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Gambling affects us through positive and negative. I know there are so many gamblers that are really used in gambling on which they have already experience many things while gambling and for sure they have experienced good sides and bad sides of gambling.

I just want to list down all the positive and negative things of gambling:
Positive:
1. Gambling will let you think analytically and logically.
2. Boost your decision making.
3. It will let you interact with other people which is good for socializing.
4. Gives you happiness and entertainment
5. It can be a source of income.

Negative:
1. It will make you unproductive in other things.
2. It may destroy your life if you get so addicted on it.
3. It will lessen your time spending on your family.
4. You may lose your money.
5. Some says that it will lessen your reputation.

It made me realize, do positive things will let you stay from gambling?

This depends on people and where they are gambling.

Since we are using cryptocurrencies, I can assume that we usually gamble online either fiat or cryptos. Number 1 would not be included if a gambler is betting on dice games since that is a lucky-unlucky situation, you don't really need to think. Another thing is that most online gamblers don't usually talk at chats, usually, they are busy and just letting the bots do the betting.



Number 4 is inevitable and other else is obvious.

1 and 3 can be lessened. As I said, a lot of people here are betting online and most of them use Bots. In that way, they can lessen their time in front of their PCs or laptops and focus on what they need to be done. They are still productive and at the same time, they have time with their family.



Yes, I will.

I am gambling for a while now and I am not really addicted so I have no problem with it. The problem in my case is that I am spending most of my time, more like wasting my time since I don't have that much money to start with and I am just using faucet sats that I can get. Still, it is entertaining and a good thing to relax, I do auto-bet too but it will be lost so quickly.

^ Definitely right but all of these were depends on you. You can manage your self from addiction and since from the start, you are already aware of those consequences that probably happen which is a negative or positive outcome for you. For number 3 of negative impact, it also probably results in losing your family and becomes your life miserable. Nevertheless, controlling your self and motions is the best key to avoid those negative impacts. It sounds good if all are a positive effect at your side.

Is this "stay Away from Gambling"? or i am wrong?

anyway lets be truthful here guys,we Knew that it is our choice in which brings us to either Positive or negative in gambling.

it is about decision making like what you said in Positive part but this will also brings you to failure.

so it is still our mind and heart that will decide.

Bro Bro bro. Stop putting positives and negatives in activities. Look at this. Does holding a gun in public bad? Most would probably answer yes, but look at how policemen hold guns in public. They don't give you fear or don't think of it as being wrong no? But look if some unknown man had a gun in public. You'd probably be in fear, right? It all depends on who is doing that action. You may say my example may be a bit biased, but I stand to hold with my view. It all depends on "who" you are and what you use it for.

Sides, other than that, Gambling doesn't really make you become unproductive ( commenting on this cause it kinda hit me negatively ). You not wanting to become productive is the reason. Pretty much the same idea I said above, but I wanted to emphasize that anything, whether it be gambling, playing, etc., doesn't make you unproductive or stuff like that. Just imagine how killers ( Not saying to become one, just saying it out for the sake of argument) think up of numerous plots that the police can't understand. Does that make them "unproductive"? If yes, then you already hold a bias opinion of what "productive" means and shows that anything good is "productive" and anything bad is "unproductive".

honestly speaking the game has more disadvantages than advantages. If you are not the owner of the gambling site you will lose money. Even in my case that I take the games to a side of fun. I lose money, even it is a small amount just for fun, but this does not change the fact that I am losing money. There are few people who make money and if these people do not give up the game when they make money, then in the long run they end up losing all the money they won

If I'm totally good and made it as a source of income, I'll stay. But, there's also a negative effect if that became a positive reason for someone to stay.

Because that it became a source of income, many people will think that you're crazy because your source is gambling. It's not accepted in many societies in the world. And in reality, it's hard to do and apply it.

Well, @OP, you can make this positive and negative case in almost all activities, and we (people) just have to decide what's best for ourselves considering our situation and condition at that particular moment. For example: Playing video games, did the positive outweigh the negative? It depends. If I'm so bored because of "self-distancing," playing video games would be more beneficial than getting depressed.

If you are broke as a joke, and then use your money in a dice game or whatever, there's no positive in it.

   For me positive side of gambling overcomes it's negative side. I find gambling entertaining, it's not the income I count on because
I gamble with low amounts, and I would like to believe that gambling boosted my analytic skills and decision making.
   I'm not afraid of negative side of gambling. I believe I have a strong character, I don't gamble everyday, it can't ruin me financially
as I said I don't spend big amounts.

No, no, no, no. There may be a very, very small slice of the population that gambles that manages to eke out a living somehow through gambling, but for the regular Joe, gambling is not a source of income and you should not be thinking about it for your own safety. If you treat gambling as a potential source of income, it becomes much easier to gamble away money you actually need for necessities and you might start digging yourself into a hole you can't get out of that way.

As for whether the positives outweigh the negatives, it really varies by each person. Some people just shouldn't gamble for a number of reasons, and that's perfectly fine.

Yes, even the negative ones. Once a person is addicted to gambling, no matter what the cause is, negative or positive, that gambler will stay in gambling. None of these matters since addicted gamblers don't apply any of these in the real world. They may be unproductive, obviously destroying their lives, don't care about his family, and despite him known as a gambler, he doesn't care. All he cares about is that he had money to gamble.

I'm an experienced gambler and I guarantee you that it is not easy to do self-discipline if you're just starting from playing it. Beginner gamblers are more susceptible to exploring and experimenting the gambling world. Most beginners are getting addicted if they see that they are winning, and as they are enjoying, they never noticed that the negative effect of gambling will now enter his career. You will just realize your mistakes after you experience failure and huge losses, and that is the time you will practice self-discipline and emotional control. In gambling, negative results have a higher probabilty than positive results, meaning, gambling is just for fan and if you're not lucky enough then you should stop.


Having a lot of failure or negative results will make you stressed and depressed. Don't let gambling affects your environment or the people surrounding you, gambling is just temporary and for entertainment to relieve stress, not as a source of stress. When you came home, spend some time with your family so that the stress that gambling gave you will be relieved. Other options is that, do not gambling, instead stay at your home and take care of your family so that they will just enjoy having quality time with you. Plus, you can monitor what is happening inside your house and let your kids enjoy their youth.

It depends on what kind of people your audience is, if your audience have a wide perspective that understand critical thinking, then there would be no negative opinion regarding about gambling, but if it is the other way around, expect that you'll get a lot of negative comments and a lot of judgement. Positive and negative sides of gambling also depends on the gambler, besides, you'll learn in both ways, so I guess there is no lose if someone wanted to try how it looks like in the gambling world.

I would suggest to read @avikz posts below, I think this is related or relevant to the current discussions.

(1) Why gambling is portrayed negatively almost everywhere? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3347817.0)
(2) Benefits of gambling? Yes - it exists! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4047162.0)

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(3) How gambling can effect the economy of a country [Part 1 - USA] (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4308093.0)
(4) How gambling can effect the economy of a country [Part 2 - Macau] (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4324507.0)

I don't think it's as easy as imagined and said like that about the positive value that you can get in gambling, no matter how much profit you get in gambling in the end there will only be regret for the loss and bankruptcy experienced, because when you make gambling as a source of income then you will only continue to bet without realizing the right time to stop. In my personal view the positive value that you can get in gambling is about emotional control or self control.

In my own opinion, the positive and the negative side of gambling will always remain balance. The best example for it is when you gamble for money there is a chance that you could really earn money to it and at the same time you could be greedy and lose yourself control that in the end you will get bankrupt and learn your lesson.

Like the other have mentioned it'll depend on the gambler, how much they spend time on the activity and what's the real reason since not everyone have the same view in gambling but overall it could be on the negative side just because of the addiction part and how it can ruin the lives of others. For me there's more good to it than bad once you know how to moderate yourself and what I like about it is the discussions specifically on sports betting.

Since OP mentioned the positives then it fits the question unless he wanted to say the other way around and made a typo.

 

I disagree with that. I think it's only true if you gamble "in real life". But if you gamble online like more and more people are doing you'll not meet any people neither interact with them. You will just interact with some bots in fact  :-\

With your pros and cons listed, you should also evaluate the weight or impact of each item. For me, the list of cons outweigh the pros by a large margin because most of the cons involve finance while pros tend to favor emotional.

I think some people will still try to playing gambling even if they know the positive and negative side of gambling games. Some of them can control themselves in gambling because their purpose is not for making money. But for some other people, they become addicting because they cannot control themselves and they spend their money to play gambling more and more. As long as we can control ourselves while we are playing gambling, we don't have to worry or afraid.

this cannot be one of positive traits in Gambling mate because none (or very limited people succeed being one) so for me?this is a Big NO to consider.


I dont think there is a need to get away from gambling so why not consider the positive side to make us stay?specially if we only treat as Enjoying and not for other purposes?Gambling is a best Boredom killer so why not stay in this sense?

I may say that all of those are correct however not all of them are correct in every person some of them adapt only a positive and sometimes they adapt the negative and sometimes combinations of two. What I'm saying is that in every single gambler there are different effects on them in regards with gambling and I think this list is a good way to read so everyone of us is aware of the positives and negatives that is happening in every gambler.

Only those people who gambles excessive money will destroy their lives but if you play on it as a form of entertainment moderated expense, it can be a pretty challenging and fun games to play that uses your brain especially playing with sports bets and casino games like black jack, poker and HILO.
As the saying goes only gamble money you can afford to loss.

you forgot to add on the negative that gambling can make you impulsive, irrational, obsessive, selfish, unsympathetic and so on. so, no gambling's negative side can't overcome by its "positive" side(at least in most cases).
gambling is a very dangerous game and should always be played with caution. because without it you will likely be hooked by it and become addicted and may lose everything you have and love.

Yes, all that you have said is right, but actually, I am talking generally so those positive and negative things are still applicable.

I just wanna ask something, how could you still gambling if you said that it is just wasting of your time when gambling? For me, if I am thinking that it is a waste of time for me then I would stop gambling, but I would not blame you because we are all different so we have different perception in life.

Gambling is entertainment and the luck of making money is purely random. If you like gambling do it with caution.
Because you can jeopardize your money, the well-being of your family and your environment. As a source of income, I don't see it because it could generate only a small part sometimes, not all the time.

its equal the positive effect can turn into negative if you dont know how to play gambling in a right way except of course on the luck thing because we cant predict our luck and we cant produce luck every game no matter how you build a good strategy but to other factors you can always do them like for example when you play only in moderation so that you will not get addicted  . 

it does not depend of the person or gambler because i know that we can avoid this primary issue on gambling if we  really wanted  to .

I can still say a big YES! Why? Simply because I haven't experience very bad drawbacks from it. Yeah! I am not a hypocrite that I never encountered items 1, 3, 4 and 5 on your negative effects list (and I'll make sure that I will never come to number 2) or even more but at least I can still handle it. I mean, I deeply understand these consquences and willing to experience a little bit part of it for exchange of a chance of earning money :). For me, that was still a considered a healthy gambling lifestyle since I'm not yet become so harmful and toxic person.

Well said mate, its my personally opinion but it also may become applicable to others because I think that is the primary outcomes that we may have when gambling.

The number 3 in negative impact, which is losing your time spending on your family which can be result of losing them could be the most negative effect that gambling can give to us, if we let this control ourselves. So always be wise, limit yourself from gambling, you may do some steps to avoid being addicted on it, changing your lifestyle or finding some other things that will help you to limit from gambling is the best way that you can use to avoid gambling.


Nope, I mean is, do positive things can overcome negative things.

Well said mate, you are the one who will decide what will be your future in gambling, for sure, if you get addicted on it, you may lose your control and it may destroy your life if you just let it to happen.

It depends on the gambler itself on how he treat gambling. Good side will overcome the negative when a gambler knows his limitation and aware of the consequences if he let himself become addicted.

If we are playing for entertainment we cant encounter a problem when it comes to money or chasing losses. But we know the effect of gambling if you are only after money and its your way to earn, it can give you a huge problem and can put you in a worse situation.

Hence your question has different answer depending on how a gambler can manage himself when he gamble.

"Bet but don't gamble".
Try to reduce taking big risk as much as possible. If you wish to earn consistent profits from sport betting for example, learn how it work, practice with free/demo betting to gain the required skill to succeed in that space. If learning sport betting doesn't work for you, then don't bet ... If you must bet, bet with little amounts or what you can afford to lose. Don't gamble with your time, money, health etc..

Precisely right. Don't spend your time if it's not working for you, the money that you spent can also be divert to other investment or other things to spare. If you see that you are not making any progress from doing your part then you should realize that this venue is not for you, work with other sources if you have money try to work with investment.

All of that are already present, and I think every gambler should be aware of the good side and the bad side.
Now, it's up to us on how to handle ourselves, gambling responsibly and you'll enjoy the good side, or be irresponsible and you'll regret the outcome.

The problem is that we cannot simply categorize people so simply as those who do not gamble excessively and those who do. The root problem of excessive gambling, just like excessive anything, is usually addiction. And addiction is unfairly encouraged by corporate powers through misleading advertising or manipulative practices.

The irony is that the good thing in gambling was the very main thing that keeping on playing gambling more which, IMO, were bad especially when you're doing it without moderation. I agree that good stuff which you mentioned would keep us in it, the thing is that there were still bigger stuff than gambling, and quite more important that we forget 'cause we tend to focus more on playing because of the good stuff you mentioned. Anyway, contrary to my first statement if we would be able to moderate the playing time, expenses, and health related stuff whenever we gamble, I could say you're doing good in it.

Yes, I truly agree with it.

Why? because if there's more bad side than the good side, then that kind of business will not anymore exist in the market.
I know there are countries which ban gambling but majority of the countries are still legalizing gambling, so they believe it's not harmful.

The bad side is only for people who does not know how to handle themselves, and they lack of discipline that is why they lose money.
We have to understand that gambling is fun but it's considered high risk, we need to manage the risk then.

First things first, gambling's effect wether if it's positive or negative depends on the gambler. Meaning, if a gambler is disciplined; then eventually the positivity is greater than the negativity. The opposite happens for an addictive gambler who doesn't have the control with regards to the amount he/she tends to gamble.

Each case is unique. However, judging by the statistics, we can conclude that people are more likely to suffer from gambling addiction than vice versa.
Socialization is certainly good, but if it leads to the creation of useful things, things that are useful to the surrounding society.

For me, it's another way around. If you couldn't control yourself anymore, the positive side of gambling will be worthless. What's the point of your analytical and logical skills if you can't use that to prevent yourself from getting addicted. If it can boost your decision making, why can't you decide for your good? At first, you can socialize with others, but not when you're already addicted. You will get mad for losing, and not every gambler are kind when it comes to money. Happiness and entertainment are just in the beginning, but after getting addicted, it will bring you stress and problem.

There are always pros and cons of gambling, but if you let your greed win, you won't be able to see the positive side of it.

I will share my opinion in each of the things you said and will create a conclusion :)

1. There are many ways to think logically not only gambling. Playing games is one and playing sports game is another. Not only gambling.
2. It can boosts your decision making indeed but like I said in the first, there are other ways to get this like playing.
3. Interacting with other people can be applied if you are playing games too both online and offline if you are playing with your friends.
4. I'd rather choose to play online games since it is my main source of happiness :D. Maybe not the same with others but still there are many ways to achieve it.
5. I disagree with this. Gambling isn't a source of income at all cost. The risk in gambling is very high and it can cause your money to lost in an instant.

If you will see, there is a pattern in what I said. In 4 of the 5 things he said, you can achieve all of then in different ways not only gambling so why you gamble for that reasons.

I think I will just generalize this part. I agree with all of this since this are very common effects of gambling already and most of these are happening to most of the gamblers out there especially the 4th one which is losing their money.

In conclusion, good side doesn't overcome its bad side for many reasons.

We know that they have a lot of disadvatanges of we say gambling and even not players they think all gambling have bad sides or bad effects to the person who play it.

But actually they have some good sides in gambling when we can earn money but the other side of this is when you lose money .

Maybe they have in the list does not accurate to others because as a player I have my own sides about that and sure the others have their own too. It is a friendly reminder everyone the positive sides of gambling can become bad sides once you did not controlling yourself by using your money.

Maybe and for some reason and if that would be just entertainment. But I don't know if we are able to maintain the limit coz it possible that from positive will turns into a negative effect. I can imagine how gamblers start with a positive mindset but later on, they become addicted (which we can't deny this). For this fact, we better not to hold any commitment coz it is really different when you are in a real situation and there is sometimes you can't even manage to control yourself.

If we do try to balance things up then it isnt really that worth to consider to gamble yet negative things or outcomes is much more heavier than on positive ones but it doesnt mean
that you would restrict yourself with gambling.You can engage with it as long you do have that self control where you can avoid unfortunate situations.
Gambling is for entertainment and theres no beyond with that. Source of income? only on rare or few people but most of the time we should not consider
or push this through.

It's necessary because we are required to gamble responsibly if we want to be safe, not safe from losing because most gamblers loses but safe of losing beyond the amount that we can afford to lose.

I'd disagree with that, this depends from person to person as there are gamblers who really make money out of it.

True, therefore we should know our capability before we focus on considering gambling as a source of income.

To be honest, I agree that is just doesn't make sense.

I am gambling though I know that it is a waste of time but I am still gambling. I think because that is one of the most natural entertainment I have inside our house? I can't really play online games since I just go to Internet Cafes( or PC bangs if you prefer it) to play those. TV won't cut it, I am having fun with playing with my family, having those time with them is awesome but I can't always do that since they are also busy right now despite the quarantine. So yeah, gambling sites si the place I run to when I am alone. I can just, you know what I mean, when I'm alone, not that kind of guy.

Chances of being engaged too much is really high even you think by yourself that you are capable of controlling your emotions.
Best to really assess and think about every potentials, if you think that you  can deal with this activities and you have the right
knowledge to succeed that's the time to work with it.

Earning money from gambling is probably one of the least good things to mention overall because it could encourage you to play longer until you get greedy and most of the time you'll find yourself losing money.

Despite the high risk it's still possible since there's different types of gambling other than the popular casino games.

The positive impact will only reflect if you have total control on how you gamble, but if you do not have control on your time and money you spend all the negative sides will show up, there are good and bad in gambling and we need to aware of all the good and bad things on it, we need to watch ourselves at all times never get into the trap of chasing our losses.

I think negative effects are far more common in gambling than positive ones.The only way to overcome negative effects of gambling is to fill your time with positive activities,playing with your family and children,spending more time with them,learn a new language etc.In other words fill your time with other activities and keep gambling for only a really small time.

Yes because we are having fun and it is their way to escape from reality or their problem.
I know that it isn't just gambling but also other bad habits.
There are some who still continue to do it because they are having fun and enjoyment.

It is totally up to you. There is a lot of smart gambling communities out there where you can learn how to make a living (and much more than that) from gambling. Obviously, there is a learning curve. I would suggest starting here, I think they are the best ones in the field: https://arbusers.com/index.php
They have a huge community and lots of topics on that.

We only need to read some information online, even some stories shared on forums are clear enough about the boundary between the good and the negative of gambling, the good side is too little while the negativity is rampant, and another reflection is that the good side can turn into negative very quickly, as long as we gamble over time we will notice this. The good side of gambling cannot cover or compensate for its flaws, so to overcome the negative can only be to give up, don't think that we fill up time with different activities that can be overcome, it only makes us psychologically inhibited and ready for the explosion in gambling

In the end, people gamble to gain satisfaction, and they can achieve that feeling via various activities. Almost all negative side of this satisfaction seeking activities are from an overdose, or too much doing that stuff. That said. If people keep a balanced life, I don't see any negative aspect of gambling.

 Honestly if you can limit yourself to a level that doesn't hurt you, I do not see what the fuss is about. Sure if you become an addict and destroy your whole life, get fired, get divorced, live a shitty life and all of that typical addicted person things, than yeah that is obviously bad. However not all gamblers are like that. My father in law has been gambling for over 50 years and he is still doing fine, he even gamblers a quite lot amount for me as well but he is still fine. Why? Because he knows when to gamble and how much to gamble and thats how he can continue, if he loses too much in a row he lets his finances recover first and continues to gamble afterwards, if he keeps winning back to back he just continues without a trouble like nothing happened and uses his winnings to wager further until he loses all.

Not quite sure about this one lol.

It really depends on your game of choice, there are no strategies when it comes to pure games of luck, therefore all the analysis and logic in the world does absolutely nothing to affect to win chance.

Anybody who says otherwise clearly dropped out of school.

The only game that I'm aware of that really does this is Poker, since you're playing against other humans, and the rake is the only amount you lose. The bluffing and statistics element makes it possible to win even when you've got a bad hand.

I certainly agree with you. Things will still depend on how you deal with gambling appropriately. The most important thing that you have to do is to control your emotions and discipline yourself. Note to self that being greedy won't make you rich and gambling still has its risk regardless of your winning status.

I am just going to point out how your positive affects on gambling points actually has many wrong aspects.
1.Logically? Lol. Do you really think logic works based on luck? You might have all your logic, but if you are unlucky you are bound to lose the next round.
2.This boost will only affect you negatively. Your decision making skill will always ponder around benefits (since you will be thinking about profits only).
3.Casino isn't the best place to socialize. There are other ways that you can use to socialize with people.
4.True, but can cause the opposite.
5.And this is when people starts to go astray.

For a normal gambler who isn't addicted in any way, the positives outweigh the negatives surely. But for those who are into gambling solely for winning and not gaining anything apart from mone, the negatives will surely reign in the end.


This, to a certain extent is true. It's not only limited to gambling games which will make you think analytically and logically. Bankroll management also needs consideration and analytical thinking--whether you can still play a game or two or not.


Again not necessarily confined to a gambling game. You can make good or bad decisions by just continuing playing without regard to your funds.


If a gambling site has its own trollbox, I guess.


It does and I consider it as a form of entertainment and not see it as something that can entirely replace my paycheck.


Right, no.

for Desperate person?yeah it can be source of income but only if you know that consequences .

but for the one who really knew gambling?this is not applicable as a source of income.
all of these will take effect if you are an addicted gamblers but if now?this is different thing than a normal gamblers.

at some points Yes,if we are aware of all things that gambling can bring and we are ready to accept consequences .

For an activity, habit, hobby or anything to be declared negative to the human race, it's negative effects must have outshine the positive effect of that things since everything has a positive and negative side to it. When an activity like gambling which iis quite addictive and can't be put under control that easily is declared negative you just have to agree to that fact.

The positive effect aren't that much of a fixed effect but varies depending on the individuals gambling so it can't be said to be a benefit on a general reasoning. For the profit aspect as a positive effect of gambling, while not everyone profit from gambling per se but when it comes to losses, majority has experience this at some point as a gambler.

People just trick themselves into thinking there could be any sort of good side. Bad side is clearly the winner here because it will lead to you literally ruining your whole life if you get addicted to gambling.

I suppose it is not all that awful if you are not addicted and can limit yourself and gamble within your means but even with that in mind, if you saved up all the money you would otherwise gamble and use that to invest into something, you would have probably made a ton of money from it and probably would have a passive income by now. Since many people prefer gambling over investing, those people are literally postponing their own retirement to a further date by losing the money instead of using the money. I guess even that alone should be enough.

The list you gave is quite specific but the most overcoming thing that we all could agree on is MONEY.

• Addicted to gambling (Negative) but you are Winning (Positive)
• No time for priorities (Negative) but you are Winning (Positive)

Money is always going to be a positive thing if you are winning. That's the goal right?

Sometimes we are having a good time into the market of the cryptocurrency and we gained a lot of income and profit by that but not all the time we are winning our plays and but still sometimes the luck is not with us and this may cause of losing. There is a chance that even we have a good side into the world of a gamble and win a lot of games having a one lose or even consecutive loses may cause of losing to the momentum and this may cause of having a bad day or bad mood on that situation still it is better to take some rest to avoid getting pressured and refresh your mind and self about the things happen just focus toward to your possible earnings.

For me as long the gambling gives you a problem then, that's consider as addiction/problem. Money is needed when you want to gamble but it isn't always the goal. Personally, sometimes I just gamble for fun or just to entertain myself, if I lose then it's okay, but if I win that would be great! On his list, those positive and negative, for me are nothing. As long as gambling is giving you a problem then, it's a problem. Simple as that.

Most of the time we would just ignore the negative side or negative effect of something that we would do if we are having fun.
I think all of us have done it before, Ignoring the negative impact or outcome of what we have done.
And there are so many reason why we keep on coming back to gambling.

depending on where you react if you are single and do not have anything above your own life I guess you will not have a problem gambling, different if you are married of course your time will not be productive.
because you have to take care of children or communicate, vacation.
so you determine when you play and when to stop.

It's the satisfaction and excitement that influence a person to continue gambling in spite of its unfortunate consequences. They disregard how it affects their way of thinking and health condition because they are having a good time. It's the reason why people should have self-discipline while gambling because addiction can affect not only your financial status but also your health.

Yeah you are right!

As long gambling doesnt affect you in any negative way then it should be fine but if it already compromises things then its an another thing.
Same as you said where negative and positive things arent really that a serious things yet gambling is always intended for entertainment.
I agree on some points on here that risk or negative thing isnt really that equal into its positive side.

I guess we all have to know more the negative side compared to the good side, this way we will enjoy gambling and we can do it responsibly.

I highlighted that top 3 as that's the most important things to me and I don't want to experience that because I am addicted in gambling.
Losing money, is alright as long as we are not addicted as it's normal to us gamblers, we win or lose, that's the only possibilities.

About reputation, I don't really care that much as I don't care what others would say.

It will rely on how we will let gambling run in our life. OP enumerated almost all what individual been through if they let it happen into them. We are the one who can turn the negative into positive depending on what our lifestyle is. I prefer gambling only at times I don't have any activities to or only if have spare time but when I'm around family I usually take more time to them than do gambling.

Based on the reasons, OP have provided, we can weigh it not in the quantity of reasons but its impact to the person. In that case, the negative side of gambling overcomes the good side as it causes destruction to a person. For example, it boosts our analytical skills and logical thinking, on the other hand, if we are to compare it with destroying relationships and family when we get addicted to it, the consequences is too heavy for the person's life to be impacted.

But let us not look onto this, as we have our own to decide what is the best action whenever we are gambling. We should always be disciplined and avoid being too addicted in playing as knowing the consequences are enough for us to make ourselves disciplined

It cannot be a good source of income because number of people losing bets will be lot better than the one who wins so only few can make money on rare occasions so don't make it as source of income which can make you go bankrupt sooner than you expected.

Some may overcome the negative side of gambling but I believe that it is mostly the good side that are overcome with the negative side. I know that there are lots of gambling addicts so it just shows that it is true. Some gamblers even cause trouble and most things that happen that when the person involved is a gambler then most of it is negative. Even knowing of the negative side people tend to gamble whatever reason they have.

Gambling isn't supposed to be a source of income at all, some people just look at it at wrong way. Gambling should be fun and some additional money source but definetely not something that you should regulary count on.
As long as you can keep that balance you can also be on.a positive side and you will not feel the negative consequences.
Once you cross the border and gambling comes into the circle of losses and additiction that runs your life, you are lost.

I believe you have drawn good lessons down here for us all. But the negative part of gambling is basically addiction.
Once you get addicted to gambling, you focus 110% on it which leads to non productivity in other aspects.
Leads to loss of money, and borrowing too.

Thats why we must ensure to continue to gamble responsibly.

I don't see any of those negative points as valid.

All of them are speculations that it may do this or it may do that. Driving a car may lead to you killing a child or it may lead to you killing yourself. It's stupid to use such speculations as negative arguments.

Something as simple as drinking water can make you choke and die. Is the possibility of choking a negative effect of drinking water? :D

All the positive traits of gambling can be gained by other means. It is no reasonable to weigh the positive effect of gambling over it's negative effects because once you get addicted to it, nothing good comes out of gambling. Gambling is a source of entertainment, but if you view it as a means to earn it will lead to serious problems.

I agree with that.  It is like justifying why you are into gambling. But in reality you can do all those positive things in a less risky way. Gambling should really be treated as a source of fun or entertainment but if you are already deep into this, that's when you start experiencing problems and issues, not only in terms of your financial capability but health and mental status as well. So I don't think the good side will ever outweigh the negative side of gambling if you will end up a gambling addict.

No good sides of gambling can overcome its negative sides, that is why the government is restricting and even punishing its people who are into gambling, gambling is recommended as a form of entertainment you cross the line and make it as a source of income then you are in danger of losing everything you have, gambling have so many traps that we must avoid.

In fact, gambling is really risky and will only bring you stress and depression if you try it. The probability of losing your money if your not lucky is very high compared to the probability of winning. Understand first and study how gambling works so that you have an idea what are the advantages and disadvantages that you will get in gambling. After that, decide whether gambling is good as a source of profit or instead invest for a business to have a stable source of income.



Ofcourse, if you don't win, you lose, as simple as that. The good sides that you're saying just for those lucky people or who are having strategies in playing skill-based gambling casinos. In skill-based gambling casino, you can reduce the probability of losing and  increase the probability of winning so it still depends if you are experienced and knowledgeable in playing some casino games so that you will not be outplayed by your opponents.


In controlling you money, you will just minimize the money that you've spent but still the money has been wasted if you try to gambling without any strategy. It means, the negative side is still greater no matter how great you are in managing you money as long as you lose some of it. Proper management of money starts when you know what will be the faith or destination of your money, if it will be used in more valuable and necessary things or you will just spend it for fun.

I've already had managed my gambling routines as it has too many risks and negative side effects. The positive ones you've mentioned was just temporary, doesn't benefit you that much, and can be learned by other things alternative and not knowledge that are exclusive in gambling. Yes, gambling is good and somehow beneficial, but the biggest cons is it gambles your life as well, all for just a temporary satisfaction? It's too obvious and self explanatory.

What I read from post in this thread is mostly positive side overcome by the negative side which I don't deny that it isn't. It's always the negative side if it's about gambling and there's not much we can do about it. All we can do is to prevent by not becoming a gambler or not gamble in any casino at all.

Only few places that do restrict out gambling yet we know on how this businesses do give out benefits in terms of taxes on a certain country.We might see a few places but not really that much compared to those who fully allow or legalized it.Good side is to make yourself enjoy on playing and that the primary motive when we do play gambling but people do go into other side which is to make money mostly
where it do ends up on the negative side yet majority of them already wrecked up their lives instead.When playing, just make it sure that you arent compromising something.

Yes, that is what we must do in gambling. We must prevent by not becoming a gambler, although we admitted that we are playing gambling sometimes. We don't have to follow our passion for playing gambling for a long time because we don't have a chance to win. The positive side will not stay on our side if we don't have control over our minds.

But I think even if there is a positive side in gambling, that will not make us leave gambling because gambling is an engaging activity that can make people come and play.

If it's for the rich person, you can't hold his hobby if he's into gambling.

It's easier to gamble when you're wealthier because you will not of any problem about money. You can gamble as much as you want but there's no unlimited resource even if you're too wealthy.

I am not really used in gambling, but based on what you have listed about the negatives and positives side of gambling, I don't think that good sides of gambling wont overcome its negative side because if you are going to weigh in the negatives and the positives for me it is heavier in the negative sides compared to positive. Gambling is not a sure win situation so I would not choose to stay on it even though it has a chance of being a successful person, I have read some articles about those successful gamblers, they became rich because of winning the game, but I don't believe on luck so I will not go for it.

If you get addicted on gambling then for sure it will destroy your life, it will make you unproductive in other useful things.

I think for me, gambling is like betting ins sweepstakes, wherein, you should play in a limited game for a day, and should not abuse yourself playing too much. Because that will surely lead to addiction. We all know that the chance of winning is lower than the chance of losing, that is why we should only play a small amount of game, but in a case of a prize that is quite high compared to usual winnings, the more we play, the more chance we could win. So, there's a clashing of ideas here, for me, I rather believe on playing a little amount of games in a game which is having huge prize on it. The reason is because, gambling games that provide huge percentage of winning have small prize pool. Meaning, I just want to purely test my luck in playing.

There are many activities that are very expensive, but if they do not harm health, nature and others, then no one calls them negative. If a person likes gambling and he adequately deals with it, then I do not see any harm in this. You must understand that in the entertainment sector, preferences are individual and people have the right to choose independently.

I can't imagine for those people who made gambling as source income, is there any gambler who can do it? and now he becomes rich?

Since the winning of gambling just will give you a little breath and after that you will eventually bankrupt .

Gambling is very suitable to be use as an entertainment, although you need to spend money to play it also it depend on yourself about an entertainment.

But in my experience, your points have pointed out that gambling is dangerous, think a thousand of time before you joined because when you are comfortable when you playing gambling, it means you have agreed with the bad things that will happen to you.

In gambling we know there must be positive and negative sides where we can control it, especially in a calm situation and therefore you can play your gambling with a good victory if you side with it.
Whatever happens after playing gambling, we must know where the mistakes are, if we are emotionally distressed, we must be able to control them, and from that we must prepare for any risk in gambling.

What you do in like this will certainly play the casino because there is no other gamble besides the most popular casino.

Of course it is because the positive Side are the ways why people keeps on Playing,imagine if the negative will only our basis to play?for sure we will not stay long in this Gambling habits.
and also if there is no benefits then why need to continue so yeah the positive things is the prize we have why we are staying to play for long time now.

For me, we cannot simply limit the effects of Gambling to the people because, not all of it is applicable to all of the gamblers. Stated effects, is biased and not all of them are true, mostly, what is really important when engaging with the activity is to always have self control because, even top people, when becomes addicted in gambling, usually it ends bad.

yes of course when you feel your doing good you will tend to stick for it but its bad to stay if your not happy anymore and the sad part is that many fellow gamblers are still stuck on this part .they just depo and lost and then redo if ever they still have some and loose again  .

i think they did something wrong on here , maybe thier strategy is bad but still they continue playing with it . i used to see many gamblers have this mentally but who i am to correct them .

Yes, there are different levels of negative and positive in Gambling. If you look on the positive side, it will surely overwhelm you from the doubled money, the fun and entertainment but when it comes to negative, you will definitely don't wanna try but it's tempting. As a former gambler, it's really hard to control yourself especially when winning, you are really into it, you gave almost your money and when losing you still want to use your money to cover up the losses, to regain it but to think there's a high possibility that it will get worse. From what I experienced I would say that negatives are already there, from the mental issues and financial crisis. I did looked on the negatives of gambling that's why I stopped though I still play online games like poker but no money included. So,I believe that it depends on the people's perception if they look more on the positive than the negatives. And they are the one who could tell if positives really overcomes negatives in gambling based on their perspectives and experiences.

In my own personal opinion, it depends to a gambler if he will let his positive things to stay while palying gambling that he could control himself from being greedy and lose control, but most gamblers always overcomes their negative side that they choose to earn huge amount of money before they leave.

Agree, It depends on the gambler on what effects what can possibly come to his side whether it is positive or negative.

I should say if you are an experienced gambler or a veteran on playing gambling games it will have a high chance that you are experiencing more positive things than having negative because I think an experienced gambler knows how to overcome this negative effects knowing that you have the experience to have it yourself.

The gambler who wins on his gambling sessions has a high chance of getting the most positive effects and being an experienced gambler makes the chances of winning high that's why I conclude that it is depending on the person who is playing.

If you remove the positive thing No. 5 all other 4 can be found in other ways of spending your leisure time.
I don't think that there is any positive thing that stems from gambling.
The only thing that you can feel while gambling are only the negative aspects of it.

Some people don't know where the mistakes because they are stress because of the loss of money. They forget that mistakes happen because of themselves, but they don't admit, so that makes them feel sad and frustrated. It is okay to feel loss and regret in gambling, but we need to know that these two feelings should not make us getting emotionally and lose control. That is why if you feel the chance to continue playing gambling is not good, you must stop gambling right away.

I somehow agree. Whatever fun and happiness one can extract from gambling could also be oftentimes found elsewhere where risking money is not at all necessary. But I don't want to generalize that there is really nothing positive gambling can give. Sometimes the fun in gambling could be different from others because the adrenaline is there. The fact that it is not just plain fun at all. The risk sometimes counts.

I think you will appreciate the fun you can get from gambling if you are playing without worrying about the money that you are spending. That you are using your extra money and not a borrowed one. Because if you are enjoying the game, you will truly feel the joy and adrenaline rush it brings.

You said it right there are always different perspectives from this activities, people find things that other are not. If you do can control everything
and the intentions will just stick for only to find entertainment and just to please some leisure then you'll be finding some positive side and not
to worry about those negativity..

I believe that everyone should find the answer to this question for himself.
In my case, there was a moment when I realized that gambling brings me a number of problems, as a result of which I stopped. Now I play from time to time, just for fun.
Sometimes a person needs an outside view to see his problem.

All things should really be realized by ones self for him to know on what truly is it.We do have our own will to judge up to things but we shouldnt not let ourselves to experience unfortunate situation before we do realize on what we should gonna do because we can eventually avoid it while its early, so reading up other experiences isnt a bad thing to be done.Generally we know that gambling can give headaches or problems if we do engage with it too much in terms of money and time.If you do already compromise things then thats already a problem.Its always been intended for entertainment purposes but due to constant or regular playing
then thats the time where addiction do happen.

Well, you can't realize something if it's not gone and it is a fact, people do always make mistakes in order for them to grow to learn from their mistakes. They say "you can't judge a book by its cover" until you read what's the contents of it.

This topic always depends on a person on how they will going to manage the after effects of gambling. Some people can handle it as a piece of cake but some may struggle for long before they can finally handle the situation. Not everyone has the same spirit of fighting their own selves.

This true, mistakes are inevitable and outcomes will depend on how they do deal with it and as said some can handle it and some decided to let that addiction control over them.
Struggle is always there and this is the hardest times when you are in the verge of possible worst scenario that would happen into your life.

If you are that sensible and would think up clearly then you would do things which are appropriate.Gambling isnt bad as long you dont let that thing control you.

You did well that you could stop in time. Most people can’t even understand the cause of the problems, not to mention eliminating them  :)
It seems that no one takes seriously the warning about addiction and other consequences (however, this also applies to other dangerous addictions such as alcohol or smoking). It would be nice to introduce such a rule: to get access to the casino you need to pass an exam (where there would be questions about the dangers of gaming addiction and ways to avoid this).

At the end of the day, everything boils down to moderation. Gambling could be considered good for as long as it does not go beyond moderation. If a gambler is already hooked onto it to the point of spending time and money more than what is moderate, that would already be bad regardless of whatever positive things gambling could give.

Explaining this topic further more will take a lot of things to be consider correct or accurate, in fact, there is no correct answer for this one since we do have our own opinion regarding about gambling. Let me give an example, there is a person A and person B, person A is an addict in gambling and person B is the opposite, so basically, for person A, the negative side of gambling doesn't matter because he is addicted to it and only sees gambling an opportunity to be rich, while person B is the exact opposite of what person's A mindset has.

The government and the gambling casinos always have precautionary advice to people who are gambling and no good side of gambling can overcome its negative sides, because the side is something we don't want to happen to ourselves to our family and to anyone we knows because can end up your life in big misery.

I agreed with your points, if you are addicted on gambling then it will ruin your whole life. so, take it just for a game, we played it just for fun and don't be addicted. If you take gambling just for a game and a way of entertainment then it has not that much negative side. Because we play a lot of game and bet in our daily life and it has no harmful effect.

I think postive effects of gambling will overcome the negative effects of it. Even if you can survive your financial problem with your family using gambling, they won't feel it because you don't have enough time for them. It may also your source of income but it can be also a source of having debt. It will boost your decision making but you cannot decide to have time with you family. It can make you happy but the people that arounds you are not happy for you. Think before gamble or it will kill you.

Frankly speaking most of the time the good side of gambling cannot overcome it's negative side because there are many who got addicted in gambling and there are very few who always win in gambling compare to those who losses. Therefore those positive sides can't stand against the negative side of gambling.

That is if we are going to talk about the majority but with regards to individual, the outcome will be determine by us on how we are going to use those positive side in order to overcome all the negative side of gambling.

Therefore, when you only make gambling as entertainment, then at least that is a point for you to be able to overcome the negative side of gambling with the positive side of gambling by gambling just for fun. So, as long as the gambler has control and the other players only make gambling for fun, then that's when gambling is no longer something negative as feared, because gambling becomes positive and or negative it depends on how you treat gambling in your life.

There are no benefits on getting addicted not just on gambling but on other games especially if you can't control yourself.

Playing just for fun is easy to say but in reality, it is very hard to apply when you are in the table already. If you are winning consecutive times already, your mind will change and you will become more greedy since you felt that you are winning already. Taking gambling as a form of entertainment will not affect you that much but if you take gambling seriously especially if you are addicted into it then you will feel the negative sides of it. Just gamble for fun.

That's correct, gambler would be safe if they will always put a limit, limit every time they gamble, either they win or lose because you don't wanna lose control along the way just because of your greediness. That's the main reason why we do wrong decision in gambling because we want to win more when winning and will not stop when we are losing, most likely we will just ended up losing with this kind of attitude.

this advises should be given in Newbies and Noobs but for the long term players?they already knew about this but only denied to follow.
absolutely and i totally agreed that gambling must be for fun and not for profiting that's for me is a No.
but what made me think is this,what is 'We Play and Bet A lot'?this will be Harmful if you do so don't contradict your own post.

Gambling is opposite of the word Moderation, in my opinion. Taking big risk in casinos doesn't sound like moderation.  This is why I prefer to call it Betting rather than Gambling as soon as I realize the difference.   Unprofitable and regular "high" bettor can be called a gambler. And a first time or short  bettor who bet with amount he/she can't afford to lose is gambler too.

Is gambling necessarily extreme? I don't think so. There must be a moderate kind of gambling or one which does not really cost you a lot. Gambling does not really mean you are addicted to it or you are wasting your wealth over it. Gambling could just be a little hobby, right? It's just that the prevailing impression or connotation of the word gambling or gambler is of a person whose life is wrecked by it. Or is it?

By the way, is there a significant difference between gambling and betting? I think they are both the same.

In my own aspects in life, before we join in gambling we also know the positive and negative impact on it. Staying people to play gambling will depends on the perspective who are playing it, because if they feel that playing gambling will give them happiness it would be difficult for them to get off in gambling. Some gamblers are based on their standing in life, because if they are rich so that they have a lot of money to used in playing gambling.

I think no matter how we try to quantify the advantages of gambling, i am not sure it can be more than the negative sides.
Because practically, 70% of gamblers lose dailies, which makes the bookmakers even more rich.

Until gambling provides proportional profiters to losers, it still has more disadvantages even without listing them.

In my country there is a song about gambling, the lyrics: "Gambling promises victory, gambling promises to lose" why the fun is always banned, gambling.

Well for that many things that think gambling is fun and with a lot of money, it is common to get distress, negative and positive always haunt gambling addicts, if you win in the game of course positive gambling accompanies you, if you end up in the negative defeat and destruction that you feel.

It means: gambling promises to be positive and gambling promises to be negative, basically the individual himself is assessing these two factors.

It turns out that gambling falls on either side, to win or lose, and couldn't be determined by exact probabilities. I just can't understand the phrase "why the fun is always banned" in here.



In addition, it depends on a person if the effect of gambling will turn out to be positive and negative. There's a clue here, we can actually decide which path we would like to take, either positive or negative, depends on how we perceive our loss or wins. In such a case that we feel that we start on losing too much, we can stop, in that way, we can prevent ourselves to be affected negatively whenever our funds gets all consumed. Or to control positive in such a case that we are winning too much but we are still gambling it and not enjoying the profit that turns out for us to lose what we've won.

Agree with you everything is good as well as you are doing it in limit so gambling also has some side effecrs that nerds to be recover by our skulls and making money from it. If gambling is getting you earn more than your expectations then it means you are at good but if its about all lose better stay away from it as its not suitable for you.

If you already losing a  lots of money it's time to assess and understand that this venue of activities is not going to bring any good to you, time to move away to avoid losing more money and time. There's a need of seriously taking things to consideration remember that if you are treating this place as a source of your entertainment you should always have a limited budget to use and not to exceed from it.

i thing it is more even higher up to 85% of gamblers losses everyday and only 10-15% wins but not assuring High winnings because i have been in casino for many years and in my observation it is smaller percent won bigger amount.
the question is will this be happen?Nope it wont and never.

if more than 70% of the people in the gamble world made a profit, then I think the gambling sites would be broke. That is why the disadvantages are more than the advantages and few people are able to profit from gamble. I usually accompany channels from people who have been in the gamble world for a long time and these people give lessons on gamble. interestingly I don't see these people predicting the results of the games and I don't see these people showing how much money they have made over the years. But they sell books and courses. What makes me think that the number of people who really succeeded in the gamble world can be very little


that's why I look at gamble for fun and don't create high expectations

Those negatives and positive side of gambling is just a reminder for all the gamble players. I know that all the gamblers know these two sides and still playing. I agree that we should regulate ourselves even though it has a positive sides. We have the saying that "too much is bad for everything". Just have a control on yourself when playing gamble.

too much positive side is bad ? when you win too much , i dont think its bad but its good because you have alot of money and you can recover your losses .

 other positive effect of gambling are having fun , make friends , etc but too much of some of this positive effects isnt really good anymore like for example when your enjoying too much , you can now forget your obligations on your family and on your house holds  . so yeah control is all .

Gambling is like a coin that has 2 sides.

This can be applied to gambling too that it can give you profit (other side of the coin) and it can give you losses (other side of the coin). Unfortunately, most of the gamblers often experiencing the other side of it which is losses for some reasons so for me, I don't see any reason to overcome the bad side by the good side.

Probably more than what you said. I don't see anybody who became successful just because of gambling because most of them are ending up losing their money on it.

I think that the answer to this question will primarily depend on the point of view from which we will look at it.
After all, the brain of addicted people is inclined to seek confirmation of the positive factors of their addiction, while a person without addiction can objectively see more negative factors than his dependent friend.

Bookmakers does not take your bet, they only facilitate your bet, they make money from juice so their income would rely on the volume of gamblers and the amount of money entering in sportsbook. it goes like this, when one wins, the other will lose, the winning bettor will usually get 90% only while the 10% will be for the book makers, that's how they make money.

With 90% losing a bet I don't think there are advantages of bad sides to good sides, the good sides is when you are gambling free of risk, and you can only do that if you are playing within your means and just for entertainment, any more than that it can be considered as high risk and takes away all the good sides of gambling.

This kind of dilemma makes our heads difficult to choose.
You either want to be positive because it's beneficial or you'll hate it but will choose the negative sides because you're always losing. We can't define each situation when you ask this kind of tricky question.

This depends entirely on your point of view, if you are trying to obtain profits from gambling and we know the majority of gamblers are long term losers then regardless of any positive side that gambling may have it is probably not enough for the ones that have that goal in mind, but if you are aware that it is almost impossible to obtain profits when you gamble and your goal is only to have fun or something similar then the positive side of gambling can be good enough as long as you can maintain your losses as small as possible.

yes, if you're only doing it for fun and not for profit and supposing you're not addicited to it then the gambling expense would come as a "fun expense", let's say simmilar to going to the theatre or going to the park, with the difference that going to watch a play will add to your life in a more meaningfull way.

if we generalize, overview would mostly be negative
 but of course, it's a distribution and there are people who will take something good out of it.

This is exactly so in theory. But in practice, for some reason, bookmakers hate plus players. And in various ways they struggle with them - they cut the limits of bets and even ban. How can you explain this?
I’m always looking for an answer to this question but no one can clearly explain it.

Bookmakers are not so innocent as they look like to be. They are the ones who make the most of the money on the bets. Even the bigger bookies buy the teams and players and make the deal with team so that the stronger team loses and all the bet money goes in the pocket of bookies.

Indeed, because even you try all the best that you can the possibilities of losing your bets still present, there's no such words as continues winning unless you are doing illegal things while you are playing. Though there are people who can manifest and win they are just in numbers against those people who
are losing and getting addicted to this kind of entertainment.

This is not an option because there is no way we will choose something negative. Indeed, we cannot determine the situation every time we gamble but if you only gamble when in a good mood and also only gamble with money that can be eliminated, then at least you will gamble with the positive side even though the results are not always good, but with these efforts at least it will makes you have control and will be aware of the time to stop when negative results are obtained.

As far as I know from gambling, no one can provide a positive side, where gambling is a bad place that puts many people at risk, so you better be able to be careful when you want to gamble, at least you should be able to prepare yourself between losses with large amount or fortunately no one can provide a guarantee.

Yes, you have the means of not choosing it but it could be the result whether you like or not. Gambling when your mood is good, I think that's considerably a good idea if you like to think about the positive side. But as we always know, this is gambling.
Results do vary so we win sometimes or lose now and again.

It can never be outweighed when it comes to is negative.We do see there are lots of aspects that can be affected if you do let gambling destroy your life.
There are indeed lots of negative sides than positive but eventually you can avoid these things if you do know how to control up yourself towards it.
If not then for sure you would really end up into unfortunate things.



Outcome cant really be known and also gambling isnt intended for money making in the first place and also this is just for entertainment
and if you treat on the thing as it should be then frustrations and rage towards it when you loss is less.

Oh no, o don't believe it. This is pure crime and none of the legal entrepreneurs or athletes would do that. The risk of going to jail is too great. All this firms balance on the verge of law with financial transactions, with taxes, etc., but they do not commit obvious crime.
Those who clearly violate the law very quickly fly off the market.

as I said before:
risk management is everything
just don't play with more money than you can afford to lose and all will be fine.

also:
all the things have more than one side

it's yin yang

the law of nature and life

The world is not fair, although I have not read that bookies are paying players to manipulate the games but the speculation that games are rig has been circulating in the internet, and these are actually just theories but sometimes if you follow their explanation you would be able to believe.

It is not a matter for me whether someone says gambling isn't for that or it's for that. Personalities are different and the reasons why we do it are not alike.
But, you have to overcome whichever is bothering you and it's likely the negativity and accept whichever comes first then overcome it afterward.

Buddy, a sheep is always a sheep and a dog is a dog. It takes alit for a gambler not to be used at the end of the day. Used in the sense that it can't be controlled or have a limit. Most people who gamble have a thing with coming back harder when they lose in the first time of play, so they keep trying to regain. They forget at that point that all days are not the same.

This isn't with gambling alone. With each and everything there is positive as well as negative side. The way we use it and move forward gives it an positive as well as negative outlook. With gambling we can't state certain things to be positive and certain things as negative.

Why I say this, because one who has got lucky to win big describe on gambling as a positive thing. On the other side the losers will term it negative. In this manner same thing gets described inverse.

Everything is a good thing until you abuse it. So it depends on how you really gamble.

Gambler is responsible on this one and we cannot blame gambling because they are just doing their business, its just gamblers are greedy and lose money. Good side of gambling can overcome everything but if you are not a responsible gambler then I’m sure more negative side will be in favor to you, gamble with fun and not greedy.

In gambling, we either lose or win, this depends on our strategy, if we like to win then we should be smart, and must be discipline.
Gambling platforms does not care what you will do, they'll be happy when you lose because that's where they will increase their profitability.

There are different type of gamblers, some gamblers want instant win or wants to be rich instantly while some wants it slowly but consistently,
usually the ones who will win are those with concrete plan.

In gambling, sometimes, the excellent side can conquer the wrong side of gaming too. In gambling, it is full of risk, and we cannot tell if all the time we can going to win our games and sometimes the luck is besides us but sometimes we are not. Not all the time, we win into our gambling games, and it can affect the player too hard, and this is not good; if you think you are mentally unstable, don't play for a while because you cannot make right decisions while you are not stable. Instead, take a rest for a while so you can manage and think all the thing you have mistake after that you can now bring back into the world of gambling and fight for your profit

Once people don't have enough knowledge about gambling most of their think that all effects of the gambling is bad.
But actually it turns only bad results gambling if the player not control their self for sure most of the outcome will not good.
A player who can know control playing can for sure see the good result and they gamblers who turn rich because they do that.

I agree with what you’ve said that everything has both ends and it’s either positive or negative/ good or bad side. It’s the way we perceive things and what we do with it gives the result and image of something, in this case - gambling. It really depends on someone’s point of view, experience, and knowledge on gambling what he/she would say about it.

Like the example you gave, the winners and losers. The way they would describe gambling’s side would be way too different from each other since they experienced it first-hand. Of course, the unfortunate ones would say something negative because they lost while the fortunate would tell positive things because they won.

Whether what between the good or bad side of gambling overcomes the opposite one, relies only on the gambler himself who experienced both.

There are examples for positive and negative consequence of gambling and I believe people are taking only positive examples of gambling and this is the reason everyone want to mimic similar to that and only 1% of people are getting chances to repeat. The rest of 99% of new gamblers do become as negative example and unfortunately no one is ready to learn lessons from them.

That must be a plain truth here. Only for an experienced gambler, it will be possible to make use of their bitter experience into maximizing positive consequence of gambling or at least for avoiding negative effects of gambling in future. To overcome the negative effects of gambling, most of the gamblers are simply choosing the easiest way which must be "quitting gambling".

In my opinion the gamblers who opt to quit after many negative consequence are right as they at least will not suffer any more even they will lose the possibility of finding good effects in future.

Exactly,  quitting is not bad if you feel you have no chance of winning in gambling anymore.

For some of us, we aim to win consistently but then we will try a lot of method, experiment it if its working but in the end, we just have to accept if we really can't win because every time we gamble it's our hard earned money that is at risk.

Based on my experience, I did not quite because I am challenge so I continue finding ways to win but I learn from my experience which is the discipline that I have now.

Perception is indeed based on the person involved, and on what degree he is into gambling activities. And a lot of factors play on how he sees gambling. It may include his financial status in life, where he works, what type of environment he is in, married or single, early foundation in gambling like influence of family or friends, knowledge of the game/sports and many others. Some people will see its good side more than its bad side whereas, others will have total rejection in any form of gambling.

So I guess, just respect each player because we don't know where they are coming from, as long as you are not harming anyone, or they are not harming you, just co-exist peacefully.

There are times that positive overcomes the negative but there are also times that it is the negative that overcomes the positive. It depends upon the player and how the player will handle his gambling career. It is a game. Fortune is not always the same. It is not fixed. You may win today then lose tomorrow. Sometimes lucky, sometimes not.

The world is not fair but effective  ;)
It's much easier to make money with probability theory than with fraud. Casinos, as well as bookmakers, do not have to cheat, as mathematics does everything for them. Fraudsters are usually those who want to trick a bookmaker with a foul sports match.

The best part about the good side is always having an opportunity to make money but this is not the same on the bad side. Sometimes making money is not priority and enjoyment becomes the main goal for the pro gamblers. Only pro gamblers will overcome the negativity and will think the best sides of the gambling for fun. Negativity will kill the impulse for getting full enjoyment and I will never depressed if there is no negativity in gambling.

It is really depends on how you view the gambling, if you view it as enjoyment then there will be no emotional attachment that can help you to make money and kill your boredom but if you see it as a source of income then it is hard especially if you lose because there is a greed and fear emotion. My main goal is to have fun and that is why I generating income and I also having enjoyment through it, people do not manage to enjoy while they do gambling that makes them to feel unhappy specially when they lose in a row.

Indeed if you only gamble for fun and you're not after money then you're not to attach to win because its only your way to entertain yourself, it all depends on the reason why we gamble. The negative sides are much felt for a gambler that is already addicted and cant control themselves.

Nope.

There is no way that the positive will overcome the negative effects of gambling in ones self. If you will ask a gambler which part is he feeling right now, he will choose the negative because money is important to them. Very important that they will do everything no matter what happened especially the addicted ones. Positive effects of gambling can be obtained in some ways and not only gambling so why risk a huge amount of money just to get this things.

The last part of the Positive effects which is "Source of Income". Do you think that gambling can be a source of income? Cite examples of gamblers here who are taking gambling as their source of income. I doubt that there are no gamblers who see gambling like this because it is very risky and you need to have a huge capital to do this.

It depends on yourself and how you play.
For example, if you only play with no plan and no proper strategy of curse the negative side overcomes for you. But, in the other hand if you use strategies you will enjoy playing it. Martingale can be a good strategy in this case. Also, after all these I believe mostly I enjoy playing itself not earning for profits out of the games.

Its always been overcoming that is why i believe gamblers stays playing even they are mostly losing their money in each games.
looking at the Good things you shared is enough reason why gamblers stays and some becomes addicted because of those good traits.
what i also observe is when gambler losses there is a part of them that long to play again and promising themselves that the next time they will be winning.
but of course Losses is what they got again and again yet?coming back to play and trying other games instead.
sometimes card is in scene while the next day its machine games.
but in the end still gambling is what made them comeback.

This will be wrong...
2. Boost your decision making.
   *its really great to go that way but something went wrong because it never gives you a chance to decide what is right but just letting yourselves to become addicted.

In most cases, gamblers become worse when they are fully engaged in gambling. Gambling changing our mindset from good to bad. Thus, there is no way that the good sides of gambling will overcome its negative because it was the opposite in reality.

That could be right because eventually they will be addicted, no reason to be fully engaged when we are not making money in gambling at all, this is only good for professional gamblers who can make a living in gambling.


The experience will be based on per individual gamblers as we do have different ways on handling ourselves.

That's true, some are losers while some are winners, but despite of the fact that we don't have the same result in gambling, we should ensure that we will not be addicted as even if we lose we can still recover and enjoy gambling.

I am gambling for fun and that's it, but sometimes I would also try to make money but its hard to do it but at least I understand that the rate of success is very low, so I will not be upset though I lose.

In my own opinion, if a gambler only gambles for fun or leisure time they can easily control themselves from bettong too much or becoming aggressive in playing. But if a gambler only gambles for earning profit it will be difficult to control himself from betting too much that he will always experience the negative side of gambling.

Piece of advice for all the people who are weighing the good and bad sides of gambling, if you haven't played yet then it is better to not start gambling, having a conflicted feeling about gambling will only deteriorate your decision when you started gambling, if you are determined otherwise then go for it, just be careful though. For me the negatives really outweigh the positive that the gambling provide, even just addiction is enough to outweigh all of the positive effects of gambling, the only time that I think the gambling will outweigh the negative is when you are the owner of the gambling site or investor, I guess it really depends on the perspective and where curb you are standing.

Okay like everything in this world gambling to has a good side and a bad side. I have not seen the good side a lot. In my opinion the good side does overcome the negative side for only that particular instance. The instance that I am reffering to is when you are winning but, that never stays llong.

experience from what I see, from the world of gambling in my opinion there is no positive side that is really good because in gambling its content is something that should not be allowed to do because it gives a lot of losses that can cause despair.

We can't avoid any person to become slave of gambling, because because everybody deserves to have fun. Behind the fun and excitement, there's a lucky winnings that follows. Though it's not certain to have 100% success on our several bets, but the chance is always surprising in the long run. No matter how much pressures could take us further, but the most important is that we're in control with our habbits.

The good side is all about the fortune and money.

That's how the gamblers are understanding as the most needed in the good side of gambling. It doesn't stay long as you said because it's always the day that you get to win.

Look on the other side, you only see the negative side which is to lose some money and trap in addiction. For sure you heard some stories of people who became wealthy due to gambling, it has positive side and only few people see it. We should see the positive of it which is gaining money and also having enjoyment but we should also consider the risks especially if we want to allocate huge amount of money on it. It can lead to stress and anxiety if we will not treat it seriously so we should manage the risks very well to understand the positive sides of it.

The positive and negative side is left to individual preference. I know of many gamblers that there reasoning has not improved even a bit.
I have my reasons why I gamble and it about winning and am aware that I can lose.

I know a few gamblers who lost their families because of their hobbies. The pleasure of gambling for them was a positive side!
So that's the conclusion - eventually, the positive turned into the negative...

Although I myself sometimes have a passion for sports betting.

The main thing is not to become addicted!

So you haven't enjoyed gambling once in your life?

Even if you ended up losing more, or get addicted to it, at least there's a time that you enjoy gambling and as you learn although you learn the hard way, you can still remember your good times when gambling but you'll not gonna gamble anymore as you know its risky because you don't have the discipline when gambling.

It will matter on self-acceptance when it comes to things since not all would really have the same perspective when it comes to their experiences in life.

Anyone did really enjoy gambling but things come worst when they do get addicted and some do tell to themselves that they wont go back to play due on being afraid to commit the same mistakes again.

When you do gamble, it doesnt really matter in talks of positive or negative as long you do enjoy and doesnt compromise things then i dont see any problems with that.

If you have this perception then you don't really have idea or knowledge what gambling is all about and you don't know that this can give you a positive or negative things.
never enter gambling if then until you finally realize what can be the outcome of every gambling activities.
In some part yeah it is depend on our preferences and on how we will take gambling in our life.

There are many things in our lives that we do and most of it doesn't have a reason or reasonable outcome. Everyone need to do something to entertain themselves. Gambling and Alcohol are the two things that are as old as time and people indulge themselves to have fun. If you hadn't gambled or had any alcohol, is your life worth living?

I don't think those have no reason at all for sure there are you are just blind to see them whether they are bad or good. I think even no alcohol and gambling our lives will still be worth living those two just wants and we don't need them to be part of our lives. I think alcohol and gambling will be there for more time than our time to be spent on family or the money to sustain our everyday living.

Sure thing gambling has negative and positive but it also just depend to us if what are we going to allow in our selves except when it comes to money, of course, you cannot really make it win at all time.

But I guess the other negatives still depend on what we are doing and for sure we could eliminate that and have a balanced lifestyle at gambling.

Good side can be winning, having fun while you play! Bad side is when you lose money, losing money drag other problems with it. So on question: "Does good side of gambling overcomes its negative side?" if answer is positive you should continue with gambling and having fun, if answer is negative stop with gambling immediately, it will just make you a huge problem, sooner or later!
For me gambling is fun activity, every gambling game is interesting on its own way, I like to play many of them! In last month I play poker like crazy, especially after we started playing first bitcoin talk championship series! :)

I believe you shouldn't compare positive things as well as positive thinking to gambling because if you're doing that, then you are discriminating a gambler as a negative personality.

It's not necessary that if gambling irks a few people in your society, means you are a non-reputable person. I believe that it's the way how you look at your situation while gambling which matters and not the others, because people is here with many mouths and each month will spit out a different story about you. I believe that if you do it for fun, there needs no reason for you to be shy or feel depressed, but getting addicted to it may get you into trouble when you start asking people for money to gamble with it.

Everyone should remember their principles. It is they who show us the way and suggest what decisions should be made, provided that we listen to them.
If at some point you feel that gambling is contrary to your principles, for example, such as family, friends, helping people, then obviously the right decision would be to refuse gambling or at least review your behavior.

I think this is only applied for physical gambling, not for online gambling.
Anyway, I don't think interaction during playing gambling with others will be very useful for socializing purposes. You won't talk freely or speaking much while playing, which probably impairs concentration.   

NO, mate. I don't think you can rely on gambling to get income. Instead, you mostly lose money on gambling as the chance to win is quite small. It is more reasonable if you expect for the entertainment of fun by playing gambling. However, it depends on the gambler's own perception, whether he views gambling is a money source or a fun place.

The points posted by the OP are an exaggeration of what any risk vs reward scheme that people have taken part in since time immemorial. We have seen gamblers go bust due to their greed and people making money off the street. Which one do you think is the actualy truth? The first one. Otherwise the casinos would never exist.

Remember that the prize of a big win is often used as a marketing gimmick for casinos. You will definitely not see a gambling site advertising how much losses their player incurred. That does not mean that they are doing something wrong, no.

A gambler must understand that gambling is a mode of entertainment and a mode of spending money and not a mode of income.

Moreover gambling on games like dice and slots does not help in developing analytical skills, rather more of brain degeneration due to the continuous mental trauma of losing money. Analytical skills are obtained prior to gambling in sports and doing the other way round is a sure shot loss.

If that is the case, you should realize that gambling is not for you because there is a contrary to your principles. No matter how hard you try to playing gambling, you will feel that is not right because you know that is wrong for you to playing gambling. It is no problem if you don't know anything about gambling because playing gambling or not is just a choice. People are free to decide which will they choose, while other people cannot force them to play gambling. Perhaps, you need to try to say no for playing gambling from now on if someone asks you to gamble.