Should mentally unstable people be allowed to gamble?

[summonerrk]

Any mentally unstable person getting into gambling should be ready to get addicted and obviously gambling is not for those that have any form of mental issues because at such level such person won't be able to control the emotions and for that they can easilyake unrealistic decisions that can easily affect their well being and for some reason they should be kept away from gambling at all cost.

It’s true, because if gambling addiction develops even in those who have complete self-control and are generally in excellent mental health, then gambling poses a very great danger to everyone who experiences some kind of mental problems. I’m scared to imagine that someone else uses alcohol or drugs while gambling.
Then an incredibly dangerous condition arises in which money absolutely ceases to have any value. But money management is very important, and we should never forget about it.

[carlfebz2]

I just don't understand why op would write about this kind of post for mentally unstable people. When someone is having a mental problem, it means they are not fit to do some certain things and we will have to be very careful how we expected someone that is having a mental imbalance to go gamble. Things might turn to something else we one could be surprised to see another altitude all together because the people would not be mentally fit to gamble. Such kind of person is meant to be isolated a place so that they could take their drugs and healthcare personnel can take good care of the person very well.

If someone is mentally unstable, will he be able to recognize what gambling is? I feel anyone who is of age and has decide to gamble should be given equal opportunity and attention. It is their money and they game they want to play is theirs, so denying them is similar to denying physically challenge people access to what should be accessible to all irrespective of their health condition. By the way, I do not see restriction for mentally unstable people in the TOS of casinos so there is no basis for not allowing them to gamble. 

Mentally unstable people can do anything but it does not mean that they are doing it the right way. They might damage the machine and they can do harm to the other gamblers inside the casino, so even if we like to treat them equally like any other normal customers, we are sorry that we can't for that reason but we are always glad to give them a special attention that they needed to.

Sometimes it's better if a mentally challenged person can be like this or they will roam outside because they can't get help if they will only stay indoors. Physically challenged people on the other hand are more allowed than them but it's only sad that some of them still can't play on their own if they wanted to. 

Speaking on the side of those personnel who do allowed those mentally unstable person to play in the vicinity then this is something that cant really be seen unless if there would really be some obvious actions
or form or behavior then it would really be prohibited to be able to get inside on the vicinity but if its not then they could really freely get inside and whatever the actions that they would be making inside
on the time that they would be playing then it would really be surely be known on late manner and this is where things would really be found out. As for the question if they are allowed to gamble?
As long they are aware of the things they've been doing but literally that they arent in good condition then it would really be safe to say that they shouldnt gamble at all.
Getting addicted or other actions be made could really be possibly to happen due to such condition.

[boyptc]

I think gambling should be for everybody,there is no way you can stop mentally unstable people from gamble if they have their personal self phone.But If we are talking about mentally unstable people,they are of different types,some of them can relate with people,while some of them are really insane and can destroy things and even human being if they come close to where people stay.

But if you're concern to someone's welfare that you think that they shouldn't gamble, then all you have to do is to advice them that they should stop if seen to have mental problems.

So I think those ones who are not really disturbed to the extent of destroying things still have a chance of being sane in life,so those ones can gamble.But the ones who aren't really okay shouldnt be allowed to get to where human being are.

There's no problem if someone doesn't have any problem that's being shown to the others.

If they can gamble and knows what they're up to, they're aware of the surroundings and can control themselves then 100%, they can.

[Ever-young]

People generally enter gambling out of curiosity. However, some people who are mentally disturbed by gambling become more addicted to gambling and drugs. People in my area who are in family turmoil and always addicted to drugs are mostly physically visiting offline gambling dens. But it is quite curious that some people fall into the circle of friends and become addicted to gambling. However, if we consider the number of people who are addicted to gambling, gambling addiction is usually more from the family which had a gambler addicted to gambling in the past.

Well you are totally right, and also when people get addicted in gambling, it's always hard for them to maintain relationships  because they are focused on gambling and peer pressure as you said can also contribute to gambling addiction because they see that there friends or loved ones are benefitting from it, so they also want to give it a try, by so doing, they started developing the feelings of gambling maybe if they are lucky to win certain amount of money when they just started, that way can also lead to addiction and also it's true that gambling addiction can be passed down in families especially if the any of the family members are exposed to gambling from a young age, that one is a very serious case which is one of the dangerous experience because before you can change from it, it's only by God grace and these set of people are always in fond of begging and are ready to do anything just for them to get money to  gamble, some, if you can't help them, they have become your enemy. Although I think gambling it's for everyone but people should really be careful when gambling because once one is turn to addict, it won't turn out well.

[alegotardo]

Recently I was around a physical bet shop close to my area and I observed a man who was shabbily dressed walking in the gambling house. I got into the place to observe what his intentions were. He walked straight to the gaming attendant, placed his bets in a highly coordinated manner and quietly walked out of the physical gambling house. From the way he was well organized, you will never know that he was mentally unsound apart from his dirty clothes and unkept hair and beard.

When I inquired from the attendant, she said he was a regular customer and that he usually raised money for gambling through the manual jobs he does around the area. She also told me that he has never misbehaved and acted violently in the gambling house so she was comfortable with him.

My question now is are there any moral, ethical or legal obligation to bar a person from gambling after physically observing that he is mentally unstable?

Certainly not, but I doubt that any country prohibits certain people from gambling or that any casino requires a medical certificate from all its customers.

The main characteristic that differentiates a pathological gambler (who has a mental problem or addiction) from a responsible gambler is the cognitive distortion he has about the game. Calm down, I'll explain better....

Cognitive distortion is defined as an illusion of control over the game, that is, of controlling the results (which we know are random). This illusion of control can be manifested either when the person believes that they have already "mastered" the moves or when they believe that they know how to interpret certain "environmental signals" that are not actually influencing anything in the game.
In addition to this characteristic, pathological gamblers also display traits of impulsivity that probably emerged in childhood, and use gambling as a way of seeking a form of psychological pleasure.
The responsible player knows the limits and risks of the game, is always playing according to the odds and knows when to stop... something that a person with mental problems would be unlikely to achieve.

Players who have this type of problem and cannot control their excessive gambling behavior should seek psychiatric treatment and stay away from gambling.

[Miles2006]

Gambling in a hall with a mentally unstable person is quite uncomfortable for my liking, because it could be an act of selfishness for the gambling attendant to still give service to a mentally unstable person when they know that the person isn't in the right state of mind to make good selections. From the description from the op, it's obvious the person was mentally illed, and him been able to compose emself doesn't necessary mean that he is stable in gambling selection. Be might pretend to be fine because he/she knows that he'll be kicked out if he causes any trouble. Such person should be deprived the right of playing gamble, since they can just end up being a n irresponsible gambler.

The issues is the state of mind, what’s the person thought at that moment when placing a bet and the reaction taken after seeing the end result either good or bad. Mentally unstable person should avoid public areas like a casino center for example for customers safety, the casino in question might lose customers if they continually provide service to a mental ill person because everyone is watching around and I will not like being in same space with such person likewise others also. At that state, the least service anyone can render is treatment not gamble because it sound as selfishness from my view.

[adpinbr]

Some mental illness people do organize them self and to avoid any distraction because they know about their situation and they can do anything it they start acting so they make sure they keep calm and do what ever they want to achieve their desires, well I guess the mental illness is not too much but it is okey for them to handle it

[bitgolden]

What "mentally unstable" may look like to you could be quite different. People should realize that we are not talking about people who are half naked running down the street when we say this, there are a lot of people who are mentally unstable but do not show it right away.

We could be talking about someone who is a close friend of yours, or some person working at your company. I mean do you really think that kids who shoot up schools show their guns and threaten people beforehand? They do not do that at all, we are usually unaware who is mentally unstable. So we can't really see who they are, and what they are going through mentally and since we can't that means we would not be able to actually show them anything at all, it would be quite near impossible stop them.

[avp2306]

Some mental illness people do organize them self and to avoid any distraction because they know about their situation and they can do anything it they start acting so they make sure they keep calm and do what ever they want to achieve their desires, well I guess the mental illness is not too much but it is okey for them to handle it

By the name they are mentally unstable they that means they are not organize. With having those illness they can't have proper focus since they are bothered with their issues and might they can cause a lot of troubles to the people who's playing in same venue if they are playing on physical casino or they disturb the operation of the casino which is legitimately running and they just want to troll them because they want to take revenge on what they experience. They are mentally unstable and that is risky person to deal with.

That's why if you know someone close to you having this issues then give him an advice or tell it to his family members that these person is not doing well and he might experience a lot of trouble if he can't get proper guidance or immediate help by professionals who can help on his issues facing on.

[ethereumhunter]

Some mental illness people do organize them self and to avoid any distraction because they know about their situation and they can do anything it they start acting so they make sure they keep calm and do what ever they want to achieve their desires, well I guess the mental illness is not too much but it is okey for them to handle it

If they knows that they have mental illness and don't do something that can harm many people, that will be good for them. But we knows that people with mental illness can do something that we never realizes and that can harm people around them because what they do will not be predicted for other people. It's better that those people doesn't playing gambling to avoids something bad that can harm many people in that place, including themselves because when they do something bad, they will not realizes. Other people can't helps them because they are afraid that they can becomes the victims and gets injured. It's a duty for their family to keeps an eye of their family members who have mental illness not to around many people so there will be no people harm because of them.