What most gamblers do.

[GiftedMAN]

Op I think you don't need to conclude that gamblers don't have savings in Nigeria maybe you should make more findings and Edith this post and point out the particular state in Nigeria you have witnessed gamblers not having savings to help their family during the time of need. Not all gamblers are addicted to gamble and not all gamblers are reckless in spending because this is the only means that get gamblers recked or broke.

Am a gambler and where I am in Nigeria I have seen so many good gamblers who have made a lot of money through gambling and are still making money because they have their businesses going and they are not irresponsible in their gambling activities, once you see some one who gambles with everything, just know that the person is an addicted gambler.

[Fatunad]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

The simplest and shortest answer is due to their addiction. Instead of feeding and meeting their obligations, they would rather choose the selfish route of personally satisfying their greed for their addiction in gambling. This definitely also affects ultimately their savings and emergency money, which is also the reason on why majority of gamblers are high on debt.

If you know someone who is a gambler, then now is the time to at least educate and support them in solving their addiction in this dangerous habit. Not only are they slowly destroying their lives, but they are also affecting the people around them.

Each of us does have different level of financial capabilities on which there are ones how could sustain out their gambling activity without the need on spending up their savings but rather they are just allocating a part of their overall income.Unlike into those people who do really just rely into their day job monthly salary then spending a huge chunk of it would really be putting you into a big trouble.
Addiction is indeed the main cause because if you are that someone who does have a good control of your emotion and does have good money management then you would not risk out your savings just to play gambling.
Everything would be in control which is a must.

[Franctoshi]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

Particular in this region your talking about (Nigeria), a lot who resort to gambling don't have jobs, the little they get instead of saving it, hence most of the gamblers would prefer to first gamble because they think they are gonna double their money on the process, and from their they can start saving some money, which usually do not turn to be so and the process continues.

[DoublerHunter]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

^ Do you have stats for this?
Probably this is true if your people there don't have a stable source of income or they only gamble just for their living.
That is a very common thing that will happen here, they gamble for a living and most of those gamblers have come from low-class family which is hoping that gambling someday will help them. People like this don't have stable jobs, they don't have savings at all and they don't think about possibly happen in the future.

[bitcampaign]

how can they save while they are still gambling, maybe they gamble hoping to win for their living expenses but instead make their life miserable and poor, if they can't control their urge to gamble then it's difficult for them to have savings

[coin-investor]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

Not all gamblers, we need not generalize, those gamblers who only chase their losses are the ones who don't have savings I gamble and still have savings, and some of my friends also have savings but still gamble.
Responsible gamblers have the allocation and they stick to it, so if you know a gambler and he has savings he is a responsible one but even if a gambler has no savings we cannot consider him a compulsive gambler.

[Yatsan]

Savings? that depends on the individual if he would  have such thing and that has nothing to do with being a gambler. You could be a teacher, an athlete, a psychologist or any profession you can imagine but having savings wpuld depend solely on your mindset. If you have observed that many gamblers do not have it, maybe you just generalized from the people you know. I am a gambler but I do have savings. Also I set limitations with the amount I can afford losing everytime I would play. And that does not include my savings. Actually, savings has nothing to do with being a gambler and vice versa. It is more of a mindset as I have mentioned above.

[Merit.s]

Those gamblers that you are talking about are addicts,they don't even mind to steal or borrow money to gamble. When you take gambling as a job instead of seeing it as fun,you start letting your emotion to control you,chasing your lost comes in and you will end up frustrated because you wouldn't have any savings,neither will you be able to take care of your responsibilities. Responsible gamblers don't get carried away with their gambling activities because after their gambling budget has been exhausted, they stop playing till when there is a new gambling budget. Self-control matters a lot.

[stomachgrowls]

how can they save while they are still gambling, maybe they gamble hoping to win for their living expenses but instead make their life miserable and poor, if they can't control their urge to gamble then it's difficult for them to have savings

Yes, you can save if you wanted to and allocate some amounts for gambling and there's no wrong with that.It is really just that there are people who are really just that irresponsible with their actions on which they
do forgot on what their priorities in life and would not mind as long they could able to play gambling.
Savings is impossible if you do know that you do have money to be spared or make use and you are a gambling addict then 100% you would be using those funds for you to play on which
its not something shocking scenario.
Gambling isn't bad as long you do know your priorities and budget in life because the world doesnt turn around with gambling.

[shasan]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

They can't make savings as when they loss on gambling they tried to sell all of their properties day by day and become loser day by day. So, if they have any funds in the bank that can be withdrawn, if they have any fixed scene or deposit scheme then they also withdraw funds from there. So, when they loss they have nothing to say/consider as savings.

[harizen]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

Why not ask some of them? Gamblers have a different point of view on their financial aspects and you can't generalize it.

Not all gamblers don't have savings and even if they have, what's the big deal?

As long as being responsible in gambling is being shown, with savings or not, that's what matters.

[serjent05]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

Why not ask some of them? Gamblers have a different point of view on their financial aspects and you can't generalize it.

I think OP is stating his personal experience in his locality and somehow thinks that all gamblers don't have savings which is an unfounded conclusion.  @OP should have taken into account that not all gamblers are compulsive gamblers, while many do gamble for fun and just allocate a certain amount of money to gambling.  Also, Nigeria is just one country of the many what more, @OP thinks that his locality represents the whole of the gambling world concluding that all gamblers don't have savings.

Not all gamblers don't have savings and even if they have, what's the big deal?

As long as being responsible in gambling is being shown, with savings or not, that's what matters.

For a matter of discussion, @OP is bringing out this topic equipped with his own belief that all gamblers are wasters, don't save money, and do not think about the future.

[_act_]

Particular in this region your talking about (Nigeria), a lot who resort to gambling don't have jobs, the little they get instead of saving it, hence most of the gamblers would prefer to first gamble because they think they are gonna double their money on the process, and from their they can start saving some money, which usually do not turn to be so and the process continues.

Seriously? That is just foolishness, or a newbie thinking gambling is profitable. If they have money, this will be an easy way to lose all because thinking gambling can be an income for savings would only be a means to lose more money into gambling. But as you said that they have no money and job, but they should always know that gambling sites have edge which they set themselves to be able to grow as a gambling company with the money lost by gamblers from gambling.

[JeffBrad12]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

Those were addicted gamblers. They will be doing everything as long as they got money to gamble with. Mostly addicted gamblers will be sometimes losing their rationally caused by they always wanna try to gamble.

When you are talking about saving and i believe most of addicted gamblers will not have it. The problem is they will always be motivating themselves to use any money to gamble and think make so much money instantly through gambling.

If you were also asking people from another countries and im sure that there are also gamblers who are still thinking rationally by having their life savings in their safe wallet.

I think that this is a personal problem and i do believe most if people who have not life saving were being addicted.

[goinmerry]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

It's not about the savings but gamblers do really have in their mind that if they want to gamble, they won't bother to spend on other things.

That's why you can see gamblers are mostly broke as even if they have savings, they will just spend it too to cover their gambling activity.

And it now leads to a financial crisis for their family and the next part is worst.

[dunfida]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

Why not ask some of them? Gamblers have a different point of view on their financial aspects and you can't generalize it.

Not all gamblers don't have savings and even if they have, what's the big deal?

As long as being responsible in gambling is being shown, with savings or not, that's what matters.

Having savings or not and asking them out about it then it would be a personal stuff so its better to leave and dont mind on asking someone about their savings because they might really scold you out.
Its not really a big deal, if they dont really have savings then its none of our business and also they do gamble on making use of their money so its non our right on how they would really be making use of it.
Better to mind our own rather than on being that in concern on gamblers savings because to assume out that they neither might or might not have.There's no one
could tell since its personal.

[alegotardo]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

While many people say there are three ways to handle money: conservative, moderate and aggressive, I have a slightly different view.
For me there are three different types of people who handle their money: savers, investors and gamblers.

I've never met a person who really manages to practice more than one of these "skills" at the same time, they're things that don't mix.

Someone who is always involved in gambling has a more risky lifestyle, is always looking for "easy money" or trying to satisfy himself with the pleasures that money provides.

[Bitinity]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.
In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

You cant generalize like this, just because some or maybe most gamblers you know do not have saving, it does not mean that all gamblers are the same. I have some friends who are closely the same as yours but there are also many friends of mine who are gambling but they do have great savings. In my opinion it is just about mindset and about how mature we are in this life especially in terms of financial. No one can give you the right answer unless you ask them yourself why they do so.

[uneng]

I want to ask a question. And I need serious answer from this forum, and my question is WHY DOES A GAMBLER DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS.

You can't generalize. There are many gamblers who have savings, investments and are wealthy individuals, businessmen.

In my country (Nigeria) there are many gamblers who don't have savings and it isn't help matters at all. Most of these gamblers can't afford for there families but they can afford money they will use to gamble. So why are they not having savings that they can use to help there families in time of lack. Like they said, we save money so money can save us tomorrow. But these gamblers doesn't know that.

They are likely problem gamblers who can't organize their minds to manage their personal finances properly. They need guidance from the health department of your country, so they will be advised by professionals like psychologists on how to revert this situation on their lives. They have to seek for help, that is the only alternative, I guess. And better that they do this before it's too late for themselves and for their families.

[Darker45]

There are also a lot of those kinds of people here in my country. I guess they get so much fun from gambling that they somehow prioritize it over basic needs. It's basically childish to do that. It's bad. It's irresponsible.

These people in my locality who always complain about how prices have already risen so high, how they don't even use onions anymore, how the government seems to neglect its people, are the same people who pay $10 just to enter a cockpit arena.

There must be a deeper and more interesting explanation for this behavior but I guess it's basically about character.