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We can make this happen, but most of all people shouldn't be getting themselves more binded to play gambling as a sources of their profit. That's why most people who think critically doesn't accept this kind of activity a form of recreational activity, besides they've been having an impression of money wasting.

You cannot.

Because gambling takes no brain, no skills, nothing required to play it. It is only about luck.

If you want to be a successful athlete, you need to practice. You need to educate yourself. To be a successful gambler, all you need is luck.

You don't and you can't. Sports make you healthy both physically and mentally while gambling in the other hand could get you an addiction just like drugs/alcohol and could even be worst since It involves the possibility of losing everything you have.

It is the possible when gambling is available for free of cost. It means you do not need to spend money for gambling at the same time you could never expect making money from gambling. In this case gambling will turn something similar to playing video-games or watching a thriller movie.

For recreational purposes, lots of proven methods are available hence I do believe there will be no need of considering alterations to gambling behaviors for recreational purchases. Let the gambling serve its original purposes.

I see your good insight aboutand your are looking into reality which can gambling really did mostly to those who are addicted to gambling of what was really happening everyday. You cannot link gambling to playing sports activities like jogging or playing tennis because most gamblers were alcohol abusers, like in the casino house having all kinds of vises which an addicted person diverts his/her winning frustrations to drinking. There's no healthy practices being made for this kind of idea to be associated with and worst is you are not having progress along the way, you enjoy but not beneficial ro your body and in your profit which could be lost anytime.

Yes of course we couldn't blame these people to think in a negative ways because, they already seen negative effects from a gambling to  most experiences shared through relative and friends. If that happens to be accepted as a form.of recreational activity it should have regulations not to be involved with money as price with any gambling games which will be used in any recreational activities. There with that ways it can be a sources if sponsorship from advertising groups which handles the prices from a gambling games to be awarded to the winners, so everybody could enjoy much and they will have happy gambling in a form of recreational activity same as sports games.

After reading your title that came to my mind that if the players will not run after their money in these gambling sites and in these casino and sites they only gamble for their entertainment then it will be accepted as a recreational activity like sports games.

You really should watch a poker tournament one day. It requires a lot of skill and there's a reason why some players are good at it. If it was only about luck one person would have to be extremely lucky to win a number of tournaments and become a champion.
Unfortunately the stance of most governments is that gambling should be limited, accessible only to adults and exist in the shadows, like strip clubs. We know they exist, we can spot them, but they aren't advertised in TV. I find it strange, because they are legal, yet somehow banned from everyday life.

I think if they are not really into the money and just for the fun and entertainment they could consider it,
But I think that there are someone out there that just play for fun or just want to past their time and have fun those who have some money,
And doesn't really have a financial problem

How is a sports game like gambling ? You don't risk money playing sports unless you talking about betting. Gambling will never become like any other game like a sport for example because of it's nature  and involvement of finiances. It's two completely different things. Wiether it's acceptable or not is up to each individual person and their own opinion and values. Some oppose gambling some don't mind.

You can't. You can however make games like poker a bit recreational. Gambling is gambling, and its criticized in every culture. With poker, when you see someone getting consistent results and you show that to the people who believe its pure luck, then you can change their point of view.

well it is not, and no matter how many people try too hard to come up with a new deffinition or description of gambling, the reality of it will never change. it will always stay as the same as before, a destructive but very thrilling activity.
this doesn't mean you can't control anything or even can't have fun. you can but gambling will always remain destructive.

I agree with ajaxmoor here. I am also a poker player and every now and then whenever I tell my friends its a no win game because its a gamble, I play a few hands in front of them and try to read opponent cards. I did it with my father too, and he stopped saying that I was a gambler. But if I play blackjack and try the same, they will straight away tell me that I am up over my head. It just won't get accepted in the society.

Gambling should be seen as game in fact gambling and games are the same because it all goes down to the same thing fun and entertainment. Many gambler treat gambling as a source of getting super rich therefore using and thinks it to be a source of income and if they lose now see gambling as evil. Focusing on it been because of profit will make gambling look like ponzi schemes.

We supposed to treat gambling as a fun purposes but greed is also in human nature once you feel the victory you will want more and keep on telling yourself that if you bet more then you will win more, when an activity related to money it will be difficult to not involve emotion and greed, and this is also the reason why people addicted to gambling, so only some people can treat gambling as recreational purpose

It is impossible because gambling is banned in some countries, but which sports is banned in any country? Sports is hazard-free, not like gambling can cause social issues.

As said gambling at times cause social issues when goes out of hands. In Countries where gambling is completely banned will serve as a major legal issue. For this reason it is good to consider it an regular activity with limitations on usage. If considered as an recreational activity sure user gets frustrated if loss happens unexpected.

Sorry but this is a futile idea. Sports are common games that exert one's physical or intellectual effort (like e-sports nowadays) which is a different thing to gambling that reside into two things: money risk and luck. Moreover, sports requires people to be attached in training to win the pot. Its prior is strength and other abilities not just luck (drawing a good card in poker, getting good dice rolls etc).

Gambling is very different from sport activities. Sports game requires a lot, first is physical and it also need strategy to win the game unlike in gamble games, you don't need to exert effort to achieve it but only sitting and watching...

I don't think it will be possible to modify entirely with what intention people are going for gambling. For centuries, human are into gambling so it would take another few centuries to make them to change how they are treating gambling.
It will not be that easy for most of the gamblers to accept that gambling is not for profit making. For generations we are into gambling with this kind of intention and accepting gambling for recreational activity, will be tougher one.

How about the game like chess and esports ? It only requires you to sit and watch too. Imo gambling games that could be near to becoming a sport are card games like poker because i've been seeing some competitive tournaments like wsop.

Because gambling doesn't have any other productive benefits to the victim apart from anxiety and depression ? There is no cure to addiction but the addiction itself. Recreational activities do come from a factor that establishes psychological/emotional ways of boycotting addictions but with absolute zero chances.

i think it would not be classified as a recreational activity but rather a hobby. recreational activites are things we do after long weeks of work where we need to be alone or with our someone without stressing our self.  gambling is different than other sports but it gives stress. and sports features years of training and physical or mental fitness as to gambling where u can base it on lucks or any rituals u do to get that luck.

You could get gambling recognized as a recreational activity and some point of your life if though it would be pretty tough to do so.
You could try to purchase your own uninhabited Private Island and start a civilization there then legalize gambling and make it a regular sport for the people living there. I know it might seems pretty impossible to do though there isn't any global gambling policy that restricts people from making their own gambling laws from outside the government jurisdiction.

It would be very hard since gambling mainly focuses on monetary bets and would make anyone fall to greediness. You can gamble with sports but seldom can you make gambling a sport. The fact that we can't teach or promote gambling to minors tells us a lot about why gambling will remain the way it is now.

You cant please everybody not to play gamble people will always there way out to play what they want too also I cant blame people who are depending for gambling that they daily income are in basis to this activity hence they focused on profit only that the risk one everyone fall from the trap.

Valid point, let's keep gambling as gambling and not any recreational activity. Gambling isn't anything bad for the one who is psyched and have sound understanding but the greedy and unprepared. If there's nothing wrong with gambling then there's no need to change it unless the OP is seeking to suggest gambling is not good and hence the need for an alternative.

We need to accept that natural order of things can't be changed. Gambling was treated as sin or low form of entertainment since the dawn of time.
There is no way that people would suddenly change their opinion about gambling and start to respect it.

I guess it's fine if we will consider gambling as a recreational activity but this will be a big debate for those sports man. They may say that gambling shouldn't be considered as it since sports is just a total game of fitness and mind it doesn't have some wager on it. This will be a long discussion.

Recreational activity means where skill and analysis works that is why poker and sports betting is accepted as recreational activity but in gambling like dice game or casino gambling it is purely based on luck and their is not strategy which will give you profit. because in the end the site only wins if you are playing for long term, but in sports betting or poker if you play as per the strategy and analysis in long term you will see that you are in good profit.

Please read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport
And then read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling
And when you do please close this topic.

It shouldn't be. There is really nothing to discuss.

As long as it involves money then can't make it as a recreational activity. Also, it is not good to depend on gambling profits because these games only depend on luck and if you play longer most likely casino is going win. I don't recommend gambling to earn money instead we just need to use it for enjoyment only sometimes

I don't think we can because basically its not. Gambling has a lot of facets that would make it highly unsuitable for people at a younger age. There's a very big difference between gambling and sports and there's a reason why mostly gambling is not allowed for minors. It deals with money and anything that deals with money is very susceptible to both greed and corruption. These are the qualities that sports tend to overcome but gamblig can very well promote

What are you talking about ? promoting gambling to minors, what on earth do you want that,one thing is certain and that is gambling is not a recreational activity as it might stress you out if you are wagging a substantial amount of money.I would rather prefer to wage on smaller bets so that i could enjoy the match as well as win some dime rather than making it any sort of forced activity.

Well I'm playing chess and checkers with a bet, is that gambling? I'm playing basketball with my friends with a bet is that gambling?

What I'm trying to say here is we can bet with our skills and abilities when we are playing a game with bets. For example we always play basketball in highschool every school break then put some money on the game. This bets are being out down to make the game more serious and I think that's a recreational activity.😊

Its just impossible to make gambling as a sport its just because sports is all about determination, physical, use of mind, critical thinking and team effort. Gambling is just use of your luck so its not really using what athletes do. They work hard to win and compete with each other that's why we have competitive sports, only best of the best wins by your skills and training, but gambling? its just really non-sense to have it or categorize it as a sport. I don't believe it will it will happen and it will never be happen, its like an insult to the athletes who work hard to be the best and make the gambling as a sport and test you luck is not really good idea. So for me I don't vote for it. :)

People have different goal when it comes to gambling but the fact is most of us are here for money, gambling is an entertainment but it's different from the others because here we have the chance to make money and winning or making money is a way to determine if we are good or not.
If this will our recreational activities and we will not worry even if we lose, then it should be a very expensive thing for gamblers.

The first thing to do is plan.  Planning makes things clear.  We setup the fund, the game to play, people to invite (mostly friends), venue, time, snacks etc.  This will literally  excite us and look forward to that event.  Not only we are having fun but we are establishing a good strong relationship  with all of our friends.  Bonding time together with friends is really great and this time we do that with gambling game :D

Only sportsbetting and poker is sport! Cause you can beat it with the right strategy. But you cant beat dice, slots, roulette and so on. The house wins and if you pla that, you are paying to have fun. This is no work.

There is nothing we can do to make gambling accepted in the same light as sports, the aim of sports is for everyone to have fun while the aim of gambling is to win money. Gambling will always have a permanent stigma attached to it regardless of what we do since it is illegal in a lot of countries, especially for those under 21. Gambling is also looked down upon by most religious groups.

I don't really see why you would want to do this @OP, gambling is essentially giving your money away.

We can't make gambling as an accepted recreational activity they are very different, You can do any sports whenever you like but you can't gamble when you don't have money to gamble so it is not for all unlike in sports as long as you have the tool or your friend have the tool for that sports then you can play. What we can do if you like both sports and gambling then you just bet in sports that is only my opinion.

Never will be, the sport is accepted by people because the sport provides so many benefits. Such as Health, fun, finance, and also achievement. Our hard work from zero to success is huge, that's why people really value sports. While gambling, there are people who are rich because of gambling, but the amount is too little compared with people who become increasingly destitute because of gambling. No hard work is needed, just luck, everyone can too. People will not appreciate it.

i don't think that people will make gambling as an accepted recreational activity like sports game because if people don't think about the money, then he only want to playing gambling as other activity in their free time and not make gambling as recreational. there are many recreational type that people can do than for just doing gambling and i think that is only few people that will make this as an recreational activity.

Actually there are already several attempts that wants to put gambling as a recreational activity. One that I noticed is a board game where you play to bet but at the same time includes some small figures and colorful board and gives off tasks to do in the game which if played by a family it will be enjoyable, but its still a game of pairs. That is one of the ways where gambling can be used as a recreational activity used and will be enjoyed by families.

It really depends on the person, I think. For me, I think it is fun and recreational since I really love numbers and gambling is a numbers game. Numbers just completely rule gambling. It's really fascinating to see how the roll will go in the long run and the infinite number of possibilities in the outcome of the games in the long run is a nice concept to delve on.

I guess it wont happening, when you talk about money people usually will become greedy and want to earn more, it is in human instinct to hoard more to survive, if you want to make it into recreational then used the chips,  when money is not involved it will be recreational activity

this won't happen you know why? because it is gambling and the world from itself you need to take a risk so gambling will be gambling as a source of fast money at the same time the place where you can lose all your money in just a sec. i've been a gambler since then but i can control my greediness so its okay as long as i can control my self.

i agree with it wont be treated like that because of the fact that we are risking real money on it, but behind those sports games there's always
a gamble behind, who knows if which games got a big pot behind and sometime we seen unexpected things happen behind any sports gambling.

currently a lot of sports gambling mafia,
so sometimes things happen that are hard to believe with common sense
this happens because someone who owns or puts a big gamble
so they do a variety of ways to get the victory from the gambling that he sets
this will be difficult to minimize
because almost in all countries there are sports mafias that have much access to the various games that are being started and will start

Risk is part of life, players are risking to brake leg in some game, gambler risks money, how much is someone willing to risk depends from the prize.
Gambling can be recreational activity for people who have control, but in same time gambling will never be accepted as recreational activity like sports because society thinks that sport is healthy and gambling is evil. Also society thinks that gambling leads in addiction, and that who ever start with gambling will end up broke, without family and friends. Everything depends from individual point of view, I think as long as someone have control with money and time invested in gambling, as long as gambling activity doesn't hurt no one you can think of gambling as recreational activity or just hobby.

I don't think it can be or should be done. Gambling is not a sport. It doesn't require much skill and the odds are always against the players. But of course, there are some skill-based gambling games like poker that can and do become major events.

I think the only way for gambling to be treated as an recreational activity is to have no money involve with it but then it would not be gambling anymore because as what the definition of gambling says, it is the wagering of money or something of value with an intent to win. It would be near to impossible to treat it just like a recreational activity because if there is a wager, then somehow you will be force to focus in winning wanting that prize if you won and there is also the pride of winning.

i think before you playing gambling, you need to tell yourself that gambling is not a way to make money but you only playing in your free time so you can get entertained. but its only few people that could realize about this and the others is trying to make money from gambling. if we have know that gambling especially in sports game is part for enjoy our life then we don't think that playing gambling as a source of money to get additional income.

It is only when we play gambling without free of money and win in money then sure people accept it recreational activity. But i hear and i know you also hear people play gambling because of fun and entertainment and then you are talking about recreational activity. I think it is depend on ourself what we want for gambling, if we think that gambling is a source of money then sure we waste our money, but if we think we play gambling for entertainment then you will be accept as a recreational activity like sports game.   

You can improve yourself in sports and other recreational activities, be skillful and get better at them and do them for leisure. On the other hand, you cannot improve your gambling skills as it is purely a game of luck and most people cannot even classify that as fun, but rather see it as a way of making money instead. So, accepting it as a recreational activity will not happen.

Not all gambling games are based on luck, infact there are many gambling games out there that are based on skills and statistical analysis like sports betting and poker but others like dice and slots I can agree are based on your luck.

why do you think gambling is evil?
if so, what should you worry about with gambling.
here we gamble using own funds and not the result of robbing,
and one that needs to be noted, not all gamblers will end up bankrupt
because in fact I, who gamble on a daily basis never feel what it is bankrupt.
so gambling is not evil

I think it's hard because gambling is included in the income element that does not always have to be done without being serious. No business can work together other than sports, otherwise it is highly unlikely unless we use a more complex lottery system.

gambling can be accepted for recreational activity only if the government accept or give permit on it. like for example in our place cockfighting is the recreational gambling activity and mostly they have fun on it, but if the arena has no permit then the authority will confiscate everything including the gamblers if they are caught. and if only the government allow them then there is no reason to be afraid and get into jail.

Yes, I too don't think that bitcoin gambling can be considered as an recreational element. Here with gambling if the user gets two wins in three events then it's possible. In reality such an accessibility is truly impossible to happen with every gamblers, so as in the statement bitcoin has got termed as a money element which won't let it to be considered as a recreational activity.

The main concern about gambling is that it leads people to the addiction. So it's not healthy for us, being impossible to be considered a recreational activity that is endorsed by the society. It's not necessary to see gambling as a recreational activity, however it's not necessary to see gambling as an evil thing that leads people to their ruin, as it can be a powerful tool to boost countries and people's economy.

There is no way it will be accepted and belong to recreational activities, yes its an activity but its not considered as a sport. Once and for all although there are so many sports that eventually being gambled in the end just like betting games for every events and tournaments, so many crimes have been involved once a player got addicted to gambling. In my country there are several crimes involved in gambling, such as stealing in order to bet, killing someone because they lose by that person. Although we have law, we cannot read people's mind and their behaviour as always. So better to leave it like that rather than so many conflicts that will happen.

Yeaaa gambling more to causing a lot of problem with its addictive.
It is just doesn't makes any sense to have an idea comparing sports game and gambling.
Gambling is so harmful generally , while sports full of benefit. I can not see the reason why it should be crystallize.

No, you also need skills and strategies if you are playing against people. Luck is what I consider an outside energy that you can manipulate. You can manipulate this energy and make it yours. That means, you can make it by your side so you can win your game. That is what I believe in. Added to that, I think the other reason is because gambling is a sin according to religion. Perhaps, they do not want to corrupt their citizens or make them waste their money over something they believe to be trivial. But anyways, I like the idea of making it a recreational acitivity.

usually the purpose of recreational activities is to refresh our body and refresh our brain from tight schedule of works but if you attempt to makes gambling as your recreational activities i think you're only looking for another problem and in gambling there was only pressure and ambitions to win with big amount especially when you're lost that's only increasing your problem and not solved your problem so in my view gambling cannot consider as it

Of course both option are different, gambling can not be used as a recreational activity although we can feel the fun while gambling. but both activities can make you addicted if done continuously, I do not know why maybe everything we do continuously it will become a habit.

Maybe it will be hard to make it as sports just like you want it to be. Gambling has been famous for it danger and addiction on it. Making it as a recreational activity means you all need to change the minds of all the people who are paying this. You to divert their mind to accept and br contented on winning and lossing in gambling since once you gamble most of the time all your aim is to earn money fot it is the benefit of it and not simply enjoy the risk that you are taking.

no we cant..Gambling is a form of game in which EDUCATION,TRAINING AND SKILLS wont be necessary.although some of gamblers has skills but only to cheat or to play no fair..have you even think POKER IN OLYMPICS?common dude.ur impossible.and in gambling we play to WIN SOMEYHING FOR OUR SELF,NOT FOR THE GLORY OF OUR PEOPLE.

It's possible only if we stick with our goal, we should not be greedy and must control our emotion, when considered as recreational activity  it should bring fun to us and that should happen every time we gamble and since sometimes we also lose we have to accept such loses and understand it's part of the game. Gambling is created for fun so it has be treated that way and none other than, if we want money do it in other ways.

people become greedy when they see the chance to make money and they don't think that its only recreational activity because in gambling, there is money involve. maybe in first time we play, we only thinking that this is just for recreational but in the next second, our mind will thinking how can i win much money from this games because i can win with easy from this games. our emotion will become follow our mind and finally we can out of control and next thing that will happen is we can loss our money.

There's no precise evident why people have to accept gambling as a sport when there's no mastery required for it to be a qualified gambler. It is merely based on luck that most gamblers are the only source when playing. It's either they were wiser than you when they play or they were just too lucky to make it as a living.

all things that can gain fun and entertainment is good for everyone's mental health to release stress, but if that activity will involve money buy losing and gaining then it will already called gambling because you gamble things with unpredictable result, eventhough you lost the money but still the fun and excitement is there and the only way that it will be recognize is that it should be accepted and legalized by the government.

Yup! I agree gambling can not become a part of a recreational activity that makes you unwind and let your stress out, it is sometimes cause the stress of someone because money is involve in gambling it makes people stressed out when all his money have lost because of it, well you can do this by simply not putting any money involve in a game of bet, I think just a friendly game of poker without involving any amount on it can sure be fun with friends.

In my country, I don't think there is nothing to be done about that because its already accepted as a part of the society all you need to do is to meet the conditions attached among which are you must be above 18 years to engage in it. We already have a gambling commission that issue licences to operators of gambling sites to ensure they play by the rules.

The places where you need convincing are only countries that are predominantly Islamic States because they are bent on against gambling while the predominantly Christian nations are already secular states which makes gambling accepted in their country. I guess we still have to enjoy the freedom to gamble our funds while it last.

it is not possible gambling does involve luck same as sports in most situations but in sports you require high amount of skills no matter what game it is , in gambling skills won't help you much you need luck more than skills

Depend on what type of gambling do you play.
For example : poker , it's a matter of guts and luck or even just guts for bluffing your opponent to win for a big prize.
All you need is learned from past and implement what you've learned by process !

Though it still requires a lot of luck to be able to win it. And that is not something we can control or even learn to control even from a billion times of playing and getting experience from the game. There are things we cannot control and luck is one of them. That is why there is no one that can say that they can consistently win in any kind of gambling, be it poker or sports books.

Remember that there are two types of gambling games - the luck based ones & the analysis based games. Considering gambling as a recreational activity is something that can't be accepted, you need to know first what's the meaning of recreational activity, it's an activity to give solution to another activity that we do that causes us a problem, mental, health and other types of problem.

To turn gambling into an recreational activity like sports we should make some limits and rules, because gambling it's a risky domain and we should be careful when we start it to avoid any kind of risk  losing too much money.
By the way, I don't consider gambling like a domain for getting profit, It's just for fun no more.

More and more bookmakers are talking about engagement of the "player".  I can only talk for sports betting because that is my industry, but we know that if your at the pub with friends and its not your team playing on the TV the best way to get engaged in the game is to have a few dollars on one of the teams.  You will watch the game much more intently, each shot on goal can either make you a winner or a loser either way you watch each shot with your heart in your mouth. 

This is the true entertainment value of gambling and as long as you are only having a few dollars on the event you will get as much enjoyment from it as you would going to the cinema whilst being out with your friends.

Basic thing about sports is that it gives you profits. Profits in terms of physical health, mental growth, muscles exercises and every other entertainment factors.
But gambling can’t give you anything even related to it. It makes you so loser and you are not making anything valid and efficient. So sports and gambling are just like the acronyms and synonyms. It is harmful for you.

Right. In gambling, the negative effects far outweighs its good effects. Far from sports where you'll benefit most of the time. In gambling, you open yourself to addiction which won't only affect yourself but your family as well.

It's negatve effects can not be the reason why we shouldn't gamble because if you have self control you will be a success at gambling if you are able to control your emotions and always have a cool head before you gamble.

Seeing on the ratio on those gambler who do have self control on playing gambling would really be lesser compared into those impulsive gambler which most of them do end up on wrecking their own lives because they do let such addiction to control them. Gambling can never really be considered as recreational activity.Just my own opinion.Instead of recovering up it will surely put you down even more.

I'm not sure where OP comes from, but from my experience most people don't see gambling as a problem. I don't think that many people do it, but I don't think you'll be judged when you tell people that you gamble a bit.
Of course, when you tell your family about it, they also need to know that you know your limits, and that it isn't a problem for you.

I can relate with OP.  Gambling is also illegal here in our country but you can still see many people playing it.  People will also judge you if they found out that you are a gambler.  Here,  people see all gamblers as the dangerous addicted gambler they think that all gamblers are the same which is very wrong.  Not all gamblers play for profit just like me. 

Anyways,  to make gambling as an accepted recreational activity will be like finding a good way to delete the bad image of gambling here in our country.  It will be hard since many people are very close minded here.

To be able to make gambling as an accepted recreational activity is they need to have to design a system like fighting in a game and you have to bet in your game characters like in a game of king of fighters then your character is your bet and you are the one who play and it depends upon your fighting skill., and for that it is more fun and pleasure playing that gambling.

One that I noticed is a board game where you play to bet but at the same time includes some small figures and colorful board and gives off tasks to do in the game which if played by a family it will be enjoyable, but its still a game of pairs.

gambling is being a recreational activity almost to all people but i don't think that it will be part of the sports games. if u say sports there will be lots of energy release it also gives people healthy life while in gambling it may show lots of skills but it gives you stress in life especially when you always lose in the game.

Maybe for me it was not accepted as a recreational game like sports game there was no rules and regulations to follow in gambling unlike other sports there was no skill and can be learned how to play it ,it just a luck  for winning nobody can tell who will or who will loose in this game.We did not know what happens next for whoever play gambling.

Gambling for me not category as a sports game. Actually people play gambling to seek profits from gambling.
Sports game have a rule, nourish our bodies, and many positive benefit we can get from sports game.

I think it all depends on what kind of games you play. If you just stick to casino games, and it will always be seen as an addiction because you know you will lose since the odds are against you, so how can you explain why you are gambling? Also how can you say that spinning some dices or a roulette is fun and that you are only doing that for recreation.

Now if you go for skill games, like poker, then it can be seen as a recreational activity. People play poker for fun, like any card game, and they can choose to bet real money or to just play for fun. We you like to play a game both either for profit or just for fun, you can say it's like any other skill game or sports.

The same thing goes for computer games. There are professional player of CS, or LoL, dota, etc. We even call it e-sports, so it's recreational, but it can also be played for money and no one can blame you for doing that. The only problem right now is that besides professional players, it's very hard to find a place to play computer games for money. The good thing is that is about to change with the launch of the Bountie platform!

The Bounty platform will allow you to play e-sports games for money, and they will even have a matchmaking system to make sure the opponents you get are at your level. I think this will be huge for both, computer gaming and gambling.

 In my opinion it is already a recreational activity but it depends on the person because if you follow the right things or even bad things, it's considered to be recreational. Using your time and efforts with the leisure feeling is already a recreational activity. People just lose a lot of money in gambling that they couldn't afford that's why it's somewhat considered a serious thing instead of just the activity.

I would be happy if it is declared illegal and locked away from the lives of the people as the users who gamble ends up in its addiction(like drug). They can't quit gambling as they take loan and stuff to make the lost money back and again loose anything they got. Sports is something which makes us feel something good about ourself.

recreational activities defy positivity and no stakes
offered but fully enjoyment and fun for the happiness of once
playing it,while gambling is totally different ..in gambling majority's
wanted to earn to make money.so how can we make gambling a
recreational activities when they are two different thing.

I think it can be realized if all the players, bet on a small amount and play just for fun. It will make the game more enjoy, and not impressed there is intense competition between players.

Recreational activity is something that you uses your ability, skills and mind during your leisure time. And it can be your hobby and aomething that will give you pleasure. I think it can't be compares with gambling because in gambling, yes there ia enjoyment but it is not something that makws worthy of your time. You can lose money and it can be addictive that can be negative to oneself.

Agree sort of it is more intense if there is a money involved to the game, they will like to won the pot money and at the same time they tend to prove their skills. Every game that has a money involve you can see those teams or those person that will really do their best to get the win and get the money. Though now it is difficult to do that though it could be a recreational activity because some of the people will not do it because it is illegal or other things that will matter most to them.

That would be a bad idea I guess. Since gambling is addicting no matter how beautiful it will be taught or will recreated in a such. Though what makes it addiciting is money, Gambling without money is not even gambling at all (It's a quote I got from one of my partners) which somehow sums up the nature of the industry. We are greedy by nature even though we say that we can control ourselves their would still be time that we will be blinded with money, which is a bad side and conrtributes on why it is not a good idea, for gambling to be accepted.

Its not automatically addicting, the main argument against gambling as a sport type is that its actually in its purest form a type of maths.     It would have to be similar to spelling bee type competitions, probability analysis.   I have actually studied this type of mathematics for some years and its a valid subject but not exactly a sport as such.

It would have to be refined into a competitive sport, mental arthritic perhaps but just putting money down by itself isnt a sport exactly.   Poker could be argued as a sport perhaps, there are a few games where its arguable and in addition part of it is betting and not losing bank to other players.

That is correct. Most of the people who gamble regularly are for money not for enjoyment because if they lose money then they can't enjoy so they will enjoy gambling only when they make money from this game. But sports is different you just go there to spend your time and get refreshed after playing those sports games.

the best option is to add gambling options. If on a website adds an option about sports game/casino, or even an online game it would be a very fun site, which is not the focus of perfecting one game, but how to make people comfortable to berlama2, then some websites have to think of many free/giveaway and able to reach all ages as often as possible.

Yes here in gambling it is all money matters. The involvement of money makes it distinctive from other sports or recreational activities. Like in sports the sportsmen playing are paid even if they lose, in gambling you one person has to be affected to the money. In recreational activities it is about winning the game not the money. The gamblers come with the idea to win or lose what he has. I think gambling and other recreational activities are different attitude wise. 

Most sports are played for mainly the fun of it alone but the same can't be said about bitcoins because we all know that the main reason why everyone gambles is to primarily make some money and maybe secondarily have fun whiles making money. Gambling can never be termed as a recreational activity.

this option can make many websites last long and able to compete with other gambling web. I often visit many gambling websites, but only a few of them are able to maintain their existence to survive so as to keep their web visitors staying there

Gambling will never be an accepted activity like sports because sports are pretty much free to participate in and free to watch also, whereas gambling costs money to participate in.

Also, it is considerably more stressful and can lead to bad things (for example losing your house, family if you are addicted) whereas addiction to sports is quite rare or nonexistent for the most part.

Much as i would like to see this happen, i doubt it will ever be the case.  There some things that society just doesn't agree with and frown at, gambling unfortunately is one of those things.  The funny thing is, stock brokers are highly regarded in society due to the money they make, yet, in a simplistic way stock brokers are the biggest gamblers in society.   Gambling's reputation, rightly or wrongly also means that no matter how it changes, it'll most likely always be something that people do not want to publicly associate with.

By definition, gambling can fall under recreational activity since activities that involve recreation are often done for enjoyment, amusement, pleasure or simply put into something fun. However, what contradicts it is considering it as a sport since it doesn't involve any physical skill. It sometimes require mental skills but it doesn't count as a sport since it mainly depends on luck. There's a difference between recreational activity and sports and sadly gambling can't fall on both aspects.

Gambling is crime in terms of law but since more rich people push it because they want to enjoy their money, they make it legal thru help casinos. However the consequences of this gambling is to paid much higher taxes like beverages together with the cigarettes.

Maybe they make it because they want to control they people who become addicted in gambling.

but for people in the country that allowing gambling, they can gamble with free without breaking the law and they can play while they can enjoy the games too. I think in this country, people make gambling as their way to play the games as the recreational activity like sports game but they place a bet too. but I don't know about the taxes, how much they should pay the taxes.

Gambling can never be accepted as such a recreational sport due to a very simple reason. Generally all sports we play are based on some tactics and some kind of mental aur physical activity is required by the player which is what effects the outcome of sport. But gambling is sheer luck. Even if you say that I always win when I apply this tactic in gambling its still because of fate as there is no direct relation between the two. Moreover people spend money to win money on something whose outcome is based on fate. All this clearly depicts just one thing that gambling can't really be as popular as soccer or tennis.

No, it's not. Speak for your country only.
I am not sure from where are you picking these false information, but if it's legal to gamble it certainly isn't because some rich guy wants to gamble nor it is because county want to help casinos, it is because they want to take as much taxes they can.
I am pretty sure that is the reason why gambling is not legal in some countries.

I would like to have the same reactions on what he was claiming on here which i didnt even know on what kind of ideas on his mind regarding on gambling site existence which it isnt really relying on those rich people. If gambling sites is considered crime then we wont able to see gambling sites as of now which means this thing is only possible or do exist on some countries but not generally.I agree on the fact that government would really allow such business because they would really benefited.

It shouldn't be considered as an accepted recreational activity, just be realistic, what would be the purpose of making it look like a MOBA or just like any other sport's game?

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It makes no sense, if you gamble, you will lose money, and if you are lucky enough you can earn some money, it should't be a game and it would never be.

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Maybe poker and all those games who require skills could be considered as one.. but it is still so far away from us at the moment.

I don't think gambling will ever be accepted normal sports activity ever. As in any sport(indoor or outdoor) have some benefit with it whether at physical or mental level. But gambling does not have any benefits like it but it makes a person addicted to it, lazy and sometimes anxious also.
So I don't think gambling can be compared to any sports or a recreational activity because of its harmful side-effects on a social and personal life of a person.

This means that sex can be a recreational activity. It involves pleasure, enjoyment, amusement, some sports too, and it's good for your health. Maybe we should be advertising sex in the mainstream media? Remember to have a good fuck every day, it's good for you! Brought to you by Vixen Brothels, eager girls every day!  ;D ;D ;D

I really don't see this happening ever. Do you even realise what you just asked people to do. You wish that people consider gambling as a sport, excuse me but sports and gambling can and never should be compared, it takes efforts, pain, and a lot in sports, while we gamblers look forward to leisure and earning quick bucks and these sportsperson do it with pride. So i would not really support such a stupid idea.

The purpose will always depend on the mindset of the player. Playing gambling by nature needs an amount of money or fund. Just like sports game also. However, in sports it is likely associated with recreational activities as the individual needs to do it more on physically. In gambling the mindset will always be the money to win. For those with existing funds may play it for fun or recreational. But most likely, gambling and sports are somewhat similar, you win or loose.

Yes, because we have different levels of entertainment reaction. As for me in order to make gambling as a recreational activity then every gambling must be re design the system on how it was being played like that it will be incorporated in a battle games and you have a betting amount in every games, then in that way i think that is more fun.

Basically, that's the essence where your play and hoping that the outcome would be the positive one but it can't be all the time like that. Having fun could mean to different people and gambling may not be the one for everyone but it sure is fun to play card games because that's what I and my friends do most of the time.

There is really no sure way to do it actually. Because every person has their own personalities and it is up to them to think what gambling is. We cannot persuade or force them to think gambling is just a recreational activity. We cannot even change their mind just by informing it. Just like in our country all cigarette boxes are required to have images of diseases but it does not affect their sales, we even have an excise tax for cigarettes yet it did not stop them of buying it.

Gambling sites are still alive because of their millions of users and fame also. These sites are under the eyes of government of specific country to which the sit belongs but they don’t ban it or block it because these sites are paying taxes for the enhancement of the country, not only taxes but the heavy ones. Why would the government ban it as they are not giving the harm to the people who are addicted to it.

In sports the mainly tge physical aspect is important while in gambling the case is not the same.

But in both fields, you play and then win or lose, its just that one is seen as a healthy and recreational sport while the other is seen as game only for money holders.

At present it is not the scene anymore. Everyone and anyone can enjoy gambling today because of the availability of so many avenues and platforms online these days.

With this advent of digitization, gambling may possibly be made equal to other sports. Both are anyways same. You win or you lose, and get prize/money accordingly.

I don't think its really possible to implement such scenario. Gambling is gambling and you can't have recreational activity with it. Its based on luck as opposed to sport games were you need to sharpen not only your body in mind.

Lets takes for example BINGO, some consider it just a recreational activity, but when it starts to involved money, then its pure gambling. That game is very popular among Asian country however, it turns out to be recreational in the beginning but when gamblers found a way to make it a business, then later it becomes one of the most lucrative gambling business.

When we think of sports or the olympics, it is composed of individuals who have sheer knowledge and skills about the said sport. They are trained since birth and they rely on their confidence and SKILL rather than something that cannot be controlled, which is LUCK. Gambling is an activity that primarily deals with luck. Since its nature is relatively based on odds, regardless of your skill or physique, if it isn't your day you are bound to lose. Why would gambling be a sport when there is no competition at all?

One might argue that poker takes some serious skill for you to manipulate other people and it is also being televised around the world. But again, you cannot control the cards being shown at the table. All require some luck for you to win.

I didnt really see that any gambling games can really be treated as a recreational activity because if we do talk gambling then its purely involving money.If it doesnt then it isnt gambling at all.Regarding about that bingo game you do say i have seen such thing which is really enjoyable but playing it without involvement of money wont really be entertaining at all.

I had the same thoughts however most people gamble precisely for the money. The element of fun and entertainment would be gone for the gamblers if there weren't any money involved. Perhaps if a token system were to be created, which would be similar to money however it has no monetary value involved. In a way, I think that gambling is already somewhat recreational because people do it to have a good time and even 'relax'. Some people have already resorted to gambling just for fun and to enjoy themselves.

That is too much to say that gambling takes no brain or skills, we have some professional poker players that use their skills to win. I concur that some games are only based on luck but there are other games that will test your knowledge and skills

But for the topic I do not think it's going to happen, gambling has been seen as a bad thing for centuries. This quo-notation has been influenced by religion, media, etc. There are things that we cannot change and I think perception in gambling will not change.

Some finds gambling more thrilling since they knew somehow if fate allow them, they might able to earn. It uses it as their way to spend more time and effort thinking that enjoyment, money and thrill can be found. While in sports it might only cause getting tired and sometimes boring especially if were not really into it. It is somehow a passion that needs determination and most of the time people now wher only into money not more on getting fit.   that's why they keep on coming on casinos or plays online for their ease and convenient in short being stubborn in having passion. 

some people are using gambling as their recreational activity and they don't think too much about to win the games. all they want to do is to enjoy the game, they don't expect to be a winner but if somehow they are winning, then they will consider this as a bonus for them. I have seen a person that only gambling for searching a fun and I take a look in his games, he play a poker too in facebook and he makes a lot of chips but he doesn't think about selling his chip or cash out the chip (if he can). he wants to use his time with his friends in the table and he can control his emotion while he does not win.

I do believe that recreational activity will always depend person to person. Remember the poker is a sport just like chess and even nowadays computer games. So we can for sure consider gambling as a recreational activity, as long as the person is actually entertained and does enjoy the game it should be considered as such. Although, not all gambling games should be considered, something like dice, slots, roulette and other ones are completely out of the question and they are not recreational and just purely gambling.