My urge to go to land base casino in this lock down and how I fight it.

[Yaunfitda]

There are only many tips that other gamblers have shared here, maybe the OP wants to try to Yoga?

I know its sounds absurd really, but that's how I cope in this pandemic. I'm also addicted to playing in a traditional base casino as the ambience are very different and the same faces you met their. But since lockdown it is already close here.

So ever my mind think of gambling, I do watch Yoga videos in youtube to calm my mind. We don't know how long the lockdown, there are rumors here that it will be extend up to the end of the month. You have to keep not just your body, but your mind with positive things. Learn as well to appreciate everything around you.

[KrisAlex18]

Is there still an open gambling casino until now? I really thought that all casino gambling is temporarily closed now because of this pandemic virus. They closed it to avoid the risk of spreading the virus because if they don't, there would be still gambler who will visit the casino and play, the social distancing would not be seen in the casino gambling especially if there would be a lot of b people who will enter the casino.

Great post mate, there are many things we can do to fight our boredom, we can do more productive things at our home and kill the time at our home. Netflix is one of the best things we can have as of this quarantine or we may also spend our time on our family.

[Latviand]

Do you guys have the same experience? How did you overcome it? Share your experience so that other gamblers will know how to respond.

These kinds of feeling in times like this are starting to pop, you are not the only one, there's a lot of us. Some people there may be starting to learn gamble online because they are really eager to gamble.
We all know that this is a kinda temporary situation, but this could also help us in our gambling life, like if we can start to control our gambling this now, so if no more lockdowns and casinos are open, we learn to control ourselves.

I feel you brother, it is not that easy to overcome this boredom as we are feeling that everyday is just like a same day. We have different hobbies and activities that we like but when we are doing it over and over again, we are getting unsatisfied about it. Sometimes I do something that makes me happy and alive so that I lessen my boredom and make myself do something in order to become productive every single day.

- I play instruments such as electric guitar and bass just to enjoy music that I like
- I play video games because some games have a good story just like the Uncharted series in Ps4

Those activities are just my simple way of relieving my stress, anxiety and boredom as we have no idea when this lockdown will end. Hoping that everything will go back to normal so that there are no people who will die and suffer from this pandemic thing. Just always keep safe and keep yourself away from the virus, plus, practice proper hygiene.

[Lorence.xD]

Your 14 year old kid is your greatest motivation for fighting the urge to gamble in my opinion, anyway keep it up. I want to share experiences too, I also gamble with poker but everytime the urge comes in, I just search a poker match and stream it, I know that it will not do much so I downloaded a poker game out of app store so I can keep myself in control. The urge to gamble when you haven't been playing for a long time is getting stronger everytime, good thing that I have bookmark of mangas to read and animes to watch, it can help me feel occupy at down time. The best about fighting the urge to gamble is that I saved a lot of money, I do not have much to say about but this discipline training is paying off.

[yazher]

Most of the time I just go watch some movies and documentaries that will benefit me in my everyday work. If I get bored watching, I go outside the house not far from home to relax my mind and to get some sunlight. I also do some daily routine now when there are some things to do. this pandemic really changes our lives in a positive way if we just reflect on it. the best time to enjoy this event is to have some unforgettable moments with our families.

[MCobian]

I agree that physical casino is far more interesting than gambling online, I also feel like I want to immediately play at physical casino.
We have to keep ourselves busy, so our minds don't think about physical casino. There are many ways in my opinion, and everyone
have their own way. And I do a number of activities such as playing chess with my child, watching progress news covid-19 and of course
watching netflix. There are actually a number of other activities, but I won't mention them all. Hopefully this corona virus quickly over.

[Oasisman]

Is there still an open gambling casino until now? I really thought that all casino gambling is temporarily closed now because of this pandemic virus. They closed it to avoid the risk of spreading the virus because if they don't, there would be still gambler who will visit the casino and play, the social distancing would not be seen in the casino gambling especially if there would be a lot of b people who will enter the casino.

Yes, there are still casinos that continuously operating which I thought they never did before. Until the Ph government granted a permission to put one of the largest chinese based gambling in the country to continue it's operation amidst the continued rise of pandemic.
I guess, It's up to the person whether he's willing to risks his health security just to satisfy his urge in gambling.
Regret is indeed always at the end.
Gambling world is really crazy lol.

[lienfaye]

Same scenario happen to me but not exactly about gambling. I just feel like hopeless for doing nothing at home and suddenly I had this feeling of wanting to drink.

Well liquor ban is implemented since day one of lockdown here so there were times that I feel thirsty but water cant satisfy me. But because its not allowed and no one is selling alcohol as well I have to divert my mind into other things.

In gambling I have no problem because I used to gamble online rather than in land base casino.

[TimeTeller]

Your 14 year old kid is your greatest motivation for fighting the urge to gamble in my opinion, anyway keep it up. I want to share experiences too, I also gamble with poker but everytime the urge comes in, I just search a poker match and stream it, I know that it will not do much so I downloaded a poker game out of app store so I can keep myself in control. The urge to gamble when you haven't been playing for a long time is getting stronger everytime, good thing that I have bookmark of mangas to read and animes to watch, it can help me feel occupy at down time. The best about fighting the urge to gamble is that I saved a lot of money, I do not have much to say about but this discipline training is paying off.

I am curious what will gonna be the new gambling lifestyle of Kemarit after lockdown and with physical casinos open?
Will he go back to his old gambling habit or will it change?
Now that he experienced a "different" life without physical casinos, will he continue what he is doing right now and forget gambling?
Interesting to know what will happen then...

[Falconer]

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Lockdown had provided experiences with your family that you never felt when you were busy before the pandemic. Previously you did not know the family prepared everything just welcomed you home from work and only you know everything at home was fine when you were outside.

Almost the same as your locking activity, isolating yourself by looking at inspirational content can motivate you to stop gambling addiction and maybe the devil's call won't make you gamble again.

[Ucy]

Better to have that urge for things that benefit you positively. If you go to casinos always to waste your time and money then it's definitely not worth it. Maybe something else other than the profitability/productivity was drawing you back to the casino. If you spend lots of time on something without gaining something positive from it, you need to find something else to do.

[swogerino]

I feed this urge daily only little by little.I don’t feel an urge to gamble as I am more of an online gambler but since I play daily I feel less the urge of someone who wants to play and cannot do so for quite some days.

As an IT professional I like reading IT books and studying for Pearson Vue exams through different video courses as a way to distract myself from gambling.

[Ziskinberg]

How do I fight it? I just convince myself that no land casino is open at the moment, and if there's some casino that is remained open, why would I risk my life for just a small entertainment that it could eventually ended me to be one of the virus carrier.

[Zeke_23]

Right now, I just focused on different kinds of things that I can do inside my house.
I just make sure that I always do something because every time that I have nothing to do, that is only when I have the feeling of wanting to go to a casino.

[danherbias07]

Movie marathon, morning exercise, taking care of my plants then family time.

You will be shocked at how much time you had already spent by doing all of that everyday.
If you still feel the boring environment and still thinking to gamble then twist it a little bit.

Cooking, general cleaning of the house, group chat with friends.
Just cooking food and preparation takes already like an hour or two of our time. Do that 2 times a day. There is just 15 -18 hours in which you will be awake.
Stay safe and stay healthy.

[freedomgo]

What I am doing is I am watching movies, and things that I have no done prior to pandemic, we have to ensure that we are also enjoy even if we stay at home, that would be healthy for us. Everyone of us has a lot of interest, so maybe let's do that right now, we are given this opportunity to do things that we have not done before, watching movie or TV series all day sounds boring too, we also need to move to keep ourselves healthy exercise is very important but most importantly is we spend some quality time with our family.

[Kakmakr]

I share your pain.. I also like to go to the Brick n Mortar casinos to blow off some steam. They have a huge "all you can eat" buffet and they also give free drinks on some days. I like to mingle with strangers and also socializing with friends and having fun while we are there, so it is part of my monthly entertainment budget. (Some people spend the money on expensive takeouts and movies, I prefer to spend the money at the casino with friends.)

So yea, I have to agree with you, it is not the same to gamble online. To help me with this, I helped my friends to setup their gambling accounts on some of these Crypto gambling sites and we gamble on our notebooks and we video chat on our phones. We have to make our own food and drinks, but it is still a lot of fun.  

I do not have a gambling addiction, because I know when to stop. I have a predetermined budget and I only gamble until that is gone, then I switch to online gaming to kill some more time.  

[Questat]

We all wish the pandemic will be over so we can enjoy if we like to go to a land base casino, for now, this seems impossible as all land based casinos are close, even the biggest in the world, except for casinos in China I guess because they have lifted the lock down already and they are back to normal.

The way we can enjoy now while still in lock down is just to maybe to put our time on watching movies, netflix, and youtube videos, most of the time are just spent doing that and some little job online of course.

don't worry mate, we will get pass of this crisis, the world will be back to normal though it will not instantly happen.

[Sadlife]

The ambience is indeed different when you play physical gambling and sometimes you get this itchy feeling on hands that you need to play because it has become your habit.
But with different things to do like spending time with your family and playing with them soms simple games like mobile games or watching movies. You could take away your mind away from it.

[Jating]

Right now, I just focused on different kinds of things that I can do inside my house.
I just make sure that I always do something because every time that I have nothing to do, that is only when I have the feeling of wanting to go to a casino.

Exactly, there are things that you can do inside the house as others have suggested. Maybe the OP is fond of reading books, if he gets tired of watching movies. Most gamblers are really also struggling in this pandemic. I mean we all do love to go out from time to time and enjoy ourselves not just gambling per se. We missed a lot of things, but if we learn to prioritised things and not think about our gambling habits, then it would help us to cope if ever this kind of feeling of 'cravings' suddenly appear. Our priority is our families safety now and how to bring food in the table 24x7.