Is gambling a threat or fun?

[Bitcoinislife09]

This question is always on my mind since then until now. I want to know the opinion of everyone here on this platform. I know that we have all different perception about gambling, so I respect what will be your point of view about that.

But to share my opinion, I consider gambling as a threat to gamblers. Yes, there are a lot of people who find happiness in gambling if and only if they can control their selves from this, but no matter how fun can gambling gives to you, the problem is still there, the addiction on it is always there, it grows day by day. There are so many disadvantages of being so addicted in gambling, one of which is forgetting your priority, spending your time to your family and your friend, you won't be able to more productive things than losing money, to the point that even you already lose and don't have enough money to play, you will make ways, there are times that you will ask a request to your friend to give you money as debt. You should be the one who controls the gamble and don't let the gamble control you.

we all have the gambling attitude where we wanted to win the every bet or game in the gambling website for sure we are going to experience a lot of losing in the game. We still have a responsibility and be careful when we are playing because we could easily give it up on our emotion. We know that gambling is depending in our luck so nothing really we could do about it so we just need to do discipline at all time that way we could be wise in our actions.

[Naida_BR]

For most players it's just a hobby, but sometimes it can turn into a real addiction!
By the way, there is a need to separate types of gambling... For example, bets on sports, in my opinion, are less dangerous than slot machines! I sometimes bet on the victory of the team for which I will be cheering, and watch the match with friends! For me, it's just extra emotions and entertainment...

Exactly. It starts as fun but it ends as a thread in the end.
If you have a measure in your gambling activity and you can stop when you start losing a lot of money then gambling never becomes a thread.
However, most people do not realize that and they keep betting a lot of money.

[Saint-loup]

There are so many disadvantages of being so addicted in gambling, one of which is forgetting your priority, spending your time to your family and your friend, you won't be able to more productive things than losing money, to the point that even you already lose and don't have enough money to play, you will make ways, there are times that you will ask a request to your friend to give you money as debt. You should be the one who controls the gamble and don't let the gamble control you.

It depends on what type of games you're playing.
If you play poker or sport betting for example you'll not systematically lose money. If you have good skills for them, you can even win money.

Depends also what cards you get because yes poker or other games needs skills before you win because they have many combination and a player to learn about different techniques on how to win.

But trully that once a player is addicted is many of them are forget what they need to do first or their priority because the only need they think is play gambling and using more money even that is use for their needs they still playing that become threat to you and family of the player.

I'm not sure it's the case for all poker/card players. In fact many poker players play because they are good at this game and they win. So they don't play just because of an addiction but simply because they win and they like that.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

For most players it's just a hobby, but sometimes it can turn into a real addiction!
By the way, there is a need to separate types of gambling... For example, bets on sports, in my opinion, are less dangerous than slot machines! I sometimes bet on the victory of the team for which I will be cheering, and watch the match with friends! For me, it's just extra emotions and entertainment...

Glad this is just your opinion and doesn't have any statistic backing because in my opinion I'll say sport betting has to be more addictive since it's a more engaging and those are the type of activity that get people addicted easily. We have the fan sprit and love for the game that can result to unthinkable actions to be executed like using all your savings just to back your club to win a match you know fully well they're the least favorite to win.

When you play slot games and lose, you have just yourself to blame as you were the only one in power to change the outcome of the bet you just placed but when you bet on sport games, you divert your blame to the individuals that participated in that sporting events and mostly cultivate harmful thoughts towards them that if precautions measure aren't taking can lead to them getting hurt if you get the opportunity to do so.

[3meek]

For most players it's just a hobby, but sometimes it can turn into a real addiction!
By the way, there is a need to separate types of gambling... For example, bets on sports, in my opinion, are less dangerous than slot machines! I sometimes bet on the victory of the team for which I will be cheering, and watch the match with friends! For me, it's just extra emotions and entertainment...

Glad this is just your opinion and doesn't have any statistic backing because in my opinion I'll say sport betting has to be more addictive since it's a more engaging and those are the type of activity that get people addicted easily. We have the fan sprit and love for the game that can result to unthinkable actions to be executed like using all your savings just to back your club to win a match you know fully well they're the least favorite to win.

When you play slot games and lose, you have just yourself to blame as you were the only one in power to change the outcome of the bet you just placed but when you bet on sport games, you divert your blame to the individuals that participated in that sporting events and mostly cultivate harmful thoughts towards them that if precautions measure aren't taking can lead to them getting hurt if you get the opportunity to do so.

It all depends on the will power of man!
I knew some people who played casino like crazy, borrowed money, lost again! For them it all ended sadly...

But if you have a sense of proportion, then you'll be fine! Even if you lose, you'll draw conclusions from it!

Yes, sports betting for me is just entertainment, nothing more! And among my acquaintances, there are no addicts either! What's not to say about slots... It's much worse than that!

[Vaculin]

Yes, sports betting for me is just entertainment, nothing more!

That means you are not so serious with it?
Well, as for me, it's really fun as I am entertainment when I am gambling in sports but at the same time, I am also challenge because I follow the games that I specifically bet on and I can say to myself that if I will just keep gambling, I would eventually improve my skills and might making money from sports betting, this is another level because I call this investing in sports.

[3meek]

Yes, sports betting for me is just entertainment, nothing more!

That means you are not so serious with it?
Well, as for me, it's really fun as I am entertainment when I am gambling in sports but at the same time, I am also challenge because I follow the games that I specifically bet on and I can say to myself that if I will just keep gambling, I would eventually improve my skills and might making money from sports betting, this is another level because I call this investing in sports.

Yes, I make money in other ways! 
For example, trading on an exchange, which can also be called gambling! 

And I bet on sports when there are the most interesting matches for me, which I would love to see!
Although I agree - a lot of professional players who make money on this case...

[Lorence.xD]

Actually it could depends on the gamblers, they will be the one that will decide whether gambling would cause bad or good to him or her.

Gambling would threat for you if you became so addict on it, if you are spending the whole time of you time with this, if you don't have things to do aside of gambling, if it disturb you from doing more productive things. Gambling could be considered as fun only if you can control it, if you can still do some productive things than betting.

Do not make gambling as your everyday doings, make it only as your way of entertainment.

[Becky666]

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Do not make gambling as your everyday doings, make it only as your way of entertainment.

Doing gambling on every day basis doesn't dose off gambling addiction neither is a remedy to addiction. Many have been said about making gambling a form of entertainment and not to be see as an earning point. But, these are just verbal saying and virtual suggestions from gamblers randomly, the reality of this is: doing gamble for entertainment reason or purpose is not achievable for 98% of gamblers but here on the forum we'll preach the good gospel without saying the truth therein. Addiction live with all gamblers but some(very few individuals) have control over this act of gambling.

[KrisAlex18]

Actually it could depends on the gamblers, they will be the one that will decide whether gambling would cause bad or good to him or her.

Gambling would threat for you if you became so addict on it, if you are spending the whole time of you time with this, if you don't have things to do aside of gambling, if it disturb you from doing more productive things. Gambling could be considered as fun only if you can control it, if you can still do some productive things than betting.

Do not make gambling as your everyday doings, make it only as your way of entertainment.

Well said mate, it will depend on the person who gambles, if they can control themselves while gambling then it would not harm them, gambling will only be threat on you if it will be the one that will control you, if you are wasting all of your time by gambling.

So if you want gabling yo be threat on you, make it only as your entertainment or way to kill the feeling of being bored, I know people are being addict on it because of the reward that they get when gambling. Some considered gambling as source of income but actually that is not really possible because the chances of losing gambling is higher than winning.

[boyptc]

Yes, I make money in other ways! 
For example, trading on an exchange, which can also be called gambling! 

And I bet on sports when there are the most interesting matches for me, which I would love to see!
Although I agree - a lot of professional players who make money on this case...

That's added fun when you actual make money while you consider it that you are gambling. What kind of sports you love to bet? The popular sports that we see here are the ff;

- Basketball
- Boxing
- Football
- Cricket
- Esports

[imstillthebest]

Actually it could depends on the gamblers, they will be the one that will decide whether gambling would cause bad or good to him or her.

Gambling would threat for you if you became so addict on it, if you are spending the whole time of you time with this, if you don't have things to do aside of gambling, if it disturb you from doing more productive things. Gambling could be considered as fun only if you can control it, if you can still do some productive things than betting.

Do not make gambling as your everyday doings, make it only as your way of entertainment.

Well said mate, it will depend on the person who gambles, if they can control themselves while gambling then it would not harm them, gambling will only be threat on you if it will be the one that will control you, if you are wasting all of your time by gambling.

So if you want gabling yo be threat on you, make it only as your entertainment or way to kill the feeling of being bored, I know people are being addict on it because of the reward that they get when gambling. Some considered gambling as source of income but actually that is not really possible because the chances of losing gambling is higher than winning.

you can be addicted too the other way around and not only because of the reward that you can get  . take example video games ,  they are addictive but they dont involved money or betting  .  i am addicted on gambling because of the reward and i think that i can use it as a source to earn extra income . its tiring because the money that i already build for days can blow up in just 1 gambling session if ever bad luck strikes   but i have no choice so far , because my income is still limited on my current job and still i can earn on gambling on some other times if im lucky

[finaleshot2016]

Yes, I make money in other ways! 
For example, trading on an exchange, which can also be called gambling! 

And I bet on sports when there are the most interesting matches for me, which I would love to see!
Although I agree - a lot of professional players who make money on this case...

To be specific, it's called a risk not gambling because it has difference in each other.

When we're talking about risk, you have considered the possible effects of your decisions and may predict actions. While in gambling, you're guessing, so you don't have any control of the future outcome or result. Guessing can't be applied in trading, it will just make a huge loss. Trading requires a lot of mathematical theories, even thinking that it will go pump due to this and that, it's theoretical, you aren't guessing out of anywhere.

[Captain Corporate]

 To me it is a very dangerous threat, I used to gamble a lot and whenever I start gambling again I play way too much and lose way too much money. I used to gamble on dice games and that resulted with me losing couple bitcoins myself, thankfully it wasn't really worth all that much at that time but it was always a painful experience, that losing caused me to stop and never really gambled on dice games ever again, been clear for 6 years now. I followed that up with playing on sportsbooks for a while, the luckiest I have ever been was the sportsbooks, I played on NBA games and I knew the teams so most of the time I made a profit from it, one day I got bored and put all of my money into 3 game parlay and made a huge profit from it and just quit afterwards. Recently I had a problem with horse racing, I played waaaay too much again and lost a lot of money back to back for 2 weeks, after that I decided to quit that as well since for 2 weeks every single day I gambled and every single day I lost.

[Findingnemo]

It depends on your financial status and bet amount,if you are going to spend half of your monthly salary for gambling just with the hope of getting into a millionaire someday then you are doing it wrong.If you are spending 5% or less amount from your monthly salary for getting entertainment via gambling then its complete fun.

[3meek]

Yes, I make money in other ways! 
For example, trading on an exchange, which can also be called gambling! 

And I bet on sports when there are the most interesting matches for me, which I would love to see!
Although I agree - a lot of professional players who make money on this case...

That's added fun when you actual make money while you consider it that you are gambling. What kind of sports you love to bet? The popular sports that we see here are the ff;

- Basketball
- Boxing
- Football
- Cricket
- Esports

I usually bet on football, or rather only on it! Most often these are world level matches - World/ European Cups, Champions League, European League... However, now, for some known reasons, these matches have been canceled...

To be specific, it's called a risk not gambling because it has difference in each other.

When we're talking about risk, you have considered the possible effects of your decisions and may predict actions. While in gambling, you're guessing, so you don't have any control of the future outcome or result. Guessing can't be applied in trading, it will just make a huge loss. Trading requires a lot of mathematical theories, even thinking that it will go pump due to this and that, it's theoretical, you aren't guessing out of anywhere.

I agree with you, but still similarities can be found - for example, when betting on sports you can find statistics of personal meetings of the teams. Also in trading there is a technical analysis...

[KTChampions]

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I'm not sure it's the case for all poker/card players. In fact many poker players play because they are good at this game and they win. So they don't play just because of an addiction but simply because they win and they like that.

I agree with you, but the reason for their victories (at least if we are talking about online poker) is not in any special skill. Most "profitable" players play poker using specialized software that gives them a great advantage over ordinary players.

[finaleshot2016]

To be specific, it's called a risk not gambling because it has difference in each other.

When we're talking about risk, you have considered the possible effects of your decisions and may predict actions. While in gambling, you're guessing, so you don't have any control of the future outcome or result. Guessing can't be applied in trading, it will just make a huge loss. Trading requires a lot of mathematical theories, even thinking that it will go pump due to this and that, it's theoretical, you aren't guessing out of anywhere.

I agree with you, but still similarities can be found - for example, when betting on sports you can find statistics of personal meetings of the teams. Also in trading there is a technical analysis...

TA or Technical analysis and other mathematical analysis will be always there in trading. Those statistics are in the team, but maybe you're right, we will still guess if that's the team will win 'cause those statistics can still be a basis too. Therefore, risk really exists everywhere, since there's always a basis for every decision we're making.

But specifically, the risk is still the right term to be used.

[Saint-loup]

Yes, I make money in other ways!  
For example, trading on an exchange, which can also be called gambling!  

And I bet on sports when there are the most interesting matches for me, which I would love to see!
Although I agree - a lot of professional players who make money on this case...

That's added fun when you actual make money while you consider it that you are gambling. What kind of sports you love to bet? The popular sports that we see here are the ff;

- Basketball
- Boxing
- Football
- Cricket
- Esports

Tennis is also a good sport to bet on IMO because you can find many statistics and informations about players, moreover there are no draws and you can find several sorts of bettings on sportsbooks.

[tbterryboy]

For some people it is a threat, it could ruin your life, you can spend your rent money, your bill money, your food money on gambling and still go on, for some people it is just fun, you can play for a while and stop whenever you want. It all depends on how you approach it. There was an experiment with mouses for cocaine addiction, I know they are not similar and gambling addiction is totally different but the idea that an addiction could ruin your life stands.

In this experiment a mouse was given an option for food and an option for cocaine, it had to pick one of them, and just like a regular mouse it picked food first, however one day it tried cocaine because it didn't know what it was and checked it, after that mouse always picked cocaine until it died from starvation, it literally rather get it is cocaine than eat and it resulted of the mouse to die from starvation.

Addicts would pick their addiction over anything else, that is why it is important to see an addiction and admit having one and go seek help for it.