What is the perception of people about gamblers in your neighborhood?

[Slow death]

In my neighborhood I noticed that people tend to copy other neighbors, when some people in my neighborhood were betting on sports, other people started to join in too and started placing sports bets, it's funny that when I approached from them because I wanted to buy some things that had to do with food, because they kept talking near the store I wanted to buy food from, they kept quiet when they realized I was too close, they acted as if they were part of a secret religious cult , I was laughing about that when I got home.

After a few months of seeing their behavior, I began to understand that they only talked to neighbors who had been in that neighborhood for many years, so as I was someone new to the neighborhood, they didn't say anything out of fear that I would think badly of them. The fact is that the guys were talking very loudly, so I could hear their multibet betting plans, they chose to place $1 on multibets with odds of over 300.00, teams would spend over 30 in a parlay, I was left feeling asking if it was really a sports bet or a lottery ticket, from what I could tell, they would rather constantly lose $1 than place a simple bet and win little money, they wanted to win a lot of money

[usekevin]

In my neighborhood I noticed that people tend to copy other neighbors, when some people in my neighborhood were betting on sports, other people started to join in too and started placing sports bets, it's funny that when I approached from them because I wanted to buy some things that had to do with food, because they kept talking near the store I wanted to buy food from, they kept quiet when they realized I was too close, they acted as if they were part of a secret religious cult , I was laughing about that when I got home.

After a few months of seeing their behavior, I began to understand that they only talked to neighbors who had been in that neighborhood for many years, so as I was someone new to the neighborhood, they didn't say anything out of fear that I would think badly of them. The fact is that the guys were talking very loudly, so I could hear their multibet betting plans, they chose to place $1 on multibets with odds of over 300.00, teams would spend over 30 in a parlay, I was left feeling asking if it was really a sports bet or a lottery ticket, from what I could tell, they would rather constantly lose $1 than place a simple bet and win little money, they wanted to win a lot of money

If you had the neighbors who keep involving in the gambling,their influences will easily get into their mindset.The reason was the simple one,even the children get easy addicted to the more attractive one like gambling.The basic thing of the gambling was the gambling addiction,the gambler itself doesn’t know to solve the below problem of gambling addiction with their other friends.If you start the game with the value of ten dollars,what you will do after the biggest proofs of profit in only one gambling.The trading need huge initial profit from the gambling site,but trading doesn’t give guarantees of winning.

[robelneo]

I don't know if this is only happening in my area or is a general trend, hence the reason I created this post. Let's know what people think about gamblers and how well the gambling business is faring in your area.

It depends on the kind of gambling you're in if you're a lotto bettor which the majority of the people here in our country are, people will openly talk about it or even ask for advice or discuss the rewards, but it's different if you're a casino player people think that you have an addiction in gambling because not everyone here is fully educated that it's very much the same if you're playing in a casino or you are betting in lottery.

Maybe because it's cheap to bet on a lottery here in our country as it only costs $0.30 per ticket compared to betting in casinos where they thought you could lose thousands, based on what they read on rumors about personalities who indulge in casinos and lose their fortune.

[aioc]

I don't know if this is only happening in my area or is a general trend, hence the reason I created this post. Let's know what people think about gamblers and how well the gambling business is faring in your area.

Gambling is a lucrative business in our country, our government is the one running our casinos and the lotteries so it is a very profitable business venture our government, and since it's supported by our government, there are a lot of private businesses that revolve around it, although our country is conservative when it comes to their outlook on vices like gambling, the public still accept gambling since its legal, as long as the gambler is taking care of his family and his business, he will maintain his reputation.
But if his life becomes astray because of his irresponsible gambling that's where people become judgemental on their attitude towards that gambler, so if you're successful you're good but if you go astray people think you're an irresponsible gambler.

[zuzie]

Gamblers were seen as irresponsible people in my town few years ago. Parents usually warn their children never to indulge in gambling or associate with people who gamble. However, a lot has changed recently as gambling has become one of the biggest business here. As a result of that, societal perception has also improved as many testimonies of life-changing wins from gambling has emerged.

I don't know if this is only happening in my area or is a general trend, hence the reason I created this post. Let's know what people think about gamblers and how well the gambling business is faring in your area.

Each region has its own perception of gambling in its area. and in my opinion, people who express their perceptions about gambling only look at the results they see directly, not from someone's struggle or hard work to be able to win at gambling, even though we all know that in gambling there are definitely problems and obstacles, both in the long term. short or long term. Therefore, it is easy for people to express their perceptions about gambling because they may have never participated in gambling activities.
If in my area there are still people who think that gambling is bad behavior that will bring suffering to someone's life, if you see the younger generation gambling, maybe it's just entertainment when they gather with their friends to fill empty activities.

[Dewi Aries]

Basically I think in general for most people (not just one area) have a negative point of view on gambling including in my own area, I can confirm that because we are talking about gambling which is an activity that requires the allocation of money to be involved with the aim of betting and looking for the final result whether winning or losing, on the other hand if gambling is not about profit - profit then obviously the public's point of view will not be negative, but however something based on luck is always difficult to predict the end result which means it has the potential to increase money and lose money.

But overall gamblers experience  more losses than wins because bookmakers build casinos with the aim of their own profits so it is only natural that it is very difficult for gamblers to be in a lucky situation in a row. Gambling has the potential for addiction which will certainly make gamblers even more addicted and curious about the final result and that curiosity will make them continue to try their luck which is very difficult to get because as I said luck is always unpredictable so gamblers experience a lot of money loss and because of that impact one of which makes the public's perspective on gambling very negative.

[mamesso]

This doesn't only happen in your area, almost all gambling places are considered an activity that leaves a bad impression, but who can stop it even though many people have a cynical view of gambling. People's mindset is always different for every activity you do, negative assumptions always dominate in people's minds about something you do. Who cares, they can only think and assume, as long as you can finance your gambling needs with your own money, their assumptions will disappear by themselves.

[lombok]

In my country gambling is illegal, and is not allowed to operate, but there is still a lot of illegal gambling that exists in secret and is only known and carried out by certain people. Because the majority of the population in my country is Muslim, Muslims consider gambling to be haram and with this being the law and regulations in my country that gambling is illegal, I gamble when I am abroad where gambling is legal.

Maybe if in my country a gambling place was legally opened in one of the regions in my country, I would play there.

Meanwhile, I only play via gambling websites or go to other countries

[n0ne]

These days, people get exposed to advanced technology and opportunities to gamble, and the same lets everything be anonymous. In my neighborhood, if someone comes to know that a person is gambling, everyone comes to a conclusion about his earnings or losses. Maybe he has good business and is making good money, but people conclude he has won big, and if he has been experiencing failure in life, the same gets connected with gambling without knowing what the truth is. So, it is good to keep our gambling habits a secret.

[coin-investor]

I don't know if this is only happening in my area or is a general trend, hence the reason I created this post. Let's know what people think about gamblers and how well the gambling business is faring in your area.

The gambling business is flourishing in our country because it is easy to get a license our government is encouraging it as long as the gambling operators are compliant so we have horse racing, offline cockfighting, and other forms of gambling and our government is also promoting betting on Lottery because they are the one running it.
And the people's perception of a gambler, as long as you are good and managing how you gamble and you don't look poor because of gambling, people will just ignore that you are a gambler, in a third-world country your social status is very important.
If you're poor and you're playing in online or offline casinos people think you are miserable, and if you're rich and you're betting on any of both these platforms people think you are lucky and you're winning.

[Assface16678]

Well, it's a very common thing that gambling or gamblers are bad to the eye of other people or bad influence. We can't please other people or the crowd about our hobby, so we cannot control what they will think about us gamblers. Well, in my country, there is a process where gambling is legal, for example, in a casino establishment or online casino, and those establishments comply with the rules and regulations of the government. That's why gambling is legal. So many gamblers can say that they play legally, but of course there are illegal gambling or gambling games that are being played in a household. In short, gambling is happening all around the world. It's up to us gamblers if we will be affected by the words of other people. As long as we are not involving other people around us or affecting people around us negatively, then we are clean; we are just doing what we want.

[Solosanz]

In my country, the perception of gambling is bad because they think it's stupid to lose money through gambling. This kind of people aren't open minded, if they think losing money for entertainment is bad, why you take a vacation? why you eat in restaurant? why you go to shopping?

As a result of that, societal perception has also improved as many testimonies of life-changing wins from gambling has emerged.

Do you believe in that?
Do you believe, someone who show their winning in a picture that easily can be photoshopped?
Do you believe, someone who wear a nice cloth, have a car, and branded stuff that claimed to be a successful gambler? there's a business that rent a luxury stuff for few days.

[len01]

it all depends on whether the country allows gambling businesses. I mean, not all countries allow gambling businesses to exist because they are considered to violate the law and what I know is that if someone is in that country, the public's perception of gambling will always be bad because there is already a law that prohibits gambling and there will never be a negative perception of gambling. ever changed.
unless someone is in a country that prohibits gambling but he can gamble responsibly but always gives alms to people around him when he gets a big win, the community around where he lives will definitely change to be more positive because people feel helped by the help from that person.

well, this is the same as in your country which allows gambling even though people think that gambling activities are considered bad, but if the gambling business is allowed to slowly provide taxes and donate to the poor, it will certainly be very helpful and people will no longer think that gambling is not a good activity bad.

It's just that people who experience defeat or are addicted due to their own fault think too much about gambling, even though gambling is just like entertainment.

[Accardo]

I don't know if this is only happening in my area or is a general trend, hence the reason I created this post. Let's know what people think about gamblers and how well the gambling business is faring in your area.

The gambling business is flourishing in our country because it is easy to get a license our government is encouraging it as long as the gambling operators are compliant so we have horse racing, offline cockfighting, and other forms of gambling and our government is also promoting betting on Lottery because they are the one running it.
And the people's perception of a gambler, as long as you are good and managing how you gamble and you don't look poor because of gambling, people will just ignore that you are a gambler, in a third-world country your social status is very important.
If you're poor and you're playing in online or offline casinos people think you are miserable, and if you're rich and you're betting on any of both these platforms people think you are lucky and you're winning.

That means people don't generalize anymore about gamblers and their behavior. They are beginning to be educated on the differences between some gamblers, as some can't handle money while gambling. While others are organized and still controlling their gambling actions. It's mainly a thing of options and people need to figure out certain actions in a gambler's life. Society has gone a long way and the views of some things are no longer as it was in the past. Because of the availability of technology research has been made very simple. The social status of people is a determinant of what a person does with their life. As you said, it's not just society that would have a bad response to a person who doesn't take care of himself due to gambling, the gambling community doesn't advise it either. If a person can care for themselves while gambling the people around him would have nothing to say regarding such a person.

Sometimes only people who know about the person's gambling habit can add some responses about the person in terms of gambling. It's not easy to identify a gambler in today's world, where gadgets are being used for gambling. Unlike in the past when gamblers used to have a lottery point for game booking. It was simpler for the neighborhood to add their contribution to the person's inability to control his actions. These days there are multiple factors people around us can wonder about when we behave strangely or run out of funding, most times gambling is the last on the list. I'd say that the perspective of people about gambling has changed so fast that, gamblers are no longer the subject of discussion. I hardly have heard of conversations of people on gamblers, it's mainly raised if the gambler has won or lost a significant amount that's too big to change his financial status. And such discussion doesn't stay for long, till it quenches like fire.

[Jating]

Gamblers were seen as irresponsible people in my town few years ago. Parents usually warn their children never to indulge in gambling or associate with people who gamble. However, a lot has changed recently as gambling has become one of the biggest business here. As a result of that, societal perception has also improved as many testimonies of life-changing wins from gambling has emerged.

I don't know if this is only happening in my area or is a general trend, hence the reason I created this post. Let's know what people think about gamblers and how well the gambling business is faring in your area.

I think it's not just in your area, even here there is a bad perception for gamblers in our place. But then again, why should everyone be concern of what your neighbors are going to say? I mean you gamble with your own money and you never borrow or loan from them in the first place.

So for me, I'm not bothered by it as long as they are not bothering me as well. And when they see that we are gambling, we are having fun maybe that's where they look different as us. We don't influence anyone, if we do, it's not intentional and as parent's we are responsible regarding our children, whether they will go into gambling or not.

[Quidat]

This doesn't only happen in your area, almost all gambling places are considered an activity that leaves a bad impression, but who can stop it even though many people have a cynical view of gambling. People's mindset is always different for every activity you do, negative assumptions always dominate in people's minds about something you do. Who cares, they can only think and assume, as long as you can finance your gambling needs with your own money, their assumptions will disappear by themselves.

Yes, almost all places consider gambling a bad thing because the possibility of crime occurs due to gamblers not being able to fulfill their gambling desires, in my opinion they themselves can stop their gambling desires because if they themselves do not have the desire to stop gambling then it is very unlikely that other people can stop them to gamble.
Of course, most people will think negatively about people who gamble, although there are some who are normal because they gamble and don't disturb other people. When their gambling habits disturb other people, of course they will really dislike it because they cannot fulfill their gambling desires.

Majority would really be focusing into things which bring out that kind of result on which it would really be that negative on which it isnt really that shocking nor surprising. This is why on the time that they would really be seeing someone who is really that involved with gambling then they would really be having that kind of negative view and impression towards them on which it isnt that shocking or surprising. This is why it would be always best that if you are really that involved with gambling and you are living on a society on which they do have that bad impressions towards gambling
then it would be better that you would really be that secretive on the things that you've been doing. There are even in our loved ones who do have that kind of approach
or impressions been molded on the time that you are really that been seen on the things you are dealing with.

[piebeyb]

In my city there are still people who seem to still have that perception of a gambler and they will always see bad things in their view of gambling, I believe it is possible that this happens because some of what they see are many cases that come from gamblers so that's what may be the reason why they still adhere to their perception that gambling is a bad job, so we also cannot force them to admit that gambling is a good thing too.

I also won't confirm what you say that people's perception changes because of testimonies of other people's winnings from gambling, they may already be smart that the winnings they see on social media are just advertisements and fake winnings so they won't take it seriously because influencers and streamers too don't play too much with their own money, I'm sure they will still be the same as their perception. gambling at any time will still be bad in their eyes. 

[GigaBit]

Gamblers were seen as irresponsible people in my town few years ago. Parents usually warn their children never to indulge in gambling or associate with people who gamble. However, a lot has changed recently as gambling has become one of the biggest business here. As a result of that, societal perception has also improved as many testimonies of life-changing wins from gambling has emerged.

I don't know if this is only happening in my area or is a general trend, hence the reason I created this post. Let's know what people think about gamblers and how well the gambling business is faring in your area.

I don't trust gambling experts at all. Because in gambling no one knows who will win and who will lose. An expert may have more ideas about gambling. He may win more but I am not willing to give him a share of the winnings from gambling as he cannot guarantee a certain win. If there is no luck in gambling, there is no winning. If an expert claims to be so experienced, then I will say why he is motivated to provide services to others instead of gambling himself. For those who have no idea about gambling, those experts play a role but I don't think they are needed. But if they give a prediction without any financial exchange then the prediction can be analyzed and betting decisions can be taken.

[knowngunman]

Gamblers were seen as irresponsible people in my town few years ago. Parents usually warn their children never to indulge in gambling or associate with people who gamble. However, a lot has changed recently as gambling has become one of the biggest business here. As a result of that, societal perception has also improved as many testimonies of life-changing wins from gambling has emerged.

I don't know if this is only happening in my area or is a general trend, hence the reason I created this post. Let's know what people think about gamblers and how well the gambling business is faring in your area.

That is how it has been from the time immemorial especially in a Muslim dominated areas because of the religious beliefs and views on gambling. The story is not different in my own area and no parent wants to see their children in the gambling shops but surprisingly, more gambling shops are opening day by day despite that majority of elderly people frown against it.

Gamblers are not irresponsible people but the society we live in is making them to feel valueless whereas some gamblers are very smart people because making hard and wise decisions has become part of them and they make use of it even outside gambling and extend it to general life issues. The truth is that gambling is here to stay until when God knows and people should learn to tolerate gamblers because they are not what they tend to believe about them. Although, I don't blame people who have otherwise opinion on gamblers to some extent because hearing some stories about gambling will make you have the same opinion but nevertheless, we can not generalize the whole situation to be the same.

I think government and it's orientation agency has a role to play here in order to change this narrative. Gamblers are just like any other people and they should not be seen as irresponsible people just because they choose to gamble with their money.

[angrybirdy]

The perception of gambling in the eyes of society is considered as bad behavior, especially gambling is prohibited in the country, so of course parents will tell them to avoid these people.

Because there have been many changes, especially with online gambling which is increasingly widespread, people use it, it cannot be avoided this change even though many have advised it, but I myself, who gamble online, am not considered a gambler by the people in my neighborhood because they don't know what I am doing, this is also the same thing that people around here do because with online gambling they can be private which is not known to many people.

Same here! Those people, espcially the parents, when they find out that someone is a gambler, they often forbid their children from associating with those people. They think that their children might be influenced by always being with gamblers. It's common to think like that about gamblers in our area, but for me, we have our own decisions and the ability to choose the paths we'll take, so I don't blame other people for what's happening in my life. If I'm going to be gambling addict, Then it's my choice, not by other people.