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.

The house edge is against the gambler, with only 2% of profits being among the best in the market. A gambler doesn't have enough chances of making profits off the house than the house does on him. Hence, gambling is a place to lose money in return for fun, not funds. People should better remove the letter "D" and focus on playing for the amazing leisure gambling offers to gamblers. Anything else is an act of chasing losses. The game portrays wins on the winning dashboard and doesn't show more of losses. The big losses are not shown to us gamblers. This is a sign that the house is after the money and works hard to psychologically manipulate players to continue trying. (Players in this context, are those who are in the game for money) If all the losses are shown on the leaderboard, they'll be no space to show the wins.

While they watch the leaderboards of funds issued to gamblers, they'll try harder to win too. Why the casino does that isn't asked or questioned by us, it's mainly marketing. Nobody hears about it when one loses lots of money gambling, like when they win a jackpot. The casino tries to advertise it on different platforms. We only see on social media about people who lost millions gambling and end up not believing it because an influencer posted it. Gamblers trust the casino a lot, not bad, but in a game as uncertain as gambling, one shouldn't invest all their time, trust, and money, and expect more money. That's a nightmare. Nothing feels bad like not reaching or getting what we had in mind to achieve. A colossal amount of gamblers swim in a pool of disappointments, because of their expectations. Only a set of gamblers don't get manipulated by the house, the fun gamblers.

The team is an important factor, not all teams are worth such risk. But as you said he did that out of love for his team, he didn't analyze the game. Yet he won. That's a shocking part of the story, he'd feel better and happier. I think that's what gambling is about, doing what others won't think of trying. People who gambled on Man U to win before the game started may have lost hope after conceiving two goals. Another factor is that he had to prove it to his friend. I've made such a statement in the past, but didn't wager on the prediction, but the player scored as I said to a friend.

Most times when watching a football match, the settings and performances of some players, a viewer will easily detect who will score or not. Maybe the same thing happened to the Op's friend, he has observed some moves from his team and had the trust they'll win, regardless of the scores. Gamblers need to follow their instincts, not all the time. Most times we feel like a complete failure after appearing fully sure of a specific prediction, which ends up returning void. It's a win-or-lose thing, but some mistake ends up getting annoying. Imagine after telling your friends, a particular player will score, and he didn't. They wouldn't listen when next we want to talk to them on a game. However, gambling is a risk, and we must accept it.

The gambling rules or strategy centers, mainly, on self-discipline. Society would think that only jobless or irresponsible gamblers borrow to participate in gambling. But, any player, like mentioned above, will make such a mistake. Reasons may differ, but the goal is more money. But, going into debt in gambling to clear bills or win big to pay for a debt is a deeper level of trouble. However, the celebrity may settle his debts after all his business is set and done. Yet, it'll keep him less financed for another big move. He owes a huge amount of money. He'll have fewer amounts left to clear those bills. Moreover, the problem would be on his fans and followers, who may try what he did, or use him as an example for getting in debt.

He's more like a streamer with people who trust and look up to him for life lessons. If celebrities, openly get addicted, because I'd call this addiction, and eager to win money, gambling. It'll affect lots of naive players who have nothing left on them to try out the method being portrayed by these celebrities. Not knowing that the star's team will take care of his troubles and that he could be free from addiction. Unlike his followers who may not have anybody to look into their fight. This is deceit. However, it remains the follower's fault who tries to mimic whatever their role models do, good or bad. I think influence is a big factor to consider when discussing gambling addiction.

I think he was overexcited that's why he had to wager back all the money he'd won that day. Sometimes, when we get excited it leads to mistakes, even in events not relating to gambling. We find ourselves making promises we may not have made in a normal emotional state. Hence, gamblers get excited after winning big with a smaller amount and tend to try more and win again. However, once a player gets emotional in his games, it should be attributed to losses. Greed as you said, also plays a role in affecting the wins of gamblers. There are stages to how gamblers react in gambling. If a player happened to have lost all his funds, he'd get emotional like a player who had a plan for his funds but gambled them away.

These thoughts running through the brains of the gamblers affect them emotionally, and it's more like a reflex action. That's why you wouldn't understand or realize why it's happening. To boost back the emotions to get stable, a gambler needs to have some fun elsewhere. Gambling doesn't make him happy anymore. Hanging out and playing fun games will revive the player. Although he'd still go back to gambling, his state of mind will be better, provided he gets enough fun, after experiencing an emotional meltdown via gambling. They're players who boost their emotions through gambling. Due to the fun, they gain while gambling. When they get demoralized, maybe, elsewhere they'll come home and gamble for fun and get happy. Being emotional all the time leads to depression, then addiction. So, players who are now getting emotional should work on it and stay safe.

Great idea, angrybirdy, talking to people about self-control with no lectures on ways to achieve it is a waste of effort. When a person isn't prepared to practice what he's been taught, he'll will fall prey to losses, while gambling. Since no service is available, everywhere, to handle gamblers on self-control, gamblers need to do it themselves. Players who invest time in deep learning on self-control, won't forget easily to maintain strong self-control in gambling. The process every gambler faces in gambling happens quickly and they move ahead to catch up with the game. Not realizing that it's quite difficult to make up for the expectations we had before starting out for the day.

Players with self-control will easily figure this out and focus on stopping the session and waiting for another moment. While the naive gamblers would chase it till the bitter end. Where they'll have nothing left on their bankroll. The urge to chase this loss is quite strong, and gamblers must be prepared to get hold of their emotions. As it's in control of this urge, players also need to master how it works. Staying intelligent emotionally is more crucial than picking games to book. Gamblers are easily broken when they're losing. And they won't control this because they're lost, already, and play only for the sake of getting back what they've lost. Erupting new troubles for the player and more heartbreak.  

Risk isn't meant for folks in a specific financial status, anybody can choose to follow the risky aspect of gambling. However, it's not easy to gamble as a low roller and wonder about the right time to make a risky move. The high rollers, consistently wager huge amounts of money, thereby opening opportunities for winning big. Both the high and low rollers, need to be watchful of the game to determine when is necessary for a risk. So as to win a reasonable amount. Unless the gambler is focused on wagering a small amount, he's not meant to go higher than their usual wagering amount. Players who have in mind to hit it big, can try once a while for luck and see if it'll work out.

While the high rollers have a better chance of being called the risk takers, they also make loads of mistakes. Due to the impulse in them that pushes or drags them to wager more, due to the amount on their bankroll. Gamblers need to be smart and principled on whatever strategy that suits them. No need to go hard for what isn't easily reachable. The odds are against the players, casinos don't care who is rich or a low roller. Many rich folks lost a lot in their quest for huge money via gambling. Some ended up in debt. Gambling isn't fair for any player; hence players must be observant of the type of mistakes that await them. High rollers also must respect their limits and obey every reasonable strategy they use in gambling.

The question would be if your friend would do that for another team, for the sake of gambling. However, that's patriotism and passion for his team. Personally, I wouldn't do that considering the analysis of Liverpool players, it'll be hard to accept that they'll lose out on the game. And Man-U his team has been performing under average recently, which isn't the right decision for anybody. His instinct was quite right and accurate, thereby, igniting the feeling in him to do that next time. Gambling is fun when supporting our team, regardless of how down bad for scores they are on the pitch. But we all need to do that sparingly so, as not to end up losing all our funds. One may have seen that and would want to try it out. Which is a bad idea.

I could remember friends being laughed at for betting against their team. That's wrong from the perspective of other gamblers. Yet, if one feels his team wouldn't win, he can stake against them and win. Instead of ending up feeling sad about the game, entirely. The team lost and his money was gone. So, players shouldn't be blinded to wager only in favor of their team. They also need to check the strength of the other team before wagering lots of money. That doesn't change the fact we are a fan of the team. It's just what people around us would say and laugh over it, but what matters is our emotions and money. Being real to the game, and not just picking sides, even when they're losing.

You are right, a gambler feels better spending his money on other utilities than wagering it on the casino alone. After the game, he wouldn't feel nice or better. So, if a gambler is sure he wouldn't make any other significant win, after winning or losing, he should take a break and rest, as any further moves will result in more losses. No idea about gambling is accurate, no matter how adequate it looks. Gamblers need to understand this and focus on being careful about their spending limit. A player with a limitless gambling habit, ends up risking all his money and may end up broke in the game. However, players who depend on the casino for wealth don't care about this, they go ahead gambling with no prior knowledge of what they are doing. Which causes them to chase loss and get addicted in the process.

It wouldn't be wrong if the company discussed taking him to therapy. Because if you fire him, your competitor will hire him to skyrocket their sales. In your context, the employee happens to be a salesman, and they're in high demand. Everyone needs to push up their sales and make high profits. If the habit hasn't affected his productivity, there'll be no need to take him out of the company. He's a good asset to the company. I don't think the company will be making the right decision by removing the employee from the business. Moreover, if the board decides to stick to the company's deal or contract.

It's not wrong to fire him, especially when they are other competent salesmen to replace his position. Because a gambling addict can cheat on the company and sell higher than the normal price to customers, thereby reducing the credibility of the company on the market. It's either the company helps him get well or sacks him. I'd want to heal the fellow, since he's known the in and out of the company. It would be wrong to chase him out of the company, he could go and reveal lots of secrets to our competitors, on ways to bypass my business or company. The cooperate world is filled with loads of competition and managers need to be careful with how they deal with employees.

Gambling for the sake of recovering our losses isn't the right move as a player. It only diminishes the drive for fun and fuels the need for money. Once money has been made the first priority the gambler is compelled to do anything possible to win his game. Psychologically, he'd be wondering why he's not able to make changes and win big. But, what is most crucial is cautious of our wagering attitude, not to hurt ourselves in the long run. It's crucial to stay ahead of the moves and read up on relevant strategies necessary to make a good gambling habit while in a session. Most gamblers neglect the need to advance their gambling knowledge and get sidetracked by the love of money.

Which is meant to be a common factor in the gambling niche. Where players are not meant to get blindly driven to make wrong decisions. However, such behavior circulates amongst naive players who are still looking for big funds to settle a financial problem. Hence, they joined the gambling niche for the sake of money. And was never advised wisely by a friend on the importance of staying responsible. Whatever requires money and mental stability should be handled with utmost care and management. Nothing else should make a newbie player gamble aside from having fun. If he's in need of money, gambling isn't the right niche for him.

Don't know how much it costs for a therapy session in your place or town, but I've confirmed from multiple sources that it's expensive. Yet, a relationship with the therapist also matters. It's risky paying a whooping amount and the addict continuously misses therapy. The healing process for an addict requires time and help from within before seeking a professional for help. The family of the gambler must be sure their ward is ready for therapy, if not, they should try to get him to calm down and think about receiving help. If he's not yet interested, there is nothing a therapist can do. Those professionals are limited to the cooperation of the addict. Hence, it's excellent for home therapy with a loved one to commence, first, before any other healing method.

This helps reduce expenses on the addict's family. Thereby, saving the ward, despite waiting for the right moment to visit a therapist. A family that's not buoyant enough can end up demoralized by the funds needed to visit a professional and end up not giving proper treatment to their ward. So, anybody can represent a therapist in such a case. What's needed is a relationship with the addict, a person who can talk to him and he'd listen. That's the core root of therapy, if this stage is not achieved, the whole point of therapy is a waste, whether with a professional or not. Every addict needs family support to heal.

Gambling is like a video game, player don't easily drop the console on an serious mission. Some online gamblers are video gamers, and they see gambling is a way of getting reward for their time. When time is a luxury a gambler can play for how long he wishes, but in the middle of an event, gambling will be a wrong choice. I've watched many addicts who can't control their need to gamble. They spend time looking out for means of multiplying funds with gambling. Players do this because they've seen it work. Not minding how much profits has been made. The single prove that they can earn in gambling, clouds the player's mind to continuously participate in gambling. However, those thoughts are not easily erased and most people still stick to squeezing out time to gamble.

Since the gambler is not quite in a good position to gamble, he only wagers money carelessly, without calculating, hoping on luck. Gambling requires luck with lots of concentration. Don't know why you mentioned that those who observe the gambling machine will get affected. It seems to me as an excellent gambling habit, to observe and understand how the slot machines work in providing results to gamblers. Every gambler also need a strategy to stay in control of his game. I don't think it's a waste of time, if you understand it accurately. Gamblers learn through it and even perform better in critical thinking during work hours. Could be you have a different perspective on this matter.

Did you get your analysis of his wealth on Forbes? if yes, it's just numbers, the owner can decide to change the figures at any moment. That doesn't mean Bruno owns the cash value of the money he's worth. He wouldn't borrow to gamble if he had the funds. Nobody feels good about owing money, if he has it, he'd pay the debts off. In your last line, are you saying the casino lent him some funds to gamble or let him play with no money? However, it's not easy to deal with too many losses, but celebrities are big-time gamblers. Not all visit the casino, most prefer gambling amongst fellow celebrities in their crib. Yes, he's getting those loans because of his intellectual assets; his songs.

After a big shutdown on a show, continually, he'd be able to clear of his debts. Come to think of it, he borrowed to gamble and earn big enough to carry out a project. Artists depend on loans to finance their music, so if they make lots of money through the music, they pay off, and then go back with a little amount of money. He also needs to live up to the standard of his fame. The lifestyle is expensive and stressful. Gambling is not a nice idea for the artist, if he's being inspired by Drake, then he's getting it wrong. Because Drake is a brand ambassador and has nothing huge to lose. He's promoting a casino and enjoying his habit, it's a win-win for both sides. Imagine he didn't take the loan; he may have been debt-free and looked for other means of raising millions of dollars to settle his problems.

The amount of money a gambler spends depends on the weight of his income. Players with higher income can decide to shift it up to 5% or more, which amounts to a huge amount of money for a low roller. For a high roller, it's fine to wager such an amount per month, a low roller who wishes to try it out may end up regretting his actions. Because his bankroll will run dry. Hence, as a player, it's crucial to understand that the income earned plays a vital role in gambling. Wagering an amount quite too big to affect our financial stability, isn't right. The money could be lost, and the long night thoughts begin. Stabilizing and maintaining how money is spent while gambling boosts the confidence never to worry about losing the money. If he loses, he's not affected, as it's a spare cash.

Gambling with a smart strategy creates a vision for a gambler to observe the game he's into. At some point, if he wishes to embark on a risky session, he can do that calculative. Maybe accumulated spare cash is enough to multiply the game to a high amount. However, it's risky, but not enough to affect the emotions of the players, as he's ready for any outcome. Some players who wager a whole part of their money, face the trouble of dealing with loss. On a lucky day, they may also win big. Yet what matters is being able to withhold the funds after the big win. Not spending back into the game, helps the player at least to take a rest outside of the casino and enjoy his winnings.

Additionally, technological development contributes to the enormous carelessness in gambling among professionals and newbie players. Gamblers play in the wrong state of mind. Like the instance, above, gambling in the toilet doesn't guarantee a right state of mind. The player only wants to get busy while using the restroom. He wouldn't focus on the game, compared to when in a place meant for gambling. If a player who decorated a particular room for gambling, alone, visited the room he'd prepare himself to be in the right state of mind. Because his mind has been designated to focus whenever on the room, he'll always play with caution. The same applies to some gamblers who use the casino, those who acknowledge the environment will mind the game and play right.

While those who don't value gambling strategically due to anxiety and loss, play and complain, the responsible gamblers focus. However, let us not claim that addiction wasn't in existence before the emergence of online casinos. But it wasn't as it is today. Could it be attributed to population? or technology alone. Today, lots of gamblers are addicted to visiting physical casinos, but online casinos harness lots of problem gamblers. Young teenagers find themselves addicted, due to no restrictions. Physical casinos moderated this and managed to allow only adults to play games. This helped in reducing the high rate of addiction for offline casino players.

The feeling gets very serious the closer they get to hitting it big. Some players are inspired by the results that show that a game was the reason they didn't win big. It proves to the gambler, he's close to hitting big. But I keep wondering why a single game? the gambler would have forfeited staking on multiple games and focused on a few games he was sure of winning. Instead of losing out completely because of a single game. However, it's not about saying they'll stop the moment the big win arrives. Practicing it works best for the player, yet it's hard to find a player who stopped after making a big win. I think the drive multiplies and leads the player to gamble more, with a high stake.

Moreover, gamblers are tricked by the thoughts of the big day, that they forget themselves. Gamblers instead of spending on their health, would bet and hope on the wins to support their livelihood. Which is the reason they get affected emotionally when the game is lost. Their senses begin to creep in on the other things they would have done with the money. Friends who have an interest in virtual games, tend to lose out on all their wins. It gets weird to hear them complain about winning and losing out on everything, not even a transportation fee would be left. Consistently correcting the thoughts of the gambler, towards remembering himself, and the fact he matters, will go a long way in safeguarding him against problem gambling.