Does even freezing a customer's account curb irresponsible gambling?

[Yucky]

A customers account cannot be frozen without his or her consent. As an addicted gambler that's trying to take a break freezing your account can be a good way to control your addiction but I think it's a temporary solution. My reason for saying this is because it's possible for you to open a different bet account on another platform when you can no longer control the urge to gamble. Apart from freezing your account you must learn to discipline yourself and find something else to keep your mind distracted from gambling.

While freezing a gambling account might help some people take a break, before they go to look for another casino. It doesn't stop someone with gambling addiction entirely unless the person makes a strict decision to adjust. And then I don't think it's realistic for casinos or gambling sites to freeze your account because it is your choice, even if you gamble 24/7 - that's your choice. It's a free world.

The only thing is that your account can be banned if you faulted. If you break any rules according to them, break their rules, it can be banned temporarily. But freezing your account, and maybe when you come back, it shows on your screen that you've been gambling too much, 'Take a break' - it doesn't happen. Account freezing is not so common for gambling sites, but banning when you've defaulted, is more familiar.

[Gozie51]

The only thing is that your account can be banned if you faulted. If you break any rules according to them, break their rules, it can be banned temporarily. But freezing your account, and maybe when you come back, it shows on your screen that you've been gambling too much, 'Take a break' - it doesn't happen. Account freezing is not so common for gambling sites, but banning when you've defaulted, is more familiar.

You are right, account freezing can lead to bad marketing for the casino because such owner has friends and probably followers who are in the same playing habit and so he can pass wrong message to his followers. However, I think casinos understand that they don't need to go that way whether a gambler plays and losses excessively. If you are losing, it is the casino that profits more. They are there for business not charity. So they set the roles they can cause your account to be banned and I have not heard such ban because of irresponsible gambling if you have not gone against their set roles.

[Lanatsa]

The only thing is that your account can be banned if you faulted. If you break any rules according to them, break their rules, it can be banned temporarily. But freezing your account, and maybe when you come back, it shows on your screen that you've been gambling too much, 'Take a break' - it doesn't happen. Account freezing is not so common for gambling sites, but banning when you've defaulted, is more familiar.

You are right, account freezing can lead to bad marketing for the casino because such owner has friends and probably followers who are in the same playing habit and so he can pass wrong message to his followers. However, I think casinos understand that they don't need to go that way whether a gambler plays and losses excessively. If you are losing, it is the casino that profits more. They are there for business not charity. So they set the roles they can cause your account to be banned and I have not heard such ban because of irresponsible gambling if you have not gone against their set roles.

They would really be that liking for those gamblers who do loses up more or big time and it's true that as long they aren't violating site rules and terms then there's no way that they would really be locking up users account on which it will really be that understandable or they do really know that this could really bring up some false issues on which this could really affect out their reputation. They won't really be minding about their players financial condition because this is what they do wanted or does like because they will generate bigger revenue. There might be times that they will be locking up someone account if there's some request from the user itself on which they will really be granting in.They won't locked out accounts if theres no issues with it because these is where these business do make money on which out of those people who are really that becoming addicted or being impulsive on the moment that they do play. As for gamblers point of view,if you've been locked out without any valid reasons then it will be normal that you will be making out some complaints.It is really that rare for someone to ask for locking their accounts to fight off addiction.

Addiction is something a personal problem on which this cant be resolved out on just that making yourself getting locked or prohibited to play on a certain platform. If we do really try to look around
then there would really be tons of places on which you could really be able to play as long you do have the money.  Therefore, stopping completely would really be that up to someones decision whether they would really be continuing to play or not. It would really be that up to theirs in regarding such decision.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Addiction is something a personal problem on which this cant be resolved out on just that making yourself getting locked or prohibited to play on a certain platform. If we do really try to look around
then there would really be tons of places on which you could really be able to play as long you do have the money.  Therefore, stopping completely would really be that up to someones decision whether they would really be continuing to play or not. It would really be that up to theirs in regarding such decision.

Yes, but for that to happen the person's personality needs to be somewhat dominant, generally a person with a strong temperament can achieve it, but people who are easy to manipulate and easy to get carried away are not the ideal ones for that, I start from the fact that the problem of addiction is the fault of the same people who get into gambling and cannot control their emotions and impulses, and that is already a great irresponsibility, so the fault is of the same people in addiction, but when the person no longer has that control over themselves, that's where help from others comes in.

[Oilacris]

Addiction is something a personal problem on which this cant be resolved out on just that making yourself getting locked or prohibited to play on a certain platform. If we do really try to look around
then there would really be tons of places on which you could really be able to play as long you do have the money.  Therefore, stopping completely would really be that up to someones decision whether they would really be continuing to play or not. It would really be that up to theirs in regarding such decision.

Yes, but for that to happen the person's personality needs to be somewhat dominant, generally a person with a strong temperament can achieve it, but people who are easy to manipulate and easy to get carried away are not the ideal ones for that, I start from the fact that the problem of addiction is the fault of the same people who get into gambling and cannot control their emotions and impulses, and that is already a great irresponsibility, so the fault is of the same people in addiction, but when the person no longer has that control over themselves, that's where help from others comes in.

The community would really be having that sympathy if they've seen that it is really that something that needs to help out but if these things are results because of that severe addiction
then expect the community wont really be having any reactions towards this stuff and would really be just saying that this is really just that a typical stuff to happen.

Platforms doesnt have the right to lock up someones account. They do love into those players who are addicted because they do make money out of it.
They are capable on doing so but doing such act will really be leading out that kind of possibility that will tarnish out their reputation and this is something that they dont really like.
Once that reputation is fucked up then its all over for the business.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Platforms doesnt have the right to lock up someones account. They do love into those players who are addicted because they do make money out of it.
They are capable on doing so but doing such act will really be leading out that kind of possibility that will tarnish out their reputation and this is something that they dont really like.
Once that reputation is fucked up then its all over for the business.

This is very true, of course everything changes if the client requests the casino to self-ban his account, but the only option I see is for him to make a formal request and sign it so that the casino proceeds to do something like that, then things can change a lot if it is done in the right way, since the casino would have how to defend itself, and many people have done that who only request that their account be blocked due to their addiction problem, which I think is very valid, I say about the signed document so that it is absolutely valid.

[Pi-network314159]

If suddenly you went on a binge-gambling out of a lack of self-control or something else. For example, you deposit money in rapid succession after a series of losses and the casino management freezes your account. And when you call their customer support, they tell you that your account has been frozen for 3 weeks and the reason why they carried out that measure was because they suspected that you were gambling irresponsibly and decided to take that measure so that you can call yourself back to order, will you feel furious,

If the casino decide to freez my account due to my irresponsible habit of gambling, I will feel furious for that, because the money is my money and they has no business on how I spend it. But in other hands if I check myself and see there action to be true then I will have no option than to be calm for a while to reduce my addiction and inresponsible gambling habit.

cuss out, sign out of your account and register on another casino and continue betting. Does even freezing a customer's account curb irresponsible gambling or betting addiction?

Am not sure if I can register another one so soon knowing I am driven by a force of addiction, I will be calm for a while. Although freezing of account may not totally be for the reason of addiction. But it may just be that the casino saw something fishy going on and they decide to freez it for some time.

[junder]

You are right, account freezing can lead to bad marketing for the casino because such owner has friends and probably followers who are in the same playing habit and so he can pass wrong message to his followers. However, I think casinos understand that they don't need to go that way whether a gambler plays and losses excessively. If you are losing, it is the casino that profits more. They are there for business not charity. So they set the roles they can cause your account to be banned and I have not heard such ban because of irresponsible gambling if you have not gone against their set roles.

It is true that account freezing can make the casino itself have a bad reputation, but in my opinion, casinos certainly do things like that for a reason, maybe they freeze accounts on players who they think have violated the rules set by the casino itself. And as you said, players who experience account freezing may be able to spread it to other players who also like to gamble, that can happen, but I don't think it should be possible to draw conclusions quickly because it might be due to our mistakes that are made unconsciously.

The goal of the casino itself is of course to seek profit and gambling is a business that is indeed profitable, I even think it can survive in the long term, especially if they succeed in making many people comfortable playing at their casino. It is not the casino's goal to freeze all accounts, I think it only happens to a few accounts that do violate.

[Julien_Olynpic]

I personally have not encountered this myself, but I have often heard that such casinos exist. Perhaps these are the casinos that especially value their reputation and do not want to profit from addicted people. I think that such a practice would be effective if many casinos adhered to this rule or if for a gambling addict the game in this particular office was expensive for some reason, and he did not want to play in another casino. However, in general there is always a choice and if you are limited in the opportunity to play in one place, then you can always lose money in another.

[Die_empty]

I personally have not encountered this myself, but I have often heard that such casinos exist. Perhaps these are the casinos that especially value their reputation and do not want to profit from addicted people. I think that such a practice would be effective if many casinos adhered to this rule or if for a gambling addict the game in this particular office was expensive for some reason, and he did not want to play in another casino. However, in general there is always a choice and if you are limited in the opportunity to play in one place, then you can always lose money in another.

Such casinos also care about the well-being of their customers and not just only on profit maximization. Gamblers should appreciate such casinos rather than abandoning them and registering for another one. OP didn't tell us his location, maybe his country's gambling laws mandate casinos to freeze customers if they suspect recklessness or overgambling. Every casino wants to make some profit but the fear of sanctions from regulators will force them to comply.     

[Ever-young]

This is very true, of course everything changes if the client requests the casino to self-ban his account, but the only option I see is for him to make a formal request and sign it so that the casino proceeds to do something like that, then things can change a lot if it is done in the right way, since the casino would have how to defend itself, and many people have done that who only request that their account be blocked due to their addiction problem, which I think is very valid, I say about the signed document so that it is absolutely valid.

Even when the gambler’s account with the casino is blocked, that wouldn’t still help solve his gambling addiction, it takes more than that. The client might formal request for the casino to block his account and maybe this may only be effective for while by succeeding to keep him away from gambling for maybe a few days or weeks, depending on how addicted the fellow is. And if/when he can’t take it anymore and wish to satisfy the urge of gambling, he’ll simply just switch to another casino and play their games.

[ethereumhunter]

Platforms doesnt have the right to lock up someones account. They do love into those players who are addicted because they do make money out of it.
They are capable on doing so but doing such act will really be leading out that kind of possibility that will tarnish out their reputation and this is something that they dont really like.
Once that reputation is fucked up then its all over for the business.

This is very true, of course everything changes if the client requests the casino to self-ban his account, but the only option I see is for him to make a formal request and sign it so that the casino proceeds to do something like that, then things can change a lot if it is done in the right way, since the casino would have how to defend itself, and many people have done that who only request that their account be blocked due to their addiction problem, which I think is very valid, I say about the signed document so that it is absolutely valid.

If his client ask the casino to self-ban his account, the casino should do that and let the client decide. The casino can not force their client to still playing gambling if he decide to self exclude himself. But we know that when someone begin deeper in gambling, they will not realize what happen to themselves and they will only want to keep playing gambling.

But the casino will not self exclude their members because of their losing because that will be their member responsibilities. The casino only facilitate many gambling games that their members can play but they will not responsible with their gambling addiction. The casino can only warn their members when they are excessively playing gambling but not to ban their account. But if a casino do that thing, that will help gamblers to realize that they becomes addicted to gambling. Maybe that freezing a customer's account curb irresponsible gambling or betting addiction.

[Kelward]

I personally have not encountered this myself, but I have often heard that such casinos exist. Perhaps these are the casinos that especially value their reputation and do not want to profit from addicted people. I think that such a practice would be effective if many casinos adhered to this rule or if for a gambling addict the game in this particular office was expensive for some reason, and he did not want to play in another casino. However, in general there is always a choice and if you are limited in the opportunity to play in one place, then you can always lose money in another.

It would be a noble act if a casino will care for addicts that patronizes them, if they will freeze the accounts of the addicts to minimize how they lose their money. But it's ironic because casinos depends on gambling loses to make profit and sustain their businesses, so I don't really know if there's any proof that casinos can actually freeze the accounts of degenerate gambling addicts. It's said that you can force a horse to the stream but you can't force the horse to drink from it, so freezing the account of an unrepentant addict will only make him to consider other casinos which are not scarce.

[Smartprofit]

This situation seems absolutely unrealistic to me. In my opinion, an online casino is unlikely to freeze a player's account just because he is too addicted to gambling.

An online casino is, first and foremost, a commercial organization, and the main goal of any commercial organization is to make a profit. There is such an ironic (joking) expression - "Bees against honey." It means that no one carries out actions that contradict their own interests.

In addition, online casino employees are neither psychologists nor psychiatrists.

Are they competent to make medical diagnoses for their clients? How can they understand whether a player has developed a gambling addiction or is fine (and is simply too addicted to gambling)?

[passwordnow]

What a feat if that's how it goes but usually, most casinos only place some reminders for each user and then they don't take any action unless you have done something wrong against them. So, if the casino is taking a toll of action to a user and they want them to stop gambling immediately because they're losing a lot of money, that's a concerned casino out there. But this industry is more of a business thing and whoever is losing more money, that's what a casino wants. And with some forceful actions of taking a user to stop wholly is I think a top notch service and they are just really concerned to the welfare of that gambler. But how many gamblers were caught in that action of a casino? I don't know any.

[Antotena]

You are right, account freezing can lead to bad marketing for the casino because such owner has friends and probably followers who are in the same playing habit and so he can pass wrong message to his followers. However, I think casinos understand that they don't need to go that way whether a gambler plays and losses excessively. If you are losing, it is the casino that profits more. They are there for business not charity. So they set the roles they can cause your account to be banned and I have not heard such ban because of irresponsible gambling if you have not gone against their set roles.

If a casino can't watcout for the behavior of her customer's, I will advice people to boycott such casino. It's the gambling platform to give that opportunity for the gambler to put a stop to tjei addiction and one of the ways of doing that is freezing customers account. It's better than for the player to use another casino that has such. Some casino even have place where they can terminate their account due to excessive gambling as long as it can help heir gambling behavior.

I have this friend of mine thag hasn't wager a single cent on gambling this season because he was able to freeze his account for 6 months. According to him, he is addicted to gambling because money doesn't reach his bank account without not using it to gamble, he was losing it to the point he used his aunt saving to gamble and it back fired because the aunt ask for his money and he couldn't account for it, he has to beg people to help him out but the feature of freezing account has stopped him for now and he is doing fine now.

[Franctoshi]

If suddenly you went on a binge-gambling out of a lack of self-control or something else. For example, you deposit money in rapid succession after a series of losses and the casino management freezes your account. And when you call their customer support, they tell you that your account has been frozen for 3 weeks and the reason why they carried out that measure was because they suspected that you were gambling irresponsibly and decided to take that measure so that you can call yourself back to order, will you feel furious, cuss out, sign out of your account and register on another casino and continue betting. Does even freezing a customer's account curb irresponsible gambling or betting addiction?

This measure would have been good but I doubt if any casino platform out would tend to implement this, as this action will not only reduce their profits but may end up chasing their clients away, I don't think any gambler would find it funny at all with any platform they found freezing their accounts for irresponsible gambling, especially those adictted ones.Imagine as a gambler you wake up and realize that your account has been frozen, but I guess few may love it as it will help put them on check.

They may put limits on amount of deposits a gambler can make in a day basically the way I have seen some casino platforms I use do when it comes to how many times you can withdraw in a day.

[batang_bitcoin]

This situation seems absolutely unrealistic to me. In my opinion, an online casino is unlikely to freeze a player's account just because he is too addicted to gambling.

You're right, they have self exclusion if a gambler is gambling too much but it is not the casino to decide to freeze them accounts just because of that. They have to have a valid reason why they need to freeze someone's account, if they're part of a laundering process, that's normal for a casino to do it but if they're just simply gambling and losing them a lot of money, the casino has no reason for someone to close or freeze their accounts for that very reason. So, the options are there for the gamblers to make and not for the casinos to stop them each, one by one.

[Raflesia]

If suddenly you went on a binge-gambling out of a lack of self-control or something else. For example, you deposit money in rapid succession after a series of losses and the casino management freezes your account. And when you call their customer support, they tell you that your account has been frozen for 3 weeks and the reason why they carried out that measure was because they suspected that you were gambling irresponsibly and decided to take that measure so that you can call yourself back to order, will you feel furious, cuss out, sign out of your account and register on another casino and continue betting. Does even freezing a customer's account curb irresponsible gambling or betting addiction?

This measure would have been good but I doubt if any casino platform out would tend to implement this, as this action will not only reduce their profits but may end up chasing their clients away, I don't think any gambler would find it funny at all with any platform they found freezing their accounts for irresponsible gambling, especially those adictted ones.Imagine as a gambler you wake up and realize that your account has been frozen, but I guess few may love it as it will help put them on check.

They may put limits on amount of deposits a gambler can make in a day basically the way I have seen some casino platforms I use do when it comes to how many times you can withdraw in a day.

Exactly, because in the end if we look at the purpose of the casino to gamble of course we realize that they will do it for profit so in the end they will not really care about whether or not a gambler is responsible because it is indeed a risk that must be borne by the gambler himself when trying to be in a gambling so in the end something like this is clearly difficult to implement especially to minimize gamblers to be responsible for their actions.

The task of the casino as a businessman is only to provide facilities for us gamblers regardless of any actions including irresponsible gambling in the end they will not care, they will feel happy when many people deposit at their casino because it is certainly an advantage for them.

[Fortify]

If suddenly you went on a binge-gambling out of a lack of self-control or something else. For example, you deposit money in rapid succession after a series of losses and the casino management freezes your account. And when you call their customer support, they tell you that your account has been frozen for 3 weeks and the reason why they carried out that measure was because they suspected that you were gambling irresponsibly and decided to take that measure so that you can call yourself back to order, will you feel furious, cuss out, sign out of your account and register on another casino and continue betting. Does even freezing a customer's account curb irresponsible gambling or betting addiction?

It's likely to put a dent or a bump in the way of a gambler, but unless they have instigated the block themselves via some sort of self exclusion - there are simply far too many alternative and cookie cutter replica gambling sites out their who will take their money gladly. The in the world that we live in and in this highly profitable market, there are often certain companies that will never put up any restrictions. In an ideal world, it would be nice to see some sort of staggered system so people could not overspend in one day, possibly throwing their life savings away, and casinos would actively reach out to understand if their customers are in a vulnerable financial position and even try to slow them down.