Why gambling is portrayed negatively almost everywhere?

[Ewox]

That's the problem with the society today, anything they think that involves money would always have a negative feedback. Even trading have negative feedbacks but not like gambling. I think people are so used to hearing gambling and automatically they think it would be a negative thing that's why they tell you to stay away from it. And also sometimes it is based on experience, like a family member of them are addicted to gambling to a point wherein they are unlucky everytime they bet on something. And we can't take away that feeling of getting used to by some, but we can minimize that way of thinking if we don't gamble that much.

[iv4n]

Don't ask why something is portrayed negatively, ask who is the author, who are supporters. Do that when something is positively portrayed too. Very loudly portrayed things are in most cases wrong, whether they are positive or negative. Don't trust in everything you see or hear, do your own research and then make your judgment.

'Alcohol can kill right away that's true, but I wouldn't say the same about cigarettes. Cigarettes are supposedly killing you when you chronically smoke them during a long period of time. Same with gambling, if you constantly abuse it you may be deprived of all your money and even go in debt which can potentially kill you. Not only gambling, cigarettes and alcohol have a bad reputation, there are other things, overeating for example, which is also killing you if you abuse it. In short, gambling is not so bad if it is not abused, and btw it is portrayed positively in many books and movies.

Too bad this meaningful discussion has derailed to Alcohol and cigarettes.I don't know what's your point here but I know for sure ALCOHOL don't kill right away.Never heard of someone chucking 2 pegs of vodka and suffocating to death.Did you ?

Yes I did. I thought everyone knows that alcohol causes death, and in some cases immediately. According to info by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an estimated 88,000 people die from alcohol-related causes annually in the United States alone. And according to the World Health Organization's info in 2012, 3.3 million deaths were attributable to alcohol consumption. Of course more than 99% of those deaths didn't happen right after consumption but some of them did. Also I'm not sure I understand what are trying to say. Do you mean that gambling is worse than alcohol or or what is your point?

I understand his point, its about how people see things, how they understand what is happening around and how they judge without any thinking. You can think what ever you wish but doing anything without control is harmful, some things will get you faster others slower, point is if you don't control it, that will control you. Cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex, work, and everything else in my point of view its all the same. In the end we will die, like Bukwski said find what you love and let it kill you, at least enjoy as long as it last, to last longer you need to know what you are doing.

[jeremypwr]

Gambling can viewed as a disease or illness, as it has been proven to be addicting.
Like an vice, it's only a problem if it becomes too serious and get out of control.
If you know when and have the ability to stop when you choose, it can be an enjoyable hobby.

[livingfree]

I belive it is just a social taboo about gambling and we need to rethink our stand towards gambling. It is just another legal business. What's your view?

It is a social taboo and it's already part of the belief in the society through religious teachings that gambling is evil, negative and bad. You know that beliefs are passed from generations to generations and its changing. Maybe in the future the thought about gambling will become positive when governments are promoting good benefits of gambling or sharing those people who got their fortune through it. We can't change this stand about gambling for now but time will come that it will.

I am not that much religious person but still gambling is really worst thing according to me. If you have invested there any gambling platform will it give return to end of the day. It is not all a true thing mate.
I see the gambling just wasting your fund on dustpin. Instead of that you guys devoting gambling can donate the poor people near to your home side mate. Even government and shit politicians getting bribe and allowing people loose the money if they are third world country too.

We have different description of what worst is and if you think that gambling is, it's your opinion then. But you may seem not to understand what's the real discussion here. It's not about the fortune, gambling platform, return or anything that's related to the outcome that you can get with gambling. But it's about on how the society thinks about gambling and it's already part of our generation and belief that gambling is bad, negative and everyone should stay away from it.

[Lionidas]

You can make different kind of technical analysis in trading and by that it can guide your decisions in placing your share/s while in gambling even though you can make multiple strategies that may succeed at first tries but it wouldn't last for sure, the Casinos and their system was designed for you to play always with lower chances of winning and obviously they got the highest probability to win in long term so in short you can't beat the system.

Gambling as a business is good for making a huge amount of money and profit for the owners. I experienced an addiction in gambling before and I lose a big amount of my savings in one of the Bitcoin gambling site and I really, really regret it, it was so stressful, if I can only bring back the time but what happened already happened, luckily I surpassed and decided to stop my addiction to gambling before it's too late.

I guess you have never tried to gamble and lose a big amount of your money.

Well, ever since at the time of Christ and traditionally gambling is portrayed as negative or even considered it as a sin, maybe because it always involve money and mostly if a person is addicted in gambling nothing can stop him and they will continue to gamble in better and worst situation and until such time that he will used money that not intended to gamble and gambler mostly no more time for family and prioritize gambling after all.

You can see the negativity it gets all around the world just from what happened in the Philippines early last year.
With that guy who lost all his money and all his mother&fathers money at the casino and then set casino tables on fire and shot up the place.
With news like that coming fourth about what can happen if you gamble and lost so much no wonder it has garnished a bad reputation on a global scale.

[sheenshane]

You can see the negativity it gets all around the world just from what happened in the Philippines early last year.
With that guy who lost all his money and all his mother&fathers money at the casino and then set casino tables on fire and shot up the place.
With news like that coming fourth about what can happen if you gamble and lost so much no wonder it has garnished a bad reputation on a global scale.

Gambling is to bad on wealth if you got addicted to it, I also heard just related on that case on the Philippines.
On June 3, 2017, A gunman burst into a casino in the Philippine capital on the said date, setting gaming tables alight and killing at least 36 people who suffocated in thick smoke, in an attack claimed by Isis but which officials believe was a botched robbery. The gunman killed himself in a hotel room after being shot.
See? that's why some people had a bad comment on gambling because of there some cases like that cause of gambling.

[Oasisman]

Gambling can viewed as a disease or illness, as it has been proven to be addicting.
Like an vice, it's only a problem if it becomes too serious and get out of control.
If you know when and have the ability to stop when you choose, it can be an enjoyable hobby.

Very addicting! Once addiction takes over , theres no way you can control it. You'll be drained financially, it can destroy a family, and worse you cant stop gambling.
The OP has made a point, but in general gambling has a lot reason why it has a negative impact in a person's life and that view could never be changed, for gamling has known to be destroying lives and even family financially and emotionally.

[JL421]

Gambling can viewed as a disease or illness, as it has been proven to be addicting.
Like an vice, it's only a problem if it becomes too serious and get out of control.
If you know when and have the ability to stop when you choose, it can be an enjoyable hobby.

How is gambling a hobby gambling is nothing but a source of income of people they act in a way that it is there hobby but when they win they feel satisfied because it solves all there financial problems if people continue to gamble to earn a source of income they will always be addicted to it

[Baofeng]

Gambling can viewed as a disease or illness, as it has been proven to be addicting.
Like an vice, it's only a problem if it becomes too serious and get out of control.
If you know when and have the ability to stop when you choose, it can be an enjoyable hobby.

Very addicting! Once addiction takes over , theres no way you can control it. You'll be drained financially, it can destroy a family, and worse you cant stop gambling.
The OP has made a point, but in general gambling has a lot reason why it has a negative impact in a person's life and that view could never be changed, for gamling has known to be destroying lives and even family financially and emotionally.

Exactly, its very addicting and it has ruined a lot of lives in the past. How many times we have read that there are many suicides or murders connected to gambling? Right. Too many.

For me this is the number 1 reasons why gambling is portrayed negatively specially countries which is developed. They have seen so many times that gambling indeed destroys families and relationships so its better to stop them before it totally destroyed everyone in the community.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

Gambling can viewed as a disease or illness, as it has been proven to be addicting.
Like an vice, it's only a problem if it becomes too serious and get out of control.
If you know when and have the ability to stop when you choose, it can be an enjoyable hobby.

Very addicting! Once addiction takes over , theres no way you can control it. You'll be drained financially, it can destroy a family, and worse you cant stop gambling.
The OP has made a point, but in general gambling has a lot reason why it has a negative impact in a person's life and that view could never be changed, for gamling has known to be destroying lives and even family financially and emotionally.

Exactly, its very addicting and it has ruined a lot of lives in the past. How many times we have read that there are many suicides or murders connected to gambling? Right. Too many.

For me this is the number 1 reasons why gambling is portrayed negatively specially countries which is developed. They have seen so many times that gambling indeed destroys families and relationships so its better to stop them before it totally destroyed everyone in the community.

This is why developed countries legalize gambling? I get your point, and that's right for me. Developing countries are still a lot of people who are less well off in economic terms, and for those who have a gambling addiction will make their family relationships destroyed.

In contrast with developed countries, where people living within them have enough economics even more than enough. So for they gamble just for fun alone. For them gambling is a place to get rid of saturation. But for the poor the gamble is a place for a source of income.

[BCTBF]

Because gambling will lead to a very negative act if you can not control your emotions after losing a lot of money on the gambling table, if you can not control that emotion then you might do negative things like stealing, killing etc. I think that is the part or reason people see gambling as a negative activity.

[avikz]

Gambling can viewed as a disease or illness, as it has been proven to be addicting.
Like an vice, it's only a problem if it becomes too serious and get out of control.
If you know when and have the ability to stop when you choose, it can be an enjoyable hobby.

Very addicting! Once addiction takes over , theres no way you can control it. You'll be drained financially, it can destroy a family, and worse you cant stop gambling.
The OP has made a point, but in general gambling has a lot reason why it has a negative impact in a person's life and that view could never be changed, for gamling has known to be destroying lives and even family financially and emotionally.

Exactly, its very addicting and it has ruined a lot of lives in the past. How many times we have read that there are many suicides or murders connected to gambling? Right. Too many.

For me this is the number 1 reasons why gambling is portrayed negatively specially countries which is developed. They have seen so many times that gambling indeed destroys families and relationships so its better to stop them before it totally destroyed everyone in the community.

I doubt your view on gambling and that's exactly I am trying to point out. I understand that gambling has ruined a lot of lives but they were probably all addicted to it. Addiction to anything is not good, be it alcohol, smoking, gambling and trading. However, if someone can control their greed and emotion, gambling won't take their lives. These addiction is mainly associated risk to this industry and depends on the individuals. Gambling, as a whole can't be blamed for that.

[panjul07]

In trading industry, you bet on your speculation and in gambling industry, you bet on your luck. In both trading and gambling, there is a risk of loosing money. So why trading is seen as a good way of making money and exactly opposite for gambling?

If you trade with speculation only without doing analysis and researches = gambling = trade on your luck only. Indeed both has the same risk of losing money, but you wont lose your money on trading in a second. Losing on trading is only when you sell what you bought with lower price. If you do not sell it = you do not lose your money.
Obviously trading is a better way in order to make money because of above reason. One more important thing, gambling should not be used as a way to make money. If you do it, you will only lose your money again and again.

[krishnaverma]

It is because it is closely associated with playing with hard earned money. There are other times when people would gamble because the money they have with them that are intended for gambling did not come from their hard work- might be from corruption, from robbery, among others. The bottom line is, it is a conscious wasting of money with due disregard to those who have less in life, economically-speaking. It is similar to those gluttons that are disregarding the needs of the hungry. I think this has something to do with the culture we are all in, and you know culture, it is difficult to stop unless you kill the race per se.

It has existed since quite long time but the popularity of internet has made it accessible to wider audience. Earlier, it was limited to rich and influential but these days I see even college students being addicted to such websites. If your studies or work is affected by gambling, it is something to concerned about and portrayed negatively.

[supercanada1]

Gambling can viewed as a disease or illness, as it has been proven to be addicting.
Like an vice, it's only a problem if it becomes too serious and get out of control.
If you know when and have the ability to stop when you choose, it can be an enjoyable hobby.

Very addicting! Once addiction takes over , theres no way you can control it. You'll be drained financially, it can destroy a family, and worse you cant stop gambling.
The OP has made a point, but in general gambling has a lot reason why it has a negative impact in a person's life and that view could never be changed, for gamling has known to be destroying lives and even family financially and emotionally.

Exactly, its very addicting and it has ruined a lot of lives in the past. How many times we have read that there are many suicides or murders connected to gambling? Right. Too many.

For me this is the number 1 reasons why gambling is portrayed negatively specially countries which is developed. They have seen so many times that gambling indeed destroys families and relationships so its better to stop them before it totally destroyed everyone in the community.

I doubt your view on gambling and that's exactly I am trying to point out. I understand that gambling has ruined a lot of lives but they were probably all addicted to it. Addiction to anything is not good, be it alcohol, smoking, gambling and trading. However, if someone can control their greed and emotion, gambling won't take their lives. These addiction is mainly associated risk to this industry and depends on the individuals. Gambling, as a whole can't be blamed for that.

Is it that gambling should be only avoided when it can take away the life of gambler? Let’s just say, it does not kills a person but what is good in living a life of poor while you were rich in your past. It would be actually more hurting than being a beggar from the start. Gambling is addictive and humans are weak at controlling their temptations. It is not possible to deny easy-money hopes for long.

[btc_angela]

It is because it is closely associated with playing with hard earned money. There are other times when people would gamble because the money they have with them that are intended for gambling did not come from their hard work- might be from corruption, from robbery, among others. The bottom line is, it is a conscious wasting of money with due disregard to those who have less in life, economically-speaking. It is similar to those gluttons that are disregarding the needs of the hungry. I think this has something to do with the culture we are all in, and you know culture, it is difficult to stop unless you kill the race per se.

It has existed since quite long time but the popularity of internet has made it accessible to wider audience. Earlier, it was limited to rich and influential but these days I see even college students being addicted to such websites. If your studies or work is affected by gambling, it is something to concerned about and portrayed negatively.

Good point. Since the advent of internet and the proliferation of online gambling sites, gambling has turn out one of the most 'hated' vices because its has no boundaries that will lead to someone, somewhere get addicted, lost their control of themselves then greed sets in.

Of course we can't deny that everyone is really looking for easy money, but gambling has more risk and eventually you will be suckered by the system and eventually can't control yourself that might resulted ruining your own life.

[Koadharber]

It is because it is closely associated with playing with hard earned money. There are other times when people would gamble because the money they have with them that are intended for gambling did not come from their hard work- might be from corruption, from robbery, among others. The bottom line is, it is a conscious wasting of money with due disregard to those who have less in life, economically-speaking. It is similar to those gluttons that are disregarding the needs of the hungry. I think this has something to do with the culture we are all in, and you know culture, it is difficult to stop unless you kill the race per se.

It has existed since quite long time but the popularity of internet has made it accessible to wider audience. Earlier, it was limited to rich and influential but these days I see even college students being addicted to such websites. If your studies or work is affected by gambling, it is something to concerned about and portrayed negatively.

Good point. Since the advent of internet and the proliferation of online gambling sites, gambling has turn out one of the most 'hated' vices because its has no boundaries that will lead to someone, somewhere get addicted, lost their control of themselves then greed sets in.

Of course we can't deny that everyone is really looking for easy money, but gambling has more risk and eventually you will be suckered by the system and eventually can't control yourself that might resulted ruining your own life.

You would really ruin your life if you are not sensible enough towards on playing gambling. Everything should be on moderation or on control if you dont like to suffer consequences later on.In most society gambling do really have negative image due to the results being experienced by broke gamblers but if we do really dissect its true purpose we wont really say such negative things yet there are really just being created for the sake of entertainment and only people are the ones who do broke their own lives.

[dynospytan]

I am not a veteran in this gambling industry so trying to understand what majority of the people thinks about it.

I have seen a lot of threads in this section as well as in other online forums which always protrayes gambling as a negative line of earning money online. I have seen people comparing gambling with alcohol addiction. I have seen people actively trying to discourage others from getting into gambling industry. What's wrong with gambling?

It is just another business and also legal in many countries. People who buys lottery tickets are also gambling only.

 In trading industry, you bet on your speculation and in gambling industry, you bet on your luck. In both trading and gambling, there is a risk of loosing money. So why trading is seen as a good way of making money and exactly opposite for gambling?

I belive it is just a social taboo about gambling and we need to rethink our stand towards gambling. It is just another legal business. What's your view?

Well, it is very an obvious answer. First, When you enter the gambling world and you had fun and you earned money from it, it will be hard for them to avoid it. Sometimes they will borrow money so they can play and sometimes they will sell their properties just for gambling. They often forget their limitations when they got enter this world. We should remember that we need to know our limitations in order for us to not get lose a lot of money.

[Kelvinid]

It is because it is closely associated with playing with hard earned money. There are other times when people would gamble because the money they have with them that are intended for gambling did not come from their hard work- might be from corruption, from robbery, among others. The bottom line is, it is a conscious wasting of money with due disregard to those who have less in life, economically-speaking. It is similar to those gluttons that are disregarding the needs of the hungry. I think this has something to do with the culture we are all in, and you know culture, it is difficult to stop unless you kill the race per se.

It has existed since quite long time but the popularity of internet has made it accessible to wider audience. Earlier, it was limited to rich and influential but these days I see even college students being addicted to such websites. If your studies or work is affected by gambling, it is something to concerned about and portrayed negatively.

Precisely.Gambling may be good if you know how far your limits but if you go beyond it,negative results will start to come.Honestly,gambling is only made for an entertainment purposes but some people are doing it for their means of living.If they win,much better,but if they loss,all the family members will suffer.This thought should be avoided as much as possible.

[virasisog]

I am not a veteran in this gambling industry so trying to understand what majority of the people thinks about it.

I have seen a lot of threads in this section as well as in other online forums which always protrayes gambling as a negative line of earning money online. I have seen people comparing gambling with alcohol addiction. I have seen people actively trying to discourage others from getting into gambling industry. What's wrong with gambling?

It is just another business and also legal in many countries. People who buys lottery tickets are also gambling only.

 In trading industry, you bet on your speculation and in gambling industry, you bet on your luck. In both trading and gambling, there is a risk of loosing money. So why trading is seen as a good way of making money and exactly opposite for gambling?

I belive it is just a social taboo about gambling and we need to rethink our stand towards gambling. It is just another legal business. What's your view?

I am very much like the way you do because i also did that matters. I think until there is a poor mindset and misunderstood of gambling thinking about the money making games anyone cant get out easily. Too few people known gambling as a business. When it comes to trading it was another kind of investment and story to figure out.