OK - this was VERY hard for me to do...
Cashing-out is not a problem -
but cashing-out after only a couple of hours play is something I do find difficult to do.
But having deposited $400 yesterday and taken it up to 3 x that with Untamed Panda & Thunderstruck - I decided to test my resolve and do it!
Still leaves me the original $400 to play with...
That was a MAJOR achilles heel for me last year mate. 2016 was an eye-opener for me in many ways...
Gambling too much
Losing too much
Spunking back winnings (when common sense would have dictated....no actually....SCREAMED that I hit the damn button) too much
All that adds up to one thing......my hobby got way too expensive. My net losses in 2016 were greater than my net losses from November 2011 (when I started slotting online) to December 2015 COMBINED. It would have been far too easy for me to say.....oh the games have changed, the RTP's have been lowered blah blah blah.
The cold harsh reality is this...my hobby got way too expensive last year because I ALLOWED it to.
Don't get me wrong, I still would have been "a net loser" in 2016, even with better "cashout discipline".
But I made myself a "BIG net loser" in 2016 because of too many incidences of me shooting myself in the foot, the biggest one being a £100 deposit at
Rizk I made in October that I turned into over £500. On the HTML5 version of Twin Spin of all things!
I never went near the cashout button and lost the lot. So. Frickin'. DUMB.
If I want to point the finger of blame at anyone/anything, then there's only two options.....the mirror and myself.
So with all that in mind, changes afoot for 2017. Time to cut down on gambling, time to look for better value, time to go back to
playing with bonuses, time to go back to focusing more on MG Viper (which was traditionally my favourite/most successful stomping ground)
and most importantly.....
TIME TO make sure I cut down on self-inflicted foot wounds.
And oh yeah.....I've literally got post it notes attached to my monitor now. No getting lost in the buzz zone BS for me anymore.
I have always tried to play for profit, it's about time my actions and my decision making actually backed that mindset up.
And so far it seems to be working. I have one January deposit left to play and I will (at worst) have a net profit of £250 for January.
Not a lot, but it is profit.
And I have yet to make a deposit in February. The old me could (and would) have already made at least 10 deposits by this stage of a calendar month.
Less is more springs to mind.
PS I left out one very important detail. I didn't lose a single pound that I could not afford to lose. If I had done, I'd probably be in one of two places....
1. On a break from gambling
2. In the quit gambling section