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 Those who are experts in gambling would tell you that you're not guaranteed a 100% success rate no matter how skilled or how well you might cliam to have studied the game even though you're a sports Analyst or well informed in a particular sports, gambling has it risks and rewards and most times the risk is greater than the reward, I'll say it's on a ratio of 60:40 that's 60% loss compared to a 40% in winnings, most people newly introduced to sports betting have had several trials yielding losses before they attain jackpot, but it varies because some people are very lucky when it comes to gambling.

  About yesterday I came across a friend looking so depressed and sad and tried to interrogate with him then he said he felt like giving up in life and i asked why, he said he used about 80% of his savings to stake on a particular football game and lost, I felt so pity for him and had to encourage him with some advices.

  Though I've had losses in gambling but I've never had such a sad one like he's, I was introduced to gambling by a coursemate in college who won a jackpot, thought I lost in my first three trials but played again and won about 80k in my local currency, there are people that's made millions through gambling and some others are yet to win but still find it difficult to quit, share your experience if you have any whether good or bad, cause I believe there are people here who would learn from it.

I don't know what attracted me to gambling, but maybe it was the environment per se. I mean during the time I was growing up, everyone was into gambling in my neighborhood. It's not that it was bad that time, but I guess it was just one escape from the people behind, even a chess game will have people betting on who is going to win.

So it might be a bad experience for me, nevertheless, I'm not that addicted, just play when I wanted to or just gambling with the money that I can afford to lose. I guess those kind of environment might have been in my mind and mold me to not become a gambling addict.

I have experienced it before, so depressed and wish not to gamble ever again but seeing myself gambling more and losing more. It is good to discipline oneself while gambling but which I lacked at the time.

In total, I lost in gambling than winning, so I have zero my mind not to ever use the money that I can not afford to lose to gamble ever again.

We are the problem of ourselves, or we give ourselves problem. If you use like 5% or less of your weekly income to gamble, that will not affect you if you lost all the 5% weekly. We should work towards what will not affect us if we lost to gambling.

My friends in secondary school attracted me to gambling because during the weekend,we will come together in a friend's place to have fun and entertain ourselves in a form of picnic. During this time we will come up with little funds and stake on dice to see how has the highest number. This was how I learnt how to gamble. As a gambler I have loss more than I have won which is a norm in gambling because you can never win the house edge, I will say that gambling takes more from us than what it gives to us no matter our skill or luck. Gambling responsible is the only way that will make you live healthy as a gambler.

It's a long time ago when I first started gambling. Already as a young kid I have been interested in gambling due to two factors. The first one was my grandfather who played lottery and scratch cards all his life. He would take me with him to collect his winnings and place the new bets every Saturday. To keep me entertained he would always buy me 2 scratch cards. And the other factor was watching casino movies. When watching movies like oceans eleven or rounders I knew that when I will be 18 that I am going to visit casinos myself. Most of my friends back in the day felt the same and we would regular visit our home town casino. And then there was the poker boom in 2010/11 where a lot of small poker tournaments where being organized locally. In my country it's not allowed to gamble for money outside of casinos, so all the Poker tournaments where offering physical prices. It was a good way to win a new graphic card or monitor with limited downside.

He broke the cardinal rule in gambling and which is only played with money that you can afford to lose and never involve your savings in gambling, even if you are 100% sure that you are going to win you never the know outcome until the results are final, in gambling there are unforeseeable events that can happen that you least expect it.

I was attracted to gambling specifically sports betting peer to peer especially if I am against a bettor who bets for the underdogs, there is something when you win in gambling its easy money but after a lot of disappointment and realizing that you cannot make a lot of money from gambling and you cannot make a living out of it, I have to give up hope that I can be good in gambling and accept is as entertainment and only bet with money that you can afford to lose.

Firstly, what attracted me to gambling was the profit opportunity it offered and the belief it was possible to play smartly, overcoming the house on long term and profiting from it. I also believed gamblers lost money because they didn't know how to manage their bankroll efficiently and were driven by emotions, instead of logic and reason. So if I could play in a different way I should have success on this endeavor.

And after the introduction to crypto casinos I had this belief once again, due to the possibility of using bots to play dice game automatically, while using different configurations or strategies. However, after some time I saw that wasn't feasible, so I had to gamble for different reasons, which go beyond the possibility of making profit, always with the conscience I can lose money anytime, therefore I should play only with money I can afford to lose, always respecting limits and predetermined conditions.

In crypto casinos, it's always BTC that attracts users to gamble. The opportunity to grow your BTC is always irresistible because it's like hitting 2 stones with one bird.  
Bitcoin price goes up in a bull run and then they win bigger in value while they also won those BTC from playing on casino.

Two regrets also when they lost their BTC I know this feeling because I also lost some of mine. But I think most of us are also traders, when the market is just too dull and no particular trends that move the price, traders turn casino players.

I don't have any good or bad experiences because I usually bet very little. I can have a lot of fun betting $10 on my favourite football team or MMA fighter and watching the game with friends. If I win, I usually spend it on food right away and we order a pizza or something and spend time together. If I lose, somebody else sponsors the feast :D
I know a few stories though. I have a neighbor who can bet all his savings each time and I think he's crazy, but it's too late to reason with him. I saw him spend 10k on a bet when he barely has food in the fridge. One time ha had money saved up to buy a car and he went on a gambling spree and he had something like 20k saved up and lost 15, but still had to buy a car so, he bought some old shit that should be scrapped and drives that. He should go to rehab, but I can't make him.

Betting or lets say gambling for me is a funny piece. That month in 2018; it was a tennis bet i first staked; if i am right, i think it was either Australia open or Roland Garros. I picked up the booking codes from twitter and proceeded to stake the game with the hopes of earning x1000. The ticket had 20 games; and out of the 20 games there were only 3 cuts. This gave me hope and then i continue to bet "albeit occasionally".

My experience with gambling is bad because until i quit; i was spending without earning haha

Aside from money, I cannot think of anything that would attract a gambler into this technology or industry. On my end, profit came first before enjoyment and gladly, I was able to go out from that mindset and is now enjoying things with proper management regarding risk. But as we all know, profit tendency is what dragging people into gambling. There is an impression wherein gambling is believed to be a gateway or an easiest way to be rich in an instant. Despite of knowing that things won't go as planned, people are still hooked up with this idea. Quite of a nature of human to focus on things which would come in an instant.

IMO, it should be the "easy money" kind of mindset are what most gamblers find it attractive about gambling, plus you have fun while you're earning and that only applicable when you're winning. Now, let's head down to when you're losing, you can't stop placing bets either when you're also trying take back what you have lost - so that's another gambling attraction, it's the urge to win back what you have lost.
While sports betting is a kind of gambling activity which somehow very addictive, especially when you're a hardcore fan to such sport i.e NBA or Football. I've seen many people who just have quarrel  with their friends because they were cheering and betting on a different team.  Trust me, sports betting will not only lose your money, but you could also lose a friend when you both have different teams.

For me, the main attraction was the thrill and excitement that comes with taking risks and the possibility of winning big at the casino. I can't say that I was a frequent guest in physical casinos, but online casino gambling attracted me primarily because of the accessibility and ease of depositing and withdrawing money, especially in the case of crypto casinos.

As for my personal experiences, I've had both positive and negative moments while gambling. One particularly memorable good experience was when I hit a small jackpot on an online slot game. The sheer joy and disbelief I felt in that moment were truly something. But, I've also had some sad moments. Like any gambler. Since then I have learned that losses are part of the game and it is important to set personal boundaries so that gambling remains a fun activity and not something that will negatively affect your financial stability.

That is a very sad story about your friend. I hope he will eventually recover and do not give up. Nobody should go through such a desperate situation...

In my case, half of my family used to play lottery almost daily with the whole community of neighbors and friends, sine it was seen as an activity to socialize with others and have fun there was no problem if a child decided to participate alone or together with their parents.  That I think it was my first experience on gambling, I think I was about 13 years old or so.

Have a happy feeling if win and lucky, maybe that's what got me attracted in playing gambling, the games and odds that casinos offer are really interesting too. Just imagine when you bet and get lucky to win, then your balance will be multiplied quickly on the table. But we have to realize is self control, when you have won then you must to be rest because if not, maybe unwanted bad things will probably happen, such as endless defeats. To be honest my bad experiences were losing self control, and my good experiences is about profits and satisfaction.

People winning big and telling the stories but they don't tell you losses. Would say it is about wanting to do what others are doing. Youthful exuberance they call it right? Yeah wanted to explore, so from watching football and being a novice all around everything concerning gambling until a try to what they were doing by giving them money to stake for me from same bet slip they had analysed. It continued for some time until I started trying out myself. Of course experience comes with years  ;D

I think everyone will agree here that most of us is attracted on gambling due to the possibility to have profit quickly. I’m initially just a crypto trading that attracted to gambling after the market becomes side ways for a long time and continuos dip. I lose huge amount of money on trading while I saw some post about gambling that users winning huge amount of money by playing slots.

I start playing slot and try my luck but luck didn’t come to me on slot that makes me discover other form of gambling like bacarrat and roulette that offers quick game result for a faster recovery. After playing gambling for a year after discovering it, I lose more money than to recover my losses for trading. I’m now gambling just for the sake of bonuses and not for chasing profit. :D

Money of course, nothing else. There's no other reason why I am attracted to gambling maybe because my friends said they are earning something in gambling that's why they invited me to gamble as well because they want me to play as well and to lose some money as well, it is kinda funny but that is the reason why I started to gamble until now , they are still gambling as well.

Most people started gambling because they want to double their money, nothing else.
Winning experiences from others is just an additional "motivation" for people to start gambling.
Myself started gambling because of the evironment around me where gambling is like a tradition by the community.
Because of it, I used to watch it since I was young and I started to learn it when I was in high school.

No one can guarantee a 100% success rate in gambling, wins and losses are only between black and white eyes, when you are lucky you might win, but when you are unlucky all the money you bring to the casino will immediately change hands. Even though winning and losing are only limited to luck and failure, gambling activities are growing rapidly as technology develops. Now you don't need to visit a casino to gamble, technological developments have made it easier for gamblers to carry out gambling activities online.

Some people might think gambling is an instant way to get rich. Gambling is considered to be able to make money quickly and easily without having to work hard to get it. They will continue to gamble even though they often lose, this condition is caused because the brain has a unique system, namely the 'curious' system. This system is connected to various areas of the brain, especially the pleasure center of the brain.

Whatever activity you think can give pleasure will be stored in the brain, then it will encourage you to release dopamine to do the same activity again. Likewise when you are gambling, dopamine will be released because there is unlimited excitement and fun, especially when you are winning. A person's experience in gambling varies greatly, some often win and some often lose. Even though they often lose, they will continue to play because there is motivation to win and it is considered fun.

in my case it was because I like the top leagues, I'm talking about premier league, la liga, bundesliga, Ligue1, serie A and the Portuguese league. people in my neighborhood already made sports bets and I kept asking myself if I could do well or not, after that here on the forum they started to have more subscription campaigns related to casinos so I decided that I should also make an effort to know more things about gambling and online casinos, it was with that in mind that I started doing sports betting, but after a few days I lost and I was lucky enough to win a lot, so I decided to stop for a while

that's because I couldn't stand the stress every time I lost, after a long time away from gambling I came back because I entered a subscription campaign, and with that I started making sports bets and they no longer cause me stress because I already understood better how to analyze games and how to better manage my bankroll, and I also don't bet constantly to avoid being the top person dependent on gambling, I play when there's a game worth betting on, I know very well the danger of gambling , that's how I got into gambling

I'm not surprised about the feeling of that specific friend because everybody in this world who will have the same experience will indeed feel worthless because 80% is already a huge amount but not every gambler has the confidence to do that in one go even if there's a good chance in winning that bet, you see, we tend to feel some doubts even though our chances are strong and that just mean that we know deep in ourselves that it is not that sure as long as the outcome will not say the same bet you're betting to.

Boredom really. It was in the middle of the lockdown and everything is not available, you can't even go out to spend your money elsewhere even if you wanted to. Then in a second a couple of my friends recommended that we try some online casinos and compare wins which itself will be some form of competition too, with wagers on it of course. So the highest person who gets the most wins in a month or so gets to bag the first place and a cash prize, second gets it, third, and so on. All of a sudden I just found myself gambling a lot which I realize wasn't good. I'm not even gambling for profit, I just gamble cause I wanted to be in on what the squad was doing. That's until I saw a post here made by someone who emphasized the need to control yourself and gamble responsibly. From then on I made it a point to only gamble occasionally and all that stuff.

After I learned from my pre-work experience that excessive gambling is not good, now I only think of gambling as a coping mechanism to deal with stress during work activities.
and besides that gambling can be a fun activity after five days of work and only play on weekends with a small capital just for fun. And if I win maybe it's my luck, and I like to gamble because it trains my brain function after stress and fatigue after work.

I don't remember the full details why I started doing gambling and staying for long but I believe that I like watching poker games before and I think my curiousity on staking money on a poker game makes me really do gamble and attracted me to continue doing it. Of course the profit is in my mind at that time, I won't deny it. Doing gambling with poker is a lot different on playing poker without using real money given. Bluffing isn't easy when there's real money. I think the thrill of using money is what makes me attracted to gambling.

The idea of making profit was what lured me into gambling. I use to think that it will be easy for me to double my money in gambling and I was deceived with such impression. Unknowingly to me that I can't even win a dime from gambling. In the beginning when I started with little funds,I will win some encouraging amount.

There was a day that I regretted my loss in gamble and after that day, I learnt a hard lesson and faced the consequences of my actions. I went on a break and discipline myself to only gamble once in a while and that should be with money that I can afford to loss. Later on when I saw that I can control myself,I started gambling again.

Growing up, my grand father and father frequently visited cockpit arenas in order to compete with their chickens. It even got to a point where my grand father bought a relatively huge lot dedicated for farming and raising cockfighters in order to participate in national and televised fights. My father inherited such addiction and he also delve into such practice where he also brought me and my siblings with him. Due to this experience, this sparked my curiosity until now.

Maybe this experience is what drove me to gamble in the first place. With the influence from my parents, this somehow got me into this kind of activity- though I do only entertain such act with curiosity; nothing more and less.

Like the Jackpot from Roulette. It's very luring that even when you thought of quitting gambling, you always have to look at it again thinking one more time that you may hit the jackpot this time. Next thing you know you already lost another hundred.

Another attraction is that I'm a sports fan and while it's satisfying to see my team win the games, it's more satisfying to also gain financially. I have no sports channel subscription already but because of the bookies, I can watch the live games they offer.

I think what attracted me most into gambling was the narrative to win big especially when you came across a video or an article concerning a winning game. There has been a lot of things that attracts me most but social media was the main driving force that it gets me into online gambling, I don't really gamble offline but since I almost spend my time online and here in the forum, that's why I feel like this attracted me most even these days.

His very lucky  he still has about 20% in his savings to still star with. I know how situation like this  can demoralized someone especially  if the money lost was expected to be used for something else and ended up been lost in gambling  anders just imagine him.starting afresh again, meh thats awhole lot to make someone give up but brings is worth a life and the fact that you lost is a lesson and we should rather build from those lessons than let them weigh us down.

The major thing that has attracted me most to gambling is the fact that it give me the leisure and pleasure to earn flexibly without having to work from 8am to 5pm regular job.

What attracted to me for me to gamble is that you do really be able to make money or win on the most fastest or instant way and at the same time you would really be able to entertain yourself but mostly
you would really be that focusing that much when it comes to making money or having those winning opportunity.We cant really deny that it would really be that so interesting if you do able to make yourself
play while you do have the chance on winning some jackpot or huge win specially on slots gaming which i do have an experience when it comes to playing on real casinos which it
did really spark out my interest more on doing such thing. Of course there are really times or moments on which i do make myself that bit addicted but good thing my awareness and control
tells me that i should really be playing moderately because if you dont then you would surely be get addicted into it which is something that you must avoid.

I was attracted to gambling when a friend of mine who was always known as a risk taker in gambling finally won a huge amount of money the news spread all over the town because no body ever believed that you can be paid such amount in a betting platform even though the news was been advertised all over the place. Long story short my friend started introducing me to some soccer prediction site and as time goes by I was fully committed to gambling and as a lover of football, betting in a football match became one of my hubby. About my good experience as a gambler, I was lucky to win a very big amount in a soccer match but the day I lost all my savings I almost got a heart because the pains refused to go away.

^ It is the same story here and where all my gambling habits started.
Before when I was not involved in gambling, I only watch those sports events, cheering my favorite team while watching but now, I realized that it is good while cheering them you also place bets hoping that you will win and I think that is how I attracted gambling.
But probably in other, when it comes to gambling, people are often attracted by a combination of factors, and experiences can vary greatly between on us. Some may find the thrill of taking risks and the potential for big wins alluring, while most of us may enjoy the social aspect of playing with friends or in a lively casino atmosphere. However, remember that gambling can have both positive and negative outcomes for us.

I got to a club with some friends and played sport betting in my beginning,I was immediately hooked as I kept watching Livescore which was the most well known website back in the days before smartphones came out.This though was just the beginning,one night in a party with co workers we were holding our new year party in the restaurant of a hotel which also had slot machines in there and it was love at first sight when we got together there to play.It was some game that gave you x500 as a maximum payout during the bonus game some sort of toads and mud thing,don't remember now but since then I kept playing slots forever.

Stress forces me to gamble more since gambling can give entertainment and that’s what I need right now.
Fortunately, I’m still doing my budget and plan when it comes to gambling so I won’t become more stress if I lose the money. Many are still relying that much with Bitcoin and many become broke because of gambling, I also have a friend who are on the same situation and right now he’s undergoing a therapy so he can be ok again and quit gambling for good. Gambling can be more hyped if you see a promotions from it, again don’t bite that and just focus on your own strategy to approach in gambling.

It should be on which it would really be that recommended or suggested that you should really be setting out a budget when it comes into your spendings on gambling so that you would really be able to handle yourself
that well and wont really be able to be wrecked up with gambling just because you've been spending that much on the money that you arent really that supposed to be spend on that thing.

Gambling is for leisure or fun which it is really just that right on having this kind of treatment as it should really be. On the time that you do have that kind of intent on the first place then you wouldnt really be finding
yourself into addiction kind of trouble since you've been wary about on what are those risks and possibilities. This is something that you would really be needing to have in mind.

Gambling could be good or bad basing on the actions you are making. Good in the sense that it would release up some stress at the same time it would really be that giving the chance on
making profits or making money if you are that lucky enough.

Some people can be lucky with gambling, but it is only a few people, a very small percentage comparted to the number of people who loose to gambling. Some people have been gambling for a very long time and have never won any jackpot, they have lost thousands of currency in pursuit of a jackpot from gambling, but in the process, they have even lost more. My attraction to gambling is the fact that I can have fun and make money while I have fun. Not many fun activities offer you the opportunity to earn from it, gambling is one of the exceptions.

Mainly enjoying money and sports made me attracted to gambling. I was passionately following football teams so I could guess most of the matches results accurately. Then I asked myself why wouldn't I benefit from these skill and experiences to make money. It was good experience indeed because I was making money through my habit. But at one point I realized I was spending a lot too so net gains weren't that awesome.

I don't really understand why we should listen to other people and try to learn from their words if most of us only learn from our own experiences. Also, a certain percentage of people like to embellish, and some like to just lie. In my opinion only your own statistics can present the real results of gambling and they will be true only for you.

From my personal experience I can only say that over time I have learned to control myself a little better during the game and limit my bankroll. Have I become a better gambler? Have I improved my skills or my level of luck? That's a tough question.

You win some you lose some is how the gambling system is. I'm sure you have learnt your lesson now from your heart pain that you don't have to gamble all you have in the hope of winning big. Winning is not a guarantee until you see the reality of it. It is illusive until you have seen your ticket in green. Throwing all inside a bet is not advisable as you have seen and I hope you have moved passed that now with your betting.

Most of the time my friends since this is our way to hangout but if I'm alone, my gambling activities will depend on my budget.
I've already experienced bad gambling where I don't have any control with my finances and lose everything, I've learned the lesson the hard way and will never do that again. Its also good that you have your support system to bounce back and rise again, now I'm more responsible and I'm not attracted in gambling that much anymore.

And sometimes you even win some and lose much more.
Basically, this gambling activity certainly has risks and everyone understands the risks and dangers of gambling if they are not able to control and manage it wisely and intelligently. But in fact, the more addicted a person is to gambling, this will make them even more unaware of these risks, only the will and image of winning that was always before them. But for those who are ordinary, gambling can be one of the usual activities, which brings money and provides fun things. Unfortunately, I myself am not at this stage yet, because I only gamble as necessary.

I was drawn to gambling because I view it as a means of generating income and because many of my friends have had financial success through gambling. When I first started, I also lost a lot—like ten times—but I never gave up because the friends who first introduced me to gambling told me to keep trying because one day I would win. I took their advice for a while, but when I kept trying but did not succeed, I tried to give up. I stopped betting for a while because I reasoned that I couldn't be wasting money when I could be using it for other things that would benefit my life.

But after a few days, I learned that my friend had won a sizable sum of money, which motivated me to start gambling once more, and my first wager after returning was successful in bringing in some money. Since then, I've been under the impression that gambling can make me wealthy and that someday I'll land a huge jackpot. then I begin raising my stake amounts consistently in an effort to earn a sizable sum of money.

So, with the belief that I will win a large sum of money at gambling, it has taken all of my courage to continue playing even when I am losing. But seriously, I have spent so much money there that I don't even remember the calculations, and now I never win that big amount, though occasionally I will win a small amount. However, I may say that the money I have wasted at gambling has not been worth 20% of the money I have used.

The lack of weekend activities attracted me to gambling. As someone whose daily life revolve around my work and keeping my place clean, I find it boring to not do anything after work, especially on weekends. Being a poster in this forum for years, I tried playing in casinos that regularly have their signature campaigns over. Primedice is the first one to win me over, and that's where everything started. I started playing every weekend, with $10 or $20. Branched out into sports betting and the rest is history. Right now I don't regularly play in casinos, but I still place bets on sports, especially esports and motosports.

The main measures that attracted me to gambling was the set of individuals I hanged out with. 80% of my friends are gamblers and that makes me one of them, I always watch and observed every step they take towards gambling both casinos and football which happens to be my favorite. I've been in the system for such a long time, I just need to concentrate on a particular gambling strategy that would yield profits every weekends. Losing is inevitable in the space, that's the only way we can learn to adapt to a strategy inother to avoid losses. Gambling is broad and dominated the entire space within years. 

I treat gambling nothing but entertainment. I don't care to profit from it because I know what the odds are. That being said, live table games by evolution gaming are what peaked my interest along with crypto casinos. Never was interested in gambling in the past until crypto casinos became big. The early black jack tables were pretty shoddy until evolution came along and offered their live table games. Their UI was the best out there.

The word “Gambling” alone is enough to attract people towards it. People gets attracted towards gambling after knowing that they can get 2x or more of their base amount in just few mins. These type of returns is not available in any other investments, hence many people gamble to change their destiny. I also came in hope to double my 100k satoshis back in 2016 and to be honest I tried many strategies on the dice games. Won few and lost many. So yes our only motive to gamble is to earn more money in shorter period of time.

It's simple which is I can deposit small amount and doesn't require much fee when withdrawing my funds and the minimum amount before you can withdraw is not high and of course, bonuses I can avail in their gambling platform. I experienced winning around $400 which is good amount of money in my local currency but of course, I also experienced losing more than that as time goes. Anyway, I did discipline myself which I am able to stop gambling for months already and since then, I haven't been in gambling not even once even though I see some casinos have bonuses or promotions that are attractive but I told myself that I won't gamble until I have steady income and what I will gamble is my spare money.

It was an interest that I had when I was in high school. I wasn't originally going to, but hey, with the persuasion of friends to try it out we got to try it a bit together. It was only among us though, not through casinos or whatnot, just us, with our lunch money and stuff like that. I stopped after going to college, but after that, I got back into gambling, this time through casinos. It ultimately developed into habits, bank management, and then ended up with sports gambling altogether.

It wasn't all that good or bad really, there were bad moments, and there were good moments. Ultimately it developed into something of a neutral stance, a hobby of sorts.

I was in high school and my friend were betting on sports. Some of them won fairly big amounts and I thought it as an easy way to make money. Obviously I learned it by the hard way that there was no free meal there. I lost more than I made and then I realized that gambling is not a job. I also realized that many of my friends who won their bets occasionally lost a lot more than what they actually made. I didn't come to these conclusions right on the spot though. It was process that took years. By the time I went to the college I was a responsible gambler.

I attracted to gambling because of I have a lot free time and don't know what to do, so I choose to surfing on the internet and found a casino. Since the casino need to make a deposit to gamble and I don't want to make deposit, I skipped it. But after I know there's a casino offer faucet or fun money to gamble, then I try it. My experience is good because I was start using faucet or fun money at the first time, even though I lose, I didn't feel mad.

I’m attracted to gambling during my childhood since my father is frequently playing billiards with money bet on the game. He is always winning and he keeps giving money using his gambling profit. This small gambling memories with my father start my interest on gambling when I have a chance during my highschool days with my classmates. We often playing computer games like counter strike and dota while placing bets against other school.

My biggest win on this kind of gambling is when I bet half of my tuition fee that time since I’m stidying on private school. The money is not that huge but it’s significant to me because it’s for the sake of my education. We won that game on a very crucial fight. I never done it again ever since experiencing a life changing lose that result to my greediness during my younger age.

Gambling is going to be good for everyone who bet disciplined and remember that it is not a job or way to make money, it's purely chances of luck so it can go both ways, that is why it has been told that never bet more than you can afford to lose and the amount varies to everyone.

So as an individual it's our responsibility As an individual it is our responsibility to determine a gambling budget that is within your financial means and never bet more than you can comfortably afford to lose. Since the person you mentioned in OP clearly took a chance with 80% of his life savings haven't acted what he is supposed to be.

I was introduced to gambling back when I was a kid. 11 or 12 maybe. It's a card game with just a little amount of money at stake. After that, it become a hobby of ours but it had always just been a friendly game. It's better because we are not playing against the house but just battling with each other, we don't even need to pay anything while enjoying the game.
Today, it's way different, because most people don't have any friends near them or it's against the law to play it outside unlike before when we can freely do it outside. Also, the big difference is we have the option to play online with easy access to gambling platforms, I don't even need to look for anyone to play a game of cards, it's just one click away from my computer and presto you can gamble until your wallet run dry. Although the winning chance against the house is slim, people are still coming back to try their luck, which is actually what I do now.
Beating the house though seems impossible upon trying many times.

Many people got into gambling because of the potential they saw with gambling giving them a way out of their poverty situations. Gambling is the last hope of any man to make money, I got into gambling after trying several means to make money but couldn't then I gambled.

My experience in gambling hasn't been what I expected as if I was lucky like some of the lottery winners I won't be here today writing this as I'll be enjoying my life on an isolated island somewhere in the middle of no where but we thank God the stories isn't sorrowful.

Without gambling many people would had gone into crimes because of trying the get an income to bring home to their family. Gambling has saved many lives although it has destroyed many too but that's because those people refuse to follow the rules to avoid addiction.

I'm sorry op's friend lost 80% of savings by betting all that money on one game. Having 20% of savings is better than having no savings, and I hope that he will be able to gradually recover from this loss, as well as learn not to bet what he's not ready to lose.
I've never had big gambling losses (proportionately to my financial situation), and I don't think that the idea of winning a lot attracted me to gambling. I think my first gambling experience (unless we count gambling-like activities for kids) was playing dice. What I liked was how fast-paced it can be, how easy it was to experiment with betting strategies. But still, I was careful with my budget, and it all turned out okay.

Your friend is too greedy because he wants big wins and uses 80% of his savings to gamble. He shouldn't have done it and remembered that gambling is not a place to make money. Actually he can also bet with small money but indeed, the winnings are also small but it's worth the risk he will accept. And if he uses big money, he also runs the risk of losing big too, where most people can't afford to take that big risk, especially if they really lose a lot of money. We have to manage our gambling and don't need to bet with big money because we always have to avoid big losses and that's the right way. And if we could think of gambling as entertainment and nothing more, we'd be fine.

It was just simply by the magic and beauty of starting with a small amount of money then suddenly the outcome of having a huge amount of money. In my case, when I was a kid there's a small game outside my school that many kids literally went there straight after school. Of course it's a gambling called color game which is very popular here in the Philippines. I became curious why they think it was fun to risk your small allowance? So I tried, started with small amount then shouting that "BLUEEE" since I betted at blue. The fun it gives to me was fun as it also gives you the excite and thrilling experience every round of the game. So after winning some money of course I would treat myself and come back tomorrow for me to treat again myself since I'm good at this game.  ;)

Mine was mostly trying to have some fun. Back in the days when I first met with crypto and satoshidice (first crypto gambling system) there was no online betting in my nation, there were few tries, but nothing to wildly popular and I didn't really trusted them to be fair.

So with the crypto one, I would be sitting at home and gambling instead of going out to gamble at the place physically, that was a tiring thing and rather not do that if I could. In the end I ended up with a situation where I kept on gambling more and more and had to stop eventually. Know I am much better, limiting myself and gambling responsibly just to have fun with the mindset of knowing I am not going to make a profit on the long term and should only have fun as my goal.

sounds like a gambler as they are. no one said it like they are really a gambler as simple as they are attracted to gambling because they like to gamble. its often a jackpot on a slot machine that makes a newbie sit for hours until his coins are gone. that jackpot is very attractive. sooner that newbie becomes a gambler after realizing he haad lost a substantial amount and needs to get them back.

Interesting, but I think the answer will be very relative.  and to be honest, I don't have a proper answer to this question.
For me, gambling is not something new, because I have known gambling since I was young. yes, the exact neighborhood where I live, has never been separated from gambling even though it is based on traditional gambling. maybe this is what causes me to be interested in gambling, apart from the benefits that I can get.

Gambling is an activity that is fun, entertaining and can also give us big wins, regardless of the risk of fatigue.
well, regarding the good and bad in gambling, I'm sure it's not something foreign to those of us who like this one hobby. we often experience bad phases in gambling, which means we always lose during gambling sessions. the good experience, there is no other word but to win the jackpot when our balance is almost down to 0.
well, so I think we have a lot of experience related to gambling, both joy and sorrow. when it comes to sports betting, I often experience sizable losses. also, on the other hand, get a sizable win. moreover, in parlay betting. which in essence, everything becomes interesting because we like this one hobby.

The odds are considerably more stacked against the gambler when you factor in the house edge, the statistical advantage that the "house" or gambling establishment has over the player. Taking this into account makes it clear that the so-called experts are playing a risky and ultimately futile game. This is a sobering realization, but unfortunately it is the case.

The news concerning your friend, on the other hand, is really discouraging. A loss of that magnitude can be devastating; he needs your support as you warn him of the dangers of gambling.

However, your individual story is fascinating. It looks like you've experienced your share of successes and failures. You could compare it to a roller coaster. I'm sure many people here can connect to and gain insight from your story, and maybe it can even serve as a warning to newcomers.

I was attracted to the fact that I could easily make money in just a few clicks or bets, but I am also aware that in just a few clicks or bets I could also lose my money.
I started gambling when I was young and got a taste of an easy money and that is how I started playing or seeking other gambling games or forms of gambling.
But as I grow older I realize that if I am gambling to earn money then I am just wasting my time since I know that I am not that skilled to make a living out of it, so I only play to have fun and with a limited amount of money, I also don't want to be controlled by my urge or be consumed by my emotion so whenever I gamble, whether it is online or offline I would just carry a small amount to play and would only stop when I lose it all or I already had enough fun.

The initial reason for me to start gambling is the same as most gamblers, and that's winning money. I used to play slots and dice almost every day when I was still new, and it wasn't the best experience because I was losing most of the time. I sometimes win, but they're usually big enough to double or triple my balance. Now I gamble to have fun, and that's my current reason. I participate in different contests or prediction pools that are becoming popular here in the gambling section.

The same here. In my group of friends we started playing slots when we were still underage. Typically, you go to a place and you see that one of us is playing and in the end he or someone else ends up hitting the jackpot. One of those prizes was a lot of money for someone our age that you could get for a coin.

actually there is no way that 100% sure can happen to gambling so I believe that he broke the cardinal rule and also his capacity to lose.
risking in gambling is already a given scenario so what more that you spend your savings and food for the table?
like me I love also sports betting and yes Peer to Peer , actually there are place here in our country that all gamblers see each other weekly and putting bets against each other .

I think I was introduced to gambling, when friends of mine won large jackpots and they bragged about their winnings. I thought it was a easy method to get lots of money, so I also tried it at a casino. I failed miserably and quickly realized that my friends did not tell me the whole story... namely that only some people win and that the majority of people lose their money.

My friends also gambled away a lot of their money, before they won something huge.. so that needs to be subtracted from their winnings to see what their actual profit was. (which they never revealed to me)  :P

it happens to every gambler when he is telling a story, hiding his defeat and only telling his win to attract his friend's attention and after that when his friend is interested in wanting to register he gives his referral link  :D
from what I have observed, there are lots of gamblers who try to gamble because they hear stories from their friends about big wins and some think that getting doubled money from gambling is very easy and trying to gamble after losing must have curiosity in their minds and keep trying to gamble. until he lands a big win to show off to his friends.
this situation has become a trend in many countries, even in my own country. nowadays, many people gamble because their friends brag.

The urge to win more after a massive win in gambling had rekted a lot of gamblers, many people are very greedy worst of it alot of them won huge amount of money instead of investment atleast 80% of the money rather they embark on another round of gambling in a bid to more more money forgetting that gambling is a game of luck and very risky.
I was attracted to gambling by passion for soccer, though I bet for fun and stake with the amount of money I can afford to lose and I was never addicted to it, once I loss my betting fund I will take a break till another time.

Am sorry I don't think am one of those people that would say gambling is attractive, because there is just so much risk involved in this industry and many lives have been destroyed by it and if you aint in it the better for you as you have dodged the bullet!

But if you asked why I gamble, well I would say it's a test of my sporting knowledge,  make some money and putting my money where my mouth is and of course a little fun too..
If anybody out there said they gambled 🎰  for exclusive  fun then they are lying to us and shouldn't be trusted, why would anybody gamble to lose money ?? We all in it to make some profit!

You and I know that your buddies can't reveal this information to you because they would be chasing their losses if they considered it and it's good they didn't say it either because you would know the ugly side of gambling.
But if you still insist go ahead and ask them, after that a follow up question of why they still gamble when they aren't profitable  ::)

Gamblers understand this even if no one tells them because experience tells them how risky gambling can be, and match analysis in sports betting is only to open up opportunities to get a win not to ensure a win.

I don't know for sure what made me get involved in gambling, but of course seeing many members talk about gambling by displaying their winnings that can be very tempting for someone to get involved in gambling, even though a gambler is involved in gambling activities because it's not a problem as long as he doesn't follow blindly, my point is to keep chasing the same wins that other members get, because in every bet the results will be different.

Your experience is almost the same as mine but what sets me apart is knowing and trying gambling when I was a teenager and intending to make more money from small capital.
My goal is to make money to be able to buy anything to have fun and from there I started to like gambling until now, but a few years ago my life was destroyed because of my penchant for gambling plus a pandemic that made all my work and work useless in vain the business was lost so there was no income whatsoever and from this bitter incident I realized that too much gambling would bring misery in the future because almost all the money I had was only used for gambling so when there were economic difficulties I could not have extra money to live my family.

Now I always try to be a wise gambler and be able to master gambling and consider gambling only as a place of entertainment.

Gambling can be both bad and good. Gambling is something that an addict knows very well. I used to see people around me gambling a lot and seeing them lose and win a lot of money. I was attracted to gambling after seeing them and I gambled. I started playing. First time I gambled I was winning. Then after that greed I continued to gamble. I lost a lot of money playing this gambling then I thought gambling is really a bad medium. When I win I feel like gambling is actually good.  It's not that I've given up gambling, I still gamble sometimes for fun. When I lose, it doesn't affect me like it used to. So I'd say there are good and bad sides to gambling.

When I first joined gambling I gambled there with ambition but after a long time when I realized that it is not a platform for earning money then I gambled normally and tried to enjoy from here. I am addicted to sports betting. I thought that since I can do good research there is a better chance of me winning. It was mainly with this purpose in mind that I was inspired into gambling. I have both good and bad experiences here. I have a history of big wins as well as big losses in gambling. But overall now I just consider it a part of my recreation.

I came across gambling some years back then in school when my friend is a gambler and used to gist me on his gambling experience and how he use to make money from gambling whenever he bets, he introduced me to sport betting because that's what he often engage doing as well, he took me to a casino gambling station near our neighborhood in the environment we lived in, i gamble for the first time but loose the game together with him, but he's a gambling addicted fellow I've ever met as friend, though i try to maintain some distance from him in other to avoid some negative influence.

It was funny when I read the part 'Interrogate' him, you asked him and he share his burden with you as a friend, though your friend made a big mistake by using money that is so important to his life for gambling. The reality of gambling is this, don't ever use money that is so important to you to wager any game, it doesn't worth it no matter the opportunity that you see in it, it doesn't end well, in short, there is no way you will enjoy gambling when you risk money you need very well because the more you try to relax not to think about it, there is this reoccurrence of reaction when you remember that your money is at stake, not a wise decision and I hope your friend learn his lesson.

If I'm to calculate my losses and profits in gambling, I will be among the lucky ones that I have earned a good amount of money from gambling and I'm happy to like it for fun and a way to kill time, especially in those boredom time, watching sport and realizing that your favorite is winning and your stake is going to win has a way it hit different, like that goosebump from spiderman, I can say no regret so far.  ;D

The fun within the gambling game is the one that attracted me.  I have been exposed to gambling at a young age.  I see adults playing cards on the neigborhood and kids playing with cards and toys as a bet.  Some also play cara y cruz (toss coins) and they looks havig fun.  So when I got a chance, I tried to play with the kids in the neighborhood, and it was indeed fun playing with cards and toys as a bet.  Then as I grow up, toys being the bet where replaced by actual money.  

Then when I get involved in cryptocurrency I am able to play in an online casino .  It was a good experience and bad at the same time.  Since it is good because it gives entertainment but bad when sometimes I am unable to manage my bankroll properly which ends up in depleting it faster than I anticipated.

The influence of the people surrounded me when I was still at my teenage days, and in the neighborhood where I've grown up played a big part on how I've got into gambling.

And from there, I'd say that a lot of bad and good experiences and lessons have learned throughout the way. It's one of the best experiences that I've got because it made me a better person.

From being able to control myself and thinking of how much I should gamble and being responsible is there. It's all a process that not only me have learned on it for sure but many of us here too I guess.

Environment is the common reason why people started gambling. Well, thinking about it now, it should be the only reason because no family(nurture) will raise their kids and teach them how to hit the jackpot. Our gambling story always starts from a friend, a colleague, an advert, a story etc. Like others, my own is no different. I started with sports betting, because the adverts from the sports betting company used a very famous footballer who I admired a lot.

Well, I said if he is there then, there is nothing wrong with it. I can win some money too. I lost some money on my first few bets but as I gained more experience in sports betting, my losses reduced, and my winnings increased but they weren't consistent. So, I switched to Casino. I have enjoyed every bit of it.

First I was not that active with gambling until I start working in promoting casinos and for me to have first-hand experience I decide to always spare some percentage of my weekly earning to stake a few bets and enjoy some in-house games,  I don't do that at a regular basis but I have been relatively active I gambling all to the reason I mentioned above.

I am well aware of the risk associated with excessive gambling,  so even though I have weekly stipends I don't allow myself to get carried away so I set my gambling limits.

To be honest, my friends attracted me to start gambling. I had never gambled before but when I saw them participating in sports betting, I became excited to give it a try. Being a huge football fan I enjoyed predicting game results and other related things such as gambling on cards or corners in the games. That's when the idea of gambling crossed my mind. Surprisingly, I won my first bet and earned around $100. This initial success fueled my interest in gambling and I started gambling quite frequently. However, over time my gambling activities have reduced a lot and currently, I only gamble around two times a week or sometimes even just once a week.

My father was a big gambler. Not a big gambler in the sense that he would blow his money, because he was incredibly intelligent and highly successful, he just enjoyed games of skill, but his main game was Black Jack. He must have read 10 blackjack books that I wound see laying around o it bookshelf. He taught me card games and I fell in love with a few of them,

Everything  in life has its both good and bad and that also applies to gambling  and i guess your case is that of peer pressure through  their winnings. I've come to realize that gambling isn't just as easy and simple as ot of persons might think of it and rather than just trying lucks with gambling,  I will always advice people to take out their time to make some good predictions and strive every bet with a better hope of winning.

What attracted me  to gambling was the quest to make money from the comfort of my home and gamble came through during the covid and ever since then, ive always seen gambling  as a life saver depending  on how good and lucky you can be.

I was introduced to gambling by my co-worker. One man came to us while we were working and gave my colleague some numbers and told him that they were a sure bet. I was young and didn't know what those numbers were. My fellow worker thanked him with a smile and this stranger left. My colleague was so happy that he told me to stop working so that he can go to stake these games. When he told me how he would win if the game plays, I became very interested. I gave him the money for my lunch for him stake for me. He came back after a few minutes and gave me a slip instructing me to keep it safe. He also taught me how to check if we have won. The next day I went and checked and discovered that we lost the bet. I didn't feel too bad because the money I lost was for my lunch and I would have spent it if I didn't gamble with it.

Should ambling have come with any guarantees, then we wouldn't have  got the trade no more. You wouldn't find gambling sites out there as, the sportsbook or house can't keep loosing.
Your in business to profit right? If there were any guarantees for gamblers, it would be at the expense of the platform offering the game and that'll be a lose for them.

I don't know how you get to add a win to lose ratio to it but I don't think it's any close to accuracy what you've speculated and I feel it should be way less for wins even.

I was introduced to gambling by a close friend who was a professional soccer player but later he left this industry due to losing more than he can afford to lose. That gambling mindset leads to poverty because of not controlling your emotions which can be bad for personal finance. I usually call myself an unlucky gambler, especially on casino slots but I guess it is how it works for the majority. We have to be careful during gambling hours and it is recommended to leave when it is winning time. Chasing loss gonna make the gambler broke person one day so better take this suggestion seriously. Just my 2 cents.

That's one of the beauty of gambling: uncertainty. Pretty sure some of us here are gambling for the thrill and the uncertainty element in gambling. Plus, the chance that you can win big from something that provides you entertainment? Who wouldn't want to do that? And if you're already enjoying the sport, why not put something on the line and possibly win even more at the conclusion of the event?

I was motivated to wager when i had a lesser figure in my local account for my monthly upkeep... Then the idea came; I saw the possibility of winning,.and I certainly did. A particular gambler was calling out games without hesitations and everytime he did that, it came through for him...so I decided to bet on one of his games too, just immediately after my own analysis.
It turned out bad when I did the same act on a different day and I lost woefully.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

I got persuaded by my colleagues because I noticed they always ends at the winning side in gambling, only for me to realized that it was never my bidding, I liquidated my bank accounts all because I got motivated and inspired each time I lost, they keep winning, but these winning doesn't come all the time. With time, I come to the realization that the earlier quit, I would be a freeman completely from debts and tense emotions. We're into gambling primarily for the reasons of lack of finances, we need sources that would generate these sources of us, and in a more faster way, not everyone have the patience to wait for salaries. 

I got invited to a no limit texas holdem game at a friend of mine's shop. They played $1/$2 no limit 2 days a week usually Thursdays and Fridays. People would buy in for $40-$500 each normally and the game would last all night. Usually 10-12 hours of drinking and gambling. I guess I enjoyed meeting new people and the comradery that came along with the gambling. It was fun hanging out and very exciting if I ended up in a $300+ pot a few times a night.

My first encounter with the game of Blackjack was just a day before the COVID-19 virus ravaged the world. It happened to be my last paycheck before the company decided not to renew contracts due to the crisis triggered by the virus. At that time, I was still in the learning phase, acquainting myself with the mechanics of Blackjack. Before wagering with my own money, I was taught to understand the game.

With a basic grasp of the game, two friends and I began placing bets starting from a mere USD $0.1 in my country's currency. With such small stakes, the game stretched out, fostering a sense of camaraderie and friendship without any trace of animosity among us.

Well, what attracted me to online gambling was because I was bored during the previous Covid pandemic and at the same time wanted to try my luck to add additional income from online. But after a few years of playing this, I realized that it is quite difficult to be able to get income from this and this is more for entertainment only. So right now I only play for entertainment and don't want to risk gambling my savings or investment because it's not worth it.

I knew about gambling for a long time, but because I know how I can get attached to habits easily, I was able to stop myself from starting sports betting at a very early age. The very first time I gambled was on virtual football games, and having beginners luck, I won, but because I really just needed the money that evening for my expenses and what I had won was sufficient to sort it out, I did not gamble again that day, knowing I can loose it trying to get more. I was content with what I had won.

This is my first vivid memory of when I first gambled.

Yes, that's why during the Covid pandemic, many were at home, all schools, offices and entertainment venues were all closed, therefore many people felt bored at home, so that was the reason why at that time online casinos were very popular and got high traffic as well as players. active, but it's different when the pandemic status has been stopped by the government, gamblers are slowly starting to decrease.

There are only a few percent of gamblers who may still play seriously so they become addicts because they catch up and lost money during the pandemic, but gamblers who have controlled themselves will learn and think of gambling as just entertainment and not take it as something serious, let alone make gambling as a source of income.

exactly what is a true gambler will say ,and those who claimed to be winning in highest form are just story teller or scammer .
either both , 40% losing and 60% winning , the thing here is that there are big chances of losing .
lucky for you that you have someone to use an example for not to do what he mistakenly act.
meaning you don't know gambling from younger than college?

The possibility to earn huge in snap is what attracted me to play gambling. In the early days before I became a gambler, I saw some people flexing their winnings on social media that made them become rich instantly. That's how I became curious to try it as well, (dice is the first game I tried online).

The thought of winning and how easy it can be were replaced by disappointment and losses because that's not what I expected it to be. I became out of control and had to go somewhere away from internet to quit playing. It's a lesson learned for me and an eye opener to not gamble if your main desire is to win. Because it can lead to problem if you have no discipline. Anyway, I still gamble but not often, usually if I have a budget for it.

 

From early childhood I already knew that people cards for money, I have seen places filled with slots machines, but that never attracted me much. Somehow from the movies I found out about poker and poker rules. I think in the beginning of 2000s, from the internet I found out about online poker and some of my class mates played it. Later they started to organize offline poker. I used to  play poker offline, mostly because of good company, lots of fun and drinking whiskey+cola drinks :D Cant blame for bad experience :D

It's utter foolishness to use the funds that you cannot afford to lose in gambling while knowing that gambling is a game of luck and nothing is guaranteed in it, so getting influenced by someone because they've won a jackpot and risking your life-savings only with the hope that you might hit the jackpot too is totally senseless. How is it important that someone got lucky so you would get lucky as well just like him? That's not how luck works.

I've never in my life used any funds that are so important in my life in gambling just because of the hope of winning something big with it because I know that if I can win something big, I can lose something bigger as well and I don't find that being worth it at all.

Way back, what enticed me to try gambling is the money that comes with it. I'm not going to be a hypocrite, I once thought that gambling will provide an easy money. But boy, I was so wrong. And it's just unfortunate that I have to learn it the hard way. I was a victim of hype and FOMO which partly is my fault as well since I didn't research well before, that made me lose my hard-earned money. But it is what it is and the silver lining behind it is that I already learned so much that shaped me into who I am today and it influenced me in making better decisions.

To those who want to try gambling, it's better to search first and look upon the reviews and feedbacks of those people who have first hand experience to prevent encountering unpleasant scenarios in gambling.

Many of us have tried gambling for the same reasons as you. We see that gambling can provide fast money without spending time working. But it's not what we think because there must be winners and losers in playing gambling. In the past, I just joined my friends to play gambling because I thought displaying the game pictures was interesting, and seeing my friends playing gambling, I felt curious to try it. And finally, I tried it too but never thought about winning and losing. But that's what keeps me coming back to gambling.

Gambling is a simple method to make money, but there are many other things that become attached down the asphalt; and believe me when I say that the path down in gambling can be extremely nasty. When we benefit from the system, we do unnecessary things with the earnings, such as consuming on additional unimportant things, and when we lose, we simply feel remorseful about our actions, which results in regrets, only for that moment, who would want to quit gambling overnight, even though we have the urge but it's not an easy thing to accomplish?

I think that both of you are very much mistaken in saying that gambling allows you to make quick money. This is not true because gambling is a high-risk game, and a gambler is in danger of becoming addicted to gambling. In my opinion all of these things need to be taken into account. At a normal job you get money depending on the time worked, gambling you not only no one guarantees a win, but also you can lose your money. 

Indeed there are those who gamble when they first play they will usually be given a quick win, but human habits have a greedy nature so they continue to play and eventually lose the winning money including the capital even faster, sometimes when they cannot control their emotions to turn around the money they have lost, they will sell anything to play again until they become poor.

Most gamblers who become addicts because they don't understand the risks involved in gambling because gambling is not a place to get rich quick, because gambling should be used as a place of entertainment for fun, don't overdo it in gambling, be wise in gambling bets, because then we will understand how to play gambling. correctly when to play and when to stop.

It's because of the possibility of making a profit and will always be the reason why I'm gambling and I'm sure, the majority have the same reasons. Gambling is part of our culture. So I've tried gambling already at a very early age and it's kind of common to see kids doing gambling here in our country.

 I've  gone through replys to this thread and discovered that different people have their different reasons for gambling, some got introduced through peer pressure, some for the love of sports, some other people got introduced through their parents unknowingly as kids, others for fun but I also discovered that a good number of people are gambling to earn more profit, even if you claim otherwise and say you gamble for fun, the thing is nobody is willing to glady loose their hard earned money, even if it stolen or given for free, the thing is even while having fun you know there are chances that you could double your capital and decided to take them.

 Gambling, is said to  the betting or staking of something of value, with consciousness of risk and hope of gain, however it is very wise to apply the risk management of gambling when you do, it has many advantages as well as disadvantages and most times it's disadvantages is more and has caused a harmful effect to many individuals because they refuse to acknowledge the risk of gambling and focus more on gaining, In the world of gambling you should note that their's no guaranteed 100% daily success and the bookies or casinos are not a charity organisation that wants you to profit more than them, because even if they come up with strategies that gives you daily profit them in return come up with odds that makes your strategies gradually difficult when they discover. I could go on and on explaining my point but I'll only give a few tips that would help overcome gambling addiction
Avoid being greedy
Know when to quit
Gamble with your spare cash
Make a budget when depositing in a bookie and do not exceed your budget.

It's not easy to stop gambling, but someone can stop as long as there is a will. Continuing to control yourself and being able to say no to yourself will give results even though trying to stop takes time. And preferably if a person has never gambled, he should avoid it because the risks involved are more serious than he can imagine. But the point is that gambling is not a fast way to make money but a fast way to lose money. Maybe someone needs to find out more about gambling before he gambles and regrets having lost so much.

Profit maybe the reason but what common thing influence people to gamble is the video uploaded by many social media influencers on any social media platform. They share some good vibes,profits and strategy that's why I got or even other convince to gamble. I failed at first but I totally enjoy playing when got bored in the house especially when you have good community or friends to talk about the result of the games you play.

Football tournament was my first attraction to gambling. When you live in a nation like mine where we love football to death, you wouldn't help but try to monetize your passion and love for the sports through sports betting. There have been highs and lows. Most losses and depression I experienced were at the initial stages of learning how to place a bet, dashed expectations and absolute inexperience. Right now any gambler who still gets sad, unhappy or depressed from gambling is either a beginner or an addict. That person is struggling with gambling addiction and needs help. I have also won lots of money too but it is what it is. The more experienced you get the more you learn that you do not have to bet on every game.

The reason why gambling attracted my attention in the first is that the country I live in is a gambling paradise. Also, although it was risky my gambling habit started because it was possible to make money easily from gambling during my student years. Although I did not lose all my savings or large sums of money in gambling, I had this bad habit. Afterwards, I learned to control myself and gambling became just a means of entertainment for me. I continue to gamble at certain intervals especially since the food, beverage and cigarette services are free in the casinos in my own country. Generally, the amount I spend for gambling covers the service I receive in the casino and I have fun for free.

Considering all this gambling history and my current gambling habit it is possible to say that gambling was a bad habit for me at first but now it is nothing more than just a recreational tool.

The biggest problem with gambling is the people who go in with no plan, no strategy, no limits and no risk management and they think that they will get rich in one bet. Well, life does not work like that and neither does gambling. Your friend used 80% of his savings on one bet? What did he expect? I would not even have used 10% on a single bet. Stretch out your bets and you stretch out your risk. And never bet money that is important to you.

No matter how good you think your prediction is on a certain game, never let it emotionally influence you into making such large bets. It is never worth it, in the end!

Of course, I  have made the same mistake and not only once, so I am no better. But I have learned from my mistakes since then. Now I follow a strict plan with loss and betting limits.

The ability to spend some time while doing other tasks was the best part about it and really hooked me in. I always say the same thing, being able to lay down on your couch, open up a new series on netflix/disney/hbo whatever, and then being able to actually gamble on your phone when the shot is going on, is the greatest feeling in the world.

I keep doing that probably hours every day when I have the time, like yesterday I had the time so I did it. Of course sometimes life is very filled with stuff that you can't really do that, and during those hectic periods I gamble none at all, but during times when I have a small amount of time, I end up with gambling and the results are usually a lot better and I get to have some fun with it.

I know someone who lost 20k many months ago and got into a 5k in debt because he kept borrowing money from his credit card just to go gamble. That person had 100 dollars in his bank account and no other means of funds to rely on. This sad experience made the person realize one thing which he was in denial about that he weas addicted to gambling. At the time I met the person, he was slowly getting depressed and checked out recently. I encourage the person to going a GA or seek therapy, because I knew it would help him rebuild his shattered self-esteem and develop healthier coping mechanisms. His experience ended in a happy more because through therapy, he learned to separate his self-worth from the outcomes of gambling. And as time went by I noticed that he started to reconnect with his passions and sought joy in other aspects of life outside of gambling.

It's possible that what attracts him to gambling is getting back that $20k. But what made him gamble in the first place?
Some people earn some money already start spending money more than they could even earn, and then result in more debt because they go way above their heads. Embarking on gambling while loaning the money is the worse. 

It's good that therapy works and he is coping though. you can't just ruin your life with just that amount. there is so much more in life than playing in a casino. 

The physical gambling place where I've been was attractive, the people winning, coins and paper money everywhere so it's like a carnival and that's what attracted me I guess. There can be other incidents in my life that have attracted me to gambling but that's one of the most memorable experiences that I've come up with. Other events were forgotten but the fun that the first time playing and winning has made me attached to it even until now. But as of the moment, I'm trying to limit myself to gambling. I'm no longer the same as before and tries to get myself up and focus on more important expenditures.

My colleagues were into gambling during my college days. They were all busy during our vacant hours which made me feel curious about what they were doing. One of them inteoduced it to me without even saying any warning or reminder about its risk. Since I was still young during that time, I even thought that I'll get rich through it and I can easily sustain my college expenses through it. Because of that wrong minset, I took my monthly allowance at risk and bet all of it and I disregard all the possible risk of losing. I have lost my allowance which I was too regretful about but I'm glad that I got that experience since that also served me a lesson at an early age. It took me years to gamble again after that but when I reentered gambling again, I made sure that I'm well prepared for the possible consequences.

Aside from that, gambling offers a wide variety that you can play whether you're with random people and even with you friends and if you're feeling in the mood to be alone, there are games as well that can suit your mood. But what I wanted the most is the thrill, excitement and entertainment it can bring to me because that is what I'm after in the first place then money comes in second as I just treat that as an added bonus.

You're right because going into gambling without all this qualities is like going into a wild goose chase because you'll end up losing more and making little or no profits, nobody is said to be a gambling expert from birth, i take a gradual process to matter the act of gambling and come up with good strategies, so it's a good idea to learn from experts as well as taking note of their mistakes and learn from it as well, because being an expert doesn't guarantee that you ain't prone to mistakes, in gambling one wrong choice can make you lose a very huge amount of money so learn and develop new ideas.

 Nobody is above mistakes,  but there are some people that refuse to take not of their errors they keep on making same mistakes claiming there are chances they'll profit from it some day, and they forget that the more you wait for those chances the more you lose more money because you don't bet for free, so instead regularly loosing money why not come up with other strategies, try new methods or other sports you're familiar with and bet on them. Instead of hoping on your mistakes. In gambling Mistakes are bound to have but learning from it, makes you a good gamblers.

      -  I can't say that I was attracted to gambling, maybe I was just curious, although I know that gambling is not good when it is really excessive. Because of curiosity, I decided to put money into gambling here in crypto gambling, only a small amount, around 20$.

After that, there are times when I gamble twice a month and there are times when I experience gambling here for two consecutive weeks. But right now because I'm quite busy with other things, I haven't been able to gamble at the moment.

Well, as for playing poker, a while ago I met a guy who had a lot of money, he was always buying clothes and cologne, and going on trips all the time. I figured that money ran in his family, but in the end I found out that it was because he played online poker. It would be 2007 or so, when it was very easy to win as long as you learned to select starting hands and play ABC poker. At that time for a moment it crossed my mind if I could play but I discarded it because I saw it too strange, as everything was linked to gambling in general, a world that I did not understand. About a couple of years or three later I decided to learn and play when online poker began to decline due to the proliferation of schools, which lowered the ratio of fish/regulars at the tables, the rise of rake, events like Black Friday and the regulation that took place in European countries.

I have never made enough money from poker to think about devoting myself exclusively to it, but it has given me regular extra income, being the best years in terms of profitability the first, 2010 and 2011 I would say, and also the pandemic, from mid-March 2020, which showed that there were many bored people at home without much idea of playing who decided to play poker while drinking beers.

I'm not an addicted gambler, but rather a seasonal gambler who enjoys it for entertainment purposes. I've also had my fair share of both losses and winnings, but I approach it with a balanced mindset. Gambling attracts me because of the possibility of winning, even though the risks often outweigh the rewards. Remember that success in gambling is not guaranteed, regardless of expertise or knowledge. Each individual's experience varies, and while some may be lucky, others may face more challenges. My advice; It's important to be mindful of the potential financial consequences and please, gamble responsibly.

Most gamblers who have a gambling addiction just like you believe that there is no problem.

I had a period in my life when I could not control my alcohol consumption and as a consequence I could not control my spending on gambling and other entertainment. If I had been asked at the time if I had an alcohol addiction I would have said I did not. I have not been drinking alcohol for a long time, so I can say with certainty that I do not have alcohol dependence. A lot of time has passed since then and I have learned to control myself when gambling. I don't lose money that is meant for important things and I don't gamble every day, but I still can't say with certainty that I don't have a gambling addiction.

Gambling mainly depends on luck and each people's luck are random. If not then it will be a disaster for all of the casinos. At one point many of them are closing down but on the other, their business are growing quickly. Don't be too discouraged if you cannot win in gambling. It's not the main objective of it anyway but it was about having fun. Yes even if we lose, the fun part is still there while if we don't, there won't be anymore.

If money only matters to you, well, that is a different story. Obviously, you will still be smiling. Regrets always happens at the end. Don't beat yourself too much as it was already done but just focus on how you can improve yourself on the current moment and onwards.

well, that's you saying, then what about the others? because someone who is addicted does not feel he is an addict but he feels fine with his gambling.

btw, even though self-control is very important like you do and you say you are a seasoned gambler but I am sure you still go to gambling even though it is very rare and I call it you are addicted. it's just that your addiction level is very low and hasn't reached a higher level.
I don't accuse you of being an addict but I've felt the same way in the past. I agree that gambling responsibly is the main key to being safe at gambling.

I once experienced playing with friends where we played gambling using our respective laptops in one of our friend's rooms. Seeing each of us speak harshly to each other when they lost at gambling was a different sensation. But when one or several friends win at gambling, we celebrate it together. That may have attracted the attention of some of our friends who had just joined us, so they only saw us playing gambling together. After that, they became even more curious and tried playing gambling with their laptops. It was an unforgettable memory because we could play gambling together in our friend's room while discussing various things.

Like someone else, what attracted me to gambling is the ability to multiply my money while enjoying playing the game for a short period of time. It was later on that I know the risks. After that, I only play gambling responsibly. Those analysts you are telling forgot that manipulations can happen too in gambling. Those who does that will have a 100 percent winning rate.

Your friend is lucky to meet you because if not then maybe he already ended his life due to depression cause by gambling. We should not compare our selves to others because like you said, some are just lucky, some are skillful, and some has the guts to do a risky thing only to win in gambling.

You would have advised him to use the remaining 20% of his savings in staking a new bet, who knows he could have recovered through a lucky win, lolz. Nonsense! What in heavens name was he thinking that amde him took such stupid decision of risking 80% of his savings
 on gambling. He doesn't deserve pity for being stupid. We are not assured that's why we're always alarmed to use money we can let go to gamble.
The results from gambling happens differently to different people. Some persons are so lucky that with their first trial they had their first win, while there are persons that have been gambling with online casinos for years yet haven't had a single win but hope keeps them going that someday they might be lucky, and who knows it could be a major jackpot. And this attitude just keep them gambling never thinking of quiting.

There are some people who cannot control their gambling activities but they don't want to call them as addicted gambler. They will gamble a lot and lose yet never take a break from gambling. The number of such gamblers is very high. If they are called as addicted gamblers, they take it in a negative aspects. A gambler can continue gambling as long as he has money, but when the money runs out, many regret it. Therefore, everyone should focus on how to conduct responsible gambling rather than considering gambling as a tool for income.

Basically people know that gambling has risks, good and bad are always felt by every gambler, but people are still interested in betting, factors vary, depending on the individual.

My experience, gambling is a challenge for me, I can develop my skills when betting, I like challenges, actually gambling has a lot of good and bad impressions that I feel, where I experienced all that when I won and lost, it was a pleasure for me when I could beat the bookies.

I often say someone has been involved in gambling they are like being hypnotized, no matter how many losses they have experienced and wins, they continue to take the time to do it, that is gambling strange but fun.

What brought me into gambling is almost the same thing as the op, If not completely the same to be honest..

Before I started gambling, I've lived around, and with gamblers but it never catched my interest, I some how have always seen gamblers as a bunch of lazy and irresponsible set of individuals, this was basically due the kind of lifestyle most of them lived, I hated such lifestyles, and the fact it was almost only gamblers I see living like that made me hate gamblers and gambling..

Until I made a new friend in my working place, the guys was so humble, down to earth, respectful, very very friendly, soon, I went from liking him to loving him not just as a friend but as a brother, and when I discovered he plays gambling, I could not believe it, his mostly into lotto and sports betting, I tried to advise him to stop but he said there is nothing wrong with gambling, that its just one of his side hustles, and he advised me to start doing the same instead of depend only on my monthly salary, just few days after this advise, he won over $100 from a lotto he played, that money was almost 3x the amount we collect as monthly salary back then, this was when I really began to consider gambling, fews days later, I followed him to a lotto shop, and that was how my gambling journey began.

It sounds very funny lol, but that would be a very wrong advise to give to a friend who just lost 80% of his monthly income to gambling, though there are chances that he could still recover his lose if he try again with the remaining 20% but at that point his mind doesn't seem okay due to the sadness of losing such amount of money therefore it's not advisable to predict another game with an unstable state of mind, however I believe he's learnt the hard way and experience they say it the best teacher.
 
 There's a saying that all fingers are not equally and everyone's luck in life cannot be same, however you should consider giving more advise to such persons that's been gambling for years and still has nothing to show for it, because they're gradually becoming addicted to it and loosing more money, my advise to them is either they quit or look for other strategies with a better chances of giving them profit.

Wow, that's a big change. Must have been quite a mental tug of war to go from viewing gamblers as reckless to finding yourself walking that route. I get it; the temptation of quick cash can be great, especially if a loved one is already enjoying success and a seemingly normal lifestyle

But I have to be the one to talk sense into this, buddy. Despite your friend's $100 win that day, how many times have they actually lost? Gambling is a surefire way to lose money over time. Surely the casino always comes out on top. Instead, you should think about setting up a hobby or skill-based side hustle. It may not be as exciting as gambling, but it has less potential downsides in the form of bankruptcy or addiction

Regret do always come at the end and there's no way that you would really be having those regrets on the start on which it would really be that normal it wont come in the front or from the start. People would really

be the ones who would experiencing those kind of situation or condition are to those people who hadnt been able to control themselves and tolerate out their gambling addiction.For those who do able to control
out themselves then it is really that good but for those who havent? For sure they are really that experiencing this kind of condition on which they had been wrecked up by gambling. Gambling should really be for fun
and not something for making money or minding about on being rich because it cant really be that possible specially on long term aspect.  Play according into your own leisure means and not on that income making
kind of mindset.
Dont let your greed and impulsive emotion would really be able to control you because if you do then you would really be creating out such kind of mistake which is something that most
gamblers do really be ending up.

A roommate of mine used to spend on sports betting. He used to make better predictions and win good sum of money and spend lavishly. This got me interested towards sports betting, and I'm kind of person who doesn't want to place bets on the opponent when my favourite team is playing. For this reason I prefer spending only on matches in which it is something assured with very low odds of winning. Until I was into sports betting everything is good, things started to collapse once after my entry into casino games.

Same here. It's not that someone influenced me to start my journey in sports betting, it was my own decision to do it because I was amazed and curious as well how comfortable it is to experience some winnings from betting such games like football, boxing, and basketball just like what my friends did. And since I'm already familiar with how the game works and knows how to analyze which team got a much higher probability, it wasn't that hard for me to start and within a few days, I was lucky until I experience the exact opposite of it.

I've got into gambling because of the influence of some close friends. Of course, as a sort of respect then I have tried it. Well, something it went well in the first few days of being with him and it drags my interest until such time that I'm doing this alone and this is the beginning of suffering terrible losses. And then I inform my friend about it and receives some advice which it opens my mind and think that I was wrong. I've got fooled by that experience but I was also thankful because of that experience I realized that gambling needs luck and not all the time we have it.