Are you developing as a player?

[Jody.Drummer]

Though you said that gamblers for fun should stay clear from this post, but don't you think there are too many questions which requires a simple answer? For me, All this questions doesn't really matter. gambling is not for business porpos so no matter the type of strategy you need to make it a profitable business, am sorry you wouldn't get it. neither from Gamblers for fun or Gamblers for profit. Because both party are subjected to win and lose. Try as much as possible to gamble with your spear money. or always keep some percentage of money aside from your salary each week or month Maybe like %5 to gamble with. But don't think of it as business otherwise you becomes addicted to loss and becomes emotionally traumatized.

I agree with you, there is indeed no accurate strategy to be able to gain profit in gambling. However, with the many types of gambling, there are some that must be done with skill and this is where players can improve their skills until it can be said that there is development, for example with those who initially played games that required skill with no skills at all, then when he likes the game then there is a possibility that the player will find a way to have a strategy to increase his chances of winning.
The thing that must be prevented is excessive addiction, so it is better if we can set a certain amount to be allocated to gambling with the note not to extend the gambling session again when it ends in defeat.

[Pandu Geddon]

I think this question is kinda suited for those who started poorly, less disciplined I meant, or maybe the addicted gamblers too, I am just not one of them, I understand very well how unsafe gambling can be so I am been more careful is all.

Yes, I experienced this. my sports betting at the beginning of my gambling was very bad. I used to just bet on some matches with small Odds. without even knowing the quality of the competing teams. I chose randomly the leagues provided by the sportsbook. even making multiple bets with several teams that very often made me lose.
I learned a lot from my own experience. now I am more careful in making bets and not doing it randomly like before. although sometimes the ambition to continue betting when there is a popular event like the World Cup cannot be avoided.

[danherbias07]

I think this question is kinda suited for those who started poorly, less disciplined I meant, or maybe the addicted gamblers too, I am just not one of them, I understand very well how unsafe gambling can be so I am been more careful is all.

Yes, I experienced this. my sports betting at the beginning of my gambling was very bad. I used to just bet on some matches with small Odds. without even knowing the quality of the competing teams. I chose randomly the leagues provided by the sportsbook. even making multiple bets with several teams that very often made me lose.
I learned a lot from my own experience. now I am more careful in making bets and not doing it randomly like before. although sometimes the ambition to continue betting when there is a popular event like the World Cup cannot be avoided.

That's what the thread is all about. Developing as a player.

I think many of us who have been in the gambling industry either sports or casino games know better how cruel the life of a gambler is and we learned from it.
We cannot be stuck just playing over and over again without even thinking about what is next. We need to grow. Honestly, there will still be times that we are dragged by our emotions but we know better and pauses will definitely help in this kind of situation as our mind can be cleared when we take some good rest.
It's not a perfect solution but it's better than nothing and it's all up to us on how disciplined we can be at staying with our budgeted amount and then calling it a day if it loses.

[junder]

I think many of us who have been in the gambling industry either sports or casino games know better how cruel the life of a gambler is and we learned from it.
We cannot be stuck just playing over and over again without even thinking about what is next. We need to grow. Honestly, there will still be times that we are dragged by our emotions but we know better and pauses will definitely help in this kind of situation as our mind can be cleared when we take some good rest.
It's not a perfect solution but it's better than nothing and it's all up to us on how disciplined we can be at staying with our budgeted amount and then calling it a day if it loses.

I have never done sports betting online, when there is a big game coming up I usually do real life betting by betting with one or more of my friends depending on how they choose their favorite team. Once I heard someone say that sports betting seems easy to do and if I'm not mistaken we can place bets when the game is about to finish, whether that's true or not but I myself am not interested and until now I have never done sports betting online. Maybe if I was interested in doing this kind of betting I would find a way to minimize the risk of losing the bet. Apart from that I agree with what you said sometimes we can get carried away by our own emotions and I think this applies to all players in making any type of bet.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Not today, but over the years I have changed.  When I played poker there was a time when I improved as a player. As for casino games, fortunately, instead of ending badly, over time I have been gambling less frequently, always with money I could afford, and knowing how to stop in time.

[laijsica]

I think many of us who have been in the gambling industry either sports or casino games know better how cruel the life of a gambler is and we learned from it.
We cannot be stuck just playing over and over again without even thinking about what is next. We need to grow. Honestly, there will still be times that we are dragged by our emotions but we know better and pauses will definitely help in this kind of situation as our mind can be cleared when we take some good rest.
It's not a perfect solution but it's better than nothing and it's all up to us on how disciplined we can be at staying with our budgeted amount and then calling it a day if it loses.

I have never done sports betting online, when there is a big game coming up I usually do real life betting by betting with one or more of my friends depending on how they choose their favorite team. Once I heard someone say that sports betting seems easy to do and if I'm not mistaken we can place bets when the game is about to finish, whether that's true or not but I myself am not interested and until now I have never done sports betting online. Maybe if I was interested in doing this kind of betting I would find a way to minimize the risk of losing the bet. Apart from that I agree with what you said sometimes we can get carried away by our own emotions and I think this applies to all players in making any type of bet.

It's amazing that you haven't experienced the fun of sports betting yet. Many of my friends including me have made a lot of income from this betting. Yes physical bet is very popular and people enjoy playing at fixed locations and betting with each other it can be one of the ways to earn money. I have a group of friends and get together to place bets on fixed gambling games and enjoy physical gambling and of course we refrain from overstepping our limits because we all have families. There will a massive crowd at the designated venue for the upcoming big game. I usually prepare for that time. I think this betting involves only entertainment and feeling of joy.

[Z390]

Right out of the box, I have also ended up noticing that the less frequently I gamble the better, this is why I believe that gambling on its own is like a hidden force that drives people to just keep risking all they can, if care isn't taken this is how people end up becoming an addicted gambler.

At first, I struggled, staying on a particular amount of money every time you gamble can be very hard, especially if you are someone who makes money, I mean a good amount of money every week or monthly, that feeling of keep trying was a war I fought for the first few weeks until I get used to it, in the end, I suspected that it was because I intended to make money from gambling.

Later I ended up lowering the time I spent on gambling activities and I have felt better since then, I pity people who are new to gambling, that spirit of ' I want to hit it big' will take over your mind and God helps you, if you don't fight this battle first you could end up losing yourself.

[viljy]

I am not developing as a player, because I believe that sports betting is just entertainment, not work. That's why I'm not betting any huge sums. And I don't do any thoughtful analyses of teams and players. I just enjoy the winnings, albeit small ones. I don't think it's necessary to make betting your profession or devote a huge portion of your time to it. However, I do not exclude that there are people who can think exactly the opposite..

[Mpamaegbu]

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A gambler can develop his skills of analyzing teams that he thinks can perform and those that can not, over time he'll be able to master a strategy for bets. Although it's not a guarantee that your strategy will work out no matter how many years of experience that you've had in sports bet.

That's why I see it as more or less of an instinct than skills when it comes to choosing a winning team/game. It's instinct and luck. There's no level of skill that can make anyone know what another person has going on in their mind and that's why outcome of games depend on luck and chance.

I am not developing as a player, because I believe that sports betting is just entertainment, not work. That's why I'm not betting any huge sums. And I don't do any thoughtful analyses of teams and players. I just enjoy the winnings, albeit small ones.

That's the best way to go about it. Just chill and see it as a leisure than as, "a must win situation thing". That way, one isn't pressured into anything and addiction is put under control.

[AVE5]

If you take your entire gaming history, would you say that you have learned anything during this time?
In other words, are you progressing as a player? Is your strategy improving? Is the quality of risk management and money management improving? Have you learned to control your emotions? Are your winning statistics stable? Do losses keep you out of the game? Have you learned to recover from losses? Are you getting better at predicting the results of sports matches?

Is it really possible to eliminate the fact of accepting that betting to win in the sports bets are lied on lucky? Whether yes or no, I'm sure that  I've learnt within my gambling experience and that's self control when realizing that as the profit flows or as I'm catched up with my goals, if I'm not being careful I may be loosing in a long run due to over confidence that everyday would be a cash out days.
I've also learnt how to accept losses and when taking a risk, I should only indulge on activities that I'd be affordable at lost.
And yes, looses does keep me out of the games because I can't afford to continue loosing knowing I'm staking with my money.

[taufik123]

I am not developing as a player, because I believe that sports betting is just entertainment, not work. That's why I'm not betting any huge sums. And I don't do any thoughtful analyses of teams and players. I just enjoy the winnings, albeit small ones.

That's the best way to go about it. Just chill and see it as a leisure than as, "a must win situation thing". That way, one isn't pressured into anything and addiction is put under control.

That kind of feeling is really needed, rather than just chasing a win on every bet.
There is no situation that always has to be won, sometimes luck will not be on the side even if the team chosen as a bet is the best team.

I also do bets only as entertainment and there will be no pressure and necessity to win,
the main goal is to enjoy the match and if win it is a bonus that I get.

Only a small amount of money I use to bet on football predictions and some games like slots, dice, Blackjack etc.
And I was also aware that forcing something to keep winning would bring me to a detrimental level of addiction.

[Frankolala]

I think this question is kinda suited for those who started poorly, less disciplined I meant, or maybe the addicted gamblers too, I am just not one of them, I understand very well how unsafe gambling can be so I am been more careful is all.

Yes, I experienced this. my sports betting at the beginning of my gambling was very bad. I used to just bet on some matches with small Odds. without even knowing the quality of the competing teams. I chose randomly the leagues provided by the sportsbook. even making multiple bets with several teams that very often made me lose.
I learned a lot from my own experience. now I am more careful in making bets and not doing it randomly like before. although sometimes the ambition to continue betting when there is a popular event like the World Cup cannot be avoided.

That's what the thread is all about. Developing as a player.

I think many of us who have been in the gambling industry either sports or casino games know better how cruel the life of a gambler is and we learned from it.
We cannot be stuck just playing over and over again without even thinking about what is next. We need to grow. Honestly, there will still be times that we are dragged by our emotions but we know better and pauses will definitely help in this kind of situation as our mind can be cleared when we take some good rest.
It's not a perfect solution but it's better than nothing and it's all up to us on how disciplined we can be at staying with our budgeted amount and then calling it a day if it loses.

I am very happy on the area which i have developed as a gambler because I could remember when i started gambling, I gamble excessively which brought losses upon losses and I became addicted. It took some time for me to overcome addiction and that has thought me a big lesson in life.

I can control myself when gambling by using the amount of money that i can avoid to lose and also setting time limits for my gambling activities. This alone makes me feel happy and stay free from much losses. There is no how a gambler will develop his skill in gambling, his losses will still be higher than his wins.

[Dewi Aries]

I am not developing as a player, because I believe that sports betting is just entertainment, not work. That's why I'm not betting any huge sums. And I don't do any thoughtful analyses of teams and players. I just enjoy the winnings, albeit small ones. I don't think it's necessary to make betting your profession or devote a huge portion of your time to it. However, I do not exclude that there are people who can think exactly the opposite..

Yes, I think I agree with you on this, and the only development that I think is not wrong to do is when your development goal leads to something good like making yourself more developed in terms of preventive measures by prioritizing it, but if your development goal is to achieve more wins then I think in the end it will most likely just be a waste of time. On the other hand, yes I understand that skills are needed in sports, but they should not be prioritized, in any type of gambling a gambler is required to be better at enjoying whatever the situation is, winning or losing, because I think even though you have good development in terms of skills, it does not mean that you will be completely free from the possibility of losing, and another thing I believe is when you dedicate yourself seriously to getting more wins then one thing is that there is a big possibility of an emotional reaction that will occur when you are experiencing defeat and of course that can be a more serious problem, so it is better to make gambling a form of entertainment without caring too much about the chances of winning.

[red4slash]

I think this question is kinda suited for those who started poorly, less disciplined I meant, or maybe the addicted gamblers too, I am just not one of them, I understand very well how unsafe gambling can be so I am been more careful is all.

Yes, I experienced this. my sports betting at the beginning of my gambling was very bad. I used to just bet on some matches with small Odds. without even knowing the quality of the competing teams. I chose randomly the leagues provided by the sportsbook. even making multiple bets with several teams that very often made me lose.
I learned a lot from my own experience. now I am more careful in making bets and not doing it randomly like before. although sometimes the ambition to continue betting when there is a popular event like the World Cup cannot be avoided.

Sometimes things like this can always happen because of a less objective assessment of something or it could be because the club we always support is one of the favorites so even if we lose we are still confident enough to do it but this is precisely what is a small disturbance indirectly.

This has happened to me on a number of occasions including last season where I was less than objective in the Bundesliga especially when Union Berlin were playing.

Honestly, this can be avoided but on the other hand, it can also eventually become complicated because sometimes even though we realize this is a mistake but when our thoughts are always focused on an indication where there is a lack of research on the club we like, things like this will continue to happen again and again which makes objectivity weaker when betting.

[Accardo]

Later I ended up lowering the time I spent on gambling activities and I have felt better since then, I pity people who are new to gambling, that spirit of ' I want to hit it big' will take over your mind and God helps you, if you don't fight this battle first you could end up losing yourself.

It's of no importance to pity people in a situation like that, as the lessons that comes with it, could change the player's thoughts of gambling for life. However, commendably, you've made a nice shift to a better gambling stage, by letting go such a perspective, which have ruined most gamblers like a plaque.

[Ultegra134]

I am very happy on the area which i have developed as a gambler because I could remember when i started gambling, I gamble excessively which brought losses upon losses and I became addicted. It took some time for me to overcome addiction and that has thought me a big lesson in life.

I can control myself when gambling by using the amount of money that i can avoid to lose and also setting time limits for my gambling activities. This alone makes me feel happy and stay free from much losses. There is no how a gambler will develop his skill in gambling, his losses will still be higher than his wins.

You didn't only develop as a gambler but also as a person. You went overboard by placing irresponsible bets and gambling more than you should have, ending up addicted, but in the end, you managed to overcome your addiction and set boundaries. This means much more than earning a few games or matches; it means that you developed self-control through your misconduct, which may assist you later on in life. 

Unfortunately, it's extremely easy to be fooled as a newbie gambler and fall into the trap of beginner's luck. The first few victories motivate you and make you thirsty for more, and ultimately, if you do not control it, it slowly consumes you, leading to addiction.

[Tmoonz]

I want to ask everyone interested in the topic of betting a question: are you developing as a betting player? Now I don't mean casino games that are completely dependent on luck. I write about sports and other bets in which you can make a profit in the long term, although it is very difficult and the percentage of such players is very small.
 I also ask that those who “play for fun” not take part in the discussion. Such people, in my opinion, have little valuable to say on this topic.
 If you take your entire gaming history, would you say that you have learned anything during this time?
In other words, are you progressing as a player? Is your strategy improving? Is the quality of risk management and money management improving? Have you learned to control your emotions? Are your winning statistics stable? Do losses keep you out of the game? Have you learned to recover from losses? Are you getting better at predicting the results of sports matches?

Firstly, I have learnt so many things compared to the past alot has really been learnt over the years of gambling,

I am progressing because there are so many improvements in all ramifications, such as the following:

Such as the risk management and the money management and more especially the emotional aspects too

Well losses at most times keeps me out of the for he who fights and and run away lives to fight to another day hence am not completely nock out of the game.

Your losses are your losses and your winning are just your winning recovering losses is just a matter of time for others because as for me am my winning is more than my losses ever since I started gambling.

Hahahahah getting better in predictions yeah some times I do forget or get carried away to try other strategies though not always as good as the one am more used to then I ended going back to the one that works for me most.

[Rockstarguy]

If you take your entire gaming history, would you say that you have learned anything during this time?
In other words, are you progressing as a player? Is your strategy improving? Is the quality of risk management and money management improving? Have you learned to control your emotions? Are your winning statistics stable? Do losses keep you out of the game? Have you learned to recover from losses? Are you getting better at predicting the results of sports matches?

Is it really possible to eliminate the fact of accepting that betting to win in the sports bets are lied on lucky? Whether yes or no, I'm sure that  I've learnt within my gambling experience and that's self control when realizing that as the profit flows or as I'm catched up with my goals, if I'm not being careful I may be loosing in a long run due to over confidence that everyday would be a cash out days.
I've also learnt how to accept losses and when taking a risk, I should only indulge on activities that I'd be affordable at lost.
And yes, looses does keep me out of the games because I can't afford to continue loosing knowing I'm staking with my money.

Self control is a character that gamblers really needs to develop because when one lacks this habit it can really cause a lot damages very difficult to come out from it. Accepting loses is another development gamblers needs to crave for and put it in practice, infact not just Accepting loses but also learn to play with the amount you can afford to lose. I think it is very important for gamblers to be very conscious with their gambling lifestyle to check their self if their is an ammendment that needs to be done that will improve a good gambling lifestyle. I appreciate gamblers who make sures they develop a good gambling pattern.

[boltz]

Not today, but over the years I have changed.  When I played poker there was a time when I improved as a player. As for casino games, fortunately, instead of ending badly, over time I have been gambling less frequently, always with money I could afford, and knowing how to stop in time.

When it comes to poker I can say I have improved a lot and I continue to improve when I play poker. However , when it comes to casino I don't even know how to play roulette and the only thing I'm decent is BlackJack but other than this ,I really have no skills in casino because I really don't play slots roulette etc.

Now , when it comes to sports betting , I can say no matter how good you get , no matter how much you watch some certain teams and no matter how confident you are on your picks ....in the end I think it's just about luck and on the last places we find confidence , strategies and other factors.

[EarnOnVictor]

I choose no, because I think me developing as a player in gambling or how I play is because of my skills that I develop in my work, well because I have a work that requires critical thinking and logical thinking, in short a programmer, and I notice that I'm more skilled day by day because I keep my mind exercise and developing as I need it for my work and I saw it when I also play gamble especially gambling card games.

What are you saying? I purposely replied to your post even as unclear as it is for you to expatiate on it as it all looks confusing. The reason is that I am so curious to know how your development in gambling helps your scope of programming to the point that it helps you widen the initiatives by "critical and logical thinking" as you called them. For me, I see no correlation here but it would be so helpful if you could explain yourself better, after all, no one knows it all, let me learn from you.