What causes a person to become intensely addicted to gambling?

[Supercrypt]

A recent book I read, says that the main reason why the player acquires an addiction is because it plays for a long time and, when playing for a long time, begins to lose and generates the need to recover. Then, the player begins to move away from their daily activities and in their environment begins to talk about the game, to seek opinions and to make known what they do, so that people begin to be interested.

When there is not much control in the game, the player tends to get away from his family, and the big losses he has in the game, he assumes as normal, at that moment he begins to lose quality of life, even some players mortgage their properties. . According to the book, it is recommended to seek professional help as soon as the player starts to move away from their daily activities.

I would say that the   book is absolutely right and it aligns with my opinion on what causes gambling addiction.

I think people who play gambling for entertainment most times become addicted because out of excitement or pleasure they spend a lot of time on this game and they always see reasons to gamble with increasing amount of money to fulfill their excitement, this people become restless whenever they are trying to stop this game and it has effect in their brain, with time they start to stay away from friends and family.

They see a need to gamble whenever they are distressed and it becomes terrible when they always see need to gamble when they are feeling distress. I do not need anyone tell me such people need  immediate help from a professional as gambling is not meant to make people feel this way.

[DeadCoin]

because......

any choice in every bodies’ life is actually a gambling…

choose a wise husband from a bunch of boys is a gambling
choose a school to study is a gambling
choose a boss to work with is a gambling

so, gambling is addictive…

no one can escape...

I don't think anything other than the win feel and greediness on money. Once you have experienced winning some money from gambling and have seen too many playing with a huge amount and winning a huge amount multiplying the investment into 5 times, you will not feel like stepping back.

[Ranly123]

Some people are intensely addicted to gambling simply because they are obsessed on winning the prize and winning back the money they lost.

[Pattart]

Plenty of free time. This is because during your free time, you are more likely to find something that will entertain you which in this case can be gambling. When you have plenty of free time, it wouldn't matter so much for you thus your self control could become weak.

I think so, most gamblers are people who have a lot of free time, they don't have a busy life so what they do is focus on gambling and becoming addicts, for workers who are busy, it is very rare for them to become addicts, because their time is spent on their daily work

[julius caesar]

Despiration. Most of people who are getting addicted in gambling are those who are despirate in getting money as soon as possible due to some reason. Some of them are also jobless who are only depending on the salary of their wife/husband/parents.

[udidrone]

Plenty of free time. This is because during your free time, you are more likely to find something that will entertain you which in this case can be gambling. When you have plenty of free time, it wouldn't matter so much for you thus your self control could become weak.

I think so, most gamblers are people who have a lot of free time, they don't have a busy life so what they do is focus on gambling and becoming addicts, for workers who are busy, it is very rare for them to become addicts, because their time is spent on their daily work

It will be bad  if someone who work and gamble and it make they suffer. Because some worker play gamble to look some fun. I think addicted is good as long they can control how much  they spent on gambling.

[alisafidel58]

Here are my thoughts.

• The lack of self-discipline, if a person has a discipline and can play for a short amount of winning/losses and not be too much greedy for money.
• Greediness, when it comes to gambling most players are greedy for the money that they can potentially win without knowing that they are becoming addicted to gambling.
• Depression, we all know that being depress we tend to look for a medium or something that can take away our depression for a while which leads to gambling.

Being addicted to gambling is not good for you and your family, seek help, dont be afraid or shy to tell your love ones that you are addicted to gambling. Sooner or later something may happen to you. There are groups that can help, you just have to admit first to yourself that you are an addict to gambling.

[Janation]

Despiration. Most of people who are getting addicted in gambling are those who are despirate in getting money as soon as possible due to some reason. Some of them are also jobless who are only depending on the salary of their wife/husband/parents.

This is hard but I do know some gamblers but they are not like this luckily.

I thought this is just in movies but I guess there are really gamblers like these. I know gamblers that do gamble a lot of money betting them by their luck which I don't like. I don't want to be in their way to what they want since we all know that learning is a painful process, we all walked to that process and that is the same with them. If they want to learn, they will stand for themselves and we are just here to support them when they needed it.

[btc78]

because......



choose a wise husband from a bunch of boys is a gambling

What do you think of wedding?picking without learning the person we will going to marry?this needs LOVE and PASSION before accepting to marry one person

choose a school to study is a gambling

As a Parent i make sure that my children will be on the best and finest school from my town so basically i dont Gamble at all for choosing schools

choose a boss to work with is a gambling

Lol you cannot choose a boss,because the bosses will choose you make sense mate

so, gambling is addictive…

no one can escape...

Try to find good views in life,and if you are a gambler then better stop if because its not helping you at all

[spadormie]

winning back the money they lost.

This is the actual reason why people are gambling and when they are on a losing streak. I believe that this is the thing that we cannot take out from people. Because of this alarming mentality, we should prevent it from happening.

[sunsilk]

Despiration. Most of people who are getting addicted in gambling are those who are despirate in getting money as soon as possible due to some reason. Some of them are also jobless who are only depending on the salary of their wife/husband/parents.

Desperate that they want to win as much money as they can. It can be the reason for some gamblers that made themselves addicted and if it's not like that, some just want to recover their losses and they can't accept the reality that they've lost.

To those that are addicted gamblers and they don't have their own source of income, it's shameful to be in that kind of situation. You have the guts to gamble with others money while you are having.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Greediness also plays a roll in this. The average gambler is always greedy he/she wants to keep on winning and doesn't know when to call it a quit to take out profit. Losing also contribute to getting addicted to gambling and winning also has a effect, encouraging the individual to continue gambling since he/she always wins.

In conclusion, every thing has a effect towards addiction to gambling that's why too much of everything is bad.

[Mahanton]

Greediness also plays a roll in this. The average gambler is always greedy he/she wants to keep on winning and doesn't know when to call it a quit to take out profit. Losing also contribute to getting addicted to gambling and winning also has a effect, encouraging the individual to continue gambling since he/she always wins.

In conclusion, every thing has a effect towards addiction to gambling that's why too much of everything is bad.

Greed is always been present when we do talk about gambling.It do always exist yet human being is greedy in nature so when we do deal on making
money then this attitude would come out.It would depend on how you do able to control it when it tends to over come you.If you are fully self aware with
your actions then you most likely able to avoid such stuff.

[samcrypto]

Plenty of free time. This is because during your free time, you are more likely to find something that will entertain you which in this case can be gambling. When you have plenty of free time, it wouldn't matter so much for you thus your self control could become weak.

That’s why you have to spend your free time well so you will not get addict. The eagerness of every person to make easy money makes them more addict and since gambling is a great way to win big money they tend to do it more often. Addiction can ruin your life and everything, control yourself now.

[omonuyak]

because......

any choice in every bodies’ life is actually a gambling…

choose a wise husband from a bunch of boys is a gambling
choose a school to study is a gambling
choose a boss to work with is a gambling

so, gambling is addictive…

no one can escape...

Nice view but I think the pronounces one I mean the one we all know is too addictive to the extent that some people are already broke but are still looking for money to borrow and gamble again.  I believe live itself is gambling but we are not addicted to it.

[maydna]

because......

any choice in every bodies’ life is actually a gambling…

choose a wise husband from a bunch of boys is a gambling
choose a school to study is a gambling
choose a boss to work with is a gambling

so, gambling is addictive…

no one can escape...

Nice view but I think the pronounces one I mean the one we all know is too addictive to the extent that some people are already broke but are still looking for money to borrow and gamble again.  I believe live itself is gambling but we are not addicted to it.

Yes, if we realize that our life is full of gambling because when we decide for something, actually, we are gambling with the result and sometimes we predict the result.

We never think that is gambling because it's not using money and we only think that gambling is one related activity and use money and the result is we will get the money.

Gambling is very addictive, and we know that playing a game in gambling can make us become an addicted person in gambling. Although we know that it is not good for us, we still playing gambling because we enjoy playing the games.

[prtty2gal2]

I think the psychology of losing money on something that is luck based makes people question their luck. I mean sometimes people go unlucky too many times in a row and they think that they can't continue to be that much unlucky for too long so they need to start winning because their luck will turn which sometimes do happen but most of the time because of the house edge doesn't happen that frequently.

I just want to tell all those people who chase their losses because you can't lose 18 times in a row, well you can, its common and it happens. Having a 20 losses in a row on a dice game is 20% for $50k tries so the longer you play the higher chance of losing many times in a row becomes. Chasing the loss becomes an addiction in many people and can't stop until they recover all their money which most of the time they don't and that is why they become addicts.

[Coin-Desk]

There are many reasons to be addicted to gambling but in my opinion, the main reason is the medium of entertainment. Gambling is one of the popular media entertainment for this period, there are many online sites around this gambling that offer new and attractive benefits to people. Many people think of Gambling as a means of making money. Gambling is actually very addictive because it is a very natural reason to add gambling to its features.


Thank You

[FlightyPouch]

Plenty of free time. This is because during your free time, you are more likely to find something that will entertain you which in this case can be gambling. When you have plenty of free time, it wouldn't matter so much for you thus your self control could become weak.

That’s why you have to spend your free time well so you will not get addict. The eagerness of every person to make easy money makes them more addict and since gambling is a great way to win big money they tend to do it more often. Addiction can ruin your life and everything, control yourself now.

But think it this way. If you will be spending your time on gambling, your free time, that would also make you addicted since that way of passing the time will become a habit of yours, will be a hobby, and will turn to addiction. If you are using it in your free time, be sure that you can still gamble what you can afford. You might regret it if you don't.

[Pamadar]

Plenty of free time. This is because during your free time, you are more likely to find something that will entertain you which in this case can be gambling. When you have plenty of free time, it wouldn't matter so much for you thus your self control could become weak.

That’s why you have to spend your free time well so you will not get addict. The eagerness of every person to make easy money makes them more addict and since gambling is a great way to win big money they tend to do it more often. Addiction can ruin your life and everything, control yourself now.

But think it this way. If you will be spending your time on gambling, your free time, that would also make you addicted since that way of passing the time will become a habit of yours, will be a hobby, and will turn to addiction. If you are using it in your free time, be sure that you can still gamble what you can afford. You might regret it if you don't.

We can't assured that we are only going to use spare time and money because once we got engaged self control is really hard to do, overcoming your addictions is way far from just quitting after playing some games, it's a process where you needed to win over your emotions, make sure that you are well aware of possibilities.