Topic: Why gambling is portrayed negatively almost everywhere? (Read 2109 times)

What's funny is that a lot of addicts go to jail but not because their addictions are illegal. They go to jail for the acts that they do because of their addiction instead and the most common is stealing other people's stuff. First they take loans which they can easily get as they still have a good name in the eyes of the lenders. Then they sell their stuff either to repay the loan or to feed their addiction until they are left with nothing. I've always wondered how do adults end up in the streets when they were once professionals who can easily get a job. Turns out, it was because of their addiction. Even if they choose to fix their lives, it's already too late as they have so much loans to repay, have nowhere to go, and own nothing. And it snowballs at some point. A gambling addict can start having other addictions when introduced by a friend who's addicted in both gambling and drugs/drinks/cigarettes/sex.

Honestly these days I just see people, who are in constant state of blaming the government for their very own shameful acts, as dumb people. They are just looking for someone else to blame and the government can easily be that entity as others (other whiners) are agreeing with you. I see the government differently. I see them as something that keeps the world from things that you can't stop by your own such as crimes. I never rely to them as they are already doing enough in my opinion. You have to do your part as an individual and clearly those who got their lives ruined because of an addiction (gambling or any other form) then that's nothing but your fault. No matter what government they had, they would still do the same mistake as the government had nothing to do with it in the first place.

Hello Aviks,

I think the one-and-only critical factor is "scams" of some online gambling sites. Or shall I say most of the online casino sites? because, nowadays, it is really hard the trusted ones as a player or an affiliate.

Cheers

yes I agree, many people assume that gambling cannot provide benefits for people who often do gambling itself, most gamblers can be considered as negative activities by society because gambling can affect factors that can aggravate the person's own attitude, for example if they gambling addiction, everything can be done to get money just to go gambling, many cases people are desperate to steal other people's goods because he needs money just to play gambling.

yes, this is what we get if we are still playing gambling but unfortunately, many people don't realize about this. and they still playing gambling because they want to make a fast money in gambling but they cannot. in the end, they can lose everything without having a chance to recover their money. besides that, their life can be in trouble and they will suffer too for a long time.

You have a point. Government doesn't allow this stuff because it had a big imapact in economy of one counrty. Gamble can ruin someones lives, besides those who lost in gamble tend to play again and when they have no money they will borrow money until they can't able to pay. Few of them blame their government for being irresposible but the truth it is their fault. They banned it becuse government want them to have a better life. And that is my point of view.

I agree with you on that thing.

We tend to remember those bad moments that we've been with gambling and the positive ones has almost no impact if we are talking about it on the present. And there's just a tie up meaning to the word gambling whenever we are hearing it, I don't know where it all started.

The problem why many government does not allow is due to their country has many people who could not afford their 2 times meals and they are still nor fully developed. So if they start gambling then as a human behavior people will tend to go and play and lose the money. this will make many more poorer which will have the effect on economy.

In my country, you can actually witness people not being able to eat because their father decided to gamble their money. I live in a third world country and people seem to be stuck in the idea that they can eventually win big from gambling. My neighborhood is full of gamblers as it's the traditional source of entertainment of most adults. Yes, they are able to win big from gambling sometimes. But that big win is nothing compared to how much they have lost from it in the past. They are mostly fishermen and whenever their earnings are good, they spend it all on booze and gambling. It's hard to not portray gambling is something not negative when you can see it, with your own eyes, affecting the people around you.

Yes, it is indeed possible to be a pro in gambling but it takes high intelligence, connections, and money. All of which most people do not have. Gambling is not like other tasks that if done repetitively, you slowly become good at it. The outcome of your bets do not rely on how much have you been playing or how much experience you have. In order to become a pro in gambling, you actually have to do your research. Gambling over and over again doesn't eventually make you a pro.

I think it's because of there are more negative one instead of the positive one. I mean, busted gamblers always said i busted, fuck gambling, giving a negative vibe on gambling but profit gamblers never talk about their winning outside.

For sure, everyone here have heard their own positive and negative stories about gambling and have spread towards everyone. But the tendency of people to remember the negative one is greater compared to the positive one. It’s likely more impactful compared to the positive event. It’s mostly like that. Probably, it’s one of the factors towards the outlook of gambling. 

Even to those countries that didn't banned gambling, some of the communities there are portraying gambling as negative and will bring bad luck to their family if one of their family member is doing the same thing.

I've heard a lot of tales and stories about it but I forgot where did the origin of those came from. But this is part of the culture, like in our society there are people who are pro into something and there are anti's so we can't really please everyone.

This is another problem when it comes to gambling, gambling is basically playing a game in which the probabilities are against you and you are going to lose in the long term, I gamble from time to time and I can accept that, I can accept that I will lose some money when I gamble, in a way I see it in the same way that I see going to the cinema, I'm going to get charged a certain amount of money in order to get some fun and see the movie, but people have expectations of making money when they gamble and when they lose they cannot accept that fact, personally I do not mind if I lose when I'm playing poker, dice or sports bets because I know I gamble only to get some fun.

The facts are very burdensome for gambling. The number of people who suffer because of gambling is greater than the number of people who benefit from it. That is why gambling has been perceived badly by the public since long time ago.

Exactly. Most gamblers are in it for the money rather than simply having fun. For people who had never tried gambling, then often lose more than what they've initially invested into a game due to lack of knowledge in the gambling sector. After not getting the results they've wanted, they quickly associate the term gambling as something very bad when that's not usually the case.

It has been seen that expert gamblers (especially in skill-based games like Poker and Blackjack) have been successful when doing the practice of gambling. Of course, they won't always win money, but they could easily achieve a return on investment by playing such games.

While most gambling games are based on pure luck and randomness, I believe that the positive traits of gambling are more than the negative ones. It will all depend on the level of perception a person has whenever he/she thinks gambling is good or bad for his/her life. However, if someone becomes extremely addicted to gambling, they'll lose everything in the long term due to the high ambitions of greed. Just my opinion

Greed, wrong mentality and over indulgence, is one thing that has always been a characteristics of most gamblers and the main reason why they have ended up an addict over time. Being an addict is very bad in anything because it has fully taken control over you and it is more like you worshiping it and not being able to live a day without it.

For that fact, it makes them poorer as they make wrong decisions and judgments and they keep losing so much even though it is affecting the people around them. This alone is enough to bring about the negativity that surrounds it.

What has always been the major problem when it comes to gambling is that they focus too much on winning and discarding the reality that this is just a game of luck and the chances of winning is usually very slim. However, before they would start realizing that, they would have been long deep in it and getting out would be a problem and we all know what the end result is usually like.

because people in out there don't see any positive from gambling itself, so they can judge contrary for the gambling. besides that, once people get involve in gambling games and they are often playing gambling, the chance for them to lose their money is bigger and they cannot recover it even if they using much money. and they are only losing more money without they realize and in the end, they will regret, and they can become stress because of losing the money in gambling games.

I think people see gambling in terms of the effect that is obtained, most gamblers suffer losses, although some experience profits. but what appears most in the news is the negative effect of gambling, even though gambling only offers a game, and the purpose of gambling depends on each player

It's all common sense in that part but once the addict is triggered, there's nothing more you could do but just try to help them but if not, they wouldn't do anything. It's up to them on doing what they think it's right. Not everything is about money but spending it in a way which is not that practical.

I think the problem in gambling is different from trading, indeed we can also earn money and indeed we can also get risk, but from the other side why gambling can be called negative, because in the risk of gambling is very large if it already addicts the point is gambling is full of emotion and if indeed can not be overcome it can be fatal, the effect will lose all the money and assets that belong to him

Most of Gamblers dont know how to be properly or have the necessary experience to sucessed in gambling.

Therefore they end up busting by making a bad bet or just ALL IN.

Frustration pops up and you consider it negatively when u can not recover it anymore

"Play with what you can afford to lose"