Psychology of passion in casino games

Reasons for people coming to casinos

The main myth why people look for and go to online casinos is for the emotions and enjoyment of the game. Undoubtedly, there are such people, but they are few. Let's be realistic, the majority of new players are people in search of additional income, easy, fast, and most importantly, big money. People simply and simply want to get out of the poverty into which the state has driven them. At the same time, there is no desire to make any efforts - get additional education, find a good and promising job, think about moving up the career ladder, etc. After all, what could be easier than spinning a slot machine and in the shortest possible time getting those benefits that others achieve in months or even years!

Someone purposefully finds a “path” to the casino themselves, through, for example, search engines. And someone, in particular, those who initially did not think about playing in a casino, are “helped” with this. Among such “helpers” we can highlight, for example, video hosting sites or information sites, where people clearly do not come in search of a casino. But the largest portion of people are attracted through streamers on YouTube. “Heads from the Screen” preach that you should never play in a casino, and you can watch them only for the sake of getting emotions. And their many fans (yes, exactly fans) confirm this, saying that they watch it precisely for the sake of emotions. Very misleading statements, in my opinion. If you really want to look at a person’s emotions, then is it really impossible to include, for example, computer game streamers? The emotions of these people when they lose or find any artifact are no less vivid than the emotions of a casino streamer. There are a lot of other “emotional” streamers or videos on YouTube. Why casino?

If you came looking specifically for “emotions,” then you shouldn’t watch casino streams and choose something less harmful for yourself. The goal of casino streamers is to show already poor people how they can get “everything at once without much effort.” After all, having seen how someone made a deposit in a casino equal to only part of your salary, and within a couple of hours turns it into the amount of your annual salary (or even for several years), who wouldn’t want to “try their luck” and repeat the “feat” ? It is very difficult to resist such temptation.

What happens after the first deposit?

Believe me, as soon as you make your first deposit, it doesn’t matter at all whether you increase it or lose it, since in any case you will sit on the “gambling needle” thanks to one of the following psychological effects:

· Losing Effect

Many novice players think something like this: I’ll try just a small amount for fun, for example, € 5, lose and okay, this is not at all critical for my budget. Remember, this is self-deception. Almost everyone who lost fortunes of tens or even hundreds of thousands of euros started with approximately such deposits.

No matter how much you lose, even if it is only € 5, the loss of which is not at all noticeable for your budget, the thought of losing will literally eat you up from within. They “took” the money you worked for. The irresistible desire to return what is yours and quit will 100% bring you back to the game. The consequence of this will be a new loss with a “rollback” of sensations to the beginning and their intensification (you will eat even more from the inside) or a gain and a transition to another effect.

This can be aggravated by the “almost won” effect, when the slot machine did not immediately lead to a loss, but, for example, first allowed you to win, but you could not stop and only then lost.

· Winning effect

If you were lucky during your first gaming session like here https://newslotgames.net/slotmachinesdb.html, you will not forget. The emotions from the first win are remembered no worse than the emotions from the first sex. Regardless of whether it is a very small win or a very large one, you will do EVERYTHING to try your luck again, get emotions, and most importantly, money. That's it, you're on the ropes.

If luck smiles after a loss (for example, during the second, third, etc. gaming session), and you return the first losses, you still will not be able to stop, since the emotions of winning and the ease of receiving money (as opposed to their earnings) will bring you back to the casino. The effect of winning is so strong that you won’t even remember the initial loss, having found hundreds of excuses for it. The sequence of thoughts here is quite simple, for example: yes, I lost at the beginning, but then I won, I was just unlucky the first time, but now I understand how to play and will not lose again. This is approximately what new and uncouth players think.

Then the appetites only grow, which plunges you deeper into the hole.

As I wrote at the beginning, there is certainly a very small percentage of players who really come to the casino just for emotions and to get a buzz from the environment and the process itself. This was more relevant for offline casinos, but it is worth understanding that there are Few such people with good self-control, a healthy sense of excitement and a stable psyche, but at the same time 99% of players consider themselves to be such, engaging in self-deception or simply underestimating themselves. The result of this can be very sad and its name is gambling addiction.

If you do start playing, then I suggest reading about the most serious mistakes of players, which often lead to losses.

Player mistakes

So, the most popular mistakes include the following:

· Playing unfamiliar slots

I highly recommend not playing unfamiliar slots without first studying them. Based only on the payout table, it is very difficult to predict the behavior of a slot, its potential and the final expectation, including, without excluding top slots. You can always get information about the slot by reading the slot reviews on our website. Additionally, you can watch a video of this slot on YouTube, which will help you understand the potential of the slot, the average winnings on the bonus game, etc. The most productive method, but, unfortunately, also the longest, is a demo game. This method will give an almost complete picture for analyzing the slot.

· “I know it won’t, but I’ll still play”

A very common occurrence among players. I will give an example on the Golden Colts slot from Play`n Go. As many of you already know, this slot is quite generous with its bonus game. Accordingly, many players prefer it for the opportunity to get winnings almost from the start and initially plan only short gaming sessions on such slots. This slot is very greedy - it gives out only minimal winnings and extremely rarely realizes the potential for giving out more than 50 (and even more so 100) bets. Therefore, a player, having received several “empty” bonus games from the start and “invested” about 50 bets from the bank into it, “with a clear head” understands that the probability of winning back the balance to the original one is minimal. Not to mention increasing it. But the “losing effect” is in action! Instead of changing the slot to a more optimal one, the game continues. And often leads to losing a lot more bets. This phenomenon is not rare and, rather, psychological.

In this case, I recommend never trying to squeeze out such slot machines!

If you decide to make, for example, 20 bets, then do not give in to emotions and leave the slot machine “as planned” (after 20 bets)! Despite the behavior of the slot (for example, it gave several empty bonus games and there is a possibility that the next one will already have a big win, or it often gives out 2 scatters and, accordingly, there is a good potential for getting a bonus game “just about”). Play responsibly!

· Attempts to press the slot

Surely many people have encountered a situation where a slot machine gives out, for example, several large winnings in the main game (from 50-100 bets). It seems that the “ slot is on return ” and the player continues playing, hoping for a big win in the bonus game. But this does not happen, and while waiting for the bonus game, a very large loss occurs, including not only what the slot “gave”, but also a reserve of several hundred bets from the initial balance. From experience I can say that if the slot is really “on the return”, it will give out the next big win within 100+ bets. And if this does not happen, then most likely there will be a big loss. Moreover, when, while waiting for the bonus game, you lose the winnings that the slot gave in the main game, the “loss effect” and the difficult to overcome desire to “return to how it was and leave” are triggered – i.e. two “traps” at once.

A recommendation in this case can be the following: evaluate yourself as a player. If you understand that after losing a “plus” you will not be able to stop, it is better to interrupt the game and change the slot machine.

· Emotional game

Here we will talk, naturally, about negative emotions. I think that many, when they lose, experience extremely negative emotions (especially if, for example, this money is their last/debt, etc.) - they begin to freak out, stop analyzing the game of the slot, make additional deposits, increase the bet, i.e. EVERYTHING to win back (and often on the same slot).

I strongly do not recommend such actions. If you feel that your emotional state has gone haywire, it is better to block your account for a day. Just for a day, since this period is the most optimal and a “smoke break” does not help here. Put your emotional state in order and continue the game in a measured mode (on other slots) at the usual (and optimal) rate, and not at an increased rate.

· Rate increase

1. a) If you have lost the largest part of your deposit, then you should not make a significant increase in bets with the minimum reserve of bets remaining. At the same time, you shouldn’t go to slots with high variance. These are the most common mistakes players make, often leading to even more disastrous results. The potential for recoupment using such a “scheme” is negligible!

The optimal solution here is, on the contrary, to lower the bet and switch to slots with low dispersion. Yes, it will take much longer to win back the deposit than it took to lose, but this is the most promising path to rehabilitation.

20. b) The second mistake is to increase the bet in cases where the player manages to significantly increase his balance. In this case, the player believes that he has “caught luck by the tail” and increases the bet, for example, from € 2 to € 10-20. This often leads to total loss. You shouldn't do that. The optimal solution would be to withdraw part of the balance up to the size of the initial (or slightly higher) deposit and continue playing at the usual (base) rate. Unfortunately, not everyone can cope with courage. Play smart!