If gambling where the only alternatives would you gamble?

[Emeraldo]

We have to gamble to survive if we had no alternative, but since our condition does not fall this way, then we can always see an alternative to gambling as our own advantage in gambling and in any other thing we do, we should be well prepared and get ourself ready for other things we can be doing to help us afford to gamble, because not everything comes by gambling if we want to be independent financially.

However I think that if you have a stable income or skills, even if you gamble, it doesn't create pressure, then it is just an option or entertainment but when you feel like you have to run from here, then the fun ends and the tension begins. Simply put, you need to strengthen your base first, Then whether you gamble or not, life is under control and decisions can be made with a cool head.

If we do have a stable income and we do gambling it is better to do it for entertainment, even if we do not have a stable income it is better not to do gambling even if we do gambling it is not recommended to do it for the reason of seeking profit, we all know the facts about gambling that the big chance is defeat not victory. And with the decisions that will be taken better with a cool head, in other words, do not make decisions by default but there are considerations made to prevent bad things from happening. It must be remembered that gambling is a risky thing and if the decision is taken by default it only strengthens the chances of loss.

The risk in gambling is far beyond that of trading anything online, because there is no certainty in wining a sustainable amount that is capable of changing life and building other business that can be a stepping stones to transforming a person's total well being.
I Rather turn a begger than to to keep gambling as a source of living, from my observation from people who gamble is that, it make them more of a waster than a preserver, they tend to loss what they have at hand in search of what they are looking for.

[Odusko]

It is not actually stated anywhere that someone will have to lose more than win, though it can be a case for some people or some people have experienced that but it is not an absolute fact. Gambling is risky yes, we are aware but it doesn't mean someone will lose .more before win because there are people who has more win than loss and there also people who has more loss than win so it is actually two sided something and luck is what matters the most in gambling and this is the reason why someone should not use or take gambling as a means of survival.

I agree with you that it's not stated any where neither is it the reality of things that one need or must lose all the time or even lose more than they win, such statements are made out of the presumably frequency of losing compared to that of losing by ordinary gamblers, and to serve as warning for those that could depend on all the bet to win because of the skills and expertise, between we have some gamblers who managed to win most and all the time but not 100% correct.

[ZeroVinsonN]

Gambling isn't a sustainable source of income,you could get lucky and win a huge amount of money at one point in your gambling career that might carry you through the rest of your life, but let's be sincere with ourselves, the chances of hitting a big win like that is no where near as likely as not winning anything substantial is, if gambling was the only alternative then I wouldn't have enough money to gambling with, I would already be too broke to be able to gamble again.

What is the assurance of people that will bet small and then expect something bigger. Remember, if you stake small amount of money and want good return you have to risk it with games that likely not let you win and that reduces your chances of winning. If you bet small and your risk is small, the outcome is going to be small pay out and if you decided to bet small money with high risk, the reward will be big but your chance of winning will be low.

All this combined is why gambling is complicated. It's not good for anyone to depend on gambling for living unless it's working for you. I can't dispute that gambling doesn't work for some people, it actually does. Some people are exceptional when it comes to gambling online, they know how to make moves and when they do, they know the things to play and make the money but this people are few in numbers and it's not good to compare oneself with them.

I'm not sure where betting small and winning big is coming from but if I am to answer then there is no assurance that someone will stake a small amount of money and win big, there is no assurance that you will stake big and even win in the first place, there is no assurance at all with gambling, if there were then we would all already be rich from winning bets or the most likely scenario would be that gambling companies would already be out of business because there is no way for them to sustain that much winning without folding.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

In a world like this, if gambling is the only means of income to humans, you know that a whole lot will change about gambling. It will not be the same way it is, that you lose a bet, your money is gone without any chance of getting it back. There will be some other way to go about it, a gambler loses a bet, a chance of recovery is there to try a few times. Because losing more than winning in gambling can make someone lose their mind if they are not recovering their losses from what they see as a source of income

Yeah good point, bcus if gambling was the only option then the whole system would definitely have to change, it would not be this same win or lose everything, will have to change...

But at the same time, realistically gambling can not be the only source of income though… it is way too unpredictable for that.. There has to be something more stable to balance things, because relying fully on something that is based on 100% chance alone? can be sustain long term..

[impulse709]

It all boils down to being disciplined as a gambler, whether you’re gambling for profits or you’re merely gambling for entertainment, being disciplined is key to safe gambling. Knowing that the goal isn’t to prioritize winning but to place the entertainment at the forefront. Even for one who’s seeking profit, like the pro gamblers, they still discipline, in fact they need it even more because they’re taking the most risk in gambling and the slightest mistake can cause the most damage and it’s only discipline that can save them from making such costly mistakes.

I agree that discipline is key, but gambling for profit usually means that people are not disciplined in doing it and tend to do it blindly without thinking about the risks or discipline. Only truly disciplined people can gamble for the sake of enjoyment without prioritizing winning in every bet. Because, in reality, more people prioritize profit—sometimes I was like that too—but now I feel fortunate because I was able to quickly realize it and stop.

And this awareness is very important for everyone, but it is not present in everyone. In the case of those whose purpose is beyond entertainment, that is, those who come here for financial success, it is never possible to maintain discipline and limits. Because they do not have the tendency to accept losses, as a result, even if they lose, they become desperate to recover the loss, in the end their gaming activity reaches a very aggressive side, instead of stopping despite the loss, they develop a tendency to play more and thus they start to lose. That is why the main thing here is to first understand your mentality, why do you come to gamble? For entertainment or to make money? And based on this, the responsible ones can keep themselves in control, and others lose everything.

I believe both of you have a valid point, however, it is not about whether a person gambles to make a profit or to have fun; it is about their attitude and control. Although only a few individuals can take gambling strategically and in controlled manner, most of them fail when profit making becomes the focus. Personal losses would then be involved and rather than taking them in stride, individuals attempt to regain back and this creates even greater losses. This is why it is so crucial to be self-aware. When a person is unable to deal with losing in a calm state of mind, he/ she should not even gamble to earn money. Ultimately, winning or losing money is not about emotions; winning or losing money is about control.

[liasbaa]

Hello fellas!
Just a little bit bored at night..
I want to know if there are no other sources of livelihood and we have gambling as the only means of income and people are already getting used to it, and you are not a gambler would gamble instead?

It is not clear from your words what you mean by having no other source of livelihood. I think there is no such society where gambling is considered the only source of income. If there is such a society, then everyone will have to be dependent on gambling. This will not be a good example for most societies and financial systems. You need to work hard to earn money and consider gambling as just entertainment. Whenever you react opposite to these methods it will lead you in a negative direction and increase the amount of your losses.

[junder]

I agree with you that it's not stated any where neither is it the reality of things that one need or must lose all the time or even lose more than they win, such statements are made out of the presumably frequency of losing compared to that of losing by ordinary gamblers, and to serve as warning for those that could depend on all the bet to win because of the skills and expertise, between we have some gamblers who managed to win most and all the time but not 100% correct.

I’m hesitant there are people who might actually win more often than they lose, but as you said, this isn’t a 100% guarantee, because losses are inevitable they’re something players can’t avoid or eliminate.

However, what I’m thinking is that when someone wins more often it might attract the casino’s attention, leading them to suspect our gambling activities, because it causes them to lose money even if the amounts aren’t significant to the casino and winning more often isn’t an easy feat.

[Sticky Bomb]

I want to know if there are no other sources of livelihood and we have gambling as the only means of income and people are already getting used to it, and you are not a gambler would gamble instead?

This is not possible and I never wish it happens because the world would just be so unattractive and a very unhealthy place to live in. Gambling is an event of luck and uncertainty, which means we'll be long our whole lives surviving through uncertain means, the world would just be made up of morons and not humans... Including you .

Hope you cured your boredom that night and slept peacefully?

[Sandra_hakeem]

I get that you are bored cause this is actually a crazy and wild imagination.‎Well if gambling was the only source of income in this world , then of course I Will take no two ways about it. In actual sense, what are the chances this is becoming the new-era trend?

‎Casino companies would have been so rich that their CEOS would Become president of countries they'll run International banks, control educational systems and every important economic sector of the world. Take a second to ‎think of how much people will lose daily? That would automatically raise the tax rates crazily, since everyone will be involved.
‎like I said, this is a really wild imagination, ‎no one would love to live in that type of world.

[lombok]

I get that you are bored cause this is actually a crazy and wild imagination.‎Well if gambling was the only source of income in this world , then of course I Will take no two ways about it. In actual sense, what are the chances this is becoming the new-era trend?

‎Casino companies would have been so rich that their CEOS would Become president of countries they'll run International banks, control educational systems and every important economic sector of the world. Take a second to ‎think of how much people will lose daily? That would automatically raise the tax rates crazily, since everyone will be involved.
‎like I said, this is a really wild imagination, ‎no one would love to live in that type of world.

That is really crazy but it is understandable considering how money in gambling industry buys political influence in the current times. When all economic sectors fall in the hands of bookies, poverty would become permanent since the money would be in the pockets of the same CEOs. The increase of tax rates to seal the hole in the economy, would be a nightmare to all. Luckily, it is only a fantasy since such a world appears to have no hope.

[Wakate]

I get that you are bored cause this is actually a crazy and wild imagination.‎Well if gambling was the only source of income in this world , then of course I Will take no two ways about it. In actual sense, what are the chances this is becoming the new-era trend?

Honestly such kind of thinking is wild and op should better think of something better not gambling and how to make profits from casinos. There is no way we can be left with the only option of gambling before we make money and anyone that is sarcastically thinking about this kind of option could be funny and unserious. There are so many things we can do to make money.

[Dunamisx]

We will be left without a choice when we know that the only thing we are to do is gamble, and there is no alternative to survive the economy than to gamble for our survival, but as things are not the same way as in the condition of this thread, then everyone of us must take advantage of what we do and try to gamble responsibly and also create time to have other things we do that we can depend on for our sustainers aside gambling.

[Versatile_choice]

from my observation from people who gamble is that, it make them more of a waster than a preserver, they tend to loss what they have at hand in search of what they are looking for.

Your observation is 100% correct, although some gamblers may not think about this while gambling all that matters to them is that they are gambling with what they can afford not knowing that amount they are losing to gamble almost every day or week is enough to start up a business if they save it. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from gambling but before we look into gambling whether for fun or whatever our intention might be first, we need to ensure that we have something doing like job or business so that we won't rely on it as our source of income.

[DU18]

Focusing on profit turns a hobby into a 'bad tooth.' If you can't lose with a calm mind, you shouldn't be playing at all, though who can...

[red4slash]

Of course if it's the only way even if it's risky then it will be done because we realize that we need income to live so we will all compete to be in gambling and the criticism and stigma against gambling will change drastically.

We would all strive to continue gambling if it was the only way we could earn a decent living but this is obviously never going to happen because gambling is ultimately the opposite of what you said OP.
So gambling will remain the same in terms of views and stigma even though more and more people are now gambling but still the situation will not change.

[Stable090]

Means of income, that means that gambling can generate something to leave on as an individual, but then we all know the truth about gambling that you will have to lose a lot more than you win and if that should be the case, how sustainable is gambling then as a source?
Gambling is the last thing on my list of to do if I am to work towards earning any income since I know how hard and impossible that will be.

Lots of people still depend on gambling as a source of income, I have seen different people from my region that believe they can make money from gambling. Most of them do focus on when they win alone, they don’t calculate the amount they lost, they only calculate the amount they win, so they always feel like they are making money from gambling.

Some people don’t have other things doing, they depend completely on gambling for survival which is so wrong. Some people decide to gamble with the money they earn from their job just to increase the money, and at the end some of them are just going to lose it. Some people knows that they are losing so much when gambling, but they are already addicted and cant stops

[Jubilee58]

If gambling becomes the only means of livelihood, I believe everyone will definitely become gamblers. To those who are already gamblers, they are already okay with the system. But to those who are not gamblers, adapting to this situation will be very difficult for them, though they could cope with time.
I feel gambling being the only source of survival would be so frustrating. the reason is because, gambling has not been an easy way of making money, some have vowed never to gamble any longer because of the frustration that gambling has brought to them. So, if gambling becomes the only source of income, life will definitely become so miserable for people.

[boyptc]

We will be left without a choice when we know that the only thing we are to do is gamble, and there is no alternative to survive the economy than to gamble for our survival, but as things are not the same way as in the condition of this thread, then everyone of us must take advantage of what we do and try to gamble responsibly and also create time to have other things we do that we can depend on for our sustainers aside gambling.

That is the condition and there is no question why we'll be desperate to survive and we'll gamble.

So, it's an easy question that we'll answer if ever that situation is called for. We know that human beings will find a way to survive.

And if this is the very way to survive, so what we will do?

[Mr Reporter]

In a world like this, if gambling is the only means of income to humans, you know that a whole lot will change about gambling. It will not be the same way it is, that you lose a bet, your money is gone without any chance of getting it back. There will be some other way to go about it, a gambler loses a bet, a chance of recovery is there to try a few times. Because losing more than winning in gambling can make someone lose their mind if they are not recovering their losses from what they see as a source of income

Yeah good point, bcus if gambling was the only option then the whole system would definitely have to change, it would not be this same win or lose everything, will have to change...

But at the same time, realistically gambling can not be the only source of income though… it is way too unpredictable for that.. There has to be something more stable to balance things, because relying fully on something that is based on 100% chance alone? can be sustain long term..

Well I was also thinking same if the current situation would be win or loss because if it was like that then I feel it going to be a bigger problem then because people might suffer all the way because it much hard to predict a winning games so in most case I don’t even no if some people might consider this…smile to me I feel it should be called the end of the world then because this days it very much hard to even win games..

The real question how can gambling ever be come the only source of income in the world that very impossible it could never happen at all…it very difficult to settle a game and make it comes to pass by winning…

[junder]

Lots of people still depend on gambling as a source of income, I have seen different people from my region that believe they can make money from gambling. Most of them do focus on when they win alone, they don’t calculate the amount they lost, they only calculate the amount they win, so they always feel like they are making money from gambling.

Some people don’t have other things doing, they depend completely on gambling for survival which is so wrong. Some people decide to gamble with the money they earn from their job just to increase the money, and at the end some of them are just going to lose it. Some people knows that they are losing so much when gambling, but they are already addicted and cant stops

Very rarely also in my opinion there are people who really like to gamble and have a habit of calculating the losses they experience, more people who gamble only focus on the winnings they have to get and this makes many cases happen about someone who is addicted to gambling.

And this notion of gambling as a source of income is not at all correct and not recommended, because when this is applied in the mindset then the destruction will most likely occur either sooner or later.

But yes if gambling becomes the only alternative to profit then everyone will do it, I don't imagine this is the case.