Is Gambling a scam

[l3pox]

yes, knowing the basic math on this is definitely helpful
at least to understand a bit the odds and if a bet is on your side or not
sometimes gamblers risk a lot on bad bets where the house have way more chance to win than them...

being able to control yourself on a losing streak is important too

When it’s got to do with Sports betting, odds is the easiest thing to figure out for real. When I did gamble for the first time on the web, it was a gambling house for sure but, they were just an agent hooked up to a betting firm on the web. I just got the idea that, the bigger the odds the more money you get and so, I was after more money and went with the big odds. I didn’t realize that bigger odds also meant bigger risk and you sure know the result of that experiment. Just that once was enough to tell me a couple of things I needed to know about odds. Now, I gamble more safely and it’s cool.

odds is an easy one, you are right, but probabilities, bankroll management and specially emotional control are way harder ones to be aware of
bigger risks usually have bigger odds but sometimes the house make mistakes too and gamblers who are alert can usually profit from these mistakes
it happens less and less with automated systems but it's still possible to find inneficiencies

[Fredomago]

It wouldn't be like that for a gambler all the time unless he have spent his entire money in that casino. If I visit the casino with the intention to flip my $1k into 2k and I didn't archive my intention for going to the casino that day, I will be disappointed and could have a long face, but if I make up my mind to flip the money but also have in mind that I can as well lose the money, I wouldn't feel too bad. A gambler will feel so bad after they lost the money they didn't want to use for gambling.

This scenario is normal in gambling and majority of gamblers must have experienced this. Sometimes we start gambling with the intention of having fun but in the long run, we might hit a huge figure and sometimes the urge for gambling more keeps increasing,  and when you fall for that and loss everything there is no way you'll leave with a smile on your face, even if you try faking it, there is always  someone you cannot deceive, which is yourself. At least that amount would have helped in paying some bills, and grabbing some bottles or a sweet time with your family and friends.  But there are also times where you decrease the amount  you use in placing your bet for the purpose of increasing the gambling time and having fun.

Indeed and that experienced gives you the confidence to keep playing for more, though it's a case to case situations where some might get addicted and some might gain knowledge it's on the gambler itself if you they'll take that experience and use it for their advantage, but for  those who turned things into addiction most of them will either call it a scam or will surely regret participating on any types of gambling activities that they've involved with.

[Makus]

Maybe you can gamble for fun depending on anyone's perspective. You might see gambling for fun when you are betting with free bet you have been given by the casino you are using to gamble. Another person can see gambling for fun as trying to use lower amount to gamble with your risk management maintained.

This can be frequently since you are not using so much funds to gamble at ones. Everything depends on how we see the words "gambling for fun" I can only gambler for the fun when I have made so much profits from gambling and I have trying to test my luck putting some amount into betting to see if I can still make profits. I think everyone has there own definition when we talk about gambling for the fun.

I like the fact that you pointed out different reasons and perspectives of people concerning gambling for fun. Well all those scenarios are right, there are more to these reasons but one thing that is constant is, even if you gamble for fun for a while (more than 2 sittings) and you keep experience losing strike throughout your gambling session without any portable win, trust me you'll get tired of gambling. Even if your intention was to gamble for fun. In gamble no matter your intent, wining has a way of motivating you to play more or lightning up your mood when playing for fun or for making extra cash.

Indeed and that experienced gives you the confidence to keep playing for more, though it's a case to case situations where some might get addicted and some might gain knowledge it's on the gambler itself if you they'll take that experience and use it for their advantage, but for  those who turned things into addiction most of them will either call it a scam or will surely regret participating on any types of gambling activities that they've involved with.

Those who make terrible financial mistakes and put the blame on gambling or call it a scam process are likely to do thesame to other opportunities that seem like using money to get extra money eg cryptocurrency, trading currency pairs. Because you gambling without getting addicted is a function of discipline. It's a state of mind that you alone can build for self, so if you don't learn to control your emotions you end up messing other things up because of your mindset.

[Huppercase]

It's very important that one keeps himself away from falling in the trap of crypto addiction. Once you are addicted to gambling addiction then nothing will stop you from losing all your money. If you are doing gambling then make sure you don't invest everything you have in gambling and must quit when you don't have more money to gamble. Gambling is dangerous if not executed in proper way. Just do it for fun otherwise one can ruin his entire life.

I hope the bolded like means gambling addicting right!

There is nothing really bad in gambling and there is nothing bad in gambling addiction as well to some extent. There are people that gamble and makes money from gambling, they lose but they makes most of their money from gambling, they can use the whole day checking at ways to make accurate and precise predictions but their own benefits is they make money from gambling rather than losing all of it into gambling, they see gambling as business and it works for them.

The problem I have with majority addicted gamblers is that many of them don't make money from gambling despite the dedication, the time and love they put into this thing, everything they do don't work and when they should have quit knowing gambling is not working for them, that's when they made it looks like gambling is holding their generational wealth and they will collect it back by all means. In the process of trying, they keep losing more until it will there is nothing to show for gambling.

[ethereumhunter]

Indeed and that experienced gives you the confidence to keep playing for more, though it's a case to case situations where some might get addicted and some might gain knowledge it's on the gambler itself if you they'll take that experience and use it for their advantage, but for  those who turned things into addiction most of them will either call it a scam or will surely regret participating on any types of gambling activities that they've involved with.

Those who make terrible financial mistakes and put the blame on gambling or call it a scam process are likely to do thesame to other opportunities that seem like using money to get extra money eg cryptocurrency, trading currency pairs. Because you gambling without getting addicted is a function of discipline. It's a state of mind that you alone can build for self, so if you don't learn to control your emotions you end up messing other things up because of your mindset.

Those who lose their money and say that gambling is a scam should check on themselves. No one suggest them to spend all of their money and lose it all in gambling but they choose doing that by themselves. So when they still saying that gambling is a scam, we can let them like that because we can not explain anything to them as they already close their minds from other people suggesting. They can get addicted to gambling anytime if they still difficult to control themselves especially if they keep playing gambling while they are saying that gambling is a scam.

[Makus]

Those who lose their money and say that gambling is a scam should check on themselves. No one suggest them to spend all of their money and lose it all in gambling but they choose doing that by themselves. So when they still saying that gambling is a scam, we can let them like that because we can not explain anything to them as they already close their minds from other people suggesting. They can get addicted to gambling anytime if they still difficult to control themselves especially if they keep playing gambling while they are saying that gambling is a scam.

People  who are likely to end up in this situation are irresponsible gamblers and just as the name implies they're  irresponsible.  They don't take responsibility for their actions they'll always look for something to lay their blames on, thinking that they are doing ok, but the truth of the matter is, a responsible person would admit his mistakes and work towards helping himself off that situation,  but when you think the problem is coming from a system that is functioning just the ways it was designed it would be impossible for you exit that situation.  Though there are still chances that people like this can change for good, so there is no need letting the person be, especially when he's a family or close friend.

[l3pox]

Those who lose their money and say that gambling is a scam should check on themselves. No one suggest them to spend all of their money and lose it all in gambling but they choose doing that by themselves. So when they still saying that gambling is a scam, we can let them like that because we can not explain anything to them as they already close their minds from other people suggesting. They can get addicted to gambling anytime if they still difficult to control themselves especially if they keep playing gambling while they are saying that gambling is a scam.

People  who are likely to end up in this situation are irresponsible gamblers and just as the name implies they're  irresponsible.  They don't take responsibility for their actions they'll always look for something to lay their blames on, thinking that they are doing ok, but the truth of the matter is, a responsible person would admit his mistakes and work towards helping himself off that situation,  but when you think the problem is coming from a system that is functioning just the ways it was designed it would be impossible for you exit that situation.  Though there are still chances that people like this can change for good, so there is no need letting the person be, especially when he's a family or close friend.

that's true and this is the most common kind of people to find nowadays
it's crazy, isn't it? some people have all the chances in life to choose a good path and end up losing it all, disappointing their families and friends or even worse, not being true to themselves
things are always changing but we have to own our stuff.

what do you think would help someone to take more responsibility?

[CroverNo01]

Those who lose their money and say that gambling is a scam should check on themselves. No one suggest them to spend all of their money and lose it all in gambling but they choose doing that by themselves. So when they still saying that gambling is a scam, we can let them like that because we can not explain anything to them as they already close their minds from other people suggesting. They can get addicted to gambling anytime if they still difficult to control themselves especially if they keep playing gambling while they are saying that gambling is a scam.

None of us have plan to lose any significant amount in the system. Scam does exists and the victims doesn’t believe in the real thing. They're so desperate to recover from the money lost and they go further to experience more imagineable losses. Addition is dangerous, it will make one blind and not observant of the system, it becomes very concerning when one spot gambling loss and still continue to gamble, to prove what exactly? Losses is understandable and inevitable in gambling space. There are consequences if one fail to adhered to the basis of the system and ignored all odds of getting loss. Gambling is profitable only if you applied legitimate principle and strategy, learned to control oneself when you're indulge in the system.

[TopT3ns]

Those who lose their money and say that gambling is a scam should check on themselves. No one suggest them to spend all of their money and lose it all in gambling but they choose doing that by themselves. So when they still saying that gambling is a scam, we can let them like that because we can not explain anything to them as they already close their minds from other people suggesting. They can get addicted to gambling anytime if they still difficult to control themselves especially if they keep playing gambling while they are saying that gambling is a scam.

None of us have plan to lose any significant amount in the system. Scam does exists and the victims doesn’t believe in the real thing. They're so desperate to recover from the money lost and they go further to experience more imagineable losses. Addition is dangerous, it will make one blind and not observant of the system, it becomes very concerning when one spot gambling loss and still continue to gamble, to prove what exactly? Losses is understandable and inevitable in gambling space. There are consequences if one fail to adhered to the basis of the system and ignored all odds of getting loss. Gambling is profitable only if you applied legitimate principle and strategy, learned to control oneself when you're indulge in the system.

It is important to know that managing everything with full awareness is something that we should always prefer, especially when working in a high risk area. This step cannot be omitted, because heating means considering all possible scenarios and hasty actions have negative outcomes. Each situation has to be evaluated with cold head and without passion, much more so when pressures are mounting. As for the weaknesses, individual awareness of our limitations and adherence to the chosen course of action would assist in handling of various conditions more effectively. It should also be noted that not all the situations in clans can be controlled, however, controlling the actions taken will make clans more likely to get better results or prevent themselves from making the wrong decision.

[Onyeeze]

Theirs no one who gamble with the intention of gambling always because of catching fun, that's capital lie, people claim to gamble because of they are catching fun why what they have in their mind to gamble is to win and make profit, a profit making is one of the things that make almost people that gamble with casino and people that gamble because of  soccer game to gamble,  we need to understand that gambling have different things that make people to gamble, if you are gambling because of fun that doesn't mean that majority of people gamble for fun, as it stance now, I will say that majority gamble to make money not to catch fun.

Why not? When I win, I am sincerely happy about my victory, although I play for very small money and do not receive any big profit from it and also do not lose a lot of money. When I lose, I am not very upset, so for me it is definitely only for fun, I have no goal to earn money by gambling, because my general statistics of games show that I play with a small loss, sometimes the situation evens out, but overall I go into the loss, so there is no point in playing for big money.

my advice to every person that is a gambler is that if you are participating in gambling make sure that you gamble with what you can afford to lose because many persons has become poor today because of the gamble with what they cannot afford to lose thinking that by the process they will win instead of lose why they don't know that the gambling is all about risk so we are saying all this so that our beginners will not make a mistake but other people has made for long time so that there will not say gambling is a scam why gambling is a game of interest and the game of opportunity in which nobody will force you to use a bigger amount to gamble it is your personal decision so generally let us try to avoid using what we cannot afford to lose to gamble

[Antotena]

None of us have plan to lose any significant amount in the system. Scam does exists and the victims doesn’t believe in the real thing. They're so desperate to recover from the money lost and they go further to experience more imagineable losses. Addition is dangerous, it will make one blind and not observant of the system, it becomes very concerning when one spot gambling loss and still continue to gamble, to prove what exactly? Losses is understandable and inevitable in gambling space. There are consequences if one fail to adhered to the basis of the system and ignored all odds of getting loss. Gambling is profitable only if you applied legitimate principle and strategy, learned to control oneself when you're indulge in the system.

Even if scam exists in gambling, the fact that you are ready to risk it all into it, you are actually trying to make money from gambling through it and because you agreed to it, you can't call it scam. There is nothing like scam in gambling, you only get scam for something you don't know, you know that yes indeed you were going to lose money and you went ahead to gamble it and you feel the game was rig not to favour you, it's your responsibility to accept the result.

It's not even possible for a casino to scam a person unless the casino doesn't have history of reputation. What people don't know is that gambling platforms don't need to scam before they make money from their people. They know you are going to lose money which is definitely coming back to them, they will gladly wait and allow you lose that money to them than to find a dubious means to extort money from their customers, they will wait until you lose it without asking for it.

[Ryu_Ar1]

my advice to every person that is a gambler is that if you are participating in gambling make sure that you gamble with what you can afford to lose because many persons has become poor today because of the gamble with what they cannot afford to lose thinking that by the process they will win instead of lose why they don't know that the gambling is all about risk so we are saying all this so that our beginners will not make a mistake but other people has made for long time so that there will not say gambling is a scam why gambling is a game of interest and the game of opportunity in which nobody will force you to use a bigger amount to gamble it is your personal decision so generally let us try to avoid using what we cannot afford to lose to gamble

Everyone will suggest the same thing where to gamble as long as we can afford to lose because after all gambling will sooner or later feel the loss or even tell gambling is about how self-control is done so that we can control ourselves when gambling. Things like this will continue to be echoed by everyone including gamblers.

It's just that in reality things like this are sometimes not easy to do even by many people things like this are still violated because in gambling when ambition and emotion because they are not in accordance with expectations then in the end reckless things will be done including spending the money we have without a trace in the hope of being able to return the defeat which ultimately leads to regret in the end when we are thinking clearly.

Gambling looks fun and easy to do but it is very difficult to control which makes many people lose control of what they have which ends up losing everything they have including property, family and friendships

[Onyeeze]

my advice to every person that is a gambler is that if you are participating in gambling make sure that you gamble with what you can afford to lose because many persons has become poor today because of the gamble with what they cannot afford to lose thinking that by the process they will win instead of lose why they don't know that the gambling is all about risk so we are saying all this so that our beginners will not make a mistake but other people has made for long time so that there will not say gambling is a scam why gambling is a game of interest and the game of opportunity in which nobody will force you to use a bigger amount to gamble it is your personal decision so generally let us try to avoid using what we cannot afford to lose to gamble

Everyone will suggest the same thing where to gamble as long as we can afford to lose because after all gambling will sooner or later feel the loss or even tell gambling is about how self-control is done so that we can control ourselves when gambling. Things like this will continue to be echoed by everyone including gamblers.

It's just that in reality things like this are sometimes not easy to do even by many people things like this are still violated because in gambling when ambition and emotion because they are not in accordance with expectations then in the end reckless things will be done including spending the money we have without a trace in the hope of being able to return the defeat which ultimately leads to regret in the end when we are thinking clearly.

Gambling looks fun and easy to do but it is very difficult to control which makes many people lose control of what they have which ends up losing everything they have including property, family and friendships

I will agree with your suggestion but there's one place that I want to correct a little impression because in gambling if you have self control in gambling it can be able to control all regulate how you participate in gambling knowing the implication that gambling can take whatever thing you have when you think that is only source of getting income is when you will not be able to control your gambling activities but when you have any other things doing I think in that you will regret your gambling, many people is not addicted in gambling because they known themselves they can control their emotions so people are not the same as some people that control their emotion or theirselves in gambling so that they will not get addicted people that always get addicted as I said before is people that is jobless and they use gambling and source of making money

[skarais]

my advice to every person that is a gambler is that if you are ~~~

Everyone will suggest the same thing where to gamble as long as we can afford to lose because after all gambling will sooner or later feel the loss or even tell gambling is about how self-control is done so that we can control ourselves when gambling. Things like this will continue to be echoed by everyone including gamblers.

Gambling without losing is impossible, unless he stops completely after winning on his first try. In essence, losing and winning are part of gambling, both will be encountered by gamblers in all games. Even expert gamblers can lose at any time, it's just that their winning ratio is relatively higher.

If there was a gambler who never lost, it would be considered abnormal. The casino's security team will probably check it and ask for information from it so they can ensure that the gambler has not misused the system or had any bugs. There have been several cases like that so far, some even had their accounts permanently blocked based on customer complaints.

It's just that in reality things like this are sometimes not easy to do even by many people things like this are still violated because in gambling when ambition and emotion because they are not in accordance with expectations then in the end reckless things will be done including spending the money we have without a trace in the hope of being able to return the defeat which ultimately leads to regret in the end when we are thinking clearly.

Gambling looks fun and easy to do but it is very difficult to control which makes many people lose control of what they have which ends up losing everything they have including property, family and friendships

It is a big mistake when a gambler makes it his mission to recover his losses. On average, such a gambler will only end up losing more than he can recover from. I never agree to do so, so gambling should be played normally without being too greedy in the hope of uncertain winnings.

[ethereumhunter]

People  who are likely to end up in this situation are irresponsible gamblers and just as the name implies they're  irresponsible.  They don't take responsibility for their actions they'll always look for something to lay their blames on, thinking that they are doing ok, but the truth of the matter is, a responsible person would admit his mistakes and work towards helping himself off that situation,  but when you think the problem is coming from a system that is functioning just the ways it was designed it would be impossible for you exit that situation.  Though there are still chances that people like this can change for good, so there is no need letting the person be, especially when he's a family or close friend.

Those gamblers will not understand they are making a wrong decision without responsibility to themselves. They can not say easily that gambling is a scam without checking on what they have done before. They really need to responsible with their gambling activity so they will not say gambling is a scam because when they playing gambling, they need to be careful with their funds and not just spend too much money in gambling. But if they feel that gambling is a scam, they can move to other casinos that they think is safe for them but they still manage their funds not to use too big money.

None of us have plan to lose any significant amount in the system. Scam does exists and the victims doesn’t believe in the real thing. They're so desperate to recover from the money lost and they go further to experience more imagineable losses. Addition is dangerous, it will make one blind and not observant of the system, it becomes very concerning when one spot gambling loss and still continue to gamble, to prove what exactly? Losses is understandable and inevitable in gambling space. There are consequences if one fail to adhered to the basis of the system and ignored all odds of getting loss. Gambling is profitable only if you applied legitimate principle and strategy, learned to control oneself when you're indulge in the system.

Scam does exists but not for reputable casinos that always manage their best services to their members. They will not let their members getting scam by giving a fake promising but they always tell their members to playing gambling responsibly. But their member are not listen to that instead will still playing gambling without think about what will happen to them. Getting gambling addiction can ruin their life faster than they can imagine so we don't have to use gambling too often instead just for fill our spare time and do other things to distract our minds from keep playing gambling.

[l3pox]

None of us have plan to lose any significant amount in the system. Scam does exists and the victims doesn’t believe in the real thing. They're so desperate to recover from the money lost and they go further to experience more imagineable losses. Addition is dangerous, it will make one blind and not observant of the system, it becomes very concerning when one spot gambling loss and still continue to gamble, to prove what exactly? Losses is understandable and inevitable in gambling space. There are consequences if one fail to adhered to the basis of the system and ignored all odds of getting loss. Gambling is profitable only if you applied legitimate principle and strategy, learned to control oneself when you're indulge in the system.

Even if scam exists in gambling, the fact that you are ready to risk it all into it, you are actually trying to make money from gambling through it and because you agreed to it, you can't call it scam. There is nothing like scam in gambling, you only get scam for something you don't know, you know that yes indeed you were going to lose money and you went ahead to gamble it and you feel the game was rig not to favour you, it's your responsibility to accept the result.

It's not even possible for a casino to scam a person unless the casino doesn't have history of reputation. What people don't know is that gambling platforms don't need to scam before they make money from their people. They know you are going to lose money which is definitely coming back to them, they will gladly wait and allow you lose that money to them than to find a dubious means to extort money from their customers, they will wait until you lose it without asking for it.

It is possible for a casino to scam. period.
this is a fact
but not all gambling is a scam and you are correct with the idea that the most reputable casinos have no reason to scam because they will make much more money in the long run by being honest
this is an example of where all incentives are aligned

[Orpichukwu]

Those who make terrible financial mistakes and put the blame on gambling or call it a scam process are likely to do thesame to other opportunities that seem like using money to get extra money eg cryptocurrency, trading currency pairs. Because you gambling without getting addicted is a function of discipline. It's a state of mind that you alone can build for self, so if you don't learn to control your emotions you end up messing other things up because of your mindset.

I agree with you; this set of people who always do this type of shifting blame and calling out a platform they fail to exploit are those who are too afraid to accept that they are responsible for their own actions; they always want to look for what to blame for the wrong decision that they have made in their life instead of accepting defeat and moving on.If they were able to win and be at an advantage, you wouldn’t see any thread like calling gambling a scam.

[Dewi Aries]

Is it meant here that the casino is a scam just because you lose? If yes, then that is a really ridiculous idea, I mean from the start it is clear that gambling is an activity about winning and losing, always about those two things where there are opportunities and consequences, gambling is not a charity field, there is always a risk behind the decision, so when you lose, it does not mean that you have been cheated by the casino but because you are far from luck. On the other hand, this is the reason why understanding and knowledge are very important, because when you have misunderstood from the start, then in the end you will assume that it leads to accusations which are actually something that is very natural in gambling such as losing, so before you get involved it would be much better to know what you are really facing.

[Negotiation]

Those who make terrible financial mistakes and put the blame on gambling or call it a scam process are likely to do thesame to other opportunities that seem like using money to get extra money eg cryptocurrency, trading currency pairs. Because you gambling without getting addicted is a function of discipline. It's a state of mind that you alone can build for self, so if you don't learn to control your emotions you end up messing other things up because of your mindset.

I agree with you; this set of people who always do this type of shifting blame and calling out a platform they fail to exploit are those who are too afraid to accept that they are responsible for their own actions; they always want to look for what to blame for the wrong decision that they have made in their life instead of accepting defeat and moving on.If they were able to win and be at an advantage, you wouldn’t see any thread like calling gambling a scam.

You are right it is not right to blame anyone here they usually cannot control their emotions and therefore impose the consequences of their actions on others. Some unscrupulous individuals or organizations use various techniques to manipulate the results of gambling in their favor. They may change the game equipment, collude with players or take unfair advantage in any other way so before getting involved in gambling you should be well aware of its risks.

[DPHOR]

Those who make terrible financial mistakes and put the blame on gambling or call it a scam process are likely to do thesame to other opportunities that seem like using money to get extra money eg cryptocurrency, trading currency pairs. Because you gambling without getting addicted is a function of discipline. It's a state of mind that you alone can build for self, so if you don't learn to control your emotions you end up messing other things up because of your mindset.

I agree with you; this set of people who always do this type of shifting blame and calling out a platform they fail to exploit are those who are too afraid to accept that they are responsible for their own actions; they always want to look for what to blame for the wrong decision that they have made in their life instead of accepting defeat and moving on.If they were able to win and be at an advantage, you wouldn’t see any thread like calling gambling a scam.

It's imperatively to note that gambling are not game that easily gives us what we need at the moment we need it but, gives us winning when we don't expect. When the luck is not there they would think that it's scam because they haven't secured any winning for at the moment but when they finally secured you would see them increasing their desires and passion to gamble, that is why what we don't know we shouldn't easily label it as scam because for long people has been benefiting from it without even mentioning scam to it because they understood how it works.