Why is it so hard to win at gambling?

[bittraffic]

I think gambling is something interesting.  What I mean is of course gambling is a game that gets our adrenaline pumping.  One of the things that makes gambling a popular game is the curiosity of a human being.  I think this is the most essential thing.  When we bet, it is because we are curious about the actual outcome that will happen whether it is the same as what we expected or not.  That's what makes gambling interesting in my opinion.  And of course, we have to be able to not get addicted to gambling because that would be something bad, especially for your money.  

I thought the thread will discuss about the casino odds which the house always win but it the thread is discussion about addiction. While its true that a person could get addicted at some point when he keep gambling, there are ways to really get over with it but its not easy.

Getting addicted varies to the kind of personality a gambler have. Its kind of a double loss for the family of the addicted person really and sometimes the family itself is at stake. It can even be a reason why parents divorce.

[Oshosondy]

Even if you win a few games, they will make you lose others, and overall you will be at a loss if you do not have a plan. In order for you to win, you need to be focused and play with a greed-free mind. Either keep your profits aside or keep your seed money aside and play with profits only.
You will win some games while you will lose some games too but you will only be in the overall profit situation if you have some money and risk management skills.

That is just about gambling, definitely gamblers would win some games and lose some, but if gambling than normal, the gambler will lose more than win until bad mind set to builds up that will lead the gambler to lose all his money he has with him at that particular time. But this is how I do it, I set little amount to gamble with every week and it is just small amount I can be able to lose, if I win, I enjoy my weekend with it because I know I will still have another money allocated for gambling the following week, just between $1 to 5% of my weekly income. And most importantly, I do not gamble often. This makes me have better mind set towards gambling, gambling should not be for money making which can lead to greed.

[maydna]

I think gambling is something interesting.  What I mean is of course gambling is a game that gets our adrenaline pumping.  One of the things that makes gambling a popular game is the curiosity of a human being.  I think this is the most essential thing.  When we bet, it is because we are curious about the actual outcome that will happen whether it is the same as what we expected or not.  That's what makes gambling interesting in my opinion.  And of course, we have to be able to not get addicted to gambling because that would be something bad, especially for your money. 

Gambling is indeed something that is interesting and can make us addicted but it depends on how we can react to it. If we just go along with our wills without thinking about what will happen to us, sooner or later, we will feel like losing a lot of money from gambling. A human's curiosity becomes great when he keeps getting defeated so he wants to recover from his defeats. And that also happens if he gets a win. That won't stop him from getting more winning money. As long as we can suppress the curiosity about winning and continue to try to control ourselves, I think we will not be addicted to gambling and can enjoy gambling as an interesting thing.

[btc78]

 Honestly, I haven't seen a banker or a casino close; the bettor always loses; why is that?

This happens several time when I was young but it is not a casino instead a local gambling place where there are Roulette games.

the Banker lose everything that they need to close the game for that night because of bankrupt and luck is not on their side.

but in real casino or here in crypto? none that I heard such thing.

[madnessteat]

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Cases of casinos going bankrupt are quite common as well as any other business whose success is directly related to the economic situation in the world and the amount of free money in the population. I am sure that during a war/pandemic/crisis the number of gamblers at land-based casinos decreases significantly and casinos are forced to incur losses, which can later lead to bankruptcy.

[yazher]

Honestly, I had someone in my family who was addicted to gambling since our village back then was gambling then, it has varieties of games where you can gamble your money and what really motivates them is the story of others who won but didn't share their story of loss. This is the kind of joy that the gamblers have, they are always motivated either by the story of others or their own winning stories long ago but they are still motivated. Thankfully, they realized that it doesn't bring real joy once you realized you lose everything you have and that's when they stop playing and move on with their life looking for the real fun.

[smartaction]

Honestly, I haven't seen a banker or a casino close; the bettor always loses; why is that?

This happens several time when I was young but it is not a casino instead a local gambling place where there are Roulette games.

the Banker lose everything that they need to close the game for that night because of bankrupt and luck is not on their side.

but in real casino or here in crypto? none that I heard such thing.

Real casinos are often declared illegal by the government if they do not obey any government laws. So I think online casinos are more attractive to gamblers.  And I also like online casinos a lot. And there is no chance of money getting stuck or a casino bankrupt. But here too the risk remains for scam. So when choosing a casino you need to choose a trusted casino carefully.

[KTChampions]

it is hard to win because people doesn't have a "scientific approach" or a professional approach to the gambling.
I think that addiction in gambling is a serious issue that could create a lot of other problem in real life, like drug addiction or any other dependance.
Here there is not "overdose" but it could be really easy waste big sum of money in a short time that sounds equally as a complete disaster for the well being of a person.

A lot of people take a scientific approach to gambling - the best strategy is to avoid it  All the rest who invent "systems", "strategies" and so on are only engaged in self-deception and in fact they are ordinary gamblers. The only exception category is bettors, but there are very few professionals among them also.

[Cling18]

Honestly, I haven't seen a banker or a casino close; the bettor always loses; why is that?

This happens several time when I was young but it is not a casino instead a local gambling place where there are Roulette games.

the Banker lose everything that they need to close the game for that night because of bankrupt and luck is not on their side.

but in real casino or here in crypto? none that I heard such thing.

Real casinos are often declared illegal by the government if they do not obey any government laws. So I think online casinos are more attractive to gamblers.  And I also like online casinos a lot. And there is no chance of money getting stuck or a casino bankrupt. But here too the risk remains for scams. So when choosing a casino you need to choose a trusted casino carefully.

Risks and possibilities to get scammed could be everywhere so it's too important to always pick a trusted casino site. There will be lapses, especially when withdrawing our funds but good casinos easily resolve the issues. We might not always win against the house because that's a part of the business but as long as we're doing gambling the right way with proper limitations, we can't lose everything.

[sportbettor]

Hello good day to all the members in this forum, Did you know that even if you win at gambling, you lose as well? Don't you think that's how it happened? and that’s the thing that I'd like to tackle about this topic, Because it’s hard to win at gambling, now if you want to know why?

The fact is that the house always has a basic advantage over the players, in addition, there is not a single really successful game strategy in practice. In addition, our craving for excitement and the inability to stop at the right moment is another additional trump card of the house.

[Fatunad]

Hello good day to all the members in this forum, Did you know that even if you win at gambling, you lose as well? Don't you think that's how it happened? and that’s the thing that I'd like to tackle about this topic, Because it’s hard to win at gambling, now if you want to know why?

The fact is that the house always has a basic advantage over the players, in addition, there is not a single really successful game strategy in practice. In addition, our craving for excitement and the inability to stop at the right moment is another additional trump card of the house.

As a player then you shouldnt really make yourself able to reach the point on which you do really believe that you could beat up the house which is really a very idea or mindset to have because this would
only just trigger out your greediness and impulsive kind of emotion which would mainly cause on making bad actions or decisions on your gambling activity and on the time
that your mind is stirred up then this is the time you wont really be able to enjoy anymore with gambling and its been replaced with some desperation which we know
that it is really that bad specially dealing with gambling.

[goldkingcoiner]

As others have stated, it's hard to win at gambling because the odds are against you.  It's pretty simple.  You're hoping that you get lucky most of the time.  Unless you're gambling on sports, then you're not so much betting against the odds, so much as the amount you win is reduced so that the casino will come out ahead (yes, I understand that's literally called the odds). 

Like I always say, gamble for the entertainment and you'll win every time.

Exactly my sentiment! Thats exactly how a gambler should act and always put up his/her own boundaries and rules. Otherwise you are just throwing money at negative emotion and calling it a gambling addiction.

Unfortunately not a lot of people know how to hold themselves under control and just let loose.

But yeah, the casinos are always statistically much more likely to win. Otherwise casinos would not be as popular and profitable as they are. Especially online crypto gambling casinos that offer more freedom than traditional gambling.

[Jemzx00]

As others have stated, it's hard to win at gambling because the odds are against you.  It's pretty simple.  You're hoping that you get lucky most of the time.  Unless you're gambling on sports, then you're not so much betting against the odds, so much as the amount you win is reduced so that the casino will come out ahead (yes, I understand that's literally called the odds). 

Like I always say, gamble for the entertainment and you'll win every time.

Exactly my sentiment! Thats exactly how a gambler should act and always put up his/her own boundaries and rules. Otherwise you are just throwing money at negative emotion and calling it a gambling addiction.

Unfortunately not a lot of people know how to hold themselves under control and just let loose.

But yeah, the casinos are always statistically much more likely to win. Otherwise casinos would not be as popular and profitable as they are. Especially online crypto gambling casinos that offer more freedom than traditional gambling.

Unfortunately, most people here are gambling for money rather than for entertainment purposes. However, their purpose of playing isn't wrong since that is also one of point of gambling which is to instantly grow our money with a huge risk is a short matter of time.

Gambling management should be what gamblers need to learn to avoid greediness on each of their bets and to avoid losing or controlling their money since odds will always be in favor of the bank rather than us. Also, we tend to increase the amount we bet whenever we started growing our funds which is also the time where our losing streak happens. We should be able to identify instantly whenever we are losing our bankroll to control the amount we are losing.

[Jody.Drummer]

A lot of people take a scientific approach to gambling - the best strategy is to avoid it  All the rest who invent "systems", "strategies" and so on are only engaged in self-deception and in fact they are ordinary gamblers. The only exception category is bettors, but there are very few professionals among them also.

That's right, because this kind of thing has no strategy, tactics or anything related to science because we already know that gambling is luck in the end.
Regardless of what you will get from the approach taken, it is not a strategy but only based on stimulus or suggestions to yourself in order to gain confidence there, after that it's not there anymore

[gunhell16]

Now, I'd like to know your additional perception of this discussion; let us share our knowledge
to grow more here, your opinion, advice, or suggestion is much appreciated.

Just remember that casinos are made to make & earn money for themselves and they will never let you win. Why would they ? They are here for a business.
Even if you win a few games, they will make you lose others, and overall you will be at a loss if you do not have a plan. In order for you to win, you need to be focused and play with a greed-free mind. Either keep your profits aside or keep your seed money aside and play with profits only.
You will win some games while you will lose some games too but you will only be in the overall profit situation if you have some money and risk management skills.

Thanks for the reminders for this Sir, I will keep this in mind and it will also give a big help not just for a gambler like me and to others here in the forum as well. And the things that I'd like the most was the one you said in which I think is the management skills.

OP when you mentioned about addiction of a family member in gambling and said of giving us answers , firstly I thought you were to ditch out solutions from such addiction for the addicted person but only to discover they are all part of a kind of advise to the family members benefit only.

The purpose of this discussion dude is to combine our solutions through the different ideas of the members here in the forum, so that everyone could also gain a good result when some of us here will do gamble in any of the gambling platform in the cryptocurrency. And as you can see the conversation result in this topic is going healthy that is because everyone is giving their overview about what they know according to their experienced as an individual gambler.

[Uang_kartal]

A lot of people take a scientific approach to gambling - the best strategy is to avoid it  All the rest who invent "systems", "strategies" and so on are only engaged in self-deception and in fact they are ordinary gamblers. The only exception category is bettors, but there are very few professionals among them also.

That's right, because this kind of thing has no strategy, tactics or anything related to science because we already know that gambling is luck in the end.
Regardless of what you will get from the approach taken, it is not a strategy but only based on stimulus or suggestions to yourself in order to gain confidence there, after that it's not there anymore

So far, what gambling website do you often use on a daily basis?
it seems like you are used to it and know very well the gambling that is right for you and is fun.? there is no specific pattern, and it can also be done every day by betting. again. indeed this is an instant way to realize this. this makes me salute the more there are new rides, there are always lots and new users for the android. no need for analysis skills, just register and have fun.. reminds me like old times arcade machines played slots with coins that were rented out. it was a beautiful childhood even though it didn't get a gift (dolls, items etc.)

but hard to win doesn't mean it can't be enjoyed. hehe

[traderethereum]

Hello good day to all the members in this forum, Did you know that even if you win at gambling, you lose as well? Don't you think that's how it happened? and that’s the thing that I'd like to tackle about this topic, Because it’s hard to win at gambling, now if you want to know why?

The fact is that the house always has a basic advantage over the players, in addition, there is not a single really successful game strategy in practice. In addition, our craving for excitement and the inability to stop at the right moment is another additional trump card of the house.

In the end, the house will always win a large amount of money even though some gamblers can win some money, too but still cannot beat the amount of money the house gets.
Maybe if we can win, we need to calculate how much money we have spent to get that win and how often we can win that amount of money.
That way, we can see and calculate how likely we are to win the money next time and if we can be wise, we will always try to control our spending.
This is what we as gamblers need to realize so that we don't really lose in gambling but just want to have fun playing gambling.

[Despairo]

Maybe if we can win, we need to calculate how much money we have spent to get that win and how often we can win that amount of money.
That way, we can see and calculate how likely we are to win the money next time and if we can be wise, we will always try to control our spending.
This is what we as gamblers need to realize so that we don't really lose in gambling but just want to have fun playing gambling.

It wouldn't work because you will get a different pattern and you can't make a decision based on that, I ever doing this to record my gambling activities before, but I didn't do it again anymore. Let's say on the day one, you won the biggest multiplier on the 50 spin, the day two, you won the biggest multiplier on the 70 spin. Now the day three, you won the biggest multiplier on your second spin. It's just purely of luck and there's no such pattern.

[Rufsilf]

Maybe if we can win, we need to calculate how much money we have spent to get that win and how often we can win that amount of money.
That way, we can see and calculate how likely we are to win the money next time and if we can be wise, we will always try to control our spending.
This is what we as gamblers need to realize so that we don't really lose in gambling but just want to have fun playing gambling.

It wouldn't work because you will get a different pattern and you can't make a decision based on that, I ever doing this to record my gambling activities before, but I didn't do it again anymore. Let's say on the day one, you won the biggest multiplier on the 50 spin, the day two, you won the biggest multiplier on the 70 spin. Now the day three, you won the biggest multiplier on your second spin. It's just purely of luck and there's no such pattern.

Perhaps, gambling is reliant on luck. Although we can make use of our strategies and our experience, however, this won't assure that it all gives us a favor, unless the house manipulates the game and make us win. Winning 2 out of 5 consecutive games is pure luck, that much more in winning lottery and dice games.

May in sports betting and card games have a bigger chance but still, we need luck for this. In general, winning can't be all on our side while losses are way also closer to us.

[madnessteat]

it is hard to win because people doesn't have a "scientific approach" or a professional approach to the gambling.
I think that addiction in gambling is a serious issue that could create a lot of other problem in real life, like drug addiction or any other dependance.
Here there is not "overdose" but it could be really easy waste big sum of money in a short time that sounds equally as a complete disaster for the well being of a person.

A lot of people take a scientific approach to gambling - the best strategy is to avoid it  All the rest who invent "systems", "strategies" and so on are only engaged in self-deception and in fact they are ordinary gamblers. The only exception category is bettors, but there are very few professionals among them also.

I absolutely agree with your statement. My experience allows me to understand that none of my strategies has been more profitable than others and everything depends only on luck.

The only strategy that increased my chances of winning is when my friends and I followed the slot machines in the casino and played those for a long time did not give the winnings. Although it may also be a misconception and luck was just on our side at that moment.