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You may be familiar with stop-loss limits from the stock market. Stop-loss limits are predetermined rules you set up on your brokerage account to automatically sell your shares if a minor downturn in the market turns into a nosedive.

You can apply the same rationale to gambling. Decide in advance how much you’re willing to risk per trip and per day. (See the section “Determining your daily limits.”) When you lose your preset amount, stop, head for the door, and spend the rest of the day golfing or sightseeing.

Big comebacks — erasing your gambling debt by winning big — are the stuff of legends. And that’s where those stories belong. You’re not gambling in the casino to make a living or pay off your bills. Treat gambling like a vacation, and leave the dreams of making a fortune in the casino for Hollywood movies. (Check out “Resisting the urge to chase losses” in this chapter for more about how this strategy can get you in trouble.)