What would your reaction be in this scenario

[milewilda]

I found this rather interesting story on Twitter. A user narrated what happened when he rendered some financial assistance to someone who he had no prior knowledge was addicted to gambling.

Someone asked me for a little financial help, which I gave him. He risked the funds to play sportybet which is against my values. He won N840k on that day. He called me with excitement to inform me. I don’t event know how to feel.

What would your reaction be in this scenario

Link: https://x.com/winexviv/status/1861494504689115146

Well, if im the one who had given out some funds and turned out to be a win for him or make out some money then just feel happy on what he had experienced despite on not liking gambling yet you dont even know in the first place on where those funds be used on which you have given. Just be happy that he had turned out to be a winner rather than on being a loser on the money you have given on which at least thats a good situation.

In my case, i dont usually give out some funds into someone whom i dont know even into my close friends or relatives on which we do know that it is really that hard to earn money, if we do talk about emergencies
then i might really be that able to reconsider but if it would really be used on gambling then it would really be that a no go for me. Just like on what i have said above that there's no way that we can be able to know
on what other people been doing or into the stuffs that they are really dealing into.

There's nothing we can do if they are just gamblers and provide up some money for them to gamble. Just simply move on and since this isnt really that
a big of a concern actually.

[Frankolala]

Help is help, as long as you were happy to help him financially when he asked for the money, it shouldn't be a problem if he used the money to gamble.

It doesn't as easy as that, most people don't want to give money for gambling even though they're broke and struggling to meet their needs.

Of course, I understand what you mean but since the person in question didn't tell his friend what he wants to use the money for before he gave him the money, because assuming he said I want to gamble with the money, his friend wouldn't have given it to him. That's why I made that statement, since no one can turn back the hands of time but to correct whatever went wrong in the past. I will also not give funds to anyone for gambling because you are fueling his addiction and you don't need to gamble when you are broke.

[Oshosondy]

Help is help, as long as you were happy to help him financially when he asked for the money, it shouldn't be a problem if he used the money to gamble.

It doesn't as easy as that, most people don't want to give money for gambling even though they're broke and struggling to meet their needs.

Of course, I understand what you mean but since the person in question didn't tell his friend what he wants to use the money for before he gave him the money, because assuming he said I want to gamble with the money, his friend wouldn't have given it to him. That's why I made that statement, since no one can turn back the hands of time but to correct whatever went wrong in the past. I will also not give funds to anyone for gambling because you are fueling his addiction and you don't need to gamble when you are broke.

That is just it. He should have not used the money to gamble even if he is lucky I will not be on his side. He should learn ways to discipline himself. I hope gambling will not later affect him. To win in gambling may later be a loss. He may be arrested to the profit now and think gambling can help him win more. As we do say that if you win in gambling for the first time, it is a trap to subsequent losses. This is what might later happen if he continues to gamble.

[rodskee]

I found this rather interesting story on Twitter. A user narrated what happened when he rendered some financial assistance to someone who he had no prior knowledge was addicted to gambling.

Someone asked me for a little financial help, which I gave him. He risked the funds to play sportybet which is against my values. He won N840k on that day. He called me with excitement to inform me. I don’t event know how to feel.

What would your reaction be in this scenario

Link: https://x.com/winexviv/status/1861494504689115146

This is the dangerous part here , imagine this becomes a habit for that said person and the one who is giving aid just to gamble?
when you are giving consent to the gambler that borrowing money to gamble then you are letting both your world comes in misery .

[satscraper]

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What would your reaction be in this scenario

I would feel happy for  his luck even if it was resulted from the activity which is against my values ^{In my view gambling is not  such a crying shame to make somebody lucky.} Wondering  if that  lucky man ^{who   gained from gambling on borrowed money}  has gifted his do-gooder. ^{If it had been me I would certainly do it.}

[viljy]

I don't even know what kind of mixture of feelings there might be. Well, the feeling that I was deceived. The money that was given to him as financial aid was used for the game! It's good that he won, but what if he lost?
In general, this is a classic example of the fact that the desire to do good can eventually bring harm. Helping gamblers is generally a bad idea. Another question is that a person skillfully hides the fact that he is a gambler. And this already means intent on his part.
But the most amazing thing about this story is that the man was bragging about his winnings! This means that he does not even understand what it looks like from the side of someone who gave him money clearly not for gambling. This is one of the most striking signs of a real gambler. This is a gradual loss of conscience.

[Roseline492]

I found this rather interesting story on Twitter. A user narrated what happened when he rendered some financial assistance to someone who he had no prior knowledge was addicted to gambling.

Someone asked me for a little financial help, which I gave him. He risked the funds to play sportybet which is against my values. He won N840k on that day. He called me with excitement to inform me. I don’t event know how to feel.

What would your reaction be in this scenario

Link: https://x.com/winexviv/status/1861494504689115146

The reaction about it will be based on the ethics of the person that gave him the money because there are people who hates gambling so even if perhaps it happens he help someone financially based on the challenges they explained and it turn out that the persons main objective is to use the money for gambling and even if he win a huge amount of money the person would actually be very disappointed because he didn't just deceive him he has also broken his ethics, in other words if I'm to be the one who helped the person I wouldn't be mad at him so long as he did not lose the money because I no how hungry someone could sometimes be in gambling but is good to be sincere because breaking a trust someone has for you is something that would be very hard to redeem.

[bitbollo]

He must feel bad. it sounds a bit crazy that someone will provide money without a valid reason. Moreover I will be seriously upset for something similar to me.
It's a non-sense gamble money taken with a loan. I don't know, but this sounds as a strange scenario...
Without clear evidence or proofs we can define this just as another internet legend

[eisen33]

I found this rather interesting story on Twitter. A user narrated what happened when he rendered some financial assistance to someone who he had no prior knowledge was addicted to gambling.

Someone asked me for a little financial help, which I gave him. He risked the funds to play sportybet which is against my values. He won N840k on that day. He called me with excitement to inform me. I don’t event know how to feel.

What would your reaction be in this scenario

Link: https://x.com/winexviv/status/1861494504689115146

If you are worried about what they can do with the money that they borrow from you, then you need to ask about this before you borrow it, and after you borrowed it and the money was not used as you would like, you can’t change anything, so you shouldn’t worry about it. I think the most important thing in this situation is that they pay you back the debt, because this person could simply gamble away this money and then would not be able to return it to you.

[danherbias07]

This is going to be hard for the person who owns the money. Now, I am sure the borrower will pay up the borrowed amount but still, the lender will feel like he was taken advantage.
But let's not forget that the borrower was the one who took the risk and if he fails to win that bet then he will be in big trouble looking for a way to pay the lender.
If I were the lender, I would just put an interest on the borrowed amount and maybe forget about lending money to that person again if it is against his values just like what he said in his tweet.
Let's also imagine the position of the borrower will be if he loses in gambling.

[Alphakilo]

What I would do in this case is to ask the person to return my money. I will let him know where I stand in terms of responsible gamling. I know that he would not listen because the money he just won has closed his ears, yet that will not stop me from educating him on that. It would be tempting to receive extra in case he wants to top it.

It may sound rude but before giving out money, it will do you some good to probe further on the purpose of it. The guy would have returned to ask for another one if he had lost the one I borrowed him to gambling. Also it is your money.

Irresponsible gambling will not pay the bill rather it will lead to gambling addicition. And the person in the story is showing early signs of it.

[dansus021]

What would your reaction be in this scenario

asked me for a little financial help, which I gave him. He risked the funds to play sportybet which is against my values. the twitter owner already tell us that he gives asked for a little financial help and then he gamble it that against his values meaning this is clearly crazy I mean lets say I loan to you and then instead you using for something else you bet .

I mean for now he won the bet but what happen if he losing the bet you are gonna losing trust of someone else. My reaction gonna be like this

"Shit man you do gamble using my money and win hmmm give my money back broo I tell you to not gamble but you still doin it, WTF is wrong with you" hahah someting like that

[dimonstration]

I found this rather interesting story on Twitter. A user narrated what happened when he rendered some financial assistance to someone who he had no prior knowledge was addicted to gambling.

Someone asked me for a little financial help, which I gave him. He risked the funds to play sportybet which is against my values. He won N840k on that day. He called me with excitement to inform me. I don’t event know how to feel.

What would your reaction be in this scenario

Link: https://x.com/winexviv/status/1861494504689115146

I will glad since he will repay the borrowed money and probably with extra tip. Despite its against my values gambling his game is not mine so I don’t have any control on whatever he will do to the money as long as he will repay me.

It will be different scenario if he lie to me about the usage of the money but if he doesn’t disclose purpose of loan then I have no argument to him since he will pay me.

The important is I will get back my money already.

[vs2014]

A helper will never be happy that his friend wins money but he may be happy if his friend gives him some money. Gambling is really a matter of luck and luck is not in our hands to change if we want. There are also many people who have never lost at gambling and are more addicted to winning repeatedly. In fact you can consider it as luck and i myself have won it a few times. However, i will tell his friend to share the winnings so that both of them can enjoy the joy.

[Cantsay]

This is a bit tricky, because you have to be careful in your approach, if you just go straight ahead and tell him that he should not gamble again or try to talk him out of gambling he might think that you’re against his progress due to the fact that you just witnessed him winning a huge sum from gambling.

So the way I’ll react is to first join him celebrate his luck before I’ll then try asking him some questions letting him know that he shouldn’t be gambling too much and also point out some examples as proofs that gambling addiction can indeed lead to the destruction of one’s life if not properly handled - all these I’ll do while still trying to make him not think about me being trying to hinder his progress. Some might take it well due to the fact that I helped him once while some might just think I want them to be depending on me all the time thus the reason I brought up this issue of addiction.

[ethereumhunter]

If that person is my best friend, I will be happy and will ask him to buy food and drink and we will spends the night with all of our friends. That will be a good time to gather with all of us and talks about many things while we can enjoy our time with them a whole night.
But if he doesn't want to do that, I will not force him and lets him decide because that is his winning. About the money, I don't know what I will do and if that money is not much for me, I will not asks that.

[bittraffic]

 
Why didn't he get his money back after all this gambler already got some funds dor himself. He could give a reason that he mayblose the money gambling.

It will send a message that he isn't happy that gambke the money he lend aa it meant for assistance not for gambling capital.

[mirakal]

If that happened to me, I’d be happy because at least he can pay me back.
But I’m also worried it might lead to something worse for him—like falling deeper into gambling. The truth is, when you win early on, it sticks in your mind that you can keep winning. Honestly, it’s better for him to experience losing at the start, so he learns right away that gambling isn’t all about winning—it’s a risk where you can lose everything in just one day.

If it were my friend, I’d definitely give some advice about what could happen. A lot of gamblers today dive in just because they see others winning big, and that idea gets stuck in their heads.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I found this rather interesting story on Twitter. A user narrated what happened when he rendered some financial assistance to someone who he had no prior knowledge was addicted to gambling.

Someone asked me for a little financial help, which I gave him. He risked the funds to play sportybet which is against my values. He won N840k on that day. He called me with excitement to inform me. I don’t event know how to feel.

What would your reaction be in this scenario

Link: https://x.com/winexviv/status/1861494504689115146

Lol 😂 😂
I find this very funny to be honest, understanding that he said that gambling is against his values, which in other words, simply means that he or she detest gambling and perhaps; gamblers alike and the same.

If I was him, well, it's kinda disappointing but honestly, I think it's better to be happy for the man, atleast, for the fact that he did something with the money I gave to him and it yielded him some nice profit, I will only have to try to get my mind off the fact that he gambled with the money I gave him.

And on the other hand, it's also best to understand that the money was not lent to him, it was a financial help, which simply means that he was free to use the money for whatever he liked, and if this be the case, there is actually no reason not to rejoice with him on his win, but i honestly will be reluctant, and I mean very reluctant to render him a financial help next time, because now, the mindset will be that he will use the money for gambling.

[Jaycoinz]

Even if the game ended up being successful it was still very wrong to tell the person that rendered help to you which might have caused some inconvenience, telling the person that you gambled with what he or she gave you is totally unwise, what if he had lost the money? I'm very sure he wouldn't have said anything to the person. Gambling is a 50/50 thing, it would have been very possible to lose all that money. It's all about being lucky and taking risks but it's better to take responsible risks. It's good to know that this story didn't end badly.