Recording gambling activities

[stompix]

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

Most websites have stats in which you can easily check how much you've won and how much you've lost!
Betfair sportsbook has some really nice reports, you can check on no matter what period you've bet, and shows you the amount bet, the amount won, the returns or the losses as well as the number of bets, you can even sort them.

But rather than those what people should check would be probably how much their balances are at the end of a period, when you start losing and putting more and more and more it's a bad sign!

If gambling is for fun then there is no need for such record keeping and calculating  

This is how people run into problems, they say it's fun, it doesn't matter but at the same time they stop checking how much it goes in there and soon they find out they've lost a fortune on "fun" thinking it was juts a couple of hundreds.

[Porfirii]

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

This has been discussed here few times already and yes, knowing what and where you spend will definitely give you an idea of what to do and not, but I don't think we need to track any of these data manually because casinos have stats page which shows overall winnings/losses or even certain time period on some so that is more than enough for a casino player and for sport bettor then it may be needed to segregate their winnings if they gamble on a platform where casino and sport betting available.

I was going to say something similar. As far as I remember, a few weeks ago the same question was posed by another member.

I agree with you that tracking every single bet is not something I do myself, but some people find it useful to feel more confident and make better decisions.

Moral: if it helps you, continue doing it; if it adds stress or makes you overthink in gambling, maybe it's better to take it more easily. We should be here for the fun, not to add more stress in our already stressful lives.

[Issa56]

Do you take record of every game played for the year or month or week, then calculate the number of total games that was won and lose. I feel calculating the total amount of lose can help one to adjust gambling habit of playing frequently and also to reduce the amount of money that is spent on gambling. I think when the amount of lose is too much in gambling it is either affecting one financially or turning one to become addictive to gambling. 

Actually, it’s not really a bad idea if you wish to record your gambling activities, but some people will still end up getting addicted to gambling even if they record their gambling activities, because they won’t really make use of it, so I will say that I don’t think it’s really necessary to record a gambling activity before knowing if you lose often or winning. Right from when you are gambling, if you are losing often, then you are going to know, so it’s left for you to control your gambling activity. Anyone who claims they don’t know if they are gambling more is just deceiving themselves, but it might be useful to some people.

[Slow death]

Something just came up in my mind and I feel it will be good for me to bring it up here because it can benefit some people to make a better decision or adjust gambling habits. 

Do you take record of every game played for the year or month or week, then calculate the number of total games that was won and lose. I feel calculating the total amount of lose can help one to adjust gambling habit of playing frequently and also to reduce the amount of money that is spent on gambling. I think when the amount of lose is too much in gambling it is either affecting one financially or turning one to become addictive to gambling. 

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

In my opinion, knowing about the statistics that a person is having when they play, can help the person a little to see when they are not performing well and try to improve, but this should not be seen as something in which the person looks at the statistics. and you realize that you are losing a lot, so you should put in more money to recover your losses, because that is what has happened to many people, they look at the statistics and when they notice that they have a lot more losses in relation to their wins, then they think about putting in more money to recover losses, this is a serious mistake. In my case, I always play for fun, so I don't watch my statistics. I probably have a lot more losses than wins, this week alone I had 2 losing streaks, but for me that's not a problem. game for fun

[lienfaye]

Do you take record of every game played for the year or month or week, then calculate the number of total games that was won and lose.

I'm playing to kill time and have fun so I don't see the point of doing this.

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

Well, IMO it's not good to have a record or keep a track of your gambling activity. Because certainly you'll see that you have more losses than winnings and that can make you regret everything and so it will be hard to move on. But anyway, it still depend on the gambler, since we have different way of thinking and if doing this would be beneficial for you, then so be it.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Something just came up in my mind and I feel it will be good for me to bring it up here because it can benefit some people to make a better decision or adjust gambling habits. 

Do you take record of every game played for the year or month or week, then calculate the number of total games that was won and lose. I feel calculating the total amount of lose can help one to adjust gambling habit of playing frequently and also to reduce the amount of money that is spent on gambling. I think when the amount of lose is too much in gambling it is either affecting one financially or turning one to become addictive to gambling. 

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

         -     Well, that's a good idea, op, and as far as I can see, you'll be able to monitor the losses and winnings that come in and out of you when you do that. And through that monitoring,
I also think you will know when you should stop when you are winning or losing when you play gambling.

That's okay for me; approve that to me, and it's good that we can adopt that as gamblers in this field of cryptocurrency business too. And we can also train ourselves to
control our gambling activities.

[iv4n]

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

While you record your gambling activities you can try to stream it and maybe there's some profit for you in that. If it turns out to be a good thing for you it will play a good role in your gambling lifestyle. If it comes just to recording yourself I think that only if you record yourself playing poker can be meaningful. You can look at the hands from a different perspective, analyze some important moments, and all that can improve your poker skills.

I don't see the point of recording yourself while playing lucky-based games, you can keep track of your gambling activities using a spreadsheet. And that is good if you wish better control over your bankroll and the time you spend gambling. That is a good thing for some people for sure, but I am not one of them. When I wish to have some fun gambling I will just gamble and have fun.

[Plaguedeath]

Recording your activities in everything, not necessary during gambling is really helpful!

You will know if you're actually a couch potato, spend a lot time in social medias, spend to much money for unnecessary thing, wasting so much time for overthinking etc etc.

In gambling, you will know if you're either earn or loss, gamble too long or not, and spend too much money or not. It just... most people really hate being consistent and they want free life, so they will not able to track their activities day by day.

[Accardo]

Recording your activities in everything, not necessary during gambling is really helpful!

You will know if you're actually a couch potato, spend a lot time in social medias, spend to much money for unnecessary thing, wasting so much time for overthinking etc etc.

In gambling, you will know if you're either earn or loss, gamble too long or not, and spend too much money or not. It just... most people really hate being consistent and they want free life, so they will not able to track their activities day by day.

At first, I thought Op would be discussing about video recording our gambling activity. Saw a gambler who claimed to have used this method to find out the right die to choose in a dice rotating game. Aside this, holding a record of our gambling activity would help a gambler benefit hugely by giving him a view of his past and how he's been wagering money. It's just as close as writing down our expenses on an exercise book. Don't know how this works in limiting excessive spending, but it did work when I tried. Although not in gambling. Similarly a gambler would use this to critically self examine himself with a proven track record of his gambling activities.

[michellee]

I don't record my gambling activity because I can control myself not to playing gambling too often. If I want to playing gambling, I will use some money that I can afford to lose. I will not use too much money to playing gambling because I know that will make me lose that money.

If you thinks recording your gambling activity can helps you to control your gambling habit, you can try it and see what is the result for you. But you needs to have discipline to record your gambling activity every time you finish playing gambling. You must stick to your plan and not use too much money to control your gambling habit.

If you can control yourself in gambling, you will lose your money. That will effects to your financial and reduce your saving in your bank account.

[aioc]

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

It is on a case-to-case basis. I have a friend who monitors everything regarding finances, what he spends, and how long he spends his time on casinos.
And there are others who allocate what they spend in casinos in terms of money and time, and they follow that strictly so they do not need to be recorded; they already know what to expect, and its result.
I'm more of the latter; I follow my budget and my time, and I don't have to worry anymore, and I don't have to bother anymore.

[Natalim]

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

When you think of recording, you are already serious about gambling. Therefore, it should affect your lifestyle because when you are serious, you are putting in time and effort in order to win. This is like an experiment on your part: you record and evaluate, and every time you see some mistakes, you try to improve until you achieve your desired goal, which is to win consistently. I believe this record-keeping is most applicable in sports betting, but not in games played by luck like roulette, dice, and other popular games that have a house edge.

[TheUltraElite]

Degenerate gamblers are never the one who plan and map out their activities or record them to keep track of their wins/losses. They come in for the quick dopamine rush and leave once they bust to find more money to bust again.

Because as soon as they start charting their losses (because profits are rare), they start to understand how horribly they have been losing money from a long time and how much they could have saved by not gambling. Because this hurts their ego, they will never attempt to do it unless they want to change their habits.

However many youtubers who are showing of casinos in their channel do track their games.

[Awaklara]

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

There is a possibility that recording carried out in gambling activities will create discipline in gamblers. but maybe some gamblers won't do that. including me also not keeping records, whether it be from winnings or money that I have deposited into the casino.
I only allocate weekly for gambling. So whether I win or lose, I won't deposit again if the allocation I deposited has run out. There is no record of how much I have deposited into the casino during the gambling I have done.
not sure if it helps gamblers who implement their record-keeping.

[Assface16678]

To answer your question, yes, I do record all my activity in gambling or all I do in gambling. I have created my own spread sheet that will fit me, and I've created such a complex spread sheet that is recording my gambling activities. Well, I do this because I want to keep track of whether the capital I put into gambling is earning or not. For example, I have a tab in my spread sheet for the month of January, so I have allocated funds for my gambling for the whole month, and for every bet, whether I lose or win, I record it so that I can see if I'm nearing losing all the funds I have or if I already doubled my capital. It will be a good practice to do because a gambler will be aware of its own gambling activity and to also prevent too much gambling and too much losses.

[$crypto$]

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

I don't know if a gambler who records changes his gambling style? Because I myself do not do this, if you want to see more data then in the casino also actually we can see our gambling activities from deposits/withdrawals and winning/losing bets.

So I don't need to do that and don't need to bother manually doing it, I'm not a calculating person in gambling because this is clearly for fun.
I'm just limiting and trying to manage my bankroll so that's better than your record keeping.

[hahay]

Something just came up in my mind and I feel it will be good for me to bring it up here because it can benefit some people to make a better decision or adjust gambling habits. 

Do you take record of every game played for the year or month or week, then calculate the number of total games that was won and lose. I feel calculating the total amount of lose can help one to adjust gambling habit of playing frequently and also to reduce the amount of money that is spent on gambling. I think when the amount of lose is too much in gambling it is either affecting one financially or turning one to become addictive to gambling. 

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

It won't have any impact even if you record and calculate your losses, because when you become a gambling addict you will just continue betting because you don't care about the results you lose. After all, on the gambling platform there is also your gambling history,so you can also control and record it there. But after all, even  though the gambling platform has your betting history, but in reality you will still gamble without any plans to stop. But indeed, because you have experience in betting, then ofcourse you will have strategies and tactics that you believe are good for yourself. So, to change your  own betting style is your own experience, and not about recording losses or anything like that.

[Yatsan]

I think I saw other topics having the same concern but yes I do have a record of my gambling expenses weekly. One reason is of course, to track the amounts I've been engaging and to avoid  greed and bigger loss. There are times we would be not able to control ourselves in gambling because of our emotions but that's a normal thing and is common to many of us. However, if you're aware of how things are going with your gambling finances, at least it would help you decide whether to continue or take a pause already than to push things to be in accordance with your own will.

Do you think keeping record of gambling activity will play a good role to someone's gambling lifestyle?

There is a possibility that recording carried out in gambling activities will create discipline in gamblers. but maybe some gamblers won't do that. including me also not keeping records, whether it be from winnings or money that I have deposited into the casino.
I only allocate weekly for gambling. So whether I win or lose, I won't deposit again if the allocation I deposited has run out. There is no record of how much I have deposited into the casino during the gambling I have done.
not sure if it helps gamblers who implement their record-keeping.

It should be strengthening one's discipline however, reality is that such thing is dependent with oneself. If you tend to cross your borderlines even once, then expect that you'd do it more often.  If you are tracking everything and not following the boundaries then you are just wasting your time.

[_act_]

I don't know if a gambler who records changes his gambling style? Because I myself do not do this, if you want to see more data then in the casino also actually we can see our gambling activities from deposits/withdrawals and winning/losing bets.

So I don't need to do that and don't need to bother manually doing it, I'm not a calculating person in gambling because this is clearly for fun.
I'm just limiting and trying to manage my bankroll so that's better than your record keeping.

I do not know some people can take gambling seriously. No need to record losses before you will know how much you spend if you have bankroll management. Something like having records of my winnings, losses and of the amount I use to gamble will let me think that I am taking gambling seriously. If I have a business that is generating money for me, I can be serious and have this kind of record but in gambling, I can not have it because it does not even make any sense and it can not help me manage my bankroll on gambling.

[dimonstration]

It won't have any impact even if you record and calculate your losses, because when you become a gambling addict you will just continue betting because you don't care about the results you lose. After all, on the gambling platform there is also your gambling history,so you can also control and record it there. But after all, even  though the gambling platform has your betting history, but in reality you will still gamble without any plans to stop. But indeed, because you have experience in betting, then ofcourse you will have strategies and tactics that you believe are good for yourself. So, to change your  own betting style is your own experience, and not about recording losses or anything like that.

This shows how you didn’t understand how the recording works. Recording your gambling progress makes you organized and properly manage the risk you are taking. Most of the people that became addicted are those not looking with their expenses and just aiming for chase loss.

With a record in hard, it can give you an idea on what amount you are losing that will give you control for your next gambling since you are already on losing more money.

I do recording until now to track my PnL. I usually gamble more when I’m near on breakeven while slow down when I’m in profit or terrible lose. This records gives me an idea on the frequency of my gambling.