Prayer and gambling.

[gabbie2010]

Gambling is a game of luck no amount of prayer would have any influence on the outcome of the result, however gamblers who imbibe in the act of praying before placing a bet do so based on their personal belief of course we have to respect their belief probably that had previously worked for them, there are also other gamblers who also prayed but still lost their bettings thus gambling is 50:50 chance it is either win or loss.

[Bttzed03]

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Have you ever prayed before placing a bet (gambling)?

I remember having positive thoughts when I was still buying tickets for lottery. I wouldn't say it's a prayer but I definitely did it to attract a positive result.

Did it work?

I won one time but I didn't hit all the numbers. What I won didn't cover my previous losses though.

If you believe it does work, examine this scenerio.
If we both worship and serve same god, and we place our bets on the same games, in a manner that our bets are opposites, and we both say a solemn prayer to this our god before casting our bets, Who will this god favour?

This probably means the winner deserves it better. It's the same with other aspects of life I guess.

[ralle14]

There's no solid proof that prayers can be effective on gambling, I think the only thing it does is boost the person's confidence and even if someone does win through praying it's most likely a coincidence. Imagine if prayers do actually work then we would've seen most gamblers pray most of the time and eventually casinos are forced to bump up their house edge to counteract this strategy.

[Twinkledoe]

Gambling is a game of luck no amount of prayer would have any influence on the outcome of the result, however gamblers who imbibe in the act of praying before placing a bet do so based on their personal belief of course we have to respect their belief probably that had previously worked for them, there are also other gamblers who also prayed but still lost their bettings thus gambling is 50:50 chance it is either win or loss.

I think this kind of practice like reciting prayer is more on psychological feeling of the person. Though it has no effect on the results but it is how we believe on such things, like for example here, prayer that may attract positive mantra. So yes, no matter how long your prayer is or how sincere it is, I don't think this will somehow affect the results.

[michellee]

I guess the spiritual not involved in gambling, but I do not for sure because their world is different from ours. Maybe they can involve influencing the result and they have been used by psychic.

I always prayed before doing something, including before playing gambling but I did not often do that because I do not expect to make money from gambling. I prefer to let it happen if that is about playing gambling because I know that winning gambling is luck.

We all worship and serve to GOD, and I think we can pray to GOD for what we want, and if that really happens, I think GOD allows us to get that. But if that does not happen, then that will not be good for us.

[lienfaye]

Do spiritual beings get involved or influence gambling results in the favour of those who pray to them?

We cant accurately answer this because we dont know how God works, but I believe he is fair to everyone. If you win then you're lucky but it doesnt mean its because you're devoted or has a strong faith. Its not appropriate to involve the spiritual being on gambling or connect why we win.

Have you ever prayed before placing a bet (gambling)?
Did it work?

I dont believe prayer can help me to win, however I also tried to pray deeply to hit the jackpot on lottery, but it doesnt work. I think its his way to let me know to not become greedy on earing money which not came from hard-work.

[semobo]

Often times in my country, i have visited a sports betting shop to place my bet, and each time before I am about to do so, i always look out to the other service booths where bettings are received for other other individuals placing their bets as well.

Each time, i notice that out of the five service booths in this sports betting shop, it is common to see two or sometimes three individuals out of the five occupying the service booths always bow their head and mutter some words solemnly, a prayer i suppose.

Big questions - Do spiritual beings get involved or influence gambling results in the favour of those who pray to them?

Have you ever prayed before placing a bet (gambling)?
Did it work?

If you believe it does work, examine this scenerio.
If we both worship and serve same god, and we place our bets on the same games, in a manner that our bets are opposites, and we both say a solemn prayer to this our god before casting our bets, Who will this god favour?

Its just their belief but there is no influence of prayers with our winning when it comes to gambling just like what happens in out life. Its just to calm our mind but some people overdo it and it may worked as well coincidently so they started to follow it as habit all the time while making their bets.

Luck comes to us which can't be created with anything.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I think it's just to bring positive thoughts for gambler that most of the time we pray in order to win.

But there's no evidence whatsoever that prayer will help us win. It just depends how lucky we are when we gambler whether online or offline. So obviously, it doesn't work, but worth a try for majority of us. At least when we won, we have someone to thank for bringing us a win, or maybe it is just a coincidence.

[hahay]

This is about faith, we know everyone's faith is different and you don't have to assume those who pray are wrong or right, because back again about the faith you and they have and it's different. But for me personally related to gambling is purely for entertainment and although gambling I am targeted for a win and profit but I never join prayers in gambling. If they get good results in gambling because they include prayer, then I will still consider that also just luck.

[Woodie]

It's okay to pray before you gamble but other religions or certain dominations will say this is something evil...why because they believe this is a source of greed and greed has no place in the church!

But I guess a prayer should include asking overcoming the temptation of greed and also gaining guidance to make good decisions.

[qwertyup23]

Remember that people do certain rituals before they engaged into something.

Personally, I used to put a nickel inside my shoe every time I present in the whole class because I believe it calms me done and it makes me more confident in speaking. Same goes to gambling, people pray every time they wish something would happen because it calms them down and it kinda rationalizes them that their actions are justified.

In a world that we live in, nothing is absolute. If all prayers were to come true, then there wouldn't be any problems in the world.

[Karartma1]

"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you'll be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."
Matthew's words are spot on for the sake of this thread. No prayers will help you winning a bet.
Don't mess with luck and chances and, most of all, leave any god out of desperate attempts to win some money.

[Shasha80]

This is about faith, we know everyone's faith is different and you don't have to assume those who pray are wrong or right, because back again about the faith you and they have and it's different. But for me personally related to gambling is purely for entertainment and although gambling I am targeted for a win and profit but I never join prayers in gambling. If they get good results in gambling because they include prayer, then I will still consider that also just luck.

Indeed, in carrying out life we all have our own beliefs, if we believe praying before gambling can help bring luck, do it. But I never pray before
gambling, because for me gambling is just for entertainment, so indeed I play gambling not obsessed with winning. The results of the gambling
that I did either win or lose, I was still entertained.

[Ultegra134]

Gambling is a series of games of pure luck and probabilities, nothing more. On top of that, I'm an atheist and wouldn't pray even if I was in a falling plane. The nature of gambling is pretty simple and straight forward to involve any superficial beings, and it definitely won't help if you're an addict, trying to recoup your losses.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Praying during or in course of playing a bet has got nothing to do with the bet even. You know, it might be seenbto draw you some luck but then, I rarely think that about the outcome of any game in sports betting.  What would be will be and your prayers our fetishism has got nothing to do with it. Everyone has got something at stake at the events being gambled upon. For sports betting,

1. You've got your stake
2. The site or platform owner has got his stakes
3. The athletes has got there stakes and
4. Your opposing fellow gambler has got his stakes too.

For Casinos,
1. The owner has got his stakes
2. You've got your stakes and
3. Depending on the game in question, your fellow gamblers has there's too.

So, the odds can't just be on your side because you know how to wisper a few words. Certainly,  there are others that can and do too. If the outcomes of bets were based on prayers, I'm sure there would be a prayer house beside every gambling shop. Lol...

[danherbias07]

I don't believe that.
Is there even a God of Gambling? The God that I know hates gambling that's why I don't pray before putting my bets.
I also don't thank him when I won a bet because it's like saying he gave it for you and he loves what you are doing which is wrong.

Just put the damn bet and hope your luck will not run out and hit the winning number.  Maybe praying for the devil will work as he was the true owner of this world of sins.

[3meek]

In my opinion this is very funny, gambling and prayer are opposite things... There is no direct mention of gambling in the Bible, but it is generally accepted that it is a sin... But if prayer helps someone win money, that's great!
If anyone knows such a mantra, please write! I need it too!

[Rajamuda]

In general, this is not supposed to be, but some people do it without realizing it , sounds weird but indeed there are people who pray when gambling, it's better if we know that.. we remind them.
About this, the point is we should not experience it.

[sempak]

In general, this is not supposed to be, but some people do it without realizing it , sounds weird but indeed there are people who pray when gambling, it's better if we know that.. we remind them.
About this, the point is we should not experience it.

If you are very religious and think you can benefit from that, you can always try. I'm just curious what will happen if you end up losing a lot after all. maybe next time do another prayer? otherwise it is difficult to explain. you sometimes see players on the field say a prayer, but I think that's for a different reason.

[YOSHIE]

Big questions - Do spiritual beings get involved or influence gambling results in the favour of those who pray to them?

I have seen that kind of spirituality in gambling, but not in online gambling, I saw in real casinos, I don't know what they read, but I saw the person not succeeding, just losing the game, I saw he was emotional when he lost, maybe he blamed the prayer, which was not answered.

Have you ever prayed before placing a bet (gambling)?
Did it work?

If I place a gambling bet at a physical casino there is no prayer, as far as I know in the world of gambling the biggest boss is the devil, so there is no need to do spirituality there, what is needed is cunning and ingenuity.

In my opinion prayer does not apply in the world of gambling, because all those involved in gambling have the same fate.