Factors that contribute to form addictive gambling.

[chaser15]

So actually what's wrong in this case is the man who is the character in this story, not even the gambling house. throughout my experience, especially in land-based casinos that have big names. the casino always provides the facilities and luxuries they provide to pamper their guests including free drinks. so, in this case the man is not responsible for himself.

Correct and agree with.

The man in the story is the one to blame for why his gambling addiction starts. For what would be the reasons are not because of those usual services that a casino provides like the mentioned free drinks, lots of withdrawal machines, etc. since that was already a common feature and things to be expected when visiting a casino.

We don't know the exact reason but maybe that man is either chasing losses or maybe experienced being a big winner. Because of that, he always looks forward to experiencing it again as winning big in the past can really trigger the interest to gamble more.

[virasisog]

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But at least it has succeeded in getting the gamblers to return to the casino many times and has indirectly made them addicted to gambling even though it's not yet too heavy. Using the beautiful woman strategy to accompany gamblers when they play gambling will tempt gamblers to continue gambling and spend their money to get wins and show off to the beautiful woman next to them that he is a lucky gamblers. Maybe it takes time for the gambler to become addicted but at least there is a chance to make a gambler who is addicted to gambling. So you have to be careful with this because the casino will use ways you are unaware of to become a gambling addict.

I actually reckon it's more of a first-time kind of incite. I reckon repeated actions that are due to beautiful ladies/women would be either because the man is inherently a playboy, or is truly in love. Either way, I don't think it causes gambling addiction that much, if it did, I'd reckon they're in the very minor part of gambling addicts. Even the reason that they started getting addicted because they were invited just simply means that attraction sped up the process, one way or another if they met gambling they'd still turn addicted.

Casinos will always do everything to make their bettors stay by attracting them with vices and temptations. Beautiful women are men's weaknesses and sometimes, because of pride, they are spending a lot for them. It could make them addicted not just to gambling but also to women and alcohol. However, they can't blame the casino for the consequences of their actions and wrong decisions because it was they who were too weak to resist all those temptations.

[Casdinyard]

In my opinion. The biggest contributor to gambling addiction is revenge gambling. Which is gambling after a loss—doesn't matter how big, out of spite and with the intention of getting the losses back in the process. When you revenge gamble, you are not in the right headspace to make concrete decisions as your attention is more focused on winning than anything. And in my opinion this never-ending chase for the bag is what will cost you to gamble, lose, revenge gamble, lose, until you find yourself 6 feet deep in debt and in trouble.

[erep]

In my opinion. The biggest contributor to gambling addiction is revenge gambling. Which is gambling after a loss—doesn't matter how big, out of spite and with the intention of getting the losses back in the process. When you revenge gamble, you are not in the right headspace to make concrete decisions as your attention is more focused on winning than anything. And in my opinion this never-ending chase for the bag is what will cost you to gamble, lose, revenge gamble, lose, until you find yourself 6 feet deep in debt and in trouble.

This factor makes gamblers big losses because they lose control and don't care about the funds spent on gambling, after they lose everything, the realization comes and they will be full of regret for their actions without consideration. We must realize that when we lose from the limit of funds brought to gambling, that day is not lucky for us and there is no need to continue the game and stop, we will come back tomorrow and hope for luck to recover the funds we have lost.

[goinmerry]

In my opinion. The biggest contributor to gambling addiction is revenge gambling. Which is gambling after a loss—doesn't matter how big, out of spite and with the intention of getting the losses back in the process. When you revenge gamble, you are not in the right headspace to make concrete decisions as your attention is more focused on winning than anything. And in my opinion this never-ending chase for the bag is what will cost you to gamble, lose, revenge gamble, lose, until you find yourself 6 feet deep in debt and in trouble.

This is the reality. We can't consider those usual services we see in a casino as the reason why gamblers end up addicted.

Revenge gambling or chasing losses is one of the reasons why gamblers keep coming back from gambling.

The worst, these guys might be having payments that are already due and gambling is the only thing they think can solve their financial problem.

[348Judah]

In my opinion. The biggest contributor to gambling addiction is revenge gambling. Which is gambling after a loss—doesn't matter how big, out of spite and with the intention of getting the losses back in the process. When you revenge gamble, you are not in the right headspace to make concrete decisions as your attention is more focused on winning than anything. And in my opinion this never-ending chase for the bag is what will cost you to gamble, lose, revenge gamble, lose, until you find yourself 6 feet deep in debt and in trouble.

This kind of a revenge can come in two forms actually, one can make a gamble to keep up with a continuous attempts in making a revenge by all means that one day he will also win big and recover back all his losses thereby not minding spending more even while loosing, the other is the category or type of gambler that wouldn't want to go on revenge at all by spending his own money the more, instead they campaign against the casino with all manners of attacks in discouraging others from using such for gambling.

[capedbaldy]

This kind of a revenge can come in two forms actually, one can make a gamble to keep up with a continuous attempts in making a revenge by all means that one day he will also win big and recover back all his losses thereby not minding spending more even while loosing, the other is the category or type of gambler that wouldn't want to go on revenge at all by spending his own money the more, instead they campaign against the casino with all manners of attacks in discouraging others from using such for gambling.

Although he has campaigned not to follow his steps in gambling, but someone when a big loss cannot be controlled and is very emotional about anything, their focus is only on getting the big jackpot to recover from previous losses, so we ourselves must have emotional control and not be reckless to gamble with the wrong way, we have to carry enough money to lose and we have to know that anything related to gambling is defeat, so there is no need to expect big profits and just enjoy gambling just for entertainment.

[Mahanton]

This kind of a revenge can come in two forms actually, one can make a gamble to keep up with a continuous attempts in making a revenge by all means that one day he will also win big and recover back all his losses thereby not minding spending more even while loosing, the other is the category or type of gambler that wouldn't want to go on revenge at all by spending his own money the more, instead they campaign against the casino with all manners of attacks in discouraging others from using such for gambling.

Although he has campaigned not to follow his steps in gambling, but someone when a big loss cannot be controlled and is very emotional about anything, their focus is only on getting the big jackpot to recover from previous losses, so we ourselves must have emotional control and not be reckless to gamble with the wrong way, we have to carry enough money to lose and we have to know that anything related to gambling is defeat, so there is no need to expect big profits and just enjoy gambling just for entertainment.

On the time you do consider out on playing gambling then it should really be treat out as a form of entertainment and not to aim on hitting the jackpot because this is the main thing that would really make your desperate and this is where people should really be wary about.This is the main problem on why people do really end up on losing more just because they cant really just accept that they wouldnt be able to hit the sweet spot.
Always set limits and dont ever tend to go beyond those lines or borders so that you wont really be putting yourself into much bigger trouble in connection or in talks of financial status or condition.
Be always wary with your actions.

[lionheart78]

In my opinion. The biggest contributor to gambling addiction is revenge gambling. Which is gambling after a loss—doesn't matter how big, out of spite and with the intention of getting the losses back in the process. When you revenge gamble, you are not in the right headspace to make concrete decisions as your attention is more focused on winning than anything. And in my opinion this never-ending chase for the bag is what will cost you to gamble, lose, revenge gamble, lose, until you find yourself 6 feet deep in debt and in trouble.

Chasing losses indeed is another factor why a gambler becomes addicted to gambling.  With his intention to recuperate his losses, his eagerness to win back his losses often sets his defense down and fuel that uncontrollable urges to gamble.  The more losses he experiences the more eager he is to win back and it is late when he realized that he is already addicted to gambling.

In my opinion. The biggest contributor to gambling addiction is revenge gambling. Which is gambling after a loss—doesn't matter how big, out of spite and with the intention of getting the losses back in the process. When you revenge gamble, you are not in the right headspace to make concrete decisions as your attention is more focused on winning than anything. And in my opinion this never-ending chase for the bag is what will cost you to gamble, lose, revenge gamble, lose, until you find yourself 6 feet deep in debt and in trouble.

This is the reality. We can't consider those usual services we see in a casino as the reason why gamblers end up addicted.

I agree, it is more on the personal issues, not the good services given by the casino establishment.  Gambling is addictive by itself since it has factors that increases the production of dopamine in one person's brain reason why there are also lots of people that falls addicted to gambling specifically online gambling even though they are at the premises of their homes.

Revenge gambling or chasing losses is one of the reasons why gamblers keep coming back from gambling.

The worst, these guys might be having payments that are already due and gambling is the only thing they think can solve their financial problem.

Chasing big wins also contributes to gambling addiction, it works the same way as chasing losses but the player keeps on playing to chase huge wins even though he hasn't lost anything yet at all.

[GiftedMAN]

In my opinion. The biggest contributor to gambling addiction is revenge gambling. Which is gambling after a loss—doesn't matter how big, out of spite, and to get the losses back in the process. When you revenge gamble, you are not in the right headspace to make concrete decisions as your attention is more focused on winning than anything. And in my opinion, this never-ending chase for the bag is what will cost you to gamble, lose, revenge gamble, lose until you find yourself 6 feet deep in debt and trouble.

I agree with you, most gamblers find it difficult to walk away when they encounter losses in gambling, especially the addicted, they have this belief that they will have revenge for the money that they initially lost and with that mindset on winning big and recovering the past lost, they end up increasing their staking amount without knowing what the outcome of the game will be and by so doing the outcome is usually bad because being winning conscious and revenge intended, the concentration to pick the rightful game to gamble on will not be there and at the end of the day it will be an additional loss. In other words, revenge gambling leads to more losses instead of funds recovery so gamblers should stay clear of these intentions.

[redsun114]

So, it started with the alcoholic drink? but I wonder why the man is being given by a free drink. I thought the casino only gives it to the regular customers because it can also be abused where the person will only drink it and won't ever play on that casino but anyway, it wasn't only about the alcoholic drinks that can make the person excited to bet more because like for example me, I do not drink on a normal occasion but I am still playing gambling regularly and like a typical gambler, I also came to the point where I got addicted or have the urge to revenge my losses.

So, to answer your question, I think it has to do with our emotions too or self-control.

[Piesel]

Free alcoholic drinks, ease of withdrawal machines and ease of which to fund betting/gambling site wallets are serious contributory factors to addictive gambling.

Do you mind sharing the link to the original story, so that we can follow up on the detail of the case and also have first hand information on the case?

The part I doubted so much in the whole story is the part where the man said he was offered free alcohol  which made him bet excessively, the fact is the man have alot of issues to solve not only gambking addictions that is his problem.
He should be taken for mental assessment to know the state of his mental health, because just free beer should be able to push a nirmal man into emptying his accounts. Because no matter how much alcohol a man hard he will know when he reached the finish line and have exceeded his budget in a physical casinos since most of the bets are placed with cash.

I would have added a link so everyone would get to watch the video and corroborate the man's story, but only if I had remembered to save it up from Instagram. I actually saw the video on Instagram but didn't take note to copy the link. I do apologize for that omission and would share the link once I can get a hold of the video.

No issues mate as long as you can reach a conclusion and able to establish a discussion that is already running on multiple pages surely many other users will be ok with the way the thread is at the moment and if by any chance you get hold of the link you can then post it here.

Kne of the major thing that lead people into addiction is greed and tryung.to recover after some failed attempts to win at a game.

[darewaller]

Talk about the factors that make up gambling addiction. the answer will be very relative and very diverse, depending on each individual. and in our current discussion is, alcoholic beverages. in fact, alcoholic beverages cannot actually be an indicator of someone becoming addicted to gambling. As for what actually happens, when a person consumes too much alcoholic beverages, he has the potential to behave unnaturally. whether it's his behavior, or losing the way to think rationally.

So actually what's wrong in this case is the man who is the character in this story, not even the gambling house. throughout my experience, especially in land-based casinos that have big names. the casino always provides the facilities and luxuries they provide to pamper their guests including free drinks. so, in this case the man is not responsible for himself.

Indeed diverse because I already saw a lot of heavy drinkers here in our place but these guys don't even gamble that hard or they never play a gambling during their drinking session. They drink too much so they are only addicted on it. Now if the person is addicted in gambling, that means he gambles often.

Alcoholic drinks shouldn't be blamed here. There are reasons on why people drink and there's also a reason on why people play gambling. It could be because they want to earn more profit but that isn't the case that usually happens here. Instead of profits, all what they got are more losses. Now they are planning to recover those losses first before they continue their journey of winning more money.

[QueenVera]

There are alot of factors that contributes to the addiction of a gamblers. Most times, when gamblers starts getting addicted, they don't even notice this because it wouldn't be easy to notice such things and would need the assistance of someone to call him or her to order.
There are alot of reasons that could make someone get addicted to gambling and they include the following
1. Frustration: the moment one gets frustrated in life, and now makes his way to gambling, he or she now thinks gambling is the way and might decide to channel all their energy into it, which might lead to addiction.
2. Peer pressure: the friends one keep is another factor that plays a great role in making someone get addicted to gambling and just as the saying that show me your friends and I will tell.yoi who you are or possibly saying that birds of the same feathers flock together, and without saying much you can also agree with me on this.
3. Idleness: the moment one is idle, the more time he spends at the casino and the more time he spends there, tye more chances of getting addicted.
There are alot more to mention but I think this is fine for now.

[beerlover]

how can drunk people play gambling, if that happens it's a stupid mistake in my opinion, I have to have a focus on playing gambling for example casinos because sometimes when we are aware we are playing gambling it will be better because we can stop the game at any time when we win big or the money runs out, usually gambling addicts have no control over themselves like what OP said that alcohol is one of the causes of people losing money in gambling and finally becoming curious about their defeat trying to keep playing until the end

Unfortunately that is the entire premise of Las Vegas. I understand that not many people may go there, or if you want to go to somewhere smaller that would work too, in Malta or Cyprus they have it too. But at the end of the day it's not going to be that easy to accept it as it is if you haven't been there.

In those places, we have drunk people gambling all day everyday, so much so that there are many situations where casinos lose money because gambler doesn't gamble a lot, but they are given free drinks all night because gamblers get it, and they cost more on drinks than the money they lose. Hence, it's really common for drunk people to gamble.

[uneng]

So, it started with the alcoholic drink? but I wonder why the man is being given by a free drink. I thought the casino only gives it to the regular customers because it can also be abused where the person will only drink it and won't ever play on that casino but anyway, it wasn't only about the alcoholic drinks that can make the person excited to bet more because like for example me, I do not drink on a normal occasion but I am still playing gambling regularly and like a typical gambler, I also came to the point where I got addicted or have the urge to revenge my losses.

So, to answer your question, I think it has to do with our emotions too or self-control.

The loss of few gamblers is already enough to afford the drinks' costs for the entire house's customers. That is a calculated offer some casinos dispose. And there might be rules pointing that to have access to the drinks, you have to gamble. It's not possible to attend such places just for visiting reasons, or the visitor must be accompanied of an active gambler in order to justify his presence there.

Anyway, as you said, even without drinks gamblers feel the urge to continue playing without limits, as you already experienced that. The problem goes much deeper than a simple couple of free drinks available.

[serjent05]

So, it started with the alcoholic drink? but I wonder why the man is being given by a free drink. I thought the casino only gives it to the regular customers because it can also be abused where the person will only drink it and won't ever play on that casino but anyway, it wasn't only about the alcoholic drinks that can make the person excited to bet more because like for example me, I do not drink on a normal occasion but I am still playing gambling regularly and like a typical gambler, I also came to the point where I got addicted or have the urge to revenge my losses.

It is obvious the person is a regular customer.  All his reasons why he got addicted to gambling is just an excuse, pointing fingers to other making him a victim of exploits of a casino establishment when he himself is solely responsible why he is addicted.  He can always refuse the offering and get on with gambling but he never did because it is all free and he exploited the freebies himself.

So, to answer your question, I think it has to do with our emotions too or self-control.

Yes I agree with you, it is the person's self-discipline, which is so poor that makes him addicted to gambling.

[letteredhub]

For anyone to be a good gambler your locus of self control should be the first thing you should pay attention to. No matter the juicy bonuses, tricks  or strategy that would be applied by any betting site or casino to lure you into spending more on bets with your self discipline and control you wouldn't fall into it. Self discipline gambler would always apply moderation, knowing the best time to quit for the day cause there's always another day to gamble again.

[Gyfts]

I think the major factors that lead or contribute to addictive gambling is -
1. Lack of self control
2. Greed
3. chasing after loses
4. Joblessness
5. Lack of self awareness
6. Eager and abnormal want to get rich quickly/overnight.
I can go on and on...

A lot of these are personal attributes when the reality of gambling addiction is a reliance on dopamine hits associated with winning. It's a simple psychology that isn't any different from substance abuse. It's possible for personal attributes to make someone more prone to gambling addiction but doesn't really change the underlying psychology.

It's likely every gambler that chases losses has a problem with self control and overly eager. I wouldn't consider someone chasing losses to be addicted. I'd consider addiction knowingly gambling more than you can lose, and a lot of that is psychologically driven. An addict literally could not help themselves even if they tried and goes through some of the same withdrawal symptoms a drug addict does.

[kamvreto]

~snip~It's likely every gambler that chases losses has a problem with self control and overly eager. I wouldn't consider someone chasing losses to be addicted. I'd consider addiction knowingly gambling more than you can lose, and a lot of that is psychologically driven. An addict literally could not help themselves even if they tried and goes through some of the same withdrawal symptoms a drug addict does.

Gambling addicts have no self-control over what they do, and are too excited or too confident that they will continue to win and keep trying even though the defeats keep coming. Instead of chasing losses and believing that he will win when a few defeats will actually make them enter into bigger losses.
But when they have been given victory, they still believe that there will be more and more wins. Those who are addicted are hard to stop and they will realize when the money for gambling has run out. This becomes a psychological disorder that makes gambling addiction even worse. It takes awareness and self-control to overcome this addiction, but it is not easy to be a gambler who obeys his own rules.