Passionate gambler keeps the gambling boards rolling even after retirements

[Gozie51]

Well this doesn't look like gambling to me. It appears like  a gifting that the organiser wants to do and allow people and the neighborhood catch some fun. They are not staking any of their money yet they would be given prices based on their performance of the games so organized.

In short it is not gambling but they are just having fun with someone that sponsors the competition. What the OP is talking about is that a gamblers that is retired have fun with something related with gambling but not gambling. That man is only doing that to help people to come and play game and win something for the yuletide. If you are not using money to play game, yes it is not gambling.

Yes it is always good to give back to the society especially if you have benefited from it. The man is doing exactly that and perhaps he was lifted by the community to be working in an oil company for 12 years.

I think there is another think that looks significant for me about this on gamblers, I think they seem to have an open hand to give out and also with open heart more like philanthropist. I have noticed this in some of the big winners and "consistent" winners in gambling.

The man is obviously enjoying himself and having to give back to his people is fun to him and to those who are participating and witnessing the event.

[Oilacris]

Well this doesn't look like gambling to me. It appears like  a gifting that the organiser wants to do and allow people and the neighborhood catch some fun. They are not staking any of their money yet they would be given prices based on their performance of the games so organized.

In short it is not gambling but they are just having fun with someone that sponsors the competition. What the OP is talking about is that a gamblers that is retired have fun with something related with gambling but not gambling. That man is only doing that to help people to come and play game and win something for the yuletide. If you are not using money to play game, yes it is not gambling.

Yes it is always good to give back to the society especially if you have benefited from it. The man is doing exactly that and perhaps he was lifted by the community to be working in an oil company for 12 years.

I think there is another think that looks significant for me about this on gamblers, I think they seem to have an open hand to give out and also with open heart more like philanthropist. I have noticed this in some of the big winners and "consistent" winners in gambling.

The man is obviously enjoying himself and having to give back to his people is fun to him and to those who are participating and witnessing the event.

There are people who are really just like that and there are ones who dont really care. If you are that someone who do have that good memory and experience in together with some comrades or friends on the time that you are dealing with gambling or betting then you wouldn't really easily forget.It would really instill into  your mind forever and on the time that you do have a chance on giving back into the community then this is where you would be likely going to do. Not everyone who do really get involved with gambling do really ends up on a disaster on which there are ones who are really that having the passion on dealing with it and not on the sense that they are really that being impulsive but rather they are really just dealing with it with pure entertainment and interest.
It is really just that people are really way that too conclusive when it comes to things.

[AmoreJaz]

Well this doesn't look like gambling to me. It appears like  a gifting that the organiser wants to do and allow people and the neighborhood catch some fun. They are not staking any of their money yet they would be given prices based on their performance of the games so organized.

In short it is not gambling but they are just having fun with someone that sponsors the competition. What the OP is talking about is that a gamblers that is retired have fun with something related with gambling but not gambling. That man is only doing that to help people to come and play game and win something for the yuletide. If you are not using money to play game, yes it is not gambling.

Yes it is always good to give back to the society especially if you have benefited from it. The man is doing exactly that and perhaps he was lifted by the community to be working in an oil company for 12 years.

I think there is another think that looks significant for me about this on gamblers, I think they seem to have an open hand to give out and also with open heart more like philanthropist. I have noticed this in some of the big winners and "consistent" winners in gambling.

The man is obviously enjoying himself and having to give back to his people is fun to him and to those who are participating and witnessing the event.

somehow, this activity keeps him going. so i believe, the money he spent would be nothing for him. this is something he can do not only to pass his time but to give some form of entertainment in his community.

this is also a good venue to have a get together among his people as it has not been seen as being a gambler. but an annual event of fun. just hoping that this person who is holding this event will live long or someone will continue to do this event. it seems that it is now a tradition in their place. and for sure, people are now looking forward to this annual gathering of fun.

and if this will continue, it can easily evolve to include other festive activities as the OP mentioned it is during the christmas season. so they can easily integrate other games other than the original checker game.

[Odusko]

During the festive period in my place, there are some philanthropist in town that always organise seasonal games just to keep people entertained for the festive period, and these games are mostly football and in most cases, the individual take care of all the sponsorship of the tournament, so for sure some people even advanced in age also organise similar games that most time are all paid for just to bring their forks together to have some fun and also cash up with some of their most old colleagues who may share the same interest with them when it comes to games that can be played for fun and entertainments.

[EluguHcman]

Playing for fun is the best way one can enjoy gambling because you will be able to have self control and you will be discipline on your gambling activities.

That is how it @Sim_Card. When you play for fun, you are equationally balanced to control your emotions at whatever cost either at your winning or at your loosing.
The acceptability fun part of it is that if you looses, you don't just loose your money but has to remit (pay) for the game played just like going to the normal game centers where you play some sorts of enjoyable social games either with friends or against the software program (computer).
While when you wins, it is like a double returns that you played free of charge and was awarded with some bit of tokens as an appreciation of ..... Thanks for playing and cheers you could beat us.

The agility to adapt to the fun part of your gambling world would always build you with the ability to disciplinary measures because you will be inspired and conciously whispered that.... Hey ya. I am only here for fun play so i could be consciously minded on how I lavishes my valuable hard earned funds.

[anjiitem]

All these are literally what passion for gambling could be but yeah, this said gambling festive organiser happens to be a retired gambler.

From your story, those who gamble come from far away places and I'm sure those who take part in gambling are not only aiming to win. It's an activity they enjoy. they hope for victory in what they love. So even if they don't win, they won't be too disappointed because they will come again when the event is held again in the future.
addicted or not, I think they spend what they can. and that won't be a problem. the activity is sure to be fun.

[pinggoki]

Pretty awesome way to giving back to the community, that must've a lot of money that he's got from his job that he doesn't know what to do with it and so he just goes for this kind of stuff, doing competitions and such. That's something that I aspire to be one day, when I finally have a great career or maybe even just retire with a lot of money and I hope that I'm not the only one that aspires to be that guy because those competitions seems pretty awesome to me.

[Ojima-ojo]

Pretty awesome way to giving back to the community, that must've a lot of money that he's got from his job that he doesn't know what to do with it and so he just goes for this kind of stuff, doing competitions and such. That's something that I aspire to be one day, when I finally have a great career or maybe even just retire with a lot of money and I hope that I'm not the only one that aspires to be that guy because those competitions seems pretty awesome to me.

It is commonly said here in my country that when you put a sugar inside the mouth of a child, he or she does not spit it out, this I believe is exactly the case here, I read the op and I myself too look forward to the day I wil become like that man being discussed, but another thing here is that, we all know it's easy for people to see a rich and wealthy man and want to become like him, but we usually care not to know what they did go through before he arrived at that enviable position.

This is why i usually tell people to work hard to create their kind of wealth and riches, instead of wanting to become another person.

And by the way, I am finding it pretty difficult to believe that what the man of doing can be referred to as gambling, he's simply hosting a competition and not gambling, for the fact that the participants are not brining any stake to the table makes the whole thing or event a competition not gambling.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

     -   My only priority when I gamble is always to have fun; I don't think about or seek to earn a win from my gambling. I always say that when I win, it's really just a bonus for me. And when I see that I can bring home a win, I also stop because my gambling winnings are also a waste.

And if I lose, it's okay because it's purely entertainment to get rid of my impatience and be happy, even if it's just for a short time. That's okay with me; there's no other reason.

[iv4n]

All these are literally what passion for gambling could be but yeah, this said gambling festive organiser happens to be a retired gambler.

From your story, those who gamble come from far away places and I'm sure those who take part in gambling are not only aiming to win. It's an activity they enjoy. they hope for victory in what they love. So even if they don't win, they won't be too disappointed because they will come again when the event is held again in the future.
addicted or not, I think they spend what they can. and that won't be a problem. the activity is sure to be fun.

That is enjoying things we do, it's nice to win, but we will not be disappointed even if lose. And being passionate about something, in this case, gambling, is like being addicted, one doesn't go without the other... when we are passionate about something we think about it often, we repeat it over and over again, and that is like some definition of addiction.

I am a passionate gambler, and I think I will never stop gambling... I have periods when I like to play some games more than others, I also have breaks, but I don't plan to quit gambling for good. When and if I get to retire with more time I will probably gamble even more.

[SamReomo]

From your story, those who gamble come from far away places and I'm sure those who take part in gambling are not only aiming to win. It's an activity they enjoy.

Actually these days most gamblers are into gambling for money not for the fun part. The gamblers enjoy when they win and they get sad when they lose. There are still a group of gamblers who play for fun and or who play with friends but most gamblers in online casinos want to get rich with gambling.

Those gamblers who are into gambling for fun part won't get addicted but those who are into gambling only for money tend up losing most of the times. I think it's okay to make money as a gambler but it isn't okay to waste a lot of money because you want to cover up the previous losses.

Just play and have fun and when you think you're overdoing it then take a rest for a few days and do something else instead of gambling. That way no one will get addicted to gambling and when someone's luck gets better due to their own positive mindset then they start winning the bets once again.

[letteredhub]

Just as people sponsor other types of competition like singing competition, football league competition and many more for the fun of it especially in this festive period, I think from how op narrates it that's what this man is doing too only that he decides to use an area he has passion for which has to be gambling, and I love the exceptional way he organized it that people don't have to view it as gambling but a competition for fun and entertainment. With this sort of fun gambling there's hardly going to be a reason for addiction.

[redsun114]

For people participating in the event, they are not gambling in the actual sense because when we say gambling, we mean that we are staking something to get something but if we are participating in an event or a tournament where a person or an organization sponsors everything. You don't have to pay anything but can win certain prizes based on how well you play and how far you reach in the ranking system or if you manage to reach the finale and even win the event.

So, it's very much fun, without a doubt, when you get to play in an event without paying a penny and get to win exciting rewards, and on top of that, the fun and the thrill and the interactions that you can have with like-minded people, eat, drink, interact, play games, and have a great time, what can be better than that?

People who get to participate in this are lucky and blessed, and the guy organizing the event every year must be a very fun-loving person.

[uneng]

Unless the guy know what he was doing.

He still working, with a really long time + can manage him self by doing these. Not everyone can do these while the topic they're doing is aboug (Gambling) 90% of us will get addiction gambling.

At least he really know to manage himself.

Yes, he doesn't look an addicted gambler. Gambling addiction wouldn't have let him reach so far on his professional career inside the oil company, which is already lasting for some years. Moreover, he is successful financially, as he can afford promoting the event OP mentioned. If he was a problem gambler, he wouldn't be in financial conditions to proportionate it to his friends and community.

Usually people build on their imaginaries the concept of a gambler as being always a disfunctional person who can't thrive in life or take care of his own duties, but in fact it's just the reality of a minor portion of gamblers. Most of them have a functional life, while some are very smart at business field. As you said, it's all about management skills, which goes beyond financial one, but also including emotional management, probably the most important aspect in this case.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Unless the guy know what he was doing.

He still working, with a really long time + can manage him self by doing these. Not everyone can do these while the topic they're doing is aboug (Gambling) 90% of us will get addiction gambling.

At least he really know to manage himself.

Yes, he doesn't look an addicted gambler. Gambling addiction wouldn't have let him reach so far on his professional career inside the oil company, which is already lasting for some years. Moreover, he is successful financially, as he can afford promoting the event OP mentioned. If he was a problem gambler, he wouldn't be in financial conditions to proportionate it to his friends and community.

Usually people build on their imaginaries the concept of a gambler as being always a disfunctional person who can't thrive in life or take care of his own duties, but in fact it's just the reality of a minor portion of gamblers. Most of them have a functional life, while some are very smart at business field. As you said, it's all about management skills, which goes beyond financial one, but also including emotional management, probably the most important aspect in this case.

We are people who must know when we have to Differentiate Addiction from what we like and we can practice it regularly, an addicted person has very special characteristics that are easy for anyone to see, but first of all they are things that do not go Away of the casino, they are people who talk and live almost from the Casino all the time, Surely, they only have Money to just be in the casino and playing , their conversations are based on it and on the Way to get money, most of the time they say that they only need money to get the myr prize, that they already have the Game completely mastered, those types of things are what they think, that's why I think that when it comes to doing things with more intensity because they denote themselves, in addition They are people who generally do not have money, they are easily recognized because if they can they ask for borrowed money, and they do not care what the other person may Weigh , they lose their grief , they Lose many things.

Addiction is truly a Problem that can destroy a person and leave them empty , without money and without family, their friends are gone , that is what we can always see in them , now when a person is in a casino they can do Certain types of things , First be Present in Doing what is best for them, second they like the casino and they do not become crazy when they play, they Know how to Manage their money , Third they are people who go to the casinos to socialize and to see and make friends of person who is Probably going to Relax , There are People who Normally Things are like that , but I keep in mind that when it Comes to casinos you have to be very careful, the most important thing is to take care of your money, without money there is nothing , not even entertainment or casino that can give better results , Nothing , that is Something that we all see that we all Know , that is Why we Should not Judge people or Anything, without knowing well what is Happening.

[Accardo]

All these are literally what passion for gambling could be but yeah, this said gambling festive organiser happens to be a retired gambler.

From your story, those who gamble come from far away places and I'm sure those who take part in gambling are not only aiming to win. It's an activity they enjoy. they hope for victory in what they love. So even if they don't win, they won't be too disappointed because they will come again when the event is held again in the future.
addicted or not, I think they spend what they can. and that won't be a problem. the activity is sure to be fun.

When a clique of old men wants to reunite with a gambling activity, it's only fun and wherever they find themselves they'll be glad to meet their old friends. For instance, if a group of young boys who love playing video games together, grows up to live in different locations, they'll always feel happy to visit each other and play games together. The same applies to the elderly men. And it helps them to stay happy and build their brain power. Discussing old events while enjoying the fun of gambling together is quite memorable. I don't think anyone would be disappointed served with all the fun and passion this reunion brings into their life. Moreover the money wasn't contributed by any of them. The man single-handedly sponsored the festival, so nothing to regret. If every other gambler thinks like this, that check through all they are to benefit from gambling, they wouldn't suffer problem gambling caused by the anxiety of feeling regrets due to losses.

Gamblers should consider it as a way of sponsoring themselves to stay happy and enjoy their day, after a stressful week at work. The only difference is that the aforementioned game is dependent on skills. Only the highly skilled players would win, due to their fast and calculative moves. Unlike the type of game we gamblers play online, which relies on luck and precautionary skills like money management. The fun of the checkers game is that a player can wager a huge amount on a player they know isn't skilled enough to win them. So, when the game is over the loser is expected to up his game and try again next time. Maybe at next year's festival. You'd then understand why these men come back to play is, also, to show their previous winner that they have increased their skill. Playing games in this way won't lead gamblers to addiction. It's quite fun to watch these old men play drought.

[coupable]

During the festive period in my place, there are some philanthropist in town that always organise seasonal games just to keep people entertained for the festive period, and these games are mostly football and in most cases, the individual take care of all the sponsorship of the tournament, so for sure some people even advanced in age also organise similar games that most time are all paid for just to bring their forks together to have some fun and also cash up with some of their most old colleagues who may share the same interest with them when it comes to games that can be played for fun and entertainments.

It cannot be said that what is happening in your surroundings is the action of retired gamblers. There is a difference between the mentality that loves betting and the mentality that loves gambling. Betting on sports is considered a culture in many societies, and those who find pleasure in making these bets are not necessarily gamblers or retired gamblers.
In my city it's exactly the opposite. There is almost no type of competition in which betting is done on a winner, although people from most classes of society practice gambling in secret, and this is of course due to the religious belief adopted by society and adopted by the state and its agencies through it.

[o48o]

Do you still play the game to make profits? Or you plays for fun?

There was this professional checker (draughts) gambler in my area who then spent most of his times in the checkers gambling board but I don't know if he is one of the addicted or not. For over 12 years now he has been working with one of the biggest oil company in my country.
In more than 5 years now, he has been setting up annual gaming competitions amongst his old time gambling colleagues including those who are recognized and regularly gambling in the same checkers gambling location with him.
He has always scheduled the gambling competitions annually once in a year and usually during the Christmas holidays.
He offers specific number of motorcycles, bicycles, bags of rice including livestock's (chickens) amongst the championship (winners) after screening, friendly rounds, knockout rounds til the final rounds and your winning position depends on what rewards was staked for it.
He single handedly takes responsibilities to fund this annual games but at then, the system of the game is not recognized as gambling but game of fun. This is because he doesn't want it be that he is encouraging gambling instead been sighted " a game of fun that connects people together.
I learnt he usually has about $5K for this annual gaming festive. It is also interesting to know that even colleagues residing afar comes around to pertake on the activity including those whose net worth is beyond the mentioned staked (rewards) are also pertakers because the fun of it seems exceptional.
All these are literally what passion for gambling could be but yeah, this said gambling festive organiser happens to be a retired gambler.

If someone isn't having fun gambling, they should take a serious look at the reasons why they are gambling. Because there are several ways making money that are more reliable and secure. I can understand someone getting hooked to the rush, excitement and danger without having "fun" per se, and i guess that's a legitimate reason to fill past time. But anyone not loving gambling, and who is in the constant fear if risk. Someone who is only gambling for making money should consider their options. And the point when it stopped being fun, and can one restore that fun somehow, without risking too much finances.

[paxmao]

Pretty awesome way to giving back to the community, that must've a lot of money that he's got from his job that he doesn't know what to do with it and so he just goes for this kind of stuff, doing competitions and such. That's something that I aspire to be one day, when I finally have a great career or maybe even just retire with a lot of money and I hope that I'm not the only one that aspires to be that guy because those competitions seems pretty awesome to me.

It is commonly said here in my country that when you put a sugar inside the mouth of a child, he or she does not spit it out, this I believe is exactly the case here, I read the op and I myself too look forward to the day I wil become like that man being discussed, but another thing here is that, we all know it's easy for people to see a rich and wealthy man and want to become like him, but we usually care not to know what they did go through before he arrived at that enviable position.

This is why i usually tell people to work hard to create their kind of wealth and riches, instead of wanting to become another person.

And by the way, I am finding it pretty difficult to believe that what the man of doing can be referred to as gambling, he's simply hosting a competition and not gambling, for the fact that the participants are not brining any stake to the table makes the whole thing or event a competition not gambling.

A quite interesting case here. I am not very inclined to causes and I mostly think that people who are do think of it either as a war of clearing some imaginary sins or to thank some imaginary entity that has "blessed them or, in some cases, they feel really good when they help others because somehow they feel unfairly fortunate. Charity is fine anyway, whatever the reason, because it helps the community equally.

[rodskee]

     -   My only priority when I gamble is always to have fun; I don't think about or seek to earn a win from my gambling. I always say that when I win, it's really just a bonus for me. And when I see that I can bring home a win, I also stop because my gambling winnings are also a waste.

Let's be true to our self mate , we gamble because we wanted to win but what made this
different from others is when we can carry to accept defeat and will never chase losses and that is the best thing
a gambler can do so why  play just to have fun when we can seek for winning and go home with complete smile .

And if I lose, it's okay because it's purely entertainment to get rid of my impatience and be happy, even if it's just for a short time. That's okay with me; there's no other reason.

purely entertainment?  not sure if i am going to believe you because if we are looking for
pure entertainment then we can go in Mall , having movies and other stuffs to spend money and have a
satisfaction and happiness and not  to gambling.