Keeping your gambling habit secret is optional as it varies amongst gamblers. It all depends on the person gambling. Your point of keeping it a secret for fear of influencing others. I don’t think it would any fault of yours if someone else get influenced without you putting any effort into doing so.
People enjoy gambling with friends as it could be enjoyable winning and losing with friends around having cheers and boos when there’s a win and when there’s a loss.

There are some activities that aren’t just fun when done alone.

I would say that guy is just lucky to win an amount that enabled him to purchase another bus. And he’s wise enough to put that money to good use. With money gotten from gambling, he got back on track so I guess in a way,, gambling could be a hope restorer like you put it if you go about it wisely. There are lots of people that have won huge sums and go ahead to put it to good use as well as lots of people that have won huge sums and go ahead to squander it, losing it all in no time.

I don’t think the thought of gambling being a “hope restorer”  could turn out healthy for some people. When gamblers start to depend on gambling as a last resort to get that win that would turn things around, that’s when the decline into addiction slowly starts.

I think it’s only natural to want to do things like someone else does if the way being done by others seems to be coming out positively.
And I also think people betting with higher amounts of money could influence others who can’t afford to comfortably bet as high as others.  They could easily be influenced to bet with more money. Money that they ordinarily can’t afford to part with.

Admittedly, not everyone would feel pressured to bet with more money than they should, but a good number of people would.  Personally, I don’t let anyone pressure me into doing what I don’t want to do. And that includes spending more money than I originally intended on spending.

Gambling doesn’t make people addicted, rather people are the one who get addicted to gambling. A whole lot of people today gamble and are responsible about it too. Addiction doesn’t emerge just cause you gamble. Compulsive gambling on the other hand, often done by irresponsible gamblers could get such gamblers addicted in no time. You mentioned it yourself. There are folks who gamble for fun. Surely those folks aren’t addicts.

It’s crazy that people would rather seek to fault gambling for their financial woes and willfully ignore their roles in it all.

We’re almost always the cause of our own misfortunes. And in this case, the fault lies squarely with the individual. He was probably addicted first to drugs and to continue to get more satisfaction, he’ll increase his intake.
Heard a misconception about gambling and quickly became interested as it seemed like a cool easy avenue to bring in more money. Enough to buy to his fill.
Entering the gambling scene, his desire to win quickly got him hooked as well. He had let his desires control his actions and in furtherance, his life.

It’s quite sad as your friend has created a theory that keeps him motivated enough to continue gambling even if he continuously looses. I doubt he hardly thinks of his losses as he probably has his eyes set on the big win. The big win that’s just around the corner.
An average gambler cannot afford to play daily with unrealistic hopes of winning it soon. He could lose literally everything and if he takes such an advice. Addiction would not far off as well. Your friend needs help and definitely need to take some time off gambling.

I don’t think loans should be taken out and used for something that’s not productive and profitable in the long run.  I’m well aware that people take loans for various reasons and not just productive ones like gambling. It’s not news anymore seeing a gambler lose money borrowed from wherever or used money budgeted for something else. Unfortunately, these sad tales do little to dissuade others from towing the same path.
The probability of having a loss is higher than a having a guaranteed win. I definitely would not use borrowed funds that has an interest on it to gamble.

Yeah, you’ve worked with a lot of organizations and you haven’t seen anyone who gambles at work so even if there were people who gamble, it’s so small, it’s negligible.
You do know some people like to keep their gambling activities private. And I doubt people will feel comfortable to come clean about gambling at work or just burning time going through the site without actually playing anything. No one wants to look like a slacker in the workplace.



Perhaps you misunderstood me. Obviously the employer is the boss and mainly creates the rules that would enable a professional and productive workplace. What I’m against are employers not being accountable for anything as the rules governing everyone else doesn’t apply to them.

When the rules apply to some and not to others, there is bound to be abuse which would lead to a toxic working environment. Such a working environment wouldn’t motivate employees to put in their best.
As the CEO of an organization, I know just how valuable a motivated staff is. Provide a good and safe work environment and keep them happy and satisfied. Then watch how they would willingly grow your business.

I sure hope you didn’t write that PM like you did this thread. The topic head along with the rest of your write up gives an entirely different impression than one merely seeking for opinions. I’m curious on why you’re looking for opinions from people on why you got tagged on what you were actually found to be guilty of. I think with the few replies on the thread, you can get a sense of what people think.

I didn’t think this thread, with how it was written would help your cause with other members. You’ve got little choice than to have patience regarding your sent PM. Hopefully, he’ll ignore this thread and still give you a listening ear.

I think this is not necessary. If you would read the comment left with the red tag on your profile, you’ll note the member who tagged you is open to revising the tag. I think if approached civilly, any reasonable person on here would respond civilly as well. I think you would have written to JG and try to talk things out first. There is clearly an opportunity for a revision so why don’t you first try, civilly of course and talk to him about it?

If the majority of people think you deserve this, your response wouldn’t be to try and change their minds but to end your journey here? That’s pathetic and quite frankly, silly.
I barely write on threads in the reputation section but I’m not lost on the happenings on the section either. Came upon your thread and just thought to let you know that you shouldn’t be rash and have your emotions running wild.

Perhaps you need to worry less about what another member does their Smerits as it’s literally theirs to do whatever they deem fit with it.
It’s common knowledge that hoarding Smerits doesn't add any benefits/perks to one’s profile so there isn’t any good motive on why one would hoard their Smerits.
I don’t think it’s cool to hoard Smerits but I also wouldn’t tell someone else what to do with their Smerits. It’s theirs to give out anyways.

There are plenty of members who are active and are quite generous with their Smerits. Perhaps you should focus more on getting some from these members.

I did try but failed to see how gambling addiction can be said to be a disease but If we’re speaking figuratively, It’s all good and I can understand that.

I’m also not entirely convinced on a gambling addiction being a mental illness. Reading up on if a gambling addiction could really be said to be a mental disorder and  one form of disorder stuck out. Obsessive compulsive disorder. Perhaps, with a mental disorder like that, an individual could gradually become an addict and would have to seek treatment for his disorder.

I do think a solid majority of gamblers all over that slid down the dark hole of addiction are the cause of their own misfortune.

I think a good number of employees secretly and perhaps, when less busy gamble at work for various reason. Probably to burn some time while seeing how lucky they could get while playing.
It’s undeniable. Gambling in the workplace could affect your work performance in the long run and it’s always advisable to focus on your work while on working hours.

I wouldn’t want to work for an employer who feel they aren’t bound by the company rules and regulations and are actively involved in the running of the business. Also, I don’t think employees would work optimally and at their best for the growth of the organization.

Your theory on women being more conservative and a better manager of resources, knowing how to prioritize things can very well be arguable. There may be surveys backing your theory but there are also surveys that says women spend more money than men as well as a slight majority of purchases done anywhere are being influenced by women.

I don’t think one could make a better gambler and have more wins just cause the person is careful and manages available resources well. Certainly, such individuals would be very responsible while gambling.

Gambling disappoints(IMO, most of the times). That’s true. And something that disappoints and quite consistently too shouldn’t be prioritized.
“Give priority to reality rather than emotion”. I think you put it nicely. We should always prioritize what we want and what would help us grow and be productive as a person. Anyone giving priority to emotions is in for crisis as it would run the individual to the ground and totally wreck the person. Excess is definitely not good as at that point, there is no more satisfaction derived from that activity.

There’s one hurdle to cross first and that’s electing a government that is bitcoin friendly. Friendly enough to make it a legal tender in the country and go a step further to want to create an option for its civil service employees to receive their pay in bitcoin.
It would take a lot more than wishful thinking to actually make this a realization as a lot of thought process and work needs to be taken but I don’t think a new government agency is really required. In my opinion, The existing treasury department or the finance ministry in the country  could suffice and perhaps in coordination with some other relevant government agency, handle such an assignment when tasked.

You can take a horse to the river bank but you can’t force it to have a drink of water. Someone not willing to recognize his problems cannot go about solving it. The patient first needs to muster enough will to get better cause he’s going to need a lot during the journey.
It really is quite necessary to find a new hobby that would help give you something else to focus on. Might as well be a productive one that could add to one’s worth.

I would expect a child to give weak arguments like “getting rich in future only if you continue gambling” and “how his luck is just around the corner” but I also wouldn’t be surprised to hear such from adults.
I’ll say.. this topic is quite interesting and engaging too. Would want to read other people’s approach to this.

You’d be surprised at the number of “fools” we’ve got then, cause it’s a lot. There are a staggering number of people that can’t be bothered to be responsible even for their own actions and when the find out stage swings by, the literally easiest and quite stupid route is to put the blame on someone else for whatever went wrong.
There are also some who wouldn’t want to be fully responsible and would seek to lay part of the fault on someone else so they won’t have to face whatever consequences alone.
You’d really be surprised at how people think and behave out there. It’s maddening.

I don’t think a lot of people actually bother to read through to the end, the terms of service of the casino they’re wanting to play with for the very first time. Admittedly, the terms of service of a good number of casinos online more or less has the same message stating what it and isn’t allowed on the casino which when generally warns players not to try and cheat the system.
For an individual who frequently gambles with online casinos, I could see him not bothering to read through the terms of service of another casino assuming it’s like all the others.

It’s always advisable to read through and know the terms of service of the casino you’re interested in playing with cause claiming to be ignorant won’t cut it if found to be breaking a rule.

Yes, i think it would be weird too as most people don’t make it a habit to give tips to security moments after arriving and being frisked. One might think you’re buying your way in/paying for certain privileges you shouldn’t ordinarily have.
Tipping is purely optional and if you decide to tip the security moments after arriving, it’s all good. It’s your money anyway.



Assuming I’m interested in tipping security at a venue, What then do you propose to be the right way to do so?
It could be really motivating for anyone providing you a good service and receives a commendation or a tip from you. It really doesn’t matter if it’s a waitress or the security doing a good job, if you think they’re doing a good job, let them know. People love being appreciated for their efforts more than they let on.