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Hi guys let have your view on this questions because only real gamblers will understand what I mean?
Is Gambling with your hard earned money Worth it because I have come to the conclusion that gambling is a scam

Of course it's a scam. Go on and find me a casino that gives you better odds than the house? Go on and count how many casinos in this board are truly provably fair, and not just praying on idiots to try their games that are more than likely to be rigged (even more so than the odds being rigged against you, which is simply a fact when it comes to all forms of gambling where you play against the house).

No, it's not worth gambling with your hard earned money.

Why do you think odds are an indicator of a scam? If one casino offer 1.5 on a favorite, but other gives 3, then second casino is a scam? What I think is that not paying out is the only way how can a casino scam a gambler. However, there are real reasons why honest casino will not pay out as well.

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Quote from: BenCodie on February 12, 2025, 01:35:05 AM

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Of course it's a scam. Go on and find me a casino that gives you better odds than the house? Go on and count how many casinos in this board are truly provably fair, and not just praying on idiots to try their games that are more than likely to be rigged (even more so than the odds being rigged against you, which is simply a fact when it comes to all forms of gambling where you play against the house).

No, it's not worth gambling with your hard earned money.

I think it depends on how you define a scam.

The casinos clearly indicate their odds. They operate under those odds, and the gamblers are aware of that.

I wouldn't call that a scam, as everyone involved knows the rules, and proceeds to engage, or not, in a transaction.

A scam in my view would be a casino operating with different odds than the ones published. Imagine a coin toss where the odds are not 50/50 but 70/30 for example, that would be a scam in my mind. But if it is 50/50 and say, they charge you a fee per coin toss, then that's not a scam in my mind even though they are going to end up winning more money than you in the long term.

The fact is that with majority of the online casinos being promoted in this forum and outside of this forum, you can never truly verify that your results were fair and random. As for whether the concept of gambling and casions are or aren't a scam, it depends on your perspective. There is no one who can down right answer "it is not a scam" or "it is a scam" as some view rigging odds against another as a form of scam, others view it as fair game as long as it's transparent (and others view that as exploitative of mans weakness for profit). That's why it exists in some countries, though is banned in others.

Quote from: bakasabo on February 12, 2025, 10:46:46 AM

I think this is the first post here that someone openly claim that gambling is scam (which is strange since you promote gambling in your signature).

I'm being paid to have that advertisement in my signature. It does not define or sway my honest opinion, as I have shared here. Does a website displaying a rotating banner advertisement mean that everything promoted is what the site administrator believes in or endorses? No. They display the advertisements for profit, just as I am. How I see it is that if a degenerate gambler wears this signature, the money goes back to the casino which = free promotion for the casino, or, if a corrupt individual who promotes gambling just because they wear a gambling signature sways their negative opinion on gambling to positive, these are more negative outcome in comparison to myself wearing the signature - where what I get paid does not go back to the casino, and my opinion against gambling remains in tact and uncorrupted. I hope my explanation clears this topic up for you...or do you prefer to just speak with people who have the same opinion, that gambling isn't a scam?

I prefer to trust and believe in what I see personally and experienced myself. Since the first time I have tried gambling, about 20-25 years ago, I dont remember being scammed by individual or casino, offline or online. And I have tried different ones and in different countries. I do accept the fact that I simply havent noticed or understood how I got scammed, that is why I consider myself being not scammed by casino. However, I believe more in random and probability, understand that the higher the risk the lower chances to win are. I am a realist that wont complain after losing with little chance to win that gambling is a scam. I do believe that a person can not be lucky to win all the time even with 1% lose chance. I would gladly change my opinion, if someone point me where and what moment casino scams.

If I walked up to you on the street and said "hey, lets flip a coin 10 times for $5, except on the 10th time, I will take your $5 no matter if you call it right or wrong"
1. would that seem like a scam to you?
2. you would be an idiot to play with those odds anyway, right?