GAMBLING: Skill-based vs. Chance-based

[lienfaye]

For me, I will choose the skill-based gambling because I am not hoping for the luck of life, I want to take action to make my life great. It is still better to think logically and analytically at any time.

But if you are only a beginner, I think the chance-based gambling would be suitable for you, but do not stick only on that, you should improve yourself, acquire skills and knowledge through experience so you will be able to play skill-based gambling soon.

We have different likes and dislikes, I really don't like lottery games since the chance of winnings is really low but the profit is definitely high. In regards with provably fair games such as dice games and roulettes I really do like those since there's some kind of excitement but just like you I do like the skill-based gambling especially sports betting and blackjack where in your decision have effect to the outcome of your bet.

Some of us dont like games that require skills in order to have an edge to win because we know its not that easy. Thinking of strategy maybe a stressful idea but if you really want to win you need to exert an effort because the chance will depend on how good you are plus with luck. But I still prefer to play a skill based games because you're not only depending on luck but also with your knowledge, skills and strategy. Nevertheless we have our own preffered games what important is we enjoy the game and has satisfaction.

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[Wakate]

For me, I will choose the skill-based gambling because I am not hoping for the luck of life, I want to take action to make my life great. It is still better to think logically and analytically at any time.

But if you are only a beginner, I think the chance-based gambling would be suitable for you, but do not stick only on that, you should improve yourself, acquire skills and knowledge through experience so you will be able to play skill-based gambling soon.

We have different likes and dislikes, I really don't like lottery games since the chance of winnings is really low but the profit is definitely high. In regards with provably fair games such as dice games and roulettes I really do like those since there's some kind of excitement but just like you I do like the skill-based gambling especially sports betting and blackjack where in your decision have effect to the outcome of your bet.

You don't have to take it seriously, just gamble the lottery for fun, sometimes I bet on the lottery but I'm not really expecting that I have a high chance of winning, if I'm lucky that's it, I will win big and be happy, but if you are consistently betting on this regularly, then for sure you will accumulate big loses.

yea gambling should not be taken seriously or else you might end up losing your money and becoming psychologically meltdown. Let's gamble for the fun and probably the money that we can make not making things hard for ourselves. Gambling on a lottery game can be interesting when it is done in group with friends. So the chance of winning might be slim but it eventually one wins the gain will be massive.

[michellee]

yea gambling should not be taken seriously or else you might end up losing your money and becoming psychologically meltdown. Let's gamble for the fun and probably the money that we can make not making things hard for ourselves. Gambling on a lottery game can be interesting when it is done in group with friends. So the chance of winning might be slim but it eventually one wins the gain will be massive.

That will be different for pro gamblers since they make money from gambling and have skills in that gambling games. They can seriously play gambling because that will relate to how much money they will use to gamble and make money. But yes, the regular gambler, they do not have to treat gambling seriously and only search for fun. When playing a lottery game with our friends, maybe we can get fun as we can enjoy the game, especially if we can talk while playing so we do not feel bored playing the games.

[Slow death]

yea gambling should not be taken seriously or else you might end up losing your money and becoming psychologically meltdown.

in fact even if the person takes gambling to the side of fun that person will lose money and you cannot forget that money is something valuable and even if the person is playing for fun this person needs to focus and strive to win, It makes no sense to play for fun and just be losing constantly, if you are going to be losing constantly then it's better to give up

Gambling on a lottery game can be interesting when it is done in group with friends. So the chance of winning might be slim but it eventually one wins the gain will be massive.

i hate lottery, one can buy tickets constantly and never win, years go by and never win is stressful

[cryp24x]

Well either of these two skill or chance I always have a bad luck every time I played in any of the gambling site platform.
Perhaps, the only gambling I went through at this time was Bitgame and Betfury, and every time I played in the gambling just for fun
instead I'm not taking it seriously as my own personal income due to I know there is no stable profit in the gambling anyway.

[Taskford]

Well either of these two skill or chance I always have a bad luck every time I played in any of the gambling site platform.
Perhaps, the only gambling I went through at this time was Bitgame and Betfury, and every time I played in the gambling just for fun
instead I'm not taking it seriously as my own personal income due to I know there is no stable profit in the gambling anyway.

That would be the perspective for people who only settle gaining personal satisfaction rather than thinking to earn and try to make gambling as their source of income since if this is the case for sure a pure frustration we might gonna get for that situation.

I myself stays on old casinos here I don't want to disclose their name to avoid free advertisement but so far I'm enjoying the offers and service what they provide to their gamblers.

[ethereumhunter]

Well either of these two skill or chance I always have a bad luck every time I played in any of the gambling site platform.
Perhaps, the only gambling I went through at this time was Bitgame and Betfury, and every time I played in the gambling just for fun
instead I'm not taking it seriously as my own personal income due to I know there is no stable profit in the gambling anyway.

You are not alone if you feel like that because many of us have the same experience of losing in gambling. Some of us are still trying to play skill-based games and chance-based and hope that they can win in the next few days. It seems they do not stop because they still think that they will get their money back plus make some money from the games. You are good if you use gambling for fun and that is what it should do.

[passwordnow]

To make things clear, When the player plays against the house, like in slot machines, the game is considered a chance game. When a player competes against other players, though, it is considered a skill game. A player can tell if a game is skill-based if it combines statistics or math skills or techniques.

Yes, a game can easily be figured out if it is a game of chance. And to those skilled needed games, it's about competition with other players and people will also say that those type of games are a combination of luck and skill. We do not know if we're lucky for the certain day and even if we're too skilled, time will come that we have to lose. Be it that whether you play the chance or skill games, it will still be needing everyone to gamble only with you can afford to lose.

With just using up your common sense then you could really say whether you are dealing with skill based or luck based and this is the time on where you do really make out some judgement whether you do like to play dice

and similar games which are really that purely relying on luck and some games that you do need to think off well for you  to be at least have some advantage but wont be always a guarantee to make profits.

Its all about choices and preference because each of us does have its own interest on things.

I agree that we have our own preferences and choice if it's about gambling. We have differences and determining the type of game is easy. And as someone who has liked both types, we can just play whenever we want and just shift if we're not lucky with the other.
In some luck games, they'll apply their skill as they say but if you ask them what skill is that, they'll tell that it's just about martingale which we usually really hear and see from the others.

[Cling18]

Well either of these two skill or chance I always have a bad luck every time I played in any of the gambling site platform.
Perhaps, the only gambling I went through at this time was Bitgame and Betfury, and every time I played in the gambling just for fun
instead I'm not taking it seriously as my own personal income due to I know there is no stable profit in the gambling anyway.

Well if you have played in skill-based gambling then there is o such thing as good or bad luck, it is your skills and techniques that matter when you are playing that game. If you just feel like you are having bad luck then better to stop and take a rest and try to play again for some other day, that would help you release your stress from losing your money. I also tried Betfury before but seems so hard to win on that gambling platform.

No matter how skilled you are when it comes to a certain game, your chance of winning or losing is still something to be considered. We should know that some gamblers prefer to have more advantages by enhancing their skills which we also have to be mindful of. Your luck still depends on the effectiveness of your strategy.

[XCANA]

I don't really believe one must skillful for one to be successful in playing gambling as almost all of them are based chance or luck for you to be successful while playing and not necessarily your skills. What we should have at the back of our mind is that we playing against the gambling company and the odds are against us to lose so that they will make profit. So, if you successful just note that it happened out of luck and mainly your skills.

[Pamadar]

To make things clear, When the player plays against the house, like in slot machines, the game is considered a chance game. When a player competes against other players, though, it is considered a skill game. A player can tell if a game is skill-based if it combines statistics or math skills or techniques.

Yes, a game can easily be figured out if it is a game of chance. And to those skilled needed games, it's about competition with other players and people will also say that those type of games are a combination of luck and skill. We do not know if we're lucky for the certain day and even if we're too skilled, time will come that we have to lose. Be it that whether you play the chance or skill games, it will still be needing everyone to gamble only with you can afford to lose.

With just using up your common sense then you could really say whether you are dealing with skill based or luck based and this is the time on where you do really make out some judgement whether you do like to play dice

and similar games which are really that purely relying on luck and some games that you do need to think off well for you  to be at least have some advantage but wont be always a guarantee to make profits.

Its all about choices and preference because each of us does have its own interest on things.

I agree that we have our own preferences and choice if it's about gambling. We have differences and determining the type of game is easy. And as someone who has liked both types, we can just play whenever we want and just shift if we're not lucky with the other.
In some luck games, they'll apply their skill as they say but if you ask them what skill is that, they'll tell that it's just about martingale which we usually really hear and see from the others.

Most common from those gamblers who played luck based games,

martingale, reverse martingale or any other strategy that is based on the same concepts.
We do have differences as we wanted to try our luck when playing.

So as with skills based gambling, when you deal with it even you have good strategy
it's not guaranteed that you are capable of winning from time to time.

It's always depends on how you percepts and understand the concept of the game.

[Lucasgabd]

We can't just rely only on lucks when it comes to card games but also it requires knowledge and skills as well. Maybe if we are in the lottery, that really it only needs luck in order to win but the rest will need both.
As a gambler, I choose those games that I already know, this was the advantage we have and our chances of winning are a little bit high than those who have less/nothing.

putting all card games on the same basket would be a mistake
games like poker are way more skill based and have a luck component included but it's not the only thing, like other games that are way more based on luck

Why?
I for example only bet on sports games. Of course, I don't bet only on one team, not even on a single championship, but I don't consider it a mistake to bet only on sports games.
Likewise, I don't think it's a mistake to only bet on card games if he diversifies the bets on different games.

Anyway, the skill and preferences of each player are more important in this case.

what I meant is that you can't classify all card games as the same since some are more dependent on luck and others have more skill involved
not exactly about betting

in terms of betting I think it makes sense to specialize on one style only or some style instead of going more general

[kawetsriyanto]

Many people lose control in gambling, including us, but unfortunately, setting the limited funds does not always work for them as they can forget to limit their funds.

It means they are not disciplined in limiting their funds. It is actually a choice, you can gamble without limiting your funds, but with the risk to lose bigger money. While another choice, we can try to be discipline to limit funds, this requires seriousness and consistency. Of course, limiting funds here isn't a theory only, but it must be applied whenever we play gambling games. It won't have an effect if limiting funds is a theory only.

[chaser15]

Many people lose control in gambling, including us, but unfortunately, setting the limited funds does not always work for them as they can forget to limit their funds.

It means they are not disciplined in limiting their funds. It is actually a choice, you can gamble without limiting your funds, but with the risk to lose bigger money. While another choice, we can try to be discipline to limit funds, this requires seriousness and consistency. Of course, limiting funds here isn't a theory only, but it must be applied whenever we play gambling games. It won't have an effect if limiting funds is a theory only.

It's really hard to resist to continue gambling when already on the limit. That's the reason I don't like this setting a budget as it won't work for me. What I do is, force myself when I feel something not right is happening or having a continuous losing, I will try to stop. In a case that I'm winning already, I will try to stop.

Practice makes perfect. It's hard at the start but when gaining experience, we will used on doing it.

[kawetsriyanto]

It's really hard to resist to continue gambling when already on the limit. That's the reason I don't like this setting a budget as it won't work for me. What I do is, force myself when I feel something not right is happening or having a continuous losing, I will try to stop.

Not many gamblers can do this, especially for beginners. You can consider using this way if you are experienced enough, have a good feeling, and have no problem with self-control. For me, this will be a harder way for beginners, limiting funds should be easier to understand. Well, each gambler may have a different way. So, if you think limiting funds won't work for you, you don't need to apply it to your gambling strategy. It is just one of the ways to avoid big losses, you can use other ways as well.

[chaser15]

It's really hard to resist to continue gambling when already on the limit. That's the reason I don't like this setting a budget as it won't work for me. What I do is, force myself when I feel something not right is happening or having a continuous losing, I will try to stop.

Not many gamblers can do this, especially for beginners. You can consider using this way if you are experienced enough, have a good feeling, and have no problem with self-control. For me, this will be a harder way for beginners, limiting funds should be easier to understand. Well, each gambler may have a different way. So, if you think limiting funds won't work for you, you don't need to apply it to your gambling strategy. It is just one of the ways to avoid big losses, you can use other ways as well.

Of course, they are beginners so many won't able to do it first. Read my next statement after that, practice makes perfect so eventually everyone will learn it automatically and their gambling habits will be changed in the long-run.

Yes, I don't to apply that budget limit on my gambling strategy because it's not really working for me. Being responsible to gambling takes time. Sometimes a big loss is necessary before learning how to become a responsible gambler.

[Saint-loup]

Updated 05-27-2020
As we are now under community quarantine because of this pandemic virus, we tend to play online games to lessen the boredom we feel at our home, so I wanna know your preference on choosing what gamble to play.

There are two types of gambling for me, the skill-based and the chance-based.
1. Skill-based - these are gambling that requires our skills and techniques for us to win, such as playing poker, betting on races, and playing blackjack but the odds of winning are still different for people and it is always in favor of the owner of the gambling.
Poker
Blackjack
Pai Gow
Texas Shootout
Horse Race Betting
Sports Betting

I disagree with your classification the Blackjack is not a skill based game according to me, it's a game of chance like the hi-lo game or sic bo game as you've mentioned.

[Shasha80]

It's really hard to resist to continue gambling when already on the limit. That's the reason I don't like this setting a budget as it won't work for me. What I do is, force myself when I feel something not right is happening or having a continuous losing, I will try to stop.

Not many gamblers can do this, especially for beginners. You can consider using this way if you are experienced enough, have a good feeling, and have no problem with self-control. For me, this will be a harder way for beginners, limiting funds should be easier to understand. Well, each gambler may have a different way. So, if you think limiting funds won't work for you, you don't need to apply it to your gambling strategy. It is just one of the ways to avoid big losses, you can use other ways as well.

Of course, they are beginners so many won't able to do it first. Read my next statement after that, practice makes perfect so eventually everyone will learn it automatically and their gambling habits will be changed in the long-run.

Yes, I don't to apply that budget limit on my gambling strategy because it's not really working for me. Being responsible to gambling takes time. Sometimes a big loss is necessary before learning how to become a responsible gambler.

Indeed, sometimes we need to experience big losses to realize the mistakes we make when gambling. Then finally we can slowly change our
bad habits when gambling, because I did not find a gambler who immediately became a responsible gambler, all gamblers will definitely make
mistakes when they start gambling. It must be admitted that it is not an easy thing to be a responsible gambler, because like you said sometimes
it takes time to become a responsible gambler. I also had to go through a long process to become a responsible gambler.

[Viscore]

It's really hard to resist to continue gambling when already on the limit. That's the reason I don't like this setting a budget as it won't work for me. What I do is, force myself when I feel something not right is happening or having a continuous losing, I will try to stop.

Not many gamblers can do this, especially for beginners. You can consider using this way if you are experienced enough, have a good feeling, and have no problem with self-control. For me, this will be a harder way for beginners, limiting funds should be easier to understand. Well, each gambler may have a different way. So, if you think limiting funds won't work for you, you don't need to apply it to your gambling strategy. It is just one of the ways to avoid big losses, you can use other ways as well.

Of course, they are beginners so many won't able to do it first. Read my next statement after that, practice makes perfect so eventually everyone will learn it automatically and their gambling habits will be changed in the long-run.

Yes, I don't to apply that budget limit on my gambling strategy because it's not really working for me. Being responsible to gambling takes time. Sometimes a big loss is necessary before learning how to become a responsible gambler.

Indeed, sometimes we need to experience big losses to realize the mistakes we make when gambling. Then finally we can slowly change our
bad habits when gambling, because I did not find a gambler who immediately became a responsible gambler, all gamblers will definitely make
mistakes when they start gambling. It must be admitted that it is not an easy thing to be a responsible gambler, because like you said sometimes
it takes time to become a responsible gambler. I also had to go through a long process to become a responsible gambler.

It depends on the person, everyone starts being a newbie in gambling, and don't tell me that all of them suffered from addiction or commit mistakes in gambling and they just learn in the long run. No, some people are just responsible enough, they understand the risk and their chances of winning in gambling before they start the actual gambling, so they are not facing a problem like an addiction.

Gambling addiction is happening to few people only, and these people experience gambling addiction because they are irresponsible, that's the truth.

[nurilham]

I think that gambling based on chance is more reliable and easier for beginners like me too. skill-based gambling is difficult, especially for me, who is still a beginner. Gambling does not only rely on luck but also requires skill in it and that is a difficult thing. need knowledge and also practice often so that we also have a lot of experience. Many people experience losses just because they don't really understand gambling and just go along without having the basics or skills. so it should be underlined that not everyone can be so lucky to gamble if we don't have good skills or experience.