All gamblers should learn to gamble responsibly. That's the first rule of gambling, be it gambling for fun, to ease stress or any reason of your choice. To achieve this, limits most be set and not exceeded no matter what. Choice of game to gamble on should also be identified, one should not gamble on any activity you no nothing about just because you see others doing it. After that, proper research is also required to avoid losing much in gambling. Gambling is done to make profit and not to lose
Gambling responsibly is about setting good rules and it will help one in making decisions in gambling, the reason why sometimes we get carried away in gambling and fall into addiction is because we don't make rules and we don't make plans about gambling.
The first step of a responsible gambler is to be able to set rules that can pattern one's gambling habits. To be a responsible gambler one must first have the attitude of self examination to know of things are done the right way or not and if things are not done the right way rules will be set that will guide a gambler to gamble responsibly.