the certainty of a certain amount is compared with the willingness to gamble that amount on a larger amount.…
Australians are stereotyped to be the fun, outgoing, friendly people who sit and watch their footy, surf and drink beer all day but Australians are certainly not that stereotype anymore. The new stereotype is Racist, in denial people who sit and watch there footy whilst yelling racial slurs. Recently the name ‘Adam Goodes’ has popped up in the Media quite a lot due to the racism backlash he has received. Adam Goodes has been playing footy since 1999 and has many achievements including 2x Brownlow medals, 2 AFL Premierships and Goodes even became Australian of the year in 2014. So, why should a worthy Australian receive such vicious vitriol?…
Winning by losing- A T’ai Chi expression that describes the profit of breakdown near success. It encourage stress reduction by joyful and happiness.…
I was born in Vietnam, which is located in the Eastern part of the Indochina peninsula, bordering China to the North, Laos and Cambodia to the West, the Eastern Sea to the East, and the Pacific to the South. My father moved from the North to the South after the officially unification of the North and South Vietnam in 1975. He met my mother, and they got married. My parents and most of my extended family aren’t big on gambling, so I personally never understood the appeal and thrill of gambling. A couple years ago, my parents had sent me to study abroad with the hope that I am able to have a better education in the United States. Once I started to go to college here, I have a broader perspective about the world I live in. However, I also experienced isolation, boredom, loneliness, stress and depression. Therefore, I tried to find an activity to feel included, and to relieve stresses of everyday life. Every weekend some friends and I had a poker night, and the locations changed as each of us take turns hosting the game. There were ten of us whom usually play and we all are Asian. I would say that I had a great time with the group. At that moment, gambling became a great way for me to get out, be around friends, and have fun. Gambling perhaps appeals to me because of its social aspects. Nevertheless, I have seen the damage gambling can cause when someone cannot control themselves. Beginning as a regular activity which is acceptable and entertaining, gambling addiction ends up being harmful to most players and causing unhealthy outcomes. But at worst, gambling destroys education, careers and relationships, and empty life savings.…
for he who loses all often easily loses himself. He will be a man whose life or…
“I live for gambling, I work for gambling, travel for gambling, manipulate people for it. I did everything I could just to gamble.” “I thought I’d just play $20 but the minuet I put down a buck I knew I was off and running.” “If I’m winning at some point I think good, I already won some, so I think great it’s my night, I think this is my big night.” “I thought nothing of throwing kitchen chairs around, and slamming doors, when I got the urge to gamble nothing could stop me.” “I lost 5 grand in half an hour I came out of there and blew it off.” These are quotes from gambling addicts. When you are addicted to something you lose control of yourself control.…
Gambling is a mere contest between two or more people in which they bet money on a winner takes all game. The most common case of gambling usually involves casino games such as poker, blackjack, Texas Hold Em, etc. In these instances, the stakes are way higher because the amount of money bet is high. This is what causes the addiction. The chances of winning all the money and becoming rich all for a little money in return as a token to play. It starts off easy; however, the more people play, the more they keep thinking they can win which causes them to bet more and more to where they run out of money and start betting their personal belongings such as houses and cars. Their addiction for power and wealth clouds their judgment and makes them go bankrupt. This could lead to not only severe bankruptcy, but also the destruction of families. In one case, there was a man who bet everything he had and lost. He took the shock so hard that he lost his mind and ended up killing his three children, his wife, and then finally himself. Gambling is very hazardous and can ruin people’s lives, just as any addiction can. It just takes a strong willed person to say no and resist the temptation no matter how hard it…
This is an example of the logical fallacy, slippery slopes. Steps within the situation lead up to negative consequences as an ongoing process. This examples suggests that once you gamble, you’ll never be able to stop and you’ll be striving to rob a bank in the near future. However, that’s morally incorrect. Gambling does not interfere with one’s behavior and control. The negative control of a person will possibly lead to such actions, however, a person with a strong limitation can stop if they really wanted to. If everyone who gambles, robs a bank in approaching time, there will be lots more people booking themselves behind bars.…
Gambling addiction is sometimes known as the “hidden illness” because there are no obvious physical signs or symptoms as there are in drug or alcohol addiction. Problem gamblers typically deny or minimise the problem. They will often go to great lengths to conceal their gambling. Some examples of behaviour are: lying about where they have been, withdrawing from their friends and families and seeking out others who share their addiction. Experts often distinguish gambling for action from gambling to escape. Action gamblers are highly competitive and easily bored, often preferring poker, horse racing and stock market speculation. Escape gamblers are more likely to play passive games of pure chance such a slot machines, bingo, scratch cards and lotteries.…
Abstract: Few studies have explored the relationship between gambling and health status. Both compulsive and pathological gambling are disorders related to obsession-compulsive disorder. The data supports the notion that gambling does affect with non-gambling health problems. The purpose of this article is to provide the information between gambling behaviors and substance use disorders, health associations, screening and treatment options for problem and pathological gambling. Pathological gambling is an addictive and stress proposing disorder. More research is needed to investigate directly the biological and health relations associated with the different types of gambling behaviors and to define the role for doctors or therapists in the prevention and treatment of problem and pathological gambling.…
The technical definition of the word addiction is a strong and harmful need to do something regularly or have something that could possibly cause withdrawals. I tend to agree with this definition more than any others because I know many people who are or once were addicted to gambling, extremely bad. The addiction of gambling is something that can cause you to have withdrawals from the rush of the gaming but it can be harmful to you financially because casino’s don’t stay open by giving away more money than they take in. That would be the biggest addiction other than drugs that is most…
“Gambling is a voluntary activity. Nobody is forced to enter a casino or pick up a playing card. If you disapprove, don’t do it. . . .” (Fahrenkopf). The lottery is not to blame if someone gets addicted to participating.…
I believe gambling is bad because,people bet a lot of money on something,and they don't always win money.So they bet again,and again.Then they lose all their money. They can also get addicted to it,that's bad because,then the one gambling might ask other people for money,and they will lose that money.So they would have to still pay the people who loaned the money to them.…
Gambling is a very serious impulsive control disorder, it can strain relationships, interfere with work, and leads to financial catastrophe. You may even do things you never thought you would, like stealing money to gamble or pay your debts. You may think you can’t stop but, with the right help, you can overcome a gambling problem or addiction and…
* Problem gamblers lose around $21,000 each year. That’s one third of the average Australian salary.…