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When you win, you think that you know gambling better and assume that luck is on your side, which leads you to jump into a big risky bet. You start losing, and at that stage, you change your mind to recover the money that you lost and start chasing it, falling into the trap. All your winnings and original money are gone, leaving only regret and sadness on your side.
The purpose of making this thread is to share your experiences with others about how you lost and fell into this hidden and unknown trap. The second piece of advice is that whenever you win, keep that money and leave for the day before you lose all your money.
This isn't my experience, but an experience of a person here who's gambling as well. When you win, you think that you know gambling better and assume that luck is on your side, which leads you to jump into a big risky bet. You start losing, and at that stage, you change your mind to recover the money that you lost and start chasing it, falling into the trap. All your winnings and original money are gone, leaving only regret and sadness on your side.
The purpose of making this thread is to share your experiences with others about how you lost and fell into this hidden and unknown trap. The second piece of advice is that whenever you win, keep that money and leave for the day before you lose all your money.
My partner has this workmate where he's winning consistently, and if I will calculate it, he's winning a month of a minimum wage earner's salary in just 2 days. Well, I just said that it's good for him that he's winning, but after that, I said that "If he will not stop gambling, he will just end up losing", and fair enough, a few weeks after I said it, my partner said that her workmate that's gambling is already losing money consistently, and asking for a loan towards her, and her other workmates. Take note that this gambler has a family, and he used that money into gambling as well. In short, he's addicted.
This is the reason why gambling itself is a trap, but it will only become a trap if we don't change how we think about gambling. We always say that we need to know when to stop if needed, and that's true. Whether we are losing or winning, we should know when to stop. If we lose, we need to stop in order to prevent further losses. If we win, we also need to know when to stop so that we can secure our winnings or else... it might end up with you losing those winnings plus the capital. Stop if needed.
