[NEWS]Man Robs Store After Losing in an Online Casino Game

[noorman0]

Gambling irresponsibly is truly terrifying. Losing can sometimes cost more than just money, but also sanity. I can imagine a situation like the Philippines, where scatter gambling has become a mass addiction among young people. The root cause of crime stemming from gambling addiction is often reported in several Southeast Asian countries, many of which are poor.  In my country, the most common form is defrauding close relatives using health-related pretexts to gain sympathy and then borrowing large sums of money.

[JeffBrad12]

This kind of case is a common thing. When someone becomes a compulsive gambler. He will do anything to get money to gamble with. So he's thinking stealing or robbing is the only easiest way to get money, then he does it. His mentality is fully damaged, and there's no way to recover this unless he went to the therapist or recover it by himself.
It's a very important reminder to gamble responsibly. When someone does a criminal act, then he gets caught. So he already lost his future caused by he has criminal history. In result, a compulsive gamble can rob our life so fast if we're not stopping it.

[Akbarkoe]

Bad behavior with bad people, this is not strange, a lot of gamblers who experience defeat experience chaos of mind so that they do anything to get money so they can keep gambling or replace the money they lose in gambling, robbing is a very stupid act and against the law as well as harming others, this is not tolerable, it should get appropriate punishment.
 
This activity whether you are addicted or not in the casino, it does not really matter because it could be that you are not an addicted person but lost a lot of money in the casino which forces you to get money back quickly and make such criminal actions.
 
Guard yourself from unacceptable losses and you will be safe.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Gambling irresponsibly is truly terrifying. Losing can sometimes cost more than just money, but also sanity. I can imagine a situation like the Philippines, where scatter gambling has become a mass addiction among young people. The root cause of crime stemming from gambling addiction is often reported in several Southeast Asian countries, many of which are poor.  In my country, the most common form is defrauding close relatives using health-related pretexts to gain sympathy and then borrowing large sums of money.

What I find puzzling is that this person thinks that it was the best solution, to rob someone and then go home with your family with that dirty money. Maybe this person is really that addicted, impaired judgement and all he wants to do is to recover that money regardless of what he will do to accomplished it.

Yes, I think that is the most common thing, to make up stories to your close relatives so that you can get the sympathy and borrowed money to fuel your gambling addiction. But in this case, it's very different, he needed the money right away so the best thing to do is rob a store.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

There is part of the story that sounds very funny and so much lessons too to learn from that part-The wife.

The man probably cared about his family especially the wife, and tried everything legal or illegal to provide for his wife at home. The same wife whose the husband is trying every possible way to provide for is leaking out the information to the security agency making it easy to get hold of her husband. Is she actually a good wife?

Do you think the man will take his wife back to his life if this man is been released and bailed out when it seems his wife betrayed him, if it were you, would you accept her back?

[SamReomo]

This is another instance where a person does something bad because they lost all their money, and this is why it is extremely important to only gamble what you can afford to lose, so you won't be in a position where robbing someone crosses your mind because you lost all your money to gambling.

Gambling doesn't make someone to rob or to do something bad, it's either gambling addiction or someone's own hidden nature. If someone's nature is to harm others or to rob others or to do wrong things then that nature can't be changed I believe. However, it's also true that gambling addiction is very harmful and those who're addicted to gambling are the ones who never applied gambling responsibility rules. A responsible gambler never gets addicted to gambling, he/she never does anything wrong, he/she enjoys sometime by gambling and that's it.

[Issa56]

This incident happened a few days ago in my country. According to the article, a man from the Philippines robbed a store after losing to an online game called Scatter. Apparently, the guy lost all his money(according to other articles in Tagalog) to an online game and was afraid he wouldn't be able to bring any money back to his wife, so he decided to rob a store. Luckily, no one was physically harmed, but the store clerk was shaken after the incident. At the end, the robber was arrested after his wife reported him to the authorities.

This is another instance where a person does something bad because they lost all their money, and this is why it is extremely important to only gamble what you can afford to lose, so you won't be in a position where robbing someone crosses your mind because you lost all your money to gambling.

I don’t know what some people do think when making some decisions, why will you end up robbing a shop just because you lost everything you had to gambling. Why didn’t the person control himself when he was gambling, he should have stopped when he knew we was losing so much, but most people are not going to give up, and they are always believing they will be able to win back all what they have lost, till they finally lose even the little they are having left.

Things like this are part of the reason why most people just see gambling to be a bad thing, people that are in the society will start having negative mindset towards gambling, but they won’t know the person did it wrongly.

[Onyeeze]

This kind of case is a common thing. When someone becomes a compulsive gambler. He will do anything to get money to gamble with. So he's thinking stealing or robbing is the only easiest way to get money, then he does it. His mentality is fully damaged, and there's no way to recover this unless he went to the therapist or recover it by himself.
It's a very important reminder to gamble responsibly. When someone does a criminal act, then he gets caught. So he already lost his future caused by he has criminal history. In result, a compulsive gamble can rob our life so fast if we're not stopping it.

someone who's because of gambling and steal someone's money for him to participate in gambling, it is obvious that such a gambler is highly addicted in gambling because someone who gambled with the timing and they also with budget cannot go contrary to make money that it will use to participate in gambling knowing that there is no assurance in winning gambling and the participating in gambling two things are involved, such as losing and gaining, and chances of someone to lose is very high that is why I cannot commit myself to crime because of gambling

[AmoreJaz]

I don’t know what some people do think when making some decisions, why will you end up robbing a shop just because you lost everything you had to gambling. Why didn’t the person control himself when he was gambling, he should have stopped when he knew we was losing so much, but most people are not going to give up, and they are always believing they will be able to win back all what they have lost, till they finally lose even the little they are having left.

Things like this are part of the reason why most people just see gambling to be a bad thing, people that are in the society will start having negative mindset towards gambling, but they won’t know the person did it wrongly.

There are indeed people who will resort to desperate moves just to cover up their gambling habits. I believe it is not new anymore as there are several incidents of robbery owed to gambling. They did that kind of act because of desperation where to get the money. And so, they are blinded by the money that they will get but not the repercussions of what they have done.

[r_victory]

"Damn, I lost all my money gambling! I know what to do; I'll rob a bank so my wife won't find out..."

It's incredible how people try to fix one mistake with another. This guy has outdone himself in stupidity. You can clearly see that he has no emotional control and probably has several other problems that need to be investigated and treated; this isn't normal...

There's no point in trying to justify it out of desperation; if the money was so important and necessary, he shouldn't have gambled in the first place. He should have admitted his mistake instead of doing something so stupid.

[Darker45]

It's appalling how gambling is loosely regulated in this country. And the regulations, they're not even implemented. It's so rampant that it's becoming too obvious it's getting out of control. It's a pandemic that's far worse than COVID-19.

Just a day or two ago, there was also another news related to gambling. A husband went to the police station reporting that he was robbed of a relatively big amount of cash. There was no robbery. He only faked it. He lost everything to gambling and he needed an explanation to his wife.

[len01]

This is another instance where a person does something bad because they lost all their money, and this is why it is extremely important to only gamble what you can afford to lose, so you won't be in a position where robbing someone crosses your mind because you lost all your money to gambling.

For me, gamblers who turn to crime after losing money are a clear example of having the wrong mindset about what gambling really is. From the start, if most gamblers understood that gambling is basically just an expensive form of entertainment that won’t consistently make you money (unless you get really lucky), cases like this probably wouldn’t happen.

But unfortunately, many people still see gambling as a way to make money. Because of that, those with the wrong mindset tend to gamble without control and play recklessly, even using money they can’t afford to lose. In the end, they can’t accept the losses and start looking for other ways to recover the money, which can lead them into illegal actions.

[taufik123]

It's appalling how gambling is loosely regulated in this country. And the regulations, they're not even implemented. It's so rampant that it's becoming too obvious it's getting out of control. It's a pandemic that's far worse than COVID-19.
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There should be clear regulations about prohibiting Illegal gambling, as more illegal gambling keeps popping up to influence users to play and then lose more money.

The illegal casinos that exist now make the view of casinos even worse, even though casinos are places to play and it is up to everyone how they use them.
If a country has provided good enough regulations and allowed gambling then it is clear how the government provides consumer protection regulations.

Don't just say gambling is worse than the Covid Pandemic, But this depends on how good and correct regulations are applied,
If a country cannot implement good regulations then do not give any regulations or even ban them.

[Joeboy]

It is this kind of news that makes folks to develop negative stereotype towards gamblers... Most gamblers will still find it very much difficult to accept the true reality that gambling isn't and cannot be a reliable source of income..  And I feel that it is this their inability to accept this that makes them very comfortable to using their whole money to gamble instead of the part of it that they could very much afford to invest... And when loses occur, they are left with no other options than to resort to crime simply because they failed to practice loss management... So gamber really need to take extreme caution so that their failure of gambling the right way wouldn't lead them into creating bigger problems for their own selves.... Just imagine me the guy in the OP writeup killed someone in the process of his robbery, that would have been even more worse...

[yhiaali3]

This is one of the biggest problems of gambling. In such a case, it is not limited to the gambler himself, but extends to the wife, children, and society as well. This irresponsible gambler caused a disaster for his family and also caused great harm to the owner of the shop he robbed.

The funny thing about the story is that the stupid gambler robbed the shop for fear of returning to his wife empty-handed, and in the end she was the one who reported him and handed him over to the police. It seems that his wife is much better than him and is used to his reckless behavior due to his gambling addiction.

[Pi-network314159]

This can only be as a result of losing much. Why would a Gambler rob a store because he has lost to casino? This is just the reason we preach about Gambling responsibly or what you can afford to lose, if he had gamble with what he can afford to lose, there is no way such thing would have happened. I have heard many stories of many Gamblers who lost a everything and as a result of that they end their life out of frustration, but this is not the way to go about it. Anyone that loses should accept his faith and move on, not losing and finding possible way to steal or commiting suicide.

[TedMosby]

It was the suspect’s own wife who reported him to the authorities. Her decision helped lead to his arrest and showed the importance of accountability, even in difficult situations. The man is now facing a robbery case and remains under police custody.

I don’t want to comment on the criminal case perspective, most of you here already did that. But I do want to comment on his wife’s actions here. It must be a difficult situation for her. I believe that even if he wasn’t arrested, he would keep doing it. Gambling, losing money, then getting money through crime. IMO, people who commit crimes to get money for gambling are already addicted to gambling. Even in this case, he said the money was meant to replace the money he lost from gambling. It’s the same to me.

After I checked on Google, 12,000 PHP is approximately 197 USD. For most countries in Southeast Asia, it’s not a big amount of money compared to the potential financial and psychological damage that family could face. The wife used the cut-loss feature in real life to prevent a bigger loss. W for the wife. Most people need a “life event” to trigger self-change and self-improvement. I hope this is the one for him.

[lovesmayfamilis]

It looks like this poor weirdo was unlucky twice in his life. Firstly, he became addicted to gambling, and secondly, he was unlucky with his wife, because of whom he committed a crime. I see two reasons for his bad luck here. Wife , because she can't find the time to heal her spouse. And that was the first thing she had to do, because it was obvious that he was afraid of her, since he had committed a crime. The second is his weak ego, which could not cope with defeat, and out of cowardice, he had to go rob a store. I don't even know which is worse, to have a gambling addiction or to be afraid of my wife.

[Darker45]

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There should be clear regulations about prohibiting Illegal gambling, as more illegal gambling keeps popping up to influence users to play and then lose more money.

The illegal casinos that exist now make the view of casinos even worse, even though casinos are places to play and it is up to everyone how they use them.
If a country has provided good enough regulations and allowed gambling then it is clear how the government provides consumer protection regulations.

Don't just say gambling is worse than the Covid Pandemic, But this depends on how good and correct regulations are applied,
If a country cannot implement good regulations then do not give any regulations or even ban them.

I'm not even referring to illegal gambling. I'm referring to legal gambling. Here, you can find countless of neighborhoods all over the country where almost every single person gambles, minor and of legal age alike.

You can see gambling ads all over the streets, on social media, on television, and everywhere else. It's being promoted by the most influential actors, celebrities, and social media influencers. It's openly sold to everybody, young and old, unregulated in terms of places, spaces, time, and so on.

You can search the news and easily find various stories of bankruptcies, broken families, addiction, neglected responsibilities, crimes which even involve law enforcers, that are all rooted in gambling.

In a way, this is worse than COVID-19 because there's no immunity and vaccines and lockdowns to this. Till this very day, young children in my community continue to heavily gamble on gambling mobile apps that are legally registered.

[Questat]

In a way, this is worse than COVID-19 because there's no immunity and vaccines and lockdowns to this. Till this very day, young children in my community continue to heavily gamble on gambling mobile apps that are legally registered.

Sad for the Philippines. They banned POGOs that catered to overseas gamblers because of all the issues around them, even if the country was making money from taxes. But now we still have casinos operating locally, and honestly that does not really help ordinary people at all.

In fact, it can make things worse. Poverty is already high, and we cannot deny that many people will still take their chances hoping they can win big. Even if they do not get addicted right away, consistent gambling, even with small amounts, can eventually lead to bigger losses.
That is the sad reality. Some people are already earning very little, yet they still have families to feed and children to send to school, and somehow gambling still becomes part of the budget. That is why this is really painful to see.