Who among you here is gambling at work?

[Suzume]

I would like to share my experience of gambling life. The journey is not too much easy for me when I started it. I belong from a middle class family and our financial condition is not too much good. I don't have someone in my life who will teach me and who have experience in gambling. From my childhood my family members are cricket lover that's why I see cricket matches from childhood with them and that give me enough experience what happened in a match. Few months ago I have seen advertisement of a beting application. Then I decided to start beting. Because of problem in my financial condition my first bet is too my risky for me because I don't have enough experience and if I lost the money I have to suffer a lot. Because of my bad luck in the match I lost my after some do it again and play it cleverly not to try my luck do it for earning. From now to then my experience is increasing and that experience help me to win every match after that I lost many matches but winning rate is much better then losing rate.

[Nerdy doctor]

I would like to share my experience of gambling life. The journey is not too much easy for me when I started it. I belong from a middle class family and our financial condition is not too much good. I don't have someone in my life who will teach me and who have experience in gambling. From my childhood my family members are cricket lover that's why I see cricket matches from childhood with them and that give me enough experience what happened in a match. Few months ago I have seen advertisement of a beting application. Then I decided to start beting. Because of problem in my financial condition my first bet is too my risky for me because I don't have enough experience and if I lost the money I have to suffer a lot. Because of my bad luck in the match I lost my after some do it again and play it cleverly not to try my luck do it for earning. From now to then my experience is increasing and that experience help me to win every match after that I lost many matches but winning rate is much better then losing rate.

I’m curious. Knowing fully well about your not so good financial situation, you went ahead to bet knowing you would suffer a lot if you ultimately lost the bet. But you did so anyway and still lost the bet. That was quite foolish on your part.
This thread aims to talk about experiences from gambling at work and it’s consequences. Your post is all about how you started gambling despite having poor finances. You mentioned you now play cleverly and not to try your luck but to do it for earnings. Does that mean you play for the purpose of how much earnings you can get?

[LUCKMCFLY]

I don't do that but if a co-worker knows that you do and that person is jealous on what you do, you'll probably receive an IR from your HR. Especially in the work culture in my country, if you're not the superior position then you'll have to be asked for so many times with favor that will be commanded to you and that's how you get along with them. But if you're in a higher position then that's nothing for the subordinates that you have. There's a term on that type of person that uses your work time in doing something else regardless of what it is, and that's likely near to be called as a jerk.

Correct. There are too many eyes in the workplace so this is not a good habit to do the gambling thing in those types of places. There's a way though, we have our phones but we will have to pay for the data so that we can manage to gamble. I think paying that will not be a problem for the gambling addicts but this will devour a lot of time instead of finishing the work early and doing it after that. I do believe that's better than doing it first.
It's true that there are superiors who will use their power against us especially if we are a candidate for receiving the higher position and let's not waste that opportunity just because of our bad gambling habit. It can always wait while being promoted cannot be. We need that for a better payroll and then we can have more space on our budget to gamble.
We always have our day-offs/weekends to play, it's not like gambling sites are going to run away, they will always be there waiting for us.

I am one of those who think that our work is sacred, if we really want to do something else like play in a casino like this, not only are we Disrespecting the work, we are not disrespecting ourselves, because basically the Our work is our livelihood and what we have to Make a market and cover household expenses, if we do not risk our work to play is something that is not Right , furthermore what you say is true, and it is a reality that Now most of the jobs have so many cameras that any movie is seen by Anyone, the supervisors, the same bosses, and what does it look like later if they take out a Phone during work hours? How is the person? Bad, because if the rules are to take out our cell phone and play, I think he has done everything in a very bad way and is being a participant in an act of mere unwiseness, so if he wants to play very much At Work what you Should do is wait to go out or wait to use your lunch break to get it.

In jobs, workers generally have at least 1 hour to have lunch, there are other jobs that give them more time, because people can even take a nap to arrive fresher, in Spain it happens a lot, and if this happens like this, Why not take Advantage of the hours we have to do it? I consider that our work is very sacred, apart from making a Mistake like that, professionalism is going down the drain, our capacity for credibility within the company is not the best, I think Many safe rules would be violated, and that is something that we should not do, because when they see that and if they decide to make a mistake , they can do it, because the offense is serious when a mistake is made to play in a casino from work, that is Something that could happen, beware if something like that happens, when they call to ask what the worker is like, they won't tell you good things.

[Silberman]

I would like to share my experience of gambling life. The journey is not too much easy for me when I started it. I belong from a middle class family and our financial condition is not too much good. I don't have someone in my life who will teach me and who have experience in gambling. From my childhood my family members are cricket lover that's why I see cricket matches from childhood with them and that give me enough experience what happened in a match. Few months ago I have seen advertisement of a beting application. Then I decided to start beting. Because of problem in my financial condition my first bet is too my risky for me because I don't have enough experience and if I lost the money I have to suffer a lot. Because of my bad luck in the match I lost my after some do it again and play it cleverly not to try my luck do it for earning. From now to then my experience is increasing and that experience help me to win every match after that I lost many matches but winning rate is much better then losing rate.

You need to be very careful, it seems that results have improved with time for you, but one of the things with probabilities is that it is very difficult to know if your positive outcomes are the result of an improvement of your skill or you are just being lucky, if it is the former then you can keep doing so while you still remain cautious, however if for some reason it is the latter then your results could change at any moment, and if that happens you need to avoid falling into despair, since it is in those moments when people take terrible decisions that can change their life for the worse.

[Oilacris]

I'd like to share my experience with you all. Even though I'm not currently employed, I went through a phase of gambling while I was working in the past, and the outcome wasn't positive. It affected my job performance because, as you may know, when you lose, you tend to dwell on your losses and constantly think about strategies to win. When we talk about work, it usually means we're not particularly wealthy, and imagine what happens when we gamble money we can't afford to lose, especially when we're not earning much.

Let me tell you, the feeling is far from pleasant. It leads to a decline in your work performance, which can have significant consequences since that's your primary source of income. It might be manageable if you're winning, but the harsh reality is often quite the opposite. Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.

I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.

Gambling at work would really just simply put you on trouble. You do go to office to have some work and not on doing gambling but if you are on break time then it should really be just fine.
Dont compromise your work for the sake of gambling because its never been worth. You would really be losing up your main income just in exchange for gambling activity on which its never been that
something that you can call to be equal. There's always time for everything and dont compromise on things on which you do know on where you do get your money from.Just like the rest been saying that once you do get caught by your boss or supervisor then you're done for but if you've been given a chance then you are lucky but if not then your'e fucked up.
This is why its always better that you should really be that only playing on the time that you are vacant or something not at work. There's ton of time on doing that.

[Hirose UK]

Gambling can be devastating, this activity can preoccupy your mind, instead of thinking about the improvements you need to make in your workplace you will keep trying to develop a means of winning at all costs, gambling as an addictive habit can put one in a state of confusion.

This is if the gambler has the goal of making profit and tries as much as possible to win more easily and this kind of gambling goal can indeed give rise to complicated thinking so that he cannot focus on what he should be doing.
But when gamblers aim to have fun and simply relieve boredom by having control then gambling at work is not something that will worsen the atmosphere.
It all depends on the gambler himself in responding to it.

When I was working in a hospital I did the same thing there was a soccer bet I placed, I was monitoring when a sample was brought for us to carry out a laboratory investigation called full blood count (FBC) this is a sensitive test, if not for the help of my colleague I would been in problem by now but I thank God, but from that day I reduced the way I gamble because the incident is not what I can share here but God saw me through, we should be minimal in gambling, I didn't say we should stop because everyone to his own decision, I haven't stop gambling totally but I don't allow it to control me anymore.

From what you did it is clear that it was mistake that you placed a bet during working hours and you should have done it during your break and monitored the bets as much as possible if work was not so busy.
I know the feelings you experience when betting, which makes feel little anxious and always think about whether what you are betting on will lose or win, but if you can be responsible for work then winning or losing is not something need to worry about because you definitely accept all kinds of things the final result of the bet.

[Wexnident]

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Literally balls to the walls huh. New to the topic but I know someone from work (two of them in fact) that are active gambler. You can legit hear them screaming mad when their teams for sports betting or their bets go awol because of a bad spin game. From what I can see though they don't really affect their work performance that much, and even the noise they make isn't that bad to affect the efficiency of their work mates, at least from the past few months that I've been in the company anyway.

Well the fact that the work is relatively leisure might be part of being able to do it properly while gambling though.

[CODE200]

I'd like to share my experience with you all. Even though I'm not currently employed, I went through a phase of gambling while I was working in the past, and the outcome wasn't positive. It affected my job performance because, as you may know, when you lose, you tend to dwell on your losses and constantly think about strategies to win. When we talk about work, it usually means we're not particularly wealthy, and imagine what happens when we gamble money we can't afford to lose, especially when we're not earning much.

Let me tell you, the feeling is far from pleasant. It leads to a decline in your work performance, which can have significant consequences since that's your primary source of income. It might be manageable if you're winning, but the harsh reality is often quite the opposite. Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.

I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.

Gambling at work would really just simply put you on trouble. You do go to office to have some work and not on doing gambling but if you are on break time then it should really be just fine.
Dont compromise your work for the sake of gambling because its never been worth. You would really be losing up your main income just in exchange for gambling activity on which its never been that
something that you can call to be equal. There's always time for everything and dont compromise on things on which you do know on where you do get your money from.Just like the rest been saying that once you do get caught by your boss or supervisor then you're done for but if you've been given a chance then you are lucky but if not then your'e fucked up.
This is why its always better that you should really be that only playing on the time that you are vacant or something not at work. There's ton of time on doing that.

I totally agree with you. Not only the work was being compromised, but as well as the company that you're working with. Imagine, they hire you because they saw a potential in you and that they think you are credible and suited enough for the job, and then you're wasting all of that just because you cannot control yourself. Learn how to manage your time and know that working and gambling shouldn't be done together. Also, gambling at your work only shows how unprofessional you are and how unethical you are as an employee. In the worst case, you might lose your job if ever that your employer or boss caught you doing the act. Just know that there is other time for you to gamble, and it can wait! but your work cannot. Maybe you can put this matter into this, weekdays are supposed to be your working days, and set your weekends as your gambling days or other activities.

[ethereumhunter]

Literally balls to the walls huh. New to the topic but I know someone from work (two of them in fact) that are active gambler. You can legit hear them screaming mad when their teams for sports betting or their bets go awol because of a bad spin game. From what I can see though they don't really affect their work performance that much, and even the noise they make isn't that bad to affect the efficiency of their work mates, at least from the past few months that I've been in the company anyway.

Well the fact that the work is relatively leisure might be part of being able to do it properly while gambling though.

If they gamble in the office while they are resting, we will probably hear screams while they are watching the game. But if they place bets without watching the match, the office atmosphere won't be too noisy. To avoid the commotion in the office when we place a bet, we are resting so that we are not busy with office work that requires our concentration. But we also have to be careful when gambling in the office because there are colleagues who don't like it and they are the ones who can report us to our superiors. The atmosphere in the office may also not be good if there are employees who gamble while other employees are working.

[Silberman]

Literally balls to the walls huh. New to the topic but I know someone from work (two of them in fact) that are active gambler. You can legit hear them screaming mad when their teams for sports betting or their bets go awol because of a bad spin game. From what I can see though they don't really affect their work performance that much, and even the noise they make isn't that bad to affect the efficiency of their work mates, at least from the past few months that I've been in the company anyway.

Well the fact that the work is relatively leisure might be part of being able to do it properly while gambling though.

If they gamble in the office while they are resting, we will probably hear screams while they are watching the game. But if they place bets without watching the match, the office atmosphere won't be too noisy. To avoid the commotion in the office when we place a bet, we are resting so that we are not busy with office work that requires our concentration. But we also have to be careful when gambling in the office because there are colleagues who don't like it and they are the ones who can report us to our superiors. The atmosphere in the office may also not be good if there are employees who gamble while other employees are working.

If the one that catches you is a friend of yours then they will let it go but they will probably recommend you to stop gambling at your job, but if it is anyone else you can be sure you are going to get reported as there are many people out there that love to cause drama even without a legitimate reason, but if they do have one they will blow things out of proportion, and if the HR manager is the difficult kind you could get fired on the spot because of this.

[Westinhome]

If they gamble in the office while they are resting, we will probably hear screams while they are watching the game. But if they place bets without watching the match, the office atmosphere won't be too noisy. To avoid the commotion in the office when we place a bet, we are resting so that we are not busy with office work that requires our concentration. But we also have to be careful when gambling in the office because there are colleagues who don't like it and they are the ones who can report us to our superiors. The atmosphere in the office may also not be good if there are employees who gamble while other employees are working.

Gambling was the favourite game to the many of the gambler,So most probably all the gambling sites was used by the gambler at their work place too.But you should use the minimum bet during the gambling at the office.Becasue as I said the concentration to the gambling game will be very low.So the possibility to win more during the gambling site will be low.The continuous way of playing the game make you to understand the full algorithm of the gambling site by using the longer period the same gambling site.

[Chikito]

Let me tell you, the feeling is far from pleasant. It leads to a decline in your work performance, which can have significant consequences since that's your primary source of income. It might be manageable if you're winning, but the harsh reality is often quite the opposite. Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.

These Situations will happen on every person when you have no control over how to manage your money. It's just a simple thing, If you have a family, let's prioritize your salary to them first before depositing the money to a gambling site because Gambling is not a priority in your life, it's just Intermezzo, or a hobby to relieve boredom. Next time, you have to put aside the money that you can do for gambling, If necessary create a new wallet or bank account in which you keep that money for gambling only, just spend for gambling for a month. maybe it would be good if it increased and win everyday to use for holiday with family.

[Nerdy doctor]

Literally balls to the walls huh. New to the topic but I know someone from work (two of them in fact) that are active gambler. You can legit hear them screaming mad when their teams for sports betting or their bets go awol because of a bad spin game. From what I can see though they don't really affect their work performance that much, and even the noise they make isn't that bad to affect the efficiency of their work mates, at least from the past few months that I've been in the company anyway.

Well the fact that the work is relatively leisure might be part of being able to do it properly while gambling though.

It does seem strange the management of the organization don’t mind employees gambling at work hours, disturbing other employees hard at work with their screaming and all. If it doesn’t affect their productivity at work, that’s all fine but their actions could deter others from putting in their best effort into working also during work hours.
If I had such employees working under my supervision, despite still being efficient at work, they would be severely reprimanded for their gambling activities while on company time.

[junder]

Gambling can be devastating, this activity can preoccupy your mind, instead of thinking about the improvements you need to make in your workplace you will keep trying to develop a means of winning at all costs, gambling as an addictive habit can put one in a state of confusion.

This is if the gambler has the goal of making profit and tries as much as possible to win more easily and this kind of gambling goal can indeed give rise to complicated thinking so that he cannot focus on what he should be doing.
But when gamblers aim to have fun and simply relieve boredom by having control then gambling at work is not something that will worsen the atmosphere.
It all depends on the gambler himself in responding to it.

But it all depends on the people too, if the work is done and there is free time it's okay but maybe it will be different from the thoughts of the boss who finds out that his staff are gambling during working hours. In my opinion, just find safety by playing other games or doing other things such as chatting with coworkers or anything as long as it is not related to gambling that can cause problems.

When I was working in a hospital I did the same thing there was a soccer bet I placed, I was monitoring when a sample was brought for us to carry out a laboratory investigation called full blood count (FBC) this is a sensitive test, if not for the help of my colleague I would been in problem by now but I thank God, but from that day I reduced the way I gamble because the incident is not what I can share here but God saw me through, we should be minimal in gambling, I didn't say we should stop because everyone to his own decision, I haven't stop gambling totally but I don't allow it to control me anymore.

From what you did it is clear that it was mistake that you placed a bet during working hours and you should have done it during your break and monitored the bets as much as possible if work was not so busy.
I know the feelings you experience when betting, which makes feel little anxious and always think about whether what you are betting on will lose or win, but if you can be responsible for work then winning or losing is not something need to worry about because you definitely accept all kinds of things the final result of the bet.

Of course it becomes a problem, doesn't it? Disruption of existing work so that work never gets done because they focus on monitoring bets made during working hours. Even though the work has been done but if it is still during working hours, my advice is not to do gambling because it will cause problems and will harm them themselves, they could lose their jobs at that time, which is clear that it is a job that earns at the end of each month. well that's right, if they gamble during working hours and the work that should be done but goes wrong because of gambling, here it is certain that they are not responsible for the work they should do. the loss of responsibility can be seen from what you said. And of course this will harm them themselves with work that is not done and becomes piled up in the end will be scolded by their superiors.

[Mauser]

I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.

There is no way that I would start gambling at work, the day is long enough and we can gamble in the evenings without affecting our work. First of all, the risk of getting into trouble at work would be way too high. I work in a large office space with a lot of colleagues, it's nearly impossible to do anything private on the PC because there are always people walking around me. The only chance to gamble during the day would be in my break or on the way to work in the subway. But, I don't like to gamble on my phone as the screen is so small and clicking things is not so easy with my huge hands. I am always afraid for a miss click that leads to a big loss. The last real option would be to gamble from home during the days where I don't need to come in the office, but here I am really scared that they check which websites I open on my work laptop. I really need my job and can't risk losing it. Without the monthly pay check I would be screwed and also wouldn't be able to gamble in the evenings anymore.

[bayu7adi]

This often happens to people who work at night, like security guards or employees who watch over companies during the late hours. It can get really dull during the quiet night if there's no other entertainment, but it can also be a bit challenging. gambling might become a common pastime for those working at night, as long as they don't draw too much attention from their boss as long as the situation remains safe. It seems like their boss is sound asleep at home, so there's no chance of a surprise inspection or getting fired for being active at night.

For those who work during the daytime, they might have to hide their gambling activities or do it during lunch breaks. the most important thing is to be careful with security cameras and also to be mindful of the money you put into gambling. Don't let all your hard earned money from a day's work go to gambling alone. that's not a wise move.

[angrybirdy]

This often happens to people who work at night, like security guards or employees who watch over companies during the late hours. It can get really dull during the quiet night if there's no other entertainment, but it can also be a bit challenging. gambling might become a common pastime for those working at night, as long as they don't draw too much attention from their boss as long as the situation remains safe. It seems like their boss is sound asleep at home, so there's no chance of a surprise inspection or getting fired for being active at night.

For those who work during the daytime, they might have to hide their gambling activities or do it during lunch breaks. the most important thing is to be careful with security cameras and also to be mindful of the money you put into gambling. Don't let all your hard earned money from a day's work go to gambling alone. that's not a wise move.

But once you're working at night and gambling at the same time, there's a tendency that it will affect you either the work or gambling because this may results to out of focus. I agree that working at night is not that strict when it comes to your daily productivity and working behavior but it depends on what type of job do you have, example a Customer service representative, you aren't able to gamble while working because there's a required productivity/vall log counts needed and a lot of pending task that you need to be done. I suggest to focus on your work and gamble once you're shift is done.

[davis196]

What was your job? Working in an office with a computer in front of you?
Is there was a way for your boss to track your online activity? I think that most office computers have tracking/spying software installed, so the manager/supervisor will control the employees. Why so many office clerks waste so much time on their computers for checking social media, playing games(both gambling and non-gambling) and other unproductive stuff? Why don't you just do all this in your free time at home?
Anyway, to answer your question. NO, I have never gambled at work, because of two things:
1.I work mostly at home.
2.Gambling while doing something else is distracting as f*ck. I can't stay concentrated at all.

[Jody.Drummer]

This often happens to people who work at night, like security guards or employees who watch over companies during the late hours. It can get really dull during the quiet night if there's no other entertainment, but it can also be a bit challenging. gambling might become a common pastime for those working at night, as long as they don't draw too much attention from their boss as long as the situation remains safe. It seems like their boss is sound asleep at home, so there's no chance of a surprise inspection or getting fired for being active at night.

For those who work during the daytime, they might have to hide their gambling activities or do it during lunch breaks. the most important thing is to be careful with security cameras and also to be mindful of the money you put into gambling. Don't let all your hard earned money from a day's work go to gambling alone. that's not a wise move.

But once you're working at night and gambling at the same time, there's a tendency that it will affect you either the work or gambling because this may results to out of focus. I agree that working at night is not that strict when it comes to your daily productivity and working behavior but it depends on what type of job do you have, example a Customer service representative, you aren't able to gamble while working because there's a required productivity/vall log counts needed and a lot of pending task that you need to be done. I suggest to focus on your work and gamble once you're shift is done.

Well that's right of course guys, I don't think it's a good option for them to gamble while doing other activities such as work, it's obvious that even though they may think that they will only be involved in a little gambling at that time but still it will be quite annoying especially if the final result is not what they expected, and after that they will usually lose the spirit to do or continue work activities. Honestly, I don't really care how much money they put into gambling and I wouldn't care if they gamble just to get rid of boredom when their night job doesn't really occupy them because as you said, they can lose focus and enthusiasm.

In my opinion, whatever their job is, even though it may not be too strict in the sense that they have enough time to gamble, this gambling activity is really not recommended, after all there is still plenty of time for them to gamble, whether it's when they get home from work or fill the time during work holidays. So the point is that we must really be able to divide time according to its portion, if you are doing an activity then focus on that one activity and don't think about doing anything else whatever it includes gambling, it's better.

[Westinhome]

I am one of those who think that our work is sacred, if we really want to do something else like play in a casino like this, not only are we Disrespecting the work, we are not disrespecting ourselves, because basically the Our work is our livelihood and what we have to Make a market and cover household expenses, if we do not risk our work to play is something that is not Right , furthermore what you say is true, and it is a reality that Now most of the jobs have so many cameras that any movie is seen by Anyone, the supervisors, the same bosses, and what does it look like later if they take out a Phone during work hours? How is the person? Bad, because if the rules are to take out our cell phone and play, I think he has done everything in a very bad way and is being a participant in an act of mere unwiseness, so if he wants to play very much At Work what you Should do is wait to go out or wait to use your lunch break to get it.

In jobs, workers generally have at least 1 hour to have lunch, there are other jobs that give them more time, because people can even take a nap to arrive fresher, in Spain it happens a lot, and if this happens like this, Why not take Advantage of the hours we have to do it? I consider that our work is very sacred, apart from making a Mistake like that, professionalism is going down the drain, our capacity for credibility within the company is not the best, I think Many safe rules would be violated, and that is something that we should not do, because when they see that and if they decide to make a mistake , they can do it, because the offense is serious when a mistake is made to play in a casino from work, that is Something that could happen, beware if something like that happens, when they call to ask what the worker is like, they won't tell you good things.

The work will be the good one,but we need to be passionate in the work.Apart from the gambling the gambler also look into the work because to entitle the work space for the gambling too.Because we all have the lunch break and tea break,if we are doing the real work.So you should use the free time in the gambling only for the gambling,because if the luck favour we can able to earn the good money from it.If you are the freelancer like me,the work is based on the opinion on us.The freelancer work will be more,if you are really want to earn more.So you don’t have the time for the play if you totally engaged with the more work.