Topic: Do you have a habit of tracking your gambling progress? - page 4. (Read 2383 times)

In ancient times there were not so many golden opportunities for gambling as a gambler have today. Earlier people had to wait a certain time to conduct a gambling event. Gambling houses were built around any religious ceremony or any big special event. There was no intention to make money but there was a gambler enjoying the excitement. Because regular gambling was not organized there. From that point of view we must say that the purpose of gambling was never only for income. However, it has seen major changes in recent times. Now there are many gamblers who consider gambling as a source of their financial income while some consider it as a part of entertainment. If the gambler sees gambling as a means of earning money, it is different for him, but for those who see gambling as a source of profit, things like trucking are not so necessary. Although winning at gambling is a great destination for everyone.

For me I believe that gamblers that actually fix their thoughts on all these  things are probably the ones that fixated their mindset on making their Gambling habit as a kind of job and they check all these stats to follow up with their progress or loses that they have enquired but for an average gambler who just makes bet for fun I don't think all these things are actually necessary besides if you actually know your boundaries then it would be good not to be check these things not to get your self all tensed up.

If he is still aware that he may gamble too much, it means he isn't addicted. He actually still plays in an healthy way, he knows when he gamble excessively. As long as he still realizes that he gambles too much, he will stop it temporarily when he realizes it. Sure, there are many people who aren't aware of gambling excessively. They even never understand how much money ideally to spend in gambling. These type of gamblers who probably end up with addiction case.

Of course, we don't only play gambling. There should be time for taking a rest and do many activities in real life. If we only focus on gambling all a day, it can be categorized addiction. If someone experience this, it is better to stop their bad gambling habit. Evaluate and get the way to minimize the time for gambling.

The casino also realizes that winning is the purpose of active gambling participation every day. Gamblers wouldn't wager a high amount of money if they've never won some money before. Hence gambling revolves around making money and winning. I understand every player wants to win, it's something we love. And whenever it doesn't show we'd do anything to get it. Due to this most players increase the pace at which they want to get the win and end up chasing losses. Regulating perfectly these impulses is the slim line that demarcates responsible and compulsive gambling. Keeping a proven track of our gambling activity doesn't make any changes to the compulsive gambling impulses of most gamblers. Although it helps in tracking his wagering habit, the behavioral changes require consistent observations. Not just on expenses but on every single part of the brain, including how we think and make decisions.

Yes, I would imagine most people here would, even the most degenerate gambler.

Its impossible that you cant really be able to observe out that you are already spending up that much into gambling. You wont really be that making yourself that being numb when it comes to those conditions or simply just that neglect it out. Outcomes and results would really be just that depending on the actions that you are making. You cant really mess up your life if you are really just that responsible on the things that you are doing. Habit on tracking up into your gambling spending or expense isnt that bad because once you do have monitored up yourself and find out its time to quit or stop then its an advantage.

Some doesnt really have that kind of behavior on tracking up their spending with gambling but there are really ones who are really that doesnt care about on how much they do spend up.
They would really be that mindful on the time that they are losing up that much. You wont care though if you do have the budget or really that spending on the amount
on which you can afford to lose.

If we went back to when it was invented, I could agree. But then, we’re looking at gambling of today and what it is. I would like an honest answer, do you think that people will still gamble if the returns from wining a game was slashed by 10? I mean, when you stake $10, instead of going with a total of $15, you rather go with $10.5. Would the same number of people who gamble still continue? Or look for other means of making money? There are a few people who are really in it for fun but the vast majority is trying to make some money.

Having awareness in gambling is important because we can check how far our gambling activity and needs to control ourselves from the addictions. If we thinks that our gambling activity is higher than usual, we can try to reduce that to avoids the minds telling to comes to the gambling. Playing gambling on online casino will needs more awareness and self control because with the easiness that the online casino gives to us can makes us forget doing the other activities.

That can caused us staying in the online casino for a long time before we realizes that we already lose much money. After we lose much money, we will regrets and thinks that what we did is stupid. Tracking our gambling activity is one thing that we can do so we can see how much money we already used in gambling and we can stops our gambling activity if we thinks that we playing gambling for a long time from usual.

It's good that you aware if you're spend too much time for gambling, so you can reduce it from now on. Unfortunately not many gamblers can be like you who aware and realize that they spend too much time for gambling.

You probably need to find a new hobby or use that time to take a nap, so will not really feel if you have a lot free time, that would make you to spend it for gambling.

It all depends on one's mindset and perception of it. If you say that when gambling was initiated or invented, it was not for fun but about making money, yes it was, and it is still for making money but not for gamblers, it is for making money for the house and its owners and management. For gamblers, it was never a way to earn money though you can say it was an opportunity to try your luck to see whether you can win something or not.

Besides, people who gamble for fun don't gamble away everything they have, but they decide on a budget and gamble according to that which is why they don't need to worry about how much they are losing or check every month about how much they have lost because they already know they had a budget and even if they have lost, they have just lost their gambling budget, that's all.

Whenever we do deal up with gambling then it would really be always best that you should really do your best on not to get that addicted because we know that once gambling addiction would really be
able to overcome into ourselves then for sure it would really be that imposing that huge problems to us and this is something that mess up someones live. This is why it would really be that better that you should
be having that kind tracking on which it is really just that a right approach on which i could say that its important but if you are really just that not minding about on what you have lost since you are already expecting that you would really be that losing those funds in the end then people wont really be making those tracks.

Its relevant but it would be basing up on how you do accept those risks involved on doing or playing gambling. We do know that everything should really be that in moderation on which if you dont really like
yourself to be that affected with gambling then it would be that better that you should really be sensible on the things that you are really that tending to deal with.
You cant just be that confident on your spending because if you do then you do just basically putting up yourself on potential problems.

This is the reason why there are people get disappointed on the result shown especially if they see that they are losing to much than winning. They maybe quit for seeing that and curse those casino since they think that those casino is just scamming them. But if they are playing because they are interested on the entertainment factor it could bring then possibly even if they see on statistic that they are losing for sure these people will just ignore it and continue to gamble.

If gamblers can't afford to lose a lot then maybe they should try to make their losing streaks as a basis to quit since maybe realization will pop up in their mind that in gambling especially on a game of chance its hard for them and win some money so that times its better for them to decide if they want to continue or totally quit in this activities.

For me these days, I have found myself more often than not, giving space in between my gambling activities. I normally do so after much recorded losses and that has been my ordeal lately.
I prefer online gambling, since the cost I would incur  just to take myself to the gambling house will be much in addition to refreshments and as well, the game too.
I don't want to get be so addicted for now because it would be easier for me and it will become a necessity I must fund and that's why I keep track and prefer to instead trade with the funds or better still help a friend place a bet or make a prediction.

If we play online, those statistics are available to the user, if I'm not mistaken, so it's easy to track everything.

However, for those of us who play in land base casinos, I doubt that we will do it specially if we are just having some fun around. And I'm not seeing any positive for the gambling getting on how much they bet or how much they win or lose already.

Worst thing is that it will make them more anxious in my opinion specially if they see the spread of how much they've lost already. So personally, for me, I don't do it.

I do sometimes cause I play live games. I’d check the stats, tactics, tension, and risk management of the both team then predict the possible outcome.

Honestly, it was rather hard for me to understand your reply.

Personally I see no reason for myself to track how I spend money that I have deposited to casino. This is my budget, I want to use it and enjoy the process. I dont want to check, feel panic or shake everytime my balance decreases from original deposited amount. Imagine that a deposit is a bottle of water you have bought. After taking a sip (place a bet), do you check how much water is left all the time? Or just drink? We have different approaches to gambling. You probably want to win, I want to have fun. Be both are right and dont understand each other.

Its impossible that you cant really be able to make yourself that wary on how much already you have lost in gambling or simply you would really be noticing whether you are positive or already that negative.
It is really just that a matter of self awareness but well we do know that most of those gamblers would really be in denial or having simply that making themselves blind. Tracking about your gambling progress is something which is important and its impossible that you cant really be able to make yourself that wary about those things in regarding about gambling loses on which we know that this is really something that you could really be able to make yourself that self aware on whats going on. It would really be that some something crucial on knowing in regard about into your situation because self awareness about your finances would really be that
something most important matter that you do really need to watch out on the time that you do deal up with gambling.

I think it depends on the person too, or I mean there are some people who think that keeping track of wins and losses is important and there are others who think that it's not important at all, but overall I don't think it's a bad thing to do because after all it leads to good by paying attention to things by researching which leads to preventive measures, like you said above which in some cases this kind of action is quite important and necessary because it is useful to support or refine budget management on balanced gambling with ability.

The aim is to find out if over a period of time you are losing more or winning more, and since this is gambling which is a probability activity with no certainty of winning then I think overall most gamblers lose more than they win and you can see the amount you are losing by keeping a record and then you can make a decision to be strict about the amount of money you spend on gambling or the time you spend gambling to minimize the amount you lose, and this leads to a responsible gambling approach where everything is in balance. This may not seem important to gamblers who don't care about their safety in the long run, as you said there are some people who say that these kinds of measures don't affect the results, of course precautions are not to increase winnings but to minimize the possibility of greater losses.

Can you give an example in which case this information or such kind of tracking can be useful? Or maybe share your own experience. I have a simple measurement system of my gambling. If the balance is larger than I have deposited, then it was a productive and lucky gambling session. If it is lower than deposit, then I consider that I had fun for that money. Pretty simple. But all other statistics, for example, in which slot or game I win or lose more, % ratio of success, size of bets and etc. This is less important for me. I would gamble in a game that I enjoy most, then in a game that I win more.

Many people gamble to make a profit, because that is the main goal of everyone who gambles. Indeed, there are some people who gamble with the aim of having fun, but do you think their aim is solely for that?
I think not, there must be their desire to be able to get a profitable victory. Gambling is very different from investment, gambling is a means of entertainment in the form of games and there are profits that can be obtained if we are lucky, but why do so many people chase their luck until they lose control of themselves? And in the end it just gets them into trouble.

What you say is correct, the problem is dealing with defeat or losing the money they bet, why do they gamble again after losing when they gamble? That's because they can't accept losing so what they do is deposit money back, gamble and lose, keep repeating this until their finances fall apart. I agree with that, indeed we must view gambling as a form of entertainment only, not as a way to make money, because winning at gambling cannot be guaranteed. Even though there are some people who believe in strategy, it cannot guarantee that they will win, we must be aware that this is a game of chance, it is luck that will give us victory, understand the reality about luck, that is what we must pay attention to.