Gambling - Honest Discussion Time

[nisosbar]

1) Are you HONEST about YOUR gambling with your family and friends?

The topic never comes up.

2) Do you play to WIN or do you play for ENTERTAINMENT?

Obviously, winning is more desirable than losing; the occasional win is what makes gambling entertaining. But I plan on losing what I deposit.

3) Do you use anything to manipulate your winnings?

No. Never. Defeats the purpose of why I enjoy online play. Makes it a job, and not worth it to me.

4) Do you OFTEN spend over your budget? (and do you have a budget?)

No, not often. Yes, I have a budget.

5) Do you ever promise anyone else that you WILL NOT gamble?

No. Actually, it's often the contrary; people want to gamble with me, and I can't because it's not in my budget.

6) When you win - do you often gamble most of the winnings back?

I do sometimes. But again, these winnings are 'mad money' - money I've come into, that I never planned to have, and are just frosting.

[Casinomeister]

Good idea to set up a poll on this. Might be interesting. Make it the same questions - anonymous answers of course - and people can select more than one answer for the poll.

I'd set it up for you, but I'm packing my bags for VEGAS

[WagerWitch]

Good idea to set up a poll on this. Might be interesting. Make it the same questions - anonymous answers of course - and people can select more than one answer for the poll.

I'd set it up for you, but I'm packing my bags for VEGAS

Yeah uhuh - LIKELY story...

Hey Bryan - how long are you gonna be there?

I might be in the area on Sun/Mon - so i you're going to be there - I might try to meet up with everyone.

[KasinoKing]

My answers:-

1) Are you HONEST about YOUR gambling with your family and friends? Yes

2) Do you play to WIN or do you play for ENTERTAINMENT? Both

3) Do you use anything to manipulate your winnings? No (Except the use of Bonuses).

4) Do you OFTEN spend over your budget? (and do you have a budget?) No budget.

5) Do you ever promise anyone else that you WILL NOT gamble? No way!

6) When you win - do you often gamble most of the winnings back? No.

KK

[WagerWitch]

KK I would THANK you for answering but for some reason my Thanks buttons are gone now...

Dunno WHY.

Thanks for answering tho!

[LaHutti]

KK I would THANK you for answering but for some reason my Thanks buttons are gone now...

Dunno WHY.

Thanks for answering tho!

Think I heard somewhere, that there's a limit in how many thanks you can do in a day....maybe you used up yours for today

[Stovetopp]

I copied this fromat from isobar so forgive if any of his material is still here


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1) Are you HONEST about YOUR gambling with your family and friends?

YES No need lying they know where I am all the time


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2) Do you play to WIN or do you play for ENTERTAINMENT?

Online gambling strictly for entetainment Online I honestly believe the RNG's are different from the B&M casinos..At the real casinos I go for the kill lol
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3) Do you use anything to manipulate your winnings?

nderstand the question At the b&m I am what you call an "advantage" player so I stick to the probabilities and jusrt watch it play out

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4) Do you OFTEN spend over your budget? (and do you have a budget?)



once all bills are taken care of , rest is to enjoy my hobby gambling.


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5) Do you ever promise anyone else that you WILL NOT gamble?

No.

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6) When you win - do you often gamble most of the winnings back?

One of my principles in gambling ...I don't mind losing in gambling, but nothing gives a more depressing feeling than having been "up" at a casino and the come home losing So I try to at least break even That is why for on line gambling I like QT cause now I can xfer immediately I can also rexfer to another casino lol

[Balky]

First I would like to thank Wager Witch for the remarkably interesting post in the related thread and for opening this one. I think it is very useful to exchange our views and expectations on online gambling, since each one of us online gamblers has to face temptations, make decisions and sometimes struggle to keep control. Here are my answers:

1) Are you HONEST about YOUR gambling with your family and friends? Yes

2) Do you play to WIN or do you play for ENTERTAINMENT? Definitely entertainment. The only exception is Videopoker, where the doubling feature along with inavoidable GREED sometimes brings me into trouble after expecting to hit big and attempting to double up one time too often. Slots however are entertaining with a touch of thrill caused by the possibility to hit big (who of us doesnt love to see the vampires lining up in Scary Riches extra spins)

3) Do you use anything to manipulate your winnings? I sometimes wish I could see the opponents hole cards in poker, especially after some heavy donkbeats... but the answer is no.

4) Do you OFTEN spend over your budget? (and do you have a budget?) In order to keep control over my gambling habits I opened an account only for gaming purposes and NEVER make any deposit except from that gambling account. When its empty, I do not refill it until the predetermined day. If I want to gamble in the meantime I play poker or use some comps and play for pennies. There are many interesting free tourneys too, for example at 3Dice. In case of hitting really big - which thank god happened a few times this year - I transfer the winnings and leave some money to extend my monthly gaming budget.

5) Do you ever promise anyone else that you WILL NOT gamble? Noway, then I could never look up the winners screenshots

6) When you win - do you often gamble most of the winnings back? As mentioned above, I leave a part of the winnings for gambling and if I lose that, I dont have to feel too bad about it.

One more question at the end of this post: Yesterday I played in a Rival casino, deposited 30 and reached 350 when the WR were met (Scary Rich - long live those bloodsuckers). I continued to play and eventually cashed out 160 Dollars. Instead of being happy because of having won, I was mad because I didnt stop at the peak balance. I would like to know if other players experience such situations in a similar way. Is there a way to keep control over greed?

Cheers Balky

[eu_lowroller]

Yesterday I played in a Rival casino, deposited 30 and reached 350 when the WR were met (Scary Rich - long live those bloodsuckers).

The exactly same scenario (not only 3 vampires in free spins, even the balance about 350.- euro) happens to me yesterday in Royal Apollo Casino, except that i've won so much from a €10.- ND Bonus

It's good to know, that i'm not alone here with this lucky expanding wild vampires

[KasinoKing]

KK I would THANK you for answering but for some reason my Thanks buttons are gone now...

Mine too!
There must be a limit of 5 per day or something, because I thanked several posts earlier.

Yesterday I played in a Rival casino, deposited 30 and reached 350 when the WR were met (Scary Rich - long live those bloodsuckers). I continued to play and eventually cashed out 160 Dollars. Instead of being happy because of having won, I was mad because I didnt stop at the peak balance. I would like to know if other players experience such situations in a similar way. Is there a way to keep control over greed?

Only 1 way - Will-Power!

If you play with bonuses like I do, what you need to focus on is how many more bonuses you can claim with the cash you have won.
For example, I made $1,400 off a $150 deposit at Vegas Sky last month (see my latest blog), and I was VERY tempted to carry on playing... but then I thought "Hey, that's 14 times I can deposit $100 and get a 100%+ bonus = $2,800+ to play with!".
With that thought in mind, hitting the cash-out button was simple!

KK