I think usually people lose more money in gambling because of their excessive greed. The 3 points you mentioned are wagered, risk and prize they don't realize these 3 points so they may incur extra losses. But we should discuss ways to solve problems rather than discussing problems. What steps do you think can be taken to help people better understand the basics of gambling, I mean the main points of gambling?
If you have into gambling I think you should already know, having a limit is number one, no matter how tempting and enticing the options might be you must always have a limit that you shouldn't exceed no matter what, you can decide not gamble with at least 5 to 10 percent of your income monthly, this would help you minimize your losses..stop chasing your losses, I think this is the most important cause it's the main reason a lot of gamblers lose so much, learning self control when you lose is very important...with these two points you are good to go
It's easy to say but difficult to apply.
We can always tell ourselves to limit our gambling money and stay with the budget but if you keep on losing, there's this temptation that you might hit the lucky roll next time. I've been there a lot of times that's why I can tell it's not easy. Luckily, I got back some of my losses but never had a profit while chasing it.
Well, it's true that we must never chase our losses because it leads to more losses. We must have a plan and we should stick with it. We can always learn to experience but I do hope we have not spent all our money before we are educated on what we are supposed to do.
And again, real gambler finds it very hard to quite provided he knows what he is gambling for he could only narrow down their interest to gamble to reduce much addiction and tension due to what they had lost in gambling. Most times they find it very hard to stop gambling because there is this feelings that winning is always by the corner waiting and if they don't gamble it cause unstable heart and lose of concentration.