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Guys, in moments such this we are living, with a crisis just ahead of all of us, do you stop gambling?

In my case I have to admit that I will stop for a while.
When I see some crisis or a decrease of my salary (I have my own business), I immediately cut some stuff and gamble are one of the first I stop, like going out and trips too

So, what's your opinion?

It looks like we are heading for a global economic crisis and in those times everything that is considered a luxury will be kept to a minimum. You can't stop eating or drinking but you can stop buying luxury watches, going or going on a holiday. The gambling industry will suffer like any other.

Well, I would probably stop playing because I would mind things that would matter more. A crisis is a time wherein an individual would choose to do the most in particular with survival. So maybe, gambling won't be prioritized by gamblers and what would matter the most are things that would practically help one person to survive such crisis. At times of difficulties, I believe that things related to money won't be given importance by people more , on  things that would help them to live, literally. Money could be invaluable if a crisis is that bad. Just think of those instances wherein wars are occuring. Money won't save you at such times, as well as activities related to it.

Everyone stops gambling, traveling and many other activities which takes a lot of money to nowhere in crisis time. Isn't it obvious?

People who do not stop doing that can't answer to you, because Darwin's law wipe them away  ;)

Some people tend to gamble more when prices fall... But I believe the opposite should happen. If one is to go long on crypto and especially BTC, I am of the opinion that they should see if they have any spare income to put into hedging their position.

There is always a saying like, "Gamble what you can afford to lose". Gambling is considered as a form of game/entertainment which will help us in relaxing our minds from work. We play games like Football, Chess and Cricket during leisure times to boost our energy and get back to work actively. Similarly gambling should be considered as a form of entertainment and this is how the gambling industry should work. Rather most of the gamblers think in the quite opposite way and lose most of their hard earned money in gambling.

Addictive gamblers like the one who will never care about the global crisis gamble even if they suffer severe losses and only have a little more than a few pennies to gamble and lose. I always consider gambling as a form of entertainment and I would gamble only the amount which I can afford to lose. So from my point of view, when there is a global crisis and if my business/work on the verge of being collapsed, I would stay away from investments and other sorts of entertainment stuffs which demands my money. But from an addictive gambler perspective, I don't think they would stop even during adverse conditions and would continue unless they have lost all their money through gambling.

Its just a normal thing or reaction for a human being to do when you are already experiencing some crisis or shortage when it comes to financial aspect.Of course i would definitely cut out expense and gambling would be the main to be crossed out knowing that this activity does really consume much more compared to others.Honestly its better to stop it on early stage and wont wait for a crisis yet its better for those amounts to be saved for your future living or needs.If you do have the money then it isnt bad to spend  a little bit for gambling but dont go overboard yet things can be wrecked up in shortest time as possible if you do let your addiction controls you.
Stop while you can and this doesnt only applied on gambling but also into your habit on buying up things which isnt really that needed or simply talks about "WANTS".

That is the right thing to do. You should cut expenses on not important things so you can recover from the crisis. Otherwise, you will end up exhausting all your funds that can lead to debts. And trust me, you do not want to be in debt.

That is what I do also but If my money still allows it, I only reduce the amount spent on gambling. There is still a chance I can win so I do not totally stop gambling.

If this happens to me, I don't want to increase more the risks of losing money so definitely I will minimize my gambling activity. And overall, that should be the common and basic approach of a person that still knows what the best thing to do in a situation like that.

But in general, people have different situations or statuses of how worst their financial crisis is. Those people really need a miracle and will think of a way that can earn money within a short time. Even these people know that gambling is risky, they will still consider taking it because they have no other choice. That problem is really not a thing that can just be handled easily.

Personally, I have never had a big money loss. I always try to bet the amount I can lose for some fun. And I have never faced an economic crisis!!!And I think the real addict cannot give up gambling during economic crises ;D

No, I don't. Even if we were about to enter a global economic crisis, i would still gamble as usual since i'll be using money (my bankroll) which I prepapred months ago exclusively for my gambling activities (: 

But, I may be forced to stop gambling because it's starting to look like the european football leagues could be suspended as the coronavirus keeps spreading in Spain, Germany, France, etc. It's only a matter of time, tbh  :'(

I'm sorry but I have to disagree  :D
Not Everyone, some people are beyond the curve and even in a period of crisis they are not affected

We don't have to enter on a deep talk here but there's people who enjoy this time of crisis buying cheap stuff, cheap investments or investing in weak currencies
So this kind of people are not affected, but I created this thread to see the opinion of the regular people of the forum, maybe there's some people who are not affected too, if the person gains a lot of money gambling, or if they already spare some money to gamble for months...

I may cut my gambling activity but not totally cut my gambling, crisis come and go and unless your crisis is not like losing your job then you can still go on as long as you have money to spare, maybe from 4 times a week depends on the severity of the crisis you can cut it to once a week and who knows you may get lucky to save you from that crisis.

do we need option?unless you are addicted then maybe you won't care what the future heading you because all you wanna do is to gamble and bet,but if concerns about your life and family?crisis will surely make me stop from gambling .
yups because gambling supposedly to bring fun and not for profiting,because as gambler?you already witnessed how tragic if you play constantly even crisis are coming.

We are experiencing a big crisis now with the corona virus, and I think its not secure anymore to go to the casinos and luckily we have a good alternative to have fun and to keep playing which is the online gambling. If the big crisis hits the economy of my country and the inflation rate goes higher, then I really have no choice but to remain at home, spend less and spend more time with my family. You have the choice to stop or not, but if its for your health and security better to stay at home.

I should say personally. Things depend in case to case basis. I'll stop when things really gone bad. Example: Corona virus aka COVID-19 are in depth of borderline lockdown right now in our country Philippines. In NCR it's spreading continuesly and doubling the confirmed cases in just a day. When it gotten really like this beyond, having a good time playing in gambling is not the case and should be focusing for the safety of our family.

In this case. Playing gambling online in at home is the best case scenario to lessen the chance of being infected. Having fun around in any casino out there might be the cause of having the virus in your body and the worst case of it is bringing it home and infecting as well some of your loved ones.

Of course, yes. We cannot still play gambling when a crisis happens because we want to make sure our family are in safe. At that time, we will go back to our family and give them safety. The family is the most important thing that we should concern. The human nature to protect their family will appear, and they will make sure that everything is okay to their family so they can think about the other thing.

We don't want to see our family cannot survive in the crisis, so we will use every possibility to protect them. I think the gambling site will not operate too because their employee will do the same thing as us.

oh gee so its a personal issue ? i htought you are refering to the worldwide crisis  , the one that  we experience right now which is the convid-19  a.k.a corona virus  .

i feel that its not appropriate to gamble and enjoy while most of our fellow country men are suffering  but what can we do ? even on our selves we cant also do to help them especially if you are poor too  .  instead of feeling down and sad , why cant we still continue our lives   . feeling happy and positive can feel you great in times if crisis   .

it will depend on what is out views in life,because gamblers always rely on gambling so even in crisis they will find relief in Betting that saving for tomorrow.
i am sure Gamblers will continue pursuing their plans with games and not reality of life.
but for me?i will stop the moment i felt like crisis is on the way and may damage our budgeting,i don't want to risk food for the table just to bet in games.

If I were some gamblers, I would definitely stop, especially today where people are in need of money and for some other country, you cannot go out to look for money anymore because of some certain circumstances and we all know what does circumstances are, I'm talking of the virus. If you live in some country that has already some people infected with this virus, you better save a lot of money and to gamble that money or you might lose it and find yourself in some worst situation because some other countries already close some services which make other people jobless. This is no joke what we are experiencing right now. The world is facing pandemic disease and we need to be prepared and watch some doomsday prepare documentary to know what exactly we need to do when those calamities strike in our home place.

I think this is true for those gamblers who are regular customers of offline casinos. But for those who are into online gambling, I don't think they will stop. And on my end, since I am a small timer gambler and just using extra money, I think will still play every once in a while. But will make sure that it will not affect my financial expenditures as with this kind of crisis comes with higher price of necessities and other things.

I was thinking of a crisis where there is something related to dying. That's the first thought that came into my mind. When that happens,  I don't think there would be any other thing on your mind rather than that situation only. Maybe if that crisis stems from that "gambling" habit that you have, then it would continue, right?

When there's a crisis, it's a normal response for everyone to stop things they do that is not needed or essential to limit the expenses. We stop gambling when there's a crisis because we tend to realize that the money we will be using for gambling, we can use it to buy the things we need to survive the crisis. We become more responsible on what should be our priority.

When there's an economic crisis or even health crisis, what we will be needing the most is our basic needs life food. So instead of using our money for gambling, we will just use that money for our needs. Everyone will do the same in order to survive. Does someone would even risk their money in gambling when they will be needing it the most?

You should have of course because it will lead to something that in losing more, come to think of it you are in a grip of crisis and you will gamble you will think of gambling to escape that crisis and if you lose you will do anything to recover your losses until you found out that you have nothing anymore.

We should consider gambling as an entertainment and we should limit our allotted money to gambling and always think that it will always not going to be a source of income it's a matter of win or lose.

In that case a loser will have to stop gambling definently. There is no other choice when you don't have enough money on your hand. Everyone have their family and they have to manage it somehow, so gamble isn't something mandatory for life. But who are gainer and still gaining I don't think they will stop gamble on current situation. If incase more collapsed global economy somehow them a big percentage gamblers will have to stop gambling like you already stopped.

Yes of course it is better to conserve our money and spend it on more important things on time of crisis,
But unless you are loaded and doesn't care about the money at all then I guess you wouldn't stop gambling even on those times.

There are indeed more important things in our lives than gambling and making prioritization is a key importance for us to balance what decisions to make. When gambling, we should always look far ahead in the future or our next actions, not just thinking about what will happen in the present but anticipating the possible events that might occur to avoid risk and possible failures. When we think about it, life is not just about having fun like when we gamble but, taking responsibility to things in our personal being.

You gambled regularly with your salary?
Well, you shouldn't have gambled with what you can't afford to lose, in my opinion. I will probably invest more in things that can sustain me during a crisis. If you plan things out somewhere, you wouldn't be too worried like others. I think people should be invest more in safe/important things more, and less on risky stuff. Things like food/fruits/vegs, decentralized crypto, small water filters, torch/matches/lighter, survival information, etc

That's right if you think you can't afford to spend in gambling it's better to stop for a while. For me, that's why I'm rare to gamble because there is always a shortage of my salary. I can't spare the fund in gambling because I know I have my priorities than gambling. So, that's a good and wise decision if you are going to stop for a while.

You can always back in gambling anytime you want at your convenient time and with your extra money without thinking about other problems. Because not all the time we had always money, there will time we encounter an economic crisis and we should be ready if we have our own personal savings.

I already experienced this kind mate when i become addicted in gambling and crisis comes to my life and family.

but eventhough  I am in trouble?still i continue gambling for a while before my final decision of stopping to gamble.
so basically this is mandatory for every gambler but Only if we can do such move when addiction is still indeed.

stop gambling to make money,and just gamble to make life to have happiness Guys.

I will stop gambling when the crisis is happening because I don't want to do that while I believe that everyone will save their lives first and use the money to prepare to survive. Maybe I will leave gambling for a long time until the crisis ends, and I will try to survive as other people do, and if I can, I will not use the money to come back to the gambling games before I can fill my daily needs.

you stop gamble but your going for a trip instead ? trip as in travelling ?idk if what i heard is corect but that is also costy and can be costy than gambling because of the fair when you commute or gas when your on wheels , add in other expense too .  

for me i also do stop if there is a financial problem but i try to gamble with tiny amounts sometimes just to feed my gambling apetite because i confess that im a slight addicted too now on gambling .  luckily it never leads to busting my own personal salary money  that is intended for more important use on the house

Those points that you had mentioned are not all investments but rather a need which is crucial for a human being need for him to live.
When we do see its already crisis then why would consider on continuing on playing if you do know that you can loss money?
Unless if these amounts are really intended or solely be used on gambling and wont mind if you lost it as long you do have spare
or savings which prioritizes your needs and other stuffs.It isnt necessarily to stop gambling but you should know on how to control
your funds if you dont like to have that hardship state when it comes to finances.

If one person gambles regularly regardless of how small or big the capital is, I don't think there will be an economic crisis that would stop them from gambling. So, I believe what you said is true, gambling once in a while isn't totally stopping.
The only thing I could think of for a regular gambler to totally stop gambling, is if he got seriously inflicted with a life threatening health issues such as stroke, that will deprive him from going to his gambling habits. But, an economic crisis won't really stop some of the gamblers.

I confess that I don't see why people who play online would stop playing because of this crisis? So far as I know the games of soccer, basketball, tennis, boxing, handball and other sports are being played even though in some cases they postpone some games, then how this crisis would affect people who play online to the point where they stop playing online ? One thing to remember:

there are many football leagues, there are many sports, so people will always have things to bet even if some games are postponed. it will not be affected to the point of preventing people from playing online

Given that only we earn limited money it is more so important for us to ensure we are utilize for the best of our times considering the crisis time which is existing or foresee in the coming time. People are unaware as what could happen and how markets may tumble and existing job or business how it can be effected so wasting money now would be a dangerous thing to do unless people are wealthy and can manage to lose money and still they would be fine in coming time.

There is no reason to gamble while in crisis IMO thus my answer is yes. Gambling shouldn't be prioritized while in crisis since at this moment you should manage to always prioritize your needs and what is needed to be done in which gamble shouldn't be included as it can make you worsen your situation in this kind of difficult situation.

I agree with your choice. Gambling is not the priority for me. If the resources available are only enough for the food and other basic needs of the family, I would let go of gambling readily. I won't have to make a fuss about it. The truth is that I only gamble sometimes. I am not addicted to it that I cannot let it go if need be.

I hate to admit it but on the time in which I am in a crisis I have already stopped on gambling or playing and focus on the problem that I have especially that the problem itself is because of the money so I have been able to stop playing and gambling just to secured the money that I have been getting from my job as a salary or fruit of my hardwork in order to sustain the needs of my problem on money.

I think you got it wrong or explained it in a not very clear way, I'm sorry.
 I said I stop betting and I also stop traveling or going out, these are the first things I stop when I have to save money

and this is the practical ways of engaging life when we are also in gambling,we must set our priorities and make assurance of them to have foods in table and not you sitting int able to gamble.
why you hate to admit it?you must be proud that you prioritize problem like crisis than gambling and this is what a good person will do as i believe gamblers in bright mind will do as well.

I am not stopping anytime, besides I am not gambling for a living or I am not a professional gambler, with crypto gambling even a small amount of money it could already give us some real entertainment, so probably I'll reduce the amount I'll risk in gambling but will not definitely stop.

Gambling has been part of my day to day activity, and my job is online particularly in the crypto space so there's no way I would stop gambling although if time comes that I won't be earning a good amount of money. I understand that there is a crisis, but spending money in gambling is not big enough for me that it would affect the budge for my needs.

Even it is crisis time or not, I choose to stop gambling for some reasons.

One is that, gambling isn't my main priority when it comes to my expenses. Gambling is part of my expenses if I'm gambling and there are better things that I can put my money with instead of gambling so I choose to stop it. Second is I don't win in gambling. Yes there are times that I win but after few days, they will get it back from me :D. Third is lack of funds also.

Anyway, for other gamblers out there maybe they will just gamble if crisis is coming because they already set a budget that is intended for gambling only and they can't live without gambling so they will choose to gamble.

I think this is normal and part of life
In any situation we find ourselves we must survive, but for me. Just as u do u reduce my gambling budget in the face of an emergency situation.

So it's best to have to gambling budget, with which you are able to ascertain if you are in loss or profit

Personally, I just gamble for entertainment during my leisure time and I know my own limitations, that's why it was easy for me to control or stop myself whenever I want. Anyway, if ever I'll choose to waste my money on the things that I need than I want. Gambling won't give me any assurance that the outcomes is good, so I will not take that risk, especially that there's a crisis. It is much better to save it than waste it on something that is a high risk. I just don't want to end up feeling remorse with regards to my own decisions because I know that in gambling, you either win or lose. It just means that you have no other choice but to accept the consequences.

Well, don't wait until a crisis comes or not. If you dont have a budget on gambling perhaps that is the time to stop and dont wait for anything else. Every time for me is a crisis and every single penny I have I save it for my future and I gamble once I have extra money but it is seldom. Gamble if you are happy about it --but if you here just to hunt and chase money that is not good for you. It's really crisis if you lose a decent amount of gambling.

If you can minimize and keep the entertaining part then it's good for you. There are people out there who manage to deal with this kind of situation and they still find time to enjoy and not to waste more money. The moment you mistakenly overused your fund it will harmed your savings and you need to get rid of this vice.

Honestly in time of crisis, gambling would be the last thing I can think about. For example, there has been some stuff going on in my nation recently and I didn't even think about my work let alone gambling for a while because I wanted to make sure everything was alright and we will stay alive and survive it.

So, I even changed my location and moved to a safer and more calmer place where my parents lived, it was harder to do my work there (thank god I am a freelancer) but in the end I had to come back home and thankfully the crisis was reverted as well and I am fine right now. As you can see the "crisis" we talk about could have levels, sometimes its small and we don't worry about it but when it is HUGE we not only forget about gambling but we only think about surviving as long as we can.

In times of uncertainty people have the tendency to become way more cautious about the way they spend their money, it is a natural reaction that protect us in the case something does indeed happen, this in return has the effect of slowing down the economy and this can be dangerous especially if the crisis we are talking about is an economic one and it is why governments spend so much time and money to try to recover the trust of the people and begin to spend outrageous amounts of money to do so.

I do not stop gambling when the global economy is in crisis right now (because of the effects of the Covid-19 virus), I will only reduce the allocation of funds that I put for gambling.  the price of staples (sugar, coffee, and spices) in my city rose 50% from the usual price, so I had to really be able to manage and maintain family money..

If i would really experience a crisis in my life that i could have a financial problem or i could have a lot of debts. I would definitely stop playing gambling because my problem would become worst that i could literally destroy my whole life, if i gambled the last money that i have.

If "collecting faucet" on freebitco.in count as gambling, then I'm still gambling despite the crisis. I think I will stop the serious one for a while since my income will be affected by a bad economy.

Winter is coming...

For those people who can still handle the problem, surely they will stop doing gambling to began working on other effective solutions. But for those people who don't have any choice how to get out of that financial problem, there is a big chance that they will consider doing gambling just to hope they will win big. Not just that, aside from doing gambling, they will also consider those illegal methods just to get out of the problem.

Honestly, I can't even say what will I do if ever I will be in that situation.

Generally, there is no definite answer for this since it depends on how heavy or worst the crisis is.

If you can stop gambling for a while until the crisis end, you will be able to manage your funds for your family, so you will know how much money you have for another thing. But if you still gambling while you don't know how much money you have, that can make you still playing gambling, and perhaps, you will use all of the funds to playing gambling. But that is up to you because only you will know how to manage your funds, especially if your family needs to buy your daily needs.

If I were to answer this 10 years earlier, I might say I will not. Though, as of today, I can easily say that I will. Given that I'm already a family man ;D, I'll be prioritizing my family over my personal satisfactions. This I think is the smart way to save money, spending money only for the basic necessities.

Gambling industry will always be there, no matter what happen. This crisis could still be an advantage for these Gambling investor/owner, Given that there are still people who can't control there addiction and people that wishing for a Miracle to happen by way of gambling.

Definitely, you should stop. Most especially if you're as student, you have family to feed for, and if you're not financially stable. Don't take gambling as a source of income because the money there is uncertain and hard to obtain. I knew a lot of people who are addicted in gambling and then they are miserable now because they think that gambling will change their lives. The solution for that is instead of gambling, other option is to invest a business so that you're money will circulate and be manipulated properly and at the same time, earning profit. In a time of crisis, no one should become more confident about the money they have because there is a possibility that the only money you have will still disappear on your hands. I advice you to think properly and include the people around you and the environment that you have as your basis in your decision


Crisis is a crisis, no matter how worst it is, crisis is still a problem that we need to look for a solution. Everyone in the world experiences it and there are no difficulties about that. Seek help for the people who are wiser and knowledgeable about that kind of circumstances.

It's getting tough nowadays, the geo-political issues is beyond repair, the oil wars, the corona virus scare, then there are still trade embargo as well.

So I guess everyone should do some sort of cost cutting, we need to save as much as we can (although I'm sure majority of us are hedging our "wealth" into crypto). With the corona virus scare, I stop playing on physical casino, still play will little amounts in online though, but now I put more priority on how to save and put food in the table for my family.

Basic way is to stop and also how can someone still play when he is losing Money to do this?imagine that your family is starving and you will still Bet in gambling?only stupid person will do such thing
yeah for a while because there are no permanent crisis also,this will last weeks or months but not more than years because if does?then surely you are lazy to find work.

In time of crisis, its probably best to stop gambling but it will be with someone's perspective. There could be people who will gamble their last money hoping they will win their bets before finally stopping. The worse of course if he lose it all. The current crisis right now isn't yet turning to its worse so its still fine to play around as long as you are not breaking rules, making your family dysfunctional and most importantly you spend money that you can just afford to lose.

This is very individual point of view.
When crisis or recession is approaching many have the attitude not to spend more as it is necessary and trying to save as much as possible for the rainy days.
Other think that exactly gambling might be the opportunity to make some money for the crisis time and they don't bother with possible losses.
To my opinion the key is to find the balance. You don't have to stop gambling entirely but be aware when it's the time to quit and how much is reasonable to lose without having consequences on your finance, it's all about control.

Crisis has a broad meaning in life, in this case in general, something or event may affect every individual or community in general, the economy, food, etc.

If you play gambling to risk money from your salary to expect wealth and victory from gambling results, a good step of course you have to stop in the world of gambling is dangerous for yourself.

However, gambling is only for entertainment and pleasure, without having to bet the money from the salary, just relax don't need to stop, the point is: the current global economic crisis there is no gambling addict who is one hundred percent to think of quitting gambling, I see no impact entirely on gambling addicts only some individuals.

I also run my own business and I'm a naturally money-conscious person, so I do stop or limit my gambling when I notice things are moving more slowly than usual or when I just see general red flags coming up ahead. While I enjoy gambling a ton and I love to support the sites around here, there's a point where I consider my own wellbeing more important, though I always like to have some fun no matter the situation.

It depends on your personal situation in the end. If you're not super financially secure then stopping gambling is a very valid thing to do.

I guess you mean't at the time of financial crisis, right? Well I guess most of the people who aren't addicted to gambling stops gambling for a while when they are facing financial difficulties. That is actually the most sensible thing to do. But, I guess those who are addicted to gambling, they end up using all they have to gamble. They start taking loans from people, uses other peoples money by lying to them to gamble. They end up making everything worse and starts to destroy their life beyond recovery.

Good decision, I think. Sure, I also will do the same way as you. Playing gambling is only for extra money, so if you have limited money, just leave it temporarily. Then, play again once you have already extra money. In a crisis, it is stupid to force playing gambling and risks your life by spending money on a non-urgent matter.

That is a good choice because then, at least you still have good emotional control in the midst of the financial chaos that is happening in your life. If you continue to gamble in the midst of financial pressures, the results will be greater for the losers and we must realize that, if you continue to gamble amid the pressures that occur until you get good results at least it is a lucky factor and not everyone will get the same luck. So taking a break from gambling when there is financial pressure is the best idea.

When there is a crisis we have to stick with our priority and that should not be gambling.

The right thing is to gamble what you can afford only, so even if you are in financial crisis and you feel you have a spare money to gamble, you can still enjoy. Online gambling is not going into a physical casino where you need to risk hundreds or thousands of dollars, in online you can already enjoy even with a very little amount of money, that's why I fall into crypto online gambling.

No, to be honest, I can't. Despite the problem I am facing, despite the crisis I am still gambling. It is hard to stop, I can limit those times that I am gambling but I can't really stop it. Being said, I know my priorities; I know what should I do but I just can't get that out of my system, it is just there. It is a problem of mine but I can say that I can stop, limiting myself is just the start of it.

With the champions and europa league playoff matches going on until next week I probably won't stop since these are only few of the events I like to follow and there's a major tournament during the weekends. I could stop for a week if I prefer doing so but when you have these good competitive matches happening once or twice a month it's hard to just miss out on.

Actually, I don't even play gambling often, I am playing once a week, I am not really into gambling, but I think those who play gambling often will limit themselves especially those real gambling or what we called casino gambling to avoid contact from other person, virus is everywhere and for us to prevent that thing we should stay at home, do not go outside if it is not needed, especially in casino game where there are so many people, casino gambling is very crowded because there are a lot of gamblers who like to play more in real life than online, but I recommend that with this kind of virus in our country.

It is better if we play online compared to real life casino to protect ourselves from virus, we can still bet online but the thrill is not there because it is really different to play in that kind of medium especially if you want interaction while playing that you can have in real life.

I would definitely stop because right now we can't go outside without any good reason plus you might as well save the money that you could've spent in gambling if you were to stop right now. This time of crisis really tooks a turn for worse to a lot of people especially in the current market plummet. Crisis really destroys the good times

The money that you have which intentionally for gambling can be keep and be added to your emergency funds. The crisis might hit you financially
so better to make sure that you have extra money in case that your budget for the period of time got empty.
Extra money gives you extra time to think for possible opportunities finding sources of money.

I dont really stop but I minimize the time spent in gambling. Because in times when there's a crisis we need to prioritize the much more important things like family, financial expenses and source of income. But its not necessary to totally stop and I think it depends on each of us  since we have different views regarding this. Gambling is my way to have fun and not treating it to earn hence its like a hobby and im only spending a spare money. If I have nothing then I will use the free satoshis of the site where I usually play.

Yeah, I can stop.

It is not like that I am addicted to gambling and I can prioritize my expenses to what I need and what I should save. Another thing is that I just use some of my cryptocurrencies to gamble, as I said I prioritize other important or essential things. It is really important for us to able to stop since that will be the identification that we are not addicted to gambling and we are aware of what to prioritize.

Yes. I also stop playing gambling in a time of crisis like these days that i should be preparing and buying the things that my family need for these upcoming community quarantine here in our country due to the COVID-19, so i should step aside playing gambling for a while and take care of my family first for our own safety.

Right now I'm not playing. Gambling is something I do for fun, losing money from time to time isn't affecting my personal life much. Now everything is different, because the whole financial world became fragile, it's better now to keep your money in your pocket, or buy some food supplies, instead of using it just to get entertained.

You are well done. You deliberately made a decision to refuse games and risks including, under the condition of a crisis.
The advantage is that you made such a decision in advance, which will allow you to save a huge part of your capital while not getting depressed in unpleasant circumstances.

It's not a good time to gamble because at this we don't know what will happen next. It's all about safety and well being first. This is exactly what many people will do and gambling company won't make much profit this time as well as other companies.

Buying assets or stocks on crisis market is normal. Not normal (and very rare) to keep throw out money to nothing (like gambling, let's be honest). And in crisis most people just follow their the instinct of self-preservation and just stop doing like that.

I don't stop gambling maybe i just limit on the amount on what i gamble, especially when there is a financial problem in our family, or like now there is covid spreading in our country and we are in need of food supply and groceries so we need to gather them. If i know if there is a problem or crisis happening i set aside my gambling or maybe stop it for a while, i think gambling keeps us to gamble more because we are hoping we can double our money in our hands and that mindset keeps us from gambling. But if you can still gamble if there is a crisis that's definitely addiction that needs to be rehabilitated.

Actually it is the reality that once we are into some sort of trouble or crisis we often quit our addictions and hobbies for sometime. In my case I never get into such crisis but once I was in a tough situation a few years back when I had recently moved to a new place and I was having issues with the rent and everything because my salary was not too thick and I remember how I stopped all my hobbies and in fact most of the unwanted activities I used to do and instead I used to utilize that time doing mini-tasks for people and earn some extra money to support myself.

So I would say that once anyone of us falls in any sort of trouble we usually forget our addictions and focus on the issue and anyone is still unable to do so, he is into serious problem gambling.

In my case, since me engaging in gambling related activities has less to do with profiting than having fun. I won't stop just because of some crisis like what we're experiencing. In the case of the Corona virus, a solution involving me restricting myself from physical casinos can be deployed to avoid coming in contact with affected persons.

Cryptocurrency, smartphone and the internet has made it so easy that you can gamble without having to leave the comfort of your bed therefore gambling through online casinos can be used to replace physical casinos to avoid coming in contact with the virus.

That's right, we can still have fun despite of the pandemic that is happening globally, no threat on corona virus when we are just gambling online, and that is the beauty of crypto gambling. Maybe there's a problem with our income as it affects the economy but we have the government to aid us in case of full lock down, so while we are at home, we can eliminate being bored because we have crypto casinos to be busy with playing.

There is more alternative to that, I could say not when my thing requires no physical contact to such places. What I mean if you could play, gamble online then there is no problem that needs to be solved as the virus doesn't spread digitally lol. Well in different crisis such as personals; financially like that then may be a total halt in such activities that consumes money should be done in the mean time to recover. Anything else beside that doesn't bother me to stop 'cause based on what I have mentioned there are more alternatives to that 'cause if it doesn't have or someone doesn't knew then he/she should be stop for a while on not to be a source on spreading the virus in the area.

When we face a time of crisis from epidemics like now, gambling will actually allow us to eliminate stress and reduce everyday anxiety but we should not forget that this is a time of crisis and difficulty, money cannot be wasted like that, maybe the government will provide some economic support but can't rely entirely on them, sensitive times can only rely on our own. Stopping gambling is a good thing to do, it's too risky, trying to accumulate food and drinks would be more useful, if we want to make more money, put some in the crypto market is possible

Actually there can be two types of crisis one is just financial crisis and the other is timing crisis because while it sounds simple but timing crisis can be really a big problem. For money crisis usually people go for all in and hope to win back like you mentioned.

But in time crisis when for example you are a student and you have exams next month then suppose will you be able to gamble at all? The answer is NO because you are in such a time crisis that you can't allocate enough time for gambling and there is no way you would be gambling when you have exams on the head.

I personally feel though that time crisis is something that can actually help you quit gambling for good while financial crisis is just a temporary menace which once gone you get back to gambling.

Yeah, nowadays our world is facing so much crisis because of the COVID-19 that spreads throughout the world so that the bitcoin price is rapidly go down. But many gamblers are tend to play gambling because the price is go down. The bitcoin price now is so affordable that's why many gamblers are buying more bitcoin. I believed that as time goes by the crisis that we've face should make the solution to revenge the price of bitcoin again.

As your circumstances change then you need to change the way you manage your money as well, you are doing the right thing by prioritizing your family but there are also other circumstances that can change the way you spend your money and the current crisis is a perfect example of that, we do not know how bad things could get and the panic is slowly taking over the population and you want to have enough cash available in the case things get even worse.

I'm not sure until I'm in that situation.

It depends on where am I currently standing.

I don't know the actual feeling of being in a financial crisis at worst so I can't really say about what will I do if ever I experienced that. If I'm under big debt and I really need money decently as much as possible, I might consider taking the risks by doing gambling just to expect for a shortcut to have money since I really want it aggressively.

By crisis, you mean financial crisis or any global issue like coronavirus. I think it is natural that if you face any issue in your life, this will divert your attention towards gambling and you may not found gambling or anything interesting, unless that issue in your life is solved. Your life is badly effected by the concerned issue and your life routine may change as well because of it.

That's true you will take care first on what matters most in life until everything is stable, I have this thinking that what we have no wis the new stable and we will have to live with it, the difference of this virus compared to to other virus in the past is the fastest way it contaminate from person to person, and this is what makes it big deal.

It would be better if we stop gambling for temporary because we need to save our lives first, and we need to secure our lives from the crisis. And with the Corona Virus in every country, we need to search how we can prevent the virus, and we need to make sure that we will be okay and not infect with the virus. But we can still play online gambling games if we want because we don't have to go to a physical casino and we can prevent getting infected in the public area.

Yes! Don't be part of the problem and stay away from crowded places and as mush as possible stay at home to prevent getting the virus. If your country don't have any cases then, you are lucky! you can continue your daily routine and you can play at public and physical casinos. But if your country have virus cases then, as mush as possible don't gamble on physical casinos considering that, you might get infected and that can harm your family. Gamble on home! or don't gamble at all if there's a crisis.

Personally, here in Philippines there's a several cases of corona virus, and our main cities get community quarantine to prevent the spreading. I stop on gambling and instead, I stay at home to prevent on getting the virus.

This is exactly my point. We don’t need to stop gambling because of this pandemic rather gamblers can continue enjoying the perks of gambling by using crypto currencies and internet. If you gamble more for fun than money, this indicates you are not in any addiction and are having good control over greed.

Yes I stopped although I only gambling three times a week but i have to check the news every now and then on social media and TV and radio I cannot monitor what is happening around me if I am gambling because when I'm gambling I don't want to divide my attention.

I agree because while there is are tough times ahead there needs to be planning done prior to it but that preparation must not include abandoning your day to day hobbies/habits because that happens when you don't manage your finances properly. According to me there must be some reserve for everyone and in absolute crisis they must spend the reserve but in mediocre situations some good planning and little bit more control over your addictions and habits can help.

Personally I have never been in such crisis unless I call renting and housing things a crisis which to me is how life goes, no one ever gets a perfect life and things like these only shape us a better person overall.

Absolutely yes, gambling is like a fun time or a source of income on other people, but the risk of losing is pretty big, For me, it's better to buy food, medicine, and other medical supplies. That is what we need right now, doing gambling stuff in a situation like this will not help unless you are lucky enough.

In this crisis I avoid to go to casino. But I wanna play gamble on online. I think it is safe for me. So, in this case we can build up new casino sites and where we can gambling & I request to add more new features to online casinos that are active.

May I know what kind of crisis you are talking about here?

You want to avoid a casino but you want to play online instead? What's the difference? You are still doing gambling at the end.

And I don't understand what do you want to happen on your last line.

In times of crisis no gambler will put into gambling his or her full resources to the gambling because of their responsibilities from families. Personally, during the crisis I won't get close to gambling machine because of my responsibilities towards my family, they definitely need me to use my resources for the progress of the family and not otherwise. During crisis, always stop my gambling because of its effect to harm the family, crisis are times we curb our essences in spending.

Yep, it is no different. Both require funds to play. If he realizes in crisis or has limited money, it is better to stop both. Keep money for urgent or more necessary needs.

Same here. He looked like writing in a bad way. The point of his statement seems unclear, so it is hard to understand. Let's wait for his response, he may have something as the reason.

I do stop and I guess the majority of us will stop, especially if the crisis is as proportionate like what we are having right now, we are first going to monitor what's going to happen, what will be our course of action and check if everything is all fine before we decide to come back from gambling, of course, we are going to check from time to time if everything is still ok

No I don't.

If we're talking about crisis in general it's no because I want to relax and not think about finances for a while. I hamble for the same reason I play computer games or watch movies.

If we're talking about coronavirus I don't care much for it. I'm young and healthy and I plan to stay at home for now so no viruses for me :)

Its just really normal for us to do such thing or act accordingly into the situation where we do experience.We do have our own will and knowledge on
how to handle or react into things.Why would proceed if we do see it that it would really be a problem later on? Unless if you are addicted that much
then you wouldnt care on what would happen to your life and just proceed on things on whats up to your mind which shouldnt really be tolerated on.



He do particularly talks about physical and online ones.He do avoid on going to crowd but still continue to gambling thru online.
I do see this as a valid point and nothing is understandable on here.For now we dont have any choice but to play online
if we do really push to gamble.




There are lots of ways to entertain yourself or in times of being bored.Not only gambling will able to wipe out that boredom yet there are other indoor
activities will make you enjoy without going outside. Panicking wont help thats why we should think up clearly and not on a hurry to make yourself safe
from outside.

It should be done by all gamblers but I doubt all follow it. Well, you are a good gambler if you still remember your responsibility to family in this situation. I agree to make a priority for family needs than spend your money on unurgent needs.

Yes, I do the same way. I make a priority on everything to use funds (money). Only use the money for urgent and necessary things.

Right now the world economic conditions are in crisis, I also experienced it. So gambling is an activity that I must stop right now.
Because life must prioritize the most important things first, we must be able to make priorities that must be met first. But for
addicted gamblers may not stop completely, but it is likely to reduce the amount of capital used to play gambling.

Indeed, we should tighten up our belts and restrict ourselves on buying unnecessary things (at least for now) because we can't predict what will hapoen on next couple of weeks or months. Good for us if the virus will be eradicated faster but what if the scenario gets even worse? We will have a fund shortage if that time comes. This time, whether we like it or not, we should disciplined ourselves and set aside our addiction. But to be honest my hands are getting itchy now ;D, I might say that I will make a deal if one of my friends ask for a friendly bet lol.

If the addicted gamblers who play gambling online, they don't stop gambling because they don't need to visit the gambling places, especially if they can cover their daily needs with another money that they already prepare. I think we are in crisis, but the country is still running, and people can work from home without going to their office. But it is better to stay at home and save our lives first so we can do another thing that we want.

This is a time for us to be little cautious as world economy is in turn moil and it will have a ripple effects in coming time . So each cent saved now is each cent earned and this would be useful during the time of requirement . Anyways casinos now are out of question as to avoid public places so it’s only online which people just have to avoid it and this would be also useful for those addicted people who wanted a reason to either curb gambling or want to reduce the frequency .

Stop gambling in crisis? I think that changes from individual to individual and from situations we are in. For me crisis is when I cannot focus on other aspects of life unless that crisis is melted down. First severe crisis means something like someone from my family is in a hospital and I don't have money to pay bills and in such a crisis if I am gambling then I would honestly believe my soul is dead.

Now, coming to crisis which are less threatening like you want to study further but lack funds in such situations saving money would never be too helpful although I strongly believe in saving money but you can't collect enough doing it, so I believe a loan is the best option.

Moving to even smaller crisis like you made some loss in your business and you are suffering from hard times, now this is the time when saving money and eliminating useless transactions can really help you and gambling is certainly one thing you should stop in such times.

I heard about the virus cases in your country, and that is also happening with the other country. We need to prevent ourselves by always care about our health and people who we love or in around us, so they don't get infected. Many people are staying at their homes too to prevent the virus. We pray that people who get infected with the virus can get the cure and can be together with their family again. We hope that soon, the government can found the vaccine so they can help and cure those people.

Wow, when I posted this thread, it was a small crisis, and than become a huge crisis, in entire world
Even Las Vegas is closing casinos and hotels: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/487766-las-vegas-resorts-closing-doors-due-to-coronavirus-spread

Sports gamble is practically over, there´s no sports being played and even Olympics could be affected

This crisis become a huge problem for all kind of companies, let´s hope this ends soon

I will stop and I believe most of us will also stop in times of crisis, we must put things in the right place first before going back to gambling like taking care of our basic needs, we have an epidemic now, so our basic needs is what matters the most after we have done it and sinceeach city has a quarantine or lockdown we can go back playing games but it should be limited so we can always be aware what's happening around us.

Yes for sure, because we have more important needs than satisfy our gambling needs at the time of natural and economic crisis.To be honest I am now spending money for buying important needs if the lock down period gets extended.Be safe and we can gamble any time.

Like this crisis what's there to gamble on we use to see a couple of games to choose from now we are seeing games we have no idea about but if we are lucky esports gambling might be what we are left with but things are just happening way to fast and nothing will be left to gamble on.

I also think that the gambling industry will suffer in this crisis as well as any industry.
The consequences will come. Seeing it on the positive side in the midst of crises, opportunities grow, I had not seen that there was talk of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies so much like now.
So I think crypto space will have an important role in the recovery that we will make throughout the world.

Maybe we have stop gambling for a moment but we will resume it when we feel calmer because the game was designed for entertainment.

yup family first before luxury and gambling is just a luxurious thing that must not be prioritized.
and there is no way we can gamble because the Money we have is enough only or maybe a little short for out family needs because of the said Crisis.
though i never had this issue before since crisis did not happen to my family so far yet i will not gamble when it happens.

I this hardest situation that we're facing right this times, we shouldn't take for granted all those possibilities that were going to encounter randomly. Regardless of life status whether you're rich or poor, crisis will affect everybody's daily task and activities. How much more when you're a gambler who usually do socializing with people at local places where there's gambling around us.
Refraining from this habit is the best that I can do for now, and many options will be done like using the internet as a form of another digital pleasures.
Online virtual gambling will always be recommended in order to control ourselves towards real life gambling.

Probably not, I'm basically doing the same thing as usual simply because I only play gambling online. No matter what's the current market or economy situation, that doesn't stop me, unless i'm out of balance. We also have hoard of goods so nothing to worry and I really stay at home for most of the time even if there's no crisis. Also there are still some soccer games to bet on and other games, so the betting continues.

If i have spare money then yes. Fortunately my salary is based in online so there's no problem for me. This time and day is the most convenient for me to gamble because i literally got nothing to do. The city that i lived in right now is like a ghost city due to the fear of the virus, most of the stores, restaurants and entertainment businesses is closed.

No one is expecting to see that crisis become bigger, but that is already happening. And that makes all countries now become cautious with the virus. Yes, that is affecting the casino too. And we saw many of them are closing the places for temporary until the situations can stable again. The sports are canceled too due to the crisis because they don't want to see the player got infected too, and that makes the sports betting website or local sports betting close too.

I think it is not just happening with the gambling industry, but it also impacts other sectors, and we don't know how long this will over. We all hope that the crisis can be solved by getting the vaccine to be given to people who get infected so that they can get healthy again.

 I would admit that I still gamble but with limits unlike before. Since we are facing some crisis recently i play safe and roll just small profits. We have to be careful with our rolling now. I still find time to gamble, it's fine as long as you are earning even small. This crisis makes everything become hard especially to those who got affected from work, businesses, etc. I hope this will come to an end so we can basically back to our regular daily lives.

We don't know when this crisis will end, we need to be more discipline now than before save money in case the situation will get worse.
It's not gonna be easy if we are just quarantine at home especially of our business are close down which is our main source of income and we have our savings now for our daily expenses, so keep that discipline, and gamble as its alright as long as you are in control always.

For this serious crisis happening in the world I would think about saving rather playing some games here since as you said we don't know on when we will see this things ends, and its better to be prepared for anything that possibly happen and we must stock up some goods for securing our self for possible hunger.

And hopefully all the people around the globe will be cooperative to their government so that they can slow down or help to eliminate the virus since this is totally a serious case.

There is nothing bad if you are gambling in times of crisis but having no limits in gambling while facing events like this then you already have a problem with your self and your mind.

Its good that you have limits while gambling. It is a proof that you can control yourself unlike other gamblers out there who are still gambling even though they are facing a crisis like this. This shitty virus will come to an end soon. It is controllable and many scientists are claiming that they have a cure for it already although it needs many tests before it will be use by the public. Gambling isn't bad as long as you can control yourself and you know when to stop if needed.

If you have spare time and money and you wanted to enjoy and relax while this virus still threatening, public places are not open especially those that are  common venue where communities are gatherings.
Online gaming to entertain and lessen your stress just be responsible not to add more problem.

For people who are at home and knows how to gamble with cryptocurrency. There's no need to stop or pause unless you really have to take a break and you want to be away in gambling for just a few days.

And with circumstances that you have mention, I guess it's also the other reason why they will stop. No work, no pay and many businesses are affected by this pandemic.

That's right if you have an internet and computer at home it would be really good to gamble and there's no reason to stop or pause on gambling because on our era there are a lot of ways on how we can gamble through the used of internet or mobile phones just search and google some of the inline gambling websites and I am pretty sure many gambling sites will appear, so in the case of those people that hasn't have internet at home then probably that would really a huge problem because they can't gamble through internet and the used of cryptocurrency.

I have no choice but to stop playing because my place is on a lockdown right now and no casinos are open. I can choose to play online but I’d rather save my cryptos because its on a dump price and I will lose big if I gamble it. In time of crisis know how to stop gambling and better to give more time on an important things, gambling will stay so stay healthy so you can still play tomorrow.

As expected, everyone here has their own internet connection so it wouldn't be a problem while we're experiencing this crisis.

But, given the fact of some seen scenarios, one is likely to stop for the sake of their basic needs and necessities.

I hope that these campaigns we are wearing, continue, even in this moment
Let's hope people continue gambling and bringing money to the companies we are advertising

But I'm worried, talking about gambling, everyone will suffer, physical places, online casinos, and I think the most affected is the sports gambling, there´s no events happening these days

Why stop? this is the best time to gamble as most people were quarantined in their own houses with nothing to do at all. Yet, gambling requires discipline of course. Despite the fact that we wouldn't be too busy right now (but some would still have their jobs taken at home), it is still preferable to rather be focused on the calamity than not giving an attention onto it. Yes it is a good choice to stop gambling for a whie, yet you can do somethings like buying cryptocurrency while it is at its low price in the market, then hold it and just trade it after months or years.

To those who couldn't stop gambling amidst the calamity, it only means they are somehow addicted onto it, making the gambling itself to gamble their life's decisions.

Exactly. Why not invest your fiat in crypto if you know that you're just going to lose it in gambling? Investing in crypto currency is a long term or short term way of making profits in which you could assure your wins than in gambling. That is why management in decision making is important, no need to rush yourself on doing something you're not sure of or you just decided out of thin air to do it, do that, and regret will follow.

Yes , i do stop gambling during time of crisis, be it financial crises or time crises. Also , considering global slowdown , i have limited my trading and short term calls . Though , i have few friends who think the opposite. They fall to gambling in time of crises considering it as easy money. Sometimes they winn, but i have noticed them losing most of the times

Yes since I have no other choice instead of risking my money right now I would rather buy some necessities in order to survive.
I think everyone would also do the same when they are on the same spot,
When you only have enough money to live and there would be a lock down then surely you wouldn't waste any money just to have fun.

It seems like in this condition there will be no open gambling, almost everyone is at home because the area has been locked down, so the only way is online gambling that you can play at this time, but if in a crisis like this we still play gambling? Don't worry if Covid-19 will take a long time, we really need the needs of food and etc. I hope everyone not to focus too much on gambling, because if we run out then we will also be more troublesome.

Yes, that's true when people will stop gambling it will affect the economical state. So if you gamble. I know because of coronavirus people avoid gatherings so they prefer to play online and when it will be crises in my financial state so I will stop gambling and will make money to again gamble later either online or in the casino.

If our resources is only little and will support your family enough then why consider gambling when there is a chance that your family will be Hungry if you risk the money ,i think better not to gamble and just focus in real life chances and not by luck.

practicality wise?make living easy without gambling ,there are no much happy if you and family is full and not being hungry specially in crisis .

I see no reason to stop gambling if everything is fine with your financial side. In addition, during a crisis, it can be very pleasant to pass the time for gambling.
BUT the majority has the opposite situation, business is suffering losses due to quarantine, which means that people have less money. Rational use of your resources will help to pass crisis times much easier.

These days we're suffering an economic global crisis and in my case, I do stop gambling. For some, no one can stop doing it because they are financially supported. So it really depends on a person capable to do gambling when crisis happens.

Indeed, choosing to stop when a crisis and not having financial support is a choice that must be made, gambling is not an activity that is required to be made at any time so any choice is made, I feel it is not a problem if they can do it with full consideration of all risks which exists. At least that is a decision that I usually make, because after all to gamble we must have a good consideration so that we can have control to stop or continue gambling.

Even a certain person is financially capable to do gambling but if gambling places were closed then he wont have any choice but to take a break
unless if he do consider on playing online then no one can stop him but the thing here is that not all physical places gamblers do prefer on
playing online for some due reason.

Its just a dumb thing for you to decide if you do risk up your families survival just to fulfill your satisfaction of your gambling addiction.
You are an irresponsible father and a husband on that case.

If the person has control to stop the gambling, then this conversation is not essential to convince anyone. The emotional gamblers bet with their last pennies in order to fulfill their enjoyment.  Gambling is not a profession or job if the gambler can't have control over the emotions I doubt his financial situation will be suitable to suit his gambling activity.

time to assess your financial situation here i guess? i dont think people in their right mind will take the risk of gambling in exchange of his family's food. ok if you will be the only one that will suffer hunger but if others are depending on you. maybe time for you to park your selfish desires!!

Well I pretty much exclusively play poker at brick and mortar casinos, so I will certainly be completely stopping that.

That said, I won't be stopping entirely.

I will use this time to finally find out which HUD is the best, and will probably start taking up online Poker.

I've always avoided it since I've heard about the rampant cheating, but I guess it's time to give it a go.

in crisis there is no one is financially supported unless you are a son of a very high profile person or government personality lol.
and also there is more important thing to prioritize than gambling in time of crisis,storing foods,and maintaining our family safe and fed.

lol "Very Pleasant" to enjoy in gambling while others are starving?why not try to go around and try to help others than spending money to gamble?this ways are more pleasant than gambling IMO.

poker and casino in my opinion has its own interests because on the one hand you will definitely feel curious and when gambling in poker and casino there is a pleasure you get when playing it so you will always be interested in poker and casino as it is today.

No I only limit it right now I still gamble but only a little unlike before the corona virus spread out.
It is one of my stress reliever and one of the things that I enjoy doing while I have some free time.

Same here, even though the global crisis due to the corona virus does not really affect my life (in case of economical thing) but now I gamble less than what I used to do before.
It is obviously to prepare for the worst case if the global crisis goes even worst unexpectedly.

On contrary I think people gamble more in times like this, maybe not too much but people who are really hardcore gamblers must be gambling even harder, people who didn't had time because they had to take care of stuff like work or job or their business and whatever that goes outside and does something and come home to gamble, will now have all the time in the world to gamble.

Definitely, there could be some gamblers who stopped during this time but the hardcore ones must be cover the difference and then some when they gamble even more, people who gamble less than 0.01 btc must be not thinking about this right now but people who gamble like 30 btc a month must be gambling like crazy. When you take away all the responsibilities from a gambler and give them all the time in the world, you will get more wagered.

 I personally had so much to think about during this time that it was basically impossible for me to think about gambling. I really wanted to get some sort of games going around so I can watch them and feel a bit relaxed but they are cancelled as well. People talk about the gambling but I really miss just getting few beers sitting in front of my tv and basically going numb for couple hours while watching the games, that was my relaxation, now thats gone and I have to find something else.

 In any case, I do not think about gambling, that wasn't even remotely in my mind, I think about all the ways I might be screwed financially because of this corona virus thing and how much it may affect me, when you consider stuff like that, you are literally in no position to think about which game you want to gamble.

It depends on the person if they are really addicted to gambling even in a crisis situation they can still use the money provided for their daily needs. I know many people that they work for gambling and that they do not care about their families and that their lives will eventually be ruined and gambling addicts should avoid it.

That's the very reason why we need to avoid being gambling addict when your very own family is already suffering from it. I think on my end, it is ok be a gambler as long as you are not affecting other people's lives and you still know yourself. But if others are at stake other than your life, I believe this is the time that you need to re-assess your situation. If you still need to follow your gambling impulses or your family's future?

I agree, I see nothing wrong with having enjoyment from gambling as long as someone knows the risks. The problem is someone that can't control themselves. I think if momeybis an issue during this time then people should stop, but if nothing has changed for someone and they enjoy it then it is not wrong to continue.

I only gamble the extra money that I have so in times of crisis like this one, I will surely stop gambling if I have no extra money. Gambling is only good if you have nothing to do and you have extra money in your wallet or account but if you are going to gamble the money that are allocated for your needs then it is not a good idea.

This time of crisis like a total lock-down will happen within a month or more than, then it is best to save up any money that you have and stop/pause your gambling session so you are prepared to what happen in the future and for you to sustain also your needs.

Yes, you are right. Many people become addicted to gambling because they lost control when they played. They tempted with their greediness, so that makes them play more and more and try to win the games. No matter if we are in the crisis or not, we must control ourselves in gambling because we cannot always win the game, but we can get the loss many times.

During this time, people who play gambling at casino needs to stop from playing gambling because many casinos have shut down temporarily, and that is a prevention to avoid the virus spreads to many people. It is better for them if they can stop for a while, and that can be the way for them to reduce their time in gambling, and they can stay at homes with their family.

It is global crisis si yes. I will stop gambling for a while.
This crisis that we are facing right now it affects my business and also the income of my family and we needed the money specially this coming months.

I realized something though.

I gamble online after my job. When the pandemic started affecting our country and working home is in effect, it is hard to gamble online and I feel like I am bored doing it for a longer time, it is like I got tired of gambling. I am not addicted, I do it for fun and well, the idea of me gambling doesn't really change but while in quarantine I just got tired of it though I still do my job properly. I don't know how that happened, maybe some of you felt the same?

Yes I will stop gambling because of being afraid to get the virus, playing in real life casino is not advisable as of now, as what we are facing right now, it is really alarming because the virus can transfer so easily to you especially when you are around to the infected person, so what I do now is I play online gambling, even though it is not that so happy playing online gambling, I would still choose it compared to real life gambling to prevent interacting with other people.

Yes I will, there are already a lot of real life casino gambling that are temporarily banned by the authorities to avoid crowded places because the virus can easily transfer to the people especially if it is crowded places and as we all know real life casino gambling is always a crowded place. I prefer to play online gambling as of now to prevent interacting with other people.

Well, it depends on case to case basis, how People have their different nature and they have a different perspective in living. That means that with the situation about the COVID where everyone is in their respective homes, there is a possibility that one could just stay and watch the news and others are feeling bored. Good thing that we have a lot of gambling sites online that offer cryptocurrency for us to bet, this boredom will not be a problem at all.

For me, I still play despite of the situation, and I think my playing rate gets higher as I don't have nothing to do aside from reading on our forum, so, that leads me to enjoy playing more, but what good is that I know when to stop playing especially if am near to breaking my limitation.

Indeed, it depends.
If you are considering your fiat money as your gambling fund and there is a strong economic crisis happening where your income is impacted negatively then you are going to decrease your gambling activity.
If you consider your crypto money as your crypto fund and you have dedicated a portion of them for your gambling activity then you might be happy with a downfall of the market prices as you will bet with less money that has a potential to grow in value in the near future.

Lol if you don’t know that Gamblers whos addicted can do so much dumb thing and even stupidity ,they can even risk their family out of gambling so what can you expect to the worst thing they can do?
And besides irresponsible gamblers is what they are so there's nothing new with that.
Yups and you can do other things for a while like having time with your love ones and just come back playing when the crisis ends.

It's really hard to stop when you are addicted to such a thing, because it has been your daily activity for long. But considering our current circumstances right now, we should know how to stop ourselves from further losses. We need to have some grown-up plan and some savings to stock some important things like food and medicines. let's put aside our bad habit and starting today, let's think of our family. In that way, we can stop our self from gambling and we can also provide for our family even though a little help, it will count as we are contributing.

The best time to bond with our family is now, it seems like God has pause the world for a while so we can spend time with our beloved ones.
They say that the world has been moving so fast, and now we are like back to the old days where the most people now are just staying at home and most businesses were close, good thing we are a gambler who are fun with online gambling as we can still do it.

Crisis if we have support from the government is alright, what I am talking is the financial support and with that we can still enjoy gambling at home and when we can enjoy at home, we can effectively self quarantine ourselves that we are safe from being infected with the virus.

When the recession comes (I just consider that the recession has came) there is no better than to collect money fiat to meet our daily lives.

And yeah I agree to break up for a while to play gambling, since our job (in my country all of companies must temporarily close all activities) which I mean it will give a huge effect for our income.

So, if you still gambling at that situation maybe I'll call you as a crazy man unless you have an addiction and you can't leave gambling in your life but it is horrible. I just consider that gambling is not an income place, but it is just a hobby who will make you spend your money to satisfy your desires.

I will stop for a moment in a crisis and not stop completely, for example at this time, I stop for a while to gamble because of the conditions.

the spread of corona that is happening right now makes me have to downsize, the spread of this virus is not known until when and I have to downsize until things really improve.

now we must be able to control ourselves, I never want to force the situation, if the situation is not possible then I will pause.

On the one hand, it’s right to stop gambling and to limit your consumption as a whole. But during a crisis, there is a lot of stress, and many people can relax only by gambling. It will be a difficult choice for such people, but I think that they can lower their average bid and thus find a compromise.

Another thing is that if you have a lot of extra money for gambling, why not quit the gambling and help the poor and the needy people in the time of crisis ?
There are many people who earn daily wages and due to lock down, there are unable to earn. Its better to help them in crisis and stop spending on gambling for a while.

I don't, but now a days situation is very difficult for corona outbreak. So, I will stop casino gambling. Because casino is a crowded place and in this time crowded place is not safe for us.
So, this is the perfect time to take online gambling ahead. I appreciate online gambling for this crisis moment.

There is no denying that any gambler either big time gambler, gambling addict or small gambler who are gambling in a physical casino will forced to stop during crisis especially at this time where there is a virus spreading in many countries and causing lockdown. Even if there's a gambler who don't want to stop gambling doesn't have a chance to find a physical casinos that are still open due to lockdown happening but he/she could still gamble online if he/she have crypto funds to gamble. Meanwhile, for online gamblers they can still gamble anytime only at home (a gambler with internet connection at home) but to those who doesn't have internet connection could still gamble using mobile load that have an access to the internet and know someone where he/she know someone where he/she can buy internet load for mobile phones.

Yes, I stop in gambling. Since we are lockdown in our country, I stop for now because it is too hard to recover your lost money. I also need to save money for our necessities. Maybe after this crisis about the corona virus, I will slowly go back to my pace and slowly play some gamble. Well, let's say we miss playing gamble too much.

gambling is a one of the addiction game so once we concentrate the playing, automatically we try to participate each and every time. May be once they loose the total initial amount surely we are all trying to quit the game. Anytime financial crisis was affect the future days so we must plan and maintain some past journey .

Good decision, don't force yourself to gamble in this situation. You have to save it not only for necessities but also for urgent needs that possibly happen in the near future. So, even we have extra money, it should be better to keep since we are in a serious pandemic disaster.

If you really miss it, you can play online gambling with a small amount of money. But make sure you limit a very small amount. Or just find out free gambling sites.  :D

I think the path you chose is very smart and it should be like that because it is better to secure your assets than something happens that you don't want that will ultimately make you lose money while still gambling when the corona outbreak is still spreading.

Even if you don't want to stop you will when you are in a crisis like this, authorities are stopping people from getting together all forms and kinds of meetings are stopped, it's a right decision to stopped when we are experiencing a crisis, this is to address the crisis before it become worse.

Incase of crisis like what happening right now in ny country right now we are in the crisis and the salary of my fellow filipino stop because they don't have have job because they stop operating because of the coronavirus so they don't have choice also to stop playing gambling because they don't have money. But if they have I think better to use money in their needs or their priorities.

Remember using money in gambling is good as long as your money that you use is the extra money.

But because in my situation right now when I need money so I lessen playing money but I still playing .

The crisis right now is the pandemic COVID-19 or coronavirus. As of now, we have 321, 278 coronavirus cases, 13, 699 deaths, and 96,006 recoveries. With this data, those who still gamble are putting their lives, not just their money on the line. Because of the technologies, you can still do online gambling while being quarantined.

Charity and entertainment are two different things. I understand that in critical times you can sacrifice your entertainment to help other people, but this is a voluntary choice. I hope that most will do it.
Well, in general, those who work in the casino also have families, and if we stop playing, they will lose income  :)

In this era of online gambling, I believe most people must be into gambling even in the times of crisis because only very few people are getting affected and most other people are just staying within their home for quarantine reasons. When you are enforced to stay within your home, gambling must be the best option to spend your time thrilled.

During the times of cyclone or any other similar crisis which is affecting me, honestly I will be unable to gamble online and in real casino as well. I'm praying to God for not giving such situation because life will be more terrible under those kind of crisis.

I guess that is a perk of being an online gambler, now I keep thinking how many wealthy people have suffered and got infected by the virus because one of their contender in real casino is a coronavirus carrier haha lol. But honestly, as the situation is getting serious it somehow stopped me for a moment to gamble not only because the price of bitcoin is undervalued but also because I keep on watching in TV and monitoring online news. It's better to know what is the current happenings than winning a jackpot in a casino. hmmm.

Well me too especially I'm living in the east where typhoons are very active and easy to form because of the pacific ocean and is above the pacific ring of fire. Scary.

IMO, what would really be affected on this big time is the poor countries since they lack the facility, the number of cases has been increasing but good to see that there are also big number of recoveries from that, but mostly in big countries only, but still people are in panic until now since no cure for this virus has been created yet,, we better stay at home, that's the only way we can help our country, if we can gamble and have fun, let's do it just to stay at home.

No way people would still go in a casino if there is a lock down already, they will be force to stay at home, in crisis like this, the government order people to stay at home, it's not a request.

As the pandemic cause more and more people to get infected, I would not be surprise that each country will conduct an initiative to lock down its territory, and that would mean closing establishments that are not vital for our daily needs and that includes casinos.

We have to bear with the government now, they are our only hope to fight for this crisis, be obedient with the law, if they say stay at home, we should follow, for those who have no idea about online gambling, maybe it's time to learn now as we have more time staying at home now. 

on the spot that the Crisis happens?for sure i will stop gambling totally and will Hold all my assets to be ready in the upcoming problems from this crisis.
will do same as you,because also i have a Business that runs by my brother so when crisis happens i will focus on that business and may consider stopping gambling for long time from that point.