Is Betting Really A Show Of Passion?

[Churchillvv]

I can really say that I know someone working in a good environment earning decent and have a lot of extra funds yet use it to gamble and when he says he does it for passion I don’t doubt because he is rich enough to get even things I desire but still gambles within limit and not addicted but only does it more often when he is interested in a particular football match so because was once a footballer and has a high passion for it we can surely say he does it for passion.

With your explanation, it's obvious such a type of person only does it for the passion he has for football, not allowing gambling to affect his life, but only placing bets when the team he fans is having a match as a means of support and strengthening his desire to watch the game with more passion. The amount such a person stakes in a bet will be relatively small based on his finances but might be considered big by those who are not at his level, but at the end, all that matters is that he's having fun.

You got it all right. At my level of finance, I usually feel like this a financial mistake but at the end when I realize how much he is actually worth and how much he puts into the gambling then I realize it’s just true passion and nothing else hence the amount is relatively very cheap for him but for me it’s an amount that can actually do a lot for me. So this is to say that what I can make out of a single stake would be his staking power which makes out outcome from gamble very different.

[uNco]

You made a great point about his history as a footballer. That "passion" he feels is likely a desire to remain emotionally tethered to the pitch. However, it’s important to recognize that his financial security is what allows that passion to remain healthy. Many people start with "passion," but because they need the money, that passion quickly turns into pressure and eventually desperation. Your friend has the luxury of keeping it a hobby because the outcome of the bet doesn't change his quality of life tomorrow.

We see this same psychological divide in the crypto news today. While the markets are currently seeing a bit of a "blood bath" - with Bitcoin dipping back below $89,000 and Ethereum sliding under $3,000 due to global macro tensions—the "whales" or wealthy investors often view these drops as mere volatility or an opportunity to accumulate more. Meanwhile, for the retail investor who may have put in more than they can afford to lose, these same price drops feel like a financial emergency.

[terrific]

Based on my own understanding, I feel that there are times I only gamble to pass the time or to briefly forget the problems I'm going through.

I don't really care if I lose, especially since I only gamble with a very limited fund. In short, my gambling is strictly budgeted. So the question is, is this a passion? Or has it simply become a habit? I just found myself wondering about it.

That is the normal thought of a gambler. We don't mind what happens next and we can accept our losses if it comes.
Because if it's not for the entertainment, we're not like that. But if it's about entertaining ourselves, we like to do it whether we think of it as passion or not.
And if it becomes a habit, there's not that much stretch to it because it looks like that being a passion or a habit, it ends up almost the same in meaning.

[Numeral]

I would disagree. Not everyone considers betting to be an investment, some people consider it to be spending money rather than investing it, and these are fundamentally different things. Therefore, for one category of gamblers, it is an attempt to do business, while for another category, it is payment for entertainment. The first category, if they become addicted to gambling, can end up in a very sad situation. The second category of people will not spend more money on sports betting than they can afford, just as they would not when purchasing any other goods or services, unless, of course, the person is a spendthrift. In my opinion, everyone can have a passion for gambling, but it is clearly stronger in addicted gamblers.

[Yorubek]

With your explanation, it's obvious such a type of person only does it for the passion he has for football, not allowing gambling to affect his life, but only placing bets when the team he fans is having a match as a means of support and strengthening his desire to watch the game with more passion. The amount such a person stakes in a bet will be relatively small based on his finances but might be considered big by those who are not at his level, but at the end, all that matters is that he's having fun.

That is not passion, compulsion is a close definition of the word passion, when something is barely controllable by a person, the example gamer he described doesn't appear to be passionate about gaming, he only has the simple drive of wagering certain amount on a specific team. Passionate gamers go beyond limit, they have little control over the habit.

Yes, most people become greedy through gambling, because through gambling they want to win more money, they don't want to lose money, they have to make money anyway, the main goal is to earn money, this tendency is more see in most people through gambling. When gambling through emotion, there is love, what the result will be is not the main thing, there is continuity, there is no main purpose to get anything, so I think that the show of emotion is not seen through gambling. Emotion always calms people and greed always makes people restless.

[Jatiluhung]

I would disagree. Not everyone considers betting to be an investment, some people consider it to be spending money rather than investing it, and these are fundamentally different things. Therefore, for one category of gamblers, it is an attempt to do business, while for another category, it is payment for entertainment. The first category, if they become addicted to gambling, can end up in a very sad situation. The second category of people will not spend more money on sports betting than they can afford, just as they would not when purchasing any other goods or services, unless, of course, the person is a spendthrift. In my opinion, everyone can have a passion for gambling, but it is clearly stronger in addicted gamblers.

Personally, I prefer to think of it as money I spend just for entertainment or to have fun and relieve stress. Although in practice, I sometimes hope to win. But we all realize that in gambling, we can't always win. Sometimes, even when we add everything up, our win rate will still be lower than our losses. for example, I might be lucky in sports betting, but not so lucky in other games. So sometimes I end up spending more on other games. But that’s not a waste as long as we’ve already set aside a monthly budget for this.

[Su-asa]

I would disagree. Not everyone considers betting to be an investment, some people consider it to be spending money rather than investing it, and these are fundamentally different things. Therefore, for one category of gamblers, it is an attempt to do business, while for another category, it is payment for entertainment.

Funny enough those gamblers that gamble for entertainment purposes de likely winning more than those sets of gamblers that are gamble to make money because they take gamble as an investment. However, I am not certain about this but looking at it from a different angle we will observe that those gamblers that are addicted to gamble are addicted because they into gamble because they want to make profits from it. Although, some gamblers who gamble for entertainment purpose but lose a lot of money but they are not addicted is as a result of mismanagement, they gamble for entertainment but they don't practice risk management.

[Numeral]

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Personally, I prefer to think of it as money I spend just for entertainment or to have fun and relieve stress. Although in practice, I sometimes hope to win. But we all realize that in gambling, we can't always win. Sometimes, even when we add everything up, our win rate will still be lower than our losses. for example, I might be lucky in sports betting, but not so lucky in other games. So sometimes I end up spending more on other games. But that’s not a waste as long as we’ve already set aside a monthly budget for this.

In this case, the best psychological approach would be not to get upset about the money you lost, just say goodbye to it. You can count on winning, but don't idealize it or your sports prediction skills, or you may be bitterly disappointed. Your personal pride may also take a hit, and you may think, "How could I have lost? I know these teams and this championship so well. I have to win back what I lost and make up for it." But these are misconceptions that can lead to trouble. Yes, you can know the teams and a particular championship well, but don't constantly rush into battle with your predictions, especially with the idea of getting your own back. Instead, make predictions with a cool head.

[Fortify]

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.

No, but it's a nice illusion that casinos try to push because that is a big enough hook to get a certain group of people gambling. I will admit though, that I definitely feel more attached to a game and the outcome if there is any money riding on it, but that is natural - people always want to be right about their decisions and not feel stupid. However you are not showing any special passion for a team by dropping money with a third party bookmaker really, it is purely isolated to your own perception and feel for the game. In fact you might say that you are corrupted by placing money on a particular bet, because your viewpoint on decisions and refereeing become tainted by your need for a certain outcome, even if it's not fair.

[GeorgeJohn]

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.

Nobody bet because of passion, every one who is in the gambling, they gamble because of personal concerns

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.

Sometimes it's not really a business because most of the people that lost on the process they won't have come back...They're people who gambles because of entertainment and they're few in numbers, and they're others people who gambles due to they wants to make profit, so that's why i said that involving in a gambling is a personal concern..

Betting is not a way of showing passion. It's purely a ground to make money.

That’s individual perception, we have different people with different ways of understanding the reasons why been in the  gambling, if you says why people gambles is to make money, that's your personal theory, as humans, we have different agendas why we gamble.

[hedgeh0g]

I would disagree. Not everyone considers betting to be an investment, some people consider it to be spending money rather than investing it, and these are fundamentally different things. Therefore, for one category of gamblers, it is an attempt to do business, while for another category, it is payment for entertainment.

Funny enough those gamblers that gamble for entertainment purposes de likely winning more than those sets of gamblers that are gamble to make money because they take gamble as an investment. However, I am not certain about this but looking at it from a different angle we will observe that those gamblers that are addicted to gamble are addicted because they into gamble because they want to make profits from it. Although, some gamblers who gamble for entertainment purpose but lose a lot of money but they are not addicted is as a result of mismanagement, they gamble for entertainment but they don't practice risk management.

I'd still call it more passion than excitement, but I'm sure professionals have it; they've just learned to harness and channel it. This usually happens after long hours of play, when a player hits a ceiling and wants to learn more about the game, not just place a bet. They've already played thousands of hours and placed countless bets, they want to grow, and if they meet the right people, coaches, they can help them grow, particularly in poker. I can't say the same about other gambling games. However, those who put in the effort and dedication, as well as an inner passion for the game, can be very helpful to us as players. And maybe that's true in betting, too, but I haven't met anyone who makes money from it, at least not in my circle.

[Hatchy]

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..

[Tungbulu]

You got it all right. At my level of finance, I usually feel like this a financial mistake but at the end when I realize how much he is actually worth and how much he puts into the gambling then I realize it’s just true passion and nothing else hence the amount is relatively very cheap for him but for me it’s an amount that can actually do a lot for me. So this is to say that what I can make out of a single stake would be his staking power which makes out outcome from gamble very different.

That’s literally gambling for you. Not just in gambling alone, also in other areas of life that concerns finance. Every individual has their different financial position and capacity, and this is what determines whether one is really spending too much in gambling or not. Just because someone out there is spending $500 in a single bet may not necessarily mean they’re spending too much on gambling, before arriving at that conclusion, one need to first consider and check the person’s financial capacity first, the. You’ll know whether or not they’re actually spending much or just within their capacity or budget.

[Sonia_123]

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.

Betting in sport has nothing do do about passion, it is gamblers that loves sport that are involved in sport betting, what if i tell you that some persons that love sport don't bet nor even gamble, the just loved and enjoy to be sport fans and that is all, they even analyze and understand sports more than the bettors.

[Frankolala]

Betting in sport has nothing do do about passion, it is gamblers that loves sport that are involved in sport betting, what if i tell you that some persons that love sport don't bet nor even gamble, the just loved and enjoy to be sport fans and that is all, they even analyze and understand sports more than the bettors.

I agree with you, it also boils down to our personal interests. Some sport lovers ain't gamblers so they cannot stake on any match. On the other hand, there are some that are gamblers and can go to any extreme to bet on the matches. What I see between these two set of people is that, one will enjoy the game more than the other. I don't bet because am passionate about sports.

[|MINER|]

Not really, betting isn't reallya show of passion for sports but a lot of people that love sports are bettors not because they are expressing their devotion for the game they love, they just love betting. There are lots of sports fans that actually think of betting as something that kills the fun sports game comes with, this is their opinion and perspective, it doesn't mean that everyone else thinks the same way

I would like to agree with your opinion, because most of the people they love sports that does not mean that they are gambling for that reason only becuase I have known lots of people who love sports but didn't do gambling for a single time in the whole life time and the others hand I have also known some person who didn't love to plays sports or as well they don't have much affection to sports but they loved to play gambling.
So I think there is no relation between them for loving sport and doing betting here the fact is the people who loves to play betting they are actually play gambling.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

You can not define the way people feel about something, for example, how I feel about you can only be define by me and also expressed by me the way I want, right? If someone tells you they are betting because of passion they have for sport game or passion for their team, then it's just a fact they are telling you, which everyone doesn't have the same motivation about something, some people don't have passion for sport games but only gambling to make money while others have passion for both.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

This question will contradict many reasons while most gamblers engages in betting or gambling, I don't see passion as deriving force, the word "money" the elementary factor that act as motor only few can be free from the money deriving force, I keep saying no body waste time, energy and money without expecting same thing in return mostly when one keep spending and lossing without wining, passion is a fraction just as fun is fraction, what make gambling stable and always having the deriving force is the money, both the gambling management, investor and gambler are for money, no business is deriving by losses but profit making, passion is not enough to hold the system.

[Gost ms]

I can really say that I know someone working in a good environment earning decent and have a lot of extra funds yet use it to gamble and when he says he does it for passion I don’t doubt because he is rich enough to get even things I desire but still gambles within limit and not addicted but only does it more often when he is interested in a particular football match so because was once a footballer and has a high passion for it we can surely say he does it for passion.

With your explanation, it's obvious such a type of person only does it for the passion he has for football, not allowing gambling to affect his life, but only placing bets when the team he fans is having a match as a means of support and strengthening his desire to watch the game with more passion. The amount such a person stakes in a bet will be relatively small based on his finances but might be considered big by those who are not at his level, but at the end, all that matters is that he's having fun.

You got it all right. At my level of finance, I usually feel like this a financial mistake but at the end when I realize how much he is actually worth and how much he puts into the gambling then I realize it’s just true passion and nothing else hence the amount is relatively very cheap for him but for me it’s an amount that can actually do a lot for me. So this is to say that what I can make out of a single stake would be his staking power which makes out outcome from gamble very different.

Yes, it is true, I have observed this in many cases and I have made such a complaint. I have seen many of my friends gambling with a lot of money and I would tell them that with this amount of money I would be able to spend a whole month or a week very happily. But to them this amount of money seems very small. When they gamble, there is no reality in them and when they lose, they become more aggressive. It may be because of emotions or because of their addiction. I have not been a victim of such a situation yet but I have seen how they behave and how aggressive they become.

[Ishicryptic]

You can not define the way people feel about something, for example, how I feel about you can only be define by me and also expressed by me the way I want, right? If someone tells you they are betting because of passion they have for sport game or passion for their team, then it's just a fact they are telling you, which everyone doesn't have the same motivation about something, some people don't have passion for sport games but only gambling to make money while others have passion for both.

We all have different reasons for betting, it could be as a result of passion for the sports that they bet on it could be to make money or even to have fun while analysing. You should know that some people gamble because of the passion that they have for a sport and they want to be more engaged in it by making predictions. Some gamblers don't really care about a sports but they understand enough to make small analysis and try their luck because they are gamblers. So betting is not a show of passion for every bettors , we all have different reasons why we place bets but I believe that most bettors have passion for their sports although it doesn't have much to do with their gambling, they bet because they like to gamble.