Your bankroll is the total amount of money you've set aside specifically for gambling. It is not your rent money, your savings, or your grocery budget. It's a separate, clearly defined fund that you can afford to lose entirely without affecting your life.
This is the single most important concept in all of gambling. Every other strategy — bet sizing, stop losses, win targets — is built on this foundation.
Your bankroll should be money you are 100% comfortable losing. If losing your entire bankroll would cause financial stress, anxiety, or affect your ability to pay bills, your bankroll is too large. Reduce it until losing it feels like losing a night out at a restaurant — disappointing but not damaging.
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A "session" is one sitting at the casino. Even within your total bankroll, you should divide your play into individual sessions with strict limits.
| Limit Type | Purpose | Recommended Range |
|---|---|---|
| Time Limit | Prevents fatigue-driven bad decisions | 30-90 minutes per session |
| Loss Limit | Prevents chasing losses in a single session | 10-25% of total bankroll |
| Win Limit | Locks in profits before giving them back | 25-50% profit over starting balance |
| Bet Limit | Prevents emotional over-betting | 1-5% of session bankroll per bet |
Total bankroll: 100,000 SPUNK. Session bankroll: 20,000 SPUNK (20%). Time limit: 1 hour. Stop-loss: -10,000 SPUNK (50% of session). Win target: +10,000 SPUNK (50% profit). Max bet: 1,000 SPUNK (5% of session bankroll). When any limit is reached, the session is over. Walk away. Come back for a new session later.
The most important part of session limits is actually following them. It's easy to set limits and hard to obey them when you're on a losing streak and feel like "one more bet" will turn it around. That feeling is the exact moment your limits exist to protect you.
Bet sizing is where most gamblers go wrong. Bet too much and a short losing streak wipes you out. Bet too little and the game feels pointless. The 1-5% rule provides the right balance.
Never bet more than 1-5% of your current session bankroll on a single wager. The exact percentage depends on the game's volatility:
| Game Type | Volatility | Recommended Bet Size | Example (20K Session) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dice (high win %) | Low | 3-5% | 600-1,000 SPUNK |
| Blackjack | Low-Medium | 2-4% | 400-800 SPUNK |
| Roulette | Medium | 2-3% | 400-600 SPUNK |
| Mines (3-5 mines) | Medium | 2-3% | 400-600 SPUNK |
| Crash (2x target) | Medium-High | 1-2% | 200-400 SPUNK |
| Plinko (high risk) | High | 0.5-1% | 100-200 SPUNK |
| Slots | Very High | 0.5-1% | 100-200 SPUNK |
| Mines (10+ mines) | Very High | 0.5-1% | 100-200 SPUNK |
At 2% bet sizing, you can survive 50 consecutive losses before going broke. At 5%, you can survive 20. At 10%, only 10. Losing streaks of 5-10 bets are common in any casino game. Losing streaks of 15-20 happen more often than you think. The 1-5% rule ensures that normal variance doesn't destroy your bankroll.
Flat betting (same amount every bet) is the recommended approach for 99% of players. It's simple, predictable, and keeps you within the 1-5% rule automatically.
Progressive betting (changing bet size based on wins/losses) is mathematically identical in expected value but dramatically increases variance. The Martingale system (doubling after losses) is the most famous and most dangerous. One long losing streak — and they will happen — and you hit the table maximum or run out of bankroll entirely. Avoid progressive systems.
Here's a complete reference table for setting your limits based on your risk tolerance and total bankroll:
| Total Bankroll | Conservative | Moderate | Aggressive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session Bankroll (% of total) | |||
| Any amount | 10% | 20% | 30% |
| Stop-Loss (% of session bankroll) | |||
| Any amount | 30% | 50% | 75% |
| Win Limit (% profit on session bankroll) | |||
| Any amount | 25% | 50% | 100% |
| Bet Size (% of session bankroll) | |||
| Low volatility games | 2% | 3% | 5% |
| High volatility games | 0.5% | 1% | 2% |
| Max Sessions Per Day | |||
| Any amount | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Session bankroll: 20,000 SPUNK. Stop-loss: -10,000 SPUNK. Win limit: +10,000 SPUNK. Bet size (Crash, 2x target): 200-400 SPUNK per bet. Max sessions today: 3. If you lose 10,000 in session 1, you still have 90,000 in your bankroll. You take a break, come back for session 2 with a fresh 20,000 (from remaining 90,000). Worst case after 3 losing sessions: you've lost 30,000 and have 70,000 left for tomorrow.
You can't manage what you don't measure. Tracking your gambling results is what separates disciplined players from everyone else.
Keep it simple. A spreadsheet works perfectly. Here's a basic template:
| Date | Game | Start | End | Net | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27 | Crash | 20,000 | 25,400 | +5,400 | 45 min | Calm, hit 4x once |
| Feb 27 | Mines | 20,000 | 14,200 | -5,800 | 30 min | Hit stop-loss, walked away |
| Feb 27 | Plinko | 20,000 | 31,000 | +11,000 | 50 min | Hit win limit, locked profit |
After a week or month of tracking, patterns emerge. You'll see which games you perform best at, when you tend to lose (late at night? after losses?), and whether you're actually following your limits. This data is invaluable for improving your discipline.
Divide your total bankroll into completely separate "buckets" for different purposes:
When a bucket is empty, you stop playing those games. You don't borrow from other buckets.
After a winning session, increase your base bankroll by only half the profit. Withdraw the other half (or set it aside). This way, your bankroll grows during winning periods but you lock in real gains along the way. If your 100,000 bankroll grows to 120,000, set 10,000 aside as "locked profit" and continue with 110,000 as your new bankroll.
If your bankroll drops below 50% of its starting value, stop for the week. Take a complete break. When you return, start fresh with whatever bankroll you're comfortable with. This prevents the death spiral of desperate play on a shrinking bankroll where you're increasing bet sizes to "get back to even."
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No. The Martingale system (doubling your bet after every loss) is mathematically proven to not change the house edge. It creates an illusion of safety because you win small amounts frequently, but it requires exponentially larger bets after losing streaks. A sequence of 7 losses (which is not rare) turns a 100 SPUNK bet into a 12,800 SPUNK bet. It will eventually hit your bankroll limit or the table maximum and cause a catastrophic loss that wipes out all previous small wins.
Generally, no. Flat betting (same amount every bet) is the safest and most predictable approach. The only acceptable adjustment is reducing your bet size if your session bankroll has shrunk significantly (to stay within the 1-5% range of your remaining balance). Never increase bet size to chase losses. If you're on a winning streak, the temptation to bet bigger is strong, but each bet is independent — your past wins don't affect future outcomes.