Possible measures to stop online gambling addiction.

[yahoo62278]

Get some friends, go out of your house, and quit sitting at home behind the computer. Unless you're sick(like me) then you should be outside enjoying the world. Go play some basketball, go swimming, take the kids to a waterpark. Gambling shouldn't consume your daily life.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

There is nothing that can be done from this forum that is going to yield a meaningful result. One positive measure is the obligation of responsible gambling measures on casinos, allowing self-exclusion, setting maximum deposit limits and the like. But the offer is so varied that the degenerate gambler will always find a room where these measures do not exist and where he can continue to gamble more.

[xSkylarx]

It is a good tip, but again, if the gambler wants to play, he will find a way. Let's say he follows your steps above, but still he can disable it and play into it. Online casinos are really accessible unless you only use your phone and buy some boxes with locks online that you will set your timer for when you can open the box. The only real solution to this is to build a habit within yourself, like playing basketball or any kind of sport, so that you'll be more interested in playing it than gambling.

[tusandii]

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I am of the opinion that since gambling sites are mostly online and some has adds that pops up as advert on visited site, one should be able to disable or change their browser settings  by blocking casino adds and as well disabling  gambling sites on their browser settings so as not to gain access to it anymore till the number of days they deem fit to their resolve. This was just a little tip I gave as a possible solution. I had to put it up here for further discussions so that the bigger community can see it as  well.

If you feel or think here is not the right place for this you can say it. I am open to corrections as we all are here to learn.

Not only that, but you also have to really avoid live broadcasts of gambling sessions that are on YouTube and other social media, considering that almost all social media are places for affiliates to broadcast game sessions and share referral links, even though we have deleted everything in the browser and stop getting into gambling sites, but if you see live streaming of games on other social media, it just reminds us of gambling and makes us curious to return to gambling.
The tips that you convey are actually quite good and useful, but actually these are not the only steps that can stop gambling addiction because there are many ways that can be done, regarding the results of successfully quitting addiction or not, it's a matter of behind because the main thing in stopping gambling addiction is the intention and persistence of the gambler himself to recover.

[Nrcewker]

Gambling addiction is seen only in rich brats. A middle class person can never have any addiction towards the gambling. These rich people gamble to entertain themselves and later plays on ego. Whereas a middle class man gambles only to make some extra income. He will stop gambling if he doesn’t have any more money to gamble. For rich brats they need to understand the value of money, and should set a budget while gambling.

[Strongkored]

Everything we do to prevent us to gambling will not work properly if it does not come from ourselves because later when the desire for gambling takes over us, we can overcome the prevention that is done from the outside without any obstacles so that we can return to gambling.
You must be a person who is responsible and has self-control, so that gambling is only limited to the limits that have been set, even if you have never set a budget or limit and try to take other precautions including installing an ad block there will be no problem because you can control yourself well, you will never be tempted to play when you are not supposed to play, so everything has to come from ourselves, even the self-exclusion provided by the casino will be useless because we can play at another casino because we cannot control ourselves.

[Sim_card]

I don't think that gambling ads online are the cause of excessive gambling or will reduce your gambling activities when you don't see them anymore. There are also other things that we watch and we see these gambling ads in them. For instance,if you are watching football or sport you see the ads and so the best way to stay from addiction is to have self-control on your gambling activities and only use the money that you can afford to lose. Better still if you can't do this, because you are always tempted by the are online stop using a browsing phone and don't watch TV anymore. 

[coin-investor]

I am of the opinion that since gambling sites are mostly online and some has adds that pops up as advert on visited site, one should be able to disable or change their browser settings  by blocking casino adds and as well disabling  gambling sites on their browser settings so as not to gain access to it anymore till the number of days they deem fit to their resolve. This was just a little tip I gave as a possible solution. I had to put it up here for further discussions so that the bigger community can see it as  well.

If you feel or think here is not the right place for this you can say it. I am open to corrections as we all are here to learn.

Not seeing does not mean that you can get away from gambling addiction, if you're a gambler the temptation to check casinos is always there, even disabling ads about casinos will not, if you have not played on casinos you can do that but if you experienced playing in casinos, once you're online you will have the curiosity to check casinos, it's better to have a control avoiding is not enough to stop gambling addiction.
You have to believe in yourself that you can do it and that you can control your gambling habit, of course, pop-ups are an annoyance even if it's not about gambling, people should install ad blockers on their browsers if they're someone that is annoyed by ads, you need to install one.

[swogerino]

The only way to solve gambling addiction is to start learning self control.This cannot be learned in a short amount of time,you need to be tested and tested again on your budget and gambling and how do you spend it or how much do you continue,if you start gradually slowing down your spending and time spent on gambling then this is a very good indicator that you are doing well into achieving some sort of self control which with the passing of time will only become better.

Not seeing only ads and blocking sites through DNS or other IT means will not work as long as you think about gambling constantly.

[Die_empty]

Here is it;

I am of the opinion that since gambling sites are mostly online and some has adds that pops up as advert on visited site, one should be able to disable or change their browser settings  by blocking casino adds and as well disabling  gambling sites on their browser settings so as not to gain access to it anymore till the number of days they deem fit to their resolve. This was just a little tip I gave as a possible solution. I had to put it up here for further discussions so that the bigger community can see it as  well.

If you feel or think here is not the right place for this you can say it. I am open to corrections as we all are here to learn.

This is a good solution that can be effective to some extent. But gambling adverts are everywhere not just on the internet. If seeing a gambling advert is what triggers you to gamble, then you have to look for other solutions because escaping from them is impossible. Gambling adverts are in almost all sports activities and in my area almost all nook and cranny are filled with gambling adverts.

Self-discipline is important to stop gambling addiction. One should develop a strong will to control his gambling activities. There should be a to gamble and a time to stay away from gaming. There is also a need to have a gambling plan and consciously follow the plan. Every gambler should have betting limits that should be strictly followed.

[avp2306]

I am of the opinion that since gambling sites are mostly online and some has adds that pops up as advert on visited site, one should be able to disable or change their browser settings  by blocking casino adds and as well disabling  gambling sites on their browser settings so as not to gain access to it anymore till the number of days they deem fit to their resolve. This was just a little tip I gave as a possible solution. I had to put it up here for further discussions so that the bigger community can see it as  well.

To many solutions might came out but people have different approach on how they can deal with addiction since there are methods that may work for you but for other may not. Best solution will always be your family support and also your realization upon everything you do on your gambling activity for sure you can ease all away those excessive activity you do.
It doesn't mean that you are continuously playing you are still in addiction stage but if you think you minimize your losses and in control on everything then possible you are now away for being in harmful situation.

[Gozie51]

I'm believing those suggestions are for a gambler who is an addict because a random gambler doesn't bother his or her self on what ads pops up from their phone at intervals.

To disable gambling apps or casino ads won't be a solution for an addict who is not yet ready to stop because if he does disable them on the caution of a second party or by himself, he would request a friend's phone for gambling because he is not ready yet to stop. It is about your readiness to stop or limit your gambling behavior. Both budgetting or deleting of gambling apps are not permanent solution.

[benalexis12]

Honestly speaking, gambling became rampant and only spread since the advent of online casinos because of the internet connection. Meaning if there is no internet, do we think there will be influencers to promote casinos in the gambling industry? of course nothing, but only celebrities can endorse casinos.
But still, we are in modern technology, let's be careful and responsible gamblers when we play a game

[Crypt0Gore]

Let's stop fooling ourselves the truth is once you like gambling there's no way you can stop there are times where you will give it a break but you will always come back because gambling is more than just making money out of it I still have some games in my head that I feel like playing but I can't afford to gamble right now so the best way to tackle this issue of addiction is to always have little money that you can afford to use for gambling and discipline yourself enough that whenever that money never comes then you won't be gambling anytime soon until you make the extra income from gambling only have a budget in mind and you won't have any problem with gambling.

[piebeyb]

Are you sure that this method will help to stop online addiction while he can still see the ad even though he has made settings on his browser, for example I once played at my sister's house where she also often plays online gambling, I use wifi at her house then I access For some reason, my social media has a lot of gambling ads popping up on my social media.

It shows that it doesn't work in browser settings only, but there is another way for the ad to appear, namely never use the gambler's wifi because automatically what we access on social media using a cellphone still appears gambling adverts and I see them more often now, but for me it won't be a problem because I'm not an addict, I just gamble for fun, talking about addiction seems to have been discussed a lot here and it will never end, if you want to quit addiction maybe it can be helped to change the mindset of the addict.

One best solution is to cut the internet connection.  Without online access, that obviously stops online gambling addiction.

This is also the method that I think is the most effective 

[Issa56]

I have seen several topics here and other discussion thread where many people talked about gambling addiction.

Seriously gambling addicting is kind of difficult to stop, which i don't think things which you listed can really stop gambling addiction, the best thing is not to be addicted to gambling. If a addicted gambler really wants to stop the addiction, the first thing he should do is be dedicated to stop gambling, some gamblers just keep on saying they want to stop gambling, but they are not really determine to stop it. If you really want to stop addiction, then you have to keep yourself busy always, you have to spend less time on your mobile device, if you have the mindset of making money from gambling, you have to change the mindset, and get something doing which can earn you money, do things that makes you happy always.

[QueenVera]

I have seen several topics here and other discussion thread where many people talked about gambling addiction. So many procedures been stated to follow sequentially to reduce the rate at which one frequently visit online gambling sites and possibly their application if they do have any of them.

I remember in one of the threads I raised up a point which was long hidden as the thread became too numerous and lengthy to continue the conversation on that topic. It was my opinion to add up in profering solutions to gambling addiction. I believe not too many people saw it to to say something about it so that is why I had to bring it up as a topic hear. I want to hear your opinion and ideas towards it.

Here is it;

I am of the opinion that since gambling sites are mostly online and some has adds that pops up as advert on visited site, one should be able to disable or change their browser settings  by blocking casino adds and as well disabling  gambling sites on their browser settings so as not to gain access to it anymore till the number of days they deem fit to their resolve. This was just a little tip I gave as a possible solution. I had to put it up here for further discussions so that the bigger community can see it as  well.

If you feel or think here is not the right place for this you can say it. I am open to corrections as we all are here to learn.

This is a very nice idea by you and I feel it would really help gamblers reduce their risk of getting addicted to it, but I feel this won't really have much effect on an already addicted gamblers because it takes self discipline for a gambler to follow your suggestion and stick to it and that's one thing an addicted gambler lacks, they're already deeply soaked into the act and most times some don't even know or won't likely accept the fact that they're addicted to the act, what this people need is encouragement from friends and family with constant advice with patients to help them change.
 Except maybe ttheyve got a close friend or family that's got access to their devices, who would help them disable their browsers settings against gambling activities or online ads then it would be very helpful, because the last thing most addicted gamblers would do is stop things that would led them to gambling, some even go extra miles to steal and satisfy their addiction, however this method would really help people that's newly discovered their addiction for gambling and not for those who are deeply in the act because the most effective means of helping an addicted gambler is therapy.

[ethereumhunter]

Activating the ad filter can allow you to avoid advertisements appearing when visiting various sites. That can be one of the solutions not to feel attracted to visiting casino sites because our attention will be diverted from what we are looking for and will avoid the casino. But those who don't care about the advertisements and can still limit their gambling time won't be tempted to visit the casino because they already have their gambling time. I think people can use any method they are comfortable with and will seek it out where they can.

[SamReomo]

There are many possible measures to reduce the intensity of gambling addictions on an addict but none of those are 100% workable only every addict. There are measures like completely cutting the internet connection of a gambler so that he/she will not be able to access those sites and the gambling addiction will end up slowly when the addict find physical things more.

But, most of such measures won't give you 100% results as most of them will work only when the requirements are there and when such gambling addicts get access to internet then his/her gambling urge will reawake and the addiction will be much more intense then the previous time.

I only working and effective treatment to gambling addiction or any other type of addiction is to make some proper disciplinary rules for the addicts and change their attention from gambling to something else each day. For some addicts physical relationship works as a remedy while for others sports may be a better cure. There is still no guarantee that those addicts will give up on the addiction forever.

[Doan9269]

Activating the ad filter can allow you to avoid advertisements appearing when visiting various sites. That can be one of the solutions not to feel attracted to visiting casino sites because our attention will be diverted from what we are looking for and will avoid the casino. But those who don't care about the advertisements and can still limit their gambling time won't be tempted to visit the casino because they already have their gambling time. I think people can use any method they are comfortable with and will seek it out where they can.

You're right, we easily get attrated to things we often see everytime, in the case of gambling, if the gsm ker encounter any thing that draws his attention back to gambling, such could be an avenue to go back to where he left and continue gambling, but nevertheless, we have to make a decision and also work towards abstaining from anything that will have to do with gambling enabling environment which could grabt us access to gamble, with hen everything around us is not working towards have the opportunity to gamle, we will be left with no choice than to embrace not gambling.