Man lost £20,000 in one night after becoming addicted to online gambling!

[Smartprofit]

After becoming addicted to online casino games in March last year, he lost £40,000 in the space of a month, losing half of that in just one night.

After losing that money too, he found himself in massive debt, and contemplated taking his own life.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-lost-20000-one-night-24067466

I don't know why they are caught up in this moment but I think people know the risks yet they still try. Was it appropriate for him to call the gambling firm wrong or he was right? (See the last part of the article or better read the 3 mins. article instead)

The person is weak and sinful ... I cannot condemn this person.  

Gambling addiction is considered the most dangerous type of addiction.  At the same time, suicide is not a way out of the situation.  This tragedy must be lived through and continue to live on.  In gambling, you need to limit your bets.  You need to make sure that you cannot lose such a large amount of money at a time.  

Perhaps this person needed the presence of a faithful friend next to him.  

A friend who could keep him from continuing the game.  Perhaps this man was lonely.

[milewilda]

To someone who has no control over his actions, this is bound to happen. The guy has no one to blame for this misfortune other than himself. Because it's impossible that in the instances that he's betting, he's not at least getting a win or two. Which he could've capitalized on instead of wagering it and literally throwing it down the drain.

He should blame himself for doing that thing and make him lose too big money. But that if he realizes of what he already did before. But I wonder if he can stop gambling because of his losses because if he is addicted to gambling, I guess he will hard to stop his habit of playing gambling. He will still play gambling, although he already loses the money. Although he can win one or more times, it will difficult to recover his losses because that is a lot of money.

Chasing loses is one of the problems on where gamblers do experience is on where they do tend to chase out on what they had lost and even having the option to take some loan
or make use of their life savings which is really a bad idea and if you dont like to mess up your life then you should think on what are your priorities
and dont spent up on the money that you can afford to lose because those are intended for other purposes.Come to think on what would be the other things
you can buy with that 20k you had lost in gambling site? Only play for leisure but dont go overboard.

[paxmao]

Many times the story is quite the opposite - like someone becomes millionaire with a lotto or someone hits the big jackpot. These stories are quite inspiring and many people go into FOMO mode when they hear them and perhaps that is linked to situations like the one you are describing because a percent of player will respond strongly - perhaps those with a more vivid imagination or those who feel that life is not fair with them and need to feel somehow "lucky" even if for a moment, so it is good that sometimes we remind everyone that games are just games... life if about other things.

[Zilon]

Been addicted to gambling is one part of gambling that gambling sites should help curtail. If gambling sites do kyc verification I believe it should be with the motive of knowing their customers better as well as helping them manage risk. When it comes to addiction one can't help his or herself and as such they are prone to making decisions the would end up regretting.

Gambling addicts should learn to open up to people they can trust so the can be guided and counseled. Lately the level of gamblers who commit sucide after betting their entire life savings is on the increase and if nothing is done it might mean loosing posing danger on the life of gamblers because more would still get addictive over time and would still risk beyond what the can afford to loose

[shushu2007]

Wow, £20,000, that is a lot money to me, why would people do such thing, it looks like gambling addiction is very horrible.
If it was me, i would be heartbroken very very much.

[peter0425]

Wow, £20,000, that is a lot money to me, why would people do such thing, it looks like gambling addiction is very horrible.
If it was me, i would be heartbroken very very much.

For others this is just a peanut but for us this can be the start of new tomorrow, I use to be addicted in gambling but never that i afford losing this much in single night? Common this is too much to expect.

but if all my losses combined then this maybe more than this , at least 100-150k euro for my whole gambling career.

[Smartvirus]

A company does no wrong in actually advertising there product or services.  If other companies or organisations are at liberty to do so, why shouldn't the sports betting or casino companies. They are a legally registered firm and pay taxes so, as much as they are concerned,  all warnings have been previously given. A gambler is accountable for his own behaviour while betting.

This is some of the reasons why, betting is reserved for the matured minds only of which, many parts of the world gives the range from 18+. Should a company had called or even a friend to have advised a gambler on his gambling habits while losing, he wouldn't elven stop It's just so bad that, most of these guys after engaging in uncultured gambling habits, they decide to take the easy way, I won't say easy way but, it ain't cool using debt for a resolution on debts.

[michellee]

To someone who has no control over his actions, this is bound to happen. The guy has no one to blame for this misfortune other than himself. Because it's impossible that in the instances that he's betting, he's not at least getting a win or two. Which he could've capitalized on instead of wagering it and literally throwing it down the drain.

He should blame himself for doing that thing and make him lose too big money. But that if he realizes of what he already did before. But I wonder if he can stop gambling because of his losses because if he is addicted to gambling, I guess he will hard to stop his habit of playing gambling. He will still play gambling, although he already loses the money. Although he can win one or more times, it will difficult to recover his losses because that is a lot of money.

Chasing loses is one of the problems on where gamblers do experience is on where they do tend to chase out on what they had lost and even having the option to take some loan
or make use of their life savings which is really a bad idea and if you dont like to mess up your life then you should think on what are your priorities
and dont spent up on the money that you can afford to lose because those are intended for other purposes.Come to think on what would be the other things
you can buy with that 20k you had lost in gambling site? Only play for leisure but dont go overboard.

Yes, it is. Many gamblers still try to chase their losses the next day and with more money because they do not like to see the previous losses before. But if they take some loan to chase the losses, they can get a double loss at the same time because he does not have money to repay the loan, plus he will lose the money he borrows. Using the saving money will not be recommended because that money is for life and you use it for your own benefits and not for playing gambling. But it seems people tend to use more money to try to win the game. Playing gambling is fun, but we need to know when we must stop gambling.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

If there is some kind of intervention, I am pretty sure that people can be rehabilitated. This person isn't an exception to that process and if he can't then he is a rare case but his loved ones still has to try and intervene with the problem, it's all right if the addict denies it as long as the people around him are still doing it.

Theoretically speaking. This intervention thing will really help people to avoid being addicted. The problem was not all people are open on this kind of problem that's why its very hard to stop gambling addiction. Even the casino limitation on betting will never stop this because an addicted to gambling person can easily find a way to gamble more.

I think that it is more than just a theory since there has been a lot of cases where people who were addicted to something got the help they needed because there was an intervention involved, that's why I think that it is more than just a theory. Casino limiting the bets or the money spent are designed to be bypassed, they don't want help addicted people,they are the biggest reason why their business makes a lot of money.

[pilosopotasyo]

The person is weak and sinful ... I cannot condemn this person.  

Yes we should understand these people, people with weak character are like this, they easily fall into something that can excite them, and if they can't control their addiction, their lives become miserable and hopeless, instead of condemning them we should understand them and offer and give them help, gambling addiction can be overcome, they just need understanding and help.

[wxa7115]

After becoming addicted to online casino games in March last year, he lost £40,000 in the space of a month, losing half of that in just one night.

After losing that money too, he found himself in massive debt, and contemplated taking his own life.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-lost-20000-one-night-24067466

I don't know why they are caught up in this moment but I think people know the risks yet they still try. Was it appropriate for him to call the gambling firm wrong or he was right? (See the last part of the article or better read the 3 mins. article instead)

The person is weak and sinful ... I cannot condemn this person.  

Gambling addiction is considered the most dangerous type of addiction.  At the same time, suicide is not a way out of the situation.  This tragedy must be lived through and continue to live on.  In gambling, you need to limit your bets.  You need to make sure that you cannot lose such a large amount of money at a time.  

Perhaps this person needed the presence of a faithful friend next to him.  

A friend who could keep him from continuing the game.  Perhaps this man was lonely.

The issue is that there are no excuses for his behavior, after all a great deal of the population around the world was experiencing social isolation and yet they did not gambled their savings away and did not indebted themselves because of it.

And any excuse that he tries to come up with can be answered like that, he is the only one responsible for losing his money and even if the casino had closed his account he still had the desire to gamble and would have done so in another casino and lost his money anyway.

[Quidat]

The person is weak and sinful ... I cannot condemn this person.  

Yes we should understand these people, people with weak character are like this, they easily fall into something that can excite them, and if they can't control their addiction, their lives become miserable and hopeless, instead of condemning them we should understand them and offer and give them help, gambling addiction can be overcome, they just need understanding and help.

There are really people whom do act that they're perfect.Arent they?  Instead on understanding out the situation they do rather make out criticism instead as if they dont experience
out those kind of thrills that can be felt when you do gamble.This is just other people cant really handle out their emotion and make out bad decisions in life.
We arent perfect and mistakes could really happen it is just that there are people who are good on managing up their funds or money
and able to control the risk of getting addicted through gambling.

[iTradeChips]

Wow, £20,000, that is a lot money to me, why would people do such thing, it looks like gambling addiction is very horrible.
If it was me, i would be heartbroken very very much.

Not just 20,000 but 40,000 British pounds in one month. Think of that money. I have friends that barely live a comfortable life, one of them only earns 400 British pounds a month, and here we see 40,000 British pounds squandered by gambling in one month. Now if that isn't utter stupidity - I'm sorry I have to say it. The person knows that 40,000 pounds is a big amount and he should have thought about it many many times over before deciding to give it away to the gamblers due to bad play.

[rhomelmabini]

Not just 20,000 but 40,000 British pounds in one month. Think of that money. I have friends that barely live a comfortable life, one of them only earns 400 British pounds a month, and here we see 40,000 British pounds squandered by gambling in one month. Now if that isn't utter stupidity - I'm sorry I have to say it. The person knows that 40,000 pounds is a big amount and he should have thought about it many many times over before deciding to give it away to the gamblers due to bad play.

The lack of self-control hit him or maybe the lack of guidance as well from the family but I say the latter isn't that common for young adults of this age. Sometimes it can't be avoided if addiction comes to play and those addicts only realized when something they've treasure most was gone to them.

[uneng]

Perhaps this person needed the presence of a faithful friend next to him.  

A friend who could keep him from continuing the game.  Perhaps this man was lonely.

Probably it would help. The man was lonely due to the pandemic and gone too far on his gambling adventure. After losing he had no choice besides telling his family about the issue, which promptly started giving support and helping him. The gambler did the right thing and was courageous to share his bad experience with his family, I must admit.
Now they just need to stay together and keep in touch more often to avoid loneliness. For some people it's not an issue to stay alone, quite the opposite, as there are people who feel much better alone than in groups, but for others loneliness is devastating and can lead to addictions like gambling.

[Renampun]

Wow, £20,000, that is a lot money to me, why would people do such thing, it looks like gambling addiction is very horrible.
If it was me, i would be heartbroken very very much.

For others this is just a peanut but for us this can be the start of new tomorrow, I use to be addicted in gambling but never that i afford losing this much in single night? Common this is too much to expect.

but if all my losses combined then this maybe more than this , at least 100-150k euro for my whole gambling career.

wow, you have spent quite a bit of money on gambling in your lifetime...

Until now, the money I have spent on gambling is still very small because I am not a gambling addict. to be honest, I am grateful for that because there are still many costs that I have to pay for every day.

[boyptc]

The person is weak and sinful ... I cannot condemn this person.  

Yes we should understand these people, people with weak character are like this, they easily fall into something that can excite them, and if they can't control their addiction, their lives become miserable and hopeless, instead of condemning them we should understand them and offer and give them help, gambling addiction can be overcome, they just need understanding and help.

It's easy to understand them.

But next to it is how people like him would have to recover from this experience. If he wants to get some help, he can do it.

And in short, things will depend on how he's going to act after this big loss.

[Saint-loup]

After becoming addicted to online casino games in March last year, he lost £40,000 in the space of a month, losing half of that in just one night.

After losing that money too, he found himself in massive debt, and contemplated taking his own life.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-lost-20000-one-night-24067466

I don't know why they are caught up in this moment but I think people know the risks yet they still try. Was it appropriate for him to call the gambling firm wrong or he was right? (See the last part of the article or better read the 3 mins. article instead)

The guy says he was drinking and he borrowed money from family, friends and payday loans. 2 things you must never do when you're gambling.
You shouldn't take alcoholic beverages when you wager money at any gambling game and you should never take any loans for that. Gambling money you can't afford to lose is the worst thing you can do when you gamble. It should be written on the home page of online casinos.

[wxa7115]

Wow, £20,000, that is a lot money to me, why would people do such thing, it looks like gambling addiction is very horrible.
If it was me, i would be heartbroken very very much.

Not just 20,000 but 40,000 British pounds in one month. Think of that money. I have friends that barely live a comfortable life, one of them only earns 400 British pounds a month, and here we see 40,000 British pounds squandered by gambling in one month. Now if that isn't utter stupidity - I'm sorry I have to say it. The person knows that 40,000 pounds is a big amount and he should have thought about it many many times over before deciding to give it away to the gamblers due to bad play.

Which is why it is ridiculous that he is somehow now trying to blame the casino for what is happening, casinos are there to give us some entertainment and since we live in an age in which people are given maximum freedom many people think they can do whatever they want without consequences.

But in fact all of that freedom comes with responsibilities and anyone that decides to abdicate those responsibilities is going to soon find themselves in a lot of trouble, just like what happened to this gambler.

[stadus]

Wow, £20,000, that is a lot money to me, why would people do such thing, it looks like gambling addiction is very horrible.
If it was me, i would be heartbroken very very much.

Not just 20,000 but 40,000 British pounds in one month. Think of that money. I have friends that barely live a comfortable life, one of them only earns 400 British pounds a month, and here we see 40,000 British pounds squandered by gambling in one month. Now if that isn't utter stupidity - I'm sorry I have to say it. The person knows that 40,000 pounds is a big amount and he should have thought about it many many times over before deciding to give it away to the gamblers due to bad play.

Which is why it is ridiculous that he is somehow now trying to blame the casino for what is happening, casinos are there to give us some entertainment and since we live in an age in which people are given maximum freedom many people think they can do whatever they want without consequences.

But in fact all of that freedom comes with responsibilities and anyone that decides to abdicate those responsibilities is going to soon find themselves in a lot of trouble, just like what happened to this gambler.

Casinos will stay no matter what, they are allowed to operate, they pay taxes and they have gamblers who are constantly playing with them. Losing is normal to us as a gambler, however, losing an amount that is extremely high is not acceptable anymore, we are getting stupid because we can't control our emotion and it only showed how irresponsible we are, and with that, it's ourselves who should be blamed, not other people or gambling itself.

It's a pretty stupid excuse.