My gambling 2014 in numbers

[ValDes]

Hey folks.

 

As some of you probably remember, I mentioned on a few occasions so far that I'm maintaining a book of records concerning my online gambling in the last couple of years. A book which I call my gambling diary... This year I made a few changes in the way I gather and record my information and thanks God I did it as it is now quite easily to review the whole year in just a couple of minutes and see what happened. 

 

Before sharing my numbers, I would like to clarify a few rules I'm using when it comes to my gambling. First of all, at the beginning of the year I try to determine some predefined amount which I could use on a monthly basis and which I must stick to and do not exceed! And so, my monthly gambling budget was $120, which means that the total amount of money I could lose for 2014 was $1500. Unfortunately, November was a bad month and for the first time this year I afford to brake my own rules and used the funds, meant for depositing in December in the same month. No need to explain that I lost them and that's why I mentioned in another thread that I'm done with gambling for this year...

 

The numbers:

 

Total numbers of deposits - 98

Total number of withdrawals - 38

Total amount deposited throughout the year - $10100

Total amount withdrawn throughout the year - $8600 

Total amount lost throughout the year - $1500

Largest deposit made at a time- $330

Largest withdrawal made a time - $900

Average amount of deposits made - $103

Average amount of withdrawals made - $226

Total number of casinos where deposits have been made - 7 (the smallest ever number since I'm gambling online, 78% of all deposits made throughout the year went to only one casino btw)

Games played - mostly Microgaming, NetEnt and Thunderkick 

....

 

Conclusions:

 

1. Sticking to a predefined budget was the best way for me to prevent from heavy losses. Must admit it is working perfectly so far!

 

2. At a certain period of time I was almost $2500 ahead, but was chasing larger profit. The final result is obvious already. The inference is that if I had set a target amount of winnings (a double of the set amount of losses for example) I could have been a happy punter right now.

 

3. I lost my gambling out of control ONLY ONCE and it lasted just for some 60 minutes. The result - $980 gone with the speed of the sound!

 

4. I had some insane misses during 2014. I had twice a 4-reel Wild Desire in Immortal Romance (once at 0.30 and 0.60 bet per spin) and 

just one missing wild in reel 1 to create not one but two wild lines during the feature at DOA while playing 1.80 per spin! 

 

5. Despite all ups and downs, I am happy right now. Because I managed to stick to my own rules (on the whole ) for the first time since I'm gambling online and that's a huge success for each and every punter! 

 

6. As one of the fellow members here used to say (SlotoHolic, we missed you mate! ) "Everything in gambling is a matter of self control!". We just have to find it!

 

 

[Th3 Runn3R]

Great topic ValDes, unfortunately I didn't keep track my gambling history and that's #1 mistake I might say. I am curious who else's keep tracks their gambling ...so...next please 

[helenakp]

Hey folks.

 

As some of you probably remember, I mentioned on a few occasions so far that I'm maintaining a book of records concerning my online gambling in the last couple of years. A book which I call my gambling diary... This year I made a few changes in the way I gather and record my information and thanks God I did it as it is now quite easily to review the whole year in just a couple of minutes and see what happened. 

 

Before sharing my numbers, I would like to clarify a few rules I'm using when it comes to my gambling. First of all, at the beginning of the year I try to determine some predefined amount which I could use on a monthly basis and which I must stick to and do not exceed! And so, my monthly gambling budget was $120, which means that the total amount of money I could lose for 2014 was $1500. Unfortunately, November was a bad month and for the first time this year I afford to brake my own rules and used the funds, meant for depositing in December in the same month. No need to explain that I lost them and that's why I mentioned in another thread that I'm done with gambling for this year...

 

The numbers:

 

Total numbers of deposits - 98

Total number of withdrawals - 38

Total amount deposited throughout the year - $10100

Total amount withdrawn throughout the year - $8600 

Total amount lost throughout the year - $1500

Largest deposit made at a time- $330

Largest withdrawal made a time - $900

Average amount of deposits made - $103

Average amount of withdrawals made - $226

Total number of casinos where deposits have been made - 7 (the smallest ever number since I'm gambling online, 78% of all deposits made throughout the year went to only one casino btw)

Games played - mostly Microgaming, NetEnt and Thunderkick 

....

 

Conclusions:

 

1. Sticking to a predefined budget was the best way for me to prevent from heavy losses. Must admit it is working perfectly so far!

 

2. At a certain period of time I was almost $2500 ahead, but was chasing larger profit. The final result is obvious already. The inference is that if I had set a target amount of winnings (a double of the set amount of losses for example) I could have been a happy punter right now.

 

3. I lost my gambling out of control ONLY ONCE and it lasted just for some 60 minutes. The result - $980 gone with the speed of the sound!

 

4. I had some insane misses during 2014. I had twice a 4-reel Wild Desire in Immortal Romance (once at 0.30 and 0.60 bet per spin) and 

just one missing wild in reel 1 to create not one but two wild lines during the feature at DOA while playing 1.80 per spin! 

 

5. Despite all ups and downs, I am happy right now. Because I managed to stick to my own rules (on the whole ) for the first time since I'm gambling online and that's a huge success for each and every punter! 

 

6. As one of the fellow members here used to say (SlotoHolic, we missed you mate! ) "Everything in gambling is a matter of self control!". We just have to find it!

Great work Valdes ,although i have no idea ,how much i have deposited so far,but i think its easy ,to open my Neteller and Skrill,because i was using it also from the begining of the 2014 .

But still dont understand or didnt get it right,you are saying that the monthly budget of yours for gambling is 120 $ ,which for me is hard to believe  I thought your monthly budget was around 500$ -700$ ,sont know why 

[ValDes]

Great work Valdes ,although i have no idea ,how much i have deposited so far,but i think its easy ,to open my Neteller and Skrill,because i was using it also from the begining of the 2014 .

But still dont understand or didnt get it right,you are saying that the monthly budget of yours for gambling is 120 $ ,which for me is hard to believe  I thought your monthly budget was around 500$ -700$ ,sont know why 

 

Well if you add some winnings generated from the previous months, yes, my monthly gambling budget is around that number. Actually, with deposits and withdrawals going back and forth I cannot say how much I spent during a particular month, but what I know for sure that there were only $120 from the family budget going to my gambling budget on a monthly basis and that is it! 

[helenakp]

Well if you add some winnings generated from the previous months, yes, my monthly gambling budget is around that number. Actually, with deposits and withdrawals going back and forth I cannot say how much I spent during a particular month, but what I know for sure that there were only $120 from the family budget going to my gambling budget on a monthly basis and that is it! 

 

now i do get it 

[ValDes]

Well, to be completely honest, I wouldn't mind if my initial monthly budget is $500-600, but the the truth is that I cannot afford it. Family above all!

[ValDes]

By the way, feel free to share how was yours 2014 in terms of gambling.

[hajnrih]

Last time I checked I was about 800 euros in plus, will run the numbers again for a detailed report.

[ValDes]

Last time I checked I was about 800 euros in plus, will run the numbers again for a detailed report.

 

Awesome! I would really love to see someone else achievements this year and to compare of course.

[hajnrih]

Before my two withdrawals in Mr.greeen from 500 and 300 euros I was on 0 so they are the plus for this year and still waiting on 2 more withdrawals for a total of 200 euros more. Who know maybe it will be over a 1000 in plus 

[ValDes]

And what is a good summary without some good screenshots!

 

And by the way, don't forget you could post here your own review of 2014 in terms of gambling.

 

And so, here's my best hits throughout 2014. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Th3 Runn3R]

Holy snap! Immortal Romance paid more than 1500x bet! Well done! never knew this game could pay that big

The highest winning I ever won was 120 euro with 0,60 bet.

[ValDes]

Holy snap! Immortal Romance paid more than 1500x bet! Well done! never knew this game could pay that big

The highest winning I ever won was 120 euro with 0,60 bet.

 

Imagine how much I was hoping to see the 5th drop of blood...And yet it never came... It would have been a 30 x 243=7290 win, which is exactly 12150 x bet!

 

Next time maybe...

[Th3 Runn3R]

o yeah that would be awesome!

[Afi4wins]

Ooooh-boy! To transfer my records into a simple summary would need a book-keeper! Hahahaha. 

 

Anyway, I made a quick check of my records, but only for April - November 2014

That's because I started using my darling Lady in Red in April, so my earlier records had been summarised in one lump sum amount.

So...here's my summary...be prepared...be very prepared...for the unthinkable!!! Hahahaha.

 

 

Total number of deposits : Would need a book-keeper to trace all the transactions! 

 

Total number of withdrawals April - November 2014 : 145 (averaging 20 withdrawals per month)

 

Total amount of withdrawals April - November 2014 : $42,888

 

Total amount of withdrawals January - November 2014 : $49,519

 

Total amount of deposits : roughly about $3,000 less than total amount of withdrawals

 

Total amount lost January - November 2014 : $0 (yep, not a single dollar of my own money!  )

 

Wooohoooooo! 

[ValDes]

Hehe, so glad to see a fellow askgambler being actually in profit in 2014!

 

Seems like the insane DOA hit made the positive difference though!

 

By the way, some two-three years ago I used to have almost the same yearly stats as yours - around 40000 in deposits and 37-45000 in withdrawals. But since I became part of the AskGamblers team I just don't have enough time to play as I did it before and of course, 2013 and especially 2014 are way modest than 2009 for example. Maybe that was a change for the better.

 

Congratulations one more time and thank you for sharing your awesome results with us!  

[Afi4wins]

Thanks mate, you're most welcomed. 

 

We are very similar in many many ways, eh mate! But we do move on with our lives in different directions in due time...

still, sharing the similarities is something worthwhile knowing!    

[helenakp]

Good for you guys,i got the full report from Skrill and Netent ,but since i was buying from my Netent card ,everything ,i am tooo lazy to submit all casinos cashouts and deposits 

[ValDes]

Good for you guys,i got the full report from Skrill and Netent ,but since i was buying from my Netent card ,everything ,i am tooo lazy to submit all casinos cashouts and deposits 

 

I guess you could expert these reports to an Excel spreadsheet and let the program make all calculations for ya.

 

One way or another I would love to see your own gambling 2014 in numbers as you are quite an interesting person and I guess you could surprise us in many ways with this report.

[ValDes]

Thanks mate, you're most welcomed. 

 

We are very similar in many many ways, eh mate! But we do move on with our lives in different directions in due time...

still, sharing the similarities is something worthwhile knowing!    

 

Hey, mate, don't forget to prepare and post a selection of your best hits so far during 2014! And lease leave that monster DOA hit for the end, it's such a delight for all my gambling senses when looking at it!

[Afi4wins]

Hey, mate, don't forget to prepare and post a selection of your best hits so far during 2014! And lease leave that monster DOA hit for the end, it's such a delight for all my gambling senses when looking at it!

 

Oh geees! Now you're telling me! Hahahaha.

Luckiiiiiily...I'm keeping my various best hit screenshots...aaaand...they'll be available for viewing come 2015, hehehe. 

[helenakp]

I guess you could expert these reports to an Excel spreadsheet and let the program make all calculations for ya.

 

One way or another I would love to see your own gambling 2014 in numbers as you are quite an interesting person and I guess you could surprise us in many ways with this report.

but my winnings are not even close to yours Guru and Afis too,maybe i am afraid ,to see ,how much i have lost,if soo i will not sleep for 1 week 

[Afi4wins]

but my winnings are not even close to yours Guru and Afis too,maybe i am afraid ,to see ,how much i have lost,if soo i will not sleep for 1 week 

 

Oh-oh! You've got a very good point there darling! Sometimes, it's better not to know so much. Knowing you've lost a lot is painful enough. Yeah...the details could give you sleepless nights... 

[ValDes]

Oh geees! Now you're telling me! Hahahaha.

Luckiiiiiily...I'm keeping my various best hit screenshots...aaaand...they'll be available for viewing come 2015, hehehe. 

 

2015 you said? Nope, that's not acceptable cause we all want to take benefit from your awesome winnings this year and use some of it for our own dreams! Especially the DOA one!  

[Afi4wins]

2015 you said? Nope, that's not acceptable cause we all want to take benefit from your awesome winnings this year and use some of it for our own dreams! Especially the DOA one!

 

Geeees! You guys must start having an old lady's patience...like you-know-who...hoohoohoooo 

 

Well, alriiiiiiight then...after Christmas okay? Or still impatient?