Topic: The psychology of betting..... - page 8. (Read 1076 times)

The Psychology of betting does not really exist there is no right pattern in playing gambling but patterns only help us decide what we should do, I have played a lot of types of casino games but the key purpose was not to get rich but to be accommodated by the pattern of how would you play it, Well suggestion and recommendation are all correct not all technique will work for that certain person, and not all pattern will be effective for everyone, the key technique for me is a mindset and for you to not get addicted is the mindset to think that not all gambling type will make you rich, there are sure people getting rich and lucky about it, that is just bonus in playing, but don't expect that if you play that it will be eventually a game-changing for them,

Casino -  All casino's are random you just need to have a mindset that all Casino platforms can not make you rich and lessen the budget you are using in playing it, and a mindset in playing it to be fun,

Sportsbet - Sportsbets are easier to predict if you got certain knowledge about the kind of game, teams, players, fighters, and so on, you can accumulate more wins however all bets will be a great win there are times that it will still be base on luck,

There is a difference between betting behavior and the psychology behind it and how operators manipulate the RTP of the casino. My observations about the casino that you mentioned are based on several people's experience and not just on my own opinion.

I form part of a gambling WhatsApp group that are constantly exchanging information on their gambling experience to find a "sweet spot" for times when a casino RTP are most favorable to wager or to simply play with the best outcome.

Example : We play at different times, but when someone is having a good betting experience.. he or she will share it via WhatsApp and the others will join... to test if this is just a favorable seed or if the RTP has been altered. (We had some success with this, so it's based on actual experience) 

If we talk about the psychology of gambling, our subconscious will only think that using a lot of money can provide a chance to win more but that is not the case. We can lose more than we used a little money, which can trigger us to deposit more in hopes of recovering previous losses. So in this case, I don't see any patterns in gambling or maybe there really is because I never see it when I play gambling.

Maybe some people are trying to collect data from previous games and analyze it to find some pattern they can use to predict. Maybe it did happen like that but for luck-based gambling games, there might not be such a pattern because gambling games require luck from each gambler to win.

When you learn the mathematics at the basis of gambling you realize that there are no patterns, but that patterns are constructions that we humans make when we try to see regularities in the observed phenomena. This happens not only in gambling but in life in general, and, for example, in trying to predict the price of Bitcoin. We look at past data, construct patterns based on it, and extrapolate it into the future expecting it to be so... until at some point in the future the data disproves our pattern.

Perhaps the only pattern I see that is not clearly defined but one that I can see in a generic way is playing poker. A person like me who has played millions of hands over many years, when I am winning extraordinarily above average for a while, I know that those extraordinarily positive results cannot last much longer, and conversely with negative results or bad streaks. But it is not something absolutely definite, nor is it based solely on intuition but on the mathematics of variance. You can use variance calculators to see how likely a bad streak is to last based on your winrate and number of hands played.

I'm not sure about offering to god, but I know that many are praying to win in gambling. Many are putting their lottery and raffle tickets on the altar, in between pages of the bible, underneath the figurines of saints, and so on. Amulet? There is probably also that kind used in gambling, but I have heard of stories that amulets shouldn't be brought inside gambling places like the cockpit arena because it will only bring you bad luck, or it won't actually have powers inside such places. Stories, you know.


That's probably just one factor. There are many others including, and more importantly, the conditioning.

do you live in a place where Gamblers even put Offering to the God believing this will bring them winning?
or they have those Amulet that believing it is for luck to be friendly with them?  I think I can fell you there mate haha.
What I do believe in cockfighting is the breeding , or what they called the Bloodlines that in many Derby players is one big factor to see how much capacity that cock to win?

I belong to a highly superstitious culture where gambling is also prevalent. Superstition and gambling shouldn't go together, but they seem to be deeply intertwined in my culture that things are getting both funny and unreasonable.

Patterns form part of this superstition. I sometimes bet on cockfighting. This brutal form of gambling is also deeply cultural. And this is also where bettors look for patterns everywhere including the color of the fighting cocks' feathers, the color of their legs, the phase of the moon, and so on.

At the end of the day, many go home bringing nothing. LOL!

this is what desperate gamblers wanted to tell themselves so at least
they will have reason to continue with their dreams that instead of gaining ? they are losing and that is the hard fact about gambling nowadays.
if you are a friend of LUCK? of course this is possible as what I have tried before and what i've seen from some friends in gambling.
Hahaha, admit it mate as we once believe the same thing only to find out that we are fooling ourselves 

again another laughing as I did many times before , as now I realized i am stupid to believe in lol.
Nowadays? there is only one pattern that I believe ,and that is to be a winner we must be lucky .

I think you mention tricks (OP) that are a part of the complex thought environment.

There are books on game theory in the same way there is documentation on the psychology of betting in general but specifically on poker there is very good documentation.

Now, in the case Slots, I honestly think it goes more to the simple aspect, as I said "tricks" or prejudice, so, they are honestly not relevant aspects psychology to betting.

In any case, although it is also true that if this is part of your routineto betting, and it does not affect your gambling finance, use them. In fact have fun thinking that if you play at a certain time of day day you will have more luck in a slot.

When I'm playing luck-based games I never rely on patterns, it's like saying that you are a fan of Martingale but I prefer manual to auto most of the time I enjoy playing in manual mode because of the feeling of full control and enjoying every bet, in a luck based game you win if you are lucky to win.
When playing a luck-based game, do what you enjoy the most it will give you a good chance to win because you are positive, playing in a casino whether online or offline should be fun and enjoyable this should be your main goal.

LOL, I do love the auto spin features though, the excited is the same as the manual spin. And for added intensity, I set the auto spin to be very quick. So when you hit the bonus real, it's feels good. So I do this whether online or offline games. And if I ever wanted to go back to manual spin and get tired or auto spin or at least the strategy is not successful, then it's just another button and then the game continues.


I know, luck really play a important role in slot games, and there are no strategy that is going to work even when we thought that there is such pattern that we can make of every reel spin or even pressed. But still though, the psychology of slot machines is really playing on our gamblers emotions that we think we can beat the system if we see a patterns.

Well, if we do gamble then it would really be adding up in overall experience on which someone do really love on seeking for some patterns and molding up their own beliefs or even following into those
common approach which it isnt really that something shocking for most gamblers to do so. Well, i dont really see something like this because this do really add up some spice on the time
that you do really play. Somewhat if you do try to make something to happen or making it effective, then it would be an another story yet these things would really be creating that kind of desperation which is something that might be molding up some addiction later on or for how many sessions if you do really keep up this kind of behavior.

I do have the same behavior on which i do make out some alternate switching from auto to manual betting on dice on which i do have those kind of hunches or feeling that it might increased
the winning odds but of course those are just really assumptions until results come and in the end of the day you would be losing your entire balance but of course there
are indeed days which you could really say that you are really that somewhat lucky.

Lol stopping the spin half way works for me, but not always. I knew it wasn't a method, but its not of importance to wait till the spinning is over since the outcome is already determined. The psychology of betting differs, depending on how players understands gambling. Playing gambling consistently is a psychology that helps players to detect how to follow a slot machine especially for offline casino. Also, having a gambling partner facilitate our playing experience, because we'll have to discuss our observance with our partner while playing games. One last thing is that, nobody shares their gambling strategy if they've got any. Players can only inform you of few tips that can lead you to make better stakes, but will never open up what actually works for them. I know they're methods to gambling that'll reduce the losing rate, and increase the winning rate of a players. It's not new, many players make more funds in gambling than others, so that proves that different players have studied the machine and concluded ways to follow it and it works for them. Hence that doesn't mean they don't lose games.

I used to believe that but after many sessions, I have proven that luck is still a factor and manual and auto have nothing to do with winning, but manual betting is a more acceptable way to lose and have higher chances of winning because you are in full control of the bet, I have a good winning rate playing manually than playing with auto, and usually when I can quit at the right time with small winning, the best strategy is still knowing how to quit at the right time, not chasing your losses or even taking a chance to win more.

The only pattern I see and believe is the one where we are expected to lose regardless but back then when I was still active in playing casino games I used to believe that playing the same game in other casinos would help me skip my potential losses from the previous casinos that I've played on. At that time, it worked and I thought I should stick to it but later on, it didn't matter as I went through so much loss afterward.

That's true, even though slots have different versions (high volatility, multipliers, etc) their ending is still the same as any other casino game.

Hahaha! Finding patterns in gambling? It's like a Da Vinci code inside a Trump Tower – might feel impossible, but we're irresistibly drawn to it!

But let's face it, even if our bets seem as strategic as an intricate conspiracy, the house always has the upper hand. Bigly. That's why we gotta gamble smart and within our budget, folks.

Feeling lucky? Give online slots a whirl! Just beware the "manual spin" ruse – it's like driving a Lamborghini with no engine. Looks impressive, but in the end, we're just spinning our wheels. Incredible!

One pattern I always see is that wagering in the same game for too long increases the losing streak and or make it more difficult to win a game.  I observed it not only in slots but also in other games such as dice.  Although I also believe that the result of each spin or bet is random and is independent from each other, I cannot deny the experience that it gets harder to win if we stay too long in the same game.


I agree that bet size has nothing to do about the result of a game.  Since it has been established that the amount wagered can't affect the possibility of winnings.  We have seen huge rollers win a bet while small roller losses it. This is an established fact that the luck-based game result is random.

The only pattern I think I have is not to use the autobet feature on dices, crash and plinko. It does not have anything to do with the trust I have on the provably fair games on the casino, but rather it is a little pattern I have so I won't lose track of my winnings and losses, so I won't get carried away either and do not lose my focus. I feel if I went for the autobet, I could end losing more and even faster than I am would feel comfortable with.

Basically, the first time we get to know gambling we don't know anything other than playing or gambling. however, over time, our understanding of gambling evolves as experience increases and one of the undeniable factors that contributes the most is community.

Previously, many gamblers didn't know what RTP was, what RNG was. what are patterns, martingale, odds, strategies, methods, and all kinds. we develop, whether we realize it or not, we come to know that in gambling or gambling games there are many myths that we believed before. even before, we doubted whether or not a casino that became our favorite was fair. in essence, the community provides a lot of information that becomes our knowledge, experience, insight, experience. although, not a few still believe in the myths as you say.

In fact, we used to be like that. I've read one of your posts, about land casinos and online casinos. we can talk about the difference, even whether a slot game is fair or not. however, the purpose of our discussion is not that. for me, i don't really care about all that. Basically, I play for fun. if it wins i consider it a bonus from the fun part. why, let's talk about the facts, that the probability of winning that we have is smaller than the ratio of defeats. that's why, I only play for fun within limits. However, for football, I can seriously bet on something. I mean, sports betting provides a higher chance of winning when compared to casino games.

Well, for those who believe that their bet size will increase their chances of winning, sorry to use the "s" word, but that is sheer stupidity, even before I got into gambling, I've known that bet size only increases the amount of money one gets if he or she wins, but does not increase chances of winning in any way.

And as for using the auto bet vs the manual bet button - to be honest, I've always avoided the auto bet button because (like the op said,) I've always believed that button is super rigged, the number of times I've used it, I ended up with burnt bankroll on each of the occasions, so if anybody believes the auto bet feature is rigged, I honestly do not blame them.