Are you part of Sports Bettors who bet to pay bills based on this survey

[alegotardo]

So I would like to ask the sports betting community: are you part of the US surveys that bet to pay bills? Be honest, and if possible, state your country or region.

Something this research did not answer is: What the % of people actually managed to achieve the goal of paying your bills with the money obtained from bet? Because I am almost sure that the most of them ended up in a more problematic situation than the one they were in before betting.

I am from Brazil and I am not one of these people, I see gambling as an expense... an expense in the "entertainment" category of my monthly budget. However, it is already public that here bettings is the mainly responsible for the population’s greatest indebtedness... which is why the government is even wanting to ban betting here.

[Natalim]

I'm also from Asia. I bet not to pay my bills because I have secured already the bills payment prior to betting, but I am betting wishing one day a huge luck will hit me and double or triple my capital. I think that's the majority's goal of every gambler, except for those who are only betting for pure fun and excitement.

However, I have to be honest that sometimes I am also trying my luck to cover my bills payment, but most of the time it only ended as a loss, the reason why I don't encourage betting just to cover my bills.

[letteredhub]

Many people this days don't gamble for the love of it as gambler has being made to appear beyond just making predictions bets but now an activity which people are venturing into for a possible revenue that could be used to offset certain bills. The survey isn't just true for Americans but even in my part of the world this is what a lot of people now do since their income source can't cover all their bills. In fact, I would be happy to have myself a huge win that can cut off my bill without it coming from my job.

[Ziskinberg]

Sports betting may be profitable but it cannot guarantee consistent profits. So if you are one of those betting to pay the bills, and wager your small money to reach a significant amount, dude you are doing the very dangerous habit. Sports betting is still gambling, the chances to lose is higher than hitting profitable gains.

I came from an environment of gamblers, but it does not really come into my mind to enter betting just to cover up my bills. I have my job, that's where I get my funds to pay, and when I gamble, I make sure that this is my spare money, not those funds that are intended to pay my bills hoping that the money will grow and be able to afford all my bills at home.

[ejikeme24]

I'm also from Asia. I bet not to pay my bills because I have secured already the bills payment prior to betting, but I am betting wishing one day a huge luck will hit me and double or triple my capital. I think that's the majority's goal of every gambler, except for those who are only betting for pure fun and excitement.

However, I have to be honest that sometimes I am also trying my luck to cover my bills payment, but most of the time it only ended as a loss, the reason why I don't encourage betting just to cover my bills.

This is coming from someone who understands how gambling works, surely whoever that understand how gambling works will use this same method. betting, "wishing one day a huge luck will hit me " and of course that's the goal of every gamblers. Personally I use to gamble even when the game is getting tougher because I believe some day I will win even though it is not something huge but a reasonable amount. This is how every responsible gamblers will do instead of trying to pay bills with gambling, for me it's more like setting unrealistic expectations because such expectations will not come to fulfillment.

[robelneo]

Many sports bettors are doing this because they have confidence in their analysis, and some of them have success doing this, but if you're betting your money for your bills, that's not a good choice to make.

The experts' advice to only play with money that you can afford to lose still applies here, even if you claim to have a good method to analyse bets.
The American way of life is different from my country; they can easily avail loans, while here in our country, our only choice is a loan shark, even if you have a decent job.

[CryptoBuds]

So if you combine the 51% and 21%, these bettors bet hoping to win money to pay bills or mortgage.

I think most of the bettors fall into such trap of placing large bet in an attempt to recover his previous loss. Afterwards they come up with various excuses to justify why they placed bet in first place. Moreover as inflation and cost of living rise and people find they cannot cover their bill with ordinary job, they begin to view betting as investment. Pressure of paying rent weighs on one's mind controlling emotion becomes impossible. And emotional betting inevitably leads to guaranteed losses. So trying to pay bills through betting is akin to attempting to extinguish fire by pouring gasoline on it.

[batang_bitcoin]

Many sports bettors are doing this because they have confidence in their analysis, and some of them have success doing this, but if you're betting your money for your bills, that's not a good choice to make.

Only those who does sports betting a living does it and those who have seen them succeed are copying it as if they can also do what these folks have sacrificed in order for them to achieve that status. There is no assurance even you're best in analysis and you know some insiders into sports betting. I think that these people that does this and hoping that they can pay their bills with the profit they make from their bets are taking risks and have had enough with their situation in life. They are taking it literally about taking risk but to me, I am not going into that point of thinking.

[stadus]

I really believe that luck works in gambling, and if you're lucky when you are betting, you will really make it and enjoy a good win. But luck does not work for everyone here. And if ever it works, eventually luck runs out and end your winning streak and replaced with losing streak.

Personally, I gamble to increase my capital, and somehow to make more money to pay my bills. But I always have readily available funds for my bills payment, but if luckily I will make more money from gambling, then that would be a bigger blessing for me. I gamble to win and make profits, but I'm also open to the reality that you bet to lose your money, not to really make a good win. Somehow that makes sense too.

[Sanitough]

I have known some friends of mine who are actually doing the same thing, and I must say they are also winning significant amount to pay their bills. But I don't think that will work in gambling if you make it more often. Gambling is still a game of luck and chances, and they only come rare that's why majority of the gamblers are still losing at the end of the day.

I don't really bet to pay my bill, but I really hope to win and earn huge amount. That way, I can save my salary and use those winnings to cover my bills while those salary savings can be used for future investment.

[Hispo]

I am pleased to see only two people have voted yes in this survey. It means the majority of people in this community are fully in control other their betting habits and do not need to get in order to pay for their bills. That is how it is supposed to be.

For a moment I thought I was going to see this survey showing something like a 50/50 between people who did not need to bet in order to pay for their needs and people who have enough liquidity so they would not need to do such a thing. I am glad I was wrong.

[Dave1]

Nah, but if I win then I will pay the bills using the money that I won. But if I lose, I'm still ok with it as we all know that bills has to be settled no matter what. So it's irresponsible to us to just gamble money and then hope that it will bring us the money to settle our bills.

And for sure, those who have this kind of mindset will get burn and rekt as we all know that even in sports betting, it's really unpredictable as there are games that the underdog might win or you are just inch closer to winning by betting in the handicap and you lose by just .5 to 1 point.

[danherbias07]

How sad that is. It just shows how bad the economy is. If there's good income and a good salary, this shouldn't have gone that high.

Anyway, I play to win, without any doubt. I will not be a hypocrite to say that I am just doing it because it was all fun. The fun part is actually the bonus. Winning is still the main purpose, and making money to make my life easier. If I win, it will be a good addition to my budget, and a broader budget means a bit of luxury for the family. Even if it's just going to the mall and having a nice meal, that will be enough.

I bet if you ask here in our country, you will get a higher percentage of people saying they are gambling for the same reasons. Bills and mortgage. Worse, some may even say they are gambling to have something to eat the next day or week.

[New Judgement]

I am from south America and No... I am not part of the people who partake in betting for the sake of having money to pay for my bills and pay for food.
I personally believe that id quite degenerate behavior, which would be avoided at all costs.
Also, the fact 51% of bettors in the USA partake in sport betting as a survival mechanism only show how dire the economical situation it is there, and that is even considering how USA is a developed country... One may wonder who bad it could be in poorer countries which don't have the same access to wealth the USA has.

It is better if we seek for a better job or study something productive if possible, instead of gambling with our livelihood.

Gambling is not about how wealthy a country is or not, besides the more wealthy a country is, the more propels in that country will gamble in my opinion, because you need money to gamble and enjoy gamble. Secondly everybody needs that extra income to help out in one way or the other. Not that the 51% and 21% captured in this survey are poor people that doesn’t have a job before they decided to gamble. They are gambling because gambling is a lifestyle they fancy, besides you will even enjoy gambling when you have money. The casinos are not open because of the poor people that looking for how to escape poverty, the casinos main target are for the middle classes and rich people who have the money and a paid job that gives them money to gamble on regularly.

[OgNasty]

I find it a little bit hard to believe that such a high percentage of gamblers are doing so to pay their bills.  What happens to the ones that don't win?  I guess there are people that don't pay their bills but then what happens?  Is this how folks end up homeless?  I couldn't imagine relying on bets for my survival, but maybe I am lucky that way.  I think people should definitely explore working more hours before risking their bills on a bet.

[MAAManda]

On my part, I will not lie. I bet on sports, hoping to pay my bills. I'm from Asia, and many times my bets saved me from missing paying my bills.

Making a bet in the hope of paying the bills is wrong. No one can guarantee the outcome, what if the result turns out not to be what was desired, wouldn't that create new problems?

I'm also from Asia, specifically from SEA region. For me, sports betting has always been a way to heighten the excitement of watching matches. So, I choose which side I'm on. If I could give you advice, don't do that again, I have many friends who did the same thing as you, nothing went right after that.

[Nrcewker]

On my part, I will not lie. I bet on sports, hoping to pay my bills. I'm from Asia, and many times my bets saved me from missing paying my bills.

I am not from the US either. But the 71% number actually surprised me. People dont have enough money to pay their daily bills and on top of that, they are gambling whatever money they have? To me that sounds pretty concerning. Gambling isnt guaranteed money right? So what if by any chance, you lost those bets OP? Then how would you have paid your bills?

Suppose I make 100$ a month and my monthly expenses are 120$. I would first try to cover as much as I can, lets say 100$ and ask for some additional time to pay the remaining 20$. But you people are saying that you would bet that $100 just to try to turn it into $200 and then pay the bill? My main point is what if you lose the bet and the money? You wouldnt even have the 100$ that you could have used to pay part of the bill in the first place.

According to me you should first focus on making more money based on your skills. Then use that money to pay your bills. Keep a small percentage of your total monthly income to try your luck with gambling. Depending completely on gambling to pay your bills is very risky I must say.

[davis196]

This survey is for American sports bettors, but it could differ from other regions because of many factors; the motivation is the same: to make money from our bets.

So I would like to ask the sports betting community: are you part of the US surveys that bet to pay bills? Be honest, and if possible, state your country or region.

On my part, I will not lie. I bet on sports, hoping to pay my bills. I'm from Asia, and many times my bets saved me from missing paying my bills.

Hoping to win some money out of sports betting just to pay household bills or mortgage? That's financial illiteracy in a nutshell.
I wouldn't mind winning some easy money out of gambling and use those money to pay the bills, but I'm definitely not "hoping" for such thing to happen. This survey is yet another proof that most gamblers are pretty uneducated low IQ people(maybe I'm one of them, even though I don't think that I'm that stupid). I can't find any major difference between US gamblers and non-US gamblers. All gamblers around the world share more similarities than differences.

[ZeroVinsonN]

I don't usually gamble to pay bills, but I would be lying if I said there have not been times when I placed bets in hopes of getting money to settle certain bills or have money for something that has been planned.
There was a time a weekend get-together was planned for my group of friends, and I had to travel, I needed extra money, so I placed a bet.
It's not like I do it often, but a few times I have done it, and I have actually won a few times. Most of the time I lost the bet. Just recently, I paid an unexpected debt with a bet I won. 
It's fun when you win, but annoying when you don't.

True. It will help to be honest sometimes. There are times when betting has saved me but it will be very risky to depend on bet to offset bills cause if the game losses, you'd be more depressed than when you didn't place the bet simply because you placed all your hopes on that bet.
 We've gone past that stage of saying "gambling is done for fun or as a pastime" because it's no longer true for some since they see it as a means of income or as the op stated, a way to sort bills.

For me it's usually not for something major so if I'm asked if I gamble to pay bills then my answer is a clear no, but sometimes a bet won does give you the space to be a little extravagant in your spendings, like a shoe off between friends, I remember some months back I won a bet, a few days later my friends suggested we went out, I decided to sponsor the day, of course they knew I won the money from a bet I placed so it's not like I was positioning myself like I was I s better place financially then they were, we were just having fun.

[abaeze]

Even if the results of this survey do not achieve your goal, it is clear that the economic condition of the US economy and the people living there is not very good. Although this is a state survey, it still shows a lot. Those who gamble or bet to meet basic needs and meet daily living expenses should get out of this type of activity. One thing to remember is that what will happen if the gambler who is gambling to pay the bills with money does not win? If he needs money to run his life or improve his standard of living, he should find a new job instead of gambling. Gambling can give people temporary entertainment but cannot provide money or solvency for daily needs. Therefore, one should gamble or bet with money that does not affect family and personal life if lost or wasted.