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Gambling addict has been a problem of most gamblers. Most gamblers started simple but end up becoming an addict. This develops gradually until they become fully addicted. Gambling addiction progresses are in three main stages: the winning stage, the losing stage, and the chasing/desperation stage.

Winning stage: Gambling addiction starts off with the alluring winning stage, where everything seems perfect, and you are winning more often than you are losing. It's easy to get hooked at this stage, because of the thrill of winning, and the gambler still believes that they are in control. However, this stage is usually short-lived.
Losing stage: Losing stage follows after the winning stage. Here, you start to lose significant amounts of money, but since you know what it’s like to win, you continue to gamble, believing that the next win must be just around the corner.
Chasing/desperation phase: This is when you have lost so much money that you will do anything to win it back. This may involve lying to friends and family members, borrowing or stealing money in order to gamble, and chasing your losses. By this stage, it is extremely difficult to quit, since the gambler is in so much financial ruin that they are desperate for money.

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CONCLUSION: Gambling may be a great problem if adequate measure isn't take. One should just to observe himself/herself for necessary changes in case one observed he/she is gradually becoming an addict.

Gambling addiction is something one can't fight against but can likely avoid it when the appropriate majors is applied, but sometimes we over undermine it because the strong feelings that they can't fall into addiction therefore are in control of their activities and behavior online. For one to be far from addiction is to avoid those things you have outlined above and of course one should take appropriate precautions on their gambling activities by setting limitations, restrictions and gambling moderately without a compulsively gambling methods. Though there are lot of posts that has covered a gambling discussion post, but since it's most common issues faced here so post like this shouldn't be underrated and underestimated.

Gamblers are fully aware of all those stages but not withstanding, anyone that still wants to be addicted, would be addicted. I always say that, before a gambler becomes addicted, they always see the signs and symptoms but they become they ignored it and becomes extremely blinded by their wins or losses and then they allow their emotion to control their decision. One way to overcome all of that is to learn how to control your emotions, always be self determined and conscious never to take unhealthy decisions while gambling.

Gambling addiction also progress from the earliest phase where it can be controlled to the extreme phase where it is very difficult to be controlled. In the earliest phase you can easily knock the urges to gamble more than you can afford to lose. The stronghold of the thought on your mind is minimal. In the middle phase of the gambling addiction progression, therapy works and will be very effective. You do not need to check in to a rehab for this but in the extreme phase that when gambling has also ruined the life, career, relationship, and well being of the addict. The addict may have to check-in into an institution and be administered some meds to calm the urges.

I think they aren't that aware of it otherwise no one would fall into addiction, the thing is they don't know when the addiction starts showing up in them. For instance, when they start playing some games online and probably they find such game interesting, you wouldn't be surprised how they could get carried away by the sweetness of the game and at this point they don't know is addictions. Like I do say; the excessiveness of everything or anything causes and gives birth to addiction but most people aren't that careful towards their operations and activities while gambling and we must know when to limit and stop gambling.

Actually gambling addiction do comes in gradual process, it doesn't comes at a time but how to control it in the early stage is always a problem that most gamblers normally having. Because though they would be seeing it as something that very common without realizing that as day goes by that is how they getting more addicted in gambling. So however, I think it's essential to understand when you are getting addicted to gambling and prevent yourself from it, because that is the only way a gambler can be free addiction.

It is extremely difficult to fight gambling addiction especially when you are at the last stage but when one discover you are gradually becoming an addict at the early stage, measures can still be taken which later help to avoid becoming an addict. The problem here is that people often ignore those signs of gradually becoming an addict due to the hope of winning soon.

Very well I agree with you that gambling addiction developed and evolved with time and consistent engagement with gambling and for life-threatening addiction you will notice that it expands over time and years of not quitting gambling despite already sinking in the impact of gambling.

Note also that gambling addiction is far more different from game addiction, but addiction is addiction anyways let be clear on what gambling addiction is and what game addiction is also, someone can be addicted to playing one game several times without necessarily be wasting money excessively unlike gambling addiction that the gamblers exhibit all the negative characters such as indebtedness irresistible spending on games and so on.

I am pretty sure they are fully aware that they are becoming addicted. No gambler would say they don't know their gambling habits has increase of lately, that is the first sign that they are gradually getting addicted. They may be contemplating whether to stop or gamble on the next day even if they have experienced some kind of loss/win. Yet these persons don't really care, what they are more concerned is to try another luck. Well even gambling is full of luck it shouldn't be an excuse for someone who wants to get addicted. From keep trying the next luck to keep trying several lucks.

Everybody knows what is involve in gambling that is either you win or you lose and one should try to stay off whenever they see they are not making progress and then gamble wisely whenever they are seeing progress ( profit). Everything starts from the heart/mind, anyone who is an addict has already planned to be one because it doesn't just happen rather it is one who gives himself or herself to that and a discipline person will always have a limit of when to start and when to stop and make sure he doesn't exceed it.

In what sense is it impossible to fight gambling addiction? Where do such statements come from? Would you like to mention that if a person becomes an addicted gambler, it is fatal? I will lean towards the difficulty of translation, at best.
But seriously, people with a certain mentality are the contingent that risks becoming either a gambler or a drug addict and alcoholic. Many factors contribute to this, including a difficult childhood (psychological trauma) or a concussion that a person can get from a head injury.
It is precisely for such people that it is dangerous to start gambling; if they know their health or mental problems, it is better to stay away from such games.

Gambling addictions didn't just start in a day, it started little by little before it developed to the extent that one can't let go of it in a day.

I will kinda agree with you that gambling addiction started with little wins or the urge to have some win in gambling. In that process, the urge to win in gambling starts to increase before it later turns to gambling addiction.

It is very unfortunate that some gamblers are more after having some gambling wins, neglecting the dangers of pursuing wins in gambling, that the after effect of the attitude doesn't end well.

I will partially agree with you that some gamblers cannot read the symptoms of addiction before they become addicted, because I have seen an addicted gambler that does not know that he is addicted. On the other hand, most gambler will know because the urge of winning will always be there.

Controling your emotions is very important for all gamblers, because your losses will reflect in your emotions and if you can control it, you will know that you don't need to gamble at that moment. If you're already gambling, you stop.

Addiction is something we can't entirely eliminate or fight but can be gradually limited or controlled if they discovered themselves on time, because they are only focusing at having a particular results like winning and anyone who is that engulfed by winning would never know when they suddenly becomes addicted, and for that to be noticed they entirely need to stop sighting at winning and also stop chasing after what they have lost. They can gamble with a specific amount and immediately such amount exhausted they should stop and never put anything else to continue gambling.

Have you ever fell into addiction of something or so? Not relatively to gambling but of anything that has not to do with gambling, rather other aspects of life such as; food addiction, drugs addiction or cigarettes and sex addiction how was this possible to fight?

Like I know, some of these I mentioned above people died due to some of those addictions and weren't that possible to fight against. And even if was handle it wasn't an easy one because I had a relative who were a victim of cigarettes addicts and he did died of it.

Now, talking about financial addiction which has to do with gambling is another worst set of addiction that can be very difficult to fight especially when they have that mentality that they could use 0.50$ to win $m you would see them that eagerly putting all efforts to make sure they break through.

I am not directly saying that it can't be fight but it's a worse phase of addiction which could be difficult to fight and change their scope and mentality towards that.

Self observation remains very vital in preventing addiction but a challenge to this is that many individuals are not observant of their environment talk less of themselves and because of these they simply move from a non addictive state to a state where they become addicted even without them knowing. Individuals whom we have our corner can help us in observation even when we fail to observe ourself, and these exact kind of people are people that tell us the truth regardless of how we may feel because that is what real friendships all about. If you have such people around you that tell you the truth and then on your own side you are someone who listens and take the advice seriously it will be hard for you to become addicted to gambling even when you are not very observant of yourself.

Just like as I said in my previous post concerning addiction, you know every gamblers always pray to be a responsible One. And not to be addicted into gambling, but our intentions towards gambling is always the reason why we easily get addicted into gambling because when you're having the intention of earning money through gamble without even considering the fact that gambling is just part of fun and entertainment, you know at this point you won't even think of setting a limit on when to stop instead you will keep gambling more often. Because you have this strong feeling that some day you're going to hit the jackpot, and in the process of expecting to hit something big in gambling that's the More you will keep losing more money and before one can be able to realize what he's actually doing by then you most have lose a huge amount of money. at this point quitting from gambling May not be the best option, of course most of this gamblers who are deeply addicted into gambling today just started this way, and is now part of them.

This way, I can better understand your remarks about the impossibility of recovery from gambling addiction :). Anything is possible for a person. And as long as he is alive, there is always hope for recovery. But yes, if we are talking about gambling or drug addiction, then it can be treated, but not independently. Here I entirely agree with you. Such patients should be treated by good specialists, and for a long time, we are talking about a period of at least six months.
Fortunately, I do not have any addictions, but I know people who were like that and returned after treatment as entirely different people. Only a few can get out of the game's clutches on their own. But this does not mean that you do not need to fight.

Gambling addiction is something that is enough to completely destroy a person's life. Even gambling addiction does not differ by age. However, compared to an adult, minors become addicted to gambling very early and they become very badly addicted to gambling from which it becomes impossible for them to get out, by the time they realize that they are an addicted gambler, it is already too late. Since a minor addicted gambler has no source of income, they take the path of gambling by taking loans, this path takes them to a stage from which they taste the bitter taste of life. I mean, the amount of damage done when a minor is addicted to gambling is much more than that of an adult. Although it is harmful for both parties.

There is a 4th stage as well where you have understood which games to play and for how much stake. At this level, you are a mature gambler who understands the odds and has developed a great amount of self control. This is especially relevant in games with positive EV where skill matters.

The funny part about gambling is that we don't have a problem with winning, what hits the most is the losing part and It's always the losing stage that hits the most because someone over risks thinking losing is off the table, you lose money which was mearnt for some necessities and before you know it you chasing those losses because you want to break even and that's how the cycle goes and if you can't walk away from a few loses you keep gambling.

Although the symptoms of gambling addiction may not be obvious at first, when you become addicted to it, it will be like a tragic cry for you. Most gamblers do not actually realize that they are addicted. They are bound by the win/lose cycle as soon as they start gambling. The moment they start winning, they become more focused on gambling. If they start losing they become more focused on recovering their lost money and at some point they are addicted. The chances of becoming addicted are high at every stage of gambling. You can prevent addiction with your willpower.

It can be said to have been cured but after sometimes they wouldn't know when they fall back to their previous ways of gambling, that is why anyone who are gambling addicts it's better to isolate them from having access to anything gadgets or mobile devices, even to allow them go to a local casino to gamble because without these restrictions they would easily go back to repeat what has been cured. That is why it's important to always discuss about the possibilities of someone getting addiction and should be avoided with all measures otherwise when it turns out the other way could be very difficult to handle.

Any gambler that did not know he should use small amount of money to gamble may become addicted. The key to avoiding addiction is having little percentage used from your income on gambling. It should not be more than 1% that should be used for gambling.

In fact, people become addicted to gambling because of their greed and excessive emotions. When a gambler participates in gambling and if that gambler wins in gambling and later starts a means of earning money based on that win, he will gradually become addicted to gambling. When he gradually realizes the possibility of becoming addicted to gambling, a kind of financial desire will develop in him. He will always ask people for money and promise to give it later. He will borrow money from people and if he is not able to repay the loan, he will always be in a worried mood and will not be able to concentrate on his work. However, to get rid of all gambling addiction, gambling should be accepted as entertainment and cannot be used as a means of earning money. Also, gambling should not be taken with emotion, but one can stay away from gambling addiction.

Gambling addiction develops over time, it can start by simply chasing a lose and as the gambler continues to lose he'll become obsessed to recover everything. I think that the craving to continue gambling even when the gambler is winning can also lead to addiction, not only through chasing loses. If a gambler is winning and continues to gamble heavily without a care and can spend all day gambling can lead to addiction. Full blown addiction is when a gambler loses total control over their gambling, whether they're winning or losing, they just don't know how to stop, but due to the house edge they'll lose everything on the long run.

But the thing is that many players think only about bets at the moment of the game, and it is necessary to think more generally about bets and the casino. As if this is our continuous path, who begins to understand this, they find themselves in a more advantageous position. They understand that their gaming session today is only part of a long process. Therefore, there is no need to win back here and now and such players are controlled by emotions. When I understood all this, I began to relate to the game completely easily, I do not have the desire to win back, I wanted more players to understand this and think more with their minds, and not with emotions that completely take over them.

Are many stages that make someone addicted to gambling, but can this understand? Of course not because everyone only feels pleasure and emotion when playing so that all of that will make the human subconscious brain unable to think clearly about the steps of responsible and appropriate approach to avoid excessive decisions.
When someone is addicted they are no longer normal gambler, in this condition they will only be able to feel the impact when they have really spent lot of money and losse many valuable things.

Perhaps gambling addiction starts or starts with greed, or the more a gambler experiences winning, the higher the chances that the gambler will continue, because of course he will think that
he might always get lucky.

That is what is often planted in their minds that they might get lucky again when they gamble, then there is also the habit that when they lose, they chase their losses
or increase the amount they bet because in their mind, when they win, they will immediately recover what they lost, which is not really true.

The fastest way one can become addict to gamble is through loss. When gamblers begins to lose their bets they become desperate to recover their losses meanwhile its never easy to recover losses from gamble. However majority of the gamblers that falls in these categories are the new gamblers, they are kind of desperate to profit cause of the information they get from another successful gambler. Although all the points you listed out are correct because they are actually what leads gamblers to addiction.

Anything can be a reason to the advancement we have in gambling addiction, though it may started from similar things nwe pay little or no attention to while gambling, such could be greed, mismanagement of funds, wreckless gambling and any other forms of indiscipline from the way we gamble to later yield to what we know as gambling addiction, it can be noticed as well that not all gamblers were found in this category.

Addiction is a very difficult disease to cure. I am not a doctor or psychologist, but from what I have observed from people who have had the unfortunate misfortune of being addicted to gambling, they had problems in real life that they were unable to deal with, which is why they looked for things that would entertain them to forget about their problems.

But it became even more problematic when they lost money. The desire to win a lot of money to solve their problems in real life quickly led them to addiction. That is why, in my opinion, people who have problems in real life should not play in casinos.

this is true, but sadly a lot of gamblers either don't know what these preventive measures are or they try to downplay or even justify their worsening gambling habits. this just further proves how important "gambling awareness" is, it lets people know the possible dangers gambling has and simultaneously educates people on how to be a responsible gambler.

Gambling activity is not some kind of easy or a joke so if anyone sees gambling activity as such they need to stop gambling till they understand. Winning or losing has nothing to do with the number of profit or lose rather consider the end result as a game no hard feeling attach, the easiest way to draw an addict is money definitely the game must not always go in our favor that’s normal but, they fail to understand to an extend stealing or lying, I think at this level the person in question can’t quit gambling.

Many factors that can occur in someone can be addicted to gambling.
For example:
• Economic and unemployment factors are the main problems that occur because the gambling industry develops.

Sometimes I often see gamblers making small amounts of deposits, first gambling and they win and it happens repeatedly several times, that's where the situation changes so that they continue to gamble over time they will result in addiction, that's a common reason.

As I said addiction is another factor of the laziness of the user himself lazy to work, gambling causes someone to continue to do their gambling activities.

When someone starts thinking gambling is a form of survival thing rather than entertainment then it is a big red flag and they need some form of help from an outsider whether it be a closed one or a professional depending on the severity of the addiction. Even though there are lot of similarity between gambling addict and drug addict the way of treatment can differs, we doesn't really need aggressive medication to treat the gambling addict, just a break from the gambling itself can be enough most of the time and others may need medication to control the aggregation or restlessness that occurs in the reversal period.

Because there are so many gamblers who start because they want to win and also be able to make money without doing research first to find out and learn the risks that exist in order to anticipate or immediately realize and know the signs so that they can immediately overcome them when they realize it.
And one of the easiest signs to watch out for is, gambling continuously without regard to the capital given and almost all gamblers feel and realize that it is a must and if gamblers study or do research before doing it then they will immediately realize and know what to do, and besides that the most important thing before gambling is to play with full awareness because this has the potential to be able to easily control yourself and also the game.
And indeed all of that is not easy, but it must be done and made a habit so that gambling activities can be maintained and can also be played with full responsibility.

It develops over time and gamblers think they are in control because they are just doing it little by little that they spend just few dollars today and the next day is just a few dollars as well.

But the fact that they come back over and over that it becomes a habit and they may not even feel good when they couldn't login to the platform in a day. Just like cigarette, they need to puff the nicotine to feel better.

Gambling addiction it's an complex thing to measure. Most of time user didn't even realized that they are addicted. Even if you ask them that you're getting aducted to this , they won't even realize your voice and take it lightly.
While playing casino/other game there brain release a dopamine so we feel pleasure or exitement. So we push ourselves to release more dopamine and we get hooked into it.

Sometimes Gambling started to effect as our social behaivor and cultural view of point. If you're in touch with a gambling practionar you may likely build a habit of playing gambling.

Self-control is the most important person who can control himself will know that it is easy that the mentality or character begins to change when doing something and they will realize it because they know the mechanism of the influence of an emotional in determining a continuing addiction, but unfortunately not a few people who do not have good personal control, most of the many gamblers rely on their instincts in living life so that they will be easily influenced by things that smell emotional in doing certain activities. Even though he is playing gambling in an unusual time.

You think so? Well I don't think so and you know why?
Being addicted is not an act that is developed when one is absent minded. While gambling, you can lose your cool and become emotional which can make you take some drastic decisions but how about after you return home without any winning, does your mind not still take note of the losses? Gradually, you keep frequenting your self at the casino and gradually you keep gambling every day, you stop doing other important things and start to get carried away with gambling, and yet you don't still realize that you are getting yourself deep into the action? It doesn't work like that mate. People know they are getting addicted but it's lack of discipline and self control that makes them not to stop themselves from falling deeply into the addiction.

Except it's an illiterate who doesn't even know anything about addiction and in general terms addiction means the same thing and anyone that is gambling already know that winning in gambling is base on luck or chance, so the person should already have it in mind that if they get addicted, it can only mean that they would lose more money.

I totally agree with you, gamblers know that gambling is dangerous, but still they can't stop themselves from gambling, and the only reason is passion and greed.
Greed causes them to gamble, and by gambling they incur losses, and then they become emotional, and the combination of these two forms a terrible form of gambling, which makes a gambler completely destitute.
This is why it is important to learn self-control, see gambling only as entertainment, learn to indulge yourself in small amounts, and stop quickly if you lose. Then self-control in gambling definitely be correct.

It’s sound very easy to avoid when it comes to words and phrases but when it comes to actual actions you’ll see that getting rid of addiction or preventing it is a huge problem…

It’s only a few people who gets to note that they have started gambling out of the ordinary while the others don’t even know if they are doing something wrong to them they are just gambling and having fun or just trying to test different strategies but to others they are doing things that will cost them more than what they are getting from the gambling.

OP is indeed correct, all of the three stages that he explained works hand in hand to lure gamblers into addiction. Like he said, the first stage is the winning stage but I think that between winning, losing and chasing losses, anyone could come first and can cease the gamblers interest.

 When some people start gambling, they might experience losing streak and start chasing losses, that's a trick by the casino, they will allow you to win 4 times and lose 6 times (lol) and you will keep chasing. Some people when they start gambling, the casino will allow them to win many bets so that they could come back the next day and when you go back the next day, you are probably going to lose all your first day profit and you might want to start chasing losses.

Well you are right, that is why while gambling it's important to always locate specific funds irrespective of how much they have already located or assigned to gamble. Of course, excessive gambling is what given birth to addiction and anyone who could maintain their feelings, anxiety and desperation could likely be far from addiction because they aren't seeing it as the only alternative to make money but when they consider the fun then they wouldn't be that looking at the possibilities of winning, and even though it's said that people interest are only on winning but the fun should be their priority with this addiction could be hard to show face in gamblers.

How gambling addiction develops  

I would say yes yes and yes

and just to be honest Im at the final stage I'm desperate at some moment because if I take look back i just lost in the game in money in time and other shit hahaha. Sometimes when rage or emotion i just trying chase that losses I tell people to not chase the losses but hey sometime I do. What a joke right

Usually a beginner who is just involved in gambling becomes addicted because he is given a win first, This makes them curious and ambitious to be able to get a bigger win, by playing continuously without realizing that the capital spent is greater than the previous win. As a result, in the end they are desperate to continue chasing the defeat they have experienced, by any means they must be able to get money just to be able to gamble again. This makes gambling very negatively by most people, because gamblers who cannot control themselves can lead themselves, especially by making their economy more difficult.

Funny enough not everyone goes through the winning phase, there are people who have started losing from the very beginning and they have had little to no luck... These people probably got addicted from having too much expectations in it.. They just have high hopes that they will eventually hit the jackpot even if they are losing constantly, this mindset also fuels addiction unknowing to them. Gambling addiction also develops from incurring losses, most people dive deep into this damaging habit by chasing their losses, once you are trapped in this mental cycle it's hard to stop.

The losing stage comes with chasing and desperation to recover by all means. This is how majority of gamblers got addicted to the game, one thing that makes you addicted to anything is the time you spend doing it, chasing your losses takes a lot of time and it can be emotionally draining when you are losing constantly, a gambler that has no self control would be hooked and would find it hard to stop doing it. The winning stage also has it's psychological traps but whatever the case might be you must learn to control your actions.

You categorized it very well in those 3 categories. And I'm sure some of us have experienced all of them, but in the end if you are able to learn from losses you can definitely get out of addiction. The gambler's steps are determined when he has experienced a big loss, between continuing to gamble or learning to control it. Such as managing finances, having betting limits and making sure to always bet an amount that you are ready to lose at any time without expecting a big return.

Whether you win or lose, gambling addiction can start anytime especially when you lose control over yourself. You need to watch out when you playing gambling more often, that could be a way for you to addicted to gambling.

Addicted to gambling can come to you without you realize and you are in the addicted slowly. So it is better you are carefully when playing gambling and always use limitation to prevent the bad things that can happen.

If someone can use gambling with right, he should not have to worry about gambling addiction. That is because he know that gambling can make him addicted so he must prevent that thing before its happen.

Those three main stages will not happen if you realize that gambling is just for have fun with some limit money. You can use gambling to release your stress and come back to your daily activities without think about anything you get from gambling.

Yes, it is a gradual process. It doesn't happen in over night.

But you suddenly wake up one day and realize that you are addicted to gambling. You are struggling with self-control, money-control, time-control, resources-control, life-control and that is when it dawns on you that you need help. At this point, those addicted think that they can become unaddicted in just a day. A habit that took more than 6 months to metamorphosize cannot be overcome in an hour. And when they try and fail, they give up.

The part two of this topic should be how to quit gambling addiction gradually.

Even though I have always listened people to say on the internet that it is possible to keep gambling addiction, I still think it is something which is easier said than done, specially when one has already reach the third stage in which the gambler only dedicate their time to chase losses endlessly and fruitlessly.
There is a good reason why people who suffered from those addictions need to band together and create a support group and rewire their brains, to have a second chance to re-do their life.
Even only gambling what one is willing to lose or afford to lose is not a warranty one won't fall into some kind of mild of severe addiction to gambling, because one never knows when greed is going to kick in and turn our life upside down.

The reality is that a gambler may not have a winning run before he can become addicted. The mindset of a gambler from the onset is what determines whether a gambler will become addicted or not. Some gamblers are too desperate to win and that is why they can never let go of their loses. As long as a gambler is bent of chasing losses he will certainly be addicted. The feeling of trying to progress from gambling through trying to win and recover from loses is always the childbirth of addiction. A gambler should have it at the back of his mind that winning is not by strength and the more you push, the more you lose and lose more.

I agree with you that winning is not achieved by strength, it is achieved through strategy and perseverance, the more pressure you put on yourself, the more likely you are to lose. If a gambler could understand the consequences of addiction he might want to limit himself more. It may be that he was not in the running for victory before he became addicted, or it may be that he had a victory and became addicted to more victories. Some gamblers do not want to admit defeat, they make great efforts to recover. That is why you will hear funny stories of winning, which are stories of defeat that are very limited and most gamblers avoid.

Sometimes gamblers do not realize that the gambling activity they do is leading to addiction. Gamblers sometimes also need other people to be able to control their gambling. It is even possible that gamblers know that they are addicted from other people who warn them.
Gambling will not be a big problem if you are not addicted. So if you can control yourself not to get addicted, then you will be fine with the gambling you play.

Gambling addiction can develop out of our careless ways of gambling, we have been told on several ways we could be a responsible gambler and this is not even when we have to wait till things got worse before taking a step, lots of things have to be placed in order just for us to be able to make it for our own good, gambling addiction is not what we can watch happen to us, but instead we need to make one decisions in other to make it what can be enviable by others seeing us gambling, and not rejected after knowing we gambles.

I disagree with that. No one wants to get addicted to gambling because everyone knows that it's an addiction that can ruin your life in no time, and those who get addicted to gambling are not aware that they are getting into it until the moment comes when more than a half of the destruction has been done. It's true that some people might notice the symptoms of getting addicted to gambling, but that isn't the case with every gambler.

Most gamblers wouldn't even accept the fact that they are addicted even if you tell them. They will say they gamble normally, even if they are losing, they win sometimes as well despite the fact that they are losing more than they are winning. If gamblers were aware of everything, they wouldn't get addicted to it because we know addiction of anything is a bad thing even if the thing itself is good.

Addiction to gambling is about dopamine; it is about false control; it is about delusion. People get hooked to the high of almost winning rather than to losing. The near-miss. The close call. The “next time will be different”.

Look at the mechanics: lottery systems, betting platforms, casinos - they all profit from human psychology down to a scientific level. They control reward expectation, keep you in the reinforcement cycles, and make loss seem as "progress". That makes the winning stage a trap. That makes losing stage does not frighten. That makes the chasing stage becomes a personal war.

People think they’re rational, but they’re predictable. Though the system knows them better than they know themselves, people believe they are in charge. The game is designed precisely to break you, yet gamblers believe they are unique, that they have a technique, that they can win when others fail. None of them can.

Therefore, what is the actual solution? Not willpower. Not disciplined. Understanding. If you gamble, know what you’re up against. If you chase, know why you are chasing. If you believe you have a strategy, realize that the system already includes it. Above all, if you're in too deep, quit thinking like a gambler. You have already lost the moment you try to "win it back".

Not everyone goes through same stage, some start off by losing yet they will still have some wins and addiction doesn't necessarily means you're chasing loss, it means you're devoted to it more than you're supposed to either you're winning  or losing  but in most cases , gamblers doesn't realise they are already addicted when they are winning , they only get to know when they are losing... not an easy thing to curb either just like every form of addiction, all it requires is discipline in mostcases

Chasing/desperation phase

One of the solid things on which it shows that you do have that gambling addiction is on the moment that you are already not that able to control your gambling behavior specially on spending up money just because you've been that trying out to chase whether winning or losing situation but usually this will be pertaining about losing because this is where people do really lose up their sensibility at the time that they've been chasing up their loses. We do know that on the moment that certain person do able to experience loses then the primary thing that comes up into their mind is on how they would really be able to break even and this is where they will be chasing it out. Once their capital has been depleted then this is where they will be thinking that they are near on which this will be resulting into further deposits until they would be able to dig themselves into their own graves. This is why its really that very common for most gamblers that they do end up on a disaster just because they've been believing into something which is really that not good at all.
Its the main consideration on how things do really works and you should be sensible with that.

Addiction is something that sneaks into him without his knowledge, because of addiction people can't accept defeat, they think they can win later, and that's the mindset of an addict. People can get addicted if they are greedy for extra money and lack self-control, but if they keep themselves within certain limits it will not be too harmful.

But the bad side of observing ourselves is we can be in denial even if the signs are there. It's hard to resist with that problem and admission when the fault is found and it's actually going into addiction. We can observe ourselves the way we want to but we can also fool ourselves into not admitting that we're not yet addicted. And for this reason, we're trying to avoid the fact that we're already addicted into it and prove ourselves that we're not yet. Someone who's addicted is into that situation that they are having hard time to adjust because clear signs are shown.

I would agree with your points.

Because, most of the time when gamblers fall in to the gambling addiction they get out of their mind main cause the greed to control their mind to stay away from self-control. The end result is that they are even aware of that they act like they don't aware.
In this case, I think it is better to pay less attention to the amount of money someone has won from gambling because these are the things that create greed in our minds and eventually lead to addiction.

Wining stages, lossing/chased stages, desperation stage..At these three levels, any gambler can either abstain from gambling or become severely addicted. If a gambler keeps winning at gambling over and over again, he becomes so mentally strong that he can become intensely addicted just to his winnings. After repeatedly losing, he may bet again and again to recover the previous losses, in which case he may become severely addicted to gambling. If, after repeated losses, he decides to stop gambling and later decides to plan to gamble again, and accordingly, if he gambles again, then gambling can automatically create interest in him.

This happens when we are new to gambling. We don't know what gambling is . And we cannot control ourselves. We are  very happy to win money. And we become more greedy. We can't control our greed. We think that since we are lucky, we can win more money. And we don't stop after winning a sufficient amount of money. And in the end, we find that we have lost everything. This is mainly due to excessive greed. And we can consider excessive greed as the first stage of gambling addiction.



This happens if we are overconfident or overly stubborn. Naturally , people cannot accept defeat. And if we can control ourselves, we will stop gambling after losing a certain amount of money. But if we are overly stubborn, we will continue gambling until we win in gambling. So, self-control is very important if we participate in gambling regularly.

I can't called this kind of people an addict. So far you have self control over your gambling system them it shouldn't be a problem for you to gamble responsibly without an issue.

Addiction to gambling is more of a belief than financial. This loop fuels self-deception, loss, and hope as well as guilt. The three stages are only a timeline for cognitive dissonance: first, you believe you can win; then, you believe you should win; last, you believe you must win. By that last phase, the game is now more about survival than it is about gambling

Nobody gets addicted because they enjoy losing. They become addicts because they can’t accept that their losses mean something. They chase, they double down, they justify. The brain tells itself that the bet to make everything make sense is the following one. But that bet never comes. When a gambler know that? Either they quit, or they keep digging

Stopping play is the only way you can win. Stopping, though, seems like losing. Most gamblers so go far before they wake up. Though difficult, this is the only exit. You either rule the game or the game rules you. There is not a middle ground

Addictions are not instant but develop gradually into a gambler who always chases winnings. The more time spent on gambling, the faster it grows. Limiting our time is the best solution to prevent addiction. If we can limit our time, it will be easier for us to adjust and control ourselves.

Gambling is really not bad if we know how to manage ourselves. Unfortunately, many had lost control of themselves because of their wrong thinking and too much greed. The desire to win big is really a big factor that makes a gambler go down the wrong path.

People who are addicted to gambling are indeed those who cannot accept themselves experiencing defeat, when they experience defeat it is as if they are increasingly challenged to gamble again with the aim of getting a big win but instead of that, they have the principle of pursuing victory in gambling even though victory in gambling is something that is difficult to obtain because there is no sure way to get victory in gambling other than luck on your side. Greed is one of the factors that makes them addicted, with the reality that happens is that losing or winning is not much different, both of these things can make players addicted to gambling, with the defeat that I mentioned above or with those who are greedy with having won but still not satisfied with the results of their victory.

We can't force that person to stop being addicted since this situation was commonly occurring by many people especially to those young people who can't control their emotions. However, the development stages mentioned here was really raging all over for several people. These guys needs an adequate attention particularly with their respective guardians specifically their relatives and close friends.
Once you've observed someone close to you or a family member who's bounded into this kind of gambling addiction problem, don't ignore it but choose to act quickly before it gets worst.

I don't know why many people do emphasize on gambling addict what is written in gambling always does not means that you are a gambling addict and the someone who decide to be a gambling addiction, it is left for the person to become a gambling addict but we do make a reputation of this everyday as if a gambling additives a very big crime it is not a crime because it is a personal interest for somebody to gamble frequently do we realize that everyone who participate in the gambling always is a gambling addict but I don't know this scenarios people understand people who gambles as a gambling addict.

Gambling addiction is a bad things and that is why people are always warning against it. And when you listen to the warning it will be of serious help because people don't even know when to stop. And if you don't want to accept defeat then you don't want to grow and if gambling is something you want to do for long then accepting defeat will be very benefit because this is common among gamblers they will always want to gamble and recover all they have lost and this is when they start losing more, any water on the flow is no longer useful and this is why any money that is lost just let it go. And another thing winning a good amount will also be as if they are encouraging you to want to gamble more to see if they can get a better share there are a lot of factors that lead to this thing. Even greed is another great factor but people and money is just something you can not separate. But adjustment is just very important.

I agree there are stages to it; the most prominent is the gambler chasing and desperate to remove the losses. All the things that make them continue to gamble are being felt, and the dopamine rush they want is there.

Self-observation is a key component to determining whether you are spending more time and effort gambling than usual. Compromising yourself and pushing it is another thing, and I hope people who have this should be honest with themselves.

The majority of people, gambling can quickly become addictive.  Those who begin gambling always have great hopes for the outcome, and when they lose, instead of putting an end to their gaming, they continue.  They will continue to believe that they can try again; perhaps they will be successful. That is how it will progress gradually until it becomes an addiction for them, and then it will become addicted to their blood. They will find it very difficult to step down, which is why losing will feel like an uncontrollable chase.

The Truth is that gambling addiction goes about in a circle and a whole lots of processes that it comes with.There's what they call the introduction stage where the individual is first introduced to something i.e an addictive substance or the behavior and eventually the individual tries to attempt what has been introduced to him/her continuously.
The addictive therapy becomes frequent and regular that the individual gets to take advantage of the so called therapy until they find themselves completely attached to it despite the involved consequences and implications.

This addiction journey starts as a normal day activity and that's why some of these gamblers are not aware when they become so addictive to the influence.

This is what we call beginners luck, although I believed that this is just a gambler's fallacy, but if a player on his first time to gamble won big, he might experience this one. And then after that, he wanted more or wanted to replicate that big win.


In relation to my first post, yes, after that beginner's luck passes and you are not winning any more, then you continue to chase and still believed that you can bounce back and get that money and win again.


This stage might be the end of it all, because you have lose so much money, then you have to think of producing more. So you make a loan on banks or borrow money on loan sharks or worst steal from others including your family and now you are already knee deep and that you can't control yourself anymore.

Bitcointalk is a big factor in my gambling addiction; it’s one of the main reasons why my gambling addiction developed. Bitcointalk is also where I earn some money through signature campaigns but at the same time, it’s the reason I gamble more. Every time I visit Bitcointalk, I see gambling ads and that case trigger me to gamble even more. This will only stop once I leave bitcointalk like what I did when the time of pandemic covid 19.

The addiction of gambling is extremely and fatal. Any addiction that enters a man doesn’t want to leave anymore and becomes an addiction that he can eventually become empty. There are some tide addicts I’ve seen, they will play gambling even if they loan constantly. And because of this gambling they have destroyed many families and have many families again they have been self-sufficient as a result of tides. I always say one thing that if you play gambling, you don’t try to violate your limit. Then life will be beautiful and you will be able to enjoy the fun playing gambling.

what you just said now has been the reason some do participate in the gambling constantly, but I believe that bitcointalk is what makes so people to be active in gambling

But if I don't want to gamble I will not partake on gambling even though I entered into bitcointalk seven times a day, I will control my emotions on gambling, for me it's a personal decision that makes people gamble regularly or get increase of gambling addiction

And this is a very common thing that happens as a bait for a gambler to become addicted to gambling and have difficulty getting away from gambling. When they have lost so much, instead of choosing to stop, they just play more and more, get into debt everywhere so they can gamble again. with the classic reason:
I want to win and return the money I lost and pay off my debt.

But in fact,
we are like spending $1m
and we only win $1000

And that has become a very enjoyable thing for gamblers. The problem is when they have won the gambling, will they stop? Big NO, they will have a strong desire to play again and hope that the next jackpot will be for them, but as we know the result, it's a lie.

Every individual's experience with gambling addiction is quite different. Actually, it is true alot of people get addicted after winning (beginner's luck especially), note that, that is just one of the major causes of addiction. Some gamblers actually got addicted simply by being inspired and motivated by other people's gambling success. They have not recorded any significant win, all they've got is hope for better days and they believe strongly that they would win someday.

All these gets worse that they have to chase losses until they begin to feel like it's too late to quit. Why will they quit when they've come all the way and are just a step away from winning?

With all said, you will agree with me that the root cause of gambling addiction is lack of self control. No matter what happens before or after gambling, a gambler with self control will never get addicted.

In fact, people are in a hurry to be happy. People want to get rich quickly. And in this addiction to get rich quickly, people can do anything. They want to get rich by sitting idle. And the only way to do that is gambling. So lazy people choose gambling as a way to get rich quickly. They forget the things that were there to win in gambling and there are certain rules and regulations to get addicted to gambling. These gamblers ignore all the rules and regulations in the addiction to get rich quickly.

I think gambling addiction is a complex mental problem that develops slowly when gamblers win they get a feeling of instant reward in their brains which feels like a reward to their brains. This can create a kind of addiction also many people think that they will win when the time is right although this is just a misconception. Such thinking can lead them to gamble more the combination of these factors can lead to gambling addiction which at one point gets out of control and can have a serious impact on the person's social financial and family life. He feels excited when he gambles and becomes restless when he cannot gamble.

That is true and taking proper care of our winning without that deeply wants to make double of our profit while gambling could help to reduce some mental reactions where they could start having and harboring this feelings of having double winning if they continue gambling.
To my own way of view, when someone are conscious or subconscious about their gambling activities and limits it could also reduce their anxiety to make specific amount from continuous gaming or gambling.

Exactly! this is the way a person become an addict, Remember the thing we call BEGINNER'S LUCK? That is actually the first level up gambling,
You will enjoy the winning and playing and soon you will lose and you will not know that all the winnings are gone and you are losing your own money.
And you will then chase the lose and thkning that luck will be on your side again. You will not stop as long as you have the source to get the money you will bet.
CONTROL! is the best thing to have in life of a gambler, if you cant step back and stop it you will end up nothing. It happened to me! and learned my lesson.

To stop your fall into the abyss of gambling addiction, it is important to stop at the second stage. Here's how to do it. When you are constantly losing, you take a long break until the next game session. If you lose again, you take an even longer break again. This will allow you to calmly reflect on the situation.

At the moment when the frantic urge to win back losses by all means weakens a little, you need to make a decision about strict control of the limited bankroll, which you definitely need to create for yourself. Then, in the future, you will already be protected to some extent from the risk of becoming addicted.

If you're susceptible to addiction, no matter how much advice from other people that says that you have to control your emotions and how you gamble, you will still lose that fight and get addicted, you are right that it's a gradual process but you have to understand that one taste is all it takes, can you all not feel the excitement you've felt when you gamble? That high in dopamine is going to be a thing that your brain is going to look for once the high subsides, it will continue to chase that until it's never enough. There's also the psychological belief that many gambling addicts share which is the belief that as long as they continue gambling, they're eventually going to hit the big win that has been elusive of them since the beginning.

Gambling addict develop by time. When someone start to gamble following his curiosity, gambling addiction will also follow him. If  he doesn't realize, he will get deeper in gambling and with spending more money, he will stay at the casino longer.

When he feel difficult to stop gambling, he could get addicted to gambling without he notice. If he still doing like that without checking to himself, he will surely get addicted to gambling. And no matter if he win or lose, he will get a problem from his gambling addiction. Losing money in gambling can make him curious and will continue try to recover his losses.

Exactly, you are absolutely right because gamblers are fully aware of it but yet they still got addicted to gambling. Of course before a gambler would fall totally addiction in gambling he most likely noticed the symptoms and signs, but because of being too reluctant would going to make them to overlook it. Until it becomes a problem to them in such a way that they can't control their self when losing too in gambling.

If we cannot control ourselves, we can easily become addicted to  anything. We can become addicted to gambling due to either excessive  winning or excessive losing . For this , we have to try to control ourselves first.

When we start winning money in gambling, we often can't control ourselves, and we want to win more money. So even after  winning a large amount of money, we cannot stop gambling. This is gambling addiction. We must understand  when we have to stop gambling. If we can't understand this, we are addicted to gambling.

This is entirely correct and most gamblers tend to notice this stages but decide not to give an attention to it and overtime it results into something big and repulsive.They see the gambling addictions as something they can handle but along the line in the quest of having a win gradually it develops into a full time addiction, and at the early stage they can apply the limits of control but  it may seems like less important to them. Gambling addictions is clearly a great problem now looking at the damages it's cost alot of gamblers.

I mean, addiction is generally associated with dopamine spikes and not able to live without the stimulus. But, for the category I have mentioned, this is not a problem as they treat it as work and rarely get excited because of bankroll management and other skills. The crucial thing is to have an attitude of learning and playing positive EV games.

Firstly, age factor, that's why it's advisable for those under 18yrs not to participate because they have not developed strong emotions on how to deals with failure and winning. Once you can't deal with your emotions then addiction can not bae avoidable.

Secondly, success, your winning can make one be addicted to gambling. Because a friend won huge amount in gambling you want to indulge in gambling to succeed as your friend.  And when the luck isn't coming you keep trying till you can't stay without play gamble. So Peer pleasure can cause addiction. To avoid this, you must accept that you and your friends cannot have sane luck. If he's lucky to win you won't be luck as well. So do what works for you and not what work for others.

Lastly, poverty can leas to addiction, putting all your Hooe on gambling hoping to escape poverty through gambling.  This mindset will only worsening your situation.  If you don't have money avoid using your lastcash

Yes but one thing I observe concerning gambling addicted personality is that such person has loss of memory that what his doing may not be right at the particular point everything thing become right before him it's the external body that sees the wrong not himself, as there seem to appear a cobwebs that covers it's mind towards that direction they act as one who is tipsy and can do anything to achieve what they have in minds. All this you stated speaks volumes before my thoughts and observation on addicted gambler.

If you are someone whose really that lazy and wants to get rich, then the primary thing that comes up into your mind is to do gambling on which this is indeed the fastest instantaneous when it comes to results on which this will really be your main consideration, the only issue on here is that whenever you do become that desperate then it will really be resulting into having that impulsive on which it will be ending up for you to get addicted. Gambling addiction develops at the time that you dont be able to stop yourself on playing gambling despite of the loses you do keep on experiencing on which you've been still deciding to play even more. We do know that once addiction do happens then it will really be that so hard to stop it along the way or mid-way, not unless if a person is really that dedicated on doing up such thing.

When it comes to control and tolerance then each person will really be that different into this one on which there are people who do become that having no control when it comes to spending and there are those people who are really that be able to control themselves and able to save themselves on total wreckage of their finances on which this is commonly because of what gambling could do into your state in terms of money or financial on which we should really be that careful into this aspect.

My addiction started during my university years. About 25 years ago. A friend of mine used to bet all the time and I didn't even know what betting was.
One day, while I was with friends, he told me that I had won this much money by betting.
A friend and I decided to make a joint bet.
In our first bet, we had written 9 matches. Our last match was the Beşiktaş Ankaragücü match and Beşiktaş would win the match. Beşiktaş won the match and gave us 9 times the amount we bet and I have been betting on sports ever since. Now I am addicted. If the coupon we made hadn't worked, maybe I wouldn't have such an addiction today.

Most people become addicted into gambling when they decide to making gambling their source of income maybe at initial stage they will regularly winning though loss sometimes but has more winning percentage at that moment they tend to increase their staking power by increasing the amount they normally gamble with trying to aim high amount at that moment they will want to be very careful with their prediction since they are using bigger amount at that moment they will start losing and one spirit will be telling them to gamble more so they can regain the money they have lost and they will continue losing at that moment they are already addicted into gambling some will start selling property just to gamble hoping they will definitely win big one day.

A gambler who must avoid addiction must always learn to stop gambling compulsively because when they gamble this way it's that hard to determine how much they spend while gambling and of course not allocating a specific amount to gamble usually gives rise to addiction because when a gambler is gambling out of control they turns into addiction so quickly, additional is something that is too hard to fight on each when gotten to the worst phase.

A big win at the beginning of the journey forms an emotional attachment in the player, which he then pursues throughout his life, continuing to play. After all, he will remember such an event forever, this strong emotion arises from the fact that the player discovers something new, that money can be earned not only at work, but also in a way that does not require much effort and time, it is enough to simply make the right bet. Of course, the player will never allow the thought that this was an accident, but will always believe that he is an expert in betting and further losses are just exceptions and a great expectation of winning will always be in his head, so he will want to play again and again.

To be honest, I think most of the people have made the mistakes at least once in their life that someone around them or on social media who won a prize in gambling encouraged them to gamble too. In my case, this also happened a long time ago when a friend of mine won a huge amount by gambling and then I also tried my luck by watching him but I was unlucky.

But I didn't continue this things for long because I realized that these things were driving me towards addiction. And that's why I said that we must discourage the desire to gamble by seeing other people win prizes.

Gambling addiction does not just starts in a day or within a short period but rather it is a cultured habit that gradually developed overtime into it's full blown state. As a gambler, it is advisable to gamble responsibly because without doing it that way, it results to uncontrollable urge that can never be subdued in time except through intervention and rehabilitation.

Overall, to stay free of addiction, a gambler just needs to be disciplined, gamble within their budget, have a game time and do not exceed the time and amount set aside for gambling. I believe these are well known knowledge with respect responsible gambling but are just being ignored by gamblers desperate to make profit from gambling.

No, addiction is not a habit that is passed down to the next generation, it's just about self-control and becoming a more responsible gambler.
Anyone can become an addict without an inheritance from anyone, and addiction is a side effect of playing without limits too often and just hoping for big wins.

Gambling addiction will indeed be dangerous because they are already dominated by the desire to continue playing without any limits and it will have no end unless they run out of all the money.
But it also results in criminal acts that result from the effects of addiction, so they need more money in criminal ways.

There is no place I said addiction is passed on to the next generation, what I said is that addiction takes time to develop in some one as a result of their constant and too much engagements with the lifestyle which is not good.i have never heard or seen were it is reported that addiction is passed on to the next generation. Addiction is a personal short comings and can never be inherited from one person to another but one can get addicted in whatever they give in to without exercising caution, selfdiscipline and restraint.

That is why I fully believe intervention and rehabilitation are supposed to be more available for problem gamblers in such a way they do not need to spend thousand of dollars in visits to psychologists or psyquiatrists. Gambling addiction in general is underestimated, because it is a mental health issue and mental health is over looked in favor of physical health.

Also, even though gambling addiction is not something which develops suddenly or in a single short period of time, there are red lines we can identify to know whether we are falling into addiction without realizing about it. Like gambling more than we initially planned to, suffering from symptoms like insomnia or not being able to forget about our losses, not matter how much time passes by.

Gamblers don't just know about their gambling addiction at the initial stage, it grows gradually and later becomes very obvious even though some can even argue that they are not addicted even when they are, that we are trying to get a winning after loses there is need for us not to be carried away and become aggressive in terms of how much time energy and resources we are allocating to gambling irrespective of how much we have lost, many prefer to learn the hard way maybe when the situation has become worst.

Being disciplined as a gambler is the only way we can keep getting rid of addiction. This is why it is always advisable to keep children especially those ones that are young away from gambling. Gambling is not for everyone because not everybody will be able to stay strong and be disciplined. Some people do not have any atom of discipline in them and if such people get into gambling, they would end up becoming too addicted to gambling because they might want to be gambling everyday so that they can make huge profits from the casinos they are using which can be very difficult except when you have the luck.

Gamblers more attraction in gambling means they loss more. To avoid this situation, the gambler must control his gambling. There are many gamblers who can never control themselves. It is very easy for them to become addicted to gambling. Moreover, there are some who cannot lose in gambling but they gamble with greed and there is a high possibility of becoming addicted. Some may become addicted gamblers in their attempt to recover their losses. Although it is very easy to become addicted to gambling, it is not easy to come back from it. Therefore, a gambler should have a good idea about addiction before becoming addicted so that they are able to control gambling.

It's easy to get addicted to Gambling but it's difficult to quit this addiction, some people are addicted but they are in denial, this Is a phase that everyone that's an addict goes through. After a a while they accept reality and come to terms that they have an addiction problem. This terrible habit can start by constantly chasing your losses and perhaps after having some lucky wins. The only thing that can help anyone going through this is discipline, if you are the type that chases losses think of ways to restrict yourself, have a limit and do your best not to exceed it. If you don't put in effort to control yourself you won't be able to quit.

When the gambler is able to leave the denial stage it's already a good thing, as he is managing his way step by step to get rid of the addiction. Worst cases are when the gambler continues on denial stage forever, and when he recovers himself for a while, and then start gambling again, claiming to be cured from addiction, so the cycle restarts once more.

One doubt I have is that a gambler who overcame addiction can ever start gambling again in the future, or if it's completely discouraged. Theoretically, if self-control can be learned and if humans can evolve within time, it could be that a recovered addicted can gamble again. However, in practice there are chances it can be a disaster.

Gambling addiction simply start in different stages just as you righly said,  and all strategy are the characteristics of what causes addiction. Be it constant wining or or chasing after loses. But however we still need to deploy a way or reducing it because people tend to fall into one of this category wether they like it or not, but I'd prevention method is not applied then addiction will still continue. For me , the way to reduce this addiction is by setting stop time when you are getting closer to ending your bankroll.

You're right addiction can never be passed to the next generation, and of course addiction can never be inherited. Addiction always happen as a result of negligence and also being so ignorant of not knowing what gambling is all about before venturing into it, this are some factors that can lead to addition. Of course it takes a lot of time before a gambler can become addicted into gambling, is not something that work just within a twinkle of an eye. Rather it will take a couple of months sometimes years that's depending on the gambler because most people can choose not to gamble more often, and of course this set of people don't easily get addicted into gambling. While those gamblers that keep gambling more often easily get addicted but still is going to take some time before they can still become addicted.

If you are addicted, it will be difficult to get out of that zone unless you experience extraordinary bankruptcy so that you can get rid of the addiction problem, and that is not completely guaranteed to get rid of gambling addiction.

Seriously, I'd say it takes a chronic thief to begin the craftiness of calling on friends and relatives to get some cash just to gamble.. Those set of gamblers would use any available tool like your credit card or passphrases, and in a jiffy, your wallet gets emptied.
Exactly... If they're gonna be sitting down there and hoping that things would dramatically change in their favour, then they'll only get more attached. More desperation would only lead to further destruction.

Sadly, humans will always be the same(insatiable)... You can somehow (with proper orientation) control the act, but you can't stop it totally.

Honestly, I don't think addiction develops as simply as these three stages you mentioned. The paths to addiction are often more complex, but you are right about the concepts of the first two stages, which are inevitable because the thrill of winning and the hope of winning more can be very attractive. However, it is when many lose that they despair and lose control, causing things to get out of control and leading the player to serious problems that culminate in destructive behaviors, such as lying, stealing or lending money to gamble.

A person who is not addicted needs to always be aware of the warning signs of gambling addiction, such as:

• Gambling more than planned;
• Spending more money than one can afford to lose;
• Feeling anxious or stressed when one cannot gamble;
• Lying or hiding the habit of gambling from friends and family;
• Borrowing money or stealing to gamble;

However, if these signs are not recognized or accepted as a problem by the player, then all that is left is to seek help... I won't even mention all the tips because we all already know what to do and it depends a lot on each player, but one thing is certain:

Regardless of the stage of addiction, this is a mental problem, a treatable illness, and there is help available... no one needs to face this problem alone and the help of friends and family is essential for recovery.

It all comes down to the mindset of the gambler when they're gambling.

When they're gambling because of money, there will be a time where they will be greedy especially when they're winning consecutive times and that could be the perfect start of the gambler getting addicted. If the gambler doesn't care if he loses his money, I don't think that he will get addicted into it because for most part, those gamblers who are spending more time gambling tend to have higher chances of getting addicted. This is why how we look or treat gambling is very important. Anybody can gamble, but we have a choice on whether we get addicted into it or not especially that we already know the possible consequences of it.

Wrong mindset = higher chance of getting addicted. As for recovering their losses, there might be rare instances where a gambler recovers those funds that he lost, but for most of the time, they aren't and instead it's the complete opposite. I guess we need to put into our mind that when we're gambling, treat the money that you will be using for gambling as "money that's already lost" so that when we lose, we don't recover it anymore. I know it's hard, but I believe it's doable because that's what I'm doing as well.

That's the solution, Your willpower has to be strong enough to achieve it, You can't do anything without wanting it with all your strength. If you have that conviction and that persistence, you'll overcome anything, and this applies to any Aspect of life.

There are many women in the world who, I've noticed, have very weak and dull Energy, They give up easily, At the first bad thing, they leave, they throw everything away, and their discipline is in tatters , But those who persist and have the proper discipline achieve anything.

Not just that, if someone can not hold himself from playing gambling too often, he will slowly become addicted to gambling. He will not think that gambling is just an activity in his free time but he will use gambling too often. Yes, he believes that he can make more win if he playing gambling more and more. But the truth is they just spend more money without having a chance to win. When they win, their greed increase and not think to stop gambling at that time but keep gambling because they want bigger winning.

Of course everything seems to be explicitly right before their eyes and can't detect or factor if they are doing the right thing or wrong but what they all cared about is how they can become successful with the little amount they would be gambling with. To them whenever they projects a specific amount to gamble they all wanted such amount to yield fruits to them because they aren't with their rights senses and could do whatever that pleases them to make winning.

In this, I can only see two factor like you've mentioned its on a winning and losing state. In the winning state players experience a lot of fun and excitement because they are seeing their money keep multiply upon their games so its like an endless to them, now after this winning moment and they experience another game they hope it will happen again, but sometimes not that's the time they crave for getting greedy to win a lot of money. In the state of losing money people get frustrated they want to earn back all of their money by that even they keep stopping playing they are still wondered to earn back their money at least which is this two have the same cycle over and over again. Now if you want to make stop this at least you must need to control yourself you will play until just set your limit, have a limit in deposit, and capital, limit on the wins and losses. So you don't get too much carried with your emotions keep making a game.

It is difficult to fight addiction especially if we ourselves are encouraged by it to enter the level of addiction. Addiction can easily enter if a gambler has already been entered by greediness in their heart and mind. But if a gambler has discipline and self-control, the chances are high that he will not end up addicted.

That is why some are right when they say that we should have self-discipline and self-control over our emotions, because this can make a big contribution to us in overcoming
unexpected situations such as the events that are always seen in gambling.

I believe this is the first thread I've seen on this topic that structures in a good way how this comes about. I've always thought that the first stepping stone to addiction or sl problematic behavior is given by winning, a significant amount for you. Then the other two subsequent steps seem totally logical to me.


Yes, this usually happens, people have to hit rock bottom before they get serious about solving the problem themselves, and this is true for several types of addictions, not just gambling.

The main reason why people easily get addicted to gambling is because of the numbers of time or how frequent they are always gambling so wether they are winning or not it doesn't really matter.so I believe is the numbers of times or how frequent one is engaging in something that makes the person to be addicted to that thing.Although those factors the op mentions can also makes one to be addicted to gambling , however there are still gambler's who are winning and losing but still they are not addicted to gambling.Gambling has a spirit when this spirit overwhelms one all they do and think is gambling so not taking break from gambling is the root cause of gambling addiction.

Is this really it? I doubt this is all, because some minds are greater than others while some peoples mind are so weak to handle gambling, some people don't understand themselves, that's why they get lost easily.

If you want to be a good gambler you must be someone who can tolerate risks and have lots of patience too, if you are someone who lacks patience gambling is not for you, if you force it you will be dealt with.

With patience and risk tolerance you will be able to survey, learn and handle your bankroll in a responsible manner, I have tried for few people around with bankroll management but they just can't help it they said, so how will I control them to be better?

chasing losses is not good for gamblers because by chasing their losses they will let themselves get out of control and over time they will build habits that make them addicted. this addiction will make them unable to think with their common sense... they will look for money just to satisfy their desire to gamble, whether it's stealing or taking debts from other people, they don't care about it, and only think about chasing their losses. if it has reached that point, then gamblers need to be rehabilitated, because addiction cannot be left alone and in the long run it will only harm everyone.

I don't believe that if he is not prevented from gambling, he can be addicted. Often new gamblers are at risk of becoming addicted but he can reduce the risk of being addicted to experience. She is anxious to get her lost money back but the tolerance is increasing and the new gambling is tempted to be tempted on the profitable gambling board. Being greedy with winning is virtually the most harmful time for gamblers because they can't turn off themselves from gambling more expected to win more.
Keep alternative sources of earnings to maintain leisure time activities should refrain from being tempted to earn from gambling.

When one becomes too frequent to anything and gets so attached to it to a point where they can no longer help themselves but keep going back to do such things not minding if it is becoming harmful to them then addiction sets in. Once it has gotten to this stage they don't do it because the stand to gain anything but because they want to satisfy their urge.

Gamblers who are not addicted are probably those who try their best to know when to stop. Discipline is one key thing every gambler needs, knowing when to say to yourself it's ok for the day, week or month depending on how each of understands ourselves. We all know how we react to things so we should know what's best for us.

You don't have to agree with me but that's the truth. In my post, I did not say that gamblers willingly wants to be addicted, what I said is that before they finally get addicted, they were seeing the symptoms of the addicted gradually accumulating but they were ignorant not to realize it and they let their emotions to control them instead of taking control of their emotions so that they don't get addicted, they did the opposite.

Those who won’t get addicted are usually the ones who are afraid to lose. Because if we’re gamblers, at some point, we all experience a certain level of addiction,  for some, it’s mild, but for others, it becomes serious. But even then, it’s not the end of our lives as gamblers, because we can always learn from our mistakes and correct them. The problem is, there are some gamblers who are really weak, and their level of addiction just gets worse… there’s really nothing we can that as even the government does not see it as a major problem.

Discipline is such a strong word when it comes to gambling. The real problem is abiding to that discipline that we set for ourselves. Most of the time we break our promises and we want to deposit more thinking we can get back what we had lost but the truth is that doesn't happen quickly. The chances of us losing more is higher than winning it all back. 

I do agree though that getting too attached to gambling can make us gamble more. It's going to be harder to prevent ourselves from gambling more as we go through that phase.

if only most gamblers who ended up becoming addicted gamblers started on good terms, a lot of them would never get things too complicated to the point it looks rather too difficult to break free from addiction. if you had a plan at the start of your gambling journey and remained disciplined to follow it through to the latter, a win will not drag you to gambling recklessly and a loss won't also make you go back to playing just to recover your loss. Everything lies in one's ability to stay disciplined in the gambling plan. certainly, it is never going to be easy and sometimes, emotion might get the better of you but the cost of allowing an addictive lifestyle to grow naturally to the point you can't have a sense of control over it should be the driving force that compels one to gamble responsibly.

Once you do have that depression phase then it will really be that resulting into that chasing up those loses and the primary thing that comes up into your mind is on how you do make out such recovery and since that you have already that spend up tons of money then it will really be just that normal that you would be assuming that your next roll or bet will be a winning one on which this will be putting up into your mind and this causes up for you to play even further on which this is really that a very bad thing on your current dealing with gambling. When you do gamble then the most important thing to avoid is addiction because once you do get shackled with it then it will really be that so hard for you to get out or you would really be able to resolve out such problem. People do make only learnings at the time or moment that they've been that experiencing financial hardship or tough conditions. So it will really be that up to you on how to deal up with things accordingly and making use of common sense will really be the key.

Losing control is the common reason why a gambler gets addicted. Temptations and greed will surely make someone think differently, especially if the casino gives you a big win upon entry. It sounds crazy, but this usually happens. If you listen to how these influencers are talking, I guarantee you that you will fall in love with their words and deposits. It is really our minds that dictate what we have to do. That is why we should practice our minds to think of being a responsible person. I don't find it difficult unless we let our greed control us.

How often people do gambling activities can indeed make gamblers addicted. But there are also gamblers who gamble every day but with a small allocation, and that amount is what has been allocated according to their abilities. Maybe we can see it as an addiction because maybe the person can't leave gambling for a single day. But if he does it in his spare time and it doesn't interfere with his productive time, I think everything is still acceptable.
Increasing gambling activities can indeed be one of the steps you to cross the safe limit of gambling addiction. Every gambler must limit their betting sessions and also their fund allocation.

Yes losing and then chasing those losses is a really negative habit, or even
knowing when to stop chasing can be difficult for some people and that
can be a contributing factor in addiction.

The OP has it right though, Winning can also be very addictive, and we all know
we cannot constantly win.


I personally know people who could easily spend minimum $50 to $100 every day
and I'm sure there are others who can spend double or triple that amount on a daily basis
and more who only limit their betting by the amount of disposable income they have
access to.

I also think peer pressure can lead to addiction, if friends and family are gambling
it might be difficult not to gamble with them, and if they are winning its even
more motivation to try and copy their strategy

That is a common mechanism indeed, and it can indeed happen to gambling done by someone, the more involved the greater the possibility of addiction will occur in people who often gamble, losing and winning also you can not ignore it can be one of the triggers why someone wants to gamble again and again, we often hear when someone gets a big win then he will come again and expect the same thing to happen again and that is the beginning of their addiction to gambling, so losing and winning also have an important role in making someone addicted.

Being bankrupt doesn't guarantee you leaving gambling. Gambling addict go far to borrow money to gamble. Have seen student placing bet with his school sandal after he had lose all his pocket money. Addict can go far using their house and cars to gamble. So when there isn't money addict will always look for alternatives.

gambling addiction is often caused by gambling with emotion, I once gambled because of emotion and honestly the adrenaline that was created was really addictive, as a result I forgot to shower and eat. gambling must be done with a calm mind and a calm heart so that we do not forget our obligations in the real world.

There is also the most important thing that causes someone to become addicted to gambling, namely their environment. If they are in a place that supports them to gamble, then there is a big chance that addiction will occur. Therefore, continue to pursue your positive hobby so that you can suppress the urge to gamble all the time.

Has anyone ever though which form of gambling causes more troublesome and severe addiction? Sports or casino gambling creates worse addictive gamblers? I think that casino gambling, and slots+house games in particular causes most addiction. For poker you need skill, blackjack is more about random, luck and counting, roulette is also about luck. From slots and primitive games a person gains dopamine as quick as possible. Sporta gambling require minimum analysis; at least it makes gambler strain his brain. But slots - shortest way for development of addiction.

Actually am aware that there's a lot of gamblers that will also stole money to satisfy their gamble urge. Shower any gambler that have to steal money to satisfy their gamble urge is an addict gambler. Although IMO borrowing money for gambling and also stealing money for gambling are almost the same thing.
But if a student have to gamble with their school fees it shows the person is gradually becoming addicted to gamble or feels that he might profit from the games he bet on.

What you said is true, because sometimes when someone is addicted to gambling, they will justify any means to get money to satisfy their gambling desires. And instead of bankruptcy being able to make them aware of their bad gambling behavior, bankruptcy is what makes them even more desperate to gamble, in the hope that they can get back all the losses they have experienced. And worse, when someone tries to make them aware, they will not listen and instead they will seek justification for their bad gambling behavior. A person will only be aware of their addiction when they have hit rock bottom, when they have lost everything and no one believes them anymore. But one thing that is never expected, when a gambling addict is at that point, instead of making them aware of their bad behavior, they actually do other bad behavior such as stealing in order to get money to gamble. And this is what is called the domino effect of gambling addiction.

Such activities are definitely signs of addiction, a gambler should gamble with the amount of money one can afford to lose, in that case if someone gambles by borrowing money or by doing bad things like stealing money, then he is definitely an addicted gambler, he does not have enough money to gamble, but due to his addiction to gambling, he cannot live without gambling, and that is why he collects money by doing such things and gambles. We can never call this normal, Because the desire to gamble is so deep that he cannot stop gambling despite not having money, then how can he be a normal gambler? Such a habit will eventually take a very big form, and his life will definitely continue to be ruined.

I understand the fact gambling addiction is difficult to quit, what I will disagree between taking a loan or stealing money both aren’t the same. Any addict can carry out this action no doubt basically this is where they get affected after taking a wrong step most especially stealing, I have never heard any story concerning gambling addict association with stealing. We’ve always been discussing about addiction and the disadvantage obviously people still go extra mile to statisfy the urge, student should desist from gambling activity while they still depend on their parents in order to avoid regrets.

Haven't you heard about this case? Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5501286.0/)

So that is one case wherein gamblers stole money not from his family members, but from others and worst she uses his position to do that. Which means gambling addicts will do everything just to continue with their gambling habits.

There is even this, Liu Changjian Reportedly Faked His Own Kidnapping To Receive More Gambling Funds From His Family (https://www.casino-king.com/casino-king-articles.php?article=233). So very hard to comprehend what is on the mind of addicted gamblers, that's why as early as today, hopefully no one here is going to be the next statistics and becoming a addict because it's very hard to quit.

How much a person is addicted to gambling is that he has to steal money to play. These kinds of thefts are very natural. Because people always want to grow up first. So they don't have time to see what others have done. The incident you mentioned is basically about those who become addicted to gambling at a young age. Because young boys often gamble with the money they are given for school. And boys of this age can be easily manipulated. And they can't find money to gamble. So they steal. I think they need to be explained well. So that they don't get involved in gambling before they earn money themselves.

Is that having to be lucky to get a substantial win at the first time of learning how to gamble as newbie could lead to the individual getting addicted to the activity opposed to when the newbie is with a hard luck from the start after several sessions?

Am putting up such query in response to the subject of the op when I had to remember a buddy who tried gambling for the first time and made series of losses with no single win as consolation, and that made the dude vow not to go back again till date. And I haven't seen him return as his excuse base on his experience was that the activity isn't profitable.

Gambling addiction easily develops either by hereditary, starting gambling from a tender age or having a relative with gambling problem. One develops addiction when you continuously chasing your losses and rewards, over and over again, despite knowing the negative outcome but chose to ignore it, which must have started gradually for a long time not immediately and it started affecting the persons with him ignoring the signs which now develops to health issues from lack of sleep, stress and others.








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People with gambling addiction don’t have critical thinking. They are focused on what they think is good and true, without realizing that it’s the other way around. Chasing their losses might be a good idea for them so they can recover their losses, but in reality, the more you gamble and spend your money to chase your losses or even your luck, the more you are prone to make greater losses. That’s how gambling works, but gambling addicts fail to realize it because they are blinded with their greed and selfish desires.

You just don't know such cases. There are a decent number of examples in the world when people started gambling with stolen money. What's wrong with that? If a person has an addiction, then it is there. Without the right approach, it is incredibly difficult to cope with this disease on your own.

You should know when to stop. At first, I also thought that there was no discipline in this process, but I was wrong about that. Not even from my own experience, but from someone else's experience, I managed to come to an understanding. I watched one blogger and he showed that you should not fall into total addiction.

Because it will be difficult to get out of it once you are in it. Gambling addiction could create such a mess in our life and borrowing money will only be the first. After a person cannot borrow anymore, then evil thoughts will come. Stealing. This is where we should really think about what we are supposed to do or better before we even take the first loan. Think twice if it is for good or it's just for bad habits like gambling. If the reason ain't worth much then I think we should forget about doing it. Thankfully, I didn't come to this phase when I was playing a lot of slot games. I just messed up my budget but I did think twice after I saw how much I lost and I stopped playing.

Are you asking if there is something wrong with stealing to gamble? It does not matter what you will be doing with the stolen money it is still wrong. It is illegal by law and morally incorrect. Even if a person stole money to feed himself it is still illegal no matter how sad his story might be.
Is there anyone who doesn't know that we should not fall into addiction? I believe that there has been enough warnings all over the world and all over the internet even for anyone to know that addiction will lead you to harmful different things.

Most gambling addicts are simply not in control of their addictions and such has blinded their instincts this is why you have to accept the fact that not all cases of addictions are notable by the victims and anyone who is addicted and knows, means he can easily get out of that addictions since he acknowledged the fact and will be working towards his libration, unlike those set of addicts that have constantly embraced and buried in their addictions, their beliefs are basic and static that there are doing the right thing whereas there are no longer in control of the emotions and character.

The big problem is that the vast majority of casino users do not read such articles, otherwise the problem with gambling addiction would not be so acute in the world. You can make a parallel with the situation when no one reads about the problems of alcoholism, although such materials are more than enough. And even casinos themselves warn about the danger of unreasonable dashing games in casinos, almost every gambling site has the appropriate material and about the responsibility of users in particular. Another problem is probably the general negligent attitude of many people to various things that are moderate and reasonable amount of no problem, but if you use them recklessly, then here this very problem and appears.

All thesame, they've lost their minds and can't do the right thing anymore. A good number of them go all in immediately a session begin. Quite terrible. It's much better to stop for a moment, say months, before the control to limit the chase of loss returns to the player.

Unfortunately, players come to be interested only after they have lost, when they are surprised by the behavior in which they performed actions that are not like them during gambling. All these things make players think about the psychology of the game, about luck, about luck and not the failures of others, about how to fight addictions and so on. The development itself occurs against the background of negativity in life, when everything goes badly, from making money to losing a loved one. If you play to escape from reality, then this is a direct path to the formation of addiction, you can not go to play because we are in a bad mood today or depressed even in a mild form.

Greed, overconfidence and ignorance contributes to gambling addiction. Some people have already budgeted how much they want to make from gambling for a particular period. Some also think that they have mastered a particular game making them to have too much confidence which could lead to over betting. They fail to understand that there is not reliable winning stractegy in gambling.Others are unaware that gambling is unpredictable and cannot be seen as a source of income. All these and more could be the reason for gambling addiction.

Most of the time, addiction will come naturally especially if you have no set limits with your games. It means, you are playing without any restriction for yourself. Because if you have your boundaries set even before you start, your mind will tell you to pause or stop if you are already exceeding your limits. Now, self-control will be there if you can reason for yourself about the temporary pause of your games owed to your limits for that particular session. If you happen to continue your game even after exceeding the limit, it means, you are already breaking your personal limits and that's when possible addiction can start. As you are letting yourself to break your boundaries and so you have no control now with your gambling activities.

Well, a good topic over all, but also very important for us all to note that both the winning and the losing stage can twist itself, that is, it can be vice versa.

This is a situation where the gambler start off by losing instead of winning, but still will end at the same result if the  gambler is not careful, though in this type of setting, it is more difficult for the gambler to easily get addicted except he is a greedy and desperate gambler.
I personally started off gambling with a huge loss, the next day, I tried again and lost good amount of money, I began to have double thought about gambling, I later tried again but still lost, I simply lost total interest in it and quit because I realized winning wasn't as easy as I thought it was, this thought me a good lesson.

So, who ever start by losing money to gambling may not actually get addicted easily if he or she is not greedy and desperate, I quit because i wasn't greedy or desperate to get the money I lost back, if I was, maybe I also will be a gambling addict today.

Yes you are right with the scenario you described about how a gambler becomes addicted, I agree that it all starts with a win that triggers excessive interest so that when the casino turns things around that is where various aggressive actions will begin, the inability to accept defeat because they remember that previously they could win quite easily becomes the basis for the action of chasing the defeat and over time this scenario of despair is what will make a gambler even more depressed because they lose a lot of money and sometimes not infrequently some of them experience problems in debt. The fact is that it is very difficult to be able to apply preventive measures when a gambler is already trapped in a very high interest in winning and this is the reason why from the start we must first understand what activity you are actually facing, because that way I think it is unlikely for you to end up addicted because you already know that winning depends on luck.

This is my first time of coming across something like this, the 4th stage you are referring to is it a phase of addiction or a level where gamblers are aware of the risks of gambling? Because everything there is to know is that if you spend too much time doing it you'll become psychologically trapped to it. In my opinion self control only comes into play when the gambler is trying to take control of his actions by making sure he is in control of his emotions and actions or making sure that his addiction is kept in check.

Moderation isn't a stage of addiction. It's just abut being responsible. You don't need addiction or being at the bottom to learn that and only few people learn that trough addiction.

Very few people learn from their mistakes so, that they can regulate their own gambling. Some people believe they can, but after a while they keep on repeating same mistakes. Key issue that majority of recovering addicts learn, is that they are unable to do some things like gambling in moderation, so they just cut it out completely. It's not about wanting to be responsible or learning to be responsible for them. They are just not wired to be moderate, so cutting it out is their best option to be responsible.

OP: Even though this is a superficial scratch about this, i have to say that many times i have seem gamblers trying to "double it down" in 3rd desperate stage. That's when building your net worth back up seems like too much work, and gambler put their lives on all or nothing situation. Sometimes i see this with people who came back to gambling because they think they have new winning strategy. It's basically same denial.

Yes because they allowed their activities to blind them entirely and like I know whomever that has gotten to that stage would always find it difficulties while gambling and if time not taken, you would see them finding it difficult to move of that addiction and of course Many of them doesn't have a total control of themselves rather, they are being hold by illusion that winning is possible and whatever they do online could possibly give them winning whereas they are sinking down into addiction.

Quite unfortunate that such have become the reality for many people and for some reason I think greed happens to be one of the fueling factors that drive gamblers faster into addictions for sure a lot of the gambling disorder Cases are a result of greedy gambler's trying to chase a particular direction repeatedly and without any form of limit control which resulted into uncontrollable gambling habits and all the negative attributes that comes with it along the way.

Greed is something that always attributes to how quickly people gets addicted to gambling, again we must also know that whatever that involves money greed are always spotted over there and if not properly regulated or controlled it would easily create addiction to people who are not that using their common initiatives to gamble at all time. Greed, emotions needs to properly handle because whatever we do within ourselves are subjected to how we control our emotions and if not properly controlled then it gives birth to addiction which we could likely find it hard to control, and if properly handled then it would be that difficult to get into addiction.

Addiction can develop from one stage to another when we fail to take some serious actions against it, we have to be well prepared for it, that whenever we are observing for addiction, it is necessary that we take some extra steps in knowing what next in line to do or act, because gambling can turned to a frustration the moment a gamblers becomes addicted and lots about him is being affected at the cause, we should be on guard against any related indiscipline from advancing

The level of additions changes as the gambler keeps gambling and making moves, this is why it has to grow from one stage to another, at first the gambler will notice a change in their gambling behavior like how and when they take risks and which games they practically risk on.


If they move and graduate into the next stage which is the stage of speeds and unbalanced spending this is the point that the gamblers have become full-blown addicts.

Yeah during the winning stage one began to develop the mindset of thinking they can actually get rich just by gambling each day because gambling sessions has been moving smooth for them , making them to think that luck will be by their side all time , so they will keep gambling frequently with the aim of keep winning and earning some extra bucks but the moment they will start experiencing losses they will start losing it with the hope that their winning era will come back , but most of them usually loss it before they will have the chance to experience another winning era.

This is the reason why losing money in someone's initial gambling sessions can be a life saver for them because if they lose in the initial stage, they wouldn't have this mindset that they can make money from gambling, and if they won't have this mindset, they wouldn't keep coming back for more, and every time they think of gambling, they will remember the first session where they lost money, and this will discourage them not to gamble because it's nothing but a waste of money.

Those who win initially when they start gambling will have a higher chance of getting addicted to gambling or losing more money than they've won in the long run. Some might turn their backs on it after some time, but it generally doesn't happen and such people will keep getting deeper into it over time until a time comes when they can't stay away from gambling.

If a person has an income source and takes some money from that income source and gambles, then gradually his gambling addiction will reach a severe level. Because in this case, he does not need any additional tension to manage the money for gambling. The easier a person can manage gambling money, the more intense their gambling addiction will be, and the more difficult it will be for them to break free from their gambling addiction.

Exactly, I have seen some gamblers who are interested in gambling regularly even though they have lost. There are some who believe that luck will definitely favor them in gambling at some point. They can earn a lot of money from gambling but in the case of some gamblers, only the number of losses increases. But they still gamble by trusting in their belief. In this way, a gambler gradually becomes more addicted to gambling. They face more and more losses.

The reason why so many gamblers are being controlled by greed is because they lack the understanding of gambling which makes them t think that money can always be achieved in gambling. Some gamblers with lack of understanding, even as they play and are lucky to win some amount of gambling,  instead of them to take a break and come back some other time , they would prefer to keep gambling to get a bigger win. The lack of understanding of gambling has been the reason why people are so greed in gambling.

Well, the idea is always about, that big win is at the corner. Better to stay on track and hope it finds you than testing several markets. More often than we think, it never happens but, the gambler is always hopeful, never relents from trying again and again, chasing same market. Just wants to hit it big when it hits and that’s how you continue to fuel the desire to chase after a shadow that would elude you the more.

Indeed. The experience of winning in gambling can be the start for a person to develop gambling addiction. It's because of their mindset that it's not hard to win (since he/she already experienced it) and it can happen in snap. So why would someone go for a regular job if they can earn in gambling? That's their thoughts. Unfortunately, losing is inevitable, and this can change the way they gamble that can lead to addiction. For spending what you can't afford to lose and for chasing back the past losses.

Of course most gamblers are deeply addicted into gambling yet they have not figured out if they're addicted or not, sometimes if they experience lose in gamble they start panicking then after panicking instead of them to give it a break for sometime they will still decide to continue and in a situation like this they will be so ignorant to know that this is a sign of addiction and then limit from it in the initial time. Moreover, addiction does not happen all of a sudden rather it takes a lot of time before one can still get addicted into something. Which is why most people always find it very difficult to figure out if they're addicted or not because since they have been doing it more often is now part of them.

At that moment, when I just got into this process with my head, I didn’t think about the consequences that awaited me. Everything happened as if in a fog. I liked this business. I could sit in a casino for days and not think about anything. It helped me to distract myself from pressing problems and daily responsibilities. It was as if I was in another world that fenced me off from everything, but this was a mistaken opinion.

Since then, I have come to understand that at that time I could have done differently. But time cannot be turned back and mistakes cannot be corrected. This will be a lesson and a harsh experience that will now accompany me for the rest of my life. Yes, it is hard to remember this, but the fact remains a fact.

There's always that denial when we do speak about being addicted on which people or gamblers will really be that always keep saying into themselves that they are still that in control on which this is really that very common but at the time or moment that you have been showing off those kind of acts or behavior then this will really be that signifying that you are already gradually become one and people around will really be the ones will be able to notice it out and this is what you should really be that trying out to listen into, because if there are already some signs that showing that you are excessively doing up gambling on having no control then you would definitely that ending up later on as a big problem specially with finances. This is why you should really be that so careful when it comes into this case.

Saying greed is a trigger for addiction is a fact that I think is quite accurate, because most people who gamble with greed in themselves tend to become addicted to gambling and even that can last for a long time. This greed has become human nature, everyone has their own greed in various things, although it is certainly true that people will be greedy in terms of profit or money.
the number of people who are addicted to gambling is not without reason, of course they become addicted there is a trigger, either greed or not being able to accept themselves experiencing defeat.

I think greed is the main factor why most gamblers still fall or still lead to addiction. Just imagine if there was no greed entering the minds of individual gamblers,
do we think there would still be an addiction that would enter or become an addicted gambler in the future?

But greed will not disappear for sure because in my opinion this greed is also the reason why many gambling businesses are getting profit from gamblers playing on their
gambling platforms whether it is online or offline casinos, what do you think dude?

Of course, greed is part of it but that is not all. Remember we also have addicted smokers, drunkard, womaniser etc which I believe we can not link these addiction to greed. Addiction emanate as a result of self control. When someone doesn't have control of themselve when they are engaging with things like this especially gambling in particular which deals with emotions, they end up getting addicted being carried away by the potential win involved.

There are still genuine gamblers who are not addicted but still gambling and lose huge amount of money to gambling platforms enriching the industry. Most addict are not well to do people by the way, they gamble often but with little or any penny that comes their way. It's still a win for the industry thou since every decimal matter in gambling.

I believe gambling addiction stems from some unsatisfied needs, and that addiction is just coping mechanism to satisfy that need indirectly. It may be the need to change ones life, or to escape or distract himself, every addict must look into himself to find it out what is his source of addiction.

But we need to make clear distinction from gambling addict and casual gambler. The difference is control over gambling and compulsive need to gamble.

Usually, gamblers don't think that what they are doing now could elevate to the worst scenario. Some just know how bad it is when already suffering.

We also know that we all are prone to addiction because of our greed. Whether we agree or not, this is our biggest enemy and common cause of major losses. That is why we are encouraged to become a responsible gambler as much as possible. We might not escape from losing, but at least we are not in a situation where we fall into the trap of addiction.

Chasing/desperation phase: This is about the third phase that Op narrated. Not taking a break is because you either feel you have lost alot and you don't have time to waste anymore, hence the need to start chasing back what has been lost. Gamblers all the time do this unintentionally but because they need to recover but not knowing they are getting addicted whereas walking away would have safed the situation. When you walk away for the moment, it gives you that review of your mistake and you can take a new decision that can help you next time. But that drive to run after lost money won't give you that knowledge.

When you are on desperation phase then it will really be that so hard to control your emotions on which this will really be that giving out that kind of push for you to play even further. You are the ones will really be making out such thinking whether you will really be that making yourself trying out to play even more or would completely stop at the moment that you have lost it all. How gambling addiction develops? On the moment that you do have that mentality about making yourself getting rich with gambling then this will really be that giving out that kind of urge to play further and you do want to have that recovery. People do make out some learning at the time that they had experienced some losing money situation and not on the time that they are currently playing and having that kind of winning moment. They cant think up that well on how things should be done.

Yeah, admit it or not greed is the common factor from those gamblers who got addicted, thinking that they can make it easy taking a shortcut to be rich, they only realize the mistake when they've got an empty pockets. Some may not agree that they've got addicted trying to find explanation but the reality is that they unable to control their emotions.

If you can't accept your defeats then better not to resort to this venue, more or less you'll be move of your emotions and potentially you'll suffer more than what you can afford to let go..

positivity in life is good but sometimes we need to control it as well because the thing is no gambler thinks of the worst case scenario when they are gambling they are always thinking of the things they can have once they win like if they were to for example hit the jackpot they are already planning the things they can do with the prize money without thinking of what could happen if they lost
we will always lose it is inevitable but make sure that losing does not put you in the deepest pit of life

losing is fine as long as it will not impact your life in a way that you can never recover from

If you ever need to make a gambling schedule that goes beyond your predetermined decision, you should stop gambling instead of continuing to gamble, regardless of the profit. This will be frustrating for you at that time but the immediate positive decision will give you a new idea and motivation to keep doing what you should do to increase your winnings. For gamblers, any unintentional mistake can lead them to continue losing more money as becoming addicted and spending more time on it or allocating more money to play again and again when they win.

To protect themselves from addiction, gamblers should make decisions outside their own system such as refraining from excessive gambling and taking breaks from gambling against their will.

Positivity is definitely important, being positive helps you think positive and stay in the right mood, but you also have to control it.
To think that there can't be a difficult moment or a moment where you make a mistake is unrealistic in my opinion.
You have to be positive even in failures

The reality is that it is difficult to control if someone does not have much more productive activities and sees gambling as a place to make money is a failure in thinking because they will continue to be possessed by thoughts that cannot be controlled. At this stage self-control becomes the key and even if gambling is an activity that is considered to be fun, without full control it will make them closer to addiction.

That is why it is much better to gamble at certain times and see the moment to get involved in it so that people can control it much more easily and will not continue to be in the desire to make money consistently influenced by desires that they are unable to control.

Yes, that's how addicted gamblers are, the main problem that must be overcome first is the ability to accept defeat because only with this will it be easier for them to control themselves and their emotions considering that these emotions often occur when they experience defeat.
Basically, addicted gamblers are those who are always greedy when they are in a winning situation and become losers when they are in a losing situation which makes them chase losses, and the solution to overcome the problem of difficulty in controlling oneself and greed in my opinion is only one, namely by accepting the fact that gambling is risky and also understanding that there is always no guarantee of winning.

Because of greed, a gambler gambles uncontrollably and moves towards addiction. A gambler, when he first gets a small win, his desire is created in his mind, his greed increases and he wants to get rich quickly by winning more. And from this stage, their disaster begins, because they can never win as expected, but even after losing so much, they cannot get out of gambling due to their greed. This mentality forces them to gamble more, but the gambler does not realize that this is only increasing their losses, but never giving them good results. Therefore, if self-control is not exercised in the first stage, this addiction will continue to deepen over time, and the gambler will face deeper losses.

It is not a must that a gambler should be chasing their loss or win. What happened to the gambling rules? Well, anyone who is chasing after their loss or win due to deperateness is already aware of the consequence. They don't care what will happen, and sine gambling is 50/50. They know if they are lucky they can recover what they lost, but if they lose, it is all gone. As long as they dont use above their bankroll to gamble, they can continue.

Most of the people that get addicted to gambling are the ones that have the belief that they can make money from gambling, so whenever they start gambling, all they are always after is the money which they are going to be making from gambling, so even when they are losing, they are always finding it so difficult to stop gambling, because they are always having the belief that if they don’t give up, they are going to hit a jackpot. Most of those gamblers are always having some people which are always motivating them, but they don’t know that gambling doesn’t work like that. If you are a gambler, and you are desperate to make money from gambling, then don’t be surprise that you might not be making money.

Positive in failures have a few meanings and I agree if by this saying you mean to behave carefully and not chase loses is a great advice. If you mean that stay positive it suggests to keep chasing loses this is the worse advice and the fastest way to misery and poverty. I think that addiction develops when you don't know what you want or what you are chasing and that is when addiction start to kick in. As long as we stay positive in the first meaning here things should remain calm and totally under our control. We must not push beyond boundaries we know will impact us badly.

When someone has the belief that they will be able to make money from gambling, of course it will make them bet more often, of course it will make them addicted to gambling and when they have become addicted, of course it will make it difficult for them to leave the gambling, especially since they still expect a big win from every bet played.

If most of our surroundings are gamblers, of course it will always encourage us to continue betting when we experience defeat from the bets we play. Indeed, it is not the right thing if we want to make money from gambling because there will always be defeat after experiencing the victory we get from gambling.

Having this notion that you must recover what you lost in gambling is shooting yourself on the foot multiple times. It isn't bad to make an error, trying to cover up for that error leads to greater troubles. It's important you note that chasing loses to recover wasted funds can never guarantee the gambler a positive result, negatives are more prone to be the outcome which is terrible financial loss and possible frustration and depression for the gambler.

It's important you develop the habit of having a gambling budget and funding the casino with what you're prepared to lose only to avoid chasing loses.

Such class of gambling addicts are the ones that it impossible they out of their addictions since they are not aware of and for that it hard to get them out of their addictions, we have two classes of gambling addicts, we have the ones that are core addict in ambler are already deeply affected by their gambling addictions but yet failed to acknowledge the fact that their dip into gambling so no aim or plans to overcome such an addiction anytime now or shortly, that is addicted and accept the fact that there are having addiction problems and their are working towards getting out of the addictions.

You're right walking away when you're no longer comfortable with it can safe one from being addicted, because is going to make you to realize your mistake just like as you said. and of course that's how it is when you made a mistake of course you will need to stop for the main time so as to make some correction before you will think of to continue. Because once a mistake is been made and you just continue without even trying to make amend, definitely the mistake will be continuously and before you will realize what you're doing by then you must have messed up the whole thing.

No guarantee at all, and yes if you understand the risk and you able to accept your defeats in case you lose then there's no problem in terms of developing addictions. Most gamblers who unable to control their greed and frustrations mostly are the one who chased money when being involved into gambling, they can't move forward and forget whatever the outcome but instead they will keep pushing for the reason of pleasing their gambling participation.


That mentality leads them to dream big and hope that luck will permits them to collect decent amount of money out from the casino, but while chasing for that they've lost a lot and if by chance they've been given the chance instead of quitting and enjoy they'll push for more as they think they'll be able to win more.

It's just as simple as you have said it but some people can not be so disciplined to stick to their budgets, they could actually agree that they will only gambling with small amount that they can afford to lose but at the end, they can get emotional and start to chase after losses with the money  they have promised themselves not to touch. If only some people can learn to remain discipline and not lose control they will not develop addiction.

Of course, actually a gambler can stay in the comfort zone without experiencing stress, pressure and other mental problems if for example they have the two things I mentioned above, namely realizing that gambling is risky and also understanding that there is no guarantee of winning in every game session. Another thing, yes, I agree with you that rationally those who always chase victory or who are emotional when they lose are gamblers who have come from the beginning to seek victory, so it is natural that for example they feel emotional when they lose, honestly before I have been in the wrong approach like that to gambling and believe me you will feel significant pressure most of the time and that is the reason why many people suggest only making gambling a place of entertainment.

It goes into revenge gambling mode to make up for the losses that occurred before and will certainly create a new problem when the losses continue to occur.
It becomes more emotional and irrational anymore so that no matter how much money is put in then they will only play for a win that will not be achieved in the end.

Seeing people in my neighborhood playing illegal online casinos and then continuing to lose that in the end they keep playing to take it money again, but they will only lose more.

I think we need to understand that the more we play the less probability and chances we might get to win. That is how some casinos gambles are programmed and every gamblers should know when to stop and when to continue. Gambling is not for those that are only looking for the money without trying their best to put an effort. We could make money from betting but we should not see it as a major source of income for us to make money. Gamblers should be ready to gamble with some restrictions and discipline if they actually want to avoid the addiction we have been talking about.

And yet they still reason they will not get addicted because they would stop playing it after losing certain amount. And then come back the next day to try their luck again.
The fact they they come back, its still going to make them addicted tot he casino.

The more they deny it, the more they keep listening to themselves they are not addicted that's why it becomes a reason to still play. The mind tricks us all the time.

It's just an alibi they do so that there is still a reason to continue playing without any restrictions.
Actually I feel sorry to see such addicted people, just wasting their time and money and their psychology must also be disturbed,
because there are many cases where gamblers who lose all their money end up committing stupid acts to end their lives.

Gambling addiction then develops into a more dangerous thing if you don't have full control and don't have a definite goal.
Someone who has control won't violate the boundaries that have been made.

All matters with self control and discipline on which there's nothing wrong about doing gambling as long you are really that still in control with your funds. Addiction is being created at the moment that you've been that exerting too much effort on which simply means that spending much more money on which this isnt something that you do really need to do with gambling. Addiction pertains about on how someone do make out that kind of excessive actions towards on the current things that they've been dealing on with. This isnt really just that talking about gambling but also in other things as well.

Once things becomes that too severe then it would really be that so hard to stop and on the moment that you do stop then this is the time that shows that you've been already struggling or currently experiencing huge loses of money or any consequences on which basing up into the actions been made. So it will really be that up to you on how you do make out such actions towards against it.

As you pointed out, without strong boundaries or self-control, the addiction can spiral into dangerous situations, sometimes leading to devastating consequences. Promoting awareness, offering support, and initiating dialogues about responsible gambling are essential to help those affected regain their footing and prevent such tragic outcomes.

We know that gambling addiction is formed when greed is planted in the mind and the individual gambler decides to implement it in his character. And the number one reason why they keep
coming back is that they experienced winning easy money in casino gambling.

So, of course because it was the first time they experienced it, it was formed in their minds that it was not difficult to get a profit in gambling, because they found out that feeling that is different when winning in gambling is what now motivates them to come back and play gambling all the time without them noticing that this is the beginning
 their addiction to playing gambling in casinos.

Gambling addiction can be fueled by greed and confidence that you must win, since this is not often the case you might drift to becoming a complete addict. When a gambler without control wins he'll think that it'll continue to happen like that, then they'll start to lose, instead to quit they'll continue to chase loses. From chasing loses they'll exhaust their gambling funds and become desperate to raise money to continue chasing the loses. This is when they'll start to borrow, sell off their personal belongings, even scam people to fund their gambling. At this stage they need help, if they don't get it they'll keep becoming worse until it affects their mental health.

They are back to gambling when they experienced losing many times because they will curious why they loss every time they are playing gambling. That make them playing gambling more often and forget to set limitation and fail to understand that gambling is not a way to make money. When they win, they want bigger winning so that also make them back to gambling. But if they realize that they can gambling but they must avoid gambling addiction, they will be careful spending their money and will not gambling without limitation. They understand that limitation can help them from the big loss.

Rightly said if you keep thinking about losing it will never be possible to recover but will cause more damage to yourself. That is why positive thinking helps people reduce stress and maintain mental well being. It instills confidence hope and enthusiasm in people also with a positive attitude you can easily deal with weaknesses and challenges. By having a positive perspective in solving problems you can solve problems creatively and firmly which will help you overcome failures.

There is no strategy in gambling, the main thing in gambling is luck, without luck it is not possible to win, but there are many gamblers who want to use strategies in gambling, I do not know what kind of strategies they use, because as far as I know, after rolling the dice in gambling, everything depends on luck, but funny enough, some gamblers think that if you apply strategies in gambling, the chances of winning are more.
Actually, these are illogical thoughts in their minds, and they come because of the temptation of gambling. In fact they will only make a gambler face more losses. They get so involved in the temptation of gambling that they do not understand the reality that, long-term success can never be achieved from gambling. So they should try to know the right thing, because in this way their losses will continue to be regular, and they will only lose everything.

A friend of mine was sent on an errand to buy a mosquito lamp killer, but he used the money to play virtual football with the intention of multiplying the money, but he lost most of the money in gambling, which gave him no choice but to use the remaining part of the money to chase his losses if he could recover his money and be able to buy what he was sent to buy, but he couldn't achieve that, and he was worried because he didn't know how to face his family when he got home. One of the things that could expose a gambler to chase his losses in gambling is when a gambler uses the money that doesn't belong to him to gamble or when he uses the money that is meant to solve his family problem to gamble, so for a gambler not to chase his losses, he should always see gambling as a way of having fun, and he should also use his leftover money when gambling so that he will not be exposed to chasing his losses after losing his bet.

And that's actually how addiction begins to build gradually until those kind of people finally becomes addicted. Even in my country too, some persons that I know in my area are addicted because they didn't follow the right knowledge of gambling. They thought they could become rich with it until they fully became addicted.

No one likes to lose, we forget that gambling is something that's not certain, losses are part of the game but most people don't really think about what happens if they lose. Every gambler processes losses differently, some are able to move on and get their mind distracted while others get carried away by their emotions and this makes them chase their losses. Just like you said, they cycle keeps going on if you don't walk away from it. Someone once told me that the only way to win is run away completely and I'm starting to realize that it makes sense.

I agree with how you presented these stages, but gambling addiction develops in a very unexpected and unnoticeable way. That even us can't really tell if a certain has been in the process of developing a gambling addiction. Sometimes, it's already late after we learn of a person's gambling excessive habit. Not unless you're closely monitoring someone.
I had a friend at the office back during my very first job. He was just a casual gambler who only visits casinos and other gambling facilities on weekends. After more than a couple of months, he has been gambling more frequently that he himself didn't noticed that. Then the following month, it has affected his job that he nearly got fired due to lack of focus and attention to what he was doing in the office. That went too fast actually IMO.

There are many dangerous situations that can be very destructive for a person who gambles, such as committing criminal acts that are even beyond reason.
committing robbery and taking the lives of others to rob others of their property for the sake of gambling, and many more negative effects of addiction.

I saw a lot of news about an addiction to illegal gambling, who lost everything he had and became stressed because he couldn't control his desire to keep playing.

Those who originally had a lot of wealth ended up having no treasure at all due to Illegal gambling.
It's not the platform's fault (if it's official), but it's the fault of the players who can't control themselves when gambling.

Having a time limit and a gamble budget will make one be able to control himself when gambling so that he doesn't overdo it. However, some gamblers cannot stick to the amount that they intended to gamble with, because they're carried away on how to make profits.

When you put profits as your priority when you are gambling, you will lack self control over your gambling activities and become addicted with excessive losses.

By the way, it is true that the root of the woes of a gambling man is greed. If a person is not greedy, then losing he will not have a passionate desire to win back his money, and such a desire, as we know, often leads to more losses. And winning easy money is also a very deceptive factor, but when a person begins to play regularly, he no longer has this illusion that the casino a lot of easy money. At the distnatsii just become clear that it is really difficult to win.

Majority will really be that experiencing on having that unnoticeable on which we do only make ourselves that become wary at the time that the outcomes or results are become that happening specially when it comes to financial on which you would be able to feel out when you dont have anymore money that you can spend on. Gambling will really be that able to mess up your life if you wont really be that careful.
Addiction develops on the least way that you wont really be able to notice it out because your mind will really be that saying that you are just that playing for fun and you arent that spending up that much or you are really that spending on the amount on which you can afford to lose. You wont really be able notice it out just like been said but for those who are really that having that sensibility into their actions on which they do able to notice it out midway.

So it can be concluded that gambling addiction is formed because those who do not understand at all about how gambling really is, and that is what makes them chase something wrong in gambling such as winnings that should be considered as occasional bonuses when lucky, it can be said that addiction occurs because of a gambler's misunderstanding of winning, they think they can get rich like you said, when in fact that thought will lead them to the opposite, so it is very important to always be rational and careful when responding to everything.

To be honest, here I will agree with your opinion that the one and only main reason of the gambling addiction is the tiny greediness in our mind. It's works like a little Spark to a drum which was full of petrol.
If we compare the reasons for this with our own experience, we will also find these things. For example, it has happened to me many times that I have gambled a good amount of money again out of greed to multiply it further and later lost my winning fund also. But luckily, maybe I could control my mind and take a break right there. Otherwise, if I had gambled with more funds, my greed would have triggered an addiction.

Is common gambling addiction usually effect one negatively, because to you to be addicted to gambling shows that one is not approaching gambling properly, they are seeing it the wrong way like a means of getting rich quick just by trying their luck over time , so sometimes it usually takes one time because one can be chasing after their losses in order to get back what they have loss in a particular gambling session and end up making things worse too

There is some certain things that demand for argument because many people do make a reference of gambling addict and it is condemnable from the eye of everyone who is a beginner in the gambling and the whole has been gambling for long time, from what I have seen in gambling not everyone who associate into gambling is gambling addicted it is based on greediness that makes some people to be gambling addicted because they may have lost a lot in gambling but on the process of trying to recover what they have they have lost, they became addicted in gambling so I believe that whoever that is addicted in gambling it is out of greediness and the consciousness that made the person to become a gambling addict.

Gamble addiction start gradually and it's during the process when the gambler uses the wrong approach to gamble. However if gamblers begins to develop the mindset of becoming wealthy through gamble it will end the opposite way for them because gamblers only win when they are lucky. I find it difficult to win when am in need for money from gamble, but when am just gambling to pass out time I begin to win. IMO if the gambler intention is only in the winning side, he will find it very difficult to win.

In the majority of people it indeed develops gradually and it could easily lead to people to suffer from addiction to gambling without them even noticing there is something worng with them. Though, that does not happen to the 100% of gamblers, I have seen cases and testimonies on the internet of people who became addicted after a few sessions and they religiously dedicated their energy to chase their initial losses (who started to rapidly grow through time, obviously).

Because of this is an addiction which develops gradually, it is why I like to recommend people who gamble to have a people of trust near them, who could let them know then they start to cross red lines, like gambling more money than usual, or asking for loans to gamble, so they can be called out on time and realize there is something wrong going on with their gambling habit.

You're right, it can be the mother of all causes of addiction, but there are many other things we must consider , Some people gamble because they're stressed, have many problems, and see that things are different at the casino , They feel important, they get out of their Workplace, and have a different Perspective.

Lack of Money is one of the Biggest Consequences , We must also think about what the person wants to achieve Sometimes , personality type Defines a lot , and that's what we sometimes don't consider.

I totally get your point and I agree that in gambling, individual perspectives matters a lot and is what actually shapes every decision a gambler makes, regardless of what several other players are doing in the casino. While some gamblers view gambling as an opportunity to make more money or an escape from poverty, there are also those who gamble because they enjoy the feeling they get from it. And when you consider the both set of gamblers, they’re both affected by gambling but in a different way. So I believe it’s just all about perspective.

That's the conclusion of the matter, lack of adequate knowledge can cause addiction, example are people who are delusional about gambling, they use the success story of other gamblers as a motivation for their addiction. They want to win big just as someone else have won, they don't realize that gambling is based on luck.

In fact gambling addiction is from the class of the chronic ailments thus it develops gradually over the time through the combination of variety of factors such as environmental ^{posed by other people who are already gamblers} , personal psychological instability, twisted perception of the life^{those who are addicted commonly focused on their expectations rather than on reality}, lack of early detection of the sign of addiction from the relative's perspective, etc..

Actually its just the basic knowledge on which you do all need, or even as simple as a line of word on which "gambling should be just that for fun". This is what you should be having in mind so that you wont really be able to find yourself that changing up that kind of approach because people do usually lose up their cool at the time or moment that they had become that having those kind of expectations. It would really be just that too important that you do really know on what gambling is and just in case that you would be losing money then you can just simply move on and able to forget those loses. The key here for you not to have that miserable financial status is to have that good risks management on which you would really be needing up to consider out on how much the money you are spending. Gambling isnt bad as long you do have that kind of moderation. There's no way that you cant be able to determine on what are the actions that you are currently dealing on with.

When it comes to gambling many people get caught up in the joy of winning at first and think that it is a way to get rich quick. This kind of thinking is actually a kind of lie that gives rise to addiction there may be a few wins at first but in the end loss is the result. When they keep losing their thinking becomes more unhealthy and they start believing that they will win the next game but that never happens. That is why rational thinking and caution are very important in everything. When making a decision understanding the reality and making a decision with an eye on the consequences will make it easier to move forward on the right path by reviewing not only your own financial situation but also everything else.

A person can become addicted to gambling for various reasons. Like that person started gambling and ever since he started gambling he will always have a curiosity about how he will win by playing gambling. Such curiosity makes them gamble more and the more they gamble the more they want to gamble later. If the gambler gains money or loses money at such a stage of gambling, he will be affected by both and will spend more money on gambling. Suppose a gambler loses money, then he will act in his mind that the amount of money he lost by gambling must be recovered by any means, this is a reason for excessive gambling. The second reason is that if the gambler wins, he will want to win more and will spend more money on gambling in later periods, which will make him more addicted to gambling. In case of gambling, one should be careful in advance so that nothing like this happens. Also, if there is an experienced gambler around, a gambler can get rid of gambling addiction by always taking the advice of that gambler to continue gambling.

That's how it always be. Start good and end bad. But one thing I know is that if the person will be an addicted gambler he will be from the onset because he would be visiting the casino frequently. And those who would not be always stay from casino sites and hall and only visit once a while and not frequently. And once the person became addicted it will be very hard for him to come back again because it has entered his blood.
A gambler who has a gambling budget and time to visit the website and the hall will not be an addicted gambler but a responsible gambler.

Due to their lack of such knowledge, they make stupid decisions, I don't understand why they would consider themselves lucky in the next game after seeing the victory of others, the other person was able to win because of his luck, if luck was not with him, he could not have won, but those who want to win such a victory themselves after seeing the victory of others, are very stupid, because this is a completely ignorant decision, luck will never be with you or me at all the time, so gambling to win at any moment will most of the time lead to disaster. So never want to win after seeing the victory of others, if you are lucky, then even by playing just one game you can achieve big wins.

Most of the time addiction happens when the gambler think of something and the reality differs from it. The thoughts will be to make good money out of gambling and turn rich. When it comes to reality, it'll be very hard to achieve it, because luck will be the main factor that decides the success and losing. When the reality doesn't coincide with the expectations, the mind never accept it. This is where people keep on trying to make it happen. Once they cross the limit, the losses will be huge and now the focus will be to recover the losses and stay away from gambling. This way the travel continues and causes addiction.

Yes, you are right, the process by which gambling addiction develops in some individuals always differs, like I always say that some people knows when their addiction is building up but they ignorantly didn't do anything about it until they totally lose control over it. Some people are too delusional about winning in gambling and that when their addiction starts to creep in.

Every gambler actually comes to gambling with high expectations but in reality they don't get the results as per those expectations. We should always lower our expectations of what we can achieve. Now if a gambler thinks that he will gain everything by gambling but in reality if he has knowledge about gambling then he will have more chance of losing. A person who knows a job and has enough experience in that job will be able to do it well but a person who is new to a job will make mistakes no matter how easy the job is given. Gamblers in the new state cannot be expected to over-expect or gamble for a maximum amount of time in a day. Do not gamble for long but try to make good decisions as long as you gamble. 

If the gambler sees that his money is being lost, he should stop and find the root cause of the loss. When a gambler can do these things, his chances of becoming addicted to gambling will be greatly reduced.

Your comment makes absolute sense to me and I completely agree with all that you said, I myself used to think it was quite easy to make money from gambling,, this was before I started gambling anyway, I had friends who were gambling but I refused to join them due to how I was raised, I was raised to believe that gambling is something only irresponsible people do or engage in...

But as I grew up, I realized that I was lied to, so before i asked one of my friend to teach me how to gamble, I always believed that I will not gamble for one month straight and not become a millionaire, I had this believe that even though my friends weren't making money off gambling, my case will be different, so I started gambling and the reality hit me, I lost money straight for one whole week, seeing that I may likely keep losing, I lost interest and stopped gambling, I guess this step was my savior, I never bothered about that money I had lost, I willingly let it go, but assuming I was so eager to possibly get that money back before I quit or take that long break, addiction would have set in and by the time I don't feel like gambling any more, it would have been too late because stopping would become a big problem.

Sharp, I love your vivid explanations how the addiction gets started and developed over time. I can relate the same explanation with scamming, when a scammer thinks he could get rich from scamming but the reality was different from the illusions he creates in his mind, when he crossed the limit, the eagerness to stop drop and it's becomes a habit that can't be stopped.

The only different between the two is that gambler needs money to predict while an Internet scammer doesn't need money to start his job, he only need tools like the smartphone and subscription data to execute his first hand plan.

So this habit is to be watched clearly when there's a slight increase in behavior and so he can immediately stop and straighten himself.

honestly it is quite rare to hear gamblers gamble without winning they will lose again and again and you can't expect them to keep gambling without getting any real life benefits and only hanging on to hope
once a gambler gets a taste of what it is like to win he continue to crave it so even if he loses he will continue to gamble if it meant he can win again in the future

but for those who have never experienced winning, how can they get addicted?

I think I only see two reasons for how addiction develops and this is what I think is the first time you win at gambling and you feel the strange joy that we think at that time that was formed in our minds that it is easy to win at the gambling casino.

And this is what motivates us to continue playing gambling, what we hope to experience again to win. And the second reason is that We chase our losses, this is the feeling that gamblers want to recover the amount that they have lost, the more they lose the more they are afraid to continue and sometimes they even bet even bigger with the thought that when they win, they will immediately recover what they lost but usually that is not the case, so the result is that they are more and more addicted to gambling.

This is the more reason that gambling therapists advise that gambling should only be seen mostly as entainment and leisure because when ever gambling is viewed as a means of making money it becomes a problem to the gambler at the long run because definitely one will encounter one of the points that you have mentioned here and this is the problem of most gambling addicts today because they where not wise enough to distinguishing gambling from leisure

When someone is in financial trouble they think gambling is the only solution to improve their finances and those who think like that start gambling and when they get a small win they become more curious and want to continue gambling without knowing what they are facing, namely "addiction" that's how gambling addiction can develop slowly through someone who has a weak mentality and feelings that are difficult to control often small wins affect a person's psychology and make the game more interesting somehow even as if gambling can hypnotize someone.

Due to financial problems, some people follow your method and they are tempted to gamble for quick profit. Out of those people, a large number of addicted gamblers spread among us and have a negative perception towards gambling. The curiosity of the beginning can be a curse for them later. Instead of blaming the reasons, I want to determine the ways that they should be more careful about their actions so that the level of addiction can be reduced further. Gambling is not a solution to any problem and it is only a means of entertainment. This caution should be there and effectively applied.

I came across a comment on this board where some mentioned that addiction could also be a genetic problem or can also be caused due to some brain challenge. That means, it's not only this winning syndrome that makes some people to fall into addiction. I know I already said winning is also part of what gets some people addicted but seeing the new comment of the other members, I realize there are other things to look at too. What do you think?

Yeah addiction can also come from brain issues but i am not sure genetic has something to do with addiction. The genetic aspect is wrong unless the gene has some dysfunctionality that most neurons or hormones are not working properly thereby affecting how the brain works. Because it is funny to say someone was born a gambler by gene or the gene was pass down from the parents to the child so as the parent is an addicted gambler so the child. No, its behavior and character that can be pass down and that is not part of what the gene contains.

Gambling addiction will always begin when there is no understanding about gambling and people understand gambling in different ways which can also cause one to get addicted to gambling. If one is unable to understand the implications of greed in gambling it the easiest way which can lead one to addiction. Gamblers easily becomes addicted to gambling when they are desperately in need of money of money, all there mind is that it is only gambling they can get the money they want.

Gambling addiction is mainly due to the desire to recover losses. Gambling is completely dependent on luck. So no matter how experienced a gambler is, he has to rely on luck. And everyone's luck is not the same while playing. So most people lose again and again. They start gambling again just to recover the losses they suffer as a result of losing. While recovering, they do not know when they become addicted to gambling.

So in my opinion, people become addicted while recovering.

I think that all these factors can be determined only post factum. Gambling addiction always develops differently, and you never know what exactly will be the final nail in the lid of such an addiction. Otherwise, we would only meet representatives of such addiction among a certain type of people with certain life circumstances. But this is not so. Gambling addiction can develop in almost anyone.

Accepting that the problem exists is the first step in stopping it. Most gamblers are unable to accept or find it sheer nonsense to see that they are indeed addicted. However milder forms of this can be controlled by the player itself, by engaging their time in things that they love to do and gives them a "happy feeling".

Over time they need to seek professional help because no addiction is safe out there. Debts, family problems, felonies all can be attributed to gambling. Most people manage, but some do need helps specially if they have comorbid mental health problems.

A person that thinks gambling is an easy access to win money or those who thinks that if luck permits then they'll be able to earn a lot and enjoy the benefits, those gamblers who don't understand the risk may developed addiction, if you'll not going to think about risk you'll find yourself regretting, it's always a must to develop self-discipline and good management on both money and time that you'll going to spend during your gambling participation to avoid getting too much engage.

I was told the story of one guy in the city I stay and the guy was a drug addict just like his late Dad. His dad was also an addict who sold all his property and spent the money just on drugs and woman and that's exactly the same lifestyle that the son is living right now, he doesn't have any property of his own and have sold everything that was willed to him by his mum. He has kids but his is not taking care of them and he has even gone to prison twice. I am just telling you this as an example of why I would believe that addiction can also be through genetic. Such case could also happen in gambling addiction.

For new gamblers, they will never understand that gambling should only be treated as an entertainment and leisure, because they gamble to try their luck and make more money since that’s what majority of the frustrated gamblers are saying them. But after they make consistent losses, eventually they’ll realize that gambling should never be a means of making money, because they are now suffering the consequences of gambling believing that it could make them instantly rich.

When I first got to know and tried gambling, I really felt that it was easy to win gambling and I initially tried playing slots. And this is in accordance with what you said that it was what finally brought me to feel comfortable continuing to play gambling, and over time at that time I started to get addicted to gambling. Luckily for now I have been able to overcome the problem of addiction, and become wise when gambling, this is because of the defeats that I once got because of greed when gambling. I think people need to realize this too before they become addicted, and for those who have just realized it, they should be able to overcome this too by being wise and responsible, so that we can be much more comfortable when gambling.

You nailed the truth in every challenge or problem the step to identify or having awareness that such exist bring in the caution of not becoming a victim, you point of view align much with my thoughts as many are even ignorant of what excessive of gambling may result and even how to tackle it if they are find in such situations. Gambler must note that the game is not do or die affair, and game is continuous if he or she didn't gambler at the very time he desires he may do next time as many go extra mind to ensure they gamble as their emotions control them . The fun in gambling should not be eliminated by any gambler or else will see gambling as means of survival and making wealth which is a broad road to addiction.

The last stage is always the worst stages between the stages of being an addict because during this stage, the gambling addict will begin to lose everything that they own as they keep on gambling without any profits. Desperation will then come in and they will be willing to do anything to win. I have once had this feeling when I lost a big sum of money and wanted to gamble to recover. I was not an addict but I knew how the desperation was for me to win and although I did not get the amount I wanted but atleast I did not lose more money and recovered a little before stopping. Gambling addicts usually develops from when players lose their money with a small margin that makes them to think that they could win if they gambled more.

Each person's personality determines whether or not they fall into addiction, This means that if a person is weak-minded, their personality will be very weak when it comes to Gambling. But a temperamental person won't give in to anything, so personality-related things have a big influence, or so I see it.

A person with a strong temperament and addiction Emerges quickly from addiction , Someone who doesn't have much character or is easily manipulated is very difficult to get out of that world , although they can achieve it with a lot of help.

I think a lot of gamblers do not know when they being to develop addictions for gambling, and during those process of developing addition for gamble a lot of them doesn't get the point from those that are trying to talk them out of addiction. However few gamblers understand and know when they are beginning to become addicted to gamble and they try to limit themselves from gamble.

Gambling addicts are basically everywhere in the space, we can either be gambling without have no trace or simply sticking to some sort of self improvement, we get to know the routes of the system before Gambling. I know it might become dangerous for those that have issues figuring their spotting sectors, they're not pleased with the system following the gigantic profits and also losses coming their way. Gamblers are very solid and most importantly, they have soft spotting weakness for the system when it involves losses. Who wouldn't avoided losses?

Gambling addictions can be developed from just some simple process and it is the continuous indulgence that has led to the gambling addictions we've been hearing about. Firstly from the mindset of wanting to gambling one has have it in mind that they must win regardless and it's on that ground they take every chances and availability to gamble even when they are having losses. So then that continuous persistence is what has resulted into the developed addictions we hear about.

Many of them are but I think many of them are also aware of what they do. So, developing addiction is a choice to make when they have the option not to be because it only requires them to control themselves and as well as the money that they're spending in gambling.

Those are the type of gamblers that have raise awareness for themselves. And they're not just going to get addicted easily and likely they've been addicted once before and they're trying to avoid it right now and learned themselves on how to be aware of it. They don't want to be one again and so, when they see the signs, they're the ones who control and stop it from there and there is no need for another guy to remind them of what to do.

Some people are lead by illusions, they allow the judgement of other gamblers to influence their actions, they lose control because of the impression they have in gambling. I know that gambling can make some people win a very huge life changing amount but we can not use because of others have luckily made such win and believe that we can do so too just in one day, such belief is where addiction can start to develop and before you know it, the person with such belief is already gambling repeatedly so that they can make such win and gradually they become addicted with such habit.

The only problem is that when the addiction is in a gambler, it is difficult for the individual gambler to control it because what they always look at and think about is the money they can get from casino gambling. In short, they've already under control of their greediness and this is what is scary and worrying.

Because this is no longer normal for a gambler, it requires therapy and guidance from the gambler's family or friends because the situation is uncontrollable.
Many are already affected by what is happening.

Actually that's the truth, the point is that when they have finally become addicted to the gamble they can't control themselves anymore. However a lot of the addicted gamblers have involved into dept and when they begin to use loan money to gamble, there's nothing more to think about except the winning because they would want to pay back. A gambler using loan money to gamble will not be at rest because his mind will be towards the winning and it will probably make him not to make good decisions towards his predictions.

It is the scary part when they don't listen any longer to anyone that gives them advice. Because what is set on their mind is just to gamble, they're already greedy and no one can stop them. And you are right that it's a serious problem that these gamblers need to take but even with therapy, they're not willing to spend money for that. Probably, what's on their mind is to just gamble with what they have and they might win with that money.

Those are the gamblers that take extra step with their addiction. It's a result of addiction that they ask loan for them to gamble, they don't have any resources left and they crave to gamble and that's why they end up doing things like that for which shouldn't be done because it will only make things worse.

Chances to continue losing money is  not by far as the gambler who uses loan money will have such fear inside that mostly leads to a wrong decision making, its always best to use spare money each time you play or you gamble it's just give you enough enjoyment and there's no pressure if you are using spare money, it also helps  not to involve too much to gambling as you are just doing things to enjoy and be entertained and  not to chase for winning amount that mostly leads to addictions.

You know if all gamblers will only have one intention towards gambling that's the intention of  having fun and as well to be entertained, you know had it mean there's a possibility in this............. honestly I don't think if anyone will be addicted into gambling because the feeling of chasing after loses will not be there, And we won't be expecting a particular outcome. but is obvious that this can never be possible because most people will still want to go with  the intention of making Money and of which this is the major reason why majority of this gamblers easily get addicted into gambling.

Addiction can be minimized, avoided like you said, abstain from and in no time you'll definitely see it fading away and sometimes it just seems like there's no cure or corrections to that, you can actually stop addiction but it'll take lots of time . Now coming down to how the addiction is being developed I'll say it can be developed from anywhere but firstly your mindset when you keep nurturing some thoughts to execute and when you do so you can't go back which makes it all worse cause it takes a long while for one to get his/herself. Moreso it can be developed by continuous persistence to gamble and at some point you can resist the urge that's it.

Of course illusion is something very bad to gamblers and shouldn't be controlled by their illusion. When a gambler gambles with the sole purpose of having fun then addiction may not find it's way to the gambler but whenever they are that engulfed by greed then it gives rise to quickly being justified as a gambling addict. Money making should be generally centralize or centered to gambling at least there are other things to earn an ends meet, while if they want to gamble they can deep hands to their little amount to start making bet and it should be an amount worth riskable.

When gamblers find a specific strategy or spotting sect or method they are eager to apply it many times if this method does not work they get into trouble. That is why losing money in gambling and being vulnerable to the system can actually be dangerous for many gamblers. For those who cannot make the right decisions after initially winning facing losses can create long term problems. Learning to stop at the right time and the ability to control themselves is important for everyone if someone becomes addicted then seeking professional help may be the best way.

I think often times people don’t realized how deeply addicted they are to something until they try to quit that habit. Most will confidently tell you that they do not have a gambling problem and make you feel bad for even suggesting that they do but ask them to stop gambling for 15 days, then they will realize that they can’t. That’s when denial kicks in. It’s only someone who wants to recover from an addiction that accepts that he/she has a problem and needs help.

I see your point as there are many gamblers who really expecting something out  from their gambling participation and majority are really aiming to win money, we can't deny that fact which cause a lot of addiction from each individual who keep chasing for whatever desire they wanted from gambling.

Though there are some which have that intention to enjoy and be entertained, they are much capable to leave when they already spend the amount that they allocate for their gambling budget.

Exactly dude, it's actually pitiful for the addicted gamblers who are at this level of addiction. Because they don't really know what they're doing. The only thing they probably know is that they're gambling like that. But taking a loan because of gambling is really not right.

Honestly, I still don't understand why other gamblers have this mindset, I would understand if they were taking a loan for emergency purposes, but the problem is that it's used for gambling
or casinos. In which is not a good example for the gamblers.

That is very correct and they wouldn't know how they are until it's proven that are addicted to gambling, like I know had a relative whose gamble and this has position their life in a very worst condition and they can't think of proper ways rather than thinking of how to used few money to gambling and hit millions of NGN with the mindset that it's very possible. Since they had been struggling to stop gambling and yet it still continue and they can't come out of it until things are done properly.

I agree with you that a lot of people can criticize the loss and profit of gambling and may help to stop gambling but the person can control lss of the person himself and make more and more losses on gambling. Actually, it is easy to say but difficult to do which is perfectly applicable based on the gambling.

Getting addicted is very easy and the problem with most people is that they are getting or drawn to it but they are still in denial. If you don't tell yourself the truth and deal with the problem it would always linger. The best way to tackle this addiction is to stop seeing gambling as a way to  make quick money. Gambling isn't a source of income, having this mindset would restrict from some careless decisions. Learn to be a responsible gambler otherwise you'd fall into too many negativities.

"Gambling may will be a great problem if adequate measure isn't take."  Not only observe but keep oneself in check at all times.   

Practice responsible gambling
Impose strict self-discipline.
Apply the right bankroll management
Never do revenge gambling
Don't chase losses
Implement a realistic winning goal
Know when to Withdraw or stop the gambling session.

Observing without taking any precautionary measures will fail in countering gambling addiction.  One must always act after any observation. Also, gambling addiction development isn't only due to the experience of winning.  Gambling addiction develops due to reckless exposure to gambling.

Cold turkey will work for those who just started gambling. But for those who have been gambling for years now, will have problems doing this, they will have an irresistible desire to start playing again and they will.

Preparing the mindset is what started the problem in the first place. Seeing someone win big in short amount of time, it makes people get the false sense of confidence that they can do the same and thus they start gambling.

So it will start with changing that mindset that it was not always the case and that rarely such wins happens and even if they do the casino is always in a net profit.

Players definitely do not strive to become addicted, this is a misconception, they want to make a profit from gambling, this is true, but in order to understand that you will not earn much from gambling, you do not need much time, I think that several months will be enough to understand that it is very difficult and everything that will happen next is just the realization that you need to play more carefully, and not rush to play for big money. Addiction can only be if the player continues to play and believe in winning, when only losses follow.

Big expectations are not accompanied by further thinking where they only try to think about profits but do not see from the other side where the real loss is a sure thing that makes most gamblers today trapped with their own thoughts.

There is indeed a good hope where we gamble and win with big results it looks very good but on the other hand our thoughts are too beautiful if they only try to think about continuing to win big but
they do not realize that defeat is the biggest probability in the gambling we do.

Being more realistic in taking action and trying to reduce expectations so that they are not too big I think it would be better to do. I don't mean to gamble just to lose but in this case I think gambling for fun and profit is just another bonus out of context that will make us more aware that gambling is not an option to bring wealth.

You're right, but all of this would just be wise words without awareness. Many gambler are aware in theory (like me), know the risks, know the possibility of losing more bigger, but when emotions come to me, the theory disappears. In the end, we just repeat the same pattern, hoping for different results. LOL. Being realistic is key, but getting to that point sometimes takes more than just intention. are we personally able to bring it to be realized, or is it just a theory. we must have the action to change our bad gambling habits into something more realistic to play just for fun, (if we can).

Both overconfidence and greed are the reasons for gambling addiction. And this addiction does not decrease until we are bankrupt. But most of the time, greed is the reason why we get addicted to gambling.

A friend of mine lost about 7 thousand dollars in the last few days. This is a very big amount. He used to gamble online. A few days ago, he earned 1000 dollars from just 10 dollars. And he became very confident and greedy. He invested more money without withdrawing the money. And in a few hours, he lost 7 thousand dollars. And now he is regretting it. If he had not participated in gambling after earning 1000 dollars with 10 dollars, he would have been profitable. So we should not be greedy at all.

Yeah, that's true, and I think it can happen to anyone who starts gambling. There are streamers who use gambling as their means to make money, and I've seen a lot on social media. This can be a factor of one person becoming a gambling addict, trying to pursue the same winnings as those streamers. Even if they don't know if it's real or not, it doesn't matter.

We cannot be blinded by those ideas or examples because there's a chance they are part of the gambling company's marketing team, so it's better if we don't follow such things because it can just lead us to chaos, financially.

Greed is one of the things that causes this addiction to develop, because usually those who gamble will easily be greedy when they have been given one win by the casino, besides it is not strange that many people are easily addicted to gambling because among those who gamble are usually people who have financial problems but the option taken is to gamble, instead of looking for a solution but instead making the situation worse. It should be remembered that greed in any case is not good.

Should we just call it greed? Because to me, I feel that one who truly understands gambling, the uncertainty of gambling, would never want to gamble after he or she has won a good amount of money.

 It is only one who doesn't understand gambling who would think money can be won in gambling repeatedly, but a gambler who understands what it is to win at gambling would always go with what they have won and come back another day. When one has refused to understand how gambling works, greed will always be there to play its role. Understanding gambling is the only thing that can help gamblers get rid of greed and gamble responsibly.

It is important to continue to take care of ourselves so that we can be more mature and not always fall into the same mistakes where we are always trapped in gambling that only relies on emotions when we realize that such things are clearly a problem that will never end as long as we continue to be trapped in the same situation every time we gamble.
There is something that can be used as an evaluation if we are really serious about gambling because after all, gamblers like us know that we will never give up gambling entirely but on the other hand, of course, we also have to be prepared for the consequences because when we want to stay in gambling, we must definitely try to suppress our ego so that the gambling we do does not harm more than what we are ready to spend.

Many situations occur (especially for the worst) only because we do not try to control ourselves from the gambling we do so as much as possible as long as we still want to gamble, discipline must certainly be a reference so that we do not feel harmed from what we do in gambling.

The big problem is that they are not aware, if they feel addicted. In fact, it seems that the stages you said have been carried out by gambling owners who have no responsibility for gambling purposes.

In my country, it seems that many have already become victims. They are not able to control themselves in gambling. They tried to recoup their losses but could never get back. In fact, they lose all their possessions even to criminal acts to fulfill the desire to gamble.

I also think that this could be a problem, that in the hope of winning back, many players steal money from their workplaces. They think that they will take it unnoticed, place a bet, win and return the money. This idea is too terrible, and not because some of them can do it and they will be happy, but because even if they manage to do it, they will do it again and lose all the money. I have heard of such stories many times, but the point here is that the gambling establishment is not responsible for the player, because he makes such decisions and is also responsible for them to the fullest extent of the law.

I am not surprised we've heard a lot of similar stories about gambling addiction and what gambling makes people do.

It's a roller-coaster circle, I doubt it's ever going to come to an end, my advice is everyone should lecture their children about the act of gambling, this can impact the lives of children from countries where struggles are real.

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The first thing that comes to mind is money, why do people gamble in the first place? They want to make money, it takes a disciplined soul to understand that if money is that easy to make every gamblers would be rich already.

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So why are gamblers not rich yet? Another good examples are people coming online saying their stories how crypto turn them to millionaires over night, from Bitcoin to Doge coin and down to even shit altcoins, I don't know about you on this but I've never seen such numbers of successful stories with gambling.

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Instead the online is filled with gambling addiction and how to break from it, the moment you target gamble as your own way of making money is the moment you begin your addiction journey.

It's okay to be aware of that initially,but sometimes,most gamblers are so unaware of themselves especially when the addiction erodes in the early stages of the addiction.The addiction becomes regular when they begin to interfere with their daily life and activities.The corrections ought to have started in the early stages of the addiction but that's also an ordeal to struggle with.

Things getting harder when addiction developed inside you, just like you said in an early stage that eagerness to keep playing will begin things out in you, if you dare not to do precautions to avoid getting hook then surely addiction will hit you and will generate bigger problems, it's always best to play with an intent to entertain yourself and just allocate spare money for your gambling.

That is why when it comes to seeing a small fault in ourselves, or something that is not normal we must pay attention to it, if it is something that indicates that we are going in the direction of addiction it must be stopped, and it is better to stop in time than to let an addiction develop, and the worst thing there is, those desires to gamble must go away at all costs, and the best way for me and what I recommend is when people control their money, by controlling their money they control absolutely everything , well it works for me.

That's what a lot of people fail to understand, everyone cannot be lucky in gambling and this is indeed one of the reasons people get addicted to gambling... whenever about another gambler that got lucky they also want to push their luck ... gambling wins only comes by luck and only a few percentage of gamblers get that type of win..This is something that Cannot be forced, it comes when we don't expect it.

Some understand it, but just like what you said, they want to push their luck, hoping they could also do it. Even if it can't be forced, they’ll still try very hard. Once a person loses their cool or gets swayed by emotions, it affects how they make decisions and usually, a gambling addict gets affected easily. We have a saying, "When emotion is high, intelligence is low." They get blinded by greed whether they win or lose.

It's needed to quit while you still can control your engagement to gambling, most of those who went to addiction are gamblers who did not pay attention to thier intend while playing/betting, most of them are being dominated by their emotions, and from the lust and desire that pushing them to keep playing a certain kind of addiction begins to establish inside.

Without a self-will and without that determination to eliminate such feelings, it's not a need it's a bad desire that you don't need to fill each time that you think that you need to gamble.

Well, I tend not to judge those type of people too much because most of the times gambling is being advertised to them as some kind of fast money making scheme and a way for them to make millions with just some few dollars so when they start gambling and then are not able to replicate the same wines they saw before entering they get frustrated and allow their emotions too get the most of them and before you know Whats happening they are already chasing loses or gambling with money that was meant for something  else.

Gambling  addiction starts small and gradually eats deep down into the person and finally develops full inside where the person can't resist or control the urge to gamble within the framework of self control and responsible gambling, gambling addiction is in such a way that the person who is  addicted will not even agree that he is addicted to gambling

You are right mate, gamble addiction doesn't start ASAP it starts gradually, so if you don't have self control over it, it will make you an addict. However, if as a beginner to gamble and you don't know how to gamble responsibly, you will become addict to gamble and you will find it very difficult for you to quit Gambling. Actually, not every gamblers that's addicted to gamble can agree with you what they are  gamble addicts.

It is because of this gradual buildup that makes it difficult for gamblers to know that they are becoming addicted to gambling - because the behavioral changes is gradual it will be difficult for people to note the difference and those gamblers might start to think that their gambling habits is the same as their usual habits without realizing that they have swayed far from normal.

If you noticed, when you talk to a gambler about their addiction they will most likely think of you as someone who is jealous of them or that you’re just trying to show them that you’re all knowing.

There are several theories on how gambling addiction develops but what you describe is pretty much a good summary of what happens to most people who cannot control their urges and before the realize they are trapped in something they cannot longer control.
The worst characteristic about gambling addiction is how their victims are not even aware of the condition and continue to gamble, either because they want to get their money back or because they still dream with fortune and changing their life with a single gambling session.

I have never personally met someone who is addicted to gambling, but the stories one can find on internet are heart-bresking enough to keep people like me constantly checking whether we are sliding down into addiction without realizing it or not. 🥲

Unfortunately, most of us just find it when we have already fallen into addiction. It always comes late before they realize that they are committing mistakes. But if we start gambling responsibly and are completely aware of the consequences, we will become cautious with our actions. But most of us just jump into gambling, thinking we could win a lot of money, neglecting the possibilities of losing huge amounts rather than winning. This implies how important to have proper knowledge about gambling and, most of all, self-control.

Bringing that hope that luck will permits and allow us to win, from that mentality a gambler will soon develop engagements and will start to lust for more, where limitation might exceed to expected timeframe and allocated budget, if you can't handle the pressure it will push to uncontrolled addiction and that's most of the time the cases of those gamblers who loses everything and ruined not just their own life but also those that sorrounds them.

I've heard stories like that many times, I guess it's because of the increasing number of online gambling platforms that are popping out left and right. Because of it, many people are trying their luck, although the truth is that profits cannot be found in gambling because of its high-risk nature. Still, we could see many players who are willing to play, and they sometimes get out of hand and get addicted to it due to chasing their losses.

I think addiction develops more in those who keep on losing and then winning a big amount. Somehow, they will have the thought of getting back what they lost if they win the same big amount again. But it's a cycle that will never end until one is consumed by it.

It is true that gambling addiction is formed from a gambler's bad habits, where they usually ignore limits and cannot control themselves. They tend not to care about whether the gambling activity has had a bad impact on them, the most important thing in their minds is that they can chase their losses and focus on getting more money. And this goes on continuously without the control and concern of the gambler. In the end they become addicted without realizing it. Usually people like this will be angry when they are called addicts, because in their minds they only chase wins and there is nothing wrong with their gambling activities.

Gambling addiction erodes as a result of a lack of understanding. Because of this lack of understanding, most gamblers are not aware of the best gambling styles and habits they need to adopt, and there is also no consciousness to perceive habits of gambling that are inappropriate.

 I would always say addiction is most times a result of a lack of understanding, and when you don't understand how something works, it will be difficult to be conscious and make good decisions. Addiction develops when people think winning at gambling is possible at all times and see it as a way of making money easily.

A person who is addicted to gambling will never admit that he is a gambling addict. And pleasure is just an excuse to cover up his bad behavior in gambling.

And when someone tries to make him aware and also help him get out of the addiction problem, instead of him being aware of his bad behavior, he is even more ambitious about gambling in the hope of winning big in his gambling so that he can prove to people that he can be rich from gambling. A stupid ambition that makes them fall deeper and makes them even more miserable. and when someone is at that point, generally they will only realize it when they have lost everything, including people who care about them, but there are also some gamblers who are at that point who choose to continue their bad habits and the danger is that this can spread to other bad behavior, or what is called the domino effect of gambling.

People want to turn their one dollar into a thousand dollar, the real reason why people get addicted to gambling is greed, everyone want to make money but there are levels to every amounts that want to be made, even in investments some people don't settle for 5x and 10x, they want 100x and they prefer to see that happen rather then smaller returns.

This have made many people to be stagnant in their investment path, because of their own greed, been satisfied is a blessing but we failed to acknowledge this fact because of our own greed.

I have greed in me too, I've made many mistakes because I wanted more especially in my investments but I am just built differently for gambling or maybe its because I see gambling differently as too dangerous.

Everyone has greed most expecially as it relates to what looks like what will yield a good amount of returns. If you're a regular gambler, a time will eventually come will you will get caught up to slowing your greed get the better of you. If in other things greed has won over you, chances are that even while gambling, you're going to fall for same trick. Eve. Though you might not be addicted, greed can make you lose more than it's necessary which will put you to that stage of being looked at as an addict.

It's the reason why gambling with what you can afford to lose is the best advice to give gamblers because should you allow greed set in, you're sure without you're doing is within your budget which means that a loss is something you can afford to carry. I've seen some lucky gamblers that have turn penny to something big and have equally seen some greedy sports betters that had the opportunity of cashing out but refused doing so because greed sets in and they were looking at the possibility of winning the grand price and while they waited, they lost it all before the game played to completion. There's never certainty in gambling, you only win when you've won, anything before then is pure mirage.

You are right mate. In the first place, gambling is not even a source of income but some people cause problems for themselves by seeing gambling as a source of income and they want to just cash out big from gambling overnight. When I first started gambling, I thought that it can be a source of financial breakthrough for me but I was wrong and I also quickly realized that it can not be archived through gambling because gambling is just a place to have fun and lose more than you can win, but some people have not yet realised it.

For me it all starts there, willpower is the only thing that can make the difference, there is no other way, the help is there and it can be given, but if the person does not do their part nothing will be achieved, nowadays things are much more open, the information is there and well social networks help people distort their objectives, when there is someone with addiction you have to consider taking care of them in the smallest way because it does affect them.

A helping hand is needed once addiction already develop, a little gesture that you care will be big enough to help a gambler who's struggling to work on their own will, that's something that push them to keep trying, as long as there's someone who still believe in them that they can change it up and able to overcome the issue, that may serve as inspiration and will give them the will to force themselve to change up.

Different players may have different versions of the stages of development of gambling addiction. I gradually came to this conclusion when I watched video interviews with addicted players (ludomaniacs). We see that among them there are mostly men, but there are also women and girls. The stage of winning does not always precede the stage of losing, sometimes it is the other way around. I have seen ludomaniacs who lost a lot and for a long time at the very beginning. But they were drawn into the game by the magical atmosphere of sports betting and the opportunity to quickly get rich. In addition, the stage of despair does not occur for everyone. There are people who are surprisingly indifferent to their losses and even debts. There is one Russian ludomaniac who is known for his numerous interviews. He accumulated a lot of debts, which have long been irrecoverable. And people lost hope of returning their debts and resigned themselves to it.

Sometimes the desire to continue more and more is what makes the addiction become more terrible, that turns into anxiety and that is what makes everything get out of control, I am not a psychologist but I would say that when there is addiction the person has to engage in a physical activity that makes them get very tired, I don't know, swimming, running, playing football, boxing , something that demands their body and they would be attacking the addiction and getting in Shape and in good Health, it is not bad.

It's not just about greed, but also about the constant need to be in this atmosphere. The brain remembers what is a positive factor for it. Therefore, there is a desire to return to the game again and again and enjoy the moments.

You are right about the fact that players are not such wealthy people. Quite the opposite, money is tight and you want to earn more somewhere, and then a casino turns up and off you go.

Definitely  they are aware of the risks and loses but still go ahead to gamble, I don't know why it's always like this being aware that this particular thing will lead you elsewhere but then you go on to get involved and at the end have a lifetime of regrets, before anyone go into gambling they should take note of this but I believe it's all cause of greed that they are unable and blinded to take heed of this red flags. And mostly addiction can be generated from non stop gambling habits which can be controlled if they really want to.

Gambling addiction can start with greed, chasing loses, being overconfident to continue gambling when you're winning. But it can develop if the gambler doesn't have self control, if a gambler don't know when to stop it becomes a very big problem. The gambler can keep on degenerating and keep getting worse, at that time they need external help to support them to get through it. People should be sensitive about the attitude of their loved ones, if they find out that one of their own is addicted to gambling they shouldn't condemn the person but show love and support and they can seek professional help if possible.

Good thing you see that because not all have been seeing the same. Most gamblers think that gambling could make them rich, and so they spend huge amounts despite seeing the losing situation. If we never change the way we look at that, the more it pushes us into the worst situation. Honestly, gambling is a thing that we should just ignore because the moment we lose control of ourselves, addiction will follow.

That is why we should have to remain responsible in our decisions and take extra caution when gambling. And most of all, just gamble responsibly.

I would advise many players regularly to read information about the problems in the gambling of dependent players, about its occurrence, progression. In addition to this, the most effective lobby for me personally watch an interview with dependent players who tell their stories from the beginning of the game and until the moment they lost almost everything. This is the most important reason for me for which I understand that if I told myself to stop, then you need to close the game and go about your business, otherwise it is just to continue before playing all the money in the account.

Though there are different approaches in terms of how to treat a person with gambling addiction problem but like what you said giving him support that he can treat himself by having that own will, that kind of mental support will gave a gambler a boost to keep trying, as aside from physical and those things that can only be provided by professionals, that moral support will be the best one that will lead him to change his thinking and start to work it on it's own to treat his gambling issues.

That's the thing about gambling, if you are not satisfied with the minimum or littlest win you have you will end up losing. Greed is a driving force that leads to losses and addiction. A gambler can decide to aim for 2 odds in a day to get hundred percent of his Capital but after getting it greed sets in and he might decide to aim higher just to make more money. Always learn the act of self control and discipline

exactly, the fact of having an awareness is everything in the game, many do not understand it and always hope for the win that will change their life, but it is not like that, you always have to weigh your choices and understand what drives us to risk so much to really get so little, you have to control your emotions more than the game

In my opinion, gambling addiction in a player occurs after big wins or after a long series of wins. This unexpected event deprives the player of an adequate perception of reality. He gets the idea that gambling can be used to earn a living.

The player begins to compare gambling with serious business or hired work (which is of course incorrect). At the same time, he creates a false belief that gambling is a more effective strategy for earning money than entrepreneurship or hired work (this thesis is absolutely incorrect).

As a result, the player experiences a strong cognitive distortion and a feeling of euphoria. He either begins to believe in his Luck (begins to consider himself a favorite of fate), or comes up with various gaming pseudo-systems (which, in his opinion, will allow him to win at gambling in the long term).

This is how a person develops an addiction to gambling.

You will naturally have the desire to win but at the same time you should keep in mind that gambling will not always let you win. You should be prepared for losing even though you may not like it or you do not want to be among those gamblers who gamble regularly and lose most of the time. How do you prepare yourself to increase awareness when you involve yourself in gambling? This is a self-awareness lesson as recommended for most new gamblers. Focus on managing your money according to your bankroll and not being tempted by others while playing. Take full responsibility for control and stop gambling when you lose or won.

I believe this is one of the paths to developing gambling addiction. However, I also know of examples that contradict your scenario — specifically, cases where gambling addiction was formed as a result of a series of losses. And these losses weren’t necessarily large in terms of money, no. But they were regular and repetitive. There were no flashes of luck or spontaneous wins that could offset the feeling of constant failure.

In such cases, a person wants to win his money back. He wants to prove — to the casino, or maybe even to someone else — that he’s capable of recovering his losses and even making a profit on top of that. But this only leads to an even deeper spiral of losses, because for such a person, it’s never enough. He begins to believe he deserves a bigger compensation.

That's correct. Being responsible for what we do might save us, including being a gambler. Even if we all know the fact that gambling is a high-risk type of game, we should still be responsible in handling our money because we might get hooked on it, and we will just be surprised that all our money is gone. After that, we may even make more mistakes like pawning our possessions or taking a loan from the bank or digital cash loaning applications in today's era.

If we do that, we are just burying ourselves in debt, and it might be time to accept that we are gambling addicts once we cross that path. It's because we are not trying to be entertained anymore. It's more like a revenge goal, and it's not good.

This is exactly what I wrote about in my previous post — that gambling addiction doesn’t necessarily develop as a result of a series of successful wins (although that scenario is also possible), but rather from regular losses that trigger a strong desire to win back what was lost. A person wants to recover his losses and prove to the casino how wrong and unfair it was toward him. In other words, it’s about the desire for revenge and compensation.

It all happens like a snowball that is rapidly becoming bigger and bigger, and with each bet that draws the player in and he cannot stop. It is a very dangerous feeling when a player begins to promise himself that he will not play anymore and breaks his rules. This means that the game begins to control him more than he controls himself. Although in bets you can relax with interest watching your favorite team, but I will never break the rules I have built for years so as not to lose more than I planned. I have already gone through this on my own experience and I do not want to repeat that terrible experience when I lost more than I planned. I think this is a common problem for many players.

Gambling can terribly ruin someone's life if they are under pressure in their mind. The greed inside makes them think that continuing gambling could lead to a successful gambling journey. Unfortunately, what they got is something that makes them regret their whole life. Many gamblers win big, hitting the jackpot prize, yet they become poor due to the pursuit of winning more. It always comes to mind that there is more winning awaiting them, and so they keep gambling, living on that hope.

If can execute correctly then you'll be able to manifest but most of the time gamblers always played by their emotions, when it dominates inside a person it leads to incorrect decision making, aggresions and the kind of lust and desire mostly overrun the set limitation that previously design or been plan before taking the first step to gambling, temptation and uncontrolled excessive gambling develops addiction sad but at the beginning mostly for fun but along the way it's getting deeper and become desire aiming to achieve something then ends up getting addicted.

In a situation where gamblers are like that, I think the addiction they are experiencing is quite severe. It will not be easy to get out of the habit of gambling that has become bad. Because this is related to fixing the gambler's mindset towards gambling. If his views are wrong from the start and his addiction is very deep, it is difficult to get out.
Anyone who wants to start gambling must know and manage their limits from the start. If you have already fallen into addiction, all that will happen is the destruction of your life.

I told this story because it is largely based on my own experience. My gambling addiction developed exactly like this.

Why are winnings more dangerous than losing? Because while a player is losing, he cannot be completely sure that he is able to win at gambling. Confidence, and especially self-confidence, is usually a consequence of one's own practical experience. Positive experience.

Accordingly, if a person has no experience of winning, then confidence in the ability to regularly win at gambling is not formed. By the way, this is how a person develops self-confidence in other life situations. The more victories a person has in life, the more self-confident, and sometimes (even) arrogant he becomes.

And this threatens him with very unpleasant consequences (in the future). In some cases, even catastrophic consequences...

This is what happens to most gamblers, they become addicted in this way, where it starts with just having fun and ends with huge financial losses due to addiction. When you start gambling, at that time you are confident in yourself and think that you will never get addicted or that you will quit gambling after playing this certain amount, but in reality it is much more difficult to follow these things properly. Because once those who enter it, they cannot easily get out of it due to the temptation of gambling. However, this never happens to everyone or it is not the same for everyone. Because there are many gamblers who are very responsible towards themselves and even if they gamble regularly, they never gamble uncontrollably with more money than their specified amount. And they are the real responsible gamblers, and they will never get addicted.

I disagree with you that before anyone becomes addicted in the gambling have already seen the symptoms,>>  I think that's for your understanding towards someone being addicted in the gambling, from my findings, it's very difficult before a gamblers will notice that it's addicted in the gambling, it's people around the gamblers that will notice that this gambler is addicted, and anyone who is addicted doesn't know that it's fully addicted except someone remind the gambler or it has lost a money that doesn't belong to him or her, so during gambling you can not notice when you are addicted or not.

On the moment that you do becoem that confident when it comes into gambling condition then this is where shit things do really happen not only just that limited on gambling alone but also in other conditions as well on which if you do find yourself that being that confident that you can make money through gambling then that will be bringing out some disaster later on. People wont realize not until they will be able to experience the worst conditions and as long they are still on the positive side then most of us will be that so numb when it comes to real situations and thinking up about on the right things that should be done. Addiction starts on someones mentality on which if it turned out that you cant be able to control it out on the right time then it will be causing up that kind of negative effect on the moment that you do trying out to chase something. There are those conditions or situations on which you do find yourself that being too confident because of wrong assumptions. When dealing up with gambling then it will be that surely a series of winning and losing on which you can be able to experience it out and once that emotion ties in and you are someone who cant be able to control out that urge, then its most likely that you will be committing out some mistakes because of this one. You are the ones will be trying out to act according into whats happening. If you do sees out yourself that you are losing then better stop but if you are that tending to make use of that amount for that gambling session and doesnt become impulsive then go ahead and have fun. It all matters about someones mentality or on how they do treat up gambling because if they were that truly that making it as a main source of income or money making machine then it will be bringing out that disaster into those people who had been thinking up on this way but for those who do wanted to have some fun then they are the ones who would be able to avoid up on getting devastated by gambling just because of that too much addiction. Never tend to find yourself having those kind of wrong treatment if you dont want to have that kind of condition.

The thing is that the winning and loses work together because a gambler may have also experienced a lot of wins on a particular period of time and would conjure the feeling of wanting to replicate those winning session and then loses then becomes the outcome of that and if I on humans correctly then the feeling of hate and regret kicks in which brings out that particular feeling you are talking about which is chasing those losses.

Winning stage
When you are at this situation then the primary thing that comes up into your mind is that you would be able to make even more winnings or basically when greed kicks on then it is hard to stop.
This is the usual case that do happen for most gamblers and thats why they do messed up their finances just because of having this kind of mentality or simply they've been controlled with their emotions.

Losing stage
Chasing up loses then this is a common thing too on which your main thinking will be telling you that if you do experience consecutive loses then your way of thinking telling deep inside that the next
roll or bet will be a win on which you would be keeping on chasing up whenever you do hit another loss and the same cycle continues until you bust it all.

Chasing/desperation phase
When you are on such condition then you would be that having those kind of realizations that you shouldnt have done this and that but its already too late. Therefore, the only thing that you
can be able to do on this aspect is to simply move on and just forget on what happened and learned up your lessons on the hard way.

Gambling isnt bad as long you do make yourself that responsible because this is where people do usually forget themselves specially on the actions that they are taking. They wont be able to think off
specially into those conditions that disrupted out their own common sense and way of thinking.

It has to be gamblers that lack experience that will be thinking this way because all experienced gamblers know that the results they got yesterday can not determine the results that they will be getting today. All gambling is different, even the form of clubs or players would not determine if the club will win another club when you are betting through sport and not casinos games. Gambling addiction starts from lack of emotion control. Because you can not control your emotions, that is why you begin to chase losses or start acting out all your frustrated on the game. Gambling addiction is not far from us therefore when you are gambling, always have it in mind that you are gambling for just entertainment and not a goal to make money.

All these stages are being experienced by each addicted gambler, but the fact remains that because of the love of money at the first stage, they tend not to have control of themselves and are carried away with the consistent wins which they feel will continue like that always which makes it difficult to retrace their step and they move to the next level and finally gets to the last stage where it has now becomes very difficult to control or quit.
You are not suppose to allow your wins to control you instead you control your wins and your life as a real gambler because you know that the wins will end soon and you will now be faced with losses stage, at that time you are to set your limits in time and bankroll so that you will not be carried away by your emotions.

Even some gamblers can’t prevent hope from blooming. If they win yesterday they might unconsciously turn superstitious and think that luck is on their side so they must be careul not to lose it. Though over time as you continue to gamble, you will realize that luck just comes and goes and there is nothing you can do about it.

However, those who gambling are gambling know when they will win and most of the defeat after winning. And they can guess some things that are the most numbered win. However, those who are new can lose money because they do not have experience in this subject and want to start from the new again, thus addiction is developed. There are many gamblers who win today then stop playing like today. And start playing again tomorrow again. There are many gamblers in my region who play this way.

I agree that there are some gamblers who can carry the obligation before taking a deep dive into gambling, they can manage to execute their plans and strategy without having an issue exceeding to their limits, though the vas tmajorities are still those who can't that's why gambling industry booms up and there are so many new platforms that being offers as the intention in providing entertainment and catering those gamblers who loves playing both onlineand offshores, those business owners continue to manage making money out from those gamblers who can't control themselves, to the point that they've become addicted and ruined their finances..

It reels you in quite steadily but pretty fast. Most people insist that there is nothing wrong when they are already halfway hooked. By then it is often too late.

I think this happens often because people talk a lot about luck streaks and such things. This is not good and will lead you to lose more money because you may play bigger bets thinking you will win.

These three stage you've listed it's truly what develops addiction in a gambler's life.Gambling addiction have gotten deep into the bloodstream of many gamblers and has ruined them mentally or psychologically.It's quite difficult to quit addictions,but the early stages of an addiction can be controlled.Once a gambler passes these three stages that develops addiction then there's a high chance that the person can make decision in terms of gambling responsibly.Your wins or losses can be a disadvantage in regards to gambling addiction,so it's left for each and everyone of us as adults to control our emotions and don't let our wins and losses to affect us negatively.The last stage"chasing losses" is what many gamblers are battling with,once you make an attempt to gamble to recover money you've lost it's advisable to book a therapy session.

It is possible to stay away from gambling addiction if we are aware of ourselves. But it is a difficult task.

• First of all, I will say that gambling addiction is created due to not knowing about gambling addiction and its dangers. If we are aware of gambling addiction, then it is possible to stay away from addiction to a great extent.

• Gambling addiction can be due to excessive excitement. For example, if we bet on a bet for the first time in our life and if we win a large amount in it, naturally we will get excited and invest more money in gambling. Gradually we will become addicted.
  

• There are many gamblers who want to recover their lost money. And they cannot get out of this gambling circle. If they win in one, they lose again in the next gamble. And they cannot recover the money they lose and at the same time they cannot quit gambling.
  

• Also, many people consider gambling as the only way to earn money. These people are more dangerous. They become bankrupt very quickly. And gradually get involved in various types of crimes.

Gambling is a very interesting game that makes it very difficult to shift your focus from it. Even if you lose here again and again, your desire to gamble will not end. Because these games are designed in such a way that you will return again and again, but those who are responsible gamblers can save themselves from big financial losses even if they continue gambling. Because they place many small bets just for fun. However, those who cannot control themselves and start placing big bets with confidence in themselves to win big jackpots, most of the time they lose those bets and start exposing themselves to more gambling to recover their losses, which becomes a kind of deep addiction. And then it becomes very difficult to come back from there.

You know the best thing in gambling is to always gamble with the amount that can be subjected to lose than betting with a little amount which if you lose for a long time it becomes a problems to you, usually when that amount is allocated you could gamble for long with you being upset with yourself for losing such amount and you could still come back to gambling next.

That is why gambling is a game of fun and anyone who is not adhering to the fun aspect of it would definitely ran into loses and possibly become more addictive to gambling because there were no self control and budgeting, of course it's also important for us to have that at the back of our mind that everyone needs culturing, limitations or allocation of some specific about to gamble without them going overly away from their initial targets.

I agree with your points but there are some differences that I would like to state. Some people do know about the dangers of the addiction, but they are overestimating their own strength. Those it won't happen to me types. It is the same with drugs, where some people decided to try something very addictive just once and they were sure that it will not hook them. But many have lost the battle on that first try.

On the second point, I think it is better not to gamble at all when you are under any kind of strong emotions. And for the last thing, your aim should not be to recover the money lost. Actually you should not even consider it lost but instead as spent. Chasing losses usually leads to more losses.

Honestly, it is hard to imagine that all three of these points could happen to a beginner. First, you mention a big win on the first bet. But to get a big win, you need to place a big bet, and a beginner in gambling definitely will not make a large stake, especially not on high odds, which basically rules this out. As for starting to chase losses, yes, this is possible. After a while, a player might want to win back what they lost and end up losing even more. So this part is realistic.

About considering gambling as the only way to make money, I also doubt it, because when you come into gambling, you already have some money, and after a few bets it quickly becomes clear that making stable and fast money here is impossible. So this point can also be ruled out.

In addition to everything written above, I would like to say that over time there are only more and more ways to make the entry threshold into gambling lower and smoother.
Small in-game purchases like Gacha in Asian games, or skins in Steam games such as Dota or Counter-Strike have long been known. And this is not a joke, because in the last two you can get a gold skin like in roulette, which can then be sold through the site's supporters.
And all this is a way to bring computer players to excitement, which becomes the first step to the desire to get random big money. And then such hobbies easily develop into betting or gambling.

Even without this, I see a lot of casino advertising in my everyday life, on different sites, platforms. Maybe I didn't pay attention to how much of this advertising there is before, or even if I saw it, I didn't pay attention, but now that I know about the casino and sometimes play, I see it and it seems to me that there is a lot of it. I mean, maybe for those who don't play, they also don't pay attention to such advertising and just ignore it.

Yes, that's what's in the mind of a gambler, today's victory is as if they are in control of their victory or the ability they have. This can cause them to feel more confident and more courageous in making a decision that is much bigger than before, this is what makes them gamble like they've lost their minds. And the fact is that a gambler doesn't know that behind the scenes of gambling, there is a system or algorithm designed by the site owner to ensure that the results of the game follow the rules that have been designed or created by them before, of course we can't fight the system they have created.

Those who do not gamble completely, they always ignore such advertisements, but there are many who have started gambling just by seeing such tempting advertisements. So it cannot be said that those who do not gamble will never be attracted to gambling by seeing advertisements, tempting advertisements can attract most people to gambling, except for those people who strictly control themselves and stay away from gambling completely.

I think gambling addiction is a choice, this is not a place for you to become addicted as a gambler. The only reason a gambler develops an addiction is because there is greed in his character as a gambler, and the root cause that often happens is that they experience frequent winnings.

Because of this, this is probably one of the reasons why they keep going back and forth because they think positively that it will happen to them again when they win a big amount,
maybe that's why.

Yeah that's a factor that affects addiction inside, when a gambler experienced such great time winning they think that they can repeat it over and over that's why they will push forward and try to win more, once that attitude activated greed will dominate and that lust and desire to keep playing even they already exceed from what they set as limits that overcome everything and start to unable to balance their judgements which addiction will established and become un-controllable.

In general, I agree with you, because gambling addiction is overrated. It is talked about a lot, but it is hardly that common. I think it is like plane crashes: they are always in the news, and it is a big deal, but in reality it does not happen very often. There are a lot of planes, and the percentage of crashes is small. The same with gambling addiction, it is always a heartbreaking story, but it is rare.

You are right and the causes you name are the most logical , sometimes it is a mixture of all, with respect to a person who has fallen into addiction, whoever it may be , Family, friends or strangers, they should never be judged, they should be helped , but they must be clear that they have to change, that they must have the desire to get better from that condition, it is something that we must see, if the person does not react or does not do their part, then they are already failing and other much more rigorous things must be applied.

We have a choice not to gamble too much. We have a choice not to spend money on gambling. We have a choice not to spend too much time on gambling, and we have a choice not to get addicted into gambling. The problem is that, most of the gamblers are ignoring these things and instead, they're doing the opposite and because of that, they're getting addicted into it, and it causes negative things to them.

To add to what you said, getting addicted to gambling is the end-result of our decisions. If we make consecutive wrong decisions while gambling, there's a high chance that we will get addicted into it. It will all comes to our mindset when we're gambling. If we have the right mindset, I believe we will not get addicted into it. What do I mean by right mindset? I mean "Not spending too much on it", "deciding not to recover those losses", "thinking that losing money in gambling is part of it, and don't bother chasing those losses", and many more.

We already know the effects of gambling addiction to ourselves and yet, we keep ignoring it. If you don't want to get addicted into gambling, change your mindset.

This happened to me too. Even after a big win, I couldn’t stop and continue playing in the hope that I would be able to get even more money. And what was the result? I left the casino with empty pockets. Then the feelings of resentment and disappointment did not give me peace and I had to borrow money to continue this activity. This went on for several years. Everything stopped when my family found out that I took out a loan from the bank for a decent amount and lost everything to zero. Can you imagine the surprise and shock of my loved ones?

OP, I think the addiction thing begins with the "chasing stage" rather than the "losing stage". The "winning stage " is well out of it to the best of my perspicacity, anyway. If a gambler loses and doesn't have the mind for further losses, they will give up and that ends the chase. Those who don't like taking losses because it reminds them of failure are the ones who go on chasing their losses in order to take a revenge and by do doing most of them get hooked on it. That's how addiction sets in. They want their own pound of flesh, forgetting that no gambler has a winning edge on betting houses.

Of course what mentined are the major causes of gambling which is individual involvement in extreme gambling without control, many gamblers don't really understand that as a gambler there's time that you've have to go on break for some even though you not because you want to quit but because it is necessary that you've to rest a bit reason being that over everything is not good, although realistically some of this decisions are not easy to make but that's why in the first stance you as a gambler has to make sure that you're in control of your game that's to say you should prioritize having control over whatever you see yourself doing especially things that involves gambling to avoid being a victim of addiction, the truth is that your close relatives, loved one must surely feeling bad or want to give up addicted gambler because they will feel very disappointed and again if such addicted gambler comes from a family that command big respect what do you respect, although that shouldn't also be a reason for anyone to abandon there own once found in such mess called gambling addiction.

When you do find yourself having that lose of control when dealing up with gambling then it do simply indicates that you arent that good when it comes to handling up your emotions because this is what usually being affected at the time that you do gamble. There are those situations or times that you will be just that simply be able to move on but on the moment that you are hoping for some easy money with gambling then you would be that highly be that soo sensitive when it comes to losing money. Well, who does want to lose money in the first place or it doesnt really give out any good feeling which if you are someone whose that not good when it comes to self control then most likely you would be continue to play and made up some deposits even more. Just make yourself that be wary about into those possible risks that could happen once you do made out some bad decisions. Gamble for fun and not for the money because once you do find yourself have this mentality then you wont be that much being affected with financial devastation.

Gambling addiction would be totally mold up at the time that you are already chasing up some profits or even chasing up your loses and trying out to breakeven. On the moment that you cant be able to control up your emotions then this do simply signifies that you are already that addicted into gambling on which you would be needing up to have that break or even trying out to quit up completely rather than on messing up your finances and if you dont like for it to happen then it will be that needing up for you to made out such actions if you dont like for it to have that kind of condition. There are just that those times or moments that urge or addiction is that very hard for you to stop and this is where you do need up to consider on finding up for some help on your loved ones because this is where you do needing up to do if you do want to get rid of that addiction.

Losing stage can also make someone want to recover their losses. But the reality that he will meet is he lose for more but can not accept it. Some people will not stop their gambling activity instead still gambling and hope they can win in the next rounds.

Actually, that may be a sign for them becoming addicted to gambling without they realize and if they still gambling, they will surely addicted. The reality is hard to accept for them and not make them realize that is wrong to still gambling in a lose situation.

Sooner or later, they will addicted to gambling. Once that is happen, they will ruin everything they have and even their life.

Each gambling addicted is different. Being gambling addicted isnt something uncurbable and does not mean that everyone will ruin their lives with 100% probability. I think everyone who has tried gambling at least several times are already addicted, because they return to gambling anyway. We have different forms of addiction, someone return and gamble daily, someone on special occasions, someone gamble once each month. But that does not mean we all are moving towards ruining lives.

Addiction is a manifestation of human weaknesses when a person cannot stop in time and this applies not only to gambling. A person by nature is prone to find hobbies for himself, and sometimes these hobbies can be too addictive. For those who play sometimes, as you say once a week or once a month, this is definitely not an addiction, especially since I even admit that such players can win, so it is not worth saying that gambling is bad. It is bad when a player stops controlling his actions in gambling, in the same way you can lose self-control in other hobbies, so these are individual qualities of a person. We are all adults and no one is able to make decisions for us, you need to be responsible, then everything will be fine.

Right, there are people out there (specially those with a deep religious background) that believe being addicted to gambling is the same as gambling once a week or even once a month. In reality, addiction to gambling is not something which is definitive and will come to all of us as something which will have one hundred percent of chance to ruin our life.
The majority of us will lose some money, that is for sure, but we will retreat in time and call it a day before we even think of gambling with no ey we cannot afford to lose to our bad luck.

Comments like those only show who much stigma there is accumulated under the figure of gamblers and those who partake in any kind of activity which have anything to do with randomness.

I agree and that also means that some gamblers who make gambling a place to seek entertainment and pleasure can also be said to be addicts because they gamble more than once, that means what you said is quite true that when we become a gambler it does not mean that we are heading towards the destruction of life, there are always some gamblers who are still fine even though they often come and play and they are gamblers who do come with the pure intention of seeking entertainment without being affected by defeat. In my opinion, an addiction that has the potential to destroy life is when a gambler comes with the intention of seeking income and that is different from gamblers who come with the intention of just filling their free time.

That's why I only play with a certain amount and don't exceed it, because we've heard many times how it ends. Only those who are dedicated to betting and think about how to improve their game every day, follow the bankroll rules and control their emotions can increase their chances of success, but this also doesn't guarantee them 100% winnings. That's why I prefer to play only for small amounts and that's it, I don't want to think about what to do when I lose my savings, I've seen enough stories like that, I won't be one of them and I advise other players to think about it.

Unfortunately we all have weaknesses, i don't blame those who fall into weakness
I blame those who don't react, those who don't get help
because we can all be tempted, but we can all ask for help and help each other to solve problems and get out of trouble
This is what we should do in fact

In that situation, as long as the willingness to change and a self-will to help his own the needed help will be applicable and surely will weight in to the process of changing thier ways, addictions developed when a gambling submit himself into gambling without any limitation, when the desire and lust developed the dominance of addiction take place, the only way that it can be cure is when the person decided to change his way, with the help of his relatives / love ones the person will pass thru this, it's a process that needed time and understanding.

Correct. It's actually human weaknesses, and I don't blame anyone for falling into such a problem. Well, there are those who don't need to seek help. Somehow, there are gamblers who will naturally help themselves by just realizing what he had lost. That happened to me. I somehow saw that I just keep on losing whatever I do whenever I play slots, and I just stopped for a while, thinking about what I had done. After that, I became more disciplined when playing slots. I don't put too much money on it anymore and just enjoy the games. It can be done, although it's sad that I learned it the hard way.

Ruining one's life just because of addiction can be the result of a lack of understanding and greed, especially when one believes so much in winning games in gambling. Addiction becomes very obvious when there is no threshold to gambling, and when it reaches a level so extreme that one can go to the point of doing anything for gambling. The result of this can always ruin one's life. That is why it is important for a gambler to be very careful and conscious about self-examination and to make some adjustments when gambling activities become obvious; if not, it will reach a state that is uncontrollable.

I won't call returning to gamble part of addiction, we always want to return back to anything that keeps us entertained. Addiction is about unnecessary and uncontrollable act of gambling, it has to always give painful repercussions. If i gamble everyday without being untouched with how much i spend on it, i am not an addict where as i begin using funds meant to care for my expenses or taking deep risk just for profits sake then that is addiction.

Just as there is a possibility of getting more money in a short time if you win in gambling, there is a possibility of losing money in a short time if you lose. Though winning is much expected, none of us want to accept defeat easily. But the reality is that if you win in gambling today, it is natural that you will lose tomorrow. But there are some who bet money that they cannot lose, but at some point the amount of loss increases and they bet more in order to recover that loss, which turns into an addiction. If you can accept the risks of gambling and take a temporary break, it is possible to avoid addiction.

That's true gambling is designed in such a way that anyone who has known the sweetness of gambling will find it difficult to stop gambling because it will be difficult to stop because gambling is addictive so there is a level that you will gamble to you find it difficult to leave gambling as it has laid hold on you

Gambling addiction comes slowly to a person. When someone continues gambling for a long time without enough breaks then they always start thinking about gambling. And an addicted gambler can't think of anything other than gambling at that time, and always he or she avoids their important work. So then they lose financially from gambling and also abandon their important work.

An addicted gambler can't have a better life. Some gamblers lead a luxurious life who work as a gambling agent, and because of the financial growth for him is they get commission from every gambler who creates an account under their referral link. Gambling is all about luck, so no one should throw their money on there that they cannot afford to lose.

The more a gambler encounters losses at the casino and feels discouraged while playing, this is one of the possible reasons for him to deposit funds again at the casino and when that happens, he does not notice that he is chasing his losses, but what he thinks is a positive thing where when he bets a large amount, he will recover the losses.

The problem with this mindset is that the gambler becomes more aggressive in gambling because as long as he does not win, he will continue to bet large amounts until he notices
that he has a zero balance on his/her account in the casino.

I agree with you that addiction is not inevitable for a gambler. Some people may be afraid that if they start gambling, they will continue to lose money. I think they are confused about their future and their negative perception of gambling is very wrong. A gambler does not lose every time, they have a strong desire to win, which means they will not win a lot. Luck is considered a key factor in their winning and losing in gambling. The more experienced you are in gambling, the more you will tend to be lucky. Luck is often blamed for gambling addiction, just as people always blame themselves for their bad times.

The reason most people can't get their minds off gamble is because they see gamble is the easiest way of doubling their bankroll even when they are at loss. Gamble seem a bit tempting to play, and when you finally do, the urge to keep playing is stared by greed always tends to find it way in our minds. It takes only a discipline person to quit just in time before he start making multiple irresponsible decisions. Though it's not as easy as it sounds but for the sake of our financial well-being we have to adapt to making use of a good risk management else addiction is just by the corner waiting to bring us down to bankruptcy. If there is something I have learnt over the years gambling it is, we are the major determinate of how much gamble affects our lives, either positively or negatively.

It all depends on each person's mindset. Although gambling is a place to double money, there are risks that must be taken. Some people do not think about losing, but only think about the doubling. They know the risks, but they do not want to think about the risks by gambling without limits. In fact, the worst condition is where gambling is their main job, such as making cockfighting gambling a job, not just entertainment. Slots that easily let go of their money, but when they lose their emotions lead them to the illusion of big win. So, if someone has gambled blindly, he may be at the point of bad addiction, because he just trying to bet, and just focuse on multiplying his money without thinking.

I don't think gambling this is accurate, the population of gambling addicts out there would amaze you. Saying that gambling addiction is rare means you haven't even been seeing enough posts on the gambling discussion board. Only the case of suicide this year due to Gambling addiction has been on a high rise, people have lost their jobs and everything they have, these stories have been circulating on the internet

I am not a psychologist, but I would assume gambling addiction goes something like… A person is depressed and finds themselves at a casino. They place some bets and have good luck. They think they’ve identified a loophole to win tons of money. Then they lose it all and convince themselves they made a mistake with their system and can fine tune it to get their money back…

Totally depends into your mindset because at the time that you do gamble but you've been expecting something positive that would happen into the results of your gambling but ending up on losing then this will be bringing up that kind of disappointment on which it will be leading up into desperation. If you arent that good when it comes to self control then most likely you would be ending up on being impulsive and highly being addicted into gambling on which we know that most of the time these addicts do end up on having that miserable life because their financial status has been that affected. Gambling addiction develops on a simple thinking about on becoming rich with gambling. You might be slightly thinking up earlier then here it comes with those small time wins or even bigger ones on which it will be adding up that kind of boost up into your emotions on which on the time that you do mold up that kind of mentality and trying out to thrive to make happen then this is where that addiction starting up to mold up specially if you have been that gradually compromising your money. Some people do able to stop it midway and have that totally avoided up that addiction on which this is good but most of the time gamblers do end up on that miserable state because gamblers will be going into that addiction state. Proof? If we do saw on how profitable gambling industry is, then we can definitely tell that they are indeed racking up money or revenue on which there are tons of people who do end up on burning up their money on playing into these platforms or these places. Gamble for fun and this is something that you should put up into your mind because once you do become that desperate then it will be that so hard for you to stop if you wanted to, because the thing you do have in mind is to continue on what you are doing just because you've been hoping that you do need to become rich.

Yes, come on, it is created only when someone gets some benefit from it. In the beginning, luck works very well and gambling sites also help a new gambler to win more than he loses. And when the greed of that gambler increases, he gets a lot of confidence in himself that if he bets more, he will win more. And he continues gambling by leaving everything to luck. And at that time he starts losing and at one point he loses several times more money than he had won. The person who keeps going back there despite losing is called an addict. And gradually a gambler becomes addicted in this way.

But you are addicted, if you have gambled yesterday and return today. However this is a light or harmless form of addiction. Call hobby or passion as an addiction as well. I call an addiction a process, an activity you want to repeat again and you repeat it. «Unnecessary and uncontrollable act of gambling» I would name as reckless gambling instead.

Unfortunately we are human beings and we are imperfect beings with many weaknesses. Otherwise we would be computer programs.
In all of this, we just need to understand how to screw ourselves over; there are tricks to being able to do things well despite our enormous defects.
And i am not the only one saying it.

There are quite a large number of people who cannot cope with gambling addiction, although they realize that their favorite pastime leads to financial and psychological problems. Some people cannot get rid of gambling addiction even with the help of specialists. I have heard about such people who in a few days after outpatient treatment returned to gambling again. As I understand these people are predisposed to enjoy the risks. Apparently for them life without gambling is meaningless.

How can a casino give a new player better chances to win if the payout percentage in the games is set by the provider and the winnings are given out randomly? The casino cannot influence who gets a win. At least that is how I have always thought it works. Maybe for someone it happens that at first they get lucky and decide to deposit more money and then keep playing and losing even more. I do not rule that out either. But if a casino is able to control the outcome of the games then the player simply has no chance of winning.

You are right in your definition but gambling yesterday and return back today to gamble doesn't possibly or necessarily mean an addict because some people gamble for fun and may be the fun they had yesterday was amazing and they might want to have such fun again. Let me take my self for example now, if I gamble today and I make a lots of profit from the gamble and if there are games I feel I can predict somehow or teams I am familiar with I will still come back to gamble but I always make sure to save like 80-90% of the profit I made the other time so that I don't waste them up and sometimes I still do make another profit when I came back to gamble so it depends.

I'm not addicted because i gamble most days doesn't make me addicted. Is good to know oneself, and i do know nothing pushes me against my will to gamble, i make a habit of gambling and when in profits, leave out parts of my funds for the next time mostly do this in casino, sometimes i even forget having left a balance to gamble with.

Shouldn't addiction come with consequences, even responsible gamblers still lose heavily on their bet.

Hmmm, when a addiction gets to such a stage where the victim then believes that life without that thing is meaningless, thats the highest height of addiction and apparently, if such a gambler is forced into quiting gambling without first changing that mindset, they end up leading the gambler into committing suicide.

I witness a similar case though not gambling related, where the dude had a serious accident and broke his right leg from the thigh area, the doctors did all the could but concluded they will have to cut off the leg, the accident victim told the doctors not to cut off his leg, that life is meaningless without his two legs working fine, the doctors assured him they weren't going to cut off his leg just to calm him down, the doctors later gave him drugs and he slept off, and the leg was cut off, when the boy woke up and saw that his leg has been cut off, he fell back to sleep immediately and died from there..

Getting someone who have believes life is meaningless without gambling to quit gambling is very tricky, will require such one to come out from such mindset before the process of getting him or her to quit gambling even starts.

Do you mean that each player's winnings are actually set by the game provider and not by the casino itself? Honestly, I just heard about this, honestly I just found out that the win and lose system is set by the provider and not by the casino, but on the other hand I also assume that overall it seems like the casino and the provider have more or less the same goals and strategies because after all the provider definitely wants to make players feel at home playing the types of games provided and the casino definitely wants players to become subscribers to keep coming back. So overall, as we have often heard, beginners at the beginning will definitely be greeted with several wins that will make them tempted and keep coming back.

Greed is one of the reasons why people lose consistently in gambling, they might end up winning a huge amount of money but after a while they are back to the cycle of losses. This is mainly as a result of chasing wins even after being in profit. A greedy gambler will always lose, that's why those that are able to win and stay away for a long time are the ones that can actually win more, constant players can never win

It is a correct idea that greed is largely responsible for gamblers losing. But there may be a misconception that staying away from gambling for a long time will lead to more winnings. I don't think so. My idea that if you win you can stop yourself may depend on your emotions but the majority of gamblers are tempted to continue gambling. It may be disrespectful to call the tendency to win one win after another in the game greedy. I think if he wants to get more involved and tries to keep playing for the next day then we might call him greedy. Many of them win but the amount of winnings is very small because they mainly gamble to make money.

Addiction can be controlled to some extent. Most gamblers become addicted because they failed to even realise that they are in the stages you have listed. If we can as a gambler evaluate our life and see that it's probably not how we expect it to be before we began gambling then it may help us take the right decision to avoid becoming ruined by addiction. Yes no one is bigger than addiction because at some point we all fall victims but we can help to avoid it by watching our gambling lifestyle if it's positive or not.

That is rather a very specific scenario, though. I am not saying it is impossible for someone who is depressed to step into a casino and start to gamble untill becoming addicted to it, but it is the the same story for all gamblers who end up losing their money and want all of it back.
I believe addiction to gambling is a slow paced process which involves the gambler to wager their money periodically and no realizing he is escalating out his control, and before he realizes, he has already wagered much of his income and lost an important part of it.
Not even mentioning that gambling releases dopamine and other pleasure-related chemicals into the brain, which only makes it more difficult for the gambler to quit, once they are very engaged.

You know, it is quite surprising how many people are completely addicted to gambling without even noticing it.
It's not just about the high roller, most often the noob one who think they're just having fun.
I've read research (https://quitgamble.com/gambling-addiction-statistics-and-facts/) that around 10M to 20M Americans have been surveyed to have gambling addiction or at risk of falling into it.
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Most often it is noobs who hits a big jackpot early on. Yeah, that elementary gain can be thrilling, but they feel overconfident and consider wagering as easy money and chasing that high to catch another bigger jackpot. On the flip side, you will find many people who can't accept a loss. he has always tension to recover what he lost.

Lack of self control leads them to be addicted. Only resisting the urge to gamble will not help you, you must be in control of when to step back.

If you are talking about addiction in general, then I would agree that no one is really bigger than addiction because we all as humans are all addicted to one thing or the other, but if you are talking about addiction to gambling in particular, I would beat my chest to being bigger than addiction in this area, gambling is the last thing I would ever get addicted to, in fact, i would just say that if a person like myself gets addicted to gambling, then any gambler out there would surely get addicted as well.

But all the same, you are right with most of the things you have said about we watching ourselves, being aware of ourself indeed plays a very important role in ensuring that we never get addicted to gambling, or reduce the risk by alot of percentage..

That is not how to quantify a gambling addict, to be gambling addict you most involved in constant gambling,  so for we to be gambling frequently, and not losing much you are not a gambling addict from my understanding,  someone who is gambling addict is someone who is chasing loses,  so anyone who is chasing loses are the one who will be say that is an addict in gambling, we need to understand that concept that not all frequent gamblers are addicted in the gambling, from my understanding and experience in the gambling.

Keeping ourselves reminded of our position as a gambler all the time could help to maintain our level of gambling. We might commit mistakes, but not to the point that we are already facing the worst scenario.

Controlling ourselves may not be too easy, but I believe it is not impossible as well. If we know when to place our bets, we probably know when to stop as well. Keeping ourselves on the limit is something that could help a lot on our journey. We lose and are disappointed, but at least we never regret it because we completely understand what gambling is all about.

I understand the complexity of the situation you described — it definitely often does lead to the development of addiction. But in general, a player doesn't need to win personally to develop the belief that winning at a casino is real. It's often enough to read success stories from other players and simply stay immersed in the context. And that context always suggests that a casino win can be a life-changer.

That’s why addiction can develop even through constant losses — if the person firmly believes that a win is bound to come eventually. The logic is that luck will strike sooner or later, as long as you’re patient and keep trying.

In fact, there are very few who win the jackpot, if one or several newbies are lucky, then it's nothing, I think you can count them on your fingers. Basically, players are just carried away by the game and even more often they immediately get losses and damages, which provokes them to continue playing to win back. If this does not work out, they can lose some amount, then take a break and come back again, and most play without harming their finances. But sometimes there are exceptions and the player gets too carried away and can lose too much money, in which case it will already be an addiction.

Yes true, many people don't notice it or don't want to notice it.
Realizing you have a problem is the main solution to the problem, if you have a problem and you don't want to admit it, it's hard, you can't even work on it if you think about it.
Instead, understanding helps you react and plan a way to solve it.

Realizing that you have a problem does not solve it. Take alcoholics for example, they know very well that they are alcoholics. But they are not going to quit because they like it. I think it is exactly the same with gambling addicts. If a person is already addicted and keeps losing all the money they can get their hands on, it is obviously a problem. But it does not mean that they want to stop or that they will stop even if they get the right kind of help.

Okay, I will conclude a little that it also means that someone will prefer to do everything they like even though in reality the activity can endanger themselves and their future, and yes what you said is quite true which also happens in gambling and one of the reasons why they always come back even though they are often depressed because of defeat is because of several factors.

1. Because gambling is fun for him (to fill his spare time).
2. Because of the high hopes and desires to get big wins (usually the influence of streaming shows).
3. Because of the desire to return all the losses they have ever experienced (despair phase)

But overall usually one of the reasons that I find most often is point number 3, because those who are unable to accept defeat and continue to return in the hope of being able to restore the situation.

Sincerely gambling addiction is no respecter of anyone even if there's a 4th stage where you tend to showcase how matured you are with your activities  regardless you still have to apply some self control inorder to take charge and reduce your chances of being addicted. And someone that's addicted won't accept they are not until it's landed them to a certain point, so getting to understand when every move is gradually turning into an addiction would be better.

I didn't say this eisen33, i said it's the first step to solve it
Becoming aware makes you aware that you have a problem, and it is essential to start and try to solve this problem.
Then maybe you realize that you can't do it alone and you ask for help.

I like that thing that you point out regarding to how to evaluate yourself, if you know and understand the possibilities of getting hook into gambling it helps to avoid putting yourself to the situation where you can't do anything as you can't determine where you are already, unlike when you have that control that will keep you in the right side of doing your decision making.


Gambling addiction will keeps on developing if you'll keep resisting that you are no longer in control of your own emotions, the earlier you accept that you are doing the wrong thing inside this venue the better chance that you can cope up and make a good exit.

Addiction is one of the things we shouldn't play because it kills our confidence to make money from gambling. Addiction can make a gambler so depressed to the extend of taking their own life due to the huge loses they have incurred, after getting along to hit a jackpot. This is one reason why I am very careful when gambling so that I don't over bet without my consciousness.

Sometimes addiction develops when you are making consistent profits and you now think that gambling is the ultimate way to make money from the gambling space. By the time loses starts coming to reality, it can make a gambler to revenge so as to recover the previous losses.

 Once the attempt to recover lose continues, this will trigger a gradual mood developing an addiction that will make the victim to see it as normal, making an effort to get winning games with more attempts. Wise gamblers would never continue gambling in this kind of way because it's the ultimate way to destruction.

In itself things are like this, everything is focused on greed and greed is one of the Things that impoverishes people a lot because it is the cause of all possible errors in People , I would say that when we have to do several things in the casino the easiest thing to appear is that , and there by being with that feeling a lot of money is lost, because the desire to recover appears and not worry about the money that is being lost at that moment.

I think most players understand that the big prize is a jackpot that only a few people will ever win. So of course everyone plays and hopes to hit a big win but deep down they realize it is very unlikely to ever happen. If you just want entertainment you can go hang out with friends at a bar go hiking play some games or spend time with family.

There are plenty of other activities for pure entertainment. As for chasing losses yes it is possible that players keep coming back because they want to win their money back. It turns out that when you are a beginner you get hooked you lose and then it turns into a desire to simply recover what you have lost.

A person that starts gambling more often it could be daily or weekly and most of all it starts to become an habit.On several occasions,you see results and wins that are fairly attractive to start with.There are various phases before one becomes a complete addict in gambling;over the years, gambling has been a means of reliance for financial aids and an escape route for emotional pressure that's what triggers addiction majorly.

Yes I am also quite sure that most gamblers know that only a few people will succeed in getting the jackpot but the problem is they always think that they will be able to be one of those lucky gamblers and that is one of the things that triggers someone to keep playing, many believe that the more often they try the closer they will be to the targeted victory, ridiculous.

Talking about entertainment, of course there are many other types of entertainment that are real, fun but not so risky, sometimes I also don't believe those who say that they gamble just for entertainment.

In a situation whereby a gambler is addicted to gambling or becomes a gambling addict their is actually a problem just as you said, and a big one for that matter. Because even if a gambling addict is loosing money in gambling, it won't be a problem to them no matter their financial status. Even if they are facing some financial crisis, they must find a way to gamble, even if they have to borrow money to do so. This is more than enough to know how destructive being a gambling addict is.

 Borrowing money to gamble even when you are loosing can bring a huge problem to the gambler and it may lead to family conflicts or crisis. Because if the creditor comes to ask the gambler addict (debtor) about the money he has borrowed, and he refuses to pay back his debts, the creditors may choose to take decision that may affect also the family. If a gambler is addict to gambling it may lead to tarnishing his image and people may likely see him as an irresponsible person.

I agree the beginning stages can be very tricky and one might not even know that he or she is getting addicted...the first phase makes you feel you are normal but after a while you would start noticing the damage that it's causing...this is when the denial phase comes in, people on this stage hate to admit that they are gambling addicts, so they continue gambling trying to decieve themselves that they are doing it for fun

That's the simplest truth of it, because you will be addicted in the gambling but you will not know that you are addicted, so for you to be addicted someone and it become known, someone have to tell you that you are addicted in the gambling, so we have to be very careful, an addicted one in the gambling it's people around the person that will observe the person regular activities in the gambling and instead of the person to use the at his hand to do good things it will use to gamble, so the gambler will not know until someone tells him about getting addicted in the gambling, do you know that a drunk man doesn't know that is drunk.

gambling is something that starts slowing with out you really noticing until it gets out of control so one has to be very careful when starting to gamble because gambling is one thing that has a way of deceiving people to getting addicted because you can actually realize that is really happening to you most times people who are suffering from gambling addiction will not even agree with you that they are addicted

I'm not trying to say I'm gambling addiction resistance but it's kind of weird for someone who gamble regularly and say they don't see the signs of gambling addiction on them unless you want to make it among your ignore list thing. Imagine that you gamble morning and night, you don't do anything other than gambling and you really think you are not gambling in your mind? That's be sounding weird and like a person who just does it things without conscience coming up.

Although, because a person is gambling addicted doesn't really mean the person is losing money in gambling. Most of the time, we pay attention to people that make loss in gambling and doesn't quit as addicted person but the reality is this, as long as you are the type of person that can't stay away from gambling for like a day, you are really suffering from gambling addiction. I think people that makes more money on gambling most often don't feel addicted but it's there.

There is a difference between something that is a habit and something that is an addiction. Just doing something regularly does not make it an addiction, it makes it a habit. It gets a bit complicated with things that are dangerous like gambling or drugs, because those things are addictive themselves. What this means it that, it is possible to maintain a habit without being addicted but only for a short amount of time.

I don't think that there is an addict that isn't losing money in gambling. It simply does not go well with the definition of addiction. Addicts can't stick to strategies or control themselves, they do more crazy things with time. They will lose more money.

When you become very dependent on something, it means that you’re so much addicted to it and can’t do without it. It is actually different from habit which you like doing but you’re not physically or mentally attached to it. Gambling addiction grows but in most cases, those that are getting addicted don’t know they are already getting addicted to gambling and see it as something they just feel like doing anytime they have the chance. It hits them when they get to find out how much they’ve lost in gambling and how they can’t control themselves again to want to always play even when they’re losing or their bankroll is so small that they cannot afford to play more. When addiction is growing in gamblers, mostly don’t know until they’re fully addicted to it and can’t do without it again.

You are mistaken, that's not how it works. The difference is much more complicated than this, and you can't address this topic with superficial knowledge. You also depend a lot on your habits, if you didn't then you would not have any trouble creating or stopping habits. Most people have issues with this. Get some education first as this is a very important topic for everyone https://relevancerecovery.com/blog/habit-vs-addiction/.

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Gambling only develops when the gambler has experienced several winnings at the casino, and because they are experienced and know the feeling, they will seek and chase the good feeling they had when they won a good amount at the casino.

And they will do it over and over again without realizing that gambling becomes a habit, and they do not notice that their losses are getting bigger and bigger and when they notice that their losses are getting bigger, they do not realize that they are chasing their losses until one day they discover that they are addicted to gambling.

There have been many people here in this section of the forum that the worst thing which could happen to a newbie within the world of gambling is to have a pretty good first session and win a significant amount of money, because that would make him to be completely hooked up from the beginning and the chase for losses would be just a matter of time to him, from there, the path towards addiction is almost certain.
On the other hand, of someone is a newbie and had a regular or a bad first session on the casino, they would grow cautious on his future deposits and the way he will manage his money, knowing it could be all lost pretty quickly.

Anyhow, there are several ways someone could develop addiction to gambling and each person who is addicted has a different story to tell us, it is never exactly the same for everyone..

I will add on the addiction the fact that a player that starts to put more time on gambling because he is always winning.
A gamblers knows the beginners luck and some people dont know when to stop.
If someone is winning continously, the time of loss will be the time of dawn as he will continue to pursue the winning time again.
and once he felt the addiction in gambling, its late but not too late to stop and bring the old you.

i hope there will be noone to add on the list of  addiction in gabling.

When a player quickly loses their first deposit they usually develop a completely different attitude towards gambling compared to a player who wins big from their first deposit. The one who wins big right away sees an example of how they can win and even if they lose their first deposit they will think they just did not have enough experience and will do better next time so they will come back more than once. But the one who loses their first deposit will have a negative experience and will be much more cautious about gambling. It is also likely that their next deposits will be much smaller.

It's not wining that push some to be gambling addict, sometimes many people will gamble and win they will not partake on gambling for long time, but some people will gamble and lose and those people that lose will be just looking after their loses,  nothing pushed someone to be addicted in gambling than when someone is chasing the lost in the gambling, so we need to understand such, so that we will not end up getting addicted, so many people who has lost out in gambling is the one that is addicted today because one thing will make you to be addicted unknowingly

Gambling addiction can develop through winning, betting is a game of luck , whereas if you are lucky today doesn’t mean you will be tomorrow but some people will either increase their stake with the hope that they will win ,with that they gradually become addicted to it without knowing, at the long run they will  starting seeing the effect and struggle to stop but it will be a very difficult, while some do it for fun and excitement with the hope that their favorite club will win and end up Staking all they have , that is how addiction start without them noticing it and most people don’t know where and how to stop.

I think that everything starts with thoughts. Let's say some newbie gambler played gambling and even won, for example, he was lucky and doubled his deposit. This happens often, but few can maintain this success. Well, such a guy will most likely start thinking that he got it all easily and now he can easily repeat such a win again. He is already mentally thinking about where he will spend the winnings.
And as a result, he returns to gambling with inflated expectations of winning.
But according to the theory of probability, he is no different from thousands of other players who have now come to play in an online casino. And therefore, he most likely will not be able to repeat his success.

It is about being able to accept your loss and that you made a mistake. Many people have issues with this in their minds.

Thoughts are involved yes, but more subconscious. it is about actions. If you gamble today only and don't repeat it, thinking about gambling won't make you an addict. But if you repeat it and gamble again and again, your thoughts are just making this process stronger and faster and eventually you get addicted.

Most of it are because of those losses that a person can't afford to let go, they'll keep trying to push forward to recover and they just keep getting same outcome, and like what you said there are gamblers will keep chasing till they already suffered to addiction, though it's not only them who can suffer but if those who also experienced some win might involve themselves too much thinking that they can easily repeat things up then lose after.

They are also prone losing then start chasing and become addicted when there's no more success anymore with how they played or pick the game.

Yes, that's correct. In my case, that's what happened. I won x5000, x10000, and x23000, and I can say that it becomes addictive to taste that sweet win again. But after some time of losing some of the winnings, that's when I stopped playing hardcore slots. I feel like it became a stressful game, and every time I experience a losing streak, it frustrates me.
It's not healthy, both mentally and physically, which is why I somehow managed to control it. It can damage all of our duties, and it's better to just play it for fun.

You are right in thinking that gamblers who lose their first deposit are more cautious. The attitude of gamblers who win their first bet may not be as positive as that of losing gamblers in the future. This is because most of the time they are likely to lose. The risk of losing the deposit and the consequences of immediate defeat teach a cautious attitude and limit the allocation and can be positive for being a calculating gambler. The greedy attitude that comes with winning again after one win makes him more aggressive to play on a larger scale. The habit of gambling by adding more money puts you more at risk of losing and towards addictive consequences, but regular and ideal gamblers allocate a limited amount of money to each bet and increase the number of bets to spread it and increase the chances of winning.

You are right and i agrer with you that time to time the engagement on gambling is increasing and it is happening for the easy access of internet  as well as other necessary equipment. And more engagement happen when there is any occation eg IPL.

I don't think gambling addiction develops because of winning; I think it is the lack of understanding that makes people believe winning can be easily gained. And with luck on their side, they feel so much pressure to gamble with large sums of money. I think we don't have to blame winning at this point. As far as gambling addiction is concerned, I will always blame greed and a lack of understanding of why people become addicted to gambling, because someone who understands gambling very well will not allow winning to control their gambling limits. Ignorance is the root cause of addiction, as people are often content with what they understand and never make any effort to gain more understanding.

I believe that everyone here is an experienced and responsible player, but we are still subject to mistakes and one of the most frequent is losing emotional control. We all know where this can lead us: losses. And the greater the risk, the greater the loss that can come with it.

Therefore, it is essential that, before making big bets, we are emotionally centered and disciplined enough to follow our strategy consistently.

Help me answer a question:
Do you use any techniques to maintain discipline even in the most tense moments of the game?

The way gambling addiction happens to one Mr A it's not the way it will happen to one Mr B, because I know that in gambling someone most develope much feelings that will make the person to be gambling addict, secondly, someone maybe chasing loses in the gambling and lure the person to be gambling addict, they are many factors that can leads to gambling addict, that is why I said that we have different things that can make someone to be addicted in the gambling, from my views, I think so many persons who is gambling addict today, doesn't know that they are addicted in the gambling except someone close to them informed, so as I said before that many things can contribute for someone to be addicted in the gambling, even when you feel that is only way of surviving, that can also lead someone to be gambling addict.

You actually made me had a little ironic chuckle when I read from you that everyone here in this section of the forum is a responsible gambler and have enough experience not to fall into the bottomless pit of addiction. As a matter of fact, there are gambling addicts here in this section of the forum and I know it because I have interacted with people who have openly told me they have experienced addiction and they actually use the money they win from signature campaigns to gamble, and end up losing it all, holding to the hope to recover all what they lost with the payment of the next week.
So, even though you were not ill-intentioned when you said that, it is rather an exaggeration to say all of us here are responsible and experienced in gambling. There are folks who have a lot to learn yet before they can control their personal finances and not to put their future at stake.

For me, gambling addiction develops firstly from the need to earn more money, to have much more, another thing is when money is lost the person will try in any way to recover it, and that is why they become desperate and try by all means, but the money runs out and the person becomes desperate, that is when the first signs of addiction begin, because they sell things, they do whatever it takes to get money to gamble and that for me is the beginning of everything bad.

Gambling addiction happens in both ways, when you win and try to win more, or when you lose and have the thought of chasing your losses. Some people get into addiction without realizing, when those characteristics are displayed, it seems normalized for all gamblers, an attitude that every gambler keeps, meanwhile their financial life is draining towards poverty. Addiction creeps in and to be free it has to be dealt with from the early stage.

Good point, self control is important. Your hobbies can easily lead to an addiction if you are not in control of yourself. This is something that you enjoy doing so it's possible for you to get obsessed with it. Personally, I think that there are certain things that we shouldn't take as hobbies and one of them is gambling. It's true that it's possible to just do it passively for fun but to be on the safe side it shouldn't be a hobby.

When you fail to put yourself in check, things will definitely fall apart when you're hit with some big losses because it will definitely come
Firstly, before you even start gambling, you should know your income strength to be able to know the amount you should risk day and weeks.
You should tell yourself when to stop, and you achieve this by setting a limit on the amount of money and number of times you should gamble in a day, when you do this, you will be able to notice when you've reached or gone above your spending limit, if these things left uncontrolled earlier, and you become too attached to gambling, it gradually develops and graduate into addition.

There are many factors why some gamblers who enter casinos become addicted, and according to what I have read, one of them is that some say that because of the experience of others winning at gambling, they always come back to play.

And others are because they chase their losses, instead of thinking about winning at gambling, which is not what happens anymore, and there are also others
who have made gambling a habit or hobby for them, so these are just a few of the reasons.

And in conclusion to this, the only solution for a gambler not to get addicted, is for him/her to strive to remain a moderate means of gambling, whereby he continues gambling after he may have won consecutively 3 times while thinking it is his lucky day, or continue to chase loses after he may have gambled a certain sum and lost it all or neither borrow money to gamble with the hope of winning and paying back, which could literally lead to depression if you are unlucky enough and lost the money to gambling. Because the truth of the fact is that gambling is a game of luck, and as such, the only and best approach to follow it is to gamble with an amount you are willing and could afford to lose at all times.

When a gambler has reached this stage, it is better they’re taken to rehabilitation because they can engage themselves is some other worst things that may cause harm to their lives. This stage is a very serious one that needs to be taken note of because gambling can be very addictive and dangerous also when not managed well as it should be. When you’re at this stage, they just need to cut off their engagement in gambling totally and focus more on rehabilitation because that’s what will make them more unlikely to get back to gambling again.

It sounds just as scary as it is, having to go through all these just to satisfy an urge that could mean you lying to yourself and all that you care about, that’s just worst. Persons under such level of control by gambling don’t need to be left alone, they need to be watched at all times because, you never can tell what they might do to themselves or somebody. Rehabilitation definitely is advised and maybe, just maybe they could find a way out of addiction.

It is also a serious situation because that kind of situation is actually true, that is probably the reason why other gamblers do not notice that they just think it is a habit but the truth
is that they think that they still want to recover the total amount of their losses in gambling. In which is still wrong.

Hence, rehabilitation is one of the good solutions there so that the situation of a gambler can be properly adjusted in something
like this in the field of gambling business industry.

Gambling addiction develops gradually, because of the love of money and greed a lot of people tends to be more addicted than just playing the game for fun.
Most gambler lacks self-control in the game they play, since all they want to see is to win the game ,and when they lose they start chasing their losses hoping they will win, some of them that won, win want to get back all their previous losses without reasoning that they might lose again.
An addicted gambler will keep on placing his bet, until he his bankrupt, all they reason is win, without loss.

They need to decide fast as it can really ruin their lives if not taken seriously. Also, if they feel, they are at early stage of addiction, better think of ways how to get out of the situation before it is too late for them. There are so many ways how you can address such situation as it has been discussed many times not only here but even outside of this forum. Just a quick search and you will have long list of articles that you can read and see for yourself how you can apply it to your situation.

I agree to that, better to find ways to keep your mind busy instead of keep allowing yourself to gamble and lose more money, if someone already notice that addiction may already showing on your actions if there's changes that shows on how you treat gambling best to listen and look for any alternative ways to avoid getting to deep.

There are many other things that you can deal with aside from gambling, it's on you if how will you execute your plans to avoid deeper involvement into it.

I think it is with victory that people can become addicted to gambling, what they earn is money and they continue to play in the hope of getting back the victory, If nothing is earned it is impossible for them to play this is what makes them comfortable playing or for a long time. If we experience defeat I think it is natural that not everything we play goes smoothly or smoothly. Even if we stop for a moment or play it the next day it is an addiction, I think it is very difficult to really get rid of the addiction to gambling because what is earned is money.

I think you are right when you say that excessive involvement in gambling leads to changes that players usually notice. At that moment it is very important not to ignore them but to pay attention to them so that gambling does not become something that negatively affects your life and your finances. I believe it is not even necessary to worry about what could replace gambling or to look for alternative activities and so on. The most important thing is to realize in time, that gambling is having a bad impact on the quality of your life, and to stop if that is the case.

In order for everything to end well for such a gambler, it is very important that there are caring close people next to him who will support him and not label him as a person who can no longer be changed. Everyone can fit into something, this is normal and this is our nature, it is easy to lose control if the gambler is alone and no one sees his condition from the side. Therefore, I feel sorry for those guys who are subject to a decline in mood when alone and they are forced to try to change their life through gambling. This is a completely different situation than gambling for wealthy people

Everyone deserves a second chance if their actions haven't caused irreparable harm to anyone. A gambler with an addiction can not only get a second chance but also change their life for the better—completely kick the gambling habit and never go back to gambling for the rest of their life. Of course, it is not easy to do this alone, but fortunately, there are people who provide professional help and people who have faced the same problem, got rid of it, and now help others for free. Communities dedicated to combating gambling addiction exist almost everywhere. You just need to find them and ask for help.

It will not be easy, but I do agree that everyone has a second chance to redeem themself from gambling addiction.

It's not like it's a disease that is incurable. It's just a mental illness that can be repaired in different ways. Switching to a new hobby, getting busy with something else, asking for help from a specialist, or just being with the family and simply avoiding gambling. It can be done by strengthening the mental state of a person, and I can tell because I was almost on the brink of being an addicted gambler, because of chasing the losses.
Thankfully, I think very hard about what gambling is destroying my life, and that's when I realized that I should be in control of it and not the other way around.

You have told so well, but there are multiple ways/reasons which may involved a user into gambling but ultimately the final step is to be addicted on gambling. Until any person is addicted on gambling I think there is nothing to be worried about whether the person is in loss or in profit. But when the person is addicted we have to worried about that person as the person can do anything for the addiction.

Moreover, it can develop unpredictably, for example very quickly or gradually and slowly, we will never be able to predict this even with those relatives who are near us. Of course, until they themselves begin to behave too suspiciously and beg for money, inventing various fairy tales that sometimes look too true. But even I cannot determine when this desire for excitement can awaken in me, even if it was a long time ago, I still remember how scary and uncontrollable it is, by the way, this is what holds me back from uncontrolled bets.

Gambling addiction starts from the day you start gambling because without starting to gamble there will be no win because the mindset has always be to win and not to play for fun, but you start chasing your losses if you don't win instantly, and in some cases, after winning because of greed you want to recover all you have lost previously without knowing that they will keep on losing until all their money is lost,that is when they will realize that they have lost all he had.
Gambling addiction needs to be monitored so that you don't fall into the addictions stage because it is not easy to come out of it .
Addiction is mainly common among those that do not set their limits both on cash and time also not knowing when to stop gambling either in winning or losing stage.

Let me say my view concerning gambling and addiction,  to be free from addiction you have to have a determination to leave gambling else you can't leave gambling, so that's the major thing we need to understand,  gambling is a determination or a personal decision if you don't want to be addicted what you are ought to do, is to forget to chase after your loses, because that has been one of the things that's so many persons to be addicted and they have a remedy to forget about gambling

You have really nailed it down here, gambling addiction is really develop when someone decides to bput all his or her in gambling with the expectations of escaping poverty through gambling.The main reason why most people become addicted to gambling is as a result of the wrong mindset they have towards gambling . with the desperation of making it big through gambling people begins to chase after losses and even going to borrow money to gamble. Gambling is a game of luck and should be taken for fun and means of entertainment and not as a source of income or means of overcoming poverty as this will always leads to addiction or desperation when people has this kind of mindset.

The easiest way to start escaping or not giving room for gambling addiction is when we tell ourselves the truth that gambling is not something to hope on by lowering our expectations as not to be disappointed when things didn't work out in our favor, it can hard for those who do not truly understand the environment even in a long run, now most times people look at those where luck enough to maybe to have had a jackpot winning and feel the same will work out for them some day while unknowingly to them that they only digging their grave of being much vulnerable or available for addiction without realizing it.

We hope we will win jackpot, so we will win? Who knows but normally it will not happwn it.might be considered as exception. We have to play for regular win and if it goes to jackpot tuat will be an addition but if our target is jqckpot then it may turn into loses.

I don’t quite understand where the idea of gambling “for fun” comes from if a person has never played gambling games. If you reduce everything to personal experience, then someone who has never gambled wouldn’t have any concept of gambling at all. But in reality, we know that’s not the case. In fact, most people who have never gambled already have a preconceived notion that gambling offers a chance to suddenly and significantly get rich. That’s exactly why most of them start gambling—not because it’s fun.

Doesnt matter on what condition that you are dealing into on which those certain conditions could make you that addicted.

1. When you are winning then you would be planning to play out even more because you are that hoping to win up for more. You will be that keeping on thinking that you should be
gambling no matter what.

2. When  you are on losing state or moment then the main thinking would be is on how you would be recover out those loses on which you would be ending up on borrowing some money into other people.
You would be that becoming that taking up some actions on which arent supposed to be done.

3. On the moment that you do snap out when it comes to emotion and thinking up well then this is where you do become impulsive. On the moment that this do happen then it would be that
so hard to control and this is where you would be needing up be sensible in towards on whats happening.

Maximum of the people who are not engaged with gambling but know any gambler the person know how gambling make anyone loser and how addicted the gambler is along with that how the gambler manage funds to gambling and more important thing is that what notorious things the person do to manage funds.