Gambling is an activity that has really destroyed me and i just want alot of people to learn from my mistakes.
I initially started betting from my secondary school. Back then, when I got into the college i didnt have a smartphone so i would go to the betting shops and bet on alot of games with some amount of money . Most times I usually use small amount of money like 100naira to try and win 50 thousand naira with the hope that i might win. I played for a long time with the hope of winning alot of money at the end of the day, I lost more than I won.
Later on, I was given a techno smartphone by my brother when i got to second tier in my college. That was when I turned it to my regular activity. I would deposit money from my bank into my sporty bet account as I went ahead to book some games. One thing about gambling is when you are selecting the games you want to play they would look like the perfect games until the games start and you begin to panic. Football can be really crazy you might put about 100$ on the surest teams like Manchester city to give you the win and they will end up loosing.
Betting can be so tempting that you could place your life savings and investment into it and up losing all. You might even win and decide to play again in order to win more due to greediness and will loose all to nothing.
There was a time last year , I transferred the Shiba inu i had in my binance since 2021 into another wallet just to gamble . Guess what?? I lost all my money as I went hungry throughout the day. I promise you won't like to have gone through the torture and pain I went through when the price of shiba inu went up and i calculated how much I would have made if I had kept the coin in my wallet at that time.
I lost alot of money i can't even start calculating or i might get into depression. You might think gambling will make you extremely rich due to what you have heard from other professional gamblers online that made some cool cash from it , but don't be deceived because people don't normally share their loses just their wins. Don't get me wrong , you can make money from gambling but you might end up having more losses than wins which is not what you want.
Yes , betting can be very addictive . I went through the same phase and I know how hard it can be to stop but the earlier the better . I wish I had stopped betting earlier maybe I would have had more money to take care of my bills.
Lastly, put a stop to gambling today and place your money into investments such as real estate , buy shares , buy and keep cryptocurrencies that can be profitable for you in the future or better still just save your money.
Thanks.