This is about how do you make sure that you are gambling in full control. There are many people who are easily brought into gambling beyond fun and that is a problem for them and also for the gambling industry, because it is for them that there are limitations in many countries.
Do you actually...
- Have a weekly budget to play and do not ever go over it?
- Not ever get in debt for gambling?
- Have an allocated time for gambling and never exceed it?
- Gamble only socially with friends of relatives?
- Have someone helping you control your gambling?
I don't have a weekly budget of any sort but I do make sure that the amount I deposit for gambling is a non-refundable amount for myself.
This basically means that I consider the amount as lost already before I deposit so that I don't have any hopes of making any profits from it.
This way, if I win profits I get happy but if I lose the amount then I don't get sad since I had assumed the amount as lost anyway.
I don't go in debt because the amount is from my earnings. I make sure that amount I deposit for gambling is meant for leisure and fun and doesn't exceed from my regular expenses. I play with that amount until I lose it all and then take a break for a while until I can get an affordable amount to gamble again.