Hello Bitcointalk & welcome to 2026 🎉

[Beparanf]

Happy New Year! This year I want to be more aggressive. Before, I always played safe with limited budget. But now I feel ready to take more risks and hopefully get bigger wins. It's risky, I know but I'm excited to try it!

I think you are doing well on playing safe coming from an aggressive player like me in past. It will just make you lose more bankroll quicker since every bet will surely gonna affect your mind due to the value you are putting.

It’s not bad to explore something ew which in your case becomes more aggressive. I hope you will experience good luck this year on your new goal.

[Porfirii]

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Out of curiosity: what’s your gambling goal for 2026?

🎯 Play less and be more selective

🔥 Play more and go harder

⚖️ Or play smarter, not bigger

Would be interesting to hear how others are approaching this year.
Wishing everyone a solid, responsible, and profitable 2026 🚀

Hey, Happy New Year to (all of) you too

If you ask me for my goals for 2026 on the subject of betting/gambling, then I choose the balance, trying to play smarter, but not bigger. This is because I think that I need to play no more, no less, since over the years I have reached a point of balance that I consider ideal when it comes to my budget, but there is always room to play smarter with the amount one allocates to gamble.

[Ruttoshi]

Out of curiosity: what’s your gambling goal for 2026?

Happy New Year!
Wishing everyone happiness and good games!
My goal for 2026 is not to lose money, but to win instead. I’ll try to stay away from casinos and focus on sports betting. Maybe I’ll play some poker too. The main goal is to play responsibly.

There's no way that you can gamble and not lose a dime from January to December. You can only limit your losses by setting up a gambling budget and stop the game at the right time whether you are winning or losing.

Mine is to look for every possible means to limit my losses and give little time to gambling so that, I don't spend up to what I spent on gambling last year.

[Agbamoni]

Today first day of the year, I am going big with my bankroll. Hopefully, I will win because the odds are not big.
This year we have to play it smart, because we dont know the tricks the casino and sportsbook will bring for them to gain.
Like I have said before, I will be avoiding casino games totally this year, it has never made me profit, not one that I can remember last year.

[Popkon6]

Not everyone will benefit from gambling, those who gamble with the aim of profit are the ones who mainly face addiction. Therefore, one should bet less on gambling, but this new year, each person must have made his plan. If you want to gamble, you should enter the game with a small amount of money and enter the game for fun, then it will be possible to stay away from the symptoms of addiction. Gambling is not for the purpose of income, but gambling should be played for fun.

[giammangiato]

My main goal in gambling is always the same as the last 4 years, it will be the fifth year where I will focus on playing while maintaining my iron rules, to keep my positive mentality and my economic situation stable (if I don't win a large amount that will change my life).
I wish all new and old players to find the key to happiness and have an economic and mental balance for 2026, which can give them peace of mind in and out of the game.

[cryptoaddictchie]

First of all Happy New year to all gamblers.

For 2026, my goal is to play smarter. Last year taught me some hard lessons especially after chasing losses on online slots where quick spins slowly drained my balance, and a few casino sessions where emotion took over instead of logic. Those losses were part of the fun, but they were eye opening. This year, I want to slow down, be more selective, set limits, and walk away when the game stops making sense. If I’m going to play, it should be controlled, enjoyable, and never driven by the need to recover what’s already gone.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

Happy new year. My gambling goal for 2025 is to keep on enjoying gambling and never to see gambling as a business or my source of income in 2026.
I have been happy gambling for fun in 2025 and I want it to continue and even be more pleasurable fun for me.

[iv4n]

New year, day one, fresh mindset and better decisions (hopefully 😄).

Well, there is a thing with "better decisions"... I am pretty sure you are aware of that, why else would you add that "hopefully"? In life & gambling, we have to make decisions... but whether they turn out better or worse is something only time can tell.

Magic circle... if you wish for something, you need to make a move. Every move is risky and can/will cost you... And don't get fooled, standing still may feel safer, but it's just a slower way of losing.

Every move has a price. Some prices are obvious (money, comfort, reputation), others show up later (regret, stagnation, “what if”). You don’t get to choose whether you’ll pay — only how.
So yes, maybe there really is no other option than to play. Not because it’s fair or guaranteed, but because not playing is still a move — and usually the worst one. The ups and downs aren’t side effects; they are the game.

So let's play and hope for the best. Good luck to all of us.

[Oluwa-btc]

Out of curiosity: what’s your gambling goal for 2026?

Would be interesting to hear how others are approaching this year.
Wishing everyone a solid, responsible, and profitable 2026 🚀

Happy New year from this end!
Finally we are here, let's keep our hopes alive. No irresponsible gambling, No mindsets of generating money from gambling. If there's anything that describes my gambling goal for this year 2026 it's to gambling small while keeping my activity safe and intact. And I think  every gambler needs to set their goals and follow it up.

[Dr.Osh]

Of course, most of us will play smarter, as this will obviously reduce the risk of losses in gambling. Many of us don't know how to actually play smarter because what we do will certainly not be much different from the previous year.
Happy New Year, everyone.

[Slow death]

In my case, I hope that in this new year I have more luck and success in my sports betting. Although I only wager a small amount of money and see sports betting purely as entertainment, I also don't like to lose, even if it's a small amount. Therefore, I hope that things go better for me in sports betting this new year. Last year I made some small mistakes and for that reason I ended the year with a small loss when I could have ended the year with a profit.

[Dunamisx]

Hope everyone is off to a strong start this year.
New year, day one, fresh mindset and better decisions (hopefully 😄).



Out of curiosity: what’s your gambling goal for 2026?

Its better that we have plans for ourselves, not only that, we should also consider on how many threads has been flooding the forum this time about new year resolution and how we could take advantage of everything we do and remain unaffected in doing them, we know what we are up to in gambling and the areas we are lagging behind, which i expect that we take decisions in making change and amends for a new year to come as the best ever one for us in gambling and other things we do.

[danherbias07]

Happy New Year to you, too.

Play less and be more selective. That's my goal for this year.
I actually have some listed in my sticky notes right now to keep myself reminded of what I am going to do. First, is to lessen the amount of playing slots. It consumes a lot of time and money, and I don't like that. Second, be more focused on sports, and maybe try to learn other sports to widen the options. Lastly, try to be wise in every choice. Less being emotional and betting because I am a fan. Now, I know that the last part is going to be difficult because most of us are biased when it comes to sports betting. Taking that out means forsaking the team that you love sometimes.

[Pandu Geddon]

I want to experience more wins in this new year. Maybe I will bet more often, even if with no larger allocation. Usually, I only choose a few bets with my allocation. But maybe I will try to make more bets; I might increase my allocation slightly more than usual. But maybe not much different, just a slight adjustment based on my income and needs.

To plan to win big means to also take higher risk. While you do that you also remember gambling has no winning guarantee.
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I know gambling doesn't guarantee a win, but who wouldn't want to win a bet? It's just a plan and hope for the new year. Even though it's uncertain, you also gamble to win the bet. The most important thing is knowing the risk limits you can bear. 
Increasing the allocation for betting also allows us to take on higher risks of losing more than usual. But if you have calculated it in enough detail, you should know your financial tolerance limit.

[PX-Z]

As for my goal, well, play enough and be smarter right. Play smarter regardless if you play big or small. As long you afford those losses as well for the wins, who will not like wins after all. Be smart to know your limits even it's a winning streak, especially when lossing streak. Learn how to stop.

[JunaidAzizi]

My mind is not in a fresh mood as we ended a great year yesterday, haha. Everyone is making plans and goals for the new year, but honestly, most people will quit within one or two months. A fewer percentage of people will last until the end of this year. The reason is discipline, when they are just motivated by any influencer or anything, their plans will work for a short time, and then slowly their motivation will wane. For long lasting plans and goals, discipline is very necessary.

Coming to your question, I will not choose the second option and will avoid it for the whole year. It will not only cost me my bet money, but it will also trap me in a situation I won't be able to escape from for the entire year.

[Accardo]

Play less and be more selective: that would be the finest approach this year, whatever is with going harder wont move the house towards bringing anything positive for the player. Staying smart also is great, but you can't always be smart in intellectually competitive games like that of the casino's, so going quietly would mean watching over every single step we make, and keeping a simple trace of what's lost and the gains.

[tabas]

🎯 Play less and be more selective

I am choosing this. I want to be selective with the games that I'll bet if it's with the sports. But with the casino games, I've got my choices within that. I refrain to gamble with almost every available game that I can see. Because that will surely drain me if I try to play more and harder. While for the others that it might work, that's not going to happen for me. And I want to remain in the focus whenever I do it, I don't want to throw any money anymore compared to the past that I did but even so, I've enjoyed almost every losses before realizing that it's not doing me good.

[PrivacyG]

🔥 Play more and go harder

This sounds like setting up your self for a reckless spree with disastrous results unless the person Gambles about once a month or less.  I hope nobody thinks this is a good plan.

I will try to find equilibrium.  Of course, the point is to be smarter at the things I do every year.