Topic: What are the main points of gambling? - page 11. (Read 1782 times)

Greed and irresponsible gambling is a powerful facility that destroys the inner peace of most gamblers and push them to face mistakes, regrets, financial and mental loss. These pains dumps an emotional meltdown on the players. Such that he'll feel unsatisfied with whatever result he gets in gambling; win or loss. I think at this stage the player has no point of gambling other than the feel of obligation to wager funds every day, any moment. What is to be learnt from gambling is a lot but many would choose money over financial and mental freedom. Less they forget that gambling compulsively consumes money faster than any other gambling strategy or pattern.

It's crucial that a player focus on grabbing new ideas, knowledge, and skills through gambling, as a point or purpose of engaging in the act of gambling. Double checking on the choices and decisions we make as players should be listed, also, as a purpose of gambling. It'll help the player regulate his thoughts and understand quickly when his brain power is getting exhausted. Which is the best moment to call it a day and rest till another session. I see a sea of gambling points that's not connected to making money. Yet only a few players would gamble without having a point related to money.

Back again at the gambler's level. Let's just say there are 3 levels of gamblers consisting of lower, middle and upper classes. If the three levels of gamblers that I have demonstrated use their sane minds in gambling, considerations, risks and rewards may be taken into account by withdrawing a portion of the winnings obtained.
I think gamblers realize that in gambling they will never win with the meaning of 2:1, 2 loses 1 win. This process will always spin like that so it requires awareness that the motivation for gambling is only for fun by determining the percentage of money that will be used for gambling.

Yeah for me this is some sort of personal preferences whether we gamble for fun or we expect to get extra income from it. Those three are key elements in performing gambling activities and without them I don't know what is. People loses much from gambling because of greed and them being irresponsible gamblers.

The point for which many persons get into gamble is same as reason for gambling, people gambling for two main reasons which are fun and making money.  It is in your self-discipline that those other factors in gambling such as amount to wager, risk to take and the prize in prospect to win later come into play. If any individual don't know why he/she gambles then it's as good as someone throwing money into abyss, for such people, anything goes and they are the kind of gamblers that do fall into addiction because there's no design guiding their gambling life.

They lack planning.
A gambler must know when to stop and when to continue. If the planned amount of profits is reached then it's time to say goodbye to gambling for a while or just leave a little bit of money there and play other games. Away from what you used to play. If you play slots then go sports gambling for a while.

As gamblers, we must also be responsible for when to take the profits. Withdraw if we see that it's enough and don't ever put it somewhere you could easily deposit it because that will become an urge to go back and gamble more once you lose the amount you left in the wallet of the casino.
As much as possible we won't have to deposit it back for a week or more. Maybe a time where everything will reset including the system.

The gambling elements that you listed in your post can be considered because there is no gambling without risk But looking At the main points of gambling Its all depend on the individual because every individual has his or her reasons of gambling.
Some individuals gamble for fun , some gamble for the money And some others gamble for no reason , they probably gamble because they see others gambling . The Category of individual who gamble for fun do It because they want be happy , reduce mental stess thereby reducing their chances of being depressed. Also they see gamble as a means of exercise And many more.

Other set of individual gamble for the money benefits . This category of individuals are quite addicts becaus their primary aim of gambling is To make money And they do everything possible To gamble At all cost.they can hide fo gamble even If gamble is restricted in their area because they want the money By all means . They Find It very difficult To contriol their emotions And Thats why they are always victims of violence in most casino house or betting shops .
Last , the category of those that gamble because they see other people gambling. These are individuals who do not know much about gambling But they gamble because their friends are Gamblers And they probably gamble because they want  To feel among . However. The main points of gambling lies on the perception of the individual involved And for me i gamble for fun And for the money Too.

People playing gambling because many reasons. We knows that people wants to make money from gambling, some people wants to have fun through gambling, other people wants to fills their spare time to playing gambling. But many of them don't knows that playing gambling have the risks of losing the money and we already seen that many people lose their money from gambling. People already lose their money but that doesn't stops them from playing gambling because the temptation of gambling still there and invites them to keeps playing gambling in other days. That makes people gets deeper in the gambling without learning the main points of gambling because their reason playing gambling is change. They must realize about what happens to them so they can start to fix it and will not do the same mistakes.

Absolutely correct, people don't really think about this side rather are being painted with the word gamble for fun and not to make money in disguise for entertainment purpose, you know it is clear evidential that we devote time to gamble in order to increase our income by chances since what comes into their account is not sufficiently enough for them, so they looks for other alternative means to boost their earnings as the case maybe but people keeps hiding the truth about gambling instead are always paraphrasing the whole concepts as if when that winning aspect is being removed people would still keep gambling.

There are different reasons why individuals gamble but the major reason and common fact is that people gamble to make money, if we call it gambling, there must be something involved and expectation are always high depending on your stake, i come to understand that many  gamblers both old and new gamblers fail to understand that losing must take place, most times greed contribute this too because if gambler remove greed they will be able to read each casinos guidelines, must casinos state it categorically that as a gambler, you should gamble responsibly, it means that as a gambler you should not go extra mile to satisfy your gambling behaviour, many gamblers doesn't even know that gambling is not guaranteed for money making that's why they gamble blindly without a rethink.

Exactly, I agree with your opinion here that most gamblers, especially beginners, have misunderstood what winning in gambling means, and I have discussed this several times on several other pages that many gamblers misunderstand winning in gambling where they usually think that winning is something that can be used as income as we often hear from some gamblers who have entered and trapped in a cycle of addiction.

In the end, it is clear that this is the wrong mindset in responding to gambling and I am sure that someone who thinks that winning in gambling can be used as income is those who do not have a correct understanding of how gambling really is, they only see from one side only in terms of "chances of winning" but do not pay attention to other facts that the possibility of defeat will always be a part of gambling that can never be separated. In the end, from several cases that have occurred, instead of earning, they have suffered a lot of losses and all of this will be experienced when you are too excessive in treating gambling due to having the belief that gambling can be used as a place to earn. However, it is always recommended to make gambling an entertainment activity, because by having the intention only to seek entertainment, it is less likely for you to overdo it, and the point is that it is not recommended to put excessive expectations on winning and if you manage to win one of the wins then consider it a bonus for the game you have played.

Actually, so many gamblers picked up  interest in gambling because they saw their friends doing it, and it's not bad to actually engage in any fun activities that your friends are into unless it's an illegal activity. What is most important in gambling is for an individual to be a responsible gambler who is able to manage their bankroll, who has self-control over their gambling life, and who also knows the rules of gambling, such as not taking a loan to gamble and gambling with the amount you can afford to borrow. Lastly, never handle gambling as a source of income.

The point is, gambling is for fun and not to be seen as a source of income. Although we can become lucky at the point of gambling by winning a huge or small amount, that does not imply we must see gambling as a source of income. 

It is about expectations, I think.
If someone does not what to expect of their gambling sessions and allow the experience of others to influence on their view of gambling, then it would be just matter of time before those problems you mention start to appear, and let us be honest, most of people start gambling because the change of pocketing some money and because of the fact the advertisment of casinos and betting books is very effective when comes to drawing the attention of those who have never gambled before, but feel curious enough about it.
I believe the correct way to gamble would be to see it as entertainment and only wager occasionally in special occasions or betting in games who is very interested in, not to make gambling and betting something embedded into our daily life and routine.

I have seen people in this forum who claim to gamble once a day or once a week, that would be too often to me. To each their own I guess.

Yes, definitely for fun and excitement, and getting profitable in gambling will fall as a bonus. But I think beginner gamblers have misinterpreted this. Instead, they are motivated to engage in gambling because they want to win big amount, which is only seldom to happen, because obviously gambling ends up with a lot of losses. However, if you gamble irresponsibly, that’s your problem anymore. The point of gambling is just to have fun, but not to get addicted with it.

Main points of gambling for me is risk, losing, and winning, and entertainment. And with purposes then it is with profit,loss, and emotions.I doubt that all gamblers think in such way. Not all gamblrs are hoping to get out of poverty from gambling profit, sometimes it is just the idea of making their capital bigger by means of taking the risk. As long as amounts are under one's risk tolerance, then I see nothing bad at all. What makes a gambling experience worse is with how a gambler assumes and act in accordance to their will. The bigger the drive, the bigger its effect on you in particular with handling both winning and losing instances. I agree that gambling shouldn't be too much of a burden in the first place if people knows their risk appetite and if they will keep in mind tha losing the game is most likely to happen.

You are only explaining the elements of gambling, you didn't tell us the point of gambling yet. Before you ask to people, what the point of gambling based on your understanding? This is needed to mention first, so it will be fair enough to everyone.

For me, there are 2 points of gambling. They are money and entertainment. People gamble must be caused by these matters, they want to earn money or they want to have fun. People who try to earn money regularly because they don't understand that it is impossible to always win in gambling. Meanwhile people who understand it, they will prefer to gamble for fun. The win or they prize will be the second purpose, not the main goal. Anyway, I don't think gambling is a part of lifestyle. Gambling is just a part of a common habit, and it ideally spends a little time only.



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This is just the fact. A lot of gamblers truly understand what gambling is all about. Just just like you stated above, they put something on the line and just hope luck favours them. The problem lies with those gamblers who decide to ignore what gambling is all about and choose to hope excessively on luck from gambling.  They do not care about other sources of income or anything else to divert their attention from gambling, they just believe gambling is their only way out of poverty. These set of gamblers who think this way are irresponsible and they are the reason people tag all gamblers as Irresponsible people. Gambling is not supposed to cause anyone pain, but people will do things wrongly and still expect to get away with it.

Exactly, and if this keeps up then itnwill worsen things, as the gambler will be desperate to earn money because they already in debts and financial crisis they will still hope that someday they will hit a big win in gambling which is I notice that is common to the mindsets of those addicted gamblers, its not that they are addicted to gambling just because they want to waste money or what, some are considered addicted just because they keep on gambling despite that they are in crisis, well that's the only way they could think of, if they will not think straight, those gambler should know how to assess the situation, those who could not do it means they have a weak mentality and mindset, a gambler should know when to stop and to fix first the problem before it become too big, just like a fire, a gambler should know when to out out the fire to prevent it to spread and ruin everything.

There are some of us who say that the core point of gambling is a pleasure that we can get from gambling, there are also those who say that the core point is loss, spending money, wasting time, pitting fate, looking for luck and so on, views like this cannot be averaged into one absolute perception, because everyone has their own purpose in gambling, for example, I personally gamble to find pleasure and look for luck that I can show off to my friends and or more fun when watching soccer while gambling, it is a very exciting tension.

It's just that someone doesn't understand how to find the core point of gambling, I think it's the same as what you need from gambling, I'm pretty sure it will answer the question.

This is already the first signal that you need to take a break and get distracted for a long period and master some hobby. If you understand that you are addicted and are already starting to give away money because you don’t have enough of your own, this is bad and will only lead to worse consequences in the future.If gambling only brings losses and debts, this is the beginning of a big problem.

Interesting, but in fact you also have to know that everyone who likes to gamble has their own ideas regarding their bets. there are many reasons for someone to gamble, and it doesn't necessarily require three elements as you say. I mean, not a few of us gamble when they just want to. in other words, betting is just for fun and they don't do it all the time or every day. there are also those who budget a certain percentage of the funds they have prepared without having to focus on winning. well, I want to make an analogy for this post. so you see, most of the gamblers do not have the understanding or consideration that you said as an example. In general, someone gambles to get rewards from the games played or bets on other bets. Well, let's ask ourselves which gambler doesn't want to win on his bet. Generally, 99% of all those who gamble want to win.

The problem is, we cannot generalize as a whole for every gambler. So, not everyone has a concept or method for betting. Even if someone has an idea, or even a regulatory strategy that they apply, it is not always consistent when betting. there are many factors, the most common is when the emotion of anger dominates. Now let's get straight to the point, how can there be so many addicted gamblers? The answer is, there are many gamblers who do not have experience, understanding and insight. in addition, a lack of self-control regarding his gambling. and most commonly, many gamblers do not reflect and learn from their gambling experiences.