- Many students who come to study in Australia fall into gambling addiction
- They lose thousands of dollars in the hope to get their lost money back
- Gambling has often been the reason for depression in students
- Nepalese students are also not douched from gambling addiction in Australia
Many international students are being hunted by the addiction to gambling in Australia. This story is about the gambling addiction of a Nepalese student in Australia. This is just an example. There were many which were already posted HERE and many more untold.
I want to share my experience with gambling. I started gambling in 2020 when I was just 22 years old. Come to Australia from abroad for study purposes but now I feel like I came to Australia to play pokies only. In the earlier phase, I would go to pokies for drinks with my friends. While I drinking, I would watch my friends play pokies. As time progressed, l learned to play pokies, and in my initial phase.I would play just $50 and hit with minimum bets. It kept going for a while and I wouldn’t happy with winning with minimum bets. Seeing my friends hitting with high bets, I decided to hit with high bets in the hope to win big money. That’s where my worst point started. I would go to pokies to play for only $50. I would play to win money but when I lose that fifty quickly, I wouldn’t satisfy with the results and withdraw another 100-200 just to get money back. The story lies within from playing to win money to just recover the money I lost. I would lose money over 2-3k in a single night as if money is nothing other than paper.
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After losing that much money, I would come home frustrated, stressed, and despaired and promised myself not to go there again. But after a few days would go past, the cycle kept repeating. Over the course, I lost huge money and come to situations of asking for money from my friends to feed my addiction. Along with losing money, I wouldn’t concentrate on anything. There was a point when I went to play pokies in the evening around 6-7 pm just for 1-2 hours. But after losing money and kept chasing for loss, I stayed there unit 4 am in the morning. When they close, I would go to other venues to keep playing and play until 7 am. Lost everything and come home wash my face and head straight to job without a sleep. I have called sick many times because of that. Having an addiction to pokies, I have had so many things to lose, I wouldn’t pick up anyone’s calls including family calls just to remain focused on the machine. After losing over 50 grands, I don’t have any savings left in my bank account and I feel real pain. I want to isolate myself from pokies and restart a fresh life from now on.
Confession of Nepalese in Australia
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