How my gambling life started.

[EluguHcman]

In years past before the casino and other online gambling bet platforms was discovered and brought to our knowledge, I and some family relatives used to play the card games but on the sequence some of us were becoming unserious in the game that it wasn't competitive so, we decided to have stakes with little amount of cents of $ which we could afford to loose just to buckle and cheers everyone up.
Time goes where we increases the stakes to make us more serious to the extend we began to bet about $1 which we can afford to loose at other expenditures but it seems unbearable loosing it on the caused of betting.
On a serious note, we saw this as a mere bet of competitions and not as gambling. As we advances, we saw it as a domestic gambling and not as the wild gambling that could cause one emotional outbreaks.

Time goes that it becomes unusual that we began to feel offenced and rebelled that we as relatives(1 family) are extorting from each other without empathy for one another and then, we unconciously grew wild developing in sentiments, greeds and taking it as an avenue to make profits.
Alongside, it was more of serious business than the just fun.

Then the casino and other online bet platforms was introduced in time. This was how I was exposed and my begining of gambling life!

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[Yogee]

Your experience is not unique. I think majority of gamblers started that way. If not card games then some coinflips. The whole point is that the exposure started with people whom you know personally from childhood to your student days and then your adult life.

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Time goes that it becomes unusual that we began to feel offenced and rebelled that we as relatives(1 family) are extorting from each other without empathy for one another and then, we unconciously grew wild developing in sentiments, greeds and taking it as an avenue to make profits.
Alongside, it was more of serious business than the just fun.

I also witnessed some feud that happened among family members. It usually starts when the total bet placed on the table is less than what was expected then accusations starts.

[Hatchy]

Then the casino and other online bet platforms was introduced in time. This was how I was exposed and my begining of gambling life!

Just like @Yogee mentioned, your experience isn't unique, buddy. Many of us here had similar experiences as kids, which seemed a lot like gambling, even though we didn't think of it that way or call it gambling. We just saw it as a friendly game we played when we were young. I still remember when I and some friends would put in a little money and play the game of Ludo, and the winners would get prizes, which we would eventually return to the original owners at the end of each game.

The habit of gambling often starts in childhood for many people. Online gambling has been around for a while, but most people have only become aware of it recently because it used to be mostly done in local gambling shops. As long as you're playing games and betting money, you're already engaging in gambling.

[Barikui1]

In life, their is always a starting point to everything including gambling, so i can tell you to the fact that so many of us gamblers have our own side of our stories how our gambling life style all started, to me gambling is not a bad thing if you can gamble only what you can afford to lose, because by doing so it wouldn't get to your head, once gambling start getting into your head and you start seeing it as a means of income, that is path to addiction.

[Oshosondy]

I have played some card games with my family but not in a way that it led us to gamble. In fact, I have not gambled with any of my family before. But before I started to gamble online, I can remember that I gambled with card games with my mates and seniors in school countless number of times. We use small amount of money, and we are able to control ourselves. We did not see it as a way of making money at all. When I saw gambling as a way of making money was when I opened an account on a local gambling site which was many years after, I was gambling with football at the time and with several losses than profit.

[elevates]

It all starts either with the family or friends, it is always meant to be for entertainment but later on it becomes a serious challenge. I started in the similar fashion with my friends, we used to play card games over drinks once a while and gradually it became a weekly event. Unfortunately some of us left the city for work and some became busy due to responsibility. Later on only a few used to meet losing the excitement and engagement. Later on I got introduced to online platforms but still miss the time I used to enjoy with my friends.

[davis196]

I don't have family members and relatives that are actively gambling, so my initial experience with gambling was totally different than yours.
I started gambling in the online gambling era and I've never visited any offline casino or gambling shop.
It's sad to hear that gambling can make relatives to hate each other. This is why I don't want to have any financial relations with my relatives, like borrowing money or giving loans, not just gambling. Money(greed) can drive some people into madness.
I don't understand your family environment. What kind of parent or uncle would start playing gambling games with kids? Isn't this a way to turn your kids into gambling addicts at a very young age? This looks like irresponsible behavior to me.

[un_rank]

Contrary to what some other members have commented, this is not a typical way to get exposed to gambling in my experience. In house games usually do not develop to anything more serious, and greed definitely does not come into play, it is just a recreational activity to make the games a tad but more exciting. For this reason, I also see casino or sports gambling as a recreational activity today and not a way to get rich by any means.

Time goes that it becomes unusual that we began to feel offenced and rebelled that we as relatives(1 family) are extorting from each other without empathy for one another and then, we unconciously grew wild developing in sentiments, greeds and taking it as an avenue to make profits.
Alongside, it was more of serious business than the just fun.

At this point, you should have considered dialing it down a bit. Gambling addiction is a real thing and should be controlled as much as it can be.

- Jay -

[Wexnident]

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Huh, it originated from your family. Rather rare really. Well the most similar case that I know would be community since in my area, there are sometimes gatherings of people who play Bingo since it's more suitable with a bigger audience and with price pools attached to it. I know some people who started there and just spiraled towards other types of gambling activities.

I myself knew about it as a kid but was never interested. My gambling shenanigans started in HS when a bunch of my friends brought out cards, ones that were used for poker. It started out as something for fun but then slowly money got involved lol. This pretty much stayed with me till college and whenever there was something to play like this, you bet I was always there.

[Promocodeudo]

In life, their is always a starting point to everything including gambling, so i can tell you to the fact that so many of us gamblers have our own side of our stories how our gambling life style all started, to me gambling is not a bad thing if you can gamble only what you can afford to lose, because by doing so it wouldn't get to your head, once gambling start getting into your head and you start seeing it as a means of income, that is path to addiction.

Every gambling has a starting point and a story to tell in that effect, it depends if the story is pathetic or sympathetic which are almost the same thing, the thing is that as gambler make sure that you are always in control of your gambling activities, don't allow your emotions control you in gambling so that you won't be victimized by addiction, the factor that every gambler should look out for is addiction and every should do everything possible to avoid this menace, it is a bad situation to be entangled with, most of us started gambling because we saw a friend winning continuously and we decided to give it a trial but later couldn't make any fortune out of it and also going away became difficult for us, so we must gamble with care if we want to be free from addiction.

[the rise]

Your introduction to gambling must be commonplace, I got to know gambling because I just saw my friends playing and having fun, and I was interested in trying it, I tried it gradually so I became addicted, but now I have recovered, maybe because I'm just bored or because I'm aware of the losses that I've spent more time on.

[Apocollapse]

It's really rare for a family want to gamble with themselves because many parents don't want to let know their children or people around them if they're a gambler. But it's really bad to mix up your family with money because a lot people don't care either they're family or not, if they have a way to get the money, they will do it. This could break up the relationship between your family, that's why money is very sensitive.

But it's normal your gambling life started from playing card, I guess it happens on many people too.

[Hirose UK]

It all starts either with the family or friends, it is always meant to be for entertainment but later on it becomes a serious challenge. I started in the similar fashion with my friends, we used to play card games over drinks once a while and gradually it became a weekly event. Unfortunately some of us left the city for work and some became busy due to responsibility. Later on only a few used to meet losing the excitement and engagement. Later on I got introduced to online platforms but still miss the time I used to enjoy with my friends.

You are right, it all starts with friends or family and when you really get to know gambling and really enjoy betting, there will be condition where the desire to gamble longer and more satisfactorily appears and is carried out by every gambler.
They will be addicted and when every bet or game is played in physical casino or betting shop, indirectly there is desire to know more about the gambling industry so that they can really get various experiences in online casinos.
They get more fun with various games or bets that cannot be found in physical casinos, in the end every gambler will become addicted and willing to spend more money to pursue his ambitions which are clearly just like mortal ambitions.

But the experience of physical casino or live table game that clearly pits each other against each other in the same game is truly unforgettable excitement.
We really get joy from betting and joking with friends without any sense of wanting to compete with each other to be superior to each other in making profits, things like this are phase that really makes us miss the past when online gambling was not developing as rapidly as it is now.
But repeating it also feels very impossible because we are busy and we can only keep up with developments in the online gambling industry which has now really developed.

[Jating]

I don't know what to make with this stories, but I guess everyone has gone to this process as well, or maybe as early when we are still kids going to school and gambling with friends and classmates. And then as we grow, we go on and move to casinos. With the proliferation of online gambling now, it's really hard to anyone not to fall for it as everyone around us is playing and gambling.

So it boils down to our self-control, we really need to understand prioritize things because we fall on gambling. The effect is going to be bad in the long run. So there maybe addicted gamblers here and around us, we can help them as we ourselves as well might fight it out or at least those who have experience it already, by now knows what is the effect of gambling in our lives. So it's not how we started in gambling, but how it will affect us.

[slapper]

Gambling begins innocently. It always expands. From cents to dollars, pleasure to strife, you've seen it. Risk and pleasure are more important than money. The hook. But wait, it's not just about you. Your family and relationships matter. Gambling may be fun, feudal, bonding, or breaking. Also, internet platforms? These games are entrances to a world where risk is king and caution is poor

Step back and assess. Your life is slipping through your fingers like sand in this game. Gambling is about understanding when to quit, not winning or losing. Walking away is sometimes the biggest triumph. Gambling's only sure bet is not to wager

[pakhitheboss]

I was going through the replies on this thread and it seems everyone has the same stories. It was either friends or family members who got every respondent on this thread into social gambling at first. Then it shifted to serious gambling and some of you might be into hardcore gambling. The problem in our society is that we cannot change our family members or our friends but we can surely avoid them. It is not as easy as it sounds but it can be achieved for the greater good of oneself and for our betterment. It is a fact this is how anyone here would have been introduced and got addicted to any addiction in the world. I am no saint as I was also introduced to and encouraged by someone near me to gambling.

[angrybirdy]

Then the casino and other online bet platforms was introduced in time. This was how I was exposed and my begining of gambling life!

that's how I became aware of the world of gambling, because I grew up with relatives who gambled with cards, tong its, majhong and other card games was a trend back then, so even when I was young I already had an idea when it came to gambling, but at that time I wasn't trying to play, especially since I didn't have any money of my own, then when I was at the right age and I was earning my own money, that's when online casino apps became popular and that's when I started gambling, because first I was earning my own money and I managed my own finances, so I'm more comfortable doing the things I couldn't do before.

[invo]

In years past before the casino and other online gambling bet platforms was discovered and brought to our knowledge, I and some family relatives used to play the card games but on the sequence some of us were becoming unserious in the game that it wasn't competitive so, we decided to have stakes with little amount of cents of $ which we could afford to loose just to buckle and cheers everyone up.
Time goes where we increases the stakes to make us more serious to the extend we began to bet about $1 which we can afford to loose at other expenditures but it seems unbearable loosing it on the caused of betting.
On a serious note, we saw this as a mere bet of competitions and not as gambling. As we advances, we saw it as a domestic gambling and not as the wild gambling that could cause one emotional outbreaks.

Time goes that it becomes unusual that we began to feel offenced and rebelled that we as relatives(1 family) are extorting from each other without empathy for one another and then, we unconciously grew wild developing in sentiments, greeds and taking it as an avenue to make profits.
Alongside, it was more of serious business than the just fun.

Then the casino and other online bet platforms was introduced in time. This was how I was exposed and my begining of gambling life!

This is the main reason why gambling among your family and relatives should only be done occasionally. Instead of having fun while you play together, in the long run, the intention was unknowingly changed and more focused on winning money from another relative.

[piebeyb]

Everyone has their own story about how they started their gambling, but actually this is not that unique in my opinion, it's just that I appreciate your gambling journey, what you said is also true, that it's just a competition with your brother, not too serious gambling. Even though in the end you are serious about betting, gambling with people in your family will not give you the adrenaline rush that feels more like gambling directly with other people, which will feel different and not just for fun.

I've gambled with my close friends and family with real money but to be honest it doesn't get any adrenaline because sometimes it's a pity if they lose, so I often return their money by buying food from the winnings I get also with my own money personally, so we ate together at that time because it was difficult to play seriously with them, but still it will be an experience that will teach us many things and let's just say it is an experience for you to become a responsible and controlled gambler which in the end you have to gamble seriously against the dealer or other people in an online casino.

[mirakal]

Some had only been expose in the forum. Because most of the campaigns here are gambling sites, we also would need to learn how to gamble since we are promoting it. But personally, I was already gambling when I was a kid, before this online gambling got popular or bitcoin was created I am already gambling and it was a card game.

I would say I came from a family of gambler, my grandfather and father are both gamblers, so I was influence at a very young age and I'm happy with that as I learn early due to my mistakes, now, I'm proud to say that I'm already a responsible gambler.