The last leg luck: How do you stop one game from ruining your ticket?

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

We cant prevent ourself from losing a bet if we are not disciplined, this also calls for having enough patience and being not greedy, because all these has a lot to do with what we stand to win from the bet we must have taken, maybe the reason for cashing out option has been made available was on situations like this, that just a single game can completely ruin our bet, but we can choose to prevent on such at any time if we decided to.

[pawanjain]

I’m curious to know how you guys handle this. Do you just take the loss and move on, or do you have a system to protect your potential wins or subsequent games?

That definitely hurts especially when you have won so many bets yet waiting for that one last win to take those massive profits.
I have faced it once and since then I was so disappointed that I only bet on single games instead of parlay.
Limiting the parlay size is a good beginning but if it repeats then it's probably the best to bet on single games instead.

[Frankolala]

When you have a long parlay game, there's every possibilities that the last game will cut your bet. This is why I prefer using the cash out button so that, I don't live in regrets. Ever since I started using the cash out button, I have never regretted it because as long as I'm on profit, I prefer to cashout. However, it's not all the time, you will be smart, your last bet can still play out as predicted and you will regret cashing out.

[Proty]

I don't know how often gamblers deliberate about this, but I'm sure it's good for us to vent about it, to proffer simple and actionable strategies to stop it, if possible. I believe we’ve all been there, where, for example, you have a 10-game accumulator, 9 games have turned green, and you’re just waiting on the last one...only for a 90th-minute goal to wipe out the whole ticket. That's one of the most common heartbreaking "one game spoil." My last experience was recently, when my 3 different tickets were all tied to Italy, and Italy disappointed and ruined all the tickets. That hurts!

I’m curious to know how you guys handle this. Do you just take the loss and move on, or do you have a system to protect your potential wins or subsequent games?

Lately, if my bookies have it, 1. I’ve stopped letting the ticket run to the end, 2. prioritise a single bet or limit the accumulation, and 3. properly vary my selection without being too sure on a team.

Additionally, if you got one, you can share your painful "one game spoil" story.

This is an experience that is common to almost all the gambler. I believe anyone that has been gambling for long should had this kind of experience. The best solution is to cash out the game if the chances to do so is there but if the opportunity to do so isn't there the next thing will be to play with an option that of one of the game fails you will still win some certain percentage.
Prioritising a single bet won't change any thing because is still possible to single out the wrong game. Therefore the most important thing here is luck .

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

I’m curious to know how you guys handle this. Do you just take the loss and move on, or do you have a system to protect your potential wins or subsequent games?

Lately, if my bookies have it, 1. I’ve stopped letting the ticket run to the end, 2. prioritise a single bet or limit the accumulation, and 3. properly vary my selection without being too sure on a team.

Additionally, if you got one, you can share your painful "one game spoil" story.

There is absolutely no other ways to handle losing a bet at die minutes then the three scenarios you just gave above, which includes cashing out after you might have been offered a reasonable amount of profits. Or staking the bets double so that while you allow one to play to the end, you might just cash out the second ticket, because for a few number of gamblers that I have known to always stake each ticket double, I have noticed that this strategy sometimes do work for them, and it has actually worked for me several times. Because apart from these three strategies you gave above, there is absolutely no other that can stop you from losing a bet at die minutes moment.  

[Makus]

The only way to avoid one game from ruining your ticket is to make use of the cash out option, a lot of gamblers don't use this often because they think that it is depriving them of winning their potential amount but onw thing about betting is that nothing is certain, even when it seems like a bet is sure and you have a few left one game can end up ruining everything. This is why it is always better to make use of this option. you would get to avoid losing more in the long run when you always cashout, it is the safest way to avoid losses

[yahoo62278]

If you have 1 leg left you can hedge your bet. Go bet on the other team in a single bet. 1 of your 2 bets will win, you just need to bet enough to where its profit either way.

If you were gonna win 1000 on your parlay, go bet 250 on the other team. You will either win 250 from the single bet(roughly) or 750 from your parlay.

[Strongkored]

I’m curious to know how you guys handle this. Do you just take the loss and move on, or do you have a system to protect your potential wins or subsequent games?

I only try to play with a few legs, no more than 3, but even then, if I'm fairly confident in the outcome, even though confidence won't increase my chances, at least I feel optimistic.
If I still lose, I'll be upset, of course, but I'll move on quickly because there's no point dwelling on it or regretting it. No matter how hard we try to maintain our chances of winning, gambling is still random, the chance of losing is always wide open.

[tread93]

I don't know how often gamblers deliberate about this, but I'm sure it's good for us to vent about it, to proffer simple and actionable strategies to stop it, if possible. I believe we’ve all been there, where, for example, you have a 10-game accumulator, 9 games have turned green, and you’re just waiting on the last one...only for a 90th-minute goal to wipe out the whole ticket. That's one of the most common heartbreaking "one game spoil." My last experience was recently, when my 3 different tickets were all tied to Italy, and Italy disappointed and ruined all the tickets. That hurts!

I’m curious to know how you guys handle this. Do you just take the loss and move on, or do you have a system to protect your potential wins or subsequent games?

Lately, if my bookies have it, 1. I’ve stopped letting the ticket run to the end, 2. prioritise a single bet or limit the accumulation, and 3. properly vary my selection without being too sure on a team.

Additionally, if you got one, you can share your painful "one game spoil" story.

I mean what else can you do other than accept the loss and move on to the next thing ? Maybe take a break from it and do something else until you get your head straight. Its dissapointing and nobody ever wants to be in that situation but it happens and it can happen fast if you put yourself there willing and able bodied in a spot where you can gamble and gamble easily. This is a risky spot to be in. Try to restrain yourself and only bet wisely.