A superstitious strategy?

[Frankolala]

The fact with gambling is that the winning and losing time when gambling rotates. You were winning in the morning because that was your lucky period and you thought that you have understood how to win the house edge, so you decided to gamble in the afternoon but you were losing and didn't know that your luck time was over.

When I always play poker with my friends in the university,Sean use have hope when he is loosing the only thing he keeps in saying is that the winning will rotate back to him,with this belief he will continue playing till after  some minutes,maybe 30mins,you will see that Sean has started winning back all his loss and making profit.

OP, gambling is all about luck,if you have a good strategy and that day is not your lucky day,you will loss all you stake but even though,you don't have any gambling strategy and you stake on a game,you can be lucky and hit it big,I have seen cases like this.

[goaldigger]

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

If there's a lucky wins during your playing time, you can assume that you did a great strategy on that day but you can't expect that it will happen again next time because there's no constant luck and every time you gamble, you can experience another luck maybe in other way. I don't call this as a strategy, not unless you play the card game but if not, its far from a real strategy. Your personal strategy might be good as well depend on how you will approach the game, this will vary from time to time so make sure to have more strategy according to the type of gambling you are going to play with.

[dothebeats]

First off, you won't know if luck is on your side. It's not like you're doing something for the day and then suddenly you felt lucky and started to play. If that's the case, then everyone would not be spending their time and money in the casino without feeling that luck on them, and actually translating that 'luck' into wins. Next, how can you consider luck as a strategy if you can't use it at will? You can only consider some routine as a strategy if you can use it any time you need it in order to get the situation on your favor. If that's not what's happening, would you really consider it as a 'strategy' if you can't even harness that luck when you need it?

Superstitions, maybe you can employ to your gambling activities. But do not expect that they will work as they are, after all, superstitions.

[irsykes]

it is already a risk to play a gambling site to lose and win. for me, who has been in excessive risk gambling for a long time, hoping that is very dangerous because this position will not be controlled when defeat comes. Gradually we will get emotional and surrender to spending and losing valuable things. I have experienced this and can make it a lesson in introspection

[crzy]

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

Since this is a superstitious belief, probably you can consider that as your strategy though since luck is not always there, you should not depend on it. Strategy is something that you will build along with your knowledge about a specific thing, and in gambling probably this will be your approach on how to bet, how to play the cards and strategy on how you will budget your capital to avoid get burned easily. Real strategy should not depend on any luck, if its just a superstitious then it can be ok if risk is not your worry.

[panjul07]

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

The question is, how do we know when the luck is on our side? Even if we do know when the luck comes, I would not say it is a good strategy but pure luck time.
One more thing, if I do know when the luck comes, I would not even care it is good strategy or not because the result is the most important thing.
All in all luck and strategy are 2 different thing but maybe some people may say that using the right strategy will push your luck.
I can agree with that opinion but it applies for specific type of game only where skill is involved such as poker and sports betting.

[Saisher]

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

If you can summon luck to be part of your strategy then you will end up being the richest gambler but luck in its truest meaning

the force that causes things, especially good things, to happen to you by chance and not as a result of your own efforts or abilities:

is something that is out of your control and just happened if you are going to get lucky and things are going your way without effort then just be thankful it's your lucky day, whether you believe in superstitions or not it has nothing to do with luck, you can do all superstitious or rituals but it will not guaranty luck.

[Slow death]

This superstition thing doesn't work, I myself, who have lived in Africa since I was born, see many people here in my country going to a healer because at night they had a dream in which they were raising money because they won the lottery, so the healer would interpret their dream and for that the healer asks for chicken to be kept, he also asks for a shirt and then the healer asks for large amounts of money and after the ritual people are really thinking that they will win the lottery, and guess what? they don't win the lottery, so why don't they complain to the healer? because the healer will always claim that those who are doing bad things for them not to win the lottery are the relatives of these people, and for that reason they need to do another ritual and have to pay more money, this supertication thing should not be taken seriously because has very big consequences

Superstitious beliefs, defined as a strong conviction based on the erroneous perception of a cause-effect association between two independent events, are considered to play an instrumental role in the maintenance of gambling behaviour. In this preliminary study, responses to eight items assessing superstitious beliefs were compared among 56 electronic gaming machine (EGM) problem gamblers, 22 non-problem EGM and 23 non-EGM non-problem gamblers. Results suggested that problem gamblers endorsed more superstitious beliefs than non-problem gamblers and that such beliefs were correlated with gambling intensity. Further research is required to determine if superstitious beliefs represent a vulnerability factor for the development of problem gambling or emerge as a consequence of involvement in gambling.

most people who believe in superstition are left with two addictions, the addiction to gambling and the addiction to walking in the healers, or sorcerers, and these two addictions are very difficult to be treated and cured, it takes years for a person to be cured and that person can't go back to gambling anymore, I hope that many people don't get involved in this kind of superstition stuff, especially for gambling

[Yatsan]

Most gamblers must have went through this, sometimes luck appears to be your side specially in games like casino war or dice.

Today, morning I was playing casino war, I just use martingale - I know it's lame strategy. But I won most of time.

Then later at noon, luck just didn't appear to be on my side. A constant losses with win every once in a while to recoup the losses and then losing streak, all funds gone.

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

Good for you if it worked but as many of us are aware of, this strategy puts the gambler into bigger risk because the idea behind this strategy is to push your luck until you get the win. Problem would be up until will you be able to endure loss multiplier? 'coz if you would follow the strategy itself, you'd double it up until the result become in favor on your end. You yourself have mentioned it, that things will not be always on your side which is why it would be always better to manage the risk and losses in gambling since winning is not certain. You may be winning today but try doing it consistently, then see it for yourself. But no matter what the result is, no principle would support that such thing is an effective strategy to all players.

[madnessteat]

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As I understand your main problem is that even though you know that the Martingale strategy sucks you continue to play it. You can win with this strategy for a while, but in the long run you just lose all your money (it happens to everyone sooner or later). In my opinion you should NOT gamble using Martingale strategy unless you have a very large deposit. But to play in a casino with a lot of money is just crazy. So do not step on this rake again and play for fun without using the Martingale strategy.

[Die_empty]

Most gamblers must have went through this, sometimes luck appears to be your side specially in games like casino war or dice.

Today, morning I was playing casino war, I just use martingale - I know it's lame strategy. But I won most of time.

Then later at noon, luck just didn't appear to be on my side. A constant losses with win every once in a while to recoup the losses and then losing streak, all funds gone.

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

Sometimes strategies are important in gambling but most times games are determined by luck. You cannot predict most games except it depends solely on your skills or expertise. Sometimes you would do all you need to do to win a game but it would turn out to be a loss. Playing games with intention of recouping losses is most times not advisable because you might end up losing your funds. The question sometimes is how would you identify your lucky day or period. You might think that that time is your lucky period for winnings but after a few games, you might start losing. I think the best strategy is to gamble within your budget or expectations. Immediately to get to your limit, it is better to leave the casino and go home.    

[molsewid]

Good gamblers must know that "there is not real luck" but on only statistics / math rule that can be applied on your gambling games.
Ok maybe there are some times when you feel to be "lucky" and you're winning more of the "normal" chance, but you cannot real take advantage on this since it's just based on casualty. Not more, not less.

For sure applying martingale is a destructive option for bet, " you will loss more trying to recover your previous loss". 

Indeed, I really believe that it is pure math only specifically based on Statistics and Probability, I remember some time in college some professors taught us how to solve the probability of dice, cards and some other things it is really possible with mathematics though I think if you will go to actual casino it will only  cause an issue since casino admins will notice that you are reading the algorithm on it, maybe you will be stop to play or getting banned I'm not sure though but I really don't know if this will actually happen, there's no luck in the world.

[robelneo]

Most gamblers must have went through this, sometimes luck appears to be your side specially in games like casino war or dice.

You'll always experience luck from time to time as long as you keep gambling, its what excites players and make them want to come back playing because of curiosity if luck will be on their side, that is why some players have certain rituals to go through to invite luck, even if they know it's not a guarantee that luck will be on their side.

Today, morning I was playing casino war, I just use martingale - I know it's lame strategy. But I won most of time.

Nothing happens all the time to many of us, you just roll and it went in your favor

Then later at noon, luck just didn't appear to be on my side. A constant losses with win every once in a while to recoup the losses and then losing streak, all funds gone.

Nothing new also, the longer you play the longer you will run out of luck

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

Maybe, you cannot employ a strategy in luck-based games you just cannot, you will always run out of luck.

[Cling18]

Most gamblers must have went through this, sometimes luck appears to be your side specially in games like casino war or dice.

Today, morning I was playing casino war, I just use martingale - I know it's lame strategy. But I won most of time.

Then later at noon, luck just didn't appear to be on my side. Constant losses with a win every once in a while to recoup the losses and then a losing streak, all funds gone.

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

I think that could only be considered as luck if it doesn't happen continuously but it will be an effective strategy if you'll keep doing the same thing and you're having a winning streak. A good strategy should be applicable at all times and will show constant result but if not, you might only be relying on luck. If you have won a good amount yet keep losing it later on, you might be doing the wrong strategy or you needed yo rest and stop for a while.

[Baofeng]

Most gamblers must have went through this, sometimes luck appears to be your side specially in games like casino war or dice.

Today, morning I was playing casino war, I just use martingale - I know it's lame strategy. But I won most of time.

I wouldn't call it lame strategy though, it if works for you then it's as effective strategy as it is it.

Then later at noon, luck just didn't appear to be on my side. A constant losses with win every once in a while to recoup the losses and then losing streak, all funds gone.

And that is the thing though with most gamblers, we are not that satisfied with our winnings that we need to really rub it in, come back become greedy and then asking what's happening and try to explain to ourselves, what went wrong and  then just go with our escape excuses and fall to the superstitions and what not and gamblers fallacy.

Everything that went wrong will be blame to something that we don't understand. Superstitious strategy are just gamblers fallacy, when we hope that it will increased our chance of winning, but it's not.

[uneng]

This superstition thing doesn't work, I myself, who have lived in Africa since I was born, see many people here in my country going to a healer because at night they had a dream in which they were raising money because they won the lottery, so the healer would interpret their dream and for that the healer asks for chicken to be kept, he also asks for a shirt and then the healer asks for large amounts of money and after the ritual people are really thinking that they will win the lottery, and guess what? they don't win the lottery, so why don't they complain to the healer? because the healer will always claim that those who are doing bad things for them not to win the lottery are the relatives of these people, and for that reason they need to do another ritual and have to pay more money, this supertication thing should not be taken seriously because has very big consequences

Oh, there is always an excuse to explain why something they foresaw didn't happen as expected. This kind of cleverness is quite familiar to me, as I've also seen people being fooled with such excuses, although not exactly by healers, rather by religious authorities from traditional Christian religions. It's unbelievable that even after facing such excuses people don't see the reality in front of their eyes. They keep believing and trusting their lives to charlatans who saw in religion and human's weaknesses a money making method.

Most gamblers must have went through this, sometimes luck appears to be your side specially in games like casino war or dice.

Today, morning I was playing casino war, I just use martingale - I know it's lame strategy. But I won most of time.

I wouldn't call it lame strategy though, it if works for you then it's as effective strategy as it is it.

It works until it doesn't.

And that is for everyone, unfortunatelly. Moreover, it is what happened to OP later on that same day. Superstition won't prevent him from losing, because he is never able to predict if it's going to be his luck day or not, until he loses or win money during a gambling session.

[rahmad2nd]

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

First of all, your experience is our experience. I'm sure, gamblers often experience the same things as you and can even repeatedly. so now let's get superstitious. in this case it is a superstitious strategy, which strategy do you think is effective and most reliable. martingale with all its variants, or what are the most effective methods for gambling with casino games. or you have another strategy, besides Martingale.

In fact, whatever you play be it dice, slots, blackjack and even baccarat all require strategy. believe me, because if not you will only play very boring without doing variants in gambling. however, believe in yourself. that the truth is, there is no perfect and effective strategy that works 100%. because after all, luck is a major character in every type of game you play. any strategy if luck is not on your side, the result is as you describe in this thread.

Too bad, actually you have got your luck. it's just that, you force it and do the gambling session again and in the end you lose. even so, you don't need to be discouraged, make it a lesson in the future that play within reasonable limits.

[mindrust]

Most gamblers must have went through this, sometimes luck appears to be your side specially in games like casino war or dice.

Today, morning I was playing casino war, I just use martingale - I know it's lame strategy. But I won most of time.

Then later at noon, luck just didn't appear to be on my side. A constant losses with win every once in a while to recoup the losses and then losing streak, all funds gone.

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

Nope. It is just luck. The strategy you use has nothing to do with your winnings or losses. Even if you don't use any strategy, wager everything you got, if you are lucky, you will win. If not, you will lose. This can''t get any simpler than this. I wonder when will people lighten up and stop trying these "strategies".

I guess it true what they say, there is a sucker born every second. Otherwise these casinos would go bankrupt.

If you are going to try something at least try something other than martingale. You will lose anyway but at least try to be original.

[Yogee]

....Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

This looks more like playing based on feelings rather than on strategy. You don't really know when your lucky charm will appear in gambling but learn when to call it a day while you're still winning. You can also apply the same principle when you're on a losing streak. Try to be in control and not let you're greed or desperation take over.

Know this lyrics?

You've got to know
When to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

It's from Kenny Roger's song called "The Gambler". Pretty good lessons from those lines.

[Agbe]

Most gamblers must have went through this, sometimes luck appears to be your side specially in games like casino war or dice.

Today, morning I was playing casino war, I just use martingale - I know it's lame strategy. But I won most of time.

Then later at noon, luck just didn't appear to be on my side. A constant losses with win every once in a while to recoup the losses and then losing streak, all funds gone.

Now, let's be some superstitious and say, if you play only when luck appears to be on your side, would you call that a good strategy?

I will call it a lucky game. What has happened to you is a normal thing in the gambling space. That is why there are some gamblers that walk away with the first luck wins. Because there instinct would tell them that if they play beyond that time all that have been won would be lost again. That is the best game strategy of walk away strategy. Dice game is the one does gamblers this thing, you would having good numbers to win but suddenly everything changed and you would be losing till you play your last Kobo of the pocket. It is not a strategy but it is an early morning luck.