Prayer and gambling.

[Fundamentals Of]

You can pray all you want but only one thing is certain: the result of the game, lottery, or whatever it is you are betting on is not in any way affected by your prayers. You can offer all kinds of prayers before you gamble but that will never ever dictate whether you will end up winning or losing.

Indeed, prayer doesnt affect the result of the game. So either win or lose, the outcome depends of what destined to happen and not due to our religious belief or what can prayer do in times like this. I think its not right to connect God to this kind of deed, gambling is a kind of game with unpredicted result so winning means you're lucky on that particular moment and not because God gave what we desire.

I have this idea. If ever you cannot avoid offering a prayer before gambling, you better pray for guidance that if ever you lose you will not chase it until your loss is becoming so huge. You should pray that somebody up there will grant you patience, self-discipline, and the will that you can say enough, stand up, and leave the casino before things will get worse.

Whatever happens to the games mainly depend on luck. Whatever happens to you depends on you.

[Chato1977]

It may be one of the habits of individual preferences before playing. However, it works or not, we cannot determine it.
In my religion itself, everything should be started by praying because it is trusted to make all activities better and blessed.
However, gambling is also forbidden in my religion. So, what's for praying for something forbidden? 
I don't think this will work moreover to something that is exactly forbidden. But, I don't know if in the other beliefs. This is just a personal opinion.

Some are doing this but i doubt that it is helpful . because I know that Prayers will not Help people that letting  their Wrong doings .
Good will not effective in bad things. same us bad things towards good thing.

[famososMuertos]

Really!!
You changed religion to pray, I suppose with the intention of evadior post similar that I have seen raising similar issues.

If someone believes in something, in God, no matter what religion, they will not bother to bring up an inconsistent topic, it is really unwise, gambling does not depend on beliefs, nobody wins the lottery because they believe in God or pray to him more than other people, that shows ignorance.

A good believer does not walk with doubts in the result of his prayers, in religion he believes it or not, anything else does not make you a bad person, but if a player does not believe in God when he plays it does not mean that is the cause of your bad luck ... or good luck.

[ethereumhunter]

It may be one of the habits of individual preferences before playing. However, it works or not, we cannot determine it.
In my religion itself, everything should be started by praying because it is trusted to make all activities better and blessed.
However, gambling is also forbidden in my religion. So, what's for praying for something forbidden? 
I don't think this will work moreover to something that is exactly forbidden. But, I don't know if in the other beliefs. This is just a personal opinion.

Some are doing this but i doubt that it is helpful . because I know that Prayers will not Help people that letting  their Wrong doings .
Good will not effective in bad things. same us bad things towards good thing.

So that could be related to our destine because if we pray and our destine is winning the jackpot or some money, we will get it. Yes, prayers will protect us from doing something wrong, and we should always pray before we do something. But I do not know about gambling. Maybe some people still doing that before they gamble. So that will depend on themselves.

[Obito]

Each of us has their own gambling belief and practices. It may sound absurd when you say you pray before you gamble, I don't see anything wrong with it if it is what you believe when gambling. If a gambler thibks praying when betting can bring luck,then so be it. Betting practices and beliefs varies from people to people and there is nothing wrong with it as long as it doesn't oppose your religious belief.

Agreed, just because you don't believe that it will work doesn't warrant you to say that it is foolish of the other people to do it, live your life and let others live their life, that's the secret to happiness and contentment.

[LogitechMouse]

If prayers are working or at least increase your chances in winning then we must see more winners than losers in gambling right now.
All of us can pray. All of us can at least pray before we gamble yes but the chances of us winning will still the same. Prayers will not increase your chances of winning.

Probably there are some gamblers who have their own beliefs and traditions or at least some things that they are doing before they gamble but most aren't have or at least they aren't praying before gambling .

[Smartprofit]

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?

The Bible says that a person must work hard to get his daily bread.  

The Lord can answer your prayer.  This cannot be ruled out.  However, gambling is (in my opinion) not a godly business.  In my opinion, gambling should be viewed simply as entertainment.  Prayer is serious business.  

Usually believers pray for other people (not for themselves).  

Moreover, the Lord God neither encourages nor approves of human vices. Passion and greed are more human vices than human dignity.  

Therefore, in this case, in my opinion, there is no need to pray to God.

[bitterguy28]

Actually there is a friend of mine that has this attitude , He goes to churches consecutively days before he goes to a Cockfighting Derbies , he has this some called beliefs of saying prayers for the saints he believes a  Patron of the fighting cock .
I hate to believe but sometimes he wins and sometimes losses, meaning in the end of it all it is Luck that gives him the win .

[Karartma1]

I remember that in the Latin American religious and magical tradition prayers to get lucky in gambling and to attract money fast was quite common, due to the fact that St. Expedito is the patron saint of fast actions: all those issues that require quick action.
So the patron saint of those who need quick solutions to their problems, this is the perfect saint to invoke when you need to improve your luck at the game using rituals to attract money and you decide to use a prayer to get lucky at the game.
People used to wear a medal or amulet of San Expedito around the neck or carry one in a mojo bag to keep the saint's powers close.

I know this sounds crazy but people believe in all sort of crazy things.

[cabalism13]

Actually there is a friend of mine that has this attitude , He goes to churches consecutively days before he goes to a Cockfighting Derbies , he has this some called beliefs of saying prayers for the saints he believes a  Patron of the fighting cock .
I hate to believe but sometimes he wins and sometimes losses, meaning in the end of it all it is Luck that gives him the win .

that's really a bad one fella, afaik gambling is one of the bad habits we humans keeps on doing, and I don't think (if ever God really exist) someone will listen to you to give you the blessings. (they just might say *fuck off and get you prayer somewhere else* ) lol

[Oasisman]

Actually there is a friend of mine that has this attitude , He goes to churches consecutively days before he goes to a Cockfighting Derbies , he has this some called beliefs of saying prayers for the saints he believes a  Patron of the fighting cock .
I hate to believe but sometimes he wins and sometimes losses, meaning in the end of it all it is Luck that gives him the win .

What a crazy thought. Lemme guess, he's praying to Saint Peter or "San Pedro". The statue saint who was holding a roster in the catholic churches.
There is no religion that encourages to engage in gambling worse praying for your luck before engaging into it.
That actually is not insult your beliefs/religion.

I'd rather appreciate a person who'll pray for his own beliefs on gambling Gods  like the pagan did 

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

that's really a bad one fella, afaik gambling is one of the bad habits we humans keeps on doing, and I don't think (if ever God really exist) someone will listen to you to give you the blessings. (they just might say *fuck off and get you prayer somewhere else* ) lol

Also, if there is really a God, I am sure that he or she is too busy answering the much more important prayers, praying because you want to win in gambling is a pretty stupid thing because it is a selfish thing to only ask for some invisible entity of something that only you can be efit from.

[Jackl87]

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?

I don't want to question or ridicule anyone's religious views in any way, but I'm 99.99% sure that it doesn't make a difference whether you pray before a round of gambling or not. I think for many who do it, it's more of a ritual to make themselves feel better and they don't really believe that their prayers will lead to a better outcome because they are answered by some being.
As you say, the scenario you describe is also a kind of paradox, because if each of the opponents prays to the same God, it should cancel each other out in the end.

[michellee]

Well that is a very good habit that you are thanking GOD. because people only tend to complain to god but never thank them when they achieve some thing. But yes you can not pray the god for a win in gambling 

Yes, because I feel that GOD always helps me anytime, especially if I have trouble or a problem. I can not stand until now if GOD does not care for me. Only thanks to GOD that I can do to feel grateful. I do not have to pray the GOD for a win in gambling

That's a better approach, better always be thankful for basically anything that happens, also because anything can happen! Therefore, yes, keep praying if you really have to but don't forget that the outcomes of your bet are prayers-independent.
"Sometimes, GOD will allow us to win, but the other time, we will lose" that's delusional, sorry

I will still pray in any condition and situation. I do not think much about winning or losing in gambling because that will consider the luck that I can not predict. At least, praying in any situation will help me have patience and calm down and help me think.

[Silberman]

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?

While everyone is free to believe what they choose to do so this is nothing more but a superstition, it is known that gamblers have all kind of rituals and lucky objects that they do or use in order to try to improve their luck, for example it is not rare to see people holding a lucky charm when they gamble since they won a big prize when they were holding such object, and if the hold that object 100% of the time then it is obvious they will win again when they have it and they will attribute their success to the object when it was just a matter of time this happened.

[Fatunad]

Actually there is a friend of mine that has this attitude , He goes to churches consecutively days before he goes to a Cockfighting Derbies , he has this some called beliefs of saying prayers for the saints he believes a  Patron of the fighting cock .
I hate to believe but sometimes he wins and sometimes losses, meaning in the end of it all it is Luck that gives him the win .

that's really a bad one fella, afaik gambling is one of the bad habits we humans keeps on doing, and I don't think (if ever God really exist) someone will listen to you to give you the blessings. (they just might say *fuck off and get you prayer somewhere else* ) lol

On most religions out there would really see gambling as a bad thing or been prohibited and with that alone you can tell that praying into something wouldn't really be relevant specially with gambling.No God would really be giving out some luck for you in order to win.I do believe in God but im not really praying up for something which shouldn't really be prayed on but there are still people whom do really believe that praying can really give them out those kind of high chance of winning.
I cant blame them though but sooner or later they would really realize that it wasn't that really effective because results in gambling is always random.

[acener]

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?

I would be honest here I also pray sometimes back when I was gambling but not to the point that I would question it or compare to whom it would favour.
It all depends on the player I don't think that it is a good idea to use God in gambling then when you lost that round would you question God why you didn't win?

[Rengga Jati]

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That's why I believe that it is just a personal belief and habit before doing gambling.
And whether he is lucky or not, some strategies and right decision at that time when gambling also will really influence the loss or win.

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Hahaha, so, that is the point.
We also don't know whether he wins or losses is because of his prayer or not, or his luck, or his own strategies.
 

[carlfebz2]

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That's why I believe that it is just a personal belief and habit before doing gambling.
And whether he is lucky or not, some strategies and right decision at that time when gambling also will really influence the loss or win.

We have so many belief when it comes to religion, some prohibit you from gambling and some players are praying that he won on gambling and I'm also guilty on this one especially when I needed to win. It's ok to pray as long as you don't expect too much because gambling is still depend on our luck and I don't know if praying for gambling is bad or not because its money and money consider as the root of evil.

There are even people who do blame God when they do lost and blame out that their prayers hadnt been heard which is totally insane for someone to rely that much towards their gambling activity.

Its true that there are even religions that do prohibit gambling but still people do play despite of such restriction.Some is way too hopeful which do result into praying into God that they would be lucky while they do play.

It right that we shouldnt really be relying on these things because we are the ones who do make our own fate towards on things that we've been dealing with and God has nothing to do with our own self will.

[imstillthebest]

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?

why bets need to be opposite ? bets should be the same too for us to know if this would work in other gamblers but if bets are opposite ( one bets on high odds and the other is in lower odds ) god will favour the bettor that bet in lower odds but only if that bettor have done a good deed because thats how it works .
 you will get good blessing if you do something good