Quote from: Pamadar on Today at 01:43:46 AM

Quote from: Alpha Marine on May 02, 2023, 10:30:31 AM

Quote from: Lucasgabd on April 27, 2023, 03:08:59 PM

it's crucial to approach gambling responsibly and with caution.
Keep in mind that gambling should be viewed as some stuff you do for fun, not a way to avoid responsibilities or even as a source of your bread and butter

Not all gambling addicts saw gambling as a source of income. Some started out as a fun thing too like most of us. It started as something they enjoyed and did in their spare time, especially those with deep pockets. They didn't see it as a source of income or as a way to hit it big.
I believe it's a process. They start cautiously, then start going in deeper and deeper, till they get to a stage where they can't pull themselves out anymore. I guess it's the same way with every other addiction, I may be wrong but till proven otherwise, that's how I see it.
So it's not only people that see gamble as a source of income that should be careful, but even those of us that see it as a fun thing too should be careful lest we fall in too deep.

I get your point and that's reality. Some start gambling to enjoy,

But because they are not ready with the excitement that they've got, they failed to control and they engage too much, most of the time,
without the right control, addictions grow.

After getting engage there are lots of things that you can do without thinking well, things that will add the bad things that you
may do, since you are already engaged and you are already out of control with your gambling addictions.

But there are gamblers that are smart enough in the beginning, they know that there is a chance that they can fall to the category of addicts. And yet, despite people having college degrees and have good education, they still failed to control their emotions and then it's going to be late because they have been addicted already.

So even if we start gambling to enjoy and think that we have total control of ourselves, majority are going to be addicted. We've seen in before, perhaps even worst by the news that the OP shared, individual lose everything they had in gambling and do things that is beyond belief and it's hard to explain why they do it except that they are addicted and their minds are not that normal.