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Hi guys and ladies,

Sorry I can't share the Facebook post this thread stems from, as I lost the post, hours ago before deciding to bring it up as a discussion on this forum.

Like 6 to 7 hours ago, I was over there on Facebook scrolling my life-time away  ;D, I came to this post where the user was advising readers on how bad gambling is, being a gambler myself, I decided to open the post in fall to read and know what the dude is all about, and from all the story, it seems the dude went all in on a gambling sprey which didn't turn out the way he had anticipated, according to him, he had lost all his life savings (over $60,000) to gambling and it all started with a bet of $10.

And right now, the dude is all out to castigate and discourage as many that are willing to give him a listening ear; from gambling, all for what? Because gambling didn't turn out well for him, he lost his entire life savings, and he now believed that that is exactly how every other persons out there gambling will lose too.

What do you make of this, I honestly do not know but deep inside of me, I feel it's absolutely wrong to advice people against doing something, just because you did the same thing and it did not favor you..

Do you guys think it's OK to advice other gamblers to quit gambling simply because of your own bad experience, does your bad experience mean that every other gambler out there will also have the same bad experience?
I will like some really useful discussions around this topic.

Facebook? Have you checked the comments on YouTube when a person talks about gambling? It is all the same. Truth be told gambling is addictive so is smoking, drinking, clubbing, gaming, mobile phone and other activities that brings about a release of dopamine.

But are everyone who engage in these activities addicts? The answer is no. The stories from people who discourage others not to begin gambling are from those who didn't gamble responsibly. They are stories from those who didn't do it in moderation.

I will say  just like the philosopher, "man/human know thyself". You know what you have the ability to control and what you can't, if anyone feels gambling falls into the category of activities that may likely be beyond their control, then they shouldn't start at all.

This is why, gambling is not for kids only for adults.

I will prefer to let people know not to use high amount of money to gamble. But if they continue to gamble and spending more than they expected on gambling in a way they can not control it, they should just quit for gambling not to affect them in a bad way. Gambling addiction is not good at all and it is what that I against.

We cannot force someone to stop gambling or not to try gambling at all, but we can consider this post instead as a living testament of the risk that you can possibly get when you gamble and being greedy.

We already know the risk of gambling but it is still a choice, and what happened to that OP might not be applicable to others so for sure many will still try to gamble and of course, will learn from that mistakes not to go all in and gamble responsibly instead.

As a gambler myself, I don’t think it’s wrong to discourage everyone to gamble especially if he has a proof of outcome with his life experience. There’s a high chance that someone will suffer same fate in the other side of the world because gambling is always the root of being greedy.


Yes for me, gambling is a source of entertainment that usually requires spending money for fun. Advising to quit is good for me if the person who will receive an advice doesn’t know how to play as a responsible gambler. It’s a case to case basis but there’s no harm on what he is doing.

You know it's not gambling is to be blame in that situation but the lack of discipline of a gambler. If we truly understand the purpose of gambling and on how to manage its risk, we would not make a conclusion that gambling is bad. Instead of discouraging people to gamble, we can do it in a more positive way like educating them on the risk and we can use our life experience for them to really understand how much it would ruin their life if they cannot control their emotion in gambling.

Losing a life savings is too much, how much more on a person that is struggling financially and end up borrowing money or stealing because he wanted to win back his losses. However, with discipline we won't reach to that regrettable level because we know our limitations and we stick with it.

I would prefer to say "experience sharing" than "advising", because I think by sharing will give better impact to the others.
Based on my personal experience, when it comes to "advice", usually the response is negative because they think that we are better than them but if we do experience sharing, they will be able to take it better.
Of course you are free to choose, if you think advising others based on your experience is good then go for it.

I have a lot of friend that do this kind of post on social media after a massive losses in gambling. I don’t consider this as wrong move because they are just sharing what they experience on gambling which is not a made up story. I think it’s more acceptable to see this kind of post on my social media wall that user being discourage to gamble because I knew the feeling of losing big compared to someone blatantly sharing huge win for the purpose of recruiting others to sign up on his affiliate link.

Just ignore user like this because it’s their way to ease the pain of losing in gambling.  Many people do this not only about ga,bling on different things that gives negative impact on their life.

Even your big streamers tell users don't gamble. Watch the trainwreckz dude and he will pop a message up saying "don't get it twisted, he is down millions" or some shit. Eddie on the stake weekly when people get called for a bonus buy or win the raffle, he tells them don't gamble and cash it out immediately.

The guy you are talking about is basically trying to tell people not to be like him. He played like an idiot to lose 60k I would say. A very small % of people are going to be full time gamblers and winners, most everyone else is going to lose. That's what it's best to set aside a certain amount weekly or monthly and just have fun. Drink a few drinks, hang out with some friends, and don't think about the money.

It is good to advice other people about the consequences of gambling, and if you still tell them not to gamble, it is fine. This is because you don't want them to pass through the bad experience that yiou passed through. Also you should know that no matter the advice that you give to people on quitting gamble, if not they will run at loss, people that are gambling for profit will not listen to you, until they become victim themselves.

Can you tell an addicted gambler, who does not know that he is addicted to stop gambling, and he would listen to you. It is better that you tell people about the bad side of gambling, so that it is left for them to decide or not, if they will quit gambling or gamble responsible. If you can control yourself on your gambling activities, then no need to listen to anyone's advice on quitting.

The person is sharing his personal experience and giving a fitting advice. There's no doubt gambling is addictive and if you don't have self control you are going to ruin your life. Gambling be a fun part of your life if you are capable of controlling yourself and know your limits. Gambling should not be taken or introduced to as a money making process. That sort of advertising is what we need to stop.
I don't think it's wrong to share your experience and advice. No one are forced to take those advice but would act as a reminder to gamble responsibly. People are going to make their own decisions.

You can only advise them not to take gambling as investment because that is where many of them are missing it to end up in losing their live savings in gambling because they want to make millions one day to turn to a millionaire and, such person will never speak good things about gambling.

When you take gambling as fun and anytime you want to gamble, you gamble with what you can afford to lose, I don't think you will lose all your savings in gambling and, it will make you to stay long in gambling to tell a good story that will motivate upcoming gamblers to follow your steps to end well in gambling.

Advice that comes from experience is certainly very good and can be used as a lesson so that other people or people out there who gamble immediately stop their activities. What he did was a good thing in an effort to prevent other people from experiencing the destruction he experienced. However, a gambler is still a gambler who is always difficult to advise if other people's statements make him feel disturbed or cornered by the activities he has been doing in the casino for a long time. So his biggest blow was when he had lost everything and regretted not listening to the advice of others who had decided to stop gambling.

This kind of phenomenon has happened a lot, and I have also advised several of my closest friends, but as has been said, gambling always has various reasons to avoid it. What I mean is that a person has to feel the brokenness first in order to feel regret.

In contrast to controlled gamblers, they are able to manage their finances, which money should be allocated for gambling and which money should not be touched. So the possibility of experiencing destruction can be minimized. This means that if you are already gambling and don't want to stop, then learn to be a gambler who is responsible for what you bet, don't harm yourself or others, and try to gamble in a healthy way.

Why it can not? It's good to share your own experiences with other gamblers so they can be careful. although I am sure that when gamblers do not experience such experiences themselves, it will be difficult for them to stop gambling.
However, experience is the best teacher for us to learn. We can experience this ourselves or from other people's experiences that we read or know about. Even if it doesn't work to stop gambling, at least the experience shared provides self-reflection to gamblers to strengthen limits and control over their gambling.

When we have had bad experiences with gambling and we will share with those who have just started gambling, this is indeed a very good thing so that they can gamble carefully and don't let them experience financial difficulties because they gamble too often and after we Advise them so they will be able to think about not continuing to gamble so that they don't experience many losses.

For those who have experienced addiction, of course it will be very difficult for them to be able to listen to various kinds of advice that other people give, but if they have the desire themselves to be able to manage their gambling, they will certainly be able to gamble responsibly, of course this will be better for them. they if can do gambling responsibly and also they will not lose much on gambling.

Do gamblers have the right to talk about their stories of losses? Undoubtedly yes. Do they have the right to tell others to stop gambling? I guess not. It is worth speaking out about the negative consequences of gambling, but you should not force decisions to be made “to play or not to play”. Let each gambler decide this personally. His choice has its consequences. But the more stories there are about personal experiences that led to financial losses, the better it will be for gamblers in terms of decision-making. What will have a beneficial effect on the objectivity of perception of the consequences of gambling. Due to the fact that advertising promotes the idea that gambling is an easy and quick way to make money. Because of this, the “picture of the world” of future gamblers is distorted, because the idea of gambling as a springboard for financial success is imposed on them. But they try to remain silent about the dark side of the gaming industry.

You know, while I was writing this post, I came to the conclusion that unlucky gamblers have every right to advise others not to gamble. Why? Yes, if only because there is a counterbalance to advertising sponsored by casinos, in which only hard-hitting recommendations slogans “play and win” and similar rubbish are heard.

it is his right to be able to advise others that gambling is something bad and we cannot protest against it because it is freedom of speech. if you object to this, you can comment on the post and argue according to what you believe. or you can ignore the post (which is the best option) because his opinion on gambling and his reasons for preventing people from taking part in it don't harm you in any way.

I think it depends on why they want to gamble that's when you should advice then to stop gambling or to be gambling with care. If your friend is trying to be gambling as he wants to be making money therefore making gambling his source of making money. You should advise your friend to stop gambling and look for other things he can do that'll be giving him reliable source of money as gambling will make him to become addicted to gambling as he's chasing after his losses looking for money.

If your friend wants to start gambling for entertainment you shouldn't advice him to stop gambling, guide him on how he should gamble as you already have an experience due to you have being gambling before him and haven't become addicted to gambling or had a bad experience from gambling. Your advice are your personal experience therefore you can give it to anyone but don't force them to follow it.

Sharing a tough experience like losing big in gambling is a way to look out for others, even if it seems a bit negative. Its like saying, “Hey, this could happen, so be careful” .
But yeah, everyones gambling journey is different, and one perso"s bad experience doesn’t mean everyone will end up the same way.

I think sharing these stories is about giving a heads-up, not laying down a rule. Its cool to share what you’ve been through if it might help someone think twice and make smarter choices. After all, its up to each person to decide what they do with that advice.

From my understanding I think that there is no money that is small in gambling, if you are losing $10 you are also the same as one who is losing $50 also. From my end, I can say that the person who's wagering $10 is wagering what he can afford to lose and sometimes they don't even have up to $50. IMO, as long as you are losing money on bets you are also equal to one who losing millions and you are even much better than them. Why I said better than them is because you have the knowledge of what gamble can cause so you chose to only risk what you can afford to lose.
From my instincts, I don't choose to listen to people that have lost and not have anything to offer except just words, now the guy has lost his money on bets and he's trying to make someone understand that gambling is not good and it's also something they should stop. I choose not to listen to such persons, the guy should have known that earlier before he lost his life's savings on gamble.
You spoked well, everyone is not the same as everyone has their separate luck against everything they deal on, you can choose to stop what's not working fine for you and allow others to do it, you can only give advise for people to be careful while gambling and not to tell them to stop. If he wasn't the greedy type he would have lost all his savings on gamble, the first mistakes he made was when he went all in.
No
It's not right, everyone has their own grace/luck.

It's all up to those willing listeners though. But what I can say is that he didn't do it moderately. For someone who plans to go all in, don't go all in like you don't have a plan but to lose all your money. There is the need to rethink again every time you lose. Restratigize at least or even see what others are doing to win.

If its possible to just do it on sports betting, try it there because gambling is not just about sitting on the table or let the dice roll and hoping for luck to be on your favor.

It's okay to advices people not to playing gambling, especially if that advices is based on their experienced. But they can't forces other people if they wants to still playing gambling because playing gambling or not are each people decision. If people follows his advices, then that's good as many people will sees the impact of playing gambling for their lives and their family. They can sees what happens to them, including what happens to their family because family will gets the big impact if that person getting addicted to gambling.

People who playing gambling will experiences losing their money in gambling. So it's normal to shares or advices to them to stay away from gambling because gambling can't gives them money. But we can let people thinks about gambling and decided by themselves.

I don't think so, everyone has their own sequences and risks in the world of gambling, bad or good, losing and winning, it all depends on the individual, many of them are lucky in betting but quite a few also experience bad luck in gambling.

Advising someone, my understanding is not based on bad experience, whatever advice is given on social media has no effect on gamblers, especially for those who are seriously addicted, they will answer 'I'm not the same as him' maybe he was unlucky when gambling, for that reason experience is not the only reason to discourage someone from continuing to gamble, we can see the proof in the environment around us, Whatever we tell them about the bad things and risks of gambling, they still do the same thing, I think gambling is like hypnosis where they have been hypnotized by gambling, any advice does not make sense to them.

I think others' experiences can help ourselves to avoid committing the same mistakes in the future. So I think it's totally valid for someone to share his personal stories in order to help others who may find themselves in the same situation later. That is why we have evolved as civilizations, because we have previous examples from our ancestors on what we should practice and what we should avoid practicing.

However, in this particular case, the judgement from the reader doesn't have to be so extreme. The man has lost all his savings through gambling. It's a good reminder for us that gambling can be dangerous and that people shouldn't use their life savings with that activity. But, is that the only way to gamble? Are every gamblers going to face the same fate? What about other gamblers' opinions on this? What factors caused him to go beyond his limits? Could that be avoided?

For that man gambling is totally discouraged, but through the answers you find, gambling may be an activity you can practice without further damage to your finances. That is why self-knowledge is so important. So you know what you should avoid and what you should embrace.

Everybody must not win a life changing sum of money from gambling, because if that was possible, then the gambling business would have gone bankrupt many years ago, hence, It's very important people gamble with caution. So in regards to the man in the video discouraging people from gambling, I will say that wasn't the best approach to this, as he ought to have told people the risk involved in gambling and allow them to trade with caution or an amount they can always afford to lose, rather than concluding that they will lose if they gamble just like he did due to greed, gambling all he had.

No, that a gambler bet and lost it, it doesn't mean there aren't other gamblers who bet and didn't win that same day. Because one thing about gambling is that it is a game of luck, and as such, not everybody will be lucky the same time.

When my friends talk about gambling I always give them the disclaimers about odds, house edge, gambler's fallacy. Etc. I consider this basic education to not get sucked into it.

Many people go into it not knowing even the basics and end up losing a lot. But really advising someone against gambling literally does no harm. If he wants to pass time or make cash there are better ways to do both. If you go in knowing you can afford some risks as a cheap thrill then ok, but if someone is compulsive better skip gambling all together.

I somehow agree with what that person advocates for.

Remember that gambling is not just a simple activity- it is an addiction that can cause you to self-destruct if you lack the necessary precautions and responsibility in maintaining your finances. I am pretty sure that the intention of the person is good- imagine, he is passionately sharing his story in order to warn users about the pitfalls of gambling addiction and the things that you may expect if you lose control of your finances.

Again, it is definitely okay to give advice to people about gambling addiction. I mean, he is speaking from experience and he truly wants people to avoid what he had encountered in the past.

At the end of the day, it is not about that he had a "bad" experienced in gambling, it is all about its general effects and overview on the subject matter. Heck, even people who won huge amounts in gambling still advice people to NOT gamble in the first place.

REMEMBER:
There are certain rules and advice surrounding gambling addiction that were written in blood. There is no harm in heeding to the advice of people who have personally encountered these.

Honestly it's a bad idea because of your own mistakes trying to convince others not to gambles, theirs may not be as we have it with ours in gambling, instead, we need to let our story be a lesson to impact something good on them in other for them to take heed while gambling so that they won't have the same experience as we had in gambling, everyone has his own different ways of doing things, they have their own decision to make on whether to continue with gambling or quit, but telling them to make decision hastily is uncalled for because they are likely not to choose the same pattern we used that led to our downfall in gambling.

That is his choice, as it is the choice of each person to decide to listen to his advice or ignore him, for my part I do not think it makes any difference, as I have seen people come to me crawling to get my advice and then do the opposite as soon as I turn my back to them, so it is obvious that people are going to do whatever they want regardless of what others may think, and it is even likely he knows this, and this is just the way he is using to deal with the losses he suffered through gambling.

It's easy for him to be the ambassador of people stopping gambling after he lost his life savings and doesn't want other players to go through the same ordeal!!

And not to be judgemental on this... how does one go from $10 bets to losing $60K..come on fella's what I see here is a player full of greed and isn't sure with what they want or how to gamble! You know what they say, winners know when to stop and by stop doesn't mean you are profitable, this also means you have had a losing session and you walkaway to play another day...let's know when to walk away, simple!

Otherwise I would have loved to see a video of the player playing to see what went wrong...might learn something here.

It's not about being right or not, but everyone has the right to give advice based on their personal experience.

Now, as a reader or listener, it depends on how will you react to it.

-Will you take it seriously?
-Will you take it as just another never-ending basic advice?
-Will you take it as "ah ok"

Sharing bad experiences in gambling is common. Take it or ignore it, your call.

I think everyone has the right to express their opinion and no matter where they base it from or no matter from where it derives.This specific case though it shows that this guy is a sore loser and it is butt hurt so he doesn't stand the fact that he lost his life savings which is plain stupidity from anyone to do that.Only people stupid enough can gamble away all their fortune and although I am one of the people who often talk against gambling it is because I want people to not go deep down like I got few years ago when I was in full addiction mode and life was hell in the true meaning of the word,not because I lost a big amount of money like the dude in this story.

Gambling is risky and annoying whenever a person loses out his life savings. What do you expect his reactions to look like? It'll also surprise us to realize in future that this same gambler is either lying or would gamble again. However, some social media gambling advice shouldn't be counted as valid, they are fueled by impressions and getting people's attention. Derailing the gambling aim of others isn't right. They're better means of spreading responsible gambling messages other than instigating fear on players. It's a problem on the advisor's end, because he is doing it out of his multiple losses. Hence, that wouldn't be his advice if he hadn't lost all that money. I don't encourage people to follow such talks, it was his fault for chasing losses. Once a player is cool and focuses on building a reliable gambling strategy, he has nothing to bother about. Gambling in fear is also wrong, that's why gamblers shouldn't to listen to such failures, as the same fear in them could be transferred to their listeners or readers.

No, it's not ok. But he has personal freedom and he can give his advice to anyone he wants. But I think that if he pours his life saving fund into gambling like a fool, he himself is responsible if they are lost. Did he not know that gambling can lose or win all those funds. The basic rules of gambling are that you should invest as much fund as you can afford to lose. And that's what he broke and that's why he's in this situation today, I think the moment he's going through right now, no other person should take his advice.
I want to say another thing that many times many people break their legs while playing football, then if they advise others not to play football that I broke my leg while playing football, it not a good sport you shouldn't play it, is it possible?

I think it's not wrong to advice people. Most of us do it here when we tell people to get a hardware wallet because we lost some coins, or to watch the address because we made a mistake of sending bitcoin somewhere we did not want it to go. Many of us advice people to invest in cryptocurrencies just because we did well doing so. It's the same with gambling. Some people will win and will tell others to try a certain game or casino out and others will lose and warn people against it.
It's great that we can read about other people's mistakes and make our own choices. Would you rather be left in the dark without any information?

It's okay. If that's what he thinks because he didn't do well in gambling then that's much better, we're seeing someone who doesn't become addicted to gambling and that's good, right?

Instead of a bad story that we see that guy go with gambling and become addicted but because he personally think that gambling is bad, that's why he discourages other from doing so.

Anyway, this is all about our personal experiences and our point of view. If that's what he's saying, okay but for us, we know what we're doing.

I don’t think he’s doing anything wrong. He’s merely sharing his painful experience to anyone who would listen about the dangers of irresponsible gambling. The experience likely pained him as well as impacted enough sense in him to change his ways and attitude towards gambling and he’s trying to warn people not to make the same mistakes as he did.
Perhaps the means he uses when talking about the cons of gambling may not ho down well with you, you’ll have to excuse his methods as I would say he’s trying to pass across just how urgent his message should be taken as well. He doesn’t want people to go down the hole he went.

It's all okay in my opinion. The dude is just trying to warn others of the pitfalls of gambling through his experience. There isn't anything wrong about raising awareness through your own experience. At least, it gives some people thought about the matter because it can also happen to them. The guy doesn't really seem offensive to other people at all if he's talking from experience. He just wants to save other people from the same trouble, and if anything, I think that's pretty kind of him.

When gambling limits the minimum age to 18+, there is a positive assessment because this gambling does not know who the player is and does not know how rich he is. Ages 18+ are generally ready with their minds. This age can already think about the true meaning of gambling which is specifically for adults, not for small children.
The thinking of adults is different from that of small children when the advice that gambling is not to make money but to simply test luck is acceptable.
I think it wouldn't be wrong to give wise advice that doesn't mean to stop him from gambling.

We should understand where the individual is going, based on his stories, it's one of the worst, losing everything you have and it all started with $10. So I guess he has all the reasons to rant and everything. I wouldn't say he is right or wrong though, still depends on the individual who is going to read his story, just like you. You were affected by it and maybe thinking of stopping gambling, then good if you are swayed by his stories and doesn't want to end like him losing everything in an instant. But there are still gamblers who will just shrug it off after reading everything and put the blame on the gamblers itself. So in this life, it's really hard to make the right decision, and in this a snap, it can really turn into a disaster for you. But the good thing is that he can it's not too late for him and reset and learn from his mistakes.

We all have our own path in life.  For some, gambling is a harmless pastime.  But for others, it can become an unhealthy obsession.  This fellow seems to have struggled with self-control when it came to gambling.  Before judging others, he would do well to reflect on what drove his own actions and  of course his experience is just one story.  Many folks gamble now and then without major consequences.  But for a vulnerable few, the lure of easy money leads down a tricky road.  As with many things, moderation is key.  His bad experience is a warning, not a universal law.  Maybe it will scare someone into setting limits or quitting altogether, but ultimately, we all must walk our own path, wherever it may lead.  

as you said, the guy lost all of his savings to gambling, I think what the guy is doing id just giving a warning to other people on what can happen when they gamble carelessly, which really is not a bad thing to do.

if you find the post again, and would you mind sharing it here, not sure why but I'm curious what wrote exactly.

All gamblers have experienced defeat when gambling, it's just that everyone has different problems and different ways of gambling. And I don't think it's wrong if you advise other people because you don't want them to experience the same thing, but what you have to know is that every gambler has a different character, strategy and way of gambling.
And for example if you tell me about gambling behavior or incidents that you experience. Maybe I would answer, my gambling behavior is not the same as yours because I gamble using money that I can afford to lose, and I only gamble on weekends just for fun and that too if I have the urge to gamble. If not, I wouldn't do it and there are many other differences that make your suggestions fall on deaf ears because of the differences that exist.

Even with such post of that person advising against gambling, people will still go into gambling no matter what. Some may get scared for what have had happened to him but most of the time it is just temporary feeling of hesitation. We can't dictate people's action because of your bad experience. And people know it.


Because at the end of the day, it is still on you if you will explore gambling or not. Such bad fate will also happen if you won't control your emotions and continuously play even if you are already on the losing side. Also, if you have no more money to finance your games, how can you lose, right? Unless, you borrowed money from someone else.

Blame the gambler and not the game
Many gamblers are like that,  they gamble irresponsibly and at the end they put the blame on gambling and fail to blame themselves for being irresponsible. Gamblers need to understand that gambling is not the problem,  but how you go about it is the problem. To many, gambling is a form of entertainment and also a source of passive income. Those who abuse gambling and what it has to offer will always regret it at the end.


For a person who gambled with his life's savings, it is an irresponsible act and it is very necessary to point out your errors so people will learn. Instead of advising people to quit gambling, it is better you tell them what you did wrong that landed you in such a pitiable state. You cannot gamble rightly and face any gambling related problem. Your experience should deter many others from gambling irresponsibly. I repeat, gambling is not the problem, but the gamblers are.

It's a common story that guy explain or giving advice to others. I have seen lots of topic here on Bitcointalk forum that users gambling. I think those peoples who have faced this kind of situation those will be give this kind of advice but it is totally their mistakes to do that much of betting what they can't afford. Gambling should be always on their beyond of afford. And I will also say that here most people will say this.

because a bad experience happened to us, it is not necessarily the same experience experienced by other people in gambling.
Advising others by sharing our bad experiences is not something bad. that can still be considered normal. because it can be a warning to other gamblers who also gamble the same as us.
Some people choose to keep their gambling stories to themselves. but some of them willingly share their bitter stories with others as a warning and lesson. It doesn't matter whether it is accepted by other people or not, what is certain is that every experience like that must have good intentions.

It's not wrong to give advice to someone but it doesn't make any sense to advise someone to not gamble because it ruined your life. For me, this exactly sounds like advising someone to not get a girlfriend because he had a very bad past experience or because someone killed himself because a girl didn't say yes.
Gambling is associated with fun for me. I have worked in gambling industry and there is no conspiracy here. Look at gambling like video games but it's a different variation. You pay to play video games but in the casino you pay to play casino games but you decide the money that you want to pay. You can play with free money today, almost every casino gives you free money on every available game, so I don't understand what's wrong with gambling for some people. Just don't go too far and don't sell your house on dice roll and you'll be fine.

Many people doing crypto or stock trading also lose huge amount of money sometimes, but we never hear such complaints about this activity. Risks are the same though. And you can become addict exactly in the same away. It's such a little bit risky for your funds when you win because unlike casinos you're not winning the money belonging to the platform("the house") but the one belonging to other users.

Free casino money?  Free cheese in a mousetrap, my friend. ;) Those bonuses have terms and conditions that make it nearly impossible to actually cash out without sinking real money in first.  That's bait and switch.

Gambling may be an advantage for some, yet it becomes a threat to majority most especially if it ends up with gambling addiction. However, if you gamble only on your spare money, you will never experience the worst in gambling. But if you tend to gamble more because you want to chase more profits, that’s where gambling addiction takes place, and when you feel it’s happening to you, better quit earlier than feel regret in the end because you have lose a lot in gambling due to greed and uncontrollable urge.

For the most part, I can stand behind a guy who from experience, lost all his shit from gambling, but just as the great uncle Iroh from Avatar said, you can't just take your wisdom from a single perspective, and I'm not saying I should hear out the local gambling addict and see why he's doing his shit because for the most part, having been in the same boat as his in the past, I have a good amount of knowledge as to what makes his clock tick. Anyways, I digress. The thing is that it's easy for him to say shit like that after he just got hit with a cold hard cinderblock of truth at the back of the head, the same can be said for the people who continuously debate him as well, they pretty much haven't lost that much money just yet and are probably thinking they're invincible or something, but soon as they incur that loss upon themselves it's over.

As for myself, I don't really care, I got my duck in a row when it comes to gambling, I found out harshly that it's not something you can just call buddy-buddies with, you gotta make it submit to you and make sure you control it, not the other way around. Cause soon as you give gambling addiction a moment of weakness, it's gonna make the most out of it.

What i understand is that gambling is not for everyone and everyone must not succeed through gambling that is why you finds some people not succeeding in their line of business today because they felt that that is were their calling is so therefore they must do same business to succeed as Brother Okonkwo knowing too well that not the same experience Okonkwo has they have. Instead of them to go proper business where they think they can succeed they go into gambling without the knowledge of how gambling works, frankly speaking some people needs knowledge and counseling before they go into whatever they want to do, if they don't study about that particular business they are going into. If he gambles and didn't succeed that doesn't mean other should stops there are other people who are gambling today and hitting millions from it and they are doing well, the rate at which people are losing so it is to people that are gaining so that doesn't mean he can stop people from gambling because he lost his live savings.

You are right, and I completely agree with you, and based on what is being discussed, some gamblers make this terrible mistake of gambling way too much, chasing after big wins, but if eventually they end up losing it all, they turn around and start discouraging other gamblers from participating in gambling because they think that what happened to them would also happen to other gamblers,.

This is totally what I dont buy into, it is absolutely wrong if you ask me, I myself have been gambling for several years now, and from my experience, I can say for sure that, gambling can be sweet, and it can also be bitter for you, it all depends on how we handle or go about our gambling activities, in all my years of gambling, I have never had any course to want to discourage any body from gambling, simply because I gamble responsibly, one time I allowed greed to take the better part of me, I lost huge sums of money, I regretted it big time, but I promised myself never to make such mistake ever again.

So, instead of this guys embarking on the movement of try to discourage other gamblers for something that happened to them which is out of their own stup**d*ty, why don't they just own up to their mistakes and move on...

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I’m sure nobody is going to stop them for doing so.

To me, I feel it’s fine for them to create such type of post, at least it will bring to the awareness of those that are still engaging in bad gambling habits the danger that is attached to it. I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel the post will let people know that not controlling yourself could lead to you losing everything.

The only time I’d be against it is when he or she goes on to create the thread without properly explaining to the public what actually happened. But as far as they are writing exactly what happened them they are good to go as far as I’m concerned.

I think the guys was foolish enough to even spend all his life saving on gambling. Gosh... What was he thinking? Was he not aware that gambling is not an investment? Even those he is advising against gambling can tell that every thing was his fault. He gambled so recklessly and he got what he was in for, his advice should be that people should learn from his mistake. He gambled like and a compulsive addict, so he should advice other not to be compulsive, he should advice other to learn how to control their emotions and decisions during gambling, he should not advice people against gambling.

It's better to just give that person the benefit of the doubt and just let them do what they want. In the end, we are still the ones who will decide if we will continue to gamble or not despite lots of advice we will encounter. It might be annoying to hear advice from others saying that we should quit gambling just because they experienced worse but just take it as good advice.

Instead of making it a big deal, let's just understand the behavior of these people as they experienced really bad in gambling.

One thing I learned from the story was that gambling wasn’t the problem, it was his greed and foolishness that made him lose all his savings. Anyone who starts a bet with $10, and ends up losing $60k (which btw is all the money he’s saved) definitely has a problem. One good advice I got from bitcointalk as regards to gambling is to never gamble more than 10percent of my monthly income. I believe if this person had obeyed this rule, the story would have been different as his losses would have been minimal.

Ah, I even imagined that if the $60k was just used for investment in Bitcoin, it would almost be 1BTC and it would be very profitable if it took profits in the bullish ATH era in the future. but what can I do, every person has their own profession. And this is something that, we can make fools of, but when it comes to addiction, sometimes it doesn't feel like it, suddenly the wealth has run out. This is why controlling emotions and will in gambling is very important, as is financial control used in gambling. This is all his mistake and he must be responsible for that.

of course no problem. The more experience you share about gambling, the more it should be a lesson for anyone to keep calm when playing gambling. So it can be more controlled. especially with the experiences of people closest to you or even personal experiences, this will be very valuable learning, and can even stop gambling. But yes, it also depends on the person. The problem is that maybe they have read about many bad experiences, but don't do it because they haven't experienced it themselves. This is the difficulty when we give advice to other people.

When there are people who lose that much money they are people who are too addicted to gambling places. With capital of $10 you should be able to get $60k. This is gambling which has very high risks, therefore when I place a bet I prefer to do it in sports betting, where we can find out who will be the winner from the team's condition on the field. Furthermore, for the capital used in gambling, at 10% of your monthly income, it is very small, when gambling, the profits will appear to be less, maybe you should try to increase your capital by up to 20% every month in the hope that you will succeed in winning at gambling. you did.

Advices are given out daily and most gamblers are ignorant. We face risks and most of us have become acquainted with the current unstable phase of gambling system, but most of us end up losing huge figures and keep it to ourselves, everyone is different. We have the required money and knowledge, it'd meant to share them inother to provide aides for those that desperately need them in the space. Everyone have the challenges they're facing and I must say, it's been really been really a rough path to follow this season.

You're absolutely correct mate. I believe that lack of proper education and support for people who are struggling with gambling addiction has been often overlooked. There's often a stigma around admitting that one has a gambling addiction and this makes it difficult for people to open up that they really need help, so rather than asking for help, they decide to just die inside and not talk to people about it for fear of being criticized. There should really be more open conversations about responsible gambling and also provision or more resources to help people who are actually struggling with addiction. There some addiction that requires just more than advise to get rid of, we should try harder to discover how to help addicts even when they refuse to speak up because most people are actually scared or ashamed to speak of for fear of being judged.

How does a $10 gambler goes up to $60,000 in loss? He must have fallen under the category that increasing the amount will bring him luck faster, till date many gamblers think this way, and thats why they all have no good stories to share about gambling.

If to you, everything about gambling is, money money money, you will eventually start doing the stupid things, Being disciplined will be so far away from you, and you will not fall under a particular category.

The man OP is talking about is still regretting his losses, thats a lot of money he lost trying to become a millionaire with gambling, with $60,000 in crypto I would have turned that into numbers very close to 1 million dollars.

Sharing personal experiences, especially negative ones, can be a form of cautionary advice rather than a directive for others to quit gambling outright. It’s about context. If someone has faced significant losses, their story might serve as a reminder of gambling’s risks, encouraging others to gamble responsibly rather than not at all.

Advising others to quit based solely on a personal bad experience might not be entirely fair, but sharing that experience as a lesson in what can potentially go wrong is valid. It’s all about fostering a dialogue that encourages responsible gambling practices and acknowledges the risks involved without casting judgment on the activity itself.

Maybe its good to share his story since for sure he can pick up some good readers to learn from his experiences. But for giving an advice about not to follow his foot steps for sure there are other people will not learn for what he experience since those people will just ignore then said that that incident will not happen to them since for them they are in control and didn't take to much. So maybe he just waste his time if he give such advice to people who doesn't want to listen on other peoples advice. So maybe he just let his story posted and let people read and discuss about that since for sure there are several guys that can be touched by stories then try to do some counter action not to experience what they see  posted by random individual.

Its okay to share your experience, or bad experience about gambling in other gamblers but don't expect that they will follow it or they will believe in it because believe me no matter how persuade you will od if the gambler is too addicted in gambling they will not stop for them its okay as long as it is not happening to them, that's why there's a saying about "the regret is in the end" meaning a person will know what is the consequences of his action after shit happens or if he stumble and experience the great lose in gambling.
You can do your part on advicing them or reminding them but never expect that they will listen or even believe in you, your experience is not always applicable to others and I prefer them to learn the lesson themselves in order to learn the truth and will never comeback in gambling ever again.

People dont like talking about gambling addiction. The best way to help folks struggling is to start with understanding. We need better education on this issue, the kind that truly explains the struggle. Not just pamphlets, but real, accessible information. And forget the shame game - that's not going to help anyone. We need folks to know they're not alone, that support is out there.

The system needs a shakeup. We're talking resources, the best of the best, not some half-baked solution. We gotta understand how addiction works, get to the psychology of it. This isnt about weakness, its about needing a helping hand. And that hand needs to be strong, consistent. Its time to invest in this, the real smart way. We can make a difference, we can help folks get their lives back on track. This isnt something we can ignore, we need bold solutions, solutions that will change lives.

Many gamblers will never take advises from a fellow gambler, they would rather prefer to learn from their own experiences. But, whether people pay attention to the stories of a failed gambler or not, it should not stop the gambler from letting people know the mistakes he made. Out of ten persons, there might be at least one person who would be conscious of his gambling activities as a result of the story he heard. They say "experience is the best teacher ", those who would not take advise would be taught by the best teacher (experience) because no one is going to force anyone to gamble responsibly. Gambling is only enjoyable when played rightly.

It is okay to advice others based on your experience as a caution of how dangerous gambling is. In the first place, that's just an advice or suggestion and not merely a requirement or total restriction; it'll still depend to that individual or listener of him whether he would follow it or not. It would be better to hear such disclaimer than to be surprised of things and to suffer the same fate. Gambling is really risky that no one holds the assurance or guarantee of winning regardless of how much you want it to happen; things will always depend on your luck and your task is to extend that luck as much as possible by means of controlling wager and betting amounts, taking a pause sometimes and knowing when to bet or skip. Greed will always be at the corner waiting for you to get it and that's something you should be cautious of.

How??
I don’t think 10% of a month’s salary is small. Gambling is not an investment and won’t make you rich so why would you want to spend 20% of your salary in casinos. According to this  poll (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5459789.msg62548169#msg62548169), there are gamblers who only gamble with 5% of their weekly income.
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If he is betting like I did and I know the guy why not, but if he's someone who has full control of what he bets it is wrong to advise him to quit gambling and I don't think he will heed the advice, people take advice from someone they respected not from random people who knows nothing about you.

When we lose a lot of money and suffer a lot our thinking is we should help others so they will not suffer what we've gone through, but you will invite hate and fight if you advise all you've encountered, they will just tell you that we are not like you who is very addicted to gambling and will blame you.
 

Such texts exists a lot in particular forums about gambling. Losing a significant amount of money through gambling and then discouraging others from engaging in it is quite common. It's understandable that the person would want to share their story as a cautionary tale, hoping to prevent others from making the same mistakes they did. Their intention to spare others from the pain and loss they experienced is commendable. It's important for people to be aware of the potential risks associated with gambling, especially when substantial amounts of money are involved.

I also often remind other people, especially on this forum, but I don't force them to listen to what I say and my experience. In essence, every decision comes back to each person, after all, if someone is addicted to gambling, it's difficult to advise, so there's no need to worry. also about that, it is true that not everyone experiences the same unlucky day but if you gamble against the bookie you will definitely get the same result in the end if you can't control yourself you will lose a lot of money.

Everyone is free to advise anyone or ask them to stop gambling if they are no longer under control or are addicted to gambling. It's not that easy for people to listen to other people's advice so it won't matter if the person you are referring to gives advice or pressures people to stop gambling because gambling makes people poor, after all that is a clear fact too, we cannot forbid him from advising anyone as long as he thinks it is right, just focus on ourselves, after all, every gambler who has discovered the joy of gambling will not listen to anyone's advice, not everyone Gambling also wants to make money, you can just look for fun and it is controlled, so it is impossible for the user you are referring to to influence other people.

I believe it is not about whether advice or not people on what they are supposed to do with their life, their money and their time. I would rather for an approach where (instead creating a perception which could be biased) one states facts.
Let us allow people to partake in activities they like and which are legal while also making them fully aware of the risks and the possible consequences such activity could have in the future.
There is a good reason for those warnings we all see on cigarette packages and also on the bottles of alcohol. Those intent to spread awareness on the consequences of abuse of those substances and activities, but because we are supposed to be in a free society, each one of us is supposed to have control over our personal destiny.

So, I am neither a smoker neither a heavy drinker, but in the case of someone coming to me for some advice about those things I would encourage them to do some research about the correlation between smoking and health problems and the correlation between alcohol abuse and health.

To each their own. I guess.

There is nothing wrong with sharing their bad experience on something and guiding how to approach it consideratively even advising them to quit because they had wrong turning point in their life due to this is okay but who is going to be convinced from the advises?

We tend to ignore such things until we experience them on our own. ;)

I never encouraged anyone to gamble as well as not forced to quit them, we are adults we should know the consequences of any actions that we practice.

Perhaps he feels he need to pass his message urgently and thinks that’s the best way to avoid making the same mistake he did and losing out on money. In his view, quitting gambling is much safer so as to not be able to remotely come close to making bad choices that would bring about bad consequences.
You cannot gamble responsible and face any financial difficulties that could arise from gambling. And what the person should be likely be preaching about to people is responsibility while gambling. He was irresponsible and paid for it.
Gambling as an activity really isn’t the problem; it’s people who are being irresponsible while indulging in said activity.

Well, obviously things with that player who lost all that money are bad, he is angry and maybe he thinks that everyone who plays in a casino is going to suffer the same as him, so that's why he gets bad publicity, but you should not see him as a hater or something that can influence a lot, you have to see him as something normal, as there are casino lovers, there are others who hate it, it is important that one cannot risk all his capital in the game, but in part the mistake was this player's because if he had controlled himself he would not have lost all his money, in part he was carried away by the game, emotions, excessive gambling, and these things are what make things go wrong, so it is good that he has told his experience, because eventually that can happen in a casino, but those who want to intimidate that intimidate them, that's to be careful, here applies what they say in my land, a famous saying: "If you see your neighbour's beard burning, put yours to soak".

He isn't castigating, for me he has done nothing wrong he is simply sharing his experience, same time safeguarding others to know the risk involved In gambling. And also making them know that's such possibility is possible.

There is no such word like Advice in gambling, or financial market. His experience can't be same as yours or anyone but the truth stands that there is possibility of losing and if not curtail can lead to a situation as his. And I haven't seen anyone that can share there positive experience without any bad experience.

OP, I haven't also seen anyone through gambling add value to there life,gambling if not limited can lead to such experience and the earlier we have many more person who shard this same story will help.
But the truth is everyone is entitled to there decision and those that will listen will listen, not everyone will pay attention and not every gambler will quit too.

Yes, that's fine. If the experience he's got was terrible then he is in all of his might to discourage people from gambling. From 10 bet to losing his life savings? Clearly, the problem is on him and he's just sharing his story to the other people that might end up being addicted as well and that's a good share that he can give to everybody. He even has got the guts to share it because not every failed gambler will tell their unique stories.
And this helps other gamblers when they're on the verge of being addicted as it will show how someone ended up if they are not going to stop. Nothing wrong with gambling as you do it with moderation. But the problem with many of us is that we forget to moderate and have some time to stop when it is necessary and even when we've been winning already, we're not stopping yet but we wait until we lose everything and that's the time we're realizing that there's a need for us to stop.

Wouldn't say that it's really about "gambling" itself, he might've mistaken it for his dumb decision-making. Not really rare though, usually addicts would blame the substance instead of their actions anyway. Now the idea of it being Ok or not is really dependent on how much you want to correct misunderstandings.

I'd say it's completely fine since people who can think about it can easily realize it wasn't gambling that caused the issue, it was his impulsiveness that did. The act of sharing his experience is actually fine and all, really great even, just that the way he did it was made to make people misunderstand. I mean let's be real, if someone was able to spend his life savings on gambling, there'd be 100% people who would spend their life savings say, on NFT's, figurines, painting, literally anything really.

Of course there is support from their environment, and not only that, there are also people who don't like gambling addiction, because gambling addiction is a bad thing, so it's only natural that there are some people who don't like gambling addiction. with the environment in life, of course they will definitely have friends to share their complaints with, and if they do, they will definitely give good advice or direction, including perhaps education which is like support for those who are addicted to gambling.

By becoming addicted, of course the problem is their thinking, why they can gamble excessively, it's because their thoughts are wrong about gambling, so their thinking leads them to gamble excessively. All problems must have a solution, including gambling addiction, there must be a solution, but this case is difficult to overcome if the main perpetrator does not have the intention to stop gambling.

One of the main reasons on why gambling industry or business is really that profitable it is just because of this kind of such changes on where a certain individual would be able to achieve or obtain
specially on the time that you would really be trying out to chase up your loses or on the time that you do already make yourself greedy. This is the most common or main behavior that you would really be able to encounter on the moment that you would really be stepping your foot into this space. IF we do see people around or specifically into those whom you do know or near or close to you and seen up that they are already
that spending too much or excessively involved in gambling then it would be might that common sense that giving out advises isnt a bad thing to consider.

This isnt really a meaning on getting involved into someones life but rather this is really a show of concern to other people. If they would be able to listen up your words then its good
but if they wont listen then its up to their choice, at least you have told them about the risks.

It seems that the person really experienced a real loss of money, or the point is that he said a real life experience because seeing from his idea of begging everyone to read his experience of concern, and I think that the incident experienced by the person can really be used as a lesson here which means that even if for example in the initial stage you only gamble with a small amount but it is not impossible that in the end over time you will gamble with a very large amount.

Like the man who lost $60,000 starting from a $10 budget allocation, there was an increase and change in his gambling activities which over time he became more impulsive and aggressive in treating his gambling activities. Basically I would probably say that this kind of incident is quite normal if we go back and look at the things that are involved in gambling, which gambling can make a person fall into and get carried away without realizing it because of the many things that look very tempting that are difficult to ignore, but you can do something else to minimize the possibility of such bad things happening a little bit by not putting seriousness and hope in winning in gambling, make sure you only gamble when you want to and when you have the amount you can afford to lose, and also make sure you put a limit on the time of involvement. It's a choice, if you don't want to quit then you have to take and implement a lot of precautions along with being strict.

OP I have come to realize that all humans have their paths in life just as everyone human has their life to live. What might work for Mr. A might not work out for Mr. B. What might be a good opportunity for Mr. B might be a bad one for Mr. A. Experience varies likewise exposure as well. The gambler who lost his whole savings  likely did not get orientation before hand. He just dabled into gambling with the mindset of making profit and getting rich which I believed to be his mindset but the reverse was the case.

He lost everything he has worked for in life does not mean others would be like him. He ignored the basic gambling fundamentals and gambled without a second thought. I believe he had lost everything as a result of chasing his lose. In so doing he became addicted and continued gambling till he lost everything. It is nice he is sharing his experience for others to learn from and control themselves but this should not make him think others would be like him who gambled all he had.

Right or wrong, when someone gives advises it's surely came from their own experiences. And it's up to the person listening to that adviser if they think it's a worthwhile tip that will help them.

We're all big to understand the good and bad advises to us. So, if you're a gambler and you hear someone explains his experience and he's just telling people what they must do based on what he went through, there's nothing wrong with that.

Thus, these listeners should be thankful to him because he can be a sign that they're looking for whether to stop or totally quit from it.

Own experience or came from other peoples experiences on which a certain person is been wary about those probable things that could happen, on the time that they are seeing the actual condition of a person whose really that into gambling and becomes addicted to it then it would really be normal that they would really be giving out those kind of advises basing up on the  things that they've seen.
Its not really that bad on giving out advises into those people who had been doing gambling on excessive manner and since we are the ones who are aware on what are they doing then
it is really just that a human instinct on trying out to make some advises because you dont really like for someone to experience the bitter taste of failure or messing up your life with due to gambling.

As long that someone is really that willing to listen up someones advise then he could be able to save up himself, but if not then expect that
things comes worst as you do go forward.

It can never be said that everyone will win or be successful in gambling. Some will succeed and some will fail. Not everyone's gambling situation is the same. I have seen many gamblers who are not successful in their gambling but there are many who are successful. The fact that I personally may not be successful at gambling, it does not mean that someone else will not. Everyone's fate should not be treated equally. However, gambling will never do any good for those who over gamble or manage to become addicted to gambling. But there is no way to say that everyone is an addicted gambler. I never tell others to give up gambling even if they are not successful because not everyone handles gambling the same way. Everyone has different strategies that some can apply to win and some to lose.

To be honest, I don't find anything wrong with a person telling others not to do what he has done just so that they don't face the same negative consequences as he did, and as far as gambling is concerned, we know how addictive it can be and anyone who gets addicted to it tends to lose more money than they can afford to lose eventually, and that is all because they were irresponsible with their gambling activities just like this guy who were advising others to quit or stop gambling because he had seen what it can do.

So, a gambler might read his post and realize that the dude is right and one should be careful when they are gambling, and maybe he will be more careful with his money and gambling activities from now on. This is why, I feel sharing experiences might save other people from having the same results if they learn from it.

I think it's in human nature to warn others (in your group) from your own (negative) experiences. The idea that someone who has faced negative consequences due to a particular behavior, such as gambling, may feel compelled to advise others against it to prevent them from experiencing similar hardships. The mention of the addictive nature of gambling and the financial losses associated with it adds weight to the argument. I think the importance of learning from one's own mistakes and using that knowledge to guide others away from potential harm.

No one can stop anyone from gambling forcefully, but through advice that can be achieved, and this is why I don't see it as something bad to tell gamblers not to gamble anymore so that they don't become victim to addiction.

Gambling is like smoking that is dangerous to health. Tobacco company do warn against smoking, that is dangerous to health and yet more people are involved in smoking cigarettes. That is why I don't se any harm in advising people not to gamble, because they will still gamble, either due to addiction or for fun.

It's okay to advise not to gamble but not because we had a bad experience in our past. For new gamblers or still thinking about it, it's better to point them in the right direction which is to avoid gambling as much as possible. But for gamblers who have already started, it's up to them if they want to continue or not. It can also depend on the situation, let's say he is already a gambling addict and we are a good friend of his, it is better to also just make him stop as soon as possible and it's controllable. But for those who are just playing for fun, I will let them be as long as they are enjoying what they do.

We have different perspectives about gambling and one person could not just say we should stop especially if we are finding joy in gambling especially those who are fans of sports where it adds more spice to the game when they put some money on the line.

This is not the first time such has happened. Even without telling anyone, if you loss huge amount of and in your sober mood about the lost, people would be discouraged to play gamble but that has not stopped anyone from gambling. Gambling is just like a personal race what happened to others, they would take courage to play the more by having the hope that they will hit the jackpot one day even though that person loss, "we are not the same". I have also seen gamblers discouraging people not to participate in gambling because it is like a cankerworm which is eating your savings until your pocket or wallet becomes zero then at that time you will relax to think what make you to gamble all your money. Telling people the disadvantages of gambling is not the issue but will they hear your advise? Real gamblers would even debunk your advice.

I think there's nothing wrong what that person posted in his social media, that's his own thoughts and comments about gambling based in his own experience, so that's fine, as you can see, no matter how many times people share any negative thoughts and experience in gambling, many are still participating on it. We cannot please them but at least we know what are the possible things may happen if we continue doing gambling and being careless. Actually, there are many people who say that it is not good to make gambling as a hobby because it is really addictive, that's why everyone is told that we need to be wiser in the actions and decisions we make once we enter gambling activities. Most people know what the bad sides of gambling are, it's up to them if they let gambling ruin their lives or if they keep the balance of life and gambling activity.

Gambling is not bad as most people paint gambling, the only wrong here is they refuse to gamble wisely and it look stupid, I still don't understand why a person will stake more like a hard earn saving just to cashout huge amount so bad. The person in question is not wrong sharing his/her bad experience cause I believe almost every gambler has an ugly experience but the narrative sound wrong advising people to quit gambling is wrong. I observed something this past week with some gamblers, after winning they fail to leave the casino shop but rather they use same win to stake more. After winning why not buy something nice cause hearing all this false narrative gambling is bad is getting tiring. I believe everyone have their own style when it comes to gambling but if people can understand and gamble with what they can afford to lose things like this will not bother gamblers

If we're living in a country that has freedom of speech then that's not a biggie that someone has to be problematic about.

We've got a lot of problems already dealing from our day to day living and to add with this, there's no need to be too worried about such because if someone doing it for good sake.

We just have to look at that good side of it and not to mention if it against our will because we're gamblers but if there's a good intention, we have to give that credit to that guy.

Well, it's not really bad to give advices to other people because you had a really bad experience about gambling. Though, it may turn out differently for other people who can actually control themselves not to gamble away their life savings or going beyond his budget intended only for gambling, but this kind of advices will somehow serve as reminders that we can get out of control at anytime causing you to lost a lot of money. This story isn't new to any gamblers, we have heard a lot of similar stories about this, but there are still a lot who have lost money excessively.

You only hear about people losing everything and their life savings as a result of gambling, not about people who play responsibly and walk away with their profits. People enjoy sharing and hearing about these large loss stories because they are exciting and dramatic, but we need to come to the realization that they are not the only ones out there. For every individual who loses everything, there are many others who bet properly and avoid losing everything.

Hmm, well if you look at the stats, I think it will be obvious that the majority of those that get deeply immersed in gambling had negative effects instead of positive ones. Not all people have strong self-control especially when it comes to the concept of playing with luck. What's really dangerous is that you start small and then you end up spending, or wasting, a big amount in the process. I would advise against excessive gambling but it would still be up to the person I've given advice to if they'll heed. I doubt that my personal losses would be considered as a factor for them to decide not to gamble.

There is no point for that man to discourage people not to gamble, after he might have lose $60k anything that happens to him, that made him spend that kind of money is nobody's fault. I think he took gambling far to another extent and of which he shouldn't have, according to the story he started from $10 to $60k what if he continued gambling with that same limit of $10, he may have not spend this amount he did. It is obvious that he has increased his gambling limit from small to big untill he lost alot of it. Gambling is good but there is no point discouraging someone when gambling didn't play as much as expected. If it where to be wining he may have encouraged gambling. But since it didn't turn out well reverse has been the case now.

That's the perfect advice for other people rather than giving them an advice not to gamble anymore because we have our own experiences and it depends to us on how we handle our gambling time and spending, right?  Also, if you lose at gambling, can you be sure other people will lose too so you can stop them from gambling? it's not, right? because our winnings really depends on luck, strategy and our own destiny. We can't convince others not to gamble or stopping them in participating gambling activities, we can only give them an advice and it's up to them if they will follow it or not.

It's definitely okay because you're basically a living and in flesh example of what gambling can do to someone's life, I mean that's how I see it and that's why I believe that it's alright to give out advice. Regarding bad experience, I can't recall any experience that I can share that would amount to any kind lesson that would be profound so I'm not keen on sharing any.

My 3 cents:

First I really like to read about other gamblers experience. Does not matter if it was positive or negative experience. All those stories are kind of reminder what can happen if I or someone else act specifically.

Second I barely allow other people opinion somehow influence on mine. If it bad experience, then let me get those bumps myself. If it is good, let me feel the joy of it myself. Also I dont allow myself to act as a dominant, to push when making a choice, to influence, to force someone to do something because of my experience. I live my own life, and let other live their own and make their own choices.

Third - this is the internet. Trust any strangers words? That so-so. Last thing I would do. Without facts, everything is a lie. Like gamers say "screenshot or it did not happen" :D

For me it is his personal advice, and he is just telling his own story while making it obvious that he become a gambling addict.
He is just making people aware of what addiction could do to your life, it is not just gambling but all sorts of addiction could ruin your life.
It is up to people if they would take the advice, after all we have seen so many people giving advice about investment scams but some would still be scammed by it.

Your right here! Advice are opinions and not mandatory for you to accept any advice giving to you by anyone. There should be proper evaluation and absolute conviction before accepting the advice. So that we wont get to blame someone for what may happen in the future.

Dont get me wrong, i believe that personal experiences can be a good way to give someone an advice, sharing those stories especially based on trials and struggles can be the best way to empower someone but we should always consider that not everyone learns this same way or get corrected in the same way. There are various gambling experiences i think the best way is to share resources that such person can see multiple experiences from gamblers so he can have different options to learn from and get his conviction.

Gambling is a very dangerous place which entertains us but besides it causes us a lot of financial loss because the issue of loss is very common in gambling and once there is a loss the entire bet amount becomes 0.  So the only good course in this losing era is to quit gambling. Because gambling addiction won't let you quit gambling.  If you keep yourself under control and stop gambling at the right time, you can have a better life otherwise gambling addiction can harm a gambler a lot.  So if one wants to advise others to quit gambling it will not be bad.

Actually, advising someone to stop gambling is clearly permissible, but we can only advise them to stop or it could be that from a bad experience we gambled so that losses befall us, but this is very difficult even if we advise those who have fallen into gambling or make their daily bread. To gamble, it is very difficult for us to advise gambling addicts because stopping gambling addicts does not come from someone's advice but from themselves or from their conscience. We can really advise a gambler to stop, but it must be done slowly so that it is accepted by the heart.

So Nase directs a gambling addict based on experience and then advises him in a good way so that the gambler understands and thinks about our advice.

I mean, I think it is just fine since he is just warning some of the gamblers that they might get addicted and might lose everything, so while some of the gamblers are addicted yet, he can save them and not be like him. But if you know yourself, you can just ignore it. If you are a disciplined gambler and you know how to handle all your finances and also your emotions, then you are fine. It is just good that someone is advising some of the gamblers because it might not be today, but maybe in the near future, who knows?

The people who advise others to stop gambling should just look at them like one of those people who are doing good deeds since they care for other people. Just focus on yourself and gamble when you want to gamble. But if things go wrong, maybe it is time to think a little bit about it.

You're absolutely right when you say that proper education and support is a stepping stone towards helping a gambler struggling with gambling addiction.
The stigma around the issue makes it even more difficult for people to admit they need help. It'll also be very helpful to create a space or more like a community where people can actually come together to share their experiences and also talk about their struggles, that way, people will be more comfortable to open up to others because they'll be sure they're not the only ones in that situation and there won't be any fear of being judged and the stigma will be gradually eradicated.

Not many people can accept our suggestion, especially if they already find the fun things from the gambling. They will not listen to our suggestion because they feels that they don't have any problems while they playing gambling. They will still playing gambling and some of them trying to used more money because they thinks that they can wins from gambling. We can advice them to be careful playing gambling and always limiting their money but we can't force them to follow our advices. It's personal decision to playing gambling or stay away from gambling so that will be back to their decision.

If they wise, they will not playing gambling too often to search for the fun. They will try to use the other activities that can gives them the fun. They will knows that playing gambling can only for occasionally and not for too often because that can makes them losing more money.

Op the dude is actually doing the right thing at the right time, he has experienced something unusual and he does not want others to experience same thing . Experience they said is the best teacher and he is actually teaching with experience.

For me, advising others not to fall victim of gambling losses is not bad rather it shows good of him to be morally inclined to help others desist from failure. Gambling is a game of luck and chance and it’s not must you take the advice but there are those whom the advice will influence their lives very well.

Not at all I think this is the worst thing to tell any person to not come to gambling.everyperson have right and his own decision-making authority and you can't decide for other persons to manipulate their minds.

I didn't understand the psychology of these kinds of persons. They are ok when they are earning from gambling but when they lose they start to discourage others. At the time when you make this huge income from a 10 dollar bet why you can't invite or even share your success story just like you share your story on Facebook. I think this is not a good decision to limit other people by telling them not to go gambling just because lost their funds. This would be very good if he could share the mistake through which he lost his fund so that other people can get it and protect themselves.

Gambling decision is personal no matter how you advise people on gambling matter they will still end up doing what is in their mind, so if I may advise I will say that the best time to mediate in the in things regarding gambling is when you notice that a gambler is going extreme apart from such situation I don't think that mediation is needed.
Let's just say someone is earning through gambling, how possible do you think that it is possible to advise such person to make use of minimal funds to gamble, this is not possible, gamblers ate the wrong people to advise because we have different gamblers, the once that wants to win irrespective of the amount they have lost so far and those ones that are ready to to gamble to satisfy their gambling habit wether they are losing or not, people that fall within this category will never take advise from anyone because of their mindset.

We can understand if the advise if to give ill to us but if not, then it can easily be understood whether you want to obey that advise or not. Because what is important for us is we know what's going to be good for our welfare.

If someone gives us an advise that's no good then we can always ignore that guy or those people that gives us ugly advises that will not benefit us.

But if you've heard something like this and has no bad intention and only gives us a reminder, don't think of the person as if he wants something bad to happen to you, no.

i don't blame anyone who's advising other not to go into gambling because I cannot also advise anyone to start gambling, reason being that, not everyone can handle the pressure from gambling maturely, in fact some person becomes addicted and even put the blame on you for introducing gambling to them, so I prefer you learn in on your own, then if possible we share ideas and experience and catch the fun together. I ones had a friend who became so addicted that he used money for the family that was transferred to account for gambling, and at the end the family started pointing fingers towards me, that I am the cause of the an adult's irresponsible gambling lifestyle. It's possible that after advising someone not to go into gambling, they'll still go ahead and start gambling.tgey all have their personal choice to make.

I think its ok sharing your gambling experiences, its more or less like review. It can be really helpful. It gives everyone a chance to learn and be careful. But still you need to remember, everyone's different, and not all will face the same issues. Instead of telling people to stop gambling because it was bad for you, share what you learned and talk about how to gamble safely.

Honestly, I dont really like to advice other people when it is related to something personal like addiction but if others ask me my opinion then I'll just tell them what I know based on my own experience or based on other real stories. Some people do not like to be advised especially when they are in deep problem. So advising others need to be done to the right people and also need to be done at the right time because some people may become angry when you advice them not at the right time. 

I wouldn't give too much about a person that gambled all his life savings away and now wants to lecture other people on how bad gambling is. Why didn't he feel bad about gambling when he still had money? Then gambling obviously was fine, because he had a the chance to make a big profit. But now with no money anymore there is no chance for him to make a big profit, he is stuck with his losses and regrets his decisions. Just because he made wrong decisions in his life doesn't mean that everything is terrible now, because most other people are not going to make the same mistakes. When you read here through the forum you will find that the number one rule for most people in gambling is not to use money that you can't afford to lose. Gambling with your life savings is obviously money that you shouldn't use for gambling.  Sharing your opinion publicly is fine as long as it doesn't become only negative stories that brings other people down. 

This is really that an indeed someones decisions into their lives and i dont also like on giving out some advises considering that it is really that our own full decisions on how to deal up with things.
Its our money then its our own right on what we should gonna do with our money. There are people who are really that loving on getting involvement with other peoples lives but for me i do just
let them be on what they are doing. Its impossible that they werent aware on the possibilities that could happen into them if they would really be making out that uncontrolled gambling.

Unless if we do speak about seeing one of your family members is at stage on spending too much money in gambling, then it would really be normal that you would really be
making that kind of advises or involvement on which it would really be just that a normal approach to have but to those other people then im not having those kind of actions
because i dont really like on getting scolded or been said that its none of my business.

I concur to this entirely,you can only advice an addict not a responsible gambler who knows how and what to do and again I would say the category of addicted gamblers you would want to advise are those who find it hard to stop gambling,those that go extra miles to take loan, borrow Money and even do nasty things just to gamble,those people that can't gamble with the lowest percentage of their income or finance,in general those people fall under irresponsible gambling and at such they need to be persuaded to leave gambling and focus on something good.

But advising a responsible gamblers sometimes can be seen as an insult to them,as they take it as something that excites them,so if you want to advise such persons it's really not gonna work,cause they know what they are doing and that's why it's preferable to educate the young ones about gambling and all they need to know so they won't end up as addicted irresponsible gamblers.

I'm a person who believe in "what you think is good, it not always good for other people and vice versa".

If gambling is good for me, I won't invite people to gamble, if Bitcoin is good for me, I won't advise people to invest in Bitcoin. Instead of thank to me about those good advice, they might blame me because my advice isn't work for them.

So, why I need to spend my time and effort to explain something when I would get bad feedback too?

This is not new OP but even before, we can always hear such advices like these against gambling, yet there will always be people who found themselves in the game, so this is not alarming if you are that concerned in gambling itself. Instead of being proud, I feel more sorry for those people who gave such advice because it's too late already for them to realize such mistakes.

If I lose a huge amounts like that, I don't think I will instantly turn into a good person and do the same thing but I will in fact wish more people to be in the same situation as me. I'm sure I'm not the only one who can think like this but there are more people too.

I think rather an adviser should give an insightful reason for his advise. Someone who is to advise somebody else is suppose to be someone who is very knowledgeable in the topic of advise. Like the topic in discuss, if the gambler has made wrong decision which has caused him to lose his life savings then he should surmon that courage to first expose his weakness to his listeners before delving into his advise and also anchor his advise based on his mistake but not to condemn it because of his error.

There will be some of his listeners who are also gambling the way he did but they are luckily winning and not getting into same problem that he had found himself in, so if he had given the right kind of advise which should be in two ways as to cause and effect then those who are gambling same way he did would benefit maximally from his advise. But now they are only getting one sided advise, meaning they are also likely to fall in his shoes soonest.

Gambling is profitable and you also run into loses but if you are a responsible gambler, you will know your fault and accept it any time you lose.

That's why it's an advice, you don't force them to do anything, do you know that's how an advisor works? They tell you what they think is right to do and you're the one that will have to decide whether it's the right decision to do that advice so I think that there's nothing wrong with giving an advice because as you've said, the decision to gamble is personal no matter what advice you give but at the least you've given them a piece of your mind and a thing for them to consider even if the final verdict rests on their hands, there's nothing wrong with it, especially if the advice comes from an experience that would make it relatable but at the same time see the gravity of the result of that activity.

Is there anything wrong with that? I mean it's his personal Facebook account, so it's his right to say what he wants to say - whether he encourages people to gamble or not is his personal business and it's his right to say whatever. As long as he doesn't break any laws, I don't think it should be an issue that needs to be discussed. If you feel that it is wrong for him to act like that, then you can confront him and say your view that it is wrong, but you know the consequences and the two of you will definitely have an argument.

Correct mate, we all have the right to say what ever we want but not false accusations, after all he is only sharing from his experience and I believe the right age for gambling is 18+ however, we all have the right to make our decision after hearing from others, that's one of the reasons we are considered as adults, so it's left for those in his friend list and those who saw his post to either disregard it or follow his advice. I don usually talk any of my friends into gambling because I don't if they might be able to handle it just the way I did.

Even if that's the case which should be respected, I do think that there's nothing wrong with advising someone about something, it's not like you're manipulating them to do your bidding or force them to do your advise right? There's nothing wrong with that because you're genuinely concerned with what they're doing and at the end of the day, they're the ones in control of what needs to be done so there's nothing wrong with giving an advise even if it's the most unhinge and stupid advise, you can give it out for free without worrying because if they have half a brain, they'd know not to follow that thing that you've said. Maybe the only thing that would matter in terms of gambling advise is that you consider the age of the person that's asking for advise, if they're of the age then go and do it by all means but if it's not then the only advise you can give is to tell them to gamble when they're old enough to have their own money.

If those other gamblers are my friends why not for me sharing is caring and you are sharing your bad experience and you don't want to happen to them what happened to you, but it's just a piece of advice and will give it to them if I see them gambling badly where they spend a lot of money more than they can afford to lose, its a sign of addiction and as a friend you're alerting him of the consequence.

But on other people, I will not even dare it is none of my business because I don't know them personally and I have no idea how they gamble.

I share your opinion that we should not, but on random people that we don't know for people who are close to us it's ok to share our experience but not advise them to stop, you cannot stop gamblers from gambling just because of advice, they are the one in control on when they want to stop gambling.

If they are enjoying the games it is a piece of unsolicited advice and they will not take that kind of advice, when advising about gambling we have to check the character to whom we are giving advice, some will take it against you if you are not close to you,

Just because someone's been through the wringer doesnt mean they're the best person to offer advice. Im a big believer in expertise, the best of the best. When a guy loses it all on a bad bet, then starts lecturing about the dangers of gambling - they've got experience, sure, but are they a winner? Probably not. Advice needs to be strategic, not just a list of mistakes. It could even be harmful, leading people the wrong way. Someone hitting a hot streak at the tables seems successful, but without a real understanding of the game, it wont last.

This isnt about blaming anyone. Its about building a winning mindset. Gambling responsibly? That means knowing the odds, the rules, and having a rock-solid plan. Thats when experience becomes valuable - when its combined with a strategy for success. People need a roadmap, not just a cautionary tale. Teach people how to win, not just warn them about losing.

There are some people who have this kind of attitude of discouraging others based on their own experiences, and this same kind of people can also discourage people too not to take part in what has benefited them in order to keep all the profits to themselves.

The post is just a testimonial of an irresponsible man seeking relevance in the society, from the obvious he was even more stupid to have lost such an amount and announced it on a social media expect he didn't lose the money but a story.

The risk in gambling is what has been written all over the place, everyday people see this warnings and ignore them but later they start blabbing how bad gambling is. If you decide to take the risk it shouldn't be extended to others that the rule of gambling.

We know what we choose to know and not following some basic drastic steps that are out of the align. We have two major path of gambling outcome, the losses and profits, which side is OP on? Before using your personal account to laments how terrible and insignificant gambling have turned the vast number of young minds. We argue alot when we have differences with our gambling colleagues and also not ready to listen to the other side. Consequently advises are given and its left for these persons to either follow or not.

That is the thing, if someone is worried about the potential dangers gambling could bring to their life, there are many documentaries they could watch that will give them a better perspective about it, there is no reason to read the testimony of someone that is obviously still being incredibly bias towards himself by claiming everything is the fault of casinos, when he was the one that decided to gamble and did so irresponsibly to begin with.

Various experiences from documentaries can offer a wider perspective on gambling, but personal stories, even if biased, can also be valuable. Personal struggles need to be shared as firsthand testimony that can be a powerful way to raise awareness about gambling addiction. It can help other people recognize any negative signs in themselves or people around them who engage in gambling. I'm sure not all gambling addiction stories are about blaming casinos, some stories may provide personal triggers or the manipulative tactics of some gambling establishments.

People have to understand the thought process and emotions behind addiction, because those can be more impactful than just statistics and documentaries. Personal stories from former addicted gamblers combining documentaries can create a well-rounded understanding of gambling. That's the best way to gather information to make good decisions about gambling.

There are many gamblers who gamble and take others with them. Those gamblers think that since I am gambling, I will teach them to gamble, so they only tell the positive aspects of gambling to another person, and if he does not have money at that time, the gambler himself pays those gamblers. 
What makes gambling addictive? 

I gamble and I get a lot of people who talk to me about gambling. I first select the person then what is the family status and what is the educational qualification of the person. Also, if it seems right to me, I tell him about gambling, taking into account how much he is inclined to take risks and how well he can control himself. If a day laborer talks to me about gambling, I don't discuss it much with him at all because he is already struggling, on the contrary, if he loses more money, it will be more difficult for his family. 
I think gambling should be taught to others by thinking like this.

Not all gamblers have the same faith in playing gambling, let's accept the fact that a small percentage of the players are the ones who experience winning a large pool amount of profit. Some people keep saying to avoid gambling because they already experienced first-hand how much money they lose, some of them keep saying to keep trying because they have experienced winning at least once in their life. Gamblers love to take risks than nothing.

The only advice i see is relevant is the one we can give others to help them have a better experience with the way they gamble, we shouldn't discourage them when they are enjoying the way they gamble, we should also have it in mind that everyone is to get it right about what gambling is, if we see ourself in any position of helping others then we should do so, and not to discourage them from gambling, they can actually have a reorientation and apply the right approach to how they have been previously gambling before time.

Something good inside advise your friend who is a gambler, Sometimes we give advice to our friends who are addicted, sometimes they ignore it. We are friends, at least there is an element of worry, but so be it. They are adults.

Maybe one day they will realize it themselves, for example if their property is lost in a gambling game, usually that is the incident that makes them realize it. What I'm afraid of is that they will lose control, such as taking someone's property and selling it and continuing to gamble again. This sometimes has a negative impact on gambling incidents.

Let's start with the fact that this guy made a completely insane all-in and now fell into some kind of depressively aggressive state. He must understand that he and only he is to blame for what happened to him. He should also understand that many people would not have made such an all-in, but acted more thoughtfully.
He should definitely not influence others after such a failure, because gambling does not ruin the lives of all people, but on the contrary, sometimes it is a great way to distract from problems in life. And relaxation contributes to the fact that diseases that appear during stress, such as stroke, recede.

Agree with this mate those gamblers who are not responsible then they got a bad result as we all know that  once a gambler is too addicted in the game then there's a chance that they wouldn't listen to the people who gave an advice. Cause all they think is playing and they will become happy once they are on the play. But honestly if we share a thought for anybody else then they got some idea or some lesson in our loss so it is very helpful to others who are not actually know yet what is in the gambling world.

That's right, my friend. I can tell you about myself and how gambling helps me. I recently won two $50 promo codes in the BTC price prediction BC Game and CoinRoyale and just the realization that I will calmly brew tea in the evening, sit down with my laptop and spin slots for this money calms me down.
Many people spend money on cigarettes and alcohol. And for this money, I will even have the opportunity to double these amounts, and that's great! I will get good emotions, and this is exactly what I need after a hard day.

Gambling is not always a bad thing.

Frustration can make people do things they never planned to do. From the story, the guy lost his life savings to gambling and that is why he is championing the campaign against gambling. The reality is that he was a gambling addict who obviously went about gambling the wrong way. One is not supposed to use his entire fortune in gambling knowing that it is a game of risk. Instead, gambling is supposed to be done with passive income and not regarded as a full time job. His action is totally unneccesary, well anything for content is not fine as that is the world we now find ourselves in. But I don't think he will be able to discourage people who understand and abide by the basic rules of gambling.

I think frustration is one of the things that can happen and be experienced by gamblers when they gamble excessively, such as being addicted to gambling because if they are addicted to gambling it can make them do things that are not normal, and if they feel annoyed there is a possibility they are at the point of frustration because they have risked everything they have to pursue victory, but if they don't get victory even though they have risked everything they have, they can experience frustration which can ultimately have an impact on their own mental health.

It's true what you said, they shouldn't use all their wealth or money just to gamble, because in my opinion that will only make the host rich. with the fact that gambling will only end in defeat, not victory, therefore we must be aware that gambling must be done with full control and good awareness so as not to do it excessively. realize that gambling is a game of chance and gambling is something that carries a big risk if we do it too much.
I myself advise my friends who have recently been gambling by giving examples of the bad effects that have occurred because of those who are addicted to gambling. because I myself don't want my friend's life to be ruined because of his gambling addiction.

Exactly, he is the one at fault and now he is blaming casinos unjustly, as if casinos threatened him and forced him to gamble until he lost everything, that was his decision and now he gets to live with it, and it is obvious he cannot deal with it and now is trying to point fingers and blame everyone else, but the issue here is that if he keeps doing this then it is unlikely he will learn his lesson, and at some point on the future he will lose all his money again when engaging in another activity.