Peer pressure as a substantial gambling catalyst.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Let's talk about the experiences y'all had prior your adoption time ( the time you realized you're supposed to begin gambling and, if possible - take good advantage of the casino itself) ... alright we all know that alot of things could sound so convincing atimes - and that could possibly make anyone go for a highlife or tryout new things beyond Thier capacity -  was there a time you read any article about some multi million wins and the person behind was someone of your age group??
"*Or a time you came across an ad on your cellphone where a person of your age was tryna enable you get on a site, with so many proves then that kinda like inspired you??
"*Or a time you got excitingly/awkwardly teased by a close friend for not wagering on the same game as they did, then it cuts??
"*Or a time you were offered a big tip to bet with(which clearly isn't your own funds?)?
P/s: that might not really be the main reasons you began gambling so hard but I believe that peers got alot of influence too,...many atimes, peeps that illicitly gamble are usually led up that 'em peers; let's learn from your experience too.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

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[Wexnident]

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Well my peers definitely had an influence in my first time gambling. It was a group of sorts when I was in higschool, they brought poker cards and initially, it was only for fun, but then money got involved. I wasn't supposed to be joining in really, but then pressure and curiosity got the best of me. That time didn't really last long but it did stick to me, to the point where I myself tried it out on my own at my later college years.

Definitely not something life inspiring (but really just lucky), but my peers just by bringing poker cards and adding in money was more than enough.

[Nrcewker]

Yes, when we see other people make tons of money from gambling, we get curious to try it and make money too. Seeing the progress in the lives of other people through gambling, many people get attracted to it and think that gambling can give you a huge amount of money in a shorter period of time. Basically, people gamble to get rich quickly. But in the initial days, they overlook the risks associated with gambling and make silly mistakes. So yes, peer pressure does act as a catalyst, and hence people start gambling to get ahead of their peers.

[pakhitheboss]

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It all started when I saw my college mates earning daily by buying small lottery tickets every day. They used some kind of calculation to predict the winning ticket as they were buying in groups every day they were able to make a tiny profit. They then would use the winning amount for parties and other stuff which at that age is all I wanted to and I am sure everyone would have done the same thing at that age. That was the first time that I got hooked on gambling, it looked very good from the outside but when you become part of that lifestyle it does not look the way I saw it when I was not gambling. Yes, I agree in some way or another peer pressure does influence and some time act as a catalyst for gambling. In my situation it influenced me and then it got me hooked into the regrettable ecosystem and I had to go through a lot inorder to get out of that ecosystem.

[tusandii]

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Well my peers definitely had an influence in my first time gambling. It was a group of sorts when I was in higschool, they brought poker cards and initially, it was only for fun, but then money got involved. I wasn't supposed to be joining in really, but then pressure and curiosity got the best of me. That time didn't really last long but it did stick to me, to the point where I myself tried it out on my own at my later college years.

Definitely not something life inspiring (but really just lucky), but my peers just by bringing poker cards and adding in money was more than enough.

I recalled my experience when I was in high school also experiencing the same thing as you where I had friends who were part of a separate group but were called bullies at school but actually the most dominant thing in this group was gambling because there was always a game session when there is no teacher teaching or during recess.
The game we play is a card game and also a shuffled dice using two old coconut shells.
From a few people, this activity attracted more students so that the group I had from the start became bigger and was joined by most students my age.

[Porfirii]

It is proven that a large percentage of population is vulnerable to peer pressure. I can't recall the exact figures, but I think it was something like 70%, according to social psychology experiments.

In the case of gambling this percentage should be reduced, IMO. On one hand women seem to be less interested in gambling, so pressure should be higher in order to make them play; on the other hand, gambling is sometimes a private activity, so there is no pressure without publicity either.

In my case, I consider that I have a good resistance to peer pressure, and I have known many lone wolves in the forum who got into BTC no matter what friends and family thought about it a few years ago, so the sample in this forum might not be representative enough; but it is something definitely to be taken into account by the different players in the industry.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Yes, I have said in other threads that my first contact with gambling was slots when I was with friends and saw how other people I knew were playing. Then friends started playing and I ended up playing too. Seeing the excitement of the bet and especially when a friend won a prize is what pushed me to play.

In the end I think it would be rare at that time for someone to start gambling alone. Nowadays it's much easier, from your mobile or computer.

[Latviand]

Yes, when we see other people make tons of money from gambling, we get curious to try it and make money too. Seeing the progress in the lives of other people through gambling, many people get attracted to it and think that gambling can give you a huge amount of money in a shorter period of time. Basically, people gamble to get rich quickly. But in the initial days, they overlook the risks associated with gambling and make silly mistakes. So yes, peer pressure does act as a catalyst, and hence people start gambling to get ahead of their peers.

Such a sad mindset that just because someone was successful, you want to replicate that success in that instant as if they are the saame as you. Not even asking how they do it. I don't think that people gamble because they see others make money in it as a primary reason, maybe they just want to gamble or not get bored and to do something with their time, there's not a lot of people who go to a casino to make money, most of them just want to have fun or I could be wrong and that it's the opposite and that people are easily influenced by what they see and giving in to their envious nature.

Peer pressure is a catalyst but not a substantial imo, saying it's substantial means that people gambling always have this as a factor to their reason why they gamble and thinking so means you underestimate people that they all give in to peer pressure.

[davis196]

was there a time you read any article about some multi million wins and the person behind was someone of your age group??
"*Or a time you came across an ad on your cellphone where a person of your age was tryna enable you get on a site, with so many proves then that kinda like inspired you??
"*Or a time you got excitingly/awkwardly teased by a close friend for not wagering on the same game as they did, then it cuts??
"*Or a time you were offered a big tip to bet with(which clearly isn't your own funds?)?
P/s: that might not really be the main reasons you began gambling so hard but I believe that peers got alot of influence too,...many atimes, peeps that illicitly gamble are usually led up that 'em peers; let's learn from your experience too.

None of the above.
15 years ago I came across a free online course about playing poker. I studied how to play Texas Hold'em Poker and at the end of the course I thought that was a good poker player. It turned out that I wasn't as good as I thought. I was delusional enough to think that I'm going to make big money out of playing poker. I was wrong. There wasn't any peer pressure. Nobody is my social circle plays poker. AFAIK, nobody in my social circle is an active gambler(even though most gamblers keep their gambling habits a secret).

[avp2306]

Sometimes this scenario is really a main problem with other gambler who's struggling to get out on their addiction since they can be influenced by their friends to comeback playing or even get pressured for the achievements they get especially when they see them winning a huge prize and they are telling you to do this also and celebrate together with their winnings. To hard if you are in this environment since once they might tease you and influence back to have fun with them.

[Cantsay]

For me? Nah!! Peer pressure had no play in me getting into gambling.

But I have seen someone that got into gambling because of his hostel roommate, back when he was in school he had a Roomie that normally bets on a popular gambling site (betnaija and sportybet) and sometimes they all do gather and argue on their bets or why they placed a certain bet and that got him interested in gambling and before he knew it he started to join in their discussions analyzing their bets and also sharing idea on how hey are going to make the best out of gambling I.e by betting on games with high probability of winning.

I believe just two of my friends gamble and if you see them you’ll never know that they gamble unless they themselves tell you that they are into gambling so those kind of people don’t really have that much effect on their peer group.

[piebeyb]

This is a normal thing for every gambler where there is always the role of peers to do gambling, where there is always an interest in trying the game when our close friends celebrate their gambling wins so that is what encourages people to try their luck and play gambling, but behind it all it is difficult to get out of gambling or addiction if you still hang out with friends who are still gambling.

Maybe there's nothing wrong with hanging out with gambler friends as long as I can control myself, so far I've never followed in my friend's footsteps to gamble let alone see him win even though I don't bring myself to play gambling, especially now that gambling can be played anywhere using a cellphone for that sometimes not only friends seeing gambling advertisements can be influenced to gamble. it all depends on how we control ourselves from peer pressure 

[Lida93]

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It all started when I saw my college mates earning daily by buying small lottery tickets every day. They used some kind of calculation to predict the winning ticket as they were buying in groups every day they were able to make a tiny profit. They then would use the winning amount for parties and other stuff which at that age is all I wanted to and I am sure everyone would have done the same thing at that age. That was the first time that I got hooked on gambling, it looked very good from the outside but when you become part of that lifestyle it does not look the way I saw it when I was not gambling. Yes, I agree in some way or another peer pressure does influence and some time act as a catalyst for gambling. In my situation it influenced me and then it got me hooked into the regrettable ecosystem and I had to go through a lot inorder to get out of that ecosystem.

I had a similar kind influence too. Had these circle of friends back then we were all living in same environment and some of us attending same secondary school. We started with playing cards (known as "whit" in our local description) most evenings all for fun with common verbal challenge among ourselves of who's gonna emerge winner but as we proceed with time some of the guys were no more satisfied with an ordinary mere challenge of words alone and came up with the idea that something monetary should be attached to make the game look more matured and interesting.
At first I backed out and the reason was mainly due to my religious background the upbringing was kinda strict giving me the constraint.

The whole reason behind my not buying the idea of involving money was that with money involved the tempo was going to get to different level entirely which could cause quarrel leading to a fight (nobody really wants to lose their money). So each time we come to play and money is involved I had to sit by and watch, in the middle discovering that none of those things I thought was gonna happen has actually happened I eventually I sleepheaded into it and here I am today still gambling responsibly.

[swogerino]

Let's talk about the experiences y'all had prior your adoption time ( the time you realized you're supposed to begin gambling and, if possible - take good advantage of the casino itself) ... alright we all know that alot of things could sound so convincing atimes - and that could possibly make anyone go for a highlife or tryout new things beyond Thier capacity -  was there a time you read any article about some multi million wins and the person behind was someone of your age group??
"*Or a time you came across an ad on your cellphone where a person of your age was tryna enable you get on a site, with so many proves then that kinda like inspired you??
"*Or a time you got excitingly/awkwardly teased by a close friend for not wagering on the same game as they did, then it cuts??
"*Or a time you were offered a big tip to bet with(which clearly isn't your own funds?)?
P/s: that might not really be the main reasons you began gambling so hard but I believe that peers got alot of influence too,...many atimes, peeps that illicitly gamble are usually led up that 'em peers; let's learn from your experience too.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

The only thing that keeps me gambling is seeing people all over Youtube winning lots of money on different slot machines and that is big motivation to me as I think to myself,I can be next hitting these targets.I have also read about people of my age winning multi million dollar lotteries but I am not envious of them as I know I have not the same luck,luck in fact seem to avoid me all the time,it has been many many weeks and months that I only keep losing money by gambling.I never received a big tip either,so my only motivation remain Youtube streamers.

[yahoo62278]

I don't really feel that I have ever been pressured to gamble. I was invited to a neighbors house to play poker with him and some friends when I was 15 and fell in love with the game. Since then I have always found myself playing a little poker a few times a month. I can see how peer pressure can lead to gambling or addiction, but you have to train your brain not to fall into the trap. If you gamble it should be because you chose to and you enjoy it, not because you were pressured. If your friends are pressuring you, maybe you need new friends.

[ethereumhunter]

No, I'm not influenced by friends, but it seems my curiosity led me to gamble (if I'm not mistaken). It was an experience that happened in the past and I don't really remember it anymore. Maybe it's because I never had a big win that it's not worth remembering

But I'm usually not too swayed by what my friends say because I know it won't be easy to try. But I often read, hear or even watch other people get big wins from gambling. But that doesn't get me to try what they do because it won't work. So instead of trying too hard, I need to enjoy it and who knows, it's better for me and maybe I can get a win too.

[Jawhead999]

I think many people already heard "You will become what the five closest friends around you", that's why society and nature are give a big impact into someone else life. If people around you are gambler, sooner or later you will try to gamble. Maybe you can stay away against gambling, but it's really need a strong belief and you're also put a distance with your friend or looking for other friends that can will make you become better.

[slapper]

I never saw the same ad twice on my phone, but I do recall reading about young kids receiving millions of dollars. The anticipation of prospective victories improves over time, while aged cheese does not. It cuts like a knife, doesn't it? A friend once told me about a certain game.

Yes, the peers, but also the atmosphere of the gambling room. I have to admit that they have the power to draw you into the emptiness of spinning wheels and limitless roulette possibilities. Sometimes peers are like keys without doors. Maybe there was a period when a sizable tip was given. What did you say the tip was? Oh well, it doesn't really matter because I didn't pay for it. Even though learning from experiences is a possibility, it may not always be the main driver. Isn't this planet peculiar?

[aioc]

When you're in a group bet like in physical casinos or whatever gambling venue, there's always peer pressure or you pressuring your friend to bet on what they think will give you winning, there's fun when you have your friends betting with you because you all going to have a round of drink if anyone of you won.

There are advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is you're going to have fun, and the disadvantage is you are likely going to bet more than what you can afford.

I experienced all of this which is why I prefer to gamble alone or kept it a secret.

[Oshosondy]

Yes, when we see other people make tons of money from gambling, we get curious to try it and make money too. Seeing the progress in the lives of other people through gambling, many people get attracted to it and think that gambling can give you a huge amount of money in a shorter period of time. Basically, people gamble to get rich quickly. But in the initial days, they overlook the risks associated with gambling and make silly mistakes. So yes, peer pressure does act as a catalyst, and hence people start gambling to get ahead of their peers.

I began to gamble because I want to be making income from it, but otherwise was it and I lost more than I could imagine. I become addicted and depression followed until I freed myself by not gambling for a year. I will not doubt the fact that people first gamble because they think they can make money from it, but gambling should be done responsibly by not thinking of it to make money but to have fun from it. As for now, I do not gamble to make money, it is just for fun, but maybe just few of us are like that.