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What's The Weirdest Alibi Of Gamblers you've heard or read, So They Can Continue Gambling

One that I stumble here is a guy who believes that

 Gambling every day draws you more closer to winning. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480967.0)

And coming from one online friend

"Gambling is my medicine so I can have a sharp mind"

How about you could be your reasoning or from someone you've heard.

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All the time that I have gambled for a much longer time than usual is when I am out with my friends. My friends are very good gamblers and fun people to be with, so gambling becomes more fun to me any time we go out all together to a casino to gamble. They are the only people who get me to gamble more and more, and there is always harmony when we go out together. Even if we experience a series of losses, everybody will still get cheered up by throwing different jokes. Also, if my club is having a match, I always make sure I stake in that match; that's another thing that gives me the enthusiasm to gamble more. If perhaps in a week my club or other few clubs that I support are having different fixtures, that means I will be gambling more often that week.

I have came across a friend who believe that and I think I was the one who raised the topic, and this get me wondering how can someone believe that gambling every day draws you more closer to winning. It's very more like saying that when you keep gambling you keep losing money and yet you seems not to stop calculating the total amount you have spent so going backwards is like someone who has accepted a defeat so no more going back rather keeps pushing forward.

The only I recall hearing from a family member of mine was that alledgely  "one wins when one least expects it", so that is one of the excuses used for them to continue to gamble in a constant basis. In my opinion.
It is funny, because that alibi is not actually wrong and is not a falsehood, most of the times when some gambler manages to hit a jackpot they did not actually expect it to happen and keeping ones expectations low is always good. However, that is also a mindset which is supposed to keep the gambler hooked into the activity for an indefinited amount of time.

I have also strumble across some people who say " you cannot win if you do not play", so their intentions are to continue to play until they win, that is specially common when comes to lotteries and games which are some sort of all-or-nothing setup.
I personally believe most of those alibis are toxic and not good for anyone who intends to stay away from gambling addiction, there some which are ironic and are mostly said to mock the bad luck of oneself or others. I prefer the ironic ones over those who perpetuate irresponsible behavior, though.

Ok, disregarding those who play just for fun/entertainment and who are not worried about losing money, we have those who play to get "rich", but why do they believe that?

I think the main reason they keep playing even though they lose is because we think that after they lose several times, they believe they will win the next time. For example, we bet that a coin will land “Heads”, and we know that the chance of winning is 50%, but what if “Tails” had already come up “Tails” ten times in a row in the bets, perhaps you think that the chance of it coming up “Heads” ” this time it is greater than 50%, since “Tails” has come out many times, so at some point “Heads” will start to come out, and many really believe that... especially those who bet still believing in the Martingale technique.

But in reality this is not what happens, the coin is the same as always and continues with the same probability of 50% for both sides... it is difficult to explain this to someone who is already addicted to gambling, but the Mathematics is king and casinos even more so when they program their machines to give you chances of winning with just a little more than 50%

No matter how much humanity evolves, gambling will always be our weakness :P

I once heard a quote like this "gambling helps me find love" :)

All the reasons for gambling, and they are not aware of what the hell they are doing in front of this area, then there is the process of blaming and not seeing what is wrong with themselves. Anyway, there are a lot of stories, I'm not sure if there is any confession of wrongdoing but it's clear that if people want to take action, they can do it without needing specific reasons and justifications.

But for me, in terms of fun, gambling is like many things in life and if you choose it, it's just plain without any fancy expressions.

Gambler's fallacy, that's the answer to that question that you might be asking why they believe that they're getting closer to winning as they continue gambling. It's when they think that there's a pattern to all of this gambling games that they play when in reality it's either fairly random or rigged from the start so they don't have any chances of winning, it's not a weird alibi though, it's been too common of a reason to be called an alibi in my opinion. Weirdest for me though is that this person wants to get out of the house because he can't stand the mouth of his wife, yapping about stuff like bills and payments for the house and I'm like you never should've married in the first place if a little yapping about is making you go out to avoid it, face that marriage life head on.

That's indeed a weird alibi from your friend. But that's not the weirdest probably. Gambling could indeed be therapeutic as other forms of entertainment are. But that's not a wise idea to gamble if you're going through something.

I think the weirdest alibi for me is when a gambler asks or even borrows money because he needs to buy food or milk for his baby or medicine for his old mother even if the reality is that he only uses the money for gambling.

I heard also many reason about that or making excuses just to have a reason to play gambling, but what I emphasize, "Gambling is my medicine so I can have a sharp mind" how gambling can be a medicine if it make you think that it could be a medicine to sharp your mind, it's a symptoms of being addicted or else being insane, yes there are gambling games that requires using your mind or analysis and strategy but hold cold it help you sharp your mind if you keep on losing and thinking this way maybe this friend of yours is losing its mind because thinking this way proves that he becomes more less mindful of himself and on his money, but yeah we can't judge them it's their own life and money, but from what you've said here proves that any human could make a weird or insane excuse just to justify their gambling.

People will always find ways to motivate themselves in doing whatever they do. I noticed that many people have concocted all kinds of hypothesis on why they gamble and what their motivations and targets are, with most of them full of pretence and shying away from the truth which is that every gambler gamble to make money. There can never be any justifiable reason for gambling other than to make money.

Some will argue that if it is only to make money, why do the rich gamble? Well, human needs are insatiable so the person you might be thinking is very rich still want more and see gambling as an opportunity for getting more. So, the biggest motivation is just the money.

Gamblers usually use different beliefs to shift blame which could also be seen as a defence mechanism. I have heard a gambler in my location saying that "life is a risk and you express it through gambling". He would explain that nothing in life is guaranteed, so we must keep taking risks. If you think about his words closely, we might make some sense. Another one is that " when my luck shines, I will recover all". Some gamblers always believe they will recover all they have lost one day, so they keep betting. It is not wrong or bad to have and believe in these alibis but it becomes a problem when we hold onto them even when it is glary that it is leading to addiction. When I was young I usually heard a man tell some friends that if you have not paid your house rent or bought a car by gambling, then you are not a true gambler  ;D. 

"Without gambling, I am incomplete." :D
That's just crazy. Gambling is supposed to just spice up our entertainment life. For me, it adds more flavor to the sports that I traditionally watch. I mean, without money being on the line, watching the game is not that much fun anymore although I can still watch them. Many of my friends do agree with me on that.
If you are a supporter of one sport that you have been watching since you were a kid, it means decades of watching it over and over although there are new players that are coming in. The sports will always be the same in how it is played. But, if there's money involved, the cheer gets louder, and the joy of waiting for the game to start is different, more fun. If your bet is so close to losing or winning, you tend to have the feeling of thrill because not only do you want the team you bet for to win, but it's also about your bet. It's an unexplainable feeling that only the gambler can understand.

Gamblers blame theirselves for the mistake that caused them the winning. They feel if they have not included a certain game that they would have won especially in football. For example, if they bet on a particular option and it fails, they will assume that if they chose another option that they would have won the game. In terms of goals, some contemplate between 1.5, 2.5 or over 3.5 and if they bet over 3.5 whose odd is bigger than 2.5, 1.5 and they lose the bet, they blame themselves for going higher instead of staying with over 1.5. So blame game on themselves is an excuse for more gambling.

Gamblers have many alibi thoughts and this has quite a significant effect, such as belief in expectations when gambling.
What I hear quite often is the alibi that after defeat there will always be a win and indeed many of the gamblers I know believe in alibis like this.
Several times I have said that the alibi will indeed come true but the number of wins will never be equal to the number of losses, but in reality they only care about what they believe and consider to be the truth.
I think the alibis that gamblers have will only bring dangerous risks to themselves.

Gambling every day may bring you closer to winning, but again, that winning can never be greater than the amount of money you lose.
They must be able to realize that there is no victory that really provides pure benefits.

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Optimism in life. This is think why most gamblers are happy-go-lucky guys. I'm just one of them who believes I can win a life-changing winning someday.

"This day could be my lucky day" and the next day he'd say this line again. Not the kind of new alibi but it's still weird to keep saying it even when he loses every day. And then come up with a new strategy when in fact it's old.

All the years that i have gambled and interacted with many gamblers physically and virtually, I have drawn upon a conclusion that gamblers will find the smallest, craziest reason to gamble. It doesn't have to make sense to you but to them it makes the perfect sense. Look at the two statements above and you can tell that those fellows are already in bed with gambling addiction and they look for the "optimistic" and "feel-good" reason to justify their continual denial.

I'm checking every post and extracting the weirdest alibis and adding it to the thread then we will summarize all of these weirdest alibis gamblers are using just so they can continue gambling, I'd like to thank these members to their contribution I'm still waiting for others contribution, so far these are what we have compiled

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That is the most true statement which I fully identify myself in there too,one win,especially big win and I forget all the lost sessions.That is what keeps also most people going and getting back to gambling.That is enough to make us forget what has happened before as we only tend to remember beautiful things and hitting a huge win is surely a really beautiful thing  ;D.

Maybe that alibi is close to this alibi that gamblers like me push ourselves with, which is just one day's win is enough to cover all the losses we have made. For that reason we keep trying the odds because surely it will favor us. We cannot be unfortunate everyday, one day certainly when timing meets luck, we will win big. Winners need a reason to keep pushing, and some of these things we tell ourselves are what will help us to keep gambling responsibly of course, and within our budget.

I just made a post that'll be similar to what I'll put here minutes ago in another different topic but relatable to this.

In gambling, most gamblers believe that the more you gamble, the more chances of winning but I don't think that is actually true and my opinion is based on my own personal experience. When I newly started gambling, I was not winning as constant as my friends and that made me to start gambling more than them with the thought that it'll make me win more often but it didn't actually work the way I thought. Gambling I believe is a game of luck and how strategical a gambler can be if you ask me not how often a gambler engages in gambling activities.

 
Edward Castro,winner of $2 billion power ball and friends who always win because almost, most of my friends are into sports betting. We are always together watching sport games and evaluating, forecasting and predicting outcome of games. So this always make me to continue gambling

I think the most original reason someone once gave me was the following ===> "It keeps me out of trouble" and this was coming from an elderly lady.

She explained that she was living in a retirement centre and she constantly got into trouble with the other people, so she decided to find something else to keep her busy... and she decided to start gambling.

She says spinning $0.05 slots for hours at a casino, help her to relax and reduce her interaction with the other pensioners.

Playing gambling is my passion. Maybe it could be a reason that makes people return to gambling without thinking about the results they will get. And it is true that when desire has mastered us, we will return to gambling and not think about other things. No matter what we get, win or lose, we will only return to gambling and he may become addicted to gambling because his frequent return to gambling can trigger him to continue thinking about gambling. That's what makes him keep coming back over and over again. Maybe even by borrowing money, he will also keep going back to gambling.

gambling addicts often look for reasons to continue gambling, some say that if they don't gamble today they won't be able to cover yesterday's losses, or if they stop gambling they will lose their friends, and many other reasons they use to can gamble. i even heard a gambler in my neighborhood threaten to kill himself if he wasn't given money for a slot deposit, this is quite sad. this is one of the habits of gambling addicts because they are afraid of losing the sensation of gambling so they keep saying unreasonable reasons to fulfill their gambling lust, though these reasons don't make sense and even seem childish, it doesn't matter to them, in essence they can continue to gamble for their inner satisfaction.

Gamblers have a lot of alibis to gamble and they are good at creating one so you can find all the weirdest alibi in gambling the most used alibi is


I heard this a lot of times from gamblers here in our place so they kept betting in the lottery and keno and cockfighting I guess gamblers are exchanging notes about their alibis, gamblers are good at creating alibis because of their defense mechanism and their strong urge to continue gambling, they never run out of alibis and they are innovative in their alibis.
So when you see a guy having a weird alibi about gambling expect that the guy has been gambling for a very long time.

This thread will be so good if all the replies came from legit gambler and not those from user that posting on gambling related just for the sake of post quota.

Anyway as a gambler myself. I don’t have any alibi to continue gambling. I simply gamble because I want to kill my boredom when I don’t have work or any social gathering with my friends. I don’t need alibi to continue gambling. Maybe some inspiration but not alibi. I’m dreaming to win enough money on gambling that I can use to purchase my dream car.  ;)

I once read that "gambling every day makes us closer to winning"
I'm not sure about this, in fact I think this is a ridiculous reason, and this is just another word for gambling addiction, perhaps "gambling every day makes us closer to the destruction of life", because in my opinion gambling can make someone's life ruined if they gamble too often, because with gambling which involves money of course they need money to survive and if they gamble often it will only waste their money in vain which ultimately leads to their finances being in disarray and I myself think I will be stressed if I don't have money because I can't meet my own needs.

bluebit25 with this one maybe he gambled at a physical casino and accidentally found a woman in the casino who eventually became his wife hahaha. ;D
I don't know how to explain, it but what is clear is that it sounds very ridiculous. I myself read it spontaneously and made me laugh.

For many people it may sound ironical that gambling can keep someone out of trouble, because for common sense gambling is synonym of trouble. Anyway, the old lady has actually adopted a good coping mechanism to deal with the burden of daily life. Since it's helping her to remain out of trouble and the bets are pretty low around 5 cents of dollar each, it's a positive measure she has found to relax, at same time she is avoiding conflict with her pairs. Although it's a weird reason to gamble, it's still a pretty functional one, which I believe to be shared by many elders when trying to clear their heads from daily worries and intersocial clashes, especially against family members.

The common alibi is "I'm just having fun", many are still in denial of their real purpose on why they gamble.
I personally guilty on this because some times i have to convinced myself that this is my purpose but in reality its not. Its hard to stop gambling if you don't have the system with yourself, for sure you'll always make alibi just to make a way to gamble, this is hard to control at first but you have to be true to yourself so you can be good in gambling.

Most people I know that are gamblers end up saying "I do not play much, just a small amount" and they end up in financial trouble, so they must be lying, if they gambled very little then they wouldn't really be doing anything like that, they would be living a comfortable life, these people are making 1000+ dollars in my nation, which is a lot of money, so they shouldn't be in financial trouble if they are not gambling a lot.

I am not making that much, and even I am doing fine while also gambling, sure I do not live a rich life, but certainly life a life better than their life, so that means the biggest lie that they say is the amount, they say it's very little but in reality it's a lot of money that they are gambling with.

Alibi perspective of gambling might be different from those of us that want to gamble and win by all means. This is the right time we need to cancel that ideology and try to imitate the mood of gambling for fun. For us to gamble for fun, there are many things that need to be put into consideration so that we don't give ourselves high blood pressure just because we want to win when we bet.

There are plenty of ideology we can develop for ourselves that would help us to be a better gambler and not become too fast to be winning always. For us to keep winning, we must have the ideology gambling for fun whether we make profits or not, we should not be too panic and the problem comes from betting too excessively.

Gamblers can be weirdly superstitious sometimes and believe that there are certain rituals or behaviors which can lead them to winning. For the most part these are relatively harmless. If you are losing badly and looking for some sort of sign that your luck is about to change then you might have a problem and need to stop. I am sure there are gamblers who are religious and they say that they'll go to church every Sunday and donate money to charity if they can hit a big win. Prayer isn't going to help you win, but out of desperation people will act irrationally.

If you have to have an excuse to bet, that is an indication that you are a minor you do not own your decisions or you doubt them and finally, if you are a healthy person, the best excuse is:

People would really be loving with those kind of findings on which they would really be tending to follow it just because they do believe that it is really that indeed working or something that could really put up that kind of effectiveness that they could have in gambling world on which we know that this is something that cant really be known because it all matters with luck.
You cant really that make yourself that able to avoid on what are the risks involved. We can gamble but doesnt mean that we would be able to win up that huge.
There's no assurance and we do know that this is where most gamblers been expecting and this is why they do really mess up themselves basing up into the situation that they are into.

it could be that they are enjoying gambling and winning keeps coming to them, or it could be that gambling sites have changed their lives, because in general most people complain about what they do in gambling, it is impossible to blame them because they enjoy it, everyone will realize when they lose quite a lot came to them

I have come across quite a few phrases over the years as a gambler that people say to other people to make them feel better about their gambling experience. I don't know if the people really mean them, or if it's just an excuse to keep gambling and satisfy their urges. The most common one that I come across is during long streaks in roulette that now the other color has to come. For example, after ten times red at the table I see so many people put all their money on black, like it's a guarantee that black is coming now. Of course the winning chance is still as before and it could easily be another red number. It's very risky to fall into such thinking and we need to protect ourselves from our brain trying to justify bad behavior. Being as responsible as possible and take statistical approach to gambling can help a lot.

That's not totally wrong. Because if you play at heads and tails for exemple, you have 50% chances to draw a tail if you play one time, but you will have 75% chances(3 among 4) to draw it if you play 2 times and 87.5%(7 among 8 ) if you play 3 times. It won't change anything for you if it's a game paying 1:1 but if it's a free game or game paying winnings way higher than the stake when you get a tail, it's better to play more.

The worst thing I heard about the justifications for indulging in gambling is what I heard several times from my friends and people I know practicing gambling and addicted to it is that they will win according to a fictional strategy that was the reason for one of them winning in one of the maximum luck. I consider this justification and not a convincing argument at all.

The worst thing I heard about the justifications for indulging in gambling is what I heard several times from my friends and people I know practicing gambling and addicted to it is that they will win according to a fictional strategy that was the reason for one of them winning in one of the maximum luck. I consider this justification and not a convincing argument at all.

I heard an acquaintance of mine say this and I shit you not, he literally said "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take"

Bro is willing to take the chance at a system that literally plays with their heads just so they can continue their indulgences. From then on I realized he is on his way to becoming addicted to gambling, if not already there. Hoping to at least stop him in his tracks before things get a little more crazy, I tried telling him that gambling's not really something you should depend on money for, or think of gambling as fair and square especially when there's literally house-edge that gives the casino a slightly unfair advantage against the player.

Sadly, my advices fell on deaf ears as he still pushed to gamble that day and honestly, I never heard from him since. I assume he's gotten himself roped in with some bad apples and probably subjected himself to an even bigger problem later down the line, but there are times when I hope that people like him find their ways out, coming from someone who was on the verge of becoming addicted to gambling,  realizing that you're fooling yourself into thinking that you'll get a win, or perhaps even get back what you lost from the same thing that took it from you was one of the most eye-opening realizations I could ever have and I wish it upon anyone who's still in too deep.

Gambling is maths, its educational.   I think thats a great excuse and easily arguable, I'd stick to my guns on gambling being relatable to maths and completely harmless if done in a controlled manner.   Gamble with a budget, do the maths as homework before partaking in a bet and its a perfectly reasoned past time to enjoy whenever you feel like.  Like any activity, dont over do it or it can become harmful but life is full of challenges like this.

"My time will come".
Even if some players are still suffering from loss try asking them of why they are still playing and this line could be taken from and use from that conversation. Gambling is a game of bettors; bettors are people who are testing their lucks in order to win and generate profit. However, given that winning won't always come to your end, you'd most of the time grab ths idea of gaslighting and sometimes lying that you are in profit. It'll boil down to our ego as gamblers just to continue what we are doing. Many people would want to stop us due to stories that they witnessed and that is because they are concerned to us; one of our goals is to not let them see our weak sides to avoid being questioned in such way.
Well in the first place there's no ither logic than chances behind gambling. Given that no matter how good you think you are as a bettor, it will always be your luck to determine whether you win or the other way around. No strategy will be consistenty working and that is simply why gamblers are just hitting up some superstitions, as sign of frustrations on winning.

we have seen and read a lot of superstitious beliefs of gamblers in this forum alone. some are quite hilarious so to speak but hey, a lot of them are practicing every time they bet. we can't blame them because they have their own beliefs and they have strong feelings for it. so long they are not making a mess out of it, everyone is free to follow what they believed in.


if gambling is math, then most gamblers should be on the bed of roses by now. but it is not. there are so many mathematicians and yet, they couldn't figure it out. so people who are determined to say that this is all about math are just hypocrite about themselves.

I don't have my entry but i like this one. This suit for those who bet in mega lottery who could think to be an instant millionaire. But as much possible i avoid dreaming of it or having hallucinations of "what if i win". It's to avoid getting too attached into it, it's where addition begins. Just like any other things like playing games, if you're dreaming of it that means you take a lot of time talking and thinking about it.

Math 😅.. When I studied it at school. Gambling is an opportunity if you connect it with mathematics... The chances of getting a jackpot are really small. However, from the many mathematical possibilities, if we get this possibility then we will get a big win. And this also requires a large amount of capital 😅 to cover the losses we will experience before getting the chance to win big

"Gambling helps me find love" probably has some truth if you are always looking for gambling because you always want to gamble. Are you the type who can't be bothered not to play gambling for a day?

And this feeling in the gambler is a strong addiction that is forming in his personality. In short, it's bad; it's not good to see the behavior of a gambler. And it's following this as if he can't live without gambling in their lives, it seems like that.

one day I was talking with two close friends discussing gambling and I said why are we sometimes too stupid even though we always lose but we still gamble and one of my friends said "luck only comes to those who want to keep trying"  ???

Immediately I fell silent and thought whether those words were words of wisdom or just a reason to keep gambling then I thought logically it was true that as long as we were willing to try then luck would definitely come and that made sense and maybe that was the reason we continued keep gambling even if you lose and that's a fact.

The last part will be the top tier weirdest alibi that I've ever heard, And we knew that many gamblers has been using that line in order for them to borrow money, they also sometimes use the illness of one of the family members as a reason and the worst is about death. Imagine? That's how a person can turn beyond theirself because of addiction.

Your friend's take on luck is kinda like saying if you keep trying, luck might eventually swing your way. It makes you think like maybe that's why we keep at gambling despite the losses.

I watched a movie where someone kept repeating to bet a perticular set of numbers in lottery for many years until he eventually hit the jackpot and became an overnight millionaire, so i guess some people can have that kind of mindset in real life, believing that if they keep gambling in a perticular patten everytime, that one day luck will arrange it in their favor and they'd have a big win that'll recover all their loses and they'll still have so much more to keep them very rich. If they can have fun while following the pattern and gamble the amount that they can afford to loose, then I can only wish them luck as they continue to gamble and wait for as long as it takes to win.

"I'm just letting the casino collect it so I can get it back x2 or even more" was one of the dumbest but also funniest things I've heard when I was pulling my friend away from his phone while he was gambling so that we can finally start talking about some of our vacation plans. And tbf, I was almost persuaded if it wasn't for the fact that I could see him trying to deposit more money in to play a bit longer. Well I guess the casino is still working as his bank to date since afaik he's still gambling.

In the lottery, "I am close to winning as I saw my two combinations of numbers," and it turns out you'll be betting more and losing more. Another one is that "today is my lucky day, for sure I will win big," which leads to betting big and turns out to be losing all money and even debt. Those people who are giving you an alibi to gamble are a sign of addiction, so they should immediately seek professional help as they cannot stop themselves.

I remember my friend when I asked him this question, I said " Why do you keep gambling when you don't have a day job?" and his response was a little bit off for me, he said that he have a friend in Hawaii who gives him fund to gamble and then return it with 10% then a day later I learned that he has a lot of loan from our friends. That's when I realized he's addicted to it, and his friend from Hawaii is named Ego and Unresponsible. It is very sad when we know one of our friend gets addicted to gambling, and they started a fake reason just to continue doing it.

A gambler once stated in a conversation I overheard that his gaming was his way of "supporting the economy." His reasoning? The more he wagered, the more employment he was generating for the casino sector. What a novel approach to economic theory! Though it's an artistic stretch, the logic doesn't fail to make one smile. I had never considered gaming to be a civic duty, but it does offer a different perspective from the usual stories we hear

in my opinion it is like directing us to continue gambling, by continuing to gamble I don't think it will guarantee that luck will happen, because luck is an expression of beliefs and attitudes to explain the behavior of someone who has control over events that happen by chance, therefore according to I think luck will only happen not to those who try, but to people who really have strong luck, because there are people who win at gambling with just one gamble.

This happened to my friend, I have been gambling for a long time, never getting a big win or jackpot, even though if you call it trying, it seems like I myself have tried my best. but with my friend who didn't know anything and wanted to try gambling, with one gamble he won a big jackpot. and this happened to three of my friends, therefore I don't believe that luck will happen to those who are willing to try.

The saying that "he who fights and run away lives to fight another day" doesn't apply to gamblers or maybe just very a tinny set of gamblers give heed to that statement in their gambling pursuit. Despite making losses they keep fighting when they are supposed to quit and give it a break.

A fellow gambler I met at the betting shop where we both took time to talk once told me that whenever he takes a decision to give it a break there is this inner thought within that whispers to his head asking what if this period you have decided to take a break happens to be the time you have waiting and hoping for to get a big win and straight away without hesitation he will see himself back to gambling but he never gets to make that big win eventually all through, he still continue in making losses as it were before he decided to take a break.

I think if you can be able to take charge of the psychological aspect of gambling we won't be thrilled to succumb into believing in all of this weird alibi's.

"Gambling is relaxing"... Yes, of course, it's relaxing when you win and even when you don't lose too much for many people. But when you get big losses, it's very stressful and depressing, you feel unsuccessful, unlucky and unable to manage your bankroll and your game plan efficiently. It's very hard, but it happens to almost all gamblers since undergoing some long losing streak is unavoidable unfortunately.

One of my closest friend insist to bet and wasting a lot of time (even 6/8 hours per day following result and so on... yes it's addiction) and money (likewise 5-10 euro per day, that isn't too much but it become an huge amount if you count at the end).
Shortly he said:
"I changed my bet habits. Actually I am not betting to much, just few euros per day, but I am pretty sure I will win an huge bet"

Yes it sounds quite strange and outrageous, but I think this is not the first time I have heard of it, because as we know that many gamblers end up addicted and maybe you also already know that usually an addicted gambler will do anything that is important he can gamble, so the idea of borrowing money is really a definite thing that is very likely they make as an alternative to getting money to finance their gambling activities and I think this is quite common for gamblers when they run out of money due to defeat or other things.


What is outrageous is yes as you said that they are desperate to lie and make excuses that they need emergency funds to pay for one of their family members who is sick, this is an outrageous way with little intelligence just to get money to gamble.l :D

The gambler who play gambling everyday will not able to make the sure win by the daily gambling.May be he come across the same gambling technique daily,So by the continuous practice.It help you not to forget the game and the possibility of the winning in the game will be more,but we can’t really guarantee about the winning of the gambling site.The gambler who do the gambling after the loss fly to get away from the gambling site should be avoided one.The gambler who able to get the money for more rotation in the gambling site after the loss the can really able to recover the money loss in the gambling sites.

The weirdest thing that I heard was when my friend told me that when he's not gambling he's missing on the opportunity that is there and waiting for a lucky gambler. He seemed to think that opportunity, luck and wins are something that flies around and you have to be there to catch them, otherwise someone else gets them so the more you play the more of this luck that flies around you claim for yourself.
To me, a person who doesn't believe in these things, it sounds really weird but there are people who agree with him (mostly other gamblers and weird people who believe in ghosts and stuff).

i once heard someone say that he was forced to gamble by his partner and according to him obeying was a form of love for his partner but i don't really believe 100% in what he says because i'm sure it's just his bullshit to protect himself.  i am very sure that people who are addicted to gambling will only tell other people as if they were just a victim and never had any intention of gambling at all.  If you are an honest person then you will not lie to yourself, you will also definitely not make other people the reason for you to gamble because in fact, you are the one who is gambling, it is impossible for you to gamble because of coercion from other people, it is all your decision, then gamble responsibly.

This can be seen commonly among most gamblers. They could've lost a lot in their previous sessions, but they didn't think of it, had hope, believed that luck was around them, and continued the wager borrowing as he had emptied his wallet. My friends used to say maybe we can win big by hiring a black magic person without understanding that technology has grown and it's got nothing to do with one's luck. Some gamblers don't know that there is a losing streak in gambling.

not sure if you can call this weird "Don't stop, you are one bet away from a big win", I saw this on a TikTok video(forgot the name of the guy who posted it) where a guy is vlogging his recovery journey from gambling addiction. the video itself is inspiring and could become a big help for others who are going through the same thing. that being said, it is quite sad that a lot of the comments on that video are trying to encourage the guy to continue to gamble, which is disgusting behavior.

some people consider gambling to be a fun thing and everything and some people consider knowing gambling to be a curse because it brings misery, we can interpret different views like this if you already know gambling first, you don't need to finish it, just enjoy it and control yourself, lots of People fail because of a lack of control over themselves

I remember some old friend who by his own admission was addicted to gambling.
He would always ask people if they wanted to go to the casino. Many people have apparently never been there and wanted to see the experience so he would get many yeses.
Due to being an addict, he would often be broke in the middle of the month. But he could scrape by to get some gas to just drive to the casino with tips from his work. So if a friend was with him, if he had lost all his monthly salary already, he'd take the friend there and get his fix by just watching them play and perhaps giving them instructions or cheering them.

This was just another excuse to keep going to the casino even when he was broke. But more than anything else, he was lying to himself. Later he risked losing his job and eventually came to the realization that he can't keep throwing his life away so thankfully that guy is not addicted anymore. Sadly though still too ashamed to speak to people from his past so we don't hang out anymore.

Easy to say but it would really be that hard for you to be able to do when you are on the actual situation in speaking about playing gambling and stopping completely when you do bust up or in losses.
When it comes to Alibis and other beliefs then this is something that very common into this field. We do have our own different variations on things we do see that it would really be that totally different
but do share up on the same targets and goals when it comes to this manner. This is why it would really be a complete endless cycle if we do speak about continuing on playing gambling because
if it was really that easy to quit up from the beginning or on the time that they would be losing, then gambling industry wont really becoming that big as much as this.

If I don't gamble, I don't feel enthusiastic about living my days. I just want to gamble using a few dollars for a while, and then I will leave the casino. Perhaps that's what someone who has gambled so often would say, so if they don't gamble, they feel like something is missing in their days. But maybe there are many other reasons we think are strange enough to be an excuse. But whatever your reason, you must still be able to control yourself well so you don't lose much money. And don't make gambling your excuse because gambling is just entertainment, and we must be able to treat it wisely.

Just like the drunkards, "it's part of my system".

It is not me but I have just heard way back then, long long time ago when I used to be with some gambling circling friends that likes to do it on a daily basis.

I like this thread and let's see what are the craziest and weirdest alibis that a gambler can say about their gambling habits.

The alibi I hear most often is "Gambling makes my day calm"
This is what I often hear from several of my friends who are addicted to gambling. I don't know how they can gamble every day. As if only gambling is very important in their lives.
In fact, if I observe their finances, they are not that good, they are just barely enough amateur gamblers. But almost every time I meet them, they are definitely gambling via online platforms for hours every day.

One thing people can't never be guaranteed is placing a bet in gambling site and expect to have those money back from the gambling site is like someone who is insane know too well that after you lose then you are on your own why would someone gamble with such mentality whereas, it is clearly stated in the gambling site that you should gamble responsibly. I knew gambling everyday is a deceptive move if such person is successfully lured into gambling everyday then its automatically turns gambling addictions which have more problem face within yourself and your entire family.

back In college  when I pretended that I have lost my wallet that has my Final tuition fees?
 lol I am good at lying that time  ;D ;D

I'm not proud of what I have done back then because my parents are working more than 10 hours just to bring me to
college but Mistakes are taken and I can't bring back days   .

Eventually I admit my mistakes and ask for my parents forgiveness and from that? i have my allowance in half for the
rest of the semester and that made me realized what stupid I am spending my tuition money for gambling.

Well if we can see everything is mathematics, because from the moment we get up and pick up our toothbrush and putting cream on it requires that precise calculations be made to administer the appropriate chemicals to make the measurements of the brush and the toothpaste So maybe in a casino in a specific game there is a lot of mathematics associated with it, because in one of these games at the time of programming I am sure that there were many arches and a lot of calculations for everything, so in itself it is all mathematics, just We don't see things the way everyone thinks they are with their calculations and everything, in addition to mathematics there is a physics and a whole environment of algorithms that do involve mathematics, of course when we don't focus on the way to play knowingly and  There is already a mathematical pattern, that is when poroblaibdabda and statistics are born, and all this obeys numbers, in fact if you want to make a game, you have to know a lot about mathematics to do the calculations in the language you want to do it, although that is coming now , but before in progation languages like Pascal everything was very handy.

So I think that the mathematics that refers to is the probability and statistics that if in some cases they work and another value that is associated is the random factor, which is very difficult to predict, that is only what makes the casino rpovehe apr I calculate your house advantage and every time you have this because it obeys a series of calculations, believe me you are not the only one who thinks that this is not based on mathematics, in everything there is mathematics associated or if you were an engineer you would see things more focused on mathematical and statistical calculations, and possibly you could make mental calculations as to what your chance would be in a raffle, in a difficult game of chance because the possibility is very small but if it is possible, I think so, especially if there is mathematics .

Sooner or later, they will develop a gambling addiction if they gamble every day and make gambling a very important thing in their life. They don't need to be like that because it will pose a greater risk for them. Especially if they use a lot of money every time they gamble.
If their income is not very good and instead they choose to gamble because they can make money, they will have little chance of winning. They might lose their money in no time.
If they also gamble for hours every day, it won't take long to see them go bankrupt. Gambling is not a means to make money but just to have fun.
But there are still many people who don't understand this and will only make excuses so they can gamble again.

Never that I lied nor do Alibis just to gamble maybe because I am not a born gambler that needs
to create stories just to gather gambling money because for me? money is a need to hard work before gaining and so how
to spend this .

But given this to happen for me? maybe what i will use is that I will recieve bonus from job
anytime soon so they can lend me some funds just to gamble , I am not good in Lying though so for sure they will caught me :)

That "One bet away" is a never-ending one bet. I think all gamblers could definitely understand that especially the ones who are playing casino games online. We kept on betting one more or "the last one" but the truth is even if we win, we are not stopping because the greed factor keeps on coming in.
But those who are encouraging the guy, well yes, that's not right.
This kind of thing could lead to gambling addiction and it's like they are doing it on purpose. Like to become one of them. Anyway, that's how the world works nowadays. Never stop the guy from what they are doing because it's their right to do so. Free. It ain't like the world before where people will tell you the right thing instead of pushing them to continue the bad habit.
I am a gambler myself but I would never encourage anyone to continue betting until they run dry, that's just being evil at the core. I'd rather say the right thing or just shut my mouth and let him decide for himself. Gambling is only for 18+ for a reason. They should know what right or wrong.

Then good for you, because you're intention by doing gambling is for your own only and you don't want to bother other people , you don't have to create fake stories just to have money because if you are a responsible person and you have conscience in what you are doing, you weren't able to lie especially to your family and closes friends.

Yups.. Probability. This type of mathematics is very closely related to games, especially gambling. However, I'm not too sure whether a mathematician can make big profits in gambling games with this knowledge? or even the rich who have large balances are able to make large profits from gambling. If it is related to probability then both people are able to prove it, which one is able to get a profit.

I'm still curious whether the top gambler is an expert or understands mathematics?

We can assume that top gamblers are experts in gambling and also understand mathematics because we have never met them either. And we can also say that they are gamblers who can control themselves when gambling. But rich people who have a large balance when gambling are very likely to be able to win big from gambling because they have a lot of money so that they can gamble longer than other people. These rich people don't need an alibi to continue gambling because they will play whenever they want and stop once they have had enough. And maybe some people who understand mathematics can benefit from gambling by relying on the knowledge they have mastered, even though they still have the possibility of losing from gambling games.

Even if we have clean intention around and don't mean to bother anyone regarding on our gambling activities still there will be time that we would tell a lie just to continue to gamble since sometimes we need to do white lies to people so that it can't irritate us or just drive them out just to focus on the game we are playing. But when it comes on financial matters well I'm not into this kind of action since for me always being honest when it comes on money is always important since that's how we gain trust from people around us so I usually don't commit nor plan to do something bad just to have money to gamble. I always use spare amount which I can afford to lose so that I can't create any problem on my side also with people near me or to those who notice my gambling habits.

"gambling every day draws you closer to winning"
One of the weirdest alibi that I have come across is that the gambler claims that they need to continue gambling every day to draw closer to hitting a big win.

People should understand that most games rely on chances and random number generation (RNG). Avoid thinking that frequently playing guarantees winnings or success. As a gambler, we should adapt responsible gambling as it's very crucial to adopt strategies based on superstitions or alibi.

I remember this childhood friend who's into lottery. He buy ticket almost everyday (this is before, I don't know if he gave up already) because he has numbers in mind and that are the birthdays of their family members. He said "If I don't buy ticket then how can I become rich?" He has a point though. But we know the chances in lottery, it's one in a million and close to impossible.

People make up some words to continue their journey in whatever they are doing, some times its just like a motivation for them and I really can't judge on that, but what I found so wrong is you as a gambler believing that the more you gamble the more likely you will win.

There is a saying from such gamblers that your win is closer the more you gamble, it makes me sick, because believing in such words will only get you wrecked, you are to limit your gambling session, to limit your spending on gambling, to also be able to make the right decisions, like when you win you will be able to quit for that day and wait for another day.

Some people treat casinos as a land of wish granting, where they will have to sleep like a visitor who must be treated nicely, casinos need to make money to be in business for long term too, you winning is not good for them, it's a shame that peoples mind are easy to mess with...  

The alibi of many gamblers is obviously words like this, keep gambling your luck is around the corner, you will end up learning the harder way.

sometimes wise words can lead us astray if we cannot understand them maturely and like the wise words mentioned by my friend, it is true that this will happen, but if it is done in the business sector, a person will not give up if they fail when doing business.
but it is not good if it is taken seriously in gambling because we know how the basis of gambling is about luck that comes without knowing when it will arrive.
with this, anyone who hears something with an alibi such as words of wisdom should not take it too seriously and it is better to process these words more wisely or else we will fall into a bad zone such as becoming addicted because we gamble too often.

trying means there's no harm in continuing to try, but it means you have to stick with strong responsibility, use the rules as your own guide not to lose control and still have to use smaller amounts to spend on gambling and dont spend too quickly on the gambling budget you have.
and my advice would be better if you try the right game, for example sports betting with small bets and using parlay bets. this is the right choice to try your luck.

I dont really mind on what are the things around in regarding about sayings or something to tell about me on the time that i do play gambling. Its my money and its true that as long im not really that affecting someone when it comes to possible deal up then it should really be just that fine, there are really just those people even your relatives whom do really love on engaging on things
and making out issues on whatever the things that you are dealing on with without even trying to mind their own business and do really loves on watching out other peoples actions
on which it is really just that obvious that they are really that too loving on watching other peoples mistakes and making it issues without minding about being relative or what.

This makes it clear that the combination of the two can create a greater probability of winning. If you only have one of these things, the probability of winning may still be lower than winning. Casino games seem to be more closely linked to mathematics, because slots and blackjack, crashes, rolls are very likely related to probability. However, if we talk about sports betting, it seems to be related to luck and one's observation in a match.

It can be quite a challenge to offer advice to individuals who suffer from a gambling addiction. No matter what words of wisdom we attempt to share with them, they always manage to find a way to justify their detrimental actions. They argue that engaging in gambling brings them happiness, but when they experience the agony of defeat, they are left feeling disappointed and filled with regrets. Furthermore, they claim that gambling provides an outlet for relieving stress; however, when faced with consecutive losses, their stress levels only intensify, leaving them even more frustrated and overwhelmed. It is not uncommon for me to encounter gamblers who, due to their frequent losses, impulsively hurl their cell phones until they shatter into pieces.

In my humble opinion, it is utterly nonsensical to believe that those who engage in gambling do so purely for amusement. The truth is, one derives joy from a sense of contentment. Now, when we delve into the realm of satisfaction within the context of gambling, it is when one secures a substantial victory. These individuals place their bets with the sole desire of attaining a profit that perpetually eludes them.

Some of the ones I've come across are true works of artistic genius. Consider this one: "I travel through time by gambling." One of my coworkers feels as though he is transported to a bygone, more opulent era when he is in a casino. Its how he escapes everyday life and gets to see a little piece of history.

My personal joke is, "I gamble to be a better decision-maker." I've said that many times. The reasoning? Every wager is a decision made under duress, reflecting life's never-ending stream of options. Though its a lighthearted approach, there is some merit in developing the ability to follow your gut and make quick, thoughtful decisions.

lottery demands lots of numbers and not everyone gets them correctly. The winning possibility is quite slim. But when one wins, he goes home a millionaire. That would be cemented on the brain of your friend, he isn't wasting no effort in purchasing tickets and trying his luck. I think he may have made that promise to himself, to become a millionaire through lottery games. These alibis I've read, some funny, shows that gamblers have different motives of gambling. Although one motive that unites all gamblers to share similar reason is money. Some use them to cover up for their gambling addiction and enjoy the game without getting involved. When they say this we tend to forget about the trouble and laugh or skip the idea of counseling the person.

yeah, agree, that "one bet away" is a never-ending excuse for gamblers and even if they win big like they always dream they'll just continue and create new excuses to justify their gambling.

the people who were encouraging the guy who was sharing his journey to gambling addiction recovery are either trolling or they just love seeing people suffer just like them and sadly people like that actually exist, it is a sad world we live in.

I don't know if someone posted it here already but I used to use this alibi whenever I was asked to stop gambling this is a fortune teller told me that I would make a fortune from gambling this was five years ago, this is my alibi and I was ashamed whenever I met those people I told them about my alibi I just tell them that its a fake fortune teller even though I did not ask a fortune teller to tell my fortune.
I just think that it's the best alibi and I get some support when I say this, they even told me that they hope I remember them when I win.  :D

I have heard something along these lines from my dad. That it keeps him active and social. I personally think that he didn't accept the idea, that he was poor. And gambling would somehow be his way out of the poor life that he was so ashamed of. He didn't want to seem like a poor man so he kept quite a good car. When he smoked cigarettes, he refused to roll them as it would make him seem like a poor man.

So when he won a bunch of money he lived like a rich man for a week or a day, and it was immediately back to being ascetic.

Another reasoning i've heard is from my friend was that he felt it with such a passion that this day would be his lucky day in casino. So he bought a beer in a casino, converted everything he had on wallet to chips. It was couple hundred euros or something like that. He put all the chips to one specific number (i can't remember which one), and lost. Right after he drank his beer and left to home. Even though it was over in a moment, i admit, it was a rush to watch. He just said to me that it wasn't such a good idea, and maybe he shouldn't trust his guts on matters like that.

People will always look for excuses or reasons to do the obvious. Not all alibis are to be taken seriously, some of them are mere gambling jokes made to ease the tension in gamblers, laugh over the joke and move on. I hear people say this alot; "don't stop gambling, you can never tell when luck will shine on you.. This sounds like a motivation never to quit but as far as gambling is concerned,  it is a joke! It is only a foolish person that will be motivated by every gambling related 'motivational quotes' he sees online and even the lies he tells himself in order to gamble more. He's just driving himself speedingly into an addiction until its too late for him to slow down. It is very easy to spot a toxic alibi, especially one which is influenced by greed.  Such alibis should be ignored completely.

The strangest alibi that makes me think it does not makes sense is
 Who says you can't become a millionaire in sports betting?  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5475889.0)
I knowing it might happened but not everyone is really lucky in sports betting, even though the game requires skill but it doesn't really make us millionaire, we only experience ordinary wins if we bet only the amount we can afford lost, and if you take the risk of gambling with bigger money maybe you can double your money and become a millionaire but if you can win it on the other hand, if you lose, you will lose more of your money and failed to become a millionaire.

There are various kinds of alibis that people use to gamble. They always believe in the alibi that gambling will provide profit someday or provide an unexpectedly large jackpot. Even though in fact there are many around us who cannot become successfull just because their alibi is about gambling.

I think that "alibi" isn't the right term to be used here. Criminals have an "alibi" to prove that they weren't at the place where the crime was committed. Gambling isn't considered a crime in many countries around the world. I think that the right word is "excuse" instead of "alibi".
A gambling addict once told me "If I don't gamble every day, I will have to commit suicide". Is this a weird enough excuse?
Usually the gambling addicts have the weirdest excuses to keep gambling. The moderate gamblers don't need a weird excuse.
They just gamble for fun and as a form of escapism from their every day problems.

If without gambling you are incomplete, you have already become a big problem for yourself, it will be hard for someone like you to ever beat gambling addiction, even with the help of therapy it won't work, you are simply addicted.

Beleiving that gambling is a do or die means you have lost yourself already, and only your God can make you escape from the grip of gambling, this is all so wrong, as a gambler you need to watch yourself, the way you reason with gambling, it's very important, gambling is like manipulation itself, it twists the mind easily.

There are so many foolish people in gambling today, in my household, the only thing we so take serious is believing in our hands, this is the only thing you have that won't deceive you, work your ass off, work hard and mix some smartest with it, you will eventually achieve your goals, but there is nothing to work really hard about in gambling, there is no work or anything to do that really worth you making money.

This thread made me laugh as i remember what I have done just to continue my gambling many years back because this is truly memorable  as I am an field officer back then and my work is to go as much client a day for estimation and color presentation of our product.

and one day that I was  tasked to visit 10 costumer that day and of course I rode my motorcycle and starts heading to the clients .
while visiting my clients I run into a oldschool friends and had some chat and decide to have a beer , and of course getting dipsy we decided to go into casino but sadly my boss keeps on calling updating if i did my task that day.

I pretended that my motorcycle had been wrecked and need to cancel my appointments so i can get back my service (while i am in casino laying lol)

Yes, that's the alibi of gamblers that we often encounter, not only in online leisure but also in my own environment. There is a sentence that I would like to add which is used as an alibi for a gambler to continue gambling, namely "success comes to those who always want to try" the sentence is not wrong if the intention is good but if applied to gambling I think it is contrary to the principle that gambling is a place of entertainment and winning is only a very rare luck, it is not recommended to think about the future through gambling.

I think that all the gamblers have done an alibi just to keep doing what they do or to avoid being disturbed, Just like what you did. It's funny when you remember all the things you've done in the past but hopefully you've learned and changed. Your experience is minimal alibi and for me, it's not that bad but it's still illegal because you did it during working hours, and if you continue that routine, you can lose your job if your boss finds out what you're doing.

It's a bit funny this time in our discussion, in fact I rarely pay attention or interpret words like the ones you present. I mean, like the title of this thread. or maybe, you and I have said a few words that without realizing it have become a strange alibi for the community. who knows, after all, we discuss a lot and even review every discussion in gambling. well, so it occurred to me that maybe there were a lot of strange words I said to the community. but what I agree with, and oddly enough is what you shared in your link. I will quote it, "Gambling every day draws you closer to winning". we agree, that this thread makes me a little funny. But don't get me wrong, because in reality I don't have the slightest narrow mind. in fact, I also made a post in that thread.

Honestly, I'm trying to remember some of the strangest alibis in my own circle. but I can't remember it, especially for something that makes little impression on me. however, in our area there are many gamblers who often say, "keep depositing, never win". this is just a figure of speech, our place is to joke with each other about gambling. or, "don't give up", in his words it was changed to, "never give up smoke and let's keep gambling". these words are just a play, yeah like sarcasm for example. For people in my country, you must be familiar with our local language. but yeah, at least this thread can make us relax a little in discussions and not have to be as serious as possible.

That's true, with business of course we have to try as hard as we can, because of course a business that is run must be able to generate profits so I think in the business world trying is a must. That's what I mean, of course it's not a good thing if this happens in gambling because if it's like this it will most likely only cause problems and clearly losses. It's true what you said gambling is basically just about luck and the other side is also the skills you have.

Of course, we should be able to gamble wisely so we don't get addicted to things that lead us to bad things. It's true what you say there's no harm in trying your luck but you have to do it responsibly, by limiting your budget like you said or by limiting the time for gambling. don't spend large amounts of money on gambling, with this we can gamble with a small budget,  because with a small budget we can also win if we really have luck at gambling, and it's better, even if we gamble using a large budget. You won't necessarily get a big win either. So I think to prevent bad things from happening in gambling, the control is in all of us, including the alibi for gambling. because there are strange alibis for continuing to gamble, such as, the more often we gamble, the closer we are to gambling, that's just nonsense.

Perhaps it can create a greater chance of winning, but they must be able to realize that gambling does not guarantee that they can win. They can experience loss, especially in gambling games that rely on luck, because even though they are experts at both things, they still need luck. Each gambling game requires calculations, but there must still be luck to win, so they must be aware of this so they don't need to gamble too seriously. But it is better for them to gamble just for fun and not to chase victory because that is not easy to get.

Yes, you are right in what you said, dude. We need to be responsible gamblers, or else our lives can be ruined because of gambling. But if we know what to do so that we don't lead to addiction, it's okay to gamble.

Also, gambling often or every day is a difficult habit, and the only thing that makes it easy for him is the gamblers who are rich because of people like them. Even if they lose, they may have businesses that produce money, so they are fine compared to gamblers who rely on luck to win the game.

Yes, I understand that skills and knowledge can create a closer chance of winning, but it is still a chance, you can only achieve a 70% chance maybe with the skills you have and that you apply, but you cannot achieve the remaining 30% percentage because it is luck that will determine whether you will actually win or not at all. The point is as you said that there is absolutely no certainty about the final result, even if we have good knowledge and skills but still this cannot guarantee 100% that you can end up winning.

The point is that in any type of gambling risk cannot be completely avoided because it is not gambling if you can get the results you want, so of course it's all about winning and losing. Those who are called experts are those who have good knowledge and that does not mean they are experts in terms of luck, this is what makes the possibility of risk cannot be avoided completely, but maybe the experts besides having good knowledge they also have good risk management which makes them less significant in terms of losing, on the other hand of course gambling is not something that should be taken seriously, it is just a game of chance that involves risk and that's why you should gamble with the aim of entertainment.

You're correct, using excuse would be better, the weirdest excuse I have heard is gambling keeps him in shape. A friend of mine said without gambling that he would had been overweight so he gamble everytime as a way of exercising and keeping his blood pressure high. Many individuals have many reasons they use as excuse the keep gambling. Some excuse has reasons to them but many others are just hilarious as I don't understand how gambling will keep you fit.

It's always gambling addicts that have all the excuses to continue gambling, an individual that isn't addicted won't have any excuse to keep him gambling everything as he'll have other things to do with his time and will only gamble during his leisure hours. I don't have a reason to continue gambling when I don't feel like it as I don't depend on gambling for making money or addicted to gambling.

I don't have an alibi that I can use as an excuse to continue gambling because I don't believe in these things and I have a clear mind and a clear concept about gambling. I understand that gambling is nothing more than a fun activity and there is nothing that I or anyone can do to keep winning and earning a countless amount of money because it's not possible. Gambling platforms and casinos are businesses for their creators and if gambling was a way to earn money for gamblers, all these casinos would have gone bankrupt in no time.

However, I know a lot of people who have such thoughts and stuff that they keep telling themselves and continue gambling because of it. A relative I have says that he will win something very big one day because he feels it, and he will stop gambling after that day. I keep telling him that this instinct will keep making him lose money and it doesn't have an end.

Maybe yes, maybe not, because it is not just mathematics, there are many processes that play a role there that is essential, for example in game theory, which is a very good subject, you learn many things, and in itself it is difficult Easy to understand , because many things that have to do with randomness are combined, but when you introduce a random factor in any programming, it is difficult to predict, the mathematics can be very exact , but to determine that the random factor It will come out with a result with which we predict, it is not so easy, things tend to be somewhat more complicated, for that reason it is that only mathematics does not work, factors such as probability and statistics come into play, they are studies that can be taken into account. At one time and even though it is not something exact, I do not know now if there are things that can be done with AI, and if AI can determine a new mathematical modeling to discover how it can be done with a type of prediction. , but I think it is still very difficult, but in some cases they may reach models where slightly more exact results can be given.

You see the person who wins all the time in a game, it's not that he knows a lot about mathematics, but the person is very lucky, or has a gift for playing, because there are people in the world who only stick to having one type of enviable luck and that is something that takes them to a higher level, it is something that I cannot find an explanation for, but if there is, with respect to many people knowing mathematics and winning? It is difficult, our brain cannot do so many calculations for each play we make, it is almost impossible, well I know that there are geniuses in the world who can do something like that, but the truth is I have not come across them, and the players must They win more in a casino because they have a lot of money and just as they win they also lose a lot of money, so this is relative.

  This is why it’s called gambling,  you can’t constantly get winning streaks on a row, unless it’s you lucky week, it is possible but the chances are slim too, remember you can’t be lucky 365days of year.  So in essence anticipate losing streaks too, the game can catch up on you at any slime opportunity.  At this point even the least odds will disappoint. I feel like there is time for everyone to see that winning streak, and when it’s is your time everything will just be so easy. Gambling is not a relaxing game, because your heart won’t be at rest at the progress of the game, especially if the game is going against your call.
   Gambling is a game of chance, same way you are anticipating wins also know that it can go south and you might lose.  Online gambling makes it much easier for people to access gambling platforms. Also it important to know your bankroll and how much you use for gambling so that you cut down the way at which you play. When you don’t know when to stop that is when it becomes a problem you should have a control of the game and not the game having the control of you.

"My luck is about to turn, I can feel it" is as old as time. In fact, in roman empire times people played dice games, and that meant that they literally carved things out of bone to make dice and gamble, and even then there were a lot of people with gambling debt.

I did not know it went that back, but I learned it, and that really makes it sound like it is going to be something that has to change for the long term. I know that it is not going to be easy, and I know that it is going to be tough, but it is just the reality we are living in, we will always have those people. If people had gambling debts even in roman times, and after two thousand years we still have those people then how can you really consider that as a way of getting better.

Bro, these are indeed weirdos, they are already obsessed or addicted to gambling and with the way of things, they are not actually with their senses again. This is what we preach against in gambling, we should not be so much attached to it as the result will not be fine. The first one is even nice and it is the truth, you will actually win when you least expect in most cases even as we are all expecting to win, especially in casinos, but it will not always come as we expect. Regardless, one should stop using it as an excuse for too long, if so, they can continue to waste money in the view that they will win one day, and when they win, the money will no longer be enough for the ones they had lost. But Imagine the person who can beg for money or borrow it in pretence for his baby's milk or sick mother's medicine, but uses it to gamble. That is pathetic. I think these guys should always know the thin line between gambling and doing the right thing. Gambling doesn't mean you should not continue it but you should just stop the lies, the emotion and obsession, and time wasting because of gambling. If care is not taken, these guys will surely need external help since it will continue like that as gambling will persist to eat them up thinking they are still normal but are far from it.

That's because we play gambling where we won't be able to win too often, especially as there is a luck factor that we must have to win. We must remember that even though our skills are high and good, we can also experience defeat because, in gambling itself, there is no certainty that we can win. That's why if we gamble, we don't need to be too eager to win the gambling game but just enjoy the gambling game. After all, we gamble to have fun, and if we win, it is a bonus for us.

We must be able to prevent the risk from increasing by managing our money for gambling so that we don't lose too much. By always limiting gambling activities, we can avoid losses and will not make excuses that look strange, like what people say. That is why we only need to use gambling as entertainment and not use it as a way to make money rather than experience disappointment. And because gambling is a game of chance, as you said, we have to be able to take good care of ourselves, especially since there are so many temptations that can make us forget to control ourselves.

I recognize that you have a good understanding and approach to gambling, I agree that it is a fact that gambling is always nothing more than a game of chance, if it were not a game of chance then there would be a consistent word to get the final result but the fact is that it is not like that and as you said that even if you have very good skills but still you still need the luck factor because only this can ensure whether you will actually succeed in getting a win or not. I've had experiences where I didn't expect any winnings in gambling but it turned out that at the end of the session I actually got a pretty big win and I was really surprised by that result even though honestly I didn't apply any skills at all and purely just guessed, and this really confirms that gambling is a matter of luck, and the other thing is that if you manage to get a win then consider it as a bonus so that you don't think strangely especially to do some actions out of control, because not infrequently we find cases where winning is always the starting point for gamblers to overdo it because they want to get that kind of result again.

So emphasize more in yourself and your mind that this activity is just an entertainment or playground that involves taking risks, and for the problem of risk all this depends on yourself and I think if you are not too focused on winning then you should be able to take a level of risk that suits your own abilities such as only putting a small budget amount that certainly will not make us upset when the results lose. So the point is of course that gambling is in fact not a place to make money, we have seen a lot of evidence that if they are too serious usually the opposite happens as experienced by addicts so you must really have a correct understanding of gambling so that you do not become the next victim.

Appropriate. What is called gambling is gambling, the aim is for entertainment, winning or losing is a bonus. But who doesn't hope to win when gambling?

This already concerns the personal realm if it is related to alibis or continuing to gamble or stopping gambling. Only each individual knows the decision or alibi.

They're numerous of the alibis gamblers must have said without remembering. But the few which we can recall could consist of the synonyms of what you listed above. Maybe I've not read the thread you mentioned in your response to the extent of realizing some alibis on there. But Op seem to have been inspired by the alibis of some other gamblers in this forum. Gamblers in my locality would say "gambling offers them money for a better living". What then can a person do, if a friend of theirs makes a statement like that regarding gambling to them. No need discouraging the gambler. Although, I've seen some of them quit gambling for real. And focused on other businesses. Discussing with them, they'll say gambling takes up all their savings. I think some alibis for not gambling also exists.

These people gambled more than me, and somehow made money, but never had extra savings with them. Surprised to notice that most of my friends who made few alibis in the past on why they'll continue gambling, no longer gamble like they used to in the past. I mean they were indeed in control of their decisions. None of them were addicted. However, addicts also share alibis to escape from pressure coming in the family. That isn't acceptable. As for the non addicts their alibis is quite funny, and actually are in control. Having fun with gambling is nice, not just while gambling. But seating and conversing with fellow gamblers, yields top notch fun. Sharing funny experiences, which results to why some players has invented some alibis, is always funny.

It is very true, to be honest, when I am in the casinos and if I lose something it is money that was lost, but sometime ago I saw in a casino called bitcasino that they rewarded the people who had lost, that is, they gave them a bonus with the lost money that they had and they took advantage of that, so not everything in the casinos should be seen as something bad, things can improve from one moment to the next and it can be very positive for us, that is, sometimes the profits we have are few Regarding our losses, and this casino taking these things into consideration decided to do that super promotion, things like that are quite good, of course everything has to do with what we see so that it is possible, many did well, but no We must grieve, even if they don't do what Bitcasino did, sometimes casinos come up with many things to get people to play in them again and in any case it is a very good promotion, because it may be that some take that initiative and do it, that The truth is that it is not bad at all.

  In this aspect, things with casinos can improve, sometimes so many clients, so many people who lose large amounts of money, become frustrated and do not return to play again, nor return to the casino, I think that all of this has its learning stage and It is something that we should always do, if there is no learning, I consider that there is no way, the basis of everything is in learning and if we lose we have to learn even more, it is what is always said and what should be done, of course Otherwise we cannot grow as gamblers, and we have failed little by little without knowing the secret of these things, I will always say that the thing that when they try to generate with more intensity, casinos are places to enjoy, or whatever action is denied worthy to win, because sometimes casinos give that opportunity, but we have to have our feet on the ground and see that things are like this, that we can lose and we should more than accept, that for me is a good alibi to generate that old customers go back to a casino.

Yes, you are right because most people who gamble definitely want to wins, they will do whatever it takes to wins their gambling, even though it seems like a waste of time. The fact is that gambling really requires luck to win and even someone who is really skilled at gambling is not immune mistakes and defeat so that we should not be too fooled by our minds with alibis, alibis of gamblers who only have the ambition to win, because in reality these alibis are just a motivation for the gambler to continue gambling, which ultimately harms him.

Of course, we have to be able to limit ourselves so that we don't gamble too much and we have to be able to controls ourselves so that we don't spend large amount of money just because we are chasing profits. Because if we lose with this large amounts of spending, it will certainly make us disappointed and stress us out. So it's better not to think too much about the reasons for these strange people alibis if we don't want to suffer greater losses.

Strange Alibi of Gamblers It is good for skilled gamblers who know the gambling strategy well for them everything is easy. Not all gamblers have the same knowledge. If I don't have experience with gambling it will put me in trouble. That's why it's better to stop than lose your money before you finish yourself. Not everyone is able to control everything. Gamblers can be encouraged to gamble. It should be fun not serious.

Yes as I said above, if gambling can be won by applying some strategies and skills then it is not gambling, however gambling is always inseparable from the name "unpredictable and profit - profit" always about this because there is absolutely no certainty or guarantee of anything and also cannot be separated from the name of possible risk. To your question, I think obviously all gamblers will not refuse if they are given winnings by the casino, we cannot lie that all gamblers want to win, logically who does not want or do not like money? The fact is that everyone needs money, but what you have to understand is in terms of "expectations", expectations are the difference between gamblers, there are those who want to win by being too hopeful so that they act aggressively, for example by making many attempts which ultimately make them suffer from the number of defeats because it is impossible to get consecutive wins, and there are also those who gamble without expecting anything but if the victory comes by itself they will not refuse.

For people who don't expect to win too much, they won't lose too much because the number of tries is not too frequent and they understand that gambling is a lucky activity that depends on luck, so with that they won't push too much because they know that if they are lucky then the victory will come by itself.

It's mostly addict's who comes up with such so they can still fund their addiction because looking at all this reasons they don't really seem logical to me and they aswell sound like joke, I mean how do you find love gambling when most of us gambling online do that behind our screen and are most often anonymous or is it at the land casino where we find only very few female folks except you have a different sexual desire, even talking about gambling for pleasure I'm sure if you are loosing you have almost no pleasure except you are super rich and can afford to have fun loosing money.

I'v heard a few who makes mention of getting close to your winnings by gambling everyday, although sometimes it's applicable but most times it's just baseless and mare fantasies which I don't consider really logical enough.

I think they are referring to a different kind of love, is it like their attachment to gambling or is it that gambling has a different impact on their lives and that is where they get the joy and comfort they are looking for that the people around them cannot provide. As you've said, many gamblers are used to gamble via online, so there's no valid reason for a person to know if one of their co gambler is male or female, Am I right?

Usually, the results we get from a match where we have no expectations of winning can give us a win, which gives us a surprise because we can win. It usually happens to people who don't expect or are too hopeful about winning, so luck comes to them instead. This often happens to people so that luck will come and give them a win. That's like gambling, where luck will always accompany the gambler's steps, but only truly worthy gamblers can get luck, so even though we try to chase that luck, they still have difficulty getting their luck. Unfortunately, those who haven't had any luck still try to gamble, and they even gamble more often than usual and only experience loss without winning the game. They should be able to realize that they have gone too far in gambling while they have not been able to win from gambling and have only lost more money. If they realize this and start thinking about reducing their gambling activities, they can prevent losing money and can also prevent the possibility of becoming addicted to gambling. Gambling addiction is caused by gambling too often for a long time and not having good self-control.

That's why we have to emphasize to ourselves that gambling is entertainment and we don't need to spend so much money just to get the pleasure. Playing gambling can be enjoyed even with enough money, especially when we use gambling as entertainment where we don't have the desire to try to win the gambling game. We will just let ourselves enjoy the gambling game and allow luck to come to us if we really deserve it. Playing gambling casually is what might give us a win because we don't think much about the gambling game and just want to spend time gambling. We have to be able to adjust the risk of losing money from gambling games so that we don't lose a lot of money because gambling is not about making money. We must be able to think of gambling as a place to have fun.

Normally, every gambler wants to win, but the problem is that many of them are not ready to see their losses, so they just use more money to gamble and instead experience more losses. This makes many gamblers not ready to see many losses and frustrated when they see them. And yes, they will do anything to win, even if they use more money. If someone can get his luck, he can win easily and even get a big win. They don't need to create unnecessary alibis just to return to gambling because if they can have good self-control, they can return to gambling whenever they want.

Yes, that's the function of self-limitation, which we learn to limit spending money and prevent it from just experiencing loss. We can also determine how long we gamble to reduce the number of losses. If we can stay within limits, we don't need to worry about gambling problems such as losing a lot of money, experiencing more frequent losses, and even gambling addiction. Experiencing a lot of losses can make us frustrated and stressed, which can trigger our emotions so that we cannot accept the loss and instead continue gambling.

Well alibis can be true if they provide verifiable evidence or witnesses supporting the individual's claim. I haven't heard anything weird alibis about gamblers that they can continue to gambling. Most common I heard from gambler is they often tell themselves they'll get lucky soon, try to recover losses, or think they have a winning strategy. This is one of my alibis too for me to continue gambling. And later on regret on what I did.

This alibi of a thing is getting twisted here and what you claimed to be gambling alibi is not what I know it to be. Giving yourself false or true hope as the case may be with gambling is what you just expressed, and not an alibi. It is just your motivation about betting, and most seem to get people in gambling trouble. Of course, having a winning strategy is a must, the same goes for the recovery of losses, everyone does that, but still, an act that gamblers should shun before getting them into trouble. But alibi in gambling is giving a claim for gambling which is not particularly true. A typical example is to say you want to eat at an eatery but you are in the gambling house. By this, you use the eatery to fake where you are actually going.

The strangest thing I have ever heard from a gambling addict, to justify his bad behavior in gambling. He reasoned that the gambling he was doing was just to fill his free time, but he left his duties and obligations to be able to gamble. That's a very strange reason, because what he said didn't match what he did. And gambling can make us addicted, where we are always in a hurry to visit the casino, but feel reluctant to leave, even though we have finished playing time and have to go back to work and complete our tasks and obligations. So without good self-control and good time management, this gambling will only lead us to big losses that we have never experienced before, where pleasure suddenly turns into misery just because of our bad behavior in gambling.

I still believe that the main purpose of entertainment is to pass the time, but if we say we want to entertain our self because we are stressed, I think that's not valid. There must be a reason on why we are stressed. We need to tackle the root cause of it, and not that we find an escape. I'm sorry but I think the weirdest alibi you consider is I think not really the weirdest. It was too common actually.

Weird is something that we rarely heard. Maybe some of them have been given already on this thread (I didn't check all of them though) or will still be given by other users including me, because I still can't think of anything right now. :D. Sorry OP, I find your question pretty tricky to answer.

People who often gamble will use many reasons that might sound strange to us, but that's what they are. They won't care if their reasons sound strange to other people just because they want to return to gambling more often than before, even though they have other activities to do. These people seem to be addicted to gambling, so they always want to return to gambling as soon as they take a break from gambling. They don't think that returning to gambling more often can make them experience difficulties until they eventually become addicted to gambling. And when they become addicted to gambling, they will experience even greater difficulties and not know how to solve them. Even those who are doing an activity want to get back to gambling in a hurry because they feel they cannot miss any moment of the casino. Even though the casino is still there and the casino will always issue promotions that attract more attention from gamblers.

Maybe the saying that other gamblers say, "Gambling always satisfies me whether I'm losing or winning." I guess we can say that these reasons have an addiction formed in their personalities and habits in this gambling industry.

As for the others, we can also say that it is a very strange reason that "Without gambling, I am incomplete." This reason is cruel to me because it seems that the gambler or player has a love team where the day is not complete when he does not see it like that.

you can't say that either, because nowadays it's easy to cheat the evidence or papers that can be shown as proof, even the people who make excuses and use death, they still have fake death certificates and supporting documents, that's how gambling affects a person's mentality especially when addicted to gambling. The alibi that people usually make is about having any disease related to them and to their family. If you can only see or experience hearing that kind of alibi, it is really believable especially with the documents in hand.

Rather than alibi, I think the much more fitting word for OP's examples are excuses. Gamblers make excuses to continue gambling. That is very predictable act, since gambling is extremely addictive and people underestimate just how fast they can get addicted.

I think the weirdest excuse that I have heard is that somebody keeps on gambling because "they eventually will hit their lucky streak".

And honestly, I have heard this excuse many times now, so perhaps there is some commonality among human psychology to think that good luck is a space/time relative event. Which is of course, complete nonsense.

"almost won"
I often hear this, it happens when they lose and run out of capital. When they lose and gamble again they reason "almost won". and this also happens when they lose and run out of capital and borrow from friends who are both gamblers for the reason that they are almost winning too, I think this is ridiculous, when they almost win and lose, it doesn't mean they have to gamble again because it doesn't that's right.

In fact, I'm sure all gamblers have their own reasons why they gamble continuously, whether because of a hobby, almost winning, or because they want to get rid of their curiosity, but what is clear in my opinion is that they are thirsty for the victory at gambling that they have hoped for and imagined. They don't think about the risks but only prioritize their desire to gamble.

Almost won or lose is really just that the same. Its true that there are really just that people who do really be able to control such emotion and there are ones who cant really be able to control
and this is why they do mess up their lives with gambling just because of too much engagement and being really that hopeful on things and this is something that would be messing up their lives because of it.
Its not really that bad to gamble as long you do have that control, people do usually loses up their control on the time that emotion would really be kicking in.
People would really be just that tending to stop on the time that they would really be losing that huge money on the moment that they cant be able to spend up anymore.

The won and loss is not the same thing,every one was different one.Because the gambler who won the money can uplift their life using the money.But the gambler who loss the money in the gambling will loss their money and get loan from all of his contact.Finally they will get bankruptcy and may loss their holding property in hand.Because the gamblers use that property to settle their loan because of the gambling.The gamblers who use to bet high amount for each betting will loss their capital at the end.The safest game was recommended to the gamblers to survive in the gambling site for the longer period and to away from big loss.

Most of those who give these excuses are addicted to gambling. A gambling addict is a person who suffers from a gambling-related disorder. Because he needs financial resources to bet, he may make strange excuses to convince those around him of the necessity of playing. I did a quick brainstorming to imagine some of the strange and possible excuses a gambling addict can make:

“It's an opportunity to get rich quick”: The addict convinces those around him that gambling is a quick way to win a lot of money.
“I know a system that can beat the casino”: The addict claims that he has discovered a great system that helps him beat games in the casino and win large amounts of money, and thus tries to convince those around that he should play to win money too.
“Gambling will solve my financial problems”: The addict supports that gambling will help him solve his current financial problems.
“I have to get my money back”: The addict considers that he needs to play to recover the money he previously lost.

Whatever excuses a gambling addict makes, those around him must understand that gambling is a serious problem and the addict must be helped to get rid of it. Family support and specialized treatment usually provide the most effective solutions.

If that's the way we respond, we should be able to respond well, almost winning. If we can control ourselves by responding well to almost winning, perhaps there won't be continuous gambling, and with losing, what makes us curious is that many of them can't control themselves, so when they lose they become curious and gamble again. deposited the money back at the casino, which was driven by curiosity.

Expecting a lot or big from gambling is not right, because sometimes I think having more hopes from gambling will only destroy our lives. By hoping to win, it means we are chasing victory, while chasing victory is not recommended at all, because with the reality that defeat will be more certain, chasing victory will only ruin our finances. It's true what you said, if you have good self-control then gambling itself is not bad. If they respond wrongly to gambling, their emotions may indeed emerge and cause them to lose self-control. However, in my opinion, not all gamblers will stop gambling even though they have lost large amounts of money.

Gambling has help a lot of people to be honest but it has also wrecked the Life of so many people I advise that you should not allow gambling to affect the way you think about money making, always make sure that you spent less time in a casino,. The lesser the time you spent in a casino the more you will be able to avoid getting wrecked because of gambling.

Do not always listen to the advice that people are giving to other people when it comes to gambling most advises are misleading, they will tell you to keep gambling that your next win is already closer than you think and the more you believe this, the more you will want to risk all you have in gambling, and in the end you will still lose money.

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Before you become a gambler always make sure that you are ready to risk only what you can afford to lose, because in gambling it's possible to lose more money than you are prepared for, so the best thing to do is use spare money to take risks.

Usually it will be related to victory, ambition, desire and also big achievement from gambling so these are all things that cannot necessarily be achieved but there is a feeling of optimism that is too passionate and gives rise to thoughts that seem like hallucinations.
Maybe we will think it is strange and like stupid statement, but this is something that happens lot and is done by most of the gamblers out there.
There are several negative impacts when a gambler is in such condition, they will feel that they are at the peak of their luck or are in condition that makes it possible to achieve what they want.
Obviously they will gamble more often, increase the number of bets and deposit more money so that what they earn will never match their expectations.
There are many gamblers who have definitely learned valuable lessons from failing their hopes but they are not able to immediately realize it.

I also had came across this one friend that says I feel so lucky but the truth is that the luck he had is quiet random and I don't see it as an assurance for him telling me that he is that lucky and that's what make him hold on to that belief and that keeps him on placing bets.

It's just a feeling but yea it's kind of weird when someone says that and then you see the actual results and they're pretty bad. So, too many weird reasons or alibi that a gambler will say just for them to justify themselves and keep on going on.

Just don't be serious with it mate. Most of the gamblers is doing that as a ritual for us to attract the real luck. So whatever comes from our mouth might come and that is sort of belief.

Yeah, there's no assurance but there's fun on it so, there's really no assurance with that but a gambler is always happy to tell that to anybody even if we've been in terrible losing streak.

Yes, that's true because those with that goal will always reason about using related things to return to gambling. They no longer care what impact they will get after they finish gambling because they still want to try to get another win. There are still many gamblers who use unreasonable reasons to keep returning to gambling, even if it means they will spend more money. For them, it's okay because they still hope to win, but actually, they have become addicted to gambling and don't realize that it is a big problem for them that must be resolved immediately. The negative impact they feel is gambling addiction and also losing more money because they have lost control of themselves and can no longer use gambling properly. They will gamble more often because they feel that gambling has now become their priority and they don't want to do other things.

Luck is always subjective but I do sometimes gamble because I’m feeling lucky just like your friend. Actually, it’s a good reason to gamble because it only shows that you are optimistic to win in gambling at that point. We are all relying to luck in able to win on a pure luck based game so I don’t see the point of invalidating “I’m feeling lucky” as reason to play.

I’m frequently winning when I’m feeling this when gambling compared to when I play just for killing time. Luck is something that you can but very hard to describe. Lol

I find this thread really funny given the examples you provided, OP.

There was a time where I had this friend who continues to gamble despite the enormous loss that he incurred. Even if we were already advising and convincing him to stop, he kept rationalizing that he wants to gamble since THE LORD TOLD HIM TO DO SO.

We lost our minds when he said that and we definitely stopped convincing him to stop. We knew that from that moment, he was suffering from something that is beyond addiction- he was losing his mind and he started exhibiting abnormal responses to normal environmental situations.

In retrospect, I am in the position that these people who rationalize and think of ways just to continue gambling are the ones who are suffering mentally. They definitely do need professional help and guidance in order to at least mitigate the damage that gambling addiction caused them.