Topic: Have you had this gambling experience? - page 5. (Read 694 times)

There are two reasons to this, and one could be greed, while the other is lack of appreciation. When we gamble, we tend to be greedy, or appreciate our predictions. A player who isn't sure of what he's about to wager money on, definitely will wager smaller amount of money on his game. Hence, the appreciation gets lesser, and when the wins show up the player won't appreciate the fact he won, as the money is not something to be happy about.

However, as a gambler we are meant to be happy whenever we win, regardless of how small our wagered money. But due to greed, the gambler focuses on what the result could have been if he wagered a higher amount of money. This can be risky on his next game, because the player may go ahead to wager a bigger amount of money, which may end up in a loss. Like he stated, the game prediction that took his time, ends up getting void. The player values that he spent lots of time analyzing the game, and he'd appreciate his predicting effort with a high amount of money, then end up losing.

Yes, it's just a coincidence. Sometimes people experience being lucky unexpectedly. It can be due to their efforts or just pure luck. However, this experience can make some individuals rely solely on their luck when it comes to betting, instead of putting in the necessary effort. This is a common mistake that leads to frequent losses as some people continue to believe that they are always lucky, despite it happening only a few times.

The OP is stating the situation when he bets on a game without putting much effort, he will actually win. But whenever he puts too much thinking about his games, he couldn't get the results that he wanted. Well, in this case, it is all just a coincidence. I guess, the OP is just feeling that the situation is against him. But it is all in his mind.

We tend to overthink things and try to correlate the situation with some beliefs and convinced ourselves something is affecting our games for no reason at all.

This is something normal that you must experience as a gambler. This is why gambling is all about luck, and it is impossible to know when your lucky will come into play. If everyone knows when will be their lucky day, then everyone will male money from gambling by winning big, because they will use a high amount to stake on the game.

OP, gambling is a game of luck, and if you are use to winning little, because you stake with a very small amount, I think that you should be satisfied with that, and don't use a big amount of money to stake, because you will lose it all in one game. I have also fell for this pattern and I ended up losing it all. One needs to gamble for fun, and not to think that we c an win big so that we don't get disappointed when the outcome of the game is not favorable.

The thing is, I may have an interest in staking on a game, but I may not be fully convinced that it can become a successful bet, so what I do is reduce my staking amount. At the end, I willbe surprised to see that the game was successful, but because I did not see the win coming, which caused me to only stake a small amount, there will be little cash out for me. Most of the games I take more seriously and even stake a higher amount end up getting busted, while the winnings will come from the ones in which I don't stake a high amount.

I usually have such experiences, and I feel it was wise to gamble against my prediction to see if I could win more because of how the unexpected games usually turn out to be winning games. It used to work, but not all the time, and it is also not a strategy I use at all times because I am always making other sure games(predictions). Even if I don't allow all to play off, I can cash out.

I’ve always had considerable interest in all the games I’ve ever placed a bet on. Why put money to bet on games I have no interest in? I’m worried enough about the ones I’ve got interest in and hoping for a positive outcome.
But I’ve also known people who place random bets with small amounts. They’ve also had wins and losses as well.
Perhaps some individuals who gamble could have some extra money that they could literally play around with. It’s wholly dependent on the individual and how he/she chooses to gamble.

Well I can't tell you how many times I have experience this because it's definitely something that I used to experience before that I was serious with my gambling hobby, I have in some weeks said to myself that this week it's a must win for me and put all my efforts into predicting the outcome of the games but that's when the actual results even go crazier than what I even expected while the time when you are being reluctant that's when the result always come for you .

This proves that gambling is more of luck than being knowledgeable on the game you played. I guess we all experienced this that every time we are very hopeful to win because we put so much effort and we risk good amount of funds, the result turns negative and end up losing our funds. But when we play just for fun and nothing really serious, all of a sudden winning happens.

This is not new to us anymore. That is why never take gambling seriously. If you want to gamble, just do it because you are looking for an entertainment, not actually to turn your money into instant huge amount.

In fact, I always participate in gambling with my own experience and predictions on gambling platforms. I never participate in gambling platforms outside of sports because I never participate in gambling outside of sports so I always make predictions but my predictions are mostly correct. But you want to say here that I predicted but did not gamble but my prediction was correct in reality many such things happened to me because I don't gamble much but I am always busy with sports so many things happened even without gambling. I predict the time and see that the prediction is correct but in this case I never regret in myself because I always take gambling as anti and use a small budget of income for gambling.

Well, on my end, I am doing random bets to somewhat calibrate my luck although it has no valid basis but it somehow ease my mood whenever I am losing continuosly. What differs from the main discussion is that I am happy as long as it is a winning bet regardless if I planned things out for that bet or not. A winning bet won't usually be seen on a daily basis and that's pure luck.Well, we can't really help it. And that's fate right there being displayed. Nothing's consistent in the first place. You might win in both analyzed and randomized bet but that won't be continuous. We just tend to react and be a bit frustrated because we did not go all out in those instances we would be lucky. However, for sure it would be a different reaction if that random bet turned to loss as well. Analysis do still work, no doubt that it increases your chances of winning however, nothing's just guaranteed with gambling, no matter how we wish for the outcome to happen.

I experienced this kind of stuff not on sports betting but it also has something to do with sports specifically basketball.  People who want to earn 20% of the total collected bet try this kind of betting game where they ask the participants what number would be the game ending.  There are 100 combinations to choose from so I always take care of a certain number every basketball gameplay but I failed to win.  The time when I missed betting was also the time when the number combination won.

It is somehow regrettable when this kind of things happen but we can't do anything about it so we have to move on and learn from that experience.  Btw, we called that betting game Basketball Ending where the last digit of the game result is the winning number, the first number is taken from the winning score while the second number is from the losing score. For example if the end score is 82 -71, the winning number combination would be 2-1. The betting game mechanics is also explained in this thread.

Even though you mentioned that you have no interest in football games, you still try to bet on them.
This suggests to me that perhaps your consciousness is guiding you to that field or that you have the guts to do that.
In any case, there are times when following our instincts can increase our chances of winning. Similar to how unexpected things can happen when we gamble because our sole chance of winning is by luck; nonetheless, we lose when we take things seriously or focus. For me, if it is meant to be, it is meant to be but if it is not, then it's not.

You are completely correct; this type of betting trend is not limited to football or soccer alone. It can be seen in all sports and games that involve money. And it's funny that you brought up the UFC, where even the most powerful fighters can have a bad day or lose unexpectedly. I believe that the psychological side of competition is sometimes underestimated, but it can have a significant impact on the outcome. A fighter who is overconfident or lacks focus can quickly lose to a hungry and motivated opponent.

Personally I only watch local basketball and football so I can say I am not enthusiastic about many matches. If I was tk be betting o my on games I am watching I would be betting on soccer once every two or three weeks due to time constraints also. The thing I take UK TK when gambling lately is putting low stakes in high odds paroly bets lately as I find this more enjoyable. I like the chances but not being obsessed with every single match to be honest. And being ok with low stakes is better for me.

But of course everyone has their own style. I think it's a bit superstitious to consider that you have more or less chances to win based on if you are interested in a match or not.

This experience is very relatable, and it has happened to me several times. At that point in time, I feel like luck is not on my side maybe I should just quit gambling, or I should continue. It is so frustrating that when you want to play around some games that is when those predictions will actually come true but whenever you need the money so serious you end up losing the game.

Well, let's just say it's an experience almost all gamblers will come across. It has nothing to do with bad luck. Maybe we should just stick to our instincts whenever we gamble it most times work.

It is a common experience among gamblers, that is why you often hear gamblers saying when you gamble with your intention not fully on winning, you may get lucky because of not overthinking about your options.

For gamblers yet to have this experience, it will surely come, and no matter how much prepared you are for the situation, you can never prepare enough because it always happens unexpectedly.

I've been there too.  You toss a few dollars on some game you don't care about, maybe make enough to buy a coffee and  then you go full stat geek, researching for hours, totally sure of your picks.  But then - bam! - they all lose.  Such a familiar story for any bettor. 

We get that urge to spend way too much time analyzing matchups and numbers even for sports we don't follow.  Feeling like weve uncovered some secret strategy.  Yet more often than not, it blows up in our faces.  Just one of those painful lessons most gamblers have to learn at some point.

I think almost all gamblers face the experience op went through at least once in their life. But I think as the op said that he doesn't gamble with serious interest, this is probably not the case for everyone. Because if you want to gamble, you should have an idea about the sports and teams that you can bet on, and I think most of the gamblers take gambling as fun, but they are serious about it. Because if this interest is not there, the person who bets on sports will not have an idea about the teams automatically, and in that case I think that the gambler will put his money in betting like this, it will be like leaving money blindly.

The game of football just like every other game is unpredictable and small teams can unexpectedly win big teams. You might place a bet with the club that you were sure will win based on recent performance and they might just lose the game due to a single mistake. Sometimes one might just reluctantly stake a game without proper analysis, yet luck might just be at the person's side. These unpredictable experiences show that gambling is a game of luck. Many amateur bettors know little about betting but win big because they are just fortune. Gambling is like a computer in which your financial input will determine what you get, this is why I put in substantial amounts when I want to place a bet.  I gamble within my budget but it is always something that can bring in good money if I win and it is also an amount that I can afford to lose.

Well, op, the same have happened to me a lot of times I can't even remember or count so as to put them in numbers, and as a matter of fact, things like this will always happen regardless of how much we try to pay attention so as to take some necessary step to potential win big when it seems such opportunity has presented itself.

I could remember one time I was to bet on a game, I was not actually feeling like it, I felt completely uninterested to bet on that game, but for the fact that I did not find any other really interesting game to bet on, I decided to bet on that game  with a very small amount of money, but just before I clicked the bet button, I remembered that sometimes, it's mostly games that I feel very reluctant to bet on that I always win, so forcing myself, increasing the bet amount to a significant amount of money, which brought my potential winning amount to a huge amount as well,, in the end, the game did not play, so I lost the money, and after discovering that the game did not play, something in me told me that the game would have played if I had not increased my bet, this experience actually drove me to thinking that may be there are some forces that control how much we win from gambling on some games, and in some period of time..

So, in essence, things like this I believe is very common with most gamblers, and there is no way to beat it, it will always happen, and when we are too careful enough to notice and then increase our bet, then we likely may lose the game.