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I have read this article: Youth gambling problems: a public health perspective (https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/20/1/69/797595) I consider it important for gamblers, Gambling addiction greatly contributes to drug and alcohol abuse and theft. Joining a casino makes you lose a lot of money and smoke a lot of cigarettes and wine, This, of course, will pose a major threat to your health!!!

Can crypto really give solutions to gambling addicts?
-Eliminate drug and alcohol addiction.
-Get rid of bad habits like theft.
-Reducing the risk ratio.....

😉Did joining gambling make you addicted to drugs and drink?!!

Answer is no because crypto still a money but in digital form and if addicted gamblers will find out the variety of games they can choose for then might they will be addicted more and you can see so many new gambling sites popping out of nowhere offer more appealing things just to lure gamblers. And if you really want to change your habits and get rid of gambling's then a professional help is needed since they are the one who can rehabilitate you and cure on what is happening since addiction is I think a mental illness.

I do agree with some of the things stated in the abstract of this paper and through a quick skim through of everything, but I actually don't do any drugs at the moment (besides coffee if you count that, lol), and I'm also not an alcoholic, though I might get a drink every one or two weeks if I'm going out with friends. I certainly do agree that those especially under 18 should not be allowed to gamble whatsoever, though a lot of countries like the United States do this already.

Crypto and especially crypto trading can be as risky if not exactly as risky if you don't know what you're doing or if you get too cocky. I would not say cryptocurrencies are a solution to gambling addicts since things like leveraged trading exist, but I could see how it might help a select number of people.

Not only crypto, but potentially also any digital online operating casino. Online gambling preserves the interaction as well as the fun of gambling, but removing other influences mainstream in illegal gambling operations like vices and intoxication to substances.

While online gambling doesn't eliminate emotional distress to a person, it certainly helps gamblers avoid additional problems like addiction to other health-affecting factors.

Personally, I would say NO.

Crypto gambling is still gambling per se, you can drink and smoke at the comfort of your room or within the vicinity of your house. Even if you travel, you can use your mobile phone to play and have some drinks.

Regarding your second question, I already into smoking and drinking when I discovered crypto gambling, so my answer will be the same, No.

If we talking about the addictions whether it drugs or alcohol then it will never be cure only from gambling using crypto because addictions is disease which attack the brains of people and mentally so it won't be so easy to be cured and gambling with crypto so far only offering easy way to gamble without visiting land based casinos or people still can gamble with anonymously but not to avoiding other addictions because too much gamble too will very danger

Why on earth will you even think cryptocurrency can put an end to drug abuse by gamblers?. Without been biased, I think cryptocurrency only made it worst as it made it easier to become an addict from the comfort of your home with even faster and cheaper currency that can be used to gamble without any supervision of the authority. About your claim of gamblers abusing other substance as a result of losing their funds in casino. Well, you can't blame the house for the misfortune of its patronizers. The power to control emotions is in the hands of the gambler as abusing any of the mentioned substance doesn't improve their ability to win games instead it only make the situation worst.


Before I started engaging myself in gambling related activities, I wasn't an abuser of any of the substance neither did gambling make me become one. The only addiction I have above has to do with the willingness to take risk without hesitation.

Something strange in my opinion if anyone thinks crypto can be a solution not only for gambling addiction, drugs but also a solution of economic problems, because at present crypto is still limited as a new form of payment the rest is investment.

Gambling can make people become addicted to drugs and drinks but not the actual gambling that causes it, I look more at the mentality of someone who is difficult to get away from it and consider it a normal thing to do so that it eventually becomes addictive.

The good thing about gambling is, when you gamble you forgets many things that has link to drugs. Gambling has helped me with its passion that, most times I forget to think of bad, this has been for years now.
Health wise, when gambling is been done in an atmosphere of fun, its add good vitality to human  health. Am such that easily get angry but when on game I felt simple, lovely and happy with everyone.

Cryptocurrency is again a form of money, so I do not think it will give any solution to addiction. Addiction is a mental health issue. I think you have contact some one who can help you with addiction issue.

Everything that you have referred in your topic is related to addiction. Getting rid of addiction is a very tough job. I have been addicted to smoking and no matter how hard I try I cannot quit it.

All the frustrating things got potential to make us addicted to drugs because to relax ourselves we might be looking for something like that. Gambling is known for frustrating ending most of the times so obviously gambling had made lots of gamblers to get addicted to drugs.

People use gambling to relax may escape from such problems. Yes, if you have lots of hassles in office or in family, then if you take gambling for your relaxation then you probably will not get addicted to drugs as you might be gambling only for entertainment reasons. Simply, if we gamble just for jun then we may not get addicted to drugs.

The effects of gambling addiction cause complex problems in society, I must admit it. I study the effects of addiction because of my experience so far in gambling. Its easy for me to make decisions that are even risky, and thats what might have changed the perception of people who are addicted to gambling to do extreme things like theft to meet their game needs.

Alcohol, cigarettes and drugs are different from gambling. Not all gamblers are smokers, drinkers, and drug users but many of them will try to make the atmosphere more intense when the game starts. I am a gambler and I am a smoker but I do not consume drugs and alcohol.

The habits of gamblers in each country are different, and its hard to find in my place that those who gamble consume alcohol because its not sold freely. Drugs and cigarettes can be common things that we know.

The point is cryptocurrency cannot change the habit of gambling addicts not to smoke, drink alcohol and use drugs. Cryptocurrency is only a substitute for fiat that can be used to bet and not as a barrier to doing things that are commonly called public diseases.

you mean because cryptos were online and that means if your online , you cant drink and smoke like you do on a actuall casino offline  ? but still its up to the person  . he can always smoke and drink alcohol even if he is at home and playing online  . actually lots of my gambler friends are like this  . they are also playing with cryptos like me   . they confess that they consume alot of boxes of cigarites every week because they say that it makes them relax while gambling or it calms then if ever they loose   .

Only those who couldn't control their own would be destroyed by gambling.
It is our choice if we want to do something and we couldn't blame something if it would lead to other addiction.
Smoking,drugs and alcohol just to relieve some stress from losing on gambling.
It is up to us to fight those frustration and avoid it.

actually you forgot to mention prostitution also because nowadays here in my country casino's are being used for this illegal activities,there are several cases now that goes a woman being abused or even admit selling Sex inside casino places things that very alarming because aside from cigarettes ,alcohol and even drugs are being take place.
i don't think Crypto will only add those addictions because the habits are getting worst because of gambling availability these days from Online gaming.

Anybody who thought of smoking, drugging during gambling to ease the action of be lose to the platform should be careful, smoking and drugging doesn't relieve anyone from losing to that platform he or she gamble. I think smoking and drugging are against the ethics of gambling in a real sense because, they won't give a gambler that 100% needed to be calculative towards their winning.

I think every gamblers should be able control their mindset when they are doing gambling otherwise they can easily addicted any bad habits like drugs, smoking, alcoholic and some more. and gambling addiction can be badly effected to our financial and health also so better we should have a limitation in gambling or stay away from gambling.

This one I guess is on its extensive addiction, you are already an addict to gamble and one or two addiction again that will arise is truly a concern on physical and mental health.

You're losing to gambling is not a factor you'll be addicted to drinking alcohol or drugs, I guess that's not the case. If you're winning a lot that is when you get addicted to other things since you have the capacity to buy. However, you're losing? I don't get the scenario of that person to be addicted to other things if he can't afford since he's losing.

If I were to be addicted to gambling I don't want to be addicted to drinks and alcohol that's really too much, that belongs to those who has weak mindsets.

Gambling addiction is extremely dangerous for health and mind problems.There have been suicides because of gambling addiction as the major bad thing can happen to anyone.The least it does is makes your brain not think correctly and perceive things not the way they are.An addicted person cannot thing about anything else except gambling.Anyone with such symptoms should seek professional help immediately.

When I am seeing OP's question of what kind of solutions cryptos are having against addiction, I really could not understand what he meant. But after seeing your reply, I guess I'm able to get his point. I guess OP is about to ask how a gambler to get relaxed or how they could deviate their focus from gambling so that they could prevent or cure their addictions. I believe nothing has changed just because of the introduction of cryptos. Cryptos are just another form of money and we cannot expect any immediate solution from cryptos for addicted gamblers.

I believe addicted gambler must do same thing like the rehabilitation by deviating their focus so that they can slowly recover from gambling addictions. In this part, there might be crytpos are having some solutions because of the easy availability of new kind of services with cryptos but I believe traditional system is still better for this purpose.

Gambling has many forms not just in casino you can consider a sports betting a gambling as well, cockfight, spider fight, etc. as long as you bet to win or to lose. Not all cases of person who do gambling ended up as a heavy drinker or drug addiction (I honestly don't know where did that come from), smoking a lot of cigarettes and drinking is another kind of addiction for what I've known.

Crypto won't do anything to gambling addicts since most of them are just coins and has a working blockchains, it's an addiction and needs a medical help, a doctor for sure and not a cryptocurrency.

No, crypto gambling is no different in casino gambling. You even have the luxury of time and convenience to drink or do anything you want at the comfort of your home while gambling. I see the same problem with computer addiction/online games addiction. I know a lot of friends, or even me when I was at my youth. I spend alot of times in front of conputer even for 16 hours just playing and smoking on my free time which really put me in a bad health condition.

I guess habits like this usually happens on a physical casino because some casinos have cafeteria and bar, But it depends on the person how he will  handle the situation. Drinking after a loss will not change anything it does not help you. Gambling plus alcohol addiction is not really good if you're doing it better stop. Online gambling is better you can drink even in your house and you are safe from the influence of drugs from bars.

No, and never! for me, gambling has no connection with drugs and drinks be responsible after a loss or win.

Im confuse with this question, how can crypto give solution to gambling addicts? Its a currency like fiat that can also be use to gamble and because of crypto its more convenient to gamble at the comfort of our home.

No because other addictions are different in gambling. If you're a type of person who are easily gets interest on other things and dont have control then you might really end up addicted if you try smoking or drinking.

Gambling won't affect your health unless you don't know how to control yourself. Gambling doesn't make you addicted to drugs and drink unless you allow yourself, everything relies on how you make your decisions and actions. Gambling is fun and entertaining, it will give you satisfaction and happiness as long as you know your own limitation but if not then its possible that it can bring negative impact on your life even on your health. Addiction in gambling, drugs and alcohol are different. You can see few people addicted in gambling but aren't addicted with drugs or alcohol which means that it depends on the person if he/she is going to make it happen.

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Crypto provides easier access to gambling sites,  it does not change or affect one's addiction.


Nope,  I am too focus to deal with this stuff while playing.  After that, I tend to go home if playing in a local casino or do something else while at home.  I never drink while gambling because I know it can cause me a lot and that is one of the don'ts in gambling and I don't use drugs that are the major don'ts in my life.

The link stated above is trusted and legit information because it is a research project. Most of the adolescents are used in gambling sites, and many teenagers became addicted to gambling sites where they even forget to prioritize things because of being addicted. However, the right thing in that research is that they already stated recommendations and solutions as to what proper research does.
I am not an alcoholic nor a drug addict, there are a lot of better things that are worth it spending my time compared to that bad habits, so I can not relate my self if the crypto world can be a way to solve the addiction of gambling sites. However, in my own opinion, the crypto world can not be considered as a solution to that problem because we all love the crypto world and, of course, the cryptocurrency. There are many ways to earn that by playing gambling sites, only themselves or their ability can be their solution to the problem.

I don't think crypto can give solutions to gambling addicts because with the freedom to use their money in crypto, they can deposit to buy any coins available on the gambling site so then they can use the coins to gamble. Gambling addiction is not contributing to drug and alcohol abuse, but it could happen since, in the real casino, we can see that in the table, some people smoke and drink. They can become gambling addicting while they can also addicting to smoke, drug, and even alcohol.

Yes it's possible you consume alcohol and cigarettes to calm your self so you can make a good decision for all your bet, some casinos are even offering free drinks, cigars and energy drink so they will stay and play longer, and if you are playing online , you want drinks that will help you think and so you choose to drink alcohol to calm the excitement.

I have never smoked or drank and I don't think no matter how much the pressure is due to gambling, if one is dedicated, he won't be addicted to drinking or smoking. However, stealing, yeah. Once you get into that stage where you get into debt and gambling trap, you start to steal small, and I did in past from bank of my mother many years ago although it was small funds but I got caught and got a severe  ;D and then I started to control my habits and doing fine till now :)

And I think that gambling on a computer is a lot worse, for example, one of my friends can't control himself on betting because it's just digital currency. The pressure on betting is lowered, considering that you are not actually holding your money. Gambling is gambling, and you should take it seriously when gambling is making you trouble or when you gamble, it is causing you a problem.

Addictions indeed a disease where deeper assessment and helps is very needed. There's no way that by the use of crypto you can eliminates those that are fruit of your addictions, it's not because you are playing in front of your computer and you are comfortably playing inside your house means that you will stop drinking or smoking or even taking some drugs its still present once you are already engaging too much,. Malfunctions inside your minds really breaking everything because of your addictions.

Here you are wrong because most of the gamblers who fall in the problem gambling category are those who usually are drug addicted or have a serious drinking problem because when you are drunk you are not in your senses and make bets you don't intended to make.

Also I must say that the emotions you go through during gambling the highs and lows during the outcomes, affects you more than you think because we develop such a habit that we get upset too quickly and next moment we feel overjoyed which is a serious problem.

I know a gambler in real life and he has huge mood swings all because of gambling which often we call as - Bipolar Disorder.

The answer is no

online gambling and offline gambling does not change the fact of being gambling.


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I am 31 years old and I don’t drink or smoke since I was born. But I like sports betting and video games, anime and manga

Yes, gambling frustration may lead to do anything as out of control of mind state, gamblers may commit any level of crime too.
When gamblers accept profit or loss as a same thing, then this kind of bad consequences could be avoided. I believe we must focus on making gamblers grooming toward a state where they can treat everything easier by accepting with a smile.

This is completely new perspective you are looking at cryptos in my opinion. Cryptos alone cannot bring any solution for gamblers. I mean if any solution already available in fiat mode, then probably that can be copied for crypto environment and nothing more.

I already feel that I am a gambling addicted because I do spend some 3 to 5 hours in gambling regularly. But, when I have some job to do then I am able to skip my gambling. Fortunately I am not deviating my focus toward drugs or drinks but still sticking within gambling.

^ My answer is no. Probably the best solution for gambling addiction is to first stop gambling even when you lose. I understand that going to Casino can lead you to smoke and drinking alcohol. But even when you lose, try to stop and take a deep breath. Ask yourself why are you doing it. I have seen a lot of people that are victims of gambling addiction. I find it poor to see a person that is doing their best to find ways to gamble when they are broke. Some are doing shady things against their families just to satisfy their addiction and that is when it is best to solve it quickly.
Cryptocurrency does not have a role in this. Crypto is a financial instrument just like money. But when you are a gambling addict, you will still use it for gambling. Probably the treatments are available nationwide and the addicts should reach them.

I am young, and I gamble occasionally. I neither drink nor do drugs. I also don't steal anything and don't smoke at all. Am I the exception? Maybe. But when I first encountered some research on gambling addiction, I was surprised to learn that it is something that does not happen with the majority of gamblers. When people talk about the dangers of gambling, they often focus on addiction as a serious problem. It makes it look like gambling = gambling addiction, but that is not the case. According to the data on the US I've found, less than 5% of gamblers are addicted. And the article you're sharing says that 80% of youngsters are not at risk of problem gambling (even though addiction seems to be a bigger problem for very young people). So it's a lot about framing (one can say that 95% of gambling adults are not addicted or that 5 out of 100 people experience serious troubles with gambling; same info, different likely reactions).

I don't see a strong relationship between gambling and drug, alcohol and cigarette addictions. Have you watched professional poker tournaments? Have you been to world class casinos? Did you seen drunk people there? Did you see people smoking cigarettes or having drugs?

I observed that most people that would say bad on gambling or relate it with drugs, alcohol and smokes are with different beliefs. You you know nothing then.

Well, I wouldn't say that playing at a casino necessarily guarantees you will make a lot of money.

Remember, the house edge ensures that more than half of players end up losing in the long run. However, for those that do become fabulously wealthy from playing, these other issues can definitely crop up.

Not sure about the theft one though, how exactly does being successful in gambling lead to theft?

If we truly consider cryptocurrency as real money then, it won't help to count it down. Whether the gambler use fiat or cryptocurrency to gamble which leads to drug addiction, we shouldn't be blaming the type of fund they use but the person in particular who easily swim into drug abuse.
Cryptocurrency is expected to solve online problems on privacy but not how people choose to live their life. Choices we make in life is usually our own doings.

It is not about crypto but online gambling, because if you are with your family while gambling, you will not do these things and remain the person you are.


It depends on the circle of people you are in, some people stop you from going the wrong way while others manipulate you badly and make you do those unnecessary things. I described about circle of people because if your friends are addicted to drugs and all, no matter you win or lose, they will make your mindset alike them and want you to join them. At the beginning, they will ask you to try it, then they will start asking for money once they see that you are also addicted due to them.

Never ever in my life to test out things if i do play on a physical casino.Yes, these things were present but its still up to a person if he would try these thins out.
If you do let yourself do try then it would be a bigger problem later on when you do already get addicted to it also.
This is the difference when you do play online where you can avoid this kind of circumstances but well it will all depend on a particular person in the first place.

I'm into it but I'm not a smoker nor drinks alcohol. This is depending to the gambler himself, if he's too addicted for all of it, he needs medication so that he can flee from those vices.
Just like what we are reminding to the rest, gamble responsibly so it should be the same with drinking alcohol and smoking. If it's too much, bad results will occur.

Not sure how anybody can realistically say that being addicted to gambling, or even gambling in general can cause addiction to things like drugs and alcohol.

They're usually mutually exclusive, unless you have got some sort of addictive personality disorder or obsession. You should get treatment for this underlying issue first.

To start with, gambling should have no corellation with drug and alcohol addicts, and i do not see crypto currency giving addicts solution.

To eliminate drugs and alcohol addiction, am sure several countries has adverts, banners that says in quote that smokers die young.
Likewise, gambling cannot get rid of theft, a thief is a thief because he decided to be one.

To reduce risk ratio, it is all in the hands of the gambler, you need to have a pattern of bet, and a scheduled amount to bet with monthly.
That way, you get to control yourself.


I bet only often, when i feel like am extra confident to get a win, but no, i didn't get addicted to any.

Thank everyone for the answers!!!
I don’t disagree with everyone, But there are different types of gambling around the world!!In some countries gambling is permanently banned, Not to provide licenses to create gambling bars.and The casino is created in secret without the authorities' knowledge And if you want to join the hall, you are required to drink and smoke  :'(
You hate drink and drugs and love to have fun, What will you do? ;D

Place on where you do gamble is also a factor but it isnt the absolute reason for you to avoid on playing on physical casinos
because you are afraid of these things.It will really just depend on you if you jump in into this vices while you
do play into that place.

So its a matter of choice on what would be your fate onwards.Mostly people do have the money will normally engage
to these vices because they do have the capability to do so.They wont mind on spending more on what
they do use on gambling.

That's one of the solutions OP assumed crypto gambling could fix I think OP just used a bad example of a bad habit and you guys focused too much on the theft rather than the bad habits in general.


If that's the case with most offline casinos then crypto gambling would be a good alternative but if you're addicted to drugs and alcohol it might not matter at that point since online gambling could open up more opportunities to do it on another time and place.

Absolutely not! we cannot blame our addiction or being an addict on the things that we are doing or the things that at the first place is our choice, life is a matter of choice, so when you decide to gamble, it is your choice, not anybody else, when you become addicted on it or to those vice-like drugs and alcohol it is not a problem involving gambling, it is not, so it is rather not a solution  either,  control yourselves and take care of everything under your responsibility.

I think if we are joining gambling, it doesn't mean that we can be addicted to drugs and drink. But that can be possible if in the gambling places, we order those two things so sooner or later, we can be addicted too. That will be dangerous if we are addicted to gambling, drug, and drinks because those three types of addiction can ruin our lives in a short time and long time.

Generally speaking gambling and other drinks or smoke are not dependent and are totally separate . But if person who is addicted to gambling and is running into losses have seen them started to drink in order to get high and forget about the pain which he has got from gambling etc . So for some who cannot control themself may end up into drinking and smoking too .

Smoking and drinking is not part of gambling people only do that if this is part of thier daily living and as a habbit. But if you are not really into it gambling cant help you to add it as addiction since its two different things and people can only do that in thier own .

yes they are seperate because gambling is a form of activity or a game while ciggarite , smokes are a form of edible products that humans intake  but both are related because they are linked to each other  . many gamblers i see are always smoking and drinking  and there are people that dont smoke or drink but they already tried it after they engage on gambling   .  health isues occur if they dont have a control of thier intake but the symptomps are not experienced on the early days  .

Societies should probably stop making nonbeneficial things attractive. We need to stop gambling with people's health for example.  Bad sugar, alcohol, food etc shouldn't be put in attractive packaging nor made tasty/sweet. The healthy things should probably be made more attractive. Things that aren't bad nor very beneficial should be used more moderately. Moderate usage really depends on how much of doing or eating something can cause you problems.

First of all relating personal addiction with gambling activities is not the right thing.You can addicted to anything only if your mind wants so stopping gambling activities will not help your mind to get rid of it.Visitng physical casinos might paves way for meeting people with bad characters but when you are sure who you are and what you are going to do then no one will force you to do.

No, what's the relationship with crypto in solving the problem of the gambling addicts, it's just a tool to gamble and if they don't handle themselves properly then its expected that they will be prone to addiction.

crypto made me gamble at home and I like that feeling but I never guarantee to myself that I'll not be addicted again as once in my life I also struggle fighting the addiction in gambling.

A casino doesn't make you smoke a lot of cigarettes and wine. That's your decision whether to partake or how much you indulge in and if you can't stop yourself from smoking or drinking when you're at a casino then that's a problem you're going to have to deal with along with the gambling if that's become a problem. People really need to start taking responsibility for their own actions and behaviour and only that individual is responsible for gauging when something might be becoming a problem and to stop it.


Good lord, have people really run out of things to talk about regarding cryptocurrencies or gambling now? No. Crypto cannot do anything for gambling addicts. You might as well be asking can bitcoin do anything to stop the corona virus or give peace in the middle east. It's another form or money and people are going to use and therefore abuse it in any numerous ways just like anything else but people are responsible for their own actions. Most people can drink, gamble, eat pizza or any other fast food without developing problems but some others can't, but bitcoin is irrelevant to any problems that may arise from those behaviours.

Yes, I think it is different between addiction to gambling and addiction in drugs and alcohol, but maybe it will correlate, although it doesn't have a direct relationship. But whatever it is, when we addicting to gambling, drug, and alcohol, that will be dangerous to us, and we need to solve the problem. I think it is better to prevent the addicting before we are too late to realize so we can playing gambling and enjoy the games.

Theft = gamblers tend to lose most of the time in gambling so one way to have money again? By robbing. Since their mindset has been changed to "get money quick" mode, they will always find an easy way to get money and this is one way.
Smoking and drinking = Most of the time, I see gamblers smoking or drinking while playing in casinos. Some of them are really smoking or/and drinking even they don't enter the casino. Its just they are also doing it while playing.

Nope.

If you are a smoker or drinker even you don't even tried to gamble, you will still be one even you tried to gamble already. There are some who are considering smoking and gambling their hobbies already. When it comes to theft, if a gambler is a robber before he even went to casino he will always be a robber :D. Reducing risk ratio? I don't think so.

Gambling isn't a heaven-sent solution to get rid of all the impurities and bad habits people developed over time. Though it brings entertainment to the table and jobs to other people, we still can't exclude the fact that it involves money, and money itself always has the tendency to urge people to do stupid things in order to get it. We've seen lots of thefts, robbery and sometimes physical abuse just to get money and for people to gamble again.

It certainly wouldn't eliminate bad habits as it is within the nature of the human to develop something bad out of what he does. Gambling DOES NOT and WILL NOT promote clean living ever.

^ This is not only the youth's problem. It's the problem of anybody. No specific ages, you or old are victims. Playing in casinos will most likely let you try drugs, tobaccos, and alcohol. The bad thing is, these things will make you unconscious of reality and will make your emotions weak. And having weak emotions probably leads to addiction, dependence, anger issues and lastly, greed. The solution for this is to guide people and help them stop or avoid playing in Casinos. Because most probably, some people are going to a Casino just to hope to have profits they can take home so they can solve their problems. Nevertheless, in the end, they will only lose. We have to remind them of the consequence they probably take. Always!

Everything can have a bad effect and should be taken in consideration. If someone is intended to ruin their life, they would certainly find a way.
Theft is not only unethical but a crime. Only the morally corrupted ones would get involved in it. Cheaters are of same moral grounds as theft when it comes to gambling.
Alcohol is a good substance if used correctly and smoking and drugs are also a must have experience in life.

Maintaining a habit of limiting ourselves with the people who has bad characters in such places can be a solution.Gambling sites offered the same experiences without meeting such people but if we stop going places just only because we want to avoid those bad people we may miss opportunities to meet people who can help in our business,etc.

It's like an escape goat for those who have been losing a lot. A gambler who tends to smoke and drink will say that it's like a stress reliever despite of losing a lot, he just want to have some bottle to drink or cigarette to smoke.
I can understand their situation if they are going through with that situation but as I have said, when it becomes too much, the effects are similar to each other.

Gambling is not the main factor causing this bad thing, this is a choice and environment that makes them consume drugs and commit other criminal acts, because even I have gambled for a long time but I am not a drug addict or other bad things. If you assume gambling is a major factor for those who do bad things, I don't think that's entirely correct.

I think, in some cases, crypto can be a solution to those who are addicted to gambling but there's not one solution fits all! The type of addicts described in the article are extreme, in my opinion, and so having one small distraction may not help everybody. I like to assume that most people on here are controlled gamblers and never in a situation as bad as described in the article.

In my own personal opinion, there are no any situations that crypto have eliminated or remove someones addiction in drugs and drinking by playing gambling because crypto is just a digital currency that it is impossible to be a solution to reduce addiction. It depends to the person on how will they solve their problems in their drug and alcohol addiction.

You don't necessarily drink when you are gambling online but if that is already in your system, you are still likely to do it outside your house.
Most of the gamblers I think do drink and smoke cigarettes but addiction is quite something not ordinary, we can't say that crypto gambling would really help though.

If you're getting used to drinking alcohol it couldn't be associated with gambling all the way, because that's a lifestyle. A gambler always tend to become addicted by the habit itself, and I don't know with other things on how it's going to be adopted if both alcoholism or any bad habits that could affect the health will lead to extreme cases.
Most probably an addicted gambler would consume more hours with this wrong time management, and this would certainly give them the potential of being ill in the future and symptoms might be surprising.

I agree an addictive gambler possible to hàve effect to their health because they to much spend time to gamble which is not good. I think its better to have time control on how many hours they should be in gambling. I recommend to all to have time management and plan, quitting is not the reason to not become addictive but to have goal.

Yes those things are related so I think people will be addicted to gambling and alcohol / drugs too

But for me not because I gamble only through the website (crypto) not go to the casino directly and bet there, this is an exception I mean if someone gambles directly in the casino then drinks and drugs will not be avoided

Gambling can be fun and exciting but there is also some things about it that make it stressful and not enjoyable
I experience big headaches from stressing on a game or if I will hit the big dice score which is why I only play small amounts now
Just if you are into crypto you are gambling anyways so thats something to worry about already

Indeed, online gambling now does not require players to go to casino places and that is very easy. Just sit and play indoors, but I think the effect might be greater if the player doesnt come out and stay in the room. Thats not good at all, and such behavior will only be mentally damaging. But only a few behave like that, and even if there is I expect only 1-2% of heavy gambling addicts.

Even so, I think that the existence of cryptocurrency as a means of payment on gambling sites will not change many things for addicts such as smoking, drinking alcohol and worse, using drugs. Using drugs and alcoholic drinks in my opinion will only aggravate the situation when the situation is precarious, when many defeats befall and run out of capital. Using those two things wont change anything, except to make us forget the problem temporarily and not forever.

I like online gambling actually, crypto online gambling is now catering small gamblers like us who can't afford to go to the casino or play in a fiat online gambling. however, when it comes to addiction, this is a case to case basis as everyone of us has different attitude, and there are people who are smart enough to stay in control so they'll not be addicted.... actually what a gambler should put in mind is that he should be matured enough to play so he can handle the risk in gambling, whether crypto or fiat gambling.

I don't think so. Honestly, I find the question a bit irrelevant. Crypto is never a solution to gambling addiction problems, after all. Crypto is a currency. It is not an antidote in anyway for gambling or other addiction such as drug and alcohol. On the contrary, crypto is attracting more gamblers because it offers a more convenient and private gambling experience. And because crypto gambling is being catered to clients online, people can now have better access to gambling directly from home.

Gambling does not necessarily push you into drugs and drinks.

Not really, but that could be possible. If we are playing crypto gambling games at our home, we can prevent alcohol and drugs, so we are only playing gambling. But if you play at the real casino and meet many people in real life, then the chance to become addicted to the alcohol and drugs will be wide open, but that depends on the person itself.

I am playing gambling in my room, but I don't drink alcohol and drug, and I don't addict to gambling, so I think that could relate, but it will depend on how the people themselves.

correct !!and also Gamblers must learn in each mistakes they commit because the truth is Gambling is only for Mature people since they are more aware of the consequences may occur if they made wrong decisions.
not like youngsters that very aggressive and care nothing but the desires they have.
though there are also mature people comes to addiction but very rare than those younger generation.and before we go to gamble always Put in mind that we have a family that seek for out attention and support,so the lesser we will Bet for their Betterment.

If I can take one argument, it must be separated between gambling addicts and crypto.

Different factors between the two.

Crypto: you know and also everyone here knows it all, it's in the form of a digital currency that cannot speak at all, so crypto has no solution to gambling addicts, inanimate objects that have no solution.

Gambling addicts: Indeed gambling addicts have a bad character to the individual especially to the addict, so that the individual plunges into this valley:


The three factors mentioned above are solutions for individuals / addicts, are family, friends and also good people around them, to eliminate them from these bad traits.

Gambling addicts are human.
Humans only have three elements that can be controlled by humans themselves.

1. [Lust]: if this is prioritized without using and considering common sense, family, and so on.
Drugs, theft, alcohol and women become targets in his life, when he has crypto / money or has run out of crypto / money.

2. [mind and heart]: if this is used by gambling addicts, drugs, and bad things automatically disappear far from mistakes.

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The conclusion: Health, gambling addicts, drugs, theft, alcohol, the solution is in the Intellect and the human heart in using and directing their life goals, towards good and bad.
If your mind and heart are good, health will also improve and vice versa.

Most of us I guess are playing in our room, it's a nice place to gamble as we can experience, but there are people who gamble but don't drink and smoke, good for them and they will not be influence as they are only in their room, with this crypto oline gambling, even kids can play now since there is no KYC required and its'really different atmosphere compared to going in a physical casino.

We should leearn the past mistakes of us because it makes the failures as advantage and opportunity. What I want to say is some people seeing mistakes and failure as bad but in reality, those successful gamblers see failure as good because it is the time where they can improve theirselves. I do gambling for years and I earned now many experiences that I can use to improve my present skills. I know that I had to develop my knowledge and improve my pscyhology towarda gambling. Good mentality is important in gambling and we should focus on proving our psychology first.

I guess not, because cryptocurrency's job is to help people in whatever they need it, however, it is on us whether we are going to use it on gambling or not, in which in gambling, it could trigger gambling addiction. The addiction in the following things you've said could be ended if the Government will start banning those companies who makes alcohol, and running casinos, that I guess won't happen because the Government are always after the tax they are paying.

But if we are going to sum it all up, we, people, are the one who will decide what to do that is best for us, if we wanted to do a certain thing, for example is to try gambling, it is not bad at all, what's bad is if we are going to decide to focus on that even if we are not lucky on winning in gambling.

Yes that's right, Age restriction can easily be bypass by minors who really want to play gambling, KYC is important to determine the real age of the player but as a player who is on the age of playing, it is a hassle and some players are considering their profiles. Some who gambles on a real casino choose playing online just to become a discrete player to hide their sole identity.

Players tend to drink and smoke while playing gambling to reduce the stress they got while playing gambling, I'm a smoker myself and I noticed that after I played some gambling game there were more cigarette butts that means I smoke more when I'm playing gambling than the usual cigarette quantity I smoke.

This isn't really true, it's just common among to see gambling places like casinos with bars in them. For the drug addiction part, that I can't tell about because I don't see how it pushes one to take drug. BTW, it's a policy from gambling sites to gamble responsibly.

young gamblers are far from older one,because they have different perspective when it comes to gambling.

Older gamblers already Know how to value their money(but there are also who is not this type depend on the person still) and they are playing with limits and Mind Sets.

while Young gamblers are possessive ,they tend to accept the reality that they are being hooked and continues their way even if they are truly deepen in this.

fro me personally?Learning gambling for a long time will keep us safe from those other vices because one is enough and adding another is abusive .

That's not a policy, it's more on like an advice from them though so people will know the risk in gambling.
Gambling sites are into business so for clients who are losing, they love that, and hate those who are winning.. well, although I see sites says "we welcome winners" but in reality, they will hope we lose more so they will be more profitable.

One thing that can worry people would be that if they do not have a good self control or cannot follow discipline then in such cases if they overboard in gambling then addiction rates increases and in his may lead to drinking , smoking or such activities which Gives them some relief on temporary basis .

I do addicted to gambling about few month ago, to get rid that habits, i use my free time to do other activity that avoid me to betting like work-out at evening then when night hanging with my wife.

so i dont have any time to betting , how to stop addicted to gambling? just fill your time with other activity that avoid you to gambling.
spend time with your family is good to :D

I have tried gamble online but no it doesn't make me buy drinks to get drunk or stealing money. It's entirely up to me whether I buy or not and gambling doesn't affect my health. I may not be a gambling addict and I can stop gambling anytime I want. Better set your mindset to other activities or stuff to avoid getting addicted to gambling.

Even without having a casino with bars around, some gamblers usually find themselves wasting away their funds or winnings in drinks and drugs.
For some of them, they have this mentality that money from gambling can easily come by again so they waste it, with the thoughts that they can win it again in no time. Though, this does not applies to every gamblers, its all about the individual in particular.

OP's perspective is that those gamblers that are addicted in gambling that let alcohol to cure their wounds or to forget horrible things that happens to them in gambling, though I agree that it is entirely up to us if we are going to be addicted on other things to aside from gambling. Others mindset is that since they already made their life doomed, there is no reason for them to be happy.

So the outcome of it would be more chaotic than they could ever imagine, because they can't handle the stress of their action towards gambling addiction.

You got some point yet experience would be also a main reason for us to avoid such circumstances yet we are already fully aware due to our experience.

The only question is, would you able to make that long without having being affected nor got those consequences towards those things? Good thing if yes
but bad one if you dont able to overcome nor control it.

We know that vices are bad when it comes to health.So if you dont like  to experience possible health problems ahead then you should start on removing it.

This is an interesting question, fortunately so far I have not been involved in drugs, alcohol, theft and money laundering because of gambling.  but according to an article that I have read, that the poor environment is a hotbed of crime, where someone who is addicted to drugs, gambling, and theft (someone who has the three behaviors above) encountered many there.

It all actually varies from person to person. But, what does crypto and gambling addiction have to do with drug, alcohol and theft? How do you think crypto is going to help eliminate all these? It makes no sense at all. And alcohol addict and a druggie will still remain the same even if they gamble with crypto currencies. An gambling addict will still try to steal money for gambling. The risk ratio also doesn't change and remains the same!

I don't know how it can and how it is possible but it's no way Crypto can help with gambling in fact it helped the online gambling industry to become popular because the transaction is cheap, anonymous and transparent, but all those you outlined here has nothing to do on how crypto gambling can help eliminates those risk, when it comes to helping, it's the individual's duty to do it for himself.

I never smoke and I drink occasionally and I’m a gambler. This is your choice as a gambler, there’s a big risk on your health because for sure most of the gambler skip their meals, don’t have enough sleep and they choose to depend on cigarettes and alcohol to stay alive and keep playing. Crypto can’t prevent this thing because that’s a choice of a gambler, if you really want to smoke then you will do it at any situation.

So that will depend on personal to decide to do gambling, drug, and alcohol because we don't know what they do with that activity. If they can hold the other passion like drugs and alcohol, then they will not touch that, and they are only playing gambling without the want to do that. Yes, setting the mindset to prevent or avoid being addicted to other worst things will be necessary so we can prevent ourselves from something that can impact our body in the long term. You should also prevent yourself from addicting to gambling because addicting will be dangerous too.

The adiiction will always depend on what we wanted, not because the society tells us that gamblers do smoke and drink. Some just used in gambling as their hobby or way in making money,though it involves heath once they didn't mind it and simply focus on gambling. We need to know what the pros and cons of all the things we do. And as a online gambler it only affects my blood or heart pressure whenever I almost won but didn't happen.

yeah but i must say that is your choice being a Human and not only as a gambler mate,because you are much concern on your health than your wealth.

having other vices than Gambling is mostly happening to those people that has no much concern about their health.
but i like you as admitting to be a Gambler literally and that will save you from hiding and become a addicted .
from my experience?that is correct mate because in poorer place people tend to gamble because of drug effect as their mind will seek more money to continue having money to buy drugs and alcohol and the easiest way is gambling(thats all they know)

I think crypto is not the solution for gambling addicts that it can eliminate their drug and alcohol habits while gambling because crypto is only a currency that it will not help to decrease their addiction to all of it. Gambling is really bad to your health, if you really want a solution to help a gambler to stop playing gambling it is their family because their families can help them to stop and stay away themselves from gambling.

correct just like what indicated in every cigarette cases that "Smoking is Dangerous to our Health" yet they are still selling cigarettes, this is same in gambling that they are telling people to gamble responsibly but they are letting people bet at all cases.

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but about the topic?it is our responsibility on what can be done while in gambling.if we want drugs or liquor?it is still our desire,but better not be with people that has multiple vices so we can be prevented to do one without influencing us.

Cryptocurrency and health are two different things so the answer is no, crypto won't end addiction with regards to drugs and alcohol. I do view it as something voluntary, that it does depend on the person whether to engage into such things and crypto has nothing to do with. I would somewhat relate it to frustrations. Well, gambling is really frustrating but still, addiction is far from this concern, unless if that person who is addicted into drugs, is into cryptogambling 90% of the time. That might be related especially if we would be talking about stress caused by losing.

When it comes on helping those who are addicted into alcohol and drugs, they should do more things that would keep them away from the frustrations they are having in crypto gambling such as socializing with other people.
Maybe if a gambler is drinking alcohol often due to the stress gambling, perhaps losing, is giving, resting and avoiding the stimuli would be more advisable. But as what was mentioned above, it would depend to the person himself.

I'll never do drugs but I'm ok with drink while playing it soothes the mind but to much of it clouded your reasoning power to bet and that sometimes happen to me, and on your question if Crypto can really give solutions to gambling I don't think so and I don't know how it can, in fact we have a lot of gambling casinos on Cryptocurrency.

There are times wherein gambling and drug addiction becomes correlated to each other since there are instances wherein it feels good to commit both at the same time. I find it more dangerous whenever such things occurs since drug addiction pushes you to decisions that you will definitely regret later on since it is less intellectual. In my case, I do not collaborate gambling to vices cause I know it can affect my decision making. It's a strategy actually and somehow it helps become smarter with your decisions in gambling.

Some people tend to use their timein gambling for only them to distract their minds to do such things, but for me, if they are having a problem, hard time in their lives and psychological capability, they must go a rehab center, gambling isn't the correct and right thing to do, you may only do some bad things again that can add more luggage in you, there will be some possibility that you may also lose a lot.

Agreed, he needs to heal himself consult a medical professional rather than putting his mind in gambling, soon he can also be addicted to this gambling wherein it is the most reason why people fall into debt, greediness, and obsession to win a game.

Dragging yourself to drugs is actually a self-choice.Gambling places or activity is just part of it but not generally the main reason why you do commit such addiction..

If you are in the verge of stress and problems then gambling would definitely worsen up the situation and how much more if you do also consider on taking vices specially drugs?
You are just making things even more worst.It might be solve out temporarily but once the effect is gone then suffer the consequences later on.

For sure it's important to be healthy than to be rich be good with gambling but never get involved with things that can harm your healthy and happy life.  Addictions cause the wrong impact in our life so we should gamble in a casino that provides a drug-free environment to gamblers Ana makes some rules for gamblers to get a healthy life and good profit from their gambling skills.

Can't see how crypto can help in lowering the gambling addiction, I think that being digital money, it makes even easier to do it from your home and more irresponsabily...
Crypto is money and people tend to forget that when gambling on online casinos

It really depends on the discipline of the person. As a gambler, we should keep in mind that we are just doing it for fun, we should set limitations as we engage ourselves to gambling so that it will not affect our physical, mental and emotional health. It is better to prevent it than to cure so lets be observant and aware with this kind of problem. Play responsibly. ;)

i can relate on that mate because my cousin is a drug addict and also a gambling addicted ,he keeps on telling me that the feeling when he is High on drugs is unexplainable,he felt like he can possibly win every game but the truth is not,but the positive thinking while influencing by drugs are indeed.so basically drugs and gambling are correlated.

Obviously no.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not medicine nor something people would use to stop their addictions. Though it may not be that of help, it could be one of your reasons to stop your addiction. You could try to invest your money in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and keep yourself busy with it. I am not pushing you to do it since one of the steps to stop your addiction is finding another thing to eat up your time. That way you could focus on other things and reduce your time in gambling.

I don't see any solution, in fact, it makes things easier for a gambler to gamble online because of Crypto, they can deposit easily and anonymously and there are a lot of gambling online that caters for Crypto holders and more coming up too, and on your question,
 if I become hook on drugs and drinks because of gambling, well I do drinks but never drugs.

Gambling also indirectly causes health problems especially if you are gambling in an establishment like a casino or a betting rig. Most of the time you'll encounter smokers that could inflict you with second-hand smoking. Drinking is inevitable while gambling as it helps soothe you up when you are getting too salty. So gambling and smoking are indirectly correlated along with drinking. And they pretty much can't do anything about it because the business of a casino happens inside of the casino, things might get messed up for them if they require smokers to light a cigarette in a smoking area as they will not be able to tend to their bets and posts. So until gambling den owners find a way to utilize technology for this, I don't see gambling and vices getting separated anytime soon.

Cryptocurrency haven't done anything about gambling and health symptoms because it is just a currency. If you really wanted to know how to solve gambling addiction and it's health symptoms is by changing your hobbies like going at the gym and playing sports just to lose your focus in gambling and have a healthy life style.

Actually no. Joining gambling and drinking some alcohol beverages are just making us fun when gambling or playing in which it is just giving as a time to think what will be our next move while thinking and drinking a vodka is the best feeling you can get when gambling but being addicted to drugs and drinks just because of gambling will be never in my case, but in the case of others I don't know. But the inly reason why I am drinking while gambling because it is just giving me some chills and thrills.

There are lots of business that will be open which is related to crypto and gambling together, with the comfort of using your own devices and inside your house, people or those gamblers are be more willing to use online crypto gambling and keeps enjoying this activities.

I dont think it has a strong relationship with each other, some people gamble just for fun and if they know how to control themselves they will not ended up as a drug or alcohol addict. It really depends on the discipline of the user and how he can manage his hobby to become productive and not toxic.

I am pretty sure people who are successful in gambling does not do drugs and are not addicted to it or an alcoholic person because they need to focus in every game and we know alcohol and drugs would destroy your mind and you'll not be able to make a good judgment.

Gambling is a kind of game that it is easily to earned money, and that’s why many people are want to play gambling. Gambling is also a kind of addiction in which you can’t notify with yourself that you are an addicted gambler because once you find happiness on it, it would be difficult to detached on it. In addition, when you feel that you need to revenge on your lose game it is also a sign that you are addicted on it. Because there’s something inside of you that you want revenge it, so that you will do everything to keep your profit at the same amount, but it is not because the capital is getting used so that if the capital wouldn’t recovered, you never ever recover your money again.

People always relate gambling and addiction, wherein not all gamblers are addicts, and not all addicts are gamblers, ad hominem mates. If the person is having a health issues that can possibly affected by his  gambling addiction well in that case, that gambler is addict in terms of playing he needed to be rehab and get consult from the psych so that his mindset will be corrected and also, he can play again with a healthy body and mind.

That's what people think who have no idea what really is gambling.
it's like banning gambling in general because it makes people addicted, where infact only few gamblers are addicted.
They are eliminating the opportunity of the responsible gamblers who are having fun and the business to grow.

Gambling addict could possibly destroy their body and their mind, that's one of the biggest risk, some people die due to lack of sleep and has no peace of mind.

Exactly, it's just like people who really do helps wholeheartedly but with just one mistake most of them hate him. People are easy to find faults and mistakes where in fact there are goodness underlying on it.

Plus those times they loses while gambling that adds up on stress level of a person and those addicts. I can't really comment how their mind goes but I think it's more of someone's guidance that can help them like those psychologist who knows to deal with them.

I think it is one of the stereotypes here in this forum. I believed that there are different levels of addiction that pertain to being a gambler. One of the most crucial levels of being a gambling addict is it affects its health and its personal life. Being not able to control yourself from playing and not seeing yourself do unusual stuff just to play gambling. On that kind of level, a help is needed because that kind of addiction is very hard to solve by an addict itself.

In Casino yes they have many players while playing they are smoking and some of them are using tobacco which is really bad to their health and to the player that did not smoke because they are getting the smoke from the cigarettes . Im playing gambling through online but it doesn't make me addicted to the drugs and drinking alcohol even I play to the casino place in the future I will never do that.

I don't know if the crypto can eliminte drug and alcohol addiction but about the theft maybe yes because a crypto give opportunity to us to earn money and those people who are poor and they are taking risk invest even their situation and start earning we lessen the risk they going to make bad because of the money. I don't where did you get that mindset of joining gambling can make you addict ..

I guess so if your going to think about it sometimes we just want to feel good about ourselves and that's why we do things like drugs and alcohol not just we because we are addicted to this but we also want to impress our friends, probably if we are going to use cryptocurrency or online gambling websites I think things like drugs,smoking and alcohol would probably going to be stop also since we cant really do that alone in my opinion. Of course it would be different story if you are an addict and the scenario is you would pick casino that doing it in a website because it was not just about profit at all.

That is why the answer is Yes, cryptocurrency help people to avoid being addicted to alcohol and cigarettes because you won't be pressured to do stuff like that because of the people around you when you're playing gambling online, all you need is a device (phone, laptop, tablet, etc.) and an internet connection. But, it still depends on a certain individual whether he wanted to drink or smoke while playing gambling online. Gambling online with the use of cryptocurrency didn't helps us to avoid those things, but to limit the possibility of us getting addicted to those substances.

Yes, Gambling addiction greatly contributes to drug and alcohol, because drinking alcohol is a common thing in casinos. so, you can easily addict on alcohol if you have a trend to go to casino regular basis. Online gambling can relieve alcohol and drug addiction and through online gambling it can rid the bad habits like theft. Since, I do visit casinos occasionally, so I’m not addicted to drug and alcohol.

Not still a guaranteed thing for you to heal out or leave your addicted because this one can be treated or you can totally quit on your own without the need on seeking professional
unlike on other kind of addictions which do really need some sort of help but for gambling? Its a different thing.

Health issues would really come on lots of factors or reasons but if you do able to observe it when you are constantly engage on a thing then it would be good if you do just simply quit or
reduce such activity if you dont like to compromise your body.

Yes, exactly! It still depends on the individual's personality. Though online gambling doesn't have socialization aside from online chat, it is up to the person if he will drink/smoke while playing. Every person has their own choice actually in this game. But I think it is better to play online if you are sober. You will enjoy the game if your head is clear and can focus more.

It might address some health issues, but it will definitely not address the social issues it impose like crime. But consider this, what if this people have the habit of smoking a pack a day or alcoholic in the first place, these are addictions that are different from the gambling addiction. I don't really think that crypto gambling is the answer to helping promote a healthier lifestyle.

Habits, habits and habits. If the person can heal himself in the dark room without any kind of interaction with outside, I believe the new habits will appear and wash the previous ones. This old method is used by the wise scientific people and probably same can be applied for gambler with the old, addictive, bad habits. Psychology is like a water, if you fill the glass it will in the form of glass, not an actual glass.

If gambling offline at home or at gambling places, of course alcohol will be there but for drugs only partly because they know drugs are prohibited goods throughout the world so for alcohol it is natural when gambling.
But I do not gamble that kind of thing because in my opinion it is not good but online gambling will be the best choice because I have not met anyone so online gambling will be the choice of many people.
For me health is important so it's better to stay away from such things and gamble to keep going as my happiness where I feel happy when playing casino.

Both addicting to gambling and smoking or alcoholic will have the same problem, which can give you a bad result in your life. The habit will stay with that person if he doesn't want to change to the better. Crypto gambling is a new type of gambling besides fiat gambling because people need to use crypto to gamble. In the end, crypto gambling will get all of your money if you don't have control in the games. But if you don't feel hard to control yourself, you don't have to worry from the addicting.

Oh common' even you are inside your house if you have this kind of addiction wherever you are you will still continue to do the same routine.
Gambling addiction plus other vices can still be perform so it's almost the same unless you only gamble and nothing else.

Addiction and depression can affect your health, so its better not to gamble and live a happy life. Gambling should make you smile and have fun but if you are too serious on the money then for sure you will ended up sick and no money. Don’t wait for the bad health, you should protect yourself because health is your wealth especially right now.

It's okay to be serious with gambling as long as you are realistic with your chances.
If you are making money in gambling and you have proven yourself you are good enough to consider it as your long term venture, then that is alright.
Being serious is only bad for people who does not truly understand the risk why they are trying to achieve only the reward.

here my story :
not really, the first time I played gambling at the age of ..... I forgot for sure maybe between 15-18 years.
at first it was very scary I was very addicted and could not control myself, emotions, or whatever it was.
basically I have to play every day or there are bad feelings that I feel (this also applies to smokers, drug addicts.)
then I stopped completely and it wasn't easy, I lost my job, my motorbike and all my money, I had nothing and decided to quit in 2015.
and now I try to play again from the beginning of 2019, and try to control my bad habits, initially it was difficult but finally I succeeded.
I continue to play but not in a big lust.it means I can control myself, and still be able to do other activities.
while gamblers who are addicted will find it hard to stop.

These other addictions are emphasized more when playing in a social ambient like an offline casino.You see other people drinking and smoking and you get impacted by them.Another thing is the casinos who offer free drinks and it impacts the individuals too.Crypto gambling is often played at home where alcoholic drinks are limited so in a certain aspect crypto gambling promotes a healthier lifestyle.

"Responsible gamblers"... Interesting combination! Why not responsible bettors? You can't easily win your case in court with this one, you know?
You are gambling if you drive your car without seat belt and other safety devices. You can't easily convince the traffic police with responsible gambling excuse

That's the same, it should not confuse us since our topic here is gambling, and with that, we can also use google to verify.
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The above screenshot would already explain.. don't complicate the simple word use in a sentence.

You can't really remove greediness into gamblers.

That is the usual reason a person gamble in the first place, to be able to earn easy money. People especially those that wanted to risk their money into gambling should practice control. It is obvious that gambling can make someone rich but that will not always the case. The worst outcome here is that you are depressed and still dealing with your compulsive gambling.

High risk and unskilled bettors are certainly gamblers. Bettors who are consistently profitable aren't really gamblers especially if betting with what they can afford to lose.

Analogy:

✳Drink  but don't get Drunk.

—Bet but don't Gamble.

why not smokers will Go to the smoking area when they can play in Non smoking areas? seems like you are not really entering casinos these days and you are just relying in watching Movies about casinos.
why would casino playing will make you an drug addict of drinker?it is your choice and casino has nothing to do with that.

It's not actually the crypto that can help people to eliminate their addictions, the process is on them. Although I really think that going to a physical casino also contributes to other vices. Even if you will go to the casino to gamble, the environment you encounter affects your other habits. Gamblers tend to try to fit in with the environment when they keep on seeing people in the casino are also drinking, smoking, and even taking drugs. It's very unhealthy for a person's health.

Crypto is not the primary solution but it can help since you won't have to go to other places. You won't have to try what other gamblers are doing as well. But if smoking and drinking already become your habits, it's still hard to stop even if you are only gambling online. If that becomes your habit, it's harder to change even if you try to change your environment. Knowing that you can still earn money by gambling, it will still give you the eager to smoke, buy drinks, or even buy drugs online with the use of crypto. You will only change if you want to.

How come? Drinking and smoking even if you are outside of a casino is still possible. We cannot assure that every people gambling and playing in casino would have a poor health status because there are still some that don't do it because they don't like it, as simple as that. What about online gambling to consider? People can play games and spend their time in social media just the same as gambling online. It is their decision to be awake throughout the night if they want to.

My point it, people's healthy depends on their decisions in life. I highly believe that mental health is quite more of a subject to be affected because it makes people think of different things related to gambling, their funds, and their priorities.

Well, this is a good analogy and it shows that you can control your self whatever happen.
On this analogy [Drink but don't get drunk], it was clearly understood that there should have a limit of everything and you must have priorities first before anything else, just like your family. Because when the outcomes are too late perhaps that is the time will make your health and wealth will destroy.

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Indeed, not all bettors are vicious, like using cigarettes and drinking alcohol or liquor. We can't generalize them with regard to this matter.

Thats exactly what we must realize in this thread because Vices is depend in each gamblers and this is their choice.

i have Been in casinos and sometimes i drink moderately specially when playing with friends as the betting become more intensive if there is a little liquor in our body lol.
but the mental aspect is being defected because of liquor or drugs,this change the decision making in life so there isa  connection also.

Crypto gambling still got addictions as well and we can't say people will not smoke or drink if they are doing bets in online because cigarettes and liquors are available at each corner of this world..This may reduce the chances of meeting the people who have already got these addictions.

Gambling is one of the most exciting things we can do right now and one of the reasons why we love this is because we can make a lot of money with this just you need is getting confident with your knowledge and use your experience but not all the people win their games some of them experience a too much loss and this time it affects really to their health because they experience depression and they don't have a will to go outside the anxiety are grabbing them down some of the gamblers survive this kind of problem just by the help of others and their selves some of the gamblers do not mind to eat and take a rest just to play a lot of gambling games and after that, they forgot their health always aim for the goal to become safe over than money.

It's avoiding interactions from those people since you are playing online and you are inside your house or place that you don't have those many companions, but there's no assurance that you can remove such vices if you already have such addictions, you can go and smoke it up and drink
alcohol even you are alone.

I had experience with drugs and alcohol before I started with gambling, and all that was long before crypto! :) With crypto I discovered a great combination, something for drinking, few joints and I can gamble all night, to play different games, listen good music, all that in my pajamas! :)

Gambling and health, well it's much healthier to sit at home, to enjoy in nice comfortable surrounding, doing what you like to do then to work somewhere outside, under rain and wind, or in some office with some people and stupid boss, stressed! 

Most gamblers have that combination of addiction - alcohol and cigarette. But if you will continue to drink while playing, can you focus on what you're doing? I guess at some point you are not sober to know what's happening. So if you are playing, better drink moderately, because it might cause you to lose all your money because you are not in good condition to know what's going on with your game.

I found out that these 2 vices are common to most gamblers. Both of them are harmful to the body but it is up to the gambler how far he will accommodate those 2 things in his life while gambling. Health and financial aspect are in danger with all these combinations though.

I can't debate anymore with you,..  "drink but don't get drunk", that is correct, but those two are not similar.
Drink is "present  tense" while Drunk is "past participle"...

Bettor and gambler are similar, so when you bet you already gamble on the possibility, you could either win or lose.

Try to observe gamblers in the crowded casinos,  you will see that they are gambling with vices around them like smoking cigarettes, vape and there are some casinos that drinking alcohol is okay. I'm a gambler but I'm not a type of gambler who have vices like smoking and drinking alcohol. Anyway I'm not addicted to gambling so for me it is not considered as my vices because I only do gambling when I have free time.

Crypto gambling is not different from Casino gambling. You can even still drink and smoke while gambling at the comfort of your own home. All the bad habits you do while gambling depends on you, some smoke and drink to relieve stress while gambling which could lead to major health problem, not to mention sleep deprivation if you are gambling over night.

But that is not always happening with all gamblers who are playing gambling, whether in online or offline gambling, because I am sure that some gamblers can hold themselves from addicted to smoke or drink. But yes, they addicted to gambling because they are always playing gambling every day.

But when someone addicted to gambling, and he also addicted to smoke and drink at the same time, he needs to check his health because I guess that he can get sick in some period. That will not be good for his health and money because he will ruin his life in a short time. Losing in gambling and get sick is the biggest problem that he might get in the future.

I don't think there is a connection between drug and alcohol addiction to gambling addiction, more specifically online gambling. Gambling is indeed addicting yet it is not the gambling addiction that would drive a person use drugs and alcohols as those aspects differ by most of its means. Even if you are addicted to gambling, that isn't a reason that you would be a drug user or an alcoholic on the latter part. But one factor that might connect the three would be peer pressure, if you are in a community with those habits.

Basically, crypto cannot do a single thing to those addicts. But it could be use as a way to promote disciplinary actions (or rehabilitations).

Everyone here who bets knows what it feels like when betting, your heart is pounding and you get depressed every time you lose, these two has an impact on your system, if these things continue, a gambler will develop symptoms, of course, gamblers to fight depression, they take alcohol and antidepressant to combat fatigue and depression.

One of the main reasons i think why many people is addicted to gambling is because they're influence by someone its either friends, women or a stranger you've met in a physical casino. Also you'll get easily influenced if you've taken alcohol and drugs it hinders your ability to think straight therefore many people could mind control you especially if you're young. With online casino's those bad influences would be gone and thus making your gambling moderate.

So it meas that playing in physical casino is not safe at all, as you can develop other bad habits too like drinking alcohol or making girl friends etc. I think in online gambling you are safe from these drawback as these things are not available when you are gambling online.

Its actually funny and at the same time disappointed but yes greediness is the reasons why a gambler is experiencing negative things that are connected to gambling.


An addicted gambler will definitely experience different negative things especially if they are losing consecutively. Stress and after that depression is what most gamblers are experiencing when they are losing their money but since they got addicted already, it will change to greediness until they don't have money to spend.

Gambling is a big problem to some addicted gamblers because it can affect their selves both physical and mental so it would be better if you just don't gamble if you can't take the risks. Gambling can make you smile but it can make you feel sad too and disappointed.

Too much negative notion with regards to gambling. Well, not to blame society for putting it as such, since the norms of gambling definition are seen as drinks, cigarettes, gambling, and addiction. They are pretty much labeled together and can almost be seen as something that goes hand in hand. Just that, to be correct, it's actually addiction that leads to the negative notions and activities such as cigarettes and drinking.  Gambling in itself isn't wrong nor bad tbh, it's just seen as one. Not to mention the atmosphere when one talks about gambling, even talking about it already brings about a negative view which realllyyy puts gambling in a bad/tough spot.

Generally people with gambling addiction may face depression, migraine, distress, intestinal disorders, and other anxiety-related problems. As with other addictions, the consequences of gambling can lead to feelings of despondency and helplessness. This is a disease which opens gate for other diseases.

You are going to suffer from all of these symptoms if you are losing a lot of money and you spend a long time that takes most of your time, but if you are a responsible gambler I doubt something like this will happen, it's a good break away from longer works in your office and it will not hurt if you win a small amount while enjoying the games.

Everything that is too much is really dangerous and everything should really be done moderately or on a strict manner if you dont like to experience consequences towards your actions..

Gambling is for entertainment but indeed we can also face depression and stress just like what said above if we dont know how to control things up and when that happens then the next
target would be your body.

When your body starts to become sick because of things you had forgotten taken care of then you will start on spending money in your health treatment.

Also if you are too addictive sometimes you also forget your foods which is also can cause of health problem.

Stress and dipression is the cause of too much lost you have for playing and using more of your money.

   I think many people here talk about bad side of too much gambling, to not say addicted gambling. But who gambles
occasionally, without much stresses and sitting in from of the monitor, can do it entire life without consequences.
   If we think it trough everything we do too much can hurt us in some way. People should be moderate, and to have
more interests and hobbies, not just one! People obsessed with single activity are the ones that have some problem,
try to not be that person!

For us people who are sensible enough will surely realize up those things but we know that each person is different when it comes to perceptions,goals or views in life thats why theres still people who do end up on sticking up on a single thing which in result into problems specially with dealing with gambling.I dont really believe much on the saying that gambling cant relief stress and come to think that
this would rather create stress if you lost up too much, it depends if you do just accept and move on into those loses but most of the time it isnt the case here.

I admit I once forgot to take my meal because of playing, and it really sucks at the end of the day that we are not focusing on much more wealth which is our body. What did I do to get my meals on right time? I limit my gambling and I got an alarm clock, you can just search that on google and set it so you can never miss a meal again. Addiction can be stopped really, especially if you really want to.

Well I don't blame some people who are venting their sadness or anxiety to anything that makes them comfortable, but if it is too much then you must stop it, otherwise you'll get stuck in a quicksand and hardly can get out of it. Having friends to talk to are way better than being alone.

Whether it is gambling with fiat or cryptocurrency isn't a factor for addiction. It is a process where a person go uncontrollable, and this truly causes severe health issues. Myself as a gambler experienced low pressure due to gambling. Most of the time I spend time gambling during the night time. This affects the sleep, and the same reflects over the body pressure.

I came to understand the low blood pressure recently when I came to donate blood to a person in need. By the time I didn't had the required blood pressure and mentioned irregular sleep as the cause for the same.

Yes sometimes whenever I am addicted on something likr gambling, I often drink alcohol or smoke my cigarettes especially when the game was in the kind of disastrous in which I am loosing my temper and luck and I am beginning to lose. This probably common with all of the gamblers especially when they are having a hard time to thunk about the techniques that they will do in able for them to win.

Sounds like you have a gambling problem. Losing your temper is definitely a symptom of gambling addiction. You are losing your temper because you are losing the money you'll need in the future.

If you were wagering small you wouldn't have that problem probably.

That is why it is very important to develop first your character before gambling because, if you are not disciplined enough, you will more be more likely influenced by the pressure and stress from the games you  play, and might turn to addiction when you are without self control in the habit. Easily losing your temper when losing in a game is bad because, it hinders you to make more accurate and right decision when you play and wage your money.

That is true because he might be gambling money that he can't afford to lose.

But there is a different feeling too, based on experience when wagering a small amount it's not entertaining, people just love to take risk that sometimes they will think unrealistically hoping they can win big with their very small bankroll.

Strange, when gambling has so many side effects with it, why people still even play gambling. As per your words, it look like gambling is more dangerous than coronavirus.
I am happy that you did not say that gambling addiction may face coronavirus too  :D

Funny if that will happen, though there's different effects but this coronavirus will eliminate your life without a cure yet, while gambling addiction can be cured if you are willing to help yourself.
It have to be your own will to protect yourself and eliminate this problem inside your mind. Your own willingness will bring curement to your problem.

That is the sign that he is being hooked and starting to become addicted and this must be cured sooner or he will face the baddest part of being gambler.
impossible that there is no side effect because the moment that we become addict the effect is really bad and some losses all their assets and family.

It is difficult to maintain consistency for every bet played. When emotions cant be controlled and the desire to bet is very large then someone might dare to do high risk things such as risking all balances in one bet.

So actually a gambling addict can still minimize the impact caused by gambling activities. Controlling emotions and desires and maintaining the consistency of each bet I hope there will be two things that will work well for them.

A person addicted to the gambling needs to follow directions from a Specialist to get out of their addictions.
In this time of quarantine, due to the threat of Covid19, abstinence could help these people. Because it will give them time to make changes in their way of thinking and acting, as well as changes in their styles and life patterns.
As for all things in life, self-control is the best way to achieve well-being.
And crypto could be useful to anyone who learns how to make good use of self-control.

Gambling per say is not dangerous it is upto people how they take it . Like I play for enjoyment and only at certain times so I am on my limits due to this discipline . But for people who want to just make money or consider this as a matter net making machine may get in trouble with many things and addiction is just one of them . It has many side effects and it become dangerous .

Look gambling is considered negative because there is no benefit anyone can gain but rather only negative effects are there like loss, frustration and drugs.

While you made a valid point that drugs and other addictions actually lead to gambling for most people but the vice versa is not completely wrong either because there are people who loose a lot of money and then take loans, loose everything they possibly could and then start getting in depression and there the drugs and addiction starts for alcohol and such.

On a positive side though online gambling is not as dangerous because there is no physical presence in the casino and hence there is no peer pressure because I had a friend who gambled way too much just because people around him in the casino (physical) were not stopping.

Not strange but it is common already for most gamblers.

Even though they know and experienced the negative side effects of it, they still choose to gamble. There are some reasons why they keep on doing this.
-They might be enjoying when they are gambling and even thought they lost as long as they got the pleasure they want, it is still ok for them.
-Got addicted into it. I can say that it is like getting addicted in playing games. I have experienced getting addicted to playing games too and I felt that my body wants to play most of the time and my day will not be completed without playing. Same with addicted gamblers. The day is not complete for them if they didn't gamble.

They might face covid too if they choose to go out to find an open casino in their place :D.

There are positive and negative impacts of gambling to everyone, well that is what life is, there is always good and bad side. Even though the best things we know also have its negative side. As well as the gambling, gambling has so many positive sides, some other people considered it as their source of income especially those pro who always win with the specific gambling.
Gambling also makes people avoid other worst vices such as drugs and smokes, some people forget to do that because they are only focused on gambling.
But those positive sides overcome by its negative sides because it is heavier than good sides, the worst thing that you may have in gambling is that, your life can be destoyed if you get so addicted on it.

I love that article because of the fact that it underlines the fact that adolescents are actually in more trouble than mature people and this is getting out of control in no time, to be honest crypto has fueled it and while I am not blaming bitcoins but it has been a major factor because of the anonymous gambling that it makes possible.

I was at primedice a few months ago and someone sent me a friend request and then he he messaged me his story which I will briefly round up as "He was in 9th standard lost all his pocket money, took some money from his parents and busted it" he asked me for tip and while he might be a scammer but nonetheless this problem is for real. I helped him a bit and hopefully he does well not, but really adolescents are being a big part of crypto gambling.

The answer is already in your question. As you yourself said, there are people who are addicted, while addictions can be of various kinds; they all remain addictions.
So addicted to gambling addiction, a person has fun taking alcohol and stuff, which naturally creates a number of addictions that always work with 100% probability when he gets into the environment where they were created.

But, this is only for those who are into problem gambling otherwise someone who is gambling for fun would never have any such issues since they know they are not into gambling for fun and making only loss that they could afford.

Problem is for those who are looking to earn from gambling and after they actually loose money they feel like they can get back their losses and start digging a hole for themselves which gets much more deep every time you try to fill it and once you are trapped into it then you start becoming drug addict to handle the financial pressure which puts the final nail in the coffin.

Things have indeed good and the bad side but negative outweighs the positive side just like what most people been telling here.
Yes there are good things like entertainment for yourself or easing the stress inside you thats why you do look for something which would make you enjoy
but of course losing money is part and this isnt fun and its a stressing thing instead.

Health symptoms would only comes after when you do deal too much with gambling where you do already come to a point where you
drink too much or even involved on other vices and these are present most likely on a physical casino.

Become stress is likely to happen for a person expecting too much for winning. While for a person just enjoy gambling for entertainment, I believe he can minimize the stress once losing because he has no serious goal to win. One thing to remind that you must limit the amount of money to gamble. If you only spend a little money, you easily forget it. But if you spend a lot of money, you may have difficulties to admit it.

Spend what you can afford to lose, and it's also right to use the word risk money rather than spend money as we are not going to an entertainment show here like in a movie house where we have to pay to entertain ourselves, here in gambling, we only risk money and there is a chance that we can win and that will give us the real entertainment, though sometimes we lose but we just have to accept it and be a man, always stick to the limit which is the amount that we can afford to lose.

Well said, if there is no risk management gambling for fun can leave unhealthy traces behind the daily lifestyle. The stress and the eyestrain which can cause a headache if the gambler spends the hours in front of the monitor, all the negativity will explode one day. Risking money for fun can be addictive and everyone is supposed to take control on their hands if the consequences are heartbreaking. Having a proper money management plan is good in such cases, no matter what.

It is really a bad thing if there is no risk management especially for those gamblers. The gamblers who often to lose are the ones who just betting, rolling and playing without considering the risks, their psychology and also they do not have enough plan how they will exit when they play. It became a bad habit and that is why they continue to lose money. Controlling our emotions can help us to do better decisions.

You say controlling our emotions can help us make better decisions with which I agree.The problem is that the majority of people in general and not only gamblers most of the time cannot control their emotions and this is one of the most things one can do,to have self control.Since gamblers are normal persons like anyone else they fall victim of their emotions and this are translated slowly over time in health problems.Two of the most common symptoms are insomnia and anxiety.

Nope this is the problem why many people in Gambling becomes addicted because of this belief mate.

In gambling we must treat as a Happy place in which we are spending money to be entertained not not totally to win,we are only having a Bonus if we got a winning but in reality it is not mate.

The alcohol, drugs, gambling are relevance only in making people addicted about it. They're both treated as an addiction but in relation with crypto, I don't see any closeness because it is depends on the person. I believe that being addicted to something is a choice not a mistake. For me, I drink alcohol occasionally and I don't do drugs because I'm knowledgeable about the bad effects of it in my health.


Gambling is for people who are stressed enough in their work or other things because gambling really can relieve your stress while playing. Some people below 18 yrs. old are not that stress enough because the only thing they are stressed about is their studies and gambling is not the solution for that problem. There are a lot of things for a minor to do, they shouldn't engage in gambling but to explore and enjoy other things.


That's why this forum is very essential for those who are not knowledgeable enough, so that they can get some idea about crypto trading to avoid being cocky. I think cryptocurrency makes people greedy because they are worrying about their money, that also result from continuously playing and that is considered as addiction. Trading is very different from gambling that's why.

This is the best thing to do if you cant control yourself anymore and you're having a hard time to stop even you're willing to do it. Any form of addiction is not good and has an impact to our mind and health thus its better to seek for professional help to totally overcome it.

Well crypto can be use as tool to gamble online, it has an advantage for gamblers especially now most places are in lockdown so if you want to continue playing by using crypto it is possible. But you're right self control is a must to avoid having problem afterwards.

It will come down to their reasons why they are gambling :D.

Gamblers who are gambling because of money will definitely feel more stress, more regret and more disappointment than the gamblers who are out there just to release their stress after work or just there because they want to get pleasure. The money that will be used will depend on the user. If he just want to gamble for fun then a small amount will be fine already while the ones who are gambling for either money and losses will use more money. More money to use in gambling = more negative emotions to when you lose it.

I somehow agree to the concept of losing huge money feeds more stress, otherwise little amount won't even bother your thoughts. But I still see that the stress origin depends on how someone handles it. Have you ever heard the story of Dave Mustaine, and Pete Best? I could somehow relate it here. So here's the quick story between those two Dave got kicked out of a band which is now the Metallica despite of it he worked hard to become popular as well, he did managed it but he still feel down, and failure (stress) despite getting millions of album sold simply because his former band counts more album sold than his. While, Pete Best despite getting kicked out of his band which is The Beatles, he didn't bother to feel down, failure (stressed) at all as he manage it quite more well than Dave though he loses the opportunity to be popular and wealthy as his former band. Here's the catch, it is not about the amount of money you spent with and loss, stress may come out of nowhere, and in the end it is still up to you on how you'll manage to cope up with it. After all, money is just a material nothing more, nothing less.

are you sure this is causation and not correlation?

what if persons that are more inclined to gambling addiction are also more inclined to alcohol, tobacco or other drugs addiction too?

I'm not a neuroscientist but I could guess that both disturbs are related to neurotransmitters and possible imbalances.

In a land-based casino you are surely more inclined to drinking more alcohol, smoking more cigarettes and making higher bets than when sitting at home and gambling online. I'm not trying to say that you can't drink, smoke and risk amounts you can't afford to lose while playing from home, but this is less likely, imo.

Regarding theft, it's unrelated to gambling. You either do it or you don't, regardless of whether you are poor, rich, gambler or a Catholic priest.

For gamblers online, it's not necessary to drink at home, we can do it outside after we gamble.
I'll give an example, if you are betting in sports, it does not take a lot of time to gamble, and after you bet, you can go hang out with your friends and watch the game/s you bet on while drinking, sometimes it would be more fun as long as you will prevent yourself from getting tempted to do live betting.

Indeed. But sometimes, the reason of a certain individual why he gambles could change in just a matter of seconds because of too much fun in playing gambling. For example, he is just playing for fun, but he is winning most of the time so he decided to put a huge money on it believing he could win again, but he lost it all, and the fun becomes depression and stress, that is why you have to be mentally tough also in gambling, be responsible in every decisions you make, because if not, all of the negative emotions you feel will just eat you alive.

It is not just about fun,,, addiction has gone beyond fun and habit. It is a brain's chemical reliance that requires more and more of the pleasure hormone for it to experience pleasure until a point it no longer is able to become fun anymore.

But the brain used to getting dopamine in this way will continue to push a person into the same actions, in fact the addicted person does not even realize what he is doing, but the moment until it is too late.
Therefore, it is important for loved ones to extremely carefully make clear to the dependent what is really happening to him.

If you do know how to control yourself while playing gambling, the health problems associated on playing it will not be a big deal. It is a sense of self control to be able to eliminate such vices like drinking alchol, using cigarettes and even taking up illegal drugs. But since gambling do provide an instant source of income if you were just lucky to always win on playing gambling, then engaging into such vices might be just a cause of peer pressure with the people you were playing gambling with. I think crypto cannot be a total solution to break down people from using drugs and taking up alcohol because it's just that crypto on gambling have changes the platform and make playing gambling easy since it is a digital currency. The problem is with the people itself and not the gambling since it is just a game. Maybe vices have been a reliable companion for gamblers while playing to boost up the fun but still it will be depending on the person if he will be addicted on it. As far as I have my experience, even I do gamble using crypto or fiat, I haven't experienced getting addicted into any type of vices because it is my own choice not to engage into any vices and just play gambling.

Without planning the possible loss and adjusting your balance according to the plan will have several bad consequences, that is the reason why professional punters always recommend having a red line on your mind during the gameplay. If the gambler leaves the casino with less funds compared to the previous days, this is a strong signal to take a break. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same responsibility in hard situations.

Not all would really be having the same decision making  when it comes to situations like this and to those people who havent experienced such hardship in the past will 100% commit mistake this time
yet they arent aware on things that happen if they do decide to continue.Unlike to those persons who do have past experiences which would completely stop since they do know that they would be fucked up
or mess their lives if they decided to ignore such losing scenario.Just as usual thing where people do only learn when they do experience hardship but if they havent then its expected to continue things
even if its wrong already.

Of course, lots of area would be affected when you do tolerate addiction - not only on affecting your finances but also your health as well.

the answer is no for me, it doesn't matter if we use crypto  it will not eliminate drugs and alcohol, because its a different problem from gambling addiction,
it should be deal by the family because i think that's the only way to solve it, gambling addiction may be also a discussion in the family, crypto currency is made for fster transactions and using paperless payments for faster transactions but not with a person's personal and health issue or problems.

I agree only with a few parts
Yes, It doesn't matter if we use crypto currencies since bitcoin is actual money but in the digital from and PTP, without of any third party involved. and this will answer the question, gambling can be addictive itself at last for me it was. But, it was never design the health cure and won't help with this part of the story.

No I did not become addicted to those. Maybe one reason is, people around me are good influencer. They will not make do such thing that is bad for me. Yes they taught me gambling like betting or cards games, etc. They drink alcohol while playing, while some of them smoke. It is OK for them to try but they know how to control me to do such thing and I know I am discipline enough to know what is right and what is wrong.

The simple explaination is that human vices are not dependent on the currency used to pay for them but their inherent habit of being addicted to them.

I believe cryptocurrency has a much bigger platform of usage maybe not currently and since gambling has been found to be the biggest method to spend crypto second to trading, that is why see such outcomes. However in future I do expect the acceptance of crypto into many other merchants and people using it so this graph might change a lot.

Of course if gambling becomes a problem them they have to deal with the addiction. If they run out of crypto, they will look for fiat, there is no end to the cycle unless the person is determined to keep it under control.

No!
No!
No!
No!

Though, these response are my personal response and not general. As a one who was brought up inline with the principles of God, has no reason to involve myself with the above characters even though I belong to the class of gamblers. As a gambler I am; I would never think of drugs while gambling even at a huge loose because is unethical to my belief, also, taking alcohol is totally against my principles of life and even thieft. As an individual who adhere to the principles of God, who also know the effect of these drugs and alcohols won't get involve in them.

My gambling life is simple and not focus on what I can get out of gambling but finding entertainment and fun therein. This is my sole aims while I gamble, with this, associating with drugs and alcohol won't be realisable even on the long run.

In gambling you do not need to be addicted into drinks and drugs because we have different perspective in gambling some of the people just want only to play gambling and they can handle the pressure on the game, and some of them are not, and one of the uses of the drugs, cigarettes, and drinks is to temporary release your stress and become too much relax and confident so there are a lot of people want to play gambling with those but still it is your choice if you want, but for me, it is better not because soon you will not only become addictive on gambling but also in drugs and more addictive kinds of stuff always be aware and conscious about yourselves and surroundings.

Gambling greatly raises the level of cortisol in the blood at a faster heart rate.
With prolonged exposure, both of these factors can be very detrimental to the health of men in the future.
Women are less at risk for heart disease than men.

It depends if you do let those kind of situations do happen into you but we know that the prolonged we're expose on such state,
as the day pass by our mind and body will surely get used to it.You can be less emotional when youre already aware on losing
and able to control yourself further on.

Gambling can really give out some health implications but this one will involved in lack of sleep, impulsive emotions or reactions,
high tension,lost temper etc.

And those things only happen if you play excessively, too much in expectation, and not aware of the gambling nature. Basically, those health problems can be avoided, gamblers just need to play normally. Enjoy the gambling games and have fun with them. Don't expect too much winning on every attempts, that's only hurt you. That's why limit your funds, use extra money only!

Playing with a reasonable level won't cause any of that, I also play gambling but not until I have trouble sleeping, emotions or other tension.
Playing gambling is only for entertainment where when I am bored then make small bets on online gambling platforms, thirdly I lose in gambling leave then sleep.  Likewise when I win I do not fall asleep for it, when I get enough profit just go and sleep again.

I don't think that online gambling alleviate or remove health risks involved when playing in a physical casino, sure it removes the alcoholic risks and smoking risks but I think it only worsens someones addiction and the risks are just different. I am saying that it worsens someones addiction by making gambling more convenient and portable, with online gambling you can use your mobile devices to play anytime and anywhere. The health risks would be psychological such as isolating yourself when you become to frustrated with your gambling, health risk would be not eating at the right time because when we are enjoying ourselves when we do something, time passes by without us noticing. Online gambling do remove some health risk but I think that we should rehabilitate gambling altogether.

Gambling has a adverse effect on body when either you are addicted to it or have lost big amount in gambling which will result in many side effects to body . It could also lead to heart attack. People do have sleepless nights due to gambling and that is why it is said to play for fun so that one can enjoy rather than having any such tensions .

Hopefully we will not experience that because that is the worst experience of being a gambler.
We need to ensure that we will never be addicted in gambling, and that is by being responsible and we knowing the risk is the first thing we need to do.

A person died because of gambling is the worst death for me as a gambler as gambling is suppose to be fun.

I only know that gambling can make our heartbeat run faster than usual, and we can feel stress which will trigger another thing in heath. But gambling will be different than the other addiction like smoke or alcohol because the impact of gambling will be shown after some time, but maybe the damage can be the same as smoke or alcohol. We can prevent from getting the health symptoms that might come when we gamble by always setting the limit and get out as soon as possible if the situations are not good for us.

It's interesting to know about the medical stuff and and the relations to the gambling. But, still even after reading your post I can't understand why gambling makes people to drink much more than other people. This should be caused by death hormones in human body. I'm not sure.

On average gamblers now when playing always accompanied by smoke and alcohol I think it is common among gamblers there who are often vulnerable in health because if they continue to do this often then I think in the near future their health could be disrupted due to one of the drinks is not to gamble too often in an alcoholic state because it will make our heart tensions stronger and it can be a implication.
Health is more important, so do gambling as much as possible, not just for fun.

A person who understands the dangers of alcohol will most likely not use it even when playing in a casino, but it is difficult not to do this if you have relaxed in this way your entire conscious life.
In addition, given that addicted players have a special type of personality, this leads them to use things that relax the cerebral cortex.

In my opinion crypto gambling can even increase the likelihood of taking other drugs, because if you are aone in a room there is nobody watching you. As a consequence it is easier to take some drugs. The constraint because of shaming is much lower.

I started gambling 2-3 years ago but I didn't take drugs even once. I take alcohol but only when there is a occasion. I've been addicted to gambling before but I already recovered and I did that with the help of my family. It doesn't meab that you cannot gamble when you recover from gambling addiction, I am playing until now and I can really avoid being addicted again because I already experienced it.

Those who have vices and are also gambling possess a high risk of having health problems. Like what you've mentioned, it's hard for those people to cut off their habits while playing if they're already used to it. Drinking liquors, smoking, and using illegal drugs while playing may damage their health.

Aside from this, those types of gambling games that require only to sit for couple of hours can also impose a risk to their health. An inactive lifestyle due to sitting for numerous hours a day because of gambling can produce complications and has a chance to compromise their well-being.

I don't think so, unless you are already a drug addict. Most of the reasons why a person is unto drugs is because of the influence of the people surrounding him, now if you are surrounded with good people, there's a less chance you'll be on drugs or addicted to it.

Well drug addiction is too serious just to Discussed  like this,One of my Best friends died years ago because of gambling and drug addiction,He Lose His Family and friends(even me)because of addiction and this push Him to commit Suicide by Putting Gun into His mouth.
Yeah addicted will choose inside the room when nobody is looking,then Play online Gambling while high on Drugs.
and also yes that Drugs and Gambling is associated mostly.

That's so sad, committing suicide is one of the most stupid decision, that's being a coward of not facing the problem.
We can get addicted now but we still have a chance to renew ourselves, we just need people to help us, and we should be willing to be help, not pushing them away because we don't like our pride to be hit.

This is the worse possible scenario we will experience as a gambler, but this can be prevented if we don't go with our emotion.
our mind should also be the leader that will be followed.

I agree with you that suicide is the most unacceptable and stupid thing possible. Nevertheless, we have a fairly large number of suicides all over the planet.
You need to understand that people committing suicide consider this to be the only possible way out of the situation.
They have severe mental problems, so blaming them for such an act is at least stupid.
A healthy person will never harm himself intentionally, only a person with mental disabilities is capable of this. And we should not cut ourselves off from such people by putting labels on them.

Drug addiction is a high level of psychedelic experience but there are many differences. Ego death is the case for psychedelic enthusiasts and passing this level can lead to a lack of any kind of addiction in the brain due to the psychological and chemical changes. You can search for real people who cleaned his mind with this kind of psychedelic experience.

We can't judge those people that decided to end their lives. For them, it is the solution to their problems. Usually, those people that commit suicide feel that they are alone in the battle and they are already hopeless with everything. So if you know somebody that has the tendency to commit that act, just extend a little help or understanding or companionship, it might change his perceptions in life and change for the betterment of himself. Sometimes, those people just need someone to talk to, to relay their problems and all.

indeed there have been many victims due to consuming drugs like that and finally many ended tragically, it is better to avoid such consumption, gambling not to follow too deep in the flow and don't become obsessed with gambling that cannot provide a guarantee of profit.

I don't drink alcohol but I have seen people around me who do. Sometimes I think that they want to forget about their problems for a moment or feel happy. It is a wrong idea because their problems will always be there, the best is to face them and live healthier.

Yup, I agree. Some gamblers already put it into their system. They can't play without cigarettes, it makes them think clearer. The longer they play, the more cigarettes they puff into their system. Others use drugs too. It can be also because of the competitive aura surrounding them. So I think they really have a high risk of gaining more health problems. Adding the fact that in a casino, even though you are not taking any cigarettes or drugs, you are most likely prone to second hand smoke which is a killer too.

Gambling can cause health problems when it becomes an addiction.
People are getting anxious when being addicted.
And apart from that, when you lose a lot of money, you start thinking about the difficult part of the life that has come and you might end up thinking about finding ways (usually bad ones) to overcome this.

The big problem begins when people are starting to realize that they are really addicted. They may feel the most worse feeling in the world, but we can assure that there are much more people who can share this feeling of losing money with gambling. Gambling addiction is a serious problem, the first step is to admit and recognize that you have an addiction. I read somewhere that it will take the same time to recover from an gambling addiction, as the time that you were addicted. Sharing it with somebody you can trust could also help in the process.

Drinking alcohol is also a serious threat when you experience the trauma of losing gambling because it is difficult to control yourself and without realizing touching narcotics to encourage yourself, just reminding alcohol will add to the list of problems of the darkness of life.

some are drinking not because they have problems but because they only want to chill out along with playing a gambling but i dont know if alcohol is allowed on a real casinos ? i only hear people drink and gamble on an online casino  .

i never do this in my entire life but i have access to drinks too and i also drink sometimes ,  however  i just dont like to drink while playing gambling because i cant concentrate .  playing gambling is sometimes stressful and its also one of the threat to our health .

If a person drinks alcoholic beverages only because they are left alone in the room - this is already a disease associated with alcohol.
For me, going to the casino was always accompanied by drinking alcohol, because I did it for the purpose of relaxing with friends. At home, I tried gambling, but even when I was alone in the room, I never drank alcohol, because I do not have an addiction to it.

Some casino places have concerns about the health of their players. Some of them apply traditional Chinese art in room architecture (Feng shui) which is considered capable of triggering positive forces including human health and fortune within.

Although it doesn't have a direct effect, it is believed to have intangible and long-term benefits.

In which country are you living? Because fortunately, in most of casinos around the world, you can drink alcohol there.

In my country, 40% of population are active in gambling.
Gambling nervousness affects health in a negative way, remember that.

This probably means you desperately needed entertainment/fun or just wanted to create the fun. This could easily lead to addiction in my opinion. I would probably take a little alcohol and bet a little to avoid the addictions or avoid betting more than I can afford to lose. I don't really like the idea of entertaining oneself while taking big risk or gambling

Yes and we shouldn't forget that gambling can lead to suicide. And death is the worst health issue, though.

40%?which country is that mate mind sharing?i know that gambling is popular worldwide but i did not expect a almost Half of the Population will be Active gambler .

yeah they are using Feng Shui for players health but not for their luck lol,so those gamblers will Lose many time if they stay healthy .

I am not so sure if crypto can really give a solution to gambling addicts in order to eliminate all the negative effects to them like drug,alcohol and theft because all these options will always depend to the gambler. As you can see not all the gamblers are like these as there are many gamblers who gamble only for fun and they know how to control themselves but in opposite side there are gamblers also who have all of it.

In my situation, I don't drink and I really hate drugs therefore I am not doing those two even if I gamble as I gamble only for fun while having a control to myself on when to stop.

Whoa, 40% means a lot of people playing gambling? I hope that every year, that percentage can be reduced if the government is a concern with their citizen. That is not good for people who have a family because they need to buy their daily needs with money, and if they lose the money in gambling, how they can fill their daily needs? I hope that you don't play gambling too much like other people so you can save money for the future.

No, we don't want to die because of gambling, that's stupid, we are here having fun and if we lose we should not be desperate on recovering our loses.

@Paxon , if I may ask, what country you are living? 40% is too much for an active gamblers in a certain country.

Yes, in some cases, because if we find that gambling is a place that erased your stressful things in your life it would be difficult to removed it in our lifestyle. Gambling is maybe the way to become addicted to drugs and drink, because if you feel a big failure in gambling you will find another happiness that’s why many gamblers are found there happiness into drugs and drinks. In playing gambling were not really sure if we win on all the game that we played because we cannot manipulate our fate so that if you lose in gambling and if you feel hurt on the result, you’ll find another happiness to cope up your loss.  

In our country may be close to that number but more active even though in the midst of this pandemic, they still want to pursue their addiction. in the past days, there are several gamblers who got caught by the authorities. they caught because they violated the quarantine rules and most of them involved in cockfight which is prohibited nowadays because of this pandemic. their cock has been slaughtered and has been feed to prisoners. Well, that served them right. 

thats good percent mate,meaning half of your neighbors are Gamblers?cool mate  ;D
What does it mean about Nervousness ?is that the feeling of momentum whenever we are in gambling table?when our heart is Pumping fast because of our bets?
but yeah i think it can affect our Health.

Addicted gamblers dont stop thinking about gambling even in their sleep that is why they cannot think rightful because of the effect.

I guess most of the gamblers are those who are betting on lottery, for me, I don't consider them as a regular gambler as they don't spend much of their time in gambling and they are just throwing their money, meaning, even if they will lose, it will not hurt their pocket.

if that's how big the number is, then the government will be making a lot of money since lottery are usually sponsored by the government, and sad to say that majority of the gamblers betting on lottery are poor people.

At the momment, gamblers in big problem because they are able only to gamble online

^ Definitely right, online gambling is really addictive same us with other vises like alcohol, cigarettes even drugs. however, with online gambling, you will not be exposed to other players who have such vises. It is up to you if you will go with other vises like smoking. Nevertheless, your health really depends on you.

To avoid betting more than you can afford when going to the casino, take with you cash in the amount that you can afford to spend on entertainment, and leave all cards at home. So you will not spend more than you took with you and then you can safely drink alcohol and not be afraid that you will lose control.

Indeed regardless of the environment people would still do the habits they want because these gives them stimulus and makes them feel good.
The only way to cure gambling addiction is either they loss everything or they realize and seek professional help because its destroying their lives.

I think that is good prevention for spending more money on gambling because we lose all of the money, we can not playing gambling anymore, and the next thing that we can do is going to go home. With doing that, I guess we can prevent from buying alcohol or cigarettes because we don't have any money, and that can help us to avoid another addicted. But some of us will not do that, but they will take a loan from other people they know so they can continue to playing gambling. If that happens, we will not have a chance to limit our money because we always take a loan, and we might get in big trouble soon.

It's true, Bitcoin wasn't designed to make gamblers' life better, but what if it works that way still? I personally think that when all the gambling industry will be using online crypto platforms, there will be much less gambling addicts than what we have today. And that's because it is easier to stop playing when behind your computer than when in a physical casino. Not trying to say that there will be no gambling addicts at all, but the number will be smaller, imo. But we have to wait for some reliable stats on that matter, which can take years.

Gambling addiction is already a very serious issue for some people to handle in their life, I cannot imagine what would happen to these people if they got themselves addicted to drugs and alcohol too as it would surely make their life worst than ever. Crypto-currencies does not solve any of these problems, but getting proper medication and professional counselling would surely help these people to get their life back to normal.

What I think is that playing online gambling will make it easier for someone to drain their wallet than a physical casino. As you said playing in front of monitor won't make them play for long, it's because their money has been used up.
When their physical health is saved, it doesn't mean also with mental health after experiencing severe losses in a short time.

Cryptocurrency will only give gambling addicts more access to an online casino unlike on a physical casino and gambling addicts can even get banned on getting on a physical casino. and No, Crypto in any way does not reduce the risk ratio of drug and alcohol addiction. theft etc... just like any other currency, cryptocurrency doesn't prevent any of this problems you mentioned.

Those that are addicted will always find a way to empty their wallets, in my country physical casinos are officially closed and yet I am sure there are some addicted gamblers out there losing their money anyway by gambling in underground casinos or by gambling online, it seems to me many see bitcoin as some sort of magical solution for many of the problems of the world and that is not true, bitcoin is just a form of money with limited supply, that will solve some of the problems we have seen and we will keep seeing, like hyperinflation, however it is up to each of us to use our bitcoin responsibly and only gamble what we can afford to lose.

Itt may be easier to stop playing but it's also easier to start. Some people have anxieties or are too insecure to go to a crowded casino where everyone watches them and play at a table.

Online gambling gives them a comfort of their own room and the anonymity. There's also no age restriction. They can always lie in an online form when they wouldn't be able to do it in a real casino.

Yeah thats true when you are playing line you will get some time to think and stay mentally fresh no one will be there to disturb or distract you but to keep calm and stay healthy a gambler must have control over their emotions. Its really not good to spend all your savings just for your fun as it can give you mental stress that's why much better to keep limited gambling and stay mentally healthy.

I love gambling and have never used drugs and alcohol. The answer is because I'm not addicted to gambling. Most likely those who are
addicted to gambling indeed involved with drugs and alcohol, and therefore can endanger health. There are so many bad sides if we get
addicted to gambling, then we must be able to control ourselves when gambling. One solution is that we must have a other activities,
like crypto trading. That way our lives can be more productive and positive.

Once you are already deep in gambling, very few can really have the control of their emotions. So as much as possible before you start playing, even in online casinos, you should know already your limits. How much you are ready to spend and lose. Because in gambling, you should always be ready to accept that all the money that you will spend will totally be lost after playing. Mental stress is common to most gamblers especially if you are using money that are not yours.

I beg to differ as a addicted gambler will gamble until his wallet is empty irrespective of the fact whether he’s gambling on a land based casino or a online casino. Furthermore in a land based casino he may carry limited cash and stop gambling when his wallet is empty, but in online casinos he can continuously buy crypto’s and keep gambling till his wallet becomes zero. In these kind of scenarios it’s very important that they seek professional help, and understand their addiction and work on reducing it.

Helpful links:

(*these links are taken from Bitdice https://www.bitdice.me/help*)

https://gamblinghelp.org/

https://www.helpguide.org/

Interesting article would recommend all to read it:

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/addictions/gambling-addiction-and-problem-gambling.htm

https://www.ncpgambling.org/

We know how an addicted in drugs can be. We know how an addicted in games can be. Any addiction is very bad for the people and this includes gambling addiction.

There is no good addiction because all the things that you are doing so much can make you a bad person in general. Moderation in everything is needed whether it is playing games or drinking liquors or drugs or even in gambling so that you can control yourself while you are doing these things and it will not affect yourself so much.

Some countries have facility for those who want to get cured of gambling, like alcohol if left untreated, your life will become totally ruined, you are going to lose everything your family your, your money and your mind, this is what the government tries to address that's why they set up these facilities.

Also there are many part time gamblers who are playing online gambling and they are not serious about it. You will find a lot of immature gamblers in online gambling.
Those who play gambling in physical casino can be called the real gamblers and most of the addicts are also among those catogery who play gambling ins physical casino.

Crypto gambling is not different from real-time gambling, vices like smoking, drinking, drugs, and anything else has nothing to do whether if you are gambling at home or casino. It depends from person to person, if you are a smoker, alcohol addict, or drug addict this will not stop you even if your gambling online.

Nah, "mostly" but not all are involved in drugs and alcohol, some of them are just compulsive gamblers. They were the people who can't stop easily the surge of playing gambling even if they know they were chasing losses. It's a state of mind where you want to win to make some money for some personal reasons but tends to chase some losses anyway. It's not that easy to deal with it alone because you really need someone who could help you to carry out from that pit. That's why professional counselling is needed for these people.

Well, I admit that it can be true but still depends from person to person of course. Yeah if you lose badly in gambling, the tendency for you is to get drunk or smoke always only if you already got this habit before. These things serve as your gateway to at least feel relief amidst the tension you feel. But if you not drink, smoke or take drugs in the first place then i don't think you will attempt to do such thing because you lose. Like me, I'm losing sometimes and got slightly frustrated as well but I remain sane and just move on. The bottom line, self discipline matters here the most :).

So people who think that they addicted to gambling can use that facility to cure the addiction. However, not all countries have that facility, but I hope that in every country will have that place, so if someone gets addicted, they can be cured by visiting that place. We know that gambling addiction is a serious matter that happens in all countries, whether we know how big the number of people who addicted to gambling. And if there is someplace which can be used to accommodate the addicted gamblers, I think that will help them to solve the problem.

I understand where you're idea is coming from. Physical casino's have a lot of alcohol and cigarettes and you think that because of Cryptocurrency online gambling, it will somehow help others to avoid being addicted to such. However, gambling addicts who are also addicted to drugs, alcohol, and cigs won't be cured just because they are not in the physical casino's. Its much bigger than that. Crypto wasn't made for that too. They can still be addicted whenever they are, they need real and appropriate solutions.

Well, I agree there are less risk to be addicted and less second hand smoke but we really can't tell. They can still be addicted to such whenever they are. Its about moderation and control. They can still be pressured even it is still online gambling, they can turn to such addiction even at their own home.

Yes that's what I meant. When visiting a casino, people don't carry all their money, securities or anything they can bet on. As with playing at home, it's easier to reach all assets owned that are prone to be made for betting. Even non-addicts can potentially experience this while in an exciting game.

What you are saying is true, but only for a certain group of people, namely, for problem gamblers. And I meant the vast majority of people(gamblers) who are not problem gamblers, according to various stats. And yet, I think we have to wait several years before we can make sound conclusions on this matter. Can crypto gambling make the overall health of gamblers better, only time will tell.


Theoretically can be true, but it's a complex problem with no simple solution. Those kids who gamble online would not necessarily be learning math and biology if there were no online gambling. What is more likely is that they would be taking drugs and robbing people on the streets, because they are wired that way: they are craving for immediate pleasure and profit.

Some people would like to play gambling just to seek fun and some of them are just looking for extra profit by the use of their skills, knowledge, and experience into the world of gambling even just a ten dollars you can make a huge profit on it. Some people think that bringing a huge amount of money in every gambling is good because you can play how many times you want but this kind of action is not so good because sometimes you forgot now many earnings you already got and also sometimes you become too much greed because you have the huge amount of money holding and I think it is better to make some management on the money because it is better if you just play with your extra money because you will not make any regrets if you lose it than spending all of your funds there is a higher risk to have nothing to earn.

The simple solution to that is if you have a fiscipline and you know that when you get attached to something you become addicted to it then it better be that you stay away feom gambling as much as you can, and also it is a common sense that there should be a restriction to youth, and advocating gambling to them is unacceptable. In short, avoid gambling altogether to prevent other health problems that may come with it.

That is a simple solution which not most gamblers can have when they play gambling. They will feel difficult to discipline themselves because the tempting in gambling will become bigger, especially if they already play for some rounds of games. But if they already have experience in gambling, I think they will learn and try to discipline themselves because if they don't do that, they will get more losses without they will know how much bigger that loss. Staying away from gambling will be the best solution for every people before they start to get addicted and never get involved in gambling at all.

This is way effective in terms of physical casino gambling, because basically if you are gambling online, you have more time, you can play and skip animation which saves you more time to do other things aside from gambling in which you cannot do in physical casinos. In fact, your life could be in danger if you play in physical casinos for now, because of tangible machines, you might get corona virus.

Going back, gambling and health has been a broad issue even before, but the main thing I could think of as a solution is proper control of time, funds, and emotion that we are giving off when gambling.

As long as they are gambling it wouldn't lessen those bad habits it wouldn't matter if they are gambling through online or in real life.
It would still be the same, They would still be stressed out because of the outcome of their games so they would still do what they do when they are gambling in real life.

Yes it has no difference because there's a money involve. If we lose it can affect our mental health on thinking about our worries of losing the money in gambling. Sometimes to be able to temporarily forget those problem drinking and smoking are the solution to calm.

Indeed we need discipline when we gamble. If we can control ourselves and not eager to win or to chase back the losses then we wont face worst problem after.

There no one is safe when they are gambling using their emotion as they will eventually make wrong and costly decision in the long run.
When a gambler is so emotional, that would lead him to gamble more as he cannot easily accept the loses, in fact he will gamble more to win back without knowing that he is putting himself on a higher risk.

Yes, there's not that much different for the addiction of gambling and other types of addiction. The effect is the same and bad habits will remain bad habits be it for gambling or not.

Every gambler is eager to win and that's why we gamble because we want to win. I haven't seen a gambler who's eager to lose or if there is, I forgot it.

Exactly, no gambler that is gambling to lose money, they usually gamble to win but they only differ on the attitude as there are gamblers who spend beyond their budge and lose control in the end while the other side are those who are responsible to stay on limit.

Agreed! that's the problem when emotional people enter these kinda platform and they lose their money. Ofc the next thing happens is the depression because of the lose they made because they can't accept the loses. 

Yes in somehow my joining on gambling has a effect on my vices like drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes, but on the thing that the earn crypto by gambling can really help the gamblers are not true because as we can see cryptocurrency is also a form of money but in just other term just like it is a digital money and it is more likely spending money through online or gambling through online so it is more likely just the old times, the only difference is just it is made by digital and not physical money.

For the most part people overestimate their abilities, this means that a person may believe he can handle gambling and do it just a little bit even if he has plenty of experiences in the past that refute this belief, so while the solution you give is simple enough to be used by everyone the truth is that things are not so simple, people are not rational actors they take decisions based on their gut feelings even when they know that decision to be wrong, and for those people the only option is to look for professional help and even that may not be enough.

Professional advises wont really be enough if yourself arent really minding much on what would be the consequences.If you are sensible then you might able to tell yourself or restrict that you shouldnt play that much.
Its not totally not to play entirely but you can play but with moderation since you know that the risk of addiction is there.Gut feelings is always there thats why most of the time people do really ignore those
real situation that might happen if they force out a specific thing.Problem would arise if you do let things happen.

Not all gamblers will damage his health, even at that time I lived in a gambling environment until no day I passed without gambling because every day I always gamble, but at the same time I still have a good self-awareness there. Well, I gamble and I live in a gambling environment with various characteristics of many people who are like drunks, even those who date a lot of women I know them, but when we are able to stay in control and still have thoughts or mindsets for the long term, then at least we will avoid anything that can damage health.

Yes this is reality when people lose money in gambling they go to dipration and it can cause them mental desises so better not take stress about the win and lose of gambling. We need to play only in our free time and try not to get addicted about gambling. Keep yourself busy on so many other activities so that you will not suffer from gambling regards your health.

I don't think that drinking alcohol can be a good solution to any problem, let alone gambling. Usually people become more aggressive after a drink or two, and while their resentment about being unlucky in a relationship, for example, can result in breaking a plate or sending an angry message, it can end up really badly if this is about gambling.

Sometimes I think gambling is not that even addictive, you know when people keep on gambling it's either he wants to win, entertain himself or trying to get what he have lost. For those people who have self diagnosed themselves an gambling addict does not mean that much. Gambling everyday is not considered as an addiction, maybe it's just a part of daily routine? But I'm for sure those people who skip meals, getting not enough sleep because of gambling and those are indebted to others due to gambling is a real addicted to it.

The fact is Gambling is not unhealthy for most people , addiction is real but at the same time management of that addiction is real too , therefore one can easily take care of it .
Considering only 2% people have health issues one could say , it is actually not the fault of the Gambling but how people misuse their habits .
Addiction is real , but then again we never talk about the addiction with respect to the mobile phones 😂, they are the causative agents of sleep deprivation in most cases .

Gambling itself isn't addictive but the gamblers responses when they are gambling is proof that gambling is somewhat addictive too.

There are many reasons why people are gambling right now. They are in need of money, they using gambling as a stress reliever or they just want to spend their spare time thru it. Gambling as a daily routine doesn't mean that you are addicted into it but if you are changing over the time like you are spending most of your time gambling or your family sees you that you will do everything just to have money for gambling and the like then you will be considered addicted into it. There is nothing bad if a person is gambling as long as they can control themselves and they can limit the money they use to gamble.

Which is why at physical casinos if they see that you are gambling an important amount of money then drinks are free for you, it is well known that alcohol diminishes your inhibitions and your ability to think critically and when it comes to gambling this is very important since whether you are a professional gambler or just someone that likes to gamble to get some fun you are going to need to know when to stop and this is going to be almost impossible to do if you are under the influence of alcohol.

This paper https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.23.100901.140532
takes a look at mental health and gambling.


One of the main questions is if People with mental disorder like to gamble or if People with gambling Problems deal more often with mental illness as a result of e.g. stress.

It's drinking alcohol is what makes them aggressive, not the fact that they are losing(that's a different story). It's much harder for people to control themselves being under influence of alcohol, even if they are able of doing it otherwise.


Yep, that's what they are doing in most land-based casinos. That's why I say gambling online is safer for your health and for your budget. :)

The influence of alcohol is certainly very heavy because the more you drink, the more aggressive you cannot control in any case, including gambling, but the stubborn one is always accompanied by alcohol to play gambling because it has become a habit but that I feel is not the best thing but it becomes worse when playing gambling because their control will be lost to lose a lot of money in gambling they play.

I don't think if playing gambling with alcohol will make it calmer.

all those habits go in one bunch... also don't forget smoking... however crypto makes them less harmful

I don't think that is the question. The problem is that gambling might lead to addiction, similar like alcohol or drugs and that creates real problem. Gambling addiction is the medical issue just like any other addiction.
I agree that stress is one of the key issues of modern men and people deal with it on different ways, but some of these ways may lead to even bigger problems, especialy if people have problems with selfcontrol.

True because it is already the emotion that controls them. This case is very hard to overcome. There has to be something big happen to will awakes them. Advises will not be acceptable. Winnings will make them very proud and loses will make them angry and cause a bad temper. Depression to gambling.

Crypto won't them make less harmful, harm is harm and it will never change how it will affect us. I guess it should be like this.
'But being with crypto, those habits can be changed if their time will be dedicated to cryptocurrencies and willing to leave those bad habits.'

This is a very complicated question. If some problem gamblers abuse drugs and alcohol it doesn't mean they developed these harmful habits because of gambling. The so called "gambling-related disorders" are not necessarily caused by gambling. People could have mental issues before they started gambling, and if there were no gambling at all, they would start aggressive stock trading or something even more risky because their brain is wired that way.

Great article showing the real problems of gambling but I don't think that the industry itself is all to blame. People are grown-ups, they have to take full responsibility for their behaviors. When someone has addiction issues, he has to figure out the way to handle with these issues. No one said life's gonna be easy.

All of us have its own demons to fight with. No matter if caused by gambling, alcohol, drugs, shopping, eating or anything else. Finding the median is the key.

That's the reason why gambling sites will ask you if you are 18+ above before you can proceed to gamble because they want to ensure that you are at the right age and you are already mature which you can make your own decision to and to stay responsible when gambling.

They are just asking, not verifying, so there would be no total standard that is being set by this platform, well it's pretty hard task to do for them to verify so it does not bother us anyways. Gambling is kind of like a vice, and when it is a vice you need to take a full responsibility of it, like a cigarette you can't get one if you don't have money to buy right? and it affects your body negatively. I hope most of us here is just gambling for the sake of entertainment, well of course to make money.

Old habits die hard and some of the gamblers had the drug habit back in the college days perhaps. I myself are comfortable smoking weed, it makes me relax but I can't do it these days because I'm a grown man and I am living with a girl these days.  But given the opportunity to smoke again I will still grab my pipe.

My point is that gamblers who developed alcohol addiction had been with alcohol before they got into gambling. The old habits are back when that happens.
 

I definitely agree with this. It's not about the environment or whatsoever, it's about fighting yourself with the urge to do something you know that can harm us. We are old enough to know the consequences of our actions, and it's up to us if we will keep doing it and if we can handle possible consequences.

We are free to choose if we're going to gamble, drink alcohol, or even do drugs, and it's also our fault and responsibility if it will affect us negatively. So it's really not about the medium we are using, it's our own self-control.

Actually there is a way of "fixing" those damaged brains, either with medications(although for some people they are not that effective) or with some kind of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Recent studies show that even self-directed CBT can be very effective. Anyways, it's not alcohol, drugs or gambling to blame. Rather it's about how your brain is wired. If you are prone to developing an addiction, you'll develop one sooner or later. But the good news is that it can be fixed, you just need to be willing to do it.

Gambling actually ain't the problem here. Gambling is just a game where people get used to it. The real problem is the attitude of a person who is playing. Look, when the person recently started playing, he will always watched out for the game. He will be more careful because of course, he still learning on how if is working. But of course, as soon as the person won or even lose he will always play and play until he had nothing left. The reason why most of the gamblers experience this is because of the addiction.

Addiction is one of the main problems of the gamblers. Because of the habit they used to it and always come back. Addiction comes witj certain negative effect mostly in gambkers health. One main effect is lack of sleep when they always play and play until they get too much tired and also when they always seek for earnings and losses. And also the lack of nutrients in body cause by delayed eating of food, sleep deprivation and addiction. The most common symptoms are only addiction.

It is true. We cannot blame gambling games once we get addicted, there is no problem with those games. The problem is in ourselves, how we play & how we manage time + funds for gambling. The point is on those things, so if we can play normally, means know to limit time & funds during playing the games (no playing excessively), then everything will be okay. In addition, control your emotions and expectation, realize that don't hope too much to be rich by gambling.  

Because there is no way they can verify, but at least they ask and you agree so gambler if ever they lose because they feel they are not matured enough to make good decision while gambling, so they can't blame the gambling site for that as in the first place, they lied that they are 18+.

It is easier said than done. I cannot say that we can totally excuse and keep gambling away because addiction does not come to a person out of nowhere. It is the gambling itself that made the person addicted.

As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. We cannot say leave the dope alone, it is the person who should try to control himself, right? You cannot say you can't partly blame that thing which caused the addiction itself in the first place.

True but we can always try to be safe and not addicted in gambling, we are the only one will manage ourselves, we can't blame others but ourselves if we make mistakes.

No, it is his gambling style that makes him addicted, blaming gambling generally is just like not accepting your mistakes, blame yourself first.
That's being responsible and able to accept your mistake/s.

But we know gamblers that always putting the blame to anything just to prevent them selves as entitled of guiltiness .mostly addicted gamblers cannot accept the fact that they are already into addiction .
well anyone is entitled to their own thinking but in the end?it is their mistakes and acceptance that will set them free.

Isn't it the both of them? Though alcohol takes a much higher danger level in terms of losing their mental capacity to gamble, both losing and drinking alcohol could pretty much lead you into making bad choices when gambling.

You can't blame a "thing" for you becoming something wrong or doing something wrong. A knife is perfectly harmless if handled by an innocent person or some kind of cook, but even a pen can be a lethal weapon when held by someone trained. Gambling is just a form of entertainment, a game of sorts. It isn't some kind of entity that forces you to follow it and spread evil stuff and things like that.

Right. We're all aware of what we must do and not. The problem is with the individual who can't control himself and drag into addiction. Whichever he's able to discover that can help him flee from those vices is beneficial for him. It can be crypto and other things that he likes to do.
The attention of getting into another activity that will make an individual focus is good for him if he's too addicted with those vices including gambling.

That's likely the effect of gambling addiction as no gambler would just gamble all day, sometimes this addiction would not allow us to sleep since we don't have a peace of mind, therefore these addicts will try do drugs and drink so they can be calm and they'll be able to sleep when they are too drunk.

That would kill not only the finances but the health as well, people think gambling addiction is not a serious disease but once they are in the situation they will fully understand how it feels, others even committed a crime because of gambling addiction, so this is something that we should pay attention on how to get out of it once we are still in the early stage as if it goes worst, we know what would possibly happen.

You talk like all gamblers are also alcoholics. While this may be true for most of them, I think not all are like this. There are also gamblers that know what they are doing and not losing control on anything. Not on their health, not on their finances.

It is possible to be a responsible gambler. You don't need to lose your health.

It's true that its possible to be a responsible gambler that's why not all gamblers are addicted as majority of the gamblers are responsible, however, if a gambler will be addicted, it's possible also that he can be addicted with alcohol and drugs, not in many cases but the possibility is still there.

Our emotions and our ego should always be check especially if we often to gambling. We should understand what is our current emotion because it has effect to our thoughts and our further decisions. We can be addicted to it if we will not going to check our current emotions. Try to observe those people who became addicted to gambling, they are having hard time to stop because they do not have anymore control to their emotions due to not checking it frequently.

Maybe in gambling for them alcohol, drugs and drugs is normal when playing but this is for irresponsible addictions because their emotions are out of control so what they want will be done to calm their minds so this is what makes health not improved even always lead to ration.

Gambling can still be done consciously and I think this has been done a lot here, I'm sure the gambling lovers here will be more responsible for how to play their money in betting.

I think we should be aware that excessive and uncontrolled gambling leads to addiction and if we are already addicted we need help to get out of it. It is exciting to see the online casinos with offers, bonuses and with a variety of games to entertain us and give us the opportunity to make a profit.
Games by nature are very addictive, they make us keep our brain focused on the game so it is important that we can decide until here I can play.

Some people are using drugs to keep them calm when gambling and that's one of the signs that they're very impatient and already a gambling addict. Also, it'll lead to the worst situation, which is he might get addicted to drugs or alcohol too.

So every time he's playing gambling, he'll now look for those partners of gambling, which drugs and alcohol and that are massive destructions to your life.

Definitely. Addiction isn't about gambling games but how you play those games. Someone who blames gambling seems unaware that addiction doesn't happen to all gamblers. So the question, why there is an addicted gambler? Surely there is something wrong with the gambler. And the thing that makes the most sense is about the gambling style implemented by the gambler.

As I have said, it takes two to tango. You cannot totally blame gambling but you cannot also excuse it or totally dismiss it as having no part in whatever illness or disease that is developed in a gambler.

Gambling is not "just a form of entertainment." The reason why gambling is strictly regulated in so many countries or even banned in some is not because they don't trust their citizens or their sense of control and discipline. The reason is that gambling is dangerous to a certain extent. You and I may not agree but it is even considered evil to some. 

Many reasons why someone become a addicted gambler, maybe they are depressed or they experience this kind of winning big specially when individuals are just starting this gambling habit. Yes, gambling style might contribute as well, and of course gambling today is easy access, you can play online and then you can visit a land base casino near your place. So it is the gambler that has to be blame, not the system itself. You need to understand how to protect yourself to not get addicted.

Playing gambling is a remedy for others when they are suffering from stress or depression because they are looking for something in which they can divert their attention to that's they are getting addicted from it day by day which causes illness because they lack care on themselves.

What your saying is right. In any games, whether its gambling games or games, can make us become an addiction. I have those experience, and it is hard to leave that activity because that us addicted to me. But fortunately, I can get out of that, and I can start a new experience without being addicted because finally, I know that being addicted is a serious problem for every people.

We can prevent ourselves from addiction by having another thing to do. We can distract our mind from what we did before. But if we already get addicted to that, and we feel it's difficult to get out, we can ask for help from another family member.

I agree, but, as I said, getting aggressive because of losses is a different story. There are so called "problem gamblers", and they can get aggressive without drinking alcohol(I personally know one, he doesn't drink at all). But alcohol can turn an otherwise normal person into a problem gambler. That's why alcohol and drugs should be avoided while gambling.

I was not gambling addict and never wanted to be one but in this 1.5 months I have played gambling more than usual. I am afraid I could become gambling addict if this lockdown continues for long. When i have nothing to do, I just go to the gambling site and start playing dice.

This is the most important and you can do this the moment you start gambling, what you need to ensure to yourself is that you are a responsible gambler, that way, the risk of getting addicted is very low.

Many people are free these days and it is easy to get addicted to gambling as gambling is easily available online. One should find other hobbies other than gambling so that he does not become addicted to it.

Actually, the idea also of getting drunk is to divert a gamblers mind put of the gambling so that he may go a day without even thinking about gambling. Gambling is one of the main reason why most people experience lack of sleep, because of the addiction they acquired or the idea of not having the peace of mind. Also, the addiction makes us to have a bad eating habit because we always want to skipped meals to play gambling. This gambling and health always has a connection in a person. The more you gamble, the more it affects you health hardly.

But of course, we also have those person who is more responsible in gambling. I think they always gamble but ofcourse look out for themselves also. And I think this kind of people existed but far from many person who existed to make themselves vulnerable to bad symptoms that gambling affevts in their healths.

Alcohol can have a negative effect on even conscious people if they drink alcohol without playing gambling will lose their consciousness and often mess around them because it is out of control, especially if playing gambling certainly greatly affects their mentality and tends to be troublesome in their own gambling games.

If we think positively of course in gambling it will be fine even can control their finances while gambling and will know how much he has to bet in that situation.

Well, every addiction for itself can be dangerous and if person combines it several that can be a disaster.
Selfcontrol is very important, if not the crucial, but not all people have strong personalities and they need help.
Just to think positive of gambling is not enough, you need to be aware where too much of too passionate gambling can lead you.

This floor is very slippery, friend. even though you can control it but sometimes you can also get trapped only when your mood is not good.
Gambling addicts often have mood swings and its really unstable, especially when they lose in large numbers. Someone might be able to control with words, but the practice is really different. Believe me, if you like to gamble then you surely know what I mean because in reality we are still vulnerable to losing control when the condition is supportive.

We know that alcohol has a negative effect, whether we play gambling or not. We can lose control when we drink alcohol, and if we play gambling, that can make us get serious trouble, which is we can lose the money. I already saw a person who is drinking alcohol, and that makes him say anything even shout to other people. I cannot imagine if that person drinks alcohol, and he plays gambling at the same time. Maybe he will make other people become angry with him and want to kick him.

All of this is true. But then, we don't have the right to dictate terms on anyone else. We expect people to behave responsibly. While consuming alcohol, it is the duty of that particular individual to make sure that he doesn't consume too much. Similarly, while engaging in gambling, it is the duty of the gambler to make sure that he doesn't get carried away. He needs to stop it, when it becomes necessary.

I agree with you. Drinking alcohol during playing gambling isn't good behavior. How can we focus to play gambling if we become unconscious because of alcohol? This is the wrong thing and should be avoided to do. If we think we are wise and smart gamblers, we won't plan to have alcohol while playing. It is not only harmful to your money but also risks your life.

None of us is immune to occasional failure of controlling our emotions. It's very important to not panic right after that happened and to not think that you are a problem gambler already. Just reflect on the situation, make your conclusions and move on. If during your mental breakdown you lost 5 times more than you could afford to in one day, don't gamble for another 5 days in order to counterbalance that. ... But, yeah, it's much harder to do it when under the influence of alcohol.

That's a good advice, actually we can read a lot of that even if we search online but the big problem here is ourselves alone, even if we are so educated but we are weak in controlling our emotion, it would still lead us to more loses and that will ruin our finances. I am not perfect though, I also lose a lot of times in the past that I have regret everytime I lose but eventually I get matured and learn that my chance of winning in gambling is very low, therefore it's wise not to pursue being profitable, if you are lucky, then call it a day but next day, don't expect you'll get the same result.

Yes, that is right. They have their own right to drink alcohol, and they should accept the risk by themselves. Not all people can responsibly while they drink alcohol and then playing gambling, and many of them are ruining their time in the gambling table. But I am sure that some people who drink alcohol can take care of their mind, and they can use responsibly what they do.


Maybe we can drink alcohol while we are not doing something so we can enjoy our time, and after that, we can sleep well. There is no need to drink before we gamble or while we gamble. That can be riskier for our money because we can lose our mind and money at the same time.

That is the typical solution that we tell to addicted gamblers. They easily endure those suggestions because dealing with that is very difficult. Telling them some specific hobby would make them think if it's good for them to take that transition.
And the topic that's being told about cryptocurrency is a good direct solution for them, they can easily hook up into it if they happen to see how much money they can make. If they have learned how to hold, trade and analyze crypto markets.

Your chance of winning in gambling is not very low, it is just lower than that of losing, that's all.

For example, if you are going to make a dice roll with 90% win chance, we can't say that your chance of winning is low, it's 90% after all! BUT, considering the payout(1.1x), indeed your chance of winning the whole size of your bet is lower than your chance of losing it.

I think you might know it, so it's mainly for other readers, who think that your chance is very low in lottery, or it's low when you place a bet with 1%, or less, win chance, but if you always bet on something with high probability to happen, you are going to be in profit in the long run. This particularly concerns sports betting. Some people really win a lot in the long run using this strategy(betting on the strongest team/player). What some people don't realize is that it's luck, not a strategy, that helped them to be in profit overall.

You are right that everyone is responsible for his own acts but there are mediation and counselors who teach and help people take the right decision. If any person is getting addicted to gambling or spending more time on gambling, his friends and family should know this and should talk with him so that he is not lost in all this.

I tried this once to my friend who used to drink a lot of alcohol and spend a lot of money in gambling. I advised him many times that he will lose his money and told him to prohibit from these activities but he did not listen me. In fact he become enemy of me and did not what to meet me anymore. The point of telling this that most people don't listen to others and keep thinking they are doing right.

Since the people who close to the addicts who can help them, the family or their close friends must know about their addiction. In most cases, the addicts need help, they cannot recover themselves. So, they need suggestions, supports, and special treatments. Their family or close friends must do hard efforts to help them, and if it is necessary, visit special health experts.  

Sad part on here is that you do show up some concern into that person but they do just simply ignore and whats worst, they do exchange the long time friendship of yours to his addiction with gambling.

Its always been a bad idea to drink while you do gamble because once we're drank we cant really make any good decisions since our mind and  thoughts are already spinning around due to liqour effects and you'll surely realize that you already have lost that much and start to regret when everything or effects of alcohol is already one.

Also, playing gambling is enjoyable if you do really have that goal in mind on seeking up for leisure.

It is true that getting along is the best way to help because it is the best advice received by gambling addicts, special health experts because it is a very good treatment because addicts will be difficult too if we rely on our immediate family.

Addicts must be accompanied until they recover so that there is no gambling anymore when he is alone so that especially the family must be able to provide stronger support to them.

Hobbies that have the benefit to be precise, because if we chose some hobby that will lead to any bad thing we will end up consumed by that thing in our whole life. some people chose to build their bodies by learning the proper exercise and diet and doing the physical fitness challenge to ease the boredom of this pandemic. I think this kind of hobby will bring us a lot of benefits to getting away from the bad one.

We should really consider this one rather than pushing yourself to gamble.It is way more better to spent your time into daily activities even though its indoor but at least you are diverting yourself into something which wont really mold up the intention of playing gambling once again.Boredom is there but there are lots of ways to get rid of it, its not that necessarily for you to stick on what you've been
into specially on gambling activity and since we are on our own homes then its better to utilize that time to make ourselves a lot way more better.

The support from family is the stronger power for him to stay away from gambling. If his family members can give support, and always beside him, I am sure sooner or later, and he will know that the family is the important thing in his life. He will not abandon them without any money or without fills their daily needs because he will think of his family, how he can make them happy and else.

And that's why there are professionals who know how to talk to such people, cos they are trained this way. Unless you are one of them, you shouldn't waste your time(and risk your friendship) trying to convince your friend to get out of his addiction. It's a common knowledge that the probability of you succeeding with that is very low.