Is it easy to be a responsible player?

[Alphakilo]

To my understanding, to be responsible first means to hold yourself accountable to your actions and be ready to accept the consequences or outcomes of those actions. It means that you set a course of action and stick with it. It also means that point fingers at others for your failures. In gambling, it means that know that you should place your bet and after the outcome of the game, if you had told yourself from the start that you will not go another round, you don't. And if you do decide to go another round, you will be ready to accept the outcome and not blame the casino for it.

You are accountable to the set course of action, and the set rules that governs that activity without try to play smart or outsmart the system.

[_act_]

but a bad mood very often makes you risk more, spend more, and, as a rule, lose more. Thinking about pulling yourself together at such moments is completely useless.

If I am in a good mood, I may prefer to chase money, although I am not chasing money while gambling to the extend that I will lose huge amount of money, I prefer to continue to gamble in a responsible way. If I am in a bad mood, that is the time I will just only want to have fun and not look for money at all and I think I will be more responsible at the time to even use lower amount of money to gamble. Example is if I am using $1 for each round, I may change it to $0.05 if the game accept such lower amount.

[GigaBit]

Really: is it easy to be a responsible player? For someone, like me, it is not difficult, I am not a gambler in general, I am used to soberly assessing my advantages and, if there are none, limiting the size of my bets or playing only for research or entertainment purposes. But if we take the average player - is it easy for him to be responsible?

Responsible gambling is easy for some, but difficult for others. I myself have gambled recklessly at times, but I have been able to control myself since I was able to understand my mistakes. In my opinion, the most effective way to overcome addiction is not try to recover losses. When someone wants to control their gambling, one of the biggest obstacles is not being able to accept their losses. Many gamblers try to get back to responsible gambling if they can recover their losses, but for those who have such a policy, it is difficult to return.

[goldkingcoiner]

What do you think makes a person become a responsible player and why is it difficult for many?

Well, we are all only human. So as hard as we try we will make mistakes and those mistakes will result in damages, whether financial, psychological, physical or other.
so there is not much we can do about it.

But one thing you can do to minimize gambling mistakes is to go in with a plan and a healthy dose of self-discipline.

For example: I make a budget and a rule about the maximum amount I plan or winning or losing. And if that limit is reached, I stop. I do not go over budget and I make sure the budget does not break me.

Most people gamble without a plan and start losing random amounts of money and never stop even if they are winning.

Responsibility comes from within and it must be put into practice. Simply thinking about being responsible will not do anything.

[Eternad]

What do you think makes a person become a responsible player and why is it difficult for many?

A person becomes a responsible player when he has strict discipline when gambling. He doesn't gamble out of impulse and make reckless bets when he is having a bad time in gambling.

It's difficult for many to become a responsible gambler because they always get consumed by greed. They don't know how to properly control themself during winning and lossing situations.

[joeperry]

It's discipline and control of yourself, usually if you have those two, you would be unstoppable and you'll get control of yourself and life. Many of the people I know that is addicted to gambling is that, they can't control and accept what happened to them, some of them already lose and can't accept the fact that they lose and would deposit again, trying to recover those losses but ended up more losing.

A lot of people lose their savings simply because they lack of discipline and control. In reality, being responsible is not complicated, it's about overcoming your emotions and sticking to logic. That's why you should be smart in playing gambling, emotions wouldn't do anything actually.

[GreatArkansas]

For OP, just be careful with every advice you get, even here or in person.
Always remember that it is always easy to say, but hard to do. Just like telling, easy to handle how to gamble or how to be responsible player. But in reality, it's really not and difficult to do it.

[Free Market Capitalist]

What do you think makes a person become a responsible player and why is it difficult for many?

I would say that the key is to understand the mathematics of gambling in depth. To truly understand what HE or RTP are, which are two sides of the same coin. To understand what variance is, and expected value or mathematical expectation. If you truly understand that, it is impossible for you to become a problem gambler. You will not see a professor of statistics who is one.

[fruktik]

Being responsible is hard, but life without risk is not challenging. That's why people like to gamble to earn money, they like challenge and want to beat the house. If people said it's risky, they will counter if life itself is already risky, you get a job, you might suffer work accident etc.

Many years ago, I wrote an article on another forum about the risks that accompany us all many times every day. To avoid an accident or something similar, you need to be responsible for your actions and decisions. But I want to make a reservation - excessive control is also dangerous and harmful. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a balance so that there is harmony in life. This also applies to gambling.

[Outhue]

No it's not easy, I could have been trapped like many gamblers as well but I started gambling with fear in my mind because of what gambling did to my father's family, it robbed them of their lives and turn them worthless, my father hated gambling so much that he didn't want us to be fan too.

I dare not to gamble while he was still alive, I made the first step after he died, but I can't help but keep wondering my own people became a victim, until I understand some things and went through ponzi schemes experience myself, and I came up with a fact that nothing comes easily, if it's too good to be true then you got to be ten times more careful.

How you start or your mindset when you decide to gamble is what will determine how discipline you will become or how irresponsible you will become, if you start with a mind that you will get rich, that will be your pursue and this will get you punished.

[retreat]

It shouldn't be difficult to be a responsible gambler. As long as someone can control themselves and know their limits, their gambling activities won't harm them. However, we know that each individual has a different level of self-awareness, and not everyone can control themselves well. Sometimes, certain circumstances can cause someone to lose control of their gambling, such as when they're on a losing streak and trying to recover their losses, or when they're stressed, which can lead them to exceed their limits. This is what often leads gamblers to gamble irresponsibly and become addicted. So, it all comes down to each individual's ability to control themselves and have the awareness to be a responsible gambler.

[Olatundespo]

If something is not imposed or forced on you, you will not be responsible for that work. As you can imagine, most of the human psyche is structured in this way. If you did not need food you would not have so much desire to work you would be lazy. If you did not need to take responsibility for the family, you would not feel the need to earn money through hard work.

Players gamble for entertainment, but most of them want to become experienced players with the aim of making money. In my opinion, to be experienced, you have to be a responsible gambler and for that you have to control your emotions and focus on gambling. Being a responsible player is not easy at all, you have to practice patience regularly.

[Taskford]

We all often write and repeat in conversations about the importance of being a responsible player. But I would like to discuss those points that are related to putting this into practice. Really: is it easy to be a responsible player? For someone, like me, it is not difficult, I am not a gambler in general, I am used to soberly assessing my advantages and, if there are none, limiting the size of my bets or playing only for research or entertainment purposes. But if we take the average player - is it easy for him to be responsible? After all, people often come to the gaming industry with the naive goal of getting rich. And before they come to an understanding of responsible play, quite a long time may pass. It is somewhat similar to smoking or gluttony. Everyone knows that smoking is harmful, and excess weight causes health problems, but there are a huge number of people who cannot quit smoking or lose weight. What do you think makes a person become a responsible player and why is it difficult for many?

Actually no in real time, even if we are aware and said that we should be in control all the times. Situation hit different when we are playing since climax or to win or recover would come up to us. That situation usually happen especially if we don't have long experience on gambling and been hype on what's going around.

But case maybe different if a gambler have long experience dealing with their win loss experience since maybe they can say just like you that its easy to be responsible especially if you know already the consequences of your future actions.

Experience maybe the main factor here towards how they handle their selves towards their engagement on gambling.

[BABY SHOES]

It's easy for non-addicted gamblers.
It's difficult to be a regular gambler.

Whether it's easy or not depends on our emotional self-control... being responsible is not easy because it's quite difficult even though it's easy to say, but once they're addicted, it's difficult for them to do it... it's the same as smoking, like me, a heavy smoker.

The point is, as long as it doesn't harm your finances, smoking isn't a problem... but the perspective is different when it comes to gambling addiction, which can be more severe if there's no sense of responsibility.

[Pandu Geddon]

Really: is it easy to be a responsible player?

Whether it is easy or difficult will depend on the character of the gambler. As you said, there are gamblers who come to get rich quickly through gambling. Likewise, gamblers who start gambling without sufficient knowledge about risks and good management will tend to find it difficult to be responsible.
Those who are more prepared for the risk of loss and are already knowledgeable about financial management to control their limits they will find it easier to be responsible. The situation is more challenging for those who have been gambling poorly for a long time. Implementing some adjustments to limit their gambling will certainly require hard work, and some may even need the help of others.

[danherbias07]

No, it's not easy to be a responsible gambler. Emotions will always get the better of those who are new to the industry. They will deposit over and over again, that's a fact, especially on a loss.

That's why the number of online casinos is growing. They know people tend to be irresponsible, and they will keep on playing either after tasting a sweet win or when they are losing over and over again (revenge).

Being a responsible gambler requires a great deal of discipline. A gambler who just wants to have fun must keep it that way, and if we are used to one amount when we are gambling, then we must also keep it that way. It should not matter if we are deep in losses. Increasing the amount will just make it worse.

[Cityhunter34]

It is very much easy to be a responsible gambler, is all about personal decision because each and everyone us here have different ways we do things. But the truth once you decide to gamble responsibly, it would definitely work out for you without any problem.

Because the most important thing all players need when playing gambling is self control, once you have this at the back of your mind it will going to be very easy for you to play safely.

[promise444c5]

Most gamblers come into gambling with the sole purpose of getting rich through it, just as you've mentioned. So, yeah, it could be somewhat hard to be a responsible gambler with that mindset because it contradicts what would make ç a responsible gambler . If you were to take that goal out of gambling, there would be no one left to gamble.
Generally, I would say it's hard because it takes a lot of discipline to achieve

[mak013]

We all often write and repeat in conversations about the importance of being a responsible player. But I would like to discuss those points that are related to putting this into practice. Really: is it easy to be a responsible player? For someone, like me, it is not difficult, I am not a gambler in general, I am used to soberly assessing my advantages and, if there are none, limiting the size of my bets or playing only for research or entertainment purposes. But if we take the average player - is it easy for him to be responsible? After all, people often come to the gaming industry with the naive goal of getting rich. And before they come to an understanding of responsible play, quite a long time may pass. It is somewhat similar to smoking or gluttony. Everyone knows that smoking is harmful, and excess weight causes health problems, but there are a huge number of people who cannot quit smoking or lose weight. What do you think makes a person become a responsible player and why is it difficult for many?

I`m not a gambler too, and have no problems with the game. The same time i like to get some slots magic time to time - you just click and don`t think about result. Wonderful feeling of empty head.
I think that the main part of gamblers are about us. They bet sometimes few small bets, sometimes play slots, poker. Lose or win small sums and don`t cares about it.
But there is part of gamblers who plan to become rich. Most of them just silly - they can`t calculate their expenses, their win chances, percent of win tickets in lottery, etc. They just believe that they can become rich easy and instantly. In such way they ready to spend all their money. And it is a problem for them and their families. I think that it is possible to stop them if someone clever enough will calculate them gambling, with simple examples. It seems the main chance for them to become responsible player or even to stop the game.

PS. I stopped smoking after more than 20 years of smoking.

[xenomorfo]

To my understanding, to be responsible first means to hold yourself accountable to your actions and be ready to accept the consequences or outcomes of those actions. It means that you set a course of action and stick with it. It also means that point fingers at others for your failures. In gambling, it means that know that you should place your bet and after the outcome of the game, if you had told yourself from the start that you will not go another round, you don't. And if you do decide to go another round, you will be ready to accept the outcome and not blame the casino for it.

You are accountable to the set course of action, and the set rules that governs that activity without try to play smart or outsmart the system.

To be responsible, in my opinion, one must intimately understand how the universe works and the karma connected to it.
If you understand this, you understand that luck is something random, today it's there, tomorrow it's not, being responsible means understanding how the world works and betting accordingly and therefore not putting too much money into something random like betting