Recording gambling activities

[Agbe]

To record your gamblings daily, weekly and monthly is not the issue but can you face the mental disorder of the results when you lost enough and later found out. I will prefer not to record them and once I forget them let it be. Because if I gather all the records and she that I have loss enough, I will not be happy. And addicted gamblers would not care about the loss so there will be no adjustment even they see the records. And all what they will like to do is to win their loss and that is where they will chase their loss to lose more. It is better to plan yourself well and play gamble with respect and not with habitual. Once gambling becomes an habit then it is very hard for that gambler to control himself.
ajiz138 Gambling and business record-keeping are not the same.

There are gamblers that will not hesitate to stop gambling when they check their gamble records and they sees that they are the ones losing. They will stop right away and never to gamble for a long time. Keep records is good though, still there are gamblers that can't be satisfied with the results they got from their check, if a gambler is losing from gamble, its probably because of the strategy he is using or luck is not with him. However gamble and business are different things, if you are losing from the business you cam quite it and do another business and same thing also applies to gamble, when you are not winning from gamble its better tk change the prediction pattern or pray for luck.

There are many gamblers that can estimate their loses even if it is not the exact amount but they can estimate that they have loss enough amount of money in gambling yet they are still excited to play gamble. It is easy to talk but it is hard to stopped and that is gambling for you. To stop gambling is not about keeping records but your responsibilities would make you to know that it is not good to gamble all days when you have other things to do. And that is where responsible and irresponsible gamblers would come to play. Addicted gamblers gamble more when they are losing and when they wins they take the wins to go out and enjoy themselves by carrying women and paying hotels. And when the Cash got finished then they would come back again to the drawing board of gambling.

[Webetcoins]

Yes, and those bad or good experiences will be a reference for you to play gambling more carefully and responsibly. If a gambler often loses in playing, then he must think with common sense that in fact winning in gambling is very difficult to get and if he is winning at that time, then immediately thinking about stopping is the best decision.

People who are new to gambling don't understand that if they are winning then they should quit but they play to win more for the joy of winning and thus they lose a good amount of money in the end. Gambling looks very interesting and fun but all the interest is lost when you deal with a multi-amount gamble and you play more to recover it. If you can't stop yourself from gambling, it means that you are addicted to gambling. Even if you cover all your losses, you still can't stop playing because it's an addiction you got used to.

While there are positives to gambling, one negative is that when you lose, you look at your past records and feel even sadder. It is good if people start gambling responsibly and carefully after looking at their previous gambling history, but if they don't, there is no point.

[Accardo]

Yes, and those bad or good experiences will be a reference for you to play gambling more carefully and responsibly. If a gambler often loses in playing, then he must think with common sense that in fact winning in gambling is very difficult to get and if he is winning at that time, then immediately thinking about stopping is the best decision.

People who are new to gambling don't understand that if they are winning then they should quit but they play to win more for the joy of winning and thus they lose a good amount of money in the end. Gambling looks very interesting and fun but all the interest is lost when you deal with a multi-amount gamble and you play more to recover it. If you can't stop yourself from gambling, it means that you are addicted to gambling. Even if you cover all your losses, you still can't stop playing because it's an addiction you got used to.

While there are positives to gambling, one negative is that when you lose, you look at your past records and feel even sadder. It is good if people start gambling responsibly and carefully after looking at their previous gambling history, but if they don't, there is no point.

A gambler who handles his gambling activities responsibly may not have to bother about recording them. Because there will be no much impacts doing it. Except for the sake of reference. However, when a player finds it hard to record his gambling sessions while experiencing tough times with his games, then he wouldn't recognize his difficulties in gambling. Recording of gambling activities have to be related to the correction of excessive gambling.

 It'll refresh in the player's memory whenever he pens down his activities. Only a handful of addicts will be able to control or moderate their compulsive gambling habit after reading through multiple records of losses. Although this helps self examination for all, but addicts hardly keep records of their actions. They're mainly concerned on ways to further their gambling engagements.

[bakasabo]

Recording of gambling activities have to be related to the correction of excessive gambling.

But if a person gambles for fun and can afford to lose couple of hundreds per session, should he also make records and make future corrections? I have said several times that for me gambling is similar to spending. Spending on entertainment. I dont gamble frequently. I consider it as going to a cinema for example. For example I dont remember how much I have spend last time at cinema on tickets or snacks. Even if I do remember it, when next time I go to cinema, I wont focus on that previously I have spend a lot, and now I must take small popcorn box instead of large. If this is for fun, should a person make records and limit himself?

[mirakal]

Recording of gambling activities have to be related to the correction of excessive gambling.

But if a person gambles for fun and can afford to lose couple of hundreds per session, should he also make records and make future corrections? I have said several times that for me gambling is similar to spending. Spending on entertainment. I dont gamble frequently. I consider it as going to a cinema for example. For example I dont remember how much I have spend last time at cinema on tickets or snacks. Even if I do remember it, when next time I go to cinema, I wont focus on that previously I have spend a lot, and now I must take small popcorn box instead of large. If this is for fun, should a person make records and limit himself?

Real gamblers don't do this because there is no strong reason to consider doing that. Maybe we do this if this would change the outcome but nothing as this won't increase our chance of having luck, we just remember bad things in the past that would only destroy our day. Besides, nobody had it prove that they changed their styles upon doing this. If there is one thing we would like to change or correct is how we think about gambling where it was just for fun. But if we keep on thinking about growing our money, this is not the solution instead, it creates more problems financially and mentally.

I couldn't imagine someone doing this especially if you lose, you will never spend time finding where you are wrong but expect to do the same story again.

[TheUltraElite]

I couldn't imagine someone doing this especially if you lose, you will never spend time finding where you are wrong but expect to do the same story again.

It can be the first step in identifying the addiction and the associated losses due to gambling. While there are many who are doing this for publishing on youtube or streaming it, regular gamblers should start doing it as well.

Once the person goes through the recordings and see the money they could have saved, the attempt to control the addiction will come from within. Outside people will no longer need to bother then about their habits.

But then there are those people who think that changing the method to gamble means that the casino cannot "track" them anymore, which is utter bullshit. Recording and reviewing might increase their chances of gambling more and more.

[madnessteat]

Something just came up in my mind and I feel it will be good for me to bring it up here because it can benefit some people to make a better decision or adjust gambling habits. 

Do you take record of every game played for the year or month or week, then calculate the number of total games that was won and lose. I feel calculating the total amount of lose can help one to adjust gambling habit of playing frequently and also to reduce the amount of money that is spent on gambling. I think when the amount of lose is too much in gambling it is either affecting one financially or turning one to become addictive to gambling. 

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

Any gambler knows approximately how much money he spends on gambling and how much money he wins without keeping any records. Of course, I used to keep a record of winnings/losses, but then I realized that it doesn't make any sense. In my opinion than to engage in keeping statistics is better to introduce in your gambling experience limitation of funds for gambling. This is more useful for any gambler than keeping statistics.