Topic: What is the perception of people about gamblers in your neighborhood? - page 2. (Read 536 times)

We can't stop gamblers from believing what they have thought about gambling, it was the influence of social media and from some of their friends. But sadly, what happened to some gamblers, especially poor people, despite their tough condition and financial status, they are still spending more money on gambling hoping for some luck (but still never winning). Unfortunately, many gamblers have relied their future on gambling, they don't find ways to make more money instead, they focus on this thing.

Well, I'm glad that my neighborhood doesn't have that kind of perception but in some places in our country, that really exists. Some have been in huge debts/loans because of this and some are even committing crimes.

Because you are the same local user as me, then maybe you already know exactly how many children are involved in gambling. There are many children involved in online gambling in our country and I think every parent must be responsible for whatever they do. Easy access and free association are the reasons why children are involved in gambling, what is worse is that many online casinos do not require KYC for withdrawals.

Each of these children still expects money from their parents. They are very interested in having a lot of money and gambling allows them to get their desires. Recently, a child from my neighbor reportedly won Rp. 25 million in a casino, obviously that's a win that's hard to cover for a kid his age.

If we are going to go by the parents to a child's approach, gambling is not a thing the parents could allow their wards to get involved in knowing that it will take their time, make them commits by finding all possible means to get money for gambling even if it requires them stealing it, since they aren't working yet, so many parents see gambling as something that changes a child's behavioral character from what they intend for him, while on a general approach, some people see it as a way of making fun, making money or getting useless with life being a gambler.

I think it is the responsibility of the parents to keep the gambling out of reach of their children especially when they are in their childhood or teenage. Giving them access to gambling at this age and also giving them money to gamble (as they are unable to earn at that age), could be very dangerous for their mental health and could keep them away from their studies etc.


Since online gambling is popular, I don't think people would know if their neighbors are involved in gambling or not. People don't care much about what is happening in other houses and won't share that they are gambling with their neighbors. I think the neighbours would hide from other neighbours, that they gamble at home.

People's perception of gambling has changed completely since they perceive gambling as a life-changing act they will engage in and make some money for themselves. Even our parents, who once opposed gambling, are now gambling alongside the younger generation(that is the way things evolve with time).

In the past, I recall, people thought of gamblers as irresponsible individuals. If a parent witnessed their son's friend gambling, they would counsel their son to break up with the friend to avoid instilling bad gambling habits in their sons.

These days, that view has completely changed, with our parents no longer believing that gambling is a negative thing for their above-18 children to engage in because they have heard stories of people who have earned millions from gambling with small-stake bets.

The gamblers who had the gambling experience will teach their neighbours to get into the gambling.The gamblers who don’t want to involve themselves with the gambling business after the influence from their friends or neighbours will use to play the other games instead of the gambling,because everyone get entertainment using the gambling.But if the gamblers who get into the gambling business for the money earning should involve themselves with the gambling knowledge.Some gambling addicted person should use their school fee of their gambling games.But the loss of money is the cause of the gaining knowledge in the gambling site.Some gamblers will take this risk to earn more knowledge from the gambling site.

This is a serious and worrying interpretation of gambling. Your community has come from an extreme to another. To not accept gambling and consider it forbidden is bad, but to have a total positive impression regards it as a life changer tool is also a very dangerous one, because it leads many naive people into ignorance and misinformation, what consequently bring losses they can't afford to lose, plus bankruptcy.

You can't believe every testimonies you hear about gambling changing people's lives. You have to research who these people are and if they have any kind of connections with gambling industry, because they might be being paid to promote casinos and gambling. Maybe they are just social influencers.

A healthy perception of gambling in a society happens when it's promoted as leisure activity, a mean of having fun, while being practiced in a responsible way, without compromising funds which are destined to basic expenses, and never seen as an investment. Investments are life changers. Gambling is a hobby, like going to the movies or to the concert on weekends.

Uncontrolled gambling can lead to addiction, causing financial and mental harm. I've seen it, and its ugly. Detecting and treating symptoms early is crucial.

The community's alternative revenue strategy is admirable. Proactive, not reactive. Employing people can deter them from gambling for money. Similar efforts have worked well in other places.

Parental involvement matters. I cannot emphasize this more. Be watchful, guide your kids, and set good examples. Instilling values and responsible decision-making goes beyond prohibiting gambling. Strong families help prevent gambling problems.

This became worst when people within locality don't gamble responsibly where they turned gambling to become a mockery ground, there are irresponsible gamblers at home this is common to native country or the typical villagers who doesn't apply any single atom of responsibility while gambling. I won't ague with what you said because at then when I was growing there is an Uncle that usually come around my house to ask for the least 100 Naira for something very important to him as then I never knew he was a gambler and turns it into occupation by constantly begging for money.

So to my noticed I was then called by friends within my neighborhood (that is, the next compound person) to explained to me I should stop giving him money that he uses it to gamble. Meaning he has giving gambling a bad impression where people around would start looking at it as bad thing for someone to get themselves involved. But currently why you see gambling very common is that everyone has a smart phone and they can easily log on their preferred site to gamble and do whatever they feels like doing without anyone having to know about their activities.

And again cryptocurrency has reshaping and made it very simple and easier for us because we don't have to start making deposit with our local fiat (or even if we must do that but not regular), it gives free access to access any site in terms of payment option. Gambling has now drift from the previously known method to a now digitalized methods where you need no one to see you before gambling, and even as I am involving myself in gambling no one knows and if I didn't reveal it to someone then no one will understand that I am gradually anticipating in gambling related discussion.

Gambling isn't really a big deal here in our neighborhood, it is just that there are people who would continue to gamble even if they are having a hard time providing food on the table for their family.
There are also some people who would gamble for a very long time, and doesn't do anything so those are the reason why other views gambling as a bad habit.
But others see it as a way to enjoy their time and relax with their friends, I mean if you already done what is needed to be done at your home and you have extra, then there is nothing wrong enjoying your time gambling or playing with your friends.

Where I live in a quiet place, there are a lot of older adults and they can make a difference only when they are looking for things to improve the place with respect to the economy, it is dollarized, so there is not much of a problem there, I could imagine that there are many things that They can be done to improve the environment, but with games of chance they are a bit jealous, or they like to make unnecessary cats and they maintain a very conservative criterion for games of chance, they only bet when there are important events and they are very fanatical about it. soccer.

When they talk to them about casinos, they only think and say that casinos are a place to get addicted and bring problems, since they are older people it is difficult to take those perceptions away from them and when I play I tell them, they say that I must be very careful why that is It is dangerous, that is what most neighbors think, it is difficult because they also say something like that about bitcoin, but it is more workable because it is about investing money and making long-term profits.

Moral rules vary from one society to another. In some societies polygamy is normal. In some societies monogamy is normal. In some societies, open relationship models are normal. Moral rules are different everywhere and vary according to time and place. Gambling was normal in ancient times. After the influence of religions, it became an intolerable activity in many societies according to the definitions of morality. According to Heraclitus, the only constant is change. If there is change around you, I say adapt to it.

Well such parents are probably depending on gambling as a source of income and livelihood despite they knowing that it is not the best for them to rely on it maybe they only want to make ends meet. So guiding their children away from it is proper because they don't want them to learn it as they are still immature to control their emotions which could put them into the danger of gambling away their time, school fees and even to steal their parents money to gamble. Generally, good parents put away their gambling habit from their children to avoid them gambling at inappropriate age when their minds have not matured for such habit.

I think it's basically the same thing all over, I would say that since online gambling became a thing, that is, popular during and after the covid 19 pandemic, the general perception on gambling and gamblers have changed drastically, and as thing are also getting harder and harder economically, more and more people are looking for other ways to make money, which have so many flocking into gambling as an alternative means of making money since gambling basically requires no knowledge of skill of anything or kind.

So, the more gambler are growing, the more the bad perceptions, and the ugly way gamblers are looked at, is changing, like over here in my area today, even women now gamble, and this was some thing that was considered as a taboo in the olden days like some years back, this clearly shows that the world is shifting, or should I say, changing.

There's no part of the world where people don't frown at gambling and with those that indulge in the activity. The perception is similar globally and this is connected to the irresponsible and reckless gambling behaviours of some past and present gamblers.

Many people that gamble are mainly people from a poor background, as in out of a 100% of gamblers in the world 85% are found in the lower class because gambling is something that gives you hope for a means to make money and bounce off from a poorly living standard. Thats why you see people get triggered to increase their gambling energy when they hear about someone of their standard they know made a big win that changed his life, even those gamblers that claim to have quit gambling you see then returning with the hope that it could be their turn.

Something about gambling is, the news about a big win attracts more users both old and new to gamble intensively in the hopes of getting to be the next lucky winner.

I don't want to say how my area responds and makes friends with people who are involved in the world of gambling.

I have read about research that has been carried out by several experts in life in the community, the understanding that I have read is that researchers say that 99% of society is predominantly Muslim, The act of gambling is a form of disgrace, which is generally viewed by the majority of Muslims.

So, whatever the factors are in the opinion that someone who is friends with those who gamble can be seen as morally bad, it can be said that this also applies in the area where I live.

It's very normal especially in developing countries , for them to see gamblers as irresponsible people and giving that stereotypes that gamblers most likely don't turn out to be good and responsible people to the society but little did they know that not all gamblers are irresponsible, a few are very much responsible regardless of their gambling habit.

Recently with the testimonies of winning and how it has been able to help transform lives of the winner some persons have been able to drop their scepticism about gambling and even gambling now because they also hope to be winners some day and probably be transformed by the live changing sums,even some parents now no long chastised their children for gambling anymore, there was a stroy of a boy who won his game with the money he stole from the mum's purse, later the mum gave him money again asking him to go try his luck again, so the narrative is changing in recent times.

Well, I think this is the new normal with regards to gambling perception in most areas around the world. We can always hear positive and negative comments from other people. Here in my place, I think it's much worse than you think it is because of superstitious beliefs and witchcraft involved  based on what I heard from my neighborhood. It is also tricky to find the winner after the match because of the fact that sometimes they will just popped out like a bubble. I mean you are unable to find them. 😅 And of course based on my observation most of them are irresponsible gamblers as they left nothing for their family. As in they place bets like all the hard earned money they have in some matches and sometimes ends up losing it all.

When you're talking about people's perception about gambling in our neighborhoods I think there many factors that makes a certain neighborhood to have a particular perception about gambling. For instance, in my neighborhood, most of the gamblers here does end up as gambling addicts and have become almost useless to people themselves and their close families and that's why people in my neighborhood now see gambling as a bad vice that should be avoided. They do not know that I also gamble because I don't go to the public gambling outlets in my neighborhood rather, I gamble online and I do that responsibly.

So just like my neighborhood, there other neighborhoods where gambling has turned some people in the area to millionaires and I expect them not to have the same perception with people in my own neighborhood.

In my place, parents are really earning a lot from gambling. But they still teach their children not to gamble. Like they are bad examples that shouldnt be followed. It's kinda ironic how parents in your place are raking in cash from gambling but still telling their kids to steer clear. That double standard must be confusing for the youngsters. I guess it's that classic "do as I say, not as I do" vibe.