Topic: Woes of gambling - page 3. (Read 838 times)

Casinos are established for the purpose of making a profit from losing gamblers so if gamblers want to make money, they should not seek it from gambling because they will end up losing a lot. Gambling does not deceive the gamblers but because of the gamblers greed which causes them to experience large losses and lose their money. And unfortunately, many gamblers don't realize this and instead try to keep winning. The human nature of wanting to win a lot makes them fall deeper into gambling, causing problems such as bankruptcy, broken homes, and even the worst, gambling addiction. That is why we must have awareness and self-control so that we don't get too deep into gambling and can stop ourselves at the right time so we don't experience these problems.

Gambling is one of the activities that should not be taken seriously, you can only play a little there and without putting expectations on winning but unfortunately most gamblers experience differently, which on the contrary, their arrival at gambling involvement is driven by the opportunity to win so I think that's what makes gamblers almost difficult to control their gambling activities until finally they suddenly and unconsciously enter the addiction phase and experience many financial problems.

The percentage of winning is much smaller than the risk of losing, one of the reasons is because this is a profitable business for casinos, or that means the bookie establishes casinos to make a profit, that's why many gamblers experience a dominating defeat if they are too frequent or serious in this activity by making many attempts to pursue victory, basically it won't be that easy because the casino is the one who regulates everything, and maybe you will only be able to win when you are really lucky, nothing more than that. It is for this reason why it is very important to apply self-control as you said, lest we do something that should not be done, or the intention is to increase the risk that we cannot be responsible for such as applying greed and ending up with regret.

These games seem to benefit the house; casinos aren't established on luck, right? I often think about how games give the impression of control. Players are told their strategy or choice matters, but do they? An atmosphere structured for profit creates a false sense of control. There's another perspective. Human nature, as you said, is important. Risk and reward attract us, right? The excitement of what if, a prospective win. Isn't this our evolutionary instinct, which helped our ancestors survive? Our nature may be manipulated in this complicated psychology-business relationship. Isn't awareness the first step to change

Yep I agree, casino is a business and business is something that can generate profits from their product or services. If the casino is honest and true, their business isn't fraud given that they made games that can profitable to them and offers a chance of winning money from them. In fact there are other businesses that are also taking advantage of their users, one example of it are social media sites where company sells our datas. It's a bit unethical right? But it is their business model and we as a user had agreed with their terms and condition before using their platform.

There are just people who fails to understand that casinos are businesses, they are also trying to make money but on a way that other people wouldn't do.

Is it that hard for you to understand? The house has a capital for rewards so say they've put in a capital of 500k USD and that's their jackpot prize now they can price their tickets or the plays on that particular game to about 2 USD and people will think that it's such a cheap price to play and have a chance to win that much, now if there's 500k people that thinks this way then they're netting a 1m USD profit and in that process, the jackpot might not still even been won by any because the casinos are the ones that's setting it up so the chances of winning is so low. Gambling isn't a fraud but rigging your games so no one wins, is a fraud, gambling is a business at heart, it supplies the demand of the people to take risks.

Gambling doesn’t make people addicted, rather people are the one who get addicted to gambling. A whole lot of people today gamble and are responsible about it too. Addiction doesn’t emerge just cause you gamble. Compulsive gambling on the other hand, often done by irresponsible gamblers could get such gamblers addicted in no time. You mentioned it yourself. There are folks who gamble for fun. Surely those folks aren’t addicts.

It’s crazy that people would rather seek to fault gambling for their financial woes and willfully ignore their roles in it all.

If we gamble too often and cannot control ourselves in the gambling we play, it is very likely that we will experience an addiction to gambling and will also have financial problems, because there is very little chance of winning continuously in gambling, so it would be better if we gamble We must be able to control ourselves in gambling, because if we cannot control ourselves then this will be very detrimental to us.
When we have won in gambling and we cannot enjoy the victory, of course this really makes us miserable because of our greed in the gambling we play.

Gambling makes people addicted, those who gamble are now addicted to gambling. And there are many who gamble for fun, common jackpots people participate in because of the temptation that once luck opens, the future will surely be good. I have seen many online acquaintances participate in the jackpot and they always participate in the jackpot. I have usually hit the jackpot twice but never managed to win. That's why now I gamble 4-5 days a week and retire the rest of the days.

I mostly bet on football or cricket betting sites. I mostly use football or cricket betting sites because the odds of winning on these sites are very high. If you bet in an online casino, you won't win much. Some things.  There are casino sites that will give you a lot of bonus at first and give you a lot of hope of winning bets but at the last minute you will lose all your money there.

The house has the edge when gambling, they make the most money and there's nothing that can be done about this as they're the ones setting the odds. Many gamblers think they're able to win the house but they keep losing and making money for the house. As a gambler we have to accept that the house will always make money from use and enjoy gambling. Gambling should be done as way of entertaining ourselves and any profits we make should be accepted as a bonus.

We can make money for ourselves when we gamble, some individual have luck and they make more profits from gambling but this doesn't favor everybody. Some individuals are lucky while others aren't. Gambling is favouring some individuals while it's not favouring others. Some individuals have made some much money from gambling that other think they can follow them and make but when they start gambling, they realised it's not as they thought.

The problem is that you think of gambling as another way for you to earn money. Which is why you think of gambling as something fraudulent. If you perceive gambling as yet another way for you to entertain yourself when the other options out there just don't seem to work I don't think you'd have the same outlook in life. I don't mean to victim blame but the fact of the matter is that every house/casino must have their edge or what you may think as a finger on the scale, otherwise they'd run themselves out of business. At the end of the day casinos are companies that feeds employees and fattens the pockets of its executives so they have a business model to complete.

The problem lies within the victim mindset of "gambling site/casino bad cause they have edge and they don't give me money ooga booga" which is just preposterous. Every casino that I've been with doesn't advertise or smother you with "Hey I'd make you fucking rich in a heartbeat so bet all your shit on me". And you might argue bonuses and deposit perks but that's nothing, especially when you consider that for other business models especially in the entertainment industry they also offer BOGO deals which work in the same melody as these deposit bonuses. But going back I never saw casinos advertise themselves/market themselves beyond the typical shtick of "you'll have fun here" and nothing else. The part where you think you'll make money from them lies solely upon your poor judgement skills. Not here to whiteknight on Casinos cause truth be told gambling is not even in my top 5 things to do while I'm free. Just tired of seeing shit like these when the decision to bet and play came from you in the first place.

For those who do not understand how casino games work (I doubt if there is anyone here who doesn’t), this may come as a surprise. It is true that the odds are stacked against the gambler and the house has the advantage but that does not mean that the machines are rigged. The systems are only designed to give the casino a house edge.
This doesn’t stop us from trying our luck at gambling. Gambling is a form of entertainment. Don’t get carried away by it.

Casinos are providing a service people need or want. Gamblers are indirectly paying for the casino businesses to prosper, and if the house doesn't take those profits, they wouldn't be able to run the business appropriately. Hence, gamblers are not required to have in mind the winnings, as it's just a method of keeping gamblers in the game. So, they won't need to stress themselves out of playing casino games. Winning it self helps the gambler to continue playing, if they was no winning a gambler will not engage in gambling anymore. Psychologically, we don't participate for a long time in something that doesn't give us some rewards in exchange for our time and dedication. Stating the casinos are only focused on taking the money is not a lie. Players should also maintain similar energy in accepting the fun and thrills.

True, if they assume that the casino has cheated them because they have lost then obviously it is not a problem but it is a risk that must be accepted by all gamblers, from the beginning we must understand that gambling is about winning and losing and that means it is very silly if you lose and then you blame the casino for fraud, I would say that they are one of those people who do not have any understanding of gambling but want to get involved and want to win, or simply a loser who wants to win but does not want to accept the risk of losing.

Unless it's a problem like your account being frozen or the withdrawal process not being approved then obviously that's a problem and you can file an accusation that the casino you're playing at is fraudulent. In terms of the final outcome between whether you win or lose it's really unknown and as you say that if we lose then the answer is very simple that we are away from luck so that we become one of the gamblers who lose in the session, it all comes back to each gambler, if for example they are not ready for the possibility of risk then obviously it's better not to get involved, it's that simple.

I will tell you first, If gambling is the cause of your loss then it is better for you not to gamble. Gambling requires experience and patience, you must first understand how gambling can make you profitable while avoiding suffering. Online casinos should be avoided to avoid your gambling woes. Because there are many dishonest online casinos. Where your luck is defeated by deception. Online casinos are in business for their income. Gambling in online casinos is sure to make you lose. Online casinos are set up in such a way that if you win once, you have to be prepared to lose ten times. I think you can follow football or cricket betting sites instead of focusing on online casinos to avoid all these frauds and sufferings in gambling.

I don't like to be preaching fear in gambling, all I want people to be aware of is the risk involved in gambling, and this must be known before they start it at all as it will help them to plan for everything beforehand. Gambling is not easy, we have to get everything prepared, and we need to get our minds and calculations prepared, which is better than being afraid. Imagine the gambler who deposited $200 and started wagering with $10 per betting, such can never be affected by any emotions especially when the total sum is even nothing to him as he can afford to lose it. This kind of mindset cannot go in line with your advice that entertain fear when it comes to winning and losing as a single loss win means nothing, and neither would a single loss be.

Your view is as though the gambler wagers all the whole $200 at once, that is so bad and is void of any proper managerial thinking in gambling which will definitely cause fear for the gambler especially if that money is such that they can't afford to lose as some gamblers do gamble with their entire money which will ever cause their gambling psychology to be bad. As such, they can stop gambling immediately after a successful win as they might probably lose back the money. But to those who plan their gambling lifestyle better, it will be nothing to them as they continue to win and lose and have fun with it.

It's about probability and house edge, it's not all gamblers have to lose in casinos it's just that the probability for a gambler to win is low and the house makes a profit because of the house edge, there's always gamblers winning in gambling it's just when it comes to numbers the casino has an edge for every $100 the house takes $70 and the gamblers have to share the remaining pot.
The casino cannot exist for a long time without them having winners, gamblers will doubt that they are cheating their players.

Congratulations on finding out that gambling is a scam but you went ahead and still played it many times, I guess it is safe to say that you are the scam here, you know how it was structured and never designed to really favour those outside the house and yet you are crying like a baby crying for a milkshake to cool down the temperature, next do a due diligence about something about it before going fully on it. Again, the fact that you mention jackpot makes it more that you want to use your small balance to win a big amount, the money you never worked for, get work next time.


It's not like gambling is a place where money is guaranteed to be made; in fact, many casinos and gambling platforms would have closed down if the system had not been designed that way. The player's money is what fluctuates between losses and profits; otherwise, there would never be any casinos left today. Because of the way entropy operates, gambling is primarily reliant on luck. For this reason, I prefer to wager on player performance in sports like basketball and hockey rather than casino games, where I can make more informed decisions based on player performance than just pure luck.

Gambling is not a fraud. It's just obviously designed that everything should be random and most likely results should not favor the gamblers. If gambling is that easy then it won't be called gambling in the first place. If you lose, don't blame the gambling in general but rather you just didn't hit your luck on that session. You should know in the first place where are you up to once you start gambling.

Casinos are also not forcing anyone to play. If you can't handle the stress of gambling, better find another activity.

Indeed, there is no way to know whether a game is rigged or not because we, as gamblers, will have difficulty finding out about it. But as long as we gamble at a trusted casino, the casino will not cheat its members because it concerns the reputation they have built long ago. They will not destroy their reputation to cheat their members to get more money and it is not worth the consequences they will receive. They can harm their own business, especially if the casino becomes bigger than before. If you really suspect it, you can ask the casino or if you feel the casino is cheating you, you can move to another casino that you think is more trustworthy than that casino. An honest business will be able to develop better, and its customers will be able to judge that, which happens in all businesses, both online and offline.