Topic: Will you gamble till old age or not - page 21. (Read 2227 times)

actually the first thing to answer is that what type of gambler are you?

if you are a typical normal  gambler then there is no reason why need to quit when you are only enjoying and spending small amount.

the problem here is that if you are addicted then you need to stop right away.

well, hope you can attain that and will not bring you frustration instead.

that's just the past being a lesson for me, now just focus on earning a living to prioritize family. Yes, even though I still like gambling, now I can control it and don't overdo it like before, now it's just entertainment when a friend invites me to play. Even though I had budgeted the money, it wasn't much. The statement of most brain gamblers who are addicted is that only big hopes are in the brain and nothing else

I actually usually do admire elders when I see them gather together in a local casino in my area here to gamble, they usually order alot of bear, chanting and laughing, using the opportunity to discuss a whole lots of issues patterning to our country, they discuss politics, education, pension, whatever, I love to sit around them and just watch them play while discussing all of this, I usually learn many things..

So yeah, for me, I look forward to that time when I will once in a while come together with my friends as oldies, we gamble, chat and chant, it will be so fun I swear 😂.

This question looks easy even though it is quite difficult for us to answer. Because until now I haven't even thought about quitting gambling. Maybe it's because I manage my finances well enough that I don't get annoyed even when I keep losing. And always feel happy when you win. But I thought that if I had grandchildren maybe I would start thinking about stopping then. But I don't know, I was thinking hard while writing this. But because I'm not addicted, I can actually stop at any time. But what is clear is that at this time I have not thought about stopping, maybe even in my 40s.

Of course, but as a hobby only, I am not going to waste a lot of money, especially at my age, and if I just have a good fortune at that age, I will never ever waste money if I don't have the capability to do so. Gambling will be a good and entertaining thing to do as you get older, playing with friends or with your family, simply playing card games, and such. Anyway, yeah, I will still gamble, but not too much.

I think I will gamble as long as I am enjoying and having fun with it, I will only stop until the time I get bored or used to it. So basically, it's kind of hard to predict or plan what certain age I will stop gambling.
Because from what I have seen and observed especially on my close relatives, most of my uncle who are now retired and cease from working, their past time is usually gambling because they do not have anything to do aside from that. Especially that derby cockfighting is prominent in my country and apparently, that had become their pastime. But what is good about it is that they are all responsible gamblers.
So, I don't know if I am going to be like them but I think I am not going to engage in gambling activities if I reached 40 or 50 years old. I think it's time for me to explore other stress reliver activities.

The way people think about whether to continue gambling or stop, I think it's a different view, I mean on the basis of what their purpose is for gambling, that's the main point to ensure that up to a certain age limit they gamble.

I see quite a lot of elderly people up to the age of 70-80. I see they still like to gamble, by which I mean they are involved in physical casinos, but for me personally there is no age limit to stop gambling, If I want to stop of course I just stop, age for me is not a reason for me to stop, whether at the age of 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 or so on, the point is I don't know how old I am, the conclusion is that age is not clear How much should I stop gambling.

While I have the chance, of course that's my chance to stop or vice versa.

This is a question that quite confuses me. However, maybe I will stop when there is a condition that forces me to stop, whether it is because of illness or other things that do not allow me to stop gambling. But it seems that I will continue gambling until I am 50 years old or more than that, I don't know because until now I didn't think about it.

It is true that I see now that most of the gamblers are from the middle to lower class, it makes sense when I ask what their reasons are that make them survive to always gamble, which is yes as you said above "hoping to win" it is clear, the average of them always bring the same reason like this. This kind of mindset is really very frightening, which is where they see this gambling as a solution to increase their finances through a few wins, honestly I am quite concerned about those who have poor finances but instead enter gambling with unreasonable hopes and mindsets, instead of winning in the end they lose all the money they have, even if they have entered the level of addiction it is very possible that they will let their stomachs starve just to gamble and think that the money they bring can multiply when they win. But the question is, is that right? No, the fact is that gambling is not a place to earn income at all, that's the exact reason why until now there are still many who are down there because of defeat.

Gambling has taken a lot of victims and the average is from the middle to lower class because of the hope factor. So really it's better to change that mindset, this is only limited to entertainment not a place to make a living, I hope you will be careful not to go too far.

Gambling is most interesting at old age I think or believe, imagine when you are done with all the hustling and bustling for money and better life, imagine when all your children have graduated from school and are all doing well both business and work, the girls are all married to their wealthy husband's and doing really well, and you as parents have no worries any more other than just live and have fun for it is now time to sit and eat the fruit of all you have laboured for' all through your youthful age.

Considering the above, I personally will still gamble even in old age, as long as it doesn't have to do with me chasing profit, but just to have fun and while away time.

People who live barely enough when they first start gambling will find it difficult to stay away from it, they hope that like others, when they get big money from gambling, this will attract the attention of various people. I have experienced something similar in the past when hopes were high like the others but on the contrary, it was a good experience to learn from. Now playing gambling is just to enjoy fun or entertainment, not the main thing is to make money

Time will tell for me. As much as we’ve seen old guys still gamble at the casino or even involved in some private mahjong, poker or card games with real money to bet, there’s no doubt that we will be doing the same as well once we get old.

But of course, we will always remember about setting our limits in betting the funds that we have to play the game and not going all-in. Having a mindset of gambling an extra money that we can afford to lose is something that we can manage on.

We always have to be staying cautious about winning streaks that makes us prone to play even more. No matter how young or old we are to gamble, it’s always about controlling our emotions when experiencing winning streaks in gambling.

Quitting gambling is not easy. Even if you have taken a break in gambling as years goes by, there come a time that when you get old and wants something fun, you might end up coming back to gamble.

Just like my late grandmother that when she retired from her government office work, her only fun thing to do was to gamble.

Don't be surprised that you will still have to discover that at that 42 years old, you can't afford to stop gambling by then, if we look at the current age you are now to when you will get to your stop limit age proposed, the distance may not be that much, so i will want to recommend that we shouldn't propose what we may not be able to cope with later in life, it's not easy to quit gambling except we voluntarily determined to stop when we are left without a choice.

That's likely to happen.

When we're already on that age where things are needed to be taken easier and we don't have much to do. With all the stuff that we're able to save and establish, there's got to be a lot of money that's gonna be on our stack.

What we can do is to just spend some from that retirement and pension fund just to have fun. It's gonna be less stress because you're not going to chase the losses unlike when you're younger.

So basically, many might just settle and forget about gambling when they don't have much and they still are working with their jobs. But those tha are already retired, they're likely just to gamble whenever they want to.

As a 26 years old individual who has recovered from gambling addiction in the last three years, I would like to state that I haven't had any thoughts of gambling my entire life. I gamble very rarely, especially since I have managed to get rid of the addiction in the last three years and only gamble for entertainment. Since I play very rarely I don't feel the need to gamble constantly and since I gamble for fun rather than with the ambition of making money I don't lose all my money by getting caught up in games. I don't think that I will continue to gamble for entertainment for a long time without losing much money but I also don't think that I will continue this throughout my life.

I would also like to point out that although I can control myself and my emotions, I will not gamble very often in the coming years in order not to become addicted to gambling again but I will continue to play for fun a few times a year as I have done for the last three years. Considering that casinos offer free food and beverage service especially in my country, it is definitely a great advantage for me to have fun by gambling on certain days and to consume unlimited food and beverages during this process.

Hopefully when I retire, I wouldn't be worried about money because I am still going to be gambling as long as I can think straight, I will gamble no matter my age, I mean all old people in my country don't have a lot of things to do so I am pretty sure that I'm going to see myself just gambling at an old age to pass the time.

I guess some of us will gamble even more in the future... with more free time we will be like those ancients in Vegas who spin slots all day, we will just do that from our personal computers in our homes. If we become wiser we will probably play with lower bets, without much pushing... in old age, it's not smart to push a lot and get too excited I guess, weak hearts will not be able to handle buying bonuses with all-ins.

When people like doing something they will do it as long as they can/live!

Gambling, when done responsibly, can indeed be a harmless pastime. You hit the nail on the head when you say many of us do it for the sheer fun of it. But here's the thing: As we age, our tastes, interests, and priorities change. Remember that toy you were obsessed with as a kid? Do you still play with it? Probably not.

If I save every penny I'd potentially lose in gambling from now till Im 60, could I maybe buy a private island? (Or at least a fancy coffee machine, haha!). So, for me, I reckon I'll phase out of gambling by the time Im 50. Not because Im losing interest, but just because there might be new fun waiting to be discovered

interesting question.
personally, I just enjoy what I want to do in my old age. If I dont have another way to spend my old age, maybe gambling occasionally is no problem. I m a typical person who does not want to plan too much because plans usually always fail, so I can do what I want in my old age, even if I have to spend money gambling, maybe its destined. but if I had another way to enjoy my old age maybe I would leave gambling and prefer to keep my mind healthy and avoid gambling.
and I think most of the people who answered here have almost the same opinion because although this is an interesting question but it is difficult to plan something and well, it is better to spend your old age with something more useful.

I have never really given much to this, and I don't think an addiction knows age or race nor gender. If one is an addicted gambler and does so passionately, there are high chances it is till old age because it might just be the only sport interesting enough to get them out of the house, mostly for those who love casino houses.

For me, I think I would gamble more in my oldies because then I would have the money enough to make such expenses, would not be too responsible to a grown family and I would have gathered enough knowledge of playing.