Why gambling is portrayed negatively almost everywhere?

[MyIdeas]

Many people gamble, but all the bad ends of gambling addiction are well known, that's the main reason why people think negatively of gambling. Just like about drugs, let's be real, many people and our loved celebrities sit on drugs, but all negative of people who became addicted and died or killed somebody are on talk.

Yes these are the negative effects which make gambling negative in everywhere but in some societies, who do not gamble for making money or for longer time till the end of their wealth, gambling is considered as a game and these people from these societies come to casinos for meeting new people and for entertainment. With that there are some societies where it is banned by the governments because of their religion so it is considered as a bad thing.

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[BlueStackz]

Because in some religion the gambling is considered as sin so they are spreading everywhere it is a bad thing to do.And another reason is most of the people in gambling will lose their money so they will say others that is it scam or don't play again.But people failed to understand that gambling is not a money making purpose,it is just an entertainment purpose which involves risking the real money so the excitement is more.

Gambling is made totally for fun, it was just been tagged negatively due to people who abused it and became too greedy in it, since greed is included in deadly sins and we all knew how greedy players are when they play in gambling especially if they don't just considered it as game.

Indeed,  it is a game that sometimes (or always?) leads to addiction. The op said something about trading industry seems like he misunderstood something, trading is a serious but not addicting legal way of earning money unlike in the gambling that purely depends on the player's ability to ace the game and its luck.

That is what I wanted to say. Gambling is all about luck. You don’t have any control on it and your strategies are just not working out in any case if you aren’t that much lucky someday. Believe me, no skill can have any impact on your results when you are gambling. So why to go for such option that is biggest risky for your money? Why to gamble when you already know you will be getting loss? Think over it.

I think gambling is just entertainment and maybe it just becomes wrong if the money we use to bet is compromised and there is more that is meant to be used probably for family and leave all responsibility for our loved ones just to gamble. Gambling has always been described negatively since from the past

I disagree to that, no matter what excuses we have just to depend gambling, we can't change the fact that it is wrong, betting our money is wrong, so expect that many people will give negative comments about gambling, they are only saying what experience they have had when they played gambling the first time, they just learned their lesson, that is why they are discouraging everyone to try gambling since it is not worth it.

Gambling is actually a choice and it is not like anyone should be forced to gamble or not to. However, what is wrong is expecting the greatest moment of winning from gambling.

This is the reason why it ends up being portrayed negatively as it has really made some crazy impact in the life of gamblers and simply, anything that brings negativity to a huge percentage of those who embarks on something, will always make such a thing to end up being portrayed negative.

[Osarman]

Thats BS, it doesnt have to lead to certain addiction.  The important thing is to vary habits not continually repeat.   So anything can become a negative, like drinking can be fine with a meal or can lead to addiction.  Even plain food by itself can become unhealthy if people fail to moderate themselves.    Its not just gambling, any part of life can overly negative if left un-adjusted.

But whatever people say, this is wrong so it is wrong. No one can make this better by saying anything about it. We all know these gamblers are just earning money that is virtual. They even don’t know how is winning their money. They spend everything in gambling and at the end of day, they just become zero. They never win permanently. Their greed becomes so strong that never let them grow.

This seems to be stating absolutes as a certainty.   It is possible to retain some earnings and only gamble part of the winnings.   Some do gain from a method of careful controlled risk and formal gameplay.   Most of us arent that disciplined and we do not profit, I also think some manage to pull it off.  

Yeah and it is the main issue of gambling that it creates many other crimes like you mentioned here. Gambler is the mother of crimes and criminals. Gamblers can do any illegal activity to make money for gambling addiction. The main reason for negative treat is this worse creation.  When there is no gambling there will be no or less crimes in the community.

I personally agree with this thing that gambling do leads to many other crime activities in the same way like smoking leads to other drug addictions. We can easily understand this thing as the person who is playing gambling would face financial crisis, he would do any type of activity to overcome his crisis and this activity would lead him to a crime and soon he would be known as a criminal.

I would not say it leads people to criminal activities though, as gambling itself is just an activity on its own with some negative impact based on the gambler perspective about gambling in general. Some see gambling as a means to make money or something that can set them up for life but in the real life, gambling is just a game where the gambler is prone to lose everything and without that mentality, any gambler will fall a prey to the negativity that comes with it.

[noah tall]

The best way to put that is simply because some people bet WAY MORE then they are willing to lose, if you just put a small percent back that doesn't hurt your finances, I do not see a problem!!!

Control is the key!

in my opinion, any act or substance that harms humans beings in any way whether mentally, physical, emotionally or financially comes under the prohibited category. Gambling has ruined lives of thousands of players and yet many are destined to meet the same end. It is very obvious to portray this negatively so that people will stay away from it and this is best in their own interests. This game can turn life of a gambler into a living hell within a blink of an eye.

But whatever people say, this is wrong so it is wrong. No one can make this better by saying anything about it. We all know these gamblers are just earning money that is virtual. They even don’t know how is winning their money. They spend everything in gambling and at the end of day, they just become zero. They never win permanently. Their greed becomes so strong that never let them grow.

In my opinion, trading and gambling both are the travelers of same boat and the only difference they have is that how these two things are conducted. I think people like to go with trading instead of gambling due to its bad reputation outside the world. We can easily see that the people who play gambling are how treated in the society. No one even wants to talk to them.

The bad thing in gambling is that gambler cannot control themselves. They continue until they lose everything. When a gambler lose all his money and even goes in debts then he tries to make some money to gamble again and win his lost money back and for that he can do any illegal activity even he become killer. Gambling creates more crimes that why it is treated negatively.

[ricardobs]

maybe we can read on the news or watching television that said people become stress because of gambling, some of them kill themselves because they cannot pay the money that they borrowed from someone because he is losing much money on gambling. but this is not just for gambling, I mean this could happen with the other things too. but gambling has been a bad habit that has a negative comment and many people try to avoid from the gambling itself.

There are only a few cases where the gambling has been positive but in most cases all news concerning gambling have been negative so far with people losing their homes and losing their entire fortune.

It will happen because the end of gambling is always worst and a gambler goes in such debts that he even suicide or become criminal to pay his debts. Now you can understand why gambling is portrayed negatively everywhere in the world. Bad thing has bad consequences and the world is not in favor of such bad thing. In no society gambling is said to be good.

No doubt gambling has worst ends than the person can think off and almost all of the gamblers are aware of this fact but still they are not willing to leave gambling for good. They just have the mindset that we can earn a lot of money from this gambling and one day will become rich which also is wrong because they didn’t have heard the stories of deadly ends of gambling.

[Tungsten-1]

Because in some other places from the start gambling is considered a crime and not a good example to others gambling can ruin your life, your own family many people believe they can earn fast in gambling but the truth is they are making casino owners the real rich and not the gamblers.     

Gambling is not considered a crime though because it is all done with the person’s own satisfaction. It is considered as a bad thing because of the consequences of gambling which the person has to suffer when he becomes used to it. I have also seen people in my life who were once very stable and had no financial crisis but after get introduced to gambling, they also faced its consequences.

[sana54210]

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?

We all know that we can earn money from gambling in an easy way but gambling is not always about winning, it also about losing money if we cannot control ourselves to it. It is the reason why gambling is portrayed negatively. Most people who start thread / topic about gambling are the people who lose in gambling. I think you'll understand it more when you experience losing a big amount of money.

I don’t think that I can earn money easily for gambling because if it is really true, then all the gamblers that are playing gambling would have been millionaires and billionaires of the world but as far as my knowledge is concerned, I don’t used to remember any of the gamblers in this list. Also, even if we earn a little bit from it, this money is borrowed and we have to return back someday.

You can earn money from gambling but not easily because gambling requires a lot of patience and a lot of people have not that patience and they leave gambling before they could get any advantage of it. There are success stories of gambling but are very less in number that we hardly hear them from people that’s why we start believing that gambling is very difficult.

[Fatanut]

Because people like having good things and bad things. Looking at the bigger picture, gambling is not bad at all. It's actually helping the society. Casinos are one of the highest payers of tax (but also the one that evades it the most) and they do give back directly to the people by sponsoring hospitals and whatnot. On the other hand, people like to have good things and bad things. Gambling is bad, smoking is bad, weed is bad. It's not accepted by the norm because they have seen people destroy their lives because of gambling. But, people have been destroying their own lives in different things too. Gambling is just one of the things that has a more dramatic story because money is involved. The system itself is ruining people but it is not portrayed negatively by people. It's just accepted by them.

Living in a small island at a third world country, I have witnessed poor people being so addicted to gambling. In their minds, they are just keeping their minds off the stress but honestly do they even afford to? It's mostly the boys that are into gambling and the girls (or their wives) have nothing to do but accept that they fell in love with a gambler. They can't fight their husbands because they are going to get physically and verbally hurt. Funny. Yes, it is bad but slowly it is becoming more accepted. It is becoming a lifestyle to some.

[ethereumhunter]

maybe we can read on the news or watching television that said people become stress because of gambling, some of them kill themselves because they cannot pay the money that they borrowed from someone because he is losing much money on gambling. but this is not just for gambling, I mean this could happen with the other things too. but gambling has been a bad habit that has a negative comment and many people try to avoid from the gambling itself.

There are only a few cases where the gambling has been positive but in most cases all news concerning gambling have been negative so far with people losing their homes and losing their entire fortune.

It will happen because the end of gambling is always worst and a gambler goes in such debts that he even suicide or become criminal to pay his debts. Now you can understand why gambling is portrayed negatively everywhere in the world. Bad thing has bad consequences and the world is not in favor of such bad thing. In no society gambling is said to be good.

No doubt gambling has worst ends than the person can think off and almost all of the gamblers are aware of this fact but still they are not willing to leave gambling for good. They just have the mindset that we can earn a lot of money from this gambling and one day will become rich which also is wrong because they didn’t have heard the stories of deadly ends of gambling.

and that is the real problem that gambler should take attention if he doesn't want to stay in the gambling again. he needs to change his mind and think that with playing gambling, he cannot makes any money and he needs to leave gambling forever. a gambler should know why gambling is portrayed negatively so he can have a commitment to leave the gambling and maybe he needs other people to help him so it will give a big chance to leave the gambling.

[voztata]

Many people gamble, but all the bad ends of gambling addiction are well known, that's the main reason why people think negatively of gambling. Just like about drugs, let's be real, many people and our loved celebrities sit on drugs, but all negative of people who became addicted and died or killed somebody are on talk.

Yeah the ending results are so obvious. There have been so hundreds and thousands of gamblers who came rich and gone poor. There are only few, so few lucky stories where if someone have got into gambling and leaves it being a rich person. Because that is all based on luck and no one would be able to make luck accompany you every other day. So leave it.

[jonatuzc]

maybe we can read on the news or watching television that said people become stress because of gambling, some of them kill themselves because they cannot pay the money that they borrowed from someone because he is losing much money on gambling. but this is not just for gambling, I mean this could happen with the other things too. but gambling has been a bad habit that has a negative comment and many people try to avoid from the gambling itself.

There are only a few cases where the gambling has been positive but in most cases all news concerning gambling have been negative so far with people losing their homes and losing their entire fortune.

It will happen because the end of gambling is always worst and a gambler goes in such debts that he even suicide or become criminal to pay his debts. Now you can understand why gambling is portrayed negatively everywhere in the world. Bad thing has bad consequences and the world is not in favor of such bad thing. In no society gambling is said to be good.

No doubt gambling has worst ends than the person can think off and almost all of the gamblers are aware of this fact but still they are not willing to leave gambling for good. They just have the mindset that we can earn a lot of money from this gambling and one day will become rich which also is wrong because they didn’t have heard the stories of deadly ends of gambling.

No doubt in your saying as every single gambler who comes to the field for gambling is well aware of this fact that gambling can never produce good results at the end but he pretends to be unaware of that in order to save himself from people’s sayings. I think they have made it as a source of income that’s why they are not willing to quit gambling for good.

[Clemcout]

maybe we can read on the news or watching television that said people become stress because of gambling, some of them kill themselves because they cannot pay the money that they borrowed from someone because he is losing much money on gambling. but this is not just for gambling, I mean this could happen with the other things too. but gambling has been a bad habit that has a negative comment and many people try to avoid from the gambling itself.

There are only a few cases where the gambling has been positive but in most cases all news concerning gambling have been negative so far with people losing their homes and losing their entire fortune.

It will happen because the end of gambling is always worst and a gambler goes in such debts that he even suicide or become criminal to pay his debts. Now you can understand why gambling is portrayed negatively everywhere in the world. Bad thing has bad consequences and the world is not in favor of such bad thing. In no society gambling is said to be good.

No doubt gambling has worst ends than the person can think off and almost all of the gamblers are aware of this fact but still they are not willing to leave gambling for good. They just have the mindset that we can earn a lot of money from this gambling and one day will become rich which also is wrong because they didn’t have heard the stories of deadly ends of gambling.

No excuses for bad thing that if you do this and that then there is no problem. Bad is bad and our thoughts and statements can never that thing credible in society. Almost every country thinks that gambling is bad thing and that’s why many countries do not allow gambling openly. There are no casinos and other places for gambling and my country is one of them.

[Soranith]

Gambling is portrayed negatively because it can affect someone's life in a bad way like putting all your time in gambling instead of spending it with your family and you will also spend your hard earned money in gambling until you go broke. These characters are the effects when you get addicted in gambling.

[yvesp110]

Many people gamble, but all the bad ends of gambling addiction are well known, that's the main reason why people think negatively of gambling. Just like about drugs, let's be real, many people and our loved celebrities sit on drugs, but all negative of people who became addicted and died or killed somebody are on talk.

Almost all type of gamblers don’t know how to control their emotions and how to control themselves and they continue to gamble until they get themselves completely destroyed in the process and yes it is like a drug because many people get addicted to it, they destroy themselves and then they have no idea what to do with their condition. In this way gambling becomes a curse for gamblers and that’s why portrayed negatively in the world.

[marsmyname]

Many people gamble, but all the bad ends of gambling addiction are well known, that's the main reason why people think negatively of gambling. Just like about drugs, let's be real, many people and our loved celebrities sit on drugs, but all negative of people who became addicted and died or killed somebody are on talk.

Yeah the ending results are so obvious. There have been so hundreds and thousands of gamblers who came rich and gone poor. There are only few, so few lucky stories where if someone have got into gambling and leaves it being a rich person. Because that is all based on luck and no one would be able to make luck accompany you every other day. So leave it.

Gambling is the only thing in which you can make true predictions before the game starts because it all depends upon the motivation of the player and everyone can easily see and point out which gambler seems to be more motivated and which one is not. Gambling has made many people poor who were once rich in their lives and this story will continue till the end of this planet.   

[Alfiehob]

Because in some other places from the start gambling is considered a crime and not a good example to others gambling can ruin your life, your own family many people believe they can earn fast in gambling but the truth is they are making casino owners the real rich and not the gamblers.     

I think almost the whole world treat gambling negatively. It is a bad habit and a gambler has no respect in the community and even in his family. The reason is that a regular gambler loses everything and has no care for his family future. When a gambler loses money on a table, he borrows money and leaves himself in debts which ruin his life and his family as well.

[ronafurw]

Gambling is portrayed negatively because it can affect someone's life in a bad way like putting all your time in gambling instead of spending it with your family and you will also spend your hard earned money in gambling until you go broke. These characters are the effects when you get addicted in gambling.

Gambling has negative vibes. There is no wise persons on this globe who once call this gambling a good source of income or entertainment. That is why it is presented as detrimental throughout the world. There are promotions who are working over the edge just to let others know how badly this gambling could affect you. So better is to make yourself distant from you, have a good life.

[therwtonn]

maybe we can read on the news or watching television that said people become stress because of gambling, some of them kill themselves because they cannot pay the money that they borrowed from someone because he is losing much money on gambling. but this is not just for gambling, I mean this could happen with the other things too. but gambling has been a bad habit that has a negative comment and many people try to avoid from the gambling itself.

There are only a few cases where the gambling has been positive but in most cases all news concerning gambling have been negative so far with people losing their homes and losing their entire fortune.

It will happen because the end of gambling is always worst and a gambler goes in such debts that he even suicide or become criminal to pay his debts. Now you can understand why gambling is portrayed negatively everywhere in the world. Bad thing has bad consequences and the world is not in favor of such bad thing. In no society gambling is said to be good.

No doubt gambling has worst ends than the person can think off and almost all of the gamblers are aware of this fact but still they are not willing to leave gambling for good. They just have the mindset that we can earn a lot of money from this gambling and one day will become rich which also is wrong because they didn’t have heard the stories of deadly ends of gambling.

No doubt in your saying as every single gambler who comes to the field for gambling is well aware of this fact that gambling can never produce good results at the end but he pretends to be unaware of that in order to save himself from people’s sayings. I think they have made it as a source of income that’s why they are not willing to quit gambling for good.

Yeah you are right I also view much news about suicide due to stress. This is the result of gambling. Now you can decide why gambling is portrayed negatively in the world. No country is in favor of gambling. In my view gambler has no respect in his community and in his family as well. He ruins his life and also his family. They have a dark future due to a gambler father.

[maculeth]

because people judge gamblers to be stupid people, why they risk their money to gamble, which sometimes can make all the money lost, and people think why they do not use money for investment or other business. so for good, gambling will be called a negative thing.

[STT]

Gambling can involve alot of brains though.  Its heavily related to statistical analysis and probability theory, this goes back to the work of Blaise Pascal of 17th Century French mathematical advancements.   I actually studied this whole subject as part my maths course in college.
The smart thing is to be aware of your relative risk while participating, its possible to find a path that will yield better results that way.   It can work so well some casinos ban such a practise, known commonly as card counting.
All of life is a gamble to some extent, the stupidity would be not realising or recognising some of the odds correctly and also taking too many risks is a fair criticism