cryptohunter
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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?
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?