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

[Hatchy]

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.

Well, addiction has been a real case of study in the world, nit just in gambling, but to many other aspect. No body is bigger than it. Anyone can be addicted to something but it now depends on how they are able to manage their addiction and control their activities towards it. As a gambler, it's usually advisable not to borrow money for any reason just for gambling activities. That's because, there's no guarantee that you will make some winnings. A lot of gamblers have lots their life's to these reasons and even their image in the society.
These celebrities, sometime engage them self with so many activities that they no longer care if their image in the public is damaged. Though not all, because their life's most times is constantly being monitored by fans. We should learn from this story though as addiction can hit anyone and anytime.

[wiss19]

Drake is a sponsored streamer, so he is getting money from casinos to promote them, while he is gambling.

People are also just focussed on his large losses, but he has also won a significant amount of money before.

Drake is printing money from his very succesful career, the money he gamble are only a small percentage of his total wealth. (We think it is a lot, because we do not earn that kind of money)

This is true, I agree with this part without a doubt. I understand that people may worry about him but don't, because he is a multi millionaire with 100+ million networth who is partnered with a casino to do all of this. Even when he loses a lot of money, remember that he can do like 10 concerts and raise millions for himself.

There is nothing that can be done to fix any of this, and there is nothing to fix because he is just doing what he can afford to do and that should eb fine for him. I understand that the amounts may look too much for people, and sometimes he may go on a losing streak, but just the other day I saw him won like 250k+ on a simple plinko game. This is why, we do not need to worry for a multi-millionaire famous rich rapper.

[Queentoshi]

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.

Bruno probably started by thinking that he could always pay up and always be able to meet up the debt perhaps why he has landed himself in this sort of mess where he has become addicted to using unconventional means to raise money for gambling.

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.

There are some people that due to what they have achieved or because of how successful they are believe that they cannot become addicted to gambling or that even if they become addicted to gambling the effects of gambling will not be terrible on them because of their level of maybe financial success. Gambling also threatens the financially successful, it will take your richess if your are not careful.

[bittraffic]

Bruno doesn't appear like he gambles. I thought the guy don't feel like doing anything all the time and just wanna lay in his bed.  

But he owes $50M because of his gambling, where are his financial advisers?  He must be trying to impress some women in the casino. These celebrities are still vulnerable despite how many of these people have taken advantage of them.

[goinmerry]

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.

Before sharing the news that wasn't verified as accurate or real, you should put a disclaimer.

Browsing the web, you are right that there is a lot of news on different websites about the "alleged gambling debt" of Bruno Mars but if you look at the majority of those websites publishing the story, they are only relying on ONE SOURCE and that's from NEWS NATION.

Let's also not just look at the title but read also the content. It was NEVER reported that Bruno Mars borrowed money just to gamble. He inked a deal with the MGM Casino several years ago and I will assume that part of the deal is the privilege of Bruno Mars to gamble on the casino without cash-on-hand or the casino probably give him some regular bankroll periodically. It seems Bruno Mars enjoys gambling so much that he abused his privilege with the casino and now ended up in gambling debt.

Anyway, I know that it's not about Bruno Mars or Drake but if ever that's true, it should be clear to us what's the moral lesson of that story.

[Distinctin]

Music industry people are the most weird bunch of all celebrities out there. They are the maximum number of mentally ill among celebs in my opinion and gambling, drugs, alcohol are like daily necessities there without which there is no "glam". Eventually the long term effects start showing off - in this case it's gambling debt, for others it might be a health issue or a overdose leading to hospitalization.

Indeed not being a responsible gambler will lead to this type of situation even for a somewhat rich musician.

Rich people are not excused from gambling addiction. In fact, they are more prone to any type of addiction, whether in gambling, drugs or in alcohol. However, there are gambling addicts that can still manage their expenses most particularly in gambling and their winnings still outnumbered their losses. But in Bruno Mars case, if it’s really true that he ended up with a huge debt because of gambling, then it must be that he is expected immense gambling addiction. While it’s okay to be in debt if you are in investments, but I think as long as gambling is concerned, that would be unacceptable for everyone.

[Davidvictorson]

Let's also not just look at the title but read also the content. It was NEVER reported that Bruno Mars borrowed money just to gamble. He inked a deal with the MGM Casino several years ago and I will assume that part of the deal is the privilege of Bruno Mars to gamble on the casino without cash-on-hand or the casino probably give him some regular bankroll periodically. It seems Bruno Mars enjoys gambling so much that he abused his privilege with the casino and now ended up in gambling debt.

I have been quiet about this and doing some digging into this and found out that the "debt" is not really like he took out a loan to gamble but that MGM based on his status as a famous allowed him to gamble on credit. Who does this? It is almost like taking advantage of the celebrity and then didn't they have the moral compass to prevent him from going on into more debts? On the other side , I blame Bruno for being so financially reckless. He needs to sign up for a financial management classes. Being a celebrity doesn't make one immune to reckless and irresponsible financial behaviour.

[Su-asa]

Bruno doesn't appear like he gambles. I thought the guy don't feel like doing anything all the time and just wanna lay in his bed.  

But he owes $50M because of his gambling, where are his financial advisers?  He must be trying to impress some women in the casino. These celebrities are still vulnerable despite how many of these people have taken advantage of them.

What I want to say is gambling is not a side hustle and it's not advisable to impress anyone in a casino whether woman or man because you have more to spend or not. Just gamble for fun if you are the type that gambles for fun, if you are not the type then risk what you can afford to lose.
IMO Bruno Mars gamble quietly because he's not a fan of making his addictions known to everyone, there are people like that and as a celebrity, people must talk about you good or bad things. You only have to do your best but don't try to impress anyone more especially when it's related to gamble. Even if gamble is fun you also have to make your decision and keep to it for reference purposes.

[TopTort777]

Caught myself thinking, that it is better for celebrities to have a gambling addiction like that, so that money they have lost would go to country economy (instead of just being on bank accounts), then they have drug or alcohol addiction. Here is why: they earn, they lose in gambling, they do their best to perform (act or write a new song, whatever they want, as it is about creativity) and earn new money. Than earn and spend everything on drugs, alcohol and party.

[Jating]

Caught myself thinking, that it is better for celebrities to have a gambling addiction like that, so that money they have lost would go to country economy (instead of just being on bank accounts), then they have drug or alcohol addiction. Here is why: they earn, they lose in gambling, they do their best to perform (act or write a new song, whatever they want, as it is about creativity) and earn new money. Than earn and spend everything on drugs, alcohol and party.

But it's better not to spend it in gambling those money that they earn? Still it's hard-earn, they have to work hard for it, not like the invested money that grow overtime. And if the likes of Bruno Mars want to make changes, then he can donate some of that money to his country or to where his family is, that is in the Philippines.

Not saying that I disagree with you, but I think that kind of mindset is your. It's like just giving excuses for this celebrities to continue to gamble because they are thinking that they are helping the economy and that is very wrong argument.

[Hispo]

Caught myself thinking, that it is better for celebrities to have a gambling addiction like that, so that money they have lost would go to country economy (instead of just being on bank accounts), then they have drug or alcohol addiction. Here is why: they earn, they lose in gambling, they do their best to perform (act or write a new song, whatever they want, as it is about creativity) and earn new money. Than earn and spend everything on drugs, alcohol and party.

I personally do not wish anyone to suffer from gambling addiction, to be honest, not matter they are from a very privileged economical status or whether they are super-stars from Hollywood. That is the kind of mental struggle which could mess anyone up and destroy their life if they are not careful enough with their wager.
On the other hand, that money loss by those rich gamblers would only significantly affect the economy of the country if that money was heavily taxable by the federal government and would not stay in the pockets of the casino. It would pretty much depend on the jurisdiction the casino is settled in and whether it is placed in some country or state where much of the gambling profits by the casinos are supposed to be donated to charity. It is very situational.

We are never supposed to wish anything as bad as gambling addiction to anyone.

[piebeyb]

I missed this thread, I thought no one was discussing Bruno Mars, lately I've seen the news a lot on social media and a lot of what I read is also in the language of my country, I thought Bruno Mars was not a gambler, it turns out he really is a gambler, I doesn't know what he wants when gambling, does he just want money when gambling, is it just to have fun, if it's just to have fun, he should have a special budget for gambling so as not to go over the limit or get into debt with the casino.

Obviously, this is very excessive and it seems that Bruno Mars is not there to have fun gambling, but really wants to make money because he borrowed money perhaps to recover previous losses or try to catch up on losses so that they can be recovered, but instead he experienced more and more consecutive losses which made him have to go into debt. with casinos, it is clear that gambling is not a place to make money, especially if you experience a loss, you should not try to recover it, even though it might be successful but the chances are small, it is best to avoid it like that.

gambling should be for fun, using money that is ready to be lost is enough, but if you don't have money, it's best not to try gambling, BTW, it looks like he can still pay his debts, after all, just by holding a concert in some countries he might be able to pay it off, just try if he an unemployed person would have become a corpse by now because he committed suicide due to the terror of debt collectors everywhere. 

[alastantiger]

Before sharing the news that wasn't verified as accurate or real, you should put a disclaimer.

Browsing the web, you are right that there is a lot of news on different websites about the "alleged gambling debt" of Bruno Mars but if you look at the majority of those websites publishing the story, they are only relying on ONE SOURCE and that's from NEWS NATION.

You are right. I should have put a disclaimer. After I read your reply, I did another search on this and the latest on this issue is that MGM Resorts has come out to  denied claims that Bruno Mars owes the company $50 million in gambling debt.

What I know is that whether this is actually true or some PR to manage the situation, we cannot tell.

The strong message here is that gambling debt can ruin a person's reputation especially if you are a famous person. Aside being famous, seeking help for gambling addiction is the first step to quitting the addiction.

Folks please take not of this new information - https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/entertainment/mgm-resorts-responds-to-claims-bruno-mars-owes-50-million-in-gambling-debt/

[Antotena]

Music industry people are the most weird bunch of all celebrities out there. They are the maximum number of mentally ill among celebs in my opinion and gambling, drugs, alcohol are like daily necessities there without which there is no "glam". Eventually the long term effects start showing off - in this case it's gambling debt, for others it might be a health issue or a overdose leading to hospitalization.

Indeed not being a responsible gambler will lead to this type of situation even for a somewhat rich musician.

I think wealth and fame has a way it get into some people brain without gaining control over their overzealous lifestyle. Celebrities are often guilty of these, you will never see top 100 rich person make this kind of headlines, it's always the celebrities that makes this news. Instead of them to invest all their sweat in good way, they rather gamble, smoke nonsense to spoil their lungs and drink to become unhealthy in the next 10 years, some do drugs to become a menace to the society and the people that call them role model.

The fact that only the celebrity are the only people you see this news among the most shows there is a problem among the industry. Perhaps inferiority complex and trying to look too financially stable until they become broke to put for their kidney transplant, no money to furnish their lifestyle and then later go bankruptcy. Then they beg promoters online for shows to make money to get back but it's usually when it's late for them.

[Zadicar]

Caught myself thinking, that it is better for celebrities to have a gambling addiction like that, so that money they have lost would go to country economy (instead of just being on bank accounts), then they have drug or alcohol addiction. Here is why: they earn, they lose in gambling, they do their best to perform (act or write a new song, whatever they want, as it is about creativity) and earn new money. Than earn and spend everything on drugs, alcohol and party.

Actually its none of our business on how they would really be spending their money on, on which it would be neither on gambling on pure or not. Also, i dont believe about on community benefits or economy because
it would really be just that having on getting some partial in terms of taxation and the rest of those loses would really be on that casino owners pocket on which it does take the bigger slice of the pie.

Thing here is that no matter how big these celebs would really be using up as their betting amount then its none our business. Somewhat it would really be just that a common scenario
on how someone would really be able to face up challenges on the time that they would really be going above into their limits when it comes to financial spending.
All of us would really be making out realizations on the time that we do able to meet up or would be able to encounter tough situations.

[Pi-network314159]

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.

I never knew someone would borrow this kind of amount to gamble. It is not a good idea to do such a thing. Law of gambling permits only to gamble what you can afford to lose but not what to borrow and lose. It would have been better if the lost amount is from his pocket than amount gotten from loan.

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.

Actually gambling is a respected of no body, that is enough reason we should gamble with care and using a lesser amount to gamble.

[Marykeller]

Well, thank god he's a very in demand global artist since he still takes home $1.5 million per night after paying his debts with taxes included lol -- it's probably in installment. Plus I'm pretty sure he has other sources of income as well e.g. ads, tours, album, etc.

However, if he doesn't fix his gambling addiction, I wouldn't be surprised if he'll be in a deeper debt that possibly may be more than what he could handle. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Someone who earns $1.5 million per night is still aiming for more money from gambling. Truly, what people say about money not being enough for human beings if given the whole of it, is true.

It is somehow that someone who earns $1.5 million per night show is aiming for more money. All the same, living a celebrity lifestyle is not quite easy because you will be living a life to match up with the kind of life you have placed yourself in. That's why you find most celebrities engaging in illicit dealings to make money. If it is drug dealing or gambling addicts you find them in.

[Fatunad]

Well, thank god he's a very in demand global artist since he still takes home $1.5 million per night after paying his debts with taxes included lol -- it's probably in installment. Plus I'm pretty sure he has other sources of income as well e.g. ads, tours, album, etc.

However, if he doesn't fix his gambling addiction, I wouldn't be surprised if he'll be in a deeper debt that possibly may be more than what he could handle. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Someone who earns $1.5 million per night is still aiming for more money from gambling. Truly, what people say about money not being enough for human beings if given the whole of it, is true.

It is somehow that someone who earns $1.5 million per night show is aiming for more money. All the same, living a celebrity lifestyle is not quite easy because you will be living a life to match up with the kind of life you have placed yourself in. That's why you find most celebrities engaging in illicit dealings to make money. If it is drug dealing or gambling addicts you find them in.

There's no such thing about the word "contentment" when it comes to money on which people would really be seeking more money and there's no end to it because once greed do kicks in then it would really be that hard to control and this is where people do usually fails. They would really be only making up those kind of realizations on the time that they would really be experiencing hardship and disasters.
We dont know on whats up on the mind of Bruno Mars on why he do play gambling on which it could really be just neither of the two whether gamble for fun and didnt notice his debt rising up
or really just that aiming for the money on which everyone could really be having.

If he earns 1.5M per night show then how many shows he would really be needing to make himself that able to repay those debts? well this is the most common condition or situation
for someone to face on when they do get irresponsible with their gambling activity or dealings.

[Kemarit]

Well, thank god he's a very in demand global artist since he still takes home $1.5 million per night after paying his debts with taxes included lol -- it's probably in installment. Plus I'm pretty sure he has other sources of income as well e.g. ads, tours, album, etc.

However, if he doesn't fix his gambling addiction, I wouldn't be surprised if he'll be in a deeper debt that possibly may be more than what he could handle. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Someone who earns $1.5 million per night is still aiming for more money from gambling. Truly, what people say about money not being enough for human beings if given the whole of it, is true.

It is somehow that someone who earns $1.5 million per night show is aiming for more money. All the same, living a celebrity lifestyle is not quite easy because you will be living a life to match up with the kind of life you have placed yourself in. That's why you find most celebrities engaging in illicit dealings to make money. If it is drug dealing or gambling addicts you find them in.

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.

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.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

This practically reminds us that they're still the humans like us and still makes the same mistakes that we do. Whatever good or bad behavior you've as a poor man will still manifest even if you're Elon Musk, reason being that its your status that changed, and not your personality. I'm not surprised at all, but I fault their managers and personal assistants who never recommended them to therapy to help curtail their excesses or even go behind the scenes to get their accounts disabled on time before the addiction got a better of them and resulted to mindless lavishing of funds.

Gambling addiction is no respecter of man,  what it does to the poor guy, is the same thing it'll likely do the rich guy, no discrimination. We all need to be careful and learn to gamble responsibly before we start living in regrets. I'm sure Bruno regrets his actions and wishes he could turn back the hand of the clock, but sadly, its too late now.