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This question is born out of my personal experience, and I expect all contributions to be in line with personal experience and reflecting your personal views and reality on the questions just as the title stated.
Do we really need a reserve balance for our gambling expenses, or we just make deposits of amount we can finish and walk?

In my opinion, having a reserve balance for gambling can be a bad idea. If we are not the type of person who is able to control ourselves. If you are like that, then the answer is, you better deposit according to the limit that you are willing to spend and stop after that. The concept of reserve balance can be deceiving, because you will feel free, and not aware of the loss limit. Maybe without realizing it, when you lose, you will thinking about, "There are still reserve to continue play once again," even though it has actually passed the limit. But, if you are able to control yoursef, and able to manage your expense, you are able to try, with any risk, like losing it all. the best way not from reserve, but know your limit.

It depends on the gambler in question. Gamblers that gambles occasionally, only need to make deposit of the amount that they have intended to use for gambling at that moment. On the other hand, if you're a gambler that gambles weekly, it's good that you have a gamble budget. That doesn't mean that when you deposit your weekly gambling budget, you should exhaust it once and refill it again.

If you have exhausted your gambling budget in one session, it's better you don't refill it till the next week. I gamble whenever I feel like with my gambling budget which can be called my reserve. If I don't have interest on gambling, I leave my funds in my account. Discipline and self control is good as a gambler.

There should be a budget for it. Doing so is called accurate cashflow management. You should set aside some percentage of your money for gambling if you're a gambler. Mine is 3% of my earnings and I furthermore try to spread that budget across my gambling days until I get the next deposit.

It's good to have a budget since you can tend to overspend and cut across monies kept for expenses or other useful things. It's sometimes challenging to keep accurately to the budget, but it serves as a benchmark to guide you so you don't mess up your finances.

i don't understand exactly what a “reserve balance” is. i think you mean a certain balance for gambling that is always there.

no, i usually take what i want to take or not. i probably never just leave my money there. if i win i withdraw my money, if i don't win i don't ask for more. on gambling sites i guess having your money there saves you the time and commission of investing at different times. but i usually ignore it.

in the end, you never know, it's better to keep our money in our wallet.

All will depend on the habits of the gambling activities carried out. There are some gamblers who might do it, maybe dividing their money allocation for two or even three deposits. But for me, I don't need a reserve balance to refill when it's all gone. Although it can be limited, it's just that maybe starting to get used to rejecting the results of defeat and starting to chase what has been lost in the next deposit.

Normally I would say that having a particular amount of money set aside for gambling is good enough to keep you in check...but if you are going to compare it to making a single deposit and forgetting about it when it's completely exhausted I would go with the second option..To some people, keeping a reserve balance for gambling might become something that triggers them to continue gambling irresponsibly, this isn't the same with everyone.

It appears that some gamblers do need that so that is why many reputable casinos offer the Vault option so the gambler can put some of the winnings there and keep playing with the original deposit they did. This helps a lot psychologically for such gamblers as when they put their winnings in the Vault they simply don't care much then what happens to their original balance that they have deposited. Other than this I see no need for such reserve option like the Vault as gamblers remain gamblers and they will always use as much money as they have in their power. The reserve or Vault is only put in place in order to give a boost to the gamblers psychologically as any amount you put there makes you feel better while you continue playing with the original amount deposited, it also serves as a bank in the sense that you can put any winning there before continuing to play.

Bad experience really that is Real why I asked this question is because of my recent gambling activities, before now I withdraw almost 80% of my signature earnings, and leaving 20% as a weekly gambling budget, but in recent time I have no need for money so most weeks I now have big left over or untouched balance on my wallet and this have lead me into increasing both my gambling budget and also my time consumption in gambling, so really will need a d line to read what others think about this situation.

Why not? Everything is all about proper planning and getting a reserve Ballance as a gambler is also another way of effective utilisation of your resources such that you gamble within your reach. It's just like setting out an emergency fund or allocating an amount for your investment so you become cautious of how you're making your expenses. The merit of doing so far surpasses the demerit of doing it. The demerit can be that you're paying too much detail to your gambling lifestyle but the effect of not doing so might result in gambling addiction.

If for instance I budget a maximum of $20 for my monthly gambling and keep it in a separate account, what that does for me is that If I'm disciplined enough, I'm going to be restricted by the allocation I've made which is going to in a way help me gamble more responsibly and do so within a set out budget.

I do not have reserve at all because I do not see any need for it. Even if I am not am winning, I will not be putting my gambling budget in a reserve for gambling purpose but it will just be within my savings instead. It is small but I like it like that. If the money I am using for gambling that w eek is exhausted, I will prefer not to gamble that week again until I get another weekly pay the following week.

the real problem is: what to do after you have lost your reserve balance? how many you want to have?
moreover... why you ended with no balance? If you're playing in a wise mode avoiding big bets and avoiding to not play according your wallet you don't need any reserve.
Plus this can lead to wager/spend more of what you planned to spend. I think this could be a serious threat for your gambling...
Use cold wallets if you gamble with bitcoin and crypto. The solution is very easy... since you can use timelocks, cold wallets and so on...

For me, in gambling there is no need for a reserve fund. If you want to play, just bring the required amount of money that can be expected to last the usual time to play.
Indeed, the time depends on the level of luck that makes the balance last.
Because the focus is on experience, I only place sports bets. From the rest of the balance, then I devoted to slot games.
If I win, I'm happy because losing is certain. If I'd set up a reserve fund, I'd probably be looking for ways to continue playing again and that's not what I want.

I have being following up with you my man, and I see that you always win some bonuses from your signature campaign such as free spin and that amount should be enough to cover up for your weekly gambling expenses, most especially if you win on those spins and use the winning to play some other games, but also I noticed that even if you keep the money in your savings, some times you get tempted to make deposits from your wallet and that at time's still ball down to exceeding your gambling budget, although I don't know if that ever happens to you?

Not necessary that you need a reserve balance; it depends on your preferences and gambling habits. if you have a lot of time to play, it's better to just make a deposit based on what you can afford to lose.

If you have limited time, then a reserve balance is good, so you will not have to deposit, which will consume your time, and it will get you started right away. It always boils down to gambling with money that you can afford to lose.

Based on my point of view and my from my little experience, I don't consider keeping a reserve funds for gambling, immediately I make a deposit and gamble with it, even when I lose all of them I will walk away and continue some other time. Keeping more money for gamble will actually make you continue depositing and gambling and you might find it difficult to quit. Although sometimes it's hard to walk away but doing it is a way of implying risk management.

I also don't have a reserve fund when it comes to my gambling activities. Whatever I deposit, it means, that's the amount I can lose for that session. Once it got busted, I don't deposit anymore even if I have other money because I know that I already allocated the funds for that session. Depositing more means I am ruining my budget for other expenses. And for me, doing so will just create more trouble in my finances. Also, if I have reserve fund, it is not for gambling but for emergency purposes. I've learned my lessons in gambling so many times, I just don't want to put myself in a tight position.

IMO this will make you more disciplined. It's like planning everything before gambling, this is a practical move to secure funds and be consistent on what you like to do which is gambling. Just use the specific amount of money you expect to be gone in a minute, it's better that way than using majority of your funds and might have a problem later. You don’t want to end up touching money meant for bills or food just because you got carried away. Having that reserve keeps you disciplined in money, aware of your financial status and stops you from losing money.

It is better, in my personal opinion, to have a reserve balance to gamble. You can also call it a gambling budget, as I do.
It is good to keep track on our personal expenses on casinos and not to over-spend when we are not supposed to, for example, when we have some extra bills to pay or when we plan to buy something important, like a new computer, a new TV, or whatever.

If you just deposit at your will and whim whatever money you feel to be suitable onto the casino, then you are giving up some control on your personal finances and making it more difficult to reach your other financial objectives. Because in the end of the day, we all have objectives outside of our gambling life and those need to be reached with the help of money and financial stability.

IMO, it's important to have an actual budget or balance fo gambling only. And so we're going to touch the other money that we have allotted for other important things. If you just do deposits and gamble away with that, it's also okay for as long as it is not threatening your budget for the other expenses that you need to attend to.

Coming just to entertain yourself will keep your self-control in check. I once deposited twice the time I came. But not every time I play.
Depositing more than once was because the budget I had earmarked to play was not what I was used to.
The win-loss I receive is still the same decision considering that time is precious if I spend it in front of the screen because there is still a lot of time I need to work and complete other tasks.

Personally speaking keeping money for the purpose of gambling is not a nice thing to do because doing so you are Prioritizing gambling over other important things that will be of help to you gambling is not an investment or something that will bring you value in return so it should not get to the point where you will intentionally be keeping money aside for the purpose of gambling.


Anything that will warrant you to be keeping money aside should be something of value gambling is one thing that has made people to go broke and started living a life that is charactarized by regret as gambling will suck all your savings away from you

Reserve is about self control, if the player can't maintain the purpose of setting up a reserve it's worthless to start it in the first place. However, responsible gamers always keep aside some funds that'll carry them for too many sessions, instead of running it down in one playing session.

I just think about it, I only deposit a limited amount at the casino where I will gamble, I do not exceed these limits, because this way I avoid the part where I get addicted.

Of course, when the funds are exhausted, it simply means that I need to stop and come back another time when I am free again and mostly for fun is always my reason for gambling every time
I play at the casino here in the crypto gambling space.

My question is quite simple, is gambling so important that we should have a reserve fund for gambling?

Gambling is not a business, and not a place to make a profit, but a place of entertainment, to simply seek pleasure by squandering the money we have for something futile in the hope of getting lucky. so it's just sewjrnya in gambling, where we only gamble with the amount of money that is ready to lose it. Because I believe in our lives there are more important things to prioritize than playing gambling. It should be understood that gambling is just a desire, not a need, so there is no need to have and reserve for gambling.

I will say yes, we need a reserve balance because there are situations whereby we may not have enough money to gamble and remembering that we have an alternative means could come a surprise to us and then we can fall back on it and gamble, from my little experience, i have a friend who will always complained that each time he gets the right game to play he is more sure of, then he will discover being stranded financially without having money to gamble, then i told him that maybe he should always have a reserved fund for incase of emergency purpose.

You should only have a specific budget for a specific period of time. For example, if you have a budget of $100 for gambling per month, you can use it in one day or you can keep a reserve and use it gradually. This is completely your personal decision. However, I never recommend keeping a reserve outside the budget when it comes to gambling. It is natural to get greedy while gambling because gambling games are controlled in such a way and will mess up your mind in a way that will attract you to continue gambling. However, you should avoid them and limit yourself to your budget and this can be the activity of a successful person.

I think this depends solely on the type of gambler the person is, like for example, a gambler like myself don't need a reserve balance, gambling doesn't mean much to me and I only engage myself in it once in a while or occasionally when ever I feel like having fun with it, I simply deposit to the casino any amount of money I know within myself that I can afford to lose at that very moment and time.

Maybe those who treat gambling as a business possibly do set out funds which they reserve specifically for gambling, this is very understandable if I am asked, but for those who gamble for the fun they derive from it, I don't think it makes any sense setting out reserve funds or balance.

Gambling is not like a business or even trading, where you keep a reserve balance so that you can use it in case your current capital gets stuck and you need more funds. In gambling, one should try to use as less money as possible, so there is absolutely no point in having a reserve balance for gambling because that is only going to make you gamble irresponsibly because if you lose the current bankroll and then make another deposit from the reserved balance, you are not a responsible gambler and you will lose more money which shouldn't happen.

The only case I can think of is when you manage to win a large amount from your current bankroll, and then you keep a portion of it as a reserve that you can use for your gambling activities in the future, but that is a different case, and I wouldn't recommend anyone having a separate reserve balance for their gambling activities from their hard-earned money and a small percentage is enough for your gambling activities.

It all depends on the purpose of each person who gambles. If the goal is to find money or get profit, of course, the gambler must have a reserve balance so that he can try again the bet he will make until he gets the expected victory, but of course it will make it difficult for him because he plays with pressure that requires him to be able to get the victory.

I will not going to call the things like reserve balance for gambling, I will say here that a certain amount of budget for gambling.

I think that in the case of gambling, instead of keeping a reserve balance, you should set a specific budget with a strategy that you should take a break from gambling after reaching it, and then after a certain period, you can gamble again with another new budget if you want.

And if you want to keep a reserve balance for gambling, then the situation will be such that after losing an amount, you will top up from that balance and gamble again, which may make it difficult for you to gamble responsibly.

I don't know about you, but i definitely do need to reserve it separately, because i stick to my plan and my budget.

If you think you can handle your gambling without planning it before hand, then no one is stopping you to do as you wish.
So "we" don't need to do anything. But i am speaking from my personal experience when i say that i have found out hard way that i need a plan, budget and rules to follow.

Making up rules for gambling or changing them or my budget as i go, makes whole planning meaningless. Maybe improvisation suits someone when it comes to money, but that's definitely not for me.

I don't think it's a good idea to have reserve funds for gambling same as what other said above but maybe on sports betting if you have skills to analyze before you bet and considered profitable then you can grow your reserve funds.

However, if you gamble on slots that is a bad idea you better deposit only that you can afford to lose then stop no need to reserve funds on playing slots because the chances to win in slots is pretty small unless if you are lucky.

I never got such situation, but i thought about it. For my purposes i had to save money for a few months, so i couldn`t make a reserve before the game. But my first withdrawals wasn`t spent for anything. They grew up until i`ve got one more starting bankroll.

PS. I know at least 2 guys in real life, who use credit cards, if they lose all their money. As result, they still win and close credit, but i don`t ready to repeat it.

i guess it depends on one's gambling habits.. some prefer to deposit some money and then when they lose or win they just walk away from it. but there are also those who choose to create a gambling reserve to manage their gambling so that it is more controlled. it's just a matter of preference. but i personally prefer to deposit some money, whether it's a win or a loss it's okay, i don't bother myself too much to create a gambling reserve, just make it simpler but still within my capabilities.

Personally, I usually don't need a reserve balance for my gambling expenses, but usually in 1 week or 1 month I usually have set how much I will gamble, and regarding the amount it depends on the income I got in the previous month so I can set the allocation. So, for example, if the total allocation runs out, then I stop playing for that period, and there is no reserve balance, because I feel that the reserve balance triggers me to play without limits, and I have really been in that phase, so I learn from my experience.

From my experience, having a reserve balance actually makes us lose more in gambling, because sometimes when we lose there is always a desire to place another bet in the hope of being able to return what has been lost. Losing once or twice may still be acceptable, but if you experience more losses than that and it happens in a row, then it will be quite difficult to stop gambling before what has been lost can be returned or after we have lost everything.

Gambling can indeed bring great losses when we are not able to control it properly. So my advice is that you don't need to have a reserve to gamble, and when you lose it would be better to immediately withdraw from gambling, and just assume that on that day you were unlucky, and try again at another opportunity.

I think that this is not the best solution, because if a player wants to get to the money to continue the game, then the reserve balance will be the thing that he will reach very quickly. And if necessary, he will continue to play with even greater passion than before. In general, if a player wants to win back, he is capable of not only spending the reserve balance, but also cheating to get a loan, I have seen such cases. Generally speaking, the reserve balance can be useful, but only for thinking and conscious players who know how to control, it will be something like insurance for them, and not another regular money to lose in a short time.

You are absolutely righ, explain everything in a few lines. If I can be more elaborate and simple, I can say that a gambling reserve is a simple way to recover your losses. When a person loses and breaks their streak, they would like to bet again for a chance to recover their losses, and they will repeat this behavior again and again because it is human nature; they won't tolerate the loss. So when you have reserves, you cannot stop, and this way, your gambling limit is exceeded, and no doubt the losses will double.

All I am saying is that gambling reserves are better, but only under the condition that you have complete control over yourself. Or I have a better idea, put the gambling reserves in another account, and when you use your balance, then walk away, this way, your reserves will be safe.

Reserve fund.? Quite interesting to discuss, I never thought about saving a reserve fund that is intended for gambling, because it seems that even without having a reserve fund, sometimes our savings are drained for gambling. However, to prevent greater losses and limit the maximum amount of money we use for gambling, it seems this idea is quite interesting to consider. Because sometimes in gambling, it is difficult to stop before we really feel satisfied, whether it is when winning or losing.

Not everyone have such luxury of cash flow to build a reserve for something as risky as gambling, most of us just squeeze out any amount we can afford to waste per time whenever we set out to gamble.


Although I have seen some few gamblers who take gambling as another source of income, and at that they budget heavily for the gambling each week sometimes they spend all their salaries on gambling without minding what the next day will hold and with hopes of winning something large.

From my own experience, keeping a reserve balance sounds wise in theory but in fact it might be problematic. When I used to gamble more often, I discovered that setting aside a predetermined amount I was good with losing and walking away after it’s gone worked better for me. A reserve occasionally made me feel like I had backup and that led to chasing losses.  So personally, I prefer to see it like entertainment money and not something I need to save up for or hold in reserve. Once it’s gone, I’m done.

I don’t think that’s necessary. I don’t treat gambling the same way I treat investing. I carefully pick my asset positions but I don’t do the same serious research when I gamble because I don’t have the same expectations.

So it is pointless have a reserve balance. No need to take gambling that seriously imo. Just deposit, play and see if you are lucky. End of the story.

Save your mental energy for your business plans and investments.

It will depend on your gambling plans. If you have set a certain amount for each day, you would have to follow it. You shouldn't gamble off the amount you have set aside for a month in one day. For me I like gambling during weekends, but I deposit money at the end of every month when I receive my salary. For me to enjoy my gambling experience for the month,  it will be wrong to blow out my deposit in one sitting.  I would have to keep reserving some amount to enable me to gamble the next day or week. Spending a week's or month's budget in a single day might be a result of loss chasing or a lack of control.

It depends on how much you wish to risk. if you are willing to risk a certain amount of money for that round of gambling session, then you can wish to split it into two half so you have a reserve funds and then take the risk one after a time. For me that's simply what I do. Let's say I deposit $100 in my casino account, I split it into half. One for reserve incase I loss just too much on a single round then I have something to fall back on after that. This way I won't have to think about depositing another money for a long period of time.

This is an interesting topic that has been through my mind for a while. Does setting aside a budget for gambling make you more of an addict than just random deposits? Sometimes I feel like if Money comes into your account and you take some out to gamble you are actually prioritizing it, meaning that you are either obsessed with it or about to become addicted, well this is just my thoughts on this.

It really comes down to one thing - do you have any control over the game that you are playing, or is a house advantage absolutely built in to the game. If it is the latter, then it doesn't really matter if you spend every last cent and reload your wallet if you want to play again in future. If there is the possibility of an advantage like in sports betting, you might decide to not place all your money down on a single bet or even a string of bets in the same session - even the best gamblers in skill based games know there will be variance that sometimes works in their favor and sometimes works against them. It can be demoralizing to be wiped out entirely, so having a buffer in your account might be good as a psychological trick.

Well, i don't think is a perfect way to carry yourself in gambling, it's best to learn when to quit, what happens when you lose from the money you kept under reserve will there be another to replace it, let there be a difference between funding with half your funds and later funding the remainder than exceeding when you should have stopped.

What he meant was to keep aside other funds separate from what was deposited, the fund will serve in case he never won from his first deposit now he has to deposit from the amount he kept under reserve.

Yeah, it is interesting, but only self-control will make it work. For someone who is capable of gambling with their savings, the tendency is very high that they would also use up the money in the reserve before the duration the money is supposed to serve elapses.

Having a reserve does not solve any problem; only self-control does. So, gamblers should focus on developing their minds to stick to an already made plan rather than deviate at any slight chance just because of greed.

It depends on the person who is gambling but in my opinion, it is not necessary to have a reserve balance but if you want to have a reserve balance then no one is stopping you to do it. As others have said that it doesn't matter if you want to do it or not. If you are planning to play again in the future then you can do that like let's say you can afford to lose or risk the total amount of $2k but only use $1k at the moment and the rest $1k is what you called reserve balance. I also think that it won't be easy if a person who is gamblers that doesn't have self-control then it is more likely won't happen.

Having a reserve balance is not necessary in gambling, but if a gambler decides to have a reserve balance, it should be an amount they can afford to lose. The reserve balance shouldn't be money that will be needed for important things aside from gambling. Having a reserve is not bad either; it also means that one has good self-control by maintaining a balance but has only decided to use it to bet some other time. A gambler who is addicted can never reserve some money as a balance; such a person will be forced by the urge to gamble with the balance in their gambling account. But I will say again, having a balance is not necessary.

When you are a gambler or an investor, you need a reserve balance to keep engaging in such activity. Gambling is a financial decision to bet with the mindset of making more bucks for yourself. Well, the obvious fact is that we don't always get the kind of results that we expected to see in gambling which is why the number of gamblers keep increasing due to the fact that old gamblers keep trying their luck without letting go of their lost funds.

The mindset has been like this, you are going to make far more money than you have lost. That had been the mentality of many  us that are gamblers. We want to get every lost penny back with additional profit. Does this really works for every gambler? No! There are gamblers that will be profitable and their are those that will never be profitable.

It is better to have a reserve balance because gambling is a game of luck and when you agree to view it in that manner, when luck doesn’t find you the first time you’ve tried, then trying the second, third or fourth time could give you the luck of winning. If you’ve already used up your gambling expenses in just one game or two without having reserves, then you won’t have the chance to play another again and again to try your luck out.

This reserve should be part of the money you were willing to risk in a game and not another money you will still bring out from your separate savings that shouldn’t have been allocated to gambling. Splitting up your gambling bills and keeping some as reserve is the best you can do in order to stand a better chance to win more games, but not you risking more money than what you’ve allocated to gambling.

i dont think if gamblers need reserved balance. the overall majority of gamblers usually gamble with all the amount they deposited, and for that reason i will advice guys to always deposited the amount they can afford to lose, because depositing an amount above your gambling expectation will definitely give rise  to gambling all at ago without you knowing. so for that reason when making provision for gambling amount  we need to deposit the  appropriate amount for that specific bet we need, because depositing above that amount needed and expecting to have reserved fund will result using all, so no need for gamblers to have reserved fund.

I don’t deposit money frequently, I do have a specific amount that I do deposit every week in my gambling account, so I do gamble gradually with the money, immediately I finished it even before the due date that am suppose to make another deposit, I don’t deposit more money, but we are completely different, and everyone is having the strategy which they are using to gamble, some people prefer to deposit whenever they want to gamble, but some people prefer to have money in their gambling account, whenever they want to place a bet, they won’t disturb themselves depositing at that moment.

Good point on calling it gambling expenses, that already tells you it’s money you’re prepared to lose. If you call it an investment, you’re expecting profit, and that’s a whole different mindset.

If we treat gambling as entertainment, then yes there should be a set budget for it. But if you're serious about it, you need a proper bankroll. The problem is, a lot of people don’t understand bankroll management. They just deposit whatever extra cash they have, and that’s where things can go wrong.

No limits, no structure, and that’s how it becomes addictive. Worst part? Once you lose control, it can get really bad.

No, and I don't think it is necessary because this is near temptation. I'd choose to gamble when there is an available extra fund, so I can control my mind. Besides, gambling is not my priority, unlike when you are in business, which is what we need. We haven't treated gambling as very important in our lives. We allocate funds for this, but it doesn't mean we have to allocate more. It is better to put reserved funds into the thing that generates more money.

If we want to control our gambling addiction, we shouldn't spend too much on gambling as well.

What's the point of a reserve balance? That will basically lead to losing more than you could have possibly spent on gambling. I consider having a reserve balance to be a wrong step that a gambler will make.

I only deposit what I want to use and gamble at that moment and not for later. The only time I can do it differently is if I win a game and will have to make a withdrawal, leaving some balance in the casino for future use. Even if I don't want to gamble at that moment, it's a way of giving back a little to the casino and also trying out luck with leftovers.

There's nothing wrong with that but for me it's not necessary. Because when I gamble, the funds that i'm going to deposit is the only budget meant for gambling. Having a reserve funds means you're willing to continue your gambling session despite experiencing losses. Hence, making it hard to control yourself since it is likely you'll never stop until the reserve balance is empty.

It's better to gamble with set amount that you're willing to lose and can stop anytime even you still have money to use. That shows how discipline you are who can control yourself and not tempted to continue playing.

If you have a budget for gambling then you also have a reserve balance, that can be seen as too much already. Is gambling really that important for you to have a reserve? If you do not have money to gamble then stop. I am sure that you have better things to do with the reserve money you put aside. Just keep your gambling budget the amount you can spend at the moment.

Keeping a reserve balance for gambling will definitely cause a loss for the gambler because if the gambler loses in a bet, he will bet again and again because in this case his gambling balance is reserved, due to which he does not have to worry about the budget money. If you keep your gambling money in reserve, the gambler will not be able to control himself, so the gambler will not have to wait long for the reserve balance to run out. Therefore, it is better not to keep a fixed reserve in gambling.

That’s not really the case here. I think what OP meant by “reserve” is more like a gambling budget. a fixed amount for the week or month, not just pulling money out of your pocket whenever you feel like betting.

Honestly, I prefer having a set budget. It helps me stay disciplined, keeps my goals long-term, and lets me focus on the bigger picture.

At the end of the day, if we want to be responsible gamblers, we need to manage our bankroll properly. Because whether we have a reserve or not, without control, we’re all at risk of falling into addiction.

Keeping a reserve balance on a gambling platform depends on the gamblers. Some add balance before participating in gambling on the gambling platform, while others reserve balance for gambling. However, I think it is not right to reserve balance for gambling because if the balance is reserved, a gambler will always want to participate in gambling and he will participate very emotionally at some point and this will greatly increase the chances of becoming addicted to gambling. I always add balance before participating in gambling and then I participate in gambling. I never reserve balance for gambling. Because I have seen that if I reserve balance, I want to participate in gambling again and again.

Reserve balance on casino deposits? Yes, probably. I don't play something that could end up my whole deposits in just 1-2 days, the average or say minimum is 3 days. When i feel there's no progress on spinning yet without win, i tried different games with the same strategy then will stop if its still the same, then will do again later or on the other day. It's just me, idk to others.

For me, it depends. If you are gambling and it is already part of your day or week, then having a reserve balance may be better so it won't affect your other funds. Just make sure you follow it and don't touch or deposit the funds meant for other things. If you are just playing occasionally or only when you want to, then the second option is best, as long as you can control yourself and won't overdo it. Actually, both options require self-control or discipline to follow.

My gambling accounts often have a small balance left, but they aren't necessarily reserve balance. They're just money that isn't lost or withdrawn yet. Of course, it's also convenient to always have something left in your gambling wallet. Betting comes in handy. But you don't have to keep it that way if you don't have extra money.

I don't make a deposit just for a single session or round of betting. I make a deposit, play or place my bet, and leave the rest for next time.

I think it would be exact to say that it would not be reasonable to have a long-term reserve fund for gambling. You can set aside a short term budget, which may be better on a weekly basis. It is recommended that the short term budget be set aside for entertainment separately from your discretionary income so that there is no depletion of your accumulated wealth. The issue of gambling control is entirely your own inherent relativity in determining when and how you will use the money allocated for control. I recommend that you set aside a limited weekly budget for entertainment in line with your income.

I interpret reserve balance here as vault balance, if that's true regarding vault balance, then my answer is conditional, depending on the condition of a player. If the player is a player who is always in a hurry, then it is better to prepare a balance in the vault to avoid long waiting times for deposits. If the player isn't a hasty player (not addicted), then it's better to play by making a deposit every time you want to play.

Same thing still applies with someone without a reserved balance. Yes, even without a reserved balance  a gambler who cannot control himself will definitely lose more, because he can just go ahead to make more deposits from his bank to his casino account. So it's really not about the reserved balance.

Personally I feel having a reserved balance could actually turn out to be quite helpful. I can remember the countless number of times that I missed to play a game that could have fetched me some bucks simply because my bank's network wouldn't let me make deposits at that point, this of course wouldn't have happened if I had a reserved balance, would it?

Using the Vault Balance feature may be helpful, but it's only used as a backup of the main allocation amount that has been provided, so you don't have to add up to the allocation again.
Vault vault vault really should be used for emergencies only, but if the gambler just becomes addicted there will be nothing to stop him and features like Vault will just be another balance that will be lost.

This has to do with how gambling financial management is applied, so that it is not just playing without rules and management,
because all require a good strategy to achieve the main goal of a gamble, not just gambling and then losing so that one just becomes addicted.

It depends, if you are a gambling that has discipline, then you just deposit that money and play and when you lose, then that's it, no need to deposit more. On the other hand, i you win, then you can either withdraw our winnings and then left some of your initial capital to continue to have fun. Or just withdraw everything, easy as that.

The thing with a reserve balance is that you will always think that in the worse case scenario, you still have the money to continue gambling and it might be a bad idea after all as you don't have that self-restraint and then go YOLO.

What to do after you've lost your entire salary? Sit and starve? Well, that's not much fun, to be honest. No, that's clearly not the way to go. It's better not to gamble at all than to do this. You never know what could happen and you'll urgently need money, but you don't have any at all. What a sad situation. If there are such people, I don't understand them. How do they survive without any means of subsistence?

I think that there is no need to split the deposit balance, because if a gambler or bettor knows that he has reserve money, then he will psychologically consider all possible money free from obligations as his deposit. The fact that some of the money will not be on the deposit does not matter. After all, it is always easy to replenish the deposit with deferred money. It will take literally two minutes, and after that gambling continues if the first deposit is lost. Therefore, I do not see the point in dividing the deposit into the main and reserve.

I separate the concepts of bankroll and deposit, because the deposit is just a part of my bankroll, a part of which I contribute for the game, if it is lost, then I will contribute another part, perhaps this is what you call a reserve balance. You do not need to contribute all the money for gambling to the deposit, since you can lose it faster, or for some reason it will be blocked, all this must be taken into account. This is more a habit than a necessity for me now, and for players who play only for fun, perhaps there is no need for this.

A reserve balance in gambling account is not important and necessary because gambling is not an investment where you will be sure of return on investment. It is better to fund your gambling account with only the amount that you need to gamble from time to time, funding the account with extra or excess funds can lead to temptation to over gamble. A responsible gambler will have a budget for the amount that he will use for gambling, either weekly or monthly and that is bankroll management. Gamblers that don't practice bankroll management and don't have self control will constantly be tempted to gamble irresponsibly because the fund is there to over gamble.

It is a normal when someone feels they no longer need money at this time, if they have extra money they don't think about saving it just because already have some money on savings. Worse, the person loses control because of emotions when they lose gambling. So, they think short "I don't have any urgent needs, I can use my savings". It turns out that the more they deposited, the more lose they lose, the more emotional and run out of all their savings. Imagine if you make a reserve, this will be the same, if you don't have good self-control.

We must deposits the amount we can afford to lose. That is why we must allocate some money for our gambling habit so we don't use the other money that we will use to fill our needs.

Regarding of reserve balance, that will depend on ourselves. If we think that will helps us not to use the other money, we can make it but we don't have to deposit all of the money at once but we can split it into a few parts.

We just need to deposit enough money while we can keep the rest money for the next days.

But we must control ourselves in gambling so we don't deposit more money if we lose and just stop gambling. That will help us to manage our money to gambling because we have a special allocation money for gambling.

We don't need a reserve balance if we eventually use all our bankroll. Gamble only with your bankroll. Once you exhaust your bankroll, leave the casino immediately.
Keeping a reserve fund for gambling is like stepping a stone to fall inside a pit. You will think it is a strategy but gradually you will be using money you are not meant to gamble with to gamble before you know it will become a habit that you can maintain the discipline of gambling with only your bankroll.

If a gambler can gamble regularly and gamble according to plan, then I would say that they actually do not need a reserve fund. Basically, those who have long-term investment plans or those who do business need a reserve fund because they may need money for their business at any time, but in the case of gambling, I think this reserve fund is not needed. In gambling, the gambler has to do something like this: determine the amount of money they will gamble. That is, the gambler has to decide in advance how much money he will gamble with every day. As a result of doing this, if the gambler wins or loses, then he will stop at a certain limit, due to which there will be no possibility of losing a lot of money. And if this is followed, the gambler will not have to keep extra funds for gambling.

I think the answer is what kind of person you are. If you part with money easily, then you need a reserve balance not only for gambling, but have them as a lifebuoy for something unexpected. If money management is not new words for you, then you can have a small reserve balance for gambling, only to create a sweet after taste when you have finished your gambling session. There are moments, when really unexpectedly bet losses and you quickly run out of balance. Then a tiny reserve balance would help to continue, instead of making another large deposit and continue. A reserve to place one or two bets before you leave.

I personally do not feel that I need a backup balance for gambling because for me the balance that has been prepared for gambling is enough for me to do the game regardless of losing and winning it must be forced because the dama is indeed a limit for me to play gambling.

If we make a backup for gambling, precisely for me it is an action that crosses the limits of gambling that we do, it does not mean this we cannot do that because all gamblers are free to do it if we want only for me to personally if this is tolerance and too normalized, it will make us do things that are beyond the limits for me and it can make us more too far that we cannot control the gambling.

Gambling control and limitations that are carried out into an important thing that we must keep so do not try something that in the end cannot be responsible for risk because many gamblers are falling into the opium of gambling because they cannot control themselves and their selflimits.

Practice makes perfect, if you are going to keep sending money into your gambling account whenever you are ready to gamble I doubt you will have a fixed amount for gambling, which I don't recommend but we can be different though since we are all humans, you might find this a better solution but I prefer having a fixed amount for gambling every week.

Let's say a week turns very ugly, maybe sales are very bad and I don't make close to enough, since I have other responsibilities I will neglect gambling for that week until the next one, I will say let your $1 for gambling stays $1, this will protect your mind from addiction.

It's way safer than sending any amount you feel like even if you can afford the money for that week, it makes you a less disciplined gambler, but you do you, I feel a lot safer using this method than the other.

A reserve balance is good to have for everything, even for gambling. A reserve balance is good to have for everything, even for gambling. Or we can say it another way, it's not smart to spend it all at once... if you can divide your gambling budget into several parts, it will last longer and you will have more control over your entire bankroll. And that is something good if you can pull it off. For some people, it's easy & simple, but some of us are struggling with that.

There is always a need for a reserve balance everywhere. This is a situation that gamblers should not have.

I think gamblers should not have a reserve balance. Because after experiencing excessive losses, the losses do not stop automatically.
Especially if they have a reserve balance, that balance will also be depleted. Therefore, a gambler should definitely not have a reserve balance.

I honestly don't see why anyone would need a reserve for gambling, because people always hear things like only playing with amounts that the person can afford to lose or always having good bankroll management, so when a person deposits money in the casino, that person must be aware that that money will not return, the chances of that happening are high. Therefore, this person must have good bankroll management to be able to play for as long as possible and when they lose all the money, they can go back to depositing amounts that they can afford to lose.

It’s okay to have a balance if you have control over yourself because if you don’t, that balance can be wiped out easily.

Balance should be your reserve, and that reserve should only be used when necessary, not when you're losing and trying to chase losses.
Most of the time, that won’t end in a win, and you’ll just end up blaming gambling for your own bad decisions.

It will just lead to more losses especially that they have more balance to spend and they might get that courage to gamble then chase something especially that they have confidence to gamble because there's still reserve balance available in their wallet.

I don't have this and will not think about adding it up, because gambling is not sustainable and want to quit immediately if I experiencing a bad day since don't want to lose lots of money then regret for those things that avoidable to happen.

For me: NO - there is no need to have a reserve fund for our gambling expenses but I am more about depositing and then playing and living the game as it is with the deposit.
But maybe some gamblers need a reserve balance in their gambling games, it depends on how they do it - so far not doing anything except making deposits as usual.
Because I myself think that thinking about a reserve balance for gambling expenses is too much, but then again everyone has their own management to do it.

The thing is that each player will perceive this balance differently, for example one player will use it immediately because he will have absolutely no patience. Therefore, for some there will be no point in such reserve balances, but of course there will be only a small part of those players who this balance can stop for a while from reckless play. I think a good option would be if the player made a request and this balance was opened only after some time, for example after 24 hours, so that by that moment the player's emotions cooled down after a big loss.

What does reserve balance means first? Not to bet all the money in your gambling account at once? That is better. Having extra money on your wallet just for the purpose of gambling? It is also good not not necessary. As for the second one, I prefer to have all the money on my gambling account and use it to gamble but not at once. If I have lost all the money, I will stop gambling for that week.

A human is not a machine, my friend. He is a psychological being and can sometimes lose control. That's when everything is lost.
It is important for a person to be able to control himself.
Especially in gambling, emotions and psychology are very important. Although I have a spare balance, I have not placed a bet since Tuesday last week. I am trying to control myself.
If I had played later, the spare balance would have also gone. I observed this...

Both have worked for me: I put down an amount that said "I'll stop when this runs out", and I also kept a backup that I knew I'd probably rip off anyway. The first one feels more free, but its emotions change more often. The latter makes you feel safer , but it can be dangerous if it gives you a false sense of control ("I can reload because I planned for this").

Do we trust ourselves to walk away when the juice kicks in? That the loss feels like an insult? When the game isn't about making money and it's about getting your personality back? Because at some point, gambling stops being about fun - or even about winning - and becomes a conversation with the self. That's when reserves come in handy, not as money, but as a way to keep your cool.

And if that feels too abstract? You do need a reserve if you've ever put away your "last for real" and then drew from your next paycheck or tonight's pride.

There is no rule or preference about reserving a balance, nor only depositing whenever we want to play, you can do either or you can do both, there is no advantage or disadvantage.
I sometimes do both, it depends on my preferences and allocated time, go with what is comfortable with you as long as the amount that you are going to play or lose is not going to harm your pocket.

So you're missing the fun, huh?

If that’s the case, I’d suggest changing your gambling style. Try to build a decent bankroll and set it up for long-term betting. Don’t deprive yourself of your love for gambling, because, as I’ve said, it can be really entertaining just as long as you understand the risks and stay in control, especially during tough times like a losing streak.

What is the backup balance, if you are a professional gambler and a gambler who is lucky enough.
But if you are an unlucky gambler, $1 million you launch funds in your casino account, everything will be destroyed, that's the world of gambling.

In my gambling experience it doesn't need a backup balance, just deposit and play, if you are lucky, the results will multiply, but if you are unlucky, of course you know what you are producing.

You're right dude, the problem with others is that when they lose control of themselves, they don't notice that the end result is not good. There are just people who don't care
how much they lose in the casino they gamble at.

Do you think they won't run out of money, like the casino is a win-win situation for this type of gambler, because the gambler is fully out of control. This is what's not good when we let ourselves lose control of ourselves, something that really shouldn't be like this.

What about casinos that already provide vaults? This can also be a reserve fund in gambling just stored in the casino but really never tried the feature, but indeed each player has a different balance so it must be admitted that it all depends on the players themselves.
The important thing is to be able to control then everything will be fine including the bankroll that is owned or the reserve fund for gambling then he will be wise in using it.

I don't think anyone stops at just one deposit in gambling. If they lose, they try to withdraw whatever money they have or use any savings to try to win back the money they lost. That's why I think gamblers think that if they had some extra money or some reserve money, they could have won back their previous losses. But at the end of the day, they can't win back their previous losses, but they end up losing more.

If I give my example, I was playing blackjack that day and I lost $20 first. Then I thought that I was lucky to deposit some more money and the rest I deposited only once next time. It's like an addiction, you can't tell when you are going to drown and when you are going to lose everything.

Why do you have to make a deposit  and expect to finish same in one gambling section? If you cannot control how much you gamble with per session and per day,  it shows a display of gambling addiction. One should be able to control his gambling because by implementing strict budging to avoid losing too much since we know that losses are integral part of gambling. Personally, making deposits every now and then is not my thing because I prefer making a deposit once, then spending the money gradually until I win or the money is exhausted.

If you see a gambler that is doing this, it is a sign of gambling addiction. A gambler should be able to stop gambling and not waste money on losses which will likely result to more losses. I was an addict before and I lost money to gambling at the time to the extent that I have sold my laptop and home theater before because I was an addict. Right now I am more in control. If I lose and the money on my account finish, I do not deposit but stop gambling at that moment until I receive my salary. Just 2% or less from my salary on gambling every week.

Upon reading the replies, it looks likes whether a gambler needs a reserve balance or not depends on their style of playing.  People who are into gambling for fun seems don't have the need to have a reserve balance.  They play and they go, trying to maximize the amount they deposit and stop when their bankroll is depleted.

While those who are gambling regularly have the need to have a reserve balance for future plays.  Regular player often allocates an amount to play and often time stop when their allocated budget got depleted even though they still have funds on their bankroll.




Yeah I once wonder the use of casino vaults the first time I encounter it, then while watching a streamer on youtube I come to understand the purpose of vault, and that is for storage of reserve funds.


I agree that self-control and smart bankroll management is the most important especially if a gambler is into reserving a balance  else he will end up pulling out the reserve balance until it gets depleted.

Not reserved balance. More like a preferred amount to lose. That's what I always think when I start to gamble. Let's say, I am ready to lose $10 today, and I would not mind if they are gone. If I can double it or just win in sports maybe 50% more of that amount then I would be gladly receive it and bet another day.

We don't need to rush these things. The online casinos and sports bookies will always be there waiting for us to gamble. That means, it's up to us on how we are able to control ourselves so that we won't be losing everything in just one day.

Gamblers need an amount that they will always be willing to let go, to answer your question there you have it.

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It depends on the gambler, if the reserve balance is the amount that a gambler is ready to lose then it's all good, I don't want to get confused because reserve balance for some can be a lot of money that they are not ready to lose.

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How ever you are going to call the name, make sure you are ready to lose the money, call it whatever you like, side money, gambling bankroll, risk taking amount or reserve money, the question is are you fully prepared to lose the money.

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If we are planning to have a strategic gambling specially in sports betting than we need a reserve balance. You would not be wanting to just watch a match you have long waited to gamble on. It is also required for regular gamblers who are prone to rage betting provided the reserve balance is not readily available for rage bet but can be used within a few days. I personally have longed for reserve balance on high leveraged trading as well. Sometimes the price of the coin goes below your liquidation level, you'd be sad for losing your money but you would be more devastated by not having money to buy the coin at cheap.

It doesn't depend on anything, a gambler should not have a reserve balance because gambling shouldn't be considered a source of income or a way to earn money by anyone, and those who think of it this way are on the wrong path and lack understanding and should know that gambling isn't to be treated that way. Gambling should either only be used for trying your luck, or it should be used as a way to get some entertainment, and in both cases, one doesn't need a reserve balance because you only need a specific amount to do any of these things.

That's why it's senseless to say that we should have a reserve balance if we are regular gamblers or trying to make money from gambling, because even if you gamble regularly, you should only have a fixed amount allocated for your gambling activities and once you exhaust that, you shouldn't have a reserve to refill it and gamble again because that makes you a irresponsible gambler.

Gambling is not like trading, so we don't need a reserved amount that we can use when we have our current capital invested but still need to buy more cryptocurrencies.

If the gambler needs to keep a good record of his gambling status by gambling responsibly the  he'll need to budget his gambling funds so he don't end up gambling too much. Gambling without a budget is like leaving a knife with a child and expect him not to hurt himself with it, it's safer to keep a specific amount to be spent on gamble so that if that money get finished you'll have to wait for the next schedule deposit time, probably a week, days or even a month  before refiling your bet wallet. Those who gamble without any schedule on how much they are to spend in gamble are likely to gamble irresponsible and easily get addicted to gamble which will result to more loses.

Well said.
You actually explained it very well. I have already said that setting aside a separate budget for gambling before starting helps us gamble strategically. At the same time, I think it sometimes plays a big role in helping us maintain our self-control over gambling.
So I think that to avoid all the negative gambling sites, we should set a specific budget before gambling and then start gambling.

We need balance from the start in everything, not only in our bankroll. In the case of having a reserve, I don't find it logical since it's more than sure that we will use it at any time and not in times of "need". If you know that you can spend for your gambling habits $100 per month, why do you need a reserve? You either play the whole amount from the start, or you will deposit piece by piece until you reach your spending limit. IMO, exceeding your spending limit is always a bad move, and it shouldn't be done.

Well, it depends on how a gambler gets their income and the pattern in which the person wants to deposit. For example, if a gambler earns weekly and they also allocate 10% of their weekly income into gambling, they could decide to first make a deposit of 5% and reserve the rest till they have exhausted the first deposit before they make another deposit. If the person is also earning monthly, they could still decide to take such approach. The reason why some gambler follow such pattern is because they don't want to lose all the money thar have been allocated for gambling, at once.

First, gambling is not what we should be taking seriously. The moment we are having the plan on the reserve is the moment we are taking it too important, and it can affect our finances more.

The main thing is to bankroll only the amount we can afford to lose. Any money being planned for a reserve is like stretching your finances for gambling, which is not wise to me. So the amount you bankroll is enough. It's you who needs to plan on the right use of the bankroll, budget and risk management to make it last longer. It doesn't make any sense to lose all that and still move to additional money in the name of reserve.

Get one if possible, as a gambler, we should know that it is important that we have something in reserve in other to help in keeping us a gambler and whom we are, having a reserve fund could come in any form, but for a gambler to start this, he must be the type that has enough already to use and to save for future.

I know quite alright that some may be willing to gamble and also have some funds in reserve, but greediness to gamble and lack of appropriate planning couldn't make it possible for them, that is why we must be able to have a disciplined kind of lifestyle as gamblers.

It do have some advantages and disadvantages:

1. Reserve balance- You would be allocating some budget on which you would be that needing up to gamble and stop when you have exhausted it. The cons is on the time that you do allocate bigger %
amount on which you are already compromising your daily expenses and life savings on which this simply means that you do mess up your financial status with this approach.

2. Instant deposit basing up on your money on that point- Pros, if you can be able to walk away without any issues on spending up on the money that you do have on your pocket then its good. The cons on here is that if ever you've been that holding up some amounts that you do have currently on your hand on which supposedly to be used on other important things but ending up on spending it on point then that would be a disaster.

Therefore, It would be having its pros and cons on which it will be entirely be basing up on someones actions because on the moment that you've been that spending up some
funds that isnt supposed to be spend on gambling then that will be that a huge disaster.

I support your statement, every gambler needs to gamble with their spare money, so if one can set aside some percentage of their spare money to it then it's okay, it makes lots of sense since the gambler won't be using money for other important stuffs to gambler, atleast it would help he or she to know that once they've exceeded the money set aside for gambling then they have to pause until get another one based on their income.

 Greed is one major problem with many gamblers and if they can avoid it, then the better for them, every gambler needs to be contempted with what they earn out of luck from gambling the fact that they got it through luck shows that they have to be satisfied cause winning from gambling is mostly based on luck than whatever strategy anyone thinks they got.

For gamblers, having a limited budget plan means that they want to keep a balance between their income and their expenses and do not allow themselves to become an excited gambler. This is the behavior of a responsible gambler. They always allocate their income for their family and set a budget for entertainment in the same way so that they do not lose too much money. By setting a weekly budget and keeping a record of their expenses or making a profit, the gambler's financial decrease or increase is properly managed, making him a truly mature gambler. He has the ability to stop playing at the right time and control his emotions. Even knowing that he will lose in gambling, he tries to refrain from being emotional and has the possibility of winning.

Have a reserve balance so that you can lose it just like the main deposit and leave? :)

It seems to me that if a gambler needs to use the reserve balance, then this is a sign that things are going badly and it's time to stop.

I am a supporter of simple views: There is a sum of money that you can risk and gamble. This money is deposited into the casino. If the outcome is unfavorable, the deposit was completely lost. That's it. Stop. The limit is exhausted. Expectations were not met. Time to leave.

Why split the gambling budget into the main deposit and the reserve? Is this some kind of self-deception?

I never give much importance to gambling. Having a reserve fund ready for gambling is a luxury for me. 8)

I think a gambler should never be so focused on gambling and should set a small budget for gambling. After meeting daily needs and meeting all necessary expenses, if there is some money left over, then from there we can select some money for gambling and add it to our bankroll. It can be 2%-3% of our total income or it can be up to 10%. But I prefer to limit myself to 5%. Then as long as I have money in my bankroll, I do not select any money for gambling. Spending money on gambling is about having fun, not making money.

Well, I think there is no need for a gambler to have a reserve balance. Because once a gambler start depositing money for reserve balance he or she most likely chase after losses, more especially the addicted gamblers. There is no how they can have a reserve balance without having a negative thought of using the money to recover their losses. However, as a good gambler it's essential to always deposit the money that you can only afford to spend at that moment, so that it'll enable you walk away and call it a day.

If you have enough money in your pocket, you will constantly try to buy new items. Similarly, if you keep a reserve balance in gambling, you will not be able to stop gambling in any way. If for some reason you lose in gambling, you will not be able to figure out how to get out of that loss. Because you have a reserve balance, even if you lose the bet, you have enough advantage to take the bet later, so you will not be able to control yourself.

So I am not in favor of keeping a reserve balance for gambling for now, but rather you keep a certain balance on a certain day or time of the week or month where if you lose, you will definitely not bet again because you have a fixed budget where you have no opportunity to increase the budget.

I think it is better to separate the money used for gambling and money from personal expenses. For those who already have this control, it is easy, who do not have, it will be a little harder to start with this habit, but not impossible. I do this for a long time and works very well for me.

This type of control is not only related to the money itself, but with the well-being of the family (in my case, I have children and wife), I do not put at risk the comfort I try to give them, such as quality school, leisure and home accounts paid without delays.

My answer is yes because when I have nothing to do, I really tend to look for gambling. And if I don't have any money set aside or reserved balance for gambling what happens is I end up touching my savings or worse, I take out a loan just to have money to gamble. That's why it's really important to have a set or reserved amount specifically for gambling, so you don't end up using the money you've saved.

Also, I think you've already read this several times here in bitcointalk: only gamble what you can afford to lose (even in trading and investing).

The reserve balance can really stop many players from continuing the game, because it is a reason to think whether I am doing everything right. But the other half of the players will not think about it, but will very quickly continue playing and it does not matter whether it is a reserve balance or borrowed money from a friend. Therefore, everything only depends on the temperament of the player, I have met those who do not stop at anything, they are just trying to prove to themselves and others that they cannot be such big losers, it looks terrible from the outside. For such a reserve balance is absolutely meaningless.

My question will be is gambling an investment? is gambling any kind of activity that will require back up? of course not, since one is expecting to have fun and risk some few cents in hope for a bigger return it's absolutely unwise to make plans for extra cash for gambling because it's a straight ticket to losses and addiction, hence once the original balance is exhausted you will always want to keep going because you have a back up funds waiting to be spent of lossing. In my opinion it's really insane to do such expect you're planning to use gambling a means of survival.

This is in two ways a reserved balance tend to be good for a gambler such that it helps to give them so e financial advantage that there's something left but then it favours one who has control of their gambling habits but tir some person's that can't a reserved balance isjt necessary cause they'll spend all of it for gambling and as well touch sone of their funds elsewhere . But on a norms it depends on personal preference i would always want to deposit the amount I want to gamble with or reserve some for done other time when I needed to gamble, so it's a thing of choice.

Do you mean a reserve balance that is specifically for our gambling expenses? If that's what you mean, I don't think so, I mean we don't always have to prepare a reserve balance for our gambling needs, but on the other hand it depends on the gambler himself, I mean if you are a very active gambler then maybe you need to have a reserve money plan for your gambling expenses, but for me personally it doesn't seem like it, the reason is because gambling is not a mandatory activity for me, usually I only play when I'm bored with the free time I have, but regardless of whether you are an active gambler or not the point is to gamble with the amount of money you can afford to lose, that's all. ;)

In my opinion this is a bad idea, the reserve balance is endless and you keep spending it, which can result in big losses. If the amount and what you will spend is known in advance, you only lose that amount, which is the best, or you make a profit from that amount. Gambling with 5% of your monthly income is ideal, if you like gambling, let's say 10% at most.

It may not be easy to follow this system, this is the method that will reduce your risk and debt the least.

Gamblers don't really need a "reserved balance" for gambling, they just need to make sure that they gamble money they can afford to lose. That being said, having a "reserved balance" for your gambling activities does help you be more aware of your gambling spending and usually helps you to know when to stop. All in all, while having a reserve balance is not mandatory, it does help if you want to be a more aware and responsible gambler.

i can’t think of why you can’t just stop gambling instead of digging through your reserve? what happens if you also consume the reserve gambling money? you might become unhinged and start selling anything you set your eyes onto or worse start asking people for money just to lose it from gambling

learn how to control within what you can

Having a reserve balance will help you not to spend above your limits mainly in bankroll since it is very important that to be a successful gambler you must set a limit for yourself,
A reserve balance is like a backup, so that when you find yourself in a situation where you have an emergency and you don't have fund for it, you go to your reserve and use it, which you replace latter in.
 Reserved balance keeps you out of being bankrupt always.

I may have to go along with your line of thoughts abit because yeah the level of a player cash flow determined how settled and active he can be while gambling in most cases because at some point gambler's can not act beyond or below their entire in flow Cash so for sure having a bankroll can be a subjective case in some instances.

If it's for funding a budget for the week, this pattern is okay, as it will save the player from burning out his entire balance in one go, but if we are to talk about sending above your budget into the casino and trying to reserve the money there for gambling next time, which is the angle I assume the OP was pointing at, that area could possibly lead to wastage, as you could be tempted to gamble above what you plan for.

I like this idea of management, because it gives the gambler more autonomy over his budget. He knows the maximum he can spend with gambling is 10% of the total income. However, he doesn't necessarily have to spend 10% with gambling every month, so he can make an initial deposit of 5%, and then think later if he should deposit the other 5% to continue gambling, or if he should simply use that percentage for another expenses, going beyond gambling.

This way, it will be less likely the gambler will get regretful about spending more than he really should have on a determined moment.

Not always.. because at the end of the day, it’s still money that can be gambled. It really depends on the gambler.

If someone suddenly becomes compulsive and starts betting beyond their limits, that’s when the real problem starts. So no, it’s not safe without discipline. I wouldn’t say you need a full "reserve," but at least have a proper budget. That’s good enough for me.

The question stands - how much are you willing to pay till you start losing control over your habits?

A fixed bankroll will have a set of disciplines set on it. No playing after you have lost this percent of the bankroll or hit these may hours of play. If you breaking that you are essentially making the bankroll management null and void. Having a reserve fund means spending more money, which again brings us back to square one.

Nobody has said that the few more bucks you spend will determine your win, you may never actually hit your target, so why waste that money again?

I have a reserve balance for my gambling expenses. I don't want to mix the money for my daily needs and gambling. That will give me a trouble to fill between daily needs and gambling. So that is why I split my income to many parts for all of my needs.

If you have a reserve balance, you will feel safe to playing gambling. That is money management you can do to fill your gambling activity without using the money you prepare for other needs.

But it need a right allocation for every needs so you need to calculate how much budget you can prepare. Playing gambling is no need to be very often so it might not need too big money for gambling.

Basically it can happen, it all comes back to your own plans, but i personally have never and would never want to do that. When you decide to have a reserve balance, which automatically divides it, it will most likely just be a trigger to gamble continuously in the long run, not only wasting your time, but also your focus, there are many other more important activities that can be done in real life.

In my opinion, it's better to set up a gambling fund allocation, and then you can play for profit or entertainment, that's all.

That’s pretty basic, but I wish everyone could stick to full allocation,  it’s like riding a roller coaster while holding a bag of chips.

When you’re in the game, you’ll hit both losing and winning streaks. winning is Easy. You're smiling, feeling smart.

Losing? Now that’s the real test.
Some of us go full drama mode, lose control, and suddenly their whole fund allocation plan is just... gone with the wind.

Can you share how you manage your reserve balance? I understand it following: you split your money or income and make a proportion, for example 5%/95%. But what you do next? How you spend those 5%? Is it a budget that you stretch for weeks, months, years? Then what you do to resist from using whole balance in one gambling session?

That is what always was a point of interest for me, how people resist spending all in one time? By making limits, milestones or flags that will make them end session? How winning influence on that balance?

Reserve balance have different meaning, I hope you know this?

Assets held by central bank is called reserve balance.

The money that employer held back from an employee paycheck is also called reserve balance, for possible health insurance in the future or some other contributions.

I don't want to get this complicated and it also doesn't have to be, just have a plan, we all have an amount we made every month from our jobs or sales business, do some math on your bills and other first, they are the most important part of your life, not gambling.

Then whatever Is left is where your money for gambling should come from, you are the only person that can know this exact amount, it won't do any good calling any numbers because what I can afford to lose in gaming might not be the same as what you can afford to lose..

I think everyone’s personal situation is different. You can’t really make a generalized statement about what is best for all gamblers. In some situations having a reserve balance may be beneficial and in others it may be a deterrent. You just have to look at what is best for you and do your best to make that happen.

It should vary from person to person. If you are the regular gambler who gambles every day, you should have a reserve fund because you are likely to gamble tomorrow and may want to recover your losses in the next session. But if you are not regular but gamble once a week or twice a month, then you do not need backup funds. You should gamble for entertainment and walk away with the result.

Personally, I do not gamble every day. I gamble once a week or every ten days, most of the time I make a $50 or less deposits, and then I stop gambling for another week. For example, I wanted to try crash on Windice lately which I did with a $30 deposit and I got busted within 5 minutes. I don't even know when I will gamble again. So, I don't need backup funds.

Well, based on what I understood, I thought OP was referring to keeping a reserve funds off the casino balance and not in the casino, I didn't know he meant to keep the money in the casino. If that is the case, it's kind of difficult to do that, personally for me, if I have all the funds deposited to my casino, I will easily spend all the money before the actual date that I intended to hold unto it. It might not be so with all gamblers because some people can be so self discipline to be able to prevent that from happening but not everyone can do it.

Well every gambler is supposed to have a limit and amount of money they can use for either a day or week and then inside this limit a gambler can decide to have a reserve from their limit because if you don't have a reserve you can literally used up everything at a time and one thing is having reserve and another thing is having control because there are some gambler even after keeping there reserve, once they used up the particular one they where using to gamble they will immediately refer and touch the reserve, that is lack of control, so we should have a control over our emotion so that our reserve can serve the purpose it was kept to...

As a general rule, you should definitely reserve a budget for your gambling spree if you find yourself having difficulty of stopping. If you have a designated budget for your gambling activities, this can help you manage your financials better in ensuring that you do not overextend on that budget.

On the other hand, if you gamble occasionally, then you may only make deposits depending purely on your discretion on what amount would be valid. The problem with this kind of method is that it is prone to over-expenditure on the person.

In conclusion, any method would work but you have the power to control and discipline your expenses. Regardless on whether you create a separate budget or if you only make deposits on that day, if you have no self-control on your gambling activities then everything would only be futile.

This is a difficult question to answer  ::). If I want to continue gambling, we need to keep a reserving balance. But this will increase the possibility of losing more money. Now we have to decide where we will stop.

If we are rich, we can keep a reserve balance, no problem. And it should not be an amount that will bankrupt us, okay? However, if we are employed and our income is fixed, then we do not need to keep a reserve balance. We will only spend the money in Gambling that is in excess of our daily expenses. If we win at gambling, it is good, and if we lose, we will start walking home.  :'(

Every gambler has their own preference. As for me, I prefer to only deposit what I will use to gamble. There are times especially when trying a new gambling site that I forget that I have some extra balance left unused. Having extra balance also just entices me to gamble more and go beyond my usual limit.

I don't gamble that often also so I just deposit when I want to feel the thrill of online gambling. Some people put reserve balance on their account since gambling is already part of their daily activity.

A reserve budget should always be created, no matter what you’re involved in. Whether it’s business, gambling, or simply saving money you should always have reserves you can rely on, and this is extremely important. In business, crises can happen, and a reserve fund can cover those tough times. In life, there can be layoffs or other problems, and savings can help you get through them as well. The same applies to gambling you won’t always win, and you won’t always be on a lucky streak. If you’re a long-term player, you need to have a reserve fund to get through difficult periods.

Reserve balance means you have additional spare aside from your initial deposit, as long as you are capable in letting the amount go after losing, there's no harm in terms of both mental and financial aspects if the amount is allocated for gambling and it's just a spare which is not for any other things that you need to finance.

It's more on how you dedicate your extra spare and how you understand the risk, emotion might be the factor to influence and it's about how you'll control yourself while playing/betting.

I didn't really understand what is meant by the reserve balance. If there is a reserve balance, then is there a primary balance? And when the main balance is completely lost, then it is necessary to use the reserve balance? It seems to me that this is self-deception, because even if there are five different balances, neither the amount of money nor their safety from loss will increase in any way. Wouldn't it be easier to just have a certain limit for your bankroll and just stop playing if the entire bankroll is lost? Then, when the money for the game reappears, you can play again.

Rather, the interesting question here is whether to continue playing for a win or not? There are different opinions. Don't play, but take the money. The opposite opinion is to play for the entire amount of winnings (in order to win even more). Or a compromise opinion to play for a part of the winnings, so as not to risk the entire amount. The decision depends, of course, on the preferences and personality traits of the gambler.

It depends on how you consider gambling in your life, but for me, I'd never find it important. I only make reservations for things that are really required. Honestly, we should be wise in spending money.

Gambling is not something that we need to think about when allocating reserved funds. Just gamble responsibly. This is the only way we could stay long and enjoy gambling. Otherwise, we are bringing ourselves to addiction. Because of the time that we could think we still have funds left, the tendency is that we get tempted and continue gambling until they are spent.

if I do have all the money straight deposited to casino site, i would make a big bets and loseee :)

You are also right as for a regular gambler having a bankroll is an essential aspect to both remains consistent and also spend less on fees since, you gamble on regular basis and will definitely be needing deposit balance all the time, and sometimes when there is an emergency loses also, it could effect one if they don't have a balance bankroll, but this is not the same with someone who just gamble for fun and not as regular as possibly said in this regards.

A reserve balance is very important for any gambler that want to have a peaceful journey as a gambler. Not having a reserve balance could lead to taking loan and more urge to make money which could end up in a careless kind of gambling. We want to make money but many do not understand how this can be achieved without been too desperate.
It is not every time we are going to be making profits from betting just like trading. There are time when you might not get what you are looking for and the only alternative you have is to keep trying with betting excessively. Discipline must to embrace when gambling to avoid addiction which could create more problem for us as time goes on.

I try not to keep reserves for gambling, as I know from experience that no matter how much reserve you have there is always a chance of losing everything you have. I limit my deposit and gamble until I either lose it or increase it. Lately, I try to end a gambling session even if I increase my deposit by 20-30%. In my opinion, it helps to raise your level of discipline, which we all often lack in gambling.

Even for regular gamblers, I won't recommend making a bigger deposit to keep the balance on the casino account as a reserve fund. Because you will end up playing with your reserve fund. Even if the casino has a vault feature, you may end up withdrawing the funds from the vault and using all the funds in the same session. Please do not care much about the transaction fees. Make a deposit only when you need more funds. There is no need to keep reserve funds in your casino account. Fund management and risk management are two different things. You have to keep managing both and do not ignore risk management while you doing fund management.

That's not a smart way of gambling, with such method, you will only lose your money more quicker than you think because you want to desperately win more than the amount that was deposited, you will continue to gamble until you lose all. If you also follow that method, it could make you become an irresponsible gambler, so you need to develop a conservative method that helps you to stay in control of your decision.

For skill games generally the former, for casino games the latter. The exception would be if you play skill games but do not have the time or inclination to devote a lot of time and effort to study and improve yourself in order to make a long term profit. In that case you don't need a reserve either.

If it’s a game for fun, there’s really no point in worrying about how you play. I mean, you don’t even need any special strategy or approach, or anything else required in gambling. If you’re playing just for entertainment, you can set aside a small amount a few dozen dollars, and that will be enough to place a few small bets a couple of times a week. That’s exactly what I call playing for fun. But if you want to try making money from gambling, then the approach has to be completely different. You need to have a solid bankroll, backup funds, and a strategy that you must stick to.

Indeed because that way will be the fast way to lose his money. But if his method work for him, we can let him doing that while he will see what will happen to him, often winning or often losing.

If he often losing, then he need to change his method and reduce his allocation money. That is to prevent him if he lose control and will bet high at once. Losing in gambling is usual but how we can prevent the lose not to become big.

That is the hard thing to do. Only a wise gambler can do that and if you can do that, you can be the wise gamblers.

Reserve funds in gambling are not important, because gambling is not like trading where the only goal is to make money and the opportunity to make money in trading is wide open, while in gambling even though the goal is to make money but the opportunity is small, so reserve funds will only make you have to increase the amount you can afford to lose, and this can be used by gamblers to continue playing because they argue that there are still reserve funds even though they have exceeded the money they can afford to lose.

If we are a rich person, this is not a problem. But for those who only have limited sources of income, this should not be on their mind. Just gamble with the extra money. Keeping this rule in our minds doesn't just save us from losing a lot but also saves us from addiction.

We can't be wrong in gambling. We should be wise enough to make decisions, especially when it comes to money. Reserve funds will increase temptation, and this is not okay or a healthy gambling style.

Not all gamblers who don't have a reserve balance in their casino accounts are the ones who are thinking of taking out a loan just to gamble. Maybe the only ones who are capable of taking
out a loan just to gamble are those who are really addicted to gambling.

Let me give you an example of myself, I don't leave a balance in my casino account, as long as I think about playing, I will deposit but I only have a limit amount
that I am allowed to enter into the casino where I will gamble, this is what I always do most of the time.

It depends on the type of gambler that has their own way of handling that, I only plan to reserve balance only when I win on a specific amount where some percentage are kept for future bets to place. Infact, when i win gives me even more way to strategy myself to reserving balance that can keep me for betting straight a week.
I am not the type of gambler that reserve balance out of money deposited, i love to deposit little amount and play all at once and i only deposit only when i want to gambler to avoid been a victim of addiction.

This remind me of the past when we might have been saving to meet up some particular needs in demand and also how we could have just been well informed that we needed a back up fun for anything we do, so from that time forward, we discover creating a means whereby we can save up in case of the future, as gamblers, its not bad having a nice idea in such manner for us to have some extra savings, but if i may add to this, we can as well have another alternative means to our source as well, because it all prepares us ahead of the future challenge.

Makes sense. Gambling’s really just for entertainment and it’s not something you prep for like a career.
If you’ve got limited funds, that’s actually safer as whether we like it or not, most of us are gonna lose in the long run.

So less exposure = fewer losses = happier gamblers. Simple math!

I just hope more people get that. Chasing profit isn’t the goal, unless you’re some kind of gambling wizard with proven skills, not just living in fantasy land.

Saving for the future and saving for gambling are not the same. Every person loves to save for the future but does not like to save for gambling. Because if you can reserve the balance for gambling, you will see that you will want to gamble again and again even if your gambling is for entertainment. When we have a lot of money on our gambling platform, we want to gamble constantly and play more than one game every day, and when we do not have much money on our gambling platform, we do not want to gamble constantly and even if we want to, we do not play because our money is limited. So I think having a reserve money on the gambling platform increases the level of gambling participation.

If I say from my side, I never keep a reserve fund for gambling. I think there is no need for a reserve fund for gambling because if I have a prior plan for gambling, then I will gamble according to that plan and if I gamble according to that plan, there will be no need for a reserve fund. We usually advise those gamblers how to protect themselves from excessive losses while gambling, that is why we tell them not to use too much money for gambling and to keep their money limited. The reason for saying this is that when the amount of money of those gamblers is limited, they will take a break from gambling after losing some amount of money, but if a gambler has a reserve fund for gambling, then it will be seen that the gambler starts using his reserve fund in the second stage after losing money in the first stage of gambling, but by doing so he will suffer serious financial losses.

Because it will assume that the reserve fund for gambling will definitely lose over time, especially until he can no longer control the game, it is difficult to maintain the reserve fund ... because it is not important for gambling.
I only try to deposit once ... if the gambling wins, you can play longer or withdraw it to enjoy the results, but if you lose, you will take a break. In this case, you have to be more disciplined.

Question is a bit vague for me but I assume this balance is the money you leave on the casino for your next game right?

I never leave balance on casino because it will just makes me anxious thinking that I gamble whenever I want because I have funds in there. Based on experience most of my funds I left in my casino balance always lose because I keep gambling until my balance becomes zero.

Much better to deposit and withdraw everything when you are done.

If there is a reserve balance in the casino account, it will not be easy to stop betting at the casino, meaning it will not be possible to refrain from betting until the balance is exhausted. I have refilled my gambling balance with a large amount of money every time I play, and I have not been able to stop myself from gambling until my balance is zero. It would never be possible for me to control myself by having a reserve for gambling, so I do not advocate keeping a reserve balance.

Many have your type of thoughts, and are going along with that, having a controlled small amount of deposits and playing amount is a sure way to staying safe while gambling, and if you know the level of damages that comes from our inability to manage our financial transactions while gambling, you will know how important it is for us to have a mindset that controls our activities and of those good approaches is gambling with only a small amount of money and just one time deposits and play.

Based on what you said about your gambling habit, I can say you are a responsible guy who knows his limits. I also do not keep funds on my casino account as I do not gamble regularly. If I keep my funds, I think I will be triggered to pay for one more session, which could end up losing me more money. So, I always try to avoid keeping money in a casino account.

Even for regular gamblers, it would be good to use coins that has cheap transaction fees, so they can deposit and withdraw whenever they want instead of making big deposits and withdrawals at once.

Even if I also keep funds in the casino will continue to play every session may be a regular gambler because it will continue to remember that the balance in the casino account is still there, this is a habit that does not want to do --- then from leaving funds in the casino it can be a path to severe addiction.

Enough limits will know how to stop or be responsible, at least with deposits that have limits we will realize for ourselves that when the balance runs out, it is time to take a break.

To be honest I think keeping a reserve balance especially for gaming can be dangerous It feels like allowing yourself more space to lose control, Treating it like entertainment has worked better for me, I deposit only what I'm comfortable with losing and quit once it's gone. Neither a backup nor a chasing loss. So I think play just for fun so you might not to regret.

Even if maybe you allocate a specific amount to gambling, without depositing all that money at once to the casino, you can divide it into two or three places and deposit them differently on different days. For example, if it was $20, you can divide into two and deposit just $10 which you could use it for the first week and then on the second week, you deposit the remaining $10 which you kept as reserve. If it's to deposit all the money at once with the intention to keep the reserve in your casino balance, it won't work.

I support the idea of having a budget for gambling because it's something I do but if you think about it this becomes a trigger for some people to gamble more. There are addicted gamblers that don't even need to set aside a budget what they need is eradicating every means to gamble. My reason for saying this is because they might set aside their bankroll and exhaust everything then start driving into their savings

It is indeed dangerous if the gambler does not have good control and is accustomed to allocating gambling funds for each session. But honestly, I do that. So I have my own wallet that I manage for gambling. I routinely allocate funds for gambling every week. But I don't immediately deposit it into the gambling site. If I still have a balance on the gambling site, the rest of the previous game that I think is enough, I will not make a deposit. I will only deposit the same amount when the balance in the account is not sufficient. Of course, it is risky, I have also spent more than my usual budget. But now I do better.

I don't see any point in keeping a reserve balance to continue gambling. Because the longer you continue gambling by keeping money in reserve, the more your addiction to gambling will increase. Because if you gamble for a long time, you will not be able to control yourself from emotions. But if you keep a specific budget and gamble with it, lose it and later do not gamble again, then in that case, you will not be too addicted to gambling due to short-term gambling. So I don't think there is any good point in keeping a reserve balance for gambling.

You can't compare normal life savings with a gambling reserve balance because what you save normally can be used for something useful or even an emergency that you may face in the future, and a reserve balance for gambling is only to be lost in gambling when you lose your current bankroll, and that's not something nice, in my opinion, because losing more money is never a good thing, and one should do their best to keep their gambling expenses as low as possible because gambling should only be a source of fun and not a source of income.

When you gamble, regularly, you should have a fixed bankroll that you will use for your gambling activities, and that amount should be a small percentage of your total income, an amount that you can easily afford to lose, but, if you say that you will use 5% of your income for your gambling bankroll, and then have a 5% reserve balance so that you can use it if you lose the current bankroll, that makes you lose 10% of your income, and that shouldn't happen.

This boil down to what you have to bet at the end of the day. For example, your wager most often on average is $5 on any bet, you bet 2 times a week and you make $200 a month, it will make sense to deposit $40 aside and use it to wager, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, at the end of the month if you have many wins and you want to withdraw, you can take out what you want and keep the $40 so you don't have to be funding your account everytime.

This is what I practiced and it works for me, it doesn't mean you will win money for that month but it saves me for doing deposit all the time and help me avoid double depositing money into casino all the time. There are days you may not have anything on you and you will have the desire to gamble one or two games, having money on your account will help you in these kind of days. When you win something and withdraw, that's when you even know how valuable it's to you when you have nothing on you.

True, I have made some similar comments before. Fake games are not something special and not something professional that should be specially reserved for. Gambling can be fun and some money can be spent here to pass the free time or any boring time. However, it should not be taken as a daily activity of one's life. Keeping a specific budget reserve for gambling means taking gambling seriously. And those who take gambling seriously will never be able to focus on their other important tasks. And because they don't focus on those tasks, they will suffer in all aspects.

For you to be able not to find yourself on having that potential problem in regarding finances, then will be best that you should be that trying out to have that good management with your money.
For gambling funds then its something that pertain about on having that good management with it and if you dont like to mess up yourself with gambling then its always been best that you should be only that make use of the amount that came from that extra money after all paying up the payables or bills and had already that set aside some savings or emergency funds before trying out to gamble up more. It will be just that depending on how you would gonna spend up your money and control your gambling activity because once you do fail on doing so then expect those negative things to happen.

You have a good strategy, and I also like to withdraw part of the winnings to a reserve balance so that in the future I have some money to play. I still do not always do this and not systematically, because sometimes I want to play a little more than I expected, and sometimes I understand that at one moment I will want to play, but I will not have money. I will simply be grateful to myself that I put aside a little from past winnings. Of course, it is best to systematize this and so that it does not depend on my mood, because mood is changeable and an unreliable ally, especially when it comes to gambling.

If you are good in managing your bankroll, then it would be more convenient to have a reserve balance so that you can easily gamble whenever you feel positive vibes for gambling. However, if you find it hard to control your gambling urges, and that gambling addiction is waving, much better if you can only deposit a small amount you can finish and walk towards home after. That would prevent yourself from incurring bigger losses in the near future.

I don't visit gambling places very often, I only do it when I really have free time and have some money that I am ready to lose. So it never crossed my mind to create a special reserve balance for gambling. However, this idea is quite interesting to do.

Gambling or betting without losing money is something that every gambler wants, but it is very impossible. However, with a reserve balance, where after winning we set aside money in the reserve balance, this allows us to gamble without having to spend more capital for the next few gambles. Interesting enough, maybe I will start trying it after I am lucky enough to win a large amount in gambling.

I believe so, players need to have a balance reserve. This helps maintain balance, especially when things don't go as expected. Having a reserve prevents impulsive decisions and gives you more security to continue playing strategically.

You are also right since having a balance reserves helps reduce your stress of depositing at each point you want to take an extra bet, anyways the statement was based on the fact that we want to sound more proactive with limits and excessive balance control in most cases, so we shouldn't be much focus on what the next game we risk on can bring.

It could also lead to chaos to a gambler when he's got nothing anymore on the current balance but wants to continue gambling. And with that, it's through gambling more and using the fund that's in the reserve balance. But it's more of a safety net for most gamblers, we all need to have that because it is what makes us a better gambler if we're going to have some reserve. It's a wise thing to do if you want to prolong your stay but it doesn't mean that you'll have to spend it when you're in total loss for the day. There should be a sequential way of how to spending it.

Extra bet? It means you are beyond your limit in betting. How you can be disciplined and stick with your limit if you take an extra bet? I think the balance reserve can lead to a possible excessive gambling. I personally prefer to deposit regularly with limited funds to prevent betting excessively. Also, some people may have no chance to deposit much money for the reserve balance because they don't have enough money. So, to have reserve balance is actually optional, depending on the situation. However, if you are a typical gambler who has difficulty to control your emotion, it is better to have NO reserve balance.

Security to continue playing strategically, you say? When you have a reserve balance and you get your first balance exhausted, you could end up making a rash gambling decision in order for you to make up for what you have lost in your previous bet, which, instead of taking a break after losing your reserve balance, will encourage you to continue playing, which could give you a chance to recover, but the chances of losing much are higher compared to the chance of winning.

I believe people want to get rid of the addiction. If someone knows that such behaviour could lead them to gambling addiction, why would they do it? So the answer to the thread title should be NO. Gamblers do not need a reserve balance to gamble. Everyone should set their gambling budget, and no one should exceed that limit. Once you exceed the limit, you will repeat this multiple times, and you will break down at the end of the day.

To avoid this, they can use currencies with cheap transaction fees, such as LTC, TRX, Doge, and many more. I have said this already in my previous post. You do not need to make bigger deposits to keep some balance in reserve.

The direct answer to this is No, gamblers don't need a reserve balance for whatsoever reasons but it's due to greed some of them tend to keep  a certain amount of money that they will use each time they want to gamble further. Gambling should have a specific amount and once the stipulated amount is exhausted you walk away but don't go further keeping some funds that after which you can get to continue your gambling process. Thus is amore reasons it's said ri gamble with what you can afford to lose so there's no oint for any extra reserve of balance.

You need reserve funds for businesses and emergencies but gambling doesn't fall into either categories so I don't think that it's necessary to have a gambling reserve fund in your account. The effect of a gambling reserve will be to over gamble because you wouldn't stop when your budgeted amount exhausts. You might keep chasing loses till you deplete the reserve if you're not lucky to win, that is why I believe that it's not worth keeping. Deposit the amount that you feel comfortable to loose at anytime that you want to fund your account.

If you have that good self-limitation it may be good as you have reserve money to use when you see opportunities like if you notice good games to place a bet, if you have reserve you can quickly place your bet and if luck permits then you'll be in a good timing sometimes decent odds may offer and since you place your bet much erlier you earn decently, though it's still on how a gambler limit itself and how good his discipline as it can backfire and bring you to higher rate of losses if you don't know how to control and limit yourself.

The problem with having a reserve balance is the urge to gamble again. Slots players will probably deplete it before they stop. Sports gamblers, on the other hand, might save some, especially those who are focused on just one sport. If they win today, they might not bet for the whole 24 hours or sometimes 2 days because they will wait for the next game to arrive. They won't force betting on anything or for the sports they know nothing about, and just let the money rot until their favorite sport is upcoming.
I guess sports gamblers will probably have those reserve balance than casino and slots players.

I think the best way to be a better gambler is to some good level of self control over your emotions. Yes, because it really doesn't matter much whether the gambler has some reserves or whether he tends to prolong the time he spends gambling or not, if there's no self control, it'll all still end in chaos and regret.

The only cool advantage I see having a reserve balance has is saving the gambler the stress of having to make multiple deposits to their betting account, as they can easily turn to their reserved balance whenever they feel the need to make a deposit.

And that is the reason why you should not have all your money in a casino or on a platform, you should always leave something in reserve so that you can solve it, some people when they see the balance in their account play and play thinking that they will never run out of money, and no, if the money runs out, even if it is a lot, it still runs out, so it is necessary to leave some money in reserve whenever you are outside the casino.

Smart thinking, making a reserve shouldn't be the only thing that you should consider doing but making plans on how to utilize your reserve effectively. Some people set out a bankroll and at the end they exhaust it before the time that they plan to, this makes them really desperate to get bank what they have lost and after chasing they go back to the same cycle of set out their reserve and throwing it away.

According to the bankroll making a reserve is an important way to establish control over yourself. You start playing at the right time and stop gambling at the right time. Your sense of responsibility and the bankroll keep you in check and prevent you from going over the limit. Having multiple reserves is good for the gambler and he can divide and spread the bets. At the same time, even if he gets a decrease in the amount of a fund, he himself can increase the amount of winnings from the alternative reserves.

Gamblers are desperate to get back the money they lose and they try to control themselves by finding various excuses and put themselves in such a position that as the reserves are exhausted, they lose more and more.

Emergency funding os something that we must work towards all the time and making sure we topping the reserves from time to time, some of the time that I am against leaving a reserve is when such reserve is left in a spendable accounts so far it will still get liquidated either on bills or gambling, I don't support making such a reserve funds since it will increase your spending limits.


But if you talk about financial reserves, it make sense, and from the ops own perspective I think the reserve the mate is talking is gambling account reserve, and not a general financial reserves in this contest.

I don't really put it on a plan but the money I spend on gambling is the extra money that is left from my previous salary.
I would only deposit every time that I received my salary and the amount would depend on how much was left from my previous salary.

I don't think any gambler can seriously limit gambling by dividing the balance into the main and reserve.
Perhaps I knew too few gamblers with good discipline and self-control, but those guys with whom I managed to communicate, most likely, would borrow money from friends, and this would not be an obstacle for them. And this means that if they had several deposits, they absolutely did not see any boundaries between these deposits.

I like the whole "reserve balance" idea of a thing you know, keeps you on track to every little or big amount of money that you've decided to invest into gambling.A financial aid,an accurate financial tracker balance for every gambler.There's a serious limit on a gamblers spendings and financial records and it's always a useful aid but I know it's not a policy for every gambler to rely because it could feel like an obstacle for some.

Even though to some gamblers keeping a reserve might lead to more irresponsible gambling it still doesn't change the fact that it helps you maintain a certain limit. If you just decide to come up with any amount that comes to mind when you want to gamble in most cases you might end up over staking and the worst of all if you are not disciplined you might also end up chasing your losses to recover.

Without discipline you'll ends up missmanaging your available balance, and like what you've said you can lose everything if you failed to control yourself while still in session, reserve money or balance inside your wallet is not bad for those gamblers who understand it very well if how to act and how to balance their limitations, else, you'll keep playing and do extended games instead of quitting and moving away to chill yourself and free up your mind, giving you chances to refresh your strategy and not to dwell if you lose from your previous sessions.

At some certain point, I'd thought about it that we need a reserve balance to always stay on top of it all gambling, except if we have an alternative source of income which we can always depend on for gambling each time we are running out of bankroll, some gamblers may see this as of necessity while some others may not, because  gambling comes with different priorities with each gambler.

Yes, that's what I mean, because there should Always be a contingency balance , but for any other activity that is not gambling, perhaps the context of having an Emergency balance just for gambling has never been considered for the simple fact that I Operate under the thought of telling myself that I will only gamble with my money prepared to lose.
     

To be honest, I didn't fully understand the author's description of what he calls a "reserve balance". Judging by the text, this is some kind of supplement to the main bankroll, which can be used in the game after the main bankroll burns out, lol. In my opinion, the concept of a "reserve bankroll" is a purely gambling idea. It is based on the fact that the loss of the main bankroll will occur with a very high probability. This usually happens with very risky strategies. For example, such as Martingale. In the normal case, you should have a fairly strict money management if your goal is not just to enjoy gambling, but also to earn money. But if you have money management, then why do you need a "reserve bankroll"?

No, I never have this kind of thinking when gambling because if we have a reserve balance we will make another deposit if we lose and it's like losing control, it's better to deposit money that you can afford to lose and if it doesn't produce anything it's better to stop immediately than having to deposit again, losing more money in my opinion is very painful especially if you know that making money is very difficult so we have to appreciate our hard work and don't waste money to continue gambling.

I think it would be wise if we don't push ourselves like this because after all, it's a mistake if we try to normalize something as if it's a natural thing when we know that it can make yourself lost in the gambling activity that is carried out.

If you continue to try to make additions to the balance in your gambling then eventually we will become more accustomed to it and things like this will clearly push yourself to a condition where you will get used to spending more money on gambling.
One or 2 times may still be used as an excuse on the grounds that we cannot control ourselves but for several times I think it is too difficult to be considered an excuse especially in conditions like this where there is a reserve balance. It will only push yourself into addiction which is done consciously by yourself.

Same concept with allocated budget for your gambling activities, such amount is dedicated for your entertainment or whatever intention you have while playing, it's a needed to have that certain budget not to overexceed same way with reserves as long as you can control there's no need to worry about it as you can just simply move out once the game already ended, or you already spent what you budget for your gamblling.

Absolutely right bud, I also have never thought about having a reserve balance mainly for gambling, and even till now, I don't see any need for this, most especially considering the fact that I don't gamble always, and I don't regard gambling as an important activity and or part of my life, so there is absolutely no need having a reserve for it, I am actually imagining having a reserve money for gambling while there are other important things I need money to sort out, what happens?

Reserving money for gambling can only be important for those who have taken gambling as a business, it's just like it's important for professional traders to have reserve money somewhere just incase of an unexpected loss, they can from their reserve money make up for the loss and continue trading peacefully.

Hmm. You are right. Plus, that "reserve bankroll" will just be an urge to gamble more because in our brain, there's still money left somewhere that we could pull out once we lose the initial balance.

I think this idea is just to tell ourselves that we still kept some money secured, and that way we can play in a calm mode and not become over greedy with our bets. I do like keeping some money intact, not in the vault but just in the balance. That's because I will use it for the next game in sports betting. The only problem is that sometimes I cannot help thinking about gambling in slots or original games, and trying to double it. It's actually difficult to control that kind of urge.

But there are some that will, though not too many but some gamblers who are really experienced and disciplined will always want to limit the frequency of gambling if they have a good reason to do so, maybe they want to spend a specific amount for just that day and would like to spend the rest of the money another day, they can reserve some for another day because they know that if they spend it all in one day, they will be left with nothing to spend the next day, unless they are lucky to win so much with the amount they are gambling with. Like you said, those who lack such discipline will even borrow from friends to continue.

You are right about this, this can be different for everyone, to some people having a reserve would only cause more problems and the reason why I'm saying that I because they might start dealing with dependency issues. The goal is all about being disciplined, if you always set aside an amount of money for gambling without being disciplined can trigger gambling addiction. The most important thing is exercising self-control

Why do you (as a player) need a reserve balance? What is the point of dividing your gambling deposit into two parts? And why exactly two? And not three, four or five?

If you lose your entire deposit, you can also then gamble away the remaining "reserve balance". You gamble away your money not because you do not have a "reserve deposit", but because your gambling loss is predetermined by the rules of mathematical probability theory. In my subjective opinion, the "reserve balance" is like a bottle of brandy hidden in advance, which an alcoholic hides in a secret place to find when he has spent all his money on alcoholic drinks.

Yes, of course, such a reserve bottle will help cure a hangover once, but it will not solve the alcoholic's main problem (which makes him drink alcohol).

In my opinion, the "Reserve Balance" does not affect your winnings or losses in gambling.

However, I do not think it is very important to keep a reserve fund for gambling. On the contrary, I keep money aside for gambling every day. That is, the day I gamble, I decide how much money I can spend on gambling and if I keep losing money, I wait until I lose that specific amount of money and when the amount of loss reaches my set amount, I quit gambling that day. Because if I do not gamble in this way, I will continue to lose money indefinitely and at some point I will face serious financial deterioration. Now if I need to keep a separate fund for gambling, then I consider gambling to be the most important and if I consider gambling so important, I will forget all my other responsibilities which will bring bad things to me and my family. So I think I should continue gambling within a certain limit.

Like I've said in my previous comment, having a reserve balance for gambling is not for someone like myself, there is absolutely no need for this as long as its gambling we are talking about.

Speaking from a personal experience now, I usually will find myself gambling far more and frequently than I used to normally do when I have some balance on my casino account that I plan to gamble with, I often will feel restless until that money is completely exhausted, this is why keeping a reserve balance for someone like myself is absolutely and completely useless because money that is meant to carry me for a month of gambling will end up getting exhausted in just 3 days or less, what then become the essence of keeping that reserve? If it's a balance I will end up wasting.

It doesn't affect the winnings but some gamblers really do this for the sake that they feel they can extend their games with that reserve balance. However, it is not good in some angle because if you feel you have allocated extra, the tendency is to continue your games even if you already busted the initial bankroll. But once you start rolling your reserve balance, it means, busting it will be the end of your session for that period.

I think it is true that compared to the number of people who gamble, they are those who gamble without good self-control and bad behavior in gambling, with the many news circulating about gambling, I always find those who have life problems, some go bankrupt, some have their lives destroyed along with their relationships with their own families. This is enough to prove that there are indeed many people who gamble without good self-control.

Keeping a reserve and just making a deposit have their merits and demerits but everyone has their preference and also what works perfectly for them. Some people become more addicted when they keep a reserve to gamble and others get more triggered when they just make random deposits, this Makes them gamble without having a specific limit. Whichever one you prefer is up to you but what matters most is discipline

It is important to have a reserve balance because, it could just be your saviour that makes you a huge winner, having reserve make you more comfortable and stable financially, the reserve is just like a back fund it helps support your gambling journey and making sure at every time that there shortage of fund, also when you want to gamble extra games, you support yourself from the reserve fund

It's easier said than done, so many comments in support for the need for reserve balance mentanance and for some reasons we see a lot of reactions when we try to implement this approach since have a reserve could serve two purposes.


What seems to work for you, may not work for the other person, because for some having no reserves could be a big limitations to their success in gambling, while to others having a reserve balance could lead them into unfavorable outcome, so it side way's.

Or simply having those pros and cons on which this is actually true. Everything will be that totally basing up into someones mentality because if you are that trying to make money with gambling then you will be basically be that becoming that too desperate on taking up such gameplay on which even already that compromising your savings or emergency or even with that expenses funds just because you do want to gamble. If you do want to play then always make sure that you do only allocate a fund on which it will be just that simply be that for the sake of leisure and entertainment. Once you do bust up all of those amounts then you do just that basically stop and dont tend to play or deposit even more just because you do tend to chase up on what you have lost or simply just that wanting up to win.

We should not subscribe to the idea of having reserve money for the purpose of gambling because I don't think that it's healthy for an individual financial stability because keeping money aside for gambling should not be encouraged because it makes you not to be focused on your financial goals as doing that will be scattering your money.



Gambling addiction starts looking like this so we should not at any point in time to think about keeping money aside for the purpose of gambling as it's a sign of gambling addiction

Gambling is depend on how each an everyone leans towards the experience, there’s some of people that when they come to gamble they preferred to reserve some balance that’s the from their experience, but i think reserve some balance in gambling will cause to lose a lot of money in gambling, and again will not even have money to spend in any others things.

Because you will be always having a plan against the money you reserve earlier, so apart from the gambling you will not like any problems that can across for you to touch the money from your reserve balance, that’s why it’s not good ideal in terms of gambling. Rather you deposit the money you can afford, I think that is much better.

That's right, if having a reserve balance works for the others, it won't mean that it could do also work for us. If we know that we're not careful with how we manage our bankrolls, we have to step aside and forget about having a reserve balance. That is not how it goes for most of us and it's interesting if we try to do that but we have seen and personally experienced that it doesn't work, we should do it as-is and just use the funds that we deposit and leave it there if we want to continue. We stick to the budget that we have when we gamble or else, we'll adding more damage to our pockets through having reserve balances.

That is the individual difference that we are pointing to when discussing topics such as this, reserve funds is very important but at that same time could result into big risk for the gambler were he lose along the line and low up his wallet balance meaning blowing up account is based on the available fund's, so while some gambler I actually can protect themselves from failing victims some others sees and view reserve funds as a trap, so we need to be holistic in our arguments.

Yeah, if a gambler can't control then that reserve balance will be at risk, there are many factors that can drive a person to lose their money, especially the temper if can't handle properly then reserve balance will be consume the sooner the gambler take a hard lost, it's hard to hold that needy feelings that you can recover if you'll keep playing using your balance even the intention is for saving it as your reserves.

That's right, the first desire that arises when you lose your entire balance is to play again to win back, because ending the game on a loss, especially with the realization that the deposit is empty is very difficult. And even if you have a reserve balance, you should have good willpower so as not to start playing on the same day when emotions prevail over your mind, in such a state you can easily lose the reserve balance, and then everything will be even worse. So in addition to a good bankroll and reserve, you also need to have good self-control.

Having a balance can help you keep your gambling activities in check But the most important thing is discipline. A gambler who sets aside a reserve balance to gamble can also end up losing more. This happens when the gambler loses his entire bankroll and falls into temptation of chasing losses. It doesn't matter if you just deposit randomly or have a reserve balance, if you are Indisciplined you will still make mistakes

Indeed. It's not about having a reserve balance just incase you want to continue playing, but the self-control you have to refrain yourself from chasing losses if you're not fortunate. Because a gambler who don't have discipline tend to commit a mistake to sustain the gambling session.

Thus, it's crucial to discipline ourselves, because regardless of the amount that you'll use to gamble, it will be sufficient if you know your limit on when you should stop.

We need a reserve balance as a gambler, there could be a demand for using this at anytime, especially in situations whereby we see a game that needed to be played and couldn't afford to because of bankroll, but when there is extra balance, we could be able to send such to our casino wallet and gamble, also, we can make use of a reserve balance to sort out other emergencies outside gambling.

Yes, this can be a good option, when we see a good match, then we can keep a reserve balance to use that match immediately. But we must keep the right thing in mind, because no game can bring you a sure win, and gambling must be played with money that you can afford to lose. Preparing a reserve fund for gambling means giving an extra high of importance to gambling, where gambling should be played only for fun. But yes, if you can prepare a reserve balance with the amount of money that you can afford to lose, then it is okay, but you should never use extra money for gambling with high importance.

Agree with that, if we have spare money to gamble, it is the same as when we lose in betting, we will continue to pursue the defeat because we feel we have spare money to bet. This is indeed one of the addictions to gambling, on the other hand, the bad thing is if you always have spare money to gamble, of course the expenses will be greater but the winnings will not be compared to the capital Money that was bet before

It could be depends on your budget, there are gamblers who have save extra funds just for their fun and entertainment, before I don't have any money at all, it took me over a week before accumulate a funds just to use those for the sports betting for the upcoming week, I did this for a long time until I got a work and its part of my lifestyle already. But again not all gambling is good because I make a computation through out that I made a good profit but still tons of expenses of deposits and transaction fees so having a control with the money you are playing with make you realize you can buy more with those funds.

You are right. It depends entirely on a person's attitude towards gambling. Those who gamble for entertainment or fun may not need a reserve fund. For example, I can put myself here. Gambling is just a recreational part of my life, so I gamble with small amounts of money when I have extra money and time. That is why I do not need a planned reserve fund. If you are a regular gambler, you may need a fund.

Just as it should be for a personal experience, a gambler needs a reserved balance this is a total different money set aside for this purposes so when you've exhausted it you'll either stop or walk away. Most times you find gamblers going above their normal budgets and that's because no actual money is set aside for gambling activities and it's not like cause one gamble for fun or entertainment they shouldn't set aside some funds for it, definitely there should be a budgettted amount for everything so yes gamblers needs a reserve balance.

I agreed with you on that and for sure some situations warrant us to have some reserve to cover up for the bills at hand and none the less I will sure rely more on have a one time deposits that includes my session funding and also my reserves founds this way when I have a game opportunity, there won't be need to run up and down trying to make the fresh deposits again, between this is most effective for someone who have high gambling control.

If you mean by the Reserve balance is for setting a certain budget for gambling then I can say there is nothing wrong to have that. Rather, I can say it also could help him to control his losses and as well as for a responsible gambling becuase in this case he gambler might take the reserve balance and when his balance will end then he will take a break.

And besides, I think that if a gambler wants to keep a reserve balance for any other reason, it should be discouraged, because in this case, it is not possible for him to gamble even after the limit is exhausted.

Neither betting on sports, Playing card games or simply playing up on casinos then it will always be that basing or depending in according on someones luck. Bankroll management or simply with your finances is something that you do need up to consider out all the time because once you do have that no good on having that control or moderation then you do end up on having that potential problem specially if the addiction develops. We do know that everything would be that basing up on someones luck whether you are dealing with strategic games or into those casino games. In regarding about reserved balance then it do always that giving out that kind of urge for you to play more because deep inside into your mind is that you've been thinking that you do still have the funds that you can play more specially if you are that in loses on which the primary thing that comes up into your mind is on how you would be able to recover those loses or trying out to break even. The most important thing that you do need up to consider is to play on just to have that fun because once you do become that desperate or setting out those kind of unrealistic goals towards gambling then you are just that basically putting up yourself into such big trouble. Always be that considerate on making up some sensible actions if you dont want nor wanting to have that kind of huge problem on which it will be that correlated into gambling addiction. This is the main issue for most gamblers on why they can think up well or do be able to make out some good decisions just because they are that being blinded with their greed or being that clouded up with those unrealistic goals or targets towards into their gambling activity.

As a gambler we don't need a reserve balance to partake on gambling, what we need is make sure that we have a budget so that we will not spend more than our budget in gambling, we have to know such, that gambling is all about understanding, if you understand gambling very well its when you will know that you're not supposed to have a balance for gambling, because a true gambler have a limit and budget in any time it wants to gamble either weekly or monthly, I don't know for anyone but I know quit well that people that reserve balance on gambling is people who is fully addicted on gambling.

Well, when we talk about money reserves for the casino or for gambling, for me there aren't any. In fact, there shouldn't be any because where there should be some is for real life and to cover possible unexpected expenses that exist. However, each of us has a way of managing our finances, but I don't see the need for a reserve fund just for gambling. Maybe I don't see the point.

The gambling reserve is strange and doesn't make much sense because everything in casinos depends on luck, which means that the reserve would have to be replenished too often. It seems to me that gamblers just need to have a little discipline in terms of money management, i.e. use for gambling only a certain (small) percentage of the total budget.

In my opinion, most people do not save any reserve balance for their gambling, but gamble with whatever they earn. Moreover, those who are wise may save their balances so that if they lose their money, they can start gambling again with their reserve balances later. However, if a player can play in such a way as you have reflected, then he may enjoy a lot of benefits there. Most of the time people lose their money and they become very emotional when gambling, so if they create a reserve balance before gambling, it will be useful for them later.

for me its a yes! This will control your betting amount. the higheer we have on our table the higher we cant to bet and take a risk.
but if we will just leave a bit of our bget and reserve some forthe future we can control it.
Example.
we have a budget of 100 bucks and we won and already have 1,134 $.
we should take out the 1000. take the 800 out of it and put the 200 for the reserve fund for tomorrow if we cant to continuue play the 134 today.

This will make you earn 800 out of gambling.
save the 200 for future gambling
have 134 to continue having fun.

Those of us who play various games in gambling or casino are how important the reserve is for us. Reserve, what we understand, is very much needed to be used to use in time. It is very difficult for a tide to save or reserve a money because once he has become fully addicted to gamble, he can never come back from it. It is very important to keep reserve in real life, not reserve in the casino to improve our lives. However, many can use enough gambling to be used as storage. That seems really incredible to reserve for the betting and doing it is nothing really stupid. That is why I think it is better to reserve money to improve real life than gambling or casino playing.

Probably only a gambler with a strong level of self-control after a loss will be able to calmly turn off the online casino site and not touch the reserve deposit. Because I know from my own experience what a strong storm of emotions boils inside after a loss.
I really want to win back, because the money was just on the deposit, and now it is gone, and the most logical thing in this case seems to be to urgently add money to the deposit and return what was now lost.

I feel the same thing as you when I loss the money. Feeling sad will come and if we can not calm down ourselves, we will be trigger to still playing gambling. That will just make us lose more money and will use our reserve deposit. At that moment, we really want to recoer our lost money but unfortunately, we don't have luck to get it back.

We can only feel sad and if we can think clear, we will see that it is better we stop our gambling activity. We don't have to risk more money especially our reserve deposit. We can save the reserve deposit for the next day because who knows, we can get our lucky in other days.

I am not against the reserve balance, but my attitude towards it is that we should not touch it, and we should do everything possible so that we can continue to play with our current bankroll, and the reserve will be considered an emergency reserve (at least it should be treated this way). In gambling, I always strive to win and although I perceive it as entertainment to some extent, this does not change my attitude to the fact that I want to win, for me this is also an important aspect. Therefore, despite the fact that I have reserves, I try to never use them, it is like an emergency reserve that I may need in difficult times.

The thing is that for many players this is also considered a reserve, but as soon as a situation arises with the player losing his main bankroll, he immediately runs in a fit of excitement for this money. He urgently needs to win back at any cost and he is ready to break this rule. So the whole point of the reserve balance is not to use it for winning back, but only in the most extreme cases and not under the influence of emotions, only then will it make sense. What a pity that in reality the reserve is used by very few players for its intended purpose.

The game reserve is knowing how to resist the temptation not to waste more money than you can afford.
How do I not understand the function that some casinos put in place to self-limit, that is, how can an avid gambler limit
their outgoings? In the meantime, betting sites put this option (for charity legitimate and not decisive) to feel with a clear conscience. I appreciate the commitment so much.

You're expressing a thoughtful point. The game reserve—having the discipline not to exceed what you can afford—is deeply personal and psychological. The self-limit tools that casinos and betting sites offer are often seen as a formality rather than a true safeguard, especially for problem gamblers. It's true that these options can give platforms a sense of moral cover, while the real challenge lies in the gambler's self-awareness and support system.

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Reserve balance is required when gambling, trading as well as running a country. Reserve symbolize that in the event of a bad day , the player can play tomorrow. Playing with all the balance doesn't not sense well. Branches of a bank works with strategic reserve banking. That means if there is a cash surplus in a particular bank it immediately can be transferred where there ie deficit using national banking network. The net work here is that the end customer is benefitted and his time is saved in all the banking works.

Many players tried to implement such strategies but it gets to a moment when the players suddenly change their minds because of losses they have been through. And st that moment the make another deposit to chase their losses. Actually this is only done when emotions is involved into gambling. Moreover, even before this time it has been very vital to gamble with what you can afford to lose do that your emotions won't make you make wrong decisions in gamble.

Yes, that's why having spare money is not recommended for gambling, when you lose, it will cross your mind to be able to return the capital that has been spent because you still have funds. It would be much better if we set a budget for gambling with a predetermined nominal, if you lose, you have to accept the reality and if you win, that's where our luck is to get the win that day. In addition, you must be able to limit when it's time to stop gambling when you win or experience defeat because people who seek pleasure in gambling certainly do not have the main goal of being able to make money from the gambling they do

As each gambler has their own desirability, same applies to some of our decisions to gambling, some can afford to exhaust on their bankroll in gambling and wait till they got it refilled while some other gamblers can't afford this, instead they always fall back on reserve balance elsewhere, which they can use to play bet in case of any emergency, whereby they are unable to afford making a deposit to their account and gamble, then the other option available is to fall back on their reserve balance and use.

What emergency are you talking about? Are there any emergencies in gambling? As far as I know, when it comes to sports betting, games sometimes are listed on casino even 2 or 3 months before the day the game will be played. And talk about casino or slot games, this ones are always there for any gambler to play when ever he or she wants to, there are no games in the casino or slot section that are listed this minute and it expires the next minute, so where does emergency come into gambling?

A sports match that is listed on the casino even as far as three months or more before the play day, as a gambler, you have enough time to prepare to bet on the game if you are interested in it, why wait till the last minute and see call it an emergency?

Anyways, like I've said in my previous comments, keeping a reserve is only important for those who treat gambling as a business or profession, just like it is with those who trade.

I have had my experience in the past, where to make a profit and recover what I lost I lost more than I could afford (we are not talking about large amounts) but I still felt bad.
My technique is simple, I force myself to be able to play a maximum amount weekly or monthly (I consider it as a subscription to a streaming platform this expense) so the goal is not to exceed that number.
Sometimes I exceed it in a positive way and in that case it allows me to continue playing, as sometimes I go into a negative way
and then I stop.
The trick is there ... you have to know when to stop and force your mind to stay calm, it's just a game!

Sometimes no matter how discipline one is, they will be so carried away by what is happening to them in gambling even though they are using what they can afford to lose because that amount of money you can afford to lose or let go is still your money, that is a money you suffered to get and even those who gamble for fun sometimes they go beyond that because they have seen the other side of gambling. Gambling has something like a force that always drag people or pull people from where they are but some gambler do overcome this force because of how they have build themselves.

Been doing that for a while and I must say that it really keeps a gambler in check but from experience keeping a reserve doesn't stop everyone from gambling irresponsibly. For those trying to curb their wild gambling behaviors this might not be the solution to it. You need to work on building your mindset first, overcome the addiction by learning self discipline and then you can start doing this.

This can lead to a more aggressive gambling mindset. I'm saying this because if a gambler has a reserve fund he cannot limit himself in gambling. In a situation where gamblers cannot control themselves most of the time through bank rule practice if he holds a reserve fund for gambling he will be likely to become addicted and the amount of loss may be greater. I agree with you that you should practice self control. I also think that a gambler should maintain self-discipline and should gamble considering the level of his losses that will be in line with his income.

If we consider gambling as fun, then I don't think there is any need to keep a reserve balance. Because if there is a reserve balance, a gambler will have the possibility of losing that balance. Especially those who cannot control themselves. Moreover, even those who can manage controlled gambling sometimes manage uncontrolled gambling. That is why one should not keep more money beyond his gambling budget. However, if some people think that they may need money at any time if they bet regularly, then they can keep a reserve fund so that they do not have any problem in betting.

Sometimes, we try as much as possible to take that phrase gambling for fun away from this kind of discussion, because as you rightly said, if I am gambling for fun, why do I need a reserve founds, what for, but most often than none, a large majority of gamblers take gambling as means to win some money and at that could be needing a backup funds in case they run out of available balance to gamble with.

Yes, for people who make gambling a place to make money, they definitely always need spare money when they want to gamble because gamblers like that will usually continue to place bets to pursue victory no matter how much money has been spent as long as they still have money they will continue to play unlike me who only plays when I have free time so I only need enough money to play then leave the game especially I realize that this is gambling not an investment where in gambling the percentage of winning is very small for us to get so why do I need a spare balance to gamble if in the end I will be the one to accept defeat.

The only people who need extra money to gamble are those who want to make huge profits through gambling, but the hard truth is that they will never get the big profits they expect, because first of all they are gambling addictively, they are losing huge amounts, but they continue to gamble even after that, if you calculate the amount of money they have lost so far, it will be seen as a huge loss, and if you had deposited this amount of money now, you could have done a lot better right now. But this addiction always forces you to gamble more, and this is why many gamblers, even after losing, need more money to gamble more, which will always only be just lost.

Honestly from my personal experience, it's always smarter to have a set amount you’re okay with losing and just walk away once it’s gone also  I don’t think a reserve balance for gambling is really necessary unless you’re someone who treats it like a serious hobby or part of your lifestyle. For me it works better to set a budget like entertainment money, once that’s used up I’m done. Having a reserve might tempt you to keep chasing losses which never ends well So I would say stick to what you can afford to lose in one go and avoid the backup stash

When you talk about an emergency, which time are you referring to? Is it a time when you remember an ongoing event like a football match, a basketball game, or whatever game it is, and you want to place a bet on it, and there was no plan for such in the first place? Is that the time you consider to be an emergency in gambling, or something else? Aside from such situations, I don't think it's right for us to have an emergency time, which we need to gamble on. What use could that be for?

So, you mean that a person should have more money ready so that once they lose the current balance, they can have more to lose. I don't agree with that. Someone who gambles for fun never needs back up funds, but someone who gambles for gains should also not have back up funds because gambling, as we know it, is not a way for us to make money, so it doesn't make any sense to have back up funds if you are having that for the purpose of trying to recover what you've just lost or try and make money with the back up funds because there are equal chances of you losing the back up funds as well.

Everyone who is into gambling should at least know that gambling is a game of luck, and they can't change their luck by having extra funds or by playing for longer. Playing for a longer period will only increase the potential losses and nothing else. If you are lucky, you will win with the initial balance, but if you are unlucky, you won't win even if you spend so much more after losing the initial bankroll. So there is no point in having backup funds in gambling, and that only promotes irresponsible gambling.

Finish and walk away is the best for a sustainable and responsible gambling behaviors because having such a reserve funds can lead to spend more time than the planned time, I don't doubt the existence of such approach by some gamblers out there but those sets of gamblers can only be regarded as those who sees gambling as a means of making money rather than just an entertainment, but come to think of it, don't you think that there will urge of chasing losses at the event of the reserve funds being used and there is no positive results? Definitely the gambler can be more devastated hence i see such keeping of reserve funds as an unnecessary extension of gambling activities instead we should just finishing and walk away.

A reserve balance is a debatable topic. On one hand, if you’re a good bettor, you should be able to manage with the bankroll you have available. This would imply that you grow your deposit and regularly withdraw your winnings. But every bettor goes through tough periods when they might lose their deposit. Since a deposit is just a part of your total bankroll, you could say that a good bettor doesn’t necessarily need a reserve balance for gambling, because a smart bettor will split their bankroll into several deposits. On the other hand, having a reserve is always a good thing because it gives a player a sense of security. But I think it only makes sense if you’re sure, or almost sure, that you’ll never actually need to use it.

The main thing is all about gambling responsibly, keeping a reserve is important but there are gamblers that don't do this but they are able to gamble responsibly and keep themselves under control. Creating a reserve fund can also have disadvantages, we are all different people so what works for me might not work for someone else. Creating a reserve can be useful and it keeps you I'm check

Of course as a gambler is good to have a reserve balance, for example you can fix an amount from your gambling budget then after you most have exhaust that which you intend to bet with for the day then you have to wait until the next day, and the same method will be applied the next day, I know is very difficult for us to stick to this method without deviating even if there are people out there who are going with this method i think they're few, as majority of gamblers would want to fight back after they most have lose the money they intend to go with for the day.

From what I have being reading around this forum, I see some member saying that, their safety zone in gambling is by not leaving any amount in their gambling balance for future use, they think that by so doing, the tendency for them to gamble more than necessary is high and they eventually lose their reserves in the end, although I am not against their points, but withdrawal of all balance will always cause double fees since you gona make deposits back to the casino when you want to gamble again.

If you won't stick to your budget, you will surely have financial troubles later on. As a gambler, I would say, most of us already got to a point where we exhaust our finances and promised not to it again. As we can't control ourselves when we are already sitting and playing, the best way is to have your allocated budget and stick to it. But not to have financial woes in gambling, always use your spare funds, don't borrow money from others, and quit once you busted your bankroll. Call it a day and just go back when you have extra. Simple rules for yourself and you won't have issues in gambling. Otherwise, you will surely put yourself in a terrible mess. Your choice!

Getting the idea of preventing to lose all your money then yup, withdrawing your balance and not leave any amount might help since the tendency that you'll be urge to bet even it's not the time for your session is possible, since that you see inside your wallet that there's fund that available to use, in the event that you want to prevent making mistake it's best not to have a always available balance,

Though getting that point that you'll be dealing with the transfer fees, it's also true that you have to cover it but much to deposit the amount that you are willing to let go compared with regretting that you lose your money as you are unable to control your emotion, self-explanatory I guess as gambler got different ideas and inputs regarding to how they can manage to control their emotions.

Yes that is the best approach in this regards and as suggested in the ops that we should make sure that we have a reserve funds and management of that funds to the point that we build the right mental stability that holds us along and not allowing us to slide into some situations that we may not like while gambling, so setting allocation and strictly following it is key to safety in gambling.