I definitely was up at most of the casinos I was playing at in early March. Now thanks to this thread I have revisited my wins and losts since I began last mid last year and well I thought I was about break even but turns out overall I am down to the tune of about $680 - which isn't that bad come to think of it after almost a year of online gambling and there were periods I was playing heavily.
I don't have all the individual stats of the casinos because the spreadsheet is quite long and most of my deposits come in via envoy services which pretty much all the casinos seem to use but for the ones I have :-
Casumo - Deposits 1836 / Withdrawal 1762 - Down 74. The last 10 deposits or so I did not make a withdrawal I was up by about 500 before the long losing streak. Pretty much lost all my last 10 deposits or so on WMS games. All my withdrawals here involved novomatic rumpel wildspin had a great run at that game in February.
Energy Casino - Deposits 965 / Withdrawal 1160 - Up 195. I thought I was in the negatives here a bit of a surprise since my last 5 or so deposits went nowhere. I only played novomatic here. Will revisit in the future
Video Slots - Deposits 2625 / Withdrawal 2342 - Down 283. I never really won big at videoslots but I had alot of small/medium size wins and for a good while I was up at this place but like in March I lost about 10 deposits in a row during a really bad streak.
I'll give you a snapshot of all my total winnings and losings over all casinos -> Total Deposits $18914 / Total Withdrawals - $18235 -> Overall -$680. About 2 1/2 months ago I would have been up about $3000 !!!
Hypothetically I have some memories of when I should have withdrawn in the past but didn't and went bust instead. Of those I remember :-
$500 at spin palace, $350 at
32red, $400 at videoslots, $300 slotsmillion/betvictor etc. -> about $1600 in withdrawals not happening when I was thinking of withdrawing but decided to keep playing. Could have been well up had I played more sensible!
Slowing down alot now I think when hammering the slots I haven't done so well. Not quite sure I"m a low roller after looking at total deposits but like to think so lol
Hah, sounds quite a bit like me. I had a good run at things for a while, got a few large wins, spent wisely, and a lots of middling wins spent to play again. This is not the first thread for this, and I actually searched and found a few of my past posts on such topics.
This year I am down. I was last year too. But I am well up over the past few years, but not my lifetime gambling career by any means, just my online career. But the past is the past, and not chasing losses is a big part of it.
I got lucky. I know I got lucky. I don't always expect to be lucky, although I am a little lucky from time to time. I know I do way better online with 95% or so slots than landbased at 82 or 83 where I live. Must admit the food is not as good online.
Income has been lower for past year and a half, and bills just keep rising. Got a little boost in income past month, but not to previous level, but better than it was. I hate to admit at times I chose a deposit over something I needed more. Like whisky, or that horrendously priced ground beef that does not even taste like cow.
Being broke also meant I got greedy. Not a good thing. But end of day, probably mostly meant I played fun mode or did something else. A great part of any gambling winnings has always gone to fund more gambling.
I do know without CM, contests, advice and counsel about bankroll management, info about ewallets and fees and such, I'd be down over the past 8 years rather than up. I know that I never have to reverse if I ask my CM friends to keep me strong.
But the past is the past, that up got spent long ago now. While I have spent more this year than I can really afford, I probably would have spent it elsewhere on entertainment of some kind. After all, a girl has to have a little fun.
Oh, and I am up late posting at CM to not gamble right now, when I have money in my bank account and money on my prepaid credit card.
Up or down in any given year, I'm mostly good at living within my means, even if it means different choices than other people. Ask me what my ex spent on comic books a month, bingo cost less.
Always good to look at where you are at. I don't worry about individual casinos so much, although I do sometimes ask. It's what comes out of my pocket, and what comes back that is not spending on gambling that is significant.
I will report back at end of year. My income is too low to lose all my online profits this year. But give me 4 more, maybe I can get there. I lost a shameful amount of money almost immediately after my big win of 11K, not from it, but from a simple deposit out of day to day budget when I hit a random at RTG. My goal was to not deposit other than by Skrill until June after a Sept hit, so I guess in some way I had that 20 30 50 dollars a week in my pocket because I was not taking it out of my wallet. Only made it until March, but I gambled pretty much every day with lots of deposits in and out of Skrill. Only made it until March, not June, but all my bills were current and I had taken two trips.
Be honest with yourself and see what it really costs you. Decide if that cost is okay. I know a couple of years ago my costs were pretty much in line with $600 or so for the year, and I made thousands in deposits, and the house has an edge. $50 or $100 or what every your budget allows is not that much if you really enjoy it.
Unless you really cant afford it. The longer you play, the more change the house edge kicks in.
But careful choice of bonuses and casinos, participation in contests and tournaments, can probably knock your expected lost down by 2 percent or more. The house still makes money, you just lose a little less, and get to play more.
If I deposit $1200 a year, and get a $1000 cashout I spend on something besides gambling, I am a happy camper. I cashed out a $100 on a $25 deposit I made early in the month, felt like free money since I'd forgotten I still had a WR to complete. I am not spending $15 plus to have it wired to my bank account, just means I can play this weekend without reaching into my own pocket.
My accounting consists of how much I loaded onto my prepaid card to gamble, and how much came back to my bank account or to the crecit card and spent on things other than gambling.
Very long winded answer to a simple question.
Over €200 up on the site. So currently in overall profit at Video slots,Boyle over £1,000 ahead of them(gratis of DOA and Reel Steal mainly) and Comeon with ease as in 2012 I won nearly 2grand in a day here(probably about 3-400 in deposits) maybe more but definitely over 1grand ahead of Comeon. I think I'm going to do this at a few places it's a wake up call to take it easy with the deposit button!! You should all do it. It's really an eye opener! Very nice to know I'm actually ahead at some websites should also be ahead at Bet Victor and Mr Green if I hadn't been so stupid in 2012!! Nate and Rolastan are thousands up on their favourite casinos without a doubt though
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