What is your definition of gambling for fun?

[Lannakosa]

I doubt that those who are professional in gambling can make money for sure, still if it is called gambling I think they are the same as other players in general by not being able to make money for sure in gambling because even professional brands still need luck to be able to win in their gambling. So it is unlikely that a professional can make money consistently or for sure. Everyone who gambles definitely wants to get a win or profit, many cases of the destruction of someone's life are because they gamble in the wrong way, namely chasing victory while it will actually only make them miserable.

Frequent losses will upset players, maybe in this sense gambling can really make players unhappy. And for entertainment, it can be gambling, in which there are almost no risks. For example, when the bet is so insignificant that losing will not even make you upset and such bets are not frequent, then gambling will not be tiring and will not bring the player a big loss, in this case it will definitely be for entertainment.

[Danydee]

What is your definition of gambling for fun?

Fur fun ??

That is what gambling should be.. Surely, there have been players who manage to make a profit betting on sports or playing PvP games like poker, and even some are making a living from sports betting....

but, for the gambling depending on hazard.. it should be for fun, nothing more. That's for many reasons.. avoid becoming addicted, and the maths behinds that are ruling the casinos are formal: The house always wins! The RTP are negative, so why even bother trying doing something that is impossible! The more you play, the more you lose... obstinating playing thinking of you that you will recover your losses just makes you lose more..

So keep it for fun, that's also keeping you in cool mind when you play.. thing that is in regard of some theories do positive influance over your chances in the game !

[Smartprofit]

For me, gambling for fun means that I do not aim to make money from gambling. My sources of income on a regular basis are employment, business, trading and investing. I realize that the result of my gambling can be either a win or a loss.

I cannot control chaos, I cannot manage chaos. No one can control chaos.

At the same time, as a millennial, self-development and self-improvement are very important to me. I perceive many things in life as learning, as an opportunity to learn something and become better.

In the process of gambling, I plan to better understand the mathematical theory of probability, as well as to increase my tolerance for risk.

[Oluwa-btc]

That got me thinking, how do you personally define "gambling for fun"?

For me, as someone looking to improve and eventually turn a profit, I don’t really see gambling as just entertainment. If I did, I probably wouldn’t take it seriously, and I'd just keep losing without much thought.

In life you'll always see the two sides of everything and basically in gambling people see gambling for fun as something entirely different, for instance you may be gambling with little amount each day and decide not to get anything from it but there are people who are very certain about their targets while gambling, they tend to get something out of it, so all of this boils down to the fact that they serve as fun and entertainment for a gambler so therefore any of this could be taken to say one is gambling for fun, because just as you earn money you are having fun and when you are doing it responsibly you are also gambling for fun.

[Huppercase]

For me, as someone looking to improve and eventually turn a profit, I don’t really see gambling as just entertainment. If I did, I probably wouldn’t take it seriously, and I'd just keep losing without much thought.

The real excitement for me comes from the challenge, not just the thrill. Even when I lose, it pushes me to improve rather than simply shrugging it off as part of the fun, that’s why I don’t fully agree with the idea of gambling being just for fun, it means more to me than that.

This topic has been long over discuss and many opinions has been voiced out but here is a thing. If you are gambling for fun or gambling for the money, make sure that you are gambling responsibly, doing this alone has solved half of the problems and challenges we do encountered in gambling ecosystem. Imagine that you gamble for money and you also gamble for fun and you buy gamble with the lowest amount of money in your accounts, even if anything happens you wouldn't feel pain regardless of your intention of gambling.

Gamble all you want but be responsible, don't fall for the trick of gambling all your money into something that is one chance of winning and one chance of losing. Don't gamble all your money because you are excited about it, don't gamble all your money because you see people doing to the same thing. This is one of the quickest way to lose your money and lastly, don't gamble because you see other people are gambling, it usually don't end well.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Discussing the risks in gambling, this is like an important part that will indeed happen and no player can avoid it, people who gamble for fun will be aware of this risk but with their goal of seeking profit they tend to ignore it.

It is very true, but I think that most people play to win. Well, the only thing I do play is as a means of entertainment and to spend a different time, and that is because I really like animation, music and what it produces, are the slots. For me, I see the slots as a total entertainment where you can spend a different and pleasant time.

In the rest of the games, I do play thinking about winning, but being clear that if I spend my money willing to lose, then I don't play anymore and that's it, that's it, and I wait to play in another game session, whether it be the next day, two days or in a week.

[Ndabagi01]

It is quite reasonable and I think that many people who gamble experience something like this where they want to get more wins when they have succeeded in winning in gambling, for people who cannot control themselves they will continue gambling by pursuing victory even though they have won but for people who are smart in taking advantage of the interesting situation, the victory that has been obtained is one of the options that is most likely to be done.

Discussing the risks in gambling, this is like an important part that will indeed happen and no player can avoid it, people who gamble for fun will be aware of this risk but with their goal of seeking profit they tend to ignore it.

Those gambling for fun will not mind of the money they will lose when they gamble but will always want to be better in their choice of gambling and winning. Even when there is no reward to a game or something you like doing, you’ll always want to be on the positive side and be proud you always achieve victory in it.

Gambling for fun for some other people will be to risk what you can afford to lose in a bet, when you play games using that strategy, when losses are incur, you won’t feel bad and be emotionally down to say that you’ve lost something big, it will just be like a normal day like you never gambled and loss any money.

[Fredomago]

I doubt that those who are professional in gambling can make money for sure, still if it is called gambling I think they are the same as other players in general by not being able to make money for sure in gambling because even professional brands still need luck to be able to win in their gambling. So it is unlikely that a professional can make money consistently or for sure. Everyone who gambles definitely wants to get a win or profit, many cases of the destruction of someone's life are because they gamble in the wrong way, namely chasing victory while it will actually only make them miserable.

Frequent losses will upset players, maybe in this sense gambling can really make players unhappy. And for entertainment, it can be gambling, in which there are almost no risks. For example, when the bet is so insignificant that losing will not even make you upset and such bets are not frequent, then gambling will not be tiring and will not bring the player a big loss, in this case it will definitely be for entertainment.

Yeah, if the amount is not that huge and the way you are playing is just to achieve the entertainment that you are aiming then it can be treated as for the sole purpose of enjoyment, though it's going to be different if you are already using huge amount of money and you are already pushing for money, that's going to affect your decision making and most of the time ends up regretting after losing your money.

[Sonia_123]

I've come across plenty of gambling discussions, and even when the topic is strictly about strategies, there are always people chiming in that gambling should be just for fun.

That got me thinking, how do you personally define "gambling for fun"?

For me, as someone looking to improve and eventually turn a profit, I don’t really see gambling as just entertainment. If I did, I probably wouldn’t take it seriously, and I'd just keep losing without much thought.

The real excitement for me comes from the challenge, not just the thrill. Even when I lose, it pushes me to improve rather than simply shrugging it off as part of the fun, that’s why I don’t fully agree with the idea of gambling being just for fun, it means more to me than that.

Gambling is a fun for those who can control their gambling habits and believe in winning big some day, these set of persons set limits on time and money they spend in gambling, they don't take huge amount of money or ATM cards with them when going to gambling centers and they may not gamble online. These player takes it as a way of relaxing themselves in any of their spare time or to find relief when they are moody, stressed out or angry and some person takes it as their only social activity,they enjoy the experience and don't give problems.

[Muba20]

It is quite reasonable and I think that many people who gamble experience something like this where they want to get more wins when they have succeeded in winning in gambling, for people who cannot control themselves they will continue gambling by pursuing victory even though they have won but for people who are smart in taking advantage of the interesting situation, the victory that has been obtained is one of the options that is most likely to be done.

Discussing the risks in gambling, this is like an important part that will indeed happen and no player can avoid it, people who gamble for fun will be aware of this risk but with their goal of seeking profit they tend to ignore it.

Those gambling for fun will not mind of the money they will lose when they gamble but will always want to be better in their choice of gambling and winning. Even when there is no reward to a game or something you like doing, you’ll always want to be on the positive side and be proud you always achieve victory in it.

Gambling for fun for some other people will be to risk what you can afford to lose in a bet, when you play games using that strategy, when losses are incur, you won’t feel bad and be emotionally down to say that you’ve lost something big, it will just be like a normal day like you never gambled and loss any money.

If gambling is used as a means of entertainment, the gambler can enjoy the bet and if he loses the bet, he does not feel remorse. This issue needs to be given importance in gambling. There are many who cannot lose but they will place the bet, as a result, when they lose the bet, they lose their control. They do not realize the bet at that time but are afraid of losing. But when a gambler is afraid of losing or cannot lose but places the bet, they cannot always take good decisions. Their decisions are always negative. In my opinion, if I lose the bet I place, then it can be gambling for fun if I am not affected by any kind of remorse. If gambling can be taken as fun, a gambler will get the opportunity to conduct controlled gambling.

[GeorgeJohn]

If gambling is used as a means of entertainment, the gambler can enjoy the bet and if he loses the bet, he does not feel remorse. This issue needs to be given importance in gambling. There are many who cannot lose but they will place the bet, as a result, when they lose the bet, they lose their control. They do not realize the bet at that time but are afraid of losing. But when a gambler is afraid of losing or cannot lose but places the bet, they cannot always take good decisions. Their decisions are always negative. In my opinion, if I lose the bet I place, then it can be gambling for fun if I am not affected by any kind of remorse. If gambling can be taken as fun, a gambler will get the opportunity to conduct controlled gambling.

People claims that gambling is for fun whereas they have another interior motive why the gamble, anyone who says gambling is just an ordinary entertainment, that person is telling people a false information, people have remorse when they lose in gambling and some persons doesn't come out to enjoy life when they lose, but they will claims on the process of participating in a gambling that they are gambling because of entertainment, whereas their interior motive is to make profit in gambling, so let us not be deceived by anyone concerning gambling, everyone who partake in gamble is seeking for profit from gambling.

[Rengga Jati]

But if you lose your money more than you can afford in gambling, that will not be fun because you will regret it and want to get your losses money back. Having fun in gambling mean you use some money you can afford to lose and stop gambling when you think it is enough to gambling.

Dude, it will be no longer gambling for fun if you use the amount of money that you don't afford to lose. Gambling for fun will always be done with free money, means small funds that we don't care if we lose it. So, people who are very serious to chase the win and use big amount of money, they never think about fun in gambling.

You will not keep playing gambling when your money is almost run out. You will not trying to earn money from gambling because you understand that gambling is not like a job. You just have fun in gambling in your spare time and to playing gambling too often.

Even people understand it, they don't care if they are too obsessed to get huge money from gambling. When they have no longer money in their pocket, they may try to take a loan. This happens in many people because they never assume gambling is a place for fun but it is a place for earning huge money.

[EarnOnVictor]

I doubt that those who are professional in gambling can make money for sure, still if it is called gambling I think they are the same as other players in general by not being able to make money for sure in gambling because even professional brands still need luck to be able to win in their gambling. So it is unlikely that a professional can make money consistently or for sure. Everyone who gambles definitely wants to get a win or profit, many cases of the destruction of someone's life are because they gamble in the wrong way, namely chasing victory while it will actually only make them miserable.

Frequent losses will upset players, maybe in this sense gambling can really make players unhappy. And for entertainment, it can be gambling, in which there are almost no risks. For example, when the bet is so insignificant that losing will not even make you upset and such bets are not frequent, then gambling will not be tiring and will not bring the player a big loss, in this case it will definitely be for entertainment.

A well-planned gambling can't be shortchanged for anything, that mind of being in control alone goes a long way. I wanted to fault your first statement but the ending notes have said it all because frequent losses should be weighed with the preparedness of the gambler (mindset) and the budget/limit (size of wagering). If it is for fun, the amounts will definitely be ridiculously low, so what harm can that do if you can afford far more?

[fruktik]

Frequent losses will upset players, maybe in this sense gambling can really make players unhappy. And for entertainment, it can be gambling, in which there are almost no risks. For example, when the bet is so insignificant that losing will not even make you upset and such bets are not frequent, then gambling will not be tiring and will not bring the player a big loss, in this case it will definitely be for entertainment.

It's not just about getting something from the casino, but also about enjoying the process itself. Where will it come from if there is a series of failures and the money just evaporates, as if it never existed? Well, that's not an occupation, to be honest. This definitely doesn't suit me. I like the moments when the deposit increases at least sometimes, and does not constantly disappear right before my eyes.

I remember many such moments. It irritates and makes you spend even more. Thus, there is a desire to win back all the time, and this already leads to gambling addiction.

[ethereumhunter]

As I wrote earlier, I had a very strong gambling addiction. I lost a large sum of money and still owed not only my friends, but also banks. Not long ago I was able to close the last payment on the loan. Do you understand? I took out a loan in order to gamble again and again. It's just a real nightmare. I would not wish what I had to go through after all this on anyone.

I could not even imagine that I could go down such a hole from which there would be no way out, as it seemed to me at the time. Fortunately, I came to my senses in time and began to take radical measures to cope with the consequences of my unreasonable decisions.

Yes, I understand about that. If you can close the last payment on the loan, that will be good for you because your burden lifted with doing the last payment. That will be your valuable lesson that can make you change your life. You can manage yourself and will not take any loan because you already see what is the consequences and you must really stop yourself from the loan. When you can aware with the wrong thing that you do in gambling and you can stop gambling immediately, you will take your time to check yourself and other things related to you.

[xenomorfo]

Yes, it should be like that, meaning that a gambler should consider that the money they bet is a tool to be exchanged for pleasure or entertainment which means that they will not have any thoughts of getting profit or it can also be said that the profit for them is the pleasure they get from the game they have played such as getting a sensation from the increase in dopamine levels they feel, I think that's how we should treat gambling, like entertainment in general such as going to the movies or going on vacation to a tourist spot in which situation don't we never think about getting profit in the form of money after the vacation? of course, and this is the approach that should be applied to gambling because it will never work to make gambling a place to earn income.

Also because you can't control luck. See for example poker who is the game i know and played with friends. You can be as good as you want, but if you don't get the cards, there is little to do you will be destined to lose.
You can't control anything about the game, so what the point of investing and trying to profit from it. That the main mistake.
You just risk getting hurt if you want to earn with the game.

[nara1892]

If gambling is used as a means of entertainment, the gambler can enjoy the bet and if he loses the bet, he does not feel remorse. This issue needs to be given importance in gambling. There are many who cannot lose but they will place the bet, as a result, when they lose the bet, they lose their control. They do not realize the bet at that time but are afraid of losing. But when a gambler is afraid of losing or cannot lose but places the bet, they cannot always take good decisions. Their decisions are always negative. In my opinion, if I lose the bet I place, then it can be gambling for fun if I am not affected by any kind of remorse. If gambling can be taken as fun, a gambler will get the opportunity to conduct controlled gambling.

People claims that gambling is for fun whereas they have another interior motive why the gamble, anyone who says gambling is just an ordinary entertainment, that person is telling people a false information, people have remorse when they lose in gambling and some persons doesn't come out to enjoy life when they lose, but they will claims on the process of participating in a gambling that they are gambling because of entertainment, whereas their interior motive is to make profit in gambling, so let us not be deceived by anyone concerning gambling, everyone who partake in gamble is seeking for profit from gambling.

Basically, there are quite a lot of two-faced people or can also be said as hypocrites where they say Yes in front of you but behind your back they say No, the same thing with gambling for entertainment but actually they are looking for victory in it, and if for example you want to know about what the real purpose of someone involved in gambling is then look at their reaction when they experience defeat, because they will never be able to lie to themselves when they are in that situation, at least there will definitely be a feeling of annoyance and a facial expression that is far from happy which can be interpreted that they gamble to seek victory, but on the other hand overall it is clear that gambling is always recommended to only be used as entertainment, and one of the reasons why many people suggest only betting with small amounts is so that when we lose we don't feel upset and when we win we can enjoy the results of the victory.

[Hispo]

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As I wrote earlier, I had a very strong gambling addiction. I lost a large sum of money and still owed not only my friends, but also banks. Not long ago I was able to close the last payment on the loan. Do you understand? I took out a loan in order to gamble again and again. It's just a real nightmare. I would not wish what I had to go through after all this on anyone.

I could not even imagine that I could go down such a hole from which there would be no way out, as it seemed to me at the time. Fortunately, I came to my senses in time and began to take radical measures to cope with the consequences of my unreasonable decisions.

You are the first person I have seen online who openly admits to have taken loans to gamble and was able to close those loans successfully, which is very impressive, would you not mind to share more about your story with us, though? How much of your income were your borrowing from banks and how much accumulated wager you managed to reach before you realized there was something wrong going on with you?
How much time did it take you to pay all the money and did your friend ask you for interest? I am sure the banks did because that is part of their business, but usually friends (true friends) won't charge any meaningful interest to their loved ones.

Anyways, I am glad you have managed to get all under control and you are more responsible with your money and what you do with it.

[Muba20]

If gambling is used as a means of entertainment, the gambler can enjoy the bet and if he loses the bet, he does not feel remorse. This issue needs to be given importance in gambling. There are many who cannot lose but they will place the bet, as a result, when they lose the bet, they lose their control. They do not realize the bet at that time but are afraid of losing. But when a gambler is afraid of losing or cannot lose but places the bet, they cannot always take good decisions. Their decisions are always negative. In my opinion, if I lose the bet I place, then it can be gambling for fun if I am not affected by any kind of remorse. If gambling can be taken as fun, a gambler will get the opportunity to conduct controlled gambling.

People claims that gambling is for fun whereas they have another interior motive why the gamble, anyone who says gambling is just an ordinary entertainment, that person is telling people a false information, people have remorse when they lose in gambling and some persons doesn't come out to enjoy life when they lose, but they will claims on the process of participating in a gambling that they are gambling because of entertainment, whereas their interior motive is to make profit in gambling, so let us not be deceived by anyone concerning gambling, everyone who partake in gamble is seeking for profit from gambling.

Basically, there are quite a lot of two-faced people or can also be said as hypocrites where they say Yes in front of you but behind your back they say No, the same thing with gambling for entertainment but actually they are looking for victory in it, and if for example you want to know about what the real purpose of someone involved in gambling is then look at their reaction when they experience defeat, because they will never be able to lie to themselves when they are in that situation, at least there will definitely be a feeling of annoyance and a facial expression that is far from happy which can be interpreted that they gamble to seek victory, but on the other hand overall it is clear that gambling is always recommended to only be used as entertainment, and one of the reasons why many people suggest only betting with small amounts is so that when we lose we don't feel upset and when we win we can enjoy the results of the victory.

If we can analyze deeply, then whatever the gambler says directly, indirectly interested in getting money, it is true. Every gambler is definitely interested in winning money. No one wants to lose intentionally. However, there are some who only want to win, while there are some who enjoy gambling between wins and losses. There are many gamblers who, if they lose, feel regret for a while, they recover quickly and try to gamble again. The goal of some is to gain a lot of money from gambling, while others are happy with a little money. Due to this difference, the gambling behavior of gamblers also changes. A gambler will be successful if he can develop an attitude of losing, not for the purpose of earning money, but for enjoying gambling and gambling in the long term.

[Zadicar]

I've come across plenty of gambling discussions, and even when the topic is strictly about strategies, there are always people chiming in that gambling should be just for fun.

That got me thinking, how do you personally define "gambling for fun"?

For me, as someone looking to improve and eventually turn a profit, I don’t really see gambling as just entertainment. If I did, I probably wouldn’t take it seriously, and I'd just keep losing without much thought.

The real excitement for me comes from the challenge, not just the thrill. Even when I lose, it pushes me to improve rather than simply shrugging it off as part of the fun, that’s why I don’t fully agree with the idea of gambling being just for fun, it means more to me than that.

Gambling is a fun for those who can control their gambling habits and believe in winning big some day, these set of persons set limits on time and money they spend in gambling, they don't take huge amount of money or ATM cards with them when going to gambling centers and they may not gamble online. These player takes it as a way of relaxing themselves in any of their spare time or to find relief when they are moody, stressed out or angry and some person takes it as their only social activity,they enjoy the experience and don't give problems.

When you do have that sense of responsibility then you wont really be putting up yourself on such danger no matter what are the things that you would really be that dealing into since you do have that awareness into the things that you are really that dealing with and now we are speaking about gambling on which this is something that really needs up that proper control and moderation specially on spending up money, on the time that you would be making yourself having that kind of impulsive approach towards it then you are just that showing up some problems about addiction on which we know that this do becomes even more worst as the time passes by because if you cant be able to have that self control then that will really be a huge problem later on.