Most likely category of people to become Gambling addicts.

[qwertyup23]

Myself introduced gambling to my girlfriend, and she started to gamble regularly. Bets doesn't go higher than $1 and initially she enjoyed it as she didn't experience loss. Later started to loss, and requests me to recover her loss for her. I used to recover playing with bigger bets and one day lost big. From that day she completely stopped gambling, not even for fun she doesn't gamble. I mention this just to state what is being said in the OP is true, men easily turns addictive. Good for the men is to concentrate on sports betting than casino games.

I do think that one factor on what contributes gambling addiction is the innovation of the technology in the world.

As innovation is slowly introduced, the world is slowly shifting towards a digital age where everything can be accessed online for our convenience. With the pandemic hitting globally, this became an opportunity for online gambling to rise on its popularity to the point that majority have preferred to gamble in this platform.

I do think that the accessibility of gambling with the push of a button in our phones contributed to gambling addiction. Not to mention, even famous streamers are advertising gambling games on their social media accounts which further contributed to this.

[livingfree]

- Be careful introducing gambling to someone who you know is poor and needs a better way to earn a livelihood. The person may mistake gambling as a way to earn a living.

- Be careful introducing gambling to your friend who you know easily gets addicted to new things.

- Be careful introducing gambling to your friend who you know has a drug use problem.

These are spot on reasons why we shouldn't introduce gambling to these type of people that are in our circle of friends.

Gambling is known to be a source of living for those addicted gamblers and are living in under the poverty line. That makes sense for them to think of it because that's what the only thing they know about gambling, as a quick source of money for them and some went to the extent of making it as a source of living.

Good for those that have been successful and are doing well but the stats can't be hidden from those people that have failed doing so because, it is not for everybody.

[Peanutswar]

People always want to give spices to their life and one of this is having a thrill of taking risk in playing gambling if you want to get entertained and at the same time having the chance to win a game gambling is suitable to you there's some options right there like slot, table tops and also sports betting depends on your preferences. Gambling addiction have different factors possible are the player wins already and keeping himself luck and next is the player who losses a lot and want to keep those earnings back.

[robelneo]

Desperate people should be included, especially those desperate to make money they will throw their money and hope luck will be on their side to gain profit, once they lose they will be more desperate to regain their losses that is why on offline casinos there are people who offer loans so these desperate people can continue to play to regain their losses, same thing on online casinos their online bank account or wallets are a click away for them to reach and transfer funds.

[CODE200]

In summary, just don't introduce it to anyone that you know that are not capable of controlling their emotions because you'll never know on up to what point they can control themselves.

Because the time might even come that you'll be the one to be blamed by those people whom you've introduced gambling. That's not a new story and there have been cases like that they were blamed and made it looked bad because they've just introduced those addicted gamblers to gambling.

Avoid being the trigger of others that may fall into gambling addiction if you don't want to get involved and be blamed for.

I guess that's the real point here, we should stop encouraging people who gamble who are soft hearted because it may destroy their mental health once losing everything they have. Let them be the one who come to you and ask about it if they really want to so in the end you wont get blamed if they lose. To be honest ones you enter gambling its really hard to stop especially if you experience winning. It will boost you and trigger you to play and bet more higher value for a higher profit but once you loss with that big bet, it will not make you stop, it will push you more to keep gambling to get back what you loss and you cant notice that it slowly getting all your money that you have because you didn't control your emotion.

Gambling is fun, but it is very addictive so better be careful and learn how to control or limit yourself first before entering on it.

[harizen]

I don't get it. We can easily avoid that "be careful" stuff if we don't introduce gambling to others.

Why introduce gambling in the first place? In my case, I just entertained any gambling-related questions, concerns, or interests if that person approach me first and not the other way around. It's not my usual to introduce gambling to others as why should I do that in the first place?

If someone will ask me about that, that's the time I will only respond to them but there's no way I will stick with those pointers at the OP as it's not my business to be careful when being asked. Besides, I don't know their financial capability so I will just go with the flow.

[Wiwo]

To be honest, I have never introduced it to people who are close to my environment, both friends and family, after all, I know it will plunge them into gambling addiction, let alone follow me. I just gamble for fun without having to teach people around me about gambling. . but if they play gambling because they see advertisements I usually give advice not to gamble seriously and always play wisely and responsibly

Gambling is addictive same as drugs, I will never encourage anyone to get involved in any of them most especially in the under-age group since they may not have the ability to control their desire to take high risks which can lead to more problems.

-I personally have never introduced anyone to gambling and as a matter of fact I myself I am still a newbie in gambling, and since I gamble for fun no one will see me doing so and at that, I haven't really seen anyone around me trying to learn gambling from me.

[noormcs5]

To be honest, I have never introduced it to people who are close to my environment, both friends and family, after all, I know it will plunge them into gambling addiction, let alone follow me. I just gamble for fun without having to teach people around me about gambling. . but if they play gambling because they see advertisements I usually give advice not to gamble seriously and always play wisely and responsibly

Gambling is addictive same as drugs, I will never encourage anyone to get involved in any of them most especially in the under-age group since they may not have the ability to control their desire to take high risks which can lead to more problems.

-I personally have never introduced anyone to gambling and as a matter of fact I myself I am still a newbie in gambling, and since I gamble for fun no one will see me doing so and at that, I haven't really seen anyone around me trying to learn gambling from me.

Sometimes I think that gambling addiction is more dangerous than being a drug addict. A person who is a drug addict does harm to himself only but a person who is a gambling addict, he is harmful not only to himself but also to his family as in his addiction he will spend all his money in gambling. He may take loans, and spend all the money, which would be needed for this family to survive. It's difficult for anyone to spend his life with a gambling addict person.
Also, i would say that a gambling addict person is lazy and wants to get a lot of money quickly without doing any hard work. Such a person is a burden not only to himself but also to his near and dear ones.

[goinmerry]

The point here is, why introduced gambling? I don't see the essence of doing it.

Let's say, someone asked about that, can we really know the status of that person? How can we even apply to be careful about that?

We just have to be on our usual and forget this stuff about being careful as we really don't need to introduce gambling. It wasn't necessary to do so.

[Wiwo]

Sometimes I think that gambling addiction is more dangerous than being a drug addict. A person who is a drug addict does harm to himself only but a person who is a gambling addict, he is harmful not only to himself but also to his family as in his addiction he will spend all his money in gambling. He may take loans, and spend all the money, which would be needed for this family to survive. It's difficult for anyone to spend his life with a gambling addict person.
Also, I would say that a gambling addict person is lazy and wants to get a lot of money quickly without doing any hard work. Such a person is a burden not only to himself but also to his near and dear ones.

Drug addicts can also cause harm to the family not only themselves alone since the excess in take of drugs can lead to. Mental disorders and possible violent displays that could become harmful to those around them, so both drugs and gambling are not on the same page, but in terms of the economic impact, it is easy to spend huge money on gambling than drugs because, with just one bet, millions and dollars can be wasted.

-But an addict can consume such an amount of money on drugs within the same time frame, so these things are both working side way and hand in hand.

[bittraffic]

Sometimes I think that gambling addiction is more dangerous than being a drug addict. A person who is a drug addict does harm to himself only but a person who is a gambling addict, he is harmful not only to himself but also to his family as in his addiction he will spend all his money in gambling. He may take loans, and spend all the money, which would be needed for this family to survive. It's difficult for anyone to spend his life with a gambling addict person.
Also, I would say that a gambling addict person is lazy and wants to get a lot of money quickly without doing any hard work. Such a person is a burden not only to himself but also to his near and dear ones.

Drug addicts can also cause harm to the family not only themselves alone since the excess in take of drugs can lead to. Mental disorders and possible violent displays that could become harmful to those around them, so both drugs and gambling are not on the same page, but in terms of the economic impact, it is easy to spend huge money on gambling than drugs because, with just one bet, millions and dollars can be wasted.

-But an addict can consume such an amount of money on drugs within the same time frame, so these things are both working side way and hand in hand.

This is very true. Sad to see a poor father is introduced to drugs or gambling and never get to recover life and then affected his kids.

It's very close to having a gambling addict family member as they both neglect family duties til the family is dysfunctional. It is somehow like a communicable disease becuase when kids see their fathers doing things like gambling and drugs, the kids will show signs upon growing as if they see it as normal.

[Darker45]

Sometimes, I tempt other people to gamble. But it is very limited like betting on a certain game or betting on a cockfight. It is not like bringing them constantly to a casino or introducing a gambling app or site to them. I don't want that. I feel guilty whenever I bring someone to gamble and lost. It's probably the reason why I normally don't want to convince them otherwise if they really don't want to go.

But what I will never do is to suggest to someone who is in emotional pain or depression to combat it by gambling. I really don't think it is a good remedy. Or when somebody badly needs a certain amount of money and I recommend him/her to try bet whatever available money he/she has. I will never do this.

[dothebeats]

This is why you don't introduce people to gambling. You are somewhat liable to their demise because they'll always remember that you're the one who introduced them to the hustle. If not for you, they wouldn't really know how to gamble, and they'd just go on with their lives without ever having to spend a single penny on gambling. But yeah, ultimately whatever happens to these people are their own faults. They don't have to go and be addicts if they aren't really gambling to begin with.

[libert19]

Join the discussion by extending the list if possible.

I would add that don't gamble in front of little kids. It's known fact that people behave according to conditioning received during early childhood. If child sees his parent gamble, child will likely do same. Environmental influence is great, don't do things in front of children that you don't want them to do.

[ethereumhunter]

I had never introduced or invited my friends to gamble again because many were already familiar with gambling before I started. I agree with all of these reasons that if we are not careful in introducing gambling, we can make that person fall into gambling even worse than us.

So if you want to invite someone to play gambling, you have to make sure that person can be responsible for himself, has strong self-control, will not be easily tempted by something and is not too eager to get a lot of money. This is important because everything can trigger the person to act beyond the limits we know and he can have a tendency to gamble without stopping. Maybe we need to be by his side while he is gambling to make sure everything is okay and if something starts to change, we can help him quit gambling immediately.

[xSkylarx]

In short word don introduce gambling to anyone thats it no matter who they are unless they discovered it on their own.  Though i am not that kind of person that us introducing gambling to other people but lets say those poor people are already aware of lottery ever since they are child because they knew that if they got lucky they could win big that is  ive seen a lot of people saying that if they just save the money that they buy from lottery ticket for sure they have already enough money now . Society is already aware gambling is let's just keep it in our selves and not promote casinos or other form of gambling to others

[adzino]

I think it is those that are "encouraged" are likely to become addicts. Many people tend to get hooked on gambling after witnessing someone else's lucky win, especially those who've been influenced by gamblers who've won some big money. It's pretty common for people to get drawn into gambling after watching streamers place hundreds of dollars in bets and walk away with thousands in winnings. Witnessing these "wins" can easily make people think they could get lucky too, leading them to gamble irresponsibly and eventually getting addicted. What most people don't realize is that these streamers are often paid to promote the casinos, and the money they're risking isn't even theirs, it belongs to the casino itself. These streamers can't cash out those winnings because they're required to return the funds to the casino. So, while it might look like a dream come true, it's actually a well-crafted illusion designed to lure in more gamblers.

[wxa7115]

I think it is those that are "encouraged" are likely to become addicts. Many people tend to get hooked on gambling after witnessing someone else's lucky win, especially those who've been influenced by gamblers who've won some big money. It's pretty common for people to get drawn into gambling after watching streamers place hundreds of dollars in bets and walk away with thousands in winnings. Witnessing these "wins" can easily make people think they could get lucky too, leading them to gamble irresponsibly and eventually getting addicted. What most people don't realize is that these streamers are often paid to promote the casinos, and the money they're risking isn't even theirs, it belongs to the casino itself. These streamers can't cash out those winnings because they're required to return the funds to the casino. So, while it might look like a dream come true, it's actually a well-crafted illusion designed to lure in more gamblers.

That kind of advertising is very deceiving and as you mention it can be very effective for those that may think this is the way they can get financial independence.

However one of the things which can stop those thoughts and protect you from becoming addicted is simply to read a book about probabilities, once you do you will soon realize that beating the casinos over the long term on a game of chance is almost impossible, meaning that anyone that may decide to gamble after doing this will do so simply for the fun they think they can obtain and not because some absurd dream of earning a lot of money out of gambling.

[michellee]

If you don't want to be blamed by someone else for introducing gambling to him, you don't have to do it or he will have problems later. We also don't know if he is a person who can be responsible during gambling or if he will lose his money and instead trigger him to deposit more money and not place any restrictions at all. Many people have lost their money because of gambling, so we don't need to invite other people to gamble. It's enough for us to play gambling because we can control ourselves well.

[Wiwo]

Witnessing these "wins" can easily make people think they could get lucky too, leading them to gamble irresponsibly and eventually getting addicted. What most people don't realize is that these streamers are often paid to promote the casinos, and the money they're risking isn't even theirs, it belongs to the casino itself. These streamers can't cash out those winnings because they're required to return the funds to the casino. So, while it might look like a dream come true, it's actually a well-crafted illusion designed to lure in more gamblers.

People tend to be attracted to success stories such as those who have won a jackpot in lotteries celebrating their victories via public such as tv stations temd to influence people to gamble because everyone want a win, but minding what the winner have been through and how the process before the winning could have affected him/her.

-So watching such advertisement of gambling success could get others enticed to gamble trying to cash in on their luck.

That kind of advertising is very deceiving and as you mention it can be very effective for those that may think this is the way they can get financial independence.

However one of the things which can stop those thoughts and protect you from becoming addicted is simply to read a book about probabilities, once you do you will soon realize that beating the casinos over the long term on a game of chance is almost impossible, meaning that anyone that may decide to gamble after doing this will do so simply for the fun they think they can obtain and not because some absurd dream of earning a lot of money out of gambling.

Most gambling addicts have one characteristic in common, they are greedy and unsatisfied with whatever they have, so they easily get carried away by others' success stories and that is the reason they easily get attracted to watching streamers in other to feed their greed and taking similar steps to win same without knowing the repercussions of the extend of their greed.