Topic: What to read about gambling? - page 2. (Read 2486 times)

Agreed and that is what I do too, I can read books about gambling to help me understand gambling better but not because I think that a book can teach me something that I'll be using always to gamble and win. Gambling is interesting when you're not doing too much to win but just enjoying yourself as you play. I noticed something when I gamble, for games that I'm not that serious about, when I win them I get more excitement than games that I planned for all day. Sometimes I spend more money planning than I win for the games, Skilled based games can be improved but not for luck games. Books can improve your skills but books won't improve your chances of being lucky. Luck is something that you can't manipulate but you can put yourself at the right places to help you become lucky when the opportunity comes.

I think learning by reading a gambling book is not possible and its impact must be negative. It could be easier to check tutorials from YouTube than a book. But it is possible to be a gambler by viewing youtube or a book it might be able to give some idea about gambling but the main thing must be gathered by research.

Casino form of gambling is never easy for me to be making winnings but when it's comes to sport bet, I see it as fair and a good opportunity for gamblers to try their luck in the aspect of predictions. You can even predict a game without having a good knowledge about the match and your predictions correlate with the actual outcome. Gambling is not just about analysis but trying to be lucky every single time when you want to bet for the money. Maybe their are people that gamble for the fun but actually everyone wants to make money from betting consciously or unconsciously. Everyone want to see their investments giving them more money with ease.

Sports betting is very difficult to crack really and there is unlikely to be any useful information out there which has not already been assessed by the bookmakers. They are in business to make a profit after all, so if there are any weaknesses in their algorithms or certain bets leak money to players, then they will adapt to narrow the losses. Not only that - if you really do stand out from the crowd and are able to swing a profit in this sector, then you will simply have your account limited so you can only place tiny bets - nullifying any advantage you might have found. Poker is a different story though, as if you are intelligent enough and dedicate your time to this "art" then it may be possible to learn and grow into a top, profitable, player over a career - while also learning from home with online tables.

Talking about the type of skill-based gambling, reading books is indeed quite possible to improve skills in order to further increase the chances of winning, but never think that this method will be useful when you are involved in a type of casino game, but of course it does take enough time to understand everything properly and correctly, you are free to learn from books or other sources that you think can help increase your chances, but one thing I want to say here is don't let these skills change your perspective on gambling, in the sense that you should not forget that gambling is still a risky activity regardless of how good your skills are, meaning there will always be situations where you lose without you expecting it, meaning this is the reason why limits must still be applied.

I will immediately advise any gambler to watch these movies on gambling whether it will give them some insightful practical knowledge and understanding of how people gamble out there. The movies have their own storylines and were either talking about someone or playing a scenario that has happened in the past. Smartness plays a significant role in the activities of a gambler which is gathered based on experience. A gambler ordinarily gets more smarter in gambling when he plays frequently but with high level of mindfulness and study of events. If you do not invest that level of intuitiveness in your gambling, you will end up being a serial loser with experience but little or no results.

These movies are Casino, The Gambler, 21, Molly's game and Rounders. Casino was directed by Scorsese and told a story about the Las Vegas casino business in the 80s and 90s where gamblers battled for power and the level of corruption and chaos involved in gambling business. The Gambler movie played around gambling psychology and how a Los Angeles literature professor, Jim Bennett risked all his fortunes into gambling and ran into debts as a result. The movie starred a popular face in person of Mark Wahlberg who acted as the professor owing a loan shark over 50,000 dollars in debt and another gambling owner, Lee, a whooping sum of 200,000 dollars.

21 was a 2008 movie was directed by an Australian director and tells a story about MIT students who were recruited by a professor to loot casinos. Ben was a mathematics major who would later be initiated into the MIT Blackjack Team operated by the professor which comprises of other students and syndicates. Ben was invited after he performed excellently in a Medical College Test but yet find it difficult to pay his bills and the 300k dollars tuition. The professor saw that as a chance to initiate Ben into the card counting and convert signaling technique to beat casinos.

I won't talk about the rest two but this is just a bird's eye view for anyone who's interested in gaining some knowledge and experience on gambling.

Gambling is a complex activity that blends psychology, probability, and risk-taking, making it both thrilling and potentially dangerous. It has deep historical roots, from ancient dice games to modern casinos and online betting platforms. While some approach it as entertainment, others see it as a mathematical challenge, attempting to beat the odds through strategies like card counting or sports betting analytics. However, the allure of quick rewards can lead to addiction, influenced by cognitive biases and psychological traps. Understanding gambling requires exploring its mathematics, psychology, and cultural impact, making it a fascinating yet cautionary subject.

Reading book help someone to understand the basic thing that they need to know but to improve their skill, they need to practice what they learn from the book. The more books that they read, they will get more knowledge so they can apply that when they are playing in a real mode. But they can not hope that their skill improve in a shortly because that will be depend on they can understand the lesson and that needs time before they can have a good skill in betting. Besides that, they must understand that they need to control themselves in gambling to prevent the gambling addiction.

Reading books may only help someone to know and add some strategies and tactics for playing and betting, this is only limited to adding knowledge and does not guarantee that they will win, after all knowledge will also be very important and can be very helpful when someone can use it well in add to the collaboration the experience they have gained.
A gambler must be able to seek more insight and knowledge to increase experience to become smarter gambler and not just rely on feelings or random bets, apart from luck I believe that anyone can increase their chance with what they can do.

Is it like a video tutorial on how to win at gambling? As far as I know, currently many people are taking advantage of the current situation where gambling is popular so they take advantage of it by claiming that they know how to win so what they do is upload their gambling videos and show how it can make them win big, this can clearly attract many people who like gambling indirectly making them able to profit from the many people who are interested in watching their videos. But anyway I myself don't think that there is a way to win for sure in gambling, not even with a guidebook or video, we will be able to win with only luck on our side because luck in gambling plays a big role.

Books on gambling, really that is going to be hard to get but then it not hard to get other educational materials like articles on gambling that can serve as a guide to your gambling experience, but such information is mostly fund on forums such as this forum gambling board if you are active and reading others comments you will learn a lot from that, this forum has helped me a lot in preparing me for the future as a newbie both in gambling and trading and recently I have noticed that I have been making some notable progress and all that is possible with the information I got from reading comments in the dedicated board for both gambling and trading, you can refer your friend to this forum for educational purposes.

Agreed because I don't think you can read to become successful in gambling. Gambling is different from other things that can be taught with some set of rules. The rules in gambling are different for different people because you can be doing this particular thing and making successful bets and someone using that same strategy isn't winning. Reading in gambling should only be for the rules of the game and that of the casino that you're playing in to be known. You can also be reading for guidelines on how to avoid addiction or other negative side of gambling. You read books on that to gain experience from others point of view so you don't become a victim of addiction. To be victorious in gambling, you need to work on your gambling habits and develop your own strategy or supernatural beliefs to help you out and also depend on luck.

Had never seen where someone read to become successful in gambling because there are no tools or trick to it, we know how gambling works and there no books that can make someone win more faster, people can read books or watch to learn how to gambling or start their practices but it would be hard for them explore those strategies that they have said in gambling to achieve a big time winning.

The author's ideas is actually what plays out when you see all of that performance and Intrigue gotten from their works, but then, the intrest of the readers or the viewers is still  very much dependent on them because they still have the power of choice as it has never been taken from them because they have that choice reserve to them and this actually does cuts across all contents and even for things such as gambling which can be red about or even watched to further understand gambling.

I support your idea that many or even the majority of gamblers engage in gambling without knowing and understanding what and how gambling really is and that misunderstanding is what triggers many problems and negative impacts, I also support anyone to seek various information from various sources or channels with the aim of knowing and understanding more about what and how gambling really is, but in my opinion you can also find out for yourself about what activities should be considered important and not when you can really use your common sense and rational mindset correctly, because actually just by thinking that everything that seems too tempting or too easy to get should not be used as a solution to overcome financial problems.

Yes, many articles are online someone can read concerning gambling, even YouTube tutorials can help you to understand gambling, despite that in no body teaches anyone gambling, so I know that people do gamble without knowing what the gambling is all about, like casino and soccer games,  I believe that gives people the easier way to understand, so I believe that gambling, you need to read much in gambling before you will become successful,  so wining in the gambling is something that is not sure by the players

How interesting a video or article write-up can be is based on the author. Some people are so skilful with their skills that they can write attractively in a way that will catch readers eyes, and they will enjoy reading it, and everything written down there will also be understood by the reader. The same thing is also applicable with video; sometimes it's also based on the individual, which one they like best and which one gives them what they want, the more if it's watching a detailed video or reading about gambling.

I don’t think so
There’s a lot to learn with the experience of other people even if just a way to learn ways ro avoid their mistakes
I wouldn’t be so fast to dismiss books as a source of knowledge for gamblers just because they are on the theory side instead of practical things

Agree. Reading is theory. Gambling in real life is practice. Experience and better understanding comes with practice only. I can read any complicated chemistry book. Letters and numbers are all familiar for me, there is always a reference if something is written on Latin. But when it comes to practice, I will fail with high probability. And with gambling it is even more complicated due to random and luck factors. Just imagine if success of chemistry experiment would be dependable from luck also. For me it is only practice. If someone wants to master his skill in gambling, only practice will help.

In reality, gambling is very difficult to achieve success but with some guidance the chances of success are much higher so reading the book is important but by betting through practice practice it is much more useful. If reading the book only increases knowledge, it’s okay but practically practicing, there’s more likely to be successful so in my opinion those who want to succeed overseas regularly practice, keep their minds stabilizing and betting your head cool then you can achieve success.