Topic: Without money, does it still qualify as gambling? (Read 4836 times)

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It is rarely played with the demo account, I think I am not the only one who does not play much with a real account, but it is also Important to do so , I believe that if we used the demo account the losses would be determined, but like the casino and The casino games are based on pure luck because I don't see that much of a difference, if I play in the demo part and in the real account, I could see that I would win a lot in the demo account and if I trust the Real account then I'm left with nothing, sometimes it Happens that way , but if you can start with that demo account to Equivocate first there than with our money , it's an option that I hadn't Seen.

Yes a psychological game that makes users curious about what the real game will be like, I mean will they be that lucky in the real game.
And have you ever seen a new user can win in the game? I often see that, it is also part of their strategy so that the user returns to play another game because of the victory they get the first time they play.
Maybe not many would think that far ahead, but then again, they (casinos) will always have a way of getting new users to keep playing there. It depends on us whether we can control things like this or not.

^ The distinction between a demo account and a real account might seem subtle, but it holds significant differences.
In the demo version, you are not using actual money, which can affect the way you approach the game. When real money is at stake, the dynamics change and the odds probably become as favorable as they did in the demo.
Your observation about casinos employing strategies to attract players is astute. I think offering a demo account is indeed a strategic move to draw users in, creating a sense of victory and engagement. It is a psychological game, some players might succumb to their own mental biases, leading to losses. Your insight into this matter is spot-on.
It is intriguing how this seemingly inconspicuous approach is not just about promotion but carries a strong promotional undertone. The best of the demo's apparent victories can entice players into the actual gambling realm.

Gambling using the funds straight from your bankroll is actually a risky decision because you might not track your expences easily and you could also get tempted to spend more than your gambling allocated budget. It is better to allocate enough budget for it so you'll know your limits that if you have used most of your funds, you won't be tempted to bet again. We should take control of our gambling expences and must not let our greed decide and take control of our activities. We should know that the temptation to spend will always exist as long as we have our bankroll ready for it.

Basically the game on the demo account and the real account are the same, and the difference is that we don't deposit and deposit money, and also the winning rate will be much different.
I have said this many times, that casinos will have a strategy so that they are visited and users play there, and this demo account is one of their strategies in gathering users, one of which is by feeling the victory when playing on a demo account. It's a mind game because there will always be users who lose with their own minds. I'm sure you know what I mean.
This form of promotion that we do not realize, does not look like a promotion, but it is very thick with it.

Having enough money in your bankroll to make some kind bets need to be of more consciousness because we can make attempt to make more profits on a particular day that will make us to gamble more than we are expected, capable of causing unnecessary loses if we don't take a swift decision to adjust immediately and call it a day. I like it when I make profits and I remove it from my bankroll so that I might not have the urge to be greedy to a level when I could easily use all my Bankroll to make bets and if I become unfortunate, inevitable loses might be the case.

Well in my opinion.

Typical gambling reference “anything of value,” which is always held to include money, but can include a lot of other things as well. As long as you're risking something that can be taken away from you in hopes that you be able to get something of a higher value

In your case, I think you're not gambling because you're not wagering anything in anticipation of your chances at winning. I'm glad to hear that something like that exists though. We better check it out when we have a chance.

The highlighted part of your sentence changed everything you said, well, that is very certain and i believe that every experienced gambler will sure agree that more money in the bank roll equals to more winning opportunity, most especially on slot or casino games, personally for me, I ignore sports betting when ever I have a enough money to play around with, I like to play games like plinko, keno, crash and so on, this are casino in house games that i love, but there are still times I find my self playing slot, all depends on the amount of money i have in my bankroll, when i have very little amount of money to manage, i go into betting on sports, that still give me the chance to win big with a small bet, but when i am completely out of cash and feel like to play, i simply play casino or slot games on demo mode.

I had not seen the Scope of the demo games, they are Something that can be worked on in order to have more experience and avoid errors, that is easy to Understand, but sometimes the games in the demo phase can be easy to play, no I think they are the same in real, because the real ones when you play the chances of winning are not the same as in the demo, I recently tried a game in demo mode, that's something I liked because I had a lot of money available , well I think that I couldn't have an account with all that money, but I liked it because with a lot of money the chances of winning for me increase than having little money to risk, roulettes are the ones I like the most, and in demo mode it's easier, because money there does not hurt.

I think that such players, who can be assessed as experienced players, have a positive or neutral attitude to training and, in general, to playing on a demo account, simply because they have long forgotten how they played at the very beginning of their player career.  And I think that even at the beginning of their gaming experience they received the necessary skills and abilities in different games all the same when they played for real money.  And perhaps their first loss is just stimulating their ability to take a balanced and thoughtful approach to bets. 
I still continue to believe that training on demo accounts does not provide the necessary experience for either a trader or a gambler.

That's right, and the truth is something different from the crypto world, I mean crypto trading, it has a more consolidated volume, and it is really easy to operate, however I have taken advantage of the demo option because I first operated there and if I saw that I was winning because I operated in real mode, if I lost, I had another option, because it was an option that I did not lose, so there are many ways to take advantage of the demo option of the platforms, and I do the same with casinos, whenever I can try I like to do it that way in any casino, because it doesn't cost anything and it will save a lot, if what I do is try and if I'm wrong there it doesn't matter, what matters is not making a mistake in the real money operation option.

When in a casino they give the option of play money, I take advantage of it, I'm not ashamed to say it, because I know that this way I know more about the game, also that the tricks and strategies can be established in the way of operating in demo, for me it is a profit, because when I decide to do it in real mode, I am not wrong anymore, of course this is not something that guarantees that I will not lose, because it is obvious that you can lose, but the game clearly progresses a lot, there is no learning period .

Some people with whom I have spoken about casinos, sports betting, I have told them about the games in demo mode, and they do not see it badly, of course those to whom I have commented do not play in online casinos but in traditional casinos, and They say that they do not see that play money option as bad because their logic tells them that there is less probability of not being wrong and that is something that they take advantage of, when they play in the traditional casino they do not have that and they are wrong, well, simply, ete lose money and nobody likes that, so if this type of player sees it well, with a different way and different experience in casinos, well it is something we must learn and take advantage of, I have always said that advice is always necessary to continue advancing in any area.

In my opinion, you should not get too carried away playing on a demo account. 

If on a demo account you have already mastered the basic skills in the game and continue to play even more on it and not spend money, then you will develop too risky playing skills and when you switch to a real live account, you will immediately begin to lose heavily precisely because your  the skills in the game are developed on a demo account and they are very risky and unsuitable for real money gambling. 
So if you have mastered the technical skills on a demo account, it is better to quickly switch to a real account, but with small deposits close to the minimum allowed on this site.  From such behavior of the player, in my opinion, there will be much more benefit than from the fact that you will play for a long time on a demo account.

Lolz!!! You are welcome to real gambling where you will see and hear more things. Now that you want to involve in real gambling, more things will be revealing. Though money is the paramount and basic element of gambling but indebted gamblers use everything have to gamble. Some even use their wears (expensive clothes,) and other belongings to gamble. Personally I have seen a guy used his Fine Polo T-shirt to gamble and loss the game. I have seen different gamblers with different ways.

Lolz!!! You mean the government action? Smile. Let me tell you story. In a part of Nigeria in those days (90s), when a male visitor visit a friend, the husband would tell him to sleep with the wife, did the authorities do anything? No. They, the gambler  used her because he believed that the woman belong to him and his property. If the government wants to stop such ill-treatment in the society they know what to do. Government is even happy when you are suffering.

People can practically bet with anything they have, provided that they are the legitimate owner of such property, but then someone betting with his wife is very well unacceptable. I don't think that it is done anywhere because the government will be against you.
Despite that the wife you married belongs to you. Your  wife also have some fundamental human rights, which should be reserved and preaerved by you and not to be used for gambling.

Yes it is, or I can say we are lying to our feelings if we don't have money to play with and play a demo account. I mean the fun may be there but not maximized, not like when we gamble with real money.

Oh yeah, I wonder if you can guess when the multiplication drops when playing gates of olympus, because my friend can guess it when he buys the feature, and his guess is always correct. And lately I can also do it, not as good as my friend, but I can guess the multiplication drops when on the second rail and what is the crown symbol, surely it will drop the multiplication.

And that thrilling sensation is what gamblers are looking for and want, so they will prefer to play gambling using real money instead of a demo account. But indeed, playing using a demo account might be able to provide a separate lesson for us before we play gambling using real money. And even though the lessons don't use real money, at least we have experience playing the game. And indeed the feeling of pleasure and sensation cannot lie to someone who wants to experience playing gambling games. But by using a demo account, we cannot say that we are playing gambling because no real money is involved.

Well the link leads to a 1 minute videos that tell a story of an Indian man that gambles on his wife always,  this is so hilarious as this is the first time I am hearing of such a weird gambling exhibition and to make matters worst individual lost the game and the casino came to his house to following day to collect her.

But my curiosity leads me to another question,  which is:

What will authorities do in this situation,  knowing fully well that the wife can exhibit her fundamental human right of independent decision,  and not be used as the human collateral because that will become damage to her person and she has the right to seek legal redress so at the end,  the casinos will still be at the losing end.

Wiwo I only said that such things happened in gambling which I have heard and also seen in some movies and luckily Lanatsa has complement the saying by dropping a link for you but it's like you missed that part of the argument so I will want you to go back and read the story which Lanatsa has provided. You can read it below 👇.



Wiwo but you must know the outcome of the bet, in gambling one must loss and win, one of them must follow because there no neutrality in gambling. I advise you to read the above link to see what happened at the end.

I see it differently from your angle, the essence of gambling to almost all people is to make money, and only a few see it as fun, except they do not want to be sincere with you. And if money is no more there, that is not gambling again, then it's a mere game which is typically done because of fun. The fact remains that "gamble" as a context could only be so if there is money or other valuable things attached to it because it's synonymous with betting. So if there is no money involved or something valuable to bet for, what are they betting? It's a mere friendly game in that sense.