Imagine.
Imagine that you lost a few thousand dollors in a few seconds. How will you feel?
Chinese New Year has just passed. The fifteen days period must have be quite fun for some and not for the others.
I know, many people will gamble during the Chinese New Year. Gambling has in fact, became a tradition. Correct me if I am wrong, usually in families, they will play poker card games like : BlackJack and Chow Tai Di [A game where the largest number is two and the main aim to to get rid of all the cards in your hand]. The bets?
They range from ten cents to a few dollars to even a few hundred dollars.
Mahjong can be quite a popular game too. Mahjong is a game of pattern whewre the way to win is to have three sets of tiles [can be three of the same or three consecutive tiles like 1, 2, 3] and two same tiles. It is a simple game, however, total concentration is needed in the game.
All this games, though they are fun, people will tend to place huge bets in them. What if they lose?
Well, maybe for one or twice, it is okay. However, if it is many times, will it be still okay?
Many people would say that gambling during the Chinese New Year is just a once in a year event. We wouldn't get addicted. However, have they thought about those hardcore gamblers out there who are wasting their lives away by gambling?
Those gamblers who have to resort to borrowing, stealing and cheating to lay their hands on money to gamble. How wrong of that. People borrow from loansharks and what happens in the end? Their families get pulled into the water too. The innocents drown with them.
How fustrating.
Just imagine.
I would run round the world for you;
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