What's your view on this? Is it fun or addiction?

[HelliumZ]

The fact that I can't control myself means that gambling is no longer fun or entertainment. If I don't gamble once every day, it is very difficult to control myself, then I have a kind of attraction towards gambling and I want to get out of this gambling, but an invisible attraction does not allow me to get out of gambling. At first I used to consider gambling as a part of entertainment but day by day my interest and curiosity towards gambling increased to such an extent that now I am seriously addicted to gambling. So for now I am trying to control my gambling addiction and have been in regular counseling with a psychiatrist for some time now.

[adultcrypto]

Continue to gamble and take a loan? For gamblers that are not new to gambling, it would be seen as a joke. But it should also not to be taken for a joke. Why would someone gamble to the extent it will get to taking a loan? That is an addiction already and nothing else.

Gambling should be without loan. Also gambling should be without 95% of the money you are earning. Even only 1% of the money that you are earning should be used to gamble is the recommendation.

If you use 1% to gamble and continue to lose, you have no loan to take and you have no difficulty to face.

I think you missed the point the message is conveying. From my understanding,  the message means that every loss is like a loan to the gambling company, a loan they will have to pay back with interest. It is just a way of encouraging themselves not to despair when they lose and I don't see anything wrong with that. If you also pay attention, you will realise they are having fun at the end of the day despite it becoming their regular practice for years. Assuming the OP made mention of any negative effect it is having on any of them, then that would have been a problem.

[goinmerry]

Do you see this as addiction or just catching of fun?

Just take that statement with a grain of salt. Not a big deal for me.

With the use of common sense, we should know what are the valid pointers in gambling. I doubt someone will follow that statement regardless of their reason or even be lured by that kind of encouragement. Come one, use our brain. We should know the best approach in gambling.

On the other hand, though, consider that statement as a warning in the form of a sarcastic message.

[Sim_card]

Do you see this as addiction or just catching of fun?

I will say this is not funny because it can be misleading to new gamblers that thinks that gambling is for making profit. I guess that there are addicted gamblers in that group and it is what they practice that they tell people in the group. This is why it is only you that can discipline yourself to become a responsible gambler because some friends that we keep will even make us get addicted due to their own excess gambling activities with wrong advice. Getting a loan to gamble is the worst thing any gambling will do because, it means that you are chasing your losses and will not be able to pay back the loan because you will lose the more. Never gamble when you don't have funds and only gamble with the amount of money that you can afford to lose.

[ethereumhunter]

People have become addicted because gambling on weekends has become something they have to do. And if they don't follow it, there will be a sense of loss and they will want to follow it the following week. Maybe they find pleasure in betting on those weekends with their friends but if they don't have breaks to gamble each week, it will become an addiction.

The writing only tempts gamblers to continue gambling because psychologically, they will feel that the words are right and they have to follow them. But if someone has good self-control, they will not follow suit and will still rest after gambling. And again, the article says to take a loan to continue gambling and that is a mistake so gamblers don't need to follow it.

[Stepstowealth]

So in weekends in my departmental WhatsApp group, we just randomly talk about soccer bets and sometimes drop a particular game and keep it open for correct score prediction to be made on it, and the first person with the correct score goes home with a data subscription, this has been going on for almost two years now and people have gotten used to it without knowing it.

Admins of groups should be able to censor the discussions that go on in any group they manage so as to keep the discussions healthy and on point. There can be other ways to do a giveaway of free data subscription without indirectly introducing people to sports betting, something which the froup is not meant for. Yes, some may argue that the essence of this will be to spice up the group and get more people to be engaged to the group, but I see it as a bad way to achieving goals. Due to this indirect introduction to gambling, your group is breeding the next set of people that can become addicted to sports betting.

[Dewi Aries]

People have become addicted because gambling on weekends has become something they have to do. And if they don't follow it, there will be a sense of loss and they will want to follow it the following week. Maybe they find pleasure in betting on those weekends with their friends but if they don't have breaks to gamble each week, it will become an addiction.

It starts with a compulsion from circumstances and then becomes something that is forced to do until in the end they get used to it and feel that something is missing if they don't do gambling activities. The environment is really one of the factors that has a big influence on  human change, especially in terms of habits and behavior, maybe you are a little confused about whether you should follow the habits that exist in your environment or avoid it with the consequences of ridicule or ridicule from some of your friends who are also certainly one who also has a role in these activities.

I think as long as you and  some of your friends can maintain the comfort and safety of the gambling activities that you do then I think there is nothing wrong if you continue to engage in these  activities along with some of your friends on weekends, but on the other hand if you feel that slowly your money is getting eroded and experiencing some decline then obviously at least you have to reduce these activities a little, especially in terms of money allocation and also of course by taking a little time to rest because after all the possible risks cannot be completely avoided, especially addiction.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

So in weekends in my departmental WhatsApp group, we just randomly talk about soccer bets and sometimes drop a particular game and keep it open for correct score prediction to be made on it, and the first person with the correct score goes home with a data subscription, this has been going on for almost two years now and people have gotten used to it without knowing it.

This is one of the chat I just bumped into by one of us in the group chat and at this point I feel most of my friend have made it compulsory to always gamble every weekend.

Do you see this as addiction or just catching of fun?

Mind you, we just enjoy the moment and might just joke around with people making predictions based on the teams,  they love but we are mostly gamblers at our different ends.

It's obvious that this could be a promotion for a gambling site? I agree that you can be rich in games like lotto, but if you don't know how to protect it, you can't build a generational wealth out of gambling, at least that is my opinion.

So just have some fun when we gamble, and if we won, like $100-$10,000 then good, but that alone again, will not get into into building a empire and have money through your lifetime. Gambling is base on pure luck, so not everyone can have that kind of good fortune.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I don't know why someone would see an inscription like that on a casino and would still decide to abide by it.... I don't even think it'll be advisable to read it twice assuming it was made as a review post either; gambling is pretty easy to avoid but some gullible ones that claim to be wiser would always wanna find a way to improvise, thinking it'll be for Thier betterment at the end.

This is clearly motivating addiction most especially to those begginer gamblers who are not totally exposed to the gambling world.

Can I assume this to be a motivation?..  if anyone can easily be enticed by this write up, the person would believe any lie at all... Who in their right senses would wager and see Thier wins, just to wager again with every bit of cash they won?

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[Vaculin]

This is clearly motivating addiction most especially to those begginer gamblers who are not totally exposed to the gambling world. They would certainly think that it's okay to lose and gamble again, and when your capital is already used up, it's okay to take a debt because the more you gamble, the higher chances of attaining wealth.

This is obviously crossing the concept of gambling. Just gamble to make fun and just bet on the amount you can afford to lose. Once used up, stop gambling and go home immediately. With that, you will never encounter problems in gambling.

[Slow death]

You need to ask yourself the following: how long can you go without playing? I also ask your friends how long they can go without playing, think with them, tell them to all spend 2 months without playing and without thinking about gambling and then each day observe how many of your friends will be uncomfortable because they won't be there. playing, most of the time when a person starts to spend a lot of time in their life thinking about gambling, that person loses focus on all other things in the real world, so that person is dependent on games, in other words, that person is addicted to games bad luck, but that's not all, also when a person starts to have a pattern in which every week that person has to play even if it's on a fixed day

so this person may also be facing problems with gambling and this person needs to take a test to prove that they do not have gambling problems and the simplest test that this person can do is to spend some time without gambling, but it has to be a period of time predetermined by that person and that person must comply with that period of time. Now, I honestly don't know your friends to be able to judge whether they really only play once a week, it's unlikely that a person addicted to gambling would say that he plays every day and that he even usually plays at work

[PX-Z]

Do you see this as addiction or just catching of fun?

It's funny actually, to tease people to keep gambling to get that generational wealth.
But the moment people realize that they already take a loan just to gamble is not funny anymore lmao. This will be a few steps to get an addiction award.

[Quidat]

This is clearly motivating addiction most especially to those begginer gamblers who are not totally exposed to the gambling world. They would certainly think that it's okay to lose and gamble again, and when your capital is already used up, it's okay to take a debt because the more you gamble, the higher chances of attaining wealth.

This is obviously crossing the concept of gambling. Just gamble to make fun and just bet on the amount you can afford to lose. Once used up, stop gambling and go home immediately. With that, you will never encounter problems in gambling.

Addiction would really be something pertains into those activities which it is already too much than on usual but since this had become their daily hobby or thing then i dont see something wrong with this.
They are betting on things which arent really talking basically on money but on other bets that they are making. It is quite that evident that it is also really just that for fun.
It is really that good to gamble out together with your friends or co-workers into your free times. As long you arent that compromising your daily budget or money
then i dont see anything wrong with this. It is really just that we are just that too judgmental into those people who do engage to gambling.

[Winterfrost]

Whoever is giving such an advice is total addict and deserve to be helped to quench the gambling addiction. Going to the extend of taking loans to gamble is too extreme. It cannot be considered fun because whstever you do for fun you dont borrow money to do it whenever your on the process. Its obvious we dont have fun everytime so when we cannot have fun we just need to stay home and do other things. Going an extra mile to take loan just to have fun is crazy.

[o48o]

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Do you see this as addiction or just catching of fun?
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That's a good example of addiction. When someone is saying you literally can't lose, and even has a typo in lose, you can assume that you are not communicating with the smartest of them all. And definitely with someone who is in denial. Also suggesting a loan for gambling more isn't just irresponsible. It's unempathic and sadistic approach. My words may sound harsh, but that kind of advice is dangerous and only good for ruining lives. If someone i knew would give me that advice. I would take even more advices and do opposite of those too.

I don't have anything against people who advocate gambling as harmless fun and a good past time. But when someone talks about taking loans to gamble more because they say you can't lose. That i consider a very dangerous advice. Also i would ask why did they lose before that, and what makes this magical next bet better?
 

[agustina2]

Whether that message/chat is intentional or not, it's a crappy move if we will fall on that. We should know how to gamble responsibly. Taking loans or whatever is related to that is an obvious thing that anyone should not consider when funding our gambling activities and habits. Even if we afford to take a loan and can pay it back on time, it will just be an added pressure once we do gambling because we should not lose that loan money no matter what.

Take it easy guys. Gambling within only just our limits.

[Casdinyard]

I can't tell. you need to provide more context such as posting a part of the conversation prior to this message. To me this looks like nothing but outright sarcasm and poking fun at the "99% of gamblers quit before getting their jackpots" which is of course a massive meme but certainly something that a gambler would find themselves believing in. On the other hand something tells me that they mean it truly cause at the end of the day, you guys are not only getting wins from the bets you make, you are also getting data subscription as you said, which to them may mean as something that would act as a consolation prize should they lose too much in the previous gambling rendezvous you had.

I myself wouldn't send something like that unless I'm with my closest friends, wouldn't want to rouse suspicion or make people think that I am an addicted gambler. I wouldn't want to improperly inspire an already addicted gambler to go further into the deep end cause as I said earlier, absurd as it is there are people who will fall for this shit and believe it with their heart. So yeah, since you're part of the conversation, what are your inferences? Do they mean it? What kind of person are they in real life? Are they someone you would think would fall for gambling addiction or something along those lines? These questions needed to be answered.

[bocyaj]

The fact that I can't control myself means that gambling is no longer fun or entertainment. If I don't gamble once every day, it is very difficult to control myself, then I have a kind of attraction towards gambling and I want to get out of this gambling, but an invisible attraction does not allow me to get out of gambling. At first I used to consider gambling as a part of entertainment but day by day my interest and curiosity towards gambling increased to such an extent that now I am seriously addicted to gambling. So for now I am trying to control my gambling addiction and have been in regular counseling with a psychiatrist for some time now.

If you get addicted to the gambling addiction,you can get away from the gambling addiction.Because most of the gamblers was get addicted in order to recover their loss dollars in the gambling site.It may happen in the casino or sports betting doesn’t matter,but the loss happened in the gambling site.The gambling addiction will be based on the money flow to your income,if you get regular income like weekly or monthly.It was proven that,you can’t control your temptation to playing the gambling.

Whether that message/chat is intentional or not, it's a crappy move if we will fall on that. We should know how to gamble responsibly. Taking loans or whatever is related to that is an obvious thing that anyone should not consider when funding our gambling activities and habits. Even if we afford to take a loan and can pay it back on time, it will just be an added pressure once we do gambling because we should not lose that loan money no matter what.

Take it easy guys. Gambling within only just our limits.

The gambler only had the control for certain period of time.In that time,you need to convert the crypto currency income to fiat and start to spend that fiat.In this way you can do control of the gambling play in the gambling site,even though you get gambling addiction.

[Iroh]

At a glance, one could think it’s all fun and jokes and it could very well be. But these are jokes that subconsciously, we go on to do in reality.
Gambling just on weekends like you lot seem to do is quite safe and not necessarily an addiction. But what your mate posted is pushing it. He may not have been the person who wrote that but he seem to agree on what was being said.
For some irresponsible gamblers, that could be more motivation to play more than ever as your big win is supposedly around the corner. Taking loans to continue playing and ultimately falling into financial difficulties.

[Jody.Drummer]

The fact that I can't control myself means that gambling is no longer fun or entertainment. If I don't gamble once every day, it is very difficult to control myself, then I have a kind of attraction towards gambling and I want to get out of this gambling, but an invisible attraction does not allow me to get out of gambling. At first I used to consider gambling as a part of entertainment but day by day my interest and curiosity towards gambling increased to such an extent that now I am seriously addicted to gambling. So for now I am trying to control my gambling addiction and have been in regular counseling with a psychiatrist for some time now.

True, the fun and entertainment you will get from gambling is if you engage in it with a level of awareness, but if it's the other way around, or you can't control  yourself and are always easily tempted by something that looks like it's there then it's clear as you say that it's no longer about fun or entertainment but rather a situation that will make you feel some mental and psychological pressure that you will feel due to losing an amount of  money that you certainly can't afford to lose.

After reading more about what you said it seems that I would slightly conclude that you have the wrong approach to gambling, or it seems that you are one of the people who do not really understand what gambling is, which is that there will always be something tantalizing like getting some moments that should get a win but it doesn't happen, and obviously after that your interest and curiosity will increase and absolutely cannot miss the time not to gamble. So in my opinion it seems that you have to go back to find out more about what gambling is so that you can change your point of view and mindset, if you have found the answer then I think your interest and hope for victory will be a little less, the other thing is that you better keep yourself busy by finding some other activities that will certainly take your mind off gambling.