Guilt after winning and dealing with "dirty money"

blue_green_lake wrote:

Gambling is a bunch of really desperate folks trying to take the next person's money. I actually think it more noble to be a panhandler on the street, begging for money, than a gambler. It's more honest.

I agree.

blue_green_lake wrote:

58gambling wrote:I have never felt guilty after winning money in a casino

I have never felt consciously guilty either, when leaving the casino ahead in cash, but I do think that on some level our being knows it. Whatever money we win comes from the other patrons.

Gambling is a bunch of really desperate folks trying to take the next person's money. I actually think it more noble to be a panhandler on the street, begging for money, than a gambler. It's more honest.

I just thought of it as entertainment, you are paying to play slots or blackjack or whatever (of course what starts out as entertainment can become a nightmare as we all know) I just see it as like paying to go see a movie. So other people are paying for the entertainment, so they are getting their monies worth, plus they might win some money on top of that, so why would it feel like theft? That's how I saw it anyway.

holly20 wrote:

blue_green_lake wrote:

58gambling wrote:I have never felt guilty after winning money in a casino

I have never felt consciously guilty either, when leaving the casino ahead in cash, but I do think that on some level our being knows it. Whatever money we win comes from the other patrons.

Gambling is a bunch of really desperate folks trying to take the next person's money. I actually think it more noble to be a panhandler on the street, begging for money, than a gambler. It's more honest.

I just thought of it as entertainment, you are paying to play slots or blackjack or whatever (of course what starts out as entertainment can become a nightmare as we all know) I just see it as like paying to go see a movie. So other people are paying for the entertainment, so they are getting their monies worth, plus they might win some money on top of that, so why would it feel like theft? That's how I saw it anyway.

When you pay to see a movie, have you ever found yourself paying to see a movie one after another, or like most people (I assume), you would pay only once?

Would the same apply for slots?

No i would only pay once although I don't go to the movies at all personally. Slots etc. are still entertainment however many times you pay for it-and many people can just do it periodically. Isn't gambling classed as entertainment?

Not guilt per se

but def. "free" money feeling. Money lost ALL value. It might has well been paper being shredded.

Only fuel to keep me in the zone. Keep me in escape from reality.

uskat wrote:Money lost ALL value. It might has well been paper being shredded.

Only fuel to keep me in the zone. Keep me in escape from reality.

Yes, money became the means to keep me there, in that escape from life. It became a drug in the sense that it allowed me to gamble more.

holly20 wrote:Isn't gambling classed as entertainment?

That is the new spin on it that governments and gambling interests are putting forth to make it acceptable again. When I go to a movie I spend $15 at the most on the film and popcorn. When I go to a concert I spend $60. At a casino, to pass at least a few hours, even if a person is only betting at the lowest bet on a penny machine (about 30 or 40 cents a spin), your $60 will not last for long.

Gambling was always considered a vice before the government started making money from it. Engaging in gambling on some level is similar to those people who cut themselves intentionally. A little bit doesn't really harm you and it is like an escape, but a deep cut can do harm, and the act itself is very symbolic of self-rejection.

blue_green_lake wrote:
That is the new spin on it that governments and gambling interests are putting forth to make it acceptable again. When I go to a movie I spend $15 at the most on the film and popcorn. When I go to a concert I spend $60. At a casino, to pass at least a few hours, even if a person is only betting at the lowest bet on a penny machine (about 30 or 40 cents a spin), your $60 will not last for long.

Gambling was always considered a vice before the government started making money from it. Engaging in gambling on some level is similar to those people who cut themselves intentionally. A little bit doesn't really harm you and it is like an escape, but a deep cut can do harm, and the act itself is very symbolic of self-rejection.

I agree with BGL.
Gambling is not entertainment.
Smoking is not entertainment neither, my dad unfortunately passed away from smoking, I vowed to never touch 1 cigarette ever in my life.

There is nothing entertaining in losing your hard earned money, it could be $10 today and $100,000 tomorrow.

Casinos are like black holes. The gravity gets pretty intense. When I hit for a big wad, I walk away with it sometimes but even then, It's like a black hole behind me that spins me around in my tracks. So, Instead of putting the money to useful things, I gravitate back to the casino. Simply put... For one to win, $100 at a casino, two must lose $100 each. So, even if you use a strategy, you're bound to lose $200 for every time you walk away with $100, The problem is when you're addicted you wont always walk away and when you do you'll go back. Then you end up losing $1000 for every $100 because you're sucked in, and it just keeps getting worse.