When you're winning it's fun but when you're losing it's addictive right?

[Hewlet]

Growing up, my dad would tell me, that you have to give yourself to studying your books, you have to read as though your life depends on it, and that in pursuant of success, you have to be addicted to getting only good results. I obeyed as a little boy and it caused me to become isolated from people in pursuit of academic success. The isolation hard negative effect on me but because it yielded positive academic results through the grade I came home with, it wasn't looked at as an issue for my parents because I was winning. But do you know how they will feel if after giving in too much time I wasn't getting results? The negative definition of addiction would have set it.

I guess this is the same with most gambling experiences. As long as you're winning, it's not addictive that you're gambling way more than usual or that you're being more frequent at betting sites at the negligence of another aspect of your life. That is when people mostly talk about gambling as being fun because they are winning and when it doesn't go in Their favor and they continue to lose at several bets, it's tagged addiction, and solutions and remedies for the situation start popping up here, and there but if the same person starts winning almost at the same time on a stretch, He's no longer looked at as an addict.

Is it that the  definition of gambling being fun is mostly applicable to moments when you're winning.

[Charles-Tim]

If gambling is taking much of your time like gambling at workplace and also gambling when you suppose to be sleeping, making your sleep shorter than it should be and making your health not to be as it should be and  making you have headache and body pains. If you are making money from gambling but this is happening to you, that is still gambling addiction. But if someone spend more time in gambling like this, it is certain that the person is losing money.

[Cryptomultiplier]

It's agreeably more fun to win than lose and if one is greedy enough, they can play more games to increase winnings since it is a positive feeling and reinforcement to ones emotions.
When one experience losses, where it pains the most is when there is the urge to try further and in many cases, the losses is compounded and this plunges one into a very emotional negative state.

[Davidvictorson]

Yesterday in a similar thread I agreed that there is no positives with addiction. Addiction could not negativity therefore it doesn't matter the weather you are having a winning streak or a losing streak in gambling as long as it's affect your daily functioning, your career ,your relationships, your finances , your mental health and your life in general it is an addiction. And something must be done immediately to handle it before it becomes too late.

[Yaunfitda]

I guess this is the same with most gambling experiences. As long as you're winning, it's not addictive that you're gambling way more than usual or that you're being more frequent at betting sites at the negligence of another aspect of your life. That is when people mostly talk about gambling as being fun because they are winning and when it doesn't go in Their favor and they continue to lose at several bets, it's tagged addiction, and solutions and remedies for the situation start popping up here, and there but if the same person starts winning almost at the same time on a stretch, He's no longer looked at as an addict.

Of course, when we are winning, we don't see gambling as something that it can ruined our life, and on the contrary, it certainly did help us financially. But the thing is that when we started to lose, it's very different, our mindset has change and we really want to get back at gambling and trying to recoup our loses or have that kind of feeling again, we wanted to replicated that adrenaline rush. Others says it's about control, but for gamblers, it's really hard to control our emotions and then we fell into addiction. Or if we don't become addict, obviously, the financial damage will takes it toll on us. Or even we get depressed and can't function normally in a day or two because we could have lost big money in just one sitting.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Both can be addictive; it all depends on the situation and the person’s view at a certain moment. Naturally, everyone likes to win, and if this happens more often than losing, a person believes in his specialties, and that is, he will not be able to accept it and will continue to play. This is how you can fall into the clutches of addiction. When we win, we receive dopamine; this is the hormone of joy, the receipt of which in the body always responds very positively and, as a rule, requires regular repetition.

[davis196]

It's quite the opposite. It's addictive when you win, not when you lose.
Imagine losing all the time, when you gamble. Would you ever become addicted? Hell no. That's why all casinos let the gamblers win a few times, before the gamblers start betting higher amounts and lose all their money. The process of getting addicted starts when your brain gets that dopamine boost. It's the same with all the other addictions. Your brain feels really good at the beginning, that's why you keep playing and you want to feel again the same feeling of excitement and euphoria.

[Justbillywitt]

The moment your gambling habbits starts being a source of concern to others just know that you are beginning to get addicted to gambling. I don't think it's just about winning and losing. People that wins gambling are also addicted as well as people that losses bets more frequently. Once your gambling habbits is coming between you and other aspects of your life, just know that addiction is setting in. If gambling sites is what you open the moment you wake up from sleep every morning, and the last thing before bed. When you spend most of your time in gambling shops, sites you are getting addicted, it doesn't matter if you are winning or losing bets frequently.

[Churchillvv]

Personally I believe it's at the winning point that addiction is created but it's usually over looked because of the benefits which is attached to it but at that time when we begin to loss, it comes to our mind that it has taking much of our time that are supposed to be spent on other things. it's the losses that brings about the consciousness that we are over stepping but winnings always create a space for players or gamblers to keeping gambling.

So clearly it's not addictive when you're losing, it only becomes uncontrollable if you're already an addict.

[Kelward]

Gambling addiction goes beyond winning and losing, it is a state of mind where a gambler cannot control their gambling emotions. A gambler can be winning, yet he'll be obsessed with winning more and more until it starts to affect his mental health. He'll be in the casino, bet shop or on phone all day, more than he should and ignore other important activities. Although I agree that gambling addiction happens more when a gambler is losing and most times as a result of chasing loses. A gambling addict will sale their properties and take loans to fund their gambling and as they're loosing they'll be obsessed with looking for more money to gamble.

If a person gambles responsibly by doing so with the amount that he can afford to loose, I think that he'll still have fun whether he wins or not. Although we can't deny that gambling is more fun when you're winning but it doesn't mean that it's addiction when you're loosing, unless the gambler is already an addict.

[Apocollapse]

That what social pressure is.

When you're winning, people will not say you're an addict, they will support you since you're making money and they could get share from your winning.

But when you're losing, people will say you're a failed product, wasting money, have no future and force you to quit gambling.

If you gamble alone, then you should be aware what addiction is, as long as it didn't affect your daily life, it's safe to say you didn't get addicted to gambling. Don't hear what people say to you because all they cares is you're win/profit.

[Frankolala]

Gambling for fun does not mean only when you are winning, losing is part of it. Of course, you know that there is no one that can keep on winning and that is why gambling is different from studying. You study hard and come out with good graders, but in gambling you gble more, you lose more.

Addiction is when you don't have self control over your gambling activities and you do all sort of things just to gamble. Gambling with the amount of money that you can afford to lose is a way to limit your losses and if you continue like that it will become fun.

[Dave1]

That's why we said that gambling is two fold, it has it's pros and cons, but what more is that the negative thing, (losing money), is not really that good and that losing can cause significant stress to our body specially if we losses big money, and then we question on how we can recover that money that we losses and subsequently thinking of depositing for more.

Same goes with winning, we are entertained and all of that, but at the end of the day, the thrill of winning can be highly rewarding and addictive. So it's really depend on the individual on how everyone will deal with the winning and the losing.

[DaNNy001]

Growing up, my dad would tell me, that you have to give yourself to studying your books, you have to read as though your life depends on it, and that in pursuant of success, you have to be addicted to getting only good results. I obeyed as a little boy and it caused me to become isolated from people in pursuit of academic success. The isolation hard negative effect on me but because it yielded positive academic results through the grade I came home with, it wasn't looked at as an issue for my parents because I was winning. But do you know how they will feel if after giving in too much time I wasn't getting results? The negative definition of addiction would have set it.

I guess this is the same with most gambling experiences. As long as you're winning, it's not addictive that you're gambling way more than usual or that you're being more frequent at betting sites at the negligence of another aspect of your life. That is when people mostly talk about gambling as being fun because they are winning and when it doesn't go in Their favor and they continue to lose at several bets, it's tagged addiction, and solutions and remedies for the situation start popping up here, and there but if the same person starts winning almost at the same time on a stretch, He's no longer looked at as an addict.

Is it that the  definition of gambling being fun is mostly applicable to moments when you're winning.

.it can be addictive when you are winning and also losing as well, remember that addiction is a choice and it doesn't start in a day..A lot of people that are making profit from casinos based on luck can get carried away by those wins thinking that they have a method that works but having that mindset is only going to set u up for losses sooner or later, losing on the other hand can also make a gambler addicted when he starts chasing he's losses that he probably May not recover... gambling should be for fun and not something anyone should be addicted to

[Darker45]

You are probably wrong on this. I've seen minors in my neighborhood becoming addicted to gambling. The reason is that they've made money from it. They won. They must have thought that winning in gambling happens all the time. They must have concluded that gambling is making money. It isn't. But they have already gotten addicted to it because they know they could make money from it, that it is a possibility to turn a few dollars into a couple of hundreds or more.

[Ultegra134]

Addiction is addiction; it doesn't matter if you're winning or losing. The only positive outcome of your winning is that you're not losing money yet. That alone doesn't make it much better; you'll eventually start losing, and this is where you start seeing the negative side of your addiction. It goes without saying that winning money is entertaining; gamblers, and especially addicts, cannot fathom the idea that their winning streak won't last forever; there's no such thing as a positive addiction.

To be more precise, I'll quote the definition of addiction by Oxford Languages: "the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity," while addicted "is someone who is physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance."

Thus, with that being said, the outcome is irrelevant; addiction is a real issue and a serious mental disorder that needs to be treated and left to professionals.

[Fiatless]

I guess this is the same with most gambling experiences. As long as you're winning, it's not addictive that you're gambling way more than usual or that you're being more frequent at betting sites at the negligence of another aspect of your life. That is when people mostly talk about gambling as being fun because they are winning and when it doesn't go in Their favor and they continue to lose at several bets, it's tagged addiction, and solutions and remedies for the situation start popping up here, and there but if the same person starts winning almost at the same time on a stretch, He's no longer looked at as an addict.

Gambling addiction becomes well-pronounced or visible if one is losing. You know life is about making money to meet needs and nobody can see you as an addicted worker if you have to do it to pay your bills. If gambling is always profitable, it will not be tagged as an addiction because it helps to pay bills. However, addiction shouldn't be related to just money, time and strength can suffer because of addiction. If somebody's job, family, or health is affected by uncontrolled gambling activities, it could be seen as addiction.

Is it that the  definition of gambling being fun is mostly applicable to moments when you're winning.

Gambling is real fun when you keep winning especially if you see it as a source of income or you gamble more than what you can afford to lose. But if you gamble with what you can afford to lose gambling will just be the same as buying a movie ticket or paying a subscription fee for an entertainment channel.

[Upgrade00]

The isolation hard negative effect on me but because it yielded positive academic results through the grade I came home with, it wasn't looked at as an issue for my parents because I was winning.

This is also unhealthy. The school system is supposed to teach us networking as a part of our education. If your social skills suffer in pursuit of better grades it's not a holistic education, you were winning on one facet only.

I guess this is the same with most gambling experiences. As long as you're winning, it's not addictive that you're gambling way more than usual or that you're being more frequent at betting sites at the negligence of another aspect of your life.

It's addictive if you're spending an unreasonable amount of time and resources on it, irrespective of whether you're winning or not. There's a difference between what people generally agree on and what is true, the fact that addiction is associated with those in debt and ruins due to gambling does not mean that the only situation addiction can be used.

[Hirose UK]

Winning and losing are normal things in gambling because they are both outcomes that will always happen, but remember to understand that the winning percentage is still very small and gamblers only have small chance of doing so.
If the chance of winning is greater then the odds or multiples of profits that can be obtained are definitely very small, everything is not worth it if think about it logically, but this is choice and have to be able to accept it.
Sometimes many gamblers try to always chase victory but they forget that the losses they have suffered are too big or too many, this is the definition of pleasure and also ambition can influence common sense.

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Is it that the  definition of gambling being fun is mostly applicable to moments when you're winning.

I don't think that true because there are some gamblers who only play to get entertainment, they can feel pleasure when they win but basically the goal of entertaining themselves is never caring about the final result.
Most important thing is to be able to have fun by spending some money on your favorite game or bet.

[stomachgrowls]

Winning and losing are normal things in gambling because they are both outcomes that will always happen, but remember to understand that the winning percentage is still very small and gamblers only have small chance of doing so.
If the chance of winning is greater then the odds or multiples of profits that can be obtained are definitely very small, everything is not worth it if think about it logically, but this is choice and have to be able to accept it.
Sometimes many gamblers try to always chase victory but they forget that the losses they have suffered are too big or too many, this is the definition of pleasure and also ambition can influence common sense.

~snip~

Is it that the  definition of gambling being fun is mostly applicable to moments when you're winning.

I don't think that true because there are some gamblers who only play to get entertainment, they can feel pleasure when they win but basically the goal of entertaining themselves is never caring about the final result.
Most important thing is to be able to have fun by spending some money on your favorite game or bet.

Both outcomes would really be something that could be addictive on which we do know that losing nor winning will really be giving out that kind of spike of emotions on which it could give out that happy feeling and with that frustration or stress on the time or moment that you will be finding on the moment that you do be able to experience things. This is why on the moment that you do touch up gambling then you should be expecting these kind of conditions on which you will really be that definitely be having that kind of consideration when it comes to those conditions on which you do really know on how you would really be handling yourself
on the time or moment that you do play gambling. Everything could really be addictive and it will be just depending on how you would really be having that kind of approach.

The key on here for you not to get addicted with gambling is that you should expect those loses and winning. Gamble for fun and not for money so that you will be not be ending up on being desperate.
It will really be that always important that you do realy know on what you are doing and this is something that you will really be needing up to consider.