Gambling can be a hope restorer if we go about it wisely!

[Assface16678]

As a responsible gambler it gladdens my heart always whenever I hear a fellow gambler testify of how he won a bulky amount of money from be it a bet or lotto and uses that money to inject into something meaningful for himself.

It all happened on my way home just this evening. I boarded a public bus and just in front of me were seated two young men too in their late thirty's having a conversation and from the conversation it sound like they haven't met for a long time and one was telling the other of how he had won a big amount of money from a lotto he played and he has used the money to get himself a new bus for public transportation business.

According to him, he once had a bus before which he was using for the transport business (carrying of passengers) but was seized and confiscated by the authority for he used it in conveying contraband goods of which he was hired to carry to some location by the goods owner on the way law enforcement agents stop them did a search and that was how he lost that vehicle.

So winning that money he quickly went ahead to get a new bus to continue his public transport business. From his voice he seems like one whose lost hope has been restored by that single win. Gambling can be a life saver too for it's not as bad as non-gamblers portrays it. To all gamblers' when you get lucky make good use of your gambling win do not chase for double portion.

Yes, I agree with you. It is a life changer in gambling if you win a jackpot, and if the gambler or the person who wins a huge amount of money has discipline and is business-minded, then the first thing he will do is invest it in something or build a dream business of his own.

I don't want to jinx the good story, but the thing is that is not always the case. Yes, we can hear stories like this where gambling becomes their life-changing event, wherein gambling winnings give them a good life, but compared to those stories, if we weigh them, there are more misery gambling stories, meaning not all the time what the OP said could happen to us. I'm not contradicting the positive vibes of the topic, but this is a warning that gambling is not always green. See the whole picture and say that gambling is good. I don't intend to stop anyone from gambling, because I personally do. The thing is, I want to convey a message about how dangerous gambling is.

[Pandu Geddon]

So winning that money he quickly went ahead to get a new bus to continue his public transport business. From his voice he seems like one whose lost hope has been restored by that single win. Gambling can be a life saver too for it's not as bad as non-gamblers portrays it. To all gamblers' when you get lucky make good use of your gambling win do not chase for double portion.

As long as we are responsible gamblers, of course, gambling will not bring anything negative to us. Even the case you shared, brought back the dim hopes of a gambler who lost his business.
it was a great fortune. no matter what game we win. we must learn from the stories you share. we can use the victory to revive our desires. maybe something that has been lost or has not been achieved.

We don't know how regularly the person you talk about buys the lottery. but when he makes sure to use his winnings wisely and responsibly. then that is a good achievement.

[GreatArkansas]

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Yes, I agree with you. It is a life changer in gambling if you win a jackpot, and if the gambler or the person who wins a huge amount of money has discipline and is business-minded, then the first thing he will do is invest it in something or build a dream business of his own.

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This is an inspiring story about where people use their gambling winnings.
I saw some documentaries about people who won lotto jackpots and their lives after a few years, some people became broke even though they had already won the lotto jackpot.
So compared to the story of OP, this person is different and knows how to use the winnings, which I can say he deserves the jackpot.

[Kakmakr]

Do you think he deserved that win? You mentioned that he knowingly used his previous Bus to transport drugs, so now he won money to buy another Bus and then to do this again?

I am happy when I hear that some poor single parent won a Lottery and that he or she used that money to buy a house and to pay for the studies of his or her children.

Why is it always the people that deserve it the least, that are winning all those big wins?

[Bitinity]

Gambling can also be a life changer for lucky people but it is a very rare case obviously. We cant deny the fact that there are some people who become rich suddenly after winning a jackpot in lottery or maybe in other games. Every gambler must be hoping to win such a huge winning that may change their life significantly but most of the time gamblers forget that there is bigger risk to be even poorer than before because of gambling. I have to agree that we should always gambling wisely and responsibly, we may hope to make a life change from gambling but we should also be realistic because such a huge luck is not coming to all gamblers.

[dothebeats]

That's a feel-good story, but you can't really bank on gambling to give profits whenever you need it. It may just be his luck that ended with him getting that bus back. It's not some kind of persistence through gambling that resulted in him getting the money in buying a new bus. It's his luck that favored him that day to win the money to buy back the bus. People should not look at gambling as a gateway towards riches. It's wrong to give them false hopes.

[Gozie51]

This is just one example of an individual using his money wisely but we have many others that aren't using their money wisely. Gambling can restore hopes for individual that have lost hope and don't know where their next meal will come from but gambling can also end the hopes of a gambler as he losses everything he has to gambling due to not having a disciplined mindset and not being careful with money.

Having to gamble with your conscience closed and only expecting to make profit is what gets gamblers into loses because they will make irrational decisions on their bankroll and soon exhaust it as they take high risk with eyes only on profit looking for daily meal from it. But a reasonable gambler will know that gambling is a game of chance and you will have to position yourself more appropriately for the chances to win like betting few games and not to go for multiple for profit taking only. Looking only at potential and not losing, it could blind you from reasonable gambling.

[Mia Chloe]

Reality check: There is no guarantee that you can win the bets and make money that can be used to restore whatever you are hoping would restore and thinking in that way is wrong and which is what leads for someone to gamble for wrong reasons. Glorifying win can lead to destruction of many and the one individual who won may not disclose about how many times he lost while doing for the same reason. But you bet and won an amount that is considerably big then make use of it something more useful than just spending on booze and girls.

This actually depends on the personality of the gambler. Some gamblers when they make wins can actually take note of their spendings and use them on useful things. However some others will definitely probably spend them on unimportant things like booze just like you mentioned.

Most times in reality when gamblers hit a jackpot,  the end up spending those funds in an unwise manner. It is common with most humans to value what they struggled for rather than what came easy. It takes a great deal of discipline and self sense of goal to spend such funds wisely. However that is not to say gambling wins can't restore certain things because it actually can.

[EluguHcman]

That was a bit of advice to utilize your gambling won funds and actualize your profitable goals. Hence, gambling won funds isn't specifically for unnecessary expenditures but to solve financial needs.
Some gamblers are whispered that funds won in the gamble is such an easy money or probably a free fund so, they would just spend the won funds unaccountably to unprofitable measures and yet they craves to gamble and make profits while gambling.

[Cryptomultiplier]

The one wise thing that every gambler should know about gambling is how to use money. Be it the one used to stake or bet or gamble with, to know when to stop is as important as to know how to spend the winnings from gambling.
A gambler without hope is always going to loose, but some say hope is dangerous because it may blind some from the truth, and in this case, the truth is that every gambler must have a payday or big payout, but what matters in the end according to our OP's story, is how to invest it so it yields profit.

[BitcoinTurk]

Of course, gambling can always be hope restorer but if a person's lottery ticket hits a big jackpot it actually means that that person is a lucky person not that he is acting wisely because the only factor that determines the winnings in lottery tickets is luck. I understand that in the situation you mentioned, depending on the luck of the person the big jackpot hits his lottery ticket and he wins. This doesn't show that the person acted wisely in gambling but that he was lucky but acted wisely after winning the jackpot.

In this scenario, as I mentioned in my previous sentence it is a case of the person spending his earnings from gambling with good risk management and in a reasonable manner. In order to indicate that this person acts wisely in gambling the reasons why he doesn't spend the money he earns gambling on gambling and uses it for the investment he wants to realize in line with his dreams can be listed. So, gambling in this case has become a silver lining that doesn't involve smart action and how one spends the winnings from it should actually be considered a smart move.

[SeaCoinCollector.]

Seeing how a gambling win can change someone's life and give them a chance to be strong and make good changes is encouraging.

[Crypt0Gore]

It could be a hope restorer, I have so many good stories like this that happened to people I know but not many people ends up doing what they have in mind before gambling after they win some money, they will think they can still win more and they will risk the money back and all will be lost.

It's better to have that small hope in gambling and put more hope in something else, because not everyone will be so lucky, there are gamblers that have never made a thousand in gambling before and they have been doing this for years already.

All I am saying is that gambler should have little hope in gambling, don't be a fool, as lucky as you can get is also as loses as you can get too, keep risking what you can afford to lose, sometimes the doors opens where we least expected, you may get lucky in gambling but don't count on it as your solution.

[ethereumhunter]

Even though gambling can be a hope restorer or a life changer, we must remember that it is difficult because we will be faced with defeats that can take our money at any time. That is why we must be wise in gambling and must not have thoughts about making money from gambling. We should use gambling properly so that we don't use a lot of money because it makes us lose a lot of money. If we use gambling wisely and as entertainment, big wins will come to us so we can get a lot of money. And with a lot of winning money, we can use it for our needs to change our lives for the better.

[boty]

This actually depends on the personality of the gambler. Some gamblers when they make wins can actually take note of their spendings and use them on useful things. However some others will definitely probably spend them on unimportant things like booze just like you mentioned.

Most times in reality when gamblers hit a jackpot,  the end up spending those funds in an unwise manner. It is common with most humans to value what they struggled for rather than what came easy. It takes a great deal of discipline and self sense of goal to spend such funds wisely. However that is not to say gambling wins can't restore certain things because it actually can.

When we use the money we win from gambling on things that cannot be useful, of course this will be very detrimental to ourselves, it would be better for us to use it for the needs we really need and leave a little for gambling if we still want to gamble.

In my opinion, those who use their big winnings on things that are not needed in our opinion, but they could do this, it will make them feel happy and it won't be a problem for them, but such pleasure is only temporary, if they can use the money they earn. They will wisely choose to use their winnings on things that can have benefits not only now but can last a long time.

[Lida93]

So winning that money he quickly went ahead to get a new bus to continue his public transport business. From his voice he seems like one whose lost hope has been restored by that single win. Gambling can be a life saver too for it's not as bad as non-gamblers portrays it. To all gamblers' when you get lucky make good use of your gambling win do not chase for double portion.

It's like a fairy tale where he can quickly recover his condition because of unexpected things, but of the many gamblers with various types of gambling, only a few can make life-changing results, even if focusing on good bankroll management is not a guarantee of being able to make a profit. which if continued to be collected can be used to buy something that can provide passive income to us.
Stories like this will certainly inspire but hopefully not make people think of gambling as a way to change finances because this is a dangerous mindset because not all gamblers will face the same reality, maybe even the percentage is not up to 10% of those who can make a big profit from gambling, so just be inspired without changing the way we gamble because everyone has different limits.

The Op wasn't created with the aim to inspire gamblers to deviate from their responsible gambling norms and start chasing after wins thereby gambling irresponsibly because they also want to make a huge win like the gambler the Op talks about.

 But it's rather dispatching a message for gamblers that are in the course of gambling are lucky to win huge money, to judiciously make use of their huge gambling win putting it into a business or any project that can be fetching extra income to them and not to behave stupid like it's common with some gamblers that still continue to gamble away all the big win they were luck to win, all in the hopes of getting another bigger win than the previous only to end up losing it all.

[aioc]

So winning that money he quickly went ahead to get a new bus to continue his public transport business. From his voice he seems like one whose lost hope has been restored by that single win. Gambling can be a life saver too for it's not as bad as non-gamblers portrays it. To all gamblers' when you get lucky make good use of your gambling win do not chase for double portion.

Not all stories about lotto winners are like that, the percentage of people who win a lottery who eventually lose everything they have is high, they are victims of what you call
sudden wealth syndrome

Sudden Wealth Syndrome (SWS) is a term given to a psychological condition where the overwhelming pressures of unexpected and/or abrupt fortune can develop into emotional and behavioural afflictions. It can also be referred to as an identity crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_Wealth_Syndrome

The sudden wealth puts them in a scenario with which they are not familiar and in trying to be acceptable to people they use their money to satisfy the people around them and themselves they become victims of overspending they are also illiterate in handling their sudden wealth.
It's good that your friend has not become of this syndrome, winning a jackpot is a lifesaver if you have a plan and you are a thinking and responsible individual, so all of us at least have time to create a plan on what we will do with the money in case they win a jackpot, the subconscious will implement these plans saving us from this sudden wealth syndrome

[borovichok]

Even though gambling can be a hope restorer or a life changer, we must remember that it is difficult because we will be faced with defeats that can take our money at any time.

I agree with this view.  Grambling will always be a game of probability where the chances of losing is always greater than the chances of winning and that is why every gambler, rich or poor, new or old, has a pain to share. Though, some handle this pain in a way that it appears normal while others do not.

This tells us that before gambling restores hope, most of the time, it creates hopelessness and frustration which is why there is constant agitation to stop it. People are languishing due to gambling but then one cannot deny the fact that it has changed lives and restored hope to some persons.

[tech30338]

So winning that money he quickly went ahead to get a new bus to continue his public transport business. From his voice he seems like one whose lost hope has been restored by that single win. Gambling can be a life saver too for it's not as bad as non-gamblers portrays it. To all gamblers' when you get lucky make good use of your gambling win do not chase for double portion.

Not all stories about lotto winners are like that, the percentage of people who win a lottery who eventually lose everything they have is high, they are victims of what you call
sudden wealth syndrome

Sudden Wealth Syndrome (SWS) is a term given to a psychological condition where the overwhelming pressures of unexpected and/or abrupt fortune can develop into emotional and behavioural afflictions. It can also be referred to as an identity crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_Wealth_Syndrome

The sudden wealth puts them in a scenario with which they are not familiar and in trying to be acceptable to people they use their money to satisfy the people around them and themselves they become victims of overspending they are also illiterate in handling their sudden wealth.
It's good that your friend has not become of this syndrome, winning a jackpot is a lifesaver if you have a plan and you are a thinking and responsible individual, so all of us at least have time to create a plan on what we will do with the money in case they win a jackpot, the subconscious will implement these plans saving us from this sudden wealth syndrome

They should be wise and never get overwhelmed by the current situation, people I know in my city won megajackpot but what happen is he gives the money to all his relatives friends shared everything and then suddenly he got nothing and end-up broke but his relatives and friends became rich and never look back on him, so we must be very careful on spending those millions.

[Davidvictorson]

So winning that money he quickly went ahead to get a new bus to continue his public transport business. From his voice he seems like one whose lost hope has been restored by that single win. Gambling can be a life saver too for it's not as bad as non-gamblers portrays it. To all gamblers' when you get lucky make good use of your gambling win do not chase for double portion.

The narration is similar to one on my country's local board where one of the crypto traders used his profit to fix things in his family. One thing to note in both stories is that maturity and experience play a role in how wisely or foolishly the individual spends his profit. If you are mature (in your 30s) and have some years of experience in gambling, you would have seen a lot in gambling and life and be able to set your priorities right.

However, I want to state that I am not in support of the topic title putting "hope" in it. When you talk about hope, you make it sound like there is a promise for every gambler that if they keep at it, whether gambling responsibly or irresponsibly, they will eventually win. There is no "hope" in gambling or a guaranteed promise for winning.

If you are a gambler, gamble responsibly, but don't think that you will eventually win a huge sum of money that will be used to buy an apartment. Such outcomes happen one out of every hundred thousand occurrences.