Gambling addiction

WTF. I just won more than $1000 online, and lost it all plus the initial $100 that I put in in less than an hour.

What does Jow Forums think of gambling?

I'm not a stupid person. I'm self-employed, working from home, making +$180K a year. GF (common law) makes over +$80K a year.

So we are doing ok and I haven't lost any significant amount of money in gambling. But once in a while I play, and while sometimes I walk out with a lot of money from a Casino, tonight online gambling fucked with my brain.

It wasn't me anymore. I became like a robot. Completely brainless for an hour.

Is gambling just like cocaine or meth? wtf happened tonight?

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The most retarded night of my life. I still can't believe what I just did.

Anyone care to share stories, or some insight?

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It's not hard to do that with money you've won. If you blew another 1,000 chasing back after it, then you should be worried.

Maybe take a break(you said once in a while, maybe wait twice as long to go back this time) to analyze your game in whatever you were playing so next time you win you'll be a little more careful.

also, out with some details, how did you win $1000? what game? did you lose it in the same game how?

Well that's the really stupid part about tonight.

I go to the casino maybe once or twice a month and play for fun - mostly card games, and sometimes roulette. Sometimes I lose, sometimes I walk out with 600-1000 dollars. I know that overall in the past 5-6 years I've lost, but not that much.

Tonight I played online, and I just tried the stupid jackpot games.

It just kept giving.

I feel like there is an algorithm that makes you win as a beginner to get you hooked. I don't know.

It seems to happen in streaks, even pro gamblers talk about losing streaks months long.

lol, yeah them shits work to dull your brain the way they work the chemicals in cigarettes. stick to the regular casino or regular games and seems like you'll be fine.

addiction is insidious but also takes a while to get into. for example william s burroughs said it took months of shooting up to turn a person into a real heroin addict that would need to be forcibly dried out.

take it easy.

Oh shit.

I feel like tonight was a sign that I'm maybe getting addicted. Gonna do the self-exclusion thing for online gambling.

Damn it.

i only bet max 2% of my bankroll on any given bet betting on sports and have a +roi over a sample size of roughly 1500 bets, if anything it's a boring approach. if/when i start losing ill just stop.

quit now, it will destroy your life.

fuck off Kaiji

I fucking did it. Self-exclusion for 3 years (max number available).

Not ever going to play online again.

While I fucked up big time tonight, I'm not going to let this become an addiction.

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You just had a dumb night, I don't think you should be worried. The danger comes when you win big imo, and decide to keep the money on the table. There is no drug or drink or girl that feels better than that single moment when the dice are rolling with ten grand on the table. I only gamble on sports anymore because I have a problem, but I give myself a yearly budget and don't go over it.

I work at a gas station.

Gambler fags are the worst. Worse than stoner fags, smoker fags, and boozer fags. I hate you people. You guys are freaking obnoxious and waste so much time and money. I work in a wealthy area too, and there's idiots with $80,000 sports cars wasting ten minutes a days playing their special numbers and demanding separate tickets for the same game and all sorts of bullshit.

It boggles my mind how I'm the one stuck behind the gas station counter and not them. Whatever, they probably lease the car and are terrible with their money . . .

>I'm not a stupid person.

>Does stupid things.
>Is a person.

>losing $100 gambling
>stupid
It would have only been stupid if he put in more money to try and get back what he lost.

Mate, I just asked for help here to stop fucking up.

And guess what. I did the self-exclusion thing right after anons told me to.

Not ever going to gamble again.

This makes me sleep better tonight. Together with the fact that I just banned myself from the online platform for gambling.

I know how you're feeling right now, you're just a little rattled. Get a good nights sleep and you'll feel better, remember that you expected to walk away from it emptyhanded in the first place.

And also I feel like even if I cashed out at ~$1170... it wouldn't mean anything. Because I would go back online tomorrow and lose it all.

There is no happy ending to gambling like this.

if you feel like you're getting addicted and can't stop it may be best to limit your gambling to once a month or set a strict limit. if you break these rules, then just stop altogether.

norm macdonald lost everything he's owned FOUR times, you don't want to do this.

easy come easy go

Self-excluded, and live on an island. So literally can't gamble unless I take the ferry to go to the mainland.

>Macdonald said his past gambling addiction had been initiated by a six-figure win at a craps table in Atlantic City.

Holy shit. Didn't know about this guy.

See, looks like even winning a huge amount can be not only not good, but the start to an addiction...

>I just won more than $1000 online, and lost it all plus the initial $100 that I put in in less than an hour.
>I'm not a stupid person.
Pick one.

house always wins and i would say go back to /b/ but this board became /b/

>doesn't know about the power of addiction

> I'm self-employed, working from home
what do u do

There's no RNG manipulation, at least if you play on a site that has a proper license.

Gamblers just tend to underestimate their losses and overestimate their wins, so they consider the moment they were up in balance as a win even when they don't cash out.

Also stay away from card games, their RTP is awful so you are even more likely to lose.

lol stfu spineless retard

Film-maker.

I made a mistake. And I'm changing it.

Support your user friend, user.

you have to be fucking stupid to gamble online at something the house has complete control of. At least do sports booking.

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I went to an MGM owned casino in Vegas with my friends, I was just out of college and had some money saved up for one last good time with my friends. I told them that I was going all or nothing and I would bet all the money I was willing to lose all on 2nd 12 on the roulette table. I couldn’t believe my eyes when my original max bet of 5,000 dollars became 15,000 dollars. I said, “What the hell, I just won 10,000” and bet 5,000 dollars again, except on 1st 12. I was such a lucky bastard I won again. I walked from the table after that, used 10,000 to have a damn good time with the boys, overall I walked out of the casino 10,000 dollars richer. Every other time I gambled I’ve always lost except for sports betting and a few blackjack games at local casinos.

Enabling you is the last thing you need, faggot. Stop thinking like a victim and get angry at your dumb ass.

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last time I checked you have to leave your home to make films

Jesus Christ, are you really bitching about a one rack downswing? Lose 100k in a night then tell me how you feel.
>t. ex online poker pro

Roulette is pure luck, the spinning wheel has no memory.

>Gambles.
>Wins a bunch of money.
>Doesn't immediately cash out.

Do I even have to say anything? You know what you are.

Iktf bro. Craps is my poison

I never gamble, would rather have 100 quid in my pocket than take a chance to win 1000.
A friend spent £900 on a gambling machine in a betting shop. 900 he couldn't afford to lose.

>I feel like there is an algorithm that makes you win as a beginner to get you hooked. I don't know.

There isn't. You were just lucky.