Problem Gambling in the wake of covid-19

[fiulpro]

So recently I came across a post where the person asked for help since he was addicted to gambling . I decided to research on this topic. Not just Gambling as a whole but also Gambling related to COVID-19.

I did understand for a fact that due to Coronavirus people will gamble less!! Since there is literally no jobs and money for a common man right now.

BUT!!

According to a survey and research conducted :

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

Even though the offline casinos are closed the online gambling is as lively as ever. Gambling when done in moderation is a healthy sport but when it's done excessively especially at a pandemic; it might cause a lot of concerns ; not just related to money , but having an addiction might permanently change your life .

A questionnaire for everyone here:

Are you a problem gambler?
Try this questionnaire:

Do you bet more than you can afford to lose?
Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling?
Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)?
Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?
Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling?
Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety?
Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)?
Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?
Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?
Score 0 for each time you answer "never"
Score 1 for each time you answer "sometimes"
Score 2 for each time you answer "most of the time"
Score 3 for each time you answer "almost always"

If your total score is 8 or higher, you may be a problem gambler.

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For the people who are suffering from these problems , I decided to list a very reputable website which could help them:

www.gamcare.org.uk

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Am really sorry for the losses of everyone but I do understand for a fact that addiction is something that we can beat using two things :

1. Support
2. Willpower

Be strong ..

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Please take this questionnaire and list your score ; Do share your thoughts on the same.

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Stay safe everyone .

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[Ryker1]

Well, the questionnaire list is good for those gamblers that new on this forum. It has been a very common question on the list on our side but perhaps on the beginners, --they don't know this. If you will apply all these questions to your self, you are a responsible gambler at all times because you know those ^{[dos and donts]} that perhaps potentially becomes an addiction. However, the pandemic is still ongoing and for sure there are too many gamblers has been wipe out there money because they are unoriented on this way, we are lucky enough we are here because we are open-minded at all cost and it is up to us when we fall to massive losses if we will not apply what is on the questionnaire.

[mersal]

Loneliness is one of the major cause for any addiction and in the pandemic season most of the people are working from home so they are kind of stressed due to seeing their faces all the days for weeks and months which could trigger people to get addicted to something and into gambling a huge part might slipped into it for this reason along.And also no jobs could bring people to get addicted but not in a huge scale in my opinion.

[Oilacris]

Are you a problem gambler?
Try this questionnaire:

Do you bet more than you can afford to lose?
Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling?
Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)?
Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?
Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling?
Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety?
Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)?
Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?
Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?
Score 0 for each time you answer "never"
Score 1 for each time you answer "sometimes"
Score 2 for each time you answer "most of the time"
Score 3 for each time you answer "almost always"

No, i do only spend up which are only allocated for gambling.
No, small amounts will do but we cant avoid for sometime when you do become impulsive in regards to your betting habits.
Yes, i believe everybody does have experience but sadly people do lose even more
No, never ever consider on loaning to someone just for me to gamble.
No, since i do know that im still in full control.
No, everything is balanced or in moderation
No, People doesnt care on what are the things ive been doing
No, i spend on the amounts which are extra.
No, feeling of guilt or similar hasnt gone through me

I havent answered 0-1-2-3 but those are still considerable answers.

[nelson4lov]

I took the questionnaire. Had a score of 3. Majority of the questions had a "never" answer from me. Although I'm a big fan of gambling, I do in conservatively ~ not aggressive. This means, I only gamble when I want and most of those times are just for fun or whenever I have some spare funds that I can play around with. I've gone a year or two without gambling and had no problems at all (mentally, or otherwise).  I have no issues with people gambling but it becomes a problem when it turns to an addiction. As the saying goes:

Too much of anything is bad

According to a survey and research conducted :

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

Ya. I'm not really surprised about these findings. Covid-19 brought severe financial issues to a lot of people so it's logical that most people would want to opt for gambling as a means to make some money.

[johhnyUA]

Am really sorry for the losses of everyone but I do understand for a fact that addiction is something that we can beat using two things :

1. Support
2. Willpower

Yeah man, good words i think. Despite i don't have problem with gambling addiction, this is really the big problem for many people. Better to spend more time with your family and kinds. If you're young, play Fortnite, not poker or even worse - dice\slots.

Willpower this is perk which you have or don't. It's really impossible to train it, so the best way - is support of relatives.

[jossiel]

The same as other activities that we do. If not taken seriously and done moderately, it could harm us. Not just through our pockets but it will also hit us mentally which is the harder struggle for other gamblers.

They can't take the hit of it mentally because they haven't experienced it yet or they have weaker take and will power on it. It's true that it can be overcome by someone who's struggling to face it. Getting support from your family and peers, not only financially but mentally will do the thing, and also you need to have the willingness to do it.

[Vaculin]

These people are already gamblers even before the pandemic, and it makes them happy when they are doing it so you are right, this is like a stress reliever on them while they can be safe gambling at home only, however, for those who are already addicted in online gambling, I doubt that online site to help the addicted gamblers would work, if they are in control of their computer, they might  not access that site as some addicted gamblers does not even know or admit they are already addicted, that's the real problem actually.

[Finestream]

Honestly, I doubt people would use that questionnaire.

When I was a bit addicted with gambling, I never think of finding a way to cure my addiction, what really made me learn is the experience I have, I lose a lot of money and one day I realize that I should be careful as it's not an easy money as I think. Based on experience and what I noticed on some, addicted gamblers are close minded, they can't realize they are already in that stage so it's best if they have some people to help them realize like people around them, so that online questionnaire is quite useless to people like me.

[GreatArkansas]

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I did understand for a fact that due to Coronavirus people will gamble less!! Since there is literally no jobs and money for a common man right now.

This is also what I thought at first when Covid-19 started to spread all over the world, most of physical casinos are closing in some few weeks/months. Then for sure, lot of gamblers who use to play in physical casino will start their hands become itchy to gamble.
Then, there will be always a solution, here comes the online gambling.
And what I also thought is people will use their savings to gamble, since some of them started to lose their job then some of them will think that gamble will generate profits. But, it's still luck.

[kayvie]

(....)
I did understand for a fact that due to Coronavirus people will gamble less!! Since there is literally no jobs and money for a common man right now.

This is also what I thought at first when Covid-19 started to spread all over the world, most of physical casinos are closing in some few weeks/months. Then for sure, lot of gamblers who use to play in physical casino will start their hands become itchy to gamble.
Then, there will be always a solution, here comes the online gambling.
And what I also thought is people will use their savings to gamble, since some of them started to lose their job then some of them will think that gamble will generate profits. But, it's still luck.

Yes, most of them are now using online gambling to at least satisfy their gambling addiction, since even today, most casinos are still close, so, they don't have any other choice but to gamble online.

And about those people who lost their job? For a man with enough savings, yes they will gamble but for someone who only have enough salary that suddenly lost their job, I doubt that they will think of using gambling to gain profit.

[GreatArkansas]

(....)
I did understand for a fact that due to Coronavirus people will gamble less!! Since there is literally no jobs and money for a common man right now.

(....)
And what I also thought is people will use their savings to gamble, since some of them started to lose their job then some of them will think that gamble will generate profits. But, it's still luck.

(....)
And about those people who lost their job? For a man with enough savings, yes they will gamble but for someone who only have enough salary that suddenly lost their job, I doubt that they will think of using gambling to gain profit.

That is the question, a man without a job or any work that generate money to feed their family is difficult, then when you got some money and use it to gamble, it's really a bad idea for me to gamble the money that should be for the family, it's kinda bad since you have obligation, unless you have some lot of extra money.
Some peope really think that it's only their last choice, but if you will think 10 times, it's not that good.

[carriebee]

This is really the problem because some people are more focus on gambling during this pandemic. The site is very helpful this gamcare if people who are addicted in gambling will consider trying out on seeking guidance online. Dedication, will power and support could help us get through this addiction because some doesn't have the eagerness to control on playing in gambling.

[goinmerry]

Not just the usual online gambling sites but during Covid-19 there are lots of created online betting for a specific game that become hype. For example, horse racing, cockfighting, billiards wherein the game is not officially authorized. For new gamblers, it's a hassle to create an account on the usual betting site but in these newly created online bets, all they need is to simply register with their mobile no. then top-up their account via the popular payment method.

The owners of this mini online gambling think of a way that people who aren't a usual gambler of online casinos, can still play gambling despited suspending the physical gambling activities. So even with less source of income, they still play.

And the thinking of people will not gamble more since no source of income during the pandemic is supposedly the other way around. What I mean here is, no income, no revenue, no available jobs, so people want to make shortcuts to gained profits so gambling is the only key they know.

[btc_angela]

To be fair, there are a lot of gambling addicts that needed help even prior to the Covid-19 health crisis. So probably they already needed help already. But we all know that gambling addicts will not admit to themselves that they are addict so the problem will continue unless some family members intervention. I guess it's really up to us, on how to cope in this pandemic, but there could be others who stop because they don't like online gambling, so it evens out, I guess.

[FlightyPouch]

My total score is 6, I can say that I don't have any problems with my gambling at all though there are instances that I can slight of it. I guess in the past I would score 10 or higher since I am chasing this dream of making gambling my main source of income but right now, I am sober, I know that it is impossible. Support is really important, but it all starts with your will power, I can attest to that.

[sheenshane]

All questions are useful enough and if we apply all of these to our selves as a gambler we definitely avoid being addicted to gambling which is very difficult to move on once we are on that stage.

But I don't think if people keep gamble even though they are jobless due to this covid19 pandemic. How they will generate profit and how they will sustain gambling activities if they don't have enough source of income. In this situation, gambling isn't our priority, we should prioritize our family needs like the basic needs for the daily expenses.

Though gambling online businesses rapidly increase like a mushroom that quickly increased the number and adopt cryptocurrencies. Probably they see the potential of gaining profit in the online gambling business amid the covid19 pandemic.

[arwin100]

Honestly, I doubt people would use that questionnaire.

Based on experience and what I noticed on some, addicted gamblers are close minded, they can't realize they are already in that stage so it's best if they have some people to help them realize like people around them,

Correct addicted gamblers won't listen to any advice since the one they care at the moment is to play and have fun, I sure majority experience this and mostly the addiction stage came when the time we place our first bet, this situation made us bet more since its really exciting and the feeling is different.

And I also doubt people will doubt since there are different types of scenarios on why addicted gamblers stops or managed to control their addiction.

[stomachgrowls]

We can presume out but reality can really go opposite even we do think that pandemic situation can stop people to play gambling but we have seen that it do even made people to engage more.

Its not really the pandemic do wake such addiction yet even on a normal situation people do still end up on the same behavior. Addiction is still there because this issue always goes to the player itself

no matter what kind of situation we are in, if they do able to see the opportunity to play then they wouldnt care neither if they do still have money to play or not.
When you are already addicted then you wouldnt care about your finances if you are really saving up for emergency or not and thats been always the case.

[maydna]

All of the answers to those questions for me is NO. I don't feel that I have a problem with gambling. I can now control myself in gambling because I realize that gambling will not give me the way to make money. I consider playing gambling is just to have fun and enjoy my time, not more. I don't think that I need to use more money to play gambling, nor I don't try to chase my loss of money because I don't have any luck to get it back.

I agree that if we want to solve gambling, especially addicted to gambling, we need to have willpower and supports. This support could come from our family, friends who close to us, remind us, and stay beside us to help us solve the problem.

We can't blame people if they tend to gamble in this pandemic because they will have many reasons for gamble. But if they use gambling to make money, that will not be good for them, and they need to realize as soon as possible before it's too late.

[Wexnident]

1. Support
2. Willpower

Or get a hobby. It can be something else like gundam building (the one with lots of parts and seem like a pain to build), playing games, etc. It can even be to develop your abilities, or maybe just take apart anything inside your house that could be taken apart as long as it isn't really in use. Not that I blame people from gambling, but they should really find something else to do. I can't really say that I can feel what stressed and depressed people feel that made them go into gambling, since even if I was depressed, gambling was never really an outlet, but imo they should really find something else as an outlet. I for one like to read and that can really be a sort of outlet for me since it kind of calms me down after a few pages.

It's plenty fine to spend money on hobbies and the like compared to countless expenses in gambling. Buying that piano you've always wanted seems like a better investment than losing your money in gambling after all. Anyway, good luck to those gamblers with problems right now and I hope for the best for them.

[smyslov]

Do you bet more than you can afford to lose? : never
Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling? never
Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)? sometimes
Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble? never
Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling? sometimes
Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety? never
Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)? never
Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household? sometimes
Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble? sometimes
Score 0 for each time you answer "never"
Score 1 for each time you answer "sometimes"
Score 2 for each time you answer "most of the time"
Score 3 for each time you answer "almost always"

If your total score is 8 or higher, you may be a problem gambler.

I'm far from being a problem gambler I only scored four on this questionnaires this is a good questionnaires and I might use this to test a friend if he has problem in gambling

[Darker45]

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

Before anything else, we have to take note that this is very wrong. So before we say that we should moderate our gambling so as to avoid addiction, we should first be mindful that gambling due to stress may likely put you in a worse situation.

So, if you are under stress, just like when you are heavily emotional, you better find an outlet to drain that away other than through gambling.

[aioc]

The survey is true and have seen and read that people tend to gamble more we have a lot reports here in our country where people are involved in illegal cock fighting, card games because of the stress of being in a quarantine and with less money, and they want to take their chance in whatever they have.
It's hard to blame this people some of them are addictive to gambling and have hard time coping and tried to find a way to do what they've doing before the lockdown.

[smyslov]

I answered all the questions and I'm glad that I am on a safe zone, people who are additive to gambling or those who frequent the gambling after work to relax and unwind will find the quarantine unbearable, it's like they are denied of something that they enjoyed doing for a long time and this will cause them anxiety and depression, and they think the only way to release the anxiety is for them to go back playing, for them it's like a withdrawal symptoms and it's unbearable to them.

[erikoy]

I answered all the questions and I'm glad that I am on a safe zone, people who are additive to gambling or those who frequent the gambling after work to relax and unwind will find the quarantine unbearable, it's like they are denied of something that they enjoyed doing for a long time and this will cause them anxiety and depression, and they think the only way to release the anxiety is for them to go back playing, for them it's like a withdrawal symptoms and it's unbearable to them.

However this kind of syndrom/sickness/addiction could be threat at home. There are many ways to change gambling addiction and that is to let him occupied even at home so that one can avoid remembering in gambling. In my case as I have a friend who has been in addiction to drugs were now slowly recovered after some advises I had made. I let her wife brought a pet(dog), He was surprised as he also wanted to get the dog her wife brought which is a pitbull. Now, I am able to see him with his dog always being friendly to that dog. I was happy that he was able to change somehow.

[Casdinyard]

If your total score is 8 or higher, you may be a problem gambler.

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Is the score of 8 a bit too low? I've scored higher than 8 but I haven't felt anything problematic recently. But somehow it was right, that pandemic isolation and sadness do offers us an eagerness to be satisfied by the means of gambling just to fulfill such void we felt recently. But this isn't only because of the COVID19 per se and the quarantine, but some or even most of us have their job lost for the meantime and had to face so many leisure time alone with pure silence that somehow deep inside us made us feel to miss the loud noise of the streets and the people we'd love to see. Hence, it wasn't only COVID, but it's a wake of so many various reasons that made us gamble more.

[Mauser]

The survey is true and have seen and read that people tend to gamble more we have a lot reports here in our country where people are involved in illegal cock fighting, card games because of the stress of being in a quarantine and with less money, and they want to take their chance in whatever they have.
It's hard to blame this people some of them are addictive to gambling and have hard time coping and tried to find a way to do what they've doing before the lockdown.

We shouldn't be too hard on people who have a problem with gambling because we live in with difficult times. This pandemic charged everyone's life, we spend more time at home, have more spare time and are limited to meet friends and enjoy outdoor activities. Spending more time on the Internet is normal during corona and gambling is a huge part of the Internet. So if you maybe went 1 or 2 times a month to a physical casino you could find yourself to visit online casinos much more frequent. We should try and help all addicts.

[Botnake]

Gambling problem can happen to anyone at any given situation, and according to your post, more gamblers are spending their time during the pandemic but I still think it does not create a big problem to most of them financially as most gamblers are responsible, meaning, they are gambling for fun only.

The presence of the online gambling addiction consultation could be helpful if the gambler itself will submit himself to get some advice and be treated the addiction, whether it's new or already in the system for awhile. Personally, I have not tried this, I love to gamble online, most of the time but I'm not taking advice or seeking help online, I just don't trust them.

[gabbie2010]

A questionnaire for everyone here:

Are you a problem gambler?
Try this questionnaire:

Do you bet more than you can afford to lose?
Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling?
Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)?
Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?
Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling?
Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety?
Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)?
Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?
Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?
Score 0 for each time you answer "never"
Score 1 for each time you answer "sometimes"
Score 2 for each time you answer "most of the time"
Score 3 for each time you answer "almost always"

If your total score is 8 or higher, you may be a problem gambler.

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1. never = 0
2. never = 0
3. sometimes = 1
3. never = 0
4. sometimes = 1
5. never = 0
6. never = 0
7. never  = 0
8. sometimes = 1
This questionnaire is very helpful and useful in checking my addiction to gambling above all my total scorecard was 3 which I believe is normal as far as my addiction to gambling is concerned during this covid-19 period although due to low income earned my gambling stakes also dwindled because I gambled with the amount of money I can afford to lose and not tampering with my family income .  

[Genemind]

Honestly, I doubt people would use that questionnaire.

When I was a bit addicted with gambling, I never think of finding a way to cure my addiction, what really made me learn is the experience I have, I lose a lot of money and one day I realize that I should be careful as it's not an easy money as I think. Based on experience and what I noticed on some, addicted gamblers are close minded, they can't realize they are already in that stage so it's best if they have some people to help them realize like people around them, so that online questionnaire is quite useless to people like me.

I honestly think, if you are drowned by addiction, even though you are aware of it or not, there is no way you can stop your self from doing it. I suffered from online game addiction before and I fo understand the struggle and it's effect on my career, personality, health and etc. Though I am aware that I should do something about it, I find online gaming my only way to releive stress. I sometimes make excuses and justify what I do to the point I exceed playing games and skip my responsibily and to keep my self healthy.

[Saisher]

However this kind of syndrom/sickness/addiction could be threat at home. There are many ways to change gambling addiction and that is to let him occupied even at home so that one can avoid remembering in gambling. In my case as I have a friend who has been in addiction to drugs were now slowly recovered after some advises I had made. I let her wife brought a pet(dog), He was surprised as he also wanted to get the dog her wife brought which is a pitbull. Now, I am able to see him with his dog always being friendly to that dog. I was happy that he was able to change somehow.

Not every gambler are the same, there are kind of gamblers who gamble alone and their families do not have the slightest  idea that they are very much into gambling and there are those who kept their gambling activities to themselves, these kind of gamblers are good at making alibis and even in this pandemic they will always find a way to gamble even in illegal activities like here in our country where many are caught engaging in illegal gambling like card games and backyard cock fighting.

[ongkok87]

1. 0
2. 0
3. 1
4. 0
5. 0
6. 1
7. 0
8. 0
9. 1

So far a total score of 3 most of us really do have a gambling addiction and some of them are really not aware if do they have one it is important to have someone who will really support you or maybe consult a specialist to avoid addiction as for me before when I started realizing that I'm losing some amount of money I asked myself what I really do like the money? but turns out I more interested on just winning and playing and so I tried to play on some casinos which offer free coins or free trial coins and I get the same feeling as playing with real money and this really helps me to avoid damage to my money especially during this Covid-19 pandemic.

[bitzizzix]

Honestly, I doubt people would use that questionnaire.

When I was a bit addicted with gambling, I never think of finding a way to cure my addiction, what really made me learn is the experience I have, I lose a lot of money and one day I realize that I should be careful as it's not an easy money as I think. Based on experience and what I noticed on some, addicted gamblers are close minded, they can't realize they are already in that stage so it's best if they have some people to help them realize like people around them, so that online questionnaire is quite useless to people like me.

I honestly think, if you are drowned by addiction, even though you are aware of it or not, there is no way you can stop your self from doing it. I suffered from online game addiction before and I fo understand the struggle and it's effect on my career, personality, health and etc. Though I am aware that I should do something about it, I find online gaming my only way to releive stress. I sometimes make excuses and justify what I do to the point I exceed playing games and skip my responsibily and to keep my self healthy.

In my opinion, how to avoid gambling by switching to online games is an effective option, because some of my friends are doing the same thing.
and until now they just enjoy their free time playing online games until they forget about time and stay at home more during the pandemic, and in the end they can gradually forget about gambling until they completely forget about it.

[LogitechMouse]

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

Even though the offline casinos are closed the online gambling is as lively as ever. Gambling when done in moderation is a healthy sport but when it's done excessively especially at a pandemic; it might cause a lot of concerns ; not just related to money , but having an addiction might permanently change your life .

I'm not surprised by this thing to happen because I know what an addicted gambler can do.
Gambling addiction is like Liquor addiction and cigarette addiction. Nobody can stop them to do it even though there is a pandemic that is happening especially here in our country where even though liquors are banned already, there are still people who will drink secretly.

Same goes with gambling addiction. Gamblers will always find a way for them to gamble and since many gamblers can't go out, they have many time to gamble online. People are getting bored in their home so they tend to spend their time gambling instead of spending their free time with their family.

Am really sorry for the losses of everyone but I do understand for a fact that addiction is something that we can beat using two things :

1. Support
2. Willpower

Easy to say but that is very hard to do especially the willpower. A gambler who lost a huge amount will not have that high willpower anymore but still those 2 will help you to get out from gambling addiction.

Are you a problem gambler?
Try this questionnaire:
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I tried to answer all of it but my total score is 0 since I never did what it is on the questionnaire . Not addicted and I have control of myself.

[lebregone]

I notice also that many are using their free time to gamble especially that they have much free time as of this moment because of the pandemic but we can eliminate those people who have enough money only for their foods or daily expenses, these gamblers are coming from those people who have enough money to spare. Online casinos are very convenient to use compare to landbase casinos and those gamblers that are coming from land base will surely transfer to online as long as they can gamble. This is what I see why the number of gamblers are growing even if the covid-19 is still there.

[robelneo]

I scored 4 so I can safely say that I'm not a gambling addict and treat gambling as a form of entertainment, this pandemic caught everybody by surprised, I can consider this a disruption on what we normally do daily, and gambling is one of this, gambling symptoms is something that you cannot take away by lockdown or quarantine that is why we have a recent study that online gambling sites are on an all-time high in terms of profit, casino gamblers have made a big switch to online gambling. The survey is correct that many will gamble even in this pandemic.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

Actually yes, there will be many new people who just got an addition into gambling due to this pandemic situation. Even, I have a friend who use stimulus money from the government to play gambling and he just lost the money in several times. His intention was to double money in an instant way but he didn't know that the risk will be high than that. I like those questioned that you mentioned, I hope there will be many new gambler who read those question for at least they are aware the risk when they play gambling. So as if they become an addiction they will always remember and I bet it could make as a brake for them.

[AicecreaME]

This would totally depends on a person's perspective in life. As of now, since we're stuck in our rooms getting bored on the things we do everyday, other's are turning to a point where they submit themselves into something addicting like gambling, but it is not their last option to entertain themselves.

The only problem is that most of us are expecting too much on what we have or what we are currently in right now, I mean we can't go outside but we wanted to go outside. Same goes to those who wants to play gambling, they want to play gambling thinking it is the only way to make their life more fun but the truth is it is the other way around.

If you are getting bored, why not try to enjoy what you have, don't do anything stupid but appreciate what you do or what you can do right now in the middle of pandemic. Do something that will make yourself grow, that is more fun.

[Fundamentals Of]

Support and will power are indeed very important factors to overcome gambling addiction. But most often the problem with someone who is gambling due to problems is that he may not want to share what he is going through with his family or friends. He simply chooses to distance himself and instead spend his time gambling to try to forget his problems.

This is hard to avoid problems this way. It is either he will start to forget that he is already losing big or he will end up addicted to it. This covid time is making things worse as people are prohibited to socialize and gather together. This is the reason why a lot are forced to just resort to online gambling. Things are getting too stressful.

[iTradeChips]

Since we are talking about gambling addiction, I remember this one Canadian physician named Gabor Mate. He has dedicated his life with the study of addiction in general and how different factors, like childhood trauma, tends to make people addictive to something, whether it's drugs, alcohol, tobacco, shopping, and yes, gambling. I am not really that in depth with reading his study but it is quite fascinating to see that he has excluded social factors like interaction between people that help shape one's addiction, and thought of it solely in the mental health aspect.

[AicecreaME]

Things are getting too stressful.

I couldn't agree more.

But don't you think that getting yourself into trouble is more stressful than your current situation right now? Yes, make a pause and think it over again before you act, that is how we should make decisions especially in toughest situation like what we all have right now.

Rather than taking the last resort that you were saying in gambling, why not make your money as ypur capital to start your business. Since we cannot go outside, a lot of people preferred ready to eat food or whatever it is that won't give them any hassle. In short, what I'm saying is that starting a business is more ideal to earn money to solve our boredom or financial problem, not risking it on gambling that mostly all about losing.

[mezzaluna]

Things are getting too stressful.

I couldn't agree more.

But don't you think that getting yourself into trouble is more stressful than your current situation right now? Yes, make a pause and think it over again before you act, that is how we should make decisions especially in toughest situation like what we all have right now.

Rather than taking the last resort that you were saying in gambling, why not make your money as ypur capital to start your business. Since we cannot go outside, a lot of people preferred ready to eat food or whatever it is that won't give them any hassle. In short, what I'm saying is that starting a business is more ideal to earn money to solve our boredom or financial problem, not risking it on gambling that mostly all about losing.

Things are getting out of control even if you are in a good place. Its so much worst if you are in a third world country that is full of corruption.

Its a good idea to take a breather and get your mind off things. I mean, try to stop gambling for a week and see if you can handle the withdrawal. Gambling is really stressful but the rewards are promising. It may either lead to a financial help or a financial slump that you cannot get out of which is probably likely to happen if you don't stop it immediately. Maybe manage your investments in another way in which you can reduce your loss?

[plvbob0070]

I have also read some articles saying that gambling is increasing even though there's a pandemic, or that online gambling is getting attention nowadays. I understand that gambling can be our pastime when we get bored but it's really not a good thing if you prioritize gambling more than your necessities amidst the crisis.

I have also tried to answer the question provided, but most of my answer is no. However, I do sometimes feel the desire to get back what I lose, and I think it's part of gambling and still normal as long as you can control that desire.

[RapTarX]

Well, it depends. Let me share about myself. I wasn't an active gambler; used to gamble on the weekends on sometimes when I get enough time but during the Covid-19, I gambled as I had enough free time than previous; to be honest, when La Liga started, I got addicted in sportbet too which still I'm.

[samputin]

I took the questionnaire. Had a score of 3. Majority of the questions had a "never" answer from me. <...>

Same here! I gained a score of 3. I'm always glad to know that I do not have any gambling problems. The questionnaire also helped me introspect because, lately, me and my cousins play card games (because we had the time) with small bets only. And it made me think about how I act whenever we gamble. Good thing, I can still control myself and not let my emotions cloud my judgement.

According to a survey and research conducted :

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

Ya. I'm not really surprised about these findings. Covid-19 brought severe financial issues to a lot of people so it's logical that most people would want to opt for gambling as a means to make some money.

Which is impractical if you ask me. Knowing that gambling is a game of chance, there is no certainty that you could win money and help you survive this time. Instead of gaining more, one might lose more. But maybe it's the only way they see to earn money. I don't really know what their situation is so who am I to judge, right?

[cabron]

The covid19 causes out cities to lockdown and then companies are laying off because no employees are coming. And then because an employee would have no pay to wait they'd gonna look for ways to earn, if they find gambling online is the key then they'd be among those who gambles amidst the crisis.

Some probably just stay at home and find the casino ad on google and then eventually click out of boredom. Its a bad time to develop gambling addiction while there is covid19 crisis. So nuts though that we don't want anyone addicted yet we promoted casino on our signatures

[plr]

So nuts though that we don't want anyone addicted yet we promoted casino on our signatures

I'm not guilty at all gambling is thousands of years old and even the early civilization gamble, we promoters just want to give those who wants to gamble a good and fair site to gamble, whether we like it or not gambling online or offline are here to stay we just have to lead them to gambling sites that they can trust and enjoy playing.

[MCobian]

Indeed, with the physical casino being closed when the spread of COVID-19 occurs, the number of people playing gambling will decrease.
But the reality says differently, there are several articles that I read. It turns out that the number of people who play gambling in the COVID-19
pandemic situation increased. This really surprises us all, it turns out that there are several reasons why gambling has increased. These include
the usual addicted gamblers playing at physical casinos still playing at online casino, there are also people who rarely play gambling so often play
gambling as entertainment because they are bored having to stay at home during quarantine. Not even a few people make gambling a source of
income, which ended with their financial situation getting worse as a result of playing gambling.

[dunfida]

The covid19 causes out cities to lockdown and then companies are laying off because no employees are coming. And then because an employee would have no pay to wait they'd gonna look for ways to earn, if they find gambling online is the key then they'd be among those who gambles amidst the crisis.

Some probably just stay at home and find the casino ad on google and then eventually click out of boredom. Its a bad time to develop gambling addiction while there is covid19 crisis. So nuts though that we don't want anyone addicted yet we promoted casino on our signatures

It doesnt need for you to be an addicted gambler for you to promote a casino into your signature.Its a different story when it comes on earning thru advertising and if you do find out
that it isnt ethical for your side to promote gambling then you can freely just skip out on this job and find another one but if its just okay to be an advertiser of a casino then go ahead.
Its not really a solid criteria for you to take on neither you would take the job or not just because you do hate gambling or being addicted.

[Finestream]

So nuts though that we don't want anyone addicted yet we promoted casino on our signatures

I'm not guilty at all gambling is thousands of years old and even the early civilization gamble, we promoters just want to give those who wants to gamble a good and fair site to gamble, whether we like it or not gambling online or offline are here to stay we just have to lead them to gambling sites that they can trust and enjoy playing.

The solution to avoid addiction is just to be responsible in gambling, it doesn't matter if we promote a gambling site because this is for the majority of people who love to gamble. Please, let's not think that gambling is bad, it's just part of an entertainment that when handled responsibly we would get the entertainment we are getting when we are paying for something to enjoy, in short, consider it as an expense, not a business where you seek for profit from your investment.

[Beparanf]

Well, it depends. Let me share about myself. I wasn't an active gambler; used to gamble on the weekends on sometimes when I get enough time but during the Covid-19, I gambled as I had enough free time than previous; to be honest, when La Liga started, I got addicted in sportbet too which still I'm.

I also got hooked in gambling in my country like online Tong its during the start of month of lockdown but then I try to recover from not gambling and focus on other important things and getting busy like studying trading and doing business. It's all in our mind if we really want to be addicted.

[Ayiranorea]

Due to the pandemic people are completely shut into the homes. All the conversation were between the family members. Within the family members beyond certain level we can't share the difficulties we encounter,  because they might be experiencing the same. Here the friends part helps big, and this itself could cause difficult situations and end up in stress. So, as an alternate people spending time to gamble isn't a big thing during the time of covid19.

[FlightyPouch]

Due to the pandemic people are completely shut into the homes. All the conversation were between the family members. Within the family members beyond certain level we can't share the difficulties we encounter,  because they might be experiencing the same. Here the friends part helps big, and this itself could cause difficult situations and end up in stress. So, as an alternate people spending time to gamble isn't a big thing during the time of covid19.

Well, it may be the case in your part but from another perspective, they just don't care. Another thing is that most of the people here might not be living with their family so they are alone or with their partners or just siblings. That instead of them talking about it they miss gambling and tend to get hooked by online betting and usually sports betting.

[maydna]

Due to the pandemic people are completely shut into the homes. All the conversation were between the family members. Within the family members beyond certain level we can't share the difficulties we encounter,  because they might be experiencing the same. Here the friends part helps big, and this itself could cause difficult situations and end up in stress. So, as an alternate people spending time to gamble isn't a big thing during the time of covid19.

Perhaps, those people have confusion about what they want to do while they are homes. So when they browse on the internet, they watch the advertisement for online gambling, and they think, "Ah, maybe I can play gambling for a while." So they start to browse the gambling games inside the website and find the game that they like.

Sooner or later, they'll find out that playing gambling is excited and they can spend some time and money, but after they play for some days, they become busy with playing gambling. That will attract a new problem for them because they become addicted if they don't control themselves. And in the end, we see another addicted gambler during this pandemic.

[Coin_trader]

Due to the pandemic people are completely shut into the homes. All the conversation were between the family members. Within the family members beyond certain level we can't share the difficulties we encounter,  because they might be experiencing the same. Here the friends part helps big, and this itself could cause difficult situations and end up in stress. So, as an alternate people spending time to gamble isn't a big thing during the time of covid19.

Well, it may be the case in your part but from another perspective, they just don't care. Another thing is that most of the people here might not be living with their family so they are alone or with their partners or just siblings. That instead of them talking about it they miss gambling and tend to get hooked by online betting and usually sports betting.

IMHO its not about loneliness or something personal why people are gambling but rather it is people nature. Most gambler are just gambling because they want to have fun by winning money so even though they have family or friends close by. They will find a time that they can gamble because its part of there usual routine. In my case, I play casino games occasionally whenever I crave on playing it even if I'm with friends and family.

Because not all the time that you will be together with them. You still need me time for some space of your privacy.

[Janation]

I got 6 but that is just because I'm a 3 at the last question.

I guess some gamblers that usually go to casinos would be really drawn out to do things they are not comfortable with like betting online. Other countries like the US might've opened their casinos but that is not the same case as to others. Some are said to create these meetups where they could gamble together by themselves like cockfighting.

[peter0425]

well we can find all of the answers in News,In my country Gamblers tend to gamble in illegal ways just to give way in their activities and habits.
I believe that this is not just because they are bored or stress but they have some time now to give consent to their desire betting freely.
Online Gambling Pop up more recently because of the demand so maybe some point are valid.
But lets face it that gambling is really not helping the world but bringing it down in the long run.

[matchi2011]

Due to the pandemic people are completely shut into the homes. All the conversation were between the family members. Within the family members beyond certain level we can't share the difficulties we encounter,  because they might be experiencing the same. Here the friends part helps big, and this itself could cause difficult situations and end up in stress. So, as an alternate people spending time to gamble isn't a big thing during the time of covid19.

Well, it may be the case in your part but from another perspective, they just don't care. Another thing is that most of the people here might not be living with their family so they are alone or with their partners or just siblings. That instead of them talking about it they miss gambling and tend to get hooked by online betting and usually sports betting.

That's also considerable, if there's none to think about and you are bored inside your house due to pandemic.

There's a big chance that you'll be more active to gambling different from your previous engagements, people who already expose
to this kind of activities may find themselves more  actively using this venue to spend their time.

[Rosilito]

I know, am a competitive guy but, fortunately, not on this case . I got 4, last question is kinda worrisome/bothering or whatsoever is that, so just like the others, most of my points came from that question, 'cause who wouldn't be bug about that? I mean, everyone who gamble must have felt guilty once in their life, anyway.

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1. Support
2. Willpower
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Fair enough, I'd say. But I guess, there are a lot more ways on how we can beat gambling addiction.

[LogitechMouse]

Online Gambling Pop up more recently because of the demand so maybe some point are valid.
But lets face it that gambling is really not helping the world but bringing it down in the long run.

That is why the government is thinking of regulating these online gambling casinos in order for the community to benefit from it.

Right now Online gambling isn't really helping the world but at the same time it doesn't bring the world down since people aren't forced to gamble but they are gambling themselves and no one is pushing for them to gamble especially right now that we are in a pandemic.

well we can find all of the answers in News,In my country Gamblers tend to gamble in illegal ways just to give way in their activities and habits.

I will agree in this. If you are a gambler especially an addicted one, you will always find ways to gamble even it is in an illegal ways like most of the gamblers here in my country and I saw some group of people too being arrested because the aid that the government gave to them is being used for gambling purposes.

[Krislaw]

I answered your questionnaire and I got a decent result nonetheless the majority of my answer js never, because I rarely gamble now midst the pandemic, but for me it's not only because of stress, i think it's also out of desperation to gain and double you money due to the pandemic to have more money than you have living in the third world country gambling has sure have to influence some of the people here to gamble especially the illegal ones.

[pilosopotasyo]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

[virasog]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

I took this questioner too but lucky i not a problem gambler as my score is only 4.

During covid19 many people have become addicted to gambling because they had no other work to do. Sitting at home online on PC and playing gambling all day is not good for health also. Covid19 bring made a lot of gamblers addicted.

[In the silence]

Am really sorry for the losses of everyone but I do understand for a fact that addiction is something that we can beat using two things :

1. Support
2. Willpower

You can also avoid gambling addiction by focusing on other things such as working, and of course inspiration that can change you. I know that many of the Gambling Addict regret it especially when they lose a lot of money because I have experienced it before. All I can advise you is to think about the consequences of what you are doing and whether it is good or bad and here you will know what you should do. There should always be a limit because when it is over it is even more harmful to us.

[freedomgo]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

Anyone can pass that questionnaire as all our answers will be for the good of us, but it's different already when we are in the situation where we are gambling, that's where  we will be tested if we are really discipline in gambling.

[iTradeChips]

well we can find all of the answers in News,In my country Gamblers tend to gamble in illegal ways just to give way in their activities and habits.
I believe that this is not just because they are bored or stress but they have some time now to give consent to their desire betting freely.
Online Gambling Pop up more recently because of the demand so maybe some point are valid.
But lets face it that gambling is really not helping the world but bringing it down in the long run.

I am not really quite sure where you are getting the idea that gambling is not really helping the world. It is not helping the world "in some ways" but it is helping local economies of countries by bringing in money to the government through taxes and sales of lotteries and legalized gambling. I don't agree with you saying it brings the world down in the long run, because if that is the case, we have been gambling for thousands of years and it hasn't brought down the whole world as I see it. There is no historical record that would suggest gambling as the sole cause of ancient civilizations falling (that is not even the whole world just a fraction of it). People will find ways to gamble, covid or no covid. And governments will continue gambling as long as it pours money in the treasury.

[Fundamentals Of]

Things are getting too stressful.

I couldn't agree more.

But don't you think that getting yourself into trouble is more stressful than your current situation right now? Yes, make a pause and think it over again before you act, that is how we should make decisions especially in toughest situation like what we all have right now.

Rather than taking the last resort that you were saying in gambling, why not make your money as ypur capital to start your business. Since we cannot go outside, a lot of people preferred ready to eat food or whatever it is that won't give them any hassle. In short, what I'm saying is that starting a business is more ideal to earn money to solve our boredom or financial problem, not risking it on gambling that mostly all about losing.

That would be the ideal scenario but we all know that the world is working not on ideal terms.

When you are under stress, would you even be thinking of the bigger picture? My guess is that people wouldn't. They are being currently confronted with stress and the last thing they would do is to worry about the possible negative effects of that very thing they think would take away their stress temporarily.

So, many people would immediately indulge themselves with gambling to at least make them forget their stress. But little did they know that it could only bring them into a much worse situation.

[Inkdatar]

I answered your questionnaire and I got a decent result nonetheless the majority of my answer js never, because I rarely gamble now midst the pandemic, but for me it's not only because of stress, i think it's also out of desperation to gain and double you money due to the pandemic to have more money than you have living in the third world country gambling has sure have to influence some of the people here to gamble especially the illegal ones.

Good thing you rarely do gambling during this pandemic. Because some people can't surpass the day without playing in an online casinos. Even no funds some able to borrow money just to bet. That's the problem of others the eagerness to earn instant and double their money without knowing they are become addicted already. I just answered also the questionnaire and the result is just fine since I do not gamble a lot it just for entertainment purpose only.

[BitcoinPanther]

Loneliness is one of the major cause for any addiction and in the pandemic season most of the people are working from home so they are kind of stressed due to seeing their faces all the days for weeks and months which could trigger people to get addicted to something and into gambling a huge part might slipped into it for this reason along.And also no jobs could bring people to get addicted but not in a huge scale in my opinion.

That is quite true.  Due to the boredom of not being able to go out and meet and socialize with friends, people who are use to this kind of living will resort to something that will occupy their minds and at least relieve them of boredom.  Thus many including myself see gambling as one of the best way in releasing stress and boredom.  It is that, not all people have that strong will and discipline in order to keep themselves in check.  Being entertained is really addicting and if one doesn't have a strong grip on oneself, they will be engulfed and get addicted to this entertainment (gambling). 

We don't expect that this kind of addiction will rise during the pandemic because of the possible financial but little that we know, that being confined, having access to internet and online gambling availability, we are more prone to have gambling addiction if we failed to have a self check/ awareness on how we are into gambling.

And for those who are in midway to gambling addiction, it is better to step back from gambling and reflect to think other things to occupy our minds and time. 

[pixie85]

I barely got 2 points in the test. Not really an addicted gambler I guess

Since we are talking about gambling addiction, I remember this one Canadian physician named Gabor Mate. He has dedicated his life with the study of addiction in general and how different factors, like childhood trauma, tends to make people addictive to something, whether it's drugs, alcohol, tobacco, shopping, and yes, gambling. I am not really that in depth with reading his study but it is quite fascinating to see that he has excluded social factors like interaction between people that help shape one's addiction, and thought of it solely in the mental health aspect.

I've read different studies based on people from poor African countries or Brasil and it looks like your surroundings can affect your addiction. People are social and act like a herd of animals in the way that they watch others and act alike. When you're a young guy growing up in a poor society and all your friends gamble you are going to gamble with them.

[2double0]

<<>>
Do you bet more than you can afford to lose?

Score - 1.
I used to go out of the way to gamble something that's not meant to be gambled at all, and had once a loss which turned my whole life into a mess and changed me a lot. Now I don't do it like before.

Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling?

Score - 0.
Though, I need a clarification on this question as what kind of feeling is it asking about? Feeling of a rich person or feeling like I can win even with larger amounts in my bets?

Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)?

Score - 1.
Who doesn't do that? It's human nature to try and recover anything that's lost.

Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?

Score - 1.
I sold my house to go all in on gambling and lost everything. That's an old story but it was worth my whole life's earnings, with money, I lost my dignity as well.

Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling?

Score - 0.
Never, because gambling was my love and it is still my love, the problem was with me as I couldn't control myself. I can't blame gambling to have taken anything from me as it was all due to my decisions.

Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety?

Score - 1.
Yes, I am choosing sometimes here because I am a very cold-hearted person who doesn't care for anything, and you need to have that kind of heart to gamble your everything.

Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)?

Score - 1.
They tried to make me understand that gambling can't be an earning source for me, but I kept doing it. I didn't stop.

Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?

Score - 1.
Yes it did, when you lose a house itself, you lose the trust of your family as they are all dependent on you. My son was educated enough at that time to buy a house on his own, and he gave me shelter for which I'll always be obliged to him.

Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?

Score - 3.
I won't lie here because I lost my house in gambling and it will always make me feel guilty for the same. I don't gamble the way I did before, just play with what I get through some pension schemes and that is also diversified into categories and timings.

[Slow death]

Even though the offline casinos are closed the online gambling is as lively as ever.

in my country the offline casinos are already open and god wish it wasn't the worst decision my country's president has made

Are you a problem gambler?

No

Do you bet more than you can afford to lose?

No

Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling?

No

Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)?

yes, at the beginning when I entered the world of gambling

Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?

fortunately I didn't make that mistake, because if there was one thing I learned at the beginning, it was never to borrow money to trade and gamble because they are high risk things where the return is not guaranteed

Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling?

definitely i have no problem

Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety?

at first it made me anxious, but then I realized that you shouldn't have feelings

Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)?

No

Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?

No

Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?

No

[MFahad]

I barely got 2 points in the test. Not really an addicted gambler I guess

Is this survey or questioner is an antithetic method to find out if anyone is addicted or not or the OP created this himself ?

Edit: I saw that it was taken from a third party site but i would like to know how effective is this survey in determining the addicted gamblers ?

[2double0]

I barely got 2 points in the test. Not really an addicted gambler I guess

Is this survey or questioner is an antithetic method to find out if anyone is addicted or not or the OP created this himself ?

Edit: I saw that it was taken from a third party site but i would like to know how effective is this survey in determining the addicted gamblers ?

You can check the rules in OP, if your score gets pulled above 8 points, it shows that you are an addicted gambler and need to improve to get this score under the level. Though, I don't think that any score can decide whether we need to change our habits or not because it is in our hands to understand that gambling can never be a source of income for anybody (a very few people who are lucky enough to beat the odds can live their life on their won money, but even they lose when their greed doesn't allow them to stop).

[Becky666]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

Anyone can pass that questionnaire as all our answers will be for the good of us, but it's different already when we are in the situation where we are gambling, that's where  we will be tested if we are really discipline in gambling.

Absolutely correct, many of such question will be good than bad, I also answer the same question "but" can't resist some games; when am in love with them. This has happened to me countless time and believe it do happen to others too. Whenever am in action things always change until am able to remember my slogan "there's life tomorrow".

[Lanatsa]

I passed the questionnaire easily, this is something expected people are gambling for entertainment and what is the best time and best platform to take away your time while you are in lockdown, there are only three things, movies, gaming, and of course gambling so expect the numbers to spike and I believe that surveys, me and my friends are part of the people that gamble online this pandemic.

Anyone can pass that questionnaire as all our answers will be for the good of us, but it's different already when we are in the situation where we are gambling, that's where  we will be tested if we are really discipline in gambling.

Absolutely correct, many of such question will be good than bad, I also answer the same question "but" can't resist some games; when am in love with them. This has happened to me countless time and believe it do happen to others too. Whenever am in action things always change until am able to remember my slogan "there's life tomorrow".

We aren't really that perfect since we are just human being which there are decisions in life which would really be suddenly changed or cant be followed even if you do set out strict rules or prohibitions on it.

It will vary on the situation and if you do find it out interesting then you would have that feeling of testing it out.Majority of people now will really just sit down and wait up for the situation to be normal

again before on tending to play off due to financial reason and some cant really just get to their gambling activity since physical casinos are closed and they don't prefer on playing online.

[Finestream]

Honestly, I doubt people would use that questionnaire.

Based on experience and what I noticed on some, addicted gamblers are close minded, they can't realize they are already in that stage so it's best if they have some people to help them realize like people around them,

Correct addicted gamblers won't listen to any advice since the one they care at the moment is to play and have fun, I sure majority experience this and mostly the addiction stage came when the time we place our first bet, this situation made us bet more since its really exciting and the feeling is different.

If it's hard for them to listen from an advice of a certain person or people close to them, then this only questionnaire would be ineffective. Gambling addiction could ruin our life, but it should be all because of us, we can't blame gambling for this as no matter how much blame we give to gambling, it will continue to exist based on its purpose.

That's why we are taught to gamble responsibly, losing our control and getting addicted is already a result of irresponsible gambling.

And I also doubt people will doubt since there are different types of scenarios on why addicted gamblers stops or managed to control their addiction.

I can't seem to get what do you mean here, maybe a type error or something, you can fix and will comment on this.

[MCobian]

I barely got 2 points in the test. Not really an addicted gambler I guess

Is this survey or questioner is an antithetic method to find out if anyone is addicted or not or the OP created this himself ?

Edit: I saw that it was taken from a third party site but i would like to know how effective is this survey in determining the addicted gamblers ?

You can check the rules in OP, if your score gets pulled above 8 points, it shows that you are an addicted gambler and need to improve to get this score under the level. Though, I don't think that any score can decide whether we need to change our habits or not because it is in our hands to understand that gambling can never be a source of income for anybody (a very few people who are lucky enough to beat the odds can live their life on their won money, but even they lose when their greed doesn't allow them to stop).

I agree that the method of questioning in the opening post can indeed judge whether we are addicted or not. But the value obtained will not
can change our habits. If indeed we are addicted to gambling, it must be ourselves who can limit and control when playing gambling, and it is
true that gambling cannot be used as a source of income at any time. If you really want to make money in a pandemic situation like now, find
a safer way. Make gambling just for entertainment only.

[alani123]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

[maydna]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

That is true because losing their jobs in this pandemic makes many people desperate. They need to make money but seems, and they need to struggle and compete with other people who also search for a job. They see that gambling is a fast way to make money, but they know that before they can make money from gambling, they need to use their own money to gamble. We hope that people out there don't have to gamble with their money if they want to make money, but they still need to search for a job. In this pandemic, they really need to stop playing gambling for a while and make their family as their reason to survive and make money.

[peter0425]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

Lets admit that Most of these gamblers are truly dedicated in their worthless business and that is to gamble even if the last money in their pocket will be gone.
I have met many people like this and they are not really into changes.
maybe time will tell but as of this covid and near future?nothing will come easy for them until they learn the lessons.

[rhomelmabini]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

Correct. If at least some gamblers can moderate their desire to gamble or have control over it then such things will never mess up like family problems. It's really best not to gamble what's for the family budget and what's for gambling purposes.

Lets admit that Most of these gamblers are truly dedicated in their worthless business and that is to gamble even if the last money in their pocket will be gone.
I have met many people like this and they are not really into changes.
maybe time will tell but as of this covid and near future?nothing will come easy for them until they learn the lessons.

They are trying I guess even though the risks are great, they'll learn some lessons I suppose when they're fully lost. Worst but that sometimes do happen to others before they get that gamble is not for them.

[bitzizzix]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

In this pandemic problem, many people want to make money in any way and even if it is wrong or they can harm themselves, they do not care and only to survive or support their families.
in the country where I live where cases that should not be done but done for the sake of survival and various reasons for making money because of losing their job and difficulty earning income due to government regulations make it difficult for them to earn income.
including real or traditional gambling which is carried out secretly because it is prohibited but is carried out because it is considered to be quick to make money and is finally caught and jailed, very detrimental to oneself but is a last resort even if the risk is great and can make it suffer.

[erikoy]

In this pandemic problem, many people want to make money in any way and even if it is wrong or they can harm themselves, they do not care and only to survive or support their families.
in the country where I live where cases that should not be done but done for the sake of survival and various reasons for making money because of losing their job and difficulty earning income due to government regulations make it difficult for them to earn income.
including real or traditional gambling which is carried out secretly because it is prohibited but is carried out because it is considered to be quick to make money and is finally caught and jailed, very detrimental to oneself but is a last resort even if the risk is great and can make it suffer.

Probably that is the last resort they did because they do not have option anymore to live and survive. This is why the incidents and crime associated to it is because of poverty. If only opportunitynis given to all there could be lesser crimes that will going to happen.

This is almost the same here in our country. It made worst where they used children to proceed with the transaction because children are not liable to it and they are protected by law to which they can't get into prison. This abuses will lead to more serious problem in the future with these children involvement in crime.

[Debonaire217]

Lets admit that Most of these gamblers are truly dedicated in their worthless business and that is to gamble even if the last money in their pocket will be gone.
I have met many people like this and they are not really into changes.
maybe time will tell but as of this covid and near future?nothing will come easy for them until they learn the lessons.

If they have a stable income or business, spending too much in gambling will be nothing for them. Perhaps, they have all the time to play and they don't worry about losing. If I could be in their shoes, I will also do the same thing, that is because gambling is not all about losing money. There are also people that changed their lives because of gambling. It is just that, the odds of winning is quite lower than losing. But if you want to test your luck, it will be in the matter of your decision. I think regulation could only be the way to limit these gamblers.

[bryant.coleman]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

What about those who are employed by the casinos? They are not billionaires and they need their salaries as well. If you close down all the casinos, where they would go? Gambling is just like drinking alcohol. You are expected to be responsible while gambling. If someone is unable to do that, then it is his problem and it is not right to blame the entire gambling sector for that.

[peter0425]

Lets admit that Most of these gamblers are truly dedicated in their worthless business and that is to gamble even if the last money in their pocket will be gone.
I have met many people like this and they are not really into changes.
maybe time will tell but as of this covid and near future?nothing will come easy for them until they learn the lessons.

They are trying I guess even though the risks are great, they'll learn some lessons I suppose when they're fully lost. Worst but that sometimes do happen to others before they get that gamble is not for them.

Sad reality mate,while so many people now are doing their best to Keep their money inside pocket to save for emergency cases and for foods,then there are these people who are risking everything just to satisfy their craving to gamble.

This is one thing that makes the economy down because of people like them who's no concern about the future of the community,and country.

[skarais]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

During a pandemic, I think people should consider the amount of money they spend on gambling. Due to the unstable economic situation it is not appropriate to spend a lot of money on gambling and it can cause problem.

We all know that only physical gambling is subject to a visit ban during the pandemic and we are not restricted from online gambling. However, due to a narrow economy, loss of jobs, etc, all gambler have to control their spending so that they dont add other problem to their life. Stress is certain, gambling is a place of escape for some of them, but they still need to have control.

[Mauser]

During a pandemic, I think people should consider the amount of money they spend on gambling. Due to the unstable economic situation it is not appropriate to spend a lot of money on gambling and it can cause problem.

We all know that only physical gambling is subject to a visit ban during the pandemic and we are not restricted from online gambling. However, due to a narrow economy, loss of jobs, etc, all gambler have to control their spending so that they dont add other problem to their life. Stress is certain, gambling is a place of escape for some of them, but they still need to have control.

I agree with you, the pandemic is bad for all of us. Job security is definitely a key factor for me in how much I am willing to use for playing poker and gambling each month. If things are getting worse at work, I would definitely have to cut back on my monthly allowance.

Because of the ban on physical casinos I find myself definitely using more online gambling than before. Which is also the case because I see more promotions happening than last year. Probably due to more and more casinos coming into the online market.

[DarkDays]

I don't know why you had the misconception that people gamble less when they've got less money lol, come on now.

If you take a look at minorities in countries like the Unites States, Germany, the UK etc, you'll find that minorities and lower income families tend to gamble more. This is because minorities often fall into the lower income group due to language barriers, lack of education etc.

You never hear about millionaires winning the lottery, because millionaires don't play the lottery. The time it takes them to walk down to the store and get a lottery ticket is net negative to them, add that on top of buying the ticket and it's a no go.

Remember guys, poverty = more gambling, especially in countries with a supportive government. Obviously poverty doesn't lead to gambling in places where people are literally living hand to mouth with no support from the gov.

[Botnake]

I don't know why you had the misconception that people gamble less when they've got less money lol, come on now.

If you take a look at minorities in countries like the Unites States, Germany, the UK etc, you'll find that minorities and lower income families tend to gamble more. This is because minorities often fall into the lower income group due to language barriers, lack of education etc.

You never hear about millionaires winning the lottery, because millionaires don't play the lottery. The time it takes them to walk down to the store and get a lottery ticket is net negative to them, add that on top of buying the ticket and it's a no go.

Remember guys, poverty = more gambling, especially in countries with a supportive government. Obviously poverty doesn't lead to gambling in places where people are literally living hand to mouth with no support from the gov.

That's definitely right, people with less income are gambling more than the rich ones, I don't know, it could be cultivated through their culture or they are just gambling for an opportunity to win big money, the problem is they look only the opportunity and failed to evaluate the risk that is why majority of the gamblers are losers, and that's due to what you said the lack of education.

For lottery bettors, I think 90% of that belongs to the low income family, that's how big the percentage of people wanting to change their life financially in an instant, so their mindset is really different from people who are successful financially as they go throw slow but sure constant process.

[Renampun]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

right, here the need for serious discussion within the family, especially those who have a gambling addict partner...
This epidemic has directed our lives in an uncertain direction, some say there is a vaccine and some say not. Until now, many have not found work and are still in debt just for food. for gambling addicts, it is best to reduce the intensity of your gambling and pay attention to the economy of your family.

[DoublerHunter]

~snip~
For lottery bettors, I think 90% of that belongs to the low income family, that's how big the percentage of people wanting to change their life financially in an instant, so their mindset is really different from people who are successful financially as they go throw slow but sure constant process.

^ They are hoping of luck that makes them an instant millionaire. Even in lottery that the chances of winning are very small but as long as the prize is big, they will hope of luck and wish to hit the jackpot. This the problem of low-income people, they are very lazy and always hoping for a jackpot from the lottery or even other gambling games that based on luck. However, for the responsible gambler probably at this moment they never gamble because they know during pandemic they don't have enough source of income especially those jobless people. Risking money at the same time risking the health of your family.

[Pamadar]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

right, here the need for serious discussion within the family, especially those who have a gambling addict partner...
This epidemic has directed our lives in an uncertain direction, some say there is a vaccine and some say not. Until now, many have not found work and are still in debt just for food. for gambling addicts, it is best to reduce the intensity of your gambling and pay attention to the economy of your family.

There's a lots of things that you can keep yourself busy instead of getting engage more with gambling.

With this pandemic the effects is to be with your family most of the time, You can be more attached in finding ways
on how to survive and bring the needs of your love ones instead of going to gamble and risk your money.

[maydna]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

right, here the need for serious discussion within the family, especially those who have a gambling addict partner...
This epidemic has directed our lives in an uncertain direction, some say there is a vaccine and some say not. Until now, many have not found work and are still in debt just for food. for gambling addicts, it is best to reduce the intensity of your gambling and pay attention to the economy of your family.

There's a lots of things that you can keep yourself busy instead of getting engage more with gambling.

With this pandemic the effects is to be with your family most of the time, You can be more attached in finding ways
on how to survive and bring the needs of your love ones instead of going to gamble and risk your money.

It is right. We don't have to keep busy playing gambling because right now, the important thing in this situation is how we can have money to fill our daily needs. Many people lost their jobs, which impacts our lives too, so we need to search for the other way to help us make money.

It is better to spend our time with our family while we can do it because after this pandemic, perhaps, every person in our homes will be busy searching for another chance to make money. And if you still busy playing gambling, you will lose your opportunity to have time with your family.

[Viscore]

I feel bored, I have nothing to do, I'm stuck and sick that is why I make myself getting busy and got this gambling peel.
To the fact that I can control myself getting into addiction, I'd say no wrong about this even I play 3-4 hours per day, it won't be a problem.

It could only be a problem if we over-spending our money and got hooked-up into addiction. We can't disclose this thing as it seems to be possible because definitely, not all can make control ourself and the bad thing is that, it gonna be hard to stop this crazy thing.

[jrrsparkles]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

right, here the need for serious discussion within the family, especially those who have a gambling addict partner...
This epidemic has directed our lives in an uncertain direction, some say there is a vaccine and some say not. Until now, many have not found work and are still in debt just for food. for gambling addicts, it is best to reduce the intensity of your gambling and pay attention to the economy of your family.

There's a lots of things that you can keep yourself busy instead of getting engage more with gambling.

With this pandemic the effects is to be with your family most of the time, You can be more attached in finding ways
on how to survive and bring the needs of your love ones instead of going to gamble and risk your money.

It is right. We don't have to keep busy playing gambling because right now, the important thing in this situation is how we can have money to fill our daily needs. Many people lost their jobs, which impacts our lives too, so we need to search for the other way to help us make money.

It is better to spend our time with our family while we can do it because after this pandemic, perhaps, every person in our homes will be busy searching for another chance to make money. And if you still busy playing gambling, you will lose your opportunity to have time with your family.

But the problem is with the people who don't have enough money to spend on their daily need so they believe on their luck to change their fate but it is not the right and it can be possible for very few individuals and all others will go bankrupt if they follow such things.

For the people who are bored and entered into gambling have lot other opportunities to get their boredom out and I don't think this problem exists anymore since new normal is effective in most part of the world.

[shoreno]

I feel bored, I have nothing to do, I'm stuck and sick that is why I make myself getting busy and got this gambling peel.
To the fact that I can control myself getting into addiction, I'd say no wrong about this even I play 3-4 hours per day, it won't be a problem.

It could only be a problem if we over-spending our money and got hooked-up into addiction. We can't disclose this thing as it seems to be possible because definitely, not all can make control ourself and the bad thing is that, it gonna be hard to stop this crazy thing.

do you spread that playing hours you have ? you better because playing 3 to 4hrs straight is i think alot but playing 30 mins up to 1 hr in a single sitting is more acceptable . i ask that because theres people spend 4 hrs or even more straight by just playing gambling .

spending more time can also lead to spending more money  so limiting our plays is a must .

[rhomelmabini]

Sad reality mate,while so many people now are doing their best to Keep their money inside pocket to save for emergency cases and for foods,then there are these people who are risking everything just to satisfy their craving to gamble.

This is one thing that makes the economy down because of people like them who's no concern about the future of the community,and country.

Well, we can't just judge them so easily though it's their lives to and it's their concerns if they got problem over it. Well, if it really concerns about the whole community especially a country regarding problem gambling then government really have to take actions.

As far as I know gambling was one thing that makes the government profit from and whether we like it or not gambling monies will still be part of the economy.

[Furious 7]

I feel bored, I have nothing to do, I'm stuck and sick that is why I make myself getting busy and got this gambling peel.
To the fact that I can control myself getting into addiction, I'd say no wrong about this even I play 3-4 hours per day, it won't be a problem.

It could only be a problem if we over-spending our money and got hooked-up into addiction. We can't disclose this thing as it seems to be possible because definitely, not all can make control ourself and the bad thing is that, it gonna be hard to stop this crazy thing.

If you are sure that your gambling doesn't turn into addiction, then you don't have anything to worry. You know when to quit and to book profit or losses. People get ruined because they get addicted and don't know when to quit. All that said, I am not in favor of spending 3-4 hours every day for gambling. Once in a while it is OK. But not on a daily basis. 

For addicted gamblers who play for hours and even spend money for 1 day, for me, gambling is a game that is entertaining but still in control when to stop and when to work to make ends meet, therefore I never book a profit or loss as long as there is extra money. then I will gamble even with a small amount for me this is a pleasure and while looking for how to play gambling with a good strategy if it is necessary.
But I am always active in the gambling board section.

[iTradeChips]

This is really the problem because some people are more focus on gambling during this pandemic. The site is very helpful this gamcare if people who are addicted in gambling will consider trying out on seeking guidance online. Dedication, will power and support could help us get through this addiction because some doesn't have the eagerness to control on playing in gambling.

Well those who are not eager to control their addiction to gambling might be a rich guy or plain crazy. Addiction is the problem here, that feel good feeling when you win gives you this edge to gamble again, then you win again and it makes you gamble more. Until your lose it all and then you experience loss, depression and anxiety creeps in and you cannot control it. You want to be sad and lonely and all of a sudden this addiction turned depression will turn into self destructiveness.

[milewilda]

I feel bored, I have nothing to do, I'm stuck and sick that is why I make myself getting busy and got this gambling peel.
To the fact that I can control myself getting into addiction, I'd say no wrong about this even I play 3-4 hours per day, it won't be a problem.

It could only be a problem if we over-spending our money and got hooked-up into addiction. We can't disclose this thing as it seems to be possible because definitely, not all can make control ourself and the bad thing is that, it gonna be hard to stop this crazy thing.

If you are sure that your gambling doesn't turn into addiction, then you don't have anything to worry. You know when to quit and to book profit or losses. People get ruined because they get addicted and don't know when to quit. All that said, I am not in favor of spending 3-4 hours every day for gambling. Once in a while it is OK. But not on a daily basis. 

For addicted gamblers who play for hours and even spend money for 1 day, for me, gambling is a game that is entertaining but still in control when to stop and when to work to make ends meet, therefore I never book a profit or loss as long as there is extra money. then I will gamble even with a small amount for me this is a pleasure and while looking for how to play gambling with a good strategy if it is necessary.
But I am always active in the gambling board section.

Getting engaged with gambling activity doesnt really automatically for you to be considered as an addicted one.People do have this kind of wrong perception towards things where they do generalize all of people whom
do engage with it to be included into that group of people who do considered addicts which is really that right.Same as yours ive been doing gambling all over the years had passed but i dont still considered
myself to be addicted.I do have the full control of myself when it comes to fund handling plus on the right handling of your own time.If im vacant then thats the time i do consider on playing but if there
are other things which is more important then i would prioritize it first among other else.

[DarkDays]

I've seen a few people getting more desperate around this time. It's a hard time, no doubt. Disposable income has gone way down, sources of income are reduced and family matters tend to get worse. At this time losing money in gambling has more of an impact, and some people tend to try to escape with gambling. This is exactly where big problem situations can arise from.

right, here the need for serious discussion within the family, especially those who have a gambling addict partner...
This epidemic has directed our lives in an uncertain direction, some say there is a vaccine and some say not. Until now, many have not found work and are still in debt just for food. for gambling addicts, it is best to reduce the intensity of your gambling and pay attention to the economy of your family.

There's a lots of things that you can keep yourself busy instead of getting engage more with gambling.

With this pandemic the effects is to be with your family most of the time, You can be more attached in finding ways
on how to survive and bring the needs of your love ones instead of going to gamble and risk your money.

The pandemic has given everyone the time to rest not only their goals but their minds also. Rather than spending the time gambling in the hope that you'll win some extra cash I'd recommend to instead educate yourself with all this extra time.

Use the time wisely to better yourself and learn perhaps skills which will allow to get into a job where you can't be made redundant or where your skills are really needed so that you can be free of worries about what your future job holds for you.

[maydna]

~snip~

But the problem is with the people who don't have enough money to spend on their daily need so they believe on their luck to change their fate but it is not the right and it can be possible for very few individuals and all others will go bankrupt if they follow such things.

For the people who are bored and entered into gambling have lot other opportunities to get their boredom out and I don't think this problem exists anymore since new normal is effective in most part of the world.

Perhaps, people should learn from others who are playing gambling and lose their money, so they don't just use their money to make money. They need to open their eyes that gambling is not the way to make money, and they should search for the other jobs to make money.

I think we can handle our boredom by doing another thing, especially if we are homes and spend time with our family. We can create a new activity with them which can kill the boredom, and if we can be active in making a new thing with them, I am sure that we don't think about playing gambling. Who knows, from those new things, we can have the opportunity to make money to help us buy daily needs.

[Astvile]

People are looking for some enjoyment this quarantine that's why some tried gambling I have friends of my own who got into this but fortunately for them they have control over it that's why they didn't lose that much of money and get addicted at all.

I feel bored, I have nothing to do, I'm stuck and sick that is why I make myself getting busy and got this gambling peel.
To the fact that I can control myself getting into addiction, I'd say no wrong about this even I play 3-4 hours per day, it won't be a problem.

Theres nothing wrong on how many hours you gamble each day, the important thing is the money you are spending don't lose control over your budget and you are safe from gambling addiction.

[LogitechMouse]

I feel bored, I have nothing to do, I'm stuck and sick that is why I make myself getting busy and got this gambling peel.
To the fact that I can control myself getting into addiction, I'd say no wrong about this even I play 3-4 hours per day, it won't be a problem.

As long as you have the money and you can control yourself then I can say that you can still gamble just to remove your boredom especially now that we are in a lockdown situation.
This is just for me only . If I'm bored, I'd rather play online games than gambling. We are not the same just sharing my way of removing boredom . Different people have different ways not to be bored right now.

It could only be a problem if we over-spending our money and got hooked-up into addiction. We can't disclose this thing as it seems to be possible because definitely, not all can make control ourself and the bad thing is that, it gonna be hard to stop this crazy thing.

The problem is that gamblers are already doing that thing. Most or some of them are over-spending because of losses probably or maybe its because of them getting addicted into it already. Self-control is very important trait that gamblers must have if they gamble but unfortunately, not all gamblers have this that is why they end up losing money.

[seoincorporation]

I have seen an increment of users in the gambling site this year, looks like people get bored in their houses so casinos is a good option to move some money while we have fun. But if people is gambling more that doesn't mean they have a gambling addiction, i would say they have more free time and they want to make some extra money online.

[rhomelmabini]

I have seen an increment of users in the gambling site this year, looks like people get bored in their houses so casinos is a good option to move some money while we have fun. But if people is gambling more that doesn't mean they have a gambling addiction, i would say they have more free time and they want to make some extra money online.

Exactly, even just few per day at least they can get money from gambling. The problem only arises because most of the time some users do lose and that's a fact and if they chased over it they got more lose.

I like casual gamblers because they can moderate their urge to gamble and it's more of passing time while at home. But if I were to gamble just for fun I'd better learn it for a new skill online, not can make money in an instance but it will be put into a good use in the future.

[peter0425]

Sad reality mate,while so many people now are doing their best to Keep their money inside pocket to save for emergency cases and for foods,then there are these people who are risking everything just to satisfy their craving to gamble.

This is one thing that makes the economy down because of people like them who's no concern about the future of the community,and country.

Well, we can't just judge them so easily though it's their lives to and it's their concerns if they got problem over it. Well, if it really concerns about the whole community especially a country regarding problem gambling then government really have to take actions.

I understand you mate,i have just said what i felt for them and right if the problem persist then Government must do action because it is their concern also.

As far as I know gambling was one thing that makes the government profit from and whether we like it or not gambling monies will still be part of the economy.

actually what government is taking from gambling is just a peanut compared to what the owners are gathering from so many gamblers.

[Shasha80]

Indeed, the fact is the number of people playing gambling has increased this year, especially when the quarantine and lockdown came into effect.
In fact, I was quite surprised by the economic crisis that happened, it didn't stop people from playing gambling. Not only users who are addicted,
but new users are also increasing in number. Even based on the investigation that I did the number of new online gamblers continues to grow.
Maybe as the members here say the cause is because people are bored and they have to stay at home, online gambling is an entertainment choice
and some people consider playing gambling a source of income too.

[imstillthebest]

Indeed, the fact is the number of people playing gambling has increased this year, especially when the quarantine and lockdown came into effect.
In fact, I was quite surprised by the economic crisis that happened, it didn't stop people from playing gambling. Not only users who are addicted,
but new users are also increasing in number. Even based on the investigation that I did the number of new online gamblers continues to grow.
Maybe as the members here say the cause is because people are bored and they have to stay at home, online gambling is an entertainment choice
and some people consider playing gambling a source of income too.

people should specify if what crisis are they are talkin because there could be a crisis on other industry but on gambling and online business the economy here are verry healthy  . people didnt stop playing despite theres a crisis outside does not mean that these people are already addicted  .

no you dont call them that but that phrase also gives a different meaning and not just reffers to addicted gamblers .

[Natalim]

This really depends.I usually have played with lower bets and with lower bets for example in slot machines you can play a whole lot more than 1 hour with just a 70 EUR initial budget with a 0.10 EUR bet.The games at this bet only keep you at a certain level and you have to play more than one hour to win or to lose the money.In one hour if you are on a bad session it happened to me to lose like 25 EUR max while if on a good run I have even played for more than 5 hours.

Still, playing in more than one hour can make us forget the limitations because if we can feel fun playing those games, we will use more money. Unless you can play for some rounds, and take a break for a while before you continue to place the next bet. That will be safer and reduce the risk of tension in every round. We need to manage our emotions in the games, so no matter how long we play, we can always control the money, and we can remember that we need to stop playing gambling for that day.

It needs a lot of discipline to be able to do that, some of gamblers don't stop until they win or lose, they believe in luck that's why they are superstitious sometimes and do things that we didn't expect them to do. Based on experience as a gambler when I was still new, I can't stand up when I am losing, I will continue betting until I can win back my loses, but when I'm winning, I kinda a little aggressive so sometimes I win but I could not maximize it.

I say this strategy of mind is not good, because it seems like I am gambling based on how I feel, not what I think.

[Sadlife]

With the loss of their income they can't support their family's financially, that's why some people tend to look for alternatives, especially gamblers. They probably think it would be a lifesaver for them. That's why the gambling space is blowing up right now, also i've seen a lot of influencers staking ang gambling their Crypto's in casinos and bookmakers. One way to help them is probably the scientist should speed up the development of a vaccine.

[Inkdatar]

With the loss of their income they can't support their family's financially, that's why some people tend to look for alternatives, especially gamblers. They probably think it would be a lifesaver for them. That's why the gambling space is blowing up right now, also i've seen a lot of influencers staking ang gambling their Crypto's in casinos and bookmakers. One way to help them is probably the scientist should speed up the development of a vaccine.

This is the most reasons why some people are taking risks to gamble just to support their needs. A hope that they could win the game. A lot of players couldn't stop the urge in playing even their health is at risks. So as the majority hopes is this vaccine to be normalize the situation.

[jrrsparkles]

~snip~

But the problem is with the people who don't have enough money to spend on their daily need so they believe on their luck to change their fate but it is not the right and it can be possible for very few individuals and all others will go bankrupt if they follow such things.

For the people who are bored and entered into gambling have lot other opportunities to get their boredom out and I don't think this problem exists anymore since new normal is effective in most part of the world.

Perhaps, people should learn from others who are playing gambling and lose their money, so they don't just use their money to make money. They need to open their eyes that gambling is not the way to make money, and they should search for the other jobs to make money.

I think we can handle our boredom by doing another thing, especially if we are homes and spend time with our family. We can create a new activity with them which can kill the boredom, and if we can be active in making a new thing with them, I am sure that we don't think about playing gambling. Who knows, from those new things, we can have the opportunity to make money to help us buy daily needs.

People who believe their luck to make money literally meant to show that their inability to make money in the harder situations.For boredom causes people can go to gambling as long as they can afford for it but the fact is gambling is not meant to make money by everyone.

[maydna]

~snip~

People who believe their luck to make money literally meant to show that their inability to make money in the harder situations.For boredom causes people can go to gambling as long as they can afford for it but the fact is gambling is not meant to make money by everyone.

In the first time, I am playing gambling, I thought about making money from gambling, but the fact, that is far from my expectation. Instead of making money, I lose some money. And from that time, I realize that gambling is not for making money, but I believe that some people can make money from gambling. I can say that because I watched some of the neighbours who play card games with the money involved in this pandemic. Those people very lucky because the police are not raiding the place because they play at a hidden place in our environment.

[glowing10]

~snip~

But the problem is with the people who don't have enough money to spend on their daily need so they believe on their luck to change their fate but it is not the right and it can be possible for very few individuals and all others will go bankrupt if they follow such things.

For the people who are bored and entered into gambling have lot other opportunities to get their boredom out and I don't think this problem exists anymore since new normal is effective in most part of the world.

Perhaps, people should learn from others who are playing gambling and lose their money, so they don't just use their money to make money. They need to open their eyes that gambling is not the way to make money, and they should search for the other jobs to make money.

I think we can handle our boredom by doing another thing, especially if we are homes and spend time with our family. We can create a new activity with them which can kill the boredom, and if we can be active in making a new thing with them, I am sure that we don't think about playing gambling. Who knows, from those new things, we can have the opportunity to make money to help us buy daily needs.

People who believe their luck to make money literally meant to show that their inability to make money in the harder situations.For boredom causes people can go to gambling as long as they can afford for it but the fact is gambling is not meant to make money by everyone.

If everyone could have made money so easily there would have being no problem in the world as everyone would have lots of money. And sooner people realizes that it is not always possible to make money from gambling better it would be as they would play in limits and also it would help them to enjoy the game more rather than just playing to make money and if they losses it will add more stress to them.

[peter0425]

With the loss of their income they can't support their family's financially, that's why some people tend to look for alternatives, especially gamblers. They probably think it would be a lifesaver for them. That's why the gambling space is blowing up right now, also i've seen a lot of influencers staking ang gambling their Crypto's in casinos and bookmakers. One way to help them is probably the scientist should speed up the development of a vaccine.

Gambling never gonna be a Lifesaver mate because we have known gambling from the start ,and if we are playing we already experienced
the same thing that we lose more than we win.
So in the right manner?this is not the best place to make it happen?
Why not just let your money sit in your wallet for at least keeping for your family or yourself.
Gamble if you have enough money to risk and not to affect your family's needs.

[bobyhodob]

With the loss of their income they can't support their family's financially, that's why some people tend to look for alternatives, especially gamblers. They probably think it would be a lifesaver for them. That's why the gambling space is blowing up right now, also i've seen a lot of influencers staking ang gambling their Crypto's in casinos and bookmakers. One way to help them is probably the scientist should speed up the development of a vaccine.

vaccine development will require a very long process, whereas for our lives it takes time for everyday life, so it seems impossible if you have to wait a very long time like you mentioned, they should be able to develop in a more efficient way, maybe by way of set up an online gambling place, so that businesses become online and can earn money online.

[Timelord2067]

Whilst it's true this kind of survey has been done to death, what hasn't been factored in until now is the various kinds of lock-downs that have been imposed world wide.

It'd be interesting if the end results for hard level four lock-downs (as is the case at the moment in Melbourne) show more people gambling online, not just doing Amazon/Netflix/what-ever-else shopping online (including Uber Eats etc).  With more people working from home, they are less likely to drop into a live Casino after work on a Friday to let their hair down.

[Gotumoot]

I couldn't understand those people they are already having trouble on money and yet we are facing a pandemic which result of losing jobs for most of us and yet they are using it as an excuse to gamble?
Shouldn't they think about it if they would use the money for something else then they could help their own or even their family.
Why would they even risk the only money that they have left? and they doesn't even know when would be the next time that they could get some money again.

[LogitechMouse]

With the loss of their income they can't support their family's financially, that's why some people tend to look for alternatives, especially gamblers. They probably think it would be a lifesaver for them. That's why the gambling space is blowing up right now, also i've seen a lot of influencers staking ang gambling their Crypto's in casinos and bookmakers. One way to help them is probably the scientist should speed up the development of a vaccine.

I don't know but its kinda disappointing that there are some of these gamblers doesn't have any income right now and yet they are using their money to gamble hoping that it will help them. I don't blame them if they are addicted into gambling already but risking your only money to gamble is kind of ridiculous on my part.

Speeding up the development of a vaccine will just lead to different questions and may lead to death of some who will use the vaccine. That is why there are clinical trials in every vaccine that is created in order for it to be safe to use by the public. Russian's Sputnik V vaccine skipped some of its clinical trials so its effectiveness is questionable until now and it will also happen to other vaccines if they will rush the creation of the vaccine.

[k@suy]

With the loss of their income they can't support their family's financially, that's why some people tend to look for alternatives, especially gamblers. They probably think it would be a lifesaver for them. That's why the gambling space is blowing up right now, also i've seen a lot of influencers staking ang gambling their Crypto's in casinos and bookmakers. One way to help them is probably the scientist should speed up the development of a vaccine.

I don't know but its kinda disappointing that there are some of these gamblers doesn't have any income right now and yet they are using their money to gamble hoping that it will help them. I don't blame them if they are addicted into gambling already but risking your only money to gamble is kind of ridiculous on my part.

Speeding up the development of a vaccine will just lead to different questions and may lead to death of some who will use the vaccine. That is why there are clinical trials in every vaccine that is created in order for it to be safe to use by the public. Russian's Sputnik V vaccine skipped some of its clinical trials so its effectiveness is questionable until now and it will also happen to other vaccines if they will rush the creation of the vaccine.

If you are jobless person, you only have your own savings and you have a family to raise, it is much better to use your money to provide their needs instead of risking your money on playing gambling without any assurance of winning your game. When you lose your game you will regret it because you will earn nothing but you also lose your money with nonsense thing. What you have to do is to look for a job or put up a business instead.

[freedomgo]

If you are jobless person, you only have your own savings and you have a family to raise, it is much better to use your money to provide their needs instead of risking your money on playing gambling without any assurance of winning your game.

What if there is an assurance? hehe.. I think there are people who are making a living in gambling, how do you define their kind of job?
Most of us does not have the skills to make a living in gambling, so I think we need to evaluate our skills first.

When you lose your game you will regret it because you will earn nothing but you also lose your money with nonsense thing. What you have to do is to look for a job or put up a business instead.

Gambling is not a non sense thing, it depends on how your treat it, if you are stupid and irresponsible, then gambling is non sense for you, but if you are enjoying it, you will certainly have fun and get entertain, so it's valuable to us, it doesn't matter if we lose as long as we enjoy and that is not non sense.

you call it non sense if you are gambling aiming for money but you are not capable of winning.

[AnatanVS]

If you are jobless person, you only have your own savings and you have a family to raise, it is much better to use your money to provide their needs instead of risking your money on playing gambling without any assurance of winning your game. When you lose your game you will regret it because you will earn nothing but you also lose your money with nonsense thing. What you have to do is to look for a job or put up a business instead.

It's time to stop making decisions for other people. It is worth understanding that everyone has their own life and everyone is free to live it as they want. If a person wants to waste it , don't limit them. We should only help those who have asked for help themselves, which means that the person has started on the path of recovery and solving their problems.
You can spend years discussing how to cure everyone of ludomania, how to limit people's spending in casinos, and so on. But this won't solve the problem. The problem is that there are a lot of poor people in our society who can't earn enough money for their family, so they go to such extremes.
If all those who lost their income due to the pandemic are helped financially, almost none of them will go to seek their fortune in casinos.

[plvbob0070]

I couldn't understand those people they are already having trouble on money and yet we are facing a pandemic which result of losing jobs for most of us and yet they are using it as an excuse to gamble?
Shouldn't they think about it if they would use the money for something else then they could help their own or even their family.
Why would they even risk the only money that they have left? and they doesn't even know when would be the next time that they could get some money again.

Probably because they get blinded by the idea that they might win and earn money by gambling. Perhaps they use gambling as an excuse to earn money since they lost their job which is their primary source of income. We don't really know what runs in their head why they still choose to risk their money but I think it's a sign that these people are already addicted to gambling because they won't do it if they still know how to use their money wisely.

[Shimmiry]

Probably because they get blinded by the idea that they might win and earn money by gambling.

That might be the main reason why they are risking their money in gambling. They are hoping that they can win good amount of money in gambling, and maybe this could be a coping mechanism of them to deal with their problems specifically when they lost their job because of this pandemic.

Hence, I agree that they have their own thinking, probably they see theirselves successful on gambling that's why their hopes are high.

[Natalim]

Probably because they get blinded by the idea that they might win and earn money by gambling.

That might be the main reason why they are risking their money in gambling. They are hoping that they can win good amount of money in gambling, and maybe this could be a coping mechanism of them to deal with their problems specifically when they lost their job because of this pandemic.

Hence, I agree that they have their own thinking, probably they see theirselves successful on gambling that's why their hopes are high.

Probably only few of the people are gambling because they lost their job, while most of the gamblers are enjoying because they are staying at home and they are finding ways to entertain themselves. Hence, it should not make gambling bad as though there's a risk and there are people who get addicted or lose a lot of money in gambling, but majority of the gamblers are doing it responsibly.

People should not blame gambling because they lose, or blame the pandemic for that to happen, they should be responsible enough to accept their mistakes and blame themselves.

[maydna]

I couldn't understand those people they are already having trouble on money and yet we are facing a pandemic which result of losing jobs for most of us and yet they are using it as an excuse to gamble?
Shouldn't they think about it if they would use the money for something else then they could help their own or even their family.
Why would they even risk the only money that they have left? and they doesn't even know when would be the next time that they could get some money again.

Well, that is what happens in our society. Perhaps, those people are desperate to find a new job in this new normal, and they have money, so they decide to gamble using that money, which they hope to make more money. We can't blame them by using that money for playing gambling because if someone already desperate with his life, he will do anything he can.

It is a lesson for us which really important to think of what we should do with the money because we need that money to buy our needs to survive. We need to have a new source of income which will help us to have money. Perhaps, we can stop gambling at this time and only concern how we can still survive until the situations can back normal.

[FlightyPouch]

If you are jobless person, you only have your own savings and you have a family to raise, it is much better to use your money to provide their needs instead of risking your money on playing gambling without any assurance of winning your game. When you lose your game you will regret it because you will earn nothing but you also lose your money with nonsense thing. What you have to do is to look for a job or put up a business instead.

That is just true but people that are actually addicted to gambling won't realize this. What matters to them is that as long as they can bet or gamble, they will be facing the problem of their family or their needs after gambling because their priority is gambling. Actually some people can't stop gambling that is the reason why some actually make some solutions like adding more shifts to earn more money they could use to gamble.

[finaleshot2016]

If you are jobless person, you only have your own savings and you have a family to raise, it is much better to use your money to provide their needs instead of risking your money on playing gambling without any assurance of winning your game. When you lose your game you will regret it because you will earn nothing but you also lose your money with nonsense thing. What you have to do is to look for a job or put up a business instead.

That is just true but people that are actually addicted to gambling won't realize this. What matters to them is that as long as they can bet or gamble, they will be facing the problem of their family or their needs after gambling because their priority is gambling. Actually some people can't stop gambling that is the reason why some actually make some solutions like adding more shifts to earn more money they could use to gamble.

They will only realize the serious problem they're encountering is when they are already suffering and their loved ones are already abandoning him because of his/her behavior. People that are addicted to gambling doesn't even care on the consequence until realizing it because they will still continue as long as they have the ability to continue. Some aren't capable of stopping themselves from gambling, if that's the case, they should inquire to a doctor or seek for help to be released on this suffering from addiction.

[GDragon]

If you are jobless person, you only have your own savings and you have a family to raise, it is much better to use your money to provide their needs instead of risking your money on playing gambling without any assurance of winning your game. When you lose your game you will regret it because you will earn nothing but you also lose your money with nonsense thing. What you have to do is to look for a job or put up a business instead.

That is just true but people that are actually addicted to gambling won't realize this. What matters to them is that as long as they can bet or gamble, they will be facing the problem of their family or their needs after gambling because their priority is gambling. Actually some people can't stop gambling that is the reason why some actually make some solutions like adding more shifts to earn more money they could use to gamble.

Some can't even identify themselves as an addict, how can they really know what to do with their money anyway? I've read that some addicts have their own reason why they are addicted to gambling, and it will never be a reason for them to stop gambling just because they are losing money. It will also not make them realize to invest in a business or etc. A pandemic wouldn't even stop them from gambling. If the addiction is already hard to control, they needed a professional help, but they themselves first must accept that they are an addict.

[Natalim]

If you are jobless person, you only have your own savings and you have a family to raise, it is much better to use your money to provide their needs instead of risking your money on playing gambling without any assurance of winning your game. When you lose your game you will regret it because you will earn nothing but you also lose your money with nonsense thing. What you have to do is to look for a job or put up a business instead.

That is just true but people that are actually addicted to gambling won't realize this. What matters to them is that as long as they can bet or gamble, they will be facing the problem of their family or their needs after gambling because their priority is gambling. Actually some people can't stop gambling that is the reason why some actually make some solutions like adding more shifts to earn more money they could use to gamble.

Some can't even identify themselves as an addict, how can they really know what to do with their money anyway? I've read that some addicts have their own reason why they are addicted to gambling, and it will never be a reason for them to stop gambling just because they are losing money. Or it will not make them realize to invest in a business or etc. A pandemic wouldn't even stop them from gambling. If the addiction is already hard to control, they needed a professional help, but they themselves first must accept that they are an addict.

That's the thing, the problem is how they can accept they are addicted if they themselves doesn't recognize they are already addicted. It's sad that they are justifying what they are doing even though it's already obvious that they are already addicted in gambling, they may not see it but it's visible to other people especially for people close to them.

[jrrsparkles]

snip~

If everyone could have made money so easily there would have being no problem in the world as everyone would have lots of money. And sooner people realizes that it is not always possible to make money from gambling better it would be as they would play in limits and also it would help them to enjoy the game more rather than just playing to make money and if they losses it will add more stress to them.

More to add if that gambling is so much easier way to make money then gambling business won't sustain this much longer for many centuries already.

Gambling is for fun and for money as well but there is no guaranteed money and don't force yourself to make money out of it can be better decisions.

[bitbunnny]

If you are jobless person, you only have your own savings and you have a family to raise, it is much better to use your money to provide their needs instead of risking your money on playing gambling without any assurance of winning your game. When you lose your game you will regret it because you will earn nothing but you also lose your money with nonsense thing. What you have to do is to look for a job or put up a business instead.

That is just true but people that are actually addicted to gambling won't realize this. What matters to them is that as long as they can bet or gamble, they will be facing the problem of their family or their needs after gambling because their priority is gambling. Actually some people can't stop gambling that is the reason why some actually make some solutions like adding more shifts to earn more money they could use to gamble.

Some can't even identify themselves as an addict, how can they really know what to do with their money anyway? I've read that some addicts have their own reason why they are addicted to gambling, and it will never be a reason for them to stop gambling just because they are losing money. Or it will not make them realize to invest in a business or etc. A pandemic wouldn't even stop them from gambling. If the addiction is already hard to control, they needed a professional help, but they themselves first must accept that they are an addict.

That's the thing, the problem is how they can accept they are addicted if they themselves doesn't recognize they are already addicted. It's sad that they are justifying what they are doing even though it's already obvious that they are already addicted in gambling, they may not see it but it's visible to other people especially for people close to them.

That is why admitting to yourself that you have the problem and that you are addicted is the key and also the half of solution. But it's very hard to get to that point and addicted gamblers often don't want help and don't want to listen their family and friends. To my opinion in the moment when your world starts to turn around gambling and that becomes the most important thing in your life, it's time to stop.

[South Park]

So recently I came across a post where the person asked for help since he was addicted to gambling . I decided to research on this topic. Not just Gambling as a whole but also Gambling related to COVID-19.

I did understand for a fact that due to Coronavirus people will gamble less!! Since there is literally no jobs and money for a common man right now.

BUT!!

According to a survey and research conducted :

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

All kind of addictive behaviours have gone up not only gambling, there is research indicating that alcohol and drug consumption is also going up and it is because many people have been unable to cope with the stress of the pandemic and being on their homes all the time, and instead of trying to do something productive they use those activities to try to pass the time, and while there is nothing wrong with gambling once in a while we know that many people are unable to control it and then they become addicted to it

[mirakal]

snip~

If everyone could have made money so easily there would have being no problem in the world as everyone would have lots of money. And sooner people realizes that it is not always possible to make money from gambling better it would be as they would play in limits and also it would help them to enjoy the game more rather than just playing to make money and if they losses it will add more stress to them.

More to add if that gambling is so much easier way to make money then gambling business won't sustain this much longer for many centuries already.

Gambling is for fun and for money as well but there is no guaranteed money and don't force yourself to make money out of it can be better decisions.

That's what they are trying to tell us, do it for fun so if you lose you can easily move on. On their side,  it's all about business and they will continue winning over majority of the gamblers because they are operating with a house edge, take that from them and gambling industry will not boom.

[Wawa2013]

There are several possibilities that make gambling increase in the COVID19 pandemic, the first is that people look for ways to make money.
And what some people think, gambling can make money in a relatively short time. Even though this is a wrong assumption, which will make
people even more problematic, when all the money runs out because they lost playing gambling. The second possibility is why gambling is
increasingly in demand in the COVID19 pandemic situation, it could be because people need entertainment, being bored having to be at home.
And the last possibility is because the person is experiencing stress in the face of the corona virus, and play gambling to relieve stress. And the
problem is if the gambling percentage increases, a new problem will arise, that the number of people who are addicted to gambling will increase too.

[Insanerman]

If your total score is 8 or higher, you may be a problem gambler.

LOL I've had higher than 10 TBH but I don't see myself facing nor having any problems with the Gambling at all. I know that I'm addicted onto it as I wake up and the first thing I do is to check if my bets where correct or not and even try to bet again before taking breakfast nor working. But I know that Gambling had been making me satisfied with the fun it yields towards the experiences but I also know how to discipline myself in order to make something good out of my  gambling activities.

I don't think the survey really accurate to all gamblers nor to all of their mindsets. But then, it's better for other gamblers to seek help whenever they feel to be addicted onto it.

[AmoreJaz]

If your total score is 8 or higher, you may be a problem gambler.

LOL I've had higher than 10 TBH but I don't see myself facing nor having any problems with the Gambling at all. I know that I'm addicted onto it as I wake up and the first thing I do is to check if my bets where correct or not and even try to bet again before taking breakfast nor working. But I know that Gambling had been making me satisfied with the fun it yields towards the experiences but I also know how to discipline myself in order to make something good out of my  gambling activities.

I don't think the survey really accurate to all gamblers nor to all of their mindsets. But then, it's better for other gamblers to seek help whenever they feel to be addicted onto it.

it really depends on how you handle your gambling habits. it varies from person to person. same here, if i have bets of course, thats the first thing that you will check when you wake up. but it doesnt mean that you are a degenerate gambler. there are other factors in play here.
 anyway, just know how to handle yourself in this game and youre pretty much safe from deep trouble...

[maydna]

it really depends on how you handle your gambling habits. it varies from person to person. same here, if i have bets of course, thats the first thing that you will check when you wake up. but it doesnt mean that you are a degenerate gambler. there are other factors in play here.
 anyway, just know how to handle yourself in this game and youre pretty much safe from deep trouble...

Even if it varies from person to person, I think the purposes will be the same: we need to discipline gambling games to avoid the losses. Knowing how to handle ourselves will be important because that is one factor that will determine we can have control or not, and we can prevent the big trouble as you say.

Gambling is fun, but behind that fun, it also tempts and could attract us to go deeper into the gambling games. When we can discipline, we don't have to worry about that because we can know when to stop gambling.

[erikoy]

it really depends on how you handle your gambling habits. it varies from person to person. same here, if i have bets of course, thats the first thing that you will check when you wake up. but it doesnt mean that you are a degenerate gambler. there are other factors in play here.
 anyway, just know how to handle yourself in this game and youre pretty much safe from deep trouble...

Yes you nailed it with your point. Most likely gambler in deep problem with gambling are usually addicted in playing to it. The reason for this addiction is that they made losses which they wanted to get back. These will resort to bigger bets and bigger losses as time pass by without the gamblers knowledge that he is already in the deep trouble of gambling and addiction. If this type of gambler could not be refrain from doing such activity and no one had attempt to just like having a stress debriefing or to conduct self realization on how to get out of addiction in gambling then higher chances it will destroy the life of that gambler.

[matchi2011]

If your total score is 8 or higher, you may be a problem gambler.

LOL I've had higher than 10 TBH but I don't see myself facing nor having any problems with the Gambling at all. I know that I'm addicted onto it as I wake up and the first thing I do is to check if my bets where correct or not and even try to bet again before taking breakfast nor working. But I know that Gambling had been making me satisfied with the fun it yields towards the experiences but I also know how to discipline myself in order to make something good out of my  gambling activities.

I don't think the survey really accurate to all gamblers nor to all of their mindsets. But then, it's better for other gamblers to seek help whenever they feel to be addicted onto it.

it really depends on how you handle your gambling habits. it varies from person to person. same here, if i have bets of course, that's the first thing that you will check when you wake up. but it doesnt mean that you are a degenerate gambler. there are other factors in play here.
 anyway, just know how to handle yourself in this game and youre pretty much safe from deep trouble...

Everyone have their on position about that particular concern,
if you have some attitude similar to that  for sure you have your own explanation about it.
Many gamblers tends to denied their too much engagement with gambling to the point that
they are in denial that they are really addicted to this activities.

[LogitechMouse]

we need to discipline gambling games to avoid the losses.

I just wish that this kind of thing is is the thing that most of the gamblers must have whenever they are gambling.
I just wish that having discipline while gambling is that easy to do.

If only more gamblers are disciplined enough whenever they are gambling, their chances of losing money will be reduced by a bit but that doesn't the case. Most of the gamblers are ending up losing their self control whenever they are either winning or gambling and having self control is automatic when a gambler is disciplined enough to control himself. I just wish that more gamblers will have this trait to lessen their losses.

[Natalim]

we need to discipline gambling games to avoid the losses.

I just wish that this kind of thing is is the thing that most of the gamblers must have whenever they are gambling.
I just wish that having discipline while gambling is that easy to do.

If only more gamblers are disciplined enough whenever they are gambling, their chances of losing money will be reduced by a bit but that doesn't the case. Most of the gamblers are ending up losing their self control whenever they are either winning or gambling and having self control is automatic when a gambler is disciplined enough to control himself. I just wish that more gamblers will have this trait to lessen their losses.

Loses do happen to us gamblers even if we are too discipline, what discipline could only teach us is to gamble and not allowed ourselves to lose more than what we can't afford to lose. That's very simple but actually hard to implement if you don't have that discipline.

[maydna]

we need to discipline gambling games to avoid the losses.

I just wish that this kind of thing is is the thing that most of the gamblers must have whenever they are gambling.
I just wish that having discipline while gambling is that easy to do.

If only more gamblers are disciplined enough whenever they are gambling, their chances of losing money will be reduced by a bit but that doesn't the case. Most of the gamblers are ending up losing their self control whenever they are either winning or gambling and having self control is automatic when a gambler is disciplined enough to control himself. I just wish that more gamblers will have this trait to lessen their losses.

We need to apply to ourselves before we can tell others to do the same thing as us. People can't follow what we did if we are not successful in having discipline because the discipline itself is not easy.

If more gamblers are disciplined, we will probably see the number of addicting people to gambling will reduce because people know that gambling is just for entertainment. They need to discipline to prevent the addicting.

It is normal if the gamblers losing control when they win, but if they have discipline, they will remember that they don't need to get tempted to play more rounds because it is enough for them to playing gambling. Discipline and self-control will be two parts that every gambler must have in gambling.

[swogerino]

Nowadays Covid-19 number of deaths globally has gone down in most of the countries so it is a good sign that the virus is losing power and we are near the creation of a vaccine for it.However gamblers have big difficulties in controlling their emotions starting from myself which many times I have lost in slots more money than I could afford to lose.Covid or non Covid gamblers will go gambling as long as they need the urge to do it.

[erikoy]

Nowadays Covid-19 number of deaths globally has gone down in most of the countries so it is a good sign that the virus is losing power and we are near the creation of a vaccine for it.However gamblers have big difficulties in controlling their emotions starting from myself which many times I have lost in slots more money than I could afford to lose.Covid or non Covid gamblers will go gambling as long as they need the urge to do it.

Covid19 may be minimize its transmission probably because of people being cautious already of the virus by following the minimum health protocols implemented by the WHO and enforce by the local agencies concern.

However, covid19 does not really stop the gamblers to bet. Others are chosing gambling to be online while other do it illegaly in a certain venue where authority could have difficulties to penetrate and hold them. Here in our place, some raids were actually done due to these gambling activities happens where after some individuals receive their financial assistance from the government utilizing it for gambling like tong its, cock fighting, majong and other traditional form of gambling. If you will then ask them why they do it then simply to get out from being bored for staying at home all the time.

[Google+]

Nowadays Covid-19 number of deaths globally has gone down in most of the countries so it is a good sign that the virus is losing power and we are near the creation of a vaccine for it.However gamblers have big difficulties in controlling their emotions starting from myself which many times I have lost in slots more money than I could afford to lose.Covid or non Covid gamblers will go gambling as long as they need the urge to do it.

unfortunately in several Asian countries there are still many who are exposed to the covid virus, gamblers should be able to rest for a while and stop gambling in large numbers when Covid like this many people lose their jobs so that economic conditions will weaken so I recommend that you keep your assets safely. as good as possible.

[Bezobraznike]

   Covid-19 virus affected all of us! Because the measures across the world, the ones like shutting down the business and quarantine,
many people were stressed, and had to deal with that alone in their locked homes. Many people had big psychical problems and they
had to find some ways to deal with that stress, and one of the ways is online gambling. Running away from one problem in another
is never a good solution, people need to find to stay healthy and strong in these difficult times.

[ibuddy122505]

Nowadays Covid-19 number of deaths globally has gone down in most of the countries so it is a good sign that the virus is losing power and we are near the creation of a vaccine for it.However gamblers have big difficulties in controlling their emotions starting from myself which many times I have lost in slots more money than I could afford to lose.Covid or non Covid gamblers will go gambling as long as they need the urge to do it.

unfortunately in several Asian countries there are still many who are exposed to the covid virus, gamblers should be able to rest for a while and stop gambling in large numbers when Covid like this many people lose their jobs so that economic conditions will weaken so I recommend that you keep your assets safely. as good as possible.

Corona is the reason of this bleeding, since people needs cash for this pandemic. Around the world individuals were under isolate and many were died by this deadly infection. we're fine but we're not permitted to make FREE move simply like previously so prayers for everybody. We're still in a tough situation so we've to deal it in right manner.

[Natalim]

We're still in a tough situation so we've to deal it in right manner.

Very well said, and the right manner to deal with it is just to gamble online, that if you can still afford to gamble considering the world is in financial struggle now. Gambling is always fun this isn't a solution of financial problem, remember, we spend money here not earn.

[michellee]

Nowadays Covid-19 number of deaths globally has gone down in most of the countries so it is a good sign that the virus is losing power and we are near the creation of a vaccine for it.However gamblers have big difficulties in controlling their emotions starting from myself which many times I have lost in slots more money than I could afford to lose.Covid or non Covid gamblers will go gambling as long as they need the urge to do it.

unfortunately in several Asian countries there are still many who are exposed to the covid virus, gamblers should be able to rest for a while and stop gambling in large numbers when Covid like this many people lose their jobs so that economic conditions will weaken so I recommend that you keep your assets safely. as good as possible.

Corona is the reason of this bleeding, since people needs cash for this pandemic. Around the world individuals were under isolate and many were died by this deadly infection. we're fine but we're not permitted to make FREE move simply like previously so prayers for everybody. We're still in a tough situation so we've to deal it in right manner.

If we don't have a source of income and need money, I think we can stop gambling until the situations become better than before. We can try to earn money first because we need that money to continue to survive. We still have much time playing gambling because the important thing now is how we can pass this pandemic with alive. We can not depend on other people because they have the same problem for us, so we should try to make money fills our daily needs.

[jademaxsuy]

If we don't have a source of income and need money, I think we can stop gambling until the situations become better than before. We can try to earn money first because we need that money to continue to survive. We still have much time playing gambling because the important thing now is how we can pass this pandemic with alive. We can not depend on other people because they have the same problem for us, so we should try to make money fills our daily needs.

Others thinks the other way like they can earn through gambling which is true sometimes but mostly not. There are really lucky gamblers always win their games which they are good at. In the sense of survival, earning money is really important but we cannot tell it directly to gamblers that the money they will going to use for bet should be allocate for daily needs. This is life which is really hard to understand.

[judeafante]

Those who have savings and are on lockdown can enjoy gambling yes according to surveys people gamble because they are on vacation from work and they have money to gamble, they have all the time to gamble those who play on a weekend can gamble daily now, this is why the results of the survey are very high compared to normal times.

[JohnBitCo]

If your total score is 8 or higher, you may be a problem gambler.

LOL I've had higher than 10 TBH but I don't see myself facing nor having any problems with the Gambling at all. I know that I'm addicted onto it as I wake up and the first thing I do is to check if my bets where correct or not and even try to bet again before taking breakfast nor working. But I know that Gambling had been making me satisfied with the fun it yields towards the experiences but I also know how to discipline myself in order to make something good out of my  gambling activities.

I don't think the survey really accurate to all gamblers nor to all of their mindsets. But then, it's better for other gamblers to seek help whenever they feel to be addicted onto it.

it really depends on how you handle your gambling habits. it varies from person to person. same here, if i have bets of course, thats the first thing that you will check when you wake up. but it doesnt mean that you are a degenerate gambler. there are other factors in play here.
 anyway, just know how to handle yourself in this game and youre pretty much safe from deep trouble...

As per my analysis is concerned on this, i think many people did not have anything constructive to work on during the covid 19 lock down time ,so they become addicted to online gambling because they could access it easily from their homes. Also during this period, many new people were introduced to online gambling as the physical gambling casino were completely closed.

[Golftech]

These people are already gamblers even before the pandemic, and it makes them happy when they are doing it so you are right, this is like a stress reliever on them while they can be safe gambling at home only, however, for those who are already addicted in online gambling, I doubt that online site to help the addicted gamblers would work, if they are in control of their computer, they might  not access that site as some addicted gamblers does not even know or admit they are already addicted, that's the real problem actually.

maybe many of them are truly gamblers even before the pandemic but there are also others that don't even gamble in their life.
But because of the Pandemic they become interested in gambling and now playing better but losing mostly,One of them are my Bestfriend in which Not a gambler since birth but now?He seems to be spending half of HEr day just to gamgble.

[panganib999]

It is indeed right that because of pandemic people tend to play gambling more to kill boredom but since we are already a couple of months stuck in our houses due to quarantine being implemented just like here in our country wherein we are already 6 months staying home, people will surely find ways to kill their boredom and the most common thing that people do is play games like gambling. It is already given that there is a certain negative impact playing this game could affect human behavior most specially if playing is not in proper moderation. There is no wrong thing on playing gambling as long as you know your limit on when to stop and budget the amount of money you intended to spend for playing gambling.

I have read the questionnaire and it was easy and understandable to assess how you are as a gambler. It was just so nice and commendable providing a site that could help problematic gamblers that find themselves addictive on playing gambling and it is really very essential at times like this that there is someone or something that will make you feel appreciated and will boost up your moral.

[michellee]

If we don't have a source of income and need money, I think we can stop gambling until the situations become better than before. We can try to earn money first because we need that money to continue to survive. We still have much time playing gambling because the important thing now is how we can pass this pandemic with alive. We can not depend on other people because they have the same problem for us, so we should try to make money fills our daily needs.

Others thinks the other way like they can earn through gambling which is true sometimes but mostly not. There are really lucky gamblers always win their games which they are good at. In the sense of survival, earning money is really important but we cannot tell it directly to gamblers that the money they will going to use for bet should be allocate for daily needs. This is life which is really hard to understand.

A gambler needs to manage its win money for what they will going to do with the money. If they can divide the win money to buy their daily needs, I think they will not have a problem buying the needs while still playing gambling. When the gambler can win many times and get a lot of money, they will have a chance to survive with that money. But if a gambler just uses the win money to hope to win another win money, then they will not have a big chance to win.

[South Park]

   Covid-19 virus affected all of us! Because the measures across the world, the ones like shutting down the business and quarantine,
many people were stressed, and had to deal with that alone in their locked homes. Many people had big psychical problems and they
had to find some ways to deal with that stress, and one of the ways is online gambling. Running away from one problem in another
is never a good solution, people need to find to stay healthy and strong in these difficult times.

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide, it is important to keep our eyes open in the case we see our family members and friends acting strange since they could be suffering due to the social isolation we have gone through and help them if that is the case.

It will be interesting in a few years once the costs of the pandemic are more clear what has being the cost in terms of mental health for the world as I suppose it will l be very high.

[michellee]

   Covid-19 virus affected all of us! Because the measures across the world, the ones like shutting down the business and quarantine,
many people were stressed, and had to deal with that alone in their locked homes. Many people had big psychical problems and they
had to find some ways to deal with that stress, and one of the ways is online gambling. Running away from one problem in another
is never a good solution, people need to find to stay healthy and strong in these difficult times.

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide, it is important to keep our eyes open in the case we see our family members and friends acting strange since they could be suffering due to the social isolation we have gone through and help them if that is the case.

It will be interesting in a few years once the costs of the pandemic are more clear what has being the cost in terms of mental health for the world as I suppose it will l be very high.

The pandemic makes many people desperate because they are losing their jobs and need to stay at home. Many cases are related to the mental health of people because they confuse finding those jobs. We need to have a positive mind and believe that we can get a new job, but after we get the money, we need to save that money to buy our needs, and not use that money for gamble.

I hope that every person can stay calm at this pandemic and still search for the new jobs they want. It will be going to end soon, but we need to be patient.

[Kupid002]

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide, it is important to keep our eyes open in the case we see our family members and friends acting strange since they could be suffering due to the social isolation we have gone through and help them if that is the case.

It will be interesting in a few years once the costs of the pandemic are more clear what has being the cost in terms of mental health for the world as I suppose it will l be very high.

Even we like it or not this situation teach us a lot we need to be discipline and learn to be happy for simple things that we can do even it is just limited because of the pandemic.

No one want this happen but its just happen what we can do now is learn to adopt the situation and adjust base on what they think we need and not for what we want.

[NavI_027]

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide

Yeah l! The frustration this pandemic brings to all of us is quite alarming. I mean, I don't actually bother because I'm used to stress (engineering life lol) but those people particularly the weak hearted extroverts are the ones who suffer the most. So I guess the best we can do is to look on the brighter side and take advantage of the plenty amount of time in our hands. Share moments with your family, focus on your passion, do recreational activities and the most important thing is pray. It will ease the pain . (You're unlucky if you live alone)

Keep holding on guys, we can make it!

[Furious 7]

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide, it is important to keep our eyes open in the case we see our family members and friends acting strange since they could be suffering due to the social isolation we have gone through and help them if that is the case.

It will be interesting in a few years once the costs of the pandemic are more clear what has being the cost in terms of mental health for the world as I suppose it will l be very high.

Even we like it or not this situation teach us a lot we need to be discipline and learn to be happy for simple things that we can do even it is just limited because of the pandemic.

No one want this happen but its just happen what we can do now is learn to adopt the situation and adjust base on what they think we need and not for what we want.

With an atmosphere of limitation, it means that our space is limited due to the pandemic that makes a lot of people mentally depressed and out of place, we know discipline is very important but still if they are isolated they will tend to be more stressed because this pandemic will be long so in their minds they just stay silent without do anything.

Whatever is happening now must be faced happily and also do positive things in the future so as not to cause depression to cause unwanted things such as suicide, the problem factor could be their economic effect.

[Findingnemo]

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide

Yeah l! The frustration this pandemic brings to all of us is quite alarming. I mean, I don't actually bother because I'm used to stress (engineering life lol) but those people particularly the weak hearted extroverts are the ones who suffer the most. So I guess the best we can do is to look on the brighter side and take advantage of the plenty amount of time in our hands. Share moments with your family, focus on your passion, do recreational activities and the most important thing is pray. It will ease the pain . (You're unlucky if you live alone)

Keep holding on guys, we can make it!

Lot of people lost their jobs and source of income like business even the investment sector got crashed so for someone who ranges inside the middle class will highly affected by this condition.But we are somewhat recovered from early effects but still we need to change our life strategies to hang in their and survive the hard days.

[bct_ail]

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide, it is important to keep our eyes open in the case we see our family members and friends acting strange since they could be suffering due to the social isolation we have gone through and help them if that is the case.

I also think that this is a big problem. We have seen that in the past months. The economy has been supported with money. But many associations, which worry about humans did not get money.
But you must also consider that there are many people who love this isolation and do not like to be among people. So they are happy with this situation. The medal has many sides.

[CryptocurencyKing]

It might seem so, a mean, for a fact, people have got to do something while staying at home but then, it all started at a period. At first, movements were restricted, people were stopped temporary from their jobs and that came along with sporting activities, casinos and clubs been shut down temporary. I'm sure during this period, there were certainly no betting untill the games and routes were reopen, people were allowed to go about their daily duties and jobs to a limited extent and then, the nettings got going.
No doubt their were nettings based on predicted scores but then, the bettors were small.
Covid19 have got people searching for online earning platforms and bet seems the most promising yet, a lot of persons lose.

[cabalism13]

All questions are useful enough and if we apply all of these to our selves as a gambler ...

Giod Enough to be considered, but the question is how...

Lot of people lost their jobs and source of income like business even the investment sector got crashed so for someone who ranges inside the middle class will highly affected by this condition.But we are somewhat recovered from early effects but still we need to change our life strategies to hang in their and survive the hard days.

yeah, definitely somewhat,... but we're not getting anywhere despite that especially if there are still tons of people who aren't using their brains on how they'll live in an appropriate way. Speaking of which, gambling hasn't yet to be fun jut like the old days.

[STT]

people will gamble less!!

Gamble lesser amounts but crypto has the great advantage of letting you gamble whatever size you like where as most casinos would be quite awkward to just play in tiny amounts.   I always bet small till i actually believe I know the game, feel its possible I will get a run of wins if I'm playing with size.    I get that people dont want to play without risking something, my game is trying to beat the game and guess its structure to risk vs reward so that works for me at any level not just purely size based risk.
    In lower income times I would just recommend trying a wider variety and vary strategy & routine, risk less and hope to learn a new trick maybe try poker or whatever game you never normally try.

[Bitcoinislife09]

It might seem so, a mean, for a fact, people have got to do something while staying at home but then, it all started at a period. At first, movements were restricted, people were stopped temporary from their jobs and that came along with sporting activities, casinos and clubs been shut down temporary. I'm sure during this period, there were certainly no betting untill the games and routes were reopen, people were allowed to go about their daily duties and jobs to a limited extent and then, the nettings got going.
No doubt their were nettings based on predicted scores but then, the bettors were small.
Covid19 have got people searching for online earning platforms and bet seems the most promising yet, a lot of persons lose.

Maybe still gambling could also be done online and for a lot of people online is already the thing because of the pandemic most of the casinos are still closed until it is safe for COVID or the government to say so. So I guess for hard gamblers they might need to adopt if they still not try gambling online they might want to try it and might like it. The government is supporting online things or transactions and forcing a lot of people to stay at home in order to avoid the virus. The government wants to prevent the virus so working at home or working online will probably going to be the normal thing for a lot of countries or maybe until the Coronavirus vaccines become available but it might take more years to be completed. In my opinion gambling addiction should not be a problem because their just a lot of ways that you could do.

[CODE200]

There could be really a great possibility that because people are being stuck at home due to the existing quarantine brought by this pandemic, people find themselves being bored and getting sicked of the repetitive activities they do so they wanted to entertain themselves and one might come to consider playing gambling really entertaining. Due to boredom,  people will surely impossible to gamble less for they tend to gamble more specially if that certain individual is a gambler at first hand for they know the experience of playing gambling. But the problem due to pandemic, people might find it hard to control their wants to play gambling even more for they might do not have other things to make them occupied.

Good thing that the OP raise an awareness about this thing to know and assess yourself if you are really a problematic gambler or not. But there might be individuals who are in denial phase not to know if they really into themselves a problematic gambler or not. The first step of resolving such problem is of course admitting and accepting into yourself you are facing such so professionals or authorized people can help you out resolve such problem.

[Mahanton]

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide

Yeah l! The frustration this pandemic brings to all of us is quite alarming. I mean, I don't actually bother because I'm used to stress (engineering life lol) but those people particularly the weak hearted extroverts are the ones who suffer the most. So I guess the best we can do is to look on the brighter side and take advantage of the plenty amount of time in our hands. Share moments with your family, focus on your passion, do recreational activities and the most important thing is pray. It will ease the pain . (You're unlucky if you live alone)

Keep holding on guys, we can make it!

Lot of people lost their jobs and source of income like business even the investment sector got crashed so for someone who ranges inside the middle class will highly affected by this condition.But we are somewhat recovered from early effects but still we need to change our life strategies to hang in their and survive the hard days.

We do need to survive specially now that we are really on a very hard situation where jobs had lost and businesses were shutdown due to this pandemic which do highly affects any industry and generally the economy.Its just insensible for you to consider on playing that much if you do know that your source of income had been shut or cut thats
why its better to prioritize things first on how to make money rather than on spending it via gambling.

But there were people who are really desperate even on the amidst of pandemic they do still consider to play specially now that gambling places are gradually start to open up.

[batang_bitcoin]

But there were people who are really desperate even on the amidst of pandemic they do still consider to play specially now that gambling places are gradually start to open up.

It's part of gamblers life. Whether we have pandemic or a financial crisis, gamblers will find a way to gamble. While the economy of most are going back, there's no blockage anymore for the gamblers to get back to *business*.
No obstacles anymore and they get to choose, online or physical. They all have the choices and whichever the desire of their type, they can do as what they pleases them.

[kawetsriyanto]

Maybe still gambling could also be done online and for a lot of people online is already the thing because of the pandemic most of the casinos are still closed until it is safe for COVID or the government to say so. So I guess for hard gamblers they might need to adopt if they still not try gambling online they might want to try it and might like it.

Have you read thoroughly on the OP? The problem is about financial or money to gamble. Since the pandemic is happening, we must stay at home and unfortunately not all people can get money only by staying at home. So, many people are in a financial crisis, then they must prioritize urgent needs than playing gambling. Indeed, we can always access online gambling but gambling games aren't free, many of them require money. While in the crisis, many gamblers must deal with the situation by stopping to gamble temporarily. For the addicts, this may be bad time, but normal gamblers can accept it very well, I guess. Well, that's true we still can access online gambling, but having very limited money is a big problem for gamblers right now.

[kayvie]

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

No, that's not about the stress of COVID-19. People tend to gamble more because they having nothing to do at home or maybe they have less money so they are thinking to make more money in a quicker way even if it is risky or it has the possibility to lose all their money. As we all know, most people are not thinking about covid-19, they are more focused on doing something because they are bored, etc.

[maydna]

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

No, that's not about the stress of COVID-19. People tend to gamble more because they having nothing to do at home or maybe they have less money so they are thinking to make more money in a quicker way even if it is risky or it has the possibility to lose all their money. As we all know, most people are not thinking about covid-19, they are more focused on doing something because they are bored, etc.

I think that is why people seem not to think much about Covid-19. Perhaps, they are playing gambling because they lose their jobs, while they need money to survive and buy their daily needs. So gambling will be the only way to make money, as you say, they think they can make more money in a short time.

If they can think about how to solve boredom by doing another thing than playing gambling, they will not lose the money. People will not get stress because of losing money in gambling.

[LogitechMouse]

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

No, that's not about the stress of COVID-19. People tend to gamble more because they having nothing to do at home or maybe they have less money so they are thinking to make more money in a quicker way even if it is risky or it has the possibility to lose all their money. As we all know, most people are not thinking about covid-19, they are more focused on doing something because they are bored, etc.

Boredom of people will lead to stress and their stress reliever is gambling that is why people tend to gamble more even though we are facing a pandemic.

Right now I don't think that money is their main reason why they are gambling because if it really is then it is a problem but it is the boredom that forces them to gamble in the middle of a pandemic. I just hope that they find other ways to ease their boredom and not only gambling. There are other things that they can do just not to be bored. Playing online games, playing with family, sleeping all day etc.

[peter0425]

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

No, that's not about the stress of COVID-19. People tend to gamble more because they having nothing to do at home or maybe they have less money so they are thinking to make more money in a quicker way even if it is risky or it has the possibility to lose all their money. As we all know, most people are not thinking about covid-19, they are more focused on doing something because they are bored, etc.

I think that is why people seem not to think much about Covid-19. Perhaps, they are playing gambling because they lose their jobs, while they need money to survive and buy their daily needs. So gambling will be the only way to make money, as you say, they think they can make more money in a short time.

If they can think about how to solve boredom by doing another thing than playing gambling, they will not lose the money. People will not get stress because of losing money in gambling.

so what they are doing is that only ruining their life because instead of looking for correct answer to the problem what theya re doing is adding more burden.
everytime they played it brings them losses and eventually will take all their money and what ends?hungry.
Gambling is only for those who has enough budget and not for the risking.

[Alucard1]

This pandemic virus makes some other people focused on online gambling, they have free time and one way to kill the boredom is to gamble, it makes them entertained especially when playing with friends and it can make them earn money as well and lose their money most of the time. Losing in gambling would not affect the willingness of an addict in gambling because they are thinking that they should play more in order to turn back the money

I am not that so addicted to gambling so most of the answers to the questions are "NO", actually it will only get positive for those people who are addict to gambling. They cannot control themselves so well while playing because they find gambling as a way of entertainment and a source of money sometimes. Winning the game and earning money makes a person play gambling, it has a good feeling it is also applicable for every aspect of our lives.

[swogerino]

This pandemic virus makes some other people focused on online gambling, they have free time and one way to kill the boredom is to gamble, it makes them entertained especially when playing with friends and it can make them earn money as well and lose their money most of the time. Losing in gambling would not affect the willingness of an addict in gambling because they are thinking that they should play more in order to turn back the money

I am not that so addicted to gambling so most of the answers to the questions are "NO", actually it will only get positive for those people who are addict to gambling. They cannot control themselves so well while playing because they find gambling as a way of entertainment and a source of money sometimes. Winning the game and earning money makes a person play gambling, it has a good feeling it is also applicable for every aspect of our lives.

I think the pandemic right now is not anymore a determining factor to gambling.Many countries have eased their restrictions to good level.Work has resumed normally in many countries and if you see in Linkedin a lot of companies are hiring in person and not online remotely.This means that people are free to move and this doesn’t impact their decisions to force them into gambling,it is now a person choice if he wants to gamble or not.Meanwhile Moderna the Us firm is near the creation of a vaccine at least they claim so.

[Kupid002]

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

No, that's not about the stress of COVID-19. People tend to gamble more because they having nothing to do at home or maybe they have less money so they are thinking to make more money in a quicker way even if it is risky or it has the possibility to lose all their money. As we all know, most people are not thinking about covid-19, they are more focused on doing something because they are bored, etc.

Many people now is able to back at work so only small percentage of the community is not able to do what they are doing before pandemic came. If it's
your  habit already i don't think covid can stop you to play any gambling game that you like. It's not also excuse that you are just bored at home thats why you want to gamble there are many other things that you can do to help yourself and improved the skills that you think can help you in the future  and do. not base only on what you want .

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

"Due to the stress of COVID-19 people tend to gamble more."

No, that's not about the stress of COVID-19. People tend to gamble more because they having nothing to do at home or maybe they have less money so they are thinking to make more money in a quicker way even if it is risky or it has the possibility to lose all their money. As we all know, most people are not thinking about covid-19, they are more focused on doing something because they are bored, etc.

Many people now is able to back at work so only small percentage of the community is not able to do what they are doing before pandemic came. If it's
your  habit already i don't think covid can stop you to play any gambling game that you like. It's not also excuse that you are just bored at home thats why you want to gamble there are many other things that you can do to help yourself and improved the skills that you think can help you in the future  and do. not base only on what you want .

It's true. Make yourself productive and sell things or foods online to have a stable income, even you temporarily don't have a job or a source of income. It doesn't mean you don't have anything to do; you will only gamble all of your savings in an online casino because what will happen to you next day if you will only lose all of your money in gambling. Everybody should be disciplined and responsible for using their savings because no one knows when this pandemic ends. Your gambling hobby can wait after the epidemic, so don't let your greed or gambling hobby control you.

[erikoy]

It's true. Make yourself productive and sell things or foods online to have a stable income, even you temporarily don't have a job or a source of income. It doesn't mean you don't have anything to do; you will only gamble all of your savings in an online casino because what will happen to you next day if you will only lose all of your money in gambling. Everybody should be disciplined and responsible for using their savings because no one knows when this pandemic ends. Your gambling hobby can wait after the epidemic, so don't let your greed or gambling hobby control you.

Not all gamblers are losers, in fact other gamblers consider this as another source of income. These gamers play professionally in the game that they are expert. Anyway, with the pandemic other gamblers that are itching and had some resources to spare are not stoping them to gamble even with these covid19 pandemic. I think it is better to let them decide on what to do best of their extra time and money.

[LogitechMouse]

It's true. Make yourself productive and sell things or foods online to have a stable income, even you temporarily don't have a job or a source of income. It doesn't mean you don't have anything to do; you will only gamble all of your savings in an online casino because what will happen to you next day if you will only lose all of your money in gambling. Everybody should be disciplined and responsible for using their savings because no one knows when this pandemic ends. Your gambling hobby can wait after the epidemic, so don't let your greed or gambling hobby control you.

I just hope that all of the people are like this. Instead of gambling their money, they are investing it thru creating a small business like selling foods online. Unfortunately, those non-addicted gamblers are the ones who can try to do this kind of thing.

Key word here is discipline as always . Before starting to save, you should know where to use this money. If you are saving for an emergency like this then at all cost use it to help your family in this crisis and not use it in gambling. Casinos can wait for this to end but if you don't have money right now to use because you it in gambling then you are a complete greedy, undisciplined citizen and you will be one of the huge percentage of people who are suffering right now because of the pandemic.

[Mauser]

I just hope that all of the people are like this. Instead of gambling their money, they are investing it thru creating a small business like selling foods online. Unfortunately, those non-addicted gamblers are the ones who can try to do this kind of thing.

Key word here is discipline as always . Before starting to save, you should know where to use this money. If you are saving for an emergency like this then at all cost use it to help your family in this crisis and not use it in gambling. Casinos can wait for this to end but if you don't have money right now to use because you it in gambling then you are a complete greedy, undisciplined citizen and you will be one of the huge percentage of people who are suffering right now because of the pandemic.

Creating a business is very hard, it requires capital and a lot of work. Without constant effort and looking after your own business it will go nowhere. That is why gambling is so attractive to many people, you don't need any special skills and have the chance to become rich very quickly. Even if you have only a little bit of money you can win big, for example when playing the lottery, or going for high risk/reward bets in Dice. I believe gambling is the human nature, so we will always see people looking for the quick way and risky way to get rich, even if this might lead to losing it all.

[Eureka_07]

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Not all gamblers are losers, in fact other gamblers consider this as another source of income. <snip>

That's right, it's the choice of anyone if he wanted to make himself more in-touched with gambling.
We don't need to say to those people who wanted to to gamble their money to stop and be more productive or do different stuff other than that.
In fact, it's the sole resposibility of the player to be much disciplined enough on gambling.

Gambling may be source of income too, but this is not always the case for everyone. Some gamblers are way too good on gambling, they're even called professionals, on the otherhand, some are just poor into it, so better to think twice before spending too much time and money into it, be diciplined enough specially in this time of pandemic that you surely need money.

[perla]

You can always consider betting on virtual games. Yet that is a bit different, there are no statistics whatsoever and you also do not know at all what happens behind the scenes. And statistics don't say much in virtual games. I also think that certain teams play very differently after the Corona break than before. But that affects all teams that have not built up a rhythm. It's a matter of good preliminary research.

[plvbob0070]

Probably because they get blinded by the idea that they might win and earn money by gambling.

That might be the main reason why they are risking their money in gambling. They are hoping that they can win good amount of money in gambling, and maybe this could be a coping mechanism of them to deal with their problems specifically when they lost their job because of this pandemic.

Hence, I agree that they have their own thinking, probably they see theirselves successful on gambling that's why their hopes are high.

Probably only few of the people are gambling because they lost their job, while most of the gamblers are enjoying because they are staying at home and they are finding ways to entertain themselves. Hence, it should not make gambling bad as though there's a risk and there are people who get addicted or lose a lot of money in gambling, but majority of the gamblers are doing it responsibly.

People should not blame gambling because they lose, or blame the pandemic for that to happen, they should be responsible enough to accept their mistakes and blame themselves.

I agree with you that they can't blame it on other things when they are the ones who choose to gamble. But sometimes people really get blinded and just think that gambling is a place where they can earn free money which is totally wrong. And it's not a good mindset because it might make them addicted and dependent on gambling. Also, I don't think it's easy for others to accept that they are losing that's why they keep on playing thinking they can still get everything.

[South Park]

Many people concentrate only on the economic and the direct effects of the pandemic, however the pandemic is going to have long term effects on the mental health of people, humans are not really designed to spend months isolated from each other, this has probably lead many to the path of depression, addiction and maybe even suicide

Yeah l! The frustration this pandemic brings to all of us is quite alarming. I mean, I don't actually bother because I'm used to stress (engineering life lol) but those people particularly the weak hearted extroverts are the ones who suffer the most. So I guess the best we can do is to look on the brighter side and take advantage of the plenty amount of time in our hands. Share moments with your family, focus on your passion, do recreational activities and the most important thing is pray. It will ease the pain . (You're unlucky if you live alone)

Keep holding on guys, we can make it!

I will admit that I have not being that affected by the pandemic in that aspect but I know people that were literally going crazy inside their homes without knowing what to do, but since the measures have been relaxed they are doing a little bit better, but it is important to find something to do because we never know if things could go back to the way they were a few months ago if a second wave comes, and more importantly just as we keep our body healthy we need to keep our mind healthy as well by avoiding getting addicted to anything and that includes gambling as well.

[maydna]

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so what they are doing is that only ruining their life because instead of looking for correct answer to the problem what theya re doing is adding more burden.
everytime they played it brings them losses and eventually will take all their money and what ends?hungry.
Gambling is only for those who has enough budget and not for the risking.

Indeed. Gambling makes people's lives ruin and not solving their financial problems, but unfortunately, people who are playing gambling a lot do not realize that. They are still playing gambling with the hope that someday they can win a lot of money.

Losing money in gambling can attract people to do a bad thing. If they lose their money, they can't buy food to survive because they are hungry. We can play gambling, but we need to have rules to have money for our lives still. If we still playing gambling without stop, sooner or later, we will lose all the money.

[erikoy]

Losing money in gambling can attract people to do a bad thing. If they lose their money, they can't buy food to survive because they are hungry. We can play gambling, but we need to have rules to have money for our lives still. If we still playing gambling without stop, sooner or later, we will lose all the money.

This type of gambler is considered as an addict to gambling. No person can gamble without sparing some money to buy some food. This is ridiculus type of person and should call the attention of people near to him. He needs counselling and protection against his gambling acts. If not then he could suffer the rest of his life and you might regret not helping him towards change in his life. Just a little awareness for him or his family about the his gambling addiction problem let them decide what to do on him. If he manage to change then you shoulf congratulate your self for helping others and if they will not change at least you have tried and have no regret to it.

[pakhitheboss]

Losing money in gambling can attract people to do a bad thing. If they lose their money, they can't buy food to survive because they are hungry. We can play gambling, but we need to have rules to have money for our lives still. If we still playing gambling without stop, sooner or later, we will lose all the money.

This type of gambler is considered as an addict to gambling. No person can gamble without sparing some money to buy some food. This is ridiculus type of person and should call the attention of people near to him. He needs counselling and protection against his gambling acts. If not then he could suffer the rest of his life and you might regret not helping him towards change in his life. Just a little awareness for him or his family about the his gambling addiction problem let them decide what to do on him. If he manage to change then you shoulf congratulate your self for helping others and if they will not change at least you have tried and have no regret to it.

Everyone who gambles will get addicted to it some day or the other and later on they will commit such crimes to fulfill their addiction. When you are addict you will forget about food and family, you will only worry and care about addiction.

[AicecreaME]

Losing money in gambling can attract people to do a bad thing. If they lose their money, they can't buy food to survive because they are hungry. We can play gambling, but we need to have rules to have money for our lives still. If we still playing gambling without stop, sooner or later, we will lose all the money.

This type of gambler is considered as an addict to gambling. No person can gamble without sparing some money to buy some food. This is ridiculus type of person and should call the attention of people near to him. He needs counselling and protection against his gambling acts. If not then he could suffer the rest of his life and you might regret not helping him towards change in his life. Just a little awareness for him or his family about the his gambling addiction problem let them decide what to do on him. If he manage to change then you shoulf congratulate your self for helping others and if they will not change at least you have tried and have no regret to it.

Everyone who gambles will get addicted to it some day or the other and later on they will commit such crimes to fulfill their addiction. When you are addict you will forget about food and family, you will only worry and care about addiction.

Not all of the addicted gamblers are like that, but most of them are willing to starve themselves just to spend all of their money in gambling, that's why they lose themselves even more. Let's talk a little science about that. If you do gambling all day without eating enough food, your brain will started to eat itself, and your emotional feelings would feed it up even more when you do have a losing streak.

Being addicted or not is not the problem, but we still have to be a responsible gambling addict by prioritizing ourselves first before anything else.

[iv4n]

Some people are more prone to addiction! Addiction is complicated to be understood, one of the reasons why it's like that is that addiction doesn't discriminate! It hits people of all ages, intelligence, background, there's no patter that can be followed!
Gambling is a vice, and if you don't control your gambling habits, be sure that gambling will control you and your habits! You will turn to gambling and you will forget everything and everyone else. My intro was like for people to understand that all other addictions are pretty much the same, once you get hooked on something that will take all of you!
How to avoid addiction, simply learn how to control yourself! Learn where the fun begins and where it ends, don't go over your limits! It's not a shame to stand up from the table and say it's enough for you, whethe it's gambling, drinking, doing drugs... or anything else, I just mentioned the most known addictions we are all familiar with.

[maydna]

Losing money in gambling can attract people to do a bad thing. If they lose their money, they can't buy food to survive because they are hungry. We can play gambling, but we need to have rules to have money for our lives still. If we still playing gambling without stop, sooner or later, we will lose all the money.

This type of gambler is considered as an addict to gambling. No person can gamble without sparing some money to buy some food. This is ridiculus type of person and should call the attention of people near to him. He needs counselling and protection against his gambling acts. If not then he could suffer the rest of his life and you might regret not helping him towards change in his life. Just a little awareness for him or his family about the his gambling addiction problem let them decide what to do on him. If he manage to change then you shoulf congratulate your self for helping others and if they will not change at least you have tried and have no regret to it.

But before we help him solve his addicting, we need to prepare ourselves because that will not be easy to make him realize his reality. He will try to deny our help and pretending he is okay, but the truth is he really needs help from other people. Perhaps, we can talk heart by heart to him before he goes to counseling, so we know the root of the problem. Thus, we can determine what exactly he needs and how we can help him.

Although that will need a will from him, I think he will know that someone stays beside him and always reminds him. If we could still be there, he will realize and will try to open his mind to leave gambling forever.

[reliable]

Losing money in gambling can attract people to do a bad thing. If they lose their money, they can't buy food to survive because they are hungry. We can play gambling, but we need to have rules to have money for our lives still. If we still playing gambling without stop, sooner or later, we will lose all the money.

This type of gambler is considered as an addict to gambling. No person can gamble without sparing some money to buy some food. This is ridiculus type of person and should call the attention of people near to him. He needs counselling and protection against his gambling acts. If not then he could suffer the rest of his life and you might regret not helping him towards change in his life. Just a little awareness for him or his family about the his gambling addiction problem let them decide what to do on him. If he manage to change then you shoulf congratulate your self for helping others and if they will not change at least you have tried and have no regret to it.

Everyone who gambles will get addicted to it some day or the other and later on they will commit such crimes to fulfill their addiction. When you are addict you will forget about food and family, you will only worry and care about addiction.

Self-control is vital in gambling else as you said it is easy to be addicted to it and not only will lose money , but also will have bad relationship and will have health issues etch. So it is said never gamble just to make money else you will keep chasing those money forever at times without realizing at some day you are addicted and cannot stay without it.

[LogitechMouse]

Losing money in gambling can attract people to do a bad thing. If they lose their money, they can't buy food to survive because they are hungry. We can play gambling, but we need to have rules to have money for our lives still. If we still playing gambling without stop, sooner or later, we will lose all the money.

You have no money = you will create bad things just to have money
You have money =  you will use it in gambling hoping that you will double or triple it.

This is how gamblers are thinking and if they don't have money anymore, like you said they will do bad things like stealing money or worst selling the items in their house just to have money to be used in gambling. For me if they lose their money, they will find a way to have more money again and if they lose consecutive times they will feel regret and disappointed and worst depressed because of their losses.

Self control is still the most important trait if you want to spend more time in gambling.

[Janation]

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Self-control is vital in gambling else as you said it is easy to be addicted to it and not only will lose money , but also will have bad relationship and will have health issues etch. So it is said never gamble just to make money else you will keep chasing those money forever at times without realizing at some day you are addicted and cannot stay without it.

So true.

I am not addicted to gambling but I did some esports betting while I am in quarantine. That also made me think of doing some roulettes and poker but to keep myself in control, I downloaded some mobile games which is also gambling without using my money. It is fun and I am only spending my time in these games instead of spending both my time and my money in it.

[Peanutswar]

Possibly there are two chances of a person right now who is addicted to gambling.

1. The people who still gambling even there is a COVID, there are also gambling online and this is another way of possible earning so they can play whenever they want because they are just on their houses only. Also due to having stress, they can play aggressively and becomes more addicted.

2. The people who keep their money even they want to play gambling they need to save their money because it's too hard if you lose all of your savings just on your habit it's better to have money than nothing to eat.

We are different in gambling. Play, win, and lose at your own risk.

[Furious 7]

1. The people who still gambling even there is a COVID, there are also gambling online and this is another way of possible earning so they can play whenever they want because they are just on their houses only. Also due to having stress, they can play aggressively and becomes more addicted.

Well there are still many people who play gambling still in a Covid-19 situation, of course most of them are online gambling because they can be played at home without having to go out or move around, but traditional gambling is still being watched a lot and people will be afraid to go there because of the transmission. I believe people will spend at home with online gambling.

2. The people who keep their money even they want to play gambling they need to save their money because it's too hard if you lose all of your savings just on your habit it's better to have money than nothing to eat.

That is a stupid thing to do just for the habit of just gambling, saving money should not be disturbed because for daily meals because Covid-19 makes it difficult for us to survive and work.

[adzino]

You can always consider betting on virtual games. Yet that is a bit different, there are no statistics whatsoever and you also do not know at all what happens behind the scenes. And statistics don't say much in virtual games. I also think that certain teams play very differently after the Corona break than before. But that affects all teams that have not built up a rhythm. It's a matter of good preliminary research.

Which virtual games are you talking about? The ones that are simulated? I did hear few months ago they were running simulated sport "games"  and people could bet on a team and would win or lose based on the result/outcome of the match. They were using some sort of artificial intelligence to simulate games. Not sure what happened to those. But, I would be kinda skeptical when wagering on those games since you would never know if they results weren't manipulated or anything.

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Indeed. Gambling makes people's lives ruin and not solving their financial problems, but unfortunately, people who are playing gambling a lot do not realize that. They are still playing gambling with the hope that someday they can win a lot of money.
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I thought everyone gambles because they hope that someday they might be really lucky and make some huge profit (even those who gambles just for fun. You know... it is more fun if you make profit.)

[South Park]

Some people are more prone to addiction! Addiction is complicated to be understood, one of the reasons why it's like that is that addiction doesn't discriminate! It hits people of all ages, intelligence, background, there's no patter that can be followed!
Gambling is a vice, and if you don't control your gambling habits, be sure that gambling will control you and your habits! You will turn to gambling and you will forget everything and everyone else. My intro was like for people to understand that all other addictions are pretty much the same, once you get hooked on something that will take all of you!
How to avoid addiction, simply learn how to control yourself! Learn where the fun begins and where it ends, don't go over your limits! It's not a shame to stand up from the table and say it's enough for you, whethe it's gambling, drinking, doing drugs... or anything else, I just mentioned the most known addictions we are all familiar with.

Unfortunately this is the truth, there are people that are more susceptible to become addicted and the most important thing is to discover and recognize if you have those characteristics, if you do then you need to stay away from behaviours that could cause you to ruin your life and if you choose to engage in them like in the case of gambling you better set very strict limits to counter those tendencies, because if you do not then you will probably regret it but at that point it will be too late.

[semobo]

Some people are more prone to addiction! Addiction is complicated to be understood, one of the reasons why it's like that is that addiction doesn't discriminate! It hits people of all ages, intelligence, background, there's no patter that can be followed!
Gambling is a vice, and if you don't control your gambling habits, be sure that gambling will control you and your habits! You will turn to gambling and you will forget everything and everyone else. My intro was like for people to understand that all other addictions are pretty much the same, once you get hooked on something that will take all of you!
How to avoid addiction, simply learn how to control yourself! Learn where the fun begins and where it ends, don't go over your limits! It's not a shame to stand up from the table and say it's enough for you, whethe it's gambling, drinking, doing drugs... or anything else, I just mentioned the most known addictions we are all familiar with.

Unfortunately this is the truth, there are people that are more susceptible to become addicted and the most important thing is to discover and recognize if you have those characteristics, if you do then you need to stay away from behaviours that could cause you to ruin your life and if you choose to engage in them like in the case of gambling you better set very strict limits to counter those tendencies, because if you do not then you will probably regret it but at that point it will be too late.

Some people are passionate about gambling but they forget that it will lead them into addiction, and the reality is people doesn't realize they were highly addicted to it until they lose huge amount and keep trying to gamble again for whatever reasons.Preventing is a lot better than regretting when it comes to losing our money so keep awake while betting and move once you feel like you are losing more.

[Twinkledoe]

Some people are more prone to addiction! Addiction is complicated to be understood, one of the reasons why it's like that is that addiction doesn't discriminate! It hits people of all ages, intelligence, background, there's no patter that can be followed!
Gambling is a vice, and if you don't control your gambling habits, be sure that gambling will control you and your habits! You will turn to gambling and you will forget everything and everyone else. My intro was like for people to understand that all other addictions are pretty much the same, once you get hooked on something that will take all of you!
How to avoid addiction, simply learn how to control yourself! Learn where the fun begins and where it ends, don't go over your limits! It's not a shame to stand up from the table and say it's enough for you, whethe it's gambling, drinking, doing drugs... or anything else, I just mentioned the most known addictions we are all familiar with.

Unfortunately this is the truth, there are people that are more susceptible to become addicted and the most important thing is to discover and recognize if you have those characteristics, if you do then you need to stay away from behaviours that could cause you to ruin your life and if you choose to engage in them like in the case of gambling you better set very strict limits to counter those tendencies, because if you do not then you will probably regret it but at that point it will be too late.

Some people are passionate about gambling but they forget that it will lead them into addiction, and the reality is people doesn't realize they were highly addicted to it until they lose huge amount and keep trying to gamble again for whatever reasons.Preventing is a lot better than regretting when it comes to losing our money so keep awake while betting and move once you feel like you are losing more.

I can agree with that. I am not a degenerate gambler, but at one point in my life, I played in real casino, physical casino. And I'll tell you, it was really addicting once you're inside. Consider the fact that I am not really into gambling in the first place. What more can I say for those real gamblers? Gambling addiction is really common if you lose control of yourself. And many people are still struggling with this habit. Nowadays, I just gamble from time to time, if I have extra funds. Because I know the feeling if I'm hooked into it.

[semobo]

I can agree with that. I am not a degenerate gambler, but at one point in my life, I played in real casino, physical casino. And I'll tell you, it was really addicting once you're inside. Consider the fact that I am not really into gambling in the first place. What more can I say for those real gamblers? Gambling addiction is really common if you lose control of yourself. And many people are still struggling with this habit. Nowadays, I just gamble from time to time, if I have extra funds. Because I know the feeling if I'm hooked into it.

Losing control while gambling is one factor why people are getting addicted but the real reason is intention of gambling activities which made them to hooked with the gambling again and again once after even losing their huge money which needed for survival. People having different kind of intention while spending their money, so uses they money for tourism where they get nothing other than experience and excitement and that is how we should treat gambling as well.

[imstillthebest]

People having different kind of intention while spending their money, so uses they money for tourism where they get nothing other than experience and excitement and that is how we should treat gambling as well.

you can get something from both activities . for gambling you can get a profit aside from excitement and experience , for tourism if your a tourist you can get memories you can picture or take videos and you can buy or obtain souvenier items  .

tourism can be more costy than on gambling but its more valueable because money is not wasted  . no losses on here unlike gambling that there is

[Shasha80]

People having different kind of intention while spending their money, so uses they money for tourism where they get nothing other than experience and excitement and that is how we should treat gambling as well.

you can get something from both activities . for gambling you can get a profit aside from excitement and experience , for tourism if your a tourist you can get memories you can picture or take videos and you can buy or obtain souvenier items  .

tourism can be more costy than on gambling but its more valueable because money is not wasted  . no losses on here unlike gambling that there is

I agree with you that tourism does provide entertainment without risk, because the money we spend will not be in vain. It's different when
we play gambling, the risk is much greater. Because if we lose we can lose the money we have. But not everyone likes tourism for entertainment,
so it's back to everyone's taste. I myself prefer gambling than tourism, besides gambling is cheaper to get entertainment. We can also do gambling
from home, by playing online gambling. Especially in a COVID19 pandemic situation like now, it is safer to play gambling online than tourism.

[LogitechMouse]

Losing control while gambling is one factor why people are getting addicted but the real reason is intention of gambling activities which made them to hooked with the gambling again and again once after even losing their huge money which needed for survival.

Self control is the key word here.

Lack of self control will lead to gambling addiction and gambling addiction will lead to serious consequences that the gambler may face. It can change his life forever so whenever you are gambling, make you sure that you know when to stop and when to play again.

[iTradeChips]

I will try to answer this...

Do you bet more than you can afford to lose? No, of course not.
Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling? Nope, I don't need large amounts, just the one I planned to lose for that moment.
Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)? If there is an opportunity I will try, but not to the extent I will lost more.
Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble? Certainly not. Some of the profits from previous gambling is my capital. And I tend to have like an initial amount.
Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling? No, because I do not gamble for fun. I gamble for profit.
Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety? I don't play for hours. Just get a few hundred and I stop.
Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem (regardless of whether or not you thought it was true)? So far, none has criticized me.
Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household? Good thing, no.
Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble? Sometimes, but when I do it like a business, with loss and profits then you don't feel guilt.

[peter0425]

Losing control while gambling is one factor why people are getting addicted but the real reason is intention of gambling activities which made them to hooked with the gambling again and again once after even losing their huge money which needed for survival.

Self control is the key word here.

Lack of self control will lead to gambling addiction and gambling addiction will lead to serious consequences that the gambler may face. It can change his life forever so whenever you are gambling, make you sure that you know when to stop and when to play again.

This is why everytime some friends wanted to learn gambling online and asking me how they can play the way i do,i make sure to let them learn first to have self control and educating them the high risk of becoming addicted in this platforms.

because Online gambling is much addicting than Real life gambling,because in this no one knows how much you gamble and howlong.

[AicecreaME]

People having different kind of intention while spending their money, so uses they money for tourism where they get nothing other than experience and excitement and that is how we should treat gambling as well.

you can get something from both activities . for gambling you can get a profit aside from excitement and experience , for tourism if your a tourist you can get memories you can picture or take videos and you can buy or obtain souvenier items  .

tourism can be more costy than on gambling but its more valueable because money is not wasted  . no losses on here unlike gambling that there is

I agree.

Spending money on travels are way more worthy than spending it in gambling. Travelling anywhere around the world is the happiness you can't get by just sitting in a chair inside of your room playing online gambling. But for now, health is more important and other basic needs for everyday to survive pandemic, so travelling and playing gambling is not an option.

[South Park]

I can agree with that. I am not a degenerate gambler, but at one point in my life, I played in real casino, physical casino. And I'll tell you, it was really addicting once you're inside. Consider the fact that I am not really into gambling in the first place. What more can I say for those real gamblers? Gambling addiction is really common if you lose control of yourself. And many people are still struggling with this habit. Nowadays, I just gamble from time to time, if I have extra funds. Because I know the feeling if I'm hooked into it.

To be fair everything in a physical casino is designed specifically to make you gamble more than what you would otherwise which is why one of my main rules when I went there was to never bring more money that what I could afford to lose and I really mean that, it is easy to think you are only bringing some cash with you and that is what you will gamble, but if you bring credit cards or even your smartphone with your banking app then you will be tempted to use it, do not even bring valuable things like jewels or expensive watches if you have them because when you are desperate to get your money back and under the influence of alcohol you could do anything to get win back the money you lost and that is a very dangerous attitude to have.

[lienfaye]

Spending money on travels are way more worthy than spending it in gambling. Travelling anywhere around the world is the happiness you can't get by just sitting in a chair inside of your room playing online gambling. But for now, health is more important and other basic needs for everyday to survive pandemic, so travelling and playing gambling is not an option.

Thats true, there are other activites that is more worthy rather than to gamble your money wherein it cant do anything good to you as a person and there's a chance for you to become addicted especially during this time that we cant go outside freely because of the pandemic. Lets refrain ourselves not to gamble often because its not a healthy activity.

Gambling has risk of losing your money because its more on luck regardless if you're playing for fun (it can give entertainment for some people) or to earn.

[target]

Spending money on travels are way more worthy than spending it in gambling. Travelling anywhere around the world is the happiness you can't get by just sitting in a chair inside of your room playing online gambling. But for now, health is more important and other basic needs for everyday to survive pandemic, so travelling and playing gambling is not an option.

Thats true, there are other activites that is more worthy rather than to gamble your money wherein it cant do anything good to you as a person and there's a chance for you to become addicted especially during this time that we cant go outside freely because of the pandemic. Lets refrain ourselves not to gamble often because its not a healthy activity.

Gambling has risk of losing your money because its more on luck regardless if you're playing for fun (it can give entertainment for some people) or to earn.

Well thats also true that is why some are gambling to make money and perhaps some are just doing both, they travel to places to gamble there like going  to Las Vegas?
If there isn't a Pandemic right now, many of those people who had earned an amount by trading crypto is likely going to also gamble for some time to experience not just online. Not me though I still don't have the kind of addiction.

[Natalim]

Well thats also true that is why some are gambling to make money and perhaps some are just doing both, they travel to places to gamble there like going  to Las Vegas?

If they enjoy travelling and they gamble at the same time, I guess they would enjoy both of what they are doing if they are only gambling for fun, yes, if it's gambling for fun one could do the limit with discipline and he will not regret even if he lose a big amount. However, if they gamble for money, that's all business and they wouldn't need to travel, they just focus in the casino and make money, more concentration gives a higher chance of winning.

If there isn't a Pandemic right now, many of those people who had earned an amount by trading crypto is likely going to also gamble for some time to experience not just online. Not me though I still don't have the kind of addiction.

Maybe, but unfortunately the world is still suffering now, so we stay at home and just gamble in front of our computer or laptop.

[Timelord2067]

Well thats also true that is why some are gambling to make money and perhaps some are just doing both, they travel to places to gamble there like going  to Las Vegas?
If there isn't a Pandemic right now, many of those people who had earned an amount by trading crypto is likely going to also gamble for some time to experience not just online. Not me though I still don't have the kind of addiction.

How many times have some of those Casinos closed their doors, opened them and then had to re-close them again?  People who want to gamble will no doubt be prepared to travel to where the Casinos are open (in-spite the risk to themselves, or others)

[DabsPoorVersion]

If there isn't a Pandemic right now, many of those people who had earned an amount by trading crypto is likely going to also gamble for some time to experience not just online. Not me though I still don't have the kind of addiction.

Maybe, but unfortunately the world is still suffering now, so we stay at home and just gamble in front of our computer or laptop.

That's definitely what should be happening by now,

But since we are in the pandemic, most gamblers stay at home and stop their activity of going to a live casino. Even if there are some casinos that are open by now, it is still safe to avoid going there to at least avoid getting infected by the virus.

[Oilacris]

Well thats also true that is why some are gambling to make money and perhaps some are just doing both, they travel to places to gamble there like going  to Las Vegas?
If there isn't a Pandemic right now, many of those people who had earned an amount by trading crypto is likely going to also gamble for some time to experience not just online. Not me though I still don't have the kind of addiction.

How many times have some of those Casinos closed their doors, opened them and then had to re-close them again?  People who want to gamble will no doubt be prepared to travel to where the Casinos are open (in-spite the risk to themselves, or others)

They are fully aware with that but they do still neglect out the health risk accompanied with it just for them to satisfy their addiction with gambling.

If you arent that much addicted then you wont really bother yourself nor force to go up to those open gambling places.For regulation on these businesses then its just pretty normal that they would really be
set out a specific rule or health protocol.This isnt just for their own good but for everybody but there are who are really hard hearded.

If there isn't a Pandemic right now, many of those people who had earned an amount by trading crypto is likely going to also gamble for some time to experience not just online. Not me though I still don't have the kind of addiction.

Maybe, but unfortunately the world is still suffering now, so we stay at home and just gamble in front of our computer or laptop.

That's definitely what should be happening by now,

But since we are in the pandemic, most gamblers stay at home and stop their activity of going to a live casino. Even if there are some casinos that are open by now, it is still safe to avoid going there to at least avoid getting infected by the virus.

Casinos are gradually opening at the moment but there are still people who do keep playing inspite of the situation which do really proves out that there still demand even on the pandemic situation.

Some might really consider on playing outside because they cant just really get the feeling of excitement when they do just play inside of their own home.Well, i cant blame them but they
should at least think twice on what they are risking out just for the sake of gambling. They are risking their own health and into their loved ones.

[maydna]

~snip~

I thought everyone gambles because they hope that someday they might be really lucky and make some huge profit (even those who gambles just for fun. You know... it is more fun if you make profit.)

That is the biggest reason for the gambler who played in the casino, whether it's an online or offline casino. I am sure we can't say anything once we win and profit from the gambling games. But you that many people losses their money in gambling.

But since we are in the pandemic, most gamblers stay at home and stop their activity of going to a live casino. Even if there are some casinos that are open by now, it is still safe to avoid going there to at least avoid getting infected by the virus.

But if a gambler can find out the online casino, that won't stop him from playing gambling, although that will feels different if he plays in the offline casino. He can continue playing gambling while he is at his homes, but he will go to the offline casino once that place reopens.

We don't know the gambler still at home or trying to go to the casino in their city with the situations. But some of them are trying to visit the casino and see what is happening in the casino. And if they think that it is safe for them to play gambling now, they will try to play for a while to feels playing gambling at the pandemic.

[batang_bitcoin]

That is the biggest reason for the gambler who played in the casino, whether it's an online or offline casino. I am sure we can't say anything once we win and profit from the gambling games. But you that many people losses their money in gambling.

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

[Mauser]

That is the biggest reason for the gambler who played in the casino, whether it's an online or offline casino. I am sure we can't say anything once we win and profit from the gambling games. But you that many people losses their money in gambling.

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

Unfortunately most people can't be winners in gambling, because if that would be the case then the casinos would all go bankrupt after a while. For the casino to make money it needs some of it's gambler to lose money. Which is not a bad thing. Because most of us are not into gambling for winning or losing a small amount, we are into gambling to win big. It's like with lottery tickets, they are fairly cheap compared to the potential winnings.

[MFahad]

That is the biggest reason for the gambler who played in the casino, whether it's an online or offline casino. I am sure we can't say anything once we win and profit from the gambling games. But you that many people losses their money in gambling.

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

To summarize this ,

When we win, we want to play more in order to make our bankroll increase.
When we lose, we still want to play again in order to cover the loss

So in both the scenario, we want to play more gambling  which later turns into addiction.

[swogerino]

That is the biggest reason for the gambler who played in the casino, whether it's an online or offline casino. I am sure we can't say anything once we win and profit from the gambling games. But you that many people losses their money in gambling.

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

To summarize this ,

When we win, we want to play more in order to make our bankroll increase.
When we lose, we still want to play again in order to cover the loss

So in both the scenario, we want to play more gambling  which later turns into addiction.

You have summarized it correctly.That is the human nature,we are born greedy by nature and gambling can make us become even more greedy.That is the problem and that is the main reason why casinos still exist today,they prey on human nature and weak individuals are the real victims of the industry.

We should be careful when gambling as with gambling are associated big risks both financial risks and phsycological ones.

[bitzizzix]

That is the biggest reason for the gambler who played in the casino, whether it's an online or offline casino. I am sure we can't say anything once we win and profit from the gambling games. But you that many people losses their money in gambling.

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

To summarize this ,

When we win, we want to play more in order to make our bankroll increase.
When we lose, we still want to play again in order to cover the loss

So in both the scenario, we want to play more gambling  which later turns into addiction.

You have summarized it correctly.That is the human nature,we are born greedy by nature and gambling can make us become even more greedy.That is the problem and that is the main reason why casinos still exist today,they prey on human nature and weak individuals are the real victims of the industry.

We should be careful when gambling as with gambling are associated big risks both financial risks and phsycological ones.

agree with all of you, and it's good not to try to gamble because without realizing it you will continue to play because you feel curious or want to continue playing to make up for your previous losses.
and all without realizing that you have become addicted, and that winning at gambling will trigger you to continue playing out of greed on the grounds of getting money fast.
and if it continues like that before you know it, you will lose everything and regret it but it is too late.

[LogitechMouse]

When we win, we want to play more in order to make our bankroll increase.
When we lose, we still want to play again in order to cover the loss

So in both the scenario, we want to play more gambling  which later turns into addiction.

That is the problem when you are already engaged into gambling.
There is no way for you to escape on it. You're like in a prison and you are jailed forever (at least).

Getting addicted in gambling is inevitable if you don't know when to stop and when to play. If  you win, learn to stop and if you lose also learn how to stop. Learn to know your limits when it comes to gambling so your chances of getting addicted to it is low or at least you will not get addicted into it.

[plvbob0070]

When we win, we want to play more in order to make our bankroll increase.
When we lose, we still want to play again in order to cover the loss

So in both the scenario, we want to play more gambling  which later turns into addiction.

That is the problem when you are already engaged into gambling.
There is no way for you to escape on it. You're like in a prison and you are jailed forever (at least).

Getting addicted in gambling is inevitable if you don't know when to stop and when to play. If  you win, learn to stop and if you lose also learn how to stop. Learn to know your limits when it comes to gambling so your chances of getting addicted to it is low or at least you will not get addicted into it.

This kind of situation is always there in gambling, it's just up to us how are we going to handle our greed in a way that we can still play when we want but not to the point that it's becoming excessive and addictive.

Addiction is really like a prison but as a gambler, we should also be responsible enough to prevent ourselves to get locked by it. Self-discipline is really needed in gambling.

[johhnyUA]

Ah, all this situation with the second wave remind me of the real problem for gambling. Not even gambling, but rather to any business: people are luck of money

I have friends with restaurants and some of them tell me that amount of people visiting their restaurants significantly decreased. Because after first quarantine, when 40 % of people don't have any work for 2-3 month, it's hard to go to cafe or more of that - to gamble. Of course, if you're not addicted to that. 

[maydna]

~snip~

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

I think we have the experience to see a strong team defeated by a weak team, which is happening not just one or two times. If we are familiar with the games and have more than enough of the information for each team, perhaps, our chance will be more than 50/50. But I know that still not guarantee us to have won because I consider if the situation can be changed in the middle of the match.

Ah, all this situation with the second wave remind me of the real problem for gambling. Not even gambling, but rather to any business: people are luck of money

I have friends with restaurants and some of them tell me that amount of people visiting their restaurants significantly decreased. Because after first quarantine, when 40 % of people don't have any work for 2-3 month, it's hard to go to cafe or more of that - to gamble. Of course, if you're not addicted to that. 

I think many businesses, especially businesses related to many people who stay in one large place, have that experience. Many people can't survive by only waiting for what next they can do in the first lockdown. Thanks to God, after the lockdown is lifted, people tend to get up from their situations and start a new business that is different from the old business.

But I think people stress because they don't have money and don't have a job. But now, people have a will to start to work, made a new business, they become more creative. It seems this pandemic gives people a lesson to grow better than before.

[maydna]

~snip~

Sad thing about pandemic is that many have now very less money as savings got utilized due to lockdown or businesses not running as it was before but some of them started utilizing this time to do something different. So, one of whom I know is that have started making the masks and selling it and luckily also got tied up with one of the wholesalers, so they are doing good per say rather than just sitting idle and taking stress. It’s trying to make the optimum utilization of this period. There would be few of them who might have stopped gambling for now due to lack of money.

We don't know when the pandemic will be over, while the money we have reduces. What people can do is how they can save the money that they got from doing many things and continue to survive because that will not be easy. Perhaps, many gamblers now realize that they need to search for a job instead of playing gambling, so they stop gambling for a while because there is a more important thing to do in their life.

We hope that pandemic slowly can end, and people will have a better life with new situations and new hope. I am sure that will happen soon. I think people who have addicted to gambling can trying to cure their addiction in this pandemic while they can't go to the offline casino, and they have to survive in the pandemic.

[LogitechMouse]

Ah, all this situation with the second wave remind me of the real problem for gambling. Not even gambling, but rather to any business: people are luck of money

I have friends with restaurants and some of them tell me that amount of people visiting their restaurants significantly decreased. Because after first quarantine, when 40 % of people don't have any work for 2-3 month, it's hard to go to cafe or more of that - to gamble. Of course, if you're not addicted to that. 

I think many businesses, especially businesses related to many people who stay in one large place, have that experience. Many people can't survive by only waiting for what next they can do in the first lockdown. Thanks to God, after the lockdown is lifted, people tend to get up from their situations and start a new business that is different from the old business.

But I think people stress because they don't have money and don't have a job. But now, people have a will to start to work, made a new business, they become more creative. It seems this pandemic gives people a lesson to grow better than before.

The problem when the lockdown is imposed is that, many people doesn't have any money to use during the pandemic or I should say that they don't have any emergency funds to use at that time that is why people are suffering and until now that some of the lockdowns are lifted already, there are still suffering although it isn't as much as it is few months ago. Businesses are the ones who got affected most during this pandemic. Their revenue decreased by much that it forced some establishments to close or remove some of their workers.

People are really stressed because they don't have any emergency funds to use at that time. Now with the new normal, people can now work at least with some strict protocols though. Some businesses have re-opened and I really hope that this pandemic gives a lesson to those people that it is better to have an emergency funds to be ready for events like this.

[batang_bitcoin]

~snip~

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

I think we have the experience to see a strong team defeated by a weak team, which is happening not just one or two times. If we are familiar with the games and have more than enough of the information for each team, perhaps, our chance will be more than 50/50. But I know that still not guarantee us to have won because I consider if the situation can be changed in the middle of the match.

In the middle of the match when bets are already deployed, you can never change your decision and you just have to leave it there. And as for the emotion, it's likely the feeling of most gamblers.
We want more, we recover more as much as we want. That is basically our reaction each time we get to see our bets win or lose.
We celebrate a bit when we win and we don't take losses easily if we fall.

[rodskee]

~snip~

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

I think we have the experience to see a strong team defeated by a weak team, which is happening not just one or two times. If we are familiar with the games and have more than enough of the information for each team, perhaps, our chance will be more than 50/50. But I know that still not guarantee us to have won because I consider if the situation can be changed in the middle of the match.

In the middle of the match when bets are already deployed, you can never change your decision and you just have to leave it there. And as for the emotion, it's likely the feeling of most gamblers.
We want more, we recover more as much as we want. That is basically our reaction each time we get to see our bets win or lose.
We celebrate a bit when we win and we don't take losses easily if we fall.

That is why we need to be ready about the consequences whenever we gamble.
The problem with more gamblers is their mind only sets to win and when losing takes place then they rattle and dont  know how to handle the situation.
I have been with many gamblers as my family is really gambling oriented from horse race to card game.
And name gambling that available in my country?
All of those are familiar with them
So i know what happens if you dont know how to handle things while playing.

[AicecreaME]

~snip~

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

I think we have the experience to see a strong team defeated by a weak team, which is happening not just one or two times. If we are familiar with the games and have more than enough of the information for each team, perhaps, our chance will be more than 50/50. But I know that still not guarantee us to have won because I consider if the situation can be changed in the middle of the match.

In the middle of the match when bets are already deployed, you can never change your decision and you just have to leave it there. And as for the emotion, it's likely the feeling of most gamblers.
We want more, we recover more as much as we want. That is basically our reaction each time we get to see our bets win or lose.
We celebrate a bit when we win and we don't take losses easily if we fall.

Pretty naive decisions. Not admitting defeat in gambling is a sign that you're just a child and gambling is never for you. Admitting defeat means admitting mistakes that you need to fix in order to win next time you play gambling. Admitting failures means you're ready to take another step or plan to success, and not just whimpering about your losses and let your pride decide what you do in gambling.

[samputin]

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To summarize this ,

When we win, we want to play more in order to make our bankroll increase.
When we lose, we still want to play again in order to cover the loss

So in both the scenario, we want to play more gambling  which later turns into addiction.

And that's where the challenge comes in, I guess. In controlling yourself not to crave so much winning in gambling, and not to chase your loss so that you can get back the amount you lost because chances are you'll lose even more. That's why to avoid addiction in gambling (or in anything), I think it's important to be objective rather than subjective; and be logical rather than emotional.

[finaleshot2016]

~snip~

Sad thing about pandemic is that many have now very less money as savings got utilized due to lockdown or businesses not running as it was before but some of them started utilizing this time to do something different. So, one of whom I know is that have started making the masks and selling it and luckily also got tied up with one of the wholesalers, so they are doing good per say rather than just sitting idle and taking stress. It’s trying to make the optimum utilization of this period. There would be few of them who might have stopped gambling for now due to lack of money.

We don't know when the pandemic will be over, while the money we have reduces. What people can do is how they can save the money that they got from doing many things and continue to survive because that will not be easy. Perhaps, many gamblers now realize that they need to search for a job instead of playing gambling, so they stop gambling for a while because there is a more important thing to do in their life.

We hope that pandemic slowly can end, and people will have a better life with new situations and new hope. I am sure that will happen soon. I think people who have addicted to gambling can trying to cure their addiction in this pandemic while they can't go to the offline casino, and they have to survive in the pandemic.

I guess gambling addiction cases become very low since majority of the people right now are affected and because of that, maybe they're looking for a decent job to survive. But since online gambling is mainstream right now, they can possibly get addicted on it.

For sure, the pandemic will stay more longer even we're doing our best to develop our health care system. This case is very serious and should be given a lot of attention because it can be the end of the economy if it still continues.

[thesmallgod]

It was because of people that are addicted to gambling that simulated reality league (SRL) was introduced by many betting website. Although, it is a computer simulated game but there are not far difference between this and the normal sport game. While this might be a problem for some addicted gamblers, the wake of the covid19 might also be a gateway to getting from addiction.

[Amel]

It might seem so, a mean, for a fact, people have got to do something while staying at home but then, it all started at a period. At first, movements were restricted, people were stopped temporary from their jobs and that came along with sporting activities, casinos and clubs been shut down temporary. I'm sure during this period, there were certainly no betting untill the games and routes were reopen, people were allowed to go about their daily duties and jobs to a limited extent and then, the nettings got going.
No doubt their were nettings based on predicted scores but then, the bettors were small.
Covid19 have got people searching for online earning platforms and bet seems the most promising yet, a lot of persons lose.

The webpage is useful this gam care if individuals who are dependent in betting will consider giving a shot on looking for direction on the web. Devotion, self discipline and backing could assist us with traversing this dependence since some doesn't have the enthusiasm to control on playing in betting. Betting scenes are in lockdown in accordance with COVID-19 separating measures, offering individuals with issue betting an opportunity to break and look for help. The University of Sydney Gambling Treatment and Research Clinic is as yet open and clinicians are seeing customers utilizing videoconferencing. Anyway admission from new customers is declining and calls to the public betting phone helpline are down half. I'm certain during this period, there were unquestionably no wagering untill the games and courses were resume, individuals were permitted to approach their day by day obligations and occupations somewhat and afterward, the meshes got moving.

[batang_bitcoin]

~snip~

We have a say whenever we win and that is we want to win more of it. That's our normal reaction whenever our bets are positive and when we win. But if we lose, we still have the same reaction and that is to get back which s if we'll think about the logic.
It's still the same as winning more or taking back.

I think we have the experience to see a strong team defeated by a weak team, which is happening not just one or two times. If we are familiar with the games and have more than enough of the information for each team, perhaps, our chance will be more than 50/50. But I know that still not guarantee us to have won because I consider if the situation can be changed in the middle of the match.

In the middle of the match when bets are already deployed, you can never change your decision and you just have to leave it there. And as for the emotion, it's likely the feeling of most gamblers.
We want more, we recover more as much as we want. That is basically our reaction each time we get to see our bets win or lose.
We celebrate a bit when we win and we don't take losses easily if we fall.

Pretty naive decisions. Not admitting defeat in gambling is a sign that you're just a child and gambling is never for you. Admitting defeat means admitting mistakes that you need to fix in order to win next time you play gambling. Admitting failures means you're ready to take another step or plan to success, and not just whimpering about your losses and let your pride decide what you do in gambling.

It is a reality that there are gamblers who are like that. Hard to accept defeat because they just can't and in return of it, the recovery and chasing is usual which results to losing more but others are success with it.
Can accept defeat and losses but after accepting it, there will be a triggering emotion which is pushing an individual gambler to do it again and again.

[BITCOIN4X]

It is a reality that there are gamblers who are like that. Hard to accept defeat because they just can't and in return of it, the recovery and chasing is usual which results to losing more but others are success with it.
Can accept defeat and losses but after accepting it, there will be a triggering emotion which is pushing an individual gambler to do it again and again.

I've experienced it myself, and I'm sure I'm not alone here. When I experience defeat, the main thing that comes to my mind is how to return the money that I spent earlier. This is the best way for everyone to get their money back, but it is also the wrong choice because it can result in even greater losses.

Pausing might be an idea to consider, and return when the mind has calmed down and emotion are under control. In gambling, many people suffer the same fate I have because expectation often don't match reality. Accepting defeat is the best way, without having to do it again and again without stopping at that moment.