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Gambling addiction was a serious problem that happens in almost all countries. Many people go into gambling coincidentally and watch their parents or closest family or friends play poker cards or other card games or even go to offline casinos because of curiosity.

They were playing gambling because of curiosity and never thought much about gambling or how they became addicted to gambling in the future. They are just smart enough to hide their gambling activity from others because they do not want others to know that they like gambling.

I am reading this article that telling she played gambling since eight years old and her dad was a compulsive gambler.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/gambling-addiction-women-betting-b1769523.html
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That is one example of why someone becomes a gambler, but I believe many others known gambling because of other reasons.

You can play gambling, especially if you play online gambling but we never know if what we did in gambling can attract people beside us to follow us playing gambling without knowing. Always look around you before you spend your free time playing gambling and not making others curious about what you did.

So how are you playing gambling? Did you play alone in your rooms or in your home or in the public area or do you have a special room just to spend your time to playing gambling?

Sad story. Not he ruined his own life and now his daughter's life is also ruined. It is like having a alcohol addict dad and you became an alcohol too after watching him so many times drinking. *People are weak af creatures. They deserve anything bad that happened to them I guess. That's all I can say about it. He could have not played near his daughter to prevent this from happening but on the other hand the daughter could have chosen not to play too. Neither of these happened. Nobody put a gun on the girls head. She wanted it which proves my point* earlier.

I totally disagree about you are playing alone for the purpose of did not make curiosity to others. What if you will become a gambling addict too, no one will help you. It is okay to be open to others about your gambling activity because there are possible some who can give advice if you are in a danger zone, somewhat like turn to addiction.

About the curiosity of others, you can give them advice around you that gambling is not an easy way of earning money and young people should always be guided by their parents as always not to involve in gambling.

Moreover, there should always be an SPG, a Strong Parental Guidance.

I make it a point to be alone when playing online and always check my children what they are playing and the history of their searches you have to be an example to your children and they always imitate what they see in you if they see you spending money in a game of chance and making money out of it, they will be tempted to try it out if you have young kids practice discretion.

You will have the right time to explain to your kids about online gambling but the best time to teach them is when they are ready to understand what online gambling is and it's when they are of age.

Most people don't just feel comfortable discussing their gambling activities with people I think she truely needs help that's why she took up this courage to share her story I know many who are still victims of this said gambling addiction. Her father just ruined his life and hers but it's still not late to pick up her life again but it's going to take process like. Just wish she gets back her life soonest

I think my gambling habits are heavily influenced by my dad and my grand father. When I was a kid, we used to own a cock farm for fighting in tournaments. My grand father has this huge trophy displayed on our cabinet and my dad followed then his footsteps on continuing his legacy. Currently, I stopped gambling but being exposed at an earl age where you see your family gambling had made me thinking if it was the 'normal thing' to do.

When I first incurred my loss while betting on some games, that's when I realized that I should stop from this habit, which ultimately lead me to quit gambling completely.

I read the story of Lisa walker from the link provided above who reported that she was 8 years old when started her gambling picking the habit from her dad and gambling for 37 years

That is the quote from the link and my emphasis here is the fact she got into the habit after her dad and that shows that the family is a strong factor of socialization and indeed the number one of it all before schools or peer pressure that the kids go through outside the home.

We can also convinsively say that most kids learn most things or habit from home. Or, that they get the approval of what they have learnt, adopted from outside, in the family when the family condones it and refuses to scold or punish a behaviour that a child take to as non adult (because as adult, you have choice in your decision). For early gambling, I think it could lead to distruction if not controlled.

Imo it's more about how you could stop yourself from gambling because there's so many ways to get exposed on gambling and on top of that it's accessible with the help of online casinos. This topic reminds me of another thread where it's all about teenagers getting exposed to gambling at an early age (video games for example). Like you've said there's so many reasons but at the same time it's difficult to make the right decisions most of the time.

For your question, I always play on my own, i've gambled against other people before but I don't enjoy the experience that much compared to online where it's much more relaxed.

I'd started my gambling journey with lots of questions and that's curiosity which is very normal to human nature what's important here is what you will do after finding out its purpose out of curiosity because gambling is full of surprises and you will only get addicted to it once you already know how it works.

If you go to casinos that means to me, some time in your life you really wanted to play the game but since you do have a limited knowledge about it you started to do some research and might start gambling later on. What I mean here is that, we should always have a self discipline, because even if you play alone your family can still be expose to gambling so better to spread awareness and spread the real knowledge about gambling and how much risk they are taking if they gamble.

Being curious is a human nature and as mature citizens, we already have our own sense of decision-making. It's normal to be curious or to watch people who gamble but we should know our limits. We must learn how to control ourselves. We can get entertained by gambling but that doesn't mean that we also have to gamble and get addicted to it.

That's a classic example that the environment influences a person to become what they are now. A father is a gambler and it's no wonder a kid sees what their parents do and follows. This family has a lot of money to gamble and most probably nothing else to do with their money. Its not out of curiosity anymore when you get to come back again and again because its most probably to earn back the loss which resulting to addiction.

That is a sad story to see her start playing gambling at a very young age. But it is no surprise if she is playing gambling because she watched her dad playing gambling. Humans can easily attract to something that they do not understand and will find out how it feels. But I will not forgive myself if I see my kids playing gambling because of me. I will do many things to make them stay away from gambling and never involve in gambling. That will be my fault if my kids are playing gambling, even becoming addicted to gambling.

Gambling does not need to be a thing to hide from others and being an isolated gambler is some how not a good idea for me. You need to interact with other gamblers to learn new strategies that can really help to make good profits. Although we have different kind of gamblers with there various reasons why they decided to participate in gambling which might be to make a small profits for take care of normal basic amenities while others might be a long term gamblers not just to satisfy the present needs but future needs.

If you're just looking for a quick buck, agree to this. But have you noticed the elderly people playing cards? They're just having fun with it, though they will occasionally place bets, but it's only for a small amount of money to get an adrenaline rush. However, I believe that those who are young and want to make money while having fun should be surrounded by people or gamblers, as it is extremely difficult to have fun if you are playing alone and also earn money.

Nah, if you stuck to gambling, that's not curiosity anymore, that's your fault. Honestly, it's not a fault to be curious, it's a fault to stay knowing it's wrong to even after satisfying your curiosity. At that point, if your curiosity was to the extent where you're thinking what's the possibility of winning x amount in games, then curiosity wasn't at fault really, sooner or later, you'd end up gambling even if it wasn't at that point of time. It was rather unfortunate for her tbh, to the point where the moment she won big was also the moment she knew there was no going back (imo). You know there's no going back once you tasted that sweet sweet victory.

I agree, guidance is super important. The problem is that there is an age in everyone´s life in which friends have a higher peer-pressure than parent´s advice, so the solution sometimes has to be as radical as changing the full environment in which you hang out. On top of that, I think is more difficult to become addicted if you play socially and just for fun with other people because at least you will not be left alone with your thoughts and, as some people may be a problem, others may actually be of help.

The influence that others can do to those that are not yet gamblers is big. Just like me, if it's not with those people that I've used to watch play card games and with money on it, I won't be curious enough to learn what they're playing. Even if I'm just a kid watcher by that time, I've learned the mechanics of those card games that they've used to play and until I've learned other gambling games too. That's the sad part especially the kids that have been prone to those gamblers, they're likely to have the same experience as me and will grow up as a gambler and hopefully, they'll control themselves.

The only solution is that we must be able to learn from this story, that after all gambling cannot make us truly able to control addiction but ourselves who are able to control our thoughts rationally. Keep gambling as a game to entertain yourself, not to plunge yourself into activities that have a negative impact on life. I hope that all of them can provide education to those who are curious to keep playing gambling on a controlled mind and awareness.
Responding to today's conditions regarding gambling, it is almost felt where I live, it is really necessary to be able to see the situation and conditions and pay attention to the environment with whom we are playing. So that it does not cause things to have a bad impact on other people.

i guess a lot here have the same story as yours. at a young age, you will really get involve in gambling if people around you are in gambling. the most common game that we will see is this card game. as a kid, you will really get curious how things are working with them because some can sit for hours and hours just to satisfy their desires in gambling. so if you have kids at home, and you don't want them to try any gambling game yet, better start observing the routine of the adults, should not hold any card game or any type of gambling when they are around.

It's true that the environment can affect our scope especially when with family or friends around him, to be honest at that time I did a gambling game that meant when I was with friends, so even friends who didn't know were curious so I tried what I was playing, so that's where the addiction started and until now.
After the trip I always thought that if I was like that it would attract a lot of people who knew to know I was afraid this would get out of hand, and since then I've always been playing in my room without anyone knowing.

Yes, many people react aggressively to information that you are gambling. 

Gambling is one of the entertainment options available.  However, many believe that this is a very stupid and harmful activity.  This is not true, but it is very difficult to convince them.  People are very often overly categorical. 

They do not want to accept someone else's point of view, which is different from their picture of the world. 

Therefore, I do not advertise my addiction to gambling. 

I play alone.  I create a super comfortable atmosphere to play - with a glass of red wine or a cup of cappuccino.  I turn on my favorite music.  I sit in a comfortable chair.

Players or audience are not alone responsible in bringing in people around. It includes everything starting from the way game is set, ambiance and etc. More fall in at first due to offers provided to try out. Marketing is the key to cover everyone around. But yes through word of mouth and by people around are other reason as well. Nothing can be done unless and until one has control over himself. Its again everyone is responsible.

I think the bad influence of parents can't be used as measure to determine a son or daughter will also develop that same bad behavior, because there are also many cases where the children completely reject the activity their parents were involved in a negative way when they become adults. It's not hard to find someone who don't drink alcohol because they had a negative experience with a drunken father or mother during the childhood and the same goes with gambling.

It looks like in cases similar to the one presented on this article, sons get inspired and somehow even admire the father including his mistakes, so they follow the same patterns. But if sons have a critical approach towards the addicted parent, they will most probably not commit the same mistakes during their adulthood.

However, genetics work in a way the addictive behavior may appear later again in a next generation...

This is something that might work when you are playing the games online, that does not just give you privacy but at the same time it protects such instances from happening since you can more or so prevent people from getting involved or even kids from associating with such things, therefore I do think it's more of a probelm when you are gambling in person and even allowing kids to see or experience it otherwise, There are people who get agitated and take it out on their families as well, therefore this is something that is far to personal, this would only involve the person who is gambling and the person who is allowing to see and experience therefore it's not something that can be controlled by casinos for sure.

It is sad when an adult exposes a young child to gambling activity - as kids can be very impressionable. Like a lot of things in life, bad habits can be learned by how you are raised and the environment around you, even if that is not the intention of the person with the problem. Far too often people with a gambling addiction can be so engrossed in their own life and misery, that they forget the ripple effects that it causes to people directly around them - besides the financial aspect, it can result in them losing self respect, cause anger issues due to lack of control, take up all their attention and many more. If younger generations do not have a guide they might follow in the same footsteps or worse, because they think it is normal.

This is ridiculous; well, depends on the culture. I have been living in two different culture and I have never found gambling to be something which can be shared with someone; mostly not even with the friends. No one knows I place bets on sports other than some of my friends I made here and some other platforms. Why would even anyone know; at least someone from the family? Well, when it’s addiction, it’s hard to keep secret.
Nevertheless, I didn’t get why she mentioned the biggest win from Royal Flush as worst day. Anyone?

Sometimes satisfying a child's curiosity by answering questions is enough to help a child make a good decision in the future. If your environment is an environment where there are different forms of gambling activity, don't think that keeping your child away from what is, and always under constant supervision will help the child, it is best you educate the child and tell him about what is going on around him so he can be make a good decision and be comfortable to talk to you if he has questions.

The major problem is that not talking about gambling and other habits heightens curiosity in children by not telling them about it. If parents learn to talk more to their children and explain the dangers of habits the case of starting to gamble out of curiosity will not have resulted in many.

lockdowns made us play online only. it's best that way than attracted to the bright lights of traditional casinos.

sorry for not reading at all the link. but how did an eight-year-old girl play casino? if she was with her BFFs i think it's normal like how we do it when we were kids. curiosity and the thrill i guess. we like doing it when it's prohibited.  ;D

I don't think it was exactly like she started gambling from the early age. She used to play poker and that's out of fun only; learned from her dad. But that's later turn into an addiction. Later, she used to go into local casino to play the poker. Poker is one of the most addictive game by nature. I used to play it a lot back in the day but these days, I have managed to play few hands a month or a week.

Honestly, if you're letting your kids watch you gamble unsupervised the problem is not with them or the gambling casino you're in, the real problem is you and your bad parenting. There's a reason why an age limit is imposed on activities like this and of course, that is to avoid exposing younger individuals to this kind of addicting venture at a very early age. If you would gamble, be it online or offline, make sure you don't have kids sneaking right behind you watching you play, or at least let them watch and inform them about the detriments of gambling so you start them young. Exactly. Although of course environment plays a huge role in influencing a minor to gamble later on in his life, but this exposing shouldn't come from your immediate guardian out of all people. Honestly parents that do this must stop and reconsider their actions because that kid will one day live his own life and your neglect right now will have serious detriments to the child's future later on

After all, traditional casinos are starting to close and operations are limited during the lockdown, so it will be very strong to gamble at online casinos. Then there were more massive lockdowns in some countries, and many traditional casino workers experienced a decline in income.
What we can do is gamble in a closed place and avoid people including children under the age of 20 from imitating what adults do when gambling.

Im a gambler who do play games online which is mostly done on dawn or going in past 12midnight which simply shows that there are no people who could see me on playing gambling and also
i dont like for me to be seen by my wife that im playing gambling but honestly i shouldnt really be afraid at all because it is really just for the sake of fun and not for income.

It is true that curiosity could really result into this on where people behind you or able to see you would really be giving out some influence and might cause up some curiosity
specially into your children which you should be careful or even with your family members if you arent married.

Be careful because this is indeed happening even though it is just on slightest chance of influencing other people.

Curiosity doesnt have limitations but if we are on the right mind and being aware towards our actions or getting some experience then it would really be depending neither you would stop or would tolerate
on what you had learned and this is where people do make their own fate in regarding into their actions that they had made since we know that not all would be having similar perception on things
specially on gambling because there would be people would be finding out for this thing to be interesting and what matter most is that they could make quick bucks.

at least to be a gambler must also have ethics and norms, lest the people around us follow in the footsteps we do.
indeed there is nothing wrong with just playing but we don't know whether the people closest to us can be addicted or not and this is the worst thing.
at least don't show something about gambling to your closest people like your spouse and children even if you are a gambler.
and I personally do that, even though I seem to be egotistical in this case but I will protect my spouse and children from getting involved in gambling even though I am in it.

I'll suggest you pay attention to your writing as, it seems like a translated work or perhaps, a little review could help correct errors and make the write up a better read.

Well, I'll like to put out something, its never gambling until its bet upon. It mustn't be money or something of real value but, a challenge or a can do and can't do is all it takes. So, its just a game until the introduction of a stake. Many adults might see a youngster playing games that are often gambled upon and it amuses them should the youngster be getting a hang of it but, it actually instill courage in this youngster towards gambling.

So, it feels wrong to display certain habits that are not really uncounted or allow youngsters to play certain games, games that are being gambled upon.

I don't have a special room assigned for myself when I gamble but since I have small kids at home, I do gamble at late night after tiring shifts from the office and to ensure the kids are not disturbed, I gamble in a separate room which was at some my study room during my younger years.

I gamble alone and in a separate room not because I am addicted to gambling or am shameful about it (neither I am proud about it though) but because I understand that my gambling and entertainment means must not become a source of disturbance for others.

Hiding your addiction (if you are actually addicted to gambling) can be even more dangerous because at least people around you, can help you out if you are getting out of control.

Yes, if you're in a community or neighborhood where it's mostly your relatives that are surrounding you. You'll have that time that you have to do what they also do because it is what you see everyday. That's why as a kid, you have no choice but to watch them since they're mostly doing that everyday. Even if your parents will advise you not to play that game, you'll still be able to watch and learn by just being a bystander whenever they play card games and other games that they gamble with on that place.

Its your money then no one would really be having the rights to stop you on what are the things you've been dealing with but somehow peoples views and perceptions do changes which this will really be affect you later on
because treatment or the way they do talk to you would surely be different once they do know that you do play gambling.

Being a gambler is somewhat being frowned upon on the society which is typically bullshit way of thinking which is totally not really that right at all and speaking if i do play when someones around or watching me

then of course, i do play no matter what time and where am i.Its none of their business if i do have the feeling  on liking to play.

Even we don't want out children to saw us playing gambling, in the long run they'll found out that betting would be a form of entertainment while having chance of winning lucky profit. Eventually you'll be the one who used to influence them by means of role model to them. What I suggest here is to minimize those activities and educate them that this type of activity would not give us benefit in long term. Open them the potential effects of gambling, and don't hid what reality is.

Do came from you or not then it cant really be avoided since we are already in digital world and if you dont like your children to get involved with gambling then you should really avoid on letting them see on what
you've been doing but there are instances where they are really prone or expose to these things online and this is where parenting is important but talking for another people then it isnt really just their
business on what you would gonna do with your money because it is something that they dont own on what had been spent.

This is very true.

I think that you want to keep your gambling activities down low for two reasons: one is that you have the potential to influence others, who may be underage and reckless, and two is that you could possibly attract attention that you don't want to yourself.

Just take a look at the stories of lottery winners having to settle lawsuits because others think they deserve a share of the winnings. Same thing here.

The environment of a person could greatly affect who he will become, I mean lets take an example a child grows up in an environment where both his/her parents are dealing in a gambling activities then this kind of scenario will be one of the curiosity of a child while he grows. Though, not all the time we can blame the addiction of a certain person in gambling due to its environment while he grows but we as person born with curiosity living in us and we wanted to try everything, it's just as simple as this, once you tried gambling and not get entertained then you will not going to do it again then a reverse psychology of this is known already.

No responsible gambler should be gambling in front or with the presence of little children or minors.

It is not necessary that a gambler has to isolate himself alone in a room or in a place where there isn't any person around when he gambles. It is perfectly all right to gamble in the presence of a lot of people. But it should be made sure that there is no minor around. Curiosity is dangerous enough for an adult. It would be more dangerous for a young mind who doesn't have proper discretion yet.

Eh? Letting your children not to see your gambling activity isn't the most practical advice but rather a suppressing one. Gambling isn't something illegal, and in fact, there will come a time where they will experience betting using their own money.

And in order for you minimize the risk of having a child with a compulsive gambling behaviour, then I think educating the do's and don't of ganbling should be your priority. Discuss the consequences and all the bullshit that could happen whenever they turned an irresponsible gambler.

This is why people are getting burned because they treat gambling as a taboo in some cases.

Gambling may not be illegal but I think gambling is generally bad. Not all bad is illegal just as not all legal is good. And I think that gambling gives out more bad than good. It is fun if it is done responsibly and moderately. But it is not uncommon that gambling is done beyond moderately. Gambling is specifically designed that a gambler is to have fun, lose, chase the loss, spends more money, get addicted to it, and go bankrupt.

This is not a thing to be shown to a child. When the child's day comes, I will be very glad to educate him about gambling and its implications. But age matters.

Before the pandemic/corona, I visited an offline casino twice a week, the last two years, even though the casino was open in secret, I rarely visited it again, at least once a month, and even then depending on the situation.

Speaking of online gambling, yes, I admit I spent a lot of time there, but mostly nights, so I entertained myself without my family knowing, in gambling, play, while they sleep, night falls I prefer the location in the upper room. I think it's a little safer from the family than the basement, I can control when they crawl up.

Gambling is something illegal in my country so it will be dangerous for me if I play gambling in public area as I might get caught by the Police and send to jail. What I usually do is to play gambling at home only in my own room where there is no other people knows that I'm playing gambling games. 

Depends on how the perspective of those people around you do define and think what gambling it is. If they're open minded person, you can open a conversation with them discuss about pro and cons about gambling. If they're not open minded person (e.g selfish, childish, etc) never talk or tell them about gambling, they won't agree with you and will do something bad in the future.

I usually play alone on my home especially when no one around me, just to take care of my privacy. Don't forget to don't linked or share any gambling activity on your social media too, otherwise anyone know you're a gambler.

There's no such thing as a responsible gambler, they are all the same, I mean you wouldn't call someone who gambles a responsible with their money right? Also, you're right about them not showing it to their kids that they're gambling because parents are one of the greatest influence there is when it comes to a child in their developing years. And this kind of people shouldn't even have their own kids to be honest.

Playing transparent gambling in front of our family especially our children is a big mistake for me because I always hide my gambling activities online or offline from my family because my family means a lot and I don't want my kids to follow in my footsteps.
It's better for me to play transparently in front of friends or other people because they are not my family, because I started gambling because I often see friends' activities often playing offline gambling and it makes me curious and finally I get involved and play.
and I don't want my child to experience the same thing because I started playing gambling because I often see friends playing gambling and I also often make mistakes so I don't think it's good for my family and children.
and until now I like to gamble but play online gambling when everyone is asleep and even then only occasionally and do it when I want to have fun.

With smartphones in their hands, kids will easily copycat what their parents did because they already learn by watching from their parents daily. When their parents use their phone, the kids will try to know by asking the parents, but their eyes will watch carefully so when they use the phone, they will open the apps and use it without their parents knowing.

The parents must understand moderately everything they do in front of their kids and if necessary, the parents should not use or check their phones when they are playing with their kids. It will build a connection between parents and kids and the kids will learn that when they have a conversation, they should not do anything except focus on that conversation.

i can perfectly relate on this part mate because i learn and become alcoholic because of My fathers being liquor lover .

But my gambling activities comes from my uncle in which a gambling addict since my childhood.

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But it is sudden to hear what OP tells story , because this is a clear example of wrong treatment for gambling and our love ones.

People gamble in public betting on horses all the time, not a rare event and not damaging especially.   If anything gambling can be an opportunity to promote good maths and knowledge of numbers as a skill to use.  There is no rule a person has to bet more then they can afford to lose thats the most essential lesson to learn not the idea that all risk is to be avoided in the world

Governments even those who are liberal have parental guidance warning when it comes to gambling, so it's the responsibility of parents to see to it that they do not expose their children to an early age, and if they are active gamblers, you should be discreet when playing.
The mind of children are fertile what they see from their parents will have an impact while they are growing, so protect your children by not letting them see you gambling.

This was like going inside an oper door with a curtain and you find some warning beside it saying "don't enter you will lose yourself" but you still insisted and you just say to yourself, I just want to see what's going on inside and unfortunately you found yourself involved in the activities with a scarce chance to get out. This is what happened mostly if we are curious about the things that won't really matter to us. We own the pen of our life and we are the ones to write our progress. If ever we fell into some deep addiction, it is only we can close the door of further destruction.

It depends, but yes, that mostly happen because of the peer pressure around you, what you see is what you'll become. Another reason is revenge, or simple logic reasoning, that what's wrong of trying the same thing if her parents are doing it for so long, kind of mindset like.

The other scenario is that the person will do the exact opposite because she sees the effect of being a compulsive gambler, so instead of becoming one too, she decided to become a better one for herself, because she don't have anyone to rely on to support her dreams and future.

We always decides what we will become. We just have to be mature enough and handle our lives well to be able to beat the urges to be a dreamless person that is contented on staying on the same place for his lifetime.

Indeed, the best way to play gambling is to play alone in our own room, without the presence of other people. Besides being able to make us safe
if we live in a country that prohibits gambling, playing alone will also not make people involved in gambling either. Although I like to gamble but I don't
want my family and closest people to gamble, because gambling has the risk of addiction. And I don't want my family to become addicted to gambling,
so it's better for them not to be interested in gambling because they see me gambling.

Everything we do is always inspired by someone.
When that "someone" is a very close family member, that inspiration is obviously stronger.

I started in gambling games under the influence of friends, but I was already an adult and I didn't have many problems, it was in the crypts that I found a much bigger space to continue playing, today I control myself only in sports betting.

When I was a little kid, I saw people around me gamble, I mean the environment when I grow up.

In the house, we will just play friendly games with money, just to have some fun. But when I go out, I started to play with money with the intention to profit, but of course that time I didn't know what I'm doing, maybe because of the influence around me or something.

But now that I'm a parent, probably my kids hear me playing, but I mostly played outside, and land base casino, while online, yeah, just me alone in the room away from them.

I believe curiosity is more appropriate rather than inspiration to describe things that you do. Gambling is not something to be inspired because it's not a profession or position that people wants to achieve. People gamble because they become curious on the person they know that doing especially if that person is always gamble. People curiosity makes them explore the game and they just got addicted when they experience the fun of winning money for a short period of time.

You are correct that people always do something because they are inspired but there's a thin line that separates the things that you should call it between inspiration and curiosity.

Yes, there is.
With good financial management, one can achieve a responsible gambling. It's stereotypical to say that all gamblers are irresponsible.
A perfect example of irresponsible gambling is gambling infront of minorities, just like what you said.
Another example is the lack of control the urgency to gamble.
There were actually a few people who came just to have fun even if it means they'll spend some spare to bet on any gambling games in the casino.

It's a responsibility that everyone needs to take care, no one would enjoy seeing someone being attached and get addicted to this activity, unless you allow yourself and be involved too much.

Proper handling of your curiosity is the best thing to do when you explore to something, make sure that you still have that control over your own emotions.

Your call means your full obligation. Those influenced are just an alibis if you really don't want to see yourself getting addicted. Better to not to be engaged too much.

where in this part of the world that a young lady at 8? comes to play gambling? i can't even imagine my daughter at 12 in gambling what more this young?

Her father must be blame on this and also the people around her, because they let her make this possible .

I wouldn't categorically call it inspiration.


If not family members, the closest the someone can influence is us obviously our friends because for sure we have spend more time with them specially prior to adulthood as we have observant and curious in our surroundings, and maybe peer pressure as well.

If we don't like our kids to be a gambler, then we should be playing with they are around, just go somewhere else, like in our room and play alone.

When it comes to curiosity, adult people or even children will find out about what they want to know and we know that they can use many ways to get it. If we are aware of what happens to us, we will see that something wrong happens and we will want to solve that wrong thing. If we play gambling and some people around us, they will want to know what we did and ask about it. They can join us and even will try to play the other gambling games.

I think not only to gambling but all the things that we currently know and are doing now have started because we are curious with them right at the start .
hiding your gambling habit to others can be good or bad ,
 I say good because you are not influencing other people to be like you but bad if your already addicted and you must tell someone so that they will help you in your condition .

This is also the reason why when I'm still gambling, I'm not saying it to anybody around me or anybody around the house.
I know all of their characteristics, traits and their hobbies but one thing that might make them curious can change how they are at the present and they might be an addicted gambler in the future just because of a thing that they are curious with.

When I'm still gambling, I only gamble in my room and always alone and whenever I'm betting I'm not saying it to anybody. Just me. I don't want to ruin lives by saying that I'm gambling and I'm winning money on it because sharing or just by saying that you're gambling might put them into a curious state and they will also try to gamble. Not mentioning that you can also win big on gambling right so they might tempt to do it.

My wife watches me gambling every day and that didn't affect her to try it too... and I have poker/slot/in-house/sports bets sessions whenever I catch some free time... which was a lot of free time before, now with kids and zillion obligations is not so often!

This is not something you can generalize... people find many things interesting, if that is gambling I say why not?! What's important is to be smart and to make smart moves, to think with your head before you do anything... it's how you keep yourself safe in gambling and pretty much everything else! So instead of pointing fingers at people who like to gamble, it's better to teach them how to gamble responsibly, how to be responsible people!

I always play gambling in my room and it's locked, I'm not married yet other than that I still live with my parents
Gambling really has a strong influence on making other people curious because I started playing because of the influence of friends at school until finally, I like gambling until now

I play gambling in my room locked so I don't get caught by my parents and my brother doesn't imitate my behavior
in my family gambling is still considered a bad behavior

I knew how to gamble when I was a kid, as I get older, I have experienced some problems due to gambling but were able to solve that problem.

 I'm thankful that I did not face a serious problem and I was not seriously addicted to gambling, if I can turn back the time, I would still not change as I love my childhood experience and though I made mistakes because of gambling, I also learn a lot because of gambling and that's what I used now to face and manage the risk of investing in crypto.

Children love to imitate what their elders are doing, so if they see their elders enjoying gambling they will be curious and check it out, so it's very important not to expose your children to gambling at an early age, although some countries allow their children to play as young as 10 years old, we as parents should not allow it, there's time for that and the best time is when they can understand things and their consequences.
So don't allow your children to see you gambling especially online where they can easily access it.

That being said is an example of how a child conceives that is the kind of life is what she'd become once he grow up. Being around with like that affects on her too and I guess that triggers how he'd become addicted, family is a huge factor of what we are and who we are on most cases but I believe as well that there are people been addicted with other reasons even with peers or out of curiosity.

each of us has different view on things when we were kids. lucky are the ones who already are aware of the effects of what they are doing in high school. gambling is normal for some family.

her dad wasn't very aware that his kid will be looking up to him as a gambling hero. but i'd be more surprised what her mother taught to her.

The worst part might be it sounds as if she has not quite gotten over the fact that she is a long term loser - it opens with her saying that she became quite good with cards, but the rare few who really are successful at gambling will not be appearing in such an article, they will most likely be living a comfortable and quiet life somewhere. When someone has gone that many years with such an addiction, it is almost impossible to break away from it, psychologically it can be crushing knowing how much money you have really wasted for nothing but "entertainment" and chasing the rush of winning. 99% of the blame does belong to her father who introduced her to such activities.. some people will see it as a toxic thing and swear off it for life, others will follow the same path.

It is widely known that people learn by imitation, we learn a lot of stuff imitating those that are near us and since our parents are the ones that care the most about , which is why in the majority of the cases that is going to be the first word ever uttered by most kids, then it is understandable that if a kid has a parent that has some kind of issues this eventually gets replicated by the kid, it would take an exceptional kid for this to not happen so parents always need to be very aware of the influence they exert on their kids.

What you say is absolutely true, children are always curious about all the things their parents do, they will try to imitate what their parents did.
So be careful if we are going to play online gambling, do not play online gambling in a place that can be seen by children. Do it in a room alone
if we want to gamble, because children can't think carefully, which is good and bad for them. It's the duty of parents to make sure their children
don't know gambling first, because children are more prone to addiction.

You are right, it's okay to gamble in front of people who in fact they are also gamblers. Always pay attention to the environment around you and do not let minors pay attention to gambling activities. That alone is enough, regarding parental upbringing and the relationship between parental habits that are passed down to their children, can still be overcome from an early age. What we need to do is be responsible for what we do, even with gambling activities, we must be wise in looking at environmental conditions.

There are two aspects to this. If you are gambling in casino, then there will be no chidden or minor seeing you. Also if you ask my personal opioion i don't like people staring at me but sometimes when i am winning, i want other people around me to pay me attention as i am a
winner ;)
Upon losing, i would want to move out of casino and don't even want to talk to anyone.

I am playing alone in my room and I don't go outside just to gamble. There's that much protocol because of the pandemic and it's more handy and effective to be careful to gamble online and even if without someone watching me, I'm good with that setup. Those who are free to gamble without any bad effect with their relationship to their wives and parents, then you guys are lucky because they are open to you as you gamble but not all families have that type of acceptance and openness towards gambling.

That's the optimal way to do that because at the end of the day you are the only one that's going to benefit in all of that. I think that if someone has a family already, gambling should be the last thing in their mind because responsibility to your family is a lifelong commitment and you don't want to be missing out.

On the last sentence you pointed out, gambling is not perse bad. It only becomes harmful if the user spends most of the savings gambling instead of fulfilling their daily/monthly obligations to the family. I remember, my Aunt used to date this gamer guy who was so addicted into playing online games to the point that he allocated most of his savings into buying in-game items and cosmetics.

Like what most have mentioned, creating a safe and healthy environment to each family is essential especially if you have kids to raise. They see their parents as "role-models" and the last thing that you want is for them to follow your footsteps in a negative way.

I believe that reminding them that gambling is one of the activities that can provide entertainment but can also have serious consequences if they make a single mistake. Playing alone is not recommended because the damage to your mental health can be significant, and you can become addicted to it; it is recommended that you have some people remind you to limit your gambling.

One of the most efficient and effective things I believe should be done is to provide knowledge, such as explaining how it works and the limitations of playing it.

I totally agree with what you're saying, because if we have other people who keep reminding us of the risks of gambling, of course, gradually this will make us reduce the desire to continue gambling and the possibility to stop gambling can happen because we continue to earn advice from others who care about us.

It should be that way. Gambling should be the last as it may be damage your finances,

If you already have a family, the needs should be the priorities and treating gambling as a way of entertainment just
allocate a small amount and limit it that way. There are people who mismanaged these activities and ended up losing a lot.

Make sure that awareness is on you and good control with all those emotions are being take cared before anything bad happened to your finances.



If being provided correctly! things will work out with no further damages. Some may continue for the sake of entertainment while others will not as they'll think that it just a waste of money and time.

Very well said. Parents serve as role models of their kids.
So if they see one of you playing gambling game, they will think that it is okay for them to play also.
And lecturing them or giving piece of advise is hard to do anymore as they will say that why you are also gambling.
So if you want to make a good example, start from yourself and you will find out that it is easier to direct them on what is right or wrong.

I do not hide the fact that I am a gambler.... why hide something you enjoy? I do not enjoy losing money, but it is still a rush... winning some money. I gamble in front of my whole family and some of them are getting the benefits when I win something big. (not often, but it does happen)

The thing is.... gambling should be a fun entertaining activity and not an addiction. Once it gets under your skin and you cannot go without it, then you should stop doing it. (The same goes for eating and alcohol and a lot of other things in life.... even running and Sport.)  ;)

since I got into the world of gambling I don't keep encouraging people to join the games of chance because I understand that it wouldn't be a good thing if the person lost money because they would blame me or if the person became addicted I wouldn't be able to sleep because I would feel guilty. when it comes to money people will always create high expectations, that's why I don't put people into risky things like gambling or high risk investments


if other people feel that you are a person who is earning well and start copying what you do and become addicted you will feel guilty even if you are not guilty

Because people generally tend to see you differently?

Not to mention the wealth of leeches that you will attract as a result of your public flaunting. If you win, people will likely despise you out of jealousy and if you don't, people will think that you're an absolute fool.

Gambling is something that I just keep to myself - plain and simple.

now that you pointed that out, I am one of the reasons two of my friends are gambling right now, and I can say that they're addicted but not too much, I am the one who's so addicted to it, I don't think they thought about gambling before until I was telling them about it, I sometimes go up to them and tell them that I won and show them my winnings, and trust me it is bad to do that, I was just happy and wanted to show them that's all, but after thinking about it, it does make them wanna gamble even more, it's best we keep it to ourselves.

There's no assurance that the young girl will not encounter gambling in the future even his parents are not gamblers.

Gambling is a thing that everyone will encounter while they are growing up. It's just a matter of interest if that person will test gambling. I've known some people who are exposed to gambling, associated with friends that gamble, and working in a gambling establishments but didn't spend any penny to do gambling because of the simple, they just don't want to do it.

Impressions would really vary into your current condition and its true that if you do gamble and it turns out that you are profitable then this is something that having some good or neutral impressions towards you
on where they dont care much or even got jealous because you do have lots of money and opposite thing when they do saw you that you have been wrekt badly by gambling then there would be lots of
criticisms and negativity would really be said against you and this is why it is much better if you do gamble silently and dont let others do see on things that you have been doing.

Yes your article is not freely available from my location, but you can freely read it on archive.is from everywhere https://archive.is/YvkBK
And I'm sorry but I don't understand the title of your thread, why are you so affraid about gambling?
Gambling is like alcohol, you will find addicted people but most of gamblers aren't. They are just gambling for the fun and for making money.

Not at all times. Playing alone or not, it shouldn't affect our mental health.

Its depend on how we manage our emotions. There are lots of people who play alone but still on themselves doing responsible things while they are not doing gambling. It's just unfortunate that some people becomes crazy while doing gambling.

Sad to accept that truth.

Exactly! Gambling is a thing of choice,it all lies in your own personal interest in it.I gamble,and yet I don't like it,and I don't want to gamble,but still gamble because I think one day I will be lucky to win big.
In my case,while gambling,I must not do it infront of my people or family cus I don't like it,and in as much as I do not like it,my family does not like it as well,so it's not a thing I will be proud of. 

For those people that are proud of gambling,maybe they know how much they've gained from gambling,but as for me,I know how much I've lost,so can never be proud of it.

Each person is different and you are right that there are some who dont able to control their emotions or impressions towards gambling and turns out to be a distraction thing which isnt really good in any case.

When we do play then its none of others business whether they do have bad impressions or views against you because its your money and its your decision to make on what are the things you would do.

Thing here is that you do able to control yourself on not getting wrecked by gambling so that people wont be seeing any reason for them to do so.

This is not even a problem.

Focus on your gambling session. Don't mind people around you. Distractions are everywhere and that's part of the game. In the first place, you won't go into a casino if you don't like the environment on it and the common scene will you see there is there are lots of people walking around. It's not just us they are watching but others too so don't feel special that will make you feel distracted.

Why should we bother about it? Do you mean we will need to adjust for everybody? No way. I will play regardless of who's around me even in front of my child that because the better they are aware, the more they will be informed and understand what's gambling is all about.

It's not that I'm not responsible but I can talk to my child or some of my friends about what I'm doing. It's good for me that I am always open to my close ones and not limiting the information they need to know.

I kind of agree with you. For sure there must be a better way to spend those money than in casinos. There must also be a better way to spend one's leisure or free time than gambling or wasting money. But you cannot generalize all gamblers this way. You have to differentiate a gambler who has maintained a decent life, a happy family, a good job, etc from someone who ends up pawning and selling all properties, left by family, fired from a job, etc because of uncontrolled gambling.  

In this era I'm sure those who gamble offline and online at least no longer do it in secret, because most of the people we know of course many of them will talk about gambling itself. So yes, I'm sure even though at this time we are gambling online secretly because it is done in the room, but in the end and or at some point we will talk about gambling when we gather with friends and can talk about it in chat too. Gambling in this era has become a lifestyle I think and they are free to gamble or not, because curiosity and any purpose in gambling will always grow from time to time.

I think what you say is true, because I also often tell that I play gambling to friends and some close family. Those who know that I gamble don't
mind it, because I'm not addicted to gambling. So it is true that gambling is now a lifestyle, so gambling is not as bad as many people imagine.
Most importantly, we should not influence people to gamble, because other people may not be able to control themselves when gambling.

We are the same; I play casually to relieve stress after a long week of work, and I also enjoy a beer. Well, it really depends on the person, I often tell others, mostly my friends, to try these sites, to try to gamble in them, but they tend to play but are not addicted to it, so I think it really depends on the person who got addicted and we are not all the same, so the best thing is not telling or sharing it because curiosity kills.

it is given that youngsters become what their mature does, remember that Bad habits become good in the eye of young if this has been happening normally in his presence .
curious in some part but the main idea is to win and earn that is not curiosity .
It is Her parents mistake , and they are to blame.

It is ok to gamble or let your children watch you gambling , but we must tell them first the bad effect and the future things so they must know the pros and cons.

From the past until now in gambling games only two possibilities will occur (WIN or LOSE). But there is a strange phenomenon that often occur in gambler, when a person experiences continuous defeat, he will be more curious about the results to be obtained, thus making the gambler unable to resist the urge to continue gambling or risking something without considering the bad effects that can befall him, and in the end a person will be increasingly addicted to gambling, it's all caused by the sensation of feeling tense while waiting for the results of winning or losing when gambling becomes a pleasure for players.

For me personally, it's like privacy I guess, and should not be talked about to people around, because they might think I'm a gambling addict, which when I'm not, I'm just filling my spare time. But I don't limit the place when gambling or opening an online casino site, fortunately.. people around me are not too curious about what I'm doing, they just think it's like a game.

The curiosity will become bigger, no matter if he wins or loses because when they win, they will want to make more winnings, while if they lose, they will be curious about how to win the games.
The gambler can stop if he had control over the games and does not hesitate to stop gambling while still having time to stop.
And if we play with some people with us while they do the other thing, they can be curious about what we did and ask about it.
We should consider playing gambling alone without other people seeing unless if we gather with some friends who play gambling together, that will be different because we will not disturb each other.

I don't know why people act like that, I mean losing while chasing your losses is boring, for me. It's meaningless, the neverending frustration you'll get for being an amateur in gambling yet has the audacity to go up against the house claiming that they would beat it. I guess the reason behind it is they don't have anything to lose, or maybe they don't have anything to do to entertain themselves therefore they stick to it even though they are just literally throwing their money.

Im a type of person that dont like that someone is watching or do knows on what im doing thats why i do gamble or something that im doing.I do intently do all things in secret and much better
because we are living on a world where there are lots of people that do easily judge and i do really hate when someone do judge me when im doing so its better to hide but honestly
theres nothing they can do if what are the things you do want to do because its your money to spent and not theirs.

Well tbh, sharing stuff, even if it was other than gambling seems to be pretty idk, odd? I'm the type of person to not share anything tbh and I've lived my life out well so far without the need to do so. Not that it's that comparable to not sharing about how we gamble, gambling has that negative connotation around it after all. People just judge you based on what they know, just like other examples such as sexual orientations and the like.

True. If you were to remain after that, really, it's not curiosity at fall by then, it's plainly yours. It's rather obvious how curiosity made you enter, but it's not curiosities fault that you stayed right?

you can apply this in online gambling in which you can play even inside your closet  ;D

but OP is pointing in real life gambling in which the Young women got involved because of seeing her father and maybe most on their community doing gambling in Her front means this becomes legit and rightful for her views.

and eventually she applied in her life with the concent of her own father .

it is not about who wins or lose , but it is the idea that father influenced His child and eventually become a gambler like him.

More than privacy, if there are children in your care then it's your responsibility that they're not exposed to this kind of stuff because those people that are responsible for children are the first line of defense to prevent from being introduced from this at an early age.

Regarding others who become curious because they see us gambling, everyone should be responsible for all activities they done can not blame others if end up being addicts, but as a gambler if anyone asks about our gambling activities then it is our responsibility also to provide the right information, about the losses that will be experienced not only the winning,  how much money has been spent on gambling and other risks.

I do it privately in my room, not because I want to look hidden but it's in that room that I used to spend my time online and my family understood what I was doing, because I wasn't a gambling addict so everything I did was still within reasonable limits.

You always have an influence whatever you are doing to the persons nearby you and it could be both negative and positive.For example you are gambling and very excited about it and there are 3-4 teens around you or say your children's and you win huge at that time then it will leave an impression over them that we could make money from it easily which might ruin their as well as your carrier as they are not familiar with its bad side.But if we say about adults then they are mature enough to have their own decisions like in casino you could not put your whole wealth at stake seeing some rich brat betting huge as it would be your worst mistake.But take care of kids that they should not be exposed to it.

I don't hide from my family that I gamble. If a person hides his hobbies from the people closest to him then he does not trust them and I am a supporter of complete trust in the family. Besides, if I suddenly become a gambling addict I want them to be the first to know about it and help me. The only thing I think it is necessary to protect children from this information because adults set an example for children by their behavior. And this example cannot be called the best.

That you are actually making yourselves separate from the real world where gambling is fun.
Why we should do that in the first place?

People had come into gambling for they are pleasing themselves together with their friends and family member. While doing that alone inside your room might only lead to addiction. I know it needs some focus and that is why we should be alone but not necessarily have to do that always. Coz for me, it was best if there is someone to talk with while in gambling.

You're either too lenient or you're too addicted to gambling that you can't easily let go of it when the need comes to be. Remember that there's a choice of removing it out of your life completely because it's not like you will always be in control of what's going to happen to you when you're gambling.

It is fine to talk to people around as long as they are gamblers as well, sometime discussing about our gambling activities is a fun topic regardless the result of our gambling session.


So you do not care if there are many people around you when you are doing gambling and how do you know that they are not curious with what you are doing? Do you ask them?

Lucky you for having a healthy family relationship. Most of the gambling addicts cases are they don't have any good relationship with anyone, that's why they do anything to "lighten" their lives by going easy go lucky, exploring everything (mostly bad things) because people like thrill especially if their life is so miserable and boring, most of them ended up destroying themselves because their mindset is that nobody cares about what they do.

Sharing our experience has its pros and cons, if we share our gambling loss to our friends or family then we may be able to move on from loss it our mind will keep regretting the loss so we will lose our concentration on works,etc and at the same time when we share our successful life journey of gambling to others they will get desperate about money making and will take the risk.

Making others curious to gamble is just a secondary thing, first of all we have to know the consequences of gambling then only we can survive in it whether we take it as career or just an entertainment.

Curiosity they say killed the cat. Most gambling addiction can be traced to curiosity. And the more curious one is the more exposure one gets.  It’s amazing how long exposure to gambling can turn one into an addict. It doesn’t just happen in the home environment. According to a study, employees from casinos, hotels and clubs reports increased gambling uptake and other health conditions due to long exposure to the gambling environment.

https://jgi.camh.net/index.php/jgi/article/view/3835/3873

There are different people specially into its behavior and mindset.We do presumpt things that people we do love doesnt really care for us and thats why some people do solo out their problems
incase they are already experiencing it currently or in present and since they dont want to get criticized or something like that then they wouldnt really be tend to share up.
When it comes on generating some curiosity when someone do able to watch you then this is something not that new.Every people would have really that kind of behavior.

It only becomes bad if you're affecting other things badly. That's how people are looking at it and mostly, they cannot manage themselves and instead, they're doing the wrong thing of it like the one that you've mentioned as an example. It's all about how someone can control himself and make things possible based on his/her approach while gambling. So, if it's about doing things and making crazy decisions as you gamble like spending most of your savings being left with nothing, you really are doing it very wrong.

The fact that I also experienced ,when I was having fun playing online gambling "poker" in my hangout place and there were other ppl "lol my friend" around they curious ,finally they joined in playing online gambling like me ,it was excited for me and fun because of the tension
Coincidentally that would be the story ,Now I gamble only to fill free time and not become addicts will be the thing because I know it will be a bad when I lose on gambling

curiosity is good, it's a motor for learning
but we shouldn't let our curiosity kill us and be bad for us
I don't think kids should be gambling, parents are responsible for teaching and letting them understand that this is an activity for adults
like many other things

It is how their parents raised them to grow responsible individuals. I do believe that discipline comes from home and if they received appropriate discipline they will grow a responsible individual. And one thing is how they manage their financial aspect. Are they willing to spend their funds to gambling, with no assurance that they will ever get it back? Can they control their emotions not to get too deep in gambling and wait before it is too late.

It is most suitable to play online gambling by drinking beer, it makes us free from various work problems for a while. I agree that not everyone tries to
play gambling and is addicted, but it's safer to not recommend gambling to others. Unless my friend is really curious about gambling, knowing that
I enjoy playing gambling without being addicted. Of course I won't let him try to gamble alone, I will give him education on how to be a responsible
gambler. I don't want my friend to become addicted to his curiosity about gambling.

Telling a little experience in gambling is basically not a problem for those who listen to it, because then at least a few close friends or family can know our gambling habits. At least when we are in trouble because of gambling, at least they already know about us and they can be friends who can help when we have problems in gambling itself. Telling stories by inviting is something different and for me, gambling is a choice and not an invitation. Curiosity is natural and they can still choose to gamble or not, the most important thing is that we only tell stories and don't invite them to gamble. But if they choose to gamble maybe to get rid of curiosity, then basically they have made their own choice and it's not a problem.

That is the best bet to avoiding and influencing other people into gambling, personally I do my bettings online, I have never been to a physical betting shop to play bet or a casino despite having them in my neighborhood, I just tried to limit my betting activities even though I watched soccer matches with my kids, I never let them know that we can place a bet on those matches, I just want them to focus on their studies now and avoid unnecessary distraction , when they grow old they can decide to gamble if they choose to do so after discovering it themselves.

Not just boring because that is not worth chasing the losses because we can have a chance to get more losses without we can realize.
Once we are frustrated, it can make us depress and we can not think that what we did is useless.
Playing gambling needs courage to stop as when we lose and not stop, we will end by losing all of the money.
And if people see we lose, we will feel not right and might say that is not our good day.
If that happens, the other people could say that they want to try their luck, which can attract them to playing gambling.

I learned gambling from my family, they only do it for fun since the money still circulates for our expenses. The only problem is the card games are addictive, entertaining, and the feeling of winning is exciting. I actually stop cause I relate gambling to receiving bad karma in life. I was playing regularly with friends when I was a kid, my parent got mad and started to become ill, we also had financial shortages. I just promise not to do it again, and days become better. There's no problem with gambling, as long as you do it moderately, not being too invested or addicted to it. We have to control and be wise with our spendings. I only try online gambling for some time since I can control my spendings here, I only use what I can lose, no hard feelings in the end.

not so sure if it's only from home
I'd be able to point friends who are raised in the family like brother and sister and one is disciplined and organized, the other one being the opposite

there's something about the way each person reacts to rewards and present x future thinking

but yes, family education plays a role here

Luck loves patient people and never comes to the one who chases it. In general, I believe that attempts to hide gambling hobbies from the family is a certain manifestation of gambling addiction as a person controlling his gambling activity may well explain his hobbies even if someone looks at this type of entertainment reprehensibly.

Although gambling to fill time gaps is an entertaining idea, I define this behavior as seemingly the style of a gardener, the seed may be difficult to become a tree but it still means possible, once this plant is full of nutrients to the point of growth, we will be like new addicts, many people may not believe this theory, but this is almost a common path for gamblers. Having fun in as many ways as TV dramas and e-sports, gambling is just as coincidental on a chance occasion as possible.

probably if one has to hide it from their family there's already something wrong, of course this would depend on the family too

regarding luck, its really good to have it but we shouldn't rely on it to make a living or to suceed

Agreed, and the majority of people who chased luck appear to be losing because only luck has the power to choose. It's like beginner luck, where you win the first time you play. I'm not sure why, but every time I play the game for the first time, I win, and I'm hooked. We shouldn't hide it because if you need help, you can easily approach a family member or relative, whereas hiding it causes you more anxiety and is bad for your mental health.

it's true that those who have a hobby of playing gambling must be good at explaining to others that the hobby is not so bad...

but if you can hide your gambling habits from friends or other family members then that's very good. my husband knows I love to bet and play slots, we are very open but both our parents and other family members don't know that my husband and I like to bet. anyway, it's better to keep it a secret just the two of us.

It's rather conflicted advice you are giving. On the one hand you definitely should not be broadcasting the fact you are gambling to youngsters or more mentally vulnerable people - that is true. On the other hand you are encouraging the sort of secretive and damaging behavior that is common with a lot of addicts. People should be open with their closest loved ones, so they can potentially get help if it gets out of control and they do not suffer alone. Like lots of nasty addictions, if you get too comfortable playing alone outside of a social setting then you are possibly making it harder to recover.

The more we gamble secretly, the more we hear less advice from the people around us that leads to a sort of possible addiction. Yeah, it should be open to your family and your friends. Maybe these people don't understand you but as if they know the reason, they might give you some support just to give you some pleasure unless if it found that you are addicted already.

Secretly or publicly, a gambler that haven't seen the reasons for which, he or she would regard gambling as something bad or vice, is most likely not yo the advice from anyone and on whatever ground the advice might have been given. This brings me to a question;

Is gambling a bad thing?

I guess not. Gambling in recent times are organised and most of all, it's a game of luck. A normal gambler knows this and as such, he  or she is most likely not to take advice because, they believe luck is on there side and as such when nor careful, you just keep loosing and lose some more.

This may be one of the reasons why people start playing gambling, curious about what people do, about how are they feeling, about how if winning much money from gambling. Well, sometimes, the environment gives a really big impact on someone to do something, including doing gambling.
In this case, gambling is something that is very interesting, moreover if they promote on an advertisement, with the very big winning, jackpot, bonus, and also rewards.
Of course, it will attract many people to be curious and start gambling. But in fact, they will never tell you about the risks and disadvantages.
And actually, if you are a good personal that always ready with the risks, that can manage yourself and funds in gambling, then a good learner, it may be not a very bad idea because you can learn from gambling and learning by doing to get some winnings.
but in fact, if you are only following and being addicted, this is bad.

I believe gamblers know the bad or good effects on him, even before they start their game.
And most of the time, some of them are annoyed when their gambling habits is noticed by anyone around him.
Some are really secretly gambling so no one will bother them about their activities.
A responsible gambler knows how to handle himself when it comes to gambling.

Exactly.

That's another reason why you shouldn't be sharing only your wins to friends & family.

They could get the wrong idea and think that gambling is a failsafe way to make money and take matters into their own hands in trying to turn a profit, when in reality they haven't seen the losses as well.

Just keep it down low and deeply private - you can't really go wrong with doing that.

Yupp!! that's a good one haha, I remember a few years back I was showing off the gambling money I won from a dice website to my roommate and he was interested in gambling but I had to explain to him a lot and particularly about bitcoin and betting anonymously this intrigued him but he didn't have a lot of money and still wanted to bet, So I gave him some Hundreds of thousands satoshi he can bet with, He won in starting then lost it all.

Then he said he'll make it back by doubling the bet amount... And now I think yes that's very predictable behaviour.

It would be interesting to see if there are some statistics about this, because even if I believe you are right at the same time it cannot explain all the cases of gambling addiction, in many other cases we see people that come from good families and that it seems as if they have everything but at the end of the day some people are simply unable to control themselves and they keep gambling until it is impossible to hide what is happening anymore.

Very possible for anyone to get addicted even it seems that you almost have everything.

There are gamblers who get attached to gambling and ruin their lives because of heavy addictions, people who own business or have
a good position in a well-known industry, have a family that we can say decent but in the end they still suffer from heavy addiction.

But it's good to say that in consolation, since they've got someone in their back, they manage to cope up with the help of those relatives
and friends that really concern with what happened to them.

That's a common mistake of newbies when playing gambling, they think they could get back what they have lost by trying the martingale strategy yet they were too inexperienced in gambling that's why they tend to lose everything in the process. They didn't know the risk yet and they didn't know how to minimize the risk either and with that lots of factors to lose is not advisable to play.

I hope he stop his friend to play instead of giving him something that they want to taste. It's like giving someone a drug then they got addicted and wanted to have more. I never advice to someone who haven't had a clue on what is gambling and what are the risk. They should do their own research instead of diving straight to the casino without a single clue.

there's no point in playing near other people if the goal is to show off that you are gambling or invite them to do the same thing. if you win they will just forget and think it was just luck. and when you lose he will just laugh and advise you that you don't want to hear. for me that is only for fun and guilty pleasure to do.

But there will be a thought in their mimd when we say we won huge amount of money in a single bet which may take an year or more to earn from your wages or salary that is what OP is talking about. But when someone starts to gamble they're on their own risk and greed so they should take all the responsibility of all the outcomes.

Personally I don't take gambler as a good thing for individual or for the family. If someone do gamble they actually know the risk of it. And they should not invite or inspire the relatives or friend. They should keep silent that they are doing gamble and if the addiction reached the high level they should take off it. About gambling the more curiosity will rise the more chance to get addictive in gamble. For why I think gamble should be taken as fun and don't enter in it if you did not yet. :)

If someone does gamble "he/she should know the risk of it"! But when we take a look around we see that many people are not familiar with the risks, and they cry over their big losses, gambled loans, etc...
Nothing is good if you overdo it, if you are not familiar with the risk and you keep pushing like there are no consequences... for that reason I am saying that everything comes from close people, who will teach my close ones about gambling if not me?! I feel the responsibility to teach them about all the risks around, but to teach them about risks you need to show them the game... one without another will not work!

This is good point imo. If you really have to teach someone then let him know all the risk about gambling. Even show them a live gamble game lol. But I don't know this will affect them as expected until losing their own money in gambling. :) The real truth is people always taste the thing what is suggested to no to do.

I think with a clear explanation it can also be understood how the risks in gambling are because the word gambling is not foreign to their ears, so even if they don't need to show they can understand more, indeed with live game shows but I think a little time is enough .
Well you're good you don't want to influence them to lose money but I think showing the game for a while won't make them addicted unless it's in the scope of being there at the same time, maybe they can become addicted to gambling and so give it a try.

This is why I don't tell people around me that I gamble, or know something about gambling. Most of them get the wrong idea that once you gamble, you'll get rich, especially if they see you or others winning some money on a game. It gives them that urge to try it for themselves and see if they can replicate some of others' success, up until such time that they get hooked and addicted.

It's best to keep your gambling habits to yourself, especially if you have children or youngsters around you. If they grow on an environment where one gambles regularly, they might get the idea that it's okay and then they'll try it.

I'd say how much one value other people's opinions would play a role here too
maybe if you're not affected so much by what other people think or they "silly games" if you are winning or losing it wouldn't make such a big difference
otherwise, better to go alone as you said

No, I would love to see people learn how to gamble, I mean, I love gambling so there's no reason I would hide what I'm doing. I believe they will eventually learn, so while they are still young, it's nice if we could educate them on the real purpose of gambling, the chances of winning, and most especially the "RISK" that we tend to ignore.

I’m a shy type person and I don’t want to gamble with anyone not unless I’m with my friends going into casinos but if its my family, I wont play around them. We should understand the effect of this one to anyone who’ll see our gambling activities especially on the underaged, if you gamble irresponsibly then you might influence them badly, so I choose to gamble alone at home, by this I can enjoy my own time.

That's right.
It actually also applies in all things, never only tell one side about something.
Although we may think that we don't want to make the family feel worried about what to do, we should better tell them to know about the advantages and disadvantages or the profits and also the risks that are always been in gambling activities.
Telling about what to do and what not to do.
Even about the basic thing about gambling, and readiness.
Exactly also, many people have only desired money and they ignore the risks at first. And when they get the risks, they have just been aware and regret.

I think you are doing exactly the right thing.  
It's good that your family doesn't know, or just guess that you are playing alone.  Then no one distracts, there is an opportunity to concentrate and, perhaps, an optimal decision can be made.  
If you are really busy with something exciting, such as gambling, you always nervously take advice or comments from people who are nearby.  And it is very distracting and annoying.  And ultimately it can affect the outcome of the game.  And people making comments often do not even understand that it would be better to be silent than to advise something.  And they may treat your game with disdain or irony.  And this is annoying too, if you yourself understand it.

If so, you can play gambling in your room without anyone knows what you are doing. Some gamblers are also playing in their room and no one knows about their activity in gambling. That will not be a problem as long as they can control themselves in gambling. Otherwise, they will become addicted without anyone knows and they will get in trouble if they do not know how to solve the addiction. Yes, we need to be responsible for ourselves and if we play gambling, we need to know our limit.

I would never introduce my kids to gambling, nothing good can come of it. It's a disease and an addiction that many people can't control. I have met very few responsible gamblers in my life. Those who know when it's enough and who gamble occasionally just for fun. The people I know usually have problems at home because their gambling activities affect their families negatively. For those kind of people, the most important thing is their fix and thrill. Their families come second. You never know who can adopt such an addiction, so it's better to tell your kids to stay away instead of telling them how much money they can win. Most gamblers lose anyways. Statistically, you and your kids will as well.

Its also my main reason why I didn't share when I'm gambling. I don't want to get to the point that when they know that I'm gambling then they try it and then got addicted into it that they will blame me into what happened to him. I don't want that to happen because I already knew from the start that you will lose all of your money at some point especially if you can't control yourself.

I agree with what you said that if you are gambling, keep it for yourself. Don't tell it to your relatives or anything around you and at the same time, don't ask money into them :D.

I am very secretive when it comes to gambling especially when playing online, where even young kids can access it by just typing and opening the browser, gambling is very risky to your children they will know that you are gambling if they see you playing because kids nowadays are good at using the internet, so when it comes to gambling online, be sure you are alone and playing secretly.

No matter how well we hide the habit of playing gambling to those closest to us, it will not be effective for the people around us not to do it because they will find and have curiosity from other things.
and I mean, they will most likely find out and find it from the internet and social media which is very transparent, spreading advertisements on gambling and gambling sites that look attractive so that when they see them they try to click out of curiosity.
it's hard for us to really hide it because they will find another way and that's a fact that's happening now.

I don't think shy is the right word for this.

It's the same like we find it fun to watch adult movies with friends but can't do the same with the family members. Awkwardness and hesitancy are the right words for such instances where you can do something with friends but not family.

Well, yes if you are doing things that aren't healthy for a particular age group then it can have adverse effects on them. But a matter of fact, adults are more addicted to gambling than young people because to get addicted to something like gambling, you need money.

Responsible parents should never gamble when their kids are around. Still, this is not enough. Nowadays, most kids have smartphones with access to the Internet so they will be exposed to gambling advertising.
So, apart from keeping your gambling activities secret as much as possible, you should also keep a close eye on your kids and monitor their smartphones to see what kind of websites they visit. Using parental control apps is also a good idea to block gambling websites and ads.

Actually, it all starts with the culture around it. If you live in a place where everyone is gambling just like they visit movie theatres then you will not see many of them addicted to gambling. But in a culture where gambling is seen as something bad, people will get addicted because they are not comfortable telling others about their habit.

If everyone in society considers gambling as a means of fun then the addiction rate will go down. Problem is that people aren't open about discussing their problems and habits convert into addiction if you do not care about it. I don't think any parent should introduce gambling to their children but at the same time, the relation should be one where kids can discuss their habits with you.

I have to agree with that as it might gain curiosity from them. That much better to keep away from them but it wasn't good to hide from them about what we are doing. May to educate them will give them some insight about gambling but for sure they will still forget it as their interest is not for this stuff. yeah, it was best to keep them out and never to teach them how to gambling as this has no positive effect but gonna be on the negative side.

^ Something like this, you can hide from the minor age but it is good if you will always open to your family older than you to seek advice and guide you not exceed the limit and if that will happen, possible you belong to the possible addicted people in gambling. But this is commonly happening, your lifetime habit will always depend upon your surroundings, if you are in a bad community, possible that you are bad too, the same on the gambling, it will influence the people and make curiosity on it.

Then prevention is better than cure. I mean if we'll not introduce too much gambling to them, we could take them away from gambling addiction. Instead of teaching them the strategies to gamble, I guess it would be better to teach them about the risks of it. In that case, they will be able to value their savings more than to waste them.

Don't battle on something that we can't control. In a gambling-friendly country and with the power of social media nowadays, it's almost 100% impossible for new generations to avoid gambling. They will expose to gambling no matter what.

Rather than put a stop to their curiosity, let them decide to themselves if they will be interested in gambling or not. Here in our country, gambling is everywhere but not all are addicted due to the fact that entering the gambling world was a self-preference.

In the event we noticed that one of our close ones is now being a gambling enthusiast, don't stop them as maybe they were responsible enough to with their gambling activity. Instead, educate them and share your insights about gambling and sure that person will share their sentiments too.

I don't thing you can just change the definition of a gambling addict based on where he lives and what those around him do. If you are a heroin addict, you are a heroin addict in Beverly Hills or in the Brazilian favelas. If the people need to gamble every day and all day, it's certainly a problem no matter where you are.

I agree. But the parents need to have a firm stance against gambling and explain to their child all the negativity that comes with gambling addiction. Of course, that won't work if the parents themselves are gambling junkies that don't know any better. 

but on the other hand, if we live in a country that still legalizes gambling, I think things like this will be difficult to contain because sooner or later children in their teens will definitely be able to find out about this even if it is covered up.
maybe it is wise enough if we give an understanding about gambling regardless of whether they are interested or not it is the right of each because of course if they have entered the age they are old enough they will know which one is best for them so they can judge right or wrong about gambling .

That's correct. There's no stopping it. Children aren't that dumb enough not to learn to gamble while they grow up. It's impossible that these guys will not encounter it while they are doing social life with the community while growing up. Gambling ads are everywhere. Even here in the forum, if they like to learn crypto, not only crypto they will learn here but they will also meet the gambling section. And there are many more ways to encounter gambling.

Trust our children instead. Gave them a good talk if something not right is happening. I will even tell them that I'm a gambler too. :)

I know imitation has a big effect but people also have free will. (So they told me) Even if you made those mistakes when she was a kid, she should have fixed those mistakes as soon as she has gotten smarter. Monkeys and killer whales also do what they are told but they are not going to beat you in chess. A grown-up person shouldn't have any excuses like those.

True, as parents of course we have a moral responsibility to make our children lives better than ours, and I don't think we should teach all the behavior we do to our children, even though I am a gambler, but I will never let my children to following this behavior and of course with a little explanation of course the children will realize that this behavior is not a good thing to follow.

what is the real purpose of gambling, in your opinion? curious here

you are right on that, education is the way and one can learn a lot with gambling, from being aware of their emotions, to managing bankroll and calculating risk and reward possibility

To me i don't want to interfere anyone nor i want anyone to interfere in my life.

If you are playing gambling or doing anything and if people start watching you , then you may lose confidence. So i don't like anyone to take notice of my actions.

You are right that everyone's point of view on gambling is different and that will make it a privacy choice not to be disclosed and don't even want other people to know. it's just that sharing a little about things related to gambling so that it can provide some kind of education to beginners will be very useful.

There is no goal that is too focused on gambling, because gambling is only a game, since people gamble only because the goal of making big money will never be achieved if you continue to feel that the casino house has played with the finances of beginners.

I dont really care if they would really be having some bad impressions about me on what i do because i dont really mind off people around and its none of their business on what would i do neither its bad or good into their eyes.

Its my money and its my full control and rights on how would i gonna spend it.About losing confidence then this is somewhat true but not totally, i do rather believe on having some distractions but not that
really a serious one.

Creating some curiosity? This is a personal kind of view because not all who do watch would really turn out to be motivated.

Personally, I try not to talk about gambling and gambling-related financial activity when hangout with friends. The gambling addict can harm the people around him, so it is better not to extend the harmful circle. Compulsive gambling will lead to poverty in 90% of cases, so it is better to cut it while you have fun. When the fun is over, gambling turns out to be torture.

If you dont have self-discipline you will I guess easy becomes an addicted gambler. You can avoid them as what you want if you know that they are a bad influence on you. My teacher ask me before like this, "tell me who your friends are and I tell who you are because that the birds the same feather flocks together". So the line my teacher use will clearly that depend on who surrounds you and give you influence.

Even if you are surrounded by thousands of gamblers, if you know how to limit yourself, there is nothing they can do.

It depends on those friends that you talk about with your gambling habit. There are those people that can't be moved even if you talk about how much you're making and how addicted you are. But there really are those that can easily be affected and influenced by you if you're too convincing and they're also vulnerable because they're looking for some other ways to earn and just ignores the risk that it has like in gambling. And when you do talk about it, always say a disclaimer that it works for you but it may not work for them and vice versa.

That requires a process as once a gambler becomes addicted to gambling, hard for them to counter it. Self-discipline is not always staying away from gambling but a discipline one knows how to gamble responsibly. They can continue gambling as long as they know what they are doing.


That's the responsible one. I have lots of friends who are not into gambling even most in our circle of friends are doing it. They are just not interested, simple as that. Even they tried a few times, gambling is not really attractive to them.

   I agreed and you had a point also about the curiosity of the others ,and yes you can also give an advices to the others. Gambling is not just a game but Gambling is also about earning . And you above-mentioned young people must be guided through their parents or guardians.

   Yeah Gambling can cause harmful specially to the gambler who are addicted to play Gambling an it can't complete their day with out going in Gambling they will felt anxious if they can't go, even they had a fun to their self they never noticed that the cost that they spend in a day so it's better to minimize and control of playing Gambling.

When the economic conditions are quite worrying, it is clear that they are easily attracted and can be easily influenced. Because this is often found in developing countries. Especially in the area where we live, there are also many people who turn out to be running into gambling due to the offers and invitations of previous people who only talk about the advantages but not the disadvantages and the risk of addiction which will be much more dangerous later

Don't do this, don't do that, it's like you are ashamed of gambling. Sure, if you are in the public places, gambling while many people near you (or even in private) is not a wise thing to do. But if you are inside your/private property with your friends, why not spending fun time to gamble. They will get the info from other places anyway (it's difficult to censor information these days). Maybe you can then educate them about responsible gambling and earn affiliates in the process.

I poorly understood the meaning of the topic under discussion and the story shown in the first post. If we are talking about ordinary gambling, then it makes no difference whether someone knows about your preferences/hobbies or not, and even more so, you shouldn't be paranoid and hide from the outside world. If we are talking about gambling addiction and its negative consequences, then this is very sensitive information and it is really better to hide it from strangers, but it is good if close people know about it as they will try to help you.

The issue is that this is something that is going to be incredibly difficult to avoid, I mean a person that enjoys gambling is probably going to practice it even at their home and their family members are going to know that they are gambling and when they see the fun that he is having there is a chance that they are going to want to know why this is so fun and they will be curious to try it by themselves, and while there is nothing wrong with gambling it could lead some people to gamble that are not really prepared to deal with it.

Curiosity is a dangerous thing, especially if the thing he wants to know is about gambling, which is a huge mistake. The issue here is that there are some people who aren't responsible for gambling in the house, which is why people in the environment are curious about it, especially if that person has already made money. People are becoming more interested if money is involved; of course, most people play gambling in the hopes of making a lot of money in a short period of time, but it turns out that some of them are going bankrupt as a result of their addiction.

That's what we should be doing to our gambling privacy, not needing to carry the flow of gambling to a group of friends with whom they have never interacted with gambling. So we as gamblers, gamble without the need to plunge other people into it. Because our principles with them will be different as it should be.

That curiosity will bring those people in, the thing that will be possible to start the problem.

There are people who easily are influenced by good stories about the outcomes, this kind of peps are the ones who
endangering themselves in believing that they can also generate the same outcome.

Not knowing the high risk of gambling, sooner or later you'll find out that they are heavily engaged and losing too much.

Some gamblers are really telling their winning moments to others, whereas, they wanted to forget their losing streaks. So some people will have the notion of good fortune because of what they are seeing. However, they failed to see those losing moments, which is very important to see. And later on, they will find out, it is not all roses when they gamble. Every player should not deceive others, as this will give a lot of trouble to these people if their gambling habits are not managed properly.

I guess most of that is doing that, we tend to forget our losses and we celebrate a lot on our winnings, typical gamblers, right?
My friends are actually addicted to cock fighting and though they win most of the time, they were still not able to save money because every time they win, they spend the money for liquor to celebrate the win, they don't treat gambling as a business, so they'll never be profitable.

What's important in gambling is we enjoy what we are doing, and we have to be at the right age to make a mature decision.
So minors should say away and we should not influence them.

Sharing up wins or something like that doesn't always mean to be deceptive to other people but it cant really be avoided that we would  really be having those kind of impressions because it would really

motivate out someone to play just because they have seen that someone do able to do it and its true that most gamblers does neglect out their total losses whenever they do make out some good hit.

Without minding or realizing that they neither still on losses or break even but I cant really blame out those burst of joy or emotion whenever you do able to hit something winning.

There are some people that learn fast without much observation especially to adolescents that are just coming up which I think restrictions must be exercise to ensure that they do not fall into the wrong hands. Although with the level of internet of exposures, it would be very hard to restrict family, friends from going for what they want. Gambling is everywhere when we'll cam always get to it at our door step.

Well, that's true. When there's an ongoing economic issue where you reside and when there's someone, a friend, a relative, or a stranger that talks to you about gambling and you're being enticed the way he talks positively about it. Then, you'll surely be encouraged and believe that it is what you need to make your life better. Those people that are new to it will really be attracted to it because it is what they think that shall help them to make their lives better but they haven't experienced so that's why that's how they think.

This is a famous effect and it applies not only to the sphere of gambling but also to trading and other risky things. People talk about their successes with great pleasure and keep silent about their failures, so from the outside it seems that there is easy money here and this lures new participants. But objectively speaking, the fault of those who believe in the stories of strangers is the main reason - you need to do your own research before doing something risky.

I do prefer doing gambling alone and away from the kids and especially to the family members because i don't want them to become involve in this kind of activity. I know they can stop me to play gambling but i can control my self I always have my own plans, strategy, and limit to play gambling as early don't let the children to know regarding with gambling in the house they respect us and what they see they think its right. 


Normal to the people to share their experiences to other gambling serve as a warning, opinion, and suggestion to the new comers, some of them just flexing their wins and profit and some of them just keep silently regarding their too much losses.

I personally may be almost the same as you, because in my opinion gambling is not something that we should be proud of to others and in this case it is enough for us personally to know about our behavior, especially gambling is the most forbidden thing in my family and if I go to gamble with my friends, of course I will choose a friend who can really be trusted in keeping a secret.

Yes, there really is such a problem!  This is a feature of human psychology. 

Human memory captures positive memories better than negative ones.  Plus, people don't want to look like losers.  For primates, the opinion of other members of the community is very valuable.  Primates (including Homo sapiens) are social animals. 

Therefore, people tend to exaggerate their achievements.  Therefore, it is highly likely that they will happily tell fictional stories about their gambling winnings. 

And gullible listeners will have an inadequate idea of ​​the probabilities of winning at dice or roulette.

Well, exactly it isn't easy to restrict family members from it by restricting the internet. It will only create problems in other ways.
Like not much can be done in this world without the internet now so just because you want to avoid someone from gambling online you'll ban their access to the internet?? Doesn't seem to be a nice move IMO.

it's a good exercise on how we value external opinions and thoughts in relation to internal ones
in the end, which makes a bigger impact on your world and personal life? your thoughts or ideas or the other people ones?

a nice thing to keep in mind but sometimes easier said than done

Doesnt need to block the internet but rather you could actually block the website only but since family members does have the access on net then its always plausible to see other gambling sites which it is somewhat

pointless since you would need to block it every single time that you do discover the sites they are accessing into but the question is, how you would able to know?

This is why it would really be a hard task if you are really serious on blocking everything that do attach on gambling.

Yes, it is normal. But those who are new to such spheres should understand the differences between how these spheres look from the outside (thanks to such effects) and what they really are. Many traders, gamblers, betters, etc. they come up with some strategies without understanding the realities and then when they start playing for money they completely lose. This is often due to such effects.

A very hard task but with patience and if you really wanted to deal with it still possible, but like what you have said, it's not every time you know the internet activities of each person inside your house.

There are many ways, as there are many tunnels or vpn's that people around you may manage to use to access their favorite sites without you knowing their activities.

Blocking the internet is the only desperate move for you to avoid gambling related activities inside your residence..  ;D ::)

Its just a selfish move and wont really be that a good solution.If you would block the internet or dsl wifi then they could just simply make use of data connection which you cant really stop them on accessing the net.

If they are really into gambling or some secret engagement into something then it cant be stopped unless if they are fully aware with the risk specially with gambling addiction.
It all matters with self awareness and acceptance and showing off some concern that they should avoid it no matter what the cost.

Since fallacy are everywhere and there is high means of claiming of winning what might not have being won. Some gamblers are still intrigued by what they hear and not see which had gotten many persons in losing huge funds because of being gullible. I don't use to listen to what people say most about there achievement in gambling maybe if I see proof.

If you have a child who is also a gamer they will think that you are playing a game on a gambling site because the dashboard is quite similar, the best idea is to play in your own room alone and do not let your child play on your computer or cellphone, let him have his own phone or pc but monitor his activity, or better restrict gambling sites.

yes, much better to talk and seek professional help of a psychologist for the person who's dependent on gambling then trying to control their internet access
as you said there are VPNs and ways to block websites but this is not the best way to go, unless its something really urgent

in the end everybody deserves they private spaces too

Some people can achieve their dream to be the top of the gamblers but unfortunately, those people do not want to show off in front of other people because they feel that can attract the other gambler curious to test their skill. But a losing gambler does not tell how much money they already lost in gambling, but they will come back in the other days. Maybe someday, we will see a gambler winning big money from gambling so we can believe that the winner is real.

That happens frequently in gambling. I know a person who was always losing a lot of money, lying at house that employeer wasn't paying him money and once in a while he was winning some bucks, was happily announcing that moment. When relatives were asking why he was gambling, his answer was that he doesn't even gamble at all and he won during free spins, free bets, otherwise he was claiming that he was "clean".

The problem is that people want to hide their bad habits instead of telling them and getting help. That's maybe because we immediately punish each-other for bad actions instead of more communication and more empathy.

Curiosity is one of our greatest strengths but it is also one of the main reasons why many people fall into life-changing mistakes, gambling responsibly is easy but we have to be honest there are people that cannot handle it and they could become addicted, and since we do not know which is which it is important to not try to influence people to gamble and let them come to that decision on their own, and if someone that we know wants to gamble then we should let them know about our experiences so they do not make the same mistakes we have made.

Dude, the only gambler that has maintained a good life is none other than those who were born from a rich family and I don't think that not everyone can be that kind of people. Plus, it's rare to see a gambler that has maintained a good relation with their families.

Excess of everything is bad and same holds true for gambling also. Some people are so addictive to it that they do it like a profession (leave everything for gambling). I have seen many stories of how rich guys lost everything they had to gambling. Gambling is fine if you do it occasionally but worst if you are addicted to it. You wont see any gambling addict in profit but in loss.

Gambling can't be, by any measure, a business. unless you are willing to run your own casino.

Until making this mature decision, a strong parental guidance should take place. Unfortunetly, and according to many reserchers that many addictive people to gambling are teenagers. Like all of us, we first hear about gambling from friends or family and enjoy with them the first winning, and this what made us consider gambling as a normal activity just like seeing someone addictive to cigarettes. Despite all the issues that come with, sharing gambling experince is necessary to know about addictive ones and know how to help them but it's very dangerous to let underaged persons understand its concept without control.