Aired (November 26, 2024): Ang 48-anyos na si Ray, unang natutong magsugal noong 1980 sa simpleng "Trump Game." Ngayon, halos wala na siyang oras para sa kanyang pamilya at sarili dahil aminado siyang nalulong na sa pagsusugal. Ang kanyang kuwento, panoorin sa video.
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Hosted by veteran and premier documentarist Kara David, ‘Kara Docs’ gives faces to significant statistics on social issues. It amplifies the subjects’ voices as Kara David immerses herself in their lives.
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00:00Just like Justin, the filmmaker, Ray, was also born in a poor family.
00:07My grandmother, before she got old,
00:10she had a session with her friends every day.
00:15They played cards.
00:17So I was okay with gambling.
00:20I was exposed to it.
00:22But there were conversations in the family,
00:25because we were gamblers.
00:28He said that he was the first one to get into gambling
00:31instead of going to school.
00:34That feeling came back to me when I was a kid.
00:37When I first got into it.
00:39Actually, my memory is very vivid when it comes to that.
00:42That's why maybe it stuck in my mind.
00:44The exposure to gambling hit me.
00:49What he thought were simple games for kids,
00:52turned out to be gambling.
00:57In 2008, Ray became addicted to online gambling.
01:01The 500 that night,
01:03I won 15,000 to 18,000.
01:06That's how much I won in one night.
01:08Maybe it was just two hours.
01:10No, it was just a game.
01:11Beginner's luck.
01:12So I thought,
01:13why can't I make gambling my livelihood?
01:17This is the specific time.
01:20This is the money.
01:21If I win,
01:22I want to make it a system
01:24to make gambling my livelihood.
01:27Those are the stupid ideas
01:31that I had as a gambler.
01:36At first, Ray was still in control of gambling.
01:40But not long after,
01:41he didn't notice that he was also addicted to it.
01:45It grew.
01:46Until my money,
01:47the money for my family,
01:50I was able to get it.
01:53Until such time,
01:55after a few years,
01:57I was able to get a lot of money.
02:00I was able to gamble.
02:01I was able to steal.
02:03Because I was so addicted to gambling
02:07that I had to gamble every day.
02:09I wasn't chasing victory anymore.
02:11It was time for me to chase my defeat.
02:14I was chasing losses.
02:17I was so sick of it.
02:19For a few days,
02:20maybe 3 to 4 days,
02:22I couldn't sleep.
02:23I couldn't eat.
02:24I was drinking coffee instead of gambling.
02:27I wasted my time.
02:28It was so insane.
02:31Ray admitted that his online gambling addiction
02:33caused a lot of problems
02:35to his family.
02:38That's why my wife always blames me
02:40for making ends meet.
02:41I don't care.
02:43You have to give me the money.
02:47I'm working.
02:48It's my money.
02:49It's selfish of an addict like me
02:52to gamble.
02:54It affected me.
02:55My parents are ashamed of me
02:57because they owe me money.
03:01In the midst of Ray's addiction
03:03to online gambling,
03:04it seemed like he was able to save his own family.
03:07He was able to save enough money
03:10for his son's medical expenses.
03:15One time, my son was hospitalized.
03:17He needed to undergo surgery
03:20for appendicitis.
03:22He was about to leave the hospital.
03:24I was already holding the money.
03:26Walking distance,
03:27I was able to go to a bingo place.
03:31Online bingo.
03:32I was holding the money.
03:33I was supposed to pay him at the hospital.
03:36He was about to leave the hospital the next day.
03:38I ran out of money that night.
03:42I lost my friends and family.
03:45They said,
03:46Ray is not going to lend me money.
03:48It's very hard to accept that from a family.
03:51Ray admitted that he didn't win gambling.
03:54But he said it's still hard for him
03:56to escape his addiction.
03:58It was a cycle.
03:59It happened again and again.
04:00When I was able to pay my debt,
04:02I felt strong again.
04:03I knew that I wouldn't win gambling.
04:06I knew that I would lose.
04:07But I kept repeating it.
04:09Expecting that I might win today.
04:12But I was trapped in that cycle.
04:16It was early in the morning.
04:17My mother was already asleep.
04:20Maybe around 1 o'clock.
04:22I decided that time.
04:24I said,
04:26I'm tired.
04:27I'm tired.
04:28I have to end this.
04:29I hugged my mother.
04:31She's my wife and my daughter.
04:33I took the bus home.
04:35I said,
04:36This is it.
04:38I took a taxi.
04:40It was in Cubao.
04:41I suddenly had a breakdown.
04:43I was crying.
04:46The taxi driver was surprised.
04:48He said,
04:50Do you want to have coffee?
04:53He said,
04:54Sure.
04:56We went to Cubao.
05:00We had coffee.
05:01He said,
05:02If you don't mind,
05:04it's okay.
05:06I said,
05:07I'll go home.
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