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I agree with you. Gambling has the potential to disrupt your working hours therefore it is better to make a schedule. I also have a friend who is addicted to gambling. He once gambled at work during his break. It didn't become a problem until he continued gambling and spent several hours gambling. It reduced his productivity significantly. I once advised him and at that time he didn't listen to me. And now he has been fired from his company. Now he regrets his actions but it was too late.

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If it was accurate information I personally would not share it with anyone else especially for only a few hundred dollars. I could earn thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars so why should I share it with others? There are many risks that I will accept by sharing it with other people. In fact, I think that if I already knew the score setting and team A would win, I would spread false information to people that team B would win. Basically, people who know accurate information are those who have connections with several bookies. So of course they also want to provide profits to their bookies.

Addiction to anything is harmful. It's not just about gambling. Even if we become addicted to a good thing, it will cause us physical or mental harm.

There are many downsides to gambling addiction. I have seen many people who are addicted to gambling and then gradually become addicted to other drugs. Many drink regularly and to excess. As a result, he becomes mentally and physically weak.

Many people lose their money due to gambling addiction. I knew a few rich people. Who had a lot of wealth. But they lost all their wealth within 2-3 years due to gambling addiction. This is why we should always be very careful.

Due to gambling addiction, we often see relationships with family members deteriorate. Loss of money naturally leads to bad mood and misbehaves with family members.

We should gamble carefully and try to avoid gambling addiction as much as possible. I think spending extra money and time on gambling will gradually increase the chances of getting addicted to it.

Yeah, it does. The winning of course nothing again. The thought of having less than few games predicted correctly at least few times weekly excites me alot because not everyone can predict few of their bets games correctly or win games without thinking to be greedy of adding more than 6 games to bets to make sure they win it big before the end of the day.

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I could not agree with you because if the government considered the promotion is bad for human specially for the children then why they are not banning the service of gambling. If they ban gambling then the large portion of people will be able to stay away from gambling.

I don’t think I have ever bet at the wrong place. It depends on your definition of a wrong place because to me betting doesn’t need any specific kind of environment. But I have bet at a wrong time before. By wrong time I mean when your emotions aren’t in complete control and you know it, but you still pressure/push yourself to play the game. There’s no time that is more wrong than such a time because the likely outcome is a loss.

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Yes, it is the madness of a gambling addict that will destroy your life and that of your family. I also have a friend who works hard but unfortunately he spends his money just to gamble. He is not married so he has no responsibilities to his family. But he had debts and that was also used for gambling. His hard work is just for gambling. It's a shame because it means he has ruined his future. It's a shame when he spends his money on gambling instead of investing.

For me claw machines require little skill to play, as everything depends from how owner set claw strength. User can simply randomly move controller and randomly choose item. If claw closing strength is enough, it will hold the prize like close grip. But in most cases we see how claw shakes and drops the prize the next second claw was closed. However that is ok. Low skill requirement is perfect for everyone to try to win the prize.

Of course, gambling gives me this feeling of excitement whenever I start to gamble. It motivates me in a way of wanting to see what will be the outcome or results of today's activity haha. I always gambles for fun or entertainment purposes only. Winning from gambling is only a plus. Gambling would always be my escape from stress. And playing with friends would always give me such happiness.

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Gambling is very interesting because there are many fun games to play and also to bet on the win and loss of those games which is very fun and can grow financially if you win big.  Due to which gambling is a very favorite place of entertainment for almost everyone.  So it is only natural that gambling excites us.  And those who get too excited in gambling cannot control themselves and as a result they face huge losses.

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Without a doubt this is a form of gambling, it is just that it has become so common place that people no longer think about those machines on that way, however those machines fulfill all the conditions you may expect out of a slot machine, so it is important that parents keep a close attention to their kids and make sure they do not spend too much time on those machines, otherwise they may find themselves facing the terrible problem of having their child developing some gambling issues at a very early age.

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I have to agree on your point. While gambling also entertain us, but majority still gamble to make money, and you won’t expect for millionaires still aim to make more money as they have it already. So what they are looking for is purely to have fun and relieve theirselves from stress, and once they get over it, they will not gamble more often, hence they are not prone to addiction.

But for low income earners, they gamble to make money. But the more they gamble, the bigger the losses they’ve been acquired. Eventually, if they lose their self-control and discipline, then gambling addiction will follow.

It is a millionaire's or wealthy guys way of having fun, to lose money and that's the payment they're doing to the enjoyment they're getting with everything.

That could be with girls, casinos or anything that's giving them the pleasure so, unlike us, we gamble with the hopes to have some money.

While them, they're expecting to lose money and that's why they're gambling no matter is the result, it's okay to them as they can make and take that money back easily.

See that title? That's not wrong but that's not right also because you don't have to necessarily lose your money gambling, you've got this innate feeling in you that no matter what, you're going to try your best to win but in most people they manifest that feeling which makes it all wrong for everyone gambling, I don't think that's a place you should lose your money no matter what, gambling is all about taking chances, that means there's a chance that you'd win.

What was your latest big win from gambling? How do you feel after your latest big win?  is $16700 last week and I have lost half of my latest big win cause most times I do chase my loss unconsciously. I really want to know how you do feel after your latest big win. Do you increase your betting stake with mindset( if I lose it’s not my hard earned money) or will you maintain your staking status quo.

The reason why I'm not addicted to gambling is because even before I started to play gambling I already understand gambling and its addiction, and my understanding has helped me on how to follow up gambling. Sometimes I ask myself why do people get addicted to gambling, is it because they have no understanding or awareness about the addiction of gamble.

 I think majority of people who are addicted to gambling is because they do not understand gambling as beginners, the rules and the side effects of playing gambling excessively.

I think if gambling companies can help to giving beginners to understand gambling and addiction it will help and reduce the rate at which people get addicted o gambling, I mean good lesson for people to get understanding.  Or do gambling companies benefit from gamblers who are addicted, which the awareness of getting addicted can affect their business?.

Yeah you read the question correctly.

I got this taught while involved in discussion with some of my friend today, it was round of friends and we were practically catching up after some old memories in high school so discussion led to discussion and the issue of regretting to ever knowing how to gamble came up and believe me it was a very serious issue as one of my friend was practically blaming the other for the whole problem is currently going through right now as he constantly gambles his money away and at what avail? was the question being asked to the friend who actually inviting him to a gambling house during highschool. The matter looks childish  at first because the whole table of friends there were all gamblers including myself but we all never reached the height of complaining or blaming someone for our gambling ethics.

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

When I started gambling my mindset is solely about winning some cash to better my life but the more I gamble, the more that idea shifts. The money no longer satisfies my initial goal but the idea of winning does.

But even with those ideals in play, why would a millionaire start gambling in the first place?  

so why would a rich athlete or politician become so addictive to gambling?

I think socialization+joy+drinking+gambling is satisfaction to them. What do you think?

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Addicted gamblers are seen across every neighborhood where gambling shops or casinos exist. They share almost similar stranded looks, when trying to seek for financial help. I've also watched players change from addiction to not gambling at all. Although, some gamblers whom I know bet on video games, and they're addicted to doing this, however, they sometimes tend to stop. In addition, most experiences were read online, because associating with addicts isn't something I'd pick as a hobby or thing I like doing. Unless the player reaches out for help on ways to stop being addicted, then I could be of help. Some addicts in our neighborhood, while growing up were so buried in addiction that their family had to disclose the problem to a wider range of listeners. Yet those moves never made any changes on the player, they still try as much as possible to continue player, regardless of what people think about them in the society.