Why invest money if you can gamble with money, why gamble money if you can invest money?

why are there more gambling addicts than people who invest their money addicts, they both have the same motive, greed

why? why?

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Gambling is an entertaining to win or lose money,a short term process. Investing is usually a long term process such as buying a house, stocks, getting a degree etc.

Well they both are similar in the sense that they both require skill to make money.

But in investing, there are very many different types of investments, and according to the type there can be little to no risk.

For example,. if you purchase a GIC, there is no risk of losing your money but it is still considered an investment.

But on the other hand, if you invest in derivatives then it can be pretty risky. Something like this can be more accurately compared to gambling, but if you know your stuff, it can be much less riskier than gambling.

so in short, investing and gambling are pretty different things

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Gambling is more like a luck game. Wealthy people gamble to kill their time. Less wealthy people gamble to take on the chance to become wealthy.

Investing is more like a learn-able art. The more we practice, the better we will be. We will look for companies which could generate income consistently and progressively.

Both have risk. One with calculated risk and the other with sheer luck.

In gambling you cold lose all your money in one night or one hour,but in investment specially in Mutual Fund you could ride out your loss and wait for the bull to regain or increase your investment,which is impossible in gambling.
You can also apply this with stock or share,but there is more risk because the company or Industry may declare bankrupt and you can lose all your money or part of it,but this is highly unlikely with Big-Cap stock.
All business can be consider a bit like gambling e.g you take a business loan of 5 Lakh at 16% PA you rent a store at 7000 per month,so you are taking a risk of losing your collateral if you can't pay your loan.
But all thing consider the fastest and easiest way to lose all your money is through gambling and not through other investment.

Well, you can throw your money away at gambling, or you can invest your money in low risk mutual funds for a sure return.

If you think investing is all about greed, then you can just not invest and live off of social insecurity from 65 to age 90, or age 65 until you get sick and cannot afford the medical costs.

It's your decision.