Gambling - Addictive, destructive or just being human


Are they good things about gambling? How good "are" the good things about gambling?

Gambling can be a good thing or it can be a bad thing.
It's a gamble. Life is a gamble. If it wasn't for gambling we'd still be in the dark ages. We wouldn't have discovered new lands.........

15 million people display some sign of gambling addiction and thirty-seven states now have lotteries.
Types of Gamblers are a professional gambler who's primary source of income is from making a living from gambling.
A casual social gambler or a serious social gambler who as a major source of entertainment plays regularly at one or more types of gambling spots.
Problem gamblers usually bet larger amounts on all forms of gambling and may play another day to win back money lost gambling.
Problem gamblers are more likely to be male than female and gamble more frequently. People who are suspected of having a gambling problem
may have warning signs like their increased preoccupation with gambling, their inability to stop playing regardless of winning or losing or restlessness
or irritability when attempting to cut down or stop gambling. They may rely on others for money to relieve a financial problem that arose due to gambling
loans they have gotten from legal and illegal sources. They may continue to gamble to recover losses from previous bets, lie to family members, friends
or colleagues about how much they gamble or the amount lost. They may become restless or irritable when trying to cut down, control or stop gambling
or experience depression or have self-destructive thoughts because of gambling.Or a compulsive gambler who's only thing in life is gambling and
neglects family and business, and often turns to crime to support his/her habit.


Most compulsive gamblers will lose time from work or school due to gambling and make their home life unhappy.
They may feel remorse after gambling and gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties.
And after losing they may feel they must return as soon as possible and win back their losses and gamble until their last dollar is gone.
After a win they will have a strong urge to return and win more and may gamble longer than they had planned.
They may have to sell things to finance gambling and may commit or consider committing, an illegal act to finance gambling.


Gamblers may lose time from work or school or experience difficulties in other aspects of your life because of gambling.
Borrow money to pay back gambling debts, place bets or solve financial problems. Hide betting slips, lottery tickets or other signs of gambling from family
members, friends or others and argue with them because of gambling. A gamblers behavior may include spending more time gambling than any
other activity. Claiming a sudden need for money or loans and borrowing money from family and friends. A gambler may miss work because of gambling
and be secretive or lie about money and gambling. They may boast to others about winning, often minimizing or denying losses and exaggerating wins.





Our impulse to gamble is almost like the feel of hunger, we need it or we'll starve and die.
An impulse to gamble is one of our greatest strengths but it always comes with potential dangers.

Trying to build your own business is a gamble spending your time and efforts to build it up.
A farmer plants seeds hoping that something will grow and that he will make money from his crops.
A designer of clothes will design new types of clothes hoping they will catch on and make money for them.
Columbus gambled sailing across the ocean, people thinking he might go over the edge of the Earth but the gamble paid off and found new land.

Over and over people recognize the positive side of gambling. We may say things like, "Life is a gamble, " "Love is a gamble."
All the time people fall in love trying to find the person of their dreams. The biggest gamble of all.


A good reason one might gamble is to take them beyond where they are.
Everyday people take uncertain risks in their everyday life. We make choices everyday and not always good ones.
Anything new is always uncertain and always involves risks.
Gambling is an regular feature in life, that it might takes us to better level in life that we all want.