Topic: Is it ethical to break your gambling rules - page 9. (Read 1167 times)

Ethical? Breaking your own set rules is not ethical at all. The meaning of you setting your own rules is that it is your boundary; it is your limit to something, and the OP has rules that will stop him from playing gambling for two consecutive weeks. It means that he is trying to limit his expenses in gambling, although it doesn't affect his financial state. Still, breaking your own rules means you don't have the ethics to follow yourself or you are losing your discipline and control over yourself.

If that scenario or habit continues, then eventually the OP might gamble nonstop, which will eventually result in his problems. Breaking such rules means anytime you can do it. At some point, you will think, What is the point of setting your rules if you cannot control yourself? And that's when a gambler will abandon or forget his own restrictions.

Only you can know if you are gambling too much, it is not for us to tell. If you did set a rule that would help you gamble responsibly, then why should you break it, breaking it now would only make you keep on breaking it until it becomes an addiction, yeah you were lucky to win this time, but what if you lose next time and most times. I always say how important responsible gambling is, and every gambler must adhere to it.

Well from this, I can conclude that it doesn't affect you In anyway. So long you are able to tell that you aren't falling into the paths of addiction then you are fine here mate. It's common for anyone to experience this kind of situation when it comes to gambling as most times when the fun gets really exciting you might loss your control for a while.

Gambling for fun most time can be a very addictive encounter as if you aren't careful enough p. You may gamble out of your budgets and I'm excess just so long you catch that fun. We all have to be careful and watchful of every moves regardless of weather we are playing for fun or for the winnings. Gambling is quite interesting when you understand yourself but will be the other way round when you find yourself being addicted.

It seems like you get too carried away to enjoy it which makes you keep gambling more than you planned. And I think that's a normal thing, but in situations like that we have to immediately realize it and return to the rules that have been determined if there are any. So that it doesn't continue like that which makes us lose control every time it happens and become addicted, because that can be said to be one of the signs of addiction.
And you are lucky because you immediately realized it and still won, even though it wasn't much. Because if you don't then you will lose all your money, and incidents like this are what cause people to often experience defeat because they play without awareness, which makes you easily controlled by gambling games, and get carried away by the atmosphere which makes you keep playing and can't control yourself.

Just as you have rules, gambling companies have the ability to run sophisticated algorithms against different user accounts in order to figure out whether it's possible to squeeze more money from users. If they identify that you are happy to leave funds deposited, as opposed to withdrawing them, as part of a wider pattern - then they might be more inclined to manipulate more wins for you or give you extra promotional offers. That is looking at it from one angle, but that doesn't mean gambling companies go to these lengths to trick users. Then there is the simple matter of variance, given enough time and randomness, it's quite possible for you to have a winning streak for a couple weeks of low level gambling without interference from any external sources.

Most of these religions doesn't support gambling however it doesn't mean we'll not gamble. There are things we do as gamblers, but there are also activities we totally abstain from because none of us would be happy to be on the losing end. Humans have no business with finance but they only pick interests when they're in on making huge profits. Winnings makes us hopeful for more excellent results. Breaking rules are made from indiscipline, we should maintain and abide to the principles of our standards set already.

We are humans, and every so often we tend to behave funnily, But there are two things that could drive you to go way beyond your betting limit or set of rules. One is, if you incur too many losses in a row, that would definitely make you to try to gain back those losses, and you wouldn't even know you have bet way above the limits, secondly if you have a series of wining, greed will come into play and the joy of winning can carry you away, and you would want to bet over and over again to try to earn more money.

Except for those sports bets, they don't belong to luck-based activities. That's just how I treat it, though.

If you have rules, you need to follow them; otherwise, that's not the only rule that you'll be breaking. You will likely break more rules in the future. The big reason why we lose more, and some even get addicted, is because we break our own rules. Rules are there for a reason. Before we created them, we evaluated ourselves and devised the right strategy that is good for us. So, we are already out of our strategy in gambling if we break one, and it could lead us to uncontrollable gambling behavior. You said your losses are still below 30%; well, over time, that will increase as you continue. I believe when you notice you break something, you need to stop right away and try to reflect on your mistake. Besides, we make mistakes from time to time, so it's important to consider it as a learning experience until we get fully disciplined.

We are really just that good on planning but on the time that we would really be tending to apply it on real world then this is where issues would really be coming out on which you would be failing on following
those things and ended up on having those mistakes that you are trying out to avoid earlier.Engaging too much in gambling could really be resulting into possible addiction on which this is something that
we are trying out to avoid but dealing up with gambling or making  yourself active doesnt automatically means that you are addicted. It all matters with self control of course.

When it comes to gambling it's hard to set up rules that you dedicate yourself to adhering to when you're winning, it usually goes when you're losing, and when you are chasing your losses, you are not gambling too much I have seen gamblers gambling 24/7 for 365 days and they claim they are still good, you're gambling too much when you're losing a lot and you cannot or won't stop playing, that's gambling too much.
So you're still good because you still remember or realize you are breaking your own rules on gambling.

from the story you said, I responded, yes, you gambled too much based on the personal rules you made, this was the beginning that made you addicted to gambling, but now you are aware of the mistakes you made, stick to your personal rules so that you don't are in a danger zone that can disrupt your finances

Well, this is the thing that you would really be needing up to consider on which as long you arent that putting up your finances at risks then it should be fine. BReaking up those initial or earlier rules is really likely to happen
specially when you are dealing with gambling on which there's a tendency or chance that you would really be able to make yourself that playing too much which is really that far more on what you had set out.
This is why it is really that important that you should really be trying out to follow those rules that you have set because if initially you wont really be able to do so then it might be imposing some later on problems
on which we know that it is really that truly a huge problem if ever this one happens, but well gambling isnt really that bad as long you arent putting your finances at great risks since this is where people do mess up their lives
on the time that they would really be doing it impulsively.

    If you are unable to control your gambling habits then this is when it becomes a problem, gambling is not bad as long as you are able to control and manage your engagement to the game.  I feel you should stick to your strategy, that is discipline and having control once you start slacking on them you will end up making irrational decisions and bad choices. Of what use did you even set the rules if you can’t keep them, you see !! You need to test yourself also to know if you can be disciplined enough to adhere to the rules not matter how well the weeks has been for you. You don’t have to greedy once you get to your target take a break for as long as want.
    Gambling is all about having control, once you don’t have this virtue it becomes a problem this is when people starts chasing their loss or even becomes  greedy and lose control. This is why they keep on clamoring for people to gamble responsibly and be disciplined while gambling. It quite easy to lose everything and very difficult to build. No matter how much you win and how well your week has been once it time for you to go for break do not hesitate or procrastinate. Stick to your routine and be consistent with it this will build your character and make you more disciplined. Good luck on your next games.

All games are based on luck when it has something to do with betting/gamble, sport betting doesn't requires only your analysis because even with your analytics you might still lose the bets. When you have luck in betting you don't really need to analyze/predict any bet before you win. I have seen someone that won big money from his first time try on bets, he bet with $1 and won half a thousand dollars on his first try. If it was to be his analysis, he wouldn't have won the bet. One thing gamblers don't understand is they are not the people playing the games on the field but they are in a casino hall to bet on people that are playing the games. You shouldn't be so sure whether you will win the bet or not.

It should be better of said to be chance based gambling instead of the luck-base so that some other persons doesn't misquote it that the above mentioned games are based on lucky winning while the football game is a game of assurance.
But anyhow, somedays are like that of someone trying something new. This happens most times when what you have been striving on die not work out well for you as expected or it could be a cause of you being influenced by how other gamblers around you may have been speculating positive infos about the rest of your newly gambling schemes.


Is it not obvious to you yet @ OP  that you are gambling excessively even when you personally realized that you have broken your gambling rules with additional weeks which is against your gambling ethics as described?
Well, whether you counts profits or lost as long you began to gamble with an unusual schedules then you are definitely overriding your gambling disciplines.
Look OP, don't look at those profits you makes and you must put yourself up together else time would come you will cry out loud for your looses. This is gambling and the potentials of winning is usually tempting and the potential looses brings you the regrets so, take caution and refrain from that unusual gambling habit if you must keep to maintain your gambling personalities and of course your bankrolls.

You've made these rules, so it's your own ethics that limits you.

I hope you understand what I'm trying to say here. There's general ethics and personal ethics. General ethics is the set of rules that people find to be good, for example that you shouldn't break a deal, you shouldn't lie and cheat others, you shouldn't betray friends, spouses, shouldn't abuse animals...
There's also a set of personal rules each of us have. You can for example say that you give people 1 chance when they betray your trust and if they do it again it's over between you two. If you break this rule other people will not say that you're being unethical, but you will feel like that.

In this case this is your own personal rule and you have to decide if you want to follow it, or not. It's obvious you aren't doing it now, so maybe it's too much for you.

Currently you are still in the early stages and you don't seem to be addicted, but the good news is that you are still aware of your control and realize the mistakes you made, it's best not to force yourself too much to continue playing and return to the rules you made yourself, don't gamble control yourself

Rules are there to be broken. We are all human and it's normal to break some rules here and there... I guess we chase after fun & excitement, or to impress someone, whatever the reason may be the most important thing is that we don't hurt anyone too much.

I broke my gambling rules a zillion times... and some other rules as well. The most broken rule is probably about making a decision to not play some games and slots. I have told myself a zillion times that I'm not going to play some games, especially some slots, and then I go back to them at some point and they disappoint me all over again.

It's life... what else to say? We all make mistakes, some mistakes we repeat... I guess it's a normal thing, and we do it until one day we get old enough and learn it finally.

You make the rules yourself, so whatever decision you make is your right. It's kind of like a principle, you can break it or obey it. In gambling there are always things that sometimes don't go according to plan, things change suddenly so you might fail to comply with your own rules. But in my opinion that's not a bad thing, you could be deliberately breaking your personal rules for something bigger for you to achieve. However, be careful when your gambling intensity increases, this could be an early sign of addiction that you should be aware of from the start. It may be that now you can still control the amount of your losses below 30%, but when the intensity of playing increases and your thoughts are not controlled, it is possible that you could experience bigger losses, even up to the point where all your capital is used up.

It's ethical to break your gambling rules but it's not recommended, the reason for that is gambling addiction. Like you said in your thread that had a rule to not gamble for 2 weeks but you have broken that rule and continued gambling in third week which is a sign that you're enjoying gambling too much, and that's can make you an addict. If you really want to be safe from gambling addiction then you should never break your set gambling rules.