Casinos can be a good distraction in difficult times?

[TedMosby]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

Not sure if it's just me, but I wonder if others also realized this. By reading your post, I feel like it's not really about the casino, but more about how we socialize and share moments. Here are two things from your post that made me think that way.

• Betting with friends.
• Going to a physical casino with your girlfriend or friends.

Now, I want you to ask yourself this, if you played at a casino without your friends, would you still consider it a good distraction or a bad distraction?

When you're playing with friends, there's a chance that one of them could become the stopper, like the person who reminds you to stop gambling too much, either directly or indirectly.

So, for me, a casino can be a good distraction if the joy doesn't come from the casino or the money, but from the moment you share with others.

[YUriy1991]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

Well I’ll say this is just actually how gambling was meant to be, just a way to unwind after a stressful day or week, and even though there are actually people who still manage to stick to this kind of gambling style, they are only a handful and the vast majority of folks in the gambling space are dominated by people who only care about making more and more money via gambling, and the worst part of it is that more and more people are joining that other side.

It's true that I really enjoy placing bets even though they small, losing a little money no problem because I'm playing for small bets, but sometimes that feeling does apply when I win. I'm always haunted by regret for why I didn't place a bigger bet, this pattern always repeats itself. Self control management is really needed when we are hit by feelings like that, if we get trapped we will invest a lot of money and in the end we will also lose a lot of money, I always suggest to myself that this is just for fun entertainment as you said if we get trapped then we will lose everything.

[obuoma]

Casino is a very nice way to catch fun especially if you try physical casino with friends. I have had the opportunity to try it in one of the sports bar in my city. The beautiful part of it is that you will hardly feel bad when you lose money because winning was never the main objective of doing that but catching fun is. The last time we visited, we tried different slot games and lost at the end of the day but no one felt bad because it was more of fun. This made me realize that gambling is best treated as a way of catching fun, that way there will be no pressures, no stress and no desperation to win.

[sotelorene]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

It can only be a good distraction temporarily and not permanent because the war, climate problem can last for sometime and so after going out with friends or whoever, you will still come back and face the war etc because war doesn't end so easily but you can not watch and be entertained forever at the Casino. This is just like taking alcohol after making loss thinking it will help, yea it will help you forget at that point in time but once the highness is gone you will still remember your loss.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

If only a player doesn't places so much financial expectation on the game's outcome, they will do just fine and get the entertainment they want. We are in the era where things are more difficult than before, most people are facing hard times and hence need more money to cater for their needs, that's why it is difficult for some gamblers now to be smart enough to see casino as a source of entertainment and not a place to make sustainable income.

Casino serves as a good source for entertainment, one don't have to be smart to see it that way because it is obviouse that that's what it is and not a real source of income.

[348Judah]

I know of so many people that have taken gambling as a way of compensating themselves from thinking over economical hardship and life in general, when we engage in gambling that present us with lots of fun, return to easily lessen our stress by so doing and feel the comfort of having fun, when it comes to entertainment, gambling is one of the shortest plug we can ever depend on, it makes you enjoy the day, making it more exciting for us.

[AmoreJaz]

Casino is a very nice way to catch fun especially if you try physical casino with a friends. I have had the opportunity to try it in one of the sports bar in my city. The beautiful part of it is that you will hardly feel bad when you lose money because winning was never the main objective of doing that but catching fun is. The last time we visited, we tried different slot games and lost at the end of the day but no one felt bad because it was more of fun. This made me realize that gambling is best treated as a way of catching fun, that way there will be no pressures, no stress and no desperation to win.

When you are with your friends, it doesn't matter if you lose or not. Because the quality that you have spent with them weighed more than what you financially lost. However, you need to make sure, you are only spending extra money. Because if you start spending your savings, you might feel different even if you are with your friends.

[Agbamoni]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

Provided that we dont get carried away, casinos can ease our pain and cheer up the mood in times when we are bothered about things in life. In situations where we dont want to speak with anyone, it can brighten the atmosphere for discussion. However, if we get carried away, it then makes things worse. I dont advise using a casino to cure depression because it is two-sided. And most times the result is negative.

[Charcol]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

It's like when we can't have fun after a whole week of work, we don't feel like going back to work the next week. For some, it might be playing football, for others, going out with friends, and for others, spending a little time at the casino. But if we stay within a predetermined amount and time frame and accept the loss as the cost of entertainment, then it's as normal as any other entertainment. But I don't think gambling should be the only option to distract ourselves from difficult times. Because when someone thinks that a casino is necessary or a solution to forget work pressure, family problems, or worries, it can gradually become a way to cope with stress.

[freedomgo]

Casinos can bring a temporary relief and joy after a 5-day tiring job and for some reason, you will forget those stress and pressures while you are being entertained with gambling. Until you start seeing gambling not just an entertainment alone but an additional side hustle and if you're lucky, profits are highly guaranteed.

But what if you are losing more than your winning amount, I don't think gambling can still make you entertained. Casinos can only be a good distraction if you are gambling for entertainment, but if you are risking your hard-earned funds and still lose in the end, casinos might turn your worst nightmare most especially if you lose all your life savings.

[Saltysugar99]

If you can bet responsibly and for entertainment purposes, gambling can really become a way for people to have a good time. Especially when you bet with friends, it is much more enjoyable. This type of betting habit helps people to have a good time. When someone bets for a long time alone, negative thoughts start coming into their mind. They start thinking about making continuous profits or getting rich overnight for entertainment purposes, which gradually leads them to addiction. If you can avoid these negative things and bet responsibly for entertainment purposes, people can spend a lot of quality time gambling.

It also helps to eliminate depression along with feeling bad and various types of negative news throughout the day. I saw a friend of mine who used to bet to keep himself away from mental tension and depression. The excitement that is created inside him as a result of betting basically helps him to prevent other mental depressions.

[r_victory]

If these difficult times are not related to personal finances, I believe it can be an acceptable pastime. It needs to be practiced diligently; it shouldn't be an escape, a way to avoid facing reality, because even if the person enjoys it, gambling involves risks of financial loss, and one needs to be aware of this and emotionally prepared, otherwise the "difficult times" can worsen.

[LastKiss]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. ~snip~

Even on weekend I still have work to be done and sometimes I still struggle to make a time for gambling but fortunately online casino is very easy to access nowdays and when I got stressed at work usually I play slots but avoid to bet on sports betting cause betting in stress condition made me chose wrong team to bet.

As long as I'm not overdo gamble to distract my mind then everything will be good, I'm afraid if I'm overdo on gambling especially by spending too much time and money on it, it will only make my mind feel worse than before.

[Rockstarguy]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

A casino can be a distraction based on how one understands it and what their interests may be. Having a good understanding and genuine interest can provide the real essence of gambling in a casino, but when the interest is solely about making or trying to win in a casino by any means, this is when a casino becomes a distraction for a gambler.

Everything depends on understanding, and this is why it is important for gamblers to gain insight to avoid being negatively affected by gambling.

[Son Of Blockchain (SOB)]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

If done responsibly, it's not a bad idea to use a casino as distraction against the news you mentioned, afterall it's a form of entertainment and can equally require spending like going to the bar to drink, visiting amusement parks and so on but people shouldn't forget to spend on doing it wisely so they exceed their bankroll.
 However i don't support where you talked about visiting a physical casino with my friends or girlfriend, i love to keep my gambling life private so I'll rather go alone to a place where no one knows me or play slot or acrade games online.

[Sandra_hakeem]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

Tell me about it! I live in Kyiv and if you google News on Kyiv, you'll see what I mean. You’re speaking the absolute truth, mate. Slots and Poker is what really helps me to not go into a deep depression during these harsh times. Casinos, online and land-based ones can be a good distraction for anyone living in difficult times. I personally prefer poker, but I find sports betting and slots fun as well.

So how do y'all really cope? If I'm passing through a hard time, gambling is the last thing on my roster. When you get distracted for  30 minutes -- 3 hours from the reality, you still come back to see things exactly the way they were and that can be very frustrating imo.

Depression is real so the last I want is to get clogged in that trap for life. If it's not a financial problem and we're in a busy EPL or UCL week, sports betting fills the gap for me.

Yes, a physical casino is a good distraction if you want to escape from reality, but the main issue is they're great at trapping you as well ^{[e.g., there aren't any windows, so you'll easily lose track of time, then there are the freebies (somewhat expensive drinks), and lastly, all the other things that either increase or meaintains your excitement level (loud noises is one of them)]}.

There's always something to do, watch or participate in. They can never run out of ideas to keep you in there for as long as possible.

[Swordsoffreedom]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

I agree that gambling can be entertainment for many. Especially watching a game with friends or girlfriends, placing a small bet or spending social time at a casino, these are not problem gambling in themselves. But I don't think it would be very right to take gambling as a solution to relaxation because of difficult times.

You have to be careful whether you are gambling for entertainment? Or are you gambling to escape from stress, boredom or your own problems? The second can be a dangerous direction for many. Don't get me wrong, I said it can be for many, but not for everyone because if we lose then we not only lose the entertainment money, but the stress we were trying to escape from can also increase.

[Bluedrem]

Is gambling really able to make people forget their depression or bad sides? I don't think so. I think gambling can make people more depressed. Yes, someone may focus on gambling to say they are depressed, but when they lose money, the pain of losing money and the depression of other things will surround them together, resulting in them becoming even more depressed.
So to forget depression, people need to do something where it is not possible to win money but there is no risk of losing money. In that case, they can go somewhere or spend some nice time with their loved ones.
I would say that gambling is not necessary to forget depression.

[DanWalker]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends.

Gambling related harm is not only limited to people with gambling disorder. It can also affect to your financial stress or relationship problem. I think people who gamble at harmful level actually make up majority of industry losses.

So I would say gambling can be fun but only when we can genuinely afford our loss and walk away without chasing it. Losing $20 as weekend entertainment is okay, imo. I don't see any problem with that. But if i think this week has been bad, so I'll recover money today, such mindset is not same thing. To me, actual test of smart gambling is to ensure that you can stop when you win, as well as when you lose.

[Webutxo]

In the news only bad news, war, climate problems, still have the personal problems to manage. Today people don't have time, is all week working hard. Arrives the weekend is the moment to have fun watching a game on the television and betting who wins with friends. Or goes to physical casino with girlfriend or friends see a show, plays eats drinks have a lot of fun to have strength for one more week of work. Casinos used with smart wisdom can be a good entertainment for fun in difficult times.

All looks good if you have money and nice time to gamble, not for a person that has something bothering their mind. If you have a money, it's sweet and nice to want to gamble, the least thing you will want to do is to gamble to get something back to your pocket but a person that his first sign is financial difficulties, hard times to think right, emotionally down, they don't think straight, they mostly have hard times to think well in everything they do.

Check plenty of casinos, half of people that are gambling there are either one or two ways to get bonus, they don't win when they gamble and people that have money to gamble are not there to have nice time or maybe they are their to have nice nice time but it's one of their objectives, the main aim is to win and make more money, the fun and entertainment is not something they consider they can get from gambling, they can get it somewhere that is not gambling.