Don’t we all know that greed leads to losses in gambling? That greed kicks in when we don’t set a target making us keep playing even when we’re already up, until our luck runs out and we end up losing. Can’t we see that? Maybe that’s the reason we don’t win because we don’t know when to stop.
I’m sure the regular gamblers here have experienced this before -- that moment when you say to yourself, "I should’ve just stopped… I could’ve walked away with my profits."
Who can relate?
I have already addressed this topic several times because I see the same thing as you... many people are concerned about controlling their losses but never their winning limit, and I think this is due to the nature of any player to always maximize their winnings and not be satisfied with what they have already achieved.
I think the reason why we do not set winning limits is because many times we do not know when to stop, since it is easy to get carried away by emotion and keep playing, hoping that luck will continue to favor us... we say that we will stop when bad luck comes, but many times it comes brutally, taking away all the winnings that we have achieved with a lot of effort and time dedicated.
It is certainly very important to set winning limits as well as loss limits, because this helps to avoid losing control and maintain discipline even in the best moments... you need to stop playing when you reach this limit and enjoy your winnings, without complaining about the money that you "missed out on" if you had continued. Instead, we should think about what we could have lost if we had continued and bad luck knocked on our door.