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Many of us have in some part of our life gambled our money/coins. Sometimes we win huge and sometimes we bust it all. We all have our reasons to gamble. For many, it is financial stress, for many its a hobby and for many its an addiction.

But when we gamble much, we justify ourselves that we are just trying to win and not addicted. But many of us know, that at some point we really do become addicted to it.

We always set a goal of winning and then even when we achieve it, we continue to gamble and gamble leading to bust of all balances sometimes.

However, many types of research and statistics show, that most gamblers gamble responsibly. I find this really contradictory to what I have experienced and observed.

I have played on many casinos and at one point I was really addicted to it and I busted much daily. I wanted to leave it entirely only to get attracted to it again. So, I picked up certain habits;

• I set a fixed amount I will wager no matter if I lose or win.
• I set a fixed amount of winnings after which I stopped gambling no matter even if I think I can win more.
• The moment I busted or wagered or won my daily cap, I closed the site immediately and opened YouTube, played a movie/song I liked and drank a cup of coffee relaxing my mind.
• If the temptation arises too much, I open a charity website immediately and donate a part of my winnings and pray a bit. The satisfaction sometimes overweighs the temptation and helps me calm.
• If the temptation still doesn't go away, I open the casino site and play with zero amount bets or with the faucet to calm the desire.
• After that I close my computer and go out, convert my coins to cash, give some to homeless people on street, buy myself a coke/snacks and play a sport or exercise.
• After a tiring time, I come home and study and then eat and sleep. Not opening the computer till next day.

My advice is if you think you are addicted, don't try to leave it completely because it will attract you more. Try to limit it and divert your mind to a variety of hobbies and topics :)

Do share your strategies and efforts on how you control it and limit it if you are addicted :P

This should be on Gambling discussion (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=228.0).

Every gambler must play responsibly and it possible to some gamblers but impossible to addict gambler. I don't gamble that much nowadays as I only gamble when there a tournament for Dota 2. I do esports gambling now and left the conventional online casino as it makes me gamble every day. I find esport gambling much more convenient for me that regular gambling.

Now it is in gambling section, maybe OP moved the thread to here after you replied.

There are few factors we keep on need to discuss and follow it. In that Addiction, avoiding greediness and following useless odds alone. If you keep understand how handle these things then possibly we can make money on gambling. Else we need to consider it as myth alone.

If you take gambling as a fun then it is possible that you can gamble responsibly. If you are addicted in gambling then it would be difficult to control yourself and things can often go out of control.

The convenience of each gambler will certainly be different, there is a gambler who is comfortable playing esport and there is also a comfortable playing dices. So that is the right of each gambler. A gambler must be able to choose the right way because then a gambler will not get pressure that can damage his life. So let's think smart and choose according to the abilities and comfort of each person.

Leaving is not easy when you are addicted, and I can tell that based on my experience.
Glad my addiction is not that serious, until now I am still gambling and I am enjoying it, you know I don't win most of the time but it's okay
as I have learned and have some improvement now, not in winning but the amount to loss, I'm proud to say I'm not losing like usual.

It is possible.

It is all about self control. I'll admit you'll need a bit of luck too but it is mostly about controlling yourself. If you gamble every day with the %10 of your total wealth, you can't expect to survive in the long run. It is against math.

If you keep it way smaller, now you are playing responsibly.

Every one of us has a perspective way of gambling habit, there are some others that they gamble it is because for fun and some are hunting a profit which probably turns into addiction. So, it should be us to gamble responsibly and the best thing to do is having a self-limitation regarding gambling habits. For me, I do usually gamble if I have spare of a fund in my wallet but if not I better to watch my friend is in a casino and help him to apply my strategies. If my friend had won might be got a tip. :D

Let's put it this way. Smoking has always discouraged. On the pack you the warning says,
"Smoking seriously harms you and others around you"


What I mean is that it's both possible and myth too. It needs a strong mental reason to give up.

We all know that gambling is fun. Why would earning money not be fun, right?

Why do people look at it like these? Gamble for fun? I mean there are a lot of other things that can give you fun or happiness and what gambling can give you is money, well for some money is happiness. But in the idea of gambling, I don't think it can suit as a game for happiness. We gamble to earn money, some say that, ok I will gamble to forget the stress, to have fun but unconciously, they want to gamble to earn money.

In my own point of view when a person justify himself/herself to try to win is not a sign that a person is addicted in gambling instead it is an attitude of being a greedy person because the greedy person is only aiming to win and win more money or coins and it is also the reason why greedy person lose all their funds.

This is an example of attitude of being a greedy gambler. Why not stop if you already achieve the goal you have set?, greediness can also lead to being addicted in gambling because the gamblers selfish desire to earn or gain money is getting intense.

The main idea of this topic is "self control", once we are able to control our gambling activity based on our own limit then we are gambling responsibly already. Getting addicted is a side effect, but it can be avoided as long as we are sticking to our own limit.
Once you think you are addicted then leave it step by step or leave it completely are the same. It depends on our own will and mentality, uf we think we shoud stop it then just leave it completely.

It is possible to gamble responsibly if you can control yourself and be satisfied with that you got and how much you earned. Some people are happy winning $50, it means a free lunch and some drinks. Others are aiming for $50.000 and then they complain why it didn't work and that they were so close!

A friend of mine likes sports betting and he bets on over 1.5 goals in football matches. For some reason that's one of his favourite bets. So he puts 15-18 matches on a slip and usually losses. In many cases he lost only because of one goal in one match! But the probability of getting all 15 matches right is very low and he doesn't seem to understand that.   

gambling for profit and gambling for fun are both different  . these are two types of gamblers  ,the one that gamble for fun dont mind if they loose while the one that gambles for profit will do everything in order for them to win and they will regret if ever their expectations failed them  .  other activities cant just provide the same exact feeling on what they would feel when they are already playing  a gambling  but these kind of gamblers are not exempted from addiction .

I do the same strategy as what you are doing OP. But I do not give money to the homeless or beggars on the street. I do not think it is wise thing to do.

There are times when the urge is too much, so what I do is I gamble one time, big time. I put all the coins I have on the casino on a single bet. If I win, I spend it all. If I lose, at least I satisfied the itch to gamble. This way I do not spend too much time gambling and lessen the risk of me getting addicted to gambling. Works for me for quite some time now.

I admitted that it is a good strategy for every gambler, and we should try what the OP suggests. Making a limit could help us to gamble, but we still need to control our mind so we can leave the gambling place without a problem. I do the same things as the OP because I know when I was playing gambling, I risk some money and I don't have to expect to get a win but if somehow I can win then it's only a bonus for me and I need to stop the game.

The point it is hard to admit yourself addicted. Just like with other types of addiction, like drugs, you say to yourself "I'm not addict. I can stop it in any moment". But in fact such people just going deeper. I am agree with the OP that limitation can hold any of us in normal frames. But again, it is just one step from normality to addiction.

Responsible Gambling can also be describe as PLAY FOR FUN or for ENTERTAINMENT Purposes.

Being a responsible gambler is the hardest thing do, Once you tasted your first winnings you will not stop until you went back to ZEROES. Its a common trait of any human being to be a greedy when it comes to playing in a casino. No matter how many warning signs is posted in every casino platform.

It's always good to start at a small steps, you are brave enough to realize that you are already addict on gambling and planning to do everything just to get out on that trap.

I can't give any good advice since I'm not addict on gambling but I think you just really need to control yourself at first and set limit on every gambling decisions. Despite of your big losses you must still compose yourself and focus on what you have set before playing. Addiction is curable, you have to work on it and have someone to help you more on this.

I like it more when the game is viewed not as an investment, but as entertainment. Investment involves earnings. And the gambling are more like entertainment. Like going to a restaurant: spent a certain amount of money and enjoyed it.

If you think gambling is your fun it will give the complete entertainment and fun moments and if you totally things it will be a important where money making then for the people it will totally give that tension and pressure only to get addicted and make their life to a very poor situation.

In gambling the responsibility is not very higher if we are take it very lite it will always comfortable for us otherwise if we are doing it with the pressure and tension of making the money it will always been difficult.

For me it's simple that my efforts to control myself during gambling is i never consider gambling to making money, never curious to recover my lost, don't ever gamble if you need money and only gambling for fun and until today my efforts to avoid addicted was success that i can gamble without fear being an addicted

A lot of us go in with those rules in our mind but its completely different when you start losing and get emotional.  You become desperate to win that money back and you keep saying just one more!

I think every gamblers should really take their own responsibility and limitations because gambling has a lot of consequences that you will meet in every bet that you will do, that is why you should always be careful in your every decision and always have a self-control when you gamble. Being responsible in gambling is not that hard, as long you don't gamble to gain more profit because these is the reason why people get addicted and being greedy to it from earning easy money. Gambling (https://vegascasino.io/casino/video-slots/stellar-spins?utm_source=cc-ss) is really an entertainment and for pastime, that is why always think in your every bet.

There are a lot of consequences in gambling, that is why you need to learn how to have self-control and limitations in betting your money.

This is a very shitty way to advertise for your casino by hiding links on the post  :-\. It is very easy to tell to have "self control", but in reality it is actually quite hard to have that self control when gambling. It is not always about "not gambling for more profit'. There are people who also keep gambling to chase their losses too! This is where they start deviating from their goals and ends up either being a gambling addict or extremely poor.
If you think gambling is only for entertainment and passing your time, then just gamble with fake virtual currencies!

For a gambler to gamble responsibly; it must be discipline on the part of the gambler, so, its possible if s/he apply discipline. I for-instance, before move to any gambling platform, i do set aside some funds which are strictly meant for the family use, just to avoid over spending in the process of gambling. Also, gambling responsibly means; gamble with what you can afford to loose.

I don't get where are you heading here.
 
You are saying that gamblers that are gambling for fun and profit are different, well it is true that it is different but saying that they are fine or don't mind losing that is not fun at all. I mean, put yourself on that gambler, you gamble for fun and you are losing a lot of money, that is fine with you? If you are gambling for fun, and you are losing where is the fun at that? Please answer me. I don't get it.

That's the way on how you think of it. If you to go restaurant, then you already have at the back of your mind that the money you spend of  lunch cannot be recovered and you bought the food for it.

Gambling is something different. We invest in gambling only to Win from it and have fun too. If there was only loss in gambling, i think very few people will play it only for fun.

You need it when you really need it. I am saying these because not all of the gamblers are addicted to gambling, to bet their money based on their luck or skill or knowledge and that also means you need to have self-control. If you are a responsible gambler, you know when to stop, you know when to make a huge bet and you know if it is a good time to gamble or not.

in gambling possibly the responsibility are very higher because we don't have the chances of getting success many times so if we are investing in gambling we need to be more responsible Adaalat so I think it will be much important.

It will be good if a lot of people think about that. But we can't resist if some others do their daily earning from gambling. Maybe they can get win, but risk of lose and we lose all our money always hide behind it.

I agree with you in the aspect that we all have different reason why we keep on gambling but in the area of justifying ourselves that we are just trying to win and not addicted with the part of keep on waging after we reach our goals is what I don't agree because we really people sees gambling as a way buying themselves some fun and if they win it a bonus for them.
Concern addiction, the person who's first need to agree that he's addicted, willing to forgive himself and ready to make correction.

I don't get the logic behind people considering gambling a form of investment. It does not compute in my head.
Gambling is also not categorized as entertainment. It's more like a form of recreational activity that feeds the obsessive-compulsive subconscious desires in a human mind. Would that be effectively described as a form of entertainment? Maybe not.

You gamble, you win, brain is fed dopamine by your body. If you lose, your body loses some hair on your head. Can it be done responsibly? Depends on who's gambling. Anyone with a OCD would find it very hard to do so.

Was suppose to say the same thing too about inserting that shitty gambling link  ;D
This is why we do see that gambling is a profitable business because the cycle of chasing losses is there always. Being addicted to gambling is the result of having no self control or self awareness. Before doing any gambling be sure that you do always limit yourself and dont go overboard.

you can limit it if indeed you carry limited money. different stories when we have set limits but there is still money in the wallet, then the game will definitely continue.

I agree that losing isn't fun but you don't have to gamble a lot of money to have fun. You can have fun while gambling with a lot of money but you're more focused towards profiting than having fun since you're gambling so much money. You can do both but one is always higher than the other and it  will show based on your gambling activity.

No matter how hard you try to gamble for fun only, it is simply not possible. The main reason for this is that at the back of your mind, you have money in your mind. Even if your intention is not to win but still you have a fear of loss.

This fear of losing money will not let you enjoy gambling at full strength.

Being responsible is really possible depending on the peoples strong mindset. Those people who are getting addicted are usually those greedy ones. Even they have an alloted fund for gambling on that particular day, they usually end up using even their other funds. But for us who reaaly went there for fun, we take full responsibility of our actions.

That's bullshit. One can gamble with a point system that has no relation to money.
Gambling in itself has no connection to money.

The desire to win in a gambling match stems from primeval instincts.

You see back when we were cavemen, we had to protect out cave from other cavemen or other tribes. We spent days and months and sometimes years gathering things that we thought belonged to us rightfully, so naturally when other cavemen took those things we reacted by becoming violent and by regaining the property that was stolen from us.

With modern gambling, addiction stems from that same feeling and sense of losing what we think rightfully belongs to us, we respond by becoming aggressive or by increasing the odds and stakes and end up losing more - its a vicious cycle actually, that has nothing to do with money.

But the moment you switch your thinking where you admit that the money that you want to gain was never yours, right then and there you would disconnect from the cycle.

I disagree, it's possible to have fun with gambling for example you could go gamble with your friends but if you're not ready to lose money then it'll be difficult for you to have fun.

Other examples are contests,betting pools,etc my point is if your purpose is to have fun and you fail then you're not looking at gambling in a different way.

yeah the study is ideal and not really the actual expectation you will get from a gambler though some may apply the principles yet many belong to which they became addicted. Winning is the real reason why one always want to bet because they want to win. And as much as they want to win they will going to lose it since it is gambling. But then there are other online casino betting that let you win and lose depending on your luck. So just take some time to research for a good online betting casino. Play, win and enjoy!

I think everything has been explained about gambling, and the idea about involvement of money was too difficult to figure out. We should think of how to control our habitual activities which relate to gambling itself. Although some people have an aggressive manner in playing gambling, but we do have a reponsibilies in a certain aspects which gambling was concerned.
If you had more times that you'd likely lost during gambling possession, recovering your amount of crypto is considered a serious responsibility. That's always possible to happen, because if you don't have efforts to cover up that mess nothing will happen but you'll tend to fail along the process.

Your methods are great. It works a bit like trading cryptocurrencies, you have to have a strategy and follow it through, matter what. Your methods could be helpful to addicts too. All addicts need fun alternatives otherwise things won't just disappear like that.

Maybe we could ask them what experiences make them very happy aside gambling, then we could recreate the experience for them as long as it is beneficial experience.

Another good point. Small regular wins (if possible) is enough unless the wins are insignificant to the gamblers. The gambling thing is a bit similar to crypto trading or maybe it is just a general success formulas that may work in most areas of life

Personally I just gamble only for fun because gambling will make you loss eventually and consider profit as the bonus.

Gambling responsibly ?
Yes, it's possible if the people themself are mature enough to think with rational !

You can just stop or be addicted.

Okay the fixed amount to lose will really happen but the fixed amount when you are winning is impossible.
When you win you always want more. Greed is glued to humans and there is no cure for that.

Losing though can stop you from betting again because you have nothing to bet with.
Then, that is the time you will think if you should just stop or keep on. Betting again after you receive your monthly salary.  ;D

The game with responsibility is not a myth, it is a reality, but it all depends on the personality level of a person, according to the books, what they emphasize most is that the player has a clear control over the value of money and that all the money It can not be wagered, only a small part.

When you compare the game with trading, according to a very famous speculator named Jesse Livermore, every time he won he withdrew half of his earnings to enjoy that money, not to leave everything at stake, he has to feel the money earned due to his effort , the same must be applied to the game, at the moment of winning a withdrawal of at least half of their profits must be made, and so in a psychological way see the value of the effort. This is largely due to responsibility, and to have control over the actions in the game.

Correct, this is mostly what I have done. I occasionally gamble when I have some spare of money from my salary but if I don't have then stopped in gambling. You can stop being an addiction if you consider the fact that money is a very important thing that you won't waste anytime. Unless if you have a lot of 'em then go and gambling as what you want. I think that is possible to stop addiction by having control of self or self-discipline.

Definitely yes! Gamblers should always have their own limits so that addiction will be avoided. Although it's really hard to leave gambling even for a short time but if you think you are already losing too much, then it's really time to move on. Do not let gambling controlled yourself, you should set limits for yourself.

True, gambling responsibly really exists but it will depend on each person on how to handle it. If we are able to control our minds by not overreacting when we face bad luck or good luck, never try to risk the amount that exceeds our limits and cash out once we are lucky, I think we will be safe. Even though we do gambling regularly but if we have a stable plan and continue to follow it, it will be fine. The other important thing is, gambling isn't just about money. We must manage our time too. Don't let gambling steal most of our time which can certainly damage our main activities in our real life.

Even people cashout their earnings made from the gambling are still tempted to make money so they will come again and will lose more and it is the reality.

We don't have to consider gambling for making money but when we made some of it don't get more greedy. :)

Gamble responsibly is implemented in almost all Fiat casinos and is being implemented gradually in crypto casinos.It helps as a reasonable person can set the limits to play offered by gamble responsible program of the casino, it works as once activated you cannot deactivate it yourself, you have to ask the help desk and they will go thoroughly before reactivating it so it is possible.

Being obsessed in winning is a sign that you are addicted to gambling. No matter how you say that gamblers are trying to win but when losses piled up, these is where obsession comes in and takes control of your habit. You will get addicted to gambling if you are too obsessed in winning even if you lose a lot.

I get your point here, but there's also people/gamblers who can manage to follow this process, it's a practice that they enjoyed doing this activity,
the more they control their emotions the more they seen the enjoyment around, we already read lots of things about misfortune due to a gambler
greediness, instead of cashing out and enjoy, there's some who continue or comeback and loses everything again.

Yes think like a chinese gambler, Small win everyday is big win every month :D That is the common strategy of chinese gamblers in real life casino. No matter how small, A win is a win.

There also some cases wherein people develop addiction to something since it provide entertainment and satisfiy their hunger/need for it. I doubt that despite viewing something as a form of entertainment, there is always the risk of losing control and ultimately succumbing to addiction.

The only way to totally address addiction problem or at least prevent it is to replace the act with something that is recreational. Maybe instead of gambling or any other hobby, you can try engaging in the community or by doing service work.
Lastly, the first step towards change will always start at yourself. Without the strong will, determination, and patience, change would be futile.

Responsibility is when you do have complete control of yourself no matter what the situation but the way i see it at you. You did a good job of allowing yourself to slowly forget gambling, it's like you are slowly moving on. If you are going to find some psychiatrist i think this is the same that they will tell you too. Addiction is not that easy to forget, it's just like you are moving on from heartbreak.

Indeed, when we are in gambling we know our responsibility. Controlling our selves is not an easy way there, once we have loose once I'm sure we continued coming back and this concept would be our mind. How could I chase my lost?
So, in gambling, we have our own responsibility on this and it is possible that we can manage it.

Well,  most things that are fun also involve money... so I don't understand what you really mean by it is hard to gamble for fun only. People spend a lot of money to get drunk, smoke, and have fun.

It's not only your advice. It's a common knowledge every psychiatrist will tell you when you go to rehab. An addict deprived of the source of addiction will think only about it and will be unable to focus on work or anything else. For this reason drug addicts are getting drug substitutes first.

I never had a problem with fighting addiction. I'm so focused on my daily routine that I'm always able to control my cravings. I do stuff like gambling, alcohol, drugs, caffeine, sugar, but never cross the line with any of them.

Gambling responsibly is possible for everyone. It is only a matter of decision.
Every men has an ability to control themselves just that many fail to do this or perhaps do not pay much attention to that aspect until they become addicted and this is mainly because of greed.

I have been gambling for over 5 years now, I try to as much as I can not to become addicted, there are times I find out am about starting addiction and I just learn to limit the time I spend on gambling each day. The strategies the OP listed above can also be helpful.

Indeed, a gambler needs pure commitment with his plans when it comes to gambling.
Because if he will not stick to those plans, he will find himself addicted again and really hard to go back to where you started.
Being a responsible gambler is very possible for everyone. You are fighting with your own self in this battle.

Some people can do it well. most taoi cannot take responsibility properly. when we play gambling, a lot of temptations arrive. that's why the importance of self-control, every gambling player must be able to ensure that they can avoid bad things, without that ability they will not get a good future.

I think it's still very individual task, from the very first moment you have to forget that you'll profit, gambling while on financial stress is the worst thing to do because you'll lose current finances too.
Just say no to it, if you continue, you'll go deeper, better to stop where you are in stuck and try to come back, I know it's not so easy as I say but I repeat again, it's very individual, not everyone has high self control.

This is the reason why many gamblers failed because they can't fight the temptations. Most of us are weak and there is no denying that fact. The number of strong-willed individuals are small. This is why gambling industry continues to grow like mushrooms.  ;D

I don't see why this wouldn't be possible as long as you are a responsible person. It's useless to create all kind of limits to yourself and your money if you are not responsible enough to respect them so if you know that you are not that type of person then better stop wasting your time trying all kind of strategies to gamble responsibly. You have to decide if you are or not a responsible person.

That’s absolutely right mate,I totally agreed on that since there's different people in gambling and some of them are just considering this field as enjoyable way of playing,and others consider this as source of income they are he people who gamble for living and this for me is not really advisable because gambling always rely on luck and not skills

Thats the problem as gambling is addicting specially to people that has a low control on their emotions,and this is not easy to resist

I don't think we should set goals of how much we desire to make as a gambler because gambling is a very risky venture and going into it without adequate knowledge on the risk involved and how we can be addicted to it is more disastrous than investing itself!  Never ever put money you cannot really afford to lose and you are good to go.

I agree with that, it is your responsibility to take moderation in anything might distract you or will make you addicted like in gambling we can say that at some point we can see this only for entertainment but once it already catch your attention and it fed the gap between you and your boredom it is impossible at some point to control ourselves, moderation is the key. Balancing the things that we love and the things that we should do may seems to be hard since it is part of our nature to seek for happiness, take gambling as conventional activity not a habitual one. That is what I usually do in  Vegas casino (https://vegascasino.io/promotions/st-patricks-day?utm_source=stpatricksday) I required myself to manage the time I a lot in online gambling to prevent any excessive attention I give into it.

That's why they loss, without discipline would not make you safe in gambling, yes, we loss but we can control the risk if we are responsible.
Without discipline will lead to addiction and when addiction gets in your system, it would make you destroy your own self.
We can prevent these if we know the risk, then we take proper actions.

safe ? gambling has never been safe because gambling is known to be the riskiest game on earth due to its complete randomness  . undisciplined people do also won as soon as thier luck strikes but eventually they can also loose all what they earn given that they dont have a self descipline to stop  . @op  gambling responsibility  is not a myth but rather its true . we can obtain it on our selves as long as we are willing  . though it can be a big myth to some because they tend to be iresponsible when it comes to playing a gambling game .

Many people are a trap in the gambling industry, and we are seeing more addicting people on gambling. I thought that in the first time we are a responsible person but after we play more than 5 times and we can add more experience in the gambling games, we are losing the responsibility for our money and finally, we are losing money.

I think there are a lot of gamblers that could responsible for their act, but I admit its kind of hard to stock to the commitment and the limit tgat we set, when I win more than my limit, my mind will ask me to play again, and I think if you're addicted you should completely leave the game, dont make any trigger that could make you fall back into the addiction

I supported what you said because setting a certain goals of the amount ones will win in gambling will literally lead to greed which will make ones addicted to gambling. This is why people who cannot control his greed level or accept losses should not gamble.

Still possible to play responsibly and know their limits upto how much they can lose for gambling those are called professional gamblers or someone who is gambling for too long and too often but main intention of gambling don't have to be money making when we want to gamble responsibly or we will get addicted at some point as you mentioned.

Temptations that needed to keep away when you are in this activity, when you win you should act correctly, quitting and enjoying should be the first thing in mind, being greedy will keep you stay and suffer more addictions so setting a good limits and follow it will be your tools to avoid doing this mistakes out from your gambling activity.

I don’t want to believe there’s anyone without self-control, I think there are just people who allow emotions control them and it now becomes difficult to control themselves on the game. How is the gambler who cannot control himself in gambling able to control himself in other things like having multiple women, because there are gamblers that have discipline in other areas of their lives but when it comes to gambling, they become weak.

The reason is because they have allowed the game enter deeply into their being as a result of time they might have probably spent on the game and with time, it will now be hard to control themselves on the game.

Gambling responsibly is like smoking responsibly - you don't get your ass bitten off immediately right now but somewhere further into the future. The more responsible you are the greater the delay would be that you might not be even alive by then to feel it!  ;D

Absolutely yes, those who can gamble responsibly are those who have full control on themselves. If a responsible gambler want to gamble, he/she make the gambling entertainment or fun, unlike many gamblers who their sole aim is to make huge profit instead of them gamble responsibly.

I don't see it that way.

Gambling is a risk on your finances, while smoking is on your health.
Whatever you do in smoking, everything could result to damage of your health, however gambling could not be a risk if you will just play for fun
and also if you have the discipline to be able to resist temptation.

Actually no one gambler want to be addicted, and by nature no one is gambler. Playing and playing and spend all time with gambling this is a over wait of gambling and then gambler become addicted. I realize sensitive and weak mind person very soon become addicted. But in the end, we have no proper answer how could we manage ourself with gambling. Only one thing i realize, we don't play gambling everyday. 

The impact is equally bad if you don't manage it well. but in my opinion smoking have a worse effect, even though you reduce the intensity, the influence remains same in your old age. but different from gambling, if you manage money well, gambling will not destroy you, thats truly responsible is..

I agree this is possible to some gamblers that are not addicted in gambling especially who are very responsive to their income or budget in their everyday lives, for sure they will not going to take risk their income for their family just because they want to gamble. It can really be possible to gamble responsibly because I do believe I am one of them.  ;D

We are only responsible for our personal lives if we are smoking. But in gambling, we could get a big responsibility to all of what we have including our family because when we are losing everything, we can lose our family too. I already read that one family is broken because of gambling and their children gets a broken home too and now they are in hard situations. We don't want to see our family got a problem because of what we did in the gambling, right?

I believe so.A gambler has all the chances to be responsible enought if he choses it to make it happen.Because i believe that it's just a matter of self-discipline for a gambler to control his emotions not to be addicted with it.If a gambler always thinks his family first before gambling,then he might still gamble but in a moderate way.

Why do we have to even consider it as a myth when there are so many responsible gamblers out there? Yeah there are also plenty of addicted gamblers who makes a bad image out of gambling but there are also a lot who knows how to gamble healthily. No pressure, ni regrets, just fun to waste away extra time and money and nothing else.

In my opinion, you can never win all the time in gambling even if you call it a responsibility. Winning in gambling is a myth like probability a mystery. You do not understand it at all and you cannot make sure you would win in a particular game because it is a random chance and that means that you would either win or loose. Making it an obligation or responsibility will just make you a one degree more serious.

The main idea should be this. Gamble any amount you can lose, if that amount is gone because of loss, stop gambling. If you think that you have gathered an amount of profit that satisfies you, then stop gambling. That's just simple responsibility when it comes to gambling.

I think it is very possible to gamble responsibly if we can control the time we spend on each gambling site. Much time spent on a game is what lead to addiction and overtime the gambling industry have realized that most gamblers have been able to control their time, that’s the reason  some research have been able to show that most gamblers gamble responsibly.

The only people who struggle with addiction are those who cannot control the time they spend playing a game, no matter how interesting a game may be, we should be able to stop at some point since we know there are still many other days to play because it is the length of time that will affect players emotion and then they now find it hard to have self control, that’s where addiction starts.

I think it's possible to smoke so irregularly without dying of lung or throat cancer, like how my grandma only smoked tobacco rarely. Same with gambling, if you only gamble small "nibbles" on your finances, you might not go broke.

Of course some people don't know how to do this and they are the ones who live to regret their decisions.

That's the right idea, it's easy to follow that principle is a gambler has a discipline, if not, it's gonna be useless.




Do have a written plan so you can make a decision right away, learn when to quit when winning or losing.

Human thinking is too complicated to take this simple task,so it will agitate us to do more even if we are not planned for it just like when we won on gambling and decided to stop with that but our greediness will come into play and ask for more money which can leads to total loss.

Both of you are right, but unfortunately, the greediness still following us and give another temptation to us no matter if we are win or lose. The greediness will not stop for tempting us to continue gamble and always said the next chance would be your victory.

But for a gambler who can always control his self, the greediness cannot tempt him because he always knows that playing gambling is for fun only and if the time is come to him to stop, he will end the game right away.

As a gambler and before you enter this industry you should know that, as I read a comment here you should have a "self-moderated". It means you can possibly control your self from greediness and chasing a lot of money on gambling which not advisable to tolerate your self in that kind of behavior. Just gamble and have fun, that's it.

You don't win but at least you don't loss more than you can afford to lose.
Gambling for fun and gambling for profit both requires discipline, this could make you succeed by not losing more than you can afford to lose or for those who wants profit, they can succeed with discipline. We just have to choose which fit on our purpose, as we cannot pursue the profit if we don't have the skills.

100% agreed on you mate,because in everything we do in life Discipline is the most important thing to treat each of our actions.and this includes gambling because in this area of profiteering if we don’t consider being disciplined all that we do will only turns to failure..i responsible gamblers know how to control his emotion in ever step of the way when engaged in gambling and that is what we called discipline

Both of you made good points. Gambling can also affect the health of gamblers a little damaging in the form  addiction

Gamblers have to be responsible  for the sake of health and finance.

In any type of investment we need to be more responsible so gambling is also known as the good investment considered by the people nowadays so I think if you want to play for your life you will definitely need to be more responsible and carefully otherwise it will be a hard situation for you.

Gambling has really have a bad effect into the emotion of every gambler in the long run because we are being greedy as time goes by. Gambling may not be the exact reason to be broken but if you don’t know how to control it, it can eat your whole body and makes you mode weak.

True. Gambling if not properly controlled may misled us and will make our own lives miserable in the end. So if you want to gamble, make sure you know how to control your emotions from not becoming too greedy which will definitely put you into a worst situation. But honestly, i also see people who are really good in gambling and are able to gamble responsibly.

That’s right. Whether gambling for fun or for money, if there’s no discipline, it will still lead to disaster because some people who are suffering from addiction today started by only playing for fun. Some never imagined it will get to a point in their life they would become so addicted to the game but if only it was controlled at the beginning.

If everyone can apply discipline in playing gambling, there will be no stories of how someone got ruined by playing gambling. So the idea is for whatever reason we gamble, weather for fun or for money, we have to apply discipline from the onset of the game and never gamble what we cannot afford to lose.

Addicted to gambling is one of the topic that is widely discuss here and because of this we always tent to respond by calling gambling a bad thing or an evil investments.  Op has really advice us on what to do if we are addicted to gamble and that is keep playing but reduce the number of your involment and you are good to go.

Its a common topic that always been brought up in any gambling ann thread, We don't really know if this is a legitimate concern since most of us are still playing on way or another.

Many people already given their voice and suggestion but in reality we are not taking these words seriously.

Until we don't harm others gambling isn't a evil thing. People out of emotional stress due to the loss happened with gambling sometimes go out of control to the extreme and harm the people next to them. This is the evil thing with gambling, if one is spending his money and losing he should have the mind to accept it.

You have a good point because many times people just think it’s only those who gamble for money that gamble without discipline but the reality is anyone can actually gamble irresponsibly. In short it is possible that the highest numbers of gamblers who play without discipline are the so called gamblers that play for fun. Too much of fun can also lead to addiction, or why do we drug and sexual addiction. They all happen out of fun.

Addiction works with time. Those that spend too much time playing the game will someday become addicted so it’s better for every player to play moderately. Let’s always have it at the back of the mind that spending too much time on a casino site is wrong. Set alarm on how many hours we wish to spend each day.

We take risks for ourselves. The important thing is that we can still maintain a family situation and we can provide what they need. Gambling is a fun thing for someone who is right to use it, but please be careful of people who cannot exercise good control. Dare to do so we must be prepared to be responsible.

The good thing about gambling is that other people do not get harm if we play gambling. In case of win, it is the gambler who gets benefits and in case of loss too it is the gambler who gets the pain. It is one activity or game which directly effects the user itself who is playing.

When money is their motivation for playing then why they need to care about these advice.Gambling can cause losses and it need to be accepted by the players or they are not fit for gambling and eventually will suffer from serious losses if they continue to gamble.

It's possible to gamble responsibly, except for those that are major addicts.
BTW, I found an interesting blockchain gambling platform.
Faireum.io

I would say that gambling responsible is quiet impossible. It is just like asking a woman to give birth to a baby without experiencing labor pain. I think the game have been made in a way that self-control hardly works no matter how hard we try.

I have tried to setting aside a certain amount to wager but I end up adding more, there’s just this temptation to gamble more, before I started receiving trolls of those who would tag me a greedy gamer, please note that this is not about playing for money, I actually play for entertainment, even though I always desire to make money, but the interesting aspect of gambling has a way of always wanting me to double my bets.

There was a point I quit gambling for months with the hope of coming back a different player, but nothing has changed. I am not a compulsive gambler anyway because I don’t gamble what I cannot afford to lose but my point is that it is just difficult to set limit when it comes to gambling.

Well there are immense surprises in the world of gambling. At times, you might jet get picked for a lottery out of a million more participant and at others, you might loose it among five of them. So you just cannot be so sure as to be responsible for a win. In gambling, you cannot be a responsible winner and if you think so, you are an irresponsible fool. So yeah, play for your own satisfaction and you could be a winner and looser but he loss should be in your set boundaries.

Self control is really vital in gambling. some years back I had a neighbor that was a compulsive gambler, he sold all his properties, borrowed money from a lot of people just to gamble, this action later made him and him families homeless and that was an unwise decision.

I believe that act would have been avoided if he had self control. The best kind of control is controlling the time spent in playing the game, and then has self-control. Too much time on the game can lead to addition and with time this can bring damage to family.

It's not a myth if someone is able to successfully do it. And a lot of people are able to juggle their responsibilities with their hobbies and entertainment pretty well. There are just a number of people who are having a hard time doing so and they are the ones who get more attention.

Nice topic but its not always happening to everyone even if they set goals. Everyone has a different level of thinking and principles so their actions vary from their principles and the way they think. For example, they consider gambling as one source of income, that will be dangerous for them, some consider gambling as time pass and just to be entertained and that one is less harmful because they are not expecting too much when they play. When they finish their allotted time they go home or they stop while the one with the goal of earning will not stop until they finish their money in their pocket or until they win.

That is very true. It is more of individual's preferences when it comes to gambling.
So I consider myself the one who finished their allotted time and go home-type thing.
I've been in actual casinos before and I've learned my lessons already, maybe that's the reason why I live up to this mantra now.
So being a responsible gambler is not a myth. It is very possible if you have the strength to fight your inner desires.

Addiction is the reality that we are trying not to discuss, but this gambling section are very open for that. These advice from the OP are indeed a good one, gambling takes a lot of responsibility and you can’t just play without it. If you get addicted start over your life again, remember why are keep on fighting despite of the problem. You have to be responsible, goal minded and stop messing around.

You can also be a responsible gambler if you chose to. You can gamble with the amount you can afford to lose and if you lose that time, just go home without any regrets. Addiction in gambling is the number one cause that will destroy a life of a gambler so if you think you are heading for it, better divert your time into some productive hobbies or skills.

It is possible for responsible, mature adults who think of gambling as a form of entertainment, and are able to set a limit to the amount of money and time spent in a casino. However, it is virtually impossible for immature, irresponsible persons with addictive personalities who think that gambling is a way to generate an income.

But people do always fail to think sensibly when it comes to their actions made throughout gambling.They are fully aware that they might experience those hardships but they do neglect it out later on when they do
already commit some adrenaline rush because of gambling games, forgetting their proposed plans on their mind.I cant really believe that someone wont able to force out theirselves to stop, they do just really let themselves proceed and dont mind on the consequences.

It could be possible for every gambler to be responsible for gambling games. But I am not sure if every gambler can do that because from what I see so far, many adult gamblers cannot be responsible in the games. They don't feel responsible for their money because they don't make limitations on using their money and makes them losing much money.

What he is asking about responsible on gambling and you are replying it. We need to have our fund secured that's the only responsibility we have any form crypto based sites and products. When that is key answers why we are discussing it unwantedly.

General topic has came in the gambling discussion thread. That is what we can say about this thread.

That's why they should not be gambling in the first place.
Gambling is only for responsible gamblers who understands the risk and are willing to accept loses, because if not, you will loss more
and might ruin your life that could result to blaming gambling for what happened to you.

I don't see how it's a myth. Plenty of people can gamble responsible and do it for fun.

I do not like when immature person who have issues with setting limit, and as well who sees gambling as a source of income will come ranting that gambling is addictive and can never be controlled. It takes a very matured mind to play the game, I don’t think gambling is for everyone.

Sometimes, I just wonder why a game that is just like every other game be seen as a threat in the community or why people would say they cannot control themselves in gambling if they can with other games and I realize it’s all because of greed. If there was an opportunity to make money from playing other games like it is with gambling, I am very sure there will still be record of people suffering from addition.