What Behaviors Lead to Gambling Addiction

[ranlo]

I would like to get some personal opinions for a class I am taking and I would like to know what behaviors lead people to develop a gambling problem.  Some people will start gambling for fun and others will start gambling thinking they are going to strike it rich.  I would like your opinions as to why this happens. 

For me I'd say my gambling addiction took off on my first decent sized win.

I playyed primarily just for entertainment until I hit a decent win.. After that I was hooked chasing that adrenaline rush you get on "yolo" bets.

Overall I say gambling is pretty hard to avoid in the BTC ecosytem.. Its everywhere and for people with addictive personalities it can be a downfall.

^ take his word for it. As a non-investor that followed the situation, I was pretty upset about what you did. But at the same time, I see the addiction as being like a drug, in a sense. I just hope you can keep from falling under again...

[TriggerX]

I would guess they gamble to mourn their loss. Either they need something to cheer them back up or lost a lot of money, they want to gamble to try to ease away their memories and then leading to a gambling addiction.

Or they could subconsciously adapt a gambling addiction by constantly thinking that it is "impossible" to lose this next time and keep betting more and more money.

[xinzark]

Behaviour of looking for Easy money leads to Gambling addiction. If you are lazy and looking for ways to earn money easily and very fast then there is chances of gambling addiction in you

If you are hard worker then don't worry
But one thing always keep in mind, Gambling are not made to make you rich but are made to make you lose your money. So avoid them as much you can

[Patatas]

We can call it situations or circumstances rather than behaviour which leads to taking steps in gambling .For example a guy from very rich family will love gambling at casinos not because he wants to become rich but just for fun because he has enough money to waste even if he loses at casinos .Rich people travel around LA just to play Casinos for fun.However if you're broke and want situations to get better you can still gamble as hoping you might just become rich.People with no jobs can also gamble to survive .

[rivoke]

As far as my experience, when I see people can win big, I'm asking into myself, why can I win just like he did ?
So for the first try, I'm deposit some amount and the result is I'm win big. For next game, I want to make more profit instead I'm got loss from gambling.
Since human is greed based and never satisfy, so I keep gamble and gamble overtime until I can't realize that I'm already got addicted.

Just good advice: better stay away from gambling if you can't control yourself

[Mr. Forum]

Persistence always leads to addiction. People will start gambling for fun at the start and slowly get engaged into the act. It reaches a place where they cant do without gambling. The other reason is because people think that when they keep on with the gambling, they will strike the jackpot and welcome richness. They will therefore keep on trying as they eye for the bigger amounts of cash. Without knowing, they will end up addicted to the activity. You need to watch your frequency of gambling if you want to have control over it.

[MaxTax]

Addiction will start with just 1 game and keep on thinking that they are able to win. They always have that hope that if they play this round there's a possibility that they can win.

As long as they think there's a possible chance for them to win they will keep playing until there's nothing left to lose.

[Zaun]

Addiction will start with just 1 game and keep on thinking that they are able to win. They always have that hope that if they play this round there's a possibility that they can win.

As long as they think there's a possible chance for them to win they will keep playing until there's nothing left to lose.

That is me I will just play more until I lose.

Well with roullete I like it because you can win some. That is why I play more there because I don't feel like I have loss.

ANd I just paly more.

[orryde]

In my experience during play gambling behavior that often I do if I win it will make me become addicted to play again the same if I lose in gambling games I could borrow money from people and then play again until I get bored.
And for now I am grateful not too addicted to playing gambling
only play if I had own capital

[darkangel11]

The answer is simple. People are delusional and imagine winnings before the game even starts. That's why a slot machine for example gets associated with winning not losing and when they see it they see a prize.
This makes people try their luck and keep pushing despite initial losses.

[Supercrypt]

Mostly people faced losses in gambling, then to recover those losses people keep on investing into gambling and multiply the losses over time. At the end gambling become part of their habit and turns into addiction. Accept loss and avoid addiction is the thumb rule.

[rickadone]

Blindly believing in gambling leads to addictions.
Due to the greed of making big amounts of money in quick time many people enters into gambling and making losses until they realize their real situations. This greed turns into addictions.

[Kevin77]

Mostly people faced losses in gambling, then to recover those losses people keep on investing into gambling and multiply the losses over time. At the end gambling become part of their habit and turns into addiction. Accept loss and avoid addiction is the thumb rule.

Yes there are many reasons for gambling addictions, over gambling is one of them. To recover losses people over gamble with out any preparation but only for making money in quick duration. Gambling become addiction when we stick on gambling any reason.

[CasioK]

The answer is simple. People are delusional and imagine winnings before the game even starts. That's why a slot machine for example gets associated with winning not losing and when they see it they see a prize.
This makes people try their luck and keep pushing despite initial losses.

Yes, imaginary thinking of making huge amount of money over short period time is the primary reason for gambling addictions. The real problem is people never come out of their imagination of gambling benefits. This simply leads to life killing gambling addictions.

[clixcoin]

From my experience our greed to get easy without any hard work lead us to do gambling and the result is get addicted to this on daily basis.

[neochiny]

I would like to get some personal opinions for a class I am taking and I would like to know what behaviors lead people to develop a gambling problem.  Some people will start gambling for fun and others will start gambling thinking they are going to strike it rich.  I would like your opinions as to why this happens. 

greediness is the short term of all the explation that everyone has been saying specially when they win
the first time they tried that what mostly triggers greed.

[maku]

There are many possible causes of gambling addictions and some people may gamble for different reasons to other people. It is hard to tell without knowing each subject personally.

But in general there are some common symptoms:

1. Excitement - gambling is provoking your brain to produce the same hormones (endorphins, dopamine and serotonin) called 'hormones of happiness' as you would use drugs.
2. You can be an 'addictive personality'. In short you will be addicted to gambling faster and harder.
3. If you have not other means of wasting your free time, or are depressed or running from your life problems - you will likely be addicted to gambling just to fill the void in your heart.

[jaberwock]

When you go for gambling with hope you'll have profits in the end, then you are halfway into the addiction.

Don't have clear exit plans and about how much loss you can take is also a factor

[AndySt]

Greed of money. A very large number of people have the desire to get rich quick without much effort. You just have to set the limits of loss and never go beyond them.

[everaja]

I would like to get some personal opinions for a class I am taking and I would like to know what behaviors lead people to develop a gambling problem.  Some people will start gambling for fun and others will start gambling thinking they are going to strike it rich.  I would like your opinions as to why this happens. 

You can check my old posts , How i behave what are my Style of talking ..etc..
I am a Gambling Addicted man , Don't Be like it, its very Discouraging.