Do not make curiosity to people around you while you are playing gambling.

[qwertyup23]

I am playing alone in my room and I don't go outside just to gamble. There's that much protocol because of the pandemic and it's more handy and effective to be careful to gamble online and even if without someone watching me, I'm good with that setup. Those who are free to gamble without any bad effect with their relationship to their wives and parents, then you guys are lucky because they are open to you as you gamble but not all families have that type of acceptance and openness towards gambling.

On the last sentence you pointed out, gambling is not perse bad. It only becomes harmful if the user spends most of the savings gambling instead of fulfilling their daily/monthly obligations to the family. I remember, my Aunt used to date this gamer guy who was so addicted into playing online games to the point that he allocated most of his savings into buying in-game items and cosmetics.

Like what most have mentioned, creating a safe and healthy environment to each family is essential especially if you have kids to raise. They see their parents as "role-models" and the last thing that you want is for them to follow your footsteps in a negative way.

[finaleshot2016]

I believe that reminding them that gambling is one of the activities that can provide entertainment but can also have serious consequences if they make a single mistake. Playing alone is not recommended because the damage to your mental health can be significant, and you can become addicted to it; it is recommended that you have some people remind you to limit your gambling.

One of the most efficient and effective things I believe should be done is to provide knowledge, such as explaining how it works and the limitations of playing it.

[poldanmig]

I believe that reminding them that gambling is one of the activities that can provide entertainment but can also have serious consequences if they make a single mistake. Playing alone is not recommended because the damage to your mental health can be significant, and you can become addicted to it; it is recommended that you have some people remind you to limit your gambling.

One of the most efficient and effective things I believe should be done is to provide knowledge, such as explaining how it works and the limitations of playing it.

I totally agree with what you're saying, because if we have other people who keep reminding us of the risks of gambling, of course, gradually this will make us reduce the desire to continue gambling and the possibility to stop gambling can happen because we continue to earn advice from others who care about us.

[carlisle1]

I am playing alone in my room and I don't go outside just to gamble. There's that much protocol because of the pandemic and it's more handy and effective to be careful to gamble online and even if without someone watching me, I'm good with that setup. Those who are free to gamble without any bad effect with their relationship to their wives and parents, then you guys are lucky because they are open to you as you gamble but not all families have that type of acceptance and openness towards gambling.

That's the optimal way to do that because at the end of the day you are the only one that's going to benefit in all of that. I think that if someone has a family already, gambling should be the last thing in their mind because responsibility to your family is a lifelong commitment and you don't want to be missing out.

It should be that way. Gambling should be the last as it may be damage your finances,

If you already have a family, the needs should be the priorities and treating gambling as a way of entertainment just
allocate a small amount and limit it that way. There are people who mismanaged these activities and ended up losing a lot.

Make sure that awareness is on you and good control with all those emotions are being take cared before anything bad happened to your finances.

One of the most efficient and effective things I believe should be done is to provide knowledge, such as explaining how it works and the limitations of playing it.

If being provided correctly! things will work out with no further damages. Some may continue for the sake of entertainment while others will not as they'll think that it just a waste of money and time.

[TimeTeller]

I am playing alone in my room and I don't go outside just to gamble. There's that much protocol because of the pandemic and it's more handy and effective to be careful to gamble online and even if without someone watching me, I'm good with that setup. Those who are free to gamble without any bad effect with their relationship to their wives and parents, then you guys are lucky because they are open to you as you gamble but not all families have that type of acceptance and openness towards gambling.

On the last sentence you pointed out, gambling is not perse bad. It only becomes harmful if the user spends most of the savings gambling instead of fulfilling their daily/monthly obligations to the family. I remember, my Aunt used to date this gamer guy who was so addicted into playing online games to the point that he allocated most of his savings into buying in-game items and cosmetics.

Like what most have mentioned, creating a safe and healthy environment to each family is essential especially if you have kids to raise. They see their parents as "role-models" and the last thing that you want is for them to follow your footsteps in a negative way.

Very well said. Parents serve as role models of their kids.
So if they see one of you playing gambling game, they will think that it is okay for them to play also.
And lecturing them or giving piece of advise is hard to do anymore as they will say that why you are also gambling.
So if you want to make a good example, start from yourself and you will find out that it is easier to direct them on what is right or wrong.

[Kakmakr]

I do not hide the fact that I am a gambler.... why hide something you enjoy? I do not enjoy losing money, but it is still a rush... winning some money. I gamble in front of my whole family and some of them are getting the benefits when I win something big. (not often, but it does happen)

The thing is.... gambling should be a fun entertaining activity and not an addiction. Once it gets under your skin and you cannot go without it, then you should stop doing it. (The same goes for eating and alcohol and a lot of other things in life.... even running and Sport.) 

[Slow death]

since I got into the world of gambling I don't keep encouraging people to join the games of chance because I understand that it wouldn't be a good thing if the person lost money because they would blame me or if the person became addicted I wouldn't be able to sleep because I would feel guilty. when it comes to money people will always create high expectations, that's why I don't put people into risky things like gambling or high risk investments

I do not hide the fact that I am a gambler.... why hide something you enjoy?

if other people feel that you are a person who is earning well and start copying what you do and become addicted you will feel guilty even if you are not guilty

[xypos]

I do not hide the fact that I am a gambler.... why hide something you enjoy? I do not enjoy losing money, but it is still a rush... winning some money. I gamble in front of my whole family and some of them are getting the benefits when I win something big. (not often, but it does happen)

The thing is.... gambling should be a fun entertaining activity and not an addiction. Once it gets under your skin and you cannot go without it, then you should stop doing it. (The same goes for eating and alcohol and a lot of other things in life.... even running and Sport.) 

Because people generally tend to see you differently?

Not to mention the wealth of leeches that you will attract as a result of your public flaunting. If you win, people will likely despise you out of jealousy and if you don't, people will think that you're an absolute fool.

Gambling is something that I just keep to myself - plain and simple.

[Rabi3]

You can play gambling, especially if you play online gambling but we never know if what we did in gambling can attract people beside us to follow us playing gambling without knowing. Always look around you before you spend your free time playing gambling and not making others curious about what you did.

now that you pointed that out, I am one of the reasons two of my friends are gambling right now, and I can say that they're addicted but not too much, I am the one who's so addicted to it, I don't think they thought about gambling before until I was telling them about it, I sometimes go up to them and tell them that I won and show them my winnings, and trust me it is bad to do that, I was just happy and wanted to show them that's all, but after thinking about it, it does make them wanna gamble even more, it's best we keep it to ourselves.

[agustina2]

There's no assurance that the young girl will not encounter gambling in the future even his parents are not gamblers.

Gambling is a thing that everyone will encounter while they are growing up. It's just a matter of interest if that person will test gambling. I've known some people who are exposed to gambling, associated with friends that gamble, and working in a gambling establishments but didn't spend any penny to do gambling because of the simple, they just don't want to do it.

[Mahanton]

I do not hide the fact that I am a gambler.... why hide something you enjoy? I do not enjoy losing money, but it is still a rush... winning some money. I gamble in front of my whole family and some of them are getting the benefits when I win something big. (not often, but it does happen)

The thing is.... gambling should be a fun entertaining activity and not an addiction. Once it gets under your skin and you cannot go without it, then you should stop doing it. (The same goes for eating and alcohol and a lot of other things in life.... even running and Sport.) 

Because people generally tend to see you differently?

Not to mention the wealth of leeches that you will attract as a result of your public flaunting. If you win, people will likely despise you out of jealousy and if you don't, people will think that you're an absolute fool.

Gambling is something that I just keep to myself - plain and simple.

Impressions would really vary into your current condition and its true that if you do gamble and it turns out that you are profitable then this is something that having some good or neutral impressions towards you
on where they dont care much or even got jealous because you do have lots of money and opposite thing when they do saw you that you have been wrekt badly by gambling then there would be lots of
criticisms and negativity would really be said against you and this is why it is much better if you do gamble silently and dont let others do see on things that you have been doing.

[Saint-loup]

Gambling addiction was a serious problem that happens in almost all countries. Many people go into gambling coincidentally and watch their parents or closest family or friends play poker cards or other card games or even go to offline casinos because of curiosity.

They were playing gambling because of curiosity and never thought much about gambling or how they became addicted to gambling in the future. They are just smart enough to hide their gambling activity from others because they do not want others to know that they like gambling.

I am reading this article that telling she played gambling since eight years old and her dad was a compulsive gambler.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/gambling-addiction-women-betting-b1769523.html
(Maybe you need to register to the site so you can read full stories).

That is one example of why someone becomes a gambler, but I believe many others known gambling because of other reasons.

You can play gambling, especially if you play online gambling but we never know if what we did in gambling can attract people beside us to follow us playing gambling without knowing. Always look around you before you spend your free time playing gambling and not making others curious about what you did.

So how are you playing gambling? Did you play alone in your rooms or in your home or in the public area or do you have a special room just to spend your time to playing gambling?

Yes your article is not freely available from my location, but you can freely read it on archive.is from everywhere https://archive.is/YvkBK
And I'm sorry but I don't understand the title of your thread, why are you so affraid about gambling?
Gambling is like alcohol, you will find addicted people but most of gamblers aren't. They are just gambling for the fun and for making money.

[chaser15]

Playing alone is not recommended because the damage to your mental health can be significant, and you can become addicted to it; it is recommended that you have some people remind you to limit your gambling.

Not at all times. Playing alone or not, it shouldn't affect our mental health.

Its depend on how we manage our emotions. There are lots of people who play alone but still on themselves doing responsible things while they are not doing gambling. It's just unfortunate that some people becomes crazy while doing gambling.

Sad to accept that truth.

[Lordhermes]

There's no assurance that the young girl will not encounter gambling in the future even his parents are not gamblers.

Gambling is a thing that everyone will encounter while they are growing up. It's just a matter of interest if that person will test gambling. I've known some people who are exposed to gambling, associated with friends that gamble, and working in a gambling establishments but didn't spend any penny to do gambling because of the simple, they just don't want to do it.

Exactly! Gambling is a thing of choice,it all lies in your own personal interest in it.I gamble,and yet I don't like it,and I don't want to gamble,but still gamble because I think one day I will be lucky to win big.
In my case,while gambling,I must not do it infront of my people or family cus I don't like it,and in as much as I do not like it,my family does not like it as well,so it's not a thing I will be proud of. 

For those people that are proud of gambling,maybe they know how much they've gained from gambling,but as for me,I know how much I've lost,so can never be proud of it.

[Hamphser]

Playing alone is not recommended because the damage to your mental health can be significant, and you can become addicted to it; it is recommended that you have some people remind you to limit your gambling.

Not at all times. Playing alone or not, it shouldn't affect our mental health.

Its depend on how we manage our emotions. There are lots of people who play alone but still on themselves doing responsible things while they are not doing gambling. It's just unfortunate that some people becomes crazy while doing gambling.

Sad to accept that truth.

Each person is different and you are right that there are some who dont able to control their emotions or impressions towards gambling and turns out to be a distraction thing which isnt really good in any case.

When we do play then its none of others business whether they do have bad impressions or views against you because its your money and its your decision to make on what are the things you would do.

Thing here is that you do able to control yourself on not getting wrecked by gambling so that people wont be seeing any reason for them to do so.

[agustina2]

This is not even a problem.

Focus on your gambling session. Don't mind people around you. Distractions are everywhere and that's part of the game. In the first place, you won't go into a casino if you don't like the environment on it and the common scene will you see there is there are lots of people walking around. It's not just us they are watching but others too so don't feel special that will make you feel distracted.

[goinmerry]

You can play gambling, especially if you play online gambling but we never know if what we did in gambling can attract people beside us to follow us playing gambling without knowing. Always look around you before you spend your free time playing gambling and not making others curious about what you did.

Why should we bother about it? Do you mean we will need to adjust for everybody? No way. I will play regardless of who's around me even in front of my child that because the better they are aware, the more they will be informed and understand what's gambling is all about.

It's not that I'm not responsible but I can talk to my child or some of my friends about what I'm doing. It's good for me that I am always open to my close ones and not limiting the information they need to know.

[Fundamentals Of]

No responsible gambler should be gambling in front or with the presence of little children or minors.

There's no such thing as a responsible gambler, they are all the same, I mean you wouldn't call someone who gambles a responsible with their money right?

I kind of agree with you. For sure there must be a better way to spend those money than in casinos. There must also be a better way to spend one's leisure or free time than gambling or wasting money. But you cannot generalize all gamblers this way. You have to differentiate a gambler who has maintained a decent life, a happy family, a good job, etc from someone who ends up pawning and selling all properties, left by family, fired from a job, etc because of uncontrolled gambling.  

[hahay]

In this era I'm sure those who gamble offline and online at least no longer do it in secret, because most of the people we know of course many of them will talk about gambling itself. So yes, I'm sure even though at this time we are gambling online secretly because it is done in the room, but in the end and or at some point we will talk about gambling when we gather with friends and can talk about it in chat too. Gambling in this era has become a lifestyle I think and they are free to gamble or not, because curiosity and any purpose in gambling will always grow from time to time.

[Shasha80]

In this era I'm sure those who gamble offline and online at least no longer do it in secret, because most of the people we know of course many of them will talk about gambling itself. So yes, I'm sure even though at this time we are gambling online secretly because it is done in the room, but in the end and or at some point we will talk about gambling when we gather with friends and can talk about it in chat too. Gambling in this era has become a lifestyle I think and they are free to gamble or not, because curiosity and any purpose in gambling will always grow from time to time.

I think what you say is true, because I also often tell that I play gambling to friends and some close family. Those who know that I gamble don't
mind it, because I'm not addicted to gambling. So it is true that gambling is now a lifestyle, so gambling is not as bad as many people imagine.
Most importantly, we should not influence people to gamble, because other people may not be able to control themselves when gambling.