Gambling for fun, a slippery road to gambling addiction

[Odohu]

The caption of this post may be a little controversial but I have to bring it up because I see that the word gambling for fun seems to be doing more harm to people than Good. Now how do one gamble for fun?

The proponents of gambling for fun claim that it is a way of gambling with small amount of money supposedly for the sole purpose of the joy, happiness, relaxation and any other thing that makes one derive pleasure in gambling. This means if you lose that small deposit, you deposit again and again without stopping until you probably run out of cash since you are catching fun and not doing it for money. The implications of this is as follow:

• Lack of accountability: since its all for fun, you will rarely care if you win or not, your aim is to continue to gamble irrespective of the outcome because everyone needs to be entertained to body and soul together in our troubled world.
• Zero regards for rules: When you gamble for fun and not for money, then you gamble with zero regards for the rules for responsible gambling.
• Bad bankroll management: Since gambling is aim at fun and not money, there will be no need for proper bankroll management because subconsciously,  you are gambling with insignificant amount even though cumulatively you may be spending more due to recklessness

There are many negative things attached to that idea of gambling for fun that end up creating more gambling addicts but for the purpose of this discussion, I want to challenge anyone who disagree with me to come up with counter argument because I still maintain that gambling for fun and not for the money is a pathway to gambling addiction.

[Finebone]

There are many negative things attached to that idea of gambling for fun that end up creating more gambling addicts but for the purpose of this discussion, I want to challenge anyone who disagree with me to come up with counter argument because I still maintain that gambling for fun and not for the money is a pathway to gambling addiction.

When you gamble just for fun, you gamble with an amount you can afford to lose, so the likelihood of you getting addicted is very low, but if you gamble with the intention of making money out of it, that's the pathway to addiction easily, unless such person that is saying that he is gambling for fun is lying, but if he is genuinely truthful to us and to himself, when gambling for fun, it will never be a do or die affair, once he is out of cash he can afford to lose, he will just take a walk than going the extra mile just to gamble the more.
So what am trying to say is that, gambling for fun will hardly get you addicted if you are being honest with yourself, because you will never go the extra mile just to gamble with money you can not afford to lose.

[Tungbulu]

• Lack of accountability: since its all for fun, you will rarely care if you win or not, your aim is to continue to gamble irrespective of the outcome because everyone needs to be entertained to body and soul together in our troubled world.

Well OP I believe this is where Budgeting or setting of gambling limits comes in, it’ll be awkward to say you’re gambling for fun when you actually don’t have a limit. For instance, you’ve got $100 in your account and you have other needs for some part of the money, let’s say $70, then you should know that your limit should be around $20-$30 right? Now if you claim you’re gambling for fun and you keep on depositing $5 every single time you lose until you’ve exceeded your limits then you’re only deceiving yourself cos you’ll be literally putting yourself under emotional and financial pressure, and there’s definitely no fun in that.
But if you’re depositing $5 each time till you’ve reached your limit, and then you stop and take a walk, having that disciple to tell yourself you’ve actually hit your limit and fun time in gambling is over, then it means you still know why you’re gambling. So the main thing is having a limit and also sticking to those limits. [/list]

[Oshosondy]

The caption of this post may be a little controversial but I have to bring it up because I see that the world gambling for fun seems to
The proponents of gambling for fun claim that it is a way of gambling with small amount of money supposedly for the sole purpose of the joy, happiness, relaxation and any other thing that makes one derive pleasure in gambling. This means if you lose that small deposit, you deposit again and again without stopping until you probably run out of cash since you are catching fun and not doing it for money. The implications of this is as follow:

This is not what gamble for fun means, gamble for fun means that you should only have small amount of money on your account on a gambling site, do not spend more than it. If you lose the money, do not be tempted to gamble with more than the amount of money. Loss and stop gambling that day until next time. Have control and make sure you lose only the amount of money that you can afford to lose. That is what gambling for fun means.

[tygeade]

There are many negative things attached to that idea of gambling for fun that end up creating more gambling addicts but for the purpose of this discussion, I want to challenge anyone who disagree with me to come up with counter argument because I still maintain that gambling for fun and not for the money is a pathway to gambling addiction.

Gambling for entertainment is a kind of justification for not continuing your gambling and if you follow this, you may prevent addiction.

If you assume that gambling for income stream, you will keep on trying and you will end up with definite addiction.

But your argument of gambling for fun (or either reason), still getting addicted happens because of prolong gambling regardless of loss or profits. If you really agree about gambling for fun, you must have limits for your playing hours.

You gamble for fun still you gamble without time constraint then obviously you will get addicted.

The reason of fun for your gambling is to limit you and NOT to keep chasing.

[Altryist]

The caption of this post may be a little controversial but I have to bring it up because I see that the world gambling for fun seems to be doing more harm to people than Gid. Now how do one gamble for fun?

The proponents of gambling for fun claim that it is a way of gambling with small amount of money supposedly for the sole purpose of the joy, happiness, relaxation and any other thing that makes one derive pleasure in gambling. This means if you lose that small deposit, you deposit again and again without stopping until you probably run out of cash since you are catching fun and not doing it for money. The implications of this is as follow:

• Lack of accountability: since its all for fun, you will rarely care if you win or not, your aim is to continue to gamble irrespective of the outcome because everyone needs to be entertained to body and soul together in our troubled world.
• Zero regards for rules: When you gamble for fun and not for money, then you gamble with zero regards for the rules for responsible gambling.
• Bad bankroll management: Since gambling is aim at fun and not money, there will be no need for proper bankroll management because subconsciously,  you are gambling with insignificant amount even though cummultely you maybe spending more due to recklessness

There are many negative things attached to that idea of gambling for fun that end up creating more gambling addicts but for the purpose of this discussion, I want to challenge anyone who disagree with me to come up with counter argument because I still maintain that gambling for fun and not for the money is a pathway to gambling addiction.

It doesn’t have to be exactly like that, because you can play gambling games responsibly by following risk management. Even if it’s a game for small amounts of money, you can turn it into something exciting instead of just losing money aimlessly, even in small sums. Gambling can be the same kind of game as many others where you aim to win, and if there are only losses, interest in such a game will quickly disappear. For all players, the main goal will always be to win, and that’s normal. If you take it more seriously, you can also make a small profit, playing for fun doesn’t exclude that.

[swogerino]

The caption of this post may be a little controversial but I have to bring it up because I see that the world gambling for fun seems to be doing more harm to people than Gid. Now how do one gamble for fun?

The proponents of gambling for fun claim that it is a way of gambling with small amount of money supposedly for the sole purpose of the joy, happiness, relaxation and any other thing that makes one derive pleasure in gambling. This means if you lose that small deposit, you deposit again and again without stopping until you probably run out of cash since you are catching fun and not doing it for money. The implications of this is as follow:

• Lack of accountability: since its all for fun, you will rarely care if you win or not, your aim is to continue to gamble irrespective of the outcome because everyone needs to be entertained to body and soul together in our troubled world.
• Zero regards for rules: When you gamble for fun and not for money, then you gamble with zero regards for the rules for responsible gambling.
• Bad bankroll management: Since gambling is aim at fun and not money, there will be no need for proper bankroll management because subconsciously,  you are gambling with insignificant amount even though cummultely you maybe spending more due to recklessness

There are many negative things attached to that idea of gambling for fun that end up creating more gambling addicts but for the purpose of this discussion, I want to challenge anyone who disagree with me to come up with counter argument because I still maintain that gambling for fun and not for the money is a pathway to gambling addiction.

It is very easy to disagree with you for the simple reason that most people do not really gamble for fun despite saying so. I don't know anyone who goes to all major providers websites and play there every day having fun playing their old and new games. I have tried myself to do so and while I had a lot of fun in Hacksaw gaming I could not just stay there and gamble only for fun. After some time I started playing for real which completely destroyed me, like me I highly doubt that there are people who are strictly playing for fun for a long period of time that they don't care about playing for real money, unfortunately there are no people only playing for fun.

[Yablee0]

Am hearing this for the first time that gambling for fun is harmful and that it can lead to addiction, in the best of my knowledge about gambles stuffs gambling for  fun I think is the best and recommendable approach in gambling because it maintains your peace of mind while gambling without fear of loosing because you have already set up a zero expectation at the whole process of your gambling activities, therefore making you not to be bordered if you loses or win all you are after is to be well entertained and catch up the whole fun in it.

Furthermore, when you pressurized your self by taking gambling as a daily job and source of survival that's what I know that can lead to gambling addiction and not the other way around.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Thats gambling and we can always lose so only just play a money you can adford to lose. Btw that’s a solid point as gambling for fun might seem harmless, but it can easily become a gateway to addiction. When people gamble under the excuse of just having fun, they often stop paying attention to how much they spend or how often they play. Over time, this lack of control builds unhealthy habits and weakens discipline. What starts as a small, harmless activity can slowly turn into a routine where losses are ignored and deposits become more frequent. In the end, gambling for fun can blur the line between entertainment and addiction. I maybe playing for fun but I make sure what I lose will not affect me on some other matter financially. Thats how you get discipline.

[libert19]

The caption of this post may be a little controversial but I have to bring it up because I see that the world gambling for fun seems to be doing more harm to people than Gid. Now how do one gamble for fun?

Tell me if I am being asshole, but you should correct the words as you meant them to be — i.e, word and good.

The proponents of gambling for fun claim that it is a way of gambling with small amount of money supposedly for the sole purpose of the joy, happiness, relaxation and any other thing that makes one derive pleasure in gambling.

I don't think gambling can give anybody joy, happiness, if you win big then ok but usually nope.

This means if you lose that small deposit, you deposit again and again without stopping until you probably run out of cash since you are catching fun and not doing it for money. The implications of this is as follow:

Gambling for fun also implies, playing with amounts you can afford to lose, and that makes rest of list mentioned, irrelevant.

...I want to challenge anyone who disagree with me to come up with counter argument because I still maintain that gambling for fun and not for the money is a pathway to gambling addiction.

Reading this I was like, woa! woa! calm down there buddy.

[Charles-Tim]

You gamble for fun still you gamble without time constraint then obviously you will get addicted.

But the constraints is not that hard to follow. For me, the constraints are not many but just one. And the one is that I use just 1% of my weekly income to gamble weekly. I do not gamble for a week, I will add it up the following week and so on until I gamble. I do not gamble more than that and it makes gambling fun for me.

[Dave1]

There are many negative things attached to that idea of gambling for fun that end up creating more gambling addicts but for the purpose of this discussion, I want to challenge anyone who disagree with me to come up with counter argument because I still maintain that gambling for fun and not for the money is a pathway to gambling addiction.

It's going to be a open-ended debate here. You don't need to challenge anyone here to have a counter argument. We even heard that there are good effects on gambling on us, Lol. Gambling for fun means that you are just playing to enjoy the game itself. But it doesn't mean that you will go and play the next day, let's say a slot game and you losses again and make yourself believed that you are having fun.

So just let be it a case to case basis. Maybe those gamblers who says it's fun is just fooling themselves. Or maybe they are really enjoying every bit even they are taking L. And then think that they are not going to be addicted and that they have total control of it.

[Odohu]

The caption of this post may be a little controversial but I have to bring it up because I see that the world gambling for fun seems to
The proponents of gambling for fun claim that it is a way of gambling with small amount of money supposedly for the sole purpose of the joy, happiness, relaxation and any other thing that makes one derive pleasure in gambling. This means if you lose that small deposit, you deposit again and again without stopping until you probably run out of cash since you are catching fun and not doing it for money. The implications of this is as follow:

This is not what gamble for fun means, gamble for fun means that you should only have small amount of money on your account on a gambling site, do not spend more than it. If you lose the money, do not be tempted to gamble with more than the amount of money. Loss and stop gambling that day until next time. Have control and make sure you lose only the amount of money that you can afford to lose. That is what gambling for fun means.

This is not the popular definition of gambling for fun and there was no limit set when explaining gambling for fun for those who believe in that concept. If you are catching fun from gambling, the moment your balance in your account finishes, you will easily deposit and continue... don't forget that people are depressed and looking for what to keep them happy. If gambling can offer than fun, then the deposit will be without restraint and this is the main point of the post.

[Joy- maker]

I disagree with everything points you are trying to make or prove here, because am a typical example of those who gamble for fun and am not addicted to it, and I don't see myself getting addicted to it, I don't waste money and I gamble with the amount I can afford to loose always. Gambling for fun maybe picture as a means of getting yourself addicted it, just as you pictured it, but that's not true, gambling for fun is when you gamble at your own time and space just to have to fun or to entertain yourself during the weekends and not on a regular basis like other do it, myself for example I only gamble on weekends and with the money I can afford to loose just for fun and to entertain myself, because where I normally go out to drink to clear my head there is a gambling office inside the premises, so I usually go there to pick some matches and stake some cash on them, that is gambling for fun bro and I have been doing it for years now still am not addicted to gambling and I can never get myself addicted, because I still have control over myself when it comes to gambling.

[ovcijisir]

Maintaining discipline and sticking to the budget that you planned to spend on gambling is at utmost importance. The budget should be decided before gambling session, and not during it. Also big trap is to deposit funds because you spent your budget and decided to extend the play. Situations like that can lead to overspending and you lose discipline by submitting to adrenaline rush.

[purple_sparkles]

You gamble for fun still you gamble without time constraint then obviously you will get addicted.

But the constraints is not that hard to follow. For me, the constraints are not many but just one. And the one is that I use just 1% of my weekly income to gamble weekly. I do not gamble for a week, I will add it up the following week and so on until I gamble. I do not gamble more than that and it makes gambling fun for me.

I also spend a small amount of money on gambling, but for me, the bigger problem is the time it can take away. That’s why I always try to complete my main tasks first it is work, household chores, workouts, and only then, if there’s time left, play gambling games or place bets. Sometimes, during the workday, I might check game statistics “just for a minute,” but it can easily pull me in. Then, when I realize I’ve wasted time and fallen behind schedule, that’s when I get mad at myself. So for me, it’s more important to control my time limits, because managing money for entertainment is actually easier than managing my time.

[Jody.Drummer]

The caption of this post may be a little controversial but I have to bring it up because I see that the world gambling for fun seems to
The proponents of gambling for fun claim that it is a way of gambling with small amount of money supposedly for the sole purpose of the joy, happiness, relaxation and any other thing that makes one derive pleasure in gambling. This means if you lose that small deposit, you deposit again and again without stopping until you probably run out of cash since you are catching fun and not doing it for money. The implications of this is as follow:

This is not what gamble for fun means, gamble for fun means that you should only have small amount of money on your account on a gambling site, do not spend more than it. If you lose the money, do not be tempted to gamble with more than the amount of money. Loss and stop gambling that day until next time. Have control and make sure you lose only the amount of money that you can afford to lose. That is what gambling for fun means.

We must understand that gambling is simply a form of entertainment, and winning is not something we should pursue. Doing so could lead to greater losses. Therefore, gamble with as little money as possible. Avoid gambling to the point of losing self-control, such as when you lose, instead of stopping, betting again to chase your winnings.
What you say is true: gambling for fun, for example, means betting only what you can afford.

[Ruttoshi]

The caption of this post may be a little controversial but I have to bring it up because I see that the word gambling for fun seems to be doing more harm to people than Gid. Now how do one gamble for fun?

The proponents of gambling for fun claim that it is a way of gambling with small amount of money supposedly for the sole purpose of the joy, happiness, relaxation and any other thing that makes one derive pleasure in gambling. This means if you lose that small deposit, you deposit again and again without stopping until you probably run out of cash since you are catching fun and not doing it for money.

As a gambler that is gambling for fun, he shouldn't be carried away with the game but should have a gambling budget for that day which you intends to gamble with. After you must have exhausted your budget, it's good for you to stop the game and call it a day.

However, if it happens that you are making profits, it means that the time for your gambling session will be extended because you still have funds in your bankroll, unlike when you were on a losing streak till you emptied your bankroll. For this reason, you have to also set a time limit for your gambling activities so that even if you are on a winning streak, the moment your time is up, you stop the game immediately.

[Showlove01]

If someone is actually gambling for fun then loss should not have effect on them because it is assume they are gambling with what they can afford to lose and sometimes gambling with what you can afford to lose doesn't mean a little amount, some folks gamble with a very good amount for fun and I have come to observe that some people who claims they are gambling for fun doesn't really gamble for fun rather they are gambling with the intension to make money or profit and with what I have seen so far I believe people that should gamble for fun are rich people not people that are struggling to survive because gambling for fun simply means that one doesn't care about the outcome so long as they are getting their own satisfaction is good for them and that sounds and seems crazy to me because I can't.

[SamReomo]

I want to challenge anyone who disagree with me to come up with counter argument because I still maintain that gambling for fun and not for the money is a pathway to gambling addiction.

I'm not here to challenge you or anyone else but surely I disagree with you. Gambling for fun doesn't mean that one has to gamble again and again to have fun. Gambling for fun means that whenever you're gambling with responsibility then have fun during that experience and not to gamble for the sake of making money from it.

There're gamblers who gamble for fun and they enjoy that experience and even if they win they stop gambling because their intention is to have fun not to make fortunes from gambling. Such fun lovers sometimes don't gamble for weeks or months but whenever they do it again, they enjoy the experience fully.