The reason why I’m stingy with everyday shopping, but not stingy with gambling money

2023.07.09 2023.05.15

When human A enters a restaurant, if the price of ramen is 1,000 yen, he thinks, “That’s too expensive,

I can’t eat this kind of food,

I can’t eat this kind of food…” and feel it is very expensive.

However, when human A makes a deposit in an online casino, he/she thinks, “I can’t afford this,

Human A thinks, “I’ll hold off on depositing just 10,000 yen today,

I don’t have any money right now, so I’ll deposit 100,000 yen when I get paid,

I don’t have any money right now, so I’ll deposit 100,000 yen when my salary comes in, or maybe even less.

Human A’s sense of money is such that, if he/she is doing his/her usual shopping, he/she may think that the change is 10 yen less or that the price is discounted by 100 yen,

Human A’s sense of money is such that if it is a usual shopping trip, Human A would be happy or sad if the change was 10 yen less or if the price was discounted by 100 yen, etc,

Human A is not interested in shopping for 10,000 yen worth of clothes! It’s too expensive to buy.

But…….,

But when it comes to spending money on gambling, the sense of money of human A is completely different.

To be clear, the money you spend on shopping, and the money you pay for food and drinks,

But money spent on gambling is money that “may increase” many times over,

but money spent on gambling has the potential (expectation) that it may “increase” many times over.

However, money spent on gambling has the potential (expectation) that it may “increase” many times over.

At least, that is how gamblers see it.

If the amount of money may increase many times, 10,000 yen is a small price to pay for human A.

Human A, no, even if you put in 100,000 yen if it might increase many times over,

It’s not a lot! And so on.

Instead of refraining from spending money on gambling,

If there is a possibility that the money invested in gambling will increase many times over,

Human A thinks, “Why don’t I spend (invest) more? Human A thinks to himself.

Human A thinks, “Why not spend (invest) more if there is a possibility that the money invested in the gamble will increase many times over?

It would be much more meaningful to spend money on happiness and services that are right in front of us, that we can enjoy right now, without spending money,

I think it would be more meaningful to spend money on happiness and services that we can enjoy right now,

But, I think that gamblers like person A, who start to borrow money and invest it in gambling, don’t notice that they have a gambling problem,

But, even if a gambling addict like person A starts to borrow money and invest in gambling, he/she doesn’t notice it easily.

Human A, to some extent, can start borrowing money and still borrow,

If he gambles and rolls over these borrowed money, there is a good chance that he will be able to pay it back,

In fact, there may even be enough money left over to pay it back.

Human A thinks so.

If Human A has had the experience of winning a lot of money through gambling, it will change from expectation to certainty,

It is a certainty.

And, in fact, if you have actually gambled and borrowed money, you will be able to win the entire amount of money,

I can’t tell you how many people I know who have gambled

(And I’m not just talking about “some people.”)