"Gambling refers to the betting of money on an event with an uncertain outcome, with intent of winning additional money. The decision to gamble a certain amount of money is based on three parameters namely; how much to bet, the predictability of the event and the conditions agreed upon between the gamblers. The skill of a gambler lies in performing the calculation between the three parameters and making a decision about what amount should be put on stake and how much to expect in return."

The effects:
1) Lead the gamblers towards crime. The addiction gets on to them to such an extent that they fail in thinking wisely before acting due to which they might land up in worse situations. They may take wrong decisions in life. People who fall prey to gambling tend to drift away from their families and waste money on other bad practices. The treatment of such addicts again needs money. There is a lot of expenditure on curing the addicted gamblers of society.

2) When gamblers indulge into excessive gambling activities, they tend to spend time and money at the expense of their jobs and time with family and friends. They tend to stay away from their near ones, resulting in distrust between them and their loved ones. Gambling at the cost of one's job results in a decline in the quality of one's professional life. Addiction to gambling is sure to hamper one's career.

Why people indulge in gambling though they know the fact that they are splurging their money and valuables?
People are seen taking to gambling as a way to run away for their problems, stress, anger and loneliness. Gamblers often exhibit mood swings and a strangely secretive behavior. They run behind gambling without the thought that gambling is actually inviting more problems in their life. Their unquenchable thirst of profits makes them continue wanting more. They start borrowing money and taking secret loans to bet money. In spite of the losses they face, they continue betting. Their addiction to gambling can leave them in bankruptcy.

It is in my believe that money could only be earned with a whole load of efforts, commitment and hardwork. It was instill in me perhaps by my parents that money do not come easily, and only through hardship that the money you earned would be appreciated by you, yourself. If someone came to tell you that gambling required a whole lot of effort and commitment and hardwork, what say you? you know with the analysis you made based on your mathematical knowledge, your physic knowledge and the 'experience' altogether.

Lets take an example of the process of making a pot, claypot or "tembikar"(Malay language). In the process of making that particular pot, it(the pot) has endured a tremendous amount of heat so that it could become harden and beautifully carved. What I'm trying to imply here is that in order for a human being to learn, this sort of problems or hardships he/she endured is simply natural or basic and simply inescapable. This leads me to be reminded of this phrase quoted by the grandfather in that movie "the ultimate gift" where he said that a person will only begin to live until they lost everything, it is like the perfect way to start and that he refered that as the 'gift' of problems. It is never too late to be incurred by problems no matter how old a person is and that is a mere fact of life where problems will smack us down on our face and how we solve will be up to us, we can sit down and whine about the problems or we can take steps to get over it. It is up to you but who knows behind those problems lies this "reward" for your perseverance. You just have to accept the challenges so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

Maybe it is God's will to make things so hard for many of us.....

Maybe this is a part of our learning process, every process gets tougher before it gets easier, this makes learning a gift even if pain is our teacher.......

Maybe it is a series of gift that would lead us to the 'ultimate gift' who knows......

Sometimes a friend has gotta to be cruel to be kind....
And one gotta agree with this statement that a person would not be rich without friendship and I treasure friendship. Good Night