We are used to say that a gambler should gamble with an amount he can afford to lose but in the actual sense do we think there is any amount a gambler can afford to lose? When a gambler places a stake what he sees is not the stake but the potential win. This is why when he does not win he panics regardless of how little the stake is and he will always mention the potential win rather than the stake as the amount lost. The gambling system especially sports betting works in a way that as a game plays the value of the stake keeps increasing and what may appear to be what the gambler can afford to lose may rise and become what he can no longer afford to lose and this becomes a source of concern for the gambler if he losses the bet. In fact, if a gambler accumulates the total of what he thinks he can afford to lose he would know that he is losing what he cannot afford to lose. I think that any penny spent on gambling is a money the gambler have decided to sacrifice with the hope of getting a bigger amount and not because he can afford to lose it.
What's your position on this thought?
It's not only about the amount you can afford to lose,it’s about the amount you can afford to lose without it affecting you as a gambler.What's your position on this thought?
Have you ever wondered why we look for lost pennies even though we can afford to lose them? It's because that’s normal
and it hurts losing it without giving it out willingly ..But what if that penny is all you've got and you lost it? I think the same applies to gambling,not that a loss won't hurt even if you can afford it, but what really matters is being able to afford it without stress.If it grows to the extent that someone can no longer afford to gamble but still does, then they're addicted somehow imo because they had all the time to take a break.