Topic: Who among you here is gambling at work? - page 50. (Read 7277 times)

Depends on how the situation would really be that severe in terms of engagement with gambling yet there are still people who would really be able to retain their control despite of playing while at work on which they could really be still able to do their job and able to play at the same time whenever they do have the opportunity. Not all people who do play gambling at work would definitely be ending up on losing their job. It would really be always that depend on how you would really be making those actions because if you dont make out such control and discipline towards yourself and werent really that sensible on what actions you would really be making
then pretty sure you would really beending up on having that kind of problem on which it isnt really that something that you could be able to avoid if you do tolerate your addiction.

Gambling isnt bad as long you do make yourself that responsible or else you would definitely really be that experiencing on things which arent supposed you would really gonna need to experience.
It would really be all depending on how you would really be making yourself that aware on the actions that you are making.

My job and gambling, which is important? Ofcourse I'll choose my job because it's consistent in paying my bills at the end of the month unlike gambling that's risky and unreliable to depend on. Most of my colleagues have been fired due to been addicted to gambling, they never made any plans to manage and they're gradually losing themselves. Serving two master at a time doesn't work because there's whole lot to learn about life. It will not always give us what we expects, rather moves contrary to our budgets and causing to become distracted with the dealings.

Exactly. No one on the right mind would spend money on gambling while working. Treasuring your job is a must, it is the employee's responsibility to provide output and perform a job well done every single day, focusing and completing your task at work must be the priority without doing anything especially gambling. We work to earn money, burning that money in gambling is a waste of time and effort.

Gambling while at work will not give a good outcome. Aside from feeling agitated as you have some tasks to keep in mind, it can lead to losing your focus and probably not gonna perform well.

I'm feeling nostalgic with your story, it is bringing back some memory of some hardship I ones had back in the days. It's not easy to be a man but again, we must do everything legitimately to survive. From my days of gambling, I have had an adaptation of gambling to be a place where you will lose more money than what you are going to win, this is nothing but the truth. The percentage of people that win more money than what the actually lose are less than 1 percent in gambling.

With this orientation in mind, I don't make mistake of placing more than what will bite me. My work is hard and time consuming on weekdays, so I don't joke with the pay but you know that all work no play will make one a dullard, I must hang out and of them is catching fun with sports and football and basketball will come into play and as a result, betting will ensue. I must bet but there is tiny I will use that will be nothing, that if compare with things, it will not be enough to get me a proper meal.

I know it's hard to take loss and process it when it doesn't favour you but you must accept it and move on but if you must make it quick and easy to forget, don't ever and ever play with the money you cannot afford to lose. It's not a must to gamble your money, if you don't have it quit gambling quietly and enjoy the rest of your life with other activities that will impact your life.

if you bet "actively" by checking the results/odds and so on you cannot do another activity.
There are no alternative possibilities.
you can dedicate yourself only to this activity. Any work requires attention it can't be done in the same time you are gambling. Yes during a break but no more.

I would also add that it is unprofessional and in these cases you can risk a disciplinary sanction that can go as far as... to get fired! I wouldn't bet on this....

That kind of behavior will obviously end up how it has many times in the pass, likely the person Lossing their job and trying to continue to fuel their gambling addiction through other less legitimate means.
Losing ones job because of gambling is supposed to be one of most important and earliest wake up calls for gamblers to realize their are going down a dangerous path, if they realize and correct their course on time, then there won't be reasons for them to suffer much further.

It is similar when someone is arrested for a small crime and won't change their ways, to further progress onto commiting felonies.

Well, what a great scheme - you work at work and earn money to spend this money on gambling right at work, then you work again and so on in a circle. Wonderful, isn't it? You don’t even have to go home, start a family and try to secure a decent future for yourself.

Okay, let's put the stupid jokes aside.

I am absolutely sure that gambling at work will negatively affect the productivity of one’s work tasks, and if we add to this the possible losses in online casino, then this will already be double damage.

Many here claim that they perceive gambling as entertainment, but work processes are in no way comparable to entertainment and therefore, it is necessary to clearly separate these two types of activity. Work at work, and have fun like gambling in your free time.

Your experience as narrated is in nexus to a scene I witness about a year ago in an in land casino house, a young man in a gray color suit with an office box he was holding gambled till his last penny and had to continue gambling on credit after losing all of the money he hand in account. After gambling on credit to a significant amount the cashier told him to pay the credit before still been allowed further more. Of which he has no money to pay for the credits the cashier had to ask the bouncer that is stage as a security person at the entrance of the casino to strip him off his clothes and also taking his office box with the documents inside.

After much interrogation about how he would have to gamble on credit to the amount he did it was discovered that he stopped by to gamble on his way after work just to cool off the stress of the day and it happened that he just received his payment that very day and from cooling off from the work stress with a little gambling he found himself gambling away his whole salary he was paid that day.  And in his quest to chase the losses he had to gamble on credit promising the cashier to pay before leaving anyway.

I have had more worse stories than this but I don't why in spite of how I gamble  I haven't found myself in any of these shoes and that might be because I never stop to recognize the difference between money meant for gambling and money for other purposes in my life. The moment gamblers can't differentiate the difference it then mean that addiction has set in.

At least we know where we are, so we don't use work time to play games or even gamble. After all, if we have free time at the office, we can rest instead of doing other activities. We can refresh our minds and bodies so that when it's time to work, we will be fresher and more enthusiastic. But as I said, each person has their own choice, and it's up to them which one they can do. But do it wisely so that it doesn't interfere with your work activities and those of your friends.

If we lose at gambling and are still in the office, it will affect our work performance, so it will have a domino effect on our co-workers. Later, they might feel disturbed. After all, your attitude has changed because you have just experienced defeat. And that disturbs our focus. But it's okay if other people choose to gamble in their office because they think they can still focus on gambling and working at the same time.

We can only suggest without wanting to impose our will because we understand that each person has their own choice.

Playing something even if it's not gambling during work hours is definitely the best possible way to lose a job FAST. I don't really know why you get to ask these very weird questions. I mean, why would anyone in their sane mind will decide to just randomly gamble at their workplace? What difference will it make when you gamble at home? If you have a poor work ethic, quit the job and do something else that would make you money, then gamble to your heart's content.

Losing the job is a more serious consequence of this action because getting another job won't be easy. When you leave your job or get fired, it becomes difficult to get a new job because having a recommendation letter with good words about you can actually make other companies think about recruiting you, but when your recommendation letter says that you are not reliable since you used to gamble during working hours and used to waste a lot of time on that, the next companies will barely think of hiring you.

So, one should think about it more critically than they are right now if they are actually gambling at work because that's not a very good idea. Apart from the fact that you might lose your money, you can lose your job and along with your job, your reputation as well when people come to know that you've lost your job because of your gambling addiction.

That's right, although there may be absolutely no supervision from their superiors that they dare to gamble, but still this is an act that should not be done by anyone. You have to be able to put something in its place, if it's time to work then work, don't do other activities outside of that, especially gambling, it's not recommended. Why? I said some of the effects of gambling such as maybe emotions when losing will affect your work, and after that you will not be able to focus on work, one day surely your boss will question your performance decreases, and the bad risk is because of that you could be terminated.

Gambling is just for fun and to complete your empty time, maybe when off work or whatever, certainly when you have no other activities then you can gamble to relieve boredom a little, I think that's all. So you have to be able to put things in the right portion.

I slightly agree and disagree, agree because yes anything can change with a slight factor, for example you only plan to play for 30 mins but at some point you hooked up in the game and doesn't notice the time past by. Disagreed, as long as you do your work, finished your task then there's no problem with that. i personally play gambling at work and it doesn't affect my performance and work as long as I know my priority and I know how manage my time.

If so, that means he can gamble at work. But in any case, it is best for someone not to carry out activities that are not related to work at work so that it will not interfere with their work. But I see people playing online games at work because they are waiting for other work to finish, which happens in many places.

So it depends on each person because some people still play on their phones at work. Some people don't play because they feel they are at work, and it would be unethical if they played at work. And some people work but also play games. But it's best not to play any games when someone is working.

Personally, I don't allow extra activities to affect my working hours. First,  it's very bad for me to engage in anything that's not in line with my employment contract, as the management has the right to fire you without pay for that very month. I was served a query by my senior colleague back then after just seeing me reading something on the internet about a crypto project.
 
I don't gamble at work, but I have seen people who do that, and it doesn't end well with them. A few of the people who actually engage in such activities that I know are the owners of their work place, so they don't have to go through any form of query, but it affects their business as their focus is not entirely on what they are out to do but on how to win a game, or their mood and emotion are not based on what they have just recently lost and what they could have won. Gambling at work is not good and is something any responsible person should avoid.

Personally I have come to realise that to give yourself a winning chance you don't need a divided mind that is invested in doing worked related stuff and your money making hustle all at the same time, besides in some work places this is considered stealing company time  and can call for disciplinary action if you are a repeat offender.

Losing is never a fun thing and worseoff something that hurts your financial well-being will always mess up your emotions and psychology and pretty much change your mood from good to bad in an instant.

Best remedy is gamble when you have time to yourself and if gambling can wait , play your games over the weekend when you are relaxed and all.

Maybe there are some people who can really use their winnings from gambling, especially from lottery like your friend because the possibility of winning is very small in lottery, but he doesn't forget that he has to use his winnings to build a business, I can categorize gamblers like that into gamblers who is responsible and has good management in him.

I have a little question, is someone who used to be a businessman and then gambles at risk of drowning in gambling? Or are those who were originally gamblers and then opened their business going to get good results in the future?

Good option, but I think the average person here doesn't work under a company that has a time contract, after I saw the results only a few people filled it, maybe it takes more time for them to voice it. In terms of work ethics, this is certainly a detrimental thing for the company, even if the worker has free time in the work session, it would be better to use it to do other things.

Your friend is doing something amazing and brilliant, and it's all about mindset, right? Mindset matters more than everything! Gambling is dangerous... Your friend has an unusual situation. He's strategically gambling, which is really different from gambling

Most people win a little money, then what? They try again, hoping for a great win. Not your pal! Taking those wins and turning them into a thriving business is smart thinking. Control, control, and more control! Knowing when to quit, when to walk away, and how to use your winnings... The ticket

Gambling is not a sustainable revenue source, guys! Even the smartest, most clever gamblers realise this. Other revenue streams and plans are essential; never rely exclusively on gambling wins to sustain your life or business. To succeed, you must be smart and strategic on this exciting adventure

Alright, guys, I've added a poll – let's see how many of us are sneaking in some gambling during our working hours. It's pretty cool to see how many of you can relate to this thread I cooked up. It just popped into my head because I think it's a seriously interesting topic. You know, that work-life balance thing, and how sometimes we bring a slice of our personal lives into the job.

I've noticed some replies swinging in favor of the companies, saying it's basically time theft, and sure, they've got a point. But let's face it, we all steal a bit of time here and there, don't we?

Keep the posts coming, I'm pretty sure there are still some people out there who haven't stumbled upon this thread yet. Let's keep the conversation going!

I also have a friend who has a business but still gambles at online casinos and his business is generated from his big winnings in getting lottery money, actually it depends on how he manages it, most intelligent gamblers will not consider gambling as their source of income even though sometimes when getting a big jackpot can create a business for themselves, depending on how they control their emotions when they win and how they manage it.

Most people are always greedy with their winnings so they keep playing again until their winnings and capital run out, he is very different in that he can regulate himself when to gamble and when to do business, he has his own and controlled budget so he never There is a problem with the business he is running, because if a gambler has become an addict, it will be difficult for him to run his existing business and he will even go bankrupt and his money will run out because of gambling. it all depends on mindset