Whether you are looking to bet on the horses or play a cool game of online poker, you need to master yourself. So here are a selection of valuable tips to help you succeed as a gambler.

1. Time: Timing is everything while gambling, getting inpatient will make you lose all your money. Building up you betting banks takes time a lot of time.

2. Betting Collection: You must have a bank collection to bet with, because if you just decide to bet with whats in your wallet you will surely lose. It is as easy as that. Most players convince themselves they are not losing. Do not do that, be truthful.

3. Staking: You see betting ideas promoted on EBay, a lot of them may make you a few dollars, but it is 100% guaranteed they will bust your bank as these are created by people who have no knowledge of gambling maths in the real world. Always pushed with levels, if you can’t make goof cash with that simple staking idea you will not make bankroll with anything more difficult. Once you have proven over a few months you can turn a profit with level stakes, and then you can switch to each bet being between 1%-3% of the bank. Mostexperts will emergence at 3%, but get it down to 1% as the bank expands.

4. Bank Management: Managing banks is not just staking, it also involves listing every bet on a spreadsheet so you can monitor things like average odds, strike rate, losing runs, etc. If you do not list every bet, you will have no idea where you stand, and no way of having data to look back and learn from.

5. Risk Management: Most people follow one tipster, or one system. This is usually suicide, you do not see the big boys in the city markets investing everything in one stock do you? No. They spread it everywhere and so should you. Use a few number of solution, proven tipsters, method bets, etc. And ensure you have a separate betting bank for each (you can use the same betting account, as the spreadsheets you keep will tell you the amount which is in each bank).

6. Alcohol: Probably an obvious one but you should never really drink while playing gambling as you will end up loasing.

7. Forums: Join a forum where you can bite ideas, this can prove a powerful aid, but make sure it is a decent one, and not full of idiots just spouting off how good they are!

8. Fun Bets: You are often told not to do any ‘fun bets’ if you wish to turn professional, but this will not happen, as it is hard to break old habits at first. The best way to treat fun bets is to imagine they are real. Separate betting bank, list all bets, and it will not be long before you lose the bank and realise how wonderful your own tipping is! 

9. Get into a niche, try to not play all games badly but instead try to play one game good. There are various games to choose from such as Rakeback poker or roulette.