How was your first experience with gambling?

[Rabata]

That is how most people start their gambling journeys, it is rare for a person to simply start gambling on their own, instead the most common scenario is that a person you knows gambles and then they begin to tell you all the money they have won over the many different sessions they have played, however what they rarely tell you is about the losses they have experimented over the years, as if they told you that then you will not be as inclined to gamble anymore.

No one knows what's coming their way, either negative or positive. Gambling was never a personal decision; rather, I was drawn into the gaming system by the peers I rolled with. I only bet when I have the opportunity and am encouraged by my pals. They quickly generated good running profits from the technique on a daily and weekly basis, so I started staying up late and doing solid research on the significant odds that seemed useful to me. To be honest, everything was quite stressful, but I've learned to adapt to it and allow it to become a part of me.

Friends have a big dominance on getting involved in gambling. If gamblers are asked how they got into the world of gambling, most of them will say that they got into gambling through the influence of their friends. However, each person has a different experience. I was influenced by friends into gambling and often tried to follow them and place bets. But I never had any complaint against anyone in my win or study because I know luck is a big factor. Win or lose I try to enjoy gambling.

[ultrloa]

That reads a lot like the stereotypical drug addiction ad... I can see the sketchy looking dude saying to you "the first one is free", and then a jump to a drug addict on the streets a few months later.

Casinos are a money making machine, even more than drugs, because you can only consume a certain amount of drugs per day, but you can bet all your life savings in a single day.

Most of the time the people who consume the drugs for free,because the first drug is sponsored by their friends.The People use to give free drugs to their friends because they will act as the company to them in the near future.Like wise,most of the time gambling site give the people the free bonus.The gambler will get additional bonus on their deposit to the gambling sites.Casino is the golden resort to get more money by using it.It's true the drug doesn't give the user to earn money,but the gambling site will do.

So the casino will probably be like that advertisement where the casino offers, "come on, let's play just once and have fun," and we finally give it a go. And after getting the fun of it, we start to think it's okay to gamble with small money. Finally we return to gambling after a few days but unfortunately, it is not accompanied by good self-control so we become addicted like addicted to drugs. And that's what we experienced when we first learned about gambling and maybe there are many other examples because the experience of everyone who knows about gambling will be different.

This will happen if you are misguided and been hype on what you see on others result so maybe you will come up then chase the same result that's the reason why you gamble to much. This traits is not good and commonly this happen when we are newbie since at that time we don't know what is right and what is wrong. The one we believe at that moment is its really fun to gamble also we can possibly earn a lot of money by playing those games.

[nullama]

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This will happen if you are misguided and been hype on what you see on others result so maybe you will come up then chase the same result that's the reason why you gamble to much. This traits is not good and commonly this happen when we are newbie since at that time we don't know what is right and what is wrong. The one we believe at that moment is its really fun to gamble also we can possibly earn a lot of money by playing those games.

Yes, it is possible to win a lot of money, but it is very improbable.

We humans are usually very bad at natively grasping probabilities, so we assume it is way easier to win than what it actually is.

Even if the odds are 0.0000001%, our minds would still think that "there's a chance"

[ethereumhunter]

It's all a business folks, there will be always two sides of the coin, one is on the upper side while the other one is on the bottom and by the bottom, I meant gamblers who are losing almost every single day and even if they won (which happened occasionally), it wouldn't be that much to say that things will be even against the casino. And the casino is indeed a money making machine because they are legal, while drugs aren't when the bottomline is both of these things are destroying people's lives.

Casinos are money-making machines for their owners. At the same time, gamblers who use casinos cannot make it as a money-making machine. They will only lose more if they don't limit their gambling. And maybe we experienced it when we started gambling, which caused us to experience many losses. And even though at the beginning of gambling we can get a win, it won't happen too often if we can't control ourselves because defeat will come to us.

This will happen if you are misguided and been hype on what you see on others result so maybe you will come up then chase the same result that's the reason why you gamble to much. This traits is not good and commonly this happen when we are newbie since at that time we don't know what is right and what is wrong. The one we believe at that moment is its really fun to gamble also we can possibly earn a lot of money by playing those games.

If we see the results that other people get, we will definitely want to try it because we will think how easy it is for them to get money from gambling. But we don't know how long they have been trying and how much money they have lost. We can only see from what they give in the video, whereas we don't know what they get daily if they really gamble. And we will think that winning gambling is easy even though it is difficult. And that happens to most beginners who don't know gambling well and can easily fall into gambling.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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So, it is, well, not all players have the same perspectives, things have a different way of looking when they are shown to players who have more experience, as far as I am concerned, I have seen the attitude of some friendly players, they see the game almost like a necessity to do, it doesn't matter that it's every day in a moderate way, this makes things change in them, in their brain, it doesn't matter that things don't happen to them, even if they lose, I think finally They understand that the game is made practically for fun, that every time they play they have to have that money ready to be lost, but don't feel sorry for things to keep flowing, I say this from the point of view that I have a couple of friends, who always play street games, but it's a somewhat safe street game, because they do it with the cops.

The border police always let some contraband through, this friend is going to play with them betting on dice, and I have had the opportunity to see how he also loses and still does not lose control, I know he is angry , and he even swears at the Police, but the truth is that 100% of what he talks about, 90% is pure Rudeness , but they still know what he is like, and even though he has losses , he has had more gains than losses , That's something I don't Understand , however when they play he tells them that what they do is "rattle" and "rattle" is a word that means something like taking money from those who smuggle and that they also use that smuggling they have their cut, that is what the word is basically assigned to the police, and since everything is money in the world, these things are common in these third world countries and since it is the most Active frontera in all of South America , they are things that all the military, police guards do whatever it takes to be able to send them to that border, because in a matter of a day they are Capable of making up to more than 500 usd , they all fight to go there, so what I rescue here is that despite that players lose, there is always something they like about this type of game, whether on the street, in traditional casinos , or in online casinos , the attitude of a Mature player Always has to be one of acceptance and maturity in order to continue Maintaining afloat on this.

That means players like us have to set an example so that we can also moderate our gambling game and not cross the boundaries we may have made long ago to get back on the right track. Indeed some players can realize that gambling is made just for fun and not to make money, and they fully know that what they do in gambling is for fun. And for that, they always try to set a gambling budget and keep themselves on track. They can also stop before all their money is spent on gambling so they still have a balance in their account that they can use to gamble another day. That's what we really have to be aware of and follow to avoid gambling addiction, and we may not know when gambling addiction will come.

Well that was just a current experience, of course things are very different here, because it enters into many topics that we sometimes discuss here in the forum, one of games in the street, the jargon, the way of behaving, what it takes to the authorities also play, that is something that few of us knew, however, before being authorities they are men, women, who like things, gambling is entertainment, playing for fun, apart from this it is shown that the bets with money are quite exciting, and martingale does not apply here, constant bets apply, but of course constant bets with approximately 4.95USD per shot, it is something that at least seems sufficient to me, in the case of the police Well, for letting the contrabass pass, they give them approximately that and more, so in the case of the police they recover it in less than 24 hours, but in the case of those friends, they recover it the next day with what they cross the border and frontera.

These things are quite relevant, because if this is done here, I know that in other countries if they have enough confidence they can do it without any problem, it is something that can happen, because even though they are doing something that is not completely legal , through the dienrolo they make it legal, and well, in this aspect what seems remarkable to me is that it is only assumed to lose an amount of money per day, which I at least am not capable of assuming, and that is something that Sometimes it's hard, because if I start buying, at least I'm prepared, I have a profession that is a long career, because it's engineering, and I don't earn what he spends, and they are people who haven't really studied nothing, and they earn these enormous sums of money, only with other activities, and with respect to the game of dice, well, it is something that goes into the game and their earnings sometimes increase, but despite everything I see that the self-control they have It's a lot, they don't bet more than they are willing to lose, that's something I admire about them, they don't fall into addiction.

[Slow death]

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A good point is to prevent that lust to keep playing, if you pause for a while or quit for a while you will manage to make good decision compared to keep trying and keep experiencing more losing streak, that will lead you to more money to lose, you need to be wise and have that clear mindset not to follow your emotions if you wanted to control your bankroll management.

The more you stay calm, the better you can think. If you pause for a while and let that bad vibes to pass, maybe you may find ways to start winning back, just maybe, but no guarantee as you are into gambling.

Yeah, just like with any other addiction, it's a good idea to reduce or stop the actual behavior that is causing the problems.

You can start by limiting the amount of times you gamble, or set a maximum spending, etc.

After a while the brain will heal itself.

reducing will not be a solution, on the contrary, it will only make the person more willing to play and with that overwhelming desire to play, the person will give in and start playing all the time until relatives or friends or himself (this happens in very little ones in which a person noticed that he became addicted to gambling so that person asked his relatives for help to take him to the doctor and admit him to a rehabilitation center for gambling addicts ) realize that he became addicted to gambling bad luck. many people when they start playing they come in with a lot of expectations that they will win, that's because when in the first days they look at a big multiplier

or a big odd so they soon think that if they get it right they will have a lot of money and when they take the money they win and bet on another big multiplier and big odd then they will be rich and they won't need to work, money is the main reason that makes people playing a lot and losing everything and becoming addicted and in extreme cases killing themselves, that's because most people want to be rich, they don't want to suffer in poverty. so they look at gambling as a way to get a lot of money fast. I myself have seen people who started to place sports bets and asked me: when did I bet and win?

so I replied that it was less than 10$, at the same time I heard things like: I'm not going to waste time betting little and winning little, I'd rather lose a lot but one day win a lot. I confess that at that moment I thought: what the hell are they talking about. I preferred not to listen to them, they were newbies but with great ambition, they didn't want to win a little, they wanted to win a lot, they made multibet bets on many teams to win a lot

[nullama]

~snip~
reducing will not be a solution, on the contrary, it will only make the person more willing to play and with that overwhelming desire to play, the person will give in and start playing all the time until relatives or friends or himself (this happens in very little ones in which a person noticed that he became addicted to gambling so that person asked his relatives for help to take him to the doctor and admit him to a rehabilitation center for gambling addicts ) realize that he became addicted to gambling bad luck. many people when they start playing they come in with a lot of expectations that they will win, that's because when in the first days they look at a big multiplier

or a big odd so they soon think that if they get it right they will have a lot of money and when they take the money they win and bet on another big multiplier and big odd then they will be rich and they won't need to work, money is the main reason that makes people playing a lot and losing everything and becoming addicted and in extreme cases killing themselves, that's because most people want to be rich, they don't want to suffer in poverty. so they look at gambling as a way to get a lot of money fast. I myself have seen people who started to place sports bets and asked me: when did I bet and win?

so I replied that it was less than 10$, at the same time I heard things like: I'm not going to waste time betting little and winning little, I'd rather lose a lot but one day win a lot. I confess that at that moment I thought: what the hell are they talking about. I preferred not to listen to them, they were newbies but with great ambition, they didn't want to win a little, they wanted to win a lot, they made multibet bets on many teams to win a lot

Yeah, that's very common in human psychology.

For example you hear from people that are out of shape and while planning their new exercise they want to go all out, and are against a 3 day a week initial exercise plan, they want to plan it as a full 7 day a week full on exercise, or nothing.

Usually those people end up failing, because to actually achieve something you need to build it slowly, over time. There's no shortcuts, for anything. You can increase your pace, and be faster than the average, but you can't really just jump from 0 to 100 immediately.

And that's why those gamblers will lose it all, they think they will win big, but instead they will lose big. They forget that the estimated return in gambling is negative.

[tusandii]

That is how most people start their gambling journeys, it is rare for a person to simply start gambling on their own, instead the most common scenario is that a person you knows gambles and then they begin to tell you all the money they have won over the many different sessions they have played, however what they rarely tell you is about the losses they have experimented over the years, as if they told you that then you will not be as inclined to gamble anymore.

No one knows what's coming their way, either negative or positive. Gambling was never a personal decision; rather, I was drawn into the gaming system by the peers I rolled with. I only bet when I have the opportunity and am encouraged by my pals. They quickly generated good running profits from the technique on a daily and weekly basis, so I started staying up late and doing solid research on the significant odds that seemed useful to me. To be honest, everything was quite stressful, but I've learned to adapt to it and allow it to become a part of me.

Friends have a big dominance on getting involved in gambling. If gamblers are asked how they got into the world of gambling, most of them will say that they got into gambling through the influence of their friends. However, each person has a different experience. I was influenced by friends into gambling and often tried to follow them and place bets. But I never had any complaint against anyone in my win or study because I know luck is a big factor. Win or lose I try to enjoy gambling.

But not all gamblers have the same influence from their friends when they first get involved in gambling because there are also some who really have the hope of being able to make money.
It's just that in this case the biggest influence that has an impact on someone being able to get involved in gambling is association or friendship so everyone must be really good at sorting out friends who can have a positive, not a negative influence.
Regarding the experiences of most gamblers, they only tell their good experiences while in gambling which makes beginners never think about risks and learn to avoid risks, in my opinion it would be better to also include some bitter experiences or bad experiences while in gambling so that anyone who reads it can learn and think that gambling is not as easy as one might imagine.

That's good buddy because it means you can be responsible for every activity you do even though it sometimes gives you losses.

[Z_MBFM]

Gambling is a game that has an addictive effect. Most people who have joined gambling sites will find it difficult to get out of the gambling circle. It doesn't matter how much you lose at gambling, as long as we still have money, we will continue to gamble

Can you share your first experience playing gambling? and who told you about gambling sites?

The first gambling experience is bad for everyone because no one has complete knowledge of gambling and no previous experience then. Gambling is very addictive so everyone gets a bad experience in beginning. my case was no different, my first gambling experience was very bad.  I couldn't make any profit at first.  Now I play gambling with limit and I can make some profit due to understanding some gambling strategies

[summonerrk]

Gambling is a game that has an addictive effect. Most people who have joined gambling sites will find it difficult to get out of the gambling circle. It doesn't matter how much you lose at gambling, as long as we still have money, we will continue to gamble

Can you share your first experience playing gambling? and who told you about gambling sites?

I myself know gambling sites from my own friends. I idly and try to deposit. Starting from playing with a little money, after a while I didn't know how much money I had spent playing gambling

I vividly remember how I started playing the first slots, it was more than 8 years ago. Back then, casinos and other gambling organizations were allowed in the country where I now live, and I often played poker. And only in it, no bets and a casino game. And in one of the tournaments I was given $30 in bonuses for wagering at the casino on 888. There's a game called Millionaire Genie. Perhaps many of you know it. There's a genie helping you spin slots.
I really liked it then, because I managed to win $ 16, and it was nice. But I have never brought fiat money to these slots.

[Gulttam2a2]

Gambling is a game that has an addictive effect. Most people who have joined gambling sites will find it difficult to get out of the gambling circle. It doesn't matter how much you lose at gambling, as long as we still have money, we will continue to gamble

Can you share your first experience playing gambling? and who told you about gambling sites?

I myself know gambling sites from my own friends. I idly and try to deposit. Starting from playing with a little money, after a while I didn't know how much money I had spent playing gambling

Yes gambling has an addiction and those who play regularly cannot quit it easily. Everything becomes possible if you try. You must be persistent in your mind only then you can get out of gambling. And those who take gambling as a profession can never leave it. When you have money in your pocket,you feel like the richest person in the world. If gambling is done with money in one's pocket,gambling does not stop until the money is gone. There is an addiction to gambling that you win regardless of how much you lose. Actually the first gambling experience was amazing to be honest. I won the first gambling game. In today's age, gambling ads can be found on social media. I came to know about the gambling site from a gambler. As I have already said gambling is an addiction once you get into it you never know what direction your day will take. You can't even tell how much money you spent and how much money you earned. At the end of the day,your pocket may be empty or your pocket may be full.

[wiss19]

Gambling experience begins with learning, it's either one was introduced by friends or decided to make the decision by self, gambling is also what we so wish desired to take because it gives us an atmosphere of having fun, some joined because they are tired of being lonely, some because they have passion for sports while some think it's a quick means to making money, but the common first experience with gambling is loosing your first bet when you newly join as a newbie gambler.

Well, the question isn't about the first bet but it's about the first-ever gambling session. Anyway, there are a lot of people who surprisingly win significant wins with their first-ever gambling bet, I know that people with such luck are rare to be found but it happens sometimes, and I wonder how happy someone would be to see themselves hitting a big win with their first ever gambling bet, but it sometimes becomes a negative thing because that win becomes the reason for their addiction later on.

A lot of people become addicted to gambling mainly because they got a profit in their first gambling session which makes them think that gambling is a good way for them to get some extra money as they could do it last time so they can do it again as well, and this makes them gamble again.

[pakhitheboss]

A lot of people become addicted to gambling mainly because they got a profit in their first gambling session which makes them think that gambling is a good way for them to get some extra money as they could do it last time so they can do it again as well, and this makes them gamble again.

Just by winning for the first time doesn't mean that people got addicted to gambling. There are multiple reason behind someones addiction it can be peer pressure, it can be family abuse and many more. You can't blame a moment of win to be th root cause of addiction. I personally feel it all starts with chasing the loss and the hope of recovering everything that gets people hooked to gambling. In the end it gets converted into addiction.

[Finestream]

A lot of people become addicted to gambling mainly because they got a profit in their first gambling session which makes them think that gambling is a good way for them to get some extra money as they could do it last time so they can do it again as well, and this makes them gamble again.

Just by winning for the first time doesn't mean that people got addicted to gambling. There are multiple reason behind someones addiction it can be peer pressure, it can be family abuse and many more. You can't blame a moment of win to be th root cause of addiction. I personally feel it all starts with chasing the loss and the hope of recovering everything that gets people hooked to gambling. In the end it gets converted into addiction.

Yup, I'm inclined with that response as well. Winnings might be a factor but the chances for a gambler to get addicted because of it is literally slim specially if it was his or her first time, most addicitions starts with a negativity, either from loss or chasing something that is already unreal, like your old capital that will never go back to you because what's done is already done. Might as well get a fresh start with a correct mindset so that you will not get addicited and be one of those guys struggling to get out of their situation.

[borovichok]

Just by winning for the first time doesn't mean that people got addicted to gambling. There are multiple reason behind someones addiction it can be peer pressure, it can be family abuse and many more. You can't blame a moment of win to be th root cause of addiction. I personally feel it all starts with chasing the loss and the hope of recovering everything that gets people hooked to gambling. In the end it gets converted into addiction.

We all have reasons why we gamble, mine will be different from yours. The experience was disappointing. I lost considerable amounts of money along this path, as a result to negligent advice from colleagues who were also wagering. We should be capable to fully comprehend our system objectives and techniques. Addiction develops gradually, and we discovered that the one thing that would always hold us back is ignorance. Gambling is not an activity or a source of money for us. Gambling should never be viewed as a source of revenue; rather, it should be viewed as a source of extra cash.

[nullama]

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We all have reasons why we gamble, mine will be different from yours. The experience was disappointing. I lost considerable amounts of money along this path, as a result to negligent advice from colleagues who were also wagering. We should be capable to fully comprehend our system objectives and techniques. Addiction develops gradually, and we discovered that the one thing that would always hold us back is ignorance. Gambling is not an activity or a source of money for us. Gambling should never be viewed as a source of revenue; rather, it should be viewed as a source of extra cash.

Or even better, gambling should be seen as an entertainment expense.

It's never going to be extra cash really, because you would probably have more extra cash if you didn't gamble at all to begin with.

[maydna]

~snip~

Well that was just a current experience, of course things are very different here, because it enters into many topics that we sometimes discuss here in the forum, one of games in the street, the jargon, the way of behaving, what it takes to the authorities also play, that is something that few of us knew, however, before being authorities they are men, women, who like things, gambling is entertainment, playing for fun, apart from this it is shown that the bets with money are quite exciting, and martingale does not apply here, constant bets apply, but of course constant bets with approximately 4.95USD per shot, it is something that at least seems sufficient to me, in the case of the police Well, for letting the contrabass pass, they give them approximately that and more, so in the case of the police they recover it in less than 24 hours, but in the case of those friends, they recover it the next day with what they cross the border and frontera.

These things are quite relevant, because if this is done here, I know that in other countries if they have enough confidence they can do it without any problem, it is something that can happen, because even though they are doing something that is not completely legal , through the dienrolo they make it legal, and well, in this aspect what seems remarkable to me is that it is only assumed to lose an amount of money per day, which I at least am not capable of assuming, and that is something that Sometimes it's hard, because if I start buying, at least I'm prepared, I have a profession that is a long career, because it's engineering, and I don't earn what he spends, and they are people who haven't really studied nothing, and they earn these enormous sums of money, only with other activities, and with respect to the game of dice, well, it is something that goes into the game and their earnings sometimes increase, but despite everything I see that the self-control they have It's a lot, they don't bet more than they are willing to lose, that's something I admire about them, they don't fall into addiction.

That's why you have to have better self-control than them so that you can stay aware when playing gambling and not be tempted by anything, including promotions from casinos that are very numerous that can make us and them tempted to keep coming back to gambling. Maybe it's not as easy as other people say, but that's what we have to do during gambling, and most people experience bad things after they gamble for the second time because at that moment, there is a desire to stay in gambling. They will try depositing more money to play gambling because they want to recover from previous losses and get wins.

But we must realize that many beginners manage to get wins at the beginning of their gambling, which may be because luck comes at the right time. Or perhaps luck has come to help them win and tempt them by saying I have helped you win. Would you like to come back to gambling again another time? Surely the average person will return to gambling again another time because they are tempted to win again, but most of them will not succeed the second time because they will lose the second game. And this doesn't make them stop for some time but instead try to return to gambling again even though they understand that it will not return the money they have lost.

[topbitcoin]

A lot of people become addicted to gambling mainly because they got a profit in their first gambling session which makes them think that gambling is a good way for them to get some extra money as they could do it last time so they can do it again as well, and this makes them gamble again.

Just by winning for the first time doesn't mean that people got addicted to gambling. There are multiple reason behind someones addiction it can be peer pressure, it can be family abuse and many more. You can't blame a moment of win to be th root cause of addiction. I personally feel it all starts with chasing the loss and the hope of recovering everything that gets people hooked to gambling. In the end it gets converted into addiction.

Winning for the first time is just a trigger that causes someone to increase the bet amount even bigger. But not a few people who are addicted to gambling are caused by continuing to chase victory like they got for the first time.

it is absolutely true that environment is the main factor a person is still involved in gambling. The scope can make someone who has never gambled even though they can be influenced to become an acute gambler due to environmental factors.
So this is where we need to sort out and choose an environment that is good for us, if indeed we do not have a strong determination that causes us to be easily influenced by the outside environment.

[nullama]

~snip~
Winning for the first time is just a trigger that causes someone to increase the bet amount even bigger. But not a few people who are addicted to gambling are caused by continuing to chase victory like they got for the first time.

it is absolutely true that environment is the main factor a person is still involved in gambling. The scope can make someone who has never gambled even though they can be influenced to become an acute gambler due to environmental factors.
So this is where we need to sort out and choose an environment that is good for us, if indeed we do not have a strong determination that causes us to be easily influenced by the outside environment.

Yes, casinos know this, and they design their machines to give you a lot of small wins with lots of sounds and lights, even if you just won a few cents.

Then the moment you lose, all the systems go down and it's quiet, completely the reverse.

[pakhitheboss]

Yes, casinos know this, and they design their machines to give you a lot of small wins with lots of sounds and lights, even if you just won a few cents.

Then the moment you lose, all the systems go down and it's quiet, completely the reverse.

Sound and light do play an important part in a casino. The more bright light and the winning sound gives a confidence jolt to the gambler and it encourages to place more bets. These are tricks that have been used for sometimes now. When you lose it is very different it as they keep the sound and graphics bear minimum. That basically means it's okay continue with your next bet. Have you noticed almost all online casinos have dark back and bright color graphics with an easy to understand layout. All are part of enhancing user experience and encouraging longer stay.