Those who gamble daily are addicts and don't gamble for fun. You will find them more than those you are talking about. Gambling is entertainment but when it becomes addiction the gambler himself won't be able to recognise this issue.
Very true. Gambling everyone starts as fun and when someone plays gambling they get attracted to it and at some point the gambler becomes addicted to gambling. I have seen many gamblers who started gambling only for fun and now become completely addicted to gambling, and have sold many of their assets at a loss and lost the money in gambling. So once a person becomes addicted to gambling it is very difficult to get rid of this addiction.
Yeah, mostly in poker or specifically any card games that can bring this situation. I am not sure about online gambling because there is no way we can tell if someone has gotten hurt to that extent but I have seen this happening physically. People just casually get started with the card games on the table and they play for the real money. Most of the time they will lose a lot of money and as we know there is only one winner they would go nuts and even start a fight with each other. Seen this in my country with drunk peeps! You won't believe how horrible the situation gets over the period time when same group of addicts meet each other and start gambling their money.
This might be the case with online gambling sites too but there is no way to tell if someone is throwing away their laptop after losing the bets etc. Lolz. But yeah, it should be taken way carefully. There is no coming back if we get addicted to it.
While colorful and probably very real, the picture you've painted of drunken brawls over card games seems to reside at the crossroads of addiction and social upheaval. It's an unflinching look into the seedier side of human nature, a situation when the mask of civility is removed to show the bare desperation beneath
In contrast, the virtual world resembles a mysterious mist. Behind those bright screens, it's impossible to tell what's going on, right? Do individuals react to a losing streak by breaking their keyboards or by staring at it in stunned silence? While it may be funny to joke about, the lack of disclosure may really worsen the problem of internet addiction
The suffocating hold of addiction is real, as you point out. Once it takes hold, it's quite difficult to free yourself. A somewhat gloomy conclusion, but one that is essential in highlighting the threats