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Have you ever noticed or am I the only one?

The more active I become with gambling, the more it drags me back, luckily I keep risking only what I want to lose.

The less active I become with gambling, the more positive it gets for me, not most of the time but my results are simply better than when I was very active.

It's like the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers. I don't know, so far I can only find someone who has seen such before.

A friend who lives far away from me has also said the same, he got tired of gambling because it wasn't going his way but when he started talking it less seriously, that's when he started to get positive results.

Has anyone had the same experience before?

Positive result on the sense that you arent that losing money once you do lessen out that kind of involvement with gambling on which this is common sense. If you arent doing something then there's no spending or
depositing funds on which you are really not that losing any funds but on the time that you would really be doing the opposite then of course you would really be having that risks on losing big amount.

It would really be understandable on how it works because  this is how gambling do works as simple as that. The more active involvement then the more spending you would be having which is unlike
if you do ignore and keep it to minimal level or really that taking a full break then it would be that means that you arent losing money.
Same goes into those typical decisions that we do make into our lives, like spending up lavishly on non worthy things would be ending up for you to overdropped
or out of budget. Same goes with other things in life.

What positive results you are talking? Is it winning?

Well, I guess what you are doing is just trying not to be addicted with gambling, so with less gambling activities, you don't think about it much. Actually the missing factor is only discipline, because even if you are gambling on a regular basis but you have that discipline, you'll certainly get the positive things you are looking. Most of us are aiming to win, but we know for the fact that gambling does not make everyone a winner, in fact only few of us, so we have to understand that reality so we will not expect too much especially if we know in ourselves that we are not doing good in terms of profitability.

A gambler may be his own enemy. If you gamble reasonably then you are free from such thinking


You are probably gambling with all your intention to get profit, chasing your loses and struggling to survive with gambling. When you left that style of gambling and had a free mind to it probably enjoying the bet then you reason properly and stake rightly. Don't gamble as you can not bear.


You got less active and started thinking rightly and that will positively influence your analysis and of course you will do better than chasing your loses.


Casino has no business with messing with you being active , afterall you have not said you were winning big  ;D Casino may have house edge to be more profitable because you are playing a lucky base game and probability of your losing will be higher than your winning and those loses will naturally go to the casino. So casino doesn't have to mess with active player except you think you are being manipulated.


He probably started gambling the right way like you  ;D

Have you ever thought about how this whole system is designed to keep you playing? Your story, the whole "less active, more luck" thing - that's not some cosmic sign. That's basic human psychology coming at you hard. Casinos don't need to rig the games, man. The numbers, the odds, they work in their favor from the jump.

It's all about the pressure. You play less, care less, and boom, suddenly it looks different. Same for your friend. It ain't about taking things lightly, it's about your perception shifting because there's less on the line. We're pattern-making machines, always trying to find reasons, even where they don't exist.

Now, if you're only playing what you're willing to lose, that's huge. But this "lucky streak" idea. The casino business, it's built on the idea that people get desperate, think they've found some secret to beat the house. That's the cycle, and they know it. They know the house wins in the long run.

So here's the question, the one you gotta answer honestly: is that occasional win worth the constant drain on your life, the potential for more loss? Think bigger picture here, think about how this whole system is designed to manipulate you.

In my opinion, this is common among gambling addicts. Of course, the more you gamble, the more you lose. Just because you gamble frequently doesn't mean you have a high chance of winning; in fact, the chances of losing are even higher because the odds are always in favor of the house or the casino. So it's really better to avoid gambling as much as possible. It doesn't bring any good outcomes (well unless you're really lucky lol).

It is the same for any other bad habit. Have you seen a guy who got better as he drinks more and more? Have you seen somebody who got betters as he smokes more? The more addicted you get to something, the worse the situation will get. The trick is to keep these addictions under control. If you manage to do it, it even won't be an addiction anymore. It will be a harmless vice. I mean you'll still damage your body if you smoke but it is not going to matter much if you do it once a month. You'll still lose money when you gamble but again, if you do it less, it won' be a life changing amount.

If you are talking about taking gambling "seriously" then this might be the problem already.
Since gambling is supposed to be entertainment, taking it serious already takes it way too far.

People imagine the worst things when they feel conspiracies and so on. I can relate. I also feel like once I raise the stake suddenly the losing run comes. Since I can't prove anything and they say it "provably fair" that's just how is.

The brain is a powerful tool but can be manipulated very easy.

Yes. I also see more positive results when I did not take gambling seriously unlike when I was in gambling addiction. I use small amount of money this time and this makes me to change my strategy and risk on more games that I will be afraid of if I use high amount of money. But surprisingly I win at times and I win than before. But there are times of losses, no matter what. But I prefer now than then.

The more you put all your hope in using gambling to make profit, the more you become frustrated in it because it is not going to give you any wins. It happens to everyone that gambles because they want to double their funds with it. Most people that win big, don't take their bet serious, or are not going to bet because they believe that they would win that game, but they were lucky enough to play the game at the right time of their luck.

This is why gambling should not be taken that serious so that it does not messes with your emotions. Only gamble like someone who does not care about the outcome, and that will make you feel happy when you loss, and happier when you win.

The result is random; if you achieve good results, it might be due to coincidence. But I do agree that people should play with moderation, as you will waste a lot of time playing games if you are not careful. The result of too much gambling is obvious; it will degrade your life's quality: poor sleep, lethargy, laziness at work, bad mood, etc. I recommend setting one or two days exclusively for gambling and not playing every night, even if it's just for one hour. In the heat of the moment, you may not realize the time, and suddenly it's morning and you have to go to work!

Casinos are not wired in anyway as that like you think, you been too active limits your concentration on making correct predictions when you keep getting losses on each bet that how you keep acting emotional towards the next bet you are to make.

No offense, but why will you be too active with gamble, are you that jobless or what. The mentality I have about active gamblers is that they are either jobless in all ramifications or they are addicted gamblers which to me they really need urgent help.

What we should be active on shouldn't be something order than a job or reliable income source. Reliable in the sense that it's not hanged on chance or luck for profit to be achieved but on our skills and abilities. Not gamble.

But for how long? Maybe these recent days or your gambling sessions are lucky and a coincidence that you often win, or you say that it goes your way, but the thing is, what is your basis? You should somehow show or provide some proof because, from what I think, you only believe that it goes your way. That's why. Anyway,  my advice is that it will not last long, so until you have the time or will to stop being too addicted to gambling, stop it or limit it. I never once treated gambling poorly or not seriously because I knew the consequences of losing money. Even though it is extra money or money I can afford to lose, it is still money. Anyway its your own money and gambling experience maybe it really is being according to your wants but also remember that everything has a consequence so still do gambling with precautions.

Actually the advantage of staying consistent with gambling only have to be the experience you get as you continue but asides that you will get your mind messed especially when you continually experience losses and the taught of trying to recover will gradually set in and that's the beginning of you probably getting to change losses and staying at risk of become addicted which is one of the aspect most persons definitely want to avoid.

Whenever you stop gambling in awhile you seem to clear your mind of the losses and the whole risk you were exposed to gambling so you definitely start again with a fresh mind and definitely helps you gamble better,  that way your gambling decisions will definitely be more informed than it would be when you are actively gambling and your mind is possibly messed up and you are not in the best mind to take proper decisions for gambling so that's why it usually looks like the casino messes with active gamblers and probably get their minds in a State that causes them improper decisions.

The less active you are gambling the better your chances of you not getting your mind messed while trying to make your picks and properly getting yourself a chance of winning even when the Gambling is basically luck base you still get the opportunity to create an edge for yourself so you don't get to loose all the time but have your chances of winning a few times when you use your edge.

Are you trying to say that you experience a financial set back the more you get on gambling too often and you see the reverse in the other way if you're less often in gambling, this will have to do about you and not the gambling you're doing, you should gambling base on what you can afford to loose, this is an indication that you're spending too much from you're earnings on gambling in which should because some aspect of your life is going to be affected at the cause, plan yourself right and adjust from the way you gamble and the amount used for such, remember we are to gamble and get entertained and not to make money from it.

People will correlate what is happening to them to what they feel in the situation. But usually, we only have that kind of feeling and not the population in general. It is like thinking of a belief that you highly believe is working on you, but in general population, it is not happening. In most cases, it is just a mere coincidence why it happened, but some people will give it a meaning and think that such belief is working for them.

But whatever people will think on their gambling situation, at the end of the day, it is still gambling. We can give meaning all we like, but one thing we need to take care of is our financial limits. We should not forget our boundaries before it is too late to get out.

At least with provably fair gambling games it's impossible to mess with you in this way because the results are pre determined so the casino can not change them based on your bet amounts or how often you wagger.

So if you are paranoid about this but still want to enjoy some small waggers just stick with provably fair gambling games just to put your mind at ease. With games like slots it's also entirely possible that the casinos or providers could rig them. Maybe they do it, but probably not. It's only impossible to prove that they don't as they're not implementing proofs systems so far.

I guess your problem is that you are not gambling with the amount of money that you can afford to lose, and you don't have time limit on your gambling activities, which makes you to just keep on gambling. Don't think that the longer or more serious you are with gambling is how lucky you will become. Instead when you play more and form to be very serious, that is when you will lose the more, because you will be controlled by your emotions and you will think that there is hope of winning the next game, which is not true. The reason is that you want to win by all means.

You are right that the more active we are in gambling, the more we will want to return. That is why we must have good self-control so as not to keep returning. Many people have become so immersed in gambling that they can no longer stop themselves.

If we can learn to control ourselves well, we will not gamble excessively and stick with what we are used to. We will only gamble if we want to and have no desire to chase victory because it is difficult. We just want to enjoy gambling in our free time and don't want to spend more money.

We know that playing gambling can make us forget to stop gambling. But with our self-control, we can stop ourselves from gambling enough. We also won't allow ourselves to gamble any longer. It will only make it difficult for us to stop gambling.

I think it is just the same for everyone, and to be honest, you don't actually win more when you become less active in gambling simply because you became less active, but you win more simply because, this time, you spend more time analyzing games, you gamble more carefully this time than when you were actively playing, so, this carefulness, together with the fact that you now place less bets, overly contributes to what seems to us like we are winning more.

But on the other hand, when we gamble more actively, we place alot of bets, and out of those lots of bets we place, majority are likely to turn out as loses, but also at times, alot too could be a winning bet, but because we place alot of bet, and most tend to end up being a loss, we usually fail to notice the bets that actually won.
We could actually say that it's our minds playing it's usual tricks on us, in the end, if we observe the difference between this two scenarios carefully, it is actually the same thing, you gamble more, you lose more and also win more, if you gamble less, you lose less, and also win less.

I don't think that gambling can make us a good profit cause we are all know that once we gamble for profit then one thing for sure we will surely get losses. And about what you said mate that is one of the best example that once we are betting more then we will loss more and once we are betting too low then we got small losses and have a chance that we will win a good amount of money. But we must know or put our mind that every time we put a bet we don't have the the power to control the outcome.

Now that's a good tip for all of us. We should start not thinking about betting anymore. It's just like what they say you'll find love when you are not looking for it. And so in gambling, you hit the jackpot when you don't keep wagering to hit the jackpot.

It sounds a bit mental really because, within you, you will not mind how much you are losing when you don't think about it. But seriously, no one gets tired of gambling. In fact, you get addicted to it more and more because you want to win.

I feel like in that story, you're aware that you're already slipping away OP, this is just my hunch but you're getting addicted to gambling already and what you've just posted right now, it's not the whole truth, sorry for being doubtful but this is the Internet and there's really no demerits to lying to people here right? People do it all the time to troll others. The reason why I don't believe you is that I don't think you'd be adding those compensations at the end where you're gambling only what you can afford to lose, there's no way that you're going to say this without any kind of reason right?

Yes. I've already had the impression that the more often I gamble, less positive outcomes I get from it. On the other hand, when I gamble for shorter periods of time, and less frequently, it seems results are much better and I don't encounter long loss streaks, being possible to quit the gambling session in profit. I imagined that could be the house baiting me to continue playing with higher sums of money, however, that wouldn't be possible considering there is a provably fair algorithm which ensures the legitimacy of every bets, without being possible for the house to manipulate outcomes.

So I guess it happens just due to the fact when we gamble too much, we hit the long term more often, where the house always have the advantage, but when we play once in a while, we tend to stay inside the short run margin, which is still profitable for gamblers.

That is gambling for you. The more active you become, the more motivation you have to continue the habit and at that time, you are always thinking to win big so you will be creeping into the addiction stage of gambling. And the less active you are in gambling the less interest you have in gambling. And if you are not an active gambler, you might even leave gambling one day. But if you are active it will be very difficult for you to leave gambling. Therefore always control your gambling habit and play with the funds that you can afford to lose.

I for one do not think that gambling drags you back and you lose only what you want to lose and somehow, you have just had enough considering it didn't affect your wallet balance.
 
I want to know how gambling affected you in a negative way such that you lose funds, become indebted, become mentally drained and sometimes unstable and then you just stopped somehow because it was clearly ruining your life.

Everyone is aware how addictive gambling can be and am sure you got bored along the line and just got fed up because it became more of a serious job rather than fun and thrill as it is supposed to be. Perhaps if you switched to another type of game, gambling would become exciting again or should you decide to play online instead of offline.
Occasionally gambling is more fun as always and it is better enjoyed when one has gambling limits for a day as much as when one does it when the mind is free and relaxed.

Of course, the more often you gamble, the harder it will be to stop and this will definitely become addictive. Because it's only because of your curiosity that you always hope to win when playing, and play again and again with the same hope, which makes you keep gambling and lose control.
And if you rarely gamble or are not an active gambler, I think you definitely have the ability to stop at any time if you want. And usually such gamblers always use money that they can afford to lose, because most of them gamble just for fun with a few dollars and that too when there is an urge to gamble. Otherwise, they wouldn't do it.

For sure it is evident with most of the gamblers except for those who are really lucky. But if you're one with those who doesn't win regularly, playing more frequent will just yield to bigger loss. Same reason why I never believed of the martingale strategy of doubling up the amount I lost for the next bet. We're having no assurance at all and things will just become a cycle; win 2 times then lose 6 times, continuing with hopes of getting back with losses then once you're close to that purpose, you'd desire of winning big but things won't go in accordance with what you want IF you are not lucky.

Gambling less frequent would at least save you from big loss and will give you time to gamble efficiently. Same thing with winning, if you know when to stop and what amount is to be secured for that day when you're in winning position, then things would go better than to push things and keep on being left with nothing. As I always say, imposing self discipline would be best than to chase for that much of profit. We just tend to forget that this is gambling and nothing's really certain especially winning.

I also believed that once since there's a way to learn players gambling patterns over time, but that was because I came to gambling from IT and I knew that it's very rare for a business not to collect data on its clients. They not only check what you buy in online stores but also what items you compare, what you click, so that they can later target you with commercials and can show you certain items on their home page. Casinos can easily do the same seeing that you only play one game, like dice and double your bets Martingale style, starting with very low bets, the casino can adjust to it making you win your first small bets and then trying to get you into a small losing streak to zero you again and reset the game.

That's just speculation though. We could have a number of conspiracy theories, like my favorite ones that a casino owner can set the system to overdrive if someone wins a lot of money.
Since there's 200 people playing at the same time, if one person get a jackpot the system can make half of the players lose their next 2 rounds to get some of the money back and balance the bankroll.
If this happened nobody would know. The jackpot winner would go home happy that night and the rest of the casino wouldn't even know that they all took a hit to pay for his win.

Again, that's something that could be done with a bit of coding, but doesn't mean that it is.
Although when Karpeles found out his exchange is bankrupt he made a bot that was trading against his customers to earn him back some money and keep the exchange solvent, so things like that havebeen done before.

It's not like the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers but it's just because most people put more effort trying to make big profits from casinos and that intention is always what we speak against here in the gambling world.  Until you realise that gambling is not for the eating purpose as we expect the more we are likely to begin to win more in casinos.

As long as you keep your eyes on the casino whether online or land based casino you will tend to be making mistakes every time you gamble because you desires will be to hit big even when your predictions are wrong hence you will keep staking again and again making you feel like your not wining when you should have just relent from staking already.

Sincerely, I experience this and I'm still on it. Long time ago when I was very active in gambling, I kept wagering and lossing because I felt been so active staking will increase the chance of winning but that's not how gambling works, untill when I started only when I feel like then I began to win more.

Yes, this is because you are taking precaution and also taking your time to gamble. You are not just gambling for fun or gambling because you see other people you are doing it because you have a reason and you have cutting your prediction before placing your bet. this makes you succeed than those people that just wake up in the bed Every morning and gamble I’m not even concentrating at home or at work. All they do is just a gamble those kind of people end up losing all the time because they taking their whole life and gambling and they don’t even want to understand that gambling is a risk  that need too much precaution.

When we gamble, we always play to win more and this is the trap that casinos want to trap us in. Play more, win more. That is a trap. I was in the same situation as you. When I gambled to win more money I was always losing and I would gamble more and more to win back the money I had lost but I would start losing more and more money. Once I realized that there was no end to it, I started gambling in amounts that I wouldn't get upset if I lost.

I started to win more and more money when I gambled as the purpose of gambling turned into fun. Set a plan for yourself and do it for fun. When you win even small amounts of money, know when to stop. Because the casino wants to suck you in and as the casino makes you money, it will take it back from you in a lump sum. I think the most important thing is to know how to stop when you are making money from gambling. And the most important thing is to gamble with money that you don't feel sorry when you lose.

Gambling is like a fire sets close to the Riverside the more the breeze keep blowing the more the fire keeps burning. Meaning, if you keep giving attention to gambling the more you are thinking a ways to explore it more better, since the gambling would be ringing on your brains therefore making you to think that when you start putting interest you would get more winning. It could be that you are starting to develop interest on a particular side be it sport betting or wrestling, in as much as you have gamble before and make some possible winning it's like a free ticket for you to sink into it fully with the mindset you will continue winning all time you gambling.

As long as you are in the gambling place, you can control everything and are not affected by the conditions around you, then you will remain calm when gambling. Adjust the capital you use to gamble. When it is finished for today, we will leave the gambling place, continue betting again tomorrow or another Time again, don't be easily influenced to always spend money at one time. Betting on sports is really fun because we can see directly how the players are doing before competing. At least gambling with less risk is sports because we can predict it a little.

I agree.  When you gamble amd its stressful you make bad decisions or chase losses, etc.  Take the emotion out of it and have fun.  Then you won't feel the need to gamble when you are having an off day.  For me it's entertainment so win or lose I really don't care.  It's helped me make rational decisions when awhile ago I wasn't when I was playing to win.

That's a fascinating observation, and you're definitely not alone in noticing it! It seems like when we take a step back and gamble less seriously, we're not only less stressed about the outcomes but also somehow end up with better results. Maybe it's about the pressure easing off, or perhaps luck favors the relaxed gambler. For sure there's something about approaching it with a lighter heart that makes a difference. It's interesting how taking it easy can sometimes work in our favor!

I haven't noticed that. Sometimes I win sometimes I lose also
But that doesn't mean it's determined by my frequently being online in gambling.

Whatever or which ever way you know you are good at making success in gambling, then you should go for it. Each an everyone has his or her own ways of making progress in gambling and which I cant say you shouldn't use that way. The goal is to succeed no matter whatever.

Things work out the way we believe. your friend has a believe on that aspect and he always got what he believes as a result. So he should chose the line between talking much about gambling and not talking much about gambling. Like I said which ever way that favour us should not be compromised.

Like I said before I don't have that kind of experience before but I win and lose like every other normal person will win and lose.

Maybe it's because the less time you spend, the less you lose. I also notice this trend and yeah, it would seem that the more you play, the more chances you lose as you stay longer on the table. And the house definitely knows this. Like trying to lure fish with fish bait lol. They love people who have less self-control where a single loss would mean more drive to stay longer and bet higher. If you think about it, it's a game of luck, mostly but your chances are less than 50-50 the longer time you spend playing. I guess that's where the challenge and excitement comes for many gamblers.

Gambling gives us hopes that within fraction of seconds we can double the money. Now when our brain receives this information, it creates adrenaline rush inside us, and also we take stress about it. After all we are risking our hard earned money right? Hence in this type of situation, when you avoid gambling, you get relaxed. This happens with almost everyone. No need to take tension of getting losses, and hence life goes on easily. So it’s always ideal that gamble frequently when you can afford to lose or for recreational purpose only.

You really nailed this. For me, gambling for OP is really not for him/her.
There's still a chance to stop and move on, accept the losses, and move forward because sometimes stopping to gamble is the only key to making us more successful financially as gambling is not for everyone.

If a person really wants to lose something subconsciously, then he will, of course, lose it. But if a person continues to play, it means he needs it for something. For what? Perhaps a person wants to understand something for himself. And this can only be done through personal experience. You know, when we watch interviews with gambling addicts or read long articles about them, we don’t understand why these people continue to play if they only lose money. Or perhaps they simply did not understand some simple truths. For example, it’s clear that the casino has a statistical advantage over an ordinary player? This is a simple idea that is not difficult for the average person to understand. But often it's a thought. Which is incomprehensible to a gambler. And to understand it, he must lose a lot of money. This is why many players continue to lose money over time.

Probably just bias. And that the more you play, the more reference you have, so the more you see how much losses you accumulate overtime. I guess you can also take into account how it seems like gambling is turning out to be something stressful to you instead of something fun, which can happen. It's not surprising that people quit some hobbies after a long period of being faithful to it because of something. That's just how life goes. You can just comeback whenever you feel like you'd have fun again imo.

A hobby starts turning into a chore if you start trying to optimize and go into the nitty gritty of it to maximize everything imo. If you enjoy it, then continue. If not, then stop, simple as that.

Yes, more than bias I would say it is a psychological effect. The OP wants to put the blame on the casino but there is no conspiracy there. The results of the games come out in a random way, no matter how tired the bettor is. What surely happens is that when he is more relaxed he surely makes better decisions and if he has a win, he ends the session and leaves. On the other hand, when he has been playing for a long time he is more stressed and that same win seems little to him because he has accumulated losses and instead of stopping he wants to recover even more and ends up losing that win and more.

It seems to be a common thing in gambling, where you feel that you get more positive results when you reduce the intensity of your gambling. I think that it's just your feeling, because before you played much more actively and that made you lose more because of the house edge, and when you reduce it you feel that you lose less, even though all you do is reduce the potential for losing. But I'm glad that you got a positive result from it and that means gambling doesn't bother you that much.

Not sure if this is true but upon my experiences? the more I gamble is the more i lose but
when I cut my gaming is the more chance i am winning , so i come to conclusions that the casino
is doing their best to lure us back to gamble more but when you continue playing then that is the
chance of us to lose more again.

If I'm not wrong then you're trying to say the more you gamble the more losses you have. I think I agree with you in that because I also used to face more losses when I tried placing many bets per day in initial days of my gambling.
 
I think once again I agree with you. When I reduced the number of bets that a place, I noticed some wins instead of losses. I used to bet on casino games in beginning but later found that my luck doesn't favors me in casino games and that's why I started sports-betting, but even with sports-betting, I place less than 1-2 bets per week, sometimes less than 1-2 bets per month and so far results have been positive for me.

Nope, casinos aren't wired that way, in fact in any type gaming the more one gets into it the worse they get in that one. I know there are some skill base games that don't fall into category of the games that I tried to mention but all of the luck type of games even the free ones work similarly. Even trading works in that way, the more trades a trader does per day, the more losses they can face.

Most times we don't actually knows what we can afford to lose because when we lose the money we still have more to take care of ourselves. IMO what I think about this risking what you can afford to lose is after you have finished spending and savings the reaming ones should still be divided into 2 parts so you can use one to gamble and keep the remaining ones Incase you also lose the ones you gambled with. It matters if you don't have savings were you can put small money after your expense. Sometimes we thinks the little money we spend do not affect us but it's not true because to me, every money counts when you use them properly or not.

The more you progress and become addicted to gambling, the more you start losing.  Gambling is basically best done with relaxation, because I'm not in a movie theater when I'm addicted to winning. I started gambling with the right environment balance and I basically won from gambling. Although I have loss symptoms but relatively few, so gambling addiction is not a good sign.

I love this part, the brain can easily be manipulated if we allow it.

It doesn't cost a thing to believe that gambling can make you rich and it doesn't cost a thing to believe that gambling is all about entertainment, do it only when you can afford it.

There is a very fragile thin line between thinking right and thinking wrong, that's why self awareness is a very important tool that we humans must apply to our daily actions.

On the norms, it feels wrong to run after money that you don't work for, this is gambling, the best result you can get out of it is no doubt losses, because you planted nothing, all you have is money to take home more money, it sounds so unfair.

But that is even if one is ready to accept the fact.

I think that for me it was the exact opposite. When I first started out with gambling I focused a lot on poker, because I always liked to play cards and really got hooked on the money aspect behind it. It was also the time of the big poker boom where there were new tournaments coming up every month with a lot of TV coverage. Somehow I thought that after watching the professionals play on TV I could do the same and a took a very laid back approach to my first year in poker. It didn't really work out and I lost my bankroll several times. Only after taking the game more serious and putting in the time to learn the theory behind it, I started to get positive results.  What helped me a lot was to  set a goal for myself and start working towards it. There will always be setbacks, but having a long term goal can help to put everything into perspective.

There was a period in my life when I acquired a gaming addiction.  
Therefore, I can tell you what it feels like for a gambling addict who feels that he has faced a long period of losing.  He is well aware that he will lose the next bet, but at the same time he cannot stop and interrupt the game.  It's not that he doesn't understand what's going on.  It’s just that he is already psychologically sick, as if someone else is controlling his body and his brain.  And his true self is somewhere on the periphery of his consciousness.  This is a very strange and frightening feeling.  The player cannot help but play (this is already a gaming addiction).  Therefore, you can only play in a casino when you know for sure that you do not have a gambling addiction.  And in this situation you have a chance to win and be successful.

The whole idea of casinos is been built on people's desperation, desires, and greed, and thats why casinos will always be the real winners.

People like looking for answers where there are none, that's so unfortunate, so the less you become interested the better as a gambler that you are, the money you will risk when you are less interested will surely be lower compared to finding answers to why you aren't winning, risking your money over and over.

If we can all accept that gambling favors the casinos more, we will all limit our desires and greed in gambling, I have experienced something like this too but I strongly believe that this is the way it should be, this is how gamblers should gamble in the first place.

Unfortunately, it's all wired to take more from addicted gamblers than the responsible gamblers, it's a matter of choice.

Not everyone that would control themselves in gambling most people are easily influenced by what they are seeing, that is why one must set a specific funds for gambling at least 5 to 10 percent of their weekly or biweekly, monthly income. Whenever this funds is finished for the month as projected then him can stay away from casino or gambling site to reduce addiction because most times what causes gambling addiction is trying to break the house where they would keep gambling without the knowledge that they are gradually becoming a gambling addiction.

This is exactly how things work in life. When you are engaged with something that takes money from you, either small or big, it tends to draw you back in life "financially'' because you are spending the cash you have to take care of yourself. The opposite of it is when you are no longer engaged in whatever that takes money from you. What do you think the results will be in your life? Is it not positive?

The view you shared, is exactly what to expect when someone engages less or more in things that involve money example gambling.

Normally While gambling, it is not advisable to rush in and make stakes simply because you are needed some profitable results in an urgent manner.

Why we are advised to take break when we don't have the urge is that most cases, we don't analyze the games, all we do is just pick any games and places stake order and at such state of mind, we might actually be picking the impossible teams to bring us the victory as predicted.

And if persistent to ignore your state of mind then, you will surely end up leaving the casino in regrets because you failed to realize that you were not emotionally fit it to gamble at that period of time.

If you visit the casino once a while you will always stand the chances to tolerate your losts even if you looses at most cases like that than when you frequently gambles and looses at most times.

Don't expect too much profit from gambling, gamble according to your abilities and don't be greedy. I have also experienced something like that, when I was actively gambling I actually experienced consecutive losses but when I was not serious I got positive results. Online gambling algorithms work by manipulating the results of the RNG according to the interests of online gambling service providers. Online gambling algorithms always regulate the results of the RNG according to the return percentage or RTP that has been set by the online gambling service provider. RTP is the ratio between the amount of money paid to players as winnings to the amount of money wagered by players. RTP is usually expressed as a percentage, for example 95%, 90%, or 85%. RTP shows how big a player's chances are of winning from online gambling games. The higher the RTP, the greater the player's chances of winning. However, the RTP never reaches 100% or more, because that means that the online gambling service provider will lose money. RTP is always below 100%, which means that online gambling service providers always make a profit from every transaction made by players. In other words, online gambling algorithms always ensure that in the long run, players will lose more than they win. So it is better to gamble for fun and according to your abilities, it will be better.

Your points have some accurate facts because the more you gamble the greater the chances of losing. The probability that you will win more if you gamble more is very low, so more stakes will definitely bring greater losses. This is always the problem with gamblers who frequently chase losses. The best option will be to have a gambling plan that directs your gambling activities. The bottom line is to enjoy the game and make some money when one is lucky. It is also good to take a break if you observe constant losses or uncontrollable gambling habits.

Your thread title reminds me of a song by the band Social Distortion lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7n9QAofSrk

Well, I think this happens to all of us, sometimes it's about just taking a break, not playing so many times, knowing how to take a break to win again, and most importantly, if you lose, forgive yourself... don't keep trying to recover the lost money... start again without emotionally linking one match with the next match.

The possitive results that you are talking about is the winning right? I think It's a common understanding for a gambling addicts to feel that way, because if you noticed,  the more you gamble, the more you lose because the time and money you've spent on it is beyond your budget that's why when you lie low on doing it and experienced winning once you get back, you instantly getting realized that luck favors you when you're spending minimum amount and time but the truth is, You just don't realize that you've overspent, you should just balance the gambling and when you do that, you'll see that there really aren't any major changes.

The opposite is the case for me.
Whenever I don't participate much in gambling I don't win. When I gamble like a part-time gambler, say like 2 or 3 times a week, I don't win. But when I gamble more during the week, I win more. It's not certain that I'll win when I gamble more, but I stand a higher chance.

I think it simply boils down to probability. The casinos have nothing to do with it. Lol at it like this, if I'm given 10 chances to pick a certain number from 1-100 from a set of hidden numbers, I'll stand a higher chance of getting the number someone is given 2 chances and that person has more chances than someone who has only one chance.

Not yet, but what I know is that the more gamblers who become positive about gambling, the more they become negative about winning; instead, the amount of money they
actually lose increases.

That's proven and tested, and it's still happening in the present where we are now. So, I've never experienced that; this is the only reality I know that other gamblers in this
field are experiencing.

I agree with @OP because I feel that too when playing gambling but I can hold myself not to playing gambling too long. I knows the risk will becomes bigger and that can caused me lose much money. I can't recover my losses so I will limits my money that I used to playing gambling, especially I have a bad experiences in losing much money before.

The casino will tempts the gamblers to comes to their place and try the other gambling games. That makes gamblers thinks that they have a big chance to win but that's not right because that can makes them lose much money. They must control themselves and not drags them back to the casino or they will used more money and spends it to playing gambling. They can't expect to have a good outcomes as in gambling, they will have a chance to lose much money.

If you are talking about the positive result by winning in your gambling when you don't take gambling serious, I have experienced such thing before in gambling that made me not to take gambling as an investment than to make it as fun with a budget daily and is making me to enjoy good results from my gambling.

And those that take gambling as an investment are the ones losing most in gambling because they want to win to recover their money immediately by taking their gambling serious to use any big money to gamble.

Since you discover what is making you not to achieve good results from your gambling, I believe you will avoid such habit so that you will not be taking gambling serious when you have money than to settle down to make some prediction that will help you to make money from your gambling.

I gambled, I risked all the money I had and I did it because I believed that I would win, I did that over and over again. The more I lose, the higher my curiosity about gambling becomes.

and what I have experienced in gambling is that I have lost more often than I have won, but I keep trying to win, and what we try will definitely produce results, just like what we want. but this is just a stupid assumption, a futile effort, because in reality, if gambling is not carried out in a controlled manner it will only cause losses and losses. This is the worst thing I have ever experienced, and hopefully the experience I am telling you about can serve as an illustration, explanation and warning of the bad impacts and losses that result from gambling that is not responsible.

I think I get what OP is feeling, even though it is not necessarily related to gambling activity. I used to play a game regularly, and I get the impression that the more I play it, the more I get unlucky with drops, etc. I think recency bias affects how we perceive things too. I also feel the same with gacha or any game with gambling elements. It might not be similar since you can argue that gacha games can rig the rates, but you can more or less say the same about any platform really. Maybe take a break regularly, especially if you want to avoid any addiction that might eat you further.

That's all just in our minds and there is no actual reality in that. Casino games aren't programmed in a way that they would make you win more when you gamble less frequently and make you lose if you are gambling regularly, the results are randomly generated regardless of how much you gamble or stay away from gambling. However, there is one thing, it's the RTP, if you gamble regularly, you might win sometimes at certain games because of the RTP.

A lot of people also think that they win more when they are betting with smaller amounts and lose when they start betting with bigger amounts, however, that is also a myth and it can be a coincidence and nothing else. Results would be the same regardless of your bet amount, it's just that your money will finish quickly if you bet higher.

Your experience is completely true, in the past and even now I still have a little feeling about gambling that being alert and responsible will avoid risks, but in reality when I gamble it's not always the case. I also maintain a state of sobriety to be able to fully ensure that it does not affect anyone, because gambling itself directly affects me and my opinion is that it is also affecting.

Anyway, in this field we experience it regardless of the outcome, it brings things that we accept or resist, and all help us realize ourselves.

My belief in gambling is that 50% of the experiences and problems experienced by gamblers are almost the same, the other 50% is divided into several problems and experiences, Believe it or not, some of the gamblers here experience the same thing, of course not all of them, the point is that your experience is felt by other people.

I often say that gambling is like someone who has been hypnotized, and if you are serious about gambling, it doesn't matter who is around you, whether it's your family or your friends, gambling is like a magnet, If someone is thinking about gambling, of course their mind will continue to think about gambling, some people will not stop before they can beat the dealer, even if the opposite happens, The more he thinks about the bigger the profit, the deeper he will be dragged into the hole of defeat, that's why no human is perfect.

What happened is that the level of concentration of the players has a lot of influence and that can be something that gives rise to what we know as a possible Addiction, and it is likely that they Feel bad, when everything goes wrong and we start to worry a lot, Our brain starts to work faster, thinking why we are losing if we are spending more time in the game , so in this aspect one can say if I Play more , then I know more, and I understand more, but the long-term Game makes us We lose because the casino will always have the advantage, when we stop playing that is better , because there is more Desire, on the other hand if we do them every day, I think that emotion goes away.

For that Reason, when we are looking for ways to have fun, the casino is the ideal but it is very dangerous.

What do you mean by "drags me back"? I ask because it sounds serious apart from simply losing money. If so, then you better stop gambling even permanently if it hinders your growth in life.

The explanation would be on why we are feeling positive the longer we take a break in gambling is because there are no more stress that builds up on us due to gambling. Not only in gambling actually but the same thing works in other things. This is what they say that sometimes when things feel so hard, maybe what we only need is a break. If it's about feeling lucky, the explanation would be is the casino tries to lure us again, for us to remain active.

I do wonder if so may of you really have had this addiction to gambling or if it's exaggerated a bit.  I have thankfully/luckily not had any sort of addiction to gambling or gotten to the point where it really just drags me down.  I always where it just is enough to be nice if I win, but not a big deal if I lose.  I also mainly do it just for entertainment purposes. So, I guess I'm lucky.

do the following test: leave your house alone to a very distant place, do this during the day and make sure it is a distance where the entire journey is safe. After arriving at the distant place, return along the same path alone. When you arrive at your house you will be complaining about the distance and you won't want to repeat that journey alone. but if the next day you take many of your friends and walk to the same distant place while talking. You will see that when you arrive at the distant place, it will seem that the path has become very short, you will not feel that you have walked very far. This is something psychological. as you were walking around chatting with your friends, so you weren't irritated by the distance. In gambling, the same thing happens. when we play with anxiety we find it easier to not focus on the game and consequently we lose more


As I explained above, this happens because you've been playing non-stop, so you've started to lose focus because you've started chasing losses, even if you say you're not chasing losses, but these. When you spend a lot of time playing without stopping, you start to feel a lot of pressure because you lose a lot and the tendency is for the person to continue losing even more because they are playing with emotions like anger, hate, revenge and all these feelings are not good, they make the person lose more
 

Because you have more time to rest, you can analyze the game better and play without pressure. when a person plays and then stops playing and does other things in the real world, then that person does not have stress due to the game and is able to think better, manage money better and does not play under pressure. That's why it has better results compared to the person who doesn't stop playing. This happens and all things in life. For example, if a person worked every day for many months without resting, that person would not be achieving good results at work because they would be unhappy when they worked, they would be less focused and tired.

Actually gambling should be mainly for entertainment. This gambling game should never be used outside of entertainment. If a person can take this gambling as entertainment then he can enjoy very well and if he cannot take gambling as entertainment then he will suffer a lot. Moreover, gambling should always use a fixed budget of income and should never be used outside of the fixed budget of income. Gambling is a very dangerous addiction, the more it can be minimized, the better for a person.

Or, it's just also trying to mess with our brains.
How much money did you lose when you were super active as a gambler? How much money did you gain when you became an occasional gambler?
I would calculate both and see to it that you are actually winning when you are gambling rarely or it's just actually giving back what you had lost when you are an active gambler.

I played long enough to say I can still remember the money that I lost but having a hard time counting how much I won because it's too rare to happen. Calculating everything (I am a rare gambler now) I can still say that I am at a loss even though I recently won a good amount.
Accumulated loss.

You had the opportunity of relieving the pressure you place on yourself and the  expectation mindset in gambling. Secondly, you approached it with a much cooler head, free of pressure and your luck started shining in no distant time,  this illustrates the much we can achieve when mental pressure its relegated.

No,casinos are innocent of that allegations, those gambling addicts and irrational gamblers are the ones that mess with themselves, they implicate themselves and make gambling life a prison sentence for themselves. Naturally, too much of anything is bad and over indulgence in gambling isn't left out of it.

Yes, as a converted gambling addict, I can't blame the casino for any of my mistakes, I take full responsibility for them and all my past mistakes and lost funds. The decision to quit gambling for a while and undergo some psychological and emotional healing helped me effect the change I so much desired tho be a better person.

I am not clearly understanding what you mean by the longer you stay away from gambling the more positive it becomes when you gamble again, do you mean when you stay off gambling for a long time, it increases you winning chances and ability?
If yes then I will say that is not certain because you may still lose your first bet even though you stay away from gambling for a year it all depends on the amount of luck that is on your side to win.

Life coincidence and I think that reflection of yours is helping. If that's what you think is helpful to you as you gamble then keep on manifesting all of those good vibes that you're having. I thought that the title will speak for itself as I read this thread that includes the story of your success in gambling and everything that you've gone through but I was wrong. Well then, everyone who thinks that they should lie low in gambling and starts to forget a bit of it, good things comes to them because they've got more time to the other activities that they've left for gambling. And as they go back and don't take it seriously then they win and there's lesser pressure for their minds and that's all you need to do. Don't put yourself as if you're in a million dollar contest thinking of strategies with the luck based games that you're gambling with. You're just causing a mess to your head and will turn into a headache without even knowing that you've got some working strategy. It's not how it goes so, just be free, light and gamble as if you have nothing to worry about. But remember, you only gamble with the money that you can afford to lose.

Sounds very familiar and correct.   You play loose you could also be more flexible less committed to mistakes made and agile for the win, it is ironic but that is life in general imo.     Stay rigid and every hit you take transmits the full damage and you are acting wounded still trying to recover into the rounds that follow.  The more concentrated and stressed you are the more fragile your position when playing, thats why I really try to say all experience helps towards a win regardless of size if you can play loose when big or small in your bet then it will become more likely you stay with a good level attitude.

  Stability is number one priority, balance will allow you to handle the loss and direct your plays to win more often on average.

It's a kind of psychological influence that makes you look more interested when it comes to staying away from it,
but more and more disadvantages when playing it intensely.
But this depends on how you do it in each bet or game you play.

You should be aware that you are playing and risking the money you have, use an allocation that has been limited so that you don't lose it all.
I also do betting and slot games, but never commit the foolishness of risking all the money.

In the end, you will lose when you can't manage everything, when you lose with your psychology.
You need to be able to control how you are in gambling, how you use the funds for betting and for some games.

I think you clearly misunderstood the op, going by what I understand that he meant, he is actually saying that, when ever you begins to take gambling very serious, like he's gambling seriously possibly chasing after winnings as well as profit, that is when he begins to experience loses constantly and consistently.

But eventually when he gets tired of the whole thing and decided to stop, but still place a few bets once in a while, that is when he begins to win most of his games, like as if the casinos manipulating him in some way, which is, when ever he's careless about gambling, but still place a few bets, the casino will make him win those bets so as to get him to become more and more interested in gambling, and when eventually he becomes so interested and starts betting every time and day for profit, the casino will then make him to begin to lose, maybe as a way for them to recover the money they had previously gave him in winnings when he was not interested in gambling.

Now, do not misunderstand me, I am the one that came up with the casino thing, op didn't particularly said that, I just used that to better explain to you what op really meant by what he said.

oh, such a nice subject to talk about
Deepak Chopra talks about the law of dettachment, you have to release things to make it easier for them to go back your way
i feel a bit like that with relationships lol, whenever I'm not obsessed about the person thinking all the time about them and I just chill things flow in a much more relaxed way and it's way better for everyone

lesson in there

cultivate a good relationship with gambling and everything will be better than if you're obsessed.

Not a bad advice, however when it comes to gambling this is simply more about the math behind the games and how it works, so if you were to simulate a dice game on a spreadsheet, you will notice that if you only rolled 100 times there will be instances in which you won some money and others in which you lost, but if you were to simulate one million rolls then you will lose every single time, this happens because the law of large numbers and it is the number one reason why casinos can beat most gamblers over the long term.

Well, this is really a good experience on your gamble habits. This experience should teach us a lesson that it's not wise for a gambler to be more closer to gamble. There should always be a time when you can limit yourself from every gamble activities so that you don't get to lose everything you have. Even when you are gambling for entertainment purposes you shouldn't do it everyday because gamble is what makes people to lose mone, so your money is what you should use and find pleasure in what places you put it, so if what you are using your money to do is not giving you the kind of happiness you want then you should be about to notice it quick so you quit from it.

Probably your most important skill is that you have learned to use only the money that you are willing to lose. In fact, not everyone can do this and people have big problems when they start using money that they should not lose
The fact that your results are better when you are not active is most likely due to the fact that you can better analyze your actions and are less susceptible to emotions than when you are in the game every day and stop feeling good about the situation. But most likely, when the results get better, this leads to you starting to play more often.
In answer to your question, I will say that this often happens what you are talking about. Your results may be better when you play less often because your emotions don't weigh you down as much as when you play every day and you can make better decisions.

Of course it would really be just that working on that way or something that have sense that if you arent that active in gambling then you would really be losing less in compared if you are really that active.
If we do speak about on having that active approach  compared to have that less concern about winning then there would really be difference on that but only on the means about emotion and control
where this is something that will differ into each individual. Not all would really be having that kind of moderation and control towards themselves specially on the time that they will really be doing gambling.
If you are really having that kind of realization along the way then its good for you but if there's none then expect that addiction and more loses would really be in line. This is why you should really be that  careful or simply minding about that control because this might really sounds that too pretty basic but this is something which is really that important to consider on the time that you would really be dealing up with it.

Only if we can agree to the fact that gambling is not an addiction, instead a means of having fun, so the more we are gambling the more excited we feels about it each time we are on it, this is not about when we are gambling in an irresponsible manner, but doing the right thing with the way we are gambling.


Maybe you can say that you're more engaged in doing other things which may not permit you to have much time for gambling, this can be concerning any part of your life, which you think takes your time and really worth it.

What I have noticed is that anytime I take a long break from gambling and finally decide to hit the casino again, I usually find myself lucky to win my first few games, which doesn't happen on a regular basis, but I have had such experiences more than once, but it's not on sports betting. 
 
Most times, the more we spend time at the casino, the more we might lose focus on making the right choice of game to place our bet on, even without realising that we are not on the right track, especially when the losses have been on the other side, which we never planned for.

Stopping gambling is not to open up opportunities to win, in my opinion it is wrong, stopping gambling is much better to minimize even bigger losses. In essence, the bookies design the atmosphere in such a way to attract everyone or make the players comfortable and at home there, this is their strategy to attract lots of people there. Keeps them coming back with lots of games there.

Maybe I might just try this your strategy,staying away from gambling for sometimes,and later coming back for it later,maybe it might work because I see that the more I try to pursue these odds,the more I lose games which is not supposed to be so.Everytime I try to be careful while gambling,and at thesame time,I find out that I lose more.Maybe what I just need is this long break from gambling,and try other things.I thank God that the football season will soon be over,teams will go on break and I will rest for once,let me see whether coming back to play games will help after leaving gambling for a long period of time.

Op with the experience I've had and seen on gambling, I can't attest to the fact that gambling is mostly unlucky for those who spend more time gambling. There are some persons who have thought they can actually guess or know how the casino works by studying the games and the possibility or occurrence  based on the time and and odds available. And I must say some of them who I've come across are actually a bit successfully with their predictions based on the theory they are building on that repetition of odds or time and actually create same result or similar results.

Every gambler have their own story, and those who are exposed too much can experience both good and bad, the only difference is on how they will handle the situation especially on dealing with the losses. Gambling should not make you feel like this if you just know how to be more responsible. When the time comes that you are already in this situation, better to stop for a while and assess your activities if you are still happy with this or you are just chasing your losses.

To be honest their is no reward in playing gambling so much , playing gambling so much will only lead only lead one to lose money. From personal experience and from the experience of other people,  when gambling is played so much many loses occur but when you reduce the number of time of playing gambling you would notice that you will save more money and their won't be steady lose of money,  and the most surprising one is that their are high chances for you to win games. Their is more positivity in playing gambling once in a while than playing it all the time.

One way or the other, we have all experienced this, so the advice is to only play with money you can afford to lose and enjoy playing. It is very much true it takes up the pressure because you can think clearly, but it is more of a coincidence because even if you are pressured or not, if you're going to be lucky, you're going to be lucky whether you are playing with pressure or not, but it eases the burden of overthinking and anxiety.

Casinos are wired to do exactly that! Its how they get the most money from you and its also how they keep winning again and again and again. If you feel like these things are dragging you back then don't hang on to them anymore brother, take back control and put it to rest because it will only get worse and much much harder if you ever get past that point and gamble more than you can lose. Just don't ever let it get to that point. This is not financial advice, gamble at your own risk.

It's funny enough when someone says they can do a guess based on a theory they built themselves.
It's just luck in favor of gamblers, if there is really a gap that can be guessed and make many people win.
They have reliable programmers who are always on standby to fix existing loopholes and improve security and gameplay.

I prefer to do football betting because it's more real and to do analysis can be in many ways.
Only need to determine how much to bet, luck becomes a benchmark in gambling, not only with free theory developed by yourself.

Everyone has their own life story, Thanks for sharing your experience here, maybe it will be useful and a lesson for other members. Controlling the desire to continue gambling must be done so as not to get trapped in a very emotional relationship that is very difficult to separate between desire and the casino.
After you realize everything, you have managed to slowly withdraw yourself to become a responsible gambler. If you feel that the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers, you have to design your own strategy to disrupt the plans that have previously been designed by the casino. Sharing your life story here can also help other members who are still having difficulty withdrawing from the most active gambling, this is also one way that can disrupt the casino plans.

Yes, of course we have experienced this when we focus too much on the bets we play, it will be difficult to win even though we are very good at making strategies for the bets we play, but when we just do it without paying attention and play as is. and we can win the bets we play and I think only luck can win us the bets we play, so it is important for us to be able to bet with funds that will not make us feel lost if we lose on the bets we play and also We must be able to set limits on the funds we will use for gambling so that we don't take other funds again to catch up on the losses we have experienced.

This kind of situation or thinking can pass for the illusion of how we have shaped our mind on the reason that we are losing or winning. I don't believe it is from the casino or house edge because you are playing often. In fact, if you are playing often and unfortunately you start losing, you are likely going to be confused and start making more mistakes that will further confuse you because you want to win back your money but if you play in intervals, you can analyse games better than the rush to win back lost money.

you just don't get the mean mate but that is about Self Controlling , the truth here is that when you are less playing is the more you know how to limit and adjust your playing time .

I know that sooner you will realized that it is what really happening here mate so try to adjust more for that reason and you will know how helpful in your part
to lessen the gambling and bigger the gains in that way.

Gambling with money you can afford to lose is the best advice we should never forget. We will not exceed the limits we have created, and we can also enjoy the game of gambling. Maybe it takes time for us to really take care of ourselves when playing gambling.

But believe me, it really helps to avoid losing more money. If a person is bored with gambling, he can leave gambling for a while. He didn't need to waste his money gambling while bored.

By looking for other things that can help him fill his free time, he can help him reduce his gambling activities. It can also help him to avoid his gambling addiction.

You meant as you take Gambling less serious that's when you get positive results as pertaining winning??or is it the other way round,your thread is really thoutful but then it's not nailing at a direct point,but if it's what I'm thinking your wanting to say.
Your trying to say when you're more active on gambling you tend to lose but when you become less concern and unserious with it that's when things turn up.well I'll say to that as gambling is really not in favour of anyone and it tends to fluctuate,have heard of someone that keeps gambling on steady and wins and when he's inactive he losses.so that's how it is.

Yes, what you're describing aligns with common patterns observed in gambling behavior. It's often noted that the more frequently someone engages in gambling, the more likely they are to experience losses over time. It actually happen to mee too but in you case you said "The less active I become with gambling, the more positive it gets for me" so at the end of the day when this always happen to you, gambling would likely to be ended in your life I mean like you are not gonna play gamble after this right

Congratulations, that's the most normal thing that anyone should ever feel in regards to someone losing their drive to gamble, that's you OP becoming more happier than ever, there's no doubt about it and don't be too crazy about it because you also have no way of relapsing because you're clearly loving what you're feeling now and I highly doubt that you'd ever want that to go away. Think of all the positives that you're going to get when you finally stop gambling, more time on other things that's more productive and more healthy for you and your soul.

It would be interesting to check the internal algorithms in the casino to see if the RTP changes depending on the length of the pause between the gambling sessions of the gambler. There is a suspicion that this is a “sliding” parameter in order to re-attract returning or new players to gambling. If this is true, then this would easily explain your negative and positive periods in gambling.

Not every time a gambler is positive, the game will also suit him. In the long time a gambler plays in a casino, they will only experience winning once. And most of the time, they lose gambling.

But even if that happens, they still don't care if they lose, as long as they want to be able to gamble or give themselves satisfaction by gambling in the casino.

Losing when gambling has become a very common thing among most people now and this certainly will not make most people stop gambling if they already consider gambling as a pleasure that can entertain themselves. Because I have also seen people who often gamble always set aside some of their money just for that because maybe they consider it as entertainment that can calm themselves. Although this often ends in the loss of money due to losses he experiences through gambling.

Yes, this really happens sometimes when you get more serious it happens that doesn’t go your way and when you are less serious, it comes out that it’s goes the way you don’t even think it which the result comes out well wow it’s not a manipulation from any side but it’s just the way of life and coincidence so whatever Comes out from the process it’s just what you abide with and don’t always take gamble more serious always take it easy and slow because it’s a  risk

I believe that the more a gambler strives to win, the more he loses. I sometimes win a decent amount of money according to my bet in gambling for a few days. I tried to get more from gambling. But the result is null I lose my winnings. When I won I didn't expect to to win there but when I expected to win I lost my money. That's why I believe it's better to keep the gambling process naturally rather than trying to win. If I put the amount of money that I can lose in gambling, then I will have nothing to lose. This kind of incident happens not only to me but also to many gamblers.

Once an individual stays active in gambling, they might decide to take more risk and by doing that you stand a greater chance of losing more, and when you lose more you'll want to start chasing loses and become addicted, someone who spends half of his day gambling is likely to  become addicted, yes, addiction occurs when you something a habit and once you as an individual gambles very often you risk becoming addicted.

 When you spend less time gambling it makes you avoid games that are too risky cause you won't dig deep to find out more odds or unnecessary games you don't intend betting on. You'll always get positive results when you take calculated risks or avoid highly risk stuffs, yes some risks are worth taking but only few people make profits when they make huge risks and I like the fact that you only risk what you can afford to risk lately.

Your fully in self control over it many go beyond where themself is been control by the process not them having control again. I would have become a victim of addiction in gambling as fun is not longer in my game but only the money to achieve and I was carried away in placing some responsibility if making cool cash in gambling but that wasn't a reality of the gambling in my view when I realized it's fun associated and is not a win-win situation I puzzle to slow down beyond my speed. Been addicted is very difficult to control it's better to play with control consciousness than allowed oneself to become addicted.

The problem is not the casino but rather your mind in now messing with you because of how long you have been active and what you need to do is take a brake and check back after your mind have been refreshed. You can decide to take brake for some days or weeks.

I don't know if you have noticed that sometimes when you just start gambling on a fresh day, you might luckily make more correct prediction and win more but after long hours of gambling, you will discover that your prediction are not longer authentic as the first minutes you started. All you need is take a brake for that day.

Such kinds of feeling is also conversant with students, when reading, you will have a quick understanding and easy assimilation of what you are reading but after a long hour, you will just feel exhausted and may not understand as fast as initial time.

Actually, I once experienced this when I was off work for a few days, I tried to gamble, it actually made me lose more often than I won, that's why I prefer to gamble on weekends, never gamble on days I can, but because at that time I was on holiday. from work because I was on leave for a few days, I tried gambling for a few days, but I didn't get any wins or indeed I wasn't lucky enough to win, to be honest, I don't really care about the wins and losses I receive in gambling, it's just part of gambling. I have to accept it gracefully.

But I thought it only happened to me, it turns out there are people who also feel it, although not all gambling sites are like that, after all it depends on luck and gambling for me is just entertainment, winning or losing is normal for me, just to answer Your question is based on my gambling experience similar to this one, when I gamble every day it becomes increasingly difficult to win so I usually only gamble on weekends. On weekdays my gambling account is not active and is only active on weekends, but that also depends If there is a budget, I gamble, but if there isn't, I don't gamble.

so you're saying that "if you want to bet it's better to have a big win and walk away"?
what do you think?

knowing how to control yourself and respecting the money you make is a must
otherwise what comes easy will go away easy too

When we can bet big amount in gambling we gamble but if we bet small amount we can win in gambling this confuses us and gambling sites try to panic us. Building their sites in such a way that they do their best to keep you on their site. But if you can control yourself then you can quit gambling otherwise you will continue gambling as long as you have money. It is the black net of gambling. don't get addicted to gambling because of the excitement of seeing a gambling win

Playing less lime in gambling reduces stress, disappointment from loses, excitement, adrenaline rush and more that humans may feel during the game might distract your focus on it that is why we may decide the wrong way and sometimes we get pressured by our emotions. This is why we need to be physically and mentally fit when gambling so we do have positive vibes but still does not guarantee good outcome.

Yes this really happens sometimes when you are not serious on what you are doing you get more wins, so it really happens in gambling, when you don’t take it serious you win and if you play every day you lose more, but the only thing I could understand that if you take a break it helps you gamble wisely and make the right choice

Well, I feel it's more like an RTP or something getting triggered than a normal coincidence because we know when you keep gambling and losing, you tend to have the RTP feature of certain games give away some of the lost amounts back to you through big wins or something, so maybe a person who keeps losing constantly gets away from gambling for some time, and when they get back again to gamble, the RTP feature makes them get some wins and they start thinking it is because they have been away.

There is no logical explanation to the fact that you tend to win more if you mostly stay away from gambling because the games aren't tweaked or manipulated based on your activity in the casino so that you can win or lose based on how much active or inactive you are in gambling.

You are correct! Its a recurring phenomenon. Emotionally charged, its easy to lose your head and make rash bets. Step back and relax to make wise selections. This isnt luck. A winner's mindset. You play the game smartly, not stressing over wins and losses. I applaud you and your friend for doing it. You have a good concept. Remember, the finest gamblers can handle the excitement calmly. They have boundaries and know when to go. People, thats the secret to winning. Keep it lighthearted. If you do that, you'll usually win.

If you want to be one of the few gamblers out there which can claim they have made some money out of casinos, this is often the only way available to most gamblers, however there is no guarantee this will work at all as you could begin your journey by losing several times in a row and never be ahead, this method also has another issue, and that is that once you get to your goal you must never gamble again, and if you like gambling, as many of us do, then this is an unacceptable compromise to do.

Interesting, I read some of the comments on the first page. There are various responses and reactions from the community regarding this post, and questions about similar experiences based on your thread. IMO, I'm pretty sure almost most gamblers have experienced the same experience as what you said. well, if it's more positive for you, then it's better. but I like what one member of the "Slapper" community said, I will quote him, "it's about your perception shifting because there's less on the line" and I also agree with this point. yeah, if he said he was trying to find an excuse, I would say this is just your own assumption regarding the gambling you do. Maybe it's because you're not more active in gambling, so you think you're not as stressed, especially as you avoid bad losses or losing streaks. that's why, you think that casinos are designed to confuse the most active gamblers.

I think there is nothing wrong with what you said, especially since you know the limits every time you bet. However, gambling is synonymous with risk. every time we bet, be prepared to lose the money at stake. After all, there is no difference whether you actively gamble or divide your time so that you are not too active. If you're unlucky, you lose. for me, it's that simple. especially if you are an active gambler. plus, playing the game is purely luck based. The more the game provides large or close profits, the greater the risk. But the most important thing is, you know every time you bet because the risk of losing has a greater ratio than winning. Moreover, you are betting with money that you are prepared to lose. at least, you claim it's good for you and it's better than stress.

Perhaps this can simply be attributed to what we want to believe. We cannot say that this is exactly what will always happen, we do not have a sufficient sample. 2 cases between you and your friend cannot be perceived as sufficient to draw conclusions. Of course, many may think that this will always be the case; I personally don’t believe in it. Players often come up with all sorts of things like this, it's probably similar to the fact that the random number generator in poker is tweaked, which is, of course, complete nonsense. Because the player has stronger emotions if he loses and does not get the last card on the river, at this moment he is ready to believe in anything, but this is just an ordinary game.

Yes, I really understand this. It has also happened to so many people I knew, and also happened to me when I am always in the hurry and gambling betting every time I am not even ready or proper planning. I keep on losing more and more and it becomes so difficult for me to accommodate so I end up on problem and losing more money but whenever I take my time and credit games properly, I see myself more and more

being in a hurry is a bit like shooting yourself in the foot to solve a pain in your thumb
you solve the pain but creates something much bigger and much worse

it's better to calm down and take decisions on a clear mind.

Actually, no. I have not experience such thing during my sessions playing dices and Plinko, to be honest.there has been occasions I had a bad session and lost my limited budget to the casino, because to it I decide to withdraw myself from it for a time (perhaps a couple of days) and then I log in again and continue to gamble on the exact games in which I lost the last time. The results are the same: I end up losing all that budget and there is no further option for me beyond logging out the casino and try to cope with the loss I had that day.

In your case, I think what you are your friend are felling is something about the seek for patterns, you know. We human beings are genetically programmed to try to find explanations and patterns to unknown phenomena in the nature. When a gambler notices he always lose money when is in the company of their friends, he starts to gamble alone, when a gambler starts to win money just while he is hanging out with a prostitute, then he decides to keep that hooker closer to him (make her his charm). That is what you are your friend are doing, trying to find a logical pattern or explanation to something which does not have pattern or reliable way towards prediction.

I encourage you to read a little bit about statistics and the laws of probability. It could be good for you and your gambling experience in the future. Good luck !  :P

Yes ofcourse, it's simply because the more you gamble the higher chances are that you will lose.
It is because of the house edge that in the long run you are likely to have more number of losing bets than the winning bets.
It might have happened with the most of us and for those who didn't happen to face this are just really lucky.

People have the tendency to remember their positive outcomes more vividly than the negative ones, they also have the tendency to assign meaning to them, and when we add the OP claims to have obtained those positive results when not taking gambling seriously, then this could mean they got them after a short session, increasing the positive image of those events even further, so I would think that if they really tried to prove their theory by systematically putting it into practice, they will get the same results than if they gambled for a long period of time.

Not for me.

But I think that OP and others who are experiencing the same story is probably because of placebo effect. Which what you think is happening will definitely happen.

And what others are telling that it's also happening to them is likely you are also dealing with. It's like attracting the positive and negative depending on what you are thinking.

Some says it's the law of attraction IIRC.

If you always gamble, it's not far to become an addict in the future. That's true. I don't believe that you won't have an addiction if you often play gambling. But if you rarely play gambling, let's say just once a week, it is possible that you will not have an addiction to gambling that is legit.

Have you ever seen that if you play gambling once or twice a week, you become addicted? If it is maintained like that, will it become the habit of a gambler? But even so, others say that if you know in yourself that you have discipline and self-control, the chances are high that you will not become an addict in the future, that's for sure.

It’s normal that when you are desperate to make money from gambling, you will end up losing more, but when you are calm and you stop thinking about winning when you are gambling, don’t be surprised that you might end up winning more. When you are desperate and looking for money, there are things you will see that are wrong, or if you place a bet, you already know you won’t win. But just because you are desperate, you will decide to take the risk. If you are not desperate, then you will be able to take your time to do your analysis.

Then you already know your lapses, so when gambling, just be calm and don’t be in a rush. Since when you are calm, you are always winning more, I see no reason why you should be in a rush. I'm sure you won’t be happy when you are losing your money always.

I thought this was "self realizing prophecy" effect, not placebo

latw of attraction is somehow cool but too narrow imo, better to go out, do stuff and expose yourself to luck

life is too short after all.

One should take time before betting on anything. Betting is a game of risk and you should stay patient and you should focus on your game . Enjoy the game and do not lose hope ,when you will try again and again,one time will come and you will win all the money and you will be the winner and nobody will beat you .But most people do the same mistake again and again and they lose the whole game and they come on the road .

Betting is not easy but one should take it easy by keeping patience.Patience plays very important role in casino batting and all other kind of bettings. You should estimate the right number first of all and then play. If you lose , don't lose hope and try again and you will be successful after many attempts.

Maybe all of them have the same effect and that's why the thought that it's about the same story that have been told.

So, any sort of that kind of attracting the energy and what could happen is going to happen base on their mantra or energy.

Also a possible thing with what you have said about self realizing prophecy or I should just say a prophecy?

It's basically the recipe for addiction. The reason you're pulled back is not because of the abundance of it, but the effects you experience with the lack thereof. This is why addicts only get that itch to get their fix when they can't or don't get it. They have to continuously do what they want to do to receive the effects, and once they stop, their brains nag the hell out of them to get back to it.

You're probably experiencing an onset of addiction already, and I would highly suggest you calm down from gambling for the meantime, at least a year or so, and perhaps don't even think of getting back. The prospect of "I'll quit gambling for a while so I can gamble all I want without getting addicted in the future" is what gets a lot of people who previously were able to relinquish their addiction to gambling. So quit and recover with the intent of quitting for good.

As for the positive results your friend is experiencing, that's only because he's gambling less than when he was addicted. You lose more when you play more with gambling, and since he's not taking shit seriously and is gambling for the hell of it so it seems, he's getting less losses, more wins, and is having more fun.

Even if you are on the right track, you can still place a bet and lose to the casino. We don't control the game; the only thing here is that we should think about how to control our emotions when we are losing to the game.
 
What I notice in your own case is that it's not just being tired; you also allowed yourself to be emotionally hurt based on how you are losing in the game, which makes you keep on chasing your losses and placing bets on the wrong options.
 
If you had realized earlier that you needed to call it a day, knowing fully well that the game was not going as planned that day, it could not have gotten to the amount you end up losing that very day.

In truth, wagering demands copious amounts of composure and concentration. The ebb and flow of betting is rife with peril. without composure, one easily finds themselves ensnared within a vortex of defeat after defeat. Taking time to analyze the game and grasp effective tactics is pivotal before any stake is placed; relish the sport, and refrain from surrendering hastily upon a loss.

The major key in betting is patience; be it in a casino or any other form of betting. People have a tendency to hurry when they lose. They try to recover their losses immediately, leading to more impulsive decisions and additional losses. Rather, it's important to keep your cool, rethink your strategy, try again after thinking straight.

In addition, setting limitations and taking care of your cash are essential. Never wager more than you can afford to lose, stop as soon as you hit your cut-off point for losses. By doing this, you can indulge in betting without it taking a toll on your financial situation.

I don't think the casino is wired to mess with anyone it's just you not see that you have gotten to the point where you may need to employ a different approach to how you gamble than that which you currently do because the way you gamble has got a whole lot to do with how well it's going to affect your results too aswell, the fact that you say you risk according to how much you can comfortably loose is actually a good way of gambling but then to increase your chances of winning, look into your strategy altho I know that luck aswell has its role to play but then you can be solely dependent on it, you definitely have to create your own edge so you have times when you can win and make up for your losses but not to goan chase losses.

Well, it’s certain the more you deprived yourself from gambling, the less losses that you’ll incur, and the less chances to win as well. If your aim is not to lose anymore, then better to stay away from gambling for good.

However, I must agree @Natalim that even if you gamble regularly, as long as you instill discipline in your gambling habits, you will never suffer from a consistent loss. Of course, losses are inevitable in gambling, but if you gamble responsibly and you don’t see gambling as your means to earn a living, you can prevent yourself from too much losses most especially if you gamble with your hard-earned money.

the main difference is the way you see it

one believes that you think about something and then it'll magically reach your life
the other point of view considers that you think about something, your actions point in the direction of it and then you end up getting what you want.

same same, but different

Gambling can really mess with your head, especially when you get caught up in the moment. It's like the casinos know when you're winning and suddenly make it harder for you to keep winning. I've experienced it myself, staring at charts, chasing that big win, and feeling like luck has completely abandoned me. But when I take a break and step back, things seem to improve. It's a strange phenomenon, and I can't explain it logically. Maybe our minds are playing tricks on us, or perhaps the universe has a weird sense of humor. Whatever the reason, it's something to be aware of. My advice is not to get too wrapped up in the excitement. Take breaks, clear your head, and only gamble with money you're prepared to lose. Sometimes, the best thing you can do is walk away. Stay positive, and I hope luck is on your side!

it's like a manifesting? I mean, the more we think of it, the more we achieve or gain it, like if you want to have that thing, you need to think more positive thoughts about it and it will serves as a motivation for us to achieve that thing. so if the things that we keep thinking about are not good, let's stop because we might attract that thing even more and make it come true. Not sure if this is true but many have had such an experience.

I think since the positive results you mentioned here let's assume it might be betting wins. Since you gamble less and are less likely to have an asset here, it's good to be able to get out. But you must gamble less then you will somehow become addicted to gambling, and you will have to fall into many chains to get out of it. And if you have been gambling regularly then it will surely turn you into an addiction, in that case you should not gamble regularly but abstain for a period of time. It will be good for you if you stop when you are in gambling lost, you can continue gambling if you keep winning. But you have to understand that not everyone can be a winner in gambling, and if you find something positive in it then you can continue your gambling.

What are these conspiracy theories? If we talk about gambling in online casinos, the results of gambling are managed by a distribution algorithm that has no information how much money you have in your pocket, how long you want to play, when you finish the gambling session, etc. In gambling everything is based on algorithms and randomness, and our brain is organized in such a way that it tries in any situation (even incomprehensible) to build logical chains, which may be false.   

The biggest mistake that people have made when they get involved in gambling is when they start thinking about making profits, and when they are faced with the harsh reality that they are having more losses than successes, these people become desperate, and lose what little fear they have. What's left for them to do is put a lot of money into gambling and they start playing with a lot of money which in most cases is money that they can't afford to lose and they play and lose and as a consequence they start to borrow money and lose and then cannot pay back the money they borrowed

As they are unable to pay back the money they borrowed, they start selling all their goods, but as they are addicted to gambling, they take the money from the things they sold and instead of paying their debts, they go gambling and lose all the money. in the game and debts are being collected, under the pressure they are under, they start stealing money on the streets or at work or at relatives' houses

One of the issues with the human brain is that we are so good at finding patterns that we see patterns everywhere even when they are not there, and you pointed out this is a mistake the OP is making, casinos get their profits out of simple math that probably any kid these days can understand, however instead of accepting this simple fact, it is way more attractive for many people out there to create a convoluted story about why they obtained those results.

the thing for me is that if I just think positively and try to manifest things from my room but don't move my ass to do stuff nothing will happen
I think being positive helps but it's definitely not enough
it's action that moves things in the world.

what do you think?

Action moves the needle. You can think all you want, but if you never take those thoughts into action they stay exactly that, trapped inside your head! Unfortunately this isn't exactly bringing the desired outcome one would wish to have with gambling, I think the trick is to actually believe that you will win! There was this study done that focusing on an object changes the circumstances of that object, simply because it is being watched! I found it fascinating- I will try to find this study and link it. As this relates to gambling I wonder what studies have been done on gambling and luck? 

The issue with most gamblers as regards to how gambling works is, they forget how the brain works. It's fine Op noticed this changes. The more one gambles the more he makes mistakes. The brain works extraordinarily hard when it comes to gambling. It's not straight forward, we tend to guess what would be in the next few minutes. That's gambling. And this activity stresses out the brain in the most difficult ways. Repeating it each day only leaves the brain weak and tired of thinking properly on such matters.

But after a few days of rest and participating in the game afresh the brain recovers more energy to think and performs just well during the game. Whatever activity that requires brain power must be accompanied with enough rest, if one must gain the results they want. This has to do with us, the gamblers, not the casino. Although the casino controls the results, one may think, but with the brain gaining enough rest, the player would have the energy to think well, and control his decisions.

I haven't seen many studies on gambling and luck but would luck to read a bit more about it
gambling, luck and positive vs negative thinking would be really interesting to see too

maybe somebody else in the forum can help on that?

This stage is the worst stage of gambling addiction,the moment One has gotten to the point of selling his properties or borrowing money from a firm or from people,that is when you are finished.This type of people have already given up on life because gambling is what controls their lifes at this stage,they no longer think when gambling,they gamble with pain,anger, depression,thinking and hoping one day will be their day.They no longer make proper research about the teams they want to stake on,the just go about picking odds that will be difficult,and think that one day,it will be their day, This state is the worst.

Gambling is all about having fun and there is nothing there to harm us, but many have taken this for granted in such a way that it has influence the way of their behaviors and they got addicted into it and also do beyond what is expected of them with gambling, this should be discouraged and we should know that aside fun, we should see gambling as nothing with a bad intention on us except we choose to have it that way.

I'm pretty sure that this doesn't work in gambling, thinking that you will win won't make you win because almost every gambler who gambles for money thinks they will win but it doesn't make them win all the time because winning and losing in gambling depend on the gambler's luck and nothing influences that unless they are playing a game or something that isn't completely dependent on luck.

Sports betting is an example of that, a person doesn't need only luck to be able to make bets in sports games but they need knowledge and experience mostly because the results of sports games isn't always influenced by luck.

All in all, I don't believe that by thinking that something will happen it doesn't happen when we are gambling, this might work in other things but not in gambling.

From your friend's experience that you mentioned above, this is a pretty good first step to repairing what was previously damaged by gambling. Your friends don't feel bored, but they already know what the impact is. Hopefully, your friend's experience will lead the way for many others to more positive results.

Yes, it's best to bet when you see a chance that you believe will win that round. That's much better than forcing yourself to join in and continue playing. Indeed, every platform maker really knows the psychology of each gambler. The more active or aggressive the gamblers are, the happier they are, as they please, controlling their wins and losses.

This is the main factor that one needs if he or she wants to gamble in such away that he won't become addicted in future, if one want to gamble for fun he shouldn't think of how much or how big he could win. It's better to gamble for fun instead of gambling to make profits and after all that ends up getting addicted. When someone doesn't gambles for fun it influence them in a way that they will lose and still become addicted.

But having fun and getting benefits cannot be separated from gambling activities, then what is fun about gambling besides getting a win when you have the right prediction on soccer bets or on other games such as slots and others, it can be a fun factor for many people and feel proud that he won, the problem is that the person always thinks that he will win and is addicted to his winnings which makes him happy because his money increases by just turning his fingers.
Now to overcome this, there needs to be a limit and a lot to be safer in gambling even though we want that pleasure, simply not too often because it will make us addicted and have more expectations of gambling that can eat up our money that we ourselves are not ready to lose, because indeed the more active we are, the more frequent the defeats will be.

It's quite strange that I also feel that way, when we focus on gambling and more actively gambling more losses come to us even sometimes the victory in my opinion is gray, like very far away for me to reach, even until I think that maybe making a deposit again will be given a win by the house but not at all and just walking ordinary slicing my money until I can't gamble anymore in that session.

But when I was joking and not serious and then I didn't play for a few weeks and considered my gambling joke at that time, and the results were very positive even though I didn't have any expectations at that time, whether thinking about winning or losing I was very ignorant but then getting a win this does sound strange but I also enjoy it, although it also doesn't happen often, but it's true that when we are serious and focused it will be very annoying but when we are apathetic and just fulfill empty time it seems that luck does not stop and even much bigger.

This should be an important lesson, because being too active is also not a good thing, which will waste valuable time and will alienate us from our environment if we gamble too much.

Many just fail to understand gambling that is why they go about it in the wrong way thinking that is all about making money by all means. The truth is that playing gambling more will always leaf to excessive lose because their is no guarantee whereby playing gambling will bring more profit.  Gambling is supposed to be played for fun and with the amount of money that one can afford to lose, atleast this will reduce the number of loses that will occur if playing without control and it can also help in preventing one in getting addicted that can lead to some serious damages like depression and committing suicide.

Too much of everything will always give us a taste of its negativity. And that's why being too much active in gambling will might lead you to some bad experience.

If we gamble too much and we feel the urge is different this time. You know where it is going and that's becoming addict in gambling.

But before that happens, you know that you will want to stop it and you need to have that willpower for yourself to stop whatever initiatives you do.

oh Doan I don't think so
gambling is not only about having fun, lots of people approach it as a way to make money and many get hooked in the way

the harm is addiction

and we shouldn't take this lightly
maybe you're a lucky one that has good control of your power of will and have good mind body balance so you won't fall for addictions
the thing is... not everyone is like that

Op's experience doesn't differ from how humans feel whenever they consistently indulge in a specific activity. We'll definitely get tired and wouldn't perform adequately well, compared to how we work when energized, after days of complete rest. However, it's nice he's watching his habit and figuring out the right move. Talking to a community is the best choice he's made and it would help the player to receive varieties of ideas regarding his gambling habit. Personally, few days of rest solve my fatigue problem. Gamblers should go for vacations to replenish the energy which they've exhausted.

whatever you do with consistency is a thing you must be alert about and keep your attention on it
it can make you or break you
your actions will come from your thoughts so if you're not aware about your thoughts you end up in a bad situation
gambling is a delicate thing imo because it can be too risky.

This is why when you say "too much of everything" - it can be termed as addiction. Or maybe, you have heard that everything in excess is bad. That is actually true for all, not only in gambling. I believe this is self-explanatory and it will hit you when you are on the verge of addiction to something.

Now, about the OP's story. I don't agree the reasoning that when you feel you are less attached or should I say, not really serious in your games, you will have more positive results. I believe, because there's less or no pressure for you when you play your game, whatever the results is too easy for you to accept. However, if you are consistently playing because you have targets, that's when you feel you are failing because you are not achieving your goals.

Now it becomes a difficult thing too when someone has a target in gambling, whether it is victory, profit, or excessive pleasure, of course it will make everything excessive if the target is not limited by the risks that may occur in gambling, this is similar to other things in other aspects of life.

It should be apathetic about winning or profit because the average person in gambling has this target, this can cause someone to lose their way because they can be the longer they stand in gambling the more ambition to tear themselves to play crazier in gambling, someone must be aware of the consequences in any case including in gambling which is very sensitive and can change a person's personality.

But in other minds when we are not serious in playing it seems unpleasant, and quickly feel bored, what happens is a different feeling when accompanied by ambition and seriousness so that it can produce real pleasure.

It can't be measured between those who gambles for fun and those who gambles to make profits, but from what my instincts tells me I can clarify that those who gambles for profits are more than those who are gambling for fun. Some people lied to themselves that they are gambling for fun but truth be told that when they lose they also feel depressed not because they lose big money but because greed is installed in everyone's mind. However there are some gamblers who controls their level of greed and they are gambling till date and still not addicted to gamble in any way. The more we learn how to control greed the more we gamble save.

Is there a way one can gamble without having that mindset of winning more?Well,as far as I know,and as far as I have been in this gambling of a thing,greed is one thing that must be present in everyone's life,for him to get what he wants,he must desire to win big, therefore if he loses in the process of that despiration,then it will definitely hurt him when he loses.
Gambling is something that is so hard to control yourself of,to you,one must cut down his level of greed,while to me people who don't want to get addicted should just avoid gambling and focus on something else.

Actually there are gamblers like that, not everyone gambles are addicted to gambling, so if some gamblers are are thinking of winning more from gamble, there are other gamblers who don't think of such things because they know what it can cause. Thinking of winning alone won't end well for a gambler, which means a gambler also have to get ready for what's ahead (lose and win). If gamble it's easy there won't be any time a gambler will lose a dime on it.  Actually, addition gamblers finds it so difficult to quit and control themselves anytime they start to gamble. It won't be easy for someone who's addicted to gamble quite gamble because he's addicted and it's like when it's too late for him or her.

that's correct, not all gamblers will be addicted
probably the minor part of them will be heavy addicted in a way it undermines their quality of life, maybe 5-15% only?
it's a bell curve distribution all over again after all...
as in many different things in life.

I agree as I was heavily addicted and they way I came out of this was because I thought to myself anytime I wanted to deposit money and gamble,"It is better the money to be on my wallet rather than on the wallet of the gambling company" and this has put me having a great edge when fighting addiction.Every week my wallet keeps increasing in value and the more increases the happier I am.This of course has impacted my way of life for the better as I don't feel the urge to gamble anymore and I only do so not often.The thing that triggered this in me was Pragmatic Play provider and their bullshit slots they offer.

one way to break addiction cycles is when you identify the trigger you change it
you either do something else or you resist but usually resist by chosing a different activity than what you urge to do
with time the urge will subside and be easier to deal with

Probably you’re right because the more you fuel your addiction, the more worst scenario will happen. But if you find a solution to cut your addiction, eventually you will also experience a better outcome, and with that identifying what triggers it is a very effective strategy. You don’t have to keep doing the thing that never creates a positive outcome, but you can always divert your attention into something else or learn to minimize gambling activities so you can also avoid too much losses.

You are absolutely correct, greed is the foundation of addiction. Once a gambler start having greed without being able to control it, the result always ends up heart broken, because such persons are likely to risk It all in trying to regain back their loss. Letting go off your loss requires discipline and not all gamblers are discipline else the reputation of gambling would be secured and known for good. I agree that some person gamble and get addicted without them knowing and I believe that is the major cause of addiction, because there is no way you can provide solution to a problem without identifying the fault.

When we talk about discipline, only few gamblers have it, and the rest is rated 30%/100 which is bad. At least the discipline rate of a gambler is supposed to be 90% or 100% because without discipline, and gambler becomes addicted gambler no matter how hard he or she tries to gamble safe, if discipline is not included then the effort of the gambler not to become addicted is a total waste. However greed is the overall of them all because when greed is included in a gamblers chase he wouldn't let go of his lose. If a gambler learns to let go of losses and starts to learn his lessons he could gamble safe by also applying discipline on his gambling life.

The strangest part in that story is that these casinos don't even know your ticket personally; there's a way of differentiating million of stakes from different regions, but there isn't a way of identifying the gambler in person for every stake, unless a review is conducted on your account.
The thing is that most of the time, the options that tend to pay you the most is likely to be repeated over and over again.. you might always be hoping to get a win from it but it's not gonna repeat itself... That's the casino's defense mechanism!
I haven't heard anything like that before. Maybe he's just taking things too seriously? Maybe not.

the preamble of every gambler is to multiply it funds or money true gambling so it is obvious that a gambler what makes a gambler will be addicted or to be curious in gambling it is because of greediness but there is some certain people who gamble with a strategies who knows that the gambling has advantages who also knows that with the gambling involvement they can lose what they have so the gambled with a precaution so that they will not be victim of losing what the have or being addicted in gambling because of greediness, so if you can be able to control yourself in gambling I don't think that you will have that chance of 30% rates over 100% in gambling.

that's true
but people vary a lot
so for some they'll be able to be exposed to the object of their addiction from time to time and still be fine but others may only have a functional life if they avoid it completely
it varies a lot too depending on what is the object of their addiction, there's that too

I think OP isn't used to the stress of gambling. There are people that are stuck everyday in the space of gambling and they have nothing than that gambling and they make their money from gambling. The thing is that these gamblers lose money for betting everyday because they actually stake high with multiple odd which reduces their chance of winning but the day they win a single game, in a month, it covers all the loss they made and they made even more profits.

If less attention is what work best for OP, I suggest he stick to that method because it's better to be winning even if you are staking the amount you can afford to lose. Even if you are gambling for fun and you don't make money from it, there will come a time when you will no longer have interest in gambling or you may not see as a fun thing to do again.

I have noticed more than once that gambling acts like a funnel and sucks us in over time. I have a method that I have been using for years, I have not read about it anywhere, but I think many people use it too. I just take breaks from the game, sometimes it can be weeks, and sometimes even a month without one bet. Previously, when I was younger, I wanted to win more and I felt excited, but now I understand that this is not the main thing for me, the process of choosing what to bet on and the analysis that I conduct for myself is important to me. In short, think about breaks in the game and going out into nature with your family, for me this is the best rest and reboot of my emotional state. And the fact that it seems to you that the casino is teasing active players is just an illusion, I don’t attach much importance to such things.