I just had a really bad day gambling today with Roma losing a ticket for me and their odd was 1.20 and they were playing against the last place of Italian Serie A. I thought a bad day and move on and played another ticket this time I choose Brondby as they were playing at home against a team they had beaten almost always and the odd was 1.35. This was even worse as Brondby lost 2-4 at home to a team quoted from the bookies at 8.5
Now I am not an expert in gambling but this day was a really eye opener for me, you can never win in gambling. Imagine when you can't win in lotto , soccer betting or whatever you call it, you don't have a chance in slots.
You can win, only if you know when to stop. It's a matter of right attitude towards gambling. I heard a lot of successful stories of gambler here and most of them has the same attitude. After winning they put a certain percentage for investment then only a portion of winnings was use to gamble again, that tactics will surely help you to control yourself and not to lose too much on gambling.
Whether you know when to stop or not, the chances of winning is always going to be slim as long as it is all based on luck. As for me, the best thing you can always do is to have control over yourself and be able to utilize anything you get from it for something substantial in the long run outside gambling, which is if you ever get to have that.
Winning in gambling is pure luck and certainly not everyone can have luck at the same time, and when you manage to get lucky and you really value that luck, you will know better not to chase more like you said, and then know the need to stop and utilize your winning for things that would be beneficial to you in the long run. That is how I feel every gambler should always play it.