Beginning story.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

It not until we play with the popular teams before we can have a winning opportunity, sometimes, there comes a lot as well from the teams we don't get used to, even the underdogs in some situations perform well beyond imagination, that is football and gambling for you, anything can happen, once we are ready to take and embrace the risk in playing, then we may be lucky to have it come for us as expected and win huge by an unimaginable game.

[coin-investor]

I was introduced to betting at a very early age, but it's not the kind of gambling that you see in casinos its more on street betting like flip coin, on those days there was no internet people are looking to spend playing games, like card games and for the young flip coin, its fun its not the money but the camaraderie and the fun we have playing these games.
When we grow up, we tend to look at gambling from a different perspective; we want it to become a cash cow and try to make money its not fun doing it that way.

[Anayochukwu]

I met some new friends because of my change of study institution. At that time I saw them expressing a lot of excitement about the game of two unpopular football teams. I was wondering why they were so excited about this match. Later I asked one of them, are you a fan of this team? He replied that he is not a fan of this team. After that I asked why you are so excited about this team. Then he replied that if this team wins, he will get a lot of profit because he has bet on this team. That was when I first learned about sports betting and I placed my first bet with them on the next match. From there my gambling started. Which is still going on.

If you want, you can share your starting story.

These is how it all started, it is either your friends or your relatives so we all have different stories because there must be something that makes eye to blind that is why gambling activities are spreading more and more because I don't there is anybody here that started gambling on his own without that friends or relatives so is what we have all been through in different ways especially when you had about the profit that is involved you would be over joy to start gambling on your own.

[Hispo]

My beginning story is actually a simple one, I was interested in getting within the world of faucets and micro payments, so I joined Freebitcoin a long time ago. I collected some Satoshis and decided to use those Satoshis to gamble instead of withdrawing them in the long term, that is how I started with online casinos.
Though, my history with physical casinos or games is even older, as I started playing lottery and bingo with my family when I was a child.

Gambling has been always present in my family, but thankfully none of us has fallen into addiction and just saw gambling as a social activity.

[Alphakilo]

My first gambling story was simply following friends to do what they were doing. I actually learned the hard way after much losses and won some by them giving me bet codes of which I followed up with.
Although I did reconsider my priorities after leaving the environment because I didn't know how to place bets, but I certainly kept my account alive by betting on casino games.
As far as today is concerned, I can make my own predictions and place my bets accordingly to how much is in my wallet.

[Nahl]

I met some new friends because of my change of study institution. At that time I saw them expressing a lot of excitement about the game of two unpopular football teams. I was wondering why they were so excited about this match. Later I asked one of them, are you a fan of this team? He replied that he is not a fan of this team. After that I asked why you are so excited about this team. Then he replied that if this team wins, he will get a lot of profit because he has bet on this team. That was when I first learned about sports betting and I placed my first bet with them on the next match. From there my gambling started. Which is still going on.

If you want, you can share your starting story.

If your friend is not the fan of the team but he still want to bets on that team then i assuming your friend blindly bets on the random team because he was tempting the high odds from that team and he was imagined that if the team won he will gets huge profit from his bets and in my opinion your friend is not wrong because although it small but there is possibility to that team to won the game but indeed it is risky bet because in sport betting you cannot rely on your luck only and if want to maximize the chances then analysis is necessary to predict the outcomes

[livingfree]

I met some new friends because of my change of study institution. At that time I saw them expressing a lot of excitement about the game of two unpopular football teams. I was wondering why they were so excited about this match. Later I asked one of them, are you a fan of this team? He replied that he is not a fan of this team. After that I asked why you are so excited about this team. Then he replied that if this team wins, he will get a lot of profit because he has bet on this team. That was when I first learned about sports betting and I placed my first bet with them on the next match. From there my gambling started. Which is still going on.

If you want, you can share your starting story.

At what age did you started to gamble?

I think this is a common story for most people who have been introduced to gambling. We've got those friends in the past who were already bettors.

And because of our curiosity, we've asked them what they do and so they told us it is sports betting and the rest is history.

I'll take a guess that many were also taught to gamble during their teenage years.

[leonair]

I met some new friends because of my change of study institution. At that time I saw them expressing a lot of excitement about the game of two unpopular football teams. I was wondering why they were so excited about this match. Later I asked one of them, are you a fan of this team? He replied that he is not a fan of this team. After that I asked why you are so excited about this team. Then he replied that if this team wins, he will get a lot of profit because he has bet on this team. That was when I first learned about sports betting and I placed my first bet with them on the next match. From there my gambling started. Which is still going on.

My gambling started with sports betting. I used to bet a lot with my friends on the World Cup games, from there I got interested in betting on sports and since then I have bet on many sports but I have spent more time on casino games. Casino games are very fun and you can win a lot of money in a short time and also lose a lot of money. However, even though I have lost a lot of money here, I still can't forget the fun of gambling.

[VashaUdacha777]

Hi

I started betting in the early 2000s. I had a friend I used to play football with, and he showed me how to place bets. Back then we didn’t have computers or mobile phones with internet, so we went to a regular betting shop that was in a small room inside a billiard hall.

They usually say beginners get lucky, but I couldn’t win my first bet for a long time. Probably because I was betting on too many matches instead of starting with just one.

[Zlantann]

I was introduced to betting at a very early age, but it's not the kind of gambling that you see in casinos its more on street betting like flip coin, on those days there was no internet people are looking to spend playing games, like card games and for the young flip coin, its fun its not the money but the camaraderie and the fun we have playing these games.
When we grow up, we tend to look at gambling from a different perspective; we want it to become a cash cow and try to make money its not fun doing it that way.

Your early gambling story and mine are similar. I was introduced to gambling through sports. As a child, it is common among my age mates to use their snack money to place bets on their class when they are competing with other classes. I started betting on individuals during games like table tennis. It was from these physical gambling experiences that I progressed to start placing bets in casinos on club games and international competitions. My joy in gambling is that I have been enjoying myself and have never had serious issues with addiction.       

[Findingnemo]

I don't remember how it started but it became regular only after I came to the crypto space and bitcointalk, before thant very few random apps that I have no idea how they do it and how fair their results are but after here I participated in casino signature campaign for almost till now so I had to keep learning more about gambling and everything related to it.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Saw my relative betting and I followed suit, I also saw my grandpa bet on a popular betting company called pool, so I just had the idea ringing in my head that if I start betting too, I will be making money from it like they always talk about their wins, I never knew that it was not as simple as I thought in my head but when I started, I just couldn't stop and that's how it all started. Back then, I just keep thinking how I could come up with a winning strategy but there's no big success as to that idea until today.

[Sticky Bomb]

If you want, you can share your starting story.

I personally picked interest in gambling after a friend of mine won a big amount which I witnessed. I was resentful to gambling right from time but seeing the win made me believe in gambling. Though I learned from experience that gambling isn't always what it looks like when you see people win. I've literally not won big since I started, I'm also glad I joined this forum and learned more about gambling such as responsible gambling, else my ugly story would've been massive.

[mindrust]

People betting on teams they don't like shouldn't be something alarming when it comes to gambling. Of course it's about the money.  

But for the gambling corporations it's mostly about selling the illusion that you can keep winning and remain profitable.
My first time believe it or not was here after a signature campaign advertised some no deposit bonus.

Thenbof course I'm excluding my family buying Christmas lottery tickets to check on the family table because otherwise my first gambling experience was when I was 5. But it wasn't my own money or accord.

Christmas lotteries harmless but they are mostly a waste mathematically but I can't blame anybody because my family bought those tickers for decades as well. It is mostly about having fun and dreaming. It is not about being greedy, chasing losses stuff, you know hardcore gambler things.

Unpopular games shouldn't matter to a professional gambler. Professionals think in numbers, not vibes. We tend to do what we like, our emotions dictate our actions, not logic. That's why casual gamblers always lose in the long run and pros keep winning and that's also why I play only to have fun, similar with Christmas lottery buyers. I know I will be the loser in the long run but I don't care as long as I get entertained.

[JoyMarsha]

If I could recall rightly how my gambling lifestyle started was when I was hanging out with some friends, I saw the way they were joining heads together analyzing games they were to bet on. It was like, I was the one who was lost in what they were doing. I had to ask for clarity, and they explained to me what gambling was like. Gambling all started from that day

[Yorubek]

If you want, you can share your starting story.

My gambling journey started with my friend, I didn't know that my friend gambled at first, he used to bring a lot of money every few days. I asked him where he got so much money from. He didn't want to tell me anything at first, but after I asked him repeatedly, he told me that he won money through gambling. He also told me that sometimes you can win money through gambling. Then I started understanding about gambling from him and how to bet, gradually my gambling journey started from there. At first, I didn't understand the main reason or goal of gambling, but now I fully understand that gambling is nothing more than entertainment.

[shawonngp]

When I was in school, we played bets with friends just for fun, not seriously, so we would deposit money from our midday tiffin and bet. Online betting wasn't very popular then; crypto didn't even exist when I was in school. When I reached the end of my varsity life, we first started playing casino games with some friends. After playing for a while, I felt it was riskier than sports gambling. I lost some money, then I stopped for a few months, then I came back to sports gambling. I bet on IPL and became very successful. Since then, I have become more involved in sports batting. Gambling is all about profit and loss; you have to bet against the favourite team, and if you want to win, there is money involved. No decision should be made with emotion here.

[KiaKia]

I have friends who gambles but I never have the desire until I found crypto, I lost alot of money in Ponzi schemes that asked for Bitcoin deposits and this opened my eyes to crypto online casinos.

There are few faucets in 2018 that works similarly to online gambling, I have made some Bitcoin through them and also lost alot of Bitcoin through them.

I was already in the gambling space doing this and getting to start an account on stake doesn't look or feel like something new to me.

[elzjmirra]

So far I have only played casino games, I have bet on sports but rarely because most of my friends are gamblers on casino games such as slots, dice and others, for some reason I don't feel the thrill of sports betting, maybe because the game process is not moved by my hands directly like when you play casino on your mobile, I also gambled for the first time because my friend invited me.

[rachael9385]

I met some new friends because of my change of study institution. At that time I saw them expressing a lot of excitement about the game of two unpopular football teams. I was wondering why they were so excited about this match. Later I asked one of them, are you a fan of this team? He replied that he is not a fan of this team. After that I asked why you are so excited about this team. Then he replied that if this team wins, he will get a lot of profit because he has bet on this team. That was when I first learned about sports betting and I placed my first bet with them on the next match. From there my gambling started. Which is still going on.

If you want, you can share your starting story.

one thing I have learnt over the years when it comes to betting is not to be biased with my judgment on teams to bet on, it's more logical when you place a bet based on teams performance and not whether the club is your favourite or not. Everyone has a different gambling story, mine started out from just watching football games with a lot of people that sre interested in gambling and sports betting.