Topic: What's your view on this? Is it fun or addiction? - page 12. (Read 2090 times)

Addiction would really be something pertains into those activities which it is already too much than on usual but since this had become their daily hobby or thing then i dont see something wrong with this.
They are betting on things which arent really talking basically on money but on other bets that they are making. It is quite that evident that it is also really just that for fun.
It is really that good to gamble out together with your friends or co-workers into your free times. As long you arent that compromising your daily budget or money
then i dont see anything wrong with this. It is really just that we are just that too judgmental into those people who do engage to gambling.

It's funny actually, to tease people to keep gambling to get that generational wealth.
But the moment people realize that they already take a loan just to gamble is not funny anymore lmao. This will be a few steps to get an addiction award.

You need to ask yourself the following: how long can you go without playing? I also ask your friends how long they can go without playing, think with them, tell them to all spend 2 months without playing and without thinking about gambling and then each day observe how many of your friends will be uncomfortable because they won't be there. playing, most of the time when a person starts to spend a lot of time in their life thinking about gambling, that person loses focus on all other things in the real world, so that person is dependent on games, in other words, that person is addicted to games bad luck, but that's not all, also when a person starts to have a pattern in which every week that person has to play even if it's on a fixed day

so this person may also be facing problems with gambling and this person needs to take a test to prove that they do not have gambling problems and the simplest test that this person can do is to spend some time without gambling, but it has to be a period of time predetermined by that person and that person must comply with that period of time. Now, I honestly don't know your friends to be able to judge whether they really only play once a week, it's unlikely that a person addicted to gambling would say that he plays every day and that he even usually plays at work

This is clearly motivating addiction most especially to those begginer gamblers who are not totally exposed to the gambling world. They would certainly think that it's okay to lose and gamble again, and when your capital is already used up, it's okay to take a debt because the more you gamble, the higher chances of attaining wealth.

This is obviously crossing the concept of gambling. Just gamble to make fun and just bet on the amount you can afford to lose. Once used up, stop gambling and go home immediately. With that, you will never encounter problems in gambling.

I don't know why someone would see an inscription like that on a casino and would still decide to abide by it.... I don't even think it'll be advisable to read it twice assuming it was made as a review post either; gambling is pretty easy to avoid but some gullible ones that claim to be wiser would always wanna find a way to improvise, thinking it'll be for Thier betterment at the end.
Can I assume this to be a motivation?..  if anyone can easily be enticed by this write up, the person would believe any lie at all... Who in their right senses would wager and see Thier wins, just to wager again with every bit of cash they won?

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It's obvious that this could be a promotion for a gambling site? I agree that you can be rich in games like lotto, but if you don't know how to protect it, you can't build a generational wealth out of gambling, at least that is my opinion.

So just have some fun when we gamble, and if we won, like $100-$10,000 then good, but that alone again, will not get into into building a empire and have money through your lifetime. Gambling is base on pure luck, so not everyone can have that kind of good fortune.

It starts with a compulsion from circumstances and then becomes something that is forced to do until in the end they get used to it and feel that something is missing if they don't do gambling activities. The environment is really one of the factors that has a big influence on  human change, especially in terms of habits and behavior, maybe you are a little confused about whether you should follow the habits that exist in your environment or avoid it with the consequences of ridicule or ridicule from some of your friends who are also certainly one who also has a role in these activities.

I think as long as you and  some of your friends can maintain the comfort and safety of the gambling activities that you do then I think there is nothing wrong if you continue to engage in these  activities along with some of your friends on weekends, but on the other hand if you feel that slowly your money is getting eroded and experiencing some decline then obviously at least you have to reduce these activities a little, especially in terms of money allocation and also of course by taking a little time to rest because after all the possible risks cannot be completely avoided, especially addiction.

Admins of groups should be able to censor the discussions that go on in any group they manage so as to keep the discussions healthy and on point. There can be other ways to do a giveaway of free data subscription without indirectly introducing people to sports betting, something which the froup is not meant for. Yes, some may argue that the essence of this will be to spice up the group and get more people to be engaged to the group, but I see it as a bad way to achieving goals. Due to this indirect introduction to gambling, your group is breeding the next set of people that can become addicted to sports betting.

People have become addicted because gambling on weekends has become something they have to do. And if they don't follow it, there will be a sense of loss and they will want to follow it the following week. Maybe they find pleasure in betting on those weekends with their friends but if they don't have breaks to gamble each week, it will become an addiction.

The writing only tempts gamblers to continue gambling because psychologically, they will feel that the words are right and they have to follow them. But if someone has good self-control, they will not follow suit and will still rest after gambling. And again, the article says to take a loan to continue gambling and that is a mistake so gamblers don't need to follow it.

I will say this is not funny because it can be misleading to new gamblers that thinks that gambling is for making profit. I guess that there are addicted gamblers in that group and it is what they practice that they tell people in the group. This is why it is only you that can discipline yourself to become a responsible gambler because some friends that we keep will even make us get addicted due to their own excess gambling activities with wrong advice. Getting a loan to gamble is the worst thing any gambling will do because, it means that you are chasing your losses and will not be able to pay back the loan because you will lose the more. Never gamble when you don't have funds and only gamble with the amount of money that you can afford to lose.

Just take that statement with a grain of salt. Not a big deal for me.

With the use of common sense, we should know what are the valid pointers in gambling. I doubt someone will follow that statement regardless of their reason or even be lured by that kind of encouragement. Come one, use our brain. We should know the best approach in gambling.

On the other hand, though, consider that statement as a warning in the form of a sarcastic message.

I think you missed the point the message is conveying. From my understanding,  the message means that every loss is like a loan to the gambling company, a loan they will have to pay back with interest. It is just a way of encouraging themselves not to despair when they lose and I don't see anything wrong with that. If you also pay attention, you will realise they are having fun at the end of the day despite it becoming their regular practice for years. Assuming the OP made mention of any negative effect it is having on any of them, then that would have been a problem.

The fact that I can't control myself means that gambling is no longer fun or entertainment. If I don't gamble once every day, it is very difficult to control myself, then I have a kind of attraction towards gambling and I want to get out of this gambling, but an invisible attraction does not allow me to get out of gambling. At first I used to consider gambling as a part of entertainment but day by day my interest and curiosity towards gambling increased to such an extent that now I am seriously addicted to gambling. So for now I am trying to control my gambling addiction and have been in regular counseling with a psychiatrist for some time now.

I don't see your usual weekly bet as gambling because you guys are not staking any money. Gambling is when something is at stake which could be money or other non-monetary benefits. The message that your fellow student posted in the group can give a wrong message about gambling. Going to the extent of seeking a loan because you want to gamble is going to the extreme. We should encourage people to gamble with what they can afford and not seek other means to finance their gambling activities. Going to the extent of taking loans to gamble shows a high level of gambling addiction and nothing is entertaining in it. Such information on a school platform can encourage people to use their school fees to gamble.

Don't be deceived, there is a time to take a break from gambling especially when you observe that you are getting addicted. And we shouldn't be deceived that we don't lose in gambling because you might not be lucky at all times.

That statement is fucked bro, and I will not advise someone to do what is being quoted on that picture because that's an addition and not fun.
If you think it's fun, by the time you might have taken a loan to gamble and that same game which you think is sure still cut, that's when you will start to fear gamble. Recently, I heard a story of a gambler that sold his family house for gambling sake and things have turned around for him, and now he's left with nothing.
There are many stories that can testify of an addicted gambler that have done strange things just because he or she wants to gamble, but believe me this that this statement is just to make people on the WhatsApp group to gamble so that the group will be more active.

It's giving people the push to keep on gambling and if you have to take a loan, you do it and no one's gonna agree.

Well, if someone is going to justify that they should gamble and take a loan because that's what these posts are. They're out of their minds and can't decide for themselves.

These people need some help not just with their families but with professional help that they need not to be gullible with such posts that are obvious wanting them go the wrong route.

When gambling gets to this point, it's no longer fun, but the people in question are addicted to the game, which might not end well for them, especially when they get involved in talking about gambling.
 
It all started with giving me a few scents. Later, when I withdraw, I will give them back to you to the extent where they won't even have anything to pay back, but their hope of paying back the loan they took to gamble is only from the gambling winnings.
 
If they are just given themselves a compulsory bet every weekend, I don't see anything wrong with that, provided that they are still within their bankroll limit and don't break any of their personal rules. Then everything is okay, as most of us have time, which we like to gamble, and season, which we feel like it's best for us, so maybe weekend games might be the ones that always turn out in their favour.

A person who is addicted towards gamble will obviously won't be in the right mind to judge what is right for him and what is wrong for him. That's why taking a loan to gamble and seeing it as normal is totally fine for him. Bit it isn't. You are right. If one is already is in deep debt, he should try to work hard in order to pay of his debt, not gamble again to make the debt even bigger.

In my opinion gambling addiction as well as other addictions has several stages and many gamblers who have the first stage, which is manifested by an attraction to gambling, do not even realize it. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether these people have gambling addiction. The only way to find out is to limit yourself for a while from gambling and watch yourself. If your desire to gamble overpowers you, then you clearly already have a first degree gambling addiction. At least I think so.

This best describes on what I call the "gambler's cycle" where a gambler cannot escape the endless cycle of winning/losing.

In this cycle, a person's initial reaction whenever they win or lose is to gamble again; a person gambles again if they won to see if they can continue the streak; and a person gambles again if he/she losses in order to recover such lost by gambling again. Unfortunately, this cycle continues until the person exhausts his/her resources to the point that they believe that they would win the more they bet.

Personally, I find this as an addiction especially that the person copes by thinking that the next bet that he makes would result in a win.