I keep a record on Excel for all gambling online (poker/casinos), B&M's, local poker clubs. Everything except lottery tickets which couldn't be more then $500.00 dollars a year. There are so many big games 2 or 3 times a week here in N.Y. I'm not really sure what goes on. I'll be in a store and see a big drawing for lottery that night and randomly buy $10.00 dollars worth here and there.
When going to AC I'll do a complete count of all cash that I'm leaving the house with. When I get home I do another count and enter the results. If driving or flying the count would also include gas, tolls, tips, etc., considering this is all part of the expense. Of course any charges on credit cards would also be included.
Online cash outs are not entered on records till funds are actually in hand. The day the funds hit my bank is the day it gets entered. Wire fees, loading fees, etc., are also included rounded to the dollar.
You would think with my experience as a gambler I would have more control. Entering my older years (57) I've no doubt toned it down by about 75%, but still lack control when it's most needed. I recently had a $4500.00 cash out, of which $2500.00 is being sent to wired plastic. After reading the threads with issues over $2500.00 I didn't want to chance anything more. Unfortunately the remaining $2000.00 is down to $400.00 dollars. I didn't actually touch the 2k still sitting in Q.T. but made fresh deposits thinking I would have more control depositing fresh cash rather then just clicking the mouse. It's not working...
Overall this year which includes some decent cash outs from online casinos, online poker, and live play I'm a negative $13,371.00 dollars. I still don't have any of the money from recent cash out in hand, so this number should come down a little. Of course I could turn into a full blown asshole with 4 weeks to recover and make matters worse. But, after typing this thread for some reason I got a good feeling I might just in fact slow down, considering I'm almost 4k over my planned allowance for my asshole fund.
In addition to the above facts, live poker showed a small profit of $2310.00 dollars (expenses included) when compared to losing $5115.00 online bringing my overall poker loses to a negative $2805.00. Unable to accurately break down live casino table and slot play, I'm sure it's minimal considering most of my live casino visits were geared for poker tournaments. Maybe 1k or 2k throughout the year while drifting. So actually live play of all types showed a couple of hundred dollars profit, but also a lot of fun, food, a couple of shows, and drinks. So it would be safe to say that all my loses were accumulated playing online along with sitting and expanding my fat ass.