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Well, you are right that the real wining in gambling is withdrawal of profit and that is why I don't make the mistake of spending my small wins on gambling again. Any time I win in gambling, I will definitely withdraw all the money and spend it on something else and when I want to gamble again, I will just make a fresh deposit but that doesn't happen all the time, because I sometimes leave small amount in my balance and only withdraw the amount that I want to use.

But most times when I am out at a land base casino with my friends, we rarely go home with any money that was won because we will continuously gamble with the money that was won until everything has exhausted. It happened a long time now.
Maybe that's just considering winning over our egos in gambling, it's clear that withdrawing profits is not easy, it takes a lot of determination and decisiveness and of course, it was a success, but it could also be called a storm that only temporarily stopped, any similar victory soon became a failure when it once again returned to gambling. Withdrawing money does not completely give a perfect win, it is necessary to withdraw money and stop the game completely, that win will be more complete but it's not an idea that gamblers appreciate

Why is that? I don't see any reason why withdrawing of ones profits from gambling should be a big challenge for the gambler. Only an addicted gambler finds it very difficult to so and that is because he or she may want to keep multiplying their balance, wanting to win a huge or accumulate a huge amount before they can withdraw it. For a normal gambler like myself, if I win a particular amount and I didn't wish to continue gambling at that moment, I will just stop, then withdraw my profits and only leave a little amount which I will use for gambling later on. If you leave all your profit on the casino, you may end up losing everything bro.
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I can understand; as gamblers, we get tempted to place bets. The best way to counter this is to set a profit limit or target. Once the target is achieved, make the withdrawal. If you keep your balance in the casino, then you will eventually get the temptation to place a bet and will continuously want to make more money. Hence the best thing is to just withdraw the funds after a certain amount is made in profits. Withdraw the initial amount you used, and if you really want, then gamble with the previous game’s profits.

That is how I always do but it's not actually easy for an addict to overcome that as he will tempted to keep gambling in order to get more profit which might result more loss and it's hard to control or stop even when they don't want to gamble again.

So it's important to seek for help or support from anyone who we trust that might help us either from any experience counsellor or from our loved ones which can help us to stop or limit the way we gamble.
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You should know that an addicted gambler does not have any specific time frame or profit target for gambling bets. Because when they win repeatedly he will bet again and when he loses repeatedly he will bet again to get his money back. Generally the gambler will not rest until his funds are exhausted. So once addicted to something, it is not easy to give up. However you may be able to reduce your gambling if you devote yourself to other activitie.
Once someone gets addicted to gambling due to any reason, he has to go through a very difficult time to get out of gambling addiction. Even if gambling addicts can earn a lot of money from gambling, they still cannot stop gambling.  .If the extra money is lost then will keep trying hard to recover those money.Gambling requires a lot of patience only those who can gamble patiently can win by gambling.
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Gambling is not a bad thing but they must be careful and not break their limits if they wants to prevents the big lose. If they realizes that gambling is only for fun, they will not playing gambling too long or with much money because they will see that can makes them lose much money. They can becomes addicted to gambling and if they can still holds themselves from gambling, that will only makes them gets addicted fast.

People who realizes the bad effect of gambling will not use gambling too often. They will not risks too much money to playing gambling because that makes them lose much money too. If they can playing gambling moderately, they will be careful spends their money and will prevents the big lose.
We encourage gamblers to become responsible as much as possible but sadly, it never works that too easily, many are still addicted and exceed their limits. Even though they know their current situation, they never find it alarming and just feel nothing it gives them concern because what is in their mind is to gamble in order to win and recover their losses. Honestly, it is too late to realize what really happened, mostly when they are totally broke and in huge debt.
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Why not end the story in such a joyful way that after all the long days and losses that I experience, I end up still making it home with a hefty cash amount?
However, the fact is that it is very difficult to do all of that, everyone definitely wants a happy day by bringing some money when they go home and not bringing empty money, but sometimes someone chooses to hold on and not make an initial withdrawal when they win because they are too greedy so whatever As a result, they will continue and not end the story as you mean. It is difficult to give understanding to someone whose thoughts are only about big wins because no matter how many wins they are not satisfied with the results they get.

I understand the thoughts of greedy gamblers, they seem to never give up before getting what they hope for, even though as has been said in the title of this thread. When we succeed in making a withdrawal, whatever the winnings, at least there will still be some left over to have other fun, so it's not just about thinking about gambling, it's difficult to get bigger wins, especially since gambling is a game of luck.
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However you may be able to reduce your gambling if you devote yourself to other activitie.
This is not possible once someone gets addicted, and it should be done when the person is starting to gamble. Still, some would only get into other activities to reduce gambling if they realize that gambling can be dangerous for them soon if they don't keep themselves away from it or at least reduce their activities in it.

Many people realize their mistake when it's already late, when you are already addicted to gambling, you can't get into other activities because the urge would be too strong to allow you to do that. This is the reason why gamblers need to have an interest in other activities such as sports, video games, or anything in general that can keep them away from gambling as much as possible.

Gambling isn't a bad thing but only if it's done within limits.
Gambling is not a bad thing but they must be careful and not break their limits if they wants to prevents the big lose. If they realizes that gambling is only for fun, they will not playing gambling too long or with much money because they will see that can makes them lose much money. They can becomes addicted to gambling and if they can still holds themselves from gambling, that will only makes them gets addicted fast.

People who realizes the bad effect of gambling will not use gambling too often. They will not risks too much money to playing gambling because that makes them lose much money too. If they can playing gambling moderately, they will be careful spends their money and will prevents the big lose.
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However you may be able to reduce your gambling if you devote yourself to other activitie.

This is not possible once someone gets addicted, and it should be done when the person is starting to gamble. Still, some would only get into other activities to reduce gambling if they realize that gambling can be dangerous for them soon if they don't keep themselves away from it or at least reduce their activities in it.

Many people realize their mistake when it's already late, when you are already addicted to gambling, you can't get into other activities because the urge would be too strong to allow you to do that. This is the reason why gamblers need to have an interest in other activities such as sports, video games, or anything in general that can keep them away from gambling as much as possible.

Gambling isn't a bad thing but only if it's done within limits.
It is true that when someone is addicted they will not easily be able to stop, in fact they will not be able to easily reduce gambling activities which have become inherent to them. Apart from that, if they become addicted, they will not easily listen to other people's advice because someone who is addicted tends to only do what they want. Unless they are aware that the gambling they are doing could harm them in the future, then they might do something else or keep themselves busy so they don't return to gambling, but this is unlikely.
Some people or gamblers, in my opinion, are aware of the losses that have hit them, it's just that their awareness is still inferior to their sense of wanting to win, so what they do is go back to gambling with the aim of getting the big win that they say they can get. Keeping yourself busy to divert from gambling can indeed be done, because what happened to my friend is what he did until now he rarely gambles, it could even be said that he doesn't gamble anymore. Apart from that, gambling is not a bad thing, if we do it within certain limits then everything can be fine.
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Whenever I win, I usually feel this strong urge to gamble more and also increase the amount I'm using to gamble. I do fall for this urge most times and the result is always disastrous as I end up losing the money I won with great pain and regrets. The only time I can say I have won is when I make withdrawals and possibly use the money for something else. As long as the money is still in the platform, there is a high chance of using it to gamble more.
Do you know what your problem is? You lack self discipline as a gambler and, that proves insubordination over professinalism. If there's any thing else that ruins a person's ambition in gambling quickly, it'll certainly be indiscipline. I'm not even sure you have a stipulated bankroll to wager with, for every game; That's obviously the reason why you decided to increase your stakes with the previous winning.

If there's no possible ways of getting the cash into your account after the winning is confirmed, stay away from the site! It's actually hard, but that's one of the most effective ways to conquer it.
I've known several gamblers that will ask to be paid a winning ticket only to gamble away everything and sometimes, get indebted to the casino house.
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However you may be able to reduce your gambling if you devote yourself to other activitie.

This is not possible once someone gets addicted, and it should be done when the person is starting to gamble. Still, some would only get into other activities to reduce gambling if they realize that gambling can be dangerous for them soon if they don't keep themselves away from it or at least reduce their activities in it.

Many people realize their mistake when it's already late, when you are already addicted to gambling, you can't get into other activities because the urge would be too strong to allow you to do that. This is the reason why gamblers need to have an interest in other activities such as sports, video games, or anything in general that can keep them away from gambling as much as possible.

Gambling isn't a bad thing but only if it's done within limits.
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There is always this argument after gaming that.... Yes lost the best but then, I won at some points before loosing loosing it all  back.

It is understood that there is no profit count out of it but the records of your winning before lossing them back feels some fun at discussion. That is why I say you can account winning without profit if you are specific to gamble for fun.
I understand where you are headed now, although I still don't like the idea of bragging about what I have lost to gambling before I later win some money, and at the end I still lose it all back to the system. Why not end the story in such a joyful way that after all the long days and losses that I experience, I end up still making it home with a hefty cash amount?
 
I also understand that there is this you that comes with winning after losing a lot of your games. All of a sudden, you make one win, even if it doesn't cover up all that you have lost. You still end up getting your energy back with those single wins.
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I can understand; as gamblers, we get tempted to place bets. The best way to counter this is to set a profit limit or target. Once the target is achieved, make the withdrawal. If you keep your balance in the casino, then you will eventually get the temptation to place a bet and will continuously want to make more money. Hence the best thing is to just withdraw the funds after a certain amount is made in profits. Withdraw the initial amount you used, and if you really want, then gamble with the previous game’s profits.
You should know that an addicted gambler does not have any specific time frame or profit target for gambling bets. Because when they win repeatedly he will bet again and when he loses repeatedly he will bet again to get his money back. Generally the gambler will not rest until his funds are exhausted. So once addicted to something, it is not easy to give up. However you may be able to reduce your gambling if you devote yourself to other activitie.
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When you have won a large amount of money in gambling, it is better to withdraw it than to keep it in the account, you will feel like continuing to play if the balance is still there, at least withdraw 70% or more and the rest you can play that way you will not care if the 30% money will lose because you have secured the rest.

Gamblers who have won withdraw the entire balance and take a break - well done.
Gamblers with a win and withdrawing their profits leaving only the initial balance - pretty good.
Gamblers with their winnings still want to keep playing because of greed - eventually lose everything and become regretful.
For me 70% is too much to remain in the account because it is an invitation to treat instead If I win big money I will withdraw the money and possibly keep 15% back in the account to forecast more games whenever the need arises and that will be when I must have invested the huge amount that I withdrew. There is a spirit that controls bet when it comes to gambling because whenever you have a substantial amount in your wallet you will be tempted by an unknown spirit to go and gamble and try luck so that is the reason why it is not always advisable to keep a huge sum in your gambling account or wallet because you might end up spending all of them to gamble without knowing.
One strategy I use when gambling is that when I gamble I keep a strong budget and if I make any profits from that budget I withdraw those profits. thus I continue to gamble but do not continue gambling for more than 2 hours in a day. Yet sometimes I get out of control and lose. People who gamble together for long periods of time lose their budgets very quickly, no matter how big they are. so while gambling it should always be kept in mind that gambling should never be played for long periods of time. And it should always be taken as fun. And of course there should always be a budget.  Never spend more than that budget
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When you have won a large amount of money in gambling, it is better to withdraw it than to keep it in the account, you will feel like continuing to play if the balance is still there, at least withdraw 70% or more and the rest you can play that way you will not care if the 30% money will lose because you have secured the rest.

Gamblers who have won withdraw the entire balance and take a break - well done.
Gamblers with a win and withdrawing their profits leaving only the initial balance - pretty good.
Gamblers with their winnings still want to keep playing because of greed - eventually lose everything and become regretful.
For me 70% is too much to remain in the account because it is an invitation to treat instead If I win big money I will withdraw the money and possibly keep 15% back in the account to forecast more games whenever the need arises and that will be when I must have invested the huge amount that I withdrew. There is a spirit that controls bet when it comes to gambling because whenever you have a substantial amount in your wallet you will be tempted by an unknown spirit to go and gamble and try luck so that is the reason why it is not always advisable to keep a huge sum in your gambling account or wallet because you might end up spending all of them to gamble without knowing.
It's up to you what you do with the withdrawal amount even if it leaves 15% for me it's good that even the entire amount is withdrawn, meaning you won't experience any more losses after withdrawing the balance.

While the money has been withdrawn there will be more benefits to use including investments that you make, or parties with family enjoying the money it will be better than losing again all in gambling. So still this should be a habit never be greedy.

In fact, whatever is left in gambling after withdrawal depends on the gambler's playing habits. There are also those who withdraw all the winnings they get, then make a deposit when they want to play again. Of course, each gambler's approach to this will be different.
Yeaah this depends on the habits of gamblers, because they always have different desires even when the desire is uncontrollable gamblers will not think withdrawal is the best way then return to play it.

We should not do that, do it as normal as possible.
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There is a spirit that controls bet when it comes to gambling because whenever you have a substantial amount in your wallet you will be tempted by an unknown spirit to go and gamble and try luck so that is the reason why it is not always advisable to keep a huge sum in your gambling account or wallet because you might end up spending all of them to gamble without knowing.

that's what often happens. therefore I made a habit of controlling my gambling. such as leaving a fixed amount when making a withdrawal from winnings. The remainder is also in accordance with the value I usually deposit.
So whether I continue playing or decide to come back tomorrow, I can still feel the victory. I collect winnings from gambling in different wallets. and still make deposits in the amount I'm used to. I avoid depositing everything, as you said, it's risky for me to spend in the game.

In fact, whatever is left in gambling after withdrawal depends on the gambler's playing habits. There are also those who withdraw all the winnings they get, then make a deposit when they want to play again. Of course, each gambler's approach to this will be different.
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When you have won a large amount of money in gambling, it is better to withdraw it than to keep it in the account, you will feel like continuing to play if the balance is still there, at least withdraw 70% or more and the rest you can play that way you will not care if the 30% money will lose because you have secured the rest.

Gamblers who have won withdraw the entire balance and take a break - well done.
Gamblers with a win and withdrawing their profits leaving only the initial balance - pretty good.
Gamblers with their winnings still want to keep playing because of greed - eventually lose everything and become regretful.
For me 70% is too much to remain in the account because it is an invitation to treat instead If I win big money I will withdraw the money and possibly keep 15% back in the account to forecast more games whenever the need arises and that will be when I must have invested the huge amount that I withdrew. There is a spirit that controls bet when it comes to gambling because whenever you have a substantial amount in your wallet you will be tempted by an unknown spirit to go and gamble and try luck so that is the reason why it is not always advisable to keep a huge sum in your gambling account or wallet because you might end up spending all of them to gamble without knowing.
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True, maintaining bankroll is a top priority when we are involved in gambling, none other than because the risk of losing in gambling can be very large which makes us lose significant amounts of money, and if we want to maintain the stability of our bankroll then obviously the first thing to do is prioritize ourselves with various precautions such as for example keeping the action so as not to overdo it or that means always risking the amount we can afford to lose and never try various actions that are too excessive because you can feel emotional and that's where usually bad possibilities can be more likely to occur. On the other hand, it is true what you said that the most difficult thing is to obey all the rules that we have previously made, because in some cases usually in the end they often get carried away and forget all the rules they have made before, meaning that it is useless for you to make rules if in the end you don't obey them, meaning that I would advise that making plans is not enough, meaning you need to apply firmness in yourself to stick to the plans about the limits you have made.
The fact is that there are players who don’t even suspect that they simply won’t be able to obey the rules on a physiological level; this is extremely difficult for them, due to the structure of their personality’s psychotype, genes, and emotions. It is better for such players not to start the game at all, because following the rules will be almost like torture for them, they will not be able to do this and will definitely lose, unless, of course, luck decides a different outcome in their favor.

I hardly play poker, but I am still amazed when I see how professional poker players remain dominant, firm and calm in huge hands with big pots. A professional poker player is the standard for me who regularly knows how to adhere to firm rules.

Yes but I think everyone will never know about what will happen next or what they will do next, although breaking something like the rules they have previously made is something they might do but it is much better than not preparing any precautions, I understand that in gambling there are so many things that look tempting that can make them tempted and forget all the limits they have made before, but when someone has prepared something it does not mean that they will always forget what they have prepared when they run a gambling session.

This means that there is always the possibility for them to remember about something that they have prepared and as I said above that it is better than not preparing anything that will make them gamble blindly, so it is better to do if they still want to engage in gambling, but if the choice not to gamble at all is an easy choice for them then obviously that is the best thing to do.
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Well I don't want to seem off but there is the fact you can still make withdrawals and yet still fall back to depositing the coin or money just for the urge of wanting to play more or maybe trying your chances to maybe increase your winnings again. The reason why I say this is because I have seen numerous cases of gamblers that fall back to this category of actually making withdrawal and then again depositing it back.
Everyone is actually correct on what they are saying about this thread and I believed that they are saying out from their assumptions. However, when a gambler withdraw his winnings from his betting account it doesn't mean that he will never deposit again, but the main point is that as long as he has withdrawed his winnings at that specific time. The purpose of a gambler withdrawing money from his betting account is to use it and do something important at that time. So when a gambler deposits money to his betting account again it means he's ready to risk it.

However gambling is an activity that is unlikely to be done only once in a person's lifetime, usually when someone tries gambling and feels the excitement whether it's because of winning or just getting entertainment then surely one day they will always come to gamble again, meaning as you said that next time they will definitely make a deposit again, regardless of their purpose of gambling.

On the other hand, I understand that cashing out is a wise decision that is very difficult for the majority of gamblers, especially those who are addicted, meaning that most likely the decision will only be made by ordinary gamblers who are not addicted because their interest in the activity is not too high. I don't know exactly what the purpose of a gambler withdrawing is but the point is that whatever the purpose of withdrawing when you win in one of your sessions is the best decision.
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Although that is strictly on the concept of when you are gambling for fun while the profit chasers are the ones who only accounts winning on their cashing out and giving account to what they utilizes the money on.
If you don't only rate your winnings based on the cashout, how do you think it should be calculated? Let's say I deposited $10 into my betting account.
 
From my first few games, I was able to turn that $10 into $100 or more, which is already on the profit side, but due to greed and overconfidence that I can still win more if I place a bet with a higher wager amount, I continued betting, and I ended up losing both the $90 profit and the $10 initial deposit to the casino. Should that be considered winning, or what will you call it?
In this case, the question should be... While gambling in the first place, what is your target or aim? This is in-between gambling for fun and gambling to make profit.

There is always this argument after gaming that.... Yes lost the best but then, I won at some points before loosing loosing it all  back.

It is understood that there is no profit count out of it but the records of your winning before lossing them back feels some fun at discussion. That is why I say you can account winning without profit if you are specific to gamble for fun.
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It is true, the role of self-control in gambling is important because it is one of the things that must be mastered well so that large losses do not occur. with many gamblers experiencing big losses and other bad impacts, it is because they do not have good self-control, so gambling affects their thinking completely and makes them eventually become addicted and it is difficult to get out. Controlling yourself is certainly something that is not easy, especially if it involves profit or winning. Many people lose the victory they have obtained because they cannot control themselves when they win
thoughts about the bigger wins that can be obtained arise when they win and influence gamblers not to stop, but to continue gambling by increasing the amount of their bet, but the risk of losing cannot be lost until in the end they experience defeat with lost capital and accompanying winnings. and for those who have gambled following their greed, it is not easy to stop unless they have lost all the money they have, and only then can they stop gambling. and indeed those who can win are the real winners, because they do not waste the winnings they have obtained.
It seems to me that the most important thing in the issue we are discussing is maintaining the bankroll that we have allocated for the game. If we have a certain amount in the account for the game and we use it at our own discretion, then we must adhere to the rules for spending on the game and one bet. All this is done as a percentage. You also need to come up with a loss limit for one day, for example, no more than 2.5% - 4% per day. I came up with these numbers off the top of my head as an example, but for me they are acceptable. But the most important thing is not even knowing these rules, but observing them, because gambling tests our strength and discipline. If we show weakness, then emotions will take over us and will control and dictate to our brain what rash actions to take.

True, maintaining bankroll is a top priority when we are involved in gambling, none other than because the risk of losing in gambling can be very large which makes us lose significant amounts of money, and if we want to maintain the stability of our bankroll then obviously the first thing to do is prioritize ourselves with various precautions such as for example keeping the action so as not to overdo it or that means always risking the amount we can afford to lose and never try various actions that are too excessive because you can feel emotional and that's where usually bad possibilities can be more likely to occur. On the other hand, it is true what you said that the most difficult thing is to obey all the rules that we have previously made, because in some cases usually in the end they often get carried away and forget all the rules they have made before, meaning that it is useless for you to make rules if in the end you don't obey them, meaning that I would advise that making plans is not enough, meaning you need to apply firmness in yourself to stick to the plans about the limits you have made.
The fact is that there are players who don’t even suspect that they simply won’t be able to obey the rules on a physiological level; this is extremely difficult for them, due to the structure of their personality’s psychotype, genes, and emotions. It is better for such players not to start the game at all, because following the rules will be almost like torture for them, they will not be able to do this and will definitely lose, unless, of course, luck decides a different outcome in their favor.

I hardly play poker, but I am still amazed when I see how professional poker players remain dominant, firm and calm in huge hands with big pots. A professional poker player is the standard for me who regularly knows how to adhere to firm rules.
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It is true, the role of self-control in gambling is important because it is one of the things that must be mastered well so that large losses do not occur. with many gamblers experiencing big losses and other bad impacts, it is because they do not have good self-control, so gambling affects their thinking completely and makes them eventually become addicted and it is difficult to get out. Controlling yourself is certainly something that is not easy, especially if it involves profit or winning. Many people lose the victory they have obtained because they cannot control themselves when they win
thoughts about the bigger wins that can be obtained arise when they win and influence gamblers not to stop, but to continue gambling by increasing the amount of their bet, but the risk of losing cannot be lost until in the end they experience defeat with lost capital and accompanying winnings. and for those who have gambled following their greed, it is not easy to stop unless they have lost all the money they have, and only then can they stop gambling. and indeed those who can win are the real winners, because they do not waste the winnings they have obtained.
It seems to me that the most important thing in the issue we are discussing is maintaining the bankroll that we have allocated for the game. If we have a certain amount in the account for the game and we use it at our own discretion, then we must adhere to the rules for spending on the game and one bet. All this is done as a percentage. You also need to come up with a loss limit for one day, for example, no more than 2.5% - 4% per day. I came up with these numbers off the top of my head as an example, but for me they are acceptable. But the most important thing is not even knowing these rules, but observing them, because gambling tests our strength and discipline. If we show weakness, then emotions will take over us and will control and dictate to our brain what rash actions to take.
In my opinion, managing bankroll also depends on our self-control, if we can control ourselves well then everything can be done well without overdoing it. Apart from that, it is very important to be able to control your finances when you like gambling. We must be able to determine the amount of money that will be allocated to gambling, trying not to exceed the predetermined limit. Also, with money allocated to gambling, it is better to have leftover money that is really not needed for anything else, because there are gamblers who allocate a predetermined amount of money but their gambling ends in defeat and makes them use money that should not be used for For example, gambling using savings or money that was used for basic needs.
That's true, gambling tests discipline and patience in my opinion, because if they are impatient when gambling it will be bad for them in the future. as you said, by controlling yourself, of course don't let emotions arise when gambling because this will only lead us to bad actions, moreover it's not just gambling, but other things are the same, if done with an emotional state it will usually only just be bad with the results.
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