Topic: Gambling is not only about winning and losing, but about psychological control - page 12. (Read 2025 times)

All this doesn't matter in gambling, if you like use the mathematical psychology, you wouldn't win anything if the game doesn't just go as you predicted. I'm not sure about skills in casino games but you see sport games, you Wil do one prediction too simple to win only for the impossible to happen and you can't do anything about it and the reason why this things happen is because you can't control the outcome of gambling even though you are good in prediction and gaming.

It's good to have right psychology but don't be deceived, your aim remains the winning evidence because without that, there is no point in gambling in the first place. Some factors also determine how you gamble, if the house hedge isn't reasonable, there is nothing you will do that will make you win. Sports games has a lot of factors that can make to lose even with the right predictions, all this summerize gambling as luck.

Which is very much true!!

That is why for the sake of our mental health self-control is everything to survive the long game, we are encouraged not to chase loses as it might have negative repercussions if you chose too, better yet in you are on the winning side they say winners know when to stop and following these basics of gambling will keep you profitable unless one turns into an addict as a result of lack of control.

Otherwise with some discipline, gambling is easy for sure !!

Gamblers has some type of gambling pride that makes them not wanting to without fighting back accept the agony of loss. It's that feeling of been defeated without having to try to do something, that probably a flick of luck may happen to change things. It is that gambler with an intact psychology that will be willing to accept that losing and winning is part of gambling and any of the two that upshot has to be accepted without struggling about it.

And same thing with the winning, when it comes you accept the quantity that comes up and walk away immediately without wanting to press for more, that's where the test of psychology which could also be referred to as discipline becomes necessary

When you lose a lot, you will get emotional.

Most gambling games are luck-based while for skills only a few people have skills in gambling games, the most common and popular games played are luck-based so never consider gambling as an income or want to win in any form of game.

Especially in discipline and responsibility is a good behavior where they will have limits to gambling.

From Basic time I know what is gambling with something that has to do with loss and winning so from my perspective of understanding it what people anxious or conscious of in gambling is to win why people who complain and gambling what is the normally do is to complain of their loss of gambling so from my own understanding anything that has to do with gambling has to do with the both profiting and they also loss that involved on it, saying that participating in gambling has to do with psychological impact, I think that is a misconceptions due to gambling is unpredictable its a something of luck not about knowledge.

Well, good thread. for me, gambling is so complex, IMO. The two points you said in this thread are often or even experienced by us gamblers, especially the more active ones. experience after similar experience, is not a foreign phenomenon for those of us who are often involved in betting. Even someone who applies the idea of ​​self-discipline and promotes the concept of responsibility often has difficulty controlling themselves due to mental stress which has a psychological impact starting from the rise of angry emotions due to repeated defeats.

The first point is quite crucial, at least for me personally. When we have a winning moment, it is not uncommon for us to continue the game session whether we want to achieve a new record in winnings or it could also be because of greed. However, for me personally, greed in gambling is too biased, I mean what is the clear definition regarding greed in gambling. the reason is, we bet with money involved. It would be very natural if we wanted to get a big win or double. for example, when we play slots, only a few moments, minutes later, suddenly we get free spins and win Maxwin, there are two choices, continue or end the game. but theoretically, we have just played it, it would not be very enjoyable if we immediately stopped the game, even though we had doubled our bankroll many times over. On the other hand, sometimes it becomes a dilemma if we keep playing it, which often results in everything being finished without any leftovers.

Well, that's why gambling for me is so complex. it's not just about winning and losing, it's not just about psychological control. but everything is interconnected, and how we respond to gambling itself. because, there are times when we get carried away and have difficulty controlling ourselves even though we are responsible gamblers. on the contrary, psychological control is something that must be possessed or applied by gamblers. otherwise, the two points you shared will be repeated over and over again.

Quite surprised by the many responses from people here about the Psychology of gambling that I discussed.
Here I am just expressing what I am experiencing about my own Psychology when it comes to winning and losing gambling.

And yes, as you said, this thread is like a useless garbage post, but I'm just expressing my honesty and this is what happened to myself.
Gambling is indeed about winning and more precisely the odds and also luck.  My psychology may be unstable and seem too exaggerated.


Psychological problems are a process that everyone needs to experience to reach a higher level.
Even not only in gambling, a professional will also have problems with their psychology at first.

Indeed, if for people who are not good at managing themselves, they will be easily controlled by their own emotions, whether in a state of winning or losing, and it is very dangerous, gambling can become something bad if you do not have a strong mentality to control yourself against it, other more dangerous things such as, chasing defeat that makes you lose everything you have.

If you think about it, gambling is quite complex, and the element that must be considered the most is indeed emotion, because that will always be triggered from burning ambition and very bad upset, if someone can control their emotions he will be able to gamble responsibly.

When you play any games you need to have a sense of profit and loss. But the feeling is different when placing bets in gambling because money is involved here. When you lose a bet you are losing money. However, gambling provides more psychological stress because you are repeatedly winning and losing. Excessive greed from gambling can take you on the road to heavy losses. So the less greedy you are here, the more likely you are to profits.

It is very certain that for each of our winnings or losses in gambling, there are psychological effects that will make us long to gamble more for more wins or to gamble to recover losses made.

None of us would say that we haven't experienced a situation of our emotions giving us an exciting mood or being moody about the turnout results of our gambling bets. It either we feel excited about the wins or get moody about our gambling losses.

It's hard to see the very gambler who doesn't experience more psychological control over gambling. Only a few have learned to control it by sticking to a plan of betting with a low amount.

Gambling is not only about winning and losing, but about psychological control I would say this is true and i agree with this one. I mean gamble has different perspective and it depens on people. Some people consider gambling is all about money winning and losing and sometimes there is people who consider gambling is for entertainment proposes and said fun. And there is some people like you that see gambling can be a psychological control

I do agree and probably this is why gambling of any kind is discouraged by the religions but we all now evolved and knew the reason behind it so if we able to do it the right way there is no harm in it and there are tons of casual gamblers who bet with little money which is good but this thing get bad only when they go out of their range like betting money that they are not willing to lose or losing control to their emotions.

I agree that winning and losing in gambling is not in the gamblers control and no matter what he tries and do, he can never win all games and he can never ever lose all games. So the idea is that we have such a plan and money management technique, that a loss in gambling is not that big that it has a significant impact. If a loss in a game and bet, make no effect on your overall portfolio, it means that you have rightly applied the strategies.

Many people know about all this theory but they take wrong decisions because they are not able to control the emotions. Psychological control or having strong emotions is a key element in order to get success in gambling.

Just like forex trading, gambling is more of psychology than skill, so  agree with you on this post because without proper psychological balance a gambler is doomed to fail. It is this psychological balance that will help a gambler manage both winnings and losses in such a way that the entire gambling process yield the best result. I have seen many times when a good winning day turn into a very bad losing day just because the gambler is unable to manage the winning, by withdrawing the money or taking a break from gambling or better still reducing the amount used in betting. Instead, you will see things like increasing betting amount and becoming complacent until the winning are all lost. Indeed, psychology play the most important part in gambling.

Everything you say is correct OP about what the majority of gamblers will experience and do during winning and losing situations, but I would say that psychological pressure and disorders will most likely only be experienced or felt by gamblers who have been there since the beginning. with the wrong mindset such as chasing victory or those who are addicted, because of course when someone is chasing victory then they will definitely continue to be haunted by worry when the betting process is ongoing.

What this means is that yes, as you suggest, a gambler must have the ability or prioritize self-control and limits on the amount of the budget as well as the time involved, because with this ability they will not easily get trapped in various situations as you have explained above in conditions of winning or losing, but I will say it simply that all these actions will only be possible or easy to do when from the start the gambler does not make "making money" their main goal.

As long as they can stop when lose, it's already enough.

They don't have to stop if they win because it's a personal choice, someone might be don't mind to donate the money to the casino without withdraw any cent from it. But, if they can always stop when they run out of bankroll, it will not harm their financial since they already set aside some for gambling.

Anyone that cannot control his emotions if there is a any changes in their activities should not gamble at all because gambling is something that will play with your emotions. If are the one that will be mentally unstable after losses, you should only gamble with the amount of money that you can afford to lose in order for you to be mentally stable. Controlling your emotions is very important when gambling if not you will always run at huge loss. The reason is this, if you are winning, you will not want to quit because your are carried away and want to win more. If you are losing, you will not stop until your bankroll is empty.

You've said it aptly OP, once you can control your emotions rightly then you're gambling lifestyle will be balanced. Gambling is all about your psychology, if you win a bet, and you use all your profit to bet again and this time around you lost, what that should tell you is that, after a successful win, you should take a bow and go home.  

The only time gambling becomes a bad habit is when people don't apply the right psychology, because winning a gamble is sometimes a game of luck and also a game of strategy, so you must understand that this two factors play a key rule in every successful win you get.

However there are some days that luck will run out of you even with your strategy and analytical prowess. So when you learn how to marry your losses and success together in a bid to understand that you are not in charge of the games being played, and that your predictions can go either ways, so regardless of what the result will be, I will take it in good fate, then you will see yourself having a different approach everyday you want to place a bet.

Yes, it's not that easy to control yourself from your emotions when gambling, let alone your curiosity, I, who have been as consistent as I have so far, often break the rules occasionally and am not completely consistent in playing within the budget limits that I have limited, but as you said, there is some truth in that. not everyone can be completely consistent, the point is you have to remember from the start what the purpose of gambling is, if you want to make money then there will never be an end to the pursuit of victory but if it's just for fun then just stop when your daily gambling budget is finished, I often use it when I almost exceed my limit remembering my goal of gambling from the start.

What is difficult is sticking to the limits that have been set, whether when you are winning or losing, gamblers have felt that they cannot control themselves when they win because they feel it is a lucky day and they also feel pressure when they lose so they try to recover their losses, whether they win or lose the gambler's mentality is really tested whether he can maintain his limits and who has self-control that ultimately can even though he can occasionally fail.