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I have a friend who doesn’t really go out much to socialize with people. Since his work is online, he spends most of his time in front of the computer. He told me that, to avoid boredom, whether while working or during breaks he just gambles on anything: sports, roulette, and slots.

These days, people can easily find more entertainment online, which is why they tend to spend more time there.

So, do you think this kind of behavior is still considered normal, or is it something to be concerned about?

I don't think it's normal at all. If your friend continues like this, he will have psychological problems in the future.

Even being on the computer all the time and never going out is a big problem, but if he has a gambling addiction on top of that, his psychology will be damaged in a very short time. I hope that doesn't happen.
If you are friends with your friend, it would be nice if you tried to help him, my friend.

I think it depends on where do you live, if you live in a place where most people are already "modern people", it can be said as normal but if you live in a place where most people still thinking conservatively, most people will think that you are not a normal person :)
For me myself who live in a small village, it is still something that can be considered as abnormal because being socialize is something important, if I do not socialize frequently then most people around me will start to talk about me.
All in all, it is better if we can follow the habits in the place where we live, at least try to socialize where we think we need to do it.

As days, months and years goes by, being at home is getting more normal now.
Specially work from home is more often to workers as the main job is online. So this is being normal now and will be more in the future.
I am also a house person as my work  and business is online and i dont go out frequently. if I do, it is a family gatherings.

What is the nefgative effect?
Health! Lack of sunlight and outside activity, which will result to weaker body and poor eyesight :(
More money to spend to casino online :'(

Gambling can actually appear like a a hobby to people but I don't support that because there is a thin line between that and addiction. In other words, if your gambling have gotten to the point where you regard it as hobby without which you feel bored or incomplete, then nothing will stop you from developing bad habits such as borrowing to gamble, using money meant for other things to gamble and others.

Furthermore,  making a hobby out of gambling may appear advantageous on the surface in the sense that it will make losses less painful and normal. The truth is that under such situation, one will approach gambling casually and not will ignore so many things, hence a time will come when one will take appraisal and realise the damage that would have been caused by such level of careless.

Therefore,  advice your friend to develop hobby in games and other things and gambling strictly for money and not hobby so he will be serious and careful.

If he is not spending more than 1% of his weekly income on gambling, that should be good. But if gambling is taking money from him than he expects, he should not be doing that. I prefer to spend limited time on gambling and I do not gamble frequently which I think is the best. But how he spend on gambling will determine if it is good or not.

But everything should not be about gambling. He is doing online works. Which means he is looking at the screen very often everyday. Gambling online means he is looking at the screen also. He should spend some time outside to limit the time he is spending looking at the screen.

That behavior is not based on his gambling activities, the main problem of your friend is the home office. the fact of working at home without interacting with real people is complex and can be bad. In the past i used to work that way for years, and those who say that home office is the best that you can have, they have never been alone for weeks or months.

If he gamble is his free time, i would say he find a good way to have fun. But he must be careful and gamble with the brain and not with the emotions.

Playing in your free time during breaks is a bad idea. I know this from my own experience, it is very distracting and does not allow you to start thinking productively about work later. I used to play computer games and poker at work, and because of this I had a feeling that I was a very bad worker, although my productivity did not drop at all. Perhaps I was even better than others. But now I was not sure of this myself and I did not like it. Although I must say that time at work began to go much faster and a day in the office passed as if in a second.

In this era? Yes, that is normal. Those who don't like to come out of their bedroom or their house can entertain themselves using the internet and there are many ways to do it. Gambling is one but it's a damn expensive hobby and it might ruin your financial including your savings. Then, there's the social media too which could be browsed the whole day with different types of entertainment.

I do believe it's normal nowadays, and it's not like someone will judge a person based on not going out. The pandemic made a lot of people change their minds about people who are staying at home for the entire day.

I think that’s not very common for people who work online and spend a lot of time alone. It seems like gambling is being used more as an escape from boredom rather than purely for entertainment. It’s probably not abnormal but if gambling is his only hobby and it’s starting to affect his mood, finances and overall well-being that’s not good. It becomes alarming and unhealthy if gambling turns into a compulsion rather than a choice.

Speaking from personal experience, I used to have many many hobbies. Hikking, going to concerts, trading, writing, reading, cooking and movies... Well fast forward a few years after being a student...
The 9 to 5 grind as well as picking up a few more responsibilities, a house, a family and a sidegig, now there's no time to do almost any of that. Gambling is a fast to do hobby that requires only money and nothing else to give you a thrill. It's not cheap but very accessible. So sadly many people today have gambling as their only hobby and waste a ton of money on it too.

If we want to solve this, it's not going to be easy. Things are tough today and there are no easy solutions to these problems. A full time job should ideally be 4 days a week, 6 hours a day but of course they're not gonna let us unless we fight for it. Go figure. Sadly these things are gonna keep getting worse so long as there's no big changes to how our life is with stressful work, large costs, low salaries etc.

Going out from home to have still consist of expenses, there is no difference if he stays at home to spend the same amount of money in gambling that he would spend if he went out to have fun. I like the fact that there are still individual who like their privacy so much, they will do anything to get what they want at the comfort of there home.

Gambling is a fun thing to do so it can be a hobby to few people. To me, it is a thing i do to ease stress and double up some pennies perhaps i will be using to do other fun activities.

Even if a person lives in a big house, spending time without going out will negatively affect a person mentally.
Sitting in front of the computer for a long time will damage his health.
I think your friend is young and because of this, he may not be affected right now, but as the process progresses, problems will start to arise.
Due to Covid, the number of home office workers has increased a lot, but your friend's situation is very different.

I don’t think it’s going to be a healthy way of habit just because it can be addictive, and it is probably already addicting to him just because he does it during his breaks, and that’s usually for rest. The ease of access makes it much harder to stop, and I hope he can control his urge to gamble.

I know some people who do it for entertainment and feel that there is nothing wrong with it. I hope that he can take self-checks just to be sure.

Currently can't relate so would say it isn't
Cause I have quite a bunch of hobbies which may change in later years though.
I know he makes use of his computer alot
But gambling isn't the only thing online to take as an hobby.
There are games out there that don't take much time like Chess
Or surfing the net for videos or socializing online.
Engaging in just gambling can easily lead to addiction (if it isn't already)

I would say it is normal. Since his gambling purpose is to pass the time. He gambles in his free time. Also, his main purpose is not to make money from gambling. I can definitely say that your friend does not stake a large amount in betting at all. It is just a means of entertainment for him. So he spends a small amount on it.


When our only purpose in wagering is to make money, and we want to make money only from staking money on something by leaving our job or business, then the possibility of becoming addicted to gambling increases. However, if we spend a small amount of money on wagering, and we play only in our free time, then the possibility of becoming addicted to gambling decreases to a great extent.

Since Online Casinos are now easily available. So the spread of gambling is happening rapidly. Earlier we needed to go to the physical casino. But now we can gamble on smartphones or computers. :)

Having gambling as one’s only hobby is indeed something to be concerned about. For me, There’s absolutely Nothing wrong with spending much time online, as long as you also earn money from doing so, because it’s not as if spending more time offline is actually that profitable too. But what I find disturbing is having gambling as one’s only hobby, because there are dozens of ways one can spend time online and maybe distract themselves when they’re bored. Personally, I’d rather just scroll across Facebook and instagram Reels or playing online video/mobile games when I feel bored, than actually gambling. Yes, gambling can indeed be quite thrilling and rewarding at the same time, but excessive gambling can actually lead to a lot of negative emotions and outcomes, so it’s best to spend less time on it and more time on other things too before it starts affecting you negatively.

An hobby can be anything that's entertaining to you as long as it doesn't put your life at risk and if that hobby interferes with important things that you are supposed to do then it's considered abnormal. If gambling is done moderately then it isn't weird to have it as your only hobby. But there's a down side to this, for most people they got addicted to gambling from making it a hobby, be careful when you get bored, this might be a trigger that leads to dependency. Even though you take it as a hobby you still keep things balanced.

It all depends because I also have a friend like that, never goes out except for very important things and spends most of his time in his room and if I need him I have to go to his house. And all the time is spent in front of the computer and often gambles, and according to the story he only gambles with very small capital, only when he wins he plays again or sometimes uses the bonus or free game that is used. And I don't see anyone being harmed by him, even harming those closest to him including family because addiction will have an impact like that and everything looks normal.

It is not normal to me, even if he is gambling responsibly. If your only hobby is gambling, then you need to add other things to it quickly. I like gambling and a whole lot of other things, if gambling is your only source of fun, with time you may turn into an addict and start gambling irresponsibly.

It is recommended to socialize, meet people, do different activities, this helps the mental health and helps you shift focus from that thing that your mind is always on, you should recommend this to your friend.

To be fair, it's normal to have a hobby or find something to be entertained like gambling.

There's nothing unusual about it but once you get addicted to gambling and all you think of about is gambling, then there's something wrong about it.

Maybe his passion is about gambling, no one knows? It's like playing games the whole time but yeah, other way around it's still bad for the health if you focus too much in gambling. At some point, it's normal but if he's always like that, then there's a problem and better check him out.

I don't wishes with him having gambling as is only hobby the issues is that being an online worker not exercising himself might result to sickness and then also the fact that he's indoors not coming out to even make use of physical betting stores and not be able to listen to the public or interact with people which means if he you bets and has a near miss, he might end up chasing his loss which can lead to irresponsible gambling. so there's chances of him slipping to addictive gambling and for the modern world now it's normal  to just be indoors.

I would careless about people's way of having fun while they're bored at work or they don't have anything to do.

Of course, that's a normal thing to do when they're trying to find a way to kill that boredom.

There is nothing to be concerned about as long as he's not hurting you or taking your money.

It really call a concern because it isn't normal for someone who tends to be enjoy staying lonely to just find gambling as means of staying out of boredom. As the case of future threats maybe on this course, they might be potential to sporadical gambling that'll affect their mental health if we regards that winning can cheer bad moods up to happiness while loosing can ruined it all.
This is quite effective when you spend more times being alone than associating with people.
The act of having gambling as game of regular keeping yourself busy at your free times may drain your savings at course of staying too long on the casino especially when you don't have a gambling plans of when to exit for the day or in a specific period.

It is not normal or atleast in my opinion, such kind of environment makes someone to be vulnerable into addiction and I doubt that his statement is true, there's lot of activities we can do even when we just stay indoor like music, podcasts, movies, games, etc. If he isn't doing any of these and prefer gambling as his choice then he must be given some kind of opinion to change his action. Ask him to self exclude from casino just to find whether he can control his urge.

I don't think gamblers should be categorized using the terms normal vs abnormal; the more appropriate terms should be problem gambler vs casual gambler. It doesn't matter whether gambling is one of someone's hobbies or the only hobby they have; the main issue is whether or not gambling negatively affects their well-being.

So, to answer the question, yes, someone is normal if they don't have a gambling problem.

while gambling addiction is seen as bad by society (and with good reason), there are other hobbies that take away not only your money but also your time.

gambling in general is always seen as bad, so i think it's hard to call someone whose hobby is gambling a normal person. but there are other activities other than gambling that also take time, money and bring stress.

smoking, for example, is considered better than gambling, even “cool”, even though it is frowned upon in society. but it also damages your body, takes your money away regularly, plays with your hormones and ruins your appearance.

there are many examples like this. but in general, unfortunately, gambling is not very compatible with morals and ethics. so you could say that gambling is something to concern about.

Its normal there is such a thing as introverted person
https://www.simplypsychology.org/signs-you-are-an-introvert.html
I have a lot of relatives that are introverted, and we respect their sense of privacy; we should not stereotype people,  just because they act and think differently; it will only become alarming if the person is losing a lot of money from gambling way beyond what he should use.
I discovered these people are good at hiding secrets, and they have their own way of doing things, so we should respect them.

If you continue to do boredom with gambling then it is not normal because it can become an addiction especially if you just stay at home without socializing, closed people may be reluctant to leave the house during breaks.

But if he can control and not spend more on gambling than his income, there is no problem, we don't know how to manage responsibility in gambling, right?

So for me it would be considered a concern.

Everyone has their own things they do for entertainment.  Some more weird than others.  I personally am not a gambling addict and don't use that to describe myself.  I definitely don't consider it a part of my personality and would find it weird if someone brought it up to describe me.  I also don't think people should particularly care about other people's hobbies.  Everyone experiences life differently and that's what makes our lives unique.  People should shy away from trying to lump everyone into a box based on their hobbies or letting other people's opinions effect their self view.

Your friends situation is far beyond just hobby, it is addiction in disguise and if not controlled early would be a very bad for for him to be able to come out of it looking at his mode of engagement which warrants him to always be online while working. I am of the opinion that your friend should make out a timetable for himself as to guide him through his engagements and activities after working online. Maybe limiting the time he spends on gambling while on break and after work so it  doesn't affect him. He can be doing other stuff to while away time so that the urge to gamble doesn't get into him.

It can be a person who is more closed to other people or more precisely chooses friends. it does not mean that everyone who works online will have such a closed attitude, it all depends on the social environment.
Choosing gambling as the only hobby is not wrong. But it would be better to find a hobby with physical activity. That's because his daily life is online and it can cause tremendous stress if a problem occurs. As long as the gambling he does is always under his control, I don't think there is a problem with that. But if his gambling actually causes excessive stress, then his hobby becomes a problem.

People can easily find entertainment online, but they don’t spend all their days on the internet. Living in isolation is not a healthy way to go about life. Someone who moves around, even just a mile each day, is generally healthier than someone who stays locked in a room all day.

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If you care about your friend, it's important to communicate how unhealthy this lifestyle can be. Getting outside for fresh air or spending time with people is beneficial for both his physical and mentally well-being. Additionally, gambling alone at home and avoiding social interactions can lead to increased anxiety and other psychological problems, which is definitely a concern to me. Talk to him or his parent at least.

I don't think it's that possible or common that we only have gambling as our hobby, there are others things we may also find pleasure in doing aside gambling which is part of our passion, such could be cooking, driving, reading or evening dancing, though when it comes to sports activities and entertainment, i think we can best describe gambling as our most preferred choice to make here, but not as applicable to the general lifestyle on how we do things, we can have gambling and many other things we are tied to doing on a daily basis as our hobby.

I also think it is a concern that needs special intervention from a friend or close family member because this is how addiction comes to stay.
If it could be helped, the friend in concern should switch to gaming on consoles at least to help curb such an addiction, that is because I understand that he may not want to miss out on an important update while being online doing his necessary duties.  
Also, if such a friend is shown other interesting hobbies that can be done online, am sure that would be a good distraction other than gambling 24/7.

Why not? If you ask the psychiatrists, they’ll tell you that there is no normal person living on earth. According to the books, none of us are normal. We are all crazy a little bit or more. We consider a person normal as long as he is not doing anything unexpected or act weird. So if a guy doesn’t have another hobby other than gambling, practically he is just a guy who likes to gamble and does nothing else in his free time. As long as he can control his emotions and doesn’t chase his losses, I’d say he is normal and there is no danger. These people are rare but they do exist. I know most are not like that though.

Normal means when something is done daily or occasionally within a specific time and limit. Since he is not doing it properly, whenever he becomes free, he starts gambling. This is something you should be concerned about because he is unaware of the outside world and has limited himself to the computer and the room, which may damage his mental health and cause him to lose control. Since he is betting on sports, it would be better to play some games with him or bring him to the playing field where he can get some fresh air and socialize with people. I hope this will help him come out of this situation.

Why not? If it is a hobby that is not putting a hole in your pocket , and not ruining your relationship mostly with others, that is, you do not prefer gambling to interaction with others, then it is a normal behavior.

A hobby should help you relax, and that is the exact feeling it gives to some, even though it is hard to believe.

There are still many positive benefits to gambling and having gambling as a hobby.

Well, for me I think there is nothing wrong with that if he is okay with it. Because each and everyone us have different ways of thinking and reasoning, so maybe it could be that staying like that always makes him happy. However, since he is not addicted to gambling yet, I think is quite good for him if it will be able to control himself from getting addicted to gambling. Because though there is nothing anyone can do about it that would going to stop him from that if he didn't decide by himself.

I do think it’s normal but it will depend on how much time he is dedicating to gambling and being in front of computer even after work hours. He still needs to go out and meet some people. See some sunlight because that is how a healthy normal person should be. It would not be healthy to be stuck inside the house for so long and he may also get addicted to gambling in the process.

I rather spend most of my free time watching skits online than gambling most of the time. Gambling every single time I have an opportunity will probably not end well for me because my future will be at risk because I might become addicted to gamble when I begin to gamble everyday/Everytime. However everyone is not the same but IMO gambling shouldn't be a hobby for someone cause it's dangerous. Actually the reason why he gamble most time is because he/she fine it very difficult to socialize with others

Thats the only hobby he got interested so it must have been due to the online job that he ain't social as possible. And just to entertain himself, gambling activity is his pass time activity.

A person with a hobby of watching movies and TV series seem normal also. I know one person who just eat his porkrinds just laying on the sofa the whole day but he seem normal to me also. If that's what they prefer to do them, its just up to them.

It's actually still quite normal for your friend to play wisely and not become a gambling addict.
He said playing gambling is just to get rid of boredom, but whether it's true and his activity is whether it's just gambling or maybe working part time on some platforms.

Those who are truly looking for entertainment through gambling will be responsible for their gambling and will only use a small amount of money to get into gambling.

But when they spend money just to gamble and not do any other work, he is just an addict who disguises themselves as a gambling connoisseur without saying that gambling is their life.

I’m not sure about it being abnormal but he could really do with getting out of the house and socialising. Even going for a walk or something, touching grass would be more beneficial than being in the house all day.

I hope he isn’t developing a financial problem with his gambling.

I consider this habit of your friend as a normal one; many people are doing it since their jobs are mostly online. The short time they have in between the online jobs they use to do other things they find interest in; if it is to gamble to waste time, they do it to be happy at the end of the day.

The only concern you should have about your friend is if he is the type of person who gambles huge money without having saves(money saved for weeks or months). For gambling to cure boredom I don't see a bad thing because it doesn't distract him from his work. At least he is gambling when less busy

there is a lot wrong with that, its not good mentally, physically even financially, i know everyone has different ways of thinking but ones thinking can also be wrong, if he stays at home to work its not that bad, but when its comes to gambling i will not advice any one to do such, if one stays at home there is a high probability that he or she will get addicted to it, what so ever is done in your comfort zone will certainly one day become an addiction, and if he gets addicted it and start gambling at home in situations of a bad day he will want to risk more and more and nobody will be there to stop him and that will lead to emotional damage.
Aside gambling staying in the house from morning to night is not healthy at all, no matter how busy you are with work you will have to go outside get some fresh air have some small talks get new idea and get back to work it will even make your work much better in quality.

I do think it is really just that normal, since we are on the same situation with your friend. We do have different life conditions on when it comes to jobs and since he's an online job worker then its normal that he would really be that mostly been in front of his PC. Also, its none others business on what are the things that we are indeed doing. There are people who are introvert and this is why they would really be rather getting to be alone and wont really be having any socialization with other people because they dont want any problems or just simply they dont really just that want to talk or wouldbe dealing up with other people. If you are really that indeed doing things on which it do included gambling then i dont see any issues on this,as long a certain individual isnt bothering someone or being that affected on what he has been doing then there's problem with that. For those people who are really that always loving on touching up other peoples lives then its better to leave them alone and just that mind on your own.

In todays era, or this generation on which we can say that everything is already that high-tech. People could really be making up some communication via the making use of their own phones and plus having that social media then it wont really be that much a problem in regarding about communication nowadays. Even if it not that means about having that f2f conversation but they can simply talk with ease in todays communication. I dont see any abnormalities on this one but rather these things had become the standard on which its just that a wrong idea and perception if some people do behave this way.

It could be normal for some and not normal for others, but as long as what he does doesn't negatively affect his life, his mental health, financial security, etc... I don't see anything wrong with it. that being said, he could surely do a much more healthier lifestyle that what he is currently have.

If he still knows how to manage his time efficiently and his budget, then he's not addicted. Addiction is when you can't manage how much you spend, and you no longer pay attention to other things.

But for me, if I need something to kill my boredom, I will likely be using different things; that way it will be easier to resist getting addicted. Either I watch a movie online or look for books to read rather than using all the free time to gamble.

In my opinion, such behavior can not be considered abnormal because everyone has their way of life. Apart from gambling, there are people who also see gaming as their only hobby, I have a friend who plays call of duty for more than 5 hours every day, that's his only hobby. You will either see him playing call of duty or FIFA World Cup most of the time and he doesn't go out much often to socialize with people, be is always indoors and working on his phone or computer. What I have to say is that, as long as such people are not addicted and also have a serious job they are doing offline or online, they are okay. Except if the gambling have made them addicted and they are not doing anything meaningful with their lives again, that's when i can say it's a bad situation.

Is totally normal because from what I saw the guy is not gambling excessively, so for the fact that he is always on his computer means that he could be working on paying job that doesn't involve gambling, so if he puts his break into gambling is very natural because he is not the only one who does that, asides from those who are often online some others in physical jobs with gambling as a hobby does not only gamble during break but also on the working hours, So those are the ones we should ask if is normal.

There is generally nothing wrong in spending time online doing anything you like as long as you are not addicted to it and doing it only to kill some time, but not socializing at all or going out sometimes is not a very good thing because that makes you lazy as hell over time. A person should have some outdoor activities as well, maybe playing some sports, going for a walk every now and then, drinking or eating something outside either alone or with someone. These things will keep you physically active and healthy.

Those who spend all their time at home tend to have more health problems than those who often go out it's because your body needs as much movement as possible to keep functioning normally, and if it's not getting enough movement, it will start to get out of shape and then if you try doing something after a long time of doing no activity at all, you will have problems doing that and that's not good.

Well, everyone can choose what to do with their leisure time to ease stress a bit when they are bored but i don't think gambling should be an option just because you don't socialize due to the fact you spend most of your time on the internet. It's not that there is something wrong with gambling but making it a regular habit is not good since you can lose a lot of money and some times, you can even get carried away and forget a work you are supposed to attend to, especially when you are losing and trying to recover losses. And again, if you run some losses while gambling it can change your mood and your state of mind towards something important you needed to do or a task you needed to perform. As for me, at my leisure, i do watch funny skits and contents online just so that i won't get bored after which i get back to work again. I gamble mostly during weekends and if it's not yet weekend i don't gamble easily on normal days. However, the most important thing is to make sure that gambling doesn't distract you from focusing on your major works that gives you money.

Normally for someone to just stay indoors without coming out and get some fresh air is highly not advisable at all. More especially when you are into gambling, because though even if you are not yet addicted to gambling, staying indoors is actually what would going trigger you to get addicted to gambling. because there is no one that will going to give you advice, unless you realize yourself and decide to change if not one would just end up into addiction in gambling.

This is not normal. Unfortunately, some people have started to normalize this type of behavior. Later, these same people end up with serious psychological problems, they cannot talk well with other people, they suffer from depression and commit suicide.

Because loneliness destroys them. People should be moderate in everything they do. If you like gambling, then you need to play in moderation and you should also do other things that have to do with entertainment. Ideally, you should choose things to have fun in the real world.

I won’t say it is that bad if the person is really making sure that he’s practicing well the etiquettes of risking wisely, not risking more than which they can afford to lose. The gambling industry is indeed addictive and when you’re bored it is better not to always find a way out of the boredom through gambling, it can easily get you addicted without knowing. Getting addictive to it can be very easy but detaching yourself from it can be very hard and hence not advisable to continue gambling whenever you feel bored. Socialising with the outside people can also be a good way to leave boredom although it also has its own disadvantages, so you need to be careful what you engage in to make you not feel bored.

If you ask me I would say that the people who gamble behind closed doors are introvert who doesn't like to socialize with other people,  but of course that attitude is not a good one. We all know how the society is today, many people are behaving abnormal because of lack of socialization. Socialization is one part of life that help to connect people and help them learn some new things and improved in mental attitude or lifestyle than living  a life of an introvert all in the name of gambling. Gambling online is good but it shouldn't be in a manner that it will affect us psychologically or emotionally.

I don’t think there really is any specific definition to what or whom a normal person might be or not. For a fact, there isn’t anything normal about anyone. If you get to know every person individually, there would always be something that might be a thing to them that would be odd or off to every other person. That’s just how it is to normalcy.

If gambling is his thing and he doesn’t associate much, then that’s okay. At least, his got friends in you and he still talks to you. There is so much chaos in the world for one to be always out there anyway.

There's nothing in seeing that gambling is ones hubby to play with, because before we can assumed on such to be part of us and what we do, this shows that we already have developed a consistent interest in gambling and have this done over time, just as we know about some gamblers not to live a day without them gambling for anything, which is completely an entertainment to them, not addiction or abuse of its privileges, but a way to get occupied after seeing that gambling is already part of their hobby, which they enjoy playing everyday.

Exactly my point. If you keep a goat close to a yam, there is no way that goat will not eat the yam. What has made people turn addicted in gambling is the availability and access to the necessary resources to gamble. From having access to online gambling platform, steady electricity, consistent internet connection, remote work with good pay. No one with the urge to gamble with this available things won't gamble anytime he wants to.

Apart from the psychological effects of it being on the computer constantly has some health risks, it can damage your eyes overtime. If gambling is the only thing you can turn to then it's a problem just like you said. most people that are addicted to Gambling are Introverts, I'm not generalizing this but online gambling addiction is common among those that hardly go out. Whenever they get bored all they can think of is gambling. The solution to this problem might be going out and keeping yourself busy, find a distraction and if making Gambling a hobby is going to cause a problem try to develop a new hobby.

Well gambling can be fun but that's mostly when you are winning because there is a very high chance that your views will flip so easily when you lose or worse consecutively. Yeah gambling could be a side hobby but the truth is I believe everyone has a hobby not related to money making most times.
No matter how we may try to express it I really don't see gambling as a major hobby because money making isn't always fun especially when you lose like I highlighted earlier.

From my perspective this is not normal. Because  irrespective of the amout of working hours, there are still time for yourself. Its impossible to work 24 hours everyday. That is, there are times were he doesn't work at all and such person can take advantage of that time to go out and socialize even if it means going out at night. You cannot always rely on gamble to keep you company else it could lead to disastrous loss. As a human, I believe socializing with others plays an important roles in our live, it helps us feel better and secure when to share our feelings and ideas with like minds. Though I understand how some online jobs can be stressful but isolating yourself with gamble for long can be very catastrophic.

It will depend on how he spends his money on his hobby, because he can have his joys and sorrows in his cocoon. And regarding not going out to socialize, in today's times, it is very uncommon. Nowadays, people prefer to judge and criticize a thousand times over than to simply help, which is why I partly think it is normal for him to stay in his cocoon, but on the other hand, I think he should go out a little, socialize and try to find other hobbies.

Yeah, it’s normal. But so is burnout. So is escapism. So is staring at pixels for 12 hours straight and calling it “a life.”

The issue isn’t gambling. The issue is replacement. Gambling replacing purpose, replacing movement, replacing exploration, replacing self. It’s not about morality. It’s about inertia. He’s filling the space where other things could’ve grown.

Online life gives you infinite choice, but not the energy to make new ones. So the brain loops. Dopamine gets hijacked. Games and bets turn into routine. It feels like entertainment, but it’s stasis in disguise. And yeah, it can feel “normal”, but only in a system that profits from our numbness.

If he knows what he’s doing and why, fine. Power to him. But if it’s autopilot, if it’s avoidance wrapped in flash animations and reward sounds, then something deeper’s misaligned. This isn’t about addiction, it’s about awareness. And most people never even get close to that mirror.

I reckon as long as he doesn't have issues with money and issues with being physically alone all the time then why not? I'd almost do the same thing if I was always at a WFH setup ngl. Maybe a few meetups once or twice a month but that's about it. Heck even going out alone and taking a walk would be more than enough outside time. It's just a preference imo, and if your friend has no problem with that then it should 100% be alright.

If it is something that makes you feel good, it does not disturb your relationship with family, friends and does not take your social life. No problem having only gambling as a hobby. It is worrying when it is no longer a pleasure and becomes a torment, for you and the people around you!

People and the way they sees themselves or are likely to take things at because most people who spend time online gambling are the people who can't go to physical casinos to gamble or spend much time because they aren't that comfortable on physical casino and I again, gambling can't be subjected as hobby because making it hobby can be that addictive while using it regularly all the time. To me hobby can be like something as running in form of sporting or reading, dancing or traveling all these can be liking to hobby.

If gambling is one of your hobbies, it will damage your mental, financial and other effects, maybe you can't control when you lose a lot of money.

It is better to do other activities outside the house and hang out with friends rather than moping at home just gambling being one of his hobbies so I would consider this unnatural.

Yeh maybe for other people it is normal with its reasonableness, but I think there will be a lot of opposition to this.
So it's better that gambling is not the only hobby.

That's true...  everyone has their own way of living life. As long as we're happy and able to do our jobs well, we should be proud of ourselves. There's nothing wrong with enjoying gambling since it's a form of entertainment, and it's only right to let ourselves have fun because constantly working can be stressful. But of course this won’t last forever as eventually we might get tired of it and look for other activities to enjoy. Even with our jobs, there comes a time when we seek something new or more fulfilling.

I won't completely say it is normal, but it is a common thing to see now. At this time, when online gambling is very accessible, we can see people are using this for their pastime, especially for the young generations. That is why we can feel the fast improvement of online casinos, because the number of users is also increasing.

But it is too unfortunate that, because of its easy accessibility, many gamblers found themselves addicted. I can really say that because some of my friends and neighbors are badly caught up in this.

Perhaps it's his personality in the first place? He could have friends outside, and with that, he could a introvert, comfortable to be alone. And it just magnified by his work as he spend most of his time online.

And now that we have online gambling, obviously he will prefer to play that way and not to go out. I will assume that he must also be a gamer, spending a lot of time in his computer. So it's really hard to judge whether they can fit the definition of "normal" for us since he has this kind of personality to begin with.

Yes, it is normal.

It only becomes abnormal when they life of the person is deteriorating like you can clearly tell that it is because of the person has spent building a habit that now wants to killed them.

However, the fellow has to take a break and go out. There's more life out there than in sitting all day to kill boredom.

And since we are in the technology era, and almost everything now is online, even ordering food, you can grab a food hauling app, so people won't go out anymore. So I think this is just about normal as this could be trend for now.

Even if we go out with friends, everyone is on their mobile phone and checking their social media accounts. This is just one drawback though of online world, so the person describe by the OP is the pure description of normal in the current society that we are in.

Send me to an island with a computer, internet, and stock of food, and I can live with that even for a year. I don't understand how this is not normal; gamblers of all walks of life are already doing it, and there's they find entertainment in gambling because that's what gambling is all about. Unless they are not spending all their money, that would be a big concern, but if not, it's pretty normal.
Its our perception that is not normal; we have to accept people's preferences on how they want their lives to be.

Depression crawls with isolation and handling gambling as a comrade requests for addiction. Self-quatantine is odd, and upsetting, players must buddy up and explore new activities to gain support at challenging times.

I think it's concerning that people don't want to interact with each other anymore, rather they prefer to spend their time online on apps like gambling platforms quite frequently. On the other hand, by today's standards it's normal in the sense everyone is behaving like that.

Personally, I'm also pretty alone and I use most of my time online. However, I'm conscious that it's an issue and that I wouldn't like it was like this, but it's hard to be comfortable among other people nowadays, as a genuine connection to consider someone a friend or even to develop romantic interest hardly ever happen.

So, it's easier to just access the gambling platform to pass some time there placing bets, or to access any other online applications which guarantee entertainment.

The thing is that everyone's perception is different from others. For some, gambling as a hobby doesn't matter, but for others is a very bad habit, and they can't see it as a hobby at all since it can destroy you and everyone around you. IMO (and as others said earlier), as long as it doesn't cause issues to your family, friends, and most importantly to your self, then I don't find any reason why not be a hobby. A dangerous one, but a "hobby"...

Well, it depends. It depends on how much money and time he spend in gambling everyday. Playing as pastime, I think that's fine. Otherwise, it's already a problem. Nowadays, many people are already working online, but it doesn't necessarily mean they all spend their time in front of their pc. It is still important to have a social life and enjoy the company of other people. Moreover, there are other ways to entertain yourself aside from gambling (if the place is not ideal to go outside). It's just depend on your friend's preference to satisfy himself.

Basically, gambling is designed to generate dopamine, so it is not surprising that there are people who use gambling as a stress reliever. But out there, many people are not aware of this, so they use gambling as a way to enrich themselves in a short time, as a result, what they are aiming for does not come true. I usually have a greater chance of winning when I use gambling as a means of entertainment, but if I gamble to double my money, it usually ends in defeat.

Being always at work which can sometimes be annoying. That is why if someone considers gambling as a part of their entertainment during work, it is not a bad idea. I certainly support their gambling. However, it can be worrying for those gamblers who do not accept gambling as a pleasure but start considering it as a source of income or some become addicted to it. I will say in the case of your friend that he must have done the right thing. Another thing we need to understand is that when our other friends work on other platforms during the time we work, I cannot accompany them even if I want to unless they get a break from their work. So in my case, gambling platforms can be a source of my joy.

I don't see it as a good way of life but if gambling is the only games he plays, that means he has become an addict to gambling which he is finding difficult to quit associate and does not want to share it with anyone, being an online jobber, the stress alone in the work is suppose to make him associate in other to ease himself no matter how quite he his, i think the person needs help.
Using gambling as an hobby is very dangerous to his health and his environment no matter how interesting it would be, who knows if he his chasing his loss, because things like this happens and then they say,it's their hobby, hiding in other not to be cancelled.

I think that there should be a balance in everything that we do, I don't think that it will be psychologically right for a person to be constantly involved in one hubby everything, especially something like gambling like gambling. It can lead to addiction without the person even knowing that they're hooked to it, until they maybe starts to be constantly go broke and in dept before they will realize how deep they have gone because we lose more than what we win. We should have a time for everything, a gambler can decide to engage in it for for a certain timeframe in a day or week. Repeating the same hubby everyday can reach a saturation point and the person should be bored so having more than one hubby should be good for true relaxation.

It doesn't sound so alarming to me. What's important is that his family, physical and mental health, financial well-being, work, and other aspects of life are intact. For as long as they're fine, I don't think it's something to be concerned about.

However, the possibility that he might lose moderation or he gets addicted to gambling is there. So, as early as now, while it isn't a problem yet, it might help if there are other hobbies or entertainment that he gets interested in and be busy on.

Prevention is always better than cure.

I have experienced something like what your friend experienced and I think it is normal as long as he is still able to do other activities well even though the duration of his activities outside the home is not long.
The pleasure that can be obtained online will indeed change the lifestyle of many people who are comfortable with just doing activities at home by utilizing everything online, I think it is normal unless your friend ignores to rest and spends most of his income just for gambling.

Well your friends behaviour is concerning and may indicate a potential problem with gambling addiction, well it is common for people to engage in online entertainment like gambling using their free times but your friends behaviour due to his  frequency and potential negative impact on his life

The title and the content are different.

So I will answer for both.

For title, it's completely normal for someone to have gambling as their hobby, just like people like big motorcycle, old car, collector, running, playing football etc.

For content, it doesn't really normal if we use public standard. The public expect you to have girlfriend, going out together on Saturday night, work and having outdoor hobby. Yeah we can gamble by socializing which is gamble on physical casino, but I see @OP is high likely talking about online casino.

I don`t know what means "normal" today, just few years ago very small percent of people worked online.
As for me - it is strange enough, but i know several men, who has similar behavior. The difference is that they have other hobbies, not gambling. One of them began skating in 40+ years old.
I can only repeat. For my opinion - it is a problem and it would be a good idea to help him to find some other hobbies(may be without other people, or with 1-2 friends).

Yes, that is normal as long as he can control himself better and considers that gambling is just part of his activities that he can do during breaks. But he must not use gambling too often if he breaks because that can make him addicted to gambling. He must realize that gambling is just for occasionally to prevent the addiction.

It is better to prevent than cure, right? He must think like that because gambling can easily make someone deeper into gambling and forget everything. That is why playing gambling must have limitations to stay away from gambling addiction.

The fact that people at this age discover such hobbies is very cool and of course we also need to always try to discover something new for ourselves. Who knows, maybe we don’t even realize that we haven’t tried our favorite hobby yet. And as for gambling, it’s bad even for mental health to concentrate only on this, because life goes by and trying other things is incredibly interesting, besides, they distract from gambling losses, which inevitably happen to everyone. For the best hobbies are skating and cycling, they charge me for the whole week and help me overcome depression.

Talking about gambling as our only hobby? That is not normal anymore. Because it means that you are not gambling for pleasure or even for the sake of money, but rather to be more than that—addiction.

I assume we all live not that way, where we're still in control of our gambling habit. And I can't imagine seeing someone who puts themselves into the box. In fact, the message is clear that gambling can harm us if we spend more time on this. How much more if this is the only thing we have always faced?

Each person's nature can be different, some are more comfortable not socializing too often with other people, maybe they just feel lazy to waste energy with other people or they have had unpleasant experiences that make them more withdrawn. But indeed in an era like today, it has become a normal thing where someone works online and gets entertainment by gambling from their device. However, it would be better if someone socializes more with other people, it doesn't need to be too long, just a short chat is okay. Because it is also not good for someone to continue to lock themselves away and not socialize with other people.

I understand, i also have a similar friend, he spends most of his time locked at home on the computer.
This is not healthy, even if it doesn't seem to hurt anyone, it does a lot of harm to itself.
You have to have a balanced life, ok a little bit in front of the computer but not all day. You also have to go outside to get some fresh air.
He's grown up now so he'll never change

Gambling as your only hobby doesn't make you abnormal, its just what one prefer doing. just as one takes swimming as hobby, that doesn't make him swim all the time or everyday.  I think you feels any one who take gambling as hobby is addicted or could be addicted to it. No its just what he likes for fun.

Gambling is just a fun stuff if you are a fan of sports, and everybody is playing it,  its easy to say we all take it as hobby but no one will agree to it. because we don't want people to call us an addict to gambling, but in reality we all play it every time than we do with the so called hobby we preferred on our cvs.

Casino is initially accepted as a hobby, but this acceptance becomes an addiction later. It is challenging to bring a person addicted to casinos back to everyday life. We hear many unprecedented cases of people who did not like it at one time becoming addicted to gambling as a hobby.

However, many people play games as a hobby. Casino sites seem to be doing everything possible to attract and retain game players. A person addicted to casinos cannot get out of there and fails to live everyday life, so we should always be careful not to get lost in this casino world when we come to the casino as a hobby.

I completely agree with you that constant time spent in front of the computer is harmful to a person, as it has a negative impact on the body in the form of lack of exercise, obesity, lack of fresh air and lack of communication. All this leads not only to anti-sociality, but also to health problems.

Any person can change beyond recognition if he or she only finds a hobby that will change his or her usual way of life. If you have a desire to help your friend, try to get him interested in outdoor sports. I'm sure it will do him good.

I also think it is not normal and of course your friend should spend more time outside, in nature, because life will pass like that. But we cannot force him to open his eyes until he wants to, because everyone lives the way they want to. In addition, sitting constantly in one place, you can get a strong depression, because of which there will be even more losses, and it is extremely difficult to get out of a strong depression, especially alone. I still prefer balance, I feel that I need to be in nature, in the forest, near lakes, it charges me very much, I will continue to feed on this energy.

Every persons behavior is set differently by birth, sometimes behavior can change in the surrounding context. There are a significant number of people with such mentality in our society, especially those who are young. They feel shy to express themselves and cannot even mix with outsiders. I think it will improve with age. Most of the time, one should refrain from playing roulette, slots and other online games while sitting at home because it is a kind of mental illness. Such games should be played in leisure time.

He should go out to find entertainment. Trying to find entertainment only online can also cripple him physically. Physical casinos are more attractive. If he wants to take himself out, then the horizon of getting entertainment will be wider for him.

At first glance, I would say there is definitely something to be concerned about in this lifestyle your friend is having, specially since he has admitted to gamble while working, which is definitely something wrong (one should never mix leisure activities with working hours).
Regardless one's job is online or not, it is necessary to take some time away from the computer and socialize with family and friends, to walk around and take some fresh air, even do some exercise if possible.

If that person is a genuine friend of yours, you should talk to him and try to make him think about his lifestyle and how it could affect his mental and physical health in the future.

It is very normal but almost impossible, because I love playing multiplayer games and this is my best hobby as a gamer, but me saying that this is all I love to do is stupid, because I watch movies too, if I don't like it I won't engage in it right? OP should ask his friend if he do something else apart from gambling, there will surely be another, the difference is he spend most of his time gambling than any other things, even as I love playing multiplayer games so much, if I spend too much hours on gambling I gets so boring.

Watching football games, playing video games, watching action and horror movies, all these are hobby to me, is there anyone in the world who doesn't watch movies? Hobby is something you love to do, mostly on your free times right? I won't worry myself much if my friend is a gambler, even if it seems like this is the only thing he does, but believe me that's impossible.

Lack of socializing can have a negative impact on a person's behavior, tending to be more silent hiding their feelings and also easily offended because they rarely interact with people around them. If left for a long time, of course this can be very detrimental to themselves. To relieve boredom and choose to gamble online has been done by many people, This can be said to be normal, the most important thing is to still be able to take the time to gather and interact with friends or people around them

If someone makes gambling his only hobby which he delight on, then we should ask if the person is addicted or not, if the person is not addicted then there's no reason to condemn the kind of lifestyle they have chosen. Somebody like myself, gambling is not my hobby but something else and if I mention what my hobby is, it might sound like a joke but yet I don't find myself doing that thing every day because it would not put money in my pocket, I am so concerned with work, work that fetch me money and not hobby that will kill my time for no financial reward.

Balance is a strong word that is difficult to achieve. Most of the time, we as humans go overboard either with greed or envy with other people because they won something that we didn't even after a long time of gambling.

However, you are right that addiction can be built when we have no control over our gambling habit. I think this has been discussed a lot of times in different threads on this gambling discussion board, and it was stretched to the extent that many have told their opinion about being in control. It's up to us how responsible we will be, but even if gambling is our only hobby, we are still normal people.

For some time now, I have begun to think that the Internet and all social networks were invented to separate a person from society. From the society that is called friends, girlfriends, and loved ones. More and more young people are distancing themselves from offline life and delving into the virtual world, playing, communicating, and receiving compensation for communication from people on the Internet, whom they practically do not know. This is the best way to manipulate people. Creating fictitious loneliness turns a person into a sociopath, which is not normal. Working on the Internet, of course, is a very convenient thing, but we should not turn into someone who does not need either family or friends nearby, since no communication through a monitor will replace real offline communication.

There should be levels to what you keep as hobby, do you think keeping gambling as a hobby and not expecting to get addicted. Hobbies are done regularly, continuous gambling will increase the fun factor and each time you create time for hobbies, you are expected to lose money at each interval. It is not likable to keep gambling as a hobby, it's a danger to our finance, the consequences might not be felt at the early stage but as time goes by when the fun increases and becomes something you can't do without and considered a good source to spend on just in the name of fulfilling what is felt as hobby.

especially when you are gambling and there is no one around you it can be dangerous because there is no one to tell you from an objective perspective if you are already in danger or not you may feel like you are already in danger once the harm has been done

Never going out will also have a negative impact on mental health and relationships with people around you will not be so close and ultimately this can have an effect on your psychology. We cannot always rely on ourselves, there are times when we need the help of others to exchange ideas and learn how to behave in society.
Prioritizing work and finding entertainment for yourself is very important, but socializing with people around you cannot be ignored either.

Making gambling a hobby in my opinion is also not wise, because by saying it as a hobby then most likely we will do anything for our hobby. I speak from my own experience, when I want to do my hobby then honestly I am sometimes selfish to keep doing it even though the situation is a little impossible, but of course without ignoring something that is my priority. It is better to make gambling as one place to have fun, from the many places we like. In gambling we must be prepared to lose money because of the risks involved. It would be funny when something we consider a hobby actually makes us difficult.

There are lots of things you can do in your leisure time to entertain yourself especially when you are bored but whatever hobbies you have gambling shouldn't be one of them... most gamblers turn to their hobbies to distract them from gambling now imagine making it a hobby, it means that you are going to make it an escape and distraction whenever you are emotionally unstable, angry, frustrated and bored...I don't consider gambling as a hobby and it shouldn't be normal because of the dangers that are attached to it. Instead of gambling it's better to go for a swim, play videogames or do other things

Mate with my understanding, I think individuals are entitled to what they want or what they feel is good for them and makes them happy too, there nothing bad about living such private life as far as it doesn't lead them to doing things that aren't nice, once what these kind of people do online or when they are in their private zone doesn't affect them negatively then it is fine and they are good to go, for me anyone exhibiting such behavior has a reason for it and I don't see anything wrong with that, so it's normal to me and I won't be surprised if I see such people gambling online during their free time as far they don't go uncontrollable in gambling through this behavior of theirs, though some people like as you mentioned go too extreme in anything they because they do it in the hidden place where people wont notice what they do and some of them wouldn't be ready to even share any information or anything with anybody, am even surprised that he even told you all that, these kind of people rarely open up anything to anyone, like I keep saying is normal unless we suspect some behavior about their activity then that's when it calls for a lot of concern Just as you said.

I think that's still normal as long as you don't have an addiction to gambling. And if you can control yourself, it's fine. Because the hobby is different from the addiction you have to gambling,
you know what I mean, op.

Because the usual things that happen to an addicted gambler are that they have greediness that they follow where they have no limits on the funds they put into the casino they gamble at and they have a desire that they must get and won't stop until they get it because of the addiction they have.

People have different characters and preferences on what they want and how they act; this is the 21st century, and we don't cancel people based on their behavior. If gambling is the only hobby he has, there is nothing wrong on his preferences its different if he commit crimes because of too much indulgence in gambling; that's not normal for a human being and his family should him overcome his addiction.

no one is gonna cancel who is being described here just because he does not come out this post seems more concerned rather than annoyed than this person
if gambling is your only hobby you are more inclined to keep gambling because there is nothing to keep you distracted when you need to take a break from gambling

It seems unwise to judge whether it is a normal hobby or not. Because a hobby is a preference for each person, maybe some are the same and maybe some are different.

It could be that according to us it is something that is not normal, too extreme, dangerous, and so on, but according to other people, that is what is challenging and fun. So, the scale itself is different.

The important thing is how we manage our hobbies and are responsible for our hobbies. especially because it is gambling, so that it is really a hobby, not an addiction that is imagined. because even if gambling, and it is a hobby, then make sure that it is still measured as fun, makes it enjoyable, and does not cause stress or even lose a lot of money. don't let your hobby make you suffer.

This kind of behavior does not seem normal. When a person always stays at home, if he does not mix with the outside environment, does not mix with outside people and if he does not stay outside in the afternoon or during his leisure time, then he will not be able to live like a normal person at home. Also, since he is gambling at home for entertainment in his leisure time, he is most likely to be addicted to gambling. So I want to say that a normal person will work, even if he has online work and it is done through a computer or mobile, then he will still have to be with friends in his leisure time and go out for a walk for at least 1 or 2 hours in the afternoon. If he spends his leisure time together with everyone, then he will be able to live like a normal person, otherwise he will never be able to live like a normal person.

Yes since the standard for being normal depends on each person perspective. Assuming that the person is not addicted and can live a normal life without affecting other people surrounding him/her then I categorized him as normal based on my own standards.

The challenge is how each of us define a normal person since we have different preferences and behavior.

I rarely socialize outside and I spend most of my free time gaming and gambling but I do have regular job which I do socialize with other person.

To furthermore contribute on this same aspect, one can be a fan of gambling and not even a gambler himself, because i have been on several occasions seeing some people always at the casinos and they are not gambling, in which many things could be the condition for that, as some may not have the money to gamble while some may only enjoy seeing others gambling while they watch and get entertained at the course.

Personally,this guy's life has nothing related to do with being abnormal.On a second thought too, he's not an addict, gambling is something he does during his leisure time and I'm sure that statement is clear enough to understand.

The man is normal and not addicted because he doesn't seem pressured and he's only trying to occupy himself using gambling as a medium of entertainment.The difference is that he's just a gambler but he's not an addict.

Some people do make out some direct conclusions that when a person do make out some engagement with gambling then it will really be that considered as to be an addicted person on which this is really that a wrong perception to have. Just like on me on which i have been playing through couple of years but i dont consider myself being addicted, why? I dont have any issues about financial problems or any too much spending kind of condition. I havent been able to compromise my priorities and responsibilities on which this is the most important thing to remember not only just on the time that you do gamble but also in other things as well.

There were people who are really that introverted and doesnt really like to mingle with other people but it doesnt mean that they are that not normal. Come to think that job and side hustles could really be done through online on which they dont have no choice but to be inside at their own room and doing their work and job. If they do able to come out at least then its not shocking that they will really be just that wanting to be alone rather than in together with other people.

My understanding is normal or not they have the initial goal of their involvement in gambling, that's a common point, where even though we often hear a variety of reasons Their involvement in gambling in my view level to worry for a gambler has a different level.

Behavior as your friend did, I saw normal, things like that did not only happen to your friends, some of my friends were also encountered to do the same thing, Sometimes they sit at 8 pm to 6 in the morning, for me it's a long time sitting in front of the computer for a gambler.

But while they understand their main tasks, meaning that they are not abandoned, their work is to assume that it is normal, unless they don't know themselves in their main tasks, such as bathing, eating and so on, it's not normal to worry about.

I think your friend is making a mistake. Because he is constantly busy working in front of the computer. Since he works online, it’s normal to be busy in front of the computer but the thing is that being monotonous all the time is harmful to the body. Sometimes he needs outdoor light air. And it seemed worse to me by playing casino games to remove his monotonous. If he could play in the field to remove the boring, his mind and mental peace would come. If it continues that way, he may be sick at one time. And if he constantly plays such a casino he can read in addiction. According to my advice, your friend must come out at the end of the work. Working for a livelihood is very good, so you need a little entertainment at the end of the work.

Not everyone has equal opportunities for entertainment. There are some who do not get any opportunity to go out and play physical games. I must admit that it is not bad to go out and play some physical games or hang out with friends. While some gamblers can do this, not everyone can do it. There are many people who also watch TV for entertainment. If those gamblers do not watch TV and gamble at home there is no problem. I will not say that getting entertainment through gambling is bad, but if that gambler is addicted to gambling, it will definitely not be acceptable. A gambler will gamble according to his wishes in either a physical casino or an online casino. However, it is difficult for some times to get the joy of gambling according to his convenience by going outside.

It can be a way of keeping himself busy because outside is expensive and there is comparison everywhere.
So to avoid all this, he prefers staying indoors; it's understandable.

But then what's addiction? It's using something to the point where it could be harmful to you.

For now it might not be addiction, but when he keeps doing it, daily turns to weekly, weekly turns to monthly, then yearly, and finally he can't associate with anyone but just his gambling.

Someone said as long as he is just doing 1% of his income...my dear, from just doing that 1%, he will graduate because that's the only place he has fun, so he can do more to keep up his fun standard. It will turn into an addiction with time.

My advice is for him to add some other things, maybe learn things online like YouTube while avoiding outside things.

Everyone is different and maybe your friend is one of those introverts or doesn't like to do activities and socialize with other people outside the room which makes him prefer to spend time at home trying various online entertainment, actually that can still be said to be normal but what is not normal is when he gambles with an amount of money that exceeds his ability. I'm sure over time he will definitely reach that point if he doesn't immediately change his habits, so that's quite normal but it is also worrying, I doubt he can survive with the many temptations that look very tempting which will continue to encourage him to behave aggressively.

Moderation is the key to life, too much of anything can make you an addict and give you a rather boring lifestyle. It's better to have more than one hobby or pursuit in life, because it will open your mind to different possibilities and encounter a different set of people. Boredom can be a great problem in everyones life and it is easy to get stuck in a loop of doing the same thing, so you should try to mix things up more often. In reality, unless you're deep into an engaging form of gambling, maybe playing against other players to make a profit - then you probably aren't going to be spending too much time placing sports bets or playing slot games before your money runs out.

Your friend is single, not leaving the house, gambling and working online, so there is something to worry about, there is a possibility that your friend is addicted to gambling because he spends his free time gambling. We also work online, although maybe not as much time as your friend, but we still work online, but we still keep in touch with our friends and have fun. Gambling is not always entertaining, gambling sometimes also creates stress. So the matter cannot be taken lightly.

Honestly speaking in picking hobbies, I don't advice anyone to have gambling as a hobby. What for at the first place it's totally finds derailing and again pushes you out of your control and decisions in most cases so I wonder why one will look at gambling as a hobby. So such persons should be considered as not normal cause what do you gain after wards, losses, addictions, vulnerability to your environment and society what again. You should gamble but have a better limits for it and whereas if you can't control your habits then you quit, once you gamble above your expectations then that habits should be looked out for.

In reality, Gambling can never be someone's ONLY hubby... The only reasonable explanation to your friend taking it as his only hubby is just that he's already addicted to gambling..
And yeah there are source of entertainment on the net that can keep you on your device from morning to evening but in your friends case, what he's doing needs to have a limit somehow but since he gables almost everytime then it's something you should be very concerned about..You could try stealing is leisure time somrtimes and make him do something else( something really worth it and fun, preferably visiting somewhere to free him from any form using his device) could help a little

Well I can only consider it being normal that's if he's a responsible gambler, though according to what you said that he only gamble whenever time  he feels bored, just as a means of entertainment. Of course if he's going with the intention of being entertained, of course is a normal thing so far as he's comfortable with it. and not having the intention of making Money through it, And of course we are in a digital world where almost everything is been done online. so if he choose not to get in touch with people of course is a decision, so there's nothing you can do that will make him to change that decision. Though sometimes is good to socialize with people regardless to the engagement even if you don't do it more often maybe just once in a while.

Making gambling a hobby is not wrong, but making it ONLY that is worrying. Why? As we all know, gambling is an expensive hobby. You may have a job and money, but getting entirely into gambling could just make you spend your money on this, which is not good anymore. We remind ourselves that temptation could really hurt our finances, and it is more difficult if we are already addicted to gambling.

In the situation, your friend, OP. He should go out sometimes to prevent addiction. It was not just for gambling addiction but also for some mental issue.

I think he's not doing okay at all. The fact that he does all this things out of boredom doesn't say good. Addiction grows like wild fire in situations like that and I bet he doesn't wanna be a victim.. But what do I know?? That's true though. The Internet gets really interesting as the days go by.
I mean, I wouldn't have to bother him much if he chooses to live like that. Who knows? He may have alot going down with him emotionally as well as a remote job. I think it's normal, especially since he's not married yet. Unless he doesn't wanna have kids at all, this isn't going to be a life time practice!

Such life is good it hardly are you see such people having issues with anybody so I think about that life that is living is good life so I believe clearly but what ever that give you joy which maintained it there is no need for we to do what others are doing in order to get what they want so I believe that that system that used to train himself is good one using dumbbelling for break time that will make him to be relief from other thinking and the other boredoms, I will not condemn his actions

For those who love the privacy and practice it, choosing gambling as a hobby is essential and could help their sole aim of keeping to themselves despite its negative impact on their mental health of such a person, but still at what is most important to them is their ability to be composed in any situation so as long as they feel that gambling give them that entertainment and keep them mentality refilled I will not kick against them taking is as a hubby in the end, and unless the gambler himself exhibit some level of bad gambling characters such as addictions and other mental crisis only them we can criticize such decisions.

That's all that matters at the end of the day: let the person in question be having fun and don't have anything affecting him. As long as he's cool with it, then there is nothing to worry about, but too much of everything is bad. As for me, even if there is no negative effect yet, I will still advise the person to try out another thing so that it doesn't get to the level where they can't stay without it.

t is a normal behavior but it is still something to be concerned about to prevent addiction since the person don't always participate in outdoor activities, so there's high chance of him/her to be gambling addict if care is not taking. I hope you will advise him to engage in something else like movie



Nah. People who love privacy and also practice it like to always engage in something that let them achieve privacy and excitement ^{( it doesnt have to be gambling it could be anything that allow them get needed fun, excitement and privacy)} .  However, privacy enthusiast which have zeal for gambling will always consider online gambling platform with no KYC as one of the thing s/he need for excitement.

I think it is normal.

People are different and if your friend ^{being burrowed his face into the computer's screen} feels good why we should condemn him.

Regarding myself, I try to balance my time by creating the flexible daily routine with the working, physical networking and online-gambling portions. The timing of those portions are flexible and depend on my mood at the given day.

I have lots of hobbies except gambling too, and i think that it is the right way. But the main part of my hobbies are with other people. If someone has problems with communication - it becomes more difficult to find a hobby.
In such way someone can decide that gambling is a good way to relax and it may be normally for him.
But as for me he must have some other hobby, except gambling, and it would be great if it would be outdoor hobby, photography for example.

Everyone has issues, either poor or rich, we all have something we are dealing with, either physically or internally, just because someone enjoys working on their PC and avoiding social life doesn't mean they don't have their problems, there are many people that turned introvert because of how the society treat them, they later found peace by avoiding people.

Some people are just like OPs friend but they are not happy for real, they avoid society, stare at their computer screen from morning till night and make a living with online jobs but believe me, they are not happy about it, to them it is just a way to avoid what the society will say about them.

I don't have a problem with anyone living such life but I am just trying to prove that many of them don't have a choice than to abandon the society and choose the secluded life.

I can't understand how someone can spend all day watching movies and TV shows without socializing.
Sara i am old school and i can't sit still for too long, i like to go out and see the outside world and friends.
I use the house almost only for sleeping, you could say.

If this friend of yours spends all his free time gambling, then this is no longer a hobby, it is at least the initial stage of the development of gambling addiction. Of course, he may not understand this, but it probably makes sense for you, as his friend, to tell him or hint that this behavior looks alarming. It is important that he at least thinks about it, and does not ignore it.. Although, in the end, everyone makes their own decisions, or goes with the flow of life.

It is nothing to worry about except you stay back home for quite a long time like 2/3 months without neighbours seeing you and it also depends on the area you reside. There are some environment where people don't concern themselves with what their neighbour is doing and so in such areas it doesn't matter how long you have stayed home so long you are good for yourself.

Moreover, since the COVID year in 2020, it has exposed so many job search, avenue and opportunities that exist online and many people take advantage of it and working from home , making the conservative traditional work pattern to metamorphose into something looking like a new normal. Before now, there was no explosion of gambling companies, offline or online but they are now a new normal. So people can stay back home while working, gambling, trading and doing different kinds of businesses online.

I see it as a new normal and nothing wrong doing what you enjoy doing while in your comfort zone not answerable to anybody including village people.

Totally situational on which it is really just that everything depending on how someone would really be spending up his time and since this is a personal thing then it will really be just that too impossible that we will be knowing on what are people been doing. We do know that on the moment that we do attached into something like trying out to gamble and other people do sees out, then they would really be that automatically saying that you are already addicted into it. Why we cant just play for a few rolls or few hours? People do really love to judge and would really be that wanting to make generalization or conclusion without even trying out to know the real things behind. If your friend is doing such stuffs on an ordinary day, then why we cant just that leave them? There are people who are really that introverts on which they arent that wanting or liking for them to have that kind of engagement in regarding about socialization or just because of the nature of their work on which they wont already have the time that they will really be that spending into something. Just mind your own business and since they arent that asking for some money for them to gamble or whatever things that they would gonna do, then it will really be that better that you should really be that contented on what you do have and let other people do their thing. We do have our own lives to take and to do. We do have diffent hobbies whether it could be gambling or with some sports activities or playing computer then it will vary. Each person does have their own interest into something and thats why we cant be able to stop them even if he's our friend because it might cause up that argumentation if you would be trying out to oppose into the things that they do wanna do.

Having only one hobby in the form of gambling is in my opinion too boring, because in life there are many different things, such as real sports that help to strengthen our body, physical condition and learn to overcome ourselves. as well as cyber sports with friends and many other things. If they tell me that a gambler is not interested in everything else, then he simply has not tried everything yet to draw such conclusions. You just need to continue trying and you will definitely find another hobby. The environment of friends has a great influence, for example, it greatly influenced me and instilled a love for sports for life.

It may be “normal” today in the sense that it does not cause him problems because he only spends the money he can afford to lose and it is an entertainment for him, but someone who has no social life and whose only hobby is gambling online has all the chances to end up very bad in the future. Let him go out, see the sunlight, interact with real people, interact with people of the sex he is attracted to, and then if he wants to spend some time gambling it's OK, that would be a better plan for normality.

When something is your hobby, it's then something you do repeatedly but even though you do it as always as you want, you can still decide to have control over it or not. Take for example, gambling can be my hobby but I still get to decide when I must gamble, how much I must spend, whether to chase lose or not, when to take a brake for that day, etc. When you are addicted, you wouldn't have control over those decisions but if you are not addicted, you would still take sensible decisions.

One major concern I have is that this is affecting his productivity, there's no way he can remain very productive combining gambling with office work, more like m mixing business with pleasure and it's a very bad thing. The career suffers in the long-run and it's best you advise him against such before he receives a letter of disengagement owing to his bad working habits.

I think it's good to set your priorities. Time for work should be structure followed and that goes for recreation. Both didn't be mixed up to maximize efficiency

That's why we should take out this activity outside and never do any gambling deeds if we are working something since if we mixed up everything then let this activity come into our heads then our productivity and other important matters will get affected. Then everything will fall apart that's why proper balancing is important and don't gamble when we are working.

Its more advisable to gamble at home like we don't have other else to do since from these we can focus and get away from stress. Both will not mixed up that's why proper discipline is important since we provably can avoid getting an issue if we know how to handle ourselves towards participating on this activities.

The fact that everyone is the master of their own life, I wrote in the last sentence of the post. The OP can tell his opinion to this friend once, and then, of course, should not influence him in any way. Let his friend decide for himself how to spend his time. I didn't write about standing behind a friend's back and, for example, beating him with a whip if he gambles (well, this is exaggerated). So I don't see any violation of this friend's right to freedom if the OP just tells him his opinion.

With all my desire to play in the casino, every weekend I am really very afraid that it will become my addiction. Previously, I often played poker and slots, which I received as prize games for poker tournaments. But then I realized that if I do this on a regular basis, I simply will not be able to track the moment when it stops being an ordinary hobby for me and becomes something more, something that I will constantly think about.
Because the most insidious factor in addiction is that no one can give themselves an account of how dependent they are. And only when it is too late, only then does a person understand that they have big problems with gambling.

I've been in the same situation before, your friend just need someone to motivate him to do something else.
He is gambling just to enjoy his time, and lessen the boredom but he would still feel empty at some point.
It is comfy living like that but it would affect his health and if he is looking for a brighter future or longer life he should be motivated to have some physical activities and enjoy life the other way than what he is doing right now.

Why should it be not normal then if gambling is your only hobby. Anyway, it is ok to have a hobby, it is ok not to have any, it is ok to have only one. Everyone do or is a fan of anything that can bring him joy or he is comfortable with. I find it normal if person has gambling as a hobby. I find it normal if person prefer to spend time at home, alone and rarely go out. It is normal for people today to close and live in their own small world. We could only respect their privacy.

There are people who does not like to communicate much with other people. Being introvert does not mean you are bad or not normal. Since everything can be bought online, and your job is online, those people does not require to be on public or outside. I have a friend who didn't leave the house for 2 months. It was winter, he works online, can order everything he needs online. I think he hasnt lost much because he "spend time within 4 walls".

I don't think he is doing himself any good because no matter anything you are doing online, it'll be quite good for you to come out take some good fresh air and also have some fun with people. Though staying inside without coming out can result to sickness to someone, even though can also case someone into addiction, because once a gambler is always staying inside it will very easy to get addicted to gambling very quickly.

It is possible for gambling to someone's only hobby because I have come across many people that they only just have one habit.  Some people take reading as only habit and music as the only habit too, so if gambling is the only habit that some people have I won't be surprised about it but the most important thing is that as gambling is the only hobby one has, if one is not addicted about it then their is no problem about it.

I think there are two answers to this because not all of us in this world have the same personality. Some of us are a bit introverted and some are extroverted.And from both perspectives, your friend's situation will be different for each person.

From my perspective, just as your friend's situation is not abnormal, I would say that becoming completely isolated from society is also not right. Because we are social beings, we need to stay connected with our society, so online activity alone is not enough. In that case, I would say that in addition to energizing yourself through online gambling activities, you should also pay attention to your physical aspects.

No, in my opinion, gambling should not be the only hobby in life. If a person's main hobby is gambling, then there is a very high probability that he will develop a gambling addiction. This is how gambling addiction is formed...

Every person should have a bright and rich lifestyle. Every person should have his own business or hired work, travel, adventures, communication with various interesting people, meetings with friends, personal relationships, sex, sports, outdoor recreation, intellectual entertainment, and so on.

The brighter a person's lifestyle, the less likely he will develop some kind of addiction, be it addiction to gambling, alcohol, or drugs.

This does not change the fact that gambling is a very good hobby.

The answer to this question is yes because I know very well that the gambling is all about entertainment but it is us that misunderstand the concept of gambling that is why when we are participating in gambling we consider gambling as something that is wrong, myself I consider gambling as a part of entertainment that come Into My Life because I don't gamble in order to profit a lot but my purpose of gambling is to make a profit but not that I most to make a profit every time that I participated in gambling because I know that is not every time that you gambled and you make a profit.

In this case, I think that all of us should have a hobby that will increase our own productivity in our daily lives. Yes, gambling entertains us, but if we take it as a hobby, I don't think it has any positive aspects that will increase the productivity of our lives.
Moreover, I would also say that the reason behind the OP's friend being unsocialized is his gambling. And for this reason, I would never consider his behavior as normal. I think this kind of behavior can never avoid boredom, but rather this kind of behavior can generate more problems such as loneliness, then from loneliness to depression, and from depression to drug addiction. So ultimately I will not gonna accept the gambling as hobby specially like op's friend.

Gambling as a passion? Technically, that is okay. Free society, right? Again, though, is it a true hobbyor a feedback loop hiding as one? When someone claims that their main hobby is gambling, are they running away from the rest of their inner world or are they truly playing for fun?

Same goes for living inside four walls for months. It can be a retreat from friction, and friction is where growth occurs. Digital life is built to eliminate resistance, yet resistance develops character. We don’t evolve in maximum comfort. We stall there.

Respecting privacy is important. But saying digital disconnection as "normal" could lead to a trap. A slow erosion of internal feedback. A person might feel okay, but without tension, without feedback from the physical, unpredictable world, they’re not even aware of what they’re losing. Social interaction, uncertainty, physical presence aren’t just accessories. Their structural elements make up a regulated mind.

I am not here to criticize solitude or hobbies. I'm just here to remind us that not every "choice" is truly free and not every comfort is healthy.

Of course, the fact that we like casino games and sports Betting doesn't mean we're weird or anything like that, much less addicted , Personally, it's a hobby that , depending on our personality , we can handle like any other fun activity, like jogging, going to play soccer, or something like that.

The most Introverted people are the ones who sometimes have the most fun and really enjoy themselves, because in the midst of it, they're looking for their own enjoyment , For me, this isn't abnormal.

There is difference of opinion and according to me this isn't normal. When you work online sitting infront of the computer for long hours, the break point and relaxation is just to have some conversation with human beings or some activities away from the computer. In each and every way staying connected with the computer is kind of away from the people. These people will be genius and they'll have good knowledge to stay connected with the profession as well as futuristic thoughts but they don't know how to handle issues between people.

People have all sorts of hobbies.  I dont think doing just 1 thing in life is healthy but i would go and say "you arent normal".  Diversification even in what you do everyday is a key to a healthy lifestyle.  I think you can run into a lot of problems both with personal relationships and financially if you are too relient on one thing to include gambling.  Thats where addiction comes in.

You're right, though I'm still having a doubt about this issue of not having any other hobby apart from gambling. You know I have an idea of a gambler who spend alot of time in playing gamble and as well other internet business, but this does not stop him from coming out to get in touch with people and also spend time with them. Though what op said might be true but I think this case is very different from the ones that I have been seeing. Just as you said earlier that so far as he's comfortable with it, and also not being addicted to it of course that's what matters the most.

Gambling is a game that if a normal person plays regularly for a few days, he becomes addicted to it by about 70%. And if someone likes gambling only, then I can say that he is completely addicted. It is most important not to get addicted to gambling, but the game is designed in such a way that you will be bound to get addicted. So I can say that if your only hobby is gambling, then you will definitely get addicted.

I think most people do the same, and I think we all know that it's not very healthy... Each of us gets worried at some point. Our eyes start to hurt, our backs hurt, we lose strength in our arms and legs, and various other physical or psychological problems can arise.

It's normal for a person to expose themselves to the sun, to walk, to socialize, and a bunch of other things. These are different times, but we all know that overdoing something can be very problematic, so we need to make some balance in life.

Actually its none others business on how they would really be doing things accordingly on which its their money so its their full rights on what they should gonna do with it. It is really just that us people who do able to observe is that we are really that too observant on other peoples mistakes or errors on which if we have noticed up something then we will really be having those kind of negative comments and thoughts on basing up on what they have done. If they arent doing something then just let them be, there are really just that those conditions or situation on which you've been that too loving on touching other peoples lives and wanting it for it to be changed. If someone do works from home then expect that most of activities will really be done online.

We do have different sets of interest and different ways of dealing our own lives. The key on here is that as long you arent that putting up yourself into such trouble then i dont really see any issues on this one. There are really just that different approach on how a certain individual would really be able to move on.

Yes. That is normal as long as he's not spending his company's money or anyone that he knows of.

There are times that we feel dry and that's why even if we're on duty, we have to do something to avoid being bored. If it's not any other online/offline game.

Gambling games could be one of them so, there is nothing wrong with that and as long as it's permitted by the company and it's not affecting his performance there.

We find our happiness and no one can discredit us with that as long as we're not spending other's resources.

I think it is important to spend time in nature and outdoors to avoid depression (and other psychological problems) and find balance.
Everyone lives as they want, i am an anarchist and i do not want to impose anything on anyone, but it is important to take care of yourself. Personally, i find energy in the woods and near the sea

Yes, gambling as a passion. I can even give an example. My colleague go to offline casino every Friday evening. He often tells me stories how he has spend that evening, share stories about gambling result. I cant say that he is addicted, but because he would be gambling all the time then. But he waits for that Friday evening. I think he just hang out there. Meet people, enjoy his time, play cards. If this is not passion, then I dont know what it is. This is his lifestyle, and I find it all right.

As to a guy who has spend 2 months in four rooms and why I have said that it is normal. He works online, his employee is located abroad, he is a person in age, so "go out and hand out with friends is not for him". If he needs to talk to someone, he can always call, or his rare friends visit him. When I asked him how it even happened, that he wasnt outside for 2 months, he told me that he has nothing to do outside.

Totally agree with you, time spent in front of the computer can be harmful to the body.
The body needs to go outside, breathe air.
Not only the body, now let's go a little into metaphysics, the spirit also needs to see nature.
I suggest you try to involve your friend in outdoor sports, it might do both of you good

The answer is that there is no one answer. All people have their own standards of normality. For me it is unnormal, if you have no other hobbies. But someone can feel himself comfortable with gambling without being gambling addict.
I think that the only right answer is "if he has no problem with gambling and feel himself comfortable - it is normal".

Exactly what I think too and from what I said, despite that someone is always indoors does their best activities doesn't mean that they would not do the other things that matters to them most in life. For example, life has different stages, the stage to grow, build wealth, enjoy your bachelor lifestyle, and when to get marry and build your own home. So, the guy doing the indoors is probably on his own life stage where that's what he wants and he also knows what's best for him.

We don't have to use gambling as our hobby because that can make us deeper in gambling and many problem will arise. Yes, doing sports or physical activities will help you to distract your minds from think about gambling.

If you are in front of your computer for too long, you will be tired especially your eyes and body. You can do many things to prevent from gambling addiction. You can do other activities as your hobby so you only use gambling for have fun in your free time and prevent the gambling addiction.

It is quite natural that many people find peace and energy when they are close to nature especially forests and the sea so taking care of yourself is very important for physical and mental well being. It helps to maintain balance in life and helps reduce stress also spending time in a natural environment reduces cortisol levels in the body being close to nature increases concentration and spending time near forests and the sea is very beneficial for mental and physical health.

A must thing but depending into someones condition or situation whether they are really that near with these locations then they should be having some consideration on having at least that kind of meditation to release out those things on which needed up to be that reconsidered. It will be that situational because there are those individuals who are really that been near into these places but still decided not to make any actions and just stick into the casual things that they've been that doing or something which is really that available for them or having that preferences on which we know that this isnt really that something that would really be that similar into each person. So it will really be that situational on how you would really be making out such acts in regarding about handling up your stress and exhaustion. If someone do make out some considerations on playing gambling then its not bad as long they are good on handling out their money then there's no issue with this.

Yes that is correct and we can't for one day be that regularly being active online without us going offline or spacing our system to have that freedom or spare us from being affected, especially to those that have eyes problem and when they keep looking at the computer they could get affected for staying so much long. Whenever someone spent much time in gambling it increase the chances of becoming a gambling addicts but when they are being distracted with other home activities they wouldn't that focused thinking about only gambling at time.

Your friend's behavior needs to be worried about, because one day they will behave very wildly, because it is humanly difficult to control ourselves and our emotions when we receive consecutive defeats, inviting them to communicate and go out would be better and advise them

Op I think you need to edit the topic by removing the first "a" before the "consider". And if that is good for your friend, he can do it but he should be careful because that is the simple road to the addiction. So what he will do is to chat with friends and discuss with them on politics and other and only place bet and wait for the results while discussion is on going.

OP didn't mention if the guy is gambling responsibly or not but he said the guy works from home and that's also the main reason he is usually indoors. We probably do not know how the guy is handling his lifestyle as regards to gambling, i have said it before that if he is not addicted, then there's nothing to worry about. If he is not risking so much money more than he can afford to lose, then there's nothing wrong with him.

You're right, in fact if it's a person who works from home they may use casino games and sports betting just to get out of the stress that work can generate, that happens a lot, and if it's a person who knows that earning money means working very hard, then they should play responsibly, in itself it all depends on the person how they want to take care of their money, in the end if they lose money then that will increase their debt and nobody likes to be in debt.

Introvert can use anything to kill time, I believe he loves using his time with gambling and he has developed some connections or perhaps I should use addiction. He really loves gambling to be spending his whole day gaming. I don't have problem with people that loves gambling as hobbies but the question is this, is he making money gambling or he is it making loss every time, you know that you can't good to be making loss and think you like doing that alot.

Doing what you like isn't bad to be honest but gambling involves gambling, you are making prediction and guess to make money. The day you forgot about gambling discipline and you lose everything for that day, you will be cold for that day if you lose money and you might not be be able to take the heart to bear the consequences, it's even possible that you may want to make back the money and in the process, you can lose even more money.

Anyone who choose gambling as his hobby will definitely get addicted to it, and there's no two ways about it. Because there's no way that you can escape from being addicted to it, you know once you keep gambling more often it will now become part of you and once this happens it means one is addicted into gambling, at this point you will be finding it very hard to stop. is obvious that gambling is part of fun and entertainment but even as that we shouldn't consider it being a hobby.