I think Practicing self control is easier said than done, I say this because a lot of gamblers knows too well that gambling without self control can ultimately have disastrous outcome. And every single time they plan to gamble, some would always try as much as they can to prioritize self control over gambling with emotions, and every single time they find themselves losing control. So it's not just a matter of knowing the importance of self control because many gamblers have already experienced the effects of lack of self control and yet they still apply emotions whenever they gambler and end up regretting at las. Would you still say this is caused due to their ignorance of the importance of self control?
Gambling itself has a lot to do with emotions hence the earlier a gambler understand that very fact the better in order to be able to manage his emotions towards gambling. However, one of the major problem is the exit point that are at some point not always easy to determine, some times when a gambler is on the winning line he gamble more and when he is also losing he also tend to gamble more so he could stand chances of winning and may end up chasing losses hence, understanding the exit point is very point irrespective of whether we are winning or Lossing as not to be trapped or carried away by emotions and becomes devasted if things didn't go as expected.
When someone gambles with emotion, it will certainly be very detrimental to themselves and most of those who gamble with emotion of course because they really hope to get a win from the gambling they play and when the funds they use for gambling have decreased, they may find it difficult to control their emotions, so it is very important for someone to continue to enjoy every bet they play in order to control their emotions when gambling.
When a gambler cannot control the gambling activity that is played, then it will certainly be very detrimental to them and they will get a lot of losses when they continue to gamble uncontrollably and to avoid this, of course we must be able to control ourselves when gambling and not continue gambling when we have experienced a lot of losses so that we do not get emotional about the gambling that we play.