Topic: What makes a gambler becomes addicted? Lose/winning? - page 4. (Read 2236 times)

Everyone has their own perspective in terms of responding to everything, meaning I respect your opinion my friend and maybe it can be justified enough, but after I read about the scenario you told about the gamblers in your area for me it is not an addiction but rather feeling "tempted" by the victory produced by other people they see which indirectly attracts their attention so that they gamble to get the same victory as other people.

For me and in my opinion addiction means someone who is addicted to something, like those who have managed to win a certain amount and in the end they continue to gamble in the hope of getting the same victory as before, so in my opinion addiction is something that cannot be described but you can only feel it which makes you always want it which happens because of an increase in interest in yourself.

I can't be sure that my opinion is completely correct because as I said everyone has their own perspective according to their way of thinking, or maybe I would also say that winning has a greater chance of making a gambler addicted than losing, so I can also say that your opinion could also be right, in the end the best thing is yes as you said that when we want to get involved in gambling then as much as possible we should eliminate the intention and goal of making money, that is always the initial trigger for various impulsive actions.

Nothing much to deliberate on, including greed, loses and winning can make a gambler get addicted. Firstly, greed plays a negative role to addiction by always wanting more profits out of what was gambled especially when having a good consecutive win. Greed pops up the idea of either doubling or trippling the staking power to win more and on that same motive, if the gambler fails to win as what was hoped for, it causes him/her to remain consistent in pursuit of that desired outcome which stimulates the mind to put in more effort, time and resources into gambling, ending as a case of addiction.

These three factors works together, one leads to the other, that is why we are supposed to restrain from falling on any of them, everything should be kept on minimal, either we find ourselves losing consecutively or winning nothing should change from what/how we gamble.

It is not the winning or losing that makes a person addicted to gambling, but the emotions that a person experiences during the game. I think that winning or losing is important as a person experiences during the game. I am not an expert, but in fact, the topic of addiction is most likely not easy to answer in one message, reducing everything to only losing or winning.

But if those who have lost in gambling continuously and never get a win even from bets or games that are done I think they will not pursue their losses even though they spend a lot of money, unless the person has won from gambling, once he has won, it will make him think that maybe he will get lucky if he continues to gamble and will return the money he has lost before.

I wouldn't even allow myself to lose more money if I never got a single win from gambling, and neither would anyone else, because it's like having no hope of luck in gambling.

I do not think only greed leads to gambling addiction because there are other habits that can lead to addiction. Gambling addiction cam happen when you are winning and when you are losing and greed can not happen in both situations. Greed happens when you are winning and revenge happens when you are losing. As you are losing you will get frustrated and want to win back your lose money by gambling more and this can lead to addiction because when you are always gambling, you will get use to gambling all the time without having control over how you spend therefore you will get addicted to gambling without knowing. As gamblers we need to watch ourselves to know when we are over gambling because there is nobody that is going to inform us because we obviously do not have gambling buddy.

In gambling the more you win the more you want to win more so it has no end and it is a continuous thing and that causes the addiction of gamblers. And also those who lose always want to regain their loses so it always a continuous gambling and hoping that one day they will win their lose and also that can lead to addiction. Therefore I believed the losing and winning can lead a gambler to become addicted.  But if you look at it very well it is the winning that lead the two.

It is the winning that makes people to be addicted because as you win, you are happy to continue gambling but if you lose, you might be angry and leave gambling for good but winning will make you to play gamble continuesly.

I think winning and losing is one of the main factors why someone can be addicted or can have a greedy nature over gambling, because if the opinion is reversed, it is impossible for a gambler to be greedy to lose, right? Then the greed comes when having a win, when having money earned from gambling and thinking about getting more money from gambling and that's what makes someone addicted to gambling.

The correlation is very clear that people who have big wins always want to get big things from gambling, and that causes gambling, greed occurs because they have won, not experienced defeat.

I can say that just as gambling have become very common this days, and with the use of smartphone and an internet connection, one could be able to gamble anytime at anywhere around the world. So when it comes to what makes a gambler gets addicted, I will say they are as follows;
1. Easy Accessibility: This is when a person due to easy access to gamble from phone tends to keep on gambling always and as such, may lose control and gets addicted.

2. Unemployment/Poverty: This is another reason likely to make people get addicted to gambling, because when a person is unemployed and poor they tend to look up to gambling as the only means to get them out of poverty if they are lucky to win a jackpot. And when a jackpot tends not to come, they keep gambling more, with the mindset they will someday win that life changing jackpot.

So these are the two reasons I was able to remember today.

I have seen some gamblers in my locality, they haven’t won any reasonable amount of money from gambling, and they are already addicted to gambling. Most of them are pushed to keep on gambling just because of the stories they hear, they see people around them winning, which is always motivating them to keep on gambling, hoping they are going to hit a jackpot if they don’t give up. Also addicted gamblers do motivate each other not to give up because their time to hit a jackpot might be close.
 
So I won’t really say it’s only winning that makes people addicted to gambling, but it’s both. Just that if you have won some good amount of money before, then you will find it very difficult to get back to your right senses, but if you haven’t won any good money, you will find it kind of easy.
 
But the best thing is to just try to stay away from addiction, make sure you understand what gambling is all about before joining, avoid having the mindset of making money from gambling, just gamble for fun, and that’s all. If you are looking for a way to make money, then get yourself a job and work.

The games themselves are geared to get people to play as much as possible, which should not be surprising as everything is geared to try to increase the consumption of their products, it is just that when it comes to casinos, they have mastered this to the point many other businesses can only dream about, but it is precisely because of this that we need to be very careful when we gamble, as just a few mistakes on our part could be enough to cause a long term addiction that will be very difficult to overcome.

If I'm to give a straight answer, I will just say greed is what get some gamblers addicted. If one can get their greed in check they will be able to get their addictive tendencies in check too such that they are not only going to reduce it but may not even get to that point in the nearest future. Winning or loosing isn't supposed to make gamblers addicted these are mere effects of gambling so following up with them in any extreme gets you addicted.

If the purpose of gambling is only for entertainment, maybe the pressure will not be a problem because the thought of aiming for victory is what creates pressure and makes us want to continue gambling or indeed want to recover losses. what you said is true, the possibility of pleasure will be replaced by greed when gambling is indeed done with the aim of making money. the urge that will arise to continue to force oneself to gamble will occur with the thought of gambling to make money.
losing or winning is the same, it can draw us deeper into gambling if the goal is wrong, so what makes us addicted is our own thoughts and behavior if we look at losing and winning I don't think it has a big effect if the thought and purpose of gambling itself is indeed only for entertainment. saying that victory can be more interesting makes sense because the victory that has been obtained can make us think that we can still produce even greater victories and of course that will make us gamble longer.

Indeed, there's more pressure when you lose as inside gambler's mind there's always hope that once you try again luck might trigger and allow you to recover, it's just a repeated actions that will give you that urge to keep bringing yourself in and try betting in each sessions that you'll have that chance to make money, I guess the fun always been replace by greed as intention to make more keeps you getting excited and let your feelings unable to control yourself and always push forward to try making things happened.
Gambling though can also excite you when you are winning that kind of experienced also attracts more attention and the chance that getting addicted is also possible.

They will of course get a sense of entertainment if they can gamble, in fact, in their view, it is nothing more than entertainment. and of course the aim of the gambling carried out is not all the same, it's just that perhaps more of them are those who aim to make money, whereas with such a goal it is possible to make them more disappointed when the results that occur do not match expectations with the aim being to make money, however The result that occurs and is obtained is that defeat tends to make their emotions provoked.
If they think too much about winning or only think about winning, of course it will be difficult for them to stop, because their adrenaline is provoked to continue gambling because there is victory waiting for them on their minds. However, this needs to be addressed because it is impossible for them to continue playing so that they can win for sure. there are many triggers that make wrong feelings happen and make them take wrong decisions and lead to addiction.

Gambling is clearly a risky thing, therefore as much as possible we must be able to do it with awareness and set limits whose aim is to prevent addiction which can harm us financially or mentally. with the absence of limits and awareness, players tend to make big risky decisions such as risking everything including their savings, of course this would not happen if there was awareness and limits set so I think everyone when they get to know gambling already knows that it is something that at risk, they just need to correct their wrong thinking.

Of course, gambling is not just about winning or losing, it involves thinking that can determine the future. Apart from that, survival is determined by what kind of gambling is done, if someone is only full of thinking about winning, then that is a wrong start and can make them addicted. What you say is correct, gambling is entertainment, therefore we have to do it in moderation, do it within limits so that it doesn't destroy our lives in the future.

The first thing is that gambling is easy whether we win money in it or lose.
So when people win easy money they get addicted of doing it again and again.
When they lose money they get into chasing loses and since that process is easy they keep repeating it.
They don't realize how easily they are losing their money and hence they end up losing it all.

Even if it hurts, we are driven to follow that high. Our minds seem to be designed to fade. And that's a risky game, man, particularly if you're waggering more than just money. You are risking everything in your whole damned life. Good for you; you're dabbling now rather than jumping headfirst. Still, that represents only the top of the iceberg. You have to go deep, guy, figure out why you need this rush. Is it more about winning than about anything else? Though it may also be a tool of self-destruction, gambling can be entertaining. Let it not blow your life, your relationships, your pleasure. Be sincere with yourself, guy; then, grab control

Which the main goal of most of those gamblers if not all, can exempt those who treat as source of entertainment though for sure it's more entertaining if they win, moving forward, that obsessions really leads them to keep playing either they are in the winning or in the losing side they just keeps adding the urge since they are feeling that kind of adrenaline rush to keep betting and not to messed up with their opportunities to win.

I see the point where being out of control can send you over into a deeper addictions, which really making it hard to adjust and to escape from keep asking for more.

Anyone can become addicted to gambling and it happens because their thinking may be wrong. I say this because of the experience where I experienced as you described by experiencing addiction and finally having debt and succeeded in turning things around because of the winnings obtained with an amount that was many times the capital that had been lost. This happens because our minds are full of only thinking about winning, even though we have experienced defeat, we still think we can win at the next gambling game, so even though we have run out of money, we use other ways to make money and bet again, one of which is borrowing money and betting again. That's because there is an acute urge to win that cannot be eliminated.

with those of you who have never won big or earned a lot of money, I hope you can control yourself by not only thinking about winning, because thinking like that will lead you to misery. I have learned from experience and there is no harm in sharing experiences that might be used as an example not to gamble blindly, also with the experience that has happened I am now not really chasing wins, gambling on a limited basis is what I do now.

Indeed, they become addicted to it because their thoughts are too carried away by the atmosphere of gambling, one of which is that they only think about winning, they are too obsessed with winning at gambling which they think they can get for sure. The feeling of wanting to win in their thoughts leads them to continue gambling, whereas their feelings only follow their thoughts. It's not surprising that many people are addicted and experience losses because the uncertainty of winning makes their emotions overflow.
It's true what you said, when they are addicted, they can risk everything they have, including the assets and property they own, some even have debts just because they want to gamble again when they have experienced defeat and make them lose all the money they have. It is very difficult when you are addicted to be able to minimize the risks, because when you are addicted they tend to insist on doing risky things because they are driven by their thinking which only wants to win. even when addicted it may be difficult to find a way to cure it if not from yourself.