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Gambling could be considered as a hobby. A hobby is an activity you enjoy doing regularly. You can’t get bored when doing such an activity as you either derive pleasure and satisfaction from indulging in the activity.
That said, I think there might have been some misunderstanding. I read the post you put up of your discussion with another member. If you would perhaps read it over again, you’ll note the person said “gambling is not a hobby parents teach their children”. That post doesn’t say or imply that gambling isn’t a hobby. It literally states that gambling isn’t a hobby that parents go out of their way to teach to their kids and I am inclined to agree with that opinion.
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I believe that the poor player should always risk less, because if he loses 1 month of salary he will most likely not have a financial reserve to compensate for this loss and consequently he will have to ask for a loan or stop paying a bill to continue "living" in the next month.
The rich individual is the one who can afford to risk more and still have a sizable amount to fall back to. That cannot happen with someone not earning little or nothing at all. The individual earning less when gambling responsibly, would obviously nothing or risk very little if he must. Not entirely the same case with the individual earning good money and can afford to risk quite a bit and not go broke if the risk undertaken do turn out favorable. If you don’t have the means to risk more, you just won’t be able to. |
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what do you mean by being experienced? This is gambling for crying out loud and experience don't work that much here. You see someone that's just starting his gambling journey and bum he wins what a supposedly experienced person hasn't won for decades and you then understand that it's not about who is more experienced than another.
Experience isn’t really needed as it mostly has to do with luck. Someone new to the gambling scene could win a huge amount at once than the accumulated amount of money that someone having been in the gambling scene for years and should supposedly be “experienced” has won. You could have all the experience and knowledge but still lose out on your bets. Experience although may be important for some, doesn’t mean much when it comes to gambling. That much I know. If not, people who have been gambling for years and gained loads of experience should all be filthy rich. |
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Do you think they’ll manage to hold their ground, or will we see a shift towards exclusively digital platforms?
Land based casinos aren’t going anywhere and I think they’re going to be around for as long as people gamble. No doubt, online gambling platforms like you noted, are gaining popularity due to its convenience. When most of the inhabitants of planet earth was indoors due to the covid pandemic, online casinos gained more popularity as people had little options than to use them. Now that the pandemic is long over, a lot of people that switched to online gambling remained. But the experience gotten is not the same and never would be. That’s pretty much why land based casinos would still be with us. We’ve got people who cherish the experience and the thrill gotten from land based casinos that can’t be gotten from online casinos. |
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That is the height of it. I can't emagine how someone would go this far to the extent of kidnaping his own grand daughter all because he want his son in-law to pay a ransom of $72k to pay off his gambling loan. That is the reason why we keep on talking about gambling addiction and how it affects us in somany ways. Come to think of it how can a man of 65 years will still be playing gamble at his age? Like I always said gambling could be fun and can change someone's financial status but not what we can take to another dimension.
What do you think is wrong in having a 65 yr old man gamble? People that are in their 80s still gamble as the only limitation for someone to gamble is if you’re underage(mostly below the age of 18). While I think this particular individual actions are deplorable, I see nothing wrong with a 65 yr old gambling responsibly at the casino. People who have a problem gambling responsibly have done and probably would still do crazy things in a bid to get money. And such individuals, having accumulated a shit load of debts would cook up crazy ideas to get money and pay off their debts. |
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Currently, there are many necessities of life that are very expensive, even buying basic basic necessities is already expensive. In the past it was still cheap because not too many people were chasing wealth, but now there is a lot of paper money inflation that is happening and is also chasing wealth so that everyone needs very large amounts of money.
The inflation rate today has caused daily commodities that’s used by everyone to increase dramatically in prices. In the past, it was much better and while people then were and is still today, chasing wealth. But an average income earner then made enough to cater for theirs and the needs of their family. People were content as the prices of goods and services were quite affordable to the average to low income households. Today, living with high inflation rate has caused households to take up multiple jobs to pay necessary bills and stay afloat. The urgent need to better yourself to compete with other job seekers in order to earn more money has never been so important. |
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For a person who gambled with his life's savings, it is an irresponsible act and it is very necessary to point out your errors so people will learn. Instead of advising people to quit gambling, it is better you tell them what you did wrong that landed you in such a pitiable state. You cannot gamble rightly and face any gambling related problem. Your experience should deter many others from gambling irresponsibly. I repeat, gambling is not the problem, but the gamblers are.
Perhaps he feels he need to pass his message urgently and thinks that’s the best way to avoid making the same mistake he did and losing out on money. In his view, quitting gambling is much safer so as to not be able to remotely come close to making bad choices that would bring about bad consequences. You cannot gamble responsible and face any financial difficulties that could arise from gambling. And what the person should be likely be preaching about to people is responsibility while gambling. He was irresponsible and paid for it. Gambling as an activity really isn’t the problem; it’s people who are being irresponsible while indulging in said activity. |
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It felt good to win and experience this kind of phenomena, but at the end of the end, looking back, it could have been part of how gamblers become addicted. You experienced the adrenaline rush and try to go and repeat that same experience again and again, IMHO.
Betting with your last cash is quite irresponsible but there are lots of “responsible” gamblers who have done it at some point. It does feel really good to win your bets. Then when one wins after playing with the last cash he’s got, the individual would obviously feel ecstatic. The feelings could be overwhelming. I’m thinking same. Perhaps after being lucky and winning with your last funds, it would only encourage such individual not to ever give up on trying to win again. You’ve got to be strong willed else, it could slowly lead you down the path of addiction without the individual realizing it. |
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Yesterday was a day like those with Real Madrid playing like a lower league team in the Champions League and presented a very bad way of playing football.They were lucky to even get past this elimination leg as they were nearly beaten at home yesterday when Leipzig hit the post in the last minute of the game.
Therefore sometimes gambling is to blame as no one expected yesterday Real to be playing that bad and not being able to win their game.
Gambling is an activity and you can’t really fault an activity for someone having either a positive out a negative outcome from indulging in it. You can’t blame gambling for whatever outcome that you get. You partook willingly in the activity and should be responsible enough to accept whatever outcome that comes out of it with a brave face. Gambling is never to be faulted as being responsible for our losses as we aren’t forced to partake in the activity. Why blame something or someone else for the outcome of an activity we willingly indulged in while being fully aware of how the outcome could go either way. |
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I don’t know. The company has some responsibility on it because they offer the service. I’ve seen people talking about ethical casinos where rules are clear and even the hooks are not so strong to keep you addicted.
I know that in the end of the day is on the gambler to decide when to stop but the house can be more addicting sometimes with some of their choices and practices
The gambling company has the responsibility of providing you with a good and fair service that one would find attractive and enjoyable enough to want to come back. That’s it. The company doesn’t have the responsibility of making sure gamblers are and remain responsible. That’s wholly on the shoulders of the person gambling. I would say the terms of service or rules governing a casino may not be entirely straightforward or clear but that isn’t an excuse as the average individual who gambles could read such rules and understand what it says. The problem lies with us not taking their time to read and understand such rules. The onus rests on us individually to be and remain responsible while gambling. |
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Having losses in gambling could be really hard in some people although it to be expected as you can’t win them all. Perhaps in the almost desperate attempt to have a win, losses incurred can be very heartbreaking and frustrating for new players fresh in the gambling scenes as well as some experienced ones.
I think losses can be hard on everyone but the reaction that comes next would determine how mature one has become dealing with losses in gambling.
While hoping for a win, we should not also forget the high possibility of having a loss as well. Perhaps that way, we won’t take losses as hard as some do.
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There are still people that would choose to do anything just for them to make money in gambling. Gambling is supposed to be something we could control our mindset for not just trying to win by all means. There are people who can still borrow funds to make sure they bet on their favorite game and try if they could win bets. Things are not supposed to be in this way and we need to make sure we plan things just to make sure that we don't go too far as gamblers. Money need to be made but we must also think we'll before we decided to do anything that would give us problems as gamblers especially getting funds from people in order to play gamble.
I think if you’re willing to do literally anything to get money to satisfy a desire, then you’re already an addict or well on your way towards becoming one. When we feel comfortable borrowing money to satisfy a want or a desire, that’s a sign of financial woes that lies ahead. Financial debts would accumulate but that probably wouldn’t bother an addict as he only thinks of going over to the casino to play some more in unrealistic hopes of winning it big enough to cover up all his loans. If one wants to indulge in a past time activity and can’t afford it, stay away and leave it till you could comfortably afford to indulge oneself. |
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These are the reasons why people are gambling;
- hoping for luck and multiplying their money ( these people will always lose rather than win)
- solely for entertainment only ( often win)
Maybe I'm wrong but once we are too emotional and hungry to win, the more likely to we lose our bets.
Emotions could cloud one’s sense of judgment and could lead to poor decisions or choices that may lead to unfavorable outcomes in gambling. And you’re not entirely wrong about letting the desire to win overshadow one’s sense of responsibility. In a bid to win at all costs, one is bound to make mistakes that would result in even more losses. I too don’t see gambling as a place to lose money. As long as there’s still a possibility of winning, it’s not an activity that always makes one loses money. |
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I read a thread on here about family members helping out one of their own who’s an addict. I commented on there about issues that comes along with addicts that would make even family members give up hope on the individual.
OP, in this case, you’re right on the addicted Individual coming back only to have a repeat of what he did and perhaps, even more. He needs to get help and fast too. Without funds coming in from family, he may resort to illegal activities to get money to satisfy his desires but then again, You can’t really help someone that doesn’t want to be helped.
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More importantly, do you have enough money to own a Tesla car? Don't rush to call them trash when the whole world is hunting them and is willing to spend hundreds of thousands, millions of dollars to own them. Reviewing a product that has been analyzed and reviewed by industry experts, are you a technical expert?
You graduated from college and are a financial advisor, but have you done anything that surpasses Elon? Because when we want to evaluate or criticize someone, we must at least be better than them, but if you only use words and words to criticize them, that only proves that you are jealous of them. When evaluating someone, people look at the results that person achieved and not just because you evaluate Elon, he is a bad person, and you are a good person.
Isn't it all about preference anymore? Talking about the price of a Tesla or even better a cyber truck is ridiculously expensive. The whole world isn’t willing to spend good money on a car that in my opinion, isn’t worth it. If you would take some time to read up on reviews, you’ll notice people are expressing several complaints. One needn’t be a billionaire to criticize or have an opinion of the man and how he does things. And when one openly states his opinion, it doesn’t equals jealousy. It’s a bit weird seeing how people bend over to excuse the man and his actions. |
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It's not about the fee now, he should move to a club he can win individual awards and also the Champions League. A move to Chelsea or Arsenal would be more appealing. My opinions though even if they don't count.
Personally, I would still prefer going to Chelsea, that squad and project would be best for him.
I think Osimhen making a move to Arsenal would be more beneficial to the player and to the club. Arsenal presently has a capable coach that could take the club to great heights. And with him in an Arsenal shirt, I bet he would be able to win some individual awards as well as some club trophies. Chelsea has some quality players presently in its squad but they’re still inconsistent in their performances. I think if Osimhen makes the move to Chelsea, his abilities may not be noticed that much. He would likely be like Man United’s goalie Onana. Had a great run with his former club and not so great a performance with his present club. |
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I don’t think he’s doing anything wrong. He’s merely sharing his painful experience to anyone who would listen about the dangers of irresponsible gambling. The experience likely pained him as well as impacted enough sense in him to change his ways and attitude towards gambling and he’s trying to warn people not to make the same mistakes as he did.
Perhaps the means he uses when talking about the cons of gambling may not ho down well with you, you’ll have to excuse his methods as I would say he’s trying to pass across just how urgent his message should be taken as well. He doesn’t want people to go down the hole he went.
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When you succeed to create your own business, you will surely become the director of the business and, nobody will be controlling you on what to do to earn salary but you will be in charge to be paying your workers salary because you are the one that employed them in that business.
As the owner of a business, you’re answerable to no one. That is, no one in your business or organization. I think if a business wants to grow, even the owner would be answerable to the whims and desires of paying customers. As the owner of a business, you’ll have to work harder than any of your staff to make your business a success. Obviously, you’ll employ a staff to help get things done faster but you’ll still have to oversee things generally so they won’t run into problems that should have been ordinarily avoidable. It isn’t all easy and rosy as the CEO of an organization(the pay actually is rosy) as they’ve got to create new policies that would continually improve and grow the business. |
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One who chooses the traditional way of money making by getting a job and getting paid in salary will never get out of this circle for sure. The evolution of technology opened doors for everyone to make money but still we are reluctant to go out of comfort zone or taking the wrong move of going all in by taking a loan and starting out a business with no backup plan if the business doesn't go well and you have to pay back the debt.
Things are no longer what they used to be and the normal traditional ways of life are fast changing. In the old times, you could have a single job that would maintain a family and provide their needs on an average income. Today, with the inflation levels ravaging households all over, having an average income from a single job would nearly not be enough to sustain the needs of a household. With the advent of new tech and innovations, there is the need to step up, acquiring relevant skills and knowledge in order to remain relevant and wanted in the job market. |
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So now, what's the essence of going to casinos to play and when you win,you can't rejoice or share it to others.
We'll I think is a way they try to minimize the population of individuals going into gambling and ending becoming big time addicts.probabky they are trying hard to erace the high rate of gambling in the society.
You could always share you wins with friends and family. But promoting it online is what’s frowned upon. I do agree that the law is kinda strange as you could freely gamble but can’t openly talk about in and in a way, help promote it online. Like you noted, they’re probably trying hard to curtail the increasing number of gamblers in the country and the rate of irresponsibility that comes with it. The rate of minors being exposed to gambling online is alarming and perhaps that’s why the law was proposed. |
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