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A recently viral video shows football star Neymar playing online poker while celebrating his daughter's birthday with a group of other people present.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13299361/Neymar-online-poker-daughter-Al-Hilal.html

This to me goes to show that no one is immune from addiction. Neymar may have largeley solved his money problems but still he doesn't seem to be able to control his time spend gambling. Therefore he's seen utilizing his time very recklessly, prioritizing playing the right cards over living these once in a lifetime precious moments the best he can. And if a multimillionaire can get addicted in this way, anyone can. Consider this before spending too much of your precious time gambling. Put some limits and enjoy responsibly!

I have been an addict before but it did not go much to the extent that my family will be celebrating and I will be gambling. I think Neymar may be addicted to gambling if what is said about him is true. I think he is using big amount to gamble and that makes him not to stop gambling during the celebration.

With all his success and resources, wouldn't struggle with issues like this. But addiction doesn't discriminate. It just goes to show that addiction can creep up on anyone, no matter how much money or success you have. It's not just about financial constraints; it's about the psychological and emotional factors at play. Even if he wasn't necessarily upset about losing money, neglecting those special moments with family is a big deal.

This is a good reminder for all of us to be mindful of how we spend our free time. There's nothing wrong with enjoying some poker, but like anything else, balance is important. Setting boundaries and knowing when to step away from potentially addictive behaviors is key.

i believe at first, maybe Neymar tried playing cards to just get rid of boredom, but as time went by, it turned into an addiction. Here, Neymar had to be able to restrain himself from getting involved further in card gambling, even though card gambling like poker is skill-based gambling.  as one of the most expensive footballers in the world, neymar should focus on his training and recovery, not playing poker. i don't idolize neymar, but i feel sorry for him for being someone who is addicted to playing poker. 

We can't judge him just because of one occasion. How can people be so overcritical with his actions and conclude that he is an addict? As he said, after he is finished with his football career, he may focus on being a poker player turning to be a pro. Nothing wrong with his ambition. That's his decision as an athlete though.

Poker is a game where skills is needed to advance your career. If he sees himself to be a pro in the future, then, that's his choice, right? If he ever becomes addict to this game, then, he and his family will deal such situation. But I guess, we should not infer something negative to what has been shared from social media.

No one is above addiction and you could add drake the hip pop star to that list because he has known to be very crazy with his gambling habits and one may think that why would these mentioned persons even gamble in the first place because already they have all the money and one wouldn't even count this type of their gambling as act as fun gambling because some of the money they use in gambling is damn big even for a celebrity rich fellow.

Neymar is a Fortine player, but especially of:
 Call of Duty
 Pro Evolution Soccer
 GTA
 UFC

 He has also been the image of a Poker Star, surely if you see him playing Call of Duty you wouldn't call him an addict.

 On the other hand he is addicted to being unfaithful.

 So what does money, fame, etc. have to do with being addicted or not, nothing, being irresponsible is not changed by money or fame.

Once some person,some famous person retires from his activity he can't just stay and spend his days enjoying his earned fortune.In human nature it is deep in our DNA that we want to deal with something,to take care of something or just having an hobby and I see nothing wrong so far with Neymar decision to play poker.Of course I agree is not one of the best hobbies out there to kill time as it can become an addiction yet it is an addiction who relies mostly on skill and I would not be much worried about addiction in poker,rarely I have heard stories where people have left everything playing poker except those who don't know what they were doing.The real addiction is in slot machines so for the moment let's wait and see what happens to Neymar.

I just went through the article and there is no where it was mentioned that he was addicted to it and after checking online, Neymar has not publicly made such statements so I'm curious to know where OP inferred the gist about neymar's addiction to poker. The only thing I saw was the fact that he'd like to go PRO in poker after his professional football career comes to a halt. Every player needs something to fall back on after a fulfilling career and poker might just be Neymar's.

It's like saying since I bet every other day, I am addicted to sports betting and gambling? Nahhhh.

This would have been overlooked if not for the fact that this happened during his daughter’s birthday - I mean common most of us here have experienced addiction one way or another but it still would take more for us to abandon our loved ones event and focus on gambling.

If not for his daughter involvement, I would have just read the topic and be like; another rich dude enjoying himself. Family should come first after that you’d have the rest of the day to waste on your obsession.

While it is a little sad to see that he is not completely focusing on his child's birthday celebration, I don't think this one incident necessarily mean that he is addicted, but then again we don't really know if this is the only time he has done this.

anyway, reading through the article, it looks like he is serious about poker and is planning on turning pro poker player once his football career is over.

The thing is that this is not the first time that he has been spotted being seriously involved with some gambling related issues and that's why the conclusions to him being an addict was made. Drake is also a gambling so is the son of the famous Micheal Jordan and all these are wealthy personalities although the kind of money they have would make you think that the ones they sometimes lose to gambling doesn't make them addict but I think I like to beg the differ.

Of course, but the only worst is if you're just an average earner yet you become addicted to it is the worst thing to happen, unlike people like this who have millions on their stash wouldn't be a problem.

Those "Neymar is gambling addict" from online naysayers were just pure assumptions or just baseless accusations judging from those few seconds video clip. If his wife does not bother to it, then how much for those stranger online.
He could just maybe promoting some gambling sites too, lol maybe he will announce it later on on his twitch livestream, anything like that lmao.

Plus, for god sake, 6 months is not a birthday lmao.

Neymar has access to hundreds of millions of dollars. He can practically do anything he pleases with the money, unfortunately he chose to use the money to his enjoyment and not spend time with his kid that celebrates her birthday. Poker is always there, and you can pretty much just go back to it anytime you like. However, birthdays happen only once a year. That single day can make all the difference to a growing child's memory between a good father and a father that prioritizes his enjoyment over the child's.

This man is great in a lot of people's books, but this simple event that happened is enough for a lot of those people to think that Neymar might not be someone who they think he is. On the field he's a beast -- a legend, many would say. But in real life he's just like a lot of people whose priorities are not straight when it comes to their family. Sure, he can provide and can basically give his family a good life. Then again, money isn't everything when it comes to raising a family.

While it's a reasonable conclusion that anyone would come up with, I still think it's bit too far especially if Neymar's indulgence is only due to his love for the game and very little to do with being addicted to it. Don't get me wrong but when they said someone is a addicted to something, they do that thing so much that they can no longer live without getting involved in that activity. If celebs gets involved in gambling every now and then, I don't think it should be termed addiction.

Thanks for your input btw, I acknowledge the fact that you drove home, a very good point.

Exactly. Neymar shouldn't be judged to be addicted to online poker because he was caught playing it during his daughter's birthday. Someone else can be caught in such situations just for the fun of poker and we can't conclude that they are addicted to it because maybe they were into poker at the moment for the fun they derived from it not minding where they are or people that are around them

Well, the truth is Ney is a public figure, I don't think he becomes addicted, he just really likes to gamble and he should do it for fun, because with the salary they give him at Al Hilal he doesn't need to make money, I think he does it for That is, although a person like Ney can do this type of thing without worrying about becoming decapitalized or something like that.

Sometimes the news is very sensational and wants to show the image of a great legend of that type, of course we as players understand the monetary capacity that the player has, in this case it is something else.

Although things are going like this with Ney, casinos that are looking for an influencer to sponsor his site, I think they should take advantage and contact the Brazilian star.

Neymar is not addicted to poker. We shouldn't jump into conclusion.
I read the article and more information presented in the article makes me believe that he doesn't have an online poker or gambling addiction.

• Neymar loves Poker and he's been playing it since After the 2014 World Cup
• He intends to become a professional poker player and participate in major tournaments after his retirement from football.
• He sees a similarity between poker and football
• He is a brand ambassador with PokerStars

Now judge for yourself with this added information which the OP missed out, do you still think he has an online poker or gambling addiction?

I don't think that playing poker while celebrating his daughter's birthday is a sign of poker addiction for the football player Neymar. People usually enjoy playing poker and that doesn't mean that they're addicted to it.

Media is known to share such content to gain more views so they can earn more revenue, and most of the time news like that is a lie and nothing else. Playing poker doesn't make someone a poker addict and if Neymar played it then I'm sure he played it for entertainment purpose not because he's addicted to it.

Please, a whole lot of other people have done WORSE during their daughter's birthdays, or for any other relatively important event even. And addiction? Really? Does that mean me using my phone during my parents' birthday (don't have a kid yet) means I'm addicted to my phone? A real addict in the first place wouldn't even be in the damn birthday party, my mans there celebrating, singing along with her, I don't think there's really an issue here.

It's just journalists being journalists imo. And twitter people being twitter.

That sounds to me like too much need for dopamine, or dopamine addiction in general. It certainly doesn't sound like acceptable behaviour but I don't know if maybe things are being taken out of context here, maybe he was playing a tournament where all you're doing is folding all the time until you get a playable hand, and it's not like he was flying a plane.

That was not right. Obviously, a gambling addict. There's a whole day to play that game and he could just let it slide for once or like hours of celebrating and then he can go back to whatever he is addicted too. I am sad for the kid and his family especially when the kid grows and sees this clip.
What's just 2 or 3 hours of focusing on your kid's birthday? Money and gambling can really control people and this is a big proof of it. Maybe he should see this clip and realize that he is doing it wrong as a father. Those are special moments that needs special attention and time. It cannot be destroyed by a bad habit or addiction.

Just because he is Neymar doesn't mean others can't control themselves more than him, I will never go to the extent where my family will be celebrating and I will be gambling.

Getting addicted to gambling is a choice, a choice that many people aren't even aware that they have made, you just end up finding yourself on the other side of the lane, and this is happening because people are not aware of their actions especially when gambling.

Neymar or whoever he is, he is just a human like everyone else, I don't have to look at gambling the same way as he is, I see gambling differently, I know what gambling is all about even before I started gambling, caution is my name, I am always aware of what I am about to do when gambling.

This just shows that athletes are just humans as well and they are susceptible to the life threats and temptations of this world. We all know that he has the money to spend on gambling but what's bothering here is that it's not the time for gambling but a time to celebrate and be present at the moment but that's not how he does it. I do hope that he gets to solve it and not become what other failed superstars that gone into these types of madness.

This dude is loaded with cash, but he clearly lacks common sense.  His gambling addiction proves money doesn't make you impervious to problems.   Like you said, anyone can fall into that trap.  

Let's be real, quality time with your kids tops any poker game and  Neymar better rethink his priorities.  Maybe this is a wake-up call, but who knows?

Can anyone detect what platform he is playing on? He's a PokerStars ambassador right? It would be interesting to discover that he is using a competing casino.  :D

FYI those who have a lot of money for bankroll that already involved on gambling is the one who’s more prone for gambling addiction compared to poor/limited money because rich people usually play recklessly when they still have a lot of money thinking that they more room for lose due to their bankroll size.

Compared to poor people that will immediately stop once loss because they can’t afford to play anymore even though they still want to play. Which is why most severe case of gambling addiction usually experienced by those people that has a lot of money compared to poor people that has limited funds for bankroll.

First of all we should not judge or put tags on a person based on article media creates about him. I have seen before that he gambles, but from that short video, we see only a tiny part of whole situation. Maybe he is an addicted gambler, or maybe he was during a tournament and advanced far ahead of it. What he thought he would start if early and could finish it early, but went so far ahead in the game, that he is on the final table now. What would you do then if you were him? Drop the game or continue?

This is not a new news, it was reported earlier that Neymar lost a bet of 1 million dollars. Although I don't remember if one million is the exact amount, it still won't be less. I don't know if he is actually addicted to gambling but if this news is true then it's not good news for him, there are more legendary star footballers in Brazil who are currently in the bank rafty because of this habit.

When it comes to gambling, Neymar is heavily involved and he can't stop it now because it have turn out to be a daily routine for him. The Brazilian happens to he one of these players that flaunts their luxurious lifestyle online. Neymar Jr have enjoyed his time playing European football and moving to the Saudi side, Al Hilal was purely for entertainment. He cleared reports about playing football for entertainment and not for competitive strength, he enjoyed his own space all these years.

Most people get addicted with these games without any prior history of addiction because the games are designed like that to stimulate the sense and bring that dopamine rush, which if missed for the next few days brings in craving for that same stimulation.

So Neymar is not exception to that, added to it that in the recent few years, athletes have become more of cry-babies who are given almost everything they want right at the time of asking and never actually have to work for it, this type of addiction does not take much time to settle in.

Still what we need to learn from this is that family and gambling need to be kept way apart or else the former becomes dysfunctional, which we never want.

OP, pardon me to say this, it only takes the grace of God for any body that loves gambling not to get addicted or even develop those symptoms of addiction in gambling. I was not completely a gambling addict but there were time when I gambled repeatedly to the extent that I just felt I was going against my self decision.  I can decide not to gamble today but later that I will just find myself going against those decisions and even lose some money that I have budget for something else, I had to discipline myself before I stop that habit. Probably, Neymar was just feeling off himself and not really an addict. Things like this happens at times.

Author is just trying to sensationalize the story. How can it be link to addiction when he was only caught once gambling during a special celebration?

If that was not bothering him and his family, I don't think it's a big deal. And why are we talkinga bout how much he earn and how much he could lose in gambling when we have no proof that he is gambling with huge money.

I think nothing is serious about this one, this guy "Neymar" does not become great if he is not good in focusing what's important to him.

Looks like he is using World Series of Poker(WSOP) base on the color blue theme of the game but I can be wrong since Pokerstars stable varies depending on the game type.

However there’s a high chance that he is playing on Pokerstars since he has a perks playing on it due to his endorsement to this poker site. I’m surprised how Pokerstars already evolved since the last time I visit it. It offers now different casino games and not pure poker games which cool.

I try to play the chips mode there’s only few players that playing on this mode.

If you call this addiction, I might fault it to some extent because we have not seen Neymar manifest some negative characters that is common to people battling addiction. His choice of poker might just be that he derives fun from it and probably gambling for fun and not the money. Addicted gamblers have desperation as a common attributes, I did not see that in Neymar. Seems that whenever a popular figure indulges in gambling, the media will have all negative things to say, maybe they feel gambling is merely for the poor.

Maybe.
But what is just minutes of being with your little girl and celebrating without the phone on your side? Will it really hurt him to just put the phone down for a moment and focus on his daughter?
Yeah, let's say he ain't a gambling addict but this just showed the importance of time and effort for your kid. We got to learn something from that clip and it's being there not just literally being there but also focusing on what's in front of you because those moments happen just once in our life.
I have sons and whenever they celebrate their birthdays I put everything down for them until they get exhausted and that's when I will use the time on whatever must be done, either work, habit, hobbies, or whatever it is. As much as possible, I am away from my computer and my phone is used to catch the moments of them having fun. Not gambling.

LOL, exactly what I was thinking.
When I read the thread name I thought to myself, "well let's see what this person came up with", and I wasn't disappointed.

Maybe this video was even yet another marketing stunt. Maybe not even maybe.  ;)

Neymar can do whatever he wants, nobody can judge him for anything. As far as I can tell, by seeing him play online, he is not the best player anyway, he just wants to have some fun and doesn't take it serious. Being super rich of course also plays a lot into that.  ;D

The involvement of world football players in the world of gambling, as far as I know, is not a new phenomenon, we have often seen things like this, even though football players are strictly prohibited from being involved in gambling or in any other form of game, As far as I know, clubs, players and so on/they have strict rules. If they are caught, they can be punished and receive serious sanctions for the player.

The case of involvement of world football players is not only done by Neymar, I have seen Zaniolo, Fagioli, Tonali, they were involved in gambling scandals and they created problems, especially in the Italian football league, and they were punished at Zaniolo's trial for saying that they played gambling games like poker and blackjack, this means, whoever is a football player as I said above, if they are caught and end up in court.

Not only the three of them or Neymar stumbled into gambling, here too I see 7 Soccer Players who had Gambling Problems. (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.besoccer.com/new/amp/7-soccer-players-who-had-gambling-problems-965849), Maybe many others have the same fate, caught in gambling cases, especially football players.

Many people here seem to be of the sentiment that Neymar can't be addicted and this thread is an exaggeration.
Well, look, in our case the evidence is right in front of us. He ha playing poker while a precious moment with his daughter is proceeding. It doesn't matter if he wants to be a poker star, it doesn't matter if he has a sponsorship. Probably he will even never ever have financial issues due to his worldwide fame. But the issue is different here. Addiction also comes at the expense of one's time and Neymar here clearly is acting improperly.

We see it on video, what else do we need to see in terms of evidence? Clearly he is doing something that's not good and it's worth pointing out and discussing since he is a public figure and also chose to share this moment with the world on his own. Or at least through his family. It's fair criticism and nothing too over the top based on what evidence we have seen too.

It's worrying, for Neymar's future. Remember regardless of the amount of money he has, when done to gamble without good control then it will be easy to run out. I'm afraid it will make Neymar poor. It should be that he improved his physical and mental abilities after the injury. He can prepare for a coach's license. But I hope the incident does not illustrate that Neymar is addicted to Poker. But that's just a bit of a way to get rid of boredom and the media gives news that doesn't match the facts. Maybe we should hear Neymar's statement directly.

I think we as fans, we over react sometimes because I don't see as a news. I first saw the video on X platform by some random following people. We forgot that these people, footballers we are always attacking are just human like us, they just had the opportunity to be in a top place and public figures but that doesn't mean they don't have life after their professions. If he plays poker all day, is there anything wrong with that? He enjoys his thing and I don't think that started today, if he has faced addiction since the beginning of his career, people would have noticed that around him. Beside, we forgot that footballers are not allow to gamble on sports betting, so casino games are the only option for him and that's what he loves doing.


People even forgot the fact that he has been in holiday for months now, I think been an outside person this inner stay must have been boring, it's better to gamble and have fun than go to parties where people will still complain about his extravagant and money spending life.

The question is whether the Poker done by Neymar is gambling or a regular Online Poker game, because there are a lot of Online Poker games that do not use money or bets in it, they just play normally to fill their empty time with social media users or anonymous on the application, it might happen right?
We haven't gotten direct confirmation from Neymar on this, whether he is gambling on poker games or just playing without any gambling elements in it.

But given that he has lost a lot of money in the past, it is most likely gambling and he has an addiction, but all this is not yet clear because the mainstream media always adds a lot of spice to the news they write that is interesting to read.

I think most of the athletes have their not so dark secret in terms of gambling. When they're still a dreamer and wanting to give the best life for their family, they're able to achieve that by being a star or by just simply signing a contract.

Now after that comes the harder part and that's about how they can contain and control themselves not to be spendthrift with their money. Because when you have the money, everything is accessible and easy to do.

We've got athletes, celebrities and even a commoner becomes addicted so, it's not surprising to see such news about one has seen gambling on some random videos.

Neymar is a typical example of person who lives for the world. He 'masters' the material world, having access to all the facilities, pleasures and comfort disponible for wealthy and influent individuals. For that reason, I think your phrase above is totally accurate and summarizes the description of Neymar very well, because when the person focus only on material stuff, he will be easily dragged by addictions and ephemeral pleasures, which don't mean anything on long run, while giving up on his human essence, which involve deep feelings of peace, self-consciouness, welfare which demand sensibility from the individual to be experienced.

If the person loses contact with this part of his existence, inevitably he will become unfaithful, empty, cold and indifferent to people and moments which should be important and full of meaning for him. I guess people start living on an automatic mode, shutting off their conscience more and more each new day and each new bad choice they make for their lives, worsening symptoms of addictive behavior, and even worse: symptoms of unfaithfulness...

And it's quite alarming to see that it has become so commonplace that a lot of people have become desensitized to it, even thinking that what these athletes do are something to be idolized and in turn, people will also do it even though they don't have the means to do so. The youth is who's the most affected from these activities by these athletes and superstars - and no, this doesn't mean they shouldn't do it, but perhaps people like Neymar should do it privately or not let other people document him doing it.

Then again, it's up to those who watch these guys if they will follow their footsteps even in that direction or not. IMO Neymar isn't doing anything wrong apart from prioritizing his gambling activities over his daughter's birthday, but still it's going to translate to a lot of youths thinking that gambling is cool just because their idol is doing it.

I agree, since they're idolizing him and there's a thought that "our idol does it so it's common and we'd do it too". This kind of thinking isn't new to the fans and as idols, they really have to set example.

But at the same time, we can't invade their privacy and whatever they do in their private time outside the sports that they've been doing or passion or career.

It's just sad that many kids are fans of him and other athletes as well and anyone who's being looked up to and then these kids might materialize someday that they'd gamble in support to their favorite athlete and team.

As human he ought to have been doing this wey long before he even became a superstar and that's the truth because many people that are actually celebrities now have been living a normal life and the only way maybe they could keep their habits content, sometimes its due to the facts that the available funds was not all that available but it becomes a different story when everything you can think of is at the tip of yours, that time what you do is use the money to gamble and called it having fun.

This incident of Neymar and many others like him, does indeed show how addictive behaviors can affect anyone regardless your financial status or being famous. It’s a good reminder of the importance of moderation while gambling. Now when it comes to this news if it’s real or not, I would say he simply failed to separate between his professional and personal life. I think it’s important to prioritize meaningful moments with loved ones and to consider the impact of our actions on those around us, in this case Naymer daughter will see her father less caring, especially that the news stays forever.

Moreover, I noticed more personalities are getting involved in either promoting gambling or getting addicted to some games, however, losing everything to gambling or a small percentage of your stable income isn’t the same at all, so it’s better to think twice before betting and gambling the same way these known personalities does.

They're just caught of the camera but it's for sure that many of them engaged in gambling activities off-cam and didn't caught at all.

Soon, we're going to see more of them and new names but have been in their industries for a very long time. As social media has become the back bone of the entire world and everything can spread like wildfire with just a post away.

And it will be globally posted in split seconds and will become a news headline within the day.

I think every human being wants to live a better life in the world so many people strive to reach a higher level of life, myself included.
It's very easy for you to judge people in this context, for me personally this rather than explaining at the level of impact of the Human itself when the position is the same as Neymar is very subjective and human relativism will cause different outputs on what they have done with gambling, whether it's abnormalities or unfaithfulness that may occur as you said, but for me personally this also depends on the response of his environment and also his family regarding the character that is in neymar, maybe you can say it in such a way, such as the popularity of wealth and getting access to all the luxurious facilities and finally plunging into addictions that will cause the bad nature of man to come out, we cannot be sure with just the naked eye in analyzing this kind of thing, but whatever it is called a very bad addiction will turn someone into a bad human being, such as drugs, women and including gambling, if the addiction suffered is in the final stage.

But we need to remember that maybe because Neymar today has many facilities to access all things easily, he is not worried about himself and the future of his family.

I think it is still too early to say whether Neymar is addicted to playing poker or not, only being based on a single rumor. But it would not be surprising if he in fact has developed some mild addiction for card games in online casinos.
Because if his wife budget to gamble, I doubt he will get to reach a state of bankruptcy, still shows nobody is actually safe from getting hooked up by certain casinos games.
Not much to say about it... I personally find it to be distasteful, how he decidedntonplag card games like poker in the same day they were supposed to be celebrating with his daughter, it sounds kind of inappropriate to gamble when one is supposed to have family time and such.

Without a doubt this does not really look good for Neymar, I mean if you were to capture him playing at any other time, you may think that he is just enjoying himself and nothing more, so you would have no reason to assume the worst at all, but when he is literally gambling on the birthday of his daughter, this could be a very strong evidence that his gambling is out of control, as there is not really too much of an excuse for a father to do something like this.

There is just nothing people can not say to sabotage your personality once you have made firm.
If he is spotted playing or gambling on poker may not mean that he is addicted to it.
It could be one of his favorite activities which he enjoys at his leisures. Maybe the set of persons in the birthday ceremony was not the kind he could just sit and roll with and have funs out of their get-togetherness.

But anyways... He might actually be addicted but I have not heard of his bad side as Drake being situated excessively of gambling too much.

How do we even have that view to say someone is an addicted gambler?
Is it by steady gambling or by gambling with what is unaffordable to loose?
Because I have not heard of this guy Neymar running bankrupts as a case of his gambling addictions or he has lost opportunities due to distractions of his gambling addictions lifestyles.

Addiction has no respect for age, race, social status or nationality, so it is not strange if Neymar is addicted to gambling. Many celebrities or sportsmen are addicted to gambling and some of them become broke because of a lack of planning. But in Neymar's case, there is no proof that he is suffering from gambling disorder.

Being distracted by his phone on this important occasion might be a planned activity not to get close to his baby mama. Neymar has separated from Bruna Biancardi the mother of the baby so he might not be comfortable in her presence and wanted to use the poker games as a distraction. It could also be another means to promote PokerStars since he is an ambassador. However, I don't support publishing such news because the Brazilian superstar is a role model to manner children. And these children might want it engage in what their idols do.

Can't blame him. he's winning in life and at this point in his career he's got nothing to prove to people anymore, he's just that of a GOAT, but if you wouldn't mind me asking, what made you think he's addicted to poker, are there prior reports in the past talking about his addiction to the game? Did he say it himself? Cause shitty of a father as it may seem I don't think putting off your daughter's birthday to have fun with the boys could be considered as a prerequisite for gambling addiction, and to top it all off, they did this while they were in the party itself, and we all know these people, they let the kids have their own fun while they're out there doing their own thing enjoying what limited time they have together.

I wanna watch this scoop a little more closely cause I'm not particularly aware of what's going on in these football personalities' lives since I'm not chronically online, and I don't form parasocial relationships with the people I am a fan of.

But no one says it is. Not that I'm defending him but when we go to an event like for example birthdays, many of us are also doing like this. Even not totally in gambling but our eyes are glued in the screens of our gadgets. For some, this is to cope from their social anxiety, or maybe they are a bit bored because the main program has not started yet or is already over. It is still possible for us to chitchat to the people around us while we having this kind of mannerism.

And a severely addict will never attend such event anymore because they are only busy with their addictions. If it's a big concern for the public, the video can still be deleted. That should solve the problem. Also, Neymar should be careful with his actions next time, as he is a star and there's always a camera that is pointing at him.

that someone is found playing porker for a day doesn't mean he is addicted to shit and you'll are too fast in stacking celebrities when they do normally thing an average person out there will do without even being noticed. Those dudes have thier own life to live and outside of soccer, they still have to figure out ways to have some fun and if playing porker is his choice, there nothing addictive about it

The likes of Ronaldinho had a lot of bad information coming from his angle because he was said to be an addict than gambled away all his fortune after his prime and dude was just loving his life the way he enjoys it the most. Addiction don't just come from a one day stake and Neymar jr is still actively playing football and I doubt he would want to get involved in an addictive behavior that will distort his psychological framework and affect his play evidently. Most guys that get addicted to shit like that are those that have retired from active activities and if Neymar have retired, then it's possible that boredom might lead him to gambling to the extent of getting addicted but for now, nay! Dude isn't addicted at all.

Look how people turned negative to Neymar after giving little attention during birthday of his child. People judge him, when they themselves arent perfect parents either. Everyone have skeletons in their closets. What if he has spent hours with his daughter before and this is his first minutes of free time. Imo, if this were a birthday party with lots of guests, and he would show little attention to them and instead sit somewhere and played poker, then it will be fair to treat him like that. But since this is a short video, and their family is spending their private time, I think it is wrong to put such tags as "bad parent" on him.

The problem is he already has a limited time due to his football career and other endorsements yet he can’t spare a free time to enjoy his daughter birthday celebration instead he is playing poker. If you are a father with busy schedule, will you still gamble during precious time of your child?

Also he is showing that he is gambling in front of everyone during the actual celebration date. It only show that he didn’t care much about what he is celebrating because he can play anytime he wants but he will only celebrate birthday celebrations 1 time per year.

This is a clear sign of addiction.

Exactly!!! Many people judge people based on what they are seeing without knowing what the situation is. Does that mean that if someone is seen playing gambling publicly, he or she is addicted to it? or already experiencing addiction? Well, that's not it, but we know people on social media are easy to believe in what they see, and the impact is greater because the person is a celebrity and popular. What do we expect, right? People tend to gossip and spread false and wrong accusations just because they see some pictures and articles online. We know all people, or most of the individuals, experience playing gambling, so what's the big deal? We can judge Neymar if we see that he is doing wrong by gambling and noticing the sudden change because of his addiction to gambling. That's when he deserves the criticism. Anyway, we can't control people's judgement; it's just how scary people jump to conclusions.

But playing when he is celebrating his daughter's birthday is a sign of addiction. If he is just normal player, he will not do it while celebrating his daughter's birthday as he should know when and where to play poker. Not a good example of a father if it true he really did it. The question that comes to my mind is that did he play it naturally or it is just for a video content to make it viral because we all know that his name is not as popular as before when he was still in PSG or Barcelona.

It really isn't that bad....

It's normal for Neymar to play poker, he's been a poker player for many, many years, since he played for the Santos team in Brazil, besides poker, Neymar Jr is also known for being a competitive online video game player... Ronaldo Fenômeno, former Real Madrid and Brazilian national team player, plays alongside him.

Yes, this is the case when things that are normal on their own look terrible in combination. If he can’t tear himself away from poker at such a moment, then this is of course a sign of addiction, but I don’t feel sorry for Neymar, I feel sorry for his daughter. Most likely she does not have a sense of emotional connection with her father and a sense of family. Plus, the fact that journalists are inflating this story will put additional pressure on her in the future.

I don't know this history of his but since I'm not really into football and didn't know that much on it. But I've known big figures on some sports that I'm not a fan of so this is kind of big deal for those fans that have been following him. I'd agree that it's not something bad at all, it's bad if he's exposing himself and shows how addicted he is but if it's just a typical poker game and he just did it on an important occasion where he's celebrating like for this one, it's for her daughters birthday. I just hope that his fandom won't judge him or be disappointed on him.

He's still a human and he's not different at all as a creature and does things like we do. If we play football or any sport, he's also doing that. If he we play games, we also play games. If we gamble, it's very likely that him and other football stars are also into gambling. So, we shouldn't be judgmental as he's not gambling with our money. He's playing poker with his money that he's worked hard as he dedicated his life into the sport and he'd earned honest money so, it means that he's gambling with his honest and hard earned money.

To many fabricated issues just to sell it out to a lot of people and we don't know if this issue is really true since last time we read something that someone spreading that Bruno mars is been addicted on gambling but turns out not. That's why its hard to trust those medias or some random article we can see online since maybe they are just click baiting people so that they can get a lot of engagement.

But if this case is true then I guess he's far to be broke since the man is so rich and for sure he has a financial managers that could able to stop him when they notice to much on his gambling spendings. Maybe we can feel sorry to his daughter but its early to tell since maybe this is just pure speculation and maybe we will just waste our time if this is proven a fake news.

it's no longer a surprise when a world-famous artist or athlete is involved in gambling. it is because their lives are quite glamorous and their ability to earn a lot of money in a short time makes them involved in gambling. in fact, in several cases, casinos openly collaborate with artists or athletes to be able to attend their place and play there. things like this are why more and more artists are now involved in gambling.

I think so too, it's really not that terrible... I've also played poker a few times in some "strange" situations, usually in tournaments where I have been registered and already paid buy-in. So to not miss the game and just throw away my money the only option was to play from the phone and try to be active as much as possible. 

I'm not sure if Neymar was in such a situation, maybe something was already agreed in advance and the man just decided to play on "two" fronts. It's not nice, that's for sure, but it's not a big deal either. At least he is at home and will probably make up for it all later when he finishes the game.

Gamblers have experienced gambling addiction even though their levels of addiction are different. If you are addicted like Neymar, in my opinion it is too serious. He is indeed a figure known throughout the world, but it would not be good if he celebrated his daughter's birthday in gambling by playing poker.

For me, who was once addicted to gambling, I feel that this is clearly not a good example shown by him as a football superstar even though that is completely his right. If he still wants to gamble while celebrating a loved one's birthday, it's better not to expose photos like this to the public.
This is why Neymar is inconsistent in his performance.

Its his money
Its his time
Its his family

So its none of our business if he would really be making out such decision. What if his family is already getting used to it? If they arent that making that complaints then there's nothing we can do.
There's no one on this world would really be that prone or immune to gambling addiction. It is really just that people do able to notice out directly if ever there are things which arent already that looks right
specially into the time where it her daughters birthday then it would really be just that right that you should really be spending time with your daughter with her precious day which it do only
happens once in a year. So its not really that bad to give out that day for her but well its his decision on how he would really be able to handle up his time and relation to family members.
It is really just that sad but well its his right and its none of our business.

Addiction doesn't really care about ones status I'm life. And such no matter who one is, when they enjoy gambling too much they might get addicted to some extent. But on this one I don't think he is right. I'm such a moment when family and friends are gathered to celebrate why would be want to pull of some show and gambling? It might be that he's just trying to chill out but to be sincere, it really makes no sense. there's time for everything and the little time he had to spend with family and friends shouldn't be used to gamble. This really shows how many stars out there would also be addicted as such.

Yeah, I agree that this is just simply having fun for him. I have no idea how the distribution of his salary is but isn't it that when they sign a contract, it's given like the normal distribution being an employee?

And once he receives it on his bank or whatever pay check or salary method he's doing, he's free to spend it wherever and however he want.

So, if this is the kind of fun that he's longing to do then he deserves to spend every single penny on it on tables that he's sitting with whether it's with his friends or inside casino premises.

He mentioned that he can't get enough of playing poker, this is a sign of addiction it's your daughter's birthday so there should be nothing to bother the celebration but unfortunately, playing poker online gets the better of his addiction and this is not good.

What happens to Neymar will happen to anyone if they do not put limitations on how they play, and with his addiction to playing poker online, there's a possibility that he will spend a lot of money because he is a rich player, and he has a lot of time to play.
This is a big concern for his family and his team they better do something or it will have an impact on his games and family relationships.

Why people do really love on getting some involvement into other peoples lives or on how they do spend? as long he's using his own money which its obviously on where it do came from
then its true that he had the full right on how he would really be that preferring whether he would go into the casino or would be playing in the convenience of his own home.
Just like on what others been saying that they are really that not just liking on what he had done on his daughters birthday and this is why they do make out this kind comment as if
that Neymar is already having that too much addiction on which he cant be able to spend up the time at least. If he had been playing online poker on that time then we dont know
if he had been just making up some few bets and stopped or what. We dont know the full story of this one.

I do agree that it may look "distasteful" to do something like this at that moment, I can see that. However, people have a lot more access to others lives thanks to social media nowadays to see what people are doing, and they didn't had that back in the day. How many of us could say that fathers around the world have their phones screen somehow video during their kids birthday party?

I think it makes sense that a father may not be "present" all that much, they already have very few time, and could be spending that multi-tasking. I am not justifying his actions, I am just saying his mistake was public, and most people make mistakes that are not this public, his problem is broadcasted, most of us make mistakes that nobody else knows.

Yes, and I remember someone ask Dana White what he do for a living, he answers back as a "degenerative gambling", lol, it's sounds funny but that's what this individuals are. Maybe they have a lot of money at their disposable that we see them as becoming worse.

But that's their own life and I do think that Neymar can control himself as he has a lot of money. Maybe if we hear from him that he has lost all his money from gambling that w we will be alarm, but so far none of that is happening and just playing to have some fun.

As a poker player, I have seen myself in the same situation where I have a special event and a poker tournament at the same time.

Even i remember the final game of the Bitcoin Talk Poker tournament, where is was on a trip, and played the tournament from my phone on the highway, was fun to finish that one in 3th place. But I don't blame Neymar, sometimes it happens.

Don't worry, mate. Neymar can print money from anywhere. He was one of the most popular footballers ever exist after messi and ronaldo, and he may have a variety of sources of income such as sponsorship, football player, or something else. Im not even worrying since he was great football players.

Neymar has been known as a regular poker player since career at PSG. Neymar plans to return to his childhood club. He has no plans to stay with his current club for a prolonged period.

It's very easy to make money as an influencer with thousands of followers.

We can also look on this situation from different angle. Imagine you have a birthday party outside. You spend whole time cooking meat on the grill for numerous guests. You are barely seen on the photos with guests and kids. Then someone look on posted pictures of that party and claim that you are reckless father, because you spend little time with your kid and not hospitable, as you dont hang out with guests.

Or what if he really does not care about that baby, because it is from his former partner. He has separated with child mom. It wasnt obvious that their celebrating something. Probably only receiving congratulations. And are going to have a huge party after.

What I am trying to say that there might be lots of reasons why he acted like this, and this is not only because poker addiction.

I'm not sure why the medias are overreacts.

Since the media think doing two or more things at the same isn't good, then how about:
1. Why corporate workers is thinking about vacation, going out, have lunch etc while working?
2. Why people watch a movie while eating?
3. Why people keep scroll their device while communicate with other people?

Why all of them are allowed and not being included to the article? that's double standard.

When someone playing gambling for some time, he can return to gambling in the other days and even he will playing gambling too often than before. No matters if that person is celebrity or ordinary people, gambling can tempts them to return to gambling and will playing gambling in their spare time. Even if they don't have much spare time, they will playing gambling and trying to satisfying their desire. It happens to many people. There's not surprise if Neymar which one of the celebrity can addicted to gambling, especially he is one of multimillionaire that have so much money.

He needs to puts some limits and trying to responsibility when he playing gambling. Otherwise, gambling will eat his money without left and he will regrets losing that much money from gambling. It's a lesson for us to always limits our gambling activity so we don't gets addicted to gambling. Getting addicted to gambling is the worst thing for our lives so we must avoids that happens to us. We still have time to fix our mistakes in gambling so we can try to reduces our gambling activity.

It seems you are a follower of Neymar to know this, poker is a very addictive game I hope he can keep up controlling his playing online poker, there's always a temptation to over-bet and to overdo it even if you're playing it for a long time.
Since he's been doing this for so many years, I'm sure people close to him have been used to seeing him playing poker.
Since he is a celebrity, he should be discreet and make sure that he is not influencing young people into believing that it's okay to play online poker even if there are important events in your family.

Yes, I'm Brazilian and there are always news related to Neymar and poker... he has been an ambassador for the "pokerstars" brand [1] since 2015 together with Ronaldo Nazario (former player).

And Neymar usually wins a lot of money in online poker competitions, I still believe that after ending his career as a football player he will probably become a professional in this field of gambling.


[1] https://neymarjr.pokerstars.net/br/news/Neymar-Jr-anuncia-novo-papel-com-o-PokerStarsnet

I seen this video upon scrolling in the youtube short videos like reels, seems us have different perspectives on this, could be why he keeps gambling even in the precious time of his daughter, and for some of us it is part of his leisure or earning playing gambling so just finish the set of the game is enough after. As long as he keeps as part of the role as being a man of the house i guess still he's in a good part. But also its better if we know our limitation until when is playing gambling even the previous days.

Just like every other individual, celebrities are also prone to becoming addicts to gambling if they don't do it carefully and as we know Neymar has made a lot of money so he has enough to use to pass time and also during his leisure, well i don't really know if the rumors of him being an addicted gambler is true, but if true i don't think he's making the right decision cause despite spending recklessly he could mislead lots of fans.

 What i mean is that most fans would  willingly allow themselves to get mislead by their role model all in the name of being a fan, and imagine if Neymar is one that post games he bet on his page like Drake does, lots of fans would want to bet on such games too regardless of whether he got a good gambling skill or not. We seen how drake lost huge money over time on gambling, you could imagine the number of individual that bet on same game and lost too.

People really need to stop comparing themselves to others, this can be a part of the reason why many gamblers have lost their ways in gambling, you don't have to react to anything in gambling space, if your friends are winning and you are losing, it is because this is gambling, it is all about luck.

This is different from working in a company and not getting paid but yout friends are getting paid, gambling depends on luck and you don't have to be warned about the risks that are present in gambling because its luck dependant.

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Neymar is a footballer, he is getting paid big time, you can't compare yourself to such person because he has the tool to fill up his gambling habit, but for someone who isn't up to this mans statue, if they lose all their money they can result to taking their own lives, or going fully depressed.

Neymer is Neymer, I am me, what he can afford to lose when gambling can't be the same amount as mine, either he is responsible or not, I doubt it will affect him much compare to someone who is still struggling financially, and I do believe that the most addicted gamblers are people who are still struggling financially in life, not Neymar.

I remember reading some articles saying that some famous actors who fall into gambling addiction also have a huge debt on their back, if anything this can deter people from falling into gambling addiction. If someone who makes millions per month can get bankrupt from addiction, then the chance the average joe to face the same issue or worse is higher. While it is true that Neymar is probably fine even if he loses a lot of money, it can be a good lesson to share with others to avoid reckless behavior when they gamble. After all, it is easier for people to accept some lessons from famous individuals instead of some random social media users who may or may not be a bot.

Wait, how does this show that Neymar is addicted? He loves poker doesn't mean he is wasting all his money on poker Games, the distraction at this celebration time is a good point, he is sure distracted by something he loves to do.

There is no claim that he is an addicted gambler to keep risking what he can't afford to lose on poker, this isn't different to how humans in the world are behaving today, when smartphones were introduced many people will walk in the park pressing their phones, even on busy roads.

We have all did this at one time atleast, this is nothing but gossip, something that humans love doing, finding a star fault to yab him online, not able to control your time with gambling shows how much like you have for the game, but its still not addiction, for someone like him, he can afford to gamble many times in a week.

What you can afford to lose will not be the same with what others can afford to lose.

Everyone is vulnerable to the things like gambling addiction, even people who play casually and fend it off. I actually found that poker had one of the stronger draws compared to other games, as you are competing against other players who have different strategies - some may be very good, others may be fish, but you are also susceptible to over playing your hand or thinking you're smarter than you really are. This does prove that having lots of money, especially earned in a different activity to finance, does not necessarily teach you about how hard it is to make that money. It is sad that he could not leave it alone for a few hours to be with his daughter and is probably going to get reprimanded by his team who exist in a very anti-gambling type country.

There's no way that we could really be able to know about their financial condition on which we do know that it could be that still fine or they are already on deep debts on which people cant be able to see about.
The main thing that people would really be complaining about doing some gambling game on his daughters birthday on which this is a special day for her but still playing up some poker or whatever it is
but well its his time and full control or decisions on the things that he would really be gonna tending to deal with.If he do really likes on playing gambling then so be it. Dont tend to be that someone
who would really be that be making themselves that getting addicted and cant really think up well on the things that they should really be gonna do it well.

Yeah, it's normal for him playing poker but that is not really the issue, it's the fact that he is doing it while celebrating his daughter's birthday. The only reason why the OP and a lot of other people had issue with him playing poker. I mean it doesn't look good for him but it is not enough indication to say that he is addicted.

Neymar apparently wants to test himself in something else besides football, he thinks that he will do just as well and achieve great results. I even know that he played the computer game KS once. It turns out that he is a player who likes to play many games, he has a huge sports interest in many things, he likes to compete. The only thing is that he spent a lot of time on football and besides that he has talent, but he did others such as poker, he didn’t have that much time to devote himself to this game, so he simply won’t be able to compete with professionals who are in the industry for about 10 years now and they know everything about poker. They will beat Neymar with their eyes closed. I think, given all this, it’s better for Neymar to start making money by advertising the bookmaker’s site, I think they are offering him a lot of money. But if he starts playing constantly, he will simply lose them.

Knowing your limits is everything when it comes to Gambling and that's what causes issues for some gamblers because they fail to know their limit and this applies to even the so called rich guys because if you haven't got the control button then you really have gotten yourself into some major problem because you might end up losing alot even when he classify yourself as a rich fellow, the difference is that your stakes being a rich guy will be very big compared to an ordinary gambling but on the level check it's probably still same thing.

I see this post as finger pointing because I'm very sure that he is not the only one who play casino game, my only problem I have with this video of his child celebrating birthday is the fact that his eyes is on the phone when he was supposed to be there making his daughter all happy. Now, seeing this on the internet will be like a history that the child will come across one day and it's going to be a bad memory.

I think even the bloggers and paparazzi are doing to much, there are things that are mean to be private and not poste on public platform. I'm very sure that if he saw that post before it came online, he would have deleted it very fast.

Earlier it was reported that Neymar lost almost 8 million in gambling. Here I don't remember exactly maybe 8 million was mentioned anyway he has a gambling addiction which is why he participates in gambling. But here Neymar is a star player, he may have a huge collection of money but if he thinks that he can't finish the money by gambling, then the wrong thing is definitely possible to start the end of the king's huge treasure by gambling. But one must use a certain limited budget for gambling and participate responsibly because gambling responsibly will give you positive results. Those who have gambled recklessly in life have completely destroyed their lives and lived a very difficult life. Gambling is good but not addictive.

One thing I know for sure: Neymar plays poker for fun, not for money :P
But this is a very interesting thought.... a person who doesn't need money or who would hardly find other people willing to make million-dollar bets with him, is he addicted?
So does gambling addiction take hold even among people who don't need money? What are they looking for?

And for those who doubt it... Neymar at least "likes" poker a lot, because when he celebrated his 32nd birthday two months ago, he won a tournament played between friends.

Ultimately, addiction has no social class or economic profile, it affects everyone for one reason or another, it's up to each person to know how to set limits, whether it's the money spent or, as in Neymar's case, the time spent.

Are they really celebrating daughters birthday or only receiving a congratulation? I dont see guests, presents, birthday cake with a candle. If might be that he or family were caught off-guard and someone decided to congratulate them. I think a lot of people misunderstood that situation, video clip and judges him incorrectly. By those 5-15 seconds people already put a tag of addicted gambler on him and reckless parent, while these are only 5-15 seconds of his life. Please pay attention, that nobody pay attention that his daughter has turned 6months only on this video. Do you celebrate 1/2 birthday? Or celebrate each month?

Yes, I understand and agree that it sounds very strange. Well, young people (and even many adults) tend to never leave their cell phones aside, I see several of my friends, when we go out to talk or go to a restaurant for example, they don't put their cell phones down for even a minute, always on social media. .. anyway.. it's a new way of relating, I find it very strange actually, this preference for an online life instead of a real life.

We're all people after all. We seek entertainment like those big names do. They just don't let it slide and affect their lives negatively. It's always been the sticking to the reason why you are doing what you are doing. Because if you shift your entertainment to making money, then it would become stressful because you are oblige now to make money and not just to play for fun. Which means, you always will get what you want from the casino, and rest assured you are always taking a risk.

Aside being an addict I think what Neymar is trying to do is that, he's deriving joy from the celebration of his daughter's birthday and what he choose to do is play poker during the celebration.
We can't tell and shouldn't criticise him for that but he's expressing is joy and happiness,I know one or two guys in my area that does this too when they are being excited of happy about an Achievement they tend to go all out and gambling,play bets,poker and all of that so when I see such people doing this  I understand that they are happy inrespective of their achievements.

Why people is really that too in concern on the things that he do? Its his money and its his daughter or family. He can do everything he wants and if people do sees that he did play in the birthday of his her daughter then
its really just that up to him. No one really knows the story behind just like on what other members been saying on which it would really be that a common approach that people wouldnt just care. Its his money, his family
and his own time and his own rights. Just like on what been told that its none of our business if he would really be spending up his time on playing online poker into  the moment her daughter is celebrating her birthday.
We dont know if that one is really just that a one session gambling or multiple, no one really knows behind and people do make out conclusions on a single point or notice.

If you have friends and you are happy and went outside to a casino to gamble or you open your devices and start gambling, that is different from what Neymar did. Or are you saying your child can be celebrating and you will pick up your phone and be gambling? Maybe I am not totally right about this but I do not see it as good and I see it as a sign of gambling addiction or so but I may not be totally correct. We humans can behave differently.

Neymar has been gambling ever since. I thought people are just creating some speculation without basis, but when  search about his gambling addiction, I came across this article - https://www.ladbible.com/sport/neymar-reaction-gambling-loss-672659-20230330.. and this was published on Mar 30, 2023 stating these words.


That's a lot of money but he is rich with a net worth of $250 million.... but when addiction will consume him, he'll be bankrupt in the future.

There is a tiny chance he indeed made all of this on purpose, that is true, but it is unlikely, one would need to have more context on what happened, in order to have a more accurate opinion on his intentions.
You know, in the way I see it, there is a good reason why when people gather to play poker, they mostly do it in man caves or clubs where people is not expected to take children to. You have probably noticed as well, how within the popular culture of the United States, the men get together in a very comfortable place, intended to be only for adults, no kids. It is not only about the fact children could be annoying and kill the mood of the card play, but it is also about responsible parents being aware their children are not to be exposed to gambling while they are not in proper age to engage in poker (in this case).
Would you like to have some teen complaining around or some toddler crying while you try to focus on your hand while gambling against your friends? I doubt it.

Considering he has been not playing football for a long time, and considering he gets injured all the time, and he has insane amount of money for not even playing, I think he needed something that he could do  on his free time. He can't just sit at home watching tv all day, he needed a hobby.

This could be the reason why he is so interested in poker, and I believe that considering the situation he is in right now, that could lead to a level where we could call him addicted as well. What else could he do for hours every day. I mean if you gave me 100+ million dollars, and then tell me to spend my time anyway I want, I would probably go mad as well. He is at least keeping it in check, playing poker is not that bad, he could have been doing much worse, so this seems okay.

Neymar is a human being just like everyone who like casino games and gamble when they like, he just happen to have fame and a celebrity to many and also a brand ambassador to many products but I see him as a normal person and he really need help. I don't understand why a father will be gambling right in front a child that is doing birthday, that's very wrong and the timing is wrong too. Doing that beside a minor will make her learn the same thing the father is doing and remember that children knows everything parents do around them and now that we are in computer age with androids phones everywhere.

I just hope he doesn't go broke because he loves women and party and now another addiction of gambling, this is the fastest way to finish his life investment but since Saudi Arabia are given then bunch of money without doing anything, that's understandable.

I agree with you, Neymar is a human being like the rest of us, with his weaknesses and mistakes. Gambling is serious matter, no matter who does it. Playing in front of children, especially on special occasions like birthdays, is not a good role model for the younger generation. Children learn from the actions of the adults around them, and inappropriate behavior can negatively impact their development.

I also hope Neymar finds the help he needs to overcome his gambling problem. Gambling addiction can have serious consequences, especially when a person spends a lot of money to satisfy their gambling cravings. Regardless of our wealth or social status, taking care of our mental and emotional health is important for all of us.

Yeah I guess you are right because so many people in his shoes would have obviously done way more worse than he has already done and maintaining a level when gambling is all that matters, one might be thinking maybe it's when you have the money then you don't think about these things but the answer is a big NO NO because you can be a rich guy and still be a very crazy gambler too. Sometimes gambling infact all the time is not all about the availability of money but how cool are you when you get the losing spree.

As far as I know, Neymar really likes playing poker, even since he was at PSG he really likes Poker and always doesn't miss the game he plays wherever he goes. This shows that he has a gambling addiction that he can't even stop while enjoying important moments with his family. The incident experienced by Neymar can indeed be used as a life lesson for us that we should not prioritize personal pleasure without thinking about family happiness, moments like this are very valuable and cannot be repeated when the children are older, so enjoy your time with your family and take advantage of the pleasure of gambling only at your free time.

I am also a gambler but I am not too fanatical about gambling. I always have fun moments with my family. Even when I am busy doing work on this forum. I also always set aside time with my family because I know that time with family is the most valuable time we only have time is short in this world if we lose precious moments someday in old age we will regret and miss them.

Why do you think that he "solved his money problems"? He might be a multimillionaire, but I wonder what will happen after the end of his football career, when he won't get absurd amounts of money from Saudi Arabian football clubs or big sponsorship deals.
I'm sure that his wife(or girlfriend, I don't know if he's married) will divorce him and take away half of his wealth. His gambling addiction won't stop soon and he might spend most of his millions on the casinos. Many big football players end up going bankrupt after their careers end, due to bad financial decisions.

Have you paid a lot of attention to the details of this case, and do you have a lot of experience and knowledge about the kids? What is that birthday you are talking about? That little baby turned 6 months only, and this is just a tiny achievement in her and their lives. Do you celebrate such "half birthdays"? Or maybe you celebrate end of each month of your life? And do you really believe that this 6 month old child is going to remember that one day? If yes, then what did you get for your first birthday?

https://m.allfootballapp.com/amp/news/La-Liga/Fans-slam-Neymar-as-he-bets-on-his-phone-at-his-baby-girl%E2%80%99s-birthday/3348676

Hope you have your answers ;)

Neymar born from extremely poor parents, when he able to play for Barcelona and get paid well, Neymar can solve the money problems in his family, probably @OP meant that.

It's true there are many successful Brazilian players had a miserable life when they already old, perhaps Neymar will become one of them considering he's not focus on football career anymore, like to going for party, and didn't have any business.

This is a showing how addiction can ruin even the best days of our life , How would his daughter feel after learning this that instead of giving His full time at that very special moment yet he is there playing gambling.

Addiction? I can't deduce such a thing from what I see here. Anyone could be caught in a moment, but that doesn't mean that is what the person is really is. Also, if some scenarios are not thoroughly investigated, any pictures, videos and attached captions may not do the right justification to what really transpired, we are in the technological age where people are now chasing clouts.

Besides, I am not a follower of Neymar, he might have a lot going on in his life that is addictive and I must say that money is not everything. He must have found the financial freedom but he surely still needs happniess, and might have found some hobbies and happiness somewhere. Since he has the money and has it in abundance is enough to cover it. So, he is human and being rich doesn't exclude anyone from an addiction, it is all about how the person now controls it as what you do not control will control you.

I don't know in this case I will not say whether he will be addicted or not in the gambling game that is done because when talking about gambling problems actually it is not a new thing for Neymar even on several occasions in his spare time he can even livestream for gambling so it is not something strange for him.

But when talking about the problem of addiction it is also a little difficult to say because after all he has until now been a professional athlete remains a busy person so let alone gambling because sometimes gathering with family is difficult so that it cannot be said to be an addiction if only this video is used as evidence.

But on the other hand when an athlete plays gambling, it is actually not a taboo because I think almost everyone who is involved in the problem of the match must have temptation and we know that Tonali's problem occurred because of gambling too so gambling must be done it just depends on how they hide their actions so as not to be considered someone bad.

This is the problem with people who have a huge budget with gambling- they tend to be reckless with their expenditures to the point that it can blindly lead them to financial distraught if done excessively.

I find it somehow unfortunate that he seems to gamble during a special occasion, which is his daughter's birthday. I mean, he can gamble at any time that he wants but I just hope he could have chosen a different time to play.

Again, we have seen multiple posts on how gambling addiction can change a persons life in an instant and this is just one of the living proof on how it can slowly cripple away being rational. I just hope that Neymar's addiction be lessened as we do not want to see another life being wasted away due to excessive addiction from gambling.

You havent answered any of my questions.

I am sure that his daughter wont even remember her firs birthday, not to mention her half birthday or father gambling during it. Kids at 6 month dont even talk properly, and you say that "she will learn about gambling".

You know, we scold Neymar for gambling during this half birthday, but there are kids whos father is not even present at their birthdays or in the lives at all. That is the bigger problem. But Neymar, missing some minutes of celebration due to being busy with mobile, that is nothing in comparison.

I cannot validate what you expressed in this thread, especially regarding addiction. Maybe, I should research it to confirm that this Brazilian superstar really likes gambling. Or, he just did it on a whim and on purpose. Or maybe, there is something else that we don't really know. That's why, I don't dare to judge people only in the news media. The problem is, we don't really know what actually happened in the screenshot moment. but because Neymar was focused on something he was paying attention to, and coincidentally it was an online poker type game. A wave of responses from the public flowed to him with various assumptions, speculations, the most strengthening of which was that Neymar was written in the news as liking this type of online poker game. However, whether addiction is true or not, we don't know for sure. After all, if he really likes something he likes it, let alone gambling.

There is nothing wrong with that, after all, he is an adult man who knows all the risks. Plus, he is supported by his abundant financial condition. Even though he doesn't do his job in the sense of playing football, because he is injured, Neymar still gets his salary and he can do what he likes without having to harm anyone. the thing is, it's his business and what he likes. Apart from that, Neymar is just like us. What is different is that he is a famous person and has abundant finances. When it comes to gambling there is no difference, we play according to our respective portions. but I agree with the last point you said, I will quote it "Put some limits and enjoy responsibly!"

This is the main thing and what most needs to be highlighted, Ney is a famous player, and apart from all that he receives a huge amount of money from Al HIlal and that Nisiqueira has not been able to show what his football is like due to his injuries, so with 1/4 of your salary you want to spend in the casino, it is not something that affects you, because it is a person who has a lot of money, in the case of other people, for example, like me, who does not have anything similar to what he earns This player because he has to play very carefully, with a lot of decision, and taking great care of the money, when I see that there are people who bet more than $100usd it is already worth it. of my admiration, so this is something that I see a lot about this, but in the case of people who have little money and start inventing, because if a player like him can fall into addiction, I really doubt it.

I agree with you that this looks really strange, playing poker during the birthday party of your daughter. He is a famous person so there is much more attention to everything he does than for the average person. When I look at my family birthday parties it's quite common to see at least somebody on the phone, even though we are not gambling at the time. At least he is only gambling online and not skipping his daughter's birthday by visiting a physical casino. From what I heard is that Neymar is trying to go professional in poker after his football career. He is already rich and famous, so going into poker for that doesn't seem like the motivation, he probably is really interested in the game itself. It's hard to say that he is really addicted to gambling by one video alone. If this happens on a regular basis than I would agree, but here there could be also other reasons. For example, I don't know if he is playing a cash or a tournament on his phone. When it comes to poker tournaments they can last a pretty long time. With a cash game he could just stop playing and continue after the birthday party without any problems. But maybe he started a tournament a couple of hours earlier and didn't expect to go so deep. Once you get close to the bubble, poker tournaments become really slow as the majority of players will only play the best possible hands. I have been in the situation where I thought I would only play poker for 1-2 hours, only to end up playing for 5 hours as I managed to almost win the tournament.

when I saw the video I thought "Well he probably had a tournament still going on"
Or I thought
it could really be a masked advertisement for the poker house "affiliated" with him
because  continuing to play poker during the daughter's birthday is not the best thing... surely there is a "logic" explanation.
What is certain at  first glance it seems a terrible self-image not exactly the best thing.
The same was realized in other situation was completely another impact.

The logic explanation might be - this is not a real birthday. I mean who celebrates 6 months birthday on a grand scale. If this was 1-year-birthday, then it would be a completely different situation. First birthday. But 6 months? They will soon celebrate 7th month birthday, 8th, 9th,...,14th month birthday. What next, blame him for gambling during his daughters 192th day birthday ? I would understand the blame, if this was a real party, but this is just 3 of them behind the table. For me this looks like a casual situation. There is no even cake and candles on the table. So are they really celebrating something?

Now you mention it. It is possible for all of this to be some kind of smartly hidden advertisement for some poker website or casino, using Neymar status within football to boost their volume of gamblers. However, if that was actually the case, then it would be relatively easy for us to tell.
In the most of those occasions when the casino or poker website is paying for advertisement, they will ask for the logo of their web and brand of poker to be clearly visible during the video, as the super star plays and has fun, it is also required the person playing poker to show themselves profiting from their poker session rather than losing money (that is typical from casino ads).
If there are not so clear elements within this leaked video which align with with what we usually see on casino advertisements, then I would not dare to say it is actually a video some service paid for in the first place (which means the implications of all of this could be darker than expected).

I feel like what is "strange" may not be all that much depending on the person, or the situation. Like lets say he is in a tournament with an entry of 10k dollars, it is not a money that he would throw away, but not money that he would care about neither, so he just plays it, plus it shows in the video that he is still there, not like he is absent, he is there, what could a grown up man do in a daughters birthday to begin with?

I think people are overreacting to it and not that I would do the same, because I am not addicted to poker that much, actually I don't even remember when was the last time I played it, but if I was given an entry to a poker tournament with a big award at the end, I would probably do the same in that situation too.

People who overreacted to the video were offended by Neymar's attitude of playing poker while celebrating his son's birthday.

But, yes as you said everyone has a different reaction and that happened to me too.
It's like a normal game and maybe just as entertainment, but somehow you have to do it during her daughter's birthday celebration.
We don't know what really happened.

Whether he is addicted or not is debatable because Neymar also makes a lot of money from gambling poker,
being a gambling ambassador and he also gets paid and promotes poker.

He wanted to become a professional in poker gambling because he was comfortable with the game of poker that started since the 2014 World cup.

So whatever other people's judgment of him is related to the video,
maybe he doesn't care because others won't understand what really happened and what he did for his family, We can only see from the outside

That is a real possibility, on the early stages of a tournament players drop like flies as you can see the majority of them being eliminated very quickly, since they are trying some risky maneuvers with the hope of getting on the top of the rankings and obtain an advantage over the rest of the players, but once that first stage is crossed things can get really slow, and if Neymar was in that position then it could make sense that he was gambling at the time when some people may consider such a thing to be inappropriate.

People would really be seeing it on instant manner and would really be making or drawing up some conclusions something like this and like that which it is mostly be in negative on which this is really that a common approach because its never been that good looking that you would really be doing some casino or online poker or whatever you would be doing into your daughters birthday. Well yeah it does really give out that kind of vibe that he should skipped out a day at least because this is something a specialy day specially this one talks about once a year event or happening. You can gamble anytime.

Just like on what most people been saying on here that its none of our business on how he would really be spending up his time and his connection into his family.
We do have our own routines in life and also its our money then its none of others business on how you would be gonna spending it. People do really always have something to say
on whatever their eyes could really be able to see on which this one isnt really that shocking.

Oh but this is just the beginning and at least he has a lot of money to spare in order to pursue this hobby he has but let's not forget that on Twitch and Kick there are A LOT of streamers who had partnerships with some certain bookies and for some of them that partnership ended and they are still gambling from their own pocket. Wonder why ? Well , they became addicts and doing slots for 2 years on a daily stream can do that to you and it's simply sad.  :(

When you talk about it being an advert then that I can relate to because most of the characters of these star which we feel is off can turn out to be something else although their is still a strong clause to the reality that he is just same old gambling entice person that really love the poker game, i mean he is just human and do have habits himself.

You have said it right - people read the name of the article and instantly start accusing person. From gambling in front of kids, to being a reckless father. But in fact we have

1) its daughters birthday, not his sons birthday
2) little girl is only 6 months old. I would understand if it was her first year, second and so on. But it is only 6th month.
3) Neymar already split with that little girls mother. What if he feels uncomfortable to celebrate with "strangers"? Do people even feel happy, cheerful or wonderful when they met their ex ?
4) who has said they were celebrating something? Room or area was not decorated. No cake, no candles. Just 3 persons sitting behind the table. What if after this moment taken on video, they went to celebrate in other room with guests, balloons, cakes and animators
5) judging person from <30sec video clip is wrong.

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LOL, I mean the daughter, apparently you are aware of the mistake I wrote.

And some of the facts you provide proof that each person's analysis will have a different point of view.
Those who just look at the headline without analyzing the facts will never know about the points you mentioned.

But I love the meme you posted, it illustrates about how different points of view can be dangerous.

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As in the gossip that a few months ago was crowded about Bruno Mars, who had debts in casinos reaching $ 50 million.
Many wild narratives occurred that cornered Bruno Mars, but when the casino concerned clarified that Bruno Mars was never in debt, then the negative news narrative disappeared with the clarification.

MGM Denies Claims Bruno Mars Has Debt With Casino: ‘Any Speculation Otherwise Is Completely False (https://variety.com/2024/music/news/mgm-denies-bruno-mars-debt-casino-completely-false-1235945179/)

This is also because the media that spread the news also want to get more attention and audience, thus making hoax news.

I was talking general. I was simply outraged that people read only headline, see short video and start putting labels on the person. From one of the best football players in to time Neymar turned in gambling addicted person who gambles in front of kids, and his gambling addiction will move to his daughter (like a flu probably), she will become and addicted gambler with no future. People came to this conclusion after watching only 10 seconds video.

They usually do this if they are not familiar with the person or the subject and they fail to do research and gather facts, sometimes I am also guilty of that.

In a discussion when we discuss personalities and behaviors we create two discussions, the person and the behaviors and along the way, the discussions all become mixed up, especially for people who are not aware of additional information.

It seems that Neymar's purpose in playing online poker is for pure entertainment. You can see from that article he looks happy. How can you immediately conclude that he's already addicted to online poker just from a video or post like this? Do you have any records of his deposits in poker to suspect addiction? Do you know if he plays it every day? In short, the question here is whether there are signs indicating that he's addicted to gambling?

Moreover, even if he is addicted to gambling, why would someone judge him how he spends his money. For me he is a person who has earned enough to live a merely life, enjoy life and do nothing rest of the life. I am sure he is smart enough not to waste all of his money in poker. And even if he did this, that would be his problem. For me he doing nothing bad; he is not calling others to gamble, he is not doing anything bad to others, so why would we pay so much attention to his hobby ?

This Football star did the thing that makes him happy in the first place, though we see it not aligned to what is right for us but for him there's nothing wrong about it. A millionaire like him doesn't care for what his money turns out in the future, that's why he kepts doing gambling activity even if it's his daughter's birthday.
Gambling addiction couldn't be controlled as long their source finances is consistently coming over, more particular on him a high paying football player.

for sure this is not intentional in his part because I believe that since he is there in celebration he
might not carry to let the game pass just that so he consider playing while waiting for the main event lol.
but hope that this will be a eye opener to him to never let this happen again  because His daughter
will remember this for long time .

I am sorry to say, but are you stupid or what? Do you really believe that kids remember every single day of their life? How old is that girl? 6 months? At that age kids vision only start to really focus on objects and track their movement. A maximum what that girl at this age is able to remember are parents faces and recognize them among others. That baby at this age will super surprised to see herself in the mirror, and you say she will remember seeing her father gambling on a mobile for a long time. LOL

That would surely instill into that childrens mind on which there's really a particular age on which they are really that highly reactive and highly that memorizing or familiarizing on whats happening around or on the things which their parents had been doing specially into those days on when they were born or simply with those special occasions. Even just simply talks about not attending on recognition day on which if your parents
doesnt really show up some care about attending then it might really be that looking a very simple problem but its not because it would really be giving out that lifetime impact on which ive said that it would really be instilling into their minds forever. This is where most people would really be that giving out that kind of negative impressions with this kind of act for a father to be done into its children specially into their special
days which it do really only happens once a year and its really not that hard on giving out a few hours in regarding into the said occasion.

Doesn't seem addiction to me (maybe not yet) but more distracted, just like me sometimes when playing game or watching sports though the child won't remember and maybe it's just that time that he just play and just caught in the video but the rest of the day he celebrate it with his family, it's just a clip and we don't see him doing it all day. Anyway, no matter if you have money or not everyone is just the same it's our instinct that if we win, we want more and if we lose, we want to win that losses.

The difference is that they have huge bankroll than us.

You are exactly that kind of person who did not bother reading article, nor going deep into details of this situation.

First of all, what is this “special day that happens once a year”? Birthday? Technically “6 month birthday” happens every year, but I am sure you have meant “first or 1 year birthday”. That little girl did not turn 1yo. She is only 6m old. Secondly about “memorizing things”. You think kids at such can remember father playing poker on a mobile? That baby cant even speak right now, and only remember few face details. Mobile for her is a flashy thing only right now.

on point, maybe it's because his gambling was only occasional and it was really just timed that there was a media or paparazzi who took a video of him, of course what evidence was obtained, that's what people will immediately believe without knowing the other side of the story. It's possible that this can lead to addiction if he spends almost every day gambling, but that's him, maybe he's aware of what he's doing and I think he won't destroy himself in front of his daughter, though his daughter is still young, she won't remember much of what is happening now.

Even if Neymar is addicted, then why should we bother so much about it? It is his choice. He is spending his own money the way he wants. He is a grown up man after all. Regards that «birthday case». That video is takes out of context. We can say that this even was a birthday party. Maybe they will have a celebration a little bit later, or have already celebrated. But after seeing a person making few taps on a mobile, seeing poker there and call him addicted imo is wrong.

Celebrities, bloggers and the Internet itself will only show you what they wanna let you see... Why would you quickly assume that the footballer is an addict, when you barely know nothing about his personal life? I could decide to listen to music and watch whatever videos, anytime and anywhere at all - That doesn't mean I'm addicted to my phone.

In his case, I have no business in adding any correctional value. He has all the money he wants and he could decide to either put it on a joker, or stake it up! Infact, gambling was made for the rich - cus in an actual sense, what does a poor man wagering with, when he barely has what to eat?

Great points. As the ambassador he needs to play in public from time to time, it's most likely part of the contract. It's completely normal for someone who gets paid to promote coca cola to drink coca cola, even if it's unhealthy ;)
I wouldn't call a guy caught playing poker an addict. Does he support his family - yes. Is he successful in life - yes. Does he have a lot of money - yes. What's the problem then, let the guy enjoy his game.

Maybe he deliberately made a video of the act of playing gambling on his child's birthday, the video will make interesting material for discussion in various discussions and he has worked well to improve the casino product which has made him a gambling brand ambassador. The short video has sparked various opinions but if we know he is a gambling brand ambassador then we wouldn't be surprised that he is working on promoting the casino, because I'm sure he will prioritize family time on his son's birthday, nothing more valuable than anything except spending time with family.

I agree on all points. And I also add that he is not forcing anyone to play poker or to gamble. He is just doing what he wants and can do as an adult. And people make him a monster that is addicted and gambles in front of a child during birthday, while each point of that accusation is false or arguable. If he would call others to gamble on a platform he gambles on, and uses his family or special day to add extra spicy in that ad, then it would be a different story.

That's his life, we have no right to accuse him, yes he is gambling but concluding that he is an addict is just unreasonable. I mean, he has the financial capability, can even spend millions easily as he have more his bank account which was earned from being a superstar in his sport. So a guy seen playing poker is already an addict? Maybe some thought he should not gambling since there was a special celebration, but like I mentioned, that's their life, they are the only ones who knows how they live, so as long as the family is happy, all this speculations would become baseless.

It's because he's a public figure and any backlash that he receives comes from his both fans and haters. It's true that he's not endorsing poker or to gamble and only does his own thing as a hobby and just caught during that moment. Nowadays, people are too sensitive whilst for him, this is just nothing but a hobby or some casual pastime that he wanna do. While there are other footballers that have been endorsing casinos and as well as gambling, they don't get that much backlash because they don't actual gamble and only are there to endorse and promote.
Whilst for the ones that are actually doing it, they're there to do what's necessary for them and as a normal thing to be done without having any malicious intention to encourage people in doing so. Him being a public figure is always in scrutiny to whatever he has been doing and he's not alone on this thing. All of the celebrities and athletes that have been raking in millions in salary are always in the eyes of the paparazzi's trying to scoop out of anything that they do so that they'll have content over them and gain themselves exposure on how they're able to got those news.

This also works in the opposite direction: this is our life and we can discuss (and condemn) anyone  ;D
No one is saying that Neymar is so addicted to gambling that it affects his (or his family’s) material well-being. But it’s hard to disagree with the fact that if a person engages in gambling at such moments, it looks strange. And I would say that this is disrespectful towards the rest of the family, but this is really their internal affairs.

He sees a connection between Poker and Football, yes, if we approach it from his perspective, we can see that the situation is normal. He is trying to improve his Poker game by playing more and has sufficient resources and sponsorships. Apart from poker and gambling, he also plays different games by doing various streams. I think that if he were an addict, he would not have various hobbies. I think they forget that he is a player.

People do already tell that he's addicted to gambling just because we've seen him doing poker online? This isnt really that enough that we could really be able to tell that he's addicted to it. People do really love on making up some conclusions just because of that first seen situation but we dont know on how he actually handles up his gambling activity. Just like on what others been saying that its none of our business if he would really be doing gambling on her daughters birthday and this is something that no one should really be telling on what he should really be gonna do. We do have our own decisions and as long we arent that compromising
our finances and could still that support then i dont see any issues. There might be something that not looking good into gambling on the special day of her daughter but doesnt mean that he's like
that all the time or we dont really know.  :)

There is only a part of a family behind that table. He has a bond with that 6 month girl, as he is a father, but he has split with girls mother. I dont like and want to dig in their life, but I can suppose that he might be feeling uncomfortable at that moment. Since they split, he might have planned to celebrate 6 month birthday with other people, in other place, and with that poker play, he shows that he does not care about his ex anymore. As if you would share hands with your former father-in-law, but would not hug or show love to mother-in-law or your ex wife, if you would met on public :)

Wow, you know such details, then maybe this changes things. The last news I saw about Neymar's non-football life was the news that he was hanging out at a club with some girls and his wife was unhappy about it. Apparently since then everything has come to a logical conclusion  ;D
In general, all this is not surprising - Neymar was not a professional on the field and in everyday life he has the same careless behavior.

I think people are making a lot of assumptions about this guy's life and what's going on.  It could be something far less serious.  Maybe he's sponsored and had to meet some sort of quota or something.  Would it be as crazy of him to be doing that if you knew it was going to make him six or seven figures?  I doubt the guy is just out there neglecting his family to play poker without any reason.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd bet that he has a good reason to be doing what he's doing and I doubt it's because he has an addiction that he's trying to feed.

Having a reason or not, its none of our business on how he would be handling out his time and money. It is really just that people are really that loving on involving someones life and this is why on the time that they've seen something thats odd or not right into their eyes then you would be expect that there would really be those bashes and its not something new.

Doesnt matter if you are a celebrity or a common man gambler.There are really conditions or moments that the urge of playing would be there. There are also some situations
on which its really something urgent or something that you would really be needing to deal with. So making some engagement on times like these like bdays or special
occasions on which it might not be something that could be postponed or some sort. It might not be looking good into someones eyes but there's nothing we can do about it and people would
really be always has something to say on the time that they would be seeing actions which arent that appropriate into their eyes.

Im not sure thats addiction exactly, kids parties are kinda boring lol.  But yea its a bad look I guess, not good for his brand but as said he is already successful he can do as he wishes really.

I rule out this mix of activities because you will not likely win the poker game unless you are an experienced player playing vs new players maybe and get lucky in their mistakes like that.

Distraction is conducive to winning basically, sometimes I get away with it but I wouldnt be betting on any size while not able to fully consider my opponents actions and all cards played.  Poker is more involving then it appears.

Has Neymar never heard of privacy screens?
They have the ability to completely hide the view of a device if the focus of vision is not directly in front of the screen, this would certainly have avoided many problems for Neymar.

In any case, we know that the biggest problem for a gambling addict is free time (idleness) and Neymar has had this since October last year when he was injured in Brazil's defeat to Uruguay in Montevideo in the South Qualifiers. -Americans for the 2026 World Cup. He should only return to playing football in August.

So, Neymar certainly has a lot of free time to promote bets among his friends, in addition to wasting hours and many millions on bets to the point where he can no longer control himself over the appropriate times to play or not.

Addiction of anything is not good. You can gamble or drink but you always need to have full control of your body and your will power strong enough to stop when you need to and start when you want to. Except for some examples like Messi, many of the Latin American football stars have ruined their career earlier or taken retirement earlier due to their addictions. Some even thought they had made enough money to live their life lavishly but when you are not good with money management and are in addiction, the money dries up soon and you'll be on spotlight for all the wrong things like Ronaldinho and Robinho.

I had not seen this thread and it seems to me that things have been taken out of context. Addiction has to do with not being able to stop doing an activity despite the negative consequences and as far as we know Neymar has not squandered his fortune playing poker. The 6-month-old daughter doesn't even know what's going on, and if instead of playing poker he was giving likes on Instagram we wouldn't be talking about it.


I agree with this, and if he has been playing poker since 2014, having a net worth currently of $250M, poker is no problem for him.

I really don't believe he is addicted, it could have just been a moment where he focused more on it than his birthday and it was his mistake. However, I believe he is more restrained in relation to this, as he has many connections with betting, especially poker. And that's precisely why I believe he can contain himself much more.

FYI, it's not his birthday, but his daughter.

Anyway, getting caught playing gambling during the time like a birthday celebration, many will really think that it is because of addiction. Wherein, they don't realize that online gambling is very common and can be one of the entertainment for adults especially if it is a kids birthday celebration party.

It is proved again that people dont bother going deep into details, read only headline and form opinion. Either I am blind, or please would someone show me that this was a birthday party. I see that they are not celebrating anything. Where did you people notice birthday party? Why everyone even consider this as a birthday, if that girl hasnt reached first year of age yet. She if only 6 months. Maybe I am somehow different, but people around me usually celebrate years as birthday, not months. Otherwise it turns out that I am 456 months old, and when I hit 500 months age, I should throw a real party.

There is nothing wrong someone celebrating a birth date and not a birthday (year). Please don't get it twisted I also did that for my daughter every months when the day inside the months is counted towards her, the thing is I don't make it to be too obvious in a way I would start posting and attracting people's attention. Its just something one can just say " Hey baby girl you are 1 month old today, common you look pretty much smart and shaper than you were before" nothing much attached here.

Big stars gamble and spend huge amounts in gambling. Neymar has a lot of money and if you calculate his total money, it will be seen that his money amount is equal to the total GDP of any country. If Neymar gambles and gambles and loses millions of dollars, it won't affect him financially. However, I had read this kind of news that you mentioned in the news and I had seen a related video. In that video I could see Neymar losing a lot of money gambling and crying because of that, but he later confirmed that he made the video on purpose just to warn his fans. The news you have just shared may have been published only to warn gambling addicts.

I don't know what it's like in other countries, but in Brazil some parents celebrate this birthday monthly. So I believe this could be it, as it is the only possible celebration for the occasion, which ends up taking a lot of weight away from the celebration, as there will be another one next month, not next year. So, I believe that Neymar is not drowning in bets or that he needs help or concentration.

I havent exactly heard of this but sounds very feasible.  I would consider this kind of security measure relevant to everyone due to how vital phones have become with people doing home banking, shopping, private emails almost anything.   You dont want people watching your phone over your shoulder in any crowded place.

I'd like this for myself never mind being a millionaire, just normal business would be enough.   Also as a screen protector, really should get one of these I reckon.

  Im sure Neymar is fine, people will judge and being famous has its burden of every action has to mean something and people will write about you because they can sell a news story; they literally make it up half the time to sell adverts.
   

In my country people are used congratulate parents when baby is born, celebrate 1 (first) year with a large party, and after 10, 20, 30... are considered as special moments to celebrate, when birthdays are birthdays. And we usually celebrate birthdays on weekends. Even then, celebrating each month, it perhaps not a case to have a big party. Just a celebration among family members. Anyway, we have a several seconds video and people judging him for not paying much attention to celebration, when they have 24 hours, or 1440 minutes, or 86400 seconds to celebrate, but we saw only a tiny part of it.

Precisely because it is something cultural that most people find strange. But anyone who understands a little will see that it ends up being just another moment. Is it a special moment? Yes, but as there will be another one next month, Neymar can bet and not worry so much.

Bet neymar, bet