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I bet on sports regularly and I also play slots from time to time but here’s what I noticed just recently. I haven’t been winning on both, but I realized something that I never really paid attention to before.. I actually lose way more money in sports betting mostly because my stakes there are bigger, so here's the the weight feeling, even if the result is the same (a loss), the impact feels heavier.

Now I’m starting to enjoy slots more not because I’m winning but because I don’t lose as big compared to sports. It kind of tricks my brain into thinking the game is more friendly or less painful even if the long-term outcome is still negative.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but is it normal that we end up liking the game where the losses feel smaller and slower?

Why would you even ask why someone prefers games where they lose less money over games where they lose more? Isn’t it obvious?

Nobody likes losing money, so of course you’ll be happier with games where you don’t lose as much. You don’t need to ask others to know that :P ???

Same reason you like games where you earn more money. Winning is good for the brain so you prefer it.

What you are feeling is perfectly normal and happens due to mind trick known as Loss Aversion, in which pain of losing money is felt much more than pleasure of winning. When you bet big on sports, you lose once, and it is big shock, but with slots, you lose all time, but you lose it slowly, which makes whole thing seem less painful or less unfriendly to your brain. This is because slots also give you with regular small wins which trick your brain reward system and slow loss of money makes you feel that you have more control over way things happen and therefore you would other take pain of losing in small parts than in one big shock.

I think what you’re seeing as success right now is that you managed to minimize your losses. When we aim to win long-term or try to be profitable but we can’t reach that goal, we usually lose more because we keep chasing the losses, expecting to recover. That mindset hurts us in sports betting a lot.

With slots, the expectation is smaller because we already know our chances, so we bet small. It’s really different. In sports betting, we stake a decent amount expecting a decent return. In slots, most of us are just waiting for a multiplier to pop and hoping we hit it with a big tumble.

Good for you, that is the best thing for someone that gambles regularly, having fun and not feeling the depression that gambling gives to most gamblers. For me, the reason why you do not feel bad when you are gambling in slots is because you are more active in the participation compared to sports betting, you see that your actions are the ones that makes you win in slots, unlike with betting, you choose the stake and then wait for it, there is not much enjoyment unless you are also a fan of the sport you are putting your money into. My opinion is not grounded in science but I think that there is probably some truth to what I said and what I observed.

@CryptoYar explains the feeling you are getting much better than me.

 From my perspective, when you place sports bets, you have to use your brain for analysis. And when you’ve done even a small amount of analytical work, you start to value your effort more, so the bets tend to become larger. Slots, on the other hand, are essentially just mindless, mechanical actions, plus bonuses that let you play longer. Everything depends on the goal you are pursuing, if you want to distract yourself with other thoughts, sports betting is more suitable, if you just want to completely switch off your thinking process, then slots are perfect. And money gets lost where there is more attention involved, the main thing is to have limits.

Lol, I just want to ask because some people might decide to stop if they’re already losing anyway.
Me, I still can’t stop because I’m enjoying it. So sometimes when I lose less than expected, I kinda see it as a small success already. And who knows, maybe one day I can turn my gambling into profit.

For now, losing small already means something, it shows a person knows how to play with discipline. That’s how I see my situation right now.


Would you really be happy losing a little? It’s still losing. So you’re not actually hoping to win, you’re just hoping you don’t lose too much?  ;D

Honestly, no one wants to lose money, losing a lot of money while gambling naturally makes you feel bad. No one wants to lose money while gambling, they want to gain more, so that a person can get rich quickly and own a lot of money very easily. The brain actually cannot accept any sudden event, it is very difficult to accept a large amount of loss, but when we keep losing by betting small amounts over time, the brain can accept it, as a result, the pain is felt relatively less. If we add up the small losses together, the amount of loss will be large, this may be the main reason.

Well, you could start raising the stakes on slots and losing more on slots. Suddenly you will start hating slots more than sports betting. ;D
Why do you hate sports betting? It's like me saying "I hate Manchester United" just because I placed a 100K USD bet on them winning, but they've lost the game. Should you really hate sports betting and sports in general, just because you are losing money?
To me, slots is 100% about luck(if the slots game isn't rigged), while sports betting is more like 50% luck and 50% proper analysis about the teams, players, other factors, etc. If you are losing more on sports betting, then maybe you aren't doing a proper analysis.

Losing money is quite stressful actually. But it’s totally normal that our minds are wired to prefer the game that feels less painful, so even if both sports betting and slots make you lose money in the long run, the smaller and slower losses in slots trick your brain into feeling like it’s more harmless or friendly, which makes you enjoy it more even though the outcome is basically the same. I guess it's only psychology but ending up lose more.

I feel the opposite, I actually not a fan of slots since I mostly lose there more than winning and you are right that you only lose small there but it's fast paced and even though it's small you can literally lose big as the time goes by, on the other hand it's true that we bet higher stake than in slots but it's slow paced game and it took hour or so, before you would be able to see the result. In reality, you could just both lose at the same time, let's say a football match is 90 mins and you only place ones but in slots you place a bet of $0.1 and after 90 mins you'll also end up losing everything.

I choose sports betting not only because it's slow paced but you could analyze it and win by just comparing stats and do some kind of performance research unlike in slots, it's literally a game of chance and the casino always wins due to house edge (though sports betting do have an house edge too but you can predict the outcome of the game).

It clearly shows gambling is your passion, because you’re not getting discouraged by losses. And honestly, it’s way easier to minimize losses than to actually be profitable in gambling. Most of us aim to win, that’s why we get upset when we lose, but if we really want some peace of mind and enjoy gambling the way it’s supposed to be, then limiting our bets is the key.

You have your gambling life under control. You’re not necessarily losing all the time, but losing most of the time with an amount you’re willing to risk, that’s already fine.
That’s far from being addicted.  :D

Most likely it's the adrenaline that you feel when you play slots as we all know that it has a big effect on our mind when we play this game. The sounds, audio and visual effect is something that really tricks out brain to play and then even if we loses, we sort of don't mind it because of what it bring to us.

However, there will be time that you might feel fatigue on slot games and totally shut it down and have a reset. I think it's normal though as sometimes we just enjoy the game in the beginning and the lost the love on it after several losses and not getting a win.

It is because you are using small amount of money on slots is the reason, but I will not make the 100% conclusion yet if you said that you are winning since you have been playing slots. A time will come that you will lose, that is casinos for you, that will be when you should make conclusion about it, but using little amount of money to gamble will really help to reduce the effect of losing in a way that you will not or may not even think about the losses.

To be honest we often want to be in a place that makes us feel less guilty, I think the bigger issue here than the amount of money is the illusion of control. In sports you think you can analyze and fix something, so if you lose, you feel angry at yourself, That's not the case with slots, you know it's a game of luck, so you don't take responsibility for the loss. As a result your mind is relatively light. So yes people generally prefer what makes them feel less guilty or less angry. That's natural, that's what I personally think.

If your purpose to play maximum time and lose minimum money - your point of view correct. But people have different goals, someone like betting, someone like slots, someone wins.
As for me - i win with betting and lose with slots, so i play slots with time limit and minimal bet. May be it is the same like you.

It's always good to bet with little amount of money so that you don't get emotional or feel the loss. However, since you said that you run at loss more on sportbet, I will advise to stick to slot games since that's where your luck is. I love gambling on games that I'm more lucky on because that's what makes it more fun.

I prefer sportbet to slot irrespective of the outcome of my bet. Perhaps, I win more on sportbet than slot. I feel entertained watching the matches.

It's a two way thing. You either like a game because you associate a certain degree of fun to it which gives you the mind and joy to continue playing it for the long term regardless of your win or loss or alternatively, the reason why you probably love playing a particular kind of game is because when you do so, you win most of the time. If you're not winning more than loosing and can't associate a certain level of fun to that game, then there's no way you will love to continue playing that kind of game for so long.

People that plays sports games and that loves doing so plays it because of the dopamine that has grown by reason of their consistency in the game and alternatively, it can be that they understand the game better. At the end, the factors that keeps you trapped in a particular game is the satisfaction you get from that game either through the pleasure that comes with playing that said game or the wins you've gotten through the game.

A gambler would always enjoy the game when there's no much losses. So it's a normal thing because there's no how you can feel happy while losing money every time, despite gambling fun gamblers need winning more than anything else in gambling because when there's winning or less spending gamblers do feel better and happier. So it's a general feelings to all gamblers here and there's nothing more than that since the game are highly involved in losses than winnings.

There was no luck there at all. Slots were just better for him because he lost less compared to what he loses in sports betting. The result is still a loss, but being able to minimize the loss lets you gamble longer and keeps the emotional stress lower. And we all know emotional stress is one of the things that can push people into addiction.

So what I can say to OP is..  keep it up. Based on your post, you’re one of the responsible gamblers here.

You dont lose big becuase you dont bet high amount right? and in slot you can play it anytime you want and the excitement you will feel everytime you push  the button of spin or play.
And then there were times you heard the knock of bonus play! you feeel so happy and enjoying the moment,

In sports you will bet, you need to wait for the time the game will start and end. its kinda boring when you are loosing and the score is far enough to acknowledge defeat.It is much painful if you are watching your favorite team loosing the game and money will be gone!

I believe it’s normal to feel this way because no one wants to play a game that they are losing big while you can get the same satisfaction on other games with smaller stake amount.

Gambling is for entertainment purposes only so you should choose to play what makes you happy the most and gives you minimal losses.

In your case, you like slot games because of the entertainment it gives to you while you save some money.

This is just the same as any other game that give you the winning in the early day's, I use to think that, I have more on a casino when I win my first few games, this give me some kind of relief to keep going back to that same casino and continue playing, this help a lot but on the other way around, having minimal loses compared to previous huge losses is somewhat bit releifing most especially when the game your are playing gives you limit to bet and not Open to your own opinion on how much to bet with.

It is not only you but also happens to many of us.  Same thing when playing slots, the provider that gives us fewer wins gives us more frustration, thus we avoid this type of slot provider, while the provider that gives us more frequent good hits even though we are losing, is not that frustrating as the one that is too stingy.

I think the winnings nullify that frustration of losing, and if one game gives us some good winnings, even though we are losing at the end does not leave a bad taste unlike the one that does not give even one good win.

I noticed from what you said that you feel unhappy if you lose more, your argument has explained that you lose more in sports betting, that is the main point, therefore if something like that happens in a slot game then you will not like it, then the step that must be taken to make you feel not worse is to have a betting limit either in sports betting or slot games, both are the same if you have principles that can really make you not lose more money.

Basically, every gambler wants to win big rather than lose big, and everyone has their own way of betting, whether it is placing crazy bets in a single session or trying to gamble casually. All of these are aimed at gaining profit. However, we should ideally view gambling as entertainment, and consider winning as additional entertainment. This mindset is necessary to prevent us from getting too caught up in gambling, which can lead to addiction. Essentially, we must wisely manage our finances, and time when gambling so we can remain responsible gamblers.

Personally, I am a sports gambler, and I am also a slots gambler, but I consider both to require luck, meaning I view them as one, or the same. Sometimes, I focus on slots betting, and sometimes switch to sports betting when I want to enjoy a game. Both can generate profits quickly or slowly, or vice versa (loss), it all depends on how we play.

Since I started gambling, sports have been my favorite and I always win more than I do on slots, I could risk more on sports betting than slot because I know that sports gives me the chance to win better but on the other luck based games, I only stake with small amount. You are staking with very huge amount on sports thinking that it's 100% guaranteed that your outcome will be good but you're wrong, luck still has to intercede before you win. If you stake with small amount like you are staking with on slot, you won't also lose much.

The human mind tends to accept comfort over pressure and diversion so it's normal to get that feeling of choosing where you have less losses over more losses. For me, I don't really play on slot so I can't really tell what it's like but I have a little knowledge about it, compared to sports betting that's like my major area of concentration.

Sports betting might look so easy, but the outcome might just be what you least expect. I placed a bet yesterday and lost, outcome I never expected cut the game and the one I had doubts about actually won. I just didn't think much about it because it was an amount I could afford to lose but I just concluded I played it for fun.

So you're definitely on track to have such feelings of appreciating less losses over more losses, you're human after all.

This works for you well because you love sports so betting on it is naturally your best option compared to slot games. You feel comfortable betting huge amount on it because of you confidence on your analysis skills and probably because you genuinely like the sports.

The OP probably doesn’t have fashion on sports and just regularly bet on it for gambling purposes that’s why he preferred to choose the game that gives him less losses.

I’m not a regular slot or sports betting player but intend to play on games that gives me more win than lose.

I think there is no difference in which game you will play everything depends only on the stake. Why do you bet more in betting maybe if you bet less you would enjoy betting more. Or do you bet more because you think you are better in betting. But if the result is the same and you lose in all games then you definitely should reduce your stakes to the minimum and maybe choose only one thing, so that you spend less on gambling than you are losing now.

Everyone likes to win, even in friendly games. People take things seriously when, for example, you observe each person's reaction when you're playing something with them that doesn't involve money. You'll see that every time they win, they celebrate wildly as if they've won millions of dollars in the lottery, when in reality they haven't even won $1. When they lose, you'll see them so angry they might even cause unnecessary arguments and fights. That's why when people play games involving money, when they lose money they become so angry they might never play that game again, but when they win money, they'll continue playing the same game.

It's pretty normal; it means you are comfortable with your losses. It doesn't matter the amount as long as you enjoy the game, and the money you lose won't hurt your pocket.
This is really what gambling is all about: you enjoy playing, and at the same time, the money you lose is not something that will make you disturbed.

We are humans right and we are possessive.. it is not a surprise that you will always be drawn to what makes you lose less smoney.
It's just natural. If there was another option of you not losing any money at all l, I guess you wouldn't be playing ports betting or slots. You will be drawn to it too

Good point, as it's easier to process inside your brain the comfort of lesser amount of losses compared to a chunk of money that you lose along the way, I mean if you set smaller portions of your bankroll for your slot or any type of luck base gambling then accepting the outcome is not that hard to accept as you can move forward and re-try every time you got a chance to play.

Unlike with sports betting where you invested your time and effort in collecting information but even howgood your research chances of being upset still possible, though same situation since both place still involve risk but acceptance is easier when you know that you only spare small amount and you are playing to gain enjoyment.

To me I think slot is more dangerous than sport betting because it can drain your bank account within a short period of time, especially when you're gambling without applying self control. Though I'm not surprised to hear you say that you enjoy slot more than sport betting, but I'm still having some doubt about you not losing too much in slot because slot is not like that of gambling you bet only on weekends, in slot you can gamble as much as you can even if you want to continue till the next day the opportunity is there for you. you might think that you're losing small or maybe due to your stake but if you bring them together you would see that there's no difference between the both.

It feels easier to like a casino game when you don’t lose big because small losses don’t trigger as much stress or regret. You can focus on the fun, excitement and possibility of winning instead of worrying about money.

When losses stay manageable your brain treats the game more like entertainment and less like a threat. Big losses create strong negative emotions that override the enjoyment making the game feel unfair or stressful instead of fun.

I have no the same feeling.
It doesn't much the amount that I am going to gamble...or to win.
My target Is the profit. The most safe (and higher ROI) Is enough.

If i am gambling Just for "pleasure" ...After I have a specific budget, I choose games only for a fun time...small or large stakes doesn't change nothing at least to me

As someone who has played bot games, the closest explanation to why you feel the way you do, is that in one the rewards or results is faster and you feel like you are actively participating in it while in the other - sports betting, it is slower and your participation is passive and doesn't seem as exciting as when you playing slots.

Some of us by default may create a kind of displeasure on a game which we stake so high and expect to come as a wining game but we lose it eventually, we can only be disappointed anyway, but not really lose appetite of playing the next time, though, we can take sport bets for instance, if we play and lose, despite the expectation of wining, that does not affect us from playing the next time, we can only be careful when choosing such club or team the next time, while in casino games, we can decide to lose appetite in playing since there are many we could choose to play alternatively.

Simply your feeling, I place even multiple sports bets of up to $5 (in rare cases) usually a sports bet I place $1 or $2 and I calmly wait for the event.
When I get into the game with slot machines I never get in with less than $5 and usually a session lasts about 5 minutes (when that's okay) the fun ends right away.
I think it's your feeling, but it's actually a completely different style of play. Try placing your sports bets with less money by limiting yourself to a maximum of two bets per session: 1 single and 1 multiple. It's not a clear winning strategy, but it's a way to make yourself understand that it really slows down the loss process.

I wonder how you managed to have more wins from slot games though because to me they are more difficult to make profit from than sports betting...Sports betting felt like a better option but when you started losing too much you started to focus on slot game..The main reason why you probably lost big amounts was because you staked high amounts of money which is very wrong because betting can be disappointing

Any game we play and lose big will be disappointing to us, because we never wanted that to be, while if when trying to make things more easier for ourselves, we should not look towards such direction at all, because we are not expected to stake more than we can afford on betting, when even a small amount lost to gambling could cause a serious pain to some gamblers, depending on how they have expectation on such bet taken.

You're actually playing the game in the way you can enjoy it yourself and it can't be questioned.
Sport bets and casinos are all gambling games and we all have one favourite to play mostly with even if we've to play on both sides.
But as for why you think you looses more in sport bets, it's either you're not too good to sport bets strategies in both analysing the games, risk management of how you pick the teams and your urge for big wins.
If you also have to ask me which of them is most enjoyable, I'll say it's the slot games but it's more complex than the sport when taking a betting decision.

The human brain works in a million ways, and it makes us feel things that are basically delusions, and the reality is totally different. In your case, it's not that you are losing less while playing slots, but it's just that you don't lose a lot at once, but you make small bets, but if you combine them all later, you will realize that you have cumulatively lost more money in slots than you have lost in sports betting, but as a matter of fact, most of us don't count our small losses in slots unless we lose something significant and then realize that we are losing money.

It's true that when we see that we are not losing a lot of money at once in a game, we tend to like that game more, because this makes us feel that the game is a bit generous as it's not ripping us off, but as I said earlier, we are unaware of the fact that we are actually still losing money, but since we are not making very large bets, we just don't notice or realize it on time.

Our mind plays a lot of tricks, and most of us can't understand them and feel they are are correct.

It seems like we're in the opposite situation. Personally, I'm quite lucky when it comes to sports betting. Even if I bet on 7 games, I'll win at least 4 of them. And if I'm lucky, sometimes I win almost all of them, like 5 or 6 games. On the other hand, I'm really unlucky when it comes to slots. It's not that I never win. I've won quite a lot there too, but it's quite rare. Fortunately, I only play them when I'm bored and not really aiming for a big win. So I never feel it's a big deal. But clearly, I prefer games that involve analysis. And I also enjoy the psychological aspect between players, like in Poker, which isn't as simple as it seems.

Because you know that it won't affect much on your finances, that is why you won't be agitated about the results of your bet even if you lost it. I believe it is logical thinking here. Of course, if you lost big, it will be hard on your pocket unless, you are that rich and money doesn't matter to you.
So there's logical explanation behind such feelings and it is quite easy to spot. The more you lose, the more you will linger the loss, right? And that is why, if you lost insignificant amount, you won't bother much.

Exactly another point and reason why ops may have thought that losing in slot feel less painful than his sports betting loses, may because of his knowledge on sports games he have more confidence to stake higher amount on sports bets but because of the limited knowledge in slot, he is still betting with a low amount that is why he feels it's safer to lose in slots game's.

It is psychological in my view because you are either gambling with smaller amount in slot than you are doing with sports but unfortunately, you are losing in sports. So it is natural to like a game that you don't lose big and it is because you are  taking lower risk. You are thinking sports betting is the problem while you are losing that much in it but if you reduce your risk taken on sports betting, it will show that it is same if only you take same risk.

You are comparing, which makes us prefer to gamble…sports betting that makes you lose big or slot games that only make you lose small? But what if you choose to stake small in sports betting, the same as you did for slot games?  

This is all a matter of our stake amount. And this is something I’ve noticed with a lot of sports bettors—they often place larger bets on games they think will give them a big payout. One-time big-time mentality. That’s why I think you just need to change your approach, OP. If you can control your bets when playing slots, there’s no reason you can’t do the same in sports betting.

I think that's pretty normal. But I don't feel that way, meaning I don't prefer games that feel smaller and slower in terms of losing money. But hey, everyone has their own way of thinking. Even though I may be a little different in this regard, I still consider it normal. Because maybe you just don't like big risks and big potential at the same time. You prefer everything to go slowly, even though it's the same thing. Because if it's a loss, whether it's slow or fast, I think it's the same in the end.

I actually prefer bigger bets that can also generate big profits if successful.
Maybe you, OP, prefer to enjoy the game itself rather than wanting to make a profit quickly. And enjoying a game is not wrong at all, and in fact, it's quite good.

Are you sure you are not losing just as much in slots? I say so because some people forget that when you put together the amount wagered in slots, it sums up to something big sometimes. But because they spin with $0.2 or $0.5, they think they didn't lose that much. But when you put it all together, you may find out that you indeed wagered a lot of money.

Nobody likes to lose op, if that answers the question in the subject of your topic.

Some of my biggest wins also came from slots. The reason I still play more sports betting is because of my love for sports. It's a matter of luck and some people have been fortunate to win more money from slots.

Back to the OP's questions, humans will always be attracted to things or activities they think are cheaper or more profitable. That's why I don't see your preference for a type of gambling that brings fewer losses as strange. The assumptions that you win more from slots betting will naturally make you develop a love for the games.

Personally, I like slots because they're more granular, played in small parts, unlike betting, where a bettor can get angry and put all their money on one bet. Gamblers typically don't do that, even in roulette. And based on the above conclusions, I can't understand why, in many countries I've visited, betting is legalized and even advertised at the state level. Gambling, however, isn't advertised and is considered a socially frowned upon hobby. I believe betting is even more dangerous because you can lose money faster without experiencing any positive emotions.

well that's a simple question, you obviously don't like losses so when a type of game is more profitable for you what's the point of playing a different game.but I believe that wins on a particular game is a seasonal thing, you might jus6be experiencing a winning streak on slot games and after a while you might start incurring losses. in all you do just make sure that you don't gamble with extremely high amountsof money

Not just you alone. It happens to me as well, and it is totally normal to feel that way. Our brain reacts to how big losses are not the process we follow to acquire that amount of loss. We lose big in sports betting because we staked high, while slot games tend to drain the money slowly, until we realize we have actually lost more than the amount we lost in sports betting.

The follow up is normal, players differs in choices just as in decisions, it's about choosing what kind of game we like best. Some prefer NBA to football, yet it doesnt add up to help reduce losses. The players controls whether to loss more or less, not the game.

This is a natural thing bud, money itself is hard to get, and so because of this, it's not sweet to lose, I've not come across any gambler who would say they enjoy losing money even if their reason for gambling is simply to have fun, they still like to win because that is where to true fun in gambling is.

So concerning what you said about liking games where loses feel smaller and slower, this is general for all gamblers, or let me say for me as well, I prefer and like games where I lose less amount of money, but maybe not be sports betting or slot games in particular because times and seasons change, there are times I notice I win more in sports betting and lose more in slot, and there are other times it's the reverse, so in what ever season I find my self, I love and play more of that game I find myself winning more on.

Because when we look at our loss history, we often say, "Oh, it's only that much, no problem, it's not that big."

In fact, it happens repeatedly, and we don't notice it because we keep thinking it's a small problem. We only realize it when we add it up over a week, and then we regret it because it turns out to be a huge amount.

But even so, the next week it happens again and again, with small amounts but it turns out to be repeated.  ;D

In slot games you can set the amount you bet and make it automatic and continuous roll no effort needed just wait for the bonuses to shows up but you cannot see the chances of winning all you need is to wait for the result but in terms of sports betting is you need to make identify not base on the odds only for the chances of winnings base on their scores and previous matches also with the player will go on the match if the team or the player has a potential to win, yes it will exert additional effort to do and the bet right here is open any amount you are willing to risk base on the game now if you think you are confident with the game and the odds are good you can make a high risk reward game if you are in doubt you can skip the game of course.

We have different preferences in playing gambling so if you think the slots are profitable with you go for it others want some thrill and a sports enthusiasts so they prefer sports betting over slot games.

It is normal to feel that way because the size of the loss shapes the emotional impact more than the loss itself. when you bet on sports the stakes are usually higher so even one losing match feels heavy and painful. the brain reacts to the amount not the logic of the game so sports losses hit harder even when the long term odds are not much different from slots.

Slots feel lighter because the losses come in small bites instead of one big hit and the brain translates that into a softer experience. even though you are still losing in the long run it does not feel like a sudden punch so your mind treats the game as more friendly. this is how gambling tricks the emotional system. slow losses feel safer even though the outcome stays the same. Many gamblers end up enjoying the game where the losses are small and spaced out because it allows them to play longer without stress. the illusion of control grows because you are not getting crushed all at once. this is very common and it is not about winning or losing it is about how the loss feels while it is happening.

Normally I would agree, but casinos have stats pages in most cases, which means you can easily see if you are winning more, or losing less, in certain type of game. If you gamble dice, and then you gamble slots then you can go back and see which one made you more money or at least lost you less money. The problem is not our minds but more about sample size, because if you gamble just 1000 hands in both of them, you will not get the real result since the sample size is too small, you need to gamble more to see it average out.