Bitcoin Forum

I saw a  news story about a guy who lost his savings because of online gambling (https://mindanews.com/top-stories/2025/10/online-gambling-betting-across-borders-destroying-lives-at-home/).
Sad story, but honestly, we can’t put the blame on the casino.

Gambling isn’t the problem, it’s how people use it. If you play without control or treat it like a job, you’ll lose. But if you gamble responsibly, set limits, and know when to stop, it stays fun and harmless.

The issue isn’t the game. It’s the player.

This is a pretty common story in the philippines, since most gamblers come from the poorer sector, especially those who rely on gambling alone. it’s not fair to blame everything on illegal casinos either, because even the legit ones offer the same thing. the only difference is that the government can’t collect taxes from the illegal ones since they don’t pay.

But the real issue isn’t the casinos or the government, it’s the people’s lack of awareness about the risks of gambling.
Many still think it’s a way to make money even when the odds are clearly against them. they keep hoping to “get lucky,” and that’s where things go wrong. gambling should be treated as entertainment, not as a source of income.

When he was winning he didn't praise the casino for his fortune. I don't care how they narrate the stories that comes from people blowing up their savings, I won't blame the casinos because if the gamblers played by the rules they won't be in that situation in the first place. Gamblers should always know that only a portion of their money should be allocated to gambling. This should be common sense and not what someone needs to remind us. Had he spent all the money in a night club, would they blame the club for existing? Why are casinos ?cases treated differently?

Any losing gambler may or may not blame the casino for their failures, but the situation in this industry will not change at all. There are certain rules by which casinos operate (the gist of which is that winning is, in fact, not as easy as advertised), and these rules remain unchanged. Any gambler either accepts these rules, agrees, and embarks on the "path" of a gambler, or turns around and leaves. Having accepted the casino's rules and lost, how can one blame the casino? It was the gambler's choice, and even if they failed, they themselves made mistakes that could have been avoided. For example, as you say, playing more responsibly rather than trying to become a millionaire here and now.

In general, gamblers' experiences prove that if you play "sensibly", then, in principle, it is possible to win at a casino. Even here on this forum, many have had positive experiences with casinos (winning).

"If you are gonna fuck, don't feel sorry after"... is the closest to one of the very popular sayings in my region. While the game was on, it was all fun & games, but when the fun ended, the crying began. Let's blame "the bitch", it's her fault we got drunk on her magic.


It's all on us... and most of the time, we are the ones to blame for the messes we get into. Sure, there are exceptions, but not when it comes to gambling. No one forces us to gamble, that's a choice we make.

It is wrong for anyone to blame a casino for there lost. It only shows a sign of irresponsiblility and lack of maturity on the part of the individual.Gambling is a game of chance and anyone that is with right frame of mind won't use his life saving for gambling. So the problem isn't the casino, it is the inability of the gambler to be able to control himself.

People who engage in gambling are adults capable of making decisions and are able to differentiate between right or wrong so they should be held responsible for their actions and the consequences that follows it, Casinos are not to be blamed for their losses because they were not forced to gamble.

Most people misuse gambling and then try to blame it on casinos. They either went on to gamble an amount they can't bear to lose or became greedy and kept chasing after losses. They neglected the simple rules of how to gamble responsibly and faced the consequences. I know addiction and poor decision making can affect anyone but there are ways to improve on that and prevent addiction so gamblers need to work towards it.

It's important to approach gambling with caution but many people tend to overlook the risk of losing control. To gamble responsibly you need to view gambling as an entertainment rather than source of income and always set boundaries.

That headline is biased, designed to attract attention, of course. But what you say is only half true, or half false, whichever you prefer. Yes, ultimately the problem will be the gambler, but the availability of being able to gamble from anywhere 24/7 greatly increases the number of problem cases. When the only way to gamble was to go to a specific place, risking being seen because in many cases it was frowned upon, there were far fewer problem cases than there are now.

You nailed it. but yeah, that’s normal , nobody complains when they’re winning, only when they lose. that’s how irresponsible gamblers usually act, they don’t see the risk, they only see the reward.

And even with stories like this, the government shouldn’t use it as a reason to say gambling is why people struggle. it’s not. some do end up victims, but that’s because of their own mistakes. They should look at the gambling industry as something that continues to grow and bring money to the government, which can be used for whatever projects they’re planning.

With this topic OP proves that gambling itself is harmless. It is gamblers reckless gambling, irresponsible betting, greed and rush in taking decision what causes gambling to cause problems. A smart gambler, would stop as soon as he feel he has lost enough. Irresponsible gambler will try to do everything possible to get money back or try to win all the money. I am not surprised from outcome of story in first post. That person had no guts to stop when it was needed.

Whatever the case, if someone gambles irresponsibly, it is their own fault, we can't blame the casino (for whatever reason). Essentially, all users who register with a casino have agreed to the terms and conditions, specifically accepting any potential risks, unless they are a casino error (system bugs, errors, etc.). Even then, I have heard of casinos taking responsibility for winnings even though the user experienced a bug, and the casino sought information about the winning user. So, in essence, whatever we do is our own responsibility. We must be accountable for our actions, and we must not overdo anything, you should realize "No one is forcing you to gamble".

Indeed, the biggest mistake lies in their own hands, namely their difficulty in controlling themselves. That's why when we want to gamble, we must control everything, both emotional control and the money they spend on gambling. I think every gambler is full of careful calculations when placing a bet. However, this comes back to how the house plays its role, whether they provide a win or not. This is what sometimes makes gamblers curious and do it again, wanting to win much more than before. In this case, it's not just about how the game is played, but how we must understand how this function works. If this function is completely in favor of the house, we should just play for fun, not play like we're doing a normal job.

That is the mistake of that person, why he risks his savings to play gambling. He should know that playing gambling will not give him a chance to make money. If he really wants to gamble, he should have limitations and be responsible while also treating gambling for fun. Many bad cases happen to people if they can not control themselves in gambling and they lose money. So it is another lesson for us to always care for ourselves and only use the limited money that we can afford to lose.

Online casinos and offline gambling both work the same way, but in the case of offline gambling, you have to go to a casino house to gamble, which is a time-consuming and troublesome matter. But in online casinos, you can access it from anywhere, through a smartphone or computer, which is a big advantage. There is no difference between offline and online gambling, everything works according to the same rules.

The responsibility to protect your losses is yours, so you should always gamble only the amount of money that you can afford to lose. But if you are too greedy and use your life savings there and lose, then you are completely responsible for it. There is no room to blame the casino site here. Because no site will guarantee you winning. So why would you use your life's luck where there is a high risk. It will completely your own fault.

I agree with you a hundred percent. Smoking and alcohol consumption are also dangerous but no sane person smokes 2 packs a day or drink a bottle of wine. Just because you can wager your life savings at one go doesn’t mean you should do it. People need to take common sense lessons imo. They wouldn’t go jump off the bridge but they are betting huge amounts which is the equivalent of it financially and it shocking to see that there are millions of people that lack common sense. Where is the world going to? These people vote for fucks sake, their decisions affect our futures as well. Government intervention, now. This shit needs to be fixed asap.

Agreed, the issue should be on the personality itself, but not on the gambling site. The gambling site is only providing the facility to play, while the player itself who must be responsible with his own money. If he can't afford to lose money when gambling, he should not play that.
Importantly, he also gambling with consciousness. So blaming gambling site for his own mistake is so dumb.

His decision-making was just wrong. because he got lucky at the beginning, he started thinking gambling was the key to financial success. then the law of averages hi t( when you lose over time ) and he ended up regretting it, blaming gambling for his mistake. That’s what irresponsible gambling looks like.

And the person who wrote that article isn’t being fair either. it sounds like they’re blaming the casinos, when in reality, it wasn’t the casino’s fault at all.

I agree with you 💯

The problem is that we humans have a tendency of shifting blame to others, and in this case we can't admit it that irresponsible gambling comes as a result of bad habits such as playing without a safety net, playing till the last coin and not having a budget when it comes to online play... Probably we also have too much time with our gadgets such that we easily fall into this untimed session of gambling before we know it most of our money gets wiped out.  Let's find things that will keep us distracted for a long time to avoid having time to always want to gamble.

There is levels to every smartness in human and sadly some can't just think for themselves, in today's world we can still see many adults that can't make decisions for themselves, they rely on others around them, when it comes to making decisions they will rather seek others advice to follow.

This makes me believe that rulers are important in people's lives, no wonder some only know how to follow orders all their lives, I guess this is how the creator of heaven and earth made some men, to follow others.

Few are those who can think for themselves, in the history books it's why many are killed because they are seen as rebels, just because they don't follow the path of others or they refuse to be a part of a cause.

Government have a responsibility to play in the life of gamblers because they make it a business stream too, if they don't want it they would ban gambling in their countries, if they allow it they should know that some people are very poor when it comes to judgement and decisions.

This is true and I agree with this statement. It's actually the player's choice to play and his decision to risk it, it's actually the player's irresponsibility that  place him in that position. I've seen a lot of user here that blames the casino either that they were cheated with, or they got scammed but in reality they just can't accept the fact that they do lose.

I've seen a topic here about the government requiring each user to be tested first if they are eligible for gambling, I think that is a good solution but can't implemented easily. I think before playing, a player should train himself/herself first basic things like time limit, bankroll limit, stop loss, limit and profit limit. I think once they mastered this, they can be a responsible player.

If we’re already mature and in the right state of mind, blaming the casino for our losses wouldn’t even cross our minds. In gambling, wins and losses are normal, it only becomes a real problem when we become the problem, meaning when we gamble irresponsibly.

There’s always that reminder: “only gamble what you can afford to lose.” Once we ignore that, that’s when trouble starts. I think we all need to wake up and be more realistic with how we approach gambling. Just because we win sometimes doesn’t mean we’ve found some secret formula or that we can make a living from it, that kind of thinking is just crazy.

It is an unwarranted act of passing the blame to the casino of losses to any adult and sober person. Gambling is a game that is characterised by both losses and wins with risks being normal especially when it comes to the consequences, but the real issue is not about the result but the effort of people who gamble with what they have yet the results cannot prove them. It is a deadly game to blindly slow down on the basic warning that they must only bet the amount that they can afford to lose.

The most appropriate defence of a gambler is realism. The daydreams about finding a secret formula or the hope of making a living off of winning every now and then is something dangerous and incredibly unrealistic. It is important also that each and every player remains down to earth because gambling is just an entertainment how come by, not a stable source of income.

There are many problems like this, where players lose their savings while gambling. But as you said, this isn't caused by the casinos, but rather by gamblers who can't control themselves and gamble without limits, so they get trapped in a cycle of losing and keep trying until they lose everything.
Their mistake is thinking they can turn things around when they gamble again, but in reality, the more they try to recoup their losses, the deeper their losses become, and ultimately, they fail miserably.
If they had gambled responsibly from the start, then perhaps they could have avoided spending all their money at the casino.

Any form of entertainment always requires money. There are many examples: whether it's watching a movie, going to the theater, or skydiving, you'll always be asked for a certain amount of money, which you'll never receive back. People from poor neighborhoods find it difficult to accept such conditions. They're poor enough to spend money casually, even though their passion forces them to throw away their already scarce funds. However, their worldview and habit of thinking they're making money by gambling likely affects their well-being, as it justifies the idea that they're at least trying to improve their lives. This self-deception leads them into the same trap as a casino gambler, saddling them with ever-increasing debt. People will continue to push their luck without listening to reason until they learn to hear and accept that gambling can improve the life of one in a hundred individuals (for example) and that winnings aren't guaranteed to be theirs.

I get worried when people blame casinos for their losses but never commend them when they win. Casinos have their rules boldly written in their TOS and required to be read and accepted by anyone joining the casino. Ignoring those rules and ending up in problems does not make the casinos responsible in any way. Secondly, anyone with addiction issues should stop blaming the casinos because that shows irresponsibility when you blame another for your mistakes.

But do you know, CASINO can also help regarding these situation.

If we speaking about gambling, we speaking about allowance or money we can spend depends on the monthly salary we have. CASINO can using a system case like every customer must filled up data about their check payment work.

Reduce by the money we are spending daily, and to determined monthly spending in casino. If he loses his allocation allowance for gambling, he cannot gambling until next month. Thats' prime of example, but casino never do these.

Those losers are so immature for showing that kind of attitude. These people always find someone to be blame on the mistake they made. If these people totally understand the risk they are facing and know the consequences of every action they made there's really a good chance that they won't act that way.

But most of those people doing this are newbies and usually they here from someone or influencers that its easy to earn or get rich with the casino. That's why they create some fantasy that they can get rich easily but suddenly get pissed off when in reality they didn't get those things what they expect to happen.

This is a typical sign of a childish mindset and pride, when you blame others for your problems instead of taking responsibility yourself. In gambling losses, others can only be blamed if you’re playing under the threat of physical harm, in that case, it’s fair to say someone else is responsible for your loss. But if you’re willingly giving your money and there’s no deception involved, then there’s nothing more to discuss. It’s a personal choice, and the responsibility for that decision lies solely with the player.

It has become self-evident that the primary responsibility lies with the gambler themselves, not the casino. Whether it's a legal or illegal casino, whether it's a local casino or an online casino, the outcome is the same and the services are the same. Therefore, in my opinion, the primary responsibility lies with the gamblers.

No one forces a gambler to gamble with all their savings (or take out a loan or even mortgage some of their valuables). Even if they are prevented from playing at one casino, they will go to another. Therefore, the primary and ultimate blame lies with the gambler themselves.

If you treat gambling for the purpose of generating income, then regardless of whether you play responsibly or uncontrollably, you will still lose your money. The only difference is that if you gamble uncontrollably, you will lose money faster than if you followed risk management.

That’s exactly right mate, it’s a common misconception that gambling itself is the problem, when in reality most gamblers don’t actually have issues with it.
The real problem starts with those who can’t control their emotions when gambling, that’s where addiction begins.

I can say this from experience. I’m not exempt, I was one of those who got addicted to gambling too. It’s really the emotion that kills you. When your mind tells you to stop but your heart insists on going on because you can’t stand ending with a big loss, that’s when you spiral ..  gambling like there’s no tomorrow. I’ve been there, and it took a long time before I finally matured as a gambler.

You have a point, lots of times people say that is safer to Gamble offline because you wouldn't get carried away like when you are gambling online but I don't think that's true. It's all about you as a gambler, there are people that gamble irresponsible in land based casinos and it proves that the game isn't really to be blamed here. When you are not disciplined and have no self control you are going to gamble irresponsibly

This isn't a new story, to be honest. This happened so many times, and many people haven't learned from it. Gambling can be a factor, but it's not the cause. Because gambling doesn't control us, it's our addiction or greed that turns us into irresponsible gamblers. When these two things come together, we will try to gamble more even using saving.

Why blaming casino that didn’t force you to join them or gamble with them? The blame will always be on the gambler who didn’t gamble responsibly and take all his savings to gamble.

Many people are saying good things about gambling everyday, because some people are earning a leaving from gambling  and they are not complaining even if they lose some money because they all believe that it’s a game of luck, you can win and also lose.
A responsible person will not use his/her life savings to gamble so I don’t pity people that say that they lose their life savings to gambling because they are not cautions despite knowing the risk involved.

The majority of people who gamble, particularly in online casinos, are not wealthy; rather, they are often poor individuals, especially here in our country,
where they can already play in an online casino with just $5.

So, naturally, what can you expect from this type of gambler? Given how hard life is nowadays, they really rely on luck, hoping that their small capital will grow from gambling.
In other words, gambling becomes their hope because they think they might get lucky.

Blaming the casino is the most stupid thing a gambler can do, unless the casino is being petty towards its customers, then it is natural to blame the casino, but if the casino is honest it is definitely the player's fault, but yes, as usual, people who lose always blame other parties to vent their frustration because they lost, this is not a strange thing among gamblers, especially novice gamblers who do not understand responsible gambling.

We can all notice how social influencers play a big role when it comes gambling ads, they’re not the ones to initiate addiction of course they just have one job which is advertising but in this manner most people don’t understand rather they see the betting site as a free access to earn, from my perspective the whole problem starts when they view gambling in this manner. It’s obvious the casino is never the problem as many think and I believe they’re aware but, just want to blame the casino without any valid reason because they’re afraid to accept loss. Winning doesn’t come always and if a gambler feels the casino took all the win as stated Mark had same feeling about gambling casino forgetting you win by luck nothing else besides gambling is risky so no one should gamble with the aim to earn.

I think this is normal; everyone would experience this, even me. I experience this even though I treat gambling as fun. There are times that I experience losing streaks, but I didn't actually learn, even though I experienced them many times, but instead of stopping, I am thinking about if I double my bet, I might win.

I think it's attractive if you're thinking about the next bet ending up winning, but there's no guaranteed result. So that's why most people experience the same thing.

Well I see people saying all manner of things about the casino or sport betting, I usually see them as irresponsible gamblers. Because I keep wondering what the casino or sport betting did wrong that made this people to keep saying all manner of things about them?  the casinos only made an offer which you might as well win a huge amount of money but we know for a fact that losing is inevitable in all gambling platforms. So therefore this is not even supposed to be a s burden to us, Moreover everyone have the right to leave if you're no longer confortable with it, as we are not tied up in that casino. Unless we chose to get ourselves stuck up in the casino.

There is nothing wrong with casinos, but players gamble excessively and expect gambling to be a source of income.
There are still many gamblers who can get rich from gambling.
So casinos cannot be entirely blamed but players must take responsibility for their own gambling.
If you know your limits, you won't lose much, maybe just a little money, and their goal is just for fun.

Of course online, most of problems arise freely and without any form of control...
Even gambling issues. As we have seen in the last few days there is something similar also with trading ::) and a crazy approach trying to maximize any earning.
I would say that in general nowadays I see an irresponble approach to risk. There are just few things that deserve to take so much risk.

The problems arise when you as a gambler become greedy and think you can win and chasing that winning most times tend to push you into staking higher amount in an uncalculated games hoping to hit a jackpot.

But in the end you lose everything, this is what happens to greedy gambler's, and we shouldn't blame the casino since the warnings are there for everyone to take note of.

Believe it or not, even with all the rules a person applies to themselves when gambling, there is still a chance that they could get addicted. People need to realise that gambling responsibly isn't a magical thing that would make you immune to gambling addiction, it just reduces the risk of developing an addiction. meaning, you can still develop an addiction to gambling even if you are gambling responsibly.

I like this very much. Gambling is neutral. Even online casinos are neutral. They are just your regular business place whose aim is to make money just like the wine company or the alcoholic beverage company. When you drink and get drunk, it is on you and not on them. That is how it is with gambling as well.

It is always the player who doesn't exercise any bit of control.

Many people have suffered because of their own actions, they play wildly and greedily without thinking about the scale of the risks they will face. In the end, they blame the casino for cheating them, which is very illogical. From the start, they should have thought about the risks. They blame the casino when they lose, and justify themselves when they win.

We should have already agreed on that principle. However, the thinking of those who are not gamblers will certainly blame gambling as an activity that makes people lose what they have. They end up blaming the casino and gambling, not the individuals who gamble irresponsibly.

Meanwhile, casinos never force anyone to create an account and risk their savings to gamble. Perhaps there are indeed campaigns from casinos using videos encouraging gambling to make money, not just for fun. But ultimately, it all comes down to the level of control of the gambler.

Always, people is the problem and they abuse the gambling but when confronted, they just put the blame on the gambling and get rid of their responsibility. Well, blaming is not going to solve anything either so if they are deciding to do somethin,g then they are solely responsible for the consequences too whether they accept it or not.

ANd if someone can't follow this then it's better stay away from any kind of risk taking.

Anyone who bet or gamble away his saving does it at his or her own risk. Of course it is the fault of the gambler and not the casino, casino is like bar or a business center where services are rendered to you according to how you want, no one cares if you spend all your money in fun or buying relevant things for yourself because they believe that you are Old and matured enough to take decision and stand by it. It's only children that will do something without planing and later regret why they did what they did. To cut the whole story short losing huge amount of money meant for another thing into gambling is never the fault of the casino because the gambler was not forced, but the fault of the gambler.

How sure are you that the poorer people that sees gambling as a solace will be able to treat it as entertainment? For the rich, it is possible since they have everything that money can buys already sorted. But for those who are still struggling with life, which by right are not supposed to gamble, gambling can never been seen from the side of entertainment because to them gambling is a serious business that can change their lives. They give gambling the dedication it deserve and are so desperate to win.

It's precisely because the poor believe in miracles and that gambling is what they need that they lose money, even money intended for feeding their families, and this saddens me. They're so desperate to win that they can't control themselves. I even recognize myself in them, because I also behaved recklessly when gambling. It's good that over the years I've realized that you shouldn't lose a large portion of your salary intended for your family, only the surplus, even if it's just a few tens of dollars. I'd like to see players not rush into gambling desperately, losing deposit after deposit, but make more careful and balanced decisions.

I feel the writers behind such headlines that paint the online casinos bad are individuals who have an issue and stigma against gambling and even the evolution it is making into online casinos, so they reflect it in their headlines. It is never the casino, but the individual who has shown poor discipline in gambling that should be blamed.

I think that many gamblers are unaware of what irresponsible gambling is, and because of their orientation of gambling, they start out gambling without any caution or form of discipline. It always ends badly.

The problem here is that most of us don't understand this. The thing is, it's a lot like a weapon, it can be used to commit crime and at the same time, it can be used to stop crime.
Now, if someone takes gambling as a job rather than an entertainment purpose or wants to get rich easily through it, then it is natural that there will always be bad stories waiting for them. So we must not forget that in gambling we should only use as much money as we can afford to lose.

I have said this before and I will continue to say it, a lot of gamblers in the industry all started gambling with a wrong approach. A few of them might have actually started fine, but eventually lost their balance to the lust that comes with gambling. The desire to make a living from gambling is a major lust that so many gamblers are experiencing today. They are not even fighting against it because some of the case might have become a full blown addiction.

Gambling can ruin lives. And unfortunately, we live in a society where people finds comfort in putting their blame on others. This case shared in the OP is just one among a thousands of cases that occurs every year. Let's not forget that there are people that borrow from others to gamble. So, you're definitely right. The issue is actually the players and not the game.

Every gambler that comes out irresponsible should take complete blame for their actions, online casinos are only available to facilitate comfort, whosoever mismanages their funds should be blamed. Gambling habits can be and should be controlled, you get irresponsible outcomes when the consent for gambling isn't entertainment rather to pursue desperate income. I don't feel pity most time for such victim stories because they've heard and understands the side effects, yet they choose not to play responsibly and must face the consequences.

Not the unusual case because it's a typical case for most people. It's true that it's not gambling or the casino itself are the problem but it is us, we the gamblers should be responsible for every action that we do when we do it. And that's how people projects what bad is when they look at the irresponsible ones. They're being treated as the bad ones trying to achieve things with gambling and that's the reason why they end up being on a bad situation because of trying to aim their dreams through gambling. They need control, they need realization that it cannot be done mostly with gambling.

Exactly, it is the players who take higher risk to win jackpot but when it fails then all eyes will be on the casino for not being fair and transparent to customer whereas it is the customers have over risked their bankroll and may not have more funds to continue gambling. Gamblers need to understand that nothing is certain with gambling, so while gambling we should watch our account and know what we have left and not to push blame to the casino. Most casinos are regulated and so will not do something funny. That's why we need to use casinos that are on this platform because they keep a level of reputation.

This is the fact I see and try to edify to some victims close to me. This game of gambling, is never the problem, the system has been designed for some specific reasons, and they made it so comforting that one can actually sit with calmness and gamble at home. There are some persons that has seen it as a side hustle or fully paid income they will be receiving at all cost. For me basically I pity such persons though, and if you can imagine, whence they are expecting and it is not coming what will definitely be their fate. Some person's preference to gamble as a job they get paid. All this logic are definitely from the wrong perceptive. Gambling has never been something we tend to be earning an income but something that has been made for entanglement.

Well said!  Casinos or gambling are created for entertainment.  Their main function is to entertain its players by providing games that can somehow give a return or profit, a one-of-a-kind entertainment since it is the only leisure that gives back a profit.  Is there any leisure like this?  I bet no.  But obviously, too much of anything is bad and can destroy a life.  But gambling is not intended to destroy lives, it is that people love to exploit and abuse stuff and blame the fault to the stuff which I think is not fair.

If a person doesn't want to be in ruins, be responsible in everything he do, this way he will stay on his border and will not go astray.  That applies in gambling too.

It seems to me that he became addicted to gambling. If he hadn't become addicted to gambling, he would have had more control over himself. Unfortunately, cases like these have been very common when people gamble thinking about getting high and high profits and don't manage their bankroll, don't set limits on themselves, don't gamble with amounts they can afford to lose.

I've read many stories similar to these. The worst part of these types of stories is that when a person loses everything, their relatives abandon them. No matter how many years pass, they will always condemn them for having lost all their money gambling. Even when the person is cured, they don't forget their mistake.

Mark said he saw a social media influencer promoting a betting site. Now, we can all agree that government needs to restrict how gambling is being promoted in public space like the social media. Many young people who started gambling got excited from what they saw being promoted. Gambling is being branded like something very harmless and very easy to win. New gamblers only get to feel the heat when they lose and their expectations are cut short.

Gambling is exciting when done responsibly. No matter what is being promoted, gamblers should choose to gamble responsibly.

You are saying this because you have known how to tackle every distraction that comes from gambling with emotions, there are many that can't handle the feelings of betting everyday and so they have to learn it through the hard way.

It's not easier to play responsibly, only those that had lost many times and have learnt their lessons that boldly gambler with accurate emotions at the right time with the right amount.

Behavioural outcome that results in complete loss is frequently founded on addiction and further stimulated by the type of thinking that only detects the possibility to become affluent without exercising proper money management and establishing low realistic boundaries. The biggest disaster is being in the habit of not following the golden rule in gambling; that is, one should not gamble with money that he/she cannot afford to lose.

The most frightening aspect of these storeys of losses is the emotional impact like desertion by the loved ones. Even many years of recovery cannot take away the accusations and memories showing that the damage arising due to financial mistakes is hard to forget and forgive in society and families. The cases act as a reminder that it is rather easy to recover material damages but much more challenging to recover ruined relationships and fit into social groups, which is a task that often takes a lifetime.

Let's not forget that gambling is only a tool, just like Bitcoin where it can be beneficial or harmful to you depending on how you will use it.

Sometimes, we are forgetting how to make better decisions especially when we are losing in gambling. The composure is gone when we lose our money and most of those who are losing money wants to recover those losses because... they don't want to lose money, and the ending? Majority of them ending up losing more money than what they supposed to lose. It's just unfortunate that there are some gamblers out there who can go as far as what the OP has shared, and I hope that the guy learned a lesson from this.

"Gamble responsibly." 2 words only, but let's face it. It's very hard to apply it especially if we can't control ourselves. Always look at gambling as a form of entertainment only, and not a way to make money. Don't overspend, and if you lose, just let it be and don't recover it. :)

The casino clearly stated that they are an entertainment portal and have a warning in their TOS about excessive betting. Additionally, the community has warned about betting money that you can’t afford to lose. Everything is in place; it’s in the gambler’s hands to control his urge.

If you see gambling as an entertainment portal, you are good to go. But if your motivation is to make money, that’s where things go wrong and where the will problem starts. You can never blame the casino just because it’s cheating you; if you lose fairly, you have to accept it.

The truth is that the public should face the reality and stop putting the blame of their misfortune in gambling, gambling is just like every other games that we involve ourselves for recreation like football, basketball,volleyball e.t.c, which we are not forced or invited to be involved, we willingly get involved in soccer or other games irrespective of any financial demand it will be requiring, in these other games of you walk into a stadium or football peach at the weekends just to keep yourself fit you will be charged for gate fee or and other little fees that will be taged as maintenance fee or other wise, and if they get into some inter friendly game among themselves, does the losing group blame anyone for their loss?, we also have addicted footballers, why is the public and government not also focusing on that aspect to blame the game,must it only and always gambling the problem of the society, forgetting the fact that it is just a game that gets you attracted, then why do people and the government always blame the casinos for a gambler loss and addiction act knowing fully well that it is the gambler that has not sticked to the rules of the game if which applied to other games will also be affected, because the casinos don't forced the rules of the games on you but others does.

It is time the government should tell her citizens the truth to blame themselves when they gamble irresponsibly and face the outcome, maybe by that time casinos will no longer be blamed for any irresponsible gambler but the individual also, the funny part is that when we they win, the glory does not go to the casinos but themselves .

Remember that gambling is just like other games for recreational purpose and not for money, therefore enjoy the fun.

I used to blame online gambling platforms for my losses but then I started asking myself important questions and I came up with the conclusion that the casinos has nothing to go with my indiscipline....it doesn't matter if we gamble offline or online the main thing to do is to stay disciplined and be in control of yourself...online casinos are not tempting or capable of making you gamble irresponsibly, it's a matter of choice

Every casino is built for a business purpose, so it’s actually the nature of every casino to attract players and make them comfortable and convenient, and maintain their excitement and interest throughout their games. That’s how they made profits, so they will keep on doing that again and again.

Now, it’s the turn of every player to be responsible on whatever decision that comes with gambling. Emotional control and financial management should always be present, otherwise gambling will eat their funds due to irresponsible gambling. Players lose not because it’s the goal of every casino, but players often lose because they don’t set limits with gambling and they don’t gamble cautiously.

This is the kind of mindset we should have. Casinos or gambling aren’t the problem, they’re just a way to have fun, spend some money, and try your luck. The issue is when people start thinking gambling is a way to make money. That hope of winning big is always there. And yeah, I get it, we’re using real money, so it’s normal to dream about hitting a jackpot.

But honestly, the real problem comes from how people think about gambling, not gambling itself.

It is on the gambler's prerogative whether he will get duped owed to gambling or not. And that's the sad reality. They are here for business and at the end of the day, it is up to the gambler how he will contain himself in front of his gambling activities. So yes, it is our own responsibility to take care of our own business and not blame the casino for doing their business.
Most gamblers who are addicted is owed to their own actions. The casino itself has no upper hand on the activities of the gambler, unless, they will restrict each and every player to play or give them deposit limits. However, I don't think they will do such initiative. They would always want their players to deposit and play. Hence, the restriction will come from the player himself and not the casino.

I also agree that gambling is not a problem, the problem is with those who gamble. If gambling is accepted as entertainment and a very small amount of income, such as 1% to a maximum of 5%, is used for gambling, then people will not be harmed by gambling. But if gambling is used as a means of earning money, then gambling can destroy the life of a gambler because gambling is not for earning money, gambling is only for entertainment. People are most affected by excessive greed and excessive emotions. Those who cannot control their greed and emotions and constantly participate in gambling and use up their entire income, they very quickly become addicted to gambling and destroy themselves.

I agree with this, so it is not right to blame the casino for the gambler's loss. Any gambler should gamble responsibly to avoid various problems, regardless of their purpose in gambling. We hear such advice very often, but the problem remains the same and that is the difficulty for gamblers to gamble responsibly. I'm not talking about others, but I personally still struggle with self-control when gambling. Despite all this, I'm fully aware of the consequences, and that requires me to only bet what I can afford to lose.

No gambler has the right to blame the casino for their losses or bankruptcy. They gamble consciously for their own reasons. Winning and losing are part of the game, so every gambler should accept it wholeheartedly.

The guy you mentioned here was actually very passionate about gambling which is why he ended up losing everything. When he first bet ₱200 in a gambling game, he won ₱20,000 which is why he started gambling. He never had negative thoughts about gambling which is why he kept gambling. Later when he started losing everything and went to the edge of addiction, he realized and later instead of blaming himself, he started blaming the gambling platform. This is normal because it is normal for a person addicted to gambling to think like this. However, no matter what anyone says, it is always better to use gambling as entertainment. Gambling should never be considered as a means of earning money with excitement.

I strongly agree with this.

It's on us. It's a choice. We decided it, so there's no one else to blame. They may have urged us through their advertisements, but we can still say no if we want to.
There are times I get angry with the online casino because of a losing streak, but when I calm down, I realize it was me who was the problem. I didn't stop at some point, that's why I experienced a losing streak, so it should've been different if I controlled myself. We can blame the casino while we are angry, and I believe they are used to that because they know the emotions that will come out when a gambler is losing.

I have seen moderators of the casino chatbox, and most of them are really patient with the players. Maximum tolerance and just using mutes as punishment to keep them calm.

It is very common in every country we find gamblers.
There is this saying my colleague do say "gambling is considered risky; what is the point of gambling without taking risk". They literally say they are gambling for profit, and not just any profits, they want huge profits in gambling, which makes them not to think of gambling responsibly.

Yeah, its the same sob story as the guy who lost his entire bitcoin savings gambling with high margins and getting liquidated in one shot. Thats the game and they know whats at risk and its just their lack of well everything stopping them from not losing it all. The sad thing is that they didnt have someone sitting beside them telling them to stop or question what they are doing. Perhaps gamblers need accountability friends more than anything to talk about gambling plans budget etc before they play and have little check ins to keep in check for their own safety.

Those who are irresponsible never think about the bad effects on their family if they gamble excessively or unplanned and if they become addicted to gambling. These irresponsible people may borrow money from others or gamble with all their own money but their family will be in danger. A gambler is not only addicted to online gambling, those who are addicted to gambling can also be addicted offline. I have also seen many gamblers who have lost everything by gambling offline and now they are running away in debt. First of all we have to be responsible then we have to decide to gamble, we have to gamble in such a way that even if the result of gambling goes against us, it does not affect our family. Gambling with all our own money and gambling by borrowing from others is a completely irresponsible and foolish thing to do, so we must refrain from all these.

Addiction is ultimately due to the individual's own fault, not to anything else like casinos or online gambling. If a person can control themselves well, they will be fine with either physical or online gambling, avoiding addiction. However, if they can't control themselves, addiction will occur.

With the widespread availability of online gambling, allowing more and more people to gamble, it's not surprising that the number of addicts is increasing, considering that gambling is an option chosen by many desperate people looking for work, who turn to gambling in the hope of success.

Whatever their reasons are, addiction can happen to anyone. And with the growing number of casinos, that just means more opportunities for people to gamble. The gambling industry’s growth is already stable as it is, so the solution shouldn’t be to limit it entirely, it should be to educate people on how to manage the risks that come with gambling.

Of course, there also needs to be proper regulation when it comes to gambling advertisements, making sure they reach the right audience and not minors. Because once the younger crowd gets tempted, it’ll be much harder to educate them later, they’re simply not mature enough yet to understand the risks.

Gambling is never forced on people, like, casinos never force anybody to come gamble, so why are we or should we blame the casino, people choose their path themselves and those that choose gambling choose it themselves and what ever comes out of it is solely their doing and responsibility.

And you are right as well to say that issues is not with the game, it's with the player who is playing the game, like I did mention in a previous comment on another thread on this board, there are rules to every thing in life and that includes gambling as well, disobeying the rules of gambling comes with lots of penalties which the person can not escape from unless he or she does the right thing..

Gambling itself is not a bad thing, but bad gamblers have made alot of people in our different societies have a bad impression of gambling and this is not good..

Totally agree — gambling itself isn’t the problem, it’s how people manage it. Responsible play means setting limits and treating it as entertainment, not income. Even small steps like tracking bets or using self-control tools make a big difference. How do you personally manage risk when playing online?

Who blames others for their problems? These are the people who haven't received a proper education. They also don't educate themselves. It's available these days, but they don't have the time. What's the cause? It's simple laziness, which ruins a person's entire life. I know many such people. I try to immediately end all business relationships with them, as they clearly have a negative impact on me. This is my choice. I believe it's the right one.

Yes, gambling is not the problem but the people. If they can treat gambling correctly, they will not have a problem or lose their savings. That is a big mistake if they lost his savings because they used gambling without control. It is why we always need to have self control when gambling so we can stay away from more losses and also stop gambling immediately. We need to responsible with our gambling activity to avoid trouble with gambling. The player must use their control to manage their money and time and also avoid the desire to playing gambling longer.

Do you really think that putting the blame on the player would solve the issue? Pointing a finger at someone has never solved any problem whatsoever.
Some people are mentally fragile and they shouldn't be allowed to perform certain activities. The problem is how to restrict the access of mentally unstable people to gambling. So far there's no viable solution. All those "responsible gambling" policies simply aren't effective.
Perhaps all gambling addicts should be included in special lists and the casinos must have access to the list and ban every person, who had registered a casino account and submitted his ID card for KYC. There are two problems with this. 1. There are unregulated non-KYC casinos. 2.There are casinos in different jurisdictions, that wouldn't impose such policy, because they are operating under different gambling regulations.

I really wish many people can learn to be more responsible for their inactions, they would have used such lessons to better themselves all this while. The painful truth is if someone does not seek for knowledge and guidance and makes series of mistakes then blame it on others it is their own cup of tea because they will be the ones who will continue to suffer from their gullibility. I have totally stopped attending to people like that for quite a while now. Once I noticed you are blaming others for your mistakes and you are not making attempts to own up to your mistakes, I won't take you seriously again.

Indeed, gambling itself is not that bad if it is done in moderation, many people who experience ruin and say it happened because of gambling are actually a little wrong, the ruin happened because the main problem is that there are players themselves who are too excessive in gambling even though it is clear that this is a business with the aim of making a profit from the many players who visit but there are people who insist on chasing victory but instead of getting victory, they make themselves fall apart.

Some are even worse, they don’t have any savings yet they still gamble. For me, if a person knows how to save money, that already shows a level of responsibility. People like that are less likely to fall deep into gambling addiction.

The ones who usually end up trapped are those aren't earning well but think gambling can somehow fix their financial problems. They try their luck, hoping for a big win, but instead of solving things, it just makes everything worse. So mindset plays a huge part in it, sometimes it’s not about the money at all, but how you think about it.

If you go to any gamble house you will see something like 18yrs and above. What this simply means is that you are an adult who can control your own emotions. They expect you to gamble responsibly. Learning how to walk when the odds are not favouring you is your responsibility not the gambling company. Minimize your addiction to gambling is one rule i have learnt over the years. Don't wait to recover your lost money in the gambling house,if not you will lose more.

This is a pure sign of addiction. Almost every day, we read similar things about people losing their hard earned money to gambling. It range from a worker using his salary to play and lose it left with nothing to feed his family or someone using community contributions money to gamble or even students using their school fees to gamble. All these have nothing to do with gambling platforms, but it has everything to do with the player. As a gambler, the first thing to consider before beginning to gamble is how to control your urge during gambling. If you fail to control your urge for gambling, you will probably end up playing irresponsibly. The consequences of playing gambling irresponsibly is losing your money unnecessarily. Of course, losing money in gambling is inevitable but it can be managed with responsible gambling.

What is needed is that when you go to play you have the budget ready to do it, in case you lose, do not insist and gamble with more money but accept that you lost and that's it, you play another day, that is having discipline and knowing what you want, if you lose, at least you enjoyed it, everything is ready.

Of course there is nothing consign casino with his losses, it's definitely his fault because casino can never in any way force a gambler to deposit money into your casino account without your decision. Though, it's unfortunate that most gamblers are still blaming casino after taking their own decision knowing fully well that luck plays a significant role in determining the final outcome. It's always essential for a gambler to only gamble with the amount they can easily afford to lose because there is no guarantee of winnings in gambling.

Gamblers needs to have and make plans for their gambling lifestyle if it's something they enjoy doing and as long as money is involved. A gambling lifestyle needs to be checkmate at all times. There should be a little bit of accountability even if the money being staked is what we can afford to lose. A lot of gamblers tend to overlook these plans, which often makes them lose tracks of how much has been spent.

And mind you, so many online gambling platforms don't set limits. And on the other hand, a lot of gamblers don't know how to tell when their gambling habits is becoming excessive, which automatically triggers addictions. These platforms aren't really at fault. The fault is coming from those who cannot tell when their lifestyle is being threatened by a wrong approach, and unfortunately, we have so many of them.

Often we find gamblers blaming the casinos for their losses, but when we dig fact deeper, we only find that it is the gambler who is to blame for for his losses. A bad habit of gamblers is failing to control themselves, whether it is money or time management. They shouldn't spend so much money on non-stop gambling every day, even if they have a lot of money. A bad approach to gambling will only lead to gamblers losing everything, especially if they become addicted to games of chance.

Well, we cannot put all the blame on the player. There are many factors at work, but mainly, the player should be responsible enough to recognize dangerous waters and know how to deal with risky activities, especially obvious ones like gambling. We have to assume the player is a grown person with a healthy mind. But this is not always the case. And the vulnerable groups can slip through if there is no safety net built for them.

Yes, I agree with you OP that the real problem is the way these gamblers treat gambling, basically logically if they treat gambling in the right way then they should not experience many bad effects such as losing large amounts of money along with other problems, all decisions are in the hands of the gamblers starting from the time they play and how much they will bet, so it does not make sense if we blame the casino for the bad effects we experience because of gambling, because all decisions are in the hands of the gamblers.

Casinos are places of entertainment, they operate to make a profit, so it is clearly wrong for a gambler to blame them for their losses. I think people who blame casinos are misguided in their thinking, they fail to fully understand what gambling truly is. I understand that any gambler who experiences consecutive losses will tend to feel frustrated, but that is a consequence that must be accepted in betting, just as they gladly accept their winnings.

I can agree that in this case, the gambler is the one to blame, and they should learn from their experiences. Therefore, before you decide to gamble, in addition to setting a budget and the amount of time you intend to spend, it is also better to prepare yourself mentally. That way, when losses occur, you won’t react by blaming the casino.

I will always tell people, losing all your savings can never be the fault of the casino. Why blame it on gambling when you couldn't control yourself? It's not just about the gambling; this same person can also risk their savings in something else, not just gambling. One thing about people that are irresponsible is this: they find it so easy to blame other people for their mess. Only that world gamble should keep anyone on their feet, because it's either a win or a loss. Then again, what makes you feel like it has to be a win? These are some of the things responsible people consider before proceeding or making a decision.

Gambling is never the problem is just that people find themselves in a society where they think that they can make a huge amount of money without much efforts. Irresponsible gambling didn't start today as we have heard stories upon stories of how gamblers falls into addiction and begin to gamble without constraints. Many gamblers thinks that by gambling all the time that they can win luckily but they don't know that it's just the fastest way to lose all your money at a blink. How can someone who owns a family go to a casino office and start gambling with the money that he is supposed to use and take care of his family.

The people that are calling themselves gamblers are the ones gambling unnecessarily just because they want to make huge profits from their activities. Even though you like betting, you need to take some rest so you don't become someone that can not do without gambling in a day. Those that want to make money should at least look for other things that can be giving them money from betting so they don't become addictive. Personal self control might be a big challenge to someone that gamble often but it is important for them to stay healthy as a responsible gambler.

We're adults and ought to be responsible for whatever we do. It's mostly children who can be, most times, excused for their actions as they do not know better. But when adults try to put the blame on something or someone else when the repercussions of their own actions comes calling,  it's quite sad.
Like in the case in the OP. No one forced him to play and lose his savings. He did all of that himself and it's seemingly now the casinos fault that he has run out of money? Sadly, a lot of people are like this guy and would seek to blame everyone and everything else but themselves for the problems caused by their actions.

Mark’s story reflects a growing concern about the rise of online gambling in the country. With betting apps and digital wallets now common on smartphones, gambling is accessible anytime and anywhere. (https://mindanews.com/top-stories/2025/10/online-gambling-betting-across-borders-destroying-lives-at-home/)

I totally agree that online gambling provisions has encouraged massive adoption which as a cause of convenience accessibilities becomes avenue where people think it's much better to gamble however you want at your private time without anyone being aware.
Same vein, those who had become victims or had lost regrettably in online gambling are to hold themselves responsible for their irresponsible and disregard of self control. Of course Mark formally enjoyed gambling during his early times not until he got carried away by the online influencer. And out of greed, Mark felt regrettable in the long time. So obvious that Mark is responsible for his flaws and looses not online gambling.

The casino is not to blame. They served their purpose which is to entertain people and as individuals we should have been the ones responsible enough to know whether we can afford gambling or not.
I wish the government thought of it like this. Instead they simply do not trust their citizens to be responsible ones and put the blame on the casinos and ban them entirely.

Knowing the difference between gambling and fun is essential. Pleasure and adrenaline can easily make someone lose control. When gamblers understand that they must play consciously, they change, become more balanced, and even improve their results. And sometimes, when a casino blocks an account, it's not malicious: it's simply a form of protection.

Online gaming or casino platforms provide an opportunity to play and the outcome of this game depends entirely on the person how he is using it. Winning or losing in the game depends on both the players. There are many who gamble again due to excessive greed, desire or to withdraw the money lost in gambling, in which case failure again brings extreme disappointment. There are many who gamble without having financial knowledge or budget, without understanding how much money they can lose and get into trouble. There are many who choose gambling as a way to earn more money in a short time to get rid of poverty and debt and later they get the results of their decision. When someone enters gambling, he should think about where I am pouring money and whether I will get my money back from here.

Hmm, I think it's a shared thing between casinos and players because one thing that could really make someone like gambling is the way it is designed. It's kind of addictive, and the majority of the blame is on the gambler.

The way that casinos could support addicts is to use or implement limitation tools, such as self-exclusion or a metric to have an automatic time-out for an account. I'm not sure if there are already similar features on a platform.

The government in my country has implemented this because gambling is prohibited and therefore against the law and religion. However, this hasn't fully raised public awareness, and many people still engage in it. So I think the problem lies in individual awareness. Initially, I was blinded by gambling, but after a major incident, I finally came to my senses. So, I think the government's education is good, but it hasn't been entirely effective.

The blame is on the player, always. Because the casino is not forcing the player to play but they are doing so on their free will.

Hence awareness and not bans on casinos are the proper method to control the habit of getting addicted to the game. If they are made aware from childhood they would think twice about playing or not play.

Some people enter into gambling hoping to double their money, this ends up with a bad outcome most of the time but few actually follow that player to see the outcome.

Yes, the biggest mistake every gambler makes is their inability to control themselves, which leads to greed. This is the disaster that will arise if they gamble irresponsibly. I think blaming the casino is unwise. They are fully aware of the consequences of gambling. We should blame ourselves for why it's so difficult to control our gambling. In this case, the gambling site doesn't invite you to play. You visit there to get what you want the large sum of money you desire.

This is happening because many believe that influencers are telling the truth, but behind all the money they show online lies a big lie. Many people got the trick and fell into the trap. And instead of improving their life and achieving dreams, they are on the edge of suffering. If I'm not mistaken, many borrow money to fund their gambling habits.

It is sad to know that many are still hoping for their lives to become better through gambling. Although we can be rich in gambling if lucky, it doesn't mean this will be our last resort. We only fail and even lose money.

I've also often thought about this, because players need to be less critical of other players or point out their mistakes, as well as less blaming platforms for their poor luck and the like. I'd like to encourage players to focus more on themselves, their gaming strategy, and the emotions they experience during long-term play or losses. This is what responsible gaming is all about, and shifting responsibility has become too common, even beyond gambling—at least, that's what I've noticed in my circle of friends. Perhaps throughout their entire gaming journey, some won't understand this and will continue to rely on luck.

Exactly, you can’t blame the casino if you’re the one who’s an irresponsible gambler. The casino didn’t force him to play or use all his savings. The sole decision was his, not the casino’s. It’s his fault for not controlling his emotions, which led to his downfall. He’s the one who ruined himself, not the casino. Only he can decide what to do with his money, but he got blinded by his ambition to become big-time in gambling.

Sure alot of people still believe that gambling will change thier life some Day, and this is what triggers them to keep gambling without minding if they're in a losing streak or not. And this set of people always find it hard to know when they're addicted, when a gambler find himself in this situation they don't think about any other thing  apart from how they can achieve thier target, and when they gamble with the whole of thier bankroll they will  be struggle hard to fund it and if they go in search of where they can get the money and they didn't see any then, they can decide to go for a loan just to keep thier gambling going.

When someone misunderstood gambling that means that person will lose what it doesn't intend to lose, from my understanding in gambling, it's obvious and understanding that gambling is all about personal understanding, and you have make a plan that will favour you, but when someone is greedy of making billion through gambling, it's obvious that their's every possibility that the person is going to lose what he has, it's greediness that make so many gamblers to lose, at first someone need to have a budget in gambling, to know amount or figure you are supposed to spend a day in gambling, but relying on gambling to achieve your aims, that will make you to lose more, setting a limit in gambling will help every gambler.

A hard blow for irresponsible players and what OP said is very true. I was in a similar situation before and blamed the casino for cheating me after thinking clearly the casino was not at fault at all for my loss because I was the one who took action not the casino that forced me to continue playing, the casino's fault was only the failure to pay out the rest is nothing

Since the beginnin it is ultimately the responsibility that has always been a tough test for those gamblers because not a few underestimate this because they think that they are still very able to control gambling but instead they unconsciously slowly trapped which ends in destruction.

This is just one of the many gamblers exposed for destruction. The fact is that for now those who lose a large amount and destruction due to gambling are very many and it cannot be denied that it happened because of their initial failure in understanding gambling itself.
We cannot fully blame gambling even if we lose because after all it is just an object that we play but unfortunately quite a lot of people are looking for a scapegoat for their own defeat because they cannot control themselves properly in the gambling they do.

If the casino does some screening before users open their accounts it's going to be helpful, it would help cut down underage gambling as well because the questions asked would be technical for kids to get correctly...like you mentioned, the most important thing is self discipline, the gambler should be able to control his actions...it's unwise to continue blaming the casino for the loses incurred, as gamblers we are responsible for that

People are always responsible for themselves, blaming external factors seems a bit pointless. It's pointless to blame online casinos either, no one is forcing anyone to gamble. Everyone should act responsibly. People should develop some awareness by considering the risks involved in gambling. Gamblers aren't guilty when they win big. This is always the case when they lose.

People misunderstand gambling and its requirements, some consider gambling and earning money from it as a business.

Playing bets continuously can help you to make make money from gambling but there is a limit to this. You can't be gambling without having a plan or being skilled at what you do and you are expecting to make big profit from betting. Those who are making money have worked for the leverage they are getting from gambling. Not all will make money but all can if we remove some greeds from the way we gamble. Money can be made but this can take some time for you to achieve that with hard and smart work.

Both are problems.

Irresponsible gambling is really one fo the biggest reason why there are so many people now in big trouble and they cant go up with their gambling addiction.
But there is also a problem in online gambling. It is uncontrollable and many young people is playing on their platform. Some of them used their tuition fee thining they will double it and win the game.

Online gambling has become the target of criticizers due to the fact it's accessible and possible to be played from anywhere, while land based casinos are more restrict for most people, since it takes time, energy and money to be accessed. Therefore, it's less likely people will be hooked by this category of casino.

I understand the critics, but at same time, we can't deny technology, rather we have to adapt ourselves to it. I don't think human beings are dealing very well with internet and technology right now, as they use it excessively (and it goes much beyond online gambling), but that is an issue to be addressed. Internet won't stop existing due to people not knowing how to use it in a balanced way, neither online gambling will disappear.

Yeah this is a manipulated and possibly even paid hit piece on online casinos. Online casinos are not responsible for what this man did and even if they were not available for him he may find other ways to ruin his life. It could be local casinos if they are legal, underground gambling dens if gambling is illegal, drugs and other things. Someone who is prone to addiction and does not have any discipline will always find a way to harm himself. The casinos are not at fault here.

In many countries you can find the casino on your route to home after works. It does not take extra time energy or money to access it. This is not true for every country though.

And its these reasons that makes government bands casinos, they have no idea that it is the individuals who cause this type of harm for their selves because of lack of discipline and making emotional decisions. Casinos are established for entertainment, tourism, socialization and even economic growth. But some individuals go there for their source of income instead of its purpose whereby using and wasting money uncontrollably, even as casinos are there for entertainment purposes they are also there to make money as well, they have a mathematical advantage (house edge) where by in a long run will give them profit. So its better individuals are conscious of these knowledge and should gamble with care and not greed and unsatisfaction.

Since the beginning, it seems that gambling has always been a scapegoat for what we feel, especially the destruction when we cannot control ourselves and are destroyed by spending all the wealth we have on gambling but on the one hand even though we lose and spend our money on gambling in the end this condition (blaming gambling completely) is clearly not a thing that can be done because after all we must realize that situations like this occur because we ourselves cannot control ourselves properly.

I think before we blame gambling or other parties who are sometimes affected for our own mistakes, it is better to focus on ourselves whether we can control ourselves properly or not.
If in the end we only take refuge in blaming others for what we do then forever we will never be mature including in terms of blaming gambling.

I just remembered the reactions of some of my young nieces and nephews when their actions put them into trouble. They will begin to blame others for the problems,  meanwhile, they were the ones who caused the issue for themselves.

The reason why gambling is for adults is for them to take responsibility for the outcomes.  It shows a high sense of immaturity for a gambler to blame the casino for losses.

Stories like this aren't new; you might even encounter similar incidents in your own neighborhood. Initially, it was just for fun, but when you win your first game, your gambling spirals out of control. You start to think gambling is easy, and you start to ignore what others say about the dangers of gambling. But in reality, the casino slowly starts taking back your winnings. What went wrong? Greed, irresponsibility, and your inability to accept defeat. So, those who lose and then blame the casino are fools, because the mistake is their own.

Dont blame them because its might be their first time trying it out or the urge that comes after missing a near winning drives them more in again, maybe he might be a teenager who is trying to fit in the same way he friends are doing while his turn went the wrong way.

You can only call them fool  if the same mistake is repeated again and again, but the first trial, there is a lesson to learn.

It pretty much reminds me the discussion about other topics which have in common the health and security or people associated with weapons and substances. There are people who say guns do not kill people, but rather it is people who kill other people. There are people who also say cigarettes and tobacco do not kill people, but it is people who decide to consume them (being pretty aware of the consequences of consuming it), same with alcohol.

In the case of gambling I believe it is a similar situation... Casinos do not ruin anyone's life, from the very beginning people are warned about consequences of gambling recklessly and advertising usually have some small written statement about how only adults are supposed to gamble and how it is only supposed to be treated as entertainment.

If one has self-control and one does not allow greed to take over one's common sense, then everything should be under control and gambling won't affect our finances.

Casinos are never to be blamed because no casino forced a gambler to come and partake in gambling. Gamblers are always to be blamed for gambling badly because they make their own decisions. Every gambler needs to decide how they go about gambling, and if their decision leads to losing more money, then no one should be blamed but themselves. They are responsible and should be blamed for the loss. It makes no sense to blame the casino for people's losses.

It's a common story. It's frustrating to lose all your money, but that's the price of experience. That's how much experience costs. Experience is a very precious thing, and often it's full of disappointments. When a person loses all their money, they often despair. It's good if they were at least a little responsible and didn't spend money on gambling that they couldn't afford to lose. But more often, the opposite happens. Greed overcomes them and they bet their entire fortune on dubious matches.

the casino is there and it’s tempting but he wouldn’t have lost had he not played so we had a choice to ignore the casino but instead he decided to succumb into his own greed
governments think that people won’t be tempted anymore if there weren’t any casinos around but people will always find a way if they really wanted to

Gambling is a risky activity that occurs without any certainty or guarantee, and there is no surefire way to win. However, the risks can be controlled, and this is every gambler's responsibility. This means that every gambler has the opportunity to determine how much money they will lose.

This also means that if gamblers lose a lot of money, it's most likely because they can't manage their risk, perhaps because they don't set limits.

So, I agree that the real cause of gamblers' excessive losses is their own actions, as all decisions are ultimately their own.

The issue ain't the game, but the player.. I can agree with you a thousand times, afterall it's boldly written that it's not for use, for people under the age of 18.. Once you begin the journey, stand firm to whatever outcome it may carry. Many don't even care about those features you call "limits" at all-- they're made to believe that every turn could be their lucky turn to win, and that's bull crap!
If the government could unite a certain rule, with a strong ban implementation on every casino to limit a gambler down to a particular time to gamble, and the most amount to use in total, I think it'd help.

Yes, the issue will be with those people. If they realize that gambling is not like a job, you may lose money if you push yourself to keep playing and to win. That will be worse if you lose control and also lose responsibility in gambling. You will not think about the losses because your desire is to win.

Gambling will not let you win easily so you must leave it and search for other ways to make money. Those people can not blame the casinos if they lose their money. People need to realize that they can only have fun in gambling with limitations.

Gamblers must be able to identify the reason to every conditions they were found being involved, this is not a time of lying and taking irresponsible gambling decisions, which may affects us the more than we thought of, what makes us whom we are is not the kind of platform used, but our personal decision to be a gambler and it's kind we have chosen to be.

It's true that experience is more valuable, but I think it's very difficult for someone addicted to gambling to resist excessive play. Every addict will spend all their money, even if they haven't gotten what they wanted, they usually sell their possessions to gamble again. In reality, every gambler must be prepared to face the consequences of their actions, because hoping to get rich from gambling is highly unlikely, and what they will inevitably experience is loss.
So, if you're not prepared to lose, don't gamble, because gambling isn't a solution to wealth, but rather a path to poverty.

The issue really isn’t the platforms, it’s the mindset. Most losses happen when players chase losses, ignore limits, or gamble emotionally. Responsible gambling means knowing your bankroll and treating wins as temporary luck, not income.

Do you think casinos should enforce stricter deposit or time limits by default?

I definitely agree to this, I gamble sometimes too but I have control and discipline on what I do with my money. I'm not reckless and always doing calculated risk to lessen the losses I could take. I just treat gambling as a recreational activity to test my skill on analysis in sports bet and of course having fun on some rng-based games. Always set limit before starting a game and of course spend only those money you can afford to lose. Majority of us forget those things and end up in a worst situation. It's very simple to surpass this addiction in gambling, just don't be hopium and reckless in gambling, and also being greedy can lead you to more problems, enjoy your journey in gambling.

Irresponsible gambling will make us lose money and everything, that's why we have to be smart, gambling, the casino is just a tool for adult entertainment , if we let ourselves be carried away by what a casino is, we will always lose, it's Obvious that we have to be smart, and even more so when it comes to money, it's not the casino's fault, even if they prohibit Casinos, even if they prohibit gambling, there will always be a way to get around it, the Important thing is to Know how to do the activity.

Being smart is easy to suggest but hard to apply on actual gambling since we are relying on luck when playing casino games therefore the only application of being smart is only in the bankroll management side that frequently being ignored when a gambler is already carried away on gambling.

The emotion is always the biggest enemy when gambling because logical thinking sometimes being removed if we are already focused on the game as being a human with emotion.

You can’t even put blame like this on casino, casino never forced you to gamble, casino never asked you to gamble with your life savings, you decide to do that on your own, so if you are blaming anyone, then you should blame yourself for that.

Addicted gamblers are just the people spoiling gambling reputation in most societies. I don’t see anything bad in gambling, but whenever we are gambling, then we should always avoid addiction, gamble responsibly because addiction is what makes gambling look bad, which we can control. Addicted gamblers do crazy things in the society, some of them sell their properties, some of them starve their family members, some of them steal, and other crazy things, and that’s the reason why most society see gambling as bad thing.

Exactly the casino is there for you to be able to place your bet and stuff , but not going to tell you to be responsible or not that will definitely be on you . Cause the casino also want to make money from the service they render also . So you don’t expect the casino to come and meet guy and start saying please reduce the amount of bet you placed everyday or start gambling responsibly, is left for you to do all that whether to be responsible or not , but know this is best to reduce your risk just for risk management than to increase in order to win more .

Casinos never force people to deposit money and start gambling or placing bets; they come to the casino voluntarily. How much money you should spend on gambling is up to you, depending on how much you're willing to lose. Most importantly, don't let gambling lead you to lose everything. Gambling is about having fun, so don't let it end in misery.

Furthermore, as long as we continue to gamble and place bets, the possibility of experiencing significant losses will always exist. Therefore, it's crucial to always limit your gambling activity. When you win, stop and withdraw immediately to enjoy the winnings. And when you lose, one or two losses should be enough to prove that luck isn't on your side today.