Is Gambling A Hobby?

[Dewi Aries]

It’s great that you were able to overcome the trap of gambling addiction in the past and now sometimes play in such a way that you know in advance that you will never fall into this trap again.  This truly allows you to treat gambling as a hobby that generally provides hours of entertainment and only takes up as much money as you can afford to lose without having any major impact on your regular life.

It's very disheartening you know, to see that the higher population of gamblers are caught in the loop of gambling addiction and the worst part of it is that many of them do not even realize it and this has been the major probpem that has not just affected their personal life but of those that are also around them. This is the reason why people should try as much as possible to avoid falling into gambling addiction, because a lot more easier to break through from it when you discover it early and put a stop to it, rather than allowing it to grow and become completely part of you.

Yes, that's a lot, or I mean I'm sure that the majority of gamblers who end up addicted do so unconsciously, and it really makes sense to happen because not all gamblers can really evaluate their interest in the activity, many of those who experience an increased interest in gambling, especially those who from the start have made winning a goal or priority. And regarding the impact, of course it's not just them who will experience the impact, but the people around them will also definitely feel it, which will most likely be felt by their family members who are having difficulty meeting their living needs due to an approach to excessive gambling. when a gambler is addicted.

Avoiding addiction is something that is always recommended, everyone doesn't want to experience addiction and end up with lots of bad effects, but not all of them know about what can trigger addiction, and I would say one of the keys to avoiding addiction is to not making winning a priority or goal and gambling with the aim of just looking for entertainment, because most cases of addiction occur usually because someone makes winning a priority.

[summonerrk]

Oh yeah!  This is truly the best advice and it just means that you are as close as possible to the category of gamblers who are considered Pros.  Although you may not consider yourself such a player, it is the pros who know that they will not lose their money in the long run.  More precisely, they think so and are sure that this is almost guaranteed.  But of course they also have failures.  But this is rather a discussion about how to always and under any external circumstances control your emotions and the logic of your actions.

You're right, although I'm Honestly not close to being a professional, because there are many players who have been in the Game for longer , and they really have the characteristics you say, they can lose in the long term and they don't lose control, however, despite Having some control over the game, I wouldn't take it as a hobby because that Would imply that it Could be done Every day and well , Playing like that in me I don't think I would be prepared for what a daily expense implies and according to my Commitments it's not ideal and it wouldn't be responsible either, but when it comes to having a lot of money maybe I would do it , but I would Focus on helping Others , I think that's better.

You correctly noted that a hobby is something that means doing it every day, and gambling is very dangerous if you do it constantly. It's just that gambling is not a harmless hobby like painting or collecting coins.
On the contrary, this is something that can make your pockets empty, and you can also very much regret that you spent time on this matter.
However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

[LUCKMCFLY]

It’s great that you were able to overcome the trap of gambling addiction in the past and now sometimes play in such a way that you know in advance that you will never fall into this trap again.  This truly allows you to treat gambling as a hobby that generally provides hours of entertainment and only takes up as much money as you can afford to lose without having any major impact on your regular life.

It is always a reason to celebrate the fact that there are people who overcome gambling addiction, and that everything points to an improvement, and it is also good to bring it to the forum, especially for those players who want a reason or that hope, that if a player could overcome this, then I think that everyone is capable of overcoming it too, that is why I continue to show others that sometimes it is better to limit the money with which you are going to play in order not to fall into addiction, it will always be my advice, and playing with little money, although it may seem boring, is Preferable to falling into addiction.

[delfastTions]

It’s great that you were able to overcome the trap of gambling addiction in the past and now sometimes play in such a way that you know in advance that you will never fall into this trap again.  This truly allows you to treat gambling as a hobby that generally provides hours of entertainment and only takes up as much money as you can afford to lose without having any major impact on your regular life.

It is always a reason to celebrate the fact that there are people who overcome gambling addiction, and that everything points to an improvement, and it is also good to bring it to the forum, especially for those players who want a reason or that hope, that if a player could overcome this, then I think that everyone is capable of overcoming it too, that is why I continue to show others that sometimes it is better to limit the money with which you are going to play in order not to fall into addiction, it will always be my advice, and playing with little money, although it may seem boring, is Preferable to falling into addiction.

Absolutely right. 
Indeed, many players probably think that a game with small bets is boring and uninteresting.  But I agree that such a game is still really a game of chance and the skill of the player lies in getting the maximum pleasure from the game with small stakes.  In addition, it should be taken into account that such a game is safe from the point of view of the fact that it is unlikely to lead to real gaming addiction.  And besides, it won’t cost a lot of money.  You just need to learn to enjoy the game with small stakes as much as if you were betting thousands of dollars on the game.  If a player can learn this attitude towards playing with small stakes, then this is a guarantee that he will enjoy gambling for a long time.

[LUCKMCFLY]

However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

Yes, in fact, you play like that 1 or 2 times a week. I don't know if you can call it a hobby, because I compare it to playing soccer. Sometimes I would like to play soccer every day, like when I was 20-25 years old, but now the circumstances of life, commitments, work don't allow it, and life is quite unfair, because a person who plays sports stays away from all diseases, since it makes the immune system stronger, which becomes something beneficial for us, and because of this our customs change, so something similar happens with games of chance and since it already implies putting money in your pocket, it is something to think about a lot more.

[Furious 7]

You correctly noted that a hobby is something that means doing it every day, and gambling is very dangerous if you do it constantly. It's just that gambling is not a harmless hobby like painting or collecting coins.
On the contrary, this is something that can make your pockets empty, and you can also very much regret that you spent time on this matter.
However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

Actually in this case I don't really agree if pegging a hobby is only based on what is done every day.
For example here I have a hobby of playing soccer and swimming but on the other hand I don't do this every day because I realize that it will not have a good impact on my body so I do it at least once a week and it can still be said to be a hobby. Likewise in gambling because in the end when we do it even though not in the vulnerable time every day then actually if it is said to be a hobby then I think it will not be a problem. Indeed, in this case it seems imposing when saying gambling as a hobby because after all it is like a classic excuse to cover up the problem of addiction that occurs but in the end the truth is that as long as we are still gambling regardless of whether it is said to be a hobby or not addiction will still occur because gambling provides its own stimulus for us to do it when we have more money even though with some restrictions it will still have an impact that will be felt for ourselves even though we don't want to admit that it is a form of addiction because it is considered mild for ourselves.

[GeorgeJohn]

However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

Yes, in fact, you play like that 1 or 2 times a week. I don't know if you can call it a hobby, because I compare it to playing soccer. Sometimes I would like to play soccer every day, like when I was 20-25 years old, but now the circumstances of life, commitments, work don't allow it, and life is quite unfair, because a person who plays sports stays away from all diseases, since it makes the immune system stronger, which becomes something beneficial for us, and because of this our customs change, so something similar happens with games of chance and since it already implies putting money in your pocket, it is something to think about a lot more.

your conception is good and it's also right from my perspective, but what you to understand is that we don't need to say that gambling is a hobby or accept such theory, you might believe that and myself may not believe such theory, we can accept for support to be your hubby but not a gambling, because majority who participate in gambling is there because they wants to win money through gambling, so it's obvious from my observation, none of gamblers now that will take gambling as a hobby because gambling deals with risk.

[Odusko]

However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

Yes, in fact, you play like that 1 or 2 times a week. I don't know if you can call it a hobby, because I compare it to playing soccer. Sometimes I would like to play soccer every day, like when I was 20-25 years old, but now the circumstances of life, commitments, work don't allow it, and life is quite unfair, because a person who plays sports stays away from all diseases, since it makes the immune system stronger, which becomes something beneficial for us, and because of this our customs change, so something similar happens with games of chance and since it already implies putting money in your pocket, it is something to think about a lot more.

The thing there is that when you gamble, you need to give some space interval so as to be able to set aside time to reflect on the outcome of your previous games, is at this point that you build the most valuable lessons that can help you in the future, much more also at some we need to try out our luck on one at a time and not to over do things.

As we are in an era of cryptocurrency gambling we need to pay more attention to how much in total we use to gamble at a time and what are the outcome of our games, let say if you set aside 0.002 bitcoin to gamble with for a period of one week, what becomes the outcome of the total balance in bitcoin in the last day of the set date.

[AVE5]

Upon all those sources and explanation, I still need the community input on the argument to know if gambling is a HOBBY so that I and the person will understand more.
Cheers.

One question I'll ask you is: Can someone have more than one hobby? If yes, gambling can be a hobby.

Yes anyone can have more than one hobby but there'd always be a most hobby. Coming to think of it, it's not necessarily mean that there must be a more than one hobby before gambling can be a hobby.
Specifically gambling a purely a gaming activity which players find funs out of it.
The online casino has made it more convince for regular and indoors players by which they can always get access to play whenever they want. But we need to understand that there's a difference from when one claims of having gambling for hobby while it's an addiction because some pretending gamblers might actually be loosing more than affordable but claims it's nothing to their incomes or savings While they only wanted to take the peoples attentions off from them while they're financially and emotionally traumatized.

[CryptoBuds]

I would say gambling can be a hobby. But most of the time it becomes an addiction. I have several friends. Those who do not participate in gambling except on various occasions. They never go to any casino. Also does not participate in online gambling. For them gambling is just a game. And gambling is a hobby for these people.

But most people want to make money from gambling. Money can be made from gambling if you are experienced and clever. Also good luck is required. It is impossible to make money from gambling without good luck. I have seen many experienced gamblers lose large amounts of money. And there will be no gambling for these people. Most gamblers are addicted to gambling and want to earn money through it.

[Odohu]

However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

The most important thing to control about gambling is the amount of money used for gambling in relation to the total funds of the gambler. This is more important than controlling how frequent gambling is made. If the amount used for gambling is very small and insignificant relative to the gambler's financial status such that he can afford to lose it without pain, then gambling will never be a painful thing for him. Gambling can be a hobby but it is dangerous to make gambling a hobby because there is a thin line between hobby and addiction.

[Popkon6]

However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

Yes, in fact, you play like that 1 or 2 times a week. I don't know if you can call it a hobby, because I compare it to playing soccer. Sometimes I would like to play soccer every day, like when I was 20-25 years old, but now the circumstances of life, commitments, work don't allow it, and life is quite unfair, because a person who plays sports stays away from all diseases, since it makes the immune system stronger, which becomes something beneficial for us, and because of this our customs change, so something similar happens with games of chance and since it already implies putting money in your pocket, it is something to think about a lot more.

your conception is good and it's also right from my perspective, but what you to understand is that we don't need to say that gambling is a hobby or accept such theory, you might believe that and myself may not believe such theory, we can accept for support to be your hubby but not a gambling, because majority who participate in gambling is there because they wants to win money through gambling, so it's obvious from my observation, none of gamblers now that will take gambling as a hobby because gambling deals with risk.

This type of mistake is made by many people, even though they participate in gambling but their goal is to win. Losses are most likely to occur when participating in gambling with the intention of winning. Gambling is a hobby where you participate regularly just to increase the willpower, and people suffer huge losses from gambling. 

Addicted to the goal of obtaining money from gambling will develop symptoms of addiction, such as when a gambler wins gambling for the first time. Then a greedy desire arises in his mind and subsequent participation in gambling leads to loss and the addiction is complete. So it is better to participate in gambling in small amounts rather than becoming addicted to gambling.

[Onyeeze]

However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

The most important thing to control about gambling is the amount of money used for gambling in relation to the total funds of the gambler. This is more important than controlling how frequent gambling is made. If the amount used for gambling is very small and insignificant relative to the gambler's financial status such that he can afford to lose it without pain, then gambling will never be a painful thing for him. Gambling can be a hobby but it is dangerous to make gambling a hobby because there is a thin line between hobby and addiction.

when looking at it very well the primary thing that will supposed to consider in gambling it's not supposed to be the amount we use to gamble because the amount will use to gamble with determine the amount to win in gambling so what is important as I said before the primary important in gambling is to know when you are losing and also know when you are also supposed to gamble again because many people who are associated themselves into gambling and they get addicted to it, is because they are inquisitive to make winning in gambling and they think gambling maybe only source of income.

[LDL]

I would say gambling can be a hobby. But most of the time it becomes an addiction. I have several friends. Those who do not participate in gambling except on various occasions. They never go to any casino. Also does not participate in online gambling. For them gambling is just a game. And gambling is a hobby for these people.

Gambling can be considered a hobby for those who can control gambling and participate in gambling. But your friends mainly participate in gambling for fun on any important day, they do not have a target of earning money. Yes, it makes sense that you consider gambling as a hobby rather than an addiction for your friends.

But most people want to make money from gambling. Money can be made from gambling if you are experienced and clever. Also good luck is required. It is impossible to make money from gambling without good luck. I have seen many experienced gamblers lose large amounts of money. And there will be no gambling for these people. Most gamblers are addicted to gambling and want to earn money through it.

For those who treat gambling as a means of earning money rather than as a source of pleasure, gambling would be considered an addiction. Nowadays, there are very few gamblers who consider gambling as a hobby. Luck is important in gambling but besides that people get profit in gambling due to previous experience. But it is also true that many times even experienced gamblers have lost big just because of bad luck.

[CryptoBuds]

I would say gambling can be a hobby. But most of the time it becomes an addiction. I have several friends. Those who do not participate in gambling except on various occasions. They never go to any casino. Also does not participate in online gambling. For them gambling is just a game. And gambling is a hobby for these people.

Gambling can be considered a hobby for those who can control gambling and participate in gambling. But your friends mainly participate in gambling for fun on any important day, they do not have a target of earning money. Yes, it makes sense that you consider gambling as a hobby rather than an addiction for your friends.

Yeah, this is the point. For those who can control gambling, it will never turn into an addiction. Even those who occasionally gamble with friends can consider it a hobby. Many people consider gambling as just a game. The number of these people is very less. But there are still some people who can control themselves and consider gambling only as a hobby.

But most people want to make money from gambling. Money can be made from gambling if you are experienced and clever. Also good luck is required. It is impossible to make money from gambling without good luck. I have seen many experienced gamblers lose large amounts of money. And there will be no gambling for these people. Most gamblers are addicted to gambling and want to earn money through it.

For those who treat gambling as a means of earning money rather than as a source of pleasure, gambling would be considered an addiction. Nowadays, there are very few gamblers who consider gambling as a hobby. Luck is important in gambling but besides that people get profit in gambling due to previous experience. But it is also true that many times even experienced gamblers have lost big just because of bad luck.

Most of us consider gambling as a means of earning money. And gradually became addicted to gambling. Addiction to anything is not good. I have seen many gamblers who have lost all their wealth due to gambling addiction. So before gambling we must know how to control ourselves. If we can't control ourselves, we can easily become addicted to gambling and lose all our money. So we should always be careful and aware.

[michellee]

I would say gambling can be a hobby. But most of the time it becomes an addiction. I have several friends. Those who do not participate in gambling except on various occasions. They never go to any casino. Also does not participate in online gambling. For them gambling is just a game. And gambling is a hobby for these people.

Gambling can be considered a hobby for those who can control gambling and participate in gambling. But your friends mainly participate in gambling for fun on any important day, they do not have a target of earning money. Yes, it makes sense that you consider gambling as a hobby rather than an addiction for your friends.

People must be careful when they use gambling as a hobby. As we know hobby could be needs too much money and if we can't allocate or calculate how much the money, we can spends a lot of money. That will not be good for your financial because we have the other needs that we must fills.

We can not use gambling too often especially for a hobby because besides we use too much money, we will have a chance to becomes addicted to gambling. If we gets deeper in gambling and even becomes addicted to gambling, that will be a big problem for us. We will not have a chance to lets gambling easily because our minds will always thinks about gambling.

It is better to use gambling as one activity like other activities in our daily life. But as long as they can control themselves in gambling, they will not have a problem. They must use limitation to always aware of everything bad that can happens while they gambling and after playing gambling.

[HelliumZ]

A hobby is basically for the entertainment of people but when there is a possibility that a hobby can have a bad effect on the people or the society then it is not right to take it as a hobby. I can't accept that people like to fish, garden, preserve old traditions, collect coins, pet animals, but like to gamble. If people are gambling in the open or addicted to drugs, then seeing this drug addict or that gambler will automatically attract the attention of young children to gambling or illegal addiction. Therefore gambling should never be considered as a hobby considering the harmful social effects. However, in all countries where gambling is legal, it is exceptional if someone takes gambling as a hobby.

[klidex]

However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

The most important thing to control about gambling is the amount of money used for gambling in relation to the total funds of the gambler. This is more important than controlling how frequent gambling is made. If the amount used for gambling is very small and insignificant relative to the gambler's financial status such that he can afford to lose it without pain, then gambling will never be a painful thing for him. Gambling can be a hobby but it is dangerous to make gambling a hobby because there is a thin line between hobby and addiction.

However, if you have set aside less money but gamble continuously, still, you will experience losess which is getting bigger. Hobbies don't have to be done every day, we definitely have busy activities such as working or doing other activities and we will only do hobbies in our free time. For me, hobbies are activities. which makes me happy and useful, but if it involves losses, in my opinion it is just a misery and is certainly dangerous and is not worthy of being a hobby.

[Litzki1990]

It’s great that you were able to overcome the trap of gambling addiction in the past and now sometimes play in such a way that you know in advance that you will never fall into this trap again.  This truly allows you to treat gambling as a hobby that generally provides hours of entertainment and only takes up as much money as you can afford to lose without having any major impact on your regular life.

It is always a reason to celebrate the fact that there are people who overcome gambling addiction, and that everything points to an improvement, and it is also good to bring it to the forum, especially for those players who want a reason or that hope, that if a player could overcome this, then I think that everyone is capable of overcoming it too, that is why I continue to show others that sometimes it is better to limit the money with which you are going to play in order not to fall into addiction, it will always be my advice, and playing with little money, although it may seem boring, is Preferable to falling into addiction.

If a person who is addicted to gambling realizes that he is addicted to gambling and he should come out of this addiction but he tries to come out and if he has 100% effort then surely he can come out of this addiction. It must be a happy moment for an addict that he has come out of gambling addiction. Basically in gambling we should keep control over ourselves and play. If we are controlled by gambling then we must understand that we are addicted to gambling. We must keep a note of how much we gambled and how much money we lost each day. It would be best for us if we fixed the amount of gambling. That is, if my plan is like this, I will spend 50 dollars on gambling every day, if I can make a profit from this fifty dollars, then good for me, but if this 50 dollars is a loss, then we should stop gambling immediately. If you think about it like this then very few gamblers will be addicted to gambling.

[danherbias07]

However, if you gamble every couple of weeks, I don’t think it will be harmful.  The main thing is not to do this constantly, because habits are formed precisely because of consistency.

The most important thing to control about gambling is the amount of money used for gambling in relation to the total funds of the gambler. This is more important than controlling how frequent gambling is made. If the amount used for gambling is very small and insignificant relative to the gambler's financial status such that he can afford to lose it without pain, then gambling will never be a painful thing for him. Gambling can be a hobby but it is dangerous to make gambling a hobby because there is a thin line between hobby and addiction.

However, if you have set aside less money but gamble continuously, still, you will experience losess which is getting bigger. Hobbies don't have to be done every day, we definitely have busy activities such as working or doing other activities and we will only do hobbies in our free time. For me, hobbies are activities. which makes me happy and useful, but if it involves losses, in my opinion it is just a misery and is certainly dangerous and is not worthy of being a hobby.

That's correct. If we keep our minds busy with out things then we can avoid more losses in the future. The thing is, our brains are set to get revenge whenever we lose and that's where gambling addiction starts and we forget that it was supposed to be a hobby only. Once it becomes a habit, it will be difficult to get away from it because there's this urgency that wants us to go back and get our revenge with the thought of winning back our money and that's when we will stop. But I tell you, that's not the end of it, it happened to me a lot of times where I got my money back and there was an idea that you would try one more time thinking you could win this time. Forget it. Gambling sites are not charity.