Why I keep losing in gambling, even after years of experience

[Beparanf]

No matter how experienced you are in the world of gambling,you’ll still lose.So you don’t have to blame yourself for not winning all the time due to the experiences you’ve had in gambling.Gambling isn’t a game that is certain for players to win regularly,that’s why in several occasions it’s called a game of uncertainty,it should be in your court on when to stop and when to continue.Set a limit and act disciplined towards gambling otherwise the unrealistic may become the reality.

Exactly, Experience only makes us familiar on what the game we are playing together with the possible outcome.

With that being said, an experienced gambler shouldn’t be asking anymore an obvious on why he is still keep losing even after gaining too much experience while gambling has higher chance of losing than winning since all games has negative EV.

An experienced gambler knew that we will be profitable in the casino games.

[AmaGold70]

Based on my experience, the main reason why I lose money, whether in sports betting or other games, is simple... I don’t really have a clear plan before I start gambling.

When I say “plan,” I mean these basic things:

• Target profit, how much I want to win
• Amount per stake
• Maximum loss before I stop

These are very basic rules, everyone knows them. But honestly, even after years of gambling, I still fail to follow them most of the time.

Once I start winning, I get greedy and increase my bets.
Once I start losing, I try to chase and recover.
In the end, both usually lead to losing more.

So I’m curious… Do these things really matter to you?

You made some genue points and these points matter's a lot. It is not good to gamble haphazardly, be very disciplined while gambling, and because of the high level of losses gamblers do experience, it is necessary to deploy a method of gambling that will enable more winning than the losses you incure. Sometimes, a gambler can gamble for a whole season without a single win and what you loose is your hard earned money, and no gambler is happy loosing his or her own money to gambling site without making profit.

[Hardyrobust]

Based on my experience, the main reason why I lose money, whether in sports betting or other games, is simple... I don’t really have a clear plan before I start gambling.

When I say “plan,” I mean these basic things:

• Target profit, how much I want to win
• Amount per stake
• Maximum loss before I stop

These are very basic rules, everyone knows them. But honestly, even after years of gambling, I still fail to follow them most of the time.

Once I start winning, I get greedy and increase my bets.
Once I start losing, I try to chase and recover.
In the end, both usually lead to losing more.

So I’m curious… Do these things really matter to you?

You made some genue points and these points matter's a lot. It is not good to gamble haphazardly, be very disciplined while gambling, and because of the high level of losses gamblers do experience, it is necessary to deploy a method of gambling that will enable more winning than the losses you incure. Sometimes, a gambler can gamble for a whole season without a single win and what you loose is your hard earned money, and no gambler is happy loosing his or her own money to gambling site without making profit.

I don't really understand what you mean by gambling haphazardly, if it is actually what I am thinking then it is not a good thing as it is possible to become addicted.
I don't think if there is a method of gambling that will guarantee winning, if it is so those that have spent time gambling would have developed a special Method that would guarantee them to be winning whenever they gamble. Notwithstanding, gambling is a game of luck and without luck there is no method that will guarantee winning.

[Finebone]

When I say “plan,” I mean these basic things:

• Target profit, how much I want to win
• Amount per stake
• Maximum loss before I stop

These are very basic rules, everyone knows them. But honestly, even after years of gambling, I still fail to follow them most of the time.

Once I start winning, I get greedy and increase my bets.
Once I start losing, I try to chase and recover.
In the end, both usually lead to losing more.

So I’m curious… Do these things really matter to you?

I think the problem start once you started seeing it as a mandatory something you engage in, that you must make money from.
Bro this is gambling, a game where it's 90% luck and 10% proper analysis if it's sport betting, so what makes you think that you can be  winning consistently when luck is the major player of the final outcome?
The only word I have for you is that gambling doesn't give a dam on how long you have been a gambler, it's more about being lucky. That is  why it's wrong to see it as a means of making money, because it's something we should be doing for fun and nothing else.

[demonica]

Greed really doesn't bring us any good things, especially in gambling. The more we try to chase what we've lost, we start losing more than what we could've imagined. And once we get too focused on chasing that losses, we also start forgetting to control ourselves.

But the thing is, even if we set a goal or plan from the beginning of how much money we want to win, it's not a guarantee that every gambler will follow the plan they initiated. It will still depend on how mentally strong a gambler is, and how much he can control himself, especially when it comes to greed.

[TokenTikas]

Even after having years of experience, losing is not something new. Winning and losing completely depend on luck. No matter how much experience someone has, it does not really change much because when you place bets in a casino, you cannot win by experience; you have to rely totally on luck.
However, experience can help you win in other games, like poker, where skill and experience actually matter. But in casino gambling, experience does not really count and everything mainly depends on luck.

[whiteblue]

Yes, luck is what determines whether we win or not in gambling, experience does not affect how much he will become a profitable gambler, because with the same nature of the game with no greater possibility, greed that often exists, makes us continue to lose, except perhaps football bettors, among them there are professionals in betting who can predict better in sports betting, but in other games besides that it depends on luck, if your luck is bad then you will not get anything from gambling.

[Fredomago]

Gambling itself is about luck. We can have a lot of experience, but for me, experience lies in knowing how to bet, knowing when to raise the bet, knowing when to quit even if it's a loss That's where experience comes in. In gambling, there are no measurements, no exact things , there's only one thing we must have as a foundation: protecting our money.

Experience should only work in guiding us on when to play, were to stop and the amount of money we should used but experience has nothing to do with winning. Gambling is a game of luck the most experience person in gambling isn't the most successful person. Without luck having years of experience doesn't really count. Experience will guide a gambler on how to gamble for those that have learnt from years of experience.

Good point, experieced prevents us to make bad decision and can dictate to stay on your strategy no matter what, but there's no guarantee that it can bring us to always win, inside gambling even how good you are there are still chances that you may overlook things then lead you to lose your bet, the fact that gambling always accompany by risk should limit us from how we set our strategy and expectations, failure to follow can lead you to lose your hard earned deposits.

[Negotiation]

A casino does not recognize our years of experience in gambling when we play a bet, all the focus on is if we get it right or wrong and this will be the ultimate reason to why we can lose or win, so we don't get it done by experience or being an old timer for using a particular gambling casino, all these doesn't work at all with gambling.

Yes, it is always based on decision. Before betting, you have to make the right decision on what type of game or slot game you are using. Because sports betting is one thing and slot game is another. But since he has been gambling for a long time, there is some experience about this. So I think sports betting can be good for him. I believe, sometimes ignorance does not work. However, as a gambler you have to accept losing.

You are right, ignorance does not work. Betting without knowing or understanding means losing money for sure. Due to experience, a person understands when to bet and when to stop himself. There is no 100% guarantee of winning in gambling or betting. After a loss, betting more in the addiction of getting that money back becomes the main cause of destruction. Accepting the loss and keeping control over yourself is the real intelligence.

[Wakate]

is not easy to be making money from gambling consistently and that is why some people that like gambling but don't understand why it is so will always want to be complaining. There is no legit rule anywhere that emphasized that it is a must for gamblers to make money from gambling. If you are able to make profits today, that's your luck and that do not mean you are not going to lose money later.

The role of luck is really significant in defining the end result since mathematical probability does not favour anybody. At the time of profits, we must do well to know that it will not be long lived in this risky endeavour. No written assurance of long-term financial prosperity of players exists. The game is random and thus the mind would always be prepared when we bet. Thou are you correct since excess expectations will cause disappointment in case of losses incurred.

Luck is very important when gambling and this is what gambling have to do when they are not seeing any positive outcome from their bets.
The only option a gambler has to do is to leave gambling for some time and this can be a month or 3 months but should not be a week or two. At least taking an eye out of gambling is very important to calm down and indulge in other activities that will relief the brain and make him forget anything about gambling for a season.

[Lida93]

Good point, experieced prevents us to make bad decision and can dictate to stay on your strategy no matter what, but there's no guarantee that it can bring us to always win, inside gambling even how good you are there are still chances that you may overlook things then lead you to lose your bet, the fact that gambling always accompany by risk should limit us from how we set our strategy and expectations, failure to follow can lead you to lose your hard earned deposits.

A lot of persons that are gambling doesn't really know the place of experience in gambling, they actually misplace it to be what would make them profitable or perhaps influence what would be the outcome of their stake. No. The experience have gained over the years of gambling is there to guide our decision making on the games and where it's heading by outcome . For an example, an experience gambler would quickly avoid to chase losses due to his experience but a newbie gambling won't see reasons not to chase his losses towards recovery. The newbie may not know the dangers.

[Agbe]

Are you being serious? Personally I open gambling apps or sites, deposit what I want to mess around with, stake on sport bets while waiting to see if I will win after 90 minutes plus I try out other games and stuffs around the casino and all this of having a strategy and target wins are something that is more like a laid pattern which I’m not ready to follow because I don’t see gambling as one special thing that I can do instead I will just have fun and while gambling responsibly, that’s all.

Exactly man, I don’t see no gambling as a serious thing, me been surprised they do all of that in gambling.. Those strategies and plenty planning isn’t my thing at all..

All I do as well is just deposit money i want to gamble with at that spot just as you said, then if I loss it is fine, if I don’t, it fine as well..
I even barely play those online casinos, what I play mostly are sport bet..

Everyone's mindset about it is different, you don't see gambling as anything other than a means to have fun but someone else is taking it as a major source of income. But your approach is the best way to go, it is better to just stake what you can afford to lose and be ready to accept losses instead of trying to take gambling as a major source of income. Taking gambling seriously only leads to disappointments.

[Hispo]

Everyone's mindset about it is different, you don't see gambling as anything other than a means to have fun but someone else is taking it as a major source of income

I don't know about you, but in my opinion from the very moment someone sees a slot machine or some roulette and decides that is going to be their major source of income, they are already losing their money.
And even if they do not immediately lose their money, they will lose a sheer amount of time and peace of mind because of how unpredictable their finances will become, all because of that greedy choice.

It is better just to try to get a decent job.