cash out is a hidden trap

[Cityhunter34]

This is me noticing lot of bettors now treat cash out like a normal strategy.( correct me if im wrong)
For me, always using cash out is a bad habit, it feels like you’re not really confident in your pick and you don’t want to take the full risk.

I’ve read many topics about this, and some people even include cash out in their system but is that really a strategy, or just self-protection?

Cash out almost always favors the bookies. You rarely get full value. They control the amount, they lower it while the game is still open, and you end up taking less than what your bet could pay.

So if you’re always cashing out early, maybe it’s not risk management, maybe it’s just fear. And in the long run, that mindset helps the sportsbook more than it helps you.

What do you think, smart betting or just another trap?

Cash out is nothing but a way to overcome losing everything at the same time. Honestly, there's nothing to worry yourself too much after cashing out because gambling is something that you can not predict the final outcome of the game, so we should accept any decision in good faith without any negative thought because already losing is part of the game and also gambling it's a personal decision so there's nothing like a trap in cash out option since they are not forcing anyone to cash out their games it's something that you have the possible right to decide on your own.

[Agbe]

I don't think cash out is a trap. There are times when cashing out just makes sense. Like when not sure about your bet or something unexpected happens in a live game that could ruin your bet. Cashing out at that point is the smartest way to save your money instead of losing it all at the end. The real problem isn't cash out itself, it's how people use it. If you're going to cash out, do it because it makes sense, not because you're scared. That one decision can make or break your bet.

You have a point, people have different reasons for chasing out and the reason behind can actually make it a problem, what I mean is, there are gamblers that use the cashout offer to make profit while there are others that don't plan to cashout they wait until things starts going south and then they cashout out of fear and anxiety. Under such a condition taking such amounts can make you run into losses.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

Cash out for me can't be considered trap, it's a two sided thing, reason been in most cases it acted as way if cutting off total losses in one game, despite most time too those game may happen to play as predicted, been an option in gambling allowed anyone who makes it a choice to operate on it. That is the reason he gambling should be seen as thing if luck mostly live game that is heart cutting looking at you game half way wining beginning to drop from a team of confidence and considering the time Factor that the game may be if lossing to your prediction taking what you win half way can't be entirely trap but rightful decision.

[mak013]

Cmon, it is just a tool. You can choose yourself to use it or not. You can save some money if you mistaken, you can catch some moment in the game to get high odds and get profit with cashout(but it is rare situation).
In my situation using cashout decrease my profit, much better to believe analyze and wait the result. But it doesn`t mean that it is something bad. Just find a way how to use it and get some additional profit.

[Fredomago]

I don't see anything wrong with this feature. If a player ultimately changes their mind or realizes the game didn't go as planned, then this feature will come to the rescue, and they can withdraw part of their winnings and protect themselves from losing all their funds. Bookmakers wouldn't have implemented this feature if it weren't profitable for them. As it is, there's an illusion and a minimal chance of fixing the commission, of course.

It's your own decision making and no one will force you from taking it if you think that it will help you saving yourself from a possible losses, though for some gamblers who's looking for someone to point their fingers, if so happen that the supposed bet wins, they'll put that blame to this feature as instead of making decent win, just because of seeing the option they take it and win smaller amount instead of maximizing it.

[Zigabel]

Cash out is nothing but a way to overcome losing everything at the same time. Honestly, there's nothing to worry yourself too much after cashing out because gambling is something that you can not predict the final outcome of the game, so we should accept any decision in good faith without any negative thought because already losing is part of the game and also gambling it's a personal decision so there's nothing like a trap in cash out option since they are not forcing anyone to cash out their games it's something that you have the possible right to decide on your own.

They are not forcing you on cash out, you still have the decisions to or not to use the offer, and that is very true. Cash out for the casino is a way of helping you stay in a win win situation but sometimes greed will not allow us see it that way because we feel we can still be too lucky to have the whole of the money that we were supposed to win and not want to take a factional offer even when we are not to sure if the rest of the game is going to turn out in our favor. Cash out is for me a good option to explore especially when you are not sure and for me sometime i literally place a bet with the intention to look out for cash out because i may not be too sure of the game, so for me it is a fair and sometimes very helpful offer by the casino.

[Versatile_choice]

Cash out is nothing but a way to overcome losing everything at the same time. Honestly, there's nothing to worry yourself too much after cashing out because gambling is something that you can not predict the final outcome of the game, so we should accept any decision in good faith without any negative thought because already losing is part of the game and also gambling it's a personal decision so there's nothing like a trap in cash out option since they are not forcing anyone to cash out their games it's something that you have the possible right to decide on your own.

That's right, as far as the decision they make doesn't kill them but help them to get back some money they would have loss everything, that is why anything that happen in gambling should take it in good fate, because gambling is not something one can tell how is going to be or how is going to end, and for one to be in the safer side, they should learn to gamble with the amount they can afford to lose, because gambling with amount they can easily lose can help them in not being affected that much, even though they lose or not, as it will give them the peace of mind instead of having pressure because of the amount they bet with and don't know if they will win or not.

[Alpha Marine]

Who is ever confident in their picks in sports betting? Gambling is a game of chance, so there is no assurance of anything.
Cash out, in my opinon is a feature that can go both ways. It can favour you, or it can favour the casino or betting company; either way, it's not something that should be condemned. It's a pretty good feature in my opinion. Aside from the fact that casinos make sure the cash outs are always very small relative to the potential win, there is nothing wrong with it

I can even go further to say it is greed that makes people not cash out most times. Imagine staking with just $10 to win $500, and while there are still 4 games left to play, you have a cash out of about $200 to $300, yet you don't take it. At the end of the day, you might lose everything. I might not take the cash out in that situation, but I recognise that it is my greed that makes me not take it.

The issue with cashout is not knowing. You don't know if the game will be lost if you dont take and you also dont know if the game will play if you take.

[Emeraldo]

Cash out for me can't be considered trap, it's a two sided thing, reason been in most cases it acted as way if cutting off total losses in one game, despite most time too those game may happen to play as predicted, been an option in gambling allowed anyone who makes it a choice to operate on it. That is the reason he gambling should be seen as thing if luck mostly live game that is heart cutting looking at you game half way wining beginning to drop from a team of confidence and considering the time Factor that the game may be if lossing to your prediction taking what you win half way can't be entirely trap but rightful decision.

I don't know why someone that called himself a gambler would assume that cashing out early is a trap when it is an option for anyone that don't feel safe holding backt to the final result of their bets. This option is favoring casinos that do give gamblers the opportunity to use it and it is because they are making money by allowing their users to cashout early on games that might end up becoming a win. Cashout option is meant for those that are not confident about their bets and don't want to lose the opportunity to get rewarded even though it's a little amount.

[mcdouglasx]

I sometimes think that cashout is mostly a psychological control to feel more secure with our bets, and that it doesn't represent a long-term monetary improvement. So if I had to focus on the long term, I would prefer to keep my bets for the jackpot. I would only use cashout in cases such as if I made a mistake in a selection or due to some last-minute external event like the weather during the match or an unforeseen major injury.

[hedgeh0g]

I sometimes think that cashout is mostly a psychological control to feel more secure with our bets, and that it doesn't represent a long-term monetary improvement. So if I had to focus on the long term, I would prefer to keep my bets for the jackpot. I would only use cashout in cases such as if I made a mistake in a selection or due to some last-minute external event like the weather during the match or an unforeseen major injury.

Well, that's your strategy, but winning the jackpot is extremely difficult and only goes to the lucky few. I sometimes think I'll never win the jackpot and will only be content with small wins. I understand the need to think positively, but believing we'll win the jackpot is probably too blind, although of course it's not forbidden and anyone can think that way. I still prefer to withdraw part of my winnings if I manage to win; I don't just want to keep everything in the game, because I think at some point I could hit a losing streak and ultimately lose everything, very quickly.

[Dunamisx]

There's no trap in seeing a given opportunity to cash out, some do anticipate for this each time they are gambling, because they already knew that this could come more as a rescue to them in case of uncertainties, which they will have the option of withdrawal to go away than waiting till the end of the match they are not sure of what the outcome may turned.

[YOSHIE]

What do you think, smart betting or just another trap?

So it's like this, we all know that gambling is risky and that's for sure, in gambling some people place bets carelessly, meaning they follow what friends or other people place, they also do it and some of the others they do really have a purpose and are based on gambler's instincts.

Talking about Cashout, maybe some think it's a trap, but for me personally it's not a trap, it's the dealer's choice and kindness, so that we consider bigger losses.
This means and for example, most people will consider the Cashout feature to be a match in progress whether it is in the first or second half, in short, if we know and believe that our bet is in doubt, 99% will not win again, for example, in the second half, 80 minutes into the goal, the goal has been scored 1-1, while we are betting on the score for a certain team, so why keep the score? Obviously Cashout provides a cash solution to go and search and place other bets, we know in a situation like that we have no profit, but the field says otherwise.

In my view Cashout is a choice not a trap, in situations like that there are several options, go take Cashout, stick to your initial beliefs, but there is no guarantee or choose to lose everything without bringing anything, if that's your position which one do you choose....!

[AprilioMP]

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What do you think, smart betting or just another trap?

It's not always a bad habit to cash out because it doesn't mean you're not confident in your betting decisions or that it's a trap. Behind all that, I think it's a convenience that betting sites offer their users.
From my point of view, cash out isn't something that's designed to benefit the bookmaker, but rather they offer it as a way to avoid losing all the money in the bet slip, and this is what I mean in sports betting.
Sometimes, when there's only one match left, I might make the bold decision not to take the cash out.

[boyptc]

I sometimes think that cashout is mostly a psychological control to feel more secure with our bets, and that it doesn't represent a long-term monetary improvement. So if I had to focus on the long term, I would prefer to keep my bets for the jackpot. I would only use cashout in cases such as if I made a mistake in a selection or due to some last-minute external event like the weather during the match or an unforeseen major injury.

That's a different perspective because building discipline to cash out in the long term is going to make you profitable because you know when to get out.

And aiming for the jackpot means that you're there to have that focus and that's hard to achieve. While I don't doubt any person trying to aim for that but, I know how hard it is for the most of us.

[Pi-network314159]

There's no trap in seeing a given opportunity to cash out, some do anticipate for this each time they are gambling, because they already knew that this could come more as a rescue to them in case of uncertainties, which they will have the option of withdrawal to go away than waiting till the end of the match they are not sure of what the outcome may turned.

That's actually true, I think op is contradicting himself. I am hearing this for the first time that cashout is a trap why people see cashout as escape route when they might have lose the entire game. Everyone always anticipate on wanting to cashout when the need arises, so that they could make profit instead of losing all, but here we are listening to op saying it's a trap. WOW. After some calculation I think cashout option may have made op lose a huge amount before, that's why he called it a trap. But sincerely speaking, it's never a trap but one of the best option in Gambling.

[Humblevirus]

I don't see cashout as a trap; I see it as an advantage. There are many games where I have cashed out, and at the end of the game, if I had not cashed out, I would have lost. Most of my winnings even come from cashout.In fact, recently on Stake, it happened just as I predicted one or two goals most times cut the game. So I always feel that instead of losing the money at the end of the day, I should cash out and reset again after taking some amount of money from what I won.But the point is that I don't cash out small amounts of money. For example, if I bet $10 and see a cashout of $20, I hardly cash out. However, when my cashout is showing $40 or upward, I will definitely cash out and sometimes leave.Nowadays, when I leave, I always end up regretting it because I still lose. So, as for me, cashout is not a trap but an advantage, and I may also say cashout has helped many people.