There is a difference between the occasional dabble and hardcore gambling. The former plays with money they can afford to burn and quits when a limit is reached.

The latter thinks he can win back what he’s lost and more.

usually for me its if i have extra money to play around with
if dont have then cannot gamble coz how am i supposed to pay bills and eat and live?
i dont borrow from friends or family coz they dont lend me shit especially when it comes to money (its a very good thing actually)
but i do wonder if im in financial difficulty would they help but they also taught me to be financially independant since young so i know when to stop
sometimes i want to find friends that would lend me money but honestly i get so pissy when people owe me rm5 that i think i would never have these kind of friends

my dad has been gambling since i was schooling... he lost everything, his business, our house, cars... got into loan sharks, ran away to other town to start anew, but still buying toto, magnum, dmc...

gambling addiction like u said cannot be helped. he is now in SG alone working his ass at 67 yo to fund his addiction coming back once in a month when he felt like it... most of his salary will go to sentosa and mbs...

its the andrenalin and hes not getting tired of it anytime soon

well everyday you open eyes gov already tax u money

Keep bullet for Euro 2024. HUAT ah may all bro here win ong ong

I only gamble with money I dont mind losing

Smart man.

this is worse when CNY most young kids even those below 5 years old have learned what gambling is... it's ingrained in our culture and tradition.

My story of quit gambling was very simple.

During my university time I play poker with my roommates. I lost around RM20+ per round and after 10 round. I lost around 200~300. That's my food money for whole month and I lost it in around 45 minutes.

Till now I never touch any form of gamble. Beli nombor also tak pernah.

i just set a limit to how much i can lose
never think about winning back your money

OMG. He can apply for self exclusion from the 2 casinos you know…

why would he? that's his heroin

Or the family could try to apply for him to be excluded

family will be hated + chaos in the family when the father go crazy from not gambling

If those life consequences don't cause a person to regret his actions probably nothing will. Damn.

He's still healthy to work and gamble away his money. Few years down the road, he'd have walking difficulties, then he won't be able to work, and then he'd expect his family to look after him. I don't see a good ending on this 😕

Din borrow ah long already considered good. He come back stay with you? Or u kick him out adi?

I can understand from a addict perspective.
There are constant things in life like bills and salary.
So the casino is like their only hope to get out of the cycle without realising that the casino is the cause of it.

I’m very worried to read stories like these - it’s one thing if you gamble in RM but if you do it in SGD, the losses are 3.5 times the size…

It’s mind blowing scary

of course have to shelter him la... so old already, no eye see already, its not like im not doing well... just have to start from nothing lo