Entertainment to Addiction

[Iranus]

I think the beginning of gambling is very important and it is important for the gambler to control himself and make decisions. Because if we cannot control ourselves, then we will definitely become addicted to gambling.

Leaning only on self control & willpower will not work for long. When your brain gets trapped in dopamine cycle and urge to chase loss kick in then capacity for rational thought become paralyzed. At that moment hoping to control oneself is as futile as looking for ice in boiling water.

However there are certainly some solution to this.
You must set stop loss and deposit limit before your game even begin. You cannot leave any room to make move driven by emotion. Naturally odds are always stacked in bookmakers favor.
in long run house always win. no matter how brilliant a strategist you might be. Therefore you must always keep house edge in mind while playing. And always keep in mind big win is not any sign of skill, it is merely a temporary outlier & Luck. You should enjoy it in a way that ensure that big win doesn't become any cause for tears later on.

[NeuroticFish]

Some smaller easy wins can make some think winning is always easy. Some come to gambling with the mindset that they'll win money for living or they've seen some big wins, so the will win too.
Then they lose and try to recover the loss, getting into troubles. Or they win just enough to stay hooked... until they lose big.
I think that the mindset is the most important: have fun in the bounds of the budget. That can help staying at the level of entertainment. Anything beyond that goes on the slope of addiction and problems.

[Rruchi man]

But the interesting thing is that sometimes defeat does not only make a gambler addicted to gambling, but some wins make the gambler completely addicted to gambling.

Further, a gambler may not only become addicted to gambling from their own wins or success; they can become addicted to even the success stories of other individuals around them who are experiencing good results in gambling, and this constant good results that these people around them are experiencing keeps them motivated to keep gambling even more aggressively with the belief that if others around them are winning, they too should be winning.

You can be managing control of yourself while gambling but can loose the entire country when you hear of the success story of someone that is really close to you, so that is a trigger that you should also be cautious of.

[mak013]

Most gamblers start gambling for fun and with little expectations, but later they become more aggressive in gambling and then they cannot control themselves. In the beginning, they bet on one or two matches and feel excited, then gradually they increase the amount of bets, (at this time if one or two wins come in their favor, then they have a false confidence in themselves), although while gambling continues, they think that they can quit gambling at any time or if more than one result goes against them, then they will quit the game, but in reality this does not happen. In reality, it is seen that due to several consecutive results going against them, the gambler gambles more aggressively to recover the past losses, which makes it seem that the result goes against them again and he starts playing again like this but he is completely involved in gambling and even if he wants to, he cannot come back from there later.

But the interesting thing is that sometimes defeat does not only make a gambler addicted to gambling, but some wins make the gambler completely addicted to gambling.
For example, after a big win, the gambler feels that he has learned to make completely correct decisions in gambling and then he starts gambling more from that feeling, which makes him completely immersed in gambling.

So I think the beginning of gambling is very important and it is important for the gambler to control himself and make decisions. Because if we cannot control ourselves, then we will definitely become addicted to gambling.

Bullshit!
Most gamblers don't have a problem with gambling. Look at the statistics. They vary a lot, but I've seen figures between 1% and 15%. Even 15% is far from "most".
If you were right, gambling would be equated with drug addiction and banned in most countries – but that's not what we see.

C'mon, why do we always see threads here about the 5%? Why does no one start a thread about the average gambler - someone who plays when he wants, spends what he planned, and has fun the way he wanted, without all these "responsible gambling" rules?

[Juicyhome]

Addiction is what we should try to avoid because if you're addicted, you're no longer in control of yourself. You can just keep gambling with any money that comes your way due to the urge in you.

And how we do stop addiction? That's the scary part of gambling, and people lose alot of money just as you mentioned,controlling your gambling urge is very hard once addiction set in, self control is all we need to keep going in gambling, and once gambling look like an entertainment to you just know you have lost self control, is only addicted gambler that see gambling as an entertainment because they can't so without play it a day.

[Cityhunter34]

So I think the beginning of gambling is very important and it is important for the gambler to control himself and make decisions. Because if we cannot control ourselves, then we will definitely become addicted to gambling.

Gambling is not a source of income, so it's always advisable for us to start the game with a clear mindset and accept any outcome in good faith and move on, regardless of the amount. Sometimes we get caught up in the game because we don't know when to stop and call it a day. This is something we need to learn to do on our own, because there is no easy way to make money from gambling without losing.

So discipline and self-control is what we need to overcome the game, nothing more than that.

[Grace333]

Self control is important as a gambler, at some point entertainment turns to an addiction for a lot of gamblers because they get carried away by their wins, this is the reason why they find themselves not being able to stop gambling easily. The problem most beginner ls have is that they think that it is possible to keep on winning after they they must have been able to get lucky a few times but that's not how gambling works. setting your mind on winning constantly could actually be one of the beginning of becoming a victim of gambling addiction.

[AmaGold70]

This is the problem many beginners in gambling are really passing through especially when they are lucky to win from the beginning because their mind tells them that they will continue in making profit. When it comes to addiction, anybody can get addicted whether you are winning or not, but when you win sometimes, you are motivated to gamble more. It is important we control the way we gamble whether you are new in gambling or old. Addiction in gambling can cause plenty of havoc in the life of a gambler. A gambler will continue gambling even when he is not making profit, and they end up using money meant for other meaningful things to gamble. Some people see gambling as an entertainment, even when they are addicted.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

So I think the beginning of gambling is very important and it is important for the gambler to control himself and make decisions. Because if we cannot control ourselves, then we will definitely become addicted to gambling.

In anything we are doing in life, we must apply modesty in it, self control and the well discipline as well, does gambling is seen as an entertainment doesn't mean we should approach it in a wrong manner, we are going to face the consequence to every wrong action we made while gambling, this is why everyone was understand the relevance of gambling and why we should do it to entertainment purpose before other things got introduced into it and couldn't manage to control our emotions and decisions in gambling.

[POPOLUV]

Will i say that the hours or years of gamblers gambling for entertainment has come and gone, this generation comes with desperation of making money through gambling, and with that reason, seeing gamblers with so much addiction will be absolutely high in this generation, and it is not longer news that accumulating much games will always keep you at the bottom of losing but once you pick a few games to stake with high amount of money and doing that in a regular basis with the target of making profits that will look like as if you are working a white collar job, will surely be addicted to gambling but few gamblers that has not moved from entertainment to addiction, are the one that doesn't see gambling as a major sources of income but still have others means of generating income for themselves. So the only remedy to addiction stuff, is for gamblers to be busy always working and bet  twice weekly if there are chances of betting but once a gambler is always addle and looking for means to survive,  in such situation, the room of being addicted will open wildly, and  gamblers can likely bet with their life and before could know it, once there is know money for him to gamble again, he can start smoking, drinking and start committing crimes.

[bhadz]

But the interesting thing is that sometimes defeat does not only make a gambler addicted to gambling, but some wins make the gambler completely addicted to gambling.

Winning is addictive because it gives us confidence in what we should do next, and in these moments, we want to gamble more. Because in our mind it's set that we will continue to win and there shouldn't be any stopping with that. Until we lose, that's the time we realize that we're no longer lucky but we still don't stop at that time because we want to push, and the next reason is about recovering the losses that we've made. And imagine that if it's just some wins that we're having, how come if it's usual wins and we've been lucky for an entire day or a couple of days.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Most gamblers start gambling for fun and with little expectations, but later they become more aggressive in gambling and then they cannot control themselves. In the beginning, they bet on one or two matches and feel excited, then gradually they increase the amount of bets, (at this time if one or two wins come in their favor, then they have a false confidence in themselves), although while gambling continues, they think that they can quit gambling at any time or if more than one result goes against them, then they will quit the game, but in reality this does not happen. In reality, it is seen that due to several consecutive results going against them, the gambler gambles more aggressively to recover the past losses, which makes it seem that the result goes against them again and he starts playing again like this but he is completely involved in gambling and even if he wants to, he cannot come back from there later.

But the interesting thing is that sometimes defeat does not only make a gambler addicted to gambling, but some wins make the gambler completely addicted to gambling.
For example, after a big win, the gambler feels that he has learned to make completely correct decisions in gambling and then he starts gambling more from that feeling, which makes him completely immersed in gambling.

So I think the beginning of gambling is very important and it is important for the gambler to control himself and make decisions. Because if we cannot control ourselves, then we will definitely become addicted to gambling.

Lack of self-control and the ability to be disciplined are two predominant factors that cause gambling addiction for an individual. Because inasmuch as an individual remains disciplined in his approach to gambling while wagering an amount he can afford to lose and is not being greedy to the point of chasing after losses, then such individual can keep gambling for long without the fear of an addiction, as addiction usually starts when an individual believes that gambling is the only way through which he or she can get rich quick, and as such, keep gambling without minding if he is running into losess or not. So the moment, an individual realizes that gambling is a game of luck, whereby you can either win or lose, that's when the mindset of responsible gambling comes into place.

[ArabBTC]

Most times i laugh when i see people classify gambling in terms of entertainment, personally i don’t see gambling as entertainment, entertainment is something we do to relieve stress and anxiety but gambling is completely the opposite because gambling is actually a source of pressure and anxiety if the individual involved isn’t matured enough to control his appetite.

The minute someone gambles he becomes restless because he will be wondering what the outcome of his bet will be, it is better to call a spade a spade by saying that gambling is highly addictive rather than see it as entertainment, if an individual can’t control his addiction he should better try to avoid gambling, gambling should be only for matured minds, people that have the capacity to control themselves in the face of challenges, pressure, wins and losses.

Initially when i started gambling it was difficult for me to accept losses and that made me lose a lot of money because anytime i lose i will immediately gamble again and end up losing but since when i developed ways to control my gambling appetite i have been able to fight my gambling urge to a stand still, this days i gamble only what i can afford to lose, wins or loses don’t really surprise me this days.

[Moreno233]

I don't agree with your first sentence, what get people to start gambling is not always the fun but the money. I know many people that started gambling because of the winning of another person which they are privileged to know about and therefore decided to try their luck if they can get such winning. I still remember when someone won six figures in my neighborhood, a lot of folks started gambling because of that winning because it made them realize that gambling can give someone life-changing money. Even though there is no guarantee that they will get similar winning, but they have gotten all the motivation they need to continue to try.

[DiMarxist]

The beginning of every gambling addictions starts with entertainment and the feeling of enjoying yourself. But gradually it sets in and if the gamblers is not careful to noticing it so as to controlling him or herself then addiction will gradually set in subtly. One reason why people should avoid exposing themselves to regular gambling is because of these types of situations, which is the danger of getting addicted thinking that you are enjoying yourself.

Many people has fallen prey to this , because addiction doesn't come in such a way that one will notice but gradually in a way that it not be easy to noticing.

[gracreavix]

Some smaller easy wins can make some think winning is always easy. Some come to gambling with the mindset that they'll win money for living or they've seen some big wins, so the will win too.
Then they lose and try to recover the loss, getting into troubles. Or they win just enough to stay hooked... until they lose big.
I think that the mindset is the most important: have fun in the bounds of the budget. That can help staying at the level of entertainment. Anything beyond that goes on the slope of addiction and problems.

I think we neglect one thing that is more important and very crucial to us. Our mindset. That is our greatest weapon and still be out greatest enemy. But mindset don't just work alone. The attitude or behaviour that makes it come true is another thing. Our mindset works alongside our behaviour to things.

You said you won't gamble if this and this happens. But deep down we have not yet made up our mind. Then our behaviour and the attitude to back up that mindset starts manifesting. But you should know one thing, everything happened right from the mind. So I believe we should always think about what will affect our gambling life positively.

[Z_MBFM]

But the interesting thing is that sometimes defeat does not only make a gambler addicted to gambling, but some wins make the gambler completely addicted to gambling.

Winning is addictive because it gives us confidence in what we should do next, and in these moments, we want to gamble more. Because in our mind it's set that we will continue to win and there shouldn't be any stopping with that. Until we lose, that's the time we realize that we're no longer lucky but we still don't stop at that time because we want to push, and the next reason is about recovering the losses that we've made. And imagine that if it's just some wins that we're having, how come if it's usual wins and we've been lucky for an entire day or a couple of days.

When you win, the greed for money increases, and it seems that it is very easy to earn money from gambling, whereas in other cases you have to work hard to earn money. In gambling, you can earn money without any effort. And there are many big multiplayer options, which makes them more attractive and then greed works a lot. It is impossible to say when someone becomes addicted to gambling. However, a large part of those who start gambling once become addicted to gambling. Many people say that they gamble only for fun, but they also become addicted at some point. Because I myself am an example, I myself became addicted to a lot of things, which destroyed me financially. Which still makes me regret a lot.

[Brizi5000]

It is very possible for anyone who starts gambling for fun or entertainment to become addicted with time if it turns out to become a habit. Whatever anyone is doing in excess is addictive and few factors in gambling play a huge role into making what started out as an inoffensive or harmless play to gradually turn into something else. Chasing loses is one of the early sign that a gambler who is gambling for fun or entertainment is gradually becoming addicted to gambling, and not just chasing loses alone, consistently winning can also play a role for people who starts gambling for entertainment to become addicted due to over excitements as the brain will tell you to wager more money so you can feel more higher excitements. Gambling for entertainment should come with knowing your level of risk tolerance and once you’re doing above that then it’s no longer for fun or entertainment.

[Zaka1221]

Some smaller easy wins can make some think winning is always easy. Some come to gambling with the mindset that they'll win money for living or they've seen some big wins, so the will win too.
Then they lose and try to recover the loss, getting into troubles. Or they win just enough to stay hooked... until they lose big.
I think that the mindset is the most important: have fun in the bounds of the budget. That can help staying at the level of entertainment. Anything beyond that goes on the slope of addiction and problems.

Always have a few small wins, and then keep dreaming about having good wins in the future, and also have enough for living. Make things chaotic because people love to stay on this side, which has never been possible in gambling, and addiction started from here with no way of return till it's all gone, and the gambler is now living worst life without any support.
Too many gamblers have this situation; even if they understand the consequences and also have a good chance of avoiding this and stay on their level, dreaming and a poor mindset increase their desire for staying in for big wins. In gambling, nothing is easy; just try to have things in your strategy that never cross your limits, always going to big, and have a mind of quick rich increase addiction, which has never been favorable.

[hmbdofficial]

If anyone is already addicted, it is not a matter of winning or losses, the person will only be having the urge to gamble at the time so far the person is having money that he can use to gamble.

I was an addict before , I have several losses. But the problem is that I was looking for a strategy that can help me in making money from gambling, but which were all failed. These is how addiction actually will begin.

Long term thinking of making money from gambling is actually the reason.

This is Infact the biggest bait, that thought of making money from gambling is what causes addiction without the person even realizing he has become addicted, it will look normal at first but after a while the person realizes the loses are unimaginable and they no longer even worry about the losses because they believe they will eventually get them back, which some Win most likely not get it back.

The urge of gambling will always come to the person mind immediately he gets any credit alert, most especially if he’s always isolated and not busy with other activities. Be best way to go about dealing with gambling addiction is to get engaged with real life events that actually take your time and also brings you money too.