What are the motives that drive you to gamble?

[d3nz]

I do not know about you guys, but I gamble because I like it and because it is a hobby as well as an addiction. I'm good with myself, as I already admitted to having an addiction but tried to find and apply techniques to avoid getting off track and spending all of my money on gambling. It's quite easy for me to control my gambling anxiety as I already follow strict rules that help me stay on the line.


What about you guys? Do you have any addiction to gambling? What drives you to gamble? Is it the long shot of having a big profit coming in or is gambling simply a way of spending time for you?

For me, If I know that there is a huge luck coming when I bet on the game. There are times that I just spend my extra money and even If I will win or lose it doesn't matter also if the online casino are providing bonuses such as deposit bonuses or cashback.

[Peanutswar]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I don't see any fun when I am mad when I am losing big or after I have lost all my money during a gambling session.However I have won two consecutive weeks in my last two consecutive sessions and the feeling of being very happy it was a feeling I really love.That is because no one has fun when he is losing money while everybody is happy when he is winning money and even happier when he is winning big.

If you after some moments of yelling and cursing starts to laugh then you have some personal problems,you cannot pass from a state to another state in such a short time.

Emotions can really affect your gameplay that's the reason why don't get play when you are too much anger or happy because this may affect your decision making like if you are getting mad because you lose a lot of money, there's a probability that you can make a revenge game like betting an all in which is too much risk with that next is you win a lot of money, and you want to play more because hoping to win another round you expect more that might cause of losing consecutively.

Take a break and enjoy the game. This is how the satisfaction is in gambling.

[GigaBit]

What about you guys? Do you have any addiction to gambling? What drives you to gamble? Is it the long shot of having a big profit coming in or is gambling simply a way of spending time for you?

Gambling means uncertainty, but if it favour oneself then anything good can come out. Gambling requires diligence. One of the tendencies in the gamblers' can be noticed that they want to get more in short time. Due to this tendency, they forget the general strategy, rules and the regulations in their gambling. Nothing can be found from the gamblers except addiction at a time. I continue to try how to do better in gambling in the coming days. On the weekend i usually plan my gambling roadmap for the next week. During holidays i like to plan my free time with it which gives me much pleasure.

[m2017]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I don't see any fun when I am mad when I am losing big or after I have lost all my money during a gambling session.However I have won two consecutive weeks in my last two consecutive sessions and the feeling of being very happy it was a feeling I really love.That is because no one has fun when he is losing money while everybody is happy when he is winning money and even happier when he is winning big.

If you after some moments of yelling and cursing starts to laugh then you have some personal problems,you cannot pass from a state to another state in such a short time.

Emotions can really affect your gameplay that's the reason why don't get play when you are too much anger or happy because this may affect your decision making like if you are getting mad because you lose a lot of money, there's a probability that you can make a revenge game like betting an all in which is too much risk with that next is you win a lot of money, and you want to play more because hoping to win another round you expect more that might cause of losing consecutively.

Take a break and enjoy the game. This is how the satisfaction is in gambling.

If you play gambling without emotions, then it turns into work, and how then to enjoy the gaming process? Then a strange dilemma arises: either you relax and gamble for your own pleasure, rejoicing or worrying about your results, but most likely losing money; or you pause your emotions and strictly follow your chosen strategy, increase your deposit, but this process will be less pleasant in terms of pleasure. Therefore, you will have to choose how to play.

[AicecreaME]

I do not know about you guys, but I gamble because I like it and because it is a hobby as well as an addiction. I'm good with myself, as I already admitted to having an addiction but tried to find and apply techniques to avoid getting off track and spending all of my money on gambling. It's quite easy for me to control my gambling anxiety as I already follow strict rules that help me stay on the line.


What about you guys? Do you have any addiction to gambling? What drives you to gamble? Is it the long shot of having a big profit coming in or is gambling simply a way of spending time for you?

Most people really tend to gamble out of hobby. Some perceive it as a fun way to release stress and to entertain themselves. However, some go beyond their limitations, thus some people develop bad gambling habits and even addiction.

It's good that you are self-aware that you have gambling addiction and is already trying your best to avoid spending your hard-earned funds over it. However, it's still best if you will consult to a professional for this matter because it isn't a habit that you will just outgrow or just be healed overnight. It requires intervention and you have to accept that fact. But still, kudos for finding your own little ways to alleviate gambling habits that aren't helpful to you at all.

I don't have gambling addiction because whenever I try to discover something new or to risk sometimes, I make sure to limit myself with specific fund allocation and time as well. Gambling might be different for most of us. Some gamble because of entertainment, some do it for the profit. I guess I do it for both whenever I try to. It's a matter of preferences, so we should do what we think suits us best.

[danadc]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I don't see any fun when I am mad when I am losing big or after I have lost all my money during a gambling session.However I have won two consecutive weeks in my last two consecutive sessions and the feeling of being very happy it was a feeling I really love.That is because no one has fun when he is losing money while everybody is happy when he is winning money and even happier when he is winning big.

If you after some moments of yelling and cursing starts to laugh then you have some personal problems,you cannot pass from a state to another state in such a short time.

Emotions can really affect your gameplay that's the reason why don't get play when you are too much anger or happy because this may affect your decision making like if you are getting mad because you lose a lot of money, there's a probability that you can make a revenge game like betting an all in which is too much risk with that next is you win a lot of money, and you want to play more because hoping to win another round you expect more that might cause of losing consecutively.

Take a break and enjoy the game. This is how the satisfaction is in gambling.

If you play gambling without emotions, then it turns into work, and how then to enjoy the gaming process? Then a strange dilemma arises: either you relax and gamble for your own pleasure, rejoicing or worrying about your results, but most likely losing money; or you pause your emotions and strictly follow your chosen strategy, increase your deposit, but this process will be less pleasant in terms of pleasure. Therefore, you will have to choose how to play.

It's discouraging how you say it, but it's the truth, when I play I don't think if I'm going to win but if I'm going to lose the money I put in that casino, it's easier to assimilate it, if you expect to win it's hard because if you don't start frustration and that is a bad thought, there are players who only play to play and have a lot of money, they don't enjoy when they win, they don't care when they lose, they also have a lot of money and they don't care, a casino has and needs players of all styles, players who always seek to win do so in a micro way, it is not enough because the effort is a lot, and most likely they live very upset by stress.

[rahmad2nd]

Actually, the frustration mostly comes depending on the amount that you've lost. As for me, things were fun and all whether I win or not but after a while, I keep winning and accumulating more funds and got greedy which made me end up losing all of it and that's where frustration and other negative feeling comes on. However, after I got out of the addiction that gambling brought me, I was able to avoid these scenarios.

Speaking of frustration, of course all gamblers have experienced it. in fact I'm sure, frustration comes and goes, especially when we experience consecutive losses. and vice versa, joy and fun also come and go when we get big profits in a gambling session.

well, so I think this is a common thing and can happen again and again to all of us. as you said, when we are controlled by emotions or high ego. not infrequently, we continue to carry out gambling sessions even though we are already making a profit. however, because of greed, wanting to get even higher, in the end, we unknowingly spend hours and hours and in the end the table is the winner. any negative feelings arise, especially wanting to make a deposit again to recover losses. completely, what you said is common to all of us gamblers.

but in essence, what Op is asking is what motivates us to gamble. well, I think the answer will be very diverse and very relative. even so, many people would agree. that the underlying motive is none other than to get as much profit as possible from fun things.

[darkangel11]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I don't believe it's possible to be disconnected from feeling anything like a machine. You have to be psychically damaged not to feel any regret after a loss, or you have to be playing with so much money that you don't even care. For different people this is going to be a different amount but if you earn 10k a month and go gamble for an hour with $100 you won't even care if it ends up being a loss.
Normal, healthy people feel emotions. We feel the joy of winning and the pain of losing. People who say they don't are in denial.

[carlfebz2]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I don't believe it's possible to be disconnected from feeling anything like a machine. You have to be psychically damaged not to feel any regret after a loss, or you have to be playing with so much money that you don't even care. For different people this is going to be a different amount but if you earn 10k a month and go gamble for an hour with $100 you won't even care if it ends up being a loss.
Normal, healthy people feel emotions. We feel the joy of winning and the pain of losing. People who say they don't are in denial.

Exactly, either you must be rich or emotionless to not feel anything after big loss sessions. Even losing $10k in a day called bad day for me but there are gamblers who spins Wanted Dead volatile slot of Hacksaw provider on $1500 base amounts. Their 10 spins in that slot are equal to my daily gambling session, sad but this is a reality for 95% of average gamblers. Winning and losing all is part of the game, we have to learn when to walk away before it becomes meaningless. Just my 2 cents.

When it comes to financial status or capability then lets just accept that there are gamblers or people who are richer that us, if we do believe that we do hold that huge bankroll or capital then there's always
that someone whose more far better than you.We would be able to see these on most places on which there are those whales who would really be playing around which it would really be just put you
amazed on how much the amounts that they been rolling on each bet. Losing is inevitable plus gambling wasnt really that intended to make yourself rich but rather this had
been created for sole entertainment but people cant just really avoid on having those intents.

[Fortify]

I do not know about you guys, but I gamble because I like it and because it is a hobby as well as an addiction. I'm good with myself, as I already admitted to having an addiction but tried to find and apply techniques to avoid getting off track and spending all of my money on gambling. It's quite easy for me to control my gambling anxiety as I already follow strict rules that help me stay on the line.


What about you guys? Do you have any addiction to gambling? What drives you to gamble? Is it the long shot of having a big profit coming in or is gambling simply a way of spending time for you?

My motivation with gambling is definitely to make money, so it just ends up with fairly small bets and taking advantage of some rather generous offers at different book makers that allow you to cover both sides of a bet and walk away with a profit. Nothing major but a guaranteed $10-20 per week that gets taken out and put into stocks instead, which you could consider equal gambling but sticking with the largest dividend paying companies at least returns a slow passive benefit over time. I could quite happily walk away at any time, but it only requires patience and not getting carried away with spending the freely accumulated money on silly side bets or taking a chance at the slots.

[BitcoinPanther]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I feel the same though it is quite frustrating if the game is baiting you.  It feels like it will go big but then nothing happens.  Same goes with slots when you see that you need 1 scatter and with all the tumbles, it didn't drop and when it do, you feel great.  The reason for that feeling is that we know in slot that there is a chance to win huge amount of money when bonus round triggers.

[DoublerHunter]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I feel the same though it is quite frustrating if the game is baiting you.  It feels like it will go big but then nothing happens.  Same goes with slots when you see that you need 1 scatter and with all the tumbles, it didn't drop and when it do, you feel great.  The reason for that feeling is that we know in slot that there is a chance to win huge amount of money when bonus round triggers.

^That is very normal of course, no one will happy to see that your fund was the other hand because you are losing.
But if you will lose, you can stop and come back when you are ready again, because it seems like you are chasing money when you get mad.
I think you should not focus on the money that you have in place as a bet, just enjoy the game and you will fell nothing about being mad or sad because you know already that gambling is for fun.

[Sims25]

To make money betting Sims and the NFL.

[AicecreaME]

I do not know about you guys, but I gamble because I like it and because it is a hobby as well as an addiction. I'm good with myself, as I already admitted to having an addiction but tried to find and apply techniques to avoid getting off track and spending all of my money on gambling. It's quite easy for me to control my gambling anxiety as I already follow strict rules that help me stay on the line.


What about you guys? Do you have any addiction to gambling? What drives you to gamble? Is it the long shot of having a big profit coming in or is gambling simply a way of spending time for you?

My motivation with gambling is definitely to make money, so it just ends up with fairly small bets and taking advantage of some rather generous offers at different book makers that allow you to cover both sides of a bet and walk away with a profit. Nothing major but a guaranteed $10-20 per week that gets taken out and put into stocks instead, which you could consider equal gambling but sticking with the largest dividend paying companies at least returns a slow passive benefit over time. I could quite happily walk away at any time, but it only requires patience and not getting carried away with spending the freely accumulated money on silly side bets or taking a chance at the slots.

Most of the gamblers have this reason as to why they are gambling. It's pretty much common since gambling is viewed as one of the easy ways to generate money, or so they thought, because it's one of the easy ways to lose money too if you don't know what you are doing. If you are doing whether casino gambling or sports betting, you need to possess enough knowledge, skills, and luck with you. The combination of these aforementioned factors will make your chances of winning go higher. 

Gambling responsibly like what you do will keep you off the grid of addiction. For me, this is much better because you lessen the possibility of you being dependent in gambling and at the same time, you utilize the benefits it has such as profiting while having fun at home, supposedly you are playing online.

[chrisculanag]

We know that most gamblers rely on luck to win big money. Money is the main motive of all gamblers. Others gamble so they can share with others if they get lucky, while others just want to have fun and relieve stress, but sometimes it causes more problems, especially if you run out of money just because of gambling.

sharing luck with others? i never saw something like this because luck will only come to you and lucky if your playing with the team but you cannot literally share this mate.

I mean there are gamblers who share their winnings. Because of their small investment in gambling, if they win a lot then they think its a good to share a little tip to others.

For me, I gamble to add something to my savings using my extra money,  we know that the longer we play, the more we will lose. So if we win, we can go out to be safe, but if we lose, it doesn't hurt too much.😁

that is what we must do , taking your funds out once you win already and never play longer because that is what we  will lose in chasing more wins while we already  having good wins.

That's why it's really better when you win and then you can take it out. Don't think twice, withdraw immediately. Because most of those who lose big in gambling are those who want to win too much.Remember  we gamble to win not to lose.

[noormcs5]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I feel the same though it is quite frustrating if the game is baiting you.  It feels like it will go big but then nothing happens.  Same goes with slots when you see that you need 1 scatter and with all the tumbles, it didn't drop and when it do, you feel great.  The reason for that feeling is that we know in slot that there is a chance to win huge amount of money when bonus round triggers.

^That is very normal of course, no one will happy to see that your fund was the other hand because you are losing.
But if you will lose, you can stop and come back when you are ready again, because it seems like you are chasing money when you get mad.
I think you should not focus on the money that you have in place as a bet, just enjoy the game and you will fell nothing about being mad or sad because you know already that gambling is for fun.

I think there are usually two motives due to which the gamblers are encourage to gamble.

1- they want to earn quick money and gaming is one game which can make them millionaire in a fraction of a second. Yes there is risk too but who knows that the luck favours the brave

2- they want to have fun and gambling is a game which can give you lot of fun and excitement no matter you played online or in the  physical casino.

[danadc]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I feel the same though it is quite frustrating if the game is baiting you.  It feels like it will go big but then nothing happens.  Same goes with slots when you see that you need 1 scatter and with all the tumbles, it didn't drop and when it do, you feel great.  The reason for that feeling is that we know in slot that there is a chance to win huge amount of money when bonus round triggers.

^That is very normal of course, no one will happy to see that your fund was the other hand because you are losing.
But if you will lose, you can stop and come back when you are ready again, because it seems like you are chasing money when you get mad.
I think you should not focus on the money that you have in place as a bet, just enjoy the game and you will fell nothing about being mad or sad because you know already that gambling is for fun.

I must admit that when I make bets that have to do with sports, I am very excited to win and if I win I am the happiest person in the world, I have also tasted the bitter taste of defeat, and who likes to lose? I don't think anyone, I do bet with the illusion of winning when it comes to sports betting, but I don't do them much because I don't know much about sports and I really like cycling and gymnastics and there are no bets on that but on other sports, I can't do much, if I start betting it would be guessing and it's not the right thing to do, you should bet on sports when you know a lot.

[Dunamisx]

I must admit that when I make bets that have to do with sports, I am very excited to win and if I win I am the happiest person in the world, I have also tasted the bitter taste of defeat, and who likes to lose? I don't think anyone

I respect every of your decision and being an experienced gambler something keep knocking on my ears as a question about: should every experienced gambler got much concerned about loosing when they gamble and assume winning as the only means for them to feel happy and satisfied with gambling, just as I've said earlier that each individuals opinion is well accepted but been an experienced one in this field, should loosing a bet still be a sad event anymore after all the years of gambling experience, should loosing be out greatest fear in gambling?.

[Silberman]

I think there are usually two motives due to which the gamblers are encourage to gamble.

1- they want to earn quick money and gaming is one game which can make them millionaire in a fraction of a second. Yes there is risk too but who knows that the luck favours the brave

2- they want to have fun and gambling is a game which can give you lot of fun and excitement no matter you played online or in the  physical casino.

And those two reasons are not mutually exclusive, so someone could want to earn a lot of money while they gamble and obtain a lot of fun in the process as well, since everyone likes to win and will enjoy the process, however this attitude can be really problematic because if they happen to lose not only they will be sad about not obtaining the benefits they wanted to get but it is also doubtful they could have gotten any fun, as it is to be assumed that no one likes to lose.

[seleme]

If we've understood about gambling in the right way we'll console ourselves not to get upset or frustrated on losing. When I was new to gambling I've cried for days with the doors locked. Those are days when my mind had a thought we'll win out of gambling and the loss wasn't acceptable.

Sorry, but where's the fun if you don't feel mad/sad when you lose or happy when you win? It's good and even necessary to be able to control your emotions when gambling but not to the point not to feel anything.
Sometimes, when I hit a long losing streak, I get mad and unconsciously start cursing and yelling, few moments later I start laughing on myself and on how I reacted.

I don't believe it's possible to be disconnected from feeling anything like a machine. You have to be psychically damaged not to feel any regret after a loss, or you have to be playing with so much money that you don't even care. For different people this is going to be a different amount but if you earn 10k a month and go gamble for an hour with $100 you won't even care if it ends up being a loss.
Normal, healthy people feel emotions. We feel the joy of winning and the pain of losing. People who say they don't are in denial.

Exactly, either you must be rich or emotionless to not feel anything after big loss sessions. Even losing $10k in a day called bad day for me but there are gamblers who spins Wanted Dead volatile slot of Hacksaw provider on $1500 base amounts. Their 10 spins in that slot are equal to my daily gambling session, sad but this is a reality for 95% of average gamblers. Winning and losing all is part of the game, we have to learn when to walk away before it becomes meaningless. Just my 2 cents.

When it comes to financial status or capability then lets just accept that there are gamblers or people who are richer that us, if we do believe that we do hold that huge bankroll or capital then there's always
that someone whose more far better than you.We would be able to see these on most places on which there are those whales who would really be playing around which it would really be just put you
amazed on how much the amounts that they been rolling on each bet. Losing is inevitable plus gambling wasnt really that intended to make yourself rich but rather this had
been created for sole entertainment but people cant just really avoid on having those intents.

Exactly as you explained, there is the poor side of gambling that we have to be aware of and try to do our best to avoid it. Gambling is a form of business and like all businesses, it is there for making a profit in the long term. Gamblers keep trying various strategies to beat the casino but house edge takes something from each bet and logically they can't win in the long run. It should be just for fun, nothing else otherwise, addicted gamblers should be able to accept consequences, unfortunately.