Have you ever lost a friendship over an off bet?

[Sonia_123]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

Yes it is true, I try my best not to bet with my friends because in the process I lost a friend due to last of trust and truthfulness and since you don't want any trouble all you have to do is just accept and let there be peace, but that friendship will never remain the same or will be parted to avoid that I chose not to gamble with my closet friends but they don't know the reason why I don't want to gamble with them instead they keep disturbing for us to gamble together

[boyptc]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

When I was younger, I think that these occasions can happen when you're so serious about betting with your friends.

If one is a loser and then doesn't pay off if it's sort of a p2p bet, then that will make you feel odd against him.

But if someone is about giving you a suggestion to which is to bet, just take the advise but free to do or not that suggestion with your money.

And you can always determine which are friendly bets and serious ones.

[Oasisman]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

This is the reason why you should never bet against your friend with money. The safest way to invite your friend into a friendly bet is that whoever loses will pay for the beer later, or while watching the game. I've seen a lot of circles of friends doing this, and I don't see much of an issue with such a setup.
It's different when a money to money is involved. It could be hard for some friends to hand it over after a loss, thinking they're friends and not honoring it is totally fine, which is actually not. So, again, as much as you guys can, just keep it cool and don't let your friend lose his money, totally. At least treat him to something after he lost.

[coin-investor]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you?

So far, it never happened to me. I am very careful about whom I bet against; I make sure he always honours his obligation. But if my friend refuses to pay, I just let him, but it will be a red flag for me, and I will never play against him.
Friends should honour their obligation to one another.
You cannot gain your friend's trust if you cannot honour your obligation; it's better to play without money involved if this is the case.

[Miles2006]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

Refusing to honor the bet after an agreement is very bad and uncommon between two fellows who call themselves friends because they’re not friends as claimed. Speaking from experience off bet among friends should be done freely either a lose or win nothing should be taken seriously because there’s always a wining side and losing side besides in this situation one person must lose, personally this experience is not so fun as portray also understanding each other will help prevent a fall out.

[Hispo]

I have a personal rule on betting involving friends, and it is basically never to bet against family, friends or neighbors, so there will be no chance for the relationship with those people to go Sauer and deteriorate abruptly.

So, no... It has never happened to me and hopefully it will never happen to me.

Also, when comes to football and sport bets on general, one always needs to put the money under the handling of a third party, an escrow, so there are no chances of one of the parties to refuse to pay what it is due to the other party.

[robelneo]

That's the hardest, losing a friend because of gambling, which means your friendship is weak, and you lack the bond to make it stronger. People should take care of their friendships and, as much as possible, avoid gambling if they can't honour their losses.
So far, I have not lost a friend this way, and I will try not, it takes years to develop a friendship, and gambling should not be the reason why you break it.

[bisdak40]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

Same here—I don’t bet against friends because it just doesn’t feel right. Besides, with online platforms available for placing bets, there’s really no need to wager with friends. Personally, I don’t believe in the idea of a ‘friendly bet,’ since once everything is settled, it can sometimes create a gap between friends. Just my perspective, though.

[alegotardo]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

I confess to you that I got very angry with my friend at back on college, but I never ended the friendship because it.

At back I play a lot of pool with he and whoever lost always had pay for the chip of game  and besides that, we would occasionally bet a drink or even a symbolic amount of money or something else like a snack or ice cream.

I confess that I was not bad player but this my friend was much more better than me, so I almost always lost

Anyway... I think it is silly to lose a friendship because of bets... its normal to get frustrated and even angry, but if you canot control yourself then you need to stop gambling and tell your friend... it is not worth losing a friendship or fighting over it.

Besides that, nowadays I've never made an online bet with a friend... I prefer to use only my own money and only gamble against the casino or a stranger that the game has put me against.

[maydna]

Before we betting on a game, it is better we make a deal that no matters the result is, we will not angry and refuse the result or even leave our relationships. If they are really care with relationship, they will not thinks about that and only want to have fun together.

We realize that just a game that we play together in our free time so no need to be serious. We should have fun and enjoy the moment because it is rarely happens to us.

This is not happens to me because we never bet seriously as your friends. We realize the bet only for fun and we spends the money that we deal before.

[TypoTonic]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

I've had off bets with my friends back in college, we usually bet on which team would win in our local basketball league. We didn't play for money though, the loser will just treat the winner with snacks instead. It was only for fun and we've never really had problems. If a person refuses to honor his bet even with his friends, then it just shows what kind of person he is, and I'd probably refuse to make any financial deals with them.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I try never to argue with friends, or even more so, to prove anything to them, because if I know something for sure, time itself usually shows people that they were wrong somewhere. If we're talking about arguing as gambling, then yes, I can bet if I'm in the mood, but I don't bet on things that are dear to me and that I can't bear to lose. Therefore, when I lose a bet, I always give credit where credit is due, but I won't lose friends if they can't keep their promises. You can't just throw away relationships with people because someone lost their nerve at some point.

[imthegreat]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

I lost friends not because they were offended that I didn't follow their betting advice, but because some of them were uncontrollable gamblers. I don't know how gambling took hold of their hearts, but I simply cut off contact with them. I'm sure you've all seen examples of gamblers who were too addicted and tried not to lose in life, but this approach doesn't work well in gambling and betting. The unwillingness to lose leads gamblers to replenish their deposits again and again, unwilling to admit defeat, even at the cost of other people's money, which these guys have no right to. Therefore, they needed to calm down and think, "Maybe I'm not always right? Maybe the casino isn't unbeatable?"

[Bitinity]

There was a time when I bet against a friend but unfortunately he lost against me and he did not want to pay as what the deal between us. As usual, people will try to give reason why they cant pay what they owe but I did not take it seriously and I did not force him to pay. No issue between us as it is not worth to lose a friend just for few dollars.

[Anayochukwu]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

No, I have not come across such bet before. But I have friends who do it all the time and there were no problem they are still living happily as friends, the truth is that we should know the people that we are dealing with because most people don't use to as agree after the game turn against them they would start feeling cheated and before you know it they would begin to plan something against you so that's why I don't like betting with friends because it is very easy for money to separate friends, especially when both of you are greedy gamblers.

[bakasabo]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

Same here—I don’t bet against friends because it just doesn’t feel right. Besides, with online platforms available for placing bets, there’s really no need to wager with friends. Personally, I don’t believe in the idea of a ‘friendly bet,’ since once everything is settled, it can sometimes create a gap between friends. Just my perspective, though.

You havent placed a bet against your friend not even for fun? I had moments, when two completely unknown amateur boxers were fighting. A friend of mine said that boxer A wins, then I told immediately that boxer B is winning. We agreed that whoever loses, buys beer. Silly bet, silly conditions, nobody gets offended if he loses, because we were going to buy beer anyway.

[TastyChillySauce00]

It has never happened to me. I was a solo bettor. I'd never try to gambling together with myfriend cuz gambling is a big stigma in my environtment. There are only a few people who gamble. So i see no reason to telling others about my gambling habit. It's also preventing me from getting distracted and peer influence from others who gambled with me.
Being a solo gambler gave me more control over my gambling habit. So it's i'm fine with my situation atm. Also none will come to me with he's losing his bet too, then want me to lend them some money. Doing solo gambing gave peace to me.  

[Zadicar]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

I lost friends not because they were offended that I didn't follow their betting advice, but because some of them were uncontrollable gamblers. I don't know how gambling took hold of their hearts, but I simply cut off contact with them. I'm sure you've all seen examples of gamblers who were too addicted and tried not to lose in life, but this approach doesn't work well in gambling and betting. The unwillingness to lose leads gamblers to replenish their deposits again and again, unwilling to admit defeat, even at the cost of other people's money, which these guys have no right to. Therefore, they needed to calm down and think, "Maybe I'm not always right? Maybe the casino isn't unbeatable?"

No matter how good your friends are
No matter how close or long you've been together friends
No matter how you trust up someone

There's no assurance that you would be knowing them completely specially on how they would be reacting on a particular thing on which there would be those instances or situations on where some triggered on which it causes up for relationships to be broken and thats the sad part. This is why you would be able to realize that you shouldnt have done this or that in the first place. Well, no one really knows on what would happen or on how people would be thinking up because once they wont be able to control their emotions or their way of thinking then it would be causing up that much trouble and thats not what we wanted. There are those actions on which it is just that a normal approach to us but ending up the other one is having that misunderstanding.

[junder]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

When it comes to money, everyone is sensitive, and even family relationships can be destroyed over money issues. I am fortunate because I have never lost a friend or friendship over unreasonable bets. I sometimes gamble with my friends, and sometimes the results are the same, sometimes different. We don't make a big deal out of it. No matter what happens, we remain friends even if we lose and lose money. Friendship remains strong. I believe relationships can be destroyed by gambling, but that's only for people who take gambling too seriously, in my opinion.

[casey15]

I've personally never had to cut off friendship over gambling or a bet. But I've experienced or rather witnessed a scenerio of friendship been broken.
A guy helped his friend choose a certain number of  games to play which could result to a very big potential win. His friend did and luckily for the, all games enter and a very huge amount of money was won. Now the friend after cashing out gave this guy a part of the money as an appreciation token for helping him choose the game but the guy refused and requested that the money be splitted in half and he takes half while his friend takes the other half. His friend refused which led to a lot of quarrelling and eventually the friendship ended. I really didn't know who to support when I heard it but then I feel like at some point, one of them would have compromised and accepted the other offer. For me I wouldn't even see any problem dividing the win in half as the money was already big enough.