What is gambling to you, a fanfare or potential financial havoc?

[Agbe]

How can one draw a line between having fun and getting addicted since they occurr in the same process?

Would education on gambling side effect help some people nor to get too engaged in it despite the thrilling experience it can offer?

What is your personal view on this[/b]

I think your number one question is very simple. And to have fun is to play games either in locally and intentionally and that will not lead you to any addiction but just for fun. Even when you come to Online and visit casino website which offer free games to lay and you can have fun there with with friends or alone. But whereby you use money to bet and planing to win more then it becomes gambling and when the gambler is edger to win more and more then addiction will definitely come to him. Addiction can be controlled if the gambler wants to. And yes educating gamblers help them to control them and if that they want it.

[AbuBhakar]

Are you new to it? And did you experience it your self or you only learn it from reading threads on this section? But whichever they are, it's great that you are now learning. Even though I haven't seen a survey yet, to know if what percentage of gamblers are playing for the profit and for entertainment, I can agree with you that many people are playing for the profit because this is what I have observed in myself and the people around me.

I doubt that there will be a realistic survey available to determine gamblers if they are playing for profit or fun because everyone will said that they are just doing it for fun even though their focus is profit because it’s very hard to focus only on entertainment if you are already losing in the game.

Emotions and money is different from each other but money can allow us to feel a lot of emotions.

Yeah, this is very true. Money can make everything serious. A simple game can turn to become so serious and result to life wrecking experience when money is already involved. This is why its very hard to play pure entertainment when you are risking money.

[passwordnow]

Sharing the bad experience of other gamblers I think is one of the best motivation for those that can't stop themselves. If they can't do anything to help themselves to stop with their addiction, maybe hearing some real stories about how these folks didn't able to overcome gambling might give them a shot of a warning. The effect of it that it had brought to anyone could be a nightmare that they don't want to experience or even at least get a peek of it because who wants to be broke because of gambling? I doubt that there is but even if we don't want to but if we get to that point, we're going to experience it if we're unstoppable.

A simple game can turn to become so serious and result to life wrecking experience when money is already involved. This is why its very hard to play pure entertainment when you are risking money.

That's why if they don't help themselves or don't do anything to make their lives right. Maybe, hearing someone that have been through that wrecking experience that has caused their lives into chaos and havoc then they might think twice if they're going to continue with their behavior towards gambling. Because it's not always that we're able to hear someone share his failure story instead of successful one.

[topbitcoin]

This all depends on ourselves in viewing and understanding gambling. With all the risks and negative impacts of gambling, for me gambling is a hobby and fun. However, I have to pay a high price to be able to carry out this hobby and enjoy it, and what I have experienced in gambling, the possibility of losing is always greater than winning, but I consider the losses I experience to be a fair price, which I have to pay to get that pleasure. As long as we gamble with an amount of money that we are ready to lose and ready to lose. I don't think gambling will cause serious financial problems. However, when we consider that gambling is nothing more than just a hobby and fun, then stick to that understanding, don't let it be that just because of the winnings you get, you have a different opinion about gambling and say that it is not only about fun but also about making a profit. This understanding will only make you even crazier about gambling, and lose a lot of money and suffer a lot of losses from gambling.

[mirakal]

Both I guess. I do enjoy gambling due to thrilling experience but I would be lying if I'd say I'm not looking towards profit by any means; of course gamblers would expect for such thing which is why they bet in the first place. If one player is just seeking for entertainment, perhaps with sportsbetting, then he could just watch the game solely as a fan and without any amount of money involved.

This could yield to a split with the idea such that a girl should be and so forth. Losing will be always more certain which is why another purpose could be taking jts llace.. The only probem is with people's expancy just @

I have to chose both as well. I don’t gamble just merely for fun, but to actually gain additional money aside from my capital. Let’s face it, gamblers don’t experience absolute fun if there are no profits involved, unless if you just want to play simply to ease your boredom and have some fun. But it’s rare to see people like this, as majority do gamble to earn a living, or to anticipate big winnings so they will recover all their previous losses.

However, I don’t advise people to gamble and expect potential profits all the time. There is no guarantee winning in gambling, so just gamble on the amount you are comfortable of losing, so that if your games end up at loss, you will never see yourself regretting in the end.

[carlfebz2]

This all depends on ourselves in viewing and understanding gambling. With all the risks and negative impacts of gambling, for me gambling is a hobby and fun. However, I have to pay a high price to be able to carry out this hobby and enjoy it, and what I have experienced in gambling, the possibility of losing is always greater than winning, but I consider the losses I experience to be a fair price, which I have to pay to get that pleasure. As long as we gamble with an amount of money that we are ready to lose and ready to lose. I don't think gambling will cause serious financial problems. However, when we consider that gambling is nothing more than just a hobby and fun, then stick to that understanding, don't let it be that just because of the winnings you get, you have a different opinion about gambling and say that it is not only about fun but also about making a profit. This understanding will only make you even crazier about gambling, and lose a lot of money and suffer a lot of losses from gambling.

There would really be only two possible things on which you could treat gambling on;

1. For fun
2. For money/getting rich

If you are going with that #1 then no matter what you do then there's no way that gambling could wreck you up mainly in finances. You had made out yourself that wary about the risk.
With having that kind of sense of responsibility then it would really be just that normal that you would really be able to adjust.

If you are going on #2 then this is where most gamblers do really messed up their lives. Why? Once you do put up into your mind that gambling could really that make you rich
then this is the time that you would really be making up yourself that desperate. Why? you would really be trying out to make those things happen even if it means
that you would really be spending up tons of money or simply using your life savings with it, until you would realize that everything is gone.

[Sim_card]

How to draw a line? The best way to do it is not to get drunk. You talk a lot about drinks and how much they cost. Don't drink when you gamble. Order drinks with no alcohol, like juice or cola.

Bet money that don't mean a lot to you. Players who don't have much and bet high are the first to get addicted and fall into those traps where they try to get even and lose even more.

Drinking alcohol and gambling at the same time should be discouraged. This is because you might get drunk unknown to you due to anxiety of winning or losing which will make you loss all your bankroll to alcohol and gamble, because you are been controlled by alcohol. Gambling takes money from us, and it is very risky to gamble with the intention of winning. Alcohol also takes money from us, and when it is taken excessively, it will control and mess you up. Joining these two vices together is a great danger to one's bankroll. This is why one need to gamble responsible and only use the amount of money that you can afford to lose for gambling, and also drink responsible when gambling.

[Blitzboy]

This all depends on ourselves in viewing and understanding gambling. With all the risks and negative impacts of gambling, for me gambling is a hobby and fun. However, I have to pay a high price to be able to carry out this hobby and enjoy it, and what I have experienced in gambling, the possibility of losing is always greater than winning, but I consider the losses I experience to be a fair price, which I have to pay to get that pleasure. As long as we gamble with an amount of money that we are ready to lose and ready to lose. I don't think gambling will cause serious financial problems. However, when we consider that gambling is nothing more than just a hobby and fun, then stick to that understanding, don't let it be that just because of the winnings you get, you have a different opinion about gambling and say that it is not only about fun but also about making a profit. This understanding will only make you even crazier about gambling, and lose a lot of money and suffer a lot of losses from gambling.

Gambling, done right, can be a fun way to pass the time. The best folks, real winners, understand its entertainment, you pay for the thrill. But here's the thing, and a lot of people dont get this – the human brain is tricky. It'll find ways to justify anything, even stuff that hurts you down the line. You're on track now, taking losses in stride, thats the right mindset. But even the smartest guys can get caught up.

I know a thing or two about psychology. Once you start thinking about gambling as a way to make money, not just fun... thats where things get dangerous. Suddenly, those losses sting more. You bet bigger to make it back. You get in too deep. The point is, be careful. Be the smartest guy in the room, dont let yourself get fooled by your own brain.

[Oilacris]

This all depends on ourselves in viewing and understanding gambling. With all the risks and negative impacts of gambling, for me gambling is a hobby and fun. However, I have to pay a high price to be able to carry out this hobby and enjoy it, and what I have experienced in gambling, the possibility of losing is always greater than winning, but I consider the losses I experience to be a fair price, which I have to pay to get that pleasure. As long as we gamble with an amount of money that we are ready to lose and ready to lose. I don't think gambling will cause serious financial problems. However, when we consider that gambling is nothing more than just a hobby and fun, then stick to that understanding, don't let it be that just because of the winnings you get, you have a different opinion about gambling and say that it is not only about fun but also about making a profit. This understanding will only make you even crazier about gambling, and lose a lot of money and suffer a lot of losses from gambling.

Gambling, done right, can be a fun way to pass the time. The best folks, real winners, understand its entertainment, you pay for the thrill. But here's the thing, and a lot of people dont get this – the human brain is tricky. It'll find ways to justify anything, even stuff that hurts you down the line. You're on track now, taking losses in stride, thats the right mindset. But even the smartest guys can get caught up.

I know a thing or two about psychology. Once you start thinking about gambling as a way to make money, not just fun... thats where things get dangerous. Suddenly, those losses sting more. You bet bigger to make it back. You get in too deep. The point is, be careful. Be the smartest guy in the room, dont let yourself get fooled by your own brain.

Thats a big "IF" but since we do know that not all would really be sharing up on the same mindset and impressions then they do really ends up whether they would really be responsible in towards their actions or they would really be that trying to make themselves believe into something which cant really be possible specially in dealing up with gambling. It is really just that something which is good for past time or simply for fun but if you do derail yourself into something which does have that wishful thinking about getting rich then this is where wrong shit things would start to happen.

Gambling is something that should really be just that for fun but since human beings are greedy then this is what pushes them to play with having that kind of different approach
on which they've been making themselves that been expecting that they could really be able to make themselves winner all the time on which its really something a very wrong
kind of thinking.

[AmoreJaz]

How can one draw a line between having fun and getting addicted since they occurr in the same process?

Would education on gambling side effect help some people nor to get too engaged in it despite the thrilling experience it can offer?

What is your personal view on this

Before you access any gambling site, you should already know your boundaries and limits. Though it is easy to forget what you promised to yourself, but you can always remind yourself why you are exploring the world of gambling, your financial capabilities and why you are indulging yourself in this addictive activity?

It can be fun and entertaining if you are not compromising your financials. But if you still continue to play despite of financial hurdles, that's when you will start having problems owed to gambling. Gambling itself is not harmful, but it is the person's behaviour that it can make it harmful to him.

[imamusma]

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Before you access any gambling site, you should already know your boundaries and limits. Though it is easy to forget what you promised to yourself, but you can always remind yourself why you are exploring the world of gambling, your financial capabilities and why you are indulging yourself in this addictive activity?

It can be fun and entertaining if you are not compromising your financials. But if you still continue to play despite of financial hurdles, that's when you will start having problems owed to gambling. Gambling itself is not harmful, but it is the person's behaviour that it can make it harmful to him.

That's very true, someone who decides to gamble should have a good understanding of gambling, at least he should ask gambling advice from people who are experienced. It must be admitted that limits in gambling are really needed, don't let our finances become a mess because of addiction. I find a lot of people who go into debt to play slot games, even in small amounts, but in my opinion it has gone too far. Of course the borrowed money can be returned in a matter of hours, if they are lucky, but most of them often experience losses.

The best gambling advice I have ever heard is don't go into debt to gamble, it will lead someone to the brink of ruin and frustration. It's true, gambling will be fun if we know the limits, adjust to the finances we have budgeted.

[acroman08]

The idea of personal responsibility has always been the key to evade from addiction but her is the big question.

How can one draw a line between having fun and getting addicted since they occurr in the same process?

by implementing rules themselves, having rules to follow when gambling can make you aware of what you do and in doing so see if there is behavioural change in yourself.

Would education on gambling side effect help some people nor to get too engaged in it despite the thrilling experience it can offer?

What is your personal view on this

yes, being aware of the possible side effects of gambling helps people not to engage too much in gambling despite the thrill it can offer. that being said, there is still the possibility of people getting addicted despite knowing the possible side effects of gambling and this is why implementing rules for yourself when gambling is important, it acts as a layer of "protection" for you.

[zuzie]

How can one draw a line between having fun and getting addicted since they occurr in the same process?

Would education on gambling side effect help some people nor to get too engaged in it despite the thrilling experience it can offer?

What is your personal view on this[/b]

In my opinion, distinguishing between gambling for fun and gambling as an addiction means that we must be able to apply a healthy mindset, namely by limiting the betting budget, limiting the time when we should gamble and not expecting too much to win there because gambling is unpredictable and only relies on luck. just there.
And it is clear that the effect is extraordinary if we forget and lose the application of self-control because it is certain that the effect will be detrimental to ourselves and change the fate of our lives much worse and suffer because the casino effect is very high risk so we should be aware that to a greater or lesser extent we will experienced it too.

[Fundamentals Of]

Gambling has always been both. It is of course a source of entertainment and fanfare. Gambling is fun. It is a great leisure or relaxing activity. But it also has a bad side. It can't be done beyond moderation. Other than losing more money than intended, it can also eat your entire time up. It can even destroy you and your family. So gambling can be good but it is also a worse kind of evil if done in addiction.

I think it helps if we gamble with a fixed amount of money and time. That would help us draw the line between fanfare and financial havoc.

[Oasisman]

Gambling has always been both. It is of course a source of entertainment and fanfare. Gambling is fun. It is a great leisure or relaxing activity. But it also has a bad side. It can't be done beyond moderation. Other than losing more money than intended, it can also eat your entire time up. It can even destroy you and your family. So gambling can be good but it is also a worse kind of evil if done in addiction.

I think it helps if we gamble with a fixed amount of money and time. That would help us draw the line between fanfare and financial havoc.

Made sense. Though, everything that is out of moderation will bring you no good and gamble is no exception. Therefore, gambling is kinda both a fun and relaxing activity to end your weekend or your day at work or it could wreck havoc in your financially status or worse it could wreck your family. A person could only end up between these 2 outcome, of course that depends on how responsible, educated, and dedicated a person is with his family and his financial health.
Those who can bear the urges of gambling is the one who are actually enjoying and having fun and the rest are just hungry to get a huge win that would most of the time end up the other way around.

[ChiBitCTy]

Lol I think gambling to most people is meant to be a way to make money, and that to me is there in why people tend to lose so much money.  I love to gamble, I do all the time, but I do in a way that never puts me in any sort of financial situation that I don't feel comfortable being in.  I know that the likelihood of me coming out on top every year is slim.  Though the way I bet, responsibly, I do come out a little on top most years, but just enough to make sure its not wrecking "financial havoc" on my life.  I certainly feel for those that are addicted.

[Samlucky O]

Now while some folks would argue that gambling is fanfare, I believe there is a line to this and it gets to a point where we could wreak ourselves if you are not careful, no one needed to tell me, that fellow was grieved by his losses which was not supposed to be so if we are just having fun.

Actually it do happen alot. You know gambling is fun but when there Is much more loses than win people becomes grieved, if you are gambling with your friend and you keep on losing and get tops the winning continuously without loss you as a human being will feel his cheating on you or he is not anyway better than you. Afterall you boths are human and don't see reasons to why he beets you more often than you beating him in the game. Definitely in any constant wining there is a line in-between. Whenever the line is crossed it's no longer a fun anymore because you are dealing with human being.

[0t3p0t]

Gambling could be both a trap and for fun the only downside is that we fall for it seriously and that is where greed come in that might also lead us being broke. One thing is that we keep on doing this over and over again in the hope of winning huge amount of money which for me drives away the essense of playing it just for fun.

[boty]

Lol I think gambling to most people is meant to be a way to make money, and that to me is there in why people tend to lose so much money.  I love to gamble, I do all the time, but I do in a way that never puts me in any sort of financial situation that I don't feel comfortable being in.  I know that the likelihood of me coming out on top every year is slim.  Though the way I bet, responsibly, I do come out a little on top most years, but just enough to make sure its not wrecking "financial havoc" on my life.  I certainly feel for those that are addicted.

It's true that most people gamble to be able to win from the bets they play and can enjoy the winnings from the bets they place and I don't think there's anything wrong with us gambling all the time as long as we gamble responsibly so it won't get us into trouble. in terms of finances, but if we continue to gamble and it gets us into financial problems of course this is really a bad choice and will get us into financial problems and what's worse is that we take out loans and can't pay them off so we have to sell things. that we have to pay off the loan and this will really depend on how someone places their bets and how you place your bets of course this will be very profitable and you will not experience addiction because you can still gamble responsibly and will never experience problems finance.

[michellee]

Gambling could be both a trap and for fun the only downside is that we fall for it seriously and that is where greed come in that might also lead us being broke. One thing is that we keep on doing this over and over again in the hope of winning huge amount of money which for me drives away the essense of playing it just for fun.

Gambling has become a trap for people who come to gambling for fun. They continue to gamble without stopping and do not realize that gambling is just entertainment. They think they can make money from gambling when they could lose all their money without realizing it.

Greed will arise when they can win some money. And instead of stopping gambling, they continue gambling because they continue to hope to win. They will not always be able to win because gambling is not a place to make money.

They had better realize this immediately because otherwise, they would lose even more money. They will also find it difficult to recover their losses so there is no way for them to make money. Even though some people can win a lot of money, that doesn't guarantee that other people can also make money.