Have you ever lied to cover a gambling loss?

[Fuso.hp]

I always want to keep my gambling issues a secret from everyone, so I never share my gambling results with anyone. If I share these things with others, they might take my issues in a bad light, or they might laugh at me. I think that if I lose money while gambling, it will be my loss and if I win money, it will come into my pocket. If I share my gambling issues with others, it will create problems, so why should I share my gambling issues with others? None of my family members know that I gamble, and my family members do not like gambling, so I gamble in secret from them and I feel very comfortable gambling in this way. Maybe the same thing does not happen to everyone, but I have mentioned my personal issues here.

[Accardo]

I always want to keep my gambling issues a secret from everyone, so I never share my gambling results with anyone. If I share these things with others, they might take my issues in a bad light, or they might laugh at me. I think that if I lose money while gambling, it will be my loss and if I win money, it will come into my pocket. If I share my gambling issues with others, it will create problems, so why should I share my gambling issues with others? None of my family members know that I gamble, and my family members do not like gambling, so I gamble in secret from them and I feel very comfortable gambling in this way. Maybe the same thing does not happen to everyone, but I have mentioned my personal issues here.

Silence they say is the father of success, but in gambling it could be detrimental. You must have to be careful holding all the results and reactions to yourself just because of the assumed response you think will come of the people's mouth. Confide in someone you trust and open up whenever you feel it's needed, not about this topic anymore, that has to do with lies. I hate not saying the truth, because it hunts. Share your experiences and you'd have a better chance of not developing any kind of sudden gaming problem in the future.

[finaleshot2016]

Do you check conscious or unconsciously lied to someone or to your love ones to cover your gambling loses? And what kind of lying did you do? Did you tell that you just lost like $50 but in reality it's $500.00? Or that you lend some money to your friend, but then you go and play on casinos? Or you tell that your paycheck is short and there is something wrong with it and so you will have to ask your company's HR about it?

How about other lies that you uses because you can't admit to yourself that you've actually lost because it's a sign of weakness?

I use my own money so I don't need to cover things that are happening to my gambling activity. I know gambling for some countries is very unethical, even here in my country it's not a good thing that you gamble money so of course I won't tell anyone that I'm gambling. I don't want any advice or preach for some people about it because first of all, I'm aware and I'm not addicted to it, I'm just having fun and again, this is a personal money. So I'm keeping my gambling activities from everyone unless you're also aware of it and won't judge me.

[Fortify]

Do you check conscious or unconsciously lied to someone or to your love ones to cover your gambling loses? And what kind of lying did you do? Did you tell that you just lost like $50 but in reality it's $500.00? Or that you lend some money to your friend, but then you go and play on casinos? Or you tell that your paycheck is short and there is something wrong with it and so you will have to ask your company's HR about it?

How about other lies that you uses because you can't admit to yourself that you've actually lost because it's a sign of weakness?

I'm not a big fan of liars and strive to never do it myself - no matter how big the humiliation that might come from being honest. Sometimes it's only right to tell "white lies" which are designed to make someone feel better or get through a difficult period. That being said I can understand that younger generations take a while to mature and build enough confidence, because I think that is necessary for some people to achieve it, before they get to the same viewpoint. When it comes to gambling, because I keep the amounts small and know that its very rigged against the players in general, I have no problem sharing my many losses and few victories along the way. Once you start lying to yourself, that is when the biggest problems start and you're usually tumbling into addiction.

[iv4n]

Well, if no one knows your bankroll, then no one can even know how much of it you have spent...

Take care of the important things, and most of the money we earn should go to close ones and important things, but always have a separate wallet for yourself, your needs, and for rainy days. When you have found everything, then you can gamble and spend what's left.

When you get to a certain age, you realize that not everyone needs to know everything about you... a very small group knows what I do, the rest only know part of it. That's not lying, it's more like hiding the whole picture... but that's how it has to be and how it's better for your sake/internal peace/healthy life/fewer problems...

[OgNasty]

If I ever get to the point where I am lying about my gambling to cover up losses or save face, then I would know it is definitely time to quit.

Anytime I see myself doing any activity that I am embarrassed or ashamed of, it is always time to take a good long look at yourself.  Do things you're proud of and try to improve the world instead of shamefully hiding your behavior from others.  It feels good to help people and do good things.  Try it.

[acroman08]

Yeah, but it was a long time ago, and the reason why I covered my gambling loss is because the money I lost was meant to pay for my apartment(more like a dorm) when I was in college(that was also around the time I started to realise I had a gambling problem and needed to change). Apart from that one, I don't really see the reason to lie about my gambling loss now, I mean, the money I use now is mine, and they don't have any say on where I use my money.

[Ivystar5]

How about other lies that you uses because you can't admit to yourself that you've actually lost because it's a sign of weakness?

If you gamble with what you can afford to loss you will easily avoid all this excuses that you will finding to cover you losses.
It's nothing too much to do, I don't think I will lie to anyone about my losses because they will laugh at me because definitely I only use garbages to gamble they are never money meant for my essentials needs.

Lying to people will not change what happened, it will only bring more issues and cost you more in the nearest future because lies will be easier to develop if you lied once.

[uchegod-21]

I don't discuss my loss, discussing might give rise to lots of emotions and regrets. You all can imagine that situation you talk about the amount you lost to gambling and you'll start getting unsolicited sympathies, warnings, advice and recommendations. No matter how small the money is, you'll definitely get that emotions. It is best to let everything die off naturally.

[Lanatsa]

Do you check conscious or unconsciously lied to someone or to your love ones to cover your gambling loses? And what kind of lying did you do? Did you tell that you just lost like $50 but in reality it's $500.00? Or that you lend some money to your friend, but then you go and play on casinos? Or you tell that your paycheck is short and there is something wrong with it and so you will have to ask your company's HR about it?

How about other lies that you uses because you can't admit to yourself that you've actually lost because it's a sign of weakness?

I do play gambling but not on the sense that I would be that borrowing or would be compromising my monthly earnings on which it would be that supposedly be used for my family needs and expenses. Never ever in my life that i had put up those funds being compromised and same goes on lying with my wife because i had spend it on gambling. I'm always that sticking into the principle that I should be that only spending into the amount on which I can afford to lose on which I dont have any problems even up to now since i do help myself responsible into the actions that I do make. There are just that those times that you might feel out on wanting to borrow specially if you are that in short of funds on which this is the moment or time that you would be needing up to have that extreme discipline and control specially when it comes into your emotions on which this wont be that so simple to do. Before marriage life on which i've been a heavy gambler but that was on my college days and on the time or moment that i had been married to someone and my wife doesnt life gambling then i had stopped myself on doing so.

Now that crypto gambling did make out some noise and being becoming popular then this is where i have started up on playing gambling but of course it would be just that on secret manner and the amount isnt something that could affect my family budget but it wasnt still considered lying because she didnt asked me out. 

[Hannah$]

I used to secretly gamble online with my friend. At one point, gambling became my addiction. I would win very rarely but lose most of the time because I had no idea about gambling. When I failed at gambling, I would often lie to save my self-respect. I used to gamble to increase the money I earned from my job, but it was the biggest mistake of my life. Gambling has affected not only me but also my family. Now I understand that it is not right to lie to save your self-respect if you lose money gambling. What do you think?

[Oasisman]

How about other lies that you uses because you can't admit to yourself that you've actually lost because it's a sign of weakness?

Nah, it's not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of addiction. Having to lie about the money you have lost from gambling means you have gone beyond what you can afford to lose. So, that is considered excessive gambling behavior.
There is no need to lie about the money you have lost in gambling, because in the first place, it was your money. Not unless if you're a family man, and there should always be a portion intended to support your family's necessities.
I should say I'm lucky, I have never lied about my losses in gambling, because nobody is going to ask anyway.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

I don't think I've done this before, but its pretty clear some have done even something more worse than this in the past just to cover up their shame, it may be that they already boasted of winning a bet and when it turned a loss, they cant come out plain any longer than to pretend they won, by lying, which is a bad habit, we are not gambling to please anyone, we must also take measures towards controlling on how we speak and acted upon situations that we face in gambling, together with hoe we relate with other gamblers, things we say and so on, there's no need of pretending or lying.

[Z_MBFM]

Do you check conscious or unconsciously lied to someone or to your love ones to cover your gambling loses? And what kind of lying did you do? Did you tell that you just lost like $50 but in reality it's $500.00? Or that you lend some money to your friend, but then you go and play on casinos? Or you tell that your paycheck is short and there is something wrong with it and so you will have to ask your company's HR about it?

How about other lies that you uses because you can't admit to yourself that you've actually lost because it's a sign of weakness?

Actually I was a slave to gambling once. I found this topic completely related to myself. When I was very addicted to gambling, when I won in gambling, I would send screenshots to my friends and celebrate a lot. But when I lost, if they asked how much I lost, if my loss was $500, I would tell them $100 because they explained to me a lot that gambling is not good and that I should refrain from using it too much because too much greed and emotion will make me financially very weak. And that's why I used to lie to them so that they wouldn't think I was stupid. But now I don't realize how much the lie at that time hurt me

[Joy_learns_crypto]

Very funny question. I have lies many times to cover up my gambling loss, but I always lie to someone I know is a gambler, I won’t want to lie to someone who doesn’t gamble so they don’t start gambling because of the lie I told them.
There are times I discuss about the chances of a smaller team beating a bigger team I even brag to my friends that gamble that I will take this game. Sometimes I don’t play those bet so when ever the small team beats the bigger team and my friends as me, I know I did play the opposite which is the bigger team to win I lie to cover up that yes I did and I won the game.

[Doan9269]

There is no doubt people can lie to cover up for a loss as they gamble, because they may not want others to know what they have gone more outrageous in taking the risk in extreme and to now come back to let others know everything turned a failure seems disappointing to them and they had preferred lying than to come out to say the actual truth on how everything goes, including the loss they made and the level of risk they have taken, this is also part of the reasons to why we often advise that people should take control measures in gambling by not going beyond their capacity.

[Alphakilo]

Do you check conscious or unconsciously lied to someone or to your love ones to cover your gambling loses?

Any day that I have to tell a lie to cover my gambling loss or a lie to enable me go and gamble that is the day that I would quit gambling forever. It simply shows that I have lost myself and heading into gambling addiction.

A loss that needs a lie to cover up will also need another lie to cover it up a d that is a continue web of lies which is unhealthy. If that is yourself you need to speak up so that you can be helped.

[vanesha]

I lie occasionally but not often, only when I cross the line, I will say that there are no sales today, so I don't take the money home, I cover up my mistakes because I don't want them to be angry with me

[Tungbulu]

Silence they say is the father of success, but in gambling it could be detrimental. You must have to be careful holding all the results and reactions to yourself just because of the assumed response you think will come of the people's mouth. Confide in someone you trust and open up whenever you feel it's needed, not about this topic anymore, that has to do with lies. I hate not saying the truth, because it hunts. Share your experiences and you'd have a better chance of not developing any kind of sudden gaming problem in the future.

I honestly do not see any reason why people would resort to lying about their gambling outcome or any other thing simply because of what people might say because, first of all, regardless of what happens, people will always talk, you win or you lose, they'll always have what to talk about so the sooner people, especially gamblers stop seeking validation, the better for them. And 2ndly, losses and wins are an inevitable aspect of gambling, there's no shame in losing, and everyone losses in gambling and there's no point lying about it.

[Dunamisx]

I don't see a reason to why we should lie in gambling, because over time now, i observe on the way some have been disguising with the way they gamble all in the name of not being recognized a failure in playing bets, some will even go to a certain extent to cook out some lies in other to impress others, which is not what we should allow to continue as we are gambling, because everything at the long run will turn a disappointment and we are going to be double times shamed after being discovered we are lying