It's just another phenomenon that gamblers often assumes that they have some control over the outcome of their bets especially if they have been doing it for a while even though every time is just purely random there's no skill involved. Take dice for an example we might assume that we can control and influence the result of it by throwing softer or harder or in anyway that our brain recognize a pattern and keep tells us it's a way to win the game. So let's discuss about it.
As for me - you have some control only in sport betting or some card games. Only in the situation when your actions can change something. You can analyze the match or played cards and after it you can make your turn.
In all other casino games when you just drop your money and wait the result - you control nothing.
Exactly, you can use your knowledge regarding to whatever type of gambling you are involve with and you can set some limitations to avoid losing a lot, of but in terms of actual results there's no way that you can control it, upset can happen even how good you are researching and analyzing the game, or even how good your experience if you are playing cards there's no assurance that you can control everything though you can always limit the possible loss that you can afford to let go.