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Quote from: Crypt0Gore on March 11, 2024, 06:00:32 AM

Your luck in gambling will come when the time is ripe, don't beat yourself or try to force anything, and don't go and change your gambling strategy because of this, keep risking only what you can afford, everyone has luck in them, the timing is the only different there.

I also believe in the luck thing in gambling and when the time comes, the luck will show. No need to try to adjust to strategies especially when they are already working and you are getting winning from it. This is what happens and some people will feel that they are not lucky enough and they want to change certain ways that they have been gambling thinking it is not favourable to them but not knowing that their own lucky day is coming and it will only happen when they stick to what has been working for them.

There is a pattern that works for gambler but some are still not confident on it to have winning from it but they look at what winnings others have and throw away already winning strategy because of that negative thinking that they are not winning enough but not knowing they have their own days lined up for them. There is always a winning season for every gambler only if you have a working strategy then keep to it.

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Quote from: SeriouslyGiveaway on March 11, 2024, 08:26:06 AM

This question is really difficult to answer, but for a non-spiritual person like me, I think it's just a coincidence. When gamblers win or lose, they often find reasons to explain it, and coincidentally, you often appear at the time they win, so I say it's a coincidence. In a certain aspect, if you arrive before he places a bet, you chat or create a comfortable and fun atmosphere for him, and then he decides to place a bet, it is clear that the presence of yours brought good results for him. If you appear later, I think it's just a coincidence and a kind of inference from your friend.

I do agree. I am curious though, "What if the gambler lost?" Will he blame the OP for being there and say he is bad luck for him? Cheesy

I mean, it's always the blame game when it comes to gambling. If we cannot point our fingers at the people near us then sometimes we blame the environment or sometimes the things we have in our pockets. Superstitious belief has somehow been a part of gambling for a long time and it will depend on the result of the game. If they lose then something must be wrong or bad luck is around him, if he wins then he can call anyone a good luck charm to him.
So I guess OP coincidentally was there when something good happened because if not, it would have been a different ending for both of them.
Well, I think we cannot erase the "superstitious" things to a gambler because there are times it does work and I think what happened to OP is a proof of that.

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This question is really difficult to answer, but for a non-spiritual person like me, I think it's just a coincidence. When gamblers win or lose, they often find reasons to explain it, and coincidentally, you often appear at the time they win, so I say it's a coincidence. In a certain aspect, if you arrive before he places a bet, you chat or create a comfortable and fun atmosphere for him, and then he decides to place a bet, it is clear that the presence of yours brought good results for him. If you appear later, I think it's just a coincidence and a kind of inference from your friend.

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Quote from: oktana on March 10, 2024, 07:52:16 AM

I don’t think it has to do with Individual grace. I think that luck is just when your own gamble aligns with the outcome. It could coincide with the outcome many times but it’s not about you. Because there are other people who also played that same game and won just like you did. Would we then say it’s a sum of their personal grace? No matter how much he wins, it’s luck. If he wants to know, maybe he should increase his stake and the money would be gone forever.

When it comes to gambling we actually have our individual grace and that is why you don't compare your self with a regular winner. And that is why even when some people are addicted it still works for them and you can not compare your self so its better for everyone should just do what will favour them. The way I gamble I know some people will want to advise me of my gambling habits what works for everyone is different and what works for me is to continue to gamble everyday and not that I win everyday but there are higher chances for me to win so that is my own strategy that am using. The best thing is to pray for luck anytime you are gambling because strategy does not work. Luck works.

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That's a good friend, when some people win they won't even show it, they will keep it as a secret, he decides to show you and that's because he is grateful for winning, maybe its been a long time since he won this big last or maybe he has never won this big before, but it's good that he treated you right.

You don't have to feel bad and start asking why it's never you, because someone somewhere has to be this lucky, it may not be your friend's turn that day, and you won't have been treated this well, do you even think about this?

Your luck in gambling will come when the time is ripe, don't beat yourself or try to force anything, and don't go and change your gambling strategy because of this, keep risking only what you can afford, everyone has luck in them, the timing is the only different there.

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In response to the op, in gambling, luck is just luck, there is no two ways about it, every body get lucky at some point in time, and at other times they are unlucky, this is completely a normal thing and happens to everyone, though I believe that some persons may frequently be or appear to be more luckier than others, the fact still remains that, at a person's given or appointed time, he or she will find good luck in what ever he or she is doing, whether it be gambling or what ever.

And as for your story concerning your experience at your friend's place, that is nothing but coincidence, if truly your story is indeed true, and happened exactly as you have said it did, then your friend got lucky simply because luck decided to smile on him that day, his winning has nothing to do with the fact that you were there, for if you weren't there, I bet he would have still won.
But it's good he decided to take you out on a threat though, believing your presence is the reason why he won the game, that is nothing but a superstitious believe, people get lucky at any point in time, it has nothing to do with what is happening around them, or who there are or were with at time, but like we all know, some people will always find one thing or the other to see as a reason as to why something happened, be it a good thing or a bad thing.

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Seems like a real story and it does happens. It can be coincidence that your friend have been lucky and he treats you with his money. Just be grateful and thankful with that because most of the gambler friends that wins, they remain silent as they don't want to keep up with their other friends and just want to remain lowkey with whatever they have as they've won. But with you and your friend, it's rare to have these friends have you treat on them when they've won. It's hard to get some money nowadays and even it's from a casino and bet win, you'd truly have hard time seeing friends that will just take you together with them away and have sometime to go malling.
As for the luck, I don't think that there's any way to attract it. Whenever you are lucky, it's fate that's giving you the opportunity to be one and it's not happening to anybody at all times. So, while it is there and the money is with you as you've taken profits, go away and have some me-time or friend time or family time and treat them if you've ever won big money. Because it doesn't come usually when we gamble so, cherish those times and be wise in spending that money because you'll never know if you'd be lucky again to have it soon.

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Quote from: EluguHcman on March 09, 2024, 05:21:24 AM

The game of luck that is involved in gambling, is it the one of individual grace which attracts goodwills? Or it is by the days the gamble decides to remember you and then gives you the chance (s) winning?

I think it's your grace as one individual could be gambling for many days and still not have a good day that he'll make himself to win but another individual can be gambling for just few days and he'll be lucky to win a big amount. Everybody grace is different and that's the reason you don't have to depend on another individual gambling history to determined how the game will work for you. The game of luck is determined by luck and nobody knows how it works.

If they knew how luck works then they'll be using it to their advantage but nobody knows how it works. Being lucky is something that happens when we don't expect therefore nobody prepares for it. You can be lucky today but tomorrow, everything you do is unlikely and that's the reason many people lose to gambling though they just won few days ago. Gambling isn't a guarantee winning opportunity.

I agree with you. This gambling game is strictly a game of luck which one could game couple of weeks without winning and luckily same gambler could gamble a straight days and just keep counting winning those periods and on it a sudden the lucky days would just seize to reign on him again.

That is just to say the lucky days of his winning are over. No one actually know how this luck in gambling works and that is why a newly inexperienced gambler could win in the casino more than the experienced gamblers. Not on the fact that he made those winning because the casino gamble is welcoming him with some sympathy winnings, only that he stepped in to the board at when his luck was ready to shine on him.

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Quote from: EluguHcman on March 09, 2024, 05:21:24 AM

I don't really believe this dude because such grace has not even worked for me although some of my physical trader friends sometimes says they have more customers anytime I comes around their trading centres and they love having me around.

Does this really happen a reality or it is just some sorts of mental reasoning fellas?

I think that it's just a coincidence that he won the bet when you were with him, unless you'd visit him twice again and if the luck repeats, then you can proudly say that you're a luck influencer, if it doesn't happen that wey then it's merely a coincidence. Although if people makes profit when you're around them then it's possible that the probability of luck follows you, but don't take that to mean that people must win or gain when you're around them, because luck also happens when others are around winners too, except you have a supernatural presence or something like that. I think that gambling is luck and it can happen anytime, irrespective of who is present.

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Quote from: EluguHcman on March 09, 2024, 05:21:24 AM

The game of luck that is involved in gambling, is it the one of individual grace which attracts goodwills? Or it is by the days the gamble decides to remember you and then gives you the chance (s) winning?

I brought this up here because last night I went visiting a friend in his house and getting there, he was busy concentrating on his phone which I knew nothing about what he was in there doing.
He pleaded with me to be patient a little so he could finish up what he was doing and I said okay, go on and don't even stress yourself hurrying because of me.

He went silent at me for over 10mins and finally, it was the casino game tha he was busy playing.
The next thing he said to me was... Mate, let's roll out to the mall, I am taking charge of your bills tonight.
It was like a joke and we both went shopping and he paid $800 of my bills.
Guess what fellas, he said he won $13,980 in his casino bet while I was in his house. He claimed it was by my grace of goodwills and positive energy that attracted him that luck to win so, he don't mind having me 10% of that winning because he can't remember the last time he won a bet.

I don't really believe this dude because such grace has not even worked for me although some of my physical trader friends sometimes says they have more customers anytime I comes around their trading centres and they love having me around.

Does this really happen a reality or it is just some sort of mental reasoning fellas?

Sigh! Imagine feeling hurt because of your words, if something isn't working for you, it shouldn't stop it from working for others around you, it is a wrong mindset saying that such grace hasn't worked for you, bro, that's you.

Your friend has a different fate and luck in life, you are different and so is he, this is why I don't discourage people from doing something that I have been doing for a long with no success, they can do it right, way better than I did.

Maybe it's the way that you are even thinking about yourself, humans bend to the words of their mouths and the shape of their minds and thoughts, that's why we need to be careful about how we feel about ourselves, good feelings and thoughts attract mercy and good luck.

Change the way you think about yourself.

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Quote from: EluguHcman on March 09, 2024, 05:21:24 AM

The game of luck that is involved in gambling, is it the one of individual grace which attracts goodwills? Or it is by the days the gamble decides to remember you and then gives you the chance (s) winning?

I brought this up here because last night I went visiting a friend in his house and getting there, he was busy concentrating on his phone which I knew nothing about what he was in there doing.
He pleaded with me to be patient a little so he could finish up what he was doing and I said okay, go on and don't even stress yourself hurrying because of me.

He went silent at me for over 10mins and finally, it was the casino game tha he was busy playing.
The next thing he said to me was... Mate, let's roll out to the mall, I am taking charge of your bills tonight.
It was like a joke and we both went shopping and he paid $800 of my bills.
Guess what fellas, he said he won $13,980 in his casino bet while I was in his house. He claimed it was by my grace of goodwills and positive energy that attracted him that luck to win so, he don't mind having me 10% of that winning because he can't remember the last time he won a bet.

I don't really believe this dude because such grace has not even worked for me although some of my physical trader friends sometimes says they have more customers anytime I comes around their trading centres and they love having me around.

Does this really happen a reality or it is just some sorts of mental reasoning fellas?

Gamblers seem to be rather superstitious guys who believe that all sorts of nonsense affects the likelihood of their winnings. You seem to have become a good luck talisman for your friend.

There is no magic in this and it is just a pure coincidence that he won $13,980 when you were visiting him, but your friend attaches great importance to this. This belief in miracles and magic (the positive impact of your presence on the outcome in the casino), at least, looks strange in the age of widespread technology and the development of science. It seems that superstition and belief in omens are especially deeply rooted among gamblers and can't be eradicated, because they do not want to be deprived of the illusion of the possibility of hitting a big jackpot. Whereas, this is unlikely and in the casino everything is calculated and designed in such a way (mathematically and statistically) as to enrich the casino, not the players.

These are mental illusions that they want to believe, but only encourage them to empty their pockets.

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In fact, I saw that you were the lucky one on that day, where you didn't do anything and were only asked to be quiet. Everyone can do nothing, and not bet anything on any match. Your position and time at that time is how luck works, no one realizes it and it always comes at a time we never thought about.

If you think your friend is luckier, maybe that only applies to that day. He will never share his losses with his friends, and only wins can be shared with friends.

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Quote from: klidex on March 11, 2024, 04:46:24 AM

The way gambling that depends on luck works is actually simple, we don't expect too much from the game because it completely depends on luck, just play with the money you can afford. If you lose you are unlucky, but if you win it means you are just lucky without having to think about how. how it works, unless you ask how to have skills in the bets we play of course there is a lot of strategy or knowledge so that we have a chance to win but yes it also requires luck.

Actually, luck is something that determines the final result of every gamble played, I think of it as exactly what you said, if you lose it means you are unlucky and if you win it means you are lucky, the point is that victory is in our hands as long as we know when we should play and when we have to stop playing gambling, there are games that completely rely on luck and there are also those that don't, for example sports betting requires skill and ability to analyze matches before betting but still it also requires luck.

Casino games such as slot games, one of which is a game that relies entirely on luck without skill or even ability, so even though there are differences between casino games and sports betting, it is still luck that will determine the outcome too, even though you have skill and are able to analyze the favorite match you may lose because in the end the result still depends on our luck too, I believe that everyone is actually lucky, it's just that sometimes it is tainted by greedy and never satisfied behavior which ultimately drives someone to play more and spend money faster than usual, anyone who plays casino games actually often wins and they were lucky but they were not satisfied so they didn't stop playing and continued the game until they finally lost.

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The standard system of a casino has no external interference from outside source like Op claims. Casino machines have been designated to work alongside the house edge, as you mentioned. The arrival of a good result can't be predicted, but things may occur differently, and the winner will accept that his friend influenced the result. However, it'll sound weird to other listeners, including the appreciated person. Those thoughts erupt in form of joy, and happiness tagged to similar reaction we had on the arrival of a friend.

But the gambler fails to forget the days he lost money, and other times when he won without the presence of his friend. People believe different things and don't care what others will say regarding their belief. Yet, looking at gambling in a more sincere perspective, nothing works adequately, like it may have been painted by other gamblers. Hence, discussing this as a proven fact, the process needs to be tried repeatedly, again and again, you'd notice the whole belief will end up as false.

There would surely be perspective on the standard system of a casino and the beliefs gamblers may hold regarding external influences on outcomes. Casino machines are designed to work in favor of the house edge, as commonly understood. When a gambler experiences a positive outcome, they may attribute it to the presence or influence of a friend. This attribution can bring about feelings of joy and happiness, similar to the excitement of a friend's arrival.

Despite the joy of winning, gamblers often remember both the times they lost money and the times they won without their friend's presence. This suggests a complex interplay between beliefs, experiences, and outcomes in gambling. People hold diverse beliefs about gambling outcomes, because there is subjective nature of gambling experiences and interpretations. Experiences, and skepticism surrounding gambling outcomes emphasize the importance of critical thinking and empirical evidence in evaluating the validity of such beliefs.

Having beliefs on gambling is taking away the concept of the game, and leads to the problem with gamblers, today. They already believe gambling would outsource wealth on their behalf. Hence, see it as a disobedient to quit in times of trouble. Players, recently, don't give up on their beliefs easily. And that has affected the way gamblers think and behave. As a strong belief on a platform like gambling, seems unswerving. It shows how strong and backed up the players are toward their gambling behavior. They are not ready to end it anytime soon. Initial thoughts on activities, affects the present and future of a person, including gamblers.

Those early thought don't get erased quickly or easily. Although, players have concern on making money, they still engage into gambling devotedly, even with no funds. So, I wouldn't call it a movement, but a problem. As the concept doesn't tally with the reason for gambling. Humans have redirected it and made the game a side hustle for wealth. Since it promises money, they'll never stop believing. In a nutshell, the validity of the believe is uncertain, due to the nature of gambling. Critically thinking on such beliefs can only take up time, with lesser results.

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Quote from: EluguHcman on March 09, 2024, 05:21:24 AM

Does this really happen a reality or it is just some sorts of mental reasoning fellas?

Well, I wouldn't say that I completely believe in all these things, but I know that some people tend to have this thing in them, they tend to have a charm in them and that charm makes things work way better then they usually would when they are around, and I have seen such people around me. I don't know if it's just coincidental or a reality, but when such a person is around, things seem to sit in place pretty much easier than normal times.

However, when it comes to gambling or other luck-based things, I don't know if a person just being present around you can make you win or not, some people say that they win more on certain days or with certain people around but I always believed that these are all superstitions and nothing else.

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So indirectly are you friend who brings good luck to the people around you? because they can feel positive energy if you are around you so that good things happen to them. In my opinion, whatever your friends produce when you are around them is a coincidence, maybe they feel that you can channel positive energy and can bring good luck, but honestly, this is just superstition, no one has energy like that all the time, if so, why, friend your friends don't always invite you to gamble if you can give them winnings or bring good luck and I'm sure if your friends invite you continuously your friends will still experience defeat because gambling is completely dependent on luck.

The way gambling that depends on luck works is actually simple, we don't expect too much from the game because it completely depends on luck, just play with the money you can afford. If you lose you are unlucky, but if you win it means you are just lucky without having to think about how. how it works, unless you ask how to have skills in the bets we play of course there is a lot of strategy or knowledge so that we have a chance to win but yes it also requires luck.

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Quote from: EluguHcman on March 09, 2024, 05:21:24 AM

Does this really happen a reality or it is just some sorts of mental reasoning fellas?

This is what we have in our mind and sometimes it works for those who believes that whenever someone visits you you while gambling he might attracts more luck to you, what mostly matters is that when you focused your mind and attention into something you quickly get results even though gambling is a game of probability but there are also more luckier chance for your friend to win that very day because already it was programmed for him to win because he has also make his bet corrects.

I have no idea about the visitor will bring luck but what i commonly hear from our community
is that when you are with pregnant women while you gamble ?that will bring luck and make you win
but what i do believe is that we are the one who attracts luck meaning if we are having positive
thoughts when in table then the more chances of luck that will sit on us.and also try to enjoy
while playing because that will also attract luck.

Well, this is one of the beliefs that gamblers believe, and we are going to make a list. There are many other or numerous beliefs that will bring a gambler luck in order to win a game or bet. I also have my own beliefs or rituals in gambling, while or before engaging in gambling. It's not that I'm desperate in believing that; it's just that I feel like there's something missing within me if I do not follow my ways or routine before and during gambling games or bets.

have you heard that also in your community mate? because I saw this effective in
some occasion and I even experience once with my cousin who is pregnant that time.

may we ask what are your rituals? sharing our beliefs is helpful to learn our culture .

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We have different ways of attracting luck; some might really work, but some are just made up of beliefs or rituals in order to satisfy the mind of a gambler. The real question is, is it really working? Maybe there are some working, but isn't it just a coincidence? Well, it's not that important. As long as you are not affecting other people, you could do anything you want.

Just enjoy the gambling and if you succeed then good and if not then that is also fine.
never commit in gambling but let gambling just part of your enjoyment.

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Quote from: YOSHIE on March 10, 2024, 11:47:55 AM

Quote from: EluguHcman on March 09, 2024, 05:21:24 AM

The game of luck that is involved in gambling, is it the one of individual grace which attracts goodwills? Or it is by the days the gamble decides to remember you and then gives you the chance (s) winning?

Maybe it's just by chance that someone experiences luck in the gambling arena, this often happens in slot games, I once saw some of my friends betting online in slot games, at a certain time he bet in just an hour and a half, he managed to win almost $10k at the casino.

Believe it or not, as far as I know, online casinos and every slot that is activated have an operator who controls it, they know the users who often bet on their games, for this reason, at certain times there is a loose time for bettors to be able to win while playing, thus, what happened to your friend was just luck where he played right at the time the operator relaxed the winning time.

I've always believed in the idea that most gambling is a lucky activity, or I mean when you win it means you are lucky and vice versa if at the end of the session you lose and lose some money then yes obviously it means there is absolutely no luck there, especially if we are talking about types of gambling such as slot games that you said, however it is a game of pure luck because we cannot apply any skills unlike in the type of sports betting, and yes as you said that the victory that your friend managed to achieve is nothing more than a lucky situation, it's a very large amount buddy.

Honestly I don't know enough about what goes on behind the scenes especially in games like slots, but yes I have a suspicion that there seems to be someone controlling it. I am also one of the gamblers who knows and gambles on this type of game, and what I know for the matter of winning is that usually I get a win when I have lost a number of losses in the previous few sessions which sometimes the amount of winnings can be greater than the amount of my previous losses that make me experience recovery and sometimes also the amount is much smaller than what I have lost. One thing, and I agree with your belief that winning happens when you are at the right time which is where the luck comes in regarding whether the operator relaxes the winnings or not.

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The standard system of a casino has no external interference from outside source like Op claims. Casino machines have been designated to work alongside the house edge, as you mentioned. The arrival of a good result can't be predicted, but things may occur differently, and the winner will accept that his friend influenced the result. However, it'll sound weird to other listeners, including the appreciated person. Those thoughts erupt in form of joy, and happiness tagged to similar reaction we had on the arrival of a friend.

But the gambler fails to forget the days he lost money, and other times when he won without the presence of his friend. People believe different things and don't care what others will say regarding their belief. Yet, looking at gambling in a more sincere perspective, nothing works adequately, like it may have been painted by other gamblers. Hence, discussing this as a proven fact, the process needs to be tried repeatedly, again and again, you'd notice the whole belief will end up as false.

There would surely be perspective on the standard system of a casino and the beliefs gamblers may hold regarding external influences on outcomes. Casino machines are designed to work in favor of the house edge, as commonly understood. When a gambler experiences a positive outcome, they may attribute it to the presence or influence of a friend. This attribution can bring about feelings of joy and happiness, similar to the excitement of a friend's arrival.

Despite the joy of winning, gamblers often remember both the times they lost money and the times they won without their friend's presence. This suggests a complex interplay between beliefs, experiences, and outcomes in gambling. People hold diverse beliefs about gambling outcomes, because there is subjective nature of gambling experiences and interpretations. Experiences, and skepticism surrounding gambling outcomes emphasize the importance of critical thinking and empirical evidence in evaluating the validity of such beliefs.

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Quote from: EluguHcman on March 09, 2024, 05:21:24 AM

The game of luck that is involved in gambling, is it the one of individual grace which attracts goodwills? Or it is by the days the gamble decides to remember you and then gives you the chance (s) winning?

Maybe it's just by chance that someone experiences luck in the gambling arena, this often happens in slot games, I once saw some of my friends betting online in slot games, at a certain time he bet in just an hour and a half, he managed to win almost $10k at the casino.

Believe it or not, as far as I know, online casinos and every slot that is activated have an operator who controls it, they know the users who often bet on their games, for this reason, at certain times there is a loose time for bettors to be able to win while playing, thus, what happened to your friend was just luck where he played right at the time the operator relaxed the winning time.

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