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Lately, I've been gambling a bit too much again and it's impossible to add limits to most crypto gambling websites.
Heck, I've found it to be impossible to just remove your account, without contacting support.

I think it should be mandatory, or at least standard, to include easy ways to prevent members from gambling.
In my country (Belgium), legal gambling websites are required to have player-imposed limits, plus general limits on their websites.
I wish crypto-based gambling websites would do the same.

Anyway, I've just sent an e-mail to the one casino I was still playing on, to close down my account. I hope they'll do that without any issue.
But still, I wish they would just add a function to do it by yourself, or add some self-control functionality.

I.e. let people exclude themselves for X amount of time

If I understand it correctly, you want crypto-gambling sites to somehow add some feature wherein they will limit their users to play gambling or totally stop them from doing it? Why crypto-gambling sites should consider doing that?

Those legal gambling websites you have mentioned are complying with the laws that's why it is mandatory for them to have that feature. The same practice were also present here. However, crypto-gambling sites, although some of them are promoting responsible gambling, should not be prioritized doing that for the sake of saving their users fall on the gambling trap. Although adding that feature should be fine.

The fact that we can still stop ourselves means we are still in control. No need for account deletion or something along those lines if a person is really determined to stop doing gambling.

I had frozen my account for 6 months because I noticed that I was often betting on sportingbet for a while. I think it's the kind of restriction you're talking about. But can we say that this is suitable for decentralization? I do not think so.

I think it was not really necesary for them because its a business for them. It was just a normal thing for them if the website doesnt have this kind of features since they wanted people to play in gambling for sure because it is all about money for sure,the more people play in their website the more the profit they were gonna get for sure so I think, they are not going to put this limit feature some how.

Add the site to your hosts file, redirect it to 172.0.0.1

But,do you think these features can stop anyone from his gambling habit,if he wanted then he can open a new account or just find the similar legit gambling sites when he is not been able to control his addiction towards gambling.

are crypto gambling sites operating outside the rules and regulations because
they use "crypto" instead of FIAT for gambling.

it is up to each user to regulate their spending and to have some self control,
the OP's question could also be asked of people who buy alcohol, make the shops
regilate what people can buy. like shops gambling sites want us to use their
services, they are not going to tell us "stop you have enough"

Very true! You can always create a new one even if you delete the old one. But there are some casino sites that they prohibit the use of multi-accounts. So by any chance that he will create a 2nd one, that account may be banned and freeze whatever is in it. Most of the gambling sites will not have that kind of functionality as they want gamblers to spend their money on their site. They might give warning about gambling addiction but that's all. After all, these casinos are meant to rip off money from the players.  :P

It is required in your country because those online casinos are regulated by laws. Crypto casinos mostly remain unregulated, thus adding such measures isn't necessary. Moreover, casinos make profit from this kind of users. Adding option to restrict their own user from gambling will just make them casino lose the opportunity to make more profit.
Even if they did allow users to trigger such options, there will be users that will want to change the limit or turn off the limit after they have reached the maximum. They would start spamming the support and might even start ranting if support denies to turn off the option.

Even if your casino will add such functionality I doubt it would help if you are one of those gambling addicts as all you have to do is to create another account or find another casino.
As you said, it's called self-control meaning you should control your self and not ask others to do it for you :)

The much simple, quick and basic idea. Up to this lol.

OP if you want to change for good, the site features about self-control shouldn't be a big issue. You can force yourself to stay away from these sites. Don't take that the reason that you can still access the site that's why your gambling habit continues.

You created this thread and that means everything is under control. You can also ignore the gambling section of the forum for you to totally get rid of any gambling connections here.

It's a good addition, even just a simple reminder would do. But the thing with gambling sites and operations is that they are also a business, and they want more profit, and thus, they lure you to this swirling trap of addiction that is difficult to get out off.

The practice isn't just used in online gambling, but also in traditional casino gambling, where the ambience is set to hype you up and forget about time cycles. Same idea, just different execution.

Self-control functionality would be all useless if a certain individual is heavily addicted.Why? they would still find ways for you to play. Banned IP? Simply use VPN.
Banned account? You can create new. Also, for a gambling business its unlikely for them to block out or making things on moderation yet
we know that these are businesses which do concerns about making profit and limiting or restricting because they are concerned about addiction then
it isnt really common.

Imo it depends on the gambler's addiction and how severe it is, some of us have accounts on different bitcoin casinos but if you're excluded in your favorite casino then it can be blocked. I think having self exclusion can help temporarily but most gamblers wouldn't use it since there might be better solutions for them.

Also it can be used against the casino, there was an old problem (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5103517.0) with a sportsbet user that asked for a self exclusion and complained due to a pending bet that almost won.

When playing in gambling casinos it's always been gambling at your own risk, they can put a warning sign but when it comes to limiting their players I don't think they will be obliged to do that unless there's a regulation imposed on them to do that gambling casinos allow members to play as much as they want in a fund that they allocate and it's none of their business if you lose.

That's always a matter of self control and discipline, because if you let gambling controls you nothing will improve in your life. You tend to drown in the long run and couldn't help it but become more addicted. Addiction isn't difficult to stop, as long as you're having the desire to stop gambling step by step. Before deciding that, it should be done seriously and alibis isn't a reason why it wasn't achieved.

Similar to locking yourself up from your account so you won't have to login and try to gamble or even think about it. I agree on this suggestion though I don't think many gambling operators would take up the pitch to add the functionality within their sites. Unless there will be a law within their country that obligates to do so, this wouldn't see the light of day as who would want to lose profits on their business right?

But yeah, I do hope some implements this kind of thing. It helps chronic gamblers get off the screen and try to live life away from gambling even just for a day or two.

A betting limit should be fine but for a crypto-gambling site to add self-control functionality, I think it's too much. Gamblers should already know some of the consequences they will face once they allow themselves to withdraw and commit to doing gambling.

I don't know the difference of how it's difficult to just don't visit those gambling sites compare clicking the remove or disable the account.

And it will not totally give a long-term solution. It is easy to create another account to make for a comeback.

Add some features on the gambling website will be possible to do by the admin of the site, but I guess they won't do that since they want to get the money from the members. But self-control will be our responsibility in the gambling games because we have that money, and we control our money in gambling. If you don't want to lose much money, then you must have the self-control to gamble, so you don't have to lose much money.

I think if you don't play gambling on that site for a long time, the system will automatically set your account for inactive because you don't have any activity in your account. Sending an email to the admin or support system to freeze or close your account will be a good idea if you want to leave or stop playing gambling.

To be friggin fair, the gamblers are the ones at fault, not the gambling site. It's a matter of your own judgment of how you would gamble every day, and the site is only responsible as a medium. See, if you were someone below the legal age, sure, sites may include that in their terms where

"After playing continuously for x amount of hrs in a week, the site will now block you from gambling for x amount of hrs."

That would be helpful in managing those below of age that is gambling. Of course, legal IDs are required for an account to be registered to be above 18, so that would fix some of the loopholes found in there. Not to mention, there are also other countless ways for one to indulge in gambling, so yep. Something what OP might have said could be helpful in some way, but the fundamental problem wouldn't really be fixed/removed.

I think they will not be able to control it.

I am playing a game in the past and there is this functionality in there. I am kind of addicted to it so when they approved of this functionality, I am so annoyed by it. What I did is created a lot of accounts so I can avoid being away to that game. If this will be the case into gambling sites, that will be harder to control and I think gamblers themselves should control themselves since it is their responsibility. People will just find a way to gamble since there will be a lot of sites out there that will not apply this so they can take advantage of the people that just want to gamble their money dai and day out.

Any casino can put any restriction or prohibition they can to comply with the law or to prevent gamblers from getting addicted, but it is still up to the gambler. They can pass it by creating multiple accounts and etc. It still falls on the gambler not any program or settings a casino has.

Casino wants to gamblers to keep on gambling because it is business, it is really ironic that they will need to add a function to control gamblers in their platform.

Although it all boils down to the gambler's self-discipline and self-control ultimately, I agree that crypto gambling sites should consider this option. It is always easier to click on the tab and type your favorite site or click on its icon than say "No, I won't gamble today." So I guess this would be a very big help to limit gamblers' hours.

For sure, with this self-exclusion option, there would be more time with the kids and the wife and friends and other hobbies. Yes, you can always go around this with creating new accounts, use of VPN, going into another site, and so on but when you open your favorite sites and all of them say you cannot play on this particular hour or day, that's enough to remind you that "Hey, spend time with other things for now!" And you might end up watching movies with your kids.

The most essential and the most crucial thing here in this topic is you yourself only. With proper management and limitations, you can see that you will decrease your losses because you have to urge to limit yourself. But on the other hand, for those people who can't do that, the casino needs to implement such functionality because if they know that people sucks in controlling their emotion, the casino it self will do something about it. Don't just create multiple accounts, find a casino but do it with such a break. Try to do gambling between a month or two so that you can rest before playing again in a certain casinos. Value your wallets and accounts so that you don't have to create and create several times.

Correct since why on earth the gambling site would create that functionality since as the matter for fact it's a business the more time spent and money is more profit to the site owner so better to have discipline since we are the one who can put the decision to stop and have guts into it.

Maybe some helpful methods is to limit our bankrolls and we should not refill it once it's drained.

You need to have a self descipline , because if you don't you will be having a big losses and it could cause you a lot of trouble, you need to do that in order for you to protect yourself as well, there could be an  app that you may use, I don't think if it will useful but Promodoro app is used for studying, you should try that as well, I am using it for me to get a rest after a game for me to clear my mind and play again.

If someone is a gambling addict he could just create another account and start all over again on a different casino. It doesn't really solve the problem. It's like hiding money or candy from yourself by putting it in another pocket. You still know where it is and how to get to it. Unless you deal with the root problem and try to get rid of the addiction you will just find your ways around restrictions.

There is a very little chance that they will add that kind of functions or limits especially if they are looking for more profits.

Meaning if there are more customers then profits will surely grow and if they will add a close button function in their websites or gambling limits then their number of customers will drastically drop down anytime because of this function as anyone can easily close their account if they will get frustrated with their loss.

I'm pretty sure stake.com lets you do this.

But honestly, how is this going to help? The abundance of gambling sites in the cryptospace and the fact that they don't require any KYC/AML for most of them mean that you're always able to open up another account if you get the urges to do so.

At the end of the day, what matters is your own thoughts. Limiting yourself or self-excluding doesn't do much given the fact that if you do get the urge to gamble again, you can always find a way to do so, and it's way easier than physical casinos.

If I knew it correctly, casinos are set to be in red ambiance, and having no clock or even windows it was designed to boost individuals and not to be reminded on how long they've been there and how much they have lose. Quite selfish, but it is what it is. Ain't no business that want their customer to limit themselves on having transaction itself, right? Because they built in order to get you - gamblers, with their platforms. And I agree to the man above, since you knew how to limit yourself, then, there is still nothing wrong to be reminded. Well, pity those who didn't.

I wouldn't doubt that a lot of crypto casinos would be prepared to delete your account for you and/or exclude you from their services if you do request to them manually.

So what is needed is a systematic way of doing this that does not require manual intervention.

Without regulatory oversight this is going to be extremely difficult, since casinos have no incentive to do this. Perhaps some sort of crypto gambling organisation (pretty sure that there is already one) can provide the necessary regulations for self-exclusion in the future.

But what it ultimately comes down to is your own attitude, and no amount of self exclusion will help you if you take gambling the wrong way.

Customers are always there so that profits are also coming to you no matter what. They have certain limits while playing gambling but people are making multiple accounts so that they continue to play. Gambling addicts are very sensitive when it comes to a casino. So if there's some errors in your casino, they will find some casinos that are suitable for their preferences and you're casino will left behind. That's why most of the casinos are fixing their errors immediately so that customers are satisfied with the service.

That’s impossible you know, gambling website creators make money if more and more people gambling so why would they make it easy for gamblers to remove there account? Removing an account or putting the self-control button that will prevent gamblers from gambling will mean they are reducing their potential profit thus, no gambling website will ever do that. Wether we like it or not, the owners are only looking about their profits and they don’t really care about the gamblers well being.

That does suck, man. Now that you mentioned it, it is one of the shortcomings of crypto platforms compared to fiat, that you can't add self-exclusion. On the other hand, the sites I frequent are happy to properly block you (both username and IP in case you change usernames or accounts).

I do agree with you, that it should be easily doable on one's own. I know addiction's a bit tough to handle but in tiny moments of sanity if they're able to self-exclude, it might just save them.

Hope you're all right, bud.

@magneto you do have a point, that someone desperate enough might just circumvent his own block but it does make them think twice. I personally know someone who blocked himself and we were good friends. He could easily VPN himself on a new account but just that fact that he'd be doing it and not on his own name, makes him not do it. I can't explain it but being able to exclude yourself CAN help. It's not foolproof for sure but it is one way to help yourself.

Is it accurate to say that it's simply the gamblers commitment to control themselves? You can't just rely on the casino sites to modify when it is their approach to acquire benefit. If you're afraid on ending up feeling remorse and getting addicted in gambling then you should confine yourself, you should realize how to deal and oversee yourself. It's simply a matter of educating yourself since gambling won't assure you anything, it can give constructive and antagonistic effect on an individual if they don't have an idea about their own restriction. Why not make an effort to change your mentalities with regards to gambling? in that way you will easily comprehend and acknowledge how you can resolve your personal issues from gambling addiction.

How could a website implement this efficiently? Crypto gaming is mostly anonymous and you could just create an new account afaik. It won't matter in the end. Better self control because it is not in the interest of the house to help you control yourself.

It wont really be putted on a gambling sites feature.Who the hell would consider it out? As said gambling sites are businesses and its impossible
for them to put up limits or restrictions towards to their players.Its totally contradictory because they do much prefer for people to stay long
on their site as long they do have the money since they do know that they can make out profits and when it comes to the talks of self control
then it will all depend on the player itself.It has nothing to do with the house.

It's up to you really, if they close your account what is the guaranty that you will not open a new account, when it comes to gambling prevention and control should stop from the gambler, they can just give you warning but the control and how you behave should be up to you, not on the gambling site.

One who can control their addiction towards gambling might not in need of this feature because if they wanted to stop they can stop it straightaway.

And one who can't stop themselves will not stop anyway by having this feature so this might be useless IMHO.

I'm too in favor of this. They need to at least provide a lock function where the user can lock their coins for a certain amount of time or one that releases a fixed amount of coins every day while locking other. The largest loss I've made is due to rage bet. For example, if I start with 100 and go upto 1000 and down to 200, I'm very likely to go all in than realizing that I have 100% profit.

Some website has self exclusion features like Nitrogensports but in the end, I think this is all about the will of the players.
When we are gambling and we are in control, these things should not be a problem, but if we don't have control then probably we will face trouble in the long run.

I don't know if casinos are really into these kind of program since they are a profit oriented business, so basically if a player lose more than means the opposite for them which is profit, so why would they bother to put a limit on every gambler's account when that would limit their income as well? 

On a business perspective, I do not think that adding a feature where it limits the expenditure of a gambler would be healthy in the business especially considering that the website also has to pay their respective expenses monthly.
If you are struggling to to control and to self-discipline yourself when it comes to gambling, then seek for support/help from your peers or family members. The best change will always come from your own volition to change and that will give you the determination to impose limits upon yourself.

On my own perspective, functions like these could definitely help especially when people tend to forget that they have been wasting resources that much. I would also like to add that a feature that shows your total expenditure for the day can also at least help people in knowing how much they spent.

It is really difficult to draw the line between the business and the gambler's perspective especially that businesses tend to focus/aim in earning profits.

I still don't understand the notion of this, it really makes absolutely no sense to me at all. Think about it, does McDonald reject to give food to fat people? Does chocolate companies reject the people with diabetes? Does the cigarette brand deny the lung cancer people?

I mean you can literally kill yourself if you want to and those companies will continue to profit without really caring, they don't mind if you die or not, they only care if you give them your money or not. And here we are, technically not a death related thing and casinos are requested to have a control function, I am sorry but the worst thing you can have while gambling is basically losing your money, that's it, which means you should stay away if you are addicted but you won't die directly because of it.

Its really nonsense if we do think yet they wont consider on limiting their players just because of that concern.
They might have some forums or customer service about such addiction or do ask out for help but doesnt mean
that they will put up blockage or to stop their players on hanging out on the site.Only ones self can control things
what ever the situation he do faces.

I agree with you, you cannot impose this on a profit-driven company as long as you are playing they keep making a profit, and some gamblers have this kind of mentality, quitters never win, so they keep on playing and the gambling casino keeps making a profit and they want you to continue playing.

As stated in the OP, online gambling on his country has a limit and he’s making ways to ask if its also possible on crypto gambling site which is also good. A company should not only focus on their profit, they must also consider the health of their players so they will stay longer, i mean if the player already exceed the playing time a day then its not healthy anymore and that case it will lessen the number of player if something bad happen to that gambler, so for me this is still a win win situation in the long run. Though we cannot blame the gambling sites, so for now if there’s no system like this then I think its good to learn how to control yourself on your own ways.

A casino is a place that gamblers can play gambling games, but we need to have control for ourselves, especially limiting our money, so we know that we don't use all of the money to playing gambling. We need to understand how dangerous gambling games for us if we lose control because we will difficult to recover the money that we lose. The more people who cannot limit themselves in gambling, the more profit that the casino will get, so that is why we need to care with what we have and don't lose everything before it's too late.

Even I was thinking the same. Why would any casino delete any of their user account knowing the fact that the whole and sole income of these casinos is from the users bets placed. They would never allow anyone to quit gambling if it is in their hands. Gamblers gets most addicted to gambling and most of the times, it is only because of the platforms.

Gambling platforms are made in such a way that they could attract the gamblers in order to gamble constantly onto the platform and get addicted soon. We need a lot of self-control in order to not loose excess funds in gambling. Gambling can be harmful in terms of financial situations and you should try to maintain good gap between gambling and your capital.

There might be some regulatory issues concerning the removal of the account that is why most of the gambling websites or platform isn't allowing that to easily be removed by casual members. In my opinion, if the gambling platform is decentralized, that is the time that they should allow freedom of the users to control their account, but if we are taking part of the gambling platform that is centralized, we need to conform to their rules and procedures and we shouldn't complain about that.

I think i like this one because though we knew that Gambling is our own discretion,will,desire and our own faith yet having limitation from the gambling site itself will help gamblers limit themselves also,because addiction is indeed and others cannot hinder from this.
Sometimes people just need to be obligated before they find the right path to walk trough .
But of course why would gambling sit s care about this?when they’re first motive is to let players become addicted so they will make more profit even if this ends of becoming a gamblers life miserable.

It might help people but wouldn't these gamblers think they would just find other gambling sites?

They would just be annoyed that they have this feature and would be deciding to change their site into another without that kind of feature. That would lose their costumers and gambling sites would not want to lose them.

I think this is not going to happened since gambling websites need profit and profit is what gambling websites are all about putting a feature that is going to limit their profit is surely not going to happened.
As a gambler, you should be able to control your self in betting or continuing to gamble your money in the websites, probably the websites wanted you to be addicted and it is not their problem if you lose your money in the website so you should gamble at your own risk.

It's your own will to stop the gambling. If you want to stop just do not deposit any more money in the casino site and do not login. You do not have to wait for the casino to remove your account in order for you to stop the gambling. These are just excuses that we cannot stop gambling because it is not easy to abadon the account.

Sometimes it is not easy to control ourselves especially if one is addicted to gambling. I once changed the password of the site to a random password and then forgot it. This way i was not able to use that gambling site.  :D

You need to consider two things for this, first is the gambling site, second is the gamblers.

Running a gambling site is a business, meaning, they are always after the profits, and they require a certain fixed amount of bankroll they need to meet per day to keep their business running. Second, limiting gamblers to gamble is like your neighbor not minding his own business and messing up what you do in your life, that is how gamblers are going to feel if gambling sites will implement such thing.

Yes, gambling is addicting, but it is our very own responsibility and choice when we are playing gambling, gambling sites can't be a disciplinary councilor that will nag at you or advice some crappy things to you when you are playing gambling too much.

Be a responsible gambler.

Is it hard to have self control of one's own? Gambling websites thrive on people's addiction, it's player who should be cautious and anyway most crypto gambling website are unregistered or registered where rules are loose, so usually they have no one to tell.

Self control is gambler's responsibility, isn't it? Why casinos should add such feature as it is the main idea under gambling business?
Even if casinos add this feature, it will always depend on ourselves. If we cant control ourselves then this feature will be useless because addicted gamblers will always find a way to continue gambling.
Lets just control ourselves instead of relying on other things while doing gambling. You know your own limit then you should know when to stop.

Or probably just keep warning accounts that are in loses or unprofitable for a long time? Such accounts are likely owned by addicted gamblers... If they continue to play without being profitable, the account could then be closed... Not sure if this is the right thing to do.

I think closing of account could work best in society where people are tracked. Too risky to do if it's a "centralized" society.

There is no one who will be able to help us in controlling oneself because the only one who can truly help us is ourselves. No matter what functionality is added to gambling if you can't control yourself then it is still useless.  Gambling is a very dangerous game if you won't have self-control because it will not only ruin your sanity but it can also ruin your family.

First, sorry to hear that you have issues with controlling yourself in that matter, I've been there and i know it ain't easy. But adding limits wouldn't solve much, as people would simply go bet someplace else after reaching the set limit, and that's not in the interest of any gambling site, to push their own clients to other sites. You could say that you would be able to control yourself and  not go someplace else (then again this could be used in this case as well), but what about the others?

Standard scenario: Gambler sets the limit, and looses all the money. He is desperate now, he wants to get his money back, but he can't as he reached the limit. Will this stop him from simply opening a new account someplace else? Highly unlikely.


I worked in brick&mortar casino for years, and we had similar requests, people asking us to ban them from casino. Since we couldn't do that as it wouldn't work,  few of them decided to get the ban by  destroying casino inventory or attacking workers. In 100% of the cases, after they got the ban, they kept coming back, apologizing and begging us to let them back in.

Only thing that actually works in the long run is self-imposed self-control , not the one imposed by the others.

The gambling site should not be held accountable for the loss of a player, when a player first enter that kind of platform he should know in the first place what are the risk in playing gambling games.

Gambling is high risk, high reward, Never gamble the money you can't afford to loss cause that's when you tend to get emotional in wanting to take it back.

The thing is they want you to stay around on Stake.com where I have an active account they continously send me bonuses, giveaway just so I can comeback to play in their site, they are in the business of making money and for gamblers to have some fun, you cannot obliged them to limit your time in their site, because the profit will stop by then.

Exactly, blaming the gambling site for your loses is not acceptable, blame ourselves as we are the one making the decision every time we put our bet.

Sites that offers "self exclusion" to help gamblers control themselves should be appreciated but that is just an extra, majority of the sites does not offer the same as they are in a business, no personal relationship between the gambler and the site, its just the system that the gamblers are trying to beat and that system is almost unbeatable that's why casinos stays longer and profitable.


That's the first rule every gambler should know.

So easy to say but very difficult to apply. Most of those gamblers known this fact since from the start they are just enjoying while playing their favorite games. After some period of engagement and suffered from unavoidable loses, that will triggered the problem and push gamblers to make wild decisions
and make a big changes from their gambling activities.

You need to practice self discipline in order not to engaged that much from this kind of activities.

Most websites actually state at the bottom of the page that anybody who thinks they have a gambling problem should seek counseling or therapy.

The thing is, even if people do self-impose a restriction, there is little in the way stopping them from simply creating another account, or playing at a different casino when they reach the limit.

KYC requirements are rarely a thing for crypto casinos, so that barrier just isn't there. I really cant see how it would be effective unless all the differnt popular casinos share records and work together to enforce this, which just aint going to happen.

They will not comply because it means restricting their profit and they are a profit-driven company, they will even shower you with a giveaway, bonus and a lot perks so just you keep on playing in their dashboard, I have never seen a government that does that when it comes to gambling everyone is to each own.

I agree, many sites however do have this feature with them. Like many sites do offer self ban and self exclusion, the only disadvantage is no one is going to stop someone from opening another account if they wanna play later again! xD

Though keeping gambling sites from having a self-control functionality or alert will be better for them in the long run. Since this allows the customer/player to still go home with money on his pocket to multiply. Giving that person enough encouragement to try his luck once again in gambling, from there, it all depends on whther the player wins or loses.



It won't stop their customers from coming back since the money lost will drive them back into gambling to win back their losses. It's just ensuring that these people that are patronizing their services still have something to eat every day.

It sounds like a good idea you have right there! It seems like it has the same idea with the smoking warning that can be seen on the cigarette pockets. A simple warning so the people would be aware of what consequences they might be in if they decide to abuse it.  It might help a lot of people not to blame the gambling businesses for the consequences they will be involved in. Nevertheless, it is a protection for both parties in the gambling business sector such as the casino and the user, as well. Probably we could petition this but all in all that was a good job for the solution.

Rich not came from gambling but if built gambling as business that's the right answer. We can deny gambling is popular game with huge money circulation, everyone want their part and some of them use dirty tricks. As user we should wise and take good action like you, close account and never come back again. Take control your money and use clear mindset to see gambling is not your future and leave is the best thing you can do.

The bottom line is to not expect anybody other than you to help you with this and especially not casinos which are only looking out for people like yourself and others to profit from. I'm afraid you have to maser the strength to do it or else it may get too problematic for you. Perhaps, thinking about the reasons why you're doing it and the benefits it would bring you if you're not spending all your money on gambling  :-\

Only you can stop you, a feature in that in an online casino is not yet possible, self control is needed in order for you not to lose too much, descipline yourself also ,make a limit , for example after 6hrs of playing you will stop and rest, whether you are winning you need to stop but when experience losing streak after 3hrs of playin ,you need to stop. In that case you will have a self control that you are wanting OP.

There are some positive and negative effect of your suggestion although generally it's a great idea but since cryptocurrency related gambling casinos are mostly online, getting a verification that the individual intending to close the account is actually the owner wouldn't be an easy task since an account can be hacked and closed without the owner of the account having any knowledge. Therefore the initial step of contacting support is still recommended in my opinion.

This can also lead to misunderstanding better the house and the customers since account with funds can be mistakenly deleted and it might not be recoverable, which will lead to the affected individual spreading the fud of the casino been a scam casino, spoiling (staining) the reputation of the casino in the process.

You should know that gamblers should play at their own risk, gambling sites are a profit-driven company that, they do not interfere on the motivation of the gambler all they want is for players to play a longer time and adding more funds in their dashboard and chase for their win.

Yeah right, I think only myself has the full limits. The fact is that if someone gambles and then they are within the limits of gambling, they can still gamble with other accounts, it is all because they cannot control themselves. I think what @OP said isn't entirely true, because the best limits are gambling management and emotional management.

Why would people not do it on their own? In your example, you can completely try to avoid the platform which you asked for a closure because what I think it you might not gain access back to the platform once the support team deletes your account. But yes, this might be useful for the ones who are highly addicted towards gambling.

Gambling is a source where most of the people lose all of their funds but some on contrary turn out to be millionaires and billionaires just with the help of gambling. Yes, they might have a strong luck factor behind them though. But for the rest of the people who really want to stay away from gambling but their addiction never allows them to do the same, they could use such self-control functions if introduced.

Account deletion will not really help. It is easy to create an account once that person decides to take gambling again.

The process will just repeat; register-play-stop-request for delete account-register-play-stop-request for delete account and so on. No one can help us to stop our gambling habit, not even with the cooperation of gambling sites. These sites are promoting anyone to gamble, not to stop users from doing gambling. If anyone decided to stop, they really need to be serious in doing this and forced themselves not to see any sites related to gambling while they are browsing on the web.

This is not about the gambling website it is about yourself on how you can control it. You can always delete or email the support to delete your account but that is not the solution you can always create a new account or register to a new site. I think you need to control yourself and have self-discipline.
No matter how I look at it, If you really want it you are still coming back and create another account.  :D The best solution is to tell your wife or husband what you are doing so she can stop you from it and keep nagging you all day, maybe it will help.

Definitely, you nailed it mate.

I've done that in the past, I put my account into self exclusion for months IIRC, but later I realized I also want to gamble again so I decided to create a new account since most of the crypto gambling sites here does not require a KYC, then I started gambling again, so you are right it's about self control and not the gambling sites to be blame here.

This would help a lot of people around the globe to maintain control over their asset and help them set the right thing to do in case when the limit have been reached. But, I think this would be hard to be implemented because, I think, it would mean less opportunity for the gambling organizers to earn more profit, it is either they would implement it themselves' which is less possible, or a regulating body would take charge.

Even if the gambling site makes an easy way to prevent members from gambling, if the gamblers don't have self-control, that gambler will always gamble and use more money. If there is a prohibition or limiting on using the money for gamblers or the account will freeze by itself if the gamblers break the limit, that doesn't mean the gamblers will stop playing gambling. They will open a new account in the other days to play gambling, and that will happen like that over and over. So every gambler really needs to have self-control over themselves.

While I do somewhat agree with this, there's also a ton of things that could go wrong such as people somehow accidentally placing a limitation on their account through some sort of a self-control function, or people that end up regretting activating the self-control or maybe needing the funds in an emergency that are locked up in the casino for X amount of time. The best solution is to start with something small that also exercises your self control, and continuing to do this until eventually you regain enough self control to stop gambling when you want to.

Gambling sites should apply a life status check from every players who've been playing with them. With this strategy it could control more gamblers aggressiveness on betting even though beyond of his capacity to bet. KYC and proof of legit income must be a strict requirements in order to be registered for any crypto gambling websites, and failure of completion will dealt to have no access on the website.

This may not be able to totally hinder an addicted gambler from playing. But to a moderate gambler who is attracted to gambling but still has some control left in him, this might really help. This is an effective mechanism to manage each gambler's gambling hobby. But if we talk of addicted gamblers, that would be a totally different scenario. Gambling is almost unstoppable for this kind of people. Even without a single penny, they will always find a way to gamble, either by selling some properties, or by stealing, or pawning, getting a loan, and so on. So this feature is definitely not for them. What is for them is professional intervention.

I think gambling could be made addictive intentionally or unintentionally. The features, environments, sounds etc that encourage gambling (especially the bad gamblings) addiction should be removed in my opinion. Stopping an addicts from gambling more, can be helpful too. You never can tell what addicts are passing through internally. Wasting time and money only makes things worse.

there was a site that have this feature a long time ago if i still remember it  but i think that wasnt a gambling site but it would be cool if a gambling site have that feature so that we can get rid of our accounts permanently not just by a certain time because if you self ban your self from a certain period of time , the chances is that you will repeat same mistake again the moment that youl comeback or worst youl be itching to comeback but time lock down time hasnt been expired yet  .

The gambling site runs because of your emotions. Now question is can you control it? Answer is yes but it is tough to keep a control over emotions specially when in involved losing money and the method to seemingly make that money back is right in front of you. There is this vicious cycle and you need to break away from it.

Gambleaware is a good resource for addicted gamblers but I assure you that the biggest person who can help is you yourself. You have to take the control back and this is possible even if it is difficult.

I hope the support team of the site blocks your account but again it will take a simple circumvention method to go back. So here again self-control is more important.

You're right about that, chances that after gaining enough funds you'll be going to try your luck thinking that you'll be able to recover back those losses but the worse thing will come and make your bankroll to lose again. It's tough to control such emotions and if there's function like this from any gambling site the chance of minimizing addiction and losing huge amount of money is high.

I partly agree with you, instead of them adding a self control and reducing their profit, it should be us who should have self control. In order to cancel or delete an account they should provide a delete account link on user profile. It would be waste of time sending  them an email just to cancel/close Account.

I understand your idea. This is already practiced in offline casinos in some countries, where you can ask your person to be blacklisted in the casino if you think that this will help you cope with the control of gambling addiction. Thus, many people blacklist themselves in all casinos in the city after which they are simply not allowed to go there for a certain or indefinite amount of time.

I believe that creating such functionality for gambling sites is not profitable, because the main income of casino sites is from those people who can not get rid of addiction,
continue to play again and again without brakes. Therefore, your own control in this matter will depend only on you, like everything in this life.

Sometimes looking for ways to maximize profit just isn't the best thing to do. If I was a casino owner and there was a way I could stop someone from basically losing more than they can afford to, I would do it even if it draws the profit lower with it.

However, I'm not sure how these limits would help greedy people. If one wants to go over their limit, they will even with the best limiting function that could exist. If one limits their total profit or loss and thinks of going over them, they will increase them. If someone wants to go for another gambling session after deleting their account, they'll just make another one.

Greed cannot be encountered this easy. I've pushed myself over the limits and know what it means to do whatever it takes in order to get where you want.

Why should we look at a feature that not present mostly at gambling sites, which actually should not expect to be at any gambling sites?

Why should these sites care for something that is out of their league?

If people can't control their inner self, why should they expect a website to control them instead? Isn't that still can be called as self-control?

With or without a self-control functionality, it will depend on us if we will push our gambling habit or not. Help ourselves instead and not the site should help us.

If a certain person cant even himself towards his gambling activity then 100% no thing can control him as well.Controlling feature of a gambling site? Sounds unique

but totally irrelevant yet we know that these are businesses and im sure that they wont care most of the time on what would happen to their gamblers financial status
on playing to their site.As long they do have the money then they can make profit and personal things like wrecking your life wont really be a problem to them.

Its out of their concern.

This is the problem. Even after the control mechanism is triggered, if a person wants to, he can create a new account or return to the game in some other way.
Thus, we return to the fact that creating such a mechanism is rather difficult. At a minimum, a third party is needed that will be able to completely block access to all Gambling resources on the device.

However, whether this will be an excessive measure, because something will have more authority on our device than ourselves.
In any case, I think if a person has problems with how much money he can lose, then he himself needs to realize this , and take control.

It makes no sense to rely on others; only you can solve your problems.

This will literally help those who are getting addicted to gambling but probably, they will not add this kind of feature since gambling websites don't care if you're getting addicted to it since they are earning profit through your bets. Their income is from the users, if they will let this happen then it will be lessen the kickback they're receiving every day.
Actually nope, you can hold that account based on the IP. If that user doesn't have any self-control anymore and keep losing, they will easily track if those accounts are in the same IP so they can't use the platform during cooldown.

The idea sound good enough but the question is, is it actionable?
The truth is, many gamblers will know about this feature and are aware of how it can benefit them yet they won't use it. Especially when the loss in games, they will keep on playing hoping they will win. The self-control of gambling come from within, that is the self-will. Anyone that wants to shy away from gambling addiction should have good will power to say no.

but even if they use it and their accounts are permanently deleted , they can still comback again and create a new account  . this button isnt the cure for them but the only cure for addicted gamblers if psychological treatment  and by taking some medication  .  when you win , you cant also stop but there is a tendency that you will play and bet high amounts because you see that you have a huge balance left and if you loose that all . you wont still be satisfied and youl find ways to have a capital to play again  .

It's very needed if you really wanted to quit, your self will is the one that you need to established since everything about your decision is back up by your own will. Even there's functionality like this inside the house if you can't find the way to stop yourself then it won't be use at all. It's the gamblers decision making that will keep them away from heavy addiction.

But it is not easy to quit especially in the gambler became addicted to it. It takes time and counselling program in order to really stop gambling. The OP is about the gambling site that have feature where a gambler can control his self. I do not yet see a gambling like that where it have unique characteristics. Self-control is the best way in order to lessen the time that we are allocating in to gambling. I also became addicted but I overcome it challenge and now I can now control my emotion and feelings again.

I think the gambling sites do not check the status of every player because they don't do that besides to check if the account is active in their websites or not. If the account is not active, then they can delete the account so their database will have the active players. Related the status or preventing the gamblers from spending their money, that will be the responsibility for every player because that is their money. And they need to take care of the money if they don't want to lose all of the capital. I don't think the gambling site will need KYC and proof of legit income must be available for the gambling site because we gamble on the crypto gambling site to avoid KYC ;D


No, that will not hinder an addicted gambler from playing. I don't think that will prevent the gambler from spending the money. The player will have more than 3 accounts on the same gambling website because if one account already reaches the limit of spending the money, they will use the other account to continue to gamble. Besides that, I don't think that the gambling website will add that features in their site because their purposes to create the gambling site is to get the money from the gamblers especially from the gambler who cannot control themselves in spending the money.

As if a gambler will tell the truth or present His life status accurately ?lol that would be a joke unless site will send investigators to make this done rightfully.
And besides Gamblers want privacy that is why they also preventing KYC passing.
But this will help preventing losing high amount if implemented,the question is will gamblers play still in this way?or they will find another gambling opportunities to prevent this things from getting into their nerves?whatever happen gambling will always win over people.

Do you think it's a good idea to play on site where your life status has always been check? Do you think it's safe for you? Since I don't find it reliable to be implemented since the anonymity and privacy of the gamblers has been taken out for that case. And also I'm sure you don't like KYC so it's the same feeling for people who avoid it since for me KYC is necessary for big withdrawals only not for anything since I find it dangerous to placed your personal data everywhere.

Yes, self control comes from us, we are the one who controlling it, even that site has that feature I am sure that it is optional and yet you will not try that, or even you will try it still, you will be bored and turn off that self control thingy. You need to have that in yourself ,  it is not possible for the gambling site to do that thing, since they will lose some money and traffic if they do that .

It is possible, one of the sites I know which is Nitrogen sports had that kind of features.

https://www.lolbettingsites.com/nitrogen-review/

Actually I had used that features in the past but right now I am not an active user of the site but I think they still have that feature.

yeah that is why we are here in crypto world and making gambling using online sites because we want to preserve our privacy but with this thing?it is clear that they can check us from time to time?
i think using VPN or other online site will keep us safer?it is our rights to spend our money even how bad it is,because we are the one who earns this,thanks for Government concern but i think this is needs to be solved by the gambler itself.

There may be exclusions based on IP address and not just on accounts.


This is not just all about the gambling websites or casinos, online and physical. This is also about legal gambling regulations. The gambling site may not have any choice about it. Self-exclusion feature is not actually a new idea or concept. It has already been implemented in various countries. OP has already mentioned that in Belgium gambling sites are required by law to have self-imposed limits. Australia has also the same legal policy. Other countries have also exclusion policies but more of exclusions as requested by family members and not by the gambler himself/herself.

I don't think that the gamblers will use that way because that will look like limit the have to fun time, but perhaps, that could help the gamblers to know the limit, so they don't lose much money. The gambling will always attract people to go deeper to the gambling world, and if we don't have control for ourselves, then we cannot avoid the big losses that will happen anytime. Each gambler will need to have self-control in gambling, so they don't rely on another thing to control themselves.

We all know that playing gambling can satisfy our selves to have fun and to play gambling some of the player today goes play all day because they are now focusing to the earnings on gambling even they know it is riskier still they want to play those games because they are confident they will win the game and earn a lot of profit they use gambling as their job for a while to collect. Still, there are people who wants to play gambling because they want to make extra money and enjoy the game. Playing gambling is too hard to stop, but still, we need to control ourselves to avoid having trouble to our time management while playing we did not recognize how many hours we spent on playing it is better to control and monitor the same with the money we spent too to avoid losing a considerable amount of money.

that is what exactly i am pointing,Gamblers will always Find way to gamble even if there is features like this because it is their money that being risk and their life that getting worst so why need to cover for their wanting?
i think what we all need is a proper information about what and how really gambling works.
it is not the way we see it as profiteering place instead it is the other way around so better not to risk our life but just enjot the game.

Putting up such limits? I never heard of such idea like this but I am in favor of this suggestion by OP. I was losing my control in gambling, I would admit that. But the only one who can fight that uncontrollably greediness is ourself. It makes sense why in gambling site, there is a setting for stop profit and stop on lose. It can be useful to one if we put our goal on that setting. It somehow helps to control ourself in unhealthy emotions.

It will be a good solution for people who are gambling always.

As people keep on gambling for profit, they would be stuck to that kind of system that would really fall in time to addiction. As gambling sites and casinos might not implement this, we as gamblers should be responsible to what and how much we are spending in these places. Speaking of limitations, read this post as it is connected to this discussion.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5217748.0

yeah just like you?this was the first time that i heard this idea but it is very helpful right?imagine that we can be saved from being spending a lot?
sometimes there must be a forced thing to interfere for us to become safer gambler because this is addicting game and we cannot hide our lust in playing mostly so help is all we need.
but of course what we more need is to Help our self having  control and liable to our actions.

While I agree that a gambler has to make decisions himself when to start and stop but having a limit at certain times does helps, as you might not be aware that even the biggest gambling platforms like bet365 have such limits. These limits do not handicap you at all but they just make you ensure that during bad session and loosing too much does not affect your thinking ability and you are unable to deposit any extra funds.

This is important because we as gamblers have always faced that stage where we just want more funds to gain back the lost money and such limits helps reduce those meltdowns and once we are unable to deposit because of these limits and time passes by, we realize we avoided a big meltdown.

No, actually there can be limits setup for max deposit and max withdrawal. But I believe since we are into crypto gambling its much easier for anyone to create a new account and deposit there. I believe as long as identity cannot be verified and each gambling account is verified these limits would never be as effective as you would want them to be.

Coming back to point, do we actually need such limits? My answer would be NO, because if you cannot control your gambling limits you must not be gambling at all in first place. You may search about problem gambling if you want to know more.

I wont suggest that thing yet you will surely mold up yourself to be addicted before you do able to have that self control youve been talking.Most of the time people do learn when they do already committed
mistakes.

Gambling sites doesnt really need to be blamed and its nonsense for them to put up some self-control thing.For what? they do aim for getting users and setting it up will really opposes on what theyve been targeting.
Players should be the ones to have that self-control if you dont like to mess up their entire life.

I dont think a private firm who owns cryptocurrency casinos will implement this idea. Maybe they can add some ground warnings but adding this feature will also make their profits goes thinner. As a businessman do you think they would allow that?

Many gamblers have a habit of losing too much because too much greed and cant control themselves. IMO, if you cant control yourself then better to stop playing if this attitude is hard to control. Playing gambling is more than just an entertainment but can also lead to addiction. Some will also disagree to put this feature as if they will be mandated to follow rules to avoid this objective that should start first with discipline when playing this kind of game that involves money.

You are absolutely right, those gambling websites want to rip money from their gamblers as much as they can. Yes, they will give you warnings or help reference sites for gambling addiction but honestly, have you heard any online or offline casino site which is concerned with their player's welfare in terms of spending money? It is the gambler's responsibility to have self-control and not the site that he is playing with. They won't care how much you will spend to them. For them, the more the better.

Not all casinos are trying to drain customers for all their money.

Take a look at luckydice.com, you'll find that they're actually trying to provide users with an enjoyable experience while playing, and still manages to keep alow house edge.

Likewise, there's also platforms like Nitrogen Sports and other sportsbooks that don't take any direct cut, they just make a profit on the odds spread.

Also, I don't believe the platforms have no role, they should act responsibly, and any platform worth its salt usually does.

It depends on the type of game we are playing here but normally people spend big money on games where they think they can use their skills to win, like sports betting. Some sites have a feature to help gamblers control but that doesn't really play a big rule in the world of crypto gambling as we are doing it anonymously and anytime with a new username and email, we can gamble again.

Most gambling websites (at least most of those I've joined) require KYC anyway, so creating a new account isn't an option. But self-control should come from the individual betting, not from the website.. that's why it's called self-control..

The best thing a casino can do is to add some sort of timeout the user can set.. for example, they could let you choose not to be able to bet for X minutes. But again, if one wants to play their money out, they will anyway.. so it's useless

If they are focusing only on the earnings, they will risk their money in gambling because they cannot make that earning. They are playing gambling because they see other people can get the win money, and that is why they follow them and try to get the winning. If you have control for yourself, you don't have to feel it is hard to stop because you will find that you can stop anytime without a problem. I agree that we need to manage our time in gambling, so we don't spend time too long.


I am sure the gambler will get what they want because they will search the other way to still playing gambling. So far, when people are playing gambling, they don't seek that information because their reason for playing gambling is only searched for fun and try to kill their time. And as time goes by, they slowly become addicted to gambling, but they don't seek the information about protecting themselves in gambling. So that makes them become heavy addicted to gambling, and they will be hard to cure the addicting.

There's a hundred of gambling website's out there so basically what are you asking is easy to do yet, useless. Imagine if you close your account then your mind feels like to play, you can easily create a new account on every single gambling website here on the internet and continue playing. What you need to do is control yourself on gambling addiction. Little by little, lower the time that you are spending on gambling website's or simply gambling and as time passes by, I am sure that you are controlling yourself to stop on gambling when you want. It's not easy, but I think every individual can do it.

No mechanism or system can stop human for doing what they are addicted to, so I think you should focus on yourself development with regards to gambling, This closing account feature will not be useful (for me). I believe that the majority of the gamblers will agree with me.

Don't you think this is sarcastic? I mean, how can someone going to have his self-development if he keeps playing gambling. As you mentioned above, an addicted person would do anything to feed his addiction, and that being said, it means that in order for him to create something in his life that will benefit him in the long run, he should closed his account or stop playing gambling for good also.

Because to be honest, implementing the self-control functionality in a gambling site would make the gambling addiction problem even more chaotic than before.

For me having self control is one way to achieve your goal and icreases decision making capacity. When we practice self-control it becomes easy to us to decisions because our minds swap to simpler process. And I think when we do it regularly there is a better chance at being able to move past and they avoid situations in which they have to choose between desires.

In order for us to have self-control, we should first focusing in our intrapersonal skill which is skill talking to yourself because it is a way in order to improve our psychology when we do gambling. Most of our decisions are base on our emotions, if we have self control then we can have proper decisions and avoid mistakes in gambling. Addiction can also be avoided if we focus on improving our self control and enhancing our psychology when we do gambling.

One gambling site that has this kind of feature is Stake.com

I just received a notification on this and this is really a good option I just wonder how many members of Stake are going to use this feature.

Yea, I have received the email from Stake as well.

I started to like Stake with the responsible gambling campaign and the Sportsbet functionality, even when the site design is not appealing for me. I hope more and more casinos would add similar features to ensure the sustainability of the gambling ecosystem. I mean, it would be better if gamblers could play for a long period instead of one-off gung ho that could put them in trouble and never play again.

Gamblers tend to surpass their limits whenever they feel good or frustrated that's why adding a self control functionality would definitely help a lot most specially to those who have severe addiction. Instead of gambling sites being too greedy, they should instead mind their players monetary status so that they can still keep on gambling without experiencing bankruptcy. Anything that is too much in this world can destroy you that's why self control is a must and shouldn't be ignored by everyone most specially for the gamblers.

If you want to close down your account then you do not really need to do anything but to change the password of your account to some random numbers and letters and do the same with the email account linked to it and that will get rid of the account, now about the functionality to put limits to your gambling activity that will be a great idea but unless those casinos are forced by the law to implement that I have my doubts we are going to see that feature in cryptocurrency casinos.

I think a lot of gambling sites don't have this feature because they want us to keep gambling. By law they just need to have a disclaimer about responsible gambling. Almost every site has this which protects them from being sued but I do agree with you that there should be more done to help people who can't keep control of their spending. I know some sites have lock out periods or a pop up comes up saying that you reached your limit and to take a break if that's the settings you have set. Its just that not all sites have this especially crypto gambling sites but I think this will all change in the future.

Do they  ???  Isn't it all up to the player? The role of a casino is to provide games and entertainment for you in every shape and form they can, and with this in mind then why would they not profit from the "weak-minded" players? I don't see a casino adding this feature any time soon as it would limit their potential profit which is their main agenda, rather than making sure their customers are not betting more than they can afford to.

They wouldnt really care at all in the first place and yes, why would they create or mind too much into their players for them to play even more? This is what their own motive or goal
and making things which would contradict to their main aim sounds pretty dumb.Its only up to the player on how he do handle out themselves and gambling sites/houses wont really care
if you bet on moderation or impulsive behavior.

Results or consequences will really vary or depend on how a certain person will deal about his gambling activity.

Here it is much focused upon the limiting of one's spending on gambling. When the time isn't that supportive for the player if he have pressed the particular button he can't continue playing for specific time period. This is good, but such a feature won't be added easily by the casinos as each and everything is connected with some business. Already the same thing but to limit the spending there is possible way to hold in vault. The funds stored in vault can't be accessed directly. The required amount needs to be moved to the main wallet and further only it can be used.

This way if we can hold what is available to be lost and limit the spending.

Yep,

The only easy way for casinos to implement this would be if a third-party service creates it and provides it to all the major casinos.

However, casinos make money from players losing, so I doubt there is much incentive to add this service.

It's not a casinos fault if players lose money, they also stand the chance to win after all.

Players should have their own willpower.

Also received that email where you can ban yourself for a period of time, I don't think it will apply for compulsive gambler because they have this will come back and win this time attitude, only responsible gamblers can impose that, but I'm glad Stake.com has something like this, other gambling site should follow their lead.

This wont really be effective anytime yet if you do able to consider on using up this feature it means you are already on the verge of addiction and since you do know that you can access to gamble again once you open it once again which means this is much a pretty useless feature if you ask me but at least they are showing something some concern or care to their players but deep inside they do really hope for playing even more.
Third parties are usually offering this kind of service but i dont really see for this to be effective because gamblers dont approach for help or even doesnt accept nor realize that they are already got addicted.
The more addicted gamblers the more profit could it bring to houses and stopping it is nonsense.

It's not really going to be effective and they just want it for those who wants but it will not help those who are habitual gambler, they will just ignore it and continue playing the game as if it's not existing, but I still commend Stake for installing this, I remember one time I said after losing that I am not going to play for a week but I still play if you have that, you can make it happen.

You missed the whole picture dude.

Addiction is good from the business perspective, but overdose is bad. For example:
- Addicted to donut is good, but diabetes is bad;
- Addicted to fried chicken is good, but heart attack is bad, etc.

To reap sustainable profit, casinos should maintain a healthy gambling community so that they can continue to gamble in the long run. The stop or cooldown feature is useful so that users don't get "overdose." It's also nice for marketing purposes. I agree that the stop feature might not be effective, but at least they tried.

Gambling is not bad if you can still control yourself from it if it doesn't cause you to forget to do more valuable things if it doesn't consume most of your time spending only on gambling and if it doesn't prompt for you to lose money. If one of which already took you, then that is the time when you should stop the gambling, if you have a feeling of being addicted on gambling then you should do some ways to prevent it, then find Alternatives to Gambling, you may do some physical activities, meditation, traveling, spending time on your family, something like that, it is better from being addicted on gambling because that is healthy living that we all should have. Addicts have to avoid environments that lead to gambling. Stay away from casinos, race tracks, poker games, or anything else that might remind or tempt you. Cut bad influences out of your life. Take away sources for financing your habit by giving your spouse or someone else control of your money. Still, if those things do not work, then try to visit some Health care professional or psychiatrist. They will help you to prevent being addicted to gambling. They will teach you how to focus on other things. There are so many reasons for you to stop being addicted, and you may try it all if you are motivated to change your lifestyle.

I agree that every reputable crypto gambling casino should have an option to let you lock out yourself of your account.In fact I think that this option should be definitive and if you try to register again at this casino your are not allowed,this option should be like “a ban forever” for the user.

Some fiat casinos have that feature, however they did not added that feature because they wanted they were basically forced by the government to do it and if regulations were to appear then cryptocurrency casinos will need to do it, personally I do not think it will make a huge difference especially in this market where most casinos do not require any kind of KYC to create an account, so even if a gambler has decided for the time being to not gamble and use that feature he could always create a new account without any problem and gamble that way.

If there's a feature tool like that then whoever wanted to make a break will benefits from such system though you are correct with habitual or addicted gamblers it won't change any once they've already inside the house, they will just ignored this stuff and continue playing even up to losing everything inside their bankroll.

I do not think that a gambling website will do that thing. The one who wins the game in any gambling website is the one who creates it or the owner of the website because I am pretty much sure that they win more than the winner of the game, so I do not think that they will lessen the profit that they earn by adding a feature that will give a limitation for the gamblers on playing the gambling sites are always updating and maintaining so the game because of they really want to have more players that will try it.
The only way to limit the gamblers on playing is only themselves. They are the one that is responsible for stopping them from wasting their money betting and betting.

Indeed, the purpose of many gambling websites is to earn money by their users, having many users on their website, then the higher the profit for them, but the idea of having a limit is somehow useful to the gamblers. Still, I don't think that they would sacrifice their profits to the situation of the players.
It still depends on the gamblers if they will limit their time playing or not.

what kind of self-control do u think the best? if u hoping it comes from web provider then I think it will be useless until it comes from the law if it forced. Every user just needs the reminder i think, like when u already below 50% your fund, still want to continue or not. I think thats the best like stop loss at trading. But if they ignore it then suit themself, right?

This was a good idea! There should be something like a button or a setting wherein the player can able to control its time or duration in playing with casinos. However, these casinos want you to spend more so that they can probably earn more. putting it to consideration the house or the website should be responsible with theses issues too not only with their profit.

Do you really think that it's possible? Because according to me this is totally no sense to think like this. It's a foolish thought if a gambler wants the casino to control them. The system is having some rules that all the members should follow but it's ridiculous to think a machine can control your emotions you if you feel that you are over-investing just quit by yourself but never let machines control you.

I agree, this even makes less sense when we are taking about cryptocurrencies, the purpose of cryptocurrencies is to give freedom and the responsibility this entails back to the user, anyone that thinks like this is basically admitting they are not ready for the responsibility that comes with cryptocurrencies, as such it is important to take control of our gambling activities and only gamble for a predetermined amount of time and as soon as that time expires you stop gambling, this may seem as too rigid but it is the only way to avoid being addicted to gambling.

The word "self-control" is self explanatory. One needs to control their urges. If they have a habit of gambling away money, then it needs to be checked from time to time. This can be done by manually set alerts or a close person reminding them of the time and money spent everyday. Eventually it needs to come from within. Otherwise the process is a failure.

Force used is always counter productive here.

If they ignore it then its their problem. The concept of self control would not be applicable there.

I think the self-control will be on our side because that is related to the money that we use to playing gambling. If we cannot control ourselves in gambling, no matter if the website has that features, we will still try to play gambling with another account, and I am sure that he will have many accounts to continue playing gambling. With using reminder, we can know when we should stop gambling before our money is all gone.

actually it wasn't the reminder that will help us but the obligatory of having a function of control from the site it self.
the problem is would really those gambling site cares about this?they are here just to gather money from gamblers and not to help their players keeping safe.so it doesnt matter what we need but still its the sites that decide about that.

I also can't see the motive of gambling sites to introduce such controls. Their primary goal is money and profit, I don't think they care too much about issues of players. This could only be possible if they had some legal and regulatory obligations and of course someone who would monitor that.
However, if the player himself isn't aware of problem nothing else will help him.

The reminder can help you to remember your time to stop gambling, and I think that is the first reminder for yourself, so you don't continue playing gambling. That will work for you, especially if you learn about controlling yourself in gambling.

I don't think that the site will care about that because they want to make money from the gamblers, and even they care about that, the gamblers still have control for themselves. All the matter is about ourselves in having control so we can prevent the worst thing that might happen.

Never seen a gambling site with that feature. And I don't think they will ever think of that. It is true, gambling sites or casinos want to rip money as much as they can from the gamblers. That's their business. They will give you contacts if you need help from gambling addiction, that, you can find that in a lot of websites. But feature of self-control. I don't think so.

It would be useless even if they add up some self-control function to their site,
Since each gambler could always create a new account if they couldn't control their own.
The gambling sites doesn't really need that feature it is our job to control ourself on everything besides I don't really think that they would add it since it would lessen the gamblers game on their platform.

Maybe it's been useful for some and actually I once use that feature in my nitrogensports account, I prohibited myself from accessing the dice game because I always loss money on that game and it really work well, and that time I was afraid to create a new account as I don't want my main account to be compromise.

Yeah, I never saw that too because I don't think that the gambling site will add that feature. The responsibility will come to the gamblers itself, whether they want to stop playing gambling or still continue playing gambling. The gambling website only gives way how to gamble with some money, and the rest will be at the gamblers. The self-control is something that we need to have in gambling so we don't spend all of the money or we can control ourselves.

If you can stop yourself from accessing the account then you dont need to block your account.

The casino does not force a player to play. It is a service provided by the casino like any other service like a merchant. The habit of gambling is present in every human and thus it is important to control that. Casinos will always be there because running one is a flourishing business but self control comes from self and not by other people.

Of course the casinos provide a system to allow you to stop but in order to keep your hidden desires happy, it has been made in such a way that it is circumvent-able. So the bottom line is that you have to control yourself.

Having that kind of functionality for a online casino is very hard to be implemented because it will look like websites that are asking if you are right of age. I dont think it will work because people will find a way to play even if you do that functionality plus any business minded will think of this as a disadvantage because they are losing customers. What you really need to do if you are addicted to gambling then you will need a rehabilitation. This kind of functionality is analogous to putting a band-aid to an amputated arm.

This wouldn't do anything really.. All sorts of ways to circumvent self imposed blocks on gambling if a user wants to.
Seems like a waste of time to me. It should be up to the gambler to limit themselves, not the service facilitating the bets.
Even if you could block yourself from betting.. If you're in the middle of a tilt it is very likely you just create another account and keep gambling.

As someone who was formerly heavily addicted to gambling the best way to avoid needless posts like this one is just simply not to gamble.
Clearly the loss isn't worth the fun, judging by a post made like this. But at the end of the day it is not a site operators job to prevent you from doing something you're doing anyways.

I don't think that it is still a necessary for them to add this kind of feature. In the first place their goal is for people to play on their casino, and adding a self-control functionality will limit the players from playing which is in return, for them is a low gambling rate. What I can see as a problem here is within the gambler themselves. They are obliged to be disciplined in playing, and to limit their games whenever they feel that they are breaking their limits.

For me, there's nothing wrong in gambling as long as we know when to stop. The responsibility in this matter lies upon us and not the gambling sites where we are playing into.

Indeed, crypto gambling sites will never add that function when we are considered as their prey, we participate in gambling more, they have more chances to earn more money, a tool designed to restrict our ability to gamble, which would be similar to casinos giving up their profits, no one can sacrifice benefits for others, especially this is a great benefit. So, agree with you that instead of relying on and waiting for this feature from gambling, we should automatically make plans and design reasonable game modes and playtime, be a player who controls the game if we don't want the game to start controlling us

This is true on which we doesnt really need to have that self-restrict feature because it would really be still useless even if those things exist as long yourself cant able to control your gambling desire.

As long you do think of on playing gambling then no matter how they do block or other things been done, you will surely find a way to access just to play again so its a pretty useless feature imho.

Gambling sites are businesses and they dont really care on what would happen to their players if they got broke or wreck up their lives yet they would always be special as long you do have the money
to play.

Thinking about their users situation isnt really their business at all.

That is why it is called self-control because it needs to be made by your own.
Adding up some self-control feature on their site wouldn't keep you from gambling because it is so easy to create new account to gamble.
So what's the point of adding it if the user could just easily create a new account while it's main is still unavailable?

Thats how it happens really but the gambling companies will not want to include this kind of features because it will affects  their profits and they won't want to do that  caution should be with

It is not always a win-win situation for both gamblers and casino management. I have seen many cases on the gambling forums about the contradictions of using self-control and winning huge amounts. Casinos refuse to pay the amount because they have such an argument about using self-control function by the gambler. This function will be their best excuse for not paying the won funds to the addicted gamblers.

for gambling companies, I don't think it's just to make money, but to look for a good name and reputation even though they develop the gambling industry so whatever they develop should be careful because when a place can be good, there will be more and more enthusiasts.

indeed the feature will only make the user profit while the gambling website I am sure will feel the loss because there will be fewer people who will use that function so that a little will be curious and their assets will be a little on the gambling website.

By the title you have said, self-control it means that it should be made by your own.
Even when the creator put a self control functuality, no one will stop you to play if you want to play because there,s a lot of ways to play on gambling sites.

Since it is free to create an online account on gambling websites that accepts crypto-currencies, even if the online casino close down that user account, if that player are heavily addicted to gambling, I believe there is a high chance he will still create another new account to start gambling again. I think the best way to solve gambling addiction would be to look for help from professional counselor for counseling.

I read most social apps are slowly getting this feature of self-control so that the are legally binding with most jurisdictions globally. The recent one which added self-control feature is, tik-tok app.

I guess most of gambling house owners will not prefer adding those self control functionality because they will lose their revenue over the time. But when governments introduce regulations about this kind of functionality then I believe that will be bringing big differences in most gambler's life.

Yes, self controlling functionality definitely will lead to less possibility of getting addicted to gambling. I believe this must be very essential feature hence gambling houses should think about adding it as early as possible.

It is well explained by you why websites lack this feature because it has no practical importance. Those who have an addiction to gambling can go to any extent to fulfill their desires. Self-control is one of the toughest things all over the world and I believe yoga or meditation can help with it to a great level.

Definitely, this self-control functionality is not in favor of the gambling websites. They want their players be on their site as long as possible and rip money as much as they can. That's how they can earn huge money, from those gamblers that don't know how to control themselves. Also, this functionality will only be implemented if the government will put into law. Otherwise, I don't think they will voluntarily integrate this feature within their system.

So you hope your account is deleted on a site so that your activities can be reduced when playing gambling?
hmm, sounds a little weird what if you don't use it again is it too hard to hold it? if you can already think it will have a positive impact on your life besides gambling but on other factors.
because when someone wants something they will try to do / get it regardless it's good or bad thing to do.
so you should be able to control it. ;D

Self control on some gambling site does not work that way, you only limit yourself in gambling for a certain period of time, or until you turn it on.

Only  few gambling site have this self exclusion function, in fact I only know one site because this is against their income, what they want is to let gamblers gamble more so they'll be more profitable and they doesn't care if you are addicted or not, we should know that.

It seems selfish but it is what they bank on. Of course once a while they send out a reminder to keep habits in check but they really dont care and they dont even need to care. That is the person's own choice whether to gamble or not. Just like a fast food joint, do they need to remind people that eating such food can increase their blood lipid level? They dont and still people spend money there.

It is called providing a service and as long as it is done in a legal manner it will not face any problem. I am sure casinos face extortion from anti-gambling organizations which are nothing but racketeering extortion scams.

Even then they run a profitable business which I appreciate. Control comes from the player and not the service provider.

Even if your account deleted by the admin, it doesn't make you stop gambling because there is a chance for you to make another account and come back to playing gambling. It is about yourself, and how you control yourself in gambling, so you don't lose all of the money. Without having self-control, we can lose anything we have, and not just money, and maybe we can lose our family r, too.
The crypto gambling websites can add that feature, but if the gambler cannot control themselves, then it will be useless.