Let me ask you all about your profit gambling

I know most wont care but plenty will relate deep down. Let me ask you all a question.. how much do you TRULY make gambling if you REALLY calculated it on a monthly basis? I have learned that you can go on a win streak and lose it all and it happens very often for many people. This takes away from family, from friends, your time capping games all day, being down when you lose, feeling great when you win, heart racing everyday watching games you play.... I gambled from 2011-feb 2017 stopped when I lost 5 grand on the most unreal comeback/biggest choke when Atlanta lost the Super Bowl to the patriots and then started again 3 months ago and at the end of the day I’ve put hours and hours and hours watching and capping games these last 3 months to be negative. Really have a bad gambling addiction and all this shit ain’t worth it luckily I’m still young in my late 20”s.

i am officially done and I know there’s many on you here negative as well or barely positive or up a few hundred is that shit really worth all this stress? People don’t understand that a gambling addiction is the same as a drug addiction but I stopped for 3 years before and can surely stop again. I hope this reaches at least 1 person and for the hundreds that don’t care continue doing you... peace out everyone 

The truth about gambling is that you have to have a certain personality type to be profitable at it. 

You have to be an analyst.

That means putting in the work to do research, and then deliberating....racking your brains.  Some people (Intuitives) are much more equipped for this intensity of mental workload.

The rest of people gamble for "fun" or because they think they "get" sports.  

They don't.  

Good luck in your future

Find out what you are good at and follow that path.

Hats off to you bro. Hope you make it. To gamble as a hobby fine, but what you were doing not cool. 

Appreciate the respectful comments. But reality is guys that idc how much you “know” sports or how good you are at “capping” a game.. fact is so many games are won by luck. Comebacks, big mistakes from other team, missed free throws, last second shots, list goes on... on any given night anything can happen and I know for a FACT there’s PLENTY of people who visit this forum and are just like me. Barely people on this forum who gamble over $100 a day do this for fun it’s more of an addiction 

Try to just do it for entertainment only- sure, its still money, but its 1/1000th of what I used to wager. My biggest problem was the number of games out there. If I only had 2-3 games out there a day, Id be a pretty decent handicapper. I know my weaknesses and just choose to set aside an amount I can afford to lose a month, and when its gone- im gone until the next month...best of luck to u  

That takes time young man. 

It takes time to be able to "read" between the lines.

You are lucky you learned before you had more disposable income.  

From your post right here, it looks like you lost a good amount tonight. I along with others, have been there, done that. Sorry bud but the "itch" won't go away like that.  Bet considerably less next time and keep the betting amounts to yourself. Nobody needs to know that you bet whatever small/trivial amount and you should care less about what other people's betting amounts are. Half the time, they're lying anyways.  If you can't grind a $1-200 initial bankroll into $1k+ or more, what makes you think that you will win by betting $1-200+ bets? Oh, because you will take it more "seriously' if you bet larger amounts? For most, they are long term losers but I look at it like this. Sports betting is an expensive "hobby." Just like your friends who like to burn their paycheck on performance parts for their car,sneaker collection, electronics, whatever hobby. That itch ain't gonna go away that easy but definitely take a break and the usual advice offered by others. As you've read before,"it's a marathon, not a sprint."

have to. Just started a great new career path in banking and reality is I can’t gamble for “fun” so many games I have lost due to degenerate action or unreal losses that leave me stunned as to how was that possible. Everything is all just luck but people can continue to think there’s a lot of skill in this when there isn’t.

- For example blackcannon tonight had Maryland -7.5 at half down 14 for Maryland to come back and outscore northwestern 51-26 in 2nd half to cover spread by 4. Call it skill but that is LUCK. LSU tonight up 10 with 1 min to go to not cover -3 because of a stupid offensive rebound with basically ZERO seconds on the shot clock and a MEANINGLESS shot to make it 84-82. this shit is all LUCK

I never did parlays and only bet 1-3 games a day different times never games that played the same time. Bets between $100-300

Love to see everyone united in this thread because we can all relate

The honest reality about the bettors on this forum who DO bet $1k+ amounts are probably:

-retired OLDER PEOPLE (everything is paid off, they are living off pensions, retirement income) who earned their money from years of saving and NOT FROM SPORTS betting (hence a form of entertainment for them)

-individuals who come from a wealthy background

-Small business owners

-people who have six figure/high paying jobs

From the likes of it, you are still a young guy in his late 20's and don't fall into any of these categories so you should DEFINITELY scale back your betting size. It will definitely "humble" your azz by betting smaller amounts than before. When you bet smaller amounts, a win is great and a loss won't make you lose sleep. That's how gambling SHOULD BE. It doesn't affect your mood from winning or losing.

I get what everyone is saying but the FACT is there’s plenty of people on this forum who’s day to day lives are effected by gambling wether it’s effecting their job performance, relationship, effecting how you treat your family, effecting your life in more negative ways than positive and that is the pure truth. Some just are so into this that they deny it

Square I get what you’re saying but that isn’t true. Theres plenty of gambling addicts who lose their cars, their house, their family, their jobs, borrow money to gamble, list goes on. It’s not only the people you are mentioning and that is a fact not an opinion what I’m saying. All you have to do is put on google “I have a gambling addiction” and you’ll read thousands of stories of people

Sorry to say this but this isn' the first AND last time we will see/have seen a thread like this. Many people have contributed before to similar threads, it gets old and honestly, you already know the answer to your questions/doubt deep down inside. Some times, the only way to learn is to learn by the "hard way." 

Off topic but ANOTHER thread that pops up EVERY season is some new person asking the forum (whatever it is, MLB, NBA, NFL, college), who the best capper is. It gets old, most don't respond to it and the ones who do, usually give the names of the bettors who are just bad at picking as a joke..

See u tomorrow 

I myself only play 1 to 3 games a night ($100-330 max) and I NEVER wager on multiple games that are happening at the same time, this way I can manage my bankroll. I also never play parlays or do teasers. These rules that I have set up for myself has kept gambling profitable for me for the last 10 years, as I'm a guy in my early 40's who quit my job to make gambling my full time job. Ofcourse I have my bad days and even weeks, but for the most part I try to stay consistent with my bankroll and wagers. My theory is that if I can make $ 100 to 200 a day with gambling at the end of 7 days that would be 700- $1400 a week, which at the end of the month would make me more then if I had a real job, well minus the stress lol.

Money management is a must!    I have won some big bets in the early 1990's …. for me they were big bets anyways.  Won big on Duke in 1992 when I bet them to win it all.   Little did I know at the time they would have to beat UK with the miracle shot of college basketball. (Of course they still had Indiana and the Fab five in front of them to for me to win eventually).  At least I was smart enough to pay off my home after the Duke win.  Its not losing that gets you addicted  … its the winning.   Doubling up when losing is a big no-no. You will never win overall doing that. So much pressure when your trying to decide who to play to get back what you lost earlier when you went 0-3 … now trying to triple up on a game because its on TV.  It was great when you do "get it back" before giving it back later. Now that I have 35+ years of betting under my belt I have had unbelievable winning and losing streaks. Keeping your plays within reason of your bankroll is what makes it entertaining now, for me anyways.  As an earlier post said …. I too have set aside so much a month I can afford to lose …. when I lose it I quit until the following month.  Anytime I double my money I cash 50% out then keep playing until I double up and cash in again until I lose back my last 50% then its break time until the next month regardless if I am ahead or behind.  Same ole same ole ….. BIGGES rule of all  …. don't risk what you cant afford to lose.     

I apologize for not proof reading before posting.

For me, it is not the money. I win some and lose some.

My wife does not like me to gamble because of the risks involved. The only reason I would (could) quit is the fear of losing my family. I have been try to practice gaming less and control the risks. Hopefully that works out well. The best solution is to stop completely but I haven't been able to do that.

Good luck guys.

I’m 30.. with almost a year of gambling in feb. i had beginners luck where I was winning $50 bets on nba. March madness came around and lost a little. Then made it back with the nba playoffs and took a break until football started. Took a break again after October because I was taking a couple of beatings. Started parlaying in December and taking a few nba games and had some incredible weeks.. then lost it late December and have been having a couple of solid weeks. It’s a up and down battle and I’ve learned to not let it interfere with my personal life. I only place $100 bets at most. I’m still getting the hang of it and have learned to never chase bad beatings. So yea gambling sometimes is a fun and not so fun hobby. Just don’t let it interfere with your personal life if it’s affecting you negatively because you’re losing.