend who works hard but unfortunately he spends his money just to gamble. He is not married so he has no responsibilities to his family. But he had debts and that was also used for gambling. His hard work is just for gambling. It's a shame because it means he has ruined his future. It's a shame when he spends his money on gambling instead of investing.

I am not sure that every addicted gambler shows their addiction to the outside world.

In many cases it can just be something that is deep down. You basically need to watch their behavior, not how they look.

Addicted gamblers are seen across every neighborhood where gambling shops or casinos exist. They share almost similar stranded looks, when trying to seek for financial help. I've also watched players change from addiction to not gambling at all. Although, some gamblers whom I know bet on video games, and they're addicted to doing this, however, they sometimes tend to stop. In addition, most experiences were read online, because associating with addicts isn't something I'd pick as a hobby or thing I like doing. Unless the player reaches out for help on ways to stop being addicted, then I could be of help. Some addicts in our neighborhood, while growing up were so buried in addiction that their family had to disclose the problem to a wider range of listeners. Yet those moves never made any changes on the player, they still try as much as possible to continue player, regardless of what people think about them in the society.

I have never understood what these guys think when they go and leave their whole salary in gambling through slot machines and other luck games.Not longer than yesterday I was reading in Stake chat that someone had 1000 EUR rent and over 500 EUR bills yet he thought it was more important to gamble and I don't know if he pays his bills regularly though I am assuming no based on his bet id-s shared there he was playing with huge amount of bet in slot machines buying the bonuses mostly through Pragmatic Play and Hacksaw Gaming which are some of the hardest providers to keep you in the winning loop consistently.

So yes although not in the news these type of guys exist and they are some of us  .

Until now I still see people addicted to gambling, even though I don't ask directly continuously but I know how he behaves towards gambling, there is even news from his friends or family that his money always runs out in gambling games that he gets after working for a whole month, meaning that until now there are still people addicted without seeing the news in the article.

This is not a little even a lot from our circle, it's just that they always cover it up by saying they don't gamble every day, it's just an excuse because gambling is now more easily accessible without many people knowing.

That is an excellent point; it might be tough to tell if someone is suffering from a gambling addiction especially if you don't know them well. However, there are several warning indicators to look out for, such as abrupt behavioural changes, unexplained financial difficulties, or becoming more secretive or evasive. If you feel that someone you know is battling with a gambling addiction, approach them with compassion and offer help.

Most of the time I would agree with you that they come to make money, but the problem is that they come to the wrong place where gambling is not a means to make money but nothing more than a game to fill leisure time, so it is only natural that the opposite happens where instead of making money but what happens is that they lose money. They do not realize this fact, and one of the reasons is because from the beginning they are too serious and too focused on the chances of winning so all they think about is the various ways to get a win.

Their biggest mistake is to put their hopes and expectations in a place full of uncertainty, this is gambling which is always unpredictable about the results at the end of the session, all that you will only be able to know when you have completed it which is the result between winning or losing, and if at that time you won then it does not mean that the next time you will win too, It's still unknowable and the occasional win confirms that there is no element of consistency in terms of getting a win in gambling, and yes if you want to earn then it's definitely not gambling the place, it's better for you or whoever it is to look for another place that has a guarantee to be able to really earn.

you have to be intimate to the person to know for sure if they're addicted and if the thing is a problem in their life or not
not so simple at first glance
I talked with people who were addicted online but never met someone in person, at least not to gambling
met addicted people to other things which are more commons and more acessible.

People playing gambling because they wants to makes money. Many people doesn't realizes that playing gambling can't give them money but only gives them losses until they bankrupt. They desperate because of losing the money in gambling and can't win any money and makes them continue playing gambling in the next days. They thinks that if they still playing gambling, they will have a chance to win the gambling games but that doesn't guarantee they can win. They must change their minds to make money from gambling and search for the other ways that can gives them a chance to make money. Playing gambling needs moderately and doesn't have to used much money if they can't accepted the losses that can comes to them. They can used gambling as a way to have fun and entertain them in their spares time so they don't risks too much money in gambling.

Yeah right, most of the time those who enter the offshore casino losses whatever they are bringing inside though that's much better and not to load more after losing, while those who played onlne the chance that after losing they just add more to the point that they are willing to bring everything in and lose it all together without hesitations, that's how madness can be brought out from a addicted gambler point of view, all in and risk everything in the table.

It's tough as gambling addicted person don't mind anything but to please his gambling and keep doing it and once he don't have any penny to gamble, he can resort to something unusual. Barrowing money or lend to any available sources to the point that they can do crimes just to keep their desire and to fill and please their lust to gamble more.

I mostly agree with your post there. But I believe such a question about why people gamble requires some historical context to fully understand where the desire to wager comes from.
The most important part is understanding that in the ancient times (before the last of chances and mathematics were fully developed), the habitants those civilizations believed ramdoness itself was the manifestation of the will of their gods and deities, to them it was not matter of chance, but rather a matter of religion and the will of a bigger force than them.
An equivalent for it would be seeing people of the Christian faith gambling, because they believe Jesus wants them to have money. (I know it would be a contradiction, though).

So the motivations for gambling have not always been the same through the history of humankind. Today, we all have standard motivations, which are very rotted in greed, but it has not always been like that.