Gambling can save lifes due to the word inflation

[lovesmayfamilis]

I just laugh at the fact that people expect to win at gambling when their children are hungry instead of saving their last pennies. This is insanely stupid, and the fact that the OP writes that he helped him by giving him some money so that the poor guy would go and place a bet again also confirms the stupidity of short-sighted people.
What if he lost someone else's money again? A man should work if his income is insufficient; he should think about it in advance and not cry when he has lost his last money. You must look for a second or third job and stop believing the casino will bring you wealth. Money always sticks to money; if someone is a beggar, he should forget about the casino and look for a normal income.
To hell with such a husband and father.

[Charles-Tim]

I read your post, and honestly I think its a bunch of bullshit. 

I just wanted to ask, what is the meaning of the title of this topic? And what does it have to do with the rest of your post?

Some people do not know how to make their post coherent. That is what I see about OP. But I think he might meant that the man's salary might be enough before but because of the inflation in their country, things become tough which might let the man to be in such situation. Like in my country, despite there has been increase in inflation from 18% in 2022 to 35% in July 2024, the government are still paying the same minimum wage they have been paying since 2020. But the government has just increased it 3 days ago. Before that 3 days ago, it could hard on people in a way some may not be able to successfully feed their family.

[Russlenat]

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I read your post, and honestly I think its a bunch of bullshit. 

I just wanted to ask, what is the meaning of the title of this topic? And what does it have to do with the rest of your post?

LMAO, you are right man.

The title itself looks very unrealistic since it doesn't really happen in real life. Maybe sometimes we get lucky and win, but in the long run, we will still lose. So we should not encourage people to gamble, especially those who think they can use their luck to feed their families. @OP, you have a good heart, but you should not tolerate people taking such reckless actions as it will only make them irresponsible.

[DaNNy001]

I was in pain today because of the incident that I saw in a physical casino shop. Although I am not a fan of going to physical casinos, I prefer playing my bet in an online casino, but today I wish to go to the physical casino so that I can see other gamblers and maybe get experience, but I end up sad. 
 
In the casino, I saw an elderly man crying in regret. I was concerned to know what the cause of his tears was, so I woke up to him to ask, and then the man narrated what happened. The man told me that he works in a construction site from morning just to get something to feed his family, because they haven’t seen food since yesterday morning, so after work from morning to night, the contractor tells them that they will all be paid tomorrow, so he begs the contractor to give him some money for transportation. When the contactor gave him some money, he then had to take a walk to see the nearest casino so that he could use the money and stake a bet to buy something for his family to feed on. After he staked the money, he ended up losing the game. That is why he is crying in regret. 
 
So I ask him, does he actually gamble? He said not at all; he just came to try his luck and find something to feed his family. Then I asked him, Can he still remember the mistake that he made when he staked his first money? Then he said he saw no mistake. All that is involved in gambling is luck. I said okay, I will give him money to try betting, because I also don’t have the money that will be enough to feed his family, so he staked another bet. To my surprise, he won the game and got the money he needed. 
 
What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

Out of a hundred percent of the population in the world only thirty percent benefit from gambling based on luck that's how rigged the game is, I wouldn't really agree that it's capable of Saving lives, gambling is filled with a too many uncertainties to hope on as a source of income... most people who are fully into it either lose their profits or capital constantly, gambling has damaged a lot of people's finances, the negative sides of gambling outweighs the positive sides, there are no systems to put you in profit, you can only get lucky

[Jawhead999]

First, his perception that he could double his money through gambling to feed his family rather than getting a second job or a well paying job. That's a sign that he's a gambling addict.
Secondly, you giving him money to gamble and him winning. Is you feeding his addiction and encouraging the behavior of crying and looking for sympathy.
Thirdly, you encouraged him to chase his loss. Now you have encouraged a gambling addict and a person to not be hardworking.

Just like a popular quotes "don't give someone fish, instead teach them how to fish".

But, it's not necessary wrong for someone to give fish for free, it just not recommended. Poverty is a complex problem and we can't expect just teaching someone how to fish is enough, read this article https://www.andyposner.org/2018/07/28/problem-parable-teaching-man-woman-fish/

If I were @OP I would give him some money and report him to the police, so the police will take care of him to get rehabilitation and donate some amount to survive for his family.

[Lida93]

What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

First of, your post topic and the story doesn't correlate so I think you need to rethink something suitable for a topic.

To your question. You did a good act in the wrong way. From your story you stated that the man is not a gambler, still you gave him money to continue gambling. What makes you think he wouldn't come back another day with the little money he would make from his daily pay when the construction company eventually pays him. Or perhaps, he could stop his construction job and focus onto gambling believing it's going to be a more preferable source of income for him than the meager pay he is getting from the construction company job.

The first approach people get as an experience with gambling does create a mental construct as to how they do view gambling to be for them. And in the case of that stranger, am positive he is going to turn to an addict because the tendency is that he's going to put much of his hope on gambling after making that money from his first win.

[slapper]

Someone's money problems can be solved by gambling? You might feel excited for a short time, but it's a bad idea in the long run. I can see why people want a quick fix or the thrill of a possible win, but let's be honest. It's a dangerous habit that feeds on hopelessness and desperation. You're giving this person a ticking time bomb that looks like a lifesaver

We tend to stick to what we know. People want simple answers to hard problems. Gambling is the best way to feel in control in a crazy world. However, it can't last. A Band-Aid is put on a bullet wound. We're not fixing any problems by letting this behavior happen. We're just putting off dealing with the greater problems that make people do such desperate things

So let's not think of this as a win. Let's see it as a wake-up call. A call to deal with the causes of poverty and desperation, to make people stronger, and to help them find good ways to deal with stress. Because in the end, the only way to really be saved is to face truth head-on, not roll dice

[danherbias07]

You are good at making a story, you should start writing more but not here.

Anyway, let's just answer the last question.
You are actually the worst if you do that. You just urged him to gamble more which means you can be the reason why he will gamble again next time.
What do you mean the money that you gave him to gamble cannot feed his family? Any money can feed a family as long as you know what and where to buy. I don't think the money you gave him is just cents because you cannot use that to gamble.

What if the bet loses? What's next? The two of you will be crying in frustration because you both made a stupid mistake. You just added fuel to the fire.

[Eternad]

So I ask him, does he actually gamble? He said not at all; he just came to try his luck and find something to feed his family. Then I asked him, Can he still remember the mistake that he made when he staked his first money? Then he said he saw no mistake. All that is involved in gambling is luck. I said okay, I will give him money to try betting, because I also don’t have the money that will be enough to feed his family, so he staked another bet. To my surprise, he won the game and got the money he needed. 
 

Sounds a made up story to me. No elderly man that has family to feed badly will risk the small money that he has on gambling and think that there’s nothing wrong for doing it.

Realistically speaking, this man doesn’t have an addiction problem in the story since you mention that he just randomly try his luck to feed but his thinking seems like more on an addicted person he thinks there’s nothing wrong. The story is so vague for me.

What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

I think so since you manage to give him what he needed. You gave him a chance to get the food for his family.

[Agbamoni]

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I read your post, and honestly I think its a bunch of bullshit.  

I just wanted to ask, what is the meaning of the title of this topic? And what does it have to do with the rest of your post?

Take your flowers for being the realest on this thread and the first to detect this BS!!!

What nonsense did I just read, @OP???

You are just lucky that there is no "demerit" option, because the lies and insincerity in the post are too obvious.

I can t believe what OP has said so far because it feels unreal and framed out. Some persons would rush into the gambling sectionn and frame one or more story, combine them just to make a gambling post. Its not compulsory to create a topic when there are other gambling topics that we can contribute and dsicuss in.

I support your action but funny enough thereis nothing like demerit.

[SamReomo]

What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

I don't know that you did good or bad by helping him because you gave him money to gamble and his luck helped him to win the bet and if he somehow gets a mindset that gambling can help him earn money then that's going to be harmful for him as we all know that gambling can't be a dependable source of income.

However, from humanity point of view, you did pretty well by supporting him, and because of your help he could feed his family at least for one day. I hope he won't stake his income again because if he keeps doing that and his luck won't favor him then he'll do very wrong with the people who rely on him.

[lienfaye]

What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

Just like others, I have doubt that this really happened and not just made up to post here, because it's not realistic. But anyway, if this is true, IMO you just encourage the guy to gamble as a way to double/triple his money. It would be better if you just gave him money to buy food for his family and go home. But you lend him money to play again, fortunately he became lucky. But because of this, probably he is now confident that in gambling you can really make money and it's ok to bet even that's the only money you have in your pocket. Well, for me, what you did is not right.

[ethereumhunter]

He playing gambling and lose his money. That is what happens to him. He decide to playing gambling and win some money but that is not work for him and only makes him lose his money. He already makes a mistake by using gambling to make money. That is a wrong thing if he use his salary to playing gambling. He can not win in gambling if he doesn't have luck so he must not playing gambling in the other days.

What you did only tells to his minds that gambling can be a source of income for him and I bet he will returns to casino in the other days to test his luck again. But he could lose his money as before and if he can't controls himself, he will lose all of his money without winning any money. You can safe him by giving your money to him every time he losses because you will not always there. What you can hope is he will not return to casino and playing gambling again and hopes he will win like before.

[Gozie51]

So I ask him, does he actually gamble? He said not at all; he just came to try his luck and find something to feed his family. Then I asked him, Can he still remember the mistake that he made when he staked his first money? Then he said he saw no mistake. All that is involved in gambling is luck. I said okay, I will give him money to try betting, because I also don’t have the money that will be enough to feed his family, so he staked another bet. To my surprise, he won the game and got the money he needed. 
 
What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

Lesson is, not being contented is the reason for most loses in gambling.

What you did may not be bad because it was a sign of compassion on him but that does not mean that next time he would get back his money that he lost. He was lucky to have won back something that he needed. Gambling is not really for such exercise. If you are gambling with the urgent need to make profit then you may run into more loses because you will find yourself restaking to regain your loses.

Thus, it is not responsible to use money meant for family use to gamble even though someone can be lucky to win sometimes. He is lucky to have been safed by you, it doesn't happen all the time.

[Strongkored]

What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

I am not really sure whether what you did was a good thing or not because it is quite difficult to judge, but at least your action has made him able to get more money to buy food for his family but of course this is not something that will always work because gambling in any condition is a game of luck, if today it can work well then tomorrow the result can be the opposite so it would be better if you meet him again to tell him not to repeat what he has done before because it is an action that can make his life more difficult.

[Su-asa]

What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

What you did is great. You are generous. But the man needs to realize that what he did is too risky although it is not easy. Maybe he even has loan borrowed already and thinking of not borrowing or maybe no one wanted to borrow him money. But if possible he can get a loan from a friend, I think it is the best way than to gamble with the little amount of money that he has with him.

I like that fact that the elderly man already knew that gamble is a luck luck thing, but he shouldn't try and gamble with amount that he knows he can not afford to lose at that moment, imagine if the op didn't visited the casino what could have happened? Maybe the man would have walked to his house and still ended up not buying anything for his family, and if he had children they will be the ones to suffer most as their dad didn't bring anything home as he has used the money for their daily feeding to Gamble for profits.

[rachael9385]

What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

I am not really sure whether what you did was a good thing or not because it is quite difficult to judge, but at least your action has made him able to get more money to buy food for his family but of course this is not something that will always work because gambling in any condition is a game of luck, if today it can work well then tomorrow the result can be the opposite so it would be better if you meet him again to tell him not to repeat what he has done before because it is an action that can make his life more difficult.

From my perspectives, the Op helped the man in 2 ways

• He made the man to understand his mistakes, in the sense that he shouldn't make such a mistake again as he is not a gambler, but funny enough that he already know that winning is by luck.
• He tried to make the man to understand that if it wasn't him he wouldn't have had money to give to his family and he might not also have the money for transportation the next day to go back to work.

[retreat]

I don't know whether this story is true or made up, but responding to your title, I can say that gambling does not save anyone from inflation, because gambling is not designed for that. In gambling, no one can guarantee whether you can win or not, especially in games that are based on luck, in this type of game the possibility of someone winning is lower, and also not everyone can win the bet. Since your chances of winning at gambling are quite low, you can lose your money at any time at gambling, and how can something as uncertain as this save people from inflation? and therefore gambling cannot save anyone from inflation.

[vs2014]

Wanting to analyze your question directly actually you could have made him interested in the business by giving him the money. Suppose you gave him money and he placed a bet on gambling and won but that is not the end because it made him greedy for gambling. Later he would save money and place a gambling bet and lose. Gambling is proven to be a game of luck so it doesn't always win. If you want lend him the money and ask him to repay it in daily wages. We don't all have the same financial position so we shouldn't call anyone to gamble.

[JoyMarsha]

What I want to know is: Did I do a good job by using gambling to save him? Or do I just make him have an interest in gambling as a source of income?

Gambling can never be a savior to those who are battling with inflation of what they and their families would eat. What gambling does to people is it collects the ones they have, giving them little to think that their hope to make it big in life would be from gambling.

OP, as you have indirectly come to the rescue of the elderly man, to win the money he needed, don't you think he will repeat the same thing the next time the construction company he works in, doesn't pay him enough money to take care of his family since gambling is try your luck procedure.

OP, don't be surprised when you see the elderly man repeating the same thing he's regretting some other time. I believe he will come trying his luck again since he won by a luck trial.