Gambling is Neither Good or Bad

[gabbie2010]

This is bound to happen because some individuals overdo things out of proportion especially gambling after getting rekted they put the blame of their losses on gambling ignoring the fact that it was self inflicted because of lack of self discipline, moderation is very important in our daily activities likewise in gambling and I believe there are many successful gamblers who gamble according to it rules part of which is to gamble with the amount of money you can afford to lose, take a leave after  daily winnings or losing the total funds allocated daily instead of chasing losses or greediness to win more money.

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Gambling is a bad habit if one plays it regularly and becomes completely addicted to it. But when one plays just for fun and doesn't care about profit/loss, it is not a bad habit yet then. Gambling is essentially forbidden for Muslims.  But it is now considered by almost everyone as a great place of entertainment.  And more or less most people gamble. But a person who gambles too much goes to a party and falls into a deadly addiction and then it becomes a bad habit for him. And after that the person cannot quit gambling very easily. And at one point gambling took a huge toll on him

It's that gambling is a Habit when it becomes an addiction to a guy. But I think regular gambling can be easily play by making a monthly strategy or for a certain time I don't  find any bad thing on this. Just take it as your entertainment purpose and do not  make it your addiction. And also always keep in mind there will be high risk of loosing your fund so Investment as much as you can afford to loose.

[Woodie]

Honestly it all depends on who you are going to be asking, if you ask a winner who has gone from wagering a $100 bill to getting a million out of gambling there is no way such a person would ever say gambling is bad.. But if you ask someone that blew huge sums of money to a point of amassing debt, relationships breaking up and losing valuable properties as a result of trying to get back to winning ways then gambling will always be labeled bad.

This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence.

Greed gets the best of us and this is why the house will always win.

The act of Gambling in itself is neutral. It is not to be blame for the harm that has befallen the individual but rather the individual's inability to control their emotions, finances, and time. I strongly encourage every newbie gambler as well as experienced gamblers to take responsibility for their actions and not using gambling as a scapegoat for their lack of discipline. If you approach gambling with discipline and self-control you will find that that it can be a fun and relaxing activity. Who else thinks so too?

Totally agree, winners know when to quit and it's sad people want to keep going even when you have made positive retains on your account only to give it back and probably get into the negative.

[coinerer]

Gambling is a bad habit if one plays it regularly and becomes completely addicted to it. But when one plays just for fun and doesn't care about profit/loss, it is not a bad habit yet then. Gambling is essentially forbidden for Muslims.  But it is now considered by almost everyone as a great place of entertainment.  And more or less most people gamble. But a person who gambles too much goes to a party and falls into a deadly addiction and then it becomes a bad habit for him. And after that the person cannot quit gambling very easily. And at one point gambling took a huge toll on him

It's that gambling is a Habit when it becomes an addiction to a guy. But I think regular gambling can be easily play by making a monthly strategy or for a certain time I don't  find any bad thing on this. Just take it as your entertainment purpose and do not  make it your addiction. And also always keep in mind there will be high risk of loosing your fund so Investment as much as you can afford to loose.

When someone gambles regularly, a deep addiction develops. So it is very difficult for a regular gambler to maintain a limit. And a person who does not stay within a limitation will not be able to adopt any of his weekly or monthly strategies. So if one wants to adopt monthly strategy then he must first make a monthly limit. Then he has to start using his strategy. Then maybe he will be able to successfully  use his strategy

[davis196]

"Every remedy can be a poison and every poison can be a remedy. What matters is the quantity."
I'm not saying that moderate gambling is a "remedy". It's just a way to have fun and spend some time and money.
Gambling moderately is OK(I won't say that it's something good), excessive gambling, which leads to addiction is bad.
The same applies to all bad habits. Basically, you are wasting your time and money for the sake of having a dopamine boost in your brain.
There are other more useful things to do in your life to give you dopamine, but we have chosen to play gambling games.
In summary, I think that gambling isn't completely neutral, it stands somewhere between "neutral" and "bad".

 

[ethereumhunter]

I thought so too. Gambling is neutral and only we use excessive gambling, which has a negative impact on us, including heavy losses, gambling addiction and endless regrets. But when we treat gambling as it should be and only gamble in moderation, we can still have fun and enjoy our free time.

So if we do not overdo it in gambling, we are still fine and will not be affected by the effects of gambling addiction that arise after playing gambling for so long. But it's not easy because the temptation of gambling can come at any time and we have to be really careful when gambling. Do not use the money we cannot afford because it will only cause losses.

[noorman0]

Gambling is bad depending on how you come and use it for what purpose. Not a few poor people also think that gambling is bad but they still come, because more than that they believe that they are entitled to luck, because of course, as long as it's bringing in money, people will flock.

Humorous words by gamblers around me, "gambling is good only when you win".

[tjtonmoy]

If you are addicted to it, then it's bad for you. Anything that will become your addiction is bad for you. I guess it's someone's own problem, not being able to control yourself. So I have to agree on this that nothing is bad. We just make them bad by our own actions. Proper knowledge and control over ourselves will indeed make it fun.
One thing I want to ask tho. If that's the case, are drugs good too?

[GigaBit]

Gambling is bad depending on how you come and use it for what purpose. Not a few poor people also think that gambling is bad but they still come, because more than that they believe that they are entitled to luck, because of course, as long as it's bringing in money, people will flock.

Humorous words by gamblers around me, "gambling is good only when you win".

If a gambler conducts gambling according to his financial situation and if he does not waste his daily needed money then no one will call gambling bad. Again if one loses control and spends his necessary money on gambling then again it will be bad for him. But both cases will depend on the individual. When one wins he takes gambling with joy and when he loses he takes it badly. But naturally, gambling will be enjoyable with a mixture of winning and losing.

How to drive a vehicle to avoid accidents is the responsibility of the driver of that vehicle. There is nothing wrong with the vehicle, so gambling is one of them in my point of view.

[traderethereum]

If you can control yourself while gambling, then gambling is not bad and might entertain you.
Actually this depends on how well you can control emotions, finances and time so that they can avoid something that can have a bad impact on them.
Every experienced gambler must be able to take responsibility for what he does to gamble without taking too many risks.
And if they think gambling is bad for them, they don't need to follow other people who gamble.

[Taskford]

William Shakespear said,  'there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. The nature of things is neutral and it is our perception and thinking that gives them a positive or negative meaning. In the same vein I say, there is nothing either good or bad with gambling, but our actions and inactions make it so. People who gamble their entire savings and have the guts and shamelessness to come online and say "Gambling is Bad. Stay away from it" must understand that gambling itself is neither good nor bad, but our actions and behaviors surrounding it determine whether it is beneficial or detrimental.

This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence. The act of Gambling in itself is neutral. It is not to be blame for the harm that has befallen the individual but rather the individual's inability to control their emotions, finances, and time. I strongly encourage every newbie gambler as well as experienced gamblers to take responsibility for their actions and not using gambling as a scapegoat for their lack of discipline. If you approach gambling with discipline and self-control you will find that that it can be a fun and relaxing activity. Who else thinks so too?

Only people decides it is bad for them or good since people define this differently.

Some will tell that its good to them because they find this platform as enjoyable them where they can practice there patience or remain focus on what they are doing. Also they achieve what they want and been satisfy that's why they say positive about it.

Also people will only tell bad about it because they experience the worse, they blame gambling while they are the one who takes some risky decisions about what they do on their bets. That's why they end up being in bad shape and lose that's this is one of the reason why they say negative about gambling.

[robelneo]

William Shakespear said,  'there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. The nature of things is neutral and it is our perception and thinking that gives them a positive or negative meaning.

When Shakespeare said this he does not mean it's about gambling

Shakespeare uses this quote in order to describe Hamlet’s internal suffering. He is a prisoner twice over, once by the country of Denmark and the concerns he has about the King (and the King’s men (like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern)), and by his own mind. He knows that the current king killed the previous, Hamlet’s father. His knowledge of this tragic death haunts him, as do his intentions to get revenge.

If you're going to apply it to gambling it depends on who is looking, to a government that depends on its taxes and economy then gambling is good because they are the beneficiary of it, but for religious persons or countries where their form of government dwells on the teaching of their religious leaders then gambling is bad
It's not about either good or bad but who is looking.

[Renampun]

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This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence. The act of Gambling in itself is neutral. It is not to be blame for the harm that has befallen the individual but rather the individual's inability to control their emotions, finances, and time.

It has been discussed repeatedly that people who say gambling is bad are those who only vent their emotions for a moment due to various factors, such as losing or getting stuck in debt because of gambling, this is why before playing gambling, everyone is expected to have good thoughts and mentality. stable so that every gambling game that occurs is not based on greed to win.

I strongly encourage every newbie gambler as well as experienced gamblers to take responsibility for their actions and not using gambling as a scapegoat for their lack of discipline. If you approach gambling with discipline and self-control you will find that that it can be a fun and relaxing activity. Who else thinks so too?

if your goal is to gamble for profit it's not to blame but most gamblers who have that desire only end in losses, enjoy every game in gambling that you do, and stop when you win big or run out of capital, don't continue with borrowing money or selling assets, so you stay safe.

[LogitechMouse]

Gambling is bad for the person when they lost money on it. Gambling is bad for the person if they have changed from a good person to a bad person. Gambling is bad for those people who lost their savings because of it. Gambling is bad for those people who made bad decisions while doing it.

Gambling is good for those who enjoyed playing the game and doesn't think about the winnings. Gambling is good for those people who sees gambling as a stress-reliever and not a way to earn more money. Gambling is good for those people who are entertained whenever they are doing it.

I just like the word that you used OP which is "perception". It really is the reason why gambling for others look so bad and for some, it look so good. I think I can connect gambling with Bitcoin. There are some people who sees Bitcoin as a scam because they got scammed by some scammers out there. I mean Bitcoin is just a currency and we can consider it as a neutral thing, same with gambling.

This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence.
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They blaming gambling because they have made bad decisions.

Well, it's the nature of a person to blame something if there is something wrong happened to them. I'm not saying that all of us are doing it every time, but there is a time on our lives when we blamed something because of our wrongdoings. It's the decisions of these addicted gamblers that made them lose their money, and not gambling itself.

[YOSHIE]

This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence.

The problems that occur in gambling are bad or good, if we say bad things to gambling addicts, they will answer nonsense, they don't want to hear about the bad things that happen in the gambling arena, that's the world of gambling has the highest sense of suggestion and hypnosis, compared to other behaviors.

I am quite sure and aware that 90% of the people here who are involved in gambling, consciously know the bad things about gambling, the risks and benefits that occur in gambling, however.
Questions arise:
If so why do they already know gambling can be bad things to lose, but still want to bet.....!

Well, that's selfish humans, lust, all of us want to find shortcuts to get rich quick, even though they know the risk of losing, I judge if that person can control gambling, no, on the contrary it is gambling that controls the person, that is the real person who wins in gambling.

[skarais]

I am quite sure and aware that 90% of the people here who are involved in gambling, consciously know the bad things about gambling, the risks and benefits that occur in gambling, however.
Questions arise:
If so why do they already know gambling can be bad things to lose, but still want to bet.....!

Well, that's selfish humans, lust, all of us want to find shortcuts to get rich quick, even though they know the risk of losing, I judge if that person can control gambling, no, on the contrary it is gambling that controls the person, that is the real person who wins in gambling.

Losing in gambling is a consequence that has been agreed upon by gamblers, as well as winning.
The risk is to lose money, but the impact tends to be worse when the gambler is no longer able to control himself and his finances in gambling.

Perhaps the effects of gambling have been discussed many times before and gamblers are basically aware of it, so why do they continue to gamble? Some of the other reasons I can think of are not all gamblers expect to big win, while they also expect fun and entertainment and spend little free time even though they lose so much money.

[Mauser]

This is why I cringe whenever I hear or read stories of people who blame gambling for the loss of their entire life's saving or some negative consequence. The act of Gambling in itself is neutral. It is not to be blame for the harm that has befallen the individual but rather the individual's inability to control their emotions, finances, and time. I strongly encourage every newbie gambler as well as experienced gamblers to take responsibility for their actions and not using gambling as a scapegoat for their lack of discipline. If you approach gambling with discipline and self-control you will find that that it can be a fun and relaxing activity. Who else thinks so too?

I fully agree with you, gambling is neutral as nobody forces us to visit a casino and place bets with our personal money. Every person can decide for themselves if we wants to take the risk of losing money to get the chance of winning money. Someone who made a lot of money with gambling will say it's good, and someone who lost will say its bad. These are all personal experiences and don't hold true for the general population. All the people who lost money with gambling where hoping first to make a profit with it. And if they had won at the casino they would not publicly say that gambling is wrong. I can understand people who are against casinos and don't like gambling, but playing yourself and then talking bad about casinos after losing is wrong. The winning chances of all the casino games are publicly available.

[rhomelmabini]

I agree on that statement, it only matters on what you think and what other thinks of it. Gambling is either good or bad but for casinos to entice people to gamble e.g. (ads, promotions etc.), was that a bad thing or a good one? It may the individuals action but we can't deny the fact that some or most gambling entities are using tactics just to promote their product/s.

[virasisog]

People could only describe gambling based on how they see it or the way it affected their lives. Gambling itself isn't bad but abusing it because of irresponsible gambling could ruin a person's life.
Gambling isn't to be blamed but the person who is dealing with it. It could be good for those who see it as a source of entertainment but are still able to handle the risks appropriately. Our perception of gambling will be based on how we handle its risks.

[xSkylarx]

It is entirely up to us on us how control. Usually when we say gambling is bad, it's because it can make us lose all our money and leave us broke, but when we get into the root cause of this, it's because of our own decision that we can't control ourselves. Though people really have someone or something to blame on, like if there were no gambling, they couldn't lose their money, but thinking of it, it's their own fault. Though i don't treat gambling as bad or good i just treat it as a form of entertainment.