Gambling Myths that we often hear

[Finestream]

Depends on the game but 1 thing I was always told when playing no limit texas hold em was " play bad you lose". 100% a true statement in my opinion.

Can you make money regularly gambling? I wouldn't suggest trying. Just have fun and gamble amounts that you can afford to lose.

Well, I was also a believer of that before. So I never played when I think the timing is not right, or I’m not feeling lucky at all. But the thing is, no matter I gamble, either I play it bad or good, still the losses are inevitable. Because the fact is, it’s always the house wins, and the more we gamble, the more losses we endure.

[serjent05]

I think women don't really gamble the way men do, it really scares to see a female gambler, actually have not seen any woman gamble before, but am sure women also gamble, but maybe they do it on their mobile phone's, since we have lots of gambling site now that everyone on use to gamble without going to any physical betting shops.

There are cases of gambling addiction in women.  So women do gamble the way men do.  I don't know how can you arrive that there is a difference between a man gambling and a woman gambling.  Aren't they both doing the same process when gambling?  Women also visit physical casinos, you can try to search the internet to verify if they really do.  

[erep]

Well, I was also a believer of that before. So I never played when I think the timing is not right, or I’m not feeling lucky at all. But the thing is, no matter I gamble, either I play it bad or good, still the losses are inevitable. Because the fact is, it’s always the house wins, and the more we gamble, the more losses we endure.

The fact that we can't avoid losing, but at least we play at the right time to overcome emotions and bad decisions, many gamblers experience high losses due to the inappropriate gambling timing factor so we don't focus on the game, another fact we don't bet for profit but the point is Gambling to enjoy the fun so allocate less money for the risk of losing.

[Ludmilla_rose1995]

I think women don't really gamble the way men do, it really scares to see a female gambler, actually have not seen any woman gamble before, but am sure women also gamble, but maybe they do it on their mobile phone's, since we have lots of gambling site now that everyone on use to gamble without going to any physical betting shops.

Talking in general, yes, they don't gamble a lot but still, they do gamble after all. I've known females personally and they are really gamblers and most of them are into sportsbetting. It all started as a hobby and then eventually turned into an activity that they're doing at most times.
They are betting in almost every sport that they see, basketball, boxing, esports and any sport that they have an idea on how the game is being done.

girls don't know to gamble! is an wrong though, I also have a cousin who is addicted to football betting, her favorite team is Real Madrid, she will be willing to put all her money on bets when real Madrid plays and on average she wins, this shows even though she is a girl, she is also very good at betting.

[BitcoinAccepted]

Success stories are the stories you always hear the most and are only too happy to make the news. How often do you read on a gambling site that someone has won the jackpot or that someone has wagered 1 euro with a return value of 100,000 euros? We do not know the flip side of these stories and are often not reported to us. There are a lot of people who gamble and who end up with an empty bank account, those stories don't make the newspapers and the media. That wouldn't encourage other players either, so it's understandable in a way. It is also a bit of marketing, of course, to see which stories are and are not told.

[goaldigger]

Success stories are the stories you always hear the most and are only too happy to make the news. How often do you read on a gambling site that someone has won the jackpot or that someone has wagered 1 euro with a return value of 100,000 euros? We do not know the flip side of these stories and are often not reported to us. There are a lot of people who gamble and who end up with an empty bank account, those stories don't make the newspapers and the media. That wouldn't encourage other players either, so it's understandable in a way. It is also a bit of marketing, of course, to see which stories are and are not told.

Winning rate and success stories are only for the purpose of marketing and somehow a proof that the casino is really paying which can attract more gamblers. There’s always a myth with gambling, and gamblers will always have an excuse especially if they don’t want to stop gambling yet. We all have a bad experience in gambling and honestly, if you really want not to get trap on gambling addiction, you’ll choose to stay away and go for other option where you can earn money without getting addict, trading are way better honestly. There’s always an answer for every problem, try to understand gambling and you can see it first.

[serjent05]

Success stories are the stories you always hear the most and are only too happy to make the news. How often do you read on a gambling site that someone has won the jackpot or that someone has wagered 1 euro with a return value of 100,000 euros? We do not know the flip side of these stories and are often not reported to us. There are a lot of people who gamble and who end up with an empty bank account, those stories don't make the newspapers and the media. That wouldn't encourage other players either, so it's understandable in a way. It is also a bit of marketing, of course, to see which stories are and are not told.

Winning rate and success stories are only for the purpose of marketing and somehow a proof that the casino is really paying which can attract more gamblers. There’s always a myth with gambling, and gamblers will always have an excuse especially if they don’t want to stop gambling yet. We all have a bad experience in gambling and honestly,

I am always hesitant to believe any success story especially when it is used in marketing propaganda,  Almost most of the stories I known about being successful is scripted, meaning all are planned.  Often times they pick up illiterate individuals, making them successful in life because of their services or products.

if you really want not to get trap on gambling addiction, you’ll choose to stay away and go for other option where you can earn money without getting addict, trading are way better honestly. There’s always an answer for every problem, try to understand gambling and you can see it first.

Yeah, one of the better choices aside from quitting is doing our gambling activity in moderation.  There are lots of gambling fallacies that make us forget to gamble moderately but still, we must know the actual fact than believe these fallacies.

[coupable]

Here is another Gambling Myth that I often hear:

• Women don't know anything about sports betting.
  

In reality, it is not all about the men, and in fact many women have a better sense than their male counterparts regarding sports betting. Betting on a sports game is not rocket science (and I am not implying here that women cannot be rocket scientists, either), even if some men would like you to believe that it is.

There continues to be some significant gap between male to female gamblers in the world. Be it online or physical gambling arena. Arguably, you could say the women play a different role in the gambling industry and rather than taking sme actual bets, they aid you make the stakes acting as casino girls and some entertainers. Mean while, men do the actual gambling but a few women do gamble too and very few that are entirely obsessed at a game are found to be good at it but on the whole even without any statistics to prove, we've got more male gamblers than females.

I think this is mainly related to myth number 11 ; feeling lucky means you are going to win. Women usually don't feel in the same way and the best luck they think about is finding someone (a man) who accept to give her money just because she is hot or sexy. Something we (as men) usually don:t think about it. The result, women are experts in prostitution which men can't do, and men are victims of gambling. Each sex is expert in his field.

[Oasisman]

Success stories are the stories you always hear the most and are only too happy to make the news. How often do you read on a gambling site that someone has won the jackpot or that someone has wagered 1 euro with a return value of 100,000 euros? We do not know the flip side of these stories and are often not reported to us. There are a lot of people who gamble and who end up with an empty bank account, those stories don't make the newspapers and the media. That wouldn't encourage other players either, so it's understandable in a way. It is also a bit of marketing, of course, to see which stories are and are not told.

Winning rate and success stories are only for the purpose of marketing and somehow a proof that the casino is really paying which can attract more gamblers. There’s always a myth with gambling, and gamblers will always have an excuse especially if they don’t want to stop gambling yet. We all have a bad experience in gambling and honestly,

I am always hesitant to believe any success story especially when it is used in marketing propaganda,  Almost most of the stories I known about being successful is scripted, meaning all are planned.  Often times they pick up illiterate individuals, making them successful in life because of their services or products.

Is there really any success story about gambling from the casino?
I mean I don't expect someone would become successful by just regularly gambling, because you know, the house always win. So, being successful (financially) is close to impossible. I know if I'm gonna search any "successful story" about gambling, something will come up and just like you said it is tailored to make us believe there's hope in gambling lol.
The only gambling success story that I heard often is when someone hit the lottery jackpot.

[n0ne]

I think women don't really gamble the way men do, it really scares to see a female gambler, actually have not seen any woman gamble before, but am sure women also gamble, but maybe they do it on their mobile phone's, since we have lots of gambling site now that everyone on use to gamble without going to any physical betting shops.

Talking in general, yes, they don't gamble a lot but still, they do gamble after all. I've known females personally and they are really gamblers and most of them are into sportsbetting. It all started as a hobby and then eventually turned into an activity that they're doing at most times.
They are betting in almost every sport that they see, basketball, boxing, esports and any sport that they have an idea on how the game is being done.

girls don't know to gamble! is an wrong though, I also have a cousin who is addicted to football betting, her favorite team is Real Madrid, she will be willing to put all her money on bets when real Madrid plays and on average she wins, this shows even though she is a girl, she is also very good at betting.

The reality have changed, in the past it is the girls who serve the caisnos. Just to cheer the gamblers they were into the casino. Now things have changed and they're no more into cheering, they do everything as the men do. As said some are really good in betting and making real-time prediction about the outcome.

[Kemarit]

Success stories are the stories you always hear the most and are only too happy to make the news. How often do you read on a gambling site that someone has won the jackpot or that someone has wagered 1 euro with a return value of 100,000 euros? We do not know the flip side of these stories and are often not reported to us. There are a lot of people who gamble and who end up with an empty bank account, those stories don't make the newspapers and the media. That wouldn't encourage other players either, so it's understandable in a way. It is also a bit of marketing, of course, to see which stories are and are not told.

Winning rate and success stories are only for the purpose of marketing and somehow a proof that the casino is really paying which can attract more gamblers. There’s always a myth with gambling, and gamblers will always have an excuse especially if they don’t want to stop gambling yet. We all have a bad experience in gambling and honestly, if you really want not to get trap on gambling addiction, you’ll choose to stay away and go for other option where you can earn money without getting addict, trading are way better honestly. There’s always an answer for every problem, try to understand gambling and you can see it first.

Or even a clickbait articles as we have seen a lot of "gambling success news", but I have a feeling that this is just a made up stories, trying to create some names behind to make it real or believable.

But for those who have been gambling for many years, and for sure majority of us here, will not easily accept that because we know that it will not be the case. Even if you have all the money in the world but you keep on losing big ones like every day in a casino, sooner or later those millions will be gone just like that.

[Lanatsa]

Success stories are the stories you always hear the most and are only too happy to make the news. How often do you read on a gambling site that someone has won the jackpot or that someone has wagered 1 euro with a return value of 100,000 euros? We do not know the flip side of these stories and are often not reported to us. There are a lot of people who gamble and who end up with an empty bank account, those stories don't make the newspapers and the media. That wouldn't encourage other players either, so it's understandable in a way. It is also a bit of marketing, of course, to see which stories are and are not told.

Winning rate and success stories are only for the purpose of marketing and somehow a proof that the casino is really paying which can attract more gamblers. There’s always a myth with gambling, and gamblers will always have an excuse especially if they don’t want to stop gambling yet. We all have a bad experience in gambling and honestly,

I am always hesitant to believe any success story especially when it is used in marketing propaganda,  Almost most of the stories I known about being successful is scripted, meaning all are planned.  Often times they pick up illiterate individuals, making them successful in life because of their services or products.

Is there really any success story about gambling from the casino?
I mean I don't expect someone would become successful by just regularly gambling, because you know, the house always win. So, being successful (financially) is close to impossible. I know if I'm gonna search any "successful story" about gambling, something will come up and just like you said it is tailored to make us believe there's hope in gambling lol.
The only gambling success story that I heard often is when someone hit the lottery jackpot.

Jackpot lottery winners could be considered success story but some of them doesnt really end up on being success but rather a disaster yet unwise spending would be the main problem or culprit on why they had made themselves fall on such condition or situation.

Gambling is for entertainment and only successful ones are to those who are good on poker/card games or sports betting although some people do believe that it cant be possible but actually it really is.
People just expecting too much with gambling without realizing that they are falling into the pit of addiction and causes up bad decisions and actions.

[traderethereum]

Yeah, one of the better choices aside from quitting is doing our gambling activity in moderation.  There are lots of gambling fallacies that make us forget to gamble moderately but still, we must know the actual fact than believe these fallacies.

At first, maybe we can gamble in moderation, but as the tension we get, whether winning or losing, we are triggered to use more money.
This is what starts to make us forget what the purpose of our gambling is so that defeat after defeat comes to us without us realizing it.
And when we realize, it turns out that we have experienced many defeats.
The will to win will overpower everything, even myth number 3: If You Keep Playing, You Will Eventually Win Your Money Back, will be no use for us.

[Mauser]

I'm a little curious, are there any mythical sentences above that make you all start gambling and can't stop gambling or even because the sentence above makes you a gambling addict or even stop gambling?

Not really, I am not reacting that much to reading about gambling. The only times I feel the urge to gamble is when I read about a gambler hitting a jackpot, or watching gambling on TV. When I see a broadcast of a big poker tournament than I want to play myself, or when I see a movie about casinos than I am getting into the mood and want to gamble myself.
While reading through your facts, I don't agree with fact #2 that the house always wins. You are right that there is house edge that makes it more likely for the casino to win, but that is not a guarantee to always win. If 100 people play roulette one time only betting on Red or black, then on average there will be 48 winners and 52 losers. If they all play 5 rounds, than on average there will be 3 people who won every round. This doesn't involve any betting strategy, just a large number of games. The number of losers will be larger than the number of winners, this is how the casino makes money. And still there are people who make money with gambling. The most important thing in a casino is to get lucky from time to time.

[Smartprofit]

The myth that teenagers do not gamble and that only older people (over 40) actively gamble is a very common one. 

This misconception arose due to the fact that adults do not understand what exactly teenagers are passionate about.  Teenagers ride bicycles and electric scooters, listen to modern electronic music and consume content on the Internet... Adults know this. 

However, the question arises - what exactly do teenagers do on the Internet? 

Many older people do not know anything about online casinos.  They themselves played slot machines and online casinos (in the style of Casino Royale from the James Bond movie of the same name). 

Today's teenagers do not play offline casinos, but online casinos are visited frequently.

[Alisha-k]

Myth 1: Gambling Isn’t Addictive
>> Fact: Gambling is designed to be addictive.

Myth 2: Gambling Is a Way to Make Money
>> Fact: The house always wins, especially when it comes to compulsive gamblers.

Myth 3: If You Keep Playing, You Will Eventually Win Your Money Back.
>> Fact: The longer someone remains in active gambling addiction, the greater the losses.

Myth 4: If You Can Afford It, Compulsive Gambling Isn’t Really a Problem.
>> Fact: Compulsive gambling is a symptom of underlying emotional and coping problems.

Myth 5: Compulsive Gamblers Play Every Day
>> Fact: Gambling addiction can be continuous or episodic.

Myth 6: Knowing a Game Well Increases Your Odds of Winning
>> Fact: Gambling games are designed to not have any aspect that will increase the odds of winning purely out of knowledge or skill.

Myth 7: There Are “Hot” and “Cold” Slot Machines
>> Fact: Slot machines are programmed to promote problematic play and win for the house.

Myth 8: Gambling Is Only a Financial Problem
>> Fact: Gambling addiction causes problems that extend well beyond financial losses.

Myth 9: All Gamblers Engage in Criminal Behavior
>> Fact: Gamblers who seek and accept help can recover before they have to resort to criminal activity to finance their gambling.

Myth 10: Teens Don’t Gamble, Only Older People Gamble
>> Fact: Gambling is a bigger problem among teens than it is in adults.

Myth 11: Feeling Lucky Means You’re Going to Win
>> Fact: Distorted beliefs about luck are a key mechanism in developing gambling addiction.

Myth 12: Problem Gambling Can’t Be Treated
>> Fact: Any person with a gambling addiction is capable of full and lasting recovery with the right help and the willingness to accept that help.

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because I read this and this topic, I am very curious about what actually influences many people to play gambling and an interesting fact is that people start gambling because of the words (myths) that are often said by their friends or family...

I agree with the research above (but the pros and cons are still there) because it was my first time playing gambling because of an invitation from my friend who said "gambling is a way to make money". now the days have passed and until now I still gamble but with controlled portions.

I'm a little curious, are there any mythical sentences above that make you all start gambling and can't stop gambling or even because the sentence above makes you a gambling addict or even stop gambling?

These look like well thought out plans to deceive the naive gambler into losing all his earnings. Let me take myth 11 for instance. Gambling is a game of chance and there's the possibility that you may win three hands at the casino but what comes next will be losses and some who take myth 11 to heart could begin feeling they probably didn't either throw the dice right or something.

[m2017]

Success stories are the stories you always hear the most and are only too happy to make the news. How often do you read on a gambling site that someone has won the jackpot or that someone has wagered 1 euro with a return value of 100,000 euros? We do not know the flip side of these stories and are often not reported to us. There are a lot of people who gamble and who end up with an empty bank account, those stories don't make the newspapers and the media. That wouldn't encourage other players either, so it's understandable in a way. It is also a bit of marketing, of course, to see which stories are and are not told.

Winning rate and success stories are only for the purpose of marketing and somehow a proof that the casino is really paying which can attract more gamblers. There’s always a myth with gambling, and gamblers will always have an excuse especially if they don’t want to stop gambling yet. We all have a bad experience in gambling and honestly,

I am always hesitant to believe any success story especially when it is used in marketing propaganda,  Almost most of the stories I known about being successful is scripted, meaning all are planned.  Often times they pick up illiterate individuals, making them successful in life because of their services or products.

Is there really any success story about gambling from the casino?
I mean I don't expect someone would become successful by just regularly gambling, because you know, the house always win. So, being successful (financially) is close to impossible. I know if I'm gonna search any "successful story" about gambling, something will come up and just like you said it is tailored to make us believe there's hope in gambling lol.
The only gambling success story that I heard often is when someone hit the lottery jackpot.

The more games played, the more likely to lose - this is how gambling works. This is why the win rate is below 100%. Therefore, regular players are at risk. Personally, I don't believe in all these success stories with thousands of prizes and for me they look like a marketing ploy to attract new "victims to the slaughter" for the casino. Gambling and the lottery have a systemically similar structure: in both cases, the owner takes a lot from the majority and gives a little bit to the minority. The difference is illusory, in the first case there is an appearance that the player can influence the outcome of the event and shows pseudo-activity by pressing buttons. In the second, the player relies on chance and fortune.

[Jemzx00]

The myth that teenagers do not gamble and that only older people (over 40) actively gamble is a very common one. 

This misconception arose due to the fact that adults do not understand what exactly teenagers are passionate about.  Teenagers ride bicycles and electric scooters, listen to modern electronic music and consume content on the Internet... Adults know this. 

However, the question arises - what exactly do teenagers do on the Internet? 

Many older people do not know anything about online casinos.  They themselves played slot machines and online casinos (in the style of Casino Royale from the James Bond movie of the same name). 

Today's teenagers do not play offline casinos, but online casinos are visited frequently.

Unfortunately that's how things are right now especially that anyone will be able to use the internet however they want whether there is an age limit. Even kids and teens are able to access website that they shouldn't supposed to and this is not limited to gambling. Also, one of things why they do this is curiosity as they cannot access this places and things on physical existence which is why they try to do so online.

[strunberg]

I think women don't really gamble the way men do, it really scares to see a female gambler, actually have not seen any woman gamble before, but am sure women also gamble, but maybe they do it on their mobile phone's, since we have lots of gambling site now that everyone on use to gamble without going to any physical betting shops.

There are cases of gambling addiction in women.  So women do gamble the way men do.  I don't know how can you arrive that there is a difference between a man gambling and a woman gambling.  Aren't they both doing the same process when gambling?  Women also visit physical casinos, you can try to search the internet to verify if they really do.  

usually women smart managing money for their life need  and i am believe less of them addicted in gambling , they will use their mind and logic if spend money that they earned for useless game that may cause lose their money. maybe if we find women gambler, they play it just for fund and serious played it.

[KTChampions]

By the way, it seems to me that modern children are less prone to gambling because they encounter it early (in different games where loot boxing mechanics and other "random" events are implemented to extract money from the player) and having a negative experience bypass it or are indifferent to it.

Teens are more susceptible to gambling now more than ever. They have easier access to gambling platforms and usually have the money to do so. Also, with gambling streamers becoming more and more popular, teens are getting the wrong idea about gambling which they think as a way to get quick and easy money. Loot boxes and similar things embedded in online games that they play are a start, and eventually they'll move on to bigger things like actual sports betting and the rest is history.

I don’t see the logic in this - yes, children have easier access to gambling and see their wider advertising, but after trying it in practice, they quickly realize that this is at least “an advertisement that does not correspond to reality” or it’s just a scam. I judge by my daughter and her girlfriends. Many of them immediately call loot boxes and even all the mechanics in games where you have to “win” something from many attempts a scam. Even if we are talking about free in-game currency or raiding dungeons with a non-guaranteed prize.