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

[Barikui1]

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?

Once you give too much time and attention to a particular thing, the chances of getting addicted to it is very high, because you will now see it as an everyday activity, and once it gets to a level where you feels like you are going to die if you miss a day without doing it, just know that such person is an addict already, that is why it's very important that even though you are gambling for fun, try not to gamble every day, minutes or time, because too much attention to a particular thing increases the chances of getting addicted to that particular thing.
 And because the addiction of gambling is very destructive, we should seek other means of entertainment, not by focusing only on gambling that may leads to addiction.

[Emjay24]

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?

Once you give too much time and attention to a particular thing, the chances of getting addicted to it is very high, because you will now see it as an everyday activity, and once it gets to a level where you feels like you are going to die if you miss a day without doing it, just know that such person is an addict already, that is why it's very important that even though you are gambling for fun, try not to gamble every day, minutes or time, because too much attention to a particular thing increases the chances of getting addicted to that particular thing.
 And because the addiction of gambling is very destructive, we should seek other means of entertainment, not by focusing only on gambling that may leads to addiction.

Beyond not gambling everyday, you ought have specific time apportioned to every recreational activity, just like you have designated time you wish to spend at the park, cinema, bar, e.t.c. Your gambling routine should be timed as well to entertain other activities, when you spend too much time gambling, it starts turning into a high priority hobby, you begin to loose interest in other stuffs you should prioritize since gambling can be very addicting and before you know what's happening, you're already an addict. If you would at least set only a moderate priority for it and have a timeframe to spend in it and a budget as well, it wouldn't  have a solid grip on you as it would on someone who regularly goes on a drift in gambling without brakes.

[junder]

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Do you agree with this?

The diversion of interest from basketball and watching movies to gambling in my opinion is none other than because of the winnings. It is not strange because in my opinion anyone who does gambling will experience a phase where gambling will be more interesting than other things this has a great chance of happening by those who do gambling.

Only a few people can actually do gambling and avoid getting addicted to it, which begins with a strong sense of interest in gambling. And it's actually not bad to consider gambling as entertainment, but make sure there should be limits too.

[|MINER|]

We can watch and enjoy the match with a bottle of beer without gambling, but the enjoyment of watching the match or playing on casino is different and the craziness that can be enjoyed through betting is different here.
And I will not deny that we want to earn profit in gambling, but the desire to achieve this is not unrealistic, so we have to know the risk factors and then gamble. And in this case gambling is really a source of entertainment not making only profit, and here you can lose your funds just as you can make profit at the same time. So, just as you don't spend all your money in other sectors of entertainment, here too we have to spend within our ability to lose.

[Samlucky O]

Actually casino game is never an entertainment to me ever since, because it deal with spending of money. I value entertainment without money and peace of mind, than entertainment with money and no peace of mind. Because that's exactly what happens in casino bet. You feel you are having fun and entertainment while losing money, and when you start losing This money, you not happy any More, you become naive and angry at yourself, this is what makes gambler keep betting, losing and continuously gambling regardless of what they see the game to be. Casino game should no be seen as entertainment but those that doesn't involve money.

[karabiber]

Encouraging someone who already has a social life to gamble is a mistake. This person has already managed to keep themselves away from bad habits by relying on healthy sources of reward and entertainment. No matter how disciplined we may be, gambling immediately draws the player in because it triggers the reward mechanism very quickly. Just like a whirlpool. The mindset of “I’m disciplined; nothing will happen to me” is extremely dangerous. Because gambling instantly alters habits and the reward system. However, it is extremely encouraging that this situation was recognized early and addressed.

[POPOLUV]

This is true, and it happened to a friend who used to be addicted to online casinos, you see my friend used to play basketball and watch movies on weekends just to ease up from his work as a supervisor.

One of our friends introduced him to online casinos as an additional form of entertainment, knowing that he is a disciplined guy and will not turn to addiction.

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.

By picking and only playing in casinos as a form of entertainment, his friends and family found out that he had allocated more time and money; they knew him as a disciplined guy, but because he only had gambling to treat himself, he became addicted.

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.

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?

It is not a bad idea of choosing gambling as an entertainment option depending on an individual but for me i can't choose gambling as only entertainment i will be engaging in with because there are different kinds of entertainment that quickly makes me happy apart from gambling entertainment, and secondly being addicted to gambling is not what a gambler can see it coming and when he have reach the level of being addiction, you will not agree that he is addicted to gambling, so the best option of not engaging to addiction in gambling is to never gamble at all in you cannot be able to control yourself on how to go about gambling journey.

[maydna]

Gambling is one activity we can do but relying on gambling to have fun is bad, you can get the problem. Not to mention if you becoming addiction which can ruins your lives. You could losing everything you have and regretting of what you have done. You can playing gambling but not very often so you can balance your life.

Discipline also needed in gambling to prevents you from gambling excessive and just wasting money. Your friend are lucky having family and other friends who cares to him so they can help them reducing his time at the casino. If they are late, I can't imagine what will happens to your friend.

[Umulala-alala]

This is true, and it happened to a friend who used to be addicted to online casinos, you see my friend used to play basketball and watch movies on weekends just to ease up from his work as a supervisor.

One of our friends introduced him to online casinos as an additional form of entertainment, knowing that he is a disciplined guy and will not turn to addiction.

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.

By picking and only playing in casinos as a form of entertainment, his friends and family found out that he had allocated more time and money; they knew him as a disciplined guy, but because he only had gambling to treat himself, he became addicted.

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.

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?

It is not a bad idea of choosing gambling as an entertainment option depending on an individual but for me i can't choose gambling as only entertainment i will be engaging in with because there are different kinds of entertainment that quickly makes me happy apart from gambling entertainment, and secondly being addicted to gambling is not what a gambler can see it coming and when he have reach the level of being addiction, you will not agree that he is addicted to gambling, so the best option of not engaging to addiction in gambling is to never gamble at all in you cannot be able to control yourself on how to go about gambling journey.

Gambling is not an entertainment though some persons sees it as fun we can call watching football, movies and other entertaining related stuff as an entertainment and not gambling. Been addicted into gambling is wrong and many that are into this act don't believe that they are addicted until it gets bad, there is actually nothing bad gambling if it's done in the right way by gambling with money they are can afford to loss and also doing it responsibly.

[Somegory]

Well maybe someone dumb is trying to fool themselves somewhere that spending a lot of time on gambling is still a form of entertainment, sooner or later it will turn into addiction.

Too much of everything is bad, sit and think about anything and think about spending most of your time on that thing, you will see why spending too much time on one thing is bad.

If gambling is taking too much of your time you have already become addicted to it and you are fooling yourself that it's all entertainment, that's not entertainment, it's addiction.

[suzanne5223]

I agree with what you said because it is easy to become a gambling addict if we choose to ignore the outdoor activities entertainment, and only focus on gambling as a form of our entertainment, because at some point, when the game is not going in our favor or when we have a luck streak, we'll need to walk away from the game to spend some time on outdoor activities.
That's the mistake your friend made, which made him addicted to the game, and I am glad that he's open to a solution on time, which is something pride doesn't let some gamblers do.

[Localhostspeed]

It is not a good idea to give all attention to just one thing, it may not gambling. It is always good to be moderate in whatever thing ones is doing because that's the only to avoid being addicted to it. Gambling all the time or when gambling is the only means of entertainment then it will become easy to be addicted to it because of the time dedicated to gambling is much.
Some people believe that gambling if the reason for gambling is entertainment that they won't be addicted to gambling but this wrong , when more time is given to gambling thanbany other thing it becomes easy to be addicted.

I don't support this your advice because it's looking general concept that doesn't align in all aspect of life. If you are gambling, it's not good to.be too depending on gambling as a source of income but I will not say the same if you are making money from other things that are not gambling. How can you say that if a person is making money from crypto, it's not best to put all your mind to crypto alone, there are people that knows nothing than crypto.

Some gamblers problem is they see gambling as a source income and that's bad especially if you are not doing well in gambling. There are people that are self made from gambling, but they know their self that this is what they are capable of doing. If you are the type of gambler that knows you are not too good in making accurate precision, just focus on other things that will give you money, doing gambling will ruin your plans and your savings if you have one.

[Renampun]

It can't even be called entertainment anymore when he starts spending more money and time and starts leaving the activities he initially loved, more precisely it has entered the early stages of addiction.. because if it were entertainment, then your friend would still be able to carry out activities as usual and be able to control his gambling by managing it within reasonable limits. but when he has lost control over it, it is already an early symptom of addiction, and fortunately his family and friends were able to intervene so he didn't fall deeper.

[Cgrexp]

Gambling is one activity we can do but relying on gambling to have fun is bad, you can get the problem. Not to mention if you becoming addiction which can ruins your lives. You could losing everything you have and regretting of what you have done. You can playing gambling but not very often so you can balance your life.

Discipline also needed in gambling to prevents you from gambling excessive and just wasting money. Your friend are lucky having family and other friends who cares to him so they can help them reducing his time at the casino. If they are late, I can't imagine what will happens to your friend.

Although gambling is made for entertainment. However, one should not depend only on gambling for entertainment. There are many other means of entertainment. Even if someone starts gambling for entertainment, they can become dependent on it due to habits and mentality which leads them to the path of addiction. Due to habits, people basically lose their control. Many people are involved in gambling for a long time but can follow their own limits. However, very few people can maintain such control. Without responsible behavior, gambling can easily become harmful. Everyone should set their own budget, not try to make up for losses even if they lose, and not see it as a means of earning money.

[Fredomago]

I agree with what you said because it is easy to become a gambling addict if we choose to ignore the outdoor activities entertainment, and only focus on gambling as a form of our entertainment, because at some point, when the game is not going in our favor or when we have a luck streak, we'll need to walk away from the game to spend some time on outdoor activities.
That's the mistake your friend made, which made him addicted to the game, and I am glad that he's open to a solution on time, which is something pride doesn't let some gamblers do.

Yeah right, it's good that this person beats his pride and managed to adjust avoiding to go deeper, as you said most of the time when a person already addicted they are not willing to let go, and same with your statement a gambler needs to still have a balance lifestyle, even they are engaged with gambling outdoor games should also have time to practice, it helps to keep your mind busy and not just to keep your focus to gambling alone.