Is this man addicted to gambling?

[Mr. Big]

Nope, the guy is already 50, so I think he is just enjoying his life, probably he is alreayd a retired one? At that age I think it's not going to get him into addiction. Though he is playing in his friends site, I think that's just fine, if it takes him a year and he lost money in it and some part of his life was destroyed, that is the only time we could say that he is addicted...

In where I live, in some remote places, some old folks fight their roosters during the afternoon when they have nothing to do, and they do it almost daily but with no money involve and no rooster dies...  

You are completely wrong here. Firstly, age of 50 is not that old. There is no country that I know where retirement age is lower than 60.
In most European countries retirement hits you at 65. Secondly, your age has nothing to do with addiction you can get addicted as a baby as well as an old man.
And again, addiction is not problem of financial nature, it is problem with controlling your behavior and urges.

Well, it's not wrong, there is so called "early retirement" in some other country and in military service, 54 - 56 is the age where you can already retire or go out of service... Most of those  officers who retired at 54 gets bored and sometimes still look for extra job, that is why they are sometimes hired as security guards or security consultants...

Basically, older people has matured already and pass thru everything that we are now experiencing and if they get pass thru that, when they try it again at their age of 50 or up, they are not getting addicted to it,.. Just like those old people who are chatting in the internet shops, they are not addicted, they just need someone to talk with or something to do with their spare times....  

[ASHLIUSZ]

The person that Op mentioned is a good gambler, because he has the control in hands. For some instance if he needs to quit for few days or more too, he can. This clearly shows that he's is not a gambling addict. Without doubt in a short we can see him as a successful gambler, because he haven't lost much other than the free tickets.

[Oilacris]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

He's already addicted to poker because he is already playing it on constant basis and if he treat that as a past time then its better as long he don't lose up money on playing It I could still consider it a safe play for me. Playing without compromising money or anything is still okay as long you know what are your priorities on life.

[adi33]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

I think your friend had a gambling addiction. as if someone had known gambling he will be hard to stop playing because of the gambling nature that makes a person addicted

[kryptqnick]

1. He doesn't play with his money, he is free player
2. He can stop every time he wants
3. Playing poker for few hours is normal because freerolls last longer than hour(at least tournaments i use to play)
4. Nervous is common reaction, it would be strange if he doesn't have any reaction at all.

You didn't say does it affect his life? For how long is he playing? In my opinion he is not addicted. As NorrisK said, maybe he is just excited. 

Well, I can't say it has some major impact on his life. It's just that his family members aren't very happy with him playing a lot and thinking about it. He's been playing like that for three months or so.

I think he is addicted and not too deep, and the good news is he is not the ''Problem Gambler''.

Most people will do their own hobbies for a few hours everyday...like someone will play video games, watch TV/movie, surf internet,
and your friend is playing poker.

You are right. I didn't think that we can actually consider this as a hobby.

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 Would you call such a man addicted?

Imo I wouldn't call him addicted too because he doesn't spend his own money when gambling with poker so it's like the same as playing poker with no money involved. Your friend should be okay as long as poker doesn't start to ruin his life.

You and many other people in this thread say he's not addicted as long as he doesn't spend his money on it. But is addiction really about money? Can't we say that some people are addicted to computer games, for instance?

No he is not addicted because he is not spending his own money in poker, so he is gambling with the money he is getting through signature campaign. So i think he is not at all addicted to poker just, he is finding his way to make another source of income with out investing his personal money into it.

Well, even this is a bit wrong. He doesn't even gamble using the money he earns from sig campaign,he uses free tickets it gives him.

[marlboroza]

1. He doesn't play with his money, he is free player
2. He can stop every time he wants
3. Playing poker for few hours is normal because freerolls last longer than hour(at least tournaments i use to play)
4. Nervous is common reaction, it would be strange if he doesn't have any reaction at all.

You didn't say does it affect his life? For how long is he playing? In my opinion he is not addicted. As NorrisK said, maybe he is just excited.  

Well, I can't say it has some major impact on his life. It's just that his family members aren't very happy with him playing a lot and thinking about it. He's been playing like that for three months or so.

Ok, how much hours does he spend playing poker every day? Is it few hours like 1-2 hours or is it few hours like 10 hours?
What is his family opinion about poker in general? Maybe they see poker as something very very bad?

You are right. I didn't think that we can actually consider this as a hobby.

Why not?

[FlightyPouch]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

You can be addicted to something, someone or somewhere, but the point is you can be addicted to anything without the usage of your money. For example, getting addicted to a song you have in your phone or tablet, you are addicted to it and there are no money involved, so the answer is yes, he is addicted to it, but the good thin is he can control his addiction and that is a very good thing.

[carlisle1]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

he might be slightly addicted to gambling because he can still stop playing for a day or two as you mentioned which is true, although he's not spending his own but he used to play each and every time he wants to and keeps a lot of time on it then we can still consider him that he's addicted to it. you friend just don't accepting the truth although he already knows it

[mindrust]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

It is harmless.

I also get addicted to something (usually video games) from time to time just to empty my mind. I am mostly educating myself even in my free times and after a time i just get bored of doing so and spend a few months by doing nothing other than stupid shit. When i get bored of stupid stuff, i get back into serious stuff again. Works for me.

[novemberwoah]

I think your friend including addiction because he always playing gamble every day. Addiction does not always have to spend a lot of money because basically addiction is dependency or doing continuously. He did not spend the money to gamble altogether, but he's doing it continuously so that it can be considered as addiction.

[FasTroy]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

I don't think that your friend is addicted to gambling, It's  normal to play like that when it's about gambling. Few hours a day is it not so much duration for playing poker.
So I think your friend is just loved gambling in poker. so as you said, He can stop for 1 or 2 days, so he is a normal gambler, not addicted. Also, he don't use his money to gamble, he use a free tickets as you said, So this is good.

[blackhawkeye1912]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

People have their own meaning of being addict in something, just like in your statement I can call it vices, because once it becomes vices it means it is already a daily habit routine of his life. He doesn't care anything whether he losing money. Just important to him is to fulfill his habit before end of the day.

[RealPhotoshoper]

I think your friend including addiction because he always playing gamble every day. Addiction does not always have to spend a lot of money because basically addiction is dependency or doing continuously. He did not spend the money to gamble altogether, but he's doing it continuously so that it can be considered as addiction.

a real addicts will never can control themselves on doing anything.
based on op story , his friend did not use his own money to gamble , just uses free ticket/free money only.
which for me it is shows how he still in control and not yet addicted hardly, he just cannot stop playing.

[Xenophoto]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

Probably not. The fact that he can stop for a day or two proves that he's still in total control. He is 50 years old and I think that being nervous is just part of his age. I think he is just having a good time playing poker and that's it. Everyone can enjoy these things. Nothing special about that. You also said that he's just playing for a few hours and almost everyday. So it's not a whole day long gambling session and it's not happening every single day.

A gambling addict would play all of his free time gambling and would do it every single day. Whenever he's at home, he would always be on his computer gambling.

[bajing]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

In my eyes yes your friend addicted with gambling because he cant stop and try many times with many way for he can gamble but he smart play without use his own money.

[joshy23]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

Maybe your friend is just a casual gambler. As long as his gambling does not interfere with family obligations I think he's not addicted yet. Perhaps
gambling is a major source of relaxation and entertainment for him. But if he spend a lot of hours per day and forgot his obligation on his family, then its a different thing.  

[Aamir1]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

Addiction doesn't just mean that a person should spend his own money to prove that he is addicted of something. A person can also be called addicted if he spends much time on something every day. Also there can be kinds of addiction, like maybe someone gets too much addicted that he starts spending anything he has and maybe someone has enough control on himself that he will stop himself from doing that anytime he is done with free rolls.

[upsidedown75]

There are a few symptoms from which we can find out whether one person is addicted to gambling or not.

If he is very conscious about his responsibilities and duties then there would be no need to worry about his continuous gambling activities. Once he starts failing to fulfill his responsibilities, we must treat him as an addicted person before it is getting worst.

[chris200x9]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

Addiction doesn't just mean that a person should spend his own money to prove that he is addicted of something. A person can also be called addicted if he spends much time on something every day. Also there can be kinds of addiction, like maybe someone gets too much addicted that he starts spending anything he has and maybe someone has enough control on himself that he will stop himself from doing that anytime he is done with free rolls.

He is playing with free money, who knows he is addicted or not and he may play just to make a profit. Because if also lose no problem, he will not lose his money. So only he will spend more time on gambling to make a profit. If any person plays more time in gambling with his own money, there is only one reason he is addicted to gambling. But if anyone play with others money the reason is it's not his money, so he will play freely without any tension.

[avatar_kiyoshi]

My close friend is 50 years old. He's never been addicted to anything throughout his life. His friend made a poker website and now he keeps playing there a lot. he also uses some free tickets to tournaments he gets from betcoin.ag signature campaign. He plays almost every day for a few hours. And he became more nervous in general. But he doesn't think he's addicted and his argument for that is that he can stop playing for a day or two (that's true) and he doesn't spend his own money on it at all. Would you call such a man addicted?

He still can control himself and use a money which he can afford to lose.
He use a btc from sig campaign, it's means he's use he's own money, that's not free money he need to spend time and learn something to earn such money.

I think he's not addicted, looks like he wants having fun with such money.