I guess what we have neglected here to easily track our pattern in gambling is to have an account of our bankroll. Knowing at least how much we won or loss it's the most important thing to do as you can't declare yourself a winner if you win on a certain session but in reality you're overall record is negative.
In gambling, keeping track of wins and losses is not very important, but in some cases it is important. Because when a gambler conducts gambling he has to take care of many things. One of those things is financial management strategy. If the gambler manages the financial affairs properly he will not lose his bankroll completely. Moreover, when the gambler collects data on his wins and losses, he can make decision about how much risk he should take. Moreover, gamblers can make relatively good decisions about emotional issues. The focus is primarily on how a gambler himself can conduct responsible gambling. However, according to some gamblers, it is not important to do this because whatever idea the gambler takes about winning or losing when he looks at his previous progress report will not change the outcome of the bet. In that sense I don't think there is much need for a progress report.
I think it depends on the person too, or I mean there are some people who think that keeping track of wins and losses is important and there are others who think that it's not important at all, but overall I don't think it's a bad thing to do because after all it leads to good by paying attention to things by researching which leads to preventive measures, like you said above which in some cases this kind of action is quite important and necessary because it is useful to support or refine budget management on balanced gambling with ability.
The aim is to find out if over a period of time you are losing more or winning more, and since this is gambling which is a probability activity with no certainty of winning then I think overall most gamblers lose more than they win and you can see the amount you are losing by keeping a record and then you can make a decision to be strict about the amount of money you spend on gambling or the time you spend gambling to minimize the amount you lose, and this leads to a responsible gambling approach where everything is in balance. This may not seem important to gamblers who don't care about their safety in the long run, as you said there are some people who say that these kinds of measures don't affect the results, of course precautions are not to increase winnings but to minimize the possibility of greater losses.