Violence and anger could be a sign of gambling addiction in youths

[Outhue]

When the situation of the country is too hard to comprehend, youths who are supposed to be the future leaders will start turning into criminals in front of us.

This is the third case that have happened to someone very close to me ( not family ), and they all have one thing in common, SPOUSE ABUSE and CRIME.

I knew this gentle soul growing up in my street, who just turned 24 years old and now he was into gambling without anyone knowing at home for the past 1 year, the only point that I hold unto from his mother is how he maltreated his junior brothers and sisters and he also have anger issues.

I have come to understand that having a negative impact on people close to you or your family could be a sign of compulsive gambling, to the extent that this boy start maltreating his junior ones, I mean inflicting pains on them.

The other two cases that I knew about gambling addict ( one in the family ) also have something similar to this behaviour, anger issues, criminal activities like burglary and disrespect of parents, I think countries with high rate of struggles and hardship will always have this type of problems.

Is there any effective way to make sure youths stays where the are told to stay instead of looking for quick money? Gambling isn't the solution to poverty it will possibly drown you deep into more poverty.

[Nwada001]

I have come to understand that having a negative impact on people close to you or your family could be a sign of compulsive gambling, to the extent that this boy start maltreating his junior ones, I mean inflicting pains on them.

It could be, but I don't believe it is. Having a bad mind or not having any sign of sympathy for your loved ones and family members up to the extent of maltreating them is inhuman, and that's not a problem caused by gambling; it's a personal disease that the person needs to work on himself in order to get those rides out of him.
 
I know the disappointment that always comes when someone loses a game and the anger that will be attached to it because no one will feel happy about losing money, but that one alone does not warrant maltreating someone who has nothing to do with the game you lose. Most times, our relatives are supposed to be the ones whom we look up to, and we use their expressions to chear ourselves up instead of turning them to our punishment receiver.
 
Even if the said person has been stopped from gambling and no longer has access to gambling, there is still no guarantee that they will stop that reckless behaviour; it's inbuilt in them, and they need to work on it. Even if they are chasing a different carrier, any small thing that will provoke their anger can still bring back that beast in them.
 
 

[MainIbem]

This depends on individual who aren't patient enough to source for a livelihood apart from gambling and causing pains to their families, let us also consider that in the country where things are hard there are other fellow youth that are making it even without gambling or without involving themselves in any evil practice or activities. The thing is, people always looks for whom to apportioned blame on because those who made didn't involved themselves in gambling or turning to gambling addicts in a way to influence their environment negatively.

If youth are devoted in acquiring skills and learning hand works for those whose country aren't making any ways for should focused on self developer and employment, to cry loud I have also seen people doing pety business to help their lifes they made it through that business and today the employer of labour, they created employment opportunities for those who can't create any and by doing this, they have also help to build the country as well.

[Jody.Drummer]

Is there any effective way to make sure youths stays where the are told to stay instead of looking for quick money? Gambling isn't the solution to poverty it will possibly drown you deep into more poverty.

In my opinion there are several ways that can be said to be quite important and quite effective to avoid this problem, I think environmental factors have a very important influence in this problem and also the role of parents cannot be forgotten, parents must really be able to limit whatever their children's activities are especially in the problem of the playing environment because obviously it can really bring negative or positive influences. And besides that, both parents must also be able to emphasize to their children that nothing is instant especially in terms of making money, and what is feared is that it is very possible that they will assume that gambling can be a solution place to make money. It is very clear that this is not a place for your poverty solution, instead of getting a win but the fact that happens instead you get worse in financial problems, it is very possible and many have experienced it.

Well I understand that for teenagers they are still very young, and that is very dangerous because as we know their curiosity about something is very high, so if they know that there is a chance of winning in gambling then it is very likely that they will like this activity, even though the reality is the opposite. The bottom line in my opinion is because they are still unstable so it must be the parents who try to prevent, keep away from everything that can make them gamble, such as the environment or social media.

[Wakate]

Life is difficult right now and we always lol for ways to make sure that we pay our bills and take good care of our family. Inflation is everywhere that is why many people opted into gambling for a better means of survival and if we see that kind of person becoming aggressive when gambling especially when things go wrong, we need to understand that it is fight for survival. So to get a good job is very hard these days, we need to make sure that we keep growing and taking our tree responsibility as a man or human in the family.

[SamReomo]

Sometimes such things happen because our greed shuts our senses and we really don't understand what we are doing. Such youths who fall into gambling addiction are the ones who want to earn a lot of money in short duration of time but they really don't understand much about economics and find gambling as a way to quickly get rich.

Actually they don't understand gambling as well and think that gambling will allow them to multiply their money many times, but when they lose bets they get frustrated because of the losses and due to frustration their personality starts changing over time.

Those people start to mistreat their loved ones because they got addicted for gambling and find gambling more interesting than their family and loved ones. Some people lose the bets and believe that they lose the bets due to the luck of the others who are close to them and that's another reason for such behavior.

The best solution is to teach youth about the principles of economics and how money works. One should also teach them that earning money quickly is a type of scam that fake influencer install in our minds. Everyone has different struggles to reach financial freedom in their lives and if someone is born into a financially weak family then that person has to struggle a lot.

The struggle can be in the form of learning of skills and making money by utilizing those skills or the struggle can be in the form of education and other qualifications that would allow them to get a proper job. Gambling is good for entertainment purpose but it is not something that could end up the bondage of poverty and if someone thinks that they could get rich quick by following the path of gambling then such person as to lose a lot things in his/her life.

[Assface16678]

Is there any effective way to make sure youths stays where the are told to stay instead of looking for quick money? Gambling isn't the solution to poverty it will possibly drown you deep into more poverty.

Best solution? Parental guidance simple as that, without the correct guidance of their parents then they will be exposed in not just gambling but any crimes that they can learn. Solution to poverty? Well maybe what I will say is easier that said, I think there 2 main factors to blame why people be in poverty, 1st government, 2nd the person itself, I will not elaborate more. So I agree gambling isn't the solution for poverty it is only a hobby for those fortunate that waste their money for fun and entertainment, for those who don't? Then it could be the start of their misery life.

[Solosanz]

That's happen in every addictions e.g. drugs, sex, smoking, alcohol etc and someone who have a low self control or egoism for keep asking to fulfill their desire. Let's say you was a kid and asking a chocolate to your mom, your mom not want to buy it and you will angry to her.

Such signs are really common, it's something normal and you can't use this signs to say they're a gambling addict.

[Coin_trader]

Is there any effective way to make sure youths stays where the are told to stay instead of looking for quick money? Gambling isn't the solution to poverty it will possibly drown you deep into more poverty.

The only way a youth can be save from gambling addiction is when his mind becomes open to the reality of the world. Youth should focus on study and finding a decent job to have good future because most of the gambling addicted usually have family problem and doesn’t focus much on his career that’s why they choose the shortcut way on earning profit.

I grew on an environment which gambling is very common. I was exposed on gambling as a child since my father and neighbors is always playing gambling with small money. I’m at the point of being entertained much on gambling as young child. My mother transfer me to my grandma living on the province so that I will get away on gambling and focus on my study. This really works because I finish my studies with good career. Since I already knew the reality of gambling, I never become addicted despite I’m always playing now because I experience worst as a child and improve myself while I understand what to priority in life.

[mirakal]

When the country is experiencing too much inflation that makes the people find it hard to survive, at least the country should also be responsible to provide massive sources of income so that the people can still sustain all their needs and make ends meet. Otherwise, people will be push to enter get rich quick source of profits most likely with gambling. Thus, instead of working for daily survival, they put all their time and efforts into gambling and eventually develop addiction. That’s when things become uncontrollable for them, that they become prone to committing crimes due to consistent losses of their money.

Youths are more susceptible to fall on this type of situation. Thats why advices from family is very important. Without discipline, there can be no good man in gambling.

[Lucius]

That's happen in every addictions e.g. drugs, sex, smoking, alcohol etc and someone who have a low self control or egoism for keep asking to fulfill their desire. Let's say you was a kid and asking a chocolate to your mom, your mom not want to buy it and you will angry to her.

Such signs are really common, it's something normal and you can't use this signs to say they're a gambling addict.

I agree, violence and anger do not have to be related exclusively to gambling addiction, but can also be the result of some of the other addictions you mentioned. In order to prevent such things, it is necessary to prevent people who are minors from having the opportunity to gamble, which is much easier to do in physical casinos, while online casinos still cannot see who is on the other side, and even when they ask for KYC, a minor can use the documents of his family member or friend to verify the account.

Unfortunately, the situation described by the OP is very serious and cannot be solved by itself, because such things only get worse if the person does not get adequate help. Gambling is supposed to be fun, and the moment it stops being, everyone has a problem which should not be ignored at all.

[348Judah]

When the situation of the country is too hard to comprehend, youths who are supposed to be the future leaders will start turning into criminals in front of us.

Our respective countries and it's economy situations shouldn't be what will determine what outcome we get out of gambling or turned us into something else, we have our life to live, if you're a grown up adult, try to be independent enough that you care less about what your country benefits you than what you serve to give to the country.

This is the third case that have happened to someone very close to me ( not family ), and they all have one thing in common, SPOUSE ABUSE and CRIME.

I will say that they made such decision from their own self determination, you shouldn't let your background get your back to the ground, if you're a gambler doesn't mean everything about you should be upside-down, if we fail to decide for ourselves, the world and situations around it will do so.

Is there any effective way to make sure youths stays where the are told to stay instead of looking for quick money? Gambling isn't the solution to poverty it will possibly drown you deep into more poverty.

Set the family ablaze and reignite the love, bring the children altogether in a good way, teach them and direct all the children right, plan and work towards the future, try your best and leave the rest.

[YOSHIE]

Is there any effective way to make sure youths stays where the are told to stay instead of looking for quick money?

Yes, dormitories are the best solution for today's young people, you know the internet, Android phones, laptops and so on have become habits and life among young people, Not to mention the addition of online games that are easy to access anywhere, of course the dormitory is the best choice for those pursuing education for the next generation of the nation and state.

For this reason, currently in modern life there is no internet and technology that is separate from young people, so the dormitory does not allow students to play on Android phones, laptops operating in dormitories are supervised only for studying, not for gambling, they are educated to be the best generation in the future, without being touched by gambling, in my opinion that is the best step for the current generation to avoid gambling.

I believe every country has schools and dormitories in their respective countries, from elementary schools to universities, especially countries where the majority are Muslims, such as: Masir, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and so on, In England, where the majority of the population is not Muslim, there are also more dormitories such as: Oswestry School, Langley School, Morton Hall Girls School, Bredon School and many others that cannot be mentioned one by one here.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

         -     I don't see anyone else who can support, guide, and teach young people about that matter. If you have a child, explain to him the consequences of gambling when he tries to do it, which is not right.

At a young age, young people should be made aware that it is not appropriate for young people who are underage to enter into gambling, and even at the point of adulthood, if the parents teach that gambling is bad, I think that's fine for me if I'm a parent.

It's right that I'm the one who gambles with my family, because they might end up being worse than me if they try. At least I can control myself somehow.

[uneng]

I don't agree on this one. To relate gambling to the fact the individual has become aggressive is just a way to minimize his violent nature. He isn't aggressive because he has been gambling or has become addicted to it. Maybe gambling just raised his aggressivity a little more, but that individual would present that kind of behavior, anyway, when confronted or opposed in another situations, because that is actually what gambling did to him: opposed his desire of making profit, inflicting him a financial loss. As these men you mentioned are unstable ones, they don't know how to deal with an undesired scenario in a reasonable way, so they discharge all their frustration on weaker beings, such as minor brothers, wives, animals and so on...

[yahoo62278]

Violence and anger in young people may just be the result of the environment they are or have grown up in. I feel like saying all angry people are gamblers, or all murderers are gamblers. People in general are a product of what they are taught. If what you propose was true, then wouldn't that mean that all gamblers are violent and angry? I find that hard to believe as I have met plenty of nice people who like to gamble from time to time.

[rhomelmabini]

I have come to understand that having a negative impact on people close to you or your family could be a sign of compulsive gambling, to the extent that this boy start maltreating his junior ones, I mean inflicting pains on them.

The other two cases that I knew about gambling addict ( one in the family ) also have something similar to this behaviour, anger issues, criminal activities like burglary and disrespect of parents, I think countries with high rate of struggles and hardship will always have this type of problems.

Is there any effective way to make sure youths stays where the are told to stay instead of looking for quick money? Gambling isn't the solution to poverty it will possibly drown you deep into more poverty.

Not to jump to conclusion that fast but having three as an example wouldn't determine that it's all about gambling. It could be alcohol problem, relationship issues, money problem and lot of causes that may trigger to have this kind of maltreatment.

Compulsive gambling leading to losses may just be one but can't tell these days considering there are too many causes of these kind of social issues. I think the effectiveness of it should start in the early years of the child not when they are already in their teenager days. There's that saying that you won't be able to bend an old branch tree that easily but a young one could be. It's all about conditioning and how you mold them.

[noormcs5]

I don't agree on this one. To relate gambling to the fact the individual has become aggressive is just a way to minimize his violent nature. He isn't aggressive because he has been gambling or has become addicted to it. Maybe gambling just raised his aggressivity a little more,

We cannot blame anyone who is violent or aggressive because he is involved in gambling. Gambling is not the only source of being rude and in a mode of tension/depression, there may be many other reasons as well. Even there are people who never gamble yet they are violent,  Why?
It can be because of any family issues or maybe he is involved in drugs etc. which can cause this unusual behavior.

Yes, gambling addicts also have the same symptoms and habits but we need to investigate more to get the actual reasons for this anger behavior.

[Agbe]

I am very much agree with the first paragraph of the thread. I don't know which country you referring and really the hardship of the country make the lazy youth sort to do things to survive and in most cases, those youths refused to go to school, they are school droppedouts and turn to criminals in their compounds. There is one case in my compound right now and finally he was arrested by police yesterday. Family/domestic violate is not a new thing and it has been on ground for years, abuse now is part of family DNA in many families. And one thing I will say is that the story you presented about the boy is nice but the boy decided to choose his destiny and not because of gambling. If the boy disrespect his parents and sort crime activities then it was not gamble that made to be like that but I believe it was peer influence. Gambling can make someone to be a criminal and not to disrespect his parents. If he did that then it is not gambling again but another thing. People go into crime because of their losses and they want to recover what they have lost and since no money to gamble to recover the lost they have to look for a way to get cash and that caused the stealing of people's phone, laptop and later increase to arm robbery. There are sometimes the disrespect attitude was born with the person so probably he was just like that from beginning not gambling. When a gamble maltreat his family members and friends outside then it is transgression of anger. It is because of the lost in the bets, and other casinos games made him to behave in that manner. And not necessarily it is because he is an addict. An addict can still do well in his family if he is winning games. Frustration make people to misbehave they way they do. At that stage what they think is different from the normal way of thinking. They are always angry because of the losses.

[goxcraft]

There can be many factors involved. Not just gambling, like family issue, social issue, mental issue, financial issue and so on. It totally depends on that person. Gambling do have effects too & somehow connected. Surely why not, it can be the cause of abuse or violence. Sometimes when I loss, I become so frustrated, that I wanna break everything apart. But then I try to remember gambling is just like any other sports, there are wins and losses. Overall If I say you are somehow correct & somehow incorrect, somewhere between.

I have seen many cases of domestic violence caused by gambling habit. Gambler who is seriously addict, would do anything in order to acquire his gambling money. You can check this link: https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/sites/dbhdd.georgia.gov/files/imported/DBHDD/AD/Gambling/trauma_09_11.pdf