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Am not really a full time gambler but I'm a player, and if gamblers are addicted they'll have some favorite games to play, then what about the player who has also their favorite games can we really tell that they're also addicted to that certain game?

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I was little curious about this earlier, for I have seen some replies / feedbacks on my previous post that seems questionable to me. Only positive thought can be given, any negativities will get deleted

Being addicted can be general and wont only foccus on single type of game  .

Im not addicted gambler but im an addicted gamer but i dont  tend to foccus on one game . i will force my self to play different type of games because i also got bored  .

When it comes to gambling i do also have a favoritism . i love to play dice games because they are easy and fast past paced .

Of course, they can be categorically be called a addict as well (if that is what you trying to drive up). Just look at people who are hook in a slot machine. The first thing they do once they entered a traditional casino is look for their favorite machine because they positively think that it will give huge money, perhaps past experience will tell that they got lucky and win a huge payday and thinks that they will simply repeat it. But we all know that slots involves luck, but still they go and play with all the money. If they didn't win that day, I'm sure they will come back for more but at the end they will going to lose everything they got and then the cycle repeats again and again.

In gambling anyone can become an addict.

It doesn't apply only to specific people.

Perhaps you're asking is it a hobby or an addiction - well - I can never see a hobby in something that I won't feel right with ... most people who gamble keep it in some way as a secret, between them and themselves - this secret world is not going to lead you to a better place in my opinion, even if you win...

Perhaps other people might have a different perspective but in the end of the day - gambling can cause an addiction, there are no exceptions in regards to that statement, simply none whatsoever.

Theres a difference between addicted to a certain game and the one who has been favoriting specific gambling gam

Being addict you are seeking time,money and everything that possible just to play that game he got addicted

While the other one is simply playing that game whenever he has a time and money as well

Those are different attitude to gamble though they have same love and passion on their chosen games

I think that the line can be a little bit blurry sometimes.
I don't think you're addicted per se if you have a favourite game, but to an outsider it can definitely look that way.

When you think about it, having a game that you just play all the time can also make you addicted.
I imagine some people will start telling themselves they're not addicted, but in reality they're slowly getting dependent on playing that one game.

It's okay to have a favorite game, but I'd switch it up from time to time. That's just how I personally feel about it though...

If they exceed from there normal time frame and they already keeps playing even on their busy days, to the point that they missed important things just because of their addictions with certain games, it's considered as bad habits as you are no longer in a normal state of your minds.

I think its just terminology.

If you are a player and have a favourite game, its a favourite
for a reason, the game suits you, you are able to win or progress
in the game compared to other games where you didn't succeed.

So technically you could be addicted temporarily but being able
to control it is what truly seperates the favourite from addiction.

If you cannot control the pull towards playing then its addiction.

Addiction cant only be implied with single game yet these would either go both ways.
There are gambling addicts which do only like single game and other might be on multiple,
as long you are already acting or doing things excessively no matter what game or place then
consider your self to be addicted.Choosing single game isn't bad or even multiple as long
you do play on moderation then you aren't consider addicted.

Being addicted when they want to gamble and risk everything include their family.
Usually this cases will turn into criminal attempt so they must prepare the worst.

If I have favorite dice gambling site, I choose primedice.
This is not something bad as long as they can control themself !

Favourisitsm is a part of addiction,I am also not really addicted to anything but I too have some favourite games to play while I am going for gambling.You can get out from favourite game when you found another but getting moved from addiction might not be much easier.

I think them difference between favouritism and addiction will be a little bit if you like something it will be favourite if we had over expectation and extra Crush about something will be get ended up with the addiction.

When a person addicted to some gambling his Lifestyle will definitely change the very much and there is no confidence with his daily life for a gambler she was addicted to some cambly but favourite means once a person liking something it will called as favourite so I will not seen favouritism and addiction are not same.

I am not much involved in gambling but I think your person will definitely addicted to gambling very easily after using it couple of times so when it start with the love one favouritism but it end with the addiction only.

I am not an addicted gambler but I am quite addicted to sports bet. I usually love to bet on soccer and cricket because those are quite easy to predict although related risk are huge.

maybe your out of contexts mate because thers a question about comparison and not purely on addiction

I tend to disagree mate,favoritism is more that we love to choose without eagerness while in addiction we are more eager to choose things even it wasnt our favorite instead we want to choose that game thinking your luck is on that

What ever you do frequently and you cannot stay without doing? You are addicted to that things.  If you cannot have peace of mind except you gamble and play a particular game you are addicted to that game.  However, we have good addictions and those are the one that put money in our pockets.

Addiction comes in all forms. Using the term 'Player' doesn't change the fact that you're still gambling and are a gambler. So if you're addicted to a game, you're technically a gambling addict.
 
Like you'd delete all opinions that don't align with your beliefs? It's good to get constructive critical reviews.

The tendency towards a game that you like and do many times in a day then you will be included as an addict. Favoritism and addiction are slightly different, but addiction will come up when there is a favored thing. However, if you play gamble for the aim only to get profits or earn money then you will not have a game that you like (it's not favoritism) because the terminal is not something you like in a game but in money. But, when someone plays gambling is only interested in gambling like poker, dice and blackjack, you have favoristm that can deliver you to addiction someday. I think this is what distinguishes every person who gambles just an entertainment purpose and for those who want to get profit from gambling.

So, in this case we have two different types of FAVORITISM, in which one is for the addicted and one for non-addicted? I hope I did get you there?

But as for some reason it can also be the same with addiction? This thing is totally messed up, wherever you try to look at it the majority could say its the same thing, and my count is in that well.

Since we're debating on players would have favorite game and gamblers here's my contribution. The average gambler can have a favorite game without been addicted could be s/he just love gambling with that game but in the case of an addicted gambler, it's a must to have a favorite game you waste all your money on even though you win or lose.

First a gambler starts to play on his favorite game and if he play constantly, it's high likely that he will be addicted.
There is love on what we are doing but loving it does not all the time bring benefits especially if we did not notice that we are already addicted.
It's prone to every gambler that we will be addicted as we are just human, sometimes we loss control and we can't resist temptation.

Being addicted is not fun anymore, you are just wasting your money and worst is your life.

Guess not, it's fun mate that's why poeple are getting addicted to any forms of games. They're having fun for they know it can give them what they want, but most of the times now, people whose addicted are just trying to get what they have lost in the first place.

But still, I know it's fun even if you're already addicted on playing.

I think there are several perspectives to Favoritism and Addiction, They seem to be intertwined to some extent, One could easily lead to other, an example in football; you'll see some folks (due to favoritism leading to addiction) they place bets often on their favorite football club without caring about the chances of them winning the bet.
I'm Barcelona fan for instance, and more often than not I tend not place bet on Barcelona, not because I'm not a good fan, but because I think I might not be totally objective about every match or I could have my emotions cloud my judgment.

I was thinking also about that! addiction and favoritism are a quite different from each other, but favoritism, it can be addictive if you start to not control yourself!

I'll tell an example, I love so much sports betting, I was playing mostly all the days with my friends (Now it's favoritism).. I enjoyed so much even when I lose money, it's okay, because I don't bet with high amount of money, a few weeks after that I started to be addicted and I can't control myself, sometimes I place more than 10 bets in one day! It's really so bad, but fortunately I was quitting this addiction.

That is very hard to get out the hell of addiction if we just aiming to get back all our losses cause definitely it won't.
For me, addiction isn't having fun anymore but it giving us a miserable life in the end. I may trying to control myself and not to engage more in gambling.

Being addicted is different from having a favorite gambling game.

That might be your favorite gambling game but that doesn't mean that you are already addicted to it. If you are addicted to something, you have a lot of excessive times on that and you can't stop yourself from playing it. You don't need to think of it your body just might move on its own. Also, if you have a favorite, you tell it to your friends but if you are addicted to it, you just play it.

I don't really know whether the feelings of people who become addicts are always the same or not? For me, when I become an addict, there is no pleasure that I feel, because what I think is just pressure to win and profit, then you come back again to play continuously and continuously, there is no fun in being addicted. the game is fun, but when you turn into an addict Your goal will be different

Exactly mate,how can we call if funny when we are losing our money that can fed our family and the worst is our life since we care about nothing when we are addicted but only for our self if

Where can we get money to bet
For whom we can borrow to continue our gambling addiction
And can’t even come to work because we felt it’s only a hassle for our playing

You could say that a person with a favourite game can be addicted, most gamblers have some favourite games that are addicted to. In my case, I like poker and dice so you could say I am addicted because I gamble with other games rarely but I play poker and dice far more than other games. But, you aren't addicted if you can survive without playing the game a long time, then it is just favouritism not an addiction, you can have a favourite game without being addicted to full time gambling.

Perfect mate and I agree with you most of the gambler's addicted they are not stay in one games they play multiple games with have possible to get win. gambler's stay their own favorite games is doesn't mean he/she is addicted especially those gambler's play with moderation to relax get fun. the sign of gambler's addicted is playing without self control even if they sell their asset to give ways their addicting habit.

Favoritism and addiction is something that you can't compare really. Favoritism means you have a favorite thing but addiction is a habit you can't resist if it is there. There's a big difference between the two. In gambling, addiction means betting your all assets without using your brain to decide instead using your bursting emotion and become impulsive because of greed.

I would prefer favoritism with somehow the people still think of what they do and what they will earn/lose. They can enjoy playing the game but still, think in mind that it cant be their addiction.

To separate yourself from gamblers you can give honest reply can you stay away from any kind of gambling for two weeks or a month. I also have my favorite games, but I'm able to not come back to them for a long time when I'm not in a gambling mood and short with money.

Like some people above I see no connection between the two. An addict can have a favourite game or not and at the same time someone not addicted can also have a favourite game or not. I'd say the chance of an addict having a favourite game are much higher because he's spending more time playing and probably exploring all possible ways of gambling and a casual player can play only one thing and never even care to try other games.

Thats it, to be able to walk away from the gambling or gaming for a length
of time without having the urge to fall back into the routine can be difficult
when its an addiction, actually its almost impossible.

But if its something like a favourite ir a hobby its easler to set it aside for a
period of time.

Favoritism is like you're just playing to a one game, exerting effort and being loyal to that. I'm an addicted gamer but not focusing to a single game because if you're referring "gamer" then it should be a lot of games. It also applies to the others, Addicted gambler, means they're playing and betting all of the gambling games in casino and spending all of the money because he/she's addicted to it.

Favoritism just applies to those who still keeps playing to a single game because they're being attracted to it. Having an addiction is a general type, there's so many things you can be addicted to, and once you're being addicted to something, it's really hard to quit on that. Having a favorite means you want that thing to be in you because it fulfills your excitement and joy, and it can change time by time if a something new and interesting shows up.

Well, that's pretty obvious mate, how would you play gambling if you're short of money,maybe addicted players will definitely borrow from someone else but it's still just a bad habit and mustn't be done.
I simply get your point, and that's a good way to know how could you tell yourself if you're already addicted or not.

Favoritism is not something I would associate to addiction, they differ a lot from each other. Favoritism is when you play only one slot and you don't overdo it, you set a bankroll and stick to it, if you win ok if not still ok.

Gambling addiction is when your brain do not think of anything else except gambling, lately addiction has been put as a pathology, a disease from many doctors.

Actually not all gamblers are addicted in the first place which is a common misconception of many people. Then, addiction is different from favoritism because addiction is playing in a sense out of control in which he plays in no moderation and like treating gambling as a part of his life like he cannot barely live without him playing gambling. While on the other side, favoritism is playing in proper moderation in which even he have a favorite game he plays, he can stand on his own playing it on the right frequency, it is just that game is what he plays all over again at different time frames. Well, they might be link to each other if favoritism for a game goes out of control which makes it turn out into addiction. That is why whenever I play into the  online casino (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm) I am currently into, I keep in mind of having my control on the favorite games I play from the variety of games they have on it so I won't come into an end of me getting addicted into the games i usually play.

It doesn't mean just because you have a favorite gambling game, you're totally addicted to it. That doesn't fit what addiction really means, addiction means that you keep on coming back to it and you can't stop yourself from liking it.

Having a favorite game can also mean that you like it because you know how to play that game and you are very familiar to it. Example, you have given a lot of choice to gamble with different games but the other options you have isn't so familiar to you, you've got to choose the favorite of yours which you mostly gamble. As long as you're not acting as an addicted to that game like you mostly gamble with your money until you dry out, you can't figure out that you are addicted to it.

It is difficult when to draw the line between favoritism and addictiveness as they have different manifestations. A person may favour someone/something over another but that does not mean that he is addicted to it. In contrast, being addicted to something/someone means you find satisfaction from that feeling and you are insatiably hunger to look for more.
Furthermore, gamblers suffer this type of problem especially when they lack the self-discipline in controlling themselves. With their thirst for this satisfaction, they will exhaust every means in order to feed it- thus addiction is born.

Whatever you do and you are making money from I don't think we should refer to it as addictions.  I also think that for you to win in games you must have developed your skills in it and that is what gives you that winning and profits and as such it is important that winning in game is not addict nor favoritism but skilkfulness.  However,  in gambling one can be addicted because it is only luck that makes you to succeed.  So many people lose because they did not understand that in gambling it is very difficult to win unlike game and trading.

I think the beginning stage of favouritism is the main lead to the addiction at the end so both are the same 11 attraction but if you had used the gambling sweet limitation it will continue to be a favourable field of you at all the time.

Addiction and favoritism are real different and apart from each other because favoritism in terms of playing gambling is sticking into a certain game he usually play because he find essence and interest as well as enjoyment enough for him to always play that game. While addiction seems like trying and playing variety of games seeking for a way to earn, chasing losses which sounds that it is a playing attitude which is already out of control and proper moderation. But indeed that on some cases, favoritism can lead to addiction once favoritism being applied on a game became obsession on playing it out of control. I would like to know more about the variety of games you were talking about in that online casino for me to be able to see if I will find an interesting game that will suit my preference.

Favoritism is a feeling that is natural, we all at some point can lean towards something that we like.
The addiction is when they pass the limits of what we like, doing it at every moment, leaving many commitments aside, just to satisfy the need.
I think that addiction is difficult to overcome, there is a long way to fall from favoritism to addiction, however, in our personality, there must be mechanisms to control in case you start to fall into addiction.
It is best to be calm, and have many things to do, to master the feeling.

Nah. If ever theres a connection between these two, it's not that prominent. A favorite gambling game or any other game at that matter, can be controlled. It's your top pick among other games but not necessarily to the point that you're going to lose yourself over it. That's far from what addiction is.

From my understanding favoritism will not lead towards addiction. Maybe some 20% might get into addiction through favouritism. Most of the gamblers just spend when their favourite team or specific players are there in the event. This will be available periodically, upon which there is low chance to get into addiction through favouritism.

Not only favorite teams or players but also favorite game ( gambling )  .  i agree on you that favoritism does not lead to addiction  . i myself do have a favorite game , i love casino based games because i was once a casino player on our local place  but that does not mean i am addicted with it because i can still balanced my schedule as im also a busy person  . my life does not evolve only in playing a gambling.

What's your basis on which only 20% of gamblers with favorite games later lead to addiction? Nah, just kidding. I understand that it was just a mere estimation ;D. When it comes to sports betting, it applies somehow since your favorite team does not have a match all the time thus giving you a hindrance to have a betting addiction.

But I think it was a different story when it comes to card games or other games. For example, if playing poker is your favorite, then tendency is that you will get addicted eventually because the casino is always open and just waiting for you. See? There are no restrictions at all which can prevent you to become an addict unless you're disciplined enough to control yourself.

if someone starts to like a game in gambling, and they come more than 2 times for the same game, it can be said to be an addict.

It depends. If they are spending too much of their time in their favorite games, we can tell that they are really addicted to that particular game. However, if someone plays his forvorite game for not so long, meaning he is aware that his time should be limited that particular game then we can't consider it as an addiction.

Like what I’ve always saw with the older players in the casinos who just want to play roulettes all the time. Its their favorite game and it makes them more addict passively. If we continue to play, everyday or every other day or what it can make us addict easlly. They tend to play only one game because they are already confident with it and already know what to do.

Yes, that is how things go on step by step. You might love to play and gamble for enjoyment in the start and with the passage of days, you would be a full addict to it. This happens when you do not know about the importance of your time.

Even for enjoyment, you are paying an equal amount of money that you could really make if you had spent your time making money. So with a rational though, one cannot become an addict given wisdom is there. Then you can play your favorite game with love.

Yes since addiction can happen when you always gamble for whatever reason you have. The excitement on your favourite game will increase everyday and it will make you addict. Better not to like much any games on casinos or online to preven yourself from this addiction.

Yes, its really fun but it is still really stressing me our when I am already losing half of my capital. LOL. But still, I want to play more because of the fun that's inside the game and the excitement of the outcome of the game.

Well, I do not think that is completely right. Of course you would always spend much of your time on the things you love most, the amount of time spent on the game is not what’s make it addiction it is the ability to control the time not to affect other things that makes it an addiction.

For instance if I do not have anything else to do and I decide to spend all my day playing my favorite game and having fun, I don’t think I should be termed an addict to that game but a situation where I spend all day on that game at the expense of things that would better my life or just sacrifice more important things and I am not able to control myself to stop the game, that is when I should be termed an addict to the game.

What?! That was unreasonable (IMO). So for example, if there's a teenager who take illegal drugs for the first time due to curiosity and take again for the second time because of peer pressure but lately realized the bad effects of it on the 5th time which made him decide to stop it once and for all, is he still considered a drug addict? Of course not! It's the same with gambling, it was impossible for you to be called an "addict" just for playing/betting several times in your whole life, it was way more than that. One of the manifestations of being an addict is the uncontrollable desire to engage on such thing which means you feel the strong need of gambling over and over again up to extent that you already misbehave for the sake of fulfilling it.

Of course not, I think every player has their favorite gambling games,  Like me who really likes soccer betting, moreover when playing with my friends. But as long as you don't play continuously, spend all your time and money, and you can't stop, then you become an addict

Psychologically, if the person wins on a game,example poker he will think that he can control the game and can win again. The game he always win makes it his favorite bacause of the experience he had with it also. You can notice it that an addict gambler has only a one game biased because of this.

Both terms look quite the same but there’s a little difference. I would use myself for example, if there is a special game that I just like for certain reasons and I could spend so much time and even money I would call that my favorite game but when I can no longer control the pull, that even when am failing and the gaming is affecting every of my activities and yet I do not mind, that is when that particular game it becomes an addition.

The point here is one can actually be a gambler but not addicted. Just that ability to control, Knowing when to pull out, knowing when to stop but anyone who cannot not control even when they are not succeeding is already addicted and might probably be needing a little help. It is nothing wrong to have a favorite gambling game but it is a little bit wrong to become too addicted

I think anyone can have their own favorite game based on their taste or whether they're comfortable about a certain game... but if you have a favorite game, for me I think they're are not considered as an addicted to a certain game because it's their favorite maybe because they're comfortable to it or they're good about it that's why they consider it as their favorite.

For me Addicted to a certain game is when you're out of control... wherein you can't control yourself to play your favorite game or can't limit yourself to play. All of this are according to my own perspective and perception.

Indeed. Those two are really far away connected from each other and distinguish two different type of player in gambling. But favoritism can lead to addiction once the gaming behavior has turned out of control. You can check the  online casino (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm) I am currently into to see the variety of games and see if there are games that will suit your preference.

Addiction from my understanding is inability to avoid things that are no-beneficial to you.
If a player is spending much of his time on game that adds no value to his life then he's probably addicted to the game.