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As i read many people who gambling with btc.
they looking for easy way to gain btc or even to become rich.
but some people just wasting their btc,
have some guts and confident that they will win big and bigger,
but ended with lost everything they have.
why people always trying to gambling ?
investing can be a good way to gain more but it need time.

is gambling become disease or illness that cant be cured from people mind?

lmao thats a part of gambling life sometimes you win sometimes you lost but most of the time and most of the gamblers are just ended up with losing their money . and yes it is a mental illness but not actually a disease that can kill a person  ;D ;D actually addiction to gambling is a psychological disorder i guess .

Its because of one word you've said in your post "rich". Many are dreaming that they could be rich in a short period of time. Who wouldnt want in this world to become rich in just a short period of time. They want an easy one.

Some people are genetically prone to become very harsh addicts and the ill require medical treatment in order to overcome said addiction. Thankfully tho, most people with addictions can overcome them with some willpower without any medicines involved. Addicts will always exist because it's how some people are built.

I think most of us are impatient and want to become rich/want to make quick bucks that's why we gamble lol, we want everything as quickly as possible.

yes exactly i won't denied that first time i did a gambling because i want to fast way how to earn more money although in fact i was lost my money almost if i want to start gambling and i guess people always be likes instant way even the results still questionable

Mate you answered the question yourself first and then asked the question lol

Yes its a psychological disorder not curable but manageable. Its never an easy thing to deal with.

Well everyone has some ticks. Everyone has issues. It's not easy to manage but it really is very doable. I remember how one friend told me, doesn't mean that it is SIMPLE, means that it is EASY.

The point is "gambling is so f*cking addicting"

When you win, you feel can win more and more so you gamble more but your luck is end and you lose.
When you lose, you feel need to bring back your money and you gamble again maybe win some but lose more than you win
In longterm gamble is not profitable

Gambling is neither disease nor sickness.It is shortest or fastest way for very very few to get rich quick and same for many many people to remain without of their money.It is our own greed which leads us to disastrous.Gambling is fun and entertainment for some guys those take it as art.It is not for everyone this is reality.

What I have experienced is this way when I keep winning and most of the time I succeeded to make some X times than initial amount.I just kept playing which all the times went wrong in long sessions.I think if you play limited bets and have control over yourself gambling isn't this bad or addictive.Enjoy gambling not just to become rich quickly you will feel the difference.

Gambling is an addiction probably the worse one because at the end of the day you have nothing also internet gambling doesnt have to fall in line with any government regulations.

Gambling is addictive and it takes its players to sickness.At start many people start for fun then with smaller bets.These smaller bets make way towards bigger ones.Keep practicing for longer period we got addicted to gambling and it sticks with us like disease.Everyone should be aware of this and should be clear it is not perfect way to make money in short time.

Where in terms of quick way to being broke or the opposite, you are completely right, in the subject of gambling not being recognised as a disease, you are 100% wrong.
Most psychiatrist agree, that this is regular brain disease/disorder (http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/gambling-addicts-suffer-from-brain-190668)
compulsive gambling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_gambling)

Gambling is like drugs though. Gambling can make you addicted and it's really hard to escape from gambling and i think it's like disease, you need a cure to cure that disease.

I also do agree that gambling is no different than disease or sickness.This is addictive and anything which fells in this category is like disease.I have witnessed many people which just ruined their lives and didn't succeed to quit this sickness.We can not say gambling is healthier activity or source because it has long term effects which are mot good at all.

OP has drawn all the effects and situation to prove gambling as disease.Gambling is way to get sick of mental disorder which doesn't stop there.It will disturb also your atmosphere of personal life.Gambling should be considered as disease without any doubt in my opinion as well.

I had to look this up. This is what the oxford english dictionary has to say

"A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury:

A particular quality or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people:"

Going on those definitions then degenerate gambling is a disease which kinda surprises me. I woulda thought it would be a craving or addiction.

People can learn to let it go but only if they want to. It's the getting to the wanting to part that's the impossible one. Most people are stuck on feeling that they should and always will.

Gambling addiction, also known as compulsive gambling or gambling disorder, is an impulse-control disorder. Compulsive gamblers can’t control the impulse to gamble, even when it’s hurting themselves or their loved ones.

Compulsive gamblers keep gambling no matter the consequences, even when they know the odds are against them or they can’t afford to lose.
People with gambling addiction often have other behavior or mood disorders. Many abuse substances, have ADD/ADHD, or mood disorders such as depression.
The Internet has made gambling far more accessible and harder for recovering addicts to avoid relapse. Online casinos and bookmakers are open all day, every day for anyone with a smartphone.
Gamblers can have a problem without being totally out of control. Problem gambling is any gambling behavior that disrupts your life. If you’re preoccupied with gambling, spending more and more time and money on it, or gambling despite serious consequences, you have a gambling problem. You can read full article over here : http://www.helpguide.org/articles/addiction/gambling-addiction-and-problem-gambling.htm

Gambling works like disease because its victim hurts more himself.The amazing thing is no gambler will never admit that gambling is bad harmed him and ruined him.He instead will say that his day is near when he will not only recover losses but also will be with much more he lost over the time.Gambling is sickness which over take the player fully.

Gambling has a lot of attraction and it is really hard to give up for any person, i also think we can say this without any confusion there is no chance of cure for this disease, it is more dangerous than to get addicted of drugs and that is why i also think it is disease for sure.

I agree that gambling is an addicted game, and once we addicted to this we can not easily come out from this but for this, we can not say gambling is a disease. Yes playing gambling or not is our wish we only came here to play for our fun or time pass or to make money anything. So our own risk we came here and we playing so here what is the gambling problem it made for our entertainment only but we are miss using it.

Yes some people with bad addiction disorders should get counciling and all the help they can get. Yes gambling can be a drug for some people.

Lmao . Addiction to gambling cant be considered as a disease instead it is a disorder that is controlling your mind to do something that is just making you more frustrated especially on gambling you are getting more frustrated while you are losing more of your money but it has a similarities because addiction is spreading to your mind and body .

no it is not a disease for all the people i think it is disease only for those people who are doing gambling out of their range and limit. i think we should not exceed our limit in gambling.

I think you gone a bit too far with calling gambling like that. That is gambling, you will always people who will win and lose, that is the game. We cant be all winners, that is the way things are standing.
The way you are looking at things everything can be disease or illness, its when you use something too much and forget about everything around. When you neglect all important things, and only focus is on that thing.
Be moderate in everything, and you will have no problems.

If you are gambling for fun then it can never be treated as an disease, gambling is good if you know your limitations and if you act accordingly it will not harm you.

i dont think so,gambling not disease or sickness or illness,because its can't happen to everyone,people who addicted to gambling just people who lazy to doubling their money with hardwork,they want instant way,its why i never agree if people call gambling as sickness.

One thing that became a spear and their purpose in the gambling is because they wanted a big profit in a short period of time. You know damn well everyone can get a lot of BTC in gambling in a short time, that is why many people are tempted and plunge in gambling. But the one thing they forget that is a pattern of gambling. It also makes them get the defeat in gambling

well, yes it is a disease but not for everyone.
for example there are many people who are just gambling for fun not for getting rich. so i guess you can say that gambling can turn into a disease or in other words it can turn into gambling addiction if you can't control yourself and have delusions of getting rich via gambling.

I think people who gamble and lose will feel resentment, and he will continue to try to avenge his revenge and his money back. but instead they will be more to lose money. religious forbidden gambling. Thank you

whoaa you guys answer it perfectly. Now it makes sense to me.
hope you guys have luck enough to win or bring back what you lose at.
thanks for the respons from you guys.
I rather not doing gambling before i cant stop or else

yes that's right , that is always happening to those people who are very addicted to gambling after losing so much of their money they are still trying to get back what they have lost but ended up again with a lost .  ;D ;D

I stopped gambling for good just after I lost $5 bucks to some gambling (legit) site, that's it and I would never go near gambling again.
easy peasy, thank you the admin of that site for making a such wonderful site that made me to never gamble again ever.  :D ;) 8)

Gambling become a disease when someone became addicted to it. Some gamble because they want to become rich. Their dreaming of having a better life that's why they gamble. Not every one who plays gamble wants to just have fun.

Gambling's been around probably since the beginning of money.  There were probably cavemen betting with whatever they valued back then, probably crude weapons or something.  It's like a drug, like sex, like eating.  It's all the same to your brain, basically, and that's why people gamble.  If you think you do it to follow some rational path, you're most likely wrong.  Only if you're cheating.

i think gambling is a disease which can't erase from gambler mind untill he lost his everything in gambling . usually rich people gamble with money and they enjoy this game . but every person feels he can make money instead of enjoy a game .

The problem is even gambler who has lost everything, they will still think of ways to get more money and gamble again. Losing will not stop them as it has become a habit for them. The right way is to distract them from getting too involve in gambling and expose them to other equally interesting activities.

A lot of the rich people are in debt just because of gambling. They have to borrow money from the bank in order to have money to play with. Hearing that they are rich doesn't always mean they haven't got such problems behind the scenes. Becoming rich from a few dollars is a thing that can happen maybe one in a million persons.

It's not a disease, gamblers know what they are doing, only that they have risk and staked something in gambling that is why they can't just let it go as easy as that.... With that in mind, you are always in the chase of your loses... Winning isn't actually the one that keeps you sticking to the game, since you only will feel it the first times you bet, and in the long run it is your losses that bothers you...  :)

i think you are right with gambling word " disease " . because every person who is small little greedy is looking for gamble btc . since many of them ( like me ) lost there btc fir gambling and return with only loss .
i think there is no way to quit gambling also .

Gambling can be cured but it's need to come from the gambler, its like curing an alcohol addiction, you need to stay away from environment that can trigger the gambling act, and friends and family support is the most important they can help you to avoid things that make you think of gambling

gamblers always try t play gambling games,

because it is where they ca get fun, be thrilled, be excited, be challenged and more,
and also some are always coming back to play because they are thinking that they will win,
so basically if they are not coming back for fun, then they are coming back for the money or for
the winnings that actually is hard to attain.

yeah gambling can be an illness for those who gets addicted to it, and for those who let gambling
ruin their lives especially their financial standing.

You don't have a say towards the actions of other people. If they want to burn their money, then let them. Don't feel bad or sorry for them because it was their decision in the first place. There are people on the Internet that are buying expensive useless things just because they want to, do you have a problem with that as well? If no, then you have no problem with people who has a gambling problem.

There are at least two options for viewing those cases. Yes, gamblers and shopaholics are almost the same, gamblers are addicted to gambling and shopaholics are addicted to shopping, so we can see no problem when someone is buying things he/she doesn't really need or when someone is gambling away his/her own money. But in reality such people cause troubles to their families. So IMO shopagolism also known as Compulsive buying disorder (CBD) and gambling are dangerous diseases.

I think it's not a disease, it's more like a disorder, in short, it's all in the mind just the above me forumite mention... Like maniacs, they know what they are doing, only that they give in to it. The worst part of gambling is only the addiction, that makes your losing of money fast, and the only way to prevent too much losing is to stay away from gambling.

Just consult the psychiatrist if the people cannot resist gambling so much.

That is the best way if he / she cant really control playing gambling then that is the time :D . But as long as he/she can control it then you should try to counsel him/her so that he/she will not do it again :D

most people are gambling because of the enjoyment of gambling as a game and as they call it, gambling is a fun thing to do. but there is also another group of people who think gambling is a way to get rich without any effort and they actually think if they put a bigger bet down they will win bigger too. and you can actually see the topic about it here called "if you want to win you have to make bigger bets" and this case is the sickness you are looking for and you always have to stay away from it.

Gambling is disease or illness because it will make people addicted if you can see there are lots of people are now playing gambling and lossing lots of money people try to make profit in gambling but for me it is not good when you are playing gambling and lossing money.

It really never a good thing if you are lossing frequently in gambling and it's totally awful since it can brought us to danger if we decided to still do it eventhough our wallet is drained and we've excessed to our budget in gambling, and i don't see any point that gambling really help since that tantrums is destructable for those people who's easily to get hook with it, and it could turn them into a mess if they will pursue to do so.

The main thought here is that  gambling  on excessive times would  never  do a great thing for us  but would make  more disaster on  our  lifes.  If we intend to play gambling we  must know  on how to control our selves  and we must be aware on our actions so that we dont get easily addicted  into it.

Yes, addiction must be the disease you do get due to gambling. This is not just affecting the gambler, but it will severely make the gambler's family also to suffer. That is really pathetic situation, we are encountering due to gambling addictions. Staying away from gambling must be the right way to avoid this disease.

Gambling becomes a disease for most of us because we want to get as much btc as possible in the easiest possible way. After very little time spent thinking we go to gambling as the best resource which can offer us such an opportunity (imagine winning a 13 game sport parlay with odd 2 each game) and our brain starts to think yes it can be done.

In most of the time though this ends up in a different way, in a way that we lose all of our btc and that's where we become ill of gambling. We want to get our btc back and we go deeper and deeper in darkness and that is exactly when we need help to overcome such problem.

It's dreaming and believing that we can be rich or make a lot of money with gambling that make us addicts to it.

thats true, in my opinion gambling can be easily cured you just need to seek the help of professionals

Yeah it can be easily cured,

You actually don't need t go to a professional to help you
with your addiction, since gambling addiction
is not the same as drug addiction, or any form of addiction.

what an addicted gambler should do is to limit
the amount he bet or put at stake,
limit the time he spent in the game at first,
and look for emotional support from his/her relatives.

Yes proper counselling is the best thing you need for that if you are that too addicted in gambling and you can't help yourself. You need to have medication mentally and those experts are the ones who are going to help you and give you some advice on how you are going to stop that addiction or sickness in gambling.

I think the gambling is not a disease. People will addict this gambling because of easy money. Once they start to lose their money they will control themselves so finally the end with zero balance in their wallet. This type of people will call Gambling is Disease. But if you have control over your feelings then the Gambling will not become a disease. It will help you to kill your free time.

Imo it is not a disease. It is just your brain releasing dopamine as soon as you think about gambling, giving you a feeling of satisfaction.

If it was a disease, than alcohol and sigartes would also be a disease. Rather than a disease, it is better to call it by its name and and accapt that you suffer from it: Addiction. Accepting that you are addicted is bringing you one step closer to being able to beat the addiction.

for me i think gambling is only some activity that we play continously and we don't have any other activity beside gambling and i think its not a disease. its only a bad habit that we do in over and over again, without any desire to quit and its really a bad thing for us.

the one that keep gambler return and spend their money is the greed and ego, they believed that they can win ever day and they can beat the house and they expect they will win bigger and bigger everyday, that is why their bet is getting bigger and bigger, gambling has one very bad side effect which is addiction even though its curable but to heal from gambling addiction is quite difficult, but with strong will it will possible

Gambling addiction is a disease, according to gambling commission report.

gambling is not a disease or illness they just addicted to gambling you know to win money and some other people for fun they have alots of btc they just wasting it they could just throw it away

Big agree to this it should be more of a habit/addiction because its an activity which everyone could perform but others just don't have self control. One of the things helped me control my gambling habit is to have self discipline.

In my view, People play gambling and use it for gain to earn money, because gambling is interesting way give us fun and also it is short way to get money without any hard working. So that's why majority people prefer to gambling to make money. Otherwise we all play gambling and also we all do investment, because it doesn't mean that everyone is whole depend only on gambling.

Yes, you can call it that way. Most people who are gambling with their bitcoins became addicted to it because of only one thing. Because they wanted to get back every bitcoins that they've lost that's why they are keep on pushing themselves to it because the only thing that matters to them is that they are going to win for their lost bitcoins to get it back, but did they succeed?, No, most of them lost everything because of this way of thinking that they are not gonna lose anymore. They didn't know that the house let them win in the first for them to think that they are good at it and they will not gonna lose but they are very wrong, that's why they became addicted to it.

Gambling is not a totaly disease where people are getting to much addictive on it they're are really active when it comes of money even they lose there money into gambling website they just looking for easy way to gain easy bitcoin to become rich in just one day they cant do not it is obious.

giving them an opportunity to taste the pleasure of winnings and allowed them enjoyed their stay but in a long run it will be eaten little by little first because of the house edge second the gamblers will be very more aggressive forgetting to control and just like you said thinking for faster recovery of the lost so they will keep on playing it will circulate inside the brain and always thinking of better strategy when going back it became addiction a disease which is not east to be cure.

Agree, gambling  is  not  really a  disease since its  only a game  , the disease would be the addiction that it make, which  people do gambling  on excessive times which is  really not good  when you are  hooked into it, as we all know  this would lead to huge loss on money and its not really good.

They do gambling because they wanted to be rich in no time, in short they always like to take shortcuts, but in those shortcuts they don't know the dangers that are waiting for them, maybe some of them already know but they are taking the risk just to reach the place they wanted to be. People risk their bitcoins or money because they thought that they are always lucky for this kind of thing. They are always thinking that they are gonna win but the truth is they are not. Why? Because the house will never let that thing happens that players will always win. They are just letting them win in the first place for them to be addicted to it and thinking that they are always gonna win in this game. Most of them lost everything they have because of this childish thought that they will going to get back the bitcoins or money that they've lost but they lose even more and more and they ended up with so much debts to pay just because of this.

Gambling is not disease from my opinion because it mostly depend on us what we want from it. The big problem is in our mind when want to make fortune with the help of gambling overnight. Gambling turned into nightmare when we are rely on it and take this as way of living and start thinking we can win huge amount from it.

gamble to gain money but leading to an addiction and some people mad because gamble sometimes causing financial damage and that time gambling could considered as a disease , they gamble like have lost their mind. they didn't think properly anymore etc.

its a disease when everything turns to addiction i think thats common to most gambler at first they treated gambling just for sake of fun then after several wins they treated it as a easy bread and butter ways to earn so from that addiction will start without realizing that the happy days are past quickly and losing streak is approaching very fast ruined the life of gamblers including his wealth and families its a disease thats needed real attention to be cured by the help of professionals or your love ones together with your self will.

I agree gambling is not a disease; from the definition:


it is a mere action where you take risk while doing something and hoping allfor luck or chance to win  from it.  Anyway if you are hooked on gambling which we called addiction then that will be the time that it is a sickness/disease.  in short gambling is not a disease but  gambling addiction.

Gambling is disease only for those people who became addicted, otherwise i never and ever say that even i don't like to hear that gambling is disease. Because basically gambling made for fun and entertainment but it become disease when we whole depend on it and think that only gambling give us money and play it on daily basis without think that we can afford it or not.

I agree that Gambling is disease, but only those who play for money. Yes, those who play for money they will addict this gambling very quickly and in the end that addicted gambler life will be very painful. So just take gambling as a game, and play this gambling just for fun and entertainment purpose.

the funny thing is that people try to gamble when they have difficulties in getting money. However, gambling itself is actually destroy your money. The chance of winning is a false hope as the game is already designed to make people lose in the long run. So the more you want to gamble to get more money, the more you will lose the money.

But, over time every gambler is getting gambling addiction regardless of whether he is going for gambling to make money or gambling for entertainment. So, gambling must be a disease for every gambler as everyone will get addictions at certain point in their gambling life.

Gambling is not an actual disease. gambling was originally a place that gives it to temporary pleasures, but after a lot of people who play gambling be interpreted by most people. So the game is transformed into something the competition where the game lots of cheating

yeah, it can be a disease i guess.

gambling addiction is very dangerous because it makes the person rely on gambling as their main source of income. they believe that gambling can make them rich. and because of this belief the more they wager, the higher the bet, the higher the risk because they believe they will have a higher return. and why not, it's tempting. maybe they heard stories from someone that a certain someone hit the jackpot, or somebody got rich from gambling this and that. but not anybody can be a winner.

and you have a point in investing. it may be unstable and may take time but it can bring profit in the long run. i guess some people don't just have that kind of patience.

if someone starts gambling thinking it as their main source of income then i would call them the biggest fool and a lazy cow because he cannot go for normal job ;D ,if anyone is planning to become an instant millionaire through gambling it is just a myth,if that is so easy you could see many millionaires around the world

Yes Bro Gambling Is Like a illness Of Mind Which Will Ruin the Person's Life Who is Doing Gambling....
He Will Lose More than he Invest In Gambling And According To me No One Become Rich With Gambling....
If Gambling Made Someone Rich then The Person Will Be Rich For a Short Term and Then He Will Be Poor and Poor Again.......
So I Suggest That Gambling is Shit Game Based On Pure Luck and I Suggest Everyone That Stay Away From Gambling Like Poker, Roullete.....