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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Why gambling is portrayed negatively almost everywhere?
by
betMaster
on 25/06/2018, 12:09:04 UTC
I am not a veteran in this gambling industry so trying to understand what majority of the people thinks about it.

I have seen a lot of threads in this section as well as in other online forums which always protrayes gambling as a negative line of earning money online. I have seen people comparing gambling with alcohol addiction. I have seen people actively trying to discourage others from getting into gambling industry. What's wrong with gambling?

It is just another business and also legal in many countries. People who buys lottery tickets are also gambling only.

 In trading industry, you bet on your speculation and in gambling industry, you bet on your luck. In both trading and gambling, there is a risk of loosing money. So why trading is seen as a good way of making money and exactly opposite for gambling?

I belive it is just a social taboo about gambling and we need to rethink our stand towards gambling. It is just another legal business. What's your view?

It's not just a social taboo but  a religious one too , and people will be afraid to show their gambling habit to the others in fear of being judged or rejected by their environment that will most certainly contain religious or judgmental people ..
Everyone knows very well the stereotype of that homeless person who lost it all because of gambling and are familiar with tv show and movies showing people in very bad conditions due to their gambling habit , yet everyone get excited whenever watching millionaires that made their fortune from gambling such as Dan Blizerian or gambling movies where the characters get easily rich ..
So if we get rid of this paradox and schizophrenia that the majority of the world is living , gambling won't be portrayed negatively anymore .