The Gambling Disappreciation Thread

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I'm not playing Bingo at the hall that's a part of the organization that my apartment complexes are located, anymore. A friend that I've made there, and I have decided, that we will meet up, every time we each have some extra money, and play at the Bingo Palace, once every three months. Playing a game that you like, three times a week, is a gateway to other money related games, and it can lead to gambling. I don't want to become a gambler. I don't want a gambling problem. I have a friend who has a gambling problem, and I don't want to turn out, like her.

If you hate the idea of gambling, I'd like to hear from you.

If you're just going out and having fun playing bingo I see nothing wrong with it. If you're doing it for the habit of gaining more money (or hoping to do so) everyday and in debt because of it then it's a problem.

Playing bingo is really more of a social thing than pure gambling. It's a far cry from spending 25 hours a day sitting in front of a fruit machine, with a sore arm from constantly pressing the lever. If you don't let it turn into a gambling addiction, it won't.

Bingo isn't really a gambling game. I won't bet on horses or play the lottery (an idiot tax) but I don't mind doing bingo every once in a while. Most things are reasonably OK in moderation.

I've read all of your posts, and I've thought it over. I'm not going to give up on Bingo, all together. I'll be playing twice a month, instead of quitting, all together. If that one pest won't leave me alone, I'll just have to sit at another table. I'll be playing the bigger game with the $150 Jackpot and the $200 Bonanza, twice a month, instead of playing it once a week, in addition to the two much smaller jackpots, on Mondays and Saturdays. My circle of friends will be back together, next week so I might not be playing, as much, but I think that I was making a rash decision, yesterday. If I want the leather jacket, the Nintendo Wii, and the nice clothes, I'll need to get a part-time job. I'm always going off about how I feel that I'm nothing, without a job. I can have a part-time job, keep playing Bingo and have $500 left over in my bank, on most cheque days. That way, I'll really be playing Bingo for fun. I can make up to $500 a month, working. It has to be doing something that I love, though. Why would I permanently give up on an activity that I love? I might have to give it up, until I get my part-time job, but I don't have to give it up, forever.