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I don't have a gambling addiction, but I acknowledge that there are issues with my gambling habits that need to be addressed and corrected. One of the effective ways to tackle this is by observing, imitating, or modifying the patterns of other gamblers to suit me best. I'm curious about your own gambling lifestyle. Do you set aside specific times each day or week for gambling? If you enjoy sports betting, do you bet on games throughout the week whenever they're available? When it comes to visiting casinos, do you play at one today or this week and then try out a different one the next time you want to gamble? As for bankroll management, do you track it using an app, Excel, or any other methods? And regarding your environment, do you prefer playing at an online casino while listening to music in the background, or do you prefer a quiet atmosphere? I may have missed other aspects, but these questions should suffice for now. I look forward to reading your thoughts and comments.

I prefer to gamble during weekends.

I prefer weekends now. Before I prefer in-play throughout the week.

5% or less of my weekly income can go on gambling. I do not need other management for that.

For now I don't have a specific pattern... Let me start with my account funding, I use $20 - $70 every month (most times it's not up to that amount) it might not be a lot of money but trust me the minimum wage in my country is slightly higher or same with that amount, and I try as much as possible to stick with that amount and not add more to it since I'm not the gambling freak that always wants to gamble.
Next would be the time I gamble, like I said earlier I'm not any gambling pattern for now so I just log into my account and move straight to crash, plinko and mines most times it's when I'm lying down and about to go to bed that way I won't spend much time on my account. I haven't wagered on sport recently so I won't add it to my post.

As for the song part I don't use song because to me playing song while lying down induces sleep and I wouldn't want a situation where I'll leave my mine games on Auto while I fall asleep that would result in me losing all my funds that's supposed to last me through the whole month to get exhausted in just one night.

well, as a casual gambler, I'd say my gambling pattern is pretty moderate. I like to dabble in online sports gambling and occasionally try my luck with some casino games. I always set aside a specific portion of my income just for gambling, and I make sure I stick to that limit. Luckily, I'm not one to get addicted to gambling. I can easily go for a long period without placing any bets. So, yeah, that's my gambling style in a nutshell; moderate, responsible, and always keeping it under control.

Same like you i also have interest in the sports gambling. They are two reason for this, first it is the love for the sports and secondly my track record on the casino games are usually not good and I think I am unlucky playing the casino games.

I don't say that all of my sports bets go in a win but majority of them do end up in a positive manner. I don't know but most people will agree that a chances of winning on sport betting are higher than the chances on winning on the traditional casino games

I gamble when I feel that I want to play not when I need to play, 2 to 3 times a week at the most this is I believe safer as you don't develop your gambling addiction.

I stick to the casinos I'm comfortable playing but I sometimes try out new casinos to see how the interface is different from the casinos I'm playing.

I never do that keeping track of your losses and winning is a bad idea you will just feel guilty.


I have my headphone and listen to music that depends on my mood usually soft rock.

From the answers that will be obtained, the addiction levels of every gambler will be known. If you enjoy sports betting and you bet on every game involving the sports you like, you are gearing up to become addicted and uncontrollable before you know. Your love for a sport should not make you become addicted by gambling every time the sport is on, to remain a disciplined gambler, you must not gamble on every game, sometimes just relax and enjoy the sports you love.

Not per week, but it will depend on my budget for the whole month since I'm an occasional gambler as well and budgeting is really my priority.
If you are already having a hard time dealing with your gambling activities, better to stop for now and assess what is good for you and know if you can still afford it especially if you have plans to gamble every week. You can also choose a bet if you think its a sure win for you, since there are games that you can easily predict.

I don't have much time to gamble as I am busy apart from work activities and also accompany my 15 month old son when I come home from work and on the weekends. And maybe only play when there is free time and also when there is a sense of wanting to play and at the right time, and lately I've been betting a lot on nights and weekends with very little capital just for fun.
and maybe I will bet randomly at certain times when there is a football match, when I see it is a good match and the favorite team to bet on and watch it especially at night.

I don't gamble regularly, and there is no set schedule for gambling. And I will gamble whenever I want and not for too long because it is not good for my finances. I also don't track how much I lose or win because I don't look it up or write it down in apps, Exel, or anything else. I usually gamble at night when I'm alone, but that doesn't mean I'll gamble every night because, for me, gambling is entertainment. And I have a lot of things that I can turn into entertainment, while gambling is just one of the entertainment for me. I always try to take care of myself while gambling and prevent the urge to continue gambling because it will be bad for me.

Copying gambling pattern of other gambler might give trouble to you since we have different behaviour to carry on others pattern. You might find it easy to copy when watching it but very hard to implement in actual when you have different level of patience. I tried to do this method before when I’m watching live streamers winning using their strategy.

The result is terrible for me because I have different decision making when I’m already under pressure unlike the streamer that I’m watching that can keep his chill even with huge loss. Perhaps he is not pressured since he is using money sponsored by the casino for his stream.

I don't agree with this, and how it will be helpful by mocking others Gambling style when the financial status of every individuals differs? Only you can estimate how much you can afford to spend on the Gambling but imagine what will happens if you try to follow the Gambling style of others which will lead you to make bet even when you don't have the intention and when the luck is not on your side then you will lose.

I usually set 10% of my monthly salary for gambling and I split it for four weeks which mean I only gamble 2.5% every week. I don't set any time before I gamble, I will gamble when I'm free until my bankroll empty. But if I'm lucky and I win some money, I will use that money for gambling in the next month. If I won a big amount money, I would withdraw it immediately after I met the minimum wagering requirement.

So far and until now what I have done is when I want to gamble, I do it, I mean not focused on a certain time of the day, night or morning, so I will play just to check whether the game being played is profitable enough or not. So sometimes in a week, I can be full every day, and maybe not at all, it all depends on my own mood. Because at this time the soccer betting hasn't started yet, so I play more slot games to fill my free time.

To be honest, I don't know what kind of gambler I am but I only play when I really feel like playing. only that

Setting a limit and getting fixed to it is really good. Myself have the limit, but the urge to win the lost amount keeps me active throughout the month. During the first week I use the payment for gambling and I loss it. Further I used to wait for the second week's payment and wager to recover the loss and stop.

Things won't be in favour of us and ends in loss. This is the gambling pattern of mine, and at times I've also won and cashed out bitcoin to have fun. I don't have the habit of holding it for the next month's gambling need.

At a time it was worse that it was daily and within the 24 hrs more betting from the initial one for the day you have made just because of chasing the loses but with time it reduced to interval of 2/3 days until weekly and sometimes casual depending on the games available.



This is dependent on the game being analysed. If you have different teams to analyse then to be in quiet atmosphere is preferred for attention but after the analysis and during the real bet, some cool tunes will be appreciated  ;D

Usually I place bets on Saturday/Sunday weekends because on that day there are usually a lot of big matches and I make a few bets that have been set aside every week, it's not much but I do it more regularly on weekends, even though there are matches on Wednesday or thursday next, sometimes I always place bets, of course, on big matches.

I have set the bankroll but not recorded in Excel for me it will remember previous losses if we record everything that is at stake then there is no method because I am purely just for fun.

Every gambler has a different time, for their peace of mind there are those who prefer day/night, or they are more focused on other games, but I myself am now only on sports betting.

Absolutely not. Bets are placed when needed, so it's can be each day (like during a tournament...) or just in some days (not important what day is). This can include also a long time of no betting!
If you're betting to maximize your win ratio, and you want avoid the "addiction" trap you must avoid these "betting days". Just bet when you are SURE of win.

I don't visit casinos, I haven't that money. I play sometimes btc casino that allow microbets. these amounts are really low (less than a coffee) so I don't care to have a schedule on this...

Yes. I count all data possible (tournament, event played, outcome etc etc)...

When I place a bet I don't watch or listen anything because concentration is all.

Feel free to check my topic about betting suggestion (and a little explanation of my experience in this field).
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1234109.0

Seem we are all very aware of our gambling activity so far. I myself have been observing my own that every time I get my phone, I tend to look at my bets whether I won or not and then check also some matches. Nothing to track actually since all those are in the platform's record.

I'm starting to think I got used to this kind of activity every day but I'm still aware that I'm not an addict. No specific pattern but I bet every time I have my phone. I should not use the phone anymore if I should quit.  ;D

If you're a daily gambler, for sure you'd be filled with ups and downs and if worse, down for a week or more. Problem is we cannot be certain of winning. Losing most of the time is more evident to majority of gamblers. The more we gamble, the bigger the chance of losing. I think profit will be fully earned if you know how to limit oneself or to know when to stop. Perhaps you win bigtime;if greed will take over and you would push yourself to experience it again, then what's more likely to happen is for your winnings to be eaten up by losses. This is the unfortunate reality in gambling that no matter how we wanted to be rich by means of gambling, it would always be a punch to the moon.

My betting pattern is quite simple, I will only gamble when I have more money to play with on the other hand it also depends on whether I have enough free time to gamble at that time or not.
The reason is simple I often experience where I have more money but I have free time to play because of some busyness and vice versa when I have free time to gamble I don't have extra money and sometimes I have fulfilled or have used all the budget that I do every month in gambling .
I'm not going to push myself too hard, because that's not a good thing. For example, I have money but I don't have time, I force myself to play, it will make my work neglected later. Or for example another example, where I have free time and no money and I have to play using the money I have,

We have to be smart in doing the slightest thing in gambling, this habit is the most appropriate habit for me personally, and it has made me continue to gamble without any problems to date.

You seem to be defining what it is already  ;D When you have the pulse to do one thing consistently, it shows you kind of getting use to that thing. I guess there may be levels of addiction just maybe you are not sure yet if you are there yet  ;D. But on a lighter note, it does happen especially if you play online, you are tempted to always check to see what's happening with the game and checking either livescore if FT is to your favour.

Fortunately, my gambling patterns are somehow intermittent- there will be days where I feel gambling; and there are also days where I vowed to myself to never gamble again. Though this may be the case, you can consider that I am stuck in this loop, like an on/off switch.


Setting a limit to your bets may be considered one of the effective ways to reduce your activity in gambling websites. If you have limited resources at your disposal, you are somehow forced to stop at a certain threshold if you reached the capped of your gambling expenditures.

Gambling especially sports betting in particular doesn't have a specific or defined pattern, you have to tweak your ways into winning some bets. As you have said, sometimes you have to observed instead of wasting money on lose bets, you have to sit and don't even play at all, and while doing that, you should have another strategy onsight to bet this next game.
What I have observed in sport betting is that, in the beginning of the leagues, there are some difficulty to make predictions because of reshuffle of players but in the half way of the season, things does becomes crystal clear to bet on favorite players that is why it's good to even bets on some teams to lose rather than expected them to win and regarding tracking of loss games, I don't use Excell, my funding app has historically transactions of money I have sent and receive and with the bank App, it's easier to export the doc into excel for calculations.

I don't have a definite pattern for my gambling lifestyle, nor do I visit casinos because Indonesia doesn't have that, so I only play on crypto casinos like Rollbit, Stake.com and BK8. When I gamble on a type of game like Slots, I will only play at random times when I want to play it, I will not play this type of game on weekends, because in my opinion, it will destroy quality time with my family.

On the other hand, for the Sportsbook I will only play on weekends, because there are lots of big matches that are difficult to manipulate (as we know that the mafia is real). And about the Bankroll, I'm not managing it using the tools you describe, I'll just allocate some of my money to gamble, when it becomes x3 minimum I'll make a withdrawal, and when it runs out, I won't play anymore for that week.

Personally, my gambling pattern consists in setting a determined sum of money to gamble and doing the best I can with that, cashing out the profit made in real time, in small amounts, so I can use it for my daily needs.

And once I hit the feared long term, consequently losing my initial bankroll, I can only start gambling again once I recover that sum of money through another sources of income which don't involve gambling activity.

This way I keep myself safe from bankruptcy and from losing money I need for my daily appointments.

For me I don't think I have any specific time or way that I practice my gambling habits, for me its all about the moment, whenever I feel like gambling and I know I have spare cash am not using I just fund my wallet and start forecasting for some nice games to put my cash on. But for sport betting I prefer just betting on teams I have passion for so I guess for that aspect it will be on an occasional period for example like this period when not much league are in action I just snub sport betting because I don't feel comfortable putting my money on teams I have no idea about.

For me free time is always my concern when gambling due to my hectic work schedule. Money doesn't need to be huge in order to play because casino offers low minimum bet so that small bankroll player can still enjoy gambling even with small amount of money. I'm always using 10USDT bankroll if I don't have money while I'm bored during my free time. I manage to win huge amount using that small money which proves that you don't need huge bankroll just to win or simply enjoy the game.

You can use the minimum deposit and play slow using games with low minimum bet. Changing currency will help you to decrease further minimum bet since some fiat currency has low minimum bet than normal currency.

It's not very different to what you do as well. Like anyone here, users constantly check the coinmarketcap or coingecko when they have browsers on their phones. I bet you unconsciously do it too even before you have your breakfast. That is sort of an addiction I think.

Nothing wrong with it too but like you said levels of addiction. It becomes a pattern as every day as its a repetitive task especially if you earn some BTC here.
There are some of us who bet on sports that only have one event which is every weekend, particularly UFC sport, that is also the time they pour all their pay but I don't think they are addicts.

Yea, I do gamble during the weekend because I am always busy during the week and wouldn't have a spare time for gambling.

No I don't, I only gamble on games that I have 60%-70% knowledge on,this is after doing my own research. I hardly gamble on games that I have little knowledge on.

Most times I stick to one game,but I can try a different game when I am gambling with my friends just for fun. I visit the casino twice or thrice a week.

I only set aside a specific amount that I use for gambling every week so that when I have exhausted it,I stop gambling and wait till the next week.


Gambling is for and a means of entertainment,so I do enjoy gambling when listening to music,because the music wouldn't make me feel sad when I loss in a game.

No I dont have set specific time for my gambling activity, I will play whenever I want and whenever I have spare money.
I can start and stop anytime as I wish, so I have no issue with gambling time.


I have few favorite places to play but I do not set it like a schedule, almost the same as my first answer that it is as what I wish.


No I dont track my bankroll management for the entire time but what I set is that I have a limit for my every gambling session.
Limit on both losing and winning, so I'll stop anytime I reach the limit on both situations.


Most of the time I'm listening to my favorite music by opening youtube music while gambling but sometime I prefer to be in quiet mode (only listening to the music/backsound of the game).

I play at one casino until I am no longer satisfied with the services they offer. When I get disappointed I look for the next best casino to play in. I do not try to play in new casino's just because I want to try new things, I do not think it is really safe to do that.

In an offline casino with many, music can make the environment more lively instead of just listening to the noise from people around in the casino, but in online casinos where you play privately, being quite is good for me.

I bet mostly on weekends when I am free or when there are games that interest me. Most of my gambling experience since after Covid 19 is online. But I have a specific casino I visit offline. I have a good relationship with the owner so I always want to visit occasionally.

I don't handle my gambling life that formally. I don't see it as a formal venture that needs comprehensive record-keeping. I might have records of my bets based on the records I get from my account, but I don't put any extra effort to document them. The environment doesn't also really matter to me, but I will prefer a situation that will make me concentrate. But having soft and meaningful music in the background will not be a bad idea. But if there is no sound, it's still okay.

I also don't keep records either as I don't want to be reminded of my losses and just feel unsatisfied about what my gambling journey has gone through. I prefer gambling whenever I'm free without no distractions and of course, if I'm well conditioned emotionally and physically.
I also prefer gambling in a good environment where I can concentrate so I can easily make good decisions. We all know that background noise might destruct our concentration and we could be out of focus. That's why the weekend would be best for it preferably every evening where there will be no disturbances at all.

Not at all. For me, it has always been about the availability of matches and they are more available during the weekends and sometimes, weekdays. So it's based on availability.  I don't play a lot of casinos so when I do, it's completely random.  


I have tried tracking my performance and bets using a spreadsheet but I don't know if it's just me but I didn't really vibe with it. I know journaling and tracking bets is essential to know mistakes and possible routes to take to mitigate losses etc but it just wasn't for me. I'm on the lookout for a more suitable method that suits my style.


I perform better at certain tasks in a quiet environment so I prefer and love the peace and quiet.

I don't go to the casino every day. I only allocate a little of my money to play in the casino every week. or bet for some favorite team that is playing. this gives me enough time to be in the casino that doesn't make me feel more tired when playing. i was at the casino on the weekend after the routine of my busy life. so I really just want to have fun at the casino though still I'll be hoping there's a win I can get.

Yes, I agree that the chances of winning in sports betting are higher than the traditional casino games. But only if you are a sports fan and betting on the matches and events you know something about. Then your skill comes to the fore and not just luck, as is the case with casino games. Sports betting requires both, skill (knowledge) and luck.

And, when it comes to my betting and gambling success, I don't even wanna go there, honestly. I'd be stoked if I just break even, but I seriously doubt that's happening. I'm probably way in the red. But whatever, who's keeping tabs, right? As long as we're having fun, that's what really matters, isn't it?  :D

The important thing for me, and what I’ve taught myself, is that I shouldn’t ever have a “pattern” for when I’m placing sports bets (this makes up the vast majority of my gambling). For me I simply place bets when I feel confident in the teams I’m placing bets on. I rarely ever force it, just to get some “action”, unless it’s like a huge game such as the superbowl.

Fortunately I have managed to only play during Thursdays and Saturday/Sunday.I can never imagine my weekend without gambling while on Thursday is just a superstition of mine that slot machines give the huge payouts during that day in most of the times  ;D although I am not at all a superstitious person.Sport bets I place every time I see a reasonable bet and no matter what day is I don't care about it.

I like a very quiet atmosphere with my headphones plugged into my phone and laid down on my sofa relaxing,I set a budget prior to play otherwise it is not relaxing anymore if you keep losing and losing more money  ;D.

I am not a regular gambler so I do not set a specific time of a day each week.  I only play when I have an extra fund so my gameplay is somehow random.


I am not a sport betting guy, I am more on slots because I always wanted to have a hands on experience in my gambling session.  This means, I wanted to play an interactive games.


I prefer online casino since I prefer playing alone without any prying eyes so I seldom visit a casino.


When it comes to bankroll I just track them on the casino records and I prefer a quiet atmosphere, I even sometimes mute the audio of the game.

first of all i will answer about all my budget every week. well right then and there I will only bet when I want to relax and have fun at gambling with the budget every week that I have. if my budget is still left in a week maybe every day or even once every week because i gamble just for fun and i know when to stop gambling.
but if it's less in a week my budget runs out maybe only once a week.

for sure my betting patterns depend on my budget and free time and are not as complicated as you say like tracking losses or wins using excel.

Gambling addiction doesn't just start from anywhere it's as a result of the ways you have been gambling. It could be you gambled too much without taking a break and this lead to you getting addicted or you mishandled you're finances by exceeding over your budget.

When that continue, it became a lifestyle for you. As a gamble you have to have a pattern and not just gamble whenever you feel like doing so, you have to be in control of your gambling activities.Personally I gamble during the weekend so if there was to be any games going on doing the weekdays I won't gamble

I'll have to wait for those that'll be played during the weekends for my to be able to gamble. I love watching the games while I bet . My job also makes it possible I don't have any free time until it's the weekends so it fits into my routine perfectly and makes me to have a pattern.

^ That is quite a good idea and thank you for sharing your perspective on your gambling habits.
I think it is important to be mindful of your financial situation and ensure that you have spare cash before engaging in gambling activities. It is also great that you follow your passion when it comes to sports betting and choose to bet on teams you have knowledge of and interest in. This could be can enhance your enjoyment and potentially improve your chances of making an accurate bet. It is understandable that you probably do not feel comfortable betting on teams you have no knowledge about, especially during periods when fewer leagues are in action. Remember to always gamble responsibly, stay within your limits, and should gamble for fun not chasing lose.

i also have the same approach when it comes to gambling. i don't have specific times that i will gamble, it entirely depends if i have extra funds and have particular sports that i want to bet on or in the mood of playing and have spare time. i guess, if you don't want to have issues when it comes to gambling, much better if you will just play when you have extra money from your pocket. otherwise, you are bringing yourself into trouble.
this is why i can say, i'm just an occasional gambler these days.

I think this depends on the nature of your job and the free time you always have. For me, I am mostly busy Monday through Friday, although on Friday I do have just 6 hours to work, so most of the time I can visit the casino on Friday or Saturday, depending on my activity for that weekend. I gamble on sports more frequently any time the game is available; sometimes I can receive booking codes from my friends and just go to my casino account and place those bets, and sometimes my friend can do it for me. Gambling is for fun and not an occupation, so if you have an occupation that helps you earn a sustainable income, then you will give it more time than gambling.


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I don't have any particular patterns either, but in general I prefer to bet only on sports events. That's why I don't bet too much in the summer as the leagues take a break. So, I'm comfortable limiting myself. If I couldn't help myself (that is, if I was a total addict) I would try to take up other hobbies and keep my mind busy with new things that would interest me. It is not right to live as someone who is addicted to the 24/7 betting screen. In my opinion, everything is beautiful in its dosage and the bet is also beautiful in its dosage. Extremism is bad in everything.

No. I do not set aside specific times for gambling. I do tend to gamble more on the weekends (and on days when there is nothing else to do).


I enjoy to watch games whenever they are on, but I do not make it a point to bet on them every night. That said, if I find myself with nothing else to do on a Sunday afternoon and there is some game going on, then sure.


I usually stick with the casino I like best, because I do not usually try out different ones.


I do not track my bankroll. I have a general idea of how much money I have at the casino, but it is not something I keep track of on a daily basis.


I prefer listening to music in the background, but it really does not matter much.

For me personally, I allocate a weekly budget for online gambling, where I place bets on sports events and enjoy playing new casino games. As for visiting a physical casino, I do so approximately every three months, where I have fun and allocate a separate budget that I don't regret losing. In case of winning, I enjoy having a cold beer and interacting with the people around me, building new relationships. Usually, I offer advice to other gamblers to help them avoid pathological addiction.

It's great that you are taking steps to control your gambling habits and maintain a specific budget. It's important to remember that responsible play and risk management are the foundations of a healthy gambling lifestyle. If you feel that your gambling habits are negatively impacting your life or becoming uncontrollable, it is best to seek professional help. There are various resources available, such as helplines and support groups, that can provide assistance and guidance for individuals dealing with gambling-related issues.

You might discover a pattern later on if you’ll start recording your gambling activities and with my experience, that I’ve realized I prefer to gamble more on a roulette and sports betting, I find this entertaining and profitable at the same time especially with betting. Though, I don’t have a real pattern on when to gamble, I just do this every time I’m bored and if I still have extra money left for my budget in gambling.

I used to exclusively gamble on Saturdays for an hour or two, and I would only play dice and call it quits afterwards. That pattern was on for almost a year before I became busy and moved on to other things. Right now, I still find time to gamble, although not as regular as it was 3 months ago and not much has changed. I don't look for the casino, nor do my hands itch to get a game going. I know I wasn't hooked, but being a habit that I tried to keep for so long, it really messed me in a way that I feel like something is missing in a week if I don't gamble even just for a few minutes.

Usually, I tend to gamble on football betting. if, in one week there are three different competitions. I will try to select it first every team that will play. I mean, before I choose and place a bet, I will check the odds provided by the dealer. After that, I will try to analyze the fights that caught my attention. Usually, I bet on the single bet option. even then, after I did research and analysis first. of all the matches that will be played, I will only choose a minimum of 3 matches. even then, in a choice of different leagues. but this condition also depends on the situation, and the mood when I will make a bet. or, I can choose the option of betting on the parlay.

As a whole, there is no specific concept that I do. everything just flows, yes just for fun. because football, is the sport that I like the most. if the match schedule doesn't offer big match matches, with a small bankroll it's enough, and vice versa. which is in essence, as I said. I don't have a special pattern, the most important thing is that every choice and bet I make will go through a very thorough analysis process. yes, it's that simple.

There's no such pattern when i do gamble because it would be always be coming on a way on which it would really be totally random which most of the time it would really be pertaining on the time that i would really be

that vacant on which if ever i do see that i do have some time on doing gambling or i do see that im really minding about having some fun on doing so then i would definitely be playing it but of course everything would really be having that allocation when it comes to money to be spent out on this kind of activity and on the time that i would be busting up those numbers then for sure i would really be completely stopping and never
ever tend to go beyond with those amounts so that i wouldnt really be wrecked up by gambling.

There might be some patterns on some people but for me it would really be just totally random. Doesnt matter if theres have or not as long you do know on how to handle your finances
then that what matter most because this is where people do usually fail on doing so.

I never even thought if i was copying other people's habits. It might have been a good idea at the start, but then again i feel my gambling is for me, including the decisions i make, and set of rules and limits i made for myself. And those rules are tailored for my habits, flaws, income flow, favorite games and strenghts.

I am using excel to manage all my money, so it includes gambling as well. If i am playing my home i used to make drinks for myself, have replaced alcohol and cigars with comfort snack food and listening to jazz radio :). Also sometimes i take a break and go jogging. That i am using to calm my nerves and break any losing streak.

Now that i think of it, i am guessing i picked up some habits from experienced players, like don't take more money to physical casino then i want to gamble. Also don't drink and gamble. Other stuff is are my own inventions (i think) to make my gambling as pleasant as possible.

Now I rarely play gambling, unlike before I gamble almost every day until my money runs out and then stop. It was bad experience for me. Now I can control myself in gambling, I play only when I'm in a good mood

I usually play at night, I think night is a quiet time so I can focus and enjoy every bet. I didn't spend a lot of money, I just deposited a little money and played it casually.

Actually I want to give up gambling altogether, but it's very difficult. Now I limit myself to only playing on weekends.. But sometimes I still lust, and spend all my weekly pay. If that happens, I will ban myself from playing until next month.

That means you still have limited gambling patterns and this can help you become a responsible gambler.
You stated that you have been in this way for more than a year, so that means that in the future it will be even easier if want to quit.
Very rarely have I come across a gambler who can have limits and completely control every game he makes.
Sometimes people forget what the impact of gambling is and they don't think about the long term which could actually bring ruin.
I once tried to only play one game with very limited game sessions but in the end it all failed.

It means that you are a consistent person, the same as what I do also gamble only on weekends because I have busy work demands so that I have to make money for my family through work, gamble on weekends at least every week there is time to gamble you don't have to gamble every day after all sitting a few hours using a cell phone playing casino games to kill time and also waiting for the ball game to start.

I prefer to bet on football sports betting which usually happens mostly on weekends so I can take the time for that and while waiting for the match to start I play casino games to get rid of boredom and it's fun. if we continue to be consistent then we will not become addicts, there is nothing wrong with looking for fun for just a few hours in gambling.  ;)

While listening to music, that's for sure. I don't want to be listening to the sound of slots rolling or any music they provided for it.
Strategies. Hmm, I did love staying in one game before but when I heard it's better to play different games after a win, I do that now. I think I also realized that after losing a lot of time by sticking to just one game.
Now, I also play slots like Tome of Life and RIP City, then I go back to Keno and Plinko. That's my only strategy and it seems to work that way, I also enjoy playing more games than being stressed trying to chase losses in just one game.
I did play like 5 hours in just one game with a seed that seems to be with a working RTP but damn I didn't win any but lost just a bit. Sadly, I wasted too much time playing it.
IMO, tracking losses or profits in a spreadsheet is not a good thing, it might just help you remember all the regrets and mistakes that you have done.

I don't think I have a pattern, I just play whatever whenever I want really. I also removed my usual style of doing a monthly schedule, so I play whenever I want to play. I still set a certain amount I can use every month that I don't exceed so that I don't overspend, but other than that, I don't try to set anything. It just takes away the fun most of the time, was rather stressed as well when I  did it on schedule as well.

Sports bets depend on the tourney, sometimes I like to bet on some, and sometimes I don't. Bankroll management is, as I said, a set amount per month. I don't exceed that and whatever I win I also use. If there's still leftover, I subtract that from my usual amount and then deposit what's lacking. I don't manage how I spend it on the casino, I just spend it whenever I want to.

It's good if you can now control yourself in gambling because that's what a gambler must have so he doesn't fall into gambling. If you can keep learning to control yourself in gambling, you won't encounter difficulties such as not knowing when to stop or how much money you can use in gambling.

And it is true that when playing gambling, we must relax and not think about getting a win because gambling is not a place to make money. If you win, it is a bonus for you but if you lose, consider it a gambling risk and not think about recovering the loss. It's difficult to stop gambling altogether but I'm sure you can do it because you can control yourself well. It is only a matter of time before you can stop gambling altogether and until then, enjoy gambling as entertainment.

I've also switched to sports betting a few months back, and I'm following eSports mainly but also do some basketball and motosports on the side. It's a lot more engaging and eats up less time IMO, and doesn't require me to sit in front of my computer for 2 hours just to play. I can bet on the go, follow news on the events being held, and still be able to do other things. It's a lot more freeing to do sports betting if you're not investing yourself into it that much - similar to us casual gamblers.


I recognized I have spent way too much in dice for a year that I have to do something about it. Imagine, $20 a week and multiply it by 52. That's already a thousand dollars just for gambling in a year that I could have spent on another object or another expense.

Yes, we can play using as little money as possible when we don't have extra money, but for me it is a situation where we force ourselves to keep playing, even though we don't have extra money. But that goes back to our habits, of course, as long as we don't over-allocate money when we don't have money, or only have barely enough money.
I usually when I have mediocre money I have to be on guard when I need money suddenly, because if I play mediocre money, that's not good in my opinion.
And when I have free time but I can't play, I usually do other activities, such as playing with my nephew.

My current gambling pattern after being able to manage it well and not as massive as before when I was still addicted, today playing gambling only when I have more money than all the necessities of payment that I have to make, including investment, emergency funds, cash funds and others, after That's all I take to finish and have more money, that's where I have the opportunity to have fun in gambling, this makes my gambling pattern more calm and do not have any ambitions to win in gambling either in ball gambling or other games if I don't have More money then I will not do gambling, except maybe when I get a tip from my friend, I will do gambling at that time too.

Mostly on weekends.

Not whenever they're available. I seldom bet on games that I don't research so I usually gamble on weekends where I have more time to read.

An excel file is enough for this. There's no need to make it complicated.

I haven't really thought about this. I usually play in silence but I guess having a background music is fine as long as it's not upbeat.

If you want to give up completely from gambling, you first have to restrict yourself from any forms of gambling relating activities which could also be promotions like what you're doing by wearing your signature campaign codes that's a gambling platforms, you have to cut all connections.

It might be because you're always writing on the gambling section of the forum due to your campaigns requirements that's why you're finding it difficult to quit. When you noticed gambling isn't benefiting you, you have to stop playing because you'll be causing more harm.

We have other campaigns that aren't focusing on the gambling boards, you can enroll in any of them and post on other boards without been denied payment because if you do that while in your campaign, you'll not meet up the weekly demand by the campaign and not get paid.

There are quite a number of questions to be answered.
I never intended to be like what you do, observe other people's games and modify it to fit the way I play because in my opinion it won't have any impact because other players certainly won't fully open their way of playing including when they lose, it will it's better to stick with the way we play and regarding bankroll never record it because every time I make a deposit it's really only money that I can afford to lose, including time I don't have a specific time or a fixed time allocation because I will only play when I really want to play including when I want to bet on sports betting it depends on whether there is a really interesting match going on or when I really want to bet.

I am not tracking my gambling results because I am not depositing or withdrawing regularly. My balance is my only basis if I have reached my limit or not yet. Nowadays, I don't have a lot of free time so gambling addiction is the last that I need to worry about. I even missed a lot of games and tournaments that I usually bet like DOTA 2, NBA, boxing, and MMA.

The best way to control your gambling is to keep yourself busy. I am pretty sure that there is a lot of stuff that you are interested in. Pay attention to them or look for any activities like fixing something in your house and others.

I don't have a pattern or rules when it comes to gambling. But as for my gambling lifestyle, I am strict with putting only a certain amount of funds on my account so that I can only use that amount as my limit. Whenever I win, whether it's big or not, I withdraw most of it and will only allocate a small percentage of it so that I will still have some funds left to continue gambling. Additionally, I only have a specific limit of the amount I can bet on every game so that it wouldn't hurt me that much when I lose.

But there are other cases where I can't control myself. For example, I would tell myself that I will rest and won't bet for the meantime yet tomorrow, I'll find myself making a bet. I admit that sometimes it gets hard to control yourself as a gambler, and that's also what gamblers should build and develop.

"How is your gambling pattern like?"... interesting question, it got me thinking a bit. :)

Well, I gamble when I catch some free time... and that can be at any time of the day. Usually, I play slots or some in-house games, and if there are some football games I will probably place a bet or two. I am active in 2-3 casinos, and generally, my playing is pretty much mixed. I get hooked on some games, in the past weeks, I have been playing ELK provider a lot (at BC)... but after some time something else appears and I move to that. So I guess my pattern looks a bit chaotic, but for me, gambling is all about fun and entertainment...

I think to each theor own on this one you really can't mimmick someone else's habits it might work for them but not for you.  In terms of gambling if I ever feel the "need" to gamble I take note and try to stay away.  For me if gambling isn't fun then it's time to stop for that specific period.  That has served me well through the years.

I do gamble anytime whenever I am comfortable.

Yes, just as how available I am and if I am in mood.

Doing all of it at my free will and free time. I might play one or two for this day and more by next week, it all depends on the situation I am in.

Nope. A loss is gone forever on me but a win is recorded on my mind.  :P

I like quiet atmosphere because I can think and focus more with what I do, not just in gambling.

Because of the “house edge”, complicated gambling patterns are never good for anything other than making you poor and the casino rich.

I have a pattern too and it is the simplest pattern you will ever see in your life and the best thing about it that it actually beats the house edge.

What do I do?

I only bet once. That’s it.

Let’s say I have $500 available. I wager it on a game and it is over. If I win, that’s great. If I lose, too bad. Doing that I almost don’t get affected by the house edge.

So far, almost every day I set aside a little time to enjoy some gambling games. I did that to entertain myself even though I didn't have much money as capital to play.
Understandably, we are not big gamblers like other gambling players.

I can make sure that I place bets almost every weekend. As long as Europe's top leagues stopped, I also stopped betting, although occasionally I also placed bets on friendly national team matches.

I like to place small bets on the weekend and sometimes go for the longer shot offers at different bookmakers. There seems to be so much more variety available when the football is on, but besides that formula one can be interesting as well. As long as it stays small it feels like more fun for me at least, I would prefer to lose smaller amounts and gain small wins, than lose bigger amounts. However I'm up at the one main bookmaker that I use, purely by playing their regular free games consistently every day - they are rather generous so it feels fine to have a little flutter and give them something back occasionally. No tracking involved, but I'm withdrawing every few months so happy with that, I think it's the people who overstretch, get greedy or think they'll be millionaires from this that get into trouble.

At first, I am also the same as you not a gambling addicted person. But when I am doing gambling I mostly Like to do sports betting but I don't have specific times for it but I have a monthly budget for it and I always try to myself comfort on that range. And the reason for this is that while taking entertainment, the things should not be a cause of trouble.


To say that I mainly like sports betting and that is cricket game, and since it is a popular game available almost every week, and I bet only if there is a team of my choice or a good series. But here there is no such routine that I have to gamble, you can say it may be because of not having any addiction. So here my mood is important before match betting is available
I don't want to say much about casino games because it is currently illegal in my country. So I have never been to a casino in real life and playing games there is far from it. Also, I don't like casino games very much because I have trouble understanding them, so I don't play online casino also. So I don't want to add any comments on this

Football is my favorite sport; betting on games in that category is simple, and I only take risks when I see substantial odds that I'm convinced will result in winnings. Wagering on games inother to print cool cash from the system, it's never an easy tasks. Every time I gamble, I prepare my emotions to meet the worst-case scenario. Gambling has its own set of strategies, but I only use the one that works the best for me. I gamble during weekdays, but with lower sums, because these games typically follow forecasts, as opposed to weekend games, which entail massive odds and are often perplexing.

I'm interested in what you have to say, I'll quote it. "if gambling isn't fun then it's time to stop" to be honest, I don't really understand the point you're saying. but I try to assume it, it seems that if gambling is no longer giving you wins, then it's better to stop it because it's no longer fun. should, ideally like you do. however, only a few gamblers are able to do so. and yes, it served you well.

Referring to the title of this thread, I have read there are many responses from the community with various assumptions and quite interesting. me personally, as I posted in the previous thread. I have no particular pattern, it all depends on the free time I have. plus, mood. of all types of betting, I tend to bet on football. sometimes when I'm bored, I play several other games, especially slots. however, as I quoted. if the gambling session isn't fun then it's time to stop. and I think, this quote is good for gamblers.

Yeah I agree with you on stopping the habit if its isn't fun for you but the truth to be told, I don't think most gambler that claim to gamble just for fun actually do gamble for just that purpose as the act is normally practice in my place by folks who are big time dreamers and feel they could have an easy escape to their hard life by hitting a miraculous win through gambling especially sports betting. Those set of people don't actually gamble because it is fun for them but they feel its an obligation which is pretty bad if you ask me because you might just end up an addict to the habit.

No, I'm not following any pattern except I'm listening to soft music to calm me during my session, setting up a pattern is not good as it will lead you to addiction.

When you do things and set up a pattern, your mind and body trigger dopamine which you need to take consciously to satisfy your needs, it becomes embedded in your mind like when you gamble the same time daily on a specific place, the urge to do that becomes stronger, that it's become uncontrollable and that leads to addiction.

Gamble because you want to not because you need to, and have full control of your action, this will save you from becoming addicted to gambling.

The gambling patterns are almost the same in the majority of the gamblers but there are different points depending on the user experience and personal preference. I personally don't gamble during weekends since the online casino platforms share the bonuses during this time of the week. Gambling patterns can be learned through watching and observing other gamblers either at online casinos or visiting local casinos, anyone can adjust the same pattern and make some changes depending on personal preference. For example, some gamblers like doing bonus hunts before doing the bonus opening while other types of gamblers like to see results after getting into the bonus round.

This has been over-emphasized a couple of times already...
Whatever you wanna term your current position or obsession on gambling isn't prioritized by anyone here,...all you gotta do is know truely, how effective the urge to play comes in you. Secondly, since you'd always wanna curb every kinda urge to deriving more sensitivity to play even more, you'll then have to practice abstain and give a good amount of space, with time. It ways off as you get busy in your endeavors, understanding that "even in freetown, there's no free thing".

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I personally don't have a certain pattern in gambling because seeing from what I'm doing right now if a pattern is made it will definitely be uncertain so I'm not too fixated with patterns like that because I play when I want to play but indeed in this case there are some reference as a reminder to myself as in terms of bankroll or maybe in the gambling that is done.
At least once or twice a week I like to be in gambling but it depends on when my capital this week is still there or not because indeed I also realize that playing too much gambling will have a bad impact so I try to control it with a number of things one of which is see from the condition of the balance that I have.
On the other hand, now when gambling at the Sportbook can actually be said to have stopped for me because there are rarely interesting matches after the domestic competition in the big leagues ends I have reduced my habit of gambling a little because indeed I have mostly been at the sportsbook for the last few months and when football there is nothing and nothing that I can bet on so this also makes me reduce my activity in gambling.

You have provided an interesting perspective on the issue. The idea of "total severance" from gambling-related activities appears to be a strategic manoeuvre. It’s a bit like a country severing diplomatic ties with another to avoid conflict, is it not? However, I feel compelled to put forth an alternative viewpoint. Perhaps the key lies not in complete avoidance, but in the development of resilience and discipline. Much like how a nation needs a strong defence system to ensure its safety, an individual, too, needs a robust mental and emotional fortitude to tackle addiction. Your proposition about switching to non-gambling campaigns is indeed thought-provoking. By diversifying one's activities, one can dilute the singular focus on gambling. But bear in mind, overcommitment can lead to strain, compromising the quality of output. Thus, prudence in undertaking new responsibilities is paramount.

I gamble usually during day off every weekend. I prefer to stick playing on one casino then will switch the next time I gamble again.

I'm only playing using a small amount so there's no need for me to use an app or something similar to track my bankroll. It's quite simple, I gamble using my budget and stop if got busted.

I prefer a quiet place so I can concentrate.

I don't think I have time, but I merely place bets whenever I notice that there are games available.and again sometimes even if there are games available, I don't place bets frequently if I discovered the money I deposited to my account quickly runs out. I have to hold off on refunding my account till the end of the month before I can resume playing again.Thus, I simply don't make deposits to my betting accounts anyhow instead, I set a fixed monthly deposit amount and quantity.


I want a peaceful environment to be able to focus on what I am doing since I find that when I am doing something seriously, noise makes me easily lose focus.

I don't have a schedule since I mostly do sports betting, and I spend more time watching the games I bet on than doing the research part. I always bet throughout the week since I follow different sports, and they always have an unusual schedule that would switch from weekends to weekdays. If i'm going to play a casino game, i'd always use the sportsbook i'm currently using since most crypto sportsbooks have tons of casino games from third-party providers.

I used to track my bets through google sheets and copied a template that I found from a subreddit. I prefer listening to music while gambling because a quiet environment makes the vibe too serious.

No, I don't set time or day when I gamble, playing like roulette or slots is very difficult obviously when we do sports betting. For sports there are certain timezone that you need to follow just to be able to bet like on Tennis or Basketball or Boxing.

But for games like slot or roulette, I just play when I feel like to. Maybe when I got board then I just go to my phone and deposit and play.

As far as capital goes, no need to do excel spreadsheet, I never met a gambler in my life that tracks everything.

For not I prefer to play online, doesn't matter if I have music in the background or even talking to my wife when I play. But I do mute or lower the volume of my mobile phone when I play because of the obvious noise.

When it comes to the frequency that I gamble I just do this once a week at most, I also set how much money I am willing to use on that session and as soon as it is gone I stop gambling immediately, also the maximum amount of time I allow myself to gamble is just one hour regardless of the results I got at the time.

However this only takes into account games I can actively play and it does not include sports bets, which right now is my favorite game, because as we know a sport match can last several hours and it would be unfair to count those hours as part of my gambling time.

The weekend is my favorite time to engage in some gaming escapades. I consider it as entertainment, delving into various games that are sometimes new to me. I don't venture to a casino; rather, I simply hop on my computer and indulge in gaming from the comfort of my own home or anywhere else.

No, I have no intention of seeking immense profits. The money I wager is disposable income, not harboring any expectations of gambling returns. However, if I were to attain a significant victory, I never bother documenting it in my ledger.

My mood tends to fluctuate from time to time. But one thing is for certain: I dislike solitude when engaging in wagers. I don't enjoy being overly serious when gambling, as my goal is to have fun.

Not really. When I feel like it.


I've hardly ever been to land-based casinos, and I've never gone alone. It's more a matter of having talked to friends and going together.


Nope.


The latter.

I gamble for entertainment, so I do not have a fixed time schedule to gamble. I will get off from work and then settle in with a glass of wine and then gamble for a hour or two to relax after a hard days work.

On weekends I will play whenever there are time to do it, so if I have something else to do.... then I will not gamble. If you gamble with a set pattern, then you might develop a problem... you should only gamble for fun.  ;)

I will play some soft music in the background or I will even watch some television whilst I am playing, because it is boring to watch the screen, whilst the reels are rolling.  ::)

Its encouraging to see that you treat gambling as a hobby instead of an addiction. Keeping to a strict routine may turn an activity from enjoyable to tedious. The healthiest strategy is to play whenever the mood strikes.

I applaud your prudent approach to your bankroll and your diligence in keeping track of your balance. In gambling, self-control of this kind is essential for protecting your sanity and resources.

Its natural for people's enthusiasm for things like sports betting to wax and wane. Taking a vacation from it while your favorite leagues are not playing will help you appreciate it more when they do return. Keep in mind that gambling is meant to be a light distraction, a little something to liven up your day, and not the main event. Dont lose your reflective cool

Many of us gamble on the weekends because it's time to relax and unwind. And many gamble on weekends at night and maybe that's because we can gamble relaxedly without anyone disturbing us while playing. What is certain is that we must know when we are relaxed and not thinking or doing other things to enjoy gambling moments. And what you have to remember is not to gamble when you are not in a bad mood because that can trigger us to use more money.

I gambles anytime of the day as long as am free andless busy to get too engaged in doing other things, i also ensure that i manage my time while gambling to avoid getting too busy while gambling and leaving other things undone or unattended to, i make use of the common patterns by gambling less to avoid risk of loosing more, sometimes i go being creative and in soughting for new patterns to use after i would have sit to develop one base on what i could deduce from the game am about to set gambling for.

Talking about gambling patterns, or perhaps more precisely, my gambling routine can be said to be erratic, not having a specific pattern of either the time or the amount spent. I just made the bet as he wanted. And sometimes it can be an aggressive pattern like trying 3 to 4 times a day. It's quite annoying because the bets made end badly. So after that I took a long break and came back in pep mode.

Gambling weekends sure are packed and as far as I'm concerned the moment is always unfavorable, as the sheer volume of gamblers that play results in the lower RTP of a game. Then I like to play another time.

I gambled mostly during weekends whenever there are matches across the various leagues in Europe because my preferred choice in gambling is soccer bettings, meanwhile I do gamble occasionally during midweek whenever there are UEFA champions league matches and Europa league matches I did all these bettings because I based my soccer analysis on some strong teams in Europe thus whenever they have matches I ensured that I carefully pick my games for betting, therefore I don't gamble at any given period, I have specific period which enable me to research and analyze upcoming matches because there are usually plenty matches to be analyzed.

Yes, when everything has settled down a bit, when you are done with that day an just killing some time then for me that's is also one of the best time to gamble. Before though when I have a bet and it's on a different timezone, I have to wake up at middle of the night to see my bet and the game itself. But as time goes by, I don't do that anymore, I value sleep and rest. Although I continue to bet on games that has different time for me, I just wake up the next morning to see how's my bet. So for everyone, health comes first before our gambling.

Setting a specific time whether each day or each week is good, that could only mean that you have control of your gambling session, those who are gambling addicts do not have a specific time they just play when they have the urge or they have the money, because they have an addiction to satisfy.



I never track my allocation, my winnings, and losing, I don't want to be disappointed as for me an amount for entertainment should not be counted or tracked, it's like food that you don't track how much you spent.

Even I'm a hard core lover of gambling, I don't really gamble a lot, but when I do, prefer the time when I'm free from everything else, so it's probably weekend that I prefer for gambling.

I'm not much into sports betting because I don't get enough time to watch any matches, so I don't really have much idea of which sport and which team is doing how, so I prefer playing some slots or other gambling games whenever I feel like gambling for a while.

I don't visit casinos because we don't have any around the country, I might do it if I go somewhere where land-based casinos are available.

As I said I don't gamble a lot, so it's not difficult for me to remember how much I've spent, so I don't really keep a record anymore, I used to but I don't now. When I used to do so, I used excel for the records.

This means you can manage your time well because you can play gambling when free and immediately move on to doing other things. That's good because at least you don't know that there are other things to do, not just play gambling. We have our own patterns that will be different from other people because we have adapted them to what we are going to do so gambling will not interfere with our other activities.

I tend to prefer one day in life type of casino adventures. I am not regular casino goer. I need to take a plane to go holiday and casino. Otherwise I prefer gambling at silent safe location. Obviously my home. Internet gambling options are so deep you don't need to go casinos anymore. Also I prefer sports betting over all others cause I believe it's more about skills less about luck.. I never took spreadsheets in past about losses but after the forum I am doing it.

That is if you gamble just for fun and entertainment but unfortunately most of the gamblers use the gambling industry as a place to make money so not only on weekends but any time when they have money to gamble with.
So far, there have been many incorrect assumptions about gambling and of course this will influence a person to become a gambling addict.
But I hope that what you convey can actually be real so that not many people are addicted to gambling to find a source of income.

To be honest, I don't pay much attention to my gambling patterns, but of course there are a number of things I do to be able to keep my financial condition from being affected by my gambling activities, for example, such as recording expenses in excel and separating funds for gambling from my main wallet. And usually when gambling I play classic pieces to be able to reduce tension when gambling and I think that's quite helpful.

For most whenever I have some free time I like to gamble upon my favourite slots on specific casinos on which I have divided my monthly budget and don't go up even if it's all consumed without any profits.Speaking for sports betting then I bet on some famous leagues or matches I have knowledge and odds are good otherwise normal gameplay is there.

Gambling doesn't need to sap much of our time or responsibility from doing other things. Your gambling session before was already alright. You only play once a week for an hour and maybe that was your day off. Sometimes we need to reward our selves from the whole week of working hard and don't worry because the people around us will surely understand it. If not, we can explain it to them on why we gamble.

I'm sure they can not do much because we are the bread winner of the family. You said not much has change but I think a lot has changed according on your explanation. We don't really need to quit gambling if we think we are not addicted to it. If we do, it's only hard at first if gambling is always running in our mind.

I don't do sports betting more than Slots games, I don't have the time to work on analysis and other things, I was originally not a fan of football and I am just getting used to the sport, I like playing slots every Sundays and I use small amount of money, to gamble and try my luck, so that's once in a week.

There are times where I make more money than I expected and I take some to play Slots within the week, my strategy is never to use large amount of money and never to expect anything when gambling, I just relax and say, lets see how this will go today.

I believe this is why I never feel hurt when I lose the money, because 20$ to 30$ in a week for gambling is far more affordable for me and I don't ever use more than this amount.

This is a good gambling habit established for you. I'm glad this works out for you especially on limiting your gambling urge to not mess up your financial obligations. It seems like you have made a healthy gambling way that could make you be at ease with yourself for having a break once in a while without having to overspend on it. I can't totally relate since I barely gamble these days, but I have a friend who's pretty much has the same routine to keep himself entertained and at the same time, to earn on the side without neglecting his other obligations. It's good to read that there are still many people who can keep their principles intact to prevent being addicted and being bankrupt while continue enjoying the things they like doing.

Im glad you gamble responsibly. You seem to have time and expenditures under control. Gambling on weekends is smart-balance, right? Slots and other casino games may be entertaining without having to follow sports trends. Simply spin the wheel of fortune

Without a land-based casino nearby, one can't just walk in for a game, and there's no commute. But you may end yourself in Vegas. If you don't gamble much, keep track of your spending. It may seem tedious, but it helps track those odd splurges. If you prefer something simpler, try Excel again or a note-taking software.

Listening to classic songs can sometimes help me to make my heart calmer in gambling and not to be greedy, especially emotions, that's a good way for me to do that because I really feel what you feel too, talking about patterns is really not too important to think about how to win against casino, just play when it's time to play and stop when it's time to stop.

So the most important thing is to limit the budget for each gamble because that can keep us from losing a lot of money in gambling, besides that, don't forget to regulate your emotions as well as change your mindset for gambling because mindset determines how we can control ourselves in playing without the need to make patterns in gamble.

I don't reserve time to place bets because as I do sports betting and I place bets on the top leagues and as the top leagues have games on weekends so I place bets when there are games in the top leagues, in some cases there are games on Mondays to 4th so I have to place bets on those days too, so it's hard to say a specific time or day that I place bets. so my answer is that i place bets when top league matches are available


I bet on games from the top leagues whenever they are available, but I don't bet on all games, I choose games where I have good chances of winning and that means that sometimes in a week I just make a single bet and in the week then I don't make any bets, for me it's not worth betting on a game where I see that I have little chance of winning. for example now that the top leagues are on vacation I sometimes place bets on leagues I don't know, but I take it as something to pass the time




I make sports bets and always when games from the top leagues are available and if they are games in which I have chances and get it right, then that sometimes makes me go weeks without placing a bet, and also when the leagues stop and I sometimes do betting on leagues I don't know, then I stop for months until the top leagues come back, this is good to avoid gambling addiction


my method is very simple: when i put 10$ in a week i put in my head that there are 10 games i will bet on, i will not put more than 1$ in each bet as long as my bankroll is 10$, when i win and i have 15$ then i pass to put 1.5$ in each bet, and when I lose all my bankroll I put 10$ again and repeat the same process


I prefer online casino and when I analyze the games I prefer silence

Putting my time to better use, preparing for the best things that are yet to come. We are primarily influenced by what we see around us, and gambling is never an option to consider when it comes to making money. I would encourage anyone concerned about gambling activities to reduce their spending and focus more on our businesses or jobs, which will keep our steady incomes flowing in. I'm constantly paying attention to my gambling activities and other recreational pursuits that will keep me busy and take my mind off gambling, that keeps the mind positive.

I love to play at night since no one would bother me and I may play continuously till I achieve my daily quota. But for the last few days, I've tried to play for a few minutes, set a little quota, and then quit after hitting it to complete my typical tasks. Splitting my daily quota till I meet my daily limit seems better than forcing myself to complete my daily quota in one go.

It doesn't matter if someone says that I will become a gambling addict. I will even add that I can be categorized as part of an addict. one thing that I realized, where gamblers have certain levels of understanding about gambling itself. I often read, that gambling is just to be part of the fun and even I said it myself. it's just that, there are those who don't understand the meaning of fun things and which are just figurative words.

Firstly, in gambling we are risking something of value and the reward is multiple wins. and that, very fun isn't it. well, most gamblers think or say. if in the end we lose the gambling session, they will still have fun. then, is this true? I sure don't. in fact, if gambling is no longer fun. in other words, we lose the gambling session. better stop the game session. we could come back tomorrow, or the day after, could be next week.
The point is, the problem of addiction is only we ourselves know it. I mean, we can guess that we are addicts or casual gamblers. Finally, if gambling is only detrimental to you, you should leave it and focus on other pleasures that can change your habit patterns.

I dont really mind on what others been saying as long i would really be able to make myself enjoy but of course im pretty much aware on how much i do only spend when it comes to gambling.There might be some people

who might be thinking that im already addicted but im pretty sure that im not. As long i do stick into my limit and having that kind of border line on my spending then it should really be find. About times or sessions then it would really be totally random because there are really times on which i do get bored and there are times on which im not really that in the mood on playing gambling because it cant really be just denied
that losing money is really that stressful.
This is why i dont really be having those kind of patterns because it would really be just on total random kind of behavior when it comes on playing gambling because this isnt the only one
on which ive been doing on the time that i do really seek out for leisure because sometimes i do really play computer games if ever i do get bored.

Suits you best how? If your goal is to lose money then it sounds like a good plan. Pretty much all gamblers end up losing, so why would you want to copy them?


Don't gamble for entertainment, don't do it regularly and do not set aside any time for that, there are plenty of better things to do with your life. You should only be betting when you spot an opportunity where you think you have an advantage over the house, otherwise you're just letting yourself get screwed.

When it comes to sports gambling,  the best time to play and give yourself a winning  chance is always on the weekend as you are spoiled of choice and I believe this is when most pundits put in their bets too..but hope this isn't  classified as gambling addiction as this isnt the kind of gambling that needs you to play on each and everyday.
It's either your strategy is that good for you to have a daily quota or you lose some money when your session  is on because we have that saying that the house always wins and I dont know how you do it...care to share?

Currently  I don't intend taking gambling  anything seriois than this because Currently  I'm enjoying  all the moments I have now there isn't any need for unnecessary pressure.
I don't personally have any fixed or strict principles  for gambling  because Currently  I'm sure that im not using any reasonable  amount of money for gambling  no matter how tempting that game might look so im not tied to wanting to have a fixed bankroll for gambling .
I don't know if I enjoy gambling while listening  to music or in a quite place bjt what truly matters is that im doing  what pleases me at that time.
And I also don't have any fixed date for gambling, I just make some picks when I see wbays right for me.

Funny and weird right?

Maybe it would be more appropriate if gambling should not be made a main job because it will be done every day and regularly, if it is just entertainment it will be done when someone needs entertainment but not regularly. I do some slot gambling to fill my free time and entertain myself with a little money. Don't expect to get a big Jackpot. However, when making bets such as sports betting, you will do this when you see several opportunities or superior players or teams playing. it will be an excellent opportunity to profit from betting. As a whole, this pattern is only based on a good chance or moment.

usually someone who gambles just to look for entertainment they always come when they only have money left and of course with a small amount and won't come every day. but the problem here is of course we can't avoid the thought of wanting to win because of course we have fun not only losing but also winning. it's just that the difference is that we who gamble for entertainment are not as greedy as gamblers who chase daily profits from gambling who always chase defeats to recover losses and still get profits.
and regarding betting on sports betting, it's better to do it on sports that you are good at or already understand the teams you want to place bets on because this will have a big impact on winning.

That's the best thing that you may do in gambling, is to keep your gambling expenses aside from your other income. This way even if you lose all money in gambling, you will not lose your everything. I would call it money management and this is the most important thing, more important than any gambling pattern or anything.


I also prefer sports betting over casino games as I feel more comfortable and even more profitable while betting on my favorite sports. Again it's my personal preference, some people may be more lucky in casino games and they may spend more time there.

Gambler's money is primarily utilized on gambling, and the victims are unaware of how much has been lost; if only they could calm themselves and analyze their losses, they would come to the conclusion that they should stop gaming immediately. I have other sources of money, and gaming is not the path that keeps me occupied 24 hours a day, seven days a week. My gambling routine is both difficult and stress-free.  I frequently bet because of the system; it's just not that significant to me, besides I have other priorities, and I find it dull because I don't make huge profits from it.

I have heard that any, even harmful, habit is formed after three repetitions. Therefore, it is very important in poker and roulette games, as well as kmtati and alcohol, not to repeat the same thing (for example, every week).
Therefore, playing on weekends is bad, but playing poker and casino on random dates is better so that the habit does not form.

Also, of course, you need to control your gambling expenses. Allocate a certain amount for games and not spend more than this value under any circumstances. Then you will be able to observe self-discipline, and you will not have to worry about the fact that addiction appears.

I don't have such gambling pattern, I just gamble what I have and what I want.

Remember, I'm not a gambling addict, I gamble what I have it's not mean I gamble anything I have. I make sure only gamble when I can afford to lose and it will not cause a harm to my life. This week I could gamble $10, next week I could gamble $100, the third week I could gamble $50, it's completely depend on my mood.

Since the start of the covid pandemic I visited my home casino only three times, first it was closed during the lockdowns and then I mostly stuck to playing online which is more comfortable for me now. When visiting a physical casino I always go with friends and it's a evening event, we are having good dinner and also stay for drinks, so we are spending all night in the casino. Gambling is part of that evening, but not our main focus, we also enjoy watching others gamble and don't want to spend all our money in the first 30 minutes in the casino. Usually it's only one of us gambling and the others watching and our big winnings of the night we share at the end. As for online gambling I have some rules that I follow to keep my gambling habits in check. First of all I only gamble in the evening after work, after doing all the important things of the day first. Gambling is a form of entertainment for me and comes after taking care of the household and looking after my family. I usually try to take a break after 45-60 minutes gambling to clear my head a little. The most important part is that I have a fixed budget for every week to not fall in the trap to keep chasing my losses after a bad streak.

I have played a few times on a slot machine, but first experience was while I was out to spend time with my girls. I played on the slot for fun, not really because I wanted to make money. I simply just wanted to see how it works, good experience, at least I can say I have gambled. So, my gambling pattern is "no pattern", It is something I would like to do often when I visit a place with slot machines or a real casino, so that I can have more to talk about when this kind of question is asked.

You've been on the right track by gambling less these days. Hopefully, you can always care for yourself by not gambling too often to have more money for your family. I'm still learning to control myself by doing what I need to do, although sometimes I still have the urge to keep gambling more ;D

But as you said, I'm trying to take a break from gambling, whatever the result is, so I don't keep thinking about what I get from gambling. And I also keep from getting addicted to gambling and going broke because it hurts.

The thought of hoping to win is definitely there because gambling becomes fun entertainment when victory arrives. Even though you lose, it won't be a problem because you only need a little capital, even if you have leftover shopping money. and the thought of returning the loss may not arise if it is only done for entertainment, it is different if the defeat is based on wanting to get a lot of profit, they will definitely make another deposit. I also bet on sports that I understand and love like football and slot games are also my favorite games.

That's what everyone should do, one should only gamble what they have extra after all the expenses and savings and stuff, I wouldn't even recommend people spend the money that they can use as savings, but if they have also reached their savings targets for the week or the month, then they can gamble the remaining balance thinking it's a bonus for them that they can use to enjoy, and if it's lost, they should stop right there and don't gamble more.

Those who follow this pattern, they can barely get addicted to gambling because they know they have a limit and they can't cross that limit, and if they can stay disciplined like this, they will never become addicted to gambling and they will always be able to enjoy their gambling sessions while they last.

In fact, I do use excel to track my betting funds, wins and losses. I also use it to keep track of my own rules and maximum weekly betting amounts. I think that if everyone did it like this then there would be very few gambling addicts in the world, merely due to following a strict, disciplined regiment of orderly betting methods, guidelines and rules. The people who do not keep an oversight like this usually also do not keep track of their losses, thus making further losses inevitable.

I have my own daily betting limits, loss limits and even profit limits. I use no more than 10% of my available funds (money which I have left over at the end of each month after paying my bills and reserving some funds for the future and so on).

As far as music goes, I do prefer it to silence. Although the game music gets annoying after a while, so I listen to my own music.

Being discipline, that's.

You can use any tool or software e.g. excel, finance report, finance calculator, etc to track your gambling activity. You need to set up your daily maximum profit, so whenever you're already reach it, you need to stop and comeback in the next day. This because if you not stop it, you will keep gamble and you will lose all of your winning, so you can't enjoy the money you get from gambling. You need to set up your daily maximum loss too.

That's not wrong because it's normal even if we're just playing for fun but hoping to win is a natural thing to add to the fun.
But in this case we also don't have to be completely fixated and obsessed with winning because sometimes there are some conditions where we can't help ourselves when we are too ambitious about winning.
Indeed, the desire to win everything is also there and indeed it is one of the goals but in other conditions we must also be aware that gambling is sometimes not that good and we must also be aware that the probability of profit is actually a fraction of the ratio of losses that we have.

Thats good for you at least you are able to control your actions when gambling which is the most important thing of all, most gamblers today don't know that and they continue to gamble away big money which they have not budget for. For me I just make a fix amount am allowed to gamble away each week ,thats if the result didn't go as I planned for because I always think of the probability of me acquiring loss when gambling.

Others are unable to control themselves because of greed; others want to win back their losses, and others want to win big, which is why they keep losing. But again, we are lucky that we can control our emotions when gambling, and we should continue it. Also, it is better if we can limit our gambling habits to once a week or once a month so that we are not prone to addiction. Also, we shouldn't treat it as a source of income, as that can trigger us to bet more. Gambling is just for fun and entertainment.

We always aim to win since its really pathetic to gamble without having a goal and there's no fun we can get if we just play randomly without targeting something. Its really fun to win the game but we also need to consider some downsides of it so that we will not suffer for long term and the one we earn is pure personal satisfaction while gambling.

People get addicted because they are spending so much time on unrealistic matters that's why they became greedy and didn't even check their selves if they are gambling to much and do wrong decision which put them at high risk condition.

It's not called luck, as controlling our emotions is based on our will. Luck is when we can't control the outcome, and it turns out to be in our favor. If we can't control our emotions, then it is likely to result in bigger problems in the long run. Therefore, I believe we should not consider gambling, as self-control is a must.

As far as I can see, it is not good to gamble in casinos every day, you should just set a day when you will gamble. And the reason why you often win is on the day that you only stick to playing and the budget that you will use for gambling on that day should also be limited.
It's like you just look for the day when you often win when playing gambling, and avoid the day when you often lose so that you don't lose repeatedly every time you gamble.

absolutely in the world of gambling we must have self control and a emotional control. Because once we are not in the control mode then greediness will fulfill and take over us which is pretty bad idea once we are in gambling and a gambler is super greedy then it will be a big loss in the long run. And if we are basing on luck then we are looking for another losses rather than once we loss then we quit then it's good enough .

If it's not good to be playing everyday, than why would be good to be playing on a set day? It sounds like it's just less bad. But if it's still bad, then why play at all? Gambling, in most cases is a bad idea. Many of posters are afraid to admit it due to wearing signatures advertising casinos, but that's true.
And not sure if I'm reading your post right, but you made it sound like playing only on specific day would make one win more often, which is obviously wrong.

Casino management plays with the emotions of players by offering glorious bonuses in the long run and that is why VIP systems exist in the first place. The losses by the player can increase if there are many gaps in the mental health and he can't make proper money management strategies instead of keep depositing to chase losses. Avoid falling into the trap created by shady casinos and play carefully to save your mental health, just my 2 cents.

Indeed spending the day just gambling is not good, I think everyone will have the same opinion as I said, because obviously it will interfere with one's activities outside of gambling and indirectly it will also be very psychologically disturbing. Taking a few moments to rest in gambling is very important and by doing so you won't lose too much money because you only take a few moments to gamble.

I once heard that someone scheduled his gambling day, he said it was his lucky day. Yes maybe what he said could be true but I would not really believe it and would not follow what he did just for the sake of a win. Because I realize that it will not affect someone's winning chances, this is a gamble where someone will be able to win if they are really lucky and I think that victory can come at any time regardless of when you play.

With any pattern being in used, one can make a better experience while gambling as long as the gambler understand the way to make the blend in a more suitable format to help win against the house, there's no perfect strategies anywhere, we are all trying out our best to give in the most deserving attempts while gambling for us to win, if we are lucky to win then our strategy works, if we didn't then we have to improve more better the next time.


Being a gambling addicts is not a guarantee that could mean you will definitely win because of that, it may even be the reason why you may always appear far away from winning at this cause, this will call for more of the understanding of gambling than being addicted without anything to show after.

Being a gambling addict will only give you problems, especially if you can't control yourself. And if we can avoid becoming gambling addicts, we try to always protect ourselves from the temptations given by casinos because we know that once we are tempted, it will be difficult to let go.

Moreover, being addicted to gambling will always follow a person until that person finally loses control of himself. It's better to gamble with what we can afford to lose so it won't endanger our lives.

one thing for sure is that once we can not control ourselves in gambling then we called ourself as an addict that every single day we need to gamble in order to fulfill our wants. That's why in every bet we made, we must make sure that we can handle ourself In order to get addicted. That's why in the world of gambling we must take care of our ourself and have a discipline.

It's either I gamble every other week, or I gamble only when I really feel like it. No in betweens. I used to gamble religiously back in the day and I find that I'm slowly succumbing to addiction all because it's slowly becoming a bigger part of my life than how I wished it could be. So I stopped for a whole year and only came back to gambling when I felt that I'm not gonna be subject to such deteriorating behaviors anymore. It helped a lot actually.

You could say that it's a good sign that you're slowly going too far, and that if you keep at it you're definitely going to be addicted to gambling. Fulfilling our wants is a little broad too, people who are addicted to gambling do so because they have a motive that's beyond want, they see gambling as an end-all-be-all solution to whatever they are having problems with.

Not much to say. In my case I have gone for quietness in my room, usually on the desktop computer. I have rolled dices mostly in the afternoon at dusk.
In the case of tracking the money I have lost or gained, I use the Stake function for the statistics, it allows one to keep track of the money very easily and on live.

I am yet to try to roll dices while I have some drink, to see whether it is true or not that it can change the perception one can have on the gambling session and make one to wager more. I do not have plans to turn it into an habit, though.

Do you know that you are one of those lucky gamblers who know the difference between gambling and being addicted to gambling? Many gamblers would be addicted but they will never realize it.  :(

By the way, if you can tell everyone how did you manage to keep yourself away from gambling for the whole year? Most people would not stay away from gambling even for a few days and here you are talking about a whole full year.

If every one of us can sit back and calculate how many hours we spend on gambling, how much money we spend on gambling and analyze our own gambling pattern, it can really help us get organized and not lose much money., rather may become those who actually are profitable in gambling.

There is no good advantage of been an addict, addiction just has all disadvantages because it'll make you over gamble and put you at a risk of always losing and revenge gambling. Addiction doesn't mean you'll win your bets as winning doesn't make you addicted instead.

It's when you constantly lose that you become obsessed with winning and always gamble to try to win. You'll exceed your gambling budget because of this and probably gambling on loan funds just to make sure you win. This are the gambling patterns of an addictive gambler.

To stop your gamble addictions, you'll need to see a professional as they can help you in this situations. They have helped those before you that were addicted so they'll have the experience to help change your gambling pattern to help reduce the hours you spend gambling.

Losing self-control in gambling is very possible, especially in casinos. Many interesting games make us want to try them one by one. And when we play a gambling game where we become very curious about the game, we might spend more time than before. And that's where the loss of self-control begins because we are triggered to gamble more than usual so that we use more money. And we usually have a schedule for playing gambling, but we can forget about it because of curiosity about the last gambling game we played.

Sometimes we can't go home until our pocket was empty. Because of the time that we won, we then think that we are too lucky this day and gamble more, and in the end, we emptied our pockets.

Of course, we can't say it was our style because we are able to control our emotions but for most gamblers, this is what really happens. And to say that gamblers are always a loser, however, I do believe that we are happy doing this which is why we keep on gambling.

In my experience the best way to get away from any activity you may wish to do less is to simply find other activities in which you can entertain yourself.

And while gambling can be a very fun activity, it is not as if it is the only one out there, you can play video games, board games, read a good novel, watch some TV or do one of the countless activities we can find, and once you do this for a time you will realize that gambling can be just another one of your hobbies instead of something you must do every week.

That makes us run out of money at the gambling table and often, we don't realize it has happened so fast. We thought we should be able to take the money home, so we used up more money instead. When we lose control of our emotions, we will play regardless of the remaining money in our pockets so that we will only suffer losses after the money is gone. And that also happens to many gamblers out there, so we must try to change everything to have self-control still and limit ourselves.

I have different thoughts about this, I believe winning can make you addicted more than losing, because when you are winning, you know the feeling is great and you would always want to feel that way whenever you are gambling, and it makes you gamble even more because you will always be waiting to win again if you have won something big earlier, and that is basically the starting of your addiction to gambling and you can't stop yourself from it.

When you lose, constantly, you don't feel like gambling anymore, unless you are stubborn and want to recover your losses at any cost, which might make you lose even more, but that isn't intimidating and wouldn't keep bringing you back to gambling because you will have this thing in your mind that you have got nothing out of this and have always been losing, which is not the case when you have won.

Putting some limits will not hurt anyone, especially in the gambling industry which is mostly addictive for many players. My opinion can be simply elaborated with few lines, just don't pay attention to the patterns and change the game style to avoid getting caught by casino AI. It is not something that can be proven but surely many gamblers can talk about the weird feeling after losing big. Something goes wrong and you keep increasing the bet size to recover as fast as possible which never happens for obvious reasons. That bad feeling when you are winning can be controlled with mastering yourself and teaching your body or mind the succesfully mindset. Patterns will not give gamblers any advantage btw.

No specific time. Just doing gambling whenever I really feel like doing it.

Not related to winning chance but I do feel more winning when I really feel it instead of gambling in random days. :)


It depends on the availability of the sports or match.

If I do see good and worthy odds, especially in my favorite league, I will consider betting on it regardless of the day.


Sounds like a hassle to me. No need to do that and not's necessary.

If you need some data about your betting history or records, the site should have it for you whenever you like to request on it.


I do think that question is not necessary to answer. I don't know how responses here about that can help you with your gambling stuffs. Gamblers have different preferences and you don't need to do the same. Just find your own where you are comfortable. :)

Placing limits on gambling can help people avoid spending, which could be bigger than they had imagined. If a gambler thinks that his loss is because something went wrong that has happened, he should quit gambling immediately and not return to the same casino for a while. And the feeling that there was something wrong with their defeat could not be proven because it was difficult for them to find or look for what was wrong. But if they have suffered a losing streak but are still gambling and increasing their stakes, they must be prepared to accept the results and most of the results are bigger losses than before. But if someone uses gambling to get pleasure, he doesn't need to think about things that seem complicated because he only needs to choose his gambling game, set the bet amount, and start playing. And after that, he could stop immediately before anything changed.

It's hard to determine for yourself whether or not you're addicted. I also thought one of the most effective thing to do to monitor yourself is to watch over yourself on your gambling habits or your gambling pattern. I can you're just a casual gambler if you only gamble on weekends, especially when you want to relaxed from a stressful work, and also if you can manage to set aside a certain amount to lose in gambling. Winning does not usually matter as long as your enjoying the gambling experience. Visiting your favorite sports bar and placing bets with your favorite team twice or thrice every week, I still fine for me. Being a regular gambler IMO means closer to gambling addiction to me.

It's most likely the case 90% of the time for gamblers, when we say that we are going to quit then suddenly we go and play for more and then continue our losing streak. So it's very important that we should get ourselves and control our gambling otherwise we are going to fell on the gambling addiction category and that is going to be worst for us.

So maybe we can have schedule to play and when we lose then we live another day and not continue with our gambling.

That is the strategy for me right, specially when I go to traditional base casino, just bring enough money and that's it.

It's better to make a gambling schedule and always be within limits so that we don't get addicted to gambling and can avoid big losses. I agree to have a gambling schedule so we don't get off track and can manage our gambling. And as long as we don't lose self-control in gambling, we will be fine and be able to enjoy gambling. That is the goal we must pay attention to in gambling to anticipate gambling addiction which can be bad for us.

Well, less is more as they say so yeah it does not hurt but it was only beneficial to us most especially if done here in gambling. When we say pattern, it does not literally mean the things that we do when betting but it can also mean like a lifestyle of a gambler like what the OP is talking about. It sometimes better to have a fixed pattern so that we can do things right away.

We won't be confused anymore or waste time. Some says it's bad to do when betting because the casino is like monitoring our moves but there are no real evidence to back this statement. I still believe that casino doesn't control anything and everything works in random as long as it's legit of course.

And it is not like this is an arduous task or anything, almost every single person in the civilized world now carries a phone or a smartphone with them, and one of the most basic tasks you can do is to set an alarm to notify you about something you may want to remember.

So you could set the alarm of your clock one hour from the moment you start gambling, and once you hear it then you stop gambling immediately, if you can do this consistently not only you will limit the time and money invested in gambling, but you will develop self-discipline and any chances of becoming addicted to gambling will drop considerably.

This is one of the unique examples I have seen that you use the mobile clock to indicate you to stop the gambling 😀

The gamblers should be sensible enough to know when to stop because sometimes you are in the middle of a game and you could not stop and their could be many other circumstances. I will rather say that a gambler should make up their mind to have certain amount of profit or loss and when they got that profit or suffered some predefined loss, they should quit the gambling.

Good game pattern for slots play I think I'm a bit similar to you, because I only play slots to de-stress and have a good time, in slots I don't try to win, but to have fun, if winning is more money to keep playing, but whenever i play slots it's to relax.

Now for game stuff like dice I have a lot of play patterns, I like to play doing 2x, 3x, 5x and 7x, and yes I have a certain play pattern for that. I only do it once and for this I only spend a little time, not much, because I have determined that when I play a lot my probability of losing is very high.

Now as far as time is concerned, I like to do it at any time, but yes, when I'm in a good mood I have no worries, because I like to enjoy it.

A long time ago I tried to play with a bad temper and nothing, what I did was lose and lose, both in slots and in dice and in both cases I lost and I didn't see how I could win , so this experiment is something that made me learn I shouldn't play in a bad mood.

Now I know that there are many people who have enormous faith to play slots and to get money from there, there are great players who do many things to win and get those macro-profits and I really admire them, but the truth is here when it comes to slots is because those who win in ghrande also lose big, that is what we must Also Observe.

What you say is true because by carrying a phone, we can arrange the schedule we must do every day. It also makes it easier for us to remember what we can do after doing one activity. And by making a gambling schedule, we might be able to play gambling regularly and stop at the right time so we don't cross the line.

And with that schedule, we can practice discipline so that it will be useful for us and will not cross the line. Limits can prevent us from playing excessive gambling and we will stay on the right track.

It's difficult to self-regulate from discipline because gamblers probably won't think about being disciplined with time, in fact many gamblers forget the time when playing gambling, so I don't think that alarm clocks can help us fully when we have to start gambling and when to stop gambling , it all has to be from our own self-awareness to regulate emotions from the heart so that we can control everything.

I think the most effective way is to limit the budget so that it is not too wasteful and waste money on unnecessary gambling, when the budget money runs out always remember that gambling wisely and always consistent with the limits that have been set because with that it can help us be more disciplined during be lived consistently and this is a healthy pattern of gambling.

Yes, regular gambling leads to addiction and becomes difficult to control therefore, if you do not play regularly and see the gambling pattern, if you play occasionally for entertainment, the risk will be low and it will not become a habit. Of gambling addicts, it can be seen that their ratio of excitement after winning something is higher than that of normal people. They become more excited with small gains and are motivated to bet more again I am not very addicted to gambling and sometimes I see patterns.

I observe my gambling activities regularly. I try to do it every week or some times two weeks later and learn about my activity and other's gambling patterns. Because I think I don't know everything. If I can learn something from others, it can influence my gambling activities in some positive way. I also do research in advance on certain matches in sports betting and try to place bets accordingly. But in gambling I can't bet according to specific time. However, research can be done in advance and I am able to conduct betting activities at any time during the match.

There is some "freshness" in his approach, which is a classic on the subject of betting to discuss.

I think that I liked how you started, because having these types of problems that you mention does not mean that you are addicted, in fact it is part of the training and entertainment.

Knowing each other or getting to that in our habits is part of that whole, making graphs, keeping data, whether simple or complex, are part of that training and entertainment that we as habitual betting players must have.

OP:Do you set aside specific times each...?
Single, yes, curious but it was more organized before, now everything depends on the state of mind and time.

So, single, without commitments of life, family, work, etc.  It didn't matter how I felt, I fulfilled my sections, yes, I always established times per section.

I use software that keeps all my game statistics, they do everything, they are my coaching, that's still the same today, although as I mentioned, I don't play like before.

It with poker, with traditional casino games I don't use any particular app, just a win and loss column, :)

Sports betting is the best thing to do on my cell phone when there is nothing else to do

OP:Music?  Yes, before when I was single.

Nowadays I play watching a movie, listen to music and even check the smartphone.

Even though it can't help us completely, at least there is a reminder for us to know when to stop gambling. And if we continue to practice stopping, we will not be affected by gambling and can even manage our time to gamble and do other things.

Limiting money for gambling can also be done to prevent you from using excessive money because many people still forget to limit their money. And before the budget for gambling is exhausted, we must stop regardless of the outcome and not try to recover our previous losses.

Gotta agree on the discipline part, mate. No app or reminder can substitute our inner self-control. We cant just rely on alarms to make us stop, can we? Alarms might just become an annoying buzz in the background while we're too busy rolling the dice or spinning the roulette. We might even start resenting these ticking clocks for being an unnecessary distraction!

Our brains can be our best friend or our worst enemy in this situation. A bit of a sad fact, but true. Its more about building that internal mental firewall that says "No, it's time to stop."

Budgeting is indeed key, pal. If you see gambling as entertainment, treat it like you would a movie or a dinner date. Set aside a certain amount of money and dont spend more than you can afford to lose. Then you'll be able to enjoy the ride without the morning-after regret!

It's so much better when you can control yourself to gamble only a few times a week to stay away from addiction in the long run. It's not easy to control yourself to set up gambling patterns like you because usually gamblers will lose and chase losses and come every day at gambling to find profits and cover losses. but I see you have positive thinking here when you can consistently stick to the plan that you have set before betting.
and you have the right choice when choosing to bet on sports because this type of bet doesn't really trigger adrenaline which will increase the feeling of emotion when you lose and you just have to place a bet and watch the match. I admit that if you set a consistent gambling pattern, you will be able to avoid addiction.

There are many gamblers in gambling who lose their money even after winning big. Many of them do not know when they should stop. If a gambler can take a break whenever he wants, he will suffer relatively less in gambling. Moreover, every gambler should have limitations in gambling. In order to be protected from excessive loss, there must be a break from trying to recover the loss otherwise the amount of loss will be increased.

This can only be achieved when someone is able to retain a really good self control.The self control can only be learned by passing in different difficult situations that makes a person think cold headed and if he is not stopping even after such events happen to him then this is a very bad sign,it means he is completely addicted and he does not care about anyone or anything anymore,the only concern he has is to gamble.

In such case asking for professional help is the best thing to do.It is becoming increasingly difficult to stop gambling when we gamble online especially as that is easy to do and overdo and only in the end to see the bad consequences it brings to persons.

This all goes down to gamble responsibly and awareness of financial and bankroll management.  I also see people losing badly after getting huge winnings on the initial stage of the gambling session.  I often see many streamers getting huge wins from the initial bonus buys but lose them all in the end.  Others being triggered even spin their bankroll to oblivion.

Moderating our gambling activity will surely help us to manage our bankroll fund properly.  Since keeping ourselves moderated can help us to check on ourselves and urge ourselves to avoid excessive time activity and bets during our gambling session.

This is why I limit my self with option to only gamble when I have extra funds and at most 1 time(s) a week.

Many peeps plunge into the dark abyss of gambling addiction, never setting boundaries. The whole "chase losses and find profits" business sounds good in theory, but it's a surefire way to kick-start a spiral of doom

Kudos to our buddy here who's got a grip on this slippery slope. His "few times a week" strategy is a refreshing change, like a cool lemonade on a sweltering summer day. And yes, sports betting is a different animal altogether; less of a crazy adrenaline-fueled rollercoaster, more of a cozy ferris wheel ride. A subtle awe fills you as you wait for the outcome while watching the match

Discipline is such a hard thing to do especially if you are on the adrenaline of a winning streak.
Just recently I felt it when I hit 3 times x400 in my favorite Keno game. 6 numbers, that's all I need out of my 7 picks. (7 hits will be x800) I kept on going thinking about another x400 will come out but even after all the winnings were depleted, it never came out again. Again, discipline. Knowing when to stop. Giving the time to rest after a win. These are hard things to do when you are in the moment of feeling lucky.

I have a budget too. That's given. Once it's depleted, I will never chase a loss. But it's just sad that we can stop there but won't be able to withdraw in our winning moments. I think learning when to stop after a win should also be learned so that we can create a budget for our next gambling session and not just be out of our personal pockets all the time.

Discipline is most important thing with gambling. This is the place where most of the gamblers end up their hard earned money. The start and stop point in gambling is very important. In between we should also know when to take a break, at the very beginning of wagering we can understand whether this gonna be good day or not. If something is disturbing to stop wagering just do it. Never gamble by force.

Nowadays people are much into sports betting which doesn't lead to addiction all of the sudden as it is possible to enjoy wins based on the information we've got related to the particular sports and team players involved.

I have a monthly spending budget, and I never spend more than what I set out to do for gambling…well…almost never actually.

My gaming standards aren't the best either, as I still need to be more disciplined about schedules, as sometimes I spend all the money I've set aside for the month in the first two weeks and then I have to deal with withdrawal for another 15 days.

I always bet on football, I have some favorite teams and championships, that's where I place my bets.
When I make a profit (which is rare) I end up spending all of it on games of chance (not sports games), because my intention is never to make money, but to have fun.... so that's my reward when I manage to make a profit. profit from sports games.

Yes, I gamble on weekends, because only at that time do I have free, and all sports always at that time for the best bet.

sometimes I bet on the middle week, like Wednesdays when the champions league always plays on that day.

as I said before, I play on weekends, but when Have free time and a good mood, I will play my intuition.

I don't have a specific method, just play, win, or lose.

Yes, I prefer to music, I like music like Metalica, but when gambling I prefer music where make me relax like: Edvard Grieg - Morning Mood, or Phamie Gow - War Song.

While gambling we have to follow certain rules.  We can be in big danger for some small mistakes so we should always gamble thoughtfully.  There are some gamblers who take risks because of the greed of their money. I have learned a lot from them. Never get excited while gambling.If we lose money in gambling, we cannot lose patience to recover it. Sometimes we will win in gambling and sometimes we will lose and we have to gamble.

This usually happens in gambling and has even happened to many gamblers. Maybe we have experienced it too but I have experienced it before. It felt really bad mmhh because I had won some money and instead of stopping I continued.

Greed really got to me that time. But it was a valuable lesson for me always to try to stop before things change drastically. And when I manage to win, I will stop right away. And maybe the pattern now will be to play, enjoy the gambling game, and immediately stop regardless of the outcome.

Loss cannot be prevented, but it can be reduced to a level that is manageable, which will contribute positively to the gambler's achievement within the system. Risks are another factor that has emptied out most gamblers' accounts, despite the fact that the majority of them are only discovering their mistakes and failing to make a comeback. Losing money can be painful for most gamblers at times; in their desire to recoup, they continue to wager on games that produce no firm lucrative results; they are left with no choice but to keep trying until they find a better result that they are satisfied with.

It's good if we observe each of our gambling activities so that when something is quite strange or beyond what we should be able to find out and start evaluating, learning from other people's gambling should be done by us if we also do research first, not blindly follow it so that we can get more knowledge in terms of gambling.
I more often follow the patterns of other players in sports betting but that's only when I know that he has enough experience in the sport and has a sizable win in sports betting, because there are also punters that's only focus on one or two types of sports so they have deep enough knowledge of the sport, so the research is quite in-depth and making bets is not random, indeed it is not a certainty of victory but in-depth research can make punters get more valuable odds so that the wins they get are more valuable than just betting on their favorite team.

While spending so many days without gambling can be cumbersome for those that are used to gamble regularly, the fact that you can resist the temptation to do it tells me that you have a great deal of self-control.

As during those times it is easy to think that we could just use part of the gambling budget assigned for the next month and make an exception, but that is how gambling issues begin, until eventually people do not have any self-control anymore and they cannot find a way to keep themselves away from gambling.

I used to. I just now play when I feel like it.


I only go to one physical casino, which is the one closest to me, and I hardly ever go.


Playing poker, simply by looking at the money you have in your account, you know how many stacks of the level you have. Also by using Poker Tracker or Holdem Manager you keep track of the highs and lows. Although in them you do not see the withdrawals you make.


I play podcasts on the background.

Indeed, things are like this, because mainly a person must have money in their pocket for any emergency, and that is something that cannot be denied, if we go to the game and spend everything, we cannot say what it is that I like and I would continue doing it, no, it cannot be like that, we have to have a high degree of responsibility so that we can face the level of a casino, because it is not good to leave all the money in the casino, even if we like it, we have to make a kind of exception, it is the risk. administration, or put a spending cap on what we have, that's what we should do.

Whenever we go to a casino, we must first think about all our responsibilities, that is something that we must always consider, first the things that are mandatory, for example when there is a family, you cannot spend money from the market, on children's things, on possible emergencies, on things that have to be paid, that is, debts or something like that, these things must be paid in full, because it will always be taken into account that the first is the first er, in addition to seeing the casino as a way of having fun, it is not justified that an entire budget is spent for fun.

Now, not everything is bad, because if you take a risk once, things can turn out to be good and favorable for the person, it is something that can happen and everything can change, you can win a lot, so what I recommend here is to spend a part of the money to play, and not have more money for that, that part of the money must be willing to lose, and that it is not evident that more is needed or look for excuses to spend, and I see this as a pattern of play , because it is having responsibility, also the boss bull It can be the way of playing and making decisions , we are people who make decisions, and according to that we play, win or lose.

I have many game patterns , and every time I want to learn more because I am a person that the more information there is, the better , because it becomes a Strategy , I would not call it a personal game pattern, I Associate it with a Strategy.

I understand the picture as sometimes I do really have a gambling pattern but not referring to specific days but rather what my mindset is telling me.

For example, when I feel the excitement of gambling, I will really do it regardless of what day is it or even if I'm currently at work lol. On the other hand, if my mindset tells me the other hand, which is not that interesting to gamble at that said time, I will skip it even if I have money to spare or in my free time.

Regarding the environment, I prefer to play online in a silent area. I don't want any music background but simply, just want a quiet environment. The only sound should I hear is the sound itself of that gambling game (when playing online casinos). I do have a bad losing streak when I do gambling when I feel my luck is not there or sort of challenging my luck on that specific session.

Well, in that part you are absolutely right, you always have to change the game patterns, it is difficult because we are not machines, sometimes it is difficult for you to do certain analyzes because we apply a strategy several times because it is the one we know the most, if we change it faster we can experience losses, gains, whatever, and if we add all the strategies we will not leave much opportunity for the AI of a game to detect us, and or a way to be able to fool an AI and play very high, to luck without taking into account any pattern, just playing without following any logic , that makes us undetectable, more opportunity to win.

When we play we always apply our strategies, or let's say it's our way of playing, we will always follow a pattern or logic of ours to be able to win, or at least it's what we know as a winning strategy, what happens is that in casino games, when strategies are repeated they will always make us lose, the only way is to do things in different ways based on randomness in order to have a chance, I don't see any other way to do it, I think things can be like that.

Our patterns are always going to be different from those of the others, players are always going to have their master tactic, or that way of playing that always makes them win, because that's when one player joins the game and another sees it, there is always something to learn from each other, and if they have a lot of experience in the game, sometimes those things help because at least they know when they can retire and leave with a loss or a win.

Gamblers should know that they shouldn't be chasing after their losses, it's a wrong way to gamble. Gamblers should be comfortable with all the loses they get instead of trying to win back the money they have just lost. There'll be other opportunities to win higher reward.

Any person that can't live with losing money shouldn't be gambling as he'll be left chasing after his losses and won't get the time to strategize plans to win future games. As a gambler you should be disciplined and have plans on how you bet and how much you stake betting.

One of my gambling patterns is to stop getting whenever I'm down by -30% in my gambling accounts. And as a gambler you should have a separate account you use for gambling and withdrawing your profits so you don't get tempted to use money meant for other things.

You're making a lot of commotion with that plan; you're studying like you're going to write a thesis on sports betting, and you're taking copious notes. Quite lively, like a child at a candy store, eh? Games are more than simply a distraction; they provide a platform for mental acrobatics in the realm of mathematics. Here we go with the other side. Although I respect your strategy, it fills me with apprehension. You are placing your money on the winnings of another bettor by mimicking their strategy. It's the equivalent of sparring in their ring with a shadow. It's not great, to put it mildly. What if they have a run of bad luck? What if they unexpectedly change tactics? In my experience as a sympathetic gambler, it's best to spread your bets around. Get out there, conduct your own digging, and wager on multiple sports. Invest in a wide variety of things! After all, nobody ever won a game by watching it from the bench

Chasing your losses is one of the most common way or method on making yourself get wrecked with gambling and this is why gambling industry is really that so profitable due to the fact that people do really love on chasing

their losses on which it is really that resulting into losses just because they are aiming on winning or making profit even more. When it comes to patterns and behaviors then this is something that would really be that
depending or varying on each person on which it isnt really that always that it would really be ending up on positive if we do speak about that matter. Gambling is for fun and this is where some people would
be only engaging on the time neither it would really be their vacant time or in the moment that they do have the chance on dealing off with.

The common mistake or behavior of most gamblers is that they would really be having that different approach towards this activity on which they are really that making it as a source of income
on which they are really that making themselves too desperate and making out such act even if it wasnt really that supposed to be this way or very wrong on doing this.

I agree! It's essential to take time to chill and take a break from gambling. If you continue gambling excessively you're bound to end up losing. So, I believe taking breaks from time to time will help you limit the amount of money you spend on gambling and also prevent falling into depression if you've lost a significant amount of money and are trying to recover from it.

Risks involved in gambling, always prepared the mind to accept anything, either bad or good results at all time. When it comes to gambling, breaks are quite beneficial; slow and steady wins the race. Getting enough time for relaxation or engage in leisure activities to take one's mind off gambling might be challenging at times, but we have to do things right and accurate whenever we're dealing with the gambling system. For most gamblers, the gambling life has been both a hell on earth and a heaven on earth. In any case, all that remains is to hope that you fall into the appropriate categories, thereby joining the winning squad.

Breaks are essential and should be taken, and it is doable when you are a regular gambler, but when it comes to addicted gamblers, they simply can't do this because when they are gambling, they get so lost in it that they are not aware of what's happening around them, they stop caring about their health, about the money they are losing, about the time they are spending on it, but they just keep gambling as long as they have money left and once it is over, they start becoming even more restless.

And believe me, a restless gambler can be dangerous for their family and people that live around them because they can do almost anything to get some money so that they can continue gambling because they are highly addicted to it and they just can't resist the urge even if they want to.

Not knowing when to stop is a problem that must be solved by every gambler, especially gamblers who want to get another win. This has often happened to many gamblers, so we really have to be careful when gambling. Don't let us forget about stopping time because that will make us even run out of money. Whatever result we get, it's better for us to stop and rest because our emotions at that time must be peaking and can cause us to want to recover losses or want to get another win. So there's nothing wrong with stopping after losing because it's worth it.

The importance of setting the time for gambling is very good to make us much more focused than playing with a lot of time which makes us lose concentration because we are sleepy or feel tired, I think that besides setting the time to gamble, we also need to set a limited budget so it will be better to gamble in a controlled and responsible manner.

The mind must be really in a good state as a healthy mindset playing gambling does not lead to the target of big wins, always make sure to gamble at certain times. For example, I only gamble on weekends because on other days I am busy with work and family and also have enough rest so that on weekends with relaxed time I can gamble with a calmer mind so that I understand every risk of gambling, whether the results are good or bad, must still be accepted gracefully.

As in any activity, our mind needs to relax, rest and do a better job when it comes to things as important as money, when it comes to money risk we must accept that things are not that easy, that although we can be in a casino sometimes having fun can become stress, discouragement and particularly many more things can be done, for example, think too much and apply thousands of Strategies to establish an Acceptable Profit Range or at least to be profitable, and it is not. that all players do it, because being profitable in games of chance and sports betting is very difficult.

We always have in our minds a strategy almost by default, the majority having the same one, which is the martingale, and sometimes we believe that this is enough and we are amazed when we see so many strategies that exist to be able to have fun and win, especially for me. I don't like to play the game as a pattern or rules to follow, because mostly the things we can develop is that we lose much faster, we don't have to try to play following a pattern to see how we end up losing all our money.

When we talk about game strategie s, there are a lot , and many Players who are already experienced with great experience who tell us that there are no game strategies, that there is no such thing that makes us win, but if we don't apply any strategy , just go to losing but more than applying strategies, so sometimes in the face of these things we must be somewhat irreverent , because if these strategies are created it is not to waste time, they have been created to help us win, and people have not wasted time inventing these things just because they had nothing to do, the more information we have in our minds about how to play, we must do it, studying and applying them , I am sure that some of these Strategies and the change of many will make us win.

If you want to make a money from the any resource,your mind should be very calm.Then you can earn automatically by the peace of mind.This also apply to the gambling,some people loss the peace of mind during the betting,this was biggest cause of loss some bets.My gambling pattern will be,I will hold on two days of a week to get a peaceful mind after continuous game of 5 days in a week.Gambling was created on the base of fun and win by using your valuable money and time.