Topic: Tips on staying responsible. - page 14. (Read 2989 times)

In addition to the given suggestions of the earlier reply, here are the article which I think is a good read when someone wants tips on staying responsibel in their gamblin activities.

Advice to consider if you’re gambling
It states things to consider or do when engaging in gambling :

• Set a money limit in advance, and stick to it
• Walk away from your losses
• Treat gambling as an expense
• Set a time limit in advance
• Notice your feelings
• Keep other activities in the mix
• Take lots of breaks
• Be careful if you drink or do drugs

and it even have a link how to assist on each given list plus a personal assessment

And when one is on the verge of being addicted, this article: Gambling - how to regain control tells about how to regain our control over our gambling activities.

Here is the summary of the article:

If you are betting for fun then bet at casinos. If you are playing to make money then bet sports.

This particular thought of yours is what actually made one of friends to call this gambling habit as  something that is meant for only the rich guys with their flashy suits and lots of cash, so even if they lose they won't be affected which if you look at some extent, he is actually correct,but gambling is something that if you truly understood, your urges, ego, and pride then it won't be a problem or disaster  because so many people actually gamble not because of the fun but for the food

We shouldn't do what is beyond our power while gambling, we also knows about those things we do that right from our mind we keep hearing it that it's nothing but risk, yet our conscience never leave us alone but we continue to gamble the wrong way because we wanted to satisfy our selfish desires, when you do the right thing, your mind becomes free and you have no doubt about it that such is bad.

Agree, I got several important points from your post, we determine limits on the use of budget for gambling, emotional control must be prioritized for any decision, not being greedy and controlling risks. All of these points are part of the point of gambling responsibly, so make sure you understand the basics before you get involved in gambling, because gambling will trigger using all the funds you deposit into gambling, but if a beginner does not have basic knowledge about gambling, then he or she will losing bets will easily become emotional and they will easily become infected with gambling addiction and it will be difficult to recover even though they have to carry out rehabilitation regularly.

Chasing of loses has been one of the major problems in gambling which has led many gamblers into addiction. Most times when a gambler does not plan with a budget for gambling and they play with record of loses back to back, they would be desperate and tend to play more so they could win back their loses and in the cause of doing that, they keep recording more losses and this tends to make them addicted without self control but can only be stopped when self control and discipline is applied.

It is not a new case when someone gambles not for fun but also for profit.

And when the fun is done and all you want to do is to chase the profits, it's known that the results will be about having no control of yourself because what you want to do is sometimes unachievable.

We gamble, we lose and we forget.

That's how it should be because when you chase it, as repeatedly say by our friends in here. You'll lose more.

It is those people who want to make it through gambling that don't understand that gambling is for fun because they have decided it is only through gambling they can make it in life. This will make them chase losses in other to recover their money not knowing that the more they chase their losses the more they will lose in gambling. In the process of doing this, they can get addicted to gambling without knowing they are addicted to gambling.

Of a truth gambling is just for fun and I believe many people still do not have that idea of gambling for fun and as such do not gamble responsibly.

When one understands the dynamics of gambling, one would understand that gambling is for fun not just for profit making and would cease from having that mentality of gambling to make earns meet which should not be the main focus for gamblers.

People are often very responsible in real life, they have a good job where they hold a good position in that same job and they even go so far as to be people who deal with money management at work, but when they start gambling because they are constantly losing , so the same person who in the real world is very responsible and a genius in managing finances does not accept losing money in the casino and therefore every time he loses money in the casino that person puts in more money to recover the losses, but it happens that he returns lose again and this makes the person more angry and with thoughts of revenge, like putting more money in the casino to play more and beat the casino, something that only makes them lose more.

By this I mean that the problem is always the fact that people are unable to accept that the money they put into the casino to play is lost money, just like when people take the money and buy food or take it out to drink beer. when they buy beer the money doesn't come back, the person drinks the beer and then continues living and the person doesn't complain about having used the money to buy beer, but strangely, when they take the same amount of beer money and put it in the casino, they play and lose. They keep complaining because they lost. Honestly, it's something I can't understand

I agree with you because anyone who has a job or a business that he/she attains daily will hardly have time to check a gambling website and the only way they can gamble will be when they have free time and that would be on weekends. Any person who does not have a job should not go into gambling so that he/she will not be discussing gambling every time. Gambling is just for fun, not a way to get out of poverty.

It is true you know, that those who are very much engaged with activities like work and others Jobs are not likely to get much into gambling addiction because of their engagement and so doing are not fully into gambling but for those who have no job doing and are hell bent in
Gambling as a work are prone to addiction because they have the mindset of doing that for survival and would go to any extent  to gamble for a living.

As you have said to having a plan action on limitations is very much okay because that would guide one who gambles to be able to avoid addiction and gamble responsibly.

When you are into gambling you will not think of participating in gambling with some minutes, what we really needed in gambling is to have a specific amount that we will be spending weekly and monthly so that we will not be addicted, some people who focus on gambling much are people who lacks employments and they are people who do not believe their is any other ways to make money except gambling,  I'm talking of the people who use almost all their daily time to play gambles, what causes addicted in gambling is when you loss in gambling and you are looking for a way to recover the money you have loosed, and it will make you to be addicted

Yeah right, for those who still have other things to do and not taking gambling as a main source of income they can quit and stay away if they tend to choose to it, while for those who don't  have anything to do and the engagement is already deep, they are those who are prone to addictions and might have difficulty in quitting away.

You need to have that limitation to stay being responsible with the actions that you are taking from the time you step inside gambling.

I think I agree with you to the aspect of not devoting most of your time to gambling but that can be applicable to people who get themselves engaged in one way or the other whereby they are mostly busy with work and as such do not have much time gambling but only on few occasions and that is during the weekends when they are less busy  compared to those who have nothing doing and decides to take up gambling as their full time job. These sets of people possibly are addicted to gambling and cannot do without it as they have it as a full time job.

Gambling is not an activity that should be considered as or taken as that important to create a special time for, except for those who have mastered gambling and probably have taken it as a profession, this set of people are ones who treat gambling as a business so, there is nothing wrong if they spend the whole day gambling, since it's what they do for a living supposedly.

For the ordinary gambler out there, only gamble when you feel like, gambling is simply for fun and should be done when we feel like doing it, not necessary to make or create a special time for it.

It's their lose. There are basically two things, one is experiencing something yourself and learning from it, and the second one is learning from the experiences of others. The first one will require you to face the consequences first and then know what's right and wrong, and the second one gives you the opportunity to actually avoid facing the possible consequences. So those who don't learn from the experiences of others basically deserve to face the consequences.

Gamblers who ignore the advice that they get from experienced traders will only understand that the advice they got was all correct and they were wrong in not taking it seriously once they incur serious losses for not listening to the advice but there is no going back and things can't be changed so there is no point in regretting.

Gambling should occupy a very small place in the daily routine. They need to devote less time than any other hobby, such as drawing, IT development or studying cryptocurrencies. Because gambling should not be regarded as a full-fledged hobby. However, the above activities cannot cause addiction and lead to gambler trouble. The best option would be to play 30 minutes a day, and then only on weekends. I think that during this time you can relax. At the same time, of course, the money manager is also very important. Let's say that it was impossible to spend more than 20 percent of the total deposit in a day.

In gambling, we need to know the limit to how far we can go, we shouldn't be decieved by the amount on our bankroll to keep us gambling even when we needed to pause and get refreshed for the other day, some have the money to use for gambling without having any issue with that because they are financially balanced, maybe we can accept that this is how gambling should be viewed and not a means to continuous making of money, we are gambling just as we are subscribing for having fun through gambling in form of an entertainment.

However, there are so many ignorant gamblers who know nothing about gambling budgetary. They play without plans and budget. They lose without tracks and one win will make them forget all their losses. For we to have good number of responsible gamblers, we have to raise gamblers who understand the place of budget in gambling, disciplined gamblers who will conduct self appraisal and know when they are going extreme.
Emotions control is a big tool to being successful in gambling. If a gambler cannot control his/her emotions, they will end up chasing losses till they lose all. Moderation is the key in everything we are doing.