Quote from: gunhell16 on Today at 01:48:52 PM

Quote from: kotajikikox on November 27, 2024, 07:53:41 AM

In my country, there is literally a word for money or gift given by gamblers. We call it ”balato”. When someone wins the lottery, many people would ask you for a “balato”. Of course it is just in all good nature but usually even just the neighbors will ask you for this. It is embedded in our culture to value community and give to others when we are blessed so when a gambler earns some good profit he feels the need to treat the people he knows.

Like I said, this is usually in good nature but I actually despise this “balato” culture we have. A lot of gamblers lose their earned money from doing this. I too would want to treat the people I love when I have the money but doing too much would result to money loss. It’s not being selfish, it’s just being smart.

What about you? Do you also often treat others when you get good money from gambling? Or you also think that there are better ways to spend the money you got from gambling?

Maybe if it were up to me, even if we say it's a culture here in our country, I wouldn't do that, it just depends on how close the person is to me, if they can be rewarded with my winnings from playing casino gambling. Because first of all, I have no obligation to do that as a casino player.

It's not that I'm stingy, of course before I reached the big jackpot prize, if ever I really won in gambling, I've also lost a lot in gambling in the past.

Indeed, it was not our obligation, even if people say it was culture in our country. Sometimes I do this not because I'm good but because I was just thankful and enjoyed the moment. It was just about to be realized that we are not gambling to treat everyone around us if we win, but it is our will to do so, especially for our close friends and relatives.
I think there is nothing wrong with keeping that culture or practice, but of course, we just need to limit it.