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Guys what do you think for you that what can be causes of the gambling?

My wife and her family broke(poor) in this gambling because my wife addicted on some gambling
called binggo, she's addicted in that game and she can't control by her parents and also her house and lot sold
to use it to play binggo again.. but still lost it..
For now she is still suffer about this and looking for another way to get it back all her losses...

sorry to hear that, that's a very sad story, bingo has very low expected return, which means very high house edges, unless a very very few lucky guys who can win the jackpot, ordinary people don't have luck on it. if she likes betting on sports betting or blackjack, that's will be a different story, maybe she will be rich from sports betting or blackjack

That is a very sad story and unfortunately it happens way too often to a lot of people. Gambling addiction can be a serious problem and the road to recovery can be just as hard as for drugs. You should see if your country has a aid program for people with gambling addiction, could be the only way.

Some people have very addictive personalities and those are the ones that should stay away from gambling and drugs because they will have a tendency to abuse to the point where it becomes obsessive and compulsive.

SO UNFORTUNATE ITS SAD YOU CANT UNDO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.......IF SHE IS SO ADDICTED LET HER TRY PLAYING IT ON A MOBILE PHONE JUST FOR FUN OR  MIGRATE TO SPORTS BETTING THERE SHE MIGHT FIND SOME LUCK

Well it's clear that gambling goes strongly in genetics, so I would do a genetic test to check for my possibilities to become a gambling addict. If you have high chances of genes related to expression in the genome that are proved to be linked to addictive behavior I would not risk it and stay away. But most people shouldn't have serious problems with it.

What do I think are the causes of gambling? I think there are many but the main one  is addiction and that comes from what I believe to be a disease which will need help from many people who know what the problem is because the chances of doing it alone are very very small, equivalent to winning the jackpot repeatedly or something.

Hopefully your wife and family manage to get help although saying that it sounds like it is to late! What it is not to late for though is saving lives. Depression after losing everything can do some nasty things. However hard get your wife to get to gambling anonymous/ http://www.gamblersanonymous.org

Very sorry to hear that ! She is in a condition where she doesn't want to give up in a hope she will get everything back together.Tell the sooner she quits the  better .Because the more she tries the more she'll digging the holes for losses.The causes of gambling for some people could be Poverty,addiction,lust,survival.The most common in all of them is addiction.Its not that gambling makes you all broke but your addiction to it does.

I started off steering clear from gambling, until my friend gave me a few hundred to Gamble. I gambled, made profit, then walked off and have my friend back good money. But then I got really greedy and started gambling. That's when I started losing alot. Then I saw bitcoin, and saw that any losses I made, would be covered by the price rises of bitcoin :3

the cause of gambling is the desire of winnig and the real cause of gambling addiction is winning at first because when you win at first you get hooked i gambling if you lose you will probably wonna quite from the first

tell her to learn poker.
but not just to know rules she needs to know aloot of that its not just a game there is alot of books,sites that can help you with that.
if she learns it she can earn money easy :)
regards.
-Katerniko1

well im a bit addicted to gambling in my opinion and there is a great variety of causes why first of all i really like the games that i can play also i like the feeling when there is a possibility to win a lot of money

She needs to go to an expert who can help her. I think she can get over it but she needs to be in some kind of detox house where she talks everyday to experts.

I hope she will get over her gambling addiction and will recover her losses soon.

Please watch this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8L-0nSYzg&feature=youtu.be

Yeah i agree with you but she's addicted in binggo and even a i explain it much. it will not work..
maybe someday she can realize what her doing before.. and someday she realize that the money is important in our life..

If she is really addicted I guess professional therapy is the only thing to help her.

Also, taking away any stimuli that could get her going again may help, such as friends and family that keep inviting her.

When you need a win really hard you always lose. You can only stop this when you find something different from gambling to do in your spare time.

For now she's stop because we have no money to buy a food an pay a bills for our apartment..
But sometimes , i command her to withdraw a money with my bitcoins received from campaign manager.
She do this two times that she use my bitcoin's to play binggo again. But sadly she lost it all..
In that time i just want to snap her face (I get so upset) But i can't do it.. she dont think me his wife and our children will gonna die because we are
hungry in that time that why i command her to withdraw my bitcoins. I did not expected that it will happen...

My advice is to leave your wife before you're going to be in a lots of quarrels and fights. She is a proper sane person, she would have stopped when the financial situation is already being broked..

You get easy money in gambling and also looses your money in it. There are two chances. Now, IMO people gamble because of two things, 1st, they do it for fun and 2nd, they do it for greed. The first one can be control while the other one is impossible to because it is in the mindset of most people who risks in gambling. Just like what happened in your wife. She wouldn't think of how many looses she got already and is still trying to get it all back in hoping for a chance of winning it back. I'm sorry to hear that it has to go all the way to that.

To overcome compulsive gambling is not an easy task.

However, if you're willing to really take a step forward... Get informed on what addiction and what the roots of compulsive gambling are. Try to understand it, rid yourself of any judgements and ultimately be there for her in more than just a physical and emotional place, then I believe you have a real shot of breaking through to her.

There should be addiction counseling available nearby in your area.  Your best first step might be to seek out these services with an open mind and really listen to what they say when you explain your situation.

As to answer your topic question, people gamble for numerous reasons.  Some of the most troubled gamblers have underlying negative feelings, thoughts, and emotions that they may or may not be aware of buried deep inside them.  The body and mind have incredible defense mechanisms that try to protect us from ourselves and unfortunately the feeling of winning drastically affects the serotonin and dopamine in the brain which may be unbalanced due to these feelings/thoughts/emotions.  Sometimes our body craves this shift so much in an order to feel more balanced that it goes unfiltered by our thoughts and morality compass and that's when the addiction truly kicks in.  

Gambling is very misunderstood.  There is a ton of misinformation and you will hear many uninformed opinions on the subject.  

It can be a great source of entertainment and fun, but can also be a source of ruin and despair.  It's not as simple as just choosing to gamble.  It's a very complicated issue and you won't be able to fix it overnight.  It will take a ton of time, devotion, and support.  It definitely WON'T be easy.  

I wish you all the very best.

I can't do that because we have a children i think thats not a good way..
Maybe it can realize it someday. but for now i need to pray for her and trying to remove her addiction in binggo..
I just try to teach her to play some binggo online that has no real money involve... I think this is a good way that i can do...

Unless your prayers have been working magic lately, doing just that will pretty much do nothing. You'll need to go to some real addiction counseling nearby (as Dogedigital mentioned) and get some professional help. His explanation sums up why breaking out of gambling is so darn difficult. :)


No way. Winning in a game that has no real reward is no match for the euphoria given by winning monetary rewards. That'll be like trying to topple a brick wall with a feather. Like I said, you need to get some professional help. No offense, but they're trained to be able to give help and they'll probably do a better job than you. It's their career.

Best of luck.

I do only gamble dust... If I lose it, I don't care.  ;)

Dude this is a sad story and feel bad for you man. You really
need to give her an ultimatum! You need to say look this is
affecting our children and if you can't stop we will be forced
to get out of this relationship. Maybe the fear of losing her
kids and husband will help her see the light and stop.

Good luck mate

It's all in the pleasure circuit in the midbrain.  Some people just blast dopamine during pleasurable experiences and that becomes their addiction of choice.  That's simplistic I know but addiction is grounded in biology.

I'm feel sorry to your wife man, you should tell her to stop for your future children. it's not good habit for your wife and your family. a bit shock when heard woman addicted gambling, better take her to conseling.

Sad story.

One thing I see is the winning experience and so called beginners luck. In my case I don't get easily attracted to any kind of gambling until I won and decided to continue.

In case of your story, bingo is really addictive because of high chance of winning especially playing with your neighbors when you are against only at a few numbers of players and the card has cheap price so you can buy a quiet large numbers of card to increase success rates. But if you played at the big bingo stations, you really need a large money to play for hours because every piece of card is somehow expensive than the  cards outside the bingo stations.

Why is your wife is the only one with money?  make sure you have your own money source at all times.
Addictions take time to overcome. Try to find out the reasons of her gambling? is it money? is it the thrill? don't be judgemental just research.

Gambling is fun but she shouldn't depend her life on it.  :)

many things that cause people to gambling, which has become a hobby of the person, or need a lot of money in a short time, there are many more reasons but I know only two reasons alone

There are many possible factors that causes one to be addicted to gambling and everyone has different reasons.
Your wife addicted to bingo may be because the excitement that she get when she is playing, IMO. You should tell her to stop wasting her money on bingo gambling and asked her to play with her child (if she has one) instead.

Just my 2 cents.

PS: I'm sorry to hear that...

it was terrible story  :'( , since she is your wife and i think its must be your responsible to control your wife as you are her husband.
also dont let this thing happened deeper and deeper, take some time to vacation and fresh your wife mind.
gambling causing my friends lost their job, they have a debt and take a loan , lost and repeat in the end they broke and fired.

http://www.helpguide.org/articles/addiction/gambling-addiction-and-problem-gambling.htm could be a page to start to learn about gambling addiction, but from your description, she is having very serious gambling addiction already and it is time to get some professional counselling face-to-face or over phone http://www.ncpgambling.org/help-treatment/.

I think vacation is a good idea. I will planning with it on this december.
I will bring her to somewhere that she can relax her self and to stay away from gambling. and I will tell her about the
Situation and our problem. But the problem is i dont have money to bring her somewhere..
Maybe i need to find another way to earn a bitcoins for our vacation....

Leaving the person won't be a solution for her, you need to help her control or other thing invite the family to join to stop gambling.
If she doesn't litsen than, I also might be going to leave her, but I would still try to help her addictions.

That's sad to hear this. It sucks to be in that kind of situation. You can only help her for so much and so long. I would say to keep trying to help her but it comes to a point where enough is enough. You can't let it get that far where you're suffering from her addcition. To get back from her losses she should just get a regular daily job that prevents her from gambling again.

Leaving her is the worst possible thing that you can do. She became your wife for a reason. I'd say fight for it, you can help her, go to group meetings sorta like AA meetings, go to those kind of things with her and support her in the best possible ways that you can. At the same time, you can't let her gambling effect you in a negative way, you need to take care of yourself as well. Don't let it get to the point where you and your wife become bankrupt.

well if it is an addiction, she will be curving to play. so even get back normal job, the carving is still there when she finish her work and she will now even gamble bigger cause she has more cash. the key is to stop the addiction and it is gonna take for a long period of time. so u really have to be patient.

Don't do this instead help her to recover and to remove her addictions in gambling. maybe it can help if you having a vacation.
make a money from signiture campaign and save it for this december 25 and make it happy. It can help to forgot the gambling..

There is no use of helping if the person doesn't wants to get helped.
any matured mother/wife would have cared about her family and stopped this shit when it got serious or affecting .Leaving her would be a wise choice i would say as gamblers could go any lengths to gamble .

It's his wife, not just a girlfriend. Who knows how long they're married for. There's history there. Leaving her would still leave her with a gambling addiction. How is that helping?

i agreed.  it is easy to say if you are not the actual person. how is it easy to leave a person if you loved her so much and you have been with her for more than half of your life and maybe even have children etc.

Indeed just leaving her out of nowhere will not help, in fact it may put her into a depression and a downward spiral of even more gambling ruining her family as well as other people and even suicide, so you don't want to do that. She needs professional help, you can't do much by yourself other than search for this help.

she's became very addicting for gambling i think this is very difficult situation and she must have willingness to stop do a gamble because even though she regretting all behaviors it could be useless if she still do a gamble

well , I see the problem of third world mind. giving her a lecture it is not going to help her in any way other than just fooling yourself around her.
addict gamblers don't care for their's or family's life. It wont take long before she sleeps with some one who funds her addiction.
I wouldn't ask him to to carry this thing anymore.

this kind of games like bingo, lottery are wasting money games, so does keno or other similar lottery games, the house edges are high, a few people can win that, only 0.0001% lucky guys, so i never play that, i only play sports betting or blackjack, slots, which can be profitable.

oh dear,its really hurt..so many proof and story that gambling can make us poor/brooke. but i dont think gambler will afraid of this,all story like this just some of many lesson for them,i think causes of gambling is many thing,one of that is :
- because you always win or you you always lose,its make you to be anxious to do or find out big win.

I think she needs to be in a rehab for that. And accompany her for the rest of your life. I saw some posts that they ask you to leave her for just gambling addiction? Although a murderer can be rehab why only gambling addiction can't be rehab? At first she is sure to hate you for not letting her to gamble but soon or later she will understand you for sure

sorry to hear that, your wife has a very serious addiction,
maybe at first it became her hobby but when she start losing money,
instead of stopping she thought she might be able to get back what
she lost if she won the jackpot. maybe thats what trigger to your
wife gambling addiction.

My advice is to make your wife always busy. Everyday she doesn't gamble she get little further ahead. It's time for her to address this and get herself healthy. If you don't have children maybe you can move to a place where there is no "binggo"?

Very good suggestion! This is actually the best thing he can do in this situation without hurting anyone. But on first place she need to wish to quit. Otherwise everything is torture. I believe in free choice, so if she wish that more then she wish u there is no love between.
I also blame a husband for this, where was he in beggining of all that? This things doesnt happen in one day, or week...He could do something much earlier in my opinion..
After all this man need to sit and think about his life for a moment and to make some serious decisions what he gonna do.

Gambling addiction can occur when a person feels that they are in financial ruin and can only solve their problems by gambling what little they have in an attempt to get a large sum of money. Unfortunately, once a gambling addiction takes hold, breaking the habit is difficult. Hope for the change for your wife and your family.

just like the comment above you said, easier said than done, having married to someone
and maybe have some kids, leaving her doesnt solve the problem either your just
running away from it and leaving your wife alone to deal with it. she may not care about
her family but you do and her children. helping her is the best way to do, but leaving her
alone to deal with her addiction will ruin her life even more and youre just watching her
to suffer from it.

it would be sad if you do this to your wife/husband.

Are you Asian? I'm asking because bingo is very popular in Asian countries.
The reason is simple, they have nothing better to do. You have to find her a hobby that keeps her busy and the faster you do it the better for all of you.

Yeah im from asian country.
I think this is the one good idea than to leave my wife since she wants to have a business selling T-shirt and pants
But the problem is i dont have money for now to give her wish.. I will find a good job to help her..
For now i need to control her for being addicted i download free bingo apps that she can play i told her that she can earn money to play bingo on android.. But its just a joke and the money there is not true... I just give her a hobby temporarily..

It's a complicated topic just like some people are drawn to running ultra marathons really, something compels them and they feel that rush from doing certain activities. One can argue that it's all addictive behavior but the problem is that certain vices are very dangerous. For me gambling was always about having fun, but many people really think they can beat the casino and create an strategy or win back their losses. That never ever happens, so it's better to go have some fun, like you are watching a movie. You may even win money at the end!

because people love fast money, no matter how it comes

people gamble become they are looking for quick and fast ways to get rich and end up loosing what they had.

yes they dnt look the issues that come with gambling like addiction, loss, lack in confidence .. etc

Yes, you're correct but most of the gamblers still thinks they can make some money in certain games where they think no house edge. But as per me also every one will lose money in gambling if they play for long time so I usually go for betting in sports some times for fun and whether I win or lose bet but will not go for betting immediately.

Gambler story goes always as this story. I've heard and seen so many being broke because of gambling. It all started just for fun ended up being addicted to it and or trying to get back their losses until being totally broke.

People gamble like your wife for many reasons. For the majority of people, gambling is just entertainment. But for some people, it can develop into a very serious problem.  And because gambling has spread throughout the country so fast, very few of us have been educated about the risks of gambling addiction, or the signs that may indicate that they are becoming addicted. Overcoming a gambling addiction or problem is never easy. But recovery is possible if you stick with treatment and seek support.

Causes are many for gambling. Some are loans, insufficient funds for any project, addicted of easy money, urgent need of money and many more

People don't really gamble to make profit. They do because the situation makes them do that
Everyone is smart enough to know if we gamble then there is high chances that we lose

Nope. Some people do gambling because it is fun (this is for rich people) and some of them do gambling because want to make some profit. This is the reason why people do gambling the most. I think they sure and some of their friends or family affected by this but they still take the risk to play it. Some of them will win and more of them will suffer. This is called gambling but when you are in big winning and you can control youselves you will sure earn some profit there but if you can't you will be doomed

I've seen people who overestimate their luck way too much.

They lose the first run, and try to chase it back the next run.

And this is how addiction begins.

It's because they keep thinking that they have a chance to win next round, that's why they continue to keep placing their bets.
It's mostly all about self control and knowing when to stop.