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1 hour ago, yorkie1999 said:

Kinda odd seeing a gambling addiction thread underneath a betting thread

No more odd than having Gamble Aware on gambling adverts

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14 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

Started to slip back into my old habits. Really makes me feel shit about myself even though I'm not betting mega money

Try and put a few barriers in place to break the habit, maybe even self exclude for a period of time if you don't feel ready to commit to it permanently.

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16 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

Started to slip back into my old habits. Really makes me feel shit about myself even though I'm not betting mega money

Sorry to hear this.

One thing I would advise people struggling to stop betting is trying to go cash only for a while. If you have to physically go to a bookies or casino to place bets it is a lot more effort and you might find this can assist you in being more disciplined.
When it’s online, money can feel less real and more disposable.

If you can’t go cash only then contact your bank and get them to block gambling transactions. Almost all banks comply with this now.

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BBC

 

Gambling firm Betway hit with record £11.6m penalty
9 minutes ago

Online betting firm Betway has been hit with a record penalty of £11.6m for failings over customer protection and money-laundering checks.

The Gambling Commission said Betway failed to check the source of funds of one customer who deposited over £8m and lost over £4m in a four-year period.

It also failed to effectively interact with a customer who deposited and lost £187,000 in two days.

The penalty package is the biggest to date faced by a UK gambling firm.

The Gambling Commission's investigation said the failings were linked to dealings with seven of Betway's high-spending customers.

 

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It said that "as a result of a lack of consideration of individual customers affordability and source of funds checks, the operator allowed £5.8m of money to flow through the business which has been found, or could reasonably be suspected to be, proceeds of crime".

The commission said the investigation had also revealed "inadequate management oversight", adding that a probe "into responsible Personal Management Licence holders" was continuing.

"The actions of Betway suggest there was little regard for the welfare of its VIP customers or the impact on those around them," said Richard Watson, executive director at the Gambling Commission.

"As part of our ongoing programme of work to make gambling safer, we are pushing the industry to make rapid progress on the areas that we consider will have the most significant impact to protect consumers," he added.

"The treatment and handling of high-value customers is a significant piece of that work and operators are in no doubt about the need to tackle the issue at speed."

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I signed up to Gamcare a long while ago and it is the best thing I have done. I haven't gambled since December, nothing at all, and I couldn't feel any better. I feel that in this current coronavirus climate, I can see a surge in online casino gambling, so anyone reading this, I urge you to take care and take considerations.

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On 17/03/2020 at 12:51, Ric Flair said:

I hope the cancelling of all sporting events bring bookies to their knees and shut them down, sadly they will just resort to even more despicable tactics in getting problem gamblers to keep losing everything they've got with numerous free offers in their heavily rigged online casinos. I really fear for this element of people's safety during this crisis, there will be a spike in it i'm sure.


Unfortunately they seem to have started spamming even more via Text and Email. This is even for accounts that I’ve suspended or put on deposit limits of zero on. 
 

I just hope that the boredom of self-isolation and possible money worries doesn’t drive people to the online casino games. 

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Yeah please don't be tempted on to the online casinos out of boredom, they're designed to keep you ticking over with free chips and before you know it they'll drain your bank account.

 

I haven't played them for years but in the past I found them unbelievably corrupt and things I saw happening were bordering on statistically nearly impossible to happen even as a one off, let alone the numerous times I witnessed them.

 

 

 

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50 minutes ago, Collymore said:

Yeah please don't be tempted on to the online casinos out of boredom, they're designed to keep you ticking over with free chips and before you know it they'll drain your bank account.

 

I haven't played them for years but in the past I found them unbelievably corrupt and things I saw happening were bordering on statistically nearly impossible to happen even as a one off, let alone the numerous times I witnessed them.

 

 

 

Bang on, I lost 11k in 15 minutes and it honestly could have killed me. Despicable places for compulsive gamblers and yet recreational and occasional gamblers are likely to go nowhere near them. Designed purely to purge the problem gamblers like myself. I spotted Leicestershire Live were promoting some heinous promotion from one of them yesterday on twitter, makes me sick.

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19 hours ago, lestajigs said:

Not having a single bet in 3 weeks, and im absolutely loving it tbf, first few days i was betting on silly football leagues then thought sod it this is weird, not had a bet since, longest i have been without a bet in bloody years, feel good lots of money saved that i would of wasted, hoping it dont draw me back

Same here, not missing it at all. I'm hoping that doesn't change when the football comes back.

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2 hours ago, Collymore said:

Yeah please don't be tempted on to the online casinos out of boredom, they're designed to keep you ticking over with free chips and before you know it they'll drain your bank account.

 

I haven't played them for years but in the past I found them unbelievably corrupt and things I saw happening were bordering on statistically nearly impossible to happen even as a one off, let alone the numerous times I witnessed them.

 

 

 

Oddly enough, i got an email yesterday £10, free spins, used it all won £3 used that on the live roulette on red lost, and got the hell out of there, didn’t think twice about depositing my own money, such a negative feeling the bookies taking your money week after week, im loving it tbf

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Would rather gamble on doing the Euromillions, Lotto or Set For Life lottery number games.

As at least any money lost* goes towards meaningful projects in what National Lottery.organations provides through England etc.

 

*If you use the National Lottery website to have a go and their mentioned games above or other ones they have, they offer very good online gambling limits advice and you can also set your limits with using their choices of online games.

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Hope, when all the sports are allowed to continue again, especially in football, that its authority bodies clamp down on betting company involvement to some degree - for the best interests of sports in general.

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7 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Would rather gamble on doing the Euromillions, Lotto or Set For Life lottery number games.

As at least any money lost* goes towards meaningful projects in what National Lottery.organations provides through England etc.

 

*If you use the National Lottery website to have a go and their mentioned games above or other ones they have, they offer very good online gambling limits advice and you can also set your limits with using their choices of online games.

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Hope, when all the sports are allowed to continue again, especially in football, that its authority bodies clamp down on betting company involvement to some degree - for the best interests of sports in general.

Maybe this post would be better in the betting thread?

 

Not a having a go as I see your point but I think it would just be best to keep in here clear of any form of gambling recommendations. 

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Had a bad month since I last came on this topic. Started betting again at Cheltenham and my betting has spiralled again since and I’ve been betting daily because of the boredom of just being at home not working.

 

 I’ve requested help now though from gamcare which is a positive and had my 1st telephone appointment with an advisor today which went well. I’ve now downloaded gamban which is great as I had previously used Gamstop which stopped me using english betting sites but I just searched on the internet and found loads of loopholes and gambled freely. Gamban has taken away all those options which is a positive.

 

Determined to beat this but as the person said on the phone, small steps. But a lot more positive after speaking about it as it’s been getting me down having managed to stop for a little while you think of yourself as a failure for starting again but thats why it’s called an addiction.

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One good thing of late is UK licensed betting or gambling sites can no longer accept credit card deposits, so hopefully that can help some people.

 

I posted this link a few pages back about a post I wrote so going to post again to hopefully help people as some in the industry are willingly taking advantage of problem gamblers which is not good at all https://online-bookies.org.uk/blog/gamstop-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-gambling-self-exclusion-scheme/ Feel free to share the link anywhere else as well if you think it can help anyone.

 

In it I wrote about the https://betblocker.org/ tool, which now will block over 12000 gambling sites if you opt in. Have a read if you are struggling as this is a time that is obviously harder than normal and people cope in different ways and some not in a healthy way. 

 

Stay well people

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I have gambled occasionally for a couple of years, first on football and sports but progressed onto online slots. It wasn’t too much of an issue initially but over the last two months or so have found myself on them constantly, losing far too much money. It really saddens me to say but I feel a lot of people may have had the same issue recently. Even when I’ve made a conscious effort to stop it hasn’t worked. I have used my banking app several times to block gambling sites but found it not to be a barrier due to the fact that it is so easy to turn back on and can be done instantly. Tonight I signed up for Gamstop with the intention of finally managing to stop. Is there anything else other people who have been through this before would advice me to do? 

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