Do you let it get away from you because its so damn exciting?

[lockinlove]

Last year on my birthday, I decided I would go to the casino thats about 25 minutes away from my house just by myself. Relax play some slots eat some food and save the partying for the weekend.

I was playing 90 cent free spin slots and after an hour I was up about $300. I wanted to have fun and play a whole bunch of games even though when you're up $300 you should probably leave or chances are you are going to lose it back.

So over the next 4-5 hours I ended up going back to even. That was some incredible amount of play time as all I did for those hours was just play slots.

I felt kind of guilty I blew the $300 that I won. So I thought ah well Im here to lose a couple hundred bucks lets try and recoup the losses.

4 hours later Im down about $400 now. Bleh. I sorta got caught up in the moment. And now I felt like an idiot. So after about 7-8 hours Im down $400.

I kept trying to say its your birthday you had fun dont worry about it. But I couldnt shake it. So I said to myself. Withdraw $300 more and see if you can get it back. I started playing the $1 wheel of fortune slots and I got the big wheel like 5 times and every friggen time it hit on the $20. Grrrr so frustrating.

After a little bit I was at $250 and this was no longer fun. Chasing losses and not enjoying myself. So I said lets go find something where I can either hit something or lose it quick and get out of here.

I went to a multi reel slot. Each max pull was $16. Well this will do it..lol.

I did not expect to win at all. My 4th pull triple diamond bar triple diamond (or something like that). I had no idea what this meant but I figured maybe $100. The payout stopped at about $680. I was shocked. I just got my losses back plus some.

I spent about $75 on food and drinks. I ended up leaving right then and there up about $150 or somewhere close to that number. I was so happy.

This day taught me, when you're up chances are its good to get out while the goings good. Set yourself a number that you drop to and once you reach it. leave

And this is what has made me successful in the past 3 weeks of online gambling.

Self control.

I played on club gold. Deposited a $100 and just had a weird bad feeling after a little bit and being down just $5. I cashed out and since havent been back.

I won a few hundred dollars on gaming club. I kept playing until I would drop a certain amount. Once I got there, I withdrew and didnt touch the reversal button.

This past week I have won and cashed out (wire transfer has been sent) $978.00 from ladbrokes. I was at $1050. And my stopping point was $975.

Last night I won $60 on gaming club. Played til I dropped to $50 profit. Cashed out.


All of this self control came from that night on my birthday. I never wanted to feel that way again.

Im sure most have you do this same thing. Its not really advice or anything. just felt sharing my story and am happy that I can play and stop when I want. Cause sometimes those slots can really call your name to come back

 

[Dagobert]

Sure Many times

I set A limit normally 400 euro or 3000NOK if my winnings exceed this amount I cash out.
Normally no more than one deposit per evening 50-200 euro Max.

Hard to keep within these rules always. But i need to have them or Else I would blow
My winnings much more often. Combined with alcohol i only have bad experiences

 

[Wild Reels]

its very rare these days that i'm playing anything but high variance slots with a bonus, this dosen't leave you with too much of a difficult situation because either you bust out in style, or you win big and then the sole purpose is to get as much of that money out completing the wagering on something i enjoy playing but definitely isnt super high variance.

im sure everybody has cancelled a withdrawal and blown it as some point (my worst was £1500 on a pending withdrawal, whilst waiting for my passport to come through for the id check ), but now im in the mindset that even if im going to gamble again the next today ill be hunting around for the best bonuses, so replaying £100 of my winnings isnt a good idea as a new day at a new casino could give me £200 with a bonus, and thats going to last a lot longer and give me more chances of hitting another big one

the worst thing you can do is immediately start chasing losses, it might work out as your story did, but theres gonna be that run of bad luck where you keep chasing , raising the stakes and gettting into a proper mess

you probably need to experience these little bouts of stupidity that we all have once, and then learn from it

 

[Jazzbaz]

After nearly 5 years of regular online slotting, I wouldn't say I let it get away from me due to excitement. I simply hate to lose. Anytime I am on a prolonged losing streak I am in serious of danger of "chasing the losses" syndrome. I try to curb this by playing with a bonus, so as to have a clear stopping point. The problem is, even with the prolonged playing time bonuses offer, it is still possible to have huuuge streaks where you simply hit nothing worthwhile. Case in point, I am currently on a streak of 14 consequetive bonused deposits and zero withdrawals, and man, it sure stings. The only consolation is that I wouldn't have been in a position to withdraw much in profit even if these had been straight deposits.

As for self control, it is a constant struggle. When people say that "they have it under control" I tend to be sceptical about it based on my own experiences. I also have it "under control" when I am winning but the next lapse is always waiting around the corner. I also keep very detailed record of my lapses and beat myself on the head with them repeatedly.

This really is utterly crazy pastime if one really thinks about it.

 

[mrmark21]

For me playing MG and Netent was never really exciting. The big wins are soooo rare! So rare that I went seven months without seeing a feature return over 100x the bet. So since I never really won much on MG or Netent I stopped playing them. I still play Playtech and Play N Go which I'm doing well on so the excitement factor is there. I do get carried away with the excitement, most of the time I'm playing a bonus so I'm able to allow myself to get carried away. I usually up my bets, the more I win, but I set a preset amount of what I'm going to cash-out.

I get allot of excitement out of the jackpots at my B&M. I won $8000 about a week ago my biggest win online and offline ever! That was exciting and of course I got carried away and flushed about a grand on other slots after winning that jackpot. I do tend to get carried away but I'll never chase my losses because the more you play the more you lose (that's just the maths). I'll certainly up my bets though