It's serious if you only have gambling as an entertainment option

[Fredomago]

Even if you have other forms of entertainment but spend so much time gambling, you will eventually get addicted if you do not set boundaries. Addiction starts when you give something so much attention to the extent that it becomes part of your daily routine. What has been said in the OP is the truth; it doesn't matter if you are gambling for fun or gambling to make money, addiction is caused by a lack of limits.

Exactly, even you have other things that you can resource for your entertainment but you take so much time into gambling, chances of getting addicted is not by far, gambling moves your emotions as lust and desire keeps increasing as you spend more time, you need to have proper discipline and a good control and management of your time together with your finances.

[Sammye3]

Addiction happens when attention exceeds the normal and that is totally relatable when it comes to gambling. He must be a very disciplined person to actually withdraw from it after experiencing the excitement that comes with gambling.

 In a few cases, some people would rather abandon their paying job to focus more on gambling, with the belief that giving it more time would make them profits. In this case, you could tell that he was not completely invested in gambling and he still had his senses intact to detect that it was time to stop.

[Floxynice]

Even if you have other forms of entertainment but spend so much time gambling, you will eventually get addicted if you do not set boundaries. Addiction starts when you give something so much attention to the extent that it becomes part of your daily routine. What has been said in the OP is the truth; it doesn't matter if you are gambling for fun or gambling to make money, addiction is caused by a lack of limits.

But the point is that the player gets used to gambling being a place where they come to relax and where there are no boundaries, so they want to bet more and more. It might not be today, but it might happen in a month or a year. The player will simply want to bet all their money because they're sad about yesterday's big loss or failure at work, and they'll try to simply dissolve these emotions in the game. I think almost every player experiences this, but it's important how we resist it and how prepared we are.

As a matter of fact, people can actually have gambling as their only form of fun and still be fine without getting addicted, as long as they are disciplined and recognize the fact that they do not need to spend too much time or money gambling. They will be just fine.

The problem gamblers usually face is that they become greedy along the way and invest too much time and money into gambling. The reward they stand to get if they win motivates them to keep pushing until they find themselves chasing losses and battling addiction as well.

Discipline is the only remedy for all of these gambling problems.

[Cgrexp]

Only gambling cannot be the source of our entertainment, it is very important for us to also find pleasure in doing other things that could get us more entertained outside gambling, if we choose to gamble and see it as the only means to entertainment, it is very possible or more likely that we get addicted in so doing, because what we only give us comfort is gambling during our free time for this same purpose of being entertained.

There are many other forms of entertainment besides gambling. The excitement of each form of entertainment is different. Gambling is a very exciting game . which is why many people like it as entertainment. However  if there is no self-control, mental dependence can develop. this  habit can easily turn into an addiction. The most important   is to have balance and self-control. A person needs to have different types of entertainment in their life, so that the mind is aware and does not become dependent on just one thing. However, other forms of entertainment do not directly involve money. Whereas in gambling, money and excitement work together, which has a very strong psychological effect. So I think if entertainment can be diversified, the risk of excessive dependence on gambling and addiction can be reduced to a large extent.

[leonair]

Addiction comes when your time and money are not proportionally allocated. If you treat gambling as entertainment, 2 to 3 hours is a good proportion, and 5% of your salary is a good allocation for me.
Having only gambling as an option to entertain yourself is also risky; there should be other forms of entertainment for me, such as playing guitar and participating in chess tournaments.
When the mind puts too much time and effort into one thing, it becomes a habit. When it becomes a habit, the more time spent, the more it becomes an addiction. So use your time wisely for entertainment.

Addiction comes when someone spends a lot of time gambling. Because as long as you gamble, you will continue to do different types of activities with you, you will lose and win again and recover that money, then you will not stop gambling because you will want to make a profit, so win-lose will keep happening to you. In this way, you will lose all your money, but emotions will work in you and you will think that now you will lose your money by making mistakes, deposit again, avoid those mistakes and recover your previous losses. In this way, you will gamble for a long time. Spending such a long time in gambling will create a weakness for you towards gambling and you will become completely addicted. Because where money is involved, our emotions work to a greater extent. So if at the beginning of gambling a specific budget and limitation of money and time is kept, then it is bound to become addicted to gambling.

[Bitcoin.com97]

Addiction doesn’t happen once , it takes time , once so much attention is going towards that direction it began to turn into habits and from there addiction starts, so it’s better to see it as entertainment or some thing you do for fun without paying so much attention to it , I saw a thread where someone said his friend abandon his job for gambling, meanwhile it was a good paying job , that is because his mindset has changed, he believes if he pay more attention and focus more on gambling he may get the kind of money he desire which his job May take some months or years to give him , when attention shift so many things are at stake.

[fredericktaylor]

I think the gambler himself is responsible for the addiction to gambling, not anyone else. Gambling is basically good for entertainment it is absolutely not right to choose gambling to earn money. If we continue to gamble for entertainment without following the right rules we can gradually become addicted. In the beginning we have to determine our time and money and take time after winning or losing. We cannot bet aggressively for entertainment we have to take time after betting for the first time and it is not right to gamble quickly for more excitement or entertainment, as a result we can become addicted. It is very important to always be aware it is better to gamble with what we can lose of course, taking time is not good to gamble excessively no matter how much it is for entertainment.

[Hatchy]

Do you agree with this?

At least he is someone that see gambling as a mean of having fun..only a few number of people admits to this. Some already have the mindset that gambling is a mean of making money and because of this, they get too attached to their gambling life. From what you explained, I can say that he was indeed a disciplined person. The fact that he was able to control himself and realised that he was already becoming addicted helped him a long way. Gambling should only be seen as a form of entertainment. Don't let it occupy the spaces of other things in your life. Some people gets too carried away by the profit they make form gambling, then they quit their jobs, stop going out with friends. All these will in turn make them addicted.

[lionheart78]

Do you agree with this?

It is possible that your friend had experienced a good winning streak in his gambling engagement.  The excitement of winning get him hooked on it.  It is a good thing that his family intervene else he will get hooked permanently and get addicted to gambling.

About entertainment, just like investment, it is good to have a diverse form of entertainment.  We all know that too much of one thing is dangerous or not healthy.  Other kind of entertainment will balance all things out and can help nullify addiction to a certain entertainment specially gambling.

[Findingnemo]

Addiction doesn’t happen once , it takes time , once so much attention is going towards that direction it began to turn into habits and from there addiction starts, so it’s better to see it as entertainment or some thing you do for fun without paying so much attention to it , I saw a thread where someone said his friend abandon his job for gambling, meanwhile it was a good paying job , that is because his mindset has changed, he believes if he pay more attention and focus more on gambling he may get the kind of money he desire which his job May take some months or years to give him , when attention shift so many things are at stake.

The best thing we can follow is to treat gambling as an event like it happens once in a while but what really happens is people keep gambling as a hobby, so they do it every day, even if it is for fun.

But over the period of time they drown in the thought of money, profits and loss that just grab them completely and put their finances under great trouble, one must be dare to stop when they lost already and ready to accept it instead of keep betting with the hope of recovering the lost amount.

[Itz-prisigold]

I totally agree with this, gambling is dangerous when it gradually takes the place of all the healthy activities previously enjoyed by an individual. It is not always the casino that is the issue,  but rather when that person starts relying on gambling to provide excitement, relaxation, and emotional escape as well. It is at this stage that balance tend to disappear.

Having different hobbies help to keep heart and mind stable since one activity cannot controls you mood or day to day life. Sometimes, it helps to distract yourself by doing some sports, watching movies, listening to music, spending time with friends or learning a new skill, to break the cycle of the need to never stop chasing the next win. These casinos are built to engage players for extended periods, and if they are using casinos as their sole form of entertainment,  the likelihood of them becoming addicted is high because they will not realise that they are becoming addicted until it has become an issue.

Truthfully, one of the most significant types of self control while gambling is balance.

[Cityhunter34]

There are lots of other things that we can do to entertain ourselves, a lot of people assume that they can only have fun when they gamble that's why it's hard for them to quit or distract their mind with something else when they want to. There are so many things that we can actually do to be entertained if we take our mind off gambling.

Yes, there are many ways to make yourself happy besides gambling. The problem is, it's easy to get carried away by the excitement and end up regretting it later. It doesn't make sense to start gambling for fun and end up addicted. That's not advisable at all, and it usually shows a lack of discipline to the people around you. What we need is self-control all the time, because gambling isn't a source of income.

[Yeesha]

Addiction comes when your time and money are not proportionally allocated. If you treat gambling as entertainment, 2 to 3 hours is a good proportion, and 5% of your salary is a good allocation for me.
Having only gambling as an option to entertain yourself is also risky; there should be other forms of entertainment for me, such as playing guitar and participating in chess tournaments.
When the mind puts too much time and effort into one thing, it becomes a habit. When it becomes a habit, the more time spent, the more it becomes an addiction. So use your time wisely for entertainment.

To avoid being addicted you must ensure that everything is put into right proportion. Some people might plan to gamble for entertainment but due to the circumstances they might end up changing their minds. If a gambler put so much effort in gambling or spend so much time gambling before you know it, they will get attached to it.
The earlier the gambler realise it the better, because at least they will have the ability to create boundaries or set clear limits to avoid being addicted to gambling.

[Versatile_choice]

There are lots of other things that we can do to entertain ourselves, a lot of people assume that they can only have fun when they gamble that's why it's hard for them to quit or distract their mind with something else when they want to. There are so many things that we can actually do to be entertained if we take our mind off gambling.

These is true, personally I don't see gambling as means of entertainment. When we talk about entertainment we are talking about something that makes you happy from the beginning to the end but it surprises me how most people go with the intention of having fun or to get entertained but at the end they usually come out with sadness or depression and yet we still claims that we are having fun with it? Maybe I'm just taking this too far but as long as we are betting with money it's no longer an entertainment because if truly we are treating it as a means of entertainment or fun I see no reason why we are still risking our money in it instead of watching them play.

[Rockstarguy]

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

Do you agree with this?

There is nothing wrong with having gambling as a form of entertainment, except that one doesn't have time limits in gambling, just to gamble the way you like, or if your motive for having Bitcoin as entertainment is to make money from gambling.

Even if gambling is the only thing that entertains someone, if you have a better understanding of it and gamble responsibly, I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Remember, having several forms of entertainment apart from gambling doesn't make one a responsible gambler; it is just the level of understanding that determines if gambling is harmful or not.

[Merit.s]

Giving too much time to gambling will lead to addiction regardless your main purpose of gambling. If you are gambling for entertainment don't gamble often and don't be carried away with the excitement from gambling if not, you might just keep on gambling till you can no longer control yourself.

Any activity that can lead to addiction should be done with caution because addiction starts gradually and not one day. Set a time limit for your gambling activities and stop at the right time.

[AVE5]

It's a bad idea to only have gambling as an entertainment option. You should never leave things that entertain you to play in a casino; it's just too risky.

Do you agree with this?

I variably you're telling us that gambling is as bad activity or corrosive as those who naturally hates gambling or those that has no ideal about the nature being of it says.
I'll doubt you've such mentality because I assume you're an experience user in regards to your forum rank and contributions so far in the gambling board.
Moreover it's of course agreeable that whether gambling for entertainment or profits do have the influence to lead to addiction but only if the player isn't disciplined enough to control their emotions.
So your friend should be blamed for his addiction over loosing control of his urge and emotions.

[skarais]

Do you agree with this?

I almost misunderstood what you were trying to convey, but in the end I understood it correctly.
Gambling is a form of entertainment, regardless of whether an individual or many people misuse it. But, gambling can clearly have a negative impact on an individual's activity patterns if they are unable to exercise self-control. Improper management of gambling time can lead a gambler to play without regard for the clock, they may even neglect other important matters simply because they are engrossed in the game. In my opinion, it is not the slogan that should be blamed, but rather the way a person approaches gambling that should be blamed.

[Davidvictorson]

At first, my friend is hesitant, but he still checks it if he still has a room for one, after a few week of testing he soon loved it because of the excitement so he allocated a portion that he can lose, unfortunately because of his new found form of entertainment he abandoned playing basketball and watching movies so he can focus on playing in casino which he found more entertaining.

I bet that this happened because of the potential financial rewards he was going to get from gambling. It provided a stronger pathway for the release of dopamine compared to just playing basketball and watching movies.

It's good that, with the intervention of family and friends, he has reduced his time at the casino and has resumed playing basketball and watching movies.

He should forever be grateful to his family and friends who intervened early. He was already at the earliest phase or mild stage of gambling addiction and that help. I do think that for some people it is easier to get addicted to gambling than others. If you are gambling for fun, also remember to gamble responsibly too.

[Ndabagi01]

Your friend should be lucky that he’s not fully addicted before intervention came in for him, he was in the process but yet he was rescued. I am sure he’s the type of person that heeds to advise and not allow his self belief of choice of things make him to make mistakes that will cost him a lot. Gambling can be used as an entertainment option but not on the verge of losing your sanity for it, it shouldn’t get you addicted and make you feel like you can’t do without it. Normally, I use to feel that gambling for entertainment is a scam, and there is nothing like such and you’ll just get addicted overtime. This is just a perfect example of what I’ve been saying although not publicly because of a perfect example not found yet for it.