It is risky not to take the risks while gamblings because you can never can tell when is to win or change their life stories. As a gambler there should be a proper mathematics calculation before you can go straight taking any calculated risk while gambling.
You can decide to skip some games and bet knowing that even if you tried to you had in your mind you can still end up losing it that is why it's good use money that we can accept to lose to gamble without attaching so much value to the money.