Transition from gambling for Fun into gambling for income.

[Maslate]

I think that's one of the biggest challenge in gambling, thinking that you are no longer gambling for fun because you're confident enough that you'll be making constant profits starting from now on. Some may have been smart enough to understand that that's just a big trap for greedy gamblers, while others definitely believe that they can settle with gambling and make a good, consistent income.

Early wins are said to create an illusion of skill, believing that instead of working hard from 8-5pm, they can stick to gambling alone and establish financial stability. And whatever the reason could be that pave way to stick with gambling, illusion of control or chasing of losses, but in the end, gamblers who are seeing gambling as financial dependence always lose their bankroll and face financial run, and even damage their mental and emotional health if left unavoided.

[nimogsm]

Now I have a question I will like us to discuss about too, At what point do you think gambling stops being entertainment and starts becoming financial dependence?

Greed will still be the driver. The loss of a large capital will eat away at the player's soul, and since they easily lost everything, there's a chance to make a quick profit or at least recoup their losses. For example, a player earns $50 a day at work, but here they can win $50 in a few minutes. The quick emotions and quick earnings are what create addiction.

[bakasabo]

Now I have a question I will like us to discuss about too, At what point do you think gambling stops being entertainment and starts becoming financial dependence?

That is definitely first large win when fun turns into profit. As long as gambler dont have a plan how he can spend his winnings, what he can buy now, it is a fun activity. As soon as gambler gets a big win and he starts to compare it with items he can purchase, that is the moment it transits into income. For example if a gambler with budget of $10-50 wins couple of dollars, even if he does it constantly, it is fun. But as soon as he wins $500, he can think how he can materialize that amount, lets say upgrade his mobile to a newer model "for free", that is when gambling turns into earning money.

[Achalugo BTC]

Greed will still be the driver. The loss of a large capital will eat away at the player's soul, and since they easily lost everything, there's a chance to make a quick profit or at least recoup their losses. For example, a player earns $50 a day at work, but here they can win $50 in a few minutes. The quick emotions and quick earnings are what create addiction.

That idea of wanting to have quick money has lead so many of them into destruction and yet, some people won't still take their lesson from what happened to others, because its very dangerous to force or treat gambling as a way for one to be earning money from it, as greed will stop in, which will control their actions. But that rush is the hook to their doom and its best for them to just treat and accept gambling as entertainment purposes and not for any other reasons.

[iv4n]

Now I have a question I will like us to discuss about too, At what point do you think gambling stops being entertainment and starts becoming financial dependence?

It's not a single clear moment... It's like a slow shift from I'm here for fun to I'm here to win money. Those high expectations can mess with your brain, and the risk keeps going up because you expect something that may or may not happen. So even when you win, you will continue to play because your "moment is here", and when you lose, you will deposit more because you expect to win...

So in the end, maybe it's about the control... as long as you control it, you can have fun, but once you lose control and let illusions drive your actions, you are in trouble.

[Somto9Light]

No. Some who gamble for fun also risk a high amount in gambling. We dont have to use the amount, whether low or high, to judge if someone is gambling for profit or they are gambling for entertainment. Entertainment can cost at any price? You know that? A millionaire can visit a casino to have pleasure in gambling, prostitution, and alcohol without minding the amount he spends doing those activities.

Very true, amount alone can't tell how irresponsible one is in gambling, but one can be judge through their reaction in it, as some gamblers can just do anything by depending it to be their only means of survival, as they always show up and gamble all the times, they don't have time for other things apart from gambling and this not a healthy gambling strategy for one and should be avoided, because its not the right behaviour one has to display in gambling.

[Strongkored]

Now I have a question I will like us to discuss about too, At what point do you think gambling stops being entertainment and starts becoming financial dependence?

When no longer playing using money you can afford to lose.
As long as a player plays with money he can afford to lose, losing will not change the feeling of enjoyment from wanting to make money.
So keep gambling as fun so you can play with good control.

[xenomorfo]

It's not a single clear moment... It's like a slow shift from I'm here for fun to I'm here to win money. Those high expectations can mess with your brain, and the risk keeps going up because you expect something that may or may not happen. So even when you win, you will continue to play because your "moment is here", and when you lose, you will deposit more because you expect to win...

So in the end, maybe it's about the control... as long as you control it, you can have fun, but once you lose control and let illusions drive your actions, you are in trouble.

well done Ivan, exactly, it's not a single moment but a series of mistakes, a series of allowing oneself to break one's own rules
this slowly makes you break all the rules you have given yourself and give today and give tomorrow, all inhibitions fall away and you are practically cooked without knowing it.

[Charcol]

When you start thinking of gambling as a solution to financial problems and a source of regular income, gambling becomes not entertainment but addiction and a cause of loss. I think when you gamble with a small amount of extra money, it is one thing. But if you try to pay your bills, recover your losses or earn money based on the results of gambling, it makes a big difference. But this change does not happen overnight. You are right that after winning big a few times, you develop a false sense of confidence. When you win a few times in a row, you think you have understood the strategy or skill of gambling. This is how gambling actually starts as entertainment, but turns into loss.

[imthegreat]

Some gamblers usually start gambling just for fun however, as they continue gambling and starts winning and making Money from it they slowly transition into gambling for income and not for fun anymore without even realizing it.

It usually starts like this at first, they think and say:

“I’m just gambling for fun nothing more.”

But after they have won or after a few wins there thinking change to:

“Maybe I can actually make more steady money from this gambling.”

And after they start losing back to back, they start thinking or saying:

“I just need few big win to recover all the money I have lost.”

And this is how they starts gambling for income and not for fun anymore.

Now I have a question I will like us to discuss about too, At what point do you think gambling stops being entertainment and starts becoming financial dependence?

This is exactly what happens, because no one can track this fine line, which implies the transition from entertainment to earning money at the casino. And many gamblers lie a lot to themselves and others when they say that they will never come to the idea of earning money, but I will always think of gambling solely as an everlasting entertainment. It all starts with a little "what if". And when a gambler wins money for the first time, or when he gets a particularly big win, the decision will be made in the subcortex of the brain that gambling is a completely profitable entertainment that can quickly and easily provide this naive guy with money.

[Alex077]

Some gamblers usually start gambling just for fun however, as they continue gambling and starts winning and making Money from it they slowly transition into gambling for income and not for fun anymore without even realizing it.
It usually starts like this at first, they think and say:
“I’m just gambling for fun nothing more.”
But after they have won or after a few wins there thinking change to:
“Maybe I can actually make more steady money from this gambling.”

I think maybe this transition usually happens very slowly and almost unnoticed by the person themselves. It’s very rare that a gambler suddenly decides one day: “Okay, from now on I’m going to gamble to make money” and completely changes their approach. Most of the time it starts exactly as you described - a few lucky wins create the feeling that the player has found some kind of system or started to understand the game better, and then gambling begins to look like a possible source of income.
The problem is the following - a few big wins in the past can seriously distort a player’s perception. A gambler starts thinking: “I’ve won before, so I can do it again,” even though the mathematical advantage is still on the casino’s side.

As for me I think, the line is crossed when gambling stops being an entertainment expense and turns into a financial strategy or a way to solve money problems.

[Leahized]

Greed will still be the driver. The loss of a large capital will eat away at the player's soul, and since they easily lost everything, there's a chance to make a quick profit or at least recoup their losses. For example, a player earns $50 a day at work, but here they can win $50 in a few minutes. The quick emotions and quick earnings are what create addiction.

Yes it is absolutely right if can earn money very fast, it is in the mind of every player. But if a player loses a lot of money too quickly, he may not want to withdraw that money. If he doesn't have enough money. But if someone loses any money or more money then he will feel hurt. But the funny thing is that while most gamblers enter for fun, they gradually turn their attention to making money. Situations like this have happened to me many times: using a small amount of money for fun is possible to win and greed arises from this tendency. No matter where a gambler runs, it is better to be disciplined and responsible.

[donnajackson75]

I think maybe this transition usually happens very slowly and almost unnoticed by the person themselves.

Yeah tbh the absolute worst thing that can happen to a new player is hitting a big win on their first few days.

It completely messes up your perception of money. u start looking at your daily salary from a 9-to-5 job and compare it to a lucky spin you did in 10 seconds on your phone. once that happens you're basically doomed cause you'll always try to replicate that "easy money" instead of just playing for fun. the entertainment part dies the second you start chasing.

[KiaKia]

It's easy to lost your way as a gambler and it's harder to stay disciplined like you have started your gambling journey, everything that OP said is true but the problem still stands as lack of money.

Someone who was gambling for fun before can suddenly start to chase money if they are sacked at work or if their source of income got blocked.

Some aren't making enough already and they will view gambling as an alternative way to make money, the best manner of approach to this problem is to avoid anything that will take your source of income away.

Remain responsible with gambling and only fund your gambling balance when you have what you can afford to lose, it's not going to be easy, it's going to be a struggle for you but it's doable.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

When a gambler starts risking a high amount that is far above the amount they they would afford to have fun with, then it means they are no longer gambling for entertainment but rather for financial benefits alone, if someone actually wants to gamble for the sake of the profit and entertainment, they can do so with the money they can afford to lose but when the only purpose is for financial dependency, it become clear that the person will most likely risk a huge amount to gain more.

No. Some who gamble for fun also risk a high amount in gambling. We dont have to use the amount, whether low or high, to judge if someone is gambling for profit or they are gambling for entertainment. Entertainment can cost at any price? You know that? A millionaire can visit a casino to have pleasure in gambling, prostitution, and alcohol without mindingthe amount he spends doing those activities.

After they have spent that amount that was never budgeted to be used for fun, they end up regretting their actions, yes, we can say such a person actually did that for the purpose of fun but it was a reckless habit that was caused by lack of self control and that can still not be the usual way of having fun because you are not supposed to regret your actions if truly you played with the amount you could have afford to lose.

[bitgolden]

Gambling for income is the laziest way of money losing ever. I mean you could literally just go on top of a building, and throw money on the street by 1 dollar banknotes, which would make it a big size if you have big pockets, and then watch people battle over it.

That is evil, bad, and inhumane, and STILL better than gambling. I am not saying do not gamble, I gamble myself, constantly, that doesn't mean that I am going to go gamble for income, I know that I am going to lose, I just have fun wit hit.

[LastKiss]

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Now I have a question I will like us to discuss about too, At what point do you think gambling stops being entertainment and starts becoming financial dependence?

No one like being on a losing streak especially when they're using their own money to play. Even if we view gambling as a form of entertainment, continuously losing  on gambling can make it stop being enjoyable and we may even start chasing our losses to try to recover what we've lost.

I think that's the point where some gamblers begin to shift their mindset from gambling for entertainment to gambling for income. Whether we win or lose those experiences can disrupt our discipline and make it harder to gamble responsibly. However, it's usually worse when we lose because the temptation to make poor decisions becomes much stronger.

[Sonia_123]

Although transition of fun to income is very risky because gambling wins are not guaranteed when it comes to winning it's not continuously but only by luck because if you get carried away with winning initially, then a huge loss awaits you ahead, so no matter the wings , gamble with what you can afford to lose.

[yhiaali3]

Early wins are said to create an illusion of skill, believing that instead of working hard from 8-5pm, they can stick to gambling alone and establish financial stability. And whatever the reason could be that pave way to stick with gambling, illusion of control or chasing of losses, but in the end, gamblers who are seeing gambling as financial dependence always lose their bankroll and face financial run, and even damage their mental and emotional health if left unavoided.

Yes, unfortunately, this is what is happening in my country at the moment. Because of inflation and the difficulty of finding work due to the difficult economic conditions, most people here are turning to gambling because they believe, as you mentioned, that instead of working hard from eight in the morning until five in the evening, they can be satisfied with gambling alone and achieve financial stability.

Unfortunately, the opposite happens. Most of these people discover their mistake after they start losing money instead of increasing it, and the illusion of getting easy money turns into debt and perhaps selling personal property.

[Free Market Capitalist]

Yes, unfortunately, this is what is happening in my country at the moment. Because of inflation and the difficulty of finding work due to the difficult economic conditions, most people here are turning to gambling because they believe, as you mentioned, that instead of working hard from eight in the morning until five in the evening, they can be satisfied with gambling alone and achieve financial stability.

Unfortunately, the opposite happens. Most of these people discover their mistake after they start losing money instead of increasing it, and the illusion of getting easy money turns into debt and perhaps selling personal property.

I'm honestly amazed by how many people think you can make money through gambling. Starting with the OP, who talks about gambling without making any distinctions, and continuing with a bunch of comments like this one. There are only a few specific forms of gambling where you can potentially make money consistently: poker, sports betting, and a few others like horse racing. But just because it's possible doesn't mean it's easy. Only a small percentage actually succeed. And as you say, the norm is for people to end up in a worse financial situation.