How do you view gambling?

[Franklyn-wood]

you are right but I am also not viewing gambling as an entire source of entertainment even though I don't want to call gambling a source of incoming but the money attached to gambling has made it a bit different from the regular entertainment games and that's where the literacy or knowledge sharing about gambling as a form of entertainment comes it. According to the definition I got just by asking Google about gambling is that gambling is the act of placing money or something of value on a random event with the intent of winning more money or something of greater value. If you look at this definition it did not explain gambling as a literal source of entertainment but a way you can make extra money by placing your initial money through any form of entertainment etc. So we should take gambling for what it is but trade it with utmost care and moderation.

Anyone who call a gambling a source of income he just started new. Because where I will be losing all the time I will not call that place a source of income never, I can say a gambling is a place where you can be surviving but still not all the time because is not guaranteed; I wonder those that also call it a entertainment; even people that where rich men’s call the gambling a entertainment have changed their mind ever since they began losing all the time.

Instead of me to advice anyone to join the gambling I will rather tell the person to use that money to invest in something else than to spend on a games that will not give them a positive returning.

Last week a guy said he needs 8000 to settle some debts he incured, but has 20000 that was meant for something else, so he decided to gamble with the money he has to see if he will get back the money he needed through gambling fast and easy.
At then end of the day that, he lost the money at hand with desperation to getting extra money for himself. Gambling is best for the self controlled, satisfied and discipline.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

If we consider Option 2, it would look like this: you go to a restaurant. You have to order something there. It doesn’t have to be your favorite dish-the main thing is to order and pay. You don’t even have to eat. But you know that SOMETIMES the restaurant owner, on a random day at a random time, might randomly select a patron and give them a certain amount of money. It might be less than the cost of the meal, or it might be more. And that’s exactly what you’re going there for. As a result, in most cases, you leave having spent money without getting what you came for.
Now, perhaps the difference in assessment becomes clearer.
So, what’s your assessment?

I seriously love this narration, it clearly gives a picture of what gambling specifically to make money looks like, and who ever claims they do not understand this actually needs to go back to school.

Personally, my goal or view of gambling is  playing for fun with possibilities of winning and making profit, but the profit making isn't really that much important, atleast, it's not as important as having fun and enjoying the game because this is the basis of my gambling in the first place, because anytime a game stopped being fun and entertaining to me, i stop playing, it's that simple.

I wasn't always like this though, experience from losses in my earlier days of gambling forced me to completely change my view  towards gambling, and so far, it's been so good and beneficial to be very honest.

[Versatile_choice]

Let's say a paid form of entertainment, I can't possibly say it's just for fun because even though you're gambling for fun you might be lucky someday. And I'm sure that fun gamblers don't reject wining of course wining is what makes the game to be more interesting than the way it was before, when a gambler is losing without a single win they might get fed up and just decide to walk away, but when you are wining at the same time losing it gives you the courage to try more and this would probably going to make the game look more interesting.

[Questat]

The reality right now is that the way people view gambling is subjective, you would see people who truly believe that gambling is a source of income to them and those that also say gambling is bad. In my opinion, I see gambling as a form of entertainment, earlier before now, I used to believe it's a source of income until I know better. The chance of people being addicted irrespective of how the view gambling is dependent on them, some can see it as a source of income and still be discipline because they have that consciousness of what addiction can do to them if they fall into it.

If you really have that winning gambling skills and strategies and you have that inevitable luck, then there's no reason that you won't be profitable with gambling. This is why we can't blame other gamblers if they come to gamble to win and make money because they are good and lucky at it, compared to others who are just betting to lose, and just bet even without proper game analysis.

But gambling to make money should also come with discipline. This is the key to avoid getting addicted with gambling, most especially if you keep seeing yourself mostly winning from gambling.

[Tungbulu]

We don't see many people of this kind, but it is good for them, atleast they realized their mistakes and learn the lessons from it instead of being stubborn and try to recover the loss from borrowed money and lose that again and get into a death trap.

Yeah, you barely see people like that. What we see everyday are mostly those who turn from good to bad lol. Although we can’t blame some of those gamblers who actually switched from considering gambling as a game of fun to some kind of source of generating income, this is usually due to influence from peers or those around them. Not everyone has the courage to stand on their decision, especially when every other person around them are doing it, and they even manage to see some people who are even succeeding using this approach, many would easily fall for it, especially when their job isn’t generating enough income for them.

[IjawMan]

As the op rightly mentioned, planing your expenses for gambling from the beginning is key to having a fun-filled gambling experience, gambling in my opinion should be about fun and a little bit about earning cause gambling is not a job opportunity

It is not an alternative source of income dew to its nature of uncertainty, and for that, it is important to beware of not been overwhelmed that gambling might be a source of financial income thereby becoming addicted to it and engaging in high stake gambling which could lead to psychological trauma as a result of losses made.

[Ever-young]

Last week a guy said he needs 8000 to settle some debts he incured, but has 20000 that was meant for something else, so he decided to gamble with the money he has to see if he will get back the money he needed through gambling fast and easy.
At then end of the day that, he lost the money at hand with desperation to getting extra money for himself. Gambling is best for the self controlled, satisfied and discipline.

Just this night, I had around $15 which is was meant to send to someone tomorrow morning, I decided to try my luck with it by staking on a 2.32 odds game, and guess what, it was a green and now I have more than double the money, I can still send the money to the person tomorrow and still have my money with me, these are the parts I love about gambling, when you’re lucky, it saves you from a lot of stress, but when you’re not, it gives you more stress.

[PhilosopherKing]

you are right but I am also not viewing gambling as an entire source of entertainment even though I don't want to call gambling a source of incoming but the money attached to gambling has made it a bit different from the regular entertainment games and that's where the literacy or knowledge sharing about gambling as a form of entertainment comes it. According to the definition I got just by asking Google about gambling is that gambling is the act of placing money or something of value on a random event with the intent of winning more money or something of greater value. If you look at this definition it did not explain gambling as a literal source of entertainment but a way you can make extra money by placing your initial money through any form of entertainment etc. So we should take gambling for what it is but trade it with utmost care and moderation.

Anyone who call a gambling a source of income he just started new. Because where I will be losing all the time I will not call that place a source of income never, I can say a gambling is a place where you can be surviving but still not all the time because is not guaranteed; I wonder those that also call it a entertainment; even people that where rich men’s call the gambling a entertainment have changed their mind ever since they began losing all the time.

Instead of me to advice anyone to join the gambling I will rather tell the person to use that money to invest in something else than to spend on a games that will not give them a positive returning.

Last week a guy said he needs 8000 to settle some debts he incured, but has 20000 that was meant for something else, so he decided to gamble with the money he has to see if he will get back the money he needed through gambling fast and easy.
At then end of the day that, he lost the money at hand with desperation to getting extra money for himself. Gambling is best for the self controlled, satisfied and discipline.

That gambler has no fucking clue of what gambling is. What stops him from using some from the 20k money to gamble and keep the remaining just in case. When person is desperate for something, lots like that can't think again because there judgement and thinking cap will be clouded and this is the kind of people that will be loose and started to be pursuing what they loose because they want to get it back.

Gambling is not a guaranteed something, and it sure as hell can't fix your financial problems, so whats there that this lots cannot understand?  Person should should gamble just for entertainment, rather than gambling with winning mindset. Anyone person who is trying to use gambling to double their money has two options, either they loose the whole money or they actually double the money. But is is very easy to loose that money and very hard to double that mind, that is why person have to be m always use what they afforded to loose when gambling.

[jeremypwr]

1. As a paid form of entertainment, with a certain chance of winning a prize in addition to the entertainment itself

Gambling is a form of entertainment for me; nothing more nothing less.
It's just for fun regardless if I win or lose.

[GeorgeJohn]

Let's say a paid form of entertainment, I can't possibly say it's just for fun because even though you're gambling for fun you might be lucky someday. And I'm sure that fun gamblers don't reject wining of course wining is what makes the game to be more interesting than the way it was before, when a gambler is losing without a single win they might get fed up and just decide to walk away, but when you are wining at the same time losing it gives you the courage to try more and this would probably going to make the game look more interesting.

this is one of the things that made us to be gambling addict without knowing because once you are losing in gambling that will motivate you to gamble more in order to make you to retrieve or recover what you have spent in gambling since you have been losing, but someone who has the experience of gambling does not continue to gamble when it notice that is losing it will always stop at moment and the continue later, after it has restrategize very well... one thing we are supposed to know is that gambling is something that we should gamble with wisdom not because of we want to recover to recover what we have lost

[alastantiger]

Even from the beginning, I also made some mistakes, but over time I have understood the main concept of gambling, which is why now if I spend some money on gambling, I spend it within my ability to lose and that also helps me to entertain myself.

I think viewing gambling as a source of income is wrong and not good for anyone even though they are professional gamblers because you are likely going to be addicted the moment you start seeing gambling as a source of income especially when it becomes your only source of income. Gambling for profit, you will always try to not lose and that becomes a problem because you will not enjoy your yourself but for you to always have fun in gambling you have to be able to enjoy the game despite winning or losing but that is not possible when all you care about is making profit when gambling.

How I view gambling, being a gambler is not bad but becoming an addicted gambler, that is when it becomes a problem because you do not only become a problem to yourself but you become a problem to everyone around you and that is not good. It becomes a problem when you are always borrowing because you are always in debt due to over gambling. Gambling becomes a problem when you are no longer in control but being controlled.

[Pandorak]

So, how do you view gambling:
1. As a paid form of entertainment, with a certain chance of winning a prize in addition to the entertainment itself
2. As a way to make a profit, and you play solely to win

Without a second thought, i would definitely choose number one, and i’m sure most gamblers initially gamble just for entertainment. Losing isn’t a problem because the money spent stays within their budget, while winning is considered a bonus.

However, people often end up in category number two, perhaps they initially gambled with money they couldn’t afford to lose, until they developed a mindset that refuses to accept defeat and a desire to get revenge by recouping all their previous losses. This is where most gamblers get trapped, leading to even greater losses. So gambling isn’t just about entertainment anymore, it’s about winning.

[Bright0515]

The first point is obviously the best way to deal with gambling and that's actually a fact, if you cannot see gambling as an entertainment it is going to be the other way around and that's going to be gambling to make money and this isn't the right way to place your mindset as gambler because it would make you Prioritize chasing wins.

[ejikeme24]

So, how do you view gambling:
1. As a paid form of entertainment, with a certain chance of winning a prize in addition to the entertainment itself
2. As a way to make a profit, and you play solely to win

Without a second thought, i would definitely choose number one, and i’m sure most gamblers initially gamble just for entertainment. Losing isn’t a problem because the money spent stays within their budget, while winning is considered a bonus.

You're right about that, gamblers are not supposed to be worried about their losses knowing fully well that Lossing is inevitable in gamble. and I like the part you said that it's stays within our budget. of course before a gambler would think of making a gambling budget they are supposed to know that there's a high chance of Lossing everything they have in Thier budget without a single win. I think the reason why most people don't easily forget Thier loses is because they don't believe that there's a possibility of losing their budget without a single win.

[r_victory]

I choose option 1. I don't get hung up on just winning, even though that’s the main goal. I know that, most of the time, that’s not what happens. I’ve wasted money on so many other things that actually just resulted in losses; with betting, I can still win something, and I don’t risk more than I can afford. Right now, I’m playing slots; I’ve lost, won, and lost again, and it’s all good. Soon I’ll go to sleep peacefully and wake up tomorrow with a clear conscience. For me, it’s just fun.

[Sonia_123]

Seeing gambling from the view of the first example makes it easier for any gambler to understand, there is always a reward for a winner not a losser because it is only when you win you are entitled for a prize  .

Gambling is a very good a example of those children games we play when we were small known as try your luck, when children fails, they accept it that they have lost their game because it was initially explained to them before they place the bet, and so if we adults can be able to understand this, I don't think there will be addiction at all.

[khatarnak]

So, how do you view gambling:

For me it is about Money.

Without betting I stop watching most sports long time ago.
After many years it just isn't that exciting anymore.

Betting is what keeps me watching.

And I think a lot of people who say gambling is "just entertainment" are only saying that because it sounds like the right thing to say.
 

[Bitcoin.com97]

The best is to view gambling as an entertainment with a prize to win at the end ,in such situations not everyone is going to win ,the winning is definitely going to be limited,but if person has this mindset towards gambling I don't think many would see it as a poverty escape root,the main thing is to have the right mindset which is ,this is purely entertainment and it come with a prize,if you aren't lucky to be the winner ,you accept it in good fate and not overplaying your role that isn't the best .

[maydna]

Gambling is a paid form of entertainment with a chance of winning, nothing else so I just spends money for sometime. I admitted that I play gambling for fun, for filling my free time occasionally but I don't have intention to make money from gambling because that is difficult.

I see making money from gambling is possible but the chances to lose will be there so I don't have to take more risks to play. I just want to playing gambling, allocating money, and enjoy the time. If I win, that is my luck comes in the right time but if not, that is the risk that I should pay.

[Julien_Olynpic]

Naturally, I view gambling as a paid form of entertainment. I also view gambling as research. Let's be honest—few people can make money gambling long-term. I think that's significantly less than 2%. To win at gambling, you need to have a significant advantage over other market participants. This requires either insider knowledge or highly advanced analytical software. Almost all players lack both.