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

[alani123]

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.

[Oshosondy]

This will not work for those that are getting addicted or for those that are addicted already. They may determine that they will not access gambling sites on their phone but just on PC because PC is not often with them. But they may only find themselves still gambling often on mobile phones.

What that helped me to finally not get addicted anymore is gambling budget. If I go beyond my gambling budget, it is like my life is getting destroyed financially for me. So I do not go beyond my gambling budget. 2 to 5% of my weekly income for gambling. 1% is advised.

If you want to be accessing gambling sites just on PC and it is working for you, it means you are not addicted. I access gambling sites on phone but I am not addicted despite that my phones are with me almost all the time.

[SmartGold01]

Hunan nature are very difficult to control especially when it concerns about finance and wherever that is finance associated it could be very hard to easily avoided, let say for instance, to always gambling with my desktop computer or personal computer without using my my mobile phone to access the site. Sometimes someone would want to easily monitor their games at home or at tight corner without having accessing to their desktop what next is to access it through their Mobile phone with this if there are any game to cash out it could be possible without waiting to go access it with desktop or personal computer. It requires a self discipline to be able to do that otherwise I don't think is very easy to abide to it.

[Lida93]

Addicted gamblers find it difficult to keep to their words and plans, the additive urge is usually beyond their control, making use of a desktop alone to gambling might not grant a solution to it, there are persons that will so use the desktop to gamble and still gamble and spend more than another who's using a mobile phone and physical casino altogether. I always emphasize so much about gamblers learning to intentionally  have self discipline with their gambling budget limit, allocated gambling time, and loss chasing etc. If they can take control of those, then whatever means they gamble through with won't be a matter of debate.

[Wiwo]

I don't think this will help in any ways as gambling addiction have a way of controlling it victims, into carrying out the act within any conditions and space, although for someone who already know the dangers of gambling addiction before they start their gambling journey this could be possible if they gamble on computer only and not on Mobile devices at least to minimise the excesses of they gambling habits.

But on the rear occasions this works and it works only for those who doesn't have Internet enabling mobile devices and the only way to access the Internet for them I via computers that way the chances of gambling while away from the PC I zero.

[coin-investor]

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.

It may work for you but it may not be for others I have known a lot of gamblers who become or still addicted even if they are only using desktop to gamble on online casinos.

You become addicted because of your weak character not on the device you're using for an addicted individual they can always find a way to play in their favorite platform, I have known people who do not have their own desktop but they are addicted to gambling and they can always find a way by going in internet cafe.

For these people device is not important they will find a way, and for some people its better this way because their family will not know if they are gambling of course with the advent of cellphone things has become easy for gamblers to play on their favorite platform.

[Pidgeon]

OP, you're not a gambling addict and you're no addict whatsoever.
If things would be that easy the world would have cured far worse addictions by now, but in reality you can mount two 35mm auto cannons in front of a casino there there would still be addicts gambling their life to gamble.
The ones that would put this advice to good use are no addicts!

[Davidvictorson]

There are many strategies that work to prevent gambling addiction. This is one of it. While it may not work for me, it can work for the next gambler struggling with gambling addiction. Our gambling addictions are different and there are factors or things that trigger or handle it and this recommendation could be one of it. It will not be right for anyone to sit behind their PC or mobile device and say it doesn't work when they haven't tried it yet or do not struggle with gambling addiction. If you have tried it and it didn't work for your, then kindly make you own recommendation of what worked for you and we will be glad to follow it.

[aioc]

I also do that; controlled gambling is all about doing it at a specific time and with allocated money; in contrast, the opposite, those addicted to gambling do it anytime they want and every time they have funds.
You can only say that you are a responsible gambler if you do it at the set time and the set allocation; anything more than this is considered an addiction, or you will likely become addicted in a matter of time.

[Sim_card]

OP, I live this concept of yours on how to control your gambling activities, but you should know that what will work for you will not work for others, because of how we understand gambling and our intentions towards it. An addicted gambler will not be able to stay without gambling or a gambler that thinks gambling is for making profit will not try to stop gambling, and it is only when he has realized that gambling is sucking him and he will never win back his losses, that is when he can limit the way he gambles. One thing that I don't see this PC idea cool to me is that, what if you are away from home without your PC for days and you feel like gambling, there is nothing you will do than to use your phone to gamble. Self control is what we should try to have so that we don't become addicted.

[moneystery]

the problem regarding addiction does not come from what device he uses or what platform he uses, but rather from the gambler's attitude towards gambling. if he is responsible and able to control himself not to gamble too much, then he will not become a gambling addict. however, if his behavior in gambling is irresponsible and tends to play without thinking about the bad impacts of it, no matter what device he uses then it's the same, he will continue playing until he can win.

[Obim34]

I think everyone is obliged to their own mode of restraining themselves from getting addicted, it may practically work for you and others but might not work for a few other people. If I may ask, what about those who do not have a desktop how can they apply this preventive measure? It is quite an effective strategy applicable to only just a few people. I have my gambling sites on my mobile yet I am not in any way addicted, I believe the first tool of restriction comes from the mind and whereas understanding both the consequences of getting addicted and at all if their is any extra benefits to it.  

[iv4n]

I don't see this as a trick to prevent gambling addiction, it's just a trick to spend less time gambling. To be a gambling addict you don't need to gamble a lot, gambling addicts who bet on sports don't need to be active all day on the computer, they just log in, place some bets and that's enough for them.

As Oshosondy wrote, the only way to prevent gambling addiction is to set up a gambling budget, it's a limitation that will work for people to keep some control over their gambling habits. And that is the most important part, as long as there is some control gambling will not be a problem and will not cause problems.

[cabron]

It could work if you don't know the password of the desktop account. When you register to a casino, try using the google password generator which usually has a hard combination to remember. You wouldn't be able to try logging in to your phone. Unless you really are so addicted that you may really be going through all the troubles just to login. When I try doing this, I end up not going into one of the casinos I have been visiting while using desktop.

[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.

[Eternad]

It’s very hard to do this considering that you can simply type the website on your mobile phone once your gambling urges kicks in. Besides it’s easy to open a desktop nowadays since it was already powered by fast processors and ssd for quick reboot. I have a computer that open and shutdown with just 5 seconds max that is almost the same experience when opening mobile phone.

This is only possible if your desktop is positioned to a separate room which is far away to your room but if it’s still near you and accessible then stopping your addiction just by using desktop alone will not work.

Dealing with your proper bankroll management is best way to control gambling addiction.

[EluguHcman]

Such a discovery. Lol.
I think it would actually help because you will not be accessible to log into your account even when you never plan of gambling but remember, that is not a restriction and no one would want to imprison itself.
Just as @Oshosondy has said, it works better only when the gambler has not been addicted and to me, it would as well work for beginners who has as well not been addicted yet.

Back in the days, my cousin who does not have a smart phone to gamble at his comfort times that has been addicted to gambling and has been trying his best to quit his addiction could not help it out.
Literally he wished to stop and since the physical gambling shops do have closing times couple the fact that he have to taken taxi to the place, all that never made him stop.
Infact, he decides to gambling more every time he gets there like he has missed a lot just in the few moments hr excuses the place.
He by all means got a smart phone just to make things easier for himself.
This is just to say if you are addicted without being disciplined enough to help it out, there would always be a way by which you would break that disciplinary task.

So about the suggestion of using the Desktop to discipline your yourself from gambling addictions, it may not help it best because anytime you sits to gambling before that Desktop, you could gambling recklessly like you have missed a lot of it and so you just want to gambling furiously like you want to catch up a missed targeted.

Let me quote @Oshosondy again, "Setting up gambling budgets is the best strategy" because once you reaches your budgets, you will be judged by your conscience if you tend to exceed the budget.

[Rruchi man]

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

It is a good strategy to eliminate the ease of accessing gambling platforms, which can reduce the frequency with which you gamble.

But on the other side of things, this strategy will not be effective for people who spend more time on their personal computers than they do on their mobile phones. Those persons will of course, then have to do the opposite, which is to try only accessing gambling platforms via their mobile phones and not their personal computers.

[acroman08]

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.

I gamble the majority of the time on my computer and sometimes on my mobile and only if there's actually no option. while it is great only gambling on a computer lets you save time, and prevent addiction and financial instability, I think there needs to be more than just that. for me, it doesn't matter if I access gambling sites on my phone, what's important is I have rules I have set and the mindset and discipline to follow it through.

[_act_]

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

It is a good strategy to eliminate the ease of accessing gambling platforms, which can reduce the frequency with which you gamble.

Discipline and responsible gambling are what that can help you eliminate gambling addiction or to eliminate what can lead to gambling addiction.

But on the other side of things, this strategy will not be effective for people who spend more time on their personal computers than they do on their mobile phones. Those persons will of course, then have to do the opposite, which is to try only accessing gambling platforms via their mobile phones and not their personal computers.

It will be better for people that access their mobile phone more than their computer. But as for me I see this as a failed strategy if you can not discipline yourself not to be get addicted in gambling.