Aired (November 21, 2024): Si “Justin” ay walong taong gulang pa lang nang unang magsugal. Ngayon, 35-anyos na siya at hindi pa rin niya mapigilan ang sarili sa pagsali sa mga nauusong 'online sugal.' Sa katunayan, umaabot sa P70,000 ang kanyang nagagastos sa bawat laro. Paano nga ba humantong sa ganitong kalagayan si “Justin”? Panoorin sa video.
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00:00At 8 in the morning, when we met Justin, he didn't have a real name.
00:08His cellphone was ringing.
00:10His lunch was an online gambling.
00:14He kept on betting.
00:16He was getting lucky.
00:21But within a few minutes, his 500 pesos bet became zero.
00:30The day was just starting, and Justin was already lucky.
00:35According to Justin, he started gambling when he was just a kid.
00:39When I grew up, I was close to my career in San Lazaro.
00:46When we were kids, we were aware that we were the first to gamble.
00:54We were just kids.
00:55How old were you?
00:577 or 8 years old.
00:59We would bring our tickets to the casino.
01:05From just watching the gamblers, he slowly learned how to gamble.
01:12Slowly, I learned how to play card games.
01:19I learned it when I was a bit older.
01:24Until he was invited to join a physical casino.
01:29At first, I was just given 30,000 pesos.
01:33Then, I was the only one who went.
01:37What did you get for 30,000 pesos?
01:39My friend who was playing, won.
01:42He gave me money.
01:44He gave me balato.
01:47It's big.
01:48It's big, ma'am.
01:50When he saw that he won the casino,
01:54Justin couldn't help but fall for it.
01:58At first, I thought that money would be easy.
02:01I just joined the game.
02:03I had money.
02:04I did the same thing.
02:06I had money when I was playing.
02:09I was with other people.
02:11Sometimes, when the weather is nice, you win.
02:16But what he thought was a pure victory,
02:19in a blink of an eye, it turned into a series of defeats.
02:24How many times did you lose?
02:26A lot.
02:27It's like I lost everything.
02:30At first, it was just 20,000, 30,000, up to 50,000.
02:35In one day?
02:36Yes, in one day.
02:37Then, it went up to 100,000, up to a million.
02:41That's what I lost in one day.
02:43How did that happen?
02:44One million in one day?
02:46I brought cash.
02:48When our business was doing well,
02:50I brought cash.
02:51It was almost 4 or 500,000.
02:55Then, I brought some coins.
02:58I ran out of cash.
02:59I ran out of cash.
03:00Then, I stole the coins.
03:05He was in a car when he went to the casino.
03:08But when he got home, he just muted his phone.
03:12Because he ran out of cash,
03:14he couldn't do anything but steal his car.
03:18How much did you earn?
03:20And how much did you lose?
03:22I lost more than 7 million.
03:25And what I lost then,
03:28I almost wiped out everything I had.
03:33I didn't have anything left.
03:36Because of gambling,
03:37his relationship with his partner was affected.
03:41And eventually, they got divorced.
03:45When did your partner divorce you?
03:48Last year, ma'am.
03:50Two years ago?
03:51Yes.
03:52Why?
03:54Because of that, ma'am,
03:55maybe because he saw
03:58that no matter how good your business is,
04:00if your partner is like that,
04:02it's hard.
04:03That's what I understood from that part.
04:06If I'm wrong,
04:08if you're wrong,
04:10then yes, we earn a lot.
04:13But if you ask me to lose in a game like this,
04:16there's nothing.
04:18Justin's debt reached 500,000 pesos.
04:22This is where he found a way to stop gambling.
04:27But he was able to avoid gambling
04:30in a different way.
04:35I only play online.
04:37Like online...
04:38So, you stopped going to the casino,
04:41but you didn't stop gambling?
04:43No, not at all.
04:45No.
04:46I admitted to that.
04:47Where do you see online gambling?
04:51Well, ma'am,
04:52for my friends,
04:53because there are agents,
04:55for example,
04:56if you know that I gamble,
04:57they will send you there.
04:59That's where you will load,
05:01that's where you will say
05:03that's where you will load your account.
05:04We will deposit it.
05:05It's a true bank,
05:06but it can also be cash.
05:07But they say that it's not gambling,
05:10it's just like games.
05:12If you open your a**,
05:14all of that,
05:15they say it's just games,
05:16it's gambling.
05:17There's the online,
05:19maybe it's a rat, ma'am,
05:20in the casinos,
05:22there's everything.
05:23They just transfer what's in the casino,
05:25they will transfer it here online.
05:28High roller,
05:29if you call it Justin,
05:30or the one who bets a lot of money,
05:33if he admits,
05:34the total he lost in online gambling
05:36has reached a million.
05:40This is what you used to do?
05:41Yes, if you bet 5,
05:43it will become 56.
05:45Oh, like that?
05:46Yes, it will become 56,000.
05:48It depends.
05:49There.
05:50Oh my God!
05:51I maxed out,
05:52I loaded 80,000.
05:5480,000?
05:55Yes.
05:56It's just one game, ma'am,
05:58I will put it.
05:59There,
06:00I bet 70,000.
06:02Baseball.
06:03Why are you betting 70,000?
06:04Baseball.
06:05Baseball.
06:06My favorite is baseball.
06:09You will bet 70,000 for a game?
06:12Yes.
06:14Oh my God!
06:16And you bought a lot of that.
06:18A lot.
06:19So now,
06:20every time you open your cell phone,
06:22there's the temptation.
06:23There.
06:25There, exactly, ma'am.
06:26There's the temptation.
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