What is your definition of gambling for fun? - page 6.

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Quote from: Maslate on February 07, 2025, 07:07:33 AM

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.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of what gambling means and what fun is for them. For as long as you are aware of what you do and the plans you have as you gamble, just do what you think is necessary for you.

And if the others keep on telling us to gamble only for fun, they also have their meaning of what having fun is. Playing some dice, roulette and let their money multiply for a bit and then coming back to lose them again.

It's okay to disagree if you think that gambling isn't just for fun and I have the same opinion as you because we gamble to win, to make money and it's not hard to have that reason if we win.

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Well, I'm going to tell you that maybe I'm a little bit more qualified than the average user to tell you what it's all about because for me for many years gambling, in this case poker, was a side hustle. We talk about fun as well as entertainment, in my case I see it more as the second, except when I hit a good multiplier, in which case I see it more fun. But playing casino games I do not have to worry about my opponents, to calculate anything, to be extremely concentrated, I can simply start playing slots and go clicking, knowing that it is an EV game - but I do it with a money that not only I can afford to lose, but I give it for lost. Then, it is fun to see the prizes that are coming out, the series of results, and fun when I win something significant.

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It is simple for me, gambling for fun is:
- when I can enjoy the game regardless what is result (win or lose).
- when there is no negative effective from it, both emotionally and financially
- when I can start and stop anytime as I wish

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Fun gamblers are players who leave the casino happy, and less bothered about money lost. That's where comments on wagering smaller amounts comes to play. Because nobody would be excited on his way home after a huge loss. The anger or worries of losing is a lot of distraction for the gambler, even in the next session. Hence, the attention isn't there anymore, the purpose for going for more also isn't concrete, just for the sake of gaining back what was lost. I'd add that you shouldn't compete with the house, gambling is not a balanced game, the housing edge made it so. It's best you enjoy few sessions and go to rest.

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For me, gambling for fun, means that you should not take gambling so serious as a source of income, you don't have to base your daily demands and bills on the winning from gambling. When you are gambling for fun, you have to bet or gamble when you feel like and not doing it everyday because you feel the urgency to make money from it. There are some other fun full activities that we often spend our money on for the benefits of enjoying the moment and not because there's actually any reward attached, I feel that's what gambling for fun is also about, you need to just risk the amount that you can afford to lose. Although, winning in gambling makes it more interested but not interested enough to see it as a source of income.

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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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Quote from: Marykeller on February 07, 2025, 09:26:43 AM

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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Quote from: Maslate on February 07, 2025, 07:07:33 AM

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.

Quote from: Maslate on February 07, 2025, 07:07:33 AM

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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Quote from: Maslate on February 07, 2025, 07:07:33 AM

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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Quote from: Mpamaegbu on February 07, 2025, 08:43:17 AM

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.

Quote from: Mpamaegbu on February 07, 2025, 08:43:17 AM

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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Quote from: bitLeap on February 07, 2025, 07:54:50 AM

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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Quote from: Maslate on February 07, 2025, 07:07:33 AM

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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Quote from: Oshosondy on February 07, 2025, 07:25:27 AM

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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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Quote from: Maslate on February 07, 2025, 07:07:33 AM

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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Quote from: Apocollapse on February 07, 2025, 08:29:53 AM

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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