Topic: What according to you should be the age to retire from gambling ? - page 8. (Read 1602 times)

Agree. The ability to decide and make their own judgement shouldn't be taken away from them. Gambling knows no age, except of course if you are underage. As long as you can afford to make a bet and play, you can do so. There's no age limit in gambling. If you want to play on your retirement age, it's fine. Just make sure though that you are financially secured so you won't be a burden to other people. That way, you can still sustain yourself and your gambling habits. It's not bad to have gambling as a form of entertainment once you go old. However, as much as possible while you are still young, you should save for your future.

Safeguard your retirement fund, your home, and your well-being so you won't have to experience awful life for making poor decisions. Saving now while having fun is the best approach. We can always enjoy the present without sabotaging our future.

A lot of things in gambling depend not on age, but on luck and intuition. And these qualities are present in a person at any age. The main factor here is whether a person succeeds or not, not how old he is. Betting is not a sport that has age restrictions

You are not wrong about that, gambling does not have an age limit, and there is also no limit that should be set on someone from any party, they are free to gamble anytime and anywhere at any age if they want.

I think it's more of a life plan and/or life principle, someone may plan to stop gambling at an age that they have set for themselves without pressure or orders from others, so I hope you understand the context.
 
Everyone doesn't think that gambling is a career and that there should be an age limit attached to the activity but in a life plan one has the freedom to limit anything in life for plans in old age, there may be some people who want to be free from gambling after their target age is reached.

Gambling is not a government job that has a certain age limit and after crossing a certain age a gambler retires from gambling. I have also read many posts of people who have chosen gambling as their career after getting pension from their jobs. People who are intelligent and knowledgeable about gambling can gamble at any age. There is no specific age limit for gambling and retirement from gambling. A senior citizen can gamble as long as he feels his brain is fine and he can gamble properly. People may retire from gambling for different reasons but there is no set age at which a gambler must retire. 
You should consider whether you can say what age you should be gambling.

Some people still gambles in their old age with some old school games, in my home town, old men who can't work again now keep themselves busy with gambling and they use something else apart from money to gamble, I have seen then using plate of food, bunch of plantain and even tubers of yam, they are doing this to make the game more fun and women around the village including children will gather around them forming a big circle.

I can't tell someone not to gamble at their old age, any old man that still gambles at such age already knows better, they are doing it the right way and you don't have to lecture them, like when do you come into existence? They are here before you and they have seen a lot.

Such people are the type we go out to for advice seeking, and don't think because they are into gambling that they are useless people, the few old gamblers that I know are very smart, my father used to warn me about gambling but some people are far ahead of getting addicted to gambling, those old men did it for fun not for money.

Gambling has nothing to do with age, as long as people can do it responsibly, no one need to retire at any age. Some old people may need recreational entertainment like gambling while they are also socializing with others. It happens in my place, there are still many old men (above 60 even 70) who like to gamble in some special moment/event. Of course I believe they do not do it for money, they just want to gamble and having fun with some other people. My grandfather (87 years old) is still gambling some time when he wants. I asked him why he does it, he answered like "just for fun and nostalgic".

I don't think there should be an age for people to retire from gambling. As long as someone enjoys gambling and is able to afford it he should do it. Gambling is a form of entertainment and we can't really exclude people from it. It's not like we can say people should retire from visiting the movies, or going out to a bar. This is a choice everybody needs to make for himsellf and as long as there is no problems in our everyday life I don't see any issue. Older people even have more free time than younger people and still a fixed monthly income from their retirement fund that they can rely upon. The most important thing is that there is no negative effect on your life, for example gambling away any large savings. Once you retired there won't be any chance to find a job again and make a lot of money again. So, all the money you might want to leave behind for your childrend and grand children should be kept safe and not be used for gambling. Other than that I don't see any issue for elderly people to still enjoy gambling from time to time. My grandfather used to play lottery into his 80s and my grandmother still enjoys playing scratch cards in her 90s. Nothing wrong with some excitement in life.

Playing cards and mahjong are gambling games that are often played by the elderly just to remember their gambling moments in their youth. Even though they may not use money when playing, it is enough for them so that they do not experience any problems after they finish playing. There may be something missing if they don't use money when playing cards or mahjong, but that is for their own good.

Indeed, getting old is not a problem, but they should recognize for themselves that they no longer need to gamble like when they were young. Times have changed, everything has changed, and they also have to change, especially now that they are elderly.

In general, gambling should only be for adults, because on the other hand it is very dangerous if it is done by young children under adolescence, because obviously for minors they have an unstable personality, cannot fully distinguish between good and bad, and also on the other hand their curiosity level is very high, so with that gambling is very dangerous for them. But on the other hand, along with the times, it is not uncommon to find a child who gambles, no doubt because there are many factors that influence them such as the environment and the many gambling promotions on social media that they will easily find.

Of course, I agree with you, there really is no retirement age in gambling, for this issue will really depend on each of them (gamblers) in considering which is better to do. Honestly I will not look at the physical aspect of those who are old so they are unable to gamble in land-based casinos because they will have difficulty with the level of endurance that has begun to weaken, but I will only focus on the main impact of gambling, if indeed the activity is only / can cause a lot of problems for them then there is no need to wait for old age to stop, it's better to do it from now on because it's the best for yourself. Never target the time of retirement but look at the impact.

That's what I thought as well because as we already know gambling is not like a sport where when you turn 40, you consider retiring because your body is no longer capable of hard work. While in gambling you won't have that problem and the longer you play the more you get addicted to it. That's why others called it quitting because you are not necessarily retiring rather you are turning away from it because you want to save yourself from further distraction. Some people just quit playing whenever they feel like it has more harm to them than getting benefits from it.

Actually post-retirement period is the age for an individual to enjoy their life because they run all these years behind in money, working 12 hours a day and everything to meet their family's needs so if someone at old age has the affordability to gamble then they should gamble and they know how to handle the finances better than half baked millennial mindset.

Gambling is for adults regardless of age, there's no retirement age in gambling I doubt if there are casinos that restrict players to play at specific age whether, on landbased casinos or online casinos, you can only retire from gambling if you cannot see the cards or have a hard time with your vision or having a hard time with your movement, even if you like to play if the body cannot keep up that's the time to retire from gambling.

It doesn't matter whether that person, that gambler is 18 years old or 80 years already but as long as they can enjoy gambling and still have the capability to do it, why not? Gambling is not about age but for someone who is willing to accept whatever the outcome of their betting habits. I can retire when I want to, not because I was 50 years old already but because I stopped gambling. The most important thing is that we find gambling as a sort of entertainment and fund, nothing else like a tool for earning money.

Gambling is not a job or anything, which one needs to retire from it. As long as you have the money and the passion to gamble, you can gamble at any age.

Even the old people can enjoy gambling as long as they are healthy. So enjoyment has no linked with age. You could be in your teenage and have tension about your exams, or you may be in your youth having tension about your job and there can be an old man with no tension and hence you can't compare his enjoyment level (in gambling) as compared to the other two. 

Stupid question.

Does this even need a discussion?

Considering gambling as an entertainment factor so you are allowed to gamble as long as you are enjoying it. If you feel forced to stop doing it simply because people consider you are too old to enjoy then just F**K their ideology.

Is gambling now officiall thing to be considered of age? Out of respect, it might be worth it if you are a well respected individual in the community, I will advise you to never go to a public betting place, it reduces respect and dignity you have built but if you play your thing at home, I don't think any person from somewhere will question your gambling activity, not even your kids because you don't use their money to bet. Although, as we age, some strength and skills might fade away especially some games you might love playing will go into extinction.

If you are also sick and old, please refrain from gambling, playing at an old age will affect you psychologically when there is loss, if a stage is reach that you develop a hypertension, they should quit because I can't imagine losing your money and then all of sudden you became angry and then developed a high blood pressure, if there is no proper medical attention, it can lead to death. There are many other symptoms old person can have that could be dangerous in gambling at old age.

I think you guys is pertaining those backyard gambling that typically use cards or mahjong and play with their friends because that’s the only type of gambling that I know which requires agility when playing. Online casino and physical casino on the other hand gives you enough time to bet and play since all of them is straightforward and typically have dealer to deal the game.

I knew a lot of elderly around 60’s that still active on gambling mostly on roulette and craps. Being old is not a disadvantage on gambling since it’s not a physical activity after all.

I agree with you. Maybe people who have entered old age can play gambling games that they used to play but without using money and it will be more interesting because, considering their old age, maybe their hand speed has decreased a lot so it will become a laughing stock for friends. -her friend. But if they use money like they did before, we should remind them not to exceed their limits because they can get carried away and they won't remember to stop playing. Old age should be able to give them wisdom by not doing the things they did in their youth. They can reunite with their friends while telling stories about their experiences in their youth so that it will be a beautiful memory for them that will never be forgotten.

At that age we are very vulnerable to disease and our abilities have begun to decline so that the income we earn will be much lower than when we were young. However, not for people who have sufficient finances and good economic stability, so that people can still continue gambling. Even though at that age we have quite a lot of free time, it would not be wise if we had to fill that free time with gambling. And it would be good if at that age we focused more on paying attention to our health and that of our family, because maybe on the outside we really want those moments, they really miss the warmth of a family.
And if you decide, the best thing is to stop, then stop gambling.
Here I don't know your current age, but I suggest that you reorganize your gambling activities and start not gambling too often. If you currently gamble twice a week, then try as much as possible to only play once a week, continue to narrow down the time you spend gambling, so that when you are 50 years old, you can easily and completely leave gambling behind. Remember that gambling is very difficult for us to stop and we cannot stop gambling all at once, we need to do it gradually.

Well, if you are referring to both online and physical, I don't think that at age 65, it is not appropriate for that age to gamble. Why? Because I've known quite a few elders, including my grandparents, at that age they treat gambling as their past time only, as their entertainment, and as such, they don't waste too much money, money that is enough to make them happy. For example, their bonding with their friends is gambling, and not every time gambling games should involve money. Sometimes you just need to enjoy the game, and thats what the elders do. There are more older gamblers that play because of the fun and not about money. So I don't think that at age 65 you should limit a person from gambling. With money involved, yes, but in games only used in gambling, they should enjoy it as they age we can't stop them on what is making them happy, maybe just guide and limit them.