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It's hard to take a break from gambling if it's become a habit, what's your Longest Break You Have On Not Gambling, in my case my longest days of break from gambling is 30 days when I take a vacation from a place when there are no casinos, and no internet connection.

I have taken a long break from gambling for at least 2 years, and I did not take a vacation or anything to quit my addiction or gambling habits because I had a strong intention to leave gambling at that time due to worsening economic conditions but even so, and in the end up to today I am still gambling but not to continue to gamble every day, in the sense of being more controlled to spend money on gambling.

The longest period where I quit gambling was 3 years.
I was betting online when I lost a lot of money in some minutes and then I decided to self-block my account. I have a feeling to gamble in the start but this started fading day by day. After 3 years I became a more prudent gambler and opened an account again.

Taking break for my gambling activities is highly an impossible task for me as I do get my own reason to get back to gambling. I am a regular user of freebitco.in site and I do have some balance always which always enforce me to roll again and again until I get busted off. I do write coding most of the time in a day and to refresh myself, I go for dicing on different sites which are having free way of rolling.

Being an online worker, I do get more time to be spending with my system which must be the reason why I am unable to give my gambling activities a break.

As long as you can limit the amount you wager every day, I don't think you really need to take a break especially if you are having fun while playing. If gambling wasn't fun, you wouldn't do it in the first place so why take break? Life is too short. Just enjoy your time.

I remember I never gambled for like 2 years but it wasn't something I really planned. It just didn't come to my mind that's all. I have other addictions but gambling isn't one I guess.

I can have a break anytime because I know my self how to manage. If I want a break then, I will have. There's no need to say that this should the length that I want to break, there's no time frame as long as you want. Besides, I did not give much attention to gambling, usually every weekend I spent more or less 8 hours per day but on a working day sometimes I gamble sometimes I did not. Even I won't gamble for almost a year I can.

It's been over 2 years I guess I'm totally out of serious gambling, but a few months back I won some satoshis in Stake's giveaway and I rolled the dice at Stake.com for 1 or 2 days just for fun. I made some good profits at some point and then fell back below the starting point, then I stopped again. I think I still have some satoshis there, I actually never withdrawn anything.

But in my old days, Bustabit was my favorite place to gamble...

Two years mate, that is because I lost my job so obviously I don't have money to continue with my gambling habits(addiction). But as soon as I was able to find money again, I went back to my playing days either in a traditional based/online games.

But I must say that I have learned my lessons and I have contemplated in the span that I don't have a job. Lot's of regrets and what if.  ;)

So right now I just play to have some fun and also bet the money that I can afford to lose. Because I don't want to experience that again. Plus I have change my priorities as well so gambling as no longer on top of my head.

Actually i have no totally break because i usually play when i have extra time just to unwind and enjoy my self.and its mostly weekends so definitely i don't.really take a long break

Maybe the longest is 2 weeks when i have a.visitor from province that i cannot find extra.time to play so what i did is forget gambling for a while and served my cousins when they are in vacation at my house

But other than that?no i don't consider it as a break instead.its only having no choice at all thats why i stop for a while

I'm not into gambling but I have some clients and classmates who are Reay into gambling, if they don't gambling virtually due to low internet they will find way to play even around their vicinity. Familiar with tong-its, they will play it anywhere as long as they have time, they consider it past time that they bring cards everywhere or they will buy cards since it's too popular in our country many stores sell it.

I haven't been gambling for a while now maybe a few months or so. I was able to control my self from gambling when I played with initial money of $200 and was able to double it through satoshi mines and bust a bit. I was able to double my money and became greedy and carelessly bet an amount that I like until I have lost all my money. From then on, I knew for my self that gambling is not really for me since I cannot control my greed and my habit of chasing my losses my gambling since this is not the first time it had happened.

It's rather difficult to define it as a break when I actually don't do it regularly. Gambling is more of a hobby, a way of enjoyment and entertainment in my case. I'd consider it as a break if I did Gambling as my way of life or as a main source of income (which I think is rather impossible to do so), but I don't. On the contrary, I actually think of Gambling as a break instead.

Well, it is really hard to not gamble especially if gambling is a part of your day and it will not be complete without making any bets or gambling related. I think that the longest I have is a week. Since I am not that addicted to gambling anymore, I could make these rest days sometimes, most of the time, I will be breaking that week in 3 days or something.

Very hard for me for me to have a break. Probably the longest I have is like a week or two and then go back again betting on boxing or going to a land based casino here.

But I won't consider my self addict though, just having some fun on those bets and if I lose, I can totally sleep with it.

I have never managed to get more than one full week without gambling until now.I am not an addicted gambler,it is just as when I see good sport events I can’t resist the urge to try and win some extra money and also enjoying viewing the event on Tv.

I guess one week, lol... I know its weird but that's how it is, I just can't enjoy the day without gambling, and i think that time I got a lay off because I lose so bad, and I believe every gambler deserves a break whether we are losing or winning.

Actually, I'm hoping I could have more break in gambling so I can spend a lot of time to other things, but I guess that won't happen so soon as long as I still keep busting in front of my computer all day.

Gambling is indeed difficult to stop if there is still internet, I try my luck at casino gambling on weekends or holidays that I do, now I can not make gambling as part of my daily work or income, the rest is just that can be my luck.

If it will become your habit then it will be hard for you to take a break for sure because your body will find it always unless you will go to a vacation for a long time where there is no way you can gamble either in a casino or online.

In my situation, I don't see gambling as my habit that is why I can stop anytime I want. I rarely gamble and when I'm gambling, it is always online since there is no near casinos in my area. I only gamble around one every 1-2 weeks for some reasons.

Ive only ever stopped for 1 week maybe but reduced size alot from the peak of gambling all day.   I dont count the small scale gamble as quite the same as spending all day watching or preparing bets to place and speculating when to place or hedge various sizes.     Dont think I really need to stop betting longer then that so long as I can reduce the amount I gamble to a point where the loss amounts is just for fun, its not a major factor at that point just an interest.

I also took a long break for 2 years and until now I really did not gamble at all. I stop when I'm tired of the results I get from gambling and I think it's just a waste of time. until in the end, I chose the job with other ways to get more productive money. although sometimes have a desire to gamble when seeing a lot of big matches, but I don't have money for it ;D

Taking a break during the vacation days. I don't take a break for a month so I think a week or two would be the longest that I can remember since when I've started to gamble with cryptocurrencies.

But if not with crypto gambling. It's like the usual gambling old days, I think the longest would be a year since I've took a break when I'm very active in visiting local gambling places, not the typical casino but like a residence gambling place.

I do love playing at my spare time, but I'm not that fully hooked in gambling that I cannot go on a day without gambling, the longest I have taken a break from gambling was over a year when I worked abroad and worked on a country where gambling is taboo, but anything I can always take a break from gambling.

the longest time I break from gambling was around 2 years, it happened in early 2017. at that time I was enjoying all the money from bitcoin where the price of bitcoin was soaring (go on vacation and build a new home.) and back to gambling again in 2019 now. This means that I repeat again from the beginning collecting bitcoin, who knows in 2020 I can stop gambling

My longest was 5 months I'm not really into gambling only from time to time I can go without gambling for the whole month but as a way to entertain myself from my online and offline business I gamble 1 to 2 hours daily, it's a good way to refresh your mind as long as you only gamble what you can afford to lose.

unfortunately i have to admit that by now i am gambling addicted, the longest period i have been without playing has been two weeks and it was terrible i was constantly thinking, all day at the games, i did it only because i was short of money, my finances were really low...

i managed to take a 6 months break when my parent learn my gambling habit and warned me that they bring me to the province if i dont stop gambling since i am almost addicted that time.

luckily it was wayback when i was teenager and i managed to control my emotion and lust towards gambling,and that same time i realized that i have no future with this and start using gambling as a fun time and not that serious profit provider

Atleast you know and you know when to stop, you'll get to used of not playing it when you focus on other things. Im not a gambler addict since I know how hard it is to be addicted on something. I'm addicted in playing that even I don't have sleep and needs to be in job early still play. Thou it less risky since no money, wait I do bought skins sometimes. It's frustrating when you need to stop and not play it.

The longest time I take a break on gambling is 11 months, thats the time we take a family vacation to my partner's hometown. Its a place wherein there's no internet connection and the people are living simple, far from what we used to in the city.

Now I still gamble but im proud to say that I have self control since I know my limit and aware of the consequences if I abuse the trust of my family to me because of gambling.

^ You guys don't wait that it will eat your mine into gambling addiction, as long as possible just avoid it and just moderate to gamble and you will be fine. It takes time to cure gambling addict and sometimes this kind of illness will drag you down and lost everything. So, taking a break at any time is a sign that you are not yet gambling addiction. Let say that you can live without gambling or have a break whatever you want, you are in good health.

My longest break was 6 months almost. Its because of being busy at work. And im out of funds as well, wherein my income is not enough and only for my expenses ,reason i can't push my self to step back again   even i have enough vacant to play , it was financial crisis indeed that i experienced after playing gamble without control because of being addicted. TBH Until now i still traumatized because of that.  And i dont know why maybe I'm regretful in what i have done.  Lol lesson learned!

The longest break I can remember was two months but I always take a break when out of town, issues with money and business related issues that needs to be resolve, it's always ok to take a break and it's recommended by experts, because you will know if you are a chronic gambler or just gambling for entertainment, taking a break is a good parameters.

on what place was that ? usually vacation places have a casino and an internet hotspots includind on those places that are far away from the city or you can say that there is no casinos available but internet will always be available wherever we go as its verry important tool for comunication and doing business  but vacation should be away from the gadgets .

 it still reasonable that you cannot gamble because you are cheerising that litte time with your family and friend  .

I can't barely remember when was the last time I did have a long break because everywhere I go there are gambling games i see. But if you mean from stopping online casino maybe that was more than a year when I did visit my mother's place it was in the province. I can't barely find a place to login in a cafe but I don't like to gamble online in a public places, i prefer my room.

At work, gambling icons are installed on the monitor. The same thing, when I’m not at the monitor, there’s always a smartphone nearby. Therefore, it is very difficult to miss even 1 game day.

i have tried to conquer my lust few years ago and will see how long i can take it to deny the call of betting,and the longest i made is 7 months and after that?i am very hungry in playing that i almost gamble day and night just to satisfy my long desire.

i have realized that it is wrong to dare yourself on how long you can take it because the outcome wasnt that good afterall

One of my most extended break in gambling is taking a half a month because I take some rest and take a break for playing after I received a losing streak, in my mind, I think I need to take a break for a moment to refresh my self. It has a significant impact on me because i didn't play for a long time, and there is no update on what is happening when I'm gone.




That was good too that you have still control your decisions when you are playing and also just limiting your wages to enjoy the game. Some of us stop playing for a moment and take a break, but some of them are immediately back because of missing the enjoyment. There is a lot of reason why does a person play gambling, and some of them are just for fun and entertainment most of the time people use this too to earn more assets.

I never loved playing gambling at my spare times during my day off, it was just a waste of time and money, due to low probability of winning. We can do some enjoyable and fun things without a prescence of gambling, though strolling with friends or hanging out with your family. To reduce the risk of lossing money, gambling thing should be minimize and should be done occasionally.

It just happens in me before I’ve once addicted to gambling. I cannot control my addiction and urges to play all day long even I lose a big amount of money. The same experience the hunger to bet the game but when all of my money was lose it came on me to stop and need to have self-control to overcome the addiction on gambling. To sum up for about five months of the longest break before I decided to stop. So this year I really stop into play in gambling.

Gambling is not my habit so I do gamble if I want to gambling and it's not even done once in a week or in two week, usually only using feebitcoin for rolling and when there is free money that i can be used.
Gambling addict will always do gamble and looking for ways to gamble, nowdays there is no need to find a casino to gamble if there is an internet connection can do online gambling.

Longest I had was probably 8 months before I started playing dice again. I was busy finishing all my post-grad course works that I have had a time off in this forum and to the whole cryptoworld as well. When I came back, I felt the rush and urge to win, though this time I'm not a full-pledged degenerate and was able to control all my gambling habits. I do play casually from time to time just to feel the hype, especially in sports betting but not the same degree as before wherein I break the bank literally.

Longest I have probably gone without gambling would have to be about 1 month when we took a cruise a few years back
Of course there is casino on the cruise but I found many more activities to do instead of gamble
I did play BINGO though so if that counts as gambling then never mind lol

Well for me, if we talk these recent days it is almost 3 weeks. Because I gamble when I have extra earned from joining sig campaign but if I don't have spare money I don't also want to gamble. In short, it will depend if I have enough funds to gamble but if not I will have a break for how many months or more than that. Taking a break in gambling will give you good conditions in mind when you come back. Indeed, you deserve the right to take a break at any time.

Wow great mate Inthink that ideas are good advise for those people addect in the gambling and harder go exit how to stopped gambling addictin specially if we binding with the family we can enjoy the vactaion w to forget all the problems and greed to get win money as gambler. By the way I am a moderate gambler I play gambling every payday if have an extra money after I allocate the needs of my family selfcontrol and discipline is also the key to avoid greedy. So meaning stop every 14 days every half o the month because I'll wait my salary.

As long as you have a very strict control on how much money you are spending each week and you can adhere to it then I do not see a reason why you should stop gambling, there was a time in which I gambled regularly like twice a week, especially poker since it is my favourite gambling game, but right now I am only gambling like once a month since I am extremely busy with different projects, and the longest break I have taken is close to four years.

You can make or break any habit if you practice or don't practice it for 21 days on a streak and I tried it. And it worked for me, for a long time. Initially it was a 22 days break but then I just didn't feel like gambling anymore so it became automatically 40. After that there was a wagering contest so I promised this wagering will be my last bet, but again got hooked :D

I've gone over a year without gambling at some point. I am addicted yo predicting fixtures of matches but not on actually placing a bet on them. Every week during my break I always used to draw up my prediction and wait for the results, rueing my mistake when I score one and relieve when it fails, which happened more often than not. This made me to stick to my break the more. I now only gamble for fun, and almost always on my team.

Probably rethink your life decisions fellow member. You can live without gambling but you cannot live without money. It is important to take a break from such activities be it gambling, trading or speculating on any other market. They are risky and we all have out good and bad days. If we dont take this break then possibly the losses that we incur end up being bigger.

Gambling is there as a mode of entertainment. Dont overdo it. Although some people will argue with me here but I still think having the control in your hands and not the casino controlling you is what should be aimed for. Play responsibly not recklessly.

It's true that habits are hard to take a break from but in my case I never made it a habby to gamble.
Rather I took it as a way of earning money. I used to gamble on bustabit and before I got addicted to it, I decided to take a break from it.
The interesting part is that after that, I never got interest in doing it again and so I didn't gambled on it again.
So if that is considered as a break then that is my longest break (1.5 years and going).

This is actually a great way to stay persistent to take a break. Just keep a separate notebook and whenever you wanna gamble, just predict it without putting a bet. Sometimes you will regret when you win, but you will see, in the long run, you always lose. You will end up in loss in your notebook and promise yourself that you will gamble only when you will end up in profit in notebook (which will never happen in gambling ;)).

never had a break or maybe its enough to say 3-5 days atleast?well for me Gambling is part of my daily living though i only spend smaller amount nowadays as i can control myself from losing big and i just played for fun whenever i cannot sleep early or if i have free time daily.this is the right way to manage gambling and don tlet gambling manage us.

It is difficult to control yourself when you find yourself addicted to gambling. Regarding myself, i cannot quit gambling and always play it daily. Sometimes i do not have money to gamble and that is when i use faucets on the gambling site to enjoy the gambling. Its hard to think of a day without playing the gambling games.

I do not play gambling regularly. Sometimes during my exam i have no time for gambling while on other free days i play twice or thrice in a day. I am very inconsistent when it comes to gambling and i also cannot recall properly how much time i remained away from gambling. It can be from  3 to 5 weeks, not really sure of it.

I don't gamble much so basically there are more days that I don't gamble. Maybe for month(s) before I will gamble again. I only play for entertainment and when I don't have much to do but since I have a lot of responsibilities and work here in crypto, and even outside the internet. When it becomes a habit to you, it's harder to stop and control yourself from playing. I think you should start to practice yourself to get used to not gambling. Just like having a vacation or if not, find other things to be busy about and not to be too focused on gambling.

I have a habit to gambling just once for a week in the midst of saturday or sunday. So I have five days without gambling and I live normally. At least it has made me doesn't like a gambler who need to spend money everyday to bet.

I have my own perspective toward gambling. I look it as an entertainment only no more than that. I'll never fall to the wrong way as I think being gambler is not health. I'll spend money everyday and find money in another way just for it, I feel I will never be happy to go through it all. So, I just play gambling as needed and it won't be excessive to avoid being an addict.

But if you are addicted to gambling, a week without in the set is a little bit frustrating but for me who've never been in gambling all the time, it is gonna be fine even it reaches to 1-month break. It is all about how we manage ourselves self and to have a break in gambling it doesn't mean that we are about to quit soon but it just how to avoid being addicted to it.

Well, I consider my self far from being addicted or habitual but I usually visited the gambling sites not to put my bets but just to enhance my learning and get some updates. I don't think if it was a break but it sounds like that...cause I'd never spend money for this time.

I can say that gambling has always been part of my life already, I gamble on a regular basis and in different type of gambling.
As I stay here in the crypto space, there's a lot of gambling sites that provides entertainment to people like me so I will have to enjoy every moment so I won't be bored working online.

Well, I think I have no issue with a break in gambling, I can do a week or a month or even more, but only if I needed to.  ;D

Once after getting into gambling, it is impossible to stay away from it even for a week is truly a hard thing. Earlier when I was much into sports betting I had the control and I spend only on the games that I've good knowledge in predicting the result considering various things. Now after getting into casinos, particularly into dice I wasn't able to stay away from gambling. After experiencing big loss past one week I've stayed away from gambling. I believe this is the longest break at present.

Heavy addiction like that already circling your mindset each time you have the chance playing gambling. It's hard to control once your engagement is really far like this. It's an addiction where you will lose everything. It's difficult since whenever you have money the first thing that comes to mind is to go and gamble. Nothing can stop you but your own desire to move away. Better to have that instinct or else you'll suffered for more.

Make sure you can do it or not! :D Because once we had something is habit then its hard to resist and there will be no problem with it if you know what you are doing and where your limits lies.I am not even gambling regularly so taking a break will not problem for me.

It was happend for 2 years ago that probably can consider as the longest break when i decide to not gambling is 14 days and at that time i was sick and doctor give me an advice i have to totally rest but indeed as a gambler 10 days is similar for years because when i'm health i did gamble almost everyday

Im not really that kind of a gambler that do likes to play on all of sort.I cant even play like forever if I wanted to yet im playing occasionally

depending on my mood and in my interest.Sometimes it would last 3 to 4 months or even just last for 1 days because you wont know on when
you do get the feeling of getting bored.So its all random.

Gambling involves money and money is the most important thing to survive in this world. Now gambling also provides a way to win money without doing any work at all. Basically a person is playing games and making money from it. Though the chances of winning are low still the hope to get some is enough to lure majority of gamblers here. If played, gambling should be done with little amounts of money.

There are times that I can't avoid myself of getting addicted but I'm still thankful it did not last that long, I lost some, regret the decision and then back again. It's just my journey, I am not perfect but at least I am not that worst when it comes to controlling myself,  and any time I think of having a break, I am not having a hard time doing it.

This is really based on how anyone handle their gambling activity.

that's why in the beginning its necessary that you understand and you are matured enough so you can make the right decision every time.

to some yes but to some  no  . as long as you can eat atleast 2 times a day then money is not the most important part for you but what more important to you is that you are happy and you are enjoying simple things in life like playing a gambling but only in a moderate way  . talking a break is good but taking a long break can be depended like for example when your on a vacation or you are just busy with your personal life ( ex. on work or on your career )

The longest break in leaving gambling is about 3 months. That is because I don't have much free time to think or to play gambling. Besides that, at that time, I have been busy in real life, and I used my time to completed what I did. But yes, I also have the other longest days of break from gambling, but 3 months is the longest days I don't gamble. When I vacation, sometimes I use my time to play the dice games, but I only spend less than 30 minutes just to kill my time because of waiting for someone or waiting for my friends.

But I feel that if we can leave gambling for more than 3 months, we can also reduce our behavior in gambling and who knows, we can also prevent the addicting that will be difficult to solve.

Once you got back in gambling and you are still not discipline, you will still continue to loss and eventually get addicted.
You stopped for 3 months, that only save you 3 months of losing money but the urge inside and that lack of discipline will never be loss once you are getting addicted.

When we say a gambler has discipline, he should be able to stop anytime, but if a gambler is enjoying and he doesn't complain although he gamble on a regular basis, there is no reason for him to stop since everyone of us are looking for real happiness and gambling could be one, although a lot of people might not agree with me.

There is a difference between hobby and habit. I treat gambling as a hobby. I gamble when I am not doing anything that keeps me busy and focused. When I am not busy, which is the case for the past several weeks, I may spend time rolling the dice or analyzing my sports bets or spend time with friends playing card games. I also go to cockfighting but mostly only when invited. I have had gambling breaks which take months, especially when I am into field works.

Probably only about a month or two. I can't tell it for sure because I gamble in a lot of places from esports betting to dice. The biggest temptation for me is a big event in CSGO. There are about 2 or 3 big events in a month on average. I can't resist to make a deposit and start placing bets for those tournaments. Doesn't matter if I make profit or loss, I usually withdraw the rest of my balance after the tourney is finished.

The longest break I've had was over a year, I have 12 hours of work I have a hard time going online because of time limitation, it's not so hard for me actually, because gambling is only past time and I only bet a small amount, I can leave gambling and I can go back if I like to come back anytime.

Gambling is like an any other bad habit such as smoking, is easy for someone to quit, it's hard for others who quit, then start again, quit again... Someone can quit gamble for the whole remaining life and therefore it is unlikely to be found him on the forum. My longest period was 1 day.

Due the addictive nature just like cigarette addiction.. people would become anxious when they stop doing that.

Even when you have no money in your pocket you'll force yourself to push the limit even borrowing money here and there , that moment is the starting point your life gonna be fucked up for sure.
Not sure if people could really avoid the gambling addiction by taking some breaks, it's proven didn't work out unless if you have some replacement of your gambling habit which it takes long time to realize it all.

It is good that you are flexible enough and not rigid or addicted that you cannot leave the gambling easily . This will help you to quit anytime whenever it is needed and take a long break as well if the need be and stay away  from it .

There's really people who can manage to balance things, this types of gamblers are always in the positive side of this activities. Whatever happens
it's easy for them to stop and forget for a while and manage to continue life without playing for the long time. It's safe to anyone since it can avoid
you to become addicted and stress yourself everyday in thinking of gambling from time to time.

I stayed away from gambling for years

I guess the last time I gambled big was in early 2015, then I switched to active trading, which was just another form of gambling for me back in the day. These days I don't trade so much, partly because I don't overtrade (as was the case before) and partly because the market is no longer as wild and stormy as it was in 2015 through 2018. So now I can allow myself to gamble a little here and there testing different gambling strategies (mostly varieties of martingale) but not in a big way

You mean you closed the account(block?) or locked it with some sort of time lock?
I'd really like to see some secure crypto/bank accounts having timelock feature to prevent those going through addiction from spending all their money in a day. I guess the feature already exist but it's not that popular.


Nice one.
When we suppress most kinds of addiction for sometimes, they just fade away gradually and eventually disappear
Am not sure though if everyone has your kind of will power. Those kind of people could even try stopping gradually in a space one month until they quit completely

short time only and its normal for me to rest for a weeks or month ,mostly if i am too busy in life or if consecutive losing happens lol

for me gambling is really part of our life ,most specially us who's active online.the call of having fun is always there because we have vacant time from work or before sleeping at night,and even if we dont?finding time is really indeed for each of us lol.

It all depends on the person and the situation;
When I get it is hard to take a break from gambling,
then rarely who can stop, if they have a profit, only if they get big money.
The longest break I made was 6 months, at that time I was disappointed with the losses.

what would be the reason of that others who can quit forever?

i dont think theres such player or gambler that can totally leave the table like that,because most of us find this as fun place and why need for quitting?

anyway we have our own ways of treating this area and i truly believe that you are a gambler as you cant skip a day without playing.

one of the reason would be the negative impact gambling made on their lives.
there are such players/gamblers who can leave gambling with ease and never look back again. those gamblers are the casual gamblers(I am one of them).
although it is entertaining and sometimes fun to gamble if it starts affecting your life in a negative way. quitting is the best way to do.

Actually there is but the reason would be not appealing for us to see where people do only quit when they already messed up their lives or shall we
say they f*cked up their finances before they do stop gambling completely. Addiction is really hard to stop but we should really be that discipline
to avoid such situation.Gambling is for entertainment and yes, anyone cant easily leave up the table but as a gambler we should really have
that kind of line where you do "call it a day".

That reason itself doesn't stop gambling addicts from continuing with their self-destructive behaviors

So it necessarily is not the key reason why it stops people from turning into gambling addicts. In simple terms, it is merely an instance of rationalization, i.e. a process of constructing a seemingly good or logical explanation that we come up with, the one that let us stick to a conscious decision of not going on with playing

More likely, we just feel deep inside that we no longer obtain pleasure from this activity, and it becomes for us a waste of time (and money). On the other hand, gambling addicts, or just addicts in general, don't feel that way, and that's the primary reason why they cannot be reasoned with (pardon the pun). They just feel the urge to continue

Not totally a break though I just put a stop onto it. I don't think that I will be going back to my habit way back then. Well, I just play in park but not with an intention of having a profit anymore I just play for entertainment only. It was just like a sudden feeling like I don't feel the energy within myself, the excitement that I once have whenever I want to play gambling that's why I stopped. Change the things that I once used to.

This is unrealistic, an addicted gambler will never be able to leave gambling for 3 months, unless he's dead, they can't resist it, and even leaving it for a day is impossible because their body is aching for it every single day, it's like a part of their body which they can't ignore for too long. But if we're going to consider it true, 3 months might help an addicted gambler to minimize his addiction, but it will all go in vain once he return to gambling, addiction will still be there.


I agree to this, it is all depends on a person if he really wants to quit gambling, no matter how addicted he is, it doesn't matter if his resolved is much stronger than it, he could quit anytime he want and he will not be addicted on gambling in the first place.

But the topic is about the longest break you have on not gambling. You just stated that you have clients and classmates who made their way to play gambling. Your statement is very far from the topic, and you said that they are ready to play even in their place. You spoke about their cleverness about gambling.

I, the longest break I had on, is about three years of not gambling. I just did a private business of my own, family, and my investments. Gambling is about taking a risk, and it is not a 100% win-win. So I just did a break about not gambling to take a rest and enjoy my money to something else.


I like playing tong-its, but if it's my time to take a rest about playing, I will not play as long as I can. There's always a time where you will get tired of gambling. That's for sure, I guarantee you.

Honestly, my longest break in gambling is a month or a year because i only gamble when my friends just invited me to go with them at the casino or play with them through online gambling sites. It is pretty fine for me not to gamble for a while because i only gamble just for fun and entertainment, that is why i only gamble if someone just invited me to play or i am available.

What you refer to here is called a withdrawal syndrome

In fact, this urge can be overcome with the help of certain drugs like sedatives or nootropics (think NZT-48 here) or external assistance and support (not even speaking of forced deprivation). But as you correctly point out later in your post, it is not possible for a gambling addict to get rid of his addiction on his own unless he goes through a sort of catharsis after which he becomes a different person inside, now immune to this addiction (and probably to any other addiction as well)


This is called a relapse

that is sounds like a contradiction for me hehe

you said addiction is really hard to stop and then next suddenly say gambling is for entertainment only , let's say you start to gamble as you treat it as a way to entertain yourself just like any other hobbies you have.
at that moment don't you think you are at risk being addicted to gamble? even it was just for entertainment purpose only, gambling is gambling where the addiction in it very often makes people frustrated nearly madness.

take a break and try to leave gambling forever during the break is not a bad idea at all as an approach, you have tried at least.

Probably a couple of weeks when I've been on vacation over the years. While I do enjoy gambling a lot and I tend to gamble every week normally after work, I typically just gamble because I don't have much better to do and I'd much rather be doing something else than gamble if I'm given the opportunity. There's also been times where I've stopped gambling because of somewhat large losses, though those losses have been reasonable and I wasn't ever risking money I needed for vital daily expenses.

I experience this many times, and sometimes I can stop, sometimes I can't.

Though I am not gambling the money for the food or the basic needs but still it would hurt us gambler if we loss a big money since we are not gambling to lose, we do it with positive thinking that we could somehow bag a big win, but since this is gambling, we really can't ascertain our win here, so always be realistic with whatever happen especially when losing.

I am still trying to discipline after I break for 3 months, I only playing gambling if I really want and I don't see I got a problem so far. I guess that it depends on the gamblers act with the gambling itself. If he doesn't want to get addicting, then he needs to maintain his discipline, so he doesn't attract to the gambling.

I see that many of us don't have a break in gambling, and many of them still playing gambling. I see that the gambler can control themselves in gambling, so maybe yes, they don't need to stop playing gambling because they can prevent the addicting. But in out there, many gambling cannot resist their mind to stay at gambling. And besides that, they don't take a break for a while from gambling. That will be dangerous to them because they can lose everything at any time.

If I am an addicted gambler and I want to be realistic about what am I doing, that would be quitting gambling for good, because repeating that same mistake, which is playing and playing gambling over and over again is the thing that you should throw away in order to do that, being realistic. You have to be more responsible and look at the bigger picture for you to realize that gambling is not worth it if you are not winning,

I know that there are lots of people who are winning a lot in gambling and they are such an inspiration to us, but we must know that we are not them, we can't do everything that other people does.

After my last time of playing, a several of months ago I stop playing gambling well, it becomes a lesson for me I got little addicted in playing gambling games online at first just for fun but eventually it will get severe, so I proved that even a gambler from the start treat gambling as entertainment can get addicted when the time goes by without realizing it and yea its hard to stop from playing specially if gets addicted. Well, thankfully, it's been months, maybe six months I'm not playing, and I guess I can extend it more.

Exactly, while it is obvious we like gambling since we are here there are many other activities that can be very entertaining and that don't cause addiction and can be even good for you, reading a book, playing a musical instrument, watching a documentary on TV, play some video games or just having a nice conversation with another person, there are many activities out there that you can do that will cost you no money and that are really fun, you just have to change your attitude towards gambling.

I'm not a heavy gambler so in my case I can bare months of not gambling because I only do it when i'm bored or got nothing else to do just to have fun and also sometimes to relieve stress. Gambling is easy to leave if you are not addicted but if you are already addicted then that's when you can't leave right away, so it is very important to control yourself for you to stay out of gambling if needed.

there is only few i this forum that has that Gambling attitude,i have a friend that does not like to gamble but when he learned about crytocurrency and find the casino's here?now he is a regular gambler that gambles almost daily.

and same reason for you to say the easiness of leaving gambling but for all of us?no its not and really very Hard.

Because the truth is not all gamblers are responsible and matured, there are people who struggles because they can't control their emotion.
It's normal to see people who are suffering because of gambling but we don't hope that way, and this kind of problem leads to some country of banning gambling as they can't find any way to stop the irresponsible from gambling, like in China, gambling is ban.

As for me, I can say no anytime because my life does not only rotate in gambling and I only spend a little hours in gambling.

I can't stay away from gambling. My life now depends on gambling. Night or day I always play gambling. I asked for advice so that I could live to stay away from gambling.Because I have lost some of my loved ones starting from my wife who left me and my children have also left me.

That's very unfortunate experience on your behalf. But did you followed those advises that were given to you? it's a sad fate you've got there and made you lost your life because you can't control yourself.

Start learning to control yourself so that the most important things on your life won't be gone because of it. I really feel sorry about it and thank you that you have shared it here. Have you asked for a professional help like a psychiatrist and psychologist?

Well if that's the case bro you lose someone that important to you then you should or this is the time that think over and over if you should continue playing gambling well there's only two result, first if you stop and prevent yourself from playing then there will be a new chance for you to fix your life and bring back the persons that important to you and start a fresh new start, second if you keep on playing because of addiction as deeper and deeper like a deep-sea more likely maybe it's will become too late for you to get on top of that see and you will only feel and see the darkness and eventually become lonely for your whole life. I'm not scaring you, man, but it's the reality, I know it's hard to stop then if you can't stop by yourself then find someone that could truly help you and a reason to stop which is your family.

I think it was almost about 6-7 Months since I last gamble .
And I think this is the longest so far last time was just about a couple of months but I would try to resist gambling for a year or even quit on it and never come back again.

If you have really decided to leave gambling or actually done it, you have done a big favor to yourself and your money. Even if the whole intention of a gambler player is to have fun and entertainment. Still he goes addict with time because the excitement and thrill that gambling offers is hard to shake off. As a human, we want to experience that again and again. If you can’t control yourself, best is to stay away.

if he did not listen to those people near him personally then how can a random posters like us will be his pick?no he is the only one who can help himself as nothing we can do but post here,but the decision is from him for sure.
he can win them back if he wants to because the wife and children is only looking for him to be progressive and provider and not this kind of attitude in which pure gambling and i am sure the family is starving because of this stupidity.

Maybe it's about 1-2 months I break from gambling. I don't feel it's too hard to take a break from gambling for a while because I don't addict to gambling, so, at that time, I can quickly leave gambling for some time. But after that, I come back to gambling, but not every week because I want to prevent myself from using my time for gambling only. And when I get a vacation, I don't touch my laptop or browse the internet because that will makes me cannot enjoy my holiday.

Good that you aren't addicted that high to go out of control. Myself have tried several times, but the loss I experience everytime makes me try to recover it back. After a long realized the loss that I have experienced is big, and by that time I need to decide whether I should continue or not. In that situation I gave promise to my girlfriend, and stopped gambling for about a month and further with her permission started to gamble with a fund provided by her. Beyond that I can't proceed which is the rule provided for me by her.

for what particular reason that you wanted to quit gambling?since its clear that you cana void playing for months?

while i respect you decision yet i find you responsible gambler in which very rare now,so quitting was not necessary because this can be a place for fun and not just for money.

Being busy at work, I didn't play gambling for a long time. It takes almost 20 days because of the hectic schedule I need to sacrifice my hobbies just for financial problem and also to earn more money for my needs to survive in this world or this kind of society. Still, my friends always bring cards just for playing blackjack just for fun, and also, if we want some thrill, we are adding money for making the game more intense.


If you are already playing gambling, and this is part of your daily routine, I think still satisfy your self just for playing for a while because sometimes it causes some distraction. If you change your hobbies immediately may affect you mentally and attracts you more to craving to play more games.

I always observed my break in gambling or soccer betting at the end of all european league that is towards the middle of may annually being an ardent soccer lover I have interest in prediction of soccer games especially EPL where I can easily predict some games although I am not a gambling addict even as an habit because I am always cautious of my stakes.

It is all about letting yourself breath some fresh air, I mean don't stay in just one place that stinks that what's made your love once left you, take your time to have a break, think about what you should prioritize in life, and that is your family, always listen to them because they know what is the best for you, I bet they've told you a lot of times that they are going to leave you if you don't quit gambling and in your case, it looks like you've chosen gambling over your family, that was a very bad decision for you.

However, you could always change things if you want to, you could win them back more than you wanted to win back your profits in gambling, your family is your investment, because gambling won't be there for you to take care of you when you're sick, when you're old, but your family will, so apologize to them and let them see that you are sincere on winning them back by quitting gambling totally this time.

It has been a while since I have been away from any sort of gambling or trading for that matter. I generally put my money on G-table on weekends and live a serviceman life on weekdays. So I suppose the longest break I have taken would be about 20 days when I was away for a vacation in northern hills of Europe.

I think my longest break in gambling is 3 months because I have been busy by that time from my work and my family, but it didn't bothers me when I'm not playing gambling for a while because I don't consider gambling as a habit, I only consider gambling as a leisure time or for entertainment. I think it is a bad if you consider gambling as a habit because you could lose all of your assets or you could get bankrupt when you get addicted to it.

You have a point with that but sometimes these people listen to random people on internet if it's really extreme on their part. And it has not been answered yet if he followed to those people that advised him before.

The solution could be him leaving gambling for real but it's up to him on how he can show his willingness in front of his children and wife.

it's difficult if you are addicted to gambling, in my view so that you can take a break from gambling must change the gambling habit by way of vacation, traveling, doing sports, playing games or trading.

It must be difficult in the beginning but if we start to be happy with our new game, then gambling will disappear by itself.

If you can manage to do it would be amazing thing as many could not resist and come back again in gambling and play it . If you have control then it is fine to gamble but if you cannot control then you might end up losing lot of things in your life which you will regret later .

Yes, there are types of people who actually listen to some stranger and absorb their advice, those people sometimes have a psychological disorder where they prefer to listen to other people than those people near them.

That's his only choice if he did not want to lose even his wife and children.
He should accept the fact that gambling is not really for him.

I started gambling at 18 & to be honest I don’t think I’ve had a single month since then where I haven’t placed at least one bet. The longest without gambling is during various 2 week holiday breaks & that’s it.

I am not fully into gambling. I gamble every now and then but with very moderate amounts. I play dice and place bets but not regularly as well. But I guess it does not take more than a month in between gambling sessions. It might take one or two weeks sometimes.

When I gamble and try to take a break from gambling, it's hard to leave because all I think about is pursuing profit and profit. I was only able to stop when there were urgent things like site maintenance, family events and that's when I stopped forced.


Right dude, it seems like he is already at a very high level of gambling addiction, if it continues then it will have a negative impact on him and those closest to him. There have been many bad things in my region that have arisen from gambling addictions, from theft, divorce, murder, it has all been caused by those who sought capital to gamble.

well I hope also that he is able to find good people who can guide him to the right path and leave gambling.

I managed to break from gambling sites for more than 1 year. That happened from the beginning of 2017 until mid-2018. Because I had other activities and I also participated in many bounty projects at that time. So there is no time at all to play gambling. Then I started to be very active and now I try to be able to wd every month from the gambling site that I join

I have also break from gambling for the past year, even though I have been gambling for a long time. but I gambled due to knowing bitcoin, gambling using bitcoin was very fun, I break because Directbet was closed. but on the other hand, I like to break from gambling, because I can be more effective at doing something more positive than just gambling.

My longest break was 4 years, from 2004 until 2008.

In 2004 i lost decent amount of money in short period of time. I was on a winning streak for something like 2 weeks, i simply couldn't miss anything. As i was winning more money, my bets were increasing. Things escalated quickly, eventually i ran out of luck and i lost everything i won up until then, and shit load more of my own money,and that thought me valuable lesson. Never again i gambled big amounts, now i just play it casually.

Sports betting is skill based gambling. Even if you were an addict to it or played this a lot, there is nothing wrong. As you are a big fan of soccer and hold a sound knowledge regarding teams, you can easily predict the outcomes of matches. With this, you can win bets too. Still if you are not involved in risking big money, it is appreciated. Make bets for fun purpose only. This is the right way to gamble.

That's a luck trap. :o If feel what things were running on your mind after losing everything,you may have end up with profits if you stopped at the right time but that is not in our hand.But how did you get back into gambling after four years?

Basically I don't mind if I had taken a break or not from gambling since I don't really make it as a habit. Maybe 5-10 days break from gambling, that is if I have no extra money for it. Since gambling is not my priority, I somehow managed to take a break from it every now and then.

Maybe he was just searching for fun, and he decided why not to gamble again since it is the best thing for him to be entertained while earning money (if he wins). Just like what I've been discussed on the other thread that is somehow related to this topic, gambling addiction is a part of your body, if you leave it, your body would react on this and your brain will tell you that you have to gamble again to complete the missing piece in your life

And that is how most of gambling addicts do when they taught they could leave gambling forever, but sadly they cannot.

Its really been hard to take a break out from gambling especially if you are embedded in this habit. In my case, I've never been so much attach in gambling so its never been hard for me to take a break besides, I never used casino games to earn money but rather just a plain entertainment but if I win that would be a bonus I'd say. Anyway, if I had this habit probably I will take a longer brake if I totally lose all of my bankroll.

If he did that for fun earlier then he may not worry about his losses in the first place so the things are different from playing for fun, I did ask out of curiosity how the things happened again,maybe his friends forced to do or he just wanted to feel that pleasure again after such a long wait.

I can even go for a year if I want to, gambling is not my life it's a past time and my longest time I was away in gambling if I can remember was 7 months, this is when we have a lot of work in the office and I don't have much time gambling, I tried gambling after works but after that 2 hours I cannot sleep anymore, because of the excitement brought and feel dizzy when I get up to work.

I remember that my longest break from gambling is 2 months. I don't gamble at that time because I was too busy with my real life, so I don't even think about gambling. After that 2 months, I tried to gamble as usual, but I feel that I cannot get the excitement after that break. But I think that it is normal because I don't touch gambling at all.

Don't wait up for that scenario where you would lose all of your bankroll or shall we say you lost a big amount that you cant accept yet this would only push you
to the verge of chasing up your losses where you would end up playing as long you do have funds to play.

Taking a break is a must if you do find out that you are already spending too much money.Its better to stop early before its too late.

My longest break in gambling is certainly 3 months. It happens because I was busy in doing my thesis at that time and I'm also doing various translations that must be submitted within the given deadline otherwise that job would be given to others. It's too difficult to manage gambling when you're busy.

In the past, I was very addicted to gambling, in particular poker and Omaha, I also liked blackjack, as a rule it all happened offline, but on a regular basis.
It lasted quite a while, but then it bored me, I found a new activity that completely consumed me, it was mining.
As a result, I also abandoned mining. Nevertheless, my interval between gambling is about 5 years.  :D

That's right! It is very hard to take a break in gambling especially if this is the one you always want to do as well as this is the one that makes you smile and looks fun.
But in my case I have been take a break in gambling for almost 1 year because my family suffer from a heavy losses in which we able to sell our house and some business in order to sustain our everyday live needs. This happen when my sister got died from a cancer in which all of the payment that I've been get into my job I give it to them and there is no money behind me that makes me play and gamble. That's would be the biggest break for me in gambling.

That is, actually when someone becomes a gambling addict it will indeed be difficult to leave gambling, but when we have busyness or other work in daily life then at least the rush or work will make it easy for us to leave gambling. In this case I also did a long break, the first about 3 years of rest because I was already an offline gambling addict at the time and during the long break I was just filling in time for a job that was hard to get back to betting on, and for the second time I take a long break from online gambling for at least 2 years, and I still use the same methods as keeping myself busy doing other activities of gambling or rather to be more active in social activities.

lol gamblers will always find ways to gamble hahaha.

i think you are occasional gambler that can handle the lust of betting that's why you can take a year of breaking off.


but wanting to gamble all the time means you are addicted and that is the hardest part of being gambler and those people around you.since you are uncontrollable and cannot be stopped by all means

This means that you are now committed to never entering a gambling site again.If it's really good and make your life much better, go ahead.
Because I understand very well how difficult it is for someone to stop playing on a gambling site. Even though he has often won or lost.Have you had the chance to win a large amount during your gambling?

This is really a long period of time if you can stay away for so long then definitely you have a good control on yourself. If one can easily quit and play then you all have very good self discipline and anything you do in life if in controlled manner .

Actually just it's not hard to quit on gambling if you are committed to something or have a will to stop this addictive tantrums and I actually than that since before I used to bet everyday on my favorite teams on sports book and I manage to leave that for almost a year without betting on those but actually I'm broke those streak this month since the basketball is getting more exciting and been betting on some good teams this days  ;D.

Nope, I don't think so


Exactly, this is what I'm saying since the beginning. Pleasure is what makes everything more fun in gambling, it is enough to fuel up your engines in playing your favorite game and makes everything explodes in the end by you losing your money again. We often mistakes things that is why we don't calculates well the steps that we are going to do in order to limit our losses in the long run.

Suppressing's addiction will just make addiction worst, you're going to be thirsty about it, instead to cure your addiction, don't stop playing gambling until you make yourself tired by losing over and over again, though this is a very risky move.

I gambling in 2017 for almost a year and just like a normal gambler it is really addicting especially if you are winning so I think I just keep on playing because of the profit that I getting.
2017-2018 I play gambling and then have a rest until today because of the bitcoin market price that dumps in the past years I started to convert my bitcoin and don't gamble until today. I just think that gambling was not worth anymore because you could lose your money and the profit that I earn in the past years was not easy to earn today so I rather convert it to money than to use the bitcoin in gambling.

So you didn't gamble ever since 2018 end? That's actually fabulous buddy! I have studied a fact that if you don't practice a habit for 21 days straight, you automatically leave that habit. So, I'm sure you are not addicted to it anymore even if you psychologically think you have just taken a break. Will plead to you not to go into gambling again as it will be easier for you now :)

I've known a few of those kind of people and we don't know what he is up to but hopefully he's listening to a few of us or even if it's not us, as long as someone is suggesting a good advise for him.

He already lost them base on what he said, he have to win them back and there are many things that he can do. Another suggestion would be following the title of this thread.

Good choice! Its much worthy to convert those btc into fiat money and make use into more important things rather than completely waste it up on playing gambling.
We should play if we do have extra funds for us to use but if those money are compromised ones or intended to be used on other purposes then it isnt wise to spend it up.
Good thing that you have able to realize on what are the things which should be focused on and you've completely able to take a break with that spending habit.

One of the problems with gambling addiction is that the affected person not only does not believe he is not addicted to gambling but for the rest of the people around him that person may not seem to be sick at all so a lot more time can pass between the moment he gets addicted and the point in which his family may try to do something about it, and if enough time passes then leaving that addiction behind will be very challenging and it may turn out to be impossible for some.

i think for almost 6 month i stop gambling after the bitcoin market price go up in 2017 after that the bitcoin price goes down and then suddenly I quit gambling for almost 6 months because the bitcoin price was really frustrating for me and i lost a 400$ investment in bitcoin because of the dump in the market price so I decide not to bet my bitcoin and spend it to a passive income.
After that the do gambling with just a small amount and trying to win in a different games on a lot of websites. I think always winning and wanting to win every time makes you addicted to gambling as all we want is to earn a profit.

I am not that addicted to gambling, I just play whenever I want, sometimes when I am in the mood I can play twice or thrice in a month, sometimes I don't play when I feel unlucky. Since I am not feeling lucky more so I don't play much gambling although I really enjoy it but I know how to manage my loses. I can say that, I always have a break when it comes to gambling.

Since I once big loss, I did not often gamble because my financial condition was not good. I have no funds to gamble, so I gamble only occasionally when there is cold money, it I can also  control, when the game is uncomfortable, I usually stop and continue on the other day. I quit a week and played 2-3 days, then I break again a week and gamble again and continued like that. It's better than gambling every day.

After becoming an addict, no doubt one cannot easily control his habit to gamble money regularly. Moreover, it is also very easy to develop the habit of playing this game. Money is a big factor behind its addiction. Good for you if you are not to much involved into this game. You are well aware of the consequences. As log as the gambler plays in limits, he wont just stay safe but enjoy the game in real sense.

It is not all about the money, it includes also the way of earning it, most of the people compare earnings in gambling in earning we do have in an actual job or businesses. We all wanted to earn easy money but the thing is, other people want gambling, it is legit an easy way or earning money but losing money in there is more easy, risky but worth the risk for those who are lucky enough to pull their game in their lives.

wow, 2 to 3 times in a month, I think I cannot do that man, gambling for me is like part of my daily life already and since i can access it easily, I can easily be tempted to play. If you have some BTC or ETH in your wallet and you like to have fun a bit, you can do it by instantly transferring your coins to a certain gambling site, I don't spend much, just enough to have fun but I don't expect too much as to win as sometimes that will lead me to more loses.

I think  it takes half a year is my longest break in gambling because I focused to my personal things in my life then last month I try to gamble again and I feel strange because there's a lot change, and i notice the value of crypto is increase much more. that's why I become interested again to it not only to gambling site but to gain more profit through crypto that I want to hold.

Currently, I'm been out of gambling for than a month, I'm not sure though if this is the longest so far. Although is really tough on my end fighting the 'demon' inside of me.  :). The reason that makes me go away with gambling as of the moment is that I don't have money to lose, simply as that. So if the itch comes to my mind, I can simply fight it by saying that I don't have the money and I can't afford it to lose.

I see you have good control for yourself, so you don't gamble every day, and you can hold yourself to playing gambling. Yes, we should control ourselves and treat gambling as a way to have fun, but we need to know that we cannot play gambling every day if we don't have money to be used in gambling. If we have another thing to do in every day, I think we can prevent ourselves from playing gambling because our day will be busy to do that thing and we will never think about gambling if we don't have free time.

Very true it is hard to take a break from gambling. In my case a day or two to the most I can say I did not play. Otherwise I have been playing regularly. It is hard to resist a gambling now days. It is so easy to play this game on any device.

It is indeed very easy to gamble nowadays. You can even gamble in the comfort of your home using mobile or a personal computer through online gambling. You can even gamble as low as $.50 or even lower from the other betting ang gambling websites. So might as well I say It's really hard to resist gambling, specially if you found yourself bored.
But there were two types of gamblers that I know. The one who gambles for fun, and the other is gambling to earn profit.

The availability of playing gambling, Makes people play easier that contributes to the factor that they can't resist playing gambling. Unlike on the physical casino that is a mere hassle cause you need preparation before you go there and play. Sitting home and finding a very comfortable environment is one of the variables that droves us to play even more and making us struggle with not playing gambling.

That's enough reason to keep away from this habit, without funds to use will continue to let you out from any gambling activities. Keep in mind that every penny you have needs to be used to a much important things from that point you'll be able to make decisions that will keep you safe.

I'm currently on a break right now and it has been my break since November of last year I think or September.

TBH, I totally stopped gambling anymore because of lack of funds and at the same time my priorities and expenses is one of them. Gambling is not my priority ever since and even when I started gambling, I only spend at most 10$ in one gambling game (sports betting).

There are some gamblers here where "gambling break" is not on their vocabulary. What I mean is they don't have a gambling break. As long as they have money, they will gamble and gamble and gamble :D.

21 days philosophy have been very much in the trends as have attended various conference and seminar and this thing is recommended by many of them. Also, those who have left in 2018 itself then they have the will power to stop whenever they wish too and due to self-discipline only this could be possible.

The longest break I had was only 9 months,

I had my personal reason that time and I highly focused myself only with my work and nothing more. At first I feel uneasy since I suddenly stoped gambling, it is my habit before but since I have decided to stop I take a long break from gambling.

Right now, I am back again with my ol md hobby...

Before crypto, I had long breaks from gambling. I am in crypto more than 5 years, and in that time the longest break is maybe a week, if not less. Possibility to gamble from home, with mobile phone from anywhere, suits me, because my free time is here on the computer or on job on my mobile phone, and sometimes I use that free time for gambling among other things.
But I don't gamble with huge amounts all the time, I play poker on micro stakes table, or free tournaments, sometimes I play dices with some little bankroll just for fun, or any other game.

It will be hard if you are already addicted to gambling because as you said it becomes a habit already. Getting out of gambling addiction is very hard you may need professional help or rehabilitation to ensure that you will not gamble anymore because if you will just say you'd stop on your own but we know temptations are everywhere if you are not that willing to really stop then you can't stop. Personally, the longest for me is like years, I don't gambling much and I only gamble when bored and sometimes I forget it for months or even years.

Inmy first day of not do gambling its really hard to stop and it make feel regret to not continue because there something inside me to take advantage of a situation even I won a  enough amount through it. It take years before I decide to come back and play again but now I do gambling only for fun unlike before that I make it as hobby thats why I become addicted to it.

It is difficult at first particularly when gambling is your habit, you can't easily retain yourself but as long as you are determined to discontinue gambling the you will find a way to manage yourself. It usually takes time and effort to learn self-discipline in order to get a hold of yourself from playing. I'm not a compulsive gambler but I know someone who set himself a limitation on gambling for about 8 months, he told me that it wasn't easy especially when you are surrounded by people who gambles often. He keep himself away from them and went on a vacation to feel relax and do various of things that can make him entertained other than gambling like reading books and watching movies. It went well because he can finally stop himself from playing whenever he want, making him realize how it affects his health and his financial status makes a positive impact on his process of getting better.

For me I have gone 60 days without gambling and am still counting. Although it's not an easy thing but what has helped me is that I simply take my off it , anytime the thought of gambling pops up, I don't give a second chance. I simply bury it from inception.

Your fate would really depend on what would be your actions and if you do let gambling addiction control you then you do know the consequences.
People who are addicted would only have 2 ways neither they would go to the recovery path or on self wreckage.It isnt really easy even i dont have experience
on actual situation even how hard you do advise those people if they arent serious on quitting or stopping then they wouldnt stop at all or simply its useless.
Of course gambling can affect everything from financial to social aspects.

If we coult online gambling, I'd say 1.5 years. After some losses that at the time seemed like overdoing it, I took a long break and just sat back wathcing crypto prices.

Other than that, in my coutnry it's pretty frequent that you gamble tiny amounts in social functions, which I'll admit I've been doing frequently but thankfully it hasn't been driving any urge for  me to gamble more.  :D

My longest one was 3 months and that was 2 years ago when i really lost big on that day because of gambling and i want to quit gambling since that day, but it's really hard to do. You just can't quit, and that's why i'm back afther that 3 months, continue gambling until now. Tbh it's really hard to not gambling after years of gambling.

We could stop from gambling if we have discipline and eagerness on not doing it. Good thing you are not into gambling already. It’s good you are not addicted, so in me it's more than one year I'm not into gambling. Furthermore without gambling it can save us money and time.

you should have used as chances to escape that Big losing you mentioned mate but instead of doing that you missed losing again lol.
maybe you are waiting for more losses ?for you to understand that gambling if you cannot control will Take everything from you.

That's a good strategy at least you know when to stop. I have almost reached a situation wherein I couldn't take the gambling out of my life. I have been allocating a large portion of my salary for gambling until I have noticed that I'm not gaining a good profit anymore. I almost lost most of my assets so I decided to take a break for over a year.
From then I realized that gambling can't ruin our lives but it is us who get addicted to it.

Once I was able to take break from gambling for years because at those times I had moved to my hometown where high-speed Internet was not available at those times. Out of my busy life with my family and friends, I had totally forget about gambling and honestly I did not feel any instinct to push myself to gamble.

I just counted that break had lasted for more than seven months and honestly when you are busy with your routine life then you can easily stay away from any addictions including gambling addiction. I was slightly addicted gambler because I do gamble regularly before that break but now I gamble only if my friends invite and I am able to choose when to gamble and when to stay away regardless of my friend's invite.

It is actually healthy to take breaks all the time, for example even if you are an addict and you decided to force yourself to bet only once every 2-3 days, that would actually lower your addiction as well. The longer breaks you can manage to make would equal to actually stopping slowly.

For example, I used to gamble a lot, nowadays I do not gamble unless I really find something interesting to gamble on. I can go without gambling for months (happened before) and wouldn't even consider gambling an option during that period.

However, if you can gamble responsibly and you can do it without ruining your finance or whatever, once every 2-3 days with small amounts is actually a god amount of break. People think that gambling with intervals is still gambling but there is a huge difference of being capable of stopping yourself whenever you have to and gambling all the time whenever you get the chance.

I have a longest break on gambling since 2018 until now I never go back on gambling because  the effects of gambling for me is very hard I've been addicted on gambling in many years I lose a lot of money so the bad effects of gambling is in my mind I never forget it until now.

So you already have the experience of being addicted before? That is good for you because you can break from gambling, and I hope that you can hold yourself from gambling. I think you have control now for yourself because you already have those experiences, so you know to deal with gambling and not getting addicted again. But it is better for you to stay away from gambling because the effect will not be the same as before and it might get worse than before.

My longest was 2 sweet years. When I focused on my business, but I got back from gambling november 2019 and I spent some of my earnings weekly to enjoy myself and let some stress go out by gambling. Gambling is a fun stress reliever only if you know how to control yourself because gambling can easily destroy your life too.

The longest break I have for not gambling is 1 year and 6 months, precisely when I accompany my mother to physical therapy (due to stroke disease). at that time I thought of stopping gambling for a while because I was an only child and my father did not have time to accompany my mother to physical therapy. 

That is a long time for you not to gambling. I think you don't have to back to gambling and better to save the money for yourself or help your mother so you can distract your mind from coming back into gambling. From your story, you can avoid gambling because you can think which is the important thing that you should do, and you can select to do that thing than to just playing gambling. If we can do another thing besides playing gambling, that means we can have control for ourselves, and we can avoid playing gambling.

It is already about 7 months now since the last time I gamble,
I have been busy for awhile I didn't have enough time to gamble and I think it was for the better since I could save some money.
I hope to continue it and stay away from gambling for good.

Good for you, as it's really help you to save your fund instead of using it as bankroll   you can divert it to much better places of investment.
Managing your gamble activities will take a tough decision once you are already attached to this business, people got engaged and hard to
resist when everything inside your mindset is all about gambling.

Maybe a week or a month. It is depends on the money i earn and my tine.
If i have spare money to gamble then i will play but if i don't have then i will wait until my next income.

Few months that is longest break that I can do , and that's the time I decided to stop because I spend more money including my savings.
But stopping gambling is not answer to me because all I need is to control and limit my self by using my money.

I believe to the player who cannot play gambling for almost few years upto this now because that is not easy to achieve.

My longest break in gambling is probably 1-2 months when i usually busy from work, and sometimes i don't feel playing in gambling sites or at the casino because i feel i won't win or don't have any luck on that day in gambling, that is why i rather choose to take a break and rest for a while.

9 months is a long time! How did you not manage to leave it totally lol? It's understandable if it was just your hobby and not permanent type of addictions as those are really hard to get rid of haha.

9 months ONLY?? I assume that you are gambling most of the time because you said only on a time that is quite a long time already :D.

Anyway, if it is your hobby already and as long as you are not affecting other people while you are gambling then it is still ok. Just gamble with moderation. I assume that you are a rich gambler so you might change your name from "DabsPoorVersion" to "DabsRichVersion". :D Kidding.

I haven't gamble for a long time already because of my priorities like my expenses here and the things that I like to buy too.

Im just curious how much do you earn in gambling in a daily basis ?
Because in my perspective people get addicted in gambling when they always win. Im not into gambling that much i sometimes play from time to time but i can control myself whether winning or losing streak and whenever i play its only in sports betting because the odds of winning are higher because there's logic behind it not unlike dice game.

That's not a good question, I don't know why people expect that gamblers earn on a daily basis, we need to cut that false belief, even the gambling sites which has the advantage does not earn on a daily basis, how much more the gamblers who are just betting on luck.

There are gamblers who are successful but they don't need to earn on a daily basis as it's impossible, they just have more wins than loses.

Gambling is a risky way of earning and possible on the day you play is you are going to lose.
Don't expect to the gambling that you can earn daily because possible evertything like maybe you win or your lose or your capital is still remain.

Much better than forcing yourself and lose your money, gambling both for entertaining or for money matters added enjoyment when you feeling good
while playing your favorite games, taking a break short or long would be beneficial in order to gained back your confidence and the entertaining part of
this activities.

Gambling is different from investing and trading because, engaging with it means much greater risk. Yes, you could win big and become a millionaire in an instant from it but, also the opposite. Gambling can make you rich and poor much faster than trading and investing. That is why people can't measure a gamblers income in a daily basis because, their income is not fixed everyday means, they don't win everyday, sometimes they win big in the other day but, later days they could lose. Their is a time where gamblers wins and a time where they always lose.

If you have still no experience from it, you should bet small amount only and focus first in learning and gaining experience in gambling rather than, already wanting to have big gains. Think small, win big.

From the last 6 months I have not bet and that was the longest break I have taken but it wasn't a conscious decision as I didn't want to take a break , something came up in life and I had to take break .

Can someone who is addicted take a long break?
Yes. I am an example . Just we have to look for something else in our life which excites us and distracts us from gambling .

Mine was, I think 1-2months. That is the time when I decided to stop on gambling and I realize that as long as I can control myself, I will not gonna have any problem with it, so today I am back as a a gambler LOL haha. And constantly I am taking a week-month of break if I lose so, that I can remind myself that I can quit anytime and If needed I can do it. Usually If I win, I will just continue on playing and after I lose that is the time that I am going to stop for a while. So yeah, for me 2 months is the longest break.

I think my longest break on staying away from gambling is about 2 months.
The last time that gamble was Feb 23 this year I am planning to stay away for good now but I know it would be hard.
So I would just start by limiting my deposit and lessen the money that I would send.

You can try to stay away from gambling after you can limiting your deposit and reduces your time in gambling. For example, in a week, you can play gambling for two or three times a week, and you do that for a month. And in the next month, you can reduce the time for a month, and then you can stay away from gambling in the first week in the next month. If you can do that, I think you can feel happy that you are not addicted to gambling, and that means you can leave gambling anytime you want.

Honestly , i can manage to not play any gambling site  or physical gambling even a year .
Its depends on the persons and what you think is more important than your addiction .
All do i really enjoy to play but i need to more focus on my priority than things that can enjoy only by my self.

Op is not asking if "How long you can stand not playing gambling" instead the question is about How long you have you Make a  break in Gambling.
just like what i have quoted above the question is about the 'Longest time you did not play' and not about your capacity not to gamble.

I wish everyone has that kind of discipline you have, that would make you risk-free when gambling.
I believe there are only few who are really getting easily addicted and since people now are smarter, they'll easily learn from their mistakes since they can read some advise online and they'll be more aware of their real chances in gambling.

The thing that would make us addicted is when we are not fully educated with our chances, we like to challenge ourselves without knowing we can't beat the house edge and with lack of control on our emotion, that would push us to a more risky situation.

Congrats. It's quite a long time of being not involved into gambling especially if you're addicted to it and it feels like your day is incomplete without gambling. Luckily, I am not addicted to gambling. I don't really mind if do not gamble in a year or more. One reason I am not an addict to gambling is I grew up without having a lot of money. My parents only give me school allowance and that allowance is good for 1 day only so I have no money to be used.

Compared to OP I like to gamble when I am on holiday. I am sort of trying my luck in a new country, it adds to the excitement. I just recently came back from a holiday where I did some gambling, but before that I took a 2 weeks break due to work and other commitments that were more important. 

But, unfortunately that's the truth that some guys still believe that there are gamblers who earn money on regular basis from gambling which to me sounds really idiotic and doesn't make sense either. The best someone can do at gambling is follow a particular sports tipster and just bet as they give picks and maintain some profit but even that is not possible because there is not even a single tipster who can guarantee you profits.

I was wondering the same because 9 months is almost like quitting gambling and then getting back to it again because you cannot call 270 days of no gambling as a break at all.

That is good for you because you did not play gambling in 1 month , sometimes they have time that we can't play because the place we go there is no internet connection. But actually we really want to pkay but we don't have choice because there is no way for us to gambling when I take vacation before in Island for almost 1 week only but after I return on that day I play and I miss gambling.

Having a break in gambling also necessary, even those popular gamblers also take some vacation from gambling to spend time and enjoy with their love ones. As a gambler, it's not good if we do it on a daily basis, we are not robot, we have our needs and we also have to mingle with other people, that way we will minimize the risk of getting addicted in gambling.

Yes, being busy at work does force me at times to almost stop all the entertainment like movies, etc but actually my longest break shouldn't be too long as I myself cannot recall it, being gambling online makes it so easy that when I am doing nothing in night time I often open my mobile and play dice for fun. If even I am broke and spent all the allocated funds for gambling, I would actually claim faucets and have fun. I would say my longest break was 20-25 days when I was in hospital for someone close to me meeting an accident unfortunately and I could not even think of anything during that time let alone gambling or any sort of entertainment

By the way, this is since the last year or so because before that I didn't used to gamble too much so I would have huge gaps earlier but after being a regular gambler I guess 25 days is the maximum I have been away from gambling.

I don't think anyone has gambling as a hobby. Even if it is taken up as hobby it will soon turn into an addiction according to me. 
Being away from gambling is easy if something else in your life is interesting and if you are busy in that.

They start gambling as a pastime and maybe a hobby though I am not sure how much it classifies as one. After that they put in some money trying to make it big and they lose it and try winning it back and they enter the cycle of the addicted gambler. You will also find gamblers who actually started gambling trying to be a professional gambler, but few of them survive the grind.

So it is better to take breaks and not gamble for a while. Maybe evaluate the condition one is in before playing again.

Playing gambling everyday is still good , they have streotyping when we know a player play everyday and we think and judge them like addict but the true addict is they play everyday plus they using more money and they lend money to others too. Vacation is really important to relax yourself.

Yes, it is too hard to take a break in gambling when you've already find that you are lucky in playing those gambling platforms. But as time goes by, our priorities will setup like family and own goals in life, because there is no happiness can give when you choose money as your priorities in life. Setting your priorities in life make your life more meaningful and taking a break in gambling is good if you don't find happiness and fulfillment there well it's up to you if you take a break forever.

1 month of not playing is actually normal, usually when you aren't really a straightforward gambler just like me. But for some other people that I know who usually gambles, they don't feel like their day is complete if they didn't bet even a single one.



That is because you miss the sensation of winning. But if you consider gambling as something you could do if you don't have nothing to do for a time, I don't think we could miss playing even if it is 1 month or longer.

One thing is sure that if people turn gambling into hobby then you are bound to get addicted sometime in your future if not now. And if people need to stay away from it then the easiest way is to start developing passion for something else. This will keep you busy with new hobby and help you also to stay away from gambling unless you want to use gamble for fun at times which is fine.

The problem is most of us here started gambling as a hobby and almost everyone is now addicted. A hobby always has a negative aspect depending on your choice of hobby.

Is it good or bad is a personal moral decision. Economic effects of gambling for long is bad and so are the health and social problems.

In that way no one can be declared as an addict. The points in favor of being an addict outweigh the the points against against it. Nobody wants to shame others by calling them an addict but the important thing is to identify your addiction and control it.

This is debatable. Some people actually go on a vacation to gamble as a mode of entertainment. This is for the casual gamblers who are not addicts and doing it once a year for fun.

Mine is only 4 months. That time I only focused on my review for my board examination. My daily routine during my review is just Eat - Review sleep a little bit then Review again :D. I have no time for gambling that time or even play mobile games. Now that I fortunately passed and now a licensed ME, let's see how things go. I make small bets now but other problems (debts and adult responsibilities I guess) still hinder me to go back to normal lol. 

I haven't gambled for a long time and even if I gambled for a while I could only beat it for a small amount because I didn't want to get addicted to this again. Now I only gamble when I want to relax and when I'm just having fun.
Because I know that gambling is so addictive and life-threatening that I've experienced it before.

I remembered gambling 3 years ago, now I dont want to gamble overly. I just gamble for leisure.

When I was an active gambler, my most longest break ever was half a year when I need to finance myself education.

Now i have some spare time to play but i usually avoid it to become an addiction again.

As i gamble for fun and my primary reason to gamble in not to earn my livelihood , i do take periodic breaks from my gambling.  The reason could be anything from too much work at job to spending time with family , my relation with gambling has always been on and off. The longest break i have taken from gambling can be of around 3 months.

I think some people will have the longest break from gambling because we are in emergencies, and that is happening in all country. Many people have been suggested to stay in their homes without going to have anywhere. The casino itself will close their business for a while until the situations are back to normal. But I already have a long time to take a break from gambling, and I think that is more than 6 months or so, I don't remember it.

couple of months i guess?because lucky that i don't really gamble that much so i can allow myself from not playing even within straight months.

the problem is for those addicted gamblers that cannot find ways to limit their habits so for sure even in bed all they thinking is betting in their favorite gambling games.

Can't exactly remember but if i'm not mistaken maybe 5 months. That's the time I got tired of lossing and came into my mind i'm just wasting my time and money but of course came back again and had a more than a month of winning streak. With the situation we are having right now, many gamblers will take a break and prioritize their lives more. I don't think they will transfer in online gambling or crypto gambling rather, just to satisfy their gambling habit. Most of them only trust physical casino especially those big time players and also, that's what they've used to.

Let's leave the addicted gamblers in the discussion because it's guaranteed that they'll gamble all the time if they can.
For normal gamblers, we can control ourselves and I think if we use the current situation now where we are quarantine at our home and major sports are suspended, this is the time that some of us would rest from their gambling activity.

Personally I would say that I am not gambling that much now, the time I spent when there was still sports was more and the money I risk as well but now, I spend a little time, not doing it regularly, instead I spend more time with my family.

WOW

One more month and you would have completed half of the year. That is incredible. I do not gamble everyday but, I cannot say that I had completely stopped gambling. I occassionally gamble more than once in a month.

Considering the present situation, where you have to stay indoors that frequency might increase.

I have taken a break of 2 years in a row.
It was a time when I lost a good amount of money (for my pocket) and I was so angry about that, that I closed my account permanently.
It got me 2 years without any need of gambling, when it came that time again that I opened a new account in another online platform!

It is actually the contrary. People working from home and getting paid (likely) and not having money to spend on booze or drugs will be spending money on gambling if not for the wiser ones who will choose to hoard it for future needs. Dont get me wrong, but the online casino businesses will be working nicely even in a lockdown since internet services is still on.

Live casinos will suffer a lot during this time. I am sure Vegas is having a pretty poor time at this time of the year.

Break is important because it heals our trading psychology and it is also the time that we can free from stress. For those who lose big amount of money in gambling, break is necessary in order to throw all of the emotions and also to have a better and good decisions. My longest break reached 6 months and for me it is too long because that time I focus on trading and not in gambling.

Broke away from gambling when I had a few financial problems. Lasted for about half a year almost? I had to regulate the cash flow I had going on at the time so I couldn't really get to gambling at the moment. Ngl though, when I came back boy was it enjoyable. It felt like all of my entire time gambling couldn't even hold a candle to the time I spent when I came back. From then on, I decided to make a habit out of it and decided to leave the gambling for a few months every now and then before coming back to play another few months. It honestly makes everything more enjoyable and makes it feel like less of an addiction now but more of a hobby or something.

you have already leave gambling then why need to open new account?and are you referring that you only played Online gambling?what about playing with friends either in real casino or some gambling bars?
or at least playing outside your house with bet?
for example betting in Basketball championship or football?
that 2 years is long enough for you to live without gambling and no need to comes back.

I am a gambler, but I can help myself, I mean not having to do it every day or because of a desire that must be forced.
I played poker to make money and didn't do it for fun so if I lost a tournament that day, I was very upset that I didn't even want to play for that moment, because being a person who was eliminated when BUBBLE was annoying and made me mad  >:(.
so I can stop myself from playing whenever it is.

This thread has become more relevant in the situation that we are facing now, as the virus makes us stay at our home and most games are suspended, then I would think that we are having a break now. In our country, the initial lock down was 1 month but might be extended, so I would say I'm a big off in gambling now as due to lack of income, I need to conserve the money that I have now.

Yes, it became relative because everyone's been locked down at their homes.

I think it will be hard to be on break in gambling now because everyone is looking for a way to do something while at home. Gambling is one of the best choice to do something at these times.

Not on people who have big budget with gambling, like those who are professional gamblers who has been gambling ever since.
For typical gamblers like us, some of us might lay off a bit not due to the crisis we are facing, it's so boring to stay at home but if finances is the hindrance we can't do anything about it as money is what we risk in gambling in order to enjoy, we can't risk money that we can't afford to lose at the moment.

Maybe you need to control yourself and stop playing gambling for a while. Sometimes we want to make money by playing poker games but the fact, we will always compete with the other players who have high skills, and we never thought that players could beat us in that game. By stop gambling for a while can make your mind fresh, and I think you will get another strategy or method to win because we can see the hidden sign that we never saw before. Yes, being lost in the gambling games will make us mad and sad, but that is what happens in the gambling games.

This is a significant time where you have been away from gambling which means you have a good control on yourself. Also just play for fun and entertainment so that it will keep you always in check and would not loose lot of money and also if you lose it would not be much as you know you are playing for fun and not going to get back. Just in case if you win it an additional amount you get it. So that you would always be in balance and would not lose huge amount that may hurt you in the end.

Being rest of 2 years is good because you can refresh your self and you save money and I was hoping that you came back to the gambling you can play only with a extra money that you use as capital and don't lose again all of your money because money is important it is basic needs everyday .  Goodluck to you and hope every play gambling you win.

The longest break I have taken was three years ago when the financial situation was good. There is a deep correlation between financial freedom and gambling, some people make their best move for profit in gambling. Some people just enjoy their time without worrying about financial gain. I was in the second situation during the last quarter of 2017.

so How long was that?and you did not gamble because the financial situation is good?i think it is the other way around right?
Yups some gamblers really do good and make a living doing betting but only few and majority are losers.
meaning you only gamble to win?so when your financial situation is good you don't bother playing?

thats wrong perception mate because it is more better to Play and enjoy than looking for Profit.

I don't know about you guys, but it seems that I lost some appetite on gambling with the advent of Covid-19 pandemic as I'm just inside in the house, not getting to my favourite physical casinos because obviously we are in a lockdown.

So probably this could turn out to be good in a way, as you don't have a choice but to just stop your gambling habits because of the current situation and this break might be extend even further. So it could be one of the longest break I have.

It's easy for me not to gamble since I am not addicted to it. I don't exactly know how long but if I'm not mistaken, it's for about three months or even longer. Since I am still a student, it's not too long ago since I started gambling, and I told myself that I won't get too attached to it. It was fun to play and gamble, but I had to take a break to focus on my studies and other stuff. I also had some short breaks every time I became so busy with school, as I don't want to get affected.

Looking at the current situation, I guess I will also have to take a break on gambling since I need to prioritize my budget for the essential things. Since there is quite of expenses, I need to earn it back before I can go back to gambling. I guess that is another break for me.

I am currently in lockdown for the past 10 days and it is supposed to be  there for the next 11 days. This is the time when I am not getting the urge to gamble. I feel till the lockdown is active I might not gamble.

I am not a regular but, whenever I want I gamble sometime it is more than twice a week or none. After the lockdown and staying with the family I just don't want to gamble.

Almost 2 years, IIRC. What I mean if the financial situation is OK and there is no stress as waiting for the next paycheck, I will not go closer to the gambling websites. I don't see the won amounts as a source of income on the gambling business.

You are right but you misunderstood me. The thread is about the longest break and what caused this break. The correlation between making money and fun crosses in gambling but not everyone thinks like us.

Actually I am a person that is not really used in gambling, so even though I will not play a weeks or a month it is still nothing on me. but anyway back to the topic, the longest break I had on not gambling is almost 10 months, this is the time when I am seriously focused on my school works, I am really busy on that time so I did not attempt to play gambling. Well, for me it was good for me because nothing disturb me on my studying. I can focus on what I am doing because gambling is not there.

Sorry to say, but looks like you already gambled. You went to a place without any casino, but you also went to a place where there is no internet connection (so I assume there isn't any kind of cellular network, right?). So yeah, there you go. You already gambled with your life  ::). You could have been in danger or lost, yet you wouldn't be able to communicate with anyone.
Lol, jokes apart, I don't gamble much in a casino, but when I used to I don't remember taking a break from gambling. Though I would stop for few days, not because I felt like, its because i didn't want to. Probably not a gambling addict thats why.

I actually haven't been gambling as of recently either. I usually do play on online casinos, but there's been so many things going on that I just don't have much time to gamble much if at all right now. It's strange because I usually gamble to take my mind off things, but it just hasn't been working for me recently and I'd rather be as productive as possible during times like these.

This might also turn out to be the longest time that I've stopped gambling if coronavirus keeps spreading as expected. I typically don't gamble during vacations and times like that, but this has the possibility to last longer.

I've personally gone several months without gambling, it really isn't difficult since I only gamble casually or when a local high stakes came pops up in my Poker group.

Honestly, if you're tracking how long it's been before you've gambled, then it's likely that you're trying to overcome gambling addiction.

Counting the days is a good way to track your progress, but you should also be doing more constructive exercises, including learning how to avoid cues and triggers that might make you relapse again.

Last year I went to my village home for two months due to my health issues. Unfortunately, there were no bars or casinos nearby and there was no internet connection. Although I did not spend my time boring because I had many relatives there, but that was my longest break from gambling.

I have stayed on the village for a month 1 year ago and the last time I remember was that time as a longest break from gambling. The addicts find a way to connect the gambling site, and they see the online casinos as no exit street. The long but boring breaks make the person more emotional when they come back to gamble one more time, from my experience.

That is the right place for people who want to search for a peaceful place without an internet connection. Not all people who can do that, especially if they don't connected with the internet, and you are the one who can do that. I think that could be one of many methods to learn about controlling ourselves, stay calm because we can feel boring while we stay there.

I also stopped for a months because I was focus with my studies and it is one of my new years resolution which is to stop playing gambling because I know that it can lead me to become a gambler who is addicted to it. For those who manage to stop playing gambling, congrats because it is really difficult task especially if you are the type of gambler who is addicted to it.

This is an effective idea. Do activities that can make you be distracted from the idea of gambling. They said gamblers also has the underlying reasons why they gamble. For example, stress. anxiety, depression. They also need to address those underlying issues.

The difficult way to stop gambling is when you are playing with a lot of money and usually you are losing them.
If you have lost a lot of money, you are thinking about that and ways to recover your losses and the only way out to get them bck fast is to keep gambling. This is why most people cannot take a break from it.

you have heart issues?i think this is the best way to leave gambling mate because the intensity and the frustration may bring you another disease and that would give you fatal effect.

it is Good that you can live without gambling and enjoyed the company of your family so start from there.find things that can make you happy without spending money.

Well said although what about individuals who find pleasure in spending like myself which is one of the reasons I find it had to quit gambling although I'm not a gamble addict as I plan my every move. I'm in control of the funds I allocate forq my gamble related actiy and don't over react when I'm in loss which might probably lead to making poor choices.

Responding to the question been asked on the OP which say "longest Break You Have On Not Gambled" I think this quarantine (lockdown) period as a result of the Corona viruse outbreak has been the longest, as over a month plus now I haven't place a bet officially on any sport games.

i understand your concern Boss though i address OP because of His Heart Issue thats why i advised Him to Just find other place where he can enjoy without the risk of losing money because it may cause Him bad effect.

But since you are just having Fun while playing thats another story and no reason why need to quit,People like you who has self control is not a problem for gambling at all  ;)

The time when I invested in a bankroll of a casino was the longest break for me I think it lasted up to half a year or at least a few months.

You might've misread his post as he only mentioned health issue or did I miss something on the previous pages of the thread. Imo as long as he doesn't let gambling take over his health and could control his emotions he should be fine. 

Correct. Doing other things could help you in a lot of ways, you could make your appreciation more wider and deeper, with that, you could possible see that gambling is not the only thing in the world that could make you happy, because the truth is, there are so many, for example is your family that stays by your side whatever happens, they deserve your time too, so be wise on making decisions where to use your time and effort, also the money.

Just book a vacation to a well known place and you are all set. Indeed it is important to return to such places at times because a continuous gambling spree does have its bad effects just like too much of anything is always bad. Unwinding is an important aspect of life and lack of it does lead to problems.

Soon enough one feels the urge to go back because they are missing their work. That helps fuel the user with a new enthusiasm to do their work even better. Now how much this has effects on gambling is not known to me, but it will be good if you are trying to reduce the habit of gambling.

I think for most people it gets hard to stay away but there really solutions to it, like having a vacation or reflecting to the loss you made and could have save money instead.

For me i only always bet money that is idle and i can afford to loss, i avoid betting seriously like having to put lots of money in casino. In order to not get addicted and become a compulsive gambler.

I haven't stopped gambling, but I have paused my sportsbetting for weeks now, since the final night of European football. Tried a few exotic league games after that but still with those I'm somewhat familiar with, and when that dried up, just gave up. Haven't even dipped into virtual sports yet, not sure I understand it, but played a few esports hands. Not good!

Same here, some of my friends recommend esports because its the only available at the moment but it's really not gonna give you some satisfaction if you are not too familiar with it.. I am also an sports bettor but there's nothing we can do now but wait.. :'( :'(

I am afraid I cannot do that because of the lockdown in here, and other places too. But if this pandemic is ended, I will make a plan to vacation and enjoy my holiday after a long time stay at homes. I think that will excite to feel that moment especially if I can go to with my family and someone who special for me ;D

Yes, I already reduce my time in gambling because right now, while I can stay with my family, I feel that I found that the best time with them is the most important for me. But I will search for another job as soon as the lockdown is open, and the government announced that people could go out and continue their activity as usual, and they can control the virus.

For the other player this is your opportunity to break playing gambling because for sure others have don't have money because they cannot work because of the Pandemic of Coronavirus. Also once the lockdown are ended maybe the other will not play because they realize how big money they lose but Im really sure at this moment many people playing gambling because they feel bored at staying home.

It would be a wrong decisions to jump into something that you are less familiar with due the withdrawal effect of normal gambling that you are having now. Dont let yourself break your good streaks on those sports that you had previously by betting on something that you do know. Instead use this time to spend more time with family and take part in some indoor activities and working out - things that people normally miss during hectic times.

You could also learn eSports to be able to bet on them but you know that for keeping the outcome of your sports betting EV+ you need to know your game and analysis.

Is rolling Dice considered as gambling? I've been playing with some Doge and, right now, it is looking just like a regular video game that you play when you are bored because of the quarantine ;D I've been able to manage/control my gambling habits but with too much time in from of mobile/pc/laptop, the longest break is less than 12 hours.

For some others this lockdown is a way to spend some time in casinos so they bet more than they stop.
And apart from that, after the lockdown we are going to have all leagues starting so all gamblers will start gambling for sure. And probably the amount of money they will bet will be much higher than before.

Well it involved crypto then I guess it is considered as gambling, although it might be just some loose coins on your wallet just to get away from this boredom due to the lockdown. Personally, I just totally stop gambling for now, will just wait till everything settles down. It looks like though, I'm 'softening' with my gambling habits, Lol.

The longest break I take before was about 3 months, it is when I lost everything I won before that. At first, I lost a little amount but then because I wanted to take those losses, I continue to play until all my money in my wallet was deposited and lost in gambling. I took 3 months break because I can't remove the fact that I wasn't able to control myself and end up losing all my money.

Rolling dice considered as gambling if you use money, but if you don't use money, then that is not gambling, but that is a game ;D

Less than 12 hours? That is short time bro ;D

 I think people now who play at the casino will have the longest break, but that doesn't work if they still playing gambling by visiting the gambling websites. The addicted gambling in casino will still find a way to play gambling in the middle of this pandemic, and they will found the online gambling site to play gambling.

I have to say this is my longest break from gambling. Over 21days and counting i have not been gambling.

I am a sport lover, and am in love with football, my favorite gambles are on football matches, because i understand it a lot.
But since the lockdown and holidays, i have been unable to gamble cos there are no football matches

And the break continues until football is back

Yes.  ;D

A half-day break doesn't sound bad as long as you're taking a break.  :P

Same here, I am not counting anymore but I feel no thrill anymore,....


We will have to bear with the situation now, this pandemic does not allow big events including sporting events, so while they are on rest, we gamblers should also be on rest right now. Soon this will be over and we will be back gambling again, I know you miss it and I can feel you as I am also a sports bettor myself.

This is the perfect time to have longest break in online gambling :)
I don't know exact statistic but I am sure betting on sports now almost don't exist.
Online thing now I can do is cards or esport

Seems true as I can't find a match in my bookie now, lol.
I'd love to bet on NBA and boxing fights, both are cancelled, international and local, so we are left with no choice but to take a break.

I don't know if I can enjoy this all day but I'm not I'm not gonna risking my regular range amount on these games.

But there is still a lot of gambling games that you can try in the crypto gambling and they have chance that you become happy and possible to earn money but there is still chance to lose it so be vigilant how much money you use.

Do not worry after this lockdown you will see again your favorite sport matches and you can play again everyone are excited to end this lockdown.

Actually there's no reason to have a break in gambling if you have tried and you know how online crypto gambling sites works. Why? Because for me, gamblers who are really fond of gambling will make their way to play no matter what the situation is as long as they have funds to bet in order to win. And gambling online doesn't really take the chance of these gamblers to experience the fun. I really love to discover games online and bet with it based on the amount I am willing to lose.

Well, we can't really erase the fact that sports betting will not be available for now, but we can bet in online virtual horse games, ESports, and even to try card games online.

I haven't been gambling for almost a year now since I have quit my past real-time job. When I was in my previous job my colleagues and I play poker in our free time. This somehow kept me away from gambling. The last time I had played online crypto gambling was a little over a year ago, I had played for more than 12 hours and had lost what I had worked for. That is why I realize gambling is not for me due to my impulsive and greedy personality when gambling.

Before this pandemic comes, I already stopped from gambling because of the pressure and business in work that's why I don't owe sometime playing gambling. But since this pandemic is happening now, I don't have any idea when will be the best time for me to play gambling just to relieve my stress. Although I'm just staying at home, I want to cherish and spend time with my family rather than playing gambling.

I want to become more productive inside our house so that I can recover from the time I've spent in the office. Gambling is just a waste of time and money that's why I don't take it seriously and make it as a career. We have different mindset when it comes to gambling. Me, I have done my part, I overcome my addiction with just being determined to stop.


It will probably last longer as the number of cases is continuously increasing all around the world, I believed that many gamblers here are playing online gambling just to relieve their urge in playing. I stopped gambling before this vacation occurs and I'm so proud that I ended my gambling journey with only myself.

Practice self-discipline and become more productive as this quarantine is implemented, there are a lot of things that you need to explore and do inside your house. Focus on other things and prioritize your time with your family.

As casinos now are closed so people may stopped it and for many this could be good break for those who are more into gambling in their daily lives . For the ones who does occasionally it would not impact them much but for people who make living on gambling it would be a difficult time for them as their would be hardly any thing for them to bet on this days .

Yes, to people who are doing this occasionally there's no problem  in stopping this activities, but for heavy gamer and addicted gamblers this timing is a good time for them to settle and avoid playing, They can now bring numbers of streak not to play any single game and use their money for more important things while this crisis still ongoing.

In my case, the longest break I have been into not playing gambling is I think almost a month because I do also have some errands or activities to attend with that is why I have been so much busy doing important stuffs and I am just playing gambling only to entertain myself or just a past time whenever I do not have other things to do. But since there is no work or important things to attend with because of the Coronavirus pandemic which results to lockdown and lead me to stuck-up on staying indoors, I have lots of time to play gambling online to kill boredom but just on a proper moderation. Maybe I will be entertained doing this for a while since I cannot go outdoor. After this lockdown maybe it would take me longer time not playing gambling for the busy schedule coming due to backlogs brought by this pandemic.

During the pandemic I have not played sport betting at all because all activities are closed and I don’t like that much these virtual sport thing.However I have not stopped gambling as I have been playing slots lately which result in a big amount of money lost.Now I am trying to recover by playing slots in modality for fun so I hope to take a break until sports come back.

Its really not hard to take a break from gambling if you are not addicted to it. You just need to respect your body and mind so that it can respect your health too. You need a rest and you must not be addicted to gambling because it can completely ruin your body and mind. Addiction is the worst part of gambling and its inevitable for those who got desperate to earn money.

i must say i have more than 3 weeks without playing and honestly i feel like i feel a little sad because the game for me was fun, i took some of my time to analyze the games and during my analyzes it was fun to think about the various possibilities they could take me to victory, but today there is no way for me to play gamble because I always bet on soccer games. this whole situation is very sad.


true, but looking at the fun side, not playing for a long time loses the rhythm

Obviously because that is offered in a gambling, unless you are doing faucets which I think is not worth of our time now.

Anything that will let you risk money to win money, I think that is gambling.

Same here, the longest break for me was about 30 days, when there were no internet where I was staying.

Although I gamble, at least a little bit, almost every day, I have a break, from 24 to 48 hours, each week. I like gambling, but you can't continuously enjoy something without an interruption. And the longer the interruption the  more you enjoy the game afterwards, so I highly recommend this practice to all gamblers.

Because you are eager to come back and play lol.

I Know the feeling because gambling is a activity that harder to ignore or deny specially if you are already Playing for Years or more.

The more you think of stopping is the more you want to come back  and Bet again.

30 days with no internet ? cant imagine to live on that place man . what if we have business we need to check our email or in case of gambling we need to login most of the time to claim bonuses   . however that is good if you really wanted to have a peace of mind from work and escape stress or relax for a while  . here on province , there are now many satelites even a few  so there will always be internet tho the signal is not strong enough when compare to living on a city   . playing gambling can give you interuption especially on day time . thats why i only play at early morning for less traffic

 Yeah internet is just too vital part of our lives nowadays, there is no way I can live without internet for 30 days straight, I would probably go crazy, hell I wouldn't even remember newspapers when I want to know more about the world. I go visit my moms time to time and they do not have wifi, so I have to go to internet using my mobile plan for the duration and even that becomes difficult after first few days.

 However I am sure it must have a freeing feeling, I mean there must be some sort of getting used to part but after you adjust to it, I am sure you must get a lot more done when doing your chores. Think about it, how much internet actually crowds your day and all the time you spend on the internet, without it you must probably feel like you have soooo much free time in your hands.

I stopped gambling for a few months after I lost a couple of grand on one stupid football game. I’m now way better at limiting myself to smaller bets. Winning big is great but it’s no fun when you have so much riding on it, I much prefer to bet smaller & if I lose it doesn’t matter so much.

   I gamble like that, I bet small and usually I win small, but if I lose I don't care much about it. I never
gambled with more than $10! it's some maximum for me.
   Now I don't make long breaks because online gambling made everything easier. Before when I was
younger and we didn't have online gambling I had long breaks, but now I don't think about that I just
play when I have a wish for that!

It was more than 3 years ago, actually. And, of course, I could arrange internet access for myself if I wanted to, but I just didn't. Since then I'm happy if I manage to have 2 days like that in a month, but it's harder and harder to achieve. And it's not because I'm addicted to gambling, no, far from it. It's because I'm addicted to the Internet. :)

And cos I usually play dice for a minute or two, at least, whenever I have hours of internet connection, I can say that for the past 3+ years, the max break from gambling I can get is less than 2 days.

Gambling online works for 24 hours and when someone wants to gamble it can be accessed anywhere and anytime, online gambling does not make you rest for a long time and let me guess you only stop gambling in few hours day and the longest is only 3- 7 days

That's the challenge here if you want to take a break, you need to have a discipline to stay away from the site you are used to playing with.
With online site, its just one click in your computer and you can start gambling, more temptation, means more discipline.

Between 2013 and 2017 I haven't gambled, I mean maybe here and there quick things to check something out for my work but it wasn't really gambling because I either didn't spend any money and was only testing with "play money" the casinos have for testing, or it was quite small amount that wasn't really important.

After 2017 I got out of that job and got into a new job which is a bit entertaining and involves gambling itself so I do go and gamble in some places time to time nowadays, not frequently, not as much as I gambled before 2013 for example, those were some days I gambled like hell, I do not gamble that much anymore at all, however it is still more gambling than my hiatus so I can consider that 4 years as the longest period of time I haven't gambled at all.

Like some members I gambling a little. In this time of quarantine, I have not wanted gambling. It is very difficult now. I am helping my family I also have an unemployed brother and I don't have extra money for me. Now my priority is to take care of the family until this bad weather ends.

Because of the gambling online anyone who have internet access can play, but once you do not have that you can't play gambling when you are in Island who the signal is very slow or no internet connection. But now many people are can break more months becaude of the lockdown in every city and every country because of the coronavirus.

Usually, whenever I lose too much I'll take a break for just a few days (up to a month).
But longest time was unusual since I had some real life issues and a big lose in same time(2 years ago). I toke a break for a half of year. but I got my listen and used a proper strategy after that time

This is a good attitude, you don't want yourself to lose any further, and this is a good attitude for gamblers to avoid more loses and reflect on why he loses that much. I wish everyone have this kind of discipline but it's always good to not lose too much in gambling and stay always at your limit.

Discipline is the first thing that a person should have before he start to have an interest to learn gambling because once you get into gambling it will be hard for you to get out of it, if you ever dream to financially earn from gambling, that is why you should only gamble for fun and leisure time for you to be able to control yourself easily.

Good for you, it will take more time for you to stay away from gambling since there's lockdown that's been implemented, instead of using your money
into gambling better to use it to feed your families or save it and reserved it we don't know how long the lockdown will take place so better to have
something inside your wallet for emergency cases.

That is just right. People should not really pursue their gambling activities right now as casinos are closed and people are just risking their money more with the games they will be betting on that they don't usually do. That is the right path you take and people should really focus on taking care of their family than taking care of their vices.

It's been a long time now since I stop gambling. I only bet for basketball games and as of now, there are no games from the NBA and here in my country's league.
I will be back once everything is okay again.
BTW another fact about this Basketball sports. NBA will loose 1 BILLION USD if the season will not continue.
We are now in a very dangerous and hard time (the whole world) and even gambling in Vegas is not open also.
We are losing the Economy and we should help the world to start a new life. Earth is healing.

When an internet connection is active then like being in a casino club and one click will make sitting in a casino chair ready to play gambling, the locking situation doesn't change mindset to stay addicted to gambling, not good advice. Try to apply self-discipline to limit activities that are less profitable than interests when with family.

It is ok.

You are not forced to gamble and set your priorities first before leisure. Casinos are there even after the quarantine period and if you have extra money and you want to have fun, you can do it.

So as long as this quarantine period hasn't expired, many are in a break.

Even an online gambler will always try to connect to the network, because sometimes the network is not available at any time because it might be late paying bills and other problems, at least that I have experienced. Indeed, in this case the main thing is about discipline but discipline will not work when they do not have controlled awareness, when they do not have good control then they will continue to bet unnoticed if they are supposed to rest because there is no need to spend all capital owned to be able to rest from gambling.

Those that are still betting at this time of covid pandemic are chronic gamblers,  most especially those gambling on some lower leagues, they tend to loose more because there's no accurate statistics for those lower leagues,  the best thing to do is to totally stay out of gambling for now so as to avoid stories that touch

Then after that 3 months you come back again have your mind set to take back all your losses ? But well it looks like you learned some lesson here so you will never do the same thing again. As of what you have said, I felt that you regret the thing that happened to you. So by the time you come back, you already know how to control the money you used. It is already a mature version of yourself. It is not bad to gamble again.

I use to break from gambling during several years, as I remember it was because I was really fed up against a bookmaker and I had lost all my funds on the platform. So I decided to not deposit more funds and to stop gambling.

I agree. I would say the current Covid-19 crisis is the longest break I took from gambling so far. Since most sports are paused and no matches are going on, there is currently not much to bet on. I don't want to place bets on any random sports I don't know. There is no point betting the 5th tennis league in Papua New Guinea.

Are you guys also on a gambling break for now? Or are you still betting currently?

That's right! Place bets on obscure events - it's like playing at a casino!
Before the pandemic, I also analyzed some Champions League football games, but now I don't bet.
Maybe after the pandemic, too, I will have to abstain from betting for a while, because it is unknown how the athletes will recover from the break!
Probably this waiting is the longest time for gamblers!

I've never had a long break. Probably the longest ones that I had were close to a month. I tend to bet on something at least once a month and usually once every 2 weeks. Sometimes it's an MMA match and sometimes a simple round of poker or blackjack.

I don't spend a lot of money on it but I also don't intentionally stay away from gambling. I know that I can stop if I need to but a small bet from time to time doesn't hurt anyone ;)

I gamble seldomly so in my opinion it's been so long that I haven't gamble again. The reason why I am not gambling all the time or twice a week or how many times you gamble within a certain time is I always think that losing money is easy and winning money is very hard that's why it's for fun and passing time when I gamble.

If they bet small amounts then why not? During quarantine, many are stressed and do not know how to spend their free time - betting can help with this. And learning new lower leagues is a separate training for the mind and entertainment, I do not see anything wrong with that.

I'm still betting cos there's a lot of things to bet on, from my point of view: Bitcoin's and alts' price, USA presidential election, DOTA 2, etc.

And I disagree that "there is no point betting the 5th tennis league in Papua New Guinea". As long as we have Google at our disposal, we can do our research on anything, to not depend on luck entirely.

But that is not to say that we should be betting constantly without any breaks. In my personal opinion, the longer the breaks one is able to arrange, the better for him/her. The whole experience feels more intense after a break, that's a fact.

This is what gambling ideally should be for fun and to entertain yourself but then people think it is easy or shortcut way to make quick money and in this anticipation many have tried their luck and then many end up losing a lot of money and also get addicted to it and results into many adverse effect on the health. Some may also win it an becomes millionaire but may have also lost quite a lot before becoming millionaire.

Yes, I remember a slogan, "When there is a will, there will be the way." People can try to use that to strengthen themselves to stop gambling, and maybe writing that word in their room will help them to stop gambling. Many ways that we can do leave gambling, and the longer we can stay away from gambling, I think we can solve the addiction inside ourselves, so we reduce the addiction in the future.

We should sometimes enjoy, and if gambling is the way then we should do it.
However, it's necessary to ensure that we are gambling with fun, otherwise things will be worst, pandemic is killing not only our health but our money as well, so we should not add to that problem in our lives, it's just suppose to be fun, not the way that we focus on full time in gambling.

I continued to play gambling but used my minimum funds because I was bored having to stay without activities during this pandemic. I play gambling just to get rid of my boredom with a reasonable betting limit so that I still have control and not fall into addiction.

yes, that's where gambling control is needed at a time like this, it should be to make money, instead spend it on gambling, if you don't have control while playing.

When I was in high school I was so addicted even after class I rush to the gambling den. there was no online gambling at that time when I was playing. I saved my money in school just to be able to play at that time. but suddenly I always lose right after I was about to graduate from high school, I stopped playing. till now, I never went to that place anymore.

You know what? that was the stage where you are in high risk, you are not matured at that time so you might end up with serious addiction, good thing you realize and you were able to correct your mistakes. Saving your money just to gamble seems a wrong attitude, you are suppose to enjoy your money and not gamble it, usually people who gamble are those have stable income as they can sure afford to gamble.

Nope you are wrong mate because there are many gamblers that can afford playing,those who has enough money to cover their gambling habits.

you are only addressing those who has no Job now or being locked down without compensation but there are many people that has funds to spare now.

In this lockdown period is even more difficult to have a long break from gambling.People are staying at home not doing much beside watching Tv and sending emails in their job which is done from home.These conditions intensify the desire to do something like gambling so in this period is almost impossible to have a long break.

To be honest, before the spread of the corona virus, I almost never took a break from gambling. Because for me gambling can be a stress reliever
from my work in the real world. But at the end of 2019 was the longest break from gambling for me about 10 days, when I was on vacation with
family. With the current situation can only gamble online on the internet, hopefully the corona virus crisis can quickly end. Because I am more
likes gambling at the casino.

It is really hard to rake a break on gambling when you are a full time gambler and also if it is also a habit or hobby of yours but just like what many people are saying, if you want there's a hole there's a way meaning if you want to take a break then you can do it if you want it really but if you don't you have a countless of reasons.

many people in my country are home because of this virus so they can't make money because they can't do their jobs so gambling is really hard but I'm sure for people who are wealthy and their jobs can be done from home they can do online gambling activities that in my opinion can produce when lucky.

The same as the typical office worker who wants to take a break. But everyone deserves a break or a vacation, if you treat gambling as a job then you should treat yourself first and take a break.
You can do it anytime because you can have an indefinite leave and you can comeback at any time.

I guess that will happens too with the gamblers who play in the casino, and this time, they will have the longest break for not playing gambling. But that can impact to the gamblers who play in online gambling because they should concern about their life now, and don't spend the money for unnecessary things that they don't need. It is more important to get healthy first, and have enough food and drink while we are at homes.