Perception, a driving factor for gambling activities

[Dunamisx]

The perception we have in gambling determines the kind of approach we give to it and what we expect in return from it as well, that is why if we made a wrong one right from the start, it will be very difficult to have a change in what we want from gambling and the fun expected may not be as it ought to, because we are seeing ourself as being not fulfilled by what gambling offer us, without knowing the error is actually from us.

[0x000369]

yeah i kinda agree with you op perception really shapes how we gamble if you see it as just fun like watching a movie or hanging out you set limits and dont go crazy but if youre chasing money it turns into this desperate thing where you throw everything at it and thats where addiction kicks in
ive seen friends start with the entertainment mindset but after a big win their view shifts and suddenly its all about getting rich quick thats the tricky part perception isnt static it changes with wins and losses and society piles on the hate because they only see the bad stories not the responsible ones
changing someones mind aint easy especially if theyre deep in it but starting with how they view it makes sense like show them its not a job its a hobby

[mcdouglasx]

You're absolutely right. People's behavior regarding gambling is based on their perception of it. Some gamble because they saw someone close to them win a considerable sum of money, others for fun, others in an attempt to "pay off debts", which, by the way, is a fatal mistake, and still others out of addiction.

But at the end of the day, maintaining healthy gambling depends mostly on each individual and their perception of reality. We could advise someone with a bad habit to change it a thousand times, but the likelihood of that working is very low if the person isn't open to other people's opinions or doesn't clearly see those bad habits and recognize them as such.

[TheUltraElite]

The perception of most gamblers is that the games are made for them to make money and they forget the big line of gamblers who have been losing money on that casino everyday. However this perception is difficult to shift because the gambler is coming to the casino with the objective to gamble and make money, whether it comes to fruition or not is a different issue.

Next is it often better for the person to experience and learn their lesson themselves instead of teaching them. So let them gamble and see if their perception changes.

[danadc]

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[qwertyup23]

I disagree op. Most gamblers couldn't care less about any of that stuff since their one and only focus when it comes to gambling is making more and more and more money no matter what. Some smart ones know when to stop, but the dumb ones don't.

They themselves are the only ones capable of changing their perceptions towards gambling regardless of what anyone tells them at the end of the day.

I think OP just proved what you mentioned- the problem is with the perception of gamblers in gambling.

Whenever a person has the perception of making money through gambling, that lies the root cause of addiction. They will never stop until they earn a profit. However, the problem lies when the gambling platform gives them money (by winning) and they subsequently lose it because they stayed and betted the money they just won.
This creates an endless cycle of winning/losing which eventually ties the person in the gambling platform until they decide to completely and absolutely stop.

The next question is- when and how does a person stop from gambling? I believe this can be discussed in another thread because this is another problem that should be addressed and tackled in order to dissect one-by-one each and every step on how a person can stop it.

[Oluwa-btc]

Our perception of whatever matters a lot. You can have a wrong perception of something, you expect that you can get it right on your own without being corrected.

Many of the gamblers we have today, what is killing them silently is the wrong perception they have of gambling. That's why you see them gambling now and then, as if their life depends on gambling. They want to recover their losses and attain a reasonable financial status through gambling.

On several occasions, perception have played a role in choices, and definitely actions.We sometimes are not conscious of the rapid or strange influence wether from positive or negative perception.Whatever perception one has makes them or breaks them.People who hold a strong cognitive balance are usually not the target and easily influenced.But either ways, people are capable of anything because of their perception.

[suzanne5223]

People who view gambling as entertainment tends to gamble with limits and have a budget. They tend to see it in the same vein as going to parks, swimming or seeing a movie, More like a recreational object. This is obviously the right perception.

I believe it's only 1% people sees gabling as a means of entertainment, but you don't need to see gambling as an entertainment before you gamble with a limit and also have a budget for it. Once you understand the concept of gambling, its purpose of creation, and you accept the fact about it it is easy to gamble with limit.

People who view it as a way of making money tends to treat it as a solution to financial hardship and often throw in everything in it including but not limited to finances and valuable time.

There's nothing bad in seeing gambling as a way of making money since it's a game of chance. It's just that the winning chance is lower than losing, and once the gambler understands the house is highly favored, such a gambler can easily see gambling as a means of trying their luck.

People who view gambling as risky or harmful tends to avoid it totally and further victimize people currently into it since they think it is only associated with addiction, financial problems, family and societal problems.

This is normal since some people intend to believe more in the negative impact of something they didn't understand than the positive impact of a thing, and sometimes people label gambling as something bad due to the experience they once had through what happened to gamblers who abuse gambling, which they didn't know it was the person who dug their own grave.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

So next time you see someone gambling wrongly, you try to change his perception towards it first because if he embraces the right perception, he would be more receptive to responsible gambling practices.

What do you think?

Sorry but I will have to disagree with you bud, perception or no perception, gamblers read and know exactly how to gamble responsibly, but then, most of them can't get theirself to practice responsible gambling and this is how they tend to end up with gambling addiction and other gambling related problems.

You can't possibly approach someone and start teaching them what they already know, they will look at you as someone who is stupid and of course that person really is (maybe).
I agree that perception, how and what we think and believe about gambling can have a great impact on how we choose to treat gambling, but seeing someone gambling the wrong way and believing thats because they have the wrong perception is a lie, you will only waste your time trying to teach them what they already know.

[DPHOR]

Those who has fallen deeply into gambling today aren't just because they have no options to stop gambling, or they don't have alternatives of income more likely, but to me the percentage of people who falls into addiction today is as a result of what they have spent at the cost of gambling and it's on their dispensation to either let go or keep trying their best. And those who keeps trying best to cover up what they had already spent do not gradually know they are getting addicted to gambling that is why nowadays addiction is very common amongst Gamblers.

[Richbased]

I believe the wrong perceptions of gambling are the root causes of excessive gambling and negative energy from the society towards it.

I don't understand what you mean here because the society already has a wrong perception about gambling and the only way to change that narrative is to gamble responsibly. Wrong perception of gambling doesn't cause excessive gambling or bring about any negative energy. The reason why the society will not stop having a wrong perception about gambling is because people lose more than they win and many people have fallen into addiction and unable to control their habits for gambling. If there were more responsible gamblers, the perception would have changed but sadly there are many gamblers who are irresponsible thereby making the society view every gamblers are birds of a feather.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Perception is simply the way something is viewed, more like the opinion held by people about a particular subject depending on how it appears to them.

In gambling, our perception drives our actions towards it which includes but are not limited to the examples below:

• People who view gambling as entertainment tends to gamble with limits and have a budget. They tend to see it in the same vein as going to parks, swimming or seeing a movie, More like a recreational object. This is obviously the right perception.
• People who view it as a way of making money tends to treat it as a solution to financial hardship and often throw in everything in it including but not limited to finances and valuable time.
• People who view gambling as risky or harmful tends to avoid it totally and further victimize people currently into it since they think it is only associated with addiction, financial problems, family and societal problems.

How someone views gambling affects the following:

• How often they gamble.
• The funds allocated to it.
• The timing of engagement and the length of time spent therein.
• Their ability to recognize harm early and act decisively.

I believe the wrong perceptions of gambling are the root causes of excessive gambling and negative energy from the society towards it.

So next time you see someone gambling wrongly, you try to change his perception towards it first because if he embraces the right perception, he would be more receptive to responsible gambling practices.

What do you think?

In addition to what you just said above, I can also say that another factor that contributes how people see gambling is as a result of their "religious belief", because in most religion, especially Christianity here in West Africa, gambling is typically seen as a "sin" in the church, whereby you will see most pastors preaching about it as been a sin and discouraging people not to engage in it, since it could lead to possible addiction when they start gambling recklessly. And likewise not only Christians, but some Muslim don't gamble too, of which I don't know if it's also a sin in the Quran too. Hence, this also shows that about from people viewing gambling as a means for entertainment, ways to make quick money and risky means, we still have other people who view it as a sin.

[7juju]

I think everyone who's gambling is an adult, and they already have the way they view gambling, trying to impose your view on them might not really sit well with some gamblers because to them you are actually the person that's going about it the wrong way. I believe the message that the casinos do pass across, which is gamble responsibly is enough to guide every gambler. Even those who view gambling as risky and harmful are right in their own view, don't even try to convince them into gambling, because if you do and they get into problem they will blame you for the rest of their life. If you are gambling for fun or money, just gamble responsibly and you will be fine.

[Su-asa]

Those who has fallen deeply into gambling today aren't just because they have no options to stop gambling, or they don't have alternatives of income more likely, but to me the percentage of people who falls into addiction today is as a result of what they have spent at the cost of gambling and it's on their dispensation to either let go or keep trying their best. And those who keeps trying best to cover up what they had already spent do not gradually know they are getting addicted to gambling that is why nowadays addiction is very common amongst Gamblers.

To be honest here, if those gamblers that couldn't stop gambling because of the amount of money that they have spent/lost while gambling, then there is a higher chances that they will continue to lose more and also become more addictive to gamble. As a matter of facts, it's better for them to stop right away or start gambling responsibly with a very little amount of money. Indeed addicted gambler are increasing because they failed to view gamble the right way.

[Localhostspeed]

Those are content creators and influencers who take advantage of the audience they have, and in most cases, some of them don't really know much about gambling but only have to accept the offer because they get paid; if not, I don't see why someone who knows exactly what gambling is will accept to send out the wrong message to their audience, knowing fully well that it's misleading, and those audiences who listen and consume whatever they see, which shapes their perception without due research, have their own path of blame to take.

That's the will and power of social media some people have. What I have noticed from some of they don't start in bad foot, they actually start with good reputation and how they get the attentions of their followers is because they give from beginning, they used that as a way to earn people trust to think that since they can give them good thing, they can equally get good things from their giver, that's how they get people to believe on their strategy to use  a product.

I'm gam if you really want to go far, don't listen to anyone or want to take their opinion before you make decisions about your game. You can listen about the gambling responsibility if it makes sense but don't let that got into your head otherwise you might be making some decisions that will not favour you. As long as you are gambling responsibly, you don't stake more than you can afford to lose and you don't borrow to gamble, you have nothing to worry about.

[Youngrebel]

Perception is simply the way something is viewed, more like the opinion held by people about a particular subject depending on how it appears to them.

In gambling, our perception drives our actions towards it which includes but are not limited to the examples below:

• People who view gambling as entertainment tends to gamble with limits and have a budget. They tend to see it in the same vein as going to parks, swimming or seeing a movie, More like a recreational object. This is obviously the right perception.
• People who view it as a way of making money tends to treat it as a solution to financial hardship and often throw in everything in it including but not limited to finances and valuable time.
• People who view gambling as risky or harmful tends to avoid it totally and further victimize people currently into it since they think it is only associated with addiction, financial problems, family and societal problems.

How someone views gambling affects the following:

• How often they gamble.
• The funds allocated to it.
• The timing of engagement and the length of time spent therein.
• Their ability to recognize harm early and act decisively.

I believe the wrong perceptions of gambling are the root causes of excessive gambling and negative energy from the society towards it.

So next time you see someone gambling wrongly, you try to change his perception towards it first because if he embraces the right perception, he would be more receptive to responsible gambling practices.

What do you think?

The truth is what you see as the right angle or perception of gambling is totally different from what the next person also sees as a pattern of gambling.  
Depending on how everyone sees gambling to be. The most important thing is to play in ways that you are not carried away. A way that you donot reduce your social or financial status because you got losses in the the game. And how would that happen? It will be by playing with less of your funds. Not with funds that are in your savings or funds set aside fir a project.
Play responsibly with your eyes wide open.

[Fiasem20]

Having a right perception helps one to be outstanding in whatever they’re doing.Most times I think you don’t have the ability to change one’s perception not until the person faces the reality or learn the hard way,most gambling addicts have realized their mistake for making gambling for more money their top priority,even after realizing,it may be still very difficult for them to detach themselves from gambling.I would say that even if you’re gambling for entertainment sake don’t forget to have a disciplined approach towards it,because most people could be playing for entertainment and don’t know they’re becoming addicted to gambling.

[Findingnemo]

One can see gambling as a way of making money and strictly follow the bankroll management like never lose more than what they supposed to do and there are also people who can see gambling as entertainment still they can just spend as much as they can and sometimes even more than they thought with the fun or just because they were drunk, so the intention is important but also the self control and awareness is necessary to keep the gambling spending within the moderation.

[Agbamoni]

What people think about gambling does not really matter. We all have different perception in gambling, and it doesnt really influence our decisions because we can always think otherwise. What truly matters is our action in the end. You see, in a game of chance, no one ever has the best opinion. This is why I dont bother advising someone how, where, and when they should carry out their gambling activities. I may be wrong, and they may be right.

[Alphakilo]

Well, I concur about the perception aspect, but I doubt perception could be the only reason for why people gamble.
Some could gamble due to peer pressure or following trend and this is the major cases I have seen.
Among others as mentioned, changing a gamblers perception towards gambling could be a problem or disrupt friendship and relationships that matter.
A gambler has to really question themselves and instead of making them feel guilty for their indulgence, they can be gentle swayed away or distracted with other fun, entertainment and money earning skills that is very needed and beneficial in this current economy.