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With gambling gaining awareness each day and the population of those gambling increasing it's calls for concern as many has fallen victim to this money sucking game that makes people not to save their money but loss it.
But let's take a critical look at this very sensitive matter called gambling has anyone really made it from gambling, is gambling worth it and if really anyone has made it through gambling can he/she proudly tell the younger ones that gambling is what going into.
Infact gambling has made many to go broke and live in poverty many has lost their life savings and even pension in gambling, I am of the view that gambling should be controlled by the government of each country and that there should be a maximum amount of money one should use in gambling.

But you know already that the governments do not give a fuck about gamblers and bettors. They care more about the taxes. Then you are the one to learn not to be greedy and see gambling as just a means of having fun. If you see it not in that way or it is not fun for you, then you should quit gambling.

Many gambling sites follow some regulations and have helpful information for addicts or those that are becoming addicted to gambling. But gambling addiction is more than just those articles and self-exclusion that you see on the gambling sites. The best self-exclusion comes from the mind while the best means to gamble comes from the mind and it requires discipline.

Or it coudl be a recipe to disaster if you think that way....

Lets agree that yea the government controls how people should gamble with what optimum amount they should use per day or weekly as the case may be. The 100 dollar question is, can the government be able to control how many different accounts that gambler decides to open with different gambling platforms using different information details? No, don't think so.

On the other hand, it's ultimately true about what charles-tim said. The government don't give a damn anymore than they do for the taxes they receive from these gambling companies. You have to be consciously responsible for your gambling disposition, nobody's coming to save you not even the government.

There are two types of people that gambles that I know of, it's actually three but let's just remove the third for they're the ones that are the real enjoyers of it. So here they are.

1. Gamblers that are thinking of getting out of poverty through gambling.
2. Rich gamblers that are still hooked with gambling and thinks that they can multiply their money on it.

So, either can be for fun but that's the definition that I've come up for both of them. We can say that we're all for fun and games but can't remove the fact that when money talks, everybody listens and so as gamblers.

I agree, but you have to think about it this way, gambling has been with us since time immemorial. Not saying that I favor gambling since I'm a gambler myself. But then again, how can you control something that has been with us ever since the existence of humans?

I know that there are certain countries that has totally ban gambling and the government could be very effective. However, as humans, we has evolved as well to gamble and maybe they uses other methods to curb that ban.

That's why the only weapon is to educate ourselves about the ill effects of it and then stay away and have self-control.

Do you know what those people who went broke and lost their life savings to gambling have in common? yes, that's right, gambling money they can't afford to lose. As for whether the government should have control over gambling, would you mind elaborating more about it? I mean, are you saying that there shouldn't a privately owned gambling casinos(online and offline) and the government should be the one who owns it or gambling should be heavily regulated by the government?

Gambling sites can be regulated by the government but talking about control and discipline on gambling, it's not on the government already but should come from the gamblers' mindset. Otherwise, if they pursue gambling without setting limits and just gamble with all their funds, then it's highly possible that they will end up losing all their hard-earned money and become homeless due to their gambling addiction. Take note that falling into poverty because of gambling habits is always a choice because of wrong decision making and irresponsible gambling habits.

Thinking like that, it's obvious that many gamblers will go bankrupt.
Is gambling to be successful? Of course not, but I recognize gambling for fun and wouldn't spend my entire savings just to gamble it's a bit stupid if anyone does.

Even if you chase losses most gamblers still lose, so discipline is most important.
Set a bankrol for gambling so you know your limits.

About the government having to control the gamblers it can't, they will take care of taxes for the country's income, sometimes the government doesn't care about the fate of the people who are addicted to gambling, it is an individual problem that must be resolved by themselves while the government only appeals.

If it's registered gambling, it's already controlled by the government in one way or another. Not fully, of course. But if it's a state-run gambling, then its operation is entirely under government management.

It's hard to implement a maximum amount for gamblers. How could that be set? After all, each individual gambler has a different financial capacity. $100 may be big to one but a mere spare change to another. So, would you require every gambler to open up his/her financial books to determine his/her maximum capacity?

For this reason, it has been said to gamble that amount that you can afford to lose. I believe gambling is only for the rich. It can only be considered a source of recreation and not a method to earn money. 


Some will definitely say that they have made money from gambling. Let me explain how this happened. So this can only be possible if your bankroll is high. Let's say your bankroll is $100,000 USD, so yes, in this case, it will be easy to make 40-50 dollars a day through that balance.
Now regarding the government thing, then government won’t stop these gambling sites or casinos, as they pay huge taxes to government and the government wants more casinos to be opened.

Most people know that gambling does nothing good for gamblers; these are facts that cannot be denied. That's why there are only two: either you become addicted to gambling or you become responsible in a way that you can control yourself while you gamble without being driven by greed.

Because if you don't have self-control or discipline in gambling, you will end up with an addiction, which, in the end, if left to happen, can lead to destruction with various results. This is reality and facts that actually happen most of the time.

Gambling often presents itself as a quick path to wealth, but it tends to be a shortcut to financial ruin if one becomes addicted or irresponsible. With more people being drawn into it every day, it’s becoming a serious issue that affects not just individuals, but also their families and communities. Most often, gambling leads to heavy losses, leaving people in a cycle of desperation, especially if they always expect to win and believe they will succeed by imitating others' strategies.

There is people who really make money from gambling but the number will not too big because gambling is not a way to make money. But people tends not care about that and still trying to make money even if they already lost their money before.
They don't realizes that gambling is not a way to solves poverty but will makes them bankrupt faster than they can imagine. People can not saves their money because they think they can make more money from gambling.
It needs more awareness from them not to use gambling to make money and search for the other ways which will be more possible to make money. Gambling should be controlled by the government but the government must warn their people not trying to playing gambling excessively to prevents the big lose.

The whole idea about government controlling any thing is simply for their own gain. They don't really care about the people suffering from any of the implications that follows. One thing anyone and everyone should know is that we can't blame or point fingers when it comes to gambling wrecks. That because it is something you do at your own risk. We know how gambling is risky but then you see sometimes when you are lucky you can make good amount of wins. Though some people have become rich though gambling of different kinds but the we all know how they become at the end. When you take gambling too serious it becomes a part of you and that's your responsibility to take..

Do you know that there is something called responsible gambling? We all know how bad gambling can end up. Gambling-addicted people even take loans and sell their assets to gamble more and expect to win something big which will change their lives. Even if they win something big, the addicted people will gamble more to make additional money. Unfortunately, that is not how it works.

I don't think the government would be able to control the entire gambling industry since there are a lot of unregulated online casinos. The government can't monitor the casinos. People never reveal their wealth in casinos. Even if they are broke, they will act like they are rich.

It is not only gambling that leads people to bankruptcy, alcohol, drugs, unemployment, there are many other things that lead people to bankruptcy. I know that there are cases of people addicted to gambling who have lost everything they had. It is a very sad situation, but we cannot forget that gambling is not to blame. The guilty party is the people who are misusing gambling. What should be done is to always put up a warning so that people realize that they should gamble in moderation and only with money that they can afford to lose.


Look, a person works 8 hours a day, this person wakes up early and comes home late, every day this person suffers at work and when the end of the month comes, this person receives a salary and taxes are deducted. And yet this person should accept that the government decides how it should use the salary money? I don't think that would be right. People should be free to use their honest money as they wish.

Or in most cases a real working shortcut to misery. That way of thinking is what has caused massive damage to people embracing it and thinking they would be going to get out of poverty through gambling. Even in the case where someone has hit it big we know 99.99% of these stories have ended up in misery also because addiction got the best out of them. Therefore anyone who lives by the motto of shortcut to poverty in reality is shortcut to misery.

It is better this way: a knife can be a recipe to something bad as it can also be a recipe to something good. This is how gambling. If you follow the good side of gambling, you will have fun with it. And like I explained above that if you are not having fun while gambling, then stop gambling. Gambling should not be seen as a way of making money which is where the problem can do begin from.

1.Wait, isn't gambling controlled by the government in most countries around the world? Apparently, the current level of control and regulation doesn't work.
2.Maximum amount of money that everyone should use in gambling? I wonder how this would work and who is going to control the whole process. The casinos want the gamblers to spend as much money as possible. Do you really think that the casinos are going to limit the amount of money every gambler puts in his account?
3.Yes, gambling can make you poor, if you lose control over your behavior. Every other addiction can make you poor, when you lose control over yourself. Many people just lose control. There's no easy solution for this problem.

You are not far from the truth here. Many people have moved into gambling for source of earnings and unfortunately, it is not suppose to be so. Gambling in the past was seen as an option or side fun that people do especially during the weekend after they are done with their weekly pay jobs from government or private establishment but those jobs are fast disappearing leaving people to result to helping themselves out of nothing.

Those who are making it in gambling are very few, they can not be compared to the multitude that lose from it. This is because of the erroneous believe of sustaining oneself with gambling especially when they have a first time win, it lures them more and more into it. Most gamblers who have winnings end up betting back the money either at once or gradually back in. If you want to make a steady and reasonable then you have to bet a very low percentage of your payroll so that you can have more chances of more bet from your bankroll.


Sure, government can do that. Government can control gambling no matter how many accounts a gambler dubiously choose to have. After all, the biodata of an individual can be requested through the gambling board, national data collection etc and that would make duplication of registration, names or different KYC difficult.

So it is possible for government to control it but they may not do that as such because of tax generated from gambling.

All of that happens because of the stupidity of the gambler himself. it is not the fault of gambling that drains their savings or even their assets. the problem is why gamblers use their savings or money from selling their assets to gamble.
Gamblers like that are psychologically not ready to gamble. I know that might be part of a gambling addiction that every gambler can experience. but if you intentionally fall into the pit of gambling addiction, then the problem is not with the gambling. but the gambler himself has no control over what he does with his own hands.

As much as you are right, you are still wrong, and this is because winning or losing in gambling depends on several factors, which one of them is ones level of luck, and another important factor is how one approaches or goes about their gambling activities.

I have friends who have made it big from gambling, the same way I know others who were once rich but become poor due to their addiction to gambling and poor gambling decisions.

And speaking of the government taking over and regulating gambling to the extent of setting a maximum amount of money that can be spent on gambling, this i do not agree with, because the government already have more than enough power over the people, we can't afford to let them continue to have more and more power, because if we do, then a time will come when you won't be allowed to go out and see or visit a friend except the government permits you, you don't want that I believe.

Well in overall I do agree with your statement but there are bunch countries that basically get their wealth from the gambling lets say macau, Singapore, monaco and much more they do regulate gamble but I never heard that there is a country that have or regulate maximum money to bet.

Gambling is short cut to poverty is simple term it can but it totally high risk in the long word I would never recommended people to do gamble to as a shortcut to get out poverty or trying to get rich or something. Because like you have said gambling has made many people to go broke

Can move over to a gambling discussion, probably better there.

Unless gambling suddenly becomes state-owned (or some central governance in gambling in general), limitations like money would probably be impossible to implement. At the end of the day, casinos are still businesses, they aim to profit, and asking those businesses to make their customers limit the money they can spend means asking the businesses themselves to cut the potential profit they could gain. It's similar to how alcohol/cigarettes never really had any "buying" limits (afaik anw). They only made warning signs about it much more apparent using their containers and such. It was either that or completely banning it after all.

The government will not control the gamblers, they want control over the gambling businesses only because they can get money from them through tax.
Now, if you are a gambler, they won't give a damn if you get broke or not because it's your choice to risk your money. They do not even care anymore if underage people are coming in and out of gambling dens or cockpits because they know they will make more money when more gamblers are inside.

Now that the popularity of online gambling is very high, the government only wants to let them run as long as they have a license in their country and they are kicking out those who are not. It's very important that they can monitor it because of the money that they will pay. The question is where will the money go afterward? We have no clue about that, I guess we need to be a government official to dig that.

But the government can't ban any of those due to the huge tax the government are getting from the companies that produce the cigarettes, and not to even mention that even some of the government officials are smokers too.

Anyways, let me not deviate from the main topic of discussion here, it's just as you have said, there is no way the government can implement limitations on how much money people spend on gambling, because also, gambling casinos are paying taxes and license fees the government, and all this fees and many more are gotten from the profit the casino make from customers/gamblers.
So, the government limiting the amount of money gamblers spend on casinos will be them shooting themselves on the foot, since they may likely loose the money they are getting from casinos.

Gambling is already controlled by government by taxes and licenses. That is the only way government is allowed to control private business. Government can never tell which price to set and how much someone is able to spend on service or product.

Similar to saying that gambling "is a shortcut to poverty", I can say that it "is a shortcut to being rich" or "spending money is a path to poverty". Yet there is not shortcuts, long paths and difficulties. A person himself creates all his problems and builds his future without any help.

It is true that the level of control and regulation is not running well, people can still access prohibited platforms by using VPN, so there will still be people gambling, in this case the government must work hard to really control it fully,

If you have the wrong mindset in gambling and you think that its your shortcut to riches, then it will end up being your shortcut to poverty, mindset and goal will set up what you will become when you're gambling, its very tempting to think that gambling can get you out of poverty, because for a small amount of money you can turn that to 100 times if you are lucky, but luck is something that does not happen more often; in fact its so rare that it will come at the least expected.
Which is why experts advise people to play with money that you can afford to lose and enjoy the game because luck comes when you least expect it and usually when you enjoy it and not when you are forcing it.

one thing that is rarely said is: winning at gambling is really difficult. staying profitable in the long term is almost impossible.
there are a whole series of subjects and entities that prefer to advertise the big jackpot (luck-related gambling) and not gambling linked to the study of statistics and knowledge of a particular sport.
I don't think it's the government's responsibility to limit gambling.
At most, impartial information and a minimum culture should be given to all players.

The answer to the title question is not entirely correct from my point of view because gamblers have different interpretations of gambling.

Gambling is an activity that requires money as the first object. Winning is a bonus from the game that is obtained from gambling. This is a gambler's perspective that sees gambling positively, played consciously, and based on a good understanding of gambling. If gambling is misinterpreted with the wrong implementation, then gambling will be a shortcut to poverty.

Taxes and license is not enough to regulate gambling but if the regulation go more deeper, it would be seen as invasion of people's freedom. But there are still ways like self-exclusion and setting a limit to the amount of money that you can deposit on the gambling site for certain periods of time but all of these are not working but rubbish in disguise.

Your post is about prohibition and not regulation. This is common in countries where gambling is not legal but some people just like to gamble and prefer to go for offshore gambling sites. Well regulated gambling sites will know this and block the user from using their platform. Using VPN can be a temporary solution but not a permanent solution.

Since government cannot control how much liquor you drink or the number of cigarettes that you snoke, there is nothing the government can do to control how much gamblers spend on gambling because it is beyond their powers and they don't care if casinos keeps to government regulations.

Money is first thing the government is after and whoever is doing business and is able to pay the government fat, they close their eyes on whatever harm such business will cause to the society. It is only you that can advise yourself to stay away from gambling or you gamble with the amount of money that you can afford to lose, so that you don't end up in frustration and put the blame on gamble.

And why should the government control where and how we spend our money? That's freedom, being able to do what we want with our money.

No one forces anyone to gamble, that drive comes from within. People should not expect someone else to take care of them, it is our job in the first place, to take care of ourselves. It's something we learn all our lives, to control our impulses and know what our limits are.

What governments need to do is to regulate casinos and the way they operate... to allow fair games and not cheat people. That should be their job, not controlling what we can or cannot do with our own money.

There are a couple of problems with that approach though.
Firstly, even if gaming gets completely regulated and controlled by the government, so people can only gamble a limited amount of money in casinos and betting houses, those who desire to continue to wager money will opt to continue to gambler their money in the black market or in an underground economy, in which their money/access to gambling is not controlled by the government. The second problem would be about the collision between the power of the government and the right of each individual to do whatever they desire to the money they have earned through their hard work at their respective job positions.

In the case of the United States, it would be very difficult to pass a law which would involve the government controling access to gambling for adults.

Though, I agree with you that gambling can bring terrible consequences if the person partaking in gambling does not have enough self-control and awareness of their actions.

There are reasons why it is always written 18 plus(+), there is an assumption that at 18+ one can be able to take responsibilities for his or her actions, but yeah hardly do people hit  a jack of winning, there is nothing wrong introducing gambling to someone alone side with it's risk awareness, self control and discipline has a major role to play as regards to maintaining and sustaining a responsible gambling behaviors, given gambling such much time can lead to mental disorder and emotional devastation because there are lots of uncertainty in the space that one needs to be aware of, gamble for fun and with an amount that you can afford to lose.

You are right but it can only because reality if the gambler allows it. We usually say that gambling is for fun despite the fact that so many gamblers are not only gambling for fun but also for profit, there are many people gambling for profit but yet they are responsible gamblers who are only risking the amount they can afford the lose.

Those people that exhibit irresponsible gambling lifestyles are people that can become deeply poor because of their compulsive gambling attitudes.

Very well said bud, it is common sense to know that whatever be the state of a man financially, be it positive or negative, it is absolutely his fault and he can not blame nothing else other than himself..
Gambling is not a human being, it's not a virus, even virus can't be contacted without the person taking some actions. Gambling is just an activity of which people voluntarily participate in it on their own, never have I heard that a casino forced anyone to gamble, and never also have I heard that anyone was forced to place bet at gun point.

Who ever is gambling decided on his or her own to gamble, and the outcome he also will bear, be it good or bad, and just incase the outcome is bad, the person can't blame gambling, he can blame only himself, for there are rules one must abide to to ensure responsible gambling, such rules many often ignore in their greed to win big amount of money, and this is why some people end broke as a result of gambling.

As for me, government can't control gambling habit or amount because it is an individual choice. And it will also affect the casino company because they are looking for money. And all what a gambler should do is to control himself not to be addicted to gambling. And gambling is not something someone would tell his younger ones about it that it is worth Playing.
We thank God that online gambling is everywhere, so you can just login to the app or site and gamble and leave. And why gambling is gaining more awareness is because there ads are everywhere and plus the campaigns in this forum.

That's just it. The fact that some people are responsible gamblers proves that anyone can also become a responsible gambler if they really want to but the problem is that some persons just allow their self to become addicted, after which they can no longer make good use of their money apart from using it to gamble.

Not necessarily op. Gambling is viewed as a fun activity by many gamblers including me across the world where fun is the priority(Not money). Also, some gamblers do actually end up earning profits of varying margins when trying to earn money.

However, most people do end up in losses which in fact gets them closer to poverty when money is the priority. This is an accurate perspective of gambling basically.

Gambling wasn’t created to make people successful, that’s just what most people don’t really understand. Most people are gambling just because they want to make money from gambling, and that’s where most people are getting it wrong. If you have the mindset of making money from gambling, then you might end up losing most of your money. We are supposed to take gambling as a form of entertainment, whenever you are alone or bored, you can just decide to gamble, and the amount won can be used for anything we want.
 
People that gamble for the sake of fun will always control their gambling behavior, but people that are desperate looking for money do end up getting addicted to gambling. Most people that goes broke, and sell their properties just because they want to keep on gambling are the people that desperately looking for money from gambling.

After all, we should not blame gambling or anything else for losing money and becoming poor. If we are lazy, greedy, just want to get rich quick and don't want to work hard. Even if gambling did not exist, we would still turn to other games or projects that promise quick riches. The reason we are poor is because we cannot control our greed, do not blame gambling or projects that make us lose money but blame ourselves.  

Gambling has a bad reputation because of human behavior, we ourselves have abused it and made it ugly in society. If we are conscious and only use it for entertainment or play in moderation, no one will have to fall into poverty because of gambling. I am not defending anyone but it is clear that our behavior and greed leads us to poverty not gambling or shitcoins...

I often say this, that very many people go bankrupt because of gambling because they are looking for money by gambling, or chasing losses that they cannot lose in gambling, this is like a stagnant circle if the mindset is looking for money in gambling, I also often say that winning money in gambling is as a bonus for you from looking for fun in betting.
But yes we cannot discriminate against people who think like that, because that is their right, but before talking that far, the risks of gambling should have been understood before gambling.

Many gambling site already have this option the only thing that I know we can do is to educate people that don’t know how to manage their bankroll is to try and use that feature so that they won’t end up spending more than they can afford to lose because they weren’t paying attention to their financial stats.

The government is not going to control anything, tell me any activity out there that the government has made a law to prevent the citizens from putting too much money into? Gambling is not the only thing that has the potential of making some lose their money there are hundreds more way that it can happen but still have you heard anything about the government concerning it?

The problem with this point, is how gambling goes beyond the countries because nowadays anyone can gamble online, it doesn't matter where you are, you can always gamble on a casino that has a curacao license and that would be legit. Only some countries like USA don't allow curacao gambling, but you can gamble on casinos that have a USA licence. So, this is not a topic that the local government can do something about, even if they make it illegal people will keep gambling.

There are actually a lot of gamblers who find gambling as a leisure and fun, rather than seeing it as a way to poverty. However, if you set your mindset that you can be a millionaire in gambling, that’s where you will find yourself more stuck in losses until you closely see yourself down to poverty. So never stick to that but think more likely as a responsible one. Gamble just because you want to have fun, but never gamble in search for instant gains and quick rich income.

Governments have been trying to do this really hard since a long time ago, but such measures have never got rid of gambling practice, neither improved life quality of the population. Actually, governments are the least ones to have morals to say anything against gambling industry, because they are the main pool of abuses, corruption and manipulation against their citizens.

Governments just want to protect you from losing money to gambling, so you will save more money to contribute with the government itself later.

Life isn't plain and simple. Besides learning how to defend yourself against gambling temptations, you also have to learn how to defend yourself against the government and every other threats around, even the ones which look sweet and kind at first glance.

Education, intuition and experience are important. But in order to absorb such learnships we have to be attentive and awaken individuals.

First thing first, you have to know that gambling is more of loses and winning and this is why it is called a risky game and even some government taking a stand against it, in some quarters, the best for anyone is to always check to know that you are not gambling out of control because what causes most people to lose most is when you allow you emotions to control the feelings, so for sure we should agree to that fact that gambling is not about making the money from the winning at all costs.

Gambler's also should be able to know when to quite and when to gamble more and for some reason should not be gambling more than expected because if because of a few winning you go ahead to gamble more than what you can contain, it will result into crisis when you have lose all the money money and unable to gamble because you have no balance left, so even the government is against such manner of gambling and that is why some countries ban gambling outrightly to avoid such a incident from happening since it is all expected that when you gamble you lose more than you win and at that you should gamble with a Little amount of money if you'd don't want to run into bankruptcy and poverty.

Maybe, you mean to say, when to "quit". That is true, because if you will not stop and chase your losses, you will likely lose all your bankroll in the process. I believe most gamblers have such kind of experience as they traverse this journey of gambling. If you want to contain your gambling activities, better set aside your funds for gambling. And once depleted, don't continue your gambling even if you want to. Go back when you already have enough money for your next session. Otherwise, you will suffer the bad consequences of gambling and regret later on for what you have done owed to gambling.

Any addiction is a short cut to poverty and gambling is unfortunately no exception, even though unlike with say, a drug addiction, gambling does market itself as a "chance to leave with more money than when you came into the casino.

In this case I have to say that according to my experience it is true only in part. In skill games there is a small percentage of players who earn money in the long term, that is to say that for us it is not, and many times it is the entrance to better things like other investments or other projects. Then I know quite a few people who gamble, being long-term losers but in a way that does not negatively affect their finances. And then it is true that for a percentage that I do not dare to quantify what makes their already bad economic situation worse. I would say that the combination of gambling, poor education in general and financial education in particular, and impulsivity are a disaster in this regard.


I think the difference is that gambling is much more dangerous financially. $10K of cocaine is many grams of cocaine, and of heroin even more. No matter how addicted you are, you won't finish it in a night or a week. With gambling, on the other hand, you can lose it in a flash.

Well, if you say that Gambling is short cut to poverty then i would disagree to it. Also if someone says that Gambling is short cut to become rich, it will disagree it too. Gambling is not a quick rich scheme and also not a getting quick poor scheme. It is a moderate and entertainment, who come to gamble for fun and have realistic desires of gaining money with calculated risks.

As an example, you can think of a person who only uses small portion of his money in gambling. Then from that gambling portfolio he may use even further small amount on every gamble or bet. This way, he will never lose big and also won't get a jackpot but slowly he will increase his capital while enjoying the gamble, without much stress on his mind.

Addicted to coke is less evil right?  ;D
But this is why they say play only what you can afford to lose. Anything beyond this I guess the gambler had already risked more and most probably they'd end up like the rest who did not quit gambling.

We all have heard of what happened to them.  The worst is when they have a family and the father gets addicted to gambling. The kids are the ones taking the consequences.

Depends on a country. Many of those gambling regulations just mean less taxes for those countries, so how do you explain that? There are several laws that make forming of Casinos harder, which they wouldn't do if they were greedy. They would just cut regulations and take more cut. They would accept bribes for looking trough fingers. Yet there's ton of paperwork, transparency, accountability and severe penalties for not following the law, for everyone involved.

Why would they go over that hassle if they would just be greedy? Politician isn't some sort of monolith, but they are often idealistic people who want change. Their methods as parties just differ as they value different things. Some of them want customer's own responsibility being high. Some of them want to protect customers more.

Normally gambling is of two ways he can either ruin you or can change one lives for the better, but it boil down to the way you approach it . But most time gambling usually ends ones lives due to many reasons, like one not being able to control themselves when gambling, letting your emotions to speak for you and stuff. The worse is your mentality, of taken gambling as a source of income , because gambling should be taken as something that's meant for entertaining.

It depends on how much you gamble and how strong you are mentally. If you are just playing for the fun of it and have a strict gambling budget that you won't break no matter what, gambling isn't going to make you poor. But if you can't control yourself and you play when you are angry and chase losses, than the odds are against you and you will most of the time get into even bigger problems.

An occasional gambler who sees sports betting or casino gaming as an entertainment won't get into trouble. It can easily be an activity and a hobby you spend money on. Some people spend money in movie theaters, others in night clubs or betting on sports and playing casino games.

Some people have, of course, made money from gambling. There are many lottery winners who were made millionaires. You can get lucky on a slot game and win 5,000, 10,000 or more x after a few spins. But many people have to lose for you to win. That's just how it is.

No its not but loss of control on how you gamble is, Gambling is fun and exciting if you know how to tame yourself into losing a lot of money that you cannot afford to lose.
The government, where gambling is legal,, is doing its best to control people from getting addicted; they compel gambling companies to give warning signs about the harmful effects of gambling, and about the maximum money one should use to gamble, which is within the judgement of the player as long as he is ok with losing it, You cannot stop a millionaire to gamble with money like what average gamblers are using.

Afterall, nobody is forcing anyone to gamble, we are doing it because we liked it and wanted to have some fun while gambling, and it is expected that we also know the do's and dont's of gambling before engaging it.


People have made it with gambling and i can vividly tell that tis really worth it, gambling winnings comes by luck or by our personal developed skills, if we made it to win, then we should count it a privilege, but if we don't, it's not also a loss, instead, we have the benefit of having fun in it.

There does seem to be more gambling advertising now than ever before and we might start to see a reversal of that trend eventually. Just like cigarette companies used to sponsor football leagues and individual teams a couple decades ago, before they were banned, we might see similar sorts of bans come in. Almost every Premier League football team now has these sponsors and it is a regular headline about how governments are thinking of stopping it or slowing it down. It might be right for areas that draw in a lot of younger viewers because they can often fall into the trap of addiction and it may encourage them to spend beyond their means.

Gambling is not for the weak. So many people may see gambling as a source of income but they will be surprised to see that they have lost couples of money within a short period of time. There is risk in gambling and people do not know that until they start to lose money.
Maybe people still see gambling as a main source of income because of their current situation of not getting a job to spend most of their time on. Gambling should not be seen as an everyday activity because of the high probability of people getting addicted to it.

This depends on your purpose of gambling;

• For fun
• To live comfortably
• To become suddenly rich

People who gamble because they want to become rich suddenly are always the losers.

Some people has won big in gambling, no doubt but I have never seen a proud gambler.

Not only going broke, some became addicted and some became criminals in order to have gambling money.

Government are doing their best by introducing laws guiding gambling. But then, government don't control your life, you have your decisions to make.

Even if someone has been able to make it big from gambling, that shouldn't be an excuse to educate or encourage others to go down that same route, as their both faiths can't be the same.
 
I have seen one and read about a few people who have followed that line and have been successful, and I have also read about means who have tried to make it through gambling that end up losing the little they have to it instead, which is the reason why it should just be proceeded with caution even if it's under government control; it can't change anything much.

I've got friends that have been full time gamblers and they're able to make themselves a path through it.
Yes, they're able to have some way of earning decently and now, they're able to expand their profits into other businesses.
They know that gambling isn't forever as their source so while they're fortunate and winning some good money there.
They're also making sure that their future won't be sticking to it because it can wipe them out with a single blow of bet.

I do not agree that gambling is a shortcut to poverty, it is not the fault of gambling itself but rather the problem of each individual who gambles too much. In most cases, many people go bankrupt because of gambling, but let's look further into why bankruptcy can happen, yes, because it is done excessively. Gambling is a means of entertainment, not a place to make money or build a career, besides casinos do not force their players to spend a lot of money on gambling, they only provide paid entertainment, but the rest is the decision of each player who does it like what.
With those who have spent their savings because gambling is their own fault, because there is no basis for casinos to force, this is purely the fault of each individual, I am sure of that. Moreover, there is no clear certainty that this is something that will definitely happen, therefore people who go bankrupt because they spend a lot of money on gambling, including their savings, are people who take the wrong steps, they must be able to realize to gamble in moderation because I myself do it reasonably, everything is fine.

Gambling shouldn't be taken as source of income but for fun. Gambling can either make someone to be successful or poor two things are always involve that is why it is always advisable to gamble with the amount of money we can afford to loss. I have seen people that have been successful through gambling I have also seen people that has gone to square zero because they got addicted in gambling and take it as a means of income, gambling should be seen not as a way to make money but entertainment because there is no sure grantee that the game will play or not so gambling with the money you can't afford to loss and been addicted into it is definitely be a short cut to poverty when all your hope is been placed on gambling.

I am sure the chances of someone being full time worker as a Gambler is way low. I mean even if they are winning it in the first phase of their life of Gambling, you never know when the second phase starts. And when it does, it hits you hard on the face. I am not wishing anything like that for your friends, just saying so you atleast don't get inspired from that example.

Gambling should always be done on the money that you never want back.

People do really love to point out their fingers whenever they do face up some difficulty on which this is really that a very common human behavior. They cant really just that able to accept on what are the things
that they have done. If they were really just that sensible into their actions then they wont really be finding gambling as a negative thing since this is really just that made out for the sake of fun and leisure.

The wrong thing about people is that they've been expecting too much about it on which they do really believe that they could changed up their lives because of gambling. There would really be those times or moment that greed is really something that pushes you to play more on which this is really that very normal on gambling field. For those people who are really that wishing on skipping out poverty and doing gambling as their last resort,then they are really that bound on losing up even more or they will really becoming that even more poorer.

There's no other people that should really be that be getting blamed but none other yourself when it comes to this. You are the ones who do make out such decision so you should face up on
whatever the things that you might be able to experience basing up into the decisions been made. Control and moderation is crucial but most of the time this one would really be that neglected
or something that not being minded.

The way you are sounding makes it looks like you are holding something against those who are gambling and like I know, there are people who has shared their testimony about what they have benefited from gambling and how it has helped them so far. Of course when people are winning in gambling you wouldn't see them here to announce how much or how often they gained from gambling except for few people who just feels like sharing. We know most people religions frown gambling and for that when people are trying to come into gambling there is always way a to tell them to gamble responsibly than just keep telling people to gamble or telling younger people to go gamble.

Alcohol, cigarettes and other activities for entertainment purposes that drain money is almost same with gambling if you will use it properly.

Same with all the things that I mention above. A poor people shouldn’t use those things for a temporary satisfaction yet they keep doing it despite the repercussions due to the enjoyment they can get. Same with gambling, people keep playing in hope to win huge someday.

Gambling is a choice. It’s not a mandatory that’s why people needs to be a responsible gambler.

It would depend on the skills and luck of the gambler, gambling could be a way for them to get out of poverty or the reason they stay in it.
Even if the government control it, there is nothing that they could do, people would always find or create a way for them to enjoy what they want or do what they want.

Shortcut to extreme poverty i should say on which it could really be able to mess up even more someones life when you do end up on having no control when it comes into your spending. Gambling is indeed something just for the sake of fun and it would really be that recommended that it should really be done in moderation because if you've been thinking that gambling could change up your life then better think twice.
Regret do always come at the end and not on the first of the line. People will really be just that making out those immediate actions on the time or moment that they are on tough situation. I dont know on where they do put up their common sense or right thinking on how the heck they do make g ambling as their living option? We do know that it was just that intended for the sake of fun and not for source of income.

If you dont like for you life to be that messed up then better play gambling in moderation or treat it up as form of entertainment and not on making money. You will really be able to experience the worst thing
on the moment that you will really be having that kind of approach towards it.

I also have a few friends who gamble full time but I have never seen anyone who can make themselves a path through it, they all cause a lot of debt for their families even though they are all rich families. Therefore, I confidently assert that no one will have a good ending if they spend all their time gambling in the hope of getting rich quickly. There is no formula or path that can help us escape poverty and become rich through gambling, it is all just our illusion and because of that illusion, we will become poor faster.

To put it more precisely, gambling is where we spend money, not where we make money.

It's a short cut to poverty if the gamblers can't control themselves, similar like someone who get a lot money and choose to enjoy luxury lifestyle.

Nah, gambling shouldn't be a way to get out of poverty, even if you have intention to make money via gambling, make sure you not doing that in your lowest position. Making money via gambling is like starting a business, you either make it or go broke.

Gambling is now a vice because it has caused a massive destruction in people's lives, like you said a lot of people are unable to save money due to this catastrophic addiction that constantly takes from money from them. In my opinion I don't think anyone has made it from gambling or become financially stable from it, but you might ask, how about those that win millions? If you check how they utilize their wins you would know that they can't be financially stable with it. The population of those that lose are more than those that win on a daily basis, it's a losing game and can be very addictive but it's your choice to make it an habit.

On the moment that you are already on such situation like;

1. Spending your life savings
2. Putting up too much time into your gambling activity and forget out your priorities
3. Debts and loans are keep on piling up because of gambling

Then this is the moment that you should stop on playing gambling because if you would really be continuing on doing such thing then you would really be that putting up yourself on great trouble.
Just like the rest been saying on this thread that instead on making having a good life, you would really be rather be ending up on miserable specially on the time or moment that gambling
will really be taking almost everything from you because we know that it all matters about luck and it isnt something that always on our side. So better be careful on what we are dealing into.

People think gambling is a way out of economic hardship or poverty but it's just like the topic says, it's a short cut to poverty. I know a lot of people that have well paying jobs and good businesses that still gamble, they try to use gambling as a way to get an extra source of income and instead of them to make more they lose the money they generate from their business or job. If you have something lucrative that you earn from don't try to make gambling a side hustle otherwise you will lose your earnings and at the end of the day you won't make any proper investment in anything.

I will have to sincerely accept that gambling has ruined many lives.  I know a brother in my religious organization who inherited so much wealth from his father but he lost all because of gambling. Now, it is also noteworthy to state it is not gambling that affects people's finances but over or excess gambling. Nobody has faced financial problems gambling responsibly. If you gamble with what you can afford to lose, you will never lose your savings or investment because of it. I also know many responsible gamblers in my area who have benefitted immensely from gambling.

Of course, I wouldn't introduce gambling to any of my relatives because I don't know if they can control their gambling habits. But I will guide anyone who has shown interest in how to gamble responsibly.

Placing restrictions on the amount people who suffer from gambling disorders use for betting is a welcome idea since it will help control their expenses on betting. However, people should be allowed to control their money, especially if they are responsible gamblers.

It only becomes a fact if you are not gambling responsibly; its your ticket to poverty if you do not know how to manage your bankroll and you do not know how and when to stop.
Mindset plays a crucial factor in determining what path you're going to take; if you're responsible, you'll go to enjoyment of the game, if not, then it will be your short cut to poverty, like you stated.

Gambling is a very bad thing that can make a person poor very quickly and if a country is economically weak and people of that country gamble online then it can make the country's finances worse.  Because online gambling is conducted from different countries due to which when you lose gambling your money goes out of the country which is very bad for a weak economic country.  Gambling is not legalized in my country yet so no one can openly gamble or operate a casino site in my country.

Responsible gambling will occur when the gambler experiences fatigue several times and learns the right way to gamble so as not to get addicted and only play in free time, the right time and also only use a little money to have fun. But in reality it is difficult to do especially those who are economically weak, because they gamble in the hope of winning and getting money that makes them play without control which makes them poor. And when they win they will play again in the hope of winning again, and when they lose they will look for capital to play again in the hope that maybe if they play again they will win and this mindset will lead to destruction and this is what often happens.

Fatigue? Been tired of playing is different from being responsible. If a gambler is able to control himself even before he gets to the point of being tired and then takes a break, he might become a responsible gambler. Gambling can make someone if he takes his risk seriously and will also break that same person if he doesn't take it serious. What makes most gamblers recked is their inability to minimize their risk and maximize their wins. What ever you make as profit from your wins shouldn't be packed back in again to play as you might be on the losing edge on the next round.

If you look at the negative side of gambling,, all that you've mentioned applies, and you maybe right that government should ban or limit how much a gambler should spend to gamble, but if you are more realistic in your approach and you look for the positive effect of gambling, you can see that the taxes provided by the gambling industry is good enough to sustain the government's needs to provide for its people.
And those who wants an outlet to release their anxiety and reward themselves after a tiring day will find that casinos can meet their needs.
There's always a good side and bad side to everything it just depends on where you are looking at.

Although there are individuals who have made it from winning huge sums of money from gambling, making it in gambling does not only mean winning an amount of money when you make a bet. To think that is to be very limited in scope. Some people have been able to put themselves more in a position of opportunity by virtue of them being gamblers; they've gotten jobs with gambling companies or platforms just simply because of the knowledge of gambling.

@OP also, Based on your topic about gambling being a way to poverty, there are those that will argue risking money to gamble with the hope of winning is better than not doing anything at all about one's financial situation.

Gambling is a vice because of the negative impacts it has on the society, it's something that has actually caused more harm than good...the easiest way to be ruined through gambling is trying to make it a source of income, this has made a lot of people lose their savings and. Everything they have.. gambling is a game of luck, there are people that have won eleven million naira from a stake of less than a thousand naira and there are also those that have lost more than eleven million naira on a single bet.. Taking big risks is not adviced because it's a very easy way to lose all you have.

Yes this is true, no matter the way you tried to make gamble a source of income it won't do any good fo you because you will always lose more than you win. The truth is that if gamble gives you $100 today, you just have to know that Tomorrow or weeks to come might be a bit terrible because you will lose more than the amount you lost. However, if you eventually have a good strategy's of winning on gamble (maybe, on virtual games) and you tried to put more money on the next round because you recently won a good amount from your previous bet, then the next round you deposited a lot of money and go all in, you might lose then all because your strategy's is not guaranteed as winning depends on luck.

Gambling is not a shortcut to poverty, there are many people out there who don't gamble and yet they were being made poor, which is their own fate and choice taken, because we are free to change anything concerning us in which we don't want, gambling is only aimed at having fun, but other negative consequences are what we have caused by ourselves through how we are gambling.

Gambling is bad, gambling is this, government should ban gambling, people should stop gambling, this and that and yet 90% of people that have commented on this thread and suggested these things have a gambling site in their signature space - if you know very well that gambling is not good why don’t you start by removing the signature from your profile, because right now it seems like we’re just preaching what we don’t do.

Yeah, I know that gambling has risks attached to it but instead of us making it sound as if gambling is nothing more than a hobby that destroys us why don’t we talk about how to educate people on how to gamble responsibly and avoid that destructive aspect of gambling. I know that majority of us here are gambler, some gamble for while others gamble both for fun and for monetary reasons what about if we give insights on how we have managed to keep our gambling activities in check rather than go 100% negative on it.

Totally a wrong word on which being used because if we do speak about fatigue then it would really be that an another thing in comparing into that being responsible on what you do. When doing gambling then the outmost priority that you should really be having in mind is to deal up things accordingly into their true essence or use and not to make out some diversion specially on dealing up with gambling.

On the moment that you do treat up gambling as a poverty solution then better think not or stop it immediately. Instead on making yourself having those kind of possible solution then you might really be able to get it worst. Gambling doesnt mean that you will always win, gamblers would be always on the losing side and this is something that you should really be realizing in the first place.

Gamble for fun nothingless and you would really be just that fine but if you do go the other way around then expect for the worst. Its not bad to do gambling as long it would really be done in moderation then you
would be just that fine but if you do go over with those limitations then this is where problem rises and this is something that must be avoided as an individual who do get involved with gambling.
It is really just that good for leisure and entertainment, but for living? You are taking a suicide step because thats not how it should be.

That's right, the mistake is indeed on themselves who put too much hope in gambling that is done when they should not put their hopes in gambling, with people who go bankrupt because of gambling are people who put great hope in gambling so it is not strange if they lose a large amount of money in gambling because they are chasing uncertain victory.

The other side with people who really do gambling in a reasonable way such as not chasing victory when when they lose they have no thoughts of extending their gambling session I think they are fine. I agree with you, no one else should be blamed in cases of bankruptcy because they already know gambling, only themselves are the point of error, so it's better to be self-aware.

Gambling can make people bankrupt and live in poverty. Gambling is not like a job which can give you money. If any people think about that, he will not make money but losing his money without taking too long. Gambling must be control by the government and personal because they are playing gambling and risk their money to make money. That will be a wrong minds so they must change it before it's too late. Maybe some people can make money from gambling so that attract attention from others to follow but the fact is not many of them can make money and just lose their money. Once again, they must search for the other job to make money and not rely on gambling.

I do not doubt your findings here but I read you saying that the government should regulate gambling and possibly putting up a bet limit for gamblers. I would say this that the government do not give a damn thought about who gambles and who do not and how much they gamble as it is non of their business. Everyone is liable for their actions as it pleases them or do the government pay your bills for you? Do you wait for the government to tell you what is wrong or right? The government does not care and all they care about is their tax they collect as a source of revenue. The higher the gambling community, the higher the revenue for them so do not expect them to wave in into gamblers affairs.

However, gambling should not be seen as a source of income because that has been the trend and what makes some gamblers to fully depend on gambling as a source of income and makes them to be fully committed to gambling without looking at the consequences ahead of them. As a gambler, it is wise to know that gambling is for fun and nothing much. Till that ideology is understood, most gamblers would continue to gamble with that mentality of source of income which drains them and keeps them in penury.

If you see from the existing data, not all gamblers end in bankruptcy, most of those who go bankrupt in gambling are those who are gambling and who do not have management in their gambling activities.

I know it is very difficult to be able to produce profit from gambling especially when you play game who relies on luck but remember as long as you don't use emergency money for gambling, savings, loan money then you will be fine.

This isn't right. Some governments don't really give a shit about gambling as you mentioned due to their own ulterior motives, but some definitely do thanks to which they ban them completely.

Crypto gambling helps circumvent government interference to a good extent especially through decentralised casinos.

We know that the government of every country does not want gambling that does not go through the regulation that the government has, and if they do not follow the regulation, it will appear that they are illegal, and the government will also chase them for operating illegally in their territory.

Gambling, like the lottery, becomes worth it only to those who win the jackpot price that it has every day, because it can really change the life of a person who has no other hope than the lottery. But for the most part, it's not worth it, just in my opinion.

As we can easily see, many crimes and social evils are related to gambling, and the increase in social evils or crimes is something that the government does not want. I bet no government wants their country to have a lot of crime, that's why some governments ban gambling altogether or have strict regulations on gambling. Therefore, it would be incorrect to say that the government wants to regulate or tax gambling just because they want to take our money and don't care about anything else.

In theory, gambling is considered entertainment but not everyone uses it for entertainment, many people abuse it, even become addicted and harm society. But managing people is not an easy task, so there is no other way but for the government to regulate gambling to make things easier.

But I guess the numbers are more on gamblers ending up in bankruptcy, and everyone is affecting by it, I have seen a lot of friends and even rich personalities here in our country who open up about how big they've losses in gambling already.

And at first glance, you will not notice that how come this kind of person will be into gambling? But then again, gambling affected everyone, from those who are poor who dream of hitting big in a jackpot, so some rich and wealthy person, who started it just for fun however, they can't control themselves and becoming a addict and lose all their money in less than a year or two.

It is true that the government want tax and revenue from gambling because that could help them in their budget and they as well try to regulate it to some point so as to avoid issues in the society but my point here is that the government does not care who plays gamble be it the rich or the poor, whether it gives them profit or not they do not care as long as they have created an enabling environment for gambling, all they care is their tax and do not care anymore of anything because they believe they have done everything they can to enable gambling legal and also have provided an enabling environment for it. So it is left for gamblers to know their fate. A gambler gambling to becoming poor is non of the governments concern because already the gambler agreed to the terms and conditions of the casino before gambling so why would they worry themselves when gamblers are becoming broke in the society. Do not forget that people also win games as well.

They only look at the negative side of it since maybe they seen to much addiction story in internet. If they look at the fun side what gambling could especially for those discipline individual for sure that they will not always think bad things towards gambling.

Its just we are the one who's controlling our selves so if we exceed on our expectation then look forward to became rich from gambling then this is where the problem start since provably that we might experience in that situation.

It somehow hard to earn profit in gambling but if you have total control on your expenses and know how to cut your session if you are already winning then taking profit is really possible. But if they are type of person that want to earn more then provably that they always end up losing.

If you fall into all 3 situations you mentioned above, it is too late to stop, disaster has struck your home and you have no way back.
Also, people who fall into the situation you mentioned, it means they have become an addict and I don't think addicts will be sober enough to be able to get rid of gambling without outside help. It sounds easy to say but in reality it is not as easy as we think, and as we all see, gambling addicts only wake up when they have nothing left and it can be said that it is too late.

So we should be aware and think about the consequences we face before gambling. Don't let us fall into the situations you mentioned, we should control ourselves as best as possible and not let things go too far.

People make profits from gambling but then we shouldn't see it as a means to earn a living or escape poverty. It will only make one wrecked as you might spend more money blindly without thinking properly. Gambling should be seen the way it has been and not a means of fun while the profits as an additional thing you get from gambling. You don't actually need a third party, like the government you mentioned to help one control his gambling activities. If he still gamble too much he will bear the cost. As a gambler you should be able to control your self and avoid ober gambling.

Let's look at it critically. Gambling is neutral. Gambling has nothing to do with people going broke or living in poverty, losing their life savings and even pension. Show me anyone who is in this category and I will show you an indiscipline and irresponsible gambler. There are folks who have been gambling for the longest of time. They have made decent money from it, they have been able to take a break from gambling and return. They lives is going great. Some of them have even written books on it. Some have YouTube channels where they discussion their favourite gambling game and give advice. It is people who are out of control that ruin themselves. Everyone should gamble responsibly.

Gambling always gives anyone who is certain, in a particular game, by playing like this and betting in this amount will bring large money to us, but all of that hallucinations of hope that are not real and unclear certainty.

I always say to friends here, you can gamble but try not to use your basic money, gamble with money you get from tips or unexpected sources, use 40% of that money to gamble, that way I'm sure we will be protected from gambling poverty, so think professionally and manage your money well so you don't fall into poverty.

Don't be greedy or don't think of gambling as a source of income and multiplying your money, gambling is not a business that we manage, right, remember we are only players who can win and lose.

On the time or moment that you've seen yourself becoming rich with gambling or having those kind of imagination that you have been able to hit up such condition then this one would really be bringing up that kind of desperation and instead on trying out to play the game for the sake of entertainment, It will really be that be recommended that you should be playing out for fun and never ever intend to have those kind of
assumptions and wishes that you could really be able to get out from poverty because of gambling..Instead on making yourself having this kind of approach it will really be better that you should be stopping
this kind of thinking because it will really be that making you desperate and desperation will really be that causing up with that impulsive gambling which it would be leading into tons of loses.

The problem many gamblers are facing is inability to maintain their gambling status without being greedy.
Greed has affected so many good gamblers making them become too desperate after they have seen the results or huge winnings of their friends or gamblers online. Trying to know how frequently others have been making money in gambling is wrong. This might make any gambler to become eagered to earn big too by making them to want to gamble more so that they can have the same or similar results. Gambling is supposed to be more of contentment than to have similar results with others.

If you consider gambling a bad thing then why are you wearing a signature that's promoting a gambling casino? Not is bad or good, it's someone's own mindset that makes something good and something bad.

If someone gambles for fun to test his/her luck then it's a good activity and create happiness but if someone gets addicted to it then it becomes a bad thing. Even in a weak economy gambling won't impact the finances any bad.

I know the ones who get addicted to gambling can destroy their lives but it doesn't really causes poverty or something like that. It's ones own choices that lead to poverty not gambling.

Well, gambling is supposed to be more of an entertainment, I want to believe that is what you meant to say; which I personally will agree with.

The thing really is, we can't actually put all the blame on those who instead of being contented with their own gambling results, they want to get the same type of result another is got or is getting, this is a very common problem in every sector today, not something that is peculiar to gambling alone.
We have allowed money to become our ruler, money has become everything and everyone is doing every thing possible to make more and more money on daily basis.
So, for a gambler to want the gambling result of another, what is the motive? Money, and this tells the level of damage the need for money and more money is causing in our society and in the lives of people, it's a general thing and not something that is peculiar to gamblers and gambling alone.

The clue and also the reason why gambling works so well as a hobby that attracts so many people is the fact that, to be successful, someone has to win big from time to time. Nobody would get addicted to a scam where people put their money and lose it. You know that most probably you'll lose it, but lucky winners exist, and what you call hallucinations of hope become vision or bravery in the eyes of whom the move worked out well. And such success stories encourage other people to look for the same.

The problem comes when people overestimate their chances of success, are not able to self-control either, and consistently lose. Little is said about most of these cases: it is much more salient the case of the gambler who went all-in and won big, even though it is much more unlikely.

Not everyone will agree to this saying of Gambling is the short cut to poverty , because others have won life changing money so you can imagine what they would say about this industry...

Btw , the thing that will punish people the most has to be greed and lack of risk management , for as long as a player can't walk away after sensing a bad day then they have themselves to blame because from here it's a one way street to guaranteed losses.

Otherwise gambling is a 50-50 thing, it's either it works or doesn't work for you.

Thats the reason on why this industry is really that profitable or progressive just because on having those continous rise of numbers into those people who do have that kind of delusion about obtaining success through gambling on which they dont really able to realize at least into the reality on what they would really be able to face on. There would really be those individuals who would really be that thinking up that they could easily
pass through and make themselves getting rich because of gambling and would be coming out into that poverty situation.

Just like on what most people been saying on here is that instead on making your life more
better then it might be getting even more worst because the money you would be spending on trying out to get some win will really be definitely be blown up and this is where you would really be having that regret and realizations on the time or moment that you do experience hardship.

If you are on the poverty condition then it will really be that recommended that you must be that avoiding gambling because of the limited money you do have. Instead on buying those funds into something which is more important, you would really be rather spending it on gambling on which its never been worth on doing such action.

No one should take gambling as a means of excaping poverty because it not possible to do so and for sure if you can be able to try to replace gambling with real life business that could pave a sustainable way out financial crisis, many gamblers from third world countries and even some developed countries gamblers have the misconception about the place of gambling in financial life and the fact remain that, anyone who takes gambling and means of getting off poverty is making a big financial mistake and the outcome can be highly diverstating.


Gambling is for fun and let no one deceive you into thinking that gambling can become a real life job.

There are a few people that earned millions of dollars through gambling, but there are many people who lost their money because of gambling as well.

I've seen many people here in our country that got addicted to gambling (especially online) and one reason is how bad their lives are currently. I mean there are some who are struggling to budget their monthly income because of how expensive everything is right now. I've seen many people ruined their lives because of gambling. I've watched documentaries of people who got addicted and lost millions of Pesos in online gambling. Gambling is becoming more and more popular, and it seems like there's no stopping to it. Gambling destroyed many lives already. I don't want to say though that don't gamble because it's your responsibility but gamble responsibly still.

The government can control gambling, but they can't control the emotions of their countrymen. It's the gambler's fault why he's losing much because he's spending more than what's intended. As for the limiting the total amount of money anybody can use to gamble, it will never happen. Like what I said, it's up to the gamblers. Gambling isn't the short cut to poverty, but it can be one depending on the outcome of the person who spent that much into it. Don't generalize it because there are some who won huge money because of it as well.

With this Op statement that gambling is a shortcut to poverty, maybe this applies to people who make gambling a complete solution to change their financial situation, with this they will put high hopes on gambling while they should not expect too much on gambling because there is no clear certainty with its benefits, even though there is a chance to win it is very small, it is almost impossible for gambling to help a difficult economic situation.
It is not recommended to make gambling a real job in life, this tends to only make players addicted by continuing to gamble without seeing the side of the money that has been lost in quite a large amount. It is true that you said that gambling is a means of entertainment that must be done reasonably, such as knowing when to stop and not spending a lot of money on this uncertain thing because this is a business that is developed with the aim of gaining profit from the many people who visit.

Yes, that is true, but there are people that are really desperate in their lives and will do everything to really escape it and go to gambling or cheating. I've read a story of a one person who cheated his way into a game show and won $100,000. And then he continue to deceived people and scam them with millions and he was not caught until he was dead.

It should be really for fu for others, but still though, if we lose money, we wanted to get it back and recover and that's where the addiction started. That's why we need to control in the beginning and not let gambling take over. Otherwise, it will really ruin us.

And for those who are very lucky to win a lot and change their lives, then good for them.

I agree with that, although some can get benefits but it is better not to see it as a means of earning a living, because when our thinking is directed at gambling as a source of income, it is possible that it will only make us go deeper and get trapped in a state of acute addiction and tend to be difficult to get out. Not to mention the behavior that might gamble blindly.

You are right, we must be able to control ourselves as best we can because when bad impacts occur, no one will help us, including the government, we will bear everything ourselves, that is the risk and responsibility that must be done, but of course avoiding it is more important because as the saying goes, prevention is better than cure.

Why should they care who should gamble and who should not gamble? This is not the government's responsibility and concern because it is the individual's right to decide. Like they will create jobs or provide more earning opportunities for people, but whether people want to earn or not depends on the individual. They have no reason to care and worry about us if we are lazy people who just want to be blessed and do nothing.

If we don't love ourselves, don't save ourselves, then don't expect anyone to come save us. We should take responsibility for our own lives before expecting others to take care of us.

I'm not defending the government but I think we are just as greedy as the government. If they issue a ban and forbid us from gambling, we will complain that they are selfish, harsh, and that we are losing our freedom. But once they legalize and regulate it, we complain that they are too greedy. What we want is freedom and to do what we like, we don't want to pay taxes but when we get scammed we want them to stand up for us. Both the government and we are equally greedy and irresponsible.

Gambling should never be considered as a way to earn money. It is a process of entertainment, not a way to get a permanent income. I feel sorry for those people who think like that. I think that they have only one path - to become not only addicted to games, but also to lose a lot of money. I have already gone through this stage. This is exactly the path I wanted to take, but reality quickly brought me down to earth. How many troubles I had to endure then. I am still afraid of that period of my life.

In my view gambling can be considered as one of the way how to earn money so that's why when people has starting to gambling they were expect to gets extra money from it but this thing only happened with the particular conditions and if people were lucky they can earn decent amount of money from gambling but there was no certain in gambling so don't ever to considers gambling as the short cut to out from the poverty because if people has this thought then it's only can lead them to the negative effect from gambling and i have seen some people who very lucky they can out from the poverty and for an example is there were some people who can gets huge money from lottery and these people can became an rich people instantly but unfortunately only several people can gets that because the winning percentages of lottery is less than 1%

I have watched many documentaries that are based on a true story of people who are addicted to gambling. From having a good job and a good salary, when they entered the online casino, when they experienced winning a large amount, that would be the ordeal of their lives. .

Because they didn't realize that they chased their losses, they didn't notice that they were gradually selling their properties just so they could gamble until they got to the point where they had nothing to sell and ended up in debt. gambling money just to play casino games online. Then they woke up too late because they had fallen into debt and poverty.

Like i know gambling is a choice and becoming addicted gambler is also a choice because we allowed our greed level to control us while gambling, there may be sometimes we just need to stay out of gambling or even think of taking break to distance the gambling site just for our brains to be corrected and think of something else to do, but of a regular times gamblers do have this mind feelings that whenever they stop or distance the casino that they have lose their entire life winning so they most be active to feeding the site to increase their chances of winning without knowing they are gradually sinking into addictions.