Beating the Odds

A game of chance can be facilitated through almost any event where one can take a side and put something at stake accordingly. As a species, we find a joy in gambling that is driven by a complex amalgam of incentives; greed, the thrill of taking a risk, belief in one’s luck, or simply to have a good time. People play to win no matter how the odds are stacked. It is inevitable that they don’t always make good the luck of the draw, but that is hardly a deterrent to serious players.
Therein lays the issue of the unhealthy stereotypes of gamblers regardless of their place in the world. A glut of any activity, no matter how pleasurable can lead to dependence. A gambling addiction is no different.Football bets
This issue is displayed in many casino patrons by these telltale signs; a tense posture, a fidgety manner, profuse sweating, and wide darting eyes. These are nervous people—spiraling lower into their addiction with each spin of the wheel—worried sick over the effects of their losses; a family in debt, a spouse who has had enough, a staple drinking and smoking problems that they drape around them, and ever the hope that their luck will turn, and then despair.



It is imperative to never give in to the temptation. Managing ones bets is the real test here. As is the issue of when to stop.  Respect the game, and play it wisely.