Gambling as a profession: there's people who live out of gambling?

[Cacingkemi]

Only way to make money with this is arbitrage betting. But, then you got the risk of closed accounts and what will you do next? Probably in betting shops the best try but difficult to spot the correct odds.

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[stadus]

Only way to make money with this is arbitrage betting. But, then you got the risk of closed accounts and what will you do next? Probably in betting shops the best try but difficult to spot the correct odds.

Arbitrage betting is not illegal, they'll only close your account if you are found violating the TOS of a certain gambling site.
This kind of betting has no risk at all, but you have to be very smart to be able to find betting odds that you can arbitrage betting.

Correct me if I'm wrong but that's what I understand on Arbitrage betting and I don't find any risk of our account getting close.

[blockman]

That's the case for some gamblers and those who have really lived on their lives depending on it, also knew that this might happen to them. But just as you, they might have come up with an idea and strategy on how to control themselves on it.
And that's why they were able to make bold moves and decisions which prolongs their stay and survival as a gambling professional.

I think this is not their merit and not a consequence of their bold moves. We must remember that for every lucky one there are 10 of the same losers, such is gambling. Someone is lucky, someone is not and nothing depends on the player. A few gamblers make a really smart move - after a big win they stop playing forever)

I wish that time will reach for me where I have to stop and just enjoy my winning. However, I think it will only happen if I win a jackpot money in lottery as in sports betting it's not easy to win big unless you have a big bankroll too (which most of us don't have).

There are ways to win big from small bet which is the parlay bet but just like a lottery, the chance is very small.

You can set a goal for yourself and do it. I know that you can do it but, the contentment for one person is uncontrollable if you are aware that you can learn and earn more from it.
It's hard to win in parlay, I've never won on that.

[Stedsm]

@OP, I won't call myself as professional but yeah, there was a phase of my life that I remember when I used to live my life (mine alone and not the family) on gambling. Gambling was a love to me because of the fact that I used to learn the games and their required rules as well as basic skills quickly and loved to play different sort of games each day to try out something new. Now are not the same days as I'm married and I couldn't do it the same old way I did (as I was independent as well as alone, so no pressure was on me to do anything for my family or home, but now things have changed a lot).

[Karartma1]

Only way to make money with this is arbitrage betting. But, then you got the risk of closed accounts and what will you do next? Probably in betting shops the best try but difficult to spot the correct odds.

Before they implemented all kinds of monitoring and alarm tools to spot those kind of gamblers I remember two friends of mine were able to win big over one and a half year. They got a huge profit before getting their accounts closed and their last profits seized for cheating. They were leveraging bonuses, promos and all the rest of it until they were shown the exit door. 

[michellee]

@OP, I won't call myself as professional but yeah, there was a phase of my life that I remember when I used to live my life (mine alone and not the family) on gambling. Gambling was a love to me because of the fact that I used to learn the games and their required rules as well as basic skills quickly and loved to play different sort of games each day to try out something new. Now are not the same days as I'm married and I couldn't do it the same old way I did (as I was independent as well as alone, so no pressure was on me to do anything for my family or home, but now things have changed a lot).

I agree with you. When someone married, he needs to think about his family, not just for himself. He needs to have responsibility for the things that a person wants to do because, indirectly, that will always be related to his family. And if he has a habit of playing gambling, he needs to realize that the money will be too important for his family than just playing gambling. Everything will change, and that will not be the same as the old days since now we have other people who will always walk behind us in any circumstances, and we need to take care of them.

[peter0425]

Only way to make money with this is arbitrage betting. But, then you got the risk of closed accounts and what will you do next? Probably in betting shops the best try but difficult to spot the correct odds.

Before they implemented all kinds of monitoring and alarm tools to spot those kind of gamblers I remember two friends of mine were able to win big over one and a half year. They got a huge profit before getting their accounts closed and their last profits seized for cheating. They were leveraging bonuses, promos and all the rest of it until they were shown the exit door. 

Indeed , Way back Arbitrage is not that Illegal and i have known gamblers that good at it .

actually until now i am asking myself why this was banned or illegal ? when you are not cheating the site instead you are just finding what is profitable that time.

[Wawa2013]

@OP, I won't call myself as professional but yeah, there was a phase of my life that I remember when I used to live my life (mine alone and not the family) on gambling. Gambling was a love to me because of the fact that I used to learn the games and their required rules as well as basic skills quickly and loved to play different sort of games each day to try out something new. Now are not the same days as I'm married and I couldn't do it the same old way I did (as I was independent as well as alone, so no pressure was on me to do anything for my family or home, but now things have changed a lot).

I agree with you. When someone married, he needs to think about his family, not just for himself. He needs to have responsibility for the things that a person wants to do because, indirectly, that will always be related to his family. And if he has a habit of playing gambling, he needs to realize that the money will be too important for his family than just playing gambling. Everything will change, and that will not be the same as the old days since now we have other people who will always walk behind us in any circumstances, and we need to take care of them.

Actually, even after getting married we can continue to play gambling, the most important thing is that there is good communication with our partners.
By getting married doesn't mean we can't play gambling, but maybe the percentage of the budget for playing gambling after the needs for the family
have been met. Because to be honest, it's very difficult for me to leave the world of gambling, because I think gambling is part of my life. However,
after getting married and having children, we must set a priority scale. Don't prioritize gambling over family.

[SquallLeonhart]

Actually, even after getting married we can continue to play gambling, the most important thing is that there is good communication with our partners.
By getting married doesn't mean we can't play gambling, but maybe the percentage of the budget for playing gambling after the needs for the family have been met. Because to be honest, it's very difficult for me to leave the world of gambling, because I think gambling is part of my life. However, after getting married and having children, we must set a priority scale. Don't prioritize gambling over family.

I am married and I do gamble a bit, I can testify that as long as your partner is fine with it, you can always gamble. I do not gamble a lot, I only gamble with 5% of my salary, so that is a small amount and in times of when we lack money and there is a financial problem I stop gambling right away and wait until we are financially doing alright again. We are never rich, so if I wait for us to have extra money I would have to quit gambling forever, I only quit gambling if we basically end the month with a big loss, even if it is a tiny loss that is not important I keep gambling.

I had to stop for a few times when we had health emergency and unfortunately in our family those things happen a lot, but aside from that I always gamble and my wife doesn't mind that, I do not have much cost anyway, so she lets me do these things so that I can spend some and do not mind when she does as well.

[Fredomago]

@OP, I won't call myself as professional but yeah, there was a phase of my life that I remember when I used to live my life (mine alone and not the family) on gambling. Gambling was a love to me because of the fact that I used to learn the games and their required rules as well as basic skills quickly and loved to play different sort of games each day to try out something new. Now are not the same days as I'm married and I couldn't do it the same old way I did (as I was independent as well as alone, so no pressure was on me to do anything for my family or home, but now things have changed a lot).

I agree with you. When someone married, he needs to think about his family, not just for himself. He needs to have responsibility for the things that a person wants to do because, indirectly, that will always be related to his family. And if he has a habit of playing gambling, he needs to realize that the money will be too important for his family than just playing gambling. Everything will change, and that will not be the same as the old days since now we have other people who will always walk behind us in any circumstances, and we need to take care of them.

And for those who see it as bright side, having a family will change you up completely, There are good effects especially those who are really engaged to this activities.

When they've engaged to another person and he start making a family, every single penny counts, instead of gambling he may choose to use the money in other important matters.

Though not all, as there are still experienced gamblers who also managed  to continue living life around gambling even they already have added responsibilities they still continue chasing for luck to adds up for their everyday budgets.