Topic: The need for mental section or public orientation for new gamblers. - page 4. (Read 370 times)

Who isn't addicted to coming to a casino and gambling, because gambling is clearly a fun and promising activity. but all of that is a lie, because without good abilities, skills and knowledge when carrying out gambling activities, being able to get a profit from the gambling that is carried out is difficult. Without good self-control and good money control, this gambling activity will always become an activity that results in huge losses. And without a strong mentality to accept defeat at the end of the gambling game, gambling will never be a fun activity, because in the end it will just be a matter of regret. Regret for having behaved carelessly which ultimately caused significant losses.

And a person can become irresponsible for the gambling he does, this can happen because he does not have full control over the gambling he does, and what actually happens is the opposite, where he is the one who is controlled by the gambling. So he prioritizes and prioritizes his gambling activities above other interests and responsibilities.

I think there's been a lot of discussion about gambling addiction and gambling responsibility. I think most people know the concept of gambling but fail to manage their emotions so they remain addicted to gambling and spend a lot of money. What gambling addicts need is professional help. Addicts usually don't want to take advice because they are too addicted

So whether there is a subboard about this or not, the result will be the same. Gambling addicts will not become responsible gamblers because there is a special subboard about it, because all they need is professional help

Even if your request is granted and a sub board created for people to learn how to be more responsible in gambling. A lot of people won’t read it and for those who do, won’t heed to its advice and warnings.
They’ve been hundreds of threads on the gambling board talking about responsible gambling as well as stories of how irresponsible gambling can wreck someone’s life.

Just today, I read a thread about someone who took his life after gambling and losing some money. There are threads like those detailing real tales of different individuals. If they can’t read these threads, can we count on them to read it on a sub board?

there are enough threads that resurface on the first page of the gambling section reminding users of gambling addiction. besides those new gamblers are already aware of how addictive casinos are and what the risks are especially when they win now and then. those threads are going to be a constant reminder to them.

there is no sticky thread for this one though so instead of a forum section for it, i think a noticeable sticky thread will do.

I do agree that having a place where people can be made aware of the dangers of gambling would definitely be a good thing on this board, where there are so many gamblers. But I do not think that we need a separate board for this. A pinned topic however, would be more than sufficient, as someone in this topic already replied.

A pinned topic could serve as an overview which is constantly being updated with information about the newest dangers and pitfalls.

Although having said that, the only thing you really need in order to avoid the traps of gambling is human common sense and a little bit of discipline.

We ar in an era of freedom to participate in anything we want to, gambling is not a means of making money or a means of getting one's destiny ruined, we need to take responsibility for ourselves when we are gambling, if we cannot care much of ourselves, then should we expect others to care for us than we could do for ourselves, when we are gambling, we are not owing anyone responsible of the way we gamble and if we got it right or wrong is left on us to face every consequences we see through our actions in gambling.

OP, there are lots of threads in the gambling board that talks about how a newbie can gamble without getting addicted and same advice is being repeated here over and over again. It is only people that don't take to advice that will become a victim to addition or people that see gambling as a means to make profit.

Let me outline some for you.
1. Only gamble with the amount that you can afford to lose

2. Don't see gambling as a means of making profit but rather take gambling as a means of entertainment so that you don't end up running at big loss because you will always loss more than winning.

3. Set a gamble budget for the week and once your budget has been exhausted, you wait for the next week gambling budget.

4. Don't borrow money to gamble because you will not be able to double the money through gambling and the lender might get you arrested.

5. Don't allow your emotions to control you when you are gambling so that you will not end up chasing your losses. Because chasing your loss will make you lose more and will also lead to addiction.

6. Set a time limit for your gambling activities so that once the time is over, you stop gambling either you are winning or losing.

All these information are being said here everyday and new gamblers should stick to them to avoid addiction.

No need for a new sub board or topic. People here are constantly discussing gambling addiction and it already became an eyesore. You are in the gambling section, and you must understand that people here discuss gambling altogether. If gambling is too much for these newbies, they should seek help from a professional or someone they know personally and trust, and not from some random degenerates on the internet willingly discussing gambling and losing money daily.

I'm all for responsible gambling and preventing people to become gambling addicts but I know that this isn't the right avenue for that.

Well the idea of creating a sub board that will discuss about the mental health and the responsibility of gamblers is a welcome development because most times gamblers tries to lose their guards or forget that gambling can be very addictive, so if there is a caution board that tries to always remind gamblers of the needs to have a straight mental health while gambling is a good idea. Though for every betting or gambling website, it is always stated that gambling is meant for people from the age of 18 years and above, so to a large extent you can also argue that the betting companies to try to give their own warning ahead of time, because it is believed that at the age of 18 and above you should have the mental capacity to handle some certain activities in your life or should be emotional matured.

I think there are many threads just like you have advised that deals with gambling addiction orientation and how to many gambling lifestyle as a newbie or old gambler. Mainly, we need to know that we are all responsible for our own decisions when we gamble because this we set our mindset that we are going to take full responsibility for our decisions if things go North or South.

Having a mental section or public orientation is a good approach for the new gamblers to have direct them on the ethics of gambling and how every gamblers can help each other not to get too addicted to gambling. Getting addiction in gambling is a gradual steps and if we keep it as pace, we might not realize that we are already a gambling addict. This is  one of the problems many gamblers face not knowing they are already a gambling addict.

It would be good if we see a pinned thread that is about how not to be addicted while gambling. But to create a board for it, it is not necessary. We can discuss about addiction on gambling discussion board.

I still like the way it is, gambling addictions threads are often created on this board.

What do you mean by this? This is all you post. Or is this a mistake?

Correct me if I am wrong ..
There are series of post that has talked about gambling addiction and how to gamble responsible or how to equip yourself before finally involving oneself into gambling to avoid gambling addiction. I think there are plenty content related to that if I am not mistakenly there was a day I tried finding out some useful information about gambling it was then I noticed that this section has been flooded with all many of post concerning gambling it's just left for you to use the search option to know what you want or what kind of information you needed related to gambling.

We know that gambling can be very addictive for people who might not be going about it responsibly and that if most beginner are not properly guided by experienced individual that have heard a share of their personal experience in irresponsible gambling,  they will become a victim of gambling addiction and might have a marred thought process as it regards safe gambling

 so I'm thinking if it would be possible for a thread or sub board to be created in the form of a mental  orientation section that people can just visit and go through ethics of responsible gambling, share experiences and current challenges faced as a gambler. It could just be used for discussions regarding responsible gambling and do if ones goes through the board or thread, while starting or going about his gambling, their will be check in his jar it as a result of peoples lives experiences he has read.

I just said I should air this out, I don't know if this is possible or a better suggestion should be giving.