Disclaimer:

This blog is not intended to offend any parties and this is not intended to promote any gambling activity. This is just made for entertainment only and all the information that I have stated from this blog are basically base on my own opinion and thoughts only.

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Do you have some pastime? A gambling pastime to be exact. Do you usually won or does it a lose-win, lose-lose game?

Making a gamble activity as a pastime for me is not a great choice of pastime. Well I can say that maybe because I am not into gambling. However for some reasons, others says it's okay to have a pastime in gambling as long as they know how to control their selves and they have self discipline. For other's perspective, since we have different ways to coat out our boredoms, for others this is a great choice, as it is fulfilling their wants.

Then I respect them for that.

So today I will be discussing about this gambling that is very popular here in our country, which is called eSabong.

What is eSabong?

eSabong is defined as the online/remote or off-site wagering/betting on live ko matches, events, and/or activities streamed or broadcasted live from cockpit arena/s licensed or authorized by the Local Government Units having jurisdiction thereof.

Source: Pagcor.ph

Anyway I came to this topic because I can see from news that this type of pastime is now causing a lot of troubles and even serious crime's, so I decided to express my thoughts and opinions about this pastime.

So basically this past few days I have been watching the news from the TV. And from the news I have seen a different scenarios that for me, defines as the downside of this kind of pastime. Actually it can be called gambling, and gambling is gambling and we all know that it has definitely have bad side effects at any cost, and so no matter how legal it is, it's still bad that may cause trouble.

Anyway, nowadays eSabong becomes a very popular pastime here in the Philippines. This actually started during the pandemic. Honestly I can't believe that even the time where almost everyone lost their job, gambling becomes their favourite pastime. Despite the crisis that everyone's facing, there's still have lots of people who are doing gambling, and the worst part was the government even made it easier for gamblers to do gambling activity because they made this legal through application.

At first it was just a pastime for others, but as the days goes by, some people becomes addicted with this pastime. From small investment until it becomes huge investment.

Since some gambler's becomes addicted. It creates a certain problems to the community,as some of them do some crimes such as robberies and snatching just to have some investment.

And I'm quite disappointed with some News that I have seen.

Baby for sale!

Can you believe that? A mother of 9 months old baby girl sell her own child because of gambling?

My gosh, I was really disappointed with this news. How irresponsible mother she was to put her child at risk, she don't deserve to be a mother actually.

According to the news the mother of the baby was suffering from depression when she sell her daughter, that is why she did that mistakes. She insisted that it was unintentionally.

The reason of her depression was she borrowed money then she spent it in eSabong, as she was also trying her luck to win. But unfortunately she just loses all the money that she borrowed, and when she don't have any money to pay for her debts, she decided to sell her own child as her last choice🤦.

Properties for sale

This is the story of a seaman who got addicted with this eSabong gambling. According to him it was just his pastime. He just started from a small investment from he's savings, until he loses he's control it becomes he's addiction, until he loses all he's money.

Because he already got addicted, he then sell their properties to continue gambling. But unfortunately he also lose all he's money. After he's family found out what he did, he also lose them including he's wife, as they got disappointed on him.

He then experience hard times alone with empty pocket after he loses everything because of eSabong gambling.

It was unbelievable that most of them are risking their money in gambling, it's such a waste.

And last night from the news I have heard that the government has no plans to remove this online gambling despite with all the report's, as for them it is helping the community.

Was it really helping the community ? Was gambling is the right answer for poverty? Was it a good pastime?

For me it's a big no. Although some says that it is not actually a gamble stuff as it is only a pastime, I can still says that it is not a good pastime. We're already facing a serious crisis and so why wasting money for gambling?

Gambling isn't the right answer for poverty, which they thought it was. It might be a good pastime for rich people but the problem here was not only rich people are doing this pastime, but also those who are also in needs. It might make you win for some time but it can also makes you lose everything, even the money that you have just won.

They says that the government has no responsibility with the addiction that the people had been through with this gambling as it is their own choice.

Well yeah it is really their choice, but if they didn't introduce this activity to everyone, then nobody will do gambling, isn't it?

What am I trying to say here was, if only the government will stopped and won't promote this kind of gambling then the crime and poverty may decrease, isn't it? But the thing is they are even saying that this activity is helping people 😁. Well let's just say it was, then how about the crimes? Was it also a helpful act?

Aren't really they're responsibility to stop people to do gambling? They are the makers of the law and yet they are also the promoters of gambling.

If this is the kind of law that the community has, is there still a chance to solve the crisis and poverty?

Anyway I think I'm good. I'll be leaving those questions to hear your opinions in the comment section and so I'll be ending this blog from here.

'til next time and thank you for reading.

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