Recording gambling activities

[coolcoinz]

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

I think that he just wants to keep track of how much money he lost on a given month. Some people need that to stop dreaming and go back to solid ground.

I don't do that because I treat each session as a separate event. When I end it, I withdraw the money and next time I start playing I remember that last time and how much I made/lost.

[Zoomic]

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

I think that he just wants to keep track of how much money he lost on a given month. Some people need that to stop dreaming and go back to solid ground.

I don't do that because I treat each session as a separate event. When I end it, I withdraw the money and next time I start playing I remember that last time and how much I made/lost.

I do not not think keeping such records will be of help to some people, it might even make things worse. I remember my early days in the university when I would gamble without any wins, I didn't feel good about it. The few times I won were just like a compensation for all the bad days, keeping such records would not be helping matters.

What then is the point of keeping records of your gambling activities if you aren't going to restrict your gambling activities? Gamblers who chase losses already know that they have more losses than they've won so far but they keep playing hoping to cover up such losses. Keeping such gambling records might be useful to some people, but many others would be triggered or motivated by such records to gamble even more than they should.

[Mahanton]

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

I think that he just wants to keep track of how much money he lost on a given month. Some people need that to stop dreaming and go back to solid ground.

I don't do that because I treat each session as a separate event. When I end it, I withdraw the money and next time I start playing I remember that last time and how much I made/lost.

I do not not think keeping such records will be of help to some people, it might even make things worse. I remember my early days in the university when I would gamble without any wins, I didn't feel good about it. The few times I won were just like a compensation for all the bad days, keeping such records would not be helping matters.

What then is the point of keeping records of your gambling activities if you aren't going to restrict your gambling activities? Gamblers who chase losses already know that they have more losses than they've won so far but they keep playing hoping to cover up such losses. Keeping such gambling records might be useful to some people, but many others would be triggered or motivated by such records to gamble even more than they should.

Yes, just like me on which it is really something that i dont want to do on the moment that i have lost money on which i wont really be tending to look back because it would really be that making things worst on which on the moment that you've seen that your loses are becoming bigger then it would really be that impulsive and the worst thing is that you would really be that playing even more on which it would be causing even more loses.
This is why it would be important that on the moment that you are playing gambling then you should really be that not tending to look back on how much you do lost. Just make it sure that the amounts that you are using is really just that only on the amount that you can afford to lose and not something that spending your life savings on which majority is really that been doing and this is why they do mess up.

You should really be that careful when it comes to gambling whether you would really be tracking your activity or not. The main key on here is that moderation and control with your mind and emotions.
Because if you dont have these things then most likely you would really be that losing money and something that could mess up your life if you wont be that careful on the actions that you are taking.
This is why you should really be that considerable on taking up such decisions or steps.

[HONDACD125]

I do not not think keeping such records will be of help to some people, it might even make things worse. I remember my early days in the university when I would gamble without any wins, I didn't feel good about it. The few times I won were just like a compensation for all the bad days, keeping such records would not be helping matters.

What then is the point of keeping records of your gambling activities if you aren't going to restrict your gambling activities? Gamblers who chase losses already know that they have more losses than they've won so far but they keep playing hoping to cover up such losses. Keeping such gambling records might be useful to some people, but many others would be triggered or motivated by such records to gamble even more than they should.

Those who chase their losses are addicted gamblers, and addicted gamblers don't care about such things, they never keep records. Record-keeping gamblers are responsible and disciplined gamblers because when you keep records of your gambling wins and losses and the deposits and withdrawals, it means that you want to understand how much you are spending, how much you have lost or won, and what you need to do to improve your gambling habits so that you don't lose a lot of money, maybe gamble less or with less money.

Besides, this is only done by gamblers who are gambling for money, they care about their wins and losses because they are in it for the profits, those who gamble for fun and to get some entertainment would barely need to keep records of their wins and losses, for them, if they win, it's a bonus, and if they lose, it's just their gambling budget being lost.

[Stable090]

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

Why do you think it’s mandatory? Keeping gambling records is optional, and I don’t have any record of my gambling activities, all what I have is gambling budget, and immediately I used up the budget which I set to gamble with in a day, week, or month, then am going to stop gambling for that moment because I know have already reached my limit. But am not discouraging keeping gambling records, but you shouldn’t say it’s mandatory, maybe people that didn’t keep their gambling records won’t gamble responsibly, or will end up being addicted to gambling. I will say most gamblers hardly keep their gambling records, I can’t imagine writing down if I win in a particular bet or lose.

[Fiatless]

Those who chase their losses are addicted gamblers, and addicted gamblers don't care about such things, they never keep records. Record-keeping gamblers are responsible and disciplined gamblers because when you keep records of your gambling wins and losses and the deposits and withdrawals, it means that you want to understand how much you are spending, how much you have lost or won, and what you need to do to improve your gambling habits so that you don't lose a lot of money, maybe gamble less or with less money.

Besides, this is only done by gamblers who are gambling for money, they care about their wins and losses because they are in it for the profits, those who gamble for fun and to get some entertainment would barely need to keep records of their wins and losses, for them, if they win, it's a bonus, and if they lose, it's just their gambling budget being lost.

Keeping a record is a good practice because it will be beneficial for evaluating your gambling activities for a specific period. It will also help in budgeting and fund allocation to gambling. But I see this action as unnecessary and time-wasting because I gamble with an insignificant part of my income. I don't also need to keep records to be a responsible gambler because I gamble constantly with what I can afford to lose. The gambling history in my account is enough to show how I have gambled over time. I can only keep records of my business activities, gambling is merely for fun.

Anyway, I think people suffering from gambling disorders should consider recording their gambling activities. This move will go a long way in helping them to track how they have fared over a while. Addiction therapists might need this information to determine how far these people are recovering from addiction. This information will be beneficial for the therapist to know the next therapy to administer on his patients.

[Tmoonz]

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?

Yes of course not only in gambling, keeping tracks of records of an activities can be very good as it shows how much of your progress and success along side with your weakness , which will enable you to make an adjustment or readjustment, such practice is a very crucial one when it comes to gambling it keeps you in check of how much of your resources, energy and time that you are allocating to gambling in order for you not to form a victim of indulging irresponsible gambling practice. Thanks @ the op for bringing or reminding us of the important of records keeping as regards to our gambling activities.

[GxSTxV]

Most or I would say all casinos now have the betting history and records of your bets inside their platform, this feature is very important in all casinos and would show you detailed betting information for last 6 months or more. Usually most gamblers are using different casinos at the same time, so all you have to do is calculating the total amount from all the casinos. I really suggest for anyone to keep record on your gambling bets and activity, for a main reason which is monitoring your activities to control them.
Personally, I have even recorded video clips on my bets, especially higher stake bets, eventually, having a total statement about that would happen you adjust it much easier. Mostly, you would see how much did you spend and how much you could withdraw from gambling.

[carlfebz2]

Most or I would say all casinos now have the betting history and records of your bets inside their platform, this feature is very important in all casinos and would show you detailed betting information for last 6 months or more. Usually most gamblers are using different casinos at the same time, so all you have to do is calculating the total amount from all the casinos. I really suggest for anyone to keep record on your gambling bets and activity, for a main reason which is monitoring your activities to control them.
Personally, I have even recorded video clips on my bets, especially higher stake bets, eventually, having a total statement about that would happen you adjust it much easier. Mostly, you would see how much did you spend and how much you could withdraw from gambling.

Isnt it a standard thing? About bet history and on how much you have bet or simply your gambling stats? Yes, there might be some cut-off with those information but most of them would really be showing those histories on which you could really be able to check out on which means that you would really be needing to tally manually on your own because you could directly check it out for yourself whether you had already spend up that much or not. Some couldnt really be able to see or check it out but it would really be that hard to believe on. Just like on what most people been saying on here is that having a tracking is good but
make it sure that you wont really be that losing your cool on the moment that you have seen that you are losing that big. People do mess up their lives on the moment that they've seen
that they had lost so much and trying out now to recover it on which this is a huge mistake that to be done.

[ethereumhunter]

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.

You are right because when someone lose some money, their minds will telling them to try to recover their lost money, no matter if they deposits more money. They must control themselves and trying to leave the casino before it's too late for them to realizes that they getting deeper in the casino. They must prevent the big lose that can happens so with stops playing gambling, they can holds their lose and will not gets more losses. They can record their gambling activities but they must do that every time they playing gambling and that will not easy as they can reminds about their wins or lose.

Tracking your gambling activity can helps you to realizes that you must not use too much money to playing gambling. There are no guarantee you can wins easily in gambling but you can lose your money in short time. You choose what you wants but you must realizes about the risks behinds of playing gambling excessively. Besides that, you must control your mind and emotions so you will not get tempts from gambling easily.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

When I make investments, like a few ones I am currently into, or if I add more money to my business, I always keep track of the monthly turnovers. If I am making a budget for my needs and spending every month, I keep records on frequent occasions, but in terms of gambling, I don't keep any records. I can only have a budget to spend $5 today on gambling, but after that, nothing like record-keeping. I can't even remember the exact amount I won in my last spot bet unless I go back to my casino to check for the record there. 

I don't actually think that keeping a record of one's gambling activity can help the person be a better gambler.

[slapper]

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

I think that he just wants to keep track of how much money he lost on a given month. Some people need that to stop dreaming and go back to solid ground.

I don't do that because I treat each session as a separate event. When I end it, I withdraw the money and next time I start playing I remember that last time and how much I made/lost.

I do not not think keeping such records will be of help to some people, it might even make things worse. I remember my early days in the university when I would gamble without any wins, I didn't feel good about it. The few times I won were just like a compensation for all the bad days, keeping such records would not be helping matters.

What then is the point of keeping records of your gambling activities if you aren't going to restrict your gambling activities? Gamblers who chase losses already know that they have more losses than they've won so far but they keep playing hoping to cover up such losses. Keeping such gambling records might be useful to some people, but many others would be triggered or motivated by such records to gamble even more than they should.

Yes, just like me on which it is really something that i dont want to do on the moment that i have lost money on which i wont really be tending to look back because it would really be that making things worst on which on the moment that you've seen that your loses are becoming bigger then it would really be that impulsive and the worst thing is that you would really be that playing even more on which it would be causing even more loses.
This is why it would be important that on the moment that you are playing gambling then you should really be that not tending to look back on how much you do lost. Just make it sure that the amounts that you are using is really just that only on the amount that you can afford to lose and not something that spending your life savings on which majority is really that been doing and this is why they do mess up.

You should really be that careful when it comes to gambling whether you would really be tracking your activity or not. The main key on here is that moderation and control with your mind and emotions.
Because if you dont have these things then most likely you would really be that losing money and something that could mess up your life if you wont be that careful on the actions that you are taking.
This is why you should really be that considerable on taking up such decisions or steps.

Gamblers gaze forward with eyes wide open, not backward. Betting that you won't regret it is a mindfuck, right? All of it is ludicrous. Even though we know the house wins, we act like we can defy the odds. One can only win by setting and sticking to limits. There's more to gambling than money, so don't overbet. All about the emotional toll

Gambling within your means is playing yourself, not the odds. Discovery of your limitations and triggers. A controlled suicide experiment. However, setting limits means taking charge. You're making gambling a calculated risk with financial consequences. Think of it as a financial firebreak. The easy money myths are being dispelled and probability and emotional control are being taught. If you lose, you're still winning by learning. Learning from every dollar lost. This is like attending the school of hard knocks

[Z_MBFM]

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?

Yes, if one tracks his weekly or monthly gambling activities and calculates the total amount of dollars he has lost and won gambling in those days, he will know for himself whether he should continue gambling. I tracked my activity for a few days and saw that my losses were very high since then I have reduced the amount of gambling. Having a bad gambling addiction I made a decision to take out a bank loan to gamble which gave me a huge hit and motivated me to quit gambling. weaning yourself off gambling can be a smart task by monitoring gambling activity

[SamReomo]

I think that he just wants to keep track of how much money he lost on a given month.

I believe it's not worth it to track how much money someone losses in gambling in a given month because such approach can dishearten some gamblers and it may cause fear in their mind if they lose a lot of money.

The fear of loss always create negative vibes and those negative vibes won't allow anyone to win even next month. Such gamblers end up losing even more next month or somehow get addicted to tracking of those losses.

[Accardo]

Yes, if one tracks his weekly or monthly gambling activities and calculates the total amount of dollars he has lost and won gambling in those days, he will know for himself whether he should continue gambling. I tracked my activity for a few days and saw that my losses were very high since then I have reduced the amount of gambling. Having a bad gambling addiction I made a decision to take out a bank loan to gamble which gave me a huge hit and motivated me to quit gambling. weaning yourself off gambling can be a smart task by monitoring gambling activity

Interestingly said, talking about the record strategy it's effective as it may seem. Just confirming from you about how effective it could be in pointing out how hard we've lost in gambling and as well lead us to reduce our gambling habit. But, in your statement above, was wondering if the addiction which led to going for loan came after you've been recording your activities or before? Just curious. Needful to understand carefully how effective this would be in minimizing gambling addiction and promote self examination for gamblers.

[piebeyb]

I think that he just wants to keep track of how much money he lost on a given month.

I believe it's not worth it to track how much money someone losses in gambling in a given month because such approach can dishearten some gamblers and it may cause fear in their mind if they lose a lot of money.

The fear of loss always create negative vibes and those negative vibes won't allow anyone to win even next month. Such gamblers end up losing even more next month or somehow get addicted to tracking of those losses.

Usually people track and record how much money they lose in gambling because they never realize that gambling is full of risks, so when they experience defeat there is a different feeling within them, namely that they feel they have lost, it is clear that they are not really prepare themselves thoroughly when gambling, at least consciously accepting all the risks when gambling so that there is no need to record, let alone record losses and money that has been lost in gambling, it is clear that it will be useless.

Another reason for those who record and record all their losses is because they want to try to get back the money they lost by continuing to play and hope to get a big win to be able to return all the money they have lost, but in fact it is rare for anyone to stop when they lose. gamblers get big wins, because greedy behavior will definitely make them keep trying to get more and there will be no end until they really run out of all their money and assets, they will realize that what they are doing is useless, all gamblers should be able to enjoy gambling as something fun and also make sure to use money that is ready to lose, it is much safer.

[Nrcewker]

It’s a good practice. But I feel many gamblers are lazy like me. For us doing so much hard work is really a pain. Yes, how we can measure the profits is that if we deposit more and withdraw less, then we can consider that as making losses, and on the other hand, if we win bets and make good withdrawals, then we consider that as profit. I am at least doing this for many years. But to be honest, keeping records can really help you to manage your finances and do strategic gambling.

[Ultegra134]

Why do you think it’s mandatory? Keeping gambling records is optional, and I don’t have any record of my gambling activities, all what I have is gambling budget, and immediately I used up the budget which I set to gamble with in a day, week, or month, then am going to stop gambling for that moment because I know have already reached my limit. But am not discouraging keeping gambling records, but you shouldn’t say it’s mandatory, maybe people that didn’t keep their gambling records won’t gamble responsibly, or will end up being addicted to gambling. I will say most gamblers hardly keep their gambling records, I can’t imagine writing down if I win in a particular bet or lose.

I agree; I've never bothered keeping a record and probably never will. I set a budget and try to stick to it; everything else is completely optional. First of all, I don't really care about what my winning ratio is; thus, I don't feel like there's a need for me to record my bets, whether that's sports betting or regular casino games. What's most important to me is how much money I've spent and how much I've won or lost during my time at the casino, something that is offered in your account's statistics.

[hyudien]

Why do you think it’s mandatory? Keeping gambling records is optional, and I don’t have any record of my gambling activities, all what I have is gambling budget, and immediately I used up the budget which I set to gamble with in a day, week, or month, then am going to stop gambling for that moment because I know have already reached my limit. But am not discouraging keeping gambling records, but you shouldn’t say it’s mandatory, maybe people that didn’t keep their gambling records won’t gamble responsibly, or will end up being addicted to gambling. I will say most gamblers hardly keep their gambling records, I can’t imagine writing down if I win in a particular bet or lose.

I agree; I've never bothered keeping a record and probably never will. I set a budget and try to stick to it; everything else is completely optional. First of all, I don't really care about what my winning ratio is; thus, I don't feel like there's a need for me to record my bets, whether that's sports betting or regular casino games. What's most important to me is how much money I've spent and how much I've won or lost during my time at the casino, something that is offered in your account's statistics.

If we are diligent enough, then we can do it, record every money we use for gambling, but if not then that's no problem, because as said, this is optional. Just by setting a budget, in my opinion, it helps us at least have an idea of ​​how much money we spend on gambling every month.
In my opinion, the most important thing is how we can control ourselves as best as possible. because even if we record every expense we make every time we gamble and at the same time we can't control ourselves, then in my opinion it will also seem useless. Maybe we even get stressed every time we see the money we spent in our notes. That's not good for our mentality in my opinion. But once again this is a choice where if we want then we can do it, and if not that's not a problem either. Because the most important thing is how we can control ourselves as best as possible when gambling.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I think it is great idea to keep record of your gambling activities including your wins and losses too. With tracking your gambling history will help you to identify patterns which you made and can give you a will to make good decisions about your gambling habits. Abd with calculating your total losses you can realize financial impact of your gambling habits and can motivate to reduce your spending. Further more recognizing emotions of losses can help you avoid developing addictive behavior for gambling. Keep record can serve as valuable tool for responsible gambling allow you to set boundaries and make good choices about your gambling activities. It is simple yet effective way to promote accountability and mindfulness in your gambling lifestyle.

Sometimes that can be a little harmful because we would be seeing things as if they were patterns or as if it were something that must be fulfilled and if we train our Brain to see things as a Pattern I think it can go wrong, I say this from my own experience, at first when I played dice I did a control like this, of course with each movement I would write it down, not record it, it just took me more time,  in this case things turn out the same but as we look for errors and say what would have happened if we had made another move? maybe the result would have been the Same , because of what they call: "house advantage".