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You say discipline and emotional control are important, but can they be learned? Experienced and novice gamblers get caught up in the moment. They know the rules and restrictions, but humans like to test them and feel excitement. It's like buffet dieting, right? Despite your plan, temptations abound! Perhaps the real gamble is the capacity to walk away, not the cards or dice. Can gamblers discipline their brains like they do their budgets, or is the what if eternally their downfall?
It all depends on the attitude of each gambler, sometimes there are gamblers who can discipline their minds so that they become responsible gamblers and obey their own rules, and there are also gamblers who stubbornly follow their own pleasure without thinking about the big risks in front of them, experienced gamblers definitely know this. rules and can control their thoughts so they don't get too involved in their gambling and of course they really understand how gambling works because of their "experience", but novice gamblers may not be able to have such principles because they are just "beginners" and don't really understand how gambling works. and perhaps not being able to control themselves as a whole, they must first understand gambling and its risks so that they can apply a disciplined attitude whether it is spending rules, allocating time and being able to control themselves.
You are right because everyone has their own attitude and way of thinking about every activity they do, but sometimes person attitude can change unstable due to certain conditions.
But most gamblers nowadays only think about their own pleasure and try to do various things to realize their desires or goals in every gambling activity they do.
Moreover, if they are in condition where they have just won, they can do things that should be avoided.
Of course they are beginner gamblers or gamblers who don't have much experience in gambling who more often do stupid things or are careless which can have negative impact on themselves from gambling.
They still feel that gambling is place where it is easy to win, they have not had bitter experiences that are really difficult, so they cannot apply more responsible thinking.
However, as time goes by, I believe they can change their mindset in gambling and they will try more to become responsible gamblers for the sake of their financial sustainability.
They just have to wait for big defeat that makes them go bankrupt before they can make all of that happen.