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I just want to ask how would you know if a person is suffering from gambling addiction. Can you guys tell me the signs of it?

It's very easy to know.

1. You can't remove your thinking to the casino's, games and especially the profit.
2. Your hands are itchy if you can't gamble within the day.
3. You don't care of other things but only gambling.
4. You will find it out in a very easy way when you don't have anything left on your pocket because of gambling.

Ourselves can not know if we suffer from gambling addiction because who can see it is the people around us maybe we can know has been addicted to gambling when all our possessions have been exhausted. There is one reason i'm saying that because when we are suffering from gambling addiction and then we still have money or stuff that can be used to gamble, we never think about the bad impact we will get from gambling.

I think you can tell if someone is addicted to gambling when he/she can last a day without gambling. When he/she gets irritated if he/she is not able to play within a day and when he/she lost a game the person will use all of his money or mostly all money just to play and try to win back the losses.

When you want to stop yourself from gambling but your body still keeps on going or wants to do it some more then it's a sign that you could be addicted to gambling. It's similar to other addiction as well like if this activity consumes up most of your time daily or you're doing it more frequently than before. Another one is when you plan on chasing your losses everytime you start to lose.

Good question. But it is easy to know behalf of these point of views, that how much time you and any addicted person spend on gambling. If he spend a lot of time, in playing gambling and all the time he think and discuss about gambling and main point is that if he has wasted his money in gambling and also he has lost everything in gambling. Then i could say he is addicted gambler. Because every addicted gamble's hand empty and he has been lost everything in gambling. 

Well i spend a lot of time at gambling but i dont see my self as an addict. Because for me an addict is he will do what it takes to make profit from gambling. Most if goes south then he would risk things that are beyond the limitations. Sometimes i admit i can be addict, but over the years i learned to control and handle losses. Because for most addicts they cant handle their habbits until it would go over board. So for me addicts are the one abusing and too much spending on things that is meant to be legal.

I think when a person begins to feel very unwell due to the fact that he can not play gambling, he suffers because of them. Some people know that this will lead to a loss of money, but they still want to play.

Its because greed , like me all this time everytime when i get paid from signature campaign . I use it for gambling , i tried to cure my addiction once and learning to trade but it seems doesnt work , so right now i still do gamble . It seems greed already consuming me

The signs you have got addiction in gambling
You are always feels curious in played gambling and think you can be win for next stage
but actually you can not do anything for the winning based on the lucky,
you are always play gambling with all of the funds without calculating the risk losing your funds
and you can not stop thinking about gambling on every activities.

When you think about gambling and gambling, when you can not spend a day without gambling, when you're willing to do anything to gamble. That may be a sign if you're addicted to gambling. Gambling addiction can be felt by yourself, you just have to be more sensitive to feel it...

You'll gonna notice it if you can't think of anything else just gambling and also if you're having eating disorder because you just want to play gambling all day. and one more think if you're sleeping and still dreaming of playing gambling. I'm one of the luckiest person in earth because I don't play gambling always, I'm just playing gambling if I needed to get some profit from it and have some fun.

I never get gambling addiction, but I ever see my friend who get gambling addiction. First, he have a lot debt and even lie to get a loan, he always chasing the victory to pay the debt so he gamble everyday, mostly gambling addicted lost everything, have short-minded so they just do gamble, and some of them if lucky, they will earn jackpot, but still definitely used again to gamble.

There can be plenty of signs when someone is addicted to gambling. They may not see it themselves or think that they are not addicted but it is in their unconscious mind. Now here are some of the things you can see in an addicted gambler(only things i know):

1. The person sets a limit of the only amount he wants to gamble but then loses control and spend more than the limit he has set. Or worse doesn't even set a limit.
2. The person is more likely to have mood swings or is irritated so easily when unable to gamble.
3. The person Can't live a day without gambling.
4. Willing to sacrifice time with loved ones just to gamble.
5. Selling anything of value despite how mich it is needed to sustain his gambling life.
6. Finally, insomnia due to overloading thoughts of gambling when lying in bed and doing nothing.

Those are what i see in most addicted gamblers(some are close friends).

Signs of having a problem with gambling -

• Betting with money needed for other important things - rent, food, bills etc
• Betting with amounts you can barely afford to lose
• Gambling dictacting your mood - arguing with friends & family after losing
• Relying on betting to pay your way

Not to be a Debby downer but if your asking yourself this question, you more than likely are a gambling addict.

I am one. I don't compulsively think of casinos. I go weeks without even considering it.

Its when I do gamble its all or nothing. Even if it's once a year, I have no restraint. Thousands go down the drain.

Surprisely,  Im a mod at a casino. I just can't let myself slip up.

Just my 2 cents..

   You listed characteristics that addiction gambler have after years of addiction. I think creator of this thread wanted to hear early signs of
gambling addiction.
   Early signs of gambling addiction are forgetting about important things in your life cause of gambling, in beginning you miss important
things but how addiction progress you missing more and more life obligations cause of gambling, forgetting appointments or dates. Intense
bragging about winning at gambling, and that is become main topic, everything else is not interesting more.
   If anything from this happening to you, you are in early stage of gambling addiction. You still did not start to borrow money for gambling,
you sleep nice, you do not have problems cause of gambling yet, but that will come if you continue with same activities.

The minute you can't stop gambling I guess but mostly when you lose everything and you will lose everything. This is not that may occur but a fact, I personally never met someone who have gambling addiction and he is rich, gambling is never good and you will eventually find yourself at the bottom.

Well in my own point of view, you will know if a person or you is suffering from gambling addiction if the person who plays can't stop playing or cannot control himself and if he is always in the casino you will see that he is already addicted in gambling. Being addicted in gambling is not a joke so if you feel your addicted you really need to change your hobbies.

Most likely you wont able to tell specially when you are under on such gambling addiction.You wont really mind these things for sure and instead on realizing the things that you have done you will still dont matter at all as long you do satisfy yourself on such addiction. You will just notice that you are severely addicted to gambling when you dont have already money on your pocket to play on.

One of the signs of someone who has been addicted is that he will play gambling until late at night, he will not worry about everything because he has only one thing in mind that he can play gambling. After that then he will start looking for ways to play gambling even though he has no money at all. This is the thing I fear most when my family gets into gambling addiction, he has ruined his life and also his family life. Everything is meaningless again, he just lives under pressure to keep playing gambling.

You can tell that someone is addicted and suffering to gambling is when they are always on their computer and gambling or they are in casinos, they can't stop thinking about and talking about gambling and also they will start lying where they will go and what are they going to do. There are many things and signs that you will know if they are addicted its just depends on you on how you will interpret their actions. Also, its you who can only stop them because your the who noticed it and you should warn them to stop before it gets out of hand. Some people go broke because of gambling and we don't want that to happen especially if you are already have a lot of debts.

Who will use friends money and lending money to play gambling they are addicted gamblers. Useally the normal gamblers will not use their personal money they only play how much they can afford. But the addicted gamblers play more than what they can afford this is the difference b/w addicted and normal gamblers. I real casino you can easily find out while seeing their face. the addicted gamblers always in bif tension and when they win bet they will overreact.

They can play will it be fine to play games with bitcoins what they can afford. That is not right bro. I knew that addictive bitcoin gambling is not easy to stop it but can be reduced with the changes in your usage limits. Once I use do dice roll always in yobit with minimum amount 0.002 btc every time. When understand that fact I left from it.

when one is suffering from gambling addiction the few things are observed;
readiness to gamble with the last penny in your hand and even borrow money when you have none
such person will always be restless to be at gambling sites.
Addicted gambler find it difficult to quit gambling

I think it depends on how often you gamble and whether it affects the other aspects of your life. Also whether it impacts your finances.

When a gambler looks lazy, rarely takes a bath, changes clothes, and reluctant to do everyday work. That's when people are suffering from gambling addiction. They main activities will be sleep and gamble.

Its really hard to tell when we are suffering from gambling since our goal is to have fun and to have profit either we loses too much money we still continue to comeback and lmay again with in that day however if you knew that your life is already a mess because of gambling having trouble with money then you're really addicted to gambling

You become addicted to gambling when you start to steadfast to gambling. Like all other addicted to become abnormally devoted to gambling. You think about gambling each and every hour - nonstop. You will want to gamble even if you can't afford it. You start gambling my any means like taking loans off people and gambling with their money.

I guess I have experienced that before. I was thinking of gambling everyday, even when I'm at the office and searching different strategies on Youtube. And even when I'm chatting with someone, we will talk about gambling everytime. There was even a time that I will call the office and telling that I can't come to work. But I will just making an excuse and will play all day in a casino. But I now, I'm a different person, don't gamble a lot but instead focus on better things in like like my job and family and business. Lucky for me I was able to get out early and turn around my life for good.

I had that gambling bug before too. It was crazy! I just keep on searching for strategies too on how to defeat the casinos. Though, alas, I never found anything that truly won as a strategy that will win me some money. In the end I just ended up losing money to gambling. It woke me up and I realize it was not healthy and that there is really no way I can profit from gambling itself.

When the person prioritize gambling over all important things then that is the first sign of addiction and when you asked him and he said his hobby is gambling then that person is already addicted, if the person spend a lot of time gambling, don't really care about eating or sleeping then that person is absolutely addicted

When somebody said about gambling is his habit then its definitely hes an addicted gambler knowing spending longer times on gambling will really make you a gambling addict anytime soon and as you have said if someone do already prioritize gambling rather than on other important things then that addiction is already severe since his mind don't know on what is right and wrong.

When a person tries to find money in any way even if he has enough debts to play a game of gambling again, one can assert that he already has a serious dependence.

-If you have no time for others i.e family, friends and your self that should be a sign of addiction.
-If you were financially stable and suddenly you start struggling to save or mange your money thats another sign.
-The obvious one will be if you mind is always locked in on gambling every day you should know you addicted.

Habit is different, and addiction is different. Habit means they can play gambling whenever they want, and addiction means spending more time in gambling. There are some gamblers they will play gambling daily but not spend more time and not spend more money. How much they can afford that much money they can play this we can not call it an addiction.

if the person irritated due to can't play in the gambling, person sell all assets for the seek of the gambling, even the budget for the family daily needs gambler person sacrifice for the enjoyment of themself happiness to gamble.

I'm no expert and I have no knowledge on gambling addiction but from my assessment, some telltale signs of gambling addiction may be: making impulsive decisions and bets, you are unable to control your actions or prevent yourself from gambling, not being able to sleep unless you gamble, you get irritated when you are unable to gamble, and when you disregard the value or amount that you are betting. It is evident that you have gambling addiction when your practices are obviously unhealthy (not only physically, but emotionally, mentally and spiritually).

He will gamble money that he cannot afford to lose like money for rent, for food or for other needs that are more important than gambling just to get back what he lose. He will even go to the extent of borrowing from someone just to gamble and will promise to pay it when he wins and since his mind is already compromised because of debt then most likely he will lose because he cannot focus enough and cannot control his emotions. When his family or loved ones knows he is gambling, he will lie when they ask if he is still gambling. Any money that he will receive, there will always be a budget for gambling even if he can't afford it.

You can tell that you are suffering from gambling addiction if you can't go on in a day without gambling, you do not care if you will lose every penny you have or even your loveones, you will borrow money from someone else to sustain your gambling habit and many more...

Heres one: definition of habit: (a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.). Its different on the thing you have said and if you do make read on the definition you can still consider habit is nearly on addiction phase knowing that you are playing gambling on regular basis.

When you don't care about your loved ones and spend everything on gambling, I think you'll know that you are. It will be life breaking addiction if you can't control. Seen lots of people let their family on the brink of life for gambling.

I definitely agree on what you are pertaining about it, and I also consider that as an addiction if playing gambling on a regular basis particularly on how frequent betting a money for it is involved directly. No such excuses for that habit is different from addiction, let me expound the whole situation here; if you play gambling as habit then that became an extreme habit, well you cannot control over it but to play whenever you wanted to. So let’s just be honest here and if others were saying they don’t use a lot of money for it, no it isn’t true but the real truth is it’s was due to addiction that’s kept on starting day by day and couldn’t be controlled.

I am happy for you. At least you were able to make out of this swamp, known as gambling. If someone really wants to realize if he is addictive to something, then try breaking his routine. Do not gamble for once or twice on the chosen days. He will come to know how much he craves it. This works 100% of the time.

It is not that hard to tell people are addicted or not, if the gambler gamble everyday and dont really care about the losing money and willing to sacrifice and used all of his wealth for gambling then that person is addicted to gambling

There is no point in differentiating between someone who is addicted or someone who is not. The moment you play gambling, your winnings is more than your losses then the issue of addiction does not come in for whatever reason. It simply works for you and nothing more. But when your losses is more than winnings but you still kept playing, then that's where the problem is. For Mr, I play I win and I lose the moment of the average my losses is more, I stop playing.

I can really consider too that habit is really just like the same on addiction since you are already playing it on frequent times which you would really have a hard time on refusing it since your body is already got used to it and if we do speak on habit the definition have already given above which is actually right.

So do you think that habit is maybe like addiction ? I think that is right. Because these two terms are tied. For example a person which is have a habit to open his PC when he go back to home and play games, he will be addicted to that.

For these people you say waste all their money and time gambling it's really hard to tell others they are addicted, usually these people don't let others know their difficulties. They want to keep some nice appearence. But if they continue living this way nobody can help them and they will suffer a lot on their lifes yet. The best to do is to ask for help soon as possible and stop gambling.

Even very successful and profitable players suffer consequences from gambling ---> if gambling is effecting your life, or your loved one's lives, in a negative manner, then it's a problem.  There are stories of online gamblers, very successful and profitable poker players, who sacrificed and lost their families due to the incessant amount of time they devoted to the game.  An equitable balance between work and play is a must! (AND) ---> Family should always come first!

For me it is easy to tell if we are already addicted in gambling. First, we always wanted to play gambling, we always make a way just to play gambling. Second, we are always thinking about playing with it. And we are out of control from it.

It is serious condition when anyone become addicted then must he need help,
And i see most of the management centers are here for drug patient then of course any center will be here where anyone can treatment for addiction patient. Also you can search on internet where you live in your country behalf.
   

Actually, the person near you will know by itself if you are addicted to gambling. They'll know even without you tell. The signs of addiction will be seen by itself. But if you tell them you're addicted to gambling, they'll listen to you as if they do not know yet.

And some can be treated under psychological treatment that can be done within few months. But people who will be under this treatment had a serious case of addiction.
We can tell people are addicted when he does this without control. Like he gamble 24/7 and almost of his life savings will be lost. The worst is he will lost his family just because of gambling. And he's not in the right mind to have decisions, like his thoughts are scattered. In short, he is so broke.

en ito me i think it is easy to judge that either we are addicted to gambling or not. in fact when we find it hard to stop or quit gambling then we can say that we are addicted to gambling, because when we become addicted to gambling then we find it too much hard to stop gambling. for me i personally become addicted to gambling because i tried myself for so many time to quit gambling but i really find it hard to permanently quit gambling. 

those things are factors that we are really addicted and we still denying thinking that we are still controlling ourselves but reality say that we ain't
anymore, gambling addiction is inside our minds and even we already see symptoms we still wants to continue and for sure more loses to suffer.

Well of course person like this will always gamble or at least think about it. It's not that easy to "detect" that as usually they hide that they gamble, so you have to keep eye on other signs, person like this will usually be very nervous and angry for everything, even small details.

It is so easy to know if you are suffering from gambling addiction, if you can't stop yourself on doing gambling everyday, then that is the sign that you are addicted on gambling, and if you are thinking that you can quit it in an instant, you are wrong, because you can't. Once you are in an addiction, quitting it must be a tough one for you.

Yeah, it is not easy to detect that anyone become addicted or not. But gamble could judge who is going to become addicted in gambling. Addiction thing is common in gambling but good and specific gamblers not become addicted easily, even they play gambling a lot but they are very conscious about their career. 

Many gamblers close their eyes even though they know they are entering the stage of addiction, this effect will be felt when the gambler suffers a fatal defeat and leads them to act by thinking in the short term, sometimes common sense does not work anymore and they justify any means, gambling addiction can be overcome by changing the pattern of financial management in a healthier way and using free money as capital.

It's easy to spot if a person is already an addicted gambler. Based on what I've noticed or my *study* people who are suffering from gambling addiction has this;
1. Uncontrollable thirst for Gambling - People that are addicted to Gambling to tend to think and look for any kind of Gambling to satisfy their self. An addict's day isn't complete without them playing any kind of Gambling with or w/o money.
2. Sudden Change of Attitude - Most of the addict gamblers tend to get mad easily, they began to be moody. *Knowing that he's already into gambling*
3. Mannerism (Coin Flipping, Coin shuffling and etc.) - Most of the Gambler tend to adapt to a mannerism in which they are doing it outside the casino. They don't notice it and It's a normal thing to them.
4. To the point that they sold everything just to gamble - Well, this is not new to us. An addicted gambler could do such things, like selling their house, cars, any valuable things even wife and kids, just to have money for gambling. This I think is the worst point of an addicted gambler.

Well I know there are still a lot of signs to know if a person is already addicted to gambling. Though, this is just what I've noticed so far.

I think if one person suffering from gambling addiction he is so greedy, he is unsatisfied and uncontented. He loves money more than anything else, he takes more time on gambling and he never live a day without any cards or dice in he's hands.

I think you'll know it but you'll be in denial. When you're always feeling the urge to gamble or make a bet, whether you havr money or not, addiction's already started for you but you won't accept it. You're going to make up reasons for yourself believing that nothing's wrong. Once you're in that state already, you're addicted

You can easily assess yourself by scrutinizing your gambling bankroll pattern and you'll know whether you are making sense with the our spending on gambling, secondly you should ask yourself if you're able to easily quit or start a gambling without any second thoughts because that indicates how you're in control of yourself and hence not an addicted gambler.

this is what happen to most of the people who always saying that they are just enjoying that's why they frequently gamble thinking that they are just
seeing this activity to have some past time but in reality they are already aiming to win either ways trying to recover or trying to hit a jackpot without
knowing that they are already engage and got addicted.

My friend used to say "Gambling is a self-correcting condition".

What he meant was that when you lose you can't gamble any
more. This obviously doesn't take into account people borrowing
from questionable characters or 'payday loan' type setups, but
again, thewse could be considered to be self-correcting. If you
don't pay them back you get your legs broken, or worse.

Me, I only gamble what I can afford to lose, but I wasn't always
this way. I guess the best way to tell if you have an addiction is
if your life is negatively impacted by your urge to place wagers.

Never throw more money in trying to get even. You're already even.

The sense of stress and can not get away from gambling sites is a sign that we have been suffering from gambling diseases. Every day we do not want to stop to play.

If someone is a gambling addict, he will probably show these signs:
1-They will lie
2-Try to chase their losses
3-Borrow Money
4-Always betting more
5-Obsessed with gambling
6-Want to stop but can't
7-Betting out of need
8-Gambling to gain relief
9-Commit stealing etc
They should be less mean and think about their families.

Maybe by playing too much in gambling and you can't avoid to play even a day i remembered the times that im that addict at gamblings where even i don't have enough money to gamble i always play gambling as if even my money are always came from faucet i don't know the real reason why but i realize that being addicted in gambling may cause us trouble in our life.

Umm here are few things in my mind if someone is suffering from gambling addiction.

- You will spend too much time.
- You will spend your most of the earned money into gambling.
- You will not stop no matter if you lose.
- You will bet high and high till you lose.
- You don't care about your bankroll if you lose your all money.

Then you will realize that you should stop gambling.

- Then after when you get some money you start betting again.

Then my friend I am pretty sure that you are addicted to gambling.

If someone keeps thinking about gambling and makes future plans in his mind even after he has faced many loses, this is a clear symptom of gambling addiction. Yes gamblers are fully aware of their condition but majority denies the fact. They keep on dreaming about winning every new game.

You can't say that he facing some trouble in his mind well those gambler who actually depending on gambling are thinking too much on how they can earn money easily and i know there are aware for the risk that they will face tho even it is the biggest risk of their lives as long as they will earn money will play and play the majority of being addicted is when you lose and being chase of it.

Well an unreasonable want for it is already a sign that you're addicted. Personally i don't even think about gambling and just ocassionally feel to play but there are those who think about it all the time, always looking forward to gamble. That's when you'll know you're addicted to it.

He always talks about gambling, about his victory and his failure, and he can not stay one day without playing his favorite game, and can not have a second without thinking around his strategy in the next game.

Persons will be considered addicted to gambling if they always visit a gambling place and play likes there is no more tomorrow. Their days will not be complete if they did not gamble within a day specially if they have money in their pocket. Doing this kind of addiction may forget their job, family, friends and studies.

They would really wreck down their lives if they would just let this sever addiction would control them until the end. It will really eat you up until you dont have anymore money to spent from your pocket. This kind of thing is just common on gambling world on where there are really people on which their addiction is already severe where comes to a point that they are not on the right mindset or thinking anymore on the things that they must do.

I think its all in the chase. When people start to worry about their loses and want to chase them that's where the problem begins. They do not focus on work or anything only on their loses and getting them back. Using money from anywhere they can find and and putting it all in desperation each time telling themselves this is the last time but it never is. That is what addiction is.

I think thats not the main reason why people triggered to become addicted at the first time they gamble. Because if they already lose in the beginning of their gambling experience then why they coming back if they lose? I think they will just discourage. But if they win for the first time and enjoy the profit money then suddenly lose. That will be the start of gambling addiction. Addiction starts of something you feel satisfied is slowly fading away from you that's why you keep on catching just to feel satisfied again.

If someone tries to give up on gambling but fail to do so and keep making plans in his mind about the next bet, then he is suffering from gambling addiction. It will keep running on his mind 24/7. He will go for it even after he is aware of his losses and knows the consequences of his action.

You can know how a gambler is a suffering gambling addiction. Like in drugs, they can't live a single day with taking it. And in gamblers, they can't live a single without gambling or visiting a casino or trying it with themselves. Their money is already allocated ONLY to gamble and no other purposes in their lives, so if you are person like this, you know now that you are addicted.

There are many kid of systoms that you already addicted to gambling if you play daily and if you ask money from your parents or if you debt from your friend just to play gambling instead of holding and saving them or putting it into another kind of investment programs like trading or other things many gamblers now are really addicted to gmbling because they loses too much money thats why they always wanted to chase it.

i had work in a casino and a poker company before, i noticed if you are addicted to gambling you will start to sell stuffs. Let'a say you are inside casino and you lose in poker game, you started to sell your cellphone on the spot or maybe you are going to bet your car at the very moment. All you'll be thinking is to bet and win but you do not realized you are losing your fortune.

though i dont have personal experience like this but a friend close to mine did this because of gamble he collateral his iphone just to continue his activity
and things went not with his side and loses an expensive device, just realizing after reading your post mate and see that even his claiming his not addicted but i think its already a symptoms being addicted.

They might deaperate want to gamble again even have no money left.
And when they stuck , the worst thing could happened is desire to ends the life.
Which it is ridiulous , becareful with gambling addiction it is really deadly.

It is very simple, you always find way to play gambling and whenever you didn't do anything you alwwys play gambling because your aim is not to learn or to have experience but to earn and get some money. And when greediness in you is manifesting. The act of always betting your money and things just to play gambling and to earn and earn even you are losing.

The main signs of being addict to gambling is greediness. It is like you're always want to play gambling eventhough you are continuously losing and doesn't have any money. You will always find eay to earn money and even in negative way just to play gambling. And having some negative thoughts whenever you are stopped by playing gambling.

Your mindset is always to play gambling even if you are in your work, school or church you always thinking about your money and how you can make it increase by means of gambling. Just like me when I was starting to gamble I used to think always what strategy I will used in order to earn only.

Gambling is very entertaining especially when you win a big amount. You can determine if you're under stress of gambling or suffering on gambling is when you want to coincide even without money and makes you happy when you play it.

Being happy gambling without money is not an addiction in my opinion. You are just there playing and without even losing a single dime. That's like playing on your very own slot machine. I think an addict is one you cannot live with gambling and he tries his very best to gamble even if it was the last dime he has in his pocket.

If someone is suffering from gambling addiction, you will notice that he is always gambling at casinos, with friends, or against strangers. He is always busy gambling. He only has time to eat or for work (If he has a job). Gambling addiction is like video games addiction, you will always be stuck in it unless you decide to quit it once and for all. You can tell by the look of his eyes, someone who is greedy for money.

Let's just consider that you are the person that we are talking about, you would know that you are suffering from gambling addiction if you feel like your day is incomplete if you didn't gamble each and every day, you are eager to gain the money you had lost from gamling back to you and you are putting too much amount of money thinking that you can really get those lost money back . Probably you would notice yourself being suffered from that kind of addiction until you have lost somethings more important than money .

You find it yourself very easy that you are being addict and even we can get to know that what level at we are now of gambling. It is so truly said that you are thinking about gamble all the time even you are at work, school, college, shopping mart or even at gamble table :P. it is not difficult to know that you are addict.

Not really. An addicted gambler doesn't gamble every day, it's not like that!
An addicted gambler is one that just can't stop. He goes into this sick state of mind that he can always get back, that it's never over.
A guy like that will go to a casino with $1000, lose it, go to the bank, withdraw another $1000 and go back to the game, if he loses that, hel'll sell his watch, wedding ring, his car, just to stay in the game.

How can they gamble if there's no money left anymore for them? They are just stuck and they don't want to see that they are failing with their gambling addiction. It is deadly if you will let gambling kill you and it's gonna to kill you softly, you gamble with your money and you'll be half dead from it if you keep on recovering your losses and never learn from it.

an addict usually can't stop gambling it sure
betting with money that does not belong to him like borrow or money from other needs
trying to cover up the losses and ultimately losing all of hers
gambling is a top priority for him
gambling addiction does not damage the body but mentally so I don't really know the physical characteristics

Hahaha, exactly! No second for him to tell everyone how great he was in gambling, and what strategy he's doing when playing gambling. He's already out of control of telling everybody his experiences in gambling.

For me that's one of the symptoms of a person who is getting addicted to gambling. Otherwise he/she will not sell his/her personal belongings right there and then. If a person is addicted usually they are denial with their actions.

I think it's when you spend most of your time gambling and if you're thinking of it too much. There's a lot of ways to tell if some one is really addicted in gambling. If you can't control your greed when gambling, I think you're addicted to it. Most people who are addicted to it usually crave to play or gamble, they even sell their own properties so that they can play.

First of all you will know if you are a gambling addict when your money doesn't stay for a long time at your hands. If you can't go a day without visiting casino is also one. This is funny but when you are dreaming you are playing in a casino. And lastly, if you are borrowing a money from other people or from banks and use it to casino. That's the gravest situation that you can tell someone is addict to gambling.

Even when he won’t be gambling, he would be thinking of it. His minds will be making certain plans and trying to figure out strategy that will make his victory certain next time. When he will try to give up, it would be more difficult than he might think. Gambling is more addictive than video gaming though (except for Japanese).

Exactly. There would be something inside your mind that would be craving to put that bet or sit on a table. Though i can't really be sure how it works for actual addicts since i'm not one of them

Play several hours daily.

Can not afford the money lost.

Neglet social connections.

A gambler should control his emotions and should not think about any other way. It’s like a possession. Gamblers keep on hurting them by playing again and again like they have no control over their hearts.  I pity such people who are aware of the hell but still jump into its well. Anyone can tell that they are out of their senses.

For me,the sign or symptom of a person that suffering from gambling addiction is they  gamble even when they don’t have the money. They may gamble until they've spent the last money,and then move on to money they don’t have—money to pay bills, credit cards, or things for their children. They may feel pushed to borrow, sell, or even steal things for gambling money.

The reason why we are addicted is because we are too ambitious and don't fully understand that game we are playing, I mean the chance of winning.
Being in a position that you are poor and  eager to make money we should not use that to think of making money in gambling because that is a very risky move and most likely you end up poorer until you are too frustrated in your life.

These are a signs of addicted gamble, this randomly behavior show us that he has a addiction in gambling. Although we have no prefect reasons and perfect solution about addiction but we have a lot of valid sign and reason that help us to recognize that he has a addiction in gambling. Mostly i see addicted gambler always have no money and he is always trying to borrow the money to others and use it in gambling.   

Easily they could looking for other fund sources , if they cannot find it then the worst thing i have said above could really happened.
Also try to tell the bad story to people around you , to people that close to you , don't hold it by yourself.
So they aware that you are in trouble and might can help you out , it could be an option too right?

Yeah it is an option is think. You can only discuss your bad experiences and bad addiction to your very close friends. Tell them about the time you had in this gambling and ask them for their help in this regard. May be they will well aware of your condition and help you coming out of this shit.

In my opinion, I think if the person are borrowing a lot of money from his friends or relatives by fabricating stories in order to get the loan, and he does not have a proper job which generate a stable income, but instead he is always gambling in casinos even when he is in debt, he is suffering from gambling addiction and he surely needs helps from professional counselor to quit gambling for good.

If a person can not refuse to gamble and is uncomfortable because of a lack of opportunity to play, then he already has a relationship with which one can not self-correct.

I agree and most specially if he can not control himself and the amount of money he/she plays when he gamble and would not be an issue if he/she losses. And plays everyday, yes he/she then does have a relationship with gambling already.

I can tell that I'm not suffering from gambling addition. I don't borrow money for gambling, I don't gamble everyday all day, I don't gamble to cut my loses. This three things can give you an answer are you addicted or not. If all the answers are yes then you have a big problem, and if you don't search for help it can be just worst then it's now.
Hardest part is admitting that you have a problem, and if you can't realize that you need someone to help you. Now I gamble less then before, I have more obligations this summer and less time for gambling, so if you are under pressure from gambling chill and do something else, that helps for sure.

Well here are some of the factors that you might observe when one person is being addicted to gambling:

1. If the person relies on gambling as a means of earning profit;
2. If the person plays non-stop, even exhausting all of his/her resources from gambling;
3. If the person borrows money from his/her relatives or friends in order to gamble;
4. If the person gambles on a daily basis, resulting on a negative impact that affects his/her parents or family; and most importantly
5. If the person is in serious debt

There are still some factors that I did not mention but based from my experience and observation, mostly those are the symptoms that rise when a person is addicted to gambling. It may be very difficult for one to change his gambling habits but with the right guide from his relatives, friends, and family nothing is impossible on changing. If the person still rejects change and continues his gambling ways, then this would lead to total destruction of his relationships and life as well.

I agree with that. Once a gambler became addicted in gambling, those you have mentioned would likely to be his actions. But aside from that, the addicted gambler will also have a sudden change of attitude and behavior. Once you noticed this, one should be conscious every now and then about the person who is acting like this. An addicted gambler can also become dangerous not just for himself but to other people as well.

      In my opinion, I can tell if a person is suffering from gambling addiction if multiple of his signs are Compel, He force himself to make way to have money to use in gambling, Next If he can bet his valuable things like his car, house and jewelries. And he is in the serious debt because of gambling. So do not be exhausting in gambling just enjoying your life and play and lastly have fun.

try to think when you're addicted to gambling, and your money is always running out when gambling? no more money to eat, to buy cigarettes and other necessities. what will you do when you are in that painful situation? that's why I stopped gambling, because gambling addiction made me suffer a lot.

An addicted gambler always talk about easy money. It builds an illusion in his mind that he is going to get rich real fast. Gambling can be very profitable but not always and not for everybody. Details in every game you play are the reason to win or to loose. If you're a gambler, i advice you to learn self control. Becareful of falling in addiction trap, it's so hard to get rid of it!

We all suffer from something, passion is a good feeling, but in moderation. If you can not restrain yourself in this regard. it is better to forget, because losing a part, you want to recoup and what it leads to, rightly to collapse. Think before you take such decisive steps.

Yes everyone suffer from gambling addiction if won't take a self control. A person suffers of gambling if the mindset is always wanted to play gambling. Aiming to win the game even too much loses of btc, these happen to anyone who havent a decisive step in their lives.

You are absolutely wrong !
you have to know that gambling is not only a way of winning money, to me for example its my favourite mean of entertainment and my favourite game too, that's why i a am gambling for fun nit for profit.

And if the guy keeps on making plans about his next games and bets, predicting results and drawing strategies to defeat the opponent means he is a damn addict. When he decides to not gamble anymore but still found in casinos, I don't think we need any other sign.

Gambling addiction can occur when a person feels that they are in financial ruin and can only solve their problems by gambling what little they have in and attempt to get a large sum of money. You can tell if you are suffering from gambling addiction if you gamble when you cannot afford. You’re having trouble controlling gambling habits. Lastly, your friends and family express concern about your gambling.

i am agree with you. its not a good way if you are only hope that with gambling, you can winning much of money because if you are thinking like that then you need to be worried and prepare to lose your money. if you are suffering in gambling addiction then my suggestion is you need to tell with your family and asked them to help you, i am sure your family want to help you to solve your main problem.

we can know we are gambling addiction is from how good we can control ourselves in gambling games and you can not or feeling difficult to stop because of tempting from the games, then it means you are an addicting person in gambling.

People like that seriously needs professional help. If you're already in a financial distress, the last thing you would want to do is qinvolve yourself in gambling and get yourself addicted. If you know you're going that way already, i think you should think of ways on how to restrain yourself and don't expose yourself to gambling.

The professionals just give them suggestions what to do and what not to do and how to control their emotions. But in real time they need family members help to stop any addiction. Because only the family members can watch us 24/7 and they will control us by not doing gambling again.

Well said, Maybe the professional give a good idea to peoples who addicted in gambling, but i think in the most of cases, it not worth at all for an addicted man, So as i know the familty is the best option to help you to stop this addiction like you said because they can control you 24/7, so they know exactly how we can decrease this addiction.

in fact most of the gambler are emotional and they do not have control over their emotions therefore i do  not think that expert and professional opinion can help them so much. i think that only their luck can help them in making money from gambling. because in gambling we are mostly depending on our luck and if we are not luck then it is not possible to make money from gambling.

Sorry boy, but you don’t seem to be right either? What did you just say? Gambling, is it a way of winning money? You are saying with such a confidence that I burst out a big laughter. Come on kid, no doubt it's fun but to say it a mean of "winning MONEY" is absolutely wrong.

That's true, I am not also addicted in gambling but before one of my cousins get addicted into it, it start when he won the jackpot and he wanted to won again, since then he wants to look for gambling and play again and again hoping that he will win again, and he didn't realize that he also lose what he won before.

That is true. It is easy to advise someone from a far away distance and that does not have any affect on the addicts. If he has no support from his close ones and even he is determined, still he can slip and get weak any time in his decisions.

I think you would know it if you couldn't stop thinking about it,
You just want to gamble and aim for a huge profit.

Yes.. that's one of the signs when your addicted to gambling. You'll also feel that you're in hunger for money and asks for more and when you do gambling you never stop playing without controlling yourself.

I agree If gambling is all what a person thinks of then they should know they are addicted, failing to use money for constructive things other than gambling should be taken as a sign of an addict.

I totally agree with everything you said, it is no rocket science for you to spot an addicted gambler or for you to conclude you're getting addicted. Your increase in interest in a particular game or games and your time and money devoted to it can clearly point to you that you're suffering from addiction.

Based on my understanding the person who is suffering from gambling addictoin, is the person who are always went in casino's to the reason of want to earn a lots of money. And a person are suffering of bieng addicted in gambling, when this person are win a money, because of thier wants to win a lots of money,  he or she wants to earned a greater than to the money that they won't that's why the person is take gambling again and again. Otherwise, one person are bieng addicted in gambling, when this particular person are want to gamble everyday, and if the person will always think and focused about what happen in gambling. Atlast, to gambling is not too bad in our life.

Even if you know you are addicted in gambling but if you will not gonna accept it then for sure you will not gonna be heal from that problem.
In my experience in the past, I feel like I was addicted because I keep losing big money but I did not accept it to myself, what I did is I continue gambling hoping I can get back into the winning track but unfortunately that didn't happen.

But it work only particular gamblers who know their limit and also focused about what is happening in gambling with them. But for addicted gamblers, always play and focus only on play gambling again and again, nothing good and positive thinking he has in his mind to save himself and also save his money. Sometime i couldn't understand why they are not seeing that they are going too far in gambling and nothing see themselves where they are here.

How can you lose what he has won (asking due to last part of the comment)? Your cousin is struggling for more money and he got the false idea due to his first winning. I won't say he is an addict you didn't mention anything like he tries to leave the game but he cannot. If this happens only than he will get addicted.

Yeah this has happened to a lot of people out there who have gambled for one or 2 times and have won a jackpot i.e. something valuable enough to be praised.
Therefore they try to test their luck again and again by investing their money in casinos or gambling sites but most of the time they end up losing the previous one without even noticing the fact that it is all dangerous for their future.

It's not hard you are normally addicted when you are in a loss if someone is addicted because of the profit he is getting then he is totally dumb but when you are in loss people try to turn their profit in loss everytime the people who do this are the ones who are addicted

Exactly, We can say that everyone is addicted as long as they are winning money from gambling, but when they start losing they will at some point (when they will lose all the money) will stop gambling but when they will get money again they will gamble again.

never easy to deal with an addiction , it would always full of regret. you can't get back into the old times , so just get used to it and looking for the right solution as soon as possible to prevent something worse happened later. those people who suffering lost due gambling usually never feel comfortable doing anything as they always remember on how they have lost a lot of money.

 I can tell if someone is addicted in gambling when the person forget his job/school just to gamble, when he spend all his time in a casino/gambling sites,become very irritable specially if he lost big amount of money,trying to get back lost money by gambling more and the worst sign is when the person start to borrow money or has a big debt just to sustain his gambling addiction.

When they no longer know their priorities in life,and let gambling always comes first to them ,then they are totally addicted. Anything that is too much will not really be good for ourselves,always put some limits.

I would also like to add that they are easily annoyed whenever they haven't gamble throughout the day. The worst is that they put that anger by hurting someone especially their families that cannot give his money that he asked for.

Being an addict does not mean a person have any control over his senses? An addict is someone who cannot give up on something. What I am trying to say is if someone limits his playing but cannot quit it, he is also an addict. However, majority consists of those who play a lot.

These are very clear signs of getting addicted to gambling. If you gamble all the time and when you are not doing gambling, you feel so restless and annoyed. This is sad reality that these people often hurt themselves or those who care about them. We should take such people to concerned consultants.

they didn't think on that anymore as they just care about their activities and those people behind them should take this problem seriously,
gambling addiction really ruin a life, maybe consulting with health specialist and more understanding and love for this person will be more
helpful for him to recover.

True. I have witnessed this gambler multiple times already. The worst part is that it can easily torn a family or even friends. Really painful to see someone you care turn into a gambling addict after showing him/her how to gamble. I felt guilty about it and party to blame for this person life suddenly turns upside down after introducing him/her into the gambling world. If I knew that my one of my friend will turn into this, I shouldn't let him gamble in the first place. I felt really sorry and guilty. There are times that we will talk personally and he/she will just cry over it. So sad really. :(

Dont feel bad on this one.You might be one of the reason why he do play gambling but its his own fault to get addicted into it and did destroy his own life but we cant avoid on the feeling of guilt because we do think that we are part of that failure because if we didnt able to teach them about gambling then he might not suffer the things as of now.

recognizing people who are addicted to gambling is easy because gamblers who are addicted every day can not be separated from gambling websites. their minds are always not calm and sometimes people who are not strong they will be stressed because they continue to lose from gambling games

Its not really hard to figure it out. If a person is ready to gamble even after losing all he had before some time, or if a person cannot do anything else until he gambles some of his money, or if a person is ready to sell anything for the sake of gambling the amount, it means the person is suffering from the addiction of gambling.

The symptoms must be same. But some players will play gambling every day but they will they are not addicted to gambling. in some condition we have to accept this because they are not addicted to losing money they will be addicted to playing games, and they can have control of their games. So here a bit difficult to find out who are addicted and who are not. But in one condition we can believe that they are addicted which is means if any one started to sell his assets to play gambling than 100% sure he/she is addicted to gambling.

The main symptom to note to check that either a person is suffering from gambling addiction or not is that if he is thinking about it all day long and is going deep into debt then the person is surely addicted to gambling.

If someone keeps on repeating his action on daily basis, it is impossible that he does not become an addict. The only thing is that a person can control his activities and might stop gambling anytime he wants to because of his strong senses and self control but his mind would keep thinking about it for some days.

An addict himself is not aware of his condition but the person around him can highlight such behavior easily. Anyone who is repeating a certain act means he cannot live without doing it.

Gambling addicts also get so much involved in this game that they never realize it and once they do, it is too late. We must take a review of our whole day before sleeping.

It is like video games and masturbation addiction. You cannot just let it out. You always think about it and prioritize it. It is like getting attached to someone and getting used to them. You think that you cannot live without them. They are becoming the air you breathe. Anyways, signs of addiction are not hard to notice. If you can spend the day without thinking about gambling, you are okay. If you do not become greedy, you are okay because gambling teaches greedy and evolves it to the worse. That is why you should set limits for yourself.

Addiction is addiction, even if it is a different kind, like snorting cocaine (drug addiction), alcoholsm, and other addictions. There is that level of longing for that thing you are addicted in. Medicine has even classified addiction as  a mental illness of sorts and it would need some level of medical attention to be ale to cure it. The best way to get out of addiction, is think about something else and keep yourself preoccupied.

Even if a person is not entirely addicted to the point of compulsion, it is possible that their gambling habits may not be entirely in their control. A problem gambler is someone who has some sort of gambling behavior that is disturbing their normal life. This can often be identified when a person begins to find themselves chasing losses, lying to loved ones about their betting habits, or starts to realize that they cannot seem to stop themselves from gambling more and more often. So it's really hard to confess your gambling problems except you have no money and no ways left to go. I used to be one of them so that why i know so well :)

That is a good way to put it. Indeed there are tell tail signs that a gambler is indeed addicted to gambling. Usually the do chase their losses and they bet every penny they have. Sometimes some of them just take loans to gamble with or even sell their property just so that they can gamble with the money. Pretty sad truth, but it happens everywhere.

Most view gambling as a vice, even an illness. I'm proud of my affliction. For me, the beauty of gambling lies in its sheer irrationality. While some successful gamers rely on complex schemes to improve their odds, real gamblers never try to count cards or read a strategy guide. I couldn't tell you the chances of drawing a straight flush, and that's why I like to wager that I'll pull one. Every card dealt promises unbounded opportunity. Every hand is like a fresh start on life. Of course the rush I feel in the casino might just be from the second-hand smoke, but I'd like to believe it lies in this dance with fate.

Yes that's really one of the scenarios wherein they got to sell their properties just to gamble.This is a sign of an overaddiction to gambling.The moment they don't have money anymore,they make loans to their friends and relatives,and when they lose the money,they bet their properties already or  their expensive gadgets they own.This is not really supposed to be happening.We should only play gambling to create more friends,not to damage properties.

Yes that's really one of the scenarios wherein they got to sell their properties just to gamble.This is a sign of an overaddiction to gambling.The moment they don't have money anymore,they make loans to their friends and relatives,and when they lose the money,they bet their properties already or  their expensive gadgets they own.This is not really supposed to be happening.We should only play gambling to create more friends,not to damage properties.

you are creating your destiny as what you seen gambling as a game of chances and if you does enjoy even in your losing streak, addiction dictates when
you already losing focus and each time you played you are keep trying to recover.

I have those addiction, I can't stop to play video games but I think it's an addiction because I treat it more as of my hobby. It's real that you are an addicted gambler, if you can't help yourself that you can't let the day pass and you are not comfortable if you can't gamble then it's very obvious that you are an addicted gambling and you are suffering to it.

The moment when a person starts depending upon something to live, that is when he becomes a true addict of it. People fall easily for wrong deeds. For the timely pleasure, they adopt ways which in long term can actually harm their health, relations or wealth. Gambling is like drug addiction, it destroys health and wealth. Recovering is very difficult but not impossible.

if you think of that everyday thats what you call addict and you always say it in others,i think addict is an person who always believe in that even your already got wrong in that an addict also dont know what to stop his/her action

Yeah and i know a person who suffers from withdrawal syndromes when he misses gambling even for a day. If it's that severe its like drug addiction. Their bodies will eventually crave the feeling of gambling

Yes, exactly in the mindset of a gambling addict, gambling is a habit of their, they can not lack it, they always find ways and many different reasons to go to gambling, gambling revolves around all the problems in their lives. And if they can not fill their gambling desires, they may become mad and uncontrollable, if someone has fallen into gambling addiction, quit it really is a thing too difficult, I see most of them continue to live with addiction to gambling rather than trying to give up on it. Hope everyone should limit gambling and should soon give up before it's too late

If you think time to time a things like gambling your addict in that attitude,you can also say that addict is a bad sign to your health like in stay awake til midnight to play gambling your addict in that attitude theres a lot of sign but the best i can say your addict because you always do that even you are sleepy[crazy thinking]

It's hard enough to admit your dependence on gambling, but if a person can not live a day without a game, then this is a clear sign of a beginning or long-term dependence.

The signs of people who are addicted to gambling are they have a complicated life. a lot of people are experiencing it and they just seem to be unable to think well anymore. all that is in their mind is to keep trying to earn money. when in reality they will only sink to destruction. playing gambling for fun much better than having to get addicted.

Fix our minds to play gambling just for entertainment and dont go beyond it and thinking already that you do play gambling for the sake on profit making because this thing would really mold you up as an addicted person.There are lots of my friends who are addicted to gambling which most of them is suffering on the consequence on which gambling gives.I have told them but they dont listen at all.

I can't tell if I'm suffering from gambling addiction because I really can't test myself with it and I'm not good at it. But I can tell if someone is suffering to this problem, I have talked to some addicted gamblers who are suffering their addiction for a lot of years. They keep on going through casino's from time to time and they are even selling their cars just to keep on gambling without any hindrance or stop.

Well, addiction is a psychological problems. Unlike drug addictions, some signs can be observed physically. While in gambling addiction, it may be observe through someone's behaviour and attitude towards it.
I think that some signs can be :
Lying about it, maybe not admitting that he or she Gamble.
Chasing losses and borrowing money vise versa and in repeat to bet more.
Which may be too obsessed in gambling that leads to not stopping. It becomes their need and may cause someone to steal because for someone who is a gambling addict, gambling would mean the world to them.

That is the first sign, though you cannot tell it yourself that you are addicted to it, but your friends, parents, loved ones and other people. After that, you will be starting to find your own ways to gamble even you don't have enough money, you might either borrow money or create a crime to gamble.

There are different signs to be able to notice. I think a person is gambling addict if he/ she can't help or can't control him/ herself not to play in a single day. A person is gambling addict if this becomes his / her hobby so all he/ she doin is just gambling. An addict person always think about the thing he / she is addicted.
Another thing, an addict individual even if he/ she suffer from loses each and every day he/ she will still play and keep coming back to gambling. It also seems like gambling is part of their lives, cannot live without it, and committed with it. Life is incomplete without gambling. Only became happy if he/ she gamble. Does not eat or sleep or talk to anyone just to gamble.

Yeah, getting out of control to play gambling and out of your mind always thinking about gambling is already having an addiction in gambling. That is easy to predict to know if you are already addicted in gambling, even you will notice yourself.

a gambling addict will not realize that he is an addict. because all they think is gambling. without thinking whether this includes an addict disease or not

I think addicted gambler are not normal at all when we talk about gambling, They always gamble without consider the situation, They juste gambling without any limits, even if they lose everything of money, mostly they start to make a bad things, like steal money of others and make the situation more bad.

If you gambling and missing work that is definitely addiction. When gambling effects your social life it is gambling. When you stop doing things or going to events then you have gambling addiction. It is not easy to recognize it in yourself always, because it is bit easy to be honest with yourself about your addition.

If you are spending income you can't afford to then that is a clear sign of addiction and probably the most easy to spot. The best thing is to tell a close friend about it and see what they say.

yeah a lot of factor causing people get addicted to gambling , but you can easily identify wether you become an addict or not , if you think you gamble feel like a hobby and do it everyday / frequently enough and always looking to get recover what you have lost. simply take a look to yourself and say that you would never make it happen

If you are already an addicted gambler you wont really able to realize such thing because you would really still think that you are not addicted to it but in the eyes of other people you are already hooked by gambling addiction.Playing it on daily basis or making it as a habit inspite of loses does really signifies that you are already suffering on such addiction.

In my community I will tell nobody because gambling is not only illegal but also unpleasant for society. If I ever addicted of gambling I will keep it in secret. If the officials know about the place where gambling is due they operate that place and arrest all the gambles. It is the most shameful thing in my society. Therefore for me I will never start gambling and if I start I will not tell anybody.

Gambling is a crime in my country, how can I tell somebody about my gambling. All the gamblers keep it in secret. Nobody can gamble openly and it neither is nor allowed by the government and the society as we. Even people afraid to tell to their closest friend about their activities about gambling. I myself very afraid of sham in the society and in the home as well because my family also hates gambling.

Not all country, gambling is illegal. You can play online gambling that no one know but only you, gambling will be wrong if you cannot already stop yourself from playing it. For me gambling is not really bad. It is depend on a person who are playing. I can tell to myself of I am already an addicted in gambling but suppose to be, I am not addicted and i know it to myself.  :D you can also tell to yourself if you are already addicted or not. It is easy to predict.

If your family hates gambling and your afraid if a friend would see you engage in gambling then I think don't ever bet you can sure stay out from it if you don't really engage that must because gambling is risky and addicting that is why so many people have a negative impression towards it, and all you need to do is just stay out from it and do another thing that you can sure get to earn money, because I really think the money you get from a bet is just a bonus in playing it, and you can not call it earning.

Same here, I know a lot of gamblers here, but no one here who proudly introduces himself that he is a gambler. Gamblers here conceal their status as gamblers and gamble in secret. Many reasons why here like that. One is because here gambling is illegal, and also here religious law is applied very tightly and almost all religions prohibit gambling.

Judging myself, I can't do it because I can simply tell that I'm not addicted nor I won't admit that I'm an addicted one. It's better to ask others when it comes to dependent on gambling and let them tell you/us if we are addicted to gambling. But there are some points that we can tell ourselves if we are addicted to gambling just like if we can't sleep and we just always think about gambling.

I have never ever seen such a poetic comment regarding gambling. Today, for the first time I have been able to see it from a new and very diffwerent angle. Everyone has his own way of obsrving the world. Honestly Sir, you must start writing about the world of gambling. Personally, I don't like this game because I don't find it useful. For me, it is like wasting your time and money.

Well it is easy to if you addicted to gambling if you noticed the addicted in gambling is they can't stop gambling even they don't have any money and also if they are in home they are still thinking about gambling and they can't live without gambling even for 1 day. if you are experiencing things to you, well you must seek a psychologist to guide or stop the addiction before it's too late.

Signs that I had back then when I thought I also had a gambling addiction were, you think about gambling all the day, the moment you have done money you think of doubling it by gambling, your performance at your job starts to decline because you can't ficus there also, due to which I have been kicked out of a few jobs too. Also after losing in casino you come home and start searching about the hacks of that game or how to cheat in it and never get caught, so if you are suffering from any of these signs than u think that you should consult someone to have you checked up.

Some of the reasons why those churches is against of gambling is because they know that it is a bad influence to many especially to those minors. They could be addicted into gambling and it could affect their school life, because i know what is the feeling when you are starting to get addicted to a gambling. Minors tend to do bad things just to fulfill his ego because he was already in the state of addiction. Not to mention when the gambling area is near in their school or any other public places. But for some reasons they still allow it when the gambling area/casino has a permit/license to operate such casinos.

You will know you are suffering from a gambling problem but you won't want to admit that to yourself or anyone else. You will notice yourself that you can't think of anything else and nearly every bet is a sure thing because you have your own system. You will stress more about your bets as they become larger too. It is hard not to get suckered in but you have to just see gambling as fun.

According to me you can never know if you are addicted to something, people around you may tell you that you are addicted because you think or spend too much time on it. Signs would be
Not able to take your mind off it
Always thinking how to maximize profits
Not able to forget the losses
Chasing loss

If you are already an addicted gambler you wont realize that you are already got hooked by it.We might say to ourselves we are just playing for fun but our actions signifies already as an addicted one.You would only realize that stuff when you are already facing the consequences in the end.This is why we should not let ourselves would come into that state.

This thing would only be on biblical perspective which only on a small point of view this is why they do really prohibit gambling but actually this kind of thing will really depend on how a certain parent would guide their child into the right path.If they would tell them correctly about the possibility effects of gambling into their life on their young minds then they will surely understand and avoid it as early as they can since they do already have the awareness.

It is very difficult to tell anybody about gambling because in my society gambling is not a good thing and many people don’t like the person who is a gambler. Therefore I think if I want to gamble for making money in a short time I will never tell anybody about my gambling. Not only the people in the community but also in your home your family will not respect you if you are a gambler.

First of all I will try to tell about my addiction of gambling to my closest friend because he is my companion in all the fields of life. Then may to other people. I have started gambling a few days ago but my family members do not know about my gambling. Just a few friends of mine know about my gambling and I feel relax because I play such games which is in my range. I never gamble with huge amounts.

Well based on experts, addicted gambler would never admit that he is suffering from addiction. He is always in denial even it came from his close friends or family that he's really addicted. It should be treated early before it becomes worse.

Yeah, i extremely agree with you, it is right point that every addicted gamble not tell to others, and also not accept in ourself that he has been addiction of gambling. He always deny to accept it, it is our judgmental that we could guess that he has been addicted. But only few sensible gamblers who see the destroy his life and realize it is because of addiction then he try to left it, but the number of these sensible gamblers are very less. 

According to Michael Vlach in his book Chance to Change, "Most problem gamblers are in denial. They have a cancer called gambling addiction that is killing them, and they refuse to see it. Those closest to the gambler clearly see it, but the gambler says, 'I don't have a gambling problem.'"

Gambling and lying go hand and hand. It's natural for those addicted in gambling to lie because they don't see the reality. They should embrace the truth that they really have gambling addiction and that should be treated immediately.

There is one sign that a person got an addiction, and that is he loses control.  He cannot control himself and will always follow the urge to gamble.   Eventhough we wanted to stop, we cannot stop ourselves once gambling urges hits us.  And when we failed to gamble for sometime, we can feel some withdrawal syndrom which is evident to those who have addiction and under medication.

That means we are in great danger so it's better to quit gambling completely to avoid losing big money.
Everyone must be responsible to avoid addiction and with our will to win more money that would lead us to be addicted as every time we are challenge by our loses we tend to make a new strategy and use that immediately, we didn't notice anymore that we are spending enough time which gives us more attachment to gambling.

the first to happen to someone who is addicted to gambling is: the person has no passion for work, he always hopes for glory at gambling and doesn't want to work anymore. I also feel that way.
the second: after the many defeats in the gamble and forced to owe, then the gambling addicted person, must get out of gambling with a lot of owe, while he has stopped working. at that time, there was not even the spirit to work and pay the bills. I also felt that way.
it will be very suffered

A person who is addicted to gambling will feel that he will not feel happy if he does not gamble. He will feel that he is losing something and gambling is the only thing that can make him calm. Though they should know that gambling is a risky thing and when they can not control then their lives will only depend on the decisions they make.

What is really funny is that sometimes addicts are always aware of their predicaments but they just cannot help stopping it most times. There is always this feeling that gushes inside them like, yes, there is still a possibility, I can still win it. Once I win this, I will just stop and they keep seeing themselves coming back.

Ask so many addicts today, they will tell you they have wanted to stop so many times, but they just don't know how they keep finding themselves back at the same spot. You can easily tell when such situation is happening, most especially when you are draining yourself emotionally, physically, financially and other necessary-ally but you still keep doing the same thing over and over again.

Even he know that gambling is effecting his life too much, still he is not ready to accept that fact and he is pretending and giving argument to himself that for the next time he will surely make a good profit, but for every time he do not succeeded and for the most of time he lose his money.

You cannot argue with a man that is addicted to something. He will not stop until he gets what he is addicted in. This is true in gambling as well. So far , from what they are doing, there will be more and more gambling addicts since there is no responsible gambler policy in most gambling sites since they want more gamblers to play.

That is why people should never believe that gambling is a way to profit. In the end, they will end up not being able to get out of their addiction and worse out of debt because they incurred so much debts in gambling because of the fact that he firmly believes that he will profit and get back all the money he lost. That's far too common in the gambling world.

you are suffering addiction in gambling if u cant stand a day without thinking to gamble,your lust on betting and playing is more than you want eating..and all of your resources is you intending for gambling.thats what addiction is for me.

no , you can always realize it early . whenever you think you have no idea for what reason you come to a casino to gamble, you might could feel how addicted you are to keep coming back even though you don't want to do it , but your brain always suggest you to go for it. then you have to consider that something wrong with you , is it gambling addiction that a lot of people talking about? well just keep asking yourself.

When you start missing work or not showing up to events on time or sometimes not going at all. These are all signs. Also lack of personal hygiene can be for a serious addiction because it's not your priority. Your priority is to gamble and if you are staying up late to gamble often like maybe every second night then that is a huge problem. When it gets in the way of relationships and worst of all when you spend money you can't afford to lose that is when you know you have serious addiction. Recognizing your own addiction is very hard though and it mostly only becomes apparent when someone confronts you about it.

Actually the gambler will always insist to himself that he has everything under control and that he will quit whenever he wants and that's self denial . As times goes on and the gambler is heavily in debt he will still say to himself that he can win the money back but that never happens.

Well that's a pity and many find themselves this way but still don't realize that they are addicted. I don't think many addicted gamblers are able to tell if they are addicted themselves but rather close associates because they keep believing they are going to win and that chain cycle continues.

They can't tell or they're in denial that they're addicted. People who want to get out will find ways to get get out but ge first part would to be to admit to one's self that they have a problem. If not, then addiction will root itself more to a person

The most obvious symptom of any addiction is that you cannot get it out of your mind. You will keep on planning about certain things regarding the same activity and try to figure out your mistakes. Other than that, if someone wants to realize his condition, he must simply stop gambling for some days. If he successfully does that, he is not an addict but any sort of trouble in it will be an indication of addiction.

i can say that i'm suffering from gambling addiction it is when there is nothing in your mind but to gamble, i can say that because i was like that before even i was in school my mind was floating i want to go home and to play...i was also having lots of debts before because of gambling that is why i can say that i am suffering from gambling addiction.

I have never gamble in my hole life

so why you are here? this thread is for those who are playing gambling sharing their thoughts about their activities whether they are already attached
too much, for me i can still say that i'm not since i'm able to control and stop for a while and minimize my loses and enjoying some profits if lucks
permits me.