Ambivalent attitude to gambling

[Yatsan]

Although there is an ambivalent attitude towards gambling, lotteries are not among them. Lottery system separate jackpots are huge, which is the main attraction for lottery ticket buyers. In particular, large payout lotteries like Powerball tend to increase ticket sales when the jackpot continues to roll. Gambling is more risky than lottery. Lotteries are included through the sale of tickets but gambling addictions lead to bad outcomes and they affect not only the addict, but also their family and social environment.

Lottery is a form of gambling, the only difference is recognition from the law, in most instances wherein Lottery providers are registered and are being taxed by governments which makes it more accessible to public. Unlike with gambling in general which consists of different gambling games, and most of the time are not registered.

Difference or mixed viewpoints towards gambling is more likely because of beliefs (including religious aspects) and morality. It is self explanatory with regards to religious viewpoint wherein gambling is considered a sin to most of the religions. Morality on the other hand has something to do with the norm in the society given that its negative side is more obvious.

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[bittraffic]

Reason 1: Perception of risk
One of the main reasons is the perception of risk. Certain forms of gambling, such as sports betting and casino games, are perceived as high-risk activities that can lead to significant financial losses. On the other hand, lotteries are seen as a relatively low-risk option, perhaps due to the low ticket price and their legality at the government level.

Something is not right from the start. Why are sports betting and casino games even more high risk than lotteries when you don't even have 1% chance of winning on lotteries?
It must be a chance of winning that is to be explained than the price of the ticket when we talk about risk. But it could be because government represents lotteries giving back money to foundations. I think the attitude toward gambling products varies for each person, I think when you grow up in a suburb seeing your father work from 9-5, you would not waste a dime even on a lottery.

[AbuBhakar]

Criticism
Criticism towards gambling persists, with the belief that these games have a detrimental effect on society by exacerbating wealth inequality and contributing to social issues.

What do you think? Why is there such a different attitude to gambling products and will it ever change?

Religion and the culture affects the whole perception to every gambler and we cannot change that one, what we can do is to accept it.
This is why most of the gambler prefer to gamble on their own and play online than to go to casinos. Different perception to gambling varies on every belief and culture, there's no way to change this one because religion comes a long way even before gambling. If this is against the belief of your community, expect to receive lots of criticism, just focus on what you think is right and be responsible for that.

This is true. Religion is what makes gambling have a stigma on a country with strong religion like Christianity and Islam. Gambling can be considered as a leisure games since its impact on finance of someone will not gonna be huge if he knew how to handle it.

The risk is not the problem but the way religion put a negative impression on gambling since they are relying on the negative result on gambling addicts and ignore all those entertainment given on most of the player. Until now, I’m still ashamed to know my family that I’m gambling even if I have a white collar job with good salary. I’m living too on my own yet my mother will surely give me a beating when they knew that I play gambling.

[Agbe]

My goodness to what essence  is this entire episode that I have to read?
Did you get your caption after writing the message? Meh this is so long and there is no way you'll  expect  .w read all of this just to know the ambivalent attitude to gambling and also your choice of words aren't impressing to me.
I didn't also notice any references  to your work except that of the world population count from Gitnux which simply implies that all your writings were typically from your head without any  citation.
I will advice that you have a recheck on your work  and possibly  add some references to it.

I swear to God. The thread is like Novel called, "So Long A Letter", o men the write up is too long. For me, casino games has the highest risk than the sport betting. Sport betting is just a prediction which you just do at once and relax and wait for the outcome of the prediction. But casino games, you have to be there monitoring the game out come. So the risk involve in casino is more than sport betting

[Slow death]

It is a great fact that gambling is not the main factor of people's unhappiness as in some countries the governments make it seem, but it must also be admitted that gambling is easily addictive because of its nature which is possible with very lucky to earn a lot of money putting little money, as on the internet, on tv and even in the real world people have heard stories of people who bought lottery tickets and won millions of US dollars, makes this type of stories a form of motivation for many people, although in my opinion it shouldn't be like that

but it is a fact that alcoholic beverages, which are in large quantities anywhere, are one of the biggest problems that have created many people addicted to alcoholic beverages, but like many breweries, the owners are people linked to governments, so there is no mention of this danger of alcohol, but as in the case of online gambling, there are no government people connected to online casinos, so governments take tough measures against online casinos, that is, laws work for some and not for others, so society creates a bad image about gambling and especially when they are online

[Hispo]

It is a great fact that gambling is not the main factor of people's unhappiness as in some countries the governments make it seem, but it must also be admitted that gambling is easily addictive because of its nature which is possible with very lucky to earn a lot of money putting little money, as on the internet, on tv and even in the real world people have heard stories of people who bought lottery tickets and won millions of US dollars, makes this type of stories a form of motivation for many people, although in my opinion it shouldn't be like that

but it is a fact that alcoholic beverages, which are in large quantities anywhere, are one of the biggest problems that have created many people addicted to alcoholic beverages, but like many breweries, the owners are people linked to governments, so there is no mention of this danger of alcohol, but as in the case of online gambling, there are no government people connected to online casinos, so governments take tough measures against online casinos, that is, laws work for some and not for others, so society creates a bad image about gambling and especially when they are online

I would say that gambling and alcohol being available in a society has little to do with the degree of happiness in that society.
For example, we can see at those countries which are thought to be the happiest on the planets: Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, etc. Those are democratic countries and Republics where people have the freedom to drink alcohol and also to gamble, so I do not think there is a direct correlation between both things.

The true unhappiness I would say, comes from the inability of the population to earn money working on the profession they chose, and desperation makes then turn into gambling and alcohol. There are too many social and economical factors to keep in mind when touching this topic.

[yahoo62278]

Social aspect is left out here. Some people like to go out and have a good time sitting at the table games and be social with the other gamblers. Look at all your online sites, they all have chat rooms as well to allow people to be social.



This should probably be moved to gambling discussion board

[lionheart78]

What do you think? Why is there such a different attitude to gambling products and will it ever change?

I think the main reason why people have different attitudes towards gambling is the way they are advertise.  Aside from government regulation and acceptance, the religious view towards gambling, I believe that the gambling products advertisement has huge impact on the attitude of people towards gambling products.  Like for example, in country A sports betting is greatly marketed while in country B casino were being focused on promotion.  It is obvious that in country A people will be more embracing toward sports betting while country B will be more friendly towards casinos.  In short, it is how and what kind of gambling is being exposed to the people.

[Fortify]

Gambling has been a widespread form of entertainment for centuries. I Googled how many people gamble and on the first site they write that about 1.6 billion people around the world gamble. And this is almost 20% of the world's population.

What do you think? Why is there such a different attitude to gambling products and will it ever change?

It feels like gambling has become much more normalized in recent years and accessibility has improved greatly as well. However the numbers quoted seem a bit high, it's possible that around 20% of the world's population might gamble each year if you include fairly benign activities like the lottery, but 4+ billion seems highly inaccurate. If you look at America, which often has the largest amount of money sloshing around in entertainment activities, they have been increasingly legalizing gambling state by state - as they see the money the Las Vegas and online gambling can bring in taxes.

[maydna]

Gambling has been a widespread form of entertainment for centuries. I Googled how many people gamble and on the first site they write that about 1.6 billion people around the world gamble. And this is almost 20% of the world's population.

What do you think? Why is there such a different attitude to gambling products and will it ever change?

It feels like gambling has become much more normalized in recent years and accessibility has improved greatly as well. However the numbers quoted seem a bit high, it's possible that around 20% of the world's population might gamble each year if you include fairly benign activities like the lottery, but 4+ billion seems highly inaccurate. If you look at America, which often has the largest amount of money sloshing around in entertainment activities, they have been increasingly legalizing gambling state by state - as they see the money the Las Vegas and online gambling can bring in taxes.

Online gambling has increased significantly since yesterday's pandemic and has made offline gambling decline due to lockdowns in many countries. This makes people switch to using online casinos and makes them more comfortable playing gambling. And fortunately, online gambling provides a lot of gambling games, including the lottery, which can attract the interest of many people. And after the pandemic ended and many offline casinos reopened, people have become even more comfortable playing gambling because they have many casino choices. But I think the number given by @OP may not be accurate because there may still be some that haven't been carefully calculated.

[Odusko]

My goodness to what essence  is this entire episode that I have to read?
Did you get your caption after writing the message? Meh this is so long and there is no way you'll  expect  .w read all of this just to know the ambivalent attitude to gambling and also your choice of words aren't impressing to me.
I didn't also notice any references  to your work except that of the world population count from Gitnux which simply implies that all your writings were typically from your head without any  citation.
I will advice that you have a recheck on your work  and possibly  add some references to it.

I swear to God. The thread is like Novel called, "So Long A Letter", o men the write up is too long. For me, casino games has the highest risk than the sport betting. Sport betting is just a prediction which you just do at once and relax and wait for the outcome of the prediction. But casino games, you have to be there monitoring the game out come. So the risk involve in casino is more than sport betting

Sport betting is easier compared to casino games because everyone can analyze a club just by watching football matches from time to time and making predictions for matches and if luck is on your side the prediction will win, just like the last championship finals that see Manchester city almost clearly winning and one does not need too much analysis to predict the outcome of the final match.

[wiss19]

I don't see how a lottery is a low-risk option knowing that it is also totally dependent on your luck and even if the price of tickets is low, buying a low amount of tickets will give you a very small probability of winning a prize which is simply wasting your money, and even if someone buys hundreds of thousands of tickets, and have a very high probability of winning, they might end up not winning the main prize because, at the end of the day, it's all about luck.

So I don't really consider lotteries to be low-risk options, and if we make it a low-risk option by not spending much on it, our chances of winning become almost 0 which doesn't even make any sense, spending $50 on a lottery might not bring you any prize money if you are not lucky while spending the same amount on a slot machine might make you some money if luck is on your side.

[coolcoinz]

It seems that lotteries are not included in gambling because we may experience seeing many people collecting tickets from shopping, collecting points, or others, which can be exchanged for certain prizes depending on the number of their tickets. Even though it falls into the gambling category, the business owner packages it into entertainment with prizes so that it makes people not see it as gambling.

The lottery has now changed into many varieties and forms so people don't think it is a hidden gamble. They keep collecting as many tickets as possible to get their desired prizes. So it depends on the attitude of each person. If they judge the lottery as gambling, they can't buy and leave it. Or if they feel that's okay or not a form of gambling, they can buy the ticket or collect as much of the lottery as possible.

Staking money or items of value for a chance to win a prize is gambling. If you gamble without money, with points, the way children sometimes do at parties, it's not gambling, but you're mixing two different things here.

As another user pointed out:

"Gambling is the wagering of something of value on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three elements to be present: consideration, risk, and a prize."

From the above quote, Lotteries and Gambling posses the same qualities,

We have to put a clear line between lotteries where you gamble with something that you get for free like store points given to you when you spend a certain amount of money and real gambling where you buy a ticket with your money that you could've spent elsewhere.

[o48o]

Maybe the reason why people don't see bingo (or lotteries) as forms of gambling is that the risk of addiction is perceived also as lower, compared to other games like poker or slots. We make the difference between soft and hard drugs, so I would say that we unconsciously make the same comparison when we think about different games.

You're right that one can also get addicted to bingo or lotteries, but at least it seems that it is not so common. It would be positive if we could  see the real numbers.

I saw same people in my last apartment buildings filling several rows of lottery weekly, some playing even with same number, and they couldn't stop as if they would, they were afraid that those numbers woudl finally come, So they'll be playing those numbers their whole life as it's safe to assume that they will never come. Some of them also had a routine to buy scratch tickets on same days.

And one of my girlfriend was working in the bingo. She said that same faces were there constantly. It was a way to past the time and to see friends to them. So i would call that an addiction as they were using money for it the whole time they were in there.

[DoublerHunter]

Reason 1: Perception of risk
One of the main reasons is the perception of risk. Certain forms of gambling, such as sports betting and casino games, are perceived as high-risk activities that can lead to significant financial losses. On the other hand, lotteries are seen as a relatively low-risk option, perhaps due to the low ticket price and their legality at the government level.

Something is not right from the start. Why are sports betting and casino games even more high risk than lotteries when you don't even have 1% chance of winning on lotteries?
It must be a chance of winning that is to be explained than the price of the ticket when we talk about risk. But it could be because government represents lotteries giving back money to foundations. I think the attitude toward gambling products varies for each person, I think when you grow up in a suburb seeing your father work from 9-5, you would not waste a dime even on a lottery.

^ That is a good question but from what I have understood.
When discussing risk in gambling, it is important to consider both the probability of winning and the potential financial losses. While the chances of winning a lottery jackpot are indeed extremely low, often less than 1%, the allure of lotteries lies in the possibility of a life-changing win. People are drawn to the dream of hitting the jackpot, even if the odds are stacked against them. This perception of a slim chance at a substantial reward can make lotteries seem less risky to some people and while sports betting and casino games typically involve more immediate and frequent outcomes.

[ethereumhunter]

It seems that lotteries are not included in gambling because we may experience seeing many people collecting tickets from shopping, collecting points, or others, which can be exchanged for certain prizes depending on the number of their tickets. Even though it falls into the gambling category, the business owner packages it into entertainment with prizes so that it makes people not see it as gambling.

The lottery has now changed into many varieties and forms so people don't think it is a hidden gamble. They keep collecting as many tickets as possible to get their desired prizes. So it depends on the attitude of each person. If they judge the lottery as gambling, they can't buy and leave it. Or if they feel that's okay or not a form of gambling, they can buy the ticket or collect as much of the lottery as possible.

Staking money or items of value for a chance to win a prize is gambling. If you gamble without money, with points, the way children sometimes do at parties, it's not gambling, but you're mixing two different things here.

We have to put a clear line between lotteries where you gamble with something that you get for free like store points given to you when you spend a certain amount of money and real gambling where you buy a ticket with your money that you could've spent elsewhere.

But actually, it's included in gambling, right? Because I feel that getting the prize depends on our luck, while gambling requires luck. The reward will depend on the number on the box or by chance that the person had. So I just feel it is another form of gambling, even though you might not agree if I say it like that. But it's okay.

[davis196]

I highly doubt that between 1.6 billion and 4.2 billion people around the world gamble. Those numbers are very far-fetched.
The number of active gamblers should be less than 500 million. The people, who gambled less than 5 times a year cannot be considered gamblers.
Lotteries might be more acceptable than casinos, but that doesn't mean that everyone accepts them. The lotteries are called "a tax for the stupid" for a reason.
OP, it seems that you have copied some generic article about gambling from somewhere. Can you at least post a link to the source of information?

[Kakmakr]

In my country, Lotteries are used as a Milk cow for the government.... because they milk the operator of the Lottery for bribes (to get the license) and also to force them to sponsor community projects. They also get a huge tax boost from the operator and also the people winning these draws.

I think gambling is accepted, because the governments of this world gets something from it..so as long as bribes are paid and tax are collected.. gambling will be approved. (This is why some countries do not allow foreign operators) 

[lionheart78]

Gambling has been a widespread form of entertainment for centuries. I Googled how many people gamble and on the first site they write that about 1.6 billion people around the world gamble. And this is almost 20% of the world's population.

What do you think? Why is there such a different attitude to gambling products and will it ever change?

It feels like gambling has become much more normalized in recent years and accessibility has improved greatly as well. However the numbers quoted seem a bit high, it's possible that around 20% of the world's population might gamble each year if you include fairly benign activities like the lottery, but 4+ billion seems highly inaccurate.

The improvement of mobile phone and the internet are the one that enable the gambling industry to amass a huge audience of gamblers.  Since the accessibility to gambling platform become easier and almost instant through online gambling.  Aside from that players can now discreetly engage in gambling activities through these gadgets.

If you look at America, which often has the largest amount of money sloshing around in entertainment activities, they have been increasingly legalizing gambling state by state - as they see the money the Las Vegas and online gambling can bring in taxes.

The US government is wise enough to legalize gambling since it was proven that the gambling industry is one of the possible biggest source of income for the government.  Since the income is given, the government just need to amend laws and adjust regulation in order to protect the player and make the contribution of the gambling industry standardized.

[Bayan_D40]

It is a great fact that gambling is not the main factor of people's unhappiness as in some countries the governments make it seem, but it must also be admitted that gambling is easily addictive because of its nature which is possible with very lucky to earn a lot of money putting little money, as on the internet, on tv and even in the real world people have heard stories of people who bought lottery tickets and won millions of US dollars, makes this type of stories a form of motivation for many people, although in my opinion it shouldn't be like that

but it is a fact that alcoholic beverages, which are in large quantities anywhere, are one of the biggest problems that have created many people addicted to alcoholic beverages, but like many breweries, the owners are people linked to governments, so there is no mention of this danger of alcohol, but as in the case of online gambling, there are no government people connected to online casinos, so governments take tough measures against online casinos, that is, laws work for some and not for others, so society creates a bad image about gambling and especially when they are online

In countries where gambling is legal, are there fewer opponents of such entertainment?

Do you think if it were legal in most countries, like alcohol, people would treat gambling more positively?