Do you regret also for ever knowing about gambling?

[Nwada001]

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

This is a matter of personal experience. Those who have known about gambling and have seen gambling as a money-making scheme but did not end up achieving that from gambling instead have been hit with a series of disappointments, and this is always different because they have too much expectation in it.
 
So for someone who has been losing their life savings in gambling because they don't have self-control, yes, they will regret ever coming to know about gambling; in fact, most of them might even go as far as hating those who introduce them to gambling.
 
But as for me, I have not had any negative feelings about getting to know how to gamble; moreover, I still don't see gambling as something I need to do every day; it's just something I do once a week, and sometimes I don't even gamble at all in a week. I don't see it as anything, so for someone like me who doesn't depend on it and has not lost more than I can afford, I can't have such feelings towards gambling.

[Oilacris]

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

This is a matter of personal experience. Those who have known about gambling and have seen gambling as a money-making scheme but did not end up achieving that from gambling instead have been hit with a series of disappointments, and this is always different because they have too much expectation in it.
 
So for someone who has been losing their life savings in gambling because they don't have self-control, yes, they will regret ever coming to know about gambling; in fact, most of them might even go as far as hating those who introduce them to gambling.
 
But as for me, I have not had any negative feelings about getting to know how to gamble; moreover, I still don't see gambling as something I need to do every day; it's just something I do once a week, and sometimes I don't even gamble at all in a week. I don't see it as anything, so for someone like me who doesn't depend on it and has not lost more than I can afford, I can't have such feelings towards gambling.

Does really matter on how you do treat up gambling in the first place on which you wont really be finding up this thing to be that bad if you are really just that playing for fun. It would really be just turning out to be a bad thing on the time that you would really be having those wrong impressions towards gambling or you've been doing something which arent really that even that right towards it.
Regret would really be only comes next on the time that you do find yourself that getting wrecked with gambling. It is really just that there are people who are really that mindful with their
actions and there are ones who dont really care or simply being that not minding about on the consequences or potential things that might happen ahead.

[redsun114]

I don't regret ever for knowing gambling because I'm not an irresponsible or excessive gambler, and even if I were, I would be wrong to blame someone else for that even if they had once invited me to gamble or had taken me to the casino because I probably wasn't an immature kid who wouldn't even know what's good and what's bad for him to not be able to decide what to do and what not to do, it's like jumping off a clip because your friend told you to and then blaming him for breaking your legs.

So, I don't agree with your friend who blames the other friend for introducing gambling to him because he had the choice to not gamble and say no to the friend when he asked, I'm sure he didn't drag him into the casino forcefully and make him gamble by force and it was his own choice to do that at the end of the day.

[Antotena]

I could relate to why your friend was possible tense about knowing anything concerning gambling, maybe he later turned into what we call wild gamblers and they are one's that easily get addicted due to the fact they lost self discipline and control and actually take gambling as a job and not something done for pleasure.

I think the friend might just be that usual friend that is always in need of money, and think gambling might be the place that will help ease the financial burden and instead, he lose everything he is managing and it painful when you lose what you have together with your expectations.

This is why gambling should have some tip and guide to help people understand what they want to do and how to do it but I think even with this, there is nothing guarantee in gambling, tbe early they know this the better and early risk management.

For me I would say I don't regret although there are some times when the going gets really tough but still light at the tunnel and I obviously don't gamble with funds that can damage my thinking because it can easily make you addicted to the act as you would probably be wanting to recover your money back because it will be looking too big to be lost.

I haven't regret anything since I started gambling but maybe it's because I'm curious or afraid to lose much, I make sure that what I bet or wager is nothing big to me so that I don't feel any pain but what I get annoying sometimes is when playing and I'm about to win and it vanished under some minutes. That's why it's called gambling but I don't like that. 

[Unbunplease]

To begin with, life itself is a gamble. You never know exactly where you will find and where you will lose, and you never know what step may turn out to be the last one in your life. And gambling is an opportunity, and if you use this opportunity rationally, you can make good money

[Jody.Drummer]

To begin with, life itself is a gamble. You never know exactly where you will find and where you will lose, and you never know what step may turn out to be the last one in your life. And gambling is an opportunity, and if you use this opportunity rationally, you can make good money

That's right, basically life is also a gamble and no one will ever know what their fate will be like in the future, luck always cannot be separated from our real life. That also happens in gambling, but perhaps in gambling the relationship between luck is very significant and is often expected by most gamblers.

Yes, that's right, actually gambling is nothing more than just a game of chance, but some or even most of the gamblers don't want to accept the idea of reality, which actually happens often and has been proven. Of course, bringing a rational mindset and point of view in gambling will keep you fine because your point of view doesn't deviate from the recommended path, but as for the problem of getting a lot of money in that way, I don't think it will be too much, I mean yes You can win but with an amount that may not be too big, I believe that a rational perspective will keep you away from things you don't want.

[mdzahed134]

To be honest, when i experienced a big losses in gambling then i feel regret knowing about it. But when i think it logically, i don't blame anyone from which guy i learned it because it is of course my own responsibility for losses or win in the gambling, so someone should not blamed for my own mistakes. Nobody forced your friend to involve with it so he/she has no right to blame anyone.

[wheelz1200]

Most people will automatically say no but that is just because they love gambling.  Anyone who is addicted and/or lose consistently obviously should say yes.  If not done correctly gambling can ruin lives so I get it.  But if done correctly and done for entertainment with money you put aside for "entertainment" than I don't see losing as a huge issue

[BitcoinPanther]

Yeah you read the question correctly.

I got this taught while involved in discussion with some of my friend today, it was round of friends and we were practically catching up after some old memories in high school so discussion led to discussion and the issue of regretting to ever knowing how to gamble came up and believe me it was a very serious issue as one of my friend was practically blaming the other for the whole problem is currently going through right now as he constantly gambles his money away and at what avail? was the question being asked to the friend who actually inviting him to a gambling house during highschool. The matter looks childish  at first because the whole table of friends there were all gamblers including myself but we all never reached the height of complaining or blaming someone for our gambling ethics.

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

Sometimes I feel regret when I have large losing streak and this may be common condition experienced by other gamblers, but regret doesn't always appear like that, it just when I spend too much money betting.

It is possible that you spent money that you can't afford to lose.  Regret is an indication that the gamber have spent too much or made a wrong call during his activity.  Thus making the lost wager tagged as money that can't afford to lose.

But I never blame anyone except myself for why I did this, even though I often give positive advice to other people but actually do bad things like this and sometimes I also have the desire to stop without gambling but in fact it very difficult because gambling is like a place to give I'm a pleasure.

I think this is the right thing, if we have to blame someone, blame ourselves in not controlling our gambling activity.  No one forces us to gamble, it is our own voluntary decision that we gamble in order to win some amount while having fun.  If it goes out of control, it is not the person who introduced gambling to us fault but it is ourselves since we are the one controlling our decision and the one making the decision when we do our gambling actitivies.

[Lucasgabd]

I don't regret it at all. I've had my own share of mishaps from gambling but I learned from them. I find it amusing how someone would even blame the source of his knowledge when his action is voluntary. Some people just refuse to take accountability and love to play the victim of the situation hehe. I would honestly drop people like this in my circle.

it's a bit like humans want to control all aspects of their lives
as if it was possible to control what you'll come up with in the way and what you won't
I like the idea of discovering everything possible about the world, the good and the bad, and then choosing what I like, what I want to stick to and what I want to let go
with gambling is the same...

[Ever-young]

I don't know about other gamblers but there are sometimes that I regret why I ever involved myself with gambling, usually when I make crazy loses that I didn't actually plan for. I'm not an addict but we all know that even as a responsible gambler, there are times that you'd just go off your usual gambling ways and start gambling wild, this doesn't make you an addict though. So whenever I find myself in this state and then on the process loses a huge amount, I usually start regretting the reason I learned how to gamble.

[masulum]

So, I don't agree with your friend who blames the other friend for introducing gambling to him because he had the choice to not gamble and say no to the friend when he asked, I'm sure he didn't drag him into the casino forcefully and make him gamble by force and it was his own choice to do that at the end of the day.

A person who blames others because he become a gambler is like a child. He knows that gambling don't give him winnings everytime, but because his friend played and won, he wants it. But if his expectations don't match, he blames his friend, that's a mistake. Because everyone can offer anything, but the decision comes from themselves. He should be aware of this.

[Zanab247]

I don't know about other gamblers but there are sometimes that I regret why I ever involved myself with gambling, usually when I make crazy loses that I didn't actually plan for.

Hope you are not addicted to gambling? because those that are addicted to it that sound the way you sound now  because they don't control their emotion whenever they find themselves experiencing losses in their gambling. Once you notice that your losses is getting too much in your betting, you can take  a break to study some games you use to watch whenever matches is going on in the field and, from there you can know some teams that are very strong and the ones that are not strong.

I'm not an addict but we all know that even as a responsible gambler, there are times that you'd just go off your usual gambling ways and start gambling wild, this doesn't make you an addict though. So whenever I find myself in this state and then on the process loses a huge amount, I usually start regretting the reason I learned how to gamble.

If you are not careful you will not know that you are addicted to gambling unless you share your experience to people like the way you shared it now for people to know that you are addicted to gambling which you need to control it before it will lead you to nothing in your family.

[mvdheuvel1983]

If I have regrets about gambling, I will not be a regular poster in the gambling board neither will I be responding to this. Everything about gambling is fun from signing up on casinos, join the community to debate, rants and banter about gambling in general. It is always a pleasant experience if you do it responsibly.

[Rufsilf]

The problem is with your friend, I mean why did he ever blame other people when it is his fault that he acted like a fool, wasting his money and lost it by gambling? Right? maybe he was annoyed with others that’s why he blamed them, or maybe he encountered conflicts with his fellow players. We don't know the situation either.

Of course, gambling has a huge part in our lives, and we are making it a habit. When you gamble there are a lot of obstacles that comes your way, like when you don't know how to balance and don't know how to limit your bankroll, I mean how much can you bet for gambling? Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. It’s a 50/50 situation and if you’re willing to risk then go ahead. When you enter there is no turning back, so yeah, I did not regret knowing about gambling cause without it, there would be no wise people playing with their tricks on the planet. 

[Wiwo]

I don't regret ever for knowing gambling because I'm not an irresponsible or excessive gambler, and even if I were, I would be wrong to blame someone else for that even if they had once invited me to gamble or had taken me to the casino because I probably wasn't an immature kid who wouldn't even know what's good and what's bad for him to not be able to decide what to do and what not to do, it's like jumping off a clip because your friend told you to and then blaming him for breaking your legs.

As long as we gamble just for fun and entertainment,  there is nothing that can push us into regret after all our expectations will not be that much on from gambling since fun is what we are seeking after,  and so much also,  those who have slid into regret due to their addictions and its resultant effects on them are all in that condition because they're took gambling over the board and taking gambling outside of it an original safe practice when gambling.

So personally I don't have anything to regret from my involvement in gambling and as long as I gamble within that limit,  I am sure I will be safe.

So, I don't agree with your friend who blames the other friend for introducing gambling to him because he had the choice to not gamble and say no to the friend when he asked, I'm sure he didn't drag him into the casino forcefully and make him gamble by force and it was his own choice to do that at the end of the day.

The responsibility is on you as a person,  either to gamble or not and blaming another person for your failure or bad experience in gambling is something that one has a personal decision on and being aware of the risk to bear while engaging in it,  so I am also of the opinion that the blaming his friend is totally wrong and childish of him.

[gabbie2010]

There is nothing to regret about after knowing how to gamble, personally I am a football fan so when online betting sites started popping out I got involved in soccer bettingy in a bid to earn extra fund, this was based on my ability to analyze soccer matches and my ability to make some predictions, however I gambled responsibly with the amount of money I can afford to lose in any case of a Loss or losses I am not bothered because I also have my winning days too, unfortunately there are a lot of addicted gamblers who wanted to get rich quickly however got bankrupted while some of them committed suicide which is very unfortunate I believe those gamblers would regret knowing how to gamble.

[Porfirii]

There is nothing to regret about after knowing how to gamble, personally I am a football fan so when online betting sites started popping out I got involved in soccer bettingy in a bid to earn extra fund, this was based on my ability to analyze soccer matches and my ability to make some predictions, however I gambled responsibly with the amount of money I can afford to lose in any case of a Loss or losses I am not bothered because I also have my winning days too, unfortunately there are a lot of addicted gamblers who wanted to get rich quickly however got bankrupted while some of them committed suicide which is very unfortunate I believe those gamblers would regret knowing how to gamble.

The nature of sports betting is something that makes me wonder to what extent skill is a key factor in the result. Could you tell us how are you doing? are your numbers in overall positive or negative?

Back on topic, blaming on others because of own faults is more usual than it should, but I don't think it is the standard behavior: OP said that, out of a number of friends, only one behaved like that. Of course, today he gambles more than he would want, probably because some sort of predisposition out of his control, but that's not his friend's fault because he didn't force the former to go with him to that casino that day.

[Salahmu]

Yeah you read the question correctly.

I got this taught while involved in discussion with some of my friend today, it was round of friends and we were practically catching up after some old memories in high school so discussion led to discussion and the issue of regretting to ever knowing how to gamble came up and believe me it was a very serious issue as one of my friend was practically blaming the other for the whole problem is currently going through right now as he constantly gambles his money away and at what avail? was the question being asked to the friend who actually inviting him to a gambling house during highschool. The matter looks childish  at first because the whole table of friends there were all gamblers including myself but we all never reached the height of complaining or blaming someone for our gambling ethics.

So I was wondering if some folks here too feel the same way or it was just a matter of grudge and hatred for the particular fellow to stir up such arguement.

Honestly I can never regret ever coming to gambling because gambling has never affected me in any way, on the contrary I have benefited a lot from the gambling because irrespective of how uncertain wining a bet can be but it has helped me in so many ways I never imagine not that I have won a big money from gambling but however the time I had most of my winings was actually the time I needed the money so much, however the only people that can hate gambling could be those that gambles so aggressively which has led them to lose so many things all in the name of gambling.

Actually based on your posts I see no reason why your friend will blame another person for his problem perhaps if somebody introduce him to something, he has the decision to choose if the thing will be of beneficial to him or not or is going to affect him in the future or not, so after aggressively investing all his money on gambling and losing the money that was when he realized himself, actually it was a very childish of him to blame the guy for introducing him into gambling.

[EarnOnVictor]

To begin with, life itself is a gamble. You never know exactly where you will find and where you will lose, and you never know what step may turn out to be the last one in your life. And gambling is an opportunity, and if you use this opportunity rationally, you can make good money

You better be serious with your life, plan as much as possible and stop gambling with it. I must say I was surprised that someone would say that life is a gamble, how? Maybe you want to say that life is uncertain, they are two different things. If you follow the right procedure, pray and get serious with your life, then you will get to make it and not gamble, which is different from those who are just gambling with their lives. As for gambling, it is indeed an opportunity but must be carefully pursued so that in search of the opportunity, the life of the person will not be in regret. I have pondered many times about the OP itself and I wonder why an adult should regret gambling if the adult himself is a smart and wise person. No one who engages in gambling smartly will ever get to regret it, after all, if they do not make money from it, they get to derive the fun and will not lose so much at the same time by being calculative and budgetary.

This is why I say that it's all about how we take gambling as a whole. Some take it at the best and get to continue to be cautious and budgetary, and also plan their gambling life and get to make the money even as they also lose at times. But overall, they will not be left out in losses, they will get to make money as well which is the fun part of it. But for desperation, people get to be entrapped in their minds through it and get addicted and start doing all sorts of things that make them further addicted and irresponsible in their gambling. To them, they have a whole lot to share negatively about gambling. But in fairness, is gambling at fault? Or those who engage it wrongly?