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Before I got to know bitcoin and this discussion forum I was familiar with gambling and had even played it for several years. My gambling activity is uncertain because to be honest the income I get is only to meet my daily needs. I dont gamble every day because I know I can spend a lot of money there without a guaranteed win. From my experience since getting to know crypto and gambling forum, I admit that I am too excited to keep winning and winning no matter how much money I spend there. Gambling has made me forget what money is and even seem worthless because I am so desperate for more.

Gambling is about money, but it gives me pleasure in anything I can win. Recording win and losses is very insignificant and completely useless. I have tried all kinds of trick and tips to increase win and chances, but none of them have been able to bring me a big win. Self-control is important and here I know that my main mistake in gambling is due to "money" purposes. I should have realized that if I made gambling a place to have fun then I didnt have to be excited about winning.

I know that there are a lot of people who have gone through the same fate as me in gambling and are even sadder. Tell me that if its gambling for money then you will only regret it in the end but if you make it a way to get pleasure then you can control your desires and your money over it.

Gambling should never ever be about making money. May be, investment in bankroll is something you could opt for.

Indeed. Gambling is initially a recreational activity and should be taken as the way it was intended for.
Although I agree that making investments with the bankroll of casinos could be really an option.
Nevertheless, discipline to set and follow limitations when gambling is necessary to prevent addiction.

You are definitely experimenting some problems with your gambling but it is never too late to try to change and overcome it, the first thing is to stop to gamble immediately, it is hard but it must be done, the next thing is to try to not do this alone, for the most part people need to rely on the strength of their loved one to overcome their problems and gambling compulsions follow the same pattern, and finally if things are too out of control for you then you need to get professional help so that person can monitor your progress.

I applaud you for sharing your experiences because in that way maybe you could help someone else to avoid to go through the same experiences you went through.

Gambling is really just for entertainment but majority of people do treat it on other way around where they do seek out for making income or do pushes for them to win big amounts
without even thinking that it can really give out the opposite outcome.This is mainly the common behavior of majority and thats why gambling industry is so a profitable business due
to this kind of reason where people cant really just resist to play even if they are already on the losing side.Humans are too emotional and do forget on important matters when they
do already experienced up some pleasure and when that emotion comes out then everything would be changed.

most of those who chase their winning chances are finding themselves to be in deep trouble. we read it many times, over and over, that gamblers should not treat gambling as source of their income and yet many people here are relying on gambling for their needs.
 as for me, ive lost and won in gambling just like many others. but right now, just using extra extra funds for this as we are still in challenging times. and we need to keep our stash safe, in case we need it.

Of course, when we gamble, we always wanted to win some money, well there are players that says they play to have some fun, but I do believed, that in order to have fun enjoyment, you have to win. I also been gambling even prior to crypto, and I will say that I have a lot of ups and downs that really affected me financially. But I have matured from the years of playing, I just stick to sportsbet now but sometimes I do play my favourite game of slots, but that's just it.

I also remember what my friend told me before when he is with me when we gambling and it is my first time to win,
"Don't be happy too much when you are winning, brace yourself if you will lose in the future. It's just happy when you are winning."
My friend really got a point here.
For OP, I really agree on what you told about the self control, this kind of attitude MUST have or posses for every people who are in gambling or even planning to start or try gambling.

So you have a job but you don't have an extra money to risk in gambling, well, if you don't gamble that is the right decision as it's hard to be foolish that we might sacrifice our food just for gambling, you say it's only enough for your daily needs, gambling is already a wants, should not be the priority.


Let's admit that we are gambling to win money, it's just similar to saying we gamble for money or for fun as our aim is really to win.
However, it's always up to us if we will go beyond our limit in the sense that we will be more ambitious to consider gambling as a serious thing, well, professional gamblers are doing that, they are making a living in gambling and that was really inspiring, however, not everyone of us can do that, so that should be carefully evaluated and as what I have said, you don't gamble when you are even struggling to earn money fro your daily needs.

We will all seek to win in gambling, at my early stage in gambling, I used to make a lot of experiment also and actually it cost me a lot that it has come to the point that I even borrow money and regretted that I started gambling. There's a lot of fun gambling games online, so if you don't know how to evaluate your chances, you might fall for the fun without knowing that your chances of winning is very small and your chance to win is just through luck.

All of my experienced makes me a matured gambler and I just have to be thankful and accepted it that it happen in my past as I make good decisions now.
I always follow the principle on not to gamble what you can't afford to lose, as that would give me a peace of mind even if I lose in gambling.

Its about entertainment mostly, thats the primary purpose and people like the money element to add risk and reward.   I think theres some self deception to believe it will always be profitable, its a game that pays or can pay and people like the feeling of the payout.   Its a perfectly justified activity on the basis of similarly drinking or smoking or various costs to taking part in any game or leisure, most games we dont expect to profit from it but just enjoy taking part.   I think thats a more reasonable take,  I hope to come out even and theres always the chance I will make something and I have done on occasions but its a nice bonus that feels kinda amazing at the time for me personally.

I was hooked in gambling because at first I am earning good profits and I thought that I could keep up with it and use that money to help my family because to me, helping them is what matters. I've been gambling as a student but please don't think that I am spending huge money because, to be honest, I don't have enough money to start with. It is just about 5000php or more likely $90 to $110.

In our province, that is huge money and as time goes by, I met my partner in life and that is when it hits me. I felt the pain, me being so useless at that time and gambling is tearing me down because I thought I am doing this for them but I am just doing it for myself. Some therapies which I don't actually tell if it is and with the support of my partner and family I did get out. I am always saying this but my experience is not that deep compared to the real gambling addiction still I am so thankful to have my loving and caring family and partner and I knew this is not something to underestimate. People are actually struggling because of it but usually, it just starts as entertainment, that I could confirm.

People who are approaching gambling for the first time has a lot of expectations they come to gambling because they were inspired by their friends who brag about their winning but not their losses, some gamblers are like that, bragging their winning but never mentioning their losses.

So we approach gambling thinking that we can do better if your friends can why not you, until you realized that it's not really that easy and your expectation is very much different from reality and you become to question if you can really make money in gambling, but unfortunately you lost a lot, everyone here has this kind of experience it's a learning process that makes us think that gambling is only for entertainment.

Depend on your intention why you gamble,because if it is like you?then sure it is for money but for others this is for fun ,Yeah they are losing money but those losses are only payment for the fun and happiness they got when they are playing.
This is what we need to learn before trying to gamble,Learn to control your desire because in the end of the day this will lead you to losses.

I fit definitely into the social category given I'll only go to a live Casino for a night out / dinner & entertainment etc.  True there are those who make a living out of gambling, but they aren't the norm.  You really need to sit down and firstly work out what the various "types" of gamblers are before you start labeling them as dependent gamblers or even in my case lite gamblers much-less anything in between.

no no it isnt about money  . you can play gambling in a simple way without involvement of money  . its normal that you will feel happy when you win and feel sad when you loose  . you said any win can give you pleasure ? so that means even a small win ? woah thats nice . your only few of the gamblers that can appreciate small win so why down your self ?  didnt you know that me i cant feel the pleasure on small win  but i dont also like to loose big either .

Well everyone feels the same in gambling especially if you started to get hooked on it. The amount of money you win or lose is insignificant once you get hooked on it. You'll start craving and looking for it and all that matters is you play and satisfy your cravings.

I had come to the point were I spent almost my whole day gambling and felt I wasted it by the end of the day where I was first winning and ended up with a loss.

Yes, especially after a big win. Sometimes I would think, "why I work so hard and not just gamble to earn the same/more money," then burn the winning money to purchase useless stuff.

That's why hard-earned money will last longer than "dirty" money.

You will still be excited about winning, but the change in mindset about gambling is an entertainment and not a money-making machine, will help you decrease your playing time.

Who goes out to the movie theatre every day?! Conversely, many people do work every day.

For me the essence in gambling is to have fun. If I just play for money, I would always be under pressure whenever I lose it because then I will have to play to recover those loses. Instead, I chose to have a pleasure in the game of gambling and anything which is winning amount is something extra for me and helps me in different ways. Greed is what drive many to keep gambling which is wrong as per me.

Sometimes ai play gambling because I am bored and I don:t have something to do or I play gambling because I am in pain or I want to unwind. For me playing gambling is just for fun only and it is not a job. I don't play gambling most of the time co'z I am avoiding the addiction. I don't want to be an addict co'z I have a lot of things to do and to think and I don't wanna waste my whole time just for playing.

Even though gambling is just for fun but if you lose the game it will be the same as it will stress us because I have lost a lot of money, I have been gambling for a long time but still at the core want to win because I want to change my finances.
But I now know that even though I have used the tips and tricks that have been given, I will not fully believe it because in every gambling game there must be gaps.

Gambling is not an easy to win money game. You are risking your money in exchange to earn money . Strategy and tricks will not always work so if you think you already lost a lot then know when to decide to stop or else you can also lost more having the will to win .

It seems that with your experience, you have been numb about all the losses because you are getting used to it and forgot how much you should thank your money because you have it. I felt like this recently because I had a significant loss of my account, and I guess I didn't know how to react. I realized some things like:

• You know the risk, you know that you can lose all your funds
• You continue even after significant losses

I think at the end of the day, as long as you know what you are risking and how much of it you can afford, I believe you can be successful, maybe not right now but soon. You won't gain anything if you don't risk anything.

Most of the gamblers could've got this experience with gambling. Myself isn't good with gambling, before knowing about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies I used to spend between friends betting on games. Our forum and the different gambling sites with cryptocurrency acceptance made me learn more about gambling. At times my mind finds it a way of earning, which is wrong. Each and every user has the urge of earning through gambling, but the people succeeding in it is very small.

not really, there are things you can gamble without involving money. by definition as long as it has risk and doesn't know what the result would be it can be considered as gambling. but yeah, gambling can give a different experience for different people I myself enjoy gambling even if I don't win and I mostly play poker and I enjoy the mind games people do when playing poker.

well, tips and tricks don't always work especially if you are playing pure luck-based gambling i.e dice game and such but there have been people able to gain profit because of their own tips and tricks and yeah self-control is probably a huge help for their win. and gambling can be a fun hobby to have as long as you don't stress on always winning and it doesn't affect your life in a negative way.

When I see a match/game and I can tell what I think it would play, I get excited to put on a bet slip watch the game. It's fun and when it pays it's more/double fun, how I gamble is gambling on games I know and even better if am going to watch the game. Sport prediction is my bragging rights -well with/between me and my close friends-.

After I read the experience of playing gambling in the opening post, I conclude that you are addicted to gambling. Never make gambling
a source of income, because it will make you addicted. Your mistake, playing gambling because you want to make money, then you keep
playing until you get a big win. although you can control so you don't play every day, still pointless, because your goal of playing gambling
is wrong. In my opinion, just use gambling as entertainment, at least that thing will prevent you from becoming addicted.

You shouldn't be gambling in the first place since you earn enough to pay bills and meet your daily needs. This is the kind of mistake everyone makes. They think gambling can make them easy money. True it can make you easy money, but it can also take everything away from you within few seconds! Gambling should be seen as a form of entertainment, not as a form of money making. Even if you have "self control", you shouldn't gamble if you can't afford to lose.
There is no such things as tips and tricks to make money by gambling. Those are just all gamblers fallacy.

I got into gambling through playing poker so I was a bit more concered with my bankroll when starting to gamble. My plan was always to save atleast some of my winnings so I could go never broke in the end. The real problem started when I switched into betting of esports games. I started betting my CSGO skins in a lot of matches and noticed how ingame pixel became money for me. Betting Keys or Skins instead of money came normal for me and I lost touch with the values behind it. Betting a knife seems normal, even though it had a value of more than 100$. Eventually I had to stop gambling like this. Now I am just betting with bitcoins and a little bit of FIAT.

indeed if you can enjoy the gambling you are doing then you feel happy but it must also be balanced with the big wins you can get because if you always lose then it will make you bankrupt, so we as cryptocurrency traders who like getting profitable then still must be able to make a profit wherever you are and with any gambling.

The very main purpose when we do gambling is just for fun or entertainment. I’ve been there getting addicted in playing, but I overcome it. When we do playing all over again without discipline and self control it may resulted to losing big money. We have good and bad experience so let's take it as a lesson.

First, thank you for sharing and second is that we have to admit that the purpose of gambling is to win because no one is betting to lose. But I just want to tell you that dont risk your money if you cant afford to lose and put a little limit on the amount of money you can bet because that is part of self-control and money. Most gambler experience economic and psychological problem as well as sleep problem. As long as you can accept defeat then I think everything will be fine.

Gambling for fun? Even we afford to lose, it's fine because we just want some "fun"?

Totally a wrong mindset for me. But if that's everyone's stand, then so be it as we have different purposes why we do gambling.

I do gambling to win. It's more fun if you win. What's the use of my experience and knowledge if I will just treat my gambling activity to have fun. Just imagine how much a person loses overall now for that fun purposes. :)

Just when am happy while gambling and unfortunately loss in the process my mood for that day will definitely change. Gambling with fun and accomplish with win is the greatest achievement anyone can get from gambling. My gambling with win give me unexplainable experience at the end of the games, personally, whenever I loss while gambling I don't have joy as when I win in the gamble.

"Prevention is better than the cure", so control yourself before getting into the gambling greed trap you need to built your self control over it which is more better than regretting you losses.Online world has no end so no one can really stop us if we want to gamble so go with the money which is affordable but if you can't find the win within such limit then quit for that day, move to another work and hope for better lucky day on the next occasion.

We will enjoy gambling when we play bets that we like or can control in that game and the reason is because playing gambling that we like feels fun and happy, in contrast to gambling which just wants to try and hope to win without mastering and enjoying.
I really like poker gambling and will feel happy and calm when playing it, and besides that it can trigger my adrenaline and hold my emotions when my opponent is bluffing and even though the win is only thin but I feel happy, different from other gambling when I try it out of curiosity and end defeat.

It's normal not to be happy when we lose, anything when losing is bad but we have to understand that gambling is risky, we could win but we could also lose and our goal here is just to win most of the time as that would make us profitable.

TBH, I had a bad experience in gambling as well, I won't share the details but I was able to overcome it and until now I am still gambling.

It's about knowing the risk and accepting your defeat, if you are good at that, you'll enjoy gambling in the long run as you are doing what is advise to us, which is to gamble what we can afford only and that is gambling responsibly.

While it's true that gamblers want to win money on the other side of the coin those who offer wagers, (be it Casinos or other people) want to take *your* money from you.  A wager on a football team or car race or tennis match can be friendly between two people, or on a gambling site, but games of chance are purely there to rake in the cash via the house edge.  It may take time and there might be some initial out bound losses, but the punters keep coming in and the house edge collects eventually.

Personally, winning my bets is actually very satisfying, and if I did win, I will bet again, until I get satisfied, most of the time if I did not controlled myself on playing endlessly, my funds will be gone sonner or later.
I'm glad I finally able to do something out of it. Discipline will be the most necessary thing that you should have when you are gambling.
Without it, you'll rekt yourself together with your funds haha.

Suit yourself with right discipline, you'll be more rational even you are dealing in gambling. It's okay to lose, just learn from it.

Based on the @OP story, he needs to learn about controlling himself because he found that playing gambling, and he also needs to set limitations when playing gambling. If he doesn't do that, I am afraid that he is still losing more money, and he can not stop at the right time.

Playing gambling is about the win and lose, but you need to know that you should not chase the win money because you need to have the luck to win that money. If you can not control yourself, you will regret it in the future.

The idea of winning makes it more exciting that's why we gamble. But unlike you op, I don't really aim to win big since the more we aim for a bigger prize, the more we become greedy and would keep pushing all for our money until we can "win big" but in the end, instead of winning, you'll just lose your money.

It's really important to control our emotions, as well as contentment on the amount you can win even if it's just a small amount.

It's okay to be greedy as long as we are realistic with our chances.
The problem is if we are not realistic, let's say your bankroll is only $100 and you aim to grow that to $100,000, that means you need to be very lucky to reach that amount in a short time, but if you are slowly climbing to that amount with some consistency, I think it's possible but not many of us can do that.


Basic thing to do when gambling, controlling your emotion is controlling the risk.

What you have said here is true. I remember what happened to me years ago where I only getting started to play gambling. At first, I am winning and what I actually desire is to make more and more money out of it. Until I cannot control myself from gambling, I lose all the money I have and I don't know where to start after that. That's why, we should really try to control ourselves to avoid this kind of situation and make a longer gameplay and sustain having enough money in our pockets.

A lot of other gamblers including myself has been in the situatiom you described here.Let me say that although is not about money in the end it really is about money.Here is my reasoning behind this statement,I start playing for fun and once I got some wins immediately my mind thinks what if I could win the jackpot?From here it is only downhill until you lose all your money and there is no trick or strategy in gamblig,you either are lucky or unlucky.

Actually we can't blame a person if they gamble for money since it's one of the best ways and most risky ways to double or triple your money in a short amount of time and in regards with other users like me i look forward in gambling as recreation however it's true that even if we don't care about the money and look forward into its game play I think we are still at risk since we wanted just to win and to win. It's really important that you have self-control.

   Zidanw we gamble because we wish to win, it's a great feeling when you win, but gambling is losing as well, trying to win means
that you are risking with your bet, only if you have a good prediction you will win. It's excitement, and gambling with more money
is more risky and it gives more excitement. Some people know their limits, and some don't, I have control and I know how much
excitement is enough for me, I guess that comes with years and experience.
   Each of us has unique experience in gambling, but it's important to have control over your emotions and your money, to know
how much you can spend for risking to make more and to have fun in the same time no matter do you win or lose.

Key word here is self control.

A very important trait that gamblers must have but unfortunately only a few of them have it. One thing more is that all tricks and tips are useless in gambling at least for me. These are pretty useless if you aren't lucky at that time. Different people are gambling for different reasons and in your part, your mind is kinda one sided. You are only thinking that you will win and that makes you excited to gamble knowing that that doesn't always the case. Gambling for fun would be a better approach because you can control your spending on it. Gamblers are gambling for the sake of money but still there are some who are gambling just for entertainment.

What you experience is actually a lot of people who experience it too, I have also experienced the same thing. When I first got to know gambling,
I play gambling with the aim of making money. So I learned all kinds of strategies in order to win the gambling. But the reality is worse than
I imagined, I got into debt so I could get a big win. In the end I just kept losing until my money ran out. Eventually my life was ruined at that time,
fortunately now I play gambling just for fun.

I guess you're on the wrong path, gambling isn't just about money and will always not circulate on getting money. Some people are gambling because they want thrill of the game and to have fun, for short, gambling is just a matter of entertainment to others.

Once you have the mindset of playing gambling because of earning and winning, being addicted to it is possible because you will always seek for it. We should be practical since you've mentioned that your income is for necessities not for misc such as gambling. You can find other things that will satisfy you on winning like playing gambling games where it doesn't require real money.

Each people will have a different experience and also will have different views against gambling. For me, before I start gambling online I had known that gambling will only make me lose, although I have won, I would find a lose after that, then I'm right againt it. So, I never force myself to continue making deposit when I got lose. I'll play gambling when I have money and it is just for my entertainment, there is nothing beside it. At least with these things I will be spared from an addiction who always haunt me all the time.

This is very risky you are not gambling to win or to lose you just want the excitement part of it and you want to get it at whatever cost, this is a risky behavior because you can lose all the money you have because you will not get satisfaction from playing a small amount of money you will keep on playing whatever money it takes so you can just reach that level of excitement.

I don't like to be in that position and will work not to be one you need professional help to cure you of this.

The more the gamblers want to earn big, the more the risk he takes to get that to happen. even though he is already winning some good money. instead, he wants to play more to get it even bigger. In Gambling, the odds of winning is only few, if you already win some good money better not to take one step again to lose it all. We cannot judge people why they wanted to play more even they have already won because that was their nature, they just playing to get it lost again. You can read it here guys why those people keep playing:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160721-the-buzz-that-keeps-people-gambling

some parts of his story did also happen to me   . the part where he say he forget the meaning of money , to be specific  . that was the time where i have alot of money because my sideline jobs are also numerous  .  i forgot to save money  and the worst is just i gamble and gamble with a huge capital and bigger bets  till all the money was gone along with the sideline jobs  . now i have my full regrets because i left empty handed  . i dont blame gambling but i blame my self for too much abuse  .

Well mate, you should be not ashamed to being a gambler, we all enter this platform, expecting great results and our bankrolls yielding 200x or more. But reality struck us with a hard truth that even in gambling, money is very difficult to earn. But there are many gambling games out there, you haven't explored yet.
One of those are sportsbet, depending on the odds you can earn more than in average games. If you play it right and timed it right, in the right player or team. You can profit more than you lose.

Most of us do have the same experience in gambling that our first goal in playing gambling is to earn easy money with it, but when we feel unlucky in gambling, we started to realized that it is hard to earn money with it. Even you know some strategy in gambling just to win, if you are really unlucky you will definitely lose a lot of money. That is why gambling should only be played for fun or entertainment.

I think in this case it is important to correctly prioritize. If your goal is enjoyment, then all the money lost should be attributed to investments in your entertainment, and the winning funds should be considered nothing more than a pleasant bonus. If you are focused on money, then you should have a specific plan and strategy with a fixed bankroll management and risk management, and you should also forget about entertainment and consider it a by-product of your good game.

Most them either realize it late till then either they have lost it or its too later and nothing can be undone. So by many people here it is recommended do not just go after money as that will make you so much greedy that you will never know how your winning can even turn to losses in quick time as its more of luck which helps you win/lose.

Yeah there are more worse experience than your experiencing that they lose all their belongings due to gambling. Some says treat gambling as an entertainment but honestly based on my experience it's only entertaining as long as you win from it, but when you lose you keep chasing the money that you loss, and you're right even if you have strategy it's still not enough to win sometimes you need more luck rather than good strategy.

If you're low on money, try gambling with welcome bonuses of new casinos or with very-very low bet amounts. It can still be thrilling as an experience, and this way you won't jeopardize your financial situation. Moreover, you can try implementing gambling strategies that focus on minimizing your losses. For example, you can leave the bet amount the same after a win, but make it twice lower after a loss. Or there's also a strategy where you make the bet amount lower after every bet regardless of whether you win or lose. Finally, just come to peace with the important and true message: gambling is not something that will win you money on a regular basis. You're way more likely to lose in the long run.

There are two types of people who gamble: either for recreational or for profit. The former are those who seek enjoyment and pleasure from taking risks, that is why they enjoy gambling. They are also type to enjoy situations where they feel they could win something by taking up the risks. Meanwhile, the latter are the ones who generally play because they are either desperate for cash or they are trying to earn a quick buck.

Typically, people who view gambling as a form of earning profit usually fell into debt and start on what we call the 'gambler's cycle'. In this cycle, there is this illusion that blinds them on the gambler's fallacy. The money that they win usually ends up being gambled again- thus losing everything at once. The cycle continues until they ran out of resources and resort to selling their belongings just to recover what they lost.

Well if someone lost their properties with gambling that falls into addiction, you don't risk that much coz you are chasing a huge money pot or making a break even with what you have lost earlier, it is sad knowing and seeing people ready to lose their life savings through gambling.

Well for me, gambling is really an entertainment whether you lose or you win, but who wants to lose anyway? at the end of the day there is some part of us that will be relaxed after we gambling for fun and not for the money.

Only in sports and esports betting we can use and do predictions, do research and have a higher chance to earn or gain profit when we do study but in overall of gambling and realities in any casino it will only depend on how we play the game, meaning we know when to stop, when to lessen or higher the bet or risk and to continues playing depending on what fate dictate us. If we won then be thankful and if not better stop at some point, in gambling there is a day in winning and losing as we were not sure what cards, numbers will be in front of us when we play.

If you still feel like that, means you don't enjoy gambling as entertainment but you enjoy gambling as the source to earn money. Chasing the losing money indicates that you play for money, not for entertainment. If you play for entertainment, you only use some money and once it is gone, you will stop it. You won't try hard to chase the money because you know your main purpose is for entertainment. Well, playing for entertainment doesn't mean you don't want to win, but you don't force yourself to win since winning isn't the priority. That's why you limit your money to play, and stop it if you feel already got enough fun.  

A wise man once said:

"It is the journey not the destination that matters."

Especially when it comes to gambling... as you realized it is nearly impossible to become rich from gambling so, you either play for fun, or you don't play.

Totally the journey and learning the risk reward points in a game is what matters, the win can throw people off from realising they were not playing smart in those game rules.    I think playing for fun ironically could make the win more likely as it removes negative pressure and bad conclusions from winning or losing.


best thing about crypto is its such a growth area there is a ton of places that want you to come collect some free play on their games.   The amount doesnt exactly matter so long as you advance in understanding the game slightly better, it avoids risk and loss to learn on small or free bets.   I count all the games played free as golden for long term gains because you can try whatever you like.

Well, that is a perfect mindset of the gambler, --don't think too much about chasing money in gambling because that is not your source of income. If you think that you have entertained very well, then gambling is just for you. But if not, just lay low and find other entertainment that suitable for you.
Both of us has a different story in gambling experience, ^{[whether bad or good]} those mistakes we treasure that perhaps will not happen again and move on when you have lost big and dont chase it anymore.

I doubt that there much people playing for money, my thoughts. It's obvious that in gambling you will only lose on a long distance, so if you want to make money you need to create your own business on gambling theme, like poker courses, youtube channel with streams and so on.

Entertainment is what we all looking in gambling, Thrilling and risk. Not money

It is very easy to lose control when you are gambling and I think that for the most part that has happened at least once to almost everyone that frequents this section, the difference is in the magnitude of the costs associated with that lapse in our judgement, there have been several times in which I went to a casino with a friend and they lost control of their gambling and they wasted their whole salary in a few hours despite my attempts to stop them and then the next day they regret what they did and are trying to figure out how to pay for their expenses, and while this can be an expensive lesson at the same time it can be very revealing as it teaches you to never lose control while you gamble because if you do you will suffer huge consequences for it.

But you cant stop people on not to have that kind of view or insights towards gambling because this is the only fast way on making profits as we all know thats why its not surprising that people will most likely end
up on aiming to make money rather than on seeking for that entertainment.Each of us do have its own view but doesnt mean that we will really act on whats being recommended in terms of control
since each one of us do have that different level in talks of that. Entertainment is the primary reason but to think that you are dealing with money then its no surprise that you will
surely aim for it.

Gambling for pleasure can sometimes turn to making money. Its just for entertanment at first but after losing hundreds, you may start to look into a strategy on how to win. And when you also feel this way, its already about making money. 

When you start to read some tricks and shift to skill base games, its then about to get serious. Its not like sports where you just stop whenever team is unknown to you.

Losing self-control is the number one lesson they should learn thus learning the consequences while suffering from the results at the same time. It's okay to gamble for fun as long as you can afford the money you have to lose but it's not okay if you lose it all in just a one go because if this is going to continue in the long run, you seriously need some assistance.

You don't want your journey to be full of desperation you want it as joyful as possible and you are not going to get it as long as you trying to make money from gambling, yes you can also make money from gambling but you must enjoy gambling first and if you are lucky you can have both, it's a good feeling when you have both but it should be fun first before making money.

Indeed. We can forget our reason for playing gambling, and that will change into making money purposes. When we are using gambling to search entertain, we will not think about gambling as a source of income, but if we can't hold ourselves to stop gambling, we will only spend more and more money.

Reading some tricks and improving gambling skills will be okay, but we always need to remember that we don't use gambling to make money. We should use gambling for fun and kill boredom because that can prevent us from thinking about making money from gambling.

i think the qoute best applies on the things that are possible like in real life  if we are studying from school or if we are working and we want to save to buy something .

in gambling i think not really applicable if your goal is to get a big win or to become a millionaire because the chance can be verry low esepcially if your only a poor man and you cant bet huge  . i like the qoute and i use this when i am in a unmotivated mood/mode in my work

Most of them apply gambling only for pleasure for those who do not rely on income from gambling or have other income such as real work or others.
because they gamble for pleasure or boredom as entertainment sometimes luck favors those who gamble for pleasure simply because they play it casually and without lust, and will stop when in a position of luck on their part.
different from those who rely on income from gambling who always hope to continue to win even though they are in a winning position and end up losing everything because of ambition.

It is hard to change the mindset of the people who are engaging in gambling because the only thing that they want is to become rich by doing that.

Gambling is never profitable, unless you are a lucky person. But when we think about the reality, this is not the best way in making money, risks in gambling are much larger than investments. Positive mindset is important in every investments and in every actions and plans that you are going to do. It depends on the person if he wants to invest in a bankroll and we can't force someone to do it, but that's a possible option for them.

Discipline and self-control is not that hard to do especially if you are willing to manage your assets properly.

When we gamble we tend to win more money, which actually turns into a bad habit. When I first came to gamble through a friend, at first I was able to win a lot of money. But later I could not control myself, I lost all the money I had won. I have gained experience from here and tried to learn more about gambling. Now that I have control over myself, I can restrain myself from betting emotionally.

Gambling is really risky because there is no guarantee that you will win the game and earn money as well. You should not rely on your earnings from gambling, the best thing to do is to find some other ways to earn money, find any job, as of now it is better to apply online jobs to avoid contact from other people. Thatis way better than gambling which may lose your money and may destroy your life when you get addicted to it.

There are two types of gambling, the chance-based and the skill-based, if I were you, I will choose the second one, it has more chance of winning especially if you have good knowledge and skills about it.
To understand it more, try to visit this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248359.msg54428648#msg54428648

its better to play for fun than thinking that you can have more money for playing. It's not investment and not even business so you should always be aware about the possibilities of lost when you are playing once you are thinking about money  you will not enjoy gambling anymore even you win.

that's what is called gambling, they owner of the gambling place will make you get a lot of profit and winnings, but after you are influenced and always play the game then they will realize and make you lose no matter what, therefore you must be able to control yourself, when you get it. fortunately it's better to go out and make a profit withdrawal, if you want to gamble again then maybe you can create a new account to gamble because the chances of winning are better for a new gambler account.

Unfortunately it is wrong to enjoy gambling (enjoy taking big risk) with your money, time or anything else. That could cause you alot of problems. Besides, you should be betting responsibly on good games/competitions, and not gamble. The worst is enjoying gambling. The enjoyment/attachment to this things is what normally leads to addiction esp when you have nothing else that gives you the enjoyment.
I would properly learn a betting game or competition, and be good/profitable at it, so that even if I become addicted, I'll still be earning consistently from it.  This is better than gambling and enjoying it.

It can be of such recreational activity but people never think that way instead of considering it as a money generator and they have it live that way. Gamblers are not just normal players, they come into gambling to make money despite of making losses sometimes. It might be wrong if we see it but I also think that they also have a reason that brought them there and truly respect what they did.

I agree with this. Gambling casinos isn't made for players to win money, how can they stay afloat in the business if they are built to make us money. Casinos are just tempting you/us to play with more money so they can make more money. Some people are just too lucky enough to bet at the right moment and make a decision to leave gambling at the right moment and focus on different things such as investing into business.

Actually in my opinion, it is still fine enjoying gambling with your money as long you can afford to lose. The main problem is that some people cannot be controlled when playing that outcomes is being addicted to it. This is must be avoided by many the addiction and enjoy playing with caution and know the risks. That's also good enjoying and at the same time earning so let's take it also a reminders a lessons to us since we experience losing money from gambling.

I don't want to think that way, if you don't have control over yourself, you won't get good results in anything. The most important thing is to gain experience and build the ability to control yourself.

And self control comes from past bad experiences, newcomers make a lot of losses while gaining experience. So it is not right to blame only the owner of the gambling website here. If you are not self aware, everyone is ready to take your money, not just gambling websites.   

I have tried same way as you but couldn't made my mind satisfied ever with my winnings. It's hard to stop for a gambler while he keeps winning. All try to push their luck forever. Self-control and luck is the main key in gambling. Very few gambler have the habit of self-control.
Gambling isn't a way to earn money. If you can't control yourself while gambling, it's better to move on. And I choose this way.

LOL, so you mean you have already chosen a different path? Common lets play and have some fun and excitement. Time management is the best way to avoid in getting addicted to gambling. Yes I believe in you that it is really hard to avoid getting attractes to gamble especially when gamblers win or having straight streak losses. This is wrong and the best way to avoid addiction is to set your priorities. We all have different priorities and gaming should not be part of the priorities in life. It is just a way to make life to have some fun.

From the first time you know with gambling how much do you get so far, profit or lost during you active with gambling project, how your experience with gambling and which one most friendly with bitcoin and altcoin site gambling than other gambling platform. How do you feel after active with gambling on this forum and can hear many discussion and get opinion here.

If my income was only enough for my everyday needs, then I wouldn't have the audacity to ask myself if I can spend it in gambling. It's not bad to give yourself "happiness" or "fun" that you find in gambling or most of the people are, if, you have an extra funds to spend in gambling, but why bother playing if you only have enough, that's the only question you could ask yourself to avoid making unnecessary decisions in life.

But still, even if you have extra funds, I wouldn't still recommend spending it on gambling, that is why it is important to know what is your Top 3 needs in life, that way you could easily know what things will make you happy to be satisfied and avoid gambling.

You cannot really distinguish gambling as for fun and enjoyment, especially when money is involved. It tilts your thinking in wanting to earn more. With the rewards that can make you, quick rich and restore all the losses. In a way, gambling can be a source of income, with proper strategy to earn enough and not lose more than you can afford.

But only few people has successfully Make gambling for living.

There is a friend of mine way back that becomes dedicated in gambling,He practice a lot in dealing cards and estimating the movement.

He use this as a pay player for those capitalist in gambling in which they will Pay Him just to play Local Poker called "Pusoy"

and He become rich but he Made a great plans because after garnering good amount of money He starts running business and Leave gambling.

It's better to choose a different path instead of running behind probability of making profit in gambling. I don't want to be a victim of gambling addiction. Actually I have suffered a bit with the addiction. So I decided to do gamble less often within limit. Gambling should never be a priority in life. I have seen few gamblers staying with profit in the long run. But I won't prefer it as a priority.

Do you suppose from your own point of view that gambling is anything like alcohol, drug or cigarette dependency and that going "cold turkey" or just quitting is much harder to do than people might otherwise think it is?

I also experience it the excitement when you are winning the great pleasure and feeling and also to have a profit or make money out of it,
But just like you I am sure there are more times that I would lose rather than winning that is why I decided to look for other activity that could give me the same excitement and pleasure.

I can't imagine how they do that and how dare they are to make gambling as source of income. Although I have a ton of strategy, I don't believe it will help me to earn money per day, per week and per months. it's something that is totally cryptic. Because to make gambling as source income you'll need capital and you are required to get money from your gambling, how will you get it if the rules of gambling are mostly luck?

I think such games are only for gamblers who cannot control their patience because so far when I gamble in various places it is not like that, I only apply when I have made more than 40% profit from the gambling place then I will go out and make a withdrawal of assets . but if you lose I will stop it, I will not make a deposit again and prefer to calm down first.

Many are talking that they gamble for fun or to ease their loneliness but as what I notice most of the gamblers are aiming for the win. In my experience
I've been thinking and doing some strategies also in order to increase my chances of winning a certain game that I play but still I was unable to maintain it.

Like I win this week and in the following week, I am in losing streak again. So what I decided is to focus only in playing or having fun and forget about winning
and losing so I don't have to worry if I win or loss. This is how I control my gambling habit and take note, I only gamble my extra money.

Let's be honest here, you can play Mario Bros or any other game, and you want to win! When you lose you get nervous, if you win you will try to finish it! We love to win, bottom line! In any game we choose to play, whatever we want to do we wish to win and be better than others! Gambling is a game, and in most games you play against the house and you want to win! Of course winning all the time is not possible, but you are trying to be +ev in your games, it shows that you are better!
We like to win, and winning makes us feeling better! We can admit or deny, but it's a fact! And experienced gambler knows there are many good and bad nights behind, what is important is to try to take the best from today. To give your best to try to win it, but if not to be able to try again tomorrow!

That is why I stayed more with sports betting although I still gamble in dice to take away boredom.
Sports gives me more pleasure and is also a way for me to not stop analyzing each team and player.
I just love doing that.

I guess what you need is something that will give you fun.
Winning and excitement for the game give a lot of pleasure especially while cheering for your favorite team.  ;)

Mostly those people who play gambling for the sake of gaining money fall out of the trap of desperation that he wanted to win consecutively after experiencing the first one which turns that you will be seeking more everytime you experience win and desperately would spend a lot of money just to try getting what you have loss but turns out to experience consecutive losses and have not been able to recover anything at all but just debt snd regrets for being impulsive on playing for the sake of money. Usually people with such kind of attitude towards playing gambling experience greater losses added up by stress and pressure for wanting to win to obtain a big amount of money.

If at the first place you intended to play for enjoyment and manage you budget for the amount of money you are going to spend on playing gambling, maybe you can have a better self-control as well as be happy and contented if you are winning and treat such thing as a bonus you have got from enjoying playing gambling.

Anyone can earn money from gambling, it is not impossible. But we must realize that don't rely on gambling to earn regular money. And don't expect too much on it, moreover dream to be rich through playing gambling. Controlling our selves is a must in order to limit our money and avoid addiction severely. If we can do this, then it is okay to gamble. While if we can't do this, I agree with you to leave is a better choice.

The proportion of those people who play for fun is very small. Basically, all the people playing in the first place for the sake of earning money. Even if you are playing for fun, whether you receive it constantly losing and losing money? Therefore, we have much to talk about pleasure, but without winning neither money nor pleasure.

The reason self control is a must in gambling is to control the excessive spending of money which can cause many problem. I totally agree that gambling is about money and winning, even if at first it just wanted to get experience and fun.

The level of difficulty a gambler will experience with self control and desire in my opinion will vary and this is influenced by habit and addiction. The higher the level of addiction experienced by gambler, the more difficult it will be for them to control and during this time a severe gambling addiction would only cause a big problem. There are many cases that can prove that a severe addiction to gambling can cause a mindset disorder that can lead to severe stress. I hope I dont get to this stage.

I think it is not that small. There are those people that play gambling for fun, for entertainment but still, they hope to earn money from it too. Some say they bet for the money but I guess that is how they have fun from gambling, earning money. So as long as we are talking about gambling, we are talking about money, we can't actually separate these two.

For most gamblers winning is the fun part in gambling since that's the main reason why we gamble in the first place. Some of them bet aggressively like putting half of their bankroll in one bet and that's how the problem usually starts. It's hard not to have a winning mindset when you're gambling on casino games but on sports betting it could be different since there are gamblers that enjoy watching a good match even if their bet lost.

Yeah Anyone can earn Money from gambling but it is rarely happen than losing,it is not impossible but it is also possible in small chances than loss.

Here is a Good read

https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0910/casino-stats-why-gamblers-rarely-win.aspx

Here is one perfect advise for a gambler or those who have just entered gambling world,that There is no assurance in this field and all you have is a Luck and expectation.

Gamble only the amount that can be risk and afford to lose,after that?stop and find another amount to gamble again.

Majority of people one time or another thinks that they can make money from gambling after winning a lot when they are starting to gamble and they think that they can learned a lot and make a lot, they ignore that there is such a thing as beginner's luck, and that's what things real hard when reality sets in that they cannot be lucky all the time.

People play gambling for fun for their first time, but after they win some money and know that gambling can give them a chance to earn money, they start to try to make money from gambling. The next day, when they play gambling, they hope to make money, but they don't know that gambling can make them lose money. If you can have good control and stop gambling anytime, you can play gambling for fun, and you will have pleasure in gambling. You will not chase the win money because that is a hard thing that you can do.

That reality will become a nightmares once everything has been realized.

Gamblers only see the bad sides when they already have too much engagement to this activities, they'll lose control
and forget about limitations, losing streak after losing streak they'll lose everything and the only thing lefts are those
regrets that keeps showing up from time to time.

This scenario can lead to a possible addiction, Having the experience to earn money in a easy way could be addictive and most of the time they are disregarding the big risks a head of them knowing that they have the skills (even not) on playing gambling. There are many stories like these, I also even experienced this on my early days on gambling and I'm pretty sure that after getting addicted it will be hard for the gambler to giveaway the chance of not playing.

When they win the first time, they want to play even more no matter what the out comes are. we know how odd the rating on winning in gambling right? that's why when we win, we receive double the amount depends on the odd but most likely the chance of losing are high. I agree with you that losing will leave such bad effect in our mental health where some people cannot recover so easily because of the money they have lose. sometimes they will look for another way to play more when they runout of cash and the result are not praiseworthy cause some of them went way too far from stealing other people's properties.

Yeah, at first I did not get the point when you mention about stealing a property like a real estate property?LOL,  well yes properties or belongings from other which we consider valauble that could be sold to someone. This is really happening to a gambler for being addicted to the game wanting to win the lose money bet in the previous losses. Actually betting is taking risk to gain a desired profit and if we will going to expound what is risk then we can say that betting more will take a gambler to a more risky situation.

Or instead of bad impressions and regrets of failures such people may become addicted to gambling, and then only rehabilitation and psychologists can help them...

I've played a gamble several times in my life, but along the line, i swore never to play again cus i know its addictive.
I have friends who are already addicted to it and I don't like the way they always look, which Is why I promised myself never to gamble in other not to get addicted, though I see people that win and I feel the urge to play that, maybe I could win too, but I just know its my mind playing tricks on me, my advice to gamblers is never allow yourself to get addicted, just like the op have said, if you find pleasure in playing, do it, but never do it for the money

That is actually happening. Stealing from someone just to make sure he has something to spend with his gambling habit. Or many gamblers are usually resorting to loans, up until they can't pay their debts gaining more interest.
In my case, I just play with my extra funds. I lost big before, so I already learned my lesson. I don't want to regret my decisions especially in gambling.

I think gambling addiction is pretty same as drug addiction. But quitting gambling is easier than those kind of drug addiction. I haven't found it hard to quit gambling from my side.
The article contains general concept about gambling. All regular gambler know those things. You can't bet the odds. House edge is the main fact. Rarely people are making profit in gambling. But you can't guarantee it for always. So no one should take gambling as a serious earning method.

They are literally blinded by their desire to win or recoup their spending, quite scary though, and I don't even know what would I do if I ever became such individual  :-\.

Same goes here, man. It might be disappointing to go back home without gettin' anything in return, even a little amount, however, it is far more better than doing several stuff beyond a sane man would do  ;D. And so, am still somewhat glad just thinking I never did consider doing those stuff you guys mentioned  ;D.

Losing money is better than losing one self. Acceptance.is the key when you gamble your mindset should not be winning instead it should be losing. Casino are design for gamblers to lose and if you will end up losing then accept it for tomorrow is another day to bet. This mindset can actually help you not to get addicted to gambling your everytime you play you think of losing. It could lead you not to play gambling anymore or will gambling will become only a liesure meaning you do not need to always visit gambling casino to play and win but to enjoy the fun games with excitement that will let you pay in return.

Perhaps, the casino just set the easiness to win the money, so that can attract them to play more in the next days. A gambler who doesn't know that will be back to the casino and play the same games because they think they get lucky again this time. I have those experiences in my beginning, and that makes me spend more money to play. But after some round, I feel that winning the game becomes hard, and my money has slowly reduced. Later on, I am trying to reduce my time in gambling, and I also reduce the amount of money that I have been used for gambling.

Yep, mostly we get losses, win the games and earn money just happen occasionally. This is a clear sign that playing gambling is the way to lose money, rather than earning money. So, it is a very bad idea if someone thinks that gambling is the way to earn money regularly. Also, to dream that one day we can earn big amount of money and be rich. No guarantee of it!!

True. It is an old saying that only gamble with the money that we can afford to lose. Means never force ourselves in gambling and don't be stupid to use all money for gambling. It is not a proper way to multiply money. Gambling is only a place for fun and better to expects winning as a bonus.

Psychologically we expect to win/succeed on anything we wanted to do and if it goes on the negative side and this keeps happening then you will lose your mind for sure that is why we need to get prepare ourselves to face losses and its possible with experiences.No one can become a disciplined gambler overnight, they need to mould themselves into better one with all the losses.

Merit from me, after i'll get one at least  ;D First time see such wise opinion, and this is the problem of most gamblers: the can't accept their lose, so they trying to reverse favor to their side. For example, I, when playing poker (i'm only playing poker, no dice or slots) i'm setting myself that i will lose money but will have a good time. So for me there is no problem about all things described above.

Like who wants a person to happen negative things on him right??
That also includes losing in gambling. We don't want ourselves to end up losing our money and we don't want to end up in a negative way. This is what the gamblers are experiencing. They don't want to lose that is why they are gambling and gambling and they will do things just to win. They can't take their losses and as they gamble continuously, they are getting addicted little by little.

Key word here is discipline. No discipline = lesser to no chance of winning in gambling :P.

Though some of us are playing for entertainment of to kill time (just like me) there's still this thinking of hoping to win or hit the jackpot even at once. Its nice enjoying your earnings on gambling but if you spend too much losing it, the outcome is worse not only about money issues but same with physical and mental health.

Thats why if you decided to gamble have a self control and be aware of the consequences if you happen to lose your money.

A gambler will not think about the losses because they think that playing is to get a new experience in the games with the money involved, but then they lose when playing those games. They consider that losing money in gambling is part of the games, and they will not feel anything bad. But some of them can't think like that instead of playing longer, and in the end, they lose more money. They can't accept their losses, and they want to try to get their losses by playing more because they think that they will have a chance to win with playing more. If they can think clearly about playing more will not give that chance, they will not spend more time and money playing again instead of stopping gambling.

Let me represent yourself give the merit for him ;D

I agree, wise and intelligent gamblers will not think about losses and will make their experience an invaluable lesson and do not follow egos or ambitions that will lose everything.
make gambling just for fun and even though you hope to win, and most importantly stop when the victory is on your side and don't continue because it will make you lose everything.

Many people gambling because it gives a satisfaction in different reason.

Some of the people would like only to play just to satisfy their selves or just a simply leisure time. Some of them don't mind how much they have and how much they earn its looks like bonus if they won a game.

Also there are some people who is too much addicted on playing gambling even their own money will risk on playing just to earn money.

That's the common mistake that I've read also with other gamblers that have shared their story. The greediness caught them and they became uncontrollable because all they did was to chase the profits and eventually losses have spiked.

It's a very important lesson to learn from those experiences if others have been reading a story like this. They get to know what they should prioritize, what to understand, and what are the do's and don'ts as they gamble to avoid the same experience.

That is the myth behind every addiction, people think they can succeed so they keep on doing it long run even if the got succeed they are looking for more because the adrenaline created from that small win make people to do more and more and at some point they will be drowned.

To all those who have responded and given a little of your views on good and correct gambling habit, I thank you. By the way, I have to lock this thread as I have heard many stories and varied gambling experiences from all of you. thank.

Stay safe, and make sure gambling is not the right place to make money. Being lulled by the hope of a big victory will only destroy everything we already have. I admit that I need to have more control over the desire and use of money here so as not to cause other problem in the future.