What is the definition of a Gambler? Do you consider yourself as a Gambler?

[Baki202]

My perception of gambling is based on my belief that life itself is a gamble and we all play the cards life dealt us. I gamble regularly, and I’m disciplined enough to play with money I can afford to lose. I don’t gamble in public places so my gambling activities remain hidden from the judgy eyes of the public. Having to explain myself to others is not something I enjoy doing.

Everything here is gamble because even our existence is not certain and that is why I agree that everything about life is gamble. everything that you are not sure of is gamble and one way or the other life has taught us one of two things and has also given us a scare that we have to live with. One of the things have enjoy most when am free is gambling what makes my day is even when I win money. any win I get I will also go out and spend a little amount of it, winning money from gambling gives you this kind of feeling that you will always want to have. I also believe in risk and will also gamble out of risk once in a while because out of that risk might come my luck,  and just like me I will always gamble in my house it's more fun that way, and when you when it's also private. and gambling is fun for me so I don't even care what people say anymore.

[Promocodeudo]

Personally, I don't like the word Gambler tbh. And it feels more worse when someone calls someone a Gambler in the local language. I played some hands it's true and I tested many games for test purposes But I was never affected by the gamble. and I consider I am not a gambler myself. Somehow I do not feel good or something does not fit with me by this word.

What do you think about yourself and how do you want to define the word Gambler?

I think what we call gamblers are those regular gamblers but yeah calling us gambler out of nowhere is out of ordinary but I don't think we can associate another word with it when it facts we gamble. Maybe it's just rooted on our memory that if we hear a gambler we tend to associate it on some bad person but I think it's just how we have perceived it but actually there's nothing wrong with it as long as you're not doing something illegal.

If you are a bettor for instance using money to stake a game, you are been called a gambler, there is no two words about it, whether you are gambling a little or in an uncontrollable manner all are been called gamblers, every person that is into the activity of sporting with his or her money to support a particular team to win is a gambler, the only thing is that such individual decisions remains, if they chooses to be chronic or responsible gamblers that's for them, but when it comes to the name, I will always speak allowed every speaker is a gambler no other words except that.
I consider myself as a gambler no matter the amount I use in gambling activities I am a gambler,  to me a gambler is someone for chases uncertain profit with his stakes.

[Mauser]

Personally, I don't like the word Gambler tbh. And it feels more worse when someone calls someone a Gambler in the local language. I played some hands it's true and I tested many games for test purposes But I was never affected by the gamble. and I consider I am not a gambler myself. Somehow I do not feel good or something does not fit with me by this word.

What do you think about yourself and how do you want to define the word Gambler?

For me the word gambler has no negative meaning, it just describes someone that like to play games where money is involved. I have been a gambler for many years by now and if someone calls me like that it's fine, there is no negativity in the word itself. We shouldn't be feeling bad if strangers or colleagues call us by such words, they might not know any better and we should be standing above. Also I am a gambler and a gamer, as I do enjoy to play on the PC quite a few of my older games without any money involved. So whenever someone calls me a gambler, I make fun of the situation and say, no I am actually a gamer. And if someone calls me a gamer, I say I prefer to be called gambler because I play with money. It's just a little joke I try to play on people trying to label me with a certain word. Every person that plays games is a gamer, so every gambler is also a gamer, because they enjoy playing games that involve money. I would advice you to care less about other people and how they call you, but if it really bother you a lot, then just tell them to stop. If it's a colleague or a friend they will avoid using that word in front of you.

[Odohu]

Personally, I don't like the word Gambler tbh. And it feels more worse when someone calls someone a Gambler in the local language. I played some hands it's true and I tested many games for test purposes But I was never affected by the gamble. and I consider I am not a gambler myself. Somehow I do not feel good or something does not fit with me by this word.

What do you think about yourself and how do you want to define the word Gambler?

How you perceive the word "gambler' depend largely on your country or locality. Some countries or localities have serious disdain for gambling, whereas some just see gambling as a normal business hence, do not develop cold feet for those who are engaged in it. I happen to come from a country where gambling is done freely and openly with no one demonizing you. Gambling shops are all over the streets and constitute some of the recreation centers where people assemble to gamble, gist about sports and even socialize.

However, it was not like this few years ago when the economy was a bit better and graduates were able to get jobs easily. So the dwindling economy may be part of the reason for the proliferation of gambling business and general acceptance of anything that has the potential of earning someone a living. Therefore, no body care about what title you give them or your disposition to what they do as long as it is paying their bills and not sending them to jail.

[avp2306]

Personally, I don't like the word Gambler tbh. And it feels more worse when someone calls someone a Gambler in the local language. I played some hands it's true and I tested many games for test purposes But I was never affected by the gamble. and I consider I am not a gambler myself. Somehow I do not feel good or something does not fit with me by this word.

What do you think about yourself and how do you want to define the word Gambler?

For me the word gambler has no negative meaning, it just describes someone that like to play games where money is involved. I have been a gambler for many years by now and if someone calls me like that it's fine, there is no negativity in the word itself. We shouldn't be feeling bad if strangers or colleagues call us by such words, they might not know any better and we should be standing above. Also I am a gambler and a gamer, as I do enjoy to play on the PC quite a few of my older games without any money involved. So whenever someone calls me a gambler, I make fun of the situation and say, no I am actually a gamer. And if someone calls me a gamer, I say I prefer to be called gambler because I play with money. It's just a little joke I try to play on people trying to label me with a certain word. Every person that plays games is a gamer, so every gambler is also a gamer, because they enjoy playing games that involve money. I would advice you to care less about other people and how they call you, but if it really bother you a lot, then just tell them to stop. If it's a colleague or a friend they will avoid using that word in front of you.

This is just called for those people who participate on any gambling activities but it doesn't mean any negative for a people. What  actually negative regarding on this is the people's expectation and how they deal with their activities done while playing those gambling games since if they let theirselves get destroy by those negative effects that possible come to them then expect something bad will happen to them.

But if they are just aware and enjoy the games what those casino can offer and learn do good approach towards scenarios also those offers they encounter for sure they will never experience any worse from it from any of there gambling activities. We see a lot of people enjoy what they do on gambling and we can assume that they have good proper self control or discipline that's why we can see them fine despite of participating on risky games on those casinos.

[0t3p0t]

Personally, I don't like the word Gambler tbh. And it feels more worse when someone calls someone a Gambler in the local language. I played some hands it's true and I tested many games for test purposes But I was never affected by the gamble. and I consider I am not a gambler myself. Somehow I do not feel good or something does not fit with me by this word.

What do you think about yourself and how do you want to define the word Gambler?

You don't want to be called as a gambler so maybe a risk taker will do? You gamble that is why you are called a gambler. We can't call slipper a shoe right? It does not matter to me if someone will call me a gambler because that is what really is. I am not stressing myself just for a title, anything related to gambling will do for me as long as I am into it.

[Crypt0Gore]

TBH gambling is like trying to cheat to me, I am a gambler too but here is my own way of thinking about gambling, you risk small amount of money to get massive amount, this is gambling and it makes it even impossible to win, the odds is definitely not going to be in your favour, can you listen to yourselves? It's like trying to do nothing to get money, like it or hate it, you are a greedy fella if you lose everything to gambling.

It's just a fact about gambling, this is why I always don't care much about gambling, because it's too unrealistic, and that's why I risk two figures in dollars on gambling, I've never use up to $90 in gambling at once even when I always make more than this amount every month.

I am not saying you should quit gambling, I am simply advising people to lower their expectations in gambling, money is very hard to make and it's only easy if you have qualified skills, but we all want to make money the easiest ways, it's not fair enough if we look this from a different angle.

[irhact]

Personally, I don't like the word Gambler tbh. And it feels more worse when someone calls someone a Gambler in the local language. I played some hands it's true and I tested many games for test purposes But I was never affected by the gamble. and I consider I am not a gambler myself. Somehow I do not feel good or something does not fit with me by this word.

What do you think about yourself and how do you want to define the word Gambler?

I don't hate it when they call me a gambler, many individuals are gambling in my country therefore it's like a normal thing over here. Only the female gets a little stereotype when they're seen gambling but for the males, it's a regular thing that most individuals do. Gambling isn't a bad thing to do when you're doing it rightly. Only those individuals who are addicted to gambling that'll get angry when they call them gamblers as it'll remind them of their losses and they'll be sad or disappointed.

Gambling for me is an activity that we do which involves risking money through wagers and it's a 50% chance game that any individuals can win as it depends on being lucky. Gambling isn't a way to make money but you can make money from gambling and when you do, don't think that gambling can give you money everyday as you'll be disappointed when you start losing due to greed and addiction from over gambling.

[maydna]

It's better to accept the word Gambler because we gamble even though we don't gamble too often. But you also don't need to be influenced by the word Gambler because it is just a word, and if you don't like hearing it, you can move to another place where there are no people around you. People can easily say that someone is a gambler, especially if they see someone gambling directly in front of them, and they will say that that person is a gambler. And they will still call that person a gambler even though he doesn't gamble often. We can't do anything if someone finds out we are gambling and calls us gamblers.

[Dewi Aries]

So you will find the real facts in gambling if you can see from various sides and think rationally, I think with this then most likely you will not dare to do some actions that are beyond your ability such as putting too large amounts because of the possible risks that continue to lurk.

Of course, a rational thinker is a conscious person and will always be minimal with his stake. But then we get so emotional and irrational when we become addicted to the game. Addictive gambling can always propel a gambler into revenge gambling which is natural for an addict. This can make even a conscious and rational person behave in ways beyond his control since he is been controlled by his feelings and emotions and not his reasoning.

I always say and suggest to anyone especially some of my friends who are quite active gamblers to apply firmness to self-control along with some boundaries that they have implemented, the reason? obviously because humans are creatures of perception in the sense that they are very likely to be in a situation of "forgetting" and this can make a responsible gambler eventually fall into the wrong approach to gambling due to the lack of boundaries and self-control that they have made before and because in gambling there is always something that looks tempting so this is also what makes gamblers addicted unconsciously.

So the conclusion is that no matter how much you have or have created boundaries and self-control on your gambling activities I think it is not enough to keep you in a safe situation, and that means as I suggested above that you really need "firmness" in the application of the boundaries you have created, because this indirectly you will be able to maintain a level of awareness in yourself that will make you tend to prefer / remember precautions when in a situation that is quite tempting like winning.

[sujonali1819]

Thanks, everybody for sharing your valuable opinion regarding the definition of a gambler. I will try to read the comments one by one once I will have enough free time for it. For now, I am going to close this topic.

Note: None yet called me a gambler. But yeah if someone does I really don't feel it's good for me