Why is it so hard to win at gambling?

[Zackgeno96]

Addicted gamblers will sooner or later always lose. Of course there are also times when they win money, after all that is the incentive to continue. Convince yourself that you have won purely on strategy and that luck is a small factor. If you lose again, you want to win back the loss. You could only beat bookmakers with a lot of money and discipline. And accept your losses as they are. That's not easy.

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[wxa7115]

It's because the casino has house edge, so by design, they will always going to win specially if you play long games in any casino. And that's how they make money from us gamblers. Of course, who doesn't want to win more? it's just human nature that we are greedy. So unless you don't control yourself, you might end up losing and then become addicted to it. So if you chance, you won some money already, don't stretch your luck, maybe it's better if you will exit and enjoy your winnings.

While the house edge is the reason that explains why casinos keep beating the players, and even more important reason is simply that casinos are a business too and not a charity.

A casino like any other business needs to turn a profit and if they cannot do this then they will disappear, so they are forced to give themselves an edge over the players so they can survive and keep providing their services, otherwise if they failed to give themselves an edge over the players then sooner or later they will disappear and be replaced by casinos with a house edge anyway.

[naira]

If we talk about the total profit compared to all the total losses during gambling, then I agree that the banker is the winner. Getting a win only 1 or 2 times but we forget to lose many times.

Is such a calculation important? maybe if we often think about what we have lost, then our bets will not be effective. It's as if you will have a debt to pay back. All are compelling reasons for me personally not to gamble all the time. Honestly, when we have started to be able to control ourselves from gambling, and avoid addiction, it feels a certain pride that we win for ourselves.

[lalabotax]

You're hoping that you get lucky most of the time.

Yes, since getting luck every time is impossible, it is difficult to win in gambling. Most gambling games rely on luck, we actually do a mission impossible if we expect to win every time. People who don't understand how gambling works, will do a bigger effort. He doesn't know that he will never increase the possibility to win in gambling as it is only based on his luck.

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

At least winning an entertainment, isn't it? 
If the purpose is for entertainment, gambling is a safe place.

[AmoreJaz]

You're hoping that you get lucky most of the time.

Yes, since getting luck every time is impossible, it is difficult to win in gambling. Most gambling games rely on luck, we actually do a mission impossible if we expect to win every time. People who don't understand how gambling works, will do a bigger effort. He doesn't know that he will never increase the possibility to win in gambling as it is only based on his luck.

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

At least winning an entertainment, isn't it? 
If the purpose is for entertainment, gambling is a safe place.

for those who are getting into gambling hoping that every time they play,  will go home as winners, then they are looking at gambling in a wrong way. if you feel you can beat the house, then, it's all yours. but your chances change when you go to sports betting. if you are very familiar with the sports and know a lot about it, then betting on this particular sports will give you a very good edge in winning your bet.
also, gambling is fun if you are using money that you can very well afford to lose, not from your savings nor from a loan.

[blockman]

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

At least winning an entertainment, isn't it? 
If the purpose is for entertainment, gambling is a safe place.

Well, that mindset will not hurt you that much if you lose and that's why if you gamble just think of it that you're there for the entertainment. And if you win, that's the big thing that you're not expecting.
But if you lose then that's totally fine because you know what you're expecting and that's losing because you're only there to gamble to have fun and get that entertainment that you need.

[Spack17]

The person who does not know when to leave the table always loses in gambling. This is exactly the most important point in gambling. Gambling is a hobby. Once you get used to the idea, you're never a loser. When you believe this, you will not stress too much. You know that stress is the biggest enemy of gaining.If you don't want it to be hard to win, always gamble with your hobby money and leave the table.

[romero121]

The person who does not know when to leave the table always loses in gambling. This is exactly the most important point in gambling. Gambling is a hobby. Once you get used to the idea, you're never a loser. When you believe this, you will not stress too much. You know that stress is the biggest enemy of gaining.If you don't want it to be hard to win, always gamble with your hobby money and leave the table.

That is more important, whether we're in the lucky streak or not we should know when to make an exit point. Gambling shouldn't be a hobby, it needs to be a fun factor set with limits. Hobby is a kind of act that gives you peace of mind, when it comes to gambling people will start pressurising themselves when they experience loss.

[Rengga Jati]

Yes, since getting luck every time is impossible, it is difficult to win in gambling. Most gambling games rely on luck, we actually do a mission impossible if we expect to win every time.

Yes, you may be right that some gamblings rely on luck. But, how about the gambling that needs special ability and skills? Luck may be still surrounding, but sometimes, ability in playing some certain games, in prediction for betting, and also on the skilled-games gamblings may not only rely on luck.
But yeah I also think as you thought that we cannot win every time, it is possible except that we area god of gambling. but, is this really existed in the world?
That is why, we must be smart and wise when gambling by manaing our money and risks, because we will not know if we will win or not. gambling is gambling.

[traderethereum]

If when you say that the fourth day the gambler needs to rest is based on the theory of probability, then the point here will not be how many days the gambler will rest, but the probability of the next event. You need to take into account a series of victories and understand that the loss will come. Therefore, it would be more logical here not to rest, but simply to reduce the amount of the bet with each subsequent bet in order to reduce the possible loss as the probability of losing increases.

But still, he needs a short break to get rid of the urge to gamble again because that could put him at risk of losing.
Even though we can count a series of victories, we still can't predict when we will win and losses will be there.
Only resting and doing other things can help us not lust after victory anymore.
Reducing the bet amount is possible but if you haven't rested after the last win, I think you could be interested in continuing to play non-stop.

That's just a belief that after a 3 days straight big win, the bettor will rest in the 4th day as the bettor believe his luck will not be on his side on that specific day. We cannot possibly know when is our lucky day and that same bettor could've win 1 straight week if he tried but he/she choses to rest so he/she can neither identify if it's true that he will be unlucky in the 4th day.

There's no right and wrong way about that, we hold our own fate and it's our decision if we will proceed down the road whether we won or lost in the past days.

Every gambler's fate will be different, and that's why I suggest taking a break after getting a winning streak.
It would be good for him to relieve tension or be happy to win some money from gambling.
In addition, he can have time to enjoy his winnings with his loved ones.
But it will return to the gamblers because only they know how their body and mind are.

[Oshosondy]

Addicted gamblers will sooner or later always lose. Of course there are also times when they win money, after all that is the incentive to continue. Convince yourself that you have won purely on strategy and that luck is a small factor. If you lose again, you want to win back the loss. You could only beat bookmakers with a lot of money and discipline. And accept your losses as they are. That's not easy.

Could you believe I did accepted my losses and even quit gambling for like a day or two if I lose significantly when I was addicted, but addiction is even more than not to think about losses and not want to win back losses, once an addict continues to gamble again, he will continue to risk more than he can afford to lose and continue to notice that he plays, win and lose but lose overall. What I have just noticed is to consider all money used for bet as loss and bet with the amount you can be able to afford to lose which makes gambling entertaining.

[Cnut237]

a winning streak

I always try to avoid thinking about streaks, as really each bet is independent, and if you've say won 10 in a row or lost 10 in a row, it doesn't make you any more or less likely to win the next bet. Whilst streaks can sometimes mean that you are making good decisions (especially if it's a streak in a certain specific area where you have a lot of knowledge), more often a streak is simply brute luck, almost like flipping a coin 10 times and getting 10 heads... it doesn't make the chance of getting heads next time any more or less likely.

[Peanutswar]

a winning streak

I always try to avoid thinking about streaks, as really each bet is independent, and if you've say won 10 in a row or lost 10 in a row, it doesn't make you any more or less likely to win the next bet. Whilst streaks can sometimes mean that you are making good decisions (especially if it's a streak in a certain specific area where you have a lot of knowledge), more often a streak is simply brute luck, almost like flipping a coin 10 times and getting 10 heads... it doesn't make the chance of getting heads next time any more or less likely.

Sometimes people get too much excitement if they experience a good winning streak which is made towards to the urge to play more but if you find out that you are got more losses than the wins you have, also it is a gambling anything can happen base in the algorithm it is base on the player luck and faith to the game if this is a card game required mind games there's a lower risk to lose because the faith of strategy is yours. Always be mindful to the number of assets profits or losses and the streak is not too ideal to count in. Gambling with a proper plan.

[aioc]

Always be mindful to the number of assets profits or losses and the streak is not too ideal to count in. Gambling with a proper plan.

Yes, that is something to consider never mind your losses that you want to regain when you are on a winning streak, just treat your streak on its own not thinking about the past losses, it's hard to gamble with a plan but you really need to have one if you want to keep your sanity, and the best plan is to enjoy the game and let the game play its course, so you can get our on your session with a smile on your face and feel the excitement of the game.

[dataispower]

The person who does not know when to leave the table always loses in gambling. This is exactly the most important point in gambling. Gambling is a hobby. Once you get used to the idea, you're never a loser. When you believe this, you will not stress too much. You know that stress is the biggest enemy of gaining.If you don't want it to be hard to win, always gamble with your hobby money and leave the table.

That is more important, whether we're in the lucky streak or not we should know when to make an exit point. Gambling shouldn't be a hobby, it needs to be a fun factor set with limits. Hobby is a kind of act that gives you peace of mind, when it comes to gambling people will start pressurising themselves when they experience loss.

it's when they addicted to it, from another way round of understanding some people picked gambling as measurable means of getting money which has to automatically to hobby and part of living life. And when they are addicted to gambling it takes numbers of years before they can resist From it, so it is how some people understand their own way of gambling that means them to be addicted to gamble. I actual sense as you said, gambling is just made for funs and cruise of life due to it what you needed at a particular time to exercise with friends combine with argument

[molsewid]

I always try to avoid thinking about streaks, as really each bet is independent, and if you've say won 10 in a row or lost 10 in a row, it doesn't make you any more or less likely to win the next bet. Whilst streaks can sometimes mean that you are making good decisions (especially if it's a streak in a certain specific area where you have a lot of knowledge), more often a streak is simply brute luck, almost like flipping a coin 10 times and getting 10 heads... it doesn't make the chance of getting heads next time any more or less likely.

That's true, if I play I rarely see the result I mean it's fine to see the result for once or thrice the after that don't always check your winning streak, just play and have fun because sometimes the moment when you start to notice you are winning consecutively that's why you are losing your focus in the game and you are losing the momentum. We should just play and relax and don't invest too much in winning but rather than enjoying the game.

[Cling18]

I always try to avoid thinking about streaks, as really each bet is independent, and if you've say won 10 in a row or lost 10 in a row, it doesn't make you any more or less likely to win the next bet. Whilst streaks can sometimes mean that you are making good decisions (especially if it's a streak in a certain specific area where you have a lot of knowledge), more often a streak is simply brute luck, almost like flipping a coin 10 times and getting 10 heads... it doesn't make the chance of getting heads next time any more or less likely.

That's true, if I play I rarely see the result I mean it's fine to see the result for once or thrice the after that don't always check your winning streak, just play and have fun because sometimes the moment when you start to notice you are winning consecutively that's why you are losing your focus in the game and you are losing the momentum. We should just play and relax and don't invest too much in winning but rather than enjoying the game.

Enjoying the game won't make you feel stressed even when you're getting unlucky. You can't always win the game but when you're enjoying it, you think positively and attracts good luck. Sometimes, the satisfaction that we get from gambling is what matters and profit will be the bonus. It should be a source of joy and not a source of pressure.

[Smartvirus]

Winning in gambling becomes a very difficult task when you don't appreciate the lose or believe your not supposed to loose. I had this friend at a time, he's not the most delightful but, he had this trick to some very interesting and difficult game for which he fanned any of the team. In order to make the most of the game and his day, when he gambles on a game his sure to watch and his team isn't the favouright in terms of winning, he gladly bets against his team and not a very huge stake too. This he does not because he wants his team to loose, no not at all but the idea was, should his team happens to win and he looses his bet, his compensated on the lost bet by the win and should they loose, he wins the bet and that becomes his compensation.

[Joca97]

Most people are just in it for fun. Its always nice to win huge bucks but you will always rather use if you dont have an advantage in a sport or a casino.
Greed kills o most everyone in the gambling world,without selfcontrol its o most impossible to get a winning day let alone a winning month or year

[Finestream]

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? Join the conversation here.

 Honestly, I haven't seen a banker or a casino close; the bettor always loses; why is that?
And when we win, how do we feel like that? Isn't it the joy we feel, and we still want to win more and more? And when we feel like this, it is called Greed. So, in other words, the real winner is the Banker and not the gambler, so even if you win 30 times and on the 31st you bet on all the results, you lose, which means it doesn't matter what you won 30 times.

Now let's not prolong this conversation; what if one of your family (Father, Mother, Brother-Sister, or Wife) or relative (Uncle, Auntie) is addicted to gambling or becomes addicted? What do you do? Here is my answer as follows,

- Don't feel guilty

- Never ever blame yourself for their Addiction

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.

Do not expect that you will always win in gambling, that's never gonna happen. Casinos are businesses so before they come to the market, they have anticipated already the situations. They may give profits for some beginner's luck but after that, they will also take away all the profits they gained. So casinos have prepared their strategies for that. And in such cases that addiction occurs, you can't do nothing about it. Only the gambler itself can only solve that problem if he also allow himself to be treated.