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Wins and losses are common in gambling. Losing a bet creates a lot of human stress for many gamblers because there are many gamblers who bet such money that they cannot afford to lose.

Some other gamblers after losing betting money they become depressed. Most of the time I have gambled alone and some times gambled with friends. There are some positive and negative aspects of gambling in these two situations. I feel a bit relaxed there when I participate in the same bet with my friends. Because even if I lose there, I get consolation seing from others. At the same time there are some differences of opinion before betting which sometimes creates confusion.

Have any of you had any such feelings?

Is there less human pressure if gambling is conducted in the same place with friends?

The feelings I get from gambling with friends are different from the ones I get when I gamble alone. When I gamble alone, I tend to internalize things. There's a lot of soliloquizing. When I gamble with friends, we tease each other at the slightest moment during the game. Even a loss of funds doesn't feel like a loss because what you lose there is gained in the bonding and socializing that comes from being with friends. With friends, you cannot chase losses, and you cannot place a stupid bet that is above what you planned because there is always that one friend who will talk some sense into you. Gambling with good friends is like a risk management strategy.

Have you heard of "Misery loves company?" This is why a gambler will feel less sad when they loose with their friends because there are people to share the sadness with. When many friends loose together, they can all laugh about it, and feel okay after some time, but when you gamble alone and loose, there is no one to laugh it out with, or share the sadness of loosing with, so it burdens you down. There is less pressure when you take part in the same bet with friends.

In my case, it's better if I am betting with friends.
Why? It's simple, take the opinion of each friend and try to summarize how the game's result could be. But this is only for sports betting which I occasionally share with my friends. Somehow, all of the opinions taken could result in a good win because all the analysis of 4-5 brains will help in making a nice pick.

There are debates of course and it cannot be prevented because that's part of breaking down the results of the game. There's a way if you want to go against it, bet on your own without their knowledge. I've done that a lot of times because my instincts are telling me something different so I go against the flow.

Gambling with funds that one cannot afford to lose is a mistake every gambler should avoid by all means. When you calculate your potential loss from the beginning, you will be able to know if you can afford to lose it or not and if you can't,  then by all means stop and protect yourself from depression. Gambling is programmed in a way that the chances of losing is higher than that of winning so we should be mindful of the level of risk we can take.

Gambling with friends can be fun and can make losses bearable because the consolation would be that the loss is not to only yield but general. Apart from the aspect of losses, playing with friends is another way of socialising and bonding.  Although, it could also cause major distraction which could lead to mistakes and eventually losses.

I am not always comfortable in betting with friends. I feel that there will be too much pressure to abandon your own line of thought or analysis and accept that of the majority. Because when you are a group you may not want to look different or do things differently from them to avoid side talks. I prefer to bet alone and keep it to myself because I am not the one to standout from the group .

I believe gambling losses are more common than winnings. :)

Why bet such money that gamblers can't afford to lose? It sounds absurd. If you couldn't afford to lose that money, you wouldn't bet it. It is very reckless to risk your last money.

Instead of losing and experiencing negative emotions, which would put you off gambling completely, you find comfort in your circle of friends. The impact of this consolation will be negative, because you will not experience the full bitterness of defeat. This means that you will continue to play and lose more, which will delay the moment of recovery from gambling.

Whether you gamble solo or with friends, you only have one wallet, your own.

I don't gamble with friends, I tend to keep it as my littek secret, gambling is actually something that I will advise against, either friend or family, because I don't want to be blamed for your possible addiction later.

I have friends but I don't want to get into gambling with them, there are other things we do for fun, like a few local challenges and we do use money, but it's not gambling in a casino.

Its always fun to be in the midst of your friends and catch some fun but we can't all be the same, I will rather gambling inside my home, alone, I have always enjoyed gambling alone, all by myself, so I am fine with gambling alone.

In my experience, gambling alone is more relaxed because you won't get social pressure and you can do anything you want.

But if I gamble with friends, I will make sure if my reason is to strengthen our relationship, I don't want to gamble with friends without get anything. Gambling with friends consume your times, limit your desires and you might spend more than what you should. So I treat gambling with friends is something like an investment.

It's true that sharing a loss with others can make people feel less alone and lonely. It is also true that being with others can help you move on from a loss because everyone can share sorrow together. It appears that the social side of gambling can have both beneficial and harmful consequences. On the negative side, it can encourage people to continue gambling even when they are losing because they do not want to disappoint their friends. It can stir up some sort of peer pressure which isn't good at all. But whether with friends or alone, while gambling,  q gambler should always remember to apply caution and always remember that the chances of losing are always higher than  that of winning.

Gambling with friends is at least better since there is human interaction in between unlike when you are just betting on the online casino. There's talking around and laughing which lessens the stress, this is how gambling should be. Before the internet, this is how it was done with friends in the neighborhood.

Although I always wanted to get back to that time when we were still gathering every weekend, it's hard to find time anymore when people are busy. At the ned of the game, the money anyway is spent on beers.

I did not get it Rabata, your idea is that you gamble and friends simply accompany you? And they will cheer you if you lose. Or the idea is about bet and risk sharing? Or it is about placing same bet as your friend, and if you lose you are less disappointed, because you are not the only one who has lost?

First of all I did not get disappointed much when I lose, because after I made a deposit, I have already said goodbye mentally to my money. Have I ever felt less disappointed when both, my and my friends bet has lost. I think no, I think I have felt more disappointed, because we together did not manage to figure out the correct result. The synenergy of our research or brainstorming "who will win" has failed.

Gambling with friends is more fun for me, we laugh and joke about it, the feeling is greater than gambling alone, I read somewhere on this forum about how friends can turn to enemies when gambling and loses occurs, we have never gambled with what we can't afford to lose and at the time we are still very young.

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I wish such great time can make a return but we are no more closer like before, responsibility have divided us around the world, its such a shame, today I am all alone and to even making new friends is harder, the last time I made one we turn into enemies later on.

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When I gamble alone I gain the excitement from the game itself, mostly in slots where the feel and the sound always get me interested, but gambling among your friends is more exciting than gambling alone, the problem is gambling haven't gotten to that level where divided friends can still come together and gamble.

I am waiting for such day to arrive, hopefully through Metaveerse or other future  technology.

Not just friends though, with families as well going into a land base casinos, playing side by side with them in slots. So it's a great experience and we did have a blast. Couple of nights ago, I went together with friends, my wife, my sister in law and everyone was winning and we were very family.

And while playing in a live roulette games, there was a mother and his two sons, Lol, mother doesn't want his kids to play together with because she says that they bring him bad luck. But the kids insistent and it was so funny hearing their conversations.

I think even if you can afford to lose, at the back of your mind we don't want to lose in a game as humans are very competitive by nature.

Definitely, when we play with friends, we feel relaxed even if we lose. And I have friends that after he win, he will give some to us and so we will continue to play and have some fun. And then when we won, it's time for us to give it back to him. Although sometimes we don't go together and play, but when we do, it's one of the best experience specially going home in the morning winning, and drunk. So it's very different when you play online, you will get get this emotions that even if you lose, you still feel happy about it.

In my experience, I just want to gamble alone because because I don't let my friends know that I gamble, I don't let them know anymore because I don't want to hear any side comments from them because it affects me sometimes and that causes me to lose focus on the things I do, because they like to contradict when they know something about me. So that's it, I'd rather gamble alone than with them so that if they lose, they won't have anyone else to blame, Same as mine,  I won't blame others for the outcome of my betting, as it may become sourcs of some misunderstanding, they will copying what you do or your decision but once they fail, they will blame you even if you didn't force them to imitate the things that you do.

Gambling with friends or going solo - both have their good and bad points.  When there's money involved, winning and losing can hit hard either way.

i've tried it both ways plenty of times.  Gambling together, there's that sense of shared experience to soften the blow if you lose.  You can rant about bad luck or cheer a win.  Solo, you sink or swim on your own.  The victories may feel more personal but walking away empty-handed stings too.

So for me, it depends on my mood which way Ill go.  Feeling social, I'll gather some buddies and make a fun night of it.  But when I'm feeling introspective, I'll gamble alone and really focus in on just me and the game.  Either way when actual cash is on the line, its gonna get intense.  But shared misery can be half misery, just like solo glory feels pretty damn glorious.

Online casino promotes gambling alone because it is just you interfacing with a phone or computer set. You are hardly distracted by external bodies but you will be closed to inputs and advice from friends or other gamblers. However physical casinos provide the avenue to enjoy gambling with friends because they can view your bets and make suggestions which might either be beneficial or counterproductive. There will always be some level of distraction when gambling with friends but it has its type of fun. I usually see this avenue as a time to hang out with friends so I don't place high bets because the distraction can affect my predictions. However, if your friends are professional gamblers they will understand that every individual is responsible for his bet, hence there is a need for independence or less pressure.

Having such consolation is inconsequential. When you bet and lose, it is your money that is lost and not that of your friends despite betting same game but you are losing your money. I understand the feeling of having to lose with someone but you are not sharing the loses so you also have a secret or public remorse of losing like you gambled alone.


True to the fact that everyone knows that they had effort towards winning and if it doesn't happen that way then no one is blamed. However, not many gamblers like to join effort to gamble same game exactly. Sometimes, a friend can change his own portion of the game in between either by adding or removing a game and at the end either it causes the losing for that gambler or makes him more profit to the envy of the other gambler who didn't add or included any other game.

Agreed, gambling really is fun when you are playing with your friends or colleagues, but the thing is, you still can lose something although you are having fun with your friends. I also enjoy playing gambling with others, I mean friends, because you can get the bonding you want and you will not feel the idea of losing money just to have fun, but is it really worth it? Yes, of course, but if not or you're playing alone, you will feel the frustration and stress while playing, but I also will not recommend that you always play with your friend because the idea is that you will still always lose money, and even if you are having fun, it will still have a bad impact on your financial state, so maybe just balance all things out. It's not bad to play with friends, but also consider your finances because maybe if you are having too much fun, you will not notice the impact of it.

I have done crazy things with friends before, crazy game of betting and losing or wining but that was then, the experience is quit fun and entertaining, but now that I am a grown up person, there is many tasks at hand to meet my target, now I have responsibilities, gambling with friends at this age isn't on my list.

Also, all my old friends are no longer living nearby, we now talk on the phone once in a while, they have their homes to look after, families and others, I doubt they will want to us to come together to gamble, they are not gamblers by blood, we only gamble then because we were young.

Maybe if some day, digital identity works like some new projects are gearing up to bring into reality, then we can try new things even while we are all afar from each other, I've been hearing some stuff about metaverse capability, I think it should be possible to make gambling more life like in the future.

The difference that you could really be able to feel when you are betting with friends is that on the time that you both have experienced those loses then this is where you would really be telling into yourself that it is really just that fine because you do have that someone that accompanies you with your loses on which this  could really lessen up the burden or the stress that it might actually give on which it would really be something that
other people might really be feeling on and this is why they are really that fond on betting in together with their friends on which we know that this is something that would really be that depending or according into someones preference.

When it comes to my own experience then it doesnt matter whether having a friend or not, it wont really be giving out that different feeling on which on the time that i do lost a bet then it would really be giving out
that frustration but since you are already prepared on what to come then i do easily moved on and make another bet as long my bankroll isnt depleted yet then it would really be continuing on playing.
This is something that you should really be having in mind so that you wont really be finding yourself that too impulsive.

Why do people gamble with friends? To be honest, I don’t quite understand this. I believe that gambling is for single people. Friends will most likely interfere with your play. But here a lot depends on what your goals are in the game. If your goal is to get rich, then it's probably not a good idea to play with friends. Firstly, to do this you need to adhere to one strategy, and friends are people with different characters and different worldviews. They may have different ideas about what is good and what is bad.
Secondly, friends can distract you. But if your goal is simply to have fun with friends to watch a sports match, then you are doing the right thing.

It depends on the kind of friends,
If they are good friends that are not in any competition with you, you will not feel bad if you loose and they win, there will be no pressure. They will cheer you up.
If they are bad friends, they will criticize you if you loose and they win, they may make you get depressed.

Sometimes I also share bets with friends, in these scenarios, you should agree on where you both want to bet mutually because if not, you should just separate. If you do share a bet, there should be no blaming if your bet loses. And the fun should not disappear even if you lose; don't take it seriously because gambling is just a pastime. But the most enjoyable part is when both of you win in the end and celebrate together where you want to celebrate your winnings.

Gambling alone is peaceful, gambling with friends should be peaceful too but unfortunately, we are all different, there are many types of friends in the world, and you can only know if they are true friends or not when money is involved, true color are mostly revealed when its all about the money.

Some friends will turn enemy when they gamble, because one loses money that he isn't ready to lose, I am a living witness to this, and they hate for a while but later they get along again, but why the fight if all they seek for was fun?

Definitely, they wanted to make money among themselves, and anyone who losses will surely not be in a good mood, imagine robbing your friends of their good mood because of gambling? This is why I don't encourage it, unless you are certain about the company you keep.  

I have a few friends and they hardly gamble. They don't know that I gamble always because I gamble when I am on my cell phone and if I don't tell you, they won't even know whether I gamble or not. And the kind of guy I am, I even prefer to gamble alone, when I lose, I know it is on me. A lot of people are bad when it comes to prediction and they will want to give you a code. I am not usually interested in stuff like that. The reason I don't want to expose my gambling habit is that they will want to discourage me from gambling. and I don't need bad energy when I am gambling. I always try as much as possible to be positive, and even when I don't win, I will be there next time.

If you think that gambling is a cash cow and you cannot address or accept losing then gambling is not for you and you should look for other platforms that will let you win and make money which I doubt if you can find one.
If losing becomes depressing for you then you are not playing money that you can't and you expect to make money from your bets.

Whether you are with or without your friends when betting you should always accept the outcome winning and losing is natural and expected on gambling if your losses and winnings do not have big different in gaps then you are lucky, so many gamblers winnings are rare to come.

Gambling with friend is more entertaining and funky than when I gamble alone. This reason is that I don't just enjoy the game but I also enjoy the company and social life during that period. I love chilling in the eveni g with my friends on weekends drink g and watching the match which we placed our bets on.

Sometimes, we don't bet on the same club, and whenever the club I bet on score, I will laugh at them and we would conclude by saying it is not yet over until it is over. While sometimes we do the analysis of that match together, and bet on the same club. It makes me feel more lively, and I would not mind if I lose. This also helps us from encouraging one another to only gamble with little amount of money.

I have a gambling buddy back in college and we are dominating the local gambling that called Heads and Tails , we are playing together joining our money and yes we are winning and losing together .
so what you are asking is common feeling from my end and that is until now that I am not playing with friends instead i play with my wife.

Gambling in order to get rich is already a big mistake here, regardless you gamble alone, with friends, with parents or with pastor, the result is same.

People gamble with friends are either like your second reason or they're want to build relationships. Probably they will able to make new friends, get a better job, get a new knowledge, learn communication skill etc. Relation is really important nowadays.

I have experienced placing bets with my friends and everything is fun and there's no pressure involved as long as you think it's all about having fun but when you're with your friends you should not indulge too much, you should not show them that you are a big bettor or try to show off that you can big bettor.

The only difference between betting alone and betting with friends is there is no pressure to win and you can accept your losses more because you are not the only one who loses.

But I don't want to bet with my friends all the time, there are some habits that you don't want to show when you are betting that you alone should know one of these is how you hate yourself when you are losing, you don't want your friends to hear cursing yourself.

I tried it only twice, and I found it enjoyable, it strengthens your friendships but I cannot do it many times and a long time when you're playing with your friends you are limited on what you can show, you cannot bet more than what all your friends are doing.
If you are a big bettor and your friends can't keep up, there will be disagreement it's like you want to brag that you can bet higher than your friends, or if you win a huge amount of money you are obligated to share a portion of your earnings.
There are times that it is enjoyable to play with your friends but most of the time you want to play alone and go at your own pace and think of your strategy to enjoy and win.

Totally strengthens specially if you are someone whose been with you for long or simply with your bestfriend and betting in together will really be something enjoyable and giving up that kind of boost up.
Things turns out to be sour on the time that both of you would really be experiencing loses on which it would be depending whether the mood of both of you would changed up or would really be just that simply moving on since you are already wary on the thing that could really happen. We do know that when it comes to gambling then this something that could bring us some fun on which it would be that understandable.

It would really be just that depending on someone on which one would really be something that would be entertaining for them whether they do go solo or with friends.
There are people who do wants or likes to have with friends and there are ones who do go solo.

I never gamble with my friends even though they are a lot of gamblers. I never bet on the same bets because just us being friends doesn't mean we have to share the same losses. I prefer to gamble at home alone rather than with my friends because my friends often borrow money. money to me so I never gambled with my friends since then even though we were friends but when gambling we had different views when gambling was never the same and I also never followed them.

That doesn't mean I ignore my friends but on the one hand sometimes we need to bet normally as usual instead of having to gamble feeling the same defeat and making the atmosphere worse even though in other people's eyes losing with friends is fun but for me no, I'm not that person. who are happy like that because our experiences are definitely different when gambling, there are those who gamble for money and there are those who gamble for entertainment like me, so when I lose I never try to gamble again while my friends will definitely force me to gamble again with my money, The point is that gambling alone is better than gambling with my friends. lol  ;D

I have experienced shared betting with my friends and the feeling was a bit weird; we happened to win 2/5 games and obviously, we suffered from loss. But since it is a shared bet, the amount wasn't that big individually. Also, the idea of we all lost, ease the negative emotion after losing our wagers. I still managed to enjoy things that time simply because we shared laughter on that betting session as we often call it. It just didn't happen again becaause of our conflict with schedule.

However, it would be normal to have feelings of regrets and such in both winning and loaing bet. There will always be that thought of 'I should have bet alone' especially if your personal bet guess happened to be the winning one but majority's decision should be followed. However, that's the idea already; if it happened to be a winning bet then you'd celebrate with them. Losing will always be a part of our gambling journey and we should accept any outcome. This depends on what kind of an individual you are and how you percieve gambling as an activity.

I guess every gamblers always feel bad whenever they experienced lost from their gambling at the moment and, whenever I experience lost from a particular bet I played privately and, it use to change my mood through out the day which nobody at home will know because I don't use to gamble im public.

I hard such story from one of my friends in those days in school and whenever she lost huge amount of money in gambling, she will be comfortable to say it to people in a week later based on she use to gamble where her friends will give her some words of encouragement that will make her not to worry too much about the lost.

I feel more confident and less stress betting with friends on the same pick. However, I will not just follow blindly, betting with friends is fun as you'll think that the pick was carefully analyze, more heads are better than one as they say, so it's expected that the winning chance is highter.

I also bet against friends, but it was just a friendly bet so it doesn't need to be a serious amount of money, when I feel serious with betting, I just make sure I bet it online, at least no feelings involve and if I win I won't hurt anyone's feelings.

the reduction in pressure may be due to the situation you get from a place where you play with your friends which is quite comfortable. it must be because the situation is quite entertaining for you when you experience defeat and it reduces the pressure of defeat that you receive.
In other cases, if a gambler plays alone and loses the game, he may do something negative, such as destroying the device or damaging something around him. I have a friend who is a gambler like that. So the role of friends around us can lighten the atmosphere so that it doesn't put too much pressure on you.

But I personally prefer to play alone, even though I sometimes join in with friends who gamble. but I always avoid playing with friends around.

Yes, winning something together with friends will certainly be more fun and when we lose with the same bet it can also ease a bit of our disappointment, because we are not alone on that.
But when the bet is lost or when we bet on a different team in one match, there is a chance that we can blame each other and this can cause quarrels with friends.
Its okay to bet together with friends, but its not wise if you do it continuously.

There are people who prefer to be solo gamblers,  they do better gambling alone and they can take care of themselves no matter the outcome of their gamble. There are still people who enjoy  gambling in the company of friends. They do not just enjoy it, they also feel safer gambling with friends as friends are always there to protect and lift their mood in case of losses. Everyone knows what works best for them and where they can strive better, it is best everyone sticks to what they are comfortable with.

I belong to the class of people who enjoy gambling in the company of friends, especially when it involves sports. I enjoy analysing games and arguing about the possible outcome of the games. Such outings are fun and there are never moments to feel moody about losses if they arise. I gamble alone too but gambling with friends around is more fun.

I think most people who gamble with their friends will definitely feel the same way as you said OP, meaning that at least there will definitely be an exchange of opinions before making a decision which makes you confused about whether to follow your own decision or follow the advice of your friends, but In my opinion this depends on what type of gambling you do, if for example you gamble on a type of sports betting where you can make decisions based on a team's track record then I think your friends will also agree with your decision because there is a track record basis that can is used as a fairly reliable reference, whereas if for example you gamble on a type of gambling that purely depends on luck, then in my opinion this is where the exchange of opinions, which sometimes involves selfish feelings, will play a role between you and your friends, where differences in feelings will become the basis for the exchange of opinions.

But I think overall, if for example you gamble using your own money without involving money from other people, including your friends, then in my opinion everything depends on you or what I mean is up to you, if for example there is a difference of opinion then you should choose to bet according to your feelings and opinions. You are on your own because still the results at the end of the session will never be known and the point is that you might be luckier than following the opinion suggested by your friend.

Yes I have had such feeling severally. I must confess playing thesame games can be exciting and also confusing sometimes. It is good when there is a collective ideas or effort and suggestion between friends. If the game has won, you all will jubilate over the wining with several agument of who suggestion is more real than the others. But bad when there is lost, because there will be also several aguements of who caused or suggested the match that made them loose.

I think so, yes. Although the result in one's funds is basically the same, there is a social stigma too attached to being a loser, which seems to be smaller if you share the loss with others. At least, you are not worse than them.

Although it can be positive to gamble with friends, choosing the right ones is key.

i'm not interested in taking a bet, together with my friend, because i think that if i take the same bet as he took, then we will most likely lose/win together. but if i take a bet myself, there is a possibility that the outcome of my bet will be different from that of my friends, and when i win maybe i will treat them to a drink or have fun.

moreover, my relationship with my friends is quite normal, so whatever bet i take, they will definitely respect it and there is no pressure in our circle, so everyone is free to bet.

In this situation, if one person loses, everyone loses, so there is nothing to gain. But what I have tried to focus when I lose a bet myself, I feel like maybe I didn't do good research or decision making that I regret. When at the same time we lost the bet after consulting friends, there were other friends like me who had wrong idea or our research was wrong due to which we lost that bet. At that moment  we can become more aware of our mistakes. Also, when I place a bet I fell i don't get it back so that I don't have to regret later. But when I bet with friends I feel quite comfortable to bet in a festive atmosphere which gives me great pleasure at times.

Yes, I have the same experience as you when I playing gambling with my friends. We have a good times together playing gambling in the same table and enjoy our cola. That makes us relaxed and enjoy the moment without thinks about other things that makes us busy. We don't feels pressure each other because we knows that we used our spare time together playing gambling, although we play different gambling games. But sometimes we place a bet in the same teams because in my friends circle, we have three friends that knows about many teams better than the other friends. We can win many times but we always place the bet with the money we can afford. We never try to breaks our rules and always remind each other because we don't wants to see addiction comes to us.

The experience of participating in the same bet with friends will definitely be good. Everyone's experience in betting is not the same if you have a few friends and everyone knows the rules then there will be no stress while betting. If we friends participate in the same bet then our relationship will be good and we will gain some experience. If three or four friends bet together, everyone will not lose one will definitely win. Betting in this way will not create any pressure in the person and everyone will enjoy but for this the money limit should be small.

When we Play games with friends without any elements of gambling such betting on the games or Staking whatever on the games outcome is when the game becomes fun, since there will be absence of greed at some point and also the need to play with casual mindsets.


But once we stake any amount on the games results, such as what we normally do with the cards games where some people put money down on the games outcome, that point it becomes full blown gambling with greed which takes away fun from that activities and at that point I don't encourage friends to involve in such.

I think that gambling has the chance of losing as a risk that is part of this type of activity.
if a loss creates stress, if you feel "angry", if you can't risk that money... it's right to stop and not play.

I rarely placed bets with friends. Symbolic amounts just to follow and support a certain event/player/team.
These are personal choices and finding "a point of agreement" (I put the result x and you put y) always leads to real disasters :)

Playing gambling with friends the feeling is always different when it ends up to be lose, this is the same feelings in school when their is a mass failure, nobody feels bad about it but one thing about playing the same gambling game with friends after playing some games if they ends up not to be successful one won't be willing to still play the same game with friends to avoid continuous lose. Even if the feeling is different when gambling is played with friends, it is unwise to keep on playing because of no hard feelings about the lose. Playing gambling with friends is another way of getting addicted if one is not careful,  especially when you are surrounded with friends that can't do without playing gambling.

We all can agree that gambling is all about betting with the money you can afford to lose, if you don't have the mind to let' go of the money, why gamble it in the first place? You will definitely be emotional when you lose amount that you need and depression is unavoidable if you don't have the means to make another one, this is why you should never even try gambling if you can't let go of that money.



Whether you involved your friends or you are just a solo gambler, if you used the money you cannot afford to lose, you will cry alone when your friends are not with you. You can't bet your school fees with your rich friends and you think you will have a rest of mind? You can't because the risk is high. The basis of safe gambling is when you have nothing to lose with that wager money, with such amount you can enjoy gambling alone and with friends, that's when you see your friends as motivation to make good predictions.

If you choose to place different bets with your friends, of course the results you will get will be different, you may win or lose and it would be better for us to have different bets with friends when placing bets because if we lose, of course there is still hope. our friend wins the bet, but if we have friends who force us to bet while they don't have the money to bet, of course this will be very detrimental to us and it would be better when we want to bet to avoid them so that we can place a bet according to our wishes. not with suggestions from our friends who just want to place a bet but don't have the capital to bet.

One thing I don't do is playing bet against my friends and I would advice everyone not to engage in such, it's a silly thing to do by engaging in it, it can shatter your relationship relationship with your friends and if it doesn't then you would be sentimental about the bet.

Although I engaging in playing same bet as my friends, I have a friend who is great in sport betting and I do get games from him which I stake on

Actually it would really be just that depending on what kind of friend you do really have because not all friends would really be taking up seriously or would be making some arguments in the time that they would be losing up their bet against you. Although i do have that kind of experience with my friends that there would be some sort of argument but not on the time or moment that it would be ending up on a conflict.
Most of them are really that having that sportmanship or do really that easily accept their defeat. This is why we cant really be able to generalize up things basing up on what we do able to observe
in other situations.

If you do find out that your friend is something like this then it would be wise on trying out to avoid things. Just like you've said that if you dont like for those relationship to be not shattered
then it would be wise that you should really be avoid it at all cost.

Your perspective is both refreshing and insightful, emphasizing how gambling with friends goes beyond financial results, to enhance social bonds and create lasting memories. The concept of using gambling as a form of "risk management" through the support of friends. I like it!
It demonstrates how shared experiences can enrich gambling, highlighting the balance between risk, reward, and the strength of relationships. So, it remains to find good friends  :D

It is not unusual for this situation to happen if you have some gambler friends. Because friends like to hang out in a common place. And if you have a gambler friend, there will be a chat about gambling. I had a few betting friends with whom I didn't bet together much at the same place. Because I have seen that where the number of people is high, there are conflicts arise about the rules and there is no positive environment for betting. I usually try to do my own research and betting. However, I observe the predictions or researches of others with my own criteria. If there is no such situation then gambling according to my own decision. I prefer gambling in noise free places which allow me to understand the betting info. But my experience in any such betting with friends is very less.

Gambling with friends is a different experience than gambling solo because it makes the sports betting experience a social and competitive game at the same time. I usually share a bet with friends on a match at the same time as another group of friends bet on the opposing team, and the enthusiasm increases. In my country, young people gather in cafes and share bets for fun, and some often place large bets.

It is one of the forms of positive use of the concept of gambling, as it increases the closeness of individuals and strengthens the bonds of friendship between them. I would prefer if all types of gambling games, including slot games, were played in this group way. This reduces the cost of bets distributed among participants and does not lead to addiction or excessive play.

Whether gambling alone or with my friends, that should have no big difference, at least in my own experience.

If you can't handle the loss that much, it's good to practice that behavior from now on without involving your friends. In gambling, a feeling like that is just a distraction since if you are being affected when losing, to the point, you feel much more comfortable if it's not just you lose but also your friends, might affect your ability to decide what's the best pick since you are a bit afraid or worried that you might not hit the right prediction.

Yes and that's a normal feeling when we gamble and then we lose. We don't want to celebrate but instead we feel depressed, disappointed and devastated because we've just lost and that's about our emotion when the plan didn't go accordingly as we gamble.

Maybe you'll enjoy more if you're with your friends because it's not going to be all about gambling but all about the get together and bonding that you'll be having with your friends. That's the reason why many want to gamble with their friends because about the talks, discussions and bond that they've missed all along. So, if this is going to be a fun thing you should gamble with your friends and that's all about having fun because when money is involved, you'd be disappointed and this bonding might be destroyed by it.

I also get that similar feeling when I hop on to a sports betting group and sometimes on the live casino tables chatting with other gamblers while playing. I feel less bad about my losses knowing others had the same bet and maybe risked bigger units too.

When you're together with your friends or a group of gamblers, the experience becomes different because our focus suddenly shifts towards having fun while the wins are only a bonus.

You are right. Losses will become a less burden if we experience it together with friends. Most especially if you have some funny friends, instead of getting depressed of your losses, everything will end up as a laughing stock and just enjoy the company and eventually forget about the losses.

I think that’s the benefit having friends around while betting. You are not alone at your worst losses, simply because everyone has fair share of losses. Until you all end up forgetting about it since losses are actually expected in all types of bets. But, it’s still a good thing if you win more than losing more.

About acceptance of losses, I'm okay with it already and I am no longer being affected of it a lot but it still depends on how much I am losing but typically, they're not a lot.

I agree, you are with them when you win and when you loss. So, the frustration that you'll feel when you lose your bets.

You've got your friends back to pat on you to make you feel better.

In my opinion this depends on the game the person is playing, for example a person who makes sports bets, in my case I prefer to do my analyzes and bets alone. but I have seen that here in my neighborhood there are many people who have been betting on sports and that they sit and talk a lot to each other when they are analyzing the games and from what I can see they share a lot of ideas about the teams that bet on them, perhaps that be of great help to them because with many people thinking it may be easier to analyze the games and be able to obtain good results. As I'm not friends with them, I don't know if they have had good results with this system. but they have been doing this for a long time

so I suppose as they have been doing this for a long time then they are somehow making a profit, if they weren't making a profit then they would have given up by now. There are people who do not have a strong mind, they do not have a mind capable of enduring many problems without becoming mentally exhausted, so they need help from other people to be able to deal with many problems they have. So in the case of these people, it is important that they play with very responsible people who will be able to give them good advice and will not let them get on the path to addiction.

This is actually okay. Knowing that someone came up with the same decision as you might help you to become a better gambler. You have someone to discuss your losses and your wins, and might also come up with a strategy that will benefit all of you.

Betting groups are okay only if the people in the group are positive in this venture. They are not detrimental to your financial decisions and they also tell you when to stop or when to go. These are the type of friends you want in a betting group, as you develop your gambling skills but not turn out as a degenerate at the end of the day.

What am about to say applies more to those in the lower and middle class very often. Most times when you find those within this social status gambling more than they can afford to loss, it’s probably because they’ve got plans of what they could do with the win money and as such, they’ve taken a step to go for less risk but more stakes. This would be some means to bring themselves closer to winning but in reality, the game could always play either ways.
In the event of a loss, you could imagine just how broken such individuals would be. More frustrated than you came. A lot of people have found themselves in a suicidal position with that. Loosing is never easy to get used to or suck up and as such, you need some know how at the game to leverage for your advantage.

Yeah I suppose you are correct, because I can remember this one very scene when I wanted to try something stupid when I was out with the boys and immediately some of my friends had to tell me to actually think twice before doing it and they all supported and stopped me and they did this owing to the past gambler I used to be, thinking I wouldn't flinch before I took the risk but they never knew I have changed but on still with friends so many gambling errors can be provided and I suppose the money you would use when together something that any gambler can lose and like you said no chase of lose because of the fun you are having together.

Yea but not a collective games of different people because I don like playing gamble in a situation I will be having double thoughts. I have seen several people who brings there opinions on prediction and later comes back that the game played was not predicted properly all because he was not convinced if the game will play. Instead he will choose to play another game from another person there by disorganising the already predicts match. and people get confused and play differently. Because of that reason I have decided to either play on my own prediction or just play a game predicted by someone making it 2 different ticket rather than combining different predictions from people. Because definately they will make you confuse.

I always gamble with my best friend. Having the same bet with them can have both positive and negative aspects. Positive in a way that you'll feel comfortable and supported, especially when losing, just laughing it off. And negative in a way that there will be times that the two of you will have differences in opinion and strategies. It creates pressure on confirming the final decision of the bet. Although, sometimes, listening to them can always get insights that they have a point.

The positive aspect of betting with friends is that we will be in a situation that is quite lively because of the togetherness where maybe the atmosphere of fun with friends can be a little bit to heal our hearts when we lose or it can also be to minimize the tension in running bets and I am sure that quite a lot of gamblers prefer to gamble with their friends whether it is in the type of physical gambling or online, as I do which I also like you more often gamble with my friends.

The exchange of opinions is common in situations when you gamble with your friend where there is always a difference of opinion between you and your friend in terms of making a decision before betting and sometimes it is quite confusing between we should bet using our own feelings and opinions or follow something that is suggested by our friend, and in my opinion even so, in the end, your opinion or your friend's opinion is still unknown about the truth, or the point is that we can't be sure that the results at the end of the session will really be able to bring us to victory unless we have completed the gambling session because everything will be clear when you have completed the game, so for me and what I do is that I better bet with my own feelings and opinions regardless of the results later.

Who is to blame if you gamble with the money you can't afford to lose and still lose it? You, of course, that is why I do not pity those who are in this category, they brought the issue upon themselves out of their lack of wisdom. If they are wise, they would have to weigh the risk and the outcome well to know if they should proceed before ending in it. And if they proceed and lose, they should blame themselves.

Also, for me, I see no difference between gambling alone and with friends when it comes to feelings, it is my money, so I feel the same when I lose or gain. But one thing I can't trade for anything is my privacy. I like to do my things my way and mostly private, especially if that thing has to do with risk-taking. I've seen a friend blaming his fellow friend for his loss because he changed his prediction just because his friend predicted differently. This is one of the many I like to avoid in this regard.

Fine, a friends may contact me for my predictions, I can give him on a friendship level, but for us to be deliberating on which team to choose or not choose, I don't do that. It can cause more confusions especially if the friends are such that feels perfect and knows better. They may confuse you, and if you are such that can't be confused, they may just start unnecessary argument that is annoying. Why not do your thing yourself when you have all it takes?

I would like to express the banal opinion that when it comes to gambling or trading, I realize that the responsibility for my decisions lies solely with me. And only on me. I don't understand those who share advice. Asking friends for advice on this issue can be dangerous, as it can negatively affect our relationship.
I understand that everyone should be responsible for their actions, and therefore I try to make my own decisions without shifting responsibility to others. I remember that friendship is more important than money, and therefore I prefer not to ask friends for advice in gambling in order to avoid possible conflicts and keep our relationship pure.

Definitely that's the mindset of a responsible gambler. Some may blame gambling for losing unable to accept their wrong actions, so they continue making the same mistakes over and over again. We understand the risk, we take it, so we know that there's a possibility that we will lose money, so that's fine because it will never put us at a high risk if we are responsible.

This is another thing mate, OP shared to bet with friends, meaning you bet on the same team, you are not betting against each other.

Betting alone creates more thinking because there is no input or advice so you really bet according to your own intuition, in the end when you lose you have no entertainment. However, it's a different story if you bet with friends, win or lose, it feels like we are not alone, there is a kind of encouragement to provide support to each other. Therefore, betting with friends is quite fun, even when we lose we can still laugh about the loss, or when we win we can share with friends who have lost. 2 conditions that really affect our mentality when betting, and honestly I prefer to do it with friends rather than alone.

Indeed, being with friends allows us not to feel emotionally independent and not to struggle so strongly with losing, there is so much empathy here and a group of friends will help us develop more fun in gambling, it will include a lot of stories and discussions about the match, instead of a bitterness and reflection on a victory that was hard to come by. In addition, because of the distractions created by friends as well as the level of not being too serious, the loss rate and money lost are also reduced, sometimes just a few drinks between friends, a good way to restrain yourself in gambling

Peer pressure is something that can normalize gambling in one's life a lot more than if one was to start gambling on his own.

For instance, I know a friend of mine who was watching a lot of gaming streamers growing up, he was a bit of a lonely guy, but as these streamers realized that there's a lot of money to be made from gambling streaming of course they started dedicating more and more of their content to this type of games.

So the issue here is that so long as my friend was watching a stranger gamble, he was of course interested in the content but not so much on putting a lot of money towards gambling himself. When he however went to parties of his friends group and saw them putting hundreds of dollars towards slots, he started believing in gambling a lot more. So naturally being a lonely guy and having fully normalized gambling in his money now, he started losing substantial amounts without even telling anyone.

Thankfully after a while he admitted to it and asked his friends to stop playing in front of him. The good ending here is that they switched to playing board games other than gambling in their get togethers. All for their friend. Quite admirable. 

Their friendship is beautiful, after all, what is friendship if the interests of those you call friends are not considered when taking group decisions. The guy in question is strong in character, being honest with yourself is one of the most challenging thing to do. Some people bow to peer pressure even when they know quite alright that its killing them. I think what made his decision stand strong is his asking his friends not to play in front of him, you cannot be trying to stop a habit and still be in an environment where exists, you need to cut  all ties to it and that's what he did to stay dedicated to his resolve.

Gambling is not for everybody and if you see yourself uncomfortable with the outcomes of your gambling activities, I think you need to curb your involvements or quit totally like the guy mentioned above. The friends are  also wonderful that they helped their friend preserve his decision. They are the real MVPs

Profit or loss, it mean to have a result, now, you thinks that sharing the defeat with someone you know allows you to make fewer losses, lol, sorry, I don't understand the point, what you're saying is something very school, kids, man, you're having a beer with your friends and if the result is negative or positive , the mutual feeling is simple: next bet.

What fits is to discuss the game and get up to date on what the next bet is, consequently improving the decision on bet new.

You need to start gambling without your friends now. It will be hard for you to cope up with future dealing with gambling if you always rely on your friends or if you need to share your experience with them. Not all the times that there are friends around that you can gamble with.

Should be your main goal right now to focus on gambling alone just to have a bit of relaxation too. Sooner or later you will use gambling alone and not be a problem anymore if you don't have your friends around you that are available to gamble with you.

Sharing a gambling experience with friends can be more enjoyable and can also create a sense of connection between you and your friends compared to when you gamble alone. Laughing together, sharing happy moments, even failures create unforgettable memories. But it still has to be said that gambling damages personal relationships, friends can become enemies when they trust each other with money.

It's a pity that my childhood friends no longer have much contact now that each of them has become an individual with their own life story. The burdens of life and duty have pulled each person down different paths.

This will depend on what kind of friends we have at that time. If they are friends who are close enough and understand the situation, it can really reduce our burden when we lose at gambling. In fact, instead of being sad, we actually laugh when we actually lose at gambling. Because sometimes, teasing after teasing from our friends actually becomes good impact, because usually we already understand most of their language and the meaning of what they say. This can make it easier, rather than experiencing losses when alone.

But on the other hand, it will be more annoying if we are with other people who are actually friends, but it actually makes us even angrier when we lose. It's not because they don't care, but they only pretend to care and actually stab our hearts. That would be quite annoying. Sometimes we can feel these feelings, especially when we are feeling dilemma and sad. So, you really have to choose friends who like to play gambling with.

When friends are bet simultaneously there may be some relief in place of regret between them in win or loss but may not be the same for everyone. If you place bets on the same bet with friends, those bets can be enjoyed very well. If you lose or win, you get a combined excitement which is not possible if you bet individually. But as many have discussed there are some disadvantages because you are not betting based on your own analytics, you have to bet based on your friends' research. The downside to this is that when the results are negative, many people may become suspicious. But my advice when it comes to betting is to bet yourself. After receiving predictions from friends, a decision can be more effective if it is followed up with one's own bets. However, those who regularly bet by themselves can enjoy the exciting atmosphere created by participating in the same bet with friends for a short period of time.

sometimes a gambler feels bored when gambling online in a room alone and sometimes a gambler wants to feel the sensation of betting with friends making the same bet but when they lose they can laugh together and this is gambling to have fun.
In the past, before the trend of online gambling, I often played poker with other friends and that happened when I was very young and it was really fun betting with other friends, it had fun that we rarely had before, even though losses often happened, but if we got together with friends, everything looked fun.

but all that changes when a gambler who is married usually very rarely bets with his friends and they usually choose to gamble in their room enjoying their free time after working all day and I myself am currently doing the same thing and I have never bet with other friends but still you can enjoy every betting session to entertain yourself.

Yes, every time things change, we won't always be able to gather with our friends to gamble like when we were young, that's why those who are still relatively young, especially those who are not married, can do it and enjoy playing together with their friends when gambling and that's what I did before. I'm married and have a child. It's true that sometimes I get bored playing alone in my room, but not all friends have time to get together again when they have a small family like their life partner and their children.

I am one of those people who gamble alone at home and never leave my wife and children at home just to gamble with my friends, especially since many of them are busy with their own affairs and not all of them are still gambling, sometimes many of them have stopped playing. especially since I don't have any contacts to contact them and it's definitely difficult to play betting with my friends again like before, but let the past be just an experience, nothing more than that, but to be honest, enjoying gambling alone is sometimes not too boring because We can still look for other entertainment with our children and wife outside the home.

It is always good to have a meeting with friends and that shows that things can go quite well, the relationship between friends usually strengthens when they share those things, games, having a few beers and eating, all that is fine, although I have seen gaming sessions with friends who end up badly with betting, especially those friends who run out of money and the friendship can be affected, so you have to know who you can bet with, people or friends who are mature in that sense so that they do it so as not to bother each other. nor create some kind of friendship breakup, this is something we should always see, so in this type of things we can make a difference if we go to the money level, no one likes to lose money, if so, it is better to play online or in PVP mode.

This just shows how cruel the human race is. ;D

We are comforted when our friends lose as well, this is very common to end up in the bad side not alone is somewhat comforting to us but it doesn't gonna change the fact that we lost our money so it's not changing anything just console our mind for no reason.

Usually I don't involve as group when I bet because we maybe forced to be unconsciously when we didn't want simply because our friends are betting, so stay alone and enjoy your loss and wins completely.

I tried it once when I asked my coworkers about and thoughts about the NBA games, and he said that he hadn't thought of that yet, so I said that I would get back to him after a few hours. But after thinking, I've never reached out to him that day because I realized that we have our own judgments on things; one might work for him, one might not work for me, so for me, I would rather get lost with my own judgement than lose with someone else's. Yes, losing with someone is much more comforting since you have someone that you can share the frustration with, but it is much more happy if you win with your own judgement. 

Well, when you bet with your friends around and all of you are placing your bets on the same or opposite sides, you tend to have more fun than being worried about the bets unless you guys are addicted gamblers and bet large amounts even when you are betting against each other. When you are with friends, you should make bets just for fun so that you guys can watch the game together and have some fun and enjoy the time while you are all together regardless of the result of the game.

When I'm with my friends, we don't bet on games by going to a betting shop or betting online but we do live bets between us which is like if I win, I will take the guys out for dinner or drinks and the same would be for the other guy that is betting against me. Such bets are more fun though they can be costly sometimes, lol.

It is easier to play with friends, because if a person starts to lose emotional control or starts to bet more money than they are willing to, the friend can be a balancing point and help the person to see their mistakes. A good friend is precisely used to help each other, in good things and also in bad things, because sometimes in the heat of emotion we cannot see things clearly...

This describe me perfectly. I thought I was the only one with such feelings whenever I gamble together with my friends. The experience is top notch and that's when you will realize how fun and entertain gambling can be. Different are ideas are being presented and considered in order to go for the best option that will see our ticket boom at the end. The good thing about this experience of gambling together with friends is that even if the game lost, you won't feel the pain of losing your money too much and you will joke about it together again.

One problem we do encounter here from betting together is mockery. What we normally do when we want to bet in group is for each person to come up with a specific odds of games and we combine it together to place our bet. At the end of the game, if your predicted game is responsible for lost of the entire ticket, you will be mocked and laugh at which sometime leads to argument. The experience is a very good one but it's not the best since I prefer to be responsible for my gambling.

There are times that I would also gamble along with my friends, and it lessen the pressure for me.
The only thing that I don't like whenever we do it is that I also don't care much about the money it is mostly for fun.
Most of the time we would end up losing, even if we would manage to win in our early bets since we don't want to stop cause we are having fun.

Honestly, when I gamble with my friends, I feel there's no pressure, but purely as entertainment. We collect money, and deposit it to one of our 2 favorite crypto casinos (Rollbit & Stake.com), sometimes it's in his account and sometimes it's in mine, we share the bankroll and play it with full fun. When playing alone and losing $100, it's harder than knowing that you only lost $50 and the other $50 came from your friend money.

It sounds great to be able to share all these feelings and emotions with good friends, overcome the loses together and share the winnings, or spend them in a good dinner together.

I said before that it is important the kind of friends you gamble with, and I'm happy to know that you are so privileged MAAManda.

This reminds me... I'm very bad at poker, but I'll think about joining the next competition held in the forum, because even if I lose, I think that it can be an entertaining experience with virtual friends, but friends after all.

In fact, gambling with friends can make us more depressed and stressed. For me, gambling alone is better, rather than gambling by inviting or being invited by friends to an online or offline casino.

My experience is that gambling with friends is worse than alone, for example: if we win, of course we can end the game without compromise, whereas if there are friends around us, it will make the atmosphere more chaotic, for this reason, the atmosphere alone is safer than in a crowd.

Everyone has their own risks and sequences in gambling, therefore having friends and being alone when gambling has a different understanding, depending on the person, Some people gamble with friends who are proud of them, but I don't, it's actually more chaotic, winning and losing are things that are bound to happen, it's up to us to respond to all of that so we don't get depressed and act negatively.

I have the same situation, I feel more concentrated when I play alone. I can improve my skills, discover something new for myself. And when I play with friends, I start having fun and we start doing some nonsense, this is not a serious attitude towards the game. I realized that these are completely 2 different states for me, with friends I perceive it as complete relaxation without tension and I feel rested after that. And if I’m alone, then on the contrary, I need rest after this, after complete immersion. I can admit that if we have only 1 friend at most, then we can still discuss something serious with him and even he can tell us something really important or we tell him, which will allow us to increase our level. But in the end I realized that the more friends in one room, the more fun it is and you can’t have a dialogue about anything anymore, only jokes.

When it comes to leisure seeking then there are type of persons who are really that loving on going solo or alone because they do get distracted or wont really be able to enjoy gambling when they are with someone or even just a single friend and rather they would really be preferring on being alone because they could really be able to concentrate on what they are doing. Same goes for me
that i do prefer on going solo. This one would potentially be that able to avoid conflicts with your friends on which we know that there are moments that there would really be arguments that might
mold up in between you and your friends if you do have that opposite bets or having that other opinions on which this one is really that happening. There are really moments or times that
you do want to be alone and there are times that you do want to be with someone. It all depends on the mood that you are feeling on a certain point.

If you are going to gamble in a 50-50 situation and you know that losing will hurt you so bad such that the feeling can turn to become depression then don't a gamble!!! Gambling shouldn't be a life or death situation and it's okay to watch from the sidelines, but if you will have to borrow money just to gamble then these could actually be early signs of gambling addiction and should find ways of managing your time to avoid being hooked to gambling!!!


Fortunately for me, me and my buddies have agreed not to support the same teams just to create an atmosphere of competition and fun, but if it comes to putting money on a team this is usually personal as its easy to influence other people's decision if you are on a winning run and we try to avoid this kind of decision making.

If everyone is saying X team will win then there is less pressure , but when there are divergent picks... this is were the confusion comes in as people don't know what to go for which is why sometimes solo picks are better to remove any doubt or confusion!

Yes this really happened after losing bet, some gets so much depressed that they don’t think straight anymore and happens to be challenged to us and miss understanding to everything because they don’t get happy after the gambling because of the experience, this what I feel that I can contribute on this.

Yes at the physical betting shops, I have made bets on sequence events with friends, sometimes we predicts out out of being attracted to normal arguements and then we could all come to an aid of succumbing to an extend where one is able to convince the rest.
So we could just walk up to have a predictive bet on it

Also, sometimes I goes to the physical gambling shops and would not just be in the mood to bet but if a friend walks in with so forecasted games to bet on, I goes through the games and get little convince and then I bets on it.

I am usually in this kind of way betting below my usual fund of when I bet on my own predictions. I have actually not won in any of these but has always accepted it likely because the message to my head is always that ... I did not fail alone to, take it that way. Lol

This is why we need friends around to help us forget we even lost a bet. If you have the right friends around while gambling, you can never get depressed over your loss as there will be lots of jokes and laughter to help you forget your sad moment.  Any gambler who constantly gets depressed after every loss (whether in the midst of friends or not) should consider taking a break from gambling as this is not healthy for him or her. Gamblers should understand that losses are also bound to occur in gambling, so mourning so much for the losses will not bring the money lost back. It is better they gamble with very small amounts or avoid gambling totally to protect their mental health.

It's normal to feel that way; even though it doesn't guarantee a win, it creates a kind of illusion that it could actually cut! Yunno why? "Two heads will always be better than one"

I had an experience about a similar case and, to be honest, it didn't end well. A particular gambler that believes in luck rather than having an experience came and logged on the booking system in our casino and saw series of already selected games, then he decided to pick up the booking code and wager on all of 'em... In summary, he wagered on atleast 15 tickets with 50k each and lost everything.

What I have learned from these two situations is that no matter what happens after you made a bet, you are the only one responsible for the results of that bet, losing or winning you are the only person who would enjoy or feel bad about it. When you make the same bet as your friend, you are only gaining more confidence about the outcome, but it is different when the results comes out and only your money is involved there, beside that, both of you are not going to effect that bet, in a sport bet or even in a live casino, roulette, Blackjack or Poker.
Personally, I prefer gambling alone most of the time, so I don’t really get influenced by that friend who might have more money or he is risking more than me, so in that case, there are more chances for you to bet more money or even choose another side which is going to make you lose rather than gain, that time where you are going to feel more bad that you didn’t trust your decision and didn’t enjoy.

The whole point of gambling is to enjoy, which means, risking your own money based on other people’s decisions and perspectives will reduce the your entertainment towards gambling.

That's what I feel as well and that is how it should be. When you do something with your friends, it should be fun and there should be no stress involved because friends give you a good time and even when you are having a hard time in life, when you have your friends around and if they are good and genuine friends, you won't feel stressed and you will suddenly start feeling good because of the positive vibes they bring in the atmosphere around.

When I get together with my friends and if we wish to do some gambling, we go somewhere together and have some fun there making bets and gambling some money away, sometimes we manage to win and sometimes we lose the money but we have a good time which is completely worth the money spent.

It's hard to forget that, you replied to my message in June, and since I made my post in April, we haven't seen each other again until now due to work & long distance. BTW, when you meet and gamble together, what kind of gambling do you usually play? My friends and I usually only play slots because our meeting time is short, so we need to know ASAP whether we win or lose :D.

Then what about you guys? do you guys go to Sportsbook, Live Casino? or are you the same as us who choose to play slots?

What you're feeling is a familial bond, the pain of losing doesn't really make you feel that bad because you know that your friends are there and you'd be doing fine because there's some feeling of comfort with them plus the losses is trumped easily with fun, that's why it's more fun to gamble in a casino when you're with friends, the shenanigans that you're going to involve yourselves is limitless but the fun is definitely there plus the memories, even if you lose big time there, the memories of those times would be more about your time with your friends and not the money that you've lost.