If you see gambling as investment, you will keep losing.

[Queen uloma]

Gambling and investment ain’t the same thing, even if the both still involve risk. In gambling, the different is that the outcome of you winning in gambling depends only on chance and the house edge favor only the operators in long run. That’s why many people are seeing gambling as investment and at the end they will end up chasing after losses because they believe that the next game will recover all their losses. While investment, people usually plan, and manage risk. Some investment even have  regulations  that can reduce risk, even when investment didn’t go as planned, you can still recover your money. So the best thing is to see gambling as an entertainment, if you decide to gamble, you should set a budget and limit before starting, once you have exhausted the money, you can stop for the day and take a break to avoid losses.  Anyone who sees gambling as an investment is exposing themselves to frustration and depression because gambling does not guarantee steady returns. But if it’s seen as entertainment and use money you can afford to lose, it can help you reduce the risk of chasing after losses.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

But if you treat gambling as investment, you will see yourself chasing back what you are losing because at every gambling game, either you have a loss or you win but the number of losing outweighs your winning chance as the house edge and luck will likely go against you.

Therefore, it is better to limit your stop time or amount and resolve to treat gambling as entertainment, not investment.

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

You are absolutely right, personally, I treat gambling as an entertainment cus that exactly what it is for, who ever is treating gambling as an investment probably does not have a clear idea or knowledge of what gambling is all about, or maybe the person does know but simply choose to be ignorant.

But then, who ever know the right way to treat gambling but maybe out of their own greed or anything else decides to treat or take gambling for what it's not, such a person will definitely pay dearly for their decision.
When one treats gambling as an investment, he or she must definitely spend on gambling the way one spends on investment and by the time he loses all or that money, he or she will learn a bitter lesson.
But everyone who treats gambling as an entertainment does understand that they must not risk more than they can afford to lose on every and any game they choose to play or bet money on, this is how to enjoy gambling and not the other way round.

[Yablee0]

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

Having seen all the various damages and financial crisis most gamblers are experiencing due to how they go about their gambling dealings I need no one to advice me on what to do when it concern gamble. Gambling for fun is the best approach any gambler can take and whosoever want to play smart on it by treating it an investment then that dude should be ready to face the consequences that's involved.

However, gamble is basically meant for fun and entertainment purposes no two ways about it, therefore any other internal motive that isn't inline with the real purpose of gambling is simply head way to disaster. Perhaps, I may be wrong but I'm sure that most of the gamblers are all adults so we should know what is right and wrong.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Gambling should be seen as entertainment not an investment because the odds are designed to favour the house over the long run. Some people win money, most players eventually lose more than they gain.

Investments are based on growing value over time through assets like stocks or property, gambling relies mainly on luck and chance. If you treat gambling as a form of paid entertainment then it’s easier to enjoy responsibly without expecting to make a profit.

[Strongkored]

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

I find it odd that anyone would consider gambling an investment. How can gambling be considered an investment when the profit depends on luck, while true investment profits depend on asset selection and the ability to hold on to it for a long time.
People who consider gambling an investment are liars, they only want to appear better, even if they make a profit, the results may not cover previous losses.
For me, gambling is just entertainment, but not the primary form of entertainment for enjoyment, because I can also get pleasure from other things, only when playing trully just for fun.

[shinratensei_]

I never sever seen gambling as an investment. It feels like the only dumb person who treated zero sum game as an investment. The point is that you win when someone else is losing. It's totally different with investment's meaning when you and someone else are creating money together.
So mine treat gambling much more as entertainment instead of investment.

[YOSHIE]

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

It's wrong if there are people who think that gambling is an investment, that's a ridiculous thought for me.

Thinking logically, your gambling activity requires you to risk money and you are required to play a game, this is clearly in conflict with investment. In gambling there is not only making a deposit, but you have to play one type of game, of course in the game there are winners and losers and that is certain.

So, it is very wrong if we think of gambling as an investment.

[Cgrexp]

Gambling should be seen as entertainment not an investment because the odds are designed to favour the house over the long run. Some people win money, most players eventually lose more than they gain.

Investments are based on growing value over time through assets like stocks or property, gambling relies mainly on luck and chance. If you treat gambling as a form of paid entertainment then it’s easier to enjoy responsibly without expecting to make a profit.

Investment should be made primarily in assets where there is no uncertainty, the future is promising and the risk is low. Although any investment has risks, gambling has high risks. One can lose everything in one bet. Therefore, gambling should never be used for investment purposes. Gambling is made for entertainment. And if it is used as an investment, the possibility of losing money is high. Here, winning consistently cannot be sustained. Therefore, if someone bets with all the money he has saved, his fund may be empty due to consecutive losses. Investment and gambling are two different things. Therefore, it should be used for the purpose for which it was intended.

[rezakurnia66]

I don't know and not believing are there have gambler seeing the gambling as investment way? How come its possibility any gambler mindset thinking about gambling as investment way during pure speculation only about two option loss or win. I think not really acceptable ideas if any gambler think about gambling as investment and I believe still have gambler mindset about gambling for have fun only not for investment way, maybe OP can add little reference if any gambler have mindset about gambling as investment indeed has chance get winning from the gambling.
If gambling pure for have fun only I think not get pressure yet when gambling and its the mentality needed get chance for winning gambling, if gambling as investment I think huge pressure before gambling and have pressure mentality if get loss.

[CryptSafe]

I handle my gambling as entertainment since winning is not guaranteed compared to business which the risk is minimal. In gambling,  we are told it to be a 50 59 basis which means that you either win or you lose out entirely from the game so compared to business you are sure of making profit or getting an insurance if anything goes wrong with your business but it is not so in gambling. So it is noted that gambling is of a higher risk compared to business so anyone who sees gambling as investment is bound lose.

[ralle14]

I'm also treating it as an entertainment like the others, without expecting much in return. There's still an investment aspect to it, but only very little because we all still try to win at the end of the day.

Only those at the professional level can go all out with that kind of investment and consistently win regardless of what luck throws at them.

[m2017]

Therefore, it is better to limit your stop time or amount and resolve to treat gambling as entertainment, not investment.

This is the first time I've seen a comparison between gambling and investing, because the opposite is possible, because investing in altcoins\shitcoins is a real "roulette" and is very similar to gambling (low chance of making a profit).

Or is this a new way for gamblers to justify their passion for gambling? To claim that these aren't losses at all, but investments, and that when a big win occurs, all these losses will surely be returned many times over?

But if you treat gambling as investment, you will see yourself chasing back what you are losing because at every gambling game, either you have a loss or you win but the number of losing outweighs your winning chance as the house edge and luck will likely go against you.

It's called RTP (return to player).

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

What about a very risky waste of time and money, with a very low probability of being compensated in the future (in the form of a big win)?

[TokenTikas]

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

Personally, it is better to see gambling as a means of entertainment. When entertainment becomes an investment, the decline begins. When it comes to gambling, make decisions very carefully so that I don't get addicted. That's why, from a personal perspective, I see gambling as entertainment and control everything carefully.

[Suleiman the Magnificent]

This topic is also part of how you can control your gambling losses.

So the idea is this, investment is what you do with precision, not relying on luck  And sometimes, in some investment you don't lose everything. Like you can insure your investment and when it fails, you get the insurance company to come in, depending on the insurance product you signed for. Apart from insurance policy in your investment, some investment generally may still give you room to regain part of your investment and avoid total collapse.

But if you treat gambling as investment, you will see yourself chasing back what you are losing because at every gambling game, either you have a loss or you win but the number of losing outweighs your winning chance as the house edge and luck will likely go against you.

Therefore, it is better to limit your stop time or amount and resolve to treat gambling as entertainment, not investment.

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

Gambling is gambling. Calling gambling an investment is pure self deception. I have never seen gambling as an investment. In my opinion, gambling is nothing more than entertainment.

[Ashawowo(OS)]

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

Gambling is not an investment, an investment is supposed to have a definite ROI and such is not with gambling, in fact the funds we put into gambling has more possibility of being lost than gained, so gambling should only be treated as an entertainment prospect and not investment. Treating gambling as an investment you make us cling to the money we put into it and not be ready to loose it, whereby we should use what we are ready to loose only to gamble. It is a mentality thing, where you invest, you expect profits, so anyone who invests into gambling would always want to be profitable and that is detrimental to him if he keeps chasing profits, so it is better to treat gambling rather as entertainment for your own peace of mind and only approach it with what you can afford to loose.

[Findingnemo]

Investment insurance? Is it even a thing? Every investment is a gamble for the fact but no one should treat gambling as an investment which is the ironic part though.

In gambling the results are based on the randomness so no matter how long you will play there is no guarantee that you will win big that make it as a non sustainable thing as investment and in some games they can use stategies to minimize the loss but those are still relied on the luck part than anything.

[Bright0515]

Many gamblers thinks that gamble is a fork of investment or a business, so they don't really care that much on tier losses, because they literally believes that one day they will be able to win and recover their losses, meanwhile gamble is not in any way for it investment or business, it can only be business for the owners or those who have shares on it, but as for gamblers, it's just a entertainment only.

[Frankolala]

There's no guarantee of making profit in gambling and gambling shouldn't be seen as an investment because you run at loss in the long run. An investment is supposed to give you profit overtime and not the opposite. Secondly, investment isn't all about luck because the more time you spend investing, you get a better experience from about it but in gambling, the only experience you can get is long term losses and how you can manage your bankroll to avoid unnecessary losses.

[robelneo]

How do you handle your gambling? You see it as investment or entertainment?

So much depends on how you start and how you are going. I used to treat it as a potential cash cow when I experienced winning early in my betting days, but after accumulating losses for a very long time, and every strategy I tried failed, I realized that I should treat it as an entertainment, because if I do not, I will end up losing more money, so changing from wan to make money to just having fun is a great idea.

[jeremypwr]

If you treat gambling like an investment you will more than likely go broke.
It should be used as a form of entertainment; nothing more and nothing less.