Gambling Addiction at its Worst!

[serjent05]

I want to ask my fellow gamblers here, what is the worst thing you have done for your gambling hobby or habit? Have you come to the point of getting addicted to it and how did you counter it?

To err is human, even though we have a grasp of ourselves, sometimes our discipline in gambling and betting in a casino loosen.  There are experiences wherein I become too excited and bet the amount I should have not used because it is budgeted to something else in the future, like the payment for the monthly ammortization of the house I am currently paying and lost it.Al though I have made a way to regain that amount, that incident had given me a huge load of stress but learned my lesson anyway.   Lucky, I realized that gambling without any control is a disaster and set a gameplan to how much and when to play.  Aside from that I always avoid playing gambling when I am stress because it makes me too careless.

[Reatim]

its sad to hear such news and very frustrating why things need to end like this when the true intentions of Gambling is to bring FUN and not worst like this.

checking the case of the one who burn himself and with other people died hiding in that same the room.

this must not happening if we only knew how to manage gambling and never let gambling managed you.

and the other one is really bad,but i think this case was only exaggerated maybe by the company to put blame on that person and they can stop operation and escape to pay the investors.yeah the man was gambling addict but never he can manage to spend all that amount without being noticed.it wont reached that amount for sure.

[Pmalek]

But still some people think they are lucky enough to beat casino, yeah, there were really some people who just gambled 1-2 times and won huge amount of money but 1 from 10000 is so lucky, not everyone and it doesn't worth to take part in this competition to my mind.

Some people do beat the casinos just like some people win the jackpot on a lottery but it is very rare. And even if the casino has to pay up a big amount to a winner they made even more on those who lost. They remain in profit no matter what. And the chances are high that even those who win will try to win again to double their profit or to earn even more. And instead of leaving the table with their winnings they end up giving 10% or 50% back to the house. That is a gamblers mindset unfortunately. 

[mirakal]

And instead of leaving the table with their winnings they end up giving 10% or 50% back to the house. That is a gamblers mindset unfortunately. 

I can relate to this, this usually happens because of what we called the adrenaline rush, when we are winning we think we are unbeatable and we think its our lucky day and therefore we need to continue gambling to win more, we only realize to stop when we started to lose and of course we will decided to stop so we can still go away with a profit, that's why we cannot maximize our winning.

sometimes, worst things happen, instead of stopping because we win already, we never did because of greediness and we only stop when we don't have anything to gamble anymore, that's a very bad attitude of a gambler, no discipline at all.

[Kemarit]

I would admit that I become an addicted gambler in my life once, but I will never go that far just to fuel my gambling addiction. Damn, $14 million in the last eight years or so? The worst I did way back is to loan almost half a million of PHP (Philippine Peso) and then go on my gambling spree. My favorite casino is Resorts World, in which the OP also posted about the link above, but by that time the incident happened, I already quit my gambling addiction.

That's a huge amount mate, I would not allow myself to loan for that huge amount for gambling purposes, but I'm glad you learn your lesson.

Anyways, That guy went overboard and he wasn't check until it's too late.

That's usually the problem of an employee who have problems, they forget to monitor anymore how much they got already because they keep funding their addiction. I wonder what would be the punishment of this guy, I think this will fall under "qualified theft" right?

Thanks mate, Yes, I would admit that I'm really out of control that time, 2009-2013 and regularly frequent RW almost every night after my job, even became a VIP member. But the good thing is that I was able to snap about my addiction in time and regain control of myself. Was able to pay everything already and I'm no longer that kind of person, I have matured enough, learn from that bad mistakes in my life and treated it as "learning experience" on my end.

Mind you I still play around, but not like before, I guess family support is the most important thing that get me out of my addiction. 

[Capt00]

Any type of addiction may it be gambling or not are all the worst because all addicts can do something horrible to the point that it cost there life and others. I gamble but I made sure to gamble moderately because I don’t want to be addictive to gambling so much and so far I haven’t done anything as stupid as what OP mentioned above. Gambling should only be treated as another way to have fun and enjoy to avoid serious addiction.

[mitchr4]

I only play gambling using Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, I will be obsessed with continuing to play gambling if saving Bitcoin and in my opinion, it is the worst addiction I feel. So when I get or have more Bitcoin directly exchanges it to fiat. And only play with small capital.

[peter0425]

I only play gambling using Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, I will be obsessed with continuing to play gambling if saving Bitcoin and in my opinion, it is the worst addiction I feel. So when I get or have more Bitcoin directly exchanges it to fiat. And only play with small capital.

so this means you never hold any bitcoin in your wallet?thats even sadder mate because when almost all of the people here in bitcointalk is saving Bitcoin for their future,yours are being withdrawn and exchange to fiat,but if that's your best way to escape addiction then feel free to continue.

so far I haven’t done anything as stupid as what OP mentioned above.

lol that's one in a Billion scenario and only Dead minded human can do such horrible things.

[Betwrong]

I can understand what gambling addiction is and understand what those who go through it can do, so I never doubt stories such as this told by the OP,  I gamble, but I'm still in control of myself when gambling.

I understand gambling addiction because I have a friend in my area who is a gambling addict, he use to good savings before,but the moment he got addicted to gambling, he is always out of money, he goes as far as selling his phone and stealing from his parents, the money he takes to a bet house to play virtual soccer bet and other form of bets. At this point he is always losing more than he gains, could greed be the cause of gambling addiction?

There is no doubt that greed is the main cause of gambling addiction. The question is, how to fight it? I personally don't think that there's something wrong with the people who want to have more money than they have currently. People work hard pursuing this goal, and many of them succeed. But those who are greedy will never stop, even after having more than enough already. I bet that guy from the OP, Marlo Moron, had a pretty good salary, enough for living a happy life. And yet, he thought it wasn't enough for him. Many people have suffered because of his selfish actions, but he was hardly thinking of others. And that's a perfect example of what greed can do to a person.

[imstillthebest]

that was a frightening story you got there op  but that is true , and i actually heard the other one on the news  ( the one that rob the casino with guns  )  . this why i dont play on crowded casinos because they are also hot on the eyes of the robberers  . about the worst thing that i have done , hmmm if i can still remember back then ,  im stealing some coins on my parents wallet just to have a capital on street gambling  but that was only a small amount  . now that im big , i can work and earn money to support my gambling hobby   .

[Eclipse26]

Okay... I'm from the Philippines but I didn't know about this news even the man who burned himself alive. Nonetheless, It's such an awful situation that I don't want to even reach that point of addiction and frustration because of gambling. Personally, I'm not that addict when it comes to gambling. From the start, I always manage and control myself when gambling and only do it when I'm bored. The worst thing I've done for gambling, spending too much money that exceeds my limit. But that's a rare case since I control myself.
I think why there are cases like that is because they got too addicted and it affect their mental state when they had lost a lot of money. That's why it's really advisable to control your emotions and mental state before playing.

[Golftech]

Any type of addiction may it be gambling or not are all the worst because all addicts can do something horrible to the point that it cost there life and others. I gamble but I made sure to gamble moderately because I don’t want to be addictive to gambling so much and so far I haven’t done anything as stupid as what OP mentioned above. Gambling should only be treated as another way to have fun and enjoy to avoid serious addiction.

Gambling in a moderate way avoid a person to get addicted from this activities. As long as you still understand the risk and you are not surpassing your limitations the enjoyment and entertaining part of this habit will remain controllable. But if one gambler exceed and aggressively forget things that holding him to control his emotions, that serves as the beginning of many worse things that will happen. It's no longer to enjoy but to aim for higher profits.

[qwertyup23]

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I remember the time when my father consistently gambles through cockfighting, to the point that it burdens the family with his obligations and duties as the head of the family. There were times that instead of providing for the family, the expenses are focused on his gambling sprees and we were deprived of the essential need that we should have got.

Fortunately and unfortunately, my father came into his senses and realized the mistake when my youngest brother got really sick with an auto-immune disease. Till this day, he still blames himself that the cause of everything was due to his past misdeeds.

[stomachgrowls]

I can understand what gambling addiction is and understand what those who go through it can do, so I never doubt stories such as this told by the OP,  I gamble, but I'm still in control of myself when gambling.

I understand gambling addiction because I have a friend in my area who is a gambling addict, he use to good savings before,but the moment he got addicted to gambling, he is always out of money, he goes as far as selling his phone and stealing from his parents, the money he takes to a bet house to play virtual soccer bet and other form of bets. At this point he is always losing more than he gains, could greed be the cause of gambling addiction?

There is no doubt that greed is the main cause of gambling addiction. The question is, how to fight it? I personally don't think that there's something wrong with the people who want to have more money than they have currently. People work hard pursuing this goal, and many of them succeed. But those who are greedy will never stop, even after having more than enough already. I bet that guy from the OP, Marlo Moron, had a pretty good salary, enough for living a happy life. And yet, he thought it wasn't enough for him. Many people have suffered because of his selfish actions, but he was hardly thinking of others. And that's a perfect example of what greed can do to a person.

Greed is always present on each person the only difference is that each one of us do have different level on how to handle out our greed.

If you cant control it then there would be an equal consequences on it.Be contended on what we have in terms of financial aspect. Dont ask for more
and dont ask for easy money because if you do push it too hard and leading you to gamble and believing on making easy money with it which is really
a very common mistake of most people.

[Webetcoins]

In past maybe when i first know 999dice, and primedice i play both of that sites almost everyday, and worst thing that i do because of addicted to play gambling maybe when i keep play and then always aim to win, i buy strategy for like $5 to an owner of a facebook group i did that maybe at 2015, but still lose. But i already learned that there are no strategy in gambling, no superstition and it is all about luck for now. And don't be addicted.

Such sort of things happen in the beginning. Gambling appears to be fun and especially the hope to get money by playing is an attractive one. Majority has same start as yours but the end is different. Ia ma glad that you learnt out of your mistakes and do not play with the initial intentions you had. Gambling is just an activity that can be used to kill spare time. It cannot bring us huge amounts of money by any way.

[batang_bitcoin]

I took money on parents pocket and I think that's the worst thing that I've done so far. Those incidents that you have mentioned were actually too deep and made those gamblers into the extent that they no longer think about others because they are in extreme addiction.
There's still a solution for those cases but I think the guy that has been arrested and used the company's money, it could also be a setup and he's not the only person that's involved.

Yeah, I think this is one of the worst I've done as well. But the amount is that huge though. But stealing money from someone and to continue doing it just so that you can gamble and live your lifestyle? no, I'm not that kind of guy, so now that he is busted, I'm sure that he regrets everything he has done inside a jail.

I'm also not getting a huge amount from their pockets. I'm considerate with the amount although I know that kind of act was bad way back then. But I guess during our teenage days, we all have that kind of naughtiness inside. I don't also like doing that with other people but if it's with the money of my parents way back then, it's acceptable for me because I know how they'll punish me. But gambling with the funds of investors that has built trust on the company, this is really embarassing.

[shoreno]

I took money on parents pocket and I think that's the worst thing that I've done so far. Those incidents that you have mentioned were actually too deep and made those gamblers into the extent that they no longer think about others because they are in extreme addiction.
There's still a solution for those cases but I think the guy that has been arrested and used the company's money, it could also be a setup and he's not the only person that's involved.

Yeah, I think this is one of the worst I've done as well. But the amount is that huge though. But stealing money from someone and to continue doing it just so that you can gamble and live your lifestyle? no, I'm not that kind of guy, so now that he is busted, I'm sure that he regrets everything he has done inside a jail.

I'm also not getting a huge amount from their pockets. I'm considerate with the amount although I know that kind of act was bad way back then. But I guess during our teenage days, we all have that kind of naughtiness inside. I don't also like doing that with other people but if it's with the money of my parents way back then, it's acceptable for me because I know how they'll punish me. But gambling with the funds of investors that has built trust on the company, this is really embarassing.

this is normal for everyone  and like you guys i also have done that  . its our parents , we know them and we are not afraid if we have caught because we arent gonna punish us brutally compare to other strangers do if ever you steal something from them  . its not considered worst all but there are more other worst scenarios than this like  , when someone steal from other people  .  they are stealing serious amounts which is risky when they got caught .

[rodel caling]

I was reading the news this morning and one of the headlines was about a terrible stealing incident involving an alleged gambling addict. The man is an employee of R&L Investments, one of the Philippines' oldest stock brokerage firms. He was able to orchestrate a way to suck at least ₱700-million worth of stocks from the company to support his gambling addiction. This is around 14 million USD, huge enough for the company to decide its closure after 5 decades of operation.^[1]

This case made me remember another news that shocked the country and beyond more than a couple of years ago. This incident involved another gambling addict who tried to burn down the casino inside Resorts World Manila. The man entered the casino fully armed and attempted to steal chips. It went awry and much worse from there, and ended up burning himself alive. The gambling addiction of the perpetrator had reached its worst end after initially causing separation from his family, selling of properties including his home and car, incurring huge debts, and so on. The incident claimed dozens of lives.^[2]


I want to ask my fellow gamblers here, what is the worst thing you have done for your gambling hobby or habit? Have you come to the point of getting addicted to it and how did you counter it?

Sources:

[1] https://www.rappler.com/business/244378-philippine-stock-exchange-pushes-audit-white-collar-scandal-rl-investments?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1x-wyi3G8i19_o5Hw37UzaYLnA0_jpzxVw_V7KOEXr5Fz0n5DmllJMu-Y#Echobox=1573401216

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Resorts_World_Manila_attack
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3702217/manila-attack-resorts-world-casino-shooting-fire-36-dead-philippines/

That's is called frustrations, Greedy is the cause of addicting, to avoid of these scenario need to be apply self discipline if people didn't know how to control itself as gambler not possible inter their mind make bad thungs idea how to get back their money. But the sad and worse here is the make a lot of troubles for their lives. So I advuse always do not npbe greedy and always apply self discipline and play ganpmbling for just havung fun and enjoy not go make money.

[Hypnosis00]

Any type of addiction may it be gambling or not are all the worst because all addicts can do something horrible to the point that it cost there life and others. I gamble but I made sure to gamble moderately because I don’t want to be addictive to gambling so much and so far I haven’t done anything as stupid as what OP mentioned above. Gambling should only be treated as another way to have fun and enjoy to avoid serious addiction.

Gambling in a moderate way avoid a person to get addicted from this activities. As long as you still understand the risk and you are not surpassing your limitations the enjoyment and entertaining part of this habit will remain controllable. But if one gambler exceed and aggressively forget things that holding him to control his emotions, that serves as the beginning of many worse things that will happen. It's no longer to enjoy but to aim for higher profits.

It also must be in place. If we are going to pertain ourselves that gambling will be a way to become a millionaire it gonna be a big problem and could lead to addiction. And the good thing that I'm not like that and if we know our limitations, our position and also our responsibility it surely it can be far from the worse thing to happen in our life. Gambling could be good if we treat it good also but it turns bad when we are out of control and that it addiction which sometimes we might think evil to the others.

[kawetsriyanto]

I want to ask my fellow gamblers here, what is the worst thing you have done for your gambling hobby or habit? Have you come to the point of getting addicted to it and how did you counter it?

I never got addicted to gambling because I am aware of the bad impacts of it. In my point of view, this case depends on how someone can control himself and think logically. If you can control yourself, moreover you understand that no need to expect so much on gambling, then I think you can be free from addiction.

Anyway, I don't know how people's viewpoints about gambling, but for me, gambling is only about luck. So, why so serious about it..