Gambling is an investment.

[HelliumZ]

Gambling would usually be an investment if the gambling company would make us a profit by selling any shares of their site. In my experience, I have not found any sites that sell shares of their company and give us profits in exchange for our shares. Gambling sites constantly take profits from us without giving us anything in return, so investing money in gambling cannot be called an investment in any way. If gambling could be called an investment, then girls would consider their prostitution an investment.

[Findingnemo]

Misleading title, Casino is an investment not gambling.

And there is something called bankroll investment which you can find in some casinos where you deposit your bitcoin and get a share from their overall profit but usually it is not much like 4-5% but the risk is higher. If you want to invest in casino then go ahead and take the risk, no one is stopping you but don't say it doesn't exists.

[tvplus006]

...And I think it's high time reputable gambling companies should start announcing sells of their shares here too so interested members can buy.

It should be understood that most casinos are formed as private ones and, accordingly, no one can buy these shares except the owners. One of the main reasons for this organizational form is to avoid acquisitions by competitors. In addition, in many countries it is mandatory for each casino shareholder to be approved by the regulator.

[Smartprofit]

I'm currently watching Coppola's wonderful film "The Godfather." 🙋 And simultaneously making Olivier salad for New Year's!

One of the characters in that film always introduced himself to others as a lawyer. And when people told him they'd never heard of him, he'd add, "I have a very small law practice. I only have one client."

What does this mean? Not all companies are interested in maximum publicity, and not all companies need additional funding. Gambling is a very profitable and lucrative business. But shareholders mean more than just additional funding; they often mean additional control. These are new people who will seek not only dividends but also, perhaps, control over the day-to-day business processes of the online casino. The founders of the online casinos may not be interested in this at all.

And there may be other considerations... We don't know about them because we are just players, not online casino owners.  We don't have the knowledge to teach online casino founders how to best run their businesses. 🎰 And we don't need it...

[coolcoinz]

It surprise me that I have not seen a Casino coming to this forum after building reputation in this forum to sell shares.

Selling shares is regulated by different entities than gambling licenses. It's not that easy. For instance, in the US you have to go through FTC, which is the exact institutions that was stopping bitcoin ETFs for years. Do you think they'll make it easier for casino owners? Also, to offer shares in a given country you have to register with that country's regulator, so a Casino located somewhere in Europe needs to be registered both with the EU and US regulators to offer shares in the US.

Also, offering shares through an Internet forum is pretty shady. I remember that back in the day many casinos were offering people to fund bankroll, which was a simplified ICO, but they stopped once the market became more regulated. There was a window for it before 2018, but then it became harder and harder to pull off.

[AGogi2003]

Gambling is not investment. You invest in casino by buying shares if they offers this to their members. You can be their investors and get sharing profit from them. But I do not know those casinos that have investment program. Once I invested Bitcoin in the Yolodice casino in the past which gave me a decent profit. I don't know about Bustadice and I don't tried it. They have a minimum investment of ₿ 0.01.

Sure, gambling is not a investment and if you think is a investment place you will see how you will lose all your funds in some days, trading is more better for you to do then gambling because is a lucky game even you don't have knowledge about gambling if you predict it you can get profit but you shouldn't turn it as a place to generate profit is a place of fun. Is only bitcoin that you can invest and everyone will surly accept that is a investment place that if you invest you will surely get profit but is just for a log term period. Gambling always expired when you bet or playing casino always ends in some minute or hours and you will see if you're profitable or you lose.

[nimogsm]

You probably missed the boom in casino tokens that brought dividends, and the reasonable question is: where are these tokens now? Why would they share their profits unnecessarily when they could keep them all for themselves? From an investor's point of view, yes, it's a profitable offer, since they lose more than they win. A few casino tokens may still be trading. I think if you are really interested, it won't take you long to find them.

[LOVER BOY 422]

Sure gambling is an investment for  some people that knows how to predict not all ,many people invest in gambling because it brings them money,so if someone said is an investment is never a mistake,indeed is an investment,many are winning, building buying cars true gambling

[blockman]

Gambling is actually an investment, those that have gambling companies has a very good investment and you can partake in that by also buying shares especially when the company is coming up because it will be sold in cheaper price.
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But I tell you today having shares in a gambling company is a very good investment.

Don't get it wrong, gambling and gambling companies are not the same. People might really think that gambling on actuality can be called as an investment. My countrymen, many think of it that they're investing when they play casino games but they don't. Investing in a casino bankroll is or buying their tokens. I think that it's still quite profitable for some but the golden age of it like 9-10 years ago when you do that.

And I think it's high time reputable gambling companies should start announcing sells of their shares here too so interested members can buy.

Not really, because when they do that. It means that they lack of funding and they're not stable yet and so they ask people to invest. But the most reputable ones, don't need to do that because they have enough funds to operate.

[xenomorfo]

Well, it was a thing years ago, but now casino tokens are in trend. It's far from buying shares, but you can earn a share of the profit that the casino makes if you hold some tokens. Some casinos offer the option to buy or sell their tokens, but in others, you will need to wager to obtain them.

When it comes to fiat casinos, the situation is different. Like some other stocks, casino stocks can be pretty volatile... As always, do your homework before investing. It's a long story, but you can start by looking at reports, industry trends, regulations, and expectations...

I don't know, are you saying that casino tokens are a good investment? i don't really trust that.
If they make so much money, why would they want to share it with you?
The one and only investment i trust, explained to me well years ago by hostfat, is bitcoin

[mcdouglasx]

I think that to gain the benefits of trust, you first have to earn it. If a casino is new, it must first establish a name and a significant reputation in the market, and investors will come on their own. But if you're starting out and you manage to get investors, you should be proud of being extremely fortunate. However, the success of the business will also depend on who founds it. If someone popular in the business world founds a casino, they will surely have investors behind their company from day one.

[Muba20]

Investing in gambling companies is more profitable than other businesses, but you need to have a good knowledge of it before investing. Many companies may sell shares, but normally we will not get such discussions on forums because if a company announces the sale of shares, gamblers will have negative attitude towards that company. Another big reason for not getting information about share sales is that no one is willing to sell their shares after investing because those who benefit from such investments will not announce the sale of their shares even we will never do that.

[Dunamisx]

I can't really figure out what exactly is happening, but we don't use to have the casino tokens as before, which might have been as a result of series of challenges faced, though I don't expect that they don't drive results for them, since they are still in operations, but today, many already have lesser interest on them, they don't count them as part of investment as before.

[Davidvictorson]

Gamble bankroll investment was only common in the early days of crypto, it has not been common on fiat gambling sites. It is good to know that as crypto adoption increased and as there are more prominent gambling sites, gambling bankroll investment has faded away. It is true that it can benefit investors but crypto gambling sites are no more offering it.

That's correct. There was one casino that did something like that on the forum many years ago. I can't remember the name now. What I think now is that maybe the gambling operators read the room and saw that people where very much interested in the short term gratification, that is, they play and win and go rather than to be patient when they invested in the casino. In short, it was a business model that either became unprofitable or the casinos just had a lot of money to didn't need any external party invest.

[cryptoaddictchie]

I do not see any information or news about buying or selling shares of casino companies publicly. And not everyone is interested in buying shares of casino companies. However, in some cases, even if offline casino shares are not sold publicly, many familiar people join together and establish companies. But in most cases, I see little interest in all kinds of people in casino shares.

This shows that casino businesses probably often rely more on private partnerships and insider investors than public shareholders, since many people are either cautious about the risks or uninterested due to ethical, legal, and volatility concerns. It's not an ICO or IPO, but surely there are some who offers on intimate investors or partnerships.

[skarais]

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But I tell you today having shares in a gambling company is a very good investment.
And I think it's high time reputable gambling companies should start announcing sells of their shares here too so interested members can buy.

I don't think this is a good idea, even if it was then many leading crypto casinos have already thought of it.
Also, I don't really understand what kind of stocks you mean, but I think you can find them in the stock market (especially shares of physical casino companies). Gambling industry stocks have existed before, but given regulations these will likely be limited to a few stock markets.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Casino shares are not popular these days as I heard it was before, I have not even hear many people speak about buying shares in any casino company, be it an old or a new company, what people are delighted on is other foreign stocks and many that had just got the S&P. Someone has said here that they don't offer it again, and for the casinos that are already successful and counting millions of dollars (in profit) every month, what do they need the selling of shares for? If I even see a new casino selling shares, I won't risk to buy it because casino is very competitive now and you don't know, which new one will be successful.

[Hispo]

I mean... Gambling, casinos, bookies all of them are part of an industry and one can invest in any industry on the world, either directly or indirectly by purchasing shared on the market.
What you are talking about has more to do with casinos and bookies as businesses rather than the action of gambling itself, both of those things have little to do with one another.
Gambling is not an investment, but casinos and bookies are, the problem is where to locate one's capital in a casino with the minimum risk so one can perceive passive income, because generally casinos do not need funding from outsiders, as their bankroll is huge enough to pay jackpots with little to no effect to their liquidity...
There used to be some cryptocasinos which offered opportunies for people to invest in their bankroll, but they are not so reliable.

[Shineup]

Sure gambling is an investment for  some people that knows how to predict not all ,many people invest in gambling because it brings them money,so if someone said is an investment is never a mistake,indeed is an investment,many are winning, building buying cars true gambling

It doesn't make any meaning if gambling is considered to be called investment because the chances of winning is very low and there is nothing like knowing how to predict because when any one eventually wins it is all about luck at the end they can have skills but that is not enough to rely on I will never advise anyone about seeing gambling as investment, is too risky. In investment you build and it grows with time and that doesn't make any sense with gambling activities.

[Shineup]

Sure gambling is an investment for  some people that knows how to predict not all ,many people invest in gambling because it brings them money,so if someone said is an investment is never a mistake,indeed is an investment,many are winning, building buying cars true gambling

It doesn't make any meaning if gambling is considered to be called investment because the chances of winning is very low and there is nothing like knowing how to predict because when any one eventually wins it is all about luck at the end they can have skills but that is not enough to rely on I will never advise anyone about seeing gambling as investment, is too risky. In investment you build and it grows with time and that doesn't make any sense with gambling activities.