How to identify a gambler ?

What is gamble?

To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest, or To play a game of chance for stakes or To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.

FEW TYPES OF CASINO AND GAMBLING GAMES:

Blackjack – It is said to have migrated in French casinos around 1700 and arrived in the U.S. at the beginning of the19th century, it became known as Blackjack if a player got a Jack of spades and an Ace of spades as their first two cards.

Roulette – Roulette has for all time ranked as the most admired game at land-based casinos and the equivalent holds true now for online casinos.

Slots – Slots are where most of a casino's proceedings and winnings come from. And this goes for online casino games as well.

Video Poker – Video Poker is available in slot machine form. Players decide whether to cling to or discard from 5 cards showing and obtain a second deal.

Pai-Gow Poker – Pai Gow Poker, or Double-Hand Poker as it is also known, is a mixture of Poker and the ancient Chinese game of Pai Gow,

ONLINE GAMBLING:

Online gambling is a general term for gambling using the Internet. Online gambling includes casinos and casino games, poker, very popular online game - online bingo. Lotteries are very popular now, greatest jack pots attracts a lot of peoples, sport betting and other.

Lotteries are another species of Gambling. The lottery system dates back several centuries. It has received the sanction of governments, and in many instances of religious bodies. Lotteries have been resorted to, as a source of revenue to the state; as in France, where, from the years 1816 to 1828 they yielded fourteen millions of francs per annum. Loans have been raised by the same means in public works, colleges, charitable institutions in many countries.

Gambling is destructive of every good habit. It  Say goodbye to all the virtues. It stagnates the just and honourable affections of the soul. It quenches religious feeling.

The dear wife, children, or parents, are ruthlessly sacrificed on the altar of this destructive demon. He is deaf to every plea of pity or mercy. His heart is consumed by this fire of play, until every noble impulse, and generous emotion, and conscientious dictate are burnt to ashes. Such is its end.

ü  That the winner is always in danger of murder and runs for his life.

ü  The loser generally becomes a cheat, a murderer, a suicide, or a drunkard.

ü  The tortures of the damned are common to all gamblers, winners and losers.

ü  Deception and lying are their common attributes.

ü  Outlawed by public opinion, they wage implacable war against the morals, Peace, and happiness of society."

And what is the appeal urged by woman?—woman, who has so much to suffer from the gambler, whose home may be desolated, whose heart be with sorrow.

How to identify a gambler ?

If your eye falls on this, beware of the gambler. Have you never seen him? He is a well-dressed gentleman, rather profuse with jewelry. He is very friendly, indeed somewhat officious. He inquires about your business, and prospects in life. He seeks your confidence that he may steal your purse. He hints at easy ways of getting a living. "There is no need," he says, "of a man making a slave of himself.

In another way the young man is enticed. He enters a parlour. He has never played cards before. But here is a table covered with cards, and the wine-cup is at hand; and beauty and intelligence are shuffling and dealing the innocent toys, and invite him to take a hand. In vain he pleads ignorance of the game. They will teach him. He becomes a learner. He plays on for the excitement, and to enjoy the pleasures of society.

But mark the progress.

Reader, must you confess that you do not play, Stop at once. To-day burn your cards. Vow before Allah (God) never to play again, and Follows Allah's Commandments as revealed, ask him to help you to keep your vow. This is our safety.

Allah (God) revealed a verse:

“Satan wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of God and from the prayer.  So, will you not then abstain?” (Quran 5:91)

 Gambling, alcohol is one of the tools Satan uses to distract humankind from the worship of Allah (God). Allah (God) states clearly in the Quran that Satan is an open enemy towards humankind yet by drinking alcohol and Gambling, we invite Satan into our lives and make it easy for him to distract us from our real purpose in life, to worship Allah (God).

Allah (God) revealed commandments in Holy Quran: 

Say: He is Allah, the One and Only (112:1)

And your Allah is One Allah: There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. (2:163)

“Surely, Satan is an enemy to you, so treat him as an enemy.  He only invites his followers that they may become the dwellers of the blazing Fire.” (Quran 35:6)

Allah (God) revealed a verse totally prohibiting.

 “O you who believe!  Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), gambling, idolatry, and diving arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork.  So avoid that so that you may be successful.” (Holy Quran 5: 90)