How was your first attempt to play gambling

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Well, precisely related to what I just said in another thread, my first gambling was playing slots when I was underaged. It wasn't just me, it was with friends. We went to a bar where there was a machine, and I don't remember well, but I guess someone in the group or someone I knew who was underaged also started playing slots. Everyone was underaged and the bar master turned a blind eye.

[samuraijin]

The first time I played gambling, I was more careful with big bets.  dare to win something, if I am like that then I will accept defeat, fortunately I have always been given advice by my friends, when it comes to playing Poker, that bluffing will make us lose if we don't try to dare to follow it, then we won't  know the contents of our opponent's cards..

[Wexnident]

Back in Highschool. Played with some friends, and started as something really light, with no money involved. Then it came, like a wave, everyone suddenly started slapping money while playing, got caught by it, and well, inevitably fell into the gambling hole. Started some light online gambling, discovered sports gambling exists, and basically enjoyed the heck out of my stay there. I'm actually glad I started then instead of when I was a bit older, I lost a lot yes, but a lot in terms of back then. Looking back from now it's actually pretty small, and my impulsiveness was pretty much lost (luckily) when I left that age range.

[Oasisman]

How was your first start? Did you play blindly or spent some time to learn.?

It was not an online betting so yeah I took time to learn it before actually getting into a real money bet. If you guys are familiar with Chinese Poker, that's the first gambling game I've put a bet into. There were a lot of crazy dudes in my place before who mastered the reading and memorizing the cards thrown in the deck. So, it was really a tough game and it would really challenge your memory.
It was quite fun, some people even played it overnight during weekends, but not me lol.

[Reid]

I think the most usual start is from a friend. They are the bad influences of our life, I mean that's in my case. Before, I don't usually gamble, I just play with friends with just kids stuff, cars, toys made of plastic and rubbers and sports. That's all we do, until a new friend comes who knows how to gamble with just the simple 52 cards, the popular deck.
It may just be for nickel and dimes but in the long run it's getting frustrating if you will lose it all. My first attempt and a long losing streak was not fun at all.

[aioc]

We all have a different experience how we started our first bet. Their are people who started bet without having any knowledge concerning it. Their are some people started with a help from a friend to bet and their are some who took their time to learn before they started paying bet.

How was your first start? Did you play blindly or spent some time to learn.?

My first bet is on a horse racing it's not really easy and I expect to lose because it's hard to make a good combination of the horses that are competing, I just rely on copying bets because that's many of my friends who are also new in horse betting then, not really reliable but the first month of betting is not that good it's only on the second month that I accurately predict the right combination of horses or winners in a lap, I left betting in horses because its time consuming have to spend seven 3 to 4 hours just to finish all the laps because I was then betting in a winner take all rounds which are predicting the winning horses in 7 to 8 consecutive laps. 

[Plaguedeath]

The first time I decide to gamble is I gamble blindly and spent all of my money in order to double or triple my money, but in the end I loss everything. After then I learn to not use all of my money to gamble and I have no intention to recover my losses, so I only gamble what can I afford to lose. Until now, I have a good mental and gambling habit, so I can control myself. The main important of gambling is for fun, not to chase profit.

[Pierre 2]

I started in a sports betting cafe. I just visited there, looked at people who are checking through matches. I also checked match list from paper released by sportsbetting company. I checked odds etc. I played for 1 Turkish lira as I remember and odd was like 35. It would mean I could eat very good lunch if I won. (I was like 17-18). I lost in the end but I liked atmosphere. People were looking at channel at crt tv. Smart phones weren't really smart so we preferred to look at regular papers. Owner of gambling place was giving out ticket/coupon. Very physical and lively.

[TravelMug]

The first time that I went on a land base casinos, I was really at awe, just like a kid around because it's huge and the experience is amazing.

Obviously, I lost some money and then I got addicted and hooked to. Although I have change in the last 5 years and no longer that person who always go to a casino and gamble all my money as I learn a painful lesson. But it was a experience that I can't forget going inside and how I was introduce to the world of land base casinos like years and years ago. No regrets though, no longer a gambling addict and although I still play today, it was all just for fun.

[Solosanz]

I think the first attempt of my gambling journey is when I bet a football match with my friend, I only bet for little money like $1-2 at that time. It's all fun and I wouldn't regret with my first experience on gambling, every week I always set a side of my money to gamble because gambling is really make me happy. Even though I didn't make a bet with my friend again, there's an online bookies that I can use to make a bet of my favorite team.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

How was your first start? Did you play blindly or spent some time to learn.?

My first bet was actually offline, I played lotto because a friend of mine who has been playing the game for long won it and I wanted to try my luck too if I could Win, I knew nothing about lotto back then and the two times I played it, my friend help me with choosing the numbers but of course, I won nothing and I stopped..

In 2016, when I got into crypto, I was actively earning bitcoin for free through faucets, this was how I discovered Freebitco, I joined this casino not to gamble but to earn the hourly free bitcoin, one day, I was tempted to try the Hi Lo game with the bitcoins Ive earned from the platform, I knew nothing about the game mechanics, I just from my sense of reasoning knew where to enter the amount of bitcoin I wish to bet with, then I began pressing the Hi or Lo buttons, from here, I discovered the weekly lottery and started joining in that too..

This was how I got into gambling and betting, I played blindly for several months, even today, there are some games I still play blindly, because I know nothing about how they work, but I still do it with money I can afford to lose.

[pakhitheboss]

I started first in 2019 with dice and my experience was not that bad but was also not that good. Started with small amount and gradually went into the big ones. At first it was good as I was making small profits bit with big amount it was the exact opposite. Now I only bet with smal amounts and somedays are good and some days are bad.

[TopTort777]

I clearly remember 3 stages how I got familiar with gambling.

First - when I was still in school, on the way home some of my friends were discussing how they easily won a bit in slots. "All you have to do is to get 3 ships, and guess right colour (red or blue) in a free game". So on the way home, we have entered that casino (actually a room with slots), even though it was 18+ only, and we were not even close to that age. I remember how I have inserted equivalent of 5$ bill into a slot, everything was flashing, I have pushed random button several time and lost everything in few minutes.

Second - it was sort of a poker nights during first years in university. It was a mix of poker with buy-ins and drinking whiskey.

Third - I was on a boxing event, and before main fight of the evening has started, a friend of mine said that he is going to place a bet. I did not know how he is going to do that, but he just got his phone, opened betting platform page, made few taps and that is it. I got really impressed with that, with how easy it was to place a bet on a sport event. I always thought that I have to go to sports betting places, talk to a manager/special person, make a bet and spend time there, to be able to collect a reward. But that phone taps and instant deposit/withdrawal really impressed me.

P.S. What also really impressed me, that in my "first" story, when you win in slots in those casino rooms, slot machine did not give you anything (even though you insert coins and bill in there). Instead you go to a manager and call him to the slot machine and show your balance and ask for a withdrawal, then go back to a cash desk and receive cash If you are there alone, while you are walking from slot to manager, that slot can be occupied with someone else. There were cases, when you return, you see someone spending your balance, or that person can say that you have left that slot and left balance on it, it is your fault and nothing can be done now. So you basically got bullied.

[Yatsan]

I had my first timer's luck. But after that, I've lost countless times so I temporarily sropped; I was just in high school that time and that was a card game I guess which is similar to poker. The next time I tried playing was in college already then I just came back playing three years ago. Through the years of playing, I've experienced various gambling games but I am now currently playing on sportsbetting. I find it more enjoying since I am into sports; gambling is a bonus

The first time I decide to gamble is I gamble blindly and spent all of my money in order to double or triple my money, but in the end I loss everything. After then I learn to not use all of my money to gamble and I have no intention to recover my losses, so I only gamble what can I afford to lose. Until now, I have a good mental and gambling habit, so I can control myself. The main important of gambling is for fun, not to chase profit.

Atleast you have experienced and became aware of what greed is than to learn it the hard way. Given how addictive this industry is, people who are wanting to engage with this activity should really be knowledgeable of what they are trying to go into. Things are just not as easy as it may sound and one thing I learned is that, some are just lucky and not everyone has that.

[agustina2]

We all have a different experience how we started our first bet. Their are people who started bet without having any knowledge concerning it. Their are some people started with a help from a friend to bet and their are some who took their time to learn before they started paying bet.

How was your first start? Did you play blindly or spent some time to learn.?

It's just usual to spend time learning first the gambling type we feel we are interested in. Almost all gambling types I've been playing right now were studied first in the beginning because in the first place, how can I even increase my chances of winning if I don't know what I'm gambling with?

Whether casinos games or sports betting, I only gambled on something that I really understand as every cents counts in my gambling activity. It's more fun winning if we gamble for entertainment as I don't want to have a mindset of gambling for fun when in reality, I'm losing money in the process.

[Blawpaw]

My first time playing on an online casino was some 20 years ago. The first game I have ever played was Blackjack. Suffice to say that I've lost all what I've had  as I did not had any idea on how to spell strategies or techniques that would help me get some profits. After that, I started to play poker online and that was about it. Since then, online Poker rooms have been one of my preferred hobbies.

[Obari]

Their are some people started with a help from a friend to bet

I fall under this very category and this very friend of mine mostly bets on virtual games especially soccer and he really did well on it.
I was a dumb bettor and basically depended on every virtual games he placed a bet on and I will just tell them to print a double slip for the game played.
I later had to learn the hard way after I relocated from that environment for my national youth service and I lost some good sum from my monthly stipends and I really gave up on betting not untill I found an advert that popped up on my screen, so I just wanted to try it out and also discovered it had a feature that allows you copy the bet of other bettors without having to do the mental work of betting.

[evgen11]

We all have a different experience how we started our first bet. Their are people who started bet without having any knowledge concerning it. Their are some people started with a help from a friend to bet and their are some who took their time to learn before they started paying bet.

How was your first start? Did you play blindly or spent some time to learn.?

hi first i gambled about a year ago and faced all kinds of problems. then I found a reliable site and started playing cricket bet live periodically for a period of about 6 months, everything is fine

[bitbollo]

We all have a different experience how we started our first bet. Their are people who started bet without having any knowledge concerning it. Their are some people started with a help from a friend to bet and their are some who took their time to learn before they started paying bet.

How was your first start? Did you play blindly or spent some time to learn.?

I believe that the first time you look at gambling you always have good memories, the classic beginner's luck.

honestly I always have positive memories of these first games.
for example in the Christmas period, with the whole family...
Or I remember the first physical bookmaker I visited, practically a garage with photocopies on the walls! There was no any kind of study on it. It was just gambling for the pleasure to gamble.

I think many years ago there was more of a family environment in this industry, now it has turned more into an industry.
I am also convinced that crypto casinos have decided to recreate this sort of "atmosphere" and are more interested to the needs of the players.

[bitgolden]

My first bet is on a horse racing it's not really easy and I expect to lose because it's hard to make a good combination of the horses that are competing, I just rely on copying bets because that's many of my friends who are also new in horse betting then, not really reliable but the first month of betting is not that good it's only on the second month that I accurately predict the right combination of horses or winners in a lap, I left betting in horses because its time consuming have to spend seven 3 to 4 hours just to finish all the laps because I was then betting in a winner take all rounds which are predicting the winning horses in 7 to 8 consecutive laps. 

Plus, when you are talking about horses, it is obvious that even if a horse is great, that day may not be its best day and could even be last, or not even finish. My first ever betting was on horse races as well, and I have made a good addiction out of that for a long time and wanted to be a horse owner and want to work in that industry.

Because, horse racing is both a lot of money and also not a lot of money at the same time, billions of dollars do not get spent there, in some other industries it does, but reaching to a "winning" level still costs millions if you want to sustain it. I dreamed of starting small, and winning some small purses and then breed and get better horse and then keep repeating that until I have one great horse, but unfortunately I couldn't.