Except that it binds their friendship together, sometimes money can affect friendship. If it's for fun, that's cool. On the other flip of it, gamblers are meant to wager on games at least to win or lose with no strings attached. Who knows what the next person thinks of such a peer to peer gambling out of discussion or arguments. Those are just a means to kill time, as it may seem. But the player will never make a kill from such plays. I mean they wager considerably; I don't think it's something huge. Settling the argument with a prove other than staking money is better.

Moods do swing, not in their case, but in terms of playing with no rules to the game. Playing a card game with friends can result to gambling, and the rules are clearly known to all participants. Sometimes when an argument erupts, the rules resolve it. In this context of gambling, where Op and his friend, only wager money to remove each other's doubt on who is more advanced intellectually, can result to bigger argument in future. Though not wishing that for Op and his friend. But that's what I see of such behaviors, because money is involved.

Gambling accurately may not be in existence, except for appropriate techniques on limitations. Players on the increase struggle tooth and nail with their gambling limits. The stoppage time always gets interesting for many players, that they add up more minutes until it gets to another hour. If money was won previously the player definitely will lose it out again, before he learns his ways to stop the session. It's wrong to let the lack of money stop our session. Else it means the player failed the self-control test. The house can be tricky such that a gambler will win the moment he decides to stop. Out of excitement, he'd continue playing.

Strategically the house is winning over such gamblers to stay in the casino. With further delays the player can convince himself to deposit more money. These changes happen in nano seconds and affects the player's finance, for a long time. Pains of losing money will revolve round the player, reminding him of gambling, then push him to play again. Losers tend to gamble more than the winners. Who are the winners? those who are able to stop once their designated time is due. Nothing bothers such players more than controlling their wagering habit. So, those impulses that push around loser to gamble again, doesn't control a player with a sufficient self-control. He'd play when he wants to, not because he lost money and wants to regain it.

Continuously wagering little amount of money levels the playground between enjoying the game and dealing with unhappiness. However, not every gambler enjoys wagering small amount of money at all times. Adjusting the wagering spirit to an expensive level, changes the whole concept of enjoying gambling by wagering in bits. Not paying attention to details affects the way some gamblers think. Wagering as a high roller, an amount high enough to get a player uncomfortable, when lost, doesn't encourage a sustainable fun in gambling. Such players understand the deep pains of losing money in gambling, through a first experience.

The anxiety it may cause the player will push him around lurking for means of recovering back his normal financial status. Once the brain losses focus, it requires lots of brain power to trace it back to the right form. Most times the excitement we once seek, leads gamblers to an unbearable financial loss. Shifting from one strategy to another, also demands that a player controls his moves not to hit the wrong choice. A player who, by wagering gradually, maintains his ideology of gambling as an entertainment, only gets a slap in the wrist for his mistakes. While greedy players will face the music for not managing properly their finance. Every player gets what they deserve.

We are in a generation where nobody wants to do, perfectly, the parenting job. It's manly done halfway, due to the economic condition of the world. I see parents on social media battling with four different jobs, that's quite unbearable. So, the level of home training capable of truly improving a positive lifestyle of a child, growing up, is hard to attain. Most times the time to do the teaching would be the child's favorite sleeping moment. However, there is time for giving out the best teachings to kids, just that it's a resting time for the parents. You see that the schedule in some families is not collaborating, such that the trouble only worsens. Hence, the best thing to do, is not gambling when around those kids.

A parent who has the luxury to gamble around his kids, can use that moment to have quality conversation with them, and teach them about the downside of gambling. Also add the advantages of gambling. The problem most players face today, is that they never had an idea of any good aspect of gambling. Within them, addiction is the only thing that happens to gamblers. Not knowing that gambling could be used to develop self-control, time management, etc. Starting out by sharing the good things found in gambling, can open a responsible gambling thought on the child, when he gets to adulthood. People think much of addiction, that's why, in my response, they get addicted.

It's right to point out that gamblers try to avoid addiction. Getting into a compulsive gambling attitude is not anybody's choice. Unexpectedly, most players get addicted, and later discovers it at a stage where nothing can be done to get saved, other than concealing the problem. The losses gambling addiction causes is not monetary based, alone. No. Players lose the love their family once shared, emotional stability and lots more. Addiction is destructive to the mental peace of any player who finds himself in such a life situation. Gamblers regardless of their level of self-control work very hard to abstain themselves from gambling addiction. Different life challenges also affect how gamblers think.

It can, also, spoil the gambling routine a player once had and lead him to get compulsive. That's the reason no player is completely free from getting addicted. In addition, addiction has no prior warning, a responsible player may begin to shift his low rolling technique to try high rolling and he could get stuck in the risky lane where he'd be unable to trace back his previous low rolling technique. Addiction could erupt from there, as he unknowing forgets he was once responsible, and begin to chase after his lost money. Greed is not something any human will easily escape. And the casino uses it to get hold of players to spend more in the house.

Gambling addiction, yes, is hard to tackle, due to the fact it meddles with the way players think. Winning big in gambling is another promise that never leaves the brain of a player. However, while battling with addiction, is not simple to forsake the amount of money lost in the process. It's a mental disorder that continuously stresses the addict out every minute of his life. Unlike alcohol where the addict gets a clear thought once the alcohol content subsides. Addicts struggle with having a clear mind out of gambling, once addicted. Although addicted players at some stage wants to be free, they still find it hard to quit.

The whole process starting from figuring out the addiction and getting the player to therapy is not simple. Addiction causes a chronic mental disorder and must be followed with patience. The healing process continues even after the gambler is fine. Like you said, swogerino, alcoholic easily stops drinking, but a gambler will gamble still after getting healed. The only difference would be that he does it moderately, and not compulsive. To quit gambling completely as a gambler is almost impossible. What is most important is control the way we play.

Right Op has a unique gambling technique for his readers, that worked on his end, which is a nice purpose to not try completely someone else's strategy. Especially, when it advises players to try other games, instead of going for a break. The game changes whenever a player is not well prepared on a specific strategy. Op may have been lucky and as you said, he may be unlucky trying same strategy again. Although not all players care much about some other person's success in gambling. Most players are playing on unique stance circulating mainly on their personal interest.

So, if a technique as cruelly risky as what Op is portraying grasps the interest of a player, it's still cool he tries it out. But out of experience that'll be hardly the right decision, except for Op. It's always disappointing to try again something that once worked, and it didn't work. Gambling is one good example of such experiences. Wins depends on luck or the house. It doesn't show up always, hence, no right method works consistently like taking a long break. When in a losing streak.

Not sure if you're aware of the aggressive advertising technique casinos implement on the internet. The advertiser at some point understands that gambling is a broad niche and lots of people will definitely get interested in gambling once money is flashed on their computer screen. Hence, the influencer may be away of the followers on their blog, yet it doesn't change the fact that they'll get over such thoughts when money is offered to them. Influencers are well aware of underage followers viewing the page, but that's not the aim of the project. Money is the aim and objective behind the building of the account. Not some kids viewing the page.

Casinos also cares about the niche the blog is built under, to some extent, but not when the budget is wide, and the house needs lots of outreach on the web. It's a disadvantage to the kids and society, and a huge win for the casino. In this deal, the consumer's age is not what matters, the casino assumes everyone knows gambling is not for underaged players. But the young people also don't care about this, I think the negligence is on every internet user involved in the ad distribution circle. Those kids also have no self-control, that's why they go after a game not meant for kid, for money's sake. Everybody needs the money, the casino, influencers and kids.

The whole thoughts of gamblers towards their experts, though true, is quite hard to admit. I don't accept such behaviors of some naive players, over unrealistically made-up promises. Which can be deciphered easily with no hassle, yet the subscribers are unable to figure things out themselves. The problem as you pointed out is the emotional control the experts use in deceiving the players. Nothing beats being in the right state of mind, in any activity of life. Additionally, being fully informed about a particular niche like gambling helps in reducing the number of people who would fall for this ever-booming tricky business.

A lot of online marketplaces possess more than two vendors who sell such services. Claiming to have made multiple players win a jackpot. It could be, just about your turn to win, the expert would convince his naive customers. Piling up more funds from them, added to what they lose in the casino. Such player losses both ways this time, hence doubling his emotional stress really quick. However, the struggle is on the player alone, as the expert barely spend his time worrying about the game or analyzing matches. The dumbest of gamblers can wake up in the morning and announce to everyone in his web space that he's now an expert after a brief track record of wins. Luckily if he has some followers, he'll begin to sell his predictions.

That's when the player has no good gambling purpose. Emotional stress is a problem for most gamblers. Handling it is not simple, and taking control while in such a condition is another huge trouble. Most gamblers are stressed emotionally, and it demeans their self-control when gambling. I see this loss of control as the main reason why players are chasing losses. The house's goal is to generate lots of money, and naive players out of greed also want to rake enough money to suit their fantasies. Thier perspectives or views of making huge money, drives the player to make mistakes. Since gambling is designed to help players relax money should not have been any gambler's purpose of being part of the game. However, everyone somehow needs extra money, but gambling isn't a nice place for side hustle.

Yet inexperienced players get deceived to think they can earn more through gambling. That's why they invest both time and money aggressively to hit the jackpot. The more every gambler craves for the jackpot, the harder it gets to win. I see the jackpot as method for attracting more gamblers to join the casino. Since the house advertises players who won the jackpot. Lots of casinos even take it to TV stations to show they've awarded a player a whooping amount of money. In a nutshell, the strongest drive and purpose that leads gamblers to participate in gambling, the jackpot, is mainly for advertisement.

Alcoholics who gamble doesn't enjoy the game due to excessive loss of money. Casinos offer drinks to keep players entertained with a interestingly soft music. These treats are set aside to spice up the environment for players to relax better and enjoy their session. While on the online gambling space, players who gamble on the influence of alcohol hurts themselves a lot. They could wake up to an empty bankroll. Alcohol and gambling are both addictive in nature, and players who drink a lot of alcohol are pruned to addiction or compulsive gambling.

It's also a double trouble to be addicted to alcohol and gambling. The player will have nothing left on him on the long run, as his funds will go more into alcohol, then what is left will be swept off by compulsive gambling. Players who are alcoholics undergo lots of challenges but can't help it. As gambling addiction requires a levelheaded thought to resolve or stop. Solving such a problem involving alcohol and gambling addiction will be more difficult compared to a person with one addiction.

Trusting any form of gambling technique that promises players an increase in profits yields disappointment. Not sure if anyone else is surprised that such gamblers don't get disappointed when an expert's prediction returns void. Does it mean a level of understanding is met before subscribing to play with the expert's predictions? It's not clear why players despite losing out in the hands of an expert, go ahead to gamble using an expert's prediction. However, naive gamblers are not intellectually equipped on the ground where these fixed games came to be. Generally, nothing consistently works in gambling, except for setting limits and maintaining self-control, which helps gamblers stay clear of addiction.

On the level of fixed games or gambling with expert predictions, it's a niche where individuals make money from their subscribers or users. Two or more fake vouches can convince inexperienced players to sign up for such services. I once looked them up on a telegram channel regarding the expert's response when his games don't yield any wins. I realized he comes in not to take responsibility, but to blame it on the game, in a way well thought out that it'll convince the gamblers he's not at fault. I think those experts are also taking advantage of the weak emotional strength some gamblers possess.

Friends who end arguments and discussions with a bet don't understand very well the concept of gambling. Arguments are not meant to trigger the anger of somebody else to the extent of wagering money. Those discussions lead to serious arguments because they don't closely relate to one another. Nothing special about meaningless arguments. Even though it appears meaningful, seeking for a prove is the right thing to do. Choosing gambling as a way to end the long overdue arguments can only make the loser get angrier. And when in that same gathering next time, he'd want to try again. Hence, that gathering of friends will continuously end in an argument. As everyone involved would want to win their lost money.

If Op isn't interested in such a friendship for tagging them as "stupid" I think he should avoid their company. A proper gambling circle does it with games, not arguments. Unless the game is in the argument, staking money on quarrels is inadmissible. Peers easily influence one another emotionally, and when the energy is weak and focused on brainless ideas, people in that circle of friends will get stuck exhibiting brainless behavior. By hanging out with irresponsible folks, one can't obtain a responsible attitude. I don't remember placing bets on arguments. It never gets directly to me, it's just an argument. I've seen people do it, but I have not seen people who spend time often betting on arguments.

An addicted gambler finds it hard to control their addiction. Instead, the addiction controls the gambler emotionally, thereby putting him under the influence of compulsive gambling for a long period. Leaving the player with no energy to bring his bad gambling habit to a halt. On the other flip, I recently read a research paper that claims addicted gamblers can get over the problem themselves. It was seen as impossible in my view, when I was first reading psychotherapy. Where it's stated by therapists that addiction can't be solved alone, without someone else's help. At this point, it sounds confusing, but nothing in literature is absolutely right.

I thought about a longtime friend who was just about getting addicted to gambling but later ended his involvement with gambling activities. I was not, in a bit, interested in knowing how he did it, but I'm a bit clear he did it alone. I know of someone else whose girlfriend helped him stop his gambling habit, and he's never done gambling even in her absence; a month or two away from him. While I'm certain these are rare cases, they're players who got so compulsive that it was impossible to survive it alone. So, using the term "anyone can control their addiction" is wrong, as not everyone is capable of dealing with gambling addiction all alone. A lot of players suffer addiction till date because no avenue of help is close by.

I don't think freelance influencers care about their target audience, it's a task for the advertiser not the blog. Influencers are focused on maintaining the blog, to keep it updated. They need money to run the blog efficiently. Advertisers like casinos, offer them enough funds to place those ads. Because they, the casino, see the blogger discuss gambling in his online space. Most gambling ads are placed on game related blogs. Else the conversion rate will be low. However, advertisers may not care about the niche, if the influencer has enormous number of followers.

Such ads are disseminated across such pages, because out of those millions of followers, they'll be thousands of gamblers. Who will be interested in trying out the advertised gambling platform. Moreover, in the context of this thread, advertisers may want to convert non gamblers in the page to gamblers, by placing such ads aggressively. That is the influencer has to promote gambling on every single content he creates. Hence, kids visiting such page will one day get interested in gambling. Especially if the ads are spiced with a cash prize. Internet users are mainly tricked with giveaways and related ideas. "Money call the shots or makes the mare go", so, the influencers can't resist some cash offers for an ad placement, even when they dislike placing such ads.

It's devastating to restrict a child from using his smartphone, the same way it is inadmissible, gambling in their presence. Kids don't have the right to participate in gambling. Their rights are to play video games. When they see a parent gambling on screen, the child at first will assume his dad is playing video games. And that's what gambling is, looking at it. So, if a child is not told of gambling being wagering money to win more, he'd be beyond thought to accept his dad or mom is playing mere games just as he does on the TV. Unfortunately, society is broad, and kids now stay much far away from their parents, due to school activities. Grownups don't have quality access to their kids because of work activities.

Hence, quality home training is rarely obtained in the current era. Unless those homeschooling kids have enough time to teach and watch over them. Some kids come home meeting an empty home, filled with gadgets and electronics, and no single human. It's quite boring, they'll hang out with other kids like them, whose parents are still at work. The lessons they learn there also matter in how a child behaves. Oftentimes, nothing meaningful is discussed, and gambling is mainly discussed, as they want extra funds. To compete with other kids in school. Hence, the societal struggle to balance our economy has affected the quality of home training kids once had in the past. Some parents after work are exhausted and would want to gamble at any given time regardless of whether the child is watching or not.

Kids are smart, he'll begin to wonder why a full-grown adult will get genuinely sad over a video game. There, their instinct can get to flashback on the conversation he had with other kids on gambling, he'll match the reactions on dad's face, and understand his dad gambles as well. If ads and peers influence the child's thinking, seeing his mom or dad gamble validates his decisions. Nothing stops a child from doing or trying what he saw his dad or mom do. Parents, I think, should be considerate and make a reasonable time and space for their gambling activities. Where the kids wouldn't find or see them. At least where you'd see the child first, then change the tab. Simple practices such as this help furnish a healthy home. Health is wealth.

The emotions of gamblers can get injured by gambling. Not just about the loss of money the player faces, various factors like continually experiencing anxiety lead gamblers close to depression. The game is designed to lessen the emotional strength of a gambler till he's not capable of controlling how he wagers money. As you said, the emotional pain gradually spreads till the player is unable to understand what he's doing. That's the reason most gambler's emotional control is in the mud. Gambling processes that consist of ongoing losses rather than winning, affect probably the feelings of a gambler. Thereby, causing the player some harm. Which he never expected to happen to him.

The emotional struggle kicks out sadness and anger on the gambler, hence his decisions will be fueled by it. Playing with anxiety won't be fun, and the gambler has a low advantage in making nice decisions. In a battle context, the house handicaps the gambler not to have many chances of winning. The house wouldn't have made as much money as they do if they were seeking donations to help run the business. So, they devised a method that'll make gamblers enjoy the game and spend more time gambling. Thereby, yielding more profits for the casino. Enough to clear their bills and pay workers.

Casino games are quite addictive due to its optimized fast nature of providing results. Unlike sport gambling where the gambler has lots of time to decide on whether to pick a specific team or not based on their past analysis of performance and action. That doesn't remove the fact that everyday participant in sports games will also not influence the chances of winning. Should I call it addiction or greed, some gamblers who wager money on teams they've got no valid information on their performances, are close to facing the same fate with slot players. The slot player is at an advantage because of his knowledge of this occurrence, based on how slot games were designed to operates.

Sports gaming is quite good if a player is weekly wagering money on his favorite teams, which he's made some strong analysis on during the weekdays. Doing this helps a player to have enough time to think, more than a slot player who does not need to run any analysis. Capable of influencing the results of his game. However, a well-scrutinized sports analysis doesn't guarantee a gambler would win the game. But players still learn from doing this weekly research on football games. Another valuable asset of sports gambling, it helps players to be advanced in sports events.  

The challenges shouldn't be the reason why gamblers will quit the game. Its captivating nature drags more players to try again next time, despite losing out big previously in the game. What is most important is not allowing those challenges to destroy our lifestyle. Gamblers are facing difficulties in unique gambling sessions. Issues hard enough to sidetrack a player's prior ideas to a wrong and abstract plan. The player on his end would accept he's utilizing a smart strategy, but from other people's observation of his behavior, he'll be hurting himself financially. However, not all gamblers get scared of the challenges, due to the money that gambling offers. Even newbies tend to play more after experiencing few wins.

The money comes sooner that players can't get over playing again. Making fast profits is another gambling setting or strategy that has led multiple players to compulsive gambling. How they subside the energy meant for their daily business, and focus on gambling, shocked me in the past, but don't recently. When I found out they're made to see gambling as a business. Because it can yield wealth. This thought is viral and widely accepted by lots of gamblers, showing how gamblers don't care much about responsible gambling. If they were, players would have been craving for the truth they once sought in gambling. Most players depend on what other gamblers do and tell them. Their knowledge of responsible gaming is limited.

Having in mind that gambling deals with loss or loss, helps a gambler to focus on what matters, playing responsibly. Picking a win as a priority will put confusion in the gambler's thoughts. Due to the settings of gambling, which portrays both results with wins not showing up easily like losses. Going all in is a gambling strategy that requires some proven certainties before utilizing it. Blinding wagering all in will be detrimental to the player, as he's not sure whether he'd win or not. Games where all-in can be used safely differ, I'd personally do that on poker rather than on slot games. As slots results are not guaranteed. But with good observations of other player's game, a gambler can make big wins in poker games using the same risky all-in strategy.

The disadvantage of going all in is that it can be addictive. And the strategy's disadvantage is nothing close to its advantages in any form. When addicted to going all in, the player will never have any funds left with him, whenever in the casino. Additionally, it's not an enjoyable gambling strategy. It shortens the game and leaves the player with a one-time luck trial. Splitting the funds into smaller pieces grants the player the opportunity to enjoy more time in the casino. Even enables the player to have a second thought about his decision while in the game.