Topic: What according to you should be the age to retire from gambling ? - page 4. (Read 1611 times)

It seems you are misusing the two concepts: gambling and gambling addiction. The question OP asked was at what age would be appropriate for one to stop gambling and not when one would stop gambling addiction. Anyone who is suffering from gambling addiction. Should control his gambling activities through having a gambling budget and control the drive to gamble. They can seek help from family, friends or even therapists if need be.

When it comes to retiring from gambling, I am not sure there is any general age to quit gambling. There is usually a minimum age for gamblers but I have never seen a maximum age. Retirees will have more time and resources to gamble more. As much as I am healthy and still have some cash to spare, gambling for me is a lifelong journey. It is not just for the money but for the fun it brings to many. When all your children are grown up and the house has become boring, gambling might be a good source of entertainment.

In my opinion, there's no age limit when it comes to gambling when the time comes that person will know what to do either quit or continue that's their choice.
Using an old man to set example sounds funny, not all old people are ready to quit yet maybe they still believe they will cashout huge or at they youthful age they decided to choose gambling as a career.
In my opinion you don't have to be an old man before you quit gambling like if you're not profiting from playing bet it's best to quit or retire before you turn to an addict. Have you not seen old men with good health gambling even if with loss he still feels comfortable but some young people they will always feel frustrated and depressed, in my opinion gambling doesn't require a particular age to quit but it depends on your health.

Well to be fair, his note of stopping when you want to stop still applies to addicts since they can only want to stop and actually stop when they're, well, over their addiction. Well granted it is rather difficult, regardless of age to stop whatever addiction you're in. Especially in this day and age where businesses tend to use said addictions to fuel their profits, big and small.


Actually relatively easy to stop at a young age. Just lose all your money. Kidding aside I don't think there's much difference really. If you're addicted then you're addicted, if you're not then you're not. Age doesn't really matter here though it may matter if we were talking about something like frequency though.

Nothing concern gambling with age, the majority of people become addicted to gambling when they get older. I think it is terrible to see people gamble when they are elderly, it doesn't make sense. If someone wants to stop gambling forever, the best age I can see to do so is when they are between the ages of thirty and forty before it should become late. Because that is best time we should be spending with our family, not worrying about gambling. Gambling is still different in old age. If you are wealthy and you still choose to gamble with your own money, no one will think less of you because they will assume you are just having fun. However, if you are poor still continue to gamble when you are older, that is the worst thing you could have done when you were younger. If at all possible, some people should stop gamble at their young age, because it can get more difficult for them as they get older.

I agree with you because we should be able to stop gambling whenever we want and don't have to wait until we are old. This is so that we can enjoy our old days well without thinking about gambling and can be closer to our family. But if there are people who still want to gamble until they are old, they can do it but they have to bear the risks and must not burden their families. And because if someone is old, they are no longer productive and cannot work well, which will affect their income or they only receive pension money, which may only be enough to meet their daily needs. And remember that older people can lose control of whatever results they get at gambling.

Somehow this does not make any sense. What about huge number of addicted to gambling people? People who have lost everything. What about facilities that offer treatment for addicted to gambling? I think that person can only stop when he have or wins enough money. As human desires are limitless, it makes impossible to stop.

Now as to retirement age. I've already wrote here, that until person understand what he is doing, it is possible for him not to retire. Gambling does not require any special physical condition. It is not a professional sport, it is not connected with any danger or hazardous substances, so until person has strengths, he can gamble.

But stopping gambling at young age or in adulthood is very difficult to do and this is more difficult than stopping at an old age.
Those who are still relatively young have great desire for their initial goal of entering gambling, they will do it, gamble all the time to be able to pursue realizing that goal.
Most of their gamblers have the desire to be able to win for certain amount of money and small percentage are gamblers who have the goal of having fun.
This is almost the same as gambling addict who tries to quit, where there will be many difficulties, including the temptation to stay on the gambling site and spend the amount of money they have.
Moreover, at young age they feel they can still work hard to make money so they forget about the risks involved and are willing to borrow if they run out of capital, so how can they stop if they continue to do things like that?
It is still possible to reduce it, but actually stopping at young age is not as easy as we imagine.

And the best way to stop gambling is when we reach old age and really cannot work or do business because we will definitely prioritize using money to meet our living needs and make our family happy at the end of our lives.

You can stop whenever you want. You don't need to reach a certain age to stop gambling. If at a young age you are too deeply involved in gambling which is very likely to lead you to addiction then stop, but if you get old and gamble by enjoying every sensation of the activity then just keep doing it, so stop not because of age but stop when there is something about gambling that has damaged you, for example, your finances, relationships with people closest to you or your health because you spend too much time gambling.

Gambling is not a place of professional carrier so basically, there is nothing like retirement.
It is necessary to undertake a limited age one is liable to get on to Gambling which is the adults age between 20 whereas they have grown to attain maturities to self-confidence at a physical and intellectual level to control its emotions, having the aided abilities to independencies but talking about retirement at OP, this is not a basic source of income neither is it a source of employment.
Gambling is just a term to somedays tends to try a luck if it would profit you at some points of personal decisions in setting up a pace about the gambles.
In the gamble no one cares how old you are to be defeated (win).

Although it should be a personal and advisable decisions that as one is grows older from 60, he should be mindful that his is liable to emotional breakdown considering the level of his mentality faculty also growing weak and so inaccurate predictions and calculations in the gamble may be much more impossible to gain rightfully so, such circumstances should be aimed to step off from the gambling.

Older individuals often have a more established financial situation, allowing them the freedom to engage in gambling activities without significant financial constraints. Additionally, with fewer family financial responsibilities at this stage in life, they might feel more at liberty to use their funds for leisure activities, including gambling.

Moreover, having more leisure time is a key factor. Older adults often find themselves with increased free time due to retirement or a reduced workload. Gambling can serve as a form of entertainment during these periods, offering a way to pass the time and perhaps even socialize with others who share similar interests. The combination of financial stability and ample free time creates an environment where older individuals may be more inclined to engage in gambling activities compared to their younger counterparts.



Creating an upper limit when it comes to the age of the gamblers will be very unfair to senior citizens, since they have worked all their lives and they have gained the rights to do whatever they want during their golden years, and if some of them want to travel, spend more time with their family or gamble that is their decision, after all at that age many of them have problems finding something else to do after they retire from their jobs and gambling a little bit can help them to ease that transition.

I agree to what you have written, gambling and retirement is individual. Retirement in general is very individual. People of specific professions retire at 40+, while someone works till 63-65. I think that retirement and gambling should be divided into two categories, gambling with and without money. People at 60+ (this is based only on a country where I am) often have financial difficulties. Even if their "brain works well", they should not gamble. And there are old people in nursing houses. They have retired long time ago. These people have plenty of free time and they can gamble as long and as much they want, as they gamble without money and due to boredom.

When someone thinks that they no longer want to seek pleasure in gambling, it is a sign that they are satisfied enough with gambling throughout their life so that they can retire from their gambling activities. There is no need to wait for the current retirement time, because everyone can retire whenever they want as long as they have really felt enough to stop their gambling activities.

Everyone will definitely find a saturation point where they will feel bored of gambling just because they are old and their brain is no longer able to think properly, so that's when they can stop gambling. Even though sometimes we still find old people gambling with their friends around the house, at least retirement doesn't depend on age, whenever people want to retire they have definitely made the right decision.

Should not be gambling retirement age be close to or a bit higher than average retirement age in your country. People retire when they arent able to do physical work on same level as people who are 10-20 years younger, but they can still work mentally, by using their brain skills. In about 10 years, humans brain began to suffer from dementia. People start to have problems with remembering things, thinking slow, taking smart decisions. I would say that "retirement age + 5 more years" is the perfect age to retire gambling.

Not just money loss, but mental health. Gambling, especially if it becomes a frequent getaway, is riskier for the elderly due to their potentially sensitive health. Not merely a choice; mental health is at issue. The elderly may not be able to handle emotional and mental shocks anymore.

Your proposal to switch to healthy, communal activities is excellent. However, what processes facilitate this transition? How do we make these safer, social options fun and social for the elderly? Provide viable, enticing solutions that provide the same emotional demands without the hazards, not merely advise them to stop. Community awareness and resolve are needed for this method. Developing such a setting requires asking: how?

Actually there's a an age restriction depending on your country of residency and this ranges from 18+ and above but beyond this age is no further restrictions. Provided you are above the minimum age you continue to gamble until you no longer want to engage in gambling.

At older age some persons choose a different kind of entertainment aside gambling because they would want to reduce the emotional rush that comes with this kind of entertainment except they still find it suiting then they may consider continuing but then it will have to cost them some money. For gamblers who has gambled in the greater part of their youthful years may want to continue even at old age.

Naturally, and in practice, gambling doesn't have any retirement age but we should know what is good for us and do it and know what is bad for us and avoid it. In old age, we should be careful about gambling, that age has delicate health, which is why I believe that the gambler in his old age should check himself and his history of betting if it's positive or not. If it's negative, then I would advise the player to quit since there is an obvious reason for that. As we grow old, we need to keep our mental health safe, which is my main concern here, the pressure and shock that we could easily take when we were younger might be devastating in old age. This is why old people should be so careful about gambling especially if they do not have the financial freedom or children that could be supporting them financially. At that age, they should have alternatives that are funfilled too. I believe they can play normal games among friends and family and gist with them to relieve their stress.

But when it comes to money involvement, that's gambling and it might have consequences more than what you expect in some cases. Besides, they might think they are careful enough and are gambling for the fun, but could lose guard over time especially when they are emotional or intoxicated. Anything can influence them to gamble more than what they can bear and you know what that does to mental health, even at that old age.

That is what you believe but is that the reality ?

Gambling are for Old people in the past  as what we have go ages but nowadays indeed that young are the one who is enjoying gambling , because even in local gambling table i kept seeing  even teenagers are playing.

I know you may ask teens are being allowed? yes because those houses are illegal lol.
correct , ages doesn't matter in gambling as long as you are using money that comes from legitimate one and not from illegal and wrong accumulating .

I don't mind that. And if someone says that gamble just for fun, yes, please gamble, because that is your right... and what do I care about what you do in gambling?

However, I just advise you never to assume that this gambling activity is a big part of your enjoyment and deny that there are other things that are more exciting than gambling. Because when you think that gambling is a big part of your enjoyment, then it could be one of the signs that you are experiencing a gambling addiction.

And I also just advise you not to chase profits too much in gambling, or think that gambling is an activity that can give you a profit. Moreover, you think that gambling can make you instantly rich.

Yes, gambling is like rollercoaster which provides fun and satisfying adrenaline sensation but it will also make anyone feel pain when they fall.
It just that when we gamble within limits and are not too careless, there is little chance of something bad happening that makes someone regret it, even if it happens, it doesn't really make things difficult for someone under any circumstances.
When we get pleasure or even satisfaction, there is always money behind it all and we have to really let it go to pay for what makes us feel pleasure and satisfaction.

You are right and indeed when the time comes we must be able to consider and make the best decisions for the enjoyment that we might be able to get more usefully in old age which may not last much longer.
Sometimes people forget about long-term thinking and they only think about and prioritize what can provide pleasure now without thinking about tomorrow.

It is that gambling is not the only most important thing you have to do in life, there are other things that are more important and must be done, not just gambling to have fun.
Balance must always be priority that is prepared from now on because when we reach the age limit that is considered unproductive, it will be more difficult for us to achieve this balance.