Be a Responsible Gambler

[romero121]

With life we'll be given opportunities, better we do bigger will be the growth in terms of financial and mentally. Here we are supposed to be good, but the small mistakes make a big change in life. For some people the mistake makes them take a positive note and make life successful and vice versa. So, the way we take it forward gives different result. Right now it is hard to make decisions, however take a break stay strong and surely you'll reach high completing all your debts.

[Saint-loup]

I feel sorry for you. Such a bad situation you involve. I am not going to teach you anything but to sympathize with you. This is bad, awful. No word can describe this situation except desperate.

You know, let’s put it all behind. You can solve the problem. Furthermore, you still have a long life to live ahead. Do not lose your hope. There are many jobs on the internet which can improve your current net. Asking for help (mental help, not money help) is also a good solution that can give you strength. And try to make $2000 in order to have an initial amount for trading. If you think you can trade, just do it. Trading is a better place than any online casino. And final, you can always share your story to us. We are here with you

I'm sorry death69 but I have to disagree with you, trading isn't a "better place" as you said or a safer place than online casinos. You can lose huge amounts of money when you invest into cyptocurrencies because they are highly volatile and unpredictable. Even for Bitcoin, nobody can guarantee it won't crash in the coming months or even weeks, moreover if you trade with leverage your losses can be as quick as the ones you can get on gambling games.

[robelneo]

It's hard to get out in a situation like what you've had where you have to borrow from friends and get loans just so you can sustain your gambling, it's the worst experience, now you have to work all your life just to repay your debt, you are lucky that you have admitted that you are wrong on doing this some people will still find a way and take on criminal activities just to repay their loans and to sustain their gambling, I hope you can still manage to pay your loan and will not go back to being a compulsive gambler.

[passwordnow]

In minutes, you've lost a lot. That's insane. I was even feeling bad when I've sold bitcoins too early but I still got the cash but yours is worse. Thank you for sharing your experience and this will serve as a warning for others that can't control themselves. You've learned the lesson in an expensive way but I'm sure that you'll be able to pay your debt and you only have to focus with your goal and don't accompany it with gambling.

Gambling is really risky and certainly not a profit making opportunity. If the OP would have kept $2500 in the trading platform, he might have gained some good profit in trading and eventually covered his debt, but instead he opted for a short cut way of gambling which was way to risky. Feel sorry for him. Everyone should learn some lesson from his bad experience in gambling.

It is a profit making opportunity for the others but they're not too many at all. Those professionals that have dedicated their lives into gambling and that's their way of living. But for us, who just gambles whenever we want and whatever we feel, we're likely to say that it's not for profit. Once you've won, you'll just take the money and enjoy it and then when you think that you're lucky again, just gamble casually again but unlike the professionals. I agree that if he just did a different activity such as trading, there's a bigger chance that he had profited from it.

[Quidat]

In minutes, you've lost a lot. That's insane. I was even feeling bad when I've sold bitcoins too early but I still got the cash but yours is worse. Thank you for sharing your experience and this will serve as a warning for others that can't control themselves. You've learned the lesson in an expensive way but I'm sure that you'll be able to pay your debt and you only have to focus with your goal and don't accompany it with gambling.

Gambling is really risky and certainly not a profit making opportunity. If the OP would have kept $2500 in the trading platform, he might have gained some good profit in trading and eventually covered his debt, but instead he opted for a short cut way of gambling which was way to risky. Feel sorry for him. Everyone should learn some lesson from his bad experience in gambling.

It is a profit making opportunity for the others but they're not too many at all. Those professionals that have dedicated their lives into gambling and that's their way of living. But for us, who just gambles whenever we want and whatever we feel, we're likely to say that it's not for profit. Once you've won, you'll just take the money and enjoy it and then when you think that you're lucky again, just gamble casually again but unlike the professionals. I agree that if he just did a different activity such as trading, there's a bigger chance that he had profited from it.

But the difference on trading is that profits doesnt materialized that too fast same on gambling where people would find it boring and majority of us is too impatient.
Hence, we treat on differently in between gambling activity and trading which it isnt just right to make out some comparison or similarities between them.
When it comes to finances then its up to someone who would able to manage.Risk is always there and we know that gambling does have higher risk on losing
those funds you do had but if you do look for entertainment or leisure then this wont really be much of an issue.

[Twinkledoe]

This is a touching story the indebtedness of the OP is very overwhelming l salute his courage for telling us such a story I hope he pays back the debts sooner, this is a advice to gamblers not fall into debt in a bid to win big, in fact I read some stories of some gambling addicts that became  bankrupt after losing all their money sold all their properties and still loss and become depressed.
Personally I had learnt one or two lessons from the comments most importantly I will only  gamble with the amount of money I can afford to lose.

And I believe, he is not the only one in this kind of situation. Some here maybe experiencing the same but ashamed to share the situation. Now, they know they are not alone and can read encouraging words from strangers. Sometimes, all they need is understanding to keep them going. It is not the end of the world. They still have the chance to change and rectify their problem. If you are dead, of course, you can't do anything but think of your loved ones before you decide something extreme.

[Viscore]

It's a human nature that we don't easily give up, you showed how its done based on your experience but it's just that you learned your lesson the hard way.  A debt has to be paid no matter what, if you don't have enough income you'll surely struggle financially as you also have personal needs, bigger if you have a family.

I hope we will also learn from your experience, I can't imagine myself to be in your position, I hope you'll stay positive and for sure you'll be able to pay your debts, maybe not easily but slowly, there's no problem as long as you are willing to pay as you'll definitely find ways.

[goinmerry]

I'm sorry death69 but I have to disagree with you, trading isn't a "better place" as you said or a safer place than online casinos. You can lose huge amounts of money when you invest into cyptocurrencies because they are highly volatile and unpredictable.

There's no need to literally put up a bad meaning on what the user said. Let's use our common sense here.

It's definitely a no-brainer that someone won't think that trading isn't risky. The user just wants to give advice to OP that it's good to focus on trading instead of gambling because of what happened. Then while on trading, of course, we need to manage it well along the way and do everything to keep up with the volatility.

[STT]

Dont borrow, crypto is already a special kind of currency that is some variability of a gamble in itself.  Allocate the money you have spare, put that in crypto and spend it and it might even improve your money allocation habits and gambling spending.  Borrowing to take a risk is not the ideal, borrow to reduce an ongoing cost is usually the most justified like renting vs owning a house is the most common borrowing that works out.   Best deal for gambling is roll profits forward and use that as capital to decide how much to spend, if you do well you will have more so its naturally more balanced.

[suzanne5223]

I was insisted by different people several times. Gambling isn't meant to make money. It is pure business, have fun and never be a victim of it. Now I'm a victim of it. In my village when people play cards I used to advice them, none know I'm into gambling. What they play for is not more than $5, and now I find guilty of being worse than them.

You're not the only one that advises people not to see gambling as a means of making money that's also the victim of the same thing but what's important is how you deal with it after losing because this has made some people a gambling addict.

I have debt of $35000. Myself saved $2500 in BTC on an exchange with the plan of trading. My mind wavered it takes time to make money out of trading. Myself deposited into a gambling platform. Started to gamble. Within few minutes it all got emptied. Then on my mind didn't work, everytime it thinks of the lost money and the way to recover it. Borrowed another $2000 from my friend and this too got washed out.

You borrowing money so you can gamble shows you can't control your buzz and you don't have experience about how to gamble profitably because one of the tips of making a profitable gamble to bet with the money you can afford to lose not a loan.

Important Note : If you're jobless don't get into gambling, I'm an example. I don't have a job, and that's the reason I wasn't able to keep me deviated from gambling. Hope this helps someone.

Thank You

Your story will definitely help someone.

[kawetsriyanto]

Gambling isn't meant to make money. It is pure business, have fun and never be a victim of it.

Not all gamblers have the same views about gambling, some of them even gamble purely for money. But at least, you know the consequence to gamble for money, you have proven it so risky. Well, I never blame people who try to make money by gambling, as long as they do it realistically and with extra money only. I know not all gamblers can have fun with gambling games, they prefer to choose other activities if the purpose is for having fun. The point is "don't lose control once you are gambling, keep the realistic mind". If you cannot do it, you are better to not gamble.

[uneng]

I'm really sorry for your situation. But don't give up your life! Just because you can't make profit from betting it doesn't mean you can't earn through another ways. It's not the end of the line! Ironically you can actually make money from *gambling*. You are at Stake's campaign, so you are somehow making money from a gambling site. Try to save this income maximum as possible (and in bitcoins). It's already a beginning.
Moreover, you can always look for another ways to increase your income on the internet, if you have spare time for it yet. Step by step, without being greedy you can get out of debt and clean your name. Good luck!

[aioc]

Gambling is not for the weak character who cannot control their greed and urge to gamble, you will perish and ruin yourself if you try to gamble without control and treat gambling as a source of income, learn from those who experienced this and do not try to experience and see for yourself if you can try to make money from gambling, it will not work, once you got in, there's no turning back if you have a weak character, be guided and go always on the safe side.

[xSkylarx]

I'm amazed at your determination not to give up in life. There is still hope, unlike me who is physically disabled, you have a normal body so you can still have a job again and start a new beginning. Just learn from this lesson and guide someone that you think that is going to what you have experienced.

Chasing losses is really not good, you get more greedy to recover it everytime you lose more. This is a reminder for everyone to not let their emotion get over them when they gamble. If they lose, just quit the casino or get away whatever that gambling platform it is.

[Lorence.xD]

I hope that you are going to quit gambling for good because that is a serious debt and I don't think that gambling further isn't going to solve your problem, I mean you are trying to hit the big money real quick but that is impossible since there aren't a lot of chances for a player to win in gambling.

[romero121]

I hope that you are going to quit gambling for good because that is a serious debt and I don't think that gambling further isn't going to solve your problem, I mean you are trying to hit the big money real quick but that is impossible since there aren't a lot of chances for a player to win in gambling.

For now he should quit gambling. From my personal experience he has lost a big sum, and when we loss big our mind thinks of making quick money to recover and make profit. Now he is in such a situation, and he needs to look for an alternate if he has the ability to risk big. Maybe investing/trading can be the best choice.

[Lorence.xD]

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For now he should quit gambling. From my personal experience he has lost a big sum, and when we loss big our mind thinks of making quick money to recover and make profit. Now he is in such a situation, and he needs to look for an alternate if he has the ability to risk big. Maybe investing/trading can be the best choice.

I wouldn't advice that one since it means that OP has to gamble again and knowing how addiction works, I am sure that relapse is going to happen and that is the worst thing that can happen after rehabilitation, they go back to gambling and get addicted again. Investing is a long term but trading is a risky one.

[Smartprofit]

Yes, it is very important to understand that gambling is not a job or a business, it is entertainment.  Of course, there are professional poker players, but that's a completely different story ...

You also need to avoid loans and credits and play only with your own money.  If you do not have a job, then you need to look for it, this is the stage in your life that cannot be avoided.  Subsequently, after a while, you can already think about starting a business and gambling.  

Gambling addiction is a disease and must be treated.  

For example, one addiction can be replaced by another emotional addiction.  At the same time, both addictions will weaken and will not greatly affect your life.

Maybe that is the issue. Because there are professional poker players people believe that they can achieve the same by just playing. Nobody told them that most poker players make the most out from ads and not from playing poker. The good old times are dead in my opinion.

Yes, for example, youth idol Den Bilzerian is considered a very good poker player. 

He is an actor and has played in several films.  In 2009 he played a lot of poker.  Den Bilzerian is the founder of Victory Poker. 

However, he has one secret. 

Currently, he only plays with weak players.  Many wealthy playboys consider it great fortune to play poker with Dan Bilzerian himself.  However, they do not know how to play.  Therefore, Dan easily wins a game of poker.  This is the whole secret. 

Den does not play poker with professional players. 

He knows that what matters in poker is not your own level of play, but the level of play of your opponents.  This is a very tricky trick.

[wiss19]

What I've lost is big. Last one month have made a big change in my life. I don't know how things gonna change and myself gonna manage. I would like to brief the last 31 days of my life and gambling. Someone could read and won't get into risk of life.

This community and its lessons are always marvelous but it seems no gambler is learning from this kind of threads but they do their level of "irresponsible gambling" and then coming up with another such topic. Do gamble with care or responsible is not a new advice here but people like you are more keen to bring up here your own stories.

I don't have a job, and that's the reason I wasn't able to keep me deviated from gambling.

I am not finding this as a valid reason. You will able to deviate your focus if you are good in self-control. I have seen many addicted gamblers who are into regular job for years. Moreover, if you are into any job then you can easily get loans which will again help you to ruin your finance more problematic.

[AicecreaME]

Important Note : If you're jobless don't get into gambling, I'm an example. I don't have a job, and that's the reason I wasn't able to keep me deviated from gambling. Hope this helps someone.

No offense but this whole story that happened to you was supposed to help yourself out the first time people told you that gambling is not a good way to earn money, take note, you didn't even have a job to back up the money you're gonna borrow to someone else so I'm confused on what forced you to do gambling still even if it is crystal clear to you that you're not gonna make it.

What I meant is it is too risky to be a way to earn a living, for a person like you. You could be better if you would have started a business even a small one, small profits but at least, it is a sure return. Not like in gambling that it is a high risk, high return but it just doesn't suit you, and you know that.

To make this story short, you didn't want the long way to pay your debt, you wanted to pay it in a very short amount of time and you thought gambling was the answer, but sadly it was not, it was your nightmare. No successful man didn't climb the ladder step by step to reach what he has now, they had to do it step by step to polish everything they have as a foundation in the long term, and that's the proper way how you do it. No shortcuts, no excuses.