Can you make gambling a profession - a full time job

[Docnaster]

This is actually interesting, but I still don't dare take the risk of becoming a profession just as a gambler, like what happened to my friends where they really couldn't control their gambling, they became addicts and even spent a lot of their assets. If I think a little wiser than making gambling as a profession, why don't we work on a gambling website, either as an admin or own a casino company as well. it will definitely keep us safer from the risks of gambling with big money as a salary. It doesn't need to be instant, the most important thing is that our assets are safe.

The problem is not if one can work as a gambling professional and earn from it alone. Although there are people who do not care about the work they do in as much as it is legitimate and brings food to the table. But there are also people who values prestige and as such they ensure the kind of work they do is very much not only legal but also ethical.

Gambling in some countries is illegal and in some countries it is legal but not ethical. Who will be that friend who will be in the gathering of their fellow friends, why others are introducing themselves as programmers, lawyers, designers, they will introduce themselves as a professional gambler. That does not hold any prestige I mean.

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[bakasabo]

Has anyone tried gambling for 4-8 hours 5 days a week to make gambling as a regular full time job? I think it will be quite emotionally exhausting to do that. Moreover, if gambling would really be a profession, then it will mean that people would only earn from that (you dont go to work to lose money or work for free). Only earning from casinos means casino go bankrupt. That wont be a long-lasting job.

It's impossible to make a steady winning from gambling and this is because no one can accurately predict the outcome of the times consistently and for that, we have to avoid anything that includes higher risks such as continuous wagering,  this will make professionalism a baseless practice because there will all end in loses.

Many of those who chose this path have always ended up in losses or even addictions because sometimes it will allow you to push further than you can bear if you gamble for the money as a profession.

I was not more about steady income, but about doing one and the same actions over a long period of time. At work, we usually do the same day to day, during whole week or months (depends on when we get paid). Lets suppose gambler has infinite amount of money. Is gambler ready to do the same, day to day? Go to casino in the morning, or turn of pc, and gamble-gamble-gamble. Until his shift is over. Casinos offer huge amount of games, it will take a lot of time to try all of them. But the general process is the same, betting, spinning, checking. I doubt that any person is ready to do the same process over and over again, for weeks and months.

[swogerino]

This is actually interesting, but I still don't dare take the risk of becoming a profession just as a gambler, like what happened to my friends where they really couldn't control their gambling, they became addicts and even spent a lot of their assets. If I think a little wiser than making gambling as a profession, why don't we work on a gambling website, either as an admin or own a casino company as well. it will definitely keep us safer from the risks of gambling with big money as a salary. It doesn't need to be instant, the most important thing is that our assets are safe.

It is simple,you don't have a chance to make gambling a full time profession unless you are one of the guys who keep appearing on TV playing on Poker Stars.They make a living from that but all other people cannot be as successful as even odds of 1.01-1.05 will make you lose bets so it is impossible to make gambling a full time job with sport betting.If you think of having a huge amount of money and trying to play that on slots to hit that max win chances are high you will lose everything before you get to win a substantial amount there.Blackjack and Roulette are of course games of luck so I don't see any possibility to make gambling a full time job.

[8rch7]

The problem is not if one can work as a gambling professional and earn from it alone. Although there are people who do not care about the work they do in as much as it is legitimate and brings food to the table. But there are also people who values prestige and as such they ensure the kind of work they do is very much not only legal but also ethical.

Gambling in some countries is illegal and in some countries it is legal but not ethical. Who will be that friend who will be in the gathering of their fellow friends, why others are introducing themselves as programmers, lawyers, designers, they will introduce themselves as a professional gambler. That does not hold any prestige I mean.

Not matter with gambling in some country have been legal or not but can't guarantee will be your profession because with gambling prefer lucky not your skill. I don't see any people show their profession is gambling because many of them most face with losses than winning in gambling platform and likely can't make it job.
Gambling as legal activities in some country but not of them make as profession just have fun only and spent their free time enjoying with gambling platform games such as slot or sport betting, its not effort yet with country have make gambling as legal because their citizen keep working and have profession without make gambling as their main job or profession.

[bitvalak]

I'd like to clarify that this topic is distinguished from businesses or entrepreneurs involved in gambling as businesses, such as casino companies, etc., but with a focus on gamblers. I know there are many people who regard themselves as professionals at playing gambling games, but do you ever think that one can make gambling a full-time job and career because of his or her deep knowledge of the games? Can someone bet with little or no loss because it is one of the most unpredictable games to play?

Gambling to my understanding, is a trial-and-error game with uncertain outcomes, unpredictability, and luck. Therefore, professional gamblers must exhibit a deeper than usual understanding of the games, the statistical probabilities, and a high level of risk management skills.

However, it is critical to realize the risks involved, which include unstable financial circumstances and potential addiction problems. So, pursuing a gambling career should be approached with serious caution, and gamblers ought to be well-informed about the accompanying problems. Furthermore, I believe that having various sources of income and taking calculated risks will be highly beneficial.

But, in a broader sense, can you make gambling a career path, abandoning all other sources of income to focus entirely on it?
If so, why?
If not, please advise!

Having a gambling platform is clearly more profitable than spending a lot of money to become a gambling player.
Because if measured by the winning percentage, no more than 50% of people can beat a slot machine or something like that.
There are fewer than 10% of slot machine winners compared to the number of people playing at the same time.

Or working for a gambling company, it is more guaranteed in terms of salary and stability.
However, you can still work on your passion for gambling, if indeed gambling is one of your hobbies.

If we have more budget, of course I will make my own gambling game.

[shogun47]

Having a gambling platform is clearly more profitable than spending a lot of money to become a gambling player.
Because if measured by the winning percentage, no more than 50% of people can beat a slot machine or something like that.
There are fewer than 10% of slot machine winners compared to the number of people playing at the same time.

Or working for a gambling company, it is more guaranteed in terms of salary and stability.
However, you can still work on your passion for gambling, if indeed gambling is one of your hobbies.

If we have more budget, of course I will make my own gambling game.

Now this is getting me interested, where do you have these numbers from? I highly doubt that the % of people who can beat a slot machine could approximate 50% or even the 10% is too high. Maybe some of the winnings accumulate to a small number of people, so few of the people can make good money. But I doubt that anyone can beat a slot machine that has a fixed return to play rate. Let's assume the RTP is 95%, that means if over the course of the year when 1,000,000 is put in, no more than 950,000 can come out of the slot machine. This does not apply to an individual playing the machine, but to all players combined. Since these things are purely luck based, I wonder how some people "beat" a slot machine. Did you "beat" the lottery when you got the right numbers?

[bbigtart]

This is actually interesting, but I still don't dare take the risk of becoming a profession just as a gambler, like what happened to my friends where they really couldn't control their gambling, they became addicts and even spent a lot of their assets.

The biggest risk of making gambling as a profession will end in addiction, this will definitely happen indirectly, we will kill our future lives because gambling cannot always win even though we are experts at gambling.

If I think a little wiser than making gambling as a profession, why don't we work on a gambling website, either as an admin or own a casino company as well. it will definitely keep us safer from the risks of gambling with big money as a salary. It doesn't need to be instant, the most important thing is that our assets are safe.

I also don't make gambling a profession, I always put gambling as a hobby when I'm lonely. Maybe in countries that have regulated gambling you can work in a gambling place like the one you mentioned. but not all countries openly work on gambling venues. In my country, people who work in gambling places have to hide and if they are found out by the state, they are arrested. If they are found out by their neighbors, they are ashamed. because gambling is considered to destroy the future of the younger generation.

[benalexis12]

In the first place, I can't make gambling a full-time job, to be honest. Think before you win really big here; it will take a lot of money to make it happen if you are unlucky. It would be fine if you were sure that you would win every day.

As others have said in this section, the more a gambler plays for a long time and often at the casino, the higher the chances of the gambler becoming addicted. And this will be a big problem later, and it will be difficult to recover in this situation.

[Chilwell]

In the first place, I can't make gambling a full-time job, to be honest. Think before you win really big here; it will take a lot of money to make it happen if you are unlucky. It would be fine if you were sure that you would win every day.

This doesn't make any sense at all because how are you sure that you will survive with gamble as your sources of income, all I know is that gambling is a thing of luck that no one can predict that it will be winning all the time, but always come as a surprised both the wins and the loses, anyone that consider gambling as a full-time job, the person is just trying to destroy his/her life because they will automatically become addicted to gamble.

As others have said in this section, the more a gambler plays for a long time and often at the casino, the higher the chances of the gambler becoming addicted. And this will be a big problem later, and it will be difficult to recover in this situation.

yes, because they believe in it that they can make it by force, that why they are addicted to gamble to the extent that if you are not a gambler like them they wouldn't be happy sitting or even talking to you, that is why they find it hard to quit gambling, they always believed in win even though they are losing.

[maydna]

In the first place, I can't make gambling a full-time job, to be honest. Think before you win really big here; it will take a lot of money to make it happen if you are unlucky. It would be fine if you were sure that you would win every day.

As others have said in this section, the more a gambler plays for a long time and often at the casino, the higher the chances of the gambler becoming addicted. And this will be a big problem later, and it will be difficult to recover in this situation.

Very few gamblers can make gambling a full-time job, while others are not successful in doing so. Those who are successful can use gambling to make money, but they have many abilities that are very different from the average gambler. People who want to make gambling a job must have that ability, but it is not easy to learn it, and this is why many people fail and end up losing a lot of money in gambling.

They must realize that it is better for them to use gambling as intended and will not pin their hopes on gambling. There are still many other jobs that they can use as jobs that can make money. They can still gamble but only as entertainment and not to make money, let alone make gambling a full-time job.

[Dewi Aries]

In the first place, I can't make gambling a full-time job, to be honest. Think before you win really big here; it will take a lot of money to make it happen if you are unlucky. It would be fine if you were sure that you would win every day.

As others have said in this section, the more a gambler plays for a long time and often at the casino, the higher the chances of the gambler becoming addicted. And this will be a big problem later, and it will be difficult to recover in this situation.

If you use common sense in dealing with gambling then obviously they will bring the idea as you said that it would absolutely not be careless to make gambling a profession or even a main job, none other than because the danger of risk will always lurk you, and also on the other hand after all gambling is not a place to earn, if you stick to such beliefs then obviously you will become one of the gamblers who are used by casinos to make profits, or that means casinos will drain your money slowly. We must understand that gambling is a business for casinos, they take a lot of profit from losing gamblers, and simply put the more gamblers who are wrong in responding to gambling by coming to earn for example then obviously they will fall into the trap that has been made by the casino. I think there is enough evidence that we can make an example that excessive usually ends tragically, especially experiencing a lot of financial problems and mental stress.

The problem is why anyone is not recommended to make gambling a place of income because everything there is random, so it minimizes the possibility for anyone to get consistent results and also which is a strong reason why you should make gambling a place of entertainment only with a note not to get involved there too often.

[Westinhome]

In the first place, I can't make gambling a full-time job, to be honest. Think before you win really big here; it will take a lot of money to make it happen if you are unlucky. It would be fine if you were sure that you would win every day.

As others have said in this section, the more a gambler plays for a long time and often at the casino, the higher the chances of the gambler becoming addicted. And this will be a big problem later, and it will be difficult to recover in this situation.

If the gambler had the huge money for the investment in the gambling,they can choose to become the full time gambler.Because as I said before,the gambling also need the money for the rotation in the gambling site.If the gambler wants make money,he should keep more money for the gambling,the back up was the important one in the gambling business.If you keep more back,you can easy recovery from the big losses in the gambling site.The gambler should regain their money only using the back up money for the rotation in the casino.The casino game need to have more money to get more money from the same gambling site.

[GxSTxV]

But, in a broader sense, can you make gambling a career path, abandoning all other sources of income to focus entirely on it?
If so, why?
If not, please advise!

Gambling will always stay the same, the only way it can be profitable is with much luck! winning a huge amount in lottery or Jackpot in Slots. Gambling as a profession can be only done when you stream or get financed by someone to play and doesn’t matter when you lose.
A career in gambling can be also done in Poker for example, it’s possible because many professional poker players made millions or more. But Poker for me is a bit different than gambling in a casino without any strategies or money management to play, playing in a casino is way risky than Poker also.

Abandoning all other source of income and depending entirely on gambling is just stupid, you can’t know when you lose everything. In one day, someone can lose everything he won with gambling and that happened many times with known stories that happened to famous personalities.

If so, why?

Yes, especially with Poker

please advise!

I don’t advise you to start gambling and trying to build something out of it.

[Rufsilf]

This is actually interesting, but I still don't dare take the risk of becoming a profession just as a gambler, like what happened to my friends where they really couldn't control their gambling, they became addicts and even spent a lot of their assets. If I think a little wiser than making gambling as a profession, why don't we work on a gambling website, either as an admin or own a casino company as well. it will definitely keep us safer from the risks of gambling with big money as a salary. It doesn't need to be instant, the most important thing is that our assets are safe.

The problem is not if one can work as a gambling professional and earn from it alone. Although there are people who do not care about the work they do in as much as it is legitimate and brings food to the table. But there are also people who values prestige and as such they ensure the kind of work they do is very much not only legal but also ethical.

Gambling in some countries is illegal and in some countries it is legal but not ethical. Who will be that friend who will be in the gathering of their fellow friends, why others are introducing themselves as programmers, lawyers, designers, they will introduce themselves as a professional gambler. That does not hold any prestige I mean.

Professional gambling can be emotionally and financially exhausting, so it might not be suitable for everyone. It's possible that those who try to turn gambling into a career will fail miserably and suffer large losses.
 Because gamblers are prone to developing gambling addictions, several countries have banned gambling due to social, cultural, and religious reasons. Also, maybe other nations may have done that to protect their citizens' health and avoid taking any unnecessary risks.

It is likely that the majority of people are searching for a decent, legitimate work. something of which you are proud and may confidently discuss with others as you are aware that it is clean and won't raise any suspicions. However, it is disappointing to realize that there are those who are not as fortunate and clutch to a knife blade in order to survive and meet their basic needs.

[Pierre 2]

I always wonder what professional gambler takes from life of average person. Its very hard to explain to a person because people are very uninformed and would consider you as addict. I can't imagine coming up to my family telling that my new job is gambling. They would act like boomers. But I think if someone can generate money through successful tournament runs, sponsors, maybe even streaming your gambling content - it's just like any other job out there.

[Odusko]

I always wonder what professional gambler takes from life of average person. Its very hard to explain to a person because people are very uninformed and would consider you as addict. I can't imagine coming up to my family and telling them that my new job is gambling. They would act like boomers. But I think if someone can generate money through successful tournament runs, sponsors, maybe even streaming their gambling content - it's just like any other job out there.

Life is transforming and alot of things are getting in voke, and even though gambling may have had a rough image it still has other aspects that we can take as a real-time or profession, and just as you mentioned in the above comment, that streamers and other promoters can do that at a real-time job and being able to amount to a financially stable life that the family will have a different perception about.
Unless for an addict who is a core gambler that will be subject to that level of irresponsible class but a responsible casino user or a promoter who can make a stable income should indeed be called a professional.

[Ruttoshi]

This is actually interesting, but I still don't dare take the risk of becoming a profession just as a gambler, like what happened to my friends where they really couldn't control their gambling, they became addicts and even spent a lot of their assets. If I think a little wiser than making gambling as a profession, why don't we work on a gambling website, either as an admin or own a casino company as well. it will definitely keep us safer from the risks of gambling with big money as a salary. It doesn't need to be instant, the most important thing is that our assets are safe.

The problem is not if one can work as a gambling professional and earn from it alone. Although there are people who do not care about the work they do in as much as it is legitimate and brings food to the table. But there are also people who values prestige and as such they ensure the kind of work they do is very much not only legal but also ethical.

Gambling in some countries is illegal and in some countries it is legal but not ethical. Who will be that friend who will be in the gathering of their fellow friends, why others are introducing themselves as programmers, lawyers, designers, they will introduce themselves as a professional gambler. That does not hold any prestige I mean.

This is because when you tell them that you are a gambler and that is what you do for a living, they will believe that you don't have plans for your future. This is because they know the risk in gambling and that you are not serious with your life because it is under a very low probability that you will be successful in life. Some religion don't also encourage gambling as it is an abomination to them.

Gambling should be used for entertainment and to ease you from the day stress after work and not to be taken as a profession because that is why addiction will come in place, since you will be forced to be gambling always and also chasing your losses. It is unethical.

[Hirose UK]

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Very few gamblers can make gambling a full-time job, while others are not successful in doing so. Those who are successful can use gambling to make money, but they have many abilities that are very different from the average gambler. People who want to make gambling a job must have that ability, but it is not easy to learn it, and this is why many people fail and end up losing a lot of money in gambling.

They must realize that it is better for them to use gambling as intended and will not pin their hopes on gambling. There are still many other jobs that they can use as jobs that can make money. They can still gamble but only as entertainment and not to make money, let alone make gambling a full-time job.

To be precise, many gamblers try to make gambling source of income or part-time job, but very few or almost no one succeeds in doing so.
So far, those who can really make profit by taking advantage of gambling are famous gamblers who already have good enough trust from other gamblers and have affiliated with them and even have streaming broadcasts on YouTube and several other social media.
That way there will be quite lot of income coming in from several sources such as bonuses from affiliates and also payments from every broadcast made on YouTube, what more, famous and trusted people like this also have profitable deals from the gambling sites they use.
For gamblers in general who really just pure bet and play without any other efforts, being able to make profit is something where the percentage of success will be very small.

Good, you said the right thing and indeed every gambler should think that there are lots of jobs that are more certain and can be guaranteed to provide income, from here they can also gamble at any time because there is still income that they always get more consistently.
Moreover, when they hope too much to make money from gambling, what they get is only annoyance and disappointment because they make efforts that they really hope will be successful but in reality the final results do not match those expectations.
Gambling with the hope of profit has caused many gamblers to experience downturn and destruction, we should all learn from the many cases that have occurred so far.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

This topic or subject of if it's appropriate or not, to or for one to make gambling his or her life career, is something we have discussed on this board over and over and over again, but all the same, I understand this must be a very interesting topic or subject of or for discussion, and alot of users here might have missed all other discussions centered on this subject, so, it's not an abominable thing to have a new one at this time.

Well, I am gonna speak for my self and myself alone, gambling is not a career, and as such, I will never make it a profession, or my profession.
And this is because, the pursuit for winnings in gambling is full of uncertainties, being a family man with wife and children like I am, and depending solely on money made from gambling to feed myself and my family, and also pay my children's school fees, and take care of their day to day needs, is the biggest mistake I will ever make, and I never will make such mistake.
I hate living in uncertainties, and if there is actually a true meaning to living in uncertainties, it is, making gambling a career or profession, and only source of income.

[redsun114]

This is actually interesting, but I still don't dare take the risk of becoming a profession just as a gambler, like what happened to my friends where they really couldn't control their gambling, they became addicts and even spent a lot of their assets. If I think a little wiser than making gambling as a profession, why don't we work on a gambling website, either as an admin or own a casino company as well. it will definitely keep us safer from the risks of gambling with big money as a salary. It doesn't need to be instant, the most important thing is that our assets are safe.

It is simple,you don't have a chance to make gambling a full time profession unless you are one of the guys who keep appearing on TV playing on Poker Stars.They make a living from that but all other people cannot be as successful as even odds of 1.01-1.05 will make you lose bets so it is impossible to make gambling a full time job with sport betting.If you think of having a huge amount of money and trying to play that on slots to hit that max win chances are high you will lose everything before you get to win a substantial amount there.Blackjack and Roulette are of course games of luck so I don't see any possibility to make gambling a full time job.

I slightly disagree with that because when we talk about sports betting, we question the skills and experience of the bettor and not their luck that much because the results of sports events aren't always influenced by luck. If a team or a player is the best in the sport they are playing, you can expect them to win most of the matches that they play against others with just the exception of a few matches that might be influenced by luck or other reasons like injuries and stuff.

So, if you are a sports bettor, you know and understand a certain sport very well because you follow it closely, don't miss a single match, and know all the teams and players, the chances are that you can make money from it because luck might turn the results of a few games but if you know what you are doing, you will win most of the bets that you make.