I remember when my team was in a bad situation, I criticized, but it was all for the good of the team I supported too. Even when my favorite team was doing well, I would occasionally criticize them, even though my voice might not be heard, but it was my concern.

No matter how bad the team looks, I will remain loyal, that's what loyalty is all about. For supporters, we may have heard these words a lot, "don't just be there when they are doing well, but we must still support when they are doing badly". That's what a true supporter is.

It is normal to criticize a team you support and criticisms doesn`t mean you changed or developed hatred for your favourite football club. Generally, constructive criticisms is geared towards improvement and when we criticize our favourite team it is because we wish them to do better. That is passion. When your favourite team is winning it brings joy in the mind of fans and vice versa.

I don't think that gambling have made more millionaires more than it has made people poor. There's no doubt that people could miraculously hit the jackpot but what is the percentage of people that gets rich through this means? Very minimal I think.

The number of people who wish and think that they will become very rich through gambling is increasing and that is the reason why there is gambling addiction.

Yeah true! complaints and agony brought by gambling made it impossible to become rich through gambling. Even though people are becoming rich, the question is how many are making money compared to the majority crying every day? A win by one person doesn`t change the narrative that gambling is not a reliable source of income. For instance, if a person drives recklessly and nothing happened to him doesn`t mean reckless driving is good. This is similar to gambling.

Sometimes, the problem is not about making money through gambling but the ability to sustain the winning and even grow bigger. Experience showed that any money earned through gambling always end up in the accounts of the betting companies, leaving the bettor impoverished and frustrated.

The possibilities of winning or losing are always 50-50 in any case whether you visit a seer or someone else for guidance or result. If you win, they will say, "see I told ya" and if you lose, "you didn't follow what I said. You did this and that wrong and that's why this happened". It's all part of scams. Don't fall for it.

Your luck depends on you. The luck is never predictable. If it happens, it happens. No one knows the actual outcome when it involves luck. It is always 50/50 chance. This may happen or this may not happen. I don't believe in all this. You are the one who makes all the decision and your luck decides what may happen.

You`ve said the reality. No one can guarantee anyone 100% winning and so we shouldn`t be tricked into believing that a seer can give us winning games. A lot of person pray before making predictions. Some even make so many promises to God that they will fulfill if they win. Some have done series of sacrifices but did not win at the end. No one knows the outcome of a game and so you can only try and pray to be lucky.



The photo justifies that nobody can give you winning games.

Bringing a gambling addict back to a normal life Although there is a lot of difficulty, nothing is impossible if the right effort is made then it is definitely possible to bring a gambling addict back to a normal life. First, be friendly with the gambling addict. He should always be gently talked to in such a way that gambling is not good and can destroy a man very quickly. One should always associate with him in such a way that he is always smiling and talking to everyone in a cheerful manner. A gambling addict should be more passionate about sports if he is always happy and plays sports for fun then he can easily get back to normal life. Also for a gambler gambling should be taken as entertainment and never used outside of entertainment. Always gamble with a fixed budget and never gamble above the specified budget. If a gambler can follow all these rules then he will not be addicted to gambling.

I`m not sure all these things can help an addict. Let's understand that people who became addicted have failed to set and stick to a budget. You cannot talk to an addict about budget and he acts on it because he already has an impulse disorder meaning that he is controlled by his impulse and not reasoning.

Some addicts don`t have behavioral problems so they act friendly and live a normal life but within them, they are not happy. Addiction is not made obvious immediately and before it is known a lot of harm might have been done already. This is like helping someone with a mental disorder in fact to me, an addict has a mental disorder so talking to him gently is good but not capable of changing anything. What assurance that he will follow the advice when you leave?

I think there are more effective and resulting ways of helping an addict.

Therefore, if you want to stop, there are several things you must pay attention to to support it:
- Strong personal intentions
- Yan's family is fully supportive
- Rehabilitation
- Special treatment
- Significant monitoring
This won't be easy to do, so you have to get help from other parties.

I support the above measures. Strong personal intention is vital because you can`t fix something you don`t understand. To eliminate gambling addiction you must admit that you have a gambling problem. Stop denying and start seeing the negative effect gambling has on your life. Now that have recognized the problem, you can seek support from family. Then other measures as identified should be followed.

Quote from: Bitcoin_people on January 16, 2024, 04:35:19 PM

Do you gamble regularly or every day a week or two or three days a week?
Do you still stick with gambling or have you stopped yourself from it?

Seeing my campus friends who gamble online almost every day seems very scary because every day they gamble continuously and ignore their college assignments.
My campus friends who gamble are not just one or two people but more than 3 friends and many even play online gambling on their own smartphones.

Gambling is their right and I have no obligation to forbid them from gambling, but it would be better if they didn't gamble on campus because it's unethical.
The campus is a place to study and gain knowledge, but my friends have turned the campus into a place for online gambling and most of it is done in the canteen when taking a break from studying.

I can relate to this. It is more painful when you consider that most college students skip classes because of gambling. Well, I am not surprised that is what addiction is capable of doing to a college gambler. They gamble with money meant for school fees, textbooks, and feeding.

In the long run, this makes them easily frustrated when they lose and then affects their academics. Gambling regularly is dangerous for a college student due to the mental and emotional stress it can create for the gambler coupled with the natural stress which comes by virtue of being a student.

Personal experience shows that people have different reasons why they gamble. Some to make extra cash and others for charity, entertainment and even for fun. I have taken time to look at the nature of gambling and also read stories of people who initially gamble for fun but later got ruined by gambling. This propelled that inquisitive to know if it is possible to gamble for fun or if we make that expression to fake our mind into believing that we are not gambling for the wrong reason.

I came across a story of a gambler online who noted that he was gambling for fun. On weekends he hosts a Poker game at his home in which guests pony up hundreds of dollars to play with the winner taking home a few thousand dollars. In addition, he bets on whatever sporting events are in season, plays the lotto/numbers regularly and takes a yearly vacation to a gambling town. When asked why he gambles so much, he replies "it is for fun, exciting and I hope to win big". Due to his gambling, he became chronically short on money and his children often go without new clothes, shoes and other basic needs.

Sometimes gambling can go from a fun, harmless diversion to an unhealthy obsession with serious consequences like impulse-control disorder. Impulse-control disorder manifests in a way that you can`t control the impulse to gamble even when you know that the odds are against you or you can`t afford to lose.

Do you think you can gamble for fun without consequences?

That kind of scenario is one in a million, just like someone winning in a lotto.

But the general perception that gambling can make someone rich is somewhat misleading. Though few people are making fortunes out of gambling but millions are also going broke and families broken because of gambling.

So, for me saying gambling can makes us rich is wrong.

It may not be misleading to say that gambling is capable of making someone rich because we hear and see people making millions from it. However, gambling can not reliably make someone rich because the outcome is always uncertain. The odds are typically sacked against the player and so, the house always has an edge.

Well, it is not proper to promote the idea that gambling makes people rich since majority of the gamblers do not amass wealth from gambling and so holding that gambling makes rich can be problematic and even create unrealistic expectations in the mind of the gambler which can result in emotional and financial damage.