Who are you in gambling (winner or loser)?

[Ever-young]

I gamble for fun, so I don't keep track of my wins and losses. It's not just me, maybe most people who gamble for fun don't keep track of their wins and losses because they gamble with very little money, so keeping track is not that important, but it's important to be responsible and not get addicted to gambling and not spend a lot of money on gambling. However, if I had to say whether I won or lost gambling, I would say I still won because I bet on sports and can analyze sports a little better, which is why I have won more often.

The most important thing is that you gamble with a set budget and you stick to that particular budget every single time you gamble, then you literally don’t need to track your wins and losses cos none of that really matters, especially when you’re gambling for fun. The only thing that’s meant to be tracked is your gambling inflows, but that’s when you don’t have a particular budget or you have one but not consistent in sticking to those budgets.

[Versatile_choice]

I gamble for fun, so I don't keep track of my wins and losses. It's not just me, maybe most people who gamble for fun don't keep track of their wins and losses because they gamble with very little money, so keeping track is not that important, but it's important to be responsible and not get addicted to gambling and not spend a lot of money on gambling. However, if I had to say whether I won or lost gambling, I would say I still won because I bet on sports and can analyze sports a little better, which is why I have won more often.

The most important thing is that you gamble with a set budget and you stick to that particular budget every single time you gamble, then you literally don’t need to track your wins and losses cos none of that really matters, especially when you’re gambling for fun. The only thing that’s meant to be tracked is your gambling inflows, but that’s when you don’t have a particular budget or you have one but not consistent in sticking to those budgets.

I do gamble with a budget, but most of the times I still try as much as possible to keep a clean record of how much I’ve actually spent in gambling for that week or that month, but this is usually when I’m doing an overall rundown of my spendings and overall budgets for that month, I tend to include my gambling spendings so I know if maybe I should make any changes to my budgets, either to reduce it if I find out I’m spending way more on gambling, or maybe increase it a bit if I notice it’s not sufficient. That’s basically the reason I do this.

[HONDACD125]

I do gamble with a budget, but most of the times I still try as much as possible to keep a clean record of how much I’ve actually spent in gambling for that week or that month, but this is usually when I’m doing an overall rundown of my spendings and overall budgets for that month, I tend to include my gambling spendings so I know if maybe I should make any changes to my budgets, either to reduce it if I find out I’m spending way more on gambling, or maybe increase it a bit if I notice it’s not sufficient. That’s basically the reason I do this.

I think knowing how much you spend in each gambling session so that you can add your total spendings in your overall monthly budget is different than keeping a note of every wins and losses, the later can be pretty tiresome because keeping a count of how much you have won and how much you have lost after each session is not easy, and then keeping a record for them, it's not really worth it, as said by another friend above, one should simply decide a budget, deposit that in the gambling account, gamble with it, and that's it. If it's lost, just keep a record about how much you have spent that week, and if you win, you won't need to make another deposit next time.

When you are gambling for profits, you will be worried about everything, you will always be counting how much you have lost so far, how much you have started with, and that will bring anxiety and tension, and I don't think anyone can win with so much tension, especially if you are playing games that require focus, and even in games that are totally reliant on luck, if you lose your mind, you will start making bigger bets, and lose more money this way. So it's always important to stay calm and collected when you are gambling.

[bbc.reporter]

There is very much a possibility that there are 8 liars on this poll heheheh. If you challenge this assessment, I reckon the people who have voted that they are very much profitable should say their names.

This poll should be respected and this respect will be shown with honesty. However, if they are winners, we can be quite certain that they will not be posting on this forum.

[junder]

By the definition of gambling word itself it’s very hard to missed how gambling works.

I believe gamblers understand the risk they are taking since they knew that they can lose their bets but the problem is they tend to ignore that risk and focus on the positive side which is the profit.

Gambling games are all addictive by design so gambler usually have greedy ambition once they already addicted to winning.

It's impossible for people to gamble without knowing that they face the risk of losing, so what you say is true, and I also believe that everyone who gambles should be aware of this, so they shouldn't overdo it. However, the appeal of gambling makes it difficult to control oneself, so losing control is a common occurrence. Therefore, don't think that we are winners.

[m2017]

Those who gamble for fun do not need to track their gambling wins and losses because they do not prioritize money.

Are they millionaires? Any gambler who gambles for fun is limited by the size of their wallet, and if they don't track their expenses, they'll eventually find themselves gambled away their entire monthly budget. They'll have to wait a long time until payday. What should they do in this situation, when they need money for basic household expenses? Borrow money from a friend and then gamble not for fun, but for the money?) 

However, most gamblers start gambling for fun but later on, their main goal is to make money.

It seems to me that most (if not all) gamblers start gambling for money.

In fact, money and pleasure in gambling are closely intertwined (and inseparable) and are an integral part of this form of entertainment. One often hears debates about whether gamblers gamble for pleasure or money. I believe (I'm leaning towards this version) the (true) answer is a hybrid - that is, a mixing of fun and money, not just one.

I gamble but I don't try to look at my past gambling results. We all know that in the long run, the gambling platform will be the most profitable but still we continue to gamble regularly.

So, you don't analyze your past results because the outcome is already known - you're a loser (in the sense that the percentage of losses exceeds the percentage of wins)?

I have wins also there are losses. Honestly, I am not too worried about my gambling results so far because I do not gamble beyond my ability.

This thread was created to understand what (on average) is happening to gamblers: losses or wins. It's impossible to figure this out without each gambler's past results (including yours).

[bbc.reporter]

Those who gamble for fun do not need to track their gambling wins and losses because they do not prioritize money.

Are they millionaires? Any gambler who gambles for fun is limited by the size of their wallet, and if they don't track their expenses, they'll eventually find themselves gambled away their entire monthly budget. They'll have to wait a long time until payday. What should they do in this situation, when they need money for basic household expenses? Borrow money from a friend and then gamble not for fun, but for the money?) 

However, very much similar to much of us signature campaign participants in this forum, a signature campaign payment is a weekly inflow of bitcoin to include in our gambling budget hehehehe. I reckon much signature participants are small minnows similar to me who cannot gamble with a very high amount or are there really whales in this forum?

[fruktik]

Those who gamble for fun do not need to track their gambling wins and losses because they do not prioritize money. However, most gamblers start gambling for fun but later on, their main goal is to make money. I gamble but I don't try to look at my past gambling results. We all know that in the long run, the gambling platform will be the most profitable but still we continue to gamble regularly. I have wins also there are losses. Honestly, I am not too worried about my gambling results so far because I do not gamble beyond my ability.

Why not invest your money in a casino wisely? How? For example, by promoting an affiliate program. Gather several thousand active referrals who will generate a stable income. I won't say this process is easy or quick, but the results will be impressive if you attract interested users (players). I tried something similar before, but I didn't achieve outstanding results because my advertising budget left much to be desired. If you take a path that doesn't require money, it could drag on for years. This requires not only patience but also creativit

[Emitdama]

It will be very difficult for one to start counting his or her lost in gambling especially for those that do it almost every day, to me I do gamble mostly to cool my head off at my free time so I really find it unnecessary keeping records of all that. However the only time I can quickly remember even if you just wake me up from a deep sleep is when I won a thousand dollar and I intentionally bought something tangible with it so as to make it a remembrance to what I achieve so far with gamble.  From my experience in gambling over the years the only record that seems more easy to remember is success.

Same impression, unless if they already do some tracking before, but I remember a casino can also keep a stat for us. Also, OP said 'by the time, we read the thread'. So that also makes it easier to reply here. If we play everyday, I think that also makes us to easily remember our losses than if we play rarely, unless if that is only one gambling session we play in our lifetime.

If we play for fun, I think that equates that we are responsible or organized like we only allocate 5 dollar every time we got paid in our jobs. That makes it actually easy to count the money we spent in gambling . Make sense on why a win (a bigger one) is more memorable. It is because it can only occur rarely, more if we also buy an item (non-food). That is because we can see them every single day.

[nara1892]

Those who gamble for fun do not need to track their gambling wins and losses because they do not prioritize money. However, most gamblers start gambling for fun but later on, their main goal is to make money. I gamble but I don't try to look at my past gambling results. We all know that in the long run, the gambling platform will be the most profitable but still we continue to gamble regularly. I have wins also there are losses. Honestly, I am not too worried about my gambling results so far because I do not gamble beyond my ability.

Why not invest your money in a casino wisely? How? For example, by promoting an affiliate program. Gather several thousand active referrals who will generate a stable income. I won't say this process is easy or quick, but the results will be impressive if you attract interested users (players). I tried something similar before, but I didn't achieve outstanding results because my advertising budget left much to be desired. If you take a path that doesn't require money, it could drag on for years. This requires not only patience but also creativit

Good idea but I don't see many people (gamblers) doing this, even though by becoming an affiliate of an online casino site it can increase our income and you are free to use it for living expenses or for gambling budget so you don't have to cut your monthly salary to gamble, but on the other hand, popularity is also quite needed here, meaning the better your popularity on social media with many followers, the easier it will be for you to promote the site too, audience trust is also very influential and you are right if for example we start from ordinary people then yes maybe this requires a process and quite a bit of patience.

[Nothingtodo]

When I bet as many dollars as I get, I don't calculate the winnings and losses in gambling. Since I don't take gambling seriously, I don't need to calculate the amount of profit and loss.
But if the calculation were done, I think my losses in gambling would be more than my profits. Because I have no significant record of winning except for winning a very small amount of bets. Still, somehow, even knowing that I have lost in gambling, my mind is attracted to gambling. Although I participate in gambling very carefully and I never take gambling seriously. If I have money left over to maintain my family expenses, I participate in gambling purely for entertainment.

[Marvelockg]

In this poll, I don't mean the number of wins and losses, but rather how much you earned or lost (expressed in money).

On an overall bases, it's deficult to have a correct data that shows that I've won a certain amount on the gross or that I've lost a certain amount since inception considering that at several instances, one can use more than one casino and it might be impossible to get that kind of data all straight. At certain time, I've been a winner and at other times have equally lost which is what is peculiar to other gamblers. Your wins might in most cases be less than your loss but still yet, because you're having fun in the process of gambling, it will be all that matters and not neccerily that everything has to revolve around how much you're winning or loosing...

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

I'm a winner in gambling because I am doing it to satisfy myself by having fun, I don't pressure myself that I must win a bet in gambling and deprive myself of the fun in it.

I see gambling as a profitable event whereby I am satisfied to engage daily without any complaint, I also see that every condition I have in gambling only contributes more to my experience in it and all are what I agree together and see myself as a winner and not a loser in gambling.

[Cgrexp]

I gamble for fun, so I don't keep track of my wins and losses. It's not just me, maybe most people who gamble for fun don't keep track of their wins and losses because they gamble with very little money, so keeping track is not that important, but it's important to be responsible and not get addicted to gambling and not spend a lot of money on gambling. However, if I had to say whether I won or lost gambling, I would say I still won because I bet on sports and can analyze sports a little better, which is why I have won more often.

The most important thing is that you gamble with a set budget and you stick to that particular budget every single time you gamble, then you literally don’t need to track your wins and losses cos none of that really matters, especially when you’re gambling for fun. The only thing that’s meant to be tracked is your gambling inflows, but that’s when you don’t have a particular budget or you have one but not consistent in sticking to those budgets.

It may be logical to set a specific budget for gambling. However, it is important to set a budget. I think it is realistic to say that it is safe to gamble with up to 10 percent of your discretionary income. However, if you want to increase this amount according to your financial capacity, you can increase it to a maximum of 15 percent. Although each person decides where and how much to spend their money, it is a completely personal matter. Still, setting a budget is a good method that prevents you from taking excessive risks.

[TheUltraElite]

Most of the money I spent on gambling was actually spent, in other words lost and not make back. Hence I no longer gamble to try to double that money but only for fun. So indeed I am a loser in gambling but I am winner when it comes to saving the money.

This is because I chose not to gamble once I understood what was going wrong and did not stubbornly try to chase the losses.

This is what makes a winner in gambling. Not the jackpot but the decision to stop.

[Zadicar]

I gamble for fun, so I don't keep track of my wins and losses. It's not just me, maybe most people who gamble for fun don't keep track of their wins and losses because they gamble with very little money, so keeping track is not that important, but it's important to be responsible and not get addicted to gambling and not spend a lot of money on gambling. However, if I had to say whether I won or lost gambling, I would say I still won because I bet on sports and can analyze sports a little better, which is why I have won more often.

The most important thing is that you gamble with a set budget and you stick to that particular budget every single time you gamble, then you literally don’t need to track your wins and losses cos none of that really matters, especially when you’re gambling for fun. The only thing that’s meant to be tracked is your gambling inflows, but that’s when you don’t have a particular budget or you have one but not consistent in sticking to those budgets.

It may be logical to set a specific budget for gambling. However, it is important to set a budget. I think it is realistic to say that it is safe to gamble with up to 10 percent of your discretionary income. However, if you want to increase this amount according to your financial capacity, you can increase it to a maximum of 15 percent. Although each person decides where and how much to spend their money, it is a completely personal matter. Still, setting a budget is a good method that prevents you from taking excessive risks.

Actually setting up a budget is something that showing up that you are putting up some amount into your gambling activity whereas into those people who are just that randomly putting up some amount basing up on their vacant fund is much more better rather than on having some fixed amount. Well, its not bad to have this approach because the most important thing of all is on how you would be able to control yourself on when to stop when you do lose those funds on that particular session. In speaking about being a winner or loser then it would be understandable or simply its on default that most gamblers are that on the losing side. Why? it is evident that these gambling platforms or businesses are booming up on which simply means that there are tons of gamblers who do messed up their gambling activity and busting up that tons of money because due to on having no self control.