Your 2025 gambling mistakes

[gunhell16]

I do not have any gambling mistakes this year, I do not lose up to $100 but I used around $500 to able which is around $10 weekly. I think that is not bad at all. The little amount of money I use on gambling makes gambling fun for me. I gain in some bets and casinos games but there are time that I lose also. In overall, I am in loss this year but it is nothing that I should think about at all as I can afford to lose the little amount of money.

Some people will have some mistakes that they will want other people to learn about and avoid. I hope some new gamblers can read this thread and learn from what people are posting.

Let us make gambling fun for us by avoiding gambling mistakes that can put us in financial problems. Merry Christmas and happy new years in advance.

That is really how it should be for gamblers in any form of online gambling, like here in the crypto business we are currently navigating. Just like you, I also apply limits to my gambling: I play about twice a month, and for each game, I stay within a $30 limit. Once that money is gone, I stop immediately just like that.

I’ve been following this method of playing for over a year now, and so far, I haven't had any problems with it. That's because I don't get addicted, and that's thanks to managing myself properly as a gambler here in the crypto gambling space.

[Odusko]

The year 2025 is a good year for me in my gambling habits of the year that I have no much regret on, that will make me feel too bad if I remember them.

On that note, I would like 2026 to go in the same way as last year that I didn't lose money that will make me to feel unhappy about it, instead I will be happy that I was able to lose the amount that I can afford to lose at the end of my days betting. No feelings that beat that, you went home knowing fully well you didn't lose money that can affect your weekly or monthly finances

You are not much different from me, my experience in gambling this year has been more cleaner and decisive decision period and that kept me at a positive position all through the year helping me to maximize my winnings and also lower the losses tendency, the way a pick my bets now is way more information driven much more than emotionally inclined as it used to be for me in previous year's, so 2025 is a good gambling year for me I must accept that fact.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

One of my 2025 gambling mistake was, there was a time I was playing sport bet which I stacked some amount of money, at the beginning the game was going very fine, which made them showed me about 150% of my initial stacked amount towards the end of the game..  But I refused to cash out, all because i wanted my full win.. then suddenly but the game ends they exceeded the corner which made it a losing game..
it pained me and I regretted not cashing out the initial cash out..

[cxtreenal]

One of my 2025 gambling mistake was, there was a time I was playing sport bet which I stacked some amount of money, at the beginning the game was going very fine, which made them showed me about 150% of my initial stacked amount towards the end of the game..  But I refused to cash out, all because i wanted my full win.. then suddenly but the game ends they exceeded the corner which made it a losing game..
it pained me and I regretted not cashing out the initial cash out..

I had several such mistakes. I thought that after winning just one more bet, I would withdraw most of my funds. But on the next bet, I lost and at the same time I lost all my funds. I had several successes. Among them, I won $220 on one bet and $300 on another. The most important thing for gamblers is to be determined not to gamble again after winning. In my opinion those who can control this time and stop gambling can reduce the amount of losses to a large extent. This is an important lesson I learned from gambling in 2025. Most of the time, your expectations from gambling will not be met. If you do win you will have to stop gambling and withdraw money to enjoy that win.

[DaNNy001]

losses are inevitable and the more you try to change it you will only end up losing more...loss aversion is one of the biggest i made this year because in my attempt to recover i ended up losing more...it is important to learn from your mistakes because it becomes stupidity when you keep on repeating them over and over again...Gambling is a game of luck and you can't always get lucky everytime

[GiftedMAN]

A lot of us probably have found ourselves in tricky situations because we did not read the terms and conditions or we only read it after something has already happened and we just need to verify it. May this be a reminder to always read terms and conditions before agreeing to any of it.

People should just be cautious about gambling because whatever one do out of carelessness might cause them a huge financial crisis, which can lead them into depression or frustration.
And to avoid this, it’s by encouraging people to do what it’s right and good because adhering to what will help you, will make you to be able to make an informed choice that will not lead you into pitfalls or any traps that might make you to go into bankrupt.

[Yablee0]

Let us make gambling fun for us by avoiding gambling mistakes that can put us in financial problems. Merry Christmas and happy new years in advance.

Having fun has always been the primary purpose of gambling but our greed and continuous chasing of lost is what has landed so many folks in the critical condition they find their self today. Gamble is sweet when you know your limit  or boundaries, perhaps you always play with an amount you can let go even if you lost you are never disturbed. However many are in their tough time because they acted blindly to see the consequences of excessive gambling life style and until we start learning from previous negative happening of gambling addiction and do what is right at all times same results will keep on occuring over again.

Haven't said that, now is festive period let's be more careful on how we go about our daily activities because out there isn't safe, some bad eggs are out for dirty job, meanwhile a warm wishes to everyone out there! Merry Christmas and a prosperous New year in advance 🎄🌲🤶🎅.

[LogitechMouse]

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Some people will have some mistakes that they will want other people to learn about and avoid. I hope some new gamblers can read this thread and learn from what people are posting.

Let us make gambling fun for us by avoiding gambling mistakes that can put us in financial problems. Merry Christmas and happy new years in advance.

I can't think of any as well. I mean I didn't overspend when it comes to gambling, and I didn't money that I'm not willing to lose either. Maybe I can say that I can control myself already when it comes to spending money in gambling.

Some will have mistakes that's for sure. Some will overspend. Some will make unnecessary decisions that will affect them financially. Some gamblers will be affected mentally in a negative way unfortunately. Some will spend money that's supposed to be put on other important things. On the other hand, despite of committing mistakes in gambling, some will realize that they committed one therefore, they will make some adjustments to it and maybe they will make sure that next year, they'll not be doing the same thing again. Doing mistakes when we're gambling is unavoidable IMO, but learning from our mistakes is the best thing that we can do.

[stompix]

Hmm let's see

Went from this:

Every single time I force myself to bet on something, it ends up badly.
I said I will not bet more than $100 on a horse to just make $20, there I go, betting on Constitution Hill to see him defeated for the first time in 10 runs at 1.25, every time I try to make it in wagerign I end up worse than any prize would comfort me so no, not going to play this game anymore.

while he was unbeaten 10 times to:
Cheltam 1/2 Fell 5th!
Aintree 1/1Fell 2nd!
Punchestown 8/13 , didn't feel but ended 5th!
Newcastle 5/4 fell 2nd!

Most expensive horse I gave chance after chance after chance in 4 races he erased some two months of profit!

[Africolo]

I do not have any gambling mistakes this year, I do not lose up to $100 but I used around $500 to able which is around $10 weekly. I think that is not bad at all. The little amount of money I use on gambling makes gambling fun for me. I gain in some bets and casinos games but there are time that I lose also. In overall, I am in loss this year but it is nothing that I should think about at all as I can afford to lose the little amount of money.

Some people will have some mistakes that they will want other people to learn about and avoid. I hope some new gamblers can read this thread and learn from what people are posting.

Let us make gambling fun for us by avoiding gambling mistakes that can put us in financial problems. Merry Christmas and happy new years in advance.

No one ever accepts they make gambling mistakes even when they are told that they made a whole lot of mistakes but good a thing you have come out to say yours and that you have not made gambling mistakes this year, many people have made huge gambling mistakes that they have regretted and will never forget in their life time, so it's advisable we gamble will small money not huge amount that might have been set aside for a project and because we want to double it we use it to gamble and loose at the end.

Gambling we all know is a game of luck and you can only win when you're are lucky enough and even before that win comes you have spend more of your money and time, moreso must gamblers don't keep record of what they have lost and I bet you if those records are kept it will be a guard for them and they will reduce the amount upon knowing what they have lost for the year. I hardly make mistakes because I gamble within my limit, you can't see me borrow money to gamble like other gamblers do.

[El_Tammy]

Well uhh, I'll first start by saying this year was more like favourable to me in the terms of gambling because I say some good winnings and the rest. Actually, the problem I faced or should I say the mistake I made was the inability to say this one is okay, I'll stop for now. This is a major problem I faced because I always experienced loss some days just after I have accumulated a good figure and it was so funny at the end of it all because I couldn't just stop playing. I would always want to recover what has gone and this always resulted in me losing everything.
The inability to stop when you have gotten a significant amount of wins is what acts as a barrier for so many gamblers in which I myself is among the category. It is very bad because it ends up draining your energy and even your mood, given that you saw the figures sitting comfortable there in you account and before you know it, boom it's all gone.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

losses are inevitable and the more you try to change it you will only end up losing more...loss aversion is one of the biggest i made this year because in my attempt to recover i ended up losing more...it is important to learn from your mistakes because it becomes stupidity when you keep on repeating them over and over again...Gambling is a game of luck and you can't always get lucky everytime

There is this common saying in my place that when translated to English simply goes, "when an elderly person falls into a pit toilet 2 going to 3 times, then people around should know it's either he or she has become a stupid person, or it's not ordinary" so either way, there is a big problem to deal with.

I completely agree with what you have said, as gamblers, we must learn to avoid losses in gambling though if I am asked, I would say loses are unavoidable since it's a natural outcome, but we can control it by limiting the way, time and money we spend gambling, and by also being calculative because it's not every time that is a good time to gamble especially when gambling with the intention of making money.

[Wakate]

just be cautious about gambling because whatever one do out of carelessness might cause them a huge financial crisis, which can lead them into depression or frustration.
And to avoid this, it’s by encouraging people to do what it’s right and good because adhering to what will help you, will make you to be able to make an informed choice that will not lead you into pitfalls or any traps that might make you to go into bankrupt.

Id you have lost money in gambling beforedue to your carelessness, please tell us a little story about yourself so that we can learn from you and learn how to stay strict when gambling for the money. I have made some careless move in the last and I don't expect to make those kind of mistakes again because it will be an remarkable mistake if it happens again.

[mvdheuvel1983]

losses are inevitable and the more you try to change it you will only end up losing more...loss aversion is one of the biggest i made this year because in my attempt to recover i ended up losing more...it is important to learn from your mistakes because it becomes stupidity when you keep on repeating them over and over again...Gambling is a game of luck and you can't always get lucky everytime

The plan is to first understand that you can never win more than you will lose in gambling if you are able to understand this the better you will know how not to chase losses when you aren't winning. Now that you managed to know that chasing losses made out lose more the lesson should pass to the next person who thinks you will always win without losing in gambling. The mistake has already beenadw and the lesson taken, do not go back to the mistake again because the next time you may even have to lose more when you try again after realizing yourself the first time.

[DaNNy001]

There was one time when my friends and I were in a drinking session while talking some stuffs about business and everything. Eventually I got home quite dizzy and since I still don't want to take a nap that time, I decided to bet for a while before going to bed. I gamble under the influence of an alcohol, so expect that my senses aren't functioning so well, so I ended up with a significant loss. That was a huge mistake especially that I ended up gambling even those funds intended to pay my bills.

That mistake leaves a big lesson. Do not play under the influence of an alcohol, or else prepared yourself for the consequence.

your mistake was not going to bed, even without being under the influence of alcohol it isn't advised to gamble when you are feeling tired because your Brain might not be able to process things the way they are supposed to...Getting rest when needed is very essential, that was indeed a huge lesson and it is a lesson to you because you are not repeating the same mistakes that made you lose money

[Dunamisx]

The year is so long that we can't do to avoid mistakes from happening, however, this must not just be a consistent habit of what we do, because we have to ensure that we are gambling more responsibly to ensure that the er often gets things right than not, after we might have put in our much efforts to see that every attempt we gibe was to make us have fun and also win. However, if things don't work as expected, we still have to move on and see that the whole year has been a gain to us in gambling, because we had it full of entertainment.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I learned very well in the previous years and since then, I don't give chance to any costly mistake in gambling, maybe gambling stands as a source of income to some people but not to me, I gamble with the amount I can afford to lose and sometimes it takes up to a month or more before you can see me gambling. Since I'm more fun of sports betting, I'm also lucky that I have not made any bad mistakes this year.

[rachael9385]

I have lost way more than that amount, let say around $250, but there is also a time I won $350 on a bet, so if you checked well you will see that I am still at profits, if profits and losses is what we use to judge how gambling have been fun then I will be in the same category as you gambling this year have been fun for be unlike previous year.

Gambling is always going to be an up and down journey, you lost 250 dollars and won 350 dollars at the moment you are im profit pf over a 100 dollars but the tricky part is you might end up losing more if you continue. consistent gamblers can never win that's why they said the only way to win is to stop after winning either temporary or permanently, it is best to stop permanently though

[Lida93]

I learned very well in the previous years and since then, I don't give chance to any costly mistake in gambling, maybe gambling stands as a source of income to some people but not to me, I gamble with the amount I can afford to lose and sometimes it takes up to a month or more before you can see me gambling. Since I'm more fun of sports betting, I'm also lucky that I have not made any bad mistakes this year.

For a gambler that has being gambling for years I think all the years past is enough time to learn some good lesson that should guide him from deliberately making silly mistakes that should cost him some fortune in the year. Every gambler knows what's good for them but for greed some.just don't gambling within their limit. With how you gamble once in a while I doubt you would have any issues with gambling loss chasing and addiction.

[Rabata]

Gambling loss is not a big concern if it is within your budget. My betting results are sometimes good and sometimes bad, but when I place a bet, I try to convince myself that I will not win. That is my strength, I do not regret losing bets. This year I have lost more than I have won, but sometimes I have won big, so my regret about those losses has decreased to a great extent. However, even if I lose, I have enjoyed gambling very well. I will continue to gamble in the future, but it must be within my limits. If someone gambles within limits, even if you lose, it won't negatively affect. I think I'm not wrong in gambling because if luck doesn't favor me, there's no chance of winning the bet.