Making decisions while betting

[komisariatku]

How do we regulate our emotions while betting and how important is it?

I agree with you, emotions have a big influence in decision making in gambling. Bad moods and anger can make our decisions irrational and make bets with risks and bet sizes that are beyond our habits. In the past I often made mistakes like that, now I try to avoid them, if my emotions are not good it is better to stop gambling and divert myself to other activities.

It's difficult to control our emotions, when we win we raise our bets as if we are invincible, when we lose we also raise our bets in the hope that one win will bring everything back. Apart from being a matter of luck, gambling is also a matter of emotional control so I really agree with your post

[Casdinyard]

Sane or not, there will always be biases that you'd fall under when you make decisions, more especially when you gamble. I've seen people fall for stupid fallacies which then lead them to lose all their money and then some more. Which is also why when I fell to gambling addiction and started my recovery program, I made it a point and a promise to myself to never fall for any more biases in the future should I go back to gamble, and if I do fall for biases, let it be objectivity and sound logic.

Years forward, I'm as clean as one can be, and while I still gamble I continue to keep the promise I made with myself, and have been using logic and objective knowledge when I gamble. I even employ strats that would ensure that I don't lose my shit whenever I gamble. I still lose money that's for sure, but it's money that doesn't come from my pocket anymore and money that I could afford to lose tenfold without me having to beg for scraps on the streets. I don't wanna sound like I just survived something horrible (which I did) but then again I guess it just can't be helped when you're able to crack the secret of actually gambling for entertainment and not losing your marbles over every loss you incur when gambling.

[Orpichukwu]

I agree that emotions do play a role in our decision-making process, especially when betting. It's important to be aware of your emotional state to help you pause or assess when making rational choices. Stay calm, take deep breaths while betting to compose yourself. Set clear limits, set a budget and stick to it. And do not forget to take breaks, especially when you are feeling overwhelmed or emotional while betting to distract yourself and regain perspective. These are strategies that can help manage emotions while betting.

Most times, some people enter the gambling platform when they are already having a bad day and their emotions are already on the negative side.
 
Instead of looking for other things to do to clear their mind and head, most of them decide to go to the casino to play in order to get their mind off things, but rather they always end up spoiling things as their judgement will be affected based on their current state of mind. 
 
So someone like this can't just take a deep breath and place their bet because it's not going to work, and they are not even going to consider that instead, it's a way to place their bet and make their emotions play the game for them.

[Findingnemo]

We can't control the emotions by reading and article how to do it, it just has to happen naturally to us and most of the realise it from their own mistakes and smart people realise from others mistakes but the thing is same, we need to stay under our limits and can't force the emotions to influence your decision making ability.

In casinos where we physically appear may have extra pressure to bet more while we are losing and the reason is obvious because we don't want to project ourselves as a loser but in online casino there is no such pressure we are having full freedom to quit anytime we want.

[dothebeats]

As humans, it's extremely hard to detach from your emotions when making decisions. It will always be there even if you don't want it to. In order to not get emotions in the way of your decision making, you should start ignoring it slowly. It's a slow process, but if you're doing it consistently, you'll have no problem ignoring emotions on difficult situations such as choosing a bet between your gut feeling and what the numbers and facts say.

Be a robot if you may. It helps a lot, though in order to achieve such nonchalance, you have to work your way into it, and it takes a long while.

[wheelz1200]

Emotions greatly effects your emotions and casinos bank on it to stay on top.  I will add a fifth one, sentimental value.  The most prevalent you will see this in sports betting.  People who sports bet generally bet on sports they like to watch which means they have teams they root for.  Most times they will over value teams they like and not be able to take the emotion out and either bet on them OR against them when they should.  I generally steer clear of any teams I root for because even if I think.im right I feel like my judgement is clouded.

[mirakal]

How do we regulate our emotions while betting and how important is it?

I agree with you, emotions have a big influence in decision making in gambling. Bad moods and anger can make our decisions irrational and make bets with risks and bet sizes that are beyond our habits. In the past I often made mistakes like that, now I try to avoid them, if my emotions are not good it is better to stop gambling and divert myself to other activities.

It's difficult to control our emotions, when we win we raise our bets as if we are invincible, when we lose we also raise our bets in the hope that one win will bring everything back. Apart from being a matter of luck, gambling is also a matter of emotional control so I really agree with your post

Controlling our emotions would always be the hardest thing to do since as long as we’re alive, our emotions will also become unstoppable to control. So if you think you are having high emotions, then don’t decide to gamble. Gambling will only worsen your emotion whether you’re at loss or at win. Learn to gamble only when you’re calm and relaxed. That way, you can focused more on your bets and more likely you can create more positive decisions that will work in gambling.

[AmoreJaz]

As humans, it's extremely hard to detach from your emotions when making decisions. It will always be there even if you don't want it to. In order to not get emotions in the way of your decision making, you should start ignoring it slowly. It's a slow process, but if you're doing it consistently, you'll have no problem ignoring emotions on difficult situations such as choosing a bet between your gut feeling and what the numbers and facts say.

Be a robot if you may. It helps a lot, though in order to achieve such nonchalance, you have to work your way into it, and it takes a long while.

I don't think we can totally discard the emotion part when it comes to betting. But as much as possible, be logical with your choices, like when your favourite athlete or team is playing. Even if you are a die-hard fan of them, just consider their chances in the game. You can bet on the opposite team if you think they are getting ahead. Sure, you want your favourite athlete/team to win but in that particular match, are they gonna have the chance to win?

We can't control the emotions by reading and article how to do it, it just has to happen naturally to us and most of the realise it from their own mistakes and smart people realise from others mistakes but the thing is same, we need to stay under our limits and can't force the emotions to influence your decision making ability.

In casinos where we physically appear may have extra pressure to bet more while we are losing and the reason is obvious because we don't want to project ourselves as a loser but in online casino there is no such pressure we are having full freedom to quit anytime we want.

That is very true! Reading won't give you the actual control of emotions. It is how you practice such containment of emotions thru experience. It is adapted every game you bet, or every match played. It is a process of containing your emotions. Also, do remember - don't be too hard on yourself. Move on to the next. Don't linger the pain of a losing bet.

[Assface16678]

As humans, it's extremely hard to detach from your emotions when making decisions. It will always be there even if you don't want it to. In order to not get emotions in the way of your decision making, you should start ignoring it slowly. It's a slow process, but if you're doing it consistently, you'll have no problem ignoring emotions on difficult situations such as choosing a bet between your gut feeling and what the numbers and facts say.

Be a robot if you may. It helps a lot, though in order to achieve such nonchalance, you have to work your way into it, and it takes a long while.

I don't think we can totally discard the emotion part when it comes to betting. But as much as possible, be logical with your choices, like when your favourite athlete or team is playing. Even if you are a die-hard fan of them, just consider their chances in the game. You can bet on the opposite team if you think they are getting ahead.

True, we are just humans that tend to let the emotion take over to make the decision, but if abettor or gambler will be able to suppress their emotions and still think rationally despite the bad situation, then it will be a good advantage for that gambler because he or she most likely avoids being too addicted to gambling or losing money just because of making decisions out of nowhere or fueled by emotions.

But even those strong gamblers are just humans, so I don't think there is a single gambler that didn't ever gamble out of their emotions or under emotion, and that's normal because, as I said, we are just humans, and who's person is able to handle the stress or emotional damage of losing money frequently? Even I admit that I frequently gamble under the effects of my emotions, and of course it turns out bad as I lose funds on that.

[arimamib]

We can't control the emotions by reading and article how to do it, it just has to happen naturally to us and most of the realise it from their own mistakes and smart people realise from others mistakes but the thing is same, we need to stay under our limits and can't force the emotions to influence your decision making ability.

In casinos where we physically appear may have extra pressure to bet more while we are losing and the reason is obvious because we don't want to project ourselves as a loser but in online casino there is no such pressure we are having full freedom to quit anytime we want.

I think you meant to say that we can't control to not have emotions. Human have emotions naturally. The point here is that we need to not have emotions out of control which can affect our mind to have a right decision-making. We can learn strategies and techniques to manage emotions, but true emotional control often comes from within and is honed through real-life experiences. Many people learn from their own mistakes, recognizing the consequences of impulsive or emotionally-driven decisions.

Maintaining emotional control is essential in decision-making, especially in high-pressure situations like gambling. The allure of potential winnings or the fear of loss can trigger intense emotions that cloud judgment and lead to irrational choices. Being aware of these emotional triggers and understanding how they influence behavior is crucial in avoiding impulsive decisions that may have negative consequences. When gamblers play in casinos, there can be external pressures, such as social expectations or the desire to save face, which may influence behavior, particularly during losing streaks. Online gambling makes people have more autonomy and flexibility to control their environment that allow for greater self-regulation and the ability to quit without external pressure.

[Findingnemo]

We can't control the emotions by reading and article how to do it, it just has to happen naturally to us and most of the realise it from their own mistakes and smart people realise from others mistakes but the thing is same, we need to stay under our limits and can't force the emotions to influence your decision making ability.

In casinos where we physically appear may have extra pressure to bet more while we are losing and the reason is obvious because we don't want to project ourselves as a loser but in online casino there is no such pressure we are having full freedom to quit anytime we want.

I think you meant to say that we can't control to not have emotions. Human have emotions naturally. The point here is that we need to not have emotions out of control which can affect our mind to have a right decision-making. We can learn strategies and techniques to manage emotions, but true emotional control often comes from within and is honed through real-life experiences. Many people learn from their own mistakes, recognizing the consequences of impulsive or emotionally-driven decisions.

Maintaining emotional control is essential in decision-making, especially in high-pressure situations like gambling. The allure of potential winnings or the fear of loss can trigger intense emotions that cloud judgment and lead to irrational choices. Being aware of these emotional triggers and understanding how they influence behavior is crucial in avoiding impulsive decisions that may have negative consequences. When gamblers play in casinos, there can be external pressures, such as social expectations or the desire to save face, which may influence behavior, particularly during losing streaks. Online gambling makes people have more autonomy and flexibility to control their environment that allow for greater self-regulation and the ability to quit without external pressure.

Gambling is supposed to be fun not a stressful event so when you feel like that it overpowers at any point then just take a break from what's bothering it applies to betting on sports as well. We may lose and win that's the part of gambling and we need to accept the fact if we really want gambling to be fun and entertaining or else it's gonna be stressful and make it hard on you which is totally unnecessary in my opinion.

[Jawhead999]

I'm not sure why you need to control your emotions while gambling? it seems like you want to make sure you make no mistake in order to earn money.

Emotions is normal, you can bet any team or player you want, you could even bet your favorite team or player even though they rarely to win. As long as you happy when you watch your favorite team or player are playing, winning is just a bonus.

[ethereumhunter]

Gambling is supposed to be fun not a stressful event so when you feel like that it overpowers at any point then just take a break from what's bothering it applies to betting on sports as well. We may lose and win that's the part of gambling and we need to accept the fact if we really want gambling to be fun and entertaining or else it's gonna be stressful and make it hard on you which is totally unnecessary in my opinion.

But unfortunately, many people who used gambling doesn't think about that and thinks that gambling can gives them a way to make money so they playing gambling with some money to make money. But they feel that's not easy as gambling itself is not a way to make money but they don't realize the fact and still playing gambling while they also hope they can win some money. Taking a break for a while from gambling is a must that every people needs to do because that can prevent them not thinking about making money from gambling and introspect that if they are wrong. They can playing gambling but not for making money and only for have fun. If they used gambling as a way to have fun, they will not getting many problems.

[Hirose UK]

How do we regulate our emotions while betting and how important is it?

I agree with you, emotions have a big influence in decision making in gambling. Bad moods and anger can make our decisions irrational and make bets with risks and bet sizes that are beyond our habits. In the past I often made mistakes like that, now I try to avoid them, if my emotions are not good it is better to stop gambling and divert myself to other activities.

It's difficult to control our emotions, when we win we raise our bets as if we are invincible, when we lose we also raise our bets in the hope that one win will bring everything back. Apart from being a matter of luck, gambling is also a matter of emotional control so I really agree with your post

Controlling our emotions would always be the hardest thing to do since as long as we’re alive, our emotions will also become unstoppable to control. So if you think you are having high emotions, then don’t decide to gamble. Gambling will only worsen your emotion whether you’re at loss or at win. Learn to gamble only when you’re calm and relaxed. That way, you can focused more on your bets and more likely you can create more positive decisions that will work in gambling.

Emotions are an innate or natural attitude that everyone has without exception, but to control emotions or control emotions, there are actually still many people out there who can do it well.
But here in gambling I very sure that almost the majority of gamblers have patience in controlling emotions that are as thin as paper or could say they are very easy to experience increased emotions and it is very difficult to control them.
Moreover, when conditions are stressful, such as defeat or expectations that cannot be achieved, it can cause emotions to increase significantly which makes gamblers do bad things and make various detrimental mistakes.
As gamblers, should take care of yourself to avoid various mistakes that can cause losses and bad impacts, this is must for every gambler.

There are few tips to avoid uncontrollable emotions when gambling, namely by optimizing attitude to be able to immediately stop and leave the gambling site if feel the situation is not possible.
This is indeed difficult, but if you start trying it every time gamble, over time it can become very useful habit.

[fullhdpixel]

Some people find it difficult to hold themselves or make a good decision while betting because gambling has impact negatively in people's lives which makes them sense stress and happiness or enjoyment in gambling, in such case they don't stop gambling even when they know they are losing, to stop it or take a good decision on amount to spend when you gamble might be very difficult except the interval of a friend or God and another option is to join a support group, because it can provide a sense of accountability and they can help people to stay motivated and committed to recovery. So by all these someone can have a sense of humor in terms of making decisions while betting or gambling to avoid a lot of loss.

Those who find it hard to hold themselves are already addicted. When it comes to making a good decision, it is important to have a clear mind before playing so that we can also decide more confidently. The only way gambling can impact negatively in our life is when we are over doing it or doing it wrong like we play to get rich. This is why gambling gets a bad reputation which is sad.

Being alone can possibly lead us to gamble but there are also friends that can influence us to gamble. Joining a support group is a fresh and good suggestion, even though people are known to be only good giving advice to others but they can't apply it on their own. At least we might feel guilty and end up following it.

[Ruttoshi]

How do we regulate our emotions while betting and how important is it?

I agree with you, emotions have a big influence in decision making in gambling. Bad moods and anger can make our decisions irrational and make bets with risks and bet sizes that are beyond our habits. In the past I often made mistakes like that, now I try to avoid them, if my emotions are not good it is better to stop gambling and divert myself to other activities.

It's difficult to control our emotions, when we win we raise our bets as if we are invincible, when we lose we also raise our bets in the hope that one win will bring everything back. Apart from being a matter of luck, gambling is also a matter of emotional control so I really agree with your post

Controlling our emotions would always be the hardest thing to do since as long as we’re alive, our emotions will also become unstoppable to control. So if you think you are having high emotions, then don’t decide to gamble. Gambling will only worsen your emotion whether you’re at loss or at win. Learn to gamble only when you’re calm and relaxed. That way, you can focused more on your bets and more likely you can create more positive decisions that will work in gambling.

I think the best way a gambler can control his emotion, is by not using the amount of money that he cannot afford to lose. That will help him lower his loss, and make him not get worried about the outcome of his game.

Any gambler that do not gamble responsible would find it very difficult to control his emotions, because he will always want to chase his losses which will lead to incurring more loss, and that can lead to addiction. Quit the game, the moment you see that you see that your emotions is taking control of you so that you don't end up with wrong decisions.

[Z-tight]

Emotions is normal, you can bet any team or player you want, you could even bet your favorite team or player even though they rarely to win. As long as you happy when you watch your favorite team or player are playing, winning is just a bonus.

I totally agree with this and any gambler who does things like this will surely sleep better at night, the problem is that a lot of gamblers want to become rich through gambling and they end up losing money and not winning anything. Gambling should be fun or something we do to make small bucks while having fun, it should not be a source of income or anything of that kind.

[Juse14]

To avoid making irrational betting decisions, or in other words making careless betting decisions without careful analysis and consideration. Trying to stay calm is the main key, even though in reality this is quite difficult for us to do. because when we are gambling we tend to always be carried away by emotions which can make us a little out of control which ultimately leads us to impulsive behavior which can cause us to make wrong decisions. And so that we get too carried away by emotions when gambling, never expect more from the results of the gambling we do, and reinforce that the reason you gamble is just to have fun. so that we will always feel happy about every end result of the gambling we do. Because the more disappointed we are with gambling, the more emotional we become when playing gambling games.

[Dewi Aries]

Some people find it difficult to hold themselves or make a good decision while betting because gambling has impact negatively in people's lives which makes them sense stress and happiness or enjoyment in gambling, in such case they don't stop gambling even when they know they are losing, to stop it or take a good decision on amount to spend when you gamble might be very difficult except the interval of a friend or God and another option is to join a support group, because it can provide a sense of accountability and they can help people to stay motivated and committed to recovery. So by all these someone can have a sense of humor in terms of making decisions while betting or gambling to avoid a lot of loss.

Those who find it hard to hold themselves are already addicted. When it comes to making a good decision, it is important to have a clear mind before playing so that we can also decide more confidently. The only way gambling can impact negatively in our life is when we are over doing it or doing it wrong like we play to get rich. This is why gambling gets a bad reputation which is sad.

Being alone can possibly lead us to gamble but there are also friends that can influence us to gamble. Joining a support group is a fresh and good suggestion, even though people are known to be only good giving advice to others but they can't apply it on their own. At least we might feel guilty and end up following it.

True, as you said that their main mistake in gambling activities is the goal they bring which is that they bring the goal of gambling to earn or to seek wealth in instant time, but actually that is a very wrong mindset and assumption and contrary to the actual facts about what gambling is. And we have seen a lot of evidence that when someone comes with the intention and purpose of earning then usually they will instead suffer a number of defeats, so instead of earning something they expect but the facts show that they instead suffer a number of defeats.

And also yes of course it is the behavior of gamblers like this that ultimately makes gambling have a very bad image according to most people's point of view. On the other hand of course the urge to gamble can come at any time and depending on how the situation is, such as the topic on another page that loneliness can trigger someone to eventually get involved in gambling and that is true because there is indeed the potential or possibility for someone to get involved when they see one of the promotional advertisements on some social media that indirectly moves their mind to gamble, or it could also be like you said that is because of the influence of the wrong environment, and for the problem of joining a support group I think it's good, although basically not everyone is able to do something they suggest to others but at least we will get a lot of good advice there and over time I am sure that there will be changes that lead to something better.

[arimamib]

Emotions is normal, you can bet any team or player you want, you could even bet your favorite team or player even though they rarely to win. As long as you happy when you watch your favorite team or player are playing, winning is just a bonus.

I totally agree with this and any gambler who does things like this will surely sleep better at night, the problem is that a lot of gamblers want to become rich through gambling and they end up losing money and not winning anything. Gambling should be fun or something we do to make small bucks while having fun, it should not be a source of income or anything of that kind.

The thrill of betting on sports can enhance the overall watching experience that adds an extra excitement and engagement. Prioritizing the enjoyment over the potential monetary gains can avoid falling into the trap of chasing unrealistic profits and experiencing the stress and disappointment that often accompany such pursuits. Gambling should be approached with a mindset of fun and leisure rather than as a primary source of income, because those can maintain financial stability and well-being.

It's natural to aspire to win, but placing excessive emphasis on gambling as a profits gain can lead to financial hardship and emotional distress when expectations aren't met. If people view gambling as a form of entertainment and embrace the joy of participation rather than solely focusing on the outcome, it can cultivate a healthier relationship with gambling and they can enjoy its benefits without succumbing to its pitfalls. Having a balance between enjoyment and responsibility is key to maximizing the positive aspects of gambling while minimizing its potential negative impacts.