Drake and Bruno Mars An Example of How Gambling Addiction Can Affect Anyone

[Smartvirus]

Guess he better put out another hit record real quick and get that debt settled. These celebs can make up that money real fast by doing some commercials, making a record, getting a starring role in a movie or what not. Whomever lends them the money feels like they will be repaid.

It seems like he already did as, further claims in the provided link states that, Bruno Mars owes the MGM nothing apparently. His been linked with a partnership with them that was it earned them over $90million and that was enough to clear any supposed debt, a large part of it goes for unpaid taxes and he goes home with over $1.5million. That’s just how quick and what means these celebrities could come up with schemes to clear their debts. That puts them far ahead of ordinary men and gamblers. Of course they aren’t ordinary in this regard as, $50million dollars for a debt isn’t something you could just find anyone owing and even still, having to settle this with just a a show or few shows in a collaboration with a casino, that ain’t cheap.

So Bruno is free of any gambling debt and yeah, it was surprising to have found this phenomenal figure wrapped up in gambling problems. Just another broken man who’s emotion is found in his music, he writes really good songs you know and his performances are spectacular.

[Huppercase]

While we often discuss Drake's well-documented struggles with irresponsible gambling and the "Drake's Curse", it's important to be aware  that gambling addiction can affect individuals from all walks of life. In this regard, let us take a moment to look at the case of another celebrity, Bruno Mars, whose gambling issues have manifested differently from Drake's.

Several internet sources today has reported that Bruno Mars borrows money specifically for gambling purposes, this is one thing that goes against one of the  rules of responsible gambling. Bruno currently owes 50 million dollar in gambling debts. I am not going to bore you with the detail. Therefore, I will leave a link to the full story - https://www.nme.com/news/music/bruno-mars-is-reportedly-50million-in-debt-due-to-gambling-3602329.

The lesson to learn is that gambling addiction is not respecter of Gender, economic status, race, nationality, religion. It will mess you up, bring shame and disgrace to you if you don't abide by the rules of responsible and do all you can to avoid it.

Two things I used to know that killed careers or celebrities and that's leaving in expensive life they can't keep up with and doing drugs, never knew they do gambling and get bankrupted. Brunor mars that used to be a legend just vanish, no wonder I don't see him active much on the internet and he only does he shows and then go back and hide, it was these gambling that change him but he is still killing shows even after that because he is talented and his music delivery are make him gets ticket sold.

Drake on the other hand has trended not only for gambling this season, that guy intentionally made his nood public and that's why I don't take him serious when he post about those gambling on stake, he doesn't even know that he is a public figure, a lot of people are going to follow his step anytime he posted a bet and people will follow  him and now they all have lost money.

[lienfaye]

The lesson to learn is that gambling addiction is not respecter of Gender, economic status, race, nationality, religion. It will mess you up, bring shame and disgrace to you if you don't abide by the rules of responsible and do all you can to avoid it.

Indeed. Anyone can become addicted and be drowned in debt regardless of your status if you play without limit.

Letting yourself gamble using a borrowed money is not an advisable thing to do.

It's just one of the few rules that a gambler should know before playing. However many of us just ignored it resulting to a deep problem if they're already too hooked.

[Potato Chips]

I don't think he is aiming for money here, I'm not a psychologist or something, but from what I'm seeing Bruno Mars might be overwhelmed with all of his success and maybe this is just one way for him to escape. There are a lot of individuals who uses gambling to escape with or without problems. And once they are hook, they get addicted just like the rest of us. So there's no boundaries whatsoever, even famous men are prone to be gambling addicts like Bruno Mars.

Oh yeahhh, because gambling could also make us feel good -- the dopamine, the adrenaline rush. The problem is when people develop a dependency on it.

and I guess it's not surprising that he had a drug addiction as well, see: Bruno Mars Opens Up About His Previous Battle With Drugs

I also think, this is not just about money...

Even the GOAT himself, Michael Jordan as per report says that he has gambling problems too, but he denied that. So that is another sign as well that probably it is true as most addicts doesn't want to admit on it.

Sadly, there is still a lot of stigma surrounding addiction cases so I'm not surprised. Self-awareness is another variable at play too.

[livingfree]

I agree.

Drake is on another level and I think that this is the first time that the majority of us have heard Bruno Mars gambles like this and look on how far he went.

While Drake has a lot of associated business that can sustain his gambling needs. We don't know a lot if we're talking about Bruno Mars, maybe he's got a lot of ventures too but he's way uncontrollable if he gets to those situations that he's on a rage to gamble.

We dont actually be able to know someones condition or situation not until that those unfortunate situations or conditions been popping out into the public. Actually it doesnt matter if you are an average joe
or a famous person on which anyone could deal up with gambling and chances of winning and losing would really be just that the same or simply there would really be no comparison when it comes to this.
It is really just that this is our first time hearing out a celebrity that do get involved with gambling and ended up on having that huge debt on which this would really be the main topic on here.

There would be no exemptions and there would be no exclusions about on someone on getting addicted. The main difference on here in compared with those average gamblers is that these people are
that celebrities on which they do earn millions and they can simply be able to patch it up for some time if ever they would be having a debt in compared into those people who are playing extreme
but there's no finances that could really be able to back up with.  

It exploded like a huge bomb when that news came from anywhere about Bruno Mars being addicted to gambling and has reached to $50M in debt.

But it's already cleared now that he's in no debt as the MGM released to remove everyone's thought so let this issue die on its own. However, I am sure that there will still be some attempts that's going to press him more because of this.

It's on them and I'm already good when MGM has said that he's fine and not in debt on them. And I hope that Brino Mars will be on a better state and won't have to deal with such addictions and problems.

[Accardo]

The lesson to learn is that gambling addiction is not respecter of Gender, economic status, race, nationality, religion. It will mess you up, bring shame and disgrace to you if you don't abide by the rules of responsible and do all you can to avoid it.

Indeed. Anyone can become addicted and be drowned in debt regardless of your status if you play without limit.

Letting yourself gamble using a borrowed money is not an advisable thing to do.

It's just one of the few rules that a gambler should know before playing. However many of us just ignored it resulting to a deep problem if they're already too hooked.

The gambling rules or strategy centers, mainly, on self-discipline. Society would think that only jobless or irresponsible gamblers borrow to participate in gambling. But, any player, like mentioned above, will make such a mistake. Reasons may differ, but the goal is more money. But, going into debt in gambling to clear bills or win big to pay for a debt is a deeper level of trouble. However, the celebrity may settle his debts after all his business is set and done. Yet, it'll keep him less financed for another big move. He owes a huge amount of money. He'll have fewer amounts left to clear those bills. Moreover, the problem would be on his fans and followers, who may try what he did, or use him as an example for getting in debt.

He's more like a streamer with people who trust and look up to him for life lessons. If celebrities, openly get addicted, because I'd call this addiction, and eager to win money, gambling. It'll affect lots of naive players who have nothing left on them to try out the method being portrayed by these celebrities. Not knowing that the star's team will take care of his troubles and that he could be free from addiction. Unlike his followers who may not have anybody to look into their fight. This is deceit. However, it remains the follower's fault who tries to mimic whatever their role models do, good or bad. I think influence is a big factor to consider when discussing gambling addiction.

[Strongkored]

The lesson to learn is that gambling addiction is not respecter of Gender, economic status, race, nationality, religion. It will mess you up, bring shame and disgrace to you if you don't abide by the rules of responsible and do all you can to avoid it.

You are right, even people from lower economic backgrounds gamble more, even though it could be because there are more poor people in this world, also the thought of getting a lot of money quickly to change their lives makes them gamble so they think that's a problem if they have to go into debt, or if they don't go into debt, they use it the money is for more important things.
It is quite unfortunate that there are famous people who have many followers who gamble irresponsibly because this can be followed by their followers because often fans do what their idols do.
You can gamble but you have to be responsible and only use money that is ours, not the result of debt because it will only lead us to other difficulties if we go into debt to gamble because profit in gambling is not something that can be predicted, and only those who gamble responsibly can accept defeat well.

[TheUltraElite]

There's a statement that's been released by the MGM that he's not in debt of $50M. Well, I guess that should end all of our speculations about him being addicted and let that just end the thing from the issue.

--> https://ew.com/bruno-mars-doesnt-owe-50-million-gambling-debts-mgm-says-8611395

The musician has a partnership with MGM and I guess they allow him to play on the casinos as a "fun time" reward of performing there and as part of the payment.

Possible that the initial news gave a negative hit to the musicians rep and so their spokesperson had to come up with this damage control article.

In all, these people are gamblers and they can afford to lose it. Dont let that influence your own lifestyle, its not all glitz and glam unless you are the owner of the casino.

[xLays]

While we often discuss Drake's well-documented struggles with irresponsible gambling and the "Drake's Curse", it's important to be aware  that gambling addiction can affect individuals from all walks of life. In this regard, let us take a moment to look at the case of another celebrity, Bruno Mars, whose gambling issues have manifested differently from Drake's.

Several internet sources today has reported that Bruno Mars borrows money specifically for gambling purposes, this is one thing that goes against one of the  rules of responsible gambling. Bruno currently owes 50 million dollar in gambling debts. I am not going to bore you with the detail. Therefore, I will leave a link to the full story - https://www.nme.com/news/music/bruno-mars-is-reportedly-50million-in-debt-due-to-gambling-3602329.

The lesson to learn is that gambling addiction is not respecter of Gender, economic status, race, nationality, religion. It will mess you up, bring shame and disgrace to you if you don't abide by the rules of responsible and do all you can to avoid it.

I've been seeing this issue all over social media. This is my first time reading this discussion here in BitcoinTalk. Anyway, I know 50 million dollars isn't small amount but for someone like Bruno Mars, it definitely is. Just like many others say, he can make millions by simply creating another song. But still, he needs to undergo counseling for his gambling addiction even if he's Bruno Mars. Bruno Mars is a natural born gambler because of his Filipino blood. LOL 🇵🇭

[Wapfika]

I've been seeing this issue all over social media. This is my first time reading this discussion here in BitcoinTalk. Anyway, I know 50 million dollars isn't small amount but for someone like Bruno Mars, it definitely is. Just like many others say, he can make millions by simply creating another song. But still, he needs to undergo counseling for his gambling addiction even if he's Bruno Mars. Bruno Mars is a natural born gambler because of his Filipino blood. LOL 🇵🇭

The MGM casino already denied this rumor a day after this news sparked. Bruno mars is performing on that same casino with an annual salary of 90M$ which is almost 50% of equivalent amount of debt that being incorporates to him. You’re right that he can easily pay that amount using his contract payment from that casino but I really doubt he will not get a gambling perks from that casino in case he is really gambling rampantly.

I’m surprised that he is involved on gambling the first time I read the news because he is so busy on his career especially concerts. It’s very hard to become addicted on gambling if you have a busy career imo.

Source:https://ew.com/bruno-mars-doesnt-owe-50-million-gambling-debts-mgm-says-8611395

[qwertyup23]

According to various articles posted, MGM already made a statement regarding Bruno Mars' alleged gambling debt and that such claim was unfounded.¹

Also according to the article, the person who made this claim was an anonymous insider in the Las Vegas Strip. This makes it even worse as there can be no verification made by this person. Perhaps this anonymous person tries to discredit the image of Bruno Mars just because he gambles.

Well, this news exploded on social media and people were already making their opinions about the said rumor. I just hope that this does not discredit and destroy the image of Bruno Mars as a whole.


1 https://www.vulture.com/article/bruno-mars-50-million-gambling-debt-mgm-denies.html

[Justbillywitt]

While we often discuss Drake's well-documented struggles with irresponsible gambling and the "Drake's Curse", it's important to be aware  that gambling addiction can affect individuals from all walks of life. In this regard, let us take a moment to look at the case of another celebrity, Bruno Mars, whose gambling issues have manifested differently from Drake's.

Several internet sources today has reported that Bruno Mars borrows money specifically for gambling purposes, this is one thing that goes against one of the  rules of responsible gambling. Bruno currently owes 50 million dollar in gambling debts. I am not going to bore you with the detail. Therefore, I will leave a link to the full story - https://www.nme.com/news/music/bruno-mars-is-reportedly-50million-in-debt-due-to-gambling-3602329.

The lesson to learn is that gambling addiction is not respecter of Gender, economic status, race, nationality, religion. It will mess you up, bring shame and disgrace to you if you don't abide by the rules of responsible and do all you can to avoid it.

It's quite unfortunate that many people has failed to adhere to the rules that governs gambling. Gambling addiction is bad and it will mess you up. It's such a shame to see some of the artists that I admired as a kid while growing up are struggling with gambling addiction. Normally people like Drake and Bruno Mars should have the best advisers that money can buy, so why are they struggling with gambling without getting help from their advisers. I just hope they can come out from this addiction that have eaten deep into their system. At all time let us always obey the gambling rules.

[wheelz1200]

There is a difference though.  Drake can afford the addiction, what hurts is for people who can't.  Drake can lose a million and walk away.  He still has a productive life and it's obviously not effecting his lifestyle.  So what is the difference between addiction and enjoying something as a hobby so much that you continue to do it.  If someone golf's everyday do people look down on it?  Same thing here.

And what about Bruno Mars? It's true that when it comes to music and world popularity, Drake is the favorite, but don't you think that Bruno is also doing well for himself as well? I know as stated by the op that Bruno Mars is in the news for oweing $50 million dollars in gambling loan, but how legitimate is this news? Like I said before in my previous comment, there are a lot of fake and over exergerated news flying around each and everyday, bloggers and news channels will do or say anything, post anything against anyone just to drive internet traffic to their blog or site, so, things like that are better confirmed before believing them.

And concerning what you said about addiction and hobby, this are actually two complete different things, doing something you love and taking it as a hobby is completely different from doing something one is addicted in, for how a person participates in an activity he or she is addicted in or to, is quit and significantly different from how the same person participates in an activity he or she takes simply as a hobby.
Think about it.

How would you knwo if Drake is "addicted" to abling.  If he uses it as a form of entertainment.  It doesn't effect his lifestyle.  Doesn't effect his personal relationships and can live life without out it (presuming he can) what's the difference in that or buying a collection of 100 exotic cars that someone enjoys?  When ypu start impacting your life and can't stop that's when it becomes poisonous.  I didn't comment about Bruno Mars because I don't know anything about the fella.

[LUCKMCFLY]

It's very good that you bring up those cases, well we all know that Drake is above all an influencer, he may manifest all that, but he is capable of making that money in even 1 or 2 days by working hard, because he is an influencer, I'm sure. That his sponsors will pay him that, of course not at the level that a Mr Beast can have, but so that he can make a little effort for it, in fact what you say about Bruno Mars well, I don't know, it could also be these influencers, singers , because they like to generate this type of news so that they can see how they move their money, it can also be a marketing strategy for them, but in part it has a negative effect on the majority of their audience because yes, they give a bad example and a clear lack of responsibility, although very few players in the world can compare with the amount of money they can earn just doing one or 2 things, their capacity is much greater than that of any mortal, well at least like me.

[Mahanton]

While we often discuss Drake's well-documented struggles with irresponsible gambling and the "Drake's Curse", it's important to be aware  that gambling addiction can affect individuals from all walks of life. In this regard, let us take a moment to look at the case of another celebrity, Bruno Mars, whose gambling issues have manifested differently from Drake's.

Several internet sources today has reported that Bruno Mars borrows money specifically for gambling purposes, this is one thing that goes against one of the  rules of responsible gambling. Bruno currently owes 50 million dollar in gambling debts. I am not going to bore you with the detail. Therefore, I will leave a link to the full story - https://www.nme.com/news/music/bruno-mars-is-reportedly-50million-in-debt-due-to-gambling-3602329.

The lesson to learn is that gambling addiction is not respecter of Gender, economic status, race, nationality, religion. It will mess you up, bring shame and disgrace to you if you don't abide by the rules of responsible and do all you can to avoid it.

It's quite unfortunate that many people has failed to adhere to the rules that governs gambling. Gambling addiction is bad and it will mess you up. It's such a shame to see some of the artists that I admired as a kid while growing up are struggling with gambling addiction. Normally people like Drake and Bruno Mars should have the best advisers that money can buy, so why are they struggling with gambling without getting help from their advisers. I just hope they can come out from this addiction that have eaten deep into their system. At all time let us always obey the gambling rules.

There would be no exemptions whether you are an average joe or popular person on which you would really be having that kind of possibility on getting addicted and there's no exclusion to that and we do know
that once you do hook up yourself on such addiction then it would really be surely be putting you up on so much trouble and this is something that you should really be that sensible or mindful.
As for Drake and Bruno Mars then we do know that these fellas are rich and popular but in dealing with gambling then it could mess up their finances but we dont actually know on how these people been making money
aside from music industry and offers on which we might not be able to know that they do have real world businesses too on which it could something that will be able patch up on how much
that they do spend into gambling but with those amounts been mentioned? I dont think that this is something that they can afford to lose. lol

[Jaycoinz]

While we often discuss Drake's well-documented struggles with irresponsible gambling and the "Drake's Curse", it's important to be aware  that gambling addiction can affect individuals from all walks of life. In this regard, let us take a moment to look at the case of another celebrity, Bruno Mars, whose gambling issues have manifested differently from Drake's.

Several internet sources today has reported that Bruno Mars borrows money specifically for gambling purposes, this is one thing that goes against one of the  rules of responsible gambling. Bruno currently owes 50 million dollar in gambling debts. I am not going to bore you with the detail. Therefore, I will leave a link to the full story - https://www.nme.com/news/music/bruno-mars-is-reportedly-50million-in-debt-due-to-gambling-3602329.

The lesson to learn is that gambling addiction is not respecter of Gender, economic status, race, nationality, religion. It will mess you up, bring shame and disgrace to you if you don't abide by the rules of responsible and do all you can to avoid it.

This is fucking crazy man, I mean I know drake had his own issues but never new Bruno Mars is also this deep in gambling. Well what you have said is the bitter truth about gambling addiction and the reason I say this is because even a whole king to my community was having such problems and no one knew till the day the police came knocking at his doorstep for owing funds that has surpassed the repayment date and undervalued collateral involved in it. I mean it's crazy because it shows no mercy so learning how to manage your gambling is probably the best thing for any gambling irrespective of their status in life.

[Wakate]

There's a statement that's been released by the MGM that he's not in debt of $50M. Well, I guess that should end all of our speculations about him being addicted and let that just end the thing from the issue.

--> https://ew.com/bruno-mars-doesnt-owe-50-million-gambling-debts-mgm-says-8611395

The musician has a partnership with MGM and I guess they allow him to play on the casinos as a "fun time" reward of performing there and as part of the payment.

Possible that the initial news gave a negative hit to the musicians rep and so their spokesperson had to come up with this damage control article.

In all, these people are gamblers and they can afford to lose it. Dont let that influence your own lifestyle, its not all glitz and glam unless you are the owner of the casino.

Well said and I hope many gamblers would not take this too seriously seeing there favorite musicians playing more than they used to during betting. Many of these celebrities may not even be a true gamblers, the are always paid using casinos and playing on different platforms because they could generate more users for the the platform which in turn, they are paid for all they do on the internet. We should not be surprised or allow that to lure us into gambling, betting mire that we are supposed to bet. Any decision we are making need to be swift and need to conscious understanding of what we are doing.

[boyptc]

There's a statement that's been released by the MGM that he's not in debt of $50M. Well, I guess that should end all of our speculations about him being addicted and let that just end the thing from the issue.

--> https://ew.com/bruno-mars-doesnt-owe-50-million-gambling-debts-mgm-says-8611395

The musician has a partnership with MGM and I guess they allow him to play on the casinos as a "fun time" reward of performing there and as part of the payment.

Possible that the initial news gave a negative hit to the musicians rep and so their spokesperson had to come up with this damage control article.

In all, these people are gamblers and they can afford to lose it. Dont let that influence your own lifestyle, its not all glitz and glam unless you are the owner of the casino.

There have been some reports about his other addictions and I think that added to the flame that's caused by whoever published that first article about him owing MGM with $50M.

But I get now the idea on why there's such a certain place that he's got on this news. Well, at the end of the day, I agree that they can afford to lose it but still, that's a lot of money to gamble on our perspective.

Anyway, the issue was even already okay just after a few days and a statement from MGM itself.

[Sandra_hakeem]

With all the evidences and proofs that gambling recklessly doesn't even make you lucky, neither does it increase the chances of your winnings; it only shows how careless and emotional you become when your loses accumulates...

Drugs, alcohol, sex addiction, AIDS...it's life itself, it affects everyone equally, what's the surprise here, atleast the guy earns money to pay for his addiction.

So you mean they both shouldn't try to stop wagering because they're earning much from the industry? Do you think there's an amount of money that can't get exhausted with time no matter how you utilize it??. It'll be so foolish of them that they're in their retirement age without anything to show forth.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[famososMuertos]

Drugs, alcohol, sex addiction, AIDS...it's life itself, it affects everyone equally, what's the surprise here, at least the guy earns money to pay for his addiction.

He has extended his contract for 3 more years with the casino, as he has an annual salary of 90 million, so half of his salary goes to paying the debt.

The news will be interesting in the future, when his fame and fortune runs out, then it will be sad news there.  The cash flow is so great that it can afford annual debts of 50 million.
^{The true reality is that the size of your income does not define your addiction as good or bad, it affects any type of income equally,}