Topic: Why do people lose in gambling and still go ahead and bet more? - page 7. (Read 2047 times)

People who depend on gambling to sustain and survive for themselves are the ones that find it this difficult to let go of gambling .Almost everyone has different stars in the gambling world,I've seen a man who has literally achieved so much from gambling,from buying a car,owning a house and lots more.

I do not criticize people who gamble,but having the mindset or feeling of making big wins from gambling is obviously not a good approach towards ones life.Its just puts you at risks and renders lots of disappointments.

Almost everyone has complaints about gambling where they don't win big. But in reality, those who gamble only for the big win will stop at some point. Because there is a word called luck in gambling. When I first take bet I longed to win but didn't win and when I bet and held to lose I won more than I expected. Since then I never look forward to a big win. Unexpected winnings in gambling can bring more joy. My suggestion here is that gambling should not be considered in terms of making money or just winning. When the gambler removes the thought of winning from his mind, he can enjoy gambling.

Yes, it usually happens around us and I once had a friend who was a gambler. He often said that he would stop gambling for a month if he won big and would go on holiday with his family, but it really happened. He won big at that time but it didn't last for a week. he has gambled again with the money he won because he feels that his winnings are still not enough to go on holiday. I know that everyone will continue to be obsessed with wanting to win big when they win, so it is important to control yourself when gambling, especially when you win or when you lose. .

Every gambler should have a certain budget limit so that they can get used to it when they lose and their budget runs out, they can stop gambling and play again at a later date, this should be done consistently so that they get used to it and know when to gamble and when to stop gambling, this is important For everyone before playing gambling, they know when to stop gambling, especially when they win big, but we rarely find people who can consistently do it. Even though in reality it is very difficult to do, for the good of the gambler there is no harm in trying.

Yes, that's the first thing that a gambler should pay attention to which as you said that a person must first have a mature self-preparation before finally engaging in gambling which is one of them by preparing mentally and emotionally so that everything remains fine, or the intention is that they are not easy to always end up with emotions when gambling. As I said earlier that in gambling fun can turn into tension when the person is fooled and carried away regardless of their purpose of gambling.

But on the other hand the whole key is to apply firmness to consciousness, which means you should always be able to realize that you are gambling which is always about winning and losing, and when you are able to maintain the realization that losing is a natural thing in gambling then I think it is less likely for you to experience emotions because you already know that emotions are always a part of gambling.

You did not tell us if your friend is addicted to gambling or not, for if your friend is not addicted, then I believe that the advice would be that he keep trying regardless of how many times he failed, gambling like you said is a game of luck, we either win or lose, but reason for the constant loss is because the house makes it so, which means, we are more likely to lose a game than win, and we should also realize that many of those who end up winning really big amount played for a long time and lost many of their games and bets before eventually reaching that point of winning big, so for someone who is not addicted, the best advice would be that he or she keep trying and one day, he or she will definitely get a hit.

On the other hand, if the player is addicted to gambling, the best advice would be that he or she stop, stop gambling before it destroys him or her.

Big wins obtained by people with big ambitions, most of yesterday's money winnings run out and come back again. and even big money winnings will disappear again and that's what I see from around me. without realizing it, a lot of time is wasted because of gambling, because you play too much. Over time there will be a position where we succeed in getting a big win

because that is the concept of gambling to make people have hopes and believe they can recover from their losses and for me that must not be the proper understanding of the people.
gambling is where most people are being mislead of this knowledge .

People have different attitudes to gambling, for some, adrenaline is important, for others, winning is important, and for others, they just like the process. So if those who like to win will lose a lot, they will stop gambling because it will not meet their requirements.

You may be right about the adrenaline, when a player risks money they get a high adrenaline rush, and they like it. Someone jumps with a parachute, someone plays gambling, these are different degrees of adrenaline. But in gambling you don’t always need to spend a lot of money, even small bets can be enough, so it may not be expensive, you just need to think carefully about whether this makes sense, or whether you can find another way to get adrenaline if you only lose in gambling.

People do it because they like it, and in the case of your friend, he does it because he has got some expectation on the amount he could win by partaking in gambling regularly. So besides of the fact he likes the thrill of wagering money (as most gamblers do), he has expectations which is the harmful part of his sessions.
My opinion is you friend should get some kind of counseling, talk to someone with has experience with gamblers, both responsible and reckless ones, so he can understand what his position is and how potentially dangerous all of this is to him.

The best case scenario would be him Already being aware of how gambling works, so he is just venting on his losses, which is not necessarily bad, though.

Yes, with their goal of just having fun, they can't help themselves, maybe at first their goal was to have fun, but because of the results that made them disappointed it actually made them want to continue gambling because they wanted to get what they wanted. Unconsciously they have spent a lot of money on gambling where they are no longer having fun but pursuing wins that are not necessarily easy to get nor are there clear guarantees. When they realize that they have spent a lot of money and have lost a lot of money there is a possibility that they will regret it, but that is sometimes not the end of everything. There are gamblers who still insist on gambling again because they may really want to get a win that can cover the many losses they have experienced.
With those who gamble only thinking about winning, it becomes one of their encouragement to continue gambling even though they have experienced successive defeats. Also, they should not gamble with the aim of making money, because when the money they bet is lost, they may not be able to accept it and make them take or take actions that should not be.

It means that such a scenario has an addiction in his character, so he can't stop himself from simply stopping gambling. Even though he knows he already has a win to take home, And one of the reasons is that greed has entered his mind.

And when that's the case, it's hard to get rid of it, or it's possible that he's already chasing the amount he lost. That's why it usually doesn't catch up when the situation is like that.

You have advised him a wrong way mate because you only let him deal and find positive when he is still losing , remember that there are very few that won in gambling instead majority receive losses and that would be the reality that you must tell him.

and i also believe that better to not let him gamble until time comes that you guys understand what is gambling and how risky is this.

I guess it is because of the adrenaline that gamblings give you,the adrenaline gets even bigger when the amount is increased.I know from personal experience that when the reels of the slots are spinning your heart beats faster and the feeling of being super hooked into it is great.Unfortunately this feeling ends as soon as the money and play is over and it becomes a feeling of sadness and regret,most people only realize this when they have lost.

They gets tempts from gambling and keeps playing gambling without realizes that they already lose much money. Those type people will lose more and more money, especially if they don't aware about their lose. They will regrets their lose money when they stops playing gambling but that doesn't makes them really stops because they will back to the casino and continue playing gambling. Those people who lose only see their lose is just a challenge to gets their money back without realizes that they can't do that because gambling will not gives their lose money easily. They can just lose more and more money, even if they used more money. If people can break for a while from gambling and thinks about what they did, they will see that they made mistake and needs to fix it by learn to control themselves.

This is called "chasing the big wins" I guess. When a gambler wins small money, he starts chasing a big win, when he loses, he starts "chasing the loss" in order to recover his money and even win a decent profit. This doesn't end well. Don't give him false hope that he will just make a big win and quit afterwards.
Complaining that you aren't winning enough out of gambling seems stupid and immature. What does he expect? The casino giving him money because he's so cool?
You didn't tell us what kind of gambling games does your friend play? Is it dice, slots, roulette or is it poker or blackjack?

other people have no intention of making gambling as their main source of income which is a good mentality that everyone should learn but it's hard to follow especially that other people gamble to make money and that's not anymore can be prevented because we have different reasons why we gamble. You're lucky if you just gamble for fun and you have money a money just for your gambling activity, but what about the others who can't really stop even if they don't have any money? they will be forced to continue gambling even if they have nothing just to recover the money they lost.

People cannot resist having fun, they don't even mind if it cost them money to be used to gamble, you will discover that while some gamblers are lamenting on losses from gambling, some are not seeing this as a challenge in any way because they have the money needed to gamble with and were not gambling with the mentality of making profits, which i think should be the primary reason why everyone as well should be gambling with such understanding.

 The simple answer to the OP's post is addiction, yes cause once an individual is addicted to something it's quite difficult for them to let go of it moat times, that's why most individuals would always fall back to gambling even when they lose huge amount of money to it, there are some  who are addicted but they don't really know they're, to them they feel they're trying their luck and would probably succeed someday but the truth is they've become addicted.

 Another thing is casing loses, this have been discussed in several gambling threads but I think there should be a constant awareness of the consequences of chasing loses to those individuals who do it would desist from it, apart from greed one of the major things that make gamblers become addicted is when they chase lose, it goes wrong most of the times and a bettor might end up having series or losing streaks.

That is the point where sometimes when losing no matter how big in the end continue to gamble because there is an ambition that sometimes we can never keep and we can't think rationally about it which makes this complicated and only realize that what we did was a mistake after we lost.

Agreed with what you said where we have to be strict with ourselves but indeed at some moments there is a point where we just can't rely on that and instead get carried away so that we forget the self-defense that we have built in discipline in gambling and that's what happened to me a few weeks ago. But for now regretting is also useless because it will not come back again so the most important thing for now is how we can better control ourselves and make this experience so that we are not easy to get caught up in the emotions of gambling.

It all depends on the amount of money his friend wagers. Your response is good, piebeyb, but I disagree where you point that gambling only works best for the rich. I understand that gambling requires lots of money to win big, but smaller amounts are being looked down on, because it looks small. Little amount of wins can amount to a million dollars in two years depending on the consistency of the player. However, the rich players also get a big loss for wagering huge amount of money. Additionally, sport gamblers can make a kill with a small amount of money. Our perspectives of gambling is contrary based on experiences but his friend is not getting things right. He's not meant to be bothered about this in the first instance. Players are required to focus on understanding their game.

Not complaining over who wins big or not. And if his painful complaints persists, I think he should quit gambling and do other things, like you suggested. On the other flip, gamblers don't feel comfortable accepting losses. It all happens like a self argument where one blames not listening to his instinct as the cause for his losses. Then he tries again, hopefully the player may win, this then cement his thoughts on wagering more until all is lost. Whenever a player doesn't stop playing he'll lose more regardless of his understanding of the game. Although it's not wrong to lose in gambling, it's all about withstanding those losses. Not feeling sad about it. Gamblers who don't trust their strategy tend to continue playing while losing. Their goal is more money not fun.