Is gambling unethical?

[dimonstration]

I’m dealing with this thoughts most of the time not because of the money I’m losing but due to my religion. I’m aware that gambling is a bad thing to do base on the bible but the scenario there was people is gambling using the money that they need for there family or they are already addicted on gambling that cause them to change there life into messed.

On my scenario, I’m only gambling using my free money and provide money for my family regularly with same amount that we need. I never fail to provide money because I only gamble what I’m willing to risk although I’m just being haunted by my losses if I sum it all and imagine what can I do on it if ever I didn’t gamble it.

I’m still gambling although my inner me always regret what I’m doing after. The happiness that I get when gambling always greater to my guilt which is why I can keep on this setup.

Anyway back on point. I know that this is being discussed many times but in your personal opinion not the general post shit. Is gambling unethical? Please answer only base on your personal experience and scenario because I want to see if people like me struggling too when it comes to handling faith and gambling.

[swogerino]

I’m dealing with this thoughts most of the time not because of the money I’m losing but due to my religion. I’m aware that gambling is a bad thing to do base on the bible but the scenario there was people is gambling using the money that they need for there family or they are already addicted on gambling that cause them to change there life into messed.

On my scenario, I’m only gambling using my free money and provide money for my family regularly with same amount that we need. I never fail to provide money because I only gamble what I’m willing to risk although I’m just being haunted by my losses if I sum it all and imagine what can I do on it if ever I didn’t gamble it.

I’m still gambling although my inner me always regret what I’m doing after. The happiness that I get when gambling always greater to my guilt which is why I can keep on this setup.

Anyway back on point. I know that this is being discussed many times but in your personal opinion not the general post shit. Is gambling unethical? Please answer only base on your personal experience and scenario because I want to see if people like me struggling too when it comes to handling faith and gambling.

I don't consider it unethical personally as as long as you have great self control and play only with money you can afford to lose I see nothing wrong here or unethical.It surely can degrade really soon and going from ethical to unethical in a lightning fast move once you become addicted and cannot stop gambling.You only think about it at the point it becomes an obsession and you don't care about your family,work or any social life that you may risk if continue to do so.
Now it becomes much worse than unethical,it becomes a disease which is difficult to recover.

My personal experience is that I have huge self control so for me is no problem gambling nor unethical.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

No, it is not unethical. The things that certain gamblers do are unethical, but gambling is not.

If you steal money from your relatives after you have lost in order to continue stealing, that is unethical. If you gamble behind your wife's back and even ask for personal loans to finance your vice without her knowing about it, that is unethical.

We could talk about whether the fact of being a gambling addict could make us consider the person who commits unethical acts less guilty, but it does not free him from all guilt.

[Oshosondy]

It depends. Gambling is ethical if you do it responsibly, but if you do it the other way, got addicted, it is not good for you.

I’m aware that gambling is a bad thing to do base on the bible

There is no where in bible that talked about gambling, you can only regard that to Quran, bible only talks about the love of money to be the root of evil. Bible schoolers believe that gambling can be a means to love of money, but gambling is not listed as a sin in the bible.

[noorman0]

I’m dealing with this thoughts most of the time not because of the money I’m losing but due to my religion.

Certainly unethical from a certain religious point of view, and linking it with remorse makes that opinion even stronger.
What if you changed your mindset? I don't mean to be against religious opinion, just an exception for myself. I have said many times (despite other users disagreeing) that I gamble to lose, more precisely I pay to enjoy the entertainment that casinos provide. If I have lets say $10, then I will set the price for each round for example 20x round it will be @$0.5.

If other people say I gamble, that's fine. I personally think, my way to have fun with my money is in casino services.

[TravelMug]

I understand your frustrations and dilemma when you gamble and lost that money that can you used for other things, most importantly bring food in the table for your family.

But this is a very old question, even religions are totally against gambling so it should be unethical.

So it really depends on the gamblers mindset, if he/she feels that gambling is bad then stop immediately, simply as that.

[Queentoshi]

I want to see if people like me struggling too when it comes to handling faith and gambling.

Different faiths, different messages. Some Faith totally forbid gambling and consider it unethical; some other faith only considers gambling Unethical when it becomes done too much out of control. Know your faith and stick with your beliefs. If your faith sees gambling as unethical and forbids it, it becomes sin to go against that belief while you are under that faith. If your faith allows it, but says you shouldn't do it too much, you should also follow your faith, it becomes a sin to gamble too much, but not a sin to gamble itself.

[avikz]

There's no straight answer to this question - whether gambling is ethical or unethical! We all are individuals and we do follow different faiths and religions. So it's quite normal to get confused by this question. I personally feel that if I am using my own money for gambling after taking care of my liabilities and responsibilities, it shouldn't be unethical at all.  My own money is my own property and I have every right to do whatever I want to do with that.

But it becomes unethical when I don't take care of my liabilities and instead gamble with that money. But that's my personal take on it and it may not match with your own belief.

[aoluain]

I think the OP is suffering from a religious dilemma rather than ethics.

If a religion forbids gambling and the member of that religion continues to do it, they
have to come to terms with what they are doing.

The way I see religion v gambling is as a member of a religion you are obligated or forced
to follow rules, gambling is a choice.

[gunhell16]

I’m dealing with this thoughts most of the time not because of the money I’m losing but due to my religion. I’m aware that gambling is a bad thing to do base on the bible but the scenario there was people is gambling using the money that they need for there family or they are already addicted on gambling that cause them to change there life into messed.

On my scenario, I’m only gambling using my free money and provide money for my family regularly with same amount that we need. I never fail to provide money because I only gamble what I’m willing to risk although I’m just being haunted by my losses if I sum it all and imagine what can I do on it if ever I didn’t gamble it.

I’m still gambling although my inner me always regret what I’m doing after. The happiness that I get when gambling always greater to my guilt which is why I can keep on this setup.

Anyway back on point. I know that this is being discussed many times but in your personal opinion not the general post shit. Is gambling unethical? Please answer only base on your personal experience and scenario because I want to see if people like me struggling too when it comes to handling faith and gambling.

This is my answer to your question friend, if we base it on the bible, what is written in this book about gambling is bad and wrong. This is clearly stated in the bible.

Now based on what you said, the reason why you continue to gamble is that it gives you happiness even though you know it's wrong. That's how we are people, when we are told that it is bad to gamble, our answer is always "Why is it bad to be happy?" Even so, even if it brings us happiness, let's just remember that everything wrong and bad results are always bad.

Now is this an Ethical question? if we base it on the bible again, it is clear that it is not ethical. Because even if we face the God we believe in, I'm sure we won't say in front of God that gambling is ethical. Because we know in ourselves that this is bad and God doesn't want it. We just insist that we're happy even though we know it's wrong.

[livingfree]

It is subjective if it's unethical or ethical.

But let's take it on the side of the casinos, if they've been registered and operating legally then by the bind is that they're an ethical business that follows the rules of wherever they're registered.

And for the side of the gambler, as you're being guilty whenever you gamble then it means on your perspective and based on your feeling it is unethical.

With your situation, follow what you think is right and what will make you feel without any guilt.

[rahmad2nd]

If you involve gambling and associate it with religion. in other words, you will have conflicting sides of yourself. as you said, on the one hand you get happiness when you gamble. the other hand, you feel guilty because the things you do are contrary to religion.
IMO, such things will indirectly interfere with and affect your psychology. if that's the case, then I advise you to stop gambling.  even then, if you can really stop gambling.

Whether gambling is ethical or not, we can argue about it. However, whatever the argument is, it will not have a big effect, let alone solve the problem you are facing. I also embrace faith, however, in truth if I involve everything with religion, then I am a sinner.  however, let's be realistic. do you think everything that is prohibited in your religion is still very relevant in this era.

I am fond of gambling activities, however, as long as I don't harm other people, and don't neglect my small family, moreover I am responsible for myself.

that's fine.

[Boristhecat]

Firstly, ethics is a subjective concept and it is pointless to discuss it. I am especially against when someone imposes their opinion on me - I believe that this is a personal matter and everyone should choose for himself (if it is important for you to know, gambling is not unethical for me).

Secondly, I think that you should not "sum up all your spending on gambling" and be upset by the result, as this is a destructive approach. If you think in this direction, then you can "cross out" from your life all unnecessary (but pleasant) expenses, rest, time spent on entertainment, communicating with friends, etc. and come to the conclusion that in this case you would be a multimillionaire. Perhaps this is the correct calculation, but it would be a terrible life.

[salad daging]

I can't say it like that because various definitely have reasons especially they have legality against legitimate casinos, according to the Bible in my belief gambling is not allowed but I am responsible for it not to cause more complicated problems let alone become frustrated if I always enough for what the family needs and also some other needs and also I still keep investing even though I do gambling (not every day) I just think of this as fun that shouldn't be a burden and free money is the solution so that other money doesn't distracted by our gambling.
But I think that everyone will be different whether it is ethical or not, of course I have my own views.

[goldkingcoiner]

I think its strange how religious people tend to shame themselves over things that should not make them feel ashamed. I am not religious and from my own unique perspective, all this negativity seems to be in your own head. Asking yourself is something ethical can make you go crazy, especially if you have a rigid view of the world. But then again, is anything ethical? Is paying tax ethical, if you live in a country that uses your tax money to pay for things that go against your religion? Like capital punishment? Or is buying food from Nestle ethical, knowing they exploit children in third world countries?

At some point you realize that most things are not ethical from a religious moral perspective.

[YOSHIE]

Is gambling unethical?

Behavior, beliefs, morals, principles, social normals of a person have different ethical standards, many people in this world act and do things selfishly, regardless of the religion they adhere to and their respective faiths, that's a principle, You bet gambling is principle.

In general and as a whole they know gambling is a risk and many think that being involved in gambling is wrong and bad, many problems occur when you are already involved and addicted to gambling, apart from losing their money, family risks can also occur at any time.

Gambling is very clearly an unethical act, but if you believe in the Bible and believe in your faith and religion, of course you can carry out gambling behavior that is ethical, morally you can have normal principles of right action, without having to bet and gamble.

bottom line: no one is forcing someone to bet and gamble, whatever their religious beliefs, those are all principles and behaviors.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

  -  If you are a religious and conservative person, you will not gamble for sure. Now, since this forum platform gives us all the freedom to express our thoughts and views, it turns out that there is nothing wrong with what everyone has to say here of course.

It's also simple, the only good thing to do and I think it's right, is that if anyone gambles on any crypto gambling platform or land-based casino, the only gambling amount we should use is the one we are ready to beat without regret, that's the only logic because if the budget we spend for our family is used to play gambling, it's clear that this is not right and is no longer the normal work of a gambler.

[bittraffic]

You feel negative after playing, I guess you consider it unethical.  

I can not separate my opinion from what others should think of it but if people just consider gambling as a pass time activity they won't see anything wrong with it also. Not everyone will agree to that, however. So if you don't want to put more weight on that guilt, don't let your family know you are gambling. Or better quit.

[Doan9269]

If you define gambling as to what it means to you then you will have a clear understanding that as long as you gamble in the appropriate way then it can not be used as against you, the religious aspect here is entirely different but what can be used to juxtapose it is if yiu don't steal, kill or perform any form of manipulations or evil to achieve the aim behind gambling then you're right to gamble by all ethical standard.

[Yatsan]

Depends on your view. How do you view ethics?

Gambling, if it would be based on religious beliefs, ofcourse it would be wrong.
If it would be based on laws, there are limitations wherein to some countries it is totally prohibited, while to some it is regulated and remaing countries wherein it is completely legal.

The thing that makes gambling bad is the idea and its manifestation; greed, frustrations, taking advantage of others and more. But we have different ways to view this activity. Some engages to this activity to kill time, earn profit, and such. So maybe it has something to do as well with one's motives?