Gambling Addiction at its Worst!

[Shimmiry]

Well, gambling addiction may have been a factor but I suppose there were still quite a lot of problems with the mans life that resulted in such a situation to occur.

Also, I doubt anyone would do anything over the line IF it wasn't addiction. Addiction could bring the worst out of someone after all. Or rather, well, in this case, money could bring the worst of someone.

Most of us are enjoying playing gambling and think just for fun, and if we got lucky, we could gain an extra profit. But some of the other players take it seriously because they invest knowledge, time, and effort to study gambling and also to win those every game. There are a lot of people obsessed with playing gambling even they are already losing many times still they want to play, and this may cause an uncontrolled mindset because you are unstable, you want to earn back your money or earn more profit, not to lose. By these, they make some mistakes or decisions, just improper self-control in playing.

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[Fundamentals Of]

Well, gambling addiction may have been a factor but I suppose there were still quite a lot of problems with the mans life that resulted in such a situation to occur.

Also, I doubt anyone would do anything over the line IF it wasn't addiction. Addiction could bring the worst out of someone after all. Or rather, well, in this case, money could bring the worst of someone.

Most of us are enjoying playing gambling and think just for fun, and if we got lucky, we could gain an extra profit. But some of the other players take it seriously because they invest knowledge, time, and effort to study gambling and also to win those every game. There are a lot of people obsessed with playing gambling even they are already losing many times still they want to play, and this may cause an uncontrolled mindset because you are unstable, you want to earn back your money or earn more profit, not to lose. By these, they make some mistakes or decisions, just improper self-control in playing.

I think it is opposite in reality. The majority of gamblers are actually after winning money. This is why they keep on playing even after losing considerable amounts. They try to recover their losses if no benefits are gained. A gambler should never make gambling as some source to make money. It is all about fun and entertainment. So it must be played with limited amounts of time in limited number of times.

I don't think the people that the OP is talking about as examples of gambling addicts at the worst level are after the money. They are already rich if we consider how much money they have already burned in the gambling tables. Imagine you already have millions of USD. Would you still gamble for money if you are already a multi-millionaire? I think the problem here is much worse. They are already not in their sane minds.

[desticy]

Gambling addiction is very similar with drug addiction, both have psychological effects once an individual becomes stressed out due to massive loss of funds.
I think It's time for the government to take actions in controlling the gambling addiction. Put up a rehab for excessive gamblers (I'm not sure if It already has in existence, specifically in the Philippines).

The worst thing I have done in gambling so far, is to hide my total monthly income to my wife so I could set aside some funds to gamble in sports betting  . Is this a sign of addiction? ? Lol

By and large, all addictions come primarily from what type of personality you have. I mean, if you have “addictive” of personality type, then you will be much more likely to be addicted of any kind, whether it is an unhealthy love of sweets or a game addiction, it doesn’t matter. Having this type of personality, in any case, you run the risk of being dependent on something. Unfortunately, this can only be eradicated through work with you, because the roots of this problem are from a deep childhood. The first step is recognition.

[Betwrong]

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If there is anything we can do to safe ourselves from becoming victims is for us to be careful on how much time we spend on gambling since by research any gambler has a tendency of falling into addiction as long as they spend a lot of time gambling. This is the reason I try to pick the days I play games. I have successfully trained myself that I do not visit a casino house more than 2 times in a week. Those suffering from addiction today never envisaged they would become that. Being careful is absolutely very important.

I agree, it's not only about money, but about time also. I'm sure one can get addicted to gambling, when playing from faucets only. That's why it is very important, if you gamble online, to have at least 2 days off, and to never play more than 4 hours, in total, during a single day. I mean, it's better to play less than that, of course, but if you see that you play more, it's a sign for starting to get concerned.

[iamsheikhadil]

Truly, these cases speaks for themselves. Now, although we may say it to aloud that it's only the players responsibility to play carefully, but we all know that human beings are greedy by birth and mistakes happen. Not totally their fault, as gambling indeed can and is addictive for most gamblers. We as a society should do something about this which has claimed lives of so many families.

[nakamura12]

I don't think that it will happen to myself since i am not a person who is not comfortable not having any money that I can use when I want to buy something I like but I know someone that always go to casino and even sold his car just to have money to gamble in the casino.

[AakZaki]

If it has been addicted to gambling it will be hard to heal his soul, anything he can do to earn money to play gambling, yes suppose by borrowing money to people or doing other worst things as you say, for example by Do theft. Until now I was not addicted to gambling, although occasionally likes to gamble.

in my opinion gambling is best done only when we want to play and when I'm bored, but don't get addicted, have to apply 1-5 pairs and then just leave for other activities.

[pixie85]

I don't think that it will happen to myself since i am not a person who is not comfortable not having any money that I can use when I want to buy something I like but I know someone that always go to casino and even sold his car just to have money to gamble in the casino.

I feel the same. I've never done anything I should be ashamed of when it comes to money, gambling, borrowing, whatever. I'm not and have never been in debt and I don't feel like I'll ever be addicted to gambling. I just don't feel it and know that I can stop at any time. It doesn't draw me in and I don't think about it when I'm doing other things.

The stories from OP's links are tragic but they don't happen often. Think of how many people get mugged everyday and how many employees steal from their employers. These things happen and gambling related crimes are a very small piece of the pie.

[Lucasgabd]

Damn!
crazy story.

I wish people opened up more for therapy and had more empathy with other beings and more love to themselves.

Definitely only art and love can save the world.

[Saint-loup]

Well, gambling addiction may have been a factor but I suppose there were still quite a lot of problems with the mans life that resulted in such a situation to occur.

Also, I doubt anyone would do anything over the line IF it wasn't addiction. Addiction could bring the worst out of someone after all. Or rather, well, in this case, money could bring the worst of someone.

Most of us are enjoying playing gambling and think just for fun, and if we got lucky, we could gain an extra profit. But some of the other players take it seriously because they invest knowledge, time, and effort to study gambling and also to win those every game. There are a lot of people obsessed with playing gambling even they are already losing many times still they want to play, and this may cause an uncontrolled mindset because you are unstable, you want to earn back your money or earn more profit, not to lose. By these, they make some mistakes or decisions, just improper self-control in playing.

I think it is opposite in reality. The majority of gamblers are actually after winning money. This is why they keep on playing even after losing considerable amounts. They try to recover their losses if no benefits are gained. A gambler should never make gambling as some source to make money. It is all about fun and entertainment. So it must be played with limited amounts of time in limited number of times.

No I think you're wrong, you can becoming a professional gambler if you have a good money management and apply some basic strategies like only betting your profits. If you lose while you have only bet some gains, you won't lose any own money at the end.

[Get-Paid.com]

No I think you're wrong, you can becoming a professional gambler if you have a good money management and apply some basic strategies like only betting your profits. If you lose while you have only bet some gains, you won't lose any own money at the end.

Even if you have a good money management - gambling is based on randomness or at least some randomness so even if you are strict about how you spend your money - say you start with 11 losses before you get your 1st win - what good would come out of it? And can anyone guarantee you would ever "recover" those 11 losses even with proper money management?

Gambling is based on randomness, the house makes the profits based on house edge - house edge is not based on randomness, the bet you place however is ... so your suggestion has lots of flaws or is lacking some considerations of how gambling really works - and that's assuming you even bet with proper money management - without it after 11 losses you can go broke.

[matchi2011]

If it has been addicted to gambling it will be hard to heal his soul, anything he can do to earn money to play gambling, yes suppose by borrowing money to people or doing other worst things as you say, for example by Do theft. Until now I was not addicted to gambling, although occasionally likes to gamble.

in my opinion gambling is best done only when we want to play and when I'm bored, but don't get addicted, have to apply 1-5 pairs and then just leave for other activities.

Good for you if you can manage to facilitate that way, many gamblers are unable to control and what manifest them is to keep losing their money.
Better to be safe than being sorry after you suffer from those worse outcomes from being addicted gambler. Never to think that you can always
recover your losses, it's best to accept your fate and quit don't push it harder it will results to lose everything.

[Saint-loup]

No I think you're wrong, you can becoming a professional gambler if you have a good money management and apply some basic strategies like only betting your profits. If you lose while you have only bet some gains, you won't lose any own money at the end.

Even if you have a good money management - gambling is based on randomness or at least some randomness so even if you are strict about how you spend your money - say you start with 11 losses before you get your 1st win - what good would come out of it? And can anyone guarantee you would ever "recover" those 11 losses even with proper money management?

Gambling is based on randomness, the house makes the profits based on house edge - house edge is not based on randomness, the bet you place however is ... so your suggestion has lots of flaws or is lacking some considerations of how gambling really works - and that's assuming you even bet with proper money management - without it after 11 losses you can go broke.

As I said above if you only play with your gains you can't lose anything at the end, moreover the prime goal of a good money management is not to make big gains but to limit your losses. It's perfectly adapted to the gambling if you're able to evaluate the probabilities rightly.

[bobyhodob]

today I've got $ 200 start with $ 5 yes already withdrawn 2 hours ago
but when you have no other activities, gambling is like continuing to call to try again.

and what do I get after that?
Yesss I lost everything in just minutes   greddy and addict its totally worst !

[AakZaki]

Good for you if you can manage to facilitate that way, many gamblers are unable to control and what manifest them is to keep losing their money.
Better to be safe than being sorry after you suffer from those worse outcomes from being addicted gambler. Never to think that you can always
recover your losses, it's best to accept your fate and quit don't push it harder it will results to lose everything.

yes that's because I already understand the consequences of addiction itself, rather than having to be addicted to gambling is better to spend money with family.  because addiction itself makes us more emotional to want to continue playing and playing even though it is not good for our finances.

[deisik]

No I think you're wrong, you can becoming a professional gambler if you have a good money management and apply some basic strategies like only betting your profits. If you lose while you have only bet some gains, you won't lose any own money at the end.

Even if you have a good money management - gambling is based on randomness or at least some randomness so even if you are strict about how you spend your money - say you start with 11 losses before you get your 1st win - what good would come out of it? And can anyone guarantee you would ever "recover" those 11 losses even with proper money management?

Gambling is based on randomness, the house makes the profits based on house edge - house edge is not based on randomness, the bet you place however is ... so your suggestion has lots of flaws or is lacking some considerations of how gambling really works - and that's assuming you even bet with proper money management - without it after 11 losses you can go broke

Strongly support this view

Good money management has nothing to do with gambling unless you can overcome the house edge somehow. It is possible in things like daily races and jackpots when you can in fact beat the house edge, but these opportunities are few and far in between. Like an arbitrage window in trading they exist only for a short amount of time as everyone is quick to exploit them. To sum it up, proper money management would dictate you to stay away from gambling altogether in practically all cases

[michellee]

today I've got $ 200 start with $ 5 yes already withdrawn 2 hours ago
but when you have no other activities, gambling is like continuing to call to try again.

and what do I get after that?
Yesss I lost everything in just minutes   greddy and addict its totally worst !

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So you learned that gambling is about greedy and addict. That makes you lose the money. Next time, if you win $200, you better leave the place as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will end up losing all the money like what you got before. Maybe you need to learn about controlling yourself so that it will give you a chance to prevent continuing gambling. I am sure you can do that if you have an effort to reduce your time in gambling.

[Yamifoud]

today I've got $ 200 start with $ 5 yes already withdrawn 2 hours ago
but when you have no other activities, gambling is like continuing to call to try again.

and what do I get after that?
Yesss I lost everything in just minutes   greddy and addict its totally worst !

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So you learned that gambling is about greedy and addict. That makes you lose the money. Next time, if you win $200, you better leave the place as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will end up losing all the money like what you got before. Maybe you need to learn about controlling yourself so that it will give you a chance to prevent continuing gambling. I am sure you can do that if you have an effort to reduce your time in gambling.

It simply reminds everyone that we can't be a lucky person all the time or even the whole day. There is too much temptation in gambling and it fuels our mind to think for more and more until we've got nothing. I give sympathy to that person cause it also happens to me before, though we think that would be a sort of learning and exactly yes but can't deny that we can befall into that back again.

For sure that we can't promise and learned from our mistakes cause for being out from the hell of greediness is a long term commitment, it can't be done instantly nor to change our mindset in just a week or month for sure. Cause I know that we can't escape from this.

[Golftech]

today I've got $ 200 start with $ 5 yes already withdrawn 2 hours ago
but when you have no other activities, gambling is like continuing to call to try again.

and what do I get after that?
Yesss I lost everything in just minutes   greddy and addict its totally worst !

Problem with heavy gamers they will keep listening to the lust of gambling. Even getting the chance to win and make a good use of the money, but instead they will keep coming back and play thinking that luck will always be there to help them win. Only people who have a good balance with their emotions can quit with good benefits. Controlling greed is a tough job but once you get over it then you will have the chance to earned decent profits.

[bobyhodob]

today I've got $ 200 start with $ 5 yes already withdrawn 2 hours ago
but when you have no other activities, gambling is like continuing to call to try again.

and what do I get after that?
Yesss I lost everything in just minutes   greddy and addict its totally worst !

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So you learned that gambling is about greedy and addict. That makes you lose the money. Next time, if you win $200, you better leave the place as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will end up losing all the money like what you got before. Maybe you need to learn about controlling yourself so that it will give you a chance to prevent continuing gambling. I am sure you can do that if you have an effort to reduce your time in gambling.

Yes agreed duee but trying to control yourself is not as easy as you think
my mistake was probably because I didn't know what my winning target was to stop enough.

today I play again and try to invite my friends to watch by my side, I told my friend if I had made a $50 profit he had to turn off my computer no matter what. and finally it worked well enough