How long would you self-exclude after a bad loss?

[rachael9385]

I think it's good to want to take a break once or twice but then self exclusion because of a loss, now that I don't exactly buy even if I can understand the pain that went into the decision making. Sometimes I think about this self exclusion and I wonder, since self exclusion just blocks an emails or some, then an easy way to buy pass it is just create a new email and open new account. This self exclusion works when maybe it's device oriented or IP perhaps so someone cannot use easily on a just different platform.

I think there is a point where this decision must be taken, I know that in most cases some gamblers just act based on their emotions, even though they haven't really lost significant amounts the frustration and the losses they incurred makes them want to self exclude which isn't necessary. And the point you made too is also another thing to consider, they can create a new account afterwards which makes it pointless.

[topbitcoin]

I just try to limit myself when I'm emotional from losing but not for too long because the longest I can go is a week off gambling after which I'll go back to gambling.

Self-exclusion is good especially if you quit immediately but I personally can't or haven't been able to do that now because the influence of gambling is still very big for me so I'm still comfortable with it
I will only stop temporarily when stressed but when that passes and I am ready to gamble again then I will gamble.

[Asiska02]

After a bad loss, does self-exclusion ever come into your mind?

This happened to me last night. I had a very bad run, like literally my whole bankroll was gone so I decided to self-exclude so I will never touch that casino again. It is just one casino only and I chose to self-exclude for one year. How about the gamblers here, if you decide to self-exclude how long do you usually apply it for? 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, or lifetime?

6 months to 1 year looks to be a very long time, it’ll only take me exhausting my life savings in a casino before one will think of going for such a long break. If you’ve been using a proper risk management approach, you shouldn't feel bother at all loss that could lead you to self exclusion. You’ll just take a break and continue again, maybe the next day or next week and not necessarily taking a very long break.

By the way, even though I self-excluded from this one casino, I can still access other crypto casinos, so it does not really feel like a full self-exclusion. 

You don’t need to convince and deceive yourself that you’re self excluding when you’re not. If you’re self excluding, I think you should also self exclude yourself from all casinos you have access to that can push you to get during that period of self exclusion. Deep inside you know you want to get back, but make sure anything that could trigger you to go back when you’re not done self excluding should be avoided.

[Dewi Aries]

I think it's good to want to take a break once or twice but then self exclusion because of a loss, now that I don't exactly buy even if I can understand the pain that went into the decision making. Sometimes I think about this self exclusion and I wonder, since self exclusion just blocks an emails or some, then an easy way to buy pass it is just create a new email and open new account. This self exclusion works when maybe it's device oriented or IP perhaps so someone cannot use easily on a just different platform.

I think there is a point where this decision must be taken, I know that in most cases some gamblers just act based on their emotions, even though they haven't really lost significant amounts the frustration and the losses they incurred makes them want to self exclude which isn't necessary. And the point you made too is also another thing to consider, they can create a new account afterwards which makes it pointless.

If someone is addicted, it will be very difficult to exclude themselves from gambling. Stopping is only temporary for them, and the intention to exclude themselves also arises only because they are emotional. As you said above, the solution must be serious action without tolerance that they must take to completely cut off their access to gambling.

[Julien_Olynpic]

Self-exclusion is generally pointless, as there are countless gaming platforms where you're not excluded and can continue gambling. It's more of an emotional act, designed to relieve the negative emotions associated with a loss. But if we're talking about a major loss, you should take a long time out to rethink the situation. The length of this period depends on the size of the loss.

[shawonngp]

Did you really self exclude? Haha... Because you still were accessing other casinos.. I think you just avoided that particular casino, not really self excluding from gambling..

But me, I could, and I have self excluded gambling for over 3 months before, and I could do more if needed.. For me, the real self exclusion is when you stay away from gambling completely, not just one casino while still playing on others..

OP already mentioned that he only excluded himself from the casino site where he lost big; he still has access to other sites, which means he didn't completely exclude himself from all casino platforms. I think he took this decision out of anger and resentment, but he can gamble on other casino sites if he wants. Gambling addicts cannot completely self-exclude even if they want to. Maybe after a few breaks, he returns to gambling again.

[laijsica]

Self-exclusion is generally pointless, as there are countless gaming platforms where you're not excluded and can continue gambling. It's more of an emotional act, designed to relieve the negative emotions associated with a loss. But if we're talking about a major loss, you should take a long time out to rethink the situation. The length of this period depends on the size of the loss.

I agree with you. Big losses give you a chance to make amends. The bad decisions you made while gambling led to your losses, and during the break, there is a kind of mental preparation not to repeat those mistakes. It may be an emotional decision for some, but I think if you have the funds available, you will not be able to voluntarily cut yourself off after a big loss. There are psychological factors involved, such as the tendency to seek revenge, but you may not find gamblers who voluntarily take a Self-exclusion.

[Samlucky O]

If iu self exclude yourself from 1 casino and be gambling in another casino, it basically means you have not totally excluded yourself from gambling. When you are talking about self excluding yourself from gambling, it means you will not participate in any other form of gambling, not only some. For me I have I can't really say that I have self exclude myself or not. But the truth is that am not a regular Gambler. If I gamble today, I may not gamble tomorrow. And if I gamble straight 1 week I may not gamble the next week. That is just my way of gambling and it doesn't in any way mean that I am self excluding myself. Or is that what you mean by self excluding myself from gambling?

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Self-exclusion is generally pointless, as there are countless gaming platforms where you're not excluded and can continue gambling. It's more of an emotional act, designed to relieve the negative emotions associated with a loss. But if we're talking about a major loss, you should take a long time out to rethink the situation. The length of this period depends on the size of the loss.

You are right, and anyone who have seen or read my previous comments on this topic know and will agree with me that I've never found any value in self exclusion from a gambling casino, I am always of the opinion that it's until we reach a technological point where a player self excluding him or her self one casino means self exclusion from every single casino that exists in any parts of the world, this is the only time self exclusion will start making sense, until then, self excluding oneself from one casino only to still have access to thousands of other casinos out there is nothing but a emotional reaction to a bad loss that doesn't make sense, plus the fact that carrying out such action doesn't even cause the casino to return the money that have been lost, so what exactly is the essence..

Instead of self exclusion that still leaves the gambler being able to access millions of other casino, taking a break is way much better, decide to take a break from gambling for choosen period of time is much better than using the self exclusion and pretending everything is being sorted.

[Bright0515]

Self exclusion to me is self deceit because you can decide to do that and at the end of the day create a new gambling account. If you end up incurring lots of losses what you should do is to limit your gambling activities by reducing your stakes and also reducing the time that you spend gambling because there is no way you can just stop gambling like that. If you have been gambling for a while and it's already used to you this is not something that you can just stop easily. Self exclusion might work for some people but most gamblers will still go back to it.

[viljy]

After a bad loss, does self-exclusion ever come into your mind?

This happened to me last night. I had a very bad run, like literally my whole bankroll was gone so I decided to self-exclude so I will never touch that casino again. It is just one casino only and I chose to self-exclude for one year. How about the gamblers here, if you decide to self-exclude how long do you usually apply it for? 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, or lifetime?

By the way, even though I self-excluded from this one casino, I can still access other crypto casinos, so it does not really feel like a full self-exclusion. 

You can take a break until you stop remembering your loss and getting upset about it. Maybe it really makes sense to avoid the casino that this negative impression is associated with. On the other hand, you can take it philosophically. Sooner or later it would have happened anyway. No matter how much you control the bankroll, you'll still fail sometimes. To be honest, this bankroll self-control is sometimes annoying, and I want to take a chance. So you are not alone in this.

[maydna]

I am not activate self-exclusion on casinos but I prevent myself from gambling for some time. I just thinking if I activate on one casino, I can visiting other casinos and continue playing like what you did. That makes me difficult to controls myself and I will be on that circle without knowing when to stop. If you really wants to stop gambling for a while, you must stay away from any casino and prevent your mind thinking gambling. But I guess that will not be easy especially we have World Cup event which we can bet on many teams and we will think that we can make money from that event.

[Makus]

One thing I want to bring to your attention is that you stopped for a year not because you self excluded but it's simply because you exercised self control and you are disciplined enough to stop because it you weren't then that self exclusion you did would not have worked because you would have probably created a new account. After incurring losses that affected you, you thought about quitting for a long time because you didn't want to lose more, this is self control. I think every gambler should be able to have such mindset and learn how to know when to stop.

[Yorubek]

Self exclusion to me is self deceit because you can decide to do that and at the end of the day create a new gambling account. If you end up incurring lots of losses what you should do is to limit your gambling activities by reducing your stakes and also reducing the time that you spend gambling because there is no way you can just stop gambling like that. If you have been gambling for a while and it's already used to you this is not something that you can just stop easily. Self exclusion might work for some people but most gamblers will still go back to it.

In reality, gambling activities cannot be eliminated from life quickly, if a gambler wants to himself from gambling completely, then it is wise not to eliminate it quickly but to gradually reduce the gambling activity. After we have a big loss, we literally stop gambling but it is not able to stop in the long run. We need to take time to change a habit if we change it slowly over time then it has a long term effect. Most of the time gamblers can temporarily stop gambling after facing financial losses through gambling but are not able to stop for a long time because gambling has become a part of his life.

[Outhue]

After a bad loss, does self-exclusion ever come into your mind?

This happened to me last night. I had a very bad run, like literally my whole bankroll was gone so I decided to self-exclude so I will never touch that casino again. It is just one casino only and I chose to self-exclude for one year. How about the gamblers here, if you decide to self-exclude how long do you usually apply it for? 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, or lifetime?

By the way, even though I self-excluded from this one casino, I can still access other crypto casinos, so it does not really feel like a full self-exclusion. 

For how long will anyone fix bad losses using self exclusion? Because this isn't the solution to your problem, when you keep losing money and it's getting to you this way it means you aren't ready to lose such amount, why not work on your days and amount?

Maybe gamble twice in a week and risk $10 on each day, or even less if you can't afford to lose $10 per day, just make sure you are risking what you can afford to lose, this I believe is the solution, not self exclusion, self exclude only restrict you from gambling but your mind is bleeding for it, meaning that the desire to keep gambling is still in your mind, that's a problem.

[xenomorfo]

One thing I want to bring to your attention is that you stopped for a year not because you self excluded but it's simply because you exercised self control and you are disciplined enough to stop because it you weren't then that self exclusion you did would not have worked because you would have probably created a new account. After incurring losses that affected you, you thought about quitting for a long time because you didn't want to lose more, this is self control. I think every gambler should be able to have such mindset and learn how to know when to stop.

Stopping to take a pause for reflection is not a bad thing, in fact it can be an intelligent thing.
Taking a break obviously helps you gather your thoughts and reflect on what happened.
Strategies and plans are made precisely in this period in which you are still and doing nothing.

[Nahl]

I was rare to have the experience of bad loss because during gambling i only used the money which i can afford to loss that's why while gambling, my habit is used small money because if i lost it i think it's not more than a bad day comes to me.

But if we talking about self-excluded i think this related that if in the several attempts to gamble i always loss or in a week i got the loses quite often than the winning, usually i will decided to stop gambling for couple of days.

I think this behaviour too can be called as self-excluded but the positive effect from this habit is, i feel my brain is more fresh and after i starting to gambling again i feel like good vibes inside myself and more confident.

[SFR10]

By the way, even though I self-excluded from this one casino, I can still access other crypto casinos, so it does not really feel like a full self-exclusion. 

The second part of this sentence is the main issue... If you're still going to gamble at other casinos, that kind of self-exclusion doesn't do anything against how you feel and the impact in question and to a great extent, it defeats its purpose.
^{- IMO, the appropriate duration for a proper self-exclusion should be three or five years.}

[Curious T]

I see self-exclusion as a strategy that doesn't really work because there are dozens of casinos that are accessible to you if you self-exclude from one casino. SO it won't work without discipline, and the main aim of self-excluding from the casino is because you don't have the discipline to stay away from the casino. I don't think it works, but to each his own.

I've never thought about self-exclusion because I can stay away from gambling whenever I want, especially when I'm low on money. I have never gambled an amount that would make me consider self-exclusion. This doesn't mean I have never gambled more than my budget, but it's like a once-in-a-while thing, not like I was getting addicted.

[hedgeh0g]

I was rare to have the experience of bad loss because during gambling i only used the money which i can afford to loss that's why while gambling, my habit is used small money because if i lost it i think it's not more than a bad day comes to me.

But if we talking about self-excluded i think this related that if in the several attempts to gamble i always loss or in a week i got the loses quite often than the winning, usually i will decided to stop gambling for couple of days.

I think this behaviour too can be called as self-excluded but the positive effect from this habit is, i feel my brain is more fresh and after i starting to gambling again i feel like good vibes inside myself and more confident.

I only had one major loss, a long time ago, after which I spent a long time pondering why I even started gambling and how exactly it happened. But then I gradually realized how I lost: I was simply trying to win it back quickly and thereby putting myself in even deeper trouble than I should have. Of course, losing is unpleasant, but that doesn't mean you have to win it back now to numb the pain. Then I took a break for six months, and now I never give myself a reason to win it back, because I understand the consequences.