Accessing gambling sites only on desktop as a means to prevent addiction

[Fortify]

I'd like to share with the community a humble trick I've seen helping me and also many others.

As we all know gambling these days has become very easy to reach all aspects of our lives. You can play at home with online casinos, you can verify yourself without having to get any physical documents thanks to eID etc. You can even play from your bed thanks to mobile apps and mobile friendly gambling websites.

Well the approach is quite simple. Just as those working from home will share a pro tip that they have compartmentalized their work space from their living space to be separate, so they can live the rest of their day before and after work peacefully... Under the same principle it might be best to just not login to your gambling account on mobile.

If you have  pressing obligations, if you have a strict budget or limits, which to be real we all do in some way or another, it's best to compartmentalize your gambling also. Only do it at a certain spot on a certain machine. Don't bring it everywhere and don't open up the possibility of playing everywhere all the time.

That's it basically. It's what I do also. For me it's a preventative measure to save time but also prevent addiction or financial ruinage. For others it might be a recovery tactic. Who knows. You can try it or tell us how it has worked for you if you already tried.

The trouble with these sorts of "tricks" is that if someone has enough self control in gambling to stick with this rule, then they most likely have enough self control not to be a problem gambler. It's true that people who have picked up the habit of gambling on their phone, either through a website or a separate app, are going to be more vulnerable to losing money because peoples phones are an ever present fixture in life. You also mention budgeting and limits, which are probably better ways to manage your account, as long as you can resist the urge to remove them or raise them so high as to make them worthless. Letting gambling seep into your whole day is definitely a problem and this solution could help a little.

[dunfida]

The trouble with these sorts of "tricks" is that if someone has enough self control in gambling to stick with this rule, then they most likely have enough self control not to be a problem gambler. It's true that people who have picked up the habit of gambling on their phone, either through a website or a separate app, are going to be more vulnerable to losing money because peoples phones are an ever present fixture in life. You also mention budgeting and limits, which are probably better ways to manage your account, as long as you can resist the urge to remove them or raise them so high as to make them worthless. Letting gambling seep into your whole day is definitely a problem and this solution could help a little.

*Self control
*Discipline
*Patience
*Awareness
*Seriousness of quitting or having a break with gambling

These are the things that you would really be needing for you to be able to avoid such condition on playing or simply trying out to stick into those
boundaries that you have been set. Actually it is really just that too easy to create one but implementation or following it would really be that so damn hard.
There are people who might be able to easily follow these rules that they had set about and there are ones who would be still skipping out just because they do know that they
could be able to play as they like.

[Odohu]

This may seem like a solution to gambling addiction as it makes access to gambling platform a little stressful using desktop unlike mobile phones that is easier but I can tell you that this will not solve gambling addiction in reality. A gambling addict is like someone suffering from drug addiction and until that urge is quenched, there cannot be rest. So even though the gambler is constrained to use desktop alone, he will always gamble with the same energy and frequency.

The only solution is to always seek help from professionals who can help the gambler get over the addiction or use other means to solve the addiction problem.

[Stable090]

That's it basically. It's what I do also. For me it's a preventative measure to save time but also prevent addiction or financial ruinage. For others it might be a recovery tactic. Who knows. You can try it or tell us how it has worked for you if you already tried.

The strategy might work if you haven’t been addicted to gambling, but as long as you are addicted to gambling, gambling on desktop won’t really work. Maybe you don’t just know what gambling addiction is or how gambling addiction works. The best thing is just that always stay stay away from addiction, if you are addicted, you will never login your gambling site account on desktop only if you are not always with your desktop, you won’t be comfortable when you are outside and you can’t have access to gambling account, you won’t just have choice than to login on your phone.

[Assface16678]

That's it basically. It's what I do also. For me it's a preventative measure to save time but also prevent addiction or financial ruinage. For others it might be a recovery tactic. Who knows. You can try it or tell us how it has worked for you if you already tried.

The strategy might work if you haven’t been addicted to gambling, but as long as you are addicted to gambling, gambling on desktop won’t really work. Maybe you don’t just know what gambling addiction is or how gambling addiction works. The best thing is just that always stay stay away from addiction, if you are addicted, you will never login your gambling site account on desktop only if you are not always with your desktop, you won’t be comfortable when you are outside and you can’t have access to gambling account, you won’t just have choice than to login on your phone.

Exactly, a gambler a gambler addicted to gambling will stay addicted even if he or she is using a desktop to gamble. It's because if the gambler is already in the state of being addicted to gambling, then expect that no matter what inconvenience he or she will have, he or she will still play gambling because he or she has the means to do so. Where does this idea come from that playing on a desktop will prevent a gambler from becoming addicted? Remember, an addicted gambler will do anything just to satisfy what he wants, and yes, in the concept of a gambler playing using a mobile phone, he will be more addicted because it is hard for a gambler to resist as his smart phone is always by his side. but desktop preventing gamblers from becoming addicted? It depends on the gambler itself, because no matter what means, a gambler without self-control will always find a way to play gambling without grasping the situation in terms of finances.

[bitterguy28]

I'd like to share with the community a humble trick I've seen helping me and also many others.

I love the trick mate because this will prevent us from playing outside our houses or offices  and with that we will be limiting our betting chances and of course losses

Never that this comes to my mind so I will try adopting this method for safer and lesser gambling activities like what you are doing mate.

but the problem for addicted gamblers is they will do anything to find ways gamble so that is a different approach for them.

[_act_]

I love the trick mate because this will prevent us from playing outside our houses or offices  and with that we will be limiting our betting chances and of course losses

I gamble on mobile phone but I do not gamble when I am out of home. If a gambler is addicted to gambling and he is not having phone but having only just laptop, although not possible but just saying, you will see the gambler as an addict charging his laptop and gamble as long as he still have money in bank or coins on crypto wallet. Addiction is not about using phone or laptop to gamble, it is from within the gambler.

[danherbias07]

Good advice, I don't use my smartphone too when I gamble.
I work from home so I understand where this is coming from. I play on my desktop and I always just have time that I will be facing the monitor which means I get to rest my eyes.
After doing all the work that is meant for the day, that's when I will decide either to gamble or just to play an MMORPG game or my usual no-internet-needed adventure games.
But when it's sleep time, as much as possible it's either I don't bring my phone to bed or I just use it before bed to make me feel dizzy while watching some TV series or animes. That's the only purpose of it and as much as possible I won't gamble using my phone.
We already did it with our computers, if it's time to rest, be disciplined to do so.

[klidex]

If it is to prevent gambling addiction, perhaps this practice could be a reasonable option if you have prepared a special room for working and gambling, but in my opinion, the most important thing is not that, but you need to determine the right time, for example you can only be in that room for around 2-3 hours which is probably for work and when finished and there is still time remaining you can use it for gambling but if the time is up you immediately stop and enjoy the rest of the day playing outside either with friends or family but provided that you don't have an online gambling application on your cellphone so that you don't gamble via cellphone and can only use the desktop in your room that you have prepared.

However, this does not apply to those who are already addicted to gambling. They will have various ways to continue gambling even though they have limited their gambling by using a desktop. Unless they also do the same thing above limiting their time and not saving applications on their cellphone, then this can slowly be cured his addiction means he no longer gambles often, but it takes a long time to deal with his gambling addiction.

[Apocollapse]

It's not entirely correct because we need to know the daily activities of the gamblers.

Let's say the gambler is a programmer and working remotely, so he will spend most of his time on PC and he can work anywhere. So he might gamble too long in his PC, but we don't know since we think he's working for his job.

This suggestion is only for people who have jobs going out from their homes.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I don't think this can work with someone who is already gambling. He can make promises to himself every day about choosing the right place, day, and time to play. However, his passion will manipulate him, and it is unlikely that he can cope with this. But if a person has a strong character, he does not need any restrictions; he can play 24 hours a day and then not touch the game for a long time.

[Ojima-ojo]

I love the trick mate because this will prevent us from playing outside our houses or offices  and with that we will be limiting our betting chances and of course losses

I gamble on mobile phone but I do not gamble when I am out of home. If a gambler is addicted to gambling and he is not having phone but having only just laptop, although not possible but just saying, you will see the gambler as an addict charging his laptop and gamble as long as he still have money in bank or coins on crypto wallet. Addiction is not about using phone or laptop to gamble, it is from within the gambler.

The gambler is the real point of focus and not the device that he gamble with, this is because even though have access to Gambling sites on the go is more accessible than having to wait until you have a table and chairs before using a computer to gamble, the most important thing to note is that, gambling addictions and it activities, depends so much on the individual line of thought and his mindset..


The decision to gamble irresponsibly is r responsibility of you to stand, so for my I think gambling.

[Hispo]

I believe it is actually a good way for people to prevent addiction, though, it would only work for those who have not fallen into addiction yet and are aware they could if they continued to access to their favorite casinos from anywhere using their smarthphones.
If you pay attention to such technique, it is 100% about self-control and the establishment of limit for ourselves and our spendings/wager, that kind of self control would be nowhere to be found in someone who is already addicted, as soon as they felt like gambling, they won't think too much about it and will grab their phone, to continue to feed their addiction.

So, I assume it would be good to encourage such technique for anyone who wished to keep their habits in place and not to allow them to grow further our of one's control.

[Sunderland]

Yeah someone can be said to be addicted to gambling when he/she gambles several times in a day.
But someone can also be said to be addicted to gambling even if they only gamble once a day if they spend hours non-stop on this activity.

So limiting ourselves by only accessing the casino from the desktop to prevent gambling addiction will actually not be effective.
It might work for the beginner, but as time goes by everything will change, especially if the beginner starts winning continuously.

[Bravut]

I love the trick mate because this will prevent us from playing outside our houses or offices  and with that we will be limiting our betting chances and of course losses

I gamble on mobile phone but I do not gamble when I am out of home. If a gambler is addicted to gambling and he is not having phone but having only just laptop, although not possible but just saying, you will see the gambler as an addict charging his laptop and gamble as long as he still have money in bank or coins on crypto wallet. Addiction is not about using phone or laptop to gamble, it is from within the gambler.

The gambler is the real point of focus and not the device that he gamble with, this is because even though have access to Gambling sites on the go is more accessible than having to wait until you have a table and chairs before using a computer to gamble, the most important thing to note is that, gambling addictions and it activities, depends so much on the individual line of thought and his mindset..


The decision to gamble irresponsibly is r responsibility of you to stand, so for my I think gambling.

Well said. As I would always say be it Desktop or phone anyone who is addicted will still gamble irresponsibly on both. Replacing phone with PC does it change,  the website or block it, No. Then how does it affect the habit of someone.

The Gambler is the case not your Device.

[joniboini]

The gambler is the real point of focus and not the device that he gamble with, this is because even though have access to Gambling sites on the go is more accessible than having to wait until you have a table and chairs before using a computer to gamble, the most important thing to note is that, gambling addictions and it activities, depends so much on the individual line of thought and his mindset..

I don't think OP expects his habit to be the only solution for problem gamblers though. If anything, his tips are for preventing addiction instead of treating addiction. From his post, I think his intention is quite clear. While I agree that mindset or self-control is key for treating or preventing addiction, we can still do what OP did or something similar as a way to practice self-control. At least it introduces some inconveniences. After all, saying we need to improve self-control without doing anything is useless too.

[|MINER|]

True but it can also won't work for the gambling addicted person who have don't any intent to leave gambling. Because they will always find an alternative way for gambling whether if he gamble on desktop he also play mobile when he not in touch of his desktop.

[madnessteat]

Yeah someone can be said to be addicted to gambling when he/she gambles several times in a day.
But someone can also be said to be addicted to gambling even if they only gamble once a day if they spend hours non-stop on this activity.

So limiting ourselves by only accessing the casino from the desktop to prevent gambling addiction will actually not be effective.
It might work for the beginner, but as time goes by everything will change, especially if the beginner starts winning continuously.

Is it possible to win at gambling all the time? I think it's just a dream.

If we talk about gambling only from the desktop, then I think that this is not a working method, as a gambler will always want to get home faster to gamble. I don't think this will have a positive effect on his life outside the house. Besides, most of us sleep at home almost every day, which means you will always have a desktop at hand.

I think it's much better to learn how to limit your gambling on your own.

[sunsilk]

It's a good tip and reminder for those who have been doing it wherever they go. And even when they go to bed, they hold their phones and can't help but tell themselves that with just a few more rounds or spins or rolls, they'd stop.

If it's your me time then use that to take some rest and not to do any stuff from your mobile phones.

Sometimes, we're forgetting to spend time for ourselves but instead, we're holding phones, keep on scrolling or even does some bets.

That's exactly right and I don't get why so many people in this thread are saying this little trick won't solve addiction.
Of course nothing will solve addiction on it's own. How could a simple thing such as not installing an app on your phone sole a deep societal issue? Someone needs a support network, a stable life, psychological support and more even to prevent falling in tough psychological times and handling all the stress of life. Surely a simple thing as managing time on and off apps isn't gonna cut it, but it's a good step for sure.

Compartmentalizing gambling away from regular every day activities just as one would do with work is just a step towards managing your time and money in a more healthy manner. It should be part of a larger ruleset to figuring out one's life and how not to fall in depression.

Getting out of addiction is a process. It won't happen on an instant but with little things that you do, they can contribute to the actual process of you getting out of it.

That's why uninstalling it will be the initiation and next is do whatever you can to avoid addiction or looking at the casinos that you typically visit.

There are several ways to do it but the question starts with how consistent are you going to be with them?

[dansus021]

Accessing gambling sites only on desktop as a means to prevent addiction I don't know this gonna work or not but personally I prefer do gamble on desktop rather than on mobile device or app like in telegram bot that been hype recently. One of the reason because for me desktop has a big screen to play with.

If you ever notice that in offline gambling sites like in las Vegas or Oklahoma in the US you notice that they put a big screen on their slot machine so I believe this attract more people to do gamble rather prevent it THo this is just my opinion