Just like visiting a cinema

[0t3p0t]

The reason why we interact or spend our time with gambling is because most of us use it as our pastime and at the same time earn prizes from winning. For me it is not like the cinema as you will not be able to experience loss in it just a break even for buying tickets and snacks for yourself. Most of the time, going to cinema is worth the money we spend in there unlike in gambling that there is high chance of losing all you've got. Even if we are treating gambling like one of those examples I don't think we will get the same experience. They are totally different. In gambling we are expecting something good but in movies we already know it is pure entertainment.

[Lida93]

This have been discussed few times before and someone have to do it again maybe often, for those of you looking to become a gambler what is your motives behind it? To make money? Or to have some fun? Here is my advice to everyone of you.

I was gambling to make money, but I was taught a lesson. After the lesson learned, I later chose to use gambling to make fun because using it to make money will not actually make money for you but losses instead.

Only those that have got to learn through the hard way about seeing gambling as a means to make money can obviously read the handwriting and digest it without arguing about gambling not being a source of making money. Contemplating on this i remember a comment from a thread that was arguing about how professional gamblers have been able to make money and live rich through gambling which made me wonder how's that possible if they don't have another sources of income and invests.

Too much expectations by gamblers on their bets  to get a win and make them money is such a bad attitude that can rob you from enjoying and catching the fun that was supposed to be derived from gambling plays. And it makes sense to me whenever I see posts like this refreshing our minds about not too getting attached to money making through gambling but rather focus more on the fun side to be at parallel with the activity.

[uneng]

Yes, that is the correct approach towards gambling. Some people like going to the movies, others go bowling, others go travelling and eating out, while there are people who just want to go gambling. So instead of spending their money on every other activities people are used to, they spend it on their bets, and that shouldn't be seen as a waste of money, because it's part of their personal preferences to spend gambling, and not doing other hobbies.

I take this by the example of someone who were very close to me and didn't have pleasure going to the movies anymore. Instead, she loved gambling at casinos. That was what brought entertainment to her and even not enjoying the fact she was losing money this way, I think I should have felt happy, because gambling was the activity which was at least putting a smile on her face and bringing some joy to her life...

[noormcs5]

Yes, that is the correct approach towards gambling. Some people like going to the movies, others go bowling, others go travelling and eating out, while there are people who just want to go gambling. So instead of spending their money on every other activities people are used to, they spend it on their bets, and that shouldn't be seen as a waste of money, because it's part of their personal preferences to spend gambling, and not doing other hobbies.

I take this by the example of someone who were very close to me and didn't have pleasure going to the movies anymore. Instead, she loved gambling at casinos. That was what brought entertainment to her and even not enjoying the fact she was losing money this way, I think I should have felt happy, because gambling was the activity which was at least putting a smile on her face and bringing some joy to her life...

Here you are talking about those gamblers who gamble for fun and entertainment and they treat gambling as an expense towards their entertainment. Unlike other gamblers the lost in gambling is not a big concern for them. Also they do not run after the profits and winning the game is not the only motive for them.

I think these are the people who really enjoy gambling, they gamble in a relax mode and since there is no pressure of winning the games they feel truly entertained by gambling on the casinos.

[bittraffic]

In cinema, you won't expect to lose but want to achieve advances to your new girlfriend while in gambling you are expecting to win some money. But if you are losing a substantial amount already, it's gonna be hard for you to have fun playing in a casino.

The only way I can see this to possibly continue enjoying your day is to stop before you lose more. Because when you are not enjoying anymore and you could be agitated already by the loss you made, you may not be able to play well.

[Yatsan]

Well, it should be but involvement of money simply  creates a different motive for the gamblers. Gambling is more likely invented for entertainment purposes and it evolved or developed over years of its existence. Many people found joy of betting and staking which adds intensity to the result of every game. Consequences as the outcome makes it more entertaining up until people saw something in it such as a source of income or even as a quick way to get rich especially if you’d hit a jackpot. Cinemas and shopping are different from gambling; watching a movie won’t give you an opportunity to atleast double the amount you’ve spent.Is it a bad thing? Depends on how a gambler would take it or handle this activiy.

[m2017]

This have been discussed few times before and someone have to do it again maybe often, for those of you looking to become a gambler what is your motives behind it? To make money? Or to have some fun? Here is my advice to everyone of you.

Definitely, people go to casinos get money easily to earn money. Go elsewhere for fun. Don't engage in self-deception and self-justification for losing money. What else can you say after losing money, except to say that you came to the casino to have fun.

Why not treat casinos the same ways like you are going to the movies or bowling? You are simply paying for the experience and the entertainment, it's either you enjoy it or you may not, can you feel me? You don't know how bad a movie can be until you watched it, so....

This "going to the movies or bowling" looks too very expensive. F@ck, yeah, you have absolutely no idea how bad this “film” can turn out to be, and only by being completely left without money and in debt can you “feel” it.

Casinos, either online or offline, isn't a place to win money for the 99% of people, but this same group of people want to confused or already confused themselves that they can make money gambling, this isn't the proper way. It's meant to be for fun and not so serious like your life depends on it.

“Fun” should give positive emotions and pleasure, and not bitterness, anger and resentment for lost money that was so needed for family, study, parents, buying a car, house, and so on (choose the appropriate one optionally).

If you want your life to goes on with ease, learn to be a fun gambler and not too dependent on gambling, this is what gets people f**ked, the reality of gambling is you win when it's not even expected, be a responsible gambler.

do without gambling.

[Davidvictorson]

This have been discussed few times before and someone have to do it again maybe often, for those of you looking to become a gambler what is your motives behind it? To make money? Or to have some fun? Here is my advice to everyone of you.

See I don't know about those who play at casinos but you see those sports betting buys, they are in it for the money. Anyone who say they are in it for the fun of it is lying.

Why not treat casinos the same ways like you are going to the movies or bowling? You are simply paying for the experience and the entertainment, it's either you enjoy it or you may not, can you feel me? You don't know how bad a movie can be until you watched it, so....

No one is going to listen to this advice but it is good that you have said it. Once a person's mind is made up to gamble for the money, They are going to draw up all sorts of rationalizations for their actions.

Casinos, either online or offline, isn't a place to win money for the 99% of people, but this same group of people want to confused or already confused themselves that they can make money gambling, this isn't the proper way. It's meant to be for fun and not so serious like your life depends on it.

Sometimes we get carried away at the casino and forget that it is for fun, to experience the adrenaline rush. We put money first maybe because of our present situation at that time.

If you want your life to goes on with ease, learn to be a fun gambler and not too dependent on gambling, this is what gets people f**ked, the reality of gambling is you win when it's not even expected, be a responsible gambler.

I wish we would heed to this advice. Soon we would read another sad casino tale. Watch out.

[kamvreto]

gambling to try to find entertainment and that's what I do, besides the funds I use are very minimal and that's only a small part of the allocation for gambling. gambling as entertainment to relieve stress from work. If you are lucky and get the jackpot, it is luck. I don't depend too much on gambling, life is still normal even though I don't gamble every day. I am responsible with myself.

[rachael9385]

I like the side the fact that gambling is not a means of making money, but gambling can give gamblers a chance to have fun and give those that take it as a means of money making, a very sad experience when they don't understand what gambling should be.

Mean while the Cinema is very different from a gaming center or a casino hall, in a cinema, one can enjoy his money but in a gambling center or a casino hall, there is a possibility of losing a being sad at the same time, the guarantee of winning in gambling doesn't come all the time and this makes gambling be like a very hard something for someone who doesn't have the mindset of risking to join.

[tjtonmoy]

You are simply paying for the experience and the entertainment, it's either you enjoy it or you may not, can you feel me? You don't know how bad a movie can be until you watched it, so....

Hey, I have said this multiple time in some of my previous posts. Seems like you have copied me or something like that lol. But that doesn't matter. What matter is understanding the world of gambling. And as I have said before, gambling is for entertainment purposes only. The amount you put in your account for gambling and the amount you bet on games are the fees that you pay for the entertainment. And whatever you win in your gambling is a bonus for you.

I like your idea of comparing gambling with a movie. I think you have explained it better than me. All we see is a trailer before the movie and then we pay to see the whole movie. Trailers could be good but the whole movie may not be the same. So yeah, you pay first and then you enjoy what you have paid for. And whatever you get in return is a bonus for you for being there. If people treat gambling this way then they could avoid so much problems that comes with gambling if you consider it as a way of income.

[Ever-young]

Why not treat casinos the same ways like you are going to the movies or bowling? You are simply paying for the experience and the entertainment, it's either you enjoy it or you may not, can you feel me? You don't know how bad a movie can be until you watched it, so....

Have never really taught about treating gambling same way, maybe this is because I don’t gamble all the time and secondly I also don’t chase big win all the time in gambling and this have help me a lot to stay in the line and don’t use because of high winning to lose focus and start losing games.

But of a truth if one can really play gambling more of fun that the way they play and take it as a source of income their might even be lot of winning and than what they have been losing, because when someone is doing something that they like and having fun why doing it when you less expect for you to make money out of it that’s when the luck usually hit it right and things can just turn around for the person.

[Findingnemo]

We can agree that it's not literally the same but falls under the same category of entertainment, just focus on the spending and get nothing in return financially.

Why we can't treat it the same even if we want too is because of the involvement of money and the excitement of getting more in return if luck favors us but the fact is the house always wins which means we can experience the winning here and there if we are an average joe with average luck factor and it happens for once in a million that we see on the news like someone won life-changing money from betting pennies.

[ChiBitCTy]

I'd say this is pretty good advice overall.  Honestly it makes me wonder what percentage of people whom gamble end up becoming addicted to gambling.  Going about it as you propose is a smart way to at minimum start gambling.  This way when/if you lose, it's a short term thing with a small loss that's nice sizable to your monthly income.  Stay safe out there all.

[topbitcoin]

This have been discussed few times before and someone have to do it again maybe often, for those of you looking to become a gambler what is your motives behind it? To make money? Or to have some fun? Here is my advice to everyone of you.

Why not treat casinos the same ways like you are going to the movies or bowling? You are simply paying for the experience and the entertainment, it's either you enjoy it or you may not, can you feel me? You don't know how bad a movie can be until you watched it, so....

Casinos, either online or offline, isn't a place to win money for the 99% of people, but this same group of people want to confused or already confused themselves that they can make money gambling, this isn't the proper way. It's meant to be for fun and not so serious like your life depends on it.

If you want your life to goes on with ease, learn to be a fun gambler and not too dependent on gambling, this is what gets people f**ked, the reality of gambling is you win when it's not even expected, be a responsible gambler.

I don't know what you mean about opening this thread with the same speculation on what we often discuss here, the context that you conveyed in your argument, is nothing more than to remind people in this forum to gamble based on seeking pleasure only, just like watching a movie as you said, or going to the night market, doing whatever might make you happy while doing it without expecting profit or multiplication of money in the process of your gambling.

Judging from the many threads and characters of the people here I think on average they say the same thing and have the point of view that gambling is a place of entertainment or seeking pleasure and most of them agree on this, so I think here we will talk in circles and make someone say the same thing many times.

[Mr.suevie]

This have been discussed few times before and someone have to do it again maybe often, for those of you looking to become a gambler what is your motives behind it? To make money? Or to have some fun? Here is my advice to everyone of you.

Why not treat casinos the same ways like you are going to the movies or bowling? You are simply paying for the experience and the entertainment, it's either you enjoy it or you may not, can you feel me? You don't know how bad a movie can be until you watched it, so....

Casinos, either online or offline, isn't a place to win money for the 99% of people, but this same group of people want to confused or already confused themselves that they can make money gambling, this isn't the proper way. It's meant to be for fun and not so serious like your life depends on it.

If you want your life to goes on with ease, learn to be a fun gambler and not too dependent on gambling, this is what gets people f**ked, the reality of gambling is you win when it's not even expected, be a responsible gambler.

I believe the thing with gambling is that no one actually ever feels they want to just gamble like that without the interest of actually making little cash or profits. It only turns to a problem when you actually don't know when to stop gambling even if you are experiencing a losing spree and that's when the act becomes a problem. Gambling is like every other habit we poses or should I say practice because no one was born with it inbuilt. Human tend to over practice some habit of theirs, therefore turning it to something else and instead being something you would enjoy it now becomes a pain in the flesh for you.

[Wakate]

Casinos, either online or offline, isn't a place to win money for the 99% of people, but this same group of people want to confused or already confused themselves that they can make money gambling, this isn't the proper way. It's meant to be for fun and not so serious like your life depends on it.

If you want your life to goes on with ease, learn to be a fun gambler and not too dependent on gambling, this is what gets people f**ked, the reality of gambling is you win when it's not even expected, be a responsible gambler.

I just like the way you write this because people need to learn a lot on how to see gambling as fun not to be taken seriously. If we want to earn good profits from gambling, we needed to learn to do gambling without being an emotional gambler. If we want to make go profits from gambling we need to do that will not make us look tok seriously so it is not going to have effect on us. Those would gamble as there major source of income could become an addict or become too desperate to win bets and by doing this, it will could lead to emotional problem.

[coolcoinz]

In cinema, you won't expect to lose but want to achieve advances to your new girlfriend while in gambling you are expecting to win some money. But if you are losing a substantial amount already, it's gonna be hard for you to have fun playing in a casino.

The only way I can see this to possibly continue enjoying your day is to stop before you lose more. Because when you are not enjoying anymore and you could be agitated already by the loss you made, you may not be able to play well.

So you only go to cinema with new girlfriends? I sometimes go with friends simply to watch the movie. We meet up so that we can grab a beer after and discuss the movie.

Cinema is a little different but OP wants to draw your attention to paying for entertainment.
Maybe going to an amusement park would be a better example?
You decide to spend 2 hours there. You pay for a number of rides and get out. It's possible to lose $100 in 2 hours with ease. Why is it so different to going from table to table and playing roulette or blackjack, losing the same $100 in the process?

We're only disappointed because we have high expectations, just like people who invest in bitcoin. They buy a bitcoin for $100k and start thinking of that new house they're going to buy when it goes up 300% in the bull market. Then it goes down 10% and they panic sell.

[Slow death]

In my case, when I play I put a small amount of money that I know I won't miss, but obviously I spend a lot of time analyzing the games I'm going to bet on because this increases my chances of winning, because even though I'm playing with a very small amount of money and play for fun, yet when I analyze the games I do so counting on the fact that if I get it right it would make me happy and compensate me for all the time I spent analyzing the games. and this is very different from films, where the person buys the film and watches it at home and does not make any profit from the money they spent to buy the film, but at least the person has fun watching the film

But when it comes to gambling, no matter how little money a person puts in and plays for fun, the person will still be playing to win and this doesn't just happen with gambling. Even in normal computer games, PS5 or even when people play football with friends, the aim is always to win. no one likes to lose, so people just need to be aware that they must manage their bankroll well to avoid going bankrupt. people should be very responsible when they play, and I'm talking about when they are involved in every game

[Dunamisx]

gambling to try to find entertainment and that's what I do, besides the funds I use are very minimal and that's only a small part of the allocation for gambling. gambling as entertainment to relieve stress from work. If you are lucky and get the jackpot, it is luck. I don't depend too much on gambling, life is still normal even though I don't gamble every day. I am responsible with myself.

The way we are gambling will also determine how we are going to have our experience in it, gambling comes in with diverse enticements that suit our taste on different aspects when we are gambling, it's just like what we give to it is what it also reciprocated back to us, when we see gambling as fun to have just like the cinema, then we will always enjoy every bits of our moments gambling because we are satisfied with how we do it responsibly.