Do you limit your gambling time? - page 19.

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Quote from: paxmao on April 13, 2021, 05:33:12 AM

This is about how do you make sure that you are gambling in full control. There are many people who are easily brought into gambling beyond fun and that is a problem for them and also for the gambling industry, because it is for them that there are limitations in many countries.

Do you actually...
- Have a weekly budget to play and do not ever go over it?
- Not ever get in debt for gambling?
- Have an allocated time for gambling and never exceed it?
- Gamble only socially with friends of relatives?
- Have someone helping you control your gambling?

Not really.

I'd say that if you actively *schedule* time for gambling, then you're actually a problem gambler.

Healthy gaming should be spontaneous and fun. Obviously you need limits, but there shouldn't be any budget that is set on the regular either. Don't make it a chore, and certainly don't take it so seriously that you're convincing yourself to spend time away from family/work and take on debts. At the end of the day, you're at a disadvantage in the long run.

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Quote from: Ultegra134 on April 17, 2021, 02:06:35 PM

I'm not a frequent gambler, I will casually play a few games throughout the week, with only a few bits each time. I don't spend much time when playing either, probably a couple of rounds, approximately 10-15 minutes at most, nor do I gamble with friends or any acquaintances. Thus, I've never been in debt (yet) nor do I had someone to help me control myself.

You are an example of being a responsible gambler.

Whether how long or short your gambling time, you should be able to control yourself and never put yourself into a problem by loaning for gambling.

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Quote from: paxmao on April 13, 2021, 05:33:12 AM

This is about how do you make sure that you are gambling in full control. There are many people who are easily brought into gambling beyond fun and that is a problem for them and also for the gambling industry, because it is for them that there are limitations in many countries.

Do you actually...
- Have a weekly budget to play and do not ever go over it?
- Not ever get in debt for gambling?
- Have an allocated time for gambling and never exceed it?
- Gamble only socially with friends of relatives?
- Have someone helping you control your gambling?

I'm not a frequent gambler, I will casually play a few games throughout the week, with only a few bits each time. I don't spend much time when playing either, probably a couple of rounds, approximately 10-15 minutes at most, nor do I gamble with friends or any acquaintances. Thus, I've never been in debt (yet) nor do I had someone to help me control myself.

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Thats how most of the gamblers lost their money they didn't realize that their money is draining little by little for trying out each game so maybe if we have less money better not to do it and stay only on some games where we plan to play, this is little discipline for ourselves to not get addicted playing these risky games.

Yes, that is an old story from the gambler since a long time ago. They didn't realize how their money was gone in the casino, but if they could be wise to manage their money for playing gambling, they would not lose all of the money without knowing. I admitted that having discipline is really hard and needs practice to have a strong discipline, as you said. But that is worth doing by us to prevent the loss and the important thing is we can prevent becoming addicted to gambling games.

Some players also believe in systems that are doomed to fail. Like playing strategies that they believe can only win in the end. If such a strategy existed, everybody would be winning all the time, but it can even happen in roulette that "red" comes up 15 times in a row. That's when irrationality comes into play and leads to severe losses.

That is a very typical fallacy which I also observed in real life. People cross off numbers in roulette that just showed up believing that only because they just showed up, they can't show up again anytime soon.

Everyone with basic knowledge in statistics knows that if the 30 shows up this round, the probability that it shows up next round is the same as long as the events are considered to be independent.

Funny how they cross off these numbers while it makes no sense. Same with red and black whereas that is kind of a dependent event if you put your money on black and red shows up 15 times in a row. That probability is extremely low, but if it happens you are most likely broke.

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Quote from: paxmao on April 13, 2021, 05:33:12 AM

Do you actually...
- Have a weekly budget to play and do not ever go over it?

Yeah, I do, since that's the easiest way of controlling the urge to gamble more and more and minimize the addiction that will eventually come with it.

The thing is you obviously experienced getting in a loss streak and found it really hard to stop, because you hear that sound in the back of your mind telling to keep gambling to get the money you lost back, and most of the time if you listen to that voice and just keep gambling you end up losing even more, now think if you gave yourself unlimited access to your funds in your bank account or your crypto wallet while gambling in a stressful mindset, do you really think there's a way that it doesn't end in a disaster and eventually ruin you in partially/fully financially?

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Quote from: paxmao on April 13, 2021, 05:33:12 AM

- Have a weekly budget to play and do not ever go over it?

I don't have a budget for gambling because every penny I have means a lot and I don't intend to lose a specific amount but yes I have some limits like I won't be depositing more than $50 and that amount ($50) depends on other factors like how much I have earned and saved this month.

Quote from: paxmao on April 13, 2021, 05:33:12 AM

- Not ever get in debt for gambling?

Never, taking loans to gamble is the last thing in my mind.

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- Have an allocated time for gambling and never exceed it?

Not really, I gamble in my spare time and if I am winning I will keep rolling for a few extra hours.

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- Gamble only socially with friends of relatives?

I gamble only online and avoid betting with friends because when you gamble among friends and family then there will be unwanted tensions and stress created for money which is not a healthy thing for any relation.

Quote from: paxmao on April 13, 2021, 05:33:12 AM

- Have someone helping you control your gambling?

Earlier my spouse used to ask me to stop when I was gambling a lot at late nights but since a few years I am more controlled with my gambling so don't need anyone to remind me to stop.

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I'm in crypto gambling world, it's more than four years. Time to time there was changes in my gambling activity. Firstly, I started it for fun purpose and never took it seriously. But at some point I got addicted to gambling. Spend a lot of time daily and didn't manage my fund properly. Though I never took money from other people to do gamble. But those days are gone. I took a break from gambling for few months (at the first quarter of 2020) and after that I gained control over my gambling habit. No one helped me to get out of this situation, I myself controlled it and nowadays I have fun from gambling.

It's good that you are out of the problem now and even better is that you didn't require any help from someone else either.

I had a similar story back in the day when Primedice was the only betting site, I have to admit that I was quite addicted and would continue playing for extended periods without realizing that I am missing out on important tasks in real life. I used to skip my office and would make some excuse to my boss about not being able to attend meetings. But this was only until one day I lost a massive amount and thankfully that turned out to be the turning point for me and I haven't gambled too much since then at all. I gamble occasionally but I know what I am doing, and is meant for fun most importantly now.

This is what we should be aware of, I have said several times about a gambling addict who does not need other people and drugs to get out of his addiction, because what can help him from gambling addiction is his awareness of himself.

I personally don't limit myself to gambling, if I can still do it then I just do it, for now I will still do it with a more mature consideration than before. Indeed, in gambling even though it has been carefully prepared, it does not guarantee that we can continue to win at gambling, because the results of losing and winning will still involve luck in it.

Its hard to limit ourselves to gambling if we are addicted to it. If i want to limit myself, i put a limit on the funds allocated for gambling. This way if my allocated funds got exhausted then i have to quit gambling for that particular week. I think this is a best way to stop losing money in gambling if you're an addict to it.

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Quote from: MCobian on April 16, 2021, 04:58:25 PM

Of course, I have to limit the time I play gambling, in order to avoid gambling addiction. Because if I don't limit it, maybe I can play every day
and spend my time just playing gambling, life like that is not healthy. And another thing I have to limit is the money I use to play gambling,
because don't let me experience a financial crisis, because all the salary I get is used to play gambling.

Excessive gambling is wrong mate. It’s an uncontrollable urge to keep gambling despite the toll it takes on your life. Spending too much time, money on gambling/betting in a way that’s indiscipline and uncontrollable can very harmful not only to the gambler but may hurt the family and friends too.

Anyone with the mentality of gambling with his or her income without thinking about what will happen tomorrow need to be careful with addiction. It could be that addiction is gradually setting into such an individuals life without them knowing, this will be dangerous if not check properly and on time. Self-control in gambling still the best for the gamblers, most gamblers don't know how to gamble responsibly but with the self-control mechanism be put in place gambling can't be an issue

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Quote from: MCobian on April 16, 2021, 04:58:25 PM

Of course, I have to limit the time I play gambling, in order to avoid gambling addiction. Because if I don't limit it, maybe I can play every day
and spend my time just playing gambling, life like that is not healthy. And another thing I have to limit is the money I use to play gambling,
because don't let me experience a financial crisis, because all the salary I get is used to play gambling.

Excessive gambling is wrong mate. It’s an uncontrollable urge to keep gambling despite the toll it takes on your life. Spending too much time, money on gambling/betting in a way that’s indiscipline and uncontrollable can very harmful not only to the gambler but may hurt the family and friends too.

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Quote from: harizen on April 15, 2021, 04:51:41 PM

Gambling for entertainment is the worst thing to do for average or casual gamblers. The only ones who are entertained to do gambling are those high rollers.

Gambling should be treated in a way of, do our best to win. That's why we gamble right? It's not fun losing and we will say, we can afford that loss. Obviously, treating it as a source of income is a different story and shouldn't be the reason why we gamble.

Man, can't agree with you. You wrote some kind of nonsense. Especially because of house of edge, you will lose anyway in long run, so there is no any reason to try to "WIN". Because you CAN"T win.

So use gambling for entertainment. This is only adequate reason to gamble.

It’s reasonable for a person to gamble occasionally. It’s becomes a quandary when gambling is being prioritized and takes away all your time. Many other people indulge in gambling because of the exciting ambience. Moreover, people who gamble for pleasure tend to lose control of their money.

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Quote from: paxmao on April 13, 2021, 05:33:12 AM

Do you actually...
- Have a weekly budget to play and do not ever go over it?
- Not ever get in debt for gambling?
- Have an allocated time for gambling and never exceed it?
- Gamble only socially with friends of relatives?
- Have someone helping you control your gambling?

^ - I preferred twice a month, or when there is a sports game that I like to bet.
- Of course not, just gamble of what you can afford and avoid debt.
- After my work, I often open a gambling site to gamble or to hang on in the chatbox.
- A lone gambler, I prefer to be alone than having parties.
- Nope, I am the only one who controls myself and gamble with limitations.

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It's been years since i last gambled. I remember my gamble time that is new year always, i can say new year gamble is a tradition in my hometown, i am not say everyone take part in, but most. We only gamble with friends or relatives, and just for killing time.

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Quote from: paxmao on April 13, 2021, 05:33:12 AM

This is about how do you make sure that you are gambling in full control. There are many people who are easily brought into gambling beyond fun and that is a problem for them and also for the gambling industry, because it is for them that there are limitations in many countries.

Do you actually...
- Have a weekly budget to play and do not ever go over it?
- Not ever get in debt for gambling?
- Have an allocated time for gambling and never exceed it?
- Gamble only socially with friends of relatives?
- Have someone helping you control your gambling?

I don't gamble much, but I used to before just for fun. During those time:

- Not really. I would just gamble when I could or would want to

- Nah, I am not that stupid

- Only when I was bored and wanted to have a little fun

- Does friendly poker games with few bucks in pot counts? lol

- Never had the gambling issue, so didn't need anyone to help me control

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Of course, I have to limit the time I play gambling, in order to avoid gambling addiction. Because if I don't limit it, maybe I can play every day
and spend my time just playing gambling, life like that is not healthy. And another thing I have to limit is the money I use to play gambling,
because don't let me experience a financial crisis, because all the salary I get is used to play gambling.

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Quote from: Natalim on April 16, 2021, 04:06:38 PM

I would disagree with you @johhnyUA , the very principle is why try to gamble if we can't win, and not all the time we have to play the house edge as there are games that has no house edge or has a low house edge, and with that, we always have a chance to win.

"Low" house of edge means that you just waist more time until you will lose your funds in long term

yeah, there games without HoE, like poker (but we have HoE at live tables) but i consider this games also entertainment only. For 90 % of people

If you make your career as poker player this another talk.

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Quote from: johhnyUA on April 16, 2021, 03:52:56 PM

Quote from: harizen on April 15, 2021, 04:51:41 PM

Gambling for entertainment is the worst thing to do for average or casual gamblers. The only ones who are entertained to do gambling are those high rollers.

Gambling should be treated in a way of, do our best to win. That's why we gamble right? It's not fun losing and we will say, we can afford that loss. Obviously, treating it as a source of income is a different story and shouldn't be the reason why we gamble.

Man, can't agree with you. You wrote some kind of nonsense. Especially because of house of edge, you will lose anyway in long run, so there is no any reason to try to "WIN". Because you CAN"T win.

So use gambling for entertainment. This is only adequate reason to gamble.

I would disagree with you @johhnyUA , the very principle is why try to gamble if we can't win, and not all the time we have to play the house edge as there are games that has no house edge or has a low house edge, and with that, we always have a chance to win.

If some people are so lucky to win in a lottery with a huge house edge, so there's a reason why gamblers believe they can win in gambling with low house edge. I personally bet on sports and I think it should be treated as a best gambling game where anyone who have passion and smart enough could win in the long run.

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Quote from: BITCOIN4X on April 16, 2021, 02:14:07 PM

Of course, I had to limit my time and money to gambling. We don't have to gamble every day all the time and do no activity other than gambling. In my opinion, if we gamble all the time every day it is a sign that we already have a gambling problem. Gambling is not a job that has to be done on a daily basis, it should be a place to have fun.

Clear sign of addiction if you are already engaged too much, if days are not passing without you betting in your favorite games,
unless you are an experienced gamblers who really understand the drill inside this business and you already got good system
managing your bankroll.

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Before, I had difficulty controlling gambling so nearly all of my signature pay was spent on gambling. For some people gambling can make money, but I spent so much money without winning anything worth it. Now that almost everything I can invest in, it look like I got the right choice this time. I still like to gamble, but I have good limits every month.

Good for you in finding the right place to spent your money, it's okay if you gamble occasionally and you have good budget
to spare, entertainment wise, limit your time and your capital just take the enjoyment.

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Quote from: harizen on April 15, 2021, 04:51:41 PM

Gambling for entertainment is the worst thing to do for average or casual gamblers. The only ones who are entertained to do gambling are those high rollers.

Gambling should be treated in a way of, do our best to win. That's why we gamble right? It's not fun losing and we will say, we can afford that loss. Obviously, treating it as a source of income is a different story and shouldn't be the reason why we gamble.

Man, can't agree with you. You wrote some kind of nonsense. Especially because of house of edge, you will lose anyway in long run, so there is no any reason to try to "WIN". Because you CAN"T win.

So use gambling for entertainment. This is only adequate reason to gamble.

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Quote from: drwoo on April 16, 2021, 11:19:26 AM

Some players also believe in systems that are doomed to fail. Like playing strategies that they believe can only win in the end. If such a strategy existed, everybody would be winning all the time, but it can even happen in roulette that "red" comes up 15 times in a row. That's when irrationality comes into play and leads to severe losses.

Lol. I feel sorry for such people but that is the truth. They pay for such strategies Cheesy

(I personally used to do) why on earth somebody would sell a "strategy" that can outplay an algorithm and make you millions for some hundreds. And that "doubling your bet until you win" strategy is also bullshit.

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Of course, I had to limit my time and money to gambling. We don't have to gamble every day all the time and do no activity other than gambling. In my opinion, if we gamble all the time every day it is a sign that we already have a gambling problem. Gambling is not a job that has to be done on a daily basis, it should be a place to have fun.

Before, I had difficulty controlling gambling so nearly all of my signature pay was spent on gambling. For some people gambling can make money, but I spent so much money without winning anything worth it. Now that almost everything I can invest in, it look like I got the right choice this time. I still like to gamble, but I have good limits every month.

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