This is the simple truth, if you think about your financial status, you can hardly go wrong because at that point you will be gambling with what you can afford to lose. But if your mind is fixed on the potential win, you will not think straight because you will have the justification to do anything to achieve it. Most addicted gamblers started by looking at what they can achieve through gambling, forgetting that gambling is supposed to be mainly for passive income and not a source of income.
What most people care about is their potential win they hardly see it from another angle that the potential win can still be a potential loss too , that's why one have to be conscious, and be ready to always risk what they can afford to lose rather than fixing their mind in that potential win and try all means to achieve it . Most time can lead to one making rash decisions and making reckless move when comes to gambling.
If I care for the potential winning that I haven't seen what will stop me from caring for the one I have already? If I do not care for my money it makes me feel like I am gamble irresponsibly. The whole point of this is to gamble responsible so I will always think about the money I have before I think of the ones I haven't yet seen.
The potential winning is not even a potential loss, the potential losses are the money you used to stake to get the potential winning. Potential winning are something you don't have control over, you only have control on the amount you want to bet with. You can chose to stake big or small because you can control the money.