Why People Still Gamble?

[livingfree]

There is no mystery behind it.

So, it's like an activity that even if you keep losing, you'll still play it. An activity or a video game that you'll keep coming back despite the disappointments and losses that you've incurred.

And the very reason is that you're simply enjoying, I don't know with the others but it's most likely that they want to recover their losses. Other than that, I can't think of any other reasons.

Many use gambling activities to pass the boredom. Others use it to occupy their mind so that they can forget the problems around them.  Others use it for socializing, to meet new people and new friends while others think of it as another source of extra money, others simply wanted to test their luck. There are many reasons why peolple keep coming back to gambling places and online gambling platform.

Any reason is valid for a gambler why they're doing it. And that's why for those questioning why people still gamble regardless of what they're seeing like being addicted to it and losing money, it's like any other things that we do. There's always a reason behind it.

There is no mystery behind it.

So, it's like an activity that even if you keep losing, you'll still play it. An activity or a video game that you'll keep coming back to despite the disappointments and losses that you've incurred.

And the very reason is that you're simply enjoying, I don't know with the others but it's most likely that they want to recover their losses. Other than that, I can't think of any other reasons.

It varies from person to person how we perceive gambling because while some can not quite when they're going in particular dimension others have the control to always step back when the odds are not longer going in their favor and this is a principle everyone should adopt because gambling indeed has a force that can easily control the mind of the player.
For example, to I made multiple games selections on Sport bet and all came through remaining only one game to be played I was offered a large cash out since I staked a high amount so I was caught in the web of the decision whether to quit the bet and walk away with my rewards or continue to the player, but I was brave enough to cash out and just getting to know that that the last match could have spoiled my tick.

Yeah, it differs per person.

And we all have those reasons to comeback or to stay as we're all grown up except those teens that are not at the right age and are already aware of this area of their life.

[paxmao]

There is no mystery behind it.

So, it's like an activity that even if you keep losing, you'll still play it. An activity or a video game that you'll keep coming back despite the disappointments and losses that you've incurred.

And the very reason is that you're simply enjoying, I don't know with the others but it's most likely that they want to recover their losses. Other than that, I can't think of any other reasons.

Many use gambling activities to pass the boredom. Others use it to occupy their mind so that they can forget the problems around them.  Others use it for socializing, to meet new people and new friends while others think of it as another source of extra money, others simply wanted to test their luck. There are many reasons why peolple keep coming back to gambling places and online gambling platform.

Any reason is valid for a gambler why they're doing it. And that's why for those questioning why people still gamble regardless of what they're seeing like being addicted to it and losing money, it's like any other things that we do. There's always a reason behind it.

There is no mystery behind it.

So, it's like an activity that even if you keep losing, you'll still play it. An activity or a video game that you'll keep coming back to despite the disappointments and losses that you've incurred.

And the very reason is that you're simply enjoying, I don't know with the others but it's most likely that they want to recover their losses. Other than that, I can't think of any other reasons.

It varies from person to person how we perceive gambling because while some can not quite when they're going in particular dimension others have the control to always step back when the odds are not longer going in their favor and this is a principle everyone should adopt because gambling indeed has a force that can easily control the mind of the player.
For example, to I made multiple games selections on Sport bet and all came through remaining only one game to be played I was offered a large cash out since I staked a high amount so I was caught in the web of the decision whether to quit the bet and walk away with my rewards or continue to the player, but I was brave enough to cash out and just getting to know that that the last match could have spoiled my tick.

Yeah, it differs per person.

And we all have those reasons to comeback or to stay as we're all grown up except those teens that are not at the right age and are already aware of this area of their life.

I guess most people gamble to feel some short of special sensation of thrill while the game is on and similar sensation if they win. Other than that, gambling has been there for ever, so my question would be why would people stop gambling, since it is a millenary tradition, documented pretty much since the beginning of history and records of the humankind.

[South Park]

People are saying that gambling is not good so nobody should involved themselves in it. Fathers/Mothers (parents) are shouting to their sons and sometimes beating them all because of gambling. If you are a gambler, the society sees you as a bad boy or person or a waste person in the family. Parents would be saying "look at your age mates, they are going to school and become a successful persons in the society, you are here playing gambling". They would even say, gamblers steal and thieves.
And really when you look at some of those boys they play Draft game morning till evening. Upon all these allegations against gambling. People are still Gambling. WHY? Is There Any Mystery Behind?

Because they want to, I know this does not seem as a very deep explanation but it is what it is, people do what they desire, so it does not matter if you explain over and over again to them why you think gambling is a bad idea, they are still going to do it if that is what they want, and when it comes to some people the fact that you try to convince them so hard against it will instead act as an incentive, as there is nothing more attractive for those people than to do what is forbidden.

[livingfree]

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I guess most people gamble to feel some short of special sensation of thrill while the game is on and similar sensation if they win. Other than that, gambling has been there for ever, so my question would be why would people stop gambling, since it is a millenary tradition, documented pretty much since the beginning of history and records of the humankind.

We do feel the excitement and that sensation of being like we're on the top of our worlds when we win. Some people want to get back on that feeling even sometimes or I'd say at most times it's hard to win.

Like it's been attached to our genes.

And looking back on the date from the history, yes it's true that it's been there so whether we like it or not and those that are curious why gambling will always be there in gamblers activities, that's pretty much sticking in ourselves and hard to remove.

[Bananington]

Why people still gamble? why people still playing video games? why people still go into night club? why people still have sex with stranger? why people still watching their favorite sports?

Why you're so mean, @OP? your life is so rigid. If your life is only full of work, productive, family, etc, then you can't force all people need to follow your lifestyle. There are many people who want to make fun and entertain themselves after tired of working or anything in their life.

For love, for honor, for bills, for company. These are the major reasons I can think of. Everyone has their most preferred addiction, although it might be hard to see one or two games as gambling addiction,
What remains to be seen is that what gives you some relief might be what gives another person a headache.

[DaNNy001]

People are saying that gambling is not good so nobody should involved themselves in it. Fathers/Mothers (parents) are shouting to their sons and sometimes beating them all because of gambling. If you are a gambler, the society sees you as a bad boy or person or a waste person in the family. Parents would be saying "look at your age mates, they are going to school and become a successful persons in the society, you are here playing gambling". They would even say, gamblers steal and thieves.
And really when you look at some of those boys they play Draft game morning till evening. Upon all these allegations against gambling. People are still Gambling. WHY? Is There Any Mystery Behind?

Because they want to, I know this does not seem as a very deep explanation but it is what it is, people do what they desire, so it does not matter if you explain over and over again to them why you think gambling is a bad idea, they are still going to do it if that is what they want, and when it comes to some people the fact that you try to convince them so hard against it will instead act as an incentive, as there is nothing more attractive for those people than to do what is forbidden.

Human being tend to do even do what there are told not to do on more occasions maybe out of curiosity and so on and same thing applies with gambling. Even though we are well aware that in gambling the losses tend to come more we probably prefer still to continue playing just to enjoy those little moment of victory we experience while gambling.

[khaled0111]

Gambling is a leisure activity and people are supposed to have fun when gambling even if this means losing money. This is the reason why they continue to gamble even when they lose, simply because it's entertaining.
It become a problem when you start spending more than you can afford to lose. At that moment you can know that you are becoming an addict and you should stop.

[serjent05]

Gambling is a leisure activity and people are supposed to have fun when gambling even if this means losing money. This is the reason why they continue to gamble even when they lose, simply because it's entertaining.
It become a problem when you start spending more than you can afford to lose.

Since gambling is a leisure, if the customer is satisfied then for sure the customer will come back and that is one reason why people still gamble.  Aside from that, other people aim to win high so they try to gamble form time to time trying their luck to hit the jackpot and win a huge amount.  While other people is looking to win, other develop a sense of revenge (chasing losses) to the casino platform reason why he keep on trying to beat the house. 

At that moment you can know that you are becoming an addict and you should stop.

It is quite hard to know by oneself that he is becoming addicted to gambling without proper knowledge about addiction and proper observation of himself.  And I believe this is the worst reason (being addicted to gambling) why a player still gamble.

[Webetcoins]

It seems that you are getting this all wrong, because I personally do not advice that teenagers should involve themselves into gambling as it could be addictive, and secondly, that a person gamble doesn't mean he/she shouldn't go to school or be resourceful and responsible to himself and the society he lives in, because I think that's the area parents are trying to protect their children from, and moreover, I personally don't see those people who play draft from morning till night as gambling, because most times draft is played for free.

Even if a game doesn't require monetary value or is played for free by children, do you consider that not a bad thing when it is clearly wasting all their time? I would consider that bad too, maybe not as bad as gambling because gambling can make them addicted and that can be destructive for their future but if they are wasting their time, that is equally destructive for them as they can't study or do anything productive.

You are right that people don't want to become useless or irresponsible by getting into gambling, but it happens because they get into it and can't control themselves, they start with a small amount and wants to gamble for a few minutes but that starts going up over time and then they become addicted.

[Learn Bitcoin]

I guess most people gamble to feel some short of special sensation of thrill while the game is on and similar sensation if they win. Other than that, gambling has been there for ever, so my question would be why would people stop gambling, since it is a millenary tradition, documented pretty much since the beginning of history and records of the humankind.

I guess OP was talking about underage people. Or addicted people who want to gamble 24/7. Imagine someone who wants to gamble 24/7, what would you call him? Of course, he is addicted which should be cured by his friends and family. Now if people ask why are you still gambling? Well, it varies from person to person. It varies from his point of view to my point of view. Some people consider gambling as making money but they end up losing it. While I myself do not gamble every day. Whenever I feel for entertainment, I choose a platform and play with the amount that I can afford to lose. If I lose, I don't play again to recover it.

[Sakanwa]

 One thing I know for sure is that there are choices in life and everyone has a reason why they choose to do whatever they do be it good or bad, the choice of gambling varies individually, some people find it profitable so they continue in that path while some other people do it for fun and to releive stress during their leisures.

 There are still other people who see gambling as a means to financial freedom most times these set of people are jobless and see it as their last resort of earning to survive. Also most individuals are risk takers and would alwyas want to partake in things like this so far there's a reward to be claimed, these set of people do not care whether they lose or not cause they are also open to new challenges so far there's a price to be claimed.

 There are other set of people that are bored and see gambling as means of socialisation they visit the casinos or play draft like the OP said just to link up or meet new people, we all know that gambling is addictive and most people are so addicted to it that they find it difficult to quit matter how much they lose daily, such set of people needs help and are advised to see a therapist, they're still other people that think they have to continue so as to enhance their gambling skill.

 OP the addictions of gambling is not only to illiterates cause there are also graduates, business men that partake in gambling as well.

[RewFrew]

Gambling is very popular now a days.But it is also true many people think gambling is not good. It is high risky. Many people profited form here. But many people lost his valuable assets. I think gambling is illegal in many country. But still people still gambling. Because they sometimes huge gaining from gambling. If you luck support you will be huge profitable within short time. It is one kinds of lottery i think. As gambling a source of huge income so gamblers still playing it. Sometimes Again many people are losing everything from here. But people involving here for greedy. And we know huge people involving in gambling now.

[delfastTions]

Gambling is very popular now a days.But it is also true many people think gambling is not good. It is high risky. Many people profited form here. But many people lost his valuable assets. I think gambling is illegal in many country. But still people still gambling. Because they sometimes huge gaining from gambling. If you luck support you will be huge profitable within short time. It is one kinds of lottery i think. As gambling a source of huge income so gamblers still playing it. Sometimes Again many people are losing everything from here. But people involving here for greedy. And we know huge people involving in gambling now.

Gambling business is generally considered one of the most profitable and low-cost in the world.  And the passion and excitement of people is an integral part of all human life in general.  And among people in general there are a lot of very gambling people, who are the source of income for casino owners.  Indeed, in many countries gambling is prohibited by laws or religious beliefs, and it is worth understanding why such restrictions have been introduced in these countries.  And the reason, of course, is that such a sudden change in the status of a person in the event of a big win or, by the way, a loss, instantly changes his status in society.  And many religions, and after that, legislators and governments, consider this unacceptable. 
And we also know a lot of examples when such happy winners would later say that it would be better if they lived as they lived and did not win anything.  Because life has gone down the wrong path. 
And if a player generally lost everything and became a beggar, then it is clear that this is bad.  It would be better if he didn't play at all.

[Gozie51]

You are right that people don't want to become useless or irresponsible by getting into gambling, but it happens because they get into it and can't control themselves, they start with a small amount and wants to gamble for a few minutes but that starts going up over time and then they become addicted.

The believe that only gamblers have the likely tendency of being useless or irresponsible is not empirically proven. In fact someone that does something excessively is abusing that thing and as such can be addicted to that and might go into excessive less control of themselves to curtail such act. If you are involved in some act that you are not able to have control of yourself on that thing, it means you are also at risk of being useless from that thing. There are different ways that someone make a mess of themselves, like eating too much you are likely to be inviting obesity, drinking too much you can be intoxicated and drunk etc. So you can cause yourself trouble when you over do yourself.

[Kelvinid]

I guess most people gamble to feel some short of special sensation of thrill while the game is on and similar sensation if they win. Other than that, gambling has been there for ever, so my question would be why would people stop gambling, since it is a millenary tradition, documented pretty much since the beginning of history and records of the humankind.

Some are just a sort of support to their team, especially if we are in sports betting. That is what they are doing before. But talking about gambling in casinos these days, no other reason than want to multiply their money.

Some say it was a pleasure, well, that was for rich people but for the average one, that something a way to earn money. Unfortunately, it doesn't go that way, terrible losses usually happen. That was discouraging but yes, once you got hooked up into a thing we called "addiction", losses are not a big deal, we can make more of that.

[QueenVera]

Upon all these allegations against gambling. People are still Gambling. WHY? Is There Any Mystery Behind?

People gamble for a whole lot of reasons best known to them and for the time being, I think one of the greatest reasons why people still gamble irrespective of all the bad reputations associated with it.
And I don't really see people stopping  gambling anytime soon because it has been a practice even from the holy book and I don't think  it will end not in this Era where people want to earn money without any physical effort with extremely flexible time choices which gamble in one way or the other offers.

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People gamble even after so many obstacles and troubles because their greed works here that maybe they can win something big from gambling which can change their life this is their wrong idea.  And this idea draws most people to gambling. Some gamblers fall into an addiction while gambling for fun and then getting out of gambling becomes very difficult. This is how a person gets stuck in gambling.

Some other times, there is this idea of wanting to recover their losses before giving up and this act is known as revenge gambling  or chasing after losses and this has lead to great losses and serious gambling addiction and people should learn how to use only money they can afford to lose for gambling.

[gunhell16]

I guess most people gamble to feel some short of special sensation of thrill while the game is on and similar sensation if they win. Other than that, gambling has been there for ever, so my question would be why would people stop gambling, since it is a millenary tradition, documented pretty much since the beginning of history and records of the humankind.

I guess OP was talking about underage people. Or addicted people who want to gamble 24/7. Imagine someone who wants to gamble 24/7, what would you call him? Of course, he is addicted which should be cured by his friends and family. Now if people ask why are you still gambling? Well, it varies from person to person. It varies from his point of view to my point of view. Some people consider gambling as making money but they end up losing it. While I myself do not gamble every day. Whenever I feel for entertainment, I choose a platform and play with the amount that I can afford to lose. If I lose, I don't play again to recover it.

To play gambling 24/7, it's very strange. Maybe it can be included in the national geographics world record. I have never heard of anything like that in gambling addiction, what is it that never runs out of money? That gambler is so rich.

But you are right in saying that we only gamble with the amount we can afford to lose, and don't expect too much that we will win a large amount of money when we gamble.

[coinerer]

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People gamble even after so many obstacles and troubles because their greed works here that maybe they can win something big from gambling which can change their life this is their wrong idea.  And this idea draws most people to gambling. Some gamblers fall into an addiction while gambling for fun and then getting out of gambling becomes very difficult. This is how a person gets stuck in gambling.

Some other times, there is this idea of wanting to recover their losses before giving up and this act is known as revenge gambling  or chasing after losses and this has lead to great losses and serious gambling addiction and people should learn how to use only money they can afford to lose for gambling.

If a gambler goes to take revenge after a gambling loss, he will panic and face a bigger loss. revenge can be taken in all cases but it is foolish to think of taking revenge in gambling. the only real trick to getting better at gambling is to relax and take breaks from gambling and always accept the limit. If they are not followed, only then the loss is certain

[GigaBit]

Why are you being so dramatic? Gambling is a choice and no one is forcing an individual to gamble! If children get into this business it is obvious that their parents would react to this news negatively. As they are the ones who would be paying for his/her activities. I am not sure what made you think that everyone here on this board is always gambling. There are few here who would actually gamble and there is a big lot who are into sports betting. Luck-based games in gambling are losing their customer base. That is the reason most casinos on this forum are now adding sports betting.

Any business benefits from diversification. Betting on sports or on any event (including betting) is quite a fascinating activity. Of course, a person who is well versed in a particular sport can succeed here. Luck plays a role - but you also need knowledge. A passion for betting - a reasonable one - can serve as a certain incentive for a person to develop

Having the knowledge and information of the sports is helpful in placing a bet on a particular team but still that does not graunted that the team will won and you will win the money through betting on that team.

Why people still gamble is that they don't have to do anything hard and only bet on a team , if their choice is right the team which they bet on wins, it's easy money for them.

On the one hand enjoying the game and on the other hand the opportunity to earn money by winning there is the main attraction in betting. Because it is a very simple way through which a gambler can get both pleasure and money.

When a favorite team is playing, some gamblers place bets to make the game more enjoyable. I have seen some gamblers who do sports betting don't enjoy their favorite sport if they can't bet on it. They think no bet no enjoy.

[danadc]

I guess most people gamble to feel some short of special sensation of thrill while the game is on and similar sensation if they win. Other than that, gambling has been there for ever, so my question would be why would people stop gambling, since it is a millenary tradition, documented pretty much since the beginning of history and records of the humankind.

I guess OP was talking about underage people. Or addicted people who want to gamble 24/7. Imagine someone who wants to gamble 24/7, what would you call him? Of course, he is addicted which should be cured by his friends and family. Now if people ask why are you still gambling? Well, it varies from person to person. It varies from his point of view to my point of view. Some people consider gambling as making money but they end up losing it. While I myself do not gamble every day. Whenever I feel for entertainment, I choose a platform and play with the amount that I can afford to lose. If I lose, I don't play again to recover it.

To play gambling 24/7, it's very strange. Maybe it can be included in the national geographics world record. I have never heard of anything like that in gambling addiction, what is it that never runs out of money? That gambler is so rich.

But you are right in saying that we only gamble with the amount we can afford to lose, and don't expect too much that we will win a large amount of money when we gamble.

If that's the most logical thing, we can't invest the money we don't have unless we say goodbye to certain things or exchange them for money to play, but those are very extreme measures because doing something like that is not very well seen, It is also a very obvious addiction problem, I could not be like that, if I put money in my duelbits account and if I lose it quickly, player, I wait until the other week to be able to deposit again, otherwise I don't do it because that It is something that is coming out of me, and financially we cannot be so permissive of allowing ourselves to lose at all times.