Enough of the advice already

[AYOBA]

Only fews gamblers that are ready to have control on themselves collect advice about how the gambling dangerous, because most of the gamblers will be thinking that may be their try to deceive them so that they won’t get what others achieve from gambling whereby a gambling is not place where a person will be rely on to be earning money at all the time. That’s why wonder those that took the gambling personal, some take it as the way of their income imagine that gambling that the losing is higher than the winning, but still don’t want to listen to those who are trying to put them in a right position.

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Only fews gamblers that are ready to have control on themselves collect advice about how the gambling dangerous, because most of the gamblers will be thinking that may be their try to deceive them so that they won’t get what others achieve from gambling whereby a gambling is not place where a person will be rely on to be earning money at all the time. That’s why wonder those that took the gambling personal, some take it as the way of their income imagine that gambling that the losing is higher than the winning, but still don’t want to listen to those who are trying to put them in a right position.

You see, this gambling thing is very personal and everyone has his reason for coming into gambling. Gambling is very risky and everyone going into it also knows this. The only wrong thing for me is seeing gambling as your major source of income because you will ruin your life. I have also seen someone who uses gambling as his major source of income and he is successful too because he plays few games instead of packing all odds and expecting all wins. Self control is very important, if you can not  control your anxiety and greed, you will end up regretting very soon.

[ZeroVinsonN]

I noticed everyone gives the same advice, including me. I am not exempted. Risk what you can afford to lose, apply proper money management, set aside funds to gamble, patience and so on. But if gambling could actually be controlled by advice alone, why do casinos still make billions?

In theory, advice is correct. But reality shows you a different part. No amount of advice can change someone who is already addicted to gambling. In losing streak, advice goes out the door and emotions take over.

Physical location casinos can't even make you apply any advice. Free drinks, shining light, the hot seat and so on. You will forget you wrote down a paragraph of advice to do gambling properly. Online casinos are even worse. Constant advert of it passing through your phone or computer screen, auto play feature to actually get you hooked.

If advice doesn't really work at all, what then truly works? Complete avoidance? Or strict deposit limit? Or something else entirely, I will love to know. To be honest, has gambling advice ever worked for any of you? I would love be to hear your thoughts.

The truth is that even if everyone controlled how much they gambled with casinos will still make their money, the only way for that to stop is if nobody is gambling at all, them making their billions as you say isn't dependent on whether people gamble with what they can afford to lose or not, so even if everyone one in the world follows advice and only gamble with what they can afford to lose the casinos will still be in business.

[Sim_card]

When you're focused on making profit when gambling, you will forget all the advice that can enable you limit your losses. This is because you are not reciting it as you are gambling and you have never put it into practice. It's difficult for someone to discipline himself because it deprives you from enjoying yourself to the fullest but in gambling, you have to practice discipline to stay healthy.

[coinrifft]

Only fews gamblers that are ready to have control on themselves collect advice about how the gambling dangerous, because most of the gamblers will be thinking that may be their try to deceive them so that they won’t get what others achieve from gambling whereby a gambling is not place where a person will be rely on to be earning money at all the time. That’s why wonder those that took the gambling personal, some take it as the way of their income imagine that gambling that the losing is higher than the winning, but still don’t want to listen to those who are trying to put them in a right position.

Not really sure if that is accurate, I think at some point, all gamblers received some advise from someone that has experience the ups and downs of gambling. But maybe the numbers is that they could listen or don't listen at all.

As individuals vary, for me I don't like someone talking about my business of gambling. I'm not offending anyone about my vices, I don't ask them money to fuel my gambling or even my gambling addiction. So yeah, maybe there could have advices to us, but still, we might listen to it or not.

[Charles-Tim]

I noticed everyone gives the same advice, including me. I am not exempted. Risk what you can afford to lose, apply proper money management, set aside funds to gamble, patience and so on. But if gambling could actually be controlled by advice alone, why do casinos still make billions?

If people are using small amount of money to gamble, the gambling sites will still make money, but they will not make up to the amount of money they are making now, but the money they will make will still be much high. There are billions of people that are gambling, so everyone losing just $5 on gambling and if only 3% of people make money that week, that is a lot of money. Although, what you are saying is also right.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

In theory, advice is correct. But reality shows you a different part. No amount of advice can change someone who is already addicted to gambling. In losing streak, advice goes out the door and emotions take over.

If advice doesn't really work at all, what then truly works? Complete avoidance? Or strict deposit limit? Or something else entirely, I will love to know. To be honest, has gambling advice ever worked for any of you? I would love be to hear your thoughts.

Gambling advice really works, some people are ignorant of responsible gambling. Lots of people were introduced to gambling with the perception that they can make lots of money from it, at least I was one of them, introduced into gambling in 2013 and won about $1k back then which kind of confirmed my orientation, then came the chase for endless profits which ended up in addiction and big time financial loss.

Came accross a friend who advised me to stop gambling irresponsibly and after months of reflection I decided to quit which lasted for about 3 years before I returned a more responsible gambler, most people are really ignorant or have not really understood the relevance of the advice, maybe a day would come when they will.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Well addicted people obviously don’t follow any advise, otherwise they wouldn’t be addicted, haha. Addiction is based on gambling to win, and not gambling for entertainment purposes only. Of course there can be a middle path but addiction comes mostly from losing and trying to win everything back. And even if they reach the point of going back to break even they will think they are on a lick streak and try to win some more, until it’s all gone plus fresh money getting injected in the firepit.

So yeah, it’s a good advice but filling it would be even better. Obviously it’s hard though, everybody knows that.

[Betwrong]

I noticed everyone gives the same advice, including me. I am not exempted. Risk what you can afford to lose, apply proper money management, set aside funds to gamble, patience and so on. But if gambling could actually be controlled by advice alone, why do casinos still make billions?
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I want to stop you right there. I may be wrong, but it seems to me that you're implying something like, "All the money lost by players goes to the casino." Am I right? If so, I want to repeat what I've said many times already: it's a common misconception that casinos take all the money. In reality, they only take 5–10% of the money wagered on their site, and in some cases, it's as little as 1%. Most of the money lost by players is distributed among the players who win. Basically, a casino provides a service and charges a fee; it isn't robbing its clients, as some people think.

[Outhue]

In theory, advice is correct. But reality shows you a different part. No amount of advice can change someone who is already addicted to gambling. In losing streak, advice goes out the door and emotions take over.

It's not every advice that people will follow, that should be fine with people giving the advice from time to time on here, the message is been delivered  already and it's left for newbies to either accept or reject the advices, it's not as if it's not working for some people, trust me, if I never found this forum I will not become a gambler, so any advices that comes from the forum is not a nonsense advice, at the end of everything it's still the readers choice to pick a side.

[Dunamisx]

Do we even need people to advise us when we can also make the right decision for ourselves, was it not because of those who were unable to team positively and act accordingly for themselves causes others are given suggestions in diverse manners, a responsible Gambler should not wait until he is told what to do before it take necessary action that is profitable to him.

[Bitcoin.com97]

I feel advice is free , so it’s left for you to make the final decision, one thing for sure is that is easy said than done , people can easily give out advice or say a lot of things , there is actually freedom of speech, but the real thing it’s you are either taking a bold step  by  abstaining from it, but it’s not actually easy .

One thing about gambling once you have started especially you have won in one or two occasions , trust me it won’t be that easy to avoid the site , both online and physically, especially online , I know how many times I told myself I’m not going to gamble again , but often times I find myself moving around trying out my luck after some breaks, but in all I feel it just about self discipline.

[justdimin]

I noticed everyone gives the same advice, including me. I am not exempted. Risk what you can afford to lose, apply proper money management, set aside funds to gamble, patience and so on. But if gambling could actually be controlled by advice alone, why do casinos still make billions?

Well, even if people were gambling in control, the casinos would still make billions, perhaps a few billions less. I mean, if 1 million people lose $10 a month and they are in control, the house still makes good money regardless. But casinos do love gamblers who are uncontrolled obviously because they lose way more and come back again next time to bet more.

In theory, advice is correct. But reality shows you a different part. No amount of advice can change someone who is already addicted to gambling. In losing streak, advice goes out the door and emotions take over.

The same goes with smoking . Theoretically, smoking ain't bad if you do it once in a while but that never happens and we end up smoking way too frequently.

I think gambling is even more addictive because of the monetary factor attached to it. You always feel that you can make money from gambling, even though mathematically you can't, not in the long run at least.

[lombok]

I feel advice is free , so it’s left for you to make the final decision, one thing for sure is that is easy said than done , people can easily give out advice or say a lot of things , there is actually freedom of speech, but the real thing it’s you are either taking a bold step  by  abstaining from it, but it’s not actually easy .

One thing about gambling once you have started especially you have won in one or two occasions , trust me it won’t be that easy to avoid the site , both online and physically, especially online , I know how many times I told myself I’m not going to gamble again , but often times I find myself moving around trying out my luck after some breaks, but in all I feel it just about self discipline.

Knowing that first wins are only a trap is a significant step to high level of awareness of all gambler. Complete dedication is needed to cut off access to gambling sites. Temptation can be resisted best by relying on the power of self control. When one is bold enough to take some tangible action, day by day, to successfully leave the self destructive ways, that is when significant change begins.

[Sammye3]

Whatever a man chooses in his heart to do, that is exactly what he would do. Giving advice is not an ultimate remedy that would instantly change the mind of people,  but it can influence the thoughts of people. If a person has chosen to gamble, you can't possibly do anytime about it but give advise until he/she has their mind made up to quit.

Gambling is not entirely bad when it's controlled and does not affect one's daily living but it becomes out of hand when it becomes a lifestyle that is beyond control. This situation is vice versa with the casino, because you win and they credit you; you lose and their account balance increases. Its a 50/50 chance and the casino would win either way.

[SPIDERMAN008]

Do we even need people to advise us when we can also make the right decision for ourselves, was it not because of those who were unable to team positively and act accordingly for themselves causes others are given suggestions in diverse manners, a responsible Gambler should not wait until he is told what to do before it take necessary action that is profitable to him.

You are absolutely right. An adult person has enough intelligence and conscience to easily understand which decisions are good for him and which are bad for him. But even then, it is seen that many experienced gamblers make very big wrong decisions just because they cannot control their emotions. So there is really nothing to advise them. They already know and understand everything. However, when they start gambling, they actually lose control over themselves. That is why they know that if they gamble in such an aggressive way, they will definitely suffer financial losses. But they ignore all these thoughts and continue to gamble like they do. As a result, many experienced gamblers lose their maximum and are completely ruined financially within a few days.

[Akbarkoe]

I noticed everyone gives the same advice, including me. I am not exempted. Risk what you can afford to lose, apply proper money management, set aside funds to gamble, patience and so on. But if gambling could actually be controlled by advice alone, why do casinos still make billions?

In theory, advice is correct. But reality shows you a different part. No amount of advice can change someone who is already addicted to gambling. In losing streak, advice goes out the door and emotions take over.

Physical location casinos can't even make you apply any advice. Free drinks, shining light, the hot seat and so on. You will forget you wrote down a paragraph of advice to do gambling properly. Online casinos are even worse. Constant advert of it passing through your phone or computer screen, auto play feature to actually get you hooked.

If advice doesn't really work at all, what then truly works? Complete avoidance? Or strict deposit limit? Or something else entirely, I will love to know. To be honest, has gambling advice ever worked for any of you? I would love be to hear your thoughts.

The advice will be useful for those who are thinking, meaning that their brains are still working well in judging whether something is good or bad, but if emotions have taken over then there will be nothing that can change a person from his addiction because his brain is working well, except for harsh measures to make the person aware, it is still quite possible to make a person realize that he has made a mistake and is emotionally immersed in gambling.
Advice is very useful for me because I am the result of the advice that made me recover from addiction, but if my brain was not working properly then I might still be in addiction today.

[danherbias07]

Deposit limit will be a big issue. We have different incomes, so a rich man will probably go against it. Betting a few dollars on a game will not even make them entertained.

It goes back to the truth that gambling is a choice. That is why all we can do is address the issue and give advice. Gambling platforms can only notify the player that he had been playing for hours and should take a rest. But there's still a choice to continue if a gambler wants to.
Disabling every player to continue playing after the time limit can also be a lot of work. System-based and they may need a big maintenance to inject the new feature. It could be messy.
So, it all comes down to how good the advice can be. Or, a country can use what Singapore rule is using regarding gambling permissions. The entry levy system. Many will be against it, but that's how a country can control the gambling problem.

[riscohen4]

Actually gambling advice sounds good in theory. But it becomes a different ball game entirely. When it comes to losing streaks everything becomes different.

Addiction to gambling can make one ignore everything advice related. Moreover the way casinos design the location is damn attractive. I can say same for the online casinos. But online casinos is more dangerous as payment now can be done swiftly with your phone. Not saying physically is not like that but a little but different with your device.

The advices don't actually really work as you would see the impact in people lives. It only affects very few meaning it's not as effective as we think it is. The only way to actually limit gambling is complete avoidance.

Someone who is actively addicted to gambling can't just change based on advice. There has to be a personal conviction to actually change. Which on a scale of 1 to 10. Only 1 out of 10 persons do that.

[Dogedegen]

Advices don't work, discipline does, and discipline comes with nature. If you are irresponsible by nature in anything you do in life, you can't magically become a responsible gambler after getting a bunch of advices from different people, because those advices can't get inbuilt into your system, you will listen to them, they might make sense when you are either listening to them or reading them, but as you said, when you start gambling, you will not remember or apply anything practically because it's not in your nature.

This is not true, discipline is a learned skill. People are not born with a trait called discipline as there is no such thing. Advice does work, don't confuse listening to advice with applying advice. Only listening to advice has no use, it is entertainment or a way to pretend that you are doing things the right way.

I have said it in the past, the fact that someone praises a certain piece of advice doesn't mean that it is going to work for you. But the fact that it didn't work for you doesn't mean that the advice should be thrown away; some people are going to read it and get something that is going to help them over time.

To be clear, there is advice that is universal and there is advice that is personal. Some things will not work for others, but there are things that are universal such as having a limited budget and limiting your time of play. There is no way that this advice could not work for somebody unless they are not doing it actually. If you easily go past your budget and it happens often, that does not mean the advice does not work it means that you are failing to apply the advice. By blaming the advice people like to avoid taking responsibility for their own failures. You see this a lot with diets and things like that, people like to blame a good diet for failing them when they cheat the diet all the times with some of the worst things that they could eat. Good advice that is meant to be universal always works, the problem can only be the person.