Gambling habits that will cost you

[vintages]

Just to add, giving yourself a spade interval before another game whether after every lose or win.
I usually do this just to keep myself on check to prevent addition and to also prevent 'angry playing' a game after losing.
The spacing could be few days. During those period, I sometimes demo play to improve my skills before putting back my money in the real game.

[DoublerHunter]

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1. Never consider gambling as a money making method.

^ Definitely right, chasing money in gambling is not quite good. Once your budget to risk has been losing all, just stop and relax. Because if you continue to gamble maybe you are not in good condition sometimes if we have a red streak in a row it might be annoying us and our emotion must be controlled. OP statement was all right, that is very common that probably may encounter in all gamblers that they should know what they are doing once they have it. In general, we are talking about self-discipline.

[shoreno]

1. Cancelling a withdraw because the sportsbook takes long to process it or because you saw a game you think will bring easy profit, stop right here.. my advice don't even think about cancelling this it's a trap that will leave you with no money to withdraw.

why would i cancel my withdraw if i discovered that it takes alot of time to withdraw ? i shouldnt have gamble on that site on the first place but if ever i agree on that terms , i will only wait until it process my withdrawals and i am not the kind of guy that will be easily tempted to play and gamble again once i already won or loose  .

the rest that you list are too obvious that it wont keep me playing a gambling  .

[Questat]

Thanks for these tips.

5. Avoid gambling when you are angry or feeling emotional about something or someone, this too affects your game. If it helps talk or see someone before you do something you will regret.


Feel free to add more to the list

I highlighted this as this is one of my problem when I'm gambling, I'm not saying all the time but there are times that I can be in this situation that I feel too emotional when I lose a decent money in gambling, can't wait to recover and instead of stopping and call it a day, I sometimes force myself to still gamble and just stop when I win back all my loses.

[justdimin]

Don't gamble while you are intoxicated, for obvious reasons judgement is impaired and you will be reckless with how you play.

This is against my motto of gambling. I do gambling for entertaining myself and I do have the habit of having multiple fun simultaneously. Yes, I do drink regardless of I gamble in physical casino or dicing online. I do bet on my favorite sports by watching the live matches along with alcohol and cheer girls.

All these are possible for me because I do gamble for fun and in sportsbetting I do place my bets before start drinking.

I agree drinking and gambling is not a recommended way of gambling yet you may go for it ONLY if you do not care about what returns you are making out of your bankroll. It would be complete foolishness to gamble for both fun and profits at a same time. Target either one at a time.

[LogitechMouse]

1. Cancelling a withdraw because the sportsbook takes long to process it or because you saw a game you think will bring easy profit, stop right here.. my advice don't even think about cancelling this it's a trap that will leave you with no money to withdraw.

It is a psychological trap. If you really want to withdraw your money on the gambling site, think twice or thrice before doing it. Most of the time, when I win I withdraw my profits and remain my initial capital on the site.

2. Don't gamble while you are intoxicated, for obvious reasons judgement is impaired and you will be reckless with how you play.

A common problem for gamblers. Maybe they are gambling while intoxicated because of some problems and they are gambling to be happy even for a bit.

3. Never gamble with money that isn't yours, this includes taking out loans for the purpose of gambling  because this always ends in you losing all the sourced funds and will result in putting yourself in bad books with friends and family.

Total stupidity. I can borrow from another person if I will use it in trading but to use it in gambling? This is stupid but to be honest, most of the gamblers are doing this thing. Borrowing from their relatives just to have money to gamble.

5. Avoid gambling when you are angry or feeling emotional about something or someone, this too affects your game. If it helps talk or see someone before you do something you will regret.

I think this and the 2nd has a relation. They are angry and they want to remove it thru gambling. It is not good because you can't focus on it but if you see gambling as a stress reliever and you don't care about your loss then its ok.

[doomistake]

Also don't gamble just because you knew someone who are winning big in gambling, take note, you are not like them. Maybe they are winning but that doesn't mean you will also if you try, trust me, you'll just lose your money when you envy someone's success and yet you never bother to correct your own failures in life. We share different luck, we are all good on something that other's don't, so focus on where you excel and polish that until you are satisfied with the result

That is how LIFE WORKS

[lienfaye]

Dont chase your losses.

Only use spare money.

It might hard to stick to these rules but you must follow it to avoid unwanted situation for not playing as a responsible gambler who knows his limit.

[ethereumhunter]

Yes, that is right, and I already have those experience, and that is hard to stop the habit if we don't have a strong mind to control ourselves. All is about to control ourselves so we can slowly turn the bad habit into a good habit and that will need time before we can stop it. We need help from a friend who will stay beside us to take care every time we play gambling and remind us to leave the gambling if the situation becomes worst. Gladly, I have that friend so that I can leave some of the bad habits in me.

How is gambling ever a good habit? I mean how can you make that analogy? People gamble away their homes, money, parents, wives, lives, you name it.
I find it ironical that as human beings we are incapable of handling the pressures of gambling yet somehow we are drawn to it. Like flies to the light in the midnight.

And that thing you said about friends. A gambler never has enough good friends to pull them out when required. It's rare.

I mean they can change their bad habit into a good habit in another thing and not from gambling. They can prevent themselves from becoming addicted gamblers, and they can have a second chance to fix their life too. I am sure that if we can learn hard to handle the pressures, we can control ourselves not to become addicting to gambling, but that depends on that person.

[darklus123]

The most important aspect in gambling is to make sure you are enjoying the game. So better stay away from gamnling if you feel that you are not enjoying the game at all.


The lending of money from mafias inside the casino is the worst thing a gambler could do. So make sure not to do it and learn how to say no cause if you get caught by their words you will be in really big trouble

[eternalgloom]

Referring to the first point you brought up, I'd just avoid gambling on websites that allow you to cancel your withdraws.
There are enough casinos that offer near-instant withdraws, so why would you willingly play on a website that holds your funds hostage for close to a week sometimes.

I mean, that's the whole point of using cryptocurrency to gamble, that you don't have to deal with banks.

[emberbekas]

I think most gamblers already know what should and shouldn't be done so we can avoid big losses in our gambling activities. However, all these things can be gone from our mind, especially when we are in very unexpected conditions. Losing control and not being able to manage it, are things that make us act solely on emotions, which of course will be very detrimental. Keep steady with the plans that we made before deciding to gamble, isn't an easy thing to manage.

[Oilacris]

6. Dont believe on Holy grail or methods where people do say that it works.

7. Dont chase losses and hoping for jackpots this will lead to a miserable life.

[roosbit]

If I may, have people been gambling a lot of late or this is all what experience can do well you don't have to answer this....

And I have read too many valid contributions on the thread and am not sure if I should put them all up in the OP to let on lurkers find these gems of information easy or read for themselves the DIY style....

Anyway keep the contributions coming, will update the thread later on, who knows might be saving someone from blowing their cash savings.

[imstillthebest]

6. Dont believe on Holy grail or methods where people do say that it works.

there are methods that works but they only work for a limited period of time because casinos will dried out if ever there is an ultimate method that a gambler can use and cannot loose anymore. methods can help you earn more if you know how to use them properly .

7. Dont chase losses and hoping for jackpots this will lead to a miserable life.

this is popular and its been already given before on this thread as what i read earlier .  this was also one of the golden rule for gambling  . chasing loss dont offer any good benefits but it will only make you greedy and find your self being busted at the end  .

[Capt00]

It is good to have our own strategies rather than to copy and duplicate from the others. Winning in gambling is not just because we have better strategies but just because of the luck we have. Losing is something we worried about but somehow we can't neglect it to happen since it have a high percentage than of winning.
If we don't even experience winning since from the start, it is better to stop gambling.

[kaya11]

I am short tempered and whenever I lost big I bet all the remaining money, I don't know why but maybe when we are angry or somehow frustrated we make decisions that after the game only we have realized. Well that was in the past, now if I win a little I stop and think twice if continuing is still benefiting me. I think old habits of mine are gone because of some tips like this around, and I learned to set goals.

[rodel caling]

Those that have been gambling for a long time will agree with some of these bad habits (if I may call them this) which I have found to have a negative effect on our gambling experience.

I admit with that and heard a lotnof negaitve effect effect because of the gambling, but for me depends on the people or gambler itself how to treat gambling as entertainment to enjoy it. One of the effect or the bad result playing gambling is greedy and gambler want to get quick rich. Not wrong or bad playing gambling but always remember need self control and discipline to avoid negative bad side effect, treat gambling for just having fun not for the source of income.

[cabalism13]

Don't treat gambling as a way to generate an income. It is for entertainment purposes only.

Not that you can stop them from doing such thing? Every gamblers has that habit, they share common sense when it comes to betting so even if they already committed a mistake, the fact that they're born with such ideals it couldn't be helpless.

I am short tempered and whenever I lost big I bet all the remaining money, I don't know why ...

Losing money isn't your thing mate, that's the only reason of you, being angry at most of the time you lose on playing. So I extremely suggest that you should stop playing just to avoid the feeling that you can't control. It will bring you misery in the end nd might also cause you trouble. Gambling is a world that is full of monsters in the table so a wrong move can turn you out to be eaten alive (if you know what I mean)

6. Dont believe on Holy grail or methods where people do say that it works.

7. Dont chase losses and hoping for jackpots this will lead to a miserable life.

+1

[aioc]

2. Don't gamble while you are intoxicated, for obvious reasons judgement is impaired and you will be reckless with how you play.

3. Never gamble with money that isn't yours, this includes taking out loans for the purpose of gambling  because this always ends in you losing all the sourced funds and will result in putting yourself in bad books with friends and family.

These two are not only risky but dangerous, on point number two, you have no control of what you are doing, you will not end up losing your money but you will end up also getting a loan from a loan shark

Point number 3 is also dangerous you will end up losing a friend and having bad blood with your family if you gamble with money coming from a loan or money that is not yours, you will end up in misery on these two.