Concealing our gambling habits is only effective and acknowledged, for safeguarding non gamblers. Not everyone is capable of discussing gambling without being subjected to gambling someday, secretly, or openly. On other notes, gamblers are free and not outlaws. There'll be no need to hide their gambling habits. I prefer letting people know, over bottling it up. When nobody is aware, gambling awareness won't be achieved. A player can lose his awareness, but a close friend can help revive him. Condemnation and arguments instantly start, some friends cutting us out and adding salt to our game, letting others know that we gamble. These factors have led most gamblers to focus on the game, and not discuss it with anybody.

It's a self-determination, players own their life and time here. I don't think convincing anyone on what to do, when they didn't ask for our help, is a wasted effort. That is, a player who is comfortable concealing his gambling habit, isn't doing any wrong. What is most crucial is staying responsive. I've never seen where both factors keeping it a secret or not, changed the gambling behavior of the gambler. Both types of players can get addicted. Aside from addiction, third-party contributions don't count. Everyone has their purpose for any action they commit. Nobody controls the impulse of being bullied with our money.

The first mentioned on Op's list, winning jackpots, has deceived millions of naive gamblers to get into problem gambling. It's possible to win the money, but not always easy to control and maintain the funds. A new gambler who has not been wealthy, made rich in a few days will easily fall back to poverty, compared to a wealthy player. Sudden riches help a gambler achieve the fantasies in his brain. He'd want to immediately get whatever he once dreamt of, and most of the items on their Wishlist wouldn't contribute to fetching them consistent money. They'll look out for methods to fasten the growth of the funds, as it drastically dwindles, each day. Emotional stress or pains may develop in the process of achieving these goals. And watching the funds get down at a fast pace, leaves the gambler restless.

He'd gamble profusely, till the money was gone. Life changes for the person indeed, but it could be for worse. Paying for properties that he can't maintain will be bad. Once the money is gone, the player is faced with responsibilities that are too difficult for him to condone. Hence, gambling is quite too wide, and people shouldn't consider only playing for money. Being inquisitive adds to a player's confusion when he wins big. He never thought about what would be next after winning big. What will the money change in my life? How does it affect the lifestyle? Will they find themselves in trouble through this change? Holding money without long-term mastery leads to transient riches. The person will only perform best in squandering the funds.

Healthy gambling also includes calculated wagering on games to the player's satisfaction. However, it's not guaranteed that one would be satisfied whenever he gambles. But the few days a gambler feels like he got what he wanted, helps in balancing the interest of gamblers. Most gamblers stay limited for a long time without trying a few minutes of high wager. It all depends on the gambler's behavior and what they need. Some can maintain the new steps and stop after trying the high wager method. Without affecting their spending limit. The mistake happens when a gambler then forgets that he's meant to shortly try wagering high, and retreat, unapologically, to his low wagering habit. So, they lose it easily and run after the big money. Gamblers don't feel that urge after losing out few cents or unit dollars. Hence, the greed isn't controlled.

It's not wrong to up the amount, taking it above our capacity is quite wrong. Thereby risking the habit of the gamblers. Sometimes the casino could offer a win after wagering big, that'll be a nice amount of money, but the fun could be erased after realizing that nothing is left to go home with. Hence, the fun isn't for such a gambler. But a player who doesn't make this his principal aim of gambling feels happy to test out his fresh strategies. He rarely thinks of where his money went and chasing it is the last idea on his mind. In a nutshell, the analytical gamblers who focus on achieving happiness through gambling will get what they want. What a player has in mind while gambling affects his behavioral end product.

Giving him money has double meaning between these two friends. On one side the Op gets worried about what he'd end up doing with the money. If his friend's addiction gets worse, he'd have to blame himself for sending out arms to him. Lending him money is like offering him money. It'll be difficult for the addict to think of paying back his debt. However, the addict may be reaching out for financial assistance to everyone he's ever known. What is most crucial to gamblers is having money to satisfy their gambling urge. However, if his friend, the Op, didn't send out the money, his friend could have an alternative on who's next. I think it's confusing on the side to pick on such a situation. What Op did, seems right to him, for some reasons, which include that he's a friend to the addict. But the right thing is checking up on him. It's funny he wouldn't use the money to grab food or other utilities. He'd wager them.

Hence, his journey of financial help isn't a short one. Once he bypasses this level of financial stress for a few days, he gets used to this and ends up finishing his salaries earlier every month. Within him, he's gone through this and will next time. No way everyone would understand what he's doing. People do this out of addiction. And due to the actions of addicts who wager all their money till they end up broke, my idea on Op's friends was generated. If he's not able to take care of this earlier, it could affect his progress financially. So, Op has other jobs to do, like calling him once in a while to exercise his mental capacity, and then help him deal with it if such troubles erupt again. New mistakes occur each day. Gamblers need a guide.

I agree with the idea of continuously experiencing fresh mistakes. Gambling is a continuous process, and we must find ourselves making mistakes. One can't master the process, because the losses keep appearing. Hence, gamblers will definitely feel like newbies at some point in their everyday gambling sessions. Embracing the mistakes and learning ways to cut them down, is better. What matters is figuring out the best idea for dealing with these mistakes? It's not the gambler's fault to feel happy after a win for instance and want to wager more in celebration of his wins. The professionals, even, get greedy while gambling, the difference is that they tend to level it and not abuse the greed. It's natural for humans to get greedy at some point. Especially when money is involved.

View gambling as though you are looking at life, problems don't end. Humans keep meeting unique versions of troubles, that keep making life look harder, but deep down it's those obstacles that make the life journey fun. Hence the gambling mistakes that continually occur help gamblers to continue gambling, and not get tired of it. Consider when you are done with a video game and feel like you've mastered it, playing it won't be fun anymore compared to when it gets harder each time you try. Gambling losses happen consistently to make players understand they haven't mastered the game. Hence the house controls it this way to get hold of every gambler's curiosity to win all the time.

It's bad to begin what we can't finish. Such a gambling habit can be dangerous when it registers in the brain of the gambler, he could try it next time. Not doing it is better than taking the risk. The win will be quite small and won't be worth it, since it's the player's last cash. In this context, last cash means transport fare. Hence, the amount is not big enough to fetch the gambler a big win. So, moving away with the fund is more cool than putting ourselves in emotional trouble, when next we try it and don't win. Humans, definitely, will repeat what they've done in the past. This means the gambler will soon develop this feeling that gambling his last cash is fine and acceptable.

He could get addicted to doing this and going all-in immediately. It's the worst form of addiction, going all-in immediately, which means whatever money the gambler takes to the casino will be considered his last cash, as he'd wager it all at once. Not saying, Op will get to this level, but a thousand-mile journey requires only a single step. It's of no importance, joking with our emotions and last cash. Luckily, Op was able to end the gambling session after winning, some gamblers would see it as an added time to gamble. Then lose out both the wins. If the gambler visits the casino with a friend, what would be his/her fate when alone in the casino, and the behavior already controls him relentlessly?

No way, do you expect an addict to quit fronting on his addictive behavior, he'll definitely lie and bottle it up. The healing work is on others to help the addict, as he, indeed needs it. Don't mind his strange action, it looks like he doesn't want to help hands. Neglecting them won't be the right choice, working on ways to help change the addict is better than watching him misbehave. While they listen to themselves alone, sooner they'll want to talk to somebody. Deep down, they'll try to save themselves from the attitude, since they personally got into addiction, their self-consciousness will make them believe it's possible to come out with nobody's help. I think that's the main purpose behind why they avoid helpers.

Due to their psychology being affected, they wouldn't make it out alone. That's why sometimes a gambler will decide to open up and reach out for help. Which remains the best time to help an addict. When he's in need of it because he wants it and is tired of the lifestyle. In your context is fine to give them a space. But, to some extent, it's risky, as their attitude can get worse when left unattended. Staying in touch with the gambler helps revive his brain towards changing. Addiction isn't interesting for anyone, seeing his acquittances talk to him, will make him think of being like his unaddicted friends. Sooner, he'd confide with them and seek for help. When neglected he may not try talking to anyone. Thereby stressing his brain, on saving himself.

Both responsible and irresponsible gamblers consist of high and low rollers. No cheap gambler, gamers can't be tagged poor, it's better called low rollers, as we can't determine for sure who's poor, indeed. A rich player can decide to be a low roller and a poor high roller. That is gambling above his income. Hence, the attitudes of these sets of people must differ, gamblers who are irresponsible have the same behavior regardless of their financial status, same as the irresponsible players. We all know what happens when one chooses to be irresponsible in gambling. If he's rich, he could end up poor as you said. Risk in this context means who gambles with a huge amount of money. A poor person can't afford to wager a huge amount, but what makes him a high roller, can be a low rolling for a rich player.

So, the risk for a person who doesn't possess lots of money could be going the extra mile by borrowing, illegal businesses, to raise money for gambling. However, trying to match this context of reason can be difficult in terms of behavior and type of gambler. Looking at the perspective of a rich player who chasing losses, is he actually in need of the money or addicted to the behavior? He's rich and may not be seriously on the lookout for more, to the extent of chasing losses. He could wager a huge amount and wait for another time to gamble. Unless he wants to go broke, then chasing losses while wagering huge amounts will take him there. Gambling is a risk for everyone, and the amount we wager doesn't define whether we are rich or poor in real life.

The fun is widely written on the player's face, for everyone to see. When you look at a player you'd know if he's happy for losing money or not. Hence, what matters is the amount of money he lost and the strategy he's utilizing in the game. However, it always feels like losing in gambling is wrong, but it's wrong, losing is a part of the game, and should make gambling fun. If we never wagered money while gambling, no player will be sad for losing. A player who knows his game plays happily till his session's duration is exhausted. Note this, his duration, not his funds. Gambling shouldn't end our funds, instead, we should end the game when we choose. That's the importance of running a strategic test and understanding what works or not for us. So how we feel after losing money is a choice. When I do lose money, anger hunts me, but I decide whether to accept it or not.

The outcome can't be changed by our feelings, no need to stay sad. Whatever a player thinks his happiness matters. I'm happy that fun gamblers are doing a great job in circulating the message of perceiving gambling as a fun game. No need to neglect the truth and follow the other message that says we can earn money via gambling. I think a player wins both emotionally and financially when he's gambling for fun. It's not about the money, but the feelings. Money must be spent, forgotten, and gotten again, but our emotions can hurt us forever. Thereby causing harm to our thoughts and gambling habits. If a gambler wagers a smaller amount of money, he'd feel fine losing the money, as it's not big enough to change his mood. In a nutshell, fun gamblers don't play out of greed, instead, they tend to enjoy the game and learn other skills it provides to their brain.

Sports have multiple betting techniques, a gambler can decide to stake on corner kicks or substitutions, which increases their opportunities of winning. Although gambling has to be specific, the gambler needs to specify which team does substitution first or not. But it looks easier to win on this decision. The varieties for staking money are much on sports games compared to slot or casino types of gambling. Where the gambling only depends on the house's choices and how they programmed their machine. However, gamblers who play strictly sports, have their ways of losing like the slot players. Sometimes it looks like the casino controls sports, as well. Matches can be strange, in the UEFA EURO game yesterday between Georgia and Luxembourg, a goal scored by Luxembourg was canceled after they equalized the game.

Such things demoralized viewers, though I didn't stake on any team, but it shows how cruel football matches can be on gamblers. After feeling happy for a moment, the goal will be disallowed. The slot doesn't work this way, once you win it's counted and never getting removed. It guarantees that joy is here to stay. Not some games that are decided by officials, in some manners that look strange. A gambler needs to be sure he lost or won in a game. Having doubts in him and blaming officials for being biased doesn't give the gambler the complete fun he deserves. Casino games are between the player and the house, he, the player, only requires self-control to scare through with lesser troubles.

Gambling works this way, and it's a nice feeling to win when we least expect it. That's the aim of most gamblers to earn money while having fun. It's the definition of fun gambling. While betting on games the right thought is to accept whatever outcome that shows up from the game. No player is meant to think he'd win, definitely. Hence, gamblers must choose this kind of gambling habit, thereby reducing their anger when they lose. What actually affects the facial reaction of gamblers is the massive losses. In a casino, you'd see gamblers leaving the house very angry. It's a sign of gamblers who thought they'd win but later got a loss in return.

Such feelings or outcomes as you said "Bayu" can't be repeated, yes, but, given time, if a gambler continually stays responsible and enjoys his games, he'd, one day, win again, like previously. The only difference is that he won't win again immediately. The mistake of new gamblers, after winning, is that they want to win again, instantly. It's wrong and creates in them the urge to chase losses. The moment they lose they try again, till nothing is left in their bankroll. The best joy in gambling is winning out of luck, not playing aggressively to retrieve our lost money. It doesn't make a player feel happy, even when he wins using this process. Because he's lost enough trying to win, then the current win won't amount to a better profit, as he's lots plenty while chasing a loss.

Sometimes when gamblers realize they're addicted, concealing the habit from close ones will creep into their mind. But it's common amongst players, at the early stages of addiction, they'll never accept help from anybody. The task is on the people around him to closely observe the player and find out if he's addicted, already. Because these addicts are skillful at hiding the problem, little changes added to their behavior should be honestly questioned. If he recently started to stay indoors more than usual, he may have been locked in his thoughts of gambling. Talking to him about his recent change of attitude can get him talking. No need to go straight to the point, this must be cunningly done.

Maybe after a long-lasting conversation, which he enjoys. Then hit him with the question, of why he's been acting strangely, and let him know the importance of communicating with people around him. And why he shouldn't isolate himself, the disadvantages of isolation can increase his problems, if he has any, that sharing with others can help save him from the fight. These few effective added conversation questions will easily get him thinking and may involuntarily say things that can be traced down to addiction being his internal pains. However, the whole process must be planned to near perfection. As it's a brain or emotional strategy of investigating if a gambler close to us is now addicted.

Limitations are a nice idea for gamblers and will help anyone to excel in gambling. The problem revolves around self-control and discipline. Gamblers, find it hard to realize why they can't stick to the limitations they made available for their good and financial stability. However, they forget it's an actively steady action that shouldn't be neglected. Lossing can help a gambler erase his limitations from his thoughts. The urge to continue gambling consistently occurs in the gambler's mind. Hence, he may not get hold of himself anymore, as he needs to get back his funds. Addiction sets in the moment a gambler is no longer in control of his behavior. The addiction level increases gradually, and the player forgets every single financial target he has to practice.

I prefer that naive gamblers get a coach who'll guide them on what to do or not. Gambling urge remains what it is, players need to focus on becoming responsible at all costs. Imagine the pain addiction puts on an entire family or society. It's something we have to be careful about. Playing on our own self-promises can be dangerous, many players have tried this and failed. Read lots of gambling books as a gambler and realized how hard it is to gamble alone, with no mistakes that could lead to addiction. Having a gambling buddy can help us cross-check our behaviors in the form of examining the fresh habits of one another.

If the conversations don't align with that of the gambler, then it'll be hard for the gambler to comply with his therapist. That's why it's crucial to reason alongside the gambler. Whatever his strategy is, he should be left alone and watched. Then, along the line, he can gradually be taken out of such thoughts and changed entirely. The mistake with such people, addicts, is that they get affected by the statements of people around them not aligning with his reasoning. They'll only be your friend if you think and claim to act like them. And the goal is to achieve a good relationship with the gambler. This happens with everybody, we only love those who think like we do, and then they can influence us easily.

Arguments don't help good relationships, compared to effective conversation. Hence, the person who is working on helping the gambler needs to be careful not to get carried away by the lifestyle of the addict. As it's a long-term healing process. We all need to figure out ways of dealing with psychotherapy, it'll go a long way to save addicts. I had a conversation with a friend who is related to a drug addict, she said they end up disagreeing with one another because she tries to caution the addict. I told her, the point is to have a good conversation with him, because the victim, also, thinks he's right. Building a relationship that'll make him want to be around us is very crucial. At least, someday we can chime in our thoughts slightly until he starts to think responsibly. These problems are not easily solved by the victim, it's not simple on their end. So, we must not rush them, that's why Psychologists tagged it as a long-term healing process.

The two elements self-acceptance and discipline are crucial in the healing process of an addict. Fighting addiction is so hard that it requires extra humans and effort to help the addict. An addict's feelings can be contrary to that of his acquittances and helpers. Thereby, building up the toughness of the fight, then take up years for the battle to be over. However, nobody is brilliant enough to know the fastest method of healing an addict. But, with a collaborative effort everyone wins. Society gets to receive funds from the addict, instead of losing it to the casino alone. When an addict stays around us, it affects everyone. We must endeavor to change them, so it won't escalate to other citizens of that locality.

When people around gamblers are against problem gambling, lots of responsible gamblers will be birthed. Lack of limitations and external help puts many into addiction. No teacher to enlighten the naive players on the risks of gambling recklessly. However, the gambling community is working hard online to level up the understanding of the problem and responsible gambling. A lot of people need to know this because many are following the addiction route every day. Hence increases the addiction rate each moment. Gambling proves that we reap whatever we sow, if a player plays recklessly, he'd continue doing the same thing for a long period, and then face lots of troubles. The same applies to playing responsibly.

Underaged gamblers would be their biggest buyers, and that's risky. The casinos can't trace this or figure out if an account has changed hands or not. However, selling a casino account is wrong, but the account business has been on the rise since the emergence of social media lifestyles. Hence, people now have the urge to purchase accounts after getting banned or not eligible to use the platform. Such things can't be stopped. Provided the buyer utilizes the account very well and doesn't break rules he'd be in the casino forever. Moreover, the casino is focused on tracing people who go against their terms of service, than those who purchase accounts. The risk is on the buyer, yes, but in rare cases where the account is flagged for some reason, caused by the original owner. He could lose out on his deposit and balances.

Though it's wrong in all ramifications, underage players wouldn't mind going through this route, to be eligible to enjoy their habit. There are other beneficiaries of this account-buying business, those who sell data, and create accounts in bulk, then the marketers and resellers. Since the market has been established it'll be around for a longer period, regardless of the risk. Buyers and sellers wouldn't stop trading. Addicted gamblers who got banned from using a casino can also utilize this service. I learned that the casino that banned him works as hard as possible to see that he doesn't gamble elsewhere, because of his addiction. Hence, he's not eligible to run KYC using his date anymore. Online casinos are getting broader each day, and gamblers are eager to achieve their goal, the jackpot.

Gambling addiction is easy to harness if a player isn't capable of controlling his actions. Responsibility includes being able to accept the losses as we do the wins. When a player loses money and insists on winning back the exact money, he'll easily get addicted. Hence, financial status or working class could be tagged as a contributor, but that's not to be generalized. Gamblers with a good source of income, still fall prey to problem gambling, due to their inability to control themselves towards chasing losses. When a gambler is not concerned about making money he'd have a better gambling experience. Winning money helps in bringing us back to the casino, but not all. These days players have learnt their lesson and chosen to gamble for fun purposes. It feels better than ending up sad after losing out in the name of chasing money via gambling.

As you said, Su-asa, it's a big fat lie to make enough profit in gambling. The disagreement comes into play in line with jackpots. But delving deeper into the concept of a casino's jackpot will take up lots of time to explain. Marketing is one aspect of the jackpot idea. Yes, it looks like the winner has been made financially, but it's not completely favorable on the gambler's side. The casino gains bigger profits due to this, because gamblers who disagree that gambling doesn't guarantee financial freedom, will jump on the jackpot cruise and gamble away all their funds, hoping for the day they'll win it. When someone else wins it, the desire increases, thereby fetching more funds to the casino. Remember the winner doesn't get satisfied, he'd go back looking to win another jackpot. It's quite deep and shouldn't be stressed. What matters is staying responsible.

Getting emotionless isn't the goal, controlling, at least, how it affects our thoughts is the point. We can't go, all, emotionless. It'll affect the brain of the person. Concealing our pains, won't heal the injury. It puts a thorn in the flesh of the player or gambler. Where he may not figure out ways to treat his pains. Dealing with it is better than claiming it never happened or existed. Trying to know ways to handle the emotional problem helps the player to get over it and adapt to the right healing method. However, gamblers must be emotionally intelligent to embrace their emotions. Not everyone is trained to think like you did, on your write-up. Growth is a big factor in behavioral change. They may have been trained to bottle up their emotional problems.

Changing such an adult may not be simple. However, it's helpful you stated this, for players to understand their emotions. A player who neglects his emotions may feel he'd never achieve his goals in gambling and another life target. Consistent emotional tensions can lead to depression. Lossing all the time feels painful and erupts the thoughts of rejection on a gambler. Thereby enlisting the periods of losses on his brain, whenever he's alone, and helpless. In a nutshell, the lost money should be moderated, and the limits shouldn't get bypassed. Thereby, enabling a minimized painful thought on the gambler, he may not have to bother with his lost money anymore. As it's not enormous to get him worried, emotionally.

Gambling addiction is chronic, and its healing process consumes time. Nobody undergoes this process with no long-lasting trauma. Unless the bond between the addict and his friend isn't strong, they can forgo the painful thoughts of the healing process. Therapists due to work and one rule that states, "remember you are not the cause of the player's trouble" don't stress themselves thinking about the pains of the addict, added to it, the therapists don't spend lots of time with the addict. Unlike a loved one who worries over the wellbeing of a friend, and may spend nights and days with him, he'd undergo lots of depression during the period. For the rule stated above, it's not right that a friend suffers pain or gets affected by a gambler's addiction. The healer is free and wasn't the cause of the trouble. Although we are humans, and lots of our thoughts are reflexive, we'll find ourselves getting worried over it.

That's why referring him to a therapist is a superb idea. Because the pains don't register in the therapist's brain, he's the right candidate for handling the healing process. However, not everyone is capable of paying for a session, an alternative method plays a vital role. This is the idea you wrote above, letting him remember that he's loved. Telling him he's wrong may not work, hence trying to teach him his game is not effective. Concealing our intentions works best, working alongside him to guide him will build an interpersonal relationship between the gambler and his friend, to a point where the addict, depends on his friend for advice and gambling techniques. The goal is to let the addict lead the process, then hijack his thoughts or strategies and replace them with ours, as a friend.

First off, they'll find themselves in problem gambling. They'll face too many struggles while on their gambling journey. Disappointments, depression, self-doubt, and emotional tension revolve around the player's thoughts. A gambler who gives in to the fact he'd be rich via gambling, figure out later how bad his life has become. Many get reminded by friends that their lives are getting worse daily. The gambler may never notice this in his entire days of gambling. He focuses on generating money for gambling. Neglects other important aspects of his life. His troubles get beyond his understanding at the moment, he can't provide funds for gambling. His productivity may have dropped drastically, wherever he works.

It's disappointing, yes, but the fault goes to ignorance. They were introduced to gambling in the wrong way. Imagine a gambler who joined the niche, because he loves Bruno Mars and tries to do whatever he does, including wearing similar tattoos. He'd go into debt. The reason or enforcer is crucial. Most players who got into gambling problems had the wrong orientation on gambling. That's why they act the way we see them behave. The attitude is not out of their control. Hence, a third party or friend has the responsibility to drive them away from the habit. They need someone else in the driver's seat of their life.