Topic: What's in the game, after all? - page 14. (Read 4813 times)

Thanks for this example

You very well elucidated my idea and further expanded my thought here. Of course, it doesn't erase his memory, but it does absolutely erase his feelings of disagreement with his previous loss (which is the reason why we are chasing losses in the first place) or even frustration, however small his initial loss might be in respect to his wealth and however smaller his subsequent win is in respect to that loss

This is a good example to show us, and look into, how our brain chemistry works. We may accumulate losses over time when gambling but even a small win or a winning streak totally offsets or even resets our feelings about these losses despite the fact that purely financially we are still deep in the red (and probably will always be). That is called a recency bias, if I'm not mistaken

There are a lot of gamblers out there gambling so they can earn a good amount of money. But don't you think we can avoid these losses and just spend our time gambling? There are a lot of games on the App Store where you can gamble with other players online without using your real money. Any game you want, it's your call

Gambling is aiming for money, we can play games for boredom or other activities that will not require money. But since we wanted while we're playing is that there is still money that may involve as earning so gambling happens. We just need only to know how to discipline ourselves when we're playing it.

I think gambling is only to treat stress and not a psychiatric illness or severe depression and it only needs drugs that doctors recommend instead of gambling.
Gambling is done a lot because of its many stress problems, depression is a lot of problems so most people with gambling can be felt obau so many say gambling is just for fun only.

In my opinion, gambling is one way to get away with boredom, it is like entertaining yourself and at the same time, you're getting monetary rewards if you're lucky. Every one of us look at gambling differently some gamble because of the reason that it can be a good way to earn big money right away but some gamble just to have fun and entertain themselves, regardless of how we look at it it should be done in moderation as to avoid unnecessary losses.

That is true, but not for all of us.

There are a lot of gamblers out there gambling so they can earn a good amount of money. But don't you think we can avoid these losses and just spend our time gambling? There are a lot of games on the App Store where you can gamble with other players online without using your real money. Any game you want, it's your call.

In my opinion, gambling is one way to get away with boredom, it is like entertaining yourself and at the same time, you're getting monetary rewards if you're lucky. Every one of us look at gambling differently some gamble because of the reason that it can be a good way to earn big money right away but some gamble just to have fun and entertain themselves, regardless of how we look at it it should be done in moderation as to avoid unnecessary losses.

I don't think it is so much about money

The richest man who entertains gambling is not actually looking to multiply his money like doubling or tripling his starting amount. It is more like being able to win in and of itself, not the size of that win as it may be completely irrelevant. In other words, it is the possibility itself which counts, not the actual total won because this total is probably not going to change anything in the wealth status of that man

We may accumulate losses over time when gambling but even a small win or a winning streak totally offsets or even resets our feelings about these losses despite the fact that purely financially we are still deep in the red (and probably will always be there)

I think you've got what you are trying to find here in your answer. Yes it is not about the winnings or losses of a wealthy man, let's say, it is the satisfaction he have when he wins. I'm going to give a little scenario here, when the wealthy man bet a big amount of money and lost it but the second bet he put a small amount of money and he won, that is where his satisfaction would go, that could erase on his memory about the losses he have in gambling

Many people have the wrong mindset when they are playing gambling. They think that gambling can be a solution to get fast money, but they are wrong. Nothing can be called fast money because, at least, we need to try to get that money. Gambling can make someone have high stress, depression, and even the worst, that person can become addicting. We need to stay calm first before we play gambling because if you cannot do that, you will end up losing the money.

To be explicit and begin with, by gambling I mean playing only the games of chance (think dice here), i.e. games where your skill doesn't matter, where the outcome is determined by luck alone

As the debates and discussions here clearly show, there are two major camps in respect to the question why people are gambling. The first camp claim that people gamble because they are looking for ways to earn money (something like the "get rich fast" scheme). The other camp say there are as well people who gamble just for the fun of it (to be clear, they don't deny the monetary incentives of some, or most, of the players). Let's call such an attitude personal enjoyment as that seems to be the established term (but you're welcome to come with a different name for it)

To reassert, I'm not discarding the possibility that quite a few people may be looking into gambling as a source of easy money (whether it actually is or can be is another question), or that it can in fact be their primary incentive. But this topic is not about such people. In this topic I want to dissect and analyze the other group of gamblers (and their motivations), the one that is actually playing for its own sake, for personal enjoyment and entertainment. And here's the question (a few questions) to muse over while taking a break from rolling the dice

What is exactly meant and understood by this "personal enjoyment" generic category? Is it one feeling or there are many? What do people actually feel when gambling with motives other than purely financial? What do they get out of it? My take is that they are feeling in control of their fate, even if only for very brief moments. Simply put, that they are not losers, and luck is on their side, at least sometimes. Indeed, we all know that this feeling is fleeting and false overall, but it is so nice and pleasant that we are ready to pay for it, up to a point where we get addicted to it

So what's your take on this? What's in the game for those of us who are not looking for anything other than personal enjoyment and amusement? Be specific!

The wrong mindset when gambling is done to treat stress, on the contrary most of their professional gamblers suffer huge losses because their minds are not calm or in a depressed mind, therefore someone in a state of stress is not advised to gamble because it is likely to approach large losses and it won't treat stress but it will add to the burden of the mind

If you think that gambling is only to treat stress, then you will get more stresses, especially if you see, you will become bigger. Your tension will also increase, you cannot think clear whether to stop right away or continue playing. When people think that gambling is a way to relieving stress problems, depression, then they are wrong. They must not come to gambling if they are stress, and it is better to take a rest for a while to reduce your high stress.

If you think that gambling is only to treat stress, then you will get more stresses, especially if you see, you will become bigger. Your tension will also increase, you cannot think clear whether to stop right away or continue playing. When people think that gambling is a way to relieving stress problems, depression, then they are wrong. They must not come to gambling if they are stress, and it is better to take a rest for a while to reduce your high stress.

I don't think it is so much about money

The richest man who entertains gambling is not actually looking to multiply his money like doubling or tripling his starting amount. It is more like being able to win in and of itself, not the size of that win as it may be completely irrelevant. In other words, it is the possibility itself which counts, not the actual total won because this total is probably not going to change anything in the wealth status of that man

I think gambling is only to treat stress and not a psychiatric illness or severe depression and it only needs drugs that doctors recommend instead of gambling.
Gambling is done a lot because of its many stress problems, depression is a lot of problems so most people with gambling can be felt obau so many say gambling is just for fun only.

I don't think it is so much about money

The richest man who entertains gambling is not actually looking to multiply his money like doubling or tripling his starting amount. It is more like being able to win in and of itself, not the size of that win as it may be completely irrelevant. In other words, it is the possibility itself which counts, not the actual total won because this total is probably not going to change anything in the wealth status of that man

You have a whole point. People do gamble to earn money fast! That's the truth. Even the richest man who gambles for fun has a purpose to double or tripled his money