Topic: Is it ethical to break your gambling rules - page 7. (Read 1152 times)

Yes, whether it's ethical or not depends on your personal view too, because that point of view depends on how you understand the moral side of yourself running a strategy or whatever you do in your life.

Maybe the typical person in judging something is also different, so some say ethical and some think it's unethical to do, it looks ethical because you do it for yourself in your financial strategy, and in my opinion unethical is like you lick your own saliva, if OP is a person who has firm principles on what he makes himself then it will look unethical, but if OP is a dynamic person or does not stick to his rules or principles then it can also be considered ethical, after all he himself did it.

You are the ones who do set those rules and literally yes its a mistakes since those are violating your own rules but since you are the ones who had set out then you would really be revoking those rules
and make it not effective.  . This is why people would really be just that make out those easy decisions and divert it out into something that they are really currently dealing with.
You wont really be having any problems even if you do broke those rules. You are the ones who would really be feeling out that its ethical or something that off on trying out to break those you had set earlier.
Just like on what others been saying that as long you are really that having the good control of your funds and you are still on winning side then you are really just that doing fine.

I don’t know about the ethics involved but I assume if you created some gambling rules it must have been for a reason. Maybe it was to keep you from spending too much or to help keep a bad habit in check. Either way, it doesn’t seem like a good idea to go against any plan you have devised for yourself, gambling or otherwise.

Mistakes are mistakes, after all the rules you make for yourself are what you have to keep as you manage your finances, even though you say that it does not interfere with your finances, in my opinion it is not tolerable and cannot be underestimated, the fear is that you will continue to do things because you think you have no problem with your finances after you violate your gambling budget, and it will be bad if you have that mindset.

This will go back to what you might get used to in the future, because that is what will change your actions and consider something good or bad if you continue with that view, my opinion is that it is better for you to correct and recycle the rules that you make yourself, so that there is a clear point of reason, honestly controlling yourself is much more difficult than determining how much money you have to spend, because you can easily break it.

It seems you gamble too much as you playing gambling for the last two weeks. You needs to reduce your gambling activity if you don't want to become addicted to gambling because playing gambling consecutive can make you difficult to stay away from gambling. Even if that's sport betting, you still need to reduce your gambling activity and stick to your rule. Besides that, you have rule not to gamble for two weeks consecutively but you break it. If you still difficult to reduce your gambling activity, you already become addicted and that needs to stop it right away.

This rule of yours is good until you realize that you cannot abide it because you are attracted to winning and who would not break his own rule if you're winning not every gambler experiences a series of winning, it's hard to control your urge to stop when you're winning you will end up blaming yourself for the opportunity you've loss.
You have to check your rules from time to time when it comes to gambling and always ask yourself if you can make an exception under circumstances and how dedicated are you to following your own rules.

When it comes to gambling do not make a rule that you cannot follow or break because if you do that you're just fooling yourself and you are not clear and dedicated to what you want to achieve, make a rule that you can easily follow and a rule that will not make you suffer mentally.

Every rule has exceptions you forgot to put exceptions to the rule so when you break and you have doubt about your rules you are not sure if what you're doing is right or wrong, next time put an exception and be clear on the exception, based on your story I think you are right breaking your own rule because you're winning, every gambler is attracted to winning, in gambling when you're in a winning trail you don't want to stop you just keep the winning coming.
So make that an exception to your rule and you are good to go.

I think it's okay as long as it doesn't affect your finances, but if you think that you are losing control of your habits and breaking your own rules, maybe it's the time to reflect why you set the rules and and if breaking it has negative consequences. If you are struggling to control your behavior and frequently breaking the rules, having financial or emotional distress, consider taking a break or seek professional help.

Rules are very important in all aspects of our lives, this applies not only to gambling. Any violations, especially if it concerns finances, can lead to losses. I classify rules as a person's ability to learn from their mistakes, if you can learn from previous mistakes then you will grow, if you can prevent repeating the same mistakes in the future you can become a better person, and it is the rules that can help you do this. Following your own rules means trusting yourself, which is why it is so important.

How do you measure "too much"? Do you gamble 10 hours per day without taking any break? This is "too much" according to my personal preference. Gambling for 1-2 hours per day is OK, if you ask me. Is it ethical to break you own rules? I think that ethics is more about not breaking the rules in general, instead of having or lacking self-discipline. Maybe your excessive gambling doesn't have any negative financial impact so far, but it might have negative impact in the future. The casino always wins in the long term. I'm not expert in psychology, but I think that the lack of self-control is the first step towards getting addicted.

You have to see if when you gamble beyond the time limit you set still interferes with other activities such as work if you are a worker or your lectures if you are a student, if it interferes of course the answer is that you gamble too much but if not even though it breaks the rules that you have made yourself then you still play at normal times especially that more you gamble does not make your finances so disturbed even you can still get profit.
But if you have set certain rules in your gambling then it would be better to stick to them because it means you can control yourself well, for now, it may not interfere with finances as well as other activities but it could be that if you continue to break the rules you have set, it will eventually lead you to financial problems and you will continue to break what you have set in other things because you cannot control yourself properly.

Aren't rules made to be broken, I mean the rules you make to prevent excessive gambling or gambling too much are just limits on yourself that can be broken at any time depending on your financial condition. Implementing gambling limits can give you a little space to prevent addiction, the rules you apply are very useful for you to control yourself against excessive gambling.

If you refer to the rules that you apply to your gambling activities, the answer is that you have crossed the rules or you are gambling too much. Remain a responsible gambler, try to control your finances well by limiting or reducing your involvement in gambling as regulated in your gambling activities.

It's important to stick to your gambling rules to avoid potential negative outcomes, frequently gambling can lead addiction and losses above your initial budgets. Maybe take a brief pause and evaluate your approach. It's it important to follow your rules to prevent unwanted results, if you're unable to control your gambling activities and set restrictions not to gamble much it will lead to you spending more because the more time you put in gambling the finance you put also.

Ethical rules are usually something that comes into society through history. A certain culture followes some rules in the past and believes that everybody should act this way in future. It's not enforced by any laws, just a general form of behavior that especially elder people will identify with. In my country there aren't really ethical rules about gambling. Both sports betting and lotteries are very common and many people enjoy them. Having our own set of rules of gambling doesn't really mean it's ethical or not, but I would say that our own rules are at least equally important. If you feel like you gamble too much and already go above your own limits I would recommend you try and reduce it a bit. It's not a good sign if we break our own rules and will make it much harder to return to normality if we do this regularly.

Ethical or unethical is your right to determine, or answer for yourself. I can't answer based on the story and questions you ask, because I'm not you. therefore, you yourself are able to interpret it. well, actually based on the story you shared in this thread, it seems that we have all experienced or often experience something like a repeating cycle. so, your experience is our experience. in fact, I will not judge you personally, or say anything that refers to the gambling you do as in the contents of this post. That's why, I'm sure you are very aware of the risks and impacts of the gambling you do, regardless of the winnings you get.

Now, we move on to discussing issues related to "consistency". well, it seems that consistency is usually a problem for us gamblers. referring to the point you said, that you would not gamble two weeks in a row. but in fact, you still gamble regardless of whether you realize it or you actually ignore it. once again I say, here we are not discussing to give values ​​or judge. after all, I also often break my own rules regarding gambling. the problem is, it's not as simple as we tell or discuss in this thread. there are various factors that make us break the rules we have made. environmental factors, family, problems we experience, having free time, can trigger us, you, to continue gambling sessions until the third week.
so, this is a problem that often occurs to us gamblers. so what are the points? Consistency, discipline and knowing our limits are the key. if we are lulled or ignored like you did. what we need to do next is, remember again the rules we have made regarding gambling.

In a way, I think you actually have gambled too much because I believe you set the rule to help limit your excessive gambling. You actually may think you are doing something right all because you are making profits yet, but from the look of things in as much you broke the rule you set on your own free will then slowly you are getting closer to getting addicted. Gambling addiction starts with a joke leaving little dark spots which you will makes you feels its common especially when you keep seeing profits from your gambling but a time will come when it wouldn't go as plan then it becomes a problem.

You make this difficult for yourself by trying to set rules that you are not sure you'll be able to keep.
 If you keep setting rules like this for yourself which are rules that you are not sure you will keep in gambling, you will always find yourself getting depressed because of your inability to adhere to these unrealistic rules that you have set for yourself. Consider what you can do and then make rules that suit yourself, so that you can keep these rules.

Great and thank you for telling it to my face that I gamble too much since I have overstepped my set boundaries,  and only this comment has the boldness to tell me how much I have gambled while breaking my own set rules, much more so that I have gone overboard and become a direction chaser lately which give me more concerns.


But then I have gone back to my drawing board and also I have put some measures in place that will put me in check to avoid repeating this same cycle of breaking my rules and principles in the future, and up till then, I may have to stick with that idea of not breaking my own rule at all for whatever reasons.

you know the reason why you've set such rule for yourself and if the outcome of breaking such rule is affecting what you're trying to avoid, it's surely a signal that you should have a rethink and cut off fr going above the set out limit.

When you say your loses is still above 30% of your set out money are you referring to 30% of your earnings or the special amount you've set out to be used in course of your gambling? If it's with respect to the amount you've set out to be used in gambling I don't think you would have considered it q big deal to have prompt d you to become concerned but if is around 30% of your monthly earnings you really need to advice to yourself and cut off from the harbit.

Dear Ojima-ojo, I think that there is nothing wrong about breaking one's rules -with all due cautions- because of an extraordinary event, like a World Cup or something like that. As these are exceptions, I think that a healthy person wouldn't have a problem. BUT this doesn't seem to be the case, so watch out!



I see this like a little red flag, my friend: aren't you trying to convince yourself -cheating yourself? Limits should apply to both time and money, and you said that you're definitely breaking one of them.