Gambling falacies.

Fallacies are false beliefs. The "earth is flat", was a common belief for many years.

Gamblers commonly have gambling fallacies, some of which are:

• Past random results affect the future:  A coin tossed nine times 'heads' will either 'be a heads coin', or it will be 'due to come down tails'.
• Gambling wins are easy - gamblers are shown that wins often happen, the real ratio of winning amounts to losses are disguised and hidden.
• Wins and loss events are equal - gamblers commonly count their number of wins and losses, as opposed to their amount of the wins and losses.
• Gambling can be used as a source of money - gamblers may talk of 'going to the gambling shop to get some extra money'.
• Skill and knowledge will affect the result disproportionately - a person who thinks they know about football may bet on a game or team they know nothing about.
• Making more effort at the gambling will bring better winnings - that placing a bigger bet will bring more winnings.
• Misunderstood laws of averages - a coin tossed will eventually average 50/50 heads and tails.
• On a 'role' - gamblers may think that they are on a winning, or losing, 'role'. 
• The money bet is 'not really lost', it is still 'their' money - gamblers may emotionally think a bet is not finished.
• Gamblers are commonly competitive, frequently successfully (not in gambling) - a feeling that if they bet more  they will win more.

Realities:

Gambling counselling challenges fallacies. Many gambling fallacies have logic - to the gambler - even if that logic is not valid.  Gamblers will commonly resist considering their logic does not work.

It can be difficult to understand how the laws of averages do not apply to some gambling situations. A example is a coin toss. Coins do not have memories - they do not remember what previously happened. Each toss has a 50/50 chance of landing on each side. 
If a coin turns 'heads' nine times in a row gamblers may make illogical conclusions; either that it is a 'heads' coin, or it is due to turn tails. Past results have no impact on current results: coin toss, roulette wheel, etc. That makes sense to most people; some gamblers will dispute that.

Other gambling fallacies often have the same kind of logic to clients.

Our counselling process works towards clients gaining a changed viewpoint of their gambling tendencies. Client will gain reality of gambling and work to being a 'non-gambler'.

For an appointment, email, call or text: 07757 233386 UK. Email: info@counsellingworld.co.uk Or use contact page.