The casino is not manipulating anyone to gamble out of their wish. It's a personal decision to gamble and make fun through the activity. Gamblers operate in unique ways, so as you should. Maybe the strategies which you implement is not good enough to secure or limit the urge of gambling from coming up often times. When gambling it's crucial to have some arrangement within yourself and follow a guide that works. Instead of playing out of fear or making mistakes in the hopes of winning big. No need of feeling depressed. It only gets the trouble worse as the healing progress can be delayed. You should be focusing on maintaining yourself not to get in deeper trouble than you're facing right now. Gambling is not an avenue for making huge amount of money. You may have been disappointed as a result of loss of money and not earning the money you wished to get via gambling.

That urge relies on the player. Though it appears so strong, but that doesn't mean we all need to be victim of trying again. When the game is no longer fun to you, then stop for the moment and relax against the next session. Viewing the game as a must win affair will only get you as a player more worried why you're not winning in the process. Assuming the player participates in gambling for fun, he won't get worried over the losses or wins. What matters most is playing the game within the duration he's made out for gambling. That's why the timing is quite very important for gamblers. Self-control is a required skill that one need to possess as gamblers. Don't chase loss, Op, it'll only worsen the situation. The urge can be controlled. All you need is to be a responsible gambler.

No gambler is immune to addiction. Anybody could get addicted, and it's a matter of how the player follows his strategies. It's not simple to gamble and not have some signs of addiction. As you said, Nullama, some professional gamblers also get addicted. Therapists pondering why professional gamblers get addicted, left them with the conclusion that anybody could get addicted. While we gamble, it's needful to keep observing the required rules needed to keep us safe from being addicted. The reason some advanced gamblers get addicted is due to the insignia people already put on them for being a professional gambler. It can deceive the person to think he won't get addicted, ever, in gambling. Not knowing that he's still at the mercy of gambling addiction and remain vulnerable to it. Hence, he could get addicted anytime soon.

The right thing to do is staying true to the strategy which took us to the top in gambling. Since the professionals can get addicted, what more the newbies. They'll have a hard time keeping up with the game without being addicted. Gambling addiction is too strong to avoid, due to the amount of money needed to gamble and win big. Everyone wants money to some extent. That means gamblers won't stop easily, it's more like a lifelong attitude. Gambling is not a game where a person can play for few days and stop. This makes it difficult to heal and addicted person. Because he has invested time and money in gambling. Counseling him wouldn't be an easy task. Looking for a cheaper means of curing the person, exists, but if it keeps delaying the process, the gambler is mandated to see a psychotherapist. Since it has to do with the brain.

The most crucial aspect of gambling is being on the right track, responsible gambling. Whatever one wants to do, once it has been ascertained that the person is a responsible gambler, doesn't matter anymore. The goal is becoming smart and making changes when necessary. Relationship with others doesn't make any changes in the life of the gambler. Why should one brag over his habit, if he's on the right track. It's a matter of explanation over bragging or noise on the type of money we've made in gambling. Gambling is not something to brag about, it's a game. A gambler could win today and lose out the next time he gambles. How would he feel after bragging and lose out on the next session. Hence, no need to be ashamed of our habit. They're some gamblers who would hide their screen or minimize if someone else tries to spy on their screen.

On the previous response of a member, he said within him the person can join gambling and end up becoming compulsive on the long run. As gamblers we need to understand how people around us feel about gambling. Before unveiling our gambling habit to them, they may have shown some interest or asked us about what we always focus our mind doing on the laptop. Or after a big win, the person asks questions on the new gadgets or products the gambler is buying. How he got his money? It's then left for the gambler to share his gambling activities with the person, and add some tips, what the person needs to know regarding gambling. No need bragging about that. It's a matter of personal discussion. Not trying to convince the person to gamble. But, letting them discover the positive aspect of gambling.

In any sense, his wife, kids and parents would get a fair share of the struggle. A married man is also a member of his father's family. Whatever happens to him Healthwise may need the attention of his father and mother. Although in a case where the gambler is not married. The trouble will be lesser compared to a married man. As he'd have a hard time running his family efficiently. Addicted gamblers face difficulties even after getting cured of the addiction. Those troubles are expected to be taken care of by his loved ones. Not just parents or family. Friends, colleagues and well-wishers can lift his problem up and endeavor to solve it. A problem that is divided gets easier to solve.

However, in the situation of the world, today, the problem is mainly for the family to solve, depending on the personality of the gambler in the society. How well he's contributed to the lives of people around him. So, if the person has been taken care of by his friends and well-wishers, sooner they'll forget about the dispute when the addiction is cured. But, the family of the addict, would hardly forget it because of the bond they've got with the person. Though it's a personal decision to be affected or not. The addict lives with the thoughts forever, even if he doesn't know what happened. He would know and hear from other people the type of behavior he displayed while addicted. The debts, compulsive gambling, etc. Some of the addict, after being healed, would complain to his family over what troubles them and the signs happening in their body system. Those complaints of him, could be refreshing the mind of his loved ones, to keep reminding the past experience they had with the gambler.

The influenced person has to pay the price of being responsible for his gambling activities. Hiding your gambling habit for the sake of some other people getting influenced by you, is cool, but that's not a thing to bother about. They're other reasons why people shouldn't disclose their gambling habit. Not saying yours isn't good enough, at least you've got the people at heart and won't feel comfortable letting others go into gambling prematurely and get addicted. By the way, depending on your personality, don't know what your response would be if someone points fingers at you that you caused his gambling addiction. Like many people already did recently. Especially in the forum where there are few threads discussing about people regretting and blaming others for their failure to be responsible gamblers.

Maintaining a good family and retaining the love we have for our children, can be a better reason why a gambler should hide his habit. Our family may not understand the reason behind why we gamble. And it could cause some trouble between spouses. Avoiding such trouble requires that a gambler keeps his habit mute. Gambling alone isn't fun, as you said Iroh, yet hiding from people won't stop the person from enjoying gambling with friends. The aim is not hiding it from everyone, but the few people who he doesn't want to know of his gambling lifestyle. People do this due to the type of life they portray to the society. Disclosing or gambling openly for everyone to know can only invade the person's personally lifestyle in the society. And the gambler won't be comfortable around his environment, based on what people say about him being a gambler.

When a gambler is left without being attended to his level of addiction would increase and expand to a stage where he'd be acting strange. It's important for people to observe their relatives and friends to make sure that they are gambling with a stable mind. Committing crime to generate money for gambling is a bad stage of gambling. Healing such a gambler would cost the family lots of money in the process. As it'll take a long time till he gets free of his problem gambling. As you said, it's a chronic disease, both the therapist and the family need to exercise some patience with the gambler. He's no longer in same thinking level with everyone else. All he's about, gamble.

Instead of letting anyone get to this situation, it's better to call them to mind in the early stages of their addiction. And help the gambler, recover his sense easily. Why gamblers commit suicide is mainly due to compilation of loans they've borrowed to gamble. It leaves the player restless, with no valid means of paying off his debts. Whatever is the trouble, we all know that the player is undergoing a very serious emotional trauma. The trauma is same as that of the drug addict. That's why the gambler tend to act as one. Self-inflicted problems, needs the collaboration of the addict to heal him. Trying to share some advice may not be effective. As the gambler feels he's alright and claim nothing is wrong with him. Even after the person has been cured of his problem gambling, they still act strange as if they'll go back to gambling addiction. I think it's better people check up on any gambler close to them and observe their behaviors.

Online casino would have been completely made private, if not for KYC. But the need to make it a fun place for communication, may not be as expected by some gamblers who wants the communication features available. On the long run, we could be seeing some casino who would adjust things and make availability for a better fun platform. Yet it wouldn't make many changes since the aim of other gambler is to gamble and chat using the chatbox. Any other feature one needs could be gotten on social media platforms. Nothing else can be done to change the way online gamblers communicate with one another. It must be on screen. We cannot feel or touch them, hence the virtual reality we seem to get isn't proper fun compared to what physical casinos provide for gamblers. However, the physical casino is fun, but people still mind their businesses. It's not like all people go there to do is socializing.

The only fun part of physical casinos is when we go together with our close friends, we'll enjoy the games. However, those who came alone can at least discuss with some experts who may want to help them with new strategies. Or argue with them about their prediction being wrong. And they need to try something else. You'd never have a substantial conversation with someone you just met, like you do with an old-time friend. So, an online gambler that wants to have fun like he's in a physical casino, can invite his friends over to his house to gamble with him and share ideas together. No other difference. Aside seeing people, some can go to the physical casino and still go back home not entertained by the people they see in the place. The person needs to know how to hold conversation and possess a good communication skill.

Showing the addicts some videos to see could be a valid strategy. Another way of introducing the addicted player to reason like the addicts in other locations of the world. However, such technique may not be effective for a long time, until he gets tired of seeing the videos. As he would feel reminded of his troubles at all times. Though I've not known the quality of the videos you talk about, but that wouldn't be an all the time routine, between a therapist and the addict. In the mental clinic the addict needs to share his troubles with the therapist. And while in discussion with the therapist he can use the video as a reference. While maintaining a close relationship with the addict without making him look like the people in the video. It could make the gambler enjoy the session; hence he'd visit some other times. But just viewing videos could be boring and the addict would miss his therapy classes. Because he's not meant to feel like an addict in the first place. The process is just to create a space in his brain for change of habit.

Condemning his situation wouldn't help the player heal or cure his problem gambling. When we find a struggling person, our goal is to struggle with them out of the trouble. Not standing on the corner, yelling, you are the cause of your problem! Same applies to addiction, the therapist is required to claim he's in similar trouble with the addict and offers effective responses to the gambler. To make him understand that the therapist is indeed undergoing same trouble as him. Then he'd easily open up and share more details to his trouble. How it makes him during the day and night. And how long the problem has been persisting. His ways of trying to solve the problem. The moment he begins to open up his personal experiences to the therapist. I think the main aim of therapy has been achieved.

Influencers make up those lies to be able to deceive their followers and drive out funds through them. The online space for most gamblers is an avenue to claim success in gambling. Since people on social media platforms derive joy seeing lies and fake posts, it has allowed for the need for more wrong claims and deceits. The problem arises more when the followers gamble because of the information they've seen on their favorite influencer's page. The online lies seem a bit fair because the person could be generating some impressions through the fake contents, compared to the offline lies where the gambler gains nothing in return for lying. They only do that to impress their friends and make them believe, just like the online gambler, that they're experts in gambling. So, they can pass the message across other acquittances that he's indeed sure of what he's doing in gambling.

Those attitudes don't help the gambler and could lead him to depression and anxiety like most influencers suffer stress and depression, trying to impress their followers. No reasonable explanation is satisfactory to why gamblers lie to their friends. Isn't it some problem gambling signs? Or a more reliable alibi for letting those pressurizing them to stop gambling, overlook their complaints and conclude that the player is not a bad gambler as they may have thought. Their bank roll suffers it, and the player would find gambling for a longer period hard to achieve. As he takes money from his bank roll to claim as his earnings. That's so weird. He wouldn't feel on the inside, while watching his friends devour the money, he's saving for gambling purposes.

Successful gamblers spend more time gambling that people would think they're addicted. That's a personal observation and the successful gambler is not meant to bother himself over what people say about him and his habit. Hence, his priority would be gambling at controllable pace, so he'd be able to maintain being a professional than the addict he's called. However, the fault is not on the people, they have their personal reasons for doing all that which consists of not being well informed of the differences between an addict and a successful gambler. The conclusion for non-gamblers is determined on the duration the player spends gambling. It's mainly a difficult thing for non-gamblers to differentiate between successful gamblers and addicts.

But, whoever, has been in the same home with an addict, would figure out that much uniqueness exists between these two gamblers when he finds a successful gambler. The successful players give people reason to see the sweetness of gambling. Their actions uplift gamblers in the eyes of close relatives who are non-gamblers. Some of them make out time to discuss importance of gambling with their loved ones. While an addict would be a pain in the ass of his family, a successful gambler changes the perspective of the people around him. By ensuring that they get whatever they need from him, and he still makes out time to gamble. Running his family proficiently and efficiently with no back logs on the long run. In a nutshell, they should be a personal experience for the non-gamblers to see the differences.

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

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

Everyone knows why they joined gambling, and the purpose of their habit in their personal life. The strategy they choose to play is left for them to master and understand. Gamblers utilize strategies differently and it's not a simple task to gamble and win. Many criteria get involved. Although some people would think because they've won 3 times on a row that their strategy is the best. That doesn't guarantee the validity or the accuracy of the strategy. It's a way of getting some reward for their gambling activities. It's great to have those trusts in us that we made it happen. That's true, the gambler made it happen, by being able to stake his money then tried whatever his instinct felt is right, if they win during this process, the person feels great himself. But he easily forgets that he's been gambling for quite a long time without experiencing such win as he just did recently, using same strategy.

Hence, luck plays some role, even when you said the player needs to hope for a better odd, isn't it a good example of luck? Knowing when to stop or continue could be hard, but the strategy is perfect. As some gamblers don't realize that they're losing more money and hope the next win would come on the next prediction. Others may accept within themselves that they've understood how the machine works, slot players, but in some days, it wouldn't play according to their expectations. While Op did a great job by sharing his method, readers and newbies need to observe their games closely before implementing such method. It's some slight way of doing Martingale, which is risky. The next game after a win, doesn't mean we'd win.

Socializing and building interpersonal relationship skill through gambling, can't be gotten online. Another advantage of offline casino, spotted. A gambler who engages in playing games online and wishes to have some fun with other players, have no other option than visiting the physical casinos. Where he'd meet follow gamblers and share ideas. However, when we want it online at all costs. One could begin to enjoy the fun of chatting online on special interest boards relating to gambling. It mustn't be some popular platforms like discord, though it helps, but I think if one does their research, they would be able to find a fun conducive platform for gamblers, where they can have some virtual conversation online and see each other's faces. Looking at Op's idea, he's mainly concerned about the live games where he'd see other players.

But he's not comfortable with the fact that they'll hardly have a sound conversation. The online casino is quite growing and may become more fun in future, depending on the number of people who wish to make it a better place than the offline casino. Like I said, nothing beats physical conversation with other gamblers. It's very fun and worths the time spent in a casino. One could get a new network of friends. But looking at the response of most people only few gamblers care about having fun with other players online. The motive is to gamble and move on. It's more like ordering some products online, they're things we'll still need to get in the grocery store next to our home. We can't have it all online. Life is mainly sweeter offline, and gamblers know this, so swapping it would be fine.

Depending on the person who made such a statement could be a trouble for both the player and the person. As the gambler wouldn't stop immediately and the complainant wouldn't stop until he sees the gambler is not part of the habit. However, when we respect our family, it's crucial in making us feel more comfortable at home. But that wouldn't be simpler for a gambler, who has been in the game for long. He'd hardly change, I mean not immediately. That's why the person who disturbs the gambler must not pest his life to feel uncomfortable about himself. Because if he doesn't feel comfortable it could be trouble in the sense that the gambler may begin to avoid the person. On the contrary if the gambler understands that his habit is no longer favorable to the people around him, he is expected to make an adjustment.

Even if it's requires stopping the habit. As family means lots of fun to us than gambling would offer the gambler on the long run. No need proving anybody wrong, it may cause the gambler to get addicted. In the case of a stranger, they would be no need to fidget. Holding some conversations with him is excellent. At least to remove his doubts about gamblers being some weird people who don't add value to the society. That's what most people think whenever they see a gambler. Since they've got little information on gambler, that they can't differentiate between an addicted and a responsible gambler. The need for a close explanation would do the work. So that he wouldn't continue to see gamblers the same. Opening up to him that some gamblers don't misbehave like he's believed, growing up. Or wherever he got his intuition about gamblers.

Not everyone sees gambling as a good game. Most players grew in environments where gambling is not promoted as a decent activity. Living for many years with those ill thoughts on gambling can affect the perspective of the players. It's not simple he'd forget about those responses he's heard people say about gambling in his neighborhood or his family. Even when he's free or stays alone he'd find himself involuntarily hiding his gambling activities. Compared to a gambler that grew up with gambling designated people. So, it's best to say that the player isn't prepared psychologically to gamble. Such people exist in other stigmatized life activities. They wouldn't want people to have some stigma on them, and they have care about what the society would say regarding their behavior. I'd add that when in such a situation, staying active in learning the positive meaning of what we do changes our thinking, most times the idea of the society is always wrong.

It's not fine to have stigma on some certain type of people, because they engage in gambling. Since no crime is associated to it, or anybody getting harmed in the process, gamblers shouldn't feel attacked by the society to an extent of hiding our habit. However, the pressure society has on gamblers, is not much compared in the previous decades, when lots of factors like religion wasn't and still not on the side of gamblers. Online casinos have reduced the rate people go to casino or some gaming houses to stake money. Where they'll be seen by lots of people who go about saying all sort of things about the person. In today's world, players should learn to speak up and don't feel ashamed of gambling. Provided the gambler is not addicted and acts responsible why should he hide his habit.

Not sure but have read some article that claim the dealers are some AI claiming to be human. Looking at the responses as you said, it doesn't sound like human or hold on to a conversation as humans do. However, not all casinos would implement an AI as a dealer, but the whole scenario looks quite boring compared to the offline casino. Although people want to communicate with others by seeing their facial reactions. The casino also provides chat boxes for gamblers to participate in a group chat with other players in the casino. Those chats are quite interesting and could keep a gambler busy for a reasonable period of time. We are expected to get what other online platforms would offer us in real sense. There've never been a time when online communication would be fun and better than physically talking and having fun with people.

A gambler that wants to discuss with other players, should visit the local casino near him and hold some conversation. Moreover, we all have friends that gamble. Depending on the online gamblers, may not be satisfactory enough for you. Personally, holding some gathering with other online gambler close-by could be a bit more fun than what we've got online. However, people are getting too attached to online activities compared to offline activities, which I think some day will have a diminishing return. Online communication in some sense is quite boring especially when the banters are not there or some thrilling stuffs. Online gamblers should look for fun near them in their environment or society. Neglecting that aspect of life may not be proper for a person who is into an emotional and mental intensive game like gambling.

History plays a vital role in the current result of any football game. But it doesn't determine the winner of the game. When two teams are in the pitch, lots of things changes. And the players need to adjust based on the strategies of their opponent, if it's not what they expected. A team can change its formation in pitch, it's not against the rule of football. They can decide to go all attack, thereby destabilizing the formation and tactics of their opponent, and leaving them to defend. So, these change of tactics and strategies, the players and coaches can't predict. It only begins to occur once the game starts. That's why the first half game is always hard to predict. People have trust that they'll be goals during the second half of the game. Because the first half can't be predicted, experts can't help it.

In a situation where a big team is scored by a small team during the first half, and the second half the smaller team decides to maintain all defense the big team may lose out in the game. The mistake of hoping on the big team to win always isn't proper, that doesn't determine good prediction. Sports is predictable, and sometimes these experts would be correct. Yet in gambling is not meant to be same for everybody who predicts games. Sometimes we lose or win. Trusting on the prediction of expert is at the risk of the gambler. And he's to take every responsibility. Whether win or lose. When a gambler begins to feel less of himself and relies on the ideas of an expert, he may not be able to control his emotions and make good prediction, when needed.

Exactly the money spent isn't meant to be seen as an investment. Most gamblers would think that the money, they've spent in gambling is accumulating such that one day they'll win it back. It's a wrong perspective as a gambler. Expecting money while gambling isn't a better means of gambling, it affects the way the gambler spends money. Hence, it's crucial for a gambler to accept, he's out there for fun and shouldn't get sad over how much he will spend or win in the process. The win can be used to continue gambling or withdrawn for other utilities that interests the gambler. However, in terms of money, as gamblers controlling a big amount of money, requires a strong will power. And not every gambler is able to possess such energies needed to control a huge win. That's why a good number of jackpot winners ended up going broke.

I've only seen few businessmen who utilized their big wins properly in helping their business grow and forfeiting gambling activities. That could be because of the amount of self-control they've got in running a business and making investments. Aside that, other big winners see it a hassle to hold the money for a long period, without lavishing it back on gambling or other rich lifestyles. That has nothing to do with the personality of the player, he's only living a life that suits his fantasies. Hence the brain is controlling him to spend based on those things he feels is interesting. In a nutshell a gambler needs to follow same routines as when they had low budget to when there is a high budget. Human behavior changes in both ways. Man can't think similarly like he used to when he had not much money, compared to when he's got a whooping amount of money. That's why the gambler also need to master self-control as a high roller.

The newbies who learn from experts and tend to try out their own ways would someday get to a professional level of gambling. Because they'll easily adapt to the strategies of those experts on how to deal with losses, bankroll management, self-control etc. Not all of them have similar strategies. Hence a gambler needs to be vast and research further to have other perspectives of gambling and how it works. So, just relying on the information we see online won't be validated as a means of learning gambling strategies. The gambler also needs to follow up with gambling discussions with other gamblers, based on the results and outcome they encounter while gambling. Although the process may seem difficult to accomplish, but we all need time to adjust towards a positive aspect of life experiences.

Those professionals also invested time, so would the newbie before he understands the processes being used by professionals to minimize their losses. Some people can fasten their learning capabilities by taking their tutorials so serious. And implementing them immediately to at least begin to master the process. Gamblers who are fond of garnering information on gambling but fail to try it wouldn't learn like those who observe the reactions that follows if they try a specific idea. That's why the online reading technique isn't recommended for newbies who actually wants to learn how to be a successful gambler. Because even though the gambler is able to implement those advise, he may not be able to response positively to the result, when he's not under the watch of somebody else who can calm his nerves. Such is mainly the work of an expert to a newbie. In this context.

It makes no difference since the players is on a whole unique journey. Allowing other players wins to affect my decisions or strategies wouldn't be of a help to the results I'd get while gambling. I view those score boards in casino, and the amount of money other gamblers win is quite fascinating. But, while gambling, I'd want to earn like that, yet it's not possible to achieve immediately. The gamblers may have not won, if they didn't gamble for a long period and kept trying. However, it looks easier said, than done. Reading Op's narratives one would think gambling can easily be won like the people Op illustrated in his words. It's a random winning day for everyone. When we win, people would want to do like us, but it won't work out for them, as their strategies may not correspond with ours.

When testing a strategy, I keep to it until the method works out. Like in the example of one player on Op's thread, who lost 1k then tried again and won 5k. Such strategy seems risky for most gamblers, but they fail to understand why their next game is most likely to be positive if they tried the same strategy that didn't get them a win. Moreover, it depends on the game, and how players perceive the gambling niche. The only important aspect of paying attention to other people's game should be as a form of motivation. The gambler can only see those winnings as a catalyst to help his gambling journey. But being vulnerable to the result of others, could control the action of the gambler to make mistakes. I think it's better not to feel affected by those results, as it may not worth the stress of wondering how other gamblers end up winning big. Focusing on our own strategy with same effort will help us make better predictions.