Recording gambling activities

[klidex]

Yes, it is very helpful, but unfortunately it is rare for gamblers to take notes every time they gamble. Someone who considers gambling as a game of fun does not need to record every loss they experience because if someone considers gambling as a game of fun they will not exceed the limit which causes their finances to be disrupted and the gambling they play will remain safe but if someone considers gambling as a place to make money they must record the losses they experience in order to manage their gambling well and prevent experiencing large losses.

People need to be disciplined if they want to record their gambling, but it is rare to find people who are truly disciplined in doing this, even though this actually has a big impact on financial management and we can control our money so we don't gamble excessively. Sometimes people find it difficult to control their finances because they are not aware of the money they have lost, which causes them to experience unstoppable losses because they do not see how much time they spend gambling.

[Oasisman]

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

It does. It will always be essential if you keep track of your gambling activities as well as your gambling expenditures for you to be fully aware how far you have been gambling in terms of financial status. Especially for the married man, it is important to get a record of your gambling expenses to avoid getting short with all the necessary expenses in the household.
It is not that we are trying to avoid ourselves from getting addicted as our primary concern in doing this, but it is basically to control our gambling expenses.
No matter how many hours you spend on gambling each week, as long as your expenditures are within the reach, I think you're always gonna be fine.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Of course, accounting will be a good practice for those who identify gambling as a way to make money. If a person regularly analyzes winnings and losses, making calculations of profits or losses, then this should be a good signal for him whether it is worth continuing to gamble. In addition, an indicator will be the calculation of the amount he "earns,"  whether the amount really suits him or if it just trifles. However, I am sure that such indicators will vary from month to month. But if the statistics are still unprofitable, then it would be fair to abandon games and stop considering them as "earnings”.
For those people who play for fun and understand that games are just a moment of luck and nothing more, no accounting is needed.

[ethereumhunter]

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

It does. It will always be essential if you keep track of your gambling activities as well as your gambling expenditures for you to be fully aware how far you have been gambling in terms of financial status. Especially for the married man, it is important to get a record of your gambling expenses to avoid getting short with all the necessary expenses in the household.
It is not that we are trying to avoid ourselves from getting addicted as our primary concern in doing this, but it is basically to control our gambling expenses.
No matter how many hours you spend on gambling each week, as long as your expenditures are within the reach, I think you're always gonna be fine.

Track our gambling activities will be important to know how much money we can use to gambling. But that will not easy as it say because we must discipline to manage our money and will not break our rules. The key here is how to allocates your money to be used for playing gambling and with your expenses so you will not use much money to playing gambling while you can fills your daily needs.

Track gambling activities can also helps us to check how much our losses and wins so we can start reducing our losses by limits our money to playing gambling. Maybe it will difficult for the first time because we must write all of things related our gambling activities so we can do that as our daily routine. But that will worth to do as that can be our helps to control our gambling activities.

[Poker Player]

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?

I don't actively do it because I already have a program that does it for me, Poker Tracker.

But it seems to me that the average casino user is not going to do it because the way they bet is more emotional than rational. If someone were to use a similar program or use an Excel to keep track of total bets, wins and losses, they would see a clear tendency to lose money in the long run. The more you bet the more money you lose. So the logical conclusion would be to stop betting. But as I say, as successful as the gambling industry is, I think most gamblers don't even want to see that. They want to keep betting for the thrill of the game.

[EarnOnVictor]

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?

The truth is that I've never taken a record of my gambling activities and I don't think I will start now because I see no reason for it. But regarding your question, I say that it can't be bad keeping records. Keeping records whether useful or not can't harm you, especially such like this that can be used to evaluate one's performance for improvement.

But I hope the keeper of this kind of record can actually utilize it because if you keep it from now till 50 years, if you are not finding the purpose for it to achieve the goal of evaluation, then that is a waste. I said that because I have a few friends who keep records at random, but most times, the moment they have the record is the moment they forget it there, to the point that they have too many records stored but still not improving in their gambling.

On another thought too, this can lightly be recorded in our minds, and when we are serious about a change or improvement, we can easily achieve that without recording too much. I often do this silently and immediately I cite an error, I correct it in my next try and it has been positive in all my online risky activities.

[Gaza13]

At any accounts, being consistent in gambling would always lost you more that winning and that is why we always have to bet with affordable amount so that when it gets lost we don't have to go over and recount all of it and regret at its end.

If gamblers can stipulate a gambling budget based on their incomes, there would definitely be no need for keep historical gambling records unless it has become to affect your savings.

And if it is just about loosing more than winning but not affecting our incomes and savings, then the need for review would only be valid to just keep that memory and not to readjust our gambling habits hence we are comfortable anr not addicted to gambling.

No matter how small their budget is for gambling, in my opinion it is mandatory to record their activities in their expenditure as a reminder to them, if they experience continuous losses they will reflect on what they have recorded so far and how much they have spent so far. to gamble. In fact, people who have played sometimes find it difficult to control their money because they lose when they play and at that time they continue to add to their deposit to play again, this is what makes them fall deeper into bankruptcy.

[ginsan]

At any accounts, being consistent in gambling would always lost you more that winning and that is why we always have to bet with affordable amount so that when it gets lost we don't have to go over and recount all of it and regret at its end.

If gamblers can stipulate a gambling budget based on their incomes, there would definitely be no need for keep historical gambling records unless it has become to affect your savings.

And if it is just about loosing more than winning but not affecting our incomes and savings, then the need for review would only be valid to just keep that memory and not to readjust our gambling habits hence we are comfortable anr not addicted to gambling.

No matter how small their budget is for gambling, in my opinion it is mandatory to record their activities in their expenditure as a reminder to them, if they experience continuous losses they will reflect on what they have recorded so far and how much they have spent so far. to gamble. In fact, people who have played sometimes find it difficult to control their money because they lose when they play and at that time they continue to add to their deposit to play again, this is what makes them fall deeper into bankruptcy.

Instead of having to take notes in my opinion it is quite complicated, because sometimes it is very lazy to write especially talking about gambling which incidentally will forget about something else when you want or have played.

It's better to do budgeting and gambling, for example in one month you will use how many percent for gambling so you don't need to record every time you deposit, it's quite complicated, because if you already have a budget maybe you will also easily calculate the exact amount you will use for gambling either one month one year or however long you will be able to see the probability of spending.

[Jawhead999]

Discipline people will budget their monthly money for gambling, so they already know how much money they can afford to lose. Sometime they track their gambling activities.

But, indiscipline people will not budget their monthly money, they will spend how much money they want. If they didn't budgeting, I really doubt they want to track their gambling activities since it require more effort.

[Finestream]

Discipline people will budget their monthly money for gambling, so they already know how much money they can afford to lose. Sometime they track their gambling activities.

But, indiscipline people will not budget their monthly money, they will spend how much money they want. If they didn't budgeting, I really doubt they want to track their gambling activities since it require more effort.

I could be discipline even if I will not track my gambling activities. What I would do is very simple, I'll allocate a certain percentage of my income to gamble and when I consume it all, I will take a break and will start again once I have an income. IMO, the point of tracking our activities is to determine the profitability, so if we were able to mange our bankroll right and our tracking report resulted to a profit ( like more wins than losses) then that's the time we have to consider making gambling as serious venture, but I'm referring to gambling that we can use our skills, like sports betting.

[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?

The truth is that I've never taken a record of my gambling activities and I don't think I will start now because I see no reason for it. But regarding your question, I say that it can't be bad keeping records. Keeping records whether useful or not can't harm you, especially such like this can be used to evaluate one's performance for improvement.

But I hope the keeper of this kind of record can actually utilize it because if you keep it from now till 50 years, if you are not finding the purpose for it to achieve the goal of evaluation, then that is a waste. I said that because I have a few friends who keep records at random, but most times, the moment they have the record is the moment they forget it there, to the point that they have too many records stored but still not improving in their gambling.

On another thought too, this can lightly be recorded in our minds, and when we are serious about a change or improvement, we can easily achieve that without recording too much. I often do this silently and immediately I cite an error, I correct it in my next try and it has been positive in all my online risky activities.

       -     You have a point, mate, even if it's just for me, and since I'm not addicted to gambling, but I only play when I want to have fun or pass the time, I also think that I don't need it.
I will record the gambling I do, especially if the money I gamble is limited.

That's what a responsible gambler is supposed to be, right? That's why I do the same; it's also a good habit to get used to because we can control the money we want to lose while gambling, and it's really just a bonus if we're lucky enough to win in the end while gambling.

[Accardo]

At any accounts, being consistent in gambling would always lost you more that winning and that is why we always have to bet with affordable amount so that when it gets lost we don't have to go over and recount all of it and regret at its end.

If gamblers can stipulate a gambling budget based on their incomes, there would definitely be no need for keep historical gambling records unless it has become to affect your savings.

And if it is just about loosing more than winning but not affecting our incomes and savings, then the need for review would only be valid to just keep that memory and not to readjust our gambling habits hence we are comfortable anr not addicted to gambling.

No matter how small their budget is for gambling, in my opinion it is mandatory to record their activities in their expenditure as a reminder to them, if they experience continuous losses they will reflect on what they have recorded so far and how much they have spent so far. to gamble. In fact, people who have played sometimes find it difficult to control their money because they lose when they play and at that time they continue to add to their deposit to play again, this is what makes them fall deeper into bankruptcy.

When a gambler forgets to track how he's been spending or wagering money in the casino. It'll be a difficult time for the player to know if he's been making nice monetary moves or not. The period spent in recording these expenses also helps in reminding the gambler the importance of staying cautious about his gambling habit. Writing down numerous times huge amount of money in the record openly shows the gambler he's been making mistakes. And as well, know, where all his money has been headed to. It's better known than not aware. This then pushes the player to cut down his expenses. As a daily reminder works magic in changing people's bad gambling habit. It's quite a responsive means of examining our gambling behavior.

[Orpichukwu]

Yep, doing such things can bring more focus towards to our gambling activities than what's supposed to be that can even leads to a kind of addiction so better not to do such unless you're thinking that you're spending too much money then track the expenses to find out the truth apart from that keeping it simple is the best strategy cause we don't have any control over the results of betting.

For accuracy, since the recording should be done immediately after every gambling session of the day, I don't think there is a possibility of such a thing leading to gambling addiction; it's just record-taking after all and nothing more than that.
 
Let's take, for instance, if I gamble three times a week and each day I gamble, I bring out my notepad and take record of the activity, both the loss and the winning of that very day, and such a record continues for the whole week until it extends to the end of the year.
 
It will only take me a little time to compile the entire record to see if I have been spending more on gambling or if I have actually won something over that period. I don't see this leading to gambling addiction from my own point of view.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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?

Sorry, but I do not think keeping such record will play any positive role In a gambler's lifestyle, or in that life of the gambler rather.

I personally have always believed that some things in life are better left either said or unrecorded, and our gambling activities are one of those things I believe that it's better not to keep a record of it, most especially if you don't want to ever feel heartbroken that you may start to or want to consider quitting gambling, this opinion may be completely different for some other people, but it is the best for me because, I do not gamble majorly as a means of making money, I sometimes gamble just to have fun, and it makes no sense keeping a record of money I spent on just to have fun.

[bering]

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?

Probably this method can be useful for some people because they can calculated how much money they spent in gamble but unfortunately it won't work for me and previously i have been done it and just like majority people at here that my lost statistics is higher than my winning statistics but i just realized what i am done is useless for me because when i see the amount of money i have spent on gambling it stresses me out then after that i have decide to stopped doing that because for me self control and discipline is more necessary in gambling besides that i never set my mind to gamble to earn money because it can makes me under pressure while i am lost so for me just gamble with money that can afford to lost and for fun and entertainment and if i am lucky then i would be very happy and cashout my money but if i am lost then let it be and leave the game

[vs2014]

Not everyone can keep a record of gambling activities especially those who become addicted to gambling. But there are some people who occasionally gamble they definitely keep this in mind. A few days ago i saw someone's gambling records but there were more wins than losses. I forbade him to always bet on gambling but he was more encouraged by this record. When you have a high winning record you will always rush to place bets on gambling.

[Su-asa]

Not everyone can keep a record of gambling activities especially those who become addicted to gambling. But there are some people who occasionally gamble they definitely keep this in mind. A few days ago i saw someone's gambling records but there were more wins than losses. I forbade him to always bet on gambling but he was more encouraged by this record. When you have a high winning record you will always rush to place bets on gambling.

Anytime we see winning more than our lose we will always be happy to gamble more because we have a good gamble records. When one is a responsible gambler he will not be worried to check his bet history because he already knows he's a responsible gambler. One who's not a responsible gambler shouldn't check his gamble records because it might make him or her to chase his loses.

[dunfida]

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

It does. It will always be essential if you keep track of your gambling activities as well as your gambling expenditures for you to be fully aware how far you have been gambling in terms of financial status. Especially for the married man, it is important to get a record of your gambling expenses to avoid getting short with all the necessary expenses in the household.
It is not that we are trying to avoid ourselves from getting addicted as our primary concern in doing this, but it is basically to control our gambling expenses.
No matter how many hours you spend on gambling each week, as long as your expenditures are within the reach, I think you're always gonna be fine.

Track our gambling activities will be important to know how much money we can use to gambling. But that will not easy as it say because we must discipline to manage our money and will not break our rules. The key here is how to allocates your money to be used for playing gambling and with your expenses so you will not use much money to playing gambling while you can fills your daily needs.

Track gambling activities can also helps us to check how much our losses and wins so we can start reducing our losses by limits our money to playing gambling. Maybe it will difficult for the first time because we must write all of things related our gambling activities so we can do that as our daily routine. But that will worth to do as that can be our helps to control our gambling activities.

But make it sure that you wont really be able to make yourself that being impulsive at the moment that you are seeing that your loses is keeping on piling up, because usually people do become that impulsive at the moment that they would really be able to see for themselves that their loses is getting bigger then this is where they would really be that becoming even more impulsive about on the actions that they are making. Instead on trying out to see those tracking for the sake of monitoring that they should stop but it do ended up on that different situation on which they are really that ending up on chasing up those loses because they've seen that they
had lost so much. If  you could be able to control that urge then its good but if you do saw that you are already that chasing then this one isnt that good for you.

Tracking with your gambling activity is something not really that a bad idea as long you do able to control your mind and emotions then there would really be no issues for you to be able
to encounter because the only shit thing that could happen is on the moment that you would really be chasing up your loses.

[rahmad2nd]

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

Maybe, I can't say for sure, because I've never tried it at all. however, it seems that having gambling management is a very good thing for gamblers. specifically, for those who actively bet regardless of the type of game. Well, whatever the gamblers' ideas, the bottom line is that the gambling we do doesn't have a bad impact. the point is, maybe this idea will really help us gamblers. however, I really have never done it. The problem is, it all depends on how we act about this hobby. I mean, if we as gamblers don't have good control over the gambling we do, whatever idea we have for managing gambling, whether it's like what you discussed in this discussion, we will always encounter various obstacles.

But there's no harm for someone to try it, even though it's not a mandatory habit. That's why I'm saying that it's possible that we can apply things like this to help us, even though we always encounter obstacles and difficulties in controlling the gambling we do. This idea can help, but it all comes back to the gamblers. The problem is, something that is not mandatory is difficult for us to conceptualize. Even staying committed and consistent is quite complicated for us to apply, especially when we bet, whether we win or lose. So, so that ideas like the ones we discuss run as they should. It requires commitment and consistency in its implementation, especially for someone who actively gambles.

[Woodie]

What's the whole point of keeping these records???

Is this going to be used as some kind of evidence that your bookie is scamming you or something

Tbh, sorry to say this but this sounds amateurish because the second you start counting your losses over a session of gambling...trust me the next step will be you trying to recover that money... and if you ask any experienced gambler, they will tell you it never ends in your favor when it comes to chasing losses!!

Though not to overlook gambling history, this act can actually help to establish which markets you are making profits or know which markets hit you the most so that you can avoid...