Emotions are something that we cannot control 100%, it is something that tells us because basically things are like that, when I am in the casino I usually have to control myself, I don't deny it, because there are times that I want to stay there and play and play until I win, but what stops me are my expenses, if I were a person who had a family where I am, they would give me food, I wouldn't have to pay for any type of service or something, well I think it would be a person who would spend more in a casino, but since I live in a country that is not my own, I cannot fail.
No doubt controlling emotions is difficult but not impossible. Knowing that you have a bill to pay is enough reason to control how you gamble but a lot of gamblers have failed in this regard. It even becomes pathetic when a person who has dependants cannot control his emotions during gambling. This has landed them in gambling problems and thereby, creating conflicts between them and their dependants.
When people lose in gambling, they should forget about their loss, and act like it's nothing because when you try to win, you end up losing more. Our emotions go a long way in deciding if we will win or not. Emotional gambling makes us lose focus and we find it difficult to think and analyze games before we stake because what preoccupies our mind is recouping our loss. But then, it is not a rational step. The best thing to do is to take a pause today, not tomorrow. The importance of this lies in the fact that when we take a pause, our emotions are under control and we can make better selections since the mind is settled.