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

[ralle14]

That's a good solution if you're starting to spend more time using your phone to gamble, and one of the things that helped me is a bit similar. In my case, the solution you mentioned wouldn't have much impact because I can easily switch through both desktop and mobile. Instead of reducing the ways I can access gambling sites, i'd limit the ways I can access my wallet so that I can't deposit any more once I lose my current bankroll and unnecessarily spend extra because of impulse gambling.

[noormcs5]

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.

The addiction will not be controlled until and unless your mind is willing to limit yourself to gambling. If the gamblers had these rules for using mobiles or PCs for gambling, they could have established themselves with things like setting up a limited amount for gambling and all those money management skills.

A gambler can still come at home and gamble all night on his PC, lose a lot of money and we can still consider him addicted, even if he does not gamble when he is outside his home on his phone ?
Another person can gamble both on their phone and PC, but he knows how much to gamble, and has certain limitations and we would not call him a gambling addict. Right?
It is the mindset of the person that will make a person classify as a gambling addict, not using the tools can make him a responsible gambler.

[Die_empty]

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.

Your suggestion is commendable because it is simple to apply. Most people I know gamble with mobile phones and this makes gambling very easy to engage in. Restricting oneself to only a desktop is a good option because it could restrict overgambling. But this decision will require a lot of discipline.

The problem I might have is that I will tempted to check my bet with my mobile phone when I am not at home to have access to the desktop. Another impediment to adopting this strategy is that some persons might not have desktop computers. And on some occasions, you might want to place an urgent bet, which might force you to use phones. I don't think I will be able to apply this pattern because of the unstable power supply in my country. There might be no electricity to power a desktop.   

[Hatchy]

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.

Well, it worked for you but I think it might be different for others as some people love s to login on both devices just to access their gambling sites more easily. Though it might act as a means to help prevent gambling addiction but it won't work for everyone especially those that already have the habit of logging in every time to their casino account. Both desktop and mobile sure feels or have similar experiences when it comes to gambling but big players prefers to use the desktop to view their games? While small gamblers who have interests would just prefer mobile devices. For me. When I place a bet most times, since my mobile is easily accessible and more convenient while I'm public, I just prefer logging in on my mobile device.

[mu_enrico]

What about me, who gambles 99.9% of the time via desktop?
But I do agree that the idea is to limit your playing sessions, which leads to you doing something else. The key here is to keep your mind busy with productive activities since gambling is basically just like playing video games. In addition to limiting your playing time, it would be best to limit your budget as well.

[Slow death]

Most people don't understand that if they are happy, have their time filled with many good things in life, then they will not be affected by addiction. be it for any addiction. for example, let's say that a person On weekends she goes out with her relatives and friends to the beach, they have a lot of fun, sometimes on other weekends he travels, on other weekends he goes to a football game to watch the game at the football stadium

Sometimes this person x goes to the field to see the animals. So this person has little time to play either in the physical casino or in the online casino, this person looks at gambling as just entertainment, he doesn't need to spend hours playing because he has nothing else to do in life. What has happened to the majority of people who play in physical and online casinos and who think that gambling is the only fun that exists. They get into gambling because they have problems in the real world and they think that through gambling they will be able to hide from these problems

[GideonGono]

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.

I agree with this, if someone who is already addicted or on their way being addicted, those people wouldn't be able to resist to access a gambling site even on their mobile phones.
And I agree the best way to recover from being addicted is to limit your funds, limiting the access time doesn't do much if you aren't limiting the amount that you gamble.
Learn to control or manage your money, that is the best way to overcome gambling or any forms of addiction, if you know how to distribute your earnings then you would know how much of your money could only be used for other purposes.

[panjul07]

What about me, who gambles 99.9% of the time via desktop?
But I do agree that the idea is to limit your playing sessions, which leads to you doing something else. The key here is to keep your mind busy with productive activities since gambling is basically just like playing video games. In addition to limiting your playing time, it would be best to limit your budget as well.

We are the same but I cant say that I'm 99.9%, maybe 90% only because I gamble on mobile phone as well.
Anyway the idea of accessing casino only on desktop may not really help to prevent addiction because addiction can come at anytime no matter we gamble.
In my opinion we need to limit our gambling time and budget in order to prevent addiction but of course the main important thing related to addiction is our emotion and mindset.
If we can control our emotion and mindset, I believe we can stay away from addiction.

[alani123]

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.

Also people saying that I'm not a real addict... Come on, don't pile on me for sharing some advice.   This isn't oppression Olympics, there's no need for me to be more or less addicted than you for this to work. 

[Gozie51]

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.

Generally, I think mobile phone is an addiction that is sweeping the world digital world. So depending on the nature of the pay job that someone is engaged in, there is need for some distractions to avoid addiction. If you are not employed, it is very difficult to avoid gambling either with desktop or mobile because "an idle man as they say is the devil's workshop ", so in this case, to reduce addiction depends on the nature of work one is engaged in but I know mobile is quit a distraction for most people and it also more accessible to gambling than desktop.

[Frankolala]

It is a good tactics for those gamblers that are not addicted to gambling but always exhaust their gambling budget before time. Using desktop alone to gamble will help gamblers that are always within the reach of their PC all the time or gamblers that don't gamble often.

I also know some gamblers in my country that don't have a PC but they are gamblers. The major problem that this will solve is to prevent one that can apply it from addiction, but whoever is already an addict will not be able to follow such method. Another thing is if your PC is faulty amd you don't have funds to fix it up immediately or it is too old and you need a replacement, you need to gamble from a mobile device.

[leonair]

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.

Due to the large screen size of a desktop or laptop, it is not possible to use it near the eyes as is possible with a smartphone. Gambling is a bad addiction and because it is highly addictive, it attracts children to a great extent. So when someone accesses a gambling site through a computer or laptop sitting at his home and enjoys gambling, it can affect the children of his home. However, it can be a little less addictive since it doesn't offer instant access to gambling anywhere as easily as a smartphone.

[Bravut]

However, it can be a little less addictive since it doesn't offer instant access to gambling anywhere as easily as a smartphone.

Depends on the PC you have. PC are even faster in connection than some mobile phones. For me, this gears to self discipline because wether one use phone or PC tendency for addiction is present.

In a simple word gamblers choose between these device the one which is suitable and reliable for them. If one want to prevent or stop being addictive, limiting the rate of gambling and discipline will.

[joniboini]

If we can control our emotion and mindset, I believe we can stay away from addiction.

Unfortunately, that is easier said than done. Especially if avoiding a computer or a device that you use regularly is impossible. In my experience, that's really hard to do because my mind keeps coming back to the thing that gives me a dopamine rush. One of the best ways to avoid that is doing some exercise, but not everyone can do this constantly unless they are forced or watched by others to do so. Maybe somebody can mix and match some of these activities to help reduce the risk of addiction in the future.

[Silberman]

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.

I hope more people begin to apply this strategy as it is a great way to keep yourself disciplined, nowadays I see people using their smartphones to use social media whenever there is even the smallest chance they may get bored, but this makes them dependent on social media to the point I would consider many people that I know to be addicted, and I would guess the same can happen with gambling, so anyone that wants to avoid going through that experience, needs to set limits to the amount of time and even the devices they use when they gamble.

[GigaBit]

I support your strategy. If a gambler conducts gambling beyond their limits i.e. those gamblers who are addicted to gambling can protect themselves a lot if they conduct gambling on only one device especially if they are gambling through their computer at home. Generally all of us who gamble try to bet by opening our mobile device at work or whenever we are free but if we don't have that connection or we only gamble without the device at home then gambling can change drastically. Because throughout the day I will not get any chance of gambling and if I gamble after a certain time there will be a limit for me. However, due to the convenience of the internet, we can conduct gambling on our mobile devices at any time, but we must be patient.

[rahmad2nd]

I was intrigued by the title of this thread, interesting, a tip that might be useful to us in the community. I like the ideas you put forward in this post, but the problem is not as simple as we discussed. The title of this thread, and the tips shared by you, are the exact opposite of what I'm used to. That doesn't mean I don't like playing on the desktop, but in fact I have a different concept from what you said in this post. What I mean is this, the way I work is I'm using a desktop, purely doing work-related activities. although sometimes if it is urgent because there is something I want to involve in betting, then I access the online casino on the desktop, provided that I am alone. why is that, first, when I work I have to professionally focus on work. Even if it's at home, I don't mean at work, I avoid it so that my child doesn't see me betting, or playing a game. Often, children are attracted to a game that attracts their attention. that's why I access it more often on my cellphone. at least, I can avoid people nearby when I want to bet. besides, mostly I am more dominant in sports.

Well, in essence what you said is very useful, especially for preventing addiction. however, these tips or ideas are not as easy as we discussed. The point is as you said, "with principles", so these principles are the basis for someone to be able to do things like the tips you shared. yeah, apart from separating work and living spaces. However, if it is not supported by understanding, control and responsibility, the urge to continue playing will actually be quite large. for me personally, whatever ideas, ideas, tips, it all comes back to how we define it. If a person does not have self-control, addiction to gambling ultimately cannot be avoided.

[harapan]

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!

What point are you trying to prove, your just going back and forth without nailing on the right track but I'll like to let you know that regardless of the fact that desktop and mobile phone are in existence to ease the gambling process,you can still find a huge number of gamblers turning addicts every now and then and accessing only gambling sites on PC is not generally preventing them being addicted,but rather it gives more priveledge to gamble at liberty without stress.whereas what makes them become addicted is not necessarily gambling with the amounts they can afford to lose,

Some gamblers are just selfish and greedy on the fact of making money on the gambling world and they end up doubling their finances and doing a lot of stuff just to attain that and end up being addicts.thats it

[famososMuertos]

It is a mistake to think that addiction can be prevented just for playing on a desktop.

Bad habits of players, must be parameterized it very well with addictive situations, they are two very different things, for example playing poker on a cell phone is a bad habit and makes you lose more concentration than if you playing on a desktop,  for him addict it doesn't matter where you connect from.

[carlfebz2]

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.

Actually i had tried on this one but eventually failed. Why? as long you wont really be removing out that kind of thinking about doing gambling then you would definitely be ending up on playing again. Why? As long you do have that access specially in the reach of your palms (mobile phone) then you would really be definitely be accessing those platforms with few clicks.Your brain is aware
that you are really that able to play if you wanted into and this is where you would be getting that mobile phone into your pocket and you would be definitely be playing.

This kind of method will really be definitely be needing up that very strict control and discipline toward self. You would really be on such temptation most of the time
specially if you are really that exposed into those gadgets or tools on which it could make you that be able to play up gambling.