How was your first experience with gambling?

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

Well, but not everything ends in addiction, some things don't turn out that way and I think that depends on the personality of each person, for example, in my first experience with the casino, I played dice, I won, and that didn't trigger me to be addicted, everything On the contrary, I really didn't know what I had done at that time, for me it was winning, but I almost didn't win, I thought that the question of technology with bitcoin, sats all that was new to me, I didn't understand it much, but it was when I began to see that some things did not make much sense, I began to look for the meaning when I knew what I had won, that is, the amount in dollars, because at that time everything was numbers that were before the zero that appraised. That didn't mean much to me, of course, in the midst of all that ignorance, I had around 2mBTC, which I did in less than half an hour, but for me that was practically nothing, and I played without fear, because I thought that was not nor half a dollar, although I didn't like what he was asking for, because he played by saying that the number that fell is very large, so a smaller one must fall, and so he kept giving it.

Some time later when I read and shared about bitcoin, what it represented in money, well then it was kind of bad, because I put a stop to what I was doing by trial and error, that is, I had innate luck, because I didn't know what I had been earning at that moment, so obviously it was enough, I wanted to do it to get to bitcoin, but that seemed difficult to me, and I knew that if I played everything in one play, I would lose everything, that's where I didn't aim to go to an addiction process, I aimed to look for strategies to continue winning but in a technical way, that is, to know what I was doing and not to play with chance, only with my luck, but with strategies, and that was where it all began, but I was very far from an addiction process, because you have to see everything from the most correct point of view, if we see it as greed, I knew I was going to lose, but if I saw it as a business, things change.

[nullama]

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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.

Yes, exactly. And then you also add some free snacks, and some free drinks to keep the people gambling there as long as possible.

In reality they could have probably paid for a Michelin Starred restaurant with all the money they are pouring into the machines.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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.

completely agree with both of you, for the land based casinos, environment and its setting is everything, the state of the playing machines is also important, though for me, I don't fancy sounds that much, I've never played on big offline casino, so let me just say that, I've never played on a physical slot machine before, but if I ever get to do that, i did turn off the sound if there is a button openly placed for that, and this is because I hate noise when I wanna focus on something, like when i am playing online slot or casino games on my phone or personal computer, i always turn off or take down the sounds to the barest minimum because having it so loud always seems distracting to me.
So, i am just pointing out that the sound thing mean nothing to people like myself,  but then, environment is one important factor for me, and also the state of the machines, and maybe some free perks like cold soft drinks and some snacks, but when it comes to sound, people like me like everywhere quiet.

[ethereumhunter]

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.

Even if it's a win from someone else, it can make a gambler return to playing, even after losing, because he also wants to win like those other people. The voices and lights he heard made him forget to stop and recalculate his money because he should have experienced a decrease in his balance with the losses he had obtained. And he will still gamble, especially if he is drinking alcohol, because that can also make him forget to control himself and stop on time. And maybe that was the initial experience of someone playing gambling at an offline casino and clearly different from the experience of people playing gambling at an online casino.

[Fredomago]

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.

Even if it's a win from someone else, it can make a gambler return to playing, even after losing, because he also wants to win like those other people. The voices and lights he heard made him forget to stop and recalculate his money because he should have experienced a decrease in his balance with the losses he had obtained. And he will still gamble, especially if he is drinking alcohol, because that can also make him forget to control himself and stop on time. And maybe that was the initial experience of someone playing gambling at an offline casino and clearly different from the experience of people playing gambling at an online casino.

Alcohol plays a big role if you are inside an offshore casino plus those girls who serves or who's playing as your banker things that can influenced you to keep playing, instead of controlling yourself those factors can really push you to keep betting, an experienced that will give you that desire to keep playing back.

In terms of online, there are also things that will bring you back something that will attract your attention. Win or lose, you will feel that urgency to go back and re-try your luck.

[Sakanwa]

My first experience with gambling was one that made me happy,It was a virtual sport of about  ten thousand naira that I won with 150.That afternoon,I was so hungry and needed to eat,but I had no money on me,I told my friend and he told me that we should go and try a game of luck,if I am lucky,I will win big,so I decided to go with him having no cash on me.We got to the virtual hall and he gave me 150 to try only one hand,I prayed in my heart and play the 150,the game kicked-off,and at the end I saw that all the ones I pointed played,I was so happy when the money was given to me,so I decided to play again with another 150,I lost that hand and decided not to play again.I was so happy that afternoon,but I didn't know that the win will turn out to be bad for me today,because I have turned an addict to the game and can't stop it anymore.

[nullama]

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Even if it's a win from someone else, it can make a gambler return to playing, even after losing, because he also wants to win like those other people. The voices and lights he heard made him forget to stop and recalculate his money because he should have experienced a decrease in his balance with the losses he had obtained. And he will still gamble, especially if he is drinking alcohol, because that can also make him forget to control himself and stop on time. And maybe that was the initial experience of someone playing gambling at an offline casino and clearly different from the experience of people playing gambling at an online casino.

Yes, the entire casino atmosphere is not an accident, and also why casinos all around the world look the same basically.

They are all designed with the same ideas, basically to keep the gamblers there playing as much as possible.

With comfortable seats, table(seat) service with free snacks and drinks, no windows, no clocks, no idea of time passing by, usually open 24 hours, etc. And all the lights and sounds designed to attract and keep the people engaged.

[zuzie]

The experience of playing gambling begins with learning that someone who really wants to gamble will of course see how to play it and how to win later. without realizing it, in gambling we must also be prepared to accept defeat.

Gambling will make a person addicted or addicted, if it is not played carefully it will be fatal for yourself. At least we have to be able to control gambling, because we don't know when we will experience victory or defeat.

[ethereumhunter]

Alcohol plays a big role if you are inside an offshore casino plus those girls who serves or who's playing as your banker things that can influenced you to keep playing, instead of controlling yourself those factors can really push you to keep betting, an experienced that will give you that desire to keep playing back.

In terms of online, there are also things that will bring you back something that will attract your attention. Win or lose, you will feel that urgency to go back and re-try your luck.

If they play at an offshore casino, the temptation will be even greater because apart from drinking alcohol, they will also be accompanied by sexy girls who will tempt them to keep playing. It's possible that the girls were part of the casino and were deliberately asked to accompany the gamblers so that the gamblers would spend their money to gamble. We must be able to control ourselves well and be able to say that we have had enough of gambling and now we are having fun with other things

So that is the experience of each gambler that will be different from other gamblers. Meanwhile, by frequently playing gambling at many casinos, whether offline or online, we will definitely have more experience that will be useful for us in dealing with all situations that might occur. And we can also learn from each experience to keep ourselves in good control.

[Hirose UK]

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Even if it's a win from someone else, it can make a gambler return to playing, even after losing, because he also wants to win like those other people. The voices and lights he heard made him forget to stop and recalculate his money because he should have experienced a decrease in his balance with the losses he had obtained. And he will still gamble, especially if he is drinking alcohol, because that can also make him forget to control himself and stop on time. And maybe that was the initial experience of someone playing gambling at an offline casino and clearly different from the experience of people playing gambling at an online casino.

Yes, the entire casino atmosphere is not an accident, and also why casinos all around the world look the same basically.

They are all designed with the same ideas, basically to keep the gamblers there playing as much as possible.

With comfortable seats, table(seat) service with free snacks and drinks, no windows, no clocks, no idea of time passing by, usually open 24 hours, etc. And all the lights and sounds designed to attract and keep the people engaged.

The similarities are just the similarities in the game, how betting works and some of the main features, but what makes the difference is in terms of service, trust and the forms of requirements and also the promotions that are given.
Of all the similarities and differences that exist, it can provide different experiences so that every gambler at a casino with one another will definitely have different experiences and knowledge.
By playing in more than 1 casino there are benefits that can be taken in the form of experience and experience is very important and even really needed, all jija gamblers want to become more professional gamblers.

There are many gamblers out there who switch between casinos and usually this is done by gamblers who want to have more experience and knowledge.

[pakhitheboss]

If they play at an offshore casino, the temptation will be even greater because apart from drinking alcohol, they will also be accompanied by sexy girls who will tempt them to keep playing. It's possible that the girls were part of the casino and were deliberately asked to accompany the gamblers so that the gamblers would spend their money to gamble. We must be able to control ourselves well and be able to say that we have had enough of gambling and now we are having fun with other things

I haven't been into a physical casino or an offshore casino, so I won't be able to suggest anything here. I did imagine the scenario and I would say it is hard to control yourself in such a situation. After all you are a man and not a saint, who is able to control his urges. This might be the typical reason why gamblers love gambling in a physical casino than an online one. With online casino you can have alcohol but you won't be able to have those ladies encouraging you to gamble

[piebeyb]

Gambling will make a person addicted or addicted, if it is not played carefully it will be fatal for yourself. At least we have to be able to control gambling, because we don't know when we will experience victory or defeat.

Changing the way of thinking in gambling is very important, gambling is actually not only about winning and losing because it is a natural thing, especially in that there is risk as well as fun, it is true that gambling must be careful and controlled because if we exceed the limit then we will get carried away too deep to become addicted to gambling and it will not be good in the end.

Why is it necessary to change the mindset, sometimes the mindset is important, for example, if we think that gambling is fun then we can overcome and control ourselves better, isn't gambling created to give pleasure to the players, let's say when we lose we pay someone to cheer us up this is the same as gambling where we seek entertainment by gambling, not prioritizing the big wins and money we get.

[slapper]

Gambling will make a person addicted or addicted, if it is not played carefully it will be fatal for yourself. At least we have to be able to control gambling, because we don't know when we will experience victory or defeat.

Changing the way of thinking in gambling is very important, gambling is actually not only about winning and losing because it is a natural thing, especially in that there is risk as well as fun, it is true that gambling must be careful and controlled because if we exceed the limit then we will get carried away too deep to become addicted to gambling and it will not be good in the end.

Why is it necessary to change the mindset, sometimes the mindset is important, for example, if we think that gambling is fun then we can overcome and control ourselves better, isn't gambling created to give pleasure to the players, let's say when we lose we pay someone to cheer us up this is the same as gambling where we seek entertainment by gambling, not prioritizing the big wins and money we get.

You want to discuss gambling as a pastime for those who enjoy having fun? Cute. Do not be naive, please. The house ALWAYS wins, and it's not about the little joys or seeking entertainment. It's about the rush of winning and making your presence known in the ring

You claim that it's vital to alter one's perspective. But let's face it, gaming is not meant to "cheer you up." A battleground is gambling. You are not in the arena to be praised; rather, you are there to conquer. The pure thrill of taking a chance and the adrenaline rush of acting are what it's all about

Avoid using the soft approach of "let's say when we lose, we pay someone to cheer us up." Seriously? Your therapist is not gambling, sorry. Going large is the only option in this brutal game. If the heat becomes too much for you, leave the casino

[ethereumhunter]

Yes, the entire casino atmosphere is not an accident, and also why casinos all around the world look the same basically.

They are all designed with the same ideas, basically to keep the gamblers there playing as much as possible.

With comfortable seats, table(seat) service with free snacks and drinks, no windows, no clocks, no idea of time passing by, usually open 24 hours, etc. And all the lights and sounds designed to attract and keep the people engaged.

And that's what makes gamblers in physical casinos feel comfortable playing gambling in physical casinos. They feel they are playing at home because of the service that satisfies them while gambling. And maybe this also makes other gamblers feel the same way, except for gamblers who have lost a lot of money. They definitely won't be able to feel it because they have experienced disappointment during gambling.

I haven't been into a physical casino or an offshore casino, so I won't be able to suggest anything here. I did imagine the scenario and I would say it is hard to control yourself in such a situation. After all you are a man and not a saint, who is able to control his urges. This might be the typical reason why gamblers love gambling in a physical casino than an online one. With online casino you can have alcohol but you won't be able to have those ladies encouraging you to gamble

That's what he means because when there are many temptations in front of us, even though we have tried to survive, they could all collapse because they are too hard to pass up. We will try it and think it's okay to try it once but it turns out that it's in the first moment that we find something so different that we want to taste it again and again. This makes people addicted to gambling because there is a different experience every time they visit the casino. And it will also be the same when they use online casinos to play gambling and the experience will also be different every day. And even though the experience of losing is the same, they don't feel anything and instead want to try again another day.

[Negotiation]

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.

Gambling is not the only source of money and it is very difficult to guarantee the exact amount of income as it involves luck. A source of cash is hard to come by its symptoms are virtually impossible to guess from the outside but gambling addiction can lead to serious mental problems. Gambling addiction has a very negative effect especially on marital and social life of people addicted to gambling, it can be seen that they become very excited by small gains and are motivated to gamble again, which poses a risk for them.

[Bureau]

Gambling is not the only source of money and it is very difficult to guarantee the exact amount of income as it involves luck. A source of cash is hard to come by its symptoms are virtually impossible to guess from the outside but gambling addiction can lead to serious mental problems. Gambling addiction has a very negative effect especially on marital and social life of people addicted to gambling, it can be seen that they become very excited by small gains and are motivated to gamble again, which poses a risk for them.

I am not a gambler, but from my understanding, the term 'source of income' does not align with the parameters of gambling. To consider something a productive source, a guaranteed input with a definitive outcome is required. For instance, as an employee, the input is both hard and smart work, and the output is a fixed or variable salary. The same principle applies to a business, where hard and smart work, along with capital, generate profit. In these examples, the sources have a definitive outcome of income. However, in gambling, the source is the deposit, but the probability of income is 50/50. Therefore, it cannot be considered a reliable source of income.

Thanks.

[legendbtc]

Gambling is not the only source of money and it is very difficult to guarantee the exact amount of income as it involves luck. A source of cash is hard to come by its symptoms are virtually impossible to guess from the outside but gambling addiction can lead to serious mental problems. Gambling addiction has a very negative effect especially on marital and social life of people addicted to gambling, it can be seen that they become very excited by small gains and are motivated to gamble again, which poses a risk for them.

I am not a gambler, but from my understanding, the term 'source of income' does not align with the parameters of gambling. To consider something a productive source, a guaranteed input with a definitive outcome is required. For instance, as an employee, the input is both hard and smart work, and the output is a fixed or variable salary. The same principle applies to a business, where hard and smart work, along with capital, generate profit. In these examples, the sources have a definitive outcome of income. However, in gambling, the source is the deposit, but the probability of income is 50/50. Therefore, it cannot be considered a reliable source of income.

Thanks.

For me, life is already like a gamble. Agree that gambling does not tell us the exact earnings. But it will give immediate results when we play ''I call short-term investing''. And risk losing all that money. I call life a gamble because when we want to do something great, we also have to invest, and no one can predict that we will invest successfully. For example, if we invest in stocks, we can completely lose everything. Or lose half of its value.
High return is proportional to high risk. Low returns are proportionate to less risk. No one can predict what an investment will look like.

[Strongkored]

The experience of playing gambling begins with learning that someone who really wants to gamble will of course see how to play it and how to win later. without realizing it, in gambling we must also be prepared to accept defeat.

Gambling will make a person addicted or addicted, if it is not played carefully it will be fatal for yourself. At least we have to be able to control gambling, because we don't know when we will experience victory or defeat.

Self-control is the key to being able to continue playing properly at gambling, but unfortunately for novice gamblers, it is not easy because a lack of experience will make novice gamblers feel fine to continue playing even though they have experienced many losses and they also don't set a fund limit which they will spend in gambling so that the money they use becomes uncontrollable and only stops when they have to work or other routine activities. The first experience when gambling will definitely be fun if you get a win and become curious when you lose so that you will return to playing until you get a win, because indeed being able to win at gambling is what all gamblers really want, so that will prevent them from stopping.

[dezoel]

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.

User engagement and user experience obviously play a great role in keeping a customer intact and don't let them look for alternative means for their gambling activities. When a platform and its games have great graphics, great sounds and tones, good-looking visuals, and easy-to-access menus and games, a gambler will simply stay engaged with the platform as long as they have money in their account and these things can also make someone addicted.

Sometimes, you might even get addicted to the winning sound or the visuals of a game that you won't feel good if you don't play that game for a single day, which is why casinos and every single online platform tend to create very user-friendly spaces for their customers and players.

[Jody.Drummer]

The experience of playing gambling begins with learning that someone who really wants to gamble will of course see how to play it and how to win later. without realizing it, in gambling we must also be prepared to accept defeat.

Gambling will make a person addicted or addicted, if it is not played carefully it will be fatal for yourself. At least we have to be able to control gambling, because we don't know when we will experience victory or defeat.

There are many different experiences when someone enters into gambling in the end, one of them is like what you said, at first they just try, are introduced by friends and many more. from that experience there will be different impacts too, some of them stop immediately at that time, some become addicted and others. The danger is those who become addicted, it will make them go too deep and they don't even know how to get out.
However, this often happens in the scope of gambling and when it all happens then it will come back to themselves.