Quote from: Fortify on Today at 08:31:23 PM

Quote from: blomen on February 27, 2025, 07:40:50 PM

recently, i’ve been seeing a lot of gambling strategies in entertainment-focused posts on social media.

these strategies are mostly for games like mines, limbo, or dice, where we set the odds and make the decisions. they usually involve increasing the bet after a loss. the person making the video demonstrates the strategy for a short time, showing that it can make money.

they usually start off well. with a classic strategy, you can probably increase your money by around 10-20%. at first glance, everything seems great, giving you the hope that you'll double or triple your money and walk away.

but as you slowly win, a problem suddenly appears. your strategy of increasing the bet after every loss drags you into a downward spiral. you just can't seem to win, even a little. and in the end, your exponentially growing bets will likely drain your entire balance.

this is the part that video creators never mention. when losing streaks last longer than expected, you can’t stop playing (because you’d lose your previous balance), and you can’t prevent your money from running out either.

all of these strategies will end the same way in the long run. in a game where the rtp isn’t fair, losing is only a matter of time. no one can beat the casino.

my question to you is: have you ever tried any of these strategies before? were you successful?

People are always looking for a short cut to wealth, a way to gain lots of money without having to work hard for it or build it up over a long time. That is the hook that casinos rely on and it has long been known that greed can be a very powerful force inside us. The only counter balance to greed is the knowledge of how the games are stacked against you and that you are probably as likely to win the lottery than make a sizable win at a casino. The strategies sound glamorous and give a shred of hope to people, but even if they did work for even the shortest time - it's likely isolated to one broken casino that will either a) quickly go bust or b) adapt their game so they are no longer leaking money.

When it comes to any strategies, it's probably a good idea to stop listening to whoever is telling you this. No one in the public knows the algorithms of casinos, whether online or offline, and each is likely to have its own algorithm, making it difficult for outsiders to determine. Note that the casino itself never directly advertises itself as a place where you can get rich, it is done by bloggers, in fact indirectly