Quote from: stomachgrowls on February 20, 2020, 08:59:02 PM

Quote from: KrisAlex18 on February 20, 2020, 04:45:21 PM

This question is always on my mind since then until now. I want to know the opinion of everyone here on this platform. I know that we have all different perception about gambling, so I respect what will be your point of view about that.

But to share my opinion, I consider gambling as a threat to gamblers. Yes, there are a lot of people who find happiness in gambling if and only if they can control their selves from this, but no matter how fun can gambling gives to you, the problem is still there, the addiction on it is always there, it grows day by day. There are so many disadvantages of being so addicted in gambling, one of which is forgetting your priority, spending your time to your family and your friend, you won't be able to more productive things than losing money, to the point that even you already lose and don't have enough money to play, you will make ways, there are times that you will ask a request to your friend to give you money as debt. You should be the one who controls the gamble and don't let the gamble control you.

Threat on the sense that you wont able to control gambling and yes there were lots of people who do fail on doing this one thats why they do end up on playing and getting theirselves addicted in the end of the day.Playing gambling isnt bad as long you do know on how to play with moderation and self control.Once you do saw that you are already doing some signs of addiction then better stop mid-way rather than letting yourself go through addiction and
mess out your life.Remember, that once damage was done then its already hard to break chains with it.Addiction is something that would really be hard
to remove on someone.If you dont like unfortunate things to happen in your life then better to think carefully before you do gamble and if you are an emotional type of person then better not consider gambling in the first place.

Gambling is fun yet could be a threat. Indeed, gambling is fun and entertaining but unfortunately, gambling could only be harmless if one knows how to control it and have self-discipline. To be fair let's also look on a positive side of gambling, improves social skills, decision making efficiency, and improves focus and ability which we may think it's fun because all of these are the things we are gaining in casino but we see these positive sides because we are winning, how about when we are losing? That is where negatives and threats approaching. Gambling effects is depending on the people who are doing it, if they will exhibit addictive behavior or have build great self-control. But most of the time, it's a threat that leading to addiction and cause many problems from financial losses and mental to physical health.

Maybe, if we have money and time management, self-control, self-discipline, knows the chances of winning and losing, recognizes gambling as fun and knows how to stop, Gambling will be harmless and will not be labelled as threat.