Every player knows that the casino has an advantage over the players on all games and therefore the casino always wins in the long run.
In the short-term, however, luck plays a major role and has the potential to produce amazing wins as well as catastrophic losses.
It happens with an alarming regularity that when you're winning everything seems perfect and you're in love with the game.
If you're a blackjack player, sixes come up with astonishing frequency when hitting on 15 and for roulette players, the winning numbers seem to come up once and again. It all looks so simple.
On the other side of the spectrum, we have the losing streaks which seem to last an eternity and they can be very demoralizing.
So, what's really going to make a huge difference in the amount of money that you lose playing casino games is how you deal with the disappointment of losing.
This is where discipline comes into play. Not holding yourself back from winning too much is one thing but when you're on a losing streak, you really want to hit on the breaks.
One effective way to deal with losing is to play stakes according to your bankroll.
Let's assume that you have 50 to play with, in this case it would not make sense to bet 10 per hand playing blackjack because you take the risk of going bankrupt rather quickly.
Suppose there are two players who both have just 50 to play with. The first one plays for stakes of 10 and the other one plays for stakes of 1.
Imagine that both of them lose their total bankroll but the first one plays for just 25 min and the second one plays for a few hours. Which player do you think will feel worse?
Equally important is that the money you use for playing casino games can be lost and it's not cash that you will need for paying bills.
If losing money can be unsettling, then nothing is worse than losing money that you needed for something else.
Avoiding this situation is rather simple, if you can't afford to lose it, don't play it.
Whenever you are losing, just stand up and leave the game. You can go play another game or come back the next day.
Many players who keep on playing while being upset, end up losing a lot more cash than they would have if they had just stopped and walked away.
You should get in to the habit of looking at casino games for what they are, a form of entertainment not a cash scheme Many players who play at the casino and don't win any cash, leave feeling depressed or ripped off but remember that winning cash is a bonus but not the reason why people play casino games.
