How do you calculate your bankroll for a trip?

[clemi]

Such a good question and sadly not one I've mastered except I plan my spend much differently depending on if I go to a NA local for a fun afternoon v an overnight trip to a destination casino.

I look at destination visits in terms of total spend, hard to articulate but my goal is to spend no more than a certain amount over my stay. That doesn't calculate so well to BR that I bring. My target loss for a destination visit staying multiple days is 2 grand, which includes room, food, entertainment and gambling.

Of course I always hope to beat that and come home on the plus side but I never count on that haha!

[BigDaddy]

Great Answers So Far Everyone.. Would love to hear more.. My biggest problem is that I don't do the envelope thingy, never have but need to start somehow.. I have a tendency to dig into the following days bankroll on my first night looking for that Hail Mary.. Sometimes it happens but most of the time it doesn't..

[Suze1000]

I allow myself $100.00 per day for a big trip. If I win, that is added to the next day. I make sure I have other things to do if I lose quickly.

[dvandentop]

Great Answers So Far Everyone.. Would love to hear more.. My biggest problem is that I don't do the envelope thingy, never have but need to start somehow.. I have a tendency to dig into the following days bankroll on my first night looking for that Hail Mary.. Sometimes it happens but most of the time it doesn't..

Yeah I got lucky on last trip on hail Mary after 1st night or I woulda been down 2k for 1st day! Always nice when it works and if ya can snowball the hp to keep em going for more

[Evoni]

I don't play at locals so it's always on a trip and I plan on 1k to 1.5k a day depending on which casino I'm staying at and if I have plans to play with friends in the HL room. If I'm mainly losing on a day with little play I will quit before that day's bankroll is gone and go out and do something else with friends or if I'm in bitter gambler mode I will go up to my room and watch a movie, LOL!

[Jeani]

If I'm going to a destination for several days I like to have $800 to $1,000 a day. If I'm going to local I like to have $500 but lately I have had to lower it to $300.

[michelelovesvegas]

I usually count 1k - 2k per day because all my trips are destinations, no locals here. If I win nothing on my first night, I dip into next day. If a losing trip, last day I take it all and go for hail mary. If I do have a winning trip, and I make all my bank roll, I put that in the safe for next trip and play with remainder BR for the rest of trip. If I don't win my br amount, I play whatever wins I do have away. At home I will squeeze a nickel till it screams but when gambling, totally degen.

[RiverSong]

My plan in theory is to spend an allotted amount per day. However, when I get to the casino that goes out the window and I go ape shit crazy. I, like @charlie50 and @CPT, take whatever is left after bills etc. I've had to decrease my slotting recently so I try to low roll and enjoy the suite or room. I won't be able to do LV this year and only a few trips to locals (Coushatta/L'aunerge). It is what it is...responsibilities come first.

[ChellesBelles]

It's been awhile, but most of our visits aren't trips, rather like a visit to the local, where we take $150 each. The plastic is left in the truck, so we have time to talk each other out of going to get it and making the WOS.

Our trips are never longer than 2 nights, and usually just one. The BR is the same for each day, and we tend to stick to it pretty well. I seem to lose like crazy the first night, and do pretty well the next.

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[MNvegasgal]

DH supplies our normal bankroll.. Which is roughly $2000 per person per 3 day trip. I supplement mine with a secret stash of 1000 to 1500. It really isn't secret as he knows I do it.. But it is money I try and put away from other casino trips. I don't take all my cash with me and hope the walk to the room changes my luck if a I am losing. I play most of my winnings back unless it is a hand pay and I have to fess up to DH. He plays craps for hours but rarely Looses big and once I. A while has a nice big win. He loves sports betting so hangs out in the sports book bar while I slot away.


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