How long have you been a gambler.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

The title of this thread said it all, this is a question to engage us all in a discussion about how it l started that we begin to gamble and turned a gambler, when and how does this took effect in our life, let's try to make it on topic with quality contributions.

I've been gambling since my early university days, this began through the influence of a friend and ever since then, I discover the gambler in me is just about to manifest, before realizing then a turned a gambler, but from my childhood days, I never have interest in gambling.

[electronicash]

so you have not been addicted to gambling yet?

been a gambler since 10. maybe even less than 10. the gamblers in our country are exposing kids to also be interested in gambling since fathers are just gambling outside the house. the beauty of getting into gambling at early age is that you never get addicted to it anymore. we are over with it during out early lives. 

[Crwth]

It has been a while. Maybe it would depend as well on what you mean by gambler. Because you could play games that gamblers do and learn them but not be considered one because there's no money involved. If there is money, I think that's the part where you are considered a gambler.

I have played card games that are typically what gamblers play but not much money involved, that was back when I was a highschooler. It's fun to play even without money or just an imaginary one.

If it's about frequency of gambling, maybe I'm not considered one because I don't gamble a lot.

[0t3p0t]

I've been a gambling since I was maybe 4 or 5 years old because people around me including my parents are into it though it was just a lottery thing but it was consistent. That was the oldest game I was involved and most of those times we placed bets on it illegally since we don't have lottery station that time. But fortunately I decided to stop all my gambling activities for good.

[Agbe]

I've been a gambling since I was maybe 4 or 5 years old because people around me including my parents are into it though it was just a lottery thing but it was consistent. That was the oldest game I was involved and most of those times we placed bets on it illegally since we don't have lottery station that time. But fortunately I decided to stop all my gambling activities for good.

Influence play a great role in the life of people especially gambling because when the people around you are all gambling the tendency of you gambling too will be high because when people around you are all doing a thing you are attracted to it too and over time you will see your self gambling, this is the reason why there should be a level of discipline in any thing that you are doing especially things like gambling because of the little children who are around you and are looking up to you because of fact the matter is that children learn from things that they see and hear around them

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

so you have not been addicted to gambling yet?

Honestly am not addicted and have never to told once to take heed as sign for addiction.

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been a gambler since 10. maybe even less than 10. the gamblers in our country are exposing kids to also be interested in gambling since fathers are just gambling outside the house. the beauty of getting into gambling at early age is that you never get addicted to it anymore. we are over with it during out early lives. 
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Really, this is interesting, but also a pathetic one because you're gambling at underage stage and I wonder how you manage to gamble, were do you source your money from, I hope it's not what am thinking... stealing from dad and mom savings in the house.

[SmartGold01]

Gambling is something that is in a man for long term and we always have that spirit of gambling and you never have that feeling of gambling until something in you triggers it up, and immediate there is winning or maybe a friend got winning you would have that adrenaline got impulse and trigger you quickly to continue gambling.
Naturally, people do not have that feelings to gamble but whenever they are triggered you would see that they will continue gambling all time.

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The title of this thread said it all, this is a question to engage us all in a discussion about how it l started that we begin to gamble and turned a gambler, when and how does this took effect in our life, let's try to make it on topic with quality contributions.

I've been gambling since my early university days, this began through the influence of a friend and ever since then, I discover the gambler in me is just about to manifest, before realizing then a turned a gambler, but from my childhood days, I never have interest in gambling.

There have been many such bets made without money in childhood, even though I am talking about childhood or teenage. But when I start gambling with money, I will most likely get admitted to a new university.
But in my opinion, I think gambling doesn't affected me because I always take it as an entertainment purpose and  this is the reason I always try to made very small amount of betting what I can afford to loss. And I also think that it doesn't matter how long will have been doing gambling is the matter how we is pending on gambling.

[Sim_card]

I do gamble for fun when I was eight years with my siblings. We gamble with our candies and meat. But we were not serious about it. It was when I eas in college that I did more gambling with my friends with my money for snacks. Which means it has been more than twenty years that I have been gambling. I was once an addict and I believe I have tasted the in and out of gambling. But I am still prone to addiction.

[Zed0X]

If you consider betting other than money, then I think most of us started since we were kids. We used to play some marbles game with our own marbles as a bet or some card games with our valuable cards as a bet. As for when money was involved, it was during my teens. I remember walking a few KMs because I bet the money supposed to be my fare and lost.

[Cryptsafe]

If you consider betting other than money, then I think most of us started since we were kids. We used to play some marbles game with our own marbles as a bet or some card games with our valuable cards as a bet. As for when money was involved, it was during my teens. I remember walking a few KMs because I bet the money supposed to be my fare and lost.

I have seen kids play and bet amongst themselves, although they do not see it as a bet they just play and see it as anyone who can be able to lift an object or pull a staunt would be the winner and take what they had all gathered as the trophy and they do this often unknown to them they are just gambling amongst themselves and it starts from that little age and growing. I remembered all these one day I burst into laughter and I was like so kids gambling amongst themselves and have no knowledge they do such but rather they see it as a competition for who si the bravest and more challenging amongst themselves.

[bitterguy28]

how it l started that we begin to gamble and turned a gambler

very casually gambling has always been part of life even unofficially there are many ways wherein we can say we have been gambling but being able to gamble with actual serious money has only happened into my adulthood

how does this took effect in our life

winning in gambling gives you lots of happiness and satisfaction but losing as well can take a toll on you thankfully i did not happen to tumble down the rabbit hole and got addicted but losing huge money still made me realize of how risky and serious gambling is

[robelneo]

I started to bet in my teenage years, and this was on Fiesta's when I got a job I took seriously by betting on horse racing and color games. its good that before the internet and online casinos I was sober in how I gambled, although from time to time I spent more than what I can afford online. Between online and offline casinos, online casinos are very tempting to lose money.

[$crypto$]

I don't remember when I first got to know gambling, but what I do remember is after leaving school. Maybe if I only knew it when I was in school, I would have known about gambling, but to start playing it was after graduating from school.

We all must have different stories when we first got to know and started gambling. And I think it is more influenced by the environment.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

I do gamble for fun when I was eight years with my siblings. We gamble with our candies and meat.

This is interesting honestly, I think am learning more from here with some of our personal experiences on how it all started that we turned a gambler, you can imagine how many people have been on gambling since their childhood age, even when gambling has not advanced to what it turned today, some will use their meat to gamble and fight upon it, yet they finds it a great pleasure to do so because such happens amidst the siblings in love a d friendly manners.