The madness of gambling addicts.

[Dewi Aries]

Most of the time I would agree with you that they come to make money, but the problem is that they come to the wrong place where gambling is not a means to make money but nothing more than a game to fill leisure time, so it is only natural that the opposite happens where instead of making money but what happens is that they lose money. They do not realize this fact, and one of the reasons is because from the beginning they are too serious and too focused on the chances of winning so all they think about is the various ways to get a win.

Their biggest mistake is to put their hopes and expectations in a place full of uncertainty, this is gambling which is always unpredictable about the results at the end of the session, all that you will only be able to know when you have completed it which is the result between winning or losing, and if at that time you won then it does not mean that the next time you will win too, It's still unknowable and the occasional win confirms that there is no element of consistency in terms of getting a win in gambling, and yes if you want to earn then it's definitely not gambling the place, it's better for you or whoever it is to look for another place that has a guarantee to be able to really earn.

They comes to the wrong place to make money because without they realize, that will only caused them losing more money. If they can used gambling for having fun and not thinks about winning the games, they will not have to lose much money. They can used their free time to playing gambling and relax their minds while they can also control their loses with limiting their money and time. It's normal if they feel regrets because of their losing but they can reduce their losing not to becomes bigger by limiting their money. But that's only for some gamblers while the other gamblers still thinks that they will used more money to recovers their lost.

When someone have hopes and expectations in gambling, they will see that they can't makes it happens because gambling is not place to make money. Playing gambling is uncertainty and we must be careful if we don't wants to lose much money. If you can limits your money to playing gambling, you don't have to lose all of the money. We can win although it's difficult but that doesn't means we must try so hard to playing gambling because win the gambling games is difficult. If you want to make money, you must search for the other place that can gives you a chance to make money. You can only used gambling to have fun in your free time while you should not thinks about winning the gambling games.

Yes and I think there is a significant difference in the impact of losses experienced by gamblers who come with the aim of earning with gamblers who come with the aim of having entertainment only, one of the reasons is that we can see in terms of differences in seriousness in terms of treating gambling activities, Simply put, those who come with the intention of winning are sure to do everything or always overdo it in gambling such as gambling more often or increasing the amount of budget because they want to get a big win, which is actually gambling is too sensitive to be treated like that, which means that it does not produce but they will only experience a large number of defeats due to too much while on the other hand gambling is full of uncertainty. And for those who come with the intention and purpose of having fun, we can guess that they will not be too serious in treating their gambling, simply put they come only to enjoy the game and not to pursue the victory so that the number of their defeats will not be too large.

Another difference is in terms of expectations where it is clear that gamblers who come with the intention of making sure they will put their hopes on winning and this is what encourages them to do various ways that lead to excessive actions, as you said that gambling is full of uncertainty which is the reason why we must treat gambling with caution without putting any expectations and seriousness, this is what you should pay attention to if you want to survive in the long run.

[ethereumhunter]

Yes and I think there is a significant difference in the impact of losses experienced by gamblers who come with the aim of earning with gamblers who come with the aim of having entertainment only, one of the reasons is that we can see in terms of differences in seriousness in terms of treating gambling activities, Simply put, those who come with the intention of winning are sure to do everything or always overdo it in gambling such as gambling more often or increasing the amount of budget because they want to get a big win, which is actually gambling is too sensitive to be treated like that, which means that it does not produce but they will only experience a large number of defeats due to too much while on the other hand gambling is full of uncertainty. And for those who come with the intention and purpose of having fun, we can guess that they will not be too serious in treating their gambling, simply put they come only to enjoy the game and not to pursue the victory so that the number of their defeats will not be too large.

Another difference is in terms of expectations where it is clear that gamblers who come with the intention of making sure they will put their hopes on winning and this is what encourages them to do various ways that lead to excessive actions, as you said that gambling is full of uncertainty which is the reason why we must treat gambling with caution without putting any expectations and seriousness, this is what you should pay attention to if you want to survive in the long run.

The impact of losses will be difference for every gambler but they have one same reason to continue their gambling activity to recover their lose. They will not see that playing gambling is just one activity that they can do in their free time but they will playing gambling more often than usual because they still wants to gets their lost money. Their reason for playing gambling already changed if they comes back to the casino to gets their money back because that will not easy to gets it instead they will lose more money. They will not see gambling is for have fun but for makes money because they see some gamblers can win from some gambling games and that makes them still wants to try it. Yes, they will playing gambling more often and increase their bet amount because they thinks that will gives them more chances to win. But they must thinks clear before they decided like that because gambling is not a place to make money instead to just have fun.

People who comes to casino for playing gambling in their free time will not thinks to pursue the win because they knows that will difficult. They will just trying to enjoy their free time for playing gambling and stops when they thinks their time is over. They will not thinks to still staying at the casino because that can makes them tempting to playing the other gambling games. They knows that they must becomes responsible gamblers to avoids lose much money because that can caused them playing gambling excessively.

[nullama]

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Yes, it is the madness of a gambling addict that will destroy your life and that of your family. I also have a friend who works hard but unfortunately he spends his money just to gamble. He is not married so he has no responsibilities to his family. But he had debts and that was also used for gambling. His hard work is just for gambling. It's a shame because it means he has ruined his future. It's a shame when he spends his money on gambling instead of investing.

I think it might be the only way that person knows how to "invest".

There's really no way to be rich by getting a salary only. You need to invest in something, and over time, you get the benefit of the increased price. Or rather, the relative value of cash goes down against your assets.

[Betwrong]

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Poor people usually gamble to try their luck and make money in gambling so their goal from the start of gambling is to win and get money so it will be different from most rich people who gamble on average, they just want fun, I saw my friend gambling and he never had a problem with losing, he even spent hundreds of dollars gambling, for him it was the same as spending money playing golf with his business friends, so according to him, the money he lost gambling, he would consider it spent playing golf, not gambling. , after all, he said, it depends on how a person's mindset understands the pleasure of gambling

Poor people usually lack proper education and that's why they don't realize that counting on winning big money from gambling is a bad idea. And that's a tragedy actually. I think it's unethical to locate slot machines in poor regions, and yet we know that many gambling operators are doing that. I hope in the future this problem will be solved somehow, but for now we have to deal with it.

[Z_MBFM]

~snip~
Yes, it is the madness of a gambling addict that will destroy your life and that of your family. I also have a friend who works hard but unfortunately he spends his money just to gamble. He is not married so he has no responsibilities to his family. But he had debts and that was also used for gambling. His hard work is just for gambling. It's a shame because it means he has ruined his future. It's a shame when he spends his money on gambling instead of investing.

I think it might be the only way that person knows how to "invest".

There's really no way to be rich by getting a salary only. You need to invest in something, and over time, you get the benefit of the increased price. Or rather, the relative value of cash goes down against your assets.

It is true that without investment one cannot progress in life just by getting a job and salary. Everyone needs multiple sources of income to live well. But gambling cannot be a good investment for anyone. Gambling is the place of entertainment from here only fun is to be taken. And for that you have to spend money. In gambling you lose more than you win. So it cannot be considered as a source of income. Those who consider it as a source of income will not hesitate to spend more money here. So it will harm the shelf a lot as opposed to benefiting it

[Blitzboy]

Yes and I think there is a significant difference in the impact of losses experienced by gamblers who come with the aim of earning with gamblers who come with the aim of having entertainment only, one of the reasons is that we can see in terms of differences in seriousness in terms of treating gambling activities, Simply put, those who come with the intention of winning are sure to do everything or always overdo it in gambling such as gambling more often or increasing the amount of budget because they want to get a big win, which is actually gambling is too sensitive to be treated like that, which means that it does not produce but they will only experience a large number of defeats due to too much while on the other hand gambling is full of uncertainty. And for those who come with the intention and purpose of having fun, we can guess that they will not be too serious in treating their gambling, simply put they come only to enjoy the game and not to pursue the victory so that the number of their defeats will not be too large.

Another difference is in terms of expectations where it is clear that gamblers who come with the intention of making sure they will put their hopes on winning and this is what encourages them to do various ways that lead to excessive actions, as you said that gambling is full of uncertainty which is the reason why we must treat gambling with caution without putting any expectations and seriousness, this is what you should pay attention to if you want to survive in the long run.

The impact of losses will be difference for every gambler but they have one same reason to continue their gambling activity to recover their lose. They will not see that playing gambling is just one activity that they can do in their free time but they will playing gambling more often than usual because they still wants to gets their lost money. Their reason for playing gambling already changed if they comes back to the casino to gets their money back because that will not easy to gets it instead they will lose more money. They will not see gambling is for have fun but for makes money because they see some gamblers can win from some gambling games and that makes them still wants to try it. Yes, they will playing gambling more often and increase their bet amount because they thinks that will gives them more chances to win. But they must thinks clear before they decided like that because gambling is not a place to make money instead to just have fun.

People who comes to casino for playing gambling in their free time will not thinks to pursue the win because they knows that will difficult. They will just trying to enjoy their free time for playing gambling and stops when they thinks their time is over. They will not thinks to still staying at the casino because that can makes them tempting to playing the other gambling games. They knows that they must becomes responsible gamblers to avoids lose much money because that can caused them playing gambling excessively.

I've seen the best and worst of gambling. Its NOT about luck, its about having the right mindset. Trying to win back losses? Thats a loser's game. Gambling is for entertainment, plain and simple. Just like building a business, you need a plan.

The house always win. But, theres something powerful about accepting that. Real winners know their limits. They have a budget and they walk away when the time is right. They're in it for the adrenaline, the social aspect - not to get rich.

Changing your approach takes guts, and I respect that. Think strategically, not desperately. Know that the odds are often stacked, but there's still room for calculated fun. This isnt about getting a handout, its about managing your entertainment wisely. Lets make gambling responsible again –  leisure, not a lifeline.

[DiMarxist]

This is pure wickedness how can you fake your own daughter kidnapping. And I don't this was done to satisfied his gambling addiction but I think he was on drugs and was planning to satisfied his huge with the money. Now if his family people contribute the requested ransom money, he would collect it and spend it again. That man is insane. He is not normal and a normal person even if he is a gambler would not do such a thing. Though he would gamble some percentage of the money but not all.
Though I have seen and heard news that people arranged with outsiders to kidnap their own blood. Either wife, girlfriend, children and others. But those people are not with their normal senses.

[Hispo]

This is pure wickedness how can you fake your own daughter kidnapping. And I don't this was done to satisfied his gambling addiction but I think he was on drugs and was planning to satisfied his huge with the money. Now if his family people contribute the requested ransom money, he would collect it and spend it again. That man is insane. He is not normal and a normal person even if he is a gambler would not do such a thing. Though he would gamble some percentage of the money but not all.
Though I have seen and heard news that people arranged with outsiders to kidnap their own blood. Either wife, girlfriend, children and others. But those people are not with their normal senses.

I think it is obvious whatever happened through that man's head was not normal and he was not in control on whatever he was doing or trying to do. Though, to me it is interesting how you associate this behavior with drugs or other illegal substances.
I do not have any statistics on hand, but one does not need to be a genius on social sciences or psychologist to know how gambling can serve as a quick way for any normal person to get addicted to only to gambling, some gamblers in the desperation and depression could try to use the little they have left to try to feel better through the comsumption of alcohol and from there (when alcohol is not enough anymore) they move onto soft drugs and the hard drugs. When money runs out, it is when the robbery and the petty crime commences.

It could be the sad case of this person, but we will never be sure. After all, on internet we can find people who do equally dangerous and illegal stuff for a fraction of motives, which this man could have had, we can only wish he will someday be his former self. Before embracing addiction.

[madnessteat]

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Poor people usually gamble to try their luck and make money in gambling so their goal from the start of gambling is to win and get money so it will be different from most rich people who gamble on average, they just want fun, I saw my friend gambling and he never had a problem with losing, he even spent hundreds of dollars gambling, for him it was the same as spending money playing golf with his business friends, so according to him, the money he lost gambling, he would consider it spent playing golf, not gambling. , after all, he said, it depends on how a person's mindset understands the pleasure of gambling

Poor people usually lack proper education and that's why they don't realize that counting on winning big money from gambling is a bad idea. And that's a tragedy actually. I think it's unethical to locate slot machines in poor regions, and yet we know that many gambling operators are doing that. I hope in the future this problem will be solved somehow, but for now we have to deal with it.

I'm not quite sure why you would want poor neighborhoods to not have casinos. In my opinion a rich person can afford a lot more entertainment than a poor person. Keeping a poor person from gambling is not a very fair solution even if you think that his level of education and financial literacy does not allow him to manage his money properly. In addition, a rich gambler to get emotions must make a bet of $100, and a poor gambler is enough to make a bet of $1 and he will experience similar emotions.   

[piebeyb]

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Yes, it is the madness of a gambling addict that will destroy your life and that of your family. I also have a friend who works hard but unfortunately he spends his money just to gamble. He is not married so he has no responsibilities to his family. But he had debts and that was also used for gambling. His hard work is just for gambling. It's a shame because it means he has ruined his future. It's a shame when he spends his money on gambling instead of investing.

I think it might be the only way that person knows how to "invest".

There's really no way to be rich by getting a salary only. You need to invest in something, and over time, you get the benefit of the increased price. Or rather, the relative value of cash goes down against your assets.

People always want to make money quickly so they always think investment is a way to make money that takes a long time, that's why people prefer to gamble because for them there they can get money faster even though they also lose money quickly too, but without them ignore and realize that in the end they are addicted to gambling and get trapped in it, having a lot of debt and spending more than usual just to chase wins so they can recover all the money they have lost in gambling. obviously that was the wrong choice.

But we can't blame other people for their choices, everyone has a process for living their own lives because they have choices for their lives, if they prefer to live as gambling addicts of course they will not be cured because they will ignore anyone who gives them advice. to him, unless they prefer to be better, they will definitely leave gambling and then learn to invest, because not everyone knows how to invest, they always think it's just a waste of time, even though we know investing also has risks, just like gambling, but There are still more benefits to investing than gambling.

[Wakate]

When was the last time in your life when you saw gambling addicted person? Or have anyone of you ever seen such people? I see a lot of people talk about addicted people, but all they know about them is from reading articles or someone has told them. I have also read about ludomania, but in person never ever seen addicted people. Or maybe from first look it is impossible to tell if person is addicted. I have only see drunk people near offline casinos. But I doubt that they were addicted gamblers.

you have to be intimate to the person to know for sure if they're addicted and if the thing is a problem in their life or not
not so simple at first glance
I talked with people who were addicted online but never met someone in person, at least not to gambling
met addicted people to other things which are more commons and more acessible.

That is an excellent point; it might be tough to tell if someone is suffering from a gambling addiction especially if you don't know them well. However, there are several warning indicators to look out for, such as abrupt behavioural changes, unexplained financial difficulties, or becoming more secretive or evasive. If you feel that someone you know is battling with a gambling addiction, approach them with compassion and offer help.

The people that keeps complaining of becoming addicted to gambling need to check themselves and see if they are doing the right thing that would guarantee them to make money rather then becoming addicted to gambling. Gambling can be a good way to make free money so with that one need to be very careful on the kind of decisions we are making for us to keep seeing results that would benefit us as gamblers. To keep getting good results as gamblers, it is mandatory for one to keep upgrading and updating strategy that would last longer with more subtle way to bet without going extra miles to seek for funds to play games.

[Accardo]

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Addicted gamblers are seen across every neighborhood where gambling shops or casinos exist. They share almost similar stranded looks, when trying to seek for financial help. I've also watched players change from addiction to not gambling at all. Although, some gamblers whom I know bet on video games, and they're addicted to doing this, however, they sometimes tend to stop. In addition, most experiences were read online, because associating with addicts isn't something I'd pick as a hobby or thing I like doing. Unless the player reaches out for help on ways to stop being addicted, then I could be of help. Some addicts in our neighborhood, while growing up were so buried in addiction that their family had to disclose the problem to a wider range of listeners. Yet those moves never made any changes on the player, they still try as much as possible to continue player, regardless of what people think about them in the society.

I am not sure that every addicted gambler shows their addiction to the outside world.

In many cases it can just be something that is deep down. You basically need to watch their behavior, not how they look.

Therefore, in society we should pay attention to the behavior of certain types of people, sometimes some standards do not match, they reveal their addiction and let their behavior cause bad things.

Yeah, being observant of the people close to us, is crucial in helping us come up with the right conversations, questions, and examinations that would suit or help change their gambling habit. Lack of emotional intelligence in society is the problem humans have in dealing with psychological disputes such as gambling addiction. Sometimes when having a conversation with people who have harbored an addict, they tend to have a quarrel and misunderstanding with the addicted person. Hence, developing difficulty in having a smooth or successful discussion with the addict.

All they need is time to have a healthy conversation. About what they love to discuss, especially what they love. Putting the addict on a strange mood or getting agitated, shows the person is ignorant of emotional intelligence. Whatever sickness acquainted with the brain, shouldn't be rushed. No quick process or drug for setting up the brain right back into normal, when it gets scattered. It's the main reason players should be careful not to get addicted. Because their brain would have to take a longer time to set up as usual in the past. Therefore, displaying the past and present to the addict levels up the healing process.

[Dewi Aries]

That is an excellent point; it might be tough to tell if someone is suffering from a gambling addiction especially if you don't know them well. However, there are several warning indicators to look out for, such as abrupt behavioural changes, unexplained financial difficulties, or becoming more secretive or evasive. If you feel that someone you know is battling with a gambling addiction, approach them with compassion and offer help.

The people that keeps complaining of becoming addicted to gambling need to check themselves and see if they are doing the right thing that would guarantee them to make money rather then becoming addicted to gambling. Gambling can be a good way to make free money so with that one need to be very careful on the kind of decisions we are making for us to keep seeing results that would benefit us as gamblers. To keep getting good results as gamblers, it is mandatory for one to keep upgrading and updating strategy that would last longer with more subtle way to bet without going extra miles to seek for funds to play games.

One thing "gambling is not a place to earn", I understand that you can win in any type of gambling such as sports betting for example where your skills and experience can be used as a pretty good tool to generate wins, but the logic is that if gambling can be made a place that definitely earns then many people are rich and there will be no more people who lose? of course, this means that gambling is nothing more than a "possibility" where things will not always be able to go according to what you want.

All wins in gambling are always "coincidental", meaning that you will only win occasionally because the possibility of losing will always lurk you in every session, so please don't build an unreasonable perspective or point of view on gambling, don't conclude that gambling is like having a certainty to produce, Do not focus too much on winning because what is certain is that it will only make you feel more disappointed when it turns out that you lose and usually people who come with goals and hopes for victory are usually less likely for them to be able to accept the fact of defeat which in the end emotions dominate and some out of control actions without rational consideration will occur and lead them to a much worse situation.

[Samlucky O]

A Shanghai man was sentenced to prison for kidnapping his own granddaughter so he could maintain his gambling addiction with the ransom money.

That is the height of it. I can't emagine how someone would go this far to the extent of kidnaping his own grand daughter all because he want his son in-law to pay a ransom of $72k to pay off his gambling loan. That is the reason why we keep on talking about gambling addiction and how it affects us in somany ways. Come to think of it how can a man of 65 years will still be playing gamble at his age? Like I always said gambling could be fun and can change someone's financial status but not what we can take to another dimension.

[Bravut]

That is an excellent point; it might be tough to tell if someone is suffering from a gambling addiction especially if you don't know them well. However, there are several warning indicators to look out for, such as abrupt behavioural changes, unexplained financial difficulties, or becoming more secretive or evasive. If you feel that someone you know is battling with a gambling addiction, approach them with compassion and offer help.

The people that keeps complaining of becoming addicted to gambling need to check themselves and see if they are doing the right thing that would guarantee them to make money rather then becoming addicted to gambling. Gambling can be a good way to make free money so with that one need to be very careful on the kind of decisions we are making for us to keep seeing results that would benefit us as gamblers. To keep getting good results as gamblers, it is mandatory for one to keep upgrading and updating strategy that would last longer with more subtle way to bet without going extra miles to seek for funds to play games.

One thing "gambling is not a place to earn", I understand that you can win in any type of gambling such as sports betting for example where your skills and experience can be used as a pretty good tool to generate wins, but the logic is that if gambling can be made a place that definitely earns then many people are rich and there will be no more people who lose? of course, this means that gambling is nothing more than a "possibility" where things will not always be able to go according to what you want.

All wins in gambling are always "coincidental", meaning that you will only win occasionally because the possibility of losing will always lurk you in every session, so please don't build an unreasonable perspective or point of view on gambling, don't conclude that gambling is like having a certainty to produce, Do not focus too much on winning because what is certain is that it will only make you feel more disappointed when it turns out that you lose and usually people who come with goals and hopes for victory are usually less likely for them to be able to accept the fact of defeat which in the end emotions dominate and some out of control actions without rational consideration will occur and lead them to a much worse situation.

I won't say gamblers shouldn't focus on winning, if winnings and gain wasn't present all this members preaching about fun won't have gamble. The truth about the system is, its not programmed to favour you which is one of the rarest truth, in as much as you can win huge so also you can lose much. Here then comes the safety method which is knowing and operating based on your risk tolerance nothing more or less, knowing how much you're are willing and ready to lose that won't affect you, this will shift your mind from expectations and let you operate based on your decisions and predictions.
The truth comes when we accept it that the outcome in gambling is uncertain and doesn't need any skill set to alter that.

Why we have many addicts and some already becoming addicted is as a result of the reward system in our brain once it triggers they careless about the risk and go far beyond normal, and often swim in unrealistic ocean of believe that makes them lose over and over again, win at times but can't detach themselves because of lack of discipline on there part. It would also interst you to know that this works similar also to Drug addicts. The side effect is emotional instability, financial issues which affects there relationship with family, friends and loved ones.
This can't be overstretched on how not to get addicted, it gears towards YOU not to expose yourself always to gambling too much or prioritize it in anyway over other areas of your life.

[Ever-young]

A Shanghai man was sentenced to prison for kidnapping his own granddaughter so he could maintain his gambling addiction with the ransom money.

That is the height of it. I can't emagine how someone would go this far to the extent of kidnaping his own grand daughter all because he want his son in-law to pay a ransom of $72k to pay off his gambling loan. That is the reason why we keep on talking about gambling addiction and how it affects us in somany ways. Come to think of it how can a man of 65 years will still be playing gamble at his age? Like I always said gambling could be fun and can change someone's financial status but not what we can take to another dimension.

When I head this story, I wasn't surprised at all, I asked myself, if someone can go as far as taking his own life as a result of gambling addiction then is there a length people cannot go?  I've seen even worst cases. This is why people should be very mindful of gambling, especially when you know that you have a very poor self control, because sometimes it's not even about the effects and pains it brings to the victim, it's sometimes mostly about the effect on the people closest to the victim. Just imagine the emotional tension and the pressure he must've put the family through because of this single act which he would've avoided if only he had a little bit more of self-control.

[danherbias07]

A Shanghai man was sentenced to prison for kidnapping his own granddaughter so he could maintain his gambling addiction with the ransom money.

That is the height of it. I can't emagine how someone would go this far to the extent of kidnaping his own grand daughter all because he want his son in-law to pay a ransom of $72k to pay off his gambling loan. That is the reason why we keep on talking about gambling addiction and how it affects us in somany ways. Come to think of it how can a man of 65 years will still be playing gamble at his age? Like I always said gambling could be fun and can change someone's financial status but not what we can take to another dimension.

They can do it. I assure you that. Gambling addiction is worse than drug addicts and alcoholics. Why? Simply because gambling is more expensive than those bad habits. They continually play and there's no stopping it especially now that gambling is more accessible thanks to online gambling sites.
It's open 24/7 and they can always bet as they please so doing those kinds of things might be possible if they run out of money.
Before, I didn't really believe it could happen but when I heard about my brother-in-law doing crazy things because of his gambling addiction, that's when I realized that it could really happen.
Gambling addicts can decide crazy things without even thinking about what will happen to them next as long as they can satisfy their bad habits.

[ethereumhunter]

I've seen the best and worst of gambling. Its NOT about luck, its about having the right mindset. Trying to win back losses? Thats a loser's game. Gambling is for entertainment, plain and simple. Just like building a business, you need a plan.

The house always win. But, theres something powerful about accepting that. Real winners know their limits. They have a budget and they walk away when the time is right. They're in it for the adrenaline, the social aspect - not to get rich.

Changing your approach takes guts, and I respect that. Think strategically, not desperately. Know that the odds are often stacked, but there's still room for calculated fun. This isnt about getting a handout, its about managing your entertainment wisely. Lets make gambling responsible again –  leisure, not a lifeline.

Yes, maybe that's not about luck, but we can't deny it because we really needs luck to win in gambling. Many people trying to win in gambling, even when they lose, they will wants to recovers their lose by playing gambling for more. When they lose, they don't thinks that's the time for them to stops the games instead will becomes angry and gets higher their emotions and makes them wants to recover their money.

That's wrong because they will not have a bigger chance to gets their money back instead can losing their money, even more money. We must change our approach in gambling to prevents the big lose and trying to apply limitations. If we already limits our money and time, we will not lose much money because we knows how to avoids that lose not to becomes bigger.

[Moreno233]

That is the height of it. I can't emagine how someone would go this far to the extent of kidnaping his own grand daughter all because he want his son in-law to pay a ransom of $72k to pay off his gambling loan. That is the reason why we keep on talking about gambling addiction and how it affects us in somany ways. Come to think of it how can a man of 65 years will still be playing gamble at his age? Like I always said gambling could be fun and can change someone's financial status but not what we can take to another dimension.

When I head this story, I wasn't surprised at all, I asked myself, if someone can go as far as taking his own life as a result of gambling addiction then is there a length people cannot go?  I've seen even worst cases. This is why people should be very mindful of gambling, especially when you know that you have a very poor self control, because sometimes it's not even about the effects and pains it brings to the victim, it's sometimes mostly about the effect on the people closest to the victim. Just imagine the emotional tension and the pressure he must've put the family through because of this single act which he would've avoided if only he had a little bit more of self-control.

As long as it is gambling addiction, nothing is surprising because a gambling addict is like drug addict that can go any length to satisfy that urge. The stories of gambling addicts are just too numerous and most of them are never shared. There was a time that robbery increased in my neighborhood. Eventually some of the arm robbers were caught and to our greatest surprised, almost all of them were people who spend most of their time in the gambling shops. This shows that the money they steal still goes back into gambling.

[entertheabyss]

A Shanghai man was sentenced to prison for kidnapping his own granddaughter so he could maintain his gambling addiction with the ransom money.

Gambling addiction is tougher than expected. That's an ugly incident and this have been on the trends in gambling. In the first place, the Shanghai man mean no harm but only interested in accumulating huge money to continue in gambling, I know it's difficult to comply with the current situation but just look at it from another direction, the Shanghai man would have ask countless time but it turns out they've failed to give him money.