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Have you ever wonder why even there are a lot of negative things gambling bought, it still doesnt leave us ? Is that so, gambling has been a part of our culture , even you have plenty or not. Rich people often socialize in the form of casino, while the poor are contented on country games with lower bets. I, as a person living on a third world country, witnessed how gambling form our culture. Town celebrations or "fiesta" are not complete without low cost gambling houses called "perya" where you can bet starting from almost $.02 and above. Every corner of the street has some kids playing coin games and even a wake makes its company awake using card games. Weird isnt it? How about in your country?

In my country gambling is forbidden, unless if it's the church who is promoting the game, then it's allowed. It's very common to see saints' festivals with gambling involved (bingo), usually paying the prizes in products (electronics, meat, wine, candies, vounchers, etc...).

But on the illegal sphere, there are casinos operating inside apartments and houses and these casinos pay the prizes in cash, not products.  :D
Many people like to go into these places, especially retired people.

That's because gambling is one of the easiest way to lose money and for the casino/game owners its the quickest way to get our money. Even in those arcade place you can still see some type of gambling I remember seeing one corner where a lot of people gathered and I was curious what they were playing until I got close and saw some kind of automated horse race.

I've tried this one before with my friends and we managed to win mostly glass/ceramic products like mugs, plates and bowl.

I will take it as part of classic entertainment and not as a culture eventhough it was started during the classic era*.

Why even there are negative things that gambling can brought, still many are hooked? That is because that it's not all about negative things. On the other hand, some people won and that's make gambling lives until now. If all things rotated in gambling is about losing then gambling industry will not be bloom like the current status today.

Although winning always have some room, it's obvious that gambling must not take seriously especially for an average gambler. It's depend on the gambler itself if they will allow themselves to be eaten in the negative effects of doing gambling.

One reason that there are negatives about gambling because its simply the quickest way to lose your money. As you have describe it, a penny to bet on "perya", so every one can go and put their hard earn money, but what happens in the end? eventually they lost everything.

I agree that its been part of our lives, traditions and culture. But still there will be a lot of people that will go against it. Remember that Philippines is dominated by Catholics, and its religion are against gambling. And even the government are targeting illegal gambling. But what happens up to know? Gambling still thrives in our society because its already engraved in the Filipino culture.

It seems to me that not the games themselves are part of human culture, but the need for distraction, the need to relax from everyday life. People need specially allocated periods of time in which they can not restrain their desires. For example, in the Middle Ages such an instrument of "detente" was carnivals. Games for modern people are like medieval carnivals. While playing, people forget about time, about their duties, about problems. They are just well, they are not not responsible at this particular moment and only experience good emotions.

Been part of out tradition on some countries which it isn't really complete if we don't see those things specially on occasions like "fiestas" where those kind of small scale gambling do exist.I do see some countries which do prohibit this but I do see most of the them do really allow this thing since it just really for the purpose of entertainment for those people who do visit or stroll into that area.

Even it is prohibited, there are exceptions when it comes into being used in it, I know that some "perya" were only allowed if that municipality permitted them, same in some wakes. Maybe it just depends on how strict the implementation since as long as people can do it without being arrested, then their fun continues.

My country has some gambling culture but it’s not one of the top gambling countries. I never gambled as a kid, nor I see kids in the streets gambling.

I would say rich people tend to gamble less, some of them do, of course, but it’s more a middle-lower class thing.

The classical type of gambling was playing card but nowadays you see young generations making all kinds of bets from their mobiles.

It's been rooted in the Filipino culture (of some), it can be a form of entertainment if not abused. Just like the cock fighting, it's been here in the Philippines long time ago and as part of the influence from Spanish colonizer, before people doesn't bet that big on the roosters but now, every one in the arena wants to pour their money out.

Actually those games that you saw in carnivals have their permits and I think it is regulated by the City where they would put it up. So, nothing illegal in there. It's all up to the community to decide whether they would gamble or not.

Once upon a time they created gambling for there entertainment I think the Spaniards create this game. Then time passes until gambling reach the year from 1960's to 1990's they already make gambling as their source of income or they are now playing because of money. Yes, gambling is culture but now they do this as one of bad part time of some of us because they lose big money because of it and this is worst than before.

I really think so, especially in asian country which gambling influence is very wide. The idea of "one time, big time" is something that makes gambling interesting to the eye of many people added to the fact that there are really millionaires out of gambling industry. Even young ones know how to gamble, from a simple betting and dice game, now the online games are also influence by gambling.

Yes, it is very tempting to bet a huge money to become rich faster but the fact is it is not so easy for everyone to win unless you're very lucky.

That is a drawback of crypto gambling because everyone can gamble regardless of their age online with cryptos. Kids may not be knowing the impact of this gambling habit in the long run once they addict to these games.

Nowadays "perya" only exist with some barrios as it was a part of their culture, the municipality allowed inside their small town to have some sort of enjoyment, and basically people around that place will gather and play different kinds of gambling, the owner of this so called small gambling business
will offer many games to choose and it will last for some weeks or months, yeah I guess its been a part of a culture and we still enjoy dealing with it.

I think it is not weird because it depends on what culture in each country and people don't think that this is weird too. maybe in out there, which gambling is allowed, you can often see this in every place but in another country, you will not see this because gambling is prohibited in that country. in my country, which gambling is prohibited, I cannot see any gambling games and I think they are playing the games by secretly without any police can know. I don't even know what is perya like you said because I am not too often to playing gambling.

I see UK are the most friendly place to gamble , there a lot of gambling company especially sports betting considering they have the best league in the world and a fanatic supporters there. Government clearly aware about how destructive this industry if there's no proper regulation , they do regulates it and nothing to worry but controlling ourself and of course educate the generation after you about how you should be responsible in case you want to gamble.

I don't think it's weird at all. It's just like you said, gambling is deeply connected to culture, and we know that because gambling has been with man from several generations, and affects all ages. We do see children playing with coins, or cards, or marbles, and they gamble it. It's not money, but it's still gambling. To be honest I think it's deeply connected to man in a behavioral manner, and not just culture, because all cultures have different types of gambling, so it's something that will always exist. It will probably assume different forms though ages, depending on culture, but gambling will always exist because man needs to gamble. It's part of his natural being.

First I thought that I couldn't think of one example where it would be a part in our culture, but I was wrong.
A lot of people here do go out to play card games in the weekend, it's usually for small amounts of money. Not even poker, games like bridge of something called whist.

The amount of money we're talking about usually isn't more than a couple of euros, still gambling though.

We also have one month long festival where gambling (card games) plays significant role and also when people gather after a long time or when they gather for some social function they sit somewhere in groups and start to gamble on cards.

Casinos are banned here but card games are hard to ban as most of the people gamble cards in their own home with friends.

I remember 3 years ago I lost about $100 playing that Card thing in "perya" I was winning at first and was so happy and got greedy so what happened was I visit the perya every night to play that game and then losses keep coming. I was eager to win back the money so I bet and bet and lose more. I was able to control myself though after realizing that I already lose a lot. The next year after that one I was near in the perya again, I wanted to watch the game and try to bet little amount but told myself not to because I know what will happen next.. Learned my lesson the hard way  ;D ;D ;D

My country have one of the oldest culture, and yes gambling is one of the part of it. Dice is a game which was very much popular, and that can found in the ancient scripture as well. But in the present situation government has strictly prohibited any kind of gambling.So gambling is now a illegal activity here, thus you can't find any kind of land based casino in the whole country.

this time i do agreed to consider gambling as culture of our life because although people says gambling is negative things and could bring you to ruin yourself even ruin your families but although people already know the risk of gambling they will still gambling because gambling already being part of our life even those before us

People do not understand that if you have a control on yourself  then you can gamble because after certain point if you losing you will quit but majority of them do not have that control and thus ruin their life by keep losing and then borrowing from other or go in a big debt of gambling.

One of the reasons why we do keep on coming back into these kind of places which called perya is on which we do really like to feel the ambiance of having lots of people who do play gambling in the same time.Just like on casinos too but this place is way more non-formal but yet more enjoyable since you can able to place minimal bets.Even though we are just talking about small time gambling but anytime it can really make you broke if you spend too much.

This is why gambling can be considered to be part of the culture into those countries or places that doesn't implement too much restriction when it comes to gambling.Yes, there are really exceptions when it comes to some circumstances.If you are living on a place where gambling is illegal then you cant really see these kind of gambling places because there would really be punishment once being caught up.

You're just look on 1 tree but if you're looking in 1 forest, you will see more clearly.

I'm pretty sure that most country forbid gambling activity. And with bitcoin come on gambling industry become the great chance for people to earn some money and safe from government restriction

It is the same in my country, what ever the event is, there is always this gambling.  I think this was been added to at least entertain audience.  Though our government does not allow street gambling, they were excused if there is fiesta or occasion around.  So I guess yes, gambling had been rooted in our country's culture too.

Honestly, It is true that the popularity of gambling has evolved over time and it has become a culture in many countries. As well, I see that many feel happy when they playing at the casino and online games, even if they lose their money.
Actually, the culture of gambling is not so prevalent in my country, just the majority of gamblers is playing in sports betting especially the field of Football. and it is unfortunate that the real casinos are very few  :(.

Ofcourse gambling is a part of a culture, there are huge museums about Texas Holde'm poker in the USA.
I can say that gambling has been a strong part of the culture of some cards, for an example we can see the USA, that has a large city that is being driven by gambling only, Las Vegas wouldn't exist if gambling was disallowed, same goes for cities like Monaco.

Gambling was started to take a place long years ago, and our whole life is being impacted by this, it's really ironic that even after thousends of years we are unable to decide whether gambling is good or not, or shall we accept it or not.

In some places its already part of a culture, gambling works for them well because they become more happy at a low cost but if you do this as your habit since everywhere you can find people gambling then you are in risk. For its a culture yes, but it doesn’t mean you will do it everyday the decision is still yours do the right thing.

I'd say there is a gambling culture in every country, some countries like to bet on soccer and some for basketball. And other countries like the Philippines, cock fighting is a big thing. It changes drastically with every culture and it depends on history. There are even games that are so weird to us that we don't even know they exist. Just by searching the internet about weird gambling games you'll see that there are so many kinds of gambling games aside from the casinos we all know and love.

Gambling is everywhere it can also be consider as culture but you must not forget about the negative impact of that. Culture is something like we live ever since and gambling is one of that thing. For me this is kind of bad habit because many people are now broke because of this game that can make you more greedy.

this is a culture, when the country legalizes gambling there, the country will give birth to many gamblers, and for that it will be very profitable to build a gambling company in your country very much different from my country, the prohibition for gambling is very tight, and many gambling sites which is blocked from my country server, but still many gamblers in my country using various ways to access the gambling

I wasn't aware there was something like a gambling culture but now that it's been pointed out I agree yes that's true. Well in my country we love going to casino on every occasion, card games are popular for a friends socialising. You can say the well to do people love spending time in casino, as they live to compete with each other as to who can outbid oneself. Then there're those who can't go to casino they prefer playing poker at home in close circles. I feel this culture been in existence since ages.

So i think that gambling is everywhere. It is played in almost all parts of the world. Even those people who have no knowledge and live far behind times play this game. Actually, it is as old as the human race itself. The reason can be money. No one in this world is unaware of money and gambling is one way for many people to make money. Those people who find it difficult to do work go for such evil. Some also find fun and relief in it too.

I feel that there is gambling culture in every country of the world because gambling play is regular in every country of the world, but in some countries there are fewer countries but gambling is played in every country as I have seen in my country that my country men have little children with little money. This is fro  after the game started, it gradually became a kind of addiction, so that they kept playing in different clubs and continued to play this gambling, if they were forbidden from their families to stop playing this gambling, they would have their family Neither did they continue to play gambling ,

So I want to say that culture will bring a nation and the people of the country to the top of the development, but if the culture destroys the country and the country's youth, I do not think that culture can be in any country,

I think the word "perya" is very familiar with me here our country. Yes, you can bet at a low price using our fiat coins. They have may feature game at a "perya" playing cards, rolling a ball to the numbers, playing dice wood with colors and the most games that I like to gamble is tossing coins to bet a big amount of fiat. But all of these games are base on luck game.

Of course who will be not familiar with the word "perya" as this is common in when there is a "fiesta" in the Philippines. But our culture of gambling really came from different influencers or shall I say colonizers. The word perya came from the Spanish word "feria". Anyways, as I have said, its already a tradition an part of our culture.

We gradually graduated from "perya" to "casino's, and from the usual card games around the corner like "pusoy" or "tong-its" to "poker". Well in my case, that's how I evolved and up to now I'm still into gambling but in different forms now. lol.

i think your statement about gambling in every houses of street are almost same herein my location, but this kind of gamling are illegal the governmnet not allowed to play gambling in the street specially the cards games this is punishable by the law herein my location.

Gambling is part of the culture since then and the same thing with others to each countries. Rich people and not actual rich people but they do have enough money to gamble are socializing through that way. While the rest are gambling for the sake of money and profit.
It's like a carnival with games that you can bet.

If you think that gambling is bad then you shouldn't even play for fun and stop it. Gambling games are designed just give us entertainment but many people use it wrongly for making a quick money. Finally, they will end up losing more money instead of making money from gambling. If you can't control your greediness then gambling is not for hence better avoid gambling.

I don't know are you aware of it but your sentence "Rich people often socialize in the form of casino, while the poor are contented on country games with lower bets." explains everything in gambling. It's actually very simple, I will try to elaborate it, rich people gamble for fun and they enjoy in gambling that's why they win more often, poor people are targeting big wins with small bets ans usually get out from casino disappointed. Gambling by many is marked as something evil because of this people who go to casino and lose last money they have, they borrow money and they lose that in wish to make some huge money with gambling, that just leads in bigger problems.
I saw something on discovery channel about first American lottery. They had some debt and they made lottery and earned a lot of money, some guy have a collection of lottery tickets, and he explained how lottery recovered American fallen economic on that time. Now you figure out why there are so many casinos everywhere, probably because they earn a lot of money for some people in power.

First of all people play gambling because of the trial and error factor, which unwittingly becomes a hobby inside. The hobby turned into a necessity, meaning gambling has become addicted.

This is a dilemma in society between the pros and cons. Gambling is not good and very damaging to the personality, but on the other hand, it is recognized that if there is no gambling then an event will not be crowded

Well the term 'gambling is illegal' is just a term which can be manipulated anytime depending on the person and the situation if the person is rich and he wants to gamble even though it's illegal he will be allowed , gambling is involved in every level of this society

It is considered taboo in every country that strictly prohibits gambling, can make a person has a greedy nature and gambling has unfavorable social consequences for a person. It has become a habit of a person and it is difficult to stop and even hereditary every year, any hard restrictions do not break their gambling spirits.

Yes, idk why even though there are many bad examples caused by gambling but it seems people, gamblers in this case, do not care about it. I think there are many factors that cause the gambling to be immortal and the most prominent one is the offer to earn money in a short time that gambling gives. As long as life issues(financial problem) still exist, gambling seems to be always there too.

Then you gave approval to run the bet365 and flashscore site and all. I am sure you guys does not need that they are accepting the gambling or not. Most of the gambling runs with out any problem. If you are having enough money to fly Las Vegas just reach there enjoy the gambling experience bro.

If you are very craze on gambling, finally you will loose all the money to cheaper like loosing all the fund completely from your pocket. I always the gamblers to go with the betting alone. Atleast there you can read the player's previous experience and bet on them according to the odds movement.

I have never thought as gambling as a culture before you mention it.
But the way you portray it, I guess you can view it as such since there are two different things going on:
One I know about with the elite going into casinos to do it but not the other where you say there are kids in the streets betting with coins.
There is a film called Mollys game which shows how the hollywood celebrities used a safe house to bet illegally.
Quite a fascinating film about the underground gambling world. ;D

I think gambling is not a culture, gambling continues to survive with its existence because there are still many people who are interested to gamble. Therefore, people become accustomed to gambling. So the gamble for me is not culture, because gambling is forbidden.

Here gambling is forbidden, so I rarely see gambling activity. the gambling I often see is gambling between friends, betting when there are football matches. Simply gamble like that because it can still be played in secret. If you're caught gambling, you can get caught by the police and go to jail, so here more gamblers quietly.

Most of us tend to choose to play a game where we are being challenged and our money at stake.  Because it is a part of human nature, it is expected that gambling exist in most of the cultures in different country.

Gambling is not forbidden by the law since a lot of casinos are still exist, its only forbidden in the law of God.
Culture is social behavior found in human society and gambling is one of them. Gambling is already a culture in many places, they than this thing even in an ordinary day, anywhere in their places. This might have a bad effect but people still doing this, at any ages specially here in my place.

What kind of gambling game will church even be promoting ? I guess I am confused a little bit here. Gambling is gambling, so why will a church be given an extra priority to go ahead with gambling games and disallow others ?

With your second sentence though, I totally relate with that, because irrespective of how much the government makes gambling illegal, some will still try to always find a way to somehow to do it and same in my country, where there are some undergrounds such things happening with you being able to even get in with a code only, so it is more like a circle.

In my country gamble is forbidden and got severe consequences if we got caught, but in the reality there are still many people gamble secretly, for the lower bet people like to play domino, and there are several gambling that still exist in the city like sport bet or guessing number gambling, the famous name is Toto, I must said gambling is not a culture but more of a habit

I think we have the same country we live. I think gambling has been part of our life or it has been a culture that everyone's addicted to it. Yes and even kids doing a small gambling such as the "text money" where all the games they want that there is money involved. So if this is a culture then it is really hard to give this up.

In my country casinos don't exist, the only casinos are located where there are a lot of tourist, not because casinos are illegal but because gambling has never been introduced into our culture like in other countries, people don't know how to play poker or dice or any other games, the only sort of gambling that exists in our country for the public is sports gambling, i think you are right gambling is a sort of a part of a culture.

It does depend on which country you are from and on the country I live in, the casinos are like for the rich people. So far as I have noticed people getting in the casinos are those who have cars or probably its far and people think you can only get in those casinos if you have money. I seldom see people who are less fortunate getting in those clubs. Maybe that is the culture in out place, although I only seldom get in casinos.

It's quite possibly so. Casinos are simply the fruits of these traditions. It may have initially started from small parlor games. Even if gambling is harmful, it has allowed others to have some recreation and socialization. Even those who are not so well off still set aside some of their income to gamble because they experience joy in playing and it's emotionally and socially healthy for them. I believe that casinos still exist despite their negative notions because it's still a source of entertainment for many and a money making business.

Previously though not illegal, gambling was severely frowned upon the society in my country but right now, People really don't care and almost everyone is currently gambling from kids even to the old people because people have realized that money is more important than culture.

I guess it not only in your country because in the ancient time, in most countries, a person who always gamble or visit a gamble house is been marked as a wayward person; Its just some cultures view of it. But recently things are been changing even kids gamble and are proud to say it openly because they feel they are doing the right thing. In someway, when you look at it, you feel the ancient ways are better.

Gambling is culture in our country to its really hard to quit in gambling. This is also as a past time of the many people here in our country. Even in a place who is far in town gambling is popular as a game. But some gamblers in our place are addict,they used to look for a gambling site. If there's no gambling site they find. It's like they die if there's no gambling.

well, maybe gambling is a culture. in my country, has many games that are similar to gambling games. but, I think, when we grow up, we can see the difference in gambling and not.

Gambling is illegal in some parts of the world but not everywhere. However, it is played by the citizens of every country for sure. If someone has decided to do something, there is no way to stop that person. That is why, people should learn about the side effects of gambling as it will help them in staying away from it. Due to internet, people can play gambling online killing the need to go anywhere making it accessible even if it is banned in that area.

I hope gambling is the culture in your country and many other parts of the country still, gambling is illegal, gambling is the major case where cannot control our bankroll while playing it, many times i tried to control the bankroll but ending up in the loss.

I can relate on this since when I was a child, every time the fiesta is closing I don't really ask why there are fiestas and why are fiestas being celebrated but I ask when will the these "peryas" go to our baranggay so I can play and literally waste my coins on those rolling dices and betting. It is funny that older people says that gambling is bad but they are encouraging us to bet on these types of gambling that they didn't consider as gambling but it is.

We also play what we usually call "kara" and "untog". Kara is where we toss a coin into a line, the guy who tosses the coin to the line gets all the coins and do the first turn by lining up the coins in the hand, tossing up it into the air and guessing whether it is heads or tails. If he says heads all of the coin that goes head will be his/hers.

Another one is "untog" where we bounce a coin in a wall and whenever you hit a coin of your opponent, that coin is yours. I am a bit embarrassed when I am thinking that I actually this kind of gambling as a child but because of this games, I grew up knowing the value of money.

This does not hold true in my country. People give more value to culture than money here and you can easily notice the difference if you have seen both cases. I am not judging anyone with different approach but this has a lot of benefits in my opinion for people in my country. Current youth might be having different opinion and we can see them becoming more materialistic in future.

I don't think if gambling is famous then we compare it with our culture. Culture is not suitable word for gambling, while we see all over the world people play it but not any country announce that gambling is legal in his country and it is our part of culture.
So why we think that gambling has a part of in our culture. And also it is very complicated because every country has different culture and mostly old people respect their culture and don't like anyone change their culture.

In our country, although we cannot consider gambling as our culture, but many of our countrymen introduce it to us and we made an another version of gambling but still we cannot say it is our culture but it has a big part of our culture. If I will take a survey maybe 9 out 10 of my countrymen have a knowledge about gambling.

What does "made an another version of gambling" mean here? It is either you made your own kind of gambling games aside from what we usually see in the casinos or that you transformed gambling itself to another form which I cannot really fathom what it is though. Pretty interesting, from my readings usually gambling is always part of every culture. It may be different in every one but we can see a pattern that human nature involves gambling of some sort.

Ya maybe culture, maybe pass-time? I think we are from the same place. I still remember in my place when iwas a child. Even housewives, when they are bored from taking care of the house and children, they will start talking, gossiping and then agree to start playing cards with bets. Some look at it as entertainment too.

Agreed and even up till now, in some societies, that still happens. In my country, they always feel that anyone who gambles is either too lazy to find a real job and looking for a shortcut which eventually gets him into a tighter corner than he was before.

However, for some who do it reasonably or for fun, they really do not go out advertising their exploits to the whole world anyway. It is a jet age though, and people no longer feell responsible for anyone which makes them to do whatever without caring what the society feels unlike back in those days.

I don't think gambling will help to grow the culture or whatever,it was created by the people who want to make money with people greediness so it will give profits to some players and lots of profits to the gambling owner.

Siesta? Oh, it's common on places where women or even men have nothing to do in the afternoon, like those small impoverished villages, where everyone is looking for a way to strive for the day.

I am not against those matters, but the time that those people waste ( especially if they are busted ) instead of using it to earn money or look for something to do. Sometimes it's becoming a habit, they would do it everyday at the same time, and what's worst is they would do it until dusk and forget that they children are hungry, or they don't know where their children are going or what they are doing. It could lead to a broken family.

If it is a culture in your country, I must say this is a bad mark that is being running in your country. In my country, gambling is banned. We are happy with it. People are still hiding somewhere and gamble but this culture is not accepted in our country. We are saluting our government for taking this step because if these gambling casinos are not banned, they will eat up all of us.

Same here in my country. There is a look the society gives you when you are involved in things that would probably jeopardize the life of you and family if you are not very careful and that makes them to give you that 'oh, he is a gambler' kind of look.
Everyone should be entitled to whatever they do anyway, but I feel some culture will not permit gambling being a culture in the society considering the number of people in the past that have done such and did not go well with them.

Gambling is just a general thing in any place that it is not illegal and it is just the way we do it that differs. In my country, asides from lottery and sport betting, that is all that is to it and truly, it is making a lot of waves to the point that you now see people every day and even learned ones, doing a little bit of it and expecting a good result.

For children though, I have not seen anything close to it in my country, but probably because I do not go out to some part of the suburbs to see what is really happening which I won't be surprised.

Regardless of legality nor availability of gambling in anywhere, it must be a basic responsibility for every parent for protecting and guiding their children so that they can grow like a responsible citizen. A proper gambling culture must focus on young generations too, otherwise it may lead to imbalanced environment among people and their behaviors.

Gambling is somehow depends on the influence of the community or by the family, but we are the one who will chose our own actions especially if we are already on the right age to decide for ourselves, otherwise, we became too uncontrollable that we need guidance, at this point when addiction strikes never blame any culture.

Still there will be gambling wherever we want to be aware or not gambling is sure to happen there is only one that is prohibited and there are not sometimes that is prohibited any still done by the community on condition that the local police do not know it and it has become a culture inherent in each region or country

It was part of our culture and we also have that "perya" since I was a kid in our barangay and town yearly but sometimes there's a year that it was prohibited, sometimes there's a year that they allow it. The "perya" near us has been raided by CIDG few nights ago and destroy a bit of there things but the owner fixed it again and now they continue operating. It was kind of illegal but it's really part of our culture that can't be easily vanish.

Gambling has been a part of most Filipinoes daily lives and culture. Especially to old people, it had been their favorite past time even though the bets are just too small. Rich people gamble in casinoes to socialize and to have fun. Even though most people are aware about the negative effects of gambling, people still find it entertaining and a good activity to spend your free time.

This world is full of places totally different from each other and everything happens under the blue sky of ours. It does not surprise me if some housewives play cards while gossiping to kill the time. But it does not mean that this deed is appreciated or respected. Gambling is played almost everywhere but it is not a healthy activity. But if someone cannot live without playing it then he or she must learn to limit numbers of bets.

I would not say only middle and low class people gamble in general as some rich people do too as well, but it just depends on the level of gambling and where it is being done. In my country, the low and middle class actually prefer the local bet or lottery while some middle class and high class would rather do sport betting or visit big casinos to do their thing.

I would not say it is becoming a culture as some still have that negative perception about it, I just see it as a means for some people to actually want to try their luck which is human but at the end, the owners of this casinos and gambling spots are the ones making the money.

If I'm looking at my country, it hasn't been seen that gambling can be said to be culture or already become like a culture, it's more directed to the other side of life of the various people in the activity it does. It's such a negative activity that people think it's a moment's pleasure and to spend some free time. Addicts with non addicts., there are still many people who are not addicted in a gambling, also a gambling's place based land., is still not so widely available, because it's still often with the police raids. But everything is not seen for a gambling in cyberspace, maybe that many people who've entered into it without being noticed by the others people.

Though these days, in terms of entertainment and spending your time, there are a lot of other things that you can spend it into like playing games offline or online even gambling is a game now.

In our place, gambling is strictly prohibited that is why people who are gambling is doing ways like going to other places when there are cock fights, they call it as "tupada" though I am not really familiar with that. Gambling our place is now just legal when there are some celebrations like fiesta,when someone is dead, Christmas and New Year.

I agree on the part wherein one said that gambling has already been a part of a culture. And what do they say about culture? You can hardly change it. At best, you shall kill the race to put an end to a not-so-good culture. But you know, we no longer live in stone age whereby people get so gore by killing others just because they have differences. We now live in a world where there are laws that should put us on the right track and act accordingly with our diversity. Nevertheless, where did these laws bring us? Did it take us somewhere? Are we better today than in the past? Well, the answers to these are subjective. I just hope we all realize how crucial it is when we speak of culture.

If you can’t say it your culture you are still fortunate enough. Governments have taken such amazing step to consider this gambling harmful and then banned it over different regions. Like you have said, these countrymen are fugitives and non-loyal who are not accepting their country’s rules and laws. We all must cater for the objections imposed by our governments.

Not just the government but also the religion opposes gambling.  It is not just harmful but also a sin to be engaged in such activity. This is how gambling looks bad to many people and in our country but despite this fact,  many people still managed to do it.  Some do it secretly or hidden,  going to casinos without anybody knowing.  Some people are able to gamble without going  to casinos since there are card games that can be played at home.

You see,  even if it is included or not included in the culture,  people will still play it because they have a choice.  They choose to do what other people may opposed because for them,  it is a game for relaxation and for earning money.

I consider gambling is a waste of our time. Just imagine the current culture has been branded gambling is a thing that is not useful. All of it is not without reason, gambling game has destroyed the life of a person. They get addicted and eventually they lose everything they have. Gambling is a bad thing and when we've entered gambling game then we will be hard to Stop. The tremendous negative impact the gambling game brings.

yeah, actually, we can allocate our time to do positive things to stay away from play gambling and we can manage our lives without doing gambling. and if we know about the risk in gambling games, then we need to think to leave the gambling games forever. it is better for us to use our time for work or another else, don't destroy our life by gambling only and we need to start to stop from playing gambling from now on.

Distraction is a good call for it. Sometimes it can really be fun if it wants to and most especially depending on who is in the picture, but I would not see it as being part of the culture as some usually do not fancy it anyway and they would rather do other things than gamble even if it is legal. I feel it is just a personal thing and people have their own way of perceiving things and while some see it as a way to socialize, some see it in a different way.

In the old days gambling still available and many people almost gambling at the night, we even have many gambling places. But all changed when the new president come and make a new rules about gambling because there are many negative effects on gambling. Gambling is banned right now in my country and most of them that want gambling are play at online casino.

Good point, as mention we do have our owned position about every matters around us, even we live in such culture but if we do have different belief
then we are not going to follow or embrace such things, though it can possibly attract the person but if he don't have the excitement then it will not
do the same, same treat with gambling if we really don't like it, we will not be force in any event that we need to follow the culture playing or entertaining
such activity.

At least the new President is doing an all out war against gambling. However, its really gonna hard to stop because its already part of the culture and is a billion dollar business. Many big politicians are protectors, corrupt police officers are also involved.

So I don't think it can be stop. On the other hand, the government can somewhat legalized in then put heavier tax so that they can at least have something to get out of the gambling industries.

That's the problem it is hard to stop in the controlling of the politicians or anything you could simply use the money and just go with the flow. even though you are doing a small thing or a big thing, there would still be corruption going on because people are naturally selfish and wants to benefit with everything.

I think gambling is a part of culture. A part that belongs in shadow, since it's been labelled improper or
has a bad reputation attached to it. But I think in a good way, it's entertaining at some point and time
or course. It is highly and widely considered as a pastime, distraction of some sort and a popular
entertainment. A good and sometime productive outlet for people who engage and favor such thrills and
pleasure. I think it's a good social activity in moderation of course since money is considerably involved.
It even arrived to the notion that gambling is livelihood to other people, it's addicting and that's the dark
side of gambling. People need to control and learn to be contented to overcome gambling as a vice.

Of course there's no question  that gambling is already part of our culture, specially in the South East Asia. You can find them gambling at the street corner. I guess they just wanted to be entertain, pass their time or even play just to forget all their hardship in life.

Its part of our social norm already and its going to be difficult to completely eradicated. And no matter what the government, people will still find a way to gamble. I'm not saying that the government should not stop them, what I'm saying is that it will be a futile effort on their end because its part of everyone's lives and has been with us for hundreds of generation.

If total gambling ban is really on a tighter side which do impose great consequences or penalties then expect there would be no people who would gamble.There might be some numbers but not actually rampant as before.For some countries it would really be part of the culture or being part of their lives ever since on where it is already being applied on what they are doing along the way.Gambling can relieve stress but playing too much would also cause such stress too which we should really be aware of.

Gambling is indeed prohibited by the law in In my country, Indonesia. But the majority of people is playing gambling in the hidden ways from cop and laws. Rich and poor they gamble for their favorite football team or when they are all playing a card game, and also in the internet cafe, I'm pretty sure in every place there will be always some people that online gambling.

Of course gambling forms an integral part of human existence and have been with us all this while and so stopping it will be really difficult especially with the powers of the world today and all the manipulation schemes at their disposal. All of us are going to be affected  when gambling is stopped and so we will all try again to fight against each other due to our respective selfish interests.

So ultimately there was a culture in your country about gambling. This thing can never be removed thoroughly from any state or country because people are doing it all the times. Sometimes in form of big games and sometimes in little games of snooker and else. This has been a culture to the world. People never stop themselves completely from playing this harmful game.

I do not call it gambling has become a culture, but I call it a bad habit of someone who is not easy to give a little understanding or stop by itself. it's a lot of gambling everywhere although illegal, from the trivial of playing classic games with gambling, this is where little kids already know things like that, back again I see the environment is not good enough, every year is increasing and hereditary.

For country that legalized gambling, it does.  You see cities that allows gambling make it their attraction.  It even improves as time pass by.  In return, these casinos where gambling events happen gives the government huge amount of profit, they even give budget to charities, in our country it does at least.  So from being a habit of one person to a legalized system of entertainment, it became a culture of one city or place as time pass by.

Just digging some info about this perya , is it just an ordinary carnival held in Philippine ? And some people do gamble on various form of games there? And then it become a culture to do so every year. I see Philippine as a country that prohibit gambling and quite religious. No wonder a lot of people try to stop it. Gambling there are  A culture indeed but it should obey the policy and the norms used there.

Yeah, usually "perya" is held when there is a town fiesta. Just ordinary carnival but there are a lot of gambling in there, like dice game, bingo, color games and others games that involved money.

Yes, we it is predominantly religious nation, however, they also inherited a lot of vices specially from Europeans and Americans as far as I know.

I thinks  we belong in the same country that belong also in the third world porrest country,and that all you mention a  lowcost kind of gambling actually i experience also that,like playing cockfighting,peryahan games called "bingo",and small kind of cards games we called poker,three cards etc.actually all this kind of gambling cultures we inherit it from the spanish period when the time they colonize our country.

Gambling is no doubt played in every part of the world and the history of this game appears to me as old as the human race itself. All one needs for becoming a gambler is money to be placed on some game.  Sometimes, those are played by the gambler himself and sometimes other play the game. It is just a total wastage of time and money.  Indeed, gambling is more like a culture that is shared in all parts of the world. Due to technology evolution, people can gamble even if it is banned in their country.

For me it is not weird since its already our culture,we are already used in that way generation through generation gambling will always stay alive. But what is sad is even in an early age kids starting to learn simple kind of gamble.

Then this does explained that gambling really depends on every country's rules, at least your country did a little help on charity. But in our country casino's are prohibited to stand in some place due to the church law but there are still casinos in some urban area.
I think gambling is not really a culture since they does only exist in some occasion except on casino's.

Fantastic step your president have taken in such matter. This is really alarming to see casinos prevailing and opening in every new city. Many branches were opening in our cities throughout the country. Our government have taken the same step as yours. Now, gambling is banned in our country too and this made me so happy because I can’t see my people drowning in greediness.

maybe its about most of the people wanna earn big in simplest way and thats why they found gambling as source of income(though most of the time for sure they are losing)its not really advisable that you will let gambling feed your family because the risk is 70/30 more for loss..but gambling is here before our great grand fatjer live in bible we can read that even those soldier that bring Christ to dearh gambled for his Clothing this means OP is right its on the Culture

Gambling has been a part of every culture even if you are residing from a different country. Different ways and strategy but same goal. Probably it is because people always want to earn money in I think every aspect, so even if it is only a small amount of money earned through gambling, they’d still go for it.

I like your thinking, people will always try to earn money in every aspect and any way. Gambling is attractive cause you can win a lot very fast, and its legal in most of the countries. Something fall on my mind, what if we try to compare gambling with drinking culture? Both have many negative impacts on individuals and society, but both are legal in most of the countries and many people abuse gambling or drinking. But there are even more people who can control their urge for one of them, and they enjoy in both of them, but they have control and they know how much they can gamble or drink without consequences.
Culture is something you have in yourself or don`t, you learn that. Everything we do shape us and our society, and when you sum up everything it`s up to you and how much you can control yourself.

Gambling is not a healthy activity. It has destroyed lives of many teenagers who just have craze of making huge wealth with shortcuts. We should understand that immature minds are easy to divert but later on, they realize what the hell they were doing with their life. The time they should have spent with families and devoted to studies, they wasted in gambling. Government should forcefully stop this game.

Whatever they are, not good for you people. You have to keep yourself away from such games where you would be involved in any sort of loss.

Why to indulge yourself in bad thing about which you are absolutely known that if police know about this, I will be in jail. Think about your family and your future and keep this game at an arm’s distant. Believe me your life will be easier.

It's not bad to risk something and to try to profit because nothing would happen if you just keep it in a bank. It's going to be a hard one if you lose a lot but at least you did something about it. It could be a bad decision but for sure, there would be chances that you make the right one.

We can risk only if the outcome will be positive at least one time out of ten attempts. There will be no meaning of risking when you are be getting failure in all ten attempts. Most gamblers never bother about their outcome but they still keep trying among many failures and it has become their gambling culture. It is very unfortunate situation in my opinion because we should stop at some certain point when there will be no positive results out of our gambling.

Gambling may produce positive results in theoretical but when we are experiencing in real life we could never find any positive results. Our gambling culture must include an aspect which will be dealing what we should do when we are not getting positive results.

Ya. I think it is a twin of humankind. It is not only in one country but everywhere. I wonder even simple games they use in gambling. Many form, many ways. It seems that life with out gambling is boring or games with out money involved is not exciting.

Gambling could not be a culture of society, 3000 years ago there was gambling, bringing money with the main objective chance of gambling objects showing variety. Today, gambling has only changed shape.

I think it's "boring life needs gambling"? Most of the gambling is from a game, a contest, it just so happen that they have to put a bet. Gambling is already part of the culture of so many people, it is already in their culture, any contest, that would amuse everyone, people will bet on it.

But gambling before is not as vicious as it is today. people value their money and properties too much before that if they are going to bet, it should be on something that is memorable and most of the time they themselves are at stake, and not just for the sake of raking money.

Yes, the urge to have too much wealth and cash is the major motive for gamblers to get into this game. They think that this is the easiest way of making some of it without working hard but they forget that there is nothing in life that you can get without working hard and struggling. The easily earned money is the one that is usually easily lost. So better not promote this culture of gambling rather stop it.

But if we see in this point wise, that it is habit of every human to earn money a lot in a short way, then we see gambling is only fastest way to earn money. But without experience, we just think about it that we will be rich from gambling, but in fact it is all different result. But i don't think and i will never use Culture for gambling, because gambling is clearly separate from every culture. But you can call, it is become our habit to play gambling.

Even many culture in this world is not approving gambling as part of lifestyle, many people are into gambling as a daily event. They never bother about their culture nor traditions when they are considering in engaging themselves into gambling. I do see it is due to their addictions that is the reason they are including gambling into some exceptional cases.

When a person is more conscious about his culture then definitely he will start avoiding gambling but their addictions may not allow them to do so.

In my country gambling is regulated and its legal but you need a license and it's not easy to get one however there are many gambling games that are not consider gambling by people but that is exactly what it is, people love to play bingo in my country and they bet money on it and it's not rare to see people spend hours or even the whole day playing bingo and it is even acceptable that kids play it something I do not agree with.

It is true, that in every street kids are playing coins game, card games and etc, but it is not a part of gambling. Gambling is different from games. Every kid or young play games but it is belong to sports not for gambling, unless they are not using the money.
But in my country gambling is totally illegal but instead of it people play it without any worried. Although in this time, in every country people are playing gambling, but it is not a mean of Culture, Culture will be a big word for Gambling and may be some narrow-minded people don't like Culture word for Gambling.

Are you aware that most of the country was regulating gambling? Except on those in the poor country which I bet that gambling will not be feasible. Most of the country needs to regulate it since it involves money and it that government must apply tax for that. In my country here in Asia has a very strict law regarding gambling even if you are playing cards with your friends that involves on cents just for will might cause you to put in jail when law enforcer caught you.

I guess there is no difference.  The reason why gamble was labeled as game for adult and have a negative remarks is due to the history of lots of people get hooked and addicted that eventually ended to the addicted player losing all his financial capability and ending up broke.  Worst they commit suicide because they cannot bear the shame of the things they had done because of their gambling addiction.

Where is that country?
I did not know it is forbidden but I do know of places where it is against the law and but they do it anyways.
With their winnings at risk of being take away from them and a fine as a consequence. But I do not think they would see jail time because of it.

In fact, it seems now that people tend to celebrate gambling as long as they do not end up overdoing it, but it is a normal thing to see people who end up overdoing it anyway. I do not see gambling as a culture however, but just a way for some few people who are interested to catch some fun and maybe with some luck win somethings in the process, and most people who even do still find a way to keep it out of the lime light.

On the other hand, I think most third world country is in gambling for the simply reason that everyone wants to take quick route and make easy money. However, yes, most country has been regulating gambling and some are really successful except for a few that will take the risk to gamble. Asia is known for being in gambling, just go around the casinos around the world and you will find a lot of Asian's sitting on the table, betting big money.

Yeah, a lot of people have imbibed gambling to be a normal thing that every little thing they want to do, the first thing that comes to mind is to try to gamble. The reason why gambling has become so vicious today is just simply because nowadays people just want to get rich quickly and then they end up looking for the wrong answers to their predicaments in the wrong places but in general, except personally I would not consider it a culture rather than just an additive disease. I may sound nonsense but that is the reality as per my experience, a complete different one from what others usually do share.

I been in macau before and i see chinese people realy gambling and even gambling is also a part there culture too.

culture can be said with a habit for a long period of time, hence peerjudian already entrenched somewhere because of a gambling habit that is done continuously and in the long term, although often lost due to high curiosity and the desire to earn money big gambling continues to be done

Growing up always change a lot of mentality about so many things. Yeah, I have seen children gambling on little things before and even when I was in my basics, I always remember betting on some little games that we play some times while the winner keep having more of whatever you are playing with. One way or the other, gambling somehow finds its way into the sub consciousness of people even in their little age, and some over time allow the effect of it to grow with them.

By seeing some people, we cannot judge the entire country. Moreover people do visit macau only for having some fun hence gambling there is not meaning it is part of their culture. China is a vast country and having different traditional people. All do not need to be same even for gambling.

Well the regulations are mostly for the minors and how the gambling sites and casinos pay their taxes. There can't be any regulation about how much anyone can gamble and how much they can spend. People can break their banks and go on debt. And that has been the case for the longest time so i don't think there can or will be something done about it

Apparently, as technology keeps changing, different ways of gambling keeps popping up and not people can easily gamble in the corner of their room without being spotted. I know in some places gambling can be considered as a culture since they really do not see anything wrong about it and they can easily have their fun with it, but in most cases and countries, it is considered an irresponsible act rather than a culture.

Even many already know such thing, that whatever outcome came minding still exist. Those who truely devoted in their culture, laws and religion will be the only one who will take the rules by heart and the others will just think that rules didn't exist at all. It will always still depend on us if we will be part of the culture that we should at least be.

I don't think what country you're in but it seems that you have a good culture there while most of us play on the casino. In such country that is full of work lots of loads everyday and the only way to have some hang out is casino i have no time for some activities after a long weeks of working hard. Gambling culture is different from point A to point B what is its purpose is to have a good time for you to forget some and enjoy that day.

The gambling seems indeed it can be said as a culture even around the world, because the gambling in all the country and it’s hard to lost as a culture of traditional a tribe of a nation that can not be lost

Gambling isn't something that we can identify certain people or countries with since it's  an intruder to all countries and cultures . Yet so much people practice it (sometimes on a daily basis ) without even knowing it by just betting on small things and it begins from very small ages .

The problem with gambling is that, people are so inclined into earning profits that they would resort to the easiest way possible though dangerous. Gambling tends to create this illusion wherein people are stuck on this paradigm cycle where they gamble despite winning or losing. Let's take that into detail:

If A gambles and wins, - it is highly unlikely that he/she will stop.
If A gambles and losses, - he/she will try to recover those losses by gambling again.

There exist this conundrum wherein people are stuck on this cycle. Though there are also factors you need to consider, most individuals gamble due to either for entertainment or they are experiencing financial struggle. This leads us to the question of: is gambling part of someone's culture despite its negative effects?
Well I cannot say but it all leads to one thing- it will slowly destroy one's life without the proper discipline and self-control.

If your main aim is to have fun after a long day work with gambling and that is how you generally perceive it, not a bad idea. Nevertheless, a lot of people do not see it this way. Gambling has brought a lot of negativity to the world than positive if we really want to face the fact as people keep reading the wrong meanings to it, things keep getting worst and then we keep having emotionally damaged addicts as a result of gambling who ends up finding it hard to control the impulse that gambling and greed has brought to them. Culture is a far way to really be putting it.

Culture will never be ignored. Like if you think someone can have potential to change the whole culture of a country, he is on wrong side of picture. Even governments in different countries are continuously trying to end this game but they are totally failed till now.

In some countries, where religions are against gambling, we can find out so many places for gambling even though. So we are the only ones who can control ourselves.

But wherever it is a cultural element, it is considered as disrespect and dishonesty. In our cultures, this gambling isn’t considered as part of goodwill rather people start hating those who are gambling. Even here in our country, this is law to sentence those people who are caught at any stage being involved in gambling thing. So don’t get near to it rather keep it at arm’s distance.

It is weird. However, it is not a problem of culture, but with the mentality of most people. You can find a Muslim guy who is a gambler, another Atheist guy who also gamble. It is forbidden in Islamic countries because you are earning money without making efforts. In my opinion, you can be religious and a gambler at the same time. Hypocrisy, I know, but if you are in need of money and you are unemployed, then you can resort to gambling. 

Every country have different culture and rule.

Unfortunlately , my government really strict about gambling activity so you will see less in my country because there are many past incident that turn into bloody murder because of gambling !

in my country, although it's strict about gambling, people still playing gambling but with secret and they can play in a secret place without other people knows except the gamblers. but I am not heard any bloody murder in here because I think that the police is trying to hide any illegal things that happen in my country.

Yes, so true..here in my country even in small areas you can see lots of people gambling like in the side walks,I also saw fish vendors playing bingo while they are selling even in wakes people here are used to gamble majong and card games. People in my country found gambling as for fun, I already don't find it weird because I grow up in a place where gambling is everywhere.

Yes, even blockchain technology seems to make things even a lot easier for a lot of people when it comes to gambling since they can tend to stay at least a little bit anonymous or completely anonymous as the case may be and then the culture most people are imbibing now with all these is to get rich quick and they believe gambling is a way to achieve that.

Most societies though have always seen gambling as an irresponsible act for lazy people since you will still end up losing, so why do it ? You just need to follow the tradition of your countrymen because when you get a reason to stay away from gambling then you must grab that strongly. When that reason is belonging to our culture then the possibilities to come out/stay out is much better.

Admit it or not,gambling is part of the culture of every nation all over the world,even bible mentioned about some gambling activities that happens,just like when Jesus died the soldiers gamble in He's clothing(this is for christian beliefs i respect other religions so i clearing this out)so this means for long time ago this is happening and i think this will never ends,even the catholic church whos consider Gambling as a sin,but accepting donation from Gaming corporation(this is happening in my country i dont know in others)so lets just accept this fact that will never change.

But still there is gambling right?because this is part of the culture,and no country in the world that has zero percent gambling i can assure you that

Gambling culture is all same in every part of the world because the definition of gambling does not change however law of doing such a business may differ from state to state. If your government has prohibited this activity in your homeland, count yourself a lucky guy because there is nothing good about this game. It is like a sweet poison, killing the gambler without his awareness.

There are some countries who certainly do not take gambling as something that is reasonable for anyone to do and hence the strict law against gambling which apparently makes it entirely impossible for anyone to be a part of. However, this does not mean that even at that, some people still do not find a way to gamble once in a while and stay out of the government radar.

The culture though is dependent on how people generally within the society perceive gambling. We cannot expect anything beyond that, I mean gambling for only fun and stopping at right time are the things which may not be covered in most of the traditions as they do gamble for their own reasons and it is individual's responsibility to protect themselves.

Very well, i do agree on your point that gambling is like a sweet poison and we don't know about it because we are only feel its sweet taste and inside it is killing ourself. Although we see government not allow gambling legally but instead of it people play it and if we think that if in all over the world governments allow to play gambling and also include it in our culture then we definitely see a huge people will die because of it.

It is definitely sweet, especially if you are winning and profiting. It doesn't make sense if you didn't profit with it (if you're winning) probably regaining losses. It's definitely hard to control self if you are dependent on it. It is a culture and there are people who make a living out of it.

The same with my country prohibiting hard gambling in whatever form and the government deliver strict rules in order to gambling did develop and anyone who do gambling means breaking the law and there will be the criminal law for the perpetrator

There are several buildings with the "National Lottery" signs outside in every part of the town where I live. In fact they have nothing to do with the government apart from bribing it maybe. They are not even lotteries but more like computer slot machines where poor people addicted to gambling lose all their money (don't expect provably fairness in places like this ). Although I like online gambling I never set my foot in such places because they are pure rip-off imo. And I wouldn't call gambling a culture. It is more like a weakness, like smoking or like drinking alcohol, you can live with it keeping it within reasonable limits, but if you abuse it it will kill you.

why do you say like that? gambling is not a crime, even we can use the income from gambling for good or donate some of our wins to the orphanage. or more, gambling companies are opening up many opportunities for job vacancies for those who are difficult to work and can apply there, even for some people to gamble can entertain them. and gambling is not a crime

Gambling is actually attractive when you see people that succeed in it but very painful when you are at the losing end. Gamblers are positive minded people and that is why they all go in

Gambling isn't a crime in any sense but you cant blame people if they would say such thing because we do have different insights and perspective towards gambling.It might be a personal reason and we cant blame them but if we do see the general part then gambling isn't a crime yet this is solely an entertainment, the after effects can be considered to be a crime already when you already doing such thing because of your too much addiction.

Our country has regulations for gambling activities too but they are not being strict about that.  We consider playing gambling as a sin already yet many people still play and engaged in this.  Normally,  gambling is not considered as a culture because religion greatly opposed it,  and the cultural norms doesn't agree with what is being done in gambling which is playing with money involved.

Ideally,  having regulations for gambling is good because it lessens gambling activities and helps improve every person's attitude toward using their money for more important things like for themselves and their families.  But in reality, even with regulations and laws about gambling,  people will always find a way to do gambling. Some would even do gambling secretly.

Gambling is good in some places but its illegal is some country. Here in our country gambling is already a culture because you can see people gambling everywhere and a lot of big casinos are being built. Gamblin is not a bad culture its just so happen that people are too greedy to earn money without thinking about how much things they risk just to make small profit.

It is not something that could be mentioned as an unfortunate event. You are perceiving things according to your own personal narrow interests but it would definitely be a blessing for you if you will inculcate the idea in your mind that such type of strict polices will lead to peace and prosperity in your society and hence the country would offer you some other ways to earn instead of gambling.

is your addiction a crime? I do not think so. because gambling addicts also have limits when they gamble with their abilities. and if they borrow money to gamble. they also always pay each loan. so there is no crime in gambling

When gamblers are beginning to have such a motive to get rich through gambling, that is where a whole lot of problem usually starts. I know no one wants to lose in gambling, but generally, a lot of people do and it is a known thing, so for anyone to think they can easily get lucky and get the life they want from gambling is totally preposterous. Those who may want to see it as a norm or as a culture, are the ones who may just want to paint it white.

Definitely it is a crime. When addictions makes you to forget your personal and social responsibilities then you will become a sick of society which means you are living one for you. In more particularly, some addicted people do rob for money for continuing gambling. Now tell me what is the wrong in considering addiction a crime ?

I have same situation here in my country. People are concealing themselves and these gambling points are so hidden that a casual person can’t find them. But they are only known to the gamblers and people who are in this field. Police is always behind them and looking forward for such points. Sometimes we heard police had made a raid and many people become sentenced.

Yeah here in our country, this game is just prohibited. Even then people have marked different locations and they gamble there. No one could even know about those places but all those who are in this field or belongs to them, they have idea of what is going on there. Our police is still raiding in different areas and catching different people who have been the victim of this law-break.

And I think that is the worst culture that can exist on this planet earth. Thus this culture is promoting the vibes in different people from different walks of life that gambling is the best source of income. And being victimized of these statements some stupid people start trusting such methods and they become involved in such waste games. That ends them with big losses.

Then it would be really hard for a gamblers to stay in your country if the police are always are their tail. I'm sure that those 'secret' places for gamblers will not stay that long because once the police have identified that place sooner or later raid will be coming. So gamblers has really have a lot of risk, not only you can lose your money, but you can lose your freedom as well if you are caught.

Well if that happens in my country, I will probably stop gambling, and will not put that risk specially if I have a family. Luckily though I lived where gambling is part of our culture and tradition.

In my country too gambling is considered legal because there are numerous number of casino buildings,small bets games for fiestas celebration,and also places for cock-fighting games.It had begun even in our ancestors before and had continuosly practiced until now.There is no bad about that,but only those people who develop jealousy and greedines over other's winnings are the ones who gives gambling a negative effect.

In my place also we have many hidden gambling places even police also know these places but they will not raid because that place owners will pay everyday commission to the police department. But sometimes they will do some fake raids and arrest some people because to reach their target. yes end of the month they must show the government how many cases they registered.

Gambling in my country is inherited from the spanish colony to my ancestor when they arrived in my country and that vices would pass from generation  to other generation until now,thats why mostly of my fellow countrymen  know how to play  in different gambling because its is  now a part of our culture  and tradition that we indebted to our grandparents,especially this cockfighting,and poker card games this all we learn from our ancestor and many generation time will come its will developed into a new technology that we called online casino gambling using only a computer  technology.

On corrupted countries then these kind of behavior or system is rampant which there are still gambling places that do illegally operating which have been protected by the government also due to they are benefiting into those places.It does depend on a certain country on what is their perception and laws towards gambling but in general sense gambling is somehow been part of some culture.

I think some of that police is protected that place and the owner must give some "protection money" to that police so they can continue their business. and for the gamblers, I think they can live without any problem in my country because they can play gambling with safe because I think the police has a list of the gamblers so the police won't take any response as long as the gamblers don't do any bad action. and if they only playing gambling, maybe the police can "protect" them for a while.

Gambling is even very popular among people who can not afford. The majority of people gambling throughout history are the poor who have to work hard to live. Gambling is the most available escape because other entertainment spend money without any chance the money can get back or make more money. the more socially accustomed people are to gambling, the habit is already rushing and spreading almost entrenched. because it has become a routine activity.

Even tho gambling isn't something that we can call part of our culture since our country's religion clearly forbids it , yet it has been adopted as a hobby for centuries now and people of all ages have at least tried it once in one way or another .
Whether you went to a proper casino and played dice or just sent an SMS to participate in a Tv show competition it's still called gambling but the degree of "shame" and "sin" ain't the same for these people , even tho it's really the same .
And we got those who consider it as the devil's invention and one of the most prohibited sins , yet i define a sin as doing something that hurts other people , yet whenever gambling i'm hurting no one in the world by spending the money that i earned so gambling is not a sin for me , neither something to be ashamed of , but trying to make 3rd world people understand is just impossible ..

I got your point too.Yes gambling has been here already even from the time of our ancestors long time ago.So there's no way stopping it,since it has been legalized also by most of the countries.But considering those poor people who are much into it,i think gambling would not really come out a good influence for them.Instead they may become addicted to it and it's not only one person who will suffer but the whole family will be hungry.I think this one should need attention from the government,minimizing gambling for those poor people who made gambling as a means for living,not just a mere entertainment.

It means that you are unhappy with the government policies about gambling. Fortunately in my country government is also very strict about gambling activities and it is right because gambling is bad thing and no government should allow its people to gamble. Many countries especially west have allowed gambling and there are specific places for gambling.

Different countries have different cultures relating to gambling. In some western countries government support gambling and provide opportunities to the gamblers. While in Asia and most countries of Africa gambling is not allowed and they think gambling is a worse thing and it will destroy our people. While online gambling cannot be stopped in any country.

The only reason I can think of is because it became part of our past time. Some watch movies, sports or anything related but some want to spend it on gambling. It gives you excitement and there's money and you can socialize too.

Well, that is one of the most worse pastime you could ever have. I do have my own ways just to kill some time but not like gambling, gambling itself is avoidable if you don't to have any problem about losing your money, you might win but not always. Gambling is not a culture, it is a habit, and we have a choice if we wanted to do it or not.

Gambling has been around a long time and can not be destroyed and some are made as a tradition, and almost all countries ban gambling because it will get a loss and even become addicted to those who play it .. but it is difficult to ban it because gambling will always be there forever and their various ways will still gamble despite having to hide because it has become a cultural tradition of our ancestors

Gamblers will always have many ways to find that idea gambling. Gambling is not just playing casino or just rolling dice, far from that everything we guess will be made a bet. Do you hear Ludo game? in my country that  is very popular. They gamblers find a new places to serve as gambling establishments.

Gambling is not a tradition anymore, but gambling is the root of tradition. No one can afford to find a way to stop in gambling, the old way that can be replaced in a new way. Regulation and religion only as a means to awaken the gambler in a moment.

Well, I think you live in the Philippines since I know what terms you stated and quoted. You know dude, We both know that our country is not that wealthy and a lot of people are suffering in poverty but they still choose to gambling. Gambling can make you addictive you know that, especially in our country. Sometimes people will do bad things in order for them to have money for gambling. You can see a lot in our news. Well, even some gambling games are banned in our country there's still also is allowed and one of that is what you quoted.

Some countries have legalized this gambling but many have claimed it to be illegal. Like our country, here no body is allowed to gamble. Even if some person is caught going for some gambling thing, he will be punished and sentenced in jail under the law. This is our culture and we love this thing. Because it is best way to stop gambling and stopping people to become losers.

The gambling and culture I think it is related, because the gambling had such a culture in the people who are already in considers as part of their lives, in all the country in a variety of the of rich until the poor surely they are gambled than gambled small to gambled millions of

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Gambling has been around even before society learned to be civilized. A lot of culture have their own forms of gambling probably same as having their own beliefs and religion. So yeah with the evolution of civilization, gambling has always been a part of it

Gambling is not a culture I guess, because the culture is something that we could be proud of, and gambling is not included because of its bad reputation. Maybe it is just a habit that we inherited to our ancestors from a very long time but it will never be a part of our culture, and in the near future, gambling will continue to evolve as the technology grows.

Customs are a custom in society. Customs are part of the culture. people who often gamble because they are accustomed, often do, and often benefit, so almost as gamble with culture is formed because of a continuous habit.

It's true that gambling is part of our culture. I mean, since early times we have been involved in betting, games of chance and competition. It's human nature to want to turn adversity into opportunity.

I actually read a book recently called the Ascent of Man, and it describes how even ancient man, before written language was invented used to gamble food stocks with neighboring tribes based on the outcomes of seemingly trivial events. It just goes to show that it's in our nature to wager what we have, in order to gain something more.

This is still prevalent in modern society, particularly in certain cultures like Eastern Europe and Russia, two gambling hot spots. I think it has something to do with risk reward mentality, some peoples brains don't process it in the same way others do. For example, I am quite risk averse so I only gamble when I am almost certain to win, whilst others might gamble with only a small chance to win, if the payoff is high enough (e.g. Lottery players).

Gambling is part of the human condition.

I think gambling is not a culture maybe some people are need to gamble to get an easy money. Maybe that gambling houses called perya are enjoy to play that why every fiesta they have that.

Ludo is also a dice game. Player is supposed to roll the dice and it depends on luck what number he gets from 1 to 6. Ludo is a little popular in the world I guess. I care less whether this game is a culture or root of culture but one thing is for sure, this is a useless game and an evil which can destroy the life of its player and this is all that matter is reality. One must avoid becoming part of gambler’s community.

When someone talks about banning of bitcoins from governments, I really oppose that matter because governments must think of the positive and immense effect of bitcoins over the economic health of country. But when it comes to gambling and banning from governments, I must appreciate this act of government because here they are well aware of the risks and damages related with this gambling.

it is better to enjoy the games without thinking about the winning or losses so we can get fun with our friends. I think gambling relate to culture because in one country if there is any ceremony then in the night, they often to play the card, some of them use money just to get the fun. I see this on the television so I think maybe in another country, this is happening.

It is true that we should enjoy gambling but as humans we tend to think of the benefits that we will have and that's just how we want it, to win. Probably those people that have rituals because they believed in it that it will work or something for me I don't have those kind of things.

I think gambling has been born tgether with humanity. Even in history, in stories about the past, bettng has been used by people in the past. Like i read somewhere about tossing coins. You bet in which side of the coin by tossing it upward.

Punishing the gun instead of the shooter won’t end criminality in this world. Governments are not banning bitcoin due to any adverse effects rather they can’t bear this fact that bitcoin is liberating its holders economically from the claws of all those who enjoy high powers in a state. No matter how hard they try, they can’t stop bitcoin from prosperity because internet is unruly and free bird.

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I hate those cultures which support gambling, because gambling is a bad thing and think about the culture which support such a bad thing no matter small scale of big scale gambling is gambling, it is like time. Late is late even one minute or one hour. I think that societies should accept only their traditional things and avoid gambling in their cultures.

That culture is killing us if we did not control ourselves, although I spend what I can afford to lose but gambling all the time
will only result to a bigger loses. Sometimes I regret to quit but I just cannot just totally quit, it seems like there is inside of me that is looking
this kind of risky way of having fun.

I agree, that it's more of a habit than culture, but if you look at certain Asian countries, like Japan or China, it could be part of their culture. They were playing games like Mahjong for money for a long time and many people live in the game houses. They spend so much time there that they eat and drink at the game tables and go home only to get some sleep.

Actually every citizenship  in every country have a different culture ,and this all things happen its already  included in your discussion,like  those rich people often socialize in the form of casino,while those poor people only in country games with lower bets, and the new technology now is betting in the form of digital currency betting,otherwise all of this  we inherited from our different ancestor and this gambling games happen is part of recreation or relaxiation  of a person,to free fromm stress or worry of your appointment obligation,therefore gambling culture is part of daily lives of the people even in the next generation,its still existing and cannot be diminished.

In my opinion all the cultures of the world should be clean from gamblings, because many people in the world hate gambling societies and cultures. People like me will think that it is a bad culture that promotes gambling or accept gambling as their cultural tradition. Inheritance should be something more valuable and it should not be gambling.

Of course, that's why we can talk about the culture of gambling.
Do you remember those days when you were a child and somebody was daring you to do things? I bet you won't jump over this fence :) That's how it all starts, even children are inclined to gamble, they do many of these things naturally. When they're older they start betting money with friends, organizing competitions, playing games for money. You can't fight gambling!

That is impossible, gambling culture is existing for las hundred thousand of years are will continue for ever, in act with the creating of crytpo currency it give a new life to gambling, because it make it more easy for the people to play gambling online. I think that as time pass online gambling will continue increasing and more people will enter in the world of gambling.

I just want to make it clear first that it is not judgement its just that it is sounds weird to me that the government forbid gambling while your church allowing it occassionally. I don’t know, maybe because in my country it is vice versa or maybe it depends on religion. Mostly catholics belief that gambling is form of a sin and that is the reason why the church is not in favor in gambling.

O brother why you are involving others in this harmful game. You should be ashamed of this act. Don’t you know how bad this gambling is? How immensely this gambling is affecting people’s life in a wrong context? Think about this and you will be getting the real answer. And I hope after that one finding, you might be thinking of quitting this gambling thing because this really kills us financially.

Gambling is no doubt a bad thing and the elders of the community dislike gamblers, because in many religions it is also prohibited. That’s why gambling is not allowed in many countries especially in Muslim countries. When something is bad why community would give permission, besides many people gamble today but not openly. This is my culture.

Even if someone spends a little amount in gambling like you do but would not it be better to even not waste small amounts? Every drop matters in the river. All big things are made from small particles. So instead of wasting these pennies in gambling, saving it or investing in some good business or digital coins is a far better. One should never show ignorance regarding money.

Yup, together with gambling comes other vices like the one you have mentioned. Well you are already involving yourself in the wrong circles if you are into gambling so it doesn't change anything. The only way is to stick with people who don't have gambling habits so that you can overcome your addiction.

But as for online gaming, for me its easier to get hook on it because you just simply needed a internet connection and you can play anytime you want. So no difference whether its online gambling or physical gambling. So if you are in a culture wherein gambling is accepted in the society, sooner or later you will be suckered into the system and its really hard to get out.

So as I. believe me this gambling is just a wrecked thing that must be prohibited at government level. All the governments must be banning this as they have banned bitcoins. They are so strange, instead of banning gambling that is harmful for everyone, they are focusing on the ban on bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. They must know that gambling is killing the glamour of any culture.

I agree with you especially those that don't know what they are actually doing in gambling to just desist from it and stay clear away from it and save those pennies  for something worthwhile but if you have some gambling skills especially in sports betting then i will urge you on because you can make good profits if you stay disciplined.

I am with you in this elder point of yours, indeed they don’t look at gamblers with respect and think they are not men of principles. Honestly, there is some valid point in this way of thinking but at times, old people not only condemn but hate them too. Gambling is a game which has harmful effects on player and his close ones. It destroys a person financially as well as mentally and emotionally.