Quote from: SushiMonster on August 17, 2018, 01:49:40 AM

If you were raised in an environment which told you gambling is bad, your mindset will never change, and once youve tried it, youll feel the guilt. However if you werent raised in that environment, youll do just fine. Addiction is when you keep doing it but hiding it from other people, plus denying it. The more you do that, the more youll feel the need to play. Also, if the stakes are high and you keep winning, theres an absolute chance youll get addicted. To avoid, one must practice the art of SELF CONTROL.

The thing about this world is that we think that gambling is bad. There's that general idea but that doesn't affect us as much as what we see around us. When see our parents gambling and we are doing just fine in life, we would think that "gambling isn't that bad, why do people say it is?" But if our parents are gambling while we starve, we're thinking that "gambling is bad and I will never become like my parents."

Quote from: AMNA NAZ on August 16, 2018, 02:21:33 PM

Quote from: shesheboy on August 16, 2018, 12:01:07 PM

yes it wrong because we all know that gambling is evil . we can loose more than what we expect . how much more if you encourage other people to join you ? That will only lead to more losses and it could also lead to some seriuos troubles like blaming or worst end of relationship.

Not unless you gamble only for fun , without real money involved . then that is i think more acceptable .

I would not say that it is wrong but i think that it is risky. we can convince only those people who you know are mature and they can understand that if they will take any decision it will be their own responsibility, and the second is that we should only give them suggestion and not to take their responsibility of losing their money.

And what does maturity and being able to take responsibility do to you? How does it help you at all? It helps you accept your losses and that it was your fault all along but that doesn't really take out your losses and you still have the same chance of getting addicted to gambling like any other person.

Quote from: Symphonized on August 16, 2018, 08:57:56 PM

If you think that person has a great potential as gambler and can profit with it, just do it.
He will probabily not mind in at least trying.

The thing with gamblers is that they think they have the potential to become the next *insert gambler's name*. Gambling gives us that illusion. We mimic other people's gambling habits because we think that's what made them rich and if it's even remotely working, then we become happy and get the illusion again.

Everyone has the potential to become a professional gambler but that doesn't mean that everyone will make it. If 99% of the gamblers didn't become rich in gambling, what made you think that you belong to that 1%? The potential to become a professional gambler comes with the potential of you ruining your life because of gambling addiction, is it really worth the risk? You can do something else with your life. You can gamble in a different way.