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I was just reading some articles on the web and upon every scroll, there was this gambling ad belonging to a casino that just displays, sometimes even covering parts of the text of the article i was reading, then at some point, i began to imagine myself as a gambling addict who is struggling to quit or reduce my gambling habit, and going online and seeing Ads of different kinds from different casinos, would this Ads lure the gambler back into gambling notwithstanding that he or she is trying to stop ?

I personally liken this to some one who is addicted to porn and masturbation, and really wants to stops, but just by scrolling the pages of his Facebook or Instagram account and saw some naked women, which triggers the urge to do it again at that time. ;D

If this continues to happen again and again, do you think such a person will ever leave such a habit?

And another question is, if you are addicted to gambling and wants to quit but discovers that seeing gambling Ads on the internet is one of the triggers that lures you into gambling again, is it possible for you to stay away from the internet until you are sure you've completely healed from that addiction?

I was an addict before for over 5 years. I was not lured by gambling ads, but I only noticed I stuck with the old gambling sites. I have not known about this forum at the time and I only believed in old gambling sites with excellent reputations which I played. After I quit gambling for a year, I started to gamble again after 1 year but not an addict again. Ads did not lure me because I know about gambling already with better first time deposit bonus, so nothing newnto me, unlike someone that has not gambled before.

I left gambling after it severely affected me, some people will not learn until they are affected. Discipline is all it takes if someone really wants to quite.

The truth is that people that have not gambled before are the ones that are mostly lured by gambling ads the first time. But deposit bonus can be another thing though.

Anyone that wants to quite gambling has to discipline himself before it can work out for him, ads should not be a problem for such person.

Isn't the main purpose of those advertisement in the first place, to lure more users on their platform whether they are new, old, or even active gamblers. To answer your question, yes, these Ads could lure the gambler back to gambling but in regard to gamblers who would like to stop, it depends on your own volition whether you'll let yourself be captivated by those ads.

If you will let yourself be lured on each and every ads that will remind you about gambling, then I suggest that you seek some professional help as you already have an addiction. But yes, staying away on the internet will probably help avoid online gambling.

Also, if you'll stay on the internet, it's better to not search any gambling related things as you'll be likely targeted by those ads.

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Kinda weirded out by the porn and masturbation reference. You could use other other things to relate the issue but that's what you've chosen.

Yeah, i agree with the discipline thing, but you would also agree with me that there's a level of addiction that self discipline does not help stop..
And such type is the case of "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" and because the flesh is weak, the addiction becomes a problem for both the flesh and the spirit.
what am i saying in essence? there's a level an addiction will get to, the victim will have no remedy other than seeking a help of a professional, some even end up as patients in the hospital.

;D, Sorry the p**n reference weirded you out man, i didnt intend it should do that to you or anyone here.
Yes, i could have used other things related but i used that because its something i was a victim of, it took the grace of God to come out of it.
I didnt want to use something that will make me look like i am guessing to be right, i used something i have a full experiential knowledge of.

Intrusive advertising is bad ...

However, you can find a good side in everything.  If a person wants to get rid of gambling addiction, then in this situation he can generally refuse to use the global Internet.  At the same time, he will get rid of two addictions at once - firstly, from gambling, and secondly, from dependence on the Internet.  The second dependence is also very strong.

True, he can acquire some new bad habit - for example, drug addiction, smoking or alcoholism ....

Some advise in this case to train willpower.  You can also attend training on goal setting and time management.  But in general it is very difficult to calculate all the consequences of watching such annoying gambling ads.

It's all good! I don't mean to offend you or something about what I've said.

Anyways, it's weird but it's true and relatable to the topic you've raised here. To be honest, I think there are a lot of people who find it too accurate as there are many people who can easily get hooked to porn and once they saw something that will turn them on, they'll just go back to watching it.

When you make a decision to quit gambling, you should also know that it is not going to be an easy decision. With that notice, you should expect temptations that will want to lure you back to change your decisions. If staying offline for a while to avoid gambling ads since you know you can't control it will help, you can try that option, I have met people who have decided to stay offline for even lesser reason.

What it mainly does IMO is that it sparks the urge of the gambler by triggering his memory of what can be experienced in the gambling platform. Ads are effective in stimulating the minds of people if done well enough, and it could, too, affect the minds of gamblers who are trying so hard to avoid visiting the gambling platform. This is why even in the self-exclusion program, those who opted to be placed on that list are angry whenever they receive promotions and regular updates about the casino. It can easily break their concentration and they'll easily find themselves stumbling to play on the gambling platform that sent them the invite/updates/promotions.

It can and it will, that will trigger gamblers to try once again, an addicted gambler will always insist on one last time that will not happen, you mentioned struggling to quit, this struggle will go to nothing if there is no personal help coming from professional the gambler cannot do it alone, without help a stimulus like ads can make the gambler back to gambling


It's better if you can and that what's some professionals are recommending to their patients to block all gambling sites or pause their online activity the stimulus should be controlled before you get back to the internet, you will have to face your fear along the way, but replacing the stimulus is a good start to fight addiction.

When you are tending on quitting on something then it would be that common sense that you would really be avoiding all the things which is correlated into that something that you are trying to avoid.
Making yourself that exposed into those things will not really make out some progress when it comes on totally quitting on gambling or something which you've decided to leave on.
Avoid it as much as you could because you cant go further if you do keep on seeing these things.Stop gambling but you are seeing gambling ads?
Then you arent that serious enough on quitting gambling in the first place.There might be some circumstances which it cant be avoid but as much as you could
then you should avoid on whats correlating into gambling.

To some people, ads affect their judgment. Some tend to be so engrossed and caught up with the idea of how good a product or service is being marketed. To the point they are being drawn too much to it resulting to actually giving a shot to try it. I have also experienced this kind of situation not just gambling related, but in general. My curiosity got the best out of me to eventually buy and try it to see for myself.

This could be the case too for gambling players. Nice marketing strategy could really garner a gambling site a guaranteed client. Most of those people who often falls into ads trap are the newbies because they don't know the fundamentals yet and are very much willing to explore. Some people are also affected by ads in terms of being drawn back to their old gambling ways. Those people who are addicted are the usual victims of this. Relapse happens the moment they are triggered by something. In this instance, the advertisements of the casinos regarding promotions and bonuses. Ads could potentially attract again those who are planning to leave gambling behind depending on the level of discipline and determination of the gambler to change his gambling ways that are overly stimulating.

I guess the one that is going to adjust here is the gamblers themselves, I know, it's going to be mentally tough specially if you have just withdrawn from gambling and suddenly you find ads that might entice you. But if you are really that strong psychologically, this will be a big test for you whether you can withstand that temptation or not. As you have compare it to any other form of addiction, people can quit and won't relapse, it's all on the mind. On the contrary, maybe it's better if you keep yourself away from computer and internet will you recover. There are so many things that can keep you busy. Or just limit yourself per day probably just to check your emails and some important stuff, not to surf around.

I can say that I'm addicted to gambling but still responsible for things outside my gambling habit.

Depending on the level of addiction, I think that ads are really not something alarming or a big deal even a person that is recovering from gambling will encounter those ads. Besides, it's impossible that the majority of the sites that a person is browsing the net have gambling ads.

It's, even more, better for me to see that a person can see those ads as part of the challenge to counter their gambling temptations.

Do you mean no chance for addicts to recover?  ???
Don't deny the fact that addiction isn't the end of life, it is something very possible to recover!!
As long as the addicts have the intention to have a normal life again, they can recover for sure. In some cases, it becomes harder because of the lack of spirit from the addicts to recover. It may be caused by the weak mentality of the individual or because of a severe level of addiction. However, doctors or medical specialists, always have varied ways to provide encouragement to addicts.

IMHO, nothing is impossible to recover as long as the addicts are still alive.

Since gambling ads are everywhere, there is no choice for a person but to really fight their temptation to do gambling.

We are the ones who need to adjust and not those gambling ads as that was part of big marketing they are doing to promote their service.

Besides, we are the ones to blame for why we end up addicted. We need to take care of things by ourselves on that particular situation.

There is no definite answer on knowing when a person can and could stop their respective addiction, let alone gambling perse. The most important aspect when a person is addicted to something is continually giving support and care. Remember that there relapses may happen and this may worsen the addiction of a given person.

Lots of people have suggested rehab but what they need is constant care and support from their family members and peers. Understanding their situation is also one of those factors that gives you the patience to deal with your members that are addicted to gambling.

I can say that you can do everything to stop your addiction and you also need to stop going to the place or meeting some people that will gonna make you do that bad habit again. It's not only the actual habit you know? most of the time, the views and the environment that will trigger you to do those habits are the things to consider you need to avoid. That's why when people are so addicted to certain bad things, he needs to migrate to some place where these addictions are not found. It really depends on when people will manage to get over it but most likely they need some months or a year or two to completely get away from their addictions because if they still get to those places or meet their buddies, there are high tendencies that they will not get over it again and again.

No to both questions really. In the case of ads, I can relate somewhat since I myself have been influenced by ads to play, not just in gambling but in literally most games I've tended to grow out of, just one simple clip could make me return. It's also not that addicts don't want to recover, it's just that seeing something related to what you're avoiding tends to create an itch, a really irritating and close to unavoidable one. I reckon it'd be easier to be responsible at gambling instead of completely avoiding/removing it from your system really.

As for the latter, the internet has way too much stuff that avoiding it just for gambling seems kind of losing out, though if you're an avid book reader like me then hell yea go to a library and you can last an entire week without it (unless needed due to stuff like jobs ofc).

It depends on how strongly you can resist the urge to return to gambling and if you can really resist it, you will not be tempted to come back and will easily forget what you saw.
But many people are still tempted to return to gambling because they see advertisements that make them curious to return to gambling.
The casino advertises to invite people to play gambling, including those who have never gambled or have left gambling.
I'm not tempted just to see a gambling advert and be able to forget about it after a while.
But I can't stay away from the internet because I need the internet for various things but I'm not too tempted to go back to gambling even though sometimes, I still play gambling for small money.

You can't blame anything that you see on social media since it's their right to promote such ads, as long as the website and google accept it, then they're not wrong. Are you really don't want to see a gambling ads? you must quit to use internet and back to 19th century where internet wasn't discovered yet.

It depends on your mental and how strong your motivation to quit gambling, if your mental and motivation is really strong, even you're on land based casino, you wouldn't even dare to press the spin button.

Yes it's possible specially if he/she can be easily lured out despite of the willingness to stop. But I think it depends on how the gambler control himself, because if you're really determine to stop, then this ads can't attract you to play again like what you used to.

As I have said, if you're determine and serious to stop your gambling habit then you'll stay away to all the things that can hinder you to overcome your addiction. Thus, this depends for every gamblers who are trying to change themselves for good.

Does their ads aim to help players to avoid gambling or playing in the first place? Ofcourse not. They are advertising their casimo in order to get or attract more players into it,obviously they would use persuasive contents on their ads and promotions.Not to totally quit using internet and social media sites. Just avoid browsing on platforms related to gambling site , also there are ad blockers which might somehow help to minimize appearances of ads in general. If a player really want to stop, finding an alternative activity to kill time such as engaging to sports, traveling and such would be the best way because your attention will br redirected to something which is not related with the thing you are addicted to. Also it will indeed depend on one's discipline and eagerness to really quit into something, likewise with vices.

Ad targeting becoming more and more on point after all these years spent to develop it. (Its definitely not for good). Well I think you should rather stop googling something related to gambling if you wanna give a break. Algorithm works as much as you search words. Nearly all google ads targeting me are about video games, girls and food. Literally 3 things that define me lol. You rather read some things offline.

Addiction is a great issue and should be treated as such. Addiction in any form shouldn't be a thing to hide, if you notice  you're getting addicted to something, please seek for counselling.
Addiction is something that has grown to an habit and once something is an habit, it wouldn't be easy to leave such.
Most people actually could get to handle this themselves while the other wouldn't find it easy and if you notice this in someone, try as much as possible to counsel the fellow.

Popped up ads is another great factor that enhances gambling, especially for first timers because the ads that usually pops up most times, are very enticing and captivating and most of the bonuses if not all will be sampled with lots of great wins even jackpots winnings.

Staying off the internet wouldn't help rather a counselor should be hired.

The internet is full of all kinds of useful information or vice versa, which can benefit us or even harm us.
It is very possible for people who are addicted from gambling to be triggered to return to gambling when they see gambling advertisements that appear because these advertisements are shown for that purpose to attract people to play addict or not, and advertisements cannot filter only those who are not addicted can see the ads.
Compared to avoiding internet access, actually looking for ways to get rid of addiction by attending therapy and so on will be better because if it has not been cured everything will be able to trigger him to return to gambling, for example while being together with friends and friends talking about gambling then it can make him become curious and return to gambling.
You can also use an adsblocker so that when you access online sites you won't see any ads or setting content filters on your social media accounts.

That looks hard to eschew if we still live on the internet where there are a lot of attractive ads and offers to addicted people that make coming again to the gambling world. but, they can avoid that with restraint by clicking the button or turning away by playing games like gambling. In this same situation, if people are addicted to masturbation, the solution is married (instead of paying prostitutes daily to avoid venereal disease).

Casinos tries to help gambling addicted people? That is something I do not read usually :D This looks like an example of yellow journalism imho. Police helps criminals to commit crime, doctors proke people to do crazy things, dentists telling that candies and sweets are good, firefighters support selling matches and gasoline to kids. Why should casinos even help gambling addicted people? They are their most loyal clients.

It is easy to do if you want to exclude yourself from gambling,for these 2 things are needed,a one time self ban that you cannot be un-banned and this option should be included in the most reputable casinos as a first remedy.

This of course does not solve the ads problem,in here you can use software that prohibit you gambling sites,or any site that contain gambling ads to be reached,for this you of course need another person to set it up and who does not give you the password,nor have you any possibility to uninstall it,once these implementations are into place I think anyone who really wants to quit can quit gambling without problems.

stay away from the internet ? our life is internet now mate , we are living in place where where everything we need relies in internet so it is impossible to act like one.

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About the title? casino of course wanted to help us to not becoming addicted but their business relies on our gambling activities and admit it or not? the more addiction means more flow of money so let us not be one hypocrite to rely ont hem to help us.

However, it seems to me. this case and the equations you are comparing are on a different level.
I can understand what you are saying in this post regarding advertisements in articles. at least, we also have the same thing in relation to advertisements every time we open articles or websites that partner with advertising service providers. however, basically the ads that will be displayed on the articles you read come from query information on your device, although not entirely so, there are also random ones.

Speaking of addiction, this is really something of a dilemma. but in this case, it seems that we cannot conclude and compare to everyone who is addicted. because after all without intention and determination, a person will still have a strong drive even though there is no trigger.


I'm not interested in commenting on this one.


As has been said before, even without a trigger factor, someone who has been addicted, will return to do the same things. as far as I'm concerned, fun things are hard to stop. most cases of addiction, be it drugs or gambling addicts. seems difficult to fully recover.
To be honest, I am one of those gambling addicts. "formerly" however, over time, I have had my understanding more broadly. for now, gambling betting is just part of the fun entertainment and nothing more.

When we say addicted then I am gonna assume the severe stage of it so obviously can't resist from doing it and that is what the addiction which certainly need help from others which can be rehab or medicine or camp, whatever that makes the person to stay away from it completely and meanwhile teaching more about others and what the addiction caused to you and the family if there is may change the mentality of the person.

That's the problem once you are in the system. The demographic that you have and the tracers that you have would lead to something you are interested in. We all know that our phones constantly listen to us whether we are conversing with people, especially the things we want and mention while we are near our phones. That's just going to be always the situation for sure.

It's a problem, social media, and if you make it easy to be attracted or lured to what is destroying you, it will lead to you being down. I hope you can recover and avoid it if you know that is what is currently happening to you.

actually the desire to stop gambling has become the initial capital to be able to stop being an addict, so why do we have to control our emotions in gambling because if we can control our emotions of course we can control our thoughts and desires to gamble again

After all, as long as we can change our mindset, we gamble just to have fun, not to make money. I think changing that mindset will help too that sometimes people usually gamble because they are curious to win a lot of money and not for fun, so just changing our mindset seems like we can stop. become addicts, so there is no need to stay away from the internet either because it is good if we divert to something else on the internet that is more positive will help us also avoid addiction

Of course I can give examples but keep in mind that breaking bad habits is generally difficult and very difficult for those who are chronic and may take a long process depending on serious intentions to do so, gambling advertising is not to blame because advertising has become a strategy to attract people and not care if it's addict or new.
You can skip the ads or you can ignore any gambling associated with redirecting them, and I think if you do that as often as possible. And I'm sure you can get through it and come back with seriousness and consistency in living it and have a sincere intention to never return to the world of gambling and also be accompanied by a professional person.

Before you do able to touch up these things then it would really be that surely common that you wont really be needing the help of others when we do talk about quitting addiction or any related problems
attached to it since you could actually solve out things on your own.Just make yourself realized that you are been addicted on it and quitting could possibly be ended up by ones self.
Speaking about quitting, then you should really make yourself able to avoid all sorts of things which is connected with gambling so that you would really be effectively able to
quit up and dont get tempted or drolled all over again once you've seen these things.

In fact, you can easily get rid of intrusive ads. To do this, you need to install one of the ad blockers on your computer and create new accounts that are not related to gambling. This will minimize the receipt of gambling advertisements.

But I don't think that's the point at all. I have always said that if a gambling addict wants to quit gambling, he must stop using the Internet for a while and stop talking to friends who play gambling. He should try to find a hobby that gives him pleasure.

Gambling houses may or may not take responsibilities for a cure for gambling addiction but their ads will only make the addiction problem worse because ads are too lucrative. If you want to stop gambling then what can help you is rehabilitation, some meds, or seek a help from the professional but if the addiction isn't that severe then you can try to self medicate first.

Block gambling related sites or if possible stay away from the places where you can see gambling stuffs like for example in this forum because many signatures here are from a gambling company. I know it is hard but if you know that it is for your own good then I know that you can do it. Just believe in yourself and team it up with a prayer.

From a gambler's perspective like me, gambling advertisements in every article don't work.
But I don't really know how a gambling addict will react to it or what he will feel whenever he sees those.

Your underlined example is good and it made me realize that temptation might really come from what we see on the internet. Ads or other kinds of stuff.
We see food, we suddenly get hungry even though we just finished our meal.
Motorcycle parts ads will also urge those hobbies are motorcycles to purchase.
So, I am going with yes, it might be affecting gambling addicts.
Ad blocker is a good solution. Browser restrictions like it's for kids, and parental control so 18+ ads will go away.

Gambling ads doesn't make big impact over a gambler. Because, whatever the ad might be, everything will have similar content. So it won't be that interesting or makes us into it. Why we get back to gambling when we have plans to stop it. This is the failure to control our minds as well as the emotions that push us to give a try.

That's very possible with how casinos are easily accessible these days and it's always easy for a former gambler to go back to gambling.

For the second question, even though that problem is going on for a long time anyone can break their habit as long as the person is really focused on changing.

The last question is also possible but I think with how the internet is slowly getting involved with our lives it might not be easy or the best solution for some people.

I'm guessing how ads are shown is dependent upon which country/nation it is shown in.  Here in the United States with most ads also featured is some sort of "if you or someone you know is addicted to gambling, get help by calling xxx-xxx-xxxx" or something like that. 

I'm not sure ads alone are enough to really trigger someone.  If the gambling possibility is out there for you, I'm sure you know it and ad's aren't really going to sway your opinion.

If a gambler is trying to stay away from gambling and it feels hard, it wouldn't help that he/she is seeing gambling ads every now and then. It is actually a challenge for a gambler to stay away from gambling especially if gambling is right there in front of him/her calling him/her out to come back.

If you liken it to porn, I could liken it to smoking. It is really hard for somebody who tries to stay away from smoking if he's always hanging out with friends who smoke and even offer him a stick every now and then.

But staying away from the internet to avoid seeing gambling ads is almost impossible to do. That's too much I guess.

We know that such ads can have a very detrimental effect to the people that are trying to leave their gambling addiction behind, however it is almost impossible for this to stop and I will explain why, as we know companies like Goggle create a profile of each person that uses their services, and since they want you to keep using their services then they show ads of stuff in which you were interested before, so a gambling addict which is trying to recover will have to see way more gambling ads than the average person, something which could eventually lead him to gamble again, and this shows once again why it is so important to be allowed some level of privacy online as targeted advertising can be a terrible thing under the incorrect circumstances.

I wouldn't say it's almost impossible, it's very difficult, yes, but it can be done. The case of gambling is like the case of someone addicted to alcohol. Do you know how many opportunities you have to drink alcohol? There is alcohol everywhere, if you are an ex-addict trying to recover in the end what you have to do is to know how to live with the fact that there is alcohol everywhere you go, that many people drink alcohol regularly and responsibly and that you can't drink a drop more because you will fall back into a self-destructive pattern of behaviour.

With gambling it's the same, gambling ads are one thing that can influence you, but someone trying to recover, who is well guided by professionals, in the end has to learn to live with the fact that there are many casinos, betting shops, etc. both online and in physical premises, that would allow him to gamble 24/7 if he wanted to, but he has to learn that they are there and he is not going to use them.

In the end it is a question of willpower, and in most cases professional help is needed. Besides, from the cases I know, no one gives up a strong addiction at the first try. The normal thing is to try, go free for a while, relapse once or twice, hit rock bottom and finally quit for good for the rest of your life.

There is absolutely nothing you can do to stop the exposure to gambling advertisements, if you live in a country where it is legal. In my country gambling are legal and we are bombarded by TV and Radio advertisements to market gambling.

The best thing you can do, if you have a problem with gambling... could be to look away and to mute the TV when the advertisement comes on. (self-discipline) - If you really wants to stop, you should not shift the blame for your addiction, but you should tackle it head on.  ;)

The internet has an algorithm that can suggest you to visit certain websites depending on what habits you do when using the internet. suppose you use the internet to visit gambling game sites, with that internet algorithm responds to the IP and email that you use frequently to visit online gambling and makes you the target market for gambling platform advertisements, so a lot of advertisements about gambling come to you when using the internet.
maybe when I use the internet to view news about politics or fashion other than those related to gambling, the offers that I will receive from the internet are online buying and selling platforms, related to fashion and services websites about government or politics.
If my personality is like that, I'd better replace my communication device with a new one, including changing my cellphone number and email. The next step is to stay away from the gambling environment. If that still doesn't work, I think, I should stop using the internet for some time and stay away from friends who play gambling and then improve my personality and mindset first.

There's a simple solution to that, I don't know if it works with every ads pop up in the internet, but you can use ad blockers though, just to save yourself from seeing these kinds of ads.
I am personally using brave browser as it blocks majority of the annoying ads when I'm trying to open an article in the internet.
I'm not sure if it works to everyone, but it works for me.
However, quitting gambling may not be easy, even if you're not seeing ads, but when your brain continue thinking about gambling, then you can't do much about it but seek for professional advices and help.

it is easy than done mate , there are so much to look at before making this possible , and that comes with "Are we truly understand why we are leaving?" or " Are we Only saying this because of the losses we gather these days"

leave gambling with complete desire and will and not because of the activities you have recently .

but it is nothing to do with reality mate,  gambling just for fun and never to make money? tell me someone that completely love losing? because gambling is to lose and not to win.

Ad Blockers are a thing nowadays. A gambling addict must install an Ad Blocker on his browser for free and everything should be fine.
I don't see that many gambling ads when I'm surfing. By "gambling ads" I mean online casinos. I see mostly sports betting ads, but I don't consider sports betting to be hardcore gambling. Maybe this has something to do my country's regulations about online gambling advertising over the internet.
Anyway, at the end of the day it's all about self-control. A recovering gambling addict must be strong enough to see an Ad or two and resist the desire to go back into gambling.

But gambling ads doesn't always appeared on google adds, you can watch a sports and then see the team or the players promoting the casino site. Also there's an exchange or wallet that has a gambling ads and send on your emails, you will read the gambling site in this way. It's hard if you're really want to avoid all gambling ads, I think if there's a person who want to quit gambling they must avoid to use phone and watch TV.

That's right, we can find ad blockers to remove gambling ads from websites. However, apart from legal and illegal adsense, there is social media. Not only advertisements that bring us to gambling, social media will also have an effect on someone who initially wants to stop gambling, returns to gambling. People around (friends, family, or stranger), there must be someone who will talk about gambling, things like this can make people who want to stop gambling getting fail too. The only thing is by consistency the desire to stop with the action/self control like you say. If there is consistency to lead the mind not to gamble, then no matter what he sees or hear, it will never be able to get him to gamble again. That's the key.

You just have to expect it, gambling casinos can spend millions just to advertise their casinos on just about everywhere, if you just promised that you will stop, you will be back to gambling once you see the casino that you're playing flashing that anniversary bonus and waiting to be claimed once you log in, if you're serious about quiting gambling those ads and those bonus flashing will not get into your mind but to be able to do that you need to be in a theraphy, not just mere words that you are going to stop.

Before you can come across ads you must have something in your mind already running with the approach you have towards gambling, it's not easily achieved like that getting influenced just by a rare ads you come across, if the person involved is not a gambler frombthe start and does not like anything that jas to do with gambling or sports then seeing ars millions time will not move them except if the user already is contemplating on weather to gamble or not before coming across the ads, another scenario is for quitting gambling, I did not admit that ads can in any way influence someone from not gambling anymore especially when we are talking about the chronic and addicted gamblers, consider that some gamblers have been engaged on several occasions by people to stop gambling in which they didn't, how much more coming across ads to stop them from the addiction.

maybe, I mean ads are one of the reasons why some people become interested in something and want to try it out, I don't see why some addicted gamblers wouldn't feel the same way.

maybe, different people react differently to ads. some gamblers might get tempt and some might not.

personally, I'd probably have a hard time avoiding going online if I have nothing else to do, but if I am busy and almost always occupied I'd probably be able to avoid going online until I am able to control myself.

A gambler who is really committed to a change won't be highly affected by gambling ads and advertisements no matter how big the bonuses and promotions are. We all know that gambling sites will always create ads that will target and attract players so it takes a lot of courage for a person who wants to quit to ignore it.
Gambling addiction could not be healed in just a short period so if avoiding the internet will help, a person must try to get rid of it while he's in the process of recovering. Temptations are all around the internet so I think it's a wise move to stay away from it for a while to make the recovery process easier, it would be better for a gambler to focus on other activities to get rid of gambling thoughts.

surely gambling addicts will return to gambling after seeing advertisements circulating in several places or on certain websites. Although the gambler wants to try to stop gambling for a while but when he opens a website or reads an article and sees a gambling advertisement, the gambler will indirectly be lured to play gambling again. because it is very difficult for gambling addicts when they want to stop betting without having strong guidelines not to return to gambling

this is one example that is easy to understand.

Maybe yes maybe no. A person will leave a bad habit when he (gambler) has a stand and is able to refrain from repeating the bad habit in any way or stay away from anything that has the potential to make him repeat the bad habit.

If I am a gambling addict and want to stop betting on gambling, I will do everything I can to avoid anything that could lure me back into gambling. And if one of the best ways to stop gambling was to stay away from the internet, I would.

And in conclusion all these are strong factors to stay away from all triggers related to gambling.

You are probably reading news/articles from "spam" sites that usually recycle/steal contents from other websites and post it as their own. They fill those sites with advertisements. A legit or well reputed site won't cover their contents with advertisements and they have standards. And you should start using ad blockers. They were made specially for sites like those that have annoying ads.

Simple solution. Use adblockers. Visit sites that are non gambling related. You don't have to stay away from the computer.

You are right!

You could eventually quit if you wanted too and we know that self discipline and dedication level on each person is entirely different which means that there might be people who do fail on quitting on seeing these

ads but there are people who could eventually quit and stop directly if they do told theirselves on doing so.If you want to quit gambling then it would really be just common that you should really make yourself

avoid those ads as much as you could.When someone had already been addicted on gambling then it would really be that normal that resisting on playing gambling is hard when you do
see advertisements.

And as far as I know, those spam gambling ads that consume space noticeably on a certain website are not that site that a user can encounter every day. Usually, those gambling ads can just be seen on gambling-related websites and I think a person that trying to recover from gambling addiction will not think of visiting those sites.

Even social media that has lots of gambling-related posts, doesn't have an annoying gambling ad that popped out everywhere, and sometimes those ads are not even noticeable. We just have to trust these persons who deal with gambling problems that soon, they can cope with their problems.

If we ban gambling adds because gamblers might see it and feel the need to gamble maybe we should ban models in swimsuits because sex addicts might feel the need to masturbate. Or let's ban food pictures because people with eating disorders will have a hard time.

Your addiction is yours to fight and control. You can't expect the whole world to help you with it. Don't ant to see ads? Lock yourself in a room and don't come out until you're healed.

Well, your example made sense. I think it must be really hard for an addicted gambler to stop playing if he constantly sees gambling ads on his feed every day. At some point it will become unbearable for him to see so much gambling content without having access to it. A suggestion in this case would be to close or to not pay attention to gambling ads when they appear on the screen, like skip it faster as possible, or he could also report the ad to the platform, choosing the option 'I don't have interest for this kind of content'.

Nobody can stay away from the internet for a long period of time. Internet is part of our life, including our work. An alternative must be found to not set the trigger on, while not leaving internet.

I think the number of non addict gamblers are much more when compared to the number of gambling addicts therefore casino won't just prioritize them by banning the gambling ads because their business are also going to be affected. Addicted gamblers are the ones who should help themselves if they want to become normal again.

It wasn't the ads that are totally banned but it was the characters that is being used in ads. They do this for the sake of underage people. They want to avoid sexual element on the ads and the cute cartoonish elements. Food images are not being used in gambling but even if they do, it won't be banned. There is nothing wrong with foods anyway.

That is a very good question and answer lies within you. In my opinion, one needs to have a good self control in order to leave gambling.
Even if he is getting urges to masturbate gamble if he has a good self control then he can decide to quit it.
Talking about ads triggering the urge, then yes he would have to quit internet until he is healed from the addiction.
But the question is can he ? With everything being linked to the internet is it possible to quit internet for some time ?
The answer lies within you.

It has cone a long way now that you discover people relating their personal weakness as being applicable for general public to also reason thesame way they think, you're right maye, each gambler has to learn how to build himself, behave himself and also control his addicting habit, ads were intended to only pass information across not not a stimulator to gambling should in case you come across one, people do evil not because they found it easier to do but because their mind is already corrupt of evil thoughts, ads were not as bad as it may be applicable to some people referring to it as something bad, they should work on theirselves and not ads, we see caeinos signboards, arts, and many advertisement medium which could ease the interest of people to gamble but yet some never get influenced by what they see, rather they got moved by their determinations.

Anything that you become used to do it will definitely make it harder for you to avoid or to stop from doing so, and gambling addiction is certainly one of it. That is why never do it in an abrupt way, but minimize your gambling activities first until you feel ready not to gamble anymore. And if you are fixed in your decision to leave gambling, avoid all means online or offline, as any advertisement that pertains to gambling will always lure you to gamble again.

The ads is made or posted in order to lure people into gambling.  This works best with gambling addicts.  We all know that gambling addict has an uncontrollable urge to gamble so seeing this ads will make him wanting to go to the site and gamble.


If the person continue to see gambling ads , it will never make him leave the habbit because the temptation would be very strong for a gambling addict to resist.  The best thing is for the gambling addict to avoid the site that has gambling ads.


This depends on the will of the gambling addict.  If he is really serious on getting out of addiction he must at all cost avoid the site with gambling advertisement.

It may not be necessary to prohibit gambling ads but provide a limit to which ads from advertisers may place ads. But after all, the general public will see it if the ad is posted in public places. There will probably be a special place for gambling advertisements.

But if the ad is on television or even on the internet, the ad provider needs to provide a special place for gambling only for adults who can see the ad. And it would be even better if there was a special place that would give people who access the place not to see gambling ads if they don't want to.

This is a good idea but at the same time I think that companies like Google should allow people to choose what are the ads they do not want to see, I say this because if you were gambler before and then you want to leave it behind it is likely that Google and other companies will keep showing you ads related to gambling, and while this is not a problem for those which can control their gambling, it is a problem for those that suffered from a gambling addiction.

You cannot stop seeing those ads and you cannot stop from being on the internet and not seeing those ads you have no control over that, what you have to control is your urge and your reaction, if the only way to get out of addiction is to be away in the internet then it's your choice when quitting on something it is always on choice and control, if you don't have these two then you're not really that serious and it will only take a three-second ad to get you on your favorite casino.

Let's not also completely assume all ads werr of good intentions because many have been duped through such and it also appears as a distraction to many others when you're already on a particular content and ads begins troll in unnecessary causing distractions, hit the good side also is that you can be able to get an accurate information about something unexpected which could serve as an important information about gambling or general sports updates.

One of the most effective way to gain more players is with the help of the advertisement in different forms today social media is the best and promotional with where we experience right now, and by that it is more easier to them to received the information about the gambling casino exist features and other events by that it is courage the players to why not try another casino and enjoy the perks upon creating an account and make a play of it, that's the goal of the advertisements it depends now on the target audience if they want to try or not it is their responsibility if they want to play and taking a risk.

Hopefully, Google pays attention to the convenience of its users and allows them to choose the type of ad they want because, to be honest, I'm also often sick of seeing ads that are not related to what I'm looking for. People addicted to gambling should not use smartphones like other people because it can make them return to gambling and they will find it difficult to stop gambling. If Google can provide comfort, people will not complain and will feel comfortable.

This is totally subjective to the individual but likely it's leaning towards the path of getting addicted again if I'll be asked since it stimulates the curiosity again to try even a little.

For me no, most of the advertisement these days lure you to the very end and it will really hook you to whole new level. It's for those who has great resolve that will likely pass this test not to be lured again in gambling.

Possibilities are endless, I'd suggest to consult on experts regarding this matter since they are the one that can advice the patient to total rehabilitation. A person that is addicted should seek help.

Getting away from gambling is never be so easy, there's a lot of temptation along the way but if you really want to change and stop gambling, you can do that.

Some ads are related to your social media account and with your emails, I remember searching for one thing online with my google account signed in, the next day I see the promotions related to that, so I believe that is a system generated promotions which always depend on your activities. All you have to do is to ignore it, or try not to use your previous accounts while you are still at the stage of recovery.

Your statement makes sense.

Indeed, there are many disorders and addiction that could be triggered by seeing different images, advertisements, and the likes. Reading various posts that can instill trigger on your end can really affect your way of thinking and your behavior as well. This is because by being triggered, you relive your bad memories, habits, and even the drive to do things you've already given up long time ago.

While preventing triggers could be a good idea to save someone from misery, it should be reminded that your healing is your responsibility and it's not the responsibility of the people around you. You are responsible for your own person. Treatment from serious gambling addiction is one of the good ways to survive with lesser probability of having a relapse. I very much agree that a person's struggle in addiction is their fight. Other people surrounding them could only do so much and adjust to a certain extent, but it won't always happen because as harsh as this may sound, the world do not revolve around you and your battle.

It will sum up on how great you are on controlling yourself. If you conquer your addiction for few years, I'm pretty much sure you can still control yourself from different entities like advertisement whether it is so convincing, having good offer or putting you at the spot of playing. You get pass so many obstacle to lessen or remove your addiction, These obstacle you pass and you acquire will help you to become immune from the lust of trying it again. Advertisements are created to lure you as a potential user into their offerings and it will all boils down to you how motivated you are not to get caught on that advertisement.

It's a harsh way of putting it, but it is true. I can't think of anything else to do to prevent this. You should avoid the internet because most ads you will see at that time are about gambling. Google ads are compelling because they are based on your search results, so you will most likely see gambling ads. Though sometimes we don't care about the ads since this doesn't matter, still, this would be a trigger, so it's best to leave the internet for a while and seek help from the doctor.

Maybe we are aware that the internet is one of the factors a person is addicted to gambling, be it online or land-based, however, we cannot make the verdict that the internet is totally wrong in influencing individuals to lead to gambling addiction, for me many other factors and certain reasons the individual is addicted to gambling.

Maybe, believe it or not, I think there are many gambling addicts who are not directly involved with the internet, from the information of friends who have won and bet on the gambling site, it is also a factor where people have to bet and get addicted, but if I want to place a bet whether it's slots, poker, and so on, I mostly increase it based on the experience of friends who bet.

It will depend on your will to stay away even if there's a temptation. It's the same as other temptations that we're feeling in this world. But, if we ever feel and want to quit, we will make it no matter what crave is with us and is in our surroundings.
Expect that there will be distractions that you'll see along your way of quitting and it's not their problem that they've been having ads because they need it for their business. What we need is to completely be aware that they could be visible everywhere and for us, we just have to look the other way.

The main aim of most of these gambling firms is to maximize profit. Some of them don't care about the consequences of their aggressive marketing and how it affects people that needs help. These adverts would definitely lure the person back to gambling. Most of these ads are so attractive that you might even loose control if you are not discipline.


Internet is now an irreplaceable part of human life. The political, economical and social aspect of people's existence have been closely knitted with the internet. It might be advisable to reduce the use of the internet and not totally abandoning it.  

It will all come to you being a disciplined person.
I believe that a disciplined person will not fall into some ads from different gambling websites are there. Even a particular website is full of banners of gambling sites, you as a gambler if being disciplined will just simply ignore it or just exit from that website.

On the other hand, this is hard to do especially if you are an addicted gambler because they tend to have a harder time quitting on what they really want to do. Maybe not visiting too many websites will help. Spending your time into different things like playing online games might help you. As with the habit one, it will be hard because if you always see banners of gambling ads on a daily basis, you will feel the urge to gamble, and it will keep going as long as you see gambling website banners.

Staying away from the internet? It might help but the question now is can you live without internet.
For me, it isn't necessary to stay away from the internet but spend your time in other things on the internet. Watching videos, watch movies or play online games. Anything that will entertain you might do but just stay away from websites that has many ads of gambling sites.

This doesnt makes sense to some extent, you can't ban food because it is a necessity, though I feel Sex adverts doesnt have a financial effect as gambling does, the reason why some people feel gambling is a headache to people is financial concerns and addiction and we all see how they are been advertise here and there but I can't boast that I haven't seen sex board been publicly displayed without broadcasting agency interfering and I don't think there is anyone here who dislike food or food adverts at least, we all do.



Anyone who thinks gambling adverts should be outlawed isn't a serious person. If you don't enjoy casino games, at least you'll appreciate sports because it's the reward and aspiration of certain fans of football. Gambling doesn't affect you until you've begun or had the fervour to participate.

Quitting gambling is hard especially if you have fallen deeply into a gambling addiction. Temptations will be everywhere and we can always see advertisements of gambling casinos promotions and bonuses which can attract us to try out again. If we want to completely leave gambling, then we should really commit ourselves to a real change leaving and ignoring all the temptations to gamble behind. It needs determination, discipline, and self-control to ignore anything that will attract us to gamble again. It will be challenging but once we surpass all those temptations and challenges, good things will surely follow.

it's not easy to do but actually it can be done as I can stop smoking when I was previously a cigarette addict and had to see cigarette advertisements on TV when I was in the stage of wanting to quit smoking it goes back to our mindset that we are okay without smoking or the like we can't live without gambling and we can have fun without gambling meaning like that

it's true that no one wants to lose money but this is where our mindset is placed, if we focus on finding victory when we lose we will continue to play until the end but if our mind is only to have fun when we lose we will consider it normal, We all know gambling just to lose in the casino but we have an opportunity when we bet on sports betting that we are more likely to win than playing casino betting which is based on luck

Truth is, they don't, and they will assume that all the ads, newsletters, and every material that they're sending out is harmless. That's why self-exclusion is implemented for them not to get bombarded by these ads that could potentially bring back their urge to gamble and destroy their streak of not gambling and destroying their lives. They rely mostly on user input and autopilot, and even self-exclusion sometimes doesn't work at all. This is why casinos should really do something ethical and promote self-exclusion on people who are in the brink of destroying their lives, kinda like the warning that they place on every pack of cigarettes.

We must be optimistic if we want to stop gambling so that any influence will not bring us back to gambling, even though the challenges are difficult but at least we must stay away from anything related to gambling, if for example we only see gambling advertisements accidentally then it has no effect unless he intentionally accesses gambling account then it is likely to return to bet in gambling.

Fortunately I'm currently in a position where the money I lose I am comfortable with losing however this hasn't always been the case.
Intrusive advertising has always been difficult for me, even if it's just an increased odds on a Sportsbet eg: Haaland to score.

However I feel very fortunate with improvements to sites such as GamBan, that without I feel a lot more people would be struggling.
It's definitely something that makes it harder to an addicted gambler, however I can't see much change coming in terms of it.

Nowadays sports betting ads are everywhere: TV commercials, Sports team sponsors, Athlete ambassadors, what's next?

One thing that really stands out [is notable], is the example of Paul Merson,an ex-footballer who's now a commentator/pundit for Sky Sports came public and talked about his own addiction that seemed pretty extreme, however he now has to be part of promoting the gambling that Sky offer.
^ I feel this especially something needs to change

Ads can lure an addict back to gambling but every one should be accountable for their actions. Gambling ads cannot seize because gamblers are getting addicted this where discipline and determination comes in. it is best the gambler engage themselves in things that will make them distracted during such advert. Gambling companies make their publicity and offers through this adverts so it is the duty of the gambling addict victim to distract themselves from those advert to avoid been lured

Yes, and remember that this ads being displayed but any websites? they make money out of it, like when someone click or even play on that site. So still very dangerous world for recovering gambling addicts, you need to have the self discipline and determination to not get yourself be tempted and lure back because you see an ads and something gets you nervous. Make your self busy, do some meditation on the side if you feel like there is an itch inside you wanting to get back to gambling again. For sure if you practice self control, no amount of adverts will make you comeback, it starts on our brain and we should take control of our emotions.

It’s hard to stay away from gambling if you are still seeing a lot of gambling ads all over the internet, but you can’t stop the trend about gambling, you should be the one to hide from it and divert yourself into another hobby that you will get interested. Yes, fight and control it, you can always stop your gambling addiction as long as you also set things right.

Find a good reason why you are staying away from gambling and be religious to it.
If you decide to change, always remind yourself why you are changing for the betterment of yourself.
Ads will always be there as you browse the net. You can always opt to not staying long over the internet.
As you said, make yourself busy with other worthwhile activities. It is only you who can truly help yourself for this change.

To be honest, someone who has a gambling addiction will be easily influenced and come back again when they see anything related to gambling. Especially if they often see gambling ads every time they make something, such as when playing games and others. Because we know how many gambling ads are online today, wherever, there are always these ads. So this will remind them of gambling activities and attract them back. Maybe not everything will be that easy, however, this could be one of the factors of failure.

What's more, someone who is undergoing treatment for gambling addiction should not get distractions related to gambling because sometimes this will complicate the treatment process. What is more important is, to stay focused on recovering from gambling ads, and tell someone who is an expert about the problems you are facing, including distractions like this. So, you can be better able to control and control yourself even if you see ads or other things.

Being away in the internet these days is just too hard to imagine because internet is already a big part in our lives, but if it’s the only way to heal your gambling addiction, then do it. And maybe delete all your gambling apps in your phone too so that you will not be tempted anymore. If you do it with strong determination with some family support, I think you will succeed from leaving gambling for good.

^Definitly right and that is the right way as a good gambler.
Do not focus on gambling if you did not want to be addicted and ads there is nothing we can do, even though there are a lot of them as long as you know how to fight your urge, they are just nothing. Fighting and controlling your urge is not an easy way, so as I have said, do not focus on gambling and find some things that you can alternate on it. If you really want to stop you can stop even seeing ads on street.
However, this actually happened in my real life but I still cope and find a better place that heals my addiction.

Gambling can be addictive if we don't know how to organize and fix ourselves. Some persons fighting gambling addiction is doing that as a result of self control and the people around them. To relinquish from gambling addiction the people around us can be of great help to help us stop gambling too much.
Gamnking add can also have effect on a gambler making them to have a rethink about going to gamble again especially when they are trying their best to make sure that the stop gambling by all means.

Some people may be able to control themselves eventually.
Lucky for that person if he is still healthy and can control the excessive addiction.
For some people to control themselves is not very easy.
Some of them have tried to be disciplined and distract from their excessive addiction but in the end they still come back to lose money.
Here also the role of the family or the closest person will be very important to help pull him out of addiction.

But dont make yourself get into that point on where you do seek off for some external help which is something not everybody would be preferring because they are really ashamed on what they had into.

Even myself wont really be taking this as an option yet you could eventually quit up if you wanted to.Its true that it would really be depending on someones self control or discipline

since not all are not that strong and discipline on coping or avoiding on something.When you do have addiction problems then it would really be that just
normal that you would be tending to avoid all sorts of things which is related to it.Some might say that those cant make some effect but you cant
really able to say so or make out conclusions.

Not only optimistic, but we also need more than that in order to stop gambling when we are in a state of gambling addiction.  We need strong will and self-control to overcome that uncontrollable urge to gamble.


Indeed the challenges is very difficult, even staying away from things that is related to gambling is quite hard. so we need a lot more effort to control ourselves since we need to stay away from the sites that advertise gambling.  At most, we should keep ourselves away from internet to avoid such ads.

Without a doubt it is becoming more and more difficult to leave behind any kind of addiction than in the past because now things are way more easy to access, and giving up our phones or computers is not very realistic either as a great deal of our jobs are now done through the use of computers, so addicted gamblers are in deep trouble as the tool they use to access all kind of information online can also be used to access their biggest weakness and they cannot get rid of it matter how hard they may try.

Very much agree.

During this modern times, it's really a necessity now to have an accessible gadget to have your things to do done in short period of time. Cellphones and laptops are needed to function in this day. It's no longer a luxury, but a necessity to have an operational gadget and application you can use to accomplish your tasks whether it is intended for school requirements or work related. Hence, the struggle of those who want to withdraw from their gambling addiction is getting so much harder because of the demands and the current way of living.

If you are an addicted gambler and you want to withdraw, it'll be so hard to just abandon your gadgets and the internet altogether because you have to work in order to earn money. However, the temptations of opening up a gambling website or installing an app is just at the palm of your hands. This is why most gamblers fail to quit because of the easier access we have now.

I think going to therapy and undergoing certain treatment specially made for a gambling addict is one of the best ways to quit gambling with lesser probability of undergoing relapse and repeated cycle of withdrawal and going back. If gamblers will just quit instantly, there's a higher chance he'll just go back because of craving for thrill and enjoyment he's used to. The best approach would be slowly removing it from someone's system without so much restriction and pressure being put into them. That way, they won't crave for it and they'll hardly be affected by the advertisements online.

My experience with gambling addictions are limited, but I have friends who were struggling with alcohol and tobacco addictions and for them it's almost impossible to be around people who are doing the things they are trying to stay away from. With gambling addictions I am assuming it is going to be same. Receiving advertising on a daily basis from casinos must be very hard and I expect many recovering addicts are struggling with it.  As far as I know there is no way to opt out of gambling advertising when browsing the internet. You can unsubscribe from a casino newsletter, but this doesn't include other ads you see online. And there is no real option to stay away from the internet all together. We all need to stay online and connected for our jobs. The only solution I am seeing is to use ad blockers as a browser addin to not see any advertising online.

You really are not in a quitting stage if at the sight of ads you are hooked or back again, the first thing you should conquer is the sight, if you can still see those ads and are not tempted to play again, then you are in the big step of quitting gambling, even if you are away from the internet the memory will trigger the urge to gamble again, the internet is very important to all of us if you can't use the internet without having to go back to gambling, then you are not really that serious.

It might be difficult not to be tempted for the first time or in the early stages because we still often play gambling. But if we really want to leave gambling, maybe we need to stay away from seeing those ads so there is no desire to return to online or offline casinos. This is important for those who want to stop gambling from realizing it because not many can do it because of the many temptations we find, especially when we explore the internet without limits. If we take this seriously, I'm sure the gambling ads won't tempt us back to the casinos and we should be able to get over it pretty easily.