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I agree with the fact that losing money isn’t really okay to be called “fun” but if you minimize your loses or try as much as possible to make sure your bankroll never goes to zero and that is trying to win little regularly and also betting the minimum amount allowed you can call it fun.

For me, what I usually call it classify as fun in gambling is trying to test different games using the least amount allowed and then use different strategy to make sure I don’t run dry and since the amount I usually deposits are little to nothing and the amount I usually use are not something that I’ll be able to get a good profit from even if I hit a x100 multiplier I tend not to bother with profit but just focus on my balance.
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In my opinion, when it is said that people should gamble for fun, it means that when a person gambles, they should not gamble with the intention of making a profit to pay bills, that is, they should not depend on gambling to pay bills. If a person gambles with money that they can afford to lose, then that person can gamble with the intention of making a profit, but as long as they do not count on that money to pay bills.
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The very way you chase after gambling will tell what your thoughts about it would be. As for me, I always visualize gambling to be fun in the sense that I don't give myself unnecessary tension to win and chase up losses that will compromise my finances and stand towards gambling, that gambling would make me rich(big lies), is okay to gamble with spare money, having realistic expectations that winning is not guaranteed in gambling.
Gambling is risky and anyone that puts his or her entire mind on gambling, there are quite some bigger dangerous outcome that awaits them. We're acquainted with the system, it's been designated to make us record huge losses which we should thoroughly examined because losses and gains are two different things.

What do we do when we're having a bad day? We take some time off things that bother us and anticipate in activities because there's more tangling things to keep us busy. Classified the motive of having fun doesn't always have to do with gambling, there are numerous activities to engaged and one will wear on smiling faces. Gambling for fun becomes fun when one easily place wagers without having full focused on emerging a win. I know this path is difficult for most gamblers because all they could sense is winning which is absolutely not their required stats to be observed.
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The very way you chase after gambling will tell what your thoughts about it would be. As for me, I always visualize gambling to be fun in the sense that I don't give myself unnecessary tension to win and chase up losses that will compromise my finances and stand towards gambling, that gambling would make me rich(big lies), is okay to gamble with spare money, having realistic expectations that winning is not guaranteed in gambling.
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I've come across plenty of gambling discussions, and even when the topic is strictly about strategies, there are always people chiming in that gambling should be just for fun.

That got me thinking, how do you personally define "gambling for fun"?

Uhm, have fun? Like it doesn't NEED to have a definition that everyone can relate to. I mean fun in itself is a definition imo. Honestly I'd rather think of it as something not exceeding a certain specific point (may vary). Personally that's it affecting my personal life. E.g. gambling to the point where I miss family time, overspending, stuff like that.
For me, as someone looking to improve and eventually turn a profit, I don’t really see gambling as just entertainment. If I did, I probably wouldn’t take it seriously, and I'd just keep losing without much thought.

The real excitement for me comes from the challenge, not just the thrill. Even when I lose, it pushes me to improve rather than simply shrugging it off as part of the fun, that’s why I don’t fully agree with the idea of gambling being just for fun, it means more to me than that.
No one said anything that you can't have fun if you're taking it as a challenge lol. I reckon what we mostly refer to as fun is more specifically enjoyment, and only to that extent. Can vary from person to person but again as I said, it's a LOT easier to measure what you'd think stops being an activity for enjoyment and for something else (mostly negative in this case).
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That got me thinking, how do you personally define "gambling for fun"?
Indeed those who do gambling activities have a variety of views, in my view whatever the definitions that exist in their minds are all true, because our thoughts are different, the human mind is not the same way of thinking They assume that gambling is to have fun, hobbies, money, entertainment and so on all the understanding is true in my view.

But for me gambling is a challenge, hobby and money activity, where I am happy and hobby of doing gambling activities in the game, besides I like challenges I also have the opportunity to win the bet like other people.
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This sounds like a paradox, frankly. You don't like to lose money but you gamble for fun, how is that fun, then? Yes, I know you've repeatedly said you only do a negligible percentage of your earnings on bets whenever you feel like it.
Let me explain it better. As low as $1 is, who is going to lose it and be happy? But you will not feel you lose anything if you have money very well with you. I can not say yes I am happy because I lose money while gambling but that does not mean I am sad or feel bad about it either. But I have fun which is the reason that I am still visiting gambling sites.

You believe losing such minor percentage makes it fun since it doesn't amount to much?
Yes it makes it fun because I risked low. Not that I will begin gambling with fun but lose huge amount of money and the day to turn bad.
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The definition for me personally is when we find satisfaction when gambling, regardless of the results losing or winning is not the target. The satisfaction I mean is based on the experience where I played for quite a long time, through the ups and downs of the balance and almost approaching the point of boredom, so I decided to leave the game with a sense of fulfillment of the ambition to play.
Participating in the gambling have two target, (1) wining (2) losing...every gambler ambition is to win is not all about satisfaction, except is a gambling that has to do with age bracket or friends which they can decide to gamble for fun, it's when satisfaction can come in, because they're gambling to catch cruise, it's hardly before you can see someone gambling alone for a satisfaction without been in a team challenge..so in conclusion everyone partaking in the gambling has a primary target and it's general ambition of every gambler.
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That got me thinking, how do you personally define "gambling for fun"?
I treat it as a no-string attachment, just enjoying the moment and accepting what the outcome is. It's about accepting the fact that the house has an edge and money to be used for gambling is only excess money.
When you can log out or get out of the casino online or offline, laughing or enjoying the thrill, when there's no regret or whispering to yourself like I should have a cashout or bet more, then you really gambling for fun, and its the right way to gamble.
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I do not like to lose money but I gamble for fun because if I lose the money, I am not sad and it does not affect me financially in any way. It does not affect my happiness and my mood.
This sounds like a paradox, frankly. You don't like to lose money but you gamble for fun, how is that fun, then? Yes, I know you've repeatedly said you only do a negligible percentage of your earnings on bets whenever you feel like it. You believe losing such minor percentage makes it fun since it doesn't amount to much? Even though you've clearly said you didn't like losing? I guess we need to clearly dissect what fun is, actually, for the essence of this discussion so we're on the same page. This isn't specifically for you alone but for other members who say they gamble for the fun of it and not for the expected monetary reward.
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I've come across plenty of gambling discussions, and even when the topic is strictly about strategies, there are always people chiming in that gambling should be just for fun.

That got me thinking, how do you personally define "gambling for fun"?

For me, as someone looking to improve and eventually turn a profit, I don’t really see gambling as just entertainment. If I did, I probably wouldn’t take it seriously, and I'd just keep losing without much thought.

The real excitement for me comes from the challenge, not just the thrill. Even when I lose, it pushes me to improve rather than simply shrugging it off as part of the fun, that’s why I don’t fully agree with the idea of gambling being just for fun, it means more to me than that.

People value this activity for fun alongside with how they prefer doing it, but in reality of several players they really giving out efforts to earn good profit. Unknowingly, frustrations came once losing streak happens though there's a lot of fun experienced once winning happens but you can't expect it to be consistent because that's the behavior of gambling.
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Gambling for fun means you enjoy before and while gamble, not only enjoy on the results.

If you only enjoy on the results, you can't gambling for fun because when the results in loss, you will not enjoy it and vice versa.

But, when you enjoy while gambling, the games you played and enjoy when you make analysis/prediction about the sports you bet, you no longer need to depend on the results.

Just be a man and accept the results even if it’s a loss.

We take gambling seriously, especially in games that aren’t purely based on luck, because we put in the effort to analyze and want to win. But sometimes, even when we feel confident, the outcome doesn’t go our way. That’s the reality, winning money in gambling isn’t easy.

That’s why we need to convince ourselves that there will be losing days or even weeks. If we can get through those tough stretches and still be fine, then we can truly say we are gambling for fun because we accept the highs and lows without losing control.
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I almost always place my bets on soccer, and as I really enjoy watching the matches, I usually bet and the game becomes more entertaining
I'd say that's a bet for fun  Cheesy

I have my strategies and specific championships that I bet on regularly, but sometimes I just bet without thinking too much, for example on the team I like
The game becomes much more exciting to watch
When I lose a bet, I don't usually get upset, so I'd say that most of the time I bet for fun anyway

Some of the casino betting I do is for fun too
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Gambling for fun means you enjoy before and while gamble, not only enjoy on the results.

If you only enjoy on the results, you can't gambling for fun because when the results in loss, you will not enjoy it and vice versa.

But, when you enjoy while gambling, the games you played and enjoy when you make analysis/prediction about the sports you bet, you no longer need to depend on the results.
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When you enjoy so much the money might not even be a problem anymore I think there is the downside in this gambling for fun because when the thrill makes you excited and lets you enjoy the extremes, you are going to not mind how much you will gamble anymore. But just keep going and in the end the money will soon be an issue that you will be chasing the loss.

Gambling for fun are just for starters and if they fall to this gambling for fun thing. Its not going to be for fun anymore.
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I look at it this way -- gambling is fun, but it’s not "for fun." That mindset helps me justify the time and effort I put into analyzing my bets.

When it comes to sports betting, the stats exist for a reason. If we’re not using them to analyze games, then we’re basically betting blindly, which takes away the challenge and makes it easy to lose interest over time.

It’s different when we feel challenged because that pushes us to keep improving, learning from mistakes, and searching for a winning formula. We may never fully crack the code, but having that mindset keeps us motivated to bet smarter.
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I've come across plenty of gambling discussions, and even when the topic is strictly about strategies, there are always people chiming in that gambling should be just for fun.

That got me thinking, how do you personally define "gambling for fun"?

For me, as someone looking to improve and eventually turn a profit, I don’t really see gambling as just entertainment. If I did, I probably wouldn’t take it seriously, and I'd just keep losing without much thought.

The real excitement for me comes from the challenge, not just the thrill. Even when I lose, it pushes me to improve rather than simply shrugging it off as part of the fun, that’s why I don’t fully agree with the idea of gambling being just for fun, it means more to me than that.

For the fact that people always consider gambling as a means of entertainment and fun doesn't mean that one can not get profited, rather we keep saying this so that people will not look at it as a means of making Money. because if you always have the intention of making Money through gamble, definitely you will end up being addicted to it. reason is because you will keep gambling nonstop having this strong feeling that some day you're going to win.

Why those that have the intention of gambling just for fun and entertainment, always set thier limit they can decide to gamble ones a week or if possible twice a week regardless to the outcome as the case may be. Because they don't rely on it, not that they don't get profited from gambling but they know that gambling is just a luck base.
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Everyone has gotten their reasons and perspective for which they gamble and that is more like a personal decision which shapen your approach and the way you gamble,  most definitely those who gamble for fun use a very different approach away from those who gamble for money, so it's basically not about your perception gets you the reasons  for which you gamble  the way you do.
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The definition for me personally is when we find satisfaction when gambling, regardless of the results losing or winning is not the target. The satisfaction I mean is based on the experience where I played for quite a long time, through the ups and downs of the balance and almost approaching the point of boredom, so I decided to leave the game with a sense of fulfillment of the ambition to play.
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When you say people are gambling for fun or gambling for fun, it really means that you're gambling without expecting anything like profit from gambling, and that is the essence of gambling fun, and there's no amount amount you loss in gambling that you can't afford to lose, that is gambling for fun all about.

Why people who get depressed whenever they lose in the gambling, do get depressed due to they gambled to make a profit instead of fun, and looking at it otherwise, gambling is something almost 85% of people who participate on it gamble because of profit not for fun, but most of people who gamble wil tell you that they're gambling for fun instead of gambling to make a profit.
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