Topic: Who among you here is gambling at work? - page 2. (Read 7267 times)

Yeah, I agree with the sentiment here.

If you can bet while working that means you can be using that time to do whatever else, like facebook or any other nonsense.

If that is the case, then it is all good in my mind.

You don't get a paycheck to gamble. You're there to work, period. That job covers your rent, your food, maybe even funds your bets after you clock out. So, jeopardizing that? That's not just dumb, it's self-sabotage.

This isn't some complicated company rule, this is plain logic. Your boss hired you to do a job, not roll dice while emails pile up. Word travels fast in workplaces you think no one's gonna notice you disappearing for sneaky bets? Today's sneaky gambler is tomorrow's unemployed gambler.

Gambling on your own time, that's your call. But the hard truth is, the casino doesn't care about your bills, the house always has the edge. Don't get so focused on hitting the jackpot that you end up hitting rock bottom at work. Responsibility might not be trendy, but it keeps life running smoothly. Walk the line between work and gambling, or prepare for a nasty fall. Your choice.
Also you should put up into your mind that you've been paid to do the work and not to gamble, so it would really be normal that they would really be strict when it comes to implementing rules on which it would really be just that normal that they would really be strict into it. This is why if you do really value your work then you can gamble later on when you are on your own home and wont really be tending to risks up on doing something like this thing on your working hours because you dont know on who would be the one to tell your manager or the owner that you've been doing such
activity on working hours which its never been that right in the first place. Gambling could really wait and it would be ideal that it should be done when you are going home or simply
you have finished your work. Its risk free on losing your job but the risk would be transferred on losing money when you do gamble. lol

They don't have to evaluate things on how much gambling has affected the life of their employees. Man, they just want to keep it simple, that's why a company create a rules for employees to follow, and every rules there's always a consequences of the action, and I think in most companies, if you got caught gambling at work, that means suspension, or worse termination, so it's better to avoid that as they always implement the rules to protect the interest of the company.

Like gambling is the only thing that a person can be tired from. It will be stupid if employer fires someone because he gambles from time to time at work. If employee spends whole day gambling instead of working then this one thing. But if employee gambles today for 10 minutes, few day ago did the same, and plans to gamble gamble on Friday for 20min, firing him just for that, when it takes time to find replacement, months to teach new employee, wait till he passes successfully probationary period. Will it really be that wise? If a former employee that gambles during work makes not harm for a company.

I'd like to share my experience with you all. Even though I'm not currently employed, I went through a phase of gambling while I was working in the past, and the outcome wasn't positive. It affected my job performance because, as you may know, when you lose, you tend to dwell on your losses and constantly think about strategies to win. When we talk about work, it usually means we're not particularly wealthy, and imagine what happens when we gamble money we can't afford to lose, especially when we're not earning much.

Let me tell you, the feeling is far from pleasant. It leads to a decline in your work performance, which can have significant consequences since that's your primary source of income. It might be manageable if you're winning, but the harsh reality is often quite the opposite. Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.

I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.

Most people who are addicted to gambling during their breaks often gamble at work because they already have a habit or addiction that they cannot stop. It is true that gambling really interferes with the productivity of an employee's performance because at that time he has to use his time to rest properly, but with this bad habit the gambler actually uses his rest time to gamble and maybe this is actually not recommended because after he has to go back to work he has very tired and performance will definitely be disrupted. And in the end, as you said, he received sanctions or was expelled from the company.

I agree with you. Gambling has the potential to disrupt your working hours therefore it is better to make a schedule. I also have a friend who is addicted to gambling. He once gambled at work during his break. It didn't become a problem until he continued gambling and spent several hours gambling. It reduced his productivity significantly. I once advised him and at that time he didn't listen to me. And now he has been fired from his company. Now he regrets his actions but it was too late.

I think you can still do it if you know how to "read the room".

If you are simply gambling at any time, independent of what's going on at work then yeah, most probably that person will get in trouble.

But if you only do it when there's free time at work, then you can probably get away with it.

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I agree with you. Gambling has the potential to disrupt your working hours therefore it is better to make a schedule. I also have a friend who is addicted to gambling. He once gambled at work during his break. It didn't become a problem until he continued gambling and spent several hours gambling. It reduced his productivity significantly. I once advised him and at that time he didn't listen to me. And now he has been fired from his company. Now he regrets his actions but it was too late.

A person sometimes can't manage their time, everything is mixed up and in the end there will only be one activity that stands out more.
I always follow the work schedule that I make, so it will not be too complicated and does not result in the main work or others.

While some of us are gambling at work, weather we gambles responsibly or Irresponsibly let's not get lost to consider the nature of the firm where we works and the position we upholds in our jobs because in most cases the company would not care if you are staking with your funds, you might get lost of trust by your boss or the company as it maybe if probably you are entrusted or promoted to any related financial departments.

The speculations about chronic addicted gamblers has aspired most persons who is not related to gambling that gambling is an Irresponsible activity so that instincts alone can cause one to lost promotions or trust by the company.

So I am subjecting that it is not right to gamble while at work. While we are drafting our gambling budgets on either weekly or daily plans of how we could gamble, it don't even find it sensible having a budget to gamble while at work. Even the break time during work hours doesn't Worth it.

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if I hire an engineer to install the Internet for me and when he is installing it the only thing the technician or engineer does is be glued to the phone, whether playing or something like that, it is something that would bother me, and I also think that, as you say, in a slot machine game, roulette requires concentration, and the slightest kind of lack of concentration can lead to money being lost.

If the place where you work allows gambling, then you are lucky enough because many places prohibit any activity other than the main job to be done.

Doing betting like a Sportsbook does take a little time, just need to determine how many bets will be made and let the match run,
we will only receive the result when the game is over.

But with games like slots, Poker, Dominoes it requires focus.
Slot games may only need to do as many spins as possible in one click, but looking at slot games is addictive

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I understand that a lot of jobs may not really make gambling at work difficult especially if it is just games like sportsbook that is places one time and the gambler can face other things. It becomes a problem for gambles that are time consuming. I gamble at work because my job permits it and not that I am addicted.

Addiction is a bad thing and a new member on gamble should not begin gamble with the feelings of winning money, gambling is risky when you don't understand it's purpose, gamble is like a thing of entertainment when you are winning but some people fells so emotional when they are losing their money on gamble. So if a gambler is working he shouldn't gamble when he is busy because he will not get paid for not taking his own job or business services serious. Although these are the things addition cause, additions can make you not to be concentrated if you haven't bet.

I think that when they gamble, their main goal is to make money, double their money or win, it's only natural that many of them become addicted to gambling because their own hopes are wrong. Gambling is a game that can provide profits if you are lucky, this game also carries risks such as losing money which is certain and addiction is a disease with other bad effects when addiction occurs.

Well, that's what's wrong, why should they get emotional when the money they bet on is lost? even though in reality defeat or losing money in gambling is certain, therefore we should be able to accept defeat well, not worrying about defeat is the key to preventing big losses, because when losing money causes our emotions to rise then it is very likely that this will happen. is a big loss... with this, gambling should only be done in your free time, because gambling must also be played with a calm mood, don't let us get carried away when gambling, that's not right.

Actually I am one of those people who are gamble at work  if I have a break time then I'll focus on my gambling put my bet and sometimes I'll win but sometimes I'll lost. Anyways that is not the basis cause as long us I enjoy then I will do what ever it happens. But sometimes if I win and I am at work then I will withdraw may winning amount and buy some pizza for my co workers. It's look like I will share some of my winning amount to them. Anyways for me it is good when we are playing in our work as long us we can control our self.

Addiction is a bad thing and a new member on gamble should not begin gamble with the feelings of winning money, gambling is risky when you don't understand it's purpose, gamble is like a thing of entertainment when you are winning but some people fells so emotional when they are losing their money on gamble. So if a gambler is working he shouldn't gamble when he is busy because he will not get paid for not taking his own job or business services serious. Although these are the things addition cause, additions can make you not to be concentrated if you haven't bet.

Yes, that's right, when a gambling addict is at work and they really want to gamble, maybe they can only do it during a break at work, because if a gambling addict doesn't gamble, they will be very tired or not enthusiastic about doing work, but this has a big impact. It's bad if a gambling addict has fun playing and then forgets to stop gambling, which will result in forgetting that work has started operating again, maybe this is only done by an addict because when we are addicted it will be difficult to stop playing the game and it is very difficult to stop unless there is a special intention. to stop. because if a beginner gambles, it is very unlikely that they will do this while they are at work, yes, there may be some but not many because they are not yet crazy about gambling.

Therefore, gambling addicts must take the time to play and know when to stop playing because the impact of gambling in the work environment can result in the loss of their job.