What is the best way to gamble?

[Onyeeze]

For me, the best way to gamble is by managing my money specifically for the casino, only for betting, nothing more, because if I spend too much, then I'll be in trouble. When you have to pay for everything your rent, your utilities, taxes things change because if you spend too much, you can't pay for the other things that are mandatory, and you'll get into trouble, and that's not what you want. What you want is for the casino to give you options for having good times and winnings.

I completely concur with this one, it is all about getting money used on hobby and money used on day to day life divided rigidly. When you are spending your rent or electricity bill on gambling, then that is a red flag that you could not overlook. Gambling is meant to entertain and hopefully get us some additional money and not to destroy our lives. The best defence mechanism in order to keep our cool is by discipline in maintaining a committed casino budget.

do you know that is spending carelessly is what makes me to always emphasize that each and everyone who is into gambling should make sure that they have a budget when gambling, so I believe that in gambling the most important thing on it is for someone to have a budget and not to spend more than his income, but taking gambling as a priority that is what makes some people to overspend on knowingly to them in gambling, and such kind of spending in gambling is what lead people or gamblers to be addicted without knowing..

[odunybiz]

For me, the best way to gamble is by managing my money specifically for the casino, only for betting, nothing more, because if I spend too much, then I'll be in trouble. When you have to pay for everything your rent, your utilities, taxes things change because if you spend too much, you can't pay for the other things that are mandatory, and you'll get into trouble, and that's not what you want. What you want is for the casino to give you options for having good times and winnings.

I completely concur with this one, it is all about getting money used on hobby and money used on day to day life divided rigidly. When you are spending your rent or electricity bill on gambling, then that is a red flag that you could not overlook. Gambling is meant to entertain and hopefully get us some additional money and not to destroy our lives. The best defence mechanism in order to keep our cool is by discipline in maintaining a committed casino budget.

do you know that is spending carelessly is what makes me to always emphasize that each and everyone who is into gambling should make sure that they have a budget when gambling, so I believe that in gambling the most important thing on it is for someone to have a budget and not to spend more than his income, but taking gambling as a priority that is what makes some people to overspend on knowingly to them in gambling, and such kind of spending in gambling is what lead people or gamblers to be addicted without knowing..

Budgeting is very important in one financial life. It isn't only in gambling that this is needed. Most gamblers found themselves in mess today because they don't have a limit to what they can bet on daily, weekly or monthly basis. At the end, they end up gambling with more than they can avoid while trying to pursue loses. Making use of a good financial budget can help you out of such mess.

[Insanity]

For me, the best way to gamble is by managing my money specifically for the casino, only for betting, nothing more, because if I spend too much, then I'll be in trouble. When you have to pay for everything your rent, your utilities, taxes things change because if you spend too much, you can't pay for the other things that are mandatory, and you'll get into trouble, and that's not what you want. What you want is for the casino to give you options for having good times and winnings.

I completely concur with this one, it is all about getting money used on hobby and money used on day to day life divided rigidly. When you are spending your rent or electricity bill on gambling, then that is a red flag that you could not overlook. Gambling is meant to entertain and hopefully get us some additional money and not to destroy our lives. The best defence mechanism in order to keep our cool is by discipline in maintaining a committed casino budget.

do you know that is spending carelessly is what makes me to always emphasize that each and everyone who is into gambling should make sure that they have a budget when gambling, so I believe that in gambling the most important thing on it is for someone to have a budget and not to spend more than his income, but taking gambling as a priority that is what makes some people to overspend on knowingly to them in gambling, and such kind of spending in gambling is what lead people or gamblers to be addicted without knowing..

Both of you are pointing a very valuable lesson: it is not about the winning, but control and discipline when it comes to gambling. It is necessary to make a division of the gambling money and the day to day money since as soon as the rent or bill money comes in, it is dangerous. Budgeting is one thing, but the challenge of being able to adhere to it is the most important especially in the times of losses. It is a trap of pursuing the losses, which, many times, gives rise to even greater issues. It also helps to consider gambling money as a cost incurred, and any probability of winning is a bonus. Eventually, gambling must be treated as a source of entertainment rather than financial benefit and concern.

[Mandoy]

Yea fun is the main reason why people gamble in the first place, but some times we see that gambler's can also have a different perspective about their gambling, such that it becomes more than fun to them, gamblzto such people is about making the profits that way if they lose, the regard gambling as no fun and if their win the celebrate as having fun, so for that reason we can say that gambling is both for fun and for money making depending on which side you view it from.

Fun is not the main reason for everyone as some persons mainly gamble for the profit the activity promises to offer as reward and I think it's just a few population that gambles mainly for fun and entertainment. Even to an extend some persons that started with the idea of just catching fun do turn and change towards profit making, which in certain cases like that it's due to conditions and circumstances that requires funds that their outside their income.

It is best to gamble depending on your psychology, however, the fact is that it is impossible to find the sure way to win all the time. When you think of gambling as a source of amusement, then chances are higher that you will resist the temptation of going on chasing losses. But when profit is the primary focus, emotions are able to supersede the decision and result in bad choices. One should know where to stop, use your bankroll well and be able to accept the losses as a part of the game. Gambling is nothing that should be regarded as a stable income, it should be treated as a risky undertaking where the house will win in the long run.

[drangos]

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I think there are actually more people playing for the sake of fun than you actually assume, in my opinion.
I am one of those who try new slots in fun mode / demo mode instead of jumping right away to gamble with real money, so you could say I spen some of my time partaking in slots for fun.

It is true though that profit is what drives the majority of people to gamble and stick to gambling, mainly because of all the advertising lottery winners and jackpot winners get by administrations of casinos and bookies.

As long as those big expectations are set in place and continue to be fed, people will continue to stick to casinos because of greed.

Those who are playing without depositing money probably using free casino sites or demo mode to play games can say they are playing for fun but for those who deposit money and expecting to win back their deposit is no longer a fun game again. Because if they loss, they would be angry about the lose. And the fun comes when you win and not when you lose. In demo mode, you can play for fun because you lose nothing.

I believe that both of you have good points however, the difference is all about expectations. The pure entertainment in the demo mode is because there is no risk involved so it is not difficult to have fun in it without any stress. But as soon as money is at stake, it is human nature to have a desire of winning something back despite their claims of just playing it as fun. It is then that gambling ceases to be fun and it becomes sentimental. The fact is that casinos are always ahead and false hope is made through incessant advertisement of big winners. Gambling should be used like entertainment which costs money, and one should accept losses.

[Altryist]

do you know that is spending carelessly is what makes me to always emphasize that each and everyone who is into gambling should make sure that they have a budget when gambling, so I believe that in gambling the most important thing on it is for someone to have a budget and not to spend more than his income, but taking gambling as a priority that is what makes some people to overspend on knowingly to them in gambling, and such kind of spending in gambling is what lead people or gamblers to be addicted without knowing..

Not spending more than you earn is the wrong approach, as losing everything you've earned is already a sign of gambling addiction. To play without affecting your budget, you can spend only a small portion of the money you save from your earnings on entertainment. Ultimately, losing 1% of your monthly earnings won't make a significant difference, but losing everything you've earned will definitely leave you short when it's time to pay your bills.

[Jostern]

There is a reason why it’s always said to gamble responsibly, because when you gamble responsibly you have a good understanding of what you are doing, now talking about wanting to win more is a different scenario when you have that money available for you to increase your stake, I have seen a situation where you have to be winning and you don’t have more funds to boost your gambling which might not be possible because you don’t have more money available, you can possibly stake what you have available, when you also have money to increase your stake then you can now be taking more money to gamble to also have more profit of winning, like we all know is when you stake high that is when you have to win more, so you have to gamble responsibly.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

Yea fun is the main reason why people gamble in the first place, but some times we see that gambler's can also have a different perspective about their gambling, such that it becomes more than fun to them, gamblzto such people is about making the profits that way if they lose, the regard gambling as no fun and if their win the celebrate as having fun, so for that reason we can say that gambling is both for fun and for money making depending on which side you view it from.

Fun is not the main reason for everyone as some persons mainly gamble for the profit the activity promises to offer as reward and I think it's just a few population that gambles mainly for fun and entertainment. Even to an extend some persons that started with the idea of just catching fun do turn and change towards profit making, which in certain cases like that it's due to conditions and circumstances that requires funds that their outside their income.

The things is real life pressure can push people to start seeing gambling as a source of income.. But honestly, it is a big problem..

Gambling does not even have any stable structure like a real income source, so once someone starts making profit becomes the main goal, emotion can take over and decisions will start to get worse..  At least when it’s done for fun, you will kidda see anything you win as a bonus… no pressure…

[danadc]

Both of you are pointing a very valuable lesson: it is not about the winning, but control and discipline when it comes to gambling.

That is easy to say but very difficult to do because in every game we are in a casino, in the moment of winning we are in another mode, in the mode of wanting to win, the emcoin and there is also the reason, only the reason is a very quiet voice, many things may happen at the moment, a surge of adrenaline energy and we bet more and that's it until there Everything, if I am convinced that discipline can be done, discipline is necessary but it is not from one day to the next, it takes time.

[junder]

The things is real life pressure can push people to start seeing gambling as a source of income.. But honestly, it is a big problem..

Gambling does not even have any stable structure like a real income source, so once someone starts making profit becomes the main goal, emotion can take over and decisions will start to get worse..  At least when it’s done for fun, you will kidda see anything you win as a bonus… no pressure…

It’s true that many people face stress in their lives, and financial problems tend to be the most common issue everyone faces.

With the rise of online gambling, quite a few of them view gambling as a shortcut to earning money, but it’s true that when this happens it becomes a major problem.

Winnings from gambling should really be viewed as a bonus, and you shouldn’t try to chase them because it won’t be easy to succeed in fact, doing so could make things worse.

[impulse709]

do you know that is spending carelessly is what makes me to always emphasize that each and everyone who is into gambling should make sure that they have a budget when gambling, so I believe that in gambling the most important thing on it is for someone to have a budget and not to spend more than his income, but taking gambling as a priority that is what makes some people to overspend on knowingly to them in gambling, and such kind of spending in gambling is what lead people or gamblers to be addicted without knowing..

Not spending more than you earn is the wrong approach, as losing everything you've earned is already a sign of gambling addiction. To play without affecting your budget, you can spend only a small portion of the money you save from your earnings on entertainment. Ultimately, losing 1% of your monthly earnings won't make a significant difference, but losing everything you've earned will definitely leave you short when it's time to pay your bills.

I do not think it can necessarily depend on the duration of time a person is gambling, but his or her consciousness of his or her limits. It is desirable to set some time limit; especially to those who are still learning to master their emotions because the latter will get in control easily. However, discipline is even more significant than time. No rigid guidelines can be given which an upright person must be aware when he or she should cease whether in victory or defeat. The real danger begins when the gambling is no longer fun and it is the quest to lose. An hour at such a time is harmful. Time and money management and the fact, that I am more aware of myself is the safest way to me.

[ZeroVinsonN]

Budgeting is very important in one financial life. It isn't only in gambling that this is needed. Most gamblers found themselves in mess today because they don't have a limit to what they can bet on daily, weekly or monthly basis. At the end, they end up gambling with more than they can avoid while trying to pursue loses. Making use of a good financial budget can help you out of such mess.

A lot of people don't really think about putting a limit of how much of their money they should be willing to gamble with, they do not see the importance of keeping their spending habit in check especially when it comes to gambling, once you don't have a bankroll as a gambler you are already spiralling down to experiencing a financial crisis, it's usually not obvious at first but over time the changes begin to become more noticeable, at this point a person id already spending more on gambling than their back account can sustain, debt starts to appear but at this point it's usually already to late, as the person is already addicted to gambling, and you can not control how much you gamble with if you can't control your addiction to it.

[Insanity]

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I think there are actually more people playing for the sake of fun than you actually assume, in my opinion.
I am one of those who try new slots in fun mode / demo mode instead of jumping right away to gamble with real money, so you could say I spen some of my time partaking in slots for fun.

It is true though that profit is what drives the majority of people to gamble and stick to gambling, mainly because of all the advertising lottery winners and jackpot winners get by administrations of casinos and bookies.

As long as those big expectations are set in place and continue to be fed, people will continue to stick to casinos because of greed.

Those who are playing without depositing money probably using free casino sites or demo mode to play games can say they are playing for fun but for those who deposit money and expecting to win back their deposit is no longer a fun game again. Because if they loss, they would be angry about the lose. And the fun comes when you win and not when you lose. In demo mode, you can play for fun because you lose nothing.

The gamble would seem fun initially due to the demo version where there is no money on the line but as soon as the real money is added the psychology shifts fast. Majority of the population will not deposit hoping to have fun, they are looking to win, and that will cause them to be under pressure. In cases of losses, the pleasure is gone and frustration replaces it. This is also cultivated by casinos by perpetually encouraging the fact that winners are big and therefore, thus making people think that people win more than they actually do. Personally, I think that the most appropriate method of gambling is to take it as entertainment only, and bet an amount of money that you are perfectly happy to lose.

[Dunamisx]

Everyone know what is best for them to do and should also identify the necessary things that will not cost them as they Gamble, that is why there must big precautionary measures taken to ensure that we are gambling with a sense of urgency that restrict us from being an addicted or irresponsible kind of gambler, we should plan ourselves well, set target and also make sure that things are done the way they are expected, this will make the whole lot of gambling experience full of fun without any reason to regret anything we do.

[Achalugo BTC]

do you know that is spending carelessly is what makes me to always emphasize that each and everyone who is into gambling should make sure that they have a budget when gambling, so I believe that in gambling the most important thing on it is for someone to have a budget and not to spend more than his income, but taking gambling as a priority that is what makes some people to overspend on knowingly to them in gambling, and such kind of spending in gambling is what lead people or gamblers to be addicted without knowing..

You've highlighted the fact and that's true, why most gamblers are always caught up in the situation of getting addicted and gambling irresponsibly is because they have taken upon themselves that gambling should their priority, which they see it as their only source of survival, which always makes them to easily lose control and do things that will cause them more of harm and has also affect their financial status, which might lead them into becoming bankrupt, which they will find it difficult to escape.

[Queen uloma]

Some people gamble for fun which is the right reason someone should gamble. If you want money from gambling, let it be small in a way that you will still not use more than small amount of money to gamble. Do not gamble because you want to make money and be using high amount of money to gamble because gamblers are always losing than winning. The losses are so much more.

I agree with you, gambling is designed to favor the house more than the players, no matter how careful one think they are, they will still end up losing money. So the best way is to see gambling as entertainment not where to make money. When you bet with big money it can often lead to serious losses and depression.  When you see gambling as purely entertainment it helps to prevent chasing losses or making emotional decisions.
So,  when you stop seeing gambling as entertainment or trying to recover losses, it leads to bigger risks, which will be very difficult to escape.

[Africolo]

Gambling is actually meant to increase what you have staked with, like you aim to increase the worth of money you have. If gambling is about to increase your money, do we gamble gradually or we have to take the risk by increasing our stake since it is the purpose that we are gambling, which is to make profit.

If you gamble gradually, it won't guarantee your winning and if you increase your stake it won't either. If you increase your risk and win, you will know that you have really gambled and if you also lose as you increase your risk, you also know that you have gambled.

So is gambling really for a gradual process or is gradual way of gambling is for the weak minds in gambling. I have not seen a gradual gambler who doesn't take risk that has made really big win.

So what is the point? What do you say?

When a gambler take gambling as his priority he will surely find himself in addictions and it becomes difficult when you gamble beyond self control , the sole aim of every individual that gambles is to make profits from it and the level of risk they take determines the potential payout they get, that is to say if you gamble with a little amount you will still win a little amount of money from it, it all depends on what you can willingly stake with and that's the most important aspect of it, we all stake to increase the little amount we have at hand and get disappointed when we couldn't maximize any profit.

The best way I think should be implored by gamblers is to bet with the little they can afford to loose and also have a budget and bankroll Management for themselves, that will help them gamble responsibly without having to spend recklessly in course of betting, so gamblers shouldn't depend on it for survival but see it as a means for fun and entertainment.

[Showlove01]

do you know that is spending carelessly is what makes me to always emphasize that each and everyone who is into gambling should make sure that they have a budget when gambling, so I believe that in gambling the most important thing on it is for someone to have a budget and not to spend more than his income, but taking gambling as a priority that is what makes some people to overspend on knowingly to them in gambling, and such kind of spending in gambling is what lead people or gamblers to be addicted without knowing..

You've highlighted the fact and that's true, why most gamblers are always caught up in the situation of getting addicted and gambling irresponsibly is because they have taken upon themselves that gambling should their priority, which they see it as their only source of survival, which always makes them to easily lose control and do things that will cause them more of harm and has also affect their financial status, which might lead them into becoming bankrupt, which they will find it difficult to escape.

Gambling is a  game of luck especially sports bet so I don't see why someone will have to take or make such a thing as a means of getting a living it is very wrong because this luck doesn't happen all the time in gambling but rather it happens when we don't expect it to happen and sometimes when it will happen, we will be so unfortunate to gamble with a very little amount and trust me I know how painful this can be, using a little amount to stake on a huge odds and the game finally clear.

[Achalugo BTC]

Gambling is a  game of luck especially sports bet so I don't see why someone will have to take or make such a thing as a means of getting a living it is very wrong because this luck doesn't happen all the time in gambling but rather it happens when we don't expect it to happen and sometimes when it will happen, we will be so unfortunate to gamble with a very little amount and trust me I know how painful this can be, using a little amount to stake on a huge odds and the game finally clear.

On point, though for some gamblers its tough decision to make, and no matter the advised given to them, they will still do what it's in their mind and until they are encounter with disaster or what will ruin their lives. That is when they will know that they are to do the necessary adjustments, which the damage has already be done. But, despite that its good to gamble responsibly and avoid whatever thing that will make or lead you into what you will later regret.

[danherbias07]

There is a reason why it’s always said to gamble responsibly, because when you gamble responsibly you have a good understanding of what you are doing, now talking about wanting to win more is a different scenario when you have that money available for you to increase your stake, I have seen a situation where you have to be winning and you don’t have more funds to boost your gambling which might not be possible because you don’t have more money available, you can possibly stake what you have available, when you also have money to increase your stake then you can now be taking more money to gamble to also have more profit of winning, like we all know is when you stake high that is when you have to win more, so you have to gamble responsibly.

For short, that's greed. Well, it's actually difficult to control that sin. It's natural to come out, especially if a person is cornered by poverty. He/She will want to keep on winning to have money for his needs and all the bills that need to be paid. Greed can be fueled when a person is in debt or needs to find a solution to their financial problem. It's not recommended to do so because it can just deepen the problem, but it will not be easy for a person who has their mind clouded by many problems.
The best way to gamble is to be in control, but not many gamblers can do this. Sometimes we will learn it the hard way.