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A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty. – Proverbs 28:19 (NLT) One of the realities of gambling is that it has an addictive tendency. Of people who gambled, the average gambling budget for the trip was $580.90., On average, those gamblers gamble 4 hours per day. 68% of the people who gamble play the slot machines most often.
Hello, I'm Adam. I've just signed up to this site after advice from Katie on the live chat. I've been gambling since I was probably 13/14. Slot machines are my thing. I would go to the arcade at dinner time when I went to school, or into town on the weekends to spend all my pocket money.
I guess I graduated to more serious money when I left school and got a job in a pub glass collecting. I'd be happy to lose 20, 30 quid on the bandit even if that was a big percentage of my wages. As I got older I was promoted to the bar and eventually assistant steward. As the position went up, the wages went up, the gambling went up. The inclusion of a £1 a spin machine at work proved too tempting and I was regularly losing hundreds.
More recently I'd signed up to Betfred to try my hand at gambling away from work. Once again, video slots were my thing. Started easy with £2 a spin, but it gradually grew and grew. £10 a spin, £20, £40. Soon I was losing £100 with every spin of the reels. I recently lost £11,000 from a£17,000 life savings account. I was destroyed. So imagine my delight when I managed to win and build it back up to £20,000. That should of been the end of it. But for the fact I'm here, we all know it wasn't. I lasted roughly 1 week before I was gambling again. £100 a spin. I lost £11,500 over a week or so. I lost the final £8,500 in around 20 minutes yesterday.
I'm absolutely mortified to say the least. I've no idea where to go from here. That money was supposed to go towards a new house next year. This is where my problems lie. I can't bare the thought of telling my parents who have basically wiped my arse for 30 years. It's all going to come out eventually when I try to get a mortgage and they check my financial history. Further still, my girlfriend who has always struggled financially, will never understand. She's thousands in debt herself, so she'll never be able to come to terms with me losing £8,000 in 20 minutes. I just can't face them. I'm basically eyeing up as much stuff in my possession that I have to sell. Try and claw some of it back. If I saved £200 of my wages every week, I'll get it back in about 100 weeks. That's just never going to happen.I think I'm going to have to settle into this depression…
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Here on the forum you can share your experiences in a safe, supportive and accepting environment. The beauty of writing it all down is that you can take your time and you will be creating a record of your progress that you can look back on if it ever feels like you�re not moving forward. So, share as much or as little as you like but do try to stick to keeping just one thread in this forum so people know where to find you if they want to be updated on your progress or share something with you.
And on that note….
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privacy policy and terms and conditions so you know how it all works!Hey Adam, thanks for sharing and welcome to the forum. I was never able to hold onto the money I had available neither. I could never leave a loser. I would either be up for the session and quit or gamble, stepping up if necessary, to the bitter end.
I was well aware of this and I made a good portion of my money unavailable / not easily accessible to me. It was in an account in a different country where it would take 2 or 3 days for it to clear into my current account and only then I could use it for gambling. In addition to that the amount I was able to transfer on any single day was limited.
So whenever I was steaming out of my ears (which was often) I could only lose the money I had available and never the money that was put aside. By the time I transferred the money back to my current account and it cleared I wouldn't be steaming so badly. Also, whenever I won anything meaningful I would wire it to the account I didn't have an easy access to.Anyway that money you had is gone and you can't have it back. It is no longer yours. What you can do is make sure you don't lose more. Actually you can make sure you never lose another penny. Easier said than done, I know. I've been fighting my demons for decades and I gambled as recently as yesterday. Go figure.
I would recommend that you read 'the easy way to stop gambling' by allen carr. It is quite a good book.
Out of curiosity, you mentioned in your post that you're waiting for a bonus / cashback money from BetFred and if you got it you weren't sure whether you would gamble with it or cash it out. Were you serious? Did you honestly think there was a slightest chance you would not gamble with it? I'm not trying to rub it in or anything, I just think it's highly unlikely you honestly thought you would not gamble the money readily available in your betting account. Not to mention the fact that you probably can't cash out bonus money till you meet their betting requirements (i. e. betting 8x the bonus amount).
Good luck. And make sure you come here often and post often. you will find it helpfull I'm sure.
Adam, I feel for your story. It is so similar to mine and I guess many others. It is the worst feeling in the world. Over 3 years of gambling (poke), quitting, relapsing, losing etc etc I have lost my life savings but more importantly my self respect. Now my busienss is in trouble, my marriage is over and I have to rebuild. I read so many blogs by ex gambler and they all say the same things. Take one day at a time and be kind to yourself. We all make mistakes, god knows I have. Over the last few weeks I have been deep in remorse for so many things, but that is gettng me nowhere. No one's life is perfect, far from it, and we all —- up. I am trying now to move on, be kind to myself and rebuild what I have lost. My life will never be the same again, but hopefully now it will be better and so will yours.
Keep posting whenever you need – don't keep thoughts in your head, it is much better to get them out. The great thing about this site is that you can then see what you wrote and where you were at a certain time.
All my love to you and yours.
Adam, I feel for your story. It is so similar to mine and I guess many others. It is the worst feeling in the world. Over 3 years of gambling (poke), quitting, relapsing, losing etc etc I have lost my life savings but more importantly my self respect. Now my busienss is in trouble, my marriage is over and I have to rebuild. I read so many blogs by ex gambler and they all say the same things. Take one day at a time and be kind to yourself. We all make mistakes, god knows I have. Over the last few weeks I have been deep in remorse for so many things, but that is gettng me nowhere. No one's life is perfect, far from it, and we all —- up. I am trying now to move on, be kind to myself and rebuild what I have lost. My life will never be the same again, but hopefully now it will be better and so will yours.
Keep posting whenever you need – don't keep thoughts in your head, it is much better to get them out. The great thing about this site is that you can then see what you wrote and where you were at a certain time.
All my love to you and yours.
Hi Adam, why not close that gambling account? Better yet, why not ask them to ban you? The n you won't keep getting those tempting bonuses.
The finances will take care of themselves if you stop gambling. Trying to keep things hidden will make it harder for you to do that. In fact trying to keep things hidden can in itself send someone gambling as they try and recoup hidden losses or pay hidden debts.
What positive steps can you take? A blocker for your PC so you can't reopen that gambling account or find another one? Someone to hold your money? Getting to GA meetings?
Keep posting and let us know what positive steps you are taking.?
Hi Adam,
As hard as it is, it's better for you to come clean and tell your parents and girlfriend what you've done. The initial shock and upset it will cause will eventually lead to what they can do constructively to help you repair the damage. Deuces wild poker rules. In my experience, if you keep it a secret and exist in this secret world of gambling, you'll only continue to chase losses and compound the problem further.
I've self excluded myself form many online gaming sites and now can't access most of them for 5 years. You can also set daily gaming limits to reduce losses. Again, it's not a perfect solution because it's best that you don't gamble at all, but added to other measures it helps.
I have still found ways to gamble, that is why I'm on this forum and seeking outside help, but you still have family and people close to you that can support you, care for you and guide you through this, so don't shut them out. I let things escalate so far that I've pushed everyone close to me away, so I speak from experience. This fight is hard enough with the help of loved ones, but it's far, far more difficult if you stand alone in isolation like I do.
You may think that you have the ability to win all your losses back before anyone finds out, but even if you do, you'll think that you can go again and next time win big. I have won tens of thousands of pounds over the years and hardly ever quit while I was winning. I always pushed my luck further and further until I eventually lost everything. There's never a happy ending to gambling, it always ends in misery.
I wish you all the best and hope you find the strength to confide in loved ones.
Take care,
Charlster2
Hi Adam it is good you are wanting to stop. I would say you need to self exclude yourself from that online casino today! If you dont the odds are you will deposit again. Keeping it open means that possibly somewhere deep down you know you will gamble again!
Exclude and do it now and exclude from any other casinos you may have open. Then install blocking software on your pcs to block ALL casinos. Without this you could stumble again. Wishing you all the best!!!
Hi Adam,
I can relate to what you're saying. There are many times when I could have cashed out and won thousands, but because I had won large amounts in the past and because of how much I've lost over the years it was never enough. I always push my luck to the brink until I eventually lose everything.
Not long ago I was £12000 up playing online roulette and all I did was increase my stake so I was spinning £200+ a spin, and in no time I lost the lot. That has happened to me on many occasions, I very rarely cash out when I'm winning. I gamble with trepidation and fear now, there's no fun factor in it. I know I can't afford to gamble a penny, yet I gamble every last penny I have on an all too regular basis!
Just to pick up on something you said at the end of your latest post about you not deserving help, believe me, asking for help now and coming clean is the best thing you can do. You're £17000 down at the moment, when do you think you'll qualify for help and understanding, when you're £50000 down, £100000 down? Now is the time to gather those close to you and meet this problem as a collective rather than face it in silence alone.
Others may have a different view point, but from my experience, I can only say it as I see it. At the moment £17000 seems a ridiculously large amount to lose, but in hindsight, if I had come clean when my losses were only £17000, I would still have my house, still probably have my long term relationship in tact and wouldn't be the complete wreck I am today.
https://soft-lee.mystrikingly.com/blog/forecast-bar-2-6-download-free. Paradise 8 casino. Use your family, girlfriend and friends for support sooner rather than later, don't try to sort this out on your own.
I obviously wish you all the best and hope that you stay strong day to day. Keep it going, you're doing great.
Take care,
Charlster2
i wanted to buy one but I'm not sure? would I be able to un-install it? cause if I can then i will.so ill be wasting my money?
Just a note on blocking software. Gamblock is virtually impossible to uninstall unless you have very good coding / programmings skills and even then it can go horribly wrong and totally mess the system. Others I wont comment on. But gamblock is about as strong as it gets. Basicially when it is installed on your system ALL sites related to casinos/gambling are blocked including gaming forums and such like.
Nothing is ever 100% but it can give you another layer of cover and protection. But the real quitting starts from within. Self excluding from casinos is at the basic level and is a must in my book for any person who is struggling with an online based gambling addiction. But hey thats just me.
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I recently spent a weekend in Las Vegas with my family, marveling at the new super-hotels, getting lost in the cavernous casinos, riding the roller coasters, shopping in the neo-malls, and touring the big, beautiful, and imaginative bars and restaurants.
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I didn�'t gamble.
I�'ll tell you why in a moment. But you don�'t need to risk money to get a thrill from Las Vegas. Especially if you haven'�t been there in 20 years.
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The Las Vegas I knew was the Vegas you see in the movies. Flashy and cheap.
The new Vegas is huge, opulent, and � almost � tasteful.You can�'t help but like Las Vegas � the way you might like a busty Keno girl cinched up in lace and silk stockings. Immediately appealing but not likely to work out over the long run. My second son, who is studying Roman history, kept shaking his head and warning, �This is surely the end of the American Empire.�
I understood what he meant. In terms of size, sumptuousness, and spectacle, there is no other place in the world like Las Vegas. The vast, opulent malls America pioneered in the early �90s prepare you for the size of it � and Disney World/Land can give you an idea of how friendly replica environments can be. But they are like sketches to a masterpiece. Las Vegas � the new Las Vegas � is a one-and-only. A sui generis experience.
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Take the Bellagio, Stephen Wynn�s mega-Mediterranean wonderland, that hosted the five of us (in two rooms) for three days.
Bellagio�s casino is larger than several football fields and jam-packed with roulette tables, poker bars, and one-eyed bandits. It has its own mall . . . a deluxe promenade that rivals Worth Avenue or Rodeo Drive, featuring the same deluxe stores (Gucci, Armani, etc.) you'�d expect. And there are, in addition to the casino-side eateries and buffets, at least a dozen first-class restaurants. Outside, from the lake-sized pond that separates the hotel from the boulevard, a water show takes place every 30 minutes. It is a wonder of science � computer engineering and plumbing � that provides a spectacular, three-dimensional representation of show tunes and opera that ranges from charming to breathtaking. And there is the Bellagio Fine Art Museum which displays, I was surprised to discover, fine art by serious masters.
The Bellagio cost something like $1.6 billion to build. And it feels like it. You could spend a week inside its walls and never lack for entertainment. The Bellagio and other Las Vegas properties like it (people tend to call them �properties� because they are much more than hotels, more than casinos, more than theme parks) present a sort of challenge to the rest of the world of entertainment. �Top this,� they seem to say.
Your mind tells you it'�s too much, but your heart can'�t resist it. At least not for a long weekend.
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Let�s Get Around To What We�re Supposed To Be Talking About
Are you wondering when I�'m going to transition into something useful? Some bit of business or career advice? Some secret of wealth building?
I wondered that myself this weekend. Surely, there are lessons to be learned from all this. And I�'m sure there will be. But we may have to wait a bit. It all has to sink in.
I could make the obvious observations:
- In the hotels of Las Vegas, there is no good television and no minibars.
- Nor are there places to sit, except in front of slot machines and blackjack tables.
- You can�t buy a toothbrush without wandering past several hundred gambling opportunities.
The interesting thing about such manipulations is that they are noticed and accepted with good humor. Everyone comments on them, but with a kind of bemused admiration. Casino dice game.
Is there a lesson there? Probably, but it�s not yet clear to me what it is.
There is also a secret in the way Las Vegas gives away room and board for next to nothing so long as you empty your bank account at the gaming tables. This gives the average Joe a chance to stay in hotel rooms he normally couldn'�t afford and languish in architectural spaces he would otherwise be prohibited from. You travel to Las Vegas feeling like you are enjoying a bargain. You leave your big money on the tables, but you leave feeling not that you�'ve been tricked into overspending but that you had a great time and a run of bad luck at the same time.
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As I said in the beginning of our conversation today, I don�'t gamble. And that�'s a strange thing, really, because other than gambling, I'�ve never met a bad habit I didn'�t like. I don�'t gamble because I get no pleasure from it � and because it�s so clear to me that I'�d lose money.
If you believe you can beat the system, I�'m not going to try to talk to you about it. Just ask yourself this:
How are these billion-dollar properties being paid for?
How is it that the Bellagio can have a garden so opulent that it takes 70 full-time employees just to maintain it?
It ain'�t charitable contributions.
My wife is happy if she spends three hours and loses only such-and-such. She doesn'�t have the illusion that she�s going to make money in the long run, but she likes the charge of seeing her coin box fill up and empty out � and she cherishes the possibility of hitting it big.
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Walk into any casino and look around. What you'�ll see will be people stooped over and locked in concentration. Their eyes are tired, their mouths drawn in concentration. Wander into the sports-betting area and you'�ll see men in refrigerator-sized cubicles, glancing at a wall of video screens, scratching calculations on betting forms, and executing orders. It�'s eerily reminiscent of a brokerage or stock-exchange trading floor.
Concentration. Focus. Calculations. Long hours. It all seems like work to me. The only difference is that in Las Vegas the odds are stacked against you.
In any other field of endeavor, you could take the same people and put them to work doing virtually these same things �concentrating, figuring, calculating, and executing �and you�d have � almost certainly � a viable business.
Not in Las Vegas. Over the long haul, gambling makes you poorer. Spend the same time and effort in almost any other endeavor, and you�'re likely to get richer.
So why is it that so many people like to gamble and don�'t like to work?
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Is it the allure of big money? As a friend of mine said, �How else does the average schmo get a chance to make a zillion dollars?�
That may be the problem. To the average schmo, working hard (and smart) is not a good way to make a fortune. Gambling is somehow better.
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It is 100% possible for the average schmo to become wealthy. Half of the wealthy guys I know are schmos. I myself began as a schmo �voted most likely to end up in Schmotown and schmo on. So I know.
Success comes from working hard and working smart. Working hard, you understand. Working smart means (a) getting a cut of the action and (b) not risking your money when the odds are stacked against you.
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If you stick with ETR, you'�ll learn dozens of ways to get a piece of the action and � just as importantly � you'�ll be encouraged and chastised into doing so. Then you'�ll be on your way. Wolf run casino game. You'�ll be getting richer every day. But to become wealthy, you'�ll have to learn to keep the wealth you earn. And that means saying �no� to gambling.
Gambling is a sucker�s game. The odds are stacked against you. The comps �well, the comps are about as useful as a bouquet of flowers from your wife'�s boyfriend.
I don�'t gamble. Not in Vegas, at least. But every once in a while I run into a business deal that sings, �Play me!�
Don'�t gamble. Not in Vegas. Not in the stock market. Not in your own business. Next time the sirens sing to you, tighten up the ropes of self-restraint and wait till you sail on by. A good businessman owns a piece of the casino. He doesn'�t gamble there.
Mark Morgan Ford
Concentration. Focus. Calculations. Long hours. It all seems like work to me. The only difference is that in Las Vegas the odds are stacked against you.
In any other field of endeavor, you could take the same people and put them to work doing virtually these same things �concentrating, figuring, calculating, and executing �and you�d have � almost certainly � a viable business.
Not in Las Vegas. Over the long haul, gambling makes you poorer. Spend the same time and effort in almost any other endeavor, and you�'re likely to get richer.
So why is it that so many people like to gamble and don�'t like to work?
We All Want To Keep Dreaming The Dream.
Is it the allure of big money? As a friend of mine said, �How else does the average schmo get a chance to make a zillion dollars?�
That may be the problem. To the average schmo, working hard (and smart) is not a good way to make a fortune. Gambling is somehow better.
SUGGESTED: The Importance of Common Sense
It is 100% possible for the average schmo to become wealthy. Half of the wealthy guys I know are schmos. I myself began as a schmo �voted most likely to end up in Schmotown and schmo on. So I know.
Success comes from working hard and working smart. Working hard, you understand. Working smart means (a) getting a cut of the action and (b) not risking your money when the odds are stacked against you.
How To Stop Gambling And Enjoy Your Life�'s Work By Smart Investing
If you stick with ETR, you'�ll learn dozens of ways to get a piece of the action and � just as importantly � you'�ll be encouraged and chastised into doing so. Then you'�ll be on your way. Wolf run casino game. You'�ll be getting richer every day. But to become wealthy, you'�ll have to learn to keep the wealth you earn. And that means saying �no� to gambling.
Gambling is a sucker�s game. The odds are stacked against you. The comps �well, the comps are about as useful as a bouquet of flowers from your wife'�s boyfriend.
I don�'t gamble. Not in Vegas, at least. But every once in a while I run into a business deal that sings, �Play me!�
Don'�t gamble. Not in Vegas. Not in the stock market. Not in your own business. Next time the sirens sing to you, tighten up the ropes of self-restraint and wait till you sail on by. A good businessman owns a piece of the casino. He doesn'�t gamble there.
Mark Morgan Ford
Mark Morgan Ford was the creator of Early To Rise. In 2011, Mark retired from ETR and now writes the Wealth Builders Club. His advice, in our opinion, continues to get better and better with every essay, particularly in the controversial ones we have shared today. We encourage you to read everything you can that has been written by Mark.
