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This is not a case of being addicted to gambling. There are people who are actually in control of their gambling habits or addiction. For instance, they do not gamble beyond their budget; they commit an hour or two to gambling per week or twice per week and strictly adhere to it, among all other things. We have heard and read stories here and out there about how gambling ruins lives, careers, relationships, throws people into debt and more. But my question is, could this be happening to everybody? Has your responsible gambling habit had any positive effects on your relationships with your spouse, kids, parents, and others? Has it improved your finances and helped you stay out of debt? Has it improved your mental health and well being in anyway? Has it been able to help you meet an urgent need? Let's discuss.

For me, ever since I started to manage the amount of money I put into my gambling account there have indeed been some changes. In terms of debt, even when I go to my account to gamble without having a budget I have never been in debt, although I can be online and spend so much more than an average gamble would spend on his/her gambling account b it since I started to manage funds and stopped going above my allocated amount I have been able to make good use of those money that was supposed to have been wasted trying to win a slot game or mines.

For the mental health, I’m no gambling addict but I do get the fact when you go online to gamble and later find out that all through your section you were only able to win a few games and the rest were kissing streaks you’d get depressed to some extent and some might even decide to gamble more thinking they would be able to win back what they have lost without them realising that they are chasing their losses and since I learnt the risk of one chasing losses and how to avoid it I have become better than before.

Right now, all I do is to go to my account i.e when I have a spare cash that I can afford to lose place some bets on  some games have fun and leave I don’t really have any other motive towards gambling as at now so whenever I’m lucky to come out at the end of my section with some profit I just spend it on other things.

It happens to people that are addicts and that are gambling irresponsibly.

Not directly, but because i did not use the money necessary and for savings on gambling. That is a positive effect.

No. But I have source of income and it is not gambling.

Yes, rather than gambling.

No. I have savings for urgent needs.

I think this is the question. Of course when you do things in moderation and responsibly, you wouldn't have problems with yourself or other people because you have balanced it out. You can only be a responsible gambler if you are not an addict, which means you will have control of yourself, your activities and relationship. You will also have a budget for gambling and you will keep to it. For example I get satisfied with my budget even if I exhausted it without winning and I move on very well with myself and people around also until the next time I decide to. It is fun to gamble responsibly because you wouldn't have to start chasing your loses which is a major reason for addiction.

Obviously yes, financial and with my overall functioning as an individual. I get to enjoy playing without stressing that much because of losses unlike before when I wast too hyped and thrilled of winning bigtime. It also helped me managing my mood 'coz before  whenever I am losing my temper also shortens that I'm most of the time irritated. I get to do my job as well because I am able to cope up with my gambling habits. These could be small things to some but for sure these things are worse especially if addiction take over. Gambling should be an activity to entertain us and not for us to stress about.

Humble enough, I think this is happening to me and I'm proud of myself if I can adhere to the not get addicted to it. If I lost one or two I'll tell myself maybe I'll have to stop for a week or two then come back later on. I think it improve on my finances especially if I win lol.

My responsible gambling doesn’t improve my personal life because I don’t experience any problem regarding to gambling to begin with. The only benefits I can get on being in total contral to my gambling activities was not being too upset whenever I lose my bankroll since I’m on,y using the money that I allocated for gambling.

Other people having trouble to cope with their losses because they are using money that is not supposed to be wasted on gambling. Interesting topic, I’m looking forward to see personal experience of someone who improve their life by being responsible gambler.

Mental health and well being can be something that gambling responsibly can contribute to greatly. Gambling is a fun activity can serve as a stress reliever against mental exhaustion from work and other issues, and if you are doing it right and responsibly, it can be a source of a feel good feeling to you knowing that you are gambling responsibly and it is not causing any issues for you or your immediate family.

An improved mental health from the stress relieve that gambling offers you when you gamble responsibly and for fun will improve also the relationship that you have with your spouse, kids, parents and others.

Sports will always be a family affair. This strengthens the family ties especially if you have a boy who is a fan of a particular sport like soccer. If you are a sports bettor I guess you can gamble while you can also support your kid. It helps your relationships for sure.

Being a gambler who only engages in sports is somewhat of a kind of gambling responsibly. You have the discipline to only bet on the sports you know and you only do it when there are games.

Not everybody, only for who can't able to control at some point which can happen to anyone because we cannot say for sure that we are in control of ourselves all the time, sometime our emotions can take over the mind.

It doesn't affect anything speaking of myself because I am not spending anything beyond my limit, like spending on expensive wines for once in a while which differs depending on an individual's financial status.

Not, as I am aware of. But it changes many people's financial state for a few which is from zero to millions and for the rest what they had to nothing.

I only used to kill time if I had any so doesn't have anything to do with my mental health and definitely I do not see gambling as an option to get funds for my emergencies, nor anyone should do it.

So far I don't have any problems with my gambling, because I always gamble only on weekends for a few dollars for fun.
Even if I want to play it, because weekends are my time with my wife and children, visiting my parents, hanging out with friends who sometimes don't have time to gamble. And other days I only have time to work and rest, and I have a big difference when I gamble compared to when I don't have a job and when I have a job.
And from all that I concluded and experienced and without stopping the habit of gambling, by having a job or activity that generates income, in this way I can gamble responsibly and work to earn the income that is my responsibility.
And I don't feel any loss either, and if I lose a few bucks, that's normal, because to enjoy the game and sometimes luck comes.

Lately,  people are becoming professionals in their approach to gambling and one of those ways that gamblers maintain this kind of level is for them to set a limit, Just like you said @Gozie51 it is sure that if one does things in operations,  she/he won't have any problem with others even his immediate family as long as you do not allow one activity to overboard the other activities and scheduling time for each activity.

Gambling shouldn't be taken as a way of making passive income,  but to be seen as a means to getting entertained and if your luck shines on one or two occasions to have made a win it should be taken as a bonus rather than being taken as a job which is a risky mentality in the long run.

My gambling doesn't have an effect in my life since I am in control of it and not even in debt just because of gambling. I even give advice to my sister who still gambling although not the same as me but she also doesn't spend wbat she can't afford to lose. Tbe difference between us is I didn't gamble twice a week but once ir twice a month when my sister is once or twice a month. I total all the money I lose compared to wins then the difference is big.

I have come to realize that gambling multiple times within a week increases your chances of losing all that you have won within the first few games if you are lucky at the early stage to win,  so choosing a lucky day to gamble just once a week is the perfect approach to avoiding loses possibilities.

Most of the losses I have recorded in recent time comes as a result of not withholding myself from continuing gambling when I have already reached my limit in the week.

Not the responsible gambling, but the luck along with it have helped me several times. Why I say it as luck along with responsible gambling is all because of the win that need to be withdrawn or used at the right time. Most of the time I've lost my lucky wins out of irresponsible gambling. To experience the best of gambling, there is need of luck followed by the responsible usage. The best in recent days is that I was able to gift a friend a small amount of bitcoin on her birthday. This helped me gift her, if not she couldn't have got bitcoin as gift.

Maybe it boost my mood from the entertainment I get from doing gambling. I don't stress myself on gambling games no more. I've been an addict before and it surely has a significant negative effects from my day to day life but today, I recovered and just plainly enjoying the gambling games one times a week or two. Using a little amount of cash and me trying to challenge and enjoy the games from casino makes me entertained for hours of doing gambling.

Yes, it has a great impact for me since it all affected the whole me. It makes me disciplined in all areas and makes me more aware of everything around me and that keeps me from getting addicted and become more reliable to my own mistakes and and learn from it. Being responsible in gambling will give you only positive outcome and never a negative things to have.

Gambling has never helped me meet an urgent need, and on the other hand also, it has never put me in dept, in all my years of gambling, it is only once I can say that I lost money that I really regretted, and also affected my family, my business, but not my relationship, it also affected my health since I found myself in the hospital, and the doctor said I had a high blood pressure, this was when I lost over $3000 to sports betting during the 2022 world cup, it's an experience I believe I can never forget as long as gambling is concerned, after this experience, I had to stay away from gambling for 7 going to 8 months, to help myself recover from the shock, also see if I could gather some of those money back since it really affected my business,  good percentage of that money was my business money..

So aside this experience, my gambling life has been relatively smooth , I experience losses and experience wins, gambling has not helped better my life in any way aside just having fun, but then again,  it hasn't made my life worst in any way,  so I guess it's okay to say that I am just neutral when it comes to the negativity and the positivity that comes with gambling.

I'm not sure if you use this banking apps like Opay and Palmpay, that's the app I used in funding sport bets especially Opay, they have lightening payment.That's the best place I put my gambling funds, I don't combine it with my main account because I know myself that I will go beyond my budget if I live everything on the app, this is how I am able to control way of gambling and it's has always help me responsibly without been in debt.

I don't have number a particular number of time to bet but I do have a budget, once I cross that amount for that day(Saturday, Sundays and sometimes Monday), I don't bet again, this has help me and I don't get addicted to gambling no matter the outcome. I sometimes take break when I win something good for that week to cool off because I have noticed that when I win and I don't take break, the joy of the win makes me take wrong decisions in my next bets and usually, all lead to losses.

Concerning relationship, I'm single and I don't stay with anyone, my decisions, my calls and my girlfriend don't have time about gambling. She doesn't even like sports no casino games, and I don't bet in her presence, so she hardly notice any gambling activity around me.

Oh definitely! Not only did my responsibility and choice saved me money, but it also prevented me from causing any impact to my relationship with my family and peers.

From what I have gathered, gambling is an act which can cause potential damage if a person becomes addicted to it. By being addicted, the person loses their rational ability to decide and to think clearly, which ultimately leads to poor decision making and management of funds. Like what most have mentioned also, gambling may result to a strained relationship with your colleagues and even your family.

I am lucky enough to have avoided the pitfalls of what have experienced and it is mainly due to threads such as these where people continuously share their horrific experiences.

If you had made yourself having that kind of control and discipline towards gambling then you might not able to see it but it did really help out and save you from potential addiction which it could really case that a

huge devastation when it comes to finances. You might not able to notice but it is really that something that suggested for you to do so specially when dealing with gambling which we know that it is really that risky
not only on spending up your finances impulsively but also it does have the risks on getting addicted on which it would really be might lead into total disaster if that someone cant really be having that kind of discipline and control to ones self. Gambling addiction does have that kind of common possibilities on wrecking up someones life but only into those people who dont really mind off about their condition towards it.

Every people does have that different level of tolerance on which there are some who could really be simply be able to control theirselves and there are ones who couldnt really be having that kind of
discipline on which they would really be coming after on how to make money fast and dont mind on how much money they are really that using or spending until they would be able to see that there's
no money left on their pockets.

If you are in control of your gambling activities, then the person is not addicted to gambling. The set of people that I refer to as addicted gamblers are the ones who can't control their gambling addiction, they are the ones who do crazy things just because they want to gamble, and at the end, most of them end up spoiling gambling's reputation in society because of the crazy things that they do.

My gambling activities do not have either a negative or positive impact on my relationship because gambling is what I do just for fun or whenever I am stressed and I want to relax. Since I don't gamble with much money, my girlfriend doesn't really complain about it, the only time am sure she will complain is whenever she notice that am spending so much on gambling.

Also, gambling has not improved my finances because I don't even gamble with huge amounts, so I always end up winning a small amount, and I haven't been in debt before because of gambling. I don't borrow money to gamble with, and if I am financially down, I stay away from gambling.

In my case it did not help me in any way. The only positive aspect of it is not losing more money than I could.

I haven't made a lot for money, haven't had relationship problems, haven't been depressed over gambling or any other thing. I'm not really making money out of it, but I do it for fun and try to keep things in check. I'm not losing too much and I'm not making enough to live off it, but the feeling of winning from time to time is what I like and why I keep doing it.

I've heard about that story out there even I often see more news about their suffering from gambling that destroys careers/relationships/families and many more but I would consider it a gambling addiction that is never responsible only lust is relied on and never think of other impacts.

I gamble and responsibly but what I feel is that there is no positive impact except more losses only that this reason is made into pleasure not looking for other things, then you say helping urgent needs, I think that has never happened to me while playing gambling.

I'm sure you understand now what self control can do  ;D

If you can't run away at those times you have made reasonable winnings then you might be tempted to continue. I have witnessed such when a gambler off line made money from playing visual soccer and he gave out some money to other bettors around there who were playing with him until he started winning. So after he shared some money to those gamblers too he kept staying at the game house looking at same screen and watching the games others were playing and he got interested again to play a game he felt was a guarantee and behold he lost that game and that was how he started playing again chasing the lost money, that was how he lost all the money left with him.

Gambling only affected my life negatively when I was an addict and was carried away by my emotion of chasing my loss. Ever since I got over addiction,and started gambling responsible,I have been happy with myself because it gives my joy when I am gambling for fun.

In terms of affecting my family...it hasn't because my wife knows that I use gambling as a means of entertainment and she doesn't have any problem with that. As for the financial improvement through gambling,nothing has been added because we all know that we loss more than we win and this would add any impact to ones finance positively. But when you use the amount that you can afford to loss to gamble,it wouldn't have any effect on your financial expenses.

Exactly, not everyone is addicted, else casinos would have been scrapped out in total. For those who have developed a responsible routine out of gambling in order to checkmate the habit, I believe their financial life is more organized and they are in control of how they spend or invest what they gamble with and they have a better saving habit.
This level of control to refrain from or regulate gratification or a pleasured endeavor like gambling, requires an ample amount of focus, discipline and dedication. If done properly one should be able to master a winning strategy that can make decent profit.

I for one am a responsible-once-in-a-while kind of gambler, who happen to do so more often in the midst of my friends. Any other gambling online I do may just be for fun.

Gambling and having at the back of your mind that you are liable to lose at anytime can make you reduce the risk you take while gambling,Responsible gamblers like you enjoy it most atimes when you win the games you predicted,because it isn't always easy making predictions and it will play the way you wanted it,so it is indeed a thing of joy,and that alone will give you the motivation to play more and also win more.As for me, I cant call myself a responsible gambler because anytime I gamble,the mindset to win big amount of money always triggers me to take risk,which will end up cutting my the ticket.So far,the only effect gambling has had on me at all negative effects.

Gambling had both the face the positive and the negative.If the gambler get addicted to the gambling,then they use all the money from their bank wallet.Then with the addiction they will do of getting credits to get back all the loss.But if they win means,the situation become the normal one.In case they had loss the money which they get as the credit.Then just think he need to manage his life saving money for the current month,the money for the monthly expenses.Then the gambler also get into the new credit,which he need to balance with the next month salary.The gambling only affect the gambling addicted person life,it won’t affect the life of normal gambler.

We all have the different ways which we react to our gambling activities whether there is a win or losses. Some of these reactions are based on peer influence and some others are innate.  As for the mental health impact of my gambling activities, I deal with my problems directly before gambling. I do not use gambling as a clutch to cope with depression, anxiety, pain. When I gamble, I am not escaping from reality. I want to have fun and win. People around me that is my significant others are well aware of my gambling habits. I am opened about . It helps them to hold me accountable. I used this opportunity to discuss with them some of highs and lows in a game. It is another avenue to bond. I don't bring gambling to work. When I work, I am hundred percent focused on working. Conclusively, it you do it right, you'd gamble well into your old age while living your life to its fullest.

We explore more options inother to secure our daily targets and some days, we're unlucky, that doesn't mean we should wear on sad or frown faces, there's always a new day to to grab another opportunity. I've solid dependable source of income far from gambling. I often use gambling to pass out my free time and serves as entertainment in most scenarios. Gambling have hugh negative effects in our daily lives and also affects our family. We're persuaded to use the money meant for our planned budgets for gambling. We all have terrible history when it comes to gambling, it's never a good good path down there.

Being responsible in anything you do would have a positive effect on you. Now, while being careful and responsible in gambling may not seem to have any noticeable positive effects on your life, it would certainly help ward off all the negative consequences of irresponsible gambling.
You won’t have to worry about estranged relationships or being penniless with accumulated debts due to frequent and reckless trips to the casino. Being responsible when gambling would most likely keep you away from considering having to borrow from your local loan shark when the bank declines your request due to poor credit.
Being responsible may not necessarily make you wealthy from saving or give you the best relationships, it would definitely help keep those negative effects irresponsible gambling brings.

Gambling can have something to do with our emotions if we don't know what we are doing. Those who have been affected by gambling activities are the ones that really know how it felt like to be gambling everyday without knowing why they are doing so even though they want to quit, it's not that easy to quit. Being a responsible gambling is what we ought to be and bounce from the trials and attempt to gamble more because the gambling industry is not smiling at all. Addiction can be worsen when the victim does not have people around him that can help him work on his addiction.

I guess for those who have quit gambling or at least minimized their activities, it could have improved their finances because just like when you quit other vices, you save money as you don't have to spend it like buying cigarettes or smoking (as compare to other addiction).

And definitely when you save some money then you can spend it with your kids and your families as well. Maybe you can buy some gifts or at least you have extra money that you can pull anytime from your wallet and spend it with them.

 

Not really,I don't think it is happening to every gambler because there are gamblers who gamble and they do it responsible. It all boils down to self discipline and del control. To know when to stop.

Actually,I can't say a YES or NO on this one but I know that we live happily and gambling isn't a problem on my side as I only gamble with money that I can afford to loss which makes it more cool

Nah, I don't win that much. Sometimes, once in a month and I don't think that gambling can give one steady funds that will make him stay out of debt,if he is a debtor. I don't like been indebted to someone,which makes me hardly collect loans.

Yea,I am the type that loves sportbet,precisely soccer. Anytime that am watching a match I feel very excited and funky to see if the match will end up with the same result on my bet.

Nah,gambling sucks from you and has nothing to offer you with. Anytime I win,I put the money back into gambling and save the one that am suppose to use to gamble.

I was a belligerent gambler back then as any newb in the industry. I'd usually go for gambling sessions that span hours on end, sometimes even going so far as to take some of my own money from the weekly budget even though I already set gambling limits altogether. Back then I knew this wasn't the right thing and I should stop but I didn't have a concrete plan of how to do so back then, and when I did, it made all the difference for me. Suddenly it's much easier to exert discipline on myself, I was able to stop spending so much money on gambling and redirect those expenditures to more important spends like my hobbies and shit, and was even able to touch grass every now and again which is something I exclusively couldn't do since I had to sit in front of my computer all day to gamble.

I don't understand how you'd expect a habit to Improve your mental wellbeing - especially when it comes to gambling... honestly; no one in Thier right senses would be comfortable making gambling a habit, talk more using it as an aid to Thier physical wellbeing..
Secondly, gambling is never made to liberate anyone. No matter how much you stake, it'll never happen that you keep winning all the time - so you're left with no choice than to keep staking,..in a proper sense, isn't that slavery??

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Being responsible in gambling will surely have a positive effect in your life, like you don’t have to worry about your budget because you plan everything and you are not stress because you know what will be the result of your gambling activities. To be more responsible are advisable, personally this brings me more positive vibes since I gamble to have fun as well, and this can be a stress reliever for me.

The only effect gambling has on me really is providing a bit of fun.  I typically gamble most during the NFL football season (which starts in exactly one week) and tend to end up a bit ahead of where I started by seasons end, or sometimes in a down year, a bit down...but typically never too far in either direction.  It doesn't really help me pay for the bills or anything like that, more just fun having "action" on games.

I think the only problem in gambling as we all know is getting addicted in it and that I think has had really had very bad effect on anyone that is addicted.
Anyone who gambles responsibly I think  will definitely enjoy more of the positive effects of gambling the negative effects of getting involved in it. Staking responsibly will always help a gambler to know when to gamble and when not to gamble thereby making his possibilities of winning his gambling games more achievable

Even though gambling is done responsibly, there will definitely be impacts, but it can be minimized because by realizing that expenses do not interfere with gambling, I think we can also minimize the risk by maintaining our relationships with those closest to us.
Because what I have felt in this case is that when we are unable to manage spending money on gambling, our financial condition becomes hampered, which makes me often argue with the people closest to me, in this case my wife, and of course this will trigger a rift in the relationship.
So by looking at this condition, as long as we don't disturb our finances for other needs with the gambling activities we do, I think the impact is still there, but it's not as big as those who are not disciplined in gambling.

There are pros and cons of being responsible in gambling though most of the time it will be on a positive side.
As a gambler, we all want to have fun and have some profit too and the purpose of being responsible is to free you from any greed.
Gambling can be more risky if you didn't play by the rule, I mean like you gamble out of control and you forget about your budget and your timing.
Being responsible should be your top priority to strategize first before you gamble, don't let your emotion drive you out of your way.

It all boils down to the fact that whatever you decide for yourself, you will reap the rewards afterwards.
No one will help yourself but you. So you can't blame anyone for what may possibly happen to your actions.
Being responsible won't give you any trouble later on, as you won't get addicted to this activity.
You will have clear mind on why you are playing in the first place and can easily contain yourself if you feel you are going out of the way.

"could this be happening to everybody?".

Honestly, I don't have an answer to the first point you asked. The problem is, everyone, even gamblers, have their own way of understanding and responding to gambling itself for them. I will take a real example that happened in my immediate environment, I have a friend he is a businessman. Having a fairly well-established business, he also has a hobby of gambling. the man I'm talking about here, has a sizable amount of money from the business he runs.
in theory my friend could gamble with a big bankroll if he wanted to. but the fact is, he only gambled with a small bankroll. In fact, even if he loses every day from gambling, it will not harm his business. this example, breaks the first point you questioned. that what my friend did, was purely for fun. if he loses, he can come back to do it another time, without having to chase losses, borrow money, or even damage his relationships, career/business.

Second point, for me this is a little ambiguous. I don't know how to answer that. The problem is, for me gambling is purely for personal entertainment, it has nothing to do with the positive impact on my partner, let alone my children. I do it purely for entertainment, without having to harm other parties, especially harming my partner, children, or even family. and if I may answer according to my version, the positive impact is none other than not harming anyone, in fact I did not miss the responsibility to fulfill basic household needs.

I don't think everyone will experience gambling addiction, it depends on how strong self-control and positive social norms each individual has.
Unfortunately I can't say that if we gamble responsibly it will have a positive impact on life because where I live gambling is considered a harmful activity and society has a negative evaluation of gamblers and does not see someone gambling in a "responsible" way or a gambler addicted.
For me, gambling is an activity to just entertain myself with some games, not many people can increase their income when gambling and I think debt cannot be avoided in life when we don't have a high income and good financial management.

Great point. A lot of us here have gambling embedded into our lives and psyche so much that we are justifying its existence in our lifestyle beyond the conventional “entertainment”.  OP could be a clear example of this as he’s looking for a positive side to gambling which frankly speaking, there is none. The fact that gambling could be so easily replaced by anything that remotely resembles a hobby, plus the notion that gambling is an inherently dangerous venture to be in are just the tip of the iceberg in this “gambling has no positives” train. People fail to consider that there doesn’t have to be a reason for anything just so you can justify its existence in your life. Gambling is just one of those things.

It’s not ambiguous to ask if there’s any upsides to gambling, it’s just hard to answer cause there is none in the first place.

I did this for almost 2 years regularly, and I'd say that it helped me kill time and nothing else. I am a very frugal person that strictly adheres to my spending budget, and never did I go over my $20 set budget in dice weekly. I also allot an hour or two every Saturday on gambling, and I have complied to it regularly and have never exceeded on those hours I mentioned. I guess what it taught me the most is practicing my self-discipline. I stuck to it every step of the way and until now, I carry that self-discipline no matter the activity or schedule is.

In my case, I play just for fun, I already did research to find out how many people were able to make a living from gambling and I confess that I didn't find anyone who said that they live off the profits they earn from gambling, which led me to stay even I was more curious and realized that no one is making enough and constant profit from gambling, unfortunately what happens is that people, out of pride, tend to lie and create the illusion that they are profiting from sports betting, but in reality they are giving online courses, selling books , they charge membership on their Telegram channels and there are YouTube and Twitch channels that make them money

They lie that they are successful professional gamblers, but in reality they are also people who lost everything they had gambling, so they adopted another way of making money. There is no magic formula that would allow people to win in casinos or betting sites, what we see are people losing. Even if, for example, today you put in 100$ and win and end up with 200$, if you continue playing tomorrow you will lose everything, so how can someone make a living from gambling like that? Even if a person chooses many games and gets most of them right, that person will still have games that they won't get right.

and as a result the profit will be very low, or the person will only be left with the same amount they had before depositing, the house always wins, although with sports betting, there is a small balance between the players and the bookmaker, but in the end The house also wins more and the bettors just lose a lot. Therefore, in my opinion, no one can live with gambling

Whether you are involved on gambling or into those typical conditions or situations that you do have in face to face on daily living then it would always be requiring that being responsible or having that kind of control and having that realistic approach and sensible decisions that would be made.  Being responsible on whatever you do would definitely be putting you up on a positive way on which having in control and discipline would be always the key on putting yourself on good condition. It is really that very crucial in speaking about gambling because we know that this do really wreck up our lives if we are really that not mindful about such things.
Be remindful and be responsible with your gambling activity because once you do miss out on doing such thing then it would bring out that huge wreckage on your financials.
Lots had failed and fall down into the condition where they had really wrecked out their finances because of such carelessness and not mindful about things.

The bad stories mostly because of the wrong way in gambling. But it probably won't happen to us if we gamble in a proper way such as commit with your limit budget, spend two-three hours only for gambling, and not neglect our obligations as a family member, a worker, or a social creature. We won't trap in to debt if we aren't too obsessed to chase wins. Using the budget what we allocate daily, weekly, or monthly won't lead to an excessive gambling.

If we have the right habit in gambling, it won't ruin our relationship with parents, wife, kids, or others. So, the positive side that we can gamble to earn money or get entertainment, while we still have good relationships with others. If we gamble excessively, we probably rarely communicate with others. It is the beginning of the bad relationships.

I'm not sure about improving financial stability. But by committing with the budget we allocate, we can avoid to have debt. People take a loan because they want more money to gamble. If we limit the money in gambling, we won't think for the debt.

The very fact that you're able to prevent yourself from being buried under addiction is the most positive effect you could ever get out of gambling imo. The rest? They're just your personal skill really. Do you have a great relationship with your family and friends? You know how to socialize. You and your partner have no problems? You're a great partner. You're able to have a stable mindset and constantly strive to improve yourself? That's a personal skill. Being involved in gambling absolutely has nothing to do with these capabilities, they're all things you developed on your own imo.

Gambling, or rather the capability of being able to manage your gambling habits, is only a small part that helped develop it. Otherwise, researchers/scientists would've advertised gambling as a method to improve say, social capability, mental health, etc.

Certainly!

The first big change is financial control, nobody doubts that. Those who know how to control their impulses and place bets responsibly will not compromise their financial budget with this type of entertainment. That alone should be reason enough to motivate others to gamble responsibly.

However, more than that, playing responsibly also allows the gambler to have a healthy lifestyle, knowing that in addition to gambling in front of a computer, he can enjoy his wife/husband/children, go out with friends, taking a walk in the park, etc... having a social life is also very important and unfortunately people addicted to gambling often do not have that.

Finally... mental health. Those who don't worry about debts and manage to entertain themselves with other things, live less stressed, acquire fewer diseases and live longer.

Unfortunately, this doesn't happen to everybody. A gambler consumed by their addiction plunges down affecting their family on the wild ride. Those who have recovered from the addiction or those who had seen it coming realized where their habit leads to, I think has more chance of having a positive effect on them and on their family.

I have seen some people giving testimonies on TED talks about these people which in the end life gets better for them.

The primary purpose of responsible gambling is to cushion the impact of gambling on our lives and the lives of our loved ones. So, it may not have direct positive effects but the fact that we are not losing all our money in gambling, for example, means so much already.

Being responsible in gambling is to damage control. We shouldn't be expecting that it will provide us a better life. No. Responsible gambling is preventing us from having a worse life.

It sounds wrong to ask "has responsible gambling improved your mental health?" when responsible gambling is practiced as a preventive mechanism. In such case, the answer may be no, but it doesn't mean it isn't important anymore. For without it, your mental health could be much worse.

But if responsible gambling is practiced as a remedy, then it will definitely offer a lot of improvements.

When I hear mental health and gambling, I can only think of as you are just having some fun while playing. However, if you are too stressed in your life and then uses gambling as a form of entertainment to escape the reality? It might not be good in the long run. Definitely you can become an addict, but if you have self-control and be responsible, then the effects is that you are going to lose money.

And if you can afford that, then I do not think that it will have a negative impact on your side. You can still have the time to mingle and be with your family and at the same time have your on me time to gamble whether with friends in traditional based casinos or online playing at your home.

This seems too personal, like others who, let's say, came from gambling addiction and quit, but still their lives were ruined, like their relationships with their family. Though I would give an overall opinion like what I am doing right now, it really stays where I am but imagining the expenses that you'll be getting into if you are addicted to gambling, and for sure your family is already ruined because you don't have time for it, I would say yes, it is better if we are looking at positive aspects.

Gambling addiction is bad because it is not only related with their mentality but also their finance conditions. That all are related with other members in their family so if they are out of control, use all and lose all for gambling, their family life will be at risk.

Gambling responsible is their responsibility. Not all people who gamble are gambling addictive so it is personal responsibility to control actions. It is personal trait too and if a person is gambling addictive, he will be gaming addictive, cryptocurrency additive if he joins those areas. It is not because of gambling, gaming or cryptocurrency, it is their personal bad trait that they must change to control themselves better.

For anyone to be able to gamble responsibly that means they are in control of their gambling habit and when you're in control the effects of it on your mental health, social life (your relationship with family and  people), finances and career will mostly turn out positive.

I don't constantly gamble, like am someone that gambles not more than three or four times a week and am very mindful not to go beyond my normal budget for the week not minding how much loss I might have made, because caring so much about the losses can lead to chasing loss annulling my budget which then will adversely affect my finances.

 But holding to responsible gambling overtime no matter the results wether I lose or won the impact has been one hell of a great one in all facet of my life. And No, I don't see gambling as a source of my income neither has it been a means to an urgent need. If am lucky to have a winning within a time of an urgent need, then fine its all good, but my salary and savings are a standby for my urgent needs.

I think it is the other way around. I am quite responsible with gambling, I play with little money, money that I don't need for anything, short sessions I don't put false hopes on it. But I think the answer to your question, at least in my case, is the opposite. It is because I am a fairly rational person, who understands the odds and who does not put false hopes on it that I can play in a controlled way and without any drama like some of the stories we read here. It's not gambling that has brought me positive things in my life, it's the opposite.

regarding the positive impact on the family, I think there is none, even though I am married, have a wife and children, but only my wife knows about my gambling activities and I hide the gambling that I always do once a week from my children because this will have a negative impact on the
my children mental health in the long term.

I only gamble once a week or twice a week and all the gambling I do has no thought of making a profit or getting money from gambling, but I do this gambling activity just to try my luck and also to entertain myself when I have free time when Im on holiday. from my job so there is no thought of getting money from here and also I only bet from the remaining money I have or from campaign results without having to loan money just to gamble.

as I said before, my gambling activities will have nothing to do with my real life and this is just for having fun while trying my luck. so it not interfere mentally or even have an impact on the well being of my life.

help with urgent needs? not at all. its just about gambling activities that should not be mixed with real life. this is just for fun only.

My environment is not gambling-friendly. My society believes gambling is immoral so most of us bet in the secret. Many if my family members don't know that I gamble and it is not a good behavior to transfer to children. But indirectly it has helped me to plan better. My time, finances, and other resources are now mapped out because of gambling promotes critical thinking and planning. Responsible gambling has also instilled self-control in me. You can control so many things if you can control your gambling habit.


Gambling is not a major source of my income so I don't rely on it as a revenue. Some days I win and other days I also lose but I ensure that  I maximize big wins. Big wins are used for capital projects but nobody knows when it happens, so you can't add it to your budget. It is irresponsible gamblers who deal with debt or mental health because of gambling addiction. If gambling is affecting my finances or health, I will stop it immediately. If I don't have money to gamble, I will stop instead of borrowing. The income from gambling is not predictable but it can help you meet an urgent need if you are fortunate to win when you need such money to sort out the need.

I would say that gambling in general should be done with caution. Because if you fall into gambling addiction, your way of thinking will be a lot different. And worst is you could end up ruining your own life because you never had the chance to make it big with gambling. However, know that there are still some exceptions to it. By being a responsible gambler, you know how to balance your life with your career and gambling hobbies. And even exceed the expectations by bringing a lot of profits into your finances and make your family live comfortably. That is, if you only know how to manage your time and finances without breaking your budget, or without making your family time and relationship being compromised.

Exactly as said. being responsible in gambling would greatly affect one aspect of your and another positively. It's like domino effect. When you gamble responsibly, you feel things are under control. You have your emotions in tacked, you can make decisions better. You practice management as how you manage your funds in any wallet.

As opposed to gambling breaking lives, if done and played properly. Gambling can also do good for you to. It just depends on how you are going to approach it.

Well, I know that I am not a compulsive gambler and have not been one before, so I cannot compare and contrast before and after to see which is better. I know that compulsive gamblers face some challenges with differences because some have issues with their spouse, some with their kind, some with their parents, some with their mental health, some with their financial lifestyle, and so on, and since some gamblers face all these kinds of issues, it becomes a challenge to most of them too because they try to stop their habit but they cannot, and I can't tell; maybe if I had been a compulsive gambler, I might have crashed down my business due to the fact that I will frequently gamble without control using funds from my business. Also, my girlfriend doesn't like me gambling (I said that before). I only gamble mostly under the influence of my friends, and if I am a compulsive gambler, perhaps it might have ruined my relationship. Lastly, I am the first child of my parents and have more than four siblings, and I kind of still take responsibility for footing some of the family bill. Now my question is, if I were a compulsive gambler, would I have been able to make money from business to fulfil those bills?

as expected, it is indeed that way on how you will lose your money/funds if you didn't withhold yourself from gambling again. In what I noticed my time spent on gambling is that when I wasn't able to do it then I didn't get to withdraw all of my money I won in the casino and even the  budget or capital is also included which means I lose it all. So this is all i can say, once you win decent amount of money then either withdraw all of it or left some sma amount like a sma change to continue playing without risking all the money that you won.

Before Gambling, we should consider our budgets for the week or month, because if we don't take precautionary measures, we tend to lose significant assets and money. Gambling have been the stream where we've generated changes that have clear off unnecessary bills. I'm not saying it's a complete waste of our time when we wager on games, we just make few amendment, moreover I've seen successful gamblers in the space who are keen on influencing the young mind into falling victims in the gambling system. Gambling is risky and also dangerous towards affecting our responsibilities.

If we are responsible gambler then it will not affect our lives negatively.  We will make sure that we have an ample time for our family.  Aside from that being a responsible gambler makes us control ourselves of unwanted expenses so this also means we are using the money that we can afford to lose in our gambling activities.

With responsible gambling,  we make sure that we prioritized what is needed to be prioritized.  This means gambling is only second to our priorities in life.

Being a responsible gambler involves so many things we need to out into consideration and if not we might end up making mistake that could cost us something. There is need for us to check the way we gambler and also check if it has the capacity to affect other people negatively that are not a real gamblers. Many of what we do is very influencial and we need to watch well so that it is not influencing the wrong set of people. Gambling is supposed to be what we can afford, not being greed to betting with what we can't afford to lose.

Every gamblers will took responsibility like you,because if you use huge money and get loss.You should not start to report by saying they are using some bots for the dummy win,if you had such opinion.Don’t get involve in the gambling and blame the website,use the other game which doesn’t involve of money for the playing.Using the little money and free money as like you said was the two better option for the good game.Then you don’t have any pressure to win the game,it help you to play the free game without any stress of sure win.Don’t believe on the false hope of sure win in the gambling by making huge bet into the game.

indeed relying on gambling to get rich is the wrong way. I don't think gambling is a way to get rich quick. Gambling is just a game and is meant for fun. that's enough for entertainment, where the cold money we play is just entertainment, when you win you will get it and when you lose you have to really accept it. this is a game.

that is our will. If we gamble, we ourselves are responsible for our obligations, therefore we must really control ourselves regarding gambling. this is not something we can think we can abdicate responsibility to others for. they only open gambling sites and are not responsible for the results you get, whether it is profit or loss.

Indeed, it would be nice if previously someone had a spirit of responsibility in gambling, of course they would be able to manage financial problems and gambling time so that we can avoid gambling addiction and have a positive impact on ourselves and it is not a burden for us and our family, of course.
I agree with you that gambling is a secondary priority because we gamble only to entertain ourselves, but in reality our family is the first priority.

First of all, it is incredibly foolish to assume that people with compulsive gambling are just people who make poor decisions when they lack self-control. Breaking: addiction to gambling is a real, complicated mental health problem. You seem to be a gambler, thus I have to wonder if the assertions you make make sense. Maybe you bet because of peer pressure, but you're not a compulsive gambler. What honorable of you. Furthermore, it is a clearly faulty line of reasoning to suggest that you would have probably spent all of your company's assets if you had been compulsive

Regarding your final question, which asks whether a compulsive gambler can earn enough money to pay their debts, that is a morbid and reductionist perspective on addiction. When others falter, some succeed. However, let's avoid making this into a probability problem in mathematics. Your contribution to your family is admirable, but don't use it as an excuse to oversimplify a complex problem

First, recognizing the risks of gambling? Well done. Imagine a well-built structure; without a strong base, it collapses. Consider gambling in that context: you should always stick to your budget because it is your base. By allocating a certain sum, you're modeling a "safety-first" mentality in addition to engaging in responsible gaming. Thats the epitome of vindication!

Regarding the successful gamblers you mentioned, they provide as evidence that, when done correctly, gambling is a talent rather than merely a matter of luck. It is similar to figuring out a maze. Patience, a plan, and a little creativity are required. Even though its a problem to influence the youth, lets flip that story. What if these wealthy gamblers turned became teachers, imparting their knowledge to neophytes instead? They teach knowledge, not lure them into traps. That has promise.

Those people are the capable of controlling themselves and aware on what they are doing one of the mistakes recently is the people keep gambling and never been notice their activity that they spend a lot of money, they waste a lot of time and effort just to win in this gambling.


I guess the positive effect is for the person who is entertained Sometimes gambling cant be removed instantly in their lives so they still they keep playing on it but its quite an expensive habit but if you have a source of income other than this quite not be a problem, because if you lose its just a leisure time to get enjoy so you can earn it again your money, if you win good because this can be use for your extra savings  or for your future games. But if you are a person who use gambling as source of income better to stop this wild dream to play gambling that helps you. Better to save your money, grind on life before making gambling as your priorities.

in all activities where a "risk and gain" is possible or there is "a lot of fun behind", it is right to be clear about the objectives to be achieved or just what is the limit. I find such an approach absolutely normal.
In this way there is a "normal" approach to gambling.
Like any fun activity it should be conducted without particular stresses that may concern an "addiction" or excessive spending.

Well, the thing is that nowadays, just as there are many sites with responsible gambler features, if you are a degenerate gambler you will surely find casinos that don't have those features where you can lose a lot of money.

In my case, and I have already mentioned it once, I used the auto exclusion functions for short periods of time, 12 or 24 hours, very early on in my poker playing. As it was a new thing for me and I had heard that the game was very linked to gambling addiction, it was a way to contain the danger. Eventually I stopped using them, because it has become just another hobby that gives me extra money a month.

That is an interesting question and I am not sure if there is a clear answer to it. I would definitely call myself a responsible gambler as I have avoided becoming addicted to gambling for so many years now that I play at casinos. But I am not sure if I became responsible with money through gambling, or if I became responsible in other parts of life and that only transferred to my gambling habits. Already before I started gambling regularly, I was interested in investing and how to trade stocks to beat the low interest savings account. Trying to save money at a young age to add to my student broker account was a good training for later in life, I think. It gave me sense for how hard it is to accumulate money, because the low interest savings account will lead to nowhere in life. Where gambling has helped me, a lot was to not give into to sudden mood changes. In the past I experienced it a lot that I was feeling lucky and was in a good mood, then after a few losing bets, I became depressed and didn't care about money anymore. I was willing to risk large parts of my bankroll only to recover some previous losses, which is a destructive behaviour that I had to get rid of. Taking a step back now and try to think more clearly and to remain clam all came from my gambling experience and helped me in other parts of life as well.

Yes definitely, you have no worry about debts because gambling addiction will deplete you of your finances, your wife will not worry that you are not going home with part of your salary going to casinos, and your loved ones will not question the amount of time you spent to them, and you're feeling good that you have fulfilled your obligation.

If people start to question the money and the time they've spent gambling then they have problems with how they gamble
As someone who plays in a casino obligation to your loved ones comes first, and everything like gambling follows, you should know your priority and it should be family.

Filling up the urgent needs from gambling? This never happened to me before, The money I made from gambling came unexpectedly and since my business is what I use to take good care of myself and my spouse I do not expect anything from gambling, I only gamble when I have extra money on me that has no other purpose.

I used to gamble with whatever I had until I learned the act of responsible gambling, honestly, it's not easy to be a responsible gambler unless you are not already addicted to gambling.

How you make money in your life always has its impact too, if you are making money as a married person, you will have enough to fill every hole, like responsibility in your home, your spouse and kids, your investment, and your gambling too.

Whatever I plan on doing though, gambling comes last.

A gambler must be able to live his life in a balance, both between gambling, taking care of his family, and managing his finances, all of that must be done well, and don't let his gambling activities interfere with other things, because if so it is certain that his life will be disrupted and something will go wrong. he must sacrifice.
Indeed, doing this is quite difficult, and I admit that, but even so, an adult must be aware of his responsibilities and must be able to prioritize what should be the main thing in his life. If according to him gambling activities are burdensome, it is better for him to leave it or reduce the intensity of playing, so that it will not ruin his life.

Being a responsible gambler means you are disciplined. You can control your emotions, you can pause your greed, you can live with losses and still sleep well at night. So yes, it has a lot of effects.

It's not easy at first because there will always be that demon that tells you to gamble more and increase the profits even though you already doubled or tripled your balance. But if someone could stop at some point and withdraw it then that means he can control himself from greed and I think that's healthy for his own lifestyle as a parent or an individual.
I don't actually just play for 2 to 3 hours, I let the autobet run but I don't watch it the whole day. Just let it do the wager and wish it could get lucky at some point. Watching it will just add some stress. Just take the wagering bonus, rakeback, and others because it's really difficult to win against the house. Do something instead while letting it run by itself.

The answer will be relative because we are talking about the impact on the people around us. Maybe someone has earned or been able to increase their finances because they can get a win from gambling so that the money can help them save more. Of course, the winnings we get can help to meet urgent needs because we can prepare the money to be saved for a while and only used if there is an urgent need. However, some people will use their winnings to increase the balance in their gambling accounts to win even more.

Of course, we don't need to go into debt just to play gambling and we can already have a budget for gambling so it doesn't interfere with finances in our family. In addition, we can meet our family's needs, including meeting urgent needs. We can get all that if we can control our gambling habits and become responsible gamblers.

There are times when we can go too far and it can become an addiction and affect something. A responsible gambler must be able to control everything so that gambling does not affect his family. Gambling should be strictly a form of entertainment and no one should suffer the negative consequences of gambling. Responsible gamblers determine how much they can spend on their budget before gambling. Don't go into debt by gambling with an amount you can afford to give up if you lose. Winning at gambling involves luck but they can improve the financial performance of winnings without affecting mental health. It is good to maintain a good balance between gambling and other aspects of life.

Most of gambling addicts are childish, that's why they have a high ego and don't care with the others.

While responsible gambler is completely opposite with the gambling addict, they have wise mind, know what's bad and good, empathy, care with the others, and have a long term thinking. That's why a responsible gambler know how to act and communicate as a good people.

Of course when we gamble, the goal is to win and try to avoid losing. Financially, we should not risk a lot of money on gambling, because I think some of our money is also very important for everyday life, not just for gambling. We should just keep quiet if we lose when gambling and if we win we tell our family. Of course we gamble with our own money because if we are in debt it will make us uncomfortable because we are the ones responsible for paying it back.

I have little worry now than those times when I had no control over my gambling activity, I can sleep better I have a hard time sleeping because it is hard to shake out your losses and excitement when winning, It improves my finances and relationships, every gambler goes to a bad phase of their life this is when their addiction overwhelmed their personal lives but when you get it in full control there's a lot of improvement on everything, especially relationship and finances.

Gamblers should work on controlling their addiction if they want healthy relationships and finances, you cannot be addictive to gambling and have healthy relationships.

Become a responsible gambler make you avoid every problem that is faced by a gambling addict, as you know everything needs money. When your wife asking a monthly money to buy groceries and for self care, if you not have money, she will angry and might cheating on you. Then either you or her ask for divorce and your life already ruined, you don't have money, don't have wife and have nothing to care.

I think at some point we all experienced negative impacts of gambling, especially when we're just starting and new to the gambling world. But of course, as time goes by we learn and gain experiences, and from these experiences and learnings we are able to develop a good gambling habit. Like in my case, I haven't had a budgeting until I experience my biggest lose.

Of course, a good habit always results to a positive outcomes. Having a responsible gambling habit helped me to improve my budgets, and prevented me from being in debt. Also acquiring a healthy gambling habit helped me to just enjoy my plays and not stress too much about it. Because again, fun and entertainment has always been the sole purpose of casino.

Yes. I let close people know about my gambling routine, so they know when I'm gambling, how much I'm spending and how much I'm earning. I also let them know about my losses and I think it helps me to keep my responsible behavior regards gambling. Sometimes I joke with them telling I'm going to chase losses to recover everything I've already lost by placing a huge single shot bet with maximum winning probability and low odds, and they immediately discourage me doing this. I believe that helps me not going further, even know it is just a joke...

When you keep things only for yourself I believe it's much harder to control impulses and desires, so better to share them with trusted people around. It's like you get rid of those energies which keep pushing you to the wrong way.

Well, many people have benefited from gambling and many people have also lost from gambling. I also believe that those who have benefited from gambling have also lost enough money from gambling before their big wins. Some people who have benefits from gambling keep their gambling habits cool, while some, after their big wins, increase their stake and gamble irresponsibly because of the happiness of their big wins.

Anyways, I am not a regular customer in the gambling world, but in my own way of gambling, I can conclude that my gambling habits don't have any side effects on me.

Personally there are no significant impacts from my responsible gambling, but yes I have my wife set my gambling budget every week so that I don't spend outside of that budget limit, so why be secretive and hiding, at least one of the people I trust needs to knowing that I am a gambler, at least dare to be honest with yourself and those closest to you because that will help us be more controlled.

So far what my wife knows is that I only play gambling for fun, so winning and getting money is only part of the bonus, I am a worker and only play on weekends so for the necessities of life I am more focused on providing for my wife and family by proceeds from my work, so do not expect from gambling money because it is not worth making gambling as a source of income. gambling wisely and responsibly is an important point to protect ourselves from addiction.  ;)

The people who benefit from gambling are fewer than those who experience losses because many of them lose in various gambling games. But that doesn't stop them from realizing that gambling is not a place to make money. Some of their gambling habits influence the people around them, but some don't because there are gamblers who can control themselves well so that they don't have any influence on the people around them.

We can still gamble, but we have to have good self-control so that no problems will arise later. Usually, someone who plays gambling will start to feel addicted, and if he can't control it, the addiction will get bigger and later become a gambling addiction. And it will affect the people around him.

It is indeed difficult to continue to hide gambling habits from those closest to us, including our wives or anyone who knows us well. However, telling them about this habit (let alone asking them to limit your budget) is also not entirely good because a woman might bring up this problem when she doesn't get what she wants. As long as you are able to meet his and his family's needs, then there will be no problems, but on the contrary, this will be an absolute reason for them to attack you as long as you do not fulfill their needs.

I no longer gamble as much as before because I don't think it will end. Limiting my budget is what I have done before and so far my gambling intensity has dropped drastically. Of course this is to be expected during a bad economy, at least it has kept me from spending too much money on things that aren't profitable. Gambling for the fun of it is fine but but limiting the budget is the main thing.

Or better yet, just forgetting about gambling after suffering a major loss. Most people who lost a lot would still want to breakeven before leaving gambling behind, but that day never comes. People will gamble and gamble until they dig a deeper grave for themselves.


If this is how you view gambling then yes, it's something positive for you. You get to entertain yourself and not get deposit after deposit chasing losses and trying to breakeven. As long as people are viewing gambling as a means to make money, they'll just bury themselves in a lot of losses and it's not something very desirable.

To me in order to answer this question you have set onto the table it would take someone who has suffered from gambling addiction and recovered to step forward and share their experience with all of us .

I have not much to say because I have always tried to be as responsible with gamble as possible, so I cannot tell there is a difference, since I have kept myself within the safe zone all these years.

When I first joined an online casino, I checked their section on "responsible gambling" and self-exclusion, i was curious about learning more and thanks to it I managed to understand the importance of self exclusion and setting a gambling budget.

If there is someone here who considers themselves to be a person struggling with addiction, I sincerely hope you can get your life straight and get control back. 🙏🏼

Its obvious that when you gamble responsibly you gain reputation in community. I think responsible gamblers will help to change prejudices against gambling. They know how to budget gamble. They never ever went full losing money. You would see no proper gambler getting drunk at casinos or yelling around. You wouldn't see proper gambler to behave bad to their own families. They are good role models.

Unfortunately, not every gambler thinks this way about gambling, they don't consider gambling a tool that they can use only to get some entertainment and have some fun by spending just a small amount of money on it, because most of them take it too seriously, they don't do any job, and if they have a job, they eventually leave it just because they are not able to do their job properly and whatever they earn, they spend it all on their gambling activities.

People need to understand that gambling isn't a method that one can use to earn money constantly. It's not sustainable in the long run and even if someone manages to win for a few days, they will eventually have to face losses at the end and those losses can empty their whole bankroll in no time.

Right but good gamblers are rarely as publicized as bad gamblers or addicted ones are, just think about it: on internet or even when talking to people it is pretty easy to find stories and testimony of people whose life were destroyed by their own gambling misbehavior.

When have we heard or read about someone who is successful as a parent or spouse regardless of their gambling hobby? There are many like those, but since they do not openly talk about it or do an scene in a casino (like getting drunk or getting completely naked) we won't see them on the news.

Sadly, when comes to gambling there is still a mountain of stigma associated to it, and hence the choice of many to keep their hobby a secret as long as they can.  It is so easy to see the negative side of this community.  ::)

Each person might be having that the same impression on what gambling is but we know that each one of us would really be different on how we would really be treating it on which some say that it is really just that something for fun which its true or something that recommended but there would be those people who would be saying that or having that kind of treatment that it is really that something that talks about money making and this is where things turns out to be messy once you do have that kind of mindset on which this one would really be pushing you to be that desperate knowing that gambling is really that risky or something that
would really be at your great disadvantage knowing that house do always win at the end. This is why it would really be just that a normal approach or something that do talks about realistic dealing up with gambling
then it should really be for fun and entertainment on which it is really that recommended on doing so. Being responsible and being mindful on how things should really be that to deal with
is something that a good thing to be done. If you dont like on suffering afteraffects because of impulsive gambling then you should really be that responsible in the first place.

when we talk about responsible gamblers, we will find a gambler who has no problems at all in their real life because they are able to manage the gambling activities they have been doing so far, I really feel good benefits from the ability to manage emotions in gambling, I don't I will never gamble again until my capital runs out, I have avoided debt with all my might and I always set limits that I have to spend every day when gambling.

That's why gambling is not for everyone, there is specific people who have unique characteristics and also traits that can help them to gamble in a better way. Those professional gamblers have a same trait which is temperance, which mean that they gambling in moderation and they have control on what they are doing. While those gamblers who are ruined their lives and careers doesn't have any temperance. For me temperance is something you should work for, it is not a gift wherein you can have it when you are born. You can have temperance by working on yourself everyday. Gambling is also about psychology, it is about controlling your emotions, thoughts, mindset and having enough discpline. Having luck and good strategy is not enough, you should understand that the way you think before, during and after gambling is what's matter.

I would like to think of myself as one such person, but the awful truth of me is that I do sometimes give in to temptations and I can forgive myself for those sudden bursts of emotion and error. I am only human, after all. And once you realize that you are only human, you forgive yourself for small mistakes.

However in order to avoid the big mistakes, one needs to learn discipline and a strict rule regiment. The most simple one is that you restrict your gambling by creating a capped daily gambling fund and stick to that limit. You therefore minimize your losses and do not go in any unnecessary risks, no matter how tempting they may be, in your eyes.

Responsible gambling is really over rated if you ask me because to be honest almost every one who doesn't have the available funds to gamble is an irresponsible gambler because and if you have the ratio of people who gamble responsibly to the one who do the opposite we can deduce that the latter is always the higher so I feel to the a responsible gamble is typical base on the availability of funds because people like drake the musician who gamble irresponsible but because the funds is there it's covers and portray him as a responsible gambler.

I don't consider gambling as a source of income so whatever I spend on gambling is pure money that I don't use to make ends meet. This means it is a special expense for having fun regardless of whether I can win something or have to come back another period for the same purpose. Of course, this is a budget limit that I set, that is one of the things that I must do so that my desire to have fun gambling does not have a negative impact financially and in other undesirable ways.

Responsible gamblers are gamblers who do not gamble to make money, but they gamble for fun. This means winning and losing shouldn't matter, but it can be hard to maintain this mindset if you're already addicted.

Is there anyone who has no problems at all in their life? I think there is no human being in the world who is spared from the existing problems of life.

Life will never be free from problems. However, this depends on each individual in responding to existing problems. If you are a loser then you will try to keep running away from every problem that comes. However, if you are someone who is responsible then you will continue to try to solve every problem that comes. Likewise with someone who plays gambling, if you are a responsible gambler then you will always consider the risks involved and always pay attention to the expenses made in gambling. Likewise, if you are unable to take responsibility for the gambling you do and what happens, you will continue to chase victory without looking at the risks and losses you experience.

That's good for you because you can manage your emotions and money for gambling. But what about the people around you? Are they influenced by what you do in gambling? Or do you hide your gambling activities from them so they can't see it or be influenced by it so they end up gambling too? A responsible gambler can gamble well and will not exceed his limits lest he lose much money. Maybe it takes practice for the first time or at the beginning when he gambles, but it is worth doing to take good care of himself while he is gambling. The most important thing is that we are always aware of what we are doing while gambling and not following emotional ups and downs that can cause us to forget our original purpose of gambling.

Well, in terms of fund management, as a responsible gambler, the person should know what they can spend that will not make their financial well run dry. In the example you gave about Drake, although I will see him as a responsible gambler, despite the money he lost, or should I say wast, on gambling, he doesn't blatantly go broke, and as he is, he knows his financial status; like, he knows how much he's got to his name, and there's no way he can take all his money and put it into gambling. That's the reason why I think he is a responsible gambler. There are some bad gamblers who don't mind spending all their money on gambling, then return home with an empty stomach and even sleep hungry till the next day (so irresponsible). They gamble and forget to make a budget for what they will eat.

Being responsible in gambling is really tough. The best thing if we hadn't lost out of gambling we could've had good sum of money and there is no need of expecting big win from gambling. My gambling activities have got positive effects on my finance and I clearly remember few incidents. One of which is a win that happened when I was in hard need of money. I didn't meant to gamble, but whatever the roll, it was a win. I continued and the winning continued. At some point my requirement is met, and further I gambled and won. Now fear accomplished and I ended the session, maybe if I had continued I could've lost everything.

Plus, he's affiliate with the gambling platforms that he play into, so he's not really losing that huge of an amount and is actually gaining more even if he loses on the bets he's making. As for the regular folks who are responsible in gambling and in their finances, I'm pretty sure they know their limits, and they know how much they can spend on something without ever having to worry about being broke. If that's not the case, then they are not financially responsible to begin with.

Responsible gambling doesn't come free, it comes with alot of sacrifice to makes inother reap gigantic in accordance with disciplinary measures employed. Responsible gambling can be carried out in just a day, it requires enough time to adapt and learn basically everything valuable you ought to learn. Gambling responsibly have aided me financially and given me more breakthrough in essential paths. Only few people that I know are responsible, the rest are all about the money without calming down and wagering on good games and accumulating basic knowledge of how the entire gambling system operates. I will be able to explain gambling having positive effects on them.

Great if you can have a limited gambling budget and can make gambling as a means of entertainment rather than a place for a source of income.
But when you use money that is really pure not to meet your living needs or money that has been set aside for fun and in the last few gambling periods you have had a losing streak can it really stop and only come back again in the next period?
because many gamblers cannot control themselves when they experience consecutive losses even though they have limits or use money purely for fun.
Anyone will not be willing to just lose money and certainly have the desire to be able to continue the game until they have another win to recover their initial capital.
To be honest I'm a little skeptical of gamblers who say they can happily accept losses because they gamble for fun.

You are not alone on that problem, I bet many of us who answered here in the thread who are also not gambling addicts experienced that kind of moment. Giving in to their temptation. It's not easy to control it especially when you are in the chase of the losses that happened. Just recently, I had that kind of experience but thankfully, I stopped before I lost all my balance. Trying to get the rest for now and maybe changing the seed for a fresh start.

A plan must be set if we want to stay disciplined. Losses will always happen so it will depend on how strong our will is. Also, the time on where we should stop should be set. No more "this will be the last one" or "I will just try to get back half of what I lost" because that is where we will lose more. Pauses are important, take a rest too, and think of a strategy or whatever superstitious beliefs, as long as we take that break.
I think one thing I also learned in gambling is being more patient.

I like your attitude, gambling is something that cannot be predicted, and if you win it's just luck, I myself have also experienced a time where I really needed money and I was just playing gambling for fun so I got a win and I was very happy, but after When I got the win, I became greedy instead of stopping playing and taking the money, but instead I continued playing because I wanted to double the money, but instead of increasing, I lost the money that should have been my luck  :'( :'(

Experience, and you can gain that if you have been in gambling for many years and then you are losing big money already. I remember I meant someone, who says that he has been in gambling in the mid 90's. But still he hasn't learn his lessons though. However, the good thing is that he hit that grand price and so it's big money, but if you compute everything that he has lose since the beginning of his career. This is just recent though, so let's see if he learns his lesson and stop gambling or just lose it back in the next couple fo months.

someone who has been around gambling for a long time will definitely be a very experienced gambler unless he is a compulsive gambler. what I know about gamblers who have been in gambling for a long time usually they understand better how gambling works and all the bad things they have experienced so that they build themselves up to gamble responsibly and to quit gambling Im sure it will be very difficult its just that he is a gambler experienced person has a big responsibility to control himself not to spend too much money chasing wins or chasing losses and he considers this gambling to be just like trying his luck.

My responsible gambling have good effects on me, and that's because I don't use money that I was not supposed to use for other things to gamble, there is no better effect than this, I am able to control my gambling desire because I understand gambling.

In gambling, every day is for losses and limited day for winning, If things are generally like this with gambling, you don't need to be told to be a responsible gambler, or else you will be throwing money away and you may end up with debts and sooner you will be irresponsible in every way.

Gambling is created to take from people who hope for a better life, It's possible that gambling can bring you what you desire but the chances are very slim.

Those who consider gambling a source of income or a way to make money will suffer at the end because these are the people who can't have any control over themselves once they get into gambling and start getting addicted. That's when they start impulsive gambling and spending money on it recklessly without even thinking that the money they are going to gamble with is actually to be used for something else which is way more important than this.

And what's worst about this is that they don't suffer alone for doing this, if they have a family that they need to take care of, they make their families suffer as well because they gamble everything away, don't earn any money since they don't work or find a job for themselves, and their families are deprived from basic necessities of life.

I will agree with you that it is the poor gamblers that are seen as irresponsible gamblers because they dont have any funds to fall back at when they run at big loss. You will see them looking for someone to fet a loan from to satisfy their gambling urge and to also chase their losses. When it comes to addiction and self discipline these applies to both a poor and a rich gambler because if you are an addicted gambler,you will end up in excessive loss that will affect your financial bouyance. Set a time limit for your gambling activities and stop when it is time to stop,and only game with funds that you cam afford to lose,so that you don't start chasing your losses.

The key to being a responsible gambler is having discipline in all gambling activities that you do. As long as you stick to your limits and set boundaries, the more you become a responsible gambler.

Personally, being a responsible gambler has made my life more balanced and more open to gambling opportunities and profits. That is because I never gamble with so much greed but I always make sure that every time I gamble, I have my certain budget and once it's lose, then better luck next time. I never see gambling as a main source of living, probably the reason why I can easily stop myself any time if I don't have good motivation to gamble.

They must truly realize what they are doing is wrong and start learning to cure their addiction. Those who have not experienced a gambling addiction must learn to be responsible gamblers so that it does not affect their finances. It would be better if they could just leave gambling instead of having to use their money to gamble. If they have experienced a big loss from gambling, they should rest first and not gamble for a while to calm their minds after experiencing that big loss. Maybe problems will occur in our family environment if we get into the habit of gambling because it could cause friction between family members. Hence, this is something vulnerable that could happen to our family.

You are not talking about addicted gamblers here but the incidents you mentioned are more likely to happen to an addicted gambler. But naturally, if I discuss the effects of gambling, then of course there can be many reasons for gambling losses. Because a gambler must take a risk while betting in gambling platform, some may behave temporarily abnormally after taking the risk.

Sometimes due to excessive gambling we often face various problems such as financial problems, health problem and due to excessive gambling, family relations can also deteriorate. Every gambler runs into one kind of problem. I myself felt a bit disgruntled there after a long day of gambling but that was my own fault.

But it should be remembered that no one is forced to gamble. Gambling should be done with the money as much as you afford to loss. It should not be considered a source of income. When a gambler gets too greedy, he is exposed to a number of negative situations.

It not only causes disputes among family members but also within society. Many local people don't like gambling because it will have a bad impact and what people are afraid of is that it will affect the surrounding environment by gambling. Indeed, gambling is only done for fun, but as long as you can manage your finances and control yourself, it will not cause disputes. But usually people who have been affected will find it difficult to control their finances, especially when hanging out with friends who are also gambling addicts. So, be wise in managing your finances so that you don't lose too much because of gambling.

Responsible gambling is not overrated, it's a measure that every gambler must learn to use but many turn a blind eye due to emotions and the money involved. In an ideal state, if every gambler should gamble responsibly, the casino and sportsbooks would make less and it's possible that we are going to have more numbers of people that will win bets every week than people that lose but the money inside it wouldn't let people gamble responsibly, they just want to win all the time.

Everyone has the money they can afford to lose, you don't know what drake earns per day. Let's forget about the media's worth, and you don't know how much he is worth, so saying he gambled irresponsibly is not proper. If really he has been gambling irresponsibly, there is going to be a time that the money he is using to cover up well be long gone and will be broke in the future.

I firmly believe that people who are addicted to gambling will eventually stop, because they will most likely go bankrupt one day when their debts get bigger and they can't pay the money back. Another impact of gambling irresponsibly is the destruction of family relationships, friendships and other relationships because usually people who are addicted to gambling will be in debt to anyone they know and most likely will not be able to pay it back, so in the end they will be shunned by them.

In many cases, gambling addicts end their lives because they are unable to face the mounting debts. I don't want it to end like this, so as long as we can control playing patterns and manage finances, do it. It's better to prevent becoming a gambling addict before it ends badly.

The bad impact of gambling can be everywhere and not just on our families, especially in our environment. Many people gamble so the impact will be even more widespread. And even if someone can manage their finances and control themselves well and only use gambling for fun, there will be people who don't like it and that will cause friction between them. Maybe the impact won't be too pronounced in the short term, but we know that a person will have ups and downs, which can trigger him to do something unusual. It can also have a negative impact on his family as the people who are close and live with him then spread to the people who live in his environment.

Poor people gamble with the hope that they might get a life-changing amount from their gambling activities since that will change their lives forever. That is the reason why they usually gamble despite not having a lot of money because that hope never dies, especially if you know that it is the only thing that gives you some hope for a change in your life and there is no other way for you to get a lot of money and get a better life for yourself and your family.

However, I don't recommend anyone this thing because gambling is not something that provides riches to almost everyone. So if there are a million poor people gambling, only a few out of them might manage to get something significant from it and others will simply be wasting their money.

Not on me personally, but I believe it VERY important that every casino take their responsibility to inform their players how to gamble responsible and provide all necessary links where players can seek help if they need.

Everyone who enters gambling or a casino can become an addict in the future. Now, it depends on each individual gambler whether we choose to become addicts. Of course, most of us don't want that to happen to us. We just want to gamble for fun; if we want to win, I think that's normal for a gambler like me, but of course, when our gambling runs out, that's the time to stop and go back to the day that we had gambling again. Aside from your other question, in terms of finances, does gambling help? Maybe when I win, it helps me, but it rarely happens. Most of the time, gambling does not help me financially. It's also not valid as a source of income for me, so I can't say it's my habit. Because I gambled only once or twice a month.

If they keep gambling without trying to find another job and only rely on gambling, they will probably lose even more money because gambling is not for making money. It may be necessary to provide people with an understanding of the long-term impacts of gambling so that they can slowly leave gambling and look for other sources of income. They put their families at risk when they cannot earn money from gambling.

We will never recommend them or anyone who wants to earn money through gambling because we have seen many impacts on people who gamble. We advise these people to look for more promising jobs rather than gambling. They should also realize that gambling is not a way to make money.

That kind of people should stop and avoid gambling. If they have found a job and continue to gamble, this will only make them addicted to gambling even deeper. And if ever they make money in gambling, the ending will always be the same and those winning will surely lose in gambling. Most of the time, gamblers without any other source of income do not have any other idea where to get money once they experience winning.


I agree, that instead of having a better life, they only give problems to themselves. Financially stress can become the reason for the breakdown of a person. People who experience that think differently and it makes their family worried. If they don't have the capability to provide for their gambling habit, better to stop and find a job.

That means whether they get a job or not get a job, they must be able to stop gambling because they will still return to gambling. They will just get addicted to gambling and it will get worse. If they can make money from gambling, that money will be used to double their profits but it will not be easy because once they win, they will find it difficult to win again. They should know that making money from gambling is not easy and if they gamble too often, they can develop a gambling addiction and that will affect their family. Maybe later, his family's finances will be disrupted and this will cause problems.

They are just experiencing loss when gambling can cause stress, especially when they don't have the money to meet their needs. It will be even more difficult and for this reason, people still thinking about making money from gambling should be able to divert their minds to looking for work and stop gambling. Gambling will not give them money, instead, it will give them a lot of losses. So they should be aware and stop gambling.

Your statement that poor gamblers are seen as irresponsible gamblers is not entirely true. By the way, what is your definition of a poor gambler?
Those who gamble irresponsibly are from all walks of life and are in all strata of the economic ladder.

A typical example of an irresponsible gambler is Drake. He's rich, a successful musical artist but we can all agree that he gambles irresponsibly. Never have we heard that he loaned money to satisfy his gambling urge but we have seen go on a betting spree despite losing a lot of money. I consider it irresponsible gambling.

People love money and are interested in anything that will make them money, therefore I'm sure certain families will always be against anyone who gambles. They believe that gambling may ruin lives, especially when a person is hooked, but the question is, if a gambler wins big, would they think the worst of him and encourage him to keep playing, or will they demand the money back? I doubt it. and the local people gamble because they see it as empowerment to make money even if they are not winning, They just have a fixed mentality about the whole thing, whatever anyone is doing should have measures, especially in finance, having friends that are gambling addicts should be avoided. for proper measures.

I believe that gambling should primarily bring pleasure to the gambler. Of course, the financial component is not the least important, but since gambling is a high-risk entertainment, you should always be prepared to lose your money. At least over time, the gambler begins to get used to the fact that losing is as natural as winning, but at first it has a very strong impact on the psyche. So yes, gambling affects the mental state of a person, especially if he has a heightened emotionality.

Of course not. Only about 5% of gamblers(it's 2% to 8%, depending on the area) are problem gamblers. Most people just gamble like you said, an hour or two per week, and some of them just buying lotteries once per month and that's their gambling.

Positive effects you ask? Lots of them. I wouldn't say I'm in big profit from my gambling for 10 years almost, but that's money-wise. I had dozens of hours of good time, that's for sure. If I lose $30 in a week, but then another week I win $30 with betting just 10 cents, I feel good, right? No money won, but I feel good.

I don’t have any issues with poor people gambling, that’s what gives some people joy. Some people are always happy when gambling, so even the poor deserve to be happy. The only time I blame poor people who gamble is whenever they are addicted to gambling and they spend the money that they are supposed to use for other necessary things on gambling. Most addicted gamblers spend everything they have hoping they are going to win big one day, which might not even come. If you are poor, it’s better you stay away from gambling addiction, or the money that is supposed to be invested in other things just to build your future will be wasted on gambling.

If you are gambling, I don’t expect anyone to have the mindset of making money from gambling or expecting to hit a big win from gambling. Gambling should be done freely, and whenever you win, you can make use of the money won to do the necessary things that you have to do at that moment, but you shouldn’t have the mindset of winning big when gambling because you might never win.

Yes, it should, but that's not what every gambler thinks about it. Most gamblers take gambling as a way to get money and that is what they want from it. They don't care about pleasure, they don't get any pleasure in gambling because all they want is they keep winning which is technically not possible in gambling because it's a game of luck and one cannot always be lucky. Even if someone keeps winning for a few days, they will eventually have to lose to the house.

And, those who manage to win something good initially in gambling, tend to have the mindset that they can win at least something on top of their bankroll every time, and sometimes people do win something every time but what makes them deprived of those winnings is their greed which makes them gamble more and then lose what they've won.

I don't think there is a positive impact, quite the opposite, but personally my habit of gambling is unknown to my family and I am responsible for what I do, For me, the people you mentioned above don't need to know, we still do it professionally, whether at home or when gambling.

No, the purpose of gambling is not to cover debts, the money wagered is only side money, even if you win the money is used for other things, such as: going to tourist attractions, the money is spent for fun.

We gamble has rules, health has no influence, health and well-being are not from gambling, there are other factors besides gambling.

As I said in the second point, there is something else to cover all that.

What I said above, that's just for me personally, I don't know other people's ways, they have their own principles.

I like how simple you think and that's actually true. Whenever we won something against the house it's almost like an achievement because not too many gamblers will experience the same.
For me, I have already withdrawn money out of a gambling site for like 5 times at $20 to $50 but it took me so long before I could make that. I dont bet much, I just like the fun of the game and I think thats where I feel really blessed when I saw my balance increasing slowly until I reach a good amount that is able to be withdrawn.
I think what I have learned the most is being patient about it. I dont trt to double my bet even if I feel a losing streak is happening. I dont try to be greedy and change my plan midway just to chase the losses. I stay with one amount and try to wait for another lucky roll.

Of course, and if I'm not mistaken, they are mandated by law to ensure that their players know what responsible gambling is. To the casinos that I go, they have this sign in front and even have leaflets that you can get to learn about it.

That's why for us gamblers, we really need to control our gambling habit because we all know at the end, it's not going to be good for us. So we should have prioritize things and just enjoy our gambling and have some fun when we go to land base casinos. We have seen and read the devastating effects of being a gambling addict and we don't want to be another statistics to the growing numbers.

And I'm sure there are many people who are involved in gambling exactly as you say and I am one of those people who might be the same as the story in your post. When I want to gamble usually set a special budget that doesn't interfere with other budgets and also don't gamble regularly because I usually only bet when there's a good football match and the amount isn't too big.

I think it's real and has happened in life in the world and we may even have witnessed this incident from our close friends. In the end, he divorced his wife, lost his job, went into debt here and there and made life worse, such as depression. Of course, not everyone experiences bad experiences like that because if many people experience these problems, perhaps many people are now living much worse lives.

Logically gambling is a gamble. Is it possible that gambling can give you big profits or improve your finances on a regular basis? Gambling is always synonymous with negative things, it feels difficult and it could almost be said that it is impossible for people to get regular profits after gambling like the question you asked. A casino owner once said this, "If you want to get rich from gambling then stop gambling and create a gambling site so you can pursue that wealth."

That's not what I would call being a responsible player, but rather being an intelligent player, and well, even though 30usd is a lot of money, at least for me it is, because when I spend a week to play I only give 10usd with that I'm fine, however There are people who have a bigger budget for that, and when they lose, they don't overextend themselves, they don't try to invent and control that impulse that tells them to deposit a little more than they can earn, so when we think about those things we can do other things. For example, we could have a much more controlled effect, the more people have, the more money they can allocate to their entertainment, because obviously a responsible person would say that he fulfills everything he has to fulfill in his family, with his expenses, if you are a single person then you can meet what you must pay, and obviously the money you have left if you want to spend part of it in the casino and some on other things then you can do it, but basically to a player who always saves his money Just to have fun and control himself, I would not call him responsible, I would call him intelligent, because he has exceeded the levels of responsibility and is entering or is in a phase of pure ineptitude where his feelings and his impulses are controlled because he knows that he can be released if he uses his own system, then for me he is a very intelligent person or player.

Of course there are people who there are weeks or even a month where they cannot play, as it has happened to me because in particular it has happened to me that I have had to stop playing for a while to be able to fulfill my duties and for me first is my family and my obligations as a father, as head of the family, as long as they are well, well I think that after all that I give way to my fun, in the meantime no, because that would be completely irresponsible.

Gambling responsibly I believe will definitely have positive effects on anyone who does it. Gambling responsibly mustn't mean that one gambles once in a blue moon but whenever he feels is right for him and also gambles with his disposable income and not basic income or even borrowing to gamble like gambling addicts do. I think anyone who gambles responsibly wouldn't see gambling as a primary source of income so he'll not be too worried when he lose his stakes but will enjoy every bit of his winnings.

As far as i have been into gambling i have tried my possible best to control my gambling addiction and without this forum only God knows how bad my gambling habits would have been. I try not to gamble more than i can afford and most importantly when I don’t trust the odds i avoid them and try not to put greed into my bettings.

Yes it has helped me positively, it has reduced the level at which i owe debts and i have been having proper use for my money and since i have instilled this in me i never have to bother about winning or losing a bet because i don’t put my gambling money into consideration since i use an amount i can afford to lose. Most times it pays alot when i least expect a win, i just see my casino balance pumped up. I wouldn’t say it has help me meet an urgent need but i have had a good positive experience keeping my gambling habits in check.

Agree with you and basically a sense of responsibility in gambling has many meanings such as being responsible for what is risked and as much as possible to always accept whatever happens even if it is a large loss.
But a sense of responsibility can also be interpreted as an attitude that can easily restrain emotions and control oneself.

But unfortunately this kind of understanding is very rarely understood and the sense of responsibility is often lulled into simply chasing what will give satisfaction or pursuing promising opportunities.
Most gamblers may feel they can control all actions and have a responsible attitude but that cannot be realized when they are in the casino and entering the game or betting option.

Responsible gambling habits has helped me stay out of debt since I was able to control the losses incurred in gambling.
This simple thing contributes to everything mentioned in OP such as maintaining healthy relationships with family members, having a good lifestyle and managing the finances.
I guess responsible gambling has only positive sides and should be followed by every gambler.

Gambling is good for us, I think we can all agree with that because it helps us in times whenever we wanted some time off from the real world with the problems entailed and just wanted to have some alone time to entertain ourselves. But just like any other things in this world, too much is already bad for us and in this instance, too much gambling will just ruin our lives in the long run and will probably going to have an effect to our own family because they will also suffer from it.

Also being responsible in gambling is not to keep trying when you keep losing, at least give a break to try again later but if you keep gambling and chasing back loses it definitely means the gambler has lost control and he is playing out of his desire and wish but not how he is suppose to embark on it. Therefore, there is a relationship between having your emotion intact and losing your emotion as you gamble. You need control while you gamble.

A straight answer will be yes as I have used profits made from gambling to meet up urgent needs. This happened few weeks back I placed a bet with a spares cash I had, although not with the intent that it must be a winner, that's why I used spare cash. Fortunately it turned out a winner and I made some little profit and as at the time of withdrawal the was an urgent and immediately the profit saved the day.

Talking about gambling responsibly, it's very important that you don't make gambling you primary source of income as this may be very harmful and damaging to your psychology, This is because when it becomes your primary source you give it your all and it will definitely turn an addiction unnoticed because you will think you are only trying to earn. Responsible gambling can be profitable and at times it's profit used to offset certain expenses especially those unplanned for. Remember 1. always use only spare cash which you can afford to lose for gamble, 2. Don't use gambling as your major source of income, 3. Do not borrow to gamble, lastly Gamble responsibly.

Good. I can't say that I myself always succeed in that, although theoretically I know it's the right way to act. Sometimes I do chase my losses and lose even more because of that. The good thing is that happens rarely, once in two or three months I can lose $20-$30 in one day and it's much more than I can afford to lose, but rarely is the key here.


Great. You can be called a responsible gambler, imo, if you put your family first. That's how it should be.

This is a good advice, we have to gamble responsibly so that our life as a whole will be worth emulating, being a gambler, we are expected to monitor the way we gamble and also keep a track record of how we continue on same manners, this will prevent us from trouble or putting ourselves into one, sometimes when we don't have money, then we should be able to have patience with gambling to wait and work to earn the amount needed for gambling than going by way of debt, as you've said already, there's always a benefit in every responsible gambling.

Becoming a responsible gambler is difficult but we have to keep trying. His suggestion could be a solution that we can try so that it doesn't affect our relationships with other family members because it will impact the relationships between family members. What would be even better if we could have more activities unrelated to gambling so that we won't gamble too often and won't make us addicted to gambling. However, we must control ourselves well so that no problems can arise between us and other family members.

Picking up an alternative to leave a habit is a good way to go and in this case there are so many things that you can do as an alternative to reduce your gambling time.
I personally have my day job which consumes my entire day and this leaves me only the weekends to gamble.
Also, sometimes I binge watch movies, series, go out with friends and thus this makes me gamble only when I have time left for gambling on weekends.
Sometimes it is every weekend that I gamble and then there are times where I don't gamble for 2-3 weekends.
So we really need to have a good patience level and self control so that we can control our gambling habits.

A responsible gambler never sees responsibility in the game they know how to control themselves so they are successful and know how to properly control the profit and loss in betting. Since the demand is at a level where it is difficult to stop oneself but the responsible gambler tries to prepare himself well by understanding the various harmful aspects of gambling addiction, most of the time addicts do not want to think about them or do not remember them. Instead of this habit he knows how to prepare himself by analyzing the causes of harmful effects.

I've lost big in gambling. Over and over I kept myself active into gambling to recover what I've lost. This made me go further into losing and at some point my debt went to the peak. At times I used to win, but considering the loss I've experienced what I win is very small. Finally I made myself strong to keep things under control and nowadays the loss is much minimised. Now slowly I've been decreasing my debt and hope this continues.

Gambling should never be considered a way to multiply what we have in the wallet. When our thinking gets connected to money making automatically our minds won't be free. Better is to spend what one can afford to loss and should never involve the money for living into gambling. Enjoy the profit if won, if not end it when the limit gets over. Never spend a dollar beyond the limit which is gonna be the root cause for big loss.

People always talk about "responsible gamblers" as if they were a different kind of person who could handle the risks of the game. Lets be clear: there is a secret gambling world that many people either choose to ignore or fail to see. Sure, a "responsible" gambler is aware of his boundaries, but arent casinos and betting sites designed for someone of this caliber? Or are they more likely to exploit the vulnerabilities of the many and drag everyone down into the depths of addiction?

Its a risky game in which the house always triumphs. Many more get pulled under the waves than those who can swim against the tide. Although "understanding" the negative effects of addiction is beneficial, the fundamental query is why these risks exist in the first place. Who actually gains from them?

This might not be happening to "everyone"; fortunately, a few individuals are probably fortunate enough to achieve a more positive outcome by extending their gambling budget beyond what they initially set. However, for the majority, I assume luck isn't on their side. There are winners, there are losers, and some break even. Moreover, having less control can negatively impact your relationships, including those with your family.

I've never heard of gambling addiction helping to improve mental health, and it certainly never helps meet an "urgent need."

That's the only thing we can do to leave old habits and start new habits so that we have less time to do old habits. And it's good if you have a day job that can take up your entire day so you can really leave behind your old habits to try to focus on your daily work. And if you only use the weekend to gamble, that's okay too because that's your choice. After all, you can gamble whenever you want. And yes, using your time for other things, as you mentioned, is also very beneficial because you can get pleasure apart from gambling. And that means you don't depend on gambling to get pleasure because you can do other things with your family and friends to get that pleasure. In this case, we must always have self-control so that gambling does not make us return to the casino too often.

It has improved my personal life as even when I was extremely addicted my relationship with my kid,parent and spouse was the same,my rage I kept it for myself and never I was throwing my stress into them.My level of stress has improved a lot together with mental health and well being.Of course though I agree that when people are addicted they have much difficulty in keeping good relationships with those around them so if they gamble responsible they will win back themselves in terms of less stress and as such better interaction with those around them.

Urgent needs got nothing to do with gambling in the beginning although when I was down on money and had saved every week some of the gambling budget it helped me overcome this difficulty.

What you did is basically what every gambler should do because you won't have to lose a lot of money in gambling if you know the right time to stop gambling and one can only do that if they have enough patience and self-control. If you lose one day, feel disappointed because you have lost, but manage to win the other day and immediately withdraw the money without hesitation, you will not be at a loss since you lost yesterday but won the next day.

However, if you have lost one day, managed to win some the other day but didn't withdraw because you became greedy and wanted to win more on top of what you've lost, you will most probably lose what you have won so far and that isn't something good because you will now be in more loss.

Firstly, I'd like to tell anyone reading this, all gambling has is negative impact on your life. And no one could be in 100% in control of their emotions 100% of times. So, you are going to ruin it one day.
Beside ruining my savings, I can tell that my gambling disaster has helped me be more cautious about dividing my budget, use of my savings and diversifying my investment. I admit that I personally am not fully able to control my gambling habits so some portion of my earnings/savings now are directed towards crypto investment, FDs, Stocks and SIPs. If it were not for my gambling habits, I could have just saved them on my saving accounts. And with my plan of disaster control, I have more investment than my normal savings.

That is a very good point that you have said. Not many know this but its true that we shouldn't have just one source of pleasure.
I got to understand this point few days back when I was watching one of the motivational videos on youtube.
They said that if we depend on one source for pleasure then our life becomes dependent on it and when we don't have it we become very sad or go to depression.
This holds true in gambling as well. If there's no other source of pleasure then we don't have money for gambling then our life becomes hell.
But if there are other sources of pleasure then we can rely on it and not being able to gamble doesn't bothers us much.

Casino tricks like this keep gamblers in awe. They depend on your enthusiasm and that voice that promises you the next big win is coming. They know the human mind is wired to seek losses and drawn to "what could be."

You talk of patience and self-control as treatments for gambling sickness, but the house is constantly watching. They encourage you to return for "one last try". "Just this once" is a deception that traps hopes and kills dreams.

Avoid the trap. Your prior victories will be exploited against you. Warning: you're playing on their land and under their rules. Win or lose, you lose in the big picture.

Yes I agree, if we will not focus too much on gambling and give way to other things then it will less likely for us to be addicted and I think it is better that we have other pleasure or habits that we can do when we are bored so that when we don't have enough money to gamble still we get happy in other things, we just need to accept that gambling is not the only thing that give us happiness and money.

Having more sources of pleasure will make us want to seek or experience that pleasure from time to time so that later, our minds will not only think about gambling. And even our minds may no longer think about gambling because we have found some source of pleasure. In that way, we can hope that the pleasure we get from gambling may be replaced by other sources of pleasure so that it will reduce our time gambling. And when we don't have money, we won't borrow money to gamble but will prefer to do other things that don't require money and can even have fun.

Finding balance between work/relationships/hobbies (i.e. gambling) is important for your wallet and mental health for sure. When you have no budget or limit then the highs and lows, the uncertainty, the constant chase when gambling – it wears down both the spirit and the body over time. I have fun with it when i take every loss as expected and every win as a bonus. I think the only way to keep gambling as a pleasure activity is to go in with no expectation - that way you're always winning haha

When we become responsible gamblers, the impact may not be directly felt by our family or other people, but it has an impact on us, where we will be able to continue doing other activities besides gambling, and still be able to fulfill or pay for all the important things while still gamble according to a set budget, but can it improve the economy and also fulfill important needs? I don't think so because gambling should only be for fun, not to increase income, if it can change the economy, that's good, but of course, you have to be able to win fantastic amounts or have through a long period of gambling so that you can finally achieve that, but often gambling doesn't always go well.

Don't chase your losses by betting big to get back the money you lost don't think of gambling as a way to make money, but rather as an enjoyable form of entertainment done in moderation. Set money and time limits for gambling and stick to them being greedy after winning is the worst idea. There is no guarantee that you will win consecutively for gambling so it is better to rest for a few days after winning the first time the losses will be less and it will be easier to learn the betting strategies next time.

Yep, that's how it should be. They say, "what's entertaining with losing money?" Well, nothing if just throw them away or give it to someone who scams you. But if you play on decent sites, you can win big, you can $200 out of your 20 cents bet(happened to me once). And that's entertaining. Playing with that possibility, even though very improbable, is entertaining, innit?

However, most gamblers become greedy after winning because they see it as an opportunity to earn more money. They don't realize the bad things that could happen to them after they finish gambling and instead continue gambling even until their money runs out. They should not decide to continue gambling, especially after they have experienced many losses because that is not the way to continue gambling. That is why we really need self-control to be able to stop our gambling and to prevent greed from coming to us. We can also prevent gambling addiction, which will also come to us.

I've responsibly gambled within my budget but wasted time doing so, I'd say its arguably an effect of spending too much playing games.  Like any game you could be playing it too much even if you dont gamble too much that could be a negative, you should by studying some proper subject not trying to guess the impossible outcome of a game even a horse race etc.

For me, I would say there's actually positive changes on my personality and on my own family that took place when I decided to limit my gambling exposure and just gamble whenever I have spare money. I have saved more of my funds because I come to limit my losses as well, and my bonding with my family has improved because I have more time to spend with them than to focus most of my time chasing some profits in gambling.

My family know my involvement in the gambling for the period of 10 years,but they know I don’t use the money which we keep for the important expenses.Only I use the free money in the gambling,because If I had loss that free money in the gambling will not affect me in any way.Before start the game of the month,I will save for the entire month apart from the free money for the gambling itself.Waiting for the gambling to give me a luckiest big win for my future.I had some loss in the gambling,but I never blame the gambling site for the loss in the gambling site.

From what I've seen here, what you've done is a general topic. Having an addiction can happen to any of us if we allow it to happen to us. And if we let greed control us, At this point, we will really become addicted to gambling, and the chances are really high that careers, family relationships, and others will be damaged.

Now, did gambling help me when I needed it? My answer is that it helped, but it only happened to me once when I was really in financial need. Then,  all of a sudden, I gambled on crypto gambling, and that day I felt lucky and I won 158 dollars, so I immediately stopped gambling and immediately took out my winnings.

As for your other question, I didn't show my wife that I was gambling, even to my son; I kept it to myself because I knew no one else until now, so I rarely gamble because I do exist as a responsible gambler anyway.

Gambling is always having negative impact on the life of the individual who have made themselves  useless or useful through the frequent usage of this app.It is not easy to be a gambler,without getting addicted to the stuff because of your regular point where you used to gamble is the Cassino hall,there is no way you can by any means get their and do something that's reasonable without gambling,reason being that he is already an addict to the game,and nomatter how he tries to draw himself away from the game,he is till being a catalyst of the game .

In my opinion, you can do whatever you want, bet on horses, play dice, whatever, just don't bet more than you can afford to lose. This is the key here, Not studying the game in order to improve your chances. You can study dice if it makes you feel happy, and although it's totally pointless, it's not harmful, as long as you don't bet too much.

As for "studying some proper subject" I absolutely agree with you. Most of your time should be spent on that. Gambling should be used for relaxation, but we're not supposed to be relaxing all the time.

I'd definitely agree on this. You know, gambling is gambling, and once we developed some passion into it, our emotions will not be fully 100% in controlled anymore especially if we are given chances to win most often. That's why it's a good thing that you initiated some prevention first before you fall into gambling addiction, and by putting your money into some crypto investments, your profits might probably be higher than those you can gain from gambling in the future.

Well, that's also my future plan but this time, since my funds are not yet stable than it should be, then I just have to try gambling with an amount I can afford to lose, and just continue to gamble responsibly until I've come to earn sufficient funds to invest in the future.

        -  I believe all you said. And no gambler, whether online or at a local casino, is ideal in this market. We all know this, and it's a good thing because the disaster that happened to you while gambling taught you to be more cautious as a casino player.

So I completely agree with you, mate. I hope that the other gamblers here will read what you mentioned anyhow, and that they will consider and recognize the negative effects that gaming has when it is utilized incorrectly or incorrectly.

Your gambling will not necessarily "ruin it one day". It's like saying that doing something risky you will definitely fail. It doesn't work like that, okay? You are more likely to lose, that's true, but your losing is never guaranteed. You can gamble for 40 years and still be in profit. Who knows in what period of time your losing everything is guaranteed? I personally think it is close to like a thousand years or so. That is not to say that you can be gambling recklessly. No. Irresponsible gambling will most likely have a negative impact on your life sooner than one can expect.