Few tips to avoid gambling addiction, add yours.

[Yeesha]

Always gamble on a budget, especially one which you can comfortably afford to loose and will have no problem with loosing such amount at the time. Do not gamble randomly because you may loose so much that you will not be able to bear such loose, addiction may gradually creep in at that point and you may also loose your mind , having the discipline of gambling on a budget will do you more good and help you save money than you would when you gamble at random. If possible have a time and day which you gamble asides which you stay away from the casino. The period of times you stay away from the casino, you could actually be saving your self some loses and never sse it like you would have worn instead if you were at the casino those times.

See gamble like a home of entertainment and treat it as such, if you see it otherwise and pursue it in that light, it is very likely you are going  to engage in an unhealthy gambling practice but then you see it as entertainment, you just want to have fun within a period and you exit after you must have had enough fun.

You're absolutely right. Spending out of budget can cause unnecessary spending leading some minor issues, but gambling out of budget is the greatest disaster, because making such mistake can cost a gambler is peace of mind. And if care is not taken they will begin to lose their mind gradually. Excessive gambling often occurs when a gambler makes aggressive decisions and places bets without careful thought or without careful considerations. Some gamblers are aware of the principles, conditions and consequences of their actions but they only choose to ignore them and follow their minds.

[Achalugo BTC]

You're absolutely right. Spending out of budget can cause unnecessary spending leading some minor issues, but gambling out of budget is the greatest disaster, because making such mistake can cost a gambler is peace of mind. And if care is not taken they will begin to lose their mind gradually. Excessive gambling often occurs when a gambler makes aggressive decisions and places bets without careful thought or without careful considerations. Some gamblers are aware of the principles, conditions and consequences of their actions but they only choose to ignore them and follow their minds.

Exactly, and they forget that ignorant of the law is not an excuse, as they will face the consequences of their action, except they do what its excepted of them. Just as you highlighted, awareness is very important, as it what keeps one in control and also helps to play the game with what they can afford to lose, that way they can say to enjoy the game with less pressured and stress and if the pressure its much, it will be best for them to walk away for them sake to protect their mental wellness.

[Pandorak]

Too much expectation from gambling can lead to serious dissemination of unrealistic expectations through the body system. One of the major things a gambler must consider is the ability to manage his or her responsibilities without the intervention of any negativity or complications. A gambler only found themselves in the path that they chooses for themselves, too much expectation from gambling is not advisable neither is making decisions in haste or out of compulsion. Particularly for a gambler who is addicted to gambling, he or she will always make decisions without thinking of the consequences of it outcomes.

This is why we’re always advised not to have unrealistic expectations, because there’s no certainty involved. You must realize that the moment you start a gambling session, you’re already prepared for defeat and loss, because gambling essentially depends on luck. Try changing your mindset, treat losses as a given and view wins as nothing more than a bonus. This will prevent you from gambling excessively, let alone trying to recoup losses.

[rachael9385]

Too much expectation from gambling can lead to serious dissemination of unrealistic expectations through the body system. One of the major things a gambler must consider is the ability to manage his or her responsibilities without the intervention of any negativity or complications. A gambler only found themselves in the path that they chooses for themselves, too much expectation from gambling is not advisable neither is making decisions in haste or out of compulsion. Particularly for a gambler who is addicted to gambling, he or she will always make decisions without thinking of the consequences of it outcomes.

A lot of things leads to lots of expectations when it comes to gambling and one of them is overconfidence, a lot of gamblers feel like they have a strategy they can use to always win constantly probably because they have been able to make profit from it. They tend to forget that winning most times is simply based on luck and not what they think they know about the game, being too confident is a problem.

[Africolo]

Make gambling as your least priority like do it only if you don’t have other chores or activities that will occupy your time.

Remember that gambling is for entertainment purposes only which means this shouldn’t be your top priority on your schedule. This way you will avoid addiction since you will not think of it most of the time whenever you are free.

I do this personally. I prioritize my job and due to my workload I only have minimal time to gamble. Less time to gamble means less addiction.

It's very true that gambling is meant for entertainment and should be seen as such but I can tell you that some individuals has taken it as their top priority and depends on it for survival due to the hardship in the country especially in Nigeria here so people tend to gamble for survival, there are still people who have a Job as you do and still prioritize gambling just because they have gotten addicted and it becomes difficult to stop and they can no longer control their gambling habits which is entirely frustrating and affects their mental health and well-being.

Gambling has become more popular this time around because the number of gambling platforms has drastically increased and people are trying to make profit on daily basis just to survive, but all I can say is that those of us that are gambling should gamble with caution and stay within their budgets so they don't get addicted and stop chasing looses.

[Rockstarguy]

If you keep doing something on a regular basic, it will became your habit, your normal you, something you'll start missing, if you tried to stop. This is the truth I believe in, and the same goes for gambling itself imo. If you are someone who regularly gambles, you will start to feel somewhat addicted towards it, it's only natural to say this. So don't make it a habit. Don't gamble very often. Tip? You can start by keeping yourself busy with other work. Go outside and touch the grass.

Regular gambling doesn't make one addicted, except for those who don't understand gambling and are just gambling to make money; this can trigger addiction. For those who understand gambling and are gambling with an amount they can afford to lose, understand the uncertainty in gambling, and do not have high expectations, even if they gamble regularly, I don't think this will lead to addiction.

It is not about how often you gamble, but about the mentality you have regarding gambling. When you have the wrong mentality, it makes one susceptible to addiction.

[Yorubek]

Gambling addiction is caused by the gambler's own activities, so to protect himself from addiction, the gambler must gamble by setting time and money and whatever the outcome of the gamble, gambler must accept it with a calm mind and take his time and cannot make sudden decisions and must take the right decisions with understanding and time. gambler cannot gamble aggressively to get back the money that has gone from his life and must always be limited to his own means and gamble with can afford to lose. If you can control your emotions or greed through gambling, it will be easily to protect yourself from gambling addiction. Most gamblers gamble aggressively in the hope of making quick money and as a result, they lose control over themselves, resulting in major financial losses.

[B-BossMan]

Too much expectation from gambling can lead to serious dissemination of unrealistic expectations through the body system. One of the major things a gambler must consider is the ability to manage his or her responsibilities without the intervention of any negativity or complications. A gambler only found themselves in the path that they chooses for themselves, too much expectation from gambling is not advisable neither is making decisions in haste or out of compulsion. Particularly for a gambler who is addicted to gambling, he or she will always make decisions without thinking of the consequences of it outcomes.

This is why we’re always advised not to have unrealistic expectations, because there’s no certainty involved. You must realize that the moment you start a gambling session, you’re already prepared for defeat and loss, because gambling essentially depends on luck. Try changing your mindset, treat losses as a given and view wins as nothing more than a bonus. This will prevent you from gambling excessively, let alone trying to recoup losses.

I will agree and work with this your views that mindset matters, and it's better a gambler to know how to deal or treat thier losses and wins when gambling. Some younger youths of nowadays depends mainly on gambling as a source of income or a platform that will make them a quick rich easily without any stress.

The facts is, many if us or the gamblers knew the truths more than we do and they find it very hard to quite it at once. Because it has already mixed with thier blood and makes it addicted in which they cannot do without playing it. Gambling ruined people's lives till date but we aren't learning. The only advice is to work with your mindset that will favored you in the future. Reducing playing it regularly till you stop it totally.

[Yablee0]

First, I will say don't gamble because you saw other people cashing out major from it, always make your own decisions yourself.  And again don't make gambling your first priority, let it be want you do when their no other important things at hands.  Furthermore, avoiding gambling for profit or making it a stream of income because through that you can be addicted or something even start gambling with what you can't afford to lose which could be very problematic if you ask me.

[Nheer]

I will agree and work with this your views that mindset matters, and it's better a gambler to know how to deal or treat thier losses and wins when gambling. Some younger youths of nowadays depends mainly on gambling as a source of income or a platform that will make them a quick rich easily without any stress.

The facts is, many if us or the gamblers knew the truths more than we do and they find it very hard to quite it at once. Because it has already mixed with thier blood and makes it addicted in which they cannot do without playing it. Gambling ruined people's lives till date but we aren't learning. The only advice is to work with your mindset that will favored you in the future. Reducing playing it regularly till you stop it totally.

Relying on gambling as a source of income is the wrong mindset many people have and it's usually the beginning of their failure. Seeing gambling more than it is and thinking of making quick money from it to sustain you will only lead you into more problems to worry about and it all results to being addicted which is very bad for every gambler.

When we don't gamble responsibly and see gambling as a source of income you easily get out of line and put too much into it, going to every extent just to make something out of it and if it goes on for long it becomes really difficult to quit or even try to control ourselves and emotions. That's why it is really necessary to start out responsibly so we don't get used to it and become addicted to gambling.

[Cgrexp]

First, I will say don't gamble because you saw other people cashing out major from it, always make your own decisions yourself.  And again don't make gambling your first priority, let it be want you do when their no other important things at hands.  Furthermore, avoiding gambling for profit or making it a stream of income because through that you can be addicted or something even start gambling with what you can't afford to lose which could be very problematic if you ask me.

Yes, it is very important to have your own decision in gambling. Because if you do not have your own decision, there is no self-control in gambling. But you say, do it if you do not have any other important work. I think gambling should never be considered a job. Because whenever someone gives priority to gambling as a leisure activity, he will become addicted to gambling in the long run. Which will cause big losses in the future. Therefore, gambling should be considered only as entertainment and should be played occasionally. If a certain time is spent on gambling during daily work, it will become a habit. And habit will be the main cause of addiction.

[ColdLava40]

Yes, it is very important to have your own decision in gambling. Because if you do not have your own decision, there is no self-control in gambling. But you say, do it if you do not have any other important work. I think gambling should never be considered a job. Because whenever someone gives priority to gambling as a leisure activity, he will become addicted to gambling in the long run. Which will cause big losses in the future. Therefore, gambling should be considered only as entertainment and should be played occasionally. If a certain time is spent on gambling during daily work, it will become a habit. And habit will be the main cause of addiction.

Fixing a time for gambling helps, but it doesn't mean you have to play on the time you fixed.

Don't force it, when you are busy all through the day, the best thing to do is find another time when you will be free to gamble. Making time from your real life activities just to gamble makes you attached to it and the results will not be positive.

You have to be able to define the time you put into gambling since it's not something you do as a full time. And gambling shouldn't be don on a full time. It's not a job that will pay you consistently.

[Zeussy]

Plain and simple, Gambling is not a source of income. It is primarily for entertainment and you take that risk of losing money should you decide to play.

[Mayor of ogba]

The three tips you mentioned and explained on how to avoid gambling addiction will help gamblers avoid being addicted to gambling if they adhere to it. My own tip on how to avoid gambling addiction: gamblers should see gambling as an entertainment or as a way of having fun in order for them not to borrow money to gamble whenever they are broke, to gamble with what they can afford, and never to chase losses.

[WhoYouCantKill]

The three tips you mentioned and explained on how to avoid gambling addiction will help gamblers avoid being addicted to gambling if they adhere to it. My own tip on how to avoid gambling addiction: gamblers should see gambling as an entertainment or as a way of having fun in order for them not to borrow money to gamble whenever they are broke, to gamble with what they can afford, and never to chase losses.

How strong enough a gambler is or how easy it is for him to yield to their emotions strongly depends on their mindset towards gambling. When a gambler has the right mindset about gambling, then they’re able to set realistic goals when they play, because at this point they’ll clearly have a much better and rational strategy and approach. But when the mindset is wrong, then no matter how much the gambler tries or no matter how many times they’ve been dealt with by making the wrong decisions, they’ll still most likely go back there over and over again.

[Queen uloma]

Gambling addiction is caused by the gambler's own activities, so to protect himself from addiction, the gambler must gamble by setting time and money and whatever the outcome of the gamble, gambler must accept it with a calm mind and take his time and cannot make sudden decisions and must take the right decisions with understanding and time. gambler cannot gamble aggressively to get back the money that has gone from his life and must always be limited to his own means and gamble with can afford to lose. If you can control your emotions or greed through gambling, it will be easily to protect yourself from gambling addiction. Most gamblers gamble aggressively in the hope of making quick money and as a result, they lose control over themselves, resulting in major financial losses.

I agree with you, addiction does not just happen overnight. Most times, it start from little bad habit like when a person doesn’t notice until they have lose control. Setting limit for both time and money is one of the best way to reduce risks, but the hardest part is that  Having discipline to respect those limits is always difficult.
The one mistake that many gamblers is that they always chase after losses. Once they start believing that they must recover everything today, emotions have already taken over,  From that moment there’s nothing like good decisions making, and this is where most gamblers stake more than they can afford to lose. Instead of them recovering all they have lose, they will still lose more.
The best thing is to accept every outcome, whether you lose or you win. Winning does not mean that you have become an expert, and losing also doesn’t means that the next bet will pay. Every bet has its own risk and no one can predict the outcome with certainty. If people can avoid emotional betting and gamble only with money that they can afford to lose, the chances of being addicted to gambling will reduce.

[Localhostspeed]

This is why we’re always advised not to have unrealistic expectations, because there’s no certainty involved. You must realize that the moment you start a gambling session, you’re already prepared for defeat and loss, because gambling essentially depends on luck. Try changing your mindset, treat losses as a given and view wins as nothing more than a bonus. This will prevent you from gambling excessively, let alone trying to recoup losses.

Anytime I see gamblers have so much expectations, I asked myself the kind of mindset they have but I don't blame or judge them. People use gambling as means to look of for money, whether we admit or not, many people gamble to make money and there is nothing that can be done about it. However, when you gamble, your expectations should be realistic, you can't gamble with $10 and then be expecting where you can get $1000.

Gambling addiction and expectations cannot be separated form each other, when you gamble and have less expectations even if you are doing it for the money, you wouldn't have much to worry about gambling addiction but when you gamble with small money and then feel like you will always gamble with high expectations, you are likely to get addicted because everytime you gamble, you high expectations can give you disappointment which most of the time lead to addiction.

[Zadicar]

This is why we’re always advised not to have unrealistic expectations, because there’s no certainty involved. You must realize that the moment you start a gambling session, you’re already prepared for defeat and loss, because gambling essentially depends on luck. Try changing your mindset, treat losses as a given and view wins as nothing more than a bonus. This will prevent you from gambling excessively, let alone trying to recoup losses.

Anytime I see gamblers have so much expectations, I asked myself the kind of mindset they have but I don't blame or judge them. People use gambling as means to look of for money, whether we admit or not, many people gamble to make money and there is nothing that can be done about it. However, when you gamble, your expectations should be realistic, you can't gamble with $10 and then be expecting where you can get $1000.

Gambling addiction and expectations cannot be separated form each other, when you gamble and have less expectations even if you are doing it for the money, you wouldn't have much to worry about gambling addiction but when you gamble with small money and then feel like you will always gamble with high expectations, you are likely to get addicted because everytime you gamble, you high expectations can give you disappointment which most of the time lead to addiction.

Actually if you do just simply make use of your own common sense then you would really be able to tell on why these people do end up on getting addicted? Somehow when you are already on the situation then its neither you would get hooked by it or not, depending on a certain persons mind whether they are good when it comes to self control and moderation or simply they do become impulsive just because they ended up on having that perception that they can win up gambling without any risks or simply thinking that they can make money with it. There's always the probability or chance that you do become addicted with it but of course not all people playing gambling becoming addicted with it if you do just make yourself that responsible or wary into the actions that you are doing then there would really be no issues.

[JiiBs]

Anytime I see gamblers have so much expectations, I asked myself the kind of mindset they have but I don't blame or judge them.

It makes you wonder if it’s the same type of gambling you are involved in. Well, it is in a way and yeah, people have the markets they tend to favour and yeah, it’s okay to be optimistic but one still need to understand that gambling can easily be a loosing game than you would hope to get profit from it. Practically, it’s okay to expect wins but, we have to be realistic that when we tend to leverage so much to get huge wins with small stakes while taking maximum risk, you tend to set yourself up for a loss.

[Grace333]

You're absolutely right. Spending out of budget can cause unnecessary spending leading some minor issues, but gambling out of budget is the greatest disaster, because making such mistake can cost a gambler is peace of mind. And if care is not taken they will begin to lose their mind gradually. Excessive gambling often occurs when a gambler makes aggressive decisions and places bets without careful thought or without careful considerations. Some gamblers are aware of the principles, conditions and consequences of their actions but they only choose to ignore them and follow their minds.

Exactly, and they forget that ignorant of the law is not an excuse, as they will face the consequences of their action, except they do what its excepted of them. Just as you highlighted, awareness is very important, as it what keeps one in control and also helps to play the game with what they can afford to lose, that way they can say to enjoy the game with less pressured and stress and if the pressure its much, it will be best for them to walk away for them sake to protect their mental wellness.

Awareness is a very important tool to escape gambling addiction, and this forum has also been a great place that keeps on giving people the awareness of what gamble is. Each time I come to the gambling board I'm always reminded of the dangers of gambling addiction and that helps me to stay focused and responsible each time I'm gambling so I believe what most people need is continues reminder of the truth about gamble so they dont esteem it with equal revelance as a job or source of income.