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I met a friend who used about $1 to play gamble to win about $2500 in a game of different matches, all the early games went well but the last game cut which made him loose the game.  This lose made him to be sick for 3 days, the reason for his reaction was not because of the money he used to bet but he felt so bad because he has already put all his hope on the money he would have won.

People needs not to put all their hope in games they are not sure of winning, because relying on it can be very dangerous to the mental health. Play gamble and remove your mind from the money that will be gained till it is achieved.

Your friend is not the first to do that, and he will definitely not be the last to also do that. I have seen a lot of cases where people make plans and budgets for money that they have not even seen or that have not gotten to their hands. What gives them that mind is what I can't truly tell because even if I win a game today in any casino, if the money is not yet in my wallet or bank account where I have full control over it, I don't make plans for it because we have seen so many cases of even winning bets that still turn out to be void at the end or the casino refuses to pay off.
 
If your friend was so much in need of that money and had much preparation for it, why wait for the game to play till the very end, where the last game in the slip has to be cut? Most casinos always give one a chance to cash out their game if the next match has not started, or even if it has started and it has a higher chance of winning, they still give you a reasonable amount available for cash out. He should have gone for it and saved himself this stress that he went through. What led him to that was overconfidence, which he should learn how to reduce in order to survive in this gambling world.

He should have known better not to build so much confidence in an unsettled bets even if the whole games have won and he have just few minutes before the end of the last game,  this is very important because in some cases most of those that bet in such manners always face a lot of depressed situation due to not meeting up to the expectations on a game,  as of the limit to which some one can take be seriously to the point of building emotion around it is when the gambler is smart enough to have used the cash out features to take profits when he thinks he already have enough balance n the cash out since some of the games already won.

This feature of cashing out balance is the reason why I choose Stake over other casinos since its cashout features have helped me to take profits in bets a lot of times.

Gamblers should be able to control their emotions, because this is what makes one a discipline gambler. He got sick because he put all his hope on a bet that hasn't come to pass yet. This is why it is called gambling, because gamblers have that hope that they will win the next game and if it turn out the opposite way, they become disappointed.

There is no guarantee in gambling that you have won the games, until it is over and your predictions were correct. How will one plan on how to spend money that he hasn't won. Don't play gamble because of profit but for fun.

Gambling will definitely put your mental and emotional health at risk. That is the reason why as much as possible, do not see gambling as a means to bring you profits all the time. Gambling will never guarantee us to keep on winning. And believing that gambling can be a reliable source of income is a very dangerous thing. Instead, gamble to make yourself relax and entertained, and not in a way that it will pressure you especially if what you are getting in the end is a series of losses that put your life’s savings in danger.

Dont make yourself that already anticipating or making out that conclusive approach until the match is over. I could really be able to tell about the feeling about winning a particular parlay on which your last match is really that giving off that kind of thrill and excitement at the same time specially if its a close match on which you cant really be able to determine on whose gonna win. You cant really be making yourself that able to avoid on not to chuckle with every score that would be made in both teams. If you are anticipating for a sure win but ending up on a loss then it would really be greatly affecting your mental state but of course not all would really be that too sensitive when it comes to gambling results or outcomes. There are really just those moments on which you cant really be able to avoid not to think off specially if the said profit is really that high then it would really be a normal reaction but just been said that dont celebrate it yet until its over because as long that timer doesnt comes to zero then it isnt over and there's always those things that could happen which might be resulting into a loss.

This is why as a gambler or a bettor then you should really that make yourself getting prepared on whatever circumstances or things that might happen along the way. Gambling does really have that luck
factor on which it could be turning upside down on which you do see a one side kind of game but ended up differently.

In my early days in gambling, I use to have this kind of feeling, where after placing my bet, my mind will always be on the game, I will be refreshing my bet app and keeping in touch with the game so to see if there are losses, that stuff use to destroy my mental health, because I will be so focused on it. But with time, I started growing stronger, hence I will place a bet and look at it when the entire game is over, even after my loss, It won't get to me too much, because it's a normal thing now.
Gambling should be for the matured minds, you don't need to put all your hope a game you played, knowing fully well that it can go sideways, that's dangerous for your mental health. Using $1 to win $2500,  that's a huge🤗 expectation, have you also wondered what might be going through the betting company's mind if you had won that money too, going by that mindset, the betting company should be seriously going through depression.

Why would anyone rely on gambling wins ? That's exactly the issues I've been addressing in real life, as well as in the forum too... I talk alot about gambling enigmas on a regular and I believe peeps have read so much in here too.. There are things you can't control for Christ sake..!!! and for that reason, don't you ever dip, in that you can't control your emotions should Incase it turns out bad... Real life!!!
Your mental health isn't gonna look that precious to you till when you're diagnosed of some deformation with alot of concrete, medical terminologies...

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People have different status in life, different ways on how we earn, and what we can do to survive. Most people depend on hard work and other normal activity to earn for the living. But some do actually depend on gambling on how they survive. They more of hoping to have the luck or to instantly have a better life through gambling. So, if they happen to lose, people do suffer their mental health as they can't take losing more money. But what is surprising is, this kind of people still hoping to win in gambling.

This kind of scenario is not common and mostly happen to the people that hardly find ways to make a living. Due to the difficulty they face on their daily life, the only thing they can hope is to end their current status and have a better life.

It's hard to gamble and never expect winning at some point because the main reason why we gamble is to earn winning profits. However, in order not to compromise your mental and even emotional health, learn not to gamble chasing for profits, but learn to gamble because it's one way to ease our mind and body. Otherwise, if one gambles and focus on profits, then there's only one thing that is certain, you will sacrifice your mental and emotional health that will put your life into a very dangerous situation.

This example or question is for sport gamblers. The other kind of gamblers like slot players have no reason to wait for the wins. It plays out immediately and everyone would know their fate. Hoping or planning on some specific amount of money always ruins the day for the person, when the money bounce back as a result of one wrong move or prediction. Talk to him about minimizing how he thinks on his about to win gambling money. Stressing our mental health, with whatever reason, especially a constant thought on the losses is detrimental to the brain.  Disappointments creates a bad memory on the brain. And can endure for a long time. The more the player worries on his money the expressions he makes won't look genuine.  The anger can motivate the player to pursue his losses and end up failing to win again. I'll keep wondering why the game cuts by a single game. Imagine the fantasies on his head, during the successful winning of the other teams he chose. On the other flip, what is to come by losing it with just a single game, can be emotionally annoying and stressful. Thereby affecting the mentality of the gambler. Lecture him, OP, about how lucky he is, that soon he'll win big. Don't blame him or discuss about his mistakes. In such situation, the player, should be attended to with kind words. Discouraging words are not encouraged. Executing such a behavior after losing a game doesn't show the spirit of gambling in Op's friend. Also, greed causes the defaulting of a gambling technique. Placing 1$ to win 2k dollars. He assumed the ownership of the wins, not remembering how much he staked on the match. Explain to him how frugal a gambler he is towards staking money. Whenever we notice an unbearable or unfamiliar behaviors from a close friend. So, that he won't take a bad decision, which can hurt more their emotions.

How will you gamble with $1 and expect to win $2500? When a bet like this is placed, you shouldn’t even have hope that you are going to win because the early matches played  were won, which does not mean you will be luck to win the remaining matches. Just zero your mind that you are going to win till all the matches are being played and you see that all your predictions are correct. When gambling with that little amount and expecting to win a very big amount of money, the person should know that their chances of winning the bet are very low, so you shouldn’t even have high hope to win the bet.

Many gamblers had used huge money in the gambling and doesn’t earn due to bad luck,But your friend must be lucky.Because the gambling only help the gambler who had luck in their pocket.Honetly the betting was made on the luck means,he will get huge return from the gambling.But if the gambling was played on the time of unlucky,then the money used will be loss.

The gambler should take some rest in the gambling to avoid of getting sick due to the continuous play.Because the continuous play will give some stress,if you get the continuous loss.Only the continuous win happen in gambling.If the gambler play the game without any emotions.

I hope you don't mind if I ask you, but what kind of symptoms did your friend show when he was sick from this event he suffered while betting ?

It makes me curious how strong is the influence of our minds to control our physical well being. Just think about it, someone is feeling perfectly well, both mentally and physically and then something like this happens and cause them to be "sick" for days.

When you say he got sick you mean he got depressed and could not get up his bed or he actually showed some unexplainable symptoms, like fever, vomiting...?. Whatever was the case, I hope you friend is doing better now and take this passing blow to his mental health as a lesson for the next time he decides to count on money he does not have yet.

You do not count your chickens before they’re hatched. You definitely do not start to make plans for money that isn’t yet in your custody. The disappointment people get from this can be overwhelming and very frustrating. People have been ruined and wrecked after making plans for money that would be hopefully theirs.

I think people who gets really hurt by their losses when gambling are those who due to being so unrealistically hopeful and optimistic, having positive thoughts only about the funds to be won and already how best to go about using such funds all before they’re actually won.

I thought he was sick because maybe it was his last money and apparently he spent it all so that he was mentally disturbed and it had an impact on his physical health. I have never experienced anything like that, usually I get angry easily and get annoyed easily if I lose a lot of money when gambling.

Gambling is a game that uses money, no matter how strong our mentality is, if we spend all our money on gambling it will definitely disturb our mentality and can have more fatal consequences. Because losing money or not having money will be stressful, especially if you already have a wife and children, it will be even worse for you because they will scold you or corner you in the position of the guilty person.

People shouldn't really be counting the chicks before they hatch. I guess your friend has already made some plans for the prize that he's 'supposed' to receive, that's why his reaction went like that. Had he not made the allocations and budgeting in his head when his initial legs on the parlay were winning, he wouldn't have suffered that much IMO. I mean, everyone will be kicking the air after a missed x2500 return on their stake, but it's still something that isn't yours to begin with unless you have won every leg so why suffer that much?

He put all of his hope with that bet, therefore money is the main concern why he felt bad with the negative outcome. Gambling no doubt is profitable but will never provide a consistent outcome or winnings. Some are indeed making a living in this industry but always consider those who are losing huge amount of money in gambling. Best thing to do is to set the right mindset; knowing when to stop and learning to never bet all in no matter how confident you are with your bet. This would be a preventive measure to not be affected by that much of whatever the outcome is. We cannot control one’s mental health which is why we have to take the initiative to lessen the risk of getting our emotions involved with our bets.If you would be too hopeful of your gambling results or gambling wins, then never expect less of addiction afterwards.

It is a must to control emotion. A person who can't control emotion doesn't deserve to be a gambler.
Controlling emotion isn't the only cause/reason for a person to be disciplined. If you want to be disciplined, you need to stick on your rules. Commitment is the key to discipline.

In my opinion, he got sick because he bet with too much money but it end up with a loss. He may try to increase his bet since he wins huge money previously. He isn't aware that there is no guarantee to win constantly. There should be time for losses, it can't be avoided. A gambler should understand that he will never have an ability to maintain the wins.

No problem to gamble for profit but make sure to gamble with a realistic amount of money. Don't expect too much to win a big money, just try luck to earn some money. If we are too obsessed to win bigger money, it will end up with the same story as OP explained on the thread.

It's almost the same thing with a parlay because the stakes go up after every win and in some sportsbooks, you'll sometimes see the amount as there could've been an option to cash out the bet.

In gambling, you can't entirely remove the idea of winning money, but it can be suppressed to a level where you start to care less about it. It's okay to ride a bet until the end as long as it's an insignificant amount but your friend got carried away and only realized the actual amount after he lost the last game.

We've heard horror stories about gambling, and I will assume that your friend is playing parlays and the risk is very high on that kind of betting. You really need to be perfect and it will be dishearten to see your bet just missed 1 that ruined your chances to win that big money. I've seen this before, actually I have a friend who also had the a chance to win $20,000, unfortunately, he has bet his last money. But in the next game, he see that his previous bet hit and that he said that he was sick for and even thinking of jumping out of their balcony. So it's very dangerous to us mentally, and if we are not ready, then the worst can happen to us, just saying. I also had like this kind of parlay bet, and it's really hard to see your bet going down the drain with just one mistake.

I think what your friend did was to secure what he earned. For example, if he earned $2500, he would divide the profit so that one was for capital to be used in more gambling games and the other was to be secured. That's why he got sick because he regretted the money he lost. Imagine going from $1 to $250 and back to zero. That would be really depressing for your friend. That should be a lesson to him: not to be greedy; be smart and wise in handling your money or profit properly. and also be disciplined; don't put all that you've earned into gambling.

Hoping to win big is normal, but anyone should be ready for the opposite. I guess your friend placed a parlay bet with odd 2,500x and maybe he lost it because of 1-2 games which is indeed annoying and disappointing moment. I do place parlay bet some time and I know how it feels when a parlay bet is lost due to 1-2 games only but it is how it works. I'm not sure why it makes your friend sick for 3 days, is it his first time try? Is he new to gambling? Fun fact, mental health may come because of both lose and win. Someone who is not ready for both side may lead them into negative effects including mental. 

This is the result of having high expectation in gambling. It's understandable if you have a desire of winning a huge amount. However relying on gambling to generate profit is not a good idea, especially if you already became lucky to had that chance of winning a decent amount. But because of greed, you chose to continue playing until you lose it all.

This can affect your mental health due to high hopes. It can make you depress and feel regretful for the mistakes you did. But that's how it is, if you can't bear the fact you can lose money in gambling then better not to try playing. Moreover, don't be too greedy for wanting more if you're already fortunate to win some. Be contented and enjoy your earnings, otherwise you'll regret if the casino take it away from you again.

Tell me if after 3 days he comes back to play and chase what he lost. Because apart from being mentally depressed, you will become ambitious again as if you will win again. Generally, gamblers like this will not be in control, especially after experiencing an unexpected moment with small capital until they are faced with a big win.

I have witnessed various types of mental gamblers who lost everything, not only property, but their families were also affected. Gambling is not about the amount he gets but about how strong he is able to control his mentality when he is required to leave but forces himself to continue playing.

Still, the reason for the reaction is money because if it wasn't money maybe your friend wouldn't be sick. ;D
Too ambitious because he wants to win more, maybe he hopes to get his money above $3000 after the next bet but because he fails, his hopes must fade because of his own greed.

Who is not tempting from $1 to $2500 is like a fool who why not withdraw some money to be able to enjoy, if this kind of behavior is clear he is greedy bigger because he has managed to multiply 2500% in the beginning.

Maybe he will come back and chase that loss. :D

The title "Stupidity in Gambling Can Be Detrimental to Mental Health" might be more appropriate.

Why do people engage in gambling in the first place? It's supposed to be a source of enjoyment and happiness, not the opposite. Consider what he did, placing just $1 in hopes of winning $2500; that's a reckless approach, and it's highly unlikely that he'll succeed, or it's safe to say that the chances of winning are extremely slim.

Same thing I always tell people, don't put hope on things you are certain about. The worst part is that he hoped on winning a bet, like what made him think that he will definitely win his bet. People should be smart. Gambling is a game of luck, so until you see your winnings, don't make plans on how you want to spend them. His falling I'll make me wonder, if everyone who gambles do same(make plans ahead but don't win) then a lot of us might have been ill or even gave up the ghost(lol). Well we should all learn to gamble responsibly that's a fact.

Making a budget plan on how to spend a bet potential win amount is a very wrong approach because it has the power to affect our mood and mental health so badly due to how high we have raised our hope on the money that's not yet ours only because we believe that the games bets on will surely play. There's no sure betting game, just because every other games in a bet slip has played doesn't mean the last one left has a 100% chances of playing too. In my years of sports bet gambling I have found out that following up the results of our games as they play one after another especially for those matches that has different kick-off time with each match been played and the results favourable to your bet it raises more anxiety and hope which can be detrimental to our psychological health when the last game cuts or lost, that's why I avoid following up the results of my games I bet on. I just check the time the last game will end after which I now check through to know my fate about the bet if it plays fine and if it doesn't, still fine, with so doing it doesn't have a thing on me whatever the results played out.

This is typical human behavior and not mental issues....

People are greedy by nature.... they want to win big and when they do, they want this to continue... and it seldom happens. A lot of people get gambler regret, where you bet a small amount and you win something big, but you still regret not betting a higher amount... thinking that the win would have been so much bigger.  ::)

People should not take gambling too serious..... just have fun and see it as entertainment.  ;D

ofc reliable income through gambling is not sustainable. Be careful tryint to use bonuses to earn also.

The experience you have with your friend is even better than mine, I have a friend that well thought he is going to win in a sports bet and he already make some financial steps with the hope that he would pay back the money with the money he didn't won yet, I don't know about this until he got arrested, he was in debt because he lose the game and he was forced to sign an agreement to start paying back the money every month.

It's crazy how people made plan on money that's not even theirs yet, they have hope which isn't bad but they make plan on something that's not under their control yet, how cray is that? Gambling can ruin anyone if you let it, just by having this dream in your head, like making millions and living a flex life, once you failed you will probably lose your mind and if you have a weak mind you will start doing crazy things because it will be very hard to let go of the dream you have.

It's better to stay away from gambling if you can't get a hold of yourself when it comes to taking risks and financial concentration, I as a person don't dream with gambling, it just doesn't make sense to me, whatever you dream to make from. gambling is probably never going to happen, because 99% of gamblers don't even win most times, it's all luck.  

There's a good saying that goes, "Money on the exchange or in the casino isn't truly yours, no matter how much you've won. It only becomes yours when you cash out."
A lot of folks engage in gambling with the intention of making a profit rather than just for fun. The thrill of winning or losing adds an exciting element, keeping them engaged. Consider this: if there's no potential to win or lose money, and you're playing purely for fun, gambling loses some of its appeal.

The more events in a multibet, the greater the probability of losing this bet, everyone who likes to collect large odds knows this. Most often it happens that one or two events do not allow you to win, so I don’t like multibet games where there are more than two (very rarely more than three) events. Ideally, it would be to make single bets, this will always minimize possible losses. I understand that you want to get x2000 in one game, but you need to understand that most of these bets will be lost.

This is the problem when you win a big amount of money and you think that you have luck or you are good at gambling because eventually the house edge and bad luck will play their part and you will be caught by surprise, not understanding what gambling is and taking it seriously is dangerous, your experience is not isolated so many newbie gamblers experience this.

Gambling is dangerous for gambler's mental health if their approach is wrong, gambling should be for entertainment only not a way to make money, this has been discussed thousands of times but so many players ignore this fact because the mindset changes when you start winning and realization happens when you lose everything.

When i never have deep revelation concerning gambling then if i places a bet would began to think of my problems to solved with the money i have never win for just a game i placed, whenever this games cuts me out or off i will think all the days sometimes i do fell sick and i won't be able to take any food for that day or even to the next day before eating along the line i started getting lean at some point i wasn't able to control myself so decided to stop gambling for while after positioning and learning to build my emotion then may come back. That was how i started then till i overcome that spirit so, today even though placing bet i don't think about it because i know two thing possible ( win or lose).

Gambling is done to make quick profits in shorter period of time. This also means that it should be done in limit and the amount you gambling should be not for savings or emergency funds. I would suggest not to rely on gambling for making consistent money. You can do a part time job to make consistent money and then use some of it to gamble and try your luck. In this way your mental health can be improved.

with a bet amount of $1 to win $2500 does your friend bet on sports betting?

let me guess, is your friend betting for the first time? I mean, if your friend often bets, he certainly not fall ill for 3 days because he failed to win. because someone who has often bet on all types of bets will never feel as deep a disappointment as your friend and usually the disappointment will only appear for a few days and will disappear by itself without having to get sick.

I am a little curious about your friend and I am sure this is the first time he experienced this, even though cases like this have often happened, but no one has fallen ill just because of $1. maybe you need to give him advice and say that gambling is luck and if it fails, just think that the day is ready and gambling will not be that easy to give money to its customers.


TBH, I often experience this in sports betting with multi bets and the bet amount is usually $10-30, but when I fail to get it, it is very disappointing when I fail just because I lose one match, but I dont think about it deeply and I just consider it unlucky today.

That's what happens to people who put too much hope in gambling. When everything doesn't go the way he wants and makes him experience defeat, that's where he won't be able to see it. And your friend has experienced the consequences and was sick for 3 days.

He must realize that when he can win from gambling, he must immediately leave the casino with his winnings. He doesn't need to gamble anymore because he has managed to win a lot of money, especially if he only uses $1 and can win $2500.

That was a valuable lesson for him. Hopefully, he realizes his mistake and doesn't repeat it. Gambling is fine, but he must remember that he cannot always win easily and if he has won, it is better to immediately withdraw the winnings and leave from there.

When they have won big but the desire for more is even more peaked. ;D

Human nature is always greedy,,, they want to win even more even though it is more than enough, the name is also gambling, the heat and emotionality increase so of course he will play multiply but after losing obviously it will be a regret.

Ahh there are still many people who take gambling seriously,,, when they lose they reflect that wise people should know that gambling is for fun.

Getting obsessed with gambling is a serious mental disease. Gambling itself is not a bad thing as long as you can control yourself but the moment you find yourself dreaming about big wealth, it gets dangerous. Gambling is just a way of passing time, nothing else. In the long run you are expected to lose money because the games are designed that way. If it was possible to win in the long run (like a job) then the casinos wouldn’t make any profits and just like any other business that can’t generate profits, they would go bankrupt. If you want to generate a reliable cash flow, you should invest in income producing assets or just get a job.

Gambling with no expectation of winning the bet is the best way to approach every bet you make so that you will not be disappointed when you lose, about your friend he fell too deep due to his winning streak that is why he isn't satisfied even after he made 250x in those three days, hope this is the first time that he caught up in that situation cause clearly its a sign of addiction and for someone with such characteristics need to have restrictions for themselves to gamble safe in future.

Your friend is mentally weak and he shouldn't be gambling. No matter what the outcome might be, if you are using as low as $1, you shouldn't really care even if you lose the last match or one in the middle, you already know that you might win but you can also lose, so it shouldn't affect you that much no matter how close you got. I know it feels bad seeing you lose something you got so close to but if you can't take that gracefully, you shouldn't get to it in the first place.

A person should know their nature and how much control they have over themselves and their emotions, and they should do everything based on that. Your friend got sick for three days because he didn't win the money he was expecting to win with just $1, I wonder what would have happened if he had lost $2,500 from his pocket.

A dollar to 2500dollars is firstly a skeptical news to digest. But the second part is completely palatable.

Such losses are not new in the gambling industry and players are known to have made the mistake of either going greedy or chasing a loss, both of which are fatal mistakes. The trick to avoid this from happening is stopping as soon as the winning bet is cleared and cashing out from the casino to never come back. But this is practically not possible for any gambler in the heat of the situation.

Tell your friend that this should be a learning experience for them and not to repeat it.

You can’t rely on potential gambling winnings as income. It just doesn’t work for the vast majority of people. Gambling should be a hobby, you should see it as fun. The moment it stops being fun is the moment you need to stop and assess what you’re doing.

Never gamble with more money than you can afford to lose. It’s just worth the misery that losing brings.

How many times we need to repeat gambling is for fun and not for making money? I feel like everyday there's always someone create a new thread talk about a gambler don't have a self control and treat gambling is for making money.

People need to get a job and working hard to achieve their dreams instead of gambling when your financial aren't stable.

It's not really gambling per se, it's more like that roller coaster ride of emotions. How old is your friend? It should be more apparent the older you are, it's not an exaggeration when you see shows of people having heart attacks or something similar when they're agitated or not. I reckon it happened to your friend since it was a pretty long-ish session, considering he started from $1 to $2.5k. Though I guess it also depends on your constitution.

Doesn't negate the fact that you should expect wins all the time though. The act itself was okay imo, I mean I'd be down to play more if I got lucky to make a $1 to 2.5k, and even if I lost, I would've technically lost nothing.

I am confused here, sorry to say that. Do you mean that you friend was spending his wins in advance when he hasn't won yet. Damn it, some gamblers are full of shit, for having a 100% believe that their bet must be a win.

Some gamblers are going extra miles on this gambling of a thing, for they think that winning is consistent, or don't they doubt their games, or there is nothing like losing in their dictionary. When I am gambling, I do have the anxiety of winning but along the line when I remember that there is no guarantee that I will win. Whatever outcome that the game turns to be, I will accept my fate.

If along the line, I win the game, I will happy that I was lucky because if I think that it was by my own strategy that I won the game, this might make me keep on playing because I will feel that I have understood my game, which is not true.

Have been in this world many times and I can feel his anger. This happened a lot when your desire exceed your finance and then yiu begin to hope on gambling and it is when your hopes are high the bet do cut, most of the time is even the last game that do cut these tickets. Just imagine having a 10 games where you stake $1 and 9/10 had played and all won left with 1 remaining, either you voluntarily put mind or not, the mind will be there but putting all hopes on it is not good, there is no way you wouldn't full the impact if it eventually failed. That's how dangerous it is to hope on betting for living.


Sometimes, isn't there fault, some situations will make you have hopes and them all of sudden, it collapse and then you have to start again. Not good to depend on money from gambling but having your games coming upto 97% chance of almost winning and then everything went down zero is traumatizing particularly when big money is involved.

There are even sometime you lost gambling descipline in this similar situations, you just don't know how to help it but over react. However, staying long and angry about it is not good. Laugh it off and try again.

He already gained a lot of money, if I were him I'd stop at that point or maybe more early than it and just enjoy all my winnings.
What he did is the definition of greed and when the last bet lost, it hit him hard with regrets that it made him sick. This kind of loss should just pass by and let it be an addition to the learning experience. He still did great at increasing his profits at that point and maybe you should remind him of that as a friend.
What he lacks is the discipline on when to stop and I don't blame him because many gamblers do have this kind of problem. But again, he already has the experience from what recently happened to him and it will be a reminder every time he is already making profits. The stopping point is what he needs, a plan on where to say that its enough and should take a rest.

You get used to good things very quickly. If your friend won, he may have decided that life is so easy and that his calling and way of earning money is gambling. I have also met similar people who get depressed after losing. But I always have a question: why did all these people decide that they should always be in the black? What's wrong with them? Arrogance, vanity? I think this is the most common form of stupidity and laziness. Lady Fortune sometimes turns her face towards us, but how we behave serves as a further lesson in life. Sometimes the first success brings subsequent tears.

If there is a gambler who is totally dependent on winning gambling, perhaps this gambler thinks that gambling is his last resource to find a solution to his problem. and if he didn't win or didn't get what he expected, he would be very stressed, for sure.

This kind of expectation of a gambler when playing gambling is not a good move because it will only cause problems when we do this in the reality of life.

That's why it's not important to aim to win at gambling, because to achieve that there will definitely be defeats which will damage your feelings and mentality, so gamble wisely, just enjoy the game as you should, use a healthy mindset to be able to limit yourself so you don't become addicted, because If so, it will damage your friend's mental health. So don't rely on winning gambling.

Just think of gambling winnings as a bonus, don't use it as a reference and target to achieve something, the point is to play gambling to enjoy it, don't rely on winning at gambling, because if you want to have money, you should work or trade, because gambling doesn't always make you money, instead it just drains your friends' money. You, make sure your friends can limit their budget when gambling. that's the most important thing  ;)

That is the result of greed and your friend is greedy because he wants more wins. If he had stopped in time, he would not have lost all his money and now he could still enjoy his winnings. But it has happened and your friend should realize his mistake and not repeat it again.

If that happens to you, you should be able to stop and leave the casino. That is the best advice you can do so that you don't lose your winnings and can enjoy it with your friends or family. Greed will only give you defeat, especially when you are gambling, so you have to really understand it.

In this case there is really no way to feel something different, because to turn 1$ into 2500$ and lose everything right after, without enjoying the money is a real golden opportunity dropped on the garbage. That is the price he has to pay for his own greed, as every actions have consequences. I hope he is able to pass through this process and get better, but I'm aware it's a tough one.

When you get in touch with him, tell him that he will be able to earn much more than 2500$ by working and developing his career in another ways which don't involve gambling. Tell him the most precious good we have in life is health, not money, and if you have health you can persue the money you need to thrive. Recharge his hopes and expectations about the future, without forgeting past experiences which proportionated him learnship and self-awareness.

As we know in any case, if you instill a sense of greed, it will usually lead to things you don't want, such as downturns, especially in gambling, it is very dangerous if you bring greed to gambling because it is clear that winning or losing greed will always bring problems for you, especially in finances and also mentally will definitely be disturbed there too. For gambling itself, greed is usually for those who have experienced addiction, are never satisfied with what they get, as you said above and always want more. Basically it is very difficult friends if the person is already addicted, it is difficult to resist that greed even though well indeed avoiding is a better way, but their curiosity always encourages them to continue their gambling.

I think only a few can apply full control and responsibility in their gambling. Agree, if you have won then it is better to immediately make a withdrawal, greed comes out of your curiosity and of course for the final result will not always be in accordance with what you want, it is even very likely that you will lose the victory again. So the point is even though your winnings are a little no problem, it's better than you lose.

Over dependence on something or someone without knowing how to deal with disappointment can be very bad. Disappointment is what as you mature you need to know how to handle it because it usually comes and can mess with the mental health of a person. The person in the story depended too much on the money and maybe the loss got to him more because maybe that was all he had left, or had already made serious plans for money that has not come. Gambling is not a way to make money, so gamblers should learn to handle losses when they experience it.

I have always advised against playing bets like this. nmd it is a real rule that I have adopted since a while with decent results.

Of course there is... a mathematical explanation, no more and no less.

I would suggest your friend use tools to optimize profits.
https://www.sidelines.io/odds-calculator (there are several free available on line).
Another solution is offered by gambling exchanges... if you haven't this option in your country just bet "against" a certain event" that allow you to win (much less of planned but it's still a win).

When I am talking about gamblers who are gambling for the sake of interest (profits and winning), the person that you mentioned is one of them. Some might gamble just for fun, but other gamblers can't or will not gamble for fun. Even if a gambler is gambling for fun, there will be a limited time for the fun and when the losing starts, that's when the person has gone low on funds.

However, it is not good to depend on a bet because it can make someone get health issues (mentally ill) when thinking of money that one has lost or thinking about the money that you might have won from gambling, but something happened that made the bet to lose. The gambler starts thinking about it, so putting hope on gambling is not a good endeavor. I have experienced such things (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5460763.msg62590335#msg62590335), but in my case, I didn't regret any action or think about my loss because it was gambling.

When you gamble, it's either a win or a lose. Reasons nwe get vexed or angry is because we're simply over expectant. Though, I've been in such conditions twice I know what it feels like and it sucks.
But why worry for too long on things you cannot control no more? If he had the opportunity to cash out and he didn't then that would have made everything worst.

I learnt it the hard way, I won't let greed stop me from taking profits no way.
Having too much hopes on gambling and winning big is bullshit, that big win you want might still not come your way. Gambling is best wom when you play it with fun.

Being that too optimistic or really that hopeful that you could really be able to win up that big or simply having that fixed mindset that you would be able to reach out that condition or state and on the time that reality fucks up on the thing that you do have in mind then this is where extreme anger would kick in and you would really be ending up on doing actions which arent supposed to be done. Tolerance of risks and handling out various conditions on which it is really correlated with emotion then not all would really be that good on handling this one out and this is why we do be able to see that there are ones who could be able to handle themselves and there are ones ending up on miserable.

Gambling should really be for fun and not for stressing yourself and this is why it would really be that ideal that you should really be that sticking into its basic principle which is that it is really for fun
and making some income or profits is never been the main essence of gambling in the first place. On the time that you would really be molding up yourself on having those kind of intentions
then most likely you would really be ending up on getting frustrated basing up on the things that you would really be able to experience inevitably and this is something that will really make
you that realize on how it should really be treated up.

Gambling is an activity that always controls one's emotions and generally causes one to lose all his/her money including winnings. Generally, someone who earns money from gambling continues to gamble by relying on his/her luck and loses their principal including winnings in gambling. This is due to the person's inability to control their emotions and greed which subsequently causes them to feel psychologically bad and become ill. For this reason, in case of winning money in gambling the person must be able to control their emotions and not continue gambling by relying on their luck in order to avoid consequences that will negatively affect them.

Moreover, in such a situation both the person's health and psychology will be badly affected. For this reason, it is very important for the person to learn to control themselves and their emotions, and not to continue gambling greedily in order not to feel worse after this event and not to continue to feel bad constantly due to this situation.

When I read this thread and saw the amount the guy bet, I honestly confess that I don't understand why he would be depressed, given that the guy only placed $1 on the bet and if he made a multibet bet with many games then he should already know that the risk was very high of getting a bet right and in these cases of multibet bets when a person succeeds, for example in a multibet bet of 10 games with odds of 25.00 and that person manages to get 9 games right, then what is recommended is that this person cancels the bet and keeps the money you won from the 9 bets. but what has happened is that people get greedy and don't want to cancel bets even though they know they put in little money

For example, I have a relative who placed $1 on a bet with odds of 120.00 and he wouldn't accept canceling when he got it right and to make matters worse, he managed to get more than 80% of the games right and when there were only 3 or 2 games left while he he was already winning a lot, I told him to cancel his bet, but he refused to do that because he said they were games that he would win easily, I told him that even those 3 remaining games that had low odds, something like 1.15, he still had a chance of losing , but he insisted that he wouldn't lose a bet so he wouldn't cancel anything

but after he saw the result of the bet, he saw that he lost everything, the guy became depressed, his sad face was visible, then he asked me for money to bet more and the same thing happened again, so I stopped giving him money. I gave him advice and told him that I don't do sports betting anymore, because that was the only way to get him to stop doing sports betting, because his greedy behavior wasn't taking him in the right direction and I already felt guilty.

What always causes people to suffer from illness is their own thoughts, they lose track of time and don't realize when to stop gambling even though they have won before. if you like playing slots then you really depend on luck, rest yourself when you are tired because a fresh mind and body can provide greater winning potential than a tired mind and body.

But some cannot get that feeling if they are losing since they do risky decisions while they are playing that's why aside for thinking that way maybe they should know for theirselves to have limits or other precautionary things so that they will not came to the point that they get stress for unwanted scenario that they may encounter. We know how stressful it is when we talk about starting to lose so to skip those feelings maybe we should know some certain limits regarding on losing and we count how many times we lose so that we can think about quitting since its not good to continue if we cannot feel to win since playing on bad day can totally lose our focus and that messed up everything if we continue all of our activity without thinking about the right thing to do. Its not bad to rely on win if you have experience on how to deal with certain things and doesn't have any hardcore or risk taker attitude.

Gambling if it is not curtailed will mess up the mental health of The Gambler. It is not a side hustle it is a very risky investment that a lot of people carry out with levity and expect a different outcome each time. I am going about the mental health aspect if you are not strong full company quit it immediately for the sake of your mental health and for all those in your family.

It’s not only sustainable it’s also highly unadvisable because we will be filled with disappointment like the Op, one thing is that we should always have a source and means of earning and gambling can just be use as mean of trying luck if we can win extra money which can help us grow.

Bonus I see that as one of the annoying way of scamming gamblers we get deceived by the amount that’s giving to us as bonus but the wager that is required to clear off that bonus is one thing that looks like we are just working for the casino, bonuses unless for those who are always lucky enough to clear up the requirement if not I see it as a means of reducing winning chances.

You're talking about parlay bets, right? Those can really get your emotions running, especially when the early games are going your way and then you stumble in the remaining ones. I'm curious, how many selections did your friend have to include to get odds of 2500? That's pretty darn high, to be honest. You'd need a whole heap of luck to come out on top in that scenario. The most heart-wrenching thing is when you've got a 10-legged parlay, and you're winning the first 9, but then you lose the last one. Man, that's a tough pill to swallow, and it's not something you easily forget.

Greed will not do us any good, especially if it is gambling, and they will not get anything and will even lose all their money. But many gamblers don't pay attention to this and instead try to chase bigger wins. This will not be achieved easily because they have to face losses that could become bigger. That will only cause even bigger problems because they can experience a gambling addiction, which will be difficult to cure if there is no desire from within them.

Indeed, only a few can apply full self-control and responsibility in gambling. They want to get an even bigger win even though it is greed they are unaware of. And if they still can't realize it, they will get deeper into gambling, and their gambling addiction will get bigger. At that time, they will not think about stopping gambling but will gamble more often.

Yes, that's right, especially if you can't limit it, it will usually become an addiction which is usually difficult to cure because it is important for our own mental health, why should we be obsessed with winning in gambling because it will only be a waste of winning in gambling, it's not easy to win or beat? Moreover, bookies restrain themselves from greed which sometimes often makes us lose a lot.

never rely on gambling as a source of income, let alone expect big wins, just enjoy the game because gambling should just be for entertainment, not something that has to make big money and can make ourselves rich in an instant, don't look at those streamers or influencers who gamble because they have Collaborating with casinos, just look at ourselves. Victory in gambling lies in the way we control ourselves in gambling and the way we think about gambling.

Yes that's correct. Parlay is very mentally testing, especially if the case is like the one you gave, winning 9 out of 10 is very painful. I'm not a fan of parlays because the chances of winning are very few and too difficult even though they promise fantastic wins

Gambling always plays on the mental and emotional side, because when we lose our minds, we will experience many losses. If it's like that, it's better to stop for a moment and leave the house to get fresh air. This will improve our mental health so that we stay fit

People who do this are people who badly need money and are looking to make money from gambling, hoping to win is something you don't or never apply in gambling, it is a game of chance you never know when winning is going to come or it will never come at all, people who still believe that there is money to be made in gambling are deceived they are motivated by people who show off their winnings and try to duplicate it in their session because they believe that if other can do this why not them they think they are better than the others or they are the next luck winners.

We should free ourselves from the thought that we could be the next lucky winner in gambling, if it's going to happen it will happen, and sometimes, or most of the time it happens when we least expect it.

Gambling cannot be a means of making money. I personally think the probability of making money from gambling is 30%. And the probability of losing money is 70%. If we bet on a game, and I bet that the stronger team will win, considering the odds, I can't be safe. I am likely to lose money. And I myself have lost money in many football matches. And so if anyone considers gambling as a means of making money, he is living in a fool's kingdom.

Gambling should only be considered a game. It cannot be relied upon. You can do this for peace of mind. But if someone wants to make money from gambling then I say he should stay away from gambling. Because I have seen many people who win the first few bets. They win small bets. And yet they have become more greedy. And when they bet a large amount of money, they lost all of theri money. So, stay away from gambling if anyone thought that this is a source of income.

No matter how seriously one needs money, relying on gamble wins to get financial aid is one of the dumbest things for anyone to do and one of the easiest ways to attract mental disorder. When you place ur hope on winning gambles, it's very likely that you might not end up winning and it'll go a long way to ruin such persons mental health since he was hoping to solve his financial problems from the proceeds of his gambles.
Some people believe that they're sure games that whenever you gamble on them, there's a guarantee that you'll end up winning such gamble and that is a belief that's rendered many useless. There's no such thing like sure games and that's why whenever one gambles he should always have it at the back of his mind that he's likely to lose his money instead of relying on wins

Become reliant on anything can be argued as a bad thing. I know a guy who is over 30+ years old and still lives and relies on his mother. Is that a healthy thing? No. Neither is relying on gambling is just as bad. Perhaps even worse. People need to learn how to discipline themselves, because the main problem is that these dysfunctional adults do not actually care about setting up frameworks of making themselves into better people. Therefore they have no rules set in place.

emotionally immature or irresponsible people should not gamble in the first place.

Bonuses in some cases make you unable to withdraw the little wins you are able to have gathered at times, because the wager on it will sometimes require you to win almost twice the amount and in most case the chances are very very slim so you may end up still loosing everything to the casino, it's more likely a bait to attract more gambler to their platform so they can make more profits.

Winning doesn't really affect the mental health what really does affect the mental health I think is losses, when there is a continues series of losses, the person experiencing such tends to loose their minds aswell and in some cases try to want to get back at the casino by staking bigger in oder to win big and probably recover all they have lost o far and most times they end up in even more losses than they would if they were not playing with such mindset, it's always advised you play for fun and play responsibly that way you keep yourself at lesser risk .

Cashing out and taking profits is not a bad idea at all it’s helps recover your staked amount and probably a little profit from the game but these casinos are so good that they will still weigh the game and the possible outcome and will never never let you cashout a reasonable amount. There was a time in my early gambling days when i was never lucky and experienced a long losing streak, i played a parley bet just as the friend of OP did and after multiple selections my game was moving just as planned so all games entered so i was left with just one game to go so i got scare and didn’t want to experience another loss so I decided to cashout and take profits just as you said but little did i know that it would have been the end of my losing streak. I cashed out 7k in my local currency where I would have won 35k, the game later ended as I predicted i was so angry with myself and since then I vowed never to cashout no matter what since I already have in mind that any money I gamble with is money i can afford to lose.

What’s fascinating is how he can can be sure to the point on relying already to the potential profit to a bet which has 1:2500 odds of winning. It’s small chance of winning which you can safely considered your bet to lose after it was place due to the difficulty of that bet to win.

It’s not wrong to think about the possibility of winning but not to the point of being sick after the bet lose considering how low the winning rate is. I will understand if he place a million dollar bet to a 1.01 odds to win since this kind of bet has low chance of losing and it’s really upsetting once you still lose with that kind of odds.

One several occasions I have been trying able to grab a substantial amount in cash out from my current casinos stake and this have to be properly calculated and if you must profits from this cash-out feature then you have to be very calculative enough to be able to make something significant more so it helps not to lose the entirstsked amount in a situation where the current game result is already negative against you as the gambler.

More again one needs to be very active in both the casinos and watching the live matches because that is the way you can easily walk your way around it to be able to arrive at a good position either taking profits or cutting losses.

Most of the time,  be for I use any sport bookie,  I first of all check to see if their have cash out the feature before I register,  I try as much as possible to avoid casino that doesn't allow cash out in their sports bet session.

I understand his situation and the most painful part of his experience is that he was close to winning big.  How will one put his trust in what he is not sure of? It like counting the chicks when the eggs have not been hatched. Gambling is a game of luck and gamblers should understand that it will not always go the way they expected. This the main reason why relying on gambling to meet a personal need is a big blunder.

Your friend has to forget about the past and move on. It is nice that he just feel sick for few days and recovered. There are cases where gamblers fall into deep depression and abnormal mental state. If these these health issues are to well handled it could lead to even severe medical situation and even suicide. When you are making you plan never include gambling as a source of revenue. If you are lucky to win, use the win and meet some need in your budget.

Yes, that's right, this is an important point in gambling, namely setting limits so that it doesn't have an impact on our mental condition and financial condition.
If gambling causes your financial condition to worsen, of course it will have an impact on your mental condition.
If it cannot be handled well, we will experience continuous stress. don't let that happen to us, we must be able to be disciplined and responsible gamblers and be able to create boundaries so that don't overdo it when gambling because gambling can affect our condition if we can't controls ourselves, and will cause addiction, this will be detrimental to the family and will be difficult to cure because this is a serious case for gambling addicts whose mental health has been affected.

I was also like your friend where I lost in a row and it made me sick because I thought too much about my defeat. We don't need to be too naive to say that a gambler must be able to control their emotions because that is a natural thing and the average gambler has experienced this. But as time passes and experience increases, I think a gambler can control their emotions and become more mature in their game.

That’s exactly the reason why a weak person should not be involved in gambling because if he can’t control and discipline himself, he will really fall into gambling addiction and eventually affect his mental health if he’s not eager to set limits for himself. While some addicts have still managed to gamble responsibly, but mostly of them have resorted into levity and do things inaccurately.

$1 to get $2500 in sports betting is very difficult to happen because he will need to choose a lot of matches or choose high odds whose chances of being correct are very difficult, so he should already understand this so that losing doesn't make him suffer just because he lost $1, because profits that have not yet become money that can be withdrawn are not profits so it's cannot be said to be losses
If a gambler has difficulty accepting defeat, he will gradually experience mental disorders which will also damage his physical health. It is better for you to advise your friends to be more mature in responding to the results in gambling because there is no guaranteed win in gambling.

You are right that using the cashouts feature will allow you to earn some money, but you must be very strategic and anticipate when the feature will work in your favour. No matter how analytical you are, you can only take gains that are significantly lower than your potential winning when using the cash out feature  to cut losses or take profits.

I can only speak for myself, but I don't think I'll use the cash out feature any longer because I don't think the profit is worthwhile, and if I lose the game, it wasn't my fault because I already consider the money I bet as money lost and no longer in my plans.

There is the cashout button in most well reputable casinos and not only in cryptocurrencies ones but also in the FIAT casinos,they let you use a cashout button in the middle of the games that are being played.Your friend should not let it run during all the games the ticket,if he won the early games he would have done the best to cashout whatever amount the casino where he placed the bet offered him.If such casino didn't offer this option then immediately stop playing there as it means they are not giving all available options to play for.

Letting the ticket run and hoping to have already won the ticket is the worst mistake a gambler can make.

That happens if we experience consecutive losses so that we will lose self-control and even our emotions will increase along with the loss. We normally feel angry and sad about loss, but we can prevent consecutive losses by immediately stopping after losing several times. That is also what makes us have to learn about self-control seriously to know when to stop gambling before experiencing consecutive losses. By always practicing self-control, we can prevent those losing streaks and can even control our emotions so that we can become more mature and will not try to recover from previous losses.

It is very good for us to understand ourselves and make sure we plan ourselves before going for anything we want to do. Emotions is one of the things that had made lots of people to keep falling to loses after they have made some good winnings. We need to manage our emotions so that we can do things that would help us well as a gambler of not taking further steps to trying too hard to win when we can easily and patiently book games and go on with the luck of winning. Those that emotions had dealt with will understand what they pass through just to stay confidence non emotional.

I have witnessed this kind of scenerio too where the gambler was sure that his last game on the bet would be successful but it later turned out to be wrong. I his own case he had already gathered his friends in drinking joint to celebrate the expected victory while they were still watching the game live in that same joint and viewing center. The funny thing is that the bar tender didn't bother to stop any of them from drinking in the gamblers name on credit since he instructed them. Behold as the game of football is not determined until the final whistle (FT) , the game atmosphere changed and there was a deafening silence at the joint because the gambling was losing the game and finally, it ended against the bet and that was how he lost about $7,000 plus the debts accumulated from the drinks at the bar.

So your friend in question is lucky no expenses is incurred on him yet.. In the game of football , it is not over until the last whistle .


At the last game, people usually build that kind of confidence and expectation for winning the bet especially if it is a longtime you have been losing. But the solution to this is to cash out to avoid the pressure and uncertainty of winning.

Gambling definitely has some unhealthy effect on the mental health of anyone especially when it has turned addiction, it can cause ruin when not controlled and this is most common with people who have little to no self control or what we can consider a weak person, but the enticement to make money sometimes is the reason some of these persons could possibly not resist getting involved.

It's important people know how well their mental health can tolerate certain things before getting involved so as not to suffer issues resulting from such involvement in the nearest future, they should also understand that what they are about venturing into isn't a guaranteed money source so if for any reason it turns against them they should be ready to accept the outcome, that way they get to have less effect on their mental health as they were already prepared for any possible outcome.

People need to understand that gambling is a two-way activity- results can go either way.

Sure, a person may experience a winning streak that may result to him winning significant amounts of cash. But that does not mean that his subsequent games will continue the fire- in fact, the more the person gambles, the more chances that they lose at the end due to the presence of "house-edge" or the edge that gambling platforms have for their profit.

If a person truly wants to capitalize on their winnings, then better to treat gambling as a form of entertainment rather than a source of money.

Every person needs to understand or at least needs to find his purpose or goal of doing gambling. To finding the motive of gambling in your life is too much important. If anyone is in the gambling to meet his daily day to day expenses then he is totally on a wrong track.

For sure he will not be able to win daily or consistently in gambling and when he knows that he has to get money from gambling in order to run his house , this will add  a lot of mental pressure and can cause serious health issues for him.

Sick for 3 days? Is it a kind of mental issue or normal sick like headache and how do you know that he was sick for 3 days because of his losing bet? Did he tell you?
I have no idea why someone can be sick for 3 days because of losing bet while what he lost is just a dollar, although he hope to win it which is quite normal but didn't he realize about his winning chance?


All gamblers wishing to win anytime they spend money on gambling games, and the hope to win and take away the money will always be in their mind which is something normal.
What we need to have in our mindset is that there is no guarantee win, there are always 2 possible results (win and lose) and we should always ready for both.

Oh that is the danger of parlay betting, it's very complex kind of betting system, and believed me, you will not feel good after a close win. Imagine the odds of betting $1 to hit $2500? You really need to be perfect and I will assume that your friend could have a minimum 5 - 10 bets to win successively in order to get that $2500. So the chances are very slim but sports bookies are not going to tell you that. So it has a big effect on his mental health perhaps he is already thinking of that win already on his mind.


As I have said, very slim chance to win, of course, there can be gamblers that can magically hit it, but it's not going to happen everyday. And unfortunately, your friend has to experienced it the bad way. So it might be recommended that your friend should stick with just one single bet and maybe that will be his best strategy and not target X amount of returns in a parlay.

Your friend is like a textbook loser. He's that guy who doesn't understand the game. Does he start spending the money right after buying a lottery ticket and planning his holidays and purchases?

I know people like that. They don't understand a simple outcome. They want to ask a girl out and they already expect her to say yes and think of how they'll go to this or that place and then she says no and he's shocked like it's an impossible outcome. Dude, you had 50% chance, maybe even less! If you saw him you'd say less for sure :D

I'm a pessimist so it's easy for me. Every time I go somewhere, plan for something, I always plan for the negative outcome. That's why when I applied to the university, I actually applied to 3 places with different level of requirements because I expected the worst case scenario, that first and second choices won't accept me. Same thing with gambling, when I bet money I expect to lose, but if I win I'll get even more happy because it's an unexpected win ;)

Gambling addiction is a progressive addiction that is classified as an impulse control disorder when vulnerable individuals become depressed. Addiction to any form of online gambling can have a serious impact on a person's physical and mental health and well being financial status and overall quality of life. Those with gambling disorders are also more likely to have mental health problems including depression anxiety and personality disorders and are more likely to use alcohol and other drugs.

And that's the truth, it seldom happens. I do believe I have the right amount of bets to say that gambling sites won't give us an amount that will shock us unless we are really lucky to receive it. I've also tried different strategies after winning a big one and it still doesn't work, they will take it back no matter what happens.
They have a record that we don't see and it's all in favor of them by a huge percentage. RTP could sometimes not give back after x1000 or more bets, there are times it will wreck you first before you could even see your funds going back unless we have deep pockets or wallets.
Gamblers will always look for more especially after a win. The main reason on why they (I) do that is because they have the funds to sacrifice but once it is gone, all regrets will come and we cannot do about it but just reminisce all the profit that could've been withdrawn if only we didn't get greedy.

It's difficult but this is how you face life. You can put all your hopes also on your everyday investment and just when you think it's clicked in you get a rude awakening, it's all about building a strong mentality. Nothing is assured until it's come, and that's how Gambling and general life it. You friend may not be good in gambling but also in his general life if he keeps up with a weak mentality then he may not survive. Let him also learn to prioritise seeing gambling as a probability and not assurance.

I always say that if something makes you feel bad, or makes you sick, you should stop doing it at once. I'm not against gambling or any unhealthy habits like drinking, but you have to cope with it well to do it.
If you can gamble and still work, do your chores, earn money, be happy, live a normal life, do it! If after every loss you cry in the corner, vomit, have to drink yourself to bed, stop it.

It's sad to read stories about people who are destroying themselves. It's not gambling or any other habit that destroys them and saying that is trying to put the blame on inanimate object.
Help your friend if he's willing to accept this help, talk to him, maybe he'll eventually learn to either fight it, or dealing with it emotionally.

People will continue to liquidate their bank accounts for the purpose of gambling, witnessing that incidents countless times and I've tried to portray advises to those that I've encountered, most of these gamblers are ignorant and wouldn't take advice till they have been hit heavily with hugh loss. Gambling is not in my first, second and third option when it comes to sorting out myself to pay bills, I've learnt a great deal about the system and I've also made mistakes on my path. Gambling is properly not good for the health, especially for those that vulnerable to the slightest unplanned events.

What your friend feels is normal reaction in the face of failure and disappointment. It is all part of our makeup as human beings when we face disappointment we are angry we lose appetite we depressed and it is fine.

I rather would tell them that it is okay to put their hope into winning and know that there is a 95% margin of losing. It gets their mind prepared for the disappointment. Even their mental health cannot be affected once this is the mindset of the gambler.

Even though gambling winning is very sweet, it is very risky relying solely on it. It is always better to make gambling a means of passive income and not a full time job. Gambling requires funding and when there is no stable income, there will be a huge impact on the psychology especially when there is serious loss that is always possible in gambling.

Three days is quite a lot to cry over his loss. He must have made some plans ahead of the winning. I am forced to ask, is gambling your friend's only source of income? If yes, then he's got lots of issues. At least we will have a  tangible reason why he is so emotionally attached to the betting.

Gambling is not for the weak, it is a game of luck. This is why we must put our emotions aside while Gambling.  Having high expectations could lead to serious challenges when those expectations are not met. I have seen someone who used all he had to gamble with full confidence that he was going to win. He was so sure of winning because he had had a good record of winning in the past. When he lost the bet, he became depressed.  Till date, he is still trying to recover.

If Gambling is affecting your mental health,  then you have to pause and pay attention to your health first. Before going into gambling,  be sure you are ready for whatever result it brings.  If not sure, quit!

It is absolutely detrimental to anyone's mental health to want rely on gambling wins to make a good living because it is very likely that the said person is might end up not winning significantly and that in return will definitely affect the person psychologically.
Gambling is best played when one is doing it for fun and not for the financial rewards that comes from it because when playing gambling for the financial returns, the person is very likely to become a gambling addict since he has made gambling his major source of income

The gambling win was the sweeter part for many gamblers life,but the gambling addiction alone give trouble to the gambler life.So the gambler should take responsibility to play the gambling without being get addicted to the gambling.Some times the gambler will use the gambling as their passive income form their savings money.But the important factor for the gambler to only use of the certain percentage of their income every month.Don’t increase the money to the gambling deposit,this common factor after the big win in the gambling by most of the gambler.So increase the winnings from the gambling site.

@OP This is the reason why many elders advise us to not count the chicken before the eggs hatch.  Your friend had already all sort of plans when he failed to conclude his session.  He should have stop his gambling session first and withdrawn the money before planning where to use it.

This is also a lesson that when the winnings is in hand, quit, and withdraw to secure the winnings.  As long as we gamble, we might end up lossing all the winnings and our initial bankroll.  This happened to me and I learned my lesson well.

Even taking gambling as a way of income or a side hustle is not even idea, making gambling to be as income, people will always expect money coming in from every game they play. I think it is better not to have any expectations of making money through gambling, playing gambling should be a game for fun, and never to take any game too serious and it the result must be successful.  Gambling is about winning and losing and whatever the result it should be accepted.   People make big mistakes by allowing gambling to be source of leaving and it gives lots of pressure when the result turns out to be unlucky.

Winning on gambling will give you too much expectation that will increase your hope to win again, knowing the fact that gambling is a 50/50 situation which is win and lose. So after winning that huge amount, some would consider it already as money sources or income. Just like from OP's friend, for sure he'd put too much expectation so when he lost, he got sick cause he got drained with the situation. Just consider gambling as a source of fun where you can find thrilling and excitement with money involved, but never take it as a job unless if you are professional where you can get sponsors, in short that's literally their job is to gamble. Which is very different for an average person when they gamble, it is their own money they are risking and wasting.

First of all everyone should understand gambling is all about the choice. We don't know the outcome, and based on this we should not rely on gambling for our earnings. We can be lucky and unlucky, and at any instance we shouldn't spend big hoping for big. Gambling affects our life, and we should be limited. The problem that had happened with OP's friend is that he had big hope on gambling. This is completely wrong perception about gambling.

Everyone wants to be lucky and we shouldn't be driven by someone's choice or just someone next to us got lucky. Gambling is fun, when you know well about the after effects and know your limits. Not gambling, anything beyond limits gonna make us feel bad at some point.

So many topics like this each and every day it feels like, I wonder if there’s this many people actually this unaware of the potential harmful side effects of gambling, but I guess with all these stories, all the gambling help websites and hotlines I’m always hearing being promoted, I guess it’s a more seriously widespread issue than I realized.

Well, as casino players we know very well that we should not let things depend on a casino, that is, we cannot live from games of chance, because simply put, if that is why we would die, it is not a way to have a job, I'm not saying anything about those who say they live off work, because maybe that's the case, but living, or trying to depend on the profits of a casino, that's like a double-edged sword, and basically a casino is made to make us lose, because it is a business where they also earn, so when we talk about how to do with the casinos, will they depend on the income? But I would say no, another thing is very different depending on the sports bets, because a lot already depends on the knowledge of the person, but it depends on the casino games, like roulette, among others, because the truth is I won't trust In that, because as I say, the swans have the advantage of the house, which means that it will always favor the owner of the casino, so a normal person, if he can win, but has to fight against that advantage, counts the complexity of the game as Such and that is something that already carries a lot of pressure, if you make bad bets or play very badly, then you can become despitlaized if you do not manage a good budget plan , or where you have money willing to lose, which I find quite responsible.

A casino cannot be a job, 'because we would be playing with our money but to basically lose everything, we cannot be better than a casino, a casino cannot allow itself to be won, they are set up to win and have their advantage that makes them win at all. Well, some players who win are because they have had very good luck in the games and Although it is quite difficult , Exceptions can sometimes be Made for a player to play and win big, as well as in the tricks that are for people who know and understand them, who Sometimes you get lucky, they win, but they also lose, it is not good to think that money is a good income to live on.

Those with limited means should stay away from gambling. It is not an earning source but fun activity. The thrill to win is what drives most to give it a try. If you are a professional gambler, then this is not applicable to you . In that case, you have to keep improving your skills to earn more.

They should not approach gambling because it will only get them into trouble. But unfortunately, people see that many people who start gambling can win. That makes them try gambling even though they already know there is a risk of losing.

And if they manage to win from gambling, it also doesn't guarantee they can stop immediately. Gambling can keep him playing, especially if he wins some money. Again, that makes people stay longer in the casino to play other gambling games.

And if they want to make money, they can try sports betting. However, they must learn to analyze the match by looking for information from various places. But it takes time before they can get good analytical skills.

This doesn't sound like a healthy situation for your friend, maybe you should talk to him and try to offer him some help. Going from 1 USD to 2.500 sounds like insane profit, winning such bets must have had very small chance to begin with. No idea how many bets you need to combine for such a profit, but it must be a lot. Why didn't your friend just cash out when there was only one game left? Combi bets are nice to increase your payouts, if you manage to pick the right matches. For me it never worked out with combi bets, I always ended up losing in the end similar to your friend. But I usually only combine 3-4 bets as I already struggle with them. Nonetheless we can't rely on making a profit with such small chances and if we feel sick after the bet then we did something wrong. Usually betting only 1 USD shouldn't invest us too much and we should try and keep some distance to our bets as emotions can lead to wrong decision making.

Relying on any game of chance or investment will run you to the ground.

No sane person will bet their mental state on a game of chance.

Imagine that you saw a man flipping a coin and he'd decide if he's going to be depressed or happy based on the outcome. You'd say he's insane, right?
How can you put your future on the line by betting too much when you know it destroys you?

I bet from time to time but it never gets me down. I know that I can lose and I'm ready to accept it.

The OP said that it wasn't about the money but it is because of too much hope. There is clearly a problem on that gambler and it wasn't the fault of gambling on why he got sick or what. His mental health needs to get checked because it can also occur on any other things and not just by playing gambling alone.

Achieving dreams is not always about money or having a job but it can be on any other things too or activity and that is why there are people who plays gambling. As an old gambler like us, we already know the hazards of gambling if we take it seriously but there are always new people who enter this world. And if you are annoyed with it, you should ignore the whole gambling discussion board.

Indeed. Winning in gambling is always very pleasant. But don't let the win to trigger us to gamble excessively. There are many people who end up with over gambling because they think to win more and more when they use bigger amount of money. Just gamble with reasonable budget/funds, don't try too obsessed of the wins. That's what I learned after gambling for years in any casinos.

Trying to make gambling to be a full time job, seems not make sense for me. What I know, there is no guarantee for the wins in gambling. It means we can't expect to always gain money from gambling. If we make it as full time job, how we fulfill our daily/weekly/monthly spending. We need a job that can guarantee for our income monthly. It is something we can't get in gambling.

When you are really not mentally ready, stay away from gambling. Because, this can really make you not only sick physically but also mentally, experiencing various forms of depression and prolonged stress, which of course will also have a bad impact on your overall health.
And maybe your friend is just one of the many people who also have the same problem when losing money in gambling. When reality really doesn't match expectations, even though we have very high hopes, are really gambling to get money, and imagine buying or doing something with that money, but in fact, it's all not real. And this is what often hurts many people when they lose in gambling.

This might just be fine when he gets support from many people around him and also he really realizes that he can get very valuable learning from this. However, if he cannot manage his emotions and mentality, it will be very difficult for him to be able to move on and return to normal. Indeed, in this case, support from those closest to you is really needed to strengthen your mentality and refresh your thinking.

Sometimes, I ask myself how hopeful the gambling industries has made it customers - to the extent of thinking of means to survive from gambling??..huh?
I don't ever think I'd allow anyone around me to do so as that would only make Thier state of survival worse. I think I'd only support gambling if you've got enough cash already - cus diving into gambling isn't freedom, when you're encraved in it's selfish urge, you're in total bondage.

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And indeed the thrill of victory is what everyone is always looking for and looking forward to, so even though sometimes the amount of their losses is greater than the victory but it's like nothing - nothing when they have managed to get a victory, I mean 10 defeats may be treated with just one victory even though the amount is still very far away and losses still dominate. True, we should not gamble because of the basis for victory or looking for victory because obviously the impact of defeat often makes them down, but in fact only a few have a healthy mindset in gambling, on average well as we know they come always with high expectations. Basically, their normal logic or mind is inferior to the opportunities that are there that make their hopes high when in fact it is just nonsense.

Of course how can you make gambling a full-time job while there only rely on luck to be able to make money, obviously it doesn't make sense, because yes as you said, there is absolutely no guarantee of victory no matter how much capital you bring, it's still if you are unlucky, you lose. So we have to be more realistic in seeing this gambling, you can gamble just for fun and to fill spare time when off work, it's better and also don't overdo it.

Why should this be dangerous to one's mental health, when we can also have an expectation on other things about life and they may not come through as expected and we never loose our senses at the cause, i will only go against the category of addicted and jobless kind of gamblers who have taken this a must to make win, those who take extra steps in making their personal ambition come to reality wether good or bad.

How long can one keep their thoughts off their money until the bet is successful? What if someone only selects that method to double their money? One thing is certain: many people depend on gambling for a living since they have no other options for employment. I'm sorry for your friend's loss; he may have made plans for how he will spend the money if he wins it. I can say that allowing ourselves to become addicted to gambling was the worst aspect of it because everyone who chose to gamble as a job always sees that as the only way for them to succeed in life since that is the only thing they are skilled at. so i can say that allowing ourselves getting addicted to gambling when we don't enough money to keep on gambling will affect our health.

That is all that has happened. You had already decided that you had won the Money. That is when you see that one out of your games have ruined your mood, and some people find it hard to stop gambling, because is not good to us.

It is still freedom because the person chooses to be in total bondaged.  Anyway, gambling really stimulate ones brains, depending on the result.  We got excited and happy when we are at winning streak and got frustration, stress, regret and depression when we are always at the losing end.

Since gambling result is random, our brains and emotions are greatly stimulated, I believe that relying on gambling for our source of fund is very dangerous not only in our mental health but also in our financial status.  Depression, frustration, stress, and regret can cause our mental health a lot of negative loads that can affect our sanity.  It is worsen by the negative impact in our financial capability since uncontrolled gambling often times results in a loss.

If we put our hope in gambling and our mindset is that this will be your source of income, oh, it's not right for you to have this mindset for yourself. Because the gambling you expect will surely disappoint you. And this is probably what happened to your friend, right?

It's not right to want too much; besides, there are many ways to make a profit, because gambling is only good if you just want to have fun for a while; it's not a place to spend your time to make money. There are many opportunities when it comes to profit; try to look around. Or use the skills you have.

Once you have no what you have targeted and your addiction will also make your addrenaline to push your curiousity to get back your capital or win the profit from playing it. Anything reached addiction level was not good for our health.
People can't only relying to win from gambling. People will still always try to reach their personal ambition by doing various things. It doesn't even matter whether it was involving huge risk for their mental health.
The main problem if people will always have big expectations to win the jackpot.

It is true that we should not have a mindset like that, because it will indirectly become a burden and damage our own mental health, even though we all know for sure that gambling cannot be expected because we expect big wins to be received, instead we lose continuously. . will occur.

I agree, gambling is not an opportunity to earn income, but by looking around us at activities or skills that we can do and will make us earn money there.

It is clearly dangerous because when someone expects or relies on victory excessively but what happens does not match expectations it can trigger person emotional level and worse it can affect person mental state for the worse.
Not all gamblers will experience something like this but many have experienced the stress of every failure with excessive expectations of big things.
But actually whether you are an unemployed gambler or gambling addict even professional gambler it is not recommended to always be ambitious in winning at gambling because the negative impact of all this can be very dangerous for everyone and you can of course understand this in more detail when you really learn how to approach it and respond to gambling well.

I’d prefer not to see gambling as a means where any type of income can be generated. It’s best if you place a bet leisurely and with an open mind, definitely not anxious and overly hoping for a win. That way, when you win, you would feel very happy and thrilled irrespective of the amount won.
Gambling does requires funding and when taken as a side gig with very high hopes for some extra income to be made, then you’ll sooner or later find yourself funneling a large chunk of your main income into gambling having renewed unrealistic hope that the big win is within reach until you get wrecked financially.

Makes ya think of the old saying, don't count your chickens before they hatch if ya ask me. If you are down to 1 leg left in a parlay, look for a way to hedge your bet so that you come out a winner no matter what. Yes you lose some money doing this as you either win 1 way or the other, but you guarantee yourself a payout.

I always suggest my gambler friends to treat money they gamble as a loss until gamble is closed. With this mindset, you will never feel bad at all cause you will only offer money that you can accept to lose. Some gamblers think that money they lose through gambling is stolen. Its very disruptive thinking for mental health. To be honest, we should have better education to teach people how gambling mechanism works so people won't behave unproductive and unhealthy.

Those of us who participate in gambling, even though we participate for entertainment, still expect to earn. There is no one who doesn't expect to earn from betting almost everyone expects to earn by winning there bets. But here every person should not expect to win that bet after participating in gambling because that bet can be lost at any moment. We all make these mistakes when we place a bet and are eager enough to win it and one time we feel bad when the bet loses. As a result, many people get sick of this bad feeling and many develop a different aversion to betting. Here we have to participate in betting with confidence and hundred percent certainty so that we don't lose the bet and we don't risk all this health.

your friend is a complete jerk , from 1 dollar to x2500 yet did not decide to take our the wins and go home?
why on earth that there is a person such this? what he wanted is to win a million or will never stop until the casino goes bankrupt ?
he is lucky to did not commit suicide from that incident because this can make a person total wreck.
he goes beyond His luck and challenge that luck if how much this can bring him.
sorry for the word but this is what he deserve to understand the nature of gambling.

Each lost bet will affect us, it is very difficult to reach a level where you don't have to worry about losing money. Even if we are talking about the minimum bet, we always play in order to win. And before we place a bet, we take the time to analyze the match, so we want to be rewarded for our work. We can, of course, try to treat the bet as obviously lost money, but why have such an attitude if we want to win? A positive attitude is also an important component of successful thinking, so it’s better not to think about losing money.  :)

That's what you should never do because it will definitely hurt your feelings. Just gamble, but don't get your hopes up. If you're lucky, you'll win, but if you're unlucky, you'll lose no matter what you bet.

That's just the logic of gambling; you don't need to use skills or whatever it is, as long as the important thing is that you enjoy the game even if you encounter a lot of losses, and that's normal, I think, here in the crypto gambling space.

Many people are like his friend. That happens in gambling, where many people have managed to win a lot of money with just a small betting capital but instead continue gambling. They hope to win another big win but it is difficult to happen.

It is greediness that is common among many people. He should be able to use his money well because he is one of the lucky people who can win a lot of money. But in reality, he continued gambling and ended up losing.

That is a real example we get from his friends so we really have to be able to prevent it. If we win a lot of money, we should immediately stop gambling and withdraw the money. Don't even think about doubling your winnings by continuing to gamble.

It becomes dangerous because this activity involves finances, people who hope to get good results in gambling use money, so that when they don't get what they expect they will return to gambling with other money and continue until they finally get it, which is possible when you calculate what what you get is not commensurate with what you have spent. When you run a business you also use money, but the results you get from the business are not based on luck or something that cannot be predicted, whereas gambling is an activity that is difficult to predict the results of, so gambling should be done in a normal way and use money that we can afford to lose, so that when we don't win, What is hoped is not to keep chasing it to get it because it can release the money well.

Yes, this is the truest thing about gambling, you don't need to expect too much from winning, the point is to enjoy the game without having to think about winning big, always remember that gambling is very dangerous and mentally damaging if you don't play it properly, for example, sometimes people always consider gambling as a source of income so they are obsessed and hope to win and rarely enjoy every game.

Mindset is the most important thing because that way you can control yourself and manage your emotions when gambling. It is dangerous if you gamble. If you cannot control and manage your emotions well, it will definitely harm yourself. Talking about the logic of gambling, the thing that not many people realize is that actually Gambling should be used as entertainment and should not be used as a source of income. This is clearly wrong. The point is that winning is a bonus and losing is for experience and fun.

Yes, that's what they should do in gambling. If not, they will only regret it and probably get frustrated because they never win. They must realize that gambling is not a place to make money but only a place to have fun. If they understand this, they will not gamble excessively and always limit their gambling. And instead of trying hard to win, they will just try to enjoy their time gambling. And if they have had enough, they will leave the casino without any burden even if they lose because losing in gambling is normal. We must be able to treat gambling as it should be and not use gambling to make money.

You can't blame or tell gamblers though, I mean yeah, they could be gambling for fun, but obviously, we all what to win some money. But the problem is that there are gamblers who think that is the way to make a living and bringing food in the table for their family. And if everything fails, then they will have to go on a mental health problems because they don't know where to get the money agian.


We can put it this way, just stop gambling for good and you will be fine and you will not suffer from any mental health problems. I will agree that from time to time I go on a gambling binge and it made me have some nights with depression although I can afford to lose that money. Perhaps its the mentality that I don't want to lose and when I do, 2 days of thinking what went wrong and so if affected me psychologically until I will overcome it.

In other words, it causes stress. Losing money in gambling will make you regret your actions and make you feel really exhausted not in the body, but in mind. Even without moving a muscle, any activity that will make you sweat, your body will not function properly if your mind is unstable. The exhaustion given by stress is really different, it will make you lose your appetite and make your body weak.

Everyone should always remember, that having a high expectation in gambling is not good. Relying solely on it will not make your life a better condition, it is possible if you win but the opposite has a higher chance to happen. Your life will only become miserable, and your health might be in danger.

You don't have to agree on this, gambling is in fact an opportunity to make income and it's not news that people are making money from it. But it's rather not the means to rely on income making, I hope you get the difference between the two now.

Like myself, I gamble and make money somewhat consistently with sportsbooks but I dare not rely on such as my sole means of making income. It's at the time I believed too much that a bet would win that the bet would lose, if one relied on that, such would get disappointed and get himself to blame. Gambling generally is a game of chance and no one can perfectly predict an outcome which is why it's bad to rely on it for a living or budgetary plans as it will affect one's mental state and even more than that.

If though it's true I am not going to feel missed out, he is just luck, maybe he should try doing the same the next day and let's see if he will get such a reward again, this type of luck happens once in a Blue Moon for gamblers, many don't even see such wins before, so this isn't a story to motive someone like me, I am means and cold to gambling altogether.

I do gamble still but the money use isn't going to ever hurt if I lose it to gamble, it's nice using small money to win some amount of money, even if it's not as much as who OP used in is topic, assuming this person keeps using $1 every day to gamble, that's $30 per month and of this person is earning over hundreds of dollars he will be fine with gambling on the long run.

Can you complain of losing money in gambling when all you lose in a day is $1? This is what I expect from smart people, and when you will maybe 15 dollars it's still a lot because all you use is a dollar, think about how much you are losing instead, and leave how much you can win because that thought can get you addicted or make you increase your amount you are willing to lose.

Gambling is indeed an income generator to some players. It actually varies depending on your goal the moment you enter. It can be a sideline for some while it can also be a sole entertainment to those who can afford to gamble without any returns. If you are in it for the fun, you'll less likely to chase the rewards and will be more of actively after for the thrill and the excitement it brings. Although some people make it their profit generator as alternative to doing specific jobs.

But for me, gambling shouldn't really be made as main income provider for a person or household. This is because it is very risky to put your money to an uncertain scenario. You can win or lose in gambling and it's probability will depend on different factors, so it won't always be a 50/50. Luck and skills will play a role and it depends on the circumstances and the odds whether you'll bring home the bacon or not.

Winning affecting our mental state, ofcourse no excepts we depend solely on it for survival. We're in the system and ought to apply precautionary measures that would aides in maximizing profits and minimize losses. Whatever we know shouldn't deviates from us because nowhere is safe out there. Jumping from one sector and game strategy to another would not help, we mainly focused on the strategy that works for us and keeps consistent practices till we become pro with that particular strategy, that's how to find a pro gambler with a great dealnl of experience.

Gambling should not be viewed as a source of income but rather as a source of entertainment and should be played occasionally and winnings will depend entirely on luck. Gambling is a game that hinges on profit or loss although most people who place bets never develop a gambling problem certain factors are often associated with compulsive gambling leading to addiction and mental health problems. People who gamble compulsively often lose a large portion of their winnings that's why it's best to start with a small amount and keep it under control.

You can only see gambling as a means of an income stream if you are the house, if not then just play, and if you win save some for what you need or buy a souvenir that you once won big from gambling.

I do agree that it will affect a person mentally when he expects his gambling like a passive income. He's not gonna be lucky every day.
Although it would be amusing to see this gambler think he is making a passive income from playing in a casino for a year and then he goes shopping and pays his bills from the money he earns. I just hope someone will relly be this successful.

There have also been popular gamblers and some of which still went broke. It is as you say, you are either the house or maybe you sell it as a product as a streamer, which isn't quite the most respected way to make money, but other than that relying on gambling alone often times backfires.

As for the mental pressure, I think everything that can be somewhat considered gambling is never healthy. Take as an example people who invest more money than they can afford to lose into crypto and the time horizon is against them. That's also putting a lot of pressure onto their minds. It's the same with anything that we hope to be making money from. There should be steady streams of income which are not subject to market whims or bad news, or even worse than that, bad luck.

Yea very risky. Most times, money realised from this wins are used to fund the next game and the gambler is left with nothing if he is not prudent in his spendings. He should also be concerned about addiction which is not a healthy habit. What becomes of him if he is faced with reoccurring losses? We know that there are lots of people who have made it big through gambling.  While trying to make it big like them , we should have a job to sustain us pending when the big win happens.

Facing up challenges and stress would really be that so common if we do speak about on dealing things that we do really encounter which we know that it could really be that totally random since not all people would be able to encounter on things which other people do able to do so. Gambling is never been that intended for you to make it as a source of income or simply saying that you cant really be able to make that constant win.
If you are really that trying to find out things on which you could really be able to make money from then having that hard day work or job would really be giving out that kind of opportunity and we know that gambling and have a day job would really be that entirely be different to each other on which means that you would really be needing to act accordingly on what are the things that needs to be done and something that would really be just that right in line. Gambling winning and losing would really be that normal and since odds would be always against us when it comes to gambling field then never ever make yourself that able to
become that impulsive so that you wont really be prone into bad decision making or on whatever things that you do tend to do so.

A good gambler is someone who is always assessing the risks, in the example you gave there was the option to lock in a certain amount of winnings by placing opposite bets, I would always prefer a guaranteed $1,000 return from $1 than a possible $2,500 with plenty of potential to lose. However most gamblers are terrible when it comes to odds, as are people in general, so will inevitably be unable to calculate value. The best gamblers are those who do it casually, never expecting to walk away with any money they put into it and not relying on a certain outcome, like trying to double their money. Those sort of people are chasing a very dangerous dream that is unlikely to convert into reality and will leave them feeling more desperate.

Those who continue to gamble without stopping will gradually experience mental health problems, which will be very dangerous for them and the people around them, especially if they become addicted to gambling. This will make them easily offended if someone tells them they should stop gambling. They will think they are still fine and can still control themselves even though they lost control of themselves a long time ago without realizing it. If they realized that they had started to change, they might reduce their gambling activities. But unfortunately, most of them don't see that, which makes them deeper into gambling without any chance to get out of gambling.

I agree with you that making gambling as a source of income is very risky, with that thing you will continue to play until you succeed in winning the game you are playing or at least you get a big profit from your initial capital and that is not very good apart from making you addicted to this. It will make you experience mental disorders if you cannot produce wins and instead experience more losses. Apart from having an impact on your financial condition, this will also have a negative impact on your mental health.
Therefore, it is better to use gambling well and with the aim of having fun so that we don't expect to be able to win a lot at gambling because this will be difficult to achieve.

Placing high trust in the game can make you mentally disturbed when you fail to win a bet, as long as the game is not finished, anything can still happen. He should have learned from several football plays that things can change at the last minute, nothing is certain as long as the match has not officially ended.
An incident that happened to your friend because he was too obsessed with winning the game, even though in the game there are only possibilities, losing and winning. I prefer to put the outcome of the game as luck, they must be ready to accept whatever the outcome of the game is, if you are not ready to lose, never try to place a bet on any game.

looking at the OP case, it does not seem like it was because he was not ready, but because his friend had probably never been close to winning a large amount like what the OP said, so he felt very disappointed when he saw how much it would be if he could win the whole match and was really hoping to get the whole amount. but failed so he felt deep disappointment even with only $1. I dont think he would think about the amount of his bet but he felt disappointed because he failed to get that win.
and if I understand OP case it seems like his friend bets on sports betting with multi bets which gets big odds with $10 to $2500 whereas in sports betting there are lots of surprises and multi bets are always risky if they have very high odds and he should understand the risks this was to treat the feelings of disappointment in his mind.

I don't advice anyone to go for multi bets because is very dangerous, if not because of high expectation how came you bet $1 and expected the winning should be possible, the winning amount is very huge $2500 is small money, I will not pity him on this incident even though is possible to bet one dollar and win 2500 dollars or more than that. Op let your friend understand that money is very hard to get not as easy has he see it, their is not short cut to success and also advice him or her to disengage with multi bets to avoid further health issues and also tell him or her not to be putting too much expectations on the win price he should only focus on the amount he used for bet and also he should also use what he can afford to lose.

Hopefully, he can learn from his mistakes so he won't repeat them in the next bet. The important thing is that he knows when to stop when he has managed to get a big win. After all, not many people can win with just a small bet, so he should be grateful that he got it and not continue betting. Moreover, he had experienced an unpleasant incident that caused him to experience this pain so this would be a valuable lesson for him in the future and he would not do the same thing again. That is also a lesson for us always to remember that if we can win big, that is the best time to immediately stop gambling rather than losing all the money at once.

Human behavior, especially in high-stress environments like competitive sports, is incredibly volatile. No algorithm, no amount of data, can truly predict how a game will turn out until the very last second. Why? Because human emotions and reactions cant be quantified or anticipated to a 100% degree, especially in sports or games. Remember, remember, remember: placing blind trust in a game is setting oneself up for disappointment and mental disturbances.

Additionally, your friend's obsession with the game underscores the fragile line between passion and obsession. Its a problem many gamblers face: mistaking obsession for passion. Online gambling, especially, manipulates human behavior to favor addiction. Theres a reason they call it "betting" and not "winning." If you're not emotionally and mentally prepared for the bitter taste of defeat, then stepping into the world of gambling is a grave mistake. Always, always, always be prepared for both outcomes: winning and losing.

This is one of the reasons why many gamblers do end up with addiction. We need to be very careful how we go desperately to gamble and make winnings. Sometimes we might be so confidence about a particular game thinking we are going to win but we because we are not so lucky and our strategies can not give us what we intend to get, we might not be able to win the bet. Gambling is very dangerous to our mental health if we are desperate about gambling and we don't have something doing to earn money for ourselves. If we can work on ourselves and work on the way we gamble, this can help us to earn big from the gambling.

It's really important to know when to stop and when to continue so that you won't fall into addiction. Skills and strategies are important in gambling as well as luck. If you combine these altogether alongside with your self-control and discipline, you will surely go far in gambling without getting lost in the process of betting and playing. Responsible gambling is the key. And to achieve responsible gambling, you should set boundaries to abide, specific fund allocation to spend so you won't go over your budget, and specific timeframe or period of playing so you won't crave for so long gambling engagement. These can help maintain a healthy mental health and well-being.

Human being is born to forget or sometimes we think the first incident happened because I didn't do so so thing which I will use another method, we humans forget the pain we had at the pass that what make us move on, we only feel the pain when it immediately happened and after that we forgot, I just wise he follow our advice because gamblers don go back to rest when they are losing.

Only few blame win huge amount of money and quiet gambling, they use to have a thought in their mind that they have gotten way of making money that why they spend the money anyhow because they is not stress of getting it.

Well exactly, most of them always assume like that when they lose, they say "it looks like I made a mistake so I ended up losing" and "I have to try it again", that's always what comes out of their mindset, especially those who are addicted and usually this is always their excuse and defense. In terms of forgetting the pain or moving on it is good but not all places that way is good to do, because obviously every thing has its own portion. And in my opinion this method is the beginning of destruction if you use this method in gambling, they forget about losing and after that they will do it again and consider the events of the previous time (defeat) is purely a mistake even though it is clear that the casino has set up a system so that you still lose when playing.

That's a good mindset, they know the situation that they already have a way to make money and not from gambling but from other jobs, and they just come for entertainment and don't expect anything. I think the fear is when someone who does not have good finances but they gamble or even come to gambling to make money, it is not recommended and you must remain careful.

Indeed, gambling can be an opportunity to earn income, but not everyone will get this opportunity, because what each person experiences is different. If you gamble and make money consistently, what other people experience is not necessarily the same as what you will experience, and there are still many people who doubt this, even though we know that someone's chances of luck are uncertain and cannot be predicted. When you are lucky, if you get a consistent income from the gambling you do, it means you are one of the lucky people.

Your thinking is very good, because you don't just rely on income from gambling, because you already know for sure that when you gamble there will definitely be wins and losses, and indirectly you have tried to anticipate this.

Maybe some doubts will come up on our minds after those unfortunate events happen to us but once we clear out all of assumptions on our minds then we will decide to bounce back again especially if we lose some amount on first gaming session we played. That's why there are discussions about learning experience or how to recover back after a sudden huge lose they encounter since many want to listen up so they could learn something on next game they want to play.

Some maybe can quit once they win a instant huge prize but some may fail to do a right decision since they enjoyed to much that's why to lucky for those who know when to quit since they can enjoy their winnings but for those other people who didn't manage to quit for sure they will end up regretting their decision on why they continue to gamble despite of many signs they encounter that they need to stop and secure their profit gained.

He should be able to learn lessons from what he has experienced so that it doesn't happen to him again and he can be careful in his actions. Regarding gambling, he needs to forget his losses and not think about recovering his losses because he will find it difficult to recover the money he lost. It is better for him to learn about enjoying gambling as a pastime rather than pursuing what is difficult to do. That way, he won't always think about his losses and when he returns to gambling, he can get rid of the sad feelings from the previous game. He can also enjoy the next gambling game while still maintaining his limits to avoid exceeding them.

If they have won from gambling, they should not continue gambling to get the next win. He should be able to think that it is time to stop gambling and leave his casino. If he were able to do so, he would not be tempted by whatever the casino would give him because he only considered gambling as entertainment.

Irrespective of the luck behind every wining on gambling so many persons has greatly achieve a lot of things through gambling, one of the things I understand from gambling is that strategy use in gambling matters a lot because there are people who consistently win on gambling based on the strategy they normally use.

However a strategy is better using a small Odds that has a higher chances of always wining instead of aiming
high, so perhaps there are good opportunity to make money on gambling but many people were not able to utilize it either by greed or the kind of gambling method they normally do.

What? That loss made him sick for 3 days? I hadn't heard that even before that after a big defeat, he'd go sick for that straight days. But I guess that's the consolation and price that he'd get for not securing the profit he'd made. Mental health is just lowkey attacking us but it is seriously attacking us when it gets there.

It's like heartbreak for your friend he wasn't able to get that win. $2500 is such a huge amount for him to ignore and didn't cash it out. If someone is relying on it and yet not a full-time gambler, they'll feel more emotional about it. While professional gamblers won't think that much although there's still some regret that's gonna leave their face. That's a huge lesson for your friend when he didn't cash it out. And the next time that he's going to gamble, he'll make sure that he's got enough winning and he'll never ignore that again because he don't want to get sick again for 3 days and that's more satisfying than to just watch the money gone when it's already on his bare hands.

i just feel that people need to be properly informed about what gambling truly is. Firstly, the game has no guarantee and therefore should not have emotions attached to it. Again, the rules are different as there is no consideration when a game is close to but does give the desired output.

Its more like a trial and error scheme, you only get paid when your trial becomes the reality.

Correct and I do agree with that.
Don't get attached to the game. This is why the motto of "Gamble what you can afford to lose." should be strengthened because this is one of the ways we can exit from a loss, forget it, and move on after setting an amount that we will play for the day. Regarding wins, it can also be used, by setting an amount of winning prize like x2 or x3 then we exit too. Imagine winning $50 from a $1 bet. Ain't that already an exit point? But many gamblers are too greedy that they like to test their luck and keep on playing which we all know is a losing side at the end of the day.

It's easy to say but hard to do, I learned that from experience.
But if we also make it a habit to do those disciplines then we might become a winner one day. Control is what we need, learning when to give it up and taking the money if we win enough.

Right. It's interesting how strategy plays a crucial role and those who were able to manage consistent wins I think are so disciplined and they stick to their plans and strategies. What you said about choosing smaller odds with higher chances of winning also seem like a smart approach because it emphasize the importance of strategy over aiming too high. It's true, many potential opportunities exist in gambling but not everyone capitalizes on them because of greed or misguided methods. But I think theres nothing wrong with betting high. The higher the risks, the higher the chances of winning, right? But only to the extent of the money you can afford to lose.

It's all about finding that balance between risk and reward and those who do often find success. Great really how gambling that often has wrong connotation to normal people is influenced by careful planning. There’s nothing wrong with it as ling as you are responsible.

Strategy, not a catchphrase, is the key to successful gambling. How many underestimate this domain's strategic depth and human behaviour comprehension is astounding. A complex web of decisions and discipline lies beneath the surface, bets, and results. An inexperienced eye sees it as a gamble. For the experienced, its a well-planned move.

Yes, high bets, high payouts. Many are unprepared for the hardships that come with that. High stakes display a player's courage, understanding, and skill, not simply the numbers. A faint line remains, as usual. Ambition against overambition. Safely toeing that line is the key to winning the game and overcoming human tendencies.

multi bets do have high odds but it is very difficult to win all the matches we choose In fact I often do this and it always fails because 1 match is lost and I say this because I am a little curious whether what OP said is true with $1 bet in sports betting and almost won $2500, if that is true it must be very high odds and it is very rare to be able to win from a budget of $1 to $2500.

Recently I didn’t win $500 because besides all the outcomes that I guessed, also there was City vs Wolves and they lost it. To some extent, I can understand your friend (although I easily tolerate losses) - when victory is so close, it’s very disappointing to miss out on a win because the “correct” bet didn’t work out. I think he wouldn’t be upset if he didn’t guess the outcome of a game with chances of 5-10; most likely, he was let down by the outcome of some game with a “reliable” chance of 1.1-1.3.

That's how gambling works, and your friend is ought to have known that gambling is just like a double edge sword, whereby you could win or lose, and whichever comes your way, accept it in good faith, because he is not the only one who have lost a bet due to cut-one, I have, and I also know how sad it feels to have won all games, but just only to lose the last game, of which that very act enough to had paralyzed some individuals, who might have already calculated how they will spend that money when you cash-out. But unfortunately, ended sad, which reminds me of a popular saying that "Gambling is not a game for the weak, but strong".

This happens to gamblers on a normal day. But the problem here is that your friend puts too much hope in the money; that's why he's sick. However, not all gamblers fall sick, as has happened to your friend. We normally feel some pain, though, but your friend needs to understand that that's not how it's worked. Sometimes we put hope in something, but it doesn't work as wanted, and that's why we need to gamble for fun, not to make money. I believe your friend has already budgeted something he will buy with that money after winning the ticket, which is wrong, and if your friend gambles for fun, he wouldn’t fall sick because he lost a ticket worth $1.



People use multiple bets to make more money as the odds will increase and the outcome will be huge, even though it’s a high risk of winning. We often win the ticket, but sometimes it should not be many games like that and you should put hope that the game will come, but seriously, sometimes multiple games do come, just like 3 or 4 matches is okay. But if there's anything more than that, then that gambler should not even have hope because I don't think it’ll be possible.

However, the OP friend made a mistake to stake $1 and expect $2,500 in return. How is this going to be possible, man? Even though we said gambling brings money, we also need to use sense because it’s free money. We should just be wasting funds on it. We need to analyse. We don’t need too much profit before we gather money.

Multi bet is the fastest way to win big in gambling and also the fastest way to lose money too but then if you are careful enough with your picks and luck on your side you will definitely win big more often, I prefer muti bet than singles but then you can set a limit to your multi bet , probably you choose not to do more than 7-9 picks at a time on a particular bet slip and you are good.

You put yourself at more risk when you choose too many games at a time on a particular bet slip, as much as 15-50 picks on a single bet slip is just too much and risky, that even lower your chances of winning because they increased the odds of losses, but fewer pick helps with some level of accuracy in the game and why it becomes more advisable to reduce your picks.

Singles usually seem like the best options to play because they have higher winning chances and seem more accurate than when you make multiple picks but then they also happen to turn out losses at times too and they don't get you as much as muti bet would but they are less risky than multi bet. Which ever is your choice is fine as both turn out winings and losses aswell.

It is not a new thing to me that gamblers always have a high expectation for the potential winning they always see on their tickets, despite knowing that there is no assurance they will win. But I view those who are always relying on the tickets that they have not won as those who don't have another source of income and expect gambling or are gambling addicted. This always happens not only in the gambling section but also in other sections, like if someone has full hope that certain things will happen but later it doesn't work as someone planned it, it will surely affect them because of the high expectations they have for those particular things.
 
What happened to your friend has also happened to me before, when I bet and picked about 16 different teams from different leagues. The matches played were for about three days, so when the match started, the game was happening, and I predicted up to the second-to-last match, the last match, Manchester City against Norwich, for which I have much hope that Manchester City will win the match and I will win $300. So in the process of the last match, I have started calculating things that I will buy with that money because I have high hopes that I will win, but at last they defeated Manchester City that day despite Norwich being very weak that season. After the game ended, I did not get myself for two days.

and clearly, that's the repercussion of greed. if he kept some funds and not used all those winnings to bet, he won't be very sick of what he did. that's the dilemma of most gamblers. hoping that they will hit big using all their funds. do remember that this is gambling, anything can happen. so to make sure that you're not broke afterwards, keep something and not totally go in in every bet.

Ah, a hope that has a very slim probability.
BTW, I don't know what gambling your friends are playing. However, it seems that this type of exercise is the most ideal. and that too with various options for each betting session. It is important for most gamblers to understand, with only $1 capital, someone hopes or targets a win of $2500, which is the same as impossible.
imagine, how long we have to do each gambling session. how do we achieve what we target, then what skills that person has. Is he someone who is an expert in this field, a kind of pundit in football? Even so, every time a football pundit predicts a match, the results are not always consistent and according to his analysis. For us amateurs, we have limited knowledge regarding sports betting. It would be beyond our expectations if we applied the same pattern as your friend did. even if anyone can do it, he is a lucky person and nothing more.

Referring to the title of your thread, actually there is nothing wrong with that. but what is wrong is what your friend did.
For me personally, winning a bet with odds of one to one of the winning result is more than enough. especially, if someone expects something that is difficult to do. Except, if your friend wants to experiment with how much he can turn $1 into $2500. Apart from requiring skill, instinct in every bet, it will also involve luck. The point is, there is nothing wrong if someone relies on winnings from gambling. but with conditions, according to capital and betting rationally.

I few time that i made such mistakes of putting some hope in my bets to make something good, it all ended in regret and bad feelings because I lost both games at separate times so since then I become more conscious of my actions and I never rely on or put faith in any bet, no matter how sure those games are but also I know that gambling is not a source of income and should be done just for fun, but this days allot of gamblers now rely on gambling most especially on sports bets to make daily ends needs.
Making bets on multiple games only increases the risk of the gambler since the risk becomes higher with multiple games selection compared to when you only pick a single game and make a bet on that one games.

We should never hope or think that we can win any gambling game or bet with 100% confidence as nothing is in our control. Its all about luck and no one knows what will be the outcome of every game we play.

To keep you happy and satisfied. i always say to myself that my next bet will fail. This makes me mentally prepare for the loss which may happen if I lose the bet. And in case, I win the bet, then it brings immense happiness because i never thought I would win and all this winning amount seems to be a welcome bonus for me.  :)

We just need to change our approach to how we look at gambling. The results will still be the same, not in our control but we can adjust our mindset with different strategies so that at the end of the day, we do not get down by the losses and we do not face any mental issues.

Not really that bad on making multiple bets as long you do really make use of the amount on which you could really that afford to lose in one go or session.It isnt really that totally different on the time that you do choose up a single game but going on doing all in but its really that true that nothing beats out on betting on a game on which you are really that totally been knowing or does have the knowledge comparing into those moments that you arent even sure on what it is. Its never been that something recommended on making bets that you arent really that knowledgeable about even if you do say that you are just playing for the sake of fun but there's no fun in it on speaking about making bets on something that you dont know. Expect the things specially on losing because gambling is really that you are really that bound to lose up money on which it would really be just that totally a common scenario.

Making a living with gambling couldnt really be that so easy, yes its possible but not something that anyone could be able to achieve or attain such state. Only a few could be able to do so and
it would really be only applicable into those games which could be analysis and strategy could really be applied and this is what makes things possible but its better
not to make yourself that pushing through this kind of career. Tons have tried but only a few do succeed.

I don’t think it’s that bad having a little bit of hope here and there whenever a bet is placed. What I would advise against is having high expectations for your bet that you unconsciously start planning on how to spend your winnings on making various purchases when you haven’t actually won anything yet. I guess having unrealistic high hopes could also hurt when there is a loss later on.

A large portion of people who gamble as a means of making some income usually end up borrowing money to continue playing still having hopes of having that big enough win to cover up all losses. It’s absurd how people would seek to earn constant income from gambling. Financial ruin awaits such individuals.

There a lot of people I know that whenever they place a bet they automatically begin to plan their financially in accordance with the amount of their potential winning even when they're not sure of they were gonna win or not and that I think is absolutely insensitive for anyone to do. It's one thing to be hopeful whenever someone places a bet but the act of totally relying on the placed bet for financial fortunes is surely not a good thing to do as it'll end of running the person's mental health of he doesn't end up winning the bet .

From this story, I must say that i know which kind of people you friend is, and it’s the type that think himself not just lucky enough but he can’t be mistaken in his decision. And with some more luck in his side with his first days gambling that a perfect timing bomb ready to bomb into addiction and a very bad experience with gambling.
Best option for him is to reconsider his thoughts about gambling and think twice before thinking he is special or can beat the casino. Betting is only based on luck also, sports betting won’t give you the perfect odds so the better team or player will always have lowest odds and the opposite for the weaker part.

Feeling bad due to gambling while it should be the quite opposite, it’s a call to stop or at least recalculating your thoughts.

Yes, gambling is entertainment, so we don't need to be too serious about gambling. In my opinion, if we are too serious about gambling then we will usually become gambling addicts and it will get worse. The story shows that he was so serious in his betting that it hurt him when he guessed wrong, he was overconfident and he was not prepared to lose.

As you said, casinos have a higher chance of winning so don't expect to always win against casinos

This is very true because I had a friend who nearly collapse because of the traumatic experience he had because of the win that he would have gotten from a parley game he played, the game was ten in total and nine of the prediction has all gotten through but one  games was still undecided, but not long the after the remaining one  started and on the 90+2 minutes one of additional time of that particular game and the team which was already winning the game, until a shock and surprising thing happen. The game that was already winning for the bet was equalized  and the bet was lost and disappointment was the era of the day for this my friend and this was because he had put high hopes on the game turning out to be victorious.

As far as that scenario, who wouldn't put high hopes that he could win his parlay? Of course, if I'm in the same case, I will also be very happy and maybe praying to the gambling Gods that I just needed to win one more to get that huge win. Nevertheless, it's not over till the last second of the game, and it's very very hard to see that game when you think that you are almost there winning, and suddenly it was equalized by the other team.

And it also shows us, that most of the time, it's based on luck. If you are lucky that day, no one can really stop you from winning. But there are cases that you are almost there, you can taste the money going into your hands and maybe you already have plans on what to do that. But in the end, we really need to wait till the final score and “Don't count your chickens before they hatch”, because it's going to be very painful and it might affect our mentally.

Yes, that's right, there are still people who can't use strategy in their gambling so they can't find their own luck. With this person's insensitivity even though the strategy used is correct and good, the possibility of continuous defeat will occur. , and this is the main factor. also from the person himself, if you can't gamble then it's better to stop or not continue, so you don't regret it and experience huge losses. And this impact can also cause health or mental problems for oneself if it is not immediately limited or stopped. Yes, I agree with you, because there are still many people who are greedy to get more money from gambling, they will use the wrong strategy just to chase victory, not using good methods and utilizing the right strategy.

I have seen similar reactions on people that actually lost a lot of money, and I think it makes sense that they even get sick as it is a very painful experience to lose so much money over such a short time span, however I do not think the reaction of your friend makes sense as he did not owned that money, he simply lost a bet like all of us have experimented on the past, and I really think he should reevaluate his attitude towards gambling as it seems he thinks he can become profitable with it, when we know only a small minority of fortunate gamblers can do this.

Your friend isn't the only one who have developed that kind of mindset, as I have seen several cases like that in this forum and based the experience of other gamblers that I have also known. I think the problem with this kind of mindset is we tend to forgot that gambling is not always about winning and earning money, rather before we engage in any gambling activities we should recognize that there would be risk and there is a huge potential that we might lose our money. Because if we continue to think that we are always going to win in gambling games, then it would really affect our mental health because we do not recognize the risk. Simply, we are not prepared and that cannot accept that we lost. So, having a mindset that our win is always secured will surely intensify our regrets. So, don't expect too much.

It happens to someone who is desperate enough to become rich and just thinks that gambling could be the way to achieve it. It is absolutely dangerous to mental health because the more they think about winning, the more it causes losses to them. In fact, in the first place, we already know that gambling can't give us any assurance to win.

There is wrong with gambling but the big problem is that most people have become addicted and even commit huge debts in order to continue their gambling life.

It's OK to feel bad for a day or two, after you have lost a big amount of money via gambling. The most important thing is to recover mentally and physically from this loss and move on with your life. I can't say that I have very big hopes of winning big in gambling, but I would feel really bad as well, if I've lost the opportunity to win 2500 USD via gambling. What's going on with your friend right now? Is he OK?

Most people fail to realise this when gambling. I have seen people who put so much faith and hope in gambling like they are the ones in charge of the game, as if they have the power to decide the outcome of the game, from how the game will start to how it will all end.
 
One thing that gives most of them that concern is that they have been lucky enough a few times when their game ended as predicted, which makes them think they might have some special skill to always make the right prediction.

Sometimes the reason for this kind of high disappointment is when they just have fewer games left to end the ticket and the games that they least expected to end as they predicted played in their favour, which alone convinces them that their chance of getting the overall winning is high, which makes the disappointment hit them differently.

Not a lot of people do this, but the ones who do it should find another way to handle their income. I mean gambling could also be something fun and profitable if you are not the gambler, you can always turn the table and just let others gamble and be the house. This could be done by having your own casino obviously but you do not have to do that, you can be affiliate, or staff member of a casino as well.

Those are all great methods, I mean even a simple affiliate link in your signature here could yield maybe a few people, sure it's harder but you can search for other places you can put banners around and maybe get some attention. So long story short stop being the one who loses, and start being on the winners side.

For now and the current condition in my opinion is not not much, but on the contrary, I see now more and more people who depend on winnings from gambling, especially in my country where they come because they see other people's wins and after that they will continue to pursue victory like other people, there are also those who go to borrow just to gamble and they intend to return the loan as a result of their gambling winnings, I can't think why they have that mindset, because obviously gambling is created for two things, for pleasure and for defeat. I mean if you come with the intention of winning then you will lose more and more and if you come to just fill the time then you will be able to enjoy the fun that is there. Basically fun is not just about when you get a win but when you can get a thrill from a spin that's fun enough in my opinion.

That's right, if you want it all, fun and winnings then there is no other way but you create your own casino, indirectly it will make you continue to win even if you don't gamble, because you will benefit from 90% of the losses of members in your casino. And yes only a few think of this, but there are still other ways as you suggested, become an affiliate? yes that's better.

This is a common thing in gambling where people believe that they can be responsible in gambling and can immediately stop after winning a certain amount of money. But the reality is that these people will only continue gambling even though they have won a lot of money because they are controlled by greed. It happens to many gamblers. And only a few can realize it and can stop in time after they get their big win.

And if we experience this, we must also be able to stop on time rather than lose our winnings if we continue gambling. It would not be advisable when we have won, but we cannot stop gambling. Don't be too greedy in chasing win, and feeling sufficient and satisfied with the win we have obtained will be better than losing money in the next round.

“If you can’t beat them join them” is what you are trying to express here which is really fascinating idea. The only problem is the difficulty on joining them in terms of being employed, affiliate or bankroll investment.

Most of the casino nowadays is backed by huge private companies with their own set of stuff. Affiliate is kinda hard to earn too due to the competition from influencers and gambling review sites which often tanking customers. It’s really good to join the house but  finding the opportunity to do that is hard even on joining a decent signature campaigns that will last long term.

This is just ridiculous thought that since the gambler lose the money and the casino onwers wins the money, you change  your role from being a gambler to a casino owner. Casino owner requires a lot of money and a lot of capital and it is not everyone's capability to become an owner of a casino.

Yes theoretically and for the very small portion of the people who can afford to shift the roles, this is one way to get rid of the mental disorders rising from the continuous loss in the gambling.

Unhealthy things that make you stressed in gambling are,
- consider gambling the fastest way to make money.
- consider the winning percentage to be the most important thing than the losing percentage.
- using money you can't afford to lose.
- gambling without remembering the time.
- not having good money management in gambling.

now what about your friend's condition! is he still unable to forget the defeat he received previously! is he still not willing to accept that defeat? you must be able to try to persuade him to forget that defeat and look at the future better so that he will be able to win again in the gambling that he will do next.

even so, doing multi bets requires a strong mentality, I mean like the OP case if you only use a few $ but the odds are very high which makes us hope that we will win and if we mentally can not accept defeat and hope too much I think that will torturing our own minds and damaging our mentality because as you said if you are lucky you will get a large amount quickly but you will also lose quickly.

Its very normal and I might understand the situation that the OP is telling because maybe he really needs money, even though he almost won a large amount, but his mistake was not being able to accept all the risks or even ignoring the risk of losing in a multi bet, the possibility of losing is very high. because luck still applies in multi bets.

This is possible, but yes, when luck is on Someone's side it is impossible for things to go wrong, I think that if a person with a low budget could do Great things , of Course if she has the touch of luck, because otherwise I don't believe it , where you see this type of things the most is when they Play in the slots, and obviously you have to have the respective touch of luck, because there is no other option, I don't see any other possibility until things happen , So we try to see what is most feasible, there are those things, but they don't work or Happen all the time, in reality what that person did was to play and win with that 1 dollar and achieve something very good, for that reason When we start to observe from a very Objective Point of view , when people start playing games, sometimes they spend a lot of money looking for big profits, and sometimes they lose everything, and they don't win anything, or they win, but it's less than what they think. have Played, in games the most Surprising thing is to Lose than to win , Due to the house Advantage.

Now, we must always put something into consideration, when we have a budget just to ensure that it is enough so that we can generate good reuses, there is no other option, for those who play in an uncontrolled way , because it is not good to do so because it is very likely that they will lose, Although gambling and casinos refer a lot to luck, they also have to concentrate and do things well, if you play too crazy, then the results will never be good, that's why self-control is not letting yourself be carried away. the impulses and salgo that have to be seen as the best or the best strategy, otherwise I would not see it well, so that we can have better perspectives of how a Player can be successful, there are many characteristics that must be met and among those the It is better that you Always be a profitable person, even with little income, so that your balance is always increasing.

From everything you said, it will frustrate someone because instead of getting the win he wants, he will lose a lot, which might cost him all his money. He couldn't use gambling to make money, let alone quick money. Gambling can be a quick way to lose all his money, especially if he cannot limit his money and control himself.

It seemed like his friend was still imagining his painful defeat, hoping that someone could turn back the time so he could get his money again. But that is all in the past and he must be able to rise from his downturn and not repeat it.

Having hope in every bet does not hurt because every round is different if you are lucky maybe it's good, but luck does not apply to every round as well as every value you bet. And it's true that having high expectations will also be detrimental because with the hope of winning big it will make you continue to play even though only losing you always get.

That is one of the bad effects of gambling with the hope that you will still win if you continue to play, of course this is wrong. The further you go in, the greater the loss you will experience. Borrowing here and there to continue playing and this will have no end because of the hope of winning big that you have. It's best to immediately reduce playing gambling, don't go too deep because there will be worse impacts waiting.

Parlays are a rollercoaster, on one hand they make your gambling experience way more fun and the potential for a big win using a small amount of money is there, however very rarely you will win a parlay, and this is because as anyone that has tried before has noticed, it is almost impossible for all the favorites of each match to win, there is always a surprise here and there which basically guarantees that you will never get all of your bets right and you get the win you have been looking for.

Having hope and positive expectations is always a good thing but the expectations should not be too high because luck is not something you can control. Gambling can be a lot of fun but it's very necessary to always approach it with a healthy attitude. It's a game of chance in which there's no guarantee of winning. Unrealistic expectations can lead to disappointment and frustration, so it's best to be mindful of them and remain calm waiting for the outcome of the game than to start planning on how to spend invisible money. There's nothing wrong with a little bit of optimism when you're placing a bet. But it's paramount to keep your expectations realistic and to understand that the odds are not in your favor because your chance of losing is always higher than the chance of winning.

I have a friend who has very high expectations regarding his bets. He told me that he would move his entire family to a developed world when he wins some huge amount of money. I like his expectations and goals but he has a wrong perception about gambling. I have also observed that he is not always happy and sounds depressed sometimes. From all observation, he gambles within his means but his expectations are too high which is affecting his mood. As you observed @knowngunman we should have a reasonable expectation because gambling is unpredictable to avoid mental health issues.

Lol, last time i fell sick because of a bet i lost, i actually fell sick not because of the money i was supposed to win, but i fell sick because of the amount of money i staked in that game and then lost it, its was a very painful experience for me to be honest, but i did blame myself for staking way more than i can afford to lose in one game.

Now, coming back to falling sick because of money the gambler expected to win which eventually did not come through, i would say that such attitude is nothing but being stupid, and this can only be as a result of the gambler not really understand what gambling is all about and the risk involved, it is often said in an adage that a bird at hand is worth millions of birds in the bush, why should someone already put his or her hopes in a money that he or she has not won, to the extent of falling sick because the money expected to be won was not won, we indeed have some people who are still kids and gambling, forgetting that gambling is not for kids.

Also it is not like we were talking about a massive amount of money here, since I could understand if someone got sick if they were close to winning millions of dollars and they failed to do this by a single number, in that case even if that money was not theirs that kind of money could change the life of almost anyone and I could comprehend why they are so depressed about it, but 2500 dollars albeit a nice amount of money cannot really change our lives and no one should be that depressed about not winning that amount.

Actually, having expectations about the bet is okay, but we shouldn't have too high hopes because in gambling, we don't have a certain outcome regarding winning, and we also don't know when we can win. So instead of being frustrated by waiting for our winnings to come, it's better for us just to enjoy gambling and always limit the use of money so that we don't lose much money. And that's why we don't need to have too high expectations when playing gambling rather than regretting that our expectations were not achieved.

Gamblers are positive thinkers when it comes to their bet, they will never believe that they will loss, as they believe that they will win the next game the moment they loss the previous. This is what has made so many gamblers continue to place their bet even though they are running at loss.

I really prefer to bet on a single or two games rather than multiples of games because the chances of winning is very slim compare on when you bet on a dingle game that you are sure of, rather than multiples games that you might not be sure of. The problem is that famblers think that gambling is to make profit and they will use very small amount of money and want ro win bug with it, and at the end of the day when they end ip losing, they end up with gambling trauma.

If the gambler starts to rebuild their balance in the gambling sites,the first thing was he use more time compared to the normal gamblers.The gambler who had increased the 1-2500 dollars in not the easy task,being the gambler we know how hard to increase the deposit amount of 100 dollars to the 200 dollars.Apart from the game,the gambler should have the luck and time for the big money.The gambler should not play the multiple games in the gambling sites to multiple the money in the gambling sites.He should master in the one game and increase their strategy to make the big win in the gambling sites.

Agreed, when one is able to make $2500 from $1 it is really great thing in gambling. As stated it needs lots of time and patience to achieve it. Not everyone is able to do it. Same time when one achieve it, they get big confidence that they can win big. This is where they go wrong, and this mindset makes them go for increased bet and ends up losing. I've personally experienced it. Once I made $900 from $3, but I lost it all. It took me two weeks to reach, so it is all about greed and over confidence that leads to loss.

Every gambler definitely has high expectations of being able to win, but sometimes gambling doesn't go according to our expectations, causing deep disappointment, and it's true as you said, it's better if we don't have too high expectations for gambling so that we don't experience disappointment. and gambling should indeed be used to have fun without expecting to win so that we can enjoy round after round of games that we like but still use limits so that we can stop when the money we use to gamble has run out without having to chase losses.

expectations that are too high and already have high hopes for gambling will only lead to deep disappointment with gambling and in the end you will only blame yourself for behaving carelessly. We hope it's okay but don't go too far because after all gambling is full of uncertainty. And we also need to remember that gambling will never change anything, including our lives financially. If you ever think that gambling can change someone's life, then we have to look at people. -people who lost everything, wealth, family and jobs just because of irresponsible gambling. And believe me, when we go to a casino with any amount of money, when we go home we will only come home with empty pockets. Gambling is very expensive and very risky to play, so be as careful as possible when playing it.

It is normal for every gambler to have expectations, but what is not natural is if every gambler does not realize that their chances of winning are not that big, they will not continue gambling and just have fun at gambling. If they were aware of it and could limit their gambling, they would not try to live up to their expectations because it is very difficult for them. They will only try to gamble moderately and just let luck come to them and not chase victory. If they win, they know that it is time for them to end the gambling game so that they don't lose too much.

Hoping too much is not good, especially if you hope in gambling to be able for to win because that will be very risky for people who have the ambition to win they will use all their money to double that money we should not just put our hoped gambling in order to be able to win.
Achieving profits as expected in gambling is something that is difficult for us to achieve, therefore we must use our money and time wisely to avoid bad things that might harm ourselves.

Cases like what you said have happened a lot among the middle and lower classes of society, they hope that gambling can be a step to change someone's life. In my opinion, thinking like that doesn't make sense, we can see many facts of today's life looking at someone who really destroyed by irresponsible gambling

That's how greed affects a persons life. I admit that some of us is hoping that once we gamble, it doubles our money. gamblers tends to expect much that's why if their expectation doen't meet, it will trigger to them to continue on playing. Winning in gambling is just a pure luck but some has their strategies to win, if you're greedy, Opportunities will slow down for you and it will leads to your downfall.

That is the problem, people think that they could have a life style change because they can get richer but the reality is that we are not going to get any life style changes, if any then we would probably get worse which is the point and that would be a lot worse.

I think it should be noted that gambling is a null game where you will end up with zero the longer you play, there is no scenario where someone could win money forever, the longer you play the more that house edge will get into play and you are going to end up losing money because of it. I personally gamble knowing this fact and that's why I can easily limit how much I will deposit because that is the amount I am fine losing all together if I keep gambling.

Yes, greed really knows how to bring someone back to gambling and greed will come to you continuously and tempt you. But you have the opportunity to avoid greed, namely by controlling yourself as best as possible and knowing your limits in gambling so that you will not gamble excessively. Relying on winnings from gambling is very difficult and many have tried it but most of them end up losing their money. You don't need to try it, especially if you have seen for yourself what impacts people have, so you have to be able to reduce your gambling activities so you don't experience what people experience.

that why I say that it requires mental readiness or a mind that is ready to accept all the risks that will be accepted after choosing a multi bet because as you said betting with this option has a very large choice of teams with big odds and still depends on luck because not all the one we choose will win, even the favorite team may not necessarily win because I admit that there are always surprises. so if we have the readiness to accept all these risks, even if we lose, we will not feel regret or expect too much to win because we are mentally and mentally prepared that multi bets will not be easy to win and very few can successfully win from multi bets.

The truth is always bitter when you hear them, this friend is a greedy person, even if he won some good amount of money and he feel like his luck is still in him, why not use a small part from the balance he won to take the risk? Also he never worked for the money I wonder why he is finding it hard to sleep for 3 good days, he should learn that gambling isn't mercy on the greed people, they always get burn hard.

Anyways, someone somewhere always get burnt at first and then learn from their mistakes, I have also done something similar in the past before and that's how I learnt and today I don't always take greed decisions, it's better to always cherish what you have right now, and always expect less from something that's not yours yet.

If you are working a job you will surely get paid by the end of the month, but some times this payment still fails due to the company not paying up or other reasons and those who have bills to pay up will have to look for another means before they actually get paid, even government owe workers too but in this case you did nothing, and you are expecting something, like seriously?

It's easier to say that, specially if you haven't experienced first hand what a lost can bring to you mentally regardless of the amount that you are going to lose, regardless it's a single bet or a parlay. I'm saying this because of how a individual is into gambling, we can say that we should be entertained, but there will be time that you are really aiming to make real money, real and big amount of money as a gambler.

And so when you are very close to winning and as if you can already smell and taste that money in your hand, but suddenly things turn for bad and you can't explained what's happening as if there is a air of bad luck that really comes into you and you lose everything. And after that, you are going to felt the mental effect of it and it's going to be agonizing and you might suffer it for days.

Put all your hope on a money you are hoping to win from gambling can be seen as irrational  because firstly considering gambling as a game of luck, one should be hoping on it because if you don't happen to be lucky enough you become disappointed and your hopes shattered. Regardless of how well you think it's possible you win any of such games it's better to not hope on it because you may be surprisingly disappointed when it turns otherwise.

Psychologically it's harmful especially when you make plans on a project with hopes and anticipation on such money and at the end of the day it never comes, you could be emotional broken and if you had made promises, when demands and pressure from the made promise arises you could get depressed so it advised you shouldn't at nay point or for any reason depend on an expected win to be use for anything, until it's won you can completely put your hopes on such money.

Well that's right, it's easier to say than to do, maybe some people who say it's easy because they have never been in such conditions and have never experienced what temptation comes when you are gambling, when you win you will be addicted and when you lose you will be curious, not only that, besides curiosity I'm sure you will also be emotional because of the results that do not match it, well when in such conditions I'm sure the control or limits that you previously prepared will not be too influential and it is very likely that they will forget it. None other than that happens because their condition is already very emotional, which is finally uncontrollable. Even though for example they come to have fun, I can't be sure if that's true, because obviously as you said on the next occasion it is very possible that they assume that they will try to make money because there is a chance of winning there, even though it is just a temptation for you to continue gambling.

Basically gambling is just a fun activity with a little luck for anyone who is lucky, even though the current round looks good but not necessarily in the next session is still good, even usually the opposite often happens, you will be pulled by uncertain opportunities. The mental pressure due to defeat is very large, you can be stressed because of that.

There's surely a time that you would really be on this kind or type of situation on which you are already having that feeling of sure win and just like you said that on the time that you do feel that you have already that grasps of your money but suddenly the game turns out to be still a losing one then it cant really be that denied that the feeling or rage inside or kind of effect into your mental
state is there plus having that impulsive emotions then it would really be giving out that kind of damage even if we do say you are really that good on handling your emotion but there are really
moments that you would really be snapped and ending up on having that kind of scenario on which you would really be that losing your control and come worst that you might
be ending up on making those actions that you might havent been able to do before.

Yes, I agree with you because there is a time for everything and I have also experienced incidents like this, although I can often control my emotions, but when my body is a little tired, my mind is confused because of work and I choose to gamble to relieve stress, but in the end I bet on sports betting at that time. also using multi bets there were only 2 matches left that hadn't started but the winning money was already visible before my eyes but I decided to continue my bet after it turned into a loss and that's when I became angry and sorry for myself that I should have enjoyed the win but failed because I took too many risks.
This kind of incident is very common and almost all gamblers have experienced it.

Therefore, we as gamblers must really have good self-control, do not expect victory by being too ambitious, just take the victory as a gift from your approach to gambling, it is better to be a responsible gambler by being able to accept the final result even though it is bad, rather than you convincing yourself too much that at the end of the session you will get a win while it has become clear evidence that the final result can never be predicted, so from that I conclude that it is nothing more than you making your own expectations and then being disappointed with the results. Gambling with the aim of relieving stress is true because basically the sensation of gambling is quite fun and it can treat your stress a little.

 That's the greed in gambling, you've given one example of what you've experienced, don't be greedy and don't overdo it, even though victory almost seems to be in sight but it's not certain, meaning there still has to be luck that confirms that you really won in that session. My advice is better to allocate funds that you can afford to lose only, because then whatever the final result you will not be too disappointed especially losing, I think you have to train yourself to be a responsible gambler.

I almost got to a point where gambling ruined my mental health. There was a time things was so difficult that I depended entirely on gambling to survive. Unfortunately, it was almost impossible to win at that point. I don't know why it became so difficult to win especially the time I needed most... maybe desperation was making me choose wrongly. Iam just lucky to escape the depression, frustration and sleepless nights. Now I'm a better gambler as I have developed a relaxed mind and hardly exhibit any form of desperation.

What I have noticed from that experience is that gambling best to be side income and not to be the full time job. Taking gambling as full time job can be frustrating since winning is not guaranteed. While chasing winning, it is important we also take care of our mental health.

Bro, your friend is lucky because his 1$ becomes 2500$ but he should still know that luck is not always with you. Self-control and emotions are important when you gamble, I can't blame your friend for taking his luck and hoping to win again, but it's really wrong because we know that it's impossible to win gambling consecutively, it's too much rarely win like that. Surely your friend learned something from that mistake.

You tried, well, relying on gambling for so long—even to the point of survival—so it's unexpected that you won't eat if you lose. And while I am aware that many people turn to gambling as a means of escaping poverty and that it is not a good idea to pass judgment, it is important to discuss control. While it is not always simple, considering gaming as a means of getting money is not the best course of action. That is gambling for you when you need money that is when you will even find it more difficult to win, when you don't even expect that is when you will win sometimes. My brother had a friend to who always win but along the line no more wins, all of a sudden he became depressed and frustrated imagine the mental stress he was under going.  And am happy about how you have worked on your self bro, the best advice I give to people that reply on gambling i told them to get a job and play safe while gambling.

This is where many gambler get it wrong; they fail to appreciate the risky associated with gambling that us why someone will plan with targeted winning.  The early we appreciate that the odds is against the player the better. In other words, any money invested into gambling should be what we can afford to lose and not money we are supposed to use for other important things.

If you are desperate to win, you will lose more and vice versa. This is how gambling is designed and the reason the rich win gambling more than the poor.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to win at gambling, but you should know that it's not easy. Controlling emotions is important, so let's not take it away when we gamble. What happened to your friend was that he didn't control his emotions and put all his hopes on it, that's why it's called gambling because you don't know what will happen next. Only luck will win you so you should only play gambling to have fun. Get well soon to your friend and I hope he recovers soon.