Yeah, gamblers doesn't have need for retirement as the decision is owned by them. If one wants to, they can stop at anytime. Hence, it'll be difficult to even say for others what age would be nice to stop gambling. I think the answers should be personal. But, since people can't predict their future self, it's still not necessary to say what age we'd retire from gambling. Once health is there, nothing stops me from gambling. As it'll be detrimental to the healing process of the person. We must be careful with our health as old people. Because the body becomes too vulnerable and exposed. Responsible elders in the society can still gamble and maintain the wealth of their family without causing harm to their growing offspring, wealth wise. Who knows they could still win big, while at that age. And it's still a good way to generate more wealth for the family. Players who from youth days, value the positive aspect of gambling, would continue at old age. But, if their kids finds out that their grand dad gambles it can influence them negatively. Hence, it should be done privately, not to lead little kids to start thinking of gambling at a tender age. Aside that I don't consider it as a thing that should be stopped. Just like drinking alcohol, most people won't retire from that habit. Provided they can control themselves and not make it a daily habit.

It's good to see that a majority of responses under this thread, writes about gambling for fun. The goal is also to educate more people to understand the effectiveness of gambling for fun. It's never easy to turn gambling into a full time job that earns us constant income. What we're expected to do as gamblers is, taking it gradually and enjoying the process; win or loss. No one with the right gambling knowledge would see it as an avenue to make quick millions in our accounts. Your last line is a good attribute of gambling. Playing with what we won and saving our capital. Then stop gambling when the won money is exhausted. Unlike just leaving immediately like OP said once we win the exact money we have wagered. It can remove the possibility of winning more that very day. Gamblers are never advised to chase losses as it won't help them on the long run. They can go home sad, and when that keeps repeating itself they could be exposed to addiction. A bad sickness for gamblers. When we budget our time and money, knowing when to stop will be easy. And when our win is enough to keep us rolling more, then we can keep enjoying the day. Then buying more time, and expanding the possibility of making more wins. Those players who have a bad day, can give it a break and try another time. They has never been a time guarantees players to win often. Hence, if our wins are less than our losses. And we ain't comfortable with it, the right step to take is to close our computer or go home if we're in a casino.

If both participants are allowed to do what's on their mind, the player won't accept the offer, while the casino would do anything possible to get the player to accept. Yet, it's very risky on the side of the player. It won't make him happy and may require him to have scary thoughts. The best way is for the casino to make an anonymous TV show, explaining how they paid out a whooping amount of money to a winner. Which they don't want to publicly share his details and personality. It'll still give them the publicity they want and also attract players who value privacy. We all live in a chaotic world of terrible events happening because of money. How would a person want to come out plain to show the world they've gotten that rich. It's not a type of development anyone would welcome. Unless the person's name won't be mentioned and with their face covered like the photo I saw above. It can be a bit bearable. Or if the casino insist on handing out the Cheque to the person on the day of the event. Then the player won't have any other reason not to attend. Aside that, no player, like myself, would accept such a proposal.

The issue is mainly recurrent issues, like being left behind as kids, not being attended to when they wanted something as a child. If they can be turned to believe that they're good enough, showing them, their idea matters etc. The gambler's sense of good humor will be restored. These are the few things that makes therapy easy for both the client and the therapist. In the sense that if the gambler who wants to quit is not allowed to express properly his feelings. He won't have a close relationship with the therapist. Also the therapist must also make effective responses to the ideas of the client. To make the client feel belonged and also open a space in his heart to see the therapist as his friend. Once this is achieved the whole process of changing a gambler gets simpler. If his family is caring enough to follow him to his therapy sessions it'll be a good move. Just to be sure he's going there. But, it's still rare to find such a caring home. Most families barely care about being this kind. And it worsens the gambler's situation. It also gets worse when the therapist doesn't know the right question and answers that'll bring the gambler to trust him with their problems. And open up to discuss further about how it all began. But, if he's lucky enough to find one that asks contributing questions that can change the perspective of the gambler to a better one. Then, the gambler will do his best to change and become a better person for his family and friends.

The idea of being kind to the gamblers is also a great one, as they lack the love from society and family. Everyone wants to stay clear from them and wouldn't want to associate with an addict. But that's really wrong. Most of them for into deeper trouble in life, due to the ill treatment they get from loved ones. With your idea of inviting them to our homes and offering them good relationship can alter their compulsive gambling thoughts to a better reason in life. They could begin visiting the house once a while. But, what could be the fate of the player or you when he goes back to gamble with the funds you've offered them. Trying to fix them into a business or job when they're not yet free from addiction is very risky. Because when they make things difficult for the company, messing with their funds, it can derail your reputation for referring such a nuisance into their business. The goal remains trying to change them first, by providing any possible alternative, that can keep them away from gambling. Or visiting gambling shops. It could be channeled to video games or its type. Although, it's quite expensive to do that for somebody, but the whole process worth it, and he'll always be grateful to have known a person like you. Who volunteered to make out the best in them.

It shouldn't be surprising to anybody who follows or reads about the behind the scene occurrence between the streamers and the casino. Many aged players and young people fall for these streamers and click through their affiliates links showing huge discounts to con them into signing into the casino they promote. A lot of the said casinos they promote ain't promising to beginners and most times are illicit. I mean don't meet the supposed requirements for a responsive online casino. However, the streamers make lots of profits from the casino they promote. Pays ranging from tens to hundreds thousands of dollars. Due to the enormous traffic they generate for the casino. The wins is what causes the deceit. The fastest way to con people is by giving them a too good to be true offer. They'll be controlled by their emotions to be rich and fall for such casinos. Though, the results are manipulated, but everyone knows it. Even the streamers in different interviews with news channels like WIRED mention that the casino fund them to stream games. The problem with their viewers is that they expect to see similar results, which tend to be impossible. Because what they see is a contract deal and the casino, like you said know their workers and would make their results far too good for everyone that watches to feel intrigued to join gambling. And, naive people would at least want to make lots of money.

Every business is risky, but in some casinos this would be riskier. As you don't know the stuff the person you're dealing with is made of, I've thought of the possibility of running such a business. Yet in most cases where the gambler takes a loan and after playing for long wins exactly the amount that can be used to pay back the loan. How would they feel? like they're doing the gambling for their lender to profit. Some other players may be too dull to pay back the loaned money as, it'll turn to serious argument and quarrel. The only good aspect of such a business is asking for a collateral, instead of money. This will make the player to pay back, to be able to get their property back. In all, It's a nice initiative, and he already knows where he'll get his target audience.


I think he can have a legal team, to handle anything that requires disagreement in the business. Definitely it'll be on the rise, but if he manages well the business will grow real fast. Also allowing the gamblers enough time to pay back their debt is cool and restricting them from abusing the loan. I mean targeting people who can't manage their emotions is a bad idea. It's like taking advantage of their vulnerability, which is not a good way to do business. Even at the law court, with a good lawyer, they can have a good stand in winning a case. For instance, targeting an addict, to make profits out of his problems. He'll definitely fall for the deal, but what happens when the person isn't able to pay back and decides to give up life. Wouldn't it be a bigger problem at the end of the OP. He'd be on losing side and most people would blame him for lending out the money knowing that the person is an addict, who can't control his emotions.

Our environment is what keeps us in addiction, changing to a different zone can only be effective in some kinds of addiction. If a person is already in severe gambling addiction he may not be cured by traveling out of his environment. He needs a medical practitioner to help change his life through emotional techniques. Which helps the gambler to understand, he's truly in pain. And that the doctor can help him out of such pain. Whenever the addicted person decides to meet an expert, his problems becomes half solved. Where the problem sleeps is when the addicted person, doesn't have in mind what's actually their problem. They still enjoy the habit of gambling addiction. Such that, their mental health, despite being hurt, still claim to derive joy in gambling. It's like enjoying something that hurts at same time. The process will be difficult to quit. But, once the person is getting back to their senses and creating a routine that can work for them, in limiting their bad habit. The journey to change starts coming to light. The problem never gets solved, when kept secret. Saying it out, is also a good remedy in sunning the problem in the light, for others to see and contribute ways of solving them. Nobody would care if people doesn't know what's actually happening in the life of a gambling addict. Those who tend to stop and control themselves to become free from addiction are really strong people. I must commend you, Docnaster, for breaking free all by yourself. It is never easy to change people. The techniques required is not simple. Most times in trying to change them, the whole problem would worsen as the addicted person would begin to think we are the cause of their problems.

knowing that your games are not getting cheated is almost impossible. But, finding a casino that guarantees that you games are fair, is quite understand and preferable. That one that doesn't care about that in the first place. I'm among players that focus mainly on the provably fair system of any casino I'd want to patronize. Because of the importance of doing  things right and getting the value we spend money and time for. Like I said, in my first response, those other ones are secondary. Provided that our money gets across to us, if we ain't confortable with the delay the player can move ahead to use other casino. But, how to figure out they're cheating on the result is quite difficult. And we'd continue playing thinking that we are not good enough. It kills the time and resources of the player, which is the worst experience as a gambler; getting rigged results.

Gambling is great, but abusing it isn't. Those addicts, abuse gambling just like drug. We tend to get a bad body response when we abuse anything in life. Gambling shouldn't be exempted. The behavior of gambling addicts in the society is becoming alarming and players must take diligent decisions to avoid being a victim. They have brought bad publicity for gambling in the society. These reasons have made lots of people to have ill thoughts about any gambler they've met. Not knowing that the concept of gambling is different from what they see in addicts. Close friends and families of an addict, rough handle them because they don't comprehend ways to cure them. They think the person is continuously gambling out of his will, but it's a lie. It's a mental disorder and he should be treated accordingly to save the family from further stress in future. They is already a high rate of suicide caused by addiction. Why didn't their family pay close attention to last few behaviors of their ward before he gave up his life. When things do not sit right with people, they look for ways to make money. And because they see few friend who win bucks in gambling. They'll rush to try it, and fail to understand the rules applicable to gambling. Which helps to reduce addiction. After wasting their own money, they'll borrow to play gambling. Most suicide cases, shows that gamblers who ended their life did that do escape paying back the loan they gambled with. It's a difficult situation in the society today. Like a plague it's growing everyday, amongst adults and teenagers. Therefore people must be careful not become victims by following the rules of gambling; playing with spare cash. And not getting too attached to it.

The reason people insist on going to the casino to have fun is because if they don't go there for fun, they'll go home angry. Those players who go to casino for money are victims of anger after spending time in the casino, with no money in their pocket. When we go to watch football in the stadium, it's for fun. We don't expect any money in return after paying for a seat. Same is applicable to gambling. The money aspect of it, is what keeps the fun going and helps us to think better. Not that they don't want to make more money through gambling. But, it's not guaranteed that they'll win. Instead of having money in mind as their primary aim, it's better to convert that particular thought to become fun. How do you intend to increase your profits through gambling, when nothing actually works the way we think, in gambling. Except on a situation like Op said, playing poker with an inexperienced player. The techniques and skills related to gambling can only work for some times, but won't guarantee steady winning. Any day we win big, it'll be an additional fun to us, which makes gambling different from other kinds of leisure games.

His opinion may not define his future in the forum, he's actually responding to what he has received in the forum. Yes, it's true, but isn't it enjoyable on the long run? When you look back and remember those days of criticisms from high ranked members you'd laugh about it. The forum is not against such criticism, members can say anything as long as it tallies with the aim of the thread. I'm beginning to see less of those responses. don't know if it's only newbies that get to see them in the forum. Yet saying that knowledge sharing is less, phonakAG, is a wrong statement. It's impossible to see an opinion that gets more than two critic response from top ranked members. Others will still share their opinion with the newbie and encourage him to improve. The issue most time is that newbies try to move faster than they should. Thereby, making blunders that will ignite being mocked by other members. I'd also use this opportunity to say, you should hang on, soon those responses won't be appearing on your screen anymore. The fun part of it, remains that high rank members don't mean to criticize your opinion. The truth is that they use it as a way to laugh and feel a bit happy. As though it's always funny to come across those responses, especially when it's directed to somebody else. No one would be happy to see it directed to them. As a newbie if you have the right response that is reasonably funny, you can send them back to the critic. Don't take them to heart, it's just a forum itch.

I think we have to go back in time and follow a historical approach to it. When were women allowed to go to school, participate in elections, work and earn money? Women started participating in most crucial aspect of life few hundred years after civilization. Technically, their brain isn't expected to think like men do in these part of life. Women were told to focus more on house keeping and training children. Hence, in the growth of their brain, it'll take longer until women begin to take monetary risk like men. Same can be applicable to bitcoin, it's a new idea and before women begin to venture into it, more decades would pass. Although, I see women heading most crypto projects and organizing cryptocurrency conferences for women. And these women are mostly the few women we can see in the computer science department. For instance, in the university, the computer science department can have about 10 women and 200 men. And it remains like that across many other universities. Not all of them can understand software development, how would they involve in something they don't know about. Added with the fact that in the society women spend time with fellow women than men. Who would influence them to do what they're into today. A lot of female programmers, I've met, were influenced by their male friends or brothers. While the whooping number of female nurses were influenced by their mothers to study nursing. Hence, the point remains that you can't give what you don't have. Because their mothers whom they listen to and spend time with advice them on the career to follow, they'll definitely follow that route. Generations to generations it'll keep repeating itself, because of the long time denial women faced in the society.

The disadvantage is on the player, while the advantage is on the casino. Players to avoid being known by family and friends to have such an amount of money, should avoid going public to announce their win on interviews. Insecurity in most parts of the world, is increasing, hence our privacy should be a top priority. Winning such an amount is great, but not a type to celebrate with the public. Because when they find out, they'll help the winner in finishing their funds. Congrats to him for winning big with little amount of money.

Reducing prices is great way of getting more customers. When the next shops increase prices and it's important to maintain the company price. And still offer quality products. It'll yield more trust from buyers and fetch new customers. The new customers we should expect are those who don't feel right about the prices other shops provide and wants to check elsewhere. But, they're customers that believes, since this shops sells at this rate, that shop would also sell at same rate. Unless someone tells them about getting same product and quality at a cheaper rate in the other shop. What I mean is that the loyal customers of the other shop owners still wouldn't mind buying at their favorite shop owner's shop. But the cheaper shop would definitely gain more customers in the street where they reside. Expanding quickly; building more in different province would be detrimental to the growth of the business. The growth of such shops still take years to get to a big sized shop like a mini super market. When running such a business it'll be great to hold tight the environment we started and win them over for years. Then establish a new one elsewhere, when we are sure about the solidity of the first shop. Thereby building the next one with the income the first one generates. And maximizing profits due to the increase in demands. Or maybe selling some products from the first in the new one. That would be a better idea and also reduce the risk of losses.

Definitely you are good, but not every gambler would love playing a single game. Even sport players sometimes are good at football and basketball at same time. Meaning that people are rational and can be good in different things. Hence, not every player rest when their league is on break. They still go home to practce with friends or play other sports to keep fit. Gambling is fun and most times when we gamble and stop gambling for months. It'll keep us away from the ideas we've got in gambling steadily. Not saying we shouldn't take a rest. But, taking it for so long till the league is right back. Can affect our gambling techniques. Since, the part of our brain that helps our critical thinking in making the right gambling decision would be weak and won't function like when it's practicing often. If a person isn't familiar with other ongoing sport games, they can exercise their brain with slot games. It's still helpful. Gambling is a form of resting, can a person take a break from resting? The fact it's unpredictable still gives us upper hands in gambling in other games which we have little or no experience in analyzing them. The decision is still on who's going to win or lose. And the fact that we still lose while playing on games we are familiar with, makes it possible that we can win on games with ain't used to playing. Nobody knows who's going to be right. Whether the experienced or not. In a nutshell, we should always keep up with what our minds is comfortable doing.

One thing I can remember about the aged men, is that they love to go out once in a while to socialize with old time activities. People tend to go back to that which they're good at, while they were young. At old age and during my young days, I wasn't an active player of mahjong like you mentioned. It'll be difficult to fall back to enjoying such a game. But, I get the concept of your message. Yet such games can still require gambling since it's a board game involving 2 players. It still helps the brain to advance in thoughts and stay very active. Talking about technology, we already know the importance of following the technology trend. As none can say for sure what new idea will skyrocket and take over the gambling world. Depending on the  nature of the world. If it became a world where people are required to only stay in doors due to climate change or virus circulating outside the society. But, in a world where such things doesn't exist, people must go out to have fun and socialize. As staying indoor isn't all that fun. Despite how good the technology moves to make things look fun on computers. Human beings enjoy seeing and communicating with each other physically. When under control of the funds and they're sufficient to handle the gambling habit, it's encouraging to have one gambling to participate in, while enjoy our old age. What matters a lot is having a good health.

The story depends on how the changed addict suffered while in addiction. It's never easy to be an addict. Whether gambling or drug. Both goes hand in hand for some people. Comparing them, isn't necessary, because while concluding on a fact, using one person's experience isn't enough. Many people have done crazy things out of addiction. Be it gambling or drugs. Mainly when it's related to money. Drug requires money to purchase at all cost. And the price is fixed, unlike in gambling. The addict can change the amount they play everyday, depending on their bank roll. But if a drug addict isn't equipped with the amount his substance costs he can't get it. Hence, he'll have to do anything possible to get on his substance. If addiction is rated by stages, drug addiction is higher than gambling addiction. As gambling addict can move ahead to become a drug addict. And it's rare to find a drug addict, that goes back to gamble. They'll be lost in the confusion that drug brings. While battling with friends and money too. Gambling addicts barely have a click of friends who are addicts, unlike drug addicts who always have other friends they can hang out with and do drugs. Which also lands them into bigger troubles like going out to rob and do illicit businesses. One addiction can lead to another. Why the person in a way is right about being happy about not being a drug addict, is because he's known that even when you escape the drug addiction. It's almost impossible to escape the drug friends, they got while living the bad life.

The most important thing in an online casino is Provably fair. It's crucial to check that a casino's provably fair is enabled, so that you'd know the house is not taking a complete advantage on the results you get. Although, I've read that some of the casinos still have ways of manipulating the provably fair system. Yet a casino that doesn't have one, isn't a good casino for anybody. Other secondary things like customer services and online reputation are great too, as it'll help to know what kind of casino we are staking games. The casino's time duration; how long they've been in the gambling system is important. As going for a fresh established casino isn't a good idea. Since the reports and reviews about them isn't yet good enough to trust or make them reliable. I'll hardly recommend a new casino to anyone. Payment methods are good too, having different means of depositing and withdrawing our funds are great too, as not everyone would prefer to go with cards or paypal. So, having everyone in mind is an important part of a nice casino to patronize. On the player's end, the need to make these research ourselves is great. Reading their TOS works just fine, not to be a victim in future.

Hi Royse, thanks for the privilege of accepting me in your campaign. But, the campaign I applied for before this one accepted me almost the same day you did. I thought about it and had to go with them. Maybe we'll work together again some other times. Cheers!