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Let's talk about the experiences y'all had prior your adoption time ( the time you realized you're supposed to begin gambling and, if possible - take good advantage of the casino itself) ... alright we all know that alot of things could sound so convincing atimes - and that could possibly make anyone go for a highlife or tryout new things beyond Thier capacity -  was there a time you read any article about some multi million wins and the person behind was someone of your age group??
"*Or a time you came across an ad on your cellphone where a person of your age was tryna enable you get on a site, with so many proves then that kinda like inspired you??
"*Or a time you got excitingly/awkwardly teased by a close friend for not wagering on the same game as they did, then it cuts??
"*Or a time you were offered a big tip to bet with(which clearly isn't your own funds?)?
P/s: that might not really be the main reasons you began gambling so hard but I believe that peers got alot of influence too,...many atimes, peeps that illicitly gamble are usually led up that 'em peers; let's learn from your experience too.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Well my peers definitely had an influence in my first time gambling. It was a group of sorts when I was in higschool, they brought poker cards and initially, it was only for fun, but then money got involved. I wasn't supposed to be joining in really, but then pressure and curiosity got the best of me. That time didn't really last long but it did stick to me, to the point where I myself tried it out on my own at my later college years.

Definitely not something life inspiring (but really just lucky), but my peers just by bringing poker cards and adding in money was more than enough.

Yes, when we see other people make tons of money from gambling, we get curious to try it and make money too. Seeing the progress in the lives of other people through gambling, many people get attracted to it and think that gambling can give you a huge amount of money in a shorter period of time. Basically, people gamble to get rich quickly. But in the initial days, they overlook the risks associated with gambling and make silly mistakes. So yes, peer pressure does act as a catalyst, and hence people start gambling to get ahead of their peers.

It all started when I saw my college mates earning daily by buying small lottery tickets every day. They used some kind of calculation to predict the winning ticket as they were buying in groups every day they were able to make a tiny profit. They then would use the winning amount for parties and other stuff which at that age is all I wanted to and I am sure everyone would have done the same thing at that age. That was the first time that I got hooked on gambling, it looked very good from the outside but when you become part of that lifestyle it does not look the way I saw it when I was not gambling. Yes, I agree in some way or another peer pressure does influence and some time act as a catalyst for gambling. In my situation it influenced me and then it got me hooked into the regrettable ecosystem and I had to go through a lot inorder to get out of that ecosystem.

I recalled my experience when I was in high school also experiencing the same thing as you where I had friends who were part of a separate group but were called bullies at school but actually the most dominant thing in this group was gambling because there was always a game session when there is no teacher teaching or during recess.
The game we play is a card game and also a shuffled dice using two old coconut shells.
From a few people, this activity attracted more students so that the group I had from the start became bigger and was joined by most students my age.

It is proven that a large percentage of population is vulnerable to peer pressure. I can't recall the exact figures, but I think it was something like 70%, according to social psychology experiments.

In the case of gambling this percentage should be reduced, IMO. On one hand women seem to be less interested in gambling, so pressure should be higher in order to make them play; on the other hand, gambling is sometimes a private activity, so there is no pressure without publicity either.

In my case, I consider that I have a good resistance to peer pressure, and I have known many lone wolves in the forum who got into BTC no matter what friends and family thought about it a few years ago, so the sample in this forum might not be representative enough; but it is something definitely to be taken into account by the different players in the industry.

Yes, I have said in other threads that my first contact with gambling was slots when I was with friends and saw how other people I knew were playing. Then friends started playing and I ended up playing too. Seeing the excitement of the bet and especially when a friend won a prize is what pushed me to play.

In the end I think it would be rare at that time for someone to start gambling alone. Nowadays it's much easier, from your mobile or computer.

Such a sad mindset that just because someone was successful, you want to replicate that success in that instant as if they are the saame as you. Not even asking how they do it. I don't think that people gamble because they see others make money in it as a primary reason, maybe they just want to gamble or not get bored and to do something with their time, there's not a lot of people who go to a casino to make money, most of them just want to have fun or I could be wrong and that it's the opposite and that people are easily influenced by what they see and giving in to their envious nature.

Peer pressure is a catalyst but not a substantial imo, saying it's substantial means that people gambling always have this as a factor to their reason why they gamble and thinking so means you underestimate people that they all give in to peer pressure.

None of the above.
15 years ago I came across a free online course about playing poker. I studied how to play Texas Hold'em Poker and at the end of the course I thought that was a good poker player. It turned out that I wasn't as good as I thought. I was delusional enough to think that I'm going to make big money out of playing poker. I was wrong. There wasn't any peer pressure. Nobody is my social circle plays poker. AFAIK, nobody in my social circle is an active gambler(even though most gamblers keep their gambling habits a secret).

Sometimes this scenario is really a main problem with other gambler who's struggling to get out on their addiction since they can be influenced by their friends to comeback playing or even get pressured for the achievements they get especially when they see them winning a huge prize and they are telling you to do this also and celebrate together with their winnings. To hard if you are in this environment since once they might tease you and influence back to have fun with them.

For me? Nah!! Peer pressure had no play in me getting into gambling.

But I have seen someone that got into gambling because of his hostel roommate, back when he was in school he had a Roomie that normally bets on a popular gambling site (betnaija and sportybet) and sometimes they all do gather and argue on their bets or why they placed a certain bet and that got him interested in gambling and before he knew it he started to join in their discussions analyzing their bets and also sharing idea on how hey are going to make the best out of gambling I.e by betting on games with high probability of winning.

I believe just two of my friends gamble and if you see them you’ll never know that they gamble unless they themselves tell you that they are into gambling so those kind of people don’t really have that much effect on their peer group.

This is a normal thing for every gambler where there is always the role of peers to do gambling, where there is always an interest in trying the game when our close friends celebrate their gambling wins so that is what encourages people to try their luck and play gambling, but behind it all it is difficult to get out of gambling or addiction if you still hang out with friends who are still gambling.

Maybe there's nothing wrong with hanging out with gambler friends as long as I can control myself, so far I've never followed in my friend's footsteps to gamble let alone see him win even though I don't bring myself to play gambling, especially now that gambling can be played anywhere using a cellphone for that sometimes not only friends seeing gambling advertisements can be influenced to gamble. it all depends on how we control ourselves from peer pressure  ;)

I had a similar kind influence too. Had these circle of friends back then we were all living in same environment and some of us attending same secondary school. We started with playing cards (known as "whit" in our local description) most evenings all for fun with common verbal challenge among ourselves of who's gonna emerge winner but as we proceed with time some of the guys were no more satisfied with an ordinary mere challenge of words alone and came up with the idea that something monetary should be attached to make the game look more matured and interesting.
At first I backed out and the reason was mainly due to my religious background the upbringing was kinda strict giving me the constraint.

The whole reason behind my not buying the idea of involving money was that with money involved the tempo was going to get to different level entirely which could cause quarrel leading to a fight (nobody really wants to lose their money). So each time we come to play and money is involved I had to sit by and watch, in the middle discovering that none of those things I thought was gonna happen has actually happened I eventually I sleepheaded into it and here I am today still gambling responsibly.

The only thing that keeps me gambling is seeing people all over Youtube winning lots of money on different slot machines and that is big motivation to me as I think to myself,I can be next hitting these targets.I have also read about people of my age winning multi million dollar lotteries but I am not envious of them as I know I have not the same luck,luck in fact seem to avoid me all the time,it has been many many weeks and months that I only keep losing money by gambling.I never received a big tip either,so my only motivation remain Youtube streamers.

I don't really feel that I have ever been pressured to gamble. I was invited to a neighbors house to play poker with him and some friends when I was 15 and fell in love with the game. Since then I have always found myself playing a little poker a few times a month. I can see how peer pressure can lead to gambling or addiction, but you have to train your brain not to fall into the trap. If you gamble it should be because you chose to and you enjoy it, not because you were pressured. If your friends are pressuring you, maybe you need new friends.

No, I'm not influenced by friends, but it seems my curiosity led me to gamble (if I'm not mistaken). It was an experience that happened in the past and I don't really remember it anymore. Maybe it's because I never had a big win that it's not worth remembering ;D

But I'm usually not too swayed by what my friends say because I know it won't be easy to try. But I often read, hear or even watch other people get big wins from gambling. But that doesn't get me to try what they do because it won't work. So instead of trying too hard, I need to enjoy it and who knows, it's better for me and maybe I can get a win too.

I think many people already heard "You will become what the five closest friends around you", that's why society and nature are give a big impact into someone else life. If people around you are gambler, sooner or later you will try to gamble. Maybe you can stay away against gambling, but it's really need a strong belief and you're also put a distance with your friend or looking for other friends that can will make you become better.

I never saw the same ad twice on my phone, but I do recall reading about young kids receiving millions of dollars. The anticipation of prospective victories improves over time, while aged cheese does not. It cuts like a knife, doesn't it? A friend once told me about a certain game.

Yes, the peers, but also the atmosphere of the gambling room. I have to admit that they have the power to draw you into the emptiness of spinning wheels and limitless roulette possibilities. Sometimes peers are like keys without doors. Maybe there was a period when a sizable tip was given. What did you say the tip was? Oh well, it doesn't really matter because I didn't pay for it. Even though learning from experiences is a possibility, it may not always be the main driver. Isn't this planet peculiar?

When you're in a group bet like in physical casinos or whatever gambling venue, there's always peer pressure or you pressuring your friend to bet on what they think will give you winning, there's fun when you have your friends betting with you because you all going to have a round of drink if anyone of you won.

There are advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is you're going to have fun, and the disadvantage is you are likely going to bet more than what you can afford.

I experienced all of this which is why I prefer to gamble alone or kept it a secret.

I began to gamble because I want to be making income from it, but otherwise was it and I lost more than I could imagine. I become addicted and depression followed until I freed myself by not gambling for a year. I will not doubt the fact that people first gamble because they think they can make money from it, but gambling should be done responsibly by not thinking of it to make money but to have fun from it. As for now, I do not gamble to make money, it is just for fun, but maybe just few of us are like that.

To be honest, I never experience being pressures on doing gambling because of the success story of others, seeing people flexing their wins doesn't really move me like I don't care on how big they win. The only time I'm pressures on gambling is when I'm at a tournament which I'm really trying to win. The pressure is real especially if you are near from the spot of winning. I'm just somehow jealous on people who became successful on investments or trading but I never became jealous on gamblers.

There's a saying you tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are, and birds of the same feather flock together, in many instances how some gamblers started to gamble have something to do with their friends, it started as a get-together and from there a gambler started his journey to gambling.


Our friend or peers have an influence on our interest so if you have gamblers and they happens to win on many occasions you are likely to get influenced to play gambling, and to get accepted to their circle, or to get their approval that you are one of them.

There was a time I was given quite an amount just to bet it all. Although it is not my forte to make big bets, I still followed his instructions because I am a loyal servant.  :D
Did it make me regret what I have done? Yes. I think I've wasted a lot of money on a bet that I don't really like.

If you are an active chatter on a gambling site, you will hear a lot of things. That includes comparing your date of registry to your VIP rank. This means, you are not wagering enough and they have like a bracket of how high the VIP rank should be in a supposed timeline.

But, I am not the type of human that cares about this shit. I am playing to enjoy it, the wagering comes next. If they are getting bonuses that I don't get, don't so be it, I am happy for them.

You are the friends you keep, is what is often said and for someone who keeps a friend of gamblers, they can get influenced to begin gambling especially when they are type that can easily get influenced. Because you have friends that gamble, they will most likely want to hang out in casinos and gambling places, majority of the discussions that you people will be having whenever you are gathered will be about gambling, and you will not be able to fit in or relate to whatever discussions if you do not gamble or have any idea about it. Peer pressure I agree can make somebody begin and become an addicted gambler.

These are evident to most of us especially with wagering to the games that our friends are betting to. They'd somewhat encourage you to bet on their prediction just to satisfy their ego that they'd have someone with them once they lose and qill be proud of themselves once it wins. Actually it's jist fine as long as you have the same analysis as with them but if it contradicts your viewpoint then I suggest betting on your own 'coz in such way the outcome would be easily accepted. But with gambling encouragement, this is something we gamblers shpuld avoid. Let us allow them to seek for it with initiative 'coz once something bad happen to their money, you'd be to blame in some instances. Also, if you're a friend don't push them to risk unless you know to yourself how to make something profitable.

Well, for those who want to please a friend that should be the reason but for those who doesn't want to be influenced, that would be hard. My experience isn't from peer pressure but even if there were my friends that will tease me, I think I would have some second thoughts before I could change my mind.

that's right, bro.. it seems like most children in the past could get to know about gambling from their circle of friends, I myself knew card games from village friends and at that time we only knew the game domino gaple. Yes, at first we just had fun playing cards for fun and the losers had to be scribbled with a marker. before finally we dared to use betting money.
but it's different from today's kids, they can find out about gambling from their cellphones and immediately dare to make bets. want to wonder.... but so be it


I felt this when I entered the world of work where I already had my personal income. Where I bet my salary for one month to play gambling.
And it seems that almost everyone is going through a phase where they do crazy things by placing bets with such a large amount before finally deciding to be even wiser in gambling activities.

I never believed in peer pressure, people who fall to peer pressure are people who are weak and some people really do that. I think it's quite important to remember that we are talking about something that would benefit you if you could keep saying no. I do not care if people do not want to be my friends if I am not doing something wrong.

I lived this in my life before, when we were at high school, a lot of my friends went out to drinking after school, they would buy booze from this market that didn't check ID, and then went to some steps nearby our houses, and just drank there like idiots, they were kids and didn't know any better, and I never became friends with any of them since I always said no and they didn't want me around. It's fine, you do not need friends who pressure you into doing something wrong.

It's really obvious that more than 78% of gamblers today were enticed in one way or another by whatever means that could've been... I believe that we're being influenced by whatever we see and hear - since the internet has taken over the whole world's advertising facilities...
It's always funny when I see Other kids segregate a certain juvenile for not doing the usual thing they do; more like kids in Ohio and the fact that they always on meth..; so y'all begin to see me as an idiot for not doing what y'all do on a regular??.. and for that reason, I begin to conceive an idea of joining y'all?? that's not fair!!
Morals: we really need to guide 'em kids from this shit; be them your children or not... You mightn't know how you curbed situations like this unless you know the better ...
whatever I write in here will always stand the test of time

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

There are people who do easily got influenced with external factors like peers,friends or someone whom you do know on doing gambling but there are ones who could just simply say "NO" and would  really be avoiding just because they dont really like in doing so. Its a matter of personal choice and preference or decisions make out by someone because we do really have different mindset and impressions towards gambling. Some might really be reconsiderate and there might be some who dont really have the interest on doing it at all since they do know the possible impose risks on the time that you would really be losing up your control on playing it.
You wont really be feeling up the pressure if you do just stick with your own principle but if you are a type of person on whose really that sensitive when it comes to relations with other people which you dont really like
on making up some gaps and this is why you would really be that giving up on what they are suggesting and would really be engaging just because they had recommended it. FOr the sake of respect then you can
but if you dont really like on doing it, then you can just do it for first time and that should be the last.

Never had any pressure. Just a try and the same gave good winning and I was quite surprised. I don't know that the happiness doesn't last long. Initially I was able to win, further I lost the capital. This kept me continue the gambling habit. As a result of gambling further to recover I've lost big. In between I've experienced peer pressure that I was in need of money and the only choice left for me is to gamble. During those days I win and I loss. This way I had good wager, but those doesn't contribute to make my statistics on the profiting side. At some point I was able to make $10k with $500, but I wasn't able to have control over the win and enjoy it.

I would say that my friends and peers had an effect in my gambling habit now, but I wouldn't so much as call it peer pressure as they didn't force me into it, only ever informing me that if I wanted to join them, they had this stuff/mini competition that I can be a part of. I figured that since it's the pandemic and people are literally dying just by going outside and I'm bored as balls I could use some human interaction. Things took off from there and now I embraced gambling as part of my life but not so much as a routine.

I know some people out here are forced by the people around them to gamble as they do, to which I say you should find new friends. Peers shouldn't coerce you into things you're not comfortable of doing and you know that.

I tried gambling all by myself, and it's something that never really caught on to me. It somewhat became a necessity since I don't have anything to do on the weekends and have to kill time, else I'd just sleep all day and not really have anything to do for myself. I have friends, workmates, and other colleagues that are gambling and sometimes discuss about what their bets are. I listen quite a bit but do not add much to the conversation, and would sometimes just steer the topic away from it because I find it not that interesting to talk about the bet itself, but more on the event that they placed their bet on.

Other people might find peer pressure really strong in order to drive them to gamble, while some already thought of the possibility and are actively avoiding it for their own sake.

Peer pressure is a challenging thing in society, a lot of people fall for it but I have always found my way around it and most often than not, the course of it is usually contentment. If you are not always satisfied with what you have, you will do what you are not supposed to do. I didn't watch football throughout my stay in school and not because I don't find it entertaining, but because they were always arguing about clubs and that was what kill my vibes, I have always thought they are doing the try to belong things but later, the story changed.

It was Ronaldo's final match Champions League in 2018 that made me fall in love with football, I streamed the match as the match news was everywhere and somehow began to like it on my own, nobody was there to talk and argue with, and that was how the gambling thing started also, it was the passion and love for the team that made me to started betting and no other influence and till today, I have never been addicted or sort of any negative effect, I don't feel remorseful when I lost and I also don't feel over-excited when I win or perhaps because I'm yet to win a jackpot. ;D

As a gambler for almost 2 decades, I started gambling when the internet is not that even available smoothly to anyone.

Yes, there are lots of things that associate with gambling offline even just a friendly game. There are also games before where physical machines are just everywhere where we can bet our money, the same as how we see in physical casinos nowadays. Sometimes, challenging someone in the form of a game and money is at stake with it. And there are a lot more examples to mention.

Being also a sports enthusiast, it's impossible for me that I won't encounter gambling with this.

Then as I grow up and progressed, it's just that I enjoyed doing gambling and the rest is history. :)

Not an article but a video wherein a guy from Vegas was a younger than mine and he has said that he's earning a few thousand to hundreds and even millions depending on the bets he makes. Well, it's social media and can literally fool someone and just a showy video to make it look like he's got the credibility of what he's saying. When someone tries to convince me, I am not inspired because I've got my own way of gambling and I don't need anyone to pushy like that.

Surely we all know someone who won a lot of money in the lottery or gambling and that was the initial trigger to also start betting on luck, and the gambling sites and lotteries themselves use a lot of this advertising to publicize the prizes paid, showing other people that it is possible to win a lot of money and get rich with these bets.
My entry into gambling sites was a little different because in fact I started to earn money when I discovered the freebitco.in referral program, that really earned me a lot of satoshis with very little work because at the time it was still something quite new (there in 2017) and the site was very interesting.

And... personally, I have never been able to win a lot of money actually playing games of chance or the lottery.

I remembered how I started gambling when I was in secondary school,I have these friends that we loving playing video game on play station 2 then. We were playing for fun and later we started playing for money. The more we stake on the game,the harder we will always try to win the game by playing our best. It was like fun to us not until one of the boys got addicted to gambling. After some few years,we relocated to somewhere very far,and I was how I stopped gambling,till I got to the university. Peer groups can influence one a lot because you want to do what the other is doing for some reasons.

In my case, my friend was the one who got pressured into gambling because I used to share some of my slot wins with him, and then he got interested in online gambling.

My first bet isn't because of peer pressure but more about the interest in a popular online game that's based on skills (it's similar to esports), and it got competitive to the point where a bit of money was involved as it's one of the few ways to face against the good players.

Peer pressure is a strong force. Gambling isn't the only thing that such pressure could push you to do. But that you give in to that doesn't necessarily mean you don't really like gambling. Most of the time it's a mixture of curiosity and peer pressure. When I was a kid, I used to watch other kids and adults gambling. As a child, I wanted to try. That's how I started playing with coins. It developed from there. That's how my gambling experience started.

If you abhor gambling, however, I don't think peer pressure could push you to try.

Surviving is winning, that's the only evidence that portrayed that one's developing into solid improvement. I have zero competition with anyone, always trying to be the better version of myself in everything that I encounter. Our lifestyle is influenced by the choices we makes and the kind of friends we do follow. Gambling is put to be simple and difficult at the same time. There's alot of things that do go on without us knowing what it is. Peer pressures do play an important role in our life, we just have to give way to gambling and never compromised our ways of earning.

There is no need to compete in gambling because each gambler has their own luck. Perhaps they can win today and we lose but who knows, tomorrow we can win and they lose. In gambling, we don't need to feel pressure from our friends who often win because maybe their luck is better than ours, so we must understand it. Our lifestyle also does not need to follow other people's lifestyles; we should determine our lifestyle based on our abilities. Peer pressure certainly exists, but it depends on our ability to adjust to that pressure and not make that pressure a burden in our lives because each of us is different.

The gamblers should had some winning in the history to survive in the gambling market.Because every person will had particular money for their expenses for enjoyment.If they get involve to the money which is base for daily expenses or monthly expenses,then it affect their economy.It's reason for some gamblers get into the credits as compared to the other gamblers.When you not able to handle the deposit to the gambling,it may leads to the bankrupt.You should not pressure yourself with this things by miss out of deposits to gambling sites.

Well, my inspiration to gamble came from two sources. The first is seeing my peers, or people of my age group, win huge amounts of money from sports bets. The second inspiration was the motivation or belief that I could win a substantial amount of money from sports betting. I concur with the idea that peer pressure, whether direct or indirect, acts as a catalyst or motivation for starting to gamble. I don't think anyone ever sat in their room one day and said, "I have to go gamble." They must have heard it from somewhere or seen a friend gamble.

No competition needed if we really think about it, but sometimes there are people who want to be part on discussion and doesn't want to get left behind that's why we can see some of them competing depends on the result they can see to their friends. And we can't ignore that playing beside them gives us a lot of fun but sometimes it goes to toxic situation when they tease us to gamble for more then we go for it because we've been challenge since it can cost a lot especially if we are not lucky for that day.

I am kind of tempted when I heard the wins from others and articles on the media which also made me go for a while but I also knew many characters personally who is buying lottery for their whole life and never even got one single time which kept me in the balanced state and as a remainder that it can act either way but most likely we will end up nothing so I make myself clear about it whenever I used to gamble and try to avoid making it as a habit.

Peer pressure is the main influence mostly among youths. Most of the behaviors I regret developing were products of peer influence. As youth, we play football on the street just for fun. At some point, we added gambling to the game. We will contribute money and bet on who will win the game. That was how I gradually developed the habit of staking. Then I was introduced to formal gambling by a friend because he told me that he has won some good money in time past. So I wanted to try my luck when I had the opportunity. Youths can be easily influenced by anything including gamble wins. And due to youthful exuberance, they are adventurous and want to try everything. At this stage addiction to gambling is very easy because they can be easily influenced.

I have observed that there is no competition in gambling. Everybody cannot win at the same time. There are times when you might win nothing for months, but others might be winning. But when your winning time comes, it will be as if you have the winning keys. But most youths are young and might not understand the true picture of gambling, so they can be easily influenced by other people's wins.

Having peers around us that is into gambling may definitely influence us to gamble too most especially when we come to witness how they gained profits in an instant. Not just peers but even those we’ve seen gamblers online that are earning well, I must say they easily influence me too with how huge amount they are adding to their account. Let’s just say greed sometimes controls my decision, but who’s not greedy here when it comes to huge amount of winning profits?

However, despite of my passion in gambling that made me chase for greater earnings, I still manage to control my gambling activities until now, and that is because I still prioritize self-control and discipline rather than tolerating my urge in gambling.

Of course it comes from the closest people including friends our age, even from family. It can also be where we see someone in our family still gambling or have a family who likes to gamble, it's the same thing, because of course we humans are obsessed with what we see as fun. and other people's wins, let alone seeing the success of other people, it's clear that we have jealousy and desire. so no problem with that.

It is true that gambling does not come from ourselves I agree that at your first inspiration, also even at your second inspiration where we win the bet increases our confidence and self-confidence so that we become happy to gamble and bet for sports betting or in casinos. but even so gambling must still be responsible and regular no matter where our inspiration comes from to invite us to gamble, because they do not play a role in teaching us to gamble responsibly. unless it comes from ourselves.

No one actually influenced me to gamble on crypto. I discover it personally through the ads of the faucets that I’m using to collect free Satoshi that time. I was a regular victim of ponzi doubler and hyip before since I’m very greedy to earn more due to the few income that I can get from faucets that time.

I become easily hook up on gambling because it gives me chance to grow money quickly instead of waiting the timer of faucet to finish. Freebitco.in is the one that I can consider that influence me to gamble due to its built in gambling game on their faucet. This simple gambling game made me explore on more casino such as primedice because I’m too tired being scam on ponzi.

In conclusion, I’m not a victim of peer pressure to gamble but rather my own curious to explore due to my boredom on different risky game.

The definition of Peer pressure is a feeling that one must do the same things as other people of one's age and social group in order to be liked or respected by them.

So you are saying that most people are gambling, because they want to get acceptance from the people around them. If that was true, then people would have been doing despicable things in certain poverty stricken countries.

We always have the option to choose what we want to do in life, no matter what the circumstances.  ;)

You said you have zero competition with anyone then how are you able the gauge your performance and work on yourself? You would need some kind of comparison in order to become a better version as per my knowledge. Otherwise, your own performance cannot be judged as an improvement of oneself. I sometimes compare myself with others to make me find my weaker points and work on improving them. This is the first time I am hearing someone improves himself without even finding out the fault lines. Following peers blindly is not recommended, finding out what they have better than you is called peer pressure and sometimes they are not helpful.  

I guess if the argument is that if we have someone around that is gambling, and without knowing it, we might follow them not just because there is pressure, but it seems that it was the normal, just like if you are surrounded with friends and families that are into gambling.

And with easy access to gambling now, like online gaming and other stuff, it's easy for someone to fall for it. And then if you have your friends in the neighbourhood who are also into gambling, then definitely, you will find yourself maybe feeling that pressure to gamble as well.

Competition only happen if you gamble on a game or something where you become the player, like poker or playing game and bet it with your friend. But if we talk about slot, sport betting etc, there's no relation with competition.

The reason you can win isn't about winning keys, you're just lucky and not every time you're always lucky.

I don't think peer of people is my source of inspiration and as it is since I play for fun and whenever I feel like playing and if it gets to the point of an argument with my peers then we can either play physically or we meet online, am not moved by people that win a judge amount of money, once you have financial orientation, I don't think anyone will be moved by how other peoples financial life is, but another thing is that what works for Mr. A might B, been decisive is just the best thing anyone can do for their self, I stopped believing whenever I place a bet since its a thing of luck if it happens my way that I win then am happy, always putting the mindset of winning is always a dangerous one and have seen were such mindset have taking a lot of people is another thing to be conscious is about.

I still remember that during the last lockdown in 2019 I was very bored and didn't know what to do. At that time I got a message from a friend to be able to play slots on one of the crypto-based casino platforms with a low deposit. He contacted me several times to play and said that it was very fun. I tried my luck by playing slots with a deposit of $ 10 and at that time without realizing it my gambling journey had started and until now I am still playing. So what you said is true, that peer pressure acts as a catalyst for someone to be able to gamble.

I have a friend who engage in gambling activities and I must say that peer pressure really plays a role in getting someone enter into the gambling industry as well. The constant story telling of how huge the prizes he won and how small his initial fund to bet is really encouraging and inspiring to do what he does as well. The moment you hear about the motivating amount these players had won, it will really make you think of trying gambling to test your luck as well. Additionally, if you have a group of friends that gamble, you'll be influenced to try it too since you'll have this some sort of feeling of being left out and missing what they are currently experiencing.

Hence, it's important to know your priorities and goals. If you don't really want it amd you are just being pushed by your peers, then don't do it. Stand your ground and never, ever be moved by peer pressure no matter what they say or think of you. It's significant to set your boundaries so that you won't fall into trouble in life later on. It will be challenging to resist, but your future self will thank you especially if you know it to yourself that you won't be able to build a good gambling habit if ever you enter gambling.

We should know that some gamblers liked it that way being amidst their peers to enjoy gambling because they will relate ideas and play together, but nevertheless we shouldn't forget that for everything that we do, it has both advantages and disadvantages, peers have it own negative influence it brings on gaamblers because we could trace some of the bad gambling habits to be acquired through peers and friends we move around with while gambling.

I was on a date last night and the girl thought that I had told her I wasn't in to gambling for some reason. I told her quite the contrary, and being a first date it lead to some good conversation (ie things weren't quietly awkward lol).  Anyways besides trying to impress a girl/date who really likes gambling herself, I never feel any sort of pressure from anyone. If I ever did, I would tell that person to stfu and probably never talk to them again lol.  Friends don't pressure friends like that, or they shouldn't.

In my case and probably most of the cases in my country which involve peer pressure probably involves how the lottery advertised the winners on the national TV.
It was quite an spectacle where they showed the typical big check note with the millions the person won and also celebrated with cake and confetti , etc.

It was obviously a good way to encourage others to play lottery and it worked with my family, we used to play tickets quite often and we in part continued to do so because of those celebrations and the interviews on the lucky winners whose life have been forever changed.

On the other hand, I have not had many friends who encouraged me to gamble, but some who encouraged me to drink and "have fun".

in my case, luckily I started playing on my own and I wasn't pressured or influenced by anyone, when I started playing I confess that I didn't know anything and I just bet on the big teams without doing any analysis of the game, with that I lost a lot and I didn't understand why I wasn't getting any bets right, I remember that I bet on Barcelona and Manchester United, both teams were playing against weak teams, but even so they lost, at that time I thought that games with odds like 1.50 and that they were games of a big team against a small team, and the big team had an odd of @1.50, so it was a reason for a guaranteed victory

I only realized that I was wrong after a few months, luckily even in the first days that I was doing sports betting I already realized that I shouldn't tell anyone in my country about it, because in my head if I told people I know , that would make them start gambling and they would have the same losses that I had and it wouldn't take long for them to come and blame me and accuse me that I am guilty of all the evil they suffered thanks to gambling, a few years later I saw that in my country most of the people I know are betting on sports

but even so I don't say anything to people, unfortunately last year I traveled to another city and I had to live at my relatives' house and there I had to sleep in the same room as one of my relatives and he saw me making sports bets and also he started to place sports bets, the result was a disaster, he no longer had control, he always wanted to bet to win a lot of money and when he won he disappeared for many hours, and came back smelling of alcohol. I started feeling very guilty about the whole situation and decided to go back to my city.

My cousins play cards on most weekends and I tend to go visit their place every weekend too. I'm not sure if it can be considered peer pressure as I always play along after all we are just cousins and the money won are often chip-in for the drinks. It doesn't need teasing for me to sit on the blackjack table even with just $10 capital.

It's the social media influencers that promote casinos who are really converting non-gamblers to start exploring since they show it's easy to win from games like Minesweeper.

Peer pressure is clearly a thing pushing people to gamble and I've seen hos it worked for people around me. Some of them start telling their gambling stories when they get drunk and others (also drunk) hear it and think that they could also try to play and win, so they decide to spend the evening gambling on slot machines or something, but it doesn't usually work out for them when they're already completely drunk when they start playing. Some of these machines used to be in pubs before they banned gambling there and that preyed on those weak-minded drunk fools.

I guess the gambling itch started for me when I was scrolling my phone, just scrolling, and, boom, there it was, this ad. The ad was not just an ad, it was more, like a personal invitation from some fellow of my age, who looked like he's got life sorted.

The advertisement, though I cannot exactly pinpoint the precise content, made me wonder about the experiences and probabilities, both in a gambling sense and a life sense. And whatnot, I gave in. Not because I thought I would win or anything (I didn't), but because there's something... intriguing? about it. I think peers might influence some, but not me, although I think it might've, but I'm not sure. You see?

Of course you'll be curious once you see such ads. Who else would't if it say You have to try to win $1,000,000 as many as you like..

it's very unrealistic but also ideal to burn some dreams come true is it? so here we are now. sharing each other's gambling experience. You first got curious, then you explore, you make money, you lose some, you want to get it back, you've widthrawn wins, deposits from losses. But the best thing is we enjoy the whole experience.

In terms of gambling, I can say that I have come across this very rarely. Assuming that people of my age are generally greedy, I think that there is a mass of people who do not settle for less. Therefore, there were times when they lost all their money or even all their money because they wanted to get more profit.
I cannot say that I am interested in the messages I receive on my cell phone. I think that someone who starts gambling with the incoming message may be addicted to gambling. The aim is to encourage him with the incoming message. Since I am not an addict, I block such messages directly when they come.
Everyone's winning field is different. The luck of a friend or another friend of mine may not go the way he wants in the same game in the same place. After all, not everyone has the same luck in the same game.

Honestly speaking you're right and I believe that in most cases, those who got into gambling where influenced by their peers or big wins from peers, for instance I got into gambling during my college days through a colleague in same department of study, he was a successful gambler and know how to make good wins and was the one who also inspired a female friend of mine that convince me to stake on a booking code he gave to her.
 At first i was scared and not convinced because I've heard case of several lose that got people into depression and I didn't want to see myself in same situation but she convinced me using her previous winnings and that was my 1st motivation to stake on a gambling site, however the experience was fun because i won from the game and that was how my gambling journey started it made me to start view football matches and several other sports to understand the game better.

Funny how I got backed to gambling. It was when I have stopped playing a long time ago but got carried by the hype of a famous local casino promoted by famous influncers in our country. Despite knowing the risks, I was still able to fell for their trap. I admit that too much expectations and greed could be the reason enough for us to fail and fall.
It is really necessary that we'll be mindful of our actions before believing and going along with the hype. Gambling will always have its risks despite all the good things that we might hear from ads and promotions.

We have all been a victim of slid-back gambling habits and this is where the possible addictions lay because when you have already left gambling for a while and thereafter got motivated to bounce back into gambling again you may not be able to control your gambling tendency and that is many of those who got influenced to gamble again by so-called influencers on social media have all complained about.
So the best possible solution to this is, never to allow yourself to get carried away by the fantasy stories and acting of the so-called influencers.

NEVER have friends who would pressure you into gambling and always find people who would stop you from gambling instead. If you have a group of friends that gamble a lot and they want you to gamble like they do, then you do not have good friends and you should avoid them if possible.

I have had those kinds of friends in the past that played poker together all the time and for good money too, and I wasn't really liking the situaiton so I just left and I haven't spoken to them for a long time, they still consider each other as friends and get together and play poker time to time, even though they went to separate places they still get together once in a while and do it, so it looks like a nice thing when you look afar but that is a lot of money gone if you lose and a terrible result for you.

I found out about gambling when I started getting to know crypto or maybe more precisely when I started looking for additional income in the online world, and my online friends who have never even met introduced me to gambling, but if you are a gambler who got into online gambling at the start of crypto appears, then you will find that at the casino you can get coins besides gambling and what is commonly called a faucet, and what is profitable at that time there are no wagering requirement and the like so that players will easily withdraw these coins, so knowing gambling is not a place to gamble but as a place to look for coins which at that time were quite valuable.
But slowly start to plunge into real gambling because some games are very interesting, especially when I see friends can get quite large results and even more active when the results are quite encouraging because crypto is increasing, but slowly starting to decrease because there are many things to do, but it's true that friends can really influence us to gamble, because they are usually the ones who can take his word for it.

I think this can be easily researched and proven through looking at male groups at high schools. For example my first sports betting experience was under 18 (probably 16?) when we were discussing football matches with friends. Couple of them said they will create new coupon to make money, I asked and went with them so - story starts. It was funny experience to hang out at betting spot with friends talking about matches and making bets. If I didn't have peer doing it I wouldn't go to that betting place.

And that's what makes us go back to gambling, whether with them or we play alone without them. The situation that we might not be able to ignore becomes even greater when we see some friends finally win the game and get some money. But as long as we can still control ourselves and not be tempted by what they say, we can determine what attitude we should take. Perhaps it's true that when we do it together with them, we can feel more fun because we can see how lucky we and our friends are. But if we lose control, we better not have to do it with them. This is more about how we can protect ourselves from the temptation to gamble, and as long as we can take care of it, we will be fine.

But who knows, when we play with friends, we can win with some friends. But no one can win at the same time, and while it can happen, the situation is also unpredictable, especially if it is a game based on luck. And I think it is true that young people can be more influenced by their friends' invitations to play gambling and even play gambling together because they are vulnerable to feeling challenged by their friends' invitations. But if the young man has strong self-control, the invitation of his friends will not easily challenge him, but he will refuse them.

That's right. I would've never tried gambling at such a young age if not for my friends. They were doing it so I went with them once and added some of the money that I had with me to their bet. At that time we were all betting together on football. They weren't trying to make me, but seeing them all do it made me think that I should be a part of the group and to it too, especially that it wasn't a big deal, just a harmless bet. It's not like we were going to steal something or beat someone. Peer pressure is strong.

I guess any vices has some sort of peer pressures to us? no?

Just like smoking, when all of your friends are smoking early at a young age, then perhaps you could succumb as well tot his vices because of your friends and then start to smoke to be in that group.

So for me, if we look at it, same with gambling as well. Friends, relatives, families around are into gambling, whether friendly games of poker every weekends or high stakes games or even going to casinos, you will be somewhat influence by it at one point.

Friends which are gamblers are not totally considered to be bad friends, it is really just that depending whether you do make yourself that get involved or not because we arent that children anymore for us to
believe on what others been saying. We do have our own will and could be able to determine which is good and bad. Its not really that bad to gamble but of course there are people who cant really just able to make

themselves able to control on spending up their money.This is why on the time that they would really be severely get addicted to it then this is where things been fucked up.You do always have the chance and the right to say NO but doesnt mean that you would be stopping on making friends with them just because they are get involved with gambling.Always set out some limitations and never ever make yourself that easily get hooked or be influenced by other people just because you are really that going with them.

This is why we should really be that careful on taking up decisions and be wary on whats good and whats bad because you are the ones who would really be making out such decision
and would really be that assessing whether it would be doing something good or not into you.

The funny thing is, what started my first gambling experience was no other than my dad himself!

I told this story in another thread but when I was a kid, my dad was notoriously active in cock fighting. He would participate in tournaments and arenas; and our family even had a farm in the province designated for raising fighting chickens.

So there was one night where our dad (probably I was around 12-13 years old) invited us to join his fight and witness on how chickens fight live. When the game was about to start, I betted on a specific chicken but my dad insisted on betting to the other one. I lost all of my money while my brother, who started with $10, came home with $100.

This is my first gambling experience and it really left me a mark on how unlucky I am. In the recent years, I tried gambling via different gambling websites on games (csgo skins) and I kept on losing and losing. I guess gambling is not really suited for me long term!

And it would take strong determination to alter your path away from the people surrounding you.
But yes, they can influence you at some point, but if you have other things in mind, you can change your route.
However, most people can succumb to these vices owed to the people around him.
It is your own will that will take you away from this environment, and totally change what you want to do in life.

Personally, I have never had any pressure over me from other people, because I always played by myself or with my family, so they definitely wouldn't encourage me into spending more yet in gambling. Quite the opposite, they always warned me I shouldn't get too involved on this activity, due to the risks of addiction and financial losses. And even if I had friends pressuring me to gamble, I wouldn't feel forced by them, as their opinion really doesn't matter at all on this matter. The most important thing is that you have your personality solidified, so you won't feel the necessity of pleasing others to belong a group or have their approval.

It wasn't something weird. The game was fun in itself really, despite how simple it was. Just the idea that you could get a really good combination of cards (flush, straight, 3 pair) or even the best one by coincidence is an insane feeling. It's also why I couldn't stop wanting to join in despite money being involved, it was just that fun imo. The money being added just kind of increased the pressure which in turn, also added a sort of enjoyment during the game itself.

I always once never s fan of gambling but it got to a time when I needed to make my own money and the only option I had was to gamble that seems like a easy way for us to make extra cash from using our feed money and saving to try our luck. This was continual until I found out that gambling was more about luck that just playing games and betting in them.

 I don't have any regrets though because it was a trending option then seeing school students in game houses and betting shop to bet in order to earn more profits then using part of it to bet again.

Peer pressure has a role to play where morals or self discipline is lacking in substantial amount. I would like to think that if one likes to be in the midst of a lot of persons, they might sooner than necessary bend to the tune or habits of the group or join to have a group habit.

For me though, it simply is for fact that a gambler became a gambler out of choice or was booed into it. Perhaps the thought had been lingering, unlike any other indulgence for pleasure, one or two gambling games would have been okay, but it wasn't.

Once curiosity kicks in then it would really be that possible for someone would really be trying out to engage on something not only limited to gambling but also in other things as well. There would really
be somethings in life on which it would really be that a main catalyst or trigger on which it would really be caught up our attention and would really be able to tend to engage because of the curiosity and this is where you would be finding whether a particular thing would really be that interesting or not. Be always sure that you do know to assess whether it would be harmful or not on longer runs specially in dealing with gambling.
We know that it is really that spending money or funds which it isnt really that ideal that you would really be that tolerating that kind of emotion because this would be the primary reason on why you would really be making yourself get lost of track and the worst you would really be that putting yourself into huge trouble specially in talking about finances or money.This is why it would be ideal
on avoiding it while its still early.

Depends on the person entirely. I've known a lot of people who have been groomed into gambling but never dared touch it. For them, it's just another waste of their money, and they'd rather take up an expensive hobby than to gamble their money. I understand their reasoning into not gambling, and no matter how much that person's group coerce him into gambling, they'd rather not do it because it doesn't really benefit them at all.

I agree with what @dothebeats said because it depends on each person. If they realize gambling is a waste, they will not come close to gambling and will even stay away from it. They also don't mind the ridicule of others because they realize that if they gamble, they are using their money, and if they lose, it means they will lose their money. And they will also find it difficult to recover the money lost in gambling. In addition, they also have another more serious problem, namely gambling addiction, and they may find it difficult to cure it if they get addicted to gambling.

You sounds like gambling is a complete waste and you will not get anything, it's not good to say like that.

I'd say they're just can't feel fun and entertained in gambling, since they're not interested in gambling, then it's their choice to not gamble and we can't force them to gamble. We need to accept every people opinion, what we can do is choose to interact with them or not in the future.

It depends on the person and its capacity to ignore peer pressure. But on my case, I can agree on this and I can tell that peer pressure is one of the factors why I engage in gambling. Who wouldn't be tempted if you're seeing your peers earn tons of money by pure luck, right? Of course, our automatic response would be "I should try it" or "If he can make that much money, so can I". This might sound funny but sometimes we tend to think that we are luckier than others and that's why we engage in gambling.

Hmm. I think "peer pressure" is more of a close people kind of thing and not the influencers that appear to ask for something towards you that you are "obliged" to gamble or something.

It's better to know why you are doing it and not because you are "forced" to do it.

My experience with this is not a lot. I'm surrounded by people who are curious about gambling but wouldn't really gamble or influence you to gamble all the time. It's best to know that you are doing it because you really want to and are not forced to.

Peer pressure is a catalyst in which it's actions are mostly strongly unadvisable because they are not what we would have targeted to behold at last, peer pressure is not what we should consider being that important to us because not all of us can admit the influence of having friends at the first instance, those that have been with friends in the past later regret some of their decisions and come out of the whole relationship because of the he heating pressure.


We have to be intentional with our gambling decisions, having friends influencing what we do will give us more harm than the good thereof, friends must not push us into doing what we never intended doing except we see it being profitable to ourselves.

That's good, at least they just want to know about gambling, don't want to try gambling. because it will be very fatal when gambling because we are forced to follow the trend of peer association, of course we don't want to hear ridicule just because we don't follow their flow to gamble, that is a common fact where when we try not to follow our peers they will make fun of us because we don't want to join to play together and gamble with them.

Gambling must come with oneself and not forced, at least do research on what makes gambling can make money and also make people quickly become poor, because if gambling only goes with the flow of peers, it is clear they will not understand the losses we experience, even I think they will not care about it.

Indeed online gambling is currently quite popular among the public, including minors/students to adults, basically as far as I know someone who wants to gamble for real can be said to be formed from a determination of intention, it is a component that arises in each individual subjectively, intention is the main reason someone wants to gamble for real.

But on the other hand, environmental and social situations, one cannot escape the desire to gamble, especially peers, this can also affect the basis for someone to fall into the world of online gambling.

Most of what I encountered was because they were interested in the victory of peers in their environment which made him inspired to take part in gambling, maybe it was also included me, I used to be skeptical with gambling but because it was increasingly more peers playing gambling and getting victory made me even more want to try it, and in the end I tried to gamble and find defeat, from there I was not very interested in gambling because I got a defeat, but one day I was given a tip by my friend to do gambling, and get a big victory, from there the sense of wanting to gamble I grew up and maybe to this day I did gambling, even though my peers had stopped gambling. ;D

From all the accounts of different members expressing how they got involved in gambling peer group influence occupies a larger part of about 85% if not more. If that be the case, it then mean that most of the decisions we had taken in other areas of  life while growing up as teenagers were greatly impacted by our peer groups(those in our clique of friendship).
My gambling life wasn't in any way influenced by those around me because my friends I keep weren't gamblers at then but, in retrospect I still remember that there were other facets of life they did influenced my decisions especially as it concerns my career field today.

I find it amusing that occasionally the cheese at the end of the maze isn't even cheese at all, but like, oh, a block of rubber posing as cheese. That is what peer pressure is all about. I'm reminded of children who have already had too much ice cream when they push for another scoop when they're pushing for gambling by these peers

Regarding the "going with the flow" part, you're dead on. Come on, it's the twenty-first century, don't follow the crowd. Insane peer pressure! Nobody knows where the line ends as they all simply march in a straight line. I've heard that pursuing knowledge and understanding oneself, rather than obediently obeying others, is encouraged in the great wisdom of Buddhism. Therefore, maybe, just maybe, if these people spent some time learning about Buddhism, they might understand the value of self-awareness and give up following the crowd

None of these were actually the reason why I first started gambling. If I remember correctly, my first experience with gambling was when I was fond of a PTC (pay-to-click) site named PaidVerts, and that website had a lot of gambling games where you could play with your points either to win more or lose what you have. I used to play those games, mostly the coin flip game which was basically a game where you choose whether it will be heads or tails and you would win 99% of your bet for the right prediction.

There were a lot of different games that I used to play there, and that is where I first started gambling and then I started using gambling platforms such as Stake when it was launched initially. I also started using Martingale strategy on that PTC website first and I used to lose everything a lot of times, lol.

Teased many times because I've passed on betting on a game for esports. While most of my friends got their own bets and won, I didn't bother but they did teased me and boasted me their profits. I don't really mind at all but it's too annoying when it doesn't look like it's gonna stop soon.

That's how it goes with peers, sometimes it's total fun and sometimes you just don't like it when they go against your boundaries looking that you're comfortable for them when don't. Just know the boundaries and you're still you and gambling with or without them.

You know what you're up to and what do you like when you gamble.

That's the type of surroundings you should have. I do not have that many people I know closely that gambles a lot or even if they do, they do not tell me about it. There used to be some, but I grew apart of course. So right now, I am filled with people who want me to make the good thing, the right thing and just focus on that instead.

I get that it is not going to be easy, and I get that there seems to be something that will bother everyone, but that doesn't mean that we are going to end up with a bad situation, we just need to reach to a point where we need to focus on something that is healthy for us and we need people around us to help us with that instead. That would be the way to grow as a person and be or do better.

Yes, although I don't update myself on lottery result since I am not buying lottery tickets.  I often watch on tv some featured article about a person in a certain age winning a lottery jackpot.  Although I think it was amazing, but I was not tempted to follow their foot step.



No, I am one of those skeptical and somehow thinks that the kind of advertisement is made and scripted so that they can lure people in playing on their platform.


My circle of friends does not encourage anyone to gamble although some of them are playing in a casino, they don't intervene on the decision of others.  There is a self respect among the friends that forbid them in teasing others into doing things they don't comfortable with.


There is no time as this.

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I agree with the title that most first time gambler are being pressured by their peers and this pressure become a catalyst for these people in starting their gambling journey.  Since the human has a need to belong, if a person encountered a circle of friends that is into gambling, there is a huge possibility that this person will eventually join the pack in gambling.

As I often say, that the circle of friends will greatly affect your social life. gambling, was not born out of nowhere since the first time it existed in history. as well as in the current era, in most cases association or friendship influences your patterns and habits. if there is encouragement from peers, whatever it is, it is very common. but you can also just watch a friend do something, then you are interested in doing it too, including in the case of gambling.

There are also other factors, in fact we have reviewed them in several threads. Gene and DNA factors can also influence someone to like something even without any encouragement or pressure from peers.
For example, you only see casino advertisements on your smart device, suddenly you have an interest in gambling. it could also be when you are on vacation visiting another city, then you see that there is a land casino, you are interested in visiting it and then getting involved in the game. the point is, there are various factors that can make you interested in gambling even without pressure and encouragement from friends. remember, that something that is fun will always tempt us to try it.

yes, probably friends circle could influence some habits like gambling habits (likewise "lets see an even and bet together, play for xmas card games, or play poker with few friends and many many more examples).
but in the same time, I am not sure this approach have a direct relation with addiction or just driving people to gamble alone/compulsive.

Op,you are really correct about this topic,because if I want to narrow down my memory to when I first started gambling at the age of 16,I can remember that it was a friend that introduced me to sport betting, he explained how I can play the game,but he didn't tell me it is something one can be addicted to,and a teenager I was then,I won't even think about it if he had told me I can be addicted to it and won't be able to stop it,because I liked gambling then.I thought it was the only way I could make quick money without my parents noticing.I started playing it for months before I won by first money,the winning gave my enthusiasm to play more,I continued untill I could no longer stop it,I became an addict to the game till now.
Therefore, everything one does in this life,most atimes it is  peer pressure that have greater influence on that thing happening.

I don't think gambling is a peer pressure type of thing personally.  Gambling is very singular in that as an individual you either win or you don't and your friends being in or out have no effect.  I mean I guess to a certain point everything is but overall I don't see this as a huge issue.

I don't get initiative sense when people do things, not that I aren't smart or poor sense of belonging but I have this minding things and doing things at the right time especially when I see caution from the beginning. When I see 18+ on adverts, I make sure I  didn't do it until I reached that age and even when I reached there, despite seeing how guys open tabs on their chrome when I try to use their mobile phones, I don't ask them but with time, I tried the physical betting shop and that was how I began the betting journey, it was curiosity that led me to play and I think I lost but with time and luck, I made some money too but I think I'm at that level that I play confidently with reduced losses without any peer pressure.

I said, "If they" I hope you understand what I mean by referring to the word "They." Some people say that. At least, that's what I caught from my conversations with some of my other friends.

They say gambling is a waste because they can lose their money without having a guarantee of winning. And the other reality is that some people just can't enjoy gambling like we do. That is why they are not happy and do not feel entertained when they gamble.

When I was in highschool almost all of my friends were betting on sports. That was their daily “job”. It was impossible to interact with them unless you also do their thing, bet on sports… That indeed put a pressure on me and made me do what they were doing. I became a gambler too. I was also doing my research on teams, coaches, players just like they were doing and it worked. I made lots of friends like that. Did I make money through? No, I was a terrible gambler.

There is little doubt that during our youth our friends have a massive amount of influence on what we do, if a few of them like a movie or a new TV series it is likely you will give it a shot and be more lenient when deciding whether you liked it or not, as your friends already stated their posture towards them, however I agree with you that even if our friends could influence us to start gambling, whether we develop problems or not when gambling has to do with factors exclusive to us and who we are and it has nothing to do with them.

Before we get mature,we blindly follow the friends words.One of the thing was some people get into gambling from their friends words.Later he get interested in the gambling then follow the gambling for the rest of his life.To me one of my friend fully teaching the gambling during my college days.Then I had started to gamble with the little amount,my first money was just 50$ as the deposit to the gambling website.But I am depositing ten times of 50 dollars as the minimum deposit to the trading now.

A friend who teaches you gambling will certainly not be wrong as long as he teaches you how to play and explains the advantages and disadvantages of gambling. But maybe it will be very rare. People who gamble only come to win, but in the end they keep losing. You start with $50 and that's big enough as a beginner, then you deposit 10 times the first deposit, it makes you FOMO on gambling and don't think about how to risk with too much money and no minimum limit.

Well, I think that all of us at some point have had friends who encourage us to many things, however we also have our power of decision, because first we have to take a break and say that things can be very different when we make the decision, and we must do it like this, sometimes friends come to us and offer us many means of entertainment, and if we take them, I actually arrived at a casino it was not because of friends, but I did not copy the way they had to bet,  because when they entered a Casion was earning more than a minimum salary for that time, which is equivalent to about 400 usd at that time.

So I saw that they spent but they couldn't earn as much as they did or I thought they would earn otherwise, I don't know if it was very bad luck that they had and they spent and the money didn't hurt them, that was something that I couldn't do, because I I didn't have the capacity of them to get money, so I played only with a little bit, obviously I bet Differently , because if I lost and in fact I lost, it hurt but it wasn't that much, instead at that moment I didn't feel any kind of as a catalyst on their part, because they knew that to be in a casino you needed a lot of money.

So things for us to act well in a casino what we can do is go with friends, enjoy, and see how they play, if their style of play is different from ours, but if we see that they win or something like that, well, we have to learn. Somehow, something new must be learned every day, however our friends sometimes give bad advice and we are not allowed to do that, so for this Reason we must know how to make decisions, in every casino Nobody Forces us to play , not even for a Moment , Everything we do is Based on our decision , Unless a friend Gives us money for our Fun , at that Moment maybe it can be a great catalyst for us to play following Professional advice part of them and do it like them , but that is something very Different.

Actually I have the same scenario, most of my classmates which is my friends really likes to bet on NBA or even other sports. Imagine a cent becoming a 30kPHP. That's huge right but of course it would only be attainable by only putting all the possible rebounds, 3-points and even assist. If you got it all correctly your cent could be a thousands. Of course it would be too hard to guess what would be the outcome right since it's a live game there's always possibility happen like fouls.

Of course due to their story and experience I was inspired though I am familiar how to gambling plus I thought it wouldn't be hard to gambling cents on this one. But literally after tryign it out you would realize it's too hard because on the first shot you already got the wrong answer. So yeah I just got bored and lose hope on winning maybe if I experienced winning in the first place it wouldn't be boring as I thought. I've never won on this.

You have a very good point. During the pandemic, we lost a quite big amount of money for the reason that we bet them somewhere our friends recommended. They told us about how successful they were and the massive amount of money that they were able to accumulate. I know that we should have done our own in depth research but I guess we were swept away by their stories since we are really good friends and I've known them since forever. I trust them so we went along. It's charge to experience and we did not blame them for anything since it's also our own fault. Now that I think about it, you're right that one's friends, especially the very close ones, have a strong influence on our gambling habits and decisions.

I hope the people who are feeling peer pressure right now realize that it's okay to take the road less taken (if your friends are hyping you up to gamble alongside them), and that you'll find joy when you discover something that you truly like instead of going along with the flow. How good would it be if you'd be the one to tell a different success story, right?

Yes, I also started gambling due to my environment at first I did not consider myself as a gambler, for me it just for fun but there is a money that is involve and I am very competitive to win that time. During that time I remember we are playing chess and who will win the game he could get the prize, and sometimes we are watching volleyball during intrams we are betting on which grade will be the winner.

This is usually the case that happens, that we can get influenced by the people around us. If it's gambling, I won't immediately say it's bad but it is only if we can't control our selves anymore. If we see the people around us already addicted, we shouldn't join them first but we need to help them return to normal as one condition and maybe this will help them to recover quickly.

When we are just getting started, obviously we are not yet an addict. We are still innocent that time. You are literally gambling for fun there because you are betting and bonding with your friends at the same time, enjoying the activity that you guys love. So it's okay if you won't win.

Just only a few days ago some guy won over 100k and was showing everyone here on the Bitcointalk forum. Say what you want, but that kind of win is super motivating to the rest of us. So does peer pressure exist in gambling? Definitely. Although in the mentioned case it might not be strictly peer pressure, since I felt myself under no pressure from any of my peers. Perhaps the correct term would be more like peer motivation?  :P

Although that being said, I am not dumb enough to start making 20 dollar bets in hopes of winning 100k in slots just because of one such motivational event. Everyone should be able to keep themselves in check. I mean, I can do that.

This is extremely common, when you see your friends achieving some incredible results and you know those results were the result of some dumb luck and not some talent they had hidden, it is incredibly easy for a person to think, if that happened to them why it cannot happen to me? And while such thoughts are not wrong when it comes to an activity that relies in our skill, as we could train ourselves to the point of reaching those same results, when it comes to gambling this is a mistake as we could spend our life gambling and we may never get the same results.

Making mistakes can be corrected, but it shouldn't be too late before we correct things. Everything will fall into place in due time. There's a lot to do when we discover that our decisions have an effect on us in some way, which often corresponds with what we expect in turn. I'm the type of person who prefers to be alone and enjoys my own company rather than interact with others. Peer pressure has both a bad and beneficial influence on a gambler's thinking. Although it does not occur immediately, a gambler will begin to notice changes over time.

Peer pressure is a catalyst for starting off an habit, lifestyle or what have you which may be good, bad, or ugly. There is in my estimation a small percentage of people maybe 5% who didn't get any pressure from friends to start gambling. They discovered gambling out of boredom just like the great explorers discovered the different interesting places in world today. My personal story into gambling was fueled by the desire make some money from gambling to buy something (I can't remember what it was) just as my friends already had. They gave me four odds for one the Champion league's game at that time, only two were correct. I won $15 from a $5 wager. My naive mind was all over the moon. It was free money that I didn't work for. At least that was what I thought. I followed my friend's instructions during subsequent bets but would later become independent from them and develop my own gambling pattern and strategies.

If a person can realize his mistakes, he can try to correct his mistakes as soon as possible so as not to repeat the mistakes of others. But usually, gamblers repeat the same mistakes because gambling can continue to tempt them to keep gambling where mistake after mistake will occur again. And if we find peer pressure, we shouldn't need to approach them, especially if it's gambling, because they can pressure us even more to follow their wishes even though we don't want to. That is the importance of having self-control and others so that nothing can pressure us in various situations and conditions.

friendship at this time is also like that divided into several circles of friends or groups of friends in which there are people who have the same frequency and hobbies.
Which in this case when we want to join a certain group of friends then requires us to follow and imitate what they do so that we are able and appropriate to mingle with them. If the group of friends has a hobby of gambling then like it or not we also have to become gamblers so we can join it.

Making a ball bet is not a bad thing because besides you make a bet, you also get insight and knowledge about football. Maybe you can improve the quality of your analysis in making match predictions in order to win the bet

Neither any article that I had read  nor peer pressure influenced my entry into gambling it was my personal decision in my bid to earn some extra income,  having enough knowledge related to soccer as well as being a football analyst  thus it becomes easier for me to pick soccer games for betting, however I don't have any interest in any other betting other than soccer betting, Moreso the fact that I prefer to gamble anonymously makes it hard for people and other gambling colleagues to know that I am really into it thus they wouldn't bother to send any  tip to me because I took all the responsibility of my gambling activities and which I wouldn't share with any fellow gambler.

This is where the discipline and self-restraint play an important part. One won't fall for the cycle of mistakes if he's behaved enough and know his lessons in life. It's not always needed to learn from your own mistakes, rather it's much better if you learn from others mistake so you won't have to go through the same hardship and troubles they've overcome. You can always know better once you learned from other processes.

Additionally, sometimes temptations aren't meant to be run away from, rather should be eliminated so you can have a good course in life. If you can't resist it, remove yourself from it. Go for hiatus for a while or totally quit if you really think you'll just end up being drawn to it. Although it's pretty much difficult to totally quit as well. It take courage and determination.

You made a good point and I would like to support this one. Sometimes pressure in gambling is something that we just build within ourselves and that is something that we should try to work on. Seeing our peers succeed or generate money in gambling does not really mean that we should do the same. Another thing is what we call conformity, we have this thinking that if our friend is doing this or that, we felt the need to follow them in attempt to fit in that particular group. Lastly, the catalyst that I really consider in gambling is the fear of missing out and sometimes we are consumed by it that's why we engaged into something that we don't really know that much about.

Even though the pressure is from within ourselves, it is found in almost every single human being. Whenever we see our friends doing something and succeeding in that, we tend to think that we should give it a try as well and we discuss this with our friends and ask them to help us in that venture as well. Now, if that thing is gambling, maybe we should set some limits for ourselves by only trying our luck and seeing if it works the same way for us as it is doing for our friends.

This way, we wouldn't get addicted to gambling and we can easily stop doing it if we see that it is not working out for us, and if we are sensible enough, we won't force it on ourselves but think that it is not important the exact same thing works for different people the same way, that's not how things work in life.

Could be true in some cases, but for sure if you haven't gamble at all, there could be at least someone who is going to show you how to do it. Whether when you are still as young as in high school when someone is bringing some cards to play. Or some friends that you will ask you come along when he goes to casino and play or even online.

So there is somewhat a catalyst for us and teach us how to do it the first time. And that could be enough for us to get go and play alone the next time we wanted to have that experienced.

It happened to me when online gambling wasn't popular back then. A cousin of mine gave me a tip as I'm with him on a local and not the typical casino setup that we've been.

Just watching him play some variety of gambling games and when he's won quite well, he has tipped me quite some of money. I gambled some and lost it entirely.

But good thing that I was able to save a bit on it for my food, LOL. Missed him nowadays, we're both busy with our personal lives now.

As long as he could learn to control himself, he could prevent those mistakes from happening and could avoid them well. It's probably fine if he's still in the learning stage since everyone needs to learn more to master good self-control. Continuing to learn, it is what can improve his ability to control himself so that he does not repeat previous mistakes and can overcome difficulties in the middle of his journey well.

I agree with taking a short break from gambling because it is proven to give peace and not think about gambling continuously. Maybe it's still difficult to stop completely, so it's better to rest for a few days is highly recommended. So after taking a break from everything, including gambling, can provide peace for us so that if we return to gambling with friends, we won't feel pressure from them and can respond relaxedly.

I wont lie or deny it, my first gambling experience was sure influenced by a friend of mine, that was way back 2011 or 12 if i still remember correctly, but then, i never considered myself a gambler, since i was not frequent with it, that is, after trying the first, second and third time, maybe a fourth and fifth one as well, i lost my money in all, , after playing for the fifth time, I didn't just lose my money, but i also completely lost interest in gambling, but then, my friend wont stop pushing me to play, and at a point, i stopped listening to him completely, after about a year or more, after quitting my job in that company of loosing connection with my friend, on my own i decided to try playing some games..

long story short is that, i never considered my self a gambler until i got on this forum and start promoting gambling casinos and participating in gambling discussions, nowadays, i  gamble like 2 or 3 times in a week, some weeks i even gamble more, so this forum actually influenced my gambling desire more than any of my friends did.

When I was in school, my friends would just talk about gambling and football matches all the time. Sometimes I didn't even know what to contribute to the conversation; I was just giving my time mostly to my academic work, but like they said, "All work without play makes Dr. Strange a doll guy." They blended me in, and I started gambling. A friend of mine became an addict, and to this day he is still battling with it. His parents can't do anything about it because they tried all they could to get him to stop, but all attempts were futile. It's just true that peer pressure can stimulate one to become a gambler and can even lead one to gambling addiction, like when some peers back then would use their school fees to gamble with the hope of winning big.

When you've got enough and you can't take it anymore, it's best to take a short break and even if it takes to be a longer one that's fine. As long as you get the essence of taking a break and your purpose from doing it is to be away for the moment and think of the things that you have to.

The time will have to come that you'll be forced to stop completely and not just because you've realized that it's not doing good for you and it you did too much. But also because that the pressure from your friends is no longer doing you good.

All those people who are addicted to gambling will really have problem in their families because I don't think their parents or wife will be able to take it softly with them,everybody knows what gambling is,that is why the moment someone wants to start it,everybody will be out begging and making sure that the person stops because the implications that follows gambling addiction is something that one cannot take.It is cool to gamble,but when you become an addict is when it all goes wrong.Iike they say,that evil communication corrupts good manners,a friend to a thief must always be a thief,the moment one starts associating with group of friends who are gamblers,he cannot escape it,he must end up gambling,and if care is not taken,he will be addicted to it.However,I still believe that some person's can also associate with those kind of people and end up not being a gambler, self discipline and individual decision is a catalyst to achieving that.

That can be a personal thing if the person does not often go out with his friends on a casino.  Although I agree it is a matter of personal choice but there is an instances where peers becomes the catalyst of a person into his gambling journey.  Once the person give in on the peer's pressure of gambling, then that will be the start of a persons gambling activity.  Once the person finds the entertainment and pleasure of gambling with friends, it will surely their activity whenever they go out together.

I also agree that this isn't a huge issue but it will become one when the person failed to control himself and got hooked with gambling.

Many gamblers will have face this phenomenon when their is no existence of the online gambling As like the free drinks of the first cup in drinking,most gamblers will play their first game for free.The most gamblers also loss their first bet due the random bet without any knowledge about that game.The good habit of new gamblers must watch most of the games before start to play in real.This help that gamblers to get atleast minimum amount of profit instead of complete loss.After that the gamblers will start with minimum amount as the initial bet to get some initial winnings.

Peer pressure is something we can't really avoid because we will come in contact with it in every part of our lifes. If we're not getting pressure from our classmates or course mate that are doing better, we will get peer pressure by our colleagues in our work place doing better than us.

We can't avoid peer pressure but we can work on how we handle it when it comes. We have to develop a habit of not getting worried about what others are doing to be successful or trying to copy them because their road to success mightn't be our and we'll be wasting our time.

Gambling isn't for everyone and you'll know when you start doing it if it's for you or not, if you're not enjoying what you're doing then you need to quit and look for something you'll enjoy doing it then it becomes a hobby that you won't get disappointed when you lose.

Getting aware at first on the time that you do tend to engage into something which you would really be looking in others experience would really be giving out that kind of benefit on which you would be wary about those potential problems and risks on which on the time that you are engaging then you do already have the idea that you should be starting on less or having that control which it is really always been that recommendable specially when you are just starting up. Basing up on the situation which you would be playing out just because of peer or other peoples influence or recommendation
then its not really that necessary that you would be needing to do so or follow. It is really just that there are people who cant really just able to resist others offer or they are really that being that influenced on what they are currently seeing and since its their friends then its likely that they will be trying or following out.

The Influence by friends or relatives to gamble are the common reason why gamblers are into gambling today and personally I’m also a product of this one. I remember when my friends go to the casino for the first time and I can say that he influenced me to gamble more and that is the start of my gambling journey. I believe if you are into gambling as well there’s a chance for you to adopt easily and if you are going to encourage someone into gambling, please make sure to tell everything especially the risk of losing the money.

The best thing is to not encourage other people gambling. That can possibly be a root of rift between friends, especially if the one you recruited in gambling lost a huge amount of money and they are looking for someone to blame for their mistakes. I don't let my friends or peers know that I'm gambling, and if they manage to know that I am gambling, I would steer clear from the conversation and try to talk about something else.

I think that even today the majority of the people that gamble do it because at some point they were exposed to it by a family member or a friend, and once they experimented the fun they can get with it, the risk taking and the possibility of making some money with something that is nothing more but a game then they became hooked by it, and while in the majority of the cases this is not a problem as they can gamble responsibly, there are a number of people that lack self-control which should have avoided to be exposed to gambling, but they were and now they are suffering negative consequences because of it.

Resting means we are trying to calm ourselves from the tension during gambling, and it's good if we can feel we've had enough gambling. And it's also good for evaluating what we get from playing gambling to assess what could happen if we gamble more often. If we can still be aware of the risks of losing money in gambling, we can think about not playing gambling too often.

We will be forced to stop when we run out of money in gambling, which is the last choice that will come to us. And we also can't go back to gambling if we don't deposit another amount of money. But most of us will deposit more money to return to gambling because we are still curious.

Simply being "aware" does not equate to being ready. The beginning, not the finish, of the process is awareness; it is the top of the iceberg. and depending on the wisdom of others? That reminds me of gambling. Many people have relied on stories from the past throughout history, but were they always protected from disasters? No

And its true that following advice or being influenced by others is a common mistake made by people. We are such herd-following, gregarious beings that we never stop to think about our actions. You shouldnt enter the cryptocurrency market because your friend has done so. If you dont properly educate yourselves, you'll all suffer the same end

Yeah, in a perfect world, for sure no one in their right frame of mind are going to encourage or help people to gamble and or have their first taste of playing like in a casino whether online or offline. But in the world that we move in, there are ways to get addicted even without any peer pressure as online gaming is prevalent specially during the pandemic and now it's hard stop this gambling addiction once it sets in. And so whether we let our friends know or not, and maybe they are also thinking the same, not to let you know as well. But this is gambling, it can destroy relationship and so it's better not to teach anyone or influence them to gamble.

Sure they will, but most of them (compulsive gamblers) are not usually concerned about the negative effect it is going to cause; maybe not to even be at peace with their family, but they usually feel not bothered because all that really matters to them at that moment is to place bets and make wins. Some gamblers addicted to gambling who realize their bad gambling habits and put effort into stopping them will definitely do so, no matter the peer pressure. Having the influence of peer pressure doesn't mean that a person must become a compulsive gambler; it's only when the person allows themselves to lose control while gambling.

We must understand that even if something does not make sense to us this does not mean that something will stop to exist, it is clear that any kind of addiction is extremely undesirable and such behavior should have been purged out of humans long time ago, but it still exist, and it will keep existing as if anything the current conditions of the world favor it, as social isolation is getting worse and now people enjoy more free time than ever and they need a set of activities to fill it.

Been positive and keeping good company with definitely make one improve when handling problems. The kind of people we rolled with, will definitely influence our choice and the decisions we makes. The things that keeps us awake and frighten should be stop with immediate action, because these gambling activities will tear us apart, we need to keep backup plans incase things doesn't play out as planned, this gambling space always have a way to drained our accounts. It's not about hardship that leads most people to gamble, but curiosity and peers pressure and influence made one to gamble. 

Pressure from friends usually influences someone to start following him. This usually happens in a teenager where when a teenager gets a challenge, they might have the courage to accept the challenge but some don't feel the courage to do it. Even if their friends still ridicule them, they still don't want to do it because their parents have taught them not to pay too much attention to the challenges that come from their friends. Usually the challenges from their friends are often unreasonable, which makes a teenager fall into the wrong path so that they are not aware that they have done things that they should not.

But what is even more dangerous is when peer pressure takes the form of an invitation to gamble in the name of solidarity among friends. That might get a teenager to join the circle of friends which will eventually make him addicted to gambling in the future. And if it has happened, his parents will find it difficult to get him out of gambling addiction unless there is awareness from the teenager that what he is doing is wrong. It is necessary to end it immediately.

The reason why many people are involved with gambling is the ability to make them money in a very short time, and seeing people winning good amount of money even add more fire to the desire, on the other way, I believe this is what makes gambling a very treacherous path anyone can venture on.

The chances of making mistakes are everywhere, the only thing left is to limit your risk by lowering the amount of money you want to use for gambling, there is nothing that works more than this.

The reason why I don't have friends today is because of the path they choose to walk on, too mamy people are so focused on quick money,

This is true but the reality is its very hard to get profit on gambling in a short period of time due to house edge and limited bankroll of players. Most likely we need to be lucky earlier or have enough bankroll to withstand long lose streak until winning streak occur that will give money.

Gambling is popular for a source of entertainment through their attractive games that promised huge return when you hit a jackpot bet. 1:1 payout bet is already not popular since most players like a game like slot that gives opportunity to win big by betting small amount. I think this is what attract the most to players.

Did you actually leave your friends because they chose the wrong path? You should have made them understand that it is not the right thing to do, and even after that they didn't stop, you shouldn't still leave them forever because your friends are the only people who will stand by your side when the whole world might leave you alone and don't even care about you, so losing friends, especially good ones, is not a very good thing regardless of what they choose to do.

However, you are right that a lot of people these days are always looking for ways to make a lot of money in a very short period of time, and gambling is considered a way to do that which is not true but people don't get it, they think they can win a lot of money from it when they literally are losing all the time.

One of the major things that makes people do what they are not supposed to do is the high influence their friends have on them,peer pressure has a lot of negative impact on friends, especially the ones that do not have a solid stand in their decision,they are easily influenced because they follow what their friends tell them
Instead of keeping a stand and making a decision that will be best for him.I agree with you on limiting the number of friends to have because when you are alone,you know what's good for you,and do what's best for you because those friends that would have influenced your character and attitude are nowhere near you.When one is in a group,it makes them have unnecessary competition that lures them to do evil.I control the few friends I have, therefore,I set the pace for them to follow,so I can't be negatively influenced.

That's actually good for you cause you're too brave to cut them off especially the long-term friendships. I have some friend where we called him as "GM or Gambling Master" cause every time, everywhere we go like eating outside he would just yell something like he won then he will show us the money prize. Of course from my friends they would literally want to experienced something like that but me knowing that friend who's already gambling for a long time so there's no wonder he's winning crazy amount.

So there's my friends asking him how they would win something that big, of course he told them how and warn them about the risk which is good. Then they just simply impulsively gambling hoping they won that amount. Maybe peer pressure or influence of my friend GM did not work for me since I've already know the consequences of gambling and plus the experience. After losing $100 cause them to stop and cry about it. They can't do anything about it since my friend GM warned them about the risk that gambling is literally based on luck.

Sometimes it is inevitable to part ways with your friends or even your loved ones, it is never an easy decision but when they want to bring you aboard on the roller coaster they call life, you only have two options, to accept and ruin yourself in the process or to let them go, this is often a decision the partner of an addicted person needs to take, and in many cases they endure for years hoping for their partner to change their ways, but once they realize this will not happen the only healthy action they can take at the time is to leave.

Yes, solicitation or influence from friends can make us follow what they say even though we know that what they say is not a good thing or idea for us. And rather than getting a negative impact from our friend's invitation later, it is better for us not to follow it and refuse it carefully to avoid any problems. And if that's the case, we'd better avoid making friends with them than something will happen to us later.

For this reason, we must be able to select our friends so that no one has a negative influence on fellow friends. And we can also have good friendships for the long term because good friends are hard to find.

Nothing is interesting in having friends who will only pressurize you at your own expenses and leave you on your own to face the consequences, any friendship that cannot add to me but rather take away from the little i have worked for will be dissociated from me, if you can improve my life then you can't constitute a nuisance to it, some gamblers are having limitations because of the friends they have, they cannot make decisions on their own without involving them in, all these are bad catalyst that drives one backwards in gambling.

deciding not to be friends just because the bad influence of his own friend invitation to me is worse. we cannot judge our friends or take full blame when we fall into bad things at gambling because friends invite us. its true that our friends invite us to do bad things but completely all of that we ourselves can control because even if our friends invite us to continue betting if we have the commitment to say no to gambling Im sure we not follow our friends invitation.

and for me, I never choose friends, it just that I learn the character of all my friends so that when they ask me bad things I have prepared a reason to refuse the invitation.

Peer pressure can have a good effect, especially when it comes to things like gambling and betting. When you see someone win big and they boast to you, you will feel like gambling, no doubt, since sadly you don't see how many people around you are actually losing money when gambling. If a friend shows off his big win to which lets say if he won with one single bet and got lucky, it definitely will make you thin why not you. But I don't think someone tipping you money to place a bet is a form of peer pressure. You are receiving free money. Why not just try your luck and leave?

Your own stand will definitely be tested when peer pressure to do such a thing happens. It is important to prioritize responsible behavior and decision-making and not be encouraged to do things such as gambling when you are not interested. Remember, saying no and prioritizing your well-being is always okay. Avoiding peer pressure can be a tricky task, but it is essential to maintain your individuality and stay true to yourself.

I have linked a study on how to deal with peer pressure which may somehow help.:)

Im not that a type of person on who could really be that easily be influenced no matter how close we are or we've been friends for too long or being simply a colleague but doesnt mean that you could really be able to mandate me on what are the things that i must do. It isnt really that something that you would really be needing to do if it really against your own principles, there are really just that people who cant really say no with their friends and this is why they would really be forced or getting influenced on the things which those people around you would be doing.I can say that you are really that a type of person on who could really get easily hooked up on which it is something that not really that recommendable. Gambling catalyst? yes for some people but i do believe that it wont really be that something a main thing which would really affect out person to play. We could really be able to play directly without having those kind of influence and this do simply means that it would really vary on someones interest and preference into a particular time since not all would really be having the feeling on playing gambling specially if they dont have money.  8)

We can't judge our friends or blame them entirely, but we can choose who to be friends with. Most of what happens is that we choose the wrong friend because we think he is a good friend even though after we have been friends for some time, we know he is not a good friend. I have experienced this many times, but I don't judge or blame him completely but limit my friendship with him so that unpleasant things don't happen to me and him. It depends on how we react. When we don't want to be friends with him, that's also okay. He should understand the reason when we tell him the truth.

Studying all the characters of friends is very necessary so that unwanted circumstances and situations do not trap us. We want to prevent something bad from happening to us, so it's normal to choose who to be our friend.

It's a great study that can help anyone deal with peer pressure. But usually, the situation and conditions will not always be the same, making us try to adjust to those circumstances. But we must be able to politely refuse when our friends invite or even force us to follow them because we know that the invitation is not good for us. That is why we must always be careful in making decisions so that we do not make the wrong decision. Avoiding peer pressure we have often encountered and faced, but it depends on how we deal with that pressure. If we can give good reasons, our friends should understand our situation and not force us to follow them. If he keeps pushing us, we can avoid him, and that's not good company.

The gamblers should not follow the idea of other people.Because all the gamblers will recommended their own casino for the referral bonus.But the gambler should know this fact before to start the gambling in their life time.I had become the gambler by my own ideology.Some people said me their is the gambling was their based on the cryptocurrency.So I had switch the offline gambling to the online crypto based gambling.The gamblers should influence the other people to get into gambling who doesn't have enough knowledge in the gambling.

I think that more than the peer pressure, seeing your friends win is what pushes many people to eventually try to gamble, after all you know your friends better than anyone else and if you see them winning knowing very well they do not have superior gambling skills or anything like that, then it is completely normal to think that if they can do it then you should be able to do it as well, and in a way you are right as you can gamble just as they do, however there is no guarantee you will get the same results too.

My attitude was different from the other gamblers,I don’t refer my friends to join gambling.Because if they had interest in the gambling,then I will teach them gambling by using my own time.Teaching the gambling to the interested person will be good as compared to share all your known friends about gambling to get the referral bonus.If your friend had won by your teaching of gambling,it will be your proud moment.The happiness you received from your friend win is not more then your own winning in the gambling.Because you just winning money on your win.But on your friends win,you get some excitement because your student had won the game based on your tips.

These days I have been observing the people in my neighborhood, I see that they are very emotionally unstable people, to the point that with any small argument they start physical aggression, so I keep thinking about the following: should emotionally unstable people play in a casino? online? And when I look deeply into this question, the answers that come to mind are that we cannot recommend casinos to people who are mentally unstable and have a history of depression and physical assaults. I say this because nowadays it has become very normal for friends to recommend that their friends create accounts at a casino based on the referral link

There's nothing wrong with that, but you need to be careful about who we recommend playing at the casino, because mentally unstable people are impatient and when they lose money at the casino they will charge the person who recommended it to them and this can lead to a serious problem in which the A mentally unstable person starts by physically pleasing the person who recommended him to play at the casino. 2 months ago there was a casino that paid a lot of money to famous people to publicize the casino, what happened was a big disaster

many people started to put money in the casino that the famous people recommended, these people thought they were just putting money in the casino, playing and then the money would start multiplying to the point where they would have constant profits, but 2 months later these people saw nothing Of course they wouldn't see anything because they lost in the game. but because they didn't understand that, they didn't know what a casino was and how it works, so these people started threatening celebrities, people wanted revenge, so let's be very careful who we talk to and recommend a casino