Tips For Gambling In A Sensible Fashion
Let’s face it – losing money at the casino sucks! Everybody wants to win but if it weren’t for some losing then the casinos wouldn’t be there in the first place. This has never been more important to understand as gambling, casinos and online slots continue to become a mainstream form of entertainment. Sure everyone’s heard the basic tip of ‘only gamble what you can afford’ but there’s way more to controlling your gambling in a sensible fashion. Here we’ll run through a few tips that are applicable to both ‘real world’ and online casinos which will help you from busting out early, overspending, getting ripped off and ensure you have enough left over for a cab home/pay the internet bill.
1) Control Your Spending
A solid piece of basic advice is to keep your gambling cash in a totally separate account from your daily. Paypal can be useful for this, and most casinos now accept a variety of online wallets. Consider this your bank vault, then decide how much you are willing to spend in your casino session. Try and keep it a regular amount, maybe 25% of your balance for example. That is all you can change at the casino that time!
2) Set Your Betting Limits
If using an online casino a really good yet chronically underused feature most offer is the deposit limits. This will only let you transfer so much into your casino over a given time, and can also be used to ‘lock you out’ for a period (usually 24 hours). Determine how much you are willing to bet on each spin/roll/card and get playing. If playing in a bricks and mortar casino with friends, social games like roulette and craps offer a pretty easy way to keep track.
Decide to play maybe a dozen spins of roulette, each with a maximum of say $5-10 depending on the groups budget. Then move on to another table/game and do the same. This method ensures that everyone will be able to bankroll their bets for the course of the evening, even those with incredibly bad luck. Obviously, it’s trickier with solo online play but discipline is key.
3) Manage Your Winnings
Again this is easier in real world casinos but using the above technique, keep your winnings in a separate pocket. That’s money you’ve won and not to be reinvested in longer sessions or higher stakes betting. The advantage of this is again that even if you’re having a terrible night of luck, you’ll have something left over by the end. If you visit the Vegas strip and check out the lines of slots players, you’ll notice that lots of players have two cups – that’s not (usually) because they’re too lazy to get a top up, but because they separate money to spend with winnings for another day.
It’d be good to see online slots offering this kind of feature. For example, you could play online casino games at All Slots knowing that you will have your winnings left over for next time.
4) Set Regular Play Times
Thanks to so many games now being available to enjoy in free play, you can enjoy a few spins whenever without spending a penny. However when it comes to money play it’s best to try and avoid spontaneous sessions, and instead set aside a little time once or twice a week. Alternatively, allow yourself a couple of plays to be taken whenever you like, but only for a set length of time.
Follow these basic tips and you’ll be able to enjoy a your spins safely and responsibly.