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As a gambler we see winning big as success is gambling, do you share and celebrate your winning story with friends ?

Have your winning story or celebration lured someone you know into gambling because he wants to win big like you

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Have you ever taught or predicted a game for someone which turn out to be a win,how big was it ?

Personally I didn't win big enough to consider I won big and share with someone but surely one of my friend winning lured into the lottery a long time ago, he was kind kf addicted and bet everyday and won few times as well but with his actions I did tried few times but the luck never favoured myself. :D

I didn't lure someone but rather I’m the one being lured to play gambling after watching my favourite streamer try to play slot and hit hug multiplier as beginners luck. I’m not a regular slot player but I become interested to try it without any further knowledge about just because I knew that the streamer I’m watching win big time so I assume that I can do the same but the result is way different and I decided to stop playing after losing a significant of money chasing that huge win.  :D

Not really that I have won the big money to attract someone betting because of that but I know some people get a kind of surprise if you win steady way, they ask and want to know how the winning is possible that you have such luck to win. I think winning big is luck. It is luck because you bet big but you don't win and you bet small you win haha.

I do not share my winning in gambling to my IRL friends, I only share my winning here in this forum.
However winning big is not a success in gambling, profit is the main success in gambling because it is useless if you win big but you are still in big negative.


I think I have suggested some people in this forum to play a specific game and one of them win nice amount while I never won big on that game.
Cant really remember how much he won but I think he sent me a nice tip into my gambling account because I was the one who suggested the game.

A success story always attracts the attention of someone who also wants to succeed. I've been lured at some point thinking could do the same.

Once upon a time, I tried posting a short tutorial about dice game where I show my win rate and I also inserted my referral link. I got about 3 people signing up under that ref link. One of them spends more than $1000 playing in the casino. Somehow  I have lured someone to play. Sadly, I didn't get a commission because the threshold is just too high.

I have heard that gamblers prefer to share their winnings information while not sharing their losses. But I noticed that I prefer to share my loses information while not sharing my winnings.

My friends that are gambling wants to win big, I too wants to win big, we have our good days because we bet together, which means if we lose, we lose together and if we win, we win together when I was actively betting, but on different bets because we stake differently.

Yes, with friends.

Never share the story of my winnings in gambling because for now on average they already know the casino so I don't need to do this let alone celebrate it so for me it's not important and I just enjoy it with my family.

Why do I avoid it because I want there to be no risk if someone is interested and cannot be controlled in the gambling game even though you have been told how to play gambling can be addicted you have to keep it under control, now that's what I'm worried about except for those who are used to it gambling but still able to control it.

As for victory, I always talk in this forum.

Personally, I've never had a big win as I'm rarely in the casino, only occasionally for entertainment.
But if I heard my friend's story, he managed to get the jackpot from the slot game and it was quite a lot so many were interested in following him. I even got interested and tried it too, but luck won't be copied.
To teach others casino games or some gambling games, of course it can be practiced but luck still cannot be imitated. The more excited for the jackpot, the more losses he has because it is not his luck. My friend might be lucky then and can teach others, but still the end result will be different.

If it is something epic or a jackpot, why not? I would share the story with friends because I feel good. Sharing good stories with friends is awesome. And also, most friends treat each other if one of them gains easy money. So, while having a good time, sharing how they got the money would be a topic.


I know I was influenced to gamble because of good stories in gambling and the wins they have. But I do not share stories with non-gambling people because I do not want to be the one to open them to gambling. I know gambling can be addictive, so I avoid influencing non-gambling friends into gambling.

Not me entirely but I have two friends who the other win lure in the other. I am quite the opposite because I was actually lured out of gambling when a friend won $205 from staking $2 and then went on to play them on a special feature of game called Aviator on sportsbet, where he eventually lost everything since then I have been scared to go gambling.


Yes I have predicted many games for friends which eventually turned outs to be a big win. The recent one I could remember was advicing a friend to play a win or draw for Augsburg against Bayern Munich. And he went on to win I felt like a God that day.

Although I don't bet I have friends that ask me for tips on football bets and once they win they do well to celebrate with me.

I don't think so, because firstly I have never even told about my activities regarding gambling, secondly so far I have never won a big prize or can be considered a big one that can amaze the value obtained, and honestly don't want anyone to gamble because of my post, they prefer to gamble on their own conscience so that when something they never thought happened, no one would be blamed.

Not surprising if there are any cases. People are easily carried away by money. Observe how they asked "how much money did you get from doing..." and "can you tell me about that". It creates interest and influence especially in gambling. The activity itself is tempting ; winning jig time in a single night. But the problem with influence is that people only see the good part of the story. They won't be interested to know how much you've lost, they would only care how much you've earned as a player. They will just realize it eventually wherein they're close to regrets. Gambling is different. You've more likely lose double your winnings,it is just that the moment you win makes it rewarding which boosts the interest or confidence of non gamblers.

But if you are a gambler who cares for your circle, make sure to educate them first of the risks involved. Y'all know what follows if not.

Because my gambling wins and losses are almost equal, I have not been able to be the type of person to be attracted to by others. Sometimes we talk about match predictions with my friends. There are even times when we make evaluations about controversial positions after the matches are over, but I haven't been able to impress anyone yet. I guess it's just a matter of my personal skills and luck. If I had been a better predictor, others might have been impressed by me, but in the current circumstances, I'm just an ordinary person to them...

I used to share it with my friends back then and eventually one of them said that he wanted to try gambling. I'm not sure if he wanted to win big as most of my winnings weren't that big but they were frequent though. I don't do it anymore since it felt like bragging and I remember that one bad experience with my friend that made me feel bad, we all moved on from the situation so it's all good but now I just prefer to keep my winnings to myself.

I dont win big since i do gamble less amounts and everything i do with gambling do really keeps for myself and dont intend to share it up with others which means that it wont really be that major thing for me to share up.
Im not that kind of a person who do really share up on what im doing personally specially on leisure time or entertainment.I dont mind on others business but rather focus into mine.
I dont have that kind of mindset on trying out to impress people around me.When i do lose money then its only you who do know and not tend to share up with others.
Its not ideal on hooking up someone to play gambling considering that losses is really that common and i dont like on getting blamed.

I had a few situations when we bet on the same event with friends and some of us lost while others won because we had different ideas about the outcome. I don't feel like any of the people who lost felt like they should follow the ones who won or anything like that. We always treated it like good fun and felt good regardless because those who won would buy drinks and stuff and we were ready to waste money that night anyway.

It's important to have fun. When you start paying for being nervous or angry it's counterproductive and I wouldn't pay any money for such experience.

Yes, I share stories and celebrate my wins with my close friend, I always give him tips wheneve I won a good sum of money.


I did somehow.  My close friend has no interest in gambling but with my stories he got interested and asked me about my strategy.  I told him some tricks on dice and a good game provider and some good rtp slots to play with.  He tried his luck on dice applying the tricks I told him and was happy to inform me that he turned his $10 worth of Doge to $100+.  I remind him to pause for a while and skip playing for a week if he felt that he is taking a series of reds which he gladly listened.
                         

No, I don't meddle in someone's gameplay unless asked and no one asked me for a suggestion.  ;D

I think with the likes of just sharing it online on social media platforms but not likely IRL. I think it's the luring to someone since they're commenting on it on how it is done, how it is played and how do I make money out of it. I just state the obvious, "it's just simply a simple gambling".

I think that was typical. Yes, there's an experience of mine already where I lured someone to do gambling because they see me winning a good amount from there. It's sports betting and they saw me profiting from around 2x odds or underdog between 3x to 4x odds.

They didn't realize that it's not always a good day for sports betting and on that part, I just let them experience the actual pressure to get profits in sports-betting. Others continue to do sports betting, and others do not.

A couple of persons got intrigued by my winnings and started gambling but, stopped after few weeks. They'll bet and loss, so the motivation derailed, forgetting how long it took me to win. Although, peeps may run out of money as a result and move on instead of waiting for the jackpot. On the other hand, I'm not pushed to spend above my limits because of another person's win. It doesn't stop me to keep an eye on the platform that paid them huge.

It is more like, someone's winning spurred me to start gambling. After few loses, I simply didnt think I was favored in this aspect and had to quit that kind of gambling entirely. Though I intend to gamble later, I can only do so if I see a light in that aspect. I don't need be motivated by anyone's circumstances. I do it by motivating myself and going ahead to fund my accounts for betting.
Seriously, anyone who is winning has been patient enough to lose some cash and learn by understanding the data and flow. So I don't become jealous by someone's winning. I find my own circumstances and gamble around that, with money I can freely afford to lose of course.

No, that didn't happen. That's because I don't wager big amounts or play too often. I however, lured people into crypto investing after I showed my returns to my friends. I know it is not the same thing because one is investing and the other is gambling but my point is, people really give attention when they see the big gains of someone else. That' s exactly how the ad business works.

 You see a beautiful girl or a handsome man doing/wearing something on TV and it makes you to do the same thing or buy the same clothes. Your sub-conscious affects you and makes you think that you will be like that man (or woman) if you buy the same product he/she is advertising.

Hopefully I haven't, because if that's the case then I'll be luring people into a hobby/activity that is bound to give them endless disappointments and a lot of wasted cash. Also thankfully enough I haven't won anything substantial for the past few years, and all this time gambling has only been a money sink for me. $20 per week, multiply it to 40+ weeks a year for 3 years and that's how much I already downed on gambling alone. Not a lot compared to what others are spending but somehow enough to buy a car or even something fancy that you can still use until now. Getting into gambling because you saw your mate win is a no no. You are expecting lots of disappointments along the way and you might even turn to a degenerate if you can't handle your emotions carefully.

This do proves out that even you do see people who do make big wins and tending out to imitate them and then it do ends up on a disaster.This is why i dont really like on boasting up when i do win.

Just like the rest been saying that getting blamed on something isnt something a good feeling which its better to be silent.It cant really be avoided for some exposure specially if you've

done gambling physically on which there are people around which could really know that you had won something.It would be inspiring some people to play too
because they believe that it could really make them win too which is really a wrong mindset.

Its the other way round for me, someone else's winning actually lured me into gambling, though this was around 2013 or 2014, i know nothing about gambling online back then, the guy whose winning lured me to place a bet for the first time knew nothing about online gambling too, so it all happened in a land based betting shop (wouldn't call that a casino since it does not qualify to be called that), we both worked in the same company, he was into betting while i was not, the day the guy won a little above #100,000 naira in our local currency, the news spread through out the entire company, back then, a 100k was quite a lot of money for us, this winning is what lured me into placing a bet for the first time.

A friend was in my place the day I had my biggest win from gambling on Livecasino. It is not an amount so big, but I was excited being that it was my biggest win from gambling there. He saw how excited I was and enquired to know why I was happy, I showed him the amount I just won and he immediately was interested, that he asked me to immediately create an account for him on Livecasino and help him make his first deposit to gamble with. I don't know if he still gambles.

I would be careful about this, some people may blame you for your loss.

Most of the people in my circles don't play much gambling. The few that are interested in it haven't achieved victories that I'd regard to be significant for them. I don't blame them for being afraid of losing all their money to gambling; they are the type that take caution while still taking risks with the little they have. They only bet a tiny amount, and the payouts are typically small; if they bet more, I believe they could still win large, but they choose not to out of fear of losing everything. They've undoubtedly learned something from it in some way, and they can impart that knowledge to someone who is interested.

I have been responsible many years ago for two people huge success,they were already gamblers but they were losing big money in sport betting.I predicted to each of them in two different cases correct results with really big odds,more than x42 odds.To the first one I predicted many games correctly and at that time usually there were a game from Scotland,a game from Netherlands and a game from Finland and Germany 2 or 3,it was on a Monday.

To the other one I predicted more than 7 games from all English lower divisions on a weekend and he also made a lot of money,of course I am no expert and have quit sport betting from a long time but this post made me recall the good feelings that I had at the time.

You don't say.

Even if you say nothing the human nature in them will automatically make them lured to at least curious on how they could also doing the same thing and then some of them give it a try for the sake of looking for a luck but most of them ended in trouble , get addicted unfortunately.

This is why I never bothered to watch those streamers, many of them were not even gambling with their own money and instead they were gambling with the money the casino gave to them, so it is obvious that it was easier for them to get huge wins as they did not have to care about losing their money like the average gambler has to do, so I consider what they were doing as a form of false advertising, which is why the majority that tries to replicate their success ends up failing.

A lot of people believe in analyzing using stats e.t.c. but even with that people still lose. However, after a certain number of wins it becomes a driving force for you in gambling, so most people are driven by different stories depending on the individual. Winning in gambling is mindset and luck most wins are not expected. Is always sweet when you win.

I’ve never won any amount that was worthy of bragging about. I mostly make small bets for the entertainment factor. I couldn’t imagine anyone entering the gambling space because they heard I won a few dollars on a parlay. I could make the argument that longtime Bitcoin holders have lured others into investing in shitcoins as a way to try and make large returns gambling in the crypto space.

Honestly speaking, even with no shared big winning experience, I have lots of friends who got involved in gambling because they saw me doing that. It's not that technically I'm the reason but maybe they become curious because of the joy I'm expressing every time a winning story is shared regardless of how much it is.


Even if I want to, I like to allow them to make the final decision on their own based on what they think.

I will give pointers but not to the point I will try to influence their decision.

I haven't won big in gambling but i have given out games to non gamblers who played them and won after a while the got committed to gambling. But each day i refuse to hold myself accountable for his decision because it only happened once and the rest of the time He went to book games himself. But i still believe those lured into gambling did it out of their own will because it takes an adult to gamble in civilised countries and an adult knows what they want for themselves

I got lured by the winnings of my friend and yes he gave me some tip as well that turns into a good profit. This might be my story of my first sports betting.

Well, we are being hyped by the profit that we saw but little did we know that we might lose more first before making any profit. I don’t want to encourage someone to go into gambling because I know it’s risky and they might blame me for this, I don’t want to feel guilty about it.

Yes I but it's not to lure them to gamble but rather to show them it's not always losing but you can still win in gambling because my friend can easily tell if I lose in gambling because I'm not good at hiding every time I lose in gambling

Yes I did but I explain to them that's not always winning and you should always play within your means and gambling is for entertainment only, it's always their decision to play, and it should not be coming from someone.
 

To be honest, I didn't do anything like that. I've never told anyone anything about how I won. The reason for this is not to hide anything from my friends. I also don't like to comment much because I'm not very successful in gambling. I'm just playing to myself the way I know how. I've heard stories from my friends about how they won. But I didn't want to apply them either. Because everyone's tactical understanding is according to him.

I think we shouldn't make that a habit. Their money, their rules.

Even if they will give us consent that we won't be blamed in case of a loss, there's still a bad feeling in case our predicted bet given to them failed to win. There will surely be a blaming game but they won't just tell us about that.

Maybe instead of predicting the game for them, give them good pointers and more importantly, tell them to just stick betting with the sports they really know and are familiar with.

I think I'm done sharing winning stories with friends, I found out that it's better not to brag your winnings or big loses to others, just take everything in and just be happy and celebrate it with your families only.

And yeah that could be a side effect of it, if you tell your friends and who knows, maybe they will be attracted and gamble by themselves and see and try if they can also win. But the problem is that we all know that odds are not going to be in our favor, unless your you very lucky and really win huge amount of money in your first try (beginners luck).

My wins were eaten up by my losses. So, there is nothing to share. Looking upon me betting with cryptocurrency, few have tried to bet using cryptocurrency. Earlier they were using fiat. Such incidents have happened, but no one have known about my gambling activity. Few have known about losses, which I used to share to overcome my emotions.

Guess I did this many times I usually treat my friends even if the amount I won is small, they may not tell me that they are also gambling but they are actively talking about sports betting and playing dice, I guess showing them your winning is the easiest way to lure or invite people to gamble, people know that you can make money from gambling, they just need a push to get them started and by showing them you lure them and justify their belief that there is money to be made in gambling.

Yes, I do share my winning story and that fuels some of my friends to also try their luck.

Sometimes, beginners luck is coming to them and that's the start of them being addicted in gambling. While they continue, they now noticing that losing is much more to happen instead of winning. But still, they won't stop as they want to experience the feeling again of being a winner.

I don't need to blame myself though why they end up like that. They are not dumb, to begin with, and I'm sure they are responsible outside gambling.

I only share my gambling experience to my family, i always avoid telling my friends that i gamble online. I dont know the actual reason maybe to save a face? Lol
But there is one time in an occasion my wife mentioned that thing and some of them were shocked that i really is. Lol. Because they really think of me like a good person Lmao. Well, because i don't usually drink ^{(well, just occasionally)}, i don't smoke, never tried of taking dr*gs even once even my teen days where curiousity are hype, never gamble ^{(well, irl i don't lol)}.

Nah, like i said, my gambling experience is only shared to family circle.
And I don't usually bragging such addictive or problematic hobby to my friends so, nah.

Not every time, maybe a few close friends and that's it. Maybe just a couple of beers and story telling, that's it.


This I don't know, maybe they go and play online by themselves and maybe win but didn't tell me. But it doesn't matter though, it's their business and their money anyways.


I guess that is easy, specially in sports betting, like in your favorite sports and share it with your friends. If they win big then good for them.

It's very tempting to do that its human instinct to justify the reason why we gamble especially to people who have doubts about our gambling habit, as much as I tried to refrain but I'm always tempted to show my winning but not to brag I just want to show them that I'm not wasting my money and time and you can still win, not just every time.
But the most important is you are happy and you are gambling money that you can afford to lose, if they doubt you let them it's your money and it's your satisfaction that matters.

Pfft nope. It was more likely for them to avoid gaming due to me. I've more often recounted countless losses than the small number of wins that I've had in my career of gambling. I have experienced predicting wins, but most of them were not really about gambling but just me and my friends and talking about big tourneys in general. I'm also pretty much the only gambler around them, and I avidly try to tell them to avoid this hellhole of a hobby, so even with good predictions now and then, it doesn't really push them to join me. Well at least afaik, they've never gambled.

It depends, but usually I celebrate when I gain a massive win and try to boast it, but I am not luring someone into going to gamble, and I do always say the risks of it. All the negative aspects of gambling are what I tell someone if she or he asks me to teach them. But so far no one of my friends do gamble or i lured into gamble because they also knew how big i lose on it before i gain a massive winnings. Also, I believe that I have bad luck, so when I teach or coach someone in gambling, it will lead to losses. I don't know why.

Yes, I mostly tell stories about betting with my friends during our weekend "me" time.  :D
When it happens that our topic is about sports, that's when it goes in. Especially the parlays that I bet or if there's a large underdog odds that I won.
Did I lure them into doing the same, (betting)? I don't think so.
They love sports but they are not the gambler types of people, it's just me in our circle of friends.
I think I did. But I always tell them not to blame me if ever it goes south.

I personally don’t bet big and frequently. But whenever I bet, I bet on sports events and that too with minimal risks. And sometimes I shared about my bets to my friends whenever I win those bets. These really attract my friends towards gambling, as in a couple of seconds I almost doubled my money. But then I advise my friend about the risk involved, and to gamble as much money as they can afford to lose. Basically they also attracted by the Bitcoin sports betting that I do, without paying any additional taxes and KYC.

I once felt guilty about sharing and celebrating victories with friends. One of my friends was captivated by what I was doing, he asked me to register an account on the site I was using. Unknowingly he had lost so much money due to continuous defeats, then he sold his motorbike to continue his curiosity on big wins. The only thing on his mind was winning, he never wanted to stop even though he had lost a lot of money.

Then my friend was depressed because the savings in the bank account had run out and the debt was swelling, his life was not directed and suffered from Mythomania Disorder and Kleptomania. As a sense of responsibility I have introduced him to the gambling site, I took him (with the approval of his family) to a gambler rehabilitation center then left him there to undergo rehabilitation. After undergoing rehabilitation for a few weeks, he was slowly able to break free and recover from his gambling addiction.

I have not earned anything worth of talking about, to be honest.
I never had luck on dices. Even if I hit the jackpot I would not openly share it with anyone around, not even with cousins, aunts or nephews, where I live it is better if everyone around believes one's does not have any money at all or little money.

It is better when people start gambling with little influence from other people, I think. Helps to create responsibility on one's gambling/betting choices.

I do celebrate them with friends, but I am not sure I lured someone else into doing it too. Maybe yes, maybe no, or they are keeping it to themselves.
It's not like I want someone to be on the same league as I do whenever I tell them about my gambling profits.
The blame game is what I worry most as there could be a time one of your friends will go knocking in your door telling you it's your fault for making him put the bet.
I'd rather not be on that position to avoid being dragged in a bad situation.

I don't openly tell everyone that I play poker but my closest friends know and there was a friend when I started playing and winning, who started playing too. It was easier for him because when I started I had to find my own way, while he had me and I was guiding him.

I'm sharing the story of my big win to my family but not with friends. Because I don't want to be the reason for them to start to gamble and be blame if something bad happened. Actually, i'm often the one who's tempted to play the specific game of the gambler who showed his big win because i'm thinking maybe I can be lucky just like him. But now i'm refraining myself not to envy other gamblers as we have different fate if we gamble. Don't pressure yourself to win and enjoy the game.

A buddy of mine had a fair win from betting on a couple of the champion's league matches. I rarely bet on sports as I prefer online casino games. So, I listened as he got his analysis and it worked for him. I was impressed and was tempted to request that the next time he wants to bet on another game he should inform me that I would like to bet too. But then, I had to exercise huge self-control because I know how these things happened, he may not be as lucky in the next game. I had to stick with my online casino games.

Basically I haven't won big to consider it enough to even show it to people as a source of motivation.
But I've been lured on two several occasions to first bet on gambling and secondly went into lottery.
I was first playing a football virtual game and making cool but very little winnings from it.
I wanted it big but was scared not until I saw the winning of man from my neighborhood who won over a 2k dollars with less than $1 as at then and I said to myself that, if others can do this, then I can do it too, but it haven't been easy and I wouldn't boldly say my result have been good enough to present it to people.

And I've also helped predicted a game for someone that almost win but lost after just a game messed the whole ticket up

until now all gambling activities that I do only me and my partner know, but I have an alt account social media that I usually use to spread my gambling referral link, and also I have posted my winnings several times on that social media account, everyone who sees it will immediately make a dm to me and be interested in signing up with my referral link.

from that, I became convinced that actually many people enter gambling because they are interested in other people's wins and they are inspired by that wins so they think to follow in the footsteps of that people.

maybe for most people, a big win is a success and a big achievement.  however, for me personally.
I don't see it as a success, seriously. I don't consider it a success, but rather a bonus from the fun we play from the entertaining betting game. related to the people around me, attracted by the big win I got. without us having to recommend, people will be interested just by looking at the wins we got.

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend it to someone who can't be held responsible for what he/she does. I mean, I will only share information or experiences and knowledge that I have with certain people. thus, I do not have to be responsible if someone suffers losses due to the recommendations I provide.

IRL, I tend not to tell my friends that I've won some bets for some reason. I don't want them to think negatively about me and gambling because in reality I am not a compulsive gambler although I am really curious about how other people win bets.

Sure, most of them will be very curious but I don't want to make them gamble because of my winnings.

Of course, this happened when some friends wanted me to analyze a sporting event. The win wasn't big, but it was enough to celebrate last night's party.

When I had the opportunity to visit land-based casinos my friends and I often spent time there and of course we celebrated each of our winnings in various bars.

Nowadays I only play online so even if I manage to win something I don't celebrate it. Sometimes I spend my winnings to buy something useful for me.

I never wanted to brag about my winnings to my friends because I lost enough money gambling. I don't even want to count whether I'm on the plus side or the minus, for me the main thing is the emotion of the game.

You raise a good point and that is to be careful who you share your success with, or at least put it into the right context - if you're not telling people about any losses you're having then you should probably not be selectively sharing just the big successes. Make sure you frame it properly as well, such as - I've been sports betting for 5 years now and over that time figured out a way to take a small profit on average over the month, but it requires a fair bit of research and luck. I sometimes share mine but they are mostly small and generated entirely by a bunch of free bet offers on different sites that I use daily, that is enough excitement for me when it comes to gambling.

Sometimes I share and celebrate my winnings with my friends but I don't tell them about my winnings at gambling but just buy them food and drink while telling me a lot of things.
They don't need to know about everything I've earned, including winnings at gambling, because I feel it's not important to them.
I don't want to lure them in with stories of my winnings at gambling because I'm afraid to see them tempted by my story and end up trying to gamble instead.
I know the friends around me so I choose not to tell the victory for their good.

This has become a trait and habit that is often done by gambling bettors, what's more, someone has a big win, the celebration must be with friends, incomplete and not social if gambling wins are not celebrated with friends.

Of course, they want to try their luck like we have, they are more enthusiastic about knowing and want to make bets for the purpose of winning big.

Maybe for me often I predict bets and end up winning, that's very often I do, some of them give me a bonus when they win.
Sometimes we have bored times to bet, but the prediction continues, of course the main friend is taught so that they can succeed in betting.

In my own experience, I am not telling to anyone that I am into gambling since i am living in a household where gambling is prohibited and also this country is not open to this thing, they always thought that gambling is illegal that's why I am not telling anyone that I'm into it. I don't know if some people have the same concern like me, I don't want to have a problem in the future so I don't tell anyone my hobbies especially my winnings in gambling.

As much as possible I refrain from doing that I don't want to be responsible if my friend losses from gambling because he is tempted to try gambling because of me showing my winning, because it's risky to gamble and telling them that you can't win all the time and only gamble with money that you can afford to lose will not go to their understanding, when we are hooked on gambling the first time, we tend to forget all these things.

Other way around. I have seen people winning big in casinos and got intrigued. After a while i realized that people only remember and focus on big winnings and ignore the fact that man could have been losing for days in that same casino.

But when i was still a child my dad often took me to horse racing where i could bet as well (those were different times). I remember winning more often then my dad so he realized that his system was way off and started to bet on same horses as i. :). My dad never told me how much we won but i heard that during one of his drunken road trips he rented a private jet and flew from helsinki to rovaniemi and back. Rest of the family never saw any of that money :P.

Yes, I share some information about my highest wins with my friends, and afterward, I'll be inviting them to have some fun and treat them depending on how much I've won. Actually, we mostly share any way we are able earn money whether it's gambling, trading, airdrop, and other things so that some of us will have an idea about it.

Some of my friends were encouraged to gamble after I shared some of my winnings and they were quite interested in how I do it from which I explained to them about the risk and some strategies I've used. I've also told them about other gambling games such as sport betting and E-sport betting since some of them are quite into sports and games, that way they'll be able to use it as an advantage when betting.

I thought I am the only one who never won anything really big enough to drive someone into gambling.
But yeah it is indeed tough and requires a really good luck for one to win something big.
Even I didn't win anything apart from small bets with 3x-4x returns but nothing more than that.

Honestly I was never big gambler. I mainly played sports and even football betting. I hang out with people around betting locations/centers and discuss. I did this far more in past. I saw many people were inspired by great betters /gamblers there. Some people knew every player, every strategy a team has. They could count which players was showing good performance in last 5 matches and which player was terrible. It was mind blowing. I am sure 18-25 year olders would be lured into gambling by that type of people.

I also have concerns like you bro, I keep what I do related to gambling a secret.
I'm sure some people also prefer not to say it even with their family.
Because this concerns the problem of norms that apply in our environment and in our family, right?.
Because I think gambling may still be considered a negative thing and a futile activity even though it's in a country where some gambling is legal.
I have never found such a big win in my gambling experience and I prefer to keep it a secret from my family and environment.

How often you are doing this? If it was rarely and those friend won that time never won in the past, then we can assume that it was only luck. Nothing personals so you didn't bother of making things seriously like following their bets but I like the experiment you guys did there. Combining all your forces to beat the house and you finally beat it since some of you manage to win.

You are right, that gambling is best enjoyed with a clear mind and free of emotions. I only place my bets if I am on this kind of mood because I can easily accept my defeat if ever I didn't win. Others who have a problem in gambling should try this trick sometimes.

get big wins from gambling, I have experienced it and I also celebrate it with my friends (but only friends I trust) and only a few people


After celebrating my win, some of my friends tried to ask where the money came from. I answered and explained that the money I got from betting on gambling. after I told them everything and gave a detailed explanation to them (my friends) my friends forced me to teach how to bet on crypto-based online gambling sites.
and I also gave a little capital for them to try to bet on the esports match yesterday.
without realizing it I gave predictions to them to bet on one of the teams that I believe to win, my friends got a pretty big win.

I never get big wins because I am not an active gambler, and if I do get big wins I will never tell anyone and I also bet very carefully.
and the reason is, because I'm not allowed to gamble with my wife and if any of my friends find out I'm worried sooner or later my wife will find out if friends can't keep it a secret because my wife is very religious and I respect her too.
and I think what's the point of sharing the win with friends or other people, because people's luck is different and if they are motivated and keep playing out of envy, it just misleads them because they will keep playing to get it.

yeah, my friend got into gambling because of the money I won at a town fair(or "perya" as we call it in our country ). to be clear, the money I won is not that big but since we were still in our teens at that time, the money I won seems a lot. if you are curious about the gambling game I played, it is called color games (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1523370.0) which is quite a popular gambling game in town fairs.

Other way around actually. I had a friend who placed all his airdrop earnings to a crypto casino and diligently earned tens of thousands of dollars through the whole process. He did this in the height of 2020's bull run so that could also be one of the reasons why he won so much in so little time but that was enough for me to once again try cryptocurrency gambling after months of abstaining from it, given the fact that I lost quite a considerable amount prior to this ordeal. Still, even during the months when I am not gambling I still give gambling advice to our little group chat where we gave tips on how to maximize wins and minimize losses, especially in luck-based games.

I've never lured other people to gamble through sharing my betting results, but I've already been lured into gambling by others games' results.

People I talk about gambling are always fearful about betting and risking money, so doesn't matter how huge I can win, those results will never wake interest from those people for gambling inside themselves. Anyway, I don't want to delude anyone about gambling outcomes. I let all the risks involved on this activity very clear and accept their responsible decision of not betting without further arguments and discussions. Each person must know what is better for himself and others must respect their decision.

Not really, I always choose to be quiet and silent whenever I win because it doesn't matter if they know it or not. What matters is that I've got the win and I don't want it to be known by the others.

Since I don't share it anymore, I don't have a friend like this. But let's put it into crypto investing, I've influenced several of my friends to invest a few into crypto and I think that if I tell them that there's also a chance for them to have some and lose some with gambling, they will try it.

I can't say I did but I think I'm the one being lured by them when they start telling stories on how they win by gambling. Well, to feed my curiosity I just tried to gamble in the past thinking I could win like them but ended up losing all my funds that day. lol It was a good experience though and frustrating at the same time but I did enjoy and learn some lessons about it that it's not good to gamble because it's kinda addictive and you might lose your self control and newbies should avoid or have someone that knows what gambling are to stop you when you can't control yourself.

I think a gambler will always share his history of big wins with his close relatives because it becomes a great pleasure when big wins can be shared with close friends. However, in a situation like this, there are friends who are interested in gambling because they are captivated by the winning history of their friends, some are not. I experienced this myself because I bought drinks for my close friends when I won in gambling and there were friends who were interested in joining the world of gambling, but I said if you join in gambling you must be able to bear every risk that will come because  an invitation to join gambling is something that can change a person's fate.

Before I’m still sharing my profit with my friends and some of them asked me to teach them and guide them in gambling which I did without any hesitation. I teach them everything especially the risk of losing the money and the risk about addiction. Your winnings can easily attract someone because that is an indication that the site is good and they are paying. Right now I choose to be more private and stop sharing my winnings, because one of my friend before blame me for losing his money, this can result to a worst situation if I continue sharing my winnings, they might become more greedy.

Understandable as to why you won't share any information about your gambling winnings to your friends since it's highly likely that they'll pass it over to your other friends, however I'm much more concerned about the lie or secret that you're keeping on your wife since that's the main reason you don't want tell it to anyone is because she'll find out.

I know you respect your wife however sooner or later they'll find out that you're gambling especially if you win a huge amount.

Anyways, if I were you and I also lose most of the time, I'll do the same and keep it to myself  ;D

To be honest, I have never won such a big and tempting amount, and if ever it happens, I will not tell anyone too except my own family. However, I may be the one being lured to play the same game with my friend but I ended losing the game instead. Maybe the luck and timing is still not for me and for that’s fine as I never spend in gambling too much amount, only an extra amount from my salary.

I also have some big wins in gambling but I am not sharing them for now because my friends are not ready for it, so I also invite them to know about trading first and later they will also decide to follow my steps in gambling, another reason that I don't want them to suffer losses from their personal assets but they can use some of the trading profits brought in for gambling.

I gamble with just little amount, so I don't really win big amounts like that, most of my friends also gamble, so my win haven't lured anybody to gambling before, because most of my friends are also gamblers. Which you don't expect me to be sharing my wins with strangers, so I always keep it to myself.
Yes I have predicted some games for my friends before and they won, actually the amount won was not really much, because I always caution them to gamble with just little amount they can afford to lose, so even whenever I give them game they don't use huge amount and they amount they will win is not always much.

If you don't feel that there are people turned into gamblers that are gambling willingly then you better think of it again. There are for sure those gamblers that no one has encouraged them to do and even don't see others winning.
But, it's what they like and willing to do and they have their various reasons for that. It's not all about being influenced but sometimes, it's all about being curious with it.

I gamble secretly and didn’t share any of my winnings so technically, I didn’t lure anyone into gambling.
Though I know someone who are posting his gambling winnings because he is part of that site as an agent where he can get a bonus if he successfully attract gambler using his link.

Most of the time they only share the winnings but not their losses and if you are attracted on that better also to ask about their losses and the security of the site, don’t just believe easily on those winnings it can be manipulated.

I haven't got any lucky break in gambing so I do not have any good story that influence my friend iand lure gambling.  All they know that gambling is the one that will deplete their bankroll once they got hooked in it.  They always set me as an example since I never won any good amount in the game, my friends


Beside it is actually good to be secretive of our gambling activities especially when winning a huge amount of money since it is always a sensitive case when money is involved.

definitely not, I only share it with my family, people need to be very careful with things they share and with whom they share, win a large amount of money and then go share it with all friends, this can make the person suffer a lot, it can be kidnapped or stolen and killed. That's why the best option is for the person to just share with the family only


I don't give tips to anyone and I don't make game predictions for people, giving tips or predicting games is something that can make you dead one day, don't tip or don't make predictions because when you make mistakes they will be criticizing you

Very true.

That's also going to make you lose the trust of those people that will ask you those tips and predictions. And that's why if you're unsure of what you're saying, better you don't tell anything but if they insist. Always add that you're unsure of it and it's just your pick that you can't guarantee them.

I'm done luring, attracting or encouraging someone with what I do. Because in the past, and there are others who have experienced this for sure that they've been blamed for their misfortune and since they're the one who introduced it, they're being finger pointed.

It is actually the way around- I was somehow influenced by my friend who showed me their winnings on a gambling website which somehow compelled me to try it.

I remember seeing my friend, showing me this automated bot where you can win some cryptocurrencies into gambling. Due to the peak of my curiosity, I did not hesitate to try it and fortunately it won me some cash worth $100.

Though that may be the case, this is extremely and potentially dangerous to other people. While it is not entirely wrong to show your winnings, you must always tell them to be cautious before gambling as seeing and experiencing the greener side of the grass is not always the case.

If those people asked it for you, why should you care if you just gave them input? But if it's other the way around and you are the one who suggests betting on that specific bet, then yes, we are the one wrong there.

As much as possible, we don't have to get in the way of these people. If they are asking us to provide tips, we should respond that they need to work it out on themselves because that's their own money.

Not in my case, because I have never bet large amounts although in some cases I have won a jackpot. In my case and in others, I have seen groups of friends start betting on physical slots or sports betting, and as a result other friends in the group have started betting as well. In other words, it was more about seeing friends gamble than the fact that they won at some point.

I think you get more hooked when you win than when you see someone else win.

I never share or celebrate my winnings to my friends because it will just make my life harder, they will think we're rich and they will ask money from me. When I don't give money to them, they will mad and don't want to become my friends anymore. So rather than I ruined my friendship, it's better I keep it secret.

I also never predict the outcome of a game because when the picked team or fighter didn't win, I will get blamed and they will say I just trolling them.

I never teach or predict the game for others because I don't want my friends to lose. He should place the bet himself and predict it so he knows what the consequences will be. In addition, I also never tell others that I gamble because I don't want them to follow me when they can't control themselves if they gamble. But I also share and celebrate my victories with them and even though I have friends who ask me to teach them, I still don't want to do it because of the risk factor.

Yes, as a matter of fact I won big and other people wanted to share in the action...so we (5+ people) created a small WhatsApp group to combine efforts to find strategies to win. We also share winnings amongst each other when you win something big, by tipping the other members of the group.

The group are based on honesty and also on paying it forward when you win. Most individual persons lose money on gambling, but a group effort soften the losses for every member, when you share your wins.  ;)

I don't have big winning to share with people. I loss more than I win, so there is no need sharing losses with people. If I win I keep it to myself and if I lose also keep it to myself. Since I lose more than I win I don't share with anyone.

Nobody has ever joined gambling because of me but my few old college friends who knew how good I was in prediction then always disturb me for prediction.

Not that I am aware of, so far all my friends I talk about gambling with, are also gamblers and we sometimes share each other success stories. But I never had a really big win yet, I do get lucky from time to time with some decent wins, in absolute terms though these are not living changing wins and will probably not attract anybody to join gambling. Whenever I go to a physical casino to gamble with my friends we have an easy rule, whoever wins the most money has to pay for gas and the food or drinks after. So the motivation is not the strongest to make the most money during a night, and even if you lose everything you still have decent night out. The most money I won in gambling comes from poker, but the game I play for more than 10 years and you have to build up a bankroll over time. That is why I always tell a bit more about poker when I share some success stories, it's not that you should jump into the higher blind games when you are a complete beginner. Also I don't want to "lure" my friends or family into anything, they should understand the risk they take and decide for themselves. The problem with luring someone in, is that if things go sideways and he loses his money, it will be blamed on you. Better not to risk a good relationship for gambling in my opinion.

It's gonna be step by step and let's see if they're really into it. And I'll only do that if they've shown interest but if not, then I won't be giving them hint or clue about gambling.

It's better be left to themselves and let them discover what gambling is and have their willingness to do it on their own. Because if they do that, it only means that they understand the risk they're taking.

For me i do not believe that gambling winnings lure anyone into gambling, what these big winnings does is that it gives people false hope, false believes that it could be them winning if they do not give up gambling; which in turns gives betting companies more money and more addicted gamblers.

Also, we must nurture the habit of staying away from gambling after having a winning; else you would lose all again

Agreed, but mostly if they gamble because they saw your winnings and are hoping they can also win that much, it will lead to losses. People are always seeing the good sides, like the money he won, and not the downside, which is that they only know that once he won it, he had already spent a lot of money playing on it. People are only thinking one-sidedly, which is why they lose. We should first know the risk of it so that we will not expect that we will also win like others did. Though it is also best to experience it by losing so that they can learn from it, it is a hard experience since you'll be losing money.

this has never happened to me, besides that I have never shared my victory story with other people, because that would make it difficult for me

those who are lured will definitely immediately ask me a lot of things and will definitely make it difficult for me to guide them. besides that, I also don't want other people to play gambling because of me, because usually, newbies don't have a good mindset in gambling

When I win big, I tell the story to my friends, but I'm always saying that it was good luck, and that there's no guarantee it will happen to anyone else, or even to me again. Even if it's poker, where luck plays, according to many, a lesser role, I'm always saying, it was because of luck that I won.

I wouldn't mind if someone started gambling because of me, but only if that person would play for relaxing and entertainment purposes. I'm never saying out loud, start gambling and you will win big too , although somewhere deep in my heart I do wish them to win big, of course.

I don't want to have that reason from them to start to gamble because of what they've seen from me. I want them to realize that gambling isn't done like that because they saw it from my winnings.

Well, it's not a secret anymore that gambling is risky and the same goes for trading as it bears with risks.

But, again, as I have said that I'll be ready to engage to them if they're the one asks me to.

Am not the kind of person that likes withholding my winnings and losses from friends. I like telling them how my betting played out cos most times we bet games together
I can't say cos almost the friends I share my gambling stories with are gamblers like me. We bet games within ourselves and give out match statistics to those that care to ask
                               

It does lure someone to gambling.  People love to emulate stuff and imagine things.  If ever they heard about someone's winning they always put themselves in that person's shoes and think if it was them.  Especially when their friend is the one who won, they surely think that if they friend is able to win on that gambling, they can also win on that game.


True but people who tasted winnings will always come back and gamble.  So it is kinda difficult to nurture that kind of habit.

I'll tell you more. Emotions that a gambler experiences while winning or losing are very similar to those of a trader. Such emotions can change the perception of the environment and in this state it is very easy to make a mistake that will lead to serious losses.

That's why I support your point of view about taking a break from gambling as it will save you not only from reckless spending but also will save your health.

Acquiring too much stress and anxiety and other emotional things could really give out some effect on someones health which we know that these things can't really only be experienced via doing gambling but also
in other things that we are doing in our lives which can potentially do make out these kind of effects which you could really say that this isnt limited on certain conditions or circumstances.
Lured out someone on the way you do bet? I dont think so because each person around me does have their own will on what they should gonna do in their lives whether
they do let someone do inspires them or would be totally independent on what they are tending to do.

Yes, probably a number of people but I did that indirectly. I'm an honest person and when they ask me what I was doing on a given day I'm not going to lie to them. Sometimes my friends ask me about my games, what I'm betting on sports wise and I tell them. I had a few situations where people gave me some money to also bet on the same match and I did that. We won a few times, we lost some other times. I've never had problems with people losing with me. They knew that I was in the same situation.

I have to tell you though that it doesn't work with all people. Don't do it with work colleagues or your superiors. You don't want to mess with people you don't know well and people you depend on. I bet only with my good friends who know me and when I know they really want this.

It is true the emotions a trader and a gambler can experiment are similar, however this should not be the case, when you are gambling the emotions should be embraced as we are gambling to have fun and to add a little bit of excitement to our lives, but when it comes to trading everything should be about what is the correct move you can make under the circumstances you are in, because if you let your emotions to take control of you during such a critical moment then it will be almost impossible to take the right decision and your capital will be at a high risk.

I totally support your attitude to luring some one into gambling. Apart from telling people about all the risks associated with gambling, we should definitely not be engaged in any form of gambling with strangers, or people we know little about, like our work colleagues.

Support? I am not sure if it is a good attitude or not because, it was like you are looking for ways to bet for free and if you lose the money of others, it won't be that heavy for you because it wasn't your own hard earned money anyway but those people will not totally feel bad because they also want this to happen at the first place.

If you will tell the truth that gambling is a risky game and you don't want them to encourage gambling then that is a different story anymore. That is a commendable move but you shouldn't have shared your winning bets on them earlier if that is your intention. In my case, this never happened in me as I secretly gamble for some reasons.

I don't know what winning big in your context implies but to me, anything above my previous winning is big and most times worth celebrating.
There are times I make a win of over $300 and that's usually a big win  for me.
I have predicted a game that turned out over $450 and that has been my highest win at a time but it was for a brother and I was rewarded with about $50 but I was so happy because I was the brain behind that very success, that very sucess lured alot of people to me who also wanted me predict for them and I started getting some commissions for every game I predicted and came out successfully to a win.

I could also remember a winning from my childhood friend that changed his life and that very winning was what got me into gambling till date and I can say I don't regret being in this space despite having some down times.

1.I don't have any big winnings out of gambling and sports betting. I bet mostly small amounts at low risk bets.
2.Even if I had big gambling winnings, I would never brag about my winnings. I just hate bragging in general. Maybe I'm superstitious and I think that bragging would make my luck go away. Even if you win big, you have to stay humble.
3.I wouldn't recommend gambling to anyone in my social circle. I don't know which person might fall down into gambling addiction. Some people simply don't have a high level of self-control. I don't want to blame myself for influencing other people into losing their money.

I didn't tell to anyone if I win big. And don't be excited much because this is the part of life. And if loose I didn't get sad much. If effect little bit but not much.

And I don't tell to anyone because if they enter and lose they can blame to me.

I'm a person who doesn't really like to share my winnings on social media or people around me, honestly because I don't want them to know I'm gambling and win big even though they actually know I'm gambling, I like to celebrate every gambling win to my friends but never told them that it was the result of winning gambling but from my salary bonus, I don't want my friends to play gambling and make them uncontrollable spending their money in the casino, so that's the reason I hide it as an ordinary gambler who just just looking for fun, not looking for big wins

I saw a movie where they intendedly to make someone win in public to promote their gambling games because that's how it is when people see that there's a high winning percentage, people will flock to try it and some of them will remain until he lost all of his money from it. I mean if we look at how the advertisement all around on Television and Social media, we see that they always advertise good things to promote their business even though it has dark secrets. No one will advertise its dark side and that's how it works in gambling as well we are lucky to have some people that are willing to share their stories about their losses for us to take some heed and lessons as well.

I just play gambling on my own actually at the very first thing it is really doubt to play gambling because I know how does money really important to me to my daily needs and I don't have a guts before to play gambling because I know I'm not lucky with these games but once I tried playing and give me a good shot that's the time I treat my self and friends with this winnings even though it is just a small amount of winning not like a hundred thousand dollars still it is a winning to celebrate and enjoy, but of course I didn't play again that time because I know not all the time gambling can give me a huge amount of winnings.

You've done your best not to tell anyone if you won big because that could make them tempted to follow you and there's a good chance they'll ask what they should do before starting to bet. This will also tempt them to place bigger bets because they see the amount of winning money you get so they will want to get it too. But if they lose, they might blame you because you showed them your winnings when you didn't mean to tease them. We'd better keep it to ourselves because we don't know how strong they are in holding themselves back from being tempted to see the winning money we get.

That's also what I'm scared about.

If someone is enticed because of my shared stories to them, I'm feeling much obliged of giving them a warning and it's like they're my cargo which shouldn't be.

I'm done with all of encouraging and luring people into gambling and other risk taking activities. I've been blamed a couple of times and I didn't felt good when that happened.

Yes that is the point. That's why I don't suggest or tell any story of my big win to those who don't do gambling. I have many examples in my life they always blame and say I just started gambling due to your story.

By the way. I share with those who already in this field and earning much better than me. This is much preferable than above.

Most people around me knew that I am a regular gambler. But I bet privately and I don't tell my friends about it unless we're following the same sports and betting as well. And when I bet big, I will never tell my friends, family, relatives, or anyone about it. So it is the same when I win big, I also keep it private. Sometimes I treat myself from my own winnings. Sometimes I also treat my friends, relatives, and family but I won't tell them that I won in gambling. Not that they are against gambling because they don't care but it's just that I keep it private.

There were people I lured into online gambling most especially in sports betting. It's because I told them that odds are better than p2p gambling. Online gambling are less hassle and they can keep it private especially if they win big. No one will ask for commissions or treats on successful bets.

In my area my friends know me as an updated gambler because I follow up with sport betting  almost every week ..

I forecast games for most people that ask me to but I normally tell them it's not a guarantee that after I select games for you,  you will actually win on your first time and most people are OK with it

Most  of my friends that are into gambling today where influence by my heavy win because anytime I have a big one I do share my success stories to them

But you know in gambling your losses are far more greater than your winnings so that's what I tell everyone of my friends that want to involve because of my winnings..

I normally tell them that "all that glitters is not gold" so if you are up for it I can put you through

And most people normally end up telling me that am evil to show them this kind of stuff  ;D ;D 8)

There is no story and technique behind gambling either its a good day and good luck , yes do share your victory with your friends and tell them about how to do this but at the end don't forget to mention that it's only good luck. Never compare your scenario with someone else's scenario.

I do gamble anonymously thus I don't reveal my massive winnings to anyone in a bid to lure them into gambling though I will feel elated after winning a huge bet atimes I do giveaway to some of my friends but I never disclose the source of the money, of course I do discuss some soccer tips with my colleagues in my place of work in a bid to analyze some soccer matches and later bet anonymously before the commencement of the match thus I don't disclose my gambling activities to anybody, I am afraid after luring anyone of them to gambling probably after revealing my winnings they might be addicted to it and might cause some financial problems to them.

Keep it discreet and no one will ever know what you are doing in private, online gambling is the best way if you dn't want to share your gambling activities, both losing or winning no one will know it unless you share some information about the activities that you are attached, I like the idea of treating yourself or your friends each time you win from your gambling, it's important that you are enjoying and you are compensating yourself with some treats that you earned from your gambling.

Keep in mind that it's your money that you are using and if you lose nothing will be affected much, aside from your own pocket.

When you win, it's you to decide if you want to share or you want the money to enjoy, that's the reality inside this business.

More like, have my losses made someone give up gambling, lol.

But no, I think many of us, from the responses I'm reading, have similar situations in our lives that we don't openly talk about gambling. I would never tell anyone how much I already spent gambling. Of course not really big losses compared to what I earn, but it's something I consider as a hobby and pasttime which a lot of people wouldn't get as they would see it as a waste.

It's also something frowned upon.

So winnings or losings, it's all secret except with a few close friends. At least I know I will never be held responsible for "luring" someone to gambling...

For me and my friends who have gambled, it is clear that sharing stories about betting is something we often do when we are together. Be it betting like a ball or just showing some of the biggest wins in slot games. Even when I hit a big win, I would share the winnings by asking each other's casino usernames and playing together until you can call it a race to win. Whoever wins will treat you to a meal and a drink at a restaurant. We enjoy it as a game, not as an over-action or addiction. That's what I often do when I'm with friends.