Topic: Advice when you are going a bit far in gaming and betting - page 36. (Read 7608 times)

I believe this falls under financial management.  All expenses should be planned carefully especially when we have a shortage of funds.  This is not limited to gambling but also to all activities that require money.

If gambling is our hobby, we must be careful in spending money to the platform especially when we don't have much extra after spending on our basic needs.  We must think carefully and allocate our bankroll accordingly.


I highly agree that we must only gamble the money that is free from commitment.  Since gambling is considered entertainment, this should be the last in our list when allocating money to certain expenses and activities.

After you get addicted to the gambling the practice will help to get away from the addiction.It is like the chewing gum habit by the chain smoker.The smoker first start to take each time one chewing gum at the time which he use to smoke.Then he completely forgot to take smoke.The gambling addict should reduce the ten games per day to five games per day,it help to control per day game by you in gambling.Then reduce the 5 games to 3,like wise you can get into control like you play only on certain time interval.It's enough to get away the addiction from the gambling with a certain period of time.

Having a budget, however, is like allocating a portion of your money to gamble. It's like a necessity already for that person to gamble since he does have a budget for it.
There is budget for rent, food, water and electricity.  These are the ones that needed allocation from the paycheck received by the head of the family. Adding an amount for gambling seems not right which I guess amounts to going a bit far in gambling.

On the contrary, if one can't stop gambling, he'd best have a budget for it. Not coming from his mother/father but from his hard-earned pay.

Budgeting is necessary when it comes to all our purchases and not only when it comes to gambling, after all many people often say they have no idea how they spend their money as it seems to just disappear out of their hands, so in order to understand what is happening you need to watch your expenses closely for a month and then create a budget, without that is impossible to have any savings, and without any savings then it becomes impossible to invest in bitcoin and other useful assets.

Practice and doing it seriously, if you manage to control yourself and you able to set your limits the chance of making the right choice and not to fall with any addiction while playing, gambling as we know it is very addicted activities, if you don't know how to control there's a strong chance that you may lose a lot.

Doing something like that to help you to avoid getting addicted and you manage to practice it the right way, the chance that you may manifest out from your gambling activities might take place.

There is nothing more useless than setting a budget before you start gambling, it almost always end up bad. If you can control yourself to stick to a budget, then you probably can control yourself not to gamle altogether

Both of you made a very clear points because I setting a limit to all your gambling activities is most essential and of ultimate, this is because what sustain a gambler is the limit to what he engage in while gambling and how well he managed his entire balance.

Many of those who have limit set and followed it, become among many of those who have heard high records of success in they gambling journey and almost all the factors.

In order to understand fully if discipline is needed in gambling, one must know the essense or meaning of discipline.  In a simple term, discipline is self-control

It is really a good thing to know that in every entertainment and pleasure we had, we should always accompany it with responsibility and boundaries.  This will enable us to enjoy gambling without making us vulnerable to gambling addiction.

This method may be less effective for some gamblers but for other gamblers, they can stick to it and stop immediately when the reminder on their phone sounds. They will not continue gambling because the time limit has come and they must immediately leave the casino. Gamblers with self-control problems should try to overcome them because they will regret it themselves if they don't. After all, they might spend a lot of money before they can stop gambling.

But when you only use the money limit in gambling and the money hasn't run out, you might be triggered to spend it, which definitely takes more time. It is important that a gambler knows how to determine how long they can gamble and when to stop gambling. That's enough and when they can't do it on time, they have to keep training it to get used to stopping gambling before the time runs out.

If only use a cellphone reminder, I'm not sure someone can stop gambling because they can still ignore the warning and continue the gambling session until an uncertain time or maybe until all the money they have has run out without remainder.
Most gamblers have problems with controlling themselves and stopping gambling because gambling always has an addictive effect or a feeling of pleasure that makes it hard for them to leave.
Rather than using a reminder, it's better to have a money limit in gambling so that when the limit amount that has been deposited runs out, you inevitably have to stop at that time.

Having a money limit in gambling is a form of control that can be exercised and of course anyone who can limit themselves and their finances can be more protected from gambling addiction.
It's just that there are still a few gamblers who can actually apply this method.

True that but I believe it is better to have guidelines for in engaging gambling activities.  Having guidelines enable us to determine if we are overspending, overplaying, and becoming hooked to the game.  With these guidelines, we are able to check our activities and reflect on it and determine which aspect we are crossing the boundaries. 

I also agree that it maybe hard to control gambling activities but there is nothing hard to those who are willing.

Yes, its true because if it were that too easy to be done then we wont really be seeing gambling addicts yet person would really be able to get rid or able to quit or avoid it up in the first place but

we are seeing the different because each person does have their own level of tolerance when it comes to risk factor plus have the level of control and emotional aspects on which there are some which are really that impulsive and there are ones which are really that good on handling themselves on various situations including spending money on gambling.If you are that someone whose really that having not good on controlling your emotion or having that discipline then i would say that playing gambling wont really be doing good anything on you.

You would be definitely be going into those limitations and going beyond it when it comes to spending. Somewhat, its not really that bad to gamble as long you do have that control
but in overall on which people do really likely on falling into such condition.

Sometimes, I feel confused when connecting discipline with gambling. Does gambling require discipline? So, I'm describing it in something else. for example, it seems like we are involving work or something related to attitude. but whatever it is, it is your right or anyone who claims that discipline can be applied in gambling. it doesn't matter, if it really helps someone not to do excessive gambling. In fact, so as not to get stuck in addiction.

For me personally, gambling is something related to entertainment in the modern era. gambling is, a game that involves betting in it and involves risk. the most common risk is, we lose when betting. the most detrimental risk is, becoming a gambling addict. it is possible for most that discipline is necessary. but for me, not too important part. because as if, I was forced to discipline myself like when I do work. again, there's nothing wrong with that. it's just, for me it feels less pass.

Gambling for me is entertainment, I am very aware of every risk contained therein. so that I don't get caught up in things that lead to addiction, what I need is an understanding of gambling itself. also, the definition of gambling for myself. plus, responsibility with what we do. as simple as that, nothing more. for example, if I want to bet, I can do it anytime. in the phase of gambling and gaming sessions are no longer fun, ending it is the answer. but if I'm at work, there's nothing else but I'm responsible for the work and I always discipline it. So, gambling is a fun pastime and when it is no longer fun it is best to end it. that is, if the game we are playing doesn't give us satisfaction, stop the game and then be able to come back when the mood is normal.

Emotion change everything and it's critical in terms of decision making, once you get attached it would be difficult to control your desire in playing back, win or lose you will be forced to play back to satisfy your lust, it's not an easy journey once your emotion already dominates your mindset, things become worse when aside from emotion there are other things that keeps you engage to this activity.

Better to re-assess and quit away if you still have that chance, else, you may see more struggles and more problems most on your financial capabilities.

This usually happens since most of us love trying our luck. There will surely be times when we are overwhelmed and we are filled with the hope of winning which is understandable but it is really important that we'll know how to manage our emotions or else they will be the ones to control us. I agree with the saying that better be safe than sorry, it's an effective way of being safe than risky. It's better than risking without any assurance. Of course, it's fine to bet but if we know that we are already having lose streaks, we should know when to stop or at least take a break. It isn't wise to be a risk taker all the time because we might only end up chasing our losses in the end.

Not everyone has the mental fortitude or willpower you're describing here. Do you honestly believe everyone can just "switch off" their addiction because it's rooted in entertainment? That's naive. When it comes to gambling, it's not as black and white as you're painting it

You claim it's all about mindset. That's one part of it, sure. But there are underlying biological and environmental factors at play. Some people gamble for fun, and some get trapped in the vicious cycle because of external pressures and predispositions

You're right about one thing, though: there's a distorted view of gambling as a goldmine, which can lead to severe issues. But to oversimplify and boil everything down to mindset? That's short-sighted. Gambling is complex, and so are the reasons people engage in it

What you say is very good, when I was in my country we had a saying that said: "Better safe than sorry" that is something that has marked many of us before doing a very dangerous activity, and in that We say, sometimes it is easy to say, that you just have to get serious about betting and have self-control, but how difficult it is to be able to carry it out, many say that if we handle things well, we can be very successful and I don't Disagree, in fact things are like that, only sometimes seeing it from the point of view that we don't play is easy, but when we are playing emotions take Center stage and sometimes we think we have that control , but sometimes not It is not like this.

Anyone who is disciplined has already solved 50% of his/her problems. And there is also a Nigerian adage which says that "prevention is better than cure". In this context, the prevention is the self discipline in order not to be addicted, why the cure is going to the therapist and doing some other things to cure addiction. The former works very well with little efforts while the later takes time and at times does not bring result. As the OP has said, it is better when advice ourselves when we are going extreme in gambling.