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November 20, 2016, 10:16:22 AM
Gambling is something i would avoid, but i do like the pleasure to risk some low ammount trying to reach a jackpot or atleast be able to win, i remember had gamble at some dice and i were with something like 500 satoshis above when i started, soo i were happy, but the bets were 1-10 satoshis, anyway i know we all dream with jackpots as well better odds to win.
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November 20, 2016, 09:57:46 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
Yes, it is true . Most people just think that gambling can make them rich very quickly.
but the reality is very difficult to play gambling. we must have good skills and luck to win every game.
Not just they think gambling will make them rich in quick time plus they also think that if they loose they will win the next bet for sure. Its the basic and biggest problem, once I had a gambler in primedice saying that he has lost 7 bets and now the 8th bet is going to win for sure, and he was asking investment. Now you see the brain of gamblers.

It is like digging yourself into a hole. Then you say it wil be ok I can try to get out again and you dig the hole deeper and deeper and eventually you will not be able to get out and that is when real trouble begins. Though hopefully most lose to gambling just now and again and go in expecting to lose. Or the whales that like to make splashes.
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November 20, 2016, 09:49:16 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
Yes, it is true . Most people just think that gambling can make them rich very quickly.
but the reality is very difficult to play gambling. we must have good skills and luck to win every game.
Not just they think gambling will make them rich in quick time plus they also think that if they loose they will win the next bet for sure. Its the basic and biggest problem, once I had a gambler in primedice saying that he has lost 7 bets and now the 8th bet is going to win for sure, and he was asking investment. Now you see the brain of gamblers.
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November 20, 2016, 09:47:30 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
if at the beginning when he joined the gambling get a win, it's just a false victory, because with the win that will keep you constantly follow the gambling and the victory will not recur. with that, then the loss is what you will experience at any time following the gambling.
Not that it is a false victory but it was one part of gambling you saw, A WIN while there is another part of gambling which is in fact more probable and when that happens to us we are just annoyed and bewildered rather than that if we just forget that loss would be much better.
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November 20, 2016, 08:05:48 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
We all know there are risks, the actual mindset of a gambler is that he can win no matter if the odds are against him, a gambler once has lost suppose 10 bets and then when he makes 11th bet he think he has like 99% chance of winning it while he has just same 50% chance, that is the real problem.

And it is becoming a cycle for a gambler that with that kind of mindset. It is not new for a gambler to think that he can actually win after making himself in losing streak.

Because as we think that it is a game of luck, so when luck comes to us that will make another bet for us.

As we think that with just single win I can recover all those lose that I made for this day or even the whole week.  Grin
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November 20, 2016, 07:39:01 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
We all know there are risks, the actual mindset of a gambler is that he can win no matter if the odds are against him, a gambler once has lost suppose 10 bets and then when he makes 11th bet he think he has like 99% chance of winning it while he has just same 50% chance, that is the real problem.
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November 20, 2016, 04:56:11 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
Yes, it is true . Most people just think that gambling can make them rich very quickly.
but the reality is very difficult to play gambling. we must have good skills and luck to win every game.
maybe you're right. many think that with gambling you can make money in a very short time with a very small risk, even I also always thought that way. however, I think it is the thing that really makes people addicted, if it really happens, because it felt it would make you try to play it again many times. Well, I do recognize that gambling is a game that can make people addicted in a very long time
Yes it is very true. Which makes a person addicted to gambling because he thinks if the gamble can make money even with a high risk, and many are willing to take the risk. It would make a person continue to bet on the pursuit of victory so that it becomes an addiction, it is very harmful at all because it will make a loss even greater.
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November 20, 2016, 03:22:35 AM
Gambling is addicting because money is involved with it. And it can give us more than we have if we win from it, but it is difficult to do. Many people gets addicted to gambling because they want to have more money. Their money is not enough for them or they are not contented with it. They think gambling will give what they want.
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November 20, 2016, 03:05:54 AM
Not only gambling but sex, drinking, even eating and pretty much everything we do in our lives are somehow addictions because after all we are the creatures of habits and we need to repeat things in order to give meaning to our lives, but sometimes some of these habits become harmful and even destroy our lives.
Gambling just like drugs produces chemical compound in our brain which results in a good feeling and that is why is addictive.
not everything , only some that really addictive. there is drugs which well known as the most addictive things , addiction come to you when you have a high frequency on repeating certain activity , in this case gambling.

so i guess gambling just like drugs in term how both addictive .
Yeah they are both addictive, but they are more different, but in terms of money I guess it is just the same that they are spending money because of their addiction which is not good.
At least there's a chance in gambling to win compared to our vices in life, with our vices in life we will not earn on them but we will spend to have them. That's the big difference and if you do better in gambling you might won big amount of money then stop.
Yes there is also a possibility to earn money in gambling but there is always a risk in trying to win in gambling which we cannot predict when we can win in this kind of game, but as what you've said there is always a chance to win and in  taking drugs, your health is also affected unlike gambling.

There are researches on why people are addicted to gambling, and one of the reason is that, gambling offers you a once in a lifetime chance to win LOL.  We don't complain if we lost because we already accepted the fact that losing in gambling is normal but when we win, it gives as an excitement.  Put us in a certain degree of happiness, getting high so to speak.  And our brain is always wanting it.  So we tend to do it again and again until we are addicted to it.
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November 20, 2016, 02:45:44 AM
Not only gambling but sex, drinking, even eating and pretty much everything we do in our lives are somehow addictions because after all we are the creatures of habits and we need to repeat things in order to give meaning to our lives, but sometimes some of these habits become harmful and even destroy our lives.
Gambling just like drugs produces chemical compound in our brain which results in a good feeling and that is why is addictive.
not everything , only some that really addictive. there is drugs which well known as the most addictive things , addiction come to you when you have a high frequency on repeating certain activity , in this case gambling.

so i guess gambling just like drugs in term how both addictive .
Yeah they are both addictive, but they are more different, but in terms of money I guess it is just the same that they are spending money because of their addiction which is not good.
At least there's a chance in gambling to win compared to our vices in life, with our vices in life we will not earn on them but we will spend to have them. That's the big difference and if you do better in gambling you might won big amount of money then stop.
Yes there is also a possibility to earn money in gambling but there is always a risk in trying to win in gambling which we cannot predict when we can win in this kind of game, but as what you've said there is always a chance to win and in  taking drugs, your health is also affected unlike gambling.
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November 20, 2016, 02:44:58 AM
Well, you know, people have a chance of winning money on each bet, and the fact that there is a *cough* chance *cough* of winning money on each bet is what attracts the people towards gambling. Also, the fact that without investing real money one can gamble, using the bitcoin faucets on the various gambling sites, is what attracts people. I think thats the reason gambling is so addictive.
I agree with you.
The greedness of people makes them want to earn more and more,without considering what they could lose or what they already lost.

As I always say,if you dont gamble for fun then you better simply dont gamble.
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November 20, 2016, 02:26:36 AM
Well, you know, people have a chance of winning money on each bet, and the fact that there is a *cough* chance *cough* of winning money on each bet is what attracts the people towards gambling. Also, the fact that without investing real money one can gamble, using the bitcoin faucets on the various gambling sites, is what attracts people. I think thats the reason gambling is so addictive.
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November 20, 2016, 01:38:35 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
Yes, it is true . Most people just think that gambling can make them rich very quickly.
but the reality is very difficult to play gambling. we must have good skills and luck to win every game.

This only applies to certain games like sport betting and poker whereby the players bet against other players. However, if we are talking about other gambling like table games or so, it will purely depend on luck and you will tend to lose in the long run.
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November 20, 2016, 12:48:54 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
Yes, it is true . Most people just think that gambling can make them rich very quickly.
but the reality is very difficult to play gambling. we must have good skills and luck to win every game.
maybe you're right. many think that with gambling you can make money in a very short time with a very small risk, even I also always thought that way. however, I think it is the thing that really makes people addicted, if it really happens, because it felt it would make you try to play it again many times. Well, I do recognize that gambling is a game that can make people addicted in a very long time
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November 20, 2016, 12:02:01 AM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.
Yes, it is true . Most people just think that gambling can make them rich very quickly.
but the reality is very difficult to play gambling. we must have good skills and luck to win every game.
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November 19, 2016, 11:37:07 PM
Not only gambling but sex, drinking, even eating and pretty much everything we do in our lives are somehow addictions because after all we are the creatures of habits and we need to repeat things in order to give meaning to our lives, but sometimes some of these habits become harmful and even destroy our lives.
Gambling just like drugs produces chemical compound in our brain which results in a good feeling and that is why is addictive.
not everything , only some that really addictive. there is drugs which well known as the most addictive things , addiction come to you when you have a high frequency on repeating certain activity , in this case gambling.

so i guess gambling just like drugs in term how both addictive .
Yeah they are both addictive, but they are more different, but in terms of money I guess it is just the same that they are spending money because of their addiction which is not good.
At least there's a chance in gambling to win compared to our vices in life, with our vices in life we will not earn on them but we will spend to have them. That's the big difference and if you do better in gambling you might won big amount of money then stop.

This is one of the main reason why gambling is addicted.  Though gambler accepted the fact that they will most likely lost the game but due to this belief called partial reinforcement, the chance to gain or win in series of bets make them to go back and continue playing the games.  Another reason is the illusion that someone have control on what will happen next so by doing something before betting they believe that the outcome will be in their favor.
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November 19, 2016, 10:44:28 PM
Gambling is addictive because everyone thinks that it is easy and free money witha small risky. However, it is not zhe case here. Gambling has big risks, and you can not win if you gamble even after you win. You will end up throwing away all your money because you will think that it is possible to win again- but it is not very common to win in streaks.

It is definitely addicting for someone to think that they can win money consistently and chase their losses back when they lose on a site. This is a bad mindset because it'll keep them coming back time after time.

Gambling is addicting because:

If you win, you'll think you can make more because luck is on your side. You might play more and expose yourself to the house edge.
If you lose, you'll think that you win it back because luck will now be on your side after making you lose 20 games in a row.


Regardless if you win or lose, you'll always be addicted to gambling to some extent.

Indeed. That's why you never gamble what you cannot afford to lose.
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November 19, 2016, 10:38:03 PM
Not only gambling but sex, drinking, even eating and pretty much everything we do in our lives are somehow addictions because after all we are the creatures of habits and we need to repeat things in order to give meaning to our lives, but sometimes some of these habits become harmful and even destroy our lives.
Gambling just like drugs produces chemical compound in our brain which results in a good feeling and that is why is addictive.
not everything , only some that really addictive. there is drugs which well known as the most addictive things , addiction come to you when you have a high frequency on repeating certain activity , in this case gambling.

so i guess gambling just like drugs in term how both addictive .
Yeah they are both addictive, but they are more different, but in terms of money I guess it is just the same that they are spending money because of their addiction which is not good.
At least there's a chance in gambling to win compared to our vices in life, with our vices in life we will not earn on them but we will spend to have them. That's the big difference and if you do better in gambling you might won big amount of money then stop.
its really addicting in terms of keep thinking of what is the best strategy to use when you are in the winning position but that's the problem it won't be removed easily and you will always wants to keep on trying to beat the house and for sure you will keep coming back and it would be the start of your addiction.
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November 19, 2016, 09:48:32 PM
Not only gambling but sex, drinking, even eating and pretty much everything we do in our lives are somehow addictions because after all we are the creatures of habits and we need to repeat things in order to give meaning to our lives, but sometimes some of these habits become harmful and even destroy our lives.
Gambling just like drugs produces chemical compound in our brain which results in a good feeling and that is why is addictive.
not everything , only some that really addictive. there is drugs which well known as the most addictive things , addiction come to you when you have a high frequency on repeating certain activity , in this case gambling.

so i guess gambling just like drugs in term how both addictive .
Yeah they are both addictive, but they are more different, but in terms of money I guess it is just the same that they are spending money because of their addiction which is not good.
At least there's a chance in gambling to win compared to our vices in life, with our vices in life we will not earn on them but we will spend to have them. That's the big difference and if you do better in gambling you might won big amount of money then stop.
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November 19, 2016, 09:42:10 PM
Not only gambling but sex, drinking, even eating and pretty much everything we do in our lives are somehow addictions because after all we are the creatures of habits and we need to repeat things in order to give meaning to our lives, but sometimes some of these habits become harmful and even destroy our lives.
Gambling just like drugs produces chemical compound in our brain which results in a good feeling and that is why is addictive.
not everything , only some that really addictive. there is drugs which well known as the most addictive things , addiction come to you when you have a high frequency on repeating certain activity , in this case gambling.

so i guess gambling just like drugs in term how both addictive .
Yeah they are both addictive, but they are more different, but in terms of money I guess it is just the same that they are spending money because of their addiction which is not good.
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