Is gambling a threat or fun?

[robelneo]

Losing control while gambling is what makes it a threat when you do not how to stop and when to stop, this will make gambling a threat but if you can schedule your gambling activity and you only use money that is allocated for gambling only, this is fun and you will enjoy, winning or losing the game.

[KrisAlex18]

A threat or fun? The point on how good you can control yourself. @KrisAlex18, you actually have answered in your OP. People who can control themselves can make gambling as a fun source. While people who have less self-control will be threatened addicted to gambling. So, the question should be "how to make people can control their selves?" In my opinion, to have good self-control, someone needs to make a certain strategy such as limit their funds, limit the time to play gambling, aware of the bad impacts of excessive play, or etc.

It is not the thing, that is only my opinion, we are all different, we all have different mind, unconventional thinking and different perception in life, So the topic that you have read is only my perception about gambling, I can say it as a threat as well as being fun and the reasons are already stated above. I don't want to change my topic about this because I know that some of the gamblers there have their own opinion too, there are different definition, on how they will define gambling as threat and fun to them, that question that you created about "how to make people can control themselves" are already posted, I have read about that thing before, and the primary way for you to control or limit yourself from gambling, is to think and appreciate those people around you, especially your friends, family and partner in life, you should consider them, you should think what they may feel when you get addicted on gambling.

[KTChampions]

if you are playing for the first time it's a threat because you are facing a situation where you will have to decide on how you are going to react as a gambler and this is not easy for new gambler, but once you overcome this and you build a character and you are in control on how you gamble, then it become fun.

I disagree with you. It seems to me that when we start something new, we get a lot of positive emotions due to fresh impressions and some hopes. But after we become experienced (especially in gambling), then the hopes mostly disappear 

[janggernaut]

Gambling could be both of what you asked, it can be threat and also fun. Threat when you lose everything in gambling and you have become addicted but you can also gambling for fun if you only playing rarely and just kill times only

[KrisAlex18]

I definitely agree that gambling is fun and yes, it could be a big threat to an individual once it is starting to get addicted to it. But, I think, it can be controlled IF that individual has a discipline and that person knows that it can stop on playing. And also, I think it is important to seek help to have precaution on playing and not having too much risk financially and physically, just to be specific. In my experience on gambling, on my first games, I always tried to do ALL-IN, I tried taking risk on my money, but when I hit rock bottom, I tried to get some advice on my friends and also gradually gambling. Now, I know what to do and how to play my money very well while also having fun.

Indeed, there are some persons that considered gambling as fun. It happens because we are all different from each other. We have all different perceptions of life. Gambling will only become a threat when someone is already addicted to it because if you get addicted to any gambling site, then it may destroy your life. You won't be able to do some productive things because gambling is the only thing you want to do, but I am sure that if you can control yourself and your mind even you are always gambling, then it is impossible that you will be addicted on it. The thing is we should stop gambling when we feel that it slowly destroy us.

[Lecam]

Some people think that gambling is threat because they always lose everytime they gamble. And some think its for fun because they gamble only to enjoy and some they gamble to forget their problems. So there are 2 different people in gambling one think that gambling is threat the one is think gambling is for fun.

[Furious 7]

Gambling could be both of what you asked, it can be threat and also fun. Threat when you lose everything in gambling and you have become addicted but you can also gambling for fun if you only playing rarely and just kill times only

Now that is what we need when there is free time and cold money, so it is not a problem to gamble because it can be used to have fun and seek good luck on a good day, while those who are addicted will lose all of them, especially from your savings money will run out because they continue to play gambling no stopping.
So do well and do your time as much as possible not to gamble for every moment.

[Twentyonepaylots]

Some people think that gambling is threat because they always lose everytime they gamble. And some think its for fun because they gamble only to enjoy and some they gamble to forget their problems. So there are 2 different people in gambling one think that gambling is threat the one is think gambling is for fun.

Gambling is not a threat and will never be a threat. People calling gambling as a financial threat is an idiot because gambling is a personal choice of yours, what threat must be is the greediness and broken mindset. Threat is far from risk, risking is having the potential to loss on which the gambling instance will fall onto. Gambling is fun yeah, but sometimes there are moment that fun isn't there at all, risking is fun but seeing it losing is not. Gambling is not for everyone, what is for everybody is just entertainment playing. As everyone says " Just roll what you are afford to lose", there's nothing of threat in that.

[bitcoinst]

Some people think that gambling is threat because they always lose everytime they gamble. And some think its for fun because they gamble only to enjoy and some they gamble to forget their problems. So there are 2 different people in gambling one think that gambling is threat the one is think gambling is for fun.

I think this is a very superficial argument. Gambling is a problem when you cannot live without them. If you really need to gamble in order to feel good, then this really can be called a problem.
A healthy person, free from any addictions, is able to stay in a good mood both physically and psychologically, without any additional factors.

[KrisAlex18]

Huh. Gambling only becomes a threat to people who doesn't know the word 'control.' For the most part, gbling is usually harmless and brings a lot of fun and brings a lot of money to the table and jobs for people. The addicted ones made themselves a slave to gambling and to money, that's why they can't seem to get out of it. Saying gambling is a threat to gamblers is like saying scuba gear is a threat to scuba divers which literally makes no sense. Without gambling, there wouldn't even be gamblers in the first place!

It's a psychological thing really, and depends much on the capability of the person to resist temptation to gamble hard and lose money in the process, nothing to do eith gambling simply existing in the economy.

I am just stating my opinion about gambling mate, We are all different, we have different perception and definition in life, well, I have seen so many people that are already destroyed their life because of gambling, so what do you call about that thing? It is a threat to them—especially those people who lost their properties and most of their money because of gambling. So if you do not see gambling as a threat for you, then that is good, but do not say that it is not a threat because how can you say about those people that lost everything because of it? Please do not make yourself as a basis of everything. We are all different.

[Janation]

gambling is a threat for people that doesn't have self-control, its fun for the people that only play to consume free time. Just always gamble what you can afford to lose, No one wins the house.

It is not just a threat for them.

There are a lot of threats that gambling can do even to people who play it for fun. As long as they are gambling, it is a threat to them. No one knows what will happen but they can still end addicted to gambling.

It is true, even if you play only for fun, you will still getting addicted.
It is only a matter of time when you get addicted. But all gamblers will be the same in the end. Gambling is a threat due to its psychological effect it gives to a person, it makes a gambler to play deeper even how hard he tries to control himself.

Not all of them though.

We can't really say that all of the people that are gambling will be addicted to gambling. It is a threat to them since the possibility of them getting addicted to gambling is there as long as they are gambling. I know a lot of people that are gambling and I can say that there is a chance that they will not be addicted but it will not be the same to all of us .

[boyptc]

Some people think that gambling is threat because they always lose everytime they gamble. And some think its for fun because they gamble only to enjoy and some they gamble to forget their problems. So there are 2 different people in gambling one think that gambling is threat the one is think gambling is for fun.

It shows that both can be the reason for all of us.

The threat comes if the results are all negative and it's fun if you see the moment you gamble as having fun or whether you are losing, you're having fun still.

[bitcoinst]

Huh. Gambling only becomes a threat to people who doesn't know the word 'control.' For the most part, gbling is usually harmless and brings a lot of fun and brings a lot of money to the table and jobs for people. The addicted ones made themselves a slave to gambling and to money, that's why they can't seem to get out of it. Saying gambling is a threat to gamblers is like saying scuba gear is a threat to scuba divers which literally makes no sense. Without gambling, there wouldn't even be gamblers in the first place!

It's a psychological thing really, and depends much on the capability of the person to resist temptation to gamble hard and lose money in the process, nothing to do eith gambling simply existing in the economy.

I am just stating my opinion about gambling mate, We are all different, we have different perception and definition in life, well, I have seen so many people that are already destroyed their life because of gambling, so what do you call about that thing? It is a threat to them—especially those people who lost their properties and most of their money because of gambling. So if you do not see gambling as a threat for you, then that is good, but do not say that it is not a threat because how can you say about those people that lost everything because of it? Please do not make yourself as a basis of everything. We are all different.

You are right in your thoughts about the fact that you cannot compare everyone with yourself. But there is one nuance, each person can talk about something only through the prism of his own experience.
Thus, when we talk about any things and objects, events and phenomena, we always pass them through the filter of our own perception.

Thus, we are always subjective and always talk about ourselves even when we mean other people. These are the principles of the brain.

[fullhdpixel]

You know what's the problem here, man? The addiction and not the gambling itself. Well, we could do worst things outside gambling world, we can even commit crime just to obtain such stuff we badly want, and it is because of the greedy behavior we have, it is the addiction that ate us, and made us blinded to do the right action.

The problem is not that simple as you might see it from the outside world, being a gambler myself let me explain you why I am saying that. You say that if we have greed about something we would do even crime for it, but that's not how gambling starts.
Most of us including me when we first get into gambling it feels like an easy opportunity to earn some extra money just because we feel confident about our luck and picks, let me make it very CLEAR, I am talking about sports betting here.

Now the problem is once you loose money in gambling you start loosing more to recover and soon you are into debts even before you realize and that's when you are bound to do wrong/criminal activities because you just need the money to pay debts.

It's like you wanted to buy a car but won't kill someone to buy it, but you gamble and think you can win enough and then you loose more and more then forget the car then you have to commit something wrong to just pay off debts.

[barbara44]

Losing control while gambling is what makes it a threat when you do not how to stop and when to stop, this will make gambling a threat but if you can schedule your gambling activity and you only use money that is allocated for gambling only, this is fun and you will enjoy, winning or losing the game.

Completely agree with the first part of the post because it's a threat once you start loosing control over your gambling and it becomes an addiction once you know you are into problem gambling but yet cannot stop yourself.

I would disagree though on the other part as gambling can never be fun because gambling can only be fun when you are winning, no matter how controlled a gambler we are but when we loose we all feel stressed because let's be honest the initial thought was to make some money now even if we know we haven't lost too much but then loosing any amount can't be fun at least not for me.

[Assface16678]

Losing control while gambling is what makes it a threat when you do not how to stop and when to stop, this will make gambling a threat but if you can schedule your gambling activity and you only use money that is allocated for gambling only, this is fun and you will enjoy, winning or losing the game.

Completely agree with the first part of the post because it's a threat once you start loosing control over your gambling and it becomes an addiction once you know you are into problem gambling but yet cannot stop yourself.

I would disagree though on the other part as gambling can never be fun because gambling can only be fun when you are winning, no matter how controlled a gambler we are but when we loose we all feel stressed because let's be honest the initial thought was to make some money now even if we know we haven't lost too much but then loosing any amount can't be fun at least not for me.

Gambling is one of the best things we need to do right now if we are looking for fun because some of the people it satisfied their desires to play cards, pokers and more and many people getting addicted on this and some of them want to play with extra profit too. Still, it does not fast as we know because there are a lot of processes needed before we can get a lot of knowledge in a specific game. First, we need to find out which game is suitable for us and next focus on that game if you want or explore more. After that, you need to take some time to study well and get a lot of information you can use to into your future games if you think you are ready now you can play into gambling casino or online gambling that some of them are supporting the use of cryptocurrency know. It is fun if you think you can will all of your games and get a lot of money but always make sure you monitored your self and aware how many you win or lose because sometimes getting greedy makes to push to losing and having a mistake but sometimes being confident and optimistic can help you to earn more profit. It depends on the player how they manage to play to win more profit and getting fun or lose and be a threat of having to lose a lot of money.

[arwin100]

Losing control while gambling is what makes it a threat when you do not how to stop and when to stop, this will make gambling a threat but if you can schedule your gambling activity and you only use money that is allocated for gambling only, this is fun and you will enjoy, winning or losing the game.

Completely agree with the first part of the post because it's a threat once you start loosing control over your gambling and it becomes an addiction once you know you are into problem gambling but yet cannot stop yourself.

I would disagree though on the other part as gambling can never be fun because gambling can only be fun when you are winning, no matter how controlled a gambler we are but when we loose we all feel stressed because let's be honest the initial thought was to make some money now even if we know we haven't lost too much but then loosing any amount can't be fun at least not for me.

If are out of control then how could it will be fun for us? It's depressing if  we are on that state since everyday we are bothered on how or where we can get the funds to gamble and it will never be fun really if we see we are continuously losing, but if we are there with controlled amount then maybe we can say that we are ok for that thing.

[Best Dreams]

gambling is a threat for people that doesn't have self-control, its fun for the people that only play to consume free time. Just always gamble what you can afford to lose, No one wins the house.

It is not just a threat for them.

There are a lot of threats that gambling can do even to people who play it for fun. As long as they are gambling, it is a threat to them. No one knows what will happen but they can still end addicted to gambling.

It is true, even if you play only for fun, you will still getting addicted.
It is only a matter of time when you get addicted. But all gamblers will be the same in the end. Gambling is a threat due to its psychological effect it gives to a person, it makes a gambler to play deeper even how hard he tries to control himself.

Not all of them though.

We can't really say that all of the people that are gambling will be addicted to gambling. It is a threat to them since the possibility of them getting addicted to gambling is there as long as they are gambling. I know a lot of people that are gambling and I can say that there is a chance that they will not be addicted but it will not be the same to all of us .

It simply is related to self-control. Those who have control over their greed and they know what amount of money actually they can spend on gambling are the ones who enjoy playing this game. Those who have sole objective of gambling to make money are the ones who often get addicted and frustrated.

[wozzek23]

People calling gambling as a financial threat is an idiot because gambling is a personal choice of yours, what threat must be is the greediness and broken mindset.

Gambling is actually a massive financial threat and anyone calling facts can't be called as an idiot. yes it's our choice as gamblers whether to gamble or not but only in the starting similar to smoking, drinking they are not threats according to you? Since we are the one who decides if we want to smoke or not? Life doesn't work like that mate.

Once you are into addiction you won't know why you are gambling and how deep a hole you are digging, I request you at least visit a few videos including the one I mentioned about gambling addiction.

Gambling is not a threat and will never be a threat.

Just please for once have a look at this video and you will realize how big a thread gambling is and how it must be taken seriously.
I am someone who takes gambling articles/videos very seriously and you will be moved by Justyn's story.

[bitcoinst]

It depends on the person. It's a threat to persons with addictive personalities that see gambling as a way to generate an income, but it's fun for people who gamble for entertainment & within reason and know when to stop.

In my opinion, it all depends on whether a passion for gambling hurts every single person and people around him.
The main problem is that the object inside the system is not capable of adequately assessing its position and the circumstances in which it is located.
Thus, a person with a predilection for gambling is far from always able to objectively assess the problem if it exists.
So, to the last he can consider that there is no problem and continue to adversely affect himself and others.