Is Betting Really A Show Of Passion?

[Mr_Brilliant$]

Betting is not a way of showing passion. It's purely a ground to make money. It's business. The more people accept this, the better for them because the feeling or disguising the truth for passion is one of the reasons people don't realize to getting addicted. They see the addiction sings as signs of passionate individual and will never accept they're getting into addiction.

That doesn't mean some people don't get pleasure gambling.. to some gambling is just something that they enjoy doing. Yes they may be there for the money but that's just like the fuel that drives their taste for gaming or betting. For our regular passion, there's something that makes us want to do them. Betting can be fun for a lot of us gamblers, so to me you are wrong. It's a form of entertainment to me and many others. Just because you don't see it that way doesn't mean it's same of the rest of us. Have you asked your self why gamblers keeps coming back even when sometimes it seems impossible to win..

Yeah for some people it just feels like entertainment..   I am not even denying that part.

But the reason many gamblers keep coming back is not always just fun tbh..  Sometimes it’s the hope of recovering losses, sometimes it is just that tiny belief that this next one might be the one..  That feeling can be addictive without someone even knowing it.
I am not saying anyone is wrong for enjoying it..  I am just saying enjoyment and risk can exist at the same time..

[maydna]

That will no problem if some people says like that because they related the passion and money together. We may have different thought about that so yes, that will not be the same with them.

Betting is a way to make money but no guarantee you will always making money. That makes some others says that is not passion but the wanting to make money from sports and no relation between that.

Betting is a show of making money using money and your passion will come if you win your bet and that makes you happy but if you losses, you also lose your passion.

[Pi-network314159]

First and foremost, anything you do by putting money to win money is not passion. That's business. You don't show true passion by spending money to win money. What satisfy you most about your passion is the happiness you get from a thing without considering money. It's okay if money comes afterwards.

Although looking at the definition of passion, it means having the desire to achieve or atain a certain goal or reaching a particular hight or doing something that give you Joy and satisfaction, in some cases  Spending money for pleasure and fun can be described as passion.
When a Gambler decides to continuously bet and having the hope to win big someday, it has become a passion for that Gambler. So what you see as passion for Mr A will not be thesame with Mr B. Anyone can decide what passion mean to them, and they can spend any amount to meet their target.

[Bigjoe33]

For a gambler to develop interest in gambling and then stake his money to have fun shows that he has interest in it, this might be backed up by any other motive in addition to his personal interest to why he is gambling, but the common thing we are used to is that all of us are gambling because we have passion for it and regardless of our expectation on what you want to achieve from gambling, we still do it because of the same passion we have and not because we are being forced or persuaded to gamble.

Yea, that's the point. Passion and interest is the main reason we all started at the first place. Passion is the driving force. Someone who does not like football or anything sports wouldn't go betting on it at the first place or even want to give time to it in order to know about it or even try to catch or analyse it. So yea, it all started from passion. And to some people, the passion can also come with little wins of money, so they stake on the sports they have passion for, and that's it.

Just like me that doesn't like basket ball naturally. There is nothing you do will make me sit to watch it, pay attention to it, read about it, bet on it or even comment on it. I go for where my passion is, and thats soccer, and so I can bet on it

[STT]

Its not the money or size of the bet which proves something like passion.   I do think having a track record of winning bets can show you know the game better then most and understand what makes a team win on any given Sunday.

[Hispo]

Its not the money or size of the bet which proves something like passion.   I do think having a track record of winning bets can show you know the game better then most and understand what makes a team win on any given Sunday.

I think the size of the bet can actually show how much passion one has, ow how much confidence one has upon an specific team in order to navigate difficulties and defeat their rivals/foes.
They say time is money, and we need sacrifice our time to get money, by putting more money at stake because we trust our teams and our own choices, we are effectively showing passion for them. It is either passion or plain pursue of money / greed for money.

It is also possible to feel passion without engaging in betting, but today it has become more common to just deposit money on bookies and express our passion and confidence on teams by allowing them to decide the destiny of our capital (or part of it).

[bhadz]

It's not a passion of sports but a pastime while being passionate with sports. These two are different things. There are people who are passionate of the sports but have no interest in gambling. And there are bettors that have no passion with the sports but more passionate with gambling. So, you can check that out and have it compared. Although this isn't an important thing to become a fan and to become a sports bettor. You choose what you like to be and there's no one that shall restrict you from gambling and being passionate to either of it.

[Webutxo]

Yeah for some people it just feels like entertainment..   I am not even denying that part.

But the reason many gamblers keep coming back is not always just fun tbh..  Sometimes it’s the hope of recovering losses, sometimes it is just that tiny belief that this next one might be the one..  That feeling can be addictive without someone even knowing it.
I am not saying anyone is wrong for enjoying it..  I am just saying enjoyment and risk can exist at the same time..

I will a gambler can have passion only if they are making money to call it passion. There is no way person will agree with toy and say they are having passion in gambling while they are the brick of losing everything. No matter how sweet it sound on the ear, they will stop gambling. The ones that knows and quick with their actions but those that are greedy and want to get what they have loss will be doomed inside gambling forever, they hardly make it from gambling.

I'm not a fan of person that pretend behind bars because we don't want to admit that gambling is hard, there will always be people that will pretend they are not gambling for money but the truth will always prevail because gambling alone is risk and majority view it as a way to make money. If money isn't involved in gambling, probably many people will not be using some casino, there may not be any fun left in gambling.

[Sonia_123]

Even if you have to spend money, it is what you have passion for that you will go for, in the case of gambling without passion you can't gamble despite the involvement of money people still need to be passionate either business or not your passed experience will lead your present performance, business or not gambling still remains what it is and can't be changed .

[Slow death]

Its not the money or size of the bet which proves something like passion.   I do think having a track record of winning bets can show you know the game better then most and understand what makes a team win on any given Sunday.

Furthermore, people who gamble out of passion tend to place bets without high expectations of profit. When they lose, they don't focus on the money they lost, but instead focus on how they went wrong and therefore couldn't win that bet. This is because they see betting as a challenge, something they spend a lot of time watching games on because they enjoy it, they know all the players and their weaknesses, and they try to predict which team is the best. They don't do it for money.

[Emjay24]

For a gambler to develop interest in gambling and then stake his money to have fun shows that he has interest in it, this might be backed up by any other motive in addition to his personal interest to why he is gambling, but the common thing we are used to is that all of us are gambling because we have passion for it and regardless of our expectation on what you want to achieve from gambling, we still do it because of the same passion we have and not because we are being forced or persuaded to gamble.

I don't completely agree with you; there are people who are gambling today and still don't have passion for gambling. They are gambling with just one goal, which is to make money from it. Even if they are not getting the desired result instantly, their reason for continuing gambling is not because of their passion for it but because they have hope they can win back what they are expecting with profit attached to it.

That's true, people gamble for different reasons and I've seen someone who hardly even watches football bet on matches very well, to some people, it's just another way of attempting some few extra bucks while gambling responsibility depending on how much they throw into it.  For some, gambling is just fun and engaging and others who may not even understand the sports game properly might engage to get some few bucks out of it, which is purely being profit minded. Whichever way is very fine but gambling isn't a true test of passion or support  for any sports game

[Berry2d]

Even if you have to spend money, it is what you have passion for that you will go for, in the case of gambling without passion you can't gamble despite the involvement of money people still need to be passionate either business or not your passed experience will lead your present performance, business or not gambling still remains what it is and can't be changed .

The case of gambling has gone beyond passion as much have been attached to gambling now, I am fully aware that one can not get involved in anything he is not passionate of but because more like quest for financial upliftment  and identifying it as a reliable source of income has replaced that passion which is why gambling is one of the most established business on earth. People get involved in gambling now not because of the passion for sports but because they believe they can get something from it  at last which is why i will be of the opinion that passion is not only the propelling force in gambling as income generation and means of entertainment also but know matter what it should be done  with caution.

[TheUltraElite]

Having passion for the game does not equal to betting, in my opinion too.

If you have passion for the game, get involved in the game, become a sportsperson or be associated with the existing ones, try to help the sports industry in some manner.

Betting on the games means you have some financial objective from the outcome of the game. That might be for a short period of time, but might as well be what the person wants for long term.

[Cityhunter34]

there are people who are gambling today and still don't have passion for gambling. They are gambling with just one goal, which is to make money from it. Even if they are not getting the desired result instantly, their reason for continuing gambling is not because of their passion for it but because they have hope they can win back what they are expecting with profit attached to it.

This is true, these days people do something that they are not even passionate about but rather it's just the goal of making money from that thing that is driving them, I was never intentional about having fun in gambling when I newly started, my aim was to make money faster but as I kept on going, I start to realize the probability of that happening the way I want it to. It later I killed that overzealous desire of gambling for profit. So, it's true that people can gamble for profit and not because of anything else.

Yes, that is true because many people are only in for the profit not by anything else. Of course that is exactly how many gamblers started their gambling journey even though don't most of them done usually say the truth it's obvious that we started with the mindset of doubling our money. However, it was when you are deeply into the game that would understand that making money doesn't work out so easily so yeah people don't bother much about passionate anymore, profit is the main goal now.

[libert19]

What satisfy you most about your passion is the happiness you get from a thing without considering money. It's okay if money comes afterwards.

Oh! what a perfect statement to make reply to.

There are people who bet on matches, because it increases the enjoyment out of the game, if they win that's ok they'll enjoy it too but if they don't, their bet still made the match entertaining (...than what it could have been normally — I say this because, when money is on the line I feel this immense involvement compared to otherwise).

[Kelward]

First and foremost, anything you do by putting money to win money is not passion. That's business. You don't show true passion by spending money to win money. What satisfy you most about your passion is the happiness you get from a thing without considering money. It's okay if money comes afterwards.

Although looking at the definition of passion, it means having the desire to achieve or atain a certain goal or reaching a particular hight or doing something that give you Joy and satisfaction, in some cases  Spending money for pleasure and fun can be described as passion.
When a Gambler decides to continuously bet and having the hope to win big someday, it has become a passion for that Gambler. So what you see as passion for Mr A will not be thesame with Mr B. Anyone can decide what passion mean to them, and they can spend any amount to meet their target.

What passion is for me can be different from what it is for you and if gambling is your passion you won't mind staking your money to get the enjoyment of what makes you happy. If your passion requires spending money to achieve it and you can afford it you won't mind spending the money, aside from gambling going to the movies can be your passion and you need to pay before you can watch movies in a cinema. I have more than one passion and gambling is the minor one and I don't mind to spend amount that I can afford to loose to entertain myself on it.

[Orpichukwu]

Its not the money or size of the bet which proves something like passion.   I do think having a track record of winning bets can show you know the game better then most and understand what makes a team win on any given Sunday.

I think the passion comes with betting on the games which you are comfortable with and you actually do follow; checking your winning record can only show the good predictions you have made, and the losses could also be taken as wrong choices or the team which you choose just being unstable. Whatever it may be, I consider the size of the bet to have a thing about contributing to game passion.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Its not the money or size of the bet which proves something like passion.   I do think having a track record of winning bets can show you know the game better then most and understand what makes a team win on any given Sunday.

I think the passion comes with betting on the games which you are comfortable with and you actually do follow; checking your winning record can only show the good predictions you have made, and the losses could also be taken as wrong choices or the team which you choose just being unstable. Whatever it may be, I consider the size of the bet to have a thing about contributing to game passion.

It takes having passion for something to want to put your resources in it, those who bet on sports games like football and others definitely are passionate about the sports and that is why they put their money on it, and it doesn't matter the amount of money they put, passion remains passion.

But on the other hand, we must also understand and agree that it's not every one spending money on betting actually loves and is passionate about sports, some are simply looking for how to make more money and thats their goal for participating in betting, if we really believe that every single person out there betting on sport games is passionate about the sports they are betting on, then we are simply deceiving our own self, people bet for different personal reasons  and this is a fact.

[Powerjumboo]

Is betting really showing passion for sports?
I have heard people say this, that they bet because of the passion they have for the game.

First and foremost, anything you do by putting money to win money is not passion. That's business. You don't show true passion by spending money to win money. What satisfy you most about your passion is the happiness you get from a thing without considering money. It's okay if money comes afterwards.

Betting is not a way of showing passion. It's purely a ground to make money. It's business. The more people accept this, the better for them because the feeling or disguising the truth for passion is one of the reasons people don't realize to getting addicted. They see the addiction sings as signs of passionate individual and will never accept they're getting into addiction.

We bet on sports because we have an interest in sports. If we were not interested, we would not bet on sports. Maybe we would bet on some other casino game or we would be completely inactive from gambling. If I say here that we always act with emotion and bet with emotion, then here too I will not agree because we gamble for entertainment. When we need to be entertained, we will gamble and when we do not need to be entertained, we do not gamble. If we gamble and bet with the highest passion, then maybe I would always bet on gambling.

[Obulis]

Betting/business and passion for football are two different grounds indeed . A gambler can become passionate about gambling to the point that their slip is what matters not the clubs. When that is the case the business inside of it is clearly noted and this can be taken over by the passion for it (gambling addiction).