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I have this friend who’s a gambler, whenever he goes to the casino and comes back, you’d always hear him say “damn I’ve just lost $200 today” and sometimes he calls a much higher amount. And this is someone I know too well that he doesn’t have such an amount, someone who could even barely afford two square meal a day.
One day out of curiosity, I asked him how he managed to get the huge amount of money that he lost, and it was then I learned that he wasn’t always referring to the initial stake amount but the potential wins. That he’s not always concerned about the initial stake but the potential wins.

Which led me to asking, does anyone also feel this same way? Say in a parlay, one pick resulted to losing a huge amount, which would you regret (the most) losing? The initial stake amount or the potential win?

Honestly it happens to most of us especially when you encounter a near miss which you've hope on to land you in a big win and it is more painful when you had the option to cash out a considerable amount and you missed it.

I can say your friend is delusional about winning big and just seeing the pot. Winning increases his fopamine level and he feels he has the wins already. It's a funny one and you should tell him to decrease his expectation from Pot. Winnings until he sees green. I think he should embrace reality the more and not live in a world of fantasy with POT. win that isn't yet his.

It's really funny how most people are so obsessed with the potential winnings that they don't consider how much was lost in the process. Most people even before they must ave won the game, they have already started calculating possible ways to utilize the money which is yet to be in their possession and I see this as a bad habit that could cause psychological issues.

This actually depends on the mindset of people, and how much was involved because I would not use $100 to place a bet and I would only be concerned about the potential winnings without considering my loss. People would definitely feel some kind of way after a loss and for me I would be more concerned about my stake than the potential winnings because I stake with a big amount most cases.

That was what made me addicted, because I was after my potential win and keep on gambling over and over again. Anyone who is doing this sometimes, would have planned on what to use the money for. A gambler that is always after his potential wins will continue to gamble without reserve because he is more focused on winning big. It will lead him astray.

Exactly what I tell him all the time. I mean I’m also a gambler but I can’t remember ever being this obsessed, not like I blame him that much because his only offense is that he depends heavily on gambling for survival, he recently got fired from his job, and since then, his obsession for gambling just got even more serious and now gambling is literally his only source of income. I’ve tried severally to educate him on the dangers of such act, but he’s head bent on trying to hit that huge win.

It's funny that your friend sees only the potential win and not the amount he bets. Having this mentality is not wrong since you are expectant.  I know someone who has the same mindset but goes to the extreme. This individual would go to the extent of buying some stuff on credit because he assumes he would get that potential win. If it is a close win, I might consider how much I would have won. It's usually painful when you came close and lose because the money was already close to your wallet. .

Lets forget about gamble with money that afford to lose, for me to answer this question, of course, if I want to regret, I will regret about my initial stake, the reason is, this is my money before i deposited and gamble with that money. If im not using it for gambling, i can choose to use for another. The potential win is not my money before i win the bet, so if i lose this will not change anything for me*. But the initial amount can change our balance, and you know what happens after that.

^{* because we are talking about lose and regret, so the win will not be counted}

It's great stupidity to plan around money that's not in your disposal already. It's more like living in your head and not in reality. It's okay to have business ideas that you'll execute if you find funding but planning yourself around Pot. Wins in your betslip is a very irrational thing to do.

Let me borrow some words from Very Dark Man the Nigerian activist.. "He's gonna learn and he's gonna learn the hard way" that gambling for survival is the worst de-service you do yourself as a struggling guy.

I wonder why someone would be worried over a win that he hasn't yet realised. It was never his money in the first place, this and many other reasons are why most gamblers ends up getting addicted. They get too attached to unrealistic profits and cry over wins that never existed. It doesn't show how responsible of a gambler he is. And I still wonder where he gets the little he uses to bet because according to what you said, he can't even feed himself a two square meal, so why on earth would he still be pursuing gambling? He should actually responsible and use his money to better his life first and when he has made enough, he can try gambling..

Hmm, I think that your friend is addicted, and he is just looking at the "potential" win, but that's not helpful to anyone. It will only make casinos happy and not the gambler. It just shows that in his mind, gambling is a priority compared to eating, and that's not a good thing to be doing. Maybe you could help him see that it's not a good thing to depend on future wins, which are not guaranteed.

It is due to the cognitive bias that most gamblers experience and start assuming what they could win as their money without even seeing the results and when they lose that bet they consider the win amount as lost rather than the wagered amount.

And if someone is showing those signs, then they are in the process of severe addiction since the gambling habit is controlling their mind and tricking it into thinking things that isn't reality. Suggest him to take a long break as soon as possible.

If someone regret by the potential win, then they have too big expectation because they're so sure they will win the bet despite it's not ended yet.

If someone regret by the initial capital, it means they're realistic, they see the amount they will lose instead of thinking they will win the bet.

For sure potential win is more make someone regret because they've think they will get x money and they've tried how to manage the money if they really get it.

Right??
Gamblers who get addicted do so at their own risk, because they’ll only end up feeding the house, which is even what the casinos want. Inasmuch as the casinos act like they’re giving gamblers the opportunity to win pretty good amounts of money, the reality of the situation is that, what they’re offering the public is an opportunity to lose, because that’s how they manage to make their own income. And when they see gamblers who are addicted, they literally wanna do everything to make them stay. Wicked people lol.

Yeah! Not that it’s really bad for people to have expectations, what’s bad is when those expectations are unrealistic. Every gambler should know that gambling can be mostly unpredictable and winning mostly depends on how lucky the gambler is, and luck isn’t something we can control or keep by our side all the time.

And I’ve come to understand that the reason why most gamblers often find themselves in this spot is because they mostly draw inspirations from the experience of other gamblers. For instance, a gambler sees someone who wins a jackpot, they draw inspiration from that event and channel all their energy towards also winning a jackpot without realizing that the jackpot wasn’t won due the gambler’s skills.

I agree to this. It happens to when we get too involved in the game. But what I am even concerned about what it leads to. Does it lead to prolonged emotional outburst and regrets that affects them? If not then, it is what most regular gamblers do but it soon fades away.
For me, I do not have this type of regret particularly because I am mostly playing slots and in slots. My regrets is more of if I chased a loss.

I think you're right but let's be realistic many gamblers are victim of this, we should learn how to gamble with what we can afford and not looking at our potential as such get triggered to boost our stake to arrive at the amount we think that will be good for us when we win, this is just like planning for something that we don't know the outcome as though we are sure that it will happen they exact wey we exact it to, I think people that gamble this way are greedy gamblers, they actually gamble without keeping in mind that there are realities we have to be aware of in gambling before among some decisions.

Yep you're right. About the effects, for me I feel the disappointment and forget it after a while especially when I get in to other necessities that concerns me, after all, gambling wins aren't promised.

For the guy described in the OP, I think it does more than affect him temporarily, it reinforces his beliefs that the sportsbook is denying him what's rightfully his and goes back the next day with more determination to retrieve it.

In reality he's creating a long-term belief problem for himself and this would slowly lead to frustration and emotional trauma for him if it's not put in check.

I will not ever regret what I wasn't sure about it something that is not yet mine. The it way it can be mine is when I win he bet and the money was sent to my account, outside that, I won't regret anything. Many people always do things that will make they regret in the long run, so I prefer to avoid such thing by gambling with what I can afford to risk instead of chasing after something that has no guarantee. There's no guarantee on potential winning, what you stake is the only thing you have that is guarantee for you, you can chose to risk it or keep it.

It's actually funny how someone will claim to lose money he did not own. Your potential win is not meant to be painful because you have not won it, rather it is your capital that should be painful because that is cash at hand. You can only feel bad about the potential win when you were offered cash-out of it yet you refused and the game failed, then the money you did not collect could weigh you down because it was cash earned but greed did not let you take it.

The staked amount is my money, so I will regret losing it more than the potential win. Sure, it will be frustrating to see that I almost won a parlay, but still, it's the money that I input that is really mine.
Still, there are certain instances where you will regret losing a parlay more than the staked money. One example would be losing it at the last leg, and you have an option to cash it out, but you didn't. For me, that's more frustrating because it's already money that could've been pulled out, but due to greed, it was gone.

At the point were one game led to the loss of a bet, it will be the potential winning that will just be ringing in your head. I have had similar experiences many times and I don't think it's just me glad that someone you know also feels same way. You will hardly remember that you just placed the bet with lesser amounts because in your head your have already calculated what you will be using the potential winning to do, that's why you will feel that way because you were just so close to achieving it.

If you must know gamblers target that potential amount they stand to win their staking amount means nothing again after staking the game, this is not new to gamblers the target is always to get the full potential amount but when they lost in the game the amount they used in staking will be the last thing you will ever hear them say rather they will present the amount they were meant to win if the game had played.

This happen to me and I believe most gambling have such feeling, but there is a limit to which my feeling goes towards the potential, likewise the initial stake. One thing is paramount just that the gambler have centered it's mind so much believing the potential will yield result as expected which is not far from been addicted because he never believe that this could work as luck , assuming the money you have not win to be yours has goes beyond ordinary but addicted to the system. What makes regret initial syake when such lost happened is when I go beyond my actual budget for gambling it makes me regret.

By experience you would feel the pain of loss to the potential win amount when it was the last game in your total pick that got spoilt after every other games in the parlay has correctly played. This happens because a lot of hopes has being ignited, and for some gamblers they could actually start imagining and contemplating in their head many things they could do with the money when it's eventually won by the last game playing correctly. However it be that it was a pick in the middle of the parlay bet it wouldn't mean much to the gambler losing it

I try to regret nothing.

This is the exact attitude of many gamblers. Their mind and thoughts are focused on the potential winning of their gambling bets. If the money is small, the top it so that the amount they are to win, will be big, if it turns out to be a winning bet for them.

We don't go about blaming those kinds of bettors because most gamblers wants to have this win from their bet so that they will use the money to be won for something important

I must say that your friend is really funny, how could he possibly regret of losing money that does not belong to him? Although I'm not surprise to hear this because most gamblers usually make budget of what they are going to use the money for if they eventually win that is why they usually complain about their potential return instead of the stake.

Although I could imagine the feeling when you bet multiple games and maybe you are just waiting for the last game to play unfortunately the last game end up messing everything up you know at that stage you won't regret about the stake but the potential return because you're almost sure of getting it, I think this is actually what your friend was trying to explain to you. And if that's the case then I would say that it's normal.

It's funny how people think though, losing a bet means that you have lost the initial stake amount and not thr potential amount you are meant to get if you end up winning,saying you lost money means the stake amount, that's actually what it means but people don't use their words correctly. Next time do well to correct him because he clearly doesn't understand the difference between both of them

If you have not heard gambler lamenting over their potential win as though it is their money then you have not stayed close to gamblers. that is their usually way and when you see someone that continues to lament in such manner, just know that the person is tending towards becoming an irresponsible gambler.

in the context of loss, what you actually lost is the amount you used in gambling and not the potential win that in the first place is not even yours. it only has the potential of being seen as a loss when you won and still use the money to gamble gain and then lost it.

So funny how individuals get upset over potential wins, some people will say that this is ok but I tell you that it is not healthy at all, you know it's these expectations that can lead to gambling addiction, of cause he will have it in mind that one day he will win that money, and since it's a consistent amount around $200 he will make sure his rewards are on or above that amount, whereby making the winning probability little by adding more games or increasing stake, and also building more desperation to win such amount of money, so maybe you can talk with your friend and advise him to make Fun out of game and he should not make emotional decisions.

I think most people regret the potential win more than the loss because it is not just the money they lost, it is the 'what could have been'. Personally, I have seen many of my gambling friends, Gamblers brains repeatedly regret not losing money but the fact that they didnt bet more.

And, people who gamble regularly have dual counterfactuals, they think, 'I could have won more' &  at the same time, 'Oh my God, at least I did not lose more.' such kind of mental loop is inferior however it unfold why that missed bumper prize hurts so much

Chasing Potential win is very dangerous because you are not even sure of winning no matter the amount of money you keep putting, and too much of high expectations easily makes one addicted to gambling and you spend above your limits and bank roll, therefore your friend should stop right away to avoid losing all he has laboured for or being involved in debtssince he bearly takes proper care of himself .

You should not regret about your initial stake because you know that gambling win is not guaranteed and you are gambling responsiblely.

You can’t lose what you didn’t own. Your friend is a great bullshitter. If we follow the same logic i could tell i lost a billion dollar for not buying btc 15 years ago and that would make sense in your friend’s worldview but we all know it would be crazy to picture it like that don’t we? I lost a hundred million usd!!! For avoiding apple co. 20 years ago!!! I have been robbed!!! See where that kind of talk can potentially lead to? If your friend can see delusions like that he might also claim that the casino robbed him. And many people except you would believe him probably for no valid reason. Don’t try to correct your friend though. Maybe warn him one or two times about what he is doing and if he insists on his wrong statement, leave him be. You can’t correct every person on earth in the end. Some people will always choose to be wrong because they want to.

I think the man is drunk in floating loses and the best thing he has to do for himself is to give up about gambling. You can not be gambling and thinking about what to do with the money you have not realized in gambling. You will need to advise him so that you does not wound himself since you said he's your friend. Money not yet realized should not be counted as their money either profits or loses. You can not gamble with $1 to make $200 which is 200 odds to be realized if the bet ends in winning and to be lost if it cut. Gamble less and don't allow it to control your emotions or your daily activities.

Lol, it is very funny. If i count how much i have lost to gambling based on all the potential winnings, then i would probably say i have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. See how funny that sounds right, i couldn't have lost that much, because i do not even have such money right now to begin with. Please if people want to talk about what they have lost in gambling, then they should stick with what they have wagered and nothing else.

The only amount lost is the actual amount that left his pocket and not the imaginary win in his head. Those who focus only on the potential win than the actual money staked are keeping themselves trapped in illusion. Giving themselves false sense of hope rather than focusing on the fact that they are actually losing real money while in the process of chasing big wins and calling those imaginary money actual losses. If they do not realise on time that they are merely playing with their psychology, they will lose even more than the profits they are anticipating.

If your friend can't afford to lose $200 and he went and spend that on gambling without making any money, then he is a careless friend, sorry to say. Why gamble money you are going to regret gambling and maybe have a sleepless night. I have gamble but I have not wager $200 bankroll under 24 hours, I don't like doing something I will go back and have a high blood pressure, it may sound funny that $200 will give high BP, I just can't do it or maybe I don't have the balls to risk much on gambling.

I have this intuitive thought I have played around with when I'm gambling. Anytime I look at my casino sport page and see games that looks soo real and the thought of using more than I can afford to lose, I do the opposite thought and put small money, I feel safe that way. If I win the bet, it's my luck for the week and if I loss then I have nothing to worry about. I can gladly move onto the next game without any fear but I will still use small funds by the way, better sate than sorry.

for me the one I really regret losing is the actual stake not the what could’ve been, the potential win is not yet really yours, it’s just drawing only but once the money leaves your hand that’s real, real loss indeed. I’ve seen a lot of that kind of mindset especially those already hooked cause they’re chasing one big hit cause sometimes when life gets hard gambling starts to feel like the only way out even we know it is urreliable that’s why they focus on the potential win to justify to themselves the risk.

A gambler always has money and at the same time has none. Even buying a simple ten dollar meal for a close friend feels hard, but dropping a thousand dollars on a bet doesn’t bother him at all. I’m a gambler too, and my biggest regret is this one day my friend invited me to go to italy with some girls.
They went and had an amazing week, and I stayed home and lost all my money gambling.:D

The mindset of chasing wins, or chasing potential wins they believe are achievable and constantly striving to achieve them, is a sign of addiction. If left unchecked, this mindset often leads to greater losses and an unhealthy gambling cycle. Gamblers continue placing bets until their bankroll is depleted or even completely depleted, potentially seeking money at any cost to continue gambling. However, this mindset of chasing wins is merely an illusion that will never materialize. Even if it does, they will never be satisfied, and ultimately, all winnings will be lost.

Forget initial betting losses, as they are a risk that must be accepted wholeheartedly. And if you want to continue gambling, you must be able to learn from your mistakes and strive to be a responsible gambler, always using only money you can afford to lose so you can easily forget about previous losses.

This is actually a funny situation and if you’re a gambler at one point or the other you must have felt something for what could have been. I’m not sure that feeling is regret, when regret comes in is if you had an opportunity to cash out something tangible and you didn’t but hoping for the best outcome and it never did.
Your friend is living a fantasy World and you should try to make him come out of it, I think that kind of mindset will only make him play more and lose more, I’m sure that guy is a serial loser.

I don't regret losing any of them. Neither the staked amount nor the potential win triggers me.
At least what I have learnt in gambling over the years is that there will always be a time when you lose and a time when you will win. At every moment, accept the fate; it won't last long. The only time a gambler should regret losing the amount he staked is when he gambles with an amount he cannot afford to lose.

Near misses in the gambling world can be very painful,but there's nothing wrong if a gambler moves on if he lost a huge win that was so close to winning.Most gamblers can be very loud about their near miss, it's right time most gamblers keep their businesses to themselves and face the reality.Just like we have the chasing losses there's also chasing wins which is caused by near miss,being too overconfident and positive about your prediction outcome can affect the mental health of a gambler,for instance when a game is been played with over confidence and the outcome wasn't what was planned could lead to frustration and depression.

Between the initial bet & potential win, I choose "Almost Big Win".

There's nothing more painful in gambling than almost winning big & it's happened to me time & time again in slot games. For example, I'm waiting for a symbol on reel 1 to appear, but it never comes, leaving me constantly thinking that if it had, I should have cashed out. "Parlay" is also the same case, I experienced it many years ago, because I lost in 1 match, I failed to get $3K.

This is called the actual unplanned and irresponsible gambling. Just because a person wins a bet does not mean that they are not gambling irresponsibly.
Rather, if that gambler goes beyond their ability to lose and bets again with the amount they can win, they are doing so out of greed, and we must remember that when a gambler does this, they lose control over their own emotions, which is even more dangerous. The reason for saying it is dangerous is that when this type of public continues such activities regularly, one day they will become addicted to gambling.

If I'm not mistaken, there's been a similar topic before. Speaking of regret, I think both situations can lead to regret, and actually, losing the opportunity to win big and losing your initial bet is the same; you both lose money.

Losing your initial capital with the potential for a big win, in my opinion, can be more painful than losing that potential big win. Why? Obviously, because when you lose that potential big win, doesn't that mean you're ending the game with a loss? It means you're still losing your initial bet.

That's a good question. I think that in my case it would depend on how much I staked initially (generally, not much) and how much I could've earned if I had not made such a choice (I usually take a lot of risks, so quite a lot). So yes, in my case I will typically regret more not having made a better choice with that match and not being able to enjoy a big prize because of it, rather than having wasted a few bucks that I already took for granted that I was going to lose.

Crazy how people react towards matters like this right?
As funny as it sounds, there are a lot of gamblers who are this delusional, and fantasize about almost everything. I don’t know if I should call it addiction or just ignorance, but whatever it is; keeping up with this attitude towards gambling or any other situation would most likely lead to disappointment. I remember back then when I used to be this expectant, like if someone promises me something, I become too expectant that I end up relying too much on that promises which of course mostly leads to disappointment, and that taught me never to expect anything and to expect disappointment at all time, that way I prepare my mind for any kind of outcome.

That’s correct, the golden rule on gambling is risk only what you can afford to lose so that there will be no regrets when you win.

But I do understand a feeling of remorseful on this event for considering potential profit if the game is almost win but a single error happened on the game that cause your losses such as last minute point on a blown out game to break your point spread and so on.

But feeling regret whenever you lose is not that right.

Its really an ignorant thing to say that you lost a potential win, how can you lose an amount of money thay isn't real lol. A potential amount isn't really promised, just because you placed a bet doesn't mean that you are guaranteed to get your potential win. Losing only has to do with your initial stake, do well to enlighten him more about this, maybe he hasn't really come to understand the difference

I looks like the gambler won $100 but because of his greed he still lose the same $100 he win back to the casino that's why he's angry and depressed. Even though I win and continue to gamble then I lose my bet, I will also bee bad but that's if what I lost is what I can not afford to risk. Gamblers lose initial stake and and the money they won because they re-stake with the same money hat they won. Betting is risky, but some gamblers don't care, they over stake and lose their money.

How can someone turn gambling into a source of income? I think your friend really needs your warning. Perhaps, he is still in denial, and feels he can survive by this way, but trust me, he will regret it one day, and start remembering all your words and your warnings.

Basically, gambling isn't a source of income, nor is it a way to get rich, it is simply for entertainment. We know that gambling requires luck, and we can't be lucky all the time; there will be bad days. Therefore, we must be wary of gambling activities that can lead to material and psychological losses. It would be better if we returned to the original purpose of gambling as entertainment, so we could enjoy all our activities comfortably, especially during each gambling session. We need to educate ourselves, and keep reminding each other, so that we can always remember the way out when we get stuck.

A Lil of both but more on potential win because the moment you staked a game, you should be prepare to loss it. Why most times slot games have their times. You loss what you stake because you are not having a specific Multiplier you believe you can get. Staked amount hurts but potential that's infinitely close can lead to a dump.

Your friend is kind of funny, he is just after the potential win, and doesn’t even care about the initial stake. If someone is doing something like this, then it means your friend isn’t staking big amount of money, and that’s why he doesn’t care about the amount which he staked. As a gambler what you are suppose to be after is the amount which you staked, how will you be calculating the amount which you haven’t won as part of your money? If am gambling and I lose, then am going to tell people that I lost the initial amount that I staked with, and I won’t say I lost my potential win, it’s wrong.

Right in the first place your lost bet shouldn't be regarded as a nightmare to yourself because you expected to had been able to bear whatever situations that comes and goes about it.
But if I must say, in a lost bet ticket we can say we lost the potential win and not the wagering because of I had won, I should be winning together with the potential wins.
Most time the regard that we lost the wager is usually when the ticket didn't go impressive at all. So you'd feel regretted why you even spent the money on that bet like you knew what was supposed to happen as an uncertainty game outcome

I never take what I have not won as mine, but I have seen many who do that, but it's crazy for someone to even start planning how to spend money that has not been theirs, even if your parlay is running down to the very last game and the last game is also playing according to how you planned it. Never consider it as your money until you have it credited into your account or at least the game result is announced.

The only time I will really regret losing a potential win on a parley is when the games are down to the last or when  what’s left are games that should be a win.
But if it’s ended fast like the first one to three games then I regret more on the money I played with.
But if it’s not sport betting, the most regret would be losing all the money won at that days gambling.

It is the usual feeling of regret that follows a bet being well off only to suffer a loss that has not been anticipated. It is disappointing at that moment when we only have one more match to play as far as determining and yet we should know that it is one of the risk factors associated with any bet. Whenever the outcome does not turn out as expected, then we should take it and learn to be more careful and reasonable in approaching the future.

It should be very simple and clear, you only lose the amount you bet, and everything else is just a potential win, but you cannot consider it yours until your bet actually wins. I can bet $10 at odds of 100, but that does not mean in any way that I have lost one thousand, all I am risking is $10. If your friend won $200 in an evening and then lost it all, then you can say that he lost that money. But until he actually received it as winnings, it was all just his imagination.

Personally I've not had my own ordeal but I have a friend who came to me and narrated his most regret after losing, he said that was not even his biggest amount lost yet it was the most painful to him. He goes like, 'it was one 120k like that I won and everything was correct, I was smiling already and planning to pay my rent then greed just came in immediately and whispered to me that  don't you think you need to play this game one more time so you can turn it to 500k? I increased stake on one stupid live bet and everything just went into the thin air'. He said he has lost over a million to a bet before but that one was more regretting because the 120k would have actually solved his immediate problem them which was his house rent but greed didn't allow him to make the right decision there by causing himself to lose what he has gained earlier.

Mostly, these kind of people are playing or gambling with a mindset of having to win always without accepting a loss which is the most close thing than winning while gambling. I have similar friends also, I got use to what they are doing, starting the session with very little money, higher risks, spending days chasing huge odds, and whenever they are closer to win but lost with one match or when the game was super close for a good connection to hit jackpot… they start making noise about losing big amounts of money, while in reality they didn’t even get closer or they have spent more money then what they almost got in that hit over the past weeks or months.

Some people are funny when they start imagining big wins, jackpots or hitting the lottery. I personally don’t regret losing the amount I have deposited anymore, because I know it’s just gambling, while feeling a big unlucky when I miss a close big win. In reality everything is about the mentality of a gambler.

I always say understanding is better than winning… someone who enjoys gambling as a fun entertaining activity is better than someone who won big with a bad mentality chasing always wins and going after losses.

Every gambling have a negative thing that you use and remember it, so in the gambling you need to understand that when you make a wrong decision in gambling you must to regret about it especially when you use amount of money that is reasonable enough to gamble it is when you have a concerned and remorse over it, so we need to understand such that gambling being regrettable in gambling is when you make a wrong calculation and when you lose what you are not supposed to lose it is when you have a such emotional feelings of such kind of regret

The potential for victory doesn't mean that everything should be claimed as ours especially when the gamble hasn't even started yet so this is clearly wrong for me.

Resentment is bound to occur regardless of when we really feel lost for the bets we make or the potential for victory must be lost in front of the eyes but in this case I think it is too naive to immediately claim a victory that has not happened and is only still limited to the potential to win considering the conditions are still uncertain.

Although there may be some people like that but I don't think I will advertise the potential for victory into something that is already considered a certainty because something like that in my opinion is too big an expectation in looking at gambling.

This is opposite of an experience I heard of a bettor who goes online to get bet slips of huge amount that won, he save them on his phone and show it around as if he was the original winner, many people believed him and some envied him and he refused to listen to people asking him to show them how he was able to get those winning streak. But one day he lost guide of himself and people got to know he was only getting those online. So I thought that's same kind of story you wanted to share.


The initial stake amount is not painful to me but the potential. One thing with potential winning amount, you see it as yours and when you end up not winning it, it feels as if you lost the money.

It depends if the odds i used for the bet amount is big and only one game stops me from winning.

Comparing my $5 bet with potential payout of $100 - I will be regret losing my potential win.

Comparing my $5 bet with potential payout of $20 - I will be regret losing my stake amount.

When my potential win is huge, i worry less about my stake amount.

This is the common sentiment of most gamblers. Seeing the potential win is really tempting, making most of us gamblers forget our plan. Casinos offer huge rewards that draw us in, and once our minds are locked on the idea of winning, it becomes harder to make responsible choices. When we let emotions and greed take over, we almost always end up making bad decisions.

Unfortunately, some people sacrifice themselves in making believe that through gambling they will become rich. But every time they lose, they keep on regretting and even blame the casino. Are gamblers now too dumb not to understand how gambling works?

Every bet is a potential win, JSYK. I think I have experienced something similar to what the op is saying. In my case, I did have this ticket and it played till the last game and before the game started the bookie offered me the chance to cash out but since it was just a simple 1.1 odd game so I thought it would go well but at the end game the game didn’t go as planned.

If I had taken that cash out option that I was offered I would have gotten a good amount but then I decided to be greedy and let the game play out and lost both my initial stake and the potential amount that I would have gained if I had stick with the cash out.

The story you tell is quite common in the gambling world. many people focus not on the money they've spent, but on the potential win they almost achieved. And that's one reason why gambling is so addictive the brain focuses more on the near miss than the reality of the loss itself.
Many people including your friend, regret the potential winnings more than the initial bet amount. Because the potential makes them feel like they've lost more than they actually have.

Lose is lost and whenever you are gambling and you lose your initial stake and the potential winning they are still the same thing because if you didn't lose any then you could have win it, so, either way affects me as I don't think of only one and leave the other.
Gambling is like a game of life/death, when you beat it then you have life, but if can't beat it then you lose (dead), so while gambling always apply cautiousness so that you wouldn't be that regretting all the time about game that you lost or about to be won.

You are right, if we are being very honest to ourselves about the over anticipation of winning that has not played which we usually have can really put us in to trouble emotionally, lot of us if not all are victims of this circumstances, we make plans of how best to make use of the money from the game that has not played and when it doesn't play we become hearts broken from a shattered dreams that didn't come through, i give more concern about my stake amount only if the lost was not a near miss but when the lost is of a near miss then I worried about the potential winning that was very close to winning which i missed.

The potential winning is hard to accept because this could have bought something that you need or used it for something important to you.
There are a lot of could-have-beens if you only hit that winning. I have a lot of experience with potential wins, and it's hard to move on, sometimes for days or weeks.
I have a friend who has been betting on his favourite numbers for many years, and one day he missed betting them by a few minutes. The numbers he always bet won a jackpot; he carries the blame until now.

a lot of gamblers already count money that isn’t even theirs yet then feel heartbroken when it doesn’t happen, it’s like they already owned the win in their mind. I used to think that way too always expecting the payout before the game was even done but in the end it only leads to stress and disappointment. What helped me was realising that until the money is actually in your hands it’s not yours and it’s the same with promises expecting too much is just a setup for getting hurt now I just take things as they come no assumptions and no fantasies, it’s much more peaceful that way.

If someone is gambling to make money, they will regret losing their potential winnings more than the money they used to stake. This is because, after they place a bet, their hope is no longer in the money they used to stake, but rather in the potential winnings. When they lose, they forget about the money used for the stake, because they have already developed hope for the potential winnings.

Every time someone visits a casino or decided to plays casino games on their phone, they always have hope of winning and even begin imagining the money they have not yet won. So most people feel bad when they almost win a certain amount of money but do not actually win it. It is this mindset that makes most people regret their potential winnings, as they have already built strong imagination and expectations around them.

Your friend is right, I prefer to talk that way as well. I mean, I just lost ~9800 usd because I rolled a dice with 9800x multiplier. But, in your example of parlay, I would neither be regretting the stake lost and neither the potential win but that pick which destroyed the parlay.

Some gamblers really focus on the what could have been, not the actual money they spent. But for me, the only real loss is the stake that came out of my pocket. Potential winnings are just imaginary until they happen and you can’t lose what you never had. Your friend is likely addicted already, and can't think straight when he was going on casino. That's normal but everyone should remember their limit at all.

I understand him to be honest. Immediately I stake on a game, in my head, the stake is gone, all I care about now is the potential win. I don't consider the stake to be my money anymore. If I lose the bet, I assume I have lost the potential winning. I guess this is because I always bet within my means. There are a few times when I have been careless with my stake, but most of the time, I stay within my means, and it's usually money that I wouldn't mind throwing away. This makes it easy for me to stake and forget about my stake. If I am worried or angry after a game, it's never about the money I staked, it's about the money I did not win.

Btw, if you're friend is struggling to have three square meals, then he shouldn't be gambling. He is focused on the wrong thing. He will most likely not hit that jackpot he's hoping for.

The potential win is not my money yet until I win so I feel the loss of the little I used to place the bet but when it has to do with little to close win I sometimes refer to my losses as the potential wins of course it always very painful to find out there you would have won better if the said potential win played out as you expect but then it'd beyond onces control hence we can't claim we lost the potential win since it's not ours yet however I can not dispute the fact that it sure do happen that we claim that we lost the potential win than the actual lost with is the stakes amount.

I understand him perfectly well, your friend has so much expectations , it happened to me sometime ago , I alway feel one big win will cover all my loses so that made me to alway focus on potential win, especially having cut one can deal with your mental health ,  I played a game it was 7 different matches and the odd was massive ,with $5 and my potential win was about $800 it was moving smoothly I had a cash out of about $300 but since it was remaining one game I had hope that I will get my full potential win so I didn’t take the offer not knowing that the last match was the bad egg among the good once , that is how I lost everything that day , it was so disheartening when I told people how much I lost , it sounds like a joke to them but that hurt me for days , so when your potential win is far bigger than your stake and you lost it is alway painful.

I calculated how much money I spent not the potential winnings, if it was the potential winnings then I could also make $100,000 with just $1 capital, so it is very irrelevant, I am more comfortable saying I lost $10 than saying $100 potential winnings, besides the potential winnings are not included in the capital, it is just speculation not a real amount

Potential winnings are the money you could have won, and your stake is the amount you've used. I'm ok if the possible win isn't huge; I can move on with this as it's part of the process, but if it's a life-changer, I will regret not getting it.
Potentially winning a considerable amount of money can make us dream of what life could have been like if we had only gotten it. I have heard and read countless stories like this about many people, and it's the one that they regret the most.

It doesn't make any sense at all because potential win is not something to rely on heavily since luck have the final say. Honestly this is where most gamblers are getting it wrong, because a responsible gambler would never in any way depend on potential win knowing fully well that the game is for the casino, it's very essential for us to always considered any amount put in gambling as an entertainment or having fun because through this might even increase your chance of getting winning in gambling.

It is an extra luxury because the potential win is an uncertain one. Spending money and time on it is a complete loss project. It's basically an unrealistic fantasy where one can imagine winning $1000 by betting on a possible $100 and regret it. The potential win is not my money, but rather it is just an imagination, meaning the amount I win on the bet should only be considered as money in my pocket. Then there is no point in regretting the loss or gain of a potential win.

Maybe for me, my regret is using my bitcoin to gamble instead of just holding it. Or thinking that the money I used for gambling should have been used to buy more bitcoin. My investment would probably look better now. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has these regrets, especially if you are really into the cryptocurrency space. But of course, if we win on gambling would we regret it? Probably not.

That’s why as early as now, if anyone out there is doing the same thing, it might be better to stop gambling and just buy bitcoin instead. Not financial advice.

The losing amount is more offensive and annoying because you were seeing cashout but you had refused to cash it due to how much you trusted the game to come out to your victory whereas it turned out to be failed, though sometimes you could see huge amount to cashout and if you do you could have ended up receiving your initial stakes and half of the potential winning that you could have won.
Seen something similar which almost led him to commit suicide due to the game he has lost.

I remember my father addicted to a lottery and consistently betting on the lottery. He is not regretting the amount he lost but regretting the potential win. He thought that after the game he nearly hit the numbers, then regretted the potential win.
We always fight about his addiction because he sometimes buys many lottery tickets. I said, "Don't buy too many tickets; it would cost you too much. I just want to control and limit his habit," and I said, "You better buy only 1 lottery ticket or limit yourself to buying a single ticket because we are not rich. Spending too much on the lottery—he has already wasted 2 or 3 meals a day.
I am more comfortable having one ticket a day; at least we still have a chance to hit the jackpot price, and if this is his happiness.

I mean, most of the time  ;D But I always see this kind of reaction as a negative one because you're just taking your winnings as a loss. It is probably reasonable because, like, if you take a bet and then even if you are already winning, but still lose the chance of winning, like triple of the amount you win, you're still going to take that as a negative, which I think is not a good thing. I think it is also one of the things that is going to trigger your greediness. If you keep on doing it, then you might just end up the one who's getting greedy and chasing your win.

Personally, I think that you should be contented always on your winnings, It is always a thing even on your cryptocurrency investment, a profit is a profit it doesnt matter how small it is, dont get greedy because thats the time where you could lose it all, also the same in gambling, so even if you lose the chance of winning more even if you regret it because you might win x10 higher than your winning it is just a matter of perspective and how you look at things, a small wins could be a great win if you want to look at it that way.

Definitely every gambler wished to get or win the amount they see in their ticket (potential win) instead of initial stake. The initial stake amount is like a trap used to set for fish with a hook, and you know the Fisher man intention is not about the trap on the hook but the fish he would be able to catch from it. There is no gambler that will focus on stake amount instead of potential win. We all are in thesame shoes. Just emagine yourself staking $1 to win $100k and you almost won all the selected matches, and you somehow lost 1 game in your ticket and that's the end of the $100k, me and you know that you will never think of the $1 but rather the $100k, so that's just the reality.

In my opinion, it's probably the initial bet amount. Because the potential for winning seems random, even if we win, the amount isn't guaranteed. But sometimes I regret it when I almost get a win that I think will be big, even though no one knows exactly how much it will be. By the way, I'm talking about slot gambling.
The important thing to remember is to never think too much about it. Even if we're upset or regretful, it's okay, as long as we don't dwell on it, because it won't change the situation for the better or reverse the situation. It might just stress us out from overthinking it.

This happens to anyone who gambles or has ever gambled. Losses are part of the game, it's inevitable. The problem arises when the gambler can't handle them or starts betting everything at once. And, it seems, your friend is completely obsessed with losses, and this will only make him lose even more money and patience. It's a clear sign that he needs to stop, breathe, and perhaps even seek help to prevent this situation from spiraling out of control.

That's right and that's a consequence that, whether you like it or not, will always befall every player. It's part of the game, and inevitable, as you said before. Taking a break is crucial in situations like this, but it's no longer about playing; it's about taking a break to calm the body and mind, especially after experiencing it and not being used to losing or losing large amounts of money over a period of time. For experienced players, that's normal.

Doing something enjoyable, like having coffee with friends or singing with family, can help reset the brain and lower stress hormones. If you get carried away, you could have a stroke due to constant stress on your mind, which can increase your blood pressure, especially if you have a history of diabetes or an unhealthy lifestyle.

We may regret the potential win more than the stake amount. We will think about the amount we could win if we actually win. But unfortunately, that will not always happen as we want but will happen differently.

That is a lesson for us to close the bet if we have almost achieved the potential win. There is no guarantee we will win that full amount and if you see that amount increase or double your stake, you can consider cashing out and leaving the bet.

You should cash out your existing winnings rather than wait for the full payout. But if you're willing to wait until that reaches the potential winning, you should accept whatever will happen.

I'm just being funny here but for a second I almost thought that you were poking fun incinuating that this user has also been smoking the good stuff  aka pot and making poor gambling decisions , but really it was indeed just talking about the pot or the winnings. On a more serious note here responding to the OPs initial question I would say that the potential winning POT is always going to play a large role of regret but the final kick to the toushie is going to be the staked amount that was also lost which is always unfortunate losing. We live on to see better bets!

You will see that some gamblers are find of this kind behavior, when they gambler and stake $100 and have a potential win of 10,000 then the next you heard from them after losing the bet is that they missed out opportunity that they could have won, losing 10,000 dollars, then another person will be wondering if they actually stake $10,000 or expect the said amount to come as a win game for them.

Well, since I'm not the kind of gambler who put huge amount of stake or set aside a huge capital intended for gambling, so the regrets would always be the amount of the potential win.
I've experienced this many times already. It happens when greed pushes too far that I'm supposed to stop and wrap it up after winning a couple of hundred dollars. When I don't stop, I always end up lossing all.
I know a lot of people have been through this several times on their gambling experiences.

What I understand is that if a gambler can accept that winning or losing in gambling is a completely normal thing, then he will talk about the money he gambled with. But if that gambler always thinks that he will win or he cannot accept that he will lose, then he will keep talking about the money that he did not win and will regret it. this is a mental matter. It depends on how one is thinking.

Is that true? I might as well regret the millions of dollars that could potentially be mine. In my opinion, this is absurd.  I can't even imagine why I would deceive myself, much less tell others about my mythical losses. It's a shame to lose when it seemed that victory was already near. But this applies to sports betting, because such a situation happens there exactly when you don't expect it. But thinking in terms of "lost profits" is hardly appropriate in gambling. For a simple reason, everything is determined by chance, unlike betting.

I think he's already obsessed with that gambling he's doing, and on top of that, there's already addiction involved because think about it more than $200 that he manages to lose that amount
in online casino, damn! that's a huge amount for an ordinary person. That's a big help that could be brought to a family here in our country.

It's also very clear that he has no limits on the amount he's doing, as long as he still has something to draw from his bank account or pocket, he'll take out more again when his bankroll
balance in the casino runs out, in which he's already chasing his losses that we can see he often can't recover what he's already lost.

Gamblers reason differently anyway, and even as humans, our mindsets are different as well, personally, I assume it to be wrong to consider the potential winning amount in a bet as your own money even when you have not won it, but if a gambler chooses to think otherwise, than that's their cup of tea..

For me, I usually do not consider the potential winnings anything I place a bet, If that bet loses, what I tell people is that I love an X amount of money which is the initial amount I used to place the bet, it's could be $1, $5 or at most, $10, I won't tell people that I lost $500, or even $1 million dollar which is the potential win because there was never any guarantee that I would win this money, after all, it's the bird that we have in our hand that we should know as ours, the other millions of birds flying in the bush or air may never be ours and it's wrong to consider a number of them yours when you haven't caught them yet.

I think regret to losing in gambling is common experience because i am sure those who very active in gambling will have this experience and actually i didn't gambling too much which mean i did gamble only using the money which i can afford to lost that's why very often i was gambling using small money because when i lost it i would never to regret it

But i still remember that one of my valuable experience and this was happened few years ago that while playing slot game i can made 200x from my initial balance but unfortunately i was too greedy and thought i can won more money if continue to gambling and i didn't know when to stop until realize my balance ran out

I don’t think the problem with the OP’s friend here is losing more money, but being too obsessed with potential wins, because he’s too dependent on gambling to not only be a source of income but probably to also change his financial situation since he doesn’t have a job anymore. But you’re correct about the fact that this obsession could also lead to more losses in the future if it persists. I believe his problem is setting too high expectations and already believing he has won the bet when the game is still yet to be decided, the disappointment that comes with this expectation could not only mess up a gambler’s mood and emotions but could also potentially lead one into making some rational choices.

LOL, that guy is assuming that he has lost money that isn't his. Well, first of all, money that didn't touched your account and hand,  isn't yours. I am not that type of gambler that assumes my potetial win is what I've lost. If I lost money then that's the bankroll and the amount of money that I have bet for, not the possible and potential win that I might get. A gambler like that should change his mindset although on the other hand, that sounds assuring and positive but that's quite dangerous for me if you'd ask me if it's a good mindset or not.

That’s right, you barely see stuffs like this in casino games. But the thing about this type of gamblers is that you hardly see them chasing losses, once their attempts on hitting that big win fails, the only thing is that most of them go back home angry, furious about losing what was believed could’ve been theirs, but you’d never see most of them chasing the amount they lost, since they’re not that bothered about their initial stakes which some gamblers actually end up chasing.

It's a dangerous mindset bud, which ever way we try to look at it, I don't find any thing positive and assuring about, I can only find future disaster.

Imagine that a day comes and this bettor places some bets which it's total potential winnings runs up to hundreds of thousands of dollars which could be worth hundreds of millions in local currency, if this bet loses, the bettor with this type of mindset may collapse because he assumes he's lost a very huge amount of money, whereas the money he lost may not be up to $50 which is the initial capital he spent on betting on that game..
That guy (who ever he is) needs to change from this type of mindset, like you rightly said, money that hasn't entered a persons account or that he hasn't touched isn't his, because there is every possibility that he may not get the money, assuming a potential win as your money even when you are not sure you will win that game is simply being neive.

That's just it,  I don't usually feel bad about the money I used to stake but the potential winning is what concerns me too. I remembereda time i almost won $40k on football betting it was 3 games that cut the slip. I couldn't believe myself, I didn't even care about the money I used to stake.
But the thing we should avoid is not to gamble without setting limits to your self if not you will become addicted to it and not know when you start losing money that you suppose use to care for your self.

Well, here's just an example of how all people are different and behave in different ways. Although it is easy for us to discuss someone's behavior from the outside, in practice we also sometimes commit reckless acts. On the other hand, I've noticed for a long time that excessive caution in gambling is unlikely to lead to a very large win. However, if the risk leads to permanent anger and depression, it's hardly worth it. Still, the emotional state is more important.

You shouldn't focus more on your potential win because there's a very slim chance that you will win your bet. Which means that, you're only a day dreamer and not a true gambler because a true gambler knows that making profit in gambling is by luck. He will limit his losses and bet wisely, but if you're after your potential win, it will make you bet blindly because you will increase your bet for a bigger win.

I see no reason getting worked up over a potential winning that am not even sure of at the first point,  gambling is a game of luck and putting one self in a tight corner is something I wouldn't even dream about. Instead of disturbing yourself by mere fantasy you should be more concerned about the time wasted and your initial stake amount if actually is an amount you can't afford to lose, but on a normal situation it seems ridiculous and take only  greed for someone to start budgeting potential winnings that hasn't been won yet.

It is no longer a public secret that in gambling, it is a common occurrence, the initial bet can sometimes influence the potential for winning quite significantly, but this comes back to each individual in predicting a match which in my opinion is very difficult to predict. and often depends more on luck than the pure skills we have. When just one wrong choice or even a small mistake makes the entire bet go down, it can be frustrating and leave gamblers feeling regretful. I usually regret when my strongest team can't beat a team below their strength, which I find incredibly frustrating.

Near misses are literally designed to mess with your head. It’s like the casino saying, “Good job king, try again and maybe we’ll let you lose slower next time.🤣”

Yeah, that frustration hits hard especially when the strongest team suddenly forgets how to play football the moment you put all yourmoney on them. But that is exactly the trap we think our predictions matter more than they actually do. Even the best team can play like amateurs on the wrong day, and one tiny mistake can wipe an entire slip.

Definitely risky because it blurs the line between reality and illusion in gambling once you start treating potential winnings as actual losses you create unnecessary emotional pressure and unrealistic expectations gambling is already a game of uncertainty but when you attach imaginary money to your emotions it becomes even more dangerous.

When people convince themselves that they’ve lost what was never really theirs they start chasing that illusion believing they’re recovering something instead of realizing they’re just spending more of their own bankroll it’s this psychological trap that leads many gamblers into addiction and financial ruin. What matters is the real capital you used to play that’s the only money at stake anything beyond that is just probability until it becomes a confirmed win a good gambler understands this difference and focuses on playing within limits accepting both wins and losses as part of the game without attaching feelings to potential outcomes it’s a healthier mindset that keeps you grounded and prevents you from spiraling into frustration or greed.

When gambling you can never say that you are guaranteed to win. In this case we should use less money so that we don't have any regrets. But those who think they should regret every time they lose, will never gamble. As far as I can tell from my experience, this is where most gamblers lose. That's why we should use money as best we can so that we don't get into any kind of worry and confusion later. Moreover, it is possible for very few gamblers to make correct decisions because gambling is long-term and depends on luck. Another thing is that if one ever gets greedy in his mind, then he will never be able to prosper by gambling.

You can just ask for a screenshot or slips? He might be saying the truth though, there are people who aren't fair to themselves in life, they treat themselves like slave or animals.

Just because they can't afford to eat two meal per day doesn't mean they can't, some people's mentality is their own form of punishment on their lives, they believe that if they go hungry and keep gambling they can make it in life.

They forget that it is not always about how much you suffered or how much pressure you put on yourself, if you die it is over, those who claimed to have always love you will mourn for highest a week and that's it.

The potential win most times does ignites a whole lot of excitement and expectations, that is why it is common to see people feeling a certain way when they do not get to win and some consider it that they have lost such sum meanwhile in reality what they did lost was their stake. it is usually a painful one to have your expectations cut short and i see it as even more painful when it happens to be that it was a single game that led to the loss, it can be frustrating some times. loosing the potential win and your stake are both painful, and i am honestly trying to see or understands which is most painful because some how i find both to be having almost some and equal gravity, if you had won you would have had more money and still have your stake back and so when you loose you loose out on both just like you do again when you win so it is more like a paired feeling for me.

The stake is most painful when it happens to be a huge stake and the potential win is most painful when the stake you placed on it was a small one, it will make you feel too unlucky and question certain things, this is from my own lens of experience by the way. so the pain can be dependent on the circumstances surrounding the bet.

You mention prosper as if it's something that's very easy to accomplish through gambling. We know quite well that gambling is simply about luck and the amount of times we get lucky to win is small compared to that of losing. There's no one that can predict the future very accurately, so I don't see why anyone would be so confident in winning money that's not yet a thing. Don't gamble with money that you won't be comfortable losing, any amount no matter how small it is, if you can't bear the risk of losing it, don't use it to gamble. The industry is meant to make money for the casino and not you. If you worry too much, you get addicted.

The payoff is always uncertain for any bet you make, otherwise we'd all be rich.
I read somewhere about surebets, i don't remember where.

There are sites that basically help you use the bonus and get a good part of it. Have you ever used them? ty

So when he plays the slot machine, hei s basically coming back and saying he lost the jackpot right? Or maybe there’s a chance of finding money in a bag while walking down the street. is he telling that he walked around the streets today and lost a million dollars. Ridiculous thing in my opinion. you loose only what you bet. that is it.

Many people feel this way and those who feel this way are very serious about gambling and they get addicted to gambling very quickly because they dream of winning something big and think that amount of money is theirs and that is why they are not afraid to continue gambling. And when they lose them then they bet using higher odds which makes them think their loss is much bigger. And these things will make him mentally unstable and that is why he treats his family badly and tries to recover his losses quickly by being very emotional and making bigger bets. And in this way he destroys himself and does not hesitate to destroy his family too

The only thing I regret about gambling is that I once lent money to a relative so he could pay off his debts and loans caused by gambling. In the end, I became the main enemy and villain in his eyes simply because I didn’t want to just forgive and forget about my money. I regret that I felt sorry for him instead of letting him deal with the situation he created himself. As for my own betting, I don’t really regret anything, because I feel that I control my money. The only thing I could blame myself for is the time. Sometimes I end up spending more time gambling than I planned, and as a result, some important tasks remain unfinished, tasks that could have helped me move toward the “best version of my life.”

some gamblers really do hype up those almost wins as if the money was already theirs even when it never existed in the first place. It doesn’t make sense but emotions can get the best of people when they’re too invested in the moment and true in casino games you don’t often see them chasing losses the same way. They just walk out frustrated thinking about what could have happened instead of what they actually lost, other gamblers focus on recovering their stake and end up digging a deeper hole.

using bonus or not it will not different, as far as someone need to make deposits before claimed the bonus, if they lose the initial, the bonus will not be able to use. We know how the bonus works, its also need a wager or turnover to able to withdraw. If no meet the criteria, i think they will regret the initial deposit that lose.

Yes, there are some who get angry if they don't win something big but they don't chase the money they lost, They assume that their luck is not good today, so it's better to go home. They themselves know that if they gamble too much and something worse can happen in the end but on the other hand there are some gamblers who think that the money they almost won was theirs. They run after that money so much that in the end the real money disappears, It seems as if they have left logic at home and are playing with empty emotions.

Getting angry when you lose a bet is normal and this can happen to anybody depending on how vital the money you have used to gamble could be to you. Some people can use their last fund with them to try luck in a casino and when they lose the money, it's a normal for them to be angry and hope to have used to money for something else. This is survival and we should not see it as making a big mistake.

I think it's the general mindset of gamblers to refer to what they could've won if things went well as what they lost. That's why when people say they lost a certain amount of money in bets, I don't weigh their words with their appearances because I already know where they're coming from. You don't want to tell someone you lost $2 on a bet. You calculate what that $2 could win and make it your loss. I believe that makes us feel cool and high. Screaming you lost $2 will sound condescending to a lot of those who hear it.

Traders are also guilty of that too.

You do know that not all games offer you cashout, you only see a cashout offer when you are on the verge of winning your games. Most games we bet with high expectations for the potential winning start losing even in the first game in the parlay. It is so disappointing, but we have no choice but not to feel happy, especially when we invested so much time making an analysis for the game.

Gambling is not enough to make someone commit suicide. Except he used a large sum of money that belongs to someone or a group/company, or maybe all his life savings to gamble, well, even at that, it is not enough to take your own life.

There was another forum thread about gamblers, who are bragging with their losses. Maybe your friend is one of those gamblers. ;D
I wouldn't regret potential wins. I would only regret losing a big initial stake. That's why I only place small bets and I don't want to raise the stakes. Gambling isn't for people, who are feeling regrets about the bets they've lost. For me, gambling is a combination between moderation and consistency. By consistency I don't mean winning consistently(which isn't possible), but more like never giving up and never falling into despair.

What do you mean? i am not being sarcastic at all, i really want to understand what you mean.
So you're saying that the first bet positively influences all the other bets?
I don't know, you know, it seems like a stretch to me, a lot depends on how good you are at understanding but luck also plays a part.

I don't understand objectively why adopt this kind of mentality, why risk so much?
Disaster in this way is assured, and currency exchange based on the type of country could devastatingly undermine the situation.
Really why put yourself in uncomfortable situations? Just to have a slim chance of making a big win? If everything is lost?

It is not healthy to consider gambling outcome as a lost, in most cases it is only those who gambles with more than what they can afford that normally feel lose when they are unable to win . Gambling cant be predicted and it makes no sense to think every game you play must end up turning win.

I think this is a bad mindset concerning gambling, in gambling you dont need to have much expectation because the outcomes of games is never certain.  Gamble with the amount that you can afford to lose and if you dont win it will never be a problem to you. I have seen many stories which different gamblers expects win in gambling and when it doesn't end up the way they want they feel so bad because of their expectations.

In reality, the potential win was never theirs until the bet was settled. Thinking otherwise creates false hope and frustration.
It’s better to treat gambling as entertainment, not as an income source. Once you separate emotions from the outcome, you stop chasing losses and start playing responsibly.

Even if people see it as a normal thing for gamblers to get angry when they lose, it might be normal right but if we should consider how gambling is, and what it mostly gives in return, I don't think anyone is to be angry when they lose, is not as if I don't understand what you said here but we should first of know that gambling has rules, I understand that many gamblers don't care about the rules, so it means a gambler that gets mad when he loses hsi bets was not playing by rules, gambling with you can afford to lose is a role, don't get tempted to the extent that you allow yourself to regret your actions.

Both, i said this because we cant afford to stake a bet and lose it just by our own silly mistake, also, when we are presented with a possible amount to win in a bet after staking, then we see that we lose also in winning the amount of money for potential win, it hurts, because either ways, we lose both the stake and the value we could have earned as profit after taking the bet.

I like to stake with the amount that I can afford to lose, so even if I lose the bet, I don't feel much regret for my staked amount, I just feel regret for the potential win as well, especially if the amount was big and maybe it was a parlay that other games have played out successfully but one game was bad. I might feel bad about it but I also move on quickly became there are still other games that I can bet on always when ever I want to.

The is a gambler for you, always expecting to win the jackpot, since most of the the. Ha e come to a point where they now view gambling as a business that they most profits from and they mind is now set on the total outcome amount and not their initial stake amount, a lot of them have made such assumptions when their should already know that gambling have potential to lose most times.

You know if the complain is about the money we lost of course that would have been a different case but ops friend was complaining about the potential outcome which is very wrong how can one be worried about What you are still seeing on the mirror or paper and Still forget about the one you worked for? It's really funny though. But i can't blame him for that because truly this feeling is very common among gamblers especially to those that usually hope to win every time they try their luck. For me whenever I loss in gamble what I normally worried about is my stake and not the potential outcome.

I think I have responded in this thread before, and like I said in my previous post, there are different types of bet that you’ll see and react to differently. Let’s say you made a parlay with 10 legs and then lost the bet on the second leg you won’t feel anything even if the potential win was up to a million dollars you won’t feel anything there because of the amount of bets left to complete it.  But in a case where you made that same 10 legs parlay and then 9 out of 10 entered and it then happened to be the last game you definitely will experience some kind of emotion for that type of bet even if the money isn’t large because you almost had it compared to the previous example I gave you.

I suppose it depends on the outcome of the bet, because you can have several kinds of regret or disappointment, if you want to call it that. You might regret losing by the smallest amount you could have won, you might regret the amount you bet, and you might regret a bet you were undecided about and made a bad decision. But it's all about accepting that this is part of the game and you're not going to win all the time.

I made a bet and I have a good chance of winning this bet but the result did not come in my favor and went against me, it is a place of regret for me but if I lose a lot of money by betting then that will be my biggest regret. A dollar is worth a lot to me, so I always try not to lose money by betting, but many times the result goes against me. I think it is a wrong decision for gamblers to use a lot of money at once for gambling. Instead of using such a large amount of money at once, you can divide that money into several parts but gamble in a planned way and if you gamble in this way, the risk of losing a lot of money at once will also be reduced a lot. First of all, we should be responsible with our money and gamble in a planned way, only then can we protect our money.

He doesn't seem to be particularly bothered. When someone loses their job, they won't spend even their winnings so carelessly. I understand that people with gambling addictions are unable to perceive life's reality the way healthy people do. But by gambling large sums, even when they win, they will eventually be unable to stop, further entangling themselves in their illness and the debts they will soon incur. Teach them to enjoy it, or better yet, improve your skills to become more sought after by employers.

I have the same approach, I only place bets that I can afford to lose, and I get upset only when I run into a series of losses. I never think about the winnings I might get and I do not consider them mine until I actually win. This is relevant for parlays where the potential payout can be quite large, but I see no point in considering that money mine until I win.

Anger and frustration after a loss are completely human emotions and you’re right they often depend on how important that money was to the person when someone gambles with money they can’t afford to lose the emotional impact of losing becomes much heavier in that case the anger isn’t just about the game it’s about regret the thought of what that money could have been used for that’s why emotional control is such an important part of gambling discipline when emotions start guiding your decisions that’s when things spiral quickly.

The funny thing is how some gamblers get more affected by the “what could have been” rather than the actual loss they treat the almost win or the near jackpot as if it was their money already and losing it feels like someone stole it from them psychologically this happens because our brains interpret near misses as partial wins which triggers the same emotional response as winning this is what keeps many gamblers hooked they chase that feeling over and over thinking luck is just one step away. It’s good that you focus on the stake itself and not the imagined profit because that mindset keeps you grounded if you can lose and just feel disappointment for the actual money you risked and not for some dream payout you never had you’re already far ahead of most gamblers that kind of detachment helps you maintain control over your decisions and prevents gambling from turning into emotional chaos at the end of the day gambling is entertainment not a guarantee for profit and once we remember that the losses become easier to handle.

Feeling frustrated when you lose is a very normal emotion, no matter how much you lose, it is the sense of loss that has a huge impact on our minds.
I learned how to handle this thing, just yesterday I played some numbers in the lottery, usually in the evening I check the draw, yesterday instead I adopted a different technique, I didn't have the curiosity to see, in my mind I thought how it comes comes, I almost certainly lose, tomorrow we'll see, today I checked and obviously I didn't win anything, but honestly I didn't feel any kind of emotion.
I replayed the same numbers for tomorrow with great peace of mind (we're talking $1).

It seems we feel the same way: not regretting the loss of money, but regretting the opportunities we had in parlay betting, and usually, it's just one match that I miscalculated, resulting in a loss.

However, in my early stages of gambling, I once regretted missing out on a win. Yes, I did win a huge amount, around $300 on my $10 bankroll. I admit I was greedy at the time, wanting at least $500 before withdrawing. However, it was precisely because of my greed that I ended up losing anything, as I continued gambling until my balance was gone.  ;D ;D

WellI everyone has their their point of viewing things some gambler's might be worried about them losing their funds ,some might be worried about losing the potential win.so that's just it every one has different perspectives and personality.but It's certain that your friend mind and focus is on the potential win well to him that's what drives him to keep gambling am sure by now he must have already gotten addicted because his imagination is getting the best of him ,he still doesn't understand what makes up a bet and that is there is no 100% guarantee of You winning it's a two sided coin you either end up losing or winning .so for me gambling  shouldn't be what someone's hopes should be rising about.
Well If I may say if he keeps that up initially speaking he will eventually end up  losing his money because to me him , he isn't playing a game he is fighting a war with the game....

This is a very interesting topic, because I know a bettor like that. I don't understand why his brain is wired this way, so he considers winnings to be the money he already has in his pocket. But as soon as he sees he's lost, he assumes an unscrupulous bookmaker took that money from his pocket. It's funny and strange. But overall, it's bad, because it's clearly distorted thinking, and it's clear that I should only consider what's in my pocket as my money.

You always disappointed with sum you didn`t win. Especially in parlay - you have just one game to win, you think that it is your money. And, of course, you lose not only $1 bet, but all $100 prize.
I calculate profit/loss once a week, but anyway - if i watch the game, if i see how parlay going on - i begin to feel that it is my money.

exactly some gamblers still have enough control to walk away even if they’re frustrated they just tell themselves it’s not their lucky day and go home before things get worse but others really chase that almost win as if it was guaranteed money. They get so caught up in the excitement that they stop thinking logically instead of accepting the loss they keep pushing until all their real money is gone. It’s really the emotions that take over if you can’t keep a clear head while gambling you’re already at a disadvantage even before the game ends.

Money that is yet to be your own. Why should it even pain you to the point of you having regrets.

Well it is fine if you say you would have done something with the money if you have won it  but going ahead to talk about it frequently and soliloquy over it is a total nono.
For crying out loud it is a game and you stand a 50 50 chance to either win or loose the game. The money is never your until you win and it gets to you.
It is those kind of individuals that go ahead to make promises to others with the hope of winning  and using the money  settle the. Some even go as far as  taking loans because they have hope winning and using the money to settle it. Those are the kind of individuals that misses it all up in life and struggles at the end

Luck by chance, this is what I call any wins in gambling.
When your hands reached the top and you are able to grab something you should run.
Don't think, just quit at moment, that half bread will always be better than none.
I don't care about what could be next, 80% of the time it is losses waiting patiently for you.

I won't even wait for that $10 bankroll to turn into $300, because a $100 means you make 10x of your money, how is that not alot already? It seems to me that gamblers are too greedy, they always capitalise every life problems they have to be solved by winning big money in gambling.

Such gamblers with this mindset will never go far, because even if they get lucky it will look like it's never enough.

This makes sense and I know very well where the guy is coming from, many gamblers are guilty of this and I'm also guilty of it as well but the difference between I and him is that I actually mind about the money I'm staking but I'm money drunk on the potential money I will make from the casino, I can bet less than $1 and bet on 20 games and be expecting $700, I was doing this and I had alot of games that were cut, there are some I could have win but the games are just much and I have to stop the delusional world of gambling I created.

If you dream of making potential win one day your choice of initial stake is very important and if you careless amount you are going to win, your initial stake also matters, you don't have to bet on games and say you don't care about your initial stake unless you're a Pablo with money to dash casino, you have to be ready to gamble what you can afford lose.

I’m honestly trying to grasp what angle your reply is hitting as it concerns what’s being discussed here. The individual in question (my friend) isn’t actually spending carelessly on gambling (at least not yet), neither is he addicted (at least not yet), and neither is he gambling with large sums. There’s no sign of overspending on gambling yet, the only issue here is his obsession with his potential wins, which usually leads him to feeling terrible about losing the potential wins rather than the initial stake like normal people would. So this isn’t (yet) a case of addiction or irresponsible gambling or spending.

You're right. This is all temporary, as you say, "for now." Everything is yet to come.

This question remind me what derive me when gambling mostly the sports betting, the potential wining,has always serves as key, despite fun it derive me most, because once the potential wining is smaller than my expectations I will have much fun, so applicable to lossing I consider it more compared to the initial stake, I believe what any one will regret when ever a losses occur in gambling as gambler is what he centered it mindset before engagement of the game that will leads to it's regret, for some it could be potential loss while some initial stake.

When betting on sports betting, of course we have to really understand the team we are going to bet on because when we have a good understanding of a team, of course the opportunity to win the bet will be bigger and when you have seen the potential for a small win but you can consider it as a bet for fun, of course you have been very good at managing the bets you will play, but this will be difficult for some people who hope to win the bets they bet on, and the thing I regret most in betting is when you are sure you will be able to win the bet but hesitate to place a bet and when you see the results according to what we have predicted.

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Well I think a gambler will say "I just 200 dollars today when he/she is referring to the amount they would have won not the amount from their pocket when it is not with a big stake amount". But if it is a big stake that must have affected their monthly expenses (even) I guess you will hear that amount.
Or collections of one whole month stakings.
This usually happens to clear the air trying to give mostly a non gamblers the advantage of gambling. Funny enough some people on hearing this won't even bother to ask if it's an amount from their bankroll or not.

That's very bad what amaze me mostly is seeing individuals who can't afford the least two square meals gambling irresistibly all driven by potential winnings.sometimes you get carried away by the potential wins but it's more or less something that's not far fetched yet because some potential wins are guaranteed by the initial stake so you need to consider both when  placing bets.

Nowadays, people are very greedy and lazy. They mainly gamble in the hope of getting rich quick or winning a large amount of money by betting a small amount of money. In fact, the reality is much more difficult. Gambling with excessive greed or hope is not right at all. This can increase the risk of losing money many times over. I think losing real money is painful, but dreaming of winning a large amount of money by betting a small amount of money is even more painful when it does not come true in reality.

Is it really about having different point of view? Because there are no gamblers who don't worry about the price they pay in gambling even addicted ones.
In as much as a gambler worries about the potential win, it is not that they don't worry about lost amount, they do mostly when it has affected their plan(even the addicts). Somehow psychologically, it seems a gambler pays attention to potential wins just to comfort themselves not minding the lost amount which might be small or big and this didn't stop the pain of losing big amount..
Also there are no gambler who is not driven by potential win, however some are driven away by that giving it a different response altogether like get rich quick kind of a mindset or addiction..

I have also seen some people who used to think like this. I have seen them lose the most. Those who have high expectations in gambling tend to think like this. Thinking about winning amounts before winning and considering them as their own can only be the work of an addicted gambler. It can also be the case that someone tries to convince himself that he is losing a lot in gambling, so he should stop there, otherwise he will keep losing like this. But no matter what the reason, I consider those who do this to be crazy.

When you run into series of losses, what steps do you usually take? Do you continue to deposit and gamble or you stop gambling for sometime to check if there is something you are not doing correctly or simply change games that you play? This question is very important because every one goes through period of serious losses and how we handle it matters a lot. It is not enough to get angry, because you will still forget those anger and come back to gambling when you are done getting angry. Hence, there should be a well defined approach you should use to handle cases of losses.

it’s not really about addiction or spending big amounts yet, it’s more about the mindset he has when he plays. Some people get too attached to what could have been & that’s what affects them emotionally. He’s not losing control or throwing money around but the way he reacts to those potential wins can still mess with his mood & decision making. It’s not dangerous for now but if he doesn’t learn to manage that mindset it could lead to problems later sometimes it’s not the money that’s the issue, it’s how the person thinks while gambling.

This type of gambler is really not serious and might easily get themselves into trouble since they don't wait until they see the winning before concluding that it's their own already. Some of them might do it to the extent of taking a loan from somewhere with the hope of paying it back immediately after their game ends, which will get them into trouble unless they change that mindset.

This is actually very funny, hearing that from someone might make me laugh out loud and that would be disrespectful and insensitive because we learn everyday. Personally, I would regret losing my stake over a potential amount to be won because that's not promised. I don't really know if your friend understands what gambling is all about but you can't say you lost money when you are talking about the potential win specifically, you should educate him more on this so he isn't going to sound ignorant when talking to others about it

The only thing that is specific to each case is that if you do not stop gambling, then your losses will only continue to increase. Those who decide to play a little more after losing a certain amount of money are basically completely trapped in it, their little more amount continues to increase, so in this case you just have to stop, the losses will stop when you stop.

A loss in gambling is basically losing an amount of money which is your initial or original stake, this has nothing to do with the potential amount you were supposed to win. I also know someone that says he lost money when he losses a bonus amount, as long as it's not a atake amount that you deposited it's not categorised to be a loss, a lot of people don't really understand what they are saying

It's very illogical. How could someone calculate the total losses incurred from the potential winnings they could have earned? It sounds ridiculous.

Losses should only be calculated from your initial bet amount, this is the correct way. Realize that this will only make you more stressed, you will regret it and continue to regret it because of your wrong mindset.

I'm sure most gamblers have had this feeling before and I'm not exceptional and even up till this day I still think more about my potential win because of course it's nothing compared to the amount I used in staking so I should be sad for not winning it and this isn't about me being greedy or wanting to get rich quick but it would be really fun and nice to win back your money and even get an extra from it, but in all I never forget the amount I used to stake and I would never claim the potential win as the one I've lost just like your friend did and I definitely won't confuse or deceive myself or anyone because I know exactly the amount i used to stake but i only feel it but I don't need to hear it out loud.

Truly dangerous if someone is thinking like that, they shouldn't be thinking like that because they're only giving themselves a pat in the back without even something to be happy with. All of the assumptions are going to be quickly gone if they're going to be like that and frustrations are going to be followed those bets because they're already assumed that they have lost so much money, if someone digs deeper in it, they'd admit that they've lost their potential losses and not an actual money that they have. Though they lost their money as well but it's not that much per se.

Your point is very clear but there are people that would still want to argue that they don't get frustrated when they are losing bets. Losing too frequently can break a gambler and make them over think about what is actually the problem and how they can revenge their bets and start getting profits. It's fun to make profits but it's sad to lose that money you have made.

the worst mistake someone can do so far is taking loan and Gamble, I considered very bad because I believe that it is one of the things that make people to be in a trauma by losing their own money and the money they borrowed from somewhere neither with the interest or with percentage, so if you want to be a free someone who participate in gambling do not make use of another person's money to gamble make sure that your Gamble with your own money so that when you lose it will not bother you that much because the money belongs to you, ever borrow money to gamble because of the end it will not know if it will favor you or it will not favor you

Yeah, people who get addicted to gambling—their reaction is always different from other people’s, and those types of people lose much when they gamble. Because already they’re losing control, they don’t have any control over themselves again; their hope always is to win a big amount of money to recover what they’ve lost in previous bets.

They don’t know that the more they keep chasing their loss, the more they lose, and that’s how they continue. They lose more in gambling, but all their aim is that if they put themselves in too many risks to win, they can definitely recover back every amount of money they’ve lost so far, and gambling is not all about that.

Some actually do understand, but they just choose to be taking the part that makes them feel good; if not, I don't see a reason why someone would consider money. They just hope to win to already be their own, or do they consider their bet to be some kind of palliative application where once they submit it, they are sure to be expecting help from the government.

Ah, so he didn't lose 200$. He didn't win 200$... And there is a big difference between both. One thing is the potential reward you can make, another thing is losing money placing bets. And he is actually wrong on his assumption, because those 200$ were never his in first place. It's like purchasing a lottery ticket for few dollars, not winning anything as result, and claiming to have lose millions of dollars (which were the potential prize at stake).

Initial stake amount is the most regrettable to be considered since it’s my money while potential win is not mine regardless how close I am on winning it.

It’s easier to move on when you missed the potential win especially if you didn’t watch the live match and you just rely on the outcome of your bet.

But I knew how painful is it when are watching it live especially if your bet is winning the lose on the final minutes of the game.

that feeling hits hard i swear!! especially with parlays once the ticket is already moving well and just one game is left, your mind automatically treats the potential winnings as if they are already yours somehow! so when it fails it is not just the stake you regret it is the whole imagined profit that hurts the most because even if we tell ourselves it is just $1 lost in a way it emotionally feels like losing the full $100. that is why many betters say parlays are more about hope and frustration than actual logic

I think individuals displaying such behaviors lack discipline in their gambling activities. First off, money to be potentially won ISN'T yet won but that doesn't stop people from already claiming such amount in their heads and perhaps, already making preparations on how to soend it  :D.
After already making plans for money that is yet to be won, it's no surprise on the erratic behavior the individual would then display when he's made aware of a loss in his bets, thereby erasing all the plans he had made for the potential win.

I don`t like parlays, mostly because it is difficult to calculate risks and right odds. But i don`t like it for such feeling. It tries to make me change bet size, bet new parlay, etc. For calm gambling it is mistake - you get emotional disadvantage - you want fo get more profit and you have to spend more effort for selfcontrol.

It's greed that leaders most gamblers to lose everything, they're instances where you can cash out and even the lift gain you have won but no you want to get everything where by leading to you losing everything, it's still greed that makes people think they lost a Monet that wasn't there's at the first place. Until you have won the money, it's not yours and stop complaining about a money that wasn't yours like you really lost something.

    As a gamblers you don't expect to win everyday winning is just by chances and lucks it's not your birth right.

That was my regret when I first started gambling, and now I definitely don't do it anymore because I've learned from experience. Now, even smaller amounts, I keep safe, and when I want to play, I only leave a small amount of the total I withdraw. And sometimes, that leftover can lead me to another win.

I like your saying, "bring half a loaf or nothing at all." Well, that's true. It's better to do that than regret not enjoying it at all. Also, remember that that day wasn't our last gamble, so if we want to play again, we'll gamble again another day.

It's already in his subconscious mind, such players stay in their fantasies and feel better about the hope of winning a certain amount. They assume the money, say $200, slipped of their hands and can't help saying it aloud to the hearing of others, because the money was almost in. It's normal even business men think the same way, presumably the human psychology operates that way, people have high hopes on expected rewards.

It's painful to have a near miss of winning a huge amount of money but that doesn't mean that we lost that money, it actually doesn't make sense and doesn't make you sound like you know what you are saying..not winning a potential amount of money doesn't mean rhat you have lost it...when people say such things you need to correct them so they don't keep making the same mistakes or wrong assumptions

It is similar to FOMO (Felling of missing out) which is experienced by many people within cryptocurrency market, people who did not invest realized how much money they could have won had they invested their little money some days ago, so they do not regret losing money, they regret losing the potential win from that little money they have.
It is part of the psychology being used very often by casinos and bookies to keep people coming back for more and more thrill and adrenaline.

As for myself, I think I am divided in which one of those two affect me the most, because I am fairly prone to fomo (as many people are), so I would say it hurts me equality to lose money I actually had and also hurts me to see people I could have won disappear from my reach.

I would regret losing the initial amount, but of course keeping regret for anything is bad. There are reasons to feel bad but regretting a decision means you should have thought about it before you did so.

In csse one regrets missing out a potential win, it would mean they are being greedy. There will always be some or the other win possible but not reached, because this is gambling per se.

Often the losses are painful so either stop or reduce the wagers to an amount thay you can manage.

What are you saying bud? A gambler who bets some maybe huge amount of money on a sports game which ended up not playing according to his prediction definitely lost that that money which he or she spent on betting on that game, call it whatever but this is a loss and there's no two ways about it..

Near misses are more painful because it's a game you almost won, nears misses isn't just about betting on parlay games with maybe 4 to 10 or more legs, and you end up losing that bet by just one game that didnt go as predicted.
Near misses can also happen with single games as well, like for example, Arsenal's last match with Sunderland, I bet on that match for Arsenal to win and a couple of minutes for that match to end, arsenal was winning and I was super happy, but just at the last minute, Sunderland ended up killing that happiness by scoring their equalizing goal, this was a near miss of me and I was seriously pained for losing that bet.

Same thing here sometimes!
It was just 20 bucks and played the casino for fun and luckily hit a jackpot and have a total of almost a thousand bucks on my bankroll.
I forgot to take out the amount i should, As my system, when hitting big I will take out the money and leave less than a hundred.

But that time, i forgot and wish for bigger amount and asking for another bigwin, came out nothing!

I have this friend who’s a gambler whenever he goes to the casino and comes back you’d always hear him say "damn I’ve just lost $200 today" and sometimes he calls a much higher amount And this is someone I know too well that he doesn’t have such an amount someone who could even barely afford two square meal a day

One day out of curiosity I asked him how he managed to get the huge amount of money that he lost and it was then I learned that he wasn’t always referring to the initial stake amount but the potential wins That he’s not always concerned about the initial stake but the potential wins

Which led me to asking does anyone also feel this same way Say in a parlay one pick resulted to losing a huge amount which would you regret (the most) losing The initial stake amount or the potential win?

man ive been there too many times with parlays where one stupid game ruins everything and yeah the potential win stings like hell especially if its a near miss like the last leg cuts and you were this close to cashing big but heres the thing its all in your head that money wasnt yours yet its just a what if that messes with you psychologically the real loss is the stake you put in cause thats actual cash gone from your pocket not some fantasy payout

your friend sounds like hes deep in that dopamine trap always chasing the high of what could be instead of facing the reality of what he actually lost i used to do the same back when i was betting heavy on sports id ignore the $50 i wagered and cry over the $500 i almost won but it just leads to more bets and more regrets trying to chase it back better to focus on gambling what you can afford and move on quick without the emotional bs

this meme nails it lol the never stop gambling vibe after a blackout loss

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anyway id say regret the stake more cause thats the real hit to your wallet the potential is just salt in the wound

this happens to many gamblers especially when it’s a parlay. One single pick will spoiled the whole things, and suddenly you start thinking about whether the real pain is losing the money you staked or the potential winning that slipped away, but the regret hits harder when remember the potential win especially when the ticket was close. That I was this close feeling creates a kind of emotional frustration that sometimes hurts more than the actual loss.

Those who lose even though they are very close to winning and then consider it a loss are definitely gambling emotionally. Until I am sure of my victory, I cannot consider myself as a winner. Considering a near miss as a win is completely foolish and should be avoided. How can something that has not been won be a loss? Gamblers must think realistically while gambling.

If I understand correctly, we're not actually talking about losses here, but about missed opportunities. This happens often, not only in gambling, but also in trading, investing, and business. In my opinion, you shouldn't consider a missed opportunity a loss. After all, you never actually made that profit. There's a similar Russian proverb: "to divide the skin of an unkilled bear." This captures the essence of the topic. Anything you didn't earn and think you missed out on isn't lost profit because it was never a profit. And what was never a profit isn't a loss.

Many people have a different idea about such "lost opportunities" but what we did not get can not be technically called lost though mentally the matter often feels different. When someone comes very close and misses winning a large amount of money then he feels as if everything has been lost and even though that money was never his and this feeling is completely part of human psychology and there is no reason to justify it. So it is okay to correct someone but at the same time it is also necessary to understand that everyone's experience and reaction are different, some see it as a misunderstanding and some see it as a kind of disappointment and expressing it as regret and I think both are normal because personal feelings or the use of language is not always specific to everyone that's why a little empathy is also needed, especially when it is not about loss but about feelings.

In my opinion, your friend is confusing the terms "losing your own money" and "losing virtual winnings." Money that a player hasn't withdrawn from an online casino, in my opinion, can't be considered theirs. It's just "virtual winnings"... It's just "numbers on a monitor screen"...👾

When gambling, we always make decisions. For example, a player might decide to bet on a certain sports team to win. This bet has a specific monetary value (e.g., $50). Let's say the player doubles this amount. They now have a virtual winnings of $50 plus the initial $50. At this point, the player can decide to withdraw these funds (for example, to their USDT cryptocurrency wallet). After this decision, the player can say, "These $100 are my funds, they are my property!" They can also continue gambling.  In doing so, he will risk losing these funds. And this is also a decision he made.

When playing, many people don't realize that they are simultaneously risking the loss of funds and considering them their own (that is, recording them as a financial asset). In my opinion, this is a very pernicious misconception! It's a clear cognitive distortion!

When people say that the chances of winning a big sum of money are almost nil many people take it as if the money has been lost but in reality it is not like that. It is a bit like before an exam, someone said that they might not get a good score, but did that reduce their score? No they are just talking about probability.

I think the problem is because we confuse probability with actual results, If someone made such a mistake in front of me, I would say lightly look, they didn't lose anything by reducing their chances they just might have lost hope. People often don't even realize the logic of their own words.