Can gambling be considered a "high risk investment"?

[kotwica666]

In what I observed it is a high risk investment if you are betting on a higher amount and you are not winning anything for the average of every time you bet on it. It is a high risk because you are now losing a lot of money than winning something. If you are losing, you are just wasting your time, effort and money. If you don’t know how to win it, you are risking your entire life on it.

and how can you say it is an investment if you are not gaining any profits from it, i guess my definition for investment is i'm expecting profits coming from that particular investment, so if you are gambling your money and you are not a pro and most of your bets are losing i can't consider it as investment but totally wasting time and money, maybe much better to gamble with spare btc and spare time to enjoy but not to aim gaining profits.

Perhaps gambling does not fit directly into the definition of investment, but ..

I think that the risk in gambling can be compared to investment trust. If our confidence on the investment is 50/50 , we can easily say that it is a "high risk investment" - similar risk occurs when playing roulette black / red.

[maybach1980]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

[kotwica666]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

You are completely wrong my friend!
Gambling is not made only to lose! When you play, you always have chance to win (sometimes more, sometimes less, but always something..)
And on investment you always can lose.. Sometimes it is about information, sometimes about no skills and/or no experience, but always can happen something that can ruin your investment.

[hawkins]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

You are completely wrong my friend!
Gambling is not made only to lose! When you play, you always have chance to win (sometimes more, sometimes less, but always something..)
And on investment you always can lose.. Sometimes it is about information, sometimes about no skills and/or no experience, but always can happen something that can ruin your investment.

you are right. Well, not all gambling is made to make people who play to lose. If gambling is made for things like that, then no one is interested in gambling games. in fact, for someone who is not lucky in gambling like me, breathing a few times to win. I think you just have not been gambling. although gambling can not be said to be an investment with enormous risks, it does not mean gambling is made to make your money runs out, right?

[BitcoinPanther]

From the word gambling itself we can tell that it involves not an ordinary risk but a very high risk that involves losing all your money, social aspects, relationship and even yourself.  If you play smart and does not involve yourself too much, you can only lose money but if you become attached to gambling and addictive, you can even lose everything including your sanity.

[boybugs18]

Yes it is even if you calculated it carefully there's still some error to your calculation and not 100% . Sometimes you have to lose so you would know next time that it is wrong and remembering that lesson will make you a good bettor/gambler in the future.

[error08]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

You are completely wrong my friend!
Gambling is not made only to lose! When you play, you always have chance to win (sometimes more, sometimes less, but always something..)
And on investment you always can lose.. Sometimes it is about information, sometimes about no skills and/or no experience, but always can happen something that can ruin your investment.

That's right, some people that I know have made nice profits by gambling. whether in gambling or investment you have chance to win or lose but high risk on gambling of course. However, we can conclude gambling as high risk investment, the difference just investment has bigger chance to get profits than gambling.

[futurebit640]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

First of all, gambling is never called an investment because it is not made to earn money, but it is made give you entertainment. But this is a paid entertainment, so you have to spend the money to get fun. But to make more exciting these games they put an option that gamblers can win huge amounts if they are lucky but that doesn't mean that players should chase the luck.

[rizkyhiw]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

First of all, gambling is never called an investment because it is not made to earn money, but it is made give you entertainment. But this is a paid entertainment, so you have to spend the money to get fun. But to make more exciting these games they put an option that gamblers can win huge amounts if they are lucky but that doesn't mean that players should chase the luck.

sometimes gambling can considered as an investment you know
for example when you bet on sports especially football
you pick one season long bet on who will win the league
during you wait the outcome for one season almost 1 year , this kind gambling considered as a half investment and half gambling.

[arseaboy]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

First of all, gambling is never called an investment because it is not made to earn money, but it is made give you entertainment. But this is a paid entertainment, so you have to spend the money to get fun. But to make more exciting these games they put an option that gamblers can win huge amounts if they are lucky but that doesn't mean that players should chase the luck.

sometimes gambling can considered as an investment you know
for example when you bet on sports especially football
you pick one season long bet on who will win the league
during you wait the outcome for one season almost 1 year , this kind gambling considered as a half investment and half gambling.

Yes I agree but it only applies on sports betting because there's a higher chance for you to win those games. But there's no guarantee to win all the time. Just play safe when you gamble.

[chixka000]

It surely depends of course. If you do play then you are so wrong about considering that one as an investment  but if you do obviously invest on the house then of course it could now be considered as a high risk investment. It is on a high risk category because you can really not guarantee a success.

[kotwica666]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

First of all, gambling is never called an investment because it is not made to earn money, but it is made give you entertainment. But this is a paid entertainment, so you have to spend the money to get fun. But to make more exciting these games they put an option that gamblers can win huge amounts if they are lucky but that doesn't mean that players should chase the luck.

sometimes gambling can considered as an investment you know
for example when you bet on sports especially football
you pick one season long bet on who will win the league
during you wait the outcome for one season almost 1 year , this kind gambling considered as a half investment and half gambling.

It is good example, of gambling that is closer to investment, than investment in something that can easily not work out, because of mistake or incorrect analysis.
In my opinion we have to separate high risk gambling (like slots machines) from low risk gambling like sports betting, and then we may find a way to agreement.

[rizkyhiw]

the question is : can be "high risk investmen" called gambling
and the answer is NO, gambling is made for you to lose
investment - win or lose

First of all, gambling is never called an investment because it is not made to earn money, but it is made give you entertainment. But this is a paid entertainment, so you have to spend the money to get fun. But to make more exciting these games they put an option that gamblers can win huge amounts if they are lucky but that doesn't mean that players should chase the luck.

sometimes gambling can considered as an investment you know
for example when you bet on sports especially football
you pick one season long bet on who will win the league
during you wait the outcome for one season almost 1 year , this kind gambling considered as a half investment and half gambling.

Yes I agree but it only applies on sports betting because there's a higher chance for you to win those games. But there's no guarantee to win all the time. Just play safe when you gamble.

no if you bet on something like dice or slots it still you can considered as high risk investment
a very short high risk investment exactly
you are investing your money for a couple minutes and get a return after that
it's makes sense isn't it to consider gambling as high risk investment?

[outatime1]

Gambling is definitely high risk but I wouldn't call it an investment. Some betting games are purely chance while others do require some skill. Even those are hard to call an investment unless you are very good at them.

[goldcoinminer]

Gambling is definitely high risk but I wouldn't call it an investment. Some betting games are purely chance while others do require some skill. Even those are hard to call an investment unless you are very good at them.

Maybe you don't just get it dude, this can be called investment if you will put your money in the bankroll of a certain gambling sites. And actually that is profitable as most of the gamblers loses because of the housed edge, so when you side them you can guarantee a profit.

[Harlot]

Gambling is definitely high risk but I wouldn't call it an investment. Some betting games are purely chance while others do require some skill. Even those are hard to call an investment unless you are very good at them.

Maybe you don't just get it dude, this can be called investment if you will put your money in the bankroll of a certain gambling sites. And actually that is profitable as most of the gamblers loses because of the housed edge, so when you side them you can guarantee a profit.

Nope he is right, Gambling can't be considered as a form of investment, as Investing takes long for you too see your gains you can relate trading to gambling though, also as you have said that you have to side with which has an edge to guarantee profit isn't it considered as lessening your risk and he is asking if gambling is a high risk investment.

[freedomgo]

Gambling is definitely high risk but I wouldn't call it an investment. Some betting games are purely chance while others do require some skill. Even those are hard to call an investment unless you are very good at them.

Maybe you don't just get it dude, this can be called investment if you will put your money in the bankroll of a certain gambling sites. And actually that is profitable as most of the gamblers loses because of the housed edge, so when you side them you can guarantee a profit.

Nope he is right, Gambling can't be considered as a form of investment, as Investing takes long for you too see your gains you can relate trading to gambling though, also as you have said that you have to side with which has an edge to guarantee profit isn't it considered as lessening your risk and he is asking if gambling is a high risk investment.

There are two type of way to use gambling, and when you are having fun and just play for it that is not called as investment but entertainment. And surely, when one said gambling investment, it should be something we are putting our money in the bankroll of a certain gambling site.

[J Gambler]

Playing in gambling and investing in gambling it's very different. If we gamble in my opinion that's not including investments, since gains in getting the investment it can be obtained in a row. Very different from gambling that the gains depends on luck and it is uncertain.

it's really a different gambling into gambling investment other says that if you can't really defeat gambling the joined them since you are loosing too much money why don't you try to invest. If you think that you can really grow money there gambling with gambling investment are included i think? if there an game there an investment.

You mean investing in a gambling sites bankroll here?

Well the profit here is really a sure one but it will really take a long journey before we can see a decent profit since only a less percentage are given to those bankroll investors.

Yes you can get sure assurance that your money are growing per month for 5 percent and that's good when you can really defeat there website and mke profit there then joined them there are lot's of descent investment website that offer less percentage but 100% sure,.

[fullypak]

Playing in gambling and investing in gambling it's very different. If we gamble in my opinion that's not including investments, since gains in getting the investment it can be obtained in a row. Very different from gambling that the gains depends on luck and it is uncertain.

it's really a different gambling into gambling investment other says that if you can't really defeat gambling the joined them since you are loosing too much money why don't you try to invest. If you think that you can really grow money there gambling with gambling investment are included i think? if there an game there an investment.

You mean investing in a gambling sites bankroll here?

Well the profit here is really a sure one but it will really take a long journey before we can see a decent profit since only a less percentage are given to those bankroll investors.

Yes you can get sure assurance that your money are growing per month for 5 percent and that's good when you can really defeat there website and mke profit there then joined them there are lot's of descent investment website that offer less percentage but 100% sure,.

But you should remember one thing that no sites will give any assurance that they can give you some minimum fixed % of profits on your investment on their bankroll. Sometimes you may lose money in your investments in the short term, but in the longer run, you will make a profit. But you should invest only on well-trusted sites.

[clickerz]

Gambling is definitely high risk but I wouldn't call it an investment. Some betting games are purely chance while others do require some skill. Even those are hard to call an investment unless you are very good at them.

Indeed,gambling is a high risk investment if you consider it as an investment .I do not consider gambling as an investment, unless you invest on the sites that will give you a share or dividend say twice a year.