Survey: Understanding Gamblers and Their Feelings

[viljy]

Of course, I bet (on sports) in order to win money. This is my main goal in betting. Adrenaline is almost absent as a factor here, because I don't perceive sports betting as a gambling game, maybe to a small extent.

But in gambling, besides the desire to win, there is also the desire for adrenaline. However, these two goals are interrelated, I would not be able to separate them. This means that if I lose, I won't comfort myself with the fact that "but I got adrenaline and thrills." Instead, there will be a gloomy mood. Adrenaline is secondary after all. It's like an exquisite dessert after the main course (winning money), or if you like, adrenaline is a hint of taste, an aftertaste of wine (winning), to use gastronomic metaphors.

I don't think gambling will help you get rid of stress or problems. If you lose, it will be even worse. And winning can't solve a really serious problem.

As for the pastime, it is possible to spend time more productively than gambling. You need to gamble purposefully, with pleasure, and not from idleness.

[Lanatsa]

There are a lot of players on the forum and it's always interesting to understand each other's motivations, which can sometimes be surprising and unexpected ...

_Win money

I would really be lying to myself if we do speak about having that no money intention at the time or moment that you do play gambling on which even if you do have that kind of mindset on trying out to have entertainment but as far you do go ahead on trying out to have some fun then it will eventually be making out that kind of changes on aim on which you will be definitely be trying out to make money or targeting profits. Although, not all people will really be just that the same when it comes into this aspect on where there will really be those kind of changes and this isnt really that shocking anymore.  Feelings will really be just that the same, there might be some different on initial aspect but still ending up on the same path.

Everything will really be that depending on your approach because if you do let that gambling controls you then you do end up on having that miserable life. Failures will really be that the main result at the time or moment that you do make yourself that tolerating that gambling urge. Never ever make yourself gambling controls you because if you do then you will be ending up on having some problems and if you dont like on having that miserable life then you should be needing up that control. Gambling isnt bad as long you do make yourself having that good control towards it.

[Fiatless]

There are a lot of players on the forum and it's always interesting to understand each other's motivations, which can sometimes be surprising and unexpected ...

The "pass time" option should have been 'fun or entertainment '. I gamble mainly for fun and money, since there is no fun option, my choice is money. And I think this is the two best reasons for gamblers to place bets. People who gamble due to an adrenaline rush or to avoid pressure or stress should reconsider their motives. Having a strong or uncontrollable feeling to gamble can lead to addiction. Stress is part of life, so we should seek other means to handle it instead of depending on gambling.

[bakasabo]

I have selected "Feel an adrenaline rush" as I though these selection is for getting emotions. It is always nice to win money, but that is not my goal. I gamble not so often, dont make a lot of bets, the amount I could have won and lost isnt significant. I cant dedicate a lot of time to gambling to aim on a money win. I would better get those money without any risk by working. I would never use gambling to escape stress and problems, as it can do completely opposite. Passing time while gambling also is not my choice, as I have more useful activities to kill time. So getting emotions and adrenaline is my choice. I would better bet once, but on a game I really want to see, and a bet would only add more desire to find out who is better.

[peter0425]

The "pass time" option should have been 'fun or entertainment '. I gamble mainly for fun and money, since there is no fun option, my choice is money.

It is almost understood that when we say passing time, that it is for entertainment because you would not pass the time doing something you do not like. When we say pass the time, it means we were bored previously and need something to keep us entertained until time passes by us.

And I think this is the two best reasons for gamblers to place bets. People who gamble due to an adrenaline rush or to avoid pressure or stress should reconsider their motives. Having a strong or uncontrollable feeling to gamble can lead to addiction. Stress is part of life, so we should seek other means to handle it instead of depending on gambling.

I share the same opinion. One who seeks out that adrenaline spike will be most likely to end up falling in an addiction because he will keep chasing that feeling. Meanwhile, if you destressor is gambling and every time you are stressed you spend money to me that sounds like an awaiting gambling addiction to be realized. Things that make an individual unstable mentally should not be the reason for gambling.

[ethereumhunter]

I choose three options which is escape stress but not problems because problems should not be avoid but it needs to be solved by us. While pass the time is a good selection for me because if I have a spare time, I will use it for playing gambling but that will not be the activities that I will always do.

While other reason is have fun inside the gambling. These three options will be my choice to playing gambling but I realize that other people will have their own choice that will be different than me. Some of them will choose win money so that will not be a problem for me because every people will have their responsibility of what they choose.

[mammusu]

If I am to choose, I'll select the three.

- Win money

- escape stress or problems

- pass time

To be honest, these are the reasons why a gambler gambles. We tend to think of the money, to have fun and to just pastime.

The three things you said above are obviously one of the reasons for someone to gamble, but when someone is able to take responsibility in the gambling they do, of course these 3 things will not have the potential to make someone addicted, but what we see now happening is the opposite of what you say, when someone gambles to win money,  escape from stress and pass time, in the end they only lose money which causes a lot of wasted time to chase uncertain winnings, so in the end they are trapped with a greater sense of stress and frustration with the new problems that come into their lives due to gambling, so in the end maybe they will look for an other escape from the existing problems instead of just stress .

[Darker45]

It's hard to choose only one.

I think I don't gamble for the same reason all the time. There are times when I'm in the mood to make money by gambling. I sometimes have this funny illusion that it's my lucky day, so I gamble.

At other times, I gamble because I'm bored and I don't seem to have anything else to do. Sometimes, it's my friends who invite and convince me to gamble.

However, I never gambled because I'm in a deep emotional state.

[danherbias07]

I hate it when I lose and I guess most gamblers feel the same way.
When I am winning though, it feels different and I enjoy playing again but there's this greed that is like a black hole sucking you in and you always want more after a high multiplier win.
Still, I am choosing the "win". Who doesn't want to win? That's the real purpose on why many people gamble, they want to win but sometimes it just gets out of hand and gamblers lose control and so there comes addiction or financial problems. Thankfully, I am not there yet and I have no intention to be in that position. If I lose, I'd rather take my rest.

[aioc]

There are a lot of players on the forum and it's always interesting to understand each other's motivations, which can sometimes be surprising and unexpected ...

Gambler feel all of these motivations, some most of the time, others from time to time

Win money / Escape stress or problems / Feel an adrenaline rush / Pass the time,

  I feel all of these all the time I gamble; we are just humans; even if we gamble to get out from stress, we are sometimes motivated to win money when there is a chance to win money, and there are times that we missed the adrenaline rush after some days of not playing. My main motivation to play is to escape stress because I miss the adrenaline and had thoughts about winning money.

[Su-asa]

There are a lot of players on the forum and it's always interesting to understand each other's motivations, which can sometimes be surprising and unexpected ...

Understanding the motives of other players through online forums or through gambling forum can help us to understand the motives of other gamblers and also gives us the opportunities to understand the reasons we are gambling. However, I believed that if one don't respond to you, you can not know their minds. You can know the motive of a gambler through the way he speaks, although some day they gamble for fun but while they gamble and lose they become depressed and angry.

[sompitonov]

I hate it when I lose and I guess most gamblers feel the same way.
When I am winning though, it feels different and I enjoy playing again but there's this greed that is like a black hole sucking you in and you always want more after a high multiplier win.
Still, I am choosing the "win". Who doesn't want to win? That's the real purpose on why many people gamble, they want to win but sometimes it just gets out of hand and gamblers lose control and so there comes addiction or financial problems. Thankfully, I am not there yet and I have no intention to be in that position. If I lose, I'd rather take my rest.

My thoughts and feelings in the game are similar to yours, and if I lose, I close the game and will not return there for several days, sometimes even weeks, if the loss is larger. But when I win, I watched as my blood pressure jumps, my heart starts beating faster than usual and I want to win more. This can be called awakened greed, or something else, but I want to win more and more, there is even such a fairy tale that one man could not stop when gold coins were flying at him. I compare myself with him and understand that from the outside it looks funny, you always need to take your winnings and leave without great stupidity and not believe that gold coins will rain down on us endlessly.

[Davidvictorson]

There are a lot of players on the forum and it's always interesting to understand each other's motivations, which can sometimes be surprising and unexpected ...

My motivations for gambling is not static, it is dynamic. It changes from time to time. There are days I play with the intention to win and when I don't it hurts even though I use money that I can afford to lose. There are other days that it is to burn off steam. It happens rarely but it does happen. To pass time, yes. On some other days, it is a combination of all of them, three of them, two of them. It changes but the principles and strategies behind them it don't change. You must gamble responsibly regardless of my motivations.

[Charles-Tim]

I hate it when I lose and I guess most gamblers feel the same way.
When I am winning though, it feels different and I enjoy playing again but there's this greed that is like a black hole sucking you in and you always want more after a high multiplier win.
Still, I am choosing the "win". Who doesn't want to win? That's the real purpose on why many people gamble, they want to win but sometimes it just gets out of hand and gamblers lose control and so there comes addiction or financial problems. Thankfully, I am not there yet and I have no intention to be in that position. If I lose, I'd rather take my rest.

My thoughts and feelings in the game are similar to yours, and if I lose, I close the game and will not return there for several days, sometimes even weeks, if the loss is larger. But when I win, I watched as my blood pressure jumps, my heart starts beating faster than usual and I want to win more. This can be called awakened greed, or something else, but I want to win more and more, there is even such a fairy tale that one man could not stop when gold coins were flying at him. I compare myself with him and understand that from the outside it looks funny, you always need to take your winnings and leave without great stupidity and not believe that gold coins will rain down on us endlessly.

This reminds me of 3 months ago when I lost $50 on Stake. It was on parley with just 3 matches. That was against my gambling plan which is 1% of weekly income. I stopped gambling since that time until a week ago when I felt like not to lose an opportunity with three matches with 1.6 odds in total. I bet on the matches in parley with $9.9 to win $15.8 and I won it. Nobody likes to lose in anything we are doing.

[rahmad2nd]

There are a lot of players on the forum and it's always interesting to understand each other's motivations, which can sometimes be surprising and unexpected ...

There are many reasons for us to gamble, apart from winning money. basically we will always be interested in something that attracts attention, especially those that contain prizes or money. initially we are interested and try because there is a reward in a gambling game, to where we have experience and understanding of gambling itself. from the poll you posted in this thread I am pretty sure the choices you provide can represent what we want to say. for example, sometimes we feel bored and want to spend time gambling. can also escape from the problems being faced, or want the adrenaline sensation of betting or gambling. we have various reasons, what is certain is that the involvement of money and its prizes cannot be separated. well, in some cases we gamble for a specific purpose, yes like the points you made a poll. but it all depends on the situation and conditions, it doesn't have to be with money. although, money can never be separated from gambling.

[Laden12]

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[lovesmayfamilis]

I could list several options, but the most important thing to me is having a good time. I have no illusions, and I always remember that gambling can hardly be assessed as a place where I am guaranteed to be given some bonuses and profit, so I am not an active player, and I play only when I have free time and extra money. But of course, without a rush of adrenaline and the desire to win, no game will pass, which means you can answer all the points simultaneously.

[Wexnident]

There are a lot of players on the forum and it's always interesting to understand each other's motivations, which can sometimes be surprising and unexpected ...

Kinda wanted to answer two, passing time and the adrenaline rush. Nothing new nor interesting really, but it is exciting! I mean I'm pretty sure a lot of us, regardless of goals, always feel that adrenaline rush every now and then.

And not that I hate money tbf, if I win then great really. Just that, I like to think of money as a sort of bonus to whenever I play. Like somehow I'm playing an MMO of sorts and I just get some real life money out of nowhere every now and then after some side quests lol. Makes for not making it my main goal (and not chasing it) a lot easier.

[nimogsm]

I would choose several points: of course, it is a feeling of excitement and adrenaline and as a bonus it is the possibility of winning money, this is the basis of gambling. The point "escape from reality" in the form of stress and problems is a very dangerous point, since this is already emotional instability and this is a signal that it is time to contact a specialist, since these are the first steps to depression and addiction.

[joniboini]

I wonder if we have a thread like this in the past. While the poll is limited it's still a good data source assuming people vote regularly. I'd suggest OP keep updating this thread once in a while to push the thread back. That being said, it can turn into spam quite fast if the discussion is not moderated at all. At the time of writing, we get around 35 replies but only 20 votes so it shows that some people don't vote but comment on the thread. Not really a big deal but do suggest that the nature of this topic can lead to spam.