Story of my life

[Julien_Olynpic]

If a person really wants to lose something subconsciously, then he will, of course, lose it. But if a person continues to play, it means he needs it for something. For what? Perhaps a person wants to understand something for himself. And this can only be done through personal experience. You know, when we watch interviews with gambling addicts or read long articles about them, we don’t understand why these people continue to play if they only lose money. Or perhaps they simply did not understand some simple truths. For example, it’s clear that the casino has a statistical advantage over an ordinary player? This is a simple idea that is not difficult for the average person to understand. But often it's a thought. Which is incomprehensible to a gambler. And to understand it, he must lose a lot of money. This is why many players continue to lose money over time.

[Wexnident]

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Probably just bias. And that the more you play, the more reference you have, so the more you see how much losses you accumulate overtime. I guess you can also take into account how it seems like gambling is turning out to be something stressful to you instead of something fun, which can happen. It's not surprising that people quit some hobbies after a long period of being faithful to it because of something. That's just how life goes. You can just comeback whenever you feel like you'd have fun again imo.

A hobby starts turning into a chore if you start trying to optimize and go into the nitty gritty of it to maximize everything imo. If you enjoy it, then continue. If not, then stop, simple as that.

[Poker Player]

Probably just bias. And that the more you play, the more reference you have, so the more you see how much losses you accumulate overtime. I guess you can also take into account how it seems like gambling is turning out to be something stressful to you instead of something fun, which can happen. It's not surprising that people quit some hobbies after a long period of being faithful to it because of something. That's just how life goes. You can just comeback whenever you feel like you'd have fun again imo.

A hobby starts turning into a chore if you start trying to optimize and go into the nitty gritty of it to maximize everything imo. If you enjoy it, then continue. If not, then stop, simple as that.

Yes, more than bias I would say it is a psychological effect. The OP wants to put the blame on the casino but there is no conspiracy there. The results of the games come out in a random way, no matter how tired the bettor is. What surely happens is that when he is more relaxed he surely makes better decisions and if he has a win, he ends the session and leaves. On the other hand, when he has been playing for a long time he is more stressed and that same win seems little to him because he has accumulated losses and instead of stopping he wants to recover even more and ends up losing that win and more.

[retreat]

It seems to be a common thing in gambling, where you feel that you get more positive results when you reduce the intensity of your gambling. I think that it's just your feeling, because before you played much more actively and that made you lose more because of the house edge, and when you reduce it you feel that you lose less, even though all you do is reduce the potential for losing. But I'm glad that you got a positive result from it and that means gambling doesn't bother you that much.

[rodskee]

Have you ever noticed or am I the only one?

The more active I become with gambling, the more it drags me back, luckily I keep risking only what I want to lose.

The less active I become with gambling, the more positive it gets for me, not most of the time but my results are simply better than when I was very active.

It's like the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers. I don't know, so far I can only find someone who has seen such before.

A friend who lives far away from me has also said the same, he got tired of gambling because it wasn't going his way but when he started talking it less seriously, that's when he started to get positive results.

Has anyone had the same experience before?

Not sure if this is true but upon my experiences? the more I gamble is the more i lose but
when I cut my gaming is the more chance i am winning , so i come to conclusions that the casino
is doing their best to lure us back to gamble more but when you continue playing then that is the
chance of us to lose more again.

[SamReomo]

The more active I become with gambling, the more it drags me back, luckily I keep risking only what I want to lose.

If I'm not wrong then you're trying to say the more you gamble the more losses you have. I think I agree with you in that because I also used to face more losses when I tried placing many bets per day in initial days of my gambling.
 

The less active I become with gambling, the more positive it gets for me, not most of the time but my results are simply better than when I was very active.

I think once again I agree with you. When I reduced the number of bets that a place, I noticed some wins instead of losses. I used to bet on casino games in beginning but later found that my luck doesn't favors me in casino games and that's why I started sports-betting, but even with sports-betting, I place less than 1-2 bets per week, sometimes less than 1-2 bets per month and so far results have been positive for me.

It's like the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers. I don't know, so far I can only find someone who has seen such before.

Nope, casinos aren't wired that way, in fact in any type gaming the more one gets into it the worse they get in that one. I know there are some skill base games that don't fall into category of the games that I tried to mention but all of the luck type of games even the free ones work similarly. Even trading works in that way, the more trades a trader does per day, the more losses they can face.

[Su-asa]

Have you ever noticed or am I the only one?

The more active I become with gambling, the more it drags me back, luckily I keep risking only what I want to lose.

The less active I become with gambling, the more positive it gets for me, not most of the time but my results are simply better than when I was very active.

It's like the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers. I don't know, so far I can only find someone who has seen such before.

A friend who lives far away from me has also said the same, he got tired of gambling because it wasn't going his way but when he started talking it less seriously, that's when he started to get positive results.

Has anyone had the same experience before?

Most times we don't actually knows what we can afford to lose because when we lose the money we still have more to take care of ourselves. IMO what I think about this risking what you can afford to lose is after you have finished spending and savings the reaming ones should still be divided into 2 parts so you can use one to gamble and keep the remaining ones Incase you also lose the ones you gambled with. It matters if you don't have savings were you can put small money after your expense. Sometimes we thinks the little money we spend do not affect us but it's not true because to me, every money counts when you use them properly or not.

[FinePoine0]

Have you ever noticed or am I the only one?

The more active I become with gambling, the more it drags me back, luckily I keep risking only what I want to lose.

The less active I become with gambling, the more positive it gets for me, not most of the time but my results are simply better than when I was very active.

It's like the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers. I don't know, so far I can only find someone who has seen such before.

A friend who lives far away from me has also said the same, he got tired of gambling because it wasn't going his way but when he started talking it less seriously, that's when he started to get positive results.

Has anyone had the same experience before?

The more you progress and become addicted to gambling, the more you start losing.  Gambling is basically best done with relaxation, because I'm not in a movie theater when I'm addicted to winning. I started gambling with the right environment balance and I basically won from gambling. Although I have loss symptoms but relatively few, so gambling addiction is not a good sign.

[Crypt0Gore]

Have you ever noticed or am I the only one?

The more active I become with gambling, the more it drags me back, luckily I keep risking only what I want to lose.

The less active I become with gambling, the more positive it gets for me, not most of the time but my results are simply better than when I was very active.

It's like the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers. I don't know, so far I can only find someone who has seen such before.

A friend who lives far away from me has also said the same, he got tired of gambling because it wasn't going his way but when he started talking it less seriously, that's when he started to get positive results.

Has anyone had the same experience before?

If you are talking about taking gambling "seriously" then this might be the problem already.
Since gambling is supposed to be entertainment, taking it serious already takes it way too far.

People imagine the worst things when they feel conspiracies and so on. I can relate. I also feel like once I raise the stake suddenly the losing run comes. Since I can't prove anything and they say it "provably fair" that's just how is.

The brain is a powerful tool but can be manipulated very easily.

I love this part, the brain can easily be manipulated if we allow it.

It doesn't cost a thing to believe that gambling can make you rich and it doesn't cost a thing to believe that gambling is all about entertainment, do it only when you can afford it.

There is a very fragile thin line between thinking right and thinking wrong, that's why self awareness is a very important tool that we humans must apply to our daily actions.

On the norms, it feels wrong to run after money that you don't work for, this is gambling, the best result you can get out of it is no doubt losses, because you planted nothing, all you have is money to take home more money, it sounds so unfair.

But that is even if one is ready to accept the fact.

[Mauser]

Has anyone had the same experience before?

I think that for me it was the exact opposite. When I first started out with gambling I focused a lot on poker, because I always liked to play cards and really got hooked on the money aspect behind it. It was also the time of the big poker boom where there were new tournaments coming up every month with a lot of TV coverage. Somehow I thought that after watching the professionals play on TV I could do the same and a took a very laid back approach to my first year in poker. It didn't really work out and I lost my bankroll several times. Only after taking the game more serious and putting in the time to learn the theory behind it, I started to get positive results.  What helped me a lot was to  set a goal for myself and start working towards it. There will always be setbacks, but having a long term goal can help to put everything into perspective.

[Smartprofit]

If a person really wants to lose something subconsciously, then he will, of course, lose it. But if a person continues to play, it means he needs it for something. For what? Perhaps a person wants to understand something for himself. And this can only be done through personal experience. You know, when we watch interviews with gambling addicts or read long articles about them, we don’t understand why these people continue to play if they only lose money. Or perhaps they simply did not understand some simple truths. For example, it’s clear that the casino has a statistical advantage over an ordinary player? This is a simple idea that is not difficult for the average person to understand. But often it's a thought. Which is incomprehensible to a gambler. And to understand it, he must lose a lot of money. This is why many players continue to lose money over time.

There was a period in my life when I acquired a gaming addiction.  
Therefore, I can tell you what it feels like for a gambling addict who feels that he has faced a long period of losing.  He is well aware that he will lose the next bet, but at the same time he cannot stop and interrupt the game.  It's not that he doesn't understand what's going on.  It’s just that he is already psychologically sick, as if someone else is controlling his body and his brain.  And his true self is somewhere on the periphery of his consciousness.  This is a very strange and frightening feeling.  The player cannot help but play (this is already a gaming addiction).  Therefore, you can only play in a casino when you know for sure that you do not have a gambling addiction.  And in this situation you have a chance to win and be successful.

[Outhue]

The whole idea of casinos is been built on people's desperation, desires, and greed, and thats why casinos will always be the real winners.

People like looking for answers where there are none, that's so unfortunate, so the less you become interested the better as a gambler that you are, the money you will risk when you are less interested will surely be lower compared to finding answers to why you aren't winning, risking your money over and over.

If we can all accept that gambling favors the casinos more, we will all limit our desires and greed in gambling, I have experienced something like this too but I strongly believe that this is the way it should be, this is how gamblers should gamble in the first place.

Unfortunately, it's all wired to take more from addicted gamblers than the responsible gamblers, it's a matter of choice.

[Adbitco]

Gambling is like a fire sets close to the Riverside the more the breeze keep blowing the more the fire keeps burning. Meaning, if you keep giving attention to gambling the more you are thinking a ways to explore it more better, since the gambling would be ringing on your brains therefore making you to think that when you start putting interest you would get more winning. It could be that you are starting to develop interest on a particular side be it sport betting or wrestling, in as much as you have gamble before and make some possible winning it's like a free ticket for you to sink into it fully with the mindset you will continue winning all time you gambling.

As long as you are in the gambling place, you can control everything and are not affected by the conditions around you, then you will remain calm when gambling. Adjust the capital you use to gamble. When it is finished for today, we will leave the gambling place, continue betting again tomorrow or another Time again, don't be easily influenced to always spend money at one time. Betting on sports is really fun because we can see directly how the players are doing before competing. At least gambling with less risk is sports because we can predict it a little.

Not everyone that would control themselves in gambling most people are easily influenced by what they are seeing, that is why one must set a specific funds for gambling at least 5 to 10 percent of their weekly or biweekly, monthly income. Whenever this funds is finished for the month as projected then him can stay away from casino or gambling site to reduce addiction because most times what causes gambling addiction is trying to break the house where they would keep gambling without the knowledge that they are gradually becoming a gambling addiction.

[Marykeller]

This is exactly how things work in life. When you are engaged with something that takes money from you, either small or big, it tends to draw you back in life "financially'' because you are spending the cash you have to take care of yourself. The opposite of it is when you are no longer engaged in whatever that takes money from you. What do you think the results will be in your life? Is it not positive?

The view you shared, is exactly what to expect when someone engages less or more in things that involve money example gambling.

[EluguHcman]

Normally While gambling, it is not advisable to rush in and make stakes simply because you are needed some profitable results in an urgent manner.

Why we are advised to take break when we don't have the urge is that most cases, we don't analyze the games, all we do is just pick any games and places stake order and at such state of mind, we might actually be picking the impossible teams to bring us the victory as predicted.

And if persistent to ignore your state of mind then, you will surely end up leaving the casino in regrets because you failed to realize that you were not emotionally fit it to gamble at that period of time.

If you visit the casino once a while you will always stand the chances to tolerate your losts even if you looses at most cases like that than when you frequently gambles and looses at most times.

[atookz]

Don't expect too much profit from gambling, gamble according to your abilities and don't be greedy. I have also experienced something like that, when I was actively gambling I actually experienced consecutive losses but when I was not serious I got positive results. Online gambling algorithms work by manipulating the results of the RNG according to the interests of online gambling service providers. Online gambling algorithms always regulate the results of the RNG according to the return percentage or RTP that has been set by the online gambling service provider. RTP is the ratio between the amount of money paid to players as winnings to the amount of money wagered by players. RTP is usually expressed as a percentage, for example 95%, 90%, or 85%. RTP shows how big a player's chances are of winning from online gambling games. The higher the RTP, the greater the player's chances of winning. However, the RTP never reaches 100% or more, because that means that the online gambling service provider will lose money. RTP is always below 100%, which means that online gambling service providers always make a profit from every transaction made by players. In other words, online gambling algorithms always ensure that in the long run, players will lose more than they win. So it is better to gamble for fun and according to your abilities, it will be better.

[Die_empty]

In my opinion, this is common among gambling addicts. Of course, the more you gamble, the more you lose. Just because you gamble frequently doesn't mean you have a high chance of winning; in fact, the chances of losing are even higher because the odds are always in favor of the house or the casino. So it's really better to avoid gambling as much as possible. It doesn't bring any good outcomes (well unless you're really lucky lol).

Your points have some accurate facts because the more you gamble the greater the chances of losing. The probability that you will win more if you gamble more is very low, so more stakes will definitely bring greater losses. This is always the problem with gamblers who frequently chase losses. The best option will be to have a gambling plan that directs your gambling activities. The bottom line is to enjoy the game and make some money when one is lucky. It is also good to take a break if you observe constant losses or uncontrollable gambling habits.

[criptoevangelista]

Your thread title reminds me of a song by the band Social Distortion lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7n9QAofSrk

Well, I think this happens to all of us, sometimes it's about just taking a break, not playing so many times, knowing how to take a break to win again, and most importantly, if you lose, forgive yourself... don't keep trying to recover the lost money... start again without emotionally linking one match with the next match.

[angrybirdy]

Have you ever noticed or am I the only one?

The more active I become with gambling, the more it drags me back, luckily I keep risking only what I want to lose.

The less active I become with gambling, the more positive it gets for me, not most of the time but my results are simply better than when I was very active.

It's like the casinos are wired to mess with the most active gamblers. I don't know, so far I can only find someone who has seen such before.

A friend who lives far away from me has also said the same, he got tired of gambling because it wasn't going his way but when he started talking it less seriously, that's when he started to get positive results.

Has anyone had the same experience before?

The possitive results that you are talking about is the winning right? I think It's a common understanding for a gambling addicts to feel that way, because if you noticed,  the more you gamble, the more you lose because the time and money you've spent on it is beyond your budget that's why when you lie low on doing it and experienced winning once you get back, you instantly getting realized that luck favors you when you're spending minimum amount and time but the truth is, You just don't realize that you've overspent, you should just balance the gambling and when you do that, you'll see that there really aren't any major changes.

[Alpha Marine]

The opposite is the case for me.
Whenever I don't participate much in gambling I don't win. When I gamble like a part-time gambler, say like 2 or 3 times a week, I don't win. But when I gamble more during the week, I win more. It's not certain that I'll win when I gamble more, but I stand a higher chance.

I think it simply boils down to probability. The casinos have nothing to do with it. Lol at it like this, if I'm given 10 chances to pick a certain number from 1-100 from a set of hidden numbers, I'll stand a higher chance of getting the number someone is given 2 chances and that person has more chances than someone who has only one chance.