How does it feel to lose not just your bet, but your precious time as well?

[Altryist]

If you want to succeed as a gambler you need to plan your time during gambling, if you do this it'll be like clockwise from when you enter, when play your games and when you exit. If you plan to spend one hour on slot then be disciplined enough to time yourself and when it's up you should exit no matter the level of fun that you're having, winning or loses. Gambling is very addictive and it's the more reason that you should be in total control so that your time spent won't be wasted, if you spend a long time it'll be because it's what you want not because you're carried away.

When you limit yourself with strict time frames, it no longer feels like entertainment, but more like an obligation, where you can't stay longer than a certain time. In betting everything is much simpler, I choose a few bets a week and that's enough for me. But in slots it's different, and you need to control yourself either by time or by budget, and I would choose the second option. Because you can set different bet amounts, and you can lose your entire deposit in a short time.

[VashaUdacha777]

So this year, my promise is simple. I’ll minimize slots and avoid repeating the same mistake again.

Gambling should be fun — otherwise, what’s the point of playing? If gambling makes you lose too much time or money, or even lose friends, that’s already a sign of addiction. I know slots can be very addictive and sometimes it’s hard to stop, but I think if you truly want to stop playing them this year, you’ll definitely be able to do it. The most important thing is to take the first step.

[bubilas]

I’ve experienced this myself. Gambling has eaten up a lot of my time. Before, I was only focused on sports betting, which honestly doesn’t take much time. You analyze the game, place the bet, then wait for the result. Most of the time I don’t even watch the game because I’m busy with my real job.

Things changed when curiosity kicked in and I started trying other games. I ended up with slots. So many games, so many temptations, especially when you see posts where a small wager hits a huge multiplier. Those lucky screenshots really pull you in.

I got hooked and started playing almost daily. And we all know slots have a huge house edge, so most of the time, you still end up losing. What I realized is that I lost something more valuable than money, my time.

So this year, my promise is simple. I’ll minimize slots and avoid repeating the same mistake again.

I once watched a video about gambling and severe addictions, but it felt like it was made the other way around, to attract people to gambling. There were often inserts about how big gamblers were winning, and there were too many of them. By the end of the video, I began to suspect it was a commissioned video from various casinos. And I still believe that.
I was angry, because I wanted to study addiction further, but all those happy moments where gamblers and streamers ran around the room like crazy after huge wins really affected me. I began to think that success in the casino is more possible than I thought.

[TopTort777]

I feel absolutely fine when I spend time on gambling and lose. First of all I find it ok to spend time and receive emotions, and pay for that. I dont consider it as losing time at all. Does not matter if I lost my money, if I had fun. Second reason is following. I have spent time stupidly in my life, wasted time on boring and useless activities, spend time doing something instead of paying for service and save time. I regret only those moments, when I felt greedy, because saving money wasnt worth spending own time.

[iBaba]

This is the reason why I focus mainly on sports betting because it doesn't consume your time unless you want to watch the game and see the outcome for yourself, and also you only remember that you wasted your time if you lose the bet and your money so I don't really see anything in wasted time while gambling because you allowed it and you choose to waste your time by yourself. Whether I lose or I win I always prioritize my time because I understand that there is a life outside gambling so I don't put in all my time to it so I have no regrets.

Yeah, I think is is easier to control your time limits with sports betting rather than on slots games. If it is sports betting, you can decide not to watch the full game and just follow up on the highlights on livescore websites etc but even in the event you want to watch a full match, it is usually not more than 90 minutes which is equals to 1 hour and 30 minutes and you are done with the game and you have the chance to focus on something else thereafter.

But if it is games like slots, you can spend a whole day gambling if you have the time and the financial resources to do so. It is easier to control with sports betting than slots since gambling generally deals withe emotions and the moment you are on it, you may not be able to completely control your emotions like you will when you are playing sports bets since they give you the opportunity to finish a game and enter another.

[dunfida]

This is the reason why I focus mainly on sports betting because it doesn't consume your time unless you want to watch the game and see the outcome for yourself, and also you only remember that you wasted your time if you lose the bet and your money so I don't really see anything in wasted time while gambling because you allowed it and you choose to waste your time by yourself. Whether I lose or I win I always prioritize my time because I understand that there is a life outside gambling so I don't put in all my time to it so I have no regrets.

Yeah, I think is is easier to control your time limits with sports betting rather than on slots games. If it is sports betting, you can decide not to watch the full game and just follow up on the highlights on livescore websites etc but even in the event you want to watch a full match, it is usually not more than 90 minutes which is equals to 1 hour and 30 minutes and you are done with the game and you have the chance to focus on something else thereafter.

But if it is games like slots, you can spend a whole day gambling if you have the time and the financial resources to do so. It is easier to control with sports betting than slots since gambling generally deals withe emotions and the moment you are on it, you may not be able to completely control your emotions like you will when you are playing sports bets since they give you the opportunity to finish a game and enter another.

When making up some sports betting then it doesnt take up that too much time even if we do say that you are making some analysis towards your bets on which it is unlike when you do deal up with slots game or with those luck based ones on which it will be that taking up too much time on which this is something that would be mainly differ in terms of time spent but of course it wont be that bad as long those time being spent is only on your vacant time and not compromising other important things that you would be needing to do. Always be considerate about on doing gambling or any other activities on which it will be causing up for you to waste up your precious time. For the talks about on losing up your bet then wasting up too much time wont be  that something get in line on which just like been said that the time you do analyze your bet doesnt take up that too much. The only thing you wasted up is into your money but since you are just that using on the amount that you can afford to lose then this what matter most.

[Akbarkoe]

I feel absolutely fine when I spend time on gambling and lose. First of all I find it ok to spend time and receive emotions, and pay for that. I dont consider it as losing time at all. Does not matter if I lost my money, if I had fun. Second reason is following. I have spent time stupidly in my life, wasted time on boring and useless activities, spend time doing something instead of paying for service and save time. I regret only those moments, when I felt greedy, because saving money wasnt worth spending own time.

For mature gamblers like you, it seems like they've considered this from the start and know how to deal with gambling. While regret and greed can sometimes be an interesting story, it's all a valuable experience that we can appreciate. Gambling is a time-consuming and financial activity. We must first accept this to have an open mind and a wise perspective on gambling.

Everything has a price to pay, and a little enjoyment in gambling requires spending money and time.

[junder]

Losing money and valuable time is a double loss, maybe this happens to those who gamble when they should be doing something else that is more important such as work, but because they feel confident that they will be able to win so they prioritize gambling over work as a result delaying work that should be done.

It is still better if the final result can get a win, but we just take the bitterness of defeat because that is more certain to happen, so double losses occur in situations like this.
Therefore, gambling should be done at leisure or casually.

[Strongkored]

I got hooked and started playing almost daily. And we all know slots have a huge house edge, so most of the time, you still end up losing. What I realized is that I lost something more valuable than money, my time.

So this year, my promise is simple. I’ll minimize slots and avoid repeating the same mistake again.

If I play slots I will usually spend at least an hour, but longer if there is still money in the casino account. Usually what makes it difficult to stop is curiosity, so what initially is just a desire to play for a short while to relieve boredom from work can actually interfere with work because a lot of time is spent playing slots. Especially when we are really enjoying it because we are making quite a lot of money, fatigue does not become a hindrance, and the stopping point comes only when the funds have significantly decreased or are gone.
I am staying away from gambling, not wanting to get too involved, I will still play but only for a short duration and perhaps only on weekends because I am not working.

[Ronsbit]

I got hooked and started playing almost daily. And we all know slots have a huge house edge, so most of the time, you still end up losing. What I realized is that I lost something more valuable than money, my time.

So this year, my promise is simple. I’ll minimize slots and avoid repeating the same mistake again.

If I play slots I will usually spend at least an hour, but longer if there is still money in the casino account. Usually what makes it difficult to stop is curiosity, so what initially is just a desire to play for a short while to relieve boredom from work can actually interfere with work because a lot of time is spent playing slots. Especially when we are really enjoying it because we are making quite a lot of money, fatigue does not become a hindrance, and the stopping point comes only when the funds have significantly decreased or are gone.
I am staying away from gambling, not wanting to get too involved, I will still play but only for a short duration and perhaps only on weekends because I am not working.

Slots games are very attractive and interesting games, and it takes only a disciplined player to be able to resist the urge to continue playing slots games when they notice that they are just being carried away by the game. Slot games are more of a curious game because the more you play, the more it arouses your curiosity to want to play more to see the end of it, most especially when you are winning, and the enticing sets of versions that keep popping up for your continuation.  This is how people get addicted to the games, and it takes a level of restraint to be able to control oneself from being overwhelmed by the slot game.

[sotelorene]

So this year, my promise is simple. I’ll minimize slots and avoid repeating the same mistake again.

Gambling should be fun — otherwise, what’s the point of playing? If gambling makes you lose too much time or money, or even lose friends, that’s already a sign of addiction. I know slots can be very addictive and sometimes it’s hard to stop, but I think if you truly want to stop playing them this year, you’ll definitely be able to do it. The most important thing is to take the first step.

Most times we are always the course of our problems because before we start gambling we already know that it can be addictive and then what's the way of staying out or not being addictive in gambling? Answer it is by gambling responsibly we know all these but yet we still fail to do what we are supposed to do and folk, gambling is not fun what is fun is football, playing on the pitch and not gambling and yes slots game are the most dangerous because one can literally lose everything in a seconds or minutes.

[Eternad]

Slots games are very attractive and interesting games, and it takes only a disciplined player to be able to resist the urge to continue playing slots games when they notice that they are just being carried away by the game. Slot games are more of a curious game because the more you play, the more it arouses your curiosity to want to play more to see the end of it, most especially when you are winning, and the enticing sets of versions that keep popping up for your continuation.  This is how people get addicted to the games, and it takes a level of restraint to be able to control oneself from being overwhelmed by the slot game.

I believe this is subjective because like me usually get bored to play slot games the longer I play since same spin over and over again as result while I preferred games like card game that requires some decision making on bets.

I find it uninteresting in long term because it continuously drain my bankroll without getting good result.

Players that is patient on taking accumulating losses will play longer slot games.

[Mayor of ogba]

What I understand from your post is that you are gambling for profit, so even though you try to minimize how you play slots this year, you will still spend time playing slots because you keep chasing losses when you lose in slots. For you to minimize slots and avoid repeating the same mistake again, you have to see gambling as a way of having fun or entertainment.

[Bluedrem]

That is why people are always told to use their discretionary income for gambling and also consider their free time as gambling time. But most of the time it is seen that those who are unemployed start gambling at any time. To be honest, unemployed people do not have extra money, so they want to increase the little amount of money they have by several times. They gamble in the hope that they will be able to increase their money. They are the ones who basically lose valuable money along with wasting time. And these types of gamblers are the ones who suffer the most. But those who use their free time and gamble with their discretionary income have a very low rate of loss.

[ejikeme24]

So this year, my promise is simple. I’ll minimize slots and avoid repeating the same mistake again.

Gambling should be fun — otherwise, what’s the point of playing?

LoL, you really think if there's no wining in gamble that people will be willing to risk their money for nothing? Obviously No" even the company knew that if gambling is create for fun alone without any other outcome apart from Loss that people will not be interested to join even though some people will still want to do it regardless, but just few. So we don't necessarily need to blame those who are gambling for profit because everyone must not go with this same mindset.

[bubilas]

I’ve experienced this myself. Gambling has eaten up a lot of my time. Before, I was only focused on sports betting, which honestly doesn’t take much time. You analyze the game, place the bet, then wait for the result. Most of the time I don’t even watch the game because I’m busy with my real job.

Things changed when curiosity kicked in and I started trying other games. I ended up with slots. So many games, so many temptations, especially when you see posts where a small wager hits a huge multiplier. Those lucky screenshots really pull you in.

I got hooked and started playing almost daily. And we all know slots have a huge house edge, so most of the time, you still end up losing. What I realized is that I lost something more valuable than money, my time.

So this year, my promise is simple. I’ll minimize slots and avoid repeating the same mistake again.

Yes, the lot owners are great at promoting them. After all, for an ordinary worker, as well as a successful manager, what could be more enjoyable than grabbing a bottle of beer and sitting back, playing slots on their laptop?
We all see these multiplier contests, and damn, I so often see other gamblers' successes on social media with 400x multipliers. It's incredible. It's hard to resist periodically thinking: maybe I should save some money and play with 30 dollars? Maybe I'll get lucky?
But you have to remember, this is a game of chance; it doesn't take skill into account, and I don't like that. It's an equal game for everyone.

[LastKiss]

That is why people are always told to use their discretionary income for gambling and also consider their free time as gambling time. But most of the time it is seen that those who are unemployed start gambling at any time. To be honest, unemployed people do not have extra money, so they want to increase the little amount of money they have by several times. They gamble in the hope that they will be able to increase their money. They are the ones who basically lose valuable money along with wasting time. And these types of gamblers are the ones who suffer the most. But those who use their free time and gamble with their discretionary income have a very low rate of loss.

When someone is addicted to gambling and at the same time unemployed in real life, the situation often becomes much worse. Addicted gamblers tend to spend most of their time just for gambling and being unemployed means they have no stable income to support that habit. This will question where does the money come from? Often, it comes from parents, friends or even loans from lenders. In the end, they will run out of money and some of them turn to doing bad things such as stealing or scamming others, just to get more money to gamble.

On the other hand, spending our time for gambling does not make it become a problem because losing time while gambling can be ordinary thing, just like spending time on any hobbies we enjoy. As long as gambling is done responsibly it can be a form of entertainment. For example, during a holiday someone might choose to spend a day gambling simply for enjoyment until they feel bored or satisfied.

[Fredomago]

That is why people are always told to use their discretionary income for gambling and also consider their free time as gambling time. But most of the time it is seen that those who are unemployed start gambling at any time. To be honest, unemployed people do not have extra money, so they want to increase the little amount of money they have by several times. They gamble in the hope that they will be able to increase their money. They are the ones who basically lose valuable money along with wasting time. And these types of gamblers are the ones who suffer the most. But those who use their free time and gamble with their discretionary income have a very low rate of loss.

Indeed, since that they using not spare but the only money they left during that time, it's not just their money but also their valuable time since they are chasing to win and they are doing their best effort to have that result, but the problem with that, when they start losing and they start being aggresive and those open opportunities that supposedly being given but instead of stopping and quit with some profits, since that they are trying to win more, they will lose it back then repeat that same cycle.

[Ronsbit]

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I believe this is subjective because like me usually get bored to play slot games the longer I play since same spin over and over again as result while I preferred games like card game that requires some decision making on bets.

I find it uninteresting in long term because it continuously drain my bankroll without getting good result.

Players that is patient on taking accumulating losses will play longer slot games.

It can be, though, but I think maintaining a game play of $0.10 per roll would be more sustainable to take one longer on slot games without looking at the multiplier. That could make the game more interesting for you to last longer with it, as that is what I do to be able to properly enjoy my game while playing the slot games.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

And unfortunately if you notice you're loosing heartedly your resourceful times and your money and yet you're not making move to reform your gambling characteristics then you're just doing yourself.
I don't know if we really understand that resourceful times puts birth to the funds we accounts as income which from there we makes budgets for gambling? I'm saying this because i wonder how some intensionally spends their their times in the casino and get lost that they're supposed to be there with governing times.

Yea, some people do not understand how it work, or they do but are just ignorant, they have been overwhelmed by gambling addiction and would rather take gambling very serious than use their time for important things that would bring consistent income to them. You know that gambling is a very addictive activity and when someone that lacks self control starts to gamble, they can lose themselves to the activity to the extent of not even feeling concerned with things that should matter most.