unrealistic target make us lose in gambling

[Sanitough]

With $20 I am satisfied with $4, but I will still withdraw the money until another day after it get to at least $10. I am satisfied to withdraw $10 which is 1.5 odds.

It’s good if you’re not greedy but I have a feeling that over time, if you keep winning consistently, the greed will kick in. You’ll start thinking you’ve found the “winning formula,” and that’s when things can go sideways.

Still, it’s not really realistic. Starting with a small amount and aiming for a huge win is basically like chasing a jackpot and we all know the chances of that are pretty slim. If we keep expecting to win regularly like that, we’re only setting ourselves up for disappointment because reality always catches up.

[GigaBit]

Expecting big wins with a small bankroll means that you are taking big risks to win. When the risk is high, the chance of losing is also high and when the risk is low, the chance of losing is relatively low. There are many people who do not enjoy small wins. They constantly take big risks in the hope of big wins or greed, which will increase their chances of losing. Unless someone is lucky, no one wins, but when someone tries to win on an unrealistic bet, it will help them lose their entire bankroll in a short time. Before placing a bet, you should definitely consider the probability of winning otherwise, the probability of losing will increase.

[danherbias07]

Have you ever noticed how gambling gets frustrating when you aim high but your capital is too small?

Like, let’s say you have a $10 bankroll but you’re aiming to win $500. Most of the time, you end up frustrated and then you lose control. You start chasing because you realize you're way too far from your goal, and your bankroll is quickly disappearing.

It’s happened to me many times. That’s why I think it’s better to do the opposite: start with a decent capital and aim for smaller, more realistic wins. It keeps you grounded and helps you manage your emotions better.

But it's tough if we are playing high-volatile games. The probability of not receiving anything is higher than it is with something, a little bit. So, we must also identify games that give back fast and will not go deep in taking all our capital in an instant. After playing different slot games, I find that slot providers that offer x10000 - x99999 max multipliers are the ones that don't give back fast, unlike those that max wins are just x500 - x1000.
Also, there's like a wall that will be inserted after we withdraw those small amounts. It's like a gambler will be prevented from winning after withdrawal, like a curse was thrown on the account.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Have you ever noticed how gambling gets frustrating when you aim high but your capital is too small?

Like, let’s say you have a $10 bankroll but you’re aiming to win $500. Most of the time, you end up frustrated and then you lose control. You start chasing because you realize you're way too far from your goal, and your bankroll is quickly disappearing.

It’s happened to me many times. That’s why I think it’s better to do the opposite: start with a decent capital and aim for smaller, more realistic wins. It keeps you grounded and helps you manage your emotions better.

You are absolutely right, this has happened to me many times, more times that I can't even count, this is possibly because I am the type of person who love to use small amount of money to win big money, and to achieve this, I have to stake the small amount on high and unrealistic odds which often times have a very low probability of winning, and eventually, it will turn into a loss.

But then, this has never been a problem to me though since I already understand the risk involved in what I am doing, so the loses doesn't bother me at all because I hope that one day, i could still end up winning a huge sum with the same small amount of money.
So this in the end boils down to personal choices in gambling, this is one of my personal choices and I am bearing the consequences.

[Botnake]

I do not believe in professional gamblers because if they think they are professional, hope gambling will not be the reason they will become poor. Rich people even gamble with the money they can afford to lose.

Just live with it -- whether you like it or not, there are people who consider themselves professional gamblers.

You can clearly see it during poker tournaments. Those who enter with millions in the pot aren’t there just for fun, but they’re there to win. And anyone who invests that much money to compete seriously, that’s more than enough to consider them a pro gambler.

[Agbamoni]

Like, let’s say you have a $10 bankroll but you’re aiming to win $500. Most of the time, you end up frustrated and then you lose control. You start chasing because you realize you're way too far from your goal, and your bankroll is quickly disappearing.

That is really a high expectation my friend. Honestly, this is what kills us in gambling, playing with lesser bankrolls and expecting higher rewards.
Without luck you will have to play many times before you can win up to that amount in a casino game. The chances are very slim here, you need to win 15 times in a row for roulette game, 50x multiplier once for crash games, while for slot games you will need 50x to 1000x which is very rare to see these days.

[TelolettOm]

But in reality, it is likely that something like this will happen, because that's gambling, no matter how much money we prepare, it can't guarantee the results.

Large funds, could be -> win more or >< lose more
Small funds, could be -> win more or >< lose more
yes, the point is the same, it just depends on how strong and capable we are in making deposits.

However, make sure you can control yourself, have a limit to stop your gambling if possible, if you keep losing, before you regret it because you can't control yourself well.

Source: Gambling memes

[freedomgo]

.. 50x multiplier once for crash games, while for slot games you will need 50x to 1000x which is very rare to see these days.

It’s already hard enough to win a 10x multiplier, which is usually the kind of win that satisfies us, so how much more the higher ones?

That’s why it's not something we can expect to hit on a regular basis. The best-case scenario is that we lose most of the time, and then once in a while, we hit a big win. But overall, we’re still in the negative.

The real issue is most of us don’t actually track our losses, so we don’t see the full picture.

[Fiatless]

That is really a high expectation my friend. Honestly, this is what kills us in gambling, playing with lesser bankrolls and expecting higher rewards.
Without luck you will have to play many times before you can win up to that amount in a casino game. The chances are very slim here, you need to win 15 times in a row for roulette game, 50x multiplier once for crash games, while for slot games you will need 50x to 1000x which is very rare to see these days.

In sports bets we see gamblers bet on underdogs since they are given higher odds by bookmakers. People who want to win big with small bets will always decide to bet on underdogs.  But the problem is that it is difficult for these lowly placed teams to win. The rule is, "If you want to win big, bet with a high amount ".

Just live with it -- whether you like it or not, there are people who consider themselves professional gamblers.

You can clearly see it during poker tournaments. Those who enter with millions in the pot aren’t there just for fun, but they’re there to win. And anyone who invests that much money to compete seriously, that’s more than enough to consider them a pro gambler.

That's true because there are gamblers who see gambling as a source of income. And they believe that they have the requisite skills to win big. The reason why they stake high amounts is that they have confidence that they can win.

[YOSHIE]

Have you ever noticed how gambling gets frustrating when you aim high but your capital is too small?

Situations like that are often, when I feel confident that the bet is predicted to win, my balance is only $ 5 remaining a feeling that is annoying for me, that I often experience in sports gambling, not one reason I have to let the bet not meForced.

Strangely, for me after I have a lot of balance, the opposite of the game is not interesting to bet this is something unlucky, the situation That kind of I think it is commonly felt by gamblers, that's the world of gambling, which is expected not to reach and that is not expected to arrive.

[panjul07]

It is frustrating if you hope/expect too much while you know that the chance to achieve the target is quite small, it wont be frustrating if you do it without too much expectation.
Targeting big amount from small deposit is normal, it is something every gamblers want to achieve especially small bankroll players.
This is exactly what I've in my mindset anytime I start a new gambling session, I want big win with small bet but I wont hope too much because I know it is rare to happen and only lucky moment will make it happen.

[DaNNy001]

A lot of gamblers are delusional with gambling...I remember a friend of mine that told me that he wants to start a two weeks rollover from 20 dollars to a thousand dollars...this was really funny to me because the target was unreal, I was unable to talk him out of it so he proceeded with his plan... luckily for him he was able to get 150 dollars but he said he wouldn't stop till he hits target of $1k, bottom line is that he ended up losing.. having a target is unnecessary

[Pi$$]

It’s happened to me many times. That’s why I think it’s better to do the opposite: start with a decent capital and aim for smaller, more realistic wins. It keeps you grounded and helps you manage your emotions better.

The target most gamblers set are my mostly delusional and unrealistic and it all springs from the fact that they assume that winning big or things working out the way they've planned it to us usually very easy. If everyone that hopes to win big like you eventually does that, where will that place those running gambling businesses?

One things I've always had at the back of my mind is that most times, a lot of the things I'm hoping to try out in a bid of proving that I'm smart have prior to my entry into the gambling space been tried by others who most times have lost in such trials. You can wish for certain height as a gambler but you can't dictate what will eventually play out above what has been designed to happen. If you're lucky to win, good for you and if you set a target and it works for you, that's also good but if all you've planned for didn't work or your bankroll is not enough to meet all the things you're expecting to bet on, it's best to focus on what you can control and not what's above your control.

[lienfaye]

Like, let’s say you have a $10 bankroll but you’re aiming to win $500. Most of the time, you end up frustrated and then you lose control. You start chasing because you realize you're way too far from your goal, and your bankroll is quickly disappearing.

High expectation is certainly not advisable when playing. It's not even right to have such mindset that's why you're going to use your money to gamble, because winning is not guaranteed.

I think many gamblers are already aware of the risk and the possibilities of losing our money unless you're a beginner. But it's not hard to do a research before engaging yourself to have an idea on what to expect. It's really stressful to assume you're going win but it didn't happened.

[Pi-network314159]

Have you ever noticed how gambling gets frustrating when you aim high but your capital is too small?

Like, let’s say you have a $10 bankroll but you’re aiming to win $500. Most of the time, you end up frustrated and then you lose control. You start chasing because you realize you're way too far from your goal, and your bankroll is quickly disappearing.

That's very funny but true. Sometimes it feels like to stake $10 with 50 odd to win $500 or to stake $1 each with 500odd in 10 different places If one would be possible to win. But the truth is that gambling win is based on luck and not base on emagination. Although sometimes it is good to dream big by taking risk if jackpot could be achieved, but it shouldn't be regularly but occasionally.

[Agbamoni]

.. 50x multiplier once for crash games, while for slot games you will need 50x to 1000x which is very rare to see these days.

It’s already hard enough to win a 10x multiplier, which is usually the kind of win that satisfies us, so how much more the higher ones?

That’s why it's not something we can expect to hit on a regular basis. The best-case scenario is that we lose most of the time, and then once in a while, we hit a big win. But overall, we’re still in the negative.

Even 10x multiplier is very rare for most gambler, only few can boost of  having 10x through their gambling experience.

Gambler should be more realistic when it comes to things of this nature, I think OP was too optimistic to raise $10 to $500, and yeah it's not completely impossible, lucky gamblers have had similar and higher payouts but having an intention to do is very difficult unless luck is in place.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

All that caused having an unrealistic target is our greed for winning, at some point, when we are gambling, we feels like taking every risk to be able to maximize on our winnings chances, whereas things don't even work in such manners like that in gambling, the moment we allow greed to set in, we are going into have this fear of missing bout and that alone alis a confusion that could bring us to lose playing a bet.

[stompix]

I do not believe in professional gamblers because if they think they are professional, hope gambling will not be the reason they will become poor. Rich people even gamble with the money they can afford to lose.

Professional gambler exits, we have:
- poker, blackjack tournaments
- horce race punters that have been there for years at each festival
- sportsbook tipsters, again, you can check guys that have been doing this for years and their results, all archived

What you can't call a professional gambler is a guy that plays roulette or dice or slots all day, in RNG games, there can't be any professionalism.

You can clearly see it during poker tournaments. Those who enter with millions in the pot aren’t there just for fun, but they’re there to win. And anyone who invests that much money to compete seriously, that’s more than enough to consider them a pro gambler.

I think the misunderstanding comes from talking about gambling in general, competitions, sports and slots, other than being labeled as gambling, they have little in common, they even depend on different levels on luck, sometimes even crypto trading is based more on luck than a poker tournament.

[Slow death]

Even if a person deposited $10 and had a goal of reaching $12, that person would still have a high risk of not being able to meet that goal. The reality is very harsh. Gambling is not an easy way to make money. On the contrary, it can be an easy way for people to lose money. That's why the following phrase exists: "Play with only the money you can afford to lose." Of course, even if gambling has more chances of losing compared to winning, there are few people who have managed to win a lot of money while starting with little money to play.

[maydna]

I do not have target when gambling as I realize gambling will not give me the win easily. If I have a target in gambling and lose, that can make me frustrate and want to recover my losses.

At that time, perhaps I will deposit more money and keep gambling without think about my losses before. If I can not hold myself, my losses will be bigger than before.

It is better to start with small initial funds that we afford to lose in gambling and consider that gambling is a fun activity. That will prevent us from making a target in gambling because we always think that gambling is not a source of income.