Quote from: Oasisman on Today at 08:20:37 PM

Quote from: stadus on April 26, 2025, 10:40:33 PM

We read a lot about gamblers who are very aware of the risks of losing, and because of that awareness, they’re already willing to lose even before they start gambling. What happens is, they become more loss-oriented (to stay in control) instead of win-oriented.

So for you guys -- do we still consider them real gamblers?

Or are they just here doing some kind of experiment?

I can say, yes they are considered true gambler. Basically, gambling is dealing with risks whether you loss or you win. However, there are different kinds of gamblers and this example right here from OP is the worse one. If someone becomes loss-oriented in gambling, that simply means, they are in constant chase of losses. They might never stop until they dry up their bank rolls. And yes, they are somewhere in the level of gambling addiction, not some sort of experiment. They are the same gamblers who thinks that they might going to win the jackpot next time considering how huge their accumulated losses are.

I would agree with you on the fact that people sometimes just gamble because they are hoping for a big chance one day, but would disagree that guys who are loss oriented are chasing losses only, some of them are really not chasing losses but are just gambling with hope of making a fortune of it one day but with the knowledge that it might not work out as expected they just put in little to what they can afford to loss hence I consider them really gamblers from forum definition of gamers but in my real life experience those who are called real gamers are those who can ride anything just to gamble whether they win or not.