[DISCUSSION] How to overcome a big loss in gambling?

[LogitechMouse]

1. Manage your emotion

Don't overstress yourself because you have lose a big amount of money. You can't rewind everything, so the best choice is to calm. If you stressed yourself with your great loss, it can lead to depression. And all of us really know what will happen if you can't control it. It's a mental health problem that you should manage.

For me this is the best advice with all the 5 tips that you shared.

Controlling your emotions is very easy to say but in reality it is very hard to manage when you are in an actual gambling casino. A gambler who doesn't know how to control their emotions has a higher chance of losing their  money compare to a gamble who knows how to control it.

Not managing your emotions will lead to stress and over the time, it will lead to serious depression that may change your life "FOREVER" so before spending too much in gambling make sure that you are ready to face the consequences that you may face if the worst situation happen to you.

[Kemarit]

Why not think of quitting gambling for good though if you have lost like $3k? Of course, it sound difficult because gamblers have that mentality to come back and try to win and chase what they have lost. So if you gather yourselves then probably the best option is to think of not gambling anymore. Or at least minimize your gambling activities so that you won't be emotional affected specially if you are going to play with just small amounts the next time you play.

[plvbob0070]

Losing is part of gambling, and we as a gambler should know and be prepared for that. The bigger money you put into gambling, the higher the risk you'll be losing a big amount of money too. That's why it's advisable to only gamble the amount of money you are willing to risk and lose. If you can't cope up with big losses, it means you should only stick with small bets. And that's what I usually do since I can't afford to lose much money.

For me, gambling is for entertainment and not as a way to earn income. I only make small bets to avoid regretting if I end up losing my money. I agree with what OP said, but if you still can't handle it, then that serves as a lesson. Why would you put yourself in a situation you can't handle and overcome? That's why in gambling, we should really think first before putting everything at the risk.

[shoreno]

small loss is already hard to overcome so how much more if its a huge loss ? itl be more harder but you wont notice it that you already forget them as the time goes or passes by   . this happen to me many times and now im still happy again despite previous losses   . gambling for me isnt only losses but i do also win many times    .  i realized that i havent loss a single penny on my pocket because what i just loss are only free money and winnings came from the casino that ive been playing with   .

[Sadlife]

I always manage my money and emotions that's why i only have small losses but the downside is i also dont win big. My winnings is probably around 0.0003 from roll games as im not that confident in that type of games but in sports betting i slightly increase my bets because im 80% sure i might win. So i can't control the urges to bet high especially if there's a possibility to win. So far i haven't loss big in sports bet and i should probably limit myself in those types of games as i've people got rekt because of compulsive gambling.

[Nellayar]

I always manage my money and emotions that's why i only have small losses but the downside is i also dont win big. My winnings is probably around 0.0003 from roll games as im not that confident in that type of games but in sports betting i slightly increase my bets because im 80% sure i might win. So i can't control the urges to bet high especially if there's a possibility to win. So far i haven't loss big in sports bet and i should probably limit myself in those types of games as i've people got rekt because of compulsive gambling.

There is saying that, the more you want to win a large amount, the more you will risk your money. That's the equality of life. If you want to lose a lot, bet bitcoin you afford to lose. But then, there are still people that even they are reminding their selves to gamble small money, they tend to give all of it when they lose. I am that kind of person that bet until I lose my money. But I change it already since I realized that if I started to be unlucky then I immediately quit the game.

[palle11]

That part where you don't pressure yourself to regain lost money is a good advise. You don't win all the time. Having this kind of idea helps a real gambler to always be top in their game and make others wonder the magic that you did to always be cool. I think that helps to concentrate on a winning day.

[serjent05]

Let assume that you lose worth of 3,000 USD in gambling.

1. Manage your emotion

Don't overstress yourself because you have lose a big amount of money. You can't rewind everything, so the best choice is to calm. If you stressed yourself with your great loss, it can lead to depression. And all of us really know what will happen if you can't control it. It's a mental health problem that you should manage.

Managing that Big loss is not that easy specially if the money involved is from your daily living and not a excess money to spare for gambling,this will surely ruin your life if does happen because your family will blame you and the pressure is always there.

That is why it is always advised to use only the money that you can afford to lose if you want to play gambling games.  Using the money that is for the daily budget is insane and I think that person has a gambling problem already.

If a gambler use the money that is free or excess, he can never be pressured and can easily control his emotion because win or lose it will not affect him much.  With that, he can truly enjoy his gambling session.

2. Don't pressure yourself to regain your loss

I know that I am not the only gambler who experience this. After a loss, I am always want to regain it causing for another loss because my mind and emotion become aggressive. If you lose that day, shut it down temporarily because all of us have bad luck days. And I do believe that luck is essential in gambling not only your strategy.

This mostly called "Chasing Losses" and the most stupid way for gamblers to deal because the more you eager to win is the more losses will come to you.

That is also triggered by the gambler's fallacy of thinking that the next roll will more likely a win since he is in  a losing streak.  Applying the law of average which is actually not applicable to gambling.  Thus, creating a chain of losses until the player goes bankrupt.

[kryptqnick]

Every gambler really knows the risks that we take in playing online casino. Some of us ended in a great stress because of losing a lot of money in gambling. But because we are enjoying the games specially the slots, we always pulled by our desires to play again. I made this thread to give some tip to overcome a big loss in gambling.

If one lost a big sum of money because of an unstoppable desire to keep playing, I think the #0 thing this person should do is admit it's a problem, probably addiction. A good choice for such a person is to never play again or to put someone else in charge of the money and set limitations one would not be able to go over when gambling is going on. Another option is to try transferring to something less problematic but equally thrilling.
And honestly, I think that for such a person #4 can be harmful, giving a false hope that such a thing won't happen again. One should be ready to lose and be able to afford it or not gamble at all.

[hahay]

Assumption or parable about that amount of loss is not right if you only provide a solution on some of the points you stated, it is big money and you will not be easy to forget the loss and if that happens, then at least you also need a companion or anyone to look after you at all times and also to ensure your health remains good, because the solution of these points will only be right for those who experience a loss that is not so large. But the main thing about all this or about overcoming losses in gambling I just believe it can all be overcome only with a mindset that remains good and wise.

[FlightyPouch]

Luckily, only a few people here in our country could spend money like that on betting. That is almost 150,000 pesos and in a province that I am living in, that is a huge amount. As I  said, people here are not that addicted to gambling so people can really stop when they wanted to. Losses are inevitable but since some people are not really that addicted, they could lose an amount of money and just stop for a while.

During the height of my addiction kabayan, I've lost 30k-50k PHP in a land base casino in a night. 

Back to the topic, as for the emotions thingy, whether we like it or not, gamble and emotions are connected. It can really spell the difference between you becoming an addicted gambler and losing all your money or just step back and think about your life and your future.

It is really hard to control it, believed me, but I've learn to acknowledge that I have this problem in the first place. Yes I feel frustrated and annoyed and irritated after a big loss. What I do is try to regain control of myself and realised that I'm not this kind of person and that I should be responsible and not let my bad gambling habits takes over me.

Thanks for that kabayan, you are right. To be honest I do see gamblers bet so much money on cockfighting but I never really see what happened to those bet. And I was addicted in the past but luckily, I don't have that money to bet with. I undergo some heart to heart talks with some people to help me with that addiction, some of them are professionals. I feel bad in the end but when I am addicted, I don't really feel anything except that gambling everyday is normal, I should do and continue doing so. My wife is the reason I stopped, she made me realize how bad that turned into and how strong she is, that is the push I needed to stop. To be honest, after years, I can tell that I am not the same but I still do some gambling every now and then but unlike in the past, I can control myself now.

[Mahanton]

Luckily, only a few people here in our country could spend money like that on betting. That is almost 150,000 pesos and in a province that I am living in, that is a huge amount. As I  said, people here are not that addicted to gambling so people can really stop when they wanted to. Losses are inevitable but since some people are not really that addicted, they could lose an amount of money and just stop for a while.

During the height of my addiction kabayan, I've lost 30k-50k PHP in a land base casino in a night. 

Back to the topic, as for the emotions thingy, whether we like it or not, gamble and emotions are connected. It can really spell the difference between you becoming an addicted gambler and losing all your money or just step back and think about your life and your future.

It is really hard to control it, believed me, but I've learn to acknowledge that I have this problem in the first place. Yes I feel frustrated and annoyed and irritated after a big loss. What I do is try to regain control of myself and realised that I'm not this kind of person and that I should be responsible and not let my bad gambling habits takes over me.

Thanks for that kabayan, you are right. To be honest I do see gamblers bet so much money on cockfighting but I never really see what happened to those bet. And I was addicted in the past but luckily, I don't have that money to bet with. I undergo some heart to heart talks with some people to help me with that addiction, some of them are professionals. I feel bad in the end but when I am addicted, I don't really feel anything except that gambling everyday is normal, I should do and continue doing so. My wife is the reason I stopped, she made me realize how bad that turned into and how strong she is, that is the push I needed to stop. To be honest, after years, I can tell that I am not the same but I still do some gambling every now and then but unlike in the past, I can control myself now.

When you do get yourself addicted into gambling or into any other things in life specially it can give out negative impacts
then the only thing that can help out is yourself and the ones you do loved.They are the ones that will really help you realize
that you are already doing the wrong thing.If you are on the right mind and realization you will surely understand on what would
be the consequences or problems to be experience if you do decide to go further.Losing is part of gambling thats why it should be
be controlled most of the time and only spend on the money that you can afford to lose and dont go beyond the borders on that
particular day..Gambling isnt bad as long you dont compromise anything, if you lost then move on and call it a day and never
ever plan to chase up your losses because this is one of the main emotions that will surely push you out to commit more loss.

[KTChampions]

I think that if a serious loss happened, then this indicates that the person has lost control and most likely he is seriously addicted. Various tips in this case may be useful, but it seems to me that in this case a professional should act and it is best to consult a psychologist with this problem.

[Baofeng]

Luckily, only a few people here in our country could spend money like that on betting. That is almost 150,000 pesos and in a province that I am living in, that is a huge amount. As I  said, people here are not that addicted to gambling so people can really stop when they wanted to. Losses are inevitable but since some people are not really that addicted, they could lose an amount of money and just stop for a while.

During the height of my addiction kabayan, I've lost 30k-50k PHP in a land base casino in a night. 

Back to the topic, as for the emotions thingy, whether we like it or not, gamble and emotions are connected. It can really spell the difference between you becoming an addicted gambler and losing all your money or just step back and think about your life and your future.

It is really hard to control it, believed me, but I've learn to acknowledge that I have this problem in the first place. Yes I feel frustrated and annoyed and irritated after a big loss. What I do is try to regain control of myself and realised that I'm not this kind of person and that I should be responsible and not let my bad gambling habits takes over me.

Thanks for that kabayan, you are right. To be honest I do see gamblers bet so much money on cockfighting but I never really see what happened to those bet. And I was addicted in the past but luckily, I don't have that money to bet with. I undergo some heart to heart talks with some people to help me with that addiction, some of them are professionals. I feel bad in the end but when I am addicted, I don't really feel anything except that gambling everyday is normal, I should do and continue doing so. My wife is the reason I stopped, she made me realize how bad that turned into and how strong she is, that is the push I needed to stop. To be honest, after years, I can tell that I am not the same but I still do some gambling every now and then but unlike in the past, I can control myself now.

Glad to hear that you did able to overcome your addiction. Yes, I was also addicted to 'sabong' as well, late 90's as I was closer to one of the biggest cock fighting arena (Sta. Ana and Pasay). And what I do is me and my office mates who are also into cock fighting will get out early just to go gamble.

I didn't seek help, but change my priority specially when I did get married. So the outlook in life has change and of course when I lost a high paying sideline of mine, that's when I have recognised that I should have save that money and not put everything in gambling.

[FlightyPouch]

Luckily, only a few people here in our country could spend money like that on betting. That is almost 150,000 pesos and in a province that I am living in, that is a huge amount. As I  said, people here are not that addicted to gambling so people can really stop when they wanted to. Losses are inevitable but since some people are not really that addicted, they could lose an amount of money and just stop for a while.

During the height of my addiction kabayan, I've lost 30k-50k PHP in a land base casino in a night. 

Back to the topic, as for the emotions thingy, whether we like it or not, gamble and emotions are connected. It can really spell the difference between you becoming an addicted gambler and losing all your money or just step back and think about your life and your future.

It is really hard to control it, believed me, but I've learn to acknowledge that I have this problem in the first place. Yes I feel frustrated and annoyed and irritated after a big loss. What I do is try to regain control of myself and realised that I'm not this kind of person and that I should be responsible and not let my bad gambling habits takes over me.

Thanks for that kabayan, you are right. To be honest I do see gamblers bet so much money on cockfighting but I never really see what happened to those bet. And I was addicted in the past but luckily, I don't have that money to bet with. I undergo some heart to heart talks with some people to help me with that addiction, some of them are professionals. I feel bad in the end but when I am addicted, I don't really feel anything except that gambling everyday is normal, I should do and continue doing so. My wife is the reason I stopped, she made me realize how bad that turned into and how strong she is, that is the push I needed to stop. To be honest, after years, I can tell that I am not the same but I still do some gambling every now and then but unlike in the past, I can control myself now.

Glad to hear that you did able to overcome your addiction. Yes, I was also addicted to 'sabong' as well, late 90's as I was closer to one of the biggest cock fighting arena (Sta. Ana and Pasay). And what I do is me and my office mates who are also into cock fighting will get out early just to go gamble.

I didn't seek help, but change my priority specially when I did get married. So the outlook in life has change and of course when I lost a high paying sideline of mine, that's when I have recognised that I should have save that money and not put everything in gambling.

I can't really say where Im from but we have some arenas here too. Last last year, my friend invited me to Texas Arena in Antipolo but I just went there to be with him and not really bet, I guess that is the biggest cockpit I've ever went so far. In my addiction days, we are in this "tupada" and not really go into cockpits to bet. That is why I don't really bet that much since we are just betting against a small number of people. I can say 5K is a big bet at that time.

[Nellayar]

Thanks for that kabayan, you are right. To be honest I do see gamblers bet so much money on cockfighting but I never really see what happened to those bet. And I was addicted in the past but luckily, I don't have that money to bet with. I undergo some heart to heart talks with some people to help me with that addiction, some of them are professionals. I feel bad in the end but when I am addicted, I don't really feel anything except that gambling everyday is normal, I should do and continue doing so. My wife is the reason I stopped, she made me realize how bad that turned into and how strong she is, that is the push I needed to stop. To be honest, after years, I can tell that I am not the same but I still do some gambling every now and then but unlike in the past, I can control myself now.

Nice story bro as well as motivation. It is not bad to taste beer, to smoke cigars and to play gambling but we need to make it in moderation. Everything that is too much can cause chaos. We have to control ourselves because addiction can harm us.

Don't let this leisure games manipulate our life, just like what I have said earlier, gambling is for entertainment and not for a job.

[yazher]

Nice story bro as well as motivation. It is not bad to taste beer, to smoke cigars and to play gambling but we need to make it in moderation. Everything that is too much can cause chaos. We have to control ourselves because addiction can harm us.

Don't let this leisure games manipulate our life, just like what I have said earlier, gambling is for entertainment and not for a job.

Not only in gambling or drinking alcoholic drinks, but addiction in other things can also harm us too. The rule is always to remember that we must only bite off what we could chew any more than that, becomes excessive and excessive leads to something bad. no matter what is that thing is. Knowledgeable people also take some sleep when they tired and eat when they hungry. This indicates a person should not be excessive in anything even too much love can kill you by Queen. 

[imstillthebest]

Nice story bro as well as motivation. It is not bad to taste beer, to smoke cigars and to play gambling but we need to make it in moderation. Everything that is too much can cause chaos. We have to control ourselves because addiction can harm us.

Don't let this leisure games manipulate our life, just like what I have said earlier, gambling is for entertainment and not for a job.

Not only in gambling or drinking alcoholic drinks, but addiction in other things can also harm us too. The rule is always to remember that we must only bite off what we could chew any more than that, becomes excessive and excessive leads to something bad. no matter what is that thing is. Knowledgeable people also take some sleep when they tired and eat when they hungry. This indicates a person should not be excessive in anything even too much love can kill you by Queen.  

lol you did include that song ?  but that is true too much love isnt good  . it could be love for gambling too  .  in order to not end up on big loss  , its better if we aware of the addiction that can cause by gambling   .  lets only play small and try not to increase it  .

 dont make reasons like saying you are now an experienced gambler and you now know how it works because gambling can sometimes be baiting us only  to keep coming back  .  it will only be too late once we knew that we got screwed   ,

[mersal]

Accept the fact that you did lost your money so don't try to chase the money back again in that case you will reduce the losing money but you can't bring back your lost money.On the other hand managing your time is important, just try to distract yourself from getting into gambling more often.

[finaleshot2016]

Accept the fact that you did lost your money so don't try to chase the money back again in that case you will reduce the losing money but you can't bring back your lost money.On the other hand managing your time is important, just try to distract yourself from getting into gambling more often.

Maybe trying to chase in such moderate bets only? I guess it'll work in that way. It's hard to accept especially if it's huge money that you've lost, so definitely, there's a thought on your mind to regain it again and no one can stop you. One of the things that will stop you is to have a wake-up call on your mind that you need to stop gambling, like having worst-case problems, in that way you will realize where your life's gonna end.

In the current scenario, it's hard to distract yourself away from gambling since the only thing we can do during quarantine is entertainment, and one of those is gambling.