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This person started a thread about benefits of gambling:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2047546.0

btw in English you say "benefits from of gambling", not from.

I would like to open a thread about the opposite.
Here are some disadvantages that come to my mind when gambling is involved, I did not copy-paste any text from anywhere, this is purely my own thoughts about it:

1) Gambling brings you loneliness, or makes you feel alone or want to be alone, it can isolate you from society or from other important events in your life.
2) It can suck your energy or your happiness, it can get inside your head and won't leave you alone until you gamble again.
3) Not to mention it can can destroy you financially, you can lose a lot of money in a matter of seconds/minutes/hours/days. Some stories show how people lost over millions of dollars in a matter of hours or days.
4) Gambling can also destroy you individually, not only financially, you can lose your family, your job, your friends or relatives.

All in all gambling is a losing proposition, these drawbacks weigh much more than any possible benefits you can ever come up with when it comes to gambling.

All the disadvantages you mentioned will only happen only if the intention of gambler is to make money so no one can't be blamed if we are doing something wrong and most of them even knows what will happen if they continue gambling but still they were playing.

More disadvantages are:
- Hard to stop gambling habit once they were addicted.
- Chances of losing their money on scam gambling sites.
- they may get robbed if they have won huge amount of money in real casino from insider.

There are a lot of disadvantages and little advantages to gambling. Gambling can impact your life, it can lower your standard of life is the miminum it can happen to you. The maximum is you risk to lose your family and be all alone , I have seen many people talking to themselves in the street and I know for many of them it is the consequence of gambling addiction.

It's "no one CAN be blamed" (not can't).

And anyone who gambles is subject to become an addict, there are countless stories about people who just tried to gamble with $5 and ended up losing their life savings and more than that (e.g. Justyn Larcombe).

You treat these disadvantages as if they are symptoms where the patient needs to be blamed for - whilst the gambling industry washes its hands clean off this - tell me something, Thanasis, are you part of the gambling industry? Do you run a gambling website?

I don't mind people discussing this topic but stating unscrupulous statements and making them seem like facts is despicable.

There are advantages and disadvantages in pretty much everything that people do for entertainment.

Gambling is not the only form of entertainment which can have disadvantages.

Take racing cars for example. Many people do it as a hobby which is similiar to gambling and there can be a crash and cause death.

Take sports like Hockey for another example. Many people do it also as a hobby which is similiar to gambling and it could lead to a serious injury.

Gambling just has a bad rap because many lost their money in regards to it and they try to label it as evil however there are other forms of entertainment which are just as bad and risky.

All that you've written are true, I also experience having some financial problem because of gambling.
It reached into the level that I have to borrow money from a lender and this is hidden to my wife, it could really destroy our lives if we will
not control ourselves, we have to kill that urges to gamble to avenge our loses because when we are too aggressive
this will make us more stupid. Gambling is a game where you need to use your mind effectively and set aside the emotions.

There are some other disadvantage that much worst than the list above.

I think the other one is if you lose a big amount it becomes frustrated and you will never forget it keeps repeating your mind that you lose a big amount until you sell some gadgets or things just to have money to gamble again. If you didn't recover or win on the game everything can be much worst until everything you have are gone.

That is why just gamble that you can afford to lose and gambling is made for fun not for wasting your time for nothing if you treat gambling as a place where you can make easy money then you are wasting your time gamble your money in gambling casino.

Sorry for the typo.

Actually I am not a hater of gambling but the real fact is people making it as a bad thing by doing it in a wrong way so I just mentioned some thoughts from mind,nothing to offend anyone. :)

Many would say depression but I don't think that this is the negative aspect of gambling. In my opinion, the biggest disadvantage of gambling is that people waste a lot of time in the process of gambling.
Aside from money, you have to "invest" time in order to make the right decision and minimize the possibilities of losing your money at the end of the bet.

Sorry for my attitude, I just tackled lots of people in this forum who love to blame the gamblers for everything.

Yes, if a person makes a wrong decision he should be responsible for it, but enticing weak people (e.g. sending emails to people who want to stop gambling, using TV ads) - this might be legitimate and legal, but it's very unethical.

Gambling bring so much stress to anyone at the end of the day especially when you realize the money you've loss. I think the only advantage of gambling is that, it can give you easy money unexpectedly but there's no assurance on this, so its really more on the negative side. Gambling is still a great place to have fun, but try to play moderately.

All these happen in the case somebody gets addicted. Then indeed, he lose the control over his life and money.
But this kinda happens with all kinds of addiction.

I think that the easier summary would be: the disadvantage of gambling is that it can trigger too easily an addiction.
But again, a lot of addictions fall into this "too easy" group.

So.. yeah.. everybody, don't gamble more than you afford to lose and gamble only while it's fun.

Everyone is aware of the disadvantage of gambling but they don't mind it as they are more interested on the advantage of gambling.

We know the risk and it's a high risk activity and yet we are still doing it, that is because we are hoping to win some good amount of money to change our lives. Some even think that they can make a living in gambling, so it's really hard to convince people to focus on the risk rather that the rewards as some people are just too unrealistic.

This disadvantages is actually covered on the point number 3 and 4 already which is about "destroy you individually and financially". You just rephrase it in different words, but it does not matter.
The other worst thing can be about someone can become a criminal once they lose everything they have in order to continue gambling.


Most gamblers start like that but unfortunately everything may changed in the process while they gambling. At first they just want to try their luck with small amount of money, but their curiosity turn them into addiction.

Addiction in social media does the same. Psychologists have coined a term for that, called IAD (Internet Addiction Disorder). Should we blame social medias like Facebook and Twitter for that? Or should we blame ourselves for our addiction?


True! But it only happens when you don't know where to stop. Gambling is a form of entertainment but the problem starts when someone considers gambling as a method of income! Usually addicted gamblers face this issue!


Again, extremely addicted gamblers face this issue and not everyone! I gamble for pleasure and not for income! Someday I score a profit and someday I don't. I still have a family and a day job. What you are talking is an exception and exception is there is every kind of businesses in the world.

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In a nutshell, you have captured the psychological aspects of an addicted gambler, but not those who play for pleasure! Gambling is a business like any other businesses of the world. Addiction is definitely an issue but with professional psychological help it can be cured. Can't really blame the entire gambling industry for the such exceptions. If that is the case, tobacco and alcohol industry should be banned first!

Some people here claim it shouldn't be risky but it should be fun, something recreational ... do you see any fun in it when you lose money?
Most people gamble because they wanna win, not because they feel like throwing away $5 on some game ... yet the gambling industry, if you lose, will blame you for doing the "wrong" thing, for not playing for recreational purposes.

Gambling is not designed for a risk of $5 or $10, it was designed for people to steal money in order to fund this habit.

Everyone were around here to make a  winning and make a bigger earning out of the money spend. As questioned, none wants to lose money and have fun. Very small percentage of people are there with such mentality, they spend just because they have lot of funds to spend out of their living expenses. Simply it isn't developed to steal, but the greed of people make themselves get stealed.

What kind of pleasure do you get out of losing your hard earned money? What value do you get out of it? If you pay for something that has value then it's worth it, but this one has no value whatsoever, the games you play are not there for fun, they are there for you to lose money.


Businesses of the world or businesses in the world?! I know English is a tricky language (which is why so many lawyers love it) but seriously, what's wrong with adopting very few basic rules in grammar?


Why create a problem in the first place? If it wasn't exist then no one would have needed to go seek help, correct?

However, this topic was already discussed so many times before and there's a chance that your perspective is also the same as the others' so I don't find any reason why this thread is necessary. Nevertheless, each one of us has the free will to share knowledge so I appreciated what you did.
For me, this sentence sums it up. What do you think? ;D
You have a good point but that still depends on the well being of a particular gambler. If he is disciplined and strictly follow his good principles then gambling would not be a probpem at all but if he is not then that's the time when problem comes. All is just a matter of proper handling.

Sometimes it makes me feel like everyone has turned into an enemy of mine who don't want me to enjoy my life the way I want to, through the source of gambling. Trust me, it happened so many times that I can't explain how exactly it felt, but then I feel the heat of guilt that's put upon me due to overthinking and not understanding that my loved ones are just trying to depart me off gambling to save me from its ill effects.


It is not less than masturbation or porn addiction when compared, the only difference here is money. Woah! Even porn needs money for those premium videos, how can I forget?

Once the faith in you is lost, nobody will be back in your life for your entire lifetime due to the fact that you are not willing to skip gambling addiction and move ahead.

There is no proper handling when it comes to randomness, the system is designed for you to play as much as possible ... you won't lit your house on fire and then try to extinguish the fire, right? You simply won't do it in the first place.

The same should be applied here.

Math said that you are going to loss in gambling how matter good you're or if you have your favorite method.
You can win big from gambling only if you have enough guts at the right time and only a few people able to make it happen.

For example Dan Bilzerian

There are times that gambling gives you happiness especially if you are just gambling for fun only. Yeah its hard since most gamblers want to win  money when they gamble but there are some gamblers out there who are happy even though they lost their money.

I agree with this. There are some gamblers out there who lost many money already in gambling and this is because they become greedy if they win or even they lose. Lucky for me, I lost a small amount in gambling FOR NOW.

Gambling destroy you mentally if you lose your money. Gambling can affect your ties with your family or even your companions since it destroys your mind bit by bit.

I think gambling is giving negative impacts on a gambler. I don't see any positive things that gambling can give (although there are some who will disagree with this).

I agree with @NeuroticFish here. Everything mentioned in the OP refers to gambling addiction, not gambling itself. The same can be applied to any addiction. Take alcohol, for instance. More than 7% of the American population aged 18 and older have a drinking problem. Over 80,000 people die from alcohol-related causes each year in the U.S. alone. That's a serious problem, but it doesn't mean you can't enjoy a beer or two with your friends. Just don't get addicted to it, that's all.

Betting or any form of gambling investment convey such a great amount of worry to anybody by the day's end particularly when you understand the cash you've misfortune. I think the main preferred standpoint of betting is that, it can give you pain free income surprisingly however there's no affirmation on this, so its extremely more on the negative side. Betting is as yet an incredible spot to have a great time, yet attempt to play if you enough fund with you.

But everyone hoping that they can be one of that person to big win so they are trying their luck again to make their dream happen on someday.

I won't play much gambling because I know the chances of being that one is very less.

I do not agree with almost all of the listed things. First one is being alone and gambling causing being alone, well it could be true if you are a gambling addict and you can just lose all your money and ask for more from your close circle and even strangers and become lonely but if you gamble just for fun and stop when you can than there is absolutely no reason for you to be alone.

I only gamble when my wife goes to bed for example (she wakes up earlier than me so she goes to bed earlier than me), if you are an addict and get get gambling out of your head than you need to consult a professional about it, gambling addiction is not better than drug addiction or drinking, its an addiction, if you do not care about gambling enough to think about it as soon as you close the tab than you will be fine. Basically all of these "disadvantages" of gambling is purely "disadvantages of gambling addiction" and not gambling itself.

If you say that gambling is a losing proposition — where loses weighs greater than the profits — then why there are existing poker players (just for example) who are now multi-millionaires? This only proves that with a good combination of a little bit luck and tactics, being successful is not impossible.

I feel gambling is all about disadvantages.None can make profit in gambling or they lost profit anyhow.Gambling can make your life hell because you could be empty hand for gambling.More bad effect of gambling is you became frustrated and your life become valueless.               

I think many gamblers know their chances on becoming one of the few people. Their chance is also few but then many still tries, who wouldn't want it, it's all worth it taking the chance and risk if you win big. One of disadvantage and probably biggest disadvantage is the winning percentage, it's very low.

Thats only what you think because you maybe experience to loose all the time and you are not playing the right way or the wiser way  but dont worry because you arent alone many people do also think the same way as you  .

All of you guys were wrong . gambling isnt built to make your life miserable . gambling isnt evil  . the gambler is the only one that make negative thoughts on gambling .

Well said.
I gave you 2 Merits for this.

Despite of this disavantages, gambling makes other people more worthy. Those who are working on the casinos are living well because of the salaries they get, and that comes from the gamblers. So if the gamblers are suffering from big losses, someone is enjoying that money. So many disadvantages in gambling, so always be careful.

Its so easy to state all the negative things about gambling because i believe that it is negative in nature. If you let lose yourself to it and become addict, you will suffer from getting broke up to being alone without your family who is also tired from your doings. So until its early, just play moderately and control yourself.

From all of the given disadvantages this is what I believe is indeed because i remember when i was still engaging alot in gambling this is what i felt,i was aloof from others and i always skip friendly bonding just because of my gambling habits and until it turns all my closest friend leaves me because of my new behavior and attitude

Thats why now since I have completely erased my fast life I realize one thing,that friends is still our defense whenewe got in troubles

Actually gambling meant to be other way,it can bring us lot of friends into our life so make our lonliness to forget so you should reconsider about this and surely you can get overcome this disadvantage.

I don't know if you're aware of this news two years ago:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Resorts_World_Manila_attack

I guess this is one of the worst effect of gambling to a person.

Anyways, my call is that you really need to be in control of yourself once you enter this gambling world, otherwise you will really experience those things you mentioned. So if you're responsible enough and can emotionally control your betting then those disadvantages won't surface, in my opinion.

I agree. Some people actually gamble because they're lonely. Though of course we all know that it's not the solution. What can seem to be a solution may be a quicksand that'll sink the lonely person into more problems. It's a doubled edged blade.

What op has listed are truth and gambling can really make us to suffer from those things.  I think if you lose too much in gambling one can develop bp and depression.  Gambling has destroyed many gamblers happiness and if you cannot gamble just for fund there is no need of going into it.

Gambling is about randomness.
When you put randomness in someone's life the reaction will never be clear.

In another words, what you describe might apply to some people but even these people are in a risk of losing the plot, there are no guarantees.

I'm really sorry but that's just BS.
How gambling can bring you lots of friends?

You can go with your friends to the casino but in the end of the day when you gamble you risk your own money and not your friends'.

Gambling is isolating people, it's not connecting people, if you believe otherwise then I am not sure what type of "friends" are you referring to?

There's a lot of disadvantage of gambling but I will focus on online gambling since we're on the cryptocurrency industry and most of the gamblings here are online gambling. Below are just some of the disadvantages I've known and this is all according to my observation, perception and experiences.

1. Everyone can play Gambling games no matter what's your age, since it's online you really don't know if the player is 18+ and the minimum verification are just name or confirmation on email which can 18yrs old and below can do. As long as they have money they can play gambling games.

2. Greediness. We all know that once we experience winning we still want to win more and when we start losing we wanted to recover our loses so we are going to invest again until we lose all our money and realize the money we've wasted from playing gambling games.

3. Addiction. Playing a lot from it gives you an addiction in where you can't control yourself from playing without considering anything like where you're going to get your playing money or what will happen to you when you lose in playing gambling games.

So far here are the disadvantages I know from playing gambling games.

there are some rest advantage and disadvantage are also equally being there in most of the field so I definitely see gambling was a good form of money making so disadvantage will not give any difficulties for me to do gambling.

Going to casinos give the chances to meet lot of new faces so this can be an opportunity to make lot of friends for us.But gambling with our money is not going to help in making new friends.

Most people you would meet in the casino would be "friends" that would ask you for loans etc.

Reminds me of the dice website, I tried it for 5 minutes and got so many requests from people for loans and other shady stuff.

Not talking about online gambling sites,imagine you are going to a casino where you can meet new people which can become friendly with you by your talk and way of looking but we definitely don't have to ask them for loans they will consider as scammers.

The people we met may have been related to our job or business so we have the opportunities to hang out together.

The disadvantage will not be a big problem for gambling because something will definitely be a problem in any field so the disadvantage will not be affect the money making or anything because if only advantage are there in any field there is no risk and attraction will happened on that field so gambling field will need more popularity so it will definitely be there

Gambling is a dangerous addiction and one getting in the gambling industry faces a tough time in managing his gambling life and the financial life. People in States seems to be more commonly addicted to this gambling life and lose a hefty sum of money each year due to the poor strategies used by them in Gambling.

Some lose higher than expected and incur debts which would affect their personal life and more commonly their mental health. Gamblers are subjected to increased alcoholic addiction if they lose more than what they have gambled. Also they are subjected to intense pressure which might lead to unemployment.

Gamblers face a tough situation in their family too. If they lose money, they are subjected to pressure which gets transferred to others in god family. Gamblers due to their increased addiction will borrow loans and debts from friends and banks and would eventually lose them leading them to further problems in the society. Unless you are lucky enough to get back what you gambled you would more probably lose all the money.

Online Gambling has further disadvantages when compared to RL gambling. You would be confined within the virtual world and would have no contact with real players apart from the inbuilt chat. Casino downtimes are regularly being a frustration among online gamblers which would be difficult during peak seasons. On top of that, we need to trust the online websites for the withdrawal of our funds. Nowadays online gambling is receiving harsh criticisms due to the ongoing scams taking place all over the market.

Disadvantages in gambling is for gamblers and not for the creator of the gambling site, so it's a problem for gambler mate! you can't say that is not a problem, there is a thousands of gamblers lose a lot of money every month in gambling! The only one who make a lot of profit is the owner of the casino or the gambling site, if it's online.

the points are definitely accepted by me because it will be true for everyone to make their gambling more useful but it will not work in time so we need face it with our confidence.

I can relate to this, I was once an addicted gambler. It started as a normal play that lead to addiction. I think its because of my losses that I want to get back and chasing is like a cycle without an end if you dont have control and you're not in your right mind to stop. Due to this my relation to my family slowly changed, im just thankful that my wife is very understanding and helped me to compose myself. I had to seek for a professional help to overcome the addiction. Its been a long time now, currently I still gamble but with control and limitation.

I think people who are trying to gamble must read first the disadvantages of playing to become aware of the consequences.

That's why I didn't take seriously gambling because all I want is having fun with it. Negatively sides of gambling are more than compared to the positive side on it. And it is hard to adjust if everything makes worst happen like you've lost everything because of chasing your losses.
Yeah right, can destroy everything if you don't know how to manage it.

That should be the case for everyone. Gamble what you can afford to lose. But in reality, once a person got addicted, he will bet all his savings as well as his life. And that's not fun anymore. People should remind themselves what they are heading into before going deep in this addiction.

It looks like most of the user here believes that gambling is all about disadvantage, well i have to agree with them and to summary all their thoughts, gambling is base on how you greed you are. If you are too much greedy, then you will lose big but if you know how to be contented and to just have fun then gambling is good to you even if you are also losing. 

This isn't just for gambling but it's for everything that you do alone. You are isolating yourself from the society because you feel uncomfortable dealing with other people.

A fact.

Whenever we lose, this starts to get into our minds and we can't be contented of just thinking on how we're going to recover it. What we want is to recover it with our bare hands and that pushes us to gamble more.

These 2 reasons are on point.

I've watched different stories on how they made themselves broke for getting that much addiction in gambling. They even lost not just properties, went bankrupt and even lost their loved ones.

While reading all your points, I can feel the pain damn.

many have already posted all the negative impacts of gambling into someone else's mind, body, spirit, etc.
but here we are, most are gamblers by nature. and still betting or playing.
 it is our own self only that can limit our part on this gambling business. this business will stay and proliferate no matter what
so it is our responsibility to do our part on how to stay sane in this business or better yet, totally quit...

It's hard to stop when you are already addicted to gambling, many have experienced it. Not just me, not probably just you but most that are here discussing that someone should take care of himself of not becoming addicted.

Yes, gambling is a business and the more the addicted you are, the more that you are helping the business to keep on operating. I can't totally quit in gambling because I chose to remain but I also have a choice to gamble moderately.

I think another advantage of gambling online as compared to gambling in actual casinos is that you'd spend less time when you gamble online. Since you're home, you'd eventually get tired, or your eyes will probably get strained, or your back will get sore from sitting in front of your computer the whole day. Whereas actual casinos are actually designed for you to get comfortable and to spend the maximum possible amount of time for a human to gamble. You are given free drinks, comfortable seats and even free hotel rooms sometimes so you won't have to go home to rest. Gamblers sometimes even spend weeks in casinos because of this kind of environment.

I'm not going to reply to this in a similar fashion, like "Gambling is connecting people, it's not isolating people", because in my opinion it would be the worst way of conducting a dialogue. There are billions of people in the world and their experiences from the same activities differ from case to case, in the same manner as outcomes. Of course you are right saying that gambling is isolating people, but you are right only partially, because there are others, like me and zhekinsp, finding many friends on gambling sites. I hope you understand that the answer to the question "Whose friends are better?" is not that obvious.

In short, we can't state categorically neither that gambling is good nor that gambling is bad  because it is good for some and bad for others.

The only time I was really addicted to anything was video games.  It used to be a really bad habit and took a great toll on my health as I barely slept. Luckily I haven't had the same affliction with gambling and I'm able to do it in moderation without any problems.

I never felt this sense of positivity whenever I lose in gambling. Ever since I started to gamble before, my focus was solely on winning and not losing which slowly increases my addiction overtime.
Some people might argue that they view gambling as a form of entertainment but that only applies to people who have resources larger than most of the people who go there and gamble.


The existence of online gambling sites address anonymity factors, privacy, and convenience and I find it ironic that people continues this kind of attitude. What makes gambling (or any other hobby) harmful is the addiction you develop afterwards to the point that it affects the people around you. Without having self-control and discipline, it will slowly cloud your judgement which will eventually cascade to bad decision making.

Well said qwerty.

When we talk about addiction, it could be anything that we really like to do because there is a pleasure in it that we keep on searching.
Addiction is just a very broad word that could mean anything but why is that we do get addicted to the things that would eventually destroy us?
I think this is what they say that not too little, not too much, but just right.

It was still better that you used to play with video game which did not involved any money. As had it be money then mostly you would have lost money in the long run and addiction is other effect to it. So it is good that you ave recovered from your old habit and also you enjoy gambling now.

I think to be addicted to video games is better than in gambling, because in gambling you will lose money and you'll not lose that in video games, so it's really a good thing. I don't say that addiction to video games is good, of course, it's so bad as your health will be probated, but at least you will not lose money, cause there is thousands of gamblers losing a lot of money every single day.

I remember before playing online games and it is involved money, I so fan in playing dota2 and do gamble on this as well.
It took my whole time playing on that online game and I think that was an addicted, just like gambling, if you addicted to it there's a lot of negative sides you've been encounter. Spending a lot of time and of course, it is involved money which is the worst thing if you have lost everything just because of gambling.

In contradict to most people here, I am not finding any disadvantage with my gambling. I gamble for money and for entertainment as well. But, I love what I am doing hence I believe there are less possibilities for me to list out any disadvantages I am facing with my gambling.

When something is profitable to you through your own gambling or by affiliate income or through bank-roll investments, I guess no one might be having any inconveniences with that. I know how to gamble regardless of whether I am trying in dicing or slots or lottery. I know my limits and I know when to quit for a day or for week. I enjoy my gambling along with my cryptos.

what I'm saying in gambling the main disadvantage was it will not give profit in most of the time so I think there is only one percentage of people will get their money back to their home and the remaining people will only get the last for their home so it will definitely a big disadvantage for the camera and also it affect the gambling field also.

That is really great to hear. I believe every gambler here will be learning something from you but you're not sharing exactly what you are doing with your gambling. I mean how you are controlling yourself against your limits for gambling.

If you mind to share more information about how you are gambling and what are the practice your following to safeguard yourself against gambling addiction will be helpful for many people to overcome the disadvantages they are facing with gambling.

Gambling addiction for many people turned the same like to you with video games. With time such kind of things move on the top places for us and such important things as family, work/study, obligations are becoming not so important. I also had a period of time when I played video games a loot, teen years, luckily I found other things which appeared more interesting to me and helped me break my soft kind of addiction. I like to gamble from time to time, but I can not came back to this for months when I really have no time or other priorities.

What you would have actually highlighted would have been the major problems such as
- Depression and stress(very serious health problem in my opinion) some people have even committed suicide due to gambling
- Very addictive and hard to let go

I agree.There are really those gamblers who have not recover from addiction and so they do things unconsciously.Yes they may commit suicide especially if they cannot bear the pain or depression anymore.For me,all the disadvantages of gambling may not be possible if a gambler knows how to handle himself and has his own limits enough not be addicted with gambling.

OP, I don't believe in your submission that gambling can make you lose your family, friends and relatives as you rightly mentioned above but on the other ones you mentioned are all okay but I don't see any relationship with gambling and losing of family, friends and relatives except if you can buttress further on this particular point.

I'll debunk your first statements about disadvantages.


No it's not, you can socialize with other people in gambling, talk about gambling, there's a lot of players in this world that's always in the casino. You can interact with them and make them as a gambling buddy. I don't think gambling brings loneliness, 'cause when you're betting to a game, there's an excitement and thrill because you're hoping to win it.


It's a true disadvantage, you can also insert here "addiction". The real disadvantage and the root of all is addiction, if you're addicted on gambling, it might ruined your life and everything so we must have a control when gambling.

All the disadvantages we see in gambling are due to the fact that we don't it as a form of entertainment but as a way of earning hence when we make losses we end up with lots of problems such as addiction and stress.

If gambling is purely done for fun and entertainment... some of the challenges can be eliminated

I think that the features you describe fit exactly the same kind of addiction - alcoholism, drug addiction, sexoholism etc.
maybe actually in the case of gambling - the financial factor is the most powerful - you can lose everything in one evening (which in the case of other addictions would take several weeks or months) but at the very end we reach the same state ....

In my opinion it is an excessive argument. I'm sure every gambler has his own limits in gambling, if every gambler has wise thinking then they won't make losses in gambling as an excuse to affect his life to be worse, gamblers only need time to be alone so that their emotions are stable and that doesn't mean gamblers isolate himself for a long time all the time and everywhere gamblers will have relatives beside him, that's what I see.

When I was younger I was also addicted with video games, well it's normal to gamers like us but there is no risk involve in terms of finances as during my time, we don't put a bet in games, it's just the new generation today loves to gamble in anything.  Addiction can really cause negative things into our life, though we are not in risk financially but your experience tells addiction can lead to damaging your health.

you guys werent alone as i myself is also addicted to playing video games but i dont inherit that behavior in gambling maybe because gambling cost a real money and i dont have a money at all times but let say i do have a money i think i will also become an addicted gambler .  thats the only disadvantage of gambling it involves a real cash .

serious addiction can lead to health problems and that can also lead to financial expenses because you need money to medicate your self  .

Disadvantages of gambling are huge and can't list at once. People lose huge money, waste time, energy and bevome desperate at one point. Most people avoid gambler and as a result he becomes alone too.

The biggest disadvantage that can happen is that you feel bad when you lose, because it can affect the psychological self-esteem of the person, since this has a direct impact on our daily life. In fact, many people do not control it and can feel very depressed, for me this is the biggest disadvantage of the game, when it is lost.

I think this are symptoms of gambling addiction. A normal gambler could gamble few times in a week without having these problems. Some people tend to get addicted to stuff than other.
Gamblers need to take your post seriously though.

Is this what you feel because you were a gambler?

I feel there are something which has no relevance to other people, the points you mentioned are general conclusions. Because on the occasion not all gamblers feel loneliness, losing happiness or even destroying someone's life. Many of them having fun in their life or even when they experience a lot of loss.

Are you asking me?

Well, there are disadvantages and the major disadvantage in gambling is the uncertainty in the future of your money you put it. This uncertainty is the reason why many people loose nerves along with values. But, again gambling is a kind of activity that brings you in contact with the rich guys who have the potential to do things and you could socialize with them which can lead to possible future deals.

Gambling has much of disadvantages because it is just like a nomal thing what people can do but if someone being addict to it then there will be lot of disadvantages for them.

1.Will lose their money by keep betting.
2.Will lose their family because of no money.
3.Will lose their prestigious status on the society and much more.

In fact it depending on the gambler nature. Some people play gambling only for making money and such people mostly cannot control their emotions which make the situation worst for them.

Moreover, very little number of people the sense how to play gamboling, while majority of people loses money because they actually do not know the why to play gambling and prevent themselves from lost. That is why most of the people option about gambling is that it is risky to play gambling.

Not only gambling, each and everything has got advantages and disadvantages associated with it. With gambling too it isn't an exception, disadvantages of gambling can be overcome by the gambler if he plans good and act wisely. The best one can do is set the limitations to spend on gambling. Even in win and loss one need to limit himself from spending.

Those are the risks and therefore you need to control that, if you know it's possible to be in that situation in the long run, then
you have to make ways to prevent it from happening, things like that should not happen to us as gambles, we don't deserved that, we are here
for the entertainment and that is completely an opposite result.

We have to be careful and manage the risk effectively, gambling is fun but it's too risky and the blame should be on us if in case we failed controlling ourselves.

The most and worst disadvantage of gambling is, after huge winning among fellow gambler in casino, those set who are not happy with your winnings may plot or plot to kill such successful gambler just to recover the gains from him/her. The chance of getten been killed are there.

If you are afraid on that possibility, you can always choose to gamble online and stay anonymous.
There's a lot of risk when you are holding money, and that does not happen only in gambling.
I heard news before about a gambler being robbed after winning a big amount in the casino, and we have a thread about that here.  Gambler was being robbed (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5091119.0)

Gambling is full of risk which is detrimental to life. Gotten addicted in gambling is the most and worst disadvantage of gambling because when addicted to gambling it takes an individual to come out of it. This addiction can cause ill health to a gambler and damage family financial life which can lead to suicide.

And I'm sure it have been applicable for those who are really out of control because of this so called randomness that you're saying.

That's why it's very dangerous and as I have said, you need to be in control of this so called randomness. The reaction might not be clear, if you have that mindset to fight it off and learn to control it, your life will not be a mess because of gambling.

THIs will be depend on what kind of person are we,because before we gamble we must learn that its a win or lose situation and we can more even lossing than winning

This is the problem for many of us whos engaging in gambling but dont evn hd idea about the negative effect,most of us wanted to gain easier but not to lose and this is what the effect on your point

Both online and actual casinos have their own advantage and disadvantages. Some people may suite online gambling while it is good for other people to play gambling in live casino. I personally use both options. Where online gambling is good for those people who do not have the facilities of physical casinos in their areas, or which are too much far away from their houses. While those people who have easy access to casinos, they should visit and enjoy gambling there.

Gambling addiction never give beneficial to us, instead it will only ruin our reputation and also our own life. It sometimes to happen that some individuals will commit any illegalities/criminal events just to stay in gambling.  So before it happens(addiction) we should have to think carefully and realize the situation  we commit.

Not only financial but psychological trauma can and will harm entire family of the person in question.
This in my opinion is the biggest disadvantage of gambling addiction, possibility to negatively influence lives of family members.
Just like any other mental disorders or illnesses, gambling may result in escalation of violence among families, gradual degradation of emotional attachment and slow, painful process of tumbling down the self hatred spiral. In its most advanced stage, homicidal and suicidal tendency have all the circumstances to emerge, as compulsive gambling physically alters brains[study] (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004711/).

There are a lot of disadvantages of gambling. One of them is getting addicted which make people poor. When someone get addicted, he don't care about how much gambling and which of the amount gambling

Gambling is a game of real money. If there is no real money involved, only children will play this, just as kids play video games which has no money involved.
Also with no real money, no one can get rich with gambling and it will just be a time waster for adults.



Yes, these are all disadvantages of gambling but if you can only win in gambling at some point and gain quick money, then all your loses are recovered and gambling remains no more disadvantage for you.

Lol not all gamblings get you close to "the rich guys". There are  those that are mostly played by regular people. There are some you can find  wealthy gamblers and regular gamblers alike.

I do agree with the point of having lot of disadvantages and little advantages but with due respect, not on the next statements. Those are just exaggeration; a gambler will only lose that much if he will be too hooked up in gambling to the point that he is literally losing properties just to play and to win. At this point, this is when stress and depression would come which give you the feeling of being lonesome. But this do not happen to ALL gamblers. The only disadvantage of gambling in my opinion is the lack of control with the outcome to be in favor for the gamblers.

Why do you think gamblers do still continue playing despite of the risk of losing ?

It could be because of the enjoyment that they are having whenever they are  gambling (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm). Or maybe, it could be because of their winnings, especially if they are lucky enough. The bottomline is that, we do all have our own reason to continue doing something even if there are disadvantages of it.

There are many disadvantages for us from gambling and because we have realized it, we should be more careful in carrying out this action. Do not let emotions bring us to a situation that is difficult for us to face later. It will depend on each person how to handle this thing so he/she won't get bad situation at the end.

If people does continue to gamble just for fun and to enjoy them self this will help them to stay away from the addiction and will help them also from losing lot of money if they continue gambling just for making money from it.

The major disadvantage of gambling is loses.  The odd is always against the gambler and it is very difficult to win in gambling.  You should expect to lose most of your investments if you have decided to go into gambling.

What you mean by loss in gambling ? Gambling is not an investment opportunity then why you are bothering about losses as a disadvantage of gambling ? I mean loss is the term of investments related things and definitely not being covered by entertainment industry. Gambling must be an entertainment industry and you must pay some fee to get entertained yourself.

Whenever we are finding ourselves stressful, we must need to relax ourselves and for this reason alone we are having an industry in the name of gambling and definitely not to find any easy nor quick money making opportunities. Still you must understand that there are possibilities you can make money from gambling but it is just a bonus for another round of gambling and definitely not to take home.

Now, please explain me loss is the disadvantage of gambling or is it just part of gambling ?

Because gamblers want to win the game although they know about the risk, they still playing and risk more money and they believe that in one day, they can be the winner. Besides that, there is a gambler who could still chase the money even if they used more money because the prizes are tempting them to continue the game. It is a bad example for us, and we should know how to avoid this, so we don't have to lose more money.

I agree with you. Loss is just a part of gambling and it could not have been otherwise. However smart or lucky we are, we can't always win, no one can. We have to learn how to accept our losses without being stressed, and, what is even more important, without starting chasing them. A very good poker player, for example, wins most of his games, but never all of them. And we should always remember that no one is immune from hitting a long losing streak, not even the best poker player in the world, let alone those who play lucky based games solely.

The main disadvantage of gambling is that it can be very dangerous for people who are inclined to compulsive behavior. Such people should stay away from it the same as potential alcoholics should stay away from any alcoholic drinks.

Loss is just a part of gambling and it should not be considered as a disadvantage. We cannot have a gambling game which only gives us win. If this happen, all the people of the world will keep on playing gambling and earning money, which is not realistic.

One of the biggest disadvantages in gambling is the presence of uncertainty. It is uncertainty that leads to the creation of chaos and ambiguity in the game and an inexperienced man end up loosing. I think that gambling should not be made as a primary source of living. It is way too uncertain whether you would get the desired result or not which is also a disadvantage. Better look for more promising projects and coins and invest.

so, why are you still promoting gambling site? your statement is contradictory with your signature. lol

Everything that is too much can be considered as disadvantage already. Thus, if you're really gambling too much, it's not healthy nor beneficial. It's somehow beneficial if it's being used moderately with good control.

Losing money is not a disadvantage but its a result of being greedy. The disadvantage of gambling is that, it all depends on luck compare to investing and trading which is base on studies. The result of the game will only depend on your luck, so I think gambling is pure of disadvantage because luck is not always with us.

The emotional control we have will determine whether we can survive or not. When we decide to play gambling, we must be prepared to accept all the risks that might occur. Avoid these risks by exercising emotional control. This can make us feel much more comfortable playing gambling.

Yes addiction is very dangerous and is better for a gambler not involve in gambling addiction.
One if the greatest disadvantage of gambling is financial dryness when the game is not on the side of the gambler. Quit gambling and have peace of mind or gamble responsively.

When you get yourself in gambling everything is in a disadvantage because your valuables is at risk there is no guarantee of winning 100%. Your money your savings even your emotional feelings can be destroyed if you will not control yourself. You can't even call your luck in gambling as advantage as your luck won't last until you lost everything. So you don't need enumeration of disadvantages of gambling because gambling is the disadvantage itself in your life.

A gambler will not be separated from addiction, no matter how much you avoid addiction, it will be useless you will still be an addict. Unless, you have a clear vision when it comes to gambling. You choose to just for fun or you choose gambling as a place to increase the profit you want. Just for fun will only make you experience a little loss and even you are not included in your addiction it will be easy to go through the day without gambling.

I don't agree with that, although gamblers loss most of the time but there are times that we can win and even if we lose, we can still enjoy gambling.
Actually everyone has different view, we are gambling to have fun, relieve some stress to forget our problems for a while, so even if we spend but we get entertained then I guess you can call that as an advantage.

Your statement are not straight forward or don't have a clear point and the last time I checked gambling was not for anyone who's under the age of 18. Aside that every gamblers knew gambling is a game of real money and it a fast lane quick money/lost then why said no one can get rich through gambling when some people already have?
Disadvantage of gambling which are often are lost of jobs, failed relationships, and severe debt.

When someone care about their money and don't want to lose it at any situation then they never should try to gamble because here they have probbility of losing is high.

If you are playing to have fun only and has no care about the money losing,then thats a good sign of a responsible person

But of you are aiming to win,and chasing whenever you lose some?for sure theres an instance that you will become a addict on gambling,and this is the disadvantage we must know when dealing in this area of vices

Then if you say like that, it is better to not playing gambling because we don't want to lose money in the gambling games. You have a choice to gamble, but you also have a choice to stay away from gambling especially if you are a concern with your money. It is an option for every gambler.
In the gambling games, we need to have a plan on how much money we can afford to lose, so we don't feel sad if that happens.

This is true. It is not possible to win every bet. Gambling is a luck game and no one can remain lucky for every time.
Therefore we need to accept the fact of gambling and should always prepare ourselves for the possible lost in gambling.
Although a lot of people have made a big money in gambling, but still the number of loser in gambling is more than that the number of winner. Hence, we should accept the fact of gambling and should try to play gambling carefully.

Everyone has the probability to lose whether high or low amount.

This is just a normal thing in gambling, you gamble and you lose. A lot of disadvantages are being thrown and believed to it which everyone already knew about it. But for us who actually gamble, we understand on how they look at gambling.

winning and losing is common in world of gambling, and I dont know why people are crying after loosing their money in gambling and some says that the winning chance when playing in cryptogambling are very low. Maybe its time that people must know that when putting money in gambling expect that 50% chance ( depends on how they gonna put the multiplier usually) that their money will grow or lose.

It's better to say that expect higher chance of losing so they won't cry after losing.

That's one of the disadvantage in gambling that everyone already knew. And when they gamble, they have been too positive with their bets and when they lose, they are looking for something to blame for that.

Winning and enjoying the time you spend in gambling are two different times. I think that if winning the game gives you utility, you should be focusing on the win rather than leaving the last option you do not like for your self. If you enjoy and treat the time you spend at gambling leisure, you are well off with that as well even if you do not make money. There are people who enjoy both.

That's is true and real experience from the people can't control themself because of addiction, but most of the people gambling treat as paly for fun are not affected for the disadvantage benefits. They paly gambling to get get hapines i am not an expert in gambling but i play gambling moderate and sometimes i got real benefits came from gambling if i got win, the key to avoid losing all disadvantage in gambling is set greed control.

As crypto currency trading is not meant for every one so is gambling either and anyone who's not ready to be responsible for his mistakes is definitely not worth to play gambling. Aside that, people who are also worth if gambling also need to know the kind of game which is good for him in other to cut his lost short and have better chance of winning.

I just said the same in simple sentence. :)

But losing money is not a disadvantage in gambling because it need to be considered as spending our money than rather losing it.

..gambling is fun..but make sure that you gamble the amount of money that you are afford to lose..yeah you're right..all of this disadvantages will come to you if you let it happen..your wealth,friends,families will gone and worst of it there is a possibility that you will suffer from a great depression..but this will not go through if you have control in yourself..just use gamble for fun and have a mindset that if you gamble too much,,you will everything you have..

I think the biggest disadvantage is thinking how much you're going to win, that's where the frustrations begin when you can not reach the goal, which could be amended to think, how much are you willing to lose? It would be the option that would transform a disadvantage into an advantage.

I did not really know what you meant but I have expressed my view about gambling and the sites I am promoting is not only doing gambling but other ways of investments.

Some people will still try their luck and want to explore if by chance they can win big. But if people learn from this threads they would know how hard it is to earn from gambling and what all are the various disadvantages associated while gambling for money.

You're right because the ego of how much ones will win was one of the thing that lead majority of gamblers depression but gambling with the amount ones cant afford to loose as Carrel said and playing to recover losses was what keep the addiction going simultaneously.

There's no harm in exploring more to win in gambling as long as you are in control, because that will make you responsible and you won't gamble beyond your limit. It's being responsible in gamble, it's not something we can win easily, so we should learn to be realistic so we will know how to manage ourselves the risk of losing, and we can also make the right decision when we are winning.

If gambling is being carried irresponsibly than there are huge chances to undergo the four major disadvantages you mentioned. Gambling not only affects us financially but also it affects our mental health which can be fatel. A lot of gamblers who are deeply enrolled into gambling have their normal daily routine set accordingly. They start their day with gambling and end it with the same. I've personally seen a lot of gamblers who lost almost everything but yet weren't out of gambling. Can we call this a addiction?

Yeah, you are right. I don't want to lose money either as you. But I don't think that what I lose in the gambling games will make me so sad because I know the risk that when I play gambling, I am willing to spend some money because I have a chance to get the loss.
I think there are many other disadvantages of gambling, but we don't know details because we only know that the big disadvantages of gambling are losing the money.

It seems that those disadvantages you have discussed are just more likely to happen on those people or individual who are just up into aiming or have the main reason for playing gambling is just to earn money or profit from it in which many people are getting through it. Those can be the reasons why people tend to be addicted into playing gambling because of the disadvantages you have discussed. Well, not all gamblers do experience something like that if you are really into playing just to seek for an activity which is fun and entertaining. Just like what I did in playing into an  online casino (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm) I am currently into wherein I just aim to have fun playing with the variety of games they have to offer so I play even with low bets because winning the game is not my concern since I am just seeking for fun activity, winning it will just be a bonus and a good thing for me because it just mean that I can play even for a one more round but with proper moderation concerning self-control plus I can enjoy their great welcome bonus just for doing my first deposit.

I doubt it that those gamblers that are on that point of having that bad luck will learn from these threads that we are discussing. The last part that gambling can destroy everyone individually is a fact. From those shared experiences, from what I've witnessed through my friends and relatives that are engaged into gambling before. They really shared the same bad fate in gambling but after realization, they were all doing well now and have learned from that mistake.

I don't agree with this. I know these since I am addicted to gambling in the past. After a game, I would regret that I did not bet on this side, not bet on the other side, something like that but if I will be gambling again, I never thought of my losses as my aim at that point is to win. I don't really stick to the luck-based games as we all know that it would be really hard to win. I usually bet on cockfighting at that time and also some small sports betting as I am new to that kind of gambling then.

There are a lot of disadvantages of gambling as you rightly mentioned above but it depends on the societal perspective about gambling. In some society of which I have visited, it is seeing as a taboo for one to play gamble and if it is known to the public that gambling is what you do and earn money you will lose your public reputation.

The one that OP mention is true and gambling is one the most addictive activity, if you can't control yourself in gambling then it will destroy yourself and your life, it can destroy your mental and affected your social life, but that's only happen when you already addicted to gambling, when you just play for fun then it could be a very entertaining and probably could be a profitable activity

Losing money is not a disadvantage of gambling. It is just a Part of gambling where you can Win or lose both.



In some parts of the world, gambling is not considered a healthy activity. and those who play gambling are not considered good persons. Although this varies from person to person opinion.

Every coin has two sides and there might be both advantages and disadvantages of gambling. This multi billion dollar industry has been very hard at some people depriving them of their money completely. The risk is high and probability and LUCK speaks about who wins and looses so I think one should find other adventures to make money and not really rely on gambling. Gamble only when you enjoy it and are ready to loose some dollars.

This cannot be disadvantage of gambling but a pure consequences of gambling in negative side. When we gamble responsibly we can simply overcome this negative consequences. But, practically gambling will never allow us to gamble with consciousness. Because, the trills of gambling will take us into the state of excitements where no one is able to realize themselves too.

Really?can you share which society was that?i never heard something like that because i know in some area gambling is totally prohibited by the government and it was consider as a illegal activities but what you’ve mentioned is reallu new to my knowledge

You forgot to mention that he can also lose his life in gambling,and about using this for fun?everyone of us wanted this to do,but its hard lol

How if we know that gambling will eat our money but we still playing gambling after all?
For me, that is the disadvantages of gambling, but I don't know how about you. We knew about that, so we should stop gamble as fast as we can. If we decide to continue, then get ready to lose your money.