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

[Botnake]

I doubt you will get rich with gambling sadly

Gambling has allot of profit from gambling it can be use as profession it has huge benefit and can make people rich faster than any other earning resource. People since long are betting in different games and they are accepting it as a good profession so many people are today professionals in gambling, so I am planning for.

There's almost unlimited money you can get because gambling industry is a big business and they are so profitable.
However, that reward will remain so attractive because most of the gamblers did not have the skills to be consistently making money in gambling.

Having this as profession for me as the best profession especially if I can assure that I can really make money here.
Like in real life, we have a profession that pays us so it's expected that we will benefit in gambling if we consider this as a profession.
I know a lot wants to make money in gambling but a lot have already tried and failed here, I hope we will also see that reality.

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[Betwrong]

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to be honest I suffer a lot to do it because every day I am required to bet by having high pressure to get a profit.

That's probably the best reason not to pursue gambling as a profession.  For most people it can be an emotional roller coaster at best.  Who the hell wants to do that in order to feed themselves on a daily basis?  IMO gambling should be a fun thing with a chance to make money.  Once you do it as your main source of income, I can't imagine you'd have much fun anymore.

I agree. I would compare it to metal detecting. If you are doing it just for fun in your spare time, you can have fun with this activity, and may even find some ancient Roman coins, or silver or even golden rings occasionally. But if you are spending all your money on the equipment and tools in order to make living from this activity, you are turning your life into hell.

[Ucy]

There are those who play for a pay. I guess we can include them as professional like those who play poker. Also I know a guy who plays billboards and you hire them to play against someone whom you know is also good in playing billboards. This guy will take a fee and will take a % of the winnings if he won.

Interesting. I have seen people offer services like this on this forum. Never knew it's done in real world. So this means those services they offer may actually be true? I think it would be nice to see their records or past performances to know if they really do what they claim they do

[exbet.io]

But if you are spending all your money on the equipment and tools in order to make living from this activity, you are turning your life into hell.

It's only a hell if you don't find any treasure 

[btc78]

But if you are spending all your money on the equipment and tools in order to make living from this activity, you are turning your life into hell.

It's only a hell if you don't find any treasure 

But it’s indeed on how to find treasures in this kind of activity she more than 80% are losers and only 20% are finding wins?lol this is not going to happen

I think those Successful in gambling are people that can be called “Gifted” and they are only few compared to the failures

[robelneo]

Just curious here.
I know there are tons of way to live.

but is there such a thing as professional gamblers?

people who make a living onlyout of gambling (online or on rl)?

resources and comments on that are really welcome.

Yes they are, and I know some people do, but they are not gambling online but the traditional way of gambling like horse racing and cockfighting, of course in cockfighting you must know how to breed good roster and cock for a derby, cockfighting runs to millions of pesos in our country and it's a big business for big-time gamblers.

[finaleshot2016]

Gambling is not suitable to be a profession, moreover it is used for a main income. It can indeed be done because I've also experienced it for several years, but to be honest I suffer a lot to do it because every day I am required to bet by having high pressure to get a profit. So, make gambling just to have fun with a little hope of winning, that way you deserve to be a professional gambler because playing with a good mood will make winning and luck at least easy to get.

Yeah it cannot be suitable as profession but it can be done in some ways.

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I think gambling can be a profession especially when you're playing on the international league. Being a pro on a specific genre like gaming, gambling or sports, you can be called as a pro or a professional player.

For example in eSports, even you're in a small league and really dedicated to winning, It means you're a pro. You're practicing every time and studying the possibilities of winning based on the current meta.

Nowadays, everything is suitable as a profession as long as you're doing it because you need to win.

[exbet.io]

I think those Successful in gambling are people that can be called “Gifted” and they are only few compared to the failures

Yes, if you're a pro gambler, you definitely can't turn up late, hungover, and unprepared at the office on a Monday morning and expect to get paid. You need to work for that money, have a plan, and be able to execute on that plan. It's just not for everybody... or even most people.

[agustina2]

I know a guy who plays billboards and you hire them to play against someone whom you know is also good in playing billboards.

It happens to my friend in billiard place. Someone asked him to play with him,

why there are some people that do that ? i mean why they hire someone to play with them when they can learn playing that game . i prefer playing on my own because i dont need to pay for anyone and i dont want my winning to be shared on others   .  same as when you loose you dont also regret for paying with  others but you also get an experience to play with other pro players and whats better is that you enjoyed playing the game.

They have the money but they don't have the talent. Its the same thing like you are managing someone like an artist, you book him/her shows or gigs, and you get a cut from the pay that your talent will receive. Not everyone has connection to find gigs or shows. Same with those billiards guys here in the Philippines. They don't have the means to hop from one billiards hall to another to find a match, that's where managers come in.

That is right, you've got the point @nydiacaskey01

My friend tells me that he uses his friend skill in playing gambling, and while he watches the match, he can also get a new lesson from every friend he hires. My friend can play billiard, but he doesn't have good skills in those sports, so hire his friend will be a good way to gamble. Perhaps, my friend is like a broker who can gather a good player who has good skills in every sport so he can directly call them if he needed them.

By doing that, if his player can win, he will get the money, his friend will also get the money, everybody will be happy. When he loses, he will not be sad because he can find another winning from another sport.

And it is also a unique skill to look for talented people who can play a certain game on your behalf and to trust that that person will make such good performance and bring you to win. So if you have indeed the money and the ability to see talent in people, then managing them to play in your shoes, I think, is more profitable because you can choose more than one person to play in several kinds of gambling games.

[rodel caling]

Yeah some of the gamblers treat gamble as a profession and they treat gambling as source of income, some are lucky by day to day play gambler they get win. But take note not all the time is a lucky day eveb if the gambler is very knowledgeable I still believe with out there a big chances to get lose. And the result is addiction because they want to get back their loses to avoid this I advise play gamble wit self control and play it just for fun.

[stfN2128]

Gambling is known to be a form of investment with high risk. To be gambling as a profession, you must be self-disciplined, not be too emotional, accept that you can't win everything, don't spend much on a stake.
You can also make extra income from selling your predictions to people.

For me it is the investment with the highest risk and to use it as a profession, you must learn now to be an expert gambling and you can able to handle your emotions when you are winning and at the same time losing. I didn't heard somebody who got rich in gambling already. Maybe there are some who are winning in a night but on the next night, they lose their money too.

learning how to handle your emotions is the most important part when it comes to gambling. i have lost so much when i was mad cause of some loses and trying to get it back fast... in the end i have lost everything. if i had stopped playing and going on with my strategies later... i think i would have  been more succesful. 

[maydna]

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And it is also a unique skill to look for talented people who can play a certain game on your behalf and to trust that that person will make such good performance and bring you to win. So if you have indeed the money and the ability to see talent in people, then managing them to play in your shoes, I think, is more profitable because you can choose more than one person to play in several kinds of gambling games.

That skill can only be learned by having experience in building a relationship, or it could be as a gift or talent. I believe that some people can see what other people cannot see as they can see the ability of one person and told him to learn something that will improve his skills.

So I think my friend was making the income from gambling although he is not the real gamblers because he only gambles if he finds a good reason for playing gambling. I think that gives me an idea to follow him to find another person to bet for me. But I guess that it is not easy to find the right person.

Gambling itself can be a profession as long as he has skills and he knows when to get in and get out, so he doesn't risk his money on that day.

[joshy23]

Gambling is known to be a form of investment with high risk. To be gambling as a profession, you must be self-disciplined, not be too emotional, accept that you can't win everything, don't spend much on a stake.
You can also make extra income from selling your predictions to people.

For me it is the investment with the highest risk and to use it as a profession, you must learn now to be an expert gambling and you can able to handle your emotions when you are winning and at the same time losing. I didn't heard somebody who got rich in gambling already. Maybe there are some who are winning in a night but on the next night, they lose their money too.

learning how to handle your emotions is the most important part when it comes to gambling. i have lost so much when i was mad cause of some loses and trying to get it back fast... in the end i have lost everything. if i had stopped playing and going on with my strategies later... i think i would have  been more succesful. 

Big factors whenever you are playing is to always have a good control of your emotions, it's not that easy but if you have a good working attitude then it can be done correctly, there's some people who have a good outcome from this venue of earning money, they fully have a good system where they can rely achieving their goals to make a profitable business.

[Polar91]

Gambling is known to be a form of investment with high risk. To be gambling as a profession, you must be self-disciplined, not be too emotional, accept that you can't win everything, don't spend much on a stake.
You can also make extra income from selling your predictions to people.

For me it is the investment with the highest risk and to use it as a profession, you must learn now to be an expert gambling and you can able to handle your emotions when you are winning and at the same time losing. I didn't heard somebody who got rich in gambling already. Maybe there are some who are winning in a night but on the next night, they lose their money too.

learning how to handle your emotions is the most important part when it comes to gambling. i have lost so much when i was mad cause of some loses and trying to get it back fast... in the end i have lost everything. if i had stopped playing and going on with my strategies later... i think i would have  been more succesful. 

Big factors whenever you are playing is to always have a good control of your emotions, it's not that easy but if you have a good working attitude then it can be done correctly, there's some people who have a good outcome from this venue of earning money, they fully have a good system where they can rely achieving their goals to make a profitable business.

Good control of your emotion is only beneficial to avoid further loss and it doesn't make your winnings bigger or even your odds of winning. It's indeed very important to consider being a professional gambler yet it's not distinct technique since everyone is applying it (as assumed). On the other hand, professional gamblers are those who had enough experience and secret strategy; their strategy doesn't guarrante 100% chance of winning but atleast it's higher than the normal gambler.

[exbet.io]

learning how to handle your emotions is the most important part when it comes to gambling. i have lost so much when i was mad cause of some loses and trying to get it back fast... in the end i have lost everything. if i had stopped playing and going on with my strategies later... i think i would have  been more succesful. 

Yes. It is very easy advice to give, but not easy to follow.

We have heard from many pro-bettors that one of the hardest things is when you have a losing run a, and you start to think "what am I doing wrong?".... but you don't even know what you were doing right, when you are winning!

So "going back to the correct strategy" can be difficult, because many don't have a clearly defined strategy... they bet more on feeling.. but then how do you know when you are doing it wrong? Tricky... but then if it was easy, everyone would be doing it.

[Distinctin]

learning how to handle your emotions is the most important part when it comes to gambling. i have lost so much when i was mad cause of some loses and trying to get it back fast... in the end i have lost everything. if i had stopped playing and going on with my strategies later... i think i would have  been more succesful. 

Yes. It is very easy advice to give, but not easy to follow.

We have heard from many pro-bettors that one of the hardest things is when you have a losing run a, and you start to think "what am I doing wrong?".... but you don't even know what you were doing right, when you are winning!

So "going back to the correct strategy" can be difficult, because many don't have a clearly defined strategy... they bet more on feeling.. but then how do you know when you are doing it wrong? Tricky... but then if it was easy, everyone would be doing it.

Obviously this ins't easy at all, otherwise, these gambling site are already bankrupt now.
That's why a lot of people have tried and challenge themselves because if you are successful in gambling, this will become a lucrative job of making money.

When I was new, I also start my journey here, I was ambitious when I was new but later realize it's not easy as I think.

[swogerino]

learning how to handle your emotions is the most important part when it comes to gambling. i have lost so much when i was mad cause of some loses and trying to get it back fast... in the end i have lost everything. if i had stopped playing and going on with my strategies later... i think i would have  been more succesful. 

Yes. It is very easy advice to give, but not easy to follow.

We have heard from many pro-bettors that one of the hardest things is when you have a losing run a, and you start to think "what am I doing wrong?".... but you don't even know what you were doing right, when you are winning!

So "going back to the correct strategy" can be difficult, because many don't have a clearly defined strategy... they bet more on feeling.. but then how do you know when you are doing it wrong? Tricky... but then if it was easy, everyone would be doing it.

Obviously this ins't easy at all, otherwise, these gambling site are already bankrupt now.
That's why a lot of people have tried and challenge themselves because if you are successful in gambling, this will become a lucrative job of making money.

When I was new, I also start my journey here, I was ambitious when I was new but later realize it's not easy as I think.

It is not easy at all and I think it is quite impossible to earn a living from gambling.When I was young and still studying in college I worked a few months in a sport betting and horse races casino.

I saw people who claim to be making a living from gambling and stayed there from morning to evening but what I saw was that these persons got divorced,lost their jobs and started to borrow money,in other words was the end of their life.

[mirakal]

It is not easy at all and I think it is quite impossible to earn a living from gambling.When I was young and still studying in college I worked a few months in a sport betting and horse races casino.

It's not easy but it's not impossible, and only there are people who are extremely lucky in sports betting.
Like this one, https://nypost.com/2018/05/07/woman-wins-1-2-million-on-18-horse-racing-bet/

When I was new in sports betting, I really love to experiment and I even have accounts in every popular sports betting forum because I'm really interested to develop the skills the passion in me to be a sports gambler as I think it's a cool job back then, but like majority of people who tried, I think I also failed.

I saw people who claim to be making a living from gambling and stayed there from morning to evening but what I saw was that these persons got divorced,lost their jobs and started to borrow money,in other words was the end of their life.

That's not a good example of making a living in gambling, winning sometimes does not mean they can make a living, they need to be consistent and they need to probe that they are living a life without financial problem.

[Betwrong]

But if you are spending all your money on the equipment and tools in order to make living from this activity, you are turning your life into hell.

It's only a hell if you don't find any treasure 

Yeah, but that happens very very rare. Below are quotes from a metal detecting forum.

I've found about 5 cents per every dollar I've used to buy equipment.

and another one:

I find on average about $5 on a good week...I have about $1000 invested in my equipment.

and another one:

I've been detecting for just under 3 years and have "invested"  about 4-5K in metal detectors, diving equipment and other metal detecting accessories. I don't keep detailed records of my finds, but I highly doubt my land finds have yielded even $1000 in that time and that's not even including all the money I had into traveling and lost income from not working those hours.

and this one, summing it all up:

If I were in this for the money I screwed up...

Yes, some people find treasures and get rich from metal detecting, but they are like those "professional gamblers" to me, deviations from the main rule that happened to be much more lucky than others.

Also I found this quote on another site, which I like very much because it can be said about gambling as well (at least by those who enjoy it):

“You're not gonna get rich from metal detecting,” Norbert Mong said. “But this is the most relaxing thing you can do.”

Source: https://newcastlenews.newspaperarchive.com › new-castle-news › page-25

[exbet.io]

“You're not gonna get rich from metal detecting,” Norbert Mong said. “But this is the most relaxing thing you can do.”

Source: https://newcastlenews.newspaperarchive.com › new-castle-news › page-25

lol, you have really found some good quotes there. I particularly like Mr Norbert Mong's comment, he shall henceforth be known in our household as "The Metal Detecting Buddha"  

I feel this is dangerously close to getting off-topic (OK, it's already miles off-topic), but I once went metal detecting as a teenager. I found a human jaw bone... realized I had been wandering around in a medieval burial ground... back then I thought it was pretty cool. Now... not so much..