An Indian boy committed suicide after losing money by Betting in IPL

[iamsheikhadil]

The problem with this news is that it is used by people who want to ban gambling to try to show how disastrous it is, when the truth is that most people who gamble do so responsibly. It's like trying to show how bad alcohol is by telling the story of an alcoholic who ends up committing suicide or dying of liver cirrhosis.

Extreme cases have always existed and will continue to exist, but we should not make them the norm.

I slightly disagree with it. While most smokers and people who drink do it not excessively because of immediate health effects, let's say if you smoke so much in a day, you will feel dizzy and stuff which will make you stop smoking, but in gambling there's no immediate side reaction. And that's why a person can become slightly addicted to very much addicted in gambling within few days if he loses very much.

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[KnightElite]

The problem with this news is that it is used by people who want to ban gambling to try to show how disastrous it is, when the truth is that most people who gamble do so responsibly. It's like trying to show how bad alcohol is by telling the story of an alcoholic who ends up committing suicide or dying of liver cirrhosis.

Extreme cases have always existed and will continue to exist, but we should not make them the norm.

It is all about individual's responsibility as a gambler, I do not feel what he felt before so I do not have any idea of how hard that situation that resulted for him to end his own life but one thing is sure which is he didn't manage to think right where he let himself to control by his emotion. Before we become a gambler, we should accept the fact that losing is inevitable because there is no guarantee of profit here in gambling. This kind of event should be a lesson for those gamblers out there to manage to control the emotions and only invest our put money that you can afford to lose. For me the boy committed suicide because for sure he do not know how to regain and payback the money that just he borrowed from his friends.

[Mauser]

The problem with this news is that it is used by people who want to ban gambling to try to show how disastrous it is, when the truth is that most people who gamble do so responsibly. It's like trying to show how bad alcohol is by telling the story of an alcoholic who ends up committing suicide or dying of liver cirrhosis.

Extreme cases have always existed and will continue to exist, but we should not make them the norm.

It is all about individual's responsibility as a gambler, I do not feel what he felt before so I do not have any idea of how hard that situation that resulted for him to end his own life but one thing is sure which is he didn't manage to think right where he let himself to control by his emotion. Before we become a gambler, we should accept the fact that losing is inevitable because there is no guarantee of profit here in gambling. This kind of event should be a lesson for those gamblers out there to manage to control the emotions and only invest our put money that you can afford to lose. For me the boy committed suicide because for sure he do not know how to regain and payback the money that just he borrowed from his friends.

This is really sad, a life lost which was completely unnecessary. There were definitely other solutions to his problems. And it's a mistake by his friends and family to not help him to find these way out. Probably they didn't know and he never confined in them.

I hope many others take this incident as lesson to learn from, so something similar won't happen again. We should never bet everything we have on o é bet. And mixing friendship with business can be very problematic too.

[Japinat]

The problem with this news is that it is used by people who want to ban gambling to try to show how disastrous it is, when the truth is that most people who gamble do so responsibly. It's like trying to show how bad alcohol is by telling the story of an alcoholic who ends up committing suicide or dying of liver cirrhosis.

Extreme cases have always existed and will continue to exist, but we should not make them the norm.

I slightly disagree with it. While most smokers and people who drink do it not excessively because of immediate health effects, let's say if you smoke so much in a day, you will feel dizzy and stuff which will make you stop smoking, but in gambling there's no immediate side reaction. And that's why a person can become slightly addicted to very much addicted in gambling within few days if he loses very much.

Too much smoking and drinking is dangerous for your body but too much gambling leads to addiction that is dangerous to your mind, when your mind is affected, you'll not be able to think properly and that will result to losing a lot of money which will make you desperate to recover until you lose everything.

Then, living a troubled life will follow that you will be addicted to alcohol and drugs, and some just can't handle it that they think of committing a suicide.

[Janation]

Even if i never knew this Indian boy my heart aches for his family and friends who are hurting because of his choice to take his own life.  To commit suicide is never the right thing to do and its so sad that nobody was able to help him.   

The sad thing is that the generation of younger age now is so fragile.

We hope it is a lesson for the other young generation in all countries, not doing the same thing as what he did. Borrowing money for just playing gambling is too risky, especially if we are losing the money and can not repay that loan. In the end, many of the young generations will end or commit suicide when they can not solve the problem. It is not just for the young generation, but it is also a job for the parents to watch their kids and guard them not to make a mistake like that.

Borrowing money to gamble would be a lesson.

But suicide? I think it would stay the same. There are a lot of people that did suicide from a lot of things and it kept on happening over and over again. They never fear dying since in their idea, it would be the end of their struggles and problem not knowing that it is far harder for those people that they left especially their family and loved ones.

[ethereumhunter]

Even if i never knew this Indian boy my heart aches for his family and friends who are hurting because of his choice to take his own life.  To commit suicide is never the right thing to do and its so sad that nobody was able to help him.   

The sad thing is that the generation of younger age now is so fragile.

We hope it is a lesson for the other young generation in all countries, not doing the same thing as what he did. Borrowing money for just playing gambling is too risky, especially if we are losing the money and can not repay that loan. In the end, many of the young generations will end or commit suicide when they can not solve the problem. It is not just for the young generation, but it is also a job for the parents to watch their kids and guard them not to make a mistake like that.

Borrowing money to gamble would be a lesson.

But suicide? I think it would stay the same. There are a lot of people that did suicide from a lot of things and it kept on happening over and over again. They never fear dying since in their idea, it would be the end of their struggles and problem not knowing that it is far harder for those people that they left especially their family and loved ones.

When they think there is no way out of their problem, they will think that suicide will be the best thing to solve their problem. They will not think about the impact on their family if they commit suicide. Yes, they never fear death because they don't think much about finding the other way to solve it. The only way they think about is how they can end their lives before the person asks for the money. It's a pity because he is still young people who could have a bright future.

[Wexnident]

At this point, I'm actually wondering if one should pity such people who just have that feeling of "Fuck this, let's get this over with" kind of vibe. Yes, I'm this close to just saying, "Are you an idiot?" kind of thing. Tell me that I have no feelings or whatnot, but really, you reap what you sow. This is a different idea from those that commit suicide due to depression of personal connections or what not, those aren't really directly their fault tbh, but this one? Directly the boys fault.

The problem with this news is that it is used by people who want to ban gambling to try to show how disastrous it is, when the truth is that most people who gamble do so responsibly. It's like trying to show how bad alcohol is by telling the story of an alcoholic who ends up committing suicide or dying of liver cirrhosis.

Extreme cases have always existed and will continue to exist, but we should not make them the norm.

Well, you don't exactly show what "you're supposed to do" in the news no? It wont go to the news if you help someone on the road, but if you do ignore someone, if someone saw, 100% sure you'd be the talks of those people and worse, if someone filmed you, you'd be on the trending the next day. News don't go for the right ones, even wrong ones tbh, they go for ones that give controversy.

[Finestream]

Even if i never knew this Indian boy my heart aches for his family and friends who are hurting because of his choice to take his own life.  To commit suicide is never the right thing to do and its so sad that nobody was able to help him.   

The sad thing is that the generation of younger age now is so fragile.

We hope it is a lesson for the other young generation in all countries, not doing the same thing as what he did. Borrowing money for just playing gambling is too risky, especially if we are losing the money and can not repay that loan. In the end, many of the young generations will end or commit suicide when they can not solve the problem. It is not just for the young generation, but it is also a job for the parents to watch their kids and guard them not to make a mistake like that.

Borrowing money to gamble would be a lesson.

But suicide? I think it would stay the same. There are a lot of people that did suicide from a lot of things and it kept on happening over and over again. They never fear dying since in their idea, it would be the end of their struggles and problem not knowing that it is far harder for those people that they left especially their family and loved ones.

When they think there is no way out of their problem, they will think that suicide will be the best thing to solve their problem. They will not think about the impact on their family if they commit suicide. Yes, they never fear death because they don't think much about finding the other way to solve it. The only way they think about is how they can end their lives before the person asks for the money. It's a pity because he is still young people who could have a bright future.

We realizes it now because we are not in the situation, but this man who are in the situation maybe are not already thinking straight that's why he think of committing a suicide. That's why prevention is always better than cure because the gravity of his problem is too deep already that he can't under it anymore. All we can do now is just to learn from his experience and be open for the possibility of committing suicide if we lose control in gambling.

[Casdinyard]

Even if i never knew this Indian boy my heart aches for his family and friends who are hurting because of his choice to take his own life.  To commit suicide is never the right thing to do and its so sad that nobody was able to help him.   

The sad thing is that the generation of younger age now is so fragile.

We hope it is a lesson for the other young generation in all countries, not doing the same thing as what he did. Borrowing money for just playing gambling is too risky, especially if we are losing the money and can not repay that loan. In the end, many of the young generations will end or commit suicide when they can not solve the problem. It is not just for the young generation, but it is also a job for the parents to watch their kids and guard them not to make a mistake like that.

Borrowing money to gamble would be a lesson.

But suicide? I think it would stay the same. There are a lot of people that did suicide from a lot of things and it kept on happening over and over again. They never fear dying since in their idea, it would be the end of their struggles and problem not knowing that it is far harder for those people that they left especially their family and loved ones.

When they think there is no way out of their problem, they will think that suicide will be the best thing to solve their problem. They will not think about the impact on their family if they commit suicide. Yes, they never fear death because they don't think much about finding the other way to solve it. The only way they think about is how they can end their lives before the person asks for the money. It's a pity because he is still young people who could have a bright future.

We realizes it now because we are not in the situation, but this man who are in the situation maybe are not already thinking straight that's why he think of committing a suicide. That's why prevention is always better than cure because the gravity of his problem is too deep already that he can't under it anymore. All we can do now is just to learn from his experience and be open for the possibility of committing suicide if we lose control in gambling.

We've heard stories of such and some are worse. Not to take this instance lightly, but the bottomline is that losing in gambling doesn't end with that alone. There will be frustrations at the end of the day to some people, not to generalise since individuals have different perspectives. Prevention is better than cure, which is correct. Yes, we are not in this man's shoe so we better be cautious of our actions in such activity. Only gamble what you can afford losing in order to avoid regrets at the end which could make another problem such as in this scenario. Lines of such are cliché, but that's the reality.

[FlightyPouch]

...The boy probably went through a mental stress and thought that everyone would be mad at him if they ever found out what he has done.

This is the sad thing about this. People don't need to be hard on themselves when they made these selfish mistakes, that is why we have these consequences so we can learn from them, not run from them. I don't blame the teenager for this, I just hope that people should try to strengthen themselves especially in these kinds of situations.

But the one who committed suicide is just a boy. He still doesn't know much about that, as he said, he probably thought that everyone will be mad at him or what. He borrowed money from his friend and try to take back his losses but lose all of it, in this case, a boy with a very young mind will probably face a mental stress and cannot think right.

That is the reason why I said that I can't blame him and what I am saying is not addressed to the boy himself but to us gamblers that should understand the consequences of what we are doing. We should know better, and hope that this could be a lesson that might help gamblers to control themselves.

[molsewid]

He's so young. Is there any threat if he can't pay the debt from his friend? Or he borrowed from others, not from his friend? I already read the post, but the details he borrowed from his friend are missing in the source. Honestly, this is possible he commit suicide because he loses a bet with a large amount of money. But it's possible too that he committed suicide because he borrowed from a bad lender who will do something if he can't pay the debt. This is a serious case. Many would follow this event if their authorities didn't make a move to prevent this from happening.

[Yudhisthir]

He's so young. Is there any threat if he can't pay the debt from his friend? Or he borrowed from others, not from his friend? I already read the post, but the details he borrowed from his friend are missing in the source. Honestly, this is possible he commit suicide because he loses a bet with a large amount of money. But it's possible too that he committed suicide because he borrowed from a bad lender who will do something if he can't pay the debt. This is a serious case. Many would follow this event if their authorities didn't make a move to prevent this from happening.

Could even be the humiliation he felt for himself. He could have lend that money for something else like study or business but put it all on gambling and as he lost, he saw no way out of debt and humiliation in front of his friends and family.
Unplanned gambling and gambling with borrowed funds is a sure way to destroy your life. It's difficult but people need to control their urge to gambling their life savings.

[CarnagexD]

This is the dangers of online betting or gambling in general when not done right. If you can't bet twice, you can't afford to bet at all. Moreso if you have loaned the money you used for betting. We really can't blame the poor guy but let this be a lesson not only to the beginners but to the veterans as well. Betting is playing with a loaded gun. You either shoot your target, get jailed for illegally possessing a firearm, or die because you shot yourself in the face

[sotoshihero]

He's so young. Is there any threat if he can't pay the debt from his friend? Or he borrowed from others, not from his friend? I already read the post, but the details he borrowed from his friend are missing in the source. Honestly, this is possible he commit suicide because he loses a bet with a large amount of money. But it's possible too that he committed suicide because he borrowed from a bad lender who will do something if he can't pay the debt. This is a serious case. Many would follow this event if their authorities didn't make a move to prevent this from happening.

Could even be the humiliation he felt for himself. He could have lend that money for something else like study or business but put it all on gambling and as he lost, he saw no way out of debt and humiliation in front of his friends and family.
Unplanned gambling and gambling with borrowed funds is a sure way to destroy your life. It's difficult but people need to control their urge to gambling their life savings.

Many lives and families were destroy by uncontrolled gambling addiction, they really need help. Also, much better if he is the one who accepts his vices and ask for help, his cooperation is also needed.

Your words are absolutely true. Gambling without a plan or borrowing money is destroying our life and careers. Those people who borrow money for gambling most of the time they are addicted to gambling. If you borrow money and gamble, you will never get rid of this addiction.

I think that's already addiction to gambling. Sad that it is happening, gambling addiction should be addressed so that not to destroy more lives. Gambling as a form of entertainment is fine, but uncontrolled spending even borrowing money  to gamble is another story that needs professional advise.

[ethereumhunter]

We realizes it now because we are not in the situation, but this man who are in the situation maybe are not already thinking straight that's why he think of committing a suicide. That's why prevention is always better than cure because the gravity of his problem is too deep already that he can't under it anymore. All we can do now is just to learn from his experience and be open for the possibility of committing suicide if we lose control in gambling.

He only thinks that suicide will solve the problem because he doesn't live anymore. We must take the lesson behind his story and don't let ourselves falls into gambling or one of our family have experiences in the gambling industry. And never let ourselves in the trouble that can not realize how dangerous that thing. Let us use gambling to search for entertainment.

[Vishnu.Reang]

He only thinks that suicide will solve the problem because he doesn't live anymore. We must take the lesson behind his story and don't let ourselves falls into gambling or one of our family have experiences in the gambling industry. And never let ourselves in the trouble that can not realize how dangerous that thing. Let us use gambling to search for entertainment.

Here in India, there is a lot of taboo related to gambling. First of all, it is banned here and if you are still indulging in gambling, then that means that you are breaking the law. And secondly, if you tell some of your friends and relatives that you have lost money in gambling, then they are more likely to blame you rather than provide any sort of help. And we don't know, whether this guy had approached any of his friends or relatives before his suicide.

[molsewid]

Could even be the humiliation he felt for himself. He could have lend that money for something else like study or business but put it all on gambling and as he lost, he saw no way out of debt and humiliation in front of his friends and family.
Unplanned gambling and gambling with borrowed funds is a sure way to destroy your life. It's difficult but people need to control their urge to gambling their life savings.

I lost too in gambling many times, but I didn't think of committing suicide even once. However, we don't know his life's whole story, like how much the bet he loses and his other life problem that finally pushes him to end his life.

Your words are absolutely true. Gambling without a plan or borrowing money is destroying our life and careers. Those people who borrow money for gambling most of the time they are addicted to gambling. If you borrow money and gamble, you will never get rid of this addiction.

I know someone who always borrowed money for gambling, but he is not addicted to it. Actually, he is responsible for paying his loan. You can get rid of it by going to rehabilitation centers if you are addicted to gambling because there's a rehab for gambling addiction.  

[passwordnow]

This is the dangers of online betting or gambling in general when not done right. If you can't bet twice, you can't afford to bet at all. Moreso if you have loaned the money you used for betting. We really can't blame the poor guy but let this be a lesson not only to the beginners but to the veterans as well. Betting is playing with a loaded gun. You either shoot your target, get jailed for illegally possessing a firearm, or die because you shot yourself in the face

I don't think that it has to be literal like loading it with a gun but it is a fact that it's like that if we're going to analyze it.
I've heard a lot of scenarios and experiences before about loaning money for betting but this is the worst. It doesn't have to end like that but it just so happened which is very sad and miserable.

[bryant.coleman]

I don't think that it has to be literal like loading it with a gun but it is a fact that it's like that if we're going to analyze it.
I've heard a lot of scenarios and experiences before about loaning money for betting but this is the worst. It doesn't have to end like that but it just so happened which is very sad and miserable.

This is not something that is very unusual. A lot of gamblers have had their lives ruined in a matter of one or two hours, as a result of the uncontrolled addiction to gambling. In casinos, there are always loan sharks who will be ready to provide instant loans, so that the gamblers can continue with their bets. And in most cases, it ends in further losses. The same is now happening in online casinos.

[passwordnow]

I don't think that it has to be literal like loading it with a gun but it is a fact that it's like that if we're going to analyze it.
I've heard a lot of scenarios and experiences before about loaning money for betting but this is the worst. It doesn't have to end like that but it just so happened which is very sad and miserable.

This is not something that is very unusual. A lot of gamblers have had their lives ruined in a matter of one or two hours, as a result of the uncontrolled addiction to gambling. In casinos, there are always loan sharks who will be ready to provide instant loans, so that the gamblers can continue with their bets. And in most cases, it ends in further losses. The same is now happening in online casinos.

Yes, not that unusual but this kind of result is the worst. Ending ones life just because of gambling and don't want to face the problem that awaits him with his losses is the worst.
Those loan sharks inside the casinos are also taking advantage of it but this is a different scenario, the guy loaned from his friend but it's not that far from the scenario.