Who is a gambler?

[GeorgeJohn]

Have you ever met someone who is in denial about their gambling habits and refuses to be called a gambler? They downplay their losses and avoid taking responsibility, instead blaming other people when things don’t go the way they hoped. There’s nothing wrong with admitting that we gamble. Being a gambler isn’t the problem the real issue is losing control. As long as we can manage it responsibly, honesty with ourselves matters most.

I have not seen anyone who gambles and refused to be called a gambler. I have only witnessed those who refuse to take responsibility for their losses. Instead, they blame others and something else for it. They can never be bold enough to accept that this game was lost because of their own mistake, or it's never in their control, such person even if they claim to be a gambler are not supposed to be called one since they don't truly admit of taking risk on their own.

Every gambler must have an excuse to present in order to calm down it anger and order to be free from frustration so I believe there are so many of us today who is into gambling knows one or two things that make them to pour out their anger whenever then lose in the gambling, so that is why we are emphasizing everyday that we should control our gambling emotions so that it will not lead us into the negative way

[Tungbulu]

And by Google definition, all which you have mentioned and things which we all look at as to what falls under who is a gambler and who is not align together. As far as you use anything at all which value can be placed on to stake on something else which the outcome is not 100% certain, the person is a gambler. It does not matter how much they stake,, how they react after betting, etc.

Then I guess this means we’ve been gambling even as kids, because I remember back the. When we were still kids, my friends and I would stake our stuffs and even lunch at school to make a bet amongst each others, even if sometimes we don’t stick to our own end of the bargain when/if we eventually lose but regardless, it was still gambling after all.

[Mehmet69]

Anyone who has gambled at least once in their life is also a gambler. I also gamble occasionally for fun.

But we generally call those who are addicted to gambling or who consider gambling as their main source of income gamblers. In many of our societies, gamblers are also looked down upon because they gamble instead of doing socially acceptable work to earn money.

So, although everyone is a gambler, it is mainly those who gamble regularly who are called gamblers.

[alani123]

Gambler as a term used to have a bit more novelty to it. It was kinda of an outlaw status, doing something not admired but kind of part of an underground culture that could be seen as cool but some. Nowadays anyone could be a gambler though. So it's not a big deal to be a gambler. It could be an app on your phone and you doing it from your bed. There's nothing too special about it since it had become so commercial.

[doffiaicial]

Just as the title has already caption it..
I want to know; who is a gambler and what are the characteristics of a gambler?

Reason being that, in this section we often tends to be seeing several posts about people calling themselves gamblers, but truth be told, if you play slot today and didn't play again tomorrow or next or even till a month interval would that person be called a gambler?
If NO, who then is to be called a gambler?
Let discussed amicably as I really want to get something meaningful from this topic.

Personally I like questions like this , because many at times we do  misuse the word "gambler".

 From my own end , I would never consider anyone who places a bet once in lifetime a  gambler because gambling is not just about the number of times (frequency) you place bet but its more about your behaviour and mindset.
  Let's assume you place a bet today and at the end you lost all the game and you probably walk away without chasing losses or rearranging your life around it, I wouldn’t really call that person a gambler. What I mean by chasing losses is this;
   you risked $15 on a bet and you lost in the end. You decided to increase the stake to 40$ and again you lost. This only means that you are trying to chase or recover your losses at the expense of losing more money and that's s the emotional part of it. At this point you have allowed it to control your finances and schedules. This is exact character of a gambler. He/she wants to make sure all the money lost are recovered. And he keeps thinking that one day one day he will recover.
  When gambling starts to influence your daily life and priorities it then means you are rearranging your life around it. It's just like staking money meant for food, clothes or probably your children's school fees for gambling. As if that's not enough you sell your properties or probably borrow a huge sum just to make sure you play and win; at the end you lost everything. It gets to that extent where everything your brain is thinking about is just how you can gamble. You can no longer live a normal life like everyone does. Any gambler with all of these trait is a true gambler.
 So a true gambler is that person that can risk money they can't afford to lose on  a normal day. The one reason he keeps playing is because he's probably hopeful that he would hit the jackpot. He's that person that allows gambling to play around his emotions; he makes decisions not necessarily based on logic but based on his emotions.
 A gambler is just without control. He sees gambling as an escape route or as a solution to life issues or unending financial constraints.

 Any person with control towards gambling is not a true gambler. He/she only sees it as fun stuff  or as a piece form of entertainment.

   Let me also add this,  gambling does not  only mean casinos or betting sites. Even reckless trading, lottery obsession, or YOLO(You only live once) kind of investing without understanding risk or having a back up plan also falls under the same mindset.
  So, your ability to completely lose control(risking everything you have and even borrowing or leveraging to gamble) makes you a true  gambler not your ceremonious placing of bets. Thanks for your question once again.

[ZeroVinsonN]

And by Google definition, all which you have mentioned and things which we all look at as to what falls under who is a gambler and who is not align together. As far as you use anything at all which value can be placed on to stake on something else which the outcome is not 100% certain, the person is a gambler. It does not matter how much they stake,, how they react after betting, etc.

Then I guess this means we’ve been gambling even as kids, because I remember back the. When we were still kids, my friends and I would stake our stuffs and even lunch at school to make a bet amongst each others, even if sometimes we don’t stick to our own end of the bargain when/if we eventually lose but regardless, it was still gambling after all.

Yes it was, it just wasn't as serious as it is now, the stakes were much lower back then and it was just a friendly banter at the time, very different from what most of us are doing now, staking their entire livelihoods on something we started doing for fun as children and that's why some people only want to consider those who ar addicted to it as the actual gamblers but the simple truth is that we've all been gambler at one point in our lives or the other.

[fruktik]

Have you ever met someone who is in denial about their gambling habits and refuses to be called a gambler? They downplay their losses and avoid taking responsibility, instead blaming other people when things don’t go the way they hoped. There’s nothing wrong with admitting that we gamble. Being a gambler isn’t the problem the real issue is losing control. As long as we can manage it responsibly, honesty with ourselves matters most.

It's much easier to blame someone else for all your troubles than yourself. That's a thing of the past. I know such people personally. I deal with them almost daily. Moreover, they are very cunning and mean. A set-up can happen out of the blue. If a person can't find the cause within themselves, then they are a fool who doesn't notice the obvious. The most amazing thing is that life is somehow easier for such characters. This is my personal observation. Why is that?

[Grace333]

Anyone who has gambled at least once in their life is also a gambler. I also gamble occasionally for fun.

But we generally call those who are addicted to gambling or who consider gambling as their main source of income gamblers. In many of our societies, gamblers are also looked down upon because they gamble instead of doing socially acceptable work to earn money.

So, although everyone is a gambler, it is mainly those who gamble regularly who are called gamblers.

yeah, once you do gamble, even if it is not something you do all the time, you have already stepped into that space. always doesn’t really change the definition. So whether it is occasional or regular, gambling at any level still makes you a gambler, at least by the action.

The difference people usually try to make is someone who gambles once in a while may not build their life around it, while another person might depend on it for income or get addicted to it. But at the end, both are still engaging in gambling.

[Mahiyammahi]

If NO, who then is to be called a gambler?
Let discussed amicably as I really want to get something meaningful from this topic.

As by definition of gambler is that , a person who place bets money or valuable things on games, events and the outcome is uncertain is called gambling. So it defines that if you even gamble once you would be called a gambler. But in a general sense of it if you occasionally place bets or buy the lottery you might not be called as a gambler in our society.

But if you have the tends to do gambling regularly on games , ebents , slots you're automatically defined as gambler. Once in a while placing a bets to enjoy and experience the gambling wouldn't hurt you.

[Orpichukwu]

And by Google definition, all which you have mentioned and things which we all look at as to what falls under who is a gambler and who is not align together. As far as you use anything at all which value can be placed on to stake on something else which the outcome is not 100% certain, the person is a gambler. It does not matter how much they stake,, how they react after betting, etc.

Then I guess this means we’ve been gambling even as kids, because I remember back the. When we were still kids, my friends and I would stake our stuffs and even lunch at school to make a bet amongst each others, even if sometimes we don’t stick to our own end of the bargain when/if we eventually lose but regardless, it was still gambling after all.

Yes, we have all been gambling as kids, and if we are to be realistic and go with the above definition, then everyone has gambled knowingly and unknowingly without even realising it, as we often challenge ourselves on things and stake something to back up our argument even when we were little, not to talk about secondary school days.

[YOSHIE]

I want to know; who is a gambler and what are the characteristics of a gambler?

In general, what I know is that gamblers are those who have risked their money in a game, whether they win or lose in the game, they have been called a gambler, Regardless of whether the individual is addicted or sells property to gamble, in general anyone who has risked money can be called a gambler.

If you talk about the characteristics of gambling, that's another story, usually these characteristics are often associated with character, character, traits or behavior, that's another issue when it comes to gambling, we understand that everyone has characters like that, whether they are gamblers or not.

[Creeper0]

Even if you take a long break from gambling, as long as you are gambling, you will be called a gambler. If you make a commitment to quit gambling and never gamble again, no one will call you a gambler.

Gamblers are not only those who are addicted to gambling or who gamble regularly. You can also call casual gamblers and non-addicted gamblers gamblers. Because they are gambling.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

But in a general sense of it if you occasionally place bets or buy the lottery you might not be called as a gambler in our society.

In a general sense, you're a gambler whether you play occasionally or daily, it's only some people in the society that sees those that gambles occasionally as non gamblers. It's based on personal believe that one will think that betting occasionally doesn't make you a gambler. The definition you gave is accurate and qualifys both occasional and daily bettors as gamblers.

[ejikeme24]

Then I guess this means we’ve been gambling even as kids, because I remember back the. When we were still kids, my friends and I would stake our stuffs and even lunch at school to make a bet amongst each others, even if sometimes we don’t stick to our own end of the bargain when/if we eventually lose but regardless, it was still gambling after all.

Yep, most people started this gambling right from childhood but the thing is they are not yet exposed to gambling so therefore they just see it as normal child's Play lol. Honestly I have also done this when I was still a kid but it is now that I'm realizing what I was doing back then, but most importantly I didn't get addicted to it back then we was just doing it once a while and not often and sometimes we don't even give a damn to whoever that wins.

[Tungbulu]

Yes, we have all been gambling as kids, and if we are to be realistic and go with the above definition, then everyone has gambled knowingly and unknowingly without even realising it, as we often challenge ourselves on things and stake something to back up our argument even when we were little, not to talk about secondary school days.

That’s right. If we are to be honest, we’ll notice that gambling in some form is almost universal. People have been testing uncertainty since childhood to adulthood and it’s just almost like something that’s normal, maybe because it’s actually normal. I’ve learned that gambling is even like a tradition in some part of the world which both children and adults partake in solely for the fun of it and no one ends up getting harmed by it.

[Mallampue]

Everyone is a gambler, by definition a gambler is a person who risks their money or goods that have value to bet and hopes for a reward if they win on something uncertain, and this is not always binding about casinos, who knows you are betting on your future to be better by sacrificing time and money today for school, which in the end the future can't be predicted whether you will achieve it or not, or another case like you love your girlfriend, sacrifice your money and time to love her but it's not certain that she will marry you, it's the same as gambling isn't it?

Let's open our eyes together friends, everyone is a gambler, at least once gambled whatever it is that is at stake and the expected results.

[synchronym]

Then I guess this means we’ve been gambling even as kids, because I remember back the. When we were still kids, my friends and I would stake our stuffs and even lunch at school to make a bet amongst each others, even if sometimes we don’t stick to our own end of the bargain when/if we eventually lose but regardless, it was still gambling after all.

Yep, most people started this gambling right from childhood but the thing is they are not yet exposed to gambling so therefore they just see it as normal child's Play lol. Honestly I have also done this when I was still a kid but it is now that I'm realizing what I was doing back then, but most importantly I didn't get addicted to it back then we was just doing it once a while and not often and sometimes we don't even give a damn to whoever that wins.

Basically, gambling from a young age is never a good thing, it is definitely a bad thing. A child's early age, adolescence, is the age of sports and education. Children who become addicted to gambling at this age are very frightening for the society. Every conscious person in the society should strictly stop and make aware those who gamble at this young age so that our society develops in a beautiful and civilized way. Because the guardian of the family is definitely conscious, that family will never develop the habit of gambling at a young age. When an adult gambles, his family has nothing to do. But when a minor child becomes addicted to gambling, of course his family has a lot to do, so all the children who gamble at a young age are completely at the fault of their family. Because it is the responsibility of his family to keep an eye on what he is doing, where he is going, and who he is associating with at a young age. Gambling addiction is very dangerous and risky for the person who gambles.

[Grace333]

Anyone who has gambled at least once in their life is also a gambler. I also gamble occasionally for fun.

But we generally call those who are addicted to gambling or who consider gambling as their main source of income gamblers. In many of our societies, gamblers are also looked down upon because they gamble instead of doing socially acceptable work to earn money.

So, although everyone is a gambler, it is mainly those who gamble regularly who are called gamblers.

I see your point, and it is true that almost everyone has taken some form of risk at least once in their life. In that broad sense, we have all gambled at one point or another, whether for fun or any other reasons.

But the real difference is from habit and dependence. Someone who gambles once in a while for entertainment is not the same as someone who does it regularly or relies on it as a source of income. That is usually who society refers to as a gambler, and that is where the negative perception comes from..

[boyptc]

I’ve learned that gambling is even like a tradition in some part of the world which both children and adults partake in solely for the fun of it and no one ends up getting harmed by it.

I think if those are part of their culture, the children only partake on it because the adults are allowing them so and because they're there.

But in morals, I believe most cultures won't allow a kid to partake any gambling because of how young they are even if it's for fun.

Well, that's for each culture to say.

[Tungbulu]

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Yep, most people started this gambling right from childhood but the thing is they are not yet exposed to gambling so therefore they just see it as normal child's Play lol. Honestly I have also done this when I was still a kid but it is now that I'm realizing what I was doing back then, but most importantly I didn't get addicted to it back then we was just doing it once a while and not often and sometimes we don't even give a damn to whoever that wins.

That’s right. Gambling on its own isn’t really bad. Where the problem starts is when money emotions and expectations gets involved. While we were gambling as kids, there was absolutely no emotions or even money involved, and even when there was actually a little bit of expectation involved back then, it wasn’t the way that gamblers today take it. Back then, there was not a single urge to recover whatever that was lost, it was something that was done strictly for fun and not some kind of a habitual activity that was done for rewards and so it had no control over our behavior back then. If gamblers today can be able to adopt this kind of mindset and approach gambling that way, they’ll definitely have a more healthy gambling experience and avoid getting into trouble.