Have You Ever Chased Your Losses?

[cocopop3011]

Let's be honest here - we've all lost big at some time, surely? But can have you ever chased your losses and if so how did it end?

You all remember my 5K loss, surely?

[loceff13]

I've lost something like $800-1000 chasing a big win(wild swarm style game where you keep feeding the bonus until it triggers) and came out a loser as you would expect(iirc <30x bonus). I'm more the type to deposit $100 and hit $600 on Reactoonz, then withdraw $100-200 and put my bets up and chase even bigger wins. Most of the time I lose quick, sometimes it's a <2k cashout. 

[lucks_maximus]

My friends Martin & Gale kept calling me while I was playing baccarat, 8 times in a row, too. Never letting that happen again. 

Martin & Gale are no longer welcome to call me when I'm gambling.

[kuff]

Probably most of the people will be voting yes for this one. I remember I did chase losses in my early gambling days but luckily my bankroll was quite limited back then and only lost maybe 200-300 euros. I recently did try to pop the dream drop jackpot and put 400 euros into that but that I do not consider as chasing a loss

[Afi4wins]

If  there's any gambler anywhere who hasn't ever tried chasing their losses, they must be lying!

I have done it many times as well, but nowadays, with my limited gambling budget, the chasing gets stretched over days or weeks. Each chasing session would be limited to a certain loss amount, but the awaited MEGA WIN would finally come in due time.

Yep, I chase ONLY for the big wins when I'm expecting it to come, otherwise it's minimum bets all the way, all the days.  

[Blackjax]

We all have and that's exactly what gambling is for most of us. We start thinking we are going to double our balance but we lose 10% and now it's all about getting back the lost 10%. Then we lose 20% more and now it's time to get back the losses and so on. Sometimes we win it back and most times we lose it all. 

@cocopop3011 I don't think I have heard about your 5k loss. I hope you got some of it back.

Story time please!!!

[cocopop3011]

On 1/14/2026 at 5:47 AM, Blackjax said:

We all have and that's exactly what gambling is for most of us. We start thinking we are going to double our balance but we lose 10% and now it's all about getting back the lost 10%. Then we lose 20% more and now it's time to get back the losses and so on. Sometimes we win it back and most times we lose it all. 

@cocopop3011 I don't think I have heard about your 5k loss. I hope you got some of it back.

Story time please!!!

Have you not? The time I lose 5K on Multiplayer Avalon? Playing £36 a bet! Nope didn't get it back. Went down to 1k and called it a day.

[formerPokerpro]

probably everyone played longer (chased losses) than one wanted to but i never made more deposits to get lost money back. 

i am very happy about my discipline

[Tadeusz Merkator]

I think almost everyone has done it at least once, especially when they were starting out. I remember a session where I kept increasing my bets just to break even, and I ended up losing three times more than my initial limit. It was a painful but necessary lesson. Now I set strict loss limits before I even start playing to make sure it never happens again.

[Flatzem888]

On 1/20/2026 at 10:51 AM, cocopop3011 said:

Have you not? The time I lose 5K on Multiplayer Avalon? Playing £36 a bet! Nope didn't get it back. Went down to 1k and called it a day.

did you ever play it again?