gambling for fun vs gambling for the financial benefit.

[Miles2006]

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

I personally, I don't get in this act often, I only place bet when I have the money but if there's no money at the moment I will withdraw. The little time have observed about people who spend their whole day in a casino shop; they're jobless people who don't have anything to do and seeing them their makes me think they gamble for the money, that's my thought towards those people.
When you're talking about financial end we're actually referring to source of income like where you get your daily money from and gambling can never serve as a daily end so there's no need for this agurment, you only win a bet when it's your lucky day and not always so it can never be a source of income, observe people who take gambling so serious as a lifetime job, then you make your conclusion if gambling can be a source of income.  

[Saint-loup]

I always gamble for FUN, since I mostly use Dplay lol. On the serious note, gambling for actual financial gain can be quite difficult and risky, and I would honestly not recommend it to anyone

LOL very good joke   or I should say "funny" lmao. More seriously, it could also be fun to try to win money even if you fail. In trading most people lose money and nobody say it's dangerous, it can destroy your life, traders have to be extremly cautious, it can lead to addiction, etc. So I think gambling should at least not be treated in a worse way than that. And betting on events is usually more funny and interesting because it leads you to be involved and to learn things that you would have not even heard about if you haven't bet on this event.

[Issa56]

While this is theoretically alright, in the reality so many persons actually gamble because they want to get some financial top up from the gamble.

If you are planning to get some financial top up from gambling, then you might end up losing the amount you are having that you want to top up. When gambling, there is no assurance that you are going to win, so anything can happen at any moment. You have equal chances of winning and losing, and if you are gambling for financial top up, then you might end up being addicted to gambling at any moment. That's why we should be careful when gambling, and we shouldn’t be desperate to make money from gambling.

What is mostly common in my neighborhood and that I mostly do is soccer betting and if I am not exaggerating, 90% of the people that do soccer betting do do because they want to win money.

The same thing happens in my neighborhood, most of the youths now take gambling as a source of income. There are some people that don’t have jobs, and they depend on gambling for survival. Some of them will wake up and head to a physical gambling shop, where they will spend the rest of the day, which doesn’t make any sense to me. Why will you make gambling your only source of income? But what I notice is that all of them are addicted to gambling, some of them do crazy things just because they want to gamble.

[Westinhome]

I have read a lot of thread on this board talking about the need to gamble responsibly and suggesting that gambling is meant to be done for fun and not to be seen as a means of livelihood. While this is theoretically alright, in the reality so many persons actually gamble because they want to get some financial top up from the gamble.

What is mostly common in my neighborhood and that I mostly do is soccer betting and if I am not exaggerating, 90% of the people that do soccer betting do do because they want to win money.

They can watch the match for fun but as long as it involved them paying money before gambling, most persons don't normally see it as fun and this is the reason why after placing a particular bet, if the game isn't successful they continue betting hoping to get a win along the way thervy being seen as addict.

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

how much can you put into gambling before it removes the fun aspect of gambling out of it?

The gambler who doing the gambling was mostly to make the money,only the rich people use the gambling as the entertainment one.The most of the thread discussed not to take the gambling as livelihood,but the gamblers had the good gambling strategy can able to make the difference between the poor and rich gamblers.The gamblers who are ready to entertain by just watching other people games,they can do the watch of their friends game instead of spending money additionally on their game.The gamblers who want to make money can able to play the game in the real world so can multiple their money in the gambling site.

[Baki202]

I always gamble for FUN, since I mostly use Dplay lol. On the serious note, gambling for actual financial gain can be quite difficult and risky, and I would honestly not recommend it to anyone

And aside the fun money is also involve at the same time because no body will tell me that when they gamble they don't expect anything in return, everything about life is risky and we all know how gambling works and getting money from it is not a really bad idea for me. Since as it is everyone is just trying to survive. And I gamble because I want money from it even if i don't win every time but at least I still enjoy playing and being expectant that I might get lucky with a win and if I don't I continue untill I will get my next win and that is how you get money from it.

LOL very good joke   or I should say "funny" lmao. More seriously, it could also be fun to try to win money even if you fail. In trading most people lose money and nobody say it's dangerous, it can destroy your life, traders have to be extremly cautious, it can lead to addiction, etc. So I think gambling should at least not be treated in a worse way than that. And betting on events is usually more funny and interesting because it leads you to be involved and to learn things that you would have not even heard about if you haven't bet on this event.

That the truth if I should gamble all my attention willbe the money i will win from it i don't usually have any business with the selected games. Money is important. And if I should lose any ticket it pains me to the extent I will look very unhappy but with time I will losing up later and still check for games later and see if I could choose and bet on anyone. People usually say trading is dangerous but my problem they always see everything wrong with does that enjoy gambling. And I will continue to say this their are people that are benefactors of gambling.

[odunybiz]

I always gamble for FUN, since I mostly use Dplay lol. On the serious note, gambling for actual financial gain can be quite difficult and risky, and I would honestly not recommend it to anyone

LOL very good joke   or I should say "funny" lmao. More seriously, it could also be fun to try to win money even if you fail. In trading most people lose money and nobody say it's dangerous, it can destroy your life, traders have to be extremly cautious, it can lead to addiction, etc. So I think gambling should at least not be treated in a worse way than that. And betting on events is usually more funny and interesting because it leads you to be involved and to learn things that you would have not even heard about if you haven't bet on this event.

This is seriously common with some future traders. I have a friend who usually lose to future trading which I introduced sport gambling to. He goes against it has he said it's a serious gambling where one can easily get addicted. But he never see himself getting addicted to future trading where he loses and still continue to play hoping to make profit soon. I don't see reasons why we should marked gambling as being bad if we can trade crypto without fear.

[jossiel]

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

The majority here will say that it's just for fun but those that have been living off through gambling and became experts on it then will say the opposite.

how much can you put into gambling before it removes the fun aspect of gambling out of it?

I have no idea. Just as the typical amounts that I'm good to lose because if I get serious on it, I don't know where I'll be picking up myself if ever the plan doesn't go well.

And with that, I don't want that to happen to myself so it's random amount and depending on the mood if I have to gamble. My mind changes from time to time so, really have no figure at all.

[taufik123]

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So I think gambling should at least not be treated in a worse way than that. And betting on events is usually more funny and interesting because it leads you to be involved and to learn things that you would have not even heard about if you haven't bet on this event.

Maybe it can be treated the same because both have their own risks and gambling will also be related to luck.

Betting on a sports match will give me entertainment and also profit if the team I support wins.
And it's not just about winning, but I enjoy the game, winning or losing is normal.

As you said, we will learn new things when starting to bet,
this will be quite an amazing experience and can improve the strategy and analysis that will be done.

[Smartvirus]

Trust be told, most of us come into gambling for the very first time with the hopes that, we could win often. The financial benefits becomes the drag but after a lot of failed attempts at a win, you begin to understand that, the markets and odds out there are out to get you. You might win, it’s possible but, not often.
Having that conclusion, you begin to reorientate yourself and check your habits about gambling. Win it comes to fun and financial benefits, the financial benefits always comes first but when you just can’t make it, your attitude towards acceptance should always be, “what the hell” “some days are like that”. Be good!

[blockman]

Trust be told, most of us come into gambling for the very first time with the hopes that, we could win often. The financial benefits becomes the drag but after a lot of failed attempts at a win, you begin to understand that, the markets and odds out there are out to get you. You might win, it’s possible but, not often.
Having that conclusion, you begin to reorientate yourself and check your habits about gambling. Win it comes to fun and financial benefits, the financial benefits always comes first but when you just can’t make it, your attitude towards acceptance should always be, “what the hell” “some days are like that”. Be good!

Yeah, you just accept the reality that with your hopes of making a lot of money through gambling and it doesn't happen with several attempts then you just sit and realize that this ain't the way bro. You have to make yourself find something better if you're for the financial benefit and gain that you've been trying to do. But as you've developed your gambling habit already, you change your way and reason but the habit remains and so with that it becomes the way to have fun.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

how much can you put into gambling before it removes the fun aspect of gambling out of it?

It's not a matter of seeing gambling as mostly for fun or whatever, but what I really think is that any individual who loves gambling should not see gambling as a profession or an occupation that can give them a very comfortable and sustainable income. I don't really think that the essence of developing  gambling is for bettors to make money (although gamblers can make some lucky wins, which could be huge too, but not too often). Online gambling is a business set up by individuals like you and me with the aim of making profit from their business, and they usually do make a lot of profit from gamblers  losses.


Everybody always makes their own decision about how they want to handle gambling. If you handle it for fun, then only risk what you can afford to lose. If you handle it as an income source, then experience will teach you the next action to take.

[danherbias07]

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

I will not be a hypocrite here. Of course, I do want to win some money first. That's the goal. Next to it is trying to have some fun. Just like your example, I also bet in sports and that is to boost the entertainment factor of my preferred sport. But, I do hate it when the team I am betting for is losing especially while I am watching the game. I actually use curse words because I am drawn to the game and I badly want them to win because my money is on the line.
Some may not understand that but the way I see it, the sport becomes a little boring when no bet has been made.

how much can you put into gambling before it removes the fun aspect of gambling out of it?

When higher bets are on the line. For me, that takes out the fun.
Even though I still want to win, I want to keep a moderate amount that I can still tolerate even if I lose. I don't like stress because it also affects our health. I'd like an amount that even if it's losing, I can still sleep soundly at night. There are a lot of high rollers out there but we don't need to mimic them, we can just put in money that we can afford.
In my case, I am not in a rush. Many seasons will come and many games will happen in the industry of sport. We can bet for decades and just have fun with it.

[borovichok]

it can never be a source of income

I disagree with this assertion. My humble submission is that gambling cannot be an ONLY source of income but it can be a source of income. By interpretation, only source of income connotes total reliance on a particular activity for livelihood whereas source of income connotes that it is only a channel for generating income and not a total dependence on it.

I am into sports betting, I only gamble on weekends and my concern is getting 2odds and I can boost that I am on a winning trek. Now consider that I stake $1000 on 2odds that is, $1000 x 2 is $2000. So, I am making $1000 almost every weekend. Is that not a source of income? But then, I don't rely on it for survival since I have a job devoid of risk and unpredictability which are the ingredients of gambling.

The same thing happens in my neighborhood, most of the youths now take gambling as a source of income. There are some people who don’t have jobs, and they depend on gambling for survival. Some of them will wake up and head to a physical gambling shop, where they will spend the rest of the day, which doesn’t make any sense to me. Why will you make gambling your only source of income? But what I notice is that all of them are addicted to gambling, some of them do crazy things just because they want to gamble.

This is not the case. If you think the youths are making gambling their only source of income where do they get their staking power? Most of these youths have miniature jobs which give them money but their quest for mega money is what is luring them into gambling. I have never seen a person who is 100% dependent on gambling, whether rich or poor because in the end these gamblers always find sustainable means of livelihood. If we think people depend 100% on gambling for survival, how do they feed or survive when they don't win? This is a critical question because they don't always win.

[yahoo62278]

I have read a lot of thread on this board talking about the need to gamble responsibly and suggesting that gambling is meant to be done for fun and not to be seen as a means of livelihood. While this is theoretically alright, in the reality so many persons actually gamble because they want to get some financial top up from the gamble.

What is mostly common in my neighborhood and that I mostly do is soccer betting and if I am not exaggerating, 90% of the people that do soccer betting do do because they want to win money.

They can watch the match for fun but as long as it involved them paying money before gambling, most persons don't normally see it as fun and this is the reason why after placing a particular bet, if the game isn't successful they continue betting hoping to get a win along the way thervy being seen as addict.

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

how much can you put into gambling before it removes the fun aspect of gambling out of it?

Everyone gambles of course hoping to win money, but most lose. This mostly refers to people playing casino games such as slots, table games, wheel games, or poker. Sportsbettors are kind of in a different category to me.

You gamble to have fun and should consider whatever money you took to the casino to gamble with, gone. If you come home with money, you did ok. You're not going to beat the casino for thousands every night. They'll tell you to take your business elsewhere if you did. They have the right to refuse your business.

If you are losing thousands period, it went from fun to real unless you just have millions and just don't care.

[ndutndut]

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

I see gambling just for fun, I do this because I also happen to like the sport of football. By betting it will make me watch football in a special way. But of course you hope there will be a profit from what you bet, it's also strange if you bet but don't expect anything financially when you win. but still under control.

how much can you put into gambling before it removes the fun aspect of gambling out of it?

I don't play every day so I don't know exactly how much I spend, I only play football on the weekends because of football matches. If I calculate it roughly, I only spent $30 on fun gambling.

[EluguHcman]

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

I am very sure of most gamblers who agitates that gambling is primarily designed to be a game of fun, means of knowledge impactation and brainstorming to keep sensitive and active calculative smart mentalities as a medium of learning and along the lines catching Cruises of fun out of its technical challenges to bear the winner.
Some gamblers basically just stake on their games so that they could be extremely serious with all conciousness not to loose and bear the shame but to win and bears the champion but specifically for funs which makes the game more interesting without the aim of chasing after the profits the gambling board.

how much can you put into gambling before it removes the fun aspect of gambling out of it?

Once you stakes and chases after making profits and along the lines you bets above the amount you could tolerate to lost and finally you looses the game, then desperacies to recover your losts with the grudges against the gambling board or your oppositions is aroused and then your mind becomes a pit of sentiments along your gambling life.

[HelliumZ]

Gambling has become two things for entertainment and for financial benefit, especially those who participate in gambling for fun and with the hope of getting pleasure, gambling is never likely to become a serious addiction. But for those who are attracted to gambling as a source of income or to overcome financial crisis, gambling can be called a type of business. They take up gambling as if they have no other addiction or occupation than gambling. Even those gamblers who become addicted to gambling to achieve financial stability at some point in their lives fall into a massive financial crisis and ultimately have no other option but to go bankrupt.

[JariKriting]

usually a gambler, gambling is for fun for pleasure only, not for a job or for a source of income. because even an expert gambler can lose. so if there is no work elsewhere, aka full gambling for work, it is very risky for his economic situation.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

While our opinions are really different and most times, what we preach here in this forum isn't followed keenly by most gamblers, even those in the forum. Gambling For fun is a personal decision and gambling for financial benefit its mostly induced by pressure to make ends meet.

The most wrong thing to do is to make gambling your safe heaven when you need funds to attend to responsibilities. You should go find something rational doing to raise funds, or offer paid services in that regard. Gambling isn't a reliable way to make money and the pressure heightens when you're in a serious losing streak.

If you can cease patronizing gambling with the intent of meeting your financial needs, I believe that the fun in it is rejuvenated anyways. Its solely your decision on your motive of engagement.

[len01]

Do you really see gambling as more of fun than a means to a financial end?

how much can you put into gambling before it removes the fun aspect of gambling out of it?

first of all, I think of gambling as a place to entertain myself when I'm tired and have free time after coming home from work and only gambling can entertain me when I feel bored.
behind all this, it's not just about having fun, but I also consider gambling as a place to entertain myself and try my luck using small bets to try to get a big multiplier, but still with the thought of not expecting to get the win because I realize that gambling is just a business It was built to earn income for the owner and I as a gambler just try my luck and if one day I get a little big win I consider it a bonus from the gambling owner, I don't consider it as a financial helper.

If you ask how much budget I use to bet on gambling, my income is only 1%-10% and I have to use it within at least 2 weeks.
so for 2 weeks I have to maintain my budget and manage it well so I don't run out of budget, but I rarely use money from my own income; I mostly bet using the money from this campaign to bet on sports betting but sometimes I also use it on CrazyTime.
what is certain is that I never use a budget of more than 10% of my income for gambling.