How Does Gambling/Casino Ads Help An Addicted Gambler Who Wants To Stop Gambling

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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

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

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

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

[Oshosondy]

would this Ads lure the gambler back into gambling notwithstanding that he or she is trying to stop ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Jemzx00]

Would this Ads lure the gambler back into gambling notwithstanding that he or she is trying to stop ?

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

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

Is it possible for you to stay away from the internet until you are sure you've completely healed from that addiction?

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

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

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

[Fivestar4everMVP]

would this Ads lure the gambler back into gambling notwithstanding that he or she is trying to stop ?

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

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

Anyone that wants to quite gambling has to discipline himself before it can work out for him

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

Would this Ads lure the gambler back into gambling notwithstanding that he or she is trying to stop ?

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

Is it possible for you to stay away from the internet until you are sure you've completely healed from that addiction?

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

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

[Smartprofit]

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

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

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

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

Intrusive advertising is bad ...

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

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

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

[Jemzx00]

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

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

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

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

[Rruchi man]

I began to imagine myself as a gambling addict who is struggling to quit or reduce my gambling habit, and going online and seeing Ads of different kinds from different casinos, would this Ads lure the gambler back into gambling notwithstanding that he or she is trying to stop ?

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

[dothebeats]

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

[coin-investor]

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

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

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

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

[Mahanton]

I began to imagine myself as a gambling addict who is struggling to quit or reduce my gambling habit, and going online and seeing Ads of different kinds from different casinos, would this Ads lure the gambler back into gambling notwithstanding that he or she is trying to stop ?

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

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

[AicecreaME]

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

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

[Baofeng]

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

[harizen]

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

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

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

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

[kawetsriyanto]

From my way of understanding I believe that whoever that is being addicted in gambling has been at the dead and there is no way that you can bring the person back so all this is a question that we all know how it works because I dated gamboler cannot pick any point that this is what make him or her to be addicted in gambling as a reason

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

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

[chaser15]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[qwertyup23]

Depends on person, if the user is not actively gambling but gambling ads trigger something on his behavior that leads to gambling more then it is problem. Generally gambling addiction can be triggered by other things too if the person has weak mental health. Even Twitch has applied strict rules for slots streaming section, gambling ads have specific targets for reason, IMO.

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

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

[yazher]

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

[Wexnident]

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

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

[traderethereum]

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

[Solosanz]

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

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